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Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic 5th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 12, 2013 - 09:26 |February 12, 2013 Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic

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Anand scored the first win in the tournament playing against Naiditsch, two other games ended in draws.

Results of the 5th round

Caruana 3 1/2 2 Fridman
Meier 1 1/2 1.5 Adams
Anand 2 1-0 2.5 Naiditsch

Standings after 5 rounds

1. Caruana 3.5
2. Anand 3
3-4. Naiditsch, Fridman 2.5
5. Adams 2
6. Meier 1.5

Games of the round

 [Event "1st GRENKE Chess Classic"]  [Site "Baden-Baden GER"]  [Date "2013.02.11"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2780"]  [BlackElo "2716"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2013.02.07"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nf1 Re8 8. Ng3  Bf8 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. d4 Ng6 14. c4 c5 15. d5  b5 16. cxb5 Qxb5 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Nd2 Nf4 19. Re3 g6 20. a4 Qa6 21. a5 Rab8 22.  Nc4 Rb4 23. b3 Reb8 24. Bd2 R4b5 25. Ra3 h5 26. h4 Nf6 27. Nf1 Bh6 28. Re1 Kh7  29. g3 Qc8 30. f3 Qh3 31. gxf4 Qxf3 32. Qd1 Qh3 33. fxe5 Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35.  exf6 Rf3 36. Qe2 Bxd2 37. Ncxd2 Rf4 38. Qh2 1-0

 [Event "1st GRENKE Chess Classic"]  [Site "Baden-Baden GER"]  [Date "2013.02.11"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Meier, Georg"]  [Black "Adams, Michael"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E00"]  [WhiteElo "2640"]  [BlackElo "2725"]  [PlyCount "70"]  [EventDate "2013.02.07"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Bg2  Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Bd2 e5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qa6  15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxc4 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Rd8 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. O-O Be6  21. f4 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Be5 Kf7 24. h3 h5 25. Rfe1 g6 26. Kf2 Bb3 27. Rd4  a5 28. Bf3 Be6 29. Kg2 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Rd8 31. Bb6 Rd2+ 32. Re2 Rd3 33. Re3 Rd2+  34. Re2 Rd3 35. Re3 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "1st GRENKE Chess Classic"]  [Site "Baden-Baden GER"]  [Date "2013.02.11"]  [Round "5.3"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Fridman, Daniel"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C42"]  [WhiteElo "2757"]  [BlackElo "2667"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2013.02.07"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6  8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3  Qc7 15. Bg5 a5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 a4 19. Bc4 cxb5 20. Ba2 b4 21.  cxb4 Rxb4 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Bf5 24. Kc1 Rfb8 25. Rhd1 Kf8 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27.  Rxd8+ Ke7 28. Ra8 Rxh4 29. Ra7+ Kd6 30. Bxf7 Rh1+ 31. Kd2 Rf1 32. Ke2 Rc1 33.  c3 Rc2+ 34. Ke3 Bd7 35. Bg8 h6 36. Ra6+ Ke7 37. Rb6 a3 38. bxa3 Rxc3+ 39. Ke4  Rxa3 40. Kxe5 Ra1 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

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Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic 4th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 11, 2013 - 08:35 |February 11, 2013 Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic

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Adams and Fridman drew Caruana and Anand respectively while Naiditsch won against Meier. Caruana is leading the event with 3 out of 4.

Standings after 4 rounds

1. Caruana 3
2. Naiditsch 2.5
3-4. Anand, Fridman 2
5. Adams 1.5
6. Meier 1

 [Event "1st GRENKE Chess Classic"]  [Site "Baden Baden GER"]  [Date "2013.02.10"]  [Round "4"]  [White "Fridman, D."]  [Black "Anand, V."]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A33"]  [WhiteElo "2667"]  [BlackElo "2780"]  [PlyCount "115"]  [EventDate "2013.02.07"]   1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4  Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 a5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 14. O-O Bxc3 15.  bxc3 a4 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. Rab1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Na5 19. f5 f6 20. Rb4 Bd7 21. Bf3  Qc5 22. Kf2 Kd8 23. Bd1 Kc7 24. Bxa4 Nc6 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Qxc5 dxc5 27. Rb2  Ra3 28. Nb1 Ra4 29. Nd2 Rd8 30. Re1 Rd6 31. g4 Be8 32. Rg1 h6 33. h4 Ra3 34.  Nb1 Ra8 35. g5 Rad8 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Rg7+ R6d7 38. Rxd7+ Rxd7 39. Re2 Bf7 40.  Rd2 Bxc4 41. Rxd7+ Kxd7 42. a3 Kc6 43. Nd2 Bf7 44. c4 b5 45. Ke3 b4 46. Kd3 Kb6  47. Kc2 Ka5 48. Kb3 Bh5 49. Ka2 Ka4 50. Nb3 bxa3 51. Nxc5+ Kb4 52. Nd7 Bf7 53.  Nxf6 Bxc4+ 54. Ka1 Kc3 55. Ng4 Kd4 56. Nxh6 Kxe4 57. Ng4 Kf4 58. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "1st GRENKE Chess Classic"]  [Site "Baden Baden GER"]  [Date "2013.02.10"]  [Round "4"]  [White "Naiditsch, A."]  [Black "Meier, Geo"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D12"]  [WhiteElo "2716"]  [BlackElo "2640"]  [PlyCount "65"]  [EventDate "2013.02.07"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c5  Bc7 9. b4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. b5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 cxb5 13. Qb3 b6 14. c6 Nf6 15.  Qxb5 a6 16. Qa4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ba3 h5 19. f3 b5 20. Qb4 Qh4 21. h3 a5  22. Qxb5 Qg3 23. fxe4 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Qxa3 25. Qb7 Qg3 26. e5 O-O 27. Qxc7 Qc3  28. Qd6 Rad8 29. Rfc1 Rxd6 30. Rxc3 Rxd4 31. c7 Rc8 32. Rb1 Rb4 33. Rd1 1-0

 [Event "1st GRENKE Chess Classic"]  [Site "Baden Baden GER"]  [Date "2013.02.10"]  [Round "4"]  [White "Adams, Mi"]  [Black "Caruana, F."]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C78"]  [WhiteElo "2725"]  [BlackElo "2757"]  [PlyCount "99"]  [EventDate "2013.02.07"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3  d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.  Bg3 Nh5 16. Nc3 Bg4 17. Nd5 Bxf3 18. Nxb6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxb6 20. f4 d5 21. e5  Nb4 22. Qe2 Nxf4+ 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Kh1 Rg6 25. Rxf4 Kh8 26. Raf1 Rfg8 27. Rf6  Qd7 28. Qh5 Qe7 29. Bd1 c5 30. Bg4 cxd4 31. Rxf7 Qg5 32. Qxg5 Rxg5 33. Bf5 Re8  34. e6 Nc6 35. h4 Rg7 36. Rf6 Ne5 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 38. Rh5 Ng4 39. Rf4 Ne3 40. Bh3  d3 41. Rd4 Rf8 42. Rxd3 Rf3 43. Bg2 Rxg2 44. Rxe3 Rxe3 45. Kxg2 Rxe6 46. Kf3  Re4 47. Rg5+ Kh7 48. Rg4 Rc4 49. Rg5 Rb4 50. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

Today’s pairings

Caruana-Fridman
Meier-Adams
Anand-Naiditsch

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