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By Yelena Dembo | March 22, 2016 - 09:40 |March 22, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Candidates Tournament 2016 8th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 21, 2016 - 10:49 |March 21, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Svidler-Karjakin (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Aronian and Karjakin share 1st-2nd with 5 points.

Results of the 8th round

Aronian 1/2 Giri

Svidler 1/2 Karjakin

Topalov 1/2 Anand

Caruana 1-0 Nakamura

Standings after 8 rounds

Aronian, Karjakin 5

Caruana, Anand 4.5

Giri 4

Svidler 3.5

Nakamura 3

Topalov 2.5

Games of the round

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.20"]   [Round "8.1"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2757"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "99"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.     bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 11. Qa4 h6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc5 f4 15.   Bb2 Rb8 16. c4 Nde7 17. g4 b6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. g5 h5 20. Rfd1 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4     Qxa7 Qd7 23. Qa3 h4 24. Qc3 Bf5 25. h3 Bxh3 26. Qe5 Ng6 27. Qd5+ Be6 28.     Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Kh2 Ra8 30. Bh3 Bxh3 31. Kxh3 Ra3 32. Rdc1 Rea8 33. Rc2 Kf7 34.   d4 Rd8 35. d5 Ne5 36. Rb1 Kg6 37. d6 cxd6 38. Rxb6 Kh5 39. Nxd6 Rda8 40. Rb5   Nc6 41. g6+ Kxg6 42. Rc1 Kh7 43. Rg1 R3a7 44. Rg4 Kg8 45. Rh5 Ne7 46. Rgxh4 Ng6     Rg4 Nf8 48. Rxf4 Rxa2 49. Rfh4 g6 50. Re5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.20"]   [Round "8.2"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2794"]   [BlackElo "2790"]   [PlyCount "65"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.     Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Ne3 a5 12. Nf5 a4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nc5     g4 Be6 16. Kb1 b4 17. g5 b3 18. Rhg1 bxa2+ 19. Ka1 Bxf5 20. exf5 a3 21. b3     Na6 22. c3 Bf8 23. Nd2 fxg5 24. Rxg5 Nc5 25. Rg3 e4 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Nxe4 Bd6     Rh3 Be5 29. d4 Bf6 30. Rg1 Rb8 31. Kxa2 Bh4 32. Rg4 Qd5 33. c4 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.20"]   [Round "8.3"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D30"]   [WhiteElo "2786"]   [BlackElo "2793"]   [PlyCount "84"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.     Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Ne5 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 Be7 14. f3   Rg8 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Nd2 b6 18. Kf2 Bb7 19. h4 Rac8 20. f4 Bf6 21.   b4 Rg7 22. Be2 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. Bf3 Ba6 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4   f4 28. e4 Be7 29. a3 e5 30. dxe5 Ke6 31. Ke2 Kxe5 32. Rh5+ Bg5 33. Bg4 Rd8 34.   Rxc6 Kxe4 35. Re6+ Kd4 36. Rh3 Kc4 37. Re5 Kd4 38. Re6 Kc4 39. Bf5 Re7 40. Rxe7   Bxe7 41. Rh7 Bd6 42. Rxa7 Re8+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.20"]   [Round "8.4"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2780"]   [BlackElo "2762"]   [PlyCount "101"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.     Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. b3 c6 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. O-O Qf6     Ne5 Nd6 16. Rae1 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Qg6 18. f3 f6 19. a4 Ne6 20. Qd2 h5 21. Ba3     Nf5 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. exf4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Kf2 Nh6 27. Qd3   b6 28. Bb4 Qe6 29. Qc2 Kf7 30. Ba3 Qd7 31. Bb4 Nf5 32. Qd3 g6 33. g3 Ng7 34.   Qe3 Kg8 35. Qd3 Kh7 36. Kg2 Qf5 37. Qc3 Qe6 38. Qd3 a5 39. Bd2 Qf5 40. Qc3 Qe6     Qd3 Qf5 42. Qc3 h4 43. g4 Qb1 44. Be3 Qd1 45. Bf2 Qe2 46. Qe3 Qxe3 47. Bxe3     Ne6 48. Kh3 g5 49. f5 Nf4+ 50. Bxf4 gxf4 51. Kg2 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 9th round

Topalov-Svidler

Anand-Aronian

Giri-Caruana

Nakamura-Karjakin

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Monday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 21, 2016 - 10:24 |March 21, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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White to move

