Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

Tbilisi 2015

Round Eight
February 23, 2015

As this is being written, there is one game left to finish. Vachier-Lagrave vs Tomashevsky. White had a rook and a pawn on h4. Black had knight and the two bishops. Black was able to take off the pawn and now the long endgame ensues. It is white rook versus black knight and two bishops. There are discussions about the fifty-move rule and the computer says that at move 74 black can mate in 51 moves!

Article 12.4 of the 1965 FIDE rules states: The number of moves can be increased for certain positions, provided that this increase in number and these positions have been clearly established before the commencement of the game.

Tbilisi 2015
Round 8, Feb. 23
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Tomashevsky, Evgeny
C88 Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall (8.a4)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 b4 11. c3 Rb8 12. cxb4 Bc8 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Rxb5 15. Ra8 Rb8 16. Rxb8 Nxb8 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Bc3 Be6 21. Nbd2 d5 22. Ng5 Bg4 23. Qc2 c4 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Nd7 26. Nxf7 Rxf7 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qxc6 Ne5 30. Qc3 Bf6 31. Qg3 h5 32. h3 h4 33. Qe3 Be6 34. b4 Qd3 35. Kh2 Be7 36. f4 Qxe3 37. Rxe3 Nc4 38. Re2 Bxb4 39. g3 Nd2 40. gxh4 Bc4 41. Rg2+ Kh6 42. Kg3 Bf1 43. Rh2 Bd3 44. Kg4 Nxe4 45. Kf5 Bd6 46. Rg2 Kh5 47. Rg8 Ng5+ 48. Kf6 Nh7+ 49. Kg7 Bxf4 50. Ra8 Be5+ 51. Kf7 Kxh4 52. Ra4+ Kh5 53. h4 Bb2 54. Rf4 Bc3 55. Ke6 Be1 56. Rf3 Bg6 57. Rf1 Bb4 58. Rf4 Nf8+ 59. Kd5 Be7 60. Rf1 Bc2 61. Rg1 Bb3+ 62. Ke4 Ng6 63. Kf5 Bd8 64. Ke4 Be6 65. Rd1 Be7 66. Ra1 Bc8 67. Ra5+ Kxh4 68. Ra1 Kg5 69. Rg1+ Bg4 70. Rg2 Bc5 71. Rg3 Nf4 72. Ke5 Bf2 73. Ra3 Bh3 74. Ra5 Bg2 75. Ra3 Ne2 76. Ra5 Bg3+ 77. Ke6+ Kg6 78. Ra6 Nd4+ 79. Ke7+ Kg7 80. Ra1 Bh3 81. Rh1 Bg4 82. Rg1 Ne2 83. Rf1 Bf4 84. Rd1 Nc3 85. Rd3 Ne4 86. Kd8 Nc5 87. Rd5 Ne4 88. Rd3 Ng5 89. Ke7 Nf7 90. Rd4 Bg5+ 91. Ke8 Ne5 0-1

Finally!

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

The 2 Black wins today, by Jobava and Tomashevsky, mean that Black again has more wins than White, 11 to 9, through 8 rounds. Tomashevsky's win not only makes him now the overwhelming favourite to win Tbilisi but also allows him to crack the Top 20, now plus 24.1 FIDE points for the month.

http://www.2700chess.com/

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

Tbilisi 2015

Round Eight (continued)
February 23, 2015

Jobava wins again!

Tbilisi 2015
Round 8, Feb. 23
Svidler, Peter – 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 f6 7.c4 fxe5 8.dxe5 Bc5 9.Nc3 a6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Ne7 13.Qb3 Qb8 14.Qa3 Nxe5 15.Nd4 N5c6 16.Nxf5 exf5 17.Bf3 Qe5 18.Qc5 O-O-O 19.Rfd1 Kb8 20.b4 Rd6 21.b5 Rc8 22.Rac1 Na7 23.Qa3 axb5 24.Ne2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nac6 26.Qc5 g5 27.h3 b4 28.a3 Re6 29.Kf2 d4 30.exd4 Qxc5 31.dxc5 Ne5 0-1

[20.b4 Rd6! This is a key resource, and a superb find from Jobava. Thanks to this rook lift Black is able to beat White's attack back. 21.b5 Rc8! This is the point. The knight on c6 is untouchable and taking on a6 does not work either. 22.Rac1

22.bxc6 Rdxc6 23.Qd4 Qxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxc3-+
22.bxa6 Nd8-+ The knight on d8 protects b7 against any checkmating threat, so the c3 knight is simply hanging. a7+ doesn't work since the knight on e7 is still defending the c8 rook.

