November 2009 Rating List

Carlsen breaks 2800!

Rank Name Title Country Rating
1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2810
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2801
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788
4 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2786
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772
6 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2758
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2758
8 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2754
9 Leko, Peter g HUN 2752
10 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2750
11 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2748
12 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2739
13 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2739
14 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2736
15 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2736

Now that FIDE is publishing lists monthly, I won't post as many rating lists in this blogs. I shall probably limit myself to just each year's January list, to keep some sort of continuity with the rating lists going back to the first list in 1970 which I've posted here.

Hopefully nothing goes wrong in the next 6 months

Sofia, backed by the Bulgarian government, undertook to provide three million Euros for prize, organizational costs and FIDE fees. The world championship, scheduled for April 2010, was awarded to Sofia.

FIDE Rating List October 1

1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2813 0 1975
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 0 1969
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2773 13 1982
4 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 10 1990
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 10 1975
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2762 23 1979
7 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2757 10 1987
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2756 42 1969
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2756 33 1968
10 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2750 18 1977
11 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2742 24 1983
12 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2741 9 1976
13 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2741 9 1983
14 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2740 0 1986
15 Wang, Yue g CHN 2736 0 1987

Continuing Problems in the Chess World

When the deadline expired for bids for the World Championship Match between GM V Anand (current World Champion) and GM V Topalov, three bids had been received at the FIDE Secretariat in Athens, Greece from Bulgaria, Singapore and Turkey. These bids were opened in the presence of the FIDE Deputy President, Georgios Makropoulos and the FIDE Executive Director, David Jarrett. Under the terms of the bidding procedure, the bids should have been accompanied by financial guarantees. As none of the bids provided such a guarantee, it has been decided that the bidders have until October 15th, the day before the opening of the FIDE Executive Board at Halkidiki, Greece, to meet this condition.

Kasparov has a good observation on this sad state of affairs when discussing the recent K-K quick/blitz match in Spain...

It’s tragic that a Kasparov-Karpov match, twenty-five years after our first World Championship, five years after I retired, and Karpov no longer a real force in the chess scene, that this is still the greatest show in the world of chess. It shows that something is wrong, and I think that is a very important message, for chess organisers, for FIDE, for chess fans, for grandmasters: I mean guys, something is dead wrong, if nobody cares about everything else and everybody pays attention to a match of, okay, two old guys. Anyway, we are still here and we are creating the biggest show in the world of chess. I think it is wrong. I can only hope that things will somehow change. I don’t know how, because looking at the game of chess which is now being played in Elista, Nalchik, Sochi, Khanty-Mansiysk, sometimes Baku and Yerevan, it brings chess to obscurity. For twenty-five years since our first match chess was sliding towards obscurity, and now it is a game that is out of the mainstream. If the top leading players are happy with that there is nothing you can do about it. But I think chess deserves better.

Aronian Wins Bilbao

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5757

New Rating List

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2813 0 1975
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 0 1969
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2773 13 1982
4 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 10 1990
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 10 1975
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2762 23 1979
7 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2757 10 1987
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2756 42 1969
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2756 33 1968
10 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2750 18 1977
11 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2742 24 1983
12 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2741 9 1976
13 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2741 9 1983
14 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2740 0 1986

Jermuk Grand Prix R13

Aronian guaranteed first place in series

Gelfand,B (2755) - Leko,P (2756) [E15] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.e4 g6 13.Qf40-0 14.e5 Nh5 15.Qc4 d5 16.exd6 Bxd6 17.Nc3 Na5 18.Qd3 Bc7 19.Qc2 Qe7 20.Re1 Qd7 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bh6 Rfd8 23.Rad1 Qf7 24.b4cxb4 25.Nb5 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Nd6 Qd7 29.Nxb7 Nxb7 30.Qc4+ Kh8 31.Bh3 Qe7 32.Qd5 Nd6 33.Nd4 Qe1+34.Bf1 Qe5 35.Qa8 Qe8 36.Qxa7 Nf7 37.Be3 Ne5 38.Qa8 Qg8 39.Nc6 Nxc6 40.Qxc6 Ng7 41.Bh6 Be7 42.Bc4 Qd8 43.Be3 Nf544.Bxb6 Qf8 45.Be6 Ng7 46.Bd7 h5 47.Qc8 Kg8 48.Kf1 Qxc8 49.Bxc8 Kf7 50.Ke2 Ne6 51.Kd3 Nc5+ 52.Kc4 Ne4 53.Ba6 Ke654.Be3 Nc3 55.Kb3 Nd5 56.Bc4 Ke5 57.Bxd5 Kxd5 58.Bd2 Bc5 59.f3 f5 60.Bxb4 Bg1 61.h3 Bf2 62.g4 fxg4 63.fxg4 hxg4 64.hxg4 g565.a4 Bb6 66.Be7 Ke4 67.Bxg5 Kf3 68.Kc4 Kxg4 69.Kb5 Bf2 70.Bd2 Kf5 71.a5 Ke4 72.Kc6 Kd3 73.Bg5 Kc4 74.Be7 Be3 75.a6 Ba776.Bd8 Bb8 77.Bc7 Ba7 78.Kb7 1-0

