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The 11th and Final round of the Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE Grand Prix 2015 saw just one decisive game as Svidler overcame Jobava with the White pieces in a French Defence game.

The above result, however, had no impact on the top standings as Jakovenko, Nakamura and Caruana jointly won the tournament. But the jackpot was bagged by the latter two who made it to the next Candidates Tournament courtesy of their superior scores at the end of the 2014-15 Grand Prix cycle. The winner of the Candidates Tournament will gain the right to challenge World Champion Magnus Carlsen for a World Championship Match.

Complete Round 11 Results:

Karjakin	2753	½-½	Gelfand	2744
Nakamura	2799	½-½	Jakovenko	2738
Giri	2776	½-½	Caruana	2803
Dominguez	2734	½-½	Grischuk	2780
Svidler	2734	1-0	Jobava	2699
Tomashevsky	2749	½-½	Vachier-Lagrave	2754

Final Standings:

RANK	NAME	RTG	PTS
1	Jakovenko Dmitry	2738	6½
2	Nakamura Hikaru	2799	6½
3	Caruana Fabiano	2803	6½
4	Dominguez Perez Leinier	2734	6
5	Gelfand Boris	2744	6
6	Svidler Peter	2734	5½
7	Grischuk Alexander	2780	5½
8	Giri Anish	2776	5½
9	Karjakin Sergey	2753	5½
10	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2749	5
11	Jobava Baadur	2699	4
12	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2754	3½

The 10th round of the Khanty Mansiysk FIDE GP 2015 saw some interesting twists as Jobava defeated overnight joint leader Dominguez while Jakovenko patiently overcame Karjakin to join Nakamura and Caruana at the top of the table. The rest of the games were drawn.

With one round to go, the trio of Jakovenko, Nakamura and Caruana are being closely followed by Dominguez and Gelfand with 5.5 points each.

Interestingly, Nakamura and Jakovenko are scheduled to clash in the last round of the tournament which makes the upcoming final round all the more exciting.

Complete Round 10 Results:

NAME	RTG	RES.	NAME	RTG
Gelfand	2744	½ – ½	Tomashevsky	2749
Vachier-Lagrave	2754	½ – ½	Svidler	2734
Jobava	2699	1 – 0	Dominguez	2734
Grischuk	2780	½ – ½	Giri	2776
Caruana	2803	½ – ½	Nakamura	2799
Jakovenko	2738	1 – 0	Karjakin	2753

The 9th round of the Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP 2015 witnessed two decisive games as Giri overcame Jobava while Tomashevsky beat Svidler. The rest of the games ended in draws. However, the draw between Jakovenko and Gelfand saw a pretty finish with Gelfand leaving his Queen en-prise to force a nice stalemate.

After 9 rounds, Dominguez, Caruana and Nakamura lead the pack with 5.5/9 each. Three others – Gelfand, Jakovenko and Karjakin – are on the second spot with 5 points each. This leaves the field wide open with just two rounds to go.

Round 9 Results:

Jakovenko	2738	½-½	Gelfand	2744
Karjakin	2753	½-½	Caruana	2803
Nakamura	2799	½-½	Grischuk	2780
Giri	2776	1-0	Jobava	2699
Dominguez	2734	½-½	Vachier-Lagrave	2754
Svidler	2734	0-1	Tomashevsky	2749

The 8th round of the on-going Khanty Mansiysk FIDE Grand Prix 2015 proved to be a dramatic one. Nakamura and Dominguez caught up overnight sole-leader Caruana at the top of the table as Jakovenko beat Caruana with the black pieces.

Amongst the other decisive results, Nakamura defeated Jobava in a game which was marred with mutual mistakes, despite the former dominating for the major part of the game. Also, Grischuk overcame Karjakin while Gelfand beat Svidler. This was Gelfand’s first win of the tournament after registering a rally of 7 consecutive draws.

Complete Round 8 Results:

Gelfand	2744	1-0	Svidler	2734
Tomashevsky	2749	½-½	Dominguez	2734
Vachier-Lagrave	2754	½-½	Giri	2776
Jobava	2699	0-1	Nakamura	2799
Grischuk	2780	1-0	Karjakin	2753
Caruana	2803	0-1	Jakovenko	2738

The 7th round of the Khanty Mansiysk FIDE GP 2015 saw the White side dominate with all 3 decisive results of this round going in White’s favour.

The most important result of the round (as regards the tournament standings) was Dominguez’s win over Svidler. With this victory, Dominguez leaped up to the 2nd spot.

Amongst other results, Giri overcame Tomashevsky whilst Nakamura defeated Vachier-Lagrave, who lost his 4th consecutive game.

After 7 rounds, Caruana leads the pack with 5/7, closely followed by Dominguez and Karjakin in the 2nd spot.

The 6th round of the Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE Grand Prix 2015 was easily the most exciting round of the tournament so far. Three decisive results were witnessed in this round with the rest of the games ending in draws.

The game that attracted the most interest in Round 6 was undoubtedly Grischuk vs Caruana. After an intense struggle throughout, the former missed an important chance of setting up a fortress in a Rook+Bishop vs Rook+Bishop+Pawn endgame. This allowed Caruana to grab the full-point and maintain his sole lead with 5 more rounds to go.

In the other decisive games, Svidler swiftly overcame Giri while Karjakin beat Vachier-Lagrave. This was Vachier-Lagrave’s 3rd loss on the trot.

Full Round 6 Results:

NAME	RTG	RES.	NAME	RTG
Gelfand	2744	½ – ½	Dominguez	2734
Svidler	2734	1 – 0	Giri	2776
Tomashevsky	2749	½ – ½	Nakamura	2799
Vachier-Lagrave	2754	0 – 1	Karjakin	2753
Jobava	2699	½ – ½	Jakovenko	2738
Grischuk	2780	0 – 1	Caruana	2803

 

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