Author Archives: Yelena Dembo

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.21"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2784"]  [BlackElo "2755"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [PlyCount "90"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:32:15"]  [BlackClock "0:31:04"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {The Pelikan has been one  of Gelfand's favourite weapons for over 20 years.} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3  b5 9. Bxf6 (9. Nd5 {is the most popular move.}) 9... gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 {Black  immediately attacks white's center.} 11. c4 {A rare line.} (11. Bd3 {is the  main line.}) 11... b4 (11... Bg7 12. cxb5 Nd4 13. b6 O-O 14. exf5 Bb7 15. Bc4  Rc8 16. f6 Bxf6 17. O-O Rxc4 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Nxc4 Nf3+ 20. Kh1 Qf4 21. Qxf3  Bxf3 22. Nxd6 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Kh8 26. Rfd1 Rg8+ 27.  Kf1 Rg2 28. Ne4 Rxh2 {0-1 (28) Malisauskas,V (2483)-Shirov,A (2719) Warsaw 2009  }) 12. Nc2 {An interesting pawn sacrifice.} fxe4 13. g3 Bg7 14. Bg2 O-O {A  novelty which gives the pawn back but now Black K is in safety.} (14... f5 15.  Qh5+ Kf8 16. Bh3 Qa5 17. O-O Be6 18. Rfd1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bxf5 Bf7 21.  Qh4 Re8 22. Bxe4 Qc5 23. Rac1 {1-0 (23) Martjukhin,V (2116)-Berch,N (1236)  IECG email 1999}) 15. Bxe4 Rb8 {Immediately moving away from the dangerous  x-ray and pin and protecting the b4-pawn.} 16. b3 f5 {Black's typical plan  here is to advance the pawns on the kingside and center.} 17. Bg2 e4 {Blocking  the B on g2 and opening Bg7 up.} 18. Rb1 Qa5 (18... Ne7 $5) 19. O-O Qxa2 {  Gelfand is famous for capturing everything that is given :).} 20. Nde3 Qa5 {  Preventing Qd5+ double attack.} 21. Qxd6 Rf6 {A good reaction on Qxd6 - Black  kicks the Q away from  the active spot.} 22. Qf4 Qe5 {A pawn sacrifice!} 23.  Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd5 Rf7 25. Ncxb4 a5 $1 {Black fixes the pawn on b3.} 26. Nc2  Rfb7 27. Nce3 $2 {White doesn't move away from the pin for some reason.} (27.  Rbd1 $1 Nd3 (27... Rxb3 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Nd4 Rd3 $11) 28. Nce3  Rf7 $44) 27... Nc6 $2 {Black doesn't exploit the pin.} (27... a4 $1 28. b4 Be6  {and Black has a very dangerous passed pawn and two B.}) 28. c5 Rxb3 29. Nb6 $6  (29. Rxb3 $1 Rxb3 30. g4 $1 $11 {exchanging Black's center quickly.}) 29...  Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Be6 (30... Bd4 $1 {going for the c5-pawn.}) 31. Bf1 Bd4 32. Rb5  Kf7 33. Nec4 Kg7 {Threatening ...Bxc4 and everything falls apart.} 34. Nd6 $2 (  34. Ne3 Bxe3 35. fxe3 Rd8 $36) 34... Kf6 $2 {A strange decision.} (34... Bxc5  35. Rxc5 Rxb6 $17) 35. Na4 (35. Kg2 $5 Bxc5 36. Rxc5 Rxb6 37. g4 $15 {  exchanging everything that is possible.}) 35... e3 $1 {Opening the white K up.}  36. fxe3 Bxe3+ 37. Kg2 Bd5+ 38. Kh3 Rxb5 39. Bxb5 Ne5 $17 40. Nc3 $2 (40. Nb6 {  was the only way to re-arrange the pieces.