chessbase india logo

Playoff Will Decide Moscow Grand Prix

by Dylan Loeb McClain - 29/05/2019

Tie-breaker games will be necessary to decide the winner of the Moscow Grand Prix after Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alexander Grischuk, two Russians, agreed to a swift draw Tuesday in Game 2 of the final. The Grand Prix is using a new knockout format of two game mini-matches at classical, or slow, time controls, followed by tie-breaker games at progressively faster time controls if the regulation part of the match ends in a tie. The Moscow Grand Prix, which is being held at the Central Chess Players’ House, is the first in a series of four tournaments to select two players for next year’s Candidates tournament. The winner of that tournament will become the challenger for the 2020 World Championship match to be held in November. Photo: World Chess

Moscow GP Finals will be decided in tie-breakers

Nepo and Grischuk will have to play tie-breaker matches with each other | Photo: World Chess

Game 1 of the match on Monday also ended in a draw.

 

In Game 2, Nepomniachtchi had White and opened with 1 e4. Grischuk replied 1… e5 and employed the Berlin Defense. Instead of ceding the bishops to cripple Black’s pawn structure by playing 5 d4 Nd6 6 Bc6 dc6 7 de5, Nepomniachtchi chose 5 Re1, a variation that is thought to be less testing for Black, but which has also been known to have some venom.

Nepomniachtchi - Grischuk, Round 4.2

Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence is a popular choice among top players

Grischuk showed that he was well prepared for that line, too, however and achieved a stable position with relatively few problems. Indeed, Black’s actively placed knight and bishop after 19 … Bf5 gave him full counterplay, which may have been why Nepomniachtchi offered a draw after 23 Re1. Grischuk accepted after a short reflection.

Position after move 19...Bf5

In an interview afterward, Nepomniachtchi explained that the opening was deceptively complex. Grischuk said that he accepted the draw because he did not see a way to obtain any sort of advantage.

Grischuk and Nepo talk about the final game 2 | Video: World Chess

The tie-breaker games will begin at 3 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST on Wednesday. The broadcast can be viewed free and live at worldchess.com. 

 

One way or another, there will be a Moscow Grand Prix champion on Wednesday.


Live games begin at 5.30 p.m. IST

The principal sponsors of the series are PhosAgro, a giant Russian fertilizer company, and Kaspersky Lab, a worldwide leader in data security. The series is being organized and broadcast by Worldchess on its Web site under the auspices of FIDE.

About the author:

Dylan Loeb McClain is an author for the World Chess website. Formerly, he was a staff editor and chess columnist for The New York Times.


Related news:
फीडे महिला ग्रां प्री - अब हरिका के पास है अंतिम मौका

@ 29/02/2020 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
What happens when a super GM thinks for 35 minutes?

@ 19/12/2019 by Sagar Shah (en)
मोनाको ग्रां प्री:हम्पी उपविजेता,कोस्टिनीयुक को खिताब

@ 15/12/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
मोनाको ग्रां प्री - हम्पी के पास आखिरी मौका !

@ 14/12/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
मोनाको ग्रां प्री - हम्पी - हरिका के बीच मुक़ाबला ड्रॉ

@ 12/12/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
मोनाको ग्रां प्री - हरिका की लगातार दूसरी जीत

@ 09/12/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
मोनाको ग्रां प्री - जीत के साथ हरिका की वापसी

@ 08/12/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
मोनाको ग्रां प्री - हम्पी का अच्छा बचाव ,बढ़त बरकरार

@ 07/12/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
मोनाको ग्रां प्री - कोनेरु हम्पी विश्व नंबर 2 बनने के करीब

@ 06/12/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
मोनाको ग्रां प्री - हारी बाजी जीतकर की हम्पी नें शुरुआत

@ 04/12/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
मोनको फीडे ग्रां प्री - हम्पी और हरिका पर होगी नजर

@ 28/11/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
विश्व शतरंज में हम्पी की वापसी - जीता फीडे ग्रांड प्रिक्स खिताब

@ 23/09/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Humpy wins Skolkovo FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2019

@ 23/09/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
कोनेरु हम्पी फीडे वुमेन ग्रांड प्रिक्स खिताब के करीब

@ 21/09/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Humpy takes sole lead in Skolkovo FIDE Women's Grand Prix

@ 20/09/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
Humpy is now World no.3

@ 19/09/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
Humpy and Harika make a solid start at Skolkovo FIDE Women's Grand Prix

@ 15/09/2019 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
फीडे वुमेन ग्रांड प्रिक्स 2019 - हम्पी -हरिका नें खेला ड्रॉ

@ 12/09/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
रिगा फीडे ग्रैंडप्रिक्स - मेक्सिम लाग्रेव पहुंचे सेमीफाइनल

@ 17/07/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
फीडे ग्रैंडप्रिक्स R1:G2 - हरिकृष्णा की निगाहें टाईब्रेक पर

@ 14/07/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Harikrishna survives game one, now has a chance to knockout Wesley So

@ 13/07/2019 by Sagar Shah (en)
फीडे ग्रैंडप्रिक्स R1:G1 - हरिकृष्णा का शानदार बचाव !

@ 13/07/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
नेपोमनियची बने मॉस्को ग्रांड प्रिक्स विजेता

@ 31/05/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
Ian Nepomniachtchi wins Moscow GP

@ 30/05/2019 by Dylan Loeb McClain (en)
Moscow GP Finals: Grischuk-Nepo Game 1 ends up in a draw

@ 28/05/2019 by Dylan Loeb McClain (en)
Nepomniachtchi is the Second Finalist at Moscow GP

@ 26/05/2019 by Dylan Loeb McClain (en)
मॉस्को फीडे ग्रांड प्रिक्स - नाकामुरा हुए नॉक आउट

@ 25/05/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
FIDE Moscow GP: Grischuk is the first to advance to the finals

@ 25/05/2019 by Dylan Loeb McClain (en)
मॉस्को फीडे ग्रांड प्रिक्स - शुरू हुई सेमीफ़ाइनल की जंग

@ 24/05/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
FIDE Moscow GP: Moscow Semi-finals begin with two nervous, tense draws

@ 24/05/2019 by Dylan Loeb McClain (en)
FIDE Moscow GP: Nakamura, Grischuk and Nepo join Wojtaszek in the semi-finals

@ 23/05/2019 by Dylan Loeb McClain (en)
FIDE Moscow GP: Wojtaszek is the first Semi-finalist

@ 22/05/2019 by Dylan Loeb McClain (en)
मॉस्को फीडे ग्रांड प्रिक्स - दिग्गज हुए बाहर !

@ 21/05/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
FIDE Moscow GP: Quarter-final begins with four draws

@ 20/05/2019 by Dylan Loeb McClain (en)
FIDE Moscow GP Round 1 Playoff: Nakamura and So advance to the Quarter-finals

@ 20/05/2019 by Dylan Loeb McClain (en)
FIDE Moscow GP: Giri, Mamedyarov, Aronian and Karjakin get eliminated

@ 19/05/2019 by Dylan Loeb McClain (en)
Moscow Grand Prix Round 1.1: The Poles have a great day!

@ 18/05/2019 by Dylan Loeb McClain (en)
Harikrishna is the only Indian in the FIDE Grand Prix series 2019

@ 21/02/2019 by Sagar Shah (en)
फीडे ग्रां प्री में पेंटाला हरिकृष्णा होंगे अकेले भारतीय

@ 20/02/2019 by Niklesh Jain (hi)