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  • Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

    We'll have ample chess games to observe this weekend as the Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix commences Saturday as well. The very strong field includes Grischuk (2), Giri (4), MVL (10), Mamedyarov (13), Svidler (19), Andreikin (21), Radjabov (23), Jakovenko (24), Dominguez (27), Tomashevsky (33), Kasimdzhanov (43), and Jobava (50). This is the 3rd and final Grand Prix for 4 of these participants and is particularly important for Andreikin and Mamedyarov who certainly have legitimate chances to qualify for the 2 Candidate spots, currently sitting 3rd and 5th respectively. You can see the composite standings at the following Wikipedia link.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_Gr...014%E2%80%9315

  • #2
    Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

    Maybe we'll see Giri 2800+

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    • #3
      Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

      Tbilisi 2015

      Schedule

      February 15 Round 1
      February 16 Round 2
      February 17 Round 3
      February 18 Round 4
      February 19 Free Day
      February 20 Round 5
      February 21 Round 6
      February 22 Round 7
      February 23 Round 8
      February 24 Free Day
      February 25 Round 9
      February 26 Round 10
      February 27 Round 11

      Games begin at 15:00 local time which is 6 a.m. Toronto/Montreal. There is a +9 hour time difference.

      There are eleven rounds in the round robin tournament with the time control of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, with 60 minutes being added at that point and then each player will be allotted 15 minutes after the second time control and an increment of 30 seconds per move will be allowed from move 61 onwards. There will be English language commentary provided by Georgian GM Tornike Sanikidze.

      The prize money offered by host city is 120,000 Euros. The winner of Grand Prix in Tbilisi will get 20,000 Euros.

      http://tbilisi2015.fide.com/en/main-page

      The Players

      Grischuk, Alexander
      Giri, Anish
      Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
      Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
      Svidler, Peter
      Andreikin, Dmitry
      Jakovenko, Dmitry
      Radjabov, Teimour
      Dominguez Perez, Leinier
      Tomashevsky, Evgeny
      Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
      Jobava, Baadur

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      • #4
        Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

        Tbisili 2015 Pairings

        Round 1, Feb. 15

        Dominguez-Radjabov
        Svidler-Giri
        MVL – Mamedyarov
        Kasimdzhanov-Grischuk
        Andreikin-Jakovenko
        Tomashevsky-Jobava

        Round 2, Feb. 16

        Radjabov-Jobava
        Jakovenko-Tomashevsky
        Grischuk-Andreikin
        Mamedyarov-Kasimdzhanov
        Giri-MVL
        Dominguez-Svidler

        Round 3, Feb. 17

        Svidler-Radjabov
        MVL-Dominguez
        Kasimdzhanov-Giri
        Andreikin-Mamedyarov
        Tomashevsky-Grischuk
        Jobava-Jakovenko

        Round 4, Feb. 18

        Radjabov-Jakovenko
        Grischuk-Jobava
        Mamedyarov-Tomashevsky
        Giri-Andreikin
        Dominguez-Kasimdzhanov
        Svidler-MVL

        Round 5, Feb. 20

        MVL-Radjabov
        Kasimdzhanov-Svidler
        Andreikin-Dominguez
        Tomashevsky-Giri
        Jobava-Mamedyarov
        Jakovenko-Grischuk

        Round 6, Feb. 21

        Radjabov-Grischuk
        Mamedyarov-Jakovenko
        Giri-Jobava
        Dominguez-Tomashevsky
        Svidler-Andreikin
        MVL-Kasimdzhanov

        Round 7, Feb. 22

        Kasimdzhanov-Radjabov
        Andreikin-MVL
        Tomashevsky-Svidler
        Jobava-Dominguez
        Jakovenko-Giri
        Grischuk-Mamedyarov

        Round 8, Feb. 23

        Radjabov-Mamedyarov
        Giri-Grischuk
        Dominguez-Jakovenko
        Svidler-Jobava
        MVL-Tomashevsky
        Kasimdzhanov-Andreikin

        Round 9, Feb. 25

        Andreikin-Radjabov
        Tomashevsky-Kasimdzhanov
        Jobava-MVL
        Jakovenko-Svidler
        Grischuk-Dominguez
        Mamdedyarov-Giri

        Round 10, Feb. 26

        Radjabov-Giri
        Dominguez-Mamedyarov
        Svidler-Grischuk
        MVL-Jakovenko
        Kasimdzhanov-Jobava
        Andreikin-Tomashevsky

        Round 11, Feb. 27

        Tomashevksy-Radjabov
        Jobava-Andreikin
        Jakovenko-Kasimdzhanov
        Grischuk-MVL
        Mamedyarov-Svidler
        Giri-Dominguez

        Time control: 120 minutes for the first forty moves, 60 minutes for the next twenty moves and then each player will be allotted 15 minutes after the second time control and an increment of 30 seconds per move will be allowed from move 61 onwards.

        The players cannot draw a game by agreement before black’s 30th move. A claim for a draw before black’s 30th move is permitted only through the Chief Arbiter (or his Deputy) in the cases of perpetual check or threefold repetition.

        The players are expected to cooperate reasonably with the media. General interviews with them have to be arranged through the FIDE Press Officer, the same day or the next day after the end of the event.

        The players are required to make themselves available for short interviews immediately after each game. All winners and medalists are obliged to attend the final press conference after the event has ended and to provide an exclusive interview for the FIDE website, if requested by the FIDE Press Officer. Players violating these rules will be subjected to the penalties mentioned in the event regulations.

