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Ding Liren 2730 ½ – ½ Vladimir Kramnik 2760
Peter Leko 2731 ½ – ½ Alexander Morozevich 2724
Levon Aronian 2797 ½ – ½ Boris Gelfand 2759
Alexander Grischuk 2795 1 – 0 Ernesto Inarkiev 2688

Games of the round

[Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.11.04"]  [Round "1.1"]  [White "Ding, Liren"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D35"]  [WhiteElo "2730"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2014.11.04"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.  Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. g3 Nb6 13. O-O-O Nc8 14. Bd3  Nd6 15. Kc2 Kd7 16. f3 Bxd3+ 17. Kxd3 f5 18. Ng2 h5 19. h4 Rag8 20. Rh3 Ne8 21.  Ke2 Bd6 22. Kf2 Nf6 23. Ne2 a5 24. b3 Re8 25. Rhh1 Re7 26. Nef4 Rg8 27. Rd2  Ree8 28. Rc2 Kc7 29. a4 Kd7 30. Rh3 Rg7 31. Nd3 Kc7 32. Ngf4 Reg8 33. Rc1 Kb8  34. Rg1 Kc7 35. Rh2 Rb8 36. Rc1 Rbg8 37. Rg2 Kb8 38. Rcg1 Kc7 39. Rb1 Re8 40.  Rgg1 Reg8 41. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.11.04"]  [Round "1.2"]  [White "Leko, Peter"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B28"]  [WhiteElo "2731"]  [BlackElo "2724"]  [PlyCount "77"]  [EventDate "2014.11.04"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O cxd4 8.  cxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nd2 Nd5 12. Nde4 Qd8 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nc5  O-O 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. f4 Qb6 18. Kh1 Be6 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Ne5 Rac8 21.  a3 a5 22. Bd1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Bf3 Rc8 27. Rd1  Kf8 28. h3 b6 29. Kh2 h6 30. Kg3 Qb5 31. Kh2 Qc5 32. h4 Rc7 33. h5 Rc8 34. Kg3  Qb5 35. Kh2 Qc4 36. Qe3 Qb5 37. Qd2 Qc4 38. Qe3 Qb5 39. Qd2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.11.04"]  [Round "1.3"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A35"]  [WhiteElo "2797"]  [BlackElo "2759"]  [PlyCount "96"]  [EventDate "2014.11.04"]   1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.  Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nce2 Be5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe5  Rxe5 15. Ba4 c5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Ree8 19. Rfd1 Qb7 20. Nc3 c4  21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Rb1 Qe7 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Rc6 Ree8  27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Kf1 g6 29. Ke2 Rc5 30. Rb2 Ra5 31. Kf3 Ra4 32. Rc2 c3 33. Ke2  h5 34. Kd3 Ra3 35. Kc4 a5 36. g3 Kg7 37. f4 Kf6 38. Kd5 Ra4 39. e4 Ke7 40. Ke5  Ra3 41. h4 f6+ 42. Kd5 Kf7 43. e5 Ke7 44. e6 Ra4 45. Rxc3 Rxa2 46. Rc7+ Ke8 47.  Rf7 Rd2+ 48. Kc5 f5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.11.04"]  [Round "1.4"]  [White "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A13"]  [WhiteElo "2795"]  [BlackElo "2688"]  [PlyCount "91"]  [EventDate "2014.11.04"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Be7 6. Na3 c5 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8. b3  O-O 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. d4 Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd6 Rc7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Ng5 Qe7 15.  Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rd8 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Qe1 Rcc8 19. Qc3 Nd4 20. Rfe1 f6 21.  e3 Nb5 22. Qa5 Be8 23. Red1 Qc7 24. Qxc7 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nxc7 26. Rc1 Rd8 27.  Bc3 Nd5 28. Ba5 Nb6 29. Bf1 Bg6 30. f3 Rc8 31. Ba6 Rc6 32. Bb5 Rc8 33. b4 c4  34. Bxb6 axb6 35. Rxc4 Rd8 36. Rd4 Rc8 37. a4 Rc3 38. Rd6 Rxe3 39. Kf2 Rb3 40.  Rxb6 Rb2+ 41. Ke3 Rb3+ 42. Kd4 e5+ 43. Kc5 Rxf3 44. Bc4+ Kf8 45. Kd6 Be8 46.  Rb8 1-0

Pairings of the 2nd round

Kramnik – Inarkiev
Gelfand – Grischuk
Morozevich – Aronian
Ding Liren – Leko

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FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent 2014

By Yelena Dembo | November 3, 2014 - 11:26 |November 3, 2014 FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent 2014

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Andreikin-Giri

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Andreikin won the event with 7 points out of 11. Mamedyarov and Nakamura shared 2nd-3rd places with 6.5 points.

Results of the last round

GM Radjabov, Teimour 2726 ½ – ½ GM Gelfand, Boris 2748
GM Karjakin, Sergey 2767 1 – 0 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2706
GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2747 0 – 1 GM Caruana, Fabiano 2844
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2757 ½ – ½ GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2764
GM Jobava, Baadur 2717 ½ – ½ GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2764
GM Andreikin, Dmitry 2722 ½ – ½ GM Giri, Anish 2768

Final standings

1 GM Andreikin, Dmitry 2722 RUS 7
2 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2764 AZE 6½
3 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2764 USA 6½
4 GM Jobava, Baadur 2717 GEO 6
5 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2757 FRA 6
6 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2767 RUS 6
7 GM Caruana, Fabiano 2844 ITA 6
8 GM Radjabov, Teimour 2726 AZE 5½
9 GM Giri, Anish 2768 NED 5
10 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2747 RUS 4½
11 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2706 UZB 3½
12 GM Gelfand, Boris 2748 ISR 3½

