FIDE Candidates Rd1: Kamsky draw first blood

In the first decisive game of the Candidates Matches in Kazan, Russia (May 3-27), US chess Champion Gata Kamsky defeated Veselin Topalov on the black side of the Grunfeld. Topalov played a provocative line involving queen-side castling, a decision he later paid dearly for. The match score is now 1.5/2 with two games to go.

Round 1 – Game 2

Scoreboard Nat. Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Tot. Perf Levon Aronian ARM 2808 ½ ½ 1.0 Alexander Grischuk  RUS 2747 ½ ½ 1.0 Nat. Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Tot. Perf Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2785 ½ ½ 1.0 Teimour Radjabov  AZE 2744 ½ ½ 1.0 Nat. Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Tot. Perf Veselin Topalov BUL 2775 ½ 0 0.5 Gata Kamsky USA 2732 ½ 1 1.5 Nat. Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Tot. Perf Boris Gelfand ISR 2733 ½ ½ 1.0 Shak. Mamedyarov  AZE 2772 ½ ½ 1.0