FIDE Grand Prix in Beijing, 2013 – 2nd round

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2nd round
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Karjakin won the 2nd game against Wang Hao and is leading the event alone with 2 out of 2! Here are some of leader’s analysis of his game.

Results of the 2nd round

GM Karjakin Sergey 2776 1 – 0 GM Wang Hao 2752
GM Grischuk Alexander 2780 ½​ – ½​ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2733
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2761 ½​ – ½​ GM Kamsky Gata 2763
GM Topalov Veselin 2767 ½​ – ½​ GM Leko Peter 2737
GM Wang Yue 2705 ½​ – ½​ GM Gelfand Boris 2773
GM Giri Anish 2734 ½​ – ½​ GM Morozevich Alexander 2736

Standings after 2 rounds

1. Karjakin 2
2-3. Topalov, Grischuk 1.5
4-8. Mamedyarov, Morozevich, Wang Yue, Leko, Ivanchuk 1
9-12. Wang Hao, Kamsky, Giri, Gelfand 0.5

Games of the round

Pairings of the 3rd round

GM Morozevich Alexander 2736 – GM Karjakin Sergey 2776
GM Gelfand Boris 2773 – GM Giri Anish 2734
GM Leko Peter 2737 – GM Wang Yue 2705
GM Kamsky Gata 2763 – GM Topalov Veselin 2767
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2733 – GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2761
GM Wang Hao 2752 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2780

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FIDE Grand Prix in Beijing, 2013 – 1st round

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Giri-Karjakin
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Already the 1st round was highly interesting as Black won 3 games and lost none!! 🙂 Topalov, Karjakin and Grischuk lead with 1 point.

Results of round 1

GM Giri Anish 2734 0 – 1 GM Karjakin Sergey 2776
GM Morozevich Alexander 2736 ½​ – ½​ GM Wang Yue 2705
GM Gelfand Boris 2773 0 – 1 GM Topalov Veselin 2767
GM Leko Peter 2737 ½​ – ½​ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2761
GM Kamsky Gata 2763 0 – 1 GM Grischuk Alexander 2780
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2733 ½​ – ½​ GM Wang Hao 2752

Games of the round

Pairings of the 2nd round

GM Karjakin Sergey 2776 – GM Wang Hao 2752
GM Grischuk Alexander 2780 – GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2733
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2761 – GM Kamsky Gata 2763
GM Topalov Veselin 2767 – GM Leko Peter 2737
GM Wang Yue 2705 – GM Gelfand Boris 2773
GM Giri Anish 2734 – GM Morozevich Alexander 2736

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