Leko, P (2752) – Gelfand, B (2758) [C42]Tal Memorial (2), 06.11.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0–0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.Bd3 Qd7 17.Rb1 b6 18.d5 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Bxa3 20.Ng5 g6 21.Ne4 Qf5 22.Bxc7 Rxc7 […]
Tough draws in round 1
Morozevich, A (2750) – Leko, P (2752) [C45]Tal Memorial 2009 (1), 05.11.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Qg3 Qg6 9.Bd2 Nf6 10.f3 0–0 11.0–0–0 Nd7 12.Qxg6 hxg6 13.h4 a5 14.h5 gxh5 15.Rxh5 g6 16.Rh2 Bg1 17.Rh1 Bd4 18.a4 Bg7 19.b3 Ne5 20.Be2 Ba6 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.Rh3 […]
Carlsen 1-0 Leko
Carlsen, Magnus 2772 – Leko, Peter 2762Pearl Spring, Nanjing CHN (1), 2009.09.28 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6 9.O-O d6 10.f4 Qxe4 11.Bf2 Bxd4 12.cxd4 N5g6 13.g3 O-O 14.Nc3 Qf5 15.d5 a6 16.Re1 Kh8 17.Rc1 Bd7 18.Bf3 Rac8 19.Qb3 b5 20.Ne2 Qh3 21.Nd4 Bg4 22.Bg2 […]
Leko, Ivanchuk, Kasimdzhanov maintain GP lead
The two biggest stories of this Grand Prix is the performance of Kasimdzhanov and Jakovenko. One of the top seeds Jakovenko is near the bottom of the standings while one of the lowest seeds Kasimdzhanov is tied for first with just 2 rounds to go! Standings after 11 rounds: Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED 1 […]
Leko, Ivanchuk, Kasimdzhanov lead Grand Prix
Standings after 9 rounds: Rank Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts. 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2703 UKR * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2672 UZB ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 […]
Ivanchuk joins Leko at the top
Table/starting rank after round 8 SNo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts. Rank 1 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2675 RUS * ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1½ 14 2 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2703 UKR ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 […]
Leko is sole lead at Jermuk Grand Prix
Crosstable after 7 rounds: SNo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts. Rank 1 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2675 RUS * ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 14 2 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2703 UKR ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ […]
Leko, Ivanchuk lead Jermuk Grand Prix
Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2703 3½ 2. Leko, Peter g HUN 2756 3½ 3. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2672 3 4. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2768 3 5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2755 3 6. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2716 2½ 7. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2760 2½ 8. Karjakin, […]
Kamsky loses again, Aronian, Leko lead
Round 4 results: Aronian, Levon – Kamsky, Gata 1-0 Leko, Peter – Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Ivanchuk, Vassily – Alekseev, Evgeny 1-0 Inarkiev, Ernesto – Cheparinov, Ivan ½-½ Bacrot, Etienne – Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry – Gelfand, Boris ½-½ Akopian, Vladimir – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam ½-½ Standings after 4 rounds: 1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2768 […]
Round 1 decisive games – Jermuk GP
Inarkiev, Ernesto – Leko, Peter [C88]GP Jermuk ARM (1), 09.08.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rfe8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Be7 15.c3 Nd8 16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Bf8 18.Re3 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 c6 20.Ba2 g6 21.f4 c5 22.Nc2 c4 23.Kh1 […]