An old fogey match that's more interesting than chess "at the top"

Spassky-Korchnoi match ends 4-4

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6013

Spassky-Korchnoi Exhibition Match Drawn +2 -2 =4

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=70364

World Cup R7 - Final

Gelfand beats Ponomariov in second (blitz) round of tiebreaks

World Cup R6

Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 0 0 0.0
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1 1 2.0

Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 4.0
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 2.0

World Cup R5

Gelfand, Boris (ISR) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5

Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3.5
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1.5

Svidler, Peter (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5

Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Mamedyarov, Shakh. (AZE) 0 ½ 0.5

World Cup R4

Vachier-Lagrave, Max. (FRA) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1

Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3.5
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1.5

Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 0 ½ 0.5
Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5

Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 0 ½ 0.5
Mamedyarov, Shakh. (AZE) 1 ½ 1.5

Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) ½ 1 1.5
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½ 0 0.5

So, Wesley (PHI) ½ ½ 0 0 0 1.0
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½ ½ 1 1 1 4.0

Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2.5
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3.5

Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1

World Cup R3

Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1 0 1 ½ 1 3.5
Polgar, Judit (HUN) 0 1 0 ½ 0 1.5

Li, Chao (CHN) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5

Svidler, Peter (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 5.0
Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 3.0

Bologan, Viktor (MDA) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5

Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5

Kamsky, Gata (USA) 0 ½ 0.5
So, Wesley (PHI) 1 ½ 1.5

Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Motylev, Alexander (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5

Jobava, Baadur (GEO) ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 3.0
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 5.0

Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 4.0
Areshchenko, Alex. (UKR) 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 2.0

Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Wang, Yue (CHN) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5

Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) ½ ½ 0 0 0 1.0
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½ ½ 1 1 1 4.0

Navara, David (CZE) 1 0 0 0 0 1.0
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 0 1 1 1 1 4.0

Mamedyarov, Shak. (AZE) 1 ½ 1.5
Wang, Hao (CHN) 0 ½ 0.5

Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) ½ 0 0.5
Shirov, Alexei (ESP) ½ 1 1.5

Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5
Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.5

Vachier-Lagrave, Max. (FRA) 1 ½ 1.5
Yu, Yangyi (CHN) 0 ½ 0.5

World Cup R2

No. Name Nat. G1 G2 R1 R2 R3 R4 B1 B2 Tot
1 Amonatov, Farrukh TJK ½ 0 0.5
Gelfand, Boris ISR ½ 1 1.5
2 Gashimov, Vugar AZE ½ 1 1.5
Zhou, Jianchao CHN ½ 0 0.5
3 Nyback, Tomi FIN 1 0 0 ½ 0 1.5
Svidler, Peter RUS 0 1 1 ½ 1 3.5
4 Morozevich, Alexender RUS 0 0 0.0
Laznicka, Viktor CZE 1 1 2.0
5 Sakaev, Konstantin RUS 1 ½ 1.5
Radjabov, Teimour AZE 0 ½ 0.5
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 0 ½ 0.5
So, Wesley PHI 1 ½ 1.5
7 Akobian, Varuzhan USA ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 2.0
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4.0
8 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 1 ½ 1.5
Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 0 ½ 0.5
9 Sandipan, Chanda IND 0 0 0.0
Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 1 1 2.0
10 Wang, Yue CHN 1 1 2.0
Savchenko, Boris RUS 0 0 0.0
11 Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1.5
Eljanov, Pavel UKR 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 3.5
12 Karjakin, Sergey UKR ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 3.5
Timofeev, Artyom RUS ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 2.5
13 Milov, Vadim SUI 0 0 0.0
Mamedyarov, Shak. AZE 1 1 2.0
14 Shirov, Alexei ESP 1 0 1 1 1 4.0
Fedorchuk, Sergey UKR 0 1 0 0 0 1.0
15 Caruana, Fabiano ITA ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 3.5
Dominguez, Leinier CUB ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 2.5
16 Yu, Yangyi CHN 1 ½ 1.5
Bartel, Mateusz POL 0 ½ 0.5
17 Meier, Georg GER ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3.5
18 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3.5
Fressinet, Laurent FRA ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1.5
19 Khalifman, Alexander RUS ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2.5
Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 3.5
20 Wang, Hao CHN 1 ½ 1.5
Ganguly, Surya IND 0 ½ 0.5
21 Shabalov, Alexander USA ½ ½ 0 0 1 2.5
Navara, David CZE ½ ½ 1 1 0 3.5
22 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Smirin, Ilia ISR ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
23 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 0 0 0.0
Bacrot, Etienne FRA 1 1 2.0
24 Rublevsky, Sergei RUS ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 2.5
Areshchenko, Alexander UKR ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 3.5
25 Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN ½ 0 0.5
Jobava, Baadur GEO ½ 1 1.5
26 Motylev, Alexander RUS 1 ½ 1.5
Najer, Evgeniy RUS 0 ½ 0.5
27 Zhou, Weiqi CHN 0 ½ 0.5
Kamsky, Gata USA 1 ½ 1.5
28 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 4.5
Milos, Gilberto BRA ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 3.5
29 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 2.0
Bologan, Viktor MDA ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4.0
30 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 1 ½ 1.5
Onischuk, Alexander USA 0 ½ 0.5
31 Li, Chao CHN 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 4.5
Pelletier, Yannick SUI 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 3.5
32 Polgar, Judit HUN ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 4.5
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 3.5

