FIDE Grand Prix: Aronian takes sole lead, leaves behind Leko

In Round 11 of the FIDE Grand Prix tournament Levon Aronian and Vladimir Akopian played to draw with Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Peter Svidler respectively. It was only Peter Leko who could catch up with Aronian in this round, had he won against Eljanov. Anyway, the Hungarian player ended in draw with his oponent and now runs second with 6,5 points. Aronian has again taken the sole lead with 7 points. Alekseev, Akopian and Bacrot have 6 points, Grischuk and Svidler follow with 5,5 points, next to come are Karjakin, Mamedyarov, Kasimdzhanov, Eljanov, Kamsky and Gelfand with 5 points, Ivanchuk ends last with 4,5 points.

Herewith are presented all Round 11 games:

Rustam Kasimdzhanov-Levon Aronian 0,5:0,5

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 e5 14.Qd3 exd4 15.Qxd4 Be7 16.Qf4 Qxf4 17.exf4 Bf6 18.Nd4 Re8 19.Be3 c5 20.Nf5 Bxb2 21.Rab1 Bd4 22.Bf3 Rb8 23.Nxd4 cxd4 24.Rxd4 Nb6 25.g4 Bb7 26.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.a4 Nd7 28.Rbd1 Nf8 29.a5 b4 30.Rd6 Rb5 31.Rxa6 h5 32.gxh5 b3 33.Rb1 Reb8 34.h6 gxh6 35.Kf1 Ne6 36.Ke2 Rd8 37.f5 Nd4+ 38.Bxd4 Rxd4 39.Rxh6 Kg7 40.Rc6 Re5+ 41.Kf1 Rxf5 42.Rxb3 Rxa5 43.Rg3+ Kf8 44.Rc8+ Ke7 45.Rc7+ Kf8 46.Kg2 Rf5 47.Rc2 Rd6 48.Re2 Rg6 49.Re4 Rgf6 50.f3 Ra6 51.Re2 Ra3 52.Rb2 Rf4 53.Rf2 Rf6 54.Rg4 Rg6 55.h4 Ra5 56.Kg3 Ra3 57.Rb2 Rxg4+ 58.Kxg4 Kg7 59.Rb6 Ra4+ 60.f4 Ra1 61.h5 Rg1+ 62.Kf5 Rh1 63.h6+ Rxh6 64.Rxh6 Kxh6 65.Kf6 Kh5 66.Kxf7 Kg4 67.f5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2:

Pavel Eljanov-Peter Leko 0,5:0,5

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.e4 e5 13.Ne2 a6 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Ng3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 c5 18.f3 c4 19.Qc2 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Nd7 21.Bd2 Qc7 22.Bb4 Nc5 23.Nf5 f6 24.Rad1 Rfd8 25.Bxc5 Qxc5 26.Qc3 Qc7 27.g4 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.Kg2 Bc8 31.Ne3 Qd6 32.Qb4 Qe5 33.Nd5 Be6 34.Ne7+ Kf7 35.Nc6 Qc7 36.Qc5 Ke8 37.e5 fxe5 38.h3 g5 39.Kh1 Qd7 40.Nxe5 Qd2 41.Qc6+ Ke7 42.Qc5+ Ke8 43.Qc6+ Ke7 44.Qc5+ Ke8 1/2-1/2:

Boris Gelfand-Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1:0

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 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.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bc1 Nhf6 13.b3 b6 14.Nd2 Ba6 15.Bb2 b5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.a3 Nb6 18.Nf3 Rc8 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Nd3 Qd7 21.Qd2 Bb7 22.Rfc1 a6 23.Na2 Qe7 24.Qa5 Bc7 25.Nc5 Nbd7 26.Qd2 Nxc5 27.dxc5 Bb8 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.b4 Bc6 30.Nc3 Rfd8 31.e3 Be5 32.Rab1 Bxc3 33.Rxc3 d4 34.exd4 Bxg2 35.Kxg2 Rxd4 36.Rd3 Rcd8 37.Rxd4 Qxd4 38.Qxd4 Rxd4 39.Rc1 Kf8 40.Kf3 Ke7 41.Ke3 Rd8 42.a4 bxa4 43.Ra1 e5 44.Rxa4 Rd4 45.f4 f6 46.Rxa6 Rxb4 47.Ra7+ Ke6 48.fxe5 Rb3+ 49.Ke4 f5+ 50.Kd4 Rb4+ 51.Kc3 Rb5 52.Kc4 Rb2 53.c6 Kxe5 54.Rxg7 Rxh2 55.c7 Rc2+ 56.Kb3 1:0:

Peter Svidler-Vladimir Akopian 0,5:0,5

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.c3 0-0 10.Bc2 d5 11.Nbd2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Bd6 13.b4 Ne7 14.Ba3 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5 16.Nb3 Rxa4 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Qxd6 Bc6 19.Qxe5 Ng6 20.Qf5 Ne7 21.Qe5 Ng6 22.Qf5 Ne7 1/2-1/2:

Etienne Bacrot-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.Qe2 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 0-0 15.h4 g4 16.g3 Bf5 17.Bg2 Qd7 18.0-0 Rfd8 19.Rfe1 e6 20.Na4 Qb7 21.c4 Nd7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rad1 Rab8 24.Qe3 Qc7 25.b3 a5 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.Qxc5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Qxd8 30.Bxc6 Qd2 31.Qe5+ Kg8 32.c5 Qxa2 33.Bg2 Qb1+ 34.Kh2 Qxb3 35.c6 a4 36.Qc5 a3 37.c7 e5 38.Bd5 1:0:

Vassily Ivanchuk-Alexander Grischuk 1:0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.c5 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Rc1 h6 13.Nd4 a6 14.h3 Kh8 15.Qd2 Ng8 16.Rfd1 h5 17.Qxf4 Bh6 18.Qg3 h4 19.Qd3 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Qg5 21.Re1 Bd7 22.c6 bxc6 23.dxc6 Be6 24.Bg4 Bxg4 25.hxg4 Ne7 26.Qd1 Rab8 27.a3 Kg7 28.Re3 Qf6 29.Nf3 Nxc6 30.Nd5 Qe6 31.Nxc7 Qxg4 32.Qxd6 Rbd8 33.Qxc6 Rd1+ 34.Ne1 h3 35.Qc3+ f6 36.Rxh3 Rc8 37.e5 1:0:

Evgeny Alekseev-Gata Kamsky 0,5:0,5

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 d6 7.c4 b6 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.f4 g6 10.Qe2 Bg7 11.f5 Qe7 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Rae1 0-0 14.Qd2 Rae8 15.Nf3 exf5 16.exf5 Qd8 17.fxg6 hxg6 18.Bh6 Qc7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qf2 Bxf3 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Qxf3 Qc5+ 23.Qf2 Ng4 24.Qxc5 bxc5 25.Rd1 Ne3 26.Re1 Re5 27.Re2 f5 28.h3 f4 29.Kf2 g5 30.Rd2 Nb6 31.b3 d5 32.cxd5 Nbxd5 33.Ne4 a5 34.Kf3 Nb4 35.g3 Nf5 36.gxf4 Nd4+ 37.Kg4 gxf4 38.Kxf4 Rf5+ 39.Kg4 Nd5 40.Rf2 Re5 41.Ng5 Re7 42.Ne4 Re5 43.Ng5 Re7 44.Ne4 1/2-1/2:

Round 12 pairings are as follows:

Kamsky-Aronian
Leko-Kasimdzhanov
Grischuk-Bacrot
Akopian-Gelfand
Alekseev-Ivanchuk
Karjakin-Svidler
Mamedyarov-Eljanov