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The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 24, 2014 - 06:58 |March 24, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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It was clearly a White pieces day with 3 wins and 1 draw! Anand remains the leader with 6 points, Aronian is 2nd with 5 and 3 players share 3rd – Kramnik, Mamedyarov and Karjakin with 4.5 points.

Results of the 9th round

Anand 5 1-0 3.5 Topalov
Mamedyarov 3.5 1-0 5 Aronian
Karjakin 3.5 1-0 4.5 Kramnik
Andreikin 3.5 1/2 3.5 Svidler

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.23"]  [Round "9.4"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2770"]  [BlackElo "2785"]  [PlyCount "113"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Bg2  Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15.  Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4 17. O-O-O d5 18. Nxe4 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Nf2 Bc5 21.  Qg3 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 O-O 23. Qd4 Rf5 24. Rde1 Raf8 25. Rhf1 Qd6 26. Re5 Rxe5 27.  fxe5 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qe7 29. a4 Be8 30. Kb2 Bg6 31. Bh3 h6 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Qg4  Kf7 34. h5 Be4 35. a5 Bh7 36. c3 Be4 37. c4 Bf5 38. Qf4 dxc4 39. Bxf5 exf5 40.  Qxf5+ Ke8 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qxc4+ Kg7 43. Qd5 Kf8 44. Kc3 Ke8 45. b4 Qc7+ 46.  Kd4 Qe7 47. Qg8+ Kd7 48. Kd5 Kc7 49. Qg6 Qh4 50. Qd6+ Kc8 51. Kc5 Qf2+ 52. Qd4  Qf7 53. Qc4 Qg7 54. Kb6+ Kb8 55. Qc5 Qf7 56. Qd6+ Kc8 57. e6 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.23"]  [Round "9.3"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E20"]  [WhiteElo "2757"]  [BlackElo "2830"]  [PlyCount "87"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3  Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 f6 10. exf6 Qe8+ 11. Qe2 Qf7 12. fxg7 Re8 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Na5  15. Rb1 Nb6 16. Rb4 Nac4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Rb5 Bf5 19. Kf2 Nd5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5  21. Ne2 a5 22. h4 b5 23. h5 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. axb4 Qb5 26. Re1 Bd3 27. Nf4  Ra3 28. d5 Bb1 29. Kg3 c3 30. Qc1 Rb3 31. Bc5 Rxe1 32. Qxe1 Qd7 33. h6 Qf7 34.  Nh5 Bg6 35. Qe8+ Qxe8 36. Nf6+ Kf7 37. Nxe8 Ra3 38. Nf6 Ra8 39. g8=Q+ Rxg8 40.  Nxg8 Kxg8 41. Kf4 Bd3 42. Ke5 Kf7 43. Be3 Bf1 44. g4 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.23"]  [Round "9.2"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D02"]  [WhiteElo "2766"]  [BlackElo "2787"]  [PlyCount "127"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.  Qxb7 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nd5 10. Bg3 N5b6 11. Qxc6 Bb4 12. Qb5 Qe7 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14.  bxc3 O-O 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rac8 17. Qd3 Nb6 18. O-O Rc4 19. Rfb1 Rfc8 20.  Rb3 h5 21. e4 Qg5 22. h4 Qa5 23. Rc1 Qa4 24. Qb1 Nd7 25. Kg2 Nf8 26. Qb2 Qe8  27. Rb7 a6 28. Qb6 Ng6 29. Qxa6 Qd8 30. Qb5 e5 31. Rh1 Rxc3 32. dxe5 Nf8 33.  Qd5 Qe8 34. Ra1 Ne6 35. Qd7 Qf8 36. Qe7 Qxe7 37. Rxe7 Nd4 38. a4 Nxf3 39. e6  fxe6 40. Rxe6 Nd4 41. Re5 Ne2 42. Rxh5 Nxg3 43. fxg3 Re3 44. a5 Rxe4 45. a6 Re7  46. Rb5 Kh7 47. Kh3 Ra8 48. Rb6 Raa7 49. Ra5 Re3 50. h5 Rd3 51. Kh4 Rd4+ 52. g4  Re4 53. Kg5 Rf7 54. Rg6 Ra7 55. Kh4 Rb4 56. Rc6 Re4 57. Rb6 Re1 58. Ra4 Re3 59.  g5 Ree7 60. Rb8 g6 61. Rb6 gxh5 62. Rab4 Re1 63. Rb7+ Kg6 64. R4b6+ 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.23"]  [Round "9.1"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2709"]  [BlackElo "2758"]  [PlyCount "60"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. g4  d5 9. g5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Bxe4 Kc7 14. Bd2 h6  15. h4 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Be7 18. O-O-O Rh8 19. Be3 Rh4 20. Bg2 b6  21. a3 a5 22. Re1 g6 23. Nd2 Nd4 24. Nf3 Rg4 25. Bh1 Bd6 26. Bd2 Nc6 27. Be3  Nd4 28. Bd2 Nc6 29. Be3 Bf5 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 1/2-1/2

Monday is a rest day.

Pairings of the 10th round

Karjakin – Andreikin
Kramnik – Svidler
Aronian – Topalov
Anand – Mamedyarov

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The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 23, 2014 - 06:30 |March 23, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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There was only one win by Karjakin yesterday, but what a brilliant win it was! It definitely shows how one can still find a great sacrifice after many hours of play. So, after 8 rounds Anand and Aronian are leading with 5 points and Kramnik is 3rd with 4.5.

