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By Yelena Dembo | September 13, 2013 - 10:33 |September 13, 2013 Quiz

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THE SINQUEFIELD CUP

By Yelena Dembo | September 12, 2013 - 09:44 |September 12, 2013 THE SINQUEFIELD CUP

The third round was played yesterday and both games were drawn. It was difficult not to notice Nakamura wearing sunglasses which helped him (or not) to make a draw vs Carlsen with the Black pieces.

Results of the 3rd round

Carlsen 1/2 Nakamura
Kamsky 1/2 Aronian

 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 2013"]  [Site "Saint Louis USA"]  [Date "2013.09.11"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E62"]  [WhiteElo "2862"]  [BlackElo "2772"]  [PlyCount "84"]  [EventDate "2013.09.09"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. Bf4  a6 9. Rc1 h6 10. b3 g5 11. d5 gxf4 12. dxc6 fxg3 13. hxg3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.  b4 d5 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. Nd4 Qxb4 18. a4 Ne4 19. Ndxb5 Nxc3 20. Nxc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3  Bf5 22. Qxd5 Qxc3 23. Qxf5 Rfd8 24. Bf3 Ra8 25. Qe4 Qf6 26. Qb4 Ra7 27. Kg2  Rda8 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Qd7 e6 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Rb1 Rxa4 33. Rb7 R4a7  34. Qe7 Rxb7 35. cxb7 Rb8 36. Qd7 c5 37. Qc6 Kf6 38. Kh2 Ke7 39. Kg2 f5 40. Qc8  Qd6 41. e3 Kf6 42. Kh2 h5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 2013"]  [Site "Saint Louis USA"]  [Date "2013.09.11"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D02"]  [WhiteElo "2741"]  [BlackElo "2813"]  [PlyCount "86"]  [EventDate "2013.09.09"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 c6 4. Bf4 Nh5 5. Be3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Qc1  Nd7 9. Bh6 Re8 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. e3 Nf6  15. Nd2 a5 16. c4 Re8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. a3 Kg8 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Qc3 Be6 21. e4  Nd7 22. Rac1 f6 23. Nf3 a4 24. Nd4 Bf7 25. Red1 Qe7 26. h4 Ne5 27. h5 Nc4 28.  Bf1 Nd6 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. f3 Qe5 31. Kf2 Rad8 32. Qb4 f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Qd2  Qg7 35. Qc3 Qh6 36. Qd2 Qg7 37. Qc3 Bd5 38. Ne2 Bb3 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rd4 Kf6  41. Rc5 Nb5 42. Rxd8 Rxd8 43. Ke3 Rd1 1/2-1/2

Today is a rest day!

Pairings of the 4th round

Kamsky – Carlsen
Aronian – Nakamura

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FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship

By Yelena Dembo | September 12, 2013 - 09:36 |September 12, 2013 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship

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Ushenina had white pieces in the first game and got a pleasant position out of the opening. Later on she decided to sacrifice a pawn for initiative and two bishops but didn’t manage to get anything for it. Moreover, Black got a nice pawn attack on the kingside, brought all the pieces in and finished the attack with a nice Rook sacrifice!

 [Event "TAIZHOU CHINA MEDICAL CITY CUP FIDE Wom"]  [Site "taizhou"]  [Date "2013.09.11"]  [Round "1.1"]  [White "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Black "Hou, Yifan"]  [Result "0-1"]  [PlyCount "82"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.  Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 12. a3 Be7 13. Bf4 d6 14. Rc1 h6 15.  b4 a6 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Qb3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Qb1 e5 20. Bd2 b5 21. cxb5 axb5  22. e4 Ra8 23. Nh4 Rxa3 24. Nf5 Bd7 25. Be3 Be6 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28.  exd5 Bg4 29. Rd2 f5 30. Rdc2 f4 31. Rc7 Qf6 32. Bb6 Nd8 33. Qb2 Rd3 34. Qc2 Bf5  35. Qa2 Nf7 36. Bf1 Ng5 37. Ra7 fxg3 38. hxg3 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 Qg6 40. Bxd3 Qh5+  41. Kg2 Bh3+ 0-1

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Thursday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | September 12, 2013 - 09:16 |September 12, 2013 Quiz

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White to move

THE SINQUEFIELD CUP

By Yelena Dembo | September 11, 2013 - 08:34 |September 11, 2013 THE SINQUEFIELD CUP

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Carlsen drew the second game vs Aronian while Nakamura won against Kamsky and is now leading the event with 2 out of 2.

Standings after 2 rounds

1.Nakamura 2
2.Carlsen 1.5
3.Aronian 0.5
4.Kamsky 0

 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 2013"]  [Site "Saint Louis USA"]  [Date "2013.09.10"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B43"]  [WhiteElo "2772"]  [BlackElo "2741"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2013.09.09"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8.  Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Qb8 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bd6 12. Qh5 Ne7 13. Nxe7 Bxe7 14. b3 a5  15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e5 Rg8 18. g3 Rg5 19. Qh6 Rxe5 20. Qxf6 Rh5 21.  Be4 Qd8 22. Qf3 Rc5 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Bxh7 f5 25. Bg6+ Kd8 26. Rac1 Kc7 27. Bh5  e5 28. f4 Qd6 29. Rf1 exf4 30. Qxf4 Be4 31. Qf2 Rc3 32. Be2 Kb7 33. Rcd1 Qe6  34. Bc4 d5 35. Qc5 Rd8 36. Qxa5 Rxc2 37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Qxd8 Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Rb2 40.  Bxd5+ Bxd5 41. Qxd5+ Qxd5 42. Rxd5 1-0

 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 2013"]  [Site "Saint Louis USA"]  [Date "2013.09.10"]  [Round "2.1"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A80"]  [WhiteElo "2813"]  [BlackElo "2862"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2013.09.09"]   1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O  Ne4 9. h3 e5 10. Bh2 exd4 11. exd4 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. f4 Qf6 14. d5 Nd4 15.  Kh1 c5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Bg1 Rae8 18. Qd2 a6 19. Rad1 Rb8 20. a4 Qd8 21. Rb1 Qa5  22. Qd1 Qb4 23. Bf2 Rbe8 24. Be1 Qb3 25. Qxb3 Nxb3 26. Bc2 Na5 27. Bd3 Re3 28.  Rd1 Rb8 29. Bf2 Ree8 30. Ra1 Bd4 31. Kg1 Be3 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Rad1 Rbe8 34.  Kf2 Nb3 35. Rfe1 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Nd4 38. Kd2 Kf7 39. Be2 Kf6 40.  Bd1 a5 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 3rd round

Carlsen – Nakamura
Kamsky – Aronian

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