Thessaloniki Grand-Prix 2013 8th round

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Kamsky-Nakamura
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Kamsky won against Nakamura (due to Black’s mistake in the middlegame which allowed White to get a huge advantage immediately), while Caruana drew. So, Kamsky leads the event with 6 points and Caruana and Dominguez are on 5.5 points.

Results of the 8th round

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

Standings after the 8th round

1 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 6
2 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 CUB 5½
3 GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 ITA 5½
4 GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 RUS 4½
5 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 UZB 4
6 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 UKR 4
7 GM Svidler Peter 2769 RUS 3½
8 GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 FRA 3½
9 GM Topalov Veselin 2793 BUL 3½
10 GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 RUS 3½
11 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 USA 3
12 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 UKR 1½

Pairings of the 9th round

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

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Thessaloniki Grand-Prix 2013 7th round

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Caruana
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Kamsky and Caruana lead the event with 5 points after winning against Kasimdzhanov and Morozevich respectively. Dominguez is 3rd with 4.5 points.

Results of the 7th round

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

Standings after 7 rounds

1 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 5
2 GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 ITA 5
3 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 CUB 4½
4 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 UKR 4
5 GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 RUS 4
6 GM Topalov Veselin 2793 BUL 3½
7 GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 RUS 3½
8 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 UZB 3
9 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 USA 3
10 GM Svidler Peter 2769 RUS 2½
11 GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 FRA 2½
12 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 UKR 1½

Pairings of the 8th round

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

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Thessaloniki Grand-Prix 2013 6th round

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Kamsky-Svidler
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Three players lead the event with 4 points out of 6 – Dominguez,Kamsky and Caruana. Dominguez had very good chances for a win practically for the whole game and even the Q endgame was not without chances (tablebases show wins easily, but it is difficult to find such moves during the game. Moves often just don’t make any sense!). Kamsky and Caruana won against Svidler and Bacrot respectively. Also the surprise of the round was the loss of Ivanchuk against Ponomariov as the game ended as early as move 19 with Black losing first a pawn and then much more!

Results of the 6th round

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

Standings after 6 rounds

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

Pairings of the 7th round

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

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