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An incredibly exciting round! Three wins and one draw. Aronian is sharing 1st place with Anand and they have 4.5 points. Kramnik is 3rd with 4.

Results of the 7th round

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

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.21"]  [Round "7.3"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2766"]  [BlackElo "2830"]  [PlyCount "106"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.  Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Qb3 Nf8 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Nfd2  Bf8 15. d4 Qe7 16. dxe5 Be6 17. Qc2 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxe5 19. Nd2 a5 20. a3 axb4  21. axb4 Qe6 22. f3 Nc4 23. Bf4 c5 24. b5 Nd6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rb1 b6 27. e5  Nc4 28. Qe4 Ra4 29. Rc1 h6 30. h4 Nb2 31. c4 Qd7 32. Rb1 Ra2 33. Be3 Na4 34.  Rb3 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 Qxd2 36. Rd3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Nb2 38. Rd8 Qxc4 39. Qa8 Qxh4+ 40.  Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe5+ 42. g3 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Nd3 44. Rxf8+ Kh7 45. Re8 Nf2+ 46.  Kh4 Qxb5 47. g4 Qc4 48. Qc8 Qf4 49. Qf5+ Qxf5 50. gxf5 c4 51. Re7 c5 52. Rxf7  c3 53. f6 Kg6 0-1

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.21"]  [Round "7.4"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D38"]  [WhiteElo "2787"]  [BlackElo "2757"]  [PlyCount "107"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8.  e3 Qa5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. h4 b5 15.  a4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 b4 17. cxb4 Qxb4 18. Nb1 Qd6 19. Nc3 Qc6 20. Rfb1 Ba6 21. Qd1  f6 22. Bf4 Rad8 23. Qf3 Nf8 24. Bh6 Kf7 25. Rb2 Ne6 26. Rab1 Ng7 27. g4 Kg8 28.  Qf4 Kf7 29. e4 Ne6 30. exd5 Nxf4 31. dxc6 g5 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. c7 Rd6 34. Bxg5  Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Nxg5 36. d5 Bc8 37. Rb8 Rf6 38. Ra8 Rf4 39. f3 Rxf3 40. d6 Bxg4  41. Rxe8 Kxe8 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Rd8 Bh3+ 44. Kh2 Rxc3 45. d7 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 Rg2+  47. Kh4 Be6 48. Rf8+ Kxf8 49. c8=Q+ Kg7 50. Qb7 Nf3+ 51. Qxf3 Rh2+ 52. Kg5 h6+  53. Kf4 Rh4+ 54. Ke5 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.21"]  [Round "7.2"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D30"]  [WhiteElo "2709"]  [BlackElo "2785"]  [PlyCount "53"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.  e3 c5 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 b6 13. c6 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Nc5  15. Nbd4 Ne4 16. Bb5 g5 17. h3 h5 18. Kc1 Bc5 19. Kb1 Re8 20. Ka2 Ra7 21. Rad1  Kf8 22. Rhf1 Kg7 23. Ka1 Bf8 24. Ne2 Rd8 25. h4 g4 26. Nf4 Kg8 27. Nxd5 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.21"]  [Round "7.1"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2758"]  [BlackElo "2770"]  [PlyCount "76"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Re1  c6 9. Ba4 Bb6 10. d4 Ng6 11. h3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nhf4 15.  Bc2 f6 16. Ng3 fxe5 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 h6 21. Bh4  Qf7 22. Nh5 Be6 23. Re3 Bd8 24. Rf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Bxh4 26. Kg2 Rf7 27. Rc1 Raf8  28. Rc3 Bg5 29. Ng3 Re7 30. b4 a6 31. a4 Bd7 32. Qb3 Kh8 33. b5 cxb5 34. axb5  Bxb5 35. Qxd5 Rd7 36. Qe4 Bc6 37. Rxc6 bxc6 38. Qxc6 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 8th round

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

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Saturday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 22, 2014 - 06:11 |March 22, 2014 Quiz

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 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 05th"]  [Site "Bath"]  [Date "1973.07.10"]  [Round "5.6"]  [White "Kostro, Jerzy"]  [Black "Forintos, Gyozo V"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B77"]  [WhiteElo "2385"]  [BlackElo "2460"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "1973.07.06"]  [EventType "team-tourn"]  [EventRounds "7"]  [EventCountry "ENG"]  [Source "ChessBase"]  [SourceDate "1999.07.01"]  [WhiteTeam "Poland"]  [BlackTeam "Hungary"]  [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]  [BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.  Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 e5 15.  Be3 Be6 16. O-O-O Bxb3 17. cxb3 Qc8+ 18. Kb1 Qe6 19. Qd3 Rab8 20. Nb6 Rfd8 21.  Qc4 Rb7 22. Rd3 Bf8 23. g4 d5 24. exd5 Qd6 25. g5 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Qa4 Qf5  28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. fxe4 Rb4 30. Bd2 Rxe4 31. Bxa5 Rd7 32. Re1 Rxh4 33. Rxe5 h6  34. gxh6 Kh7 35. Re8 Bb4 36. Rd8 Rh1+ 37. Kc2 Rh2+ 38. Kc1

