Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Hikaru Nakamura leads at Paris GP 2013

Hikaru Nakamura leads at Tashkent after round 8 FIDE GP 2013

2 October 2013, Kuala Lumpur – In Paris, the FIDE Grand Prix 2013 is taking place. After the 8th round, Hikaru Nakamura is leading with 5.5 points in a field of 12 players. This is the final FIDE Grand Prix of the series which takes place in Paris from 22nd September to 5th October 2013.

Grischuk and Caruana need to win this event to qualify for the Candidates via the Grand Prix otherwise Mamedyarov takes that place.

Paris standings after round 8 FIDE GP 2013

Here is the game viewer for the round 8 game between Ivanchuk and Nakamura during the Paris FIDE Grand Prix 2013.

Ivanchuk vs Nakamura, Rd 8, Paris FIDE GP 2013
White played 44. Nc4 and white resigned.
Round 8 results, Paris FIDE GP 2013

Official website: http://paris2013.fide.com

(Photo from official website)

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