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Fierce attack :)

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

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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By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2016 - 06:00 |March 20, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Candidates Tournament 2016 6th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 18, 2016 - 07:31 |March 18, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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

Karjakin and Aronian lead with 4 points out of 6. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 6th round

Caruana	2.5	1/2	3.5	Karjakin
Aronian	3	1-0	2	Nakamura
Anand	2.5	1-0	2.5	Svidler
Topalov	1.5	1/2	2.5	Giri

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.17"]   [Round "6.1"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C88"]   [WhiteElo "2762"]   [BlackElo "2757"]   [PlyCount "47"]   [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     Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. c3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. e5   Ne4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Nb3 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Ng5 Nxc1 21. Qh5   h6 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Rg4 Qa5 24. h4 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.17"]   [Round "6.2"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E60"]   [WhiteElo "2780"]   [BlackElo "2793"]   [PlyCount "135"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d6   Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxa6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Bc3 h5 14. Ng3 Ng4 15.     Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Ne2 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. O-O Qd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3     b3 Rfb8 22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. f3 Ra3 24. Kh2 Rba8 25. Nc1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27.     Rb1 Rb8 28. Rb2 Rb4 29. Kh3 c4 30. Re2 cxb3 31. Nxb3 Ng6 32. Kg3 Raa4 33. Red2   Kf6 34. Kf2 Rb5 35. Rh1 Rxh4 36. Rxh4 Nxh4 37. f4 Ng6 38. g3 h4 39. Rd3 hxg3+     Kxg3 Nf8 41. Kf3 Nd7 42. a4 Rb4 43. a5 Nf8 44. Nd4 Ng6 45. a6 Ra4 46. Ne2     Rxa6 47. Nd4 Nf8 48. Nc2 Nd7 49. Ne3 Ra2 50. Rd1 Rh2 51. Rg1 Rh3+ 52. Rg3 Rxg3+     Kxg3 Nc5 54. Kf3 e6 55. dxe6 Kxe6 56. Nc2 Kd5 57. Ne3+ Ke6 58. Nc2 Nb3 59.     Ne3 Nd4+ 60. Kf2 Nc6 61. Ke2 Nb4 62. Kd2 Nd5 63. Ng2 Ne7 64. Kd3 Nc6 65. Nh4   Nb4+ 66. Kd4 Nc6+ 67. Kc4 Nb8 68. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.17"]   [Round "6.3"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2786"]   [BlackElo "2790"]   [PlyCount "166"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2     Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nh4 O-O 13. Nc3 g6 14. Bg5 Rb8 15.   Bf4 Rc8 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qf4 Na5 18. Nf5 Bxg2 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Kxg2 Qe5 21. e3   d5 22. Bg5 Ne4 23. Rxd5 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Kg7 26. Rd7 h6 27. Be7 Nc4     Rad1 a5 29. R1d5 Rc6 30. Ra7 Re6 31. Rdd7 Kg8 32. h4 Kg7 33. Bd8 Kg8 34.     Be7 Kg7 35. Rab7 Kg8 36. Rbc7 Na3 37. Bd8 Nc4 38. Be7 Na3 39. Rb7 Nc4 40. Kf3   a4 41. Rbc7 Nd2+ 42. Rxd2 R6xe7 43. Rc6 Re6 44. Rxe6 Rxe6 45. c4 Kg7 46. e4 Re8     e5 Rb8 48. Rd7 Kf8 49. f5 gxf5 50. Kf4 b5 51. cxb5 Rxb5 52. Kxf5 a3 53. f4     Rb4 54. Ra7 c4 55. Rxa3 Rb2 56. Ra6 Kg7 57. a4 c3 58. Ra7 c2 59. Rc7 Rb4 60. a5   Ra4 61. Rxc2 Rxa5 62. Rc4 Ra1 63. Rc7 Kf8 64. Rd7 Ra4 65. Rd3 Rc4 66. Re3 Ke7     Re4 Rc1 68. Rb4 Kf8 69. Rb6 Kg7 70. Rb7 Kf8 71. Rb8+ Kg7 72. Rb4 Ra1 73.     Rd4 Ra2 74. Rd7 Kf8 75. Kf6 Ra6+ 76. Rd6 Ra8 77. h5 Kg8 78. f5 Rb8 79. Rd7 Rb6+     Ke7 Rb5 81. Rd8+ Kh7 82. Kf6 Rb6+ 83. Rd6 Rb7 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.17"]   [Round "6.4"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2794"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "72"]   [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. a3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf4 Nbd7     Nc4 Nb6 16. Na5 Ba6 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Nc6 Bxc3 20. Nxd8 Bxe2   Qb3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Raxd8 23. Rxa7 Nc4 24. h3 Bh5 25. Bg5 Bg6 26. Bxf6 gxf6   g4 Kg7 28. Qc3 d4 29. Qxc4 d3 30. g5 d2 31. gxf6+ Kh8 32. Bf3 Be4 33. Kh2     Bd5 34. Qg4 Rg8 35. Bd1 Rxg4 36. hxg4 h6 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 7th round

Svidler-Caruana

Karjakin-Aronian

Nakamura-Topalov

Giri-Anand

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