December 4, 2012 – IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

Today is the last round of this prestigious event! The leaders are Mamedyarov and Morozevich with 6 points. Behind there are Karjakin, Ponomariov, Wang Hao, Caruana and Kasimdzhanov with 5.5 which means that anything can happen!

Pairings

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

And indeed something happened! Mamedyarov lost, Morozevich “only” drew and Karjakin who played the longest game of the round won. This win determined the winner of the event.

: Karjakin

Final standings

1-3. Karjakin, Wang Hao, Morozevich 6.5 points.
4-6. Mamedyarov, Kasimdzhanov, Caruana 6.
7-9. Ponomariov, Svidler, Leko 5.5
10. Gelfand 4.5
11. Dominguez 4
12. Kamsky 3.5

Games of the last round

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.1"]  [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Black "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2726"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [PlyCount "65"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:43:00"]  [BlackClock "0:12:35"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3  Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4  cxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Nxe5 dxe4 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rc8 21. a3 Nc6  22. Nxe4 Nxe5 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. dxe5 Qe6 25. b4 Rc4 26. Qd3 g6 27. Ba2 a5 28.  bxa5 Bc5 29. Qg3 h5 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Rad1 Rc8 32. Bc3 Bxa3 33. Rd6 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.2"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2741"]  [PlyCount "155"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:04:04"]  [BlackClock "0:06:53"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.  Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Be6 14. Bg2 Bg5  15. O-O Qb8 16. b3 a5 17. f4 Bd8 18. Kh1 Ra7 19. Qh5 f6 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. Nce3  Bb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. Qd1 Rd8 25. f5 Bf7 26. g4 a4 27. g5 axb3 28.  axb3 Kf8 29. Qg4 Rda8 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Qh4 Ng8 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. Qxh7 Ra1 34.  Ne3 Kf8 35. Qh4 R8a2 36. Qg3 Qc6 37. h3 Rxf1+ 38. Nxf1 Ra1 39. Kh2 Ra2 40. Qe1  Bh5 41. Ng3 Be8 42. Qxb4 Qc5 43. Qe1 Bc6 44. Nf1 Nh6 45. Qh4 Nf7 46. Qe1 Ke7  47. h4 Nh6 48. Rd2 Qa5 49. Kh3 Ra3 50. Qg3 Nf7 51. Rd3 Qa8 52. Ne3 Qh8 53. c5  Ra2 54. cxd6+ Nxd6 55. Nd5+ Bxd5 56. Rxd5 Qc8 57. b4 Rc2 58. Kh2 Qc4 59. Rc5  Qe2 60. Qg8 Nf7 61. Rxc2 Qxc2 62. Qb8 Qd2 63. Qa7+ Kf8 64. Qc5+ Kg7 65. b5 Nh6  66. Qe7+ Nf7 67. Qa3 Nd6 68. b6 Nxe4 69. Qf3 Nd6 70. b7 Qb4 71. Qh5 Nf7 72. Bd5  Nh8 73. Kh3 Qb1 74. Qg4+ Kh6 75. Qf3 Qb6 76. Qb3 Qf2 77. b8=Q Qxf5+ 78. Kh2 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.3"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2737"]  [BlackElo "2764"]  [PlyCount "93"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:05:00"]  [BlackClock "1:38:00"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3  Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Qa4  a6 15. g4 Qc6 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 e5 18. Be2 g5 19. Rc1 Rh6 20. Rxc6 Ne4 21.  Rxh6 Nxd2+ 22. Kc2 gxh6 23. Kxd2 exd4 24. exd4 Bd6 25. h4 Ke7 26. hxg5 Bf4+ 27.  Kc2 Bxg5 28. b4 a5 29. Bb5 Nf8 30. Nb6 Rb8 31. bxa5 Ne6 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. a4 Nf4+  34. Kc3 Ne6 35. Kd3 Nf4+ 36. Kc3 Ne6 37. Re1 Bf6 38. Rxe6+ fxe6 39. a6 Rh8 40.  a7 Kc7 41. a8=Q Rxa8 42. Nxa8+ Kb7 43. Bd7 e5 44. dxe5 Bxe5+ 45. Kd3 d4 46. a5  Kxa8 47. a6 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.4"]  [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2696"]  [BlackElo "2751"]  [PlyCount "82"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "2:11:00"]  [BlackClock "2:15:00"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.  Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5  15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nce3 Bg6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21.  Qxd3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rxb3 24. Rc4 Rb5 25. Nc7 Rb6 26. Nd5 Rb5 27.  e4 Rc5 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Qf7 h6 30. Qe6 Qa8 31. Qd7 a4 32. Nb6 Qb8 33. Qxc6 a3  34. Qxc5 Qa7 35. Na4 Qxa4 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qf5+ Kg8  40. Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.5"]  [White "Leko, Peter"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2732"]  [BlackElo "2786"]  [PlyCount "119"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:04:55"]  [BlackClock "0:05:15"]   1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. Na3 c6 8.  Nc4 Qd8 9. g3 Be6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qc8 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Bh3 Bxc4  15. Qxc4 Nbd7 16. Qe2 Qd8 17. c4 h6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Rd1 e6 20. Bd2 a5 21. Bc3  Qc7 22. Rac1 a4 23. Bg2 Rad8 24. Rd3 Ng4 25. Re1 h5 26. h3 Nh6 27. Bd2 c5 28.  Bg5 Rc8 29. Bf4 Qa5 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Red8 33. Red1 Rxd2 34.  Rxd2 Ne4 35. Rc2 Nc5 36. Rd2 Ne4 37. Rd7 Nc5 38. Rd1 f6 39. Be3 Nf5 40. Bxc5  Rxc5 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Bf1 Rc7 43. Ra8 e5 44. Rxa4 e4 45. Nd2 Nd6 46. Ra5 f5 47.  Rd5 Nc8 48. b4 Bc3 49. a3 Ne7 50. Rd6 Bb2 51. Nb1 Nc6 52. c5 Re7 53. Kg2 h4 54.  b5 Nd4 55. Nd2 hxg3 56. Kxg3 Bc3 57. Nb1 Bb2 58. Nd2 Bc3 59. Nb1 Bb2 60. Nd2  1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.6"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2747"]  [BlackElo "2748"]  [PlyCount "77"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:49"]  [BlackClock "0:00:34"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O  Bd7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Ra3 Qc7 15.  Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Rae3 Ng8 18. Qe2 Qd8 19. c4 Kf8 20. c5 Bb5 21. Qh5 g6  22. Qd1 Bg5 23. c6 Bf6 24. Bh3 Kg7 25. Bd2 h5 26. Qc2 Qc7 27. Bc3 h4 28. g4 g5  29. Qf5 Rh6 30. Qxg5+ Rg6 31. Qf4 Kf8 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. g5 Nxd5 34. Qxh4 Nxe3  35. Qh8+ Rg8 36. Qh6+ Rg7 37. Qh8+ Rg8 38. Qh6+ Rg7 39. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

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