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FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:20 am
by Mick Norris
FIDE
Pool A:
Alexander Grischuk (Russia), 2764
Dmitry Andreikin (Russia), 2724
Sam Shankland (USA), 2708
Etienne Bacrot (France), 2642
Pool B:
Anish Giri (Netherlands), 2772
Nikita Vitiugov, (Russia), 2726
Pentala Harikrishna (India), 2719
Amin Tabatabaei (Iran), 2623
Pool C:
Richard Rapport (Hungary), 2763
Vidit Gujrathi (India), 2727
Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia), 2704
Alexei Shirov (Spain), 2704
Pool D:
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), 2767
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), 2761
Yu Yangyi (China), 2713
Alexandr Predke (Russia), 2682
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 12:34 pm
by Leonard Barden
Unlike the Olympiad which is a long way down the road, Belgrade looks to me the real hot potato where concrete and difficult decisions will need to be made very soon.
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 12:51 pm
by Christopher Kreuzer
Leonard Barden wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 12:34 pm
Unlike the Olympiad which is a long way down the road, Belgrade looks to me the real hot potato where concrete and difficult decisions will need to be made very soon.
Five Russian players.
Are there Russian sponsors for this and other FIDE events?
As you say, very difficult decisions to be made.
Wonder what the players (both Russian and others) are saying on social media?
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 2:42 pm
by Mick Norris
Opening ceremony report from FIDE
Full list of pairings, with Grischuk, Andreikin, Vitiugov, Fedoseev, Predke (the first 2 listed as CFR/FIDE, the others just as FIDE, although that may not be deliberate)
Live games on
chess24
Peter Svidler: "Let's at least get some things stated live on air. I do not agree with the war my country is waging in Ukraine. I do not believe Ukraine, or Ukrainian people, are my enemies, or anybody's enemies"
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:49 pm
by Mick Norris
Harikrishna, Pentala vs Vitiugov, Nikita, appears white missed something
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:55 pm
by David Sedgwick
Powerful statement by Grischuk at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFN0s53RpGY.
He said that he wouldn't call it a "war" as the description is banned in Russia and he wanted Russian media to be able to report his remarks.
His victorious opponent, Andrekin, said that he wanted to do as well as possible in case it was his last ever tournament.
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 10:04 am
by Mick Norris
chess.com Four Wins, Lots of Excitement
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:25 am
by Mick Norris
David Sedgwick wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:55 pm
Powerful statement by Grischuk at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFN0s53RpGY.
He said that he wouldn't call it a "war" as the description is banned in Russia and he wanted Russian media to be able to report his remarks.
His victorious opponent, Andrekin, said that he wanted to do as well as possible in case it was his last ever tournament.
Pity the interviewer interrupted Grischuk
I didn't know much about Andreikin, but
chess24 has
Dmitry Andreikin and his wife Svetlana have been vocal in opposition to Vladimir Putin for many years, something that may have held back Dmitry’s career. Alexander Grischuk was spotted with Daniil Dubov at a protest in Moscow last year over the arrest of anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny.
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 3:10 pm
by David Sedgwick
Mick Norris wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 2:42 pm
Full list of pairings, with Grischuk, Andreikin, Vitiugov, Fedoseev, Predke (the first 2 listed as CFR/FIDE, the others just as FIDE, although that may not be deliberate)
I think that it is deliberate.
It seems that Grischuk and Andreikin have opted to play under a composite Chess Federation of Russia /FIDE flag, whereas the other three have opted to play under the FIDE flag alone.
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 9:08 pm
by Mick Norris
That ties in with something else I read
Grischuk lost again, and understandably appears to be affected by the situation
Giri and Vidit both on 2/2
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:53 am
by Mick Norris
chess.com round 2 report
MVL - Shak well worth a look
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:02 pm
by Mick Norris
Group C - Rapport beat Vidit today to catch him on 2/3; Fedoseev beat Shirov to reach 1.5/3
The other 6 games were drawn, so Giri remains a point clear in Group B
chess.com report
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:40 pm
by Tim Harding
MVL was the only winner today (against Predke) which makes him sole leader in Pool D with two games to go. Saturday is a rest day.
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 8:02 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
Which was, pretty remarkably, the first win in that group.
Re: FIDE Grand Prix 2, Belgrade, 28 Feb to March 14 2022
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2022 9:34 am
by Mick Norris
Indeed, puts MVL in the driving seat maybe, although only Giri has as much as a point lead in any group
chess.com round 4 report