World Cup R1

No. Player Player R1 R2 TB1 TB2
1 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) Obodchuk, Andrei (RUS) 1-0 ½-½
2 Sarwat, Walaa (EGY) Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) 0-1 0-1
3 Svidler, Peter (RUS) Hebert, Jean (CAN) 1-0 1-0
4 Abdel Razik, Khaled (EGY) Morozevich, Alex. (RUS) 0-1 0-1
5 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) Ezat, Mohamed (EGY) 1-0 1-0
6 Bezgodov, Alexei (RUS) Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 0-1 0-1
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) El Gindy, Essam (EGY) ½-½ 1-0
8 Sriram, Jha (IND) Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ 0-1
9 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) Rizouk, Aimen (ALG) 1-0 ½-½
10 Kabanov, Nikolai (RUS) Wang, Yue (CHN) 0-1 0-1
11 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) Al Sayed, Mohamad (QAT) 1-0 ½-½
12 Rodriguez Vila, Andres (URU) Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 0-1 ½-½
13 Mamedyarov, Shakh. (AZE) Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 1-0 1-0
14 Kunte, Abhijit (IND) Shirov, Alexei (ESP) ½-½ 0-1
15 Dominguez, Leinier (CUB) Smerdon, David (AUS) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:1½
16 Yu, Yangyi (CHN) Movsesian, Sergei (SVK) 1-0 ½-½
17 Vachier-Lagrave, M. (FRA) Yu, Shaoteng (CHN) ½-½ 1-0
18 Pridorozhni, Aleksei (RUS) Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½ 0-1
19 Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) Ivanov, Alexander (USA) 1-0 ½-½
20 Friedel, Joshua E (USA) Wang, Hao (CHN) 0-1 0-1
21 Navara, David (CZE) Laylo, Darwin (PHI) 1-0 0-1 2½:1½
22 Amin, Bassem (EGY) Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 0-1 0-1
23 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) Nijboer, Friso (NED) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:½
24 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (CHI) Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) 0-1 ½-½
25 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) Robson, Ray (USA) 1-0 ½-½
26 Hess, Robert L (USA) Motylev, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ 0-1
27 Kamsky, Gata (USA) Antonio, Rogelio Jr (PHI) 1-0 ½-½
28 Gupta, Abhijeet (IND) Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½-½ 0-1
29 Bologan, Viktor (MDA) Adly, Ahmed (EGY) 1-0 ½-½
30 Hou, Yifan (CHN) Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) ½-½ ½-½ 1½:2½
31 Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN) Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) ½-½ 0-1
33 Nisipeanu, Liviu-D. (ROU) Lupulescu, Constantin (ROU) 1-0 ½-½
34 Li, Chao b (CHN) Sargissian, Gabriel (ARM) ½-½ ½-½ 2:2 2:0
35 Onischuk, Alexander (USA) Flores, Diego (ARG) ½-½ 1-0
36 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy (UKR) Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) ½-½ ½-½ 1½:2½
37 Efimenko, Zahar (UKR) Milos, Gilberto (BRA) 0-1 ½-½
38 Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:½
39 Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) 1-0 ½-½
40 Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) Tiviakov, Sergei (NED) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:1½
41 Areshchenko, Alex. (UKR) Corrales, Fidel (CUB) 1-0 ½-½
42 L'Ami, Erwin (NED) Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) ½-½ ½-½ ½:2½
43 Smirin, Ilia (ISR) Ehlvest, Jaan (USA) 1-0 ½-½
44 Shabalov, Alexander (USA) Baklan, Vladimir (UKR) 1-0 0-1 2:2 1½:½
45 Ganguly, Surya (IND) Filippov, Anton (UZB) 1-0 1-0
46 Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) Fier, Alexandr (BRA) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:1½
47 Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) Sjugirov, Sanan (RUS) 1-0 1-0
48 Petrosian, Tigran L. (ARM) Meier, Georg (GER) ½-½ 0-1
49 Grachev, Boris (RUS) Bartel, Mateusz (POL) ½-½ ½-½ 2:2 0:2
50 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (CUB) Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½-½ 0-1
51 Sokolov, Ivan (NED) Fedorchuk, Sergey (UKR) 0-1 0-1
52 Negi, Parimarjan (IND) Milov, Vadim (SUI) 1-0 0-1 ½:2½
53 Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) Leitao, Rafael (BRA) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:1½
54 Gustafsson, Jan (GER) Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) 1-0 0-1 ½:2½
55 Savchenko, Boris (RUS) Shulman, Yuri (USA) ½-½ ½-½ 2:2 1½:½
56 Sandipan, Chanda (IND) Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS) 1-0 ½-½
57 Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) Le, Quang Liem (VIE) ½-½ ½-½ 2½:½
58 Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS) 1-0 0-1 2:2 7:5
59 So, Wesley (PHI) Guseinov, Gadir (AZE) 1-0 0-1 3:0
60 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) Granda Zuniga, Julio E (PER) ½-½ 1-0
61 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) Papaioannou, Ioannis (GRE) 1-0 ½-½
62 Nyback, Tomi (FIN) Andreikin, Dmitry (RUS) 1-0 0-1 2:2 1½:½
63 Mamedov, Rauf (AZE) Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) ½-½ 0-1
64 Volkov, Sergey (RUS) Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) 0-1 ½-½

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