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Thursday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2014 - 06:43 |March 20, 2014 Quiz

 [Event "URS"]  [Site "Soviet Union"]  [Date "1973.??.??"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Suetin, Alexey S"]  [Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B50"]  [PlyCount "87"]  [EventDate "1973.??.??"]  [EventType "game"]  [EventCountry "URS"]  [Source "ChessBase"]  [SourceDate "2009.11.30"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e5 5. d4 Nc6 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Bb5 Qc7 8. O-O  Bd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. a4 Rad8 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Nfd2 Nh5 15.  Be3 Nf4 16. f3 Bc8 17. a5 Rd6 18. g3 Bh3 19. Rf2 Rfd8 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Bxc5  Rg6+ 22. Kh1 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Nxa5 24. b4 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 b6 26. Nd3 Qxc4 27. Ne5  Qb5 28. Nxg6 hxg6 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Rd3 Kh7 31. Qd2 Qa4 32. Qb2 a5 33. bxa5 bxa5  34. Rfd2 Qc4 35. Rd1 a4 36. Qb4 Qa6 37. Qe7 f6 38. e5 Rc6 39. Qf8 Rc8 40. Qd6  Rc6 41. Qf8 Rc8 42. Qd6 Qa7 43. exf6 Qf2 44. Rg1

Black to move and win.

The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 19, 2014 - 06:32 |March 19, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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Anand leads with 3.5 points, while 2nd place is shared by Svidler, Kramnik and Aronian with 3 points.

Results of the 5th round

Andreikin 1 1/2 3 Anand
Kramnik 2.5 1/2 2.5 Aronian
Svidler 2 1-0 2 Topalov
Karjakin 1.5 1/2 1.5 Mamedyarov

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.18"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C78"]  [WhiteElo "2758"]  [BlackElo "2785"]  [PlyCount "95"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4  dxe4 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 exf3 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Be4 Bd7 13. a4 O-O-O 14. axb5  Ne5 15. Bf4 Bxb5 16. Na3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Be2 18. Rd5 Rg8 19. g3 Bxa3 20. bxa3  Ng6 21. Be3 Re8 22. Bf5+ Kb7 23. Rd4 Re5 24. g4 a5 25. h3 h5 26. Be4+ Ka6 27.  gxh5 Rxh5 28. Rd8 Ne5 29. a4 c6 30. Rb8 Nc4 31. Bd4 c5 32. Bxf6 Nb6 33. Bd8 Nd5  34. Ra8+ Kb7 35. Rxa5 Re5 36. Rxc5 Rxe4 37. Rxd5 Rxa4 38. Rf5 Kc8 39. Bg5 Rc4  40. Bd2 Rc7 41. h4 Kd8 42. Bg5+ Ke8 43. Rd5 f5 44. h5 Rc4 45. Rd4 Rxc3 46. h6  Rc8 47. h7 Kf7 48. Bd8 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.18"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E10"]  [WhiteElo "2787"]  [BlackElo "2830"]  [PlyCount "120"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3  Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. f4 c5 14. Qf3 cxd4 15.  exd4 Bb4 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rad1 a6 19. a4 Rc8 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh3 Ndf6  22. f5 g5 23. Ng3 b5 24. axb5 Qb6 25. Kh1 axb5 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. d5 e3 28. Ng4  Nxg4 29. Qxg4 h6 30. Ne4 Rc2 31. Nf6+ Qxf6 32. Bxf6 e2 33. Bxg5 Bxd5 34. Bxh6+  Kh7 35. Bxf8 exf1=Q+ 36. Rxf1 Rxg2 37. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Rxf8 39. Kf3 Kg7 40.  Ke4 Rh8 41. Kd4 Rc8 42. Rf4 Kf6 43. h4 Re8 44. Kc5 Re5+ 45. Kd6 Re3 46. Rb4  Kxf5 47. Rxb5+ Kg4 48. h5 f5 49. h6 Rh3 50. Ke5 Rxh6 51. Rb4+ Kf3 52. Kxf5 Ke3  53. Ke5 Kd3 54. Rb8 Kc3 55. b4 Kc4 56. Rb7 Rh5+ 57. Kd6 Rh6+ 58. Kd7 Rh7+ 59.  Kc6 Rxb7 60. Kxb7 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.18"]  [Round "5.3"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2709"]  [BlackElo "2770"]  [PlyCount "84"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qe7  8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 Ne8 10. Qc3 f6 11. b4 Nd6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 b6 14. a5 Kh8  15. Ra2 Rab8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qa1 Nb7 18. Qc3 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Ra7 Rfc8  21. Rfa1 b5 22. d4 exd4 23. exd4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Rxc7 Bf5 26. Raa7 h6  27. Qd2 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Bg4 29. Rc3 b4 30. Re3 Qd5 31. h3 Bf5 32. Rb3 Qc4 33. Rb2  Be4 34. Kf2 Bxf3 35. Kxf3 Rb5 36. Qd3 Qxd3+ 37. cxd3 Kg8 38. d5 Kf7 39. Ke4 Ke7  40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Kc4 Rc5+ 42. Kd4 Rxd5+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.18"]  [Round "5.4"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B52"]  [WhiteElo "2766"]  [BlackElo "2757"]  [PlyCount "61"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.  Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4  Bxd4 15. Qxd4 b5 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. h4 bxc4 18. bxc4 h5 19. Re4 Rc7 20. Rae1  Rac8 21. Qb6 a5 22. Qxa5 Rxc4 23. Rxe7 Qf5 24. Qd2 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. g3 Rf5  27. a4 Rxd5 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Rd3 31. a5 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 6th round

