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Candidates Tournament 2016 10th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 24, 2016 - 07:14 |March 24, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Caruana-Anand (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Karjakin and Caruana lead with 6 points.

Results of the 10th round

Caruana 1-0 Anand

Karjakin 1/2 Giri

Aronian 1/2 Topalov

Svidler 1/2 Nakamura

Standings after 10 rounds

Karjakin, Caruana 6

Anand, Aronian 5.5

Giri 5

Svidler 4.5

Nakamura 4

Topalov 3.5

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.23"]   [Round "10.1"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2757"]   [BlackElo "2790"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Na4     a5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. e3 Qe7 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.   cxd5 Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bh3 18. e4 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21.   Nxc6 bxc6 22. b4 Bb6 23. Qxd6 Rxe4 24. Qxc6 Rae8 25. Qxb6 Rh4 26. gxh4 Qg4+ 27.   Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.23"]   [Round "10.2"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D45"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2793"]   [PlyCount "63"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O     dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. Qb3 e5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.   Bxe4 g6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bb2 a4 19. Qc2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qe7 21.   Qc2 Rfe8 22. Bf3 c5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. bxc5 Re5 25. Rfc1 Qc6 26. Rab1 Rxc5 27.   Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Rc5 32. Ke4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.23"]   [Round "10.3"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2794"]   [BlackElo "2762"]   [PlyCount "65"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.     bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 dxc4 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1 Bf5     Ne5 Nd6 16. e4 Bh7 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qh5 Nef5 20. exf5 Qg5 21.     Qxg5+ hxg5 22. f6 Ne4 23. Rfe1 Nxc3 24. Rc1 Nb5 25. Bxb7 Rad8 26. Bc6 Nxd4 27.   Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf2 Nc2 29. Red1 Be4 30. Nxc4 Re6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kg1 Rxf6 33.   Rf1 1-0

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.23"]   [Round "10.4"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2786"]   [BlackElo "2780"]   [PlyCount "116"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Na4     a5 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Bc5 11. e3 Ba7 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Nh4 Qd8 14. Qd2 Ne7 15.   Rad1 c6 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. d4 Qc8 19. Nc3 exd4 20. exd4 Ne4 21. Nxe4   Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qf5 25. Re7 Rb8 26. Kg2 Bb6 27. Qe2   d5 28. c5 Bd8 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Bc3 Rc8 31. Rf8 Bc7 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qe7 Kg8     h4 h5 35. Bd2 Qd8 36. Qe2 g6 37. Qe1 Kg7 38. a3 Qf6 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4     Qf5 41. Qd1 f6 42. Be1 Kf7 43. f3 g5 44. Bf2 Qg6 45. Kf1 Qf5 46. Kg2 g4 47. f4   Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Ke6 49. Qb3 Qe2 50. Qb1 f5 51. Qa1 Qa6 52. Qe1+ Kf7 53. Qb1 Kf6     Qe1 Qa8 55. Qe2 Qc8 56. b5 Qe6 57. Qxe6+ Kxe6 58. b6 Bd8 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 11th round

Aronian-Svidler

Topalov-Caruana

Anand-Karjakin

Giri-Nakamura

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Candidates Tournament 2016 9th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 22, 2016 - 09:55 |March 22, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Anand-Aronian (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Karjakin and Anand share 1st-2nd with 5.5 points out of 9. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 9th round

Anand 1-0 Aronian

Nakamura 1/2 Karjakin

Giri 1/2 Caruana

Topalov 1/2 Svidler

Standings after 9 rounds

Karjakin, Anand 5.5

Aronian, Caruana 5

Giri 4.5

Svidler 4

Nakamura 3.5

Topalov 3

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.21"]   [Round "9.1"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C88"]   [WhiteElo "2780"]   [BlackElo "2757"]   [PlyCount "93"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4     b4 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 d6 11. c3 Rb8 12. h3 Re8 13. d4 Bf8 14. a5 bxc3 15. bxc3   exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Ba3 d5 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Qf3 Ba8 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. e5 Kg8     exf6 Qxf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qc3 c5 25. Nf3 Rb8 26. Ne5 cxd4 27. Qxd4 Bd6   Bb2 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rb5 31. Bd1 Nd3 32. Bd4 Bc6 33. Bc2 Nf4 34.     Be5 Rc5 35. Bd1 Nd3 36. Bd6 Rc3 37. Bg4 Kf7 38. Ra2 Bb5 39. Re2 Rc6 40. Bb8 Nc5     Re5 d4 42. Bf3 Rc8 43. Bd6 Ne6 44. Bh5+ Kf6 45. Bg4 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Bc4 47.     Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.21"]   [Round "9.2"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C50"]   [WhiteElo "2762"]   [BlackElo "2786"]   [PlyCount "131"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Na3     Ne7 9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Ne3 Ng4 13. Qd2 a5 14. d4 Ra8 15.   dxe5 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. Bc2 Re8 19. f3 b6 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. b4   Nd7 22. Bb3 Nf6 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Ra7 26. b5 Bb7 27. c4 Qe5 28.   Rac1 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. f4 f6 32. Rc3 Kd7 33. Rh3 h6 34. Rg3   Re7 35. Rg6 Bxd5 36. cxd5 Ra8 37. Kf3 Rae8 38. Kg4 Rxe4 39. Rxg7+ Kc8 40. Rd2   Kb8 41. Rc2 Rc8 42. Ra2 Rd4 43. Kf5 Rxd5+ 44. Kxf6 Rf8+ 45. Rf7 Rxf7+ 46. Kxf7   Rf5+ 47. Kg6 Rxf4 48. g3 Rc4 49. Kxh6 d5 50. Kh5 d4 51. g4 d3 52. h4 Rd4 53.   Rd2 Kc8 54. g5 Kd7 55. Kg6 Rxh4 56. Rxd3+ Ke8 57. Ra3 Rc4 58. Kg7 Kd7 59. g6 c6     Kf6 cxb5 61. g7 Rg4 62. axb5 Rg1 63. Rd3+ Ke8 64. Re3+ Kd7 65. Re5 Rxg7 66.     Rd5+ 1-0

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.21"]   [Round "9.3"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D70"]   [WhiteElo "2793"]   [BlackElo "2794"]   [PlyCount "191"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2     e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 12. h5 Nb4 13. hxg6 Bf5 14. gxh7+ Kh8 15.   Rd1 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd7 18. Nh3 f5 19. f4 Rc8 20. g3 Nc4 21. Bxc4   Rxc4 22. fxe5 f4 23. Nxf4 Qg5 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxe5 26. Qb4 Rf7 27. Nce2   Bg4 28. Qe4 Qf6 29. Rh4 Bf5 30. Qe3 b6 31. b3 Re7 32. Qd2 Rc7 33. d6 Bxd6 34.   Qd5 Rf7 35. Kg2 Bc5 36. Rh5 Bg4 37. Rh6 Qxh6 38. Qxf7 Qc6+ 39. Nd5 Be6 40. Qf6+   Kxh7 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Qg5+   Kf8 47. Nef4 Bf7 48. Qe5 Kg8 49. Kh3 Qd6 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Qf5 Ke7 52. N6d5+ Kf8     Kg4 Bd4 54. Nc7 Be5 55. Ncd5 a5 56. Qc8+ Kg7 57. Ne3 Kh7 58. Qb7 Kg8 59.     Qa8+ Qb8 60. Qe4 Qd6 61. Nf5 Qd1+ 62. Ne2 Bg7 63. Nxg7 Kxg7 64. Qe5+ Kg6 65.   Kf3 Qd3+ 66. Kf2 Qc2 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Qd4+ Kg8 69. Qg4+ Kf8 70. Qa4 Be8 71.   Qa3+ Kg8 72. Qe7 Bf7 73. Qd8+ Kg7 74. Qd4+ Kg8 75. Qa4 Qd2 76. Qg4+ Kf8 77.   Qc8+ Ke7 78. Qc7+ Kf8 79. a3 Bxb3 80. Qb8+ Kf7 81. Qb7+ Kg8 82. Qxb6 Qa2 83.   Qd8+ Kf7 84. Qd7+ Kg8 85. Qe8+ Kg7 86. Qe7+ Bf7 87. g4 Qd2 88. Qc5 Be6 89. Qe5+   Kf7 90. g5 Qa2 91. Qf6+ Ke8 92. Qh8+ Ke7 93. Qh7+ Kf8 94. Qh8+ Ke7 95. Qg7+ Ke8     Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.21"]   [Round "9.4"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2790"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "88"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5     exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. b4 Bc4 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4     Nd2 Bxa2 16. Bxe4 Bxb1 17. Qxb1 Nf6 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. e4 Rd8 20. Be3 Ng4   h3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Qc2 Qg5 25. Rf3 c5 26. Qb3 cxd4 27.     Qxf7+ Kh8 28. h4 Qe5 29. Nc4 Qxe4 30. Rf4 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Rg8 32. exd4 b5 33. Ne5   Bd6 34. Qd5 Qc2+ 35. Kg1 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Qe2 37. Rf2 Qe3 38. Kg2 b4 39. e6 h6 40.   Qd7 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Kh7 42. e7 Ra8 43. Rg2 b3 44. Qb5 Qxe7 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 10th round

Svidler-Nakamura

Karjakin-Giri

Caruana-Anand

Aronian-Topalov

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