22...Na7 23.Qa3 axb5 24.Ne2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nac6 White simply doesn't have enough for two pawns.] (ChessBase)

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Tomashevsky, Evgeny – the score has been given in an earlier posting in this thread. Alejandro Ramirez makes these points in ChessBase.com:

A crazy game! The following were all true:

-White had, at one point, a rook and four pawns against three minor pieces.

-Many moves later, that material balance were the only pieces remaining on the board

-Black took all of White's pawns.

-White was down "4 points of material" in the beginner's scale (rook vs. two bishops and a knight) but it wasn't clear that he was lost.

-The only difference between the starting position of the minor pieces vs. rook endgame was that Black pushed White's king to the side of the board, allowing his bishops to corral it into a mating net.

With this win Tomashevsky is winning a huge 24 points of win and has a full point ahead of Jakovenko. With his 82 points that he accumulated in Baku, if he wins this tournament he will have a great chance of qualifying for the Candidates in Khanty-Mansiysk, which is the final GP.

Other Results

Radjabov-Mamedyarov 1/2
Kasimdzhanov-Andreikin 1/2
Giri-Grischuk 1/2
Dominguez-Jakovenko 1/2

Standing After Round Eight

Tomashevsky 6
Jakovenko 5
Radjabov 4.5
Kasimdzhanov 4.5
Mamedyarov 4
Giri 4
Dominguez 4
Jobava 4
Grischuk 3.5
Svidler 3
Vachier-Lagrave 3
Andreikin 2.5

Tomorrow is a rest day. When hostilities resume on Wednesday the pairings are:

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

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

With Jakovenko and Svidler taking a quick draw and Tomashevsky winning yet again (now plus 5!), the fat lady can commence her warbling (:

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

I wonder what's more improbable, Tomashevsky not winning Tbilisi or a Nutela jar starting a "severe house fire"?

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/nutella-...fire-1.2252875

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

Tbilisi 2015

Round Nine
February 25, 2015

Ivan Sokolov joins the commentating team today, for the last three rounds. He is the Bosnian grandmaster who now has Dutch citizenship. He seems forceful and dominating.

He says that he was going for a walk this morning in Tbilisi and he saw Kasimdzhanov running like Rocky in the movie. Ivan said, “Maybe you should win today?” and Rustam said, “Yes” and Ivan said, “Maybe the King’s Indian?.” He said, ”I will think of this.”
He also spoke to Peter Svidler. “What are you doing here?” said Peter and Ivan replied that he came to see Peter win a game for once. Peter was pessimistic and said not in this tournament.

Tbilisi 2015
Round 9, Feb. 25
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Giri, Anish
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Ne5 8.Qg3 h5 9.Nf5 f6 10.O-O-O exf5 11.Nd5 Qc6 12.Bb6 fxe4 13.Nc7+ Kf7 14.Qb3+ d5 15.Nxa8 Ne7 16.Nc7 Bg4 17.Rd4 Nd7 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Rxd5 Be6 20.Rxd7+ Qxd7 21.Bc4 Bxc4 22.Qxc4+ Qe6 23.Qc7+ Qe7 24.Qc4+ Qe6 25.Qc7+ Qe7 26.Qc8 g6 27.Be3 Bg7 28.Qc4+ Qe6 29.Qc7+ Qe7 30.Qc4+ Qe6 31.Qc7+ Qe7 1/2-1/2

Giri regularly plays the Taimanov Sicilian and the position after the 8th move has already been seen in three of his games. But Mamedyarov came up with a stunning novelty 9.Nf5, offering a piece on a plate.