Games of the round

 [Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]  [Site "Tashkent UZB"]  [Date "2014.11.02"]  [Round "11.1"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Giri, Anish"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D30"]  [WhiteElo "2722"]  [BlackElo "2768"]  [PlyCount "62"]  [EventDate "2014.10.21"]   1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3  Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Qb3 b6 13. Be4 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Na6  15. a3 Rfd8 16. Rd2 c5 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. exd4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nc7 20. Nc3 Rd7 21.  Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Qg5 24. Rd7 Qxe5 25. g3 Na6 26. Qd1 Rf8 27.  Rxa7 Nc5 28. Qf3 Qb8 29. Nb5 Qe5 30. Nc3 Qb8 31. Nb5 Qe5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]  [Site "Tashkent UZB"]  [Date "2014.11.02"]  [Round "11.2"]  [White "Jobava, Baadur"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A70"]  [WhiteElo "2717"]  [BlackElo "2764"]  [PlyCount "74"]  [EventDate "2014.10.21"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3  O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Ng5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Bd2 Nd7  15. Qc2 Rab8 16. O-O-O Ne5 17. Rhe1 Rec8 18. Na4 Rb4 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bf5 Rcb8  21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. a3 Nxa3 23. bxa3 Qxa3+ 24. Kd2 Qg3 25. Rb1 Qxf4+ 26. Kd1  Rxb1+ 27. Qxb1 Qd4+ 28. Kc1 Qf4+ 29. Kd1 gxf5 30. Re8+ Bf8 31. Nxc5 Qd4+ 32.  Kc1 Qxc5+ 33. Qc2 Qg1+ 34. Qd1 Qc5+ 35. Qc2 Qg1+ 36. Qd1 Qxg2 37. Qh5 Qg1+  1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]  [Site "Tashkent UZB"]  [Date "2014.11.02"]  [Round "11.3"]  [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C78"]  [WhiteElo "2757"]  [BlackElo "2764"]  [PlyCount "60"]  [EventDate "2014.10.21"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5  axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Qd3 O-O  15. Nc3 b4 16. e5 Bf5 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Na4 dxe5 19. Be3 Ra8 20. Rad1 Qe8 21. Nc5  Ra5 22. Nb7 Ra8 23. fxe5 Kh8 24. Nd6 cxd6 25. exd6 Bg6 26. dxe7 Qxe7 27. Qf2  Rac8 28. Rd5 Rfe8 29. Bd4 f6 30. Ba4 Red8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]  [Site "Tashkent UZB"]  [Date "2014.11.02"]  [Round "11.4"]  [White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A04"]  [WhiteElo "2747"]  [BlackElo "2844"]  [PlyCount "86"]  [EventDate "2014.10.21"]   1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg4 4. d4 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e5 6. d5 Nd7 7. Nc3 h5 8. Bd3  Ngf6 9. O-O h4 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Ba4 Kf8 12. b4 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Bxd7 Qxd7  15. a4 Kg7 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rb5 Ra6 18. Bd2 Nh7 19. Qe2 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Nxg5 21. h3  Qe7 22. Rbb1 Ra5 23. Qe3 Nh7 24. f4 Nf6 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rb5 Rha8 27. Qg5 Nxd5  28. Qxe7 Nxe7 29. Rd1 Rxb5 30. cxb5 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Ke3 f5 33. Nd5 Rxa4 34.  Nxc7+ Kf7 35. exf5 Nxf5+ 36. Kf3 e4+ 37. Kf4 e3+ 38. Kf3 Ra2 39. Rf1 Rd2 40.  Na8 Rd6 41. Ra1 Nd4+ 42. Ke4 e2 43. Re1 Nxb5 0-1

 [Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]  [Site "Tashkent UZB"]  [Date "2014.11.02"]  [Round "11.5"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A22"]  [WhiteElo "2767"]  [BlackElo "2706"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2014.10.21"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.  Rc1 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3 N8d7 11. O-O c6 12. Qb3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. b4 Ncd7  15. h3 Bf5 16. Nd2 h6 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Nf6 19. Bc5 Nfd7 20. Nce4 Qc7 21. a4  a6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nc5 Nf6 24. Qb2 Qe7 25. a5 Na8 26. e4 Bh7 27. Nc4 Rfe8 28.  f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Rb8 30. Qe5 Qf8 31. Qd6 Re7 32. f5 Nc7 33. Qf4 Nfe8 34. Kh2  Kh8 35. Bf3 Bg8 36. Ne5 Nf6 37. Rg1 Nb5 38. Ne6 g5 39. Nxf8 gxf4 40. Nfg6+ fxg6  41. Nxg6+ 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]  [Site "Tashkent UZB"]  [Date "2014.11.02"]  [Round "11.6"]  [White "Radjabov, Teimour"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A35"]  [WhiteElo "2726"]  [BlackElo "2748"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2014.10.21"]   1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+  8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Na5 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rc1  c5 15. b3 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Bf3 Bf6 18. a4 Nb6 19. Be3 c4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21.  bxc4 Nxa4 22. Bxa7 Rc7 23. Be3 Rdc8 24. c5 Nxc5 25. Bf4 e5 26. Be3 h6 27. Bg4  Ne6 28. Rb1 Re8 29. Rb6 Bg5 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. Rb1  Kf7 34. Rb4 Kf6 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. Kf3 Ra2 37. h3 Kf5 38. e4+ Kg6 39. Rb8 Ra4 40.  Rb2 Rc4 41. Re2 1/2-1/2

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