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2019 FIDE Grand Prix – Moscow
May 29, 2019
Final
Round Four, Day 3
From the official site:
The first rapid tie-breaker game, which had a time control of 25 minutes per player with 10 seconds added after each move, and in which Nepomniachtchi was Black, was drawn in 37 moves.
In the second game, Grischuk misplaced a knight on the side of the board, allowing Nepomaniachtchi to build up an overwhelming advantage. He eventually won a pawn as Grischuk ran short on time. After several errors by Grischuk, Nepomniachtchi was able to force an easily winning endgame.
The win netted Nepomniachtchi 24,000 euros as well as vaulting him into first place in the series of four Grand Prix tournaments to select two players for next year’s Candidates tournament. The winner of that tournament will become the challenger for the 2020 World Championship match to be held in November.
Grischuk earned 14,000 euros and is also in good shape in the Grand Prix as he is in second place in the series.
There are 21 players in the Grand Prix, with each playing three of the four tournaments.
The prize fund for each competition is 130,000 euros with an additional 280,000 euros allocated among the top 10 finishers in the series, for a total of 800,000 euros.
The Grand Prix now shifts to Riga, Latvia, followed by Hamburg, Germany, before it will conclude in Tel Aviv, Israel.
https://worldchess.com/news/1858
Finals Tiebreaks
Game 1, May 29
25+10
Grischuk, Alexander – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
C42 Petrov’s Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bg2 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qxf3 9.Bxf3 Nd4 10.Bd1 O-O-O 11.Nd2 Nc6 12.a3 g6 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.dxe4 h5 15.c3 Bh6 16.Bxh6 Rxh6 17.Bb3 f6 18.h4 Kd7 19.Ke2 Ke7 20.Rhd1 Rhh8 21.Bd5 Rd6 22.b4 Nd8 23.f4 c6 24.Bb3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Ne6 26.Ke3 a5 27.Bxe6 Kxe6 28.bxa5 Ra8 29.Rb1 Rxa5 30.Rxb7 Rxa3 31.Kd3 exf4 32.gxf4 Ra1 33.Rc7 Kd6 34.Rf7 Ke6 35.Rc7 Kd6 36.Rf7 Ke6 37.Rc7 1/2-1/2
Final position
Game 2, May 29
25+10
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Grischuk, Alexander
C54 Giuoco Piano, d3 variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.a4 a6 7.h3 Ba7 8.O-O h6 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.b4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Nc4 d5 15.exd5 Qxd5 16.Ne3 Qd7 17.Nc4 Qd5 18.Ne3 Qd7 19.b5 Na5 20.c4 Bd4 21.Rb1 axb5 22.axb5 Ree8 23.c5 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Qxd5 25.Nxd4 exd4 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Bf4 Re7 28.Qa4 b6 29.c6 Kh7 30.Rb4 Qe6 31.Rxd4 f5 32.Be3 g5 33.Qb4 Rg7 34.Rd8 Nb3 35.Bd4 Re7 36.Qxe7+ 1-0
Final position
In the interview after the last game Nepo said that he was slightly better prepared in the openings. He tried to play solidly in the classical matches. He liked his games against Wojtaszek. As for what is next, he says that there is an Armageddon tournament in Moscow sponsored by World Chess, and then he is going to Croatia.
Grischuk was not happy with his play, especially in the last game. As far as the tournament went, he was pleased with the game he won against Nakamura. His three best games were against Vugar Gashimov in the World Teams (2010), against Maxim Rodshtein in the European Clubs (2014), and against Nakamura in the Moscow Grand Prix.
His next tournament is at Stavanger, Norway where they have Armageddon if you draw your game.
GP points after the first leg
1 Nepomniachtchi 9
2 Grischuk 7
3 Wojtaszek 5
4 Nakamura 3
5-7 Svidler, Wei Yi, Dubov 2
8 So 1
9-16 Giri, Mamedyarov, Aronian, Radjabov, Karjakin, Vitiugov, Duda and Jakovenko 0
Grand Chess Tour Zagreb/Croatia takes place June 26 to July 8
https://grandchesstour.org/2019-gran...and-chess-tour
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