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After the 1st rest day the tournament resumed with another fighting round! Nakamura managed to create a very strong initiative in the center and kingside and won against Caruana, while Karjakin wasn’t able to convert a large advantage against Mamedyarov. Nakamura is the sole leader of the event and has 3 points, elfand and Mamedyarov are on 2,5.

Results of the 4th round

Morozevich 1/2 Kramnik
Karjakin 1/2 Mamedyarov
Caruana 0-1 Nakamura
Andreikin 1/2 Carlsen
Anand 1/2 Gelfand

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.17"] [Round "?"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [WhiteClock "0:00:28"] [BlackClock "0:36:13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Rc1 {A rather passive novelty.} (13. c4 {was usually played.}) 13… Qh4+ {A useful provocation as g3 is definitely not in white’s plan as it creates a target.} 14. g3 Qf6 15. O-O Be7 16. Na5 Rc7 {Simple and good.} 17. Bd3 O-O 18. c4 Bxd3 (18… h4 19. g4 {is interesting but the position remains blocked.}) 19. Qxd3 Re8 20. b4 Bf8 { Black improves the B by moving it to the long diagonal.} 21. Rce1 g6 22. Qd2 Qf5 {A good reaction on last move of white. Now Black controls the light squares.} 23. a4 Nf6 24. Bb6 ({It is interesting what Black had in mind on} 24. c5 {as after} h4 25. g4 Nxg4 26. fxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kh1 Qe4+ {there is nothing more than a perpetual.}) 24… Rcc8 25. f4 $6 {Creating a passed pawn to Black. } e4 26. Bd4 Rc7 (26… h4 $5) 27. h3 $6 {An unnecessary weakening.} (27. b5 { cntinuing the plan of …a4.}) 27… Bg7 $15 28. Qg2 b5 $1 {A nice blow! White center collapses.} 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. g4 (31. cxb5 $2 Qxd5 $19) 31… hxg4 32. hxg4 Bd4+ 33. Kh2 Qf6 34. Nc6 (34. g5 Qf5 $17) 34… Bb6 35. g5 Qf5 36. c5 $2 (36. Qh3 {was the only chance to stop the attack.} bxc4 37. Qxf5 gxf5 38. Kg3 Kg7 $17) 36… dxc5 37. Ne5 cxb4 38. d6 (38. Qxe4 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rxe5 $1 40. fxe5 (40. Qxe5 Qd3+ $19) 40… Bf2+ $19) 38… Rc3 39. Rxe4 Kg7 $1 {Improving the R via h8.} 0-1

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.17"] [Round "?"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [WhiteClock "0:00:29"] [BlackClock "0:04:18"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. cxd6 exd6 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 b5 11. Nxb5 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Nxd6 Re7 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Qb6+ 17. Kh2 Nc5 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Re8 20. Bd2 Qxb2 21. Re1 Rb8 22. a4 Bf6 23. Qc4 h5 24. Re3 Qa1 {?!} (24… Rd8 25. Ba5 Rd1 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Bb4 Qa1 28. Bf8+ Kg8 29. Bh6+ Kh7 30. Bg5 Rd7 31. h4 Qc3 32. Qxc3 {+0.62|d23 $14}) 25. Re1 Qb2 26. a5 Rd8 27. Bb4 Qd4 28. Re4 Qa1 29. a6 h4 30. Re1 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. c3 Rc4 34. Ra8 Bxc3 35. Bxc3 Rxc3 36. Rxa7 Kg7 37. Rb7 Ra3 38. a7 Kf6 39. Kg1 Ke6 40. Kf2 f6 41. Ke2 Kf5 42. Rh7 Ke4 43. Rxh4 {Z0} ({Ra2+} 43. Kd1 Rxa7 { Rg4 Kf5} 44. Ke2 Ra2+ {Kf3 Ra3+ Ke2 Ra2+ Kf3 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:01) +0.00|d26 $11}) 1/2-1/2 [/pgm] [pgn] [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.17"] [Round "?"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2864"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [WhiteClock "0:22:58"] [BlackClock "1:03:26"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 g6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qb3 Nxc3 8. Ne5 e6 9. bxc3 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Nd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. c4 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. a4 O-O-O 15. a5 Qxb5 16. Rxb5 Bc7 17. Bb2 Rhe8 18. Ke2 e5 19. e4 f5 20. f3 Kb7 21. Bc3 Kc6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rbb1 h5 24. h3 h4 25. Rbg1 f4 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 g5 30. d3 Bd6 31. Kd2 Bc7 32. Kc2 Bd6 33. Kd2 Bc7 34. Kc2 Bd6 {Z0} ({Bb2} 34… Bb8 35. Kc3 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kd7 {Ba1 Ke6} 37. Bc3 Kd6 38. Bb2 Kd7 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:01) +0.04|d32 $11}) 1/2-1/2

Today’s pairings

Gelfand - Morozevich
Carlsen - Anand
Nakamura - Andreikin
Mamedyarov - Caruana
Kramnik - Karjakin

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Four players lead with 2 points – Caruana, Gelfand, Mamedyarov and Nakamura.

