Tal Memorial 2013 – 4th round

 [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 "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2760"]  [BlackElo "2803"]  [PlyCount "77"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:05:26"]  [BlackClock "0:01:53"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O  8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. h3 Rb8 13. b3 Be5 14. Bf4  Bxc3 15. Bxb8 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Bg4 17. hxg4 Qxb8 18. Qf5 Re8 19. g3 h6 20. c4 d4  21. c5 Re5 22. Qf4 Qe8 23. Qxd4 Rd5 24. Qc3 Nxg4 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Be4 Re5 27. f3  {?!} (27. Bf3 Qe8 28. Rd1 f5 29. b4 Re7 30. Bxg4 fxg4 31. a4 Re4 32. Kg2 Qe6  33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qb2 Qg6 {<font color=red>+1.00|d25</font> $16})  27... Qe7 28. b4 f5 29. fxg4 fxe4 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Qd4 e3 32. Qd6 Qe8 33. a3  Re4 34. Qd3 Qe6 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd3 Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3  1/2-1/2 

 [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 {<font color=red>+0.62|d23</font> $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) <  font color=red>+0.00|d26</font> $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) <font color=red>+0.04|d32</  font> $11}) 1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.17"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2755"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:48:04"]  [BlackClock "0:07:43"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.  d4 Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8  15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Na4 Rcd8 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Nxb6 Be8 19. a3 Ned7 20. Nb3 Nxb6 21.  Bxb6 Rc8 22. Be3 Rb8 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bc6 25. b4 Rfc8 26. Red1 Kf8 27. f3  Ke7 28. Kf2 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. c5 Ba4 31. Rd3 Rd8 32. Ke3 Bb5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8  34. Bxb5 axb5 35. c6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Ra8 37. Rb6 Rxa3+ 38. Kf4 f5 39. Rxb5 Kf6  40. h4 Rd3 {Z0} ({Rb6 Rd4+ Kg3} 40... g6 {b5 Rb4 f4 Rb2 Kf3 Rb3+ Kf2 Rb2+ Kf3  Rb3+ Houdini Aquarium (0:00:00) <font color=red>+0.00|d25</font>  $11}) 1/2-1/2