The point is, however, that white will quickly win the rook and hold an exchange for a pawn. By losing some tempi to collect the rook, white allowed his opponent to speed up the development and build up a strong center.

To maintain the dynamic balance, white was forced to give the exchange back, but then with the equal material on the board black had no problems whatsoever. The game ended with perpetual check. (From the Official Site)

Jobava loses but still enjoys the post mortem with MVL. I imagine it was something like this when Petrosian and Tal were analyzing in the Press Room after the Soviet Championships in the 60s.

Tbilisi 2015
Round 9, Feb. 25
Jobava, Baadur – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.a4 a6 5.Be2 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.d3 e6 8.Nxd4 cxd4 9.Nb1 Ne7 10.Nd2 d5 11.b3 dxe4 12.Nxe4 f5 13.Nd2 Nd5 14.Nc4 O-O 15.O-O e5 16.Bb2 Be6 17.Bf3 Qc7 18.Re1 Bf7 19.a5 Rad8 20.Qd2 Rfe8 21.g3 h6 22.Bg2 Kh7 23.Ra4 Re7 24.Re2 g5 25.Qe1 Be8 26.Ra1 Bh5 27.Bh3 Bg6 28.Bg2 Bh5 29.Bh3 Kg6 30.Rd2 Bf3 31.Qf1 Qc6 32.Bg2 Nc7 33.Bxf3 Qxf3 34.Re1 Nb5 35.Rde2 Rde8 36.Nd2 Qc6 37.Nc4 Qf3 38.Qg2 g4 39.Nd2 Qxg2+ 40.Kxg2 h5 41.f3 Bf6 42.h3 gxf3+ 43.Kxf3 h4 44.g4 e4+ 45.dxe4 fxg4+ 46.Kxg4 Rf7 47.Rf2 Rg8 48.Rf5 Nd6 49.Rh5 Be5 50.Rf1 Rxf1 51.Nxf1 Nf7 52.Bc1 Rc8 53.c4 dxc3 54.Ne3 Re8 55.Ng2 Bg3 56.Nf4+ Bxf4 57.Bxf4 Rxe4 58.Rc5 Rb4 59.Kf3 Rxb3 60.Ke4 Rb4+ 61.Kf3 Rb5 62.Rxc3 Rxa5 63.Rc7 Rb5 64.Bd2 a5 65.Bc3 a4 66.Kg4 a3 67.Re7 Nh6+ 68.Kf4 a2 69.Rg7+ Kh5 70.Rg2 Rf5+ 71.Ke4 Ra5 72.Rg1 Ra4+ 73.Kd5 Nf7 74.Ke6 Ng5+ 75.Kf5 Rf4+ 0-1

(ChessBase) - Jobava played one of his unusual openings, this time a rather passive version of a 3.Bb5 Sicilian. MVL took the opportunity to chuck his pawns forward, gaining a huge amount of space in the center and on the kingside. The position always looked unpleasant for Jobava, even though he was perhaps holding. A nice sequence from MVL locked his opponent's rook on h5, where it could not come back to defend the queenside. MVL swung his rook to c8 and White's position collapsed.

The leader wins:

Tbilisi 2015
Round 9, Feb. 25
Tomashevsky, Evgeny-Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
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 Nh5 8.g3 f5 9.exf5 gxf5 10.Nh4 Nf4 11.Bd2 Qe7 12.Qc2 Na6 13.a3 Bd7 14.O-O-O Kh8 15.Kb1 Rae8 16.Re1 Qf6 17.Rg1 Ng6 18.Nxg6+ Qxg6 19.f3 c6 20.g4 cxd5 21.cxd5 Rc8 22.Bd3 Nc5 23.Bxf5 Bxf5 24.gxf5 Qxf5 25.Qxf5 Rxf5 26.Rg3 Nb3 27.Be3 Nd4 28.Ne4 Rd8 29.Reg1 Rf7 30.Ng5 1-0

(From ChessBase) - There is no doubt that in this past year/year and a half the KID (King's Indian Defence) has made a huge comeback. What was not a popular opening at all in 2013 in super-tournaments is now played much more often. The h3-variation is one of the new tabiyas, or battlegrounds, in which White is trying to prove an advantage.