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        • #5
          Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

          Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post
          Maybe we'll see Giri 2800+
          Giri's R1 win with Black against Svidler has him at 2802.8. This also means that the 2nd Candidates spot for rating is very much up for grabs now.

          http://www.2700chess.com/

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          • #6
            Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

            While he may well be the hottest player on the planet, Giri is not a good bet tomorrow at 11/5. He's only beaten MVL once in 11 opportunities (2 losses and 8 draws). He's also only plus 1, minus 3, equal 1 at quicker time controls for a composite plus 2, minus 5, equal 9 score. Those are clearly not 11/5 numbers (:

            https://www.betmarathon.com/en/betting/Chess/

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            • #7
              Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

              Tbilisi 2015

              Round One
              February 15, 2015

              Results

              Kasimdzhanov-Grischuk 0-1
              Andreikin-Jakovenko 0.5-0.5
              Tomashevsky-Jobava 1-0
              Dominguez-Radjabov 0.5-0.5
              Svidler-Giri 0-1
              MVL-Mamedyarov 0-1

              From the official site:

              Kasimdzhanov - Grischuk 0-1

              Grischuk said this was one of the tensest games of his life!

              The attempted Ragozin Queen's Gambit quickly transposed into the ultra sharp Noteboom Slav defence, "one of the most exciting opening in chess", as the Russian player put it.

              Black appeared to be struggling to complete the opening, as "15...Ne4 was played many times but after that he didn't know what to do next."

              White was also burning the clock, but he managed to "trick his opponent who expected 19.Qb3 Kh8 when 20.Bxe6 is failing to 20...Ndxc5 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.Qc4 Bxf3!". The game saw the neat 19.Bb3 instead.

              Kasimdzhanov created significant pressure against the a5-pawn, while black was trying to get something going on the king's flank. It looks like white dropped the advantage by missing the critical 25.Qd3, as shown by Grischuk later.

              The game continuation allowed black to develop nasty counterplay on the first two ranks, which coupled with huge time trouble ultimately led to white's blunder and defeat.

              Tbilisi 2015
              Round 1, Feb. 15
              Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – Grischuk, Alexander
              D31, QGD, 3. Nc3

              1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 c6 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.bxc4 b4 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Bd3 Nbd7 14.O-O O-O 15.Re1 Ne4 16.c5 Bc6 17.Qc2 f5 18.Bc4 Qe7 19.Bb3 Kh8 20.Red1 Qe8 21.Ba4 Bxa4 22.Rxa4 Ndf6 23.Rda1 Qb5 24.Ne5 Ng4 25.Nxg4 fxg4 26.Qxe4 Qe2 27.Rf1 Qxb2 28.Qxe6 b3 29.Qc4 Rf6 30.Qc1 Qe2 31.c6 b2 32.Qc4 Qd2 33.c7 Rc8 34.Qb3 Rcf8 35.Qd1 Rxf2 0-1

              Tomashevsky - Jobava 1-0

              Certainly the most complex match of the day. It started with a rare sideline in the King's Indian Defence, as Tomashevsky admitted "it is always difficult to prepare for Jobava".

              White continued with principled positional moves and obtained a slight advantage. But on move 15 he decided to open the center despite correctly predicting black's knight sacrifice on e5.

              The game became immensely complicated with many sophisticated move orders, transpositions and tactical nuances. The players gave their best to explore the lines during the press conference, but only the additional analysis will shed the light into correct evaluation.

              Essentially, Jobava went down because he missed the tricky cross-pin with 21.Bb2. He continued fighting with two pawns for a piece, but Tomashevsky was up to the task and converted the advantage into full point.

              Tbilisi 2015
              Round 1, Feb. 15
              Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Jovaba, Baadur
              E70 King’s Indian Defence

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 c6 6.Be2 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.O-O Nxc3 9.bxc3 Nd7 10.a4 Nb6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.Nd2 Be6 14.a5 Nd7 15.c4 Nxe5 16.cxd5 Ng4 17.Qh3 Bxd4 18.dxe6 Nxf2 19.Rxf2 fxe6 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Bb2 Bxb2 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Rf1 Rxf1+ 24.Nxf1 Qxa5 25.Qxe7 Qf5 26.Ne3 Qc8 27.Bg4 Qb8 28.Nd5 b5 29.Bd7 a6 30.g3 Bg7 31.Kg2 Qf8 32.Qe4 Qd6 33.Bc8 a5 34.Qe8+ Qf8 35.Qxf8+ Bxf8 36.Bd7 b4 37.Ba4 Bd6 38.Kf3 Kg7 39.h3 h5 40.Bc2 g5 41.g4 hxg4+ 42.hxg4 Kf7 43.Ke4 Ke6 44.Bb3 Kd7 45.Ba4+ Ke6 46.Nb6 Bc7 47.Nc4 Bd8 1-0

              Vachier-Lagrave - Mamedyarov 0-1

              Mamedyarov defended with the Najdorf Sicilian "because he played it whole last year and exclusively in the Candidates Tournament". The Azeri knew that Vachier-Lagrave was great expert in this opening, but he believed in his preparation.

              Both players analysed the opening in depth. Mamedyarov proposed 21.Ra4 Qb6 22.Bb5+ as possible line, which "probably leads to a draw". Vachier-Lagrave answered that he looked at the game continuation 21.Kd1.

              Black felt that he could obtain good play and refused to repeat the moves. White appeared to be passive but solid.

              Vachier-Lagrave however erred by pushing the pawn to f4, missing black's 29...Rg3 and 31...Qf2.

              Mamedyarov commented that white is practically lost at this point, because his pieces are too passive and pawns are too weak.

