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Round 13: Aronian wins 2nd FIDE Grand Prix in style
Thursday, 14 August 2008
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The winner: Levon Aronian

In what can be considered an excellent last round, Levon Aronian became the glorious winner of the 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament in Sochi, Russia. And he did it in style, defeating Alexander Grischuk in a fine positional game. In a crazy game Radjabov beat Karjakin to finish clear second, followed by Wang Yue and Kamsky who share third place. Click on 'Read More' below the crosstable to read the final report on the 13th round. Thank you, and see you in Doha!

Final Ranking
Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts SB.
1 9 GM Aronian Levon 2737 ARM * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 50,75
2 4 GM Radjabov Teimour 2744 AZE ½ * 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8 47,50
3 6 GM Wang Yue 2704 CHN ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 48,50
4 14 GM Kamsky Gata 2723 USA ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 46,00
5 1 GM Svidler Peter 2738 RUS ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 7 45,00
6 12 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2709 RUS ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7 44,75
7 10 GM Karjakin Sergey 2727 UKR ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7 43,50
8 8 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2781 UKR 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 43,50
9 13 GM Gashimov Vugar 2717 AZE ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 39,25
10 5 GM Grischuk Alexander 2728 RUS 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 6 38,75
11 2 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2687 BUL 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 6 37,50
12 3 GM Gelfand Boris 2720 ISR 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 34,00
13 7 GM Navara David 2646 CZE 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 4 26,25
14 11 GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad 2556 QAT 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 4 23,25

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Round 12: Svidler beats Jakovenko, Aronian retains lead
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
It can't be Christmas every day. In the penultimate round of the Sochi Grand Prix, six games ended in a draw, and four of them rather quickly. Wang Yue-Navara and Cheparinov-Al-Modiahki were rather interesting fights and in the (end)game of the day, Svidler managed to score the only victory, against Jakovenko. Aronian retains sole lead with 7.5/12.

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Round 11: Four wins, Aronian grabs sole lead
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
In another great round played in Sochi, the chess fans saw fascinating fights that resulted in four decisive games and three very interesting draws. What more can we wish for? Aronian has taken sole lead with 7/11, followed by Wang Yue, Karjakin and Radjabov with 6.5/11.

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Round 10: Five wins: Aronian, Gashimov, Radjabov & Wang Yue lead
Monday, 11 August 2008
The 10th round of the Sochi Grand Prix was clearly the most spectacular so far. At an early stage, three games were suddenly decided, and none of these were drawn! Aronian beat Cheparinov with Black to take over the lead from his direct opponent; he shares it with Gashimov, Wang Yue and Radjabov, who came back on top.

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