THE SINQUEFIELD CUP

By Yelena Dembo | September 15, 2013 - 09:13 |September 15, 2013 THE SINQUEFIELD CUP

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Two draws were played yesterday: Nakamura-Carlsen and Aronian-Kamsky.

Standings after 5 rounds (of 6)

1. Carlsen 3.5
2. Nakamura 3
3. Aronian 2.5
4. Kamsky 1

 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 2013"]  [Site "Saint Louis USA"]  [Date "2013.09.14"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2772"]  [BlackElo "2862"]  [PlyCount "64"]  [EventDate "2013.09.09"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5  8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+  Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. g3 Nd6 17. Bh3 f5 18. d3 Qf6 19. c3 Rce8 20. Bd2 Nf7 21.  Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qf1 f4 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Qe2 h6 25. Kh1 Ng5 26. Bg4 Bd6 27. h4 Nh7  28. Kg2 Qg6 29. Bh5 Qf5 30. Bg4 Qg6 31. Bh5 Qf5 32. Bg4 Qg6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 2013"]  [Site "Saint Louis USA"]  [Date "2013.09.14"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A85"]  [WhiteElo "2813"]  [BlackElo "2741"]  [PlyCount "88"]  [EventDate "2013.09.09"]   1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Bg3  h6 9. O-O Nh5 10. d5 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Ne5 12. Rc1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 e5 14. dxe6 c6  15. b4 g5 16. b5 g4 17. Be2 Bxe6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 c5 20. Bd3 Be5 21. Ne2  Bd7 22. Qd1 h5 23. Bc2 Qe8 24. Nf4 Bc6 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Rb1 Qf7 27. Qd2 Qf6 28.  Nxh5 Qh6 29. Nf4 Rd7 30. Nd5 Rh7 31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qxg2 33. Rg1 Qf3+ 34. Kf1  Kg7 35. Qd1 Bxd5 36. Qxd5 Qxd5 37. cxd5 Kf6 38. Kg2 Rfh8 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Rxh1  Rxh1 41. Kxh1 c4 42. Kg2 Bb2 43. Kf1 Ke5 44. Ke2 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the last round

Carlsen – Aronian
Kamsky – Nakamura

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