              White laid his hopes on breaking with e5, but the advance came too late as black already collected the rook from c4. White resigned immediately after the time control.

              Tbilisi 2015
              Round 1, Feb. 15
              Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
              B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English) Attack

              1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.h4 gxh4 12.Bxh4 Nc6 13.Nb3 Be6 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.f3 Bh6 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 Nf6 18.Qd2 Rg8 19.Bf1 Bxb3 20.axb3 Nb4 21.Kd1 Qc7 22.Qd4 Nc6 23.Qd2 Nb4 24.Qd4 Nc6 25.Qd2 e6 26.Kc1 Ke7 27.Kb1 Qb6 28.Ra4 Qc5 29.f4 Rg3 30.Be2 Rxg2 31.Rc4 Qf2 32.Qd1 b5 33.e5 dxe5 34.fxe5 bxc4 35.exf6+ Qxf6 36.Bxc4 Qd4 37.Qe1 Qf2 38.Qe4 Rg1+ 39.Rxg1 Qxg1+ 40.Ka2 Nb4+ 41.Ka3 0-1

              Svidler - Giri 0-1

              In the Ragozin Queen's Gambit the main battle revolved around the central d4-square. White blinked first and pushed 14.d5, but black was ready to challenge the center with 15...c6.

              Giri proposed 16.Bg5 as possible improvement, but Svidler didn't like the look of 16...cxd5 17.Bxf6 (17.exd5 Ng6 18.Ne4 Be7) gxf6 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 e4 with idea Re5.

              White expected to trade everything down to a draw, but he missed that the intended 21.Qd1 would have been met with 21...Rc4! (idea Rxd4), when the position is simply falling apart.

              Also 22.Bxb7 doesn't work because black has simple 22...Ne2+ 23.Qxe2 Rxe2 24.Rxe2 Rb8.

              Svidler run into huge time trouble and couldn't find the right way to defend inferior position. At the press conference the players suggested 29.Rd4 or 29.Qd5 as best to continue the fight.

              With this victory Giri crossed the 2800-elo mark on the live ratings list.

              Tbilisi 2015
              Round 1, Feb. 15
              Svidler, Peter – Giri, Anish
              D38 QGD, Ragozin Variation

              1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.h3 a6 10.O-O e5 11.Qc2 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.a3 Re8 14.d5 Ne7 15.e4 c6 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.Be3 Nd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Nxe4 20.Bf3 Rc8 21.Rfe1 Nxc3 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Bxc3 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Qe6 25.Rd1 Rc5 26.h4 Rc4 27.Qd3 Bf8 28.Qd8 Qf5 29.Qa8 Rxh4 0-1

              Round Two Pairings

              Radjabov-Jobava
              Jakovenko-Tomashevsky
              Grischuk-Andreikin
              Mamedyarov-Kasimdzhanov
              Giri-MVL
              Dominguez-Svidler

              Online Comments

              - Giri at 2800. Never would have predicted that

              - Wesley So is coming to town for that 2800 club

              - Four months ago Caruana was 76 points ahead of Giri but today both are 2803

              - It’s a bit surprising what little attention Grischuk gets. For anyone looking at the ratings, it must be strange to see him at No. 2 in the World.

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              • #8
                Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

                Of the 5 decisive games in the first two rounds, four yesterday and one today, four of the wins have come with the Black pieces. Surely Andras Adorjan, author of 'Black is OK!', 'Black is Still OK!', and 'Black is OK Forever!' must be smiling. I note, with a smile myself, that Adorjan's Wikipedia entry says he used the games of Tony Miles and Alexander Morozevich, two of my longtime favourites, as a "source of inspiration".

                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A1s_Adorj%C3%A1n

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                • #9
                  Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

                  Tbisili 2015

                  Round Two
                  February 16, 2015

                  From the Official Site:

                  Radjabov - Jobava 1/2

                  In the Queen's Indian Defence, Jobava made a "strategically risky decision to take 8...Nxd2 and allow white to seize more space", but he elaborated that in the resulting middlegame all three results were possible.

                  White cleared the files on the queenside in hope of breaking through, while black was building up his play on the kingside.

                  Radjabov explained that one of the key moments was on move 23 when he had possibility of taking the bishop on c8, but after the long lines the resulting positions were very difficult to evaluate.

                  Following the game continuation 23.Nc6 black had to find the only move 24...Bg4 to trade down to a roughly equal ending.

                  Jobava still had to be precise and transfer the king to d8 in order to permanently secure the weak pawn and finally get a draw.

                  Tbisili 2015
                  Round 2, Feb. 16
                  Radjabov, Teimour – Jobava, Baadur
                  E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main Line

                  1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d4 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 d6 10.d5 e5 11.e4 Nd7 12.b4 g6 13.Bh3 a5 14.a3 Nf6 15.Qe2 Ne8 16.Nd2 Ng7 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.a4 f5 19.Nb3 Ra6 20.a5 Bc8 21.axb6 Rxb6 22.Na5 f4 23.Nc6 Rxc6 24.Ra8 Bg4 25.Rxd8 Bxe2 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.dxc6 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 fxg3 29.fxg3 Ke8 30.Ke2 Kd8 31.Kf3 Bg5 32.Bg4 Ne8 33.h4 Bc1 34.Nd5 Ng7 35.Bd7 g5 36.Nf6 gxh4 37.gxh4 h6 38.Kg4 Be3 39.Bf5 Bf2 40.Nd5 Be1 41.Nf6 Bf2 42.h5 Be3 43.Bd7 Bg5 44.Nd5 Bd2 45.Bf5 Bg5 46.Bd7 Bd2 47.Bf5 Bg5 48.Bd7 1/2-1/2


                  Giri - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2

                  The French player repeated the Gruenfeld Indian setup that he used against Navara at the Tromso Chess Olympiad. He attempted to improve the play with 12...Be6.

