Grand Prix – Zug 2013 2nd round

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GP Zug, 2nd round
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There were many fighting games yesterday and even draws (maybe except Morozevich-Mamedyarov) were not short at all. Topalov, Ponomariov and Morozevich lead the vent with 1.5 out of 2.

Results of 2nd round

GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709 1 – 0 GM Kamsky Gata 2741
GM Topalov Veselin 2771 1 – 0 GM Leko Peter 2744
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767 ½ – ½ GM Giri Anish 2727
GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 ½ – ½ GM Karjakin Sergey 2786
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733 1 – 0 GM Caruana Fabiano 2772
GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 ½ – ½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766

Kasimdzhanov-Kamsky was a Tarrasch French where Black got his fair share of counterplay but White tried to create an attack on the kingside. 14.Qe3 was a novelty. After the position opened up in the center, Black had the possibility to repeat the moves but since the position was very interesting, he didn’t.

Round 3 on 2013/04/20 at 14:00

GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 – GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709
GM Caruana Fabiano 2772 – GM Morozevich Alexander 2758
GM Karjakin Sergey 2786 – GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733
GM Giri Anish 2727 – GM Radjabov Teimour 2793
GM Leko Peter 2744 – GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 – GM Topalov Veselin 2771

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The 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013 – 7th round

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After a tough fight on first boards we again have 3 leaders – GMs Hansen, Zhao and Schebler.

Top 10 results by boards (view all here)

1 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 5 1 – 0 5½ GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527
2 IM Wang Chen 2485 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621
3 GM Paragua Mark 2557 5 0 – 1 5 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445
4 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 5 1 – 0 5 GM Akesson Ralf 2462
5 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Laylo Darwin 2491
6 GM Sriram Jha 2421 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Short Nigel D 2697
7 GM Vajda Levente 2632 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Czebe Attila 2479
8 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Varga Zoltan 2472
9 Ma Zhonghan 2372 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Barbosa Oliver 2563
10 GM Lu Shanglei 2562 4½ 1 – 0 4½ IM Illingworth Max 2423

Top 10 players of the tournament after 7 rounds with ELO gains/losses (view full standings here)

1 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2561 2561 6.0 2687 10.3
2 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2537 2537 6.0 2681 12.0
3 GM Schebler Gerhard GER 2445 2445 6.0 2509 7.3
4 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2426 2426 5.5 2669 22.2
5 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2527 2527 5.5 2660 13.3
6 IM Wan Yunguo CHN 2494 2494 5.5 2571 8.0
7 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2621 2621 5.5 2626 2.4
8 GM Koneru Humpy IND 2597 2597 5.5 2605 2.4
9 IM Wang Chen CHN 2485 2485 5.5 2590 11.1
10 GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2491 2491 5.5 2556 6.7

Top 10 pairings of the 8th round (view all here)

1 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445 6 – 6 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561
2 GM Short Nigel D 2697 5½ – 6 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537
3 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621 5½ – 5½ GM Horvath Adam 2509
4 IM Wang Chen 2485 5½ – 5½ GM Koneru Humpy 2597
5 IM Wan Yunguo 2494 5½ – 5½ GM Lu Shanglei 2562
6 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541 5½ – 5½ IM Saptarshi Roy 2426
7 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 5½ – 5½ GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527
8 WGM Bulmaga Irina 2389 5 – 5 GM Vajda Levente 2632
9 GM Barbosa Oliver 2563 5 – 5 FM Menkinoski Riste 2370
10 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2341 5 – 5 GM Paragua Mark 2557

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Grand Prix – Zug 2013 1st round

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Caruana-Radjabov
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Morozevich and Caruana won against Kasimdzhanov and Radjabov respectively.

Round 1 on 2013/04/18 at 14:00

GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 1 – 0 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 ½ – ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733
GM Caruana Fabiano 2772 1 – 0 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793
GM Karjakin Sergey 2786 ½ – ½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767
GM Giri Anish 2727 ½ – ½ GM Topalov Veselin 2771
GM Leko Peter 2744 ½ – ½ GM Kamsky Gata 2741

Morozevich got the advantage of two bishops out of the opening and the game was progressing quietly, with white gaining space on the kingside, to improve the light square B, then improving other pieces. The preparation of …c4 push seems the key plan here as it prevented Black from getting any counterplay on the queenside. Another very interesting positional decision was definitely 42.Bc5 as it gave the N on g2 a path to f5.

Caruana-Radjabov was an interesting Schliemann/Jaenisch when white went for the relatively rare 7.Bxc6. The 11…Nxe4 looked like Black willingly went for a middlegame where he cannot play for a win. Later on white won the e-file and kept on improving the pieces and gaining space. Perhaps, pushing the pawn to h4 was a mistake as it became weak and instead Black should have waited with, for example, Rd7.

Today’s pairings

Round 2 on 2013/04/19 at 14:00

GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709 – GM Kamsky Gata 2741
GM Topalov Veselin 2771 – GM Leko Peter 2744
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767 – GM Giri Anish 2727
GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 – GM Karjakin Sergey 2786
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733 – GM Caruana Fabiano 2772
GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 – GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766

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The 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013 – 6th round

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GM Antonio managed to win against GM Vajda and now leads the tournament with 5.5 out of 6.

Top 10 board results of round 6 (view all of them here)

1 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Vajda Levente 2632
2 GM Akesson Ralf 2462 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Paragua Mark 2557
3 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537
4 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621 4 1 – 0 4 IM Bijaoui Manuel 2416
5 Nouri Hamed 2356 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Koneru Humpy 2597
6 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 4 1 – 0 4 IM Thejkumar M. S. 2412
7 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 4 1 – 0 4 WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2388
8 Bitoon Jimson 2145 4 0 – 1 4 IM Wang Chen 2485
9 GM Czebe Attila 2479 4 ½ – ½ 4 Ma Zhonghan 2372
10 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445 4 1 – 0 4 Villanueva Nelson 2261

Top 10 players after 6 rounds with ELO gains/losses (view full standings here)

1 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2527 2527 5.5 2809 17.8
2 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2426 2426 5.0 2703 21.3
3 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2621 2621 5.0 2655 4.2
4 GM Paragua Mark PHI 2557 2557 5.0 2630 6.3
5 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2561 2561 5.0 2627 5.8
6 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2537 2537 5.0 2630 8.0
7 IM Wang Chen CHN 2485 2485 5.0 2589 9.3
8 GM Akesson Ralf SWE 2462 2462 5.0 2650 15.1
9 GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2491 2491 5.0 2582 7.6
10 GM Schebler Gerhard GER 2445 2445 5.0 2414 0.8

Pairings of top 10 boards of round 7 (view all of them here)

1 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 5 – 5½ GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527
2 IM Wang Chen 2485 5 – 5 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621
3 GM Paragua Mark 2557 5 – 5 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445
4 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 5 – 5 GM Akesson Ralf 2462
5 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 5 – 5 GM Laylo Darwin 2491
6 GM Sriram Jha 2421 4½ – 4½ GM Short Nigel D 2697
7 GM Vajda Levente 2632 4½ – 4½ GM Czebe Attila 2479
8 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 4½ – 4½ GM Varga Zoltan 2472
9 Ma Zhonghan 2372 4½ – 4½ GM Barbosa Oliver 2563
10 GM Lu Shanglei 2562 4½ – 4½ IM Illingworth Max 2423

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