Results of the 3rd round

Anand 1-0 Morozevich
Gelfand 1/2 Andreikin
Carlsen 0-1 Caruana
Nakamura 1-0 Karjakin
Mamedyarov 1/2 Kramnik

Standings after 3 rounds

1-4. Caruana, Gelfand, Mamedyarov, Nakamura 2
5-7. Carlsen, Andreikin, Anand 1.5
8-9. Karjakin, Morozevich 1
10. Kramnik 0.5

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [WhiteClock "0:01:28"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 (12. a4 {is the most popular line. } h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nxb5 Rc8 22. Re3 Ba6 23. Nc3 Ned3 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Nf3 Qb7 26. Re2 Be7 27. Nd4 Bf6 28. Nf5 Qb3 29. Rc2 Rd8 30. Be3 Nxb2 31. Qd2 Nd3 32. Bd4 Be5 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Ra2 Bb5 35. Ra1 Bd7 36. Ne3 Rc8 37. Ra7 Nc5 38. Qc1 Qb6 39. Qa3 Qb3 40. Qa1 Kh7 41. Kh2 Qb6 42. Nxc4 Qf6 43. Qf1 Be8 44. d6 Qd8 45. Nd5 Bb5 46. Rxf7 Nxe4 47. Nc7 Bxc4 48. Qxc4 Nxd6 49. Ne6 Nxc4 {0-1 (49) Caruana,F (2727)-Morozevich,A (2762) Reggio Emilia 2011}) 14… d5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nb3 bxa4 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bxa4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Qh4 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Ra5 Qe4 23. Bxh6 Qg6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Re3 Ne4 26. Rxd5 c6 27. Ra5 c5 28. Nf3 Be7 29. Ra4 f5 30. exf6+ Bxf6 31. Qe2 Ng5 32. Rg4 Kh7 33. Nxg5+ Bxg5 34. f4 Rxe3 35. Qxe3 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Bf6 37. Qxc5 Kh6 38. f5 Kh7 39. Rg6 Bd8 40. Qc4 {1-0 (40) Bologan,V (2687)-Bosiocic,M (2562) Plovdiv 2012}) 12… h6 13. Ba2 (13. Bc2 {is a more usual place for the B.} Nb8 14. a4 (14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2 g6 16. a4 c6 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. g3 Bg7 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Bf1 Rac8 21. Bg2 a5 22. Nf1 bxa4 23. bxa4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Ne5 25. Ne3 Ba6 26. Ba3 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Rab1 Qa6 29. Red1 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Nb5 Red8 32. Rd2 Nf6 33. Be7 Rd7 34. Bxf6 Qxf6 35. Qd1 Rcd8 36. Qf3 Qg5 37. Qd1 h5 38. h4 Qe5 39. Bf1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (39) Leko,P (2723)-Caruana,F (2770) Malmo 2012}) 14… Nbd7 15. Bd3 c6 16. b3 g6 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Ba3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Rad1 exd4 21. cxd4 Ne6 22. Qc3 Qb6 23. Qa1 Bg7 24. Bb2 d5 25. a5 Qc7 26. b4 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf4 28. Ne5 Nd5 29. Nd3 Rcd8 30. g3 Bc8 31. Bg2 Nf8 32. Qa3 Ne6 33. Ndc5 Re7 34. Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 (34) Ivanchuk,V (2763)-Caruana,F (2786) Bucharest 2012}) 13… Nb8 14. Qb3 {White wants to provoke Black to place his pieces on an unconvenient square.} Qd7 { Black Q took the square of a N.} 15. Qc2 c5 16. d5 c4 17. b3 {Opening the queenside up.} cxb3 18. Bxb3 Qc7 19. a4 Rc8 20. c4 b4 {A novelty. Black blocks the position & creates a passed pawn.