Results of the 8th round

Aronian 4.5 1/2 4.5 Anand
Kramnik 4 1/2 3 Andreikin
Svidler 3.5 0-1 2.5 Karjakin
Topalov 3 1/2 3 Mamedyarov

And we have interesting standings:

Anand, Aronian 5
Kramnik 4.5
Svidler, Topalov, Mamedyarov, Andreikin, Karjakin 3.5

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.22"]  [Round "8.4"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A05"]  [WhiteElo "2758"]  [BlackElo "2766"]  [PlyCount "164"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5  Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 Kh8 11. Bf4 f5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 Qc7 14. g6 hxg6 15.  Nd2 Kg8 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. g4 Nd8 19. Kh2 Bd7 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bd5+  Nde6 22. Rg1 Bc6 23. Qf3 Rad8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Bxe6+ Nxe6 26. Qg3 Rc8 27. Nh3  Qf7 28. Qh4 Bf3 29. Bd2 Bg4 30. Rg3 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. Bxg5 Re6  34. f3 Bh5 35. b3 Kf7 36. Rh3 Rce8 37. Bf4 Ra6 38. Re2 Ke6 39. Kg3 Rb8 40. Bg5  f4+ 41. Bxf4 Rf8 42. Rf2 Rf5 43. Bc1 Rxe5 44. Rh1 Kf7 45. Bf4 Rf5 46. Bb8 Re6  47. Rh4 Re3 48. Rf4 a6 49. Bd6 Rxf4 50. Kxf4 Kf6 51. Bxc5 g5+ 52. Kg3 Rxd3 53.  Kg2 Be8 54. Kf1 Bh5 55. Ke2 Re3+ 56. Kd2 Ke5 57. Rg2 Kf4 58. Bxd4 Re7 59. Re2  Rd7 60. Kc3 Bxf3 61. Re8 Be4 62. Rf8+ Bf5 63. Rg8 g6 64. Rg7 Rxd4 65. Kxd4 b6  66. Kc3 Ke3 67. Rb7 g4 68. Rxb6 g3 69. Rd6 g2 70. Rd1 g5 71. b4 Kf2 72. a4 g1=Q  73. Rxg1 Kxg1 74. b5 axb5 75. axb5 g4 76. c5 g3 77. c6 g2 78. b6 Kf2 79. b7  g1=Q 80. b8=Q Qc1+ 81. Kd4 Qe3+ 82. Kc4 Be6+ 0-1

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.22"]  [Round "8.1"]  [White "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2785"]  [BlackElo "2757"]  [PlyCount "64"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2  O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. f4 Na5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nde2 b5 15.  Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rfe8 17. Rhf1 e6 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Bd4 c3 21.  Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxc3 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. Rfd2 Rg3 26. Rxd6 Rxd6  27. Rxd6 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Rxg2 29. g5 Rf2 30. Rd4 f6 31. a4 fxg5 32. fxg5 Rf5  1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.22"]  [Round "8.2"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A11"]  [WhiteElo "2830"]  [BlackElo "2770"]  [PlyCount "37"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Qb3 d4 4. e3 c5 5. Qb5+ Nc6 6. Qxc5 e5 7. Qb5 a6 8. Qb3  Bc5 9. d3 Nf6 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Bb4+ 12. Nbd2 a5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qd1 Bd6 15.  Ne1 Nc5 16. Nb3 Na6 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Nb3 Na6 19. Nd2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.22"]  [Round "8.3"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D15"]  [WhiteElo "2787"]  [BlackElo "2709"]  [PlyCount "64"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Nxe4  Bxe4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ba3 g6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Bh3 Bxf3  15. exf3 Re8 16. Rc6 e6 17. Rfc1 Qf6 18. Rc7 Nf8 19. Bc5 Qxf3 20. Rc3 Qh5 21.  g4 Qh4 22. Qf4 f6 23. Be7 Qg5 24. Qg3 Qd2 25. g5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 fxg5 27. Bxg5  Bxd4 28. R3c6 a5 29. Bh6 b4 30. Kg2 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 9th round

Karjakin – Kramnik
Andreikin – Svidler
Anand – Topalov
Mamedyarov – Aronian

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Sunday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 23, 2014 - 06:15 |March 23, 2014 Quiz

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 [Event "corr"]  [Site "corr"]  [Date "1973.??.??"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Smrcka, F."]  [Black "Estrin, Y."]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B79"]  [PlyCount "48"]  [EventDate "1973.??.??"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3  Bd7 9. Bb3 Qa5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. h4 Ne5 13. h5 Nxh5 14. Bh6 Rxc3  15. bxc3 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Nf6 17. Kb1 b5 (17... Rc8) 18. f4 $1 Nc4 19. e5 dxe5 20.  fxe5 Nxe5 (20... Nh5 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Rh1 Qxc3 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxh5 Rb8+ 25.  Nb3 $18) 21. Rdf1 $16 Rc8 (21... Qxc3 22. Rxf6 $1 exf6 23. Nf3 $18) (21... Neg4  22. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 23. Qxg6 Ne5 24. Rxh7+ $1 Nxh7 25. Qh5) 22. Rxf6 exf6 23. Nf3  $1 $18 Nc4 24. Qxh7+ Kf8

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