} Bf3 41. Ndc4 Ng4 $17) 40... Bf3 $1  $19 {Black creates a mating net.} 41. Be2 (41. Na4 Ng4 {Threatening Nf2+ and  Bg5 mate.}) 41... Bxe2 42. Nd5+ Kg5 43. Nxe3 Ng4 {Trying to simplify.} 44. Kg2  Nxe3+ 45. Kf2 Nc4 {Simplifying again.} (45... a4 {was winning instantly.} 46.  Kxe2 a3 {and pawn cannot be stopped.}) 0-1 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.21"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2803"]  [BlackElo "2713"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:36:48"]  [BlackClock "0:39:20"]   {b2 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:37) <font color=red>-8.74|d21</font> $19  } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8.  O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 Qe7 10. Qe3 dxc4 11. Rxc4 Nd5 12. Qa3 Re8 13. Qxe7 Rxe7 14. e4  N5b6 15. Rc2 e5 16. Nbd2 a5 17. a3 g6 18. Rac1 exd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. f4 Rd7 21.  Ne2 Ng4 22. Nf1 Rd8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Kf2 Na4 26. Rcc2 Nd7 27. Ke3 {?}  (27. Nd4 Ndc5 28. e5 Bb3 29. Nxb3 Nxb3 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Ne3 Nb6 32. Ng4 Kg7  33. Nf6 Nd4 34. Rc5 Nb3 {<font color=red>+0.00|d28</font> $11})  27... Bb3 28. Rc1 Ndb6 29. Rd4 c5 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. e5 {?!} (31. Nc3 Nxb2 32.  Ke2 Rd3 33. e5 Bc4 34. Ke1 Rd4 35. Rb1 Nd3+ 36. Kd1 Nxf4+ 37. Nd2 Nxg2 38. Rxb6  Rd3 {<font color=red>-2.08|d23</font> $19}) 31... Nc4+ 32. Kf3  Naxb2 33. Nc3 Nxa3 34. Ne3 b5 35. Ne4 Nd3 36. Rh1 Nc2 37. Nxc2 Bxc2 38. h4 b4  39. h5 gxh5 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Ke3 b3 42. Nd5 {Z0} () 0-1 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.21"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2864"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "93"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:16:04"]  [BlackClock "1:13:39"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. c3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 Qd5  8. f3 Bf5 9. Ne2 Bxd3 10. Nf4 Qg5 11. Qxd3 Nd5 12. g3 e6 13. Qe2 Nxf4 14. Bxf4  Qd5 15. Be5 f6 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. O-O Bd6 18. Be3 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qf2 a6  21. Rfe1 Qf5 22. Bb6 Bc7 23. Bxc7 Kxc7 24. Re7+ Rd7 25. Rae1 Rhd8 26. Kg2 Qd5  27. a3 Rxe7 28. Rxe7+ Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Qc2 g6 31. Qc1 Qd3 32. Kf2 Ke6 33.  Qe3+ Qxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Kd5 35. b3 c5 36. c4+ Ke5 37. f4+ Ke6 38. g4 f5 39. g5 a5  40. a4 b6 41. h4 Kd6 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Kh3 Ke6 46. h5 Kf7  47. h6 {Z0} ({Ke7} 47. Kg3 {Kd7 Kf3} Ke6 {Ke2 Kd6 Kd3 Ke6 Kc3 Kd6 Kd3 Ke6  Houdini Aquarium (0:00:05) <font color=red>+0.00|d41</font> $11})  1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.21"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2753"]  [BlackElo "2786"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:28:23"]  [BlackClock "1:16:24"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O  e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5  15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 b6 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. Bb3 Rad8 21.  