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

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Wednesday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 19, 2014 - 06:22 |March 19, 2014 Quiz

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 [Event "Petropolis Interzonal"]  [Site "Petropolis"]  [Date "1973.08.12"]  [Round "14"]  [White "Portisch, Lajos"]  [Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B36"]  [WhiteElo "2645"]  [BlackElo "2565"]  [PlyCount "54"]  [EventDate "1973.07.23"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "17"]  [EventCountry "BRA"]  [EventCategory "12"]  [Source "ChessBase"]  [SourceDate "1999.07.01"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.  Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bd3 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. f4 Rc8  15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Nf6 17. Kh1 Qa5 18. f5 Bd7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qf2 Bc6 21. Qh4  Bxd5 22. exd5 Re8 23. Rf3 Nd7 24. Rcf1 Bf6 25. Rh3 Nf8 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Bxg6  hxg6

How would you proceed with White?

The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 18, 2014 - 07:08 |March 18, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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Anand drew Kramnik and is leading with 3 points out of 4. Kramnik and Aronian share 2nd-3rd with 2.5 points.

Results of the 4th round

Anand 2.5 1/2 2 Kramnik
Aronian 1.5 1-0 2 Svidler
Karjakin 1 1/2 1.5 Topalov
Mamedyarov 0.5 1-0 1 Andreikin

