Evgeny Tomashevsky defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the 8th round of the Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix to increase his lead to full point ahead of the second-placed Dmitry Jakovenko.
Tomashevsky won in an extremely rare ending of 2 bishops + knight vs rook + 4 pawns.
Baadur Jobava scored against Peter Svidler, his second consecutive and third overall victory, to reverse the negative trend from the start of the tournament.
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Grandmasters Mamedyarov, Radjabov and Sanikidze
Round 8 results:
Radjabov Teimour 2731 – Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2759 ½ – ½
Giri Anish 2797 – Grischuk Alexander 2810 ½ – ½
Dominguez Perez Leinier 2726 – Jakovenko Dmitry 2733 ½ – ½
Svidler Peter 2739 – Jobava Baadur 2696 0 – 1
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2775 – Tomashevsky Evgeny 2716 0 – 1
Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2705 – Andreikin Dmitry 2737 ½ – ½
Round 8 standings:
1. Tomashevsky Evgeny 2716 RUS – 6
2. Jakovenko Dmitry 2733 RUS – 5
3-4. Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2705 UZB and Radjabov Teimour 2731 AZE – 4½
5-8. Jobava Baadur 2696 GEO, Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2759 AZE, Dominguez Perez Leinier 2726 CUB and Giri Anish 2797 NED – 4
9. Grischuk Alexander 2810 RUS – 3½
10-11. Svidler Peter 2739 RUS and Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2775 FRA – 3
12. Andreikin Dmitry 2737 RUS – 2½
Round 9 pairings:
Andreikin Dmitry 2737 – Radjabov Teimour 2731
Tomashevsky Evgeny 2716 – Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2705
Jobava Baadur 2696 – Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2775
Jakovenko Dmitry 2733 – Svidler Peter 2739
Grischuk Alexander 2810 – Dominguez Perez Leinier 2726
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2759 – Giri Anish 2797
Svidler – Jobava
Tomashevsky and Vachier-Lagrave in the press conference
Grischuk and Giri explaining the game
Georgian talented juniors following the games in the press center
Peter Svidler with commentators Tornike Sanikidze and Keti Tsatsalashvili