Aronian,L (2768) - Inarkiev,E (2675) [D45] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 0-0 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nd7 12.c5 Bc7 13.Qc2Nf6 14.Bd3 b6 15.Rd1 h6 16.0-0 a5 17.cxb6 Bxb6 18.Qc1 Nd5 19.Rfe1 Ra7 20.Ne5 Rc7 21.Qb2 Nb4 22.Bc3 Nxd3 23.Rxd3 f624.Nc4 Rcf7 25.Qd2 Ra7 26.Bb2 Bc7 27.Ba3 Rf7 28.Bc5 Ra8 29.a4 Qd5 30.Qc3 Qd8 31.Qc2 Rb8 32.Rc3 Qd5 33.Ne3 Qh5 34.h3Qg5 35.Bd6 Bxd6 36.Rxc6 Rf8 37.Rxd6 Qf4 38.Nc4 Rb4 39.Rc6 Bb7 40.Rcxe6 Qxd4 41.Re7 f5 42.Rd1 Qf6 43.Rdd7 Bd5 44.Rxg7+Qxg7 45.Rxg7+ Kxg7 46.Nxa5 Re4 47.f3 Re1+ 48.Kf2 Re7 49.Nc4 f4 50.Ne5 Re6 51.b4 h5 52.Qc5 Ba2 53.Nd3 Ref6 54.Qg5+ Kh755.Qxh5+ Kg7 56.Qe5 Kh7 57.b5 1-0

Akopian,V (2712) - Ivanchuk,V (2703) [C77] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.Re1 0-0 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Nf1 h6 11.Ng3 b5 12.Bc2 d5 13.Qe2 Be614.h3 Nd7 15.Be3 d4 16.Bd2 Nc5 17.Rec1 Qd6 18.cxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Bc3 Qd6 21.Bb4 Qb6 22.Qe3 Bf8 23.Bc3 Rad824.Qf3 Bg7 25.b4 Na4 26.Bd2 Rd7 27.a3 Red8 28.Be3 Qb7 29.Rab1 Ba2 30.Ra1 Be6 31.Rab1 Nc3 32.Ra1 f5 33.exf5 Qxf3 34.gxf3gxf5 35.Bb3 Bxb3 36.Rxc3 Be6 37.Ba7 Rxd3 38.Rxc7 Rxf3 39.Re7 Bf7 40.Rc1 Bf6 41.Rec7 Bg5 42.Re1 e4 43.Rc5 Rd7 44.Bb6 Be645.Rc8+ Kf7 46.Bc5 Rxa3 47.Rf8+ Kg6 48.Re8 Kf7 49.Rf8+ Kg6 50.Re8 Bc4 51.Rb8 e3 52.h4 exf2+ 53.Bxf2 Bxh4 54.Rb6+ Kg555.Be3+ f4 56.Ne4+ Kf5 57.Bf2 Rg7+ 58.Kh2 Bxf2 59.Nxf2 Ra2 60.Kh1 Bd5+ 61.Ne4 Rc7 62.Rf6+ Ke5 0-1

Final Jermuk Standings:
1. Ivanchuk (180)

2-3. Aronian, Gelfand (140)

4-6. Leko, Alekseev, Kazimdzanov (100)

7. Karjakin (80)

8. Eljanov (70)

9-10. Bacrot, Kamsky (55)

11-12. Jakovenko, Akopian (35)

13. Inarkiev (20)

14. Cheparinov (10)

Cumulative Standings:

1. Aronian - 500 (3)

2. Radjabov - 363.33 (3)

3. Grischuk - 363.33 (3*)

4. Wang - 353.33 (3)

5. Gashimov - 328.33 (3)

6. Leko - 320 (3)

7. Jakovenko - 278.33 (3)

8. Ivanchuk - 265 (3)

9. Gelfand - 255 (3)

10. Mamedyarov - 240 (3)

11. Bacrot - 240 (3*)

12. Kamsky - 235 (3*)

13. Svidler - 230 (3)

14. Karjakin - 230 (3*)

15. Alekseev - 220 (3)

16. Kasimdzhanov - 200 (3)

17. Akopian - 190 (3)

18. Cheparinov - 130 (3*)

19. Eljanov - 125 (3)

20. Inarkiev - 50 (3)

* Player has already participated in 4 tournaments; the total of the highest 3 scores is indicated.