Rd3 Bc7 22. Bd2 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. h4 Rd7 27. Kf1  Kg8 28. b4 b5 29. Ke2 h5 30. g3 Bb6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Ng5+ Kg6 33. Rc6+ f6 34.  Ne6 Kf7 35. Nc5 Rc7 36. Rd6 Nxb4 37. Bxb4 Bxc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40.  Rxa7 Rc2+ {Z0} ({Ke3 Rb2 a3} 40... Kh6 41. Ra6 Kg6 42. Ra7 Kh6 {Houdini  Aquarium (0:00:00) <font color=red>+0.00|d23</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.21"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2782"]  [BlackElo "2774"]  [PlyCount "275"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:14:47"]  [BlackClock "0:09:06"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4  b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. Ng5  Bd7 16. f4 Rb7 17. a5 Qb8 18. Nb6 Be8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Nf3 Bd6 22.  Nd5 {?!} (22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bc4 Bd7 25. Bxa6 Ra7 26. cxb4 Rxa6 27.  Bxc5 Qb8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qd2 Be6 {<font color=red>+0.88|d24</  font> $16}) 22... Nxd5 23. Bxd5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rb5 25. Nd2 Ne7 26. Bc4 Rxa5  27. Bxa6 Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Ng6 29. Bc4 Bd7 30. Qa7 Nf4 31. Nf3 Be6 32. Bxf4 Bxc4  33. dxc4 exf4 34. e5 Be7 35. Rb1 Qd3 36. Re1 Re8 37. e6 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Kf8 39.  Qc7 Qxc3 40. Qxf4+ Bf6 41. Qd6+ Be7 42. Qf4+ Bf6 43. Qd6+ Be7 44. Qd5 g6 45.  Re1 Rd8 46. Qb7 Qf6 47. Ne5 Qd6 48. Kh1 Re8 49. Qe4 Qe6 50. Qf4+ Kg8 51. Nf3  Qf7 52. Qe5 h6 53. Qe4 Kg7 54. Kg1 Qf6 55. Qb7 Qd6 56. Kh1 Kg8 57. Qe4 Kg7 58.  Qe3 Qf6 59. Nh2 Qg5 60. Qe6 Qf5 61. Qc6 Qf7 62. Qd7 Kf8 63. Qc6 Kg7 64. Nf3 Rd8  65. Qc7 Bf6 66. Qxc5 Rd7 67. Qb4 Rb7 68. Qa4 Qc7 69. Qc2 Qc5 70. Qd3 Rc7 71.  Re4 Ra7 72. Re1 Rc7 73. Rc1 Re7 74. Qc2 h5 75. Qd2 g5 76. Nh2 Re4 77. Qd7+ Qe7  78. Qxe7+ Bxe7 79. g4 Re3 80. c5 Rxh3 81. c6 Bd6 82. c7 Bxc7 83. Rxc7+ Kg6 84.  Rc6+ Kf7 85. Kg2 hxg4 86. Nxg4 Ra3 87. Ne5+ Ke7 88. Nf3 Ra5 89. Kg3 Rf5 90. Ng1  Rf4 91. Nh3 Rf6 92. Rc5 Kd6 93. Ra5 Kc7 94. Kg4 Kb6 95. Ra1 Rd6 96. Nxg5 Kb5  97. Kf4 Kc6 98. Ne4 Rd8 99. Rc1+ Kb6 100. Ke5 Rh8 101. Nf6 Rh2 102. Kd6 Kb5  103. Rc5+ Kb4 104. Nd5+ Kb3 105. Rc3+ Kb2 106. Rg3 Kc2 107. Ne3+ Kb2 108. Kc5  Rh4 109. Rf3 Rh5+ 110. Kd4 Rh4+ 111. Kd3 Kb3 112. Rf5 Rb4 113. Nc2 Rb6 114. Ra5  Rb7 115. Ra6 Rd7+ 116. Nd4+ Kb4 117. Rc6 Rd8 118. Rc4+ Ka5 119. Kc3 Kb6 120.  Rb4+ Ka6 121. Kc4 Rc8+ 122. Kd5 Ka5 123. Rb1 Rc3 124. Ne6 Rh3 125. Kc4 Rh4+  126. Nd4 Ka6 127. Kc5 Rh5+ 128. Kd6 Rh6+ 129. Ne6 Ka5 130. Kc5 Rh5+ 131. Kc4  Rh4+ 132. Nd4 Ka6 133. Kc5 Rh5+ 134. Kd6 Rh6+ 135. Ne6 Ka5 136. Rb2 Ka4 137.  