Fierce attack :)

By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2016 - 19:34 |March 20, 2016 Active chess, Exercises, Games

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Here is another very active (if not plain aggressive:)) attack by my dad. Hope you find it too! 🙂

   [Event "Friendly Game, 2 min"]   [Site "CafÃ©"]   [Date "2016.03.20"]   [Round "?"]   [White "Dembo, V."]   [Black "Guest5014948"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C41"]   [SetUp "1"]   [FEN "2r2rk1/2n2ppp/p1q5/1p1pPP2/8/P1BQ3P/1P4P1/3R1RK1 w - - 0 25"]   [PlyCount "9"]   [EventDate "2016.03.20"]   [TimeControl "120"]         f6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne6 {     [%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Qh6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Rf4 {   [%emt 0:00:03]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:02] Guest5014948   resigns (Lag: Av=0.36s, max=0.7s)} 1-0

Candidates Tournament 2016 7th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2016 - 06:12 |March 20, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Karjakin-Aronian, Nakamura-Topalov, Svidler watching (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Karjakin and Aronian lead with 4.5 points.

Results of the 7th round

Karjakin 1/2 Aronian

Giri 1/2 Anand

Svidler 1/2 Caruana

Nakamura 1-0 Topalov

Standings after 7 rounds

Karjakin, Aronian 4.5

Anand 4

Giri, Caruana 3.5

Nakamura, Svidler 3

Topalov 2

Games of the round

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.19"]   [Round "7.1"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A35"]   [WhiteElo "2757"]   [BlackElo "2794"]   [PlyCount "89"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. Ng5 e6 8. d3     Bg7 9. Nge4 O-O 10. h4 b6 11. h5 Bb7 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bh6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f5 15.   Qc1 fxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qh6+ Kf6 18. dxe4 Rh8 19. e5+ Kf7 20. Qf4+ Kg7 21.   Rxh8 Qxh8 22. O-O-O Kg8 23. Rd7 Rf8 24. Qg4 Qh6+ 25. f4 Re8 26. Rxb7 Nxe5 27.   Qh3 Qxh3 28. Bxh3 Nc4 29. Rxa7 e5 30. Bg2 Ne3 31. Bc6 Re6 32. Bb5 exf4 33. gxf4   Rf6 34. Kd2 Nf1+ 35. Kd3 Rxf4 36. e4 Ng3 37. e5 Rf3+ 38. Kc4 Ne4 39. Bc6 Rxc3+     Kb5 Re3 41. Kxb6 c4 42. Bd5+ Kh8 43. e6 c3 44. Rc7 g5 45. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.19"]   [Round "7.2"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A05"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2786"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. e4 a4 8. a3 c5   Re1 Nc6 10. h4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 b5 13. Ng5 Ra6 14. Qh5 h6 15. Nf3     f5 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bd6 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Rb1 f4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4     gxf4 Qxf4 23. Qxc5 Rf5 24. Qe3 Qxh4 25. Qg3 Qh5 26. Qc7 Qf7 27. Qb7 Rd6 28.     Qb8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Re3 Bc6 31. Rbe1 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.19"]   [Round "7.3"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D12"]   [WhiteElo "2790"]   [BlackElo "2780"]   [PlyCount "77"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Rb1     Nbd7 9. c5 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. g3 e5 12. Bg2 e4 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nf8 15. b5   Ne6 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Na4 Ng5 18. h4 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Nc3   Bxc5 22. dxc5 d4 23. exd4 Qxd4 24. O-O Qg4 25. Re1 Rfd8 26. Rb2 Rd4 27. Re7   Rad8 28. Qb3 Rf8 29. Qd1 Rfd8 30. Qb3 Rf8 31. Nd1 Nd5 32. Re5 Kh7 33. Kh2 Nf6     Be3 Rb8 35. Qxb8 Rxd1 36. Rb1 Qd7 37. Rg5 Ne4 38. Rxd1 Qxd1 39. Qf4 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.19"]   [Round "7.4"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2793"]   [BlackElo "2762"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.     Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. e3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Re8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Be2   Nf6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Kf1 Kf8 19. Ke1 Ke7 20. Ne5   Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Kd2 Kd6 26. Kc3   e5 27. g3 b6 28. Bc4 f6 29. b4 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. gxh4 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 8th round

Svidler-Karjakin

Caruana-Nakamura

Aronian-Giri

Topalov-Anand

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