One of the four late entrants into the series (Alekseev, Kasimdzhanov, Akopian, Eljanov) might not be able to participate in the 6th and final tournament. FIDE has given no indication how they will select the odd man out (or perhaps they will expand the final tournament to 15 players? or leave Aronian out since he's guaranteed 1st place overall no matter what happens in the final tournament?).

Jermuk Grand Prix R12

Kasimdzhanov,R (2672) - Gelfand,B (2755) [D47] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.e4 e5 13.Bg5Rfe8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.f4 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 h6 18.Bh4 Qc5 19.e5 Nd5 20.Rf3 b4 21.Nxd5 Qxc2 22.Bxc2 cxd5 23.axb4 Bxb224.Rb1 Bd4 25.Rd1 Bb6 26.Ba4 Rec8 27.Bd7 Rc4 28.e6 fxe6 29.Bxe6+ Kh8 30.h3 Rxb4 31.Bxd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 a5 33.Bf2 Bc7 34.g3a4 35.Ra3 Rb3 36.Bc5 Ra5 37.Rf5 Kh7 38.g4 Rxa3 39.Bxa3 Rxf5 40.gxf5 Bxf4 41.Kg2 Kg8 0-1

Kamsky,G (2717) - Eljanov,P (2716) [C88] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.Nbd2 0-0 12.b3 Re8 13.h3 Bf814.d5 g6 15.Nf1 Bg7 16.Ng3 Nb7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Bd7 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Nh2 h5 21.Rf1 c4 22.Rac1 cxb3 23.axb3 Rac8 24.Ne2 Nc525.f3 a5 26.b4 Na4 27.Bd3 Qb7 28.bxa5 Nc5 29.Bc2 Qc7 30.g4 Kg8 31.Kh1 Qxa5 32.Rg1 Na4 33.Bb1 Nb6 34.Bg5 hxg4 35.Nxg4Nxg4 36.fxg4 Nc4 37.Qe1 f6 38.Bh4 Rf8 39.Rf1 Rf7 40.Bd3 Nb2 41.Bc2 Qa2 42.Rf3 Na4 43.Qd1 Nc5 44.Rb1 Qa8 45.Qd2 Qa246.Qd1 Qa6 47.Ra1 Qb7 48.Qd2 Na4 49.Bf2 Rc7 50.Rb1 Qc8 51.Bg1 Kh7 52.Rb3 Kg8 53.Rb4 f5 54.gxf5 gxf5 55.exf5 Bxf5 56.Bxf5Rxf5 57.Rg3 Rh5 58.Kg2 Nc5 59.Rgg4 Rh7 60.Rxb5 Nd7 61.Qd3 Nf6 62.Rg3 Nh5 63.Rg5 Kh8 64.Qb1 Qa6 65.Rb8+ Rc8 66.Qb5 1-0

Standings:

Ivanchuk and Leko at +3

Aronian, Alekseev, Kazimdzhanov and Gelfand at +2

Karjakin at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R11

Jakovenko,D (2760) - Inarkiev,E (2675) [C92] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 g6 13.d5 Nb814.b3 c6 15.c4 Nbd7 16.Nf1 Nb6 17.Rb1 Qc7 18.Ne3 c5 19.g4 h5 20.Kh1 Bg7 21.Rg1 hxg4 22.hxg4 Kf8 23.Rg3 Ke7 24.b4 cxb425.Rxb4 bxc4 26.Nxe5 Nxe4 27.Nxg6+ Kd8 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.Qf3 Rd4 30.Rxb6 fxg6 31.Rb1 c3 32.Rh3 Qe7 33.Ba3 Kc7 34.Ng2 Ra435.Rb3 Rc8 36.Rh7 Kb8 37.Bc1 Rxa2 38.Nf4 Ra1 39.Kg2 Rxc1 40.Ne6 c2 41.Rxg7 Qxg7 42.Nxg7 Rb1 0-1

Eljanov,P (2716) - Cheparinov,I (2678) [E99] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.g4 Kh8 12.Nd3 f4 13.Rf2 Bf614.Rg2 Bh4 15.b4 h5 16.g5 Ng8 17.Kh1 Rf7 18.c5 Nf8 19.Nb5 Bh3 20.Rg1 a6 21.Na3 Bxg5 22.Nc4 Bf6 23.Bf1 Bc8 24.Bb2 g525.cxd6 cxd6 26.Rxg5 Bxg5 27.Ncxe5 dxe5 28.Nxe5 Kg7 29.Nc6+ Qf6 30.Bxf6+ Bxf6 31.e5 bxc6 32.exf6+ Nxf6 33.dxc6 Be6 34.Rc1Raa7 35.a4 Rae7 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 N8d7 38.Bc4 Bxc4 39.Rxc4 Ne5 40.Rxf4 Re6 41.Qg1+ Kh8 42.Qc1 Nxc6 43.bxc6 Rc7 44.Rc4Kg7 45.f4 Kf7 46.f5 Rd6 47.h3 Ng8 48.Rc2 Ne7 49.Qg5 Rcxc6 50.Qxh5+ Kf8 51.Qh8+ Kf7 52.Rg2 Nxf5 53.Qh7+ 1-0

