Grischuk lost to Gashimov and dropped out of lead. Carlsen, Mamedyarov win to make it crowdy on the top
Round 12 results:
Kamsky Gata 2726 0 – 1 Svidler Peter 2746
Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 ½ – ½ Wang Yue 2689
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 1 – 0 Bacrot Etienne 2705
Carlsen Magnus 2765 1 – 0 Adams Michael 2729
Gashimov Vugar 2679 1 – 0 Grischuk Alexander 2716
Radjabov Teimour 2751 0 – 1 Navara David 2672
Cheparinov Ivan 2695 ½ – ½ Karjakin Sergey 2732
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Vugar Gashimov defeated the then leading Alexander Grischuk and pushed him down in the standing to the 3rd place tie. Already choice of the opening was probably a decisive mistake. Grischuk repeated the suspicious sub-variation in Ruy Lopez Deferred Steinitz that he already used in the game against Svidler. Gashimov said that he carefully prepared for this line and came up with the strong novelty 12. Qd3, “My analysis proved to be effective” – he added.
Wang Yue was very lucky to escape the defeat, because Ernesto Inarkiev held extra pawn through most of the game. The Chinese is now tied first with Gashimov, both heading into the last round with half point ahead of others. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is not only proficient attacker, he can play some endgames as well! His good friend Etienne Bacrot learned that lesson today.
Michael Adams and Magnus Carlsen
It appears that Michael Adams can’t play black pieces with Magnus Carlsen, having suffered today his third loss against young Norwegian. The opening was fine for Adams, he even held a certain edge in the early middlegame, but then Carlsen’s animated minor pieces forced him to make concessions one after another. It is possible that the late endgame with one pair of pawns could have been saved, but black made another mistake and game was immediately over.
Teimour Radjabov lost third game with white pieces, this time David Navara was at the right place and in the right time to sign his first victory in Baku. Radjabov admitted “that he just played terribly, even if the position ended in equal at some later stage”. He then explained – “I very much wanted to win, and so I made one wrong move which destroyed all my earlier efforts”.
Peter Svidler blasted Gata Kamsky off the board after American run into horrible time trouble. Prior to that, the position deemed all even. Ivan Cheparinov and Sergey Karjakin have split the point.
Round 12 standings:
1-2. Gashimov Vugar 2679 AZE and Yue Wang 2689 CHN – 7.5
3-5. Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 AZE, Grischuk Alexander 2716 RUS and Carlsen Magnus 2765 NOR – 7.0
6. Adams Michael 2729 ENG- 6.0
7-11. Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE, Kamsky Gata 2726 USA, Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL, Karjakin Sergey 2732 UKR and Svidler Peter 2746 RUS – 5.5
12-13. Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 RUS and Bacrot Etienne 2705 FRA – 5.0
14. Navara David 2672 CZE – 4.5
Round 13 on 5th May at 14:00 local time
Karjakin Sergey 2732 - Kamsky Gata 2726
Navara David 2672 - Cheparinov Ivan 2695
Grischuk Alexander 2716 - Radjabov Teimour 2751
Adams Michael 2729 - Gashimov Vugar 2679
Bacrot Etienne 2705 - Carlsen Magnus 2765
Wang Yue 2689 - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752
Svidler Peter 2746 - Inarkiev Ernesto 2684