Kd5 Rh5+ 138. Ke4 {Z0} () ({Rh4+ Kf5 Rh5+ Kg6 Rh8 Nd4 Rg8+ Kf7 Rh8 Nc6 Rh3 Rg2  Ka3 Nd4 Rh7+ Kg8 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:03) <font color=red>+0.00|d19<  /font> $11 Rh4+ Kd5 Rh5+} 138. Kc4 Rh4+ 139. Nd4 Ka5 140. Rb8 Ka6 141. Rb2  Ka5 142. Rb5+ Ka6 143. Rb3 Rh7 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:03) <font  color=red>+0.00|d20</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2784"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [PlyCount "90"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:33"]  [BlackClock "0:00:31"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O (4. c3 {is the most popular move.}) 4...  Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 {A rather strange decision, as white exchanges the  Spanish Bishop for center which could be aquired anyway.} (6. Ba4 {the usual.}  d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Be3 (8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nfd2 f5 12. exf5  gxf5 13. f4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (13) Milos,G (2633)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2673) Shenyang  2000}) (8. h3 Nge7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Qe8 12. Bc2 Rd8 13. Qe2 h6  14. Nb3 Bc8 15. Nc5 Nb8 16. Be3 b6 17. Nd3 Nbc6 18. Ba4 Bd7 19. Bb3 a5 20. Rad1  Kh8 21. Bc1 Nc8 22. Bd5 f6 23. a3 Nd6 24. Qc2 Ne7 25. Bb3 Bc6 26. Nd2 Bb7 27.  f4 c5 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Nf2 Qc6 30. Be6 Ndf5 31. Ba2 Nd6 32. Nf3 c4 33. Qe2 b5  34. Bb1 Bc8 35. Be3 Nb7 36. Bc2 Be6 37. Kh2 Ng8 38. Nh4 Bf7 39. Ng4 Nc5 40. Nf3  Nd3 41. Bxd3 cxd3 42. Qd2 Bb3 43. Ra1 g5 44. Kg1 Qc7 45. Qf2 Rd7 46. Qg3 Re8  47. h4 h5 48. hxg5 hxg4 49. Qxg4 Ree7 50. Qh4+ Bh6 51. gxh6 Qc6 52. Qg5 Qf6 53.  Qxf6+ Nxf6 54. Bg5 Rd6 55. Nh4 Ree6 56. Bd2 Ng4 57. Nf5 Rc6 58. Rf1 Nf6 59.  Rae1 Rc4 60. Ng3 Ng8 61. Rf8 b4 62. axb4 axb4 63. Rd8 bxc3 64. Bxc3 Rc5 65. Nf5  Bc4 66. Re3 Kh7 67. Rg3 Rg6 68. Rd7+ {1-0 (68) Lenderman,A (2619)-Kretchetov,A  (2306) Las Vegas 2012}) 8... Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Qe8 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. dxe5  Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Qxd6 Qb5 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Bxb6  Rac8 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. h3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rc6 22. Re8+ Bf8 23. Bd4 Rc8 24. Re1  Bd7 25. f3 Rc6 26. Kf2 f6 27. Ne4 Kf7 28. g4 Be7 29. Nd2 f5 30. Kg3 Re6 31.  Rxe6 Bxe6 32. b3 Bd6+ 33. Kf2 h5 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. c4 Bb4 36. Nb1 f4 37. a3 Bf5  38. axb4 Bxb1 39. Be5 Ba2 40. Bxf4 Bxb3 41. c5 Ke6 42. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 (42)  Polgar,J (2678)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2670) Ohrid 2001}) 6... dxc6 7. d4 exd4 (  7... Bg4 8. dxe5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Bxe5 11. Na3 b5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. Be3  g5 14. Bc5 Rg8 15. h3 Rg6 16. a4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 19. axb5 cxb5  20. Nd4 Kd7 21. Ra2 Ng6 22. Nxb5 Nf4 23. Kh2 Nd3 24. b4 Rb8 25. Nxd6 Nxb4 26.  cxb4 Kxd6 27. Rxa6+ Ke7 28. Ra4 Rb6 29. Kg3 h6 30. f4 gxf4+ 31. Kxf4 Ke6 32. f3  f6 33. h4 h5 34. Ke3 f5 35. Kf4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Kf6 37. e5+ Ke6 38. Ke4 Rb8 39.  Ra6+ Ke7 40. Ra4 Ke6 41. Ra6+ Ke7 42. Kf5 Rxb4 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Kg5 Re4 45. Ra5  Kf7 46. Kxh5 Re1 47. Kh6 Ke6 48. h5 Rh1 49. Kg6 Rg1+ 50. Kh7 Rh1 51. h6 Rg1 52.  Kh8 Rg2 53. h7 Rg1 54. Ra8 Kxe5 55. Rg8 Rf1 56. Kg7 Rg1+ 57. Kf7 {1-0 (57)  Stanojoski,Z (2450)-Mitkov,M (2398) Struga 2005}) 8. cxd4 Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3  h6 11. Qb3 {A novelty.} (11. Be3 f5 12. Qd2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qd5 {1/2-1/2 (13)  Cuartas,J (2517)-Panesso Rivera,H (2335) Pamplona 2012}) (11. Bf4 {perhaps was  interesting, with the idea to answer} g5 {with} 12. Be5 {trying to exchange  the Bs.}) 11... g5 12. Rd1 b6 (12... Qd6 $5) 13. a4 a5 14. Be3 Ng6 {Black's  position looks quite active and solid. It is difficult to find an apropriate  plan for white.} 15. d5 c5 {Naturally closing the position, to keep white  pieces blocked behind the pawns.} 16. Nb5 g4 $1 {Opening the kingside a little.  } (16... Qe7 $5) 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Rac1 $6 {White tries to improve  the pieces but the R is still doing little on c1.} (19. Re1 c6 20. dxc6 Qxc6  21. Bc3 Rad8 $11) (19. Qd3 $5 {with the idea of Bc3.}) 19... c6 (19... Rad8 {  Preparing ...c6.}) 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Bc3 $2 {Allows Black to spoil the pawn  structure.} (21. Qe3 Bxb2 22. Bc3 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 Kh7 24. Ne5 $13 {with  compensation due to active pieces.}) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rad8 $2 (22... Nf4 $1  $17) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 {Naturally white wants to simplify to stop the  possible attack on the kingside.} Rd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qd5 (26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.  Qe3 Qh3 28. f4 Qg4+ 29. Qg3 Qxf4 30. Qxf4 Nxf4 31. Nd6 Nd3 $17) 26... Qxd5 27.  exd5 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Ne5 {The endgame is very difficult for white because of his  bad pawn structure and Black passed pawn on h-file.} (28... Kf8 $17 {was very  strong, bringing the K into the center.}) 29. Nd6 Kf8 30. Kh2 (30. f4 Nd3 31.  Nc8 Nxf4 32. c4 Ke8 $17) 30... Ke7 (30... Nxf3+ {was also very strong.} 31. Kg3  Ng1 $17) 31. Nc8+ Kd7 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. f4 Nf3+ $1 34. Kg2 Nd2 $19 (34... Ne1+  {is even stronger.} 35. Kf1 Kxb6 36. Kxe1 c4 37. f3 Kc5 38. Kf2 Kxd5 $19) 35.  