Category Archives: “FIDE Grand Prix” – Paris 2013

Caruana and

Gelfand (Both photos taken from the official site)

There were three (! :)) winners in this event – Caruana and Gelfand, who shared the win in the tournament and Mamedyarov, who qualified to play in the Candidates event by overall points!

Final standings

1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 ITA 7
2 GM Gelfand Boris 2764 ISR 7
3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 USA 6½
4 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 FRA 6½
5 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 RUS 5½
6 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 CUB 5½
7 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 UKR 5
8 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 UKR 5
9 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 RUS 5
10 GM Wang Hao 2736 CHN 5
11 GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 FRA 4½
12 GM Giri Anish 2737 NED 3½

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Official Site.

(Photo taken from the official site)

What an incredible round it was! Nakamura (the leader of the event for 2 rounds) lost to Gelfand, Caruana managed to win against Tomashevsky (who hadn’t lost a single game in the event yet!). So, now
Caruana & Gelfand lead the tournament with just one round to go!

Results of the 10th round

GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 ½ – ½ GM Wang Hao 2736
GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 0 – 1 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723
GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 ½ – ½ GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757
GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 1 – 0 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 ½ – ½ GM Giri Anish 2737
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 0 – 1 GM Gelfand Boris 2764

Standings after 10 rounds

1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 ITA 6½
2 GM Gelfand Boris 2764 ISR 6½
3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 USA 6
4 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 FRA 6
5 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 RUS 5
6 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 CUB 5
7 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 UKR 4½
8 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 UKR 4½
9 GM Wang Hao 2736 CHN 4½
10 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 RUS 4½
11 GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 FRA 4
12 GM Giri Anish 2737 NED 3

Pairings of the last round

GM Wang Hao 2736 – GM Fressinet Laurent 2708
GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2785
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 – GM Caruana Fabiano 2779
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 – GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
GM Giri Anish 2737 – GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772
GM Gelfand Boris 2764 – GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756

Live Games.

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(Photo taken from the official site of the event)

All games have ended in a draw which still makes Nakamura the leader (6 points out of 9). Caruana and Gelfand share 2nd-3rd places with 5.5 points.

Results of the 9th round

GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 ½ – ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756
GM Gelfand Boris 2764 ½ – ½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
GM Giri Anish 2737 ½ – ½ GM Caruana Fabiano 2779
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 ½ – ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2785
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 ½ – ½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2708
GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 ½ – ½ GM Wang Hao 2736

Standings after 9 rounds

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 USA 6
2 GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 ITA 5½
3 GM Gelfand Boris 2764 ISR 5½
4 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 FRA 5
5 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 RUS 4½
6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 RUS 4½
7 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 CUB 4½
8 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 UKR 4
9 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 UKR 4
10 GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 FRA 4
11 GM Wang Hao 2736 CHN 4
12 GM Giri Anish 2737 NED 2½

Pairings of today’s round

GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 – GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 – GM Giri Anish 2737
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 – GM Gelfand Boris 2764
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 – GM Wang Hao 2736
GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 – GM Bacrot Etienne 2723
GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 – GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757

Live Games.

Photo Gallery.

Official Site.

(Photo taken from the official site)

Another GP event started recently in Paris, France. Nakamura is leading with 5.5 points out of 7 (he won against Ivanchuk on time yesterday).

Results of the 7th round

GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 0 – 1 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723
GM Wang Hao 2736 ½ – ½ GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757
GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 ½ – ½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703
GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 1 – 0 GM Giri Anish 2737
GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 1 – 0 GM Gelfand Boris 2764
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 0 – 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772

Standings after 7 rounds

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 USA 5½
2 GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 ITA 5
3 GM Gelfand Boris 2764 ISR 5
4 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 FRA 4½
5 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 CUB 4
6 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 RUS 4
7 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 RUS 4
8 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 UKR 3½
9 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 UKR 3½
10 GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 FRA 3½
11 GM Wang Hao 2736 CHN 3½
12 GM Giri Anish 2737 NED 2

Pairings of today’s round

GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 – GM Fressinet Laurent 2708
GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 – GM Wang Hao 2736
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 – GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756
GM Gelfand Boris 2764 – GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
GM Giri Anish 2737 – GM Caruana Fabiano 2779
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2785

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