                  White responded with the principled advance of the b-pawn. But Vachier-Lagrave went head-in with the risky-looking 16...c5. He shared later that he calculated all lines ten moves ahead and that he was certain the position was holding.

                  In the resulting ending black had his pawn advanced all the way to a3, confining white rook to the a-file. Giri explained that his only chance was to advance the kingside pawns deep into black's position and try to place the opponent into zugzwang.

                  Black prevented this with timely 32...h5 and the game was soon drawn.

                  Tbisili 2015
                  Round 2, Feb. 16
                  Giri, Anish – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
                  D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5. Nf3

                  1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.d4 c6 6.Qb3 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Qxc4 Bf5 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Re1 Qxb3 12.axb3 Be6 13.b4 Nd5 14.b5 Nb4 15.bxc6 bxc6 16.Ra5 c5 17.Ng5 cxd4 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bxa8 dxc3 20.bxc3 Bxc3 21.Rd1 Rxa8 22.Rxd7 Nd3 23.Ra2 Nxc1 24.Rc2 Nxe2+ 25.Rxe2 a5 26.Rxe6 Bf6 27.Rb6 a4 28.Rbb7 a3 29.Ra7 Rxa7 30.Rxa7 Bb2 31.Ra6 Kf7 32.g4 h5 33.gxh5 gxh5 34.Kg2 e6 35.f4 Ke7 36.Kg3 Kd7 37.Kh4 Kc7 38.Kxh5 Kb7 39.Ra4 Kc6 40.Kg6 Kb5 41.Ra8 Kb4 1/2-1/2


                  Mamedyarov - Kasimdzhanov 0-1

                  Kasimdzhanov admitted that he was surprised with an early 2.b3, but he believes it was a very interesting development.

                  He proceeded with Lasker setup, but later on he made some inaccuracies - namely he didn't like 12...e5. The point is that b3-b4 advance in many lines is very annoying for black.

                  Still, black got a good game going and the knight sacrifice gave him strong central pressure.

                  Mamedyarov believes that 27.Qxe5, giving the material back, would have given him equal game. He also pointed that 32.Nd4 with idea Nc2 was possible. Later, he planned 35.Bf3, but ...Qxh3+ 36.Kg1 f5! would have been a huge trouble.

                  Black proceeded to convert the advantage into full point.
                  Tbilisi 2015
                  Round 2, Feb. 16
                  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
                  A12 English, New York Defensive System

                  1.c4 c6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Bf5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d3 h6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.g4 Bg6 9.Rg1 Bc5 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.a3 a5 12.e3 e5 13.Nh4 Bh7 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.gxf5 d4 16.e4 Nh5 17.Qd1 Ndf6 18.Be2 Nf4 19.Rxg7 O-O-O 20.Bf1 Nh7 21.Rg3 Ng5 22.Nf3 Nh5 23.Rg4 Nf6 24.Rg1 Ngxe4 25.dxe4 Nxe4 26.Qe2 Nc3 27.Bxc3 dxc3 28.Rg4 Bxa3 29.Bg2 Bb4 30.Kf1 Rhe8 31.Re4 Qf6 32.Rc1 Qxf5 33.Nxe5 Rd2 34.Qe3 Red8 35.Qf3 Qxf3 36.Bxf3 c2 37.Kg2 Rg8+ 38.Kf1 Rgd8 39.Kg2 Ba3 40.Ree1 Re8 0-1

                  Grischuk - Andreikin 1/2

                  The match started as Queen's Gambit Exchange variation where Andreikin was standing very solid, as Grischuk explained later at the press conference.

                  Grischuk added that he made a mistake with 15.b3, which was a hasty reaction to the fact that immediate 15.e4 fails to ...Nxe4 16.bxe7 Nxc3 17.Bxd8 Nxd1 18.Bh4 Nxb2 19.Qb3 Nc4. He said that the regular move 15.Bf2 was better.

                  Andreikin proposed 14.e4 push one move earlier, as 14...Nxe4 15.fxe4 Bxh4 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Rf5 is strong attack for white because castling is prevented 17...0-0 18.Rh5!

                  Later in the middlegame Andreikin felt very confident because he believed there were many tactical resources in the fight against the white center. Grischuk showed one such line 28...Rexe5 29.Qxe5 Rxe5 30.dxe5 Qc2, which should lead to perpetual check. Andreikin also said that 32...g5 was interesting.

                  Grischuk criticised black's decision to exchange the queens, arguing that otherwise the position was good enough to hold. According to him, the resulting rook ending is very dangerous for black.

                  Andreikin said he wanted to at least trade the queens if he was already dropping a pawn.

                  Grischuk finally proposed 45.Kg3 as better try to play for a win, delaying the e6-push for the time being. He rushed with 45.e6, missing that black has 51...Kd4 as defending resource. The game was soon drawn.

