Khanty Mansiysk – final/game 4 (of 4 classical ones)

Today the 4th game was played. Stefanova (White) got a slightly better position after the opening, but then Ushenina made some inaccuracies and then mistakes to get to a lost position. Here is the game:

Thus, Stefanova equalized and will be playing tie-breaks!

FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 7

After 6 rounds Morozevich is leading the event with 4 points, four players are on 3.5.

Today’s pairings

Karjakin-Morozevich 1-0
Mamedyarov-Kamsky 1/2
Ponomariov-Gelfand 1/2
Dominguez-Caruana 0-1
Wang Hao-Svidler 1/2
Kasimdzhanov-Leko 1/2

Morozevich lost again, now to Karjakin and Caruana had a steady advantage after 30 moves and only kept on increasing it.

So, after 7 rounds Karjakin and Caruana share 1st place, 3rd-5th are Morozevich, Kasimdzhanov and Mamedyarov.

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Khanty Mansiysk – final/game 3 (of 4 classical ones)

Today the 3rd game of the final was played and Ushenina won with White! She is now leading 2-1 with only one classical game to go.

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FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 6

After 5 rounds we have 5 (!) leaders with 3 points.

Today’s pairings

Morozevich-Dominguez 1-0
Caruana-Ponomariov 1/2
Gelfand-Mamedyarov 1/2
Svidler-Karjakin 1/2
Leko-Wang Hao 1/2
Kamsky-Kasimdzhanov 1/2

All games were drawn but one – Morozevich won and now is leading the event with 4 points while 4 players are on 3.5.

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Khanty Mansiysk – final/game 2 (of 4 classical ones)

The 2nd game was drawn today. Looks like Black has a fine game and perhaps could have gone for more than a draw had she played 13…Nd6 and exchanged the Bishop.

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