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“FIDE Grand Prix” – Paris 2013

(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
Download the games here.
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FIDE Women’s Grand Prix – Tashkent 2013

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Indian GM Koneru became the winner of the event with 8 points out of 11 games. So far she has won both tournaments in GP series she played in!
Last round results
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 0 – 1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495
GM Zhao Xue 2579 1 – 0 GM Dronavalli Harika 2475
IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 1 – 0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496
WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 0 – 1 GM Lagno Kateryna 2532
WGM Girya Olga 2439 ½ – ½ GM Koneru Humpy 2607
WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 ½ – ½ GM Danielian Elina 2470
Final standings
1 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 IND 8
2 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 GEO 7
3 GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 UKR 7
4 GM Zhao Xue 2579 CHN 6.5
5 GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 IND 6.5
6 WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 CHN 6
7 WGM Girya Olga 2439 RUS 5.5
8 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 RUS 5.5
9 GM Danielian Elina 2470 ARM 5
10 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 BUL 4.5
11 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 UZB 3
12 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 KAZ 1.5
Download all games of the event here.