} (20… Nbd7 21. Ba3 Qa5 22. Nf1 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb6 24. N1d2 Qxa4 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Reb1 Rc7 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 28. Rxa4 a5 29. Rb6 Bc5 30. Rb5 Bb4 31. Raxb4 axb4 32. d6 Rd7 33. Rxb4 Ra7 34. Rb6 Ne8 35. Bxf7+ Rxf7 36. Nxe5 Nxd6 37. Rxd6 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Rxf2 39. Kg3 Rf8 40. Rd7 Ra3+ 41. Nef3 Ba8 42. h4 Ra4 43. Nd4 Ra3+ 44. N4f3 Bc6 45. Rd6 Bb5 46. Kf2 Be8 47. Rd5 Rc3 48. Ra5 Bc6 49. Ra7 Rd3 50. Kg3 Rfd8 51. Ra2 Be8 52. Nf1 Bg6 53. Re2 Re8 54. Kf4 Rf8+ 55. Kg3 Rc3 56. Re1 Ra3 57. Kg4 Ra2 58. N1d2 Rd8 59. Re2 Be8 60. Rf2 Bc6 61. Kg3 Rd3 62. Re2 Be8 63. Rf2 Bg6 64. Kg4 Rc2 65. Kg3 Ra3 66. Kf4 Raa2 67. g4 Be8 68. Rh2 Rc7 69. Ne5 Rcc2 70. Nef3 Ra6 71. g5 Bh5 72. Nd4 Rc8 73. gxh6 Rf8+ 74. Kg5 Ra5+ 75. Nf5 g6 76. Rf2 gxf5 77. exf5 Bf7 78. Ne4 Ra2 79. Rf1 Rg2+ 80. Kf4 Bg6 81. Ng3 Bh7 82. h5 Kh8 83. Rf3 Ra2 84. Ke5 Re8+ 85. Kf6 Ra6+ 86. Kg5 Rg8+ 87. Kf4 Rxh6 88. Ne4 Rxh5 89. Nd6 Rf8 90. Ke5 Rh1 {0-1 (90) Kamsky,G (2714)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Moscow 2007}) 21. a5 Nbd7 22. Qb1 Rcb8 $6 { Now Black has an inactive R on a8.} (22… Nc5 $5 23. Bc2 Rab8 {and the b-pawn is untouchable.}) 23. Bc2 Bc8 24. Ra4 Be7 25. Re3 $1 {Improving the R.} Bd8 26. Rxb4 Qxa5 27. Ba3 Qc7 (27… Rxb4 28. Bxb4 Qc7 29. Ra3 a5 $13) 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rb3 Ra8 (29… Rxb3 30. Qxb3 Nc5 {and the position is about equal.}) 30. Ne1 Nc5 $6 (30… a5 $5) 31. Bxc5 $1 {A good decision. Since the position is quite closed it makes sence to exchange the B for a N.} Qxc5 32. Nd3 Qa5 (32… Qc7 33. c5 $1 {A typical pawn sac to vacate the c4-square for the second N.} dxc5 34. Nc4 Nxe4 35. Ndxe5 {with very good play.}) 33. Qc1 $6 (33. Rb4 $5 { keeping control over the b-file.}) 33… Nd7 34. Ra3 Qc7 35. Ba4 Bg5 (35… Nc5 $5) 36. Bc6 Rb8 37. Qc2 f5 $5 {An interesting way of opening the position up.} 38. exf5 Nf6 39. g4 $6 (39. c5 $1 {creating a passed pawn.} e4 40. Nb2 dxc5 41. Nbc4 {with initiative.}) 39… e4 $1 40. Ne1 Qe7 {Black threatens to push … e3.} 41. Ng2 Qe5 $2 (41… Bxd2 $1 {Decoying the Q.} 42. Qxd2 Rb1+ 43. Ne1 h5 { weakening the pawn structure of white.} 44. g5 Nd7 $36) 42. Nf1 {Preventing the exchange of N for a B.} e3 $2 {Definitely wrong timing.} (42… Rb2 $5 43. Qc3 Qxc3 44. Rxc3 h5 {with some compensation.}) 43. Ngxe3 $16 Bh4 (43… Ne4 44. Rb3 $16) 44. Rb3 $1 {Exchange pieces, especially major ones when up in material.} Rxb3 45. Qxb3 Qf4 46. Nd1 Ne4 (46… h5 {perhaps was the most tricky choice.} 47. Qe3 $16 (47. Qb8 $2 hxg4 $1 48. Qxc8+ Kh7 {and Black has threats on the kingside, while white Q is too far away.})) 47. Qe3 Ng5 (47… Qxe3 48. Nfxe3 {and Black has little hope for survival.}) 48. Kg2 $1 { Protecting the kingside.} Qxc4 49. Nd2 $1 $18 {Kicking the Q away and improving the pieces.} Qc1 50. Nc3 (50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. f6 $18) 50… Nf7 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Nf3 (52. Nce4 $18) 52… Ne5 53. Nxh4 Qxc3 54. Ng6 (54. f6 $18) 54… Qf3+ 55. Kg1 Bxf5 (55… Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Nf3+ 57. Kg3 Qg1+ 58. Kxf3 $18 ) 56. gxf5 Qxf5 57. Nxe5 dxe5 58. Qe6 Qb1+ 59. Kh2 Qc2 60. Qf7 1-0