Tomashevsky played an exemplary h3-KID. He slowly secured control of e4, and even though the white pawns looked weak, Black's pieces, especially the dead bishop on g7, were not strong enough to exploit that. Kasimdzhanov resigned in a position that was probably not completely lost, but did look like a nightmare.

Andreikin-Radjabov ½
Grischuk-Dominguez ½
Jakovenko-Svidler ½

Standing After Round Nine

Tomashevsky 7
Jakovenko 5.5
Radjabov 5
Kasimdzhanov 4.5
Mamedyarov 4.5
Giri 4.5
Dominguez 4.5
Jobava 4
Grischuk 4
Vachier-Lagrave 4
Svidler 3.5
Andreikin 3

Round Ten Matchups

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

________

If you are ever asked on Jeopardy!, Tbilisi, formerly known as Tiflis, is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mtkvari River with a population of roughly 1.5 million inhabitants.

The 26th Soviet Chess Championship took place in the city of Tbilisi from January 9th to February 11th, 1959. Twenty of the Soviet Union's best masters and grandmasters were invited to and qualified for the round robin tournament. Tigran Petrosian won his first of four USSR Championships here, undefeated (+8-0=11) against a field that included over 10 past and future winners of the Soviet crown including Spassky, Tal, Taimanov, Kholmov, Polugaevsky, Averbakh, Keres, Korchnoi, Geller and Bronstein among others. Now, that was a tournament!

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

There is no betting line on 3 of the 6 games tomorrow. I understand the logic between not having a line on the Andreikin - Tomashevsky game since Andreikin is dead last and will likely be all too happy to offer a draw with White at first opportunity and Tomashevsky only needs a draw to clinch at least a share of 1st. Similarly, the other all-Russian game between Svidler and Grischuk sees 2 players, the best of friends, who have absolutely nothing to play for since both are having miserable tournaments. I do find the lifetime record between these two of interest, however. It currently stands plus 7, minus 1, equal 21 in Svidler's favour. I wonder how much of a dog Grischuk would have been had there been a line (:

As to why there's no line on the Radjabov - Giri game, I really don't have a theory ):

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

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

Tomashevsky has finally edged past Nakamura in his chances of finishing in the top 2 composite Grand Prix score.

https://chessnumbers.wordpress.com/w...rix-2014-2015/

Contrary to an earlier post, however, I now believe finishing 3rd does not likely get Tomashevsky to the Candidates. The Candidates order appears to be:

1: Top 2 in the World Cup
2: Top 2 in the Grand Prix (unless already qualified via the World Cup)
3: Top 2 in rating not qualified via the World Cup or Grand Prix

Thus the 3rd place finisher in the Grand Prix can seemingly only back in if one of the top 2 finishers qualify via the World Cup. Tomashevsky then is not a virtual lock to make the Candidates since it's only the World Cup and not ratings that remove a top 2 finisher. Assuming the 49% figure is true, then his chance of making the Candidates is likely only 5 to 10% higher (i.e. the probability of either him or a top 2 Grand Prix finisher also finishing 1st/2nd in the World Cup).

At least this is the order spelled out at Wikipedia (with a link to FIDE Rules & Regulations for the Candidates Tournament)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_C...mpionship_2016

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

In the final Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk, the 3 leaders, Tomashevsky, Caruana, and Nakamura will all go head to head. The other 9 players there will be Grischuk, Gelfand, Karjakin,Giri, Jakovenko, MVL, Jobava, Svidler, and Dominguez. The latter 4 will essentially be playing for pride only since they have no realistic chance of finishing in the top 2 composite score.

