FIDE Grand Prix 2019 Jerusalem, Finale: Nepomniachtchi verslaat Wei en plaats zich voor het kandidatentoernooi
The Jerusalem Grand Prix is a knock-out (or single-elimination) event. It’s a format where the loser of each match is immediately eliminated from the tournament, and the winner will play another winner in the next round, until the final match, whose hero becomes the Grand Prix Champion.
There will be four rounds in the Grand Prix. Each consists of two games with the standard FIDE time control of 90′ for 40 moves followed by 30′ till the end of the game, with a 30″ increment from move 1. In case of a tie, there is a tie-breaks round, consisting of two games with 25 minutes and 10 seconds per move for each player. If the score is still tied, there are two games with 10 minutes and 10 seconds per move for each player. If it’s still a tie, it’s followed by 2 blitz games of 5 minutes and 3 seconds per move. If the score is tied, then there is an Armageddon game.
The tournament has a prize fund of €130,000. Also, prizes for overall standings in the Series are €280,000, making the total prize fund of the Series €800,000.
Finale
Naam | FED | Rtg | C1 | C2 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | Arma | Totaal |
Wei, Yi | CHN | 2725 | 0 | ½ | 0,5 | |||||
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2767 | 1 | ½ | 1,5 |
Halve finales
Naam | FED | Rtg | C1 | C2 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | Arma | Totaal |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2780 | 0 | ½ | 0,5 | |||||
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2767 | 1 | ½ | 1,5 | |||||
Wei, Yi | CHN | 2725 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | |||
Navara, David | CZE | 2707 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1,5 |
Ronde 2
Met de eerste partijen van ronde twee hebben de spelers de organisator en sponsors geen plezier gedaan, de langste partij duurde 23 zetten.
Vachier- Lagrave – Andreikin = 20
So – Nepomniachtchi = 23
Karjakin – Wei = 8
Jakovenko – Navara = 18
Commentators, vrijwilligers, officials, media en publiek waren na een klein uurtje klaar. Dit was geen reclame voor het schaken.
Naam | FED | Rtg | C1 | C2 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | Armagedon | Totaal |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2780 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2,5 | |||
Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2724 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1,5 | |||
So, Wesley | USA | 2760 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1,5 | |||
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2767 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | |||
Wei, Yi | CHN | 2725 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 3,5 | |
Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2754 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 2,5 | |
Navara, David | CZE | 2707 | ½ | 1 | 1,5 | |||||
Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2698 | ½ | 0 | 0,5 |
C1 | C2 | R1 | R2 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | Armagedon | Totaal | |||
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | – | Dmitry Jakovenko | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | ½ – ½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ – 3½ | |||
Veselin Topalov | – | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | 0 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 3 | |||||
Wei Yi | – | Anish Giri | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ – 1½ | |||||
Yu Yangy | – | Wesley So | ½ – ½ | 0 – 1 | ½ – 1½ | |||||||
Pentala Harikrishna | – | Sergey Karjakin | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ – 4½ |
Ian Nepomniachtchi | – | Boris Gelfand | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | 1 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 1 | |||||
David Navara, | – | Wang Hao | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ – 3½ | |
Radoslaw Wojtaszek | – | Dmitry Andreikin | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ – ½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ – 2½ |