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Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 7th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 26, 2020 - 06:12 |March 27, 2020 Candidates Chess Tournament 2020

UPD. FIDE stopped the event. Check https://en.chessbase.com/post/breaking-news-fide-stops-the-candidates-tournament for more info.

Nepomniatchi and Vachier-Lagrave lead with 4.5 points.

Results of the 7th round

GM	Caruana Fabiano	½ – ½	GM	Wang Hao
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	1 – 0	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian
GM	Ding Liren	½ – ½	GM	Alekseenko Kirill
GM	Giri Anish	½ – ½	GM	Grischuk Alexander

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.25"]  [Round "7.1"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C42"]  [WhiteElo "2842"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [PlyCount "82"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O  8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14.  Nxd2 Rad8 15. f3 b6 16. g4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Ne4 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6  21. Bg5 Kf7 22. Ng3 c4 23. Bf1 b5 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf5 Bc5 27. Re5  Bxf3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxc5 Rd1+ 30. Ka2 Rxf1 31. Rxb5 c3 32. Bxf6 Kxf6 33. Ne3  Rf2 34. Rf5+ Ke6 35. Ka3 cxb2 36. Kxb2 h5 37. h4 Rxc2+ 38. Kxc2 Be4+ 39. Kd2  Bxf5 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Kf3 Bd3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.25"]  [Round "7.2"]  [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C19"]  [WhiteElo "2767"]  [BlackElo "2774"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5  h6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Qg4 Rg8 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7  15. d4 bxc5 16. Qd1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Ne2 c4 19. O-O Rb6 20. Qc2 Rh8 21. a4  Ke8 22. Rb4 Nc6 23. f4 Ne7 24. Rfb1 f5 25. Rb5 Qa6 26. Bc1 Kf7 27. Ba3 Rhb8 28.  Bxe7 Kxe7 29. g4 Rxb5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. gxf5 Rxb1+ 32. Qxb1 exf5 33. Ng3 Qb6  34. Nxf5+ Kf8 35. Qa1 Qe6 36. Ng3 Qg4 37. Kg2 Qxf4 38. Qxa7 Ke7 39. Qa3+ Kd8  40. Qd6 g5 41. hxg6 h5 42. g7 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.25"]  [Round "7.3"]  [White "Ding, Liren"]  [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E00"]  [WhiteElo "2805"]  [BlackElo "2698"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.  Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Nh5 13. Be3 Nhf6 14. Bg5 Bb7  15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf3 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bh3 Rce8  21. Qa4 c5 22. b4 cxb4 23. Qxa7 Ne4 24. Qxb6 Nc3 25. Re1 dxc4 26. a3 Bd5 27.  Qxb4 Qxb4 28. axb4 Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Rxf3 30. Bg2 Rff8 31. Rd2 Rb8 32. Bxd5 exd5  33. Rxd5 Rxb4 34. Rc2 Rc8 35. Kf1 c3 36. Ke2 Rb7 37. Rd3 Rb2 38. Kd1 Rb1+ 39.  Ke2 Rb2 40. Kd1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.25"]  [Round "7.4"]  [White "Giri, Anish"]  [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A20"]  [WhiteElo "2763"]  [BlackElo "2777"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2  Na6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne3 h5 11. d4 exd3 12. exd3 Qd4 13. Nc2 Qg4 14. Bf4 Qxd1 15.  Raxd1 Bg4 16. Rd2 O-O-O 17. d4 Nc7 18. Ne3 Be6 19. d5 Ncxd5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5 21.  Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1+ Kd7 25. Rc7+ Ke6 26. Rxb7 Rc8  27. Rxa7 Rc2 28. Be3 Bf6 29. Ra4 Bxb2 30. Kg2 d4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxa2  33. Re4+ Kf6 34. Rf4+ Ke6 35. Re4+ Kf6 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Re4+ Kf6 38. Rf4+ Ke6  39. h4 g6 40. Re4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 8th round

GM	Caruana Fabiano	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
GM	Wang Hao	GM	Ding Liren
GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	Giri Anish
GM	Alekseenko Kirill	GM	Grischuk Alexander

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Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 6th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 24, 2020 - