GRENKE Chess Classic 2019 5th round

Anand and Carlsen lead with 3.5 points. Thursday is a rest day.

Results of the round

Svidler, Peter Vallejo Pons, Francisco  1/2-1/2
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Aronian, Levon  1/2-1/2
Keymer, Vincent Meier, Georg  1-0
Carlsen, Magnus Naiditsch, Arkadij  1/2-1/2
Anand, Viswanathan Caruana, Fabiano  1/2-1/2

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Thursday Quiz 25.4.19

White to play

The solution is: 17.Nd6+! Qxd6 [17…exd6 18.Bxf6 d4 19.Qxd4 Nc6 20.Qf4+-] 18.Qxc8+ Kf7 19.Bb5!+- Bg7 [19…Qb6 20.Be8+ Kg7 21.Rab1 Qa6 22.Bb5] 20.Qxb7 Rd8 [20…a6 21.Ba4] 21.Qxa8 Qb4 22.Rab1 Qxh4 23.Be2 f5 24.g3 1-0