Standings:

Ivanchuk, Kazimdzhanov and Leko at +3

Aronian and Alekseev at +2

Karjakin, Gelfand and Eljanov at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R10

Aronian,L (2768) - Jakovenko,D (2760) [A34] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 e6 4.Nf3 b6 5.e4 Bb7 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Bg2 d6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Rd1 a6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Qc7 13.b3 0-0 14.Ba3Rfd8 15.Rad1 b5 16.Bb4 bxc4 17.Rxc4 Qb6 18.e5 Ne8 19.Be4 Bf8 20.exd6 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Bxd6 22.Na4 Qa7 23.Rcd4 Be7 24.Bc5 Rxd4 25.Bxd4Qb8 26.Be5 Nf6 27.Bxf6 Bxf6 28.Nb6 Ra7 29.Nd7 Qc7 30.Nxf6+ gxf6 31.Qg4+ Kh8 32.Rd4 Qe7 33.Qd1 f5 34.Rd8+ Kg7 35.Qd4+ e5 36.Qd5 Rc737.Qa8 f4 38.Kg2 a5 39.Rg8+ Kf6 40.Qxa5 fxg3 41.Qb6+ Kf5 42.hxg3 Qc5 43.g4+ Ke4 44.Qf6 Kd3 45.Rd8+ Kc2 46.Qf3 Qc6 47.Rd5 f6 48.b4 Qc449.Qd1+ Kb2 50.Rd3 Kxa2 51.Qe2+ 1-0

Cheparinov,I (2678) - Gelfand,B (2755) [D47] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.0-0 Bd6 13.b3 Nf6 14.Nd2Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16.Kxh2 Qh4+ 17.Kg1 Qxe4 18.f3 Qg6 19.Qd2 Ba6 20.Rf2 0-0 21.Bxa3 Rfe8 22.Bd6 Bb5 23.e4 Rad8 24.Qf4 Rd7 25.Rd1 f626.e5 Red8 27.Rfd2 Qg5 28.Qxg5 fxg5 29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Ke3 Kg6 31.Ra2 h5 32.Rda1 a6 33.Bc5 Rf7 34.b4 Ra8 35.Rc1 h4 36.Rh1 Bc4 37.Ra3 Bd538.Ke2 Rf4 39.Rh3 g4 40.fxg4 Bc4+ 41.Ke3 Rxg4 42.Kf2 Kh5 43.g3 g5 44.Rh1 Rg8 45.Rc1 0-1

Alekseev,E (2714) - Eljanov,P (2716) [C67] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.h3 h6 11.b3 Kc8 12.Bb2 Ne7 13.Rad1 c514.Rd2 b6 15.Ne2 Ng6 16.c4 Bc6 17.Ne1 Kb7 18.f4 Re8 19.Nf3 Ne7 20.Ng3 b5 21.cxb5 Bxb5 22.Rc1 Ng6 23.Nh5 Bc6 24.Kf2 Kb6 25.Ba3 Be426.Rc4 Bb7 27.Rdc2 f6 28.Nxg7 Rc8 29.exf6 Bd5 30.f5 Bxc4 31.Rxc4 1-0

Inarkiev,E (2675) - Bacrot,E (2721) [B92] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be2 e5 9.Nb3 Be7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.0-0 0-0 12.a4 h6 13.Bh4 b6 14.Bc4 Bb715.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Qe2 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Rfc8 18.Nd2 Qb8 19.Nf1 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bxb5 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Nxe4 23.Qe1 Ng5 24.Be2 Qc8 25.Rxa8 Bxa826.Ne3 Bf8 27.c4 Be4 28.Rb1 g6 29.Qa5 h5 30.Bd3 Bxg2 31.Nxg2 Nf3+ 32.Kf1 Bh6 33.Ne3 Bxe3 34.fxe3 Qg4 35.Kf2 Ng5 36.Qa8+ Kg7 37.Qg2Nh3+ 38.Kf1 Qh4 39.Qg3 Qf6+ 40.Kg2 e4 1-0

Standings:

