Wednesday, May 11, 2011

2011 FIDE Candidates Matches: Grischuk , Kramnik won in tie breaker makes it to the semi -final

Vladimir Kramnik defeated Teimour Radjabov 2 : 0 in the second set of the five minutes Blitz tie breaker to advance in the semi-final round of the FIDE Candidate Matches . The first set of the Blitz tie breaker ended in a 1 : 1 all draw with both player winning with the White pieces.
Earlier they draw all of their four games in the 30 minutes Rapid tie breaker. The standard game also ended in a 2 : 2 with all the games drawn.

4 games Rapid tie breaker
Game 5    Kramnik  -  Radjabov        draw    QGD , 77 moves
Game 6    Radjabov -  Kramnik         draw    QGD ,  39 moves
Game 7    Kramnik  -  Radjabov        draw    QGD ,  25 moves
Game 8    Radjabov -  Kramnik         draw    QGD ,Bf4 variations 23 moves

1st set 5 minutes Blitz tie breaker
Game 9   Radjabov -  Kramnik          1-0    Ruy Lopez Berlin Defense  45 moves
Game 10 Kramnik   -  Radjabov        1 -0   English Opening 80 moves

2 nd set 5 minutes Blitz tie breaker
Game 11  Kramnik  -  Radjabov       1-0  KID  63 moves
Game 12  Radjabov -  Kramnik        0 - 1  Ruy Lopez Berlin Defense  65 moves


Alexander Grischuk won against Levon Aronian in their four games Rapid tie breaker 2.5 :  1.5. With Grischuk winning the 1st and the 4th game to advance to the semi final . Their standard game resulted n a 2: 2 draw , with all four games ending  in a draw.

Four games Rapid tie breaker
Game  5    Aronian  - Grischuk        0-1   Symmetrical English   47 moves
Game  6    Grischuk - Aronian         0 -1   Semi-Slav 72 moves
Game  7    Aronian  - Grischuk        draw  Symmetrical English   61 moves
Game  8    Grischuk  -  Aronian       1 - 0  QGD Bf4 variations  49 moves

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