                  Tbilisi 2015
                  Round 2, Feb. 16
                  Grischuk, Alexander – Andreikin, Dmitry
                  D35 QGD, Exchange, Positional Line (5…c6)

                  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Na6 9.Nge2 Nc7 10.O-O Be7 11.f3 Ne6 12.Bh4 Qd7 13.Rad1 Rd8 14.Kh1 h6 15.b3 O-O 16.e4 Nh5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qe3 dxe4 19.fxe4 Qg5 20.Qf3 Nf6 21.h3 Qg6 22.Qe3 Rfe8 23.b4 Nc7 24.Nf4 Qh7 25.e5 Nfd5 26.Ncxd5 Nxd5 27.Nxd5 Rxd5 28.Rf4 Qc2 29.Rdf1 Rd7 30.a3 Qc4 31.R1f3 Red8 32.Qf2 Re8 33.Kh2 b6 34.Rg4 Re6 35.Qg3 g6 36.Qf2 c5 37.Rgf4 Ree7 38.dxc5 Qe6 39.cxb6 Qxb6 40.Qxb6 axb6 41.Rf6 b5 42.Re3 Kg7 43.Ra6 Rd5 44.Ra5 Rb7 45.e6 Re7 46.a4 fxe6 47.Rxb5 Rxb5 48.axb5 Kf6 49.Rf3+ Ke5 50.Rc3 Rb7 51.Rc5+ Kd4 52.Kg3 e5 53.Kf2 h5 54.h4 Rf7+ 55.Ke2 Rb7 56.Kf2 Rf7+ 57.Ke2 Rb7 58.Kd2 Rb8 59.Ke2 1/2-1/2

                  Dominguez - Svidler 1/2

                  The longest game of the day started as an interesting Ruy Lopez where black combined plans from different systems. Svidler said he played this setup many times with both colours. But he also admitted that his play had been faulty and that he should search for improvements.

                  "It was obvious that white will make a series of moves with his knight from f3, but somehow I missed the strong 19.Nec2", Svidler said later. Meanwhile, legendary champion Nona Gaprindashvili, who actively participated in analysis in the press center, correctly guessed most of Dominguez's moves, including Svidler's nightmare Nec2.

                  White obtained big positional advantage and black was forced to sacrifice an exchange. Svidler continued to defend tenaciously.

                  Dominguez had the upper hand until he missed the convincing 52.Qe8+ Kh7 53.h5, as pointed by the commentators WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili and GM Tornike Sanikidze.

                  Black succeeded in trading all the pawns to finally earn a draw on move 78.

                  Tbilisi 2015
                  Round 2, Feb. 16
                  Dominguez Perez, Leinier – Svidler, Peter
                  C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Flohr-Zaitsev System

                  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Nd7 11.a4 Bf6 12.d5 Ne7 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Na3 Ba6 16.Nh2 Ng6 17.Ng4 Be7 18.Ne3 Rb8 19.Nec2 Nc5 20.Nb4 Bc8 21.Nc6 Rb6 22.Bc2 Bd7 23.b4 Nb7 24.Be3 Rxc6 25.dxc6 Bxc6 26.Bc1 Bd7 27.Bb3 Nd8 28.Nc2 Ne6 29.g3 Bf8 30.h4 Ne7 31.Qd3 Bc6 32.Bg5 Nc8 33.Ra1 Qb7 34.Bd5 Nb6 35.Bxc6 Qxc6 36.Be3 d5 37.exd5 Nxd5 38.Bd2 Nf6 39.Re1 e4 40.Qe2 h6 41.Na3 Qd5 42.Nxb5 c5 43.Be3 cxb4 44.cxb4 Bxb4 45.Rd1 Qf5 46.Nd4 Qh3 47.Qf1 Qg4 48.Nxe6 Qxe6 49.Qb5 Be7 50.Bd4 Ng4 51.Re1 f5 52.Rc1 Bf6 53.Bxf6 Nxf6 54.Rc6 Qd7 55.Qb8+ Kh7 56.Qd6 Qxd6 57.Rxd6 Kg6 58.Kf1 Kh5 59.Ke2 Ng4 60.Rd5 g6 61.Ra5 Nh2 62.Ra8 Ng4 63.Ra2 Nh2 64.Ke3 g5 65.hxg5 hxg5 66.f4 Ng4+ 67.Ke2 Nh2 68.Ra8 gxf4 69.Rh8+ Kg4 70.Rg8+ Kh3 71.gxf4 Nf3 72.Ke3 Ne1 73.Kf2 Nd3+ 74.Ke3 Ne1 75.Rg5 Ng2+ 76.Kd4 Nxf4 77.Rxf5 Kg4 78.Kxe4 Ne6 1/2-1/2

                  Jakovenko, Dmitry - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2
                  Last edited by Wayne Komer; Monday, 16th February, 2015, 04:38 PM.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

                    I see MVL lost that game. In that opening, if white doesn't like the line with the move 6.... Ng4 there is the option of playing 7. Bc1. Often black responds with Nf6 and then 8. f3 followed shortly by Be3 when it can't be attacked by the knight. I've played that once or twice.
                    Last edited by Gary Ruben; Monday, 16th February, 2015, 08:51 PM. Reason: speling.
                    Gary Ruben
                    CC - IA and SIM

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                    • #11
                      Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

                      Originally posted by Jack Maguire View Post
                      Of the 5 decisive games in the first two rounds, four yesterday and one today, four of the wins have come with the Black pieces. Surely Andras Adorjan, author of 'Black is OK!', 'Black is Still OK!', and 'Black is OK Forever!' must be smiling. I note, with a smile myself, that Adorjan's Wikipedia entry says he used the games of Tony Miles and Alexander Morozevich, two of my longtime favourites, as a "source of inspiration".