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

We've long had Planet Ivanchuk but now we clearly have Planet Jobava. In a totally winning position against Kasimdzhanov, both on the board and on the clock, Jobava offered a draw!

realbezo: Kasimdzhanov said , "it was a losing position at the end but Baadur decided it was not the time to win and offered a draw"

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

For the first time in Tbilisi, we had no decisive games (albeit Jobava's game should have been!). And only once (R2) has there not been at least 2 decisive games. Today's results mean that Tomashevsky finishes clear 1st regardless of what happens in the final round tomorrow. Heading into Khanty-Mansiysk, the standings will be:

1. Tomashevsky 252
2. Caruana 230
3. Nakamura 207

Mamedyarov could still slide into that list but since he's not playing the final Grand Prix, has no chance of finishing in the requisite top 2.

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

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

It should also be pointed out that Tomashevsky is clearly in the driver's seat if the final standings come down to tie-breaks, cumulative game points. Caruana and Gelfand won Baku with just plus 2. Andreikin (now out of the picture) won Tashkent with plus 3. Tomashevsky, of course, currently stands at plus 5 in Tbilisi!

[Jack Maguire]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

Tomashevsky didn't lose a game in Baku either (1 win and 10 draws) so currently sits at a composite plus 6. Caruana has gone plus 2 and plus 0 for a composite plus 2. Nakamura has gone plus 1 and plus 2 for a composite plus 3. If the composite score dictated the top 2 spots (and not just the 1st tie-break), Tomashevsky would be the overwhelming favourite to be a Grand Prix Candidate. He currently has a bigger plus than his top two pursuers combined!

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

realbezo: Kasimdzhanov said , "it was a losing position at the end but Baadur decided it was not the time to win and offered a draw"

What was the betting line on that game?

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix

Tbilisi 2015

Round Ten
February 26, 2015

All the games in Round Ten were drawn, which means that Tomashevsky gets an unassailable first.

Tbilisi 2015
Round 10, Feb. 26
Andreikin, Dmitry – Tomashevsky, Evgeny
D31 QGD, Semi-Slav, Noteboom Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.bxc4 b4 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O Nbd7 15.Nd2 Qc7 16.f4 a4 17.Rb1 Rfd8 18.Qe2 b3 19.Ba1 Nf8 20.e4 N6d7 21.Kh1 Re8 22.Qg4 Ng6 23.Qg3 Rad8 24.Bb2 Qd6 25.Ra1 Qb4 26.Qe3 f5 27.e5 Qb6 28.Rg1 Bc6 29.h3 Nb8 30.Kh2 Na6 31.g4 Nb4 32.gxf5 Nxd3 33.Qxd3 exf5 34.Qe3 Nf8 35.Nf1 Qb4 36.d5 Qxc4 37.dxc6 Ne6 38.Qc1 Qb4 39.Ba3 Qb6 40.c7 Rc8 41.Qe3 Qxc7 42.Ng3 Qc2+ 43.Rg2 Rc3 44.Nxf5 Rxe3 45.Nh6+ Kh8 46.Nf7+ Kg8 47.Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

It looked like Andreikin was playing for a win but with 39. Ba3 and 40. c7, the game went back to equality. Tomashevsky has now won this stage of the Grand Prix with one round to go.

Tbilisi 2015
Round 10, Feb. 26
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – Jobava, Baadur
D16 QGD Slav, Steiner Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.f3 Nfd7 8.Nxc4 e5 9.g3 Bb4 10.dxe5 O-O 11.Bh3 Qe7 12.f4 f6 13.e6 Nc5 14.f5 Nba6 15.O-O Rfd8 16.Qc2 Rd4 17.Rf4 Rad8 18.Be3 Rxf4 19.Bxf4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Nxe6 21.fxe6 Qc5+ 22.Ne3 g5 23.Kf2 gxf4 24.gxf4 Nc7 25.Rg1+ Kh8 26.c4 Rd4 27.Qf5 Qxf5 28.Nxf5 Rxc4 29.Nh6 Rxf4+ 30.Ke1 Bg6 31.Nf7+ Kg7 32.Nd6 Rxa4 33.Kf2 1/2-1/2

Kasimdzhanov’s position kept getting better out of the opening. He has mentioned hallucinations previously this week and seemed to suffer another when, with about eight minutes on the clock, he played 29.Nh6?? Rxf4+ 30.Ke1 Bg6 31. Nf7+ Kg7, and then was lost; there followed 32.Nd6 Rxa4 and 33. Kf2 and a draw was agreed.

