Tomashevsky wins Tbilisi Grand Prix 2015

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The FIDE Grand Prix that took part from 14-28th February in Tbilisi, Georgia, was officially closed with a nice ceremony at the historic Tbilisi Sakrebulo (City Council).

The speeches of the officials and guests were intertwined with wonderful songs of a local choir.

On the stage were Giorgi Giorgadze, President of the Georgian Chess Federation, Israel Gelfer, Vice President of FIDE, Davit Narmania, Mayor of Tbilisi, Levan Kipiani, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, President of ECU, and Giorgi Alibegashvili, Chairman of the Tbilisi City Assembly, host of the evening.

The players were called on a stage as a group and were presented with gift boxes and local wine.

Mahir Mammadov, General Director of Socar Energy Georgia, the tournament sponsor, presented the winner Evgeny Tomashevsky with the cheque of 20,000 EUR.

The ceremony was followed with a photo session and reception for the guests.

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Photos by Goran Urosevic

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Schedule

Date Event Start February 14 2015 Opening Ceremony 20-00 February 15 2015 Round 1 15-00 February 16 2015 Round 2 15-00 February 17 2015 Round 3 15-00 February 18 2015 Round 4 15-00 February 19 2015 Free Day February 20 2015 Round 5 15-00 February 21 2015 Round 6 15-00 February 22 2015 Round 7 15-00 February 23 2015 Round 8 15-00 February 24 2015 Free Day February 25 2015 Round 9 15-00 February 26 2015 Round 10 15-00 February 27 2015 Round 11 Closing Ceremony 13-00 20-00 Local Tbilisi time is GMT +4

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The third stage of the FIDE Grand Prix series 2014-2015 was officially inaugurated in the presence of the players, FIDE CEO Geoffrey Borg, President of the Georgian Chess Federation Giorgi Giorgadze, Chairman of the Appeals Committee Nona Gaprindashvili and Chief Arbiter Faik Gasanov.

The Grand Prix is taking place in Tbilisi (Georgia) from the 14th until 27th of February 2015. The organizers of the tournament are the Georgian Chess Federation, the Ministry of Sport and Youth of Georgia and Tbilisi City Hall. SOCAR Energy Georgia is the general sponsor of the event.

Chief Arbiter announced the round one pairings as follows:

L.Dominguez – T.Radjabov
P.Svidler – A.Giri
M.Vachier-Lagrave – S.Mamedyarov
R.Kasimdzhanov – A.Grischuk
D.Andreikin – D.Jakovenko
E.Tomashevsky – B.Jobava

Players

FIDE ID Name Title Fed. Birth Y. Rating 4126025 Grischuk, Alexander GM RUS 1983 2810 24116068 Giri, Anish GM NED 1994 2797 623539 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 1990 2775 13401319 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 1985 2759 4102142 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 1976 2739 4158814 Andreikin, Dmitry GM RUS 1990 2737 4122356 Jakovenko, Dmitry GM RUS 1983 2733 13400924 Radjabov, Teimour GM AZE 1987 2731 3503240 Dominguez Perez, Leinier GM CUB 1983 2726 4147235 Tomashevsky, Evgeny GM RUS 1987 2716 14200244 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM UZB 1979 2705 13601520 Jobava, Baadur GM GEO 1983 2696

Schedule

Date Event Start February 14 2015 Opening Ceremony 20-00 February 15 2015 Round 1 15-00 February 16 2015 Round 2 15-00 February 17 2015 Round 3 15-00 February 18 2015 Round 4 15-00 February 19 2015 Free Day February 20 2015 Round 5 15-00 February 21 2015 Round 6 15-00 February 22 2015 Round 7 15-00 February 23 2015 Round 8 15-00 February 24 2015 Free Day February 25 2015 Round 9 15-00 February 26 2015 Round 10 15-00 February 27 2015 Round 11 Closing Ceremony 13-00 20-00 Local Tbilisi time is GMT +4

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FIDE Grand Prix Baku 2014 - live commentary

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Live commentary by GM Alexander Delchev

After his record in Sinquefield cup gaining 35 ELO points starting with the unbelievable 7/7 followed by "only" 5/6 in Bilbao Club Championship, Caruana now is only 19 points behind the World's No. 1 Carlsen. Here in Baku he is proving again his progress - with 3.5/5 he is leading together with Gelfand. In his first four games Caruana had a thematic debate - and the subject was exchange sacrifice. Mamedyarov, Karjakin and Gelfand were trying to turn the logic of the games hoping to escape from the IRON Man, but only Gelfand with a bit of luck managed to claim a draw by perpetual.