                      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A1s_Adorj%C3%A1n
                      Adorjan can continue smiling as Black attained 2 more wins today, Jakovenko over Jobava (these two have only drawn 2 of their 10 encounters with Jakovenko winning 6 of the 8 decisive games) and Mamedyarov (who has won his 2 Black games and lost his 1 White game) over Andreikin. Grischuk spoiled Black's near unblemished record with a zeitnot collapse (29 seconds for his last 11 moves, with no increments, to the 1st time control) to Tomashevsky, who had previously never beaten Grischuk in 11 opportunities (6 losses and 5 draws). Tomashevsky is now clear 1st with 2.5/3, a 1/2 point ahead of Giri, Jakovenko, and Mamedyarov.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

                        Tbilisi 2015

                        Round Three
                        February 17, 2015

                        Commentary from the Official Site

                        Kasimdzhanov - Giri 1/2

                        Kasimdzhanov joked that he spent more time preparing than actually playing the game. He attempted to follow white's play from Anand-Svidler, Moscow 2009, but Giri deviated and forced the exchange of the queens.

                        White rushed to complete the development, but black forced his hand with 13...Nb4. White refused to return the pawn and the game finished in a draw after repetition.

                        Tbilisi 2015
                        Round 3, Feb. 17
                        Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – Giri, Anish
                        D85 Grunfeld, Exchange Variation

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.h3 e5 9.Nf3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.Bxg7 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Kxg7 13.Bb5 Nb4 14.a3 a6 15.axb4 axb5 16.Nxb5 Ra4 17.Rd4 Ra1+ 18.Rd1 Ra4 19.Rd4 Ra1+ 20.Rd1 1/2-1/2

                        Jobava - Jakovenko 0-1

                        Jobava repeated the radical idea of pushing 11.h4, as he already did in 2008 against Ivanchuk. Jakovenko was not aware of this older game and proceeded with normal development.

                        White had to find the way to justify his aggressive approach. Jakovenko proposed 15.f4 Rd8 16.Kh1 Qb4 17.Rc1 as one of the possible lines.

                        On the next move Jobava intended 16.Bb5, but then he changed his mind and simply blundered the d4-pawn. Jakovenko showed 16.Nb5 a6 17.b3!? and 16.Bb5 a6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qxc6 Rc8 as alternatives.

                        It took a few precise moves from black to finish off his opponent.

                        Tbilisi 2015
                        Round 3, Feb. 17
                        Jobava, Baadur – Jakovenko, Dmitry
                        D16 QGD Slav, Soultanbeieff Variation

                        1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 O-O 11.h4 Bd7 12.h5 h6 13.Ne5 Be8 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Qf3 Rd8 16.Qg3 Nxd4 17.Bd3 Nc6 18.Bxh6 Nxh5 19.Qh2 Rxd3 20.Qxh5 Bf6 21.f4 Nxe5 22.fxe5 gxh6 0-1

                        I haven’t seen the name Soultanbeieff in a long time. Victor Ivanovich Soultanbéieff b.1895, d.1972 was born in Ukraine. In World War I, he fought in the Russian army. After the Bolshevik Revolution, in 1920, he moved to Gallipoli with the army of Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel. At the end of 1921 he sought asylum in Belgium. After a short stay in Brussels he moved to Liege, where he would stay for the rest of his life.

                        A good pub bet – What did chess players Victor Ivanovich Soultanbeieff and Alberic O’Kelly de Galway have in common? Answer – both were Belgian masters.

                        Both were remarkable correspondence players as well. Ah well, back to our sheep..

                        Vachier-Lagrave - Dominguez 1/2


                        This match saw Breyer Ruy Lopez, which became very popular in the recent years and is regular choice of the world champion Magnus Carlsen.

                        Black's position looked a bit shaky in the middlegame, but somehow he was holding in all lines.

                        Dominguez didn't like the look of 23...hxg5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25.Qf2 Nd7 26.e5, but post-mortem analysis proved that black is staying intact.

                        28.Rae1 was played to prevent ...Be5, to which would follow the quite dangerous 29.Rxe5 dxe5 30.d6.

                        Different attempts, like 34.Rxd6 Rxb2 35.Rxe6 Rxe6 36.Bd5 Rbe2 would also lead to a draw, which anyway was the final outcome on move 40.

                        Tbilisi 2015
                        Round 3, Feb. 17
                        Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Dominguez Perez, Leinier
                        C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, Borisenko Variation

                        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 Rb8 18.Qd2 Nc5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nh2 Bc8 21.Rf1 Bg7 22.f4 h6 23.fxe5 Nfxe4 24.Bxe4 Qxg5 25.Qxg5 hxg5 26.e6 fxe6 27.Bxg6 Re7 28.Rae1 Rbb7 29.Ne4 Nxe4 30.Bxe4 Ra7 31.Nf3 Bf6 32.dxe6 Bxe6 33.Rd1 Ra2 34.Rf2 g4 35.hxg4 Bxg4 36.Bc6 Kg7 37.Bxb5 Rb7 38.Bxc4 Raxb2 39.Rxb2 Rxb2 40.Rxd6 1/2-1/2

                        ________

                        Andreikin, Dmitry – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1
                        Svidler, Peter – Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2

                        Tomashevsky - Grischuk 1-0

                        Another mind-boggling game with Grischuk as co-star. He played a novel idea (10...c6) in the King's Indian Defence, but then spent around one hour on the next couple of moves.

                        Accepting the pawn 11.dxc6 Ndc5 was too dangerous, so Tomashevsky decided to follow the regular plans. At one point he changed his mind and retreated the queen back to square one (15.Qd1), but this was not an offer to repeat the moves, rather he was "preventing a5-a4 and checking what black was actually doing".