Chessbomb kibitzers:

realbezo: "there must be some mistake" said the commentators
“(drawing)”

rr: With a completely winning position

realbezo: Kasimdzhanov said , "it was a losing position at the end but Baadur decided it was not the time to win and offered a draw"

At the press conference Jobava commented on his draw – “First of all, I remember a case in Tashkent (here the rivals looked at each other, Kasimdzhanov brightened, and they both laughed). It was time to return the debt. And secondly, I was disgusted to play for a win considering how badly I played the earlier part of the game.”

Chess-news.ru did a mini-investigation to find out what actually happened at Tashkent last October. It seems that Jobava lost a large denomination bill at his hotel and Rustam’s wife found it and returned it to the delighted Jobava!

Tbilisi 2015
Round 10, Feb. 26
Radjabov, Teimour – Giri, Anish
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Jaenisch Variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6 16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Ng5 Bg6 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.h4 Qe7 20.Qg4 h6 21.Nh3 Qe4 22.Nf4 Ne5 23.dxe5 Qxc4 24.e6 fxe6 25.Qxg6 Qxf4 26.Qxe6+ Kh8 27.Rd1 Rf8 28.f3 Qxh4 29.Rxd6 Qg5 30.Rd7 Qc5+ 31.Kh2 Qh5+ 32.Kg1 Re8 33.Qg4 Qxg4 34.fxg4 b6 35.Rxa7 Rc8 36.Ra6 Rxc3 37.Rxb6 Rxa3 38.Kh2 Kh7 39.Rc6 Rd3 40.Ra6 Kg8 41.Ra7 Re3 42.Rb7 Kf8 43.g5 hxg5 44.Rb5 Kf7 45.Rxg5 Kf6 46.Ra5 g5 47.g4 Rb3 48.Rf5+ Kg6 49.Kg2 Rb4 50.Kg3 Rb3+ 51.Kg2 Rb4 52.Kg3 Rb3+ 53.Kg2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

Tbilisi 2015
Round 10, Feb. 26
Dominguez Perez, Leinier – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 Qb6 7.g4 Nc6 8.Nb3 e6 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Be3 b5 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.Qf2 Nce5 13.Rg1 Rb8 14.a3 Bb7 15.f4 Nc4 16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Nd2 Be7 18.g5 d5 19.f5 dxe4 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Rgf1 Rf8 22.Qh4 Bd5 23.Rxf8+ Nxf8 24.Bf4 Bd6 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 26.Nxc4 Qc7 27.Nxe4 Kf7 28.Ned2 Kg8 29.Ne3 Rc8 30.Qg3 e5 31.Nb1 Be6 32.Nc3 Ng6 33.Ned5 Qf7 34.Qe3 Qf5 35.Ne4 Rf8 36.b3 Qg4 37.Ndc3 Nf4 38.Kb2 Bf5 39.Rd2 Ne6 40.Nd6 Qxg5 41.Re2 Qxe3 42.Rxe3 Nd4 43.Rxe5 Bxc2 44.Rd5 Rf4 45.Nce4 Bxe4 46.Rxd4 Rf2+ 47.Kc3 Bg6 48.h4 Rf3+ 49.Kb4 Bc2 50.Rc4 Rxb3+ 51.Ka5 Rxa3+ 52.Kb6 Rb3+ 53.Ka7 g5 54.Rxc2 1/2-1/2

Svidler-Grischuk ½
Vachier-Lagrave-Jakovenko ½

Standing After Round Ten

Tomashevsky 7.5
Jakovenko 6
Radjabov 5.5
Giri 5
Kasimdzhanov 5
Mamedyarov 5
Dominguez 5
Grischuk 4.5
Vachier-Lagrave 4.5
Jobava 4.5
Svidler 4
Andreikin 3.5

Final Round Matchups

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