Gashimov beats Kamsky and shares the lead with Grischuk and Wang Yue

Baku Grand Prix - Cheparinov with 2nd consecutive win

Round 7 results:

Gashimov Vugar 2679 1 - 0 Kamsky Gata 2726
Radjabov Teimour 2751 0 - 1 Carlsen Magnus 2765
Cheparinov Ivan 2695 1 - 0 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752
Karjakin Sergey 2732 1 - 0 Inarkiev Ernesto 2684
Navara David 2672 ½ - ½ Svidler Peter 2746
Grischuk Alexander 2716 ½ - ½ Wang Yue 2689
Adams Michael 2729 ½ - ½ Bacrot Etienne 2705

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Vugar Gashimov patiently built position in the Anti-Marshall Ruy Lopez, until Gata Kamsky helped him with a premature breech on the queenside. An exchange "sacrifice" for pair of bishops and passed pawns gave total domination to Azeri player. Pretty soon black gave up and Gashimov was promoted to the leading pack, replacing Kamsky who sat there prior to this round.

Magnus Carlsen shocked Teimour Radjabov by opening with Sicilian Dragon, which he didn't use since 2004, when 1...e5 was expected. After some hesitation at the beginning, white run into the sharpest lines of the Yugoslav Attack. Carlsen did his homework and defended with precision while Radjabov was trying to find new attacking resources over and over. Finally, he pushed his position over the edge, after missing on several occasions to simplify into equal endings, and even at the end, Carlsen carelessly allowed repetition over the white squares, but Radjabov didn't see it in horrible time trouble. Replay the game with commentary.

Karjakin-Inarkiev had a regular Chigorin Ruy Lopez flow and position was equal through most of the game. As the time control was closing, Inarkiev started making small concessions until a big blunder cost him two pawns. After the catastrophic start with four losses, Ivan Cheparinov is recovering and already has two consecutive wins. Perhaps he found regular customer in Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, whom he already eliminated at the last year World Cup.

Young stars victorious in round 7: Ivan Cheparinov and Sergey Karjakin

Round 7 standings:

1-3. Grischuk Alexander 2716 RUS, Gashimov Vugar 2679 AZE and Yue Wang 2689 CHN - 4.5
4-5. Carlsen Magnus 2765 NOR and Kamsky Gata 2726 USA - 4.0
6-10. Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE, Svidler Peter 2746 RUS, Karjakin Sergey 2732 UKR, Adams Michael 2729 ENG and Bacrot Etienne 2705 FRA - 3.5
11. Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 AZE - 3.0
12-13. Navara David 2672 CZE and Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL - 2.5
14. Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 RUS - 2.0

Round 8 on 29th April at 15:00 local time

Kamsky Gata 2726 - Bacrot Etienne 2705
Wang Yue 2689 - Adams Michael 2729
Svidler Peter 2746 - Grischuk Alexander 2716
Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 - Navara David 2672
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 - Karjakin Sergey 2732
Carlsen Magnus 2765 - Cheparinov Ivan 2695
Gashimov Vugar 2679 - Radjabov Teimour 2751