Gelfand’s Round 11 Win, FIDE GP London 2012

6 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Last Wednesday, GM Boris Gelfand made a decisive last round win over GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Azerbaijan. This round 11 win gave Gelfand an important 1.0 point and scored an equal 7 points with two other players, namely, Topalov and Mamedyarov. This resulted in a three-way tie for the win in FIDE Grand Prix London.

As there is no tie-break system enforced, all three players, Topalov, Gelfand and Mamedyarov are joint winners in London leg of the FIDE Grand Prix.

 

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Position after white played 48.Rg7+ and black resigned.

Official website: http://london2012.fide.com/en/main-page/

Three Players Win London leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2012

5 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Due to heavy work schedule, left chess behind for a couple of days. Three players ended with a score of 7 points but GM Topalov Veselin of Bulgaria has the higher tie-break points followed by GM Gelfand Boris and then GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar of Azebaijan.

 

The results of the last two rounds, 10 and 11 are shown below:-

Here is Topalov’s last round win against Anish Giri of the Netherlands during the FIDE Grand Prix London 2012. Topalov played the black pieces and had a rook, knight and one pawn against white’s two pawns and a rook.

Position after black played 52…Rc3+, white resigned.

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Official website: http://london2012.fide.com/en/main-page/1-news-en/160-round-11-report

(Photo by Ray Morris-Hill, official website)

Mamedyarov Takes Over Leadership in London GP 2012

2 Oct 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the London FIDE Grand Prix, Mamedyarov takes over leadership after winning in the ninth round of play yesterday while Gelfand suffered a loss at the hands of Russian Grischuk. Meanwhile Hikaru Nakamura of USA continued his misery by losing to Michael Adams of England. Nakamura has 2.5 points to show for his efforts so far while Adams has now scored 4 points.

 

Results of Round 9 and Pairings of Round 10:

The tenth round games are ongoing.

Here is the winning ninth round game between Mamedyarov Shakhriyar of Azebaijan against Dominguez Perez Leinier of Cuba during the FIDE Grand Prix 2012 in London.

 

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Official website: http://london2012.fide.com

Games link : http://london2012.fide.com/en/component/turnuva/?task=fileview&kid=4

(Photo by Ray Morris Hill, official website)

Grischuk vs Gelfand, Round 9 Live, FIDE GP London 2012

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1 October 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 9 live game between GM Boris Gelfand and GM Alexander Grishcuk during the FIDE Grand Prix in London 2012. Gelfand is leading after round 8 with 5.5 points and trailing in second place is Mamedyarov with 5.0 points.

 

Standings after round 8 :

Official website: http://london2012.fide.com/

Gelfand Leads In FIDE GP London 2012

28 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In London, Boris Gelfand is leading the standings after round 6 last night at the FIDE Grand Prix London 2012. He drew with Ivanchuk and has scored 4.0 points. Three games drew and three games had decisive results.

(Photo by Ray Morris Hill, official website)

One of the decisive games involved GM Topalov Veselin, Bulgaria and GM Dominguez Perez Leinier of Cuba. The official website reported that the last game of the day sees Veselin Topalov facing Dominguez. Tonight, Silvio Danailov (manager of Veselin) arrives in London. Veselin is facing the 4…a6 Slav defence and decides to take immediately space with 7.Ne5 and 8.f4. Topalov took gradually the advantage, sacrificed a piece to win beautifully on the endgame.

 

Results of Round 6, FIDE GP London 2012:

 

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Position white played 49.Kc5 and black resigned.

Official website: http://london2012.fide.com/en/main-page

Gelfand Leads In FIDE GP London 2012

28 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In London, Boris Gelfand is leading the standings after round 6 last night at the FIDE Grand Prix London 2012. He drew with Ivanchuk and has scored 4.0 points. Three games drew and three games had decisive results.

