In the longest tiebreak of #GrandPrixFIDE, Ian Nepomniachtchi eliminated Radoslaw Wojtaszek and joined his compatriot Alexander Grischuk in the final.

There are no games on May 26. Two games of the final will be played on May 27-28, followed by tiebreak on May 29 if necessary.

The 2nd game of #GrandPrixFIDE final Nepomniachtchi - Grischuk finished in a draw.

The winner of Moscow Grand Prix will be decided on a tiebreak on May 29.

Riga #GrandPrixFIDE Day 2 results:
Giri ½-½ Karjakin
Harikrishna ½-½ So
Duda ½-½ Svidler
Dubov 0-1 Mamedyarov
Grischuk ½-½ Vitiugov
Yu Yangyi ½-½ Aronian
Topalov ½-½ Nakamura
Navara ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave

Vachier_Lagrave & mamedyarov advanced to R2. 6 tiebreaks on July 14!

Happy Birthday to Ian 'Nepo' Nepomniachtchi

who turns 29 today! 🥳 🎉

Currently #6 in the world with 2775, Russian GM is the overall leader of #GrandPrixFIDE after winning the leg in Moscow.

Today's results at #GrandPrixFIDE in Riga:
🇷🇺 Karjakin 1/2-1/2 So 🇺🇸
🇵🇱 Duda1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov 🇦🇿
🇷🇺 Grischuk 1/2-1/2 Yu 🇨🇳
🇧🇬 Topalov 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷

Veselin Topalov needs to win with Black tomorrow to take the match to tiebreaks!

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the first semifinalist of FIDE Grand Prix in Riga after winning yesterday vs Veselin Topalov and a draw in their second game
results at #GrandPrixFIDE:
🇺🇸 So 1/2-1/2 Karjakin 🇷🇺
🇦🇿 Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 Duda 🇵🇱
🇨🇳 Yu 1/2-1/2 Grischuk 🇷🇺
🇫🇷 Vachier-Lagrave 1/2-1/2 Topalov 🇧🇬

The #FIDEGrandPrix semifinalists:
MVL v Grischuk & Mamedyarov v So. #GrandPrixFIDE

Who do you think will win it? #GrandPrixFIDE
anonymous poll

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 – 15
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 68%

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 – 7
👍👍👍 32%

👥 22 people voted so far.

#FIDEGrandPrix MVL bounces back to beat Mamedyarov in the second game of their match.

Tiebreaks to decide the winner of #Riga #GrandPrixFIDE.

Hamburg #GrandPrixFIDE line-up:
🇷🇺 Grischuk
🇷🇺 Nepomniachtchi
🇫🇷 Vachier-Lagrave
🇵🇱 Wojtaszek
🇺🇸 Nakamura
🇷🇺 Svidler
🇷🇺 Dubov
🇨🇳 Wei Yi
🇧🇬 Topalov
🇨🇳 Yu Yangyi
🇵🇱 Duda
🇦🇿 Radjabov
🇷🇺 Vitiugov
🇮🇳 Harikrishna
🇨🇿 Navara
🇷🇺 Jakovenko

Who's your favorite?

https://worldchess.com/news/guide-to-hamburg-grand-prix-2019

Hamburg #GrandPrixFIDE, results of day 1:

🇫🇷 Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Wei Yi 🇨🇳
🇺🇸 Nakamura 0-1 Topalov 🇧🇬
🇨🇿 Navara ½-½ Vitiugov 🇷🇺
🇵🇱 Wojtaszek ½-½ Grischuk 🇷🇺
🇦🇿 Radjabov ½-½ Dubov 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 Svidler 1-0 Harikrishna 🇮🇳
🇷🇺 Jakovenko ½-½ Yu Yangyi 🇨🇳

It's Grischuk-Duda in the Hamburg #GrandPrixFIDE final as MVL's battle to finally qualify for the Candidates isn't getting any easier!

1) Dubov-Duda, Hamburg #GrandPrixFIDE 2019 (analysis). Best move: 69.Rh2!!

2) Sasikiran-Rodshtein, #ECC2019. Best move: 46.Rh1!!

December FIDE Rating List is out!

Alexander Grischuk became a real action-maker in the top-10. The winner of Hamburg #GrandPrixFIDE picked up 13 rating points and returned into the top-5 for the first time since April 2015.

Not the most exciting start to the Jerusalem #GrandPrixFIDE quarterfinals, with 4 draws in 20, 23, 8 and 18 moves!

David Navara is through to the Jerusalem #GrandPrixFIDE semifinals, but all eyes will be on today's MVL-Andreikin and So-Nepomniachtchi tiebreaks, with Candidates qualification at stake!

https://t.co/i3r9Ahn9EG

The #GrandPrixFIDE Candidates battle goes on as the only remaining contenders, MVL and Nepomniachtchi, will now meet in the semi-finals!

Ian Nepomniachtchi eliminated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and advances to the final of Jerusalem #GrandPrixFIDE! The 2nd classical game of their match finished in a draw.

Nepomniachtchi needs to win the final to qualify for the Candidates, otherwise the place goes to Vachier-Lagrave.

Congratulations to Ian Nepomniachtchi, who drew against Wei Yi today to win the Jerusalem #GrandPrixFIDE & qualify for the Candidates!

Final standings of #GrandPrixFIDE series 2019:
1️⃣ Alexander Grischuk 🇷🇺 - 20 points (qualified to the Candidates)
2️⃣ Ian Nepomniachtchi 🇷🇺 - 19 points (qualified to the Candidates)
3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 - 16
4. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 - 10

#FIDECandidates