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Chess players against Olympic champions |
The first rest day of the Tbilisi FIDE Grand Prix presented an opportunity to hold a football match between the chess players and Georgian Olympic champions.
34 Georgian sportsmen were Olympic champions, winning a total of 37 gold medals.
A very strong team was lined against the Grand Prix participants:
Kakhi Kakhiashvili, 3-times consecutive Olympic champion, Manuchar Kvirkvelia, gold medalist from Beijing 2008, Giorgi Asanidze, gold medalist from Athens 2004, David Gobejishvili, gold medalist from Seoul 1988, Vakhtang Blagidze, gold medalist from Moscow 1980, and Ramaz Nozadze, silver medalist in Athens 2004, world champion in Baku 2007.
The referee was Nona Gaprindashvili.
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Tbilisi Grand Prix R4: Tomashevsky wins again, increases lead |
Evgeny Tomashevsky scores another victory in the Tbilisi Grand Prix to extend the margin on the leaderboard before the first rest day.
Tomashevsky defeated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and took his tally to 3,5 points, leaving Alexander Grischuk, Anish Giri and Dmitry Jakovenko a full point behind.
Grischuk bounced back after yesterday's loss by winning against Baadur Jobava.
The remaining four games were drawn.
Results and pairings are online, visit also the photo gallery and replay the games.
Press conferences will be available in the video gallery.
Brazilian Grandmaster Alexandr Fier commented: "It's nice to see so many strong players in Tbilisi now, it's not so often that we have such strong tournaments here. I'm happy to watch and analyse here in the press room, we have some interesting games because the players are in fighting mood. I hope it will continue like this until the end of the tournament."
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Tbilisi Grand Prix R3: Tomashevsky moves into sole lead |
Evgeny Tomashevsky defeated his compatriot and top seed Alexander Grischuk in the third round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Tbilisi to emerge sole leader with 2,5 points.
Dmitry Jakovenko inflicted second loss to local hero Baadur Jobava, while Shakhriyar Mamedyarov scored his second victory, this time against Dmitry Andreikin.
The remaining three games were drawn.
Results and pairings are online, visit also the photo gallery and replay the games.
Press conferences will be available in the video gallery.
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Tbilisi Grand Prix R2: Kasimdzhanov defeats Mamedyarov |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov bounced back after yesterday's loss by scoring a nice victory with black against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
The remaining five games were drawn, but Leinier Dominguez was very close to winning against Peter Svidler.
After the second round three players share the lead with 1,5 points each.
Results and pairings are online, visit also the photo gallery and replay the games.
Press conferences will be available in the video gallery.
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Four decisive games in the opening round of FIDE Grand Prix |
The first round of the FIDE Grand Prix was inaugurated by Chairman of the Tbilisi City Assembly Giorgi Alibegashvili who made the honorary move in the game Tomashevsky - Jobava.
The players were inspired to fight and four games ended with decisive results - of that three wins for black!
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Anish Giri, Alexander Grischuk and Evgeny Tomashevsky were victorious, while Dominguez-Radjabov and Andreikin-Jakovenko ended in draws.
The press conferences were lively and engaging and the players were awarded with rounds of applause. Replay the videos from the gallery.
Azeri representatives Mamedyarov and Radjabov both revealed that they visit Tbilisi all the time and they always feel great in the Georgian capital.
Results and pairings are online, visit also the photo gallery and replay the games.
The commentators are WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili and GM Tornike Sanikidze.
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