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Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul 2013
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:02 am
by Mick Norris
http://beijing2013.fide.com/
Will be interested to see if Gelfand can continue his good form
Round 5 of 6, overall standings here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_Grand ... _standings
Final event of the series for Topalov, Mamedyarov and Morozevich
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:56 am
by Mick Norris
Under way, live games here
http://beijing2013.fide.com/en/componen ... live-games
Ivanchuk draws with Wang Hao, Karjakin beats Giri
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 2:06 pm
by LawrenceCooper
a good day for those starting the tournament with the black pieces
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 2:34 pm
by Mick Norris
Gelfand lost with white, but seems more likely to win with black these days, making it a good start for Topalov who would qualify for the Candidates with a good result here
Grischuk's win takes him above Kramnik to 4th in the live rankings
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:34 pm
by Mick Norris
Karjakin won again in the only decisive result of round 2
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 12:01 pm
by LawrenceCooper
3/3 for black so far today
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 12:26 pm
by Mick Norris
Karjakin 3/3 making an early push for a qualification spot?
Up to 4th above Kramnik on the live ratings now
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 1:05 pm
by Mick Norris
LawrenceCooper wrote:3/3 for black so far today
Don't think any more black wins today
For those interested Kamsky - Topalov is a rook and pawn ending
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:08 am
by Mick Norris
Quick draw for Karjakin today with white against Grischuk - 31 moves before Kamsky reached move 8 I think
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:26 am
by Jonathan Bryant
Mick Norris wrote:
For those interested Kamsky - Topalov is a rook and pawn ending
That's everybody, surely.
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:33 pm
by Mick Norris
Jonathan Bryant wrote:Mick Norris wrote:
For those interested Kamsky - Topalov is a rook and pawn ending
That's everybody, surely.
Kamsky in another today
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:30 pm
by Jonathan Bryant
Thanks for pointing that out Mick or I'd have missed it for a day or two.
Funny that both games should boil down to positions that are so nearly theoretical and yet not quite so no cigar.
Shift Kamsky's rook and king a square each and it's a draw not a loss. And if I'm not mistaken lose Black's d-pawn from the third round game and it could have ended up in a structure analysed by Hawkins in his book.
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:50 pm
by Mick Norris
Topalov - Grischuk got to a rook and pawn ending today at move 24, drawn 25 moves later
Mamedyarov beat Karjakin with black, to join him the lead with Grischuk
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:14 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
I think the answer to that is fairly clear now. At least he isn't last, I suppose
Re: Beijing FIDE Grand Prix Thu 4th Jul 2013 - Tue 16th Jul
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:24 am
by Andrew Bak
I assume that this tournament will be one that Gelfand throws away for the purpose of calculating his final score.