November 23, 2012 – IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

After the 1st round we have 2 leaders – Morozevich and Karjakin.

Today’s pairings:

Kamsky-Karjakin 1/2
Wang Hao-Dominguez Perez 1/2
Kasimdzhanov-Ponomariov 1/2
Leko-Mamedyarov 1/2
Svidler-Gelfand 1/2
Morozevich-Caruana 1-0

Morozevich is the sole leader with 2 out of 2 so far.

The 2nd round games

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E12"]  [WhiteElo "2762"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "59"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3  dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfd1  Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. Bb5 Nf6 17. Rxd4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 g6 20. Qe2  Rd5 21. Rd1 Qd6 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. h3 Ne4 24. Bd3 Qc6 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qd2 Qb1+  27. Kh2 Qf5 28. Kg1 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Kg1 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C84"]  [WhiteElo "2696"]  [BlackElo "2741"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "67"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4  Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bd2 Bd7  15. Ra7 Ra8 16. Qa1 Qb8 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qa5 Qxa5 19. Bxa5 Rc8 20. Ra1 Ra8 21.  Ra3 Ra7 22. Bd2 Rxa3 23. bxa3 Kf8 24. Ba5 Bd8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke2 f6 27. f3 c5  28. dxc6 Bxa5 29. cxd7 Kxd7 30. a4 bxa4 31. Bxa4+ Ke6 32. Bb3+ Ke5 33. g3 g5  34. Bf7 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Leko, Peter"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B07"]  [WhiteElo "2732"]  [BlackElo "2764"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "107"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. g5  Nfd7 9. Nh4 d5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qg4 Qb6 12. Ne2 Na6 13. c3 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc7  15. Qf3 Nb5 16. a4 Nd6 17. a5 Qb5 18. Bd3 Qd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. a6 b6 21. h4  Rc8 22. Ng3 Be7 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. Bf4 Nc4 25. h5 gxh5 26. Nxh5 Kg8 27. Bc1 g6 28.  Ng3 Rxh1 29. Nxh1 e5 30. dxe5 Ncxe5 31. Bb5 Nc5 32. Be3 Ne6 33. Rd1 Nc7 34. Bd3  Re8 35. f4 Bxg5 36. Nf2 Nxd3 37. Nxd3 Be7 38. Kf3 f6 39. Bd4 Kf7 40. Rh1 Nxa6  41. Ra1 Nc5 42. Bxc5 bxc5 43. f5 g5 44. Rxa7 Kf8 45. b4 c4 46. Nc5 Bxc5 47.  bxc5 Rc8 48. Ra6 Kf7 49. Ra7+ Kg8 50. Ra5 Re8 51. Ra7 Rc8 52. Ra5 Re8 53. Ra7  Rc8 54. Ra5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B30"]  [WhiteElo "2747"]  [BlackElo "2751"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "89"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1  c4 9. a4 Ng6 10. b4 Nce5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Na3 Bc6 14. Nd4 Nf4  15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. d4 cxd3 17. Bxf4 Ng6 18. Bg3 dxc2 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nxc2 e5  21. Ra1 Kc8 22. Ra7 f6 23. Ne3 Kb8 24. Ra1 Rg8 25. Nf5 Ne7 26. Nd4 Kb7 27. Ne6  Nc8 28. Rd1 Bd6 29. f3 g6 30. Bh4 Re8 31. Nc5+ Bxc5+ 32. bxc5 g5 33. Rd7+ Kb8  34. Be1 Re7 35. Rd8 Rf7 36. h4 Kc7 37. Rh8 gxh4 38. Bxh4 Ne7 39. Ra8 Kb7 40.  Rd8 Ng6 41. Be1 Kc7 42. Ra8 Kb7 43. Rd8 Kc7 44. Ra8 Kb7 45. Rd8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2748"]  [BlackElo "2786"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "101"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.  Be3 Qe7 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. O-O-O c5 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14.  exf5 Nf6 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. Qf3 Qd4 17. g4 h6 18. a3 a6 19. Re3 Re7 20. Kb1 Nd5  21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rde1 f6 24. f4 Kd7 25. c3 b5 26. Kc2 Kd6 27. b3  Re8 28. Re4 Re7 29. b4 Re8 30. c4 bxc4 31. dxc4 Rd4 32. fxe5+ fxe5 33. bxc5+  Kxc5 34. Rxe5+ Rxe5 35. Rxe5+ Kxc4 36. Re7 c5 37. Rxg7 Rd3 38. h4 Rf3 39. Kd2  Kd4 40. Ke2 Rxa3 41. f6 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Ra1 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Ra1 45. g5 hxg5  46. hxg5 Rf1 47. Rc7 a5 48. f7 a4 49. g6 a3 50. Ra7 Rf6 51. g7 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D90"]  [WhiteElo "2737"]  [BlackElo "2726"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.  Bf4 c6 9. e4 b5 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O b4 13. Nd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15.  Ne3 Ba4 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Rxd3 18. Rxa5 Nc6 19. Ra6 Rd2 20. Bc4 Nd4 21. Nf5  Ne2+ 22. Bxe2 Rxe2 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. f3 Nh5 25. Bd6 Rxb2 26. g4 Bd4+ 27. Kh1  Ng7 28. Nc6 Bc3 29. Rfa1 Rxb3 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Ne6 32. Rxf7 Rb1+ 33. Kg2  b3 34. Rb7 b2 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kh8 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

Watch games live on http://tashkent2012.fide.com/en/component/content/article/40-static-content/133-live-games and on Playchess.

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