FIDE Grand Prix 2014-2015
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I'm quite glad that Andreikin isn't totally adrift, because in events like this that's always a possibility.
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Is anyone able to calculate what score Carlsen needs to get in his match against Anand to avoid dropping points (though hopefully he will be concentrating on just winning the match, it would be good to know that as well). And what events does Carlsen have lined up afterwards - did he not take a break after the last match? In a similar vein, what is Caruana's schedule up to and including the London Chess Classic? It would be quite ironic if Caruana took the number one spot there, where Carlsen's victory in 2009 took him to the top of the rankings for the first time. What a difference five years can make. In the January 2010 listing, Carlsen was number 1 with a rating of 2810 and Caruana was number 51 with a rating of 2675.Chris Rice wrote:Caruana wins again and along with Gelfand leads the event with 3/4. What once seemed a purely theoretical idea of Caruana matching Carlsen's rating now appears to have turned into an almost inevitable countdown of when, not if, he's going to catch him. http://en.chessbase.com/post/baku-04-fabi-unstoppable
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I have read that Caruana needs to finish the GP with 6/7 from here to overtake Carlsen, but he than has another GP to follow later this month - Caruana tends to play a lot
Carlsen is missing London in Dec and Zurich in Feb (both of which Anand plays), so not sure of his plans post WC
I can't remember seeing anything about Wijk aan Zee in January
Carlsen is missing London in Dec and Zurich in Feb (both of which Anand plays), so not sure of his plans post WC
I can't remember seeing anything about Wijk aan Zee in January
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When I saw the latest Press Release with the headline "Introducing New Look for the Grand Prix Series" my first thought was whether the Grand Prix was now going behind a paywall. Fortunately it doesn't seem so and the trial new site looks very good indeed: http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... eries.html
It even has a 'playing venue' tab where we get more information on the building the event is taking place in. http://www.grand-prix.fide.com/playing-venue/
It even has a 'playing venue' tab where we get more information on the building the event is taking place in. http://www.grand-prix.fide.com/playing-venue/
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I went in it today, its very nice.
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Caruana won today to take his live rating to 2851.3
He's also 0.5 ahead of Gelfand in the GP
http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/eve ... r-6-rounds
He's also 0.5 ahead of Gelfand in the GP
http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/eve ... r-6-rounds
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Here's the game with Mark Crowther's comments below. Interesting observations from Mark in the other thread about Svidler, difficult to believe that he would be intimidated by anyone but Caruana continues to create historical landmarks. I was just reading in the latest New in Chess how he was thrilled he'd cracked 2800!
Caruana, F. (2844) vs. Svidler, P. (2732) Baku Rd 6
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Fabiano Caruana won a sharp Gruenfeld against Peter Svidler to lead the Baku Grand Prix alone on 4.5/6. Svidler decided to surprise Caruana with a newish idea of 10... a6. Svidler's 13...h5 was a bad move with 14.Bc5 Qf6 15.Bd4 Qd6 leaving Svidler in a poor position. Caruana questioned whether 16.g4 was the right move, the computers said it led to a huge advantage but neither player pointed to 18.e5 as being inaccurate (18.Nge2!) Svidler sacrificed a piece for good compensation but was steadily out-calculated in the following complications and after 27...Rh8? Caruana brought home the full point quickly.
Caruana, F. (2844) vs. Svidler, P. (2732) Baku Rd 6
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Fabiano Caruana won a sharp Gruenfeld against Peter Svidler to lead the Baku Grand Prix alone on 4.5/6. Svidler decided to surprise Caruana with a newish idea of 10... a6. Svidler's 13...h5 was a bad move with 14.Bc5 Qf6 15.Bd4 Qd6 leaving Svidler in a poor position. Caruana questioned whether 16.g4 was the right move, the computers said it led to a huge advantage but neither player pointed to 18.e5 as being inaccurate (18.Nge2!) Svidler sacrificed a piece for good compensation but was steadily out-calculated in the following complications and after 27...Rh8? Caruana brought home the full point quickly.
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Chessdom reports: Fabiano Caruana’s impressive run has been put to a halt in round 7 of the FIDE Grand Prix in Baku when he was defeated by the tail-ender Dmitry Andreikin. This was Caruana’s first loss since the Chess Olympiad in Tromso. Boris Gelfand joined the Italian on the shared first place with 4.5 points each after a draw against Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Sergey Karjakin scored against Hikaru Nakamura, while the games Peter Svidler – Alexander Grischuk, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Evgeny Tomashevsky and Teimour Radjabov – Leinier Dominguez were drawn. He was asked about it afterwards. "More or less all my moves were bad from the first to the last one. So that's what went wrong. I made so many mistakes and missed so many things. I think I had a decent position after the opening and I just slowly ruined it."
