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1st FIDE Grand Prix 2022 - Round 5

Levon Aronian secured his seat in the semifinals, defeating Keymer today. The now-American ace climbs to a stunning 4.0/5, and nobody in his group will be able to catch him.
Nakamura defeated Grishuck to reach the fantastic score of 3.5/5. Only Esipenko can still catch the American, Esipenko today won with Bacrot, going 3.0/5.

A curious note: Today Grischuk and Nakamura played a King's Indian semi-Averbakh.
Yesterday, Yuri Averbakh celebrated his centennial! Was it a coincidence? Probably yes, yet it is quite nice that the two top players used a variation that was named after the oldest living GM.


GM Yuri Averbakh - Photo from FIDE Facebook page

 

 Pool A 1 2 3 4 PTS
Grischuk aa 1/2-0 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2 2.0
Nakamura 1/2-1 aa 1 1/2-1/2 3.5
Esipenko 1/2-1/2 0 aa 1-1 3.0
Bacrot 1/2-1/2 1/2 0-0 aa 1.5


As previously said, Pool A seems to be Nakamura's realm, but with today's win, Esipenko follows the American player by only half a point. Tomorrow, in the last round of the pools, the semifinalist will be probably decided.

 

 

 Pool B 1 2 3 4 PTS
Wojtaszek aa 1/2-1/2 1-1/2 1/2 3.0
Fedoseev 1/2-1/2 aa 0 1-1 3.0
Rapport 0-1/2 1 aa 1/2-1/2 2.5
Oparin 1/2 0-0 1/2-1/2 aa 1.5


In Pool B, we had two draws. the situation remains uncertain, with only Oparin out of the game. Wojtaszek and Fedoseev are favorites, but with a win over Fedoseev tomorrow, Richard Rapport could get back in contention.

 Pool C 1 2 3 4 PTS
Aronian aa 1/2 1-1 1-1/2 4.0
Dubov 1/2 aa 1/2-1 0-1/2 2.5
Keymer 0-0 1/2-0 aa 1/2 1.0
Gujrathi 0-1/2 1-1/2 1/2 aa 2.5


In Pool C "le jeux sont fait". Levon Aronian is the first of the four semifinalists. Congratulations!
 

 

 Pool D 1 2 3 4 PTS
So aa 1/2-1 1/2 1-1/2 3.5
Dominguez 1/2-0 aa 1/2-1 1 3.0
Harikrishna 1/2 1/2-0 aa 1/2-1/2 2.0
Shirov 0-1/2 0 1/2-1/2 aa 1.5


In Pool D, Dominguez won an important game today, defeating Harikrishna. Wesley So was held to a draw by the old lion Alexei Shirov. Now So leads by half a point over Dominguez, the only one who could catch him.

 

Tomorrow the last and decisive round (for three pools out of four), starts at 9 AM EST - 15:00 Berlin (CET) - 14:00 UTC

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