IM P Shyam Nikhil defeated GM Murali Karthikeyan and drew with GM RR Laxman to walk into sole lead in the run up to the ninth and the final round.
On close heels, as many as seven players are tied for the second spot at 7.0/9.
Check the pairings for the ninth and the final round here.
The round 5 of FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk saw a marathon struggle between Karjakin & Tomashevsky. Eventually Karjakin beat Tomashevsky in 99 moves when the former’s b-pawn could not be stopped from queening with still 6 pieces on board!
In other decisive game, Vachier-Lagrave (2754) blundered his way into a loss against Jakovenko (2733).
All other games ended in draws.
After round 5, Caruana is in sole lead with 3.5 with Karjakin, Svidler & Dominguez following closely behind the leader with 3 points.
Four players: GM Murali Karthikeyan, IM P. Shyam Nikhil, GM R.R. Laxman and GM Deepan Chakkravarthy share the lead with 6.0/6 at the 1st SCS International Tournament at Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu.
Three Grandmasters and three International Masters are competing for the top honours in a field of 493 players.
Check the pairings for Round 7 here.
The European Women’s Individual Chess Championship will be held in Chakvi, Georgia from May 19 – 30, 2015. Its a strong 11 round swiss tourney featuring 9 GMs and 18 WGMs with an average ELO rating of 2255.
Top players are:
| Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2570 |
| Khotenashvili Bela | GEO | 2527 |
| Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2512 |
| Girya Olga | RUS | 2479 |
| Galliamova Alisa | RUS | 2478 |
Games start 15:00 local time, 16:30 IST, 11:00GMT (last round at 11:00)
Official site: http://e2e4.ge/
Pairings & Results : http://www.chess-results.com/tnr164130.aspx?lan=1&art=1
Live games will be available in Follow Chess app.
After 5 rounds of the Zalakaros Open 2015, four players – GMs Efimenko, Ragger, Boruchovsky and Papp Gabor – lead the table with 4 points each. GM Efimenko joined the leaders group courtesy of his important victory over GM Vajda Levente in Round 5.
Amongst Indian results, GM Adhiban drew GM Medvegy and now, is on the joint-second position with 3.5 points. Meanwhile, the husband/wife duo of IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal is on 2.5/5 each. The two have been paired against each other for the 6th round of the tournament.
Full Round 5 Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr164932.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=5&wi=821
Turksih IM Kanmazalp Ogulcan (2448) IVth Llucmajor International Open 2015 with a score of 7.5/9, half a point ahead of the second placed Indian GM Vishnu Prasanna (2482) who was adjudged second on tie-break with 7.0/9.
Meanwhile, the other Indian hope, GM Sundararajan Kidambi, could only muster up 5.5/9.
View the Final Standings here.
After 4 rounds of the Zalakaros Open Chess Tournament 2015, GMs Ragger, Boruchovsky and Papp Gabor lead the pack with 3.5/4 each. 12 others closely follow the trio on 3/4, including Indian GM B. Adhiban, who is the 7th seeded player in this strong open.
The other Indians in the fray – IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal – have had contrasting results. The former has struggled with a total of 1.5/4 so far while the latter has drawn a couple of higher-rated players and has managed to notch up a total of 2 points.
Complete Round 4 Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr164932.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=4&wi=821
Overnight joint-leader GM Fabiano Caruana raced clear ahead of the rest of the field as he won an important game with the black pieces against GM Vachier-Lagrave in the 4th round of the Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP 2015. The latter over-extended on all fronts in the middlegame and Caruana was spot on in taking advantage of the same.
Meanwhile, the rest of the games ended in draws.
Round 4 Results:
|
PLAYER |
RTG | RESULT | PLAYER |
RTG |
|
Gelfand |
2744 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Giri |
2776 |
|
Dominguez |
2734 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Nakamura |
2799 |
|
Svidler |
2734 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Karjakin | 2753 |
|
Tomashevsky |
2749 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Jakovenko | 2738 |
|
Vachier-Lagrave |
2754 | 0 – 1 | Caruana |
2803 |
|
Jobava |
2699 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Grischuk | 2780 |
The 3rd round of the Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP 2015 witnessed two decisive games as GMs Caruana and Svidler overcame GMs Tomashevsky and Jakovenko respectively. This was Jakovenko’s second consecutive defeat. The rest of the games ended in draws, albeit not short of some excitement.
After 3 rounds, Caruana, Svidler and Dominguez lead the table with 2/3 each. The trio is being closely followed by 6 other players on 1.5/3.
Round 3 Results:
|
PLAYER |
RTG | RESULT | PLAYER | RTG |
|
Jobava |
2699 | ½ – ½ | Gelfand |
2744 |
|
Grischuk |
2780 | ½ – ½ | Vachier-Lagrave |
2754 |
|
Caruana |
2803 | 1 – 0 | Tomashevsky |
2749 |
|
Jakovenko |
2738 | 0 – 1 | Svidler |
2734 |
|
Karjakin |
2753 | ½ – ½ | Dominguez |
2734 |
|
Nakamura |
2799 | ½ – ½ | Giri | 2776 |
The 2nd round of the Khanty Mansiysk FIDE GP 2015 saw only one decisive game in which Dominguez overcame the first-round winner Jakovenko in 36 moves. Dominguez’s play was quite inspirational as he sacrificed the exchange just out of the opening. Although he did stumble on his way with the questionable 19. Bxd4, Jakovenko was unable to take due advantage of the same. After that, Dominguez never looked back and went on to register a fantastic victory. You may replay the game here: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1791983
After 2 rounds, Dominguez and Tomashevsky lead the pack with 1.5/2.
Round 2 Results:
|
PLAYER |
RTG | RESULT | PLAYER | RTG |
|
Gelfand |
2744 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Nakamura |
2799 |
|
Giri |
2776 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Karjakin | 2753 |
|
Dominguez |
2734 | 1 – 0 | Jakovenko |
2738 |
|
Svidler |
2734 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Caruana |
2803 |
|
Tomashevsky |
2749 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Grischuk |
2780 |
|
Vachier-Lagrave |
2754 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Jobava |
2699 |