Thessaloniki Grand-Prix 2013 10th round

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Kamsky-Morozevich
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Kamsky increased his chances of winning the 1st place by beating Morozevich in 25 moves! Dominguez is still 2nd by drawing versus Grischuk. Caruana managed to win against Topalov in a complicated game full of incredible mistakes and is 3rd.

Results of the 10th round

GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 ½ – ½ GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723
GM Topalov Veselin 2793 0 – 1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2774
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 1 – 0 GM Morozevich Alexander 2760
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 1 – 0 GM Bacrot Etienne 2725
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 ½ – ½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775
GM Svidler Peter 2769 ½ – ½ GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699

Standings after 10 rounds

1 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 7½
2 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 CUB 7
3 GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 ITA 6½
4 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 UKR 5½
5 GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 RUS 5½
6 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 UZB 5
7 GM Topalov Veselin 2793 BUL 4½
8 GM Svidler Peter 2769 RUS 4½
9 GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 FRA 4
10 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 USA 4
11 GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 RUS 3½
12 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 UKR 2½

Today is the last round and the pairings are:

GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2779
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 – GM Svidler Peter 2769
GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 – GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755
GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 – GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742
GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 – GM Kamsky Gata 2741
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 – GM Topalov Veselin 2793

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Thessaloniki Grand-Prix 2013 9th round

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Caruana-Dominguez
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Dominguez managed to catch up with Kamsky after winning versus Caruana with Black. Now both Kamsky and Dominguez have 6.5 points out of 9 and Caruana is 3rd with 5.5. Only 2 rounds left and I am sure players will want to fight for points as much as possible! 🙂

Results of the 9th round

GM Svidler Peter 2769 ½ – ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2779
GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 ½ – ½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 ½ – ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742
GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 ½ – ½ GM Kamsky Gata 2741
GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 0 – 1 GM Topalov Veselin 2793
GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 0 – 1 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723

Standings after 9 rounds

1 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 6½
2 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 CUB 6½
3 GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 ITA 5½
4 GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 RUS 5
5 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 UZB 4½
6 GM Topalov Veselin 2793 BUL 4½
7 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 UKR 4½
8 GM Svidler Peter 2769 RUS 4
9 GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 FRA 4
10 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 USA 3½
11 GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 RUS 3½
12 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 UKR 2

Pairings of the 10th round

GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 – GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723
GM Topalov Veselin 2793 – GM Caruana Fabiano 2774
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 – GM Morozevich Alexander 2760
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 – GM Bacrot Etienne 2725
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 – GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775
GM Svidler Peter 2769 – GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699

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