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2864"] [BlackElo "2774"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [BlackClock "0:00:29"] {Ke4 Kg2 Houdini Aquarium (0:02:14) -16.38|d30 $19} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d4 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. b4 Rb5 20. a3 Qd8 21. e4 a5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rc5 Qb6 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Qd4 axb4 28. axb4 h6 29. Kg2 b6 30. Rd1 Re4 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxb4 33. h4 Kf8 34. Rd7 Re4 35. Rb7 Re6 36. g4 g5 37. f4 gxf4 38. Kf3 Rf6 39. g5 Rc6 40. Kxf4 h5 41. Kf5 Kg7 42. Rb8 Rc5+ 43. Kf4 Rb5 44. Ke4 Rb1 45. Kf5 Rb2 46. Kf4 Rb4+ 47. Ke5 Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kh7 49. Rf8 {?!} (49. Rb8 {-0.32|d36 $15}) 49… Rxh4 50. Rxf7+ Kg6 51. Rf6+ Kxg5 52. Rxb6 Ra4 53. Rb8 Kg4 54. Rg8+ Kf3 55. Rf8+ Kg3 56. Rg8+ Kh2 57. Kf5 h4 58. Rb8 h3 59. Kg5 Re4 60. Kf5 Re2 61. Rg8 Rg2 62. Rd8 Rf2+ {Z0} () 0-1

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.06.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [WhiteClock "0:00:56"] [BlackClock "0:00:07"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 e6 11. Be2 exd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. O-O Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Qd6 17. Rb1 b6 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Ba6 Rab8 20. c4 Nd7 21. Bb5 Nf6 22. Qe2 Rb7 23. Rb3 Nh5 24. Re3 Ng7 25. g4 Kf8 26. a4 f5 27. Re5 fxg4 28. hxg4 Rf7 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Re2 Qf4 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. R5e4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 h5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Re1 g5 37. Kg3 Rh8 38. Bc6 Kf7 39. d6 h4+ {?!} ( 39… hxg4 40. Re7+ Kf6 41. fxg4 Rd8 42. Bd7 Rh8 43. Kf3 Rh2 44. Bc6 Ne6 45. Kg3 Rh8 46. Rxa7 Nd4 47. Bd5 {+0.73|d28 $14} ) 40. Kh2 Kf6 {?!} (40… Kg6 41. d7 {+2.58|d23 $18}) 41. d7 Ne6 42. Bd5 {?!} (42. f4 {+5. 02|d22 $18}) 42… Nc7 43. Be4 Ne6 {?} (43… Ke7 44. Bf5+ Kd8 45. Kh3 Rf8 46. f4 gxf4 47. Kxh4 a6 48. Rf1 b5 49. axb5 axb5 50. cxb5 Nd5 51. Kg5 { +1.39|d24 $16}) 44. Bd5 Nc7 45. f4 gxf4 46. g5+ Kg6 47. Re5 Rd8 48. Be4+ Kf7 49. Bf5 {?!} (49. g6+ Kf8 50. Rf5+ Kg8 51. Rf7 h3 52. Kxh3 a6 53. Re7 Kf8 54. Rh7 Ne6 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Re7 Rxd7 {+5.66|d20 $18}) 49… Rh8 {?!} (49… f3 50. Kh3 { +2.21|d17 $18}) 50. Kg2 {?!} (50. Kh3 {+4.12|d22 $18}) 50… a5 51. Kf2 f3 52. Re1 {Z0} ({h3} 52. Bh3 Kg6 {Rd1 Rd8 Rd6+ Kxg5 Rc6 Na6 Rc8 Rxd7 Bxd7 Kf4 Rf8+ Ke4 Bc6+ Houdini Aquarium (0:01:01) +5.32|d22 $18}) 1-0

Today is a rest day!

Pairings of the 4th round tomorrow

Morozevich - Kramnik
Karjakin - Mamedyarov
Caruana - Nakamura
Andreikin - Carlsen
Anand - Gelfand

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