Ivanchuk, Kazimdzhanov and Leko at +3

Aronian and Alekseev at +2

Karjakin and Gelfand at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R9

Kasimdzhanov,R (2672) - Cheparinov,I (2678) [D45] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bb714.Bd3 g6 15.Qh4 c5 16.Ng5 h5 17.g4 Nf6 18.gxh5 Nxh5 19.Be2 Kg7 20.dxc5 Be5 21.f4 Bf6 22.Bd2 Qxc5 23.Rac1 Qd5 24.Qh3 Rh8 25.Bc3 Qxa226.Rd7 Bxc3 27.Qxe6 Qxe6 28.Nxe6+ Kh6 29.Rxc3 Bc8 30.Rxc8 Rhxc8 31.Rxf7 Re8 32.Ng5 Ng7 33.Kf2 Rf8 34.Rd7 Rf6 35.Bd3 b4 36.h4 a5 37.h5a4 38.hxg6 a3 39.Nf7+ Kh5 40.Ne5 Rxg6 41.Bxg6+ Kh6 42.bxa3 1-0

Standings:

Ivanchuk, Leko and Kasimdzhanov at +3

Eljanov, Aronian, Karjakin and Alekseev at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R8

Ivanchuk,V (2703) - Gelfand,B (2755) [A20] 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.a3 0-0 9.b4 Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Nd2 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.e3 Nf5 14.Qc2 Nd615.a4 Bf5 16.Nb3 Qc8 17.Re1 Rd8 18.Ba3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Ndc4 20.Qe2 Bxa3 21.Nd5 Bd6 22.Nxb6 Nxb6 23.Red1 f5 24.g4 fxg4 25.Nd2 Qe626.Bxb7 Rab8 27.Bc6 Bb4 28.Ne4 h6 29.Kg2 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rf8 31.Ng3 Kh8 32.Qc2 Qc4 33.Be4 Qxc2 34.Bxc2 Rf7 35.Ne4 Rd7 36.Rc1 Ba337.Ra1 Be7 38.Bb3 Rd3 39.Rb1 g6 40.Kf1 Kg7 41.Ke2 Rd7 42.Be6 Rd8 43.Rc1 Nxa4 44.Rxc7 Kf8 45.Rc6 Rb8 46.Bb3 Nb6 47.Rxg6 Ke8 48.Rxh6a4 49.Be6 a3 50.Rh8+ Bf8 51.Rh7 Be7 52.Rh8+ Bf8 53.Rh7 Be7 54.Rg7 Nd7 55.Nc3 Nf6 56.Rg6 Kd8 57.Kd3 Kc7 58.Bxg4 Rg8 59.Rxg8 Nxg860.Kc2 Bh4 61.f3 Kb6 62.Kb3 a2 63.Kxa2 Be1 64.Kb3 Bxc3 65.Kxc3 Kxb5 66.h4 Kc5 67.Be6 Nf6 68.Bf7 Kd6 69.Kc4 Ke7 70.Bg6 Ke6 71.h5 Ng872.Kc5 Nh6 73.e4 Ng8 74.Bf5+ Ke7 75.Kc6 Nh6 76.Bg6 Ke6 77.Kc7 Ke7 78.Kc8 Ng8 79.Bf5 Nh6 80.Kc7 Nf7 81.Kc6 Kf6 82.Kd5 Ng5 83.Bg4 Nf784.h6 Kg6 85.h7 Kf6 86.Bh5 Nh8 87.Be8 Ke7 88.Kxe5 Kxe8 89.Ke6 Kf8 90.Kf6 Nf7 91.f4 Nh8 92.f5 Nf7 93.e5 Nh8 94.e6 Nf7 95.Kg6 Ne5+ 96.Kh5Kg7 97.h8Q+ Kxh8 98.e7 1-0

Standings:

Ivanchuk and Leko at +3

Kasimdzhanov at +2

Aronian, Karjakin, Eljanov and Alekseev at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R7

Bacrot,E (2721) - Jakovenko,D (2760) [D38] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 Rd8 11.0-0 Bf8 12.a3 Ne7 13.b4 a6 14.b5 Bg415.bxa6 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Rxa6 17.Qb3 Qd6 18.Rfc1 c6 19.Qxb7 Rxa3 20.Rxa3 Qxa3 21.Ne2 g6 22.g3 h5 23.h4 Qd6 24.Nf4 Bh6 25.Ne2 Bg7 26.Rb1Bf6 27.Nf4 Kg7 28.Qa7 Rd7 29.Qa6 Rd8 30.Kg2 Rd7 31.Bd1 Rc7 32.Rb8 Kh7 33.Bc2 Kg7 34.Bd1 Kh7 35.Ra8 Qd7 36.Qd3 Kh6 37.Qa3 Rc8 38.Ra7Rc7 39.Ra8 Rc8 40.Ra6 Rc7 41.Qc5 Qc8 42.Qd6 Kg7 43.Qa3 Qf5 44.Qd3 Qd7 45.Bxh5 Nf5 46.Bd1 Rb7 47.Qc2 Ne7 48.Nd3 Qc7 49.h5 Ra750.Rxa7 Qxa7 51.hxg6 fxg6 52.Nf4 Qd7 53.Be2 Qd6 54.Bg4 Kf7 55.Ne6 Ng8 56.Nc5 Ne7 57.Qb1 Qd8 58.Qb7 1-0