                        The principled continuation was 15.h4 a4 (15...Qxh4 16.g5 with 17.Rh1) 16. h5 Bd7 17.Qh3 cxd5 18.cxd5 b5 19.Rh1. Exactly this was the line that was bothering Sasha, forcing him to spend lots of time to find the antidote.

                        Tomashevsky sacrificed an exchange and gradually pushed black pieces into corner. The position was difficult to evaluate, but certainly much more easier to play with white.

                        Grischuk never managed to bring his forces back into game, and coupled with a terrible zeitnot, his game simply collapsed. Later he checked the engines and saw that 28...Qe7 29.Nb6 Nc7 was better, leading to a "totally crazy position".

                        Tbilisi 2015
                        Round 3, Feb. 17
                        Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Grischuk, Alexander
                        E90 King’s Indian, 5. Nf3

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 Na6 9.Be3 Nd7 10.a3 c6 11.Rg1 Rb8 12.Nd2 Ndc5 13.Rb1 Nd7 14.Qf3 Ndc5 15.Qd1 Ra8 16.Rg3 Kh8 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Nd7 19.Ra1 Rb8 20.Rxa6 bxa6 21.dxc6 Nb6 22.Qa1 Qc7 23.c5 dxc5 24.bxc5 Na8 25.Qa4 Qa7 26.Nc4 Be6 27.Bd3 Rfd8 28.Ke2 Nc7 29.Nb6 Bf6 30.Bc4 Bxc4+ 31.Qxc4 Ne6 32.Ncd5 Bg7 33.Rf3 Re8 34.c7 Rb7 35.c8=Q Rxc8 36.Nxc8 Rb2+ 37.Kf1 1-0

                        (ChessVibes) - Spending 51 minutes on 14...Ndc5 was asking for trouble. Time trouble, that is. Grischuk is known for playing at a high level with little time on the clock, but today he couldn't hold his position together.

                        What German Zeit words did we learn at University?

                        Zeitgeist – Spirit of the Age, Zeitnot – Time trouble, Uhrzeit – Time, Abflugzeit/Ankunftszeit – Departure and Arrival Times. And there you are!

                        Online Comments

                        - We might have to face the real possibility of Anand v Carlsen 3

                        - Anand would win this field

                        Standing After Round 3

                        Tomashevsky 2.5
                        Mamedyarov 2
                        Jakovenko 2
                        Giri 2
                        Kasimdzhanov 1.5
                        Grischuk 1.5
                        Dominguez Perez 1.5
                        Radjabov 1.5
                        MVL 1
                        Andreikin 1
                        Svidler 1
                        Jobava 0.5

                        Round Four Matchups

                        Radjabov-Jakovenko, Grischuk-Jobava, Mamedyarov-Tomashevsky, Giri-Andreikin, Dominguez-Kasimdzhanov, Svidler-MVL.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

                          Tomashevsky's win over Mamedyarov (whose all 4 games have ended in Black wins) clearly establishes him as one of the Candidates favourites. His 3.5/4 leaves him a full point ahead of Giri, Grischuk (who beat Jobava today), and Jakovenko. If Tomashevsky wins Tbilisi, he'll soar past both Caruana and Nakamura in the composite Grand Prix standings.

                          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_Gr...014%E2%80%9315

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                          • #14
                            Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

                            Tbilisi 2015

                            Round Four
                            February 18, 2015

                            It seems that it was August 2013 when Evgeny Tomashevsky came to the world’s attention at the FIDE World Cup in Tromso. His match against Alexander Morozevich went to blitz and Evgeny won.

                            From the Official Site:

                            Mamedyarov - Tomashevsky 0-1

                            Black defended with the Chebanenko Slav and white employed the idea of world champion Magnus Carlsen from the game with Hikaru Nakamura in Gashimov Memorial. The point is that after 6.Be2 h6 black no longer has Bg6 at disposal and white can force the bishop exchange on d3.

                            Mamedyarov later said that if Carlsen can play this way, it doesn't mean that other players can follow the same steps. He now believes that the line does not suit his style. Finally, he said that when Carlsen's games are shown, a TV-like scroll should warn the audience "do not try this at home".

                            Tomashevsky said he played "the tricky" 14...Re8 because he didn't like the look of 14...a4 15.b4 Nd6 16.c5 Nc4 17.Bc1, and wanted to see what will white do next.

                            Mamedyarov added that after 18.a4 white is slightly better, but then he missed 20...b5. He understood that the trend is shifting and believes that from then on he should have played to salvage a draw.

                            But during the match white was still showing great ambition (22.c5), which only allowed "black knight to find a good square (c6) for the first time in the game" (Tomashevsky comment).

                            The Russian suggested 22.cxd5 Qxd5 23.Rb1 as more restrained approach. He added that from then on white can perhaps hold with perfect play, but the black position was just much easier to develop.

                            Immediately after the time control white committed a grave error 41.Rb1 and was soon forced to resign

                            Tbilisi 2015
                            Round 4, Feb. 18
                            Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Tomashevsky, Evgeny
                            D15 QGD Slav Accepted (4…a6)

                            1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Be2 h6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 e6 9.O-O Bb4 10.Bd2 O-O 11.b3 a5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Ne4 14.Bb2 Re8 15.Ne5 Nd7 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.f3 Ng5 18.a4 f6 19.Bc3 Nf7 20.Rad1 b5 21.axb5 cxb5 22.c5 b4 23.Be1 Nd8 24.Bg3 Nc6 25.Bd6 a4 26.bxa4 Rxa4 27.e4 Ra3 28.Qb5 Rea8 29.Rfe1 R8a7 30.f4 f5 31.exf5 exf5 32.h3 Kh7 33.Kh2 Rb7 34.Qe2 Qf7 35.Rd3 Qg6 36.Red1 Rba7 37.Be5 Na5 38.Qe1 Qa6 39.Rxa3 bxa3 40.Bd6 Qc8 41.Rb1 a2 42.Rb8 Qd7 43.Qa1 0-1

                            One player hasn't drawn a single game yet in the first four rounds: GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. All his games so far ended in wins for Black.