Na8+ Kb7 36. d6 Kc6 37. Nc7 Kxd6 (37... Nc4 38. Nb5 Nb6 39. Kf3 Nxa4 $19) 38.  Nb5+ (38. Ne8+ Kd5 39. Nf6+ Kc4 $19) 38... Kd5 39. Kg3 Kc4 $2 (39... Nc4 {was  winning quickly due to Nb6 threat.} 40. f5 Nb6 41. Kf4 c4 {fixing c3.} 42. Na3  Nxa4 $19) 40. Nd6+ (40. f3 $1 {With the idea to improve the K via f2.} f6 41.  Kf2 Kd3 $19) 40... Kxc3 41. Nxf7 c4 42. f5 Kd4 {Black is clearly faster.} 43.  Nd6 Ke5 44. Nb5 Kxf5 45. f3 h5 0-1 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2760"]  [BlackElo "2782"]  [PlyCount "200"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:31"]  [BlackClock "0:01:37"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.  Bd2 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. g4 Qg6 11. a3 a4 12. Qc4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Bd7 15.  Bg2 Qe4 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Rg1 f6 18. g5 Rf8 {?!} (18... f5 19. h4 Nf4 20. Bh1 b5  21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe4 Nxc4 23. Bxa8 Nxd2 24. Bb7 Nc4 25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26. Rg3 {  <font color=red>+0.36|d23</font> $14}) 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. Bg5 {?!} (  20. Nh2 Qg6 21. Ng4 Rf7 22. Bf3 Kh8 23. Rg3 Rff8 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Qf5 26.  Qc5 Qf7 27. Be4 Ra5 {<font color=red>+0.92|d23</font> $16}) 20...  Rf7 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Bb5 24. Rc2 c6 25. Bh4 Nf4 26. Rg4 {?!}  (26. Bg3 Raf8 27. Rh1 Re7 28. f3 e5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Rg1 g6 31. h4 Rh5 32. Rh1  Ne6 33. Rd2 Nc5 {<font color=red>+0.13|d26</font> $11}) 26... Raf8  {?!} (26... h5 27. Rg1 Nxh3 28. Rh1 Rf4 29. Rxh3 Rxe4 30. Bg3 Rxd4 31. Be5 Rg4  32. Rxh5 Rg1+ 33. Kd2 Rd8+ 34. Ke3 {<font color=red>-0.37|d30</  font> $15}) 27. Bg3 g6 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. f3 Kg7 30. Rc5 R4f6 31. Kf2 Kf7 32.  Rh4 Kg7 33. Ke3 Rd8 34. Rg4 Kf7 35. h4 Rf8 36. Rgg5 Rh8 37. Rge5 Ke7 38. Rg5  Kd6 39. h5 b6 40. Rc1 gxh5 41. Rxh5 h6 42. Rg1 Bc4 43. Rg7 Rb8 44. Bc2 b5 45.  Kd2 Rd8 46. Rh7 Rg8 47. R5xh6 Rxh6 48. Rxh6 Rg2 49. Bd1 Kd5 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. Rh1  Ke7 52. Rf1 Rh2 53. Rf2 Rh4 54. Bc2 Rh1 55. Kd2 Kd6 56. f4 Rh3 57. e3 Rh1 58.  f5 exf5 59. Bxf5 c5 60. dxc5+ Kxc5 61. Bc2 Be6 62. Bd1 Rh4 63. Rf6 Bd5 64. Rf5  Rh2+ 65. Kc3 Rh3 66. Kd3 Kd6 67. Rh5 Rg3 68. Kd4 Bc4 69. Bxa4 Rg4+ 70. e4 bxa4  71. Kxc4 Rxe4+ 72. Kd3 Re8 73. Rb5 Rc8 74. Kd4 Rc6 75. Rb4 Ra6 76. Kc4 Kc6 77.  Rb5 Ra8 78. Kb4 Kd6 79. Rb6+ Kc7 80. Kb5 Kd7 81. Rb7+ Kd6 82. Kb6 Rh8 83. Ka7  Kc6 84. Rb4 Rh7+ 85. Ka6 Rh8 86. Rc4+ Kd5 87. Rc7 Kd6 88. Kb7 Rh2 89. Rc6+ Kd5  90. Rb6 Kc5 91. Rb4 Rh7+ 92. Ka6 Rh8 93. Rb5+ Kc4 94. Rb7 Ra8+ 95. Kb6 Kb3 96.  