Karjakin,Sergey (2717) - Akopian,V (2712) [C99] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a515.Be3 a4 16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Nf1 Rfe8 18.Ng3 Nb4 19.Bb1 a3 20.bxa3 Rxa3 21.Bc1 Ra4 22.Bb2 Bf8 23.Qe2 Qb8 24.a3 Nc6 25.Bc2 Ra7 26.d5 Na527.Bc3 Qa8 28.Bb4 Nc4 29.Ra2 Rc8 30.Bd3 Ra4 31.Rea1 g6 32.Nd2 Nxd2 33.Qxd2 Ne8 34.Ne2 Ra7 35.Rc1 Rxc1+ 36.Qxc1 Nc7 37.Bd2 Na638.Nc3 b4 39.axb4 Nxb4 40.Rxa7 Qxa7 41.Bf1 h5 42.Qb2 Qc5 43.Be3 Qa5 44.Nb1 Qa4 45.Nc3 Qa5 46.Nb1 Qa4 47.Na3 Na6 48.Qb6 Qxa349.Bxa6 Qa4 50.Kh2 f5 51.Bg5 Qxe4 52.Qd8 Qa4 53.Bb7 Be8 54.Bc6 Bxc6 55.dxc6 Qxc6 56.Bh6 Kf7 57.Qxf8+ Ke6 58.Qg8+ 1-0

Eljanov,P (2716) - Aronian,L (2768) [D45] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.a4 b4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4Nf6 15.Bd3 c5 16.b3 cxd4 17.Qxc7 Bxc7 18.Nxd4 Bb7 19.Bb2 Rac8 20.Rac1 Be5 21.f3 h5 22.Kf2 a5 23.Bc4 Nd5 24.g3 Nb6 25.Bb5 Rfd8 26.Rxc8Rxc8 27.e4 h4 28.gxh4 Bf6 29.Ke3 Bxh4 30.Ne2 Bg5+ 31.f4 Bd8 32.Rg1 g6 33.Bd4 Na8 34.f5 exf5 35.exf5 Bd5 36.fxg6 Bxb3 37.Nf4 f6 38.Bd7 Rc239.Bf5 Rxh2 40.Rc1 Bc7 41.Bxf6 Bb6+ 42.Kf3 Nc7 43.Kg3 1-0

Gelfand,B (2755) - Inarkiev,E (2675) [E97] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 c6 13.Be3 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe615.dxe6 Qc7 16.b5 Rfd8 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Qa4 Qc8 19.Rab1 Kh8 20.Red1 g5 21.Qa3 Qxe6 22.Rb7 g4 23.fxg4 fxe4 24.g5 hxg5 25.Bxg5 Nf5 26.Bxf6Qxf6 27.Nxe4 Qh6 28.Rb3 Kg8 29.Rh3 Qf4 30.Qd3 d5 31.cxd5 Rxd5 32.Qb1 Rxd1+ 33.Bxd1 Nd4 34.Bb3+ Kf8 35.Bc4 Rd8 36.Rg3 a5 37.h3 Qf538.Qb7 Qd7 39.Qb6 Qe7 40.Qxa5 Rb8 41.Kh2 Rd8 42.Qb6 Rd7 43.a4 Rb7 44.Qa5 Rd7 45.Qe1 Ke8 46.a5 Kd8 47.a6 Kc8 48.Qb1 Qd8 49.Nd6+Kc7 50.Nf7 Rxf7 51.Qb7+ Kd6 52.Bxf7 Bh6 53.a7 Bf4 54.Qb8+ 1-0

Kamsky,G (2717) - Alekseev,E (2714) [B40] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Na3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nb5 Qd8 9.Nbxd4 Nd5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 Bc5 12.Bb5 Qb6 13.Qa4 0-014.Bxc6 bxc6 15.0-0 e5 16.Nb3 Be7 17.c4 Nc7 18.Na5 Bd7 19.Be3 Qa6 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.b4 Be8 22.a3 Ne6 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1c5 26.Qd2 cxb4 27.axb4 Qd6 28.b5 Qc7 29.h3 Kf7 30.Qa2 Bc5 31.Bxc5 Nxc5 32.Qa3 a6 33.Nb3 Nxb3 34.Qxb3 Qb6 35.Nxe5+ fxe5 36.c5+ Qe637.Qf3+ Ke7 38.Qb7+ Kf6 39.bxa6 Bc6 40.Qb8 Qd5 41.Qf8+ Kg6 42.f3 h6 43.a7 e4 44.fxe4 Qd4+ 45.Kh1 Qxe4 46.Qd6+ Kh7 47.Qd2 Qf5 48.Kh2Qe5+ 49.Kh1 Qa1+ 50.Kh2 Qxa7 51.Qd3+ Kg8 52.Qd8+ Kf7 53.Qd6 Qd7 54.Qf4+ Kg6 55.Qg3+ Kh7 56.Qf2 Qd3 0-1