Caruana was almost equal out of the opening after surprising Andreikin with the Scandinavian Defence but his 17...Qe6 (17...Nxc4=) was bad, Andreikin's 18.Bf1 (18.Re1!) wasn't the best follow up but 23...c4? (23...h6) 27...Qe7? (27...Qc6) and finally in desperate time trouble 34...Qa7? (34...Qe8) were all significant mistakes. Caruana just didn't seem to be at the races today. He was lost at move 40 after which Andreikin's technique was enough.
Caruana was almost equal out of the opening after surprising Andreikin with the Scandinavian Defence but his 17...Qe6 (17...Nxc4=) was bad, Andreikin's 18.Bf1 (18.Re1!) wasn't the best follow up but 23...c4? (23...h6) 27...Qe7? (27...Qc6) and finally in desperate time trouble 34...Qa7? (34...Qe8) were all significant mistakes. Caruana just didn't seem to be at the races today. He was lost at move 40 after which Andreikin's technique was enough.
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Caruana lost 6.7 rating points in 1 game, which shows the scale of play he has to maintain to just hold his current rating, let alone attempt to reach Carlsen
He has another GP coming up soon after this one, so will be very interesting to see how he reacts to the loss
Has anyone found the regulations yet for the qualification for the next world championship match? I am assuming it is the same as the last cycle, but would be good to know
He has another GP coming up soon after this one, so will be very interesting to see how he reacts to the loss
Has anyone found the regulations yet for the qualification for the next world championship match? I am assuming it is the same as the last cycle, but would be good to know
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Peter Svidler defeated Leinier Dominguez while the other five games were drawn in the 8th round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Baku. Rest day today.
Round 8 results
Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2706 ½ - ½ Caruana Fabiano 2844
Grischuk Alexander 2797 ½ - ½ Andreikin Dmitry 2722
Dominguez Perez Leinier 2751 0 - 1 GM Svidler Peter 2732
Tomashevsky Evgeny 2701 ½ - ½ GM Radjabov Teimour 2726
Karjakin Sergey 2767 ½ - ½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2764
Gelfand Boris 2748 ½ - ½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2764
Standings after Round 8
1 Caruana Fabiano 2844 ITA 5
2 Gelfand Boris 2748 ISR 5
3 Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2706 UZB 4½
4 Karjakin Sergey 2767 RUS 4½
5 Radjabov Teimour 2726 AZE 4½
6 Svidler Peter 2732 RUS 4½
7 Tomashevsky Evgeny 2701 RUS 4
8 Nakamura Hikaru 2764 USA 4
9 Andreikin Dmitry 2722 RUS 3
10 Dominguez Perez Leinier 2751 CUB 3
11 Grischuk Alexander 2797 RUS 3
12 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2764 AZE 3
Round 7 report
http://en.chessbase.com/post/baku-07-he-is-human
Round 8 results
Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2706 ½ - ½ Caruana Fabiano 2844
Grischuk Alexander 2797 ½ - ½ Andreikin Dmitry 2722
Dominguez Perez Leinier 2751 0 - 1 GM Svidler Peter 2732
Tomashevsky Evgeny 2701 ½ - ½ GM Radjabov Teimour 2726
Karjakin Sergey 2767 ½ - ½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2764
Gelfand Boris 2748 ½ - ½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2764
Standings after Round 8
1 Caruana Fabiano 2844 ITA 5
2 Gelfand Boris 2748 ISR 5
3 Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2706 UZB 4½
4 Karjakin Sergey 2767 RUS 4½
5 Radjabov Teimour 2726 AZE 4½
6 Svidler Peter 2732 RUS 4½
7 Tomashevsky Evgeny 2701 RUS 4
8 Nakamura Hikaru 2764 USA 4
9 Andreikin Dmitry 2722 RUS 3
10 Dominguez Perez Leinier 2751 CUB 3
11 Grischuk Alexander 2797 RUS 3
12 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2764 AZE 3
Round 7 report
http://en.chessbase.com/post/baku-07-he-is-human
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Caruana lost again (to Grischuk), as did Gelfand
6 way tie on 5 points at the top, 2 players on 4.5, and 3 on 4 - with 2 rounds to go
6 way tie on 5 points at the top, 2 players on 4.5, and 3 on 4 - with 2 rounds to go
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He's only a point off the lead nowRob Thompson wrote:I'm quite glad that Andreikin isn't totally adrift, because in events like this that's always a possibility.
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There should be some good games today with six players(including Caruana) on 5/9 and two rounds to go.
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Caruana and Gelfand both won today to retake the lead. Gelfand plays Svidler and Caruana plays Tomashevsky in the last round. Tomashevsky is only player still unbeaten and could win the tournament with a win in the last round. It has been an excelllent tournament. I personally prefer this kind of large APA to events like the recent Sinquefield Cup. Anyone have any views on that?
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Gelfand is black, Caruana white so is favourite, but he says he's not playing well and I doubt today's win will have changed his mind
The APA is a different format for a different purpose I guess - I'd prefer a different system than the GP, maybe I'm getting old
The APA is a different format for a different purpose I guess - I'd prefer a different system than the GP, maybe I'm getting old
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