Aronian wins 2nd FIDE Grand Prix in style Print
Friday, 15 August 2008 15:07

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In an excellent last round, Levon Aronian became the glorious winner of the 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament in Sochi, Russia. And he did it in style, defeating Alexander Grischuk in a fine positional game. In a crazy game Radjabov beat Karjakin to finish clear second, followed by Wang Yue and Kamsky who share third place.

Grand Prix Sochi 2008 Final Standings

 

          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4  
1 Aronian,L 2737 +79 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8.5/13  
2 Radjabov,T 2744 +43 ½ * 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8.0/13  
3 Wang Yue 2704 +58 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7.5/13 48.50
4 Kamsky,G 2723 +38 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 7.5/13 46.00
5 Svidler,P 2738 -5 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 7.0/13 45.00
6 Jakovenko,D 2709 +26 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7.0/13 44.75
7 Karjakin,S 2727 +6 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7.0/13 43.50
8 Ivanchuk,V 2781 -78 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 6.5/13 43.50
9 Gashimov,V 2717 -9 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6.5/13 39.25
10 Grischuk,A 2728 -47 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 6.0/13 38.75
11 Cheparinov,I 2687 -3 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 6.0/13 37.50
12 Gelfand,B 2720 -66 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 5.5/13  
13 Navara,D 2646 -73 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 4.0/13 26.25
14 Al Modiahki,M 2556 +23 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 4.0/13 23.25

 

Thanks to Peter Doggers / ChessVibes. See full report at http://www.chessvibes.com/match/aronian-wins-2nd-fide-grand-prix/

Also at ChessBase http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4836/

The official website of the FIDE Sochi Grand Prix 2008 is at http://sochi2008.fide.com/