FIDE Chess: Vladimir Hakobyan wins against Sergey Karjakin

In Round 6 of FIDE Grand Prix Chess Tournament in Nalchik Armenian GM Vladimir Hakobyan won against Sergey Karjakin. After Round 6 Levon Aronian has taken the sole lead in the tournament with 4 points. After his second successive victory V. Hakobyan has gained 3 points by now and stands closer to the leaders. Alexeev, Leko, Grishuk and Svidler have 3,5 points. Hakobyan, Mamedyarov, Karjakin, Kamsky, Kasimjanov and Bacrot rank 6-11 with 3 points. Gelfand has gained 2,5 points, Elyanov has 2 points and Ivanchuk ends last with 1,5 points.

Herewith are Round 6 games:

Levon Aronian-Vassily Ivanchuk 1:0

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Qc7 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Be2 Be7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Nd5 exd5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.cxd5 Bxb2 16.Rc2 Be5 17.dxc6 dxc6 18.Bxa6 Rd8 19.Qf3 c5 20.Bb5+ Kf8 21.g3 g6 22.Rd1 Kg7 23.Rcd2 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Kg2 h5 27.Qe4 Bc3 28.Qb7 Bf6 29.Bc4 Qe7 30.Qd5 h4 31.e4 hxg3 32.hxg3 Bd4 33.f4 f6 34.Kf3 Kh6 35.Qg8 g5 36.e5 fxe5 37.Bd3 e4+ 38.Bxe4 Qg7 39.Qe6+ Qf6 40.Qd7 1:0:

Vladimir Hakobyan-Sergey Karjakin 1:0

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.0-0-0 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Be2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Ne5 16.Qa3 b5 17.h4 Be6 18.hxg5 Rc8 19.Rd2 hxg5 20.Rxh8+ Bxh8 21.Qe3 Nc4 22.Bxc4 bxc4 23.c3 f6 24.Qa7 Bd7 25.f3 Bg7 26.Nb6 Rd8 27.Qxa6 Be6 28.Qa7 Kf7 29.Nd5 Bxd5 30.exd5 Qa8 31.Qc7 Rc8 32.Qd7 Rh8 33.Qe6+ Kf8 34.a3 Rh1+ 35.Rd1 Rxd1+ 36.Kxd1 Qa4+ 37.Kd2 Qb3 38.Kc1 Qb6 39.Be1 Qg1 40.g4 Qf1 41.Qe4 Ke8 42.Kd2 Kd8 43.Qe2 Qh1 44.Kc2 f5 45.gxf5 Qh3 46.Qxc4 Qxf3 47.Qd3 Qg2+ 48.Kb3 g4 49.a4 Be5 50.a5 Qg1 51.Qb5 Qxe1 52.a6 Qa1 53.Qb8+ Kd7 54.Qb5+ Kd8 55.Qb6+ Kc8 56.Qc6+ Kd8 57.Qa8+ Kd7 58.Qc6+ Kd8 59.Qa8+ Kd7 60.Qb7+ Kd8 61.Qb8+ Kd7 62.a7 Qd1+ 63.Kb4 Bxc3+ 64.Kxc3 Qc1+ 65.Kb3 Qd1+ 66.Kb4 Qe1+ 67.Kb5 Qf1+ 68.Kb6 Qg1+ 69.Ka6 Qa1+ 70.Kb7 Qc1 71.a8N 1:0:

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov-Alexander Grishuk 1:0

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Bd2 0-0 14.Rac1 d4 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qe5 17.Qxe5 Bxe5 18.b3 dxe3 19.Bxe3 Be6 20.Bf3 Rab8 21.Ba7 Ra8 22.Bc5 Rfb8 23.g3 a5 24.Rfe1 Bc7 25.Be3 Bd6 26.Red1 Be5 27.Rc5 f6 28.Rb5 a4 29.Bxb7 axb3 30.axb3 Ra3 31.b4 Ra4 32.Bc5 Kf7 33.h4 Ra2 34.Rb6 Rb2 35.Re1 Ba2 36.f4 Bc3 37.Re7+ Kg6 38.Be4+ 1:0:

Pavel Elyanov-Peter Svidler 0:1

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 0-0 9.cxd5 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxd5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Qa4 Rac8 14.Rac1 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Nxa5 16.Nd2 Nc6 17.g4 Be6 18.a3 Rfd8 19.Bf3 Bd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Ne4 Bxd4 22.Rcd1 Rcd8 23.exd4 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.f3 f5 26.gxf5 gxf5 27.Be3 Rd3 28.Bh6 fxe4 29.fxe4 Rd8 30.Rf5 Nd4 31.Rg5+ Kf7 32.Rg7+ Kf6 33.Kf2 Nc6 34.h4 Rd2+ 35.Kg3 Rd3+ 36.Kg2 Rxa3 37.Rxh7 Kg6 38.Rh8 Ra4 39.Bf4 Rxe4 40.Kf3 Rc4 41.h5+ Kg7 42.Ra8 a5 43.Bd2 a4 44.Ke2 b5 45.Ra6 Nd4+ 46.Kd1 Rc5 47.h6+ Kh7 48.Ra7 Nf5 49.Ra6 Rd5 50.Kc1 Rd6 51.Ra7 Rd3 52.Rb7 a3 53.Ra7 Rb3 54.Ra6 Nd4 55.Ra7 Nc6 56.Ra8 b4 57.Ra6 Rh3 58.Rxc6 Rh1+ 59.Kc2 a2 60.Ra6 a1Q 61.Rxa1 Rxa1 62.Bxb4 Ra7 63.Bd2 Ra3 64.Kd1 Rh3 65.Ke2 Kg6 66.Bc1 Kf5 67.Kf2 e5 68.Be3 Kg4 69.Ke2 Rh2+ 70.Kd3 Kf3 71.Bg5 Rh1 72.Kc4 e4 73.Kd4 Rg1 0:1:

Rustam Kasimjanov-Etienne Bacrot 0,5:0,5

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nd7 10.Bf4 Qh4 11.g3 Qh3 12.0-0-0 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Ba3+ 14.Kb1 Nb6 15.Bf1 Qh5 16.Be2 Qg6 17.Bd3 Qh5 18.Be2 Qg6 19.Bd3 Qh5 20.Be2 1/2-1/2:

Peter Leko-Evgeniy Alexeev 0,5:0,5

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.b3 b6 12.Nd2 Ba6 13.Bb2 b5 14.cxb5 cxb5 15.a3 Nb6 16.Re1 Qd7 17.e4 Rfc8 18.e5 Ne8 19.Ne2 b4 20.Nf4 bxa3 21.Bxa3 Bb5 22.Bf1 Bxf1 23.Nxf1 Bxa3 24.Rxa3 Qe7 25.Qa1 Qb4 26.Nd3 Qb5 27.Nc5 a5 28.Ne3 Ra7 29.Rc1 h6 30.Rc2 Rca8 31.Rca2 Nc7 32.Kg2 Kh8 33.h4 Kg8 34.Nc2 Kh8 35.Ne1 Kg8 36.Ned3 Kh8 37.Kg1 Kg8 38.Kh2 Kh8 39.Kg1 Kg8 40.Kg2 Kh8 41.h5 Kg8 42.g4 Kh8 43.f3 Kg8 44.Kg3 Kh8 45.Kf2 Na6 46.Nxa6 Rxa6 47.Nc5 R6a7 48.Kg3 Nc8 49.b4 Qxb4 50.Rb3 Qc4 51.Ra4 Qc2 52.Ra2 Qc4 53.Ra4 Qc2 54.Ra2 1/2-1/2:

Gata Kamsky-Boris Gelfand 0,5:0,5

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Nd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc1 Nb6 11.Nfd2 Qb4 12.a3 Qb5 13.Nc3 Qh5 14.Nce4 e5 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 exd4 17.Nd6+ cxd6 18.Bxc6+ Ke7 19.Bg2 Qc5 20.Qd3 dxe3 21.Rae1 Be6 22.Rxe3 Kd7 23.Rd1 Rab8 24.b4 Qb6 25.Qc3 Rhg8 26.Red3 Ke7 27.a4 Rbc8 28.Qd2 Rgd8 29.a5 Qc7 30.Qe3 Kf8 31.Qe4 g6 32.Qxb7 Qxb7 33.Bxb7 Rb8 34.Bxa6 Rxb4 35.Ra3 Bc4 36.Bxc4 Rxc4 37.a6 Rc7 38.a7 Ra8 39.Rda1 d5 40.Kg2 d4 41.Kf3 Re7 1/2-1/2:

Round 7 pairings are as follows:

Bacrot-Aronian
Grishuk-Hakobyan
Svidler-Kasimjanov
Alexeev-Mamedyarov
Ivanchuk-Leko
Karjakin-Kamsky
Gelfand-Elyanov