Cheparinov,I (2678) - Leko,P (2756) [E15] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 d5 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.Ne2 Nbd7 12.Qc2 0-0 13.0-0 Qc7 14.h3Rad8 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Bc3 Qh5 18.e5 Nd7 19.Nf4 Qh6 20.Rfd1 Bg5 21.Bf5 Nc5 22.Ng2 Bc8 23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.Qf5 Qg6 25.Qxg6hxg6 26.Bb4 Be7 27.Kf1 Rfe8 28.Ne1 a5 29.Bxc5 Bxc5 30.Nd3 Bd4 31.Rab1 Rb8 32.f4 g5 33.Nf2 Be3 34.fxg5 Rxe5 35.h4 Rf5 36.Rb2 b5 37.cxb5cxb5 38.Kg2 Rxf2+ 39.Rxf2 Bxf2 40.Kxf2 b4 41.Ke3 a4 42.Rb1 Kh7 43.Kd2 Kg6 44.Rf1 Rd8+ 45.Kc2 Rc8+ 46.Kb1 Rc4 47.Rf2 Rg4 48.Rf3 Re449.Rf2 Re1+ 50.Kb2 Rg1 51.Rf4 Rxg3 52.Rxb4 a3+ 53.Kc2 Kh5 54.Rf4 g6 55.Ra4 Rh3 56.Kd2 Rxh4 57.Rxa3 Rh2+ 58.Ke1 Kxg5 0-1

Kasimdzhanov,R (2672) - Ivanchuk,V (2703) [D15] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.e3 e6 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.0-0 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Be7 14.e4dxe4 15.Bxe4 0-0 16.Re1 Re8 17.Bf3 Bg5 18.Bd6 Be7 19.Bg3 Bh4 20.Bd6 Be7 1/2-1/2

Standings:

Leko at +3

Ivanchuk and Kasimdzhanov at +2

Aronian, Karjakin, Eljanov, Alekseev and Gelfand at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R6

Alekseev,E (2714) - Cheparinov,I (2678) [B84] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 0-0 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Na5 13.g4 Nd7 14.g5 Bf815.Bg2 b6 16.Qe1 Nc4 17.Bc1 Qc5 18.Qf2 Bb7 19.b3 Na5 20.Nde2 Qxf2 21.Rxf2 d5 22.Be3 Nc5 23.Rd1 Rad8 24.Ng3 Nc6 25.Rfd2 Nb4 26.exd5exd5 27.Bf2 Bd6 28.Nce2 Bc7 29.a5 Ne4 30.Nxe4 dxe4 31.axb6 Rxd2 32.Rxd2 Bb8 33.c4 h6 34.Be3 hxg5 35.fxg5 Nd3 36.Nc3 Nf4 37.Kg1 f538.gxf6 gxf6 39.Bf1 Be5 40.Na4 Bc6 41.Nc5 Kf7 42.Nxa6 f5 43.Nb4 Ba8 44.Ra2 Ne6 45.Ra7+ Kg6 46.b7 Bxb7 47.Rxb7 f4 48.Ba7 Nd4 49.Nd5 Nf3+50.Kg2 Rh8 51.h3 Nd2 52.Re7 Kf5 53.Rf7+ Ke6 54.Rxf4 Bxf4 55.Nxf4+ Kf5 56.Be3 Nxb3 57.Be2 Rg8+ 58.Kf2 Ke5 59.h4 Nd4 60.h5 Nf5 61.Ng6+ Kf662.Bg4 Ra8 63.Bxf5 Kxf5 64.Kg3 Ra3 65.Nh4+ Ke5 66.Ng2 Kf5 67.c5 Rc3 68.h6 Kg6 69.Kg4 Rxc5 70.Bxc5 Kxh6 71.Kf5 Kg7 72.Nf4 Kf7 73.Kxe4Ke8 74.Kd5 Kd7 75.Ne6 Kc8 76.Kc6 Kb8 77.Nc7 Kc8 78.Ba7 Kd8 79.Nd5 Kc8 80.Ne7+ Kd8 81.Kd6 Ke8 82.Ke6 Kd8 83.Bb6+ Ke8 84.Nf5 Kf885.Ba5 Ke8 86.Nd6+ Kf8 87.Kf6 Kg8 88.Kg6 Kf8 89.Bd8 1-0

