page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 57  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ivanchuk vs Wang Yue ½-½ 41 2008 FIDE Grand Prix C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 2. Aronian vs Svidler   ½-½ 63 2008 FIDE Grand Prix A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 3. Karjakin vs V Gashimov ½-½ 41 2008 FIDE Grand Prix A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 4. Grischuk vs Kamsky   ½-½ 54 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 5. Ivanchuk vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 23 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. Jakovenko vs Karjakin ½-½ 57 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. V Gashimov vs Aronian ½-½ 48 2008 FIDE Grand Prix C67 Ruy Lopez 8. I Cheparinov vs Navara ½-½ 60 2008 FIDE Grand Prix A15 English 9. Radjabov vs Grischuk ½-½ 38 2008 FIDE Grand Prix B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Navara vs Svidler ½-½ 49 2008 FIDE Grand Prix B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 11. Grischuk vs Gelfand ½-½ 46 2008 FIDE Grand Prix E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 12. Aronian vs Jakovenko ½-½ 30 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Ivanchuk vs V Gashimov   ½-½ 34 2008 FIDE Grand Prix C49 Four Knights 14. M Al-Modiahki vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 40 2008 FIDE Grand Prix B30 Sicilian 15. Navara vs Gelfand ½-½ 28 2008 FIDE Grand Prix C33 King's Gambit Accepted 16. M Al-Modiahki vs Gelfand ½-½ 20 2008 FIDE Grand Prix B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 17. I Cheparinov vs M Al-Modiahki ½-½ 74 2008 FIDE Grand Prix B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 18. Grischuk vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 25 2008 FIDE Grand Prix E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 19. Kamsky vs V Gashimov ½-½ 47 2008 FIDE Grand Prix A30 English, Symmetrical 20. Wang Yue vs Navara ½-½ 69 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 21. Gelfand vs Karjakin ½-½ 26 2008 FIDE Grand Prix E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 22. Radjabov vs Aronian ½-½ 26 2008 FIDE Grand Prix C45 Scotch Game 23. Navara vs Grischuk   ½-½ 55 2008 FIDE Grand Prix B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 24. Ivanchuk vs Radjabov ½-½ 37 2008 FIDE Grand Prix E61 King's Indian 25. Wang Yue vs Kamsky ½-½ 44 2008 FIDE Grand Prix D80 Grunfeld  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 57    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 108 OF 108 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-14-08    HFBA: A note for the people who manage the website (I don't know if it's been posted yet, but Aronian won the tournament half a point ahead of the field, not one and a half like the description says. Aug-14-08    Marmot PFL: <messachess> "Black is better, there's no doubt about that.Question is how much.Main problem of White are his Rooks, they can't find any open file.Plus his pawn structure is badly damaged and disabled for any serious use.Also we should not forget the psychological pressure.Radjabov was more that hour ahead on clock and, this position is very very ungrateful to play as White.There is no clear plan, there is nothing you can do.You can just sit tight and wait...such tragedy for White..." Karjakin. I think white made a mistake trading queens. Might have lost either way but it's easier to fight back with queens than in a lost ending. Also when you lose you don't suffer as long. Aug-14-08    messachess: <Kamsky's big mistake> Well, he started out with med-school ambitions, etc. Then, there is the family influence. Aug-14-08    messachess: It was probably something like: "Let's do this. If you beat Karpov, stay in chess. You lose, go to med-school." Aug-14-08    Jim Bartle: but hey, no pressure... Aug-14-08    randzo: We can said that Aronian has now great chances to win Grand Prix Aug-14-08    messachess: How about Svidler, winning his last three games! Aug-14-08    cannibal: Thanks, <TheBB>, for the crosstable! We can see the great value of <unshared> top places there. Aronian with his unshared 1st would need only a shared 5th-6th (if he were the one to play in the next GP tournament, that is) to pull ahead of Wang Yue, who had shared 1st and 3rd so far. Aug-14-08    gazzawhite: Al-Modiahki came last yet still performed above his rating. Seems to suggest that he MAY be a little out of his league here. At least he won a game. Aug-14-08    DUS: <Since Karjakin-Radjabov will probably be a decisive game Aronians needs to try to win without taking the risk of losing. Hard task.> Indeed Aronian won without taking the risk of losing. In his performance it wasn't hard task at all. Aug-14-08    DUS: <How about Svidler, winning his last three games!> I think they were great games by a super GM. Aug-14-08    Atking: Agree with your lats posts <DUS>. Especially the smooth way Aronian won the last game. very Impressive. Aug-14-08    arkansaw: Leko vs Wang would be interesting....or boring depending on how you see it Aug-14-08    messachess: <Leko vs Wang> 1,001 draws and 1 ...................canceled (too much pressure.) Aug-15-08    arsen387: Congratulations to Aronian. He won this tournament fairly and did it in style. +4 in 13 games and 5 victories, including 2 technically perfect endgame wins against Navara and Modiahki, and 2 Capablanca style amazingly beautiful wins against Chepa and Grischuk. Very impressive tournament. Aug-15-08    yalie: Wang Yue interview after Sochi (and some training from Kramnik): "I have noticed that Aronian always takes chances, is lucky a little. In our head to head game, though I was no worse. My repertoire is more suited for a match where beating Wang Yue is no small feat. Aronian, as usual, was efficient and won against the tailenders, but couldnt win against his opponents 2-9 on the ranking list - while I finished an undefeated +2." Aronian's response: "Maybe Wang Yue should eat more spinach." Aug-15-08    arsen387: <yalie: Aronian's response: "Maybe Wang Yue should eat more spinach." > ROTFL! Cool answer. I really like this guy Aug-15-08    ahmadov: Aronian silently became the leader and then won the tournament... Congratulations! Aug-15-08    arnaud1959: <HFBA> You should look also at the number of games. At that point Aronian had 8.5/13, Radjabov and Karjakin 7/12 Aug-15-08    amateur05: Brilliant games in the last round! Aug-15-08    ahmadov: <amateur05: Brilliant games in the last round!> Yes, I wish the whole tournament would like that... Aug-15-08    amateur05: <ahmadov> Agree. Also nice to see the Berlin wall being knocked down in Jako-Chepa. Aug-15-08    Cactus: What's happened to Gelfand lately? As a big fan I was very pleased in Mexico, but since then he's seemed to have been near the bottom of every tournement he's in despite being one of the top ranked. Age mabye? And as a Grischuk fan, it seems like he pulled a Ponomoriov, have an prodigal rise to chess prowess, and then simply stop improving. Strange... Aug-15-08    dumbgai: Despite tying for last place in the Sochi GP with 4/13, Al-Modiahki will actually GAIN rating points. Compare that to Svidler, who recovered nicely from a slow start to finish with a plus score but will nonetheless lose rating points. Aug-15-08    Annie K.: The whole truth about Sochi is now available at the City of Moscow! ;) Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 108) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 108 OF 108 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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