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The second Grand Prix leg will be hosted at Latvian National Library from July 11 till 25. The Grand Prix in Riga will continue the Championship Cycle with players fighting for spots in the Candidates Tournament.
Time Control – 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 min/end + 30 seconds increment per move starting from move 1
Format - There are four rounds in each Grand Prix tournament. Each round consists of two games with classical time control, and series of tie-breaks (rapid, blitz, and sudden death) in case of a tie.
The 16 players play a knock-out tournament (4 Rounds). All four Rounds are played with two standard games matches.
There will be four rounds in the Grand Prix. Each consists of two games with the classic time control 90’ for 40 moves + 30 min to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. In case of a tie, there is a tie breaks round, consisting of two games with 25 minutes and 10 seconds per move for each player. If the score is still tied, there are two games with 10 minutes and 10 seconds per month for each player. If it’s still a tie, it’s followed by 2 blitz games of 5 minutes and 3 seconds per move. If the score is tied, then there is an Armageddon game.
The World Chess coverage on chess24 has Evgeny Miroshnichenko and Arturs Neiksans as commentators in English. Arturs is a Latvian GM.
- Navara played without glasses, can’t play well when you can’t see the board
- a 19-move loss by a top GM is very rare these days
- nothing good comes from the caro-kann
Games start at 12:00 UTC, which is 8 AM Toronto/Montreal time
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Both players came in for the post-game interview. David said that he hadn’t prepared for the opening. MVL said that he had gone 21 games without winning and was just playing in the Croatia Grand Chess Tour a few days ago.
It is the first time for MVL to be in Riga. He took the tour yesterday.
- Grischuk on going for a risky line: "I have a good excuse because I was in a good mood before the game because Rausis finally got caught cheating... but it's dangerous to be in a good mood when playing chess!"
(Douglas Griffin tweet) - It seems that Vitiugov maybe failed to exploit a chance after 19...0-0-0, since after 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.dxe4 Bxe3 the g4-pawn is hanging with check(?).
It seems too obvious, there must be more to it...
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Chat Room Comments
- The reason why @Vachier_Lagrave is very happy about today's game is not so much its positive result. By finishing early, he will manage to watch the entire Wimbledon match Federer-Nadal!
- Peter Svidler v Jan-Krzysztof Duda is one of the many highly entertaining games in the opening round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga
- GM Igors Rausis has been caught red-handed using his phone during a game in Strasbourg. He has been suspended from the tournament and all the materials will be sent to the Ethics Commission.
FIDE is determined to fight cheating in chess!
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Saturday, 13th July, 2019, 01:19 PM.
Karjakin had a quick draw, almost certainly tired after the marathon tiebreak games of yesterday. Of course, if there is another draw tomorrow, then he will have tiebreak games the day after – that is the way these things work.
Topalov played an enterprising game with a knight sacrifice on the 14thmove and thought he had a better game until move 41.
I was amused by the chat during the endgame and have given excerpts below.
Round 2, Day 1, Game 1, July 15
Topalov, Veselin – MVL
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
The knock-out format in chess provides the fans with particularly exciting fights, like the ones seen on opening day in Riga or during the first round tiebreaks, but it also leaves everyone bamboozled with close-to-inexplicable draw offers. On Tuesday, Veselin Topalov needed a win to stay in contention against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and, instead of looking for — perhaps unsubstantiated — chances to complicate, he cut the day short and offered his opponent a truce after twelve moves.
The Bulgarian was indeed in an unenviable situation — even if he did manage to win in game two he would remain a big underdog in the tiebreaks (Vachier-Lagrave is number four and number one in the rapid and blitz ratings lists, respectively). Moreover, reducing the suffering is not an unprecedented strategy among the chess elite, as Peter Svidler, for example, is known for resigning positions in which other players would certainly choose to keep going.
Karjakin-So (winner to play match with either Duda or Mamedyarov)
Duda-Mamedyarov (winner to play match with either Karjakin or So)
Grischuk-Yu, Yangyi (winner to play match with MVL)
Chess.com comments
- hold on to your money..Karjakin will be difficult to be beaten in the rapids by So
- MVL can win the Riga Grand Prix
- oh God.. either Duda's head is too small or his suit is too big.. he looks hilariously bad in this haircut..
I hope he will do well in this tournament, though. Mamedyarov is a tough opponent, but he can do it!
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Thursday, 18th July, 2019, 02:44 PM.
Position after White’s 23.Kxf1, totally winning for So
Position after Black’s 32…..Qh3, totally winning for Karjakin
(Chess24 tweet) - Wesley So will play Mamedyarov in the Riga #FIDEGrandPrix semifinal after Sergey Karjakin was on the brink of forcing Armageddon by winning a game in which he'd been dead lost... but ended by allowing perpetual check
1/2 Final Pairings
So-Mamedyarov
MVL-Grischuk
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Thursday, 18th July, 2019, 02:43 PM.
- After the strange sequence 15...c3??! 16.e5! it seems Mamedyarov is going to cruise to victory over So in Game 1 of the Riga #FIDEGrandPrix semifinal!
- Mamedyarov, who doesn't expect ever to get the position again, points out that 15...Nxe4! is the move that draws for Black after the novelty he played today (Wesley So was lost after 15...c3?): https://chess24.com/en/watch/live
Position after Black’s 36…Rc3 where the game is adjudged equal
MVL is playing amazingly well. As a result of today’s action, there are no tiebreak games and a rest day is coming up, so the finals match between Mamedyarov and MVL will take place on Monday, July 22.
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