Grischuk leads the fourth FIDE Grad Prix in Nalchik

Posted by 365Chess.com on April 18, 2009 in Chess news

Between April 14th and 29th is taking place in the russian city of Nalchik the fourth FIDE Grand Prix Series Tournament.

After three round, Alexander Grischuk is the leader with 2.5 pts. He’s followed by Levon Aronian, Peter Svidler, Peter Leko, Evgeny Alekseev and Sergey Karjakin, all of them with 2 pts.

We have two interesting games to share. In the first game Grischuk won against Kasimdzhanov and that victory took him to the lead. In the second game Aronian was defeated by Karjakin and resigned the first position.

Grischuk, Alexander (2748) - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (2695) [D20]
4th FIDE GP Nakchik RUS (3), 2009-04-17
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8.Ne2 e6 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. O-O h5 12. Rc1 Kb8 13. Na4 Be7 14. Nxb6axb6 15. Ba4 h4 16. f3 f6 17. Bb5 Qc8 18. Qb3 Na7 19. Bc4 fxe5 20. dxe5 Bc5 21.Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qe3 b6 23. b4 b5 24. Ba2 c4 25. Nd4 Qb7 26. a4 h3 27. axb5 hxg228. Rfd1 Nxb5 29. Nxf5 exf5 30. Bxc4 f4 31. Qxf4 Rdf8 32. Bf7 Qb6+ 33. Rc5 Nc334. Rd2 Na4 35. e6 Nxc5 36. bxc5 Qxc5+ 37. Kxg2 Kc8 38. Qg4 Qe7 39. Ra2 1 - 0 (view game)

Karjakin, Sergey (2721) - Aronian, Levon (2754) [C88]
4th FIDE GP Nakchik RUS (3), 2009-04-17
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. a5 h6 14. Bc4 Kf8 15.b3 Ke7 16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Na7 18. Nxe5 Kf8 19. Ndc4 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nc6 21.Bg5 hxg5 22. dxc6 f6 23. Rc5 Be6 24. Nb6 Rab8 25. Nd7+ Bxd7 26. cxd7 Rxd7 27.Rc6 Rb5 28. Rxa6 Rd2 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. g4 Rc5 31. a6 Rcxc2 32. Rc8 c6 33. a7Rxf2 34. Rh8 1 - 0 (view game)