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.17"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D85"]  [WhiteElo "2830"]  [BlackElo "2758"]  [PlyCount "113"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.  Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bc4  Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Qd1 Qc2 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Bd3 Qa2 20. Bc4 Qa4 21.  Bb3 Qa3 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qc4+ e6 24. Ng5+ Ke8 25. Nxe6 Qe7 26. Nxg7+ Qxg7 27.  Bc3 Nd8 28. Qb3 Rc7 29. Ba1 Rac8 30. d5 Qd7 31. Qb2 Qe7 32. Rbd1 Nf7 33. e5 Rc2  34. Qb5+ Qd7 35. Qxd7+ Kxd7 36. e6+ Kd6 37. exf7 Rf8 38. Re6+ Kd7 39. Rf6 Re2  40. f4 Re7 41. Be5 Rexf7 42. Rd6+ Ke8 43. Re1 Re7 44. Rc1 Rff7 45. Bf6 Rd7 46.  Re6+ Kf8 47. d6 Kg8 48. h4 Rf8 49. Bg5 Kf7 50. Rce1 Bc6 51. h5 a5 52. Re7+ Kg8  53. hxg6 hxg6 54. R1e6 Rf7 55. Rxg6+ Kh7 56. Rh6+ Kg7 57. Ree6 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.17"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D45"]  [WhiteElo "2757"]  [BlackElo "2709"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Qc7 8. e4  dxe4 9. Nxe4 c5 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. dxc5 a5 12. g3 Bxc5 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O e5  15. Bg5 Ra6 16. Rae1 Re8 17. Qc3 h6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. b4 Bf8 20. Nh4 axb4 21.  axb4 Be6 22. c5 b6 23. c6 Ra4 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. Qf3 Rd4 26. Nf5 Rdxb4 27. Rxb4  Rxb4 28. Qh5 Kh7 29. Rd1 Qc8 30. Ne3 f5 31. Bd5 f4 32. Nc2 Ra4 33. Qxe5 Bg7 34.  Be4+ Kg8 35. Qxf4 f5 36. c7 Rxe4 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Qd6 Qa6 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Qc6  Qc8 41. Rd8 Rc4 42. Qxc4 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.17"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D37"]  [WhiteElo "2770"]  [BlackElo "2787"]  [PlyCount "60"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.  Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14.  Rh3 Qb4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. h5 Qd6 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Rd3 Qh2 19. f4 Rg8 20. Bf3 Bd7  21. Ne2 Qh1+ 22. Ng1 Nd4 23. Rxd4 Bb5+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+ 25. Ke3 e5 26. fxe5 Qg5+  27. Kf2 Qg3+ 28. Ke3 Qg5+ 29. Kf2 Qg3+ 30. Ke3 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.17"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A29"]  [WhiteElo "2766"]  [BlackElo "2785"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.  d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. a3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rc3 Bf6  15. Rc5 Ne7 16. Rfc1 c6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nf5 20. Qg4 Nd6 21.  e3 Qf6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rad8 24. R1c3 Re6 25. b4 g6 26. a4 Rd4 27. exd4  exd4 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. R3c4 Qd6 30. a5 h5 31. h4 Kg7 32. Kg1 Kf8 33. Rc1 Qe6  34. R5c4 Qe5 35. Kf1 Qd5 36. Re1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qd5 38. Kf1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qd5 40.  Kf1 1/2-1/2

Today’s pairings

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

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Tuesday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 18, 2014 - 06:57 |March 18, 2014 Quiz

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From now on I will be giving the text of the game as well 🙂 How can White win in the final position?

 [Event "URS-ch41"]  [Site "Moscow"]  [Date "1973.10.12"]  [Round "8"]  [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]  [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C97"]  [WhiteElo "2650"]  [BlackElo "2610"]  [PlyCount "100"]  [EventDate "1973.10.02"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "17"]  [EventCountry "URS"]  [EventCategory "13"]  [Source "ChessBase"]  [SourceDate "1999.07.01"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3  d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. b3 Bf8 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bg5  Bg7 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Ng3 Bb7 21. Rac1  Rac8 22. Bb1 Qb6 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qxd6 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Rc1  Qa8 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Qd7 Re8 30. Rc7 Rf8 31. Ra7 Qe4 32. Rxa6 Be5 33. Rc6 Qb1+  34. Rc1 Qxa2 35. Qxb5 Qb2 36. Qd3 Ra8 37. Qb1 Qa3 38. b4 Qa4 39. b5 Bd4 40.  Bxd4 Qxd4 41. b6 Rb8 42. Rc6 Rb7 43. Qb3 Kg7 44. g3 Re7 45. Qf3 Re1+ 46. Kg2  Re5 47. Qf6+ Kh6 48. b7 Qd5+ 49. Qf3 Qb5 50. Qf4+ Kg7

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