Black to move

Friday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 21, 2014 - 06:13 |March 22, 2014 Quiz

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 [Event "Malaga"]  [Site "Malaga"]  [Date "1973.??.??"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Torre, Eugenio"]  [Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B51"]  [PlyCount "42"]  [EventDate "1973.02.??"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "11"]  [EventCountry "ESP"]  [Source "ChessBase"]  [SourceDate "2000.11.22"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.  Nd2 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Bxd7 Qxd7 11. Ne3 Qc6 12. g4 Be6 13. Rg1 Nd7 14. Nf5  Bxf5 15. gxf5 Kh7 16. Qh3 Rg8 17. Nd5 Bf6 18. c3 Raf8 19. Qh5 Rh8 20. Be3 Qa4  21. Kd2 Rhg8

And here is the diagram of the final position

White to move.

The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2014 - 06:55 |March 20, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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Anand is leading with 4 points out of 6, Aronian is 2nd with 3.5. Svidler, Kramnik, Topalov and Mamedyarov share 3rd with 3 points.

Results of the 6th round

Anand 3.5 1/2 2 Karjakin
Topalov 2 1-0 3 Kramnik
Mamedyarov 2 1-0 3 Svidler
Aronian 3 1/2 1.5 Andreikin

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.19"]  [Round "6.1"]  [White "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D37"]  [WhiteElo "2785"]  [BlackElo "2787"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be5  c6 9. Bd3 g6 10. h4 f5 11. Bh2 b6 12. b4 f4 13. O-O a5 14. b5 bxc5 15. bxc6 Nb8  16. Bb5 Ba6 17. a4 Qc8 18. dxc5 Nxc6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Qxc6 Qxc6  22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Bxc5 25. Rxa5 fxe3 26. fxe3 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1  Rc2 28. Rb1 Rfc8 29. Raa1 Bb6 30. Be5+ Kg8 31. Ra6 Be3 32. b6 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1  Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 Rb1 35. g4 Bf4+ 36. Kg2 Bxe5 37. Nxe5 Nf4+ 38. Kf3 Ne6 39. b7  Rb3+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Ke3 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.19"]  [Round "6.3"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A81"]  [WhiteElo "2757"]  [BlackElo "2758"]  [PlyCount "61"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b4 e5  9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 e4 11. Nd4 Rf7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. b5 Qe8 15. f3  Be6 16. Rad1 a6 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 21.  Rxf1 b5 22. Qe3 bxc4 23. Bc5 Qc8 24. h4 h6 25. Bxg6 Bd5 26. h5 Qd7 27. Bd4 Re6  28. Bf7+ Qxf7 29. Rxf7 Rxe3 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Rg5 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.19"]  [Round "6.2"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2770"]  [BlackElo "2766"]  [PlyCount "66"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   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 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.  Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 20.  Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 g5 23. c4 Nc3 24. Kf3 Rg6 25. a3 Na4 26. Ke4  Nc5+ 27. Kf5 Ne6 28. Rh8+ Kd7 29. c3 Ng7+ 30. Ke4 Ne6 31. f3 c5 32. Bf2 a6 33.  Be3 b6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.19"]  [Round "6.4"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A11"]  [WhiteElo "2830"]  [BlackElo "2709"]  [PlyCount "96"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. Na3 Be6 8.  Ne5 Qd4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6+ Kd8 11. Nb5 Qc5 12. Bxa8 Qxb5 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. b3  e5 15. Rb1 cxb3 16. Rxb3 Qxe2 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qc4 19. Qb1 Ke7 20. Rxa7  Qd4 21. Rb7 Na4 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. h3 Kf8 24. Qb3 e4 25. Rc4 Qd5 26. Qb4+ Kg8 27.  Rd4 Qc6 28. Rbxd7 Nxd7 29. Qxa4 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Nf8 31. Rxe4 Rxd2 32. a4 Ra2 33.  Bf3 g6 34. Kg2 Ne6 35. Rc4 Kg7 36. Bd5 Kf6 37. Re4 Ra3 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Rf4+  Ke7 40. h4 h5 41. Re4 Kf7 42. Kf1 Ra2 43. Ke1 Kf6 44. Kd1 Ke7 45. f4 Ra3 46.  Kc2 Rxg3 47. Rd4 Re3 48. Kb2 e5 1/2-1/2

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Pairings of the 7th round

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

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