                            Mamedyarov was one of the three players who were trailing Tomashevsky by half a point. The other two, Giri and Jakovenko, both drew their games.

                            So:

                            Dominguez Perez – Kasimdzhanov 1/2-1/2
                            Giri-Andreikin 1/2-1/2
                            Radjabov-Jakovenko 1/2-1/2

                            Svidler vs Vachier-Lagrave was interesting from an opening theoretical perspective, as it was an encounter between two of the world's greatest experts in the Grünfeld.

                            GM Peter Svidler said that he's single-handedly trying to revive the 8.h3 variation, although he didn't know why. “Desperation?” was GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's explanation!

                            The French GM had prepared deeply, sacrificed an exchange and then already knew where to put his pieces. At the end it was White who had to be careful.

                            Tbilisi 2015
                            Round 4, Feb. 18
                            Svidler, Peter – Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
                            D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange Variation

                            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.h3 O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.cxd4 f5 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.O-O fxe4 14.Ng5 Nxd4 15.Nf7+ Rxf7 16.Bxf7 Qd6 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Rab1 Bc6 19.Bc4 Rd8 20.Rfc1 Qc7 21.Qe1 Qe5 22.Rd1 Qc5 23.Bf1 Bf6 24.Kh1 Rd7 25.Rbc1 Qa3 26.Bh6 e5 27.Be3 Kg7 28.Bc4 h5 29.Bb3 Qe7 30.Qc3 Qd8 31.Qc5 a5 32.Bc4 g5 33.Bf1 g4 34.h4 Rd5 35.Qa7 Rd7 36.Qc5 Rd5 37.Qa7 Rd7 1/2-1/2

                            Grischuk-Jobava 1-0

                            (chess.com) - GM Alexander Grischuk moved up to shared second in the standings. The world number-two defeated tail-ender GM Baadur Jobava. It looked easy, but Grischuk again was in time trouble at the end.

                            He said that he didn't like his opponent's mini-plan of trading his bishop on f3 and putting his pawns on light squares, but admitted that Black was still rather solid. White increased his advantage with some good maneuvers and when he got in d4-d5!, it was practically over.

                            Tbilisi 2015
                            Round 4, Feb. 18
                            Grischuk, Alexander – Jobava, Baadur
                            B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation

                            1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nh6 8.Nb3 Nf5 9.a4 Rc8 10.a5 Bh5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 g6 13.Re1 h5 14.Qd3 Bh6 15.Bxh6 Rxh6 16.c4 dxc4 17.Qxc4 Kf8 18.Rac1 Ne7 19.Qc3 Kg7 20.Nd2 Rh8 21.Nc4 Rb8 22.Be4 a6 23.Red1 Nc8 24.d5 cxd5 25.Bxd5 b5 26.Bc6 bxc4 27.Rxd7 Qg5 28.Bb7 Ne7 29.Qe3 Qxe3 30.fxe3 Nf5 31.Rxc4 Nxe3 32.Rc6 Rhd8 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Rxa6 Rd1+ 35.Kf2 Nc4 36.b3 Nxe5 37.Rb6 Ra1 38.a6 Kf6 39.Rb5 Ra3 40.Ke2 h4 1-0

                            Standing After Round Four

                            Tomashevsky 3.5
                            Giri 2.5
                            Grischuk 2.5
                            Jakovenko 2.5
                            Mamedyarov 2
                            Kasimdzhanov 2
                            Dominguez 2
                            Radjabov 2
                            Andreikin 1.5
                            Svidler 1.5
                            Vachier-Lagrave 1.5
                            Jobava 0.5

                            Tomorrow is a rest day. When action resumes on Friday the matchups will be:

                            MVL-Radjabov, Kasimdzhanov-Svidler, Andreikin-Dominguez, Tomashevsky-Giri, Jobava-Mamedyarov and Jakovenko-Grischuk.
                            ________

                            Tomshevsky now has a 31% chance to win Tbilisi with a clear first place (for the full 170 Grand Prix Points), and a 17% chance of finishing in the top two of the final Grand Prix standings (up from only 2% before Tbilisi began).

                            More rest day statistics here:

                            https://chessnumbers.wordpress.com/2...st-day-update/

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                            • #15
                              Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

                              Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
                              Tbilisi 2015

                              Tomshevsky now has a 31% chance to win Tbilisi with a clear first place (for the full 170 Grand Prix Points), and a 17% chance of finishing in the top two of the final Grand Prix standings (up from only 2% before Tbilisi began).

                              More rest day statistics here:

                              https://chessnumbers.wordpress.com/2...st-day-update/
                              I would surmise that those Tomashevsky numbers increase significantly after today's results, especially the 14-move (boo!) draw between Jakovenko and Grischuk and the 51-move draw between Tomashevsky and Giri. The latter two have now met 6 times and every single time the point has been split. The draw also deprived Giri of his 2800 status (2799.3), albeit I suspect he'll be back soon enough - perhaps even tomorrow when he has White and is the prohibitive (33/50!) betting favourite against Jobava (who had a very entertaining win against Mamedyrov today). That said, Jobava might just be worth a flyer at 17/2 (:

                              https://www.betmarathon.com/en/betting/Chess/

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