Kc5+ Ka2 97. Rb4 Ra5+ 98. Kc4 Rh5 99. Rxa4 Kxb2 100. Ra8 Rh4+ {Z0} ({Kd5 Kb3  Rc8 Kxa3 Rb8} 100... Rh3 101. Kc5 Rh4 {Rb7 Ka4 Rb1 Rh5+ Kd4 Rh4+} 102. Kd5 Rh5+  {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:06) <font color=red>+0.00|d31</font> $11})  1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2774"]  [BlackElo "2803"]  [PlyCount "59"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:32:06"]  [BlackClock "0:37:22"]   {Rd1+ Ke4 Re1+ Kf4 Rf1+ Ke4 Re1+ Kf4 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:09) <font  color=red>+0.00|d23</font> $11} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O  Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11.  g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5 14. f5 hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 16. Kf2 Rxg4 17. Rh1 Nxf5  18. Rh8 Bc5+ 19. Kf3 Rg1 20. Rxe8+ Kd7 21. Rxa8 Nd4+ 22. Ke4 Rxc1 23. b4 Bb6  24. c4 c5 25. a3 Re1+ 26. Kd3 Rd1+ 27. Kc3 Rc1+ 28. Kd3 Rd1+ 29. Kc3 Rc1+ 30.  Kd3 {Z0} () 1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2713"]  [BlackElo "2753"]  [PlyCount "90"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:55"]  [BlackClock "0:04:45"]   {Rd6 Rxg2+ Ke3 Ra2 Ke4 Rb2 Kd3 Rg2 Ke4 Rb2 Kd3 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:04) <  font color=red>+0.00|d28</font> $11} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4.  Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nc3 Qh4 8. Qf3 Nh6 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Bxb6 axb6  11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 f5 13. a4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 d5 15. Bd3 O-O 16. f3 Bf5 17. g4  Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rf4 19. O-O-O Nf7 20. Rhe1 Rb4 21. Re7 d4 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. a5 bxa5  24. Re1 h6 25. Nc5 Rb5 26. Ne6 Rcb8 27. Re2 Ne5 28. Nf4 Nf7 29. Rxc7 a4 30.  Rxc6 Ne5 31. Rc7 g5 32. Nh5 Rc5+ 33. Rc2 Nxd3+ 34. Kd2 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Ne5 36.  Nf6+ Kf8 37. Kc1 Rb3 38. Nd7+ Nxd7 39. Rxd7 d3 40. Rd4 Kg7 41. Rxa4 d2+ 42. Kd1  Rxb2 43. Rd4 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 Re1+ 45. Kxd2 Rg1 {Z0} () 1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2755"]  [BlackElo "2864"]  [PlyCount "110"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:23"]  [BlackClock "0:01:41"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 a6 7. a4 Bd6 8. Bxd6  cxd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Rfc1 Bb7 14. Rc2 Rfc8  15. Rac1 Qd6 16. Na2 Rxc2 17. Rxc2 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Qc3 Bb7 20. b4 Ne4  21. Qc1 h6 22. h3 Kf8 23. b5 a5 24. Nc3 Qc7 25. Qa3+ Qd6 26. Qc1 Qc7 27. Qa3+  Ke8 28. Ne2 g5 29. Qb2 Ke7 30. Nd2 Ndf6 31. Nf1 Nd6 32. f3 Nd7 33. g4 f6 34.  Nfg3 Nf8 35. Kf2 Bc8 36. Qc2 Qxc2 37. Bxc2 Bd7 38. Nc3 Be8 39. f4 Bf7 40. Bb3  gxf4 41. exf4 Ng6 42. f5 Nf4 43. fxe6 Nxh3+ 44. Ke3 Bxe6 45. Nxd5+ Kd8 46. Nh5  f5 47. gxf5 Nxf5+ 48. Ke4 Ng5+ 49. Ke5 Ne7 50. Nhf4 Bg8 51. Bd1 Bxd5 52. Nxd5  Nf7+ 53. Ke6 Ng5+ 54. Ke5 Nf7+ 55. Ke6 Ng5+ {Z0} ({Ke5 Nf7+ Ke6} 55... Ng5+ 56.  Ke5 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:08) <font color=red>+0.00|d46</font>  $11}) 1/2-1/2