(Photo by Ray Morris Hill, official website)

One of the decisive games involved GM Topalov Veselin, Bulgaria and GM Dominguez Perez Leinier of Cuba. The official website reported that The last game of the day sees Veselin Topalov facing Dominguez. Tonight, Silvio Danailov (manager of Veselin) arrives in London. Veselin is facing the 4…a6 Slav defence and decides to take immediately space with 7.Ne5 and 8.f4. Topalov took gradually the advantage, sacrificed a piece to win beautifully on the endgame.

 

Results of Round 6, FIDE GP London 2012:

 

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Position white played 49.Kc5 and black resigned.

Official website: http://london2012.fide.com/en/main-page

All draws in Round 5, FIDE GP London 2012

26 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – All six games ended in a draw at the FIDE Grand Prix London 2012, round 5. Today is a rest day for the tournament. Round 6 will resume play on the 27 Sep 2012.

The official website reported that for the third time in the tournament, Giri is playing the Petrov’s defence. Adams surprised his opponent already after the 8^th move, obliging the young Dutch prodigy to spend more than 20 minutes on his reply. Finally, Adams went for the usual long castling and actually had nothing significant out of the opening. Anish equalized and methodically exchanged the rooks on the “e” file, entering into a bishop endgame. Draw.

Official website: http://london2012.fide.com/en/main-page

(Photo by Ray Morris, official website)

Adams vs Giri, Round 5, FIDE GP London 2012

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25 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 5 live game between GM Michael Adams of the UK and GM Anish Giri of the Netherlands in the FIDE Grand Prix London 2012.

 

(Photos by Macauley Peterson, official website)

Standings After Round 4:

Kasimdzhanov vs Dominguez, Round 4, FIDE GP London 2012

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24 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 4 live game between Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan and Cuban Dominguez Perez Leninier in FIDE Grand Prix London 2012.

Position after White played 10.Re1

In the third round, the official website reported that the Uzbek grandmaster Kasimdzhanov was happy to roll out a theoretical line leading to equality and it appeared that Veselin Topalov was aware also of this line so this was the first game to finish well before the time control. Meanwhile the Cuban grandmaster Lenier Dominguez-Perez drew against GM Boris Gelfand during the third round.

Results of Round 3 and Pairings of Round 4:

Standings after round 3:

Official website: http://london2012.fide.com

(Photos by Fred Lucas, official website)

Nakamura Hikaru vs Leko Peter, Round 3, FIDE GP London 2012

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23 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 3 live game between GM Hikaru Nakamura, USA vs GM Peter Leko, Hungary in the Candidates FIDE Grand Prix 2012 in London, Simpson’s-at-the-Strand restaurant.

 

Position after white played 12.e4.

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[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "*GM_Nakamura"]
[Black "*GM_Leko"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2012.09.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 d5 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 *

Position after black played 14…Qc7.

Round 3 pairings – FIDE Grand Prix London 2012

Official website: http://london2012.fide.com

(copy of game from ICC)

(Photos from Fred Lucas, official website)

London GP 2012, Round 2 Results

23 Sep 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In London, two definitive results of round 2 were wins by Peter Leko over Ivanchuk and GM Nakamura over GM Kasimdzhanov. Other boards were drawn.

 

Here is the round 2 game between GM Peter Leko and GM Vassily Ivanchuk during the London Grand Prix 2012. The official website reported that Vasily Ivanchuk started his tournament with the black pieces twice in a row. The Ukrainian GM decided to go for the "French defence". It's well known that Vasily can play any opening against anyone! By taking the control of the "d4" square, it appeared that Leko had the situation under control. Peter mentioned after the game that the decisive mistakes of Ivanchuk were 32...Kf7 and 33...hxg5. The position was hopeless for Ivanchuk who resigned after 42 moves.

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Official website round 2 report: http://london2012.fide.com/en/main-page/1-news-en/141-round-2-report

(Photo provided by Ray Morris-Hill Photography ( www.rmhphoto.eu ) at official website)