FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent 2014

The 5th round begins in less than 25 minutes! Watch it here.

Pairings of the 5th round

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

Standings after 4th round

1 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2757 FRA 3
2 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2764 USA 2½
3 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2767 RUS 2½
4 GM Andreikin, Dmitry 2722 RUS 2½
5 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2764 AZE 2
6 GM Jobava, Baadur 2717 GEO 2
7 GM Radjabov, Teimour 2726 AZE 2
8 GM Giri, Anish 2768 NED 2
9 GM Caruana, Fabiano 2844 ITA 1½
10 GM Gelfand, Boris 2748 ISR 1½
11 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2747 RUS 1½
12 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2706 UZB 1

Official site.

FIDE Grand Prix, Tashkent 2014

Mamedyarov-Nakamura

Mamedyarov-Nakamura


(Photo taken from the official site)

All games were drawn! Vachier-Lagrave continues to lead with 3 points.

Results of the 4th round

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

Games of the round

Today is a rest day.

Pairings of the 5th round

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

Official site.

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