Inarkiev,E (2675) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2672) [C43] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc5 6.Be2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Be3 c6 9.Nbd2 Ne6 10.Nb3 c5 11.Re1 b6 12.c4 Bb7 13.Bd3 dxc4 14.Bxc4Nc6 15.Qb1 Qd7 16.Qf5 Rad8 17.a3 Qc8 18.Rad1 Ng5 19.Qxc8 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Bxc8 21.f4 Be6 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Rc1 h6 25.Nd2 Nd426.Kg2 Nf5 27.Kf3 g5 28.Ne4 gxf4 29.Bxf4 Rd3+ 30.Ke2 Rb3 31.Rb1 c4 32.Nd2 Rd3 33.Be3 Nxe3 34.fxe3 b5 35.b3 Bg5 36.Rg1 Rxe3+ 37.Kf2 Rh338.Nf3 c3 39.Nxg5 hxg5 40.Rxg5+ Kf7 41.Ke2 c2 42.Kd2 Rxb3 43.Kxc2 Rxa3 44.h4 a5 45.Rg4 Ra4 46.Rxa4 bxa4 47.Kb2 Kg6 48.Ka3 Kh5 49.Kxa4Kxh4 50.Kxa5 Kg5 51.Kb4 Kf4 52.Kc3 Kxe5 53.Kd3 Kf4 0-1

Aronian,L (2768) - Gelfand,B (2755) [D43] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bg4 14.Rc1 0-015.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Qxf3 17.gxf3 Rfd8 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Nd1 Rac8 20.Rc5 Bf8 21.Rc2 h5 22.Ne3 Rd4 23.Rfc1 c5 24.Kf1 Rcd8 25.Ke2 Be7 26.Rg1Kf8 27.Bc4 Rb8 28.Ra1 Rbd8 29.Ke1 Bg5 30.Be2 Be7 31.Rac1 Ra4 32.a3 Rad4 33.Rc3 Kg7 34.Rb3 Rf8 35.Rb5 Rd7 36.Ra5 Rb8 37.Rc2 Rdb738.Ba6 Rd7 39.Bb5 Rdb7 40.a4 Nd7 41.Nc4 Nf8 42.Nxe5 Ne6 43.Nc6 Ra8 44.Bc4 Nf4 45.Bd5 Re8 46.Rxa7 Rxa7 47.Nxa7 Nxh3 48.Nc6 Nf449.Nxe7 Rxe7 50.Kf1 Nxd5 51.exd5 Ra7 52.b3 Rb7 53.d6 Rxb3 54.Rd2 Rb8 55.d7 Rd8 56.a5 c4 57.Rd4 c3 58.Ke2 h4 59.Kd3 h3 60.Kxc3 g561.Rd1 h2 62.Rh1 Rxd7 63.Rxh2 Rd1 64.Rg2 Kh6 65.Rg4 Ra1 66.Kb4 f5 67.Rc4 Ra2 68.Kb5 Rxf2 69.a6 Re2 70.a7 Re8 71.Ra4 Ra8 72.Kb6 Kh573.Kb7 Rxa7+ 74.Rxa7 g4 75.fxg4+ fxg4 76.Kc6 Kg5 77.Rf7 g3 78.Kd5 1-0

Ivanchuk,V (2703) - Kamsky,G (2717) [A15] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bf4 Be6 8.Qa3 Nc6 9.e3 a5 10.Be2 Nb4 11.0-0 c6 12.Ng5 Bd5 13.Rfc1 h614.Nge4 Nc4 15.Nxd5 Nxa3 16.Nc7+ Kf8 17.bxa3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Nc5 b6 20.Bc7 Qe8 21.Bxb6 Kg8 22.Rab1 e5 23.dxe5 Qxe5 24.Bf3Kh7 25.Rd1 Qe7 26.Bxd5 Rab8 27.Na4 Qxa3 28.Bb3 Rhc8 29.Bxa5 Ra8 30.Nb6 Qxa5 31.Nxa8 Rxa8 32.Bxf7 Qf5 33.Bb3 Rf8 34.Rf1 h535.Rbd1 Be5 36.Rd5 Qe4 37.h3 Kh6 38.Rfd1 g5 39.R5d2 Bb8 40.Rc2 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.g3 Qf3 43.Rd5 Rf6 44.Kh2 Bd6 45.Rcd2 Bb4 46.Bd1Qe4 47.R5d4 Qb1 48.Rc2 Ba5 49.Kg2 Bb6 50.Rd3 Qb5 51.Rcd2 Qb4 52.Kg1 Ba5 53.Rc2 Qb5 54.Rd4 Bb6 55.Rdc4 Qb1 56.Rc1 Qxa2 57.R1c2Qa5 58.Rc6 Rxc6 59.Rxc6+ Kg5 60.Re6 Bc7 61.Be2 Qa2 62.Re7 Bxg3 63.Rg7+ Kf6 64.Rxg4 Be5 65.Bf3 Qb1+ 66.Kg2 Qh7 67.Kf1 Qh3+68.Ke2 Ke7 69.Re4 Qf5 70.Kf1 Kd6 71.Kg2 Qh7