Round 10: Dominguez-Caruana

Lenier Dominguez is having his nightmare tournament. With his first move he shows that he is not too ambitious today. He would like to avoid the immediate complications and just keep the game going. In the same time Caruana had very disappointing 3 rounds losing his games with Andreikin and yesterday against Grischuk in a quite painful way. So I expect he would be pressing to regain his leadership... See more

Round 9: Caruana-Grischuk

Caruana is repeating the opening line which brought him victory against Svidler in round 5. It is well known that Svidler and Grischuk are working together. So Caruana challenges both of them with this very sharp system... See more

Round 7: Andreikin-Caruana

I was surprised to see Andreikin playing 1.e4. He probably counted on 1...e5 hoping to get a slightly better and risk-free position in Spanish game - most probably Berlin. But I was twice more surprised to see Caruana playing Scandinavian. Later I checked in the database that he already played it twice in 2012 so it might not be such a big surprise for Andreikin... See more

Round 6: Caruana-Svidler

In this round Caruana faces Svidler with white when the other leader has a difficult game with black against Karjakin who I believe will try to get back on top. I believe that Svidler will bravely meet Caruana 1.e4 - with his beloved Sicilian Paulsen or Tajmanov although in their last game from Norway Chess Challenge he suffered a deadly attack already in the opening phase... See more

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Players

ID Name FED TITLE OCT 14 2020009 Caruana, Fabiano ITA GM 2844 4126025 Grischuk, Alexander RUS GM 2797 14109603 Karjakin, Sergey RUS GM 2767 13401319 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE GM 2764 2016192 Nakamura, Hikaru USA GM 2764 3503240 Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB GM 2751 2805677 Gelfand, Boris ISR GM 2748 4102142 Svidler, Peter RUS GM 2732 13400924 Radjabov, Teimour AZE GM 2726 4158814 Andreikin, Dmitry RUS GM 2722 14200244 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB GM 2706 4147235 Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS GM 2701

Schedule

2nd October 2014	1st round – 1500h
3rd October 2014	2nd round – 1500h
4th October 2014	3rd round – 1500h
5th October 2014	4th round – 1500h
6th October 2014	Free Day
7th October 2014	5th round – 1500h
8th October 2014	6th round – 1500h
9th October 2014	7th round – 1500h
10th October 2014	8th round – 1500h
11th October 2014	Free Day
12th October 2014	9th round – 1500h
13th October 2014	10th round – 1500h
14th October 2014	11th round – 1300h

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Winners of Women's Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk

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After a fierce struggle, Hou Yifan triumphed in the tournament with 8.5/11, followed by Olga Girya with 7/11 points and Alexandra Kosteniuk with 6.5/11 points. 

Congratulations to the winners!

Final results

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	Res.	IRat-Ø	W	n	We	Rtg+/-	Ra	Rp
1	6	GM	Hou Yifan	2618	CHN	8½	0	2484	8,5	11	7,38	11	2484	2695
2	4	WGM	Girya Olga	2450	RUS	7	0	2500	7,0	11	4,75	23	2500	2602
3	12	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2527	RUS	6½	0	2493	6,5	11	5,99	5	2493	2558
4	10	GM	Lagno Kateryna	2543	UKR	6	½	2491	6,0	11	6,26	-3	2491	2527
5	5	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2560	SLO	6	½	2490	6,0	11	6,51	-5	2490	2526
6	9	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2550	GEO	5½	1	2491	5,5	11	6,37	-9	2491	2491
7	1	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2489	BUL	5½	0	2496	5,5	11	5,37	1	2496	2496
8	3	GM	Zhao Xue	2552	CHN	5	½	2490	5,0	11	6,38	-14	2490	2454
9	2	GM	Ushenina Anna	2501	UKR	5	½	2495	5,0	11	5,57	-6	2495	2459
10	11	WGM	Muminova Nafisa	2321	UZB	4	0	2511	4,0	11	2,84	17	2511	2409
11	7	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2496	RUS	3½	½	2496	3,5	11	5,47	-20	2496	2363
12	8	WGM	Batchimeg Tuvshintugs	2340	MGL	3½	½	2510	3,5	11	3,11	6	2510	2377

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Women's FIDE Grand Prix 2014 starts in Khanty-Mansiysk

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The fourth stage of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix series 2013-2014 will take place at the Ugra Chess Academy, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from the 8th of April until the 22nd of April 2014.

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Over eleven rounds, twelve of the strongest women players in the world will take part in uncompromising chess battles with the standard FIDE time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, with 30 minutes being added at that point and an additional 30 seconds per move through the entire game.

Participants

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  Tuvshintugs Batchimeg

  MGL
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  Nana Dzagnidze

  GEO
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  Olga Girya

  RUS
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  Yifan Hou

  CHN

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  Tatiana Kosintseva

  RUS
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  Alexandra Kosteniuk

  RUS
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  Kateryna Lagno

  UKR
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  Nafisa Muminova

  UZB

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  Anna Muzychuk

  SLO
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  Antoaneta Stefanova

  BUL
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  Anna Ushenina

  UKR
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  Xue Zhao

  CHN

Playing schedule

Round	Date	Day	Time
Round 1	09.04.2014	We	15:00
Round 2	10.04.2014	Th	15:00
Round 3	11.04.2014	Fr	15:00
Round 4	12.04.2014	Sa	15:00
Day off	13.04.2014	Su
Round 5	14.04.2014	Mon	15:00
Round 6	15.04.2014	Tu	15:00
Round 7	16.04.2014	We	15:00
Round 8	17.04.2014	Th	15:00
Day off	18.04.2014	Fr
Round 9	19.04.2014	Sa	15:00
Round 10	20.04.2014	Su	15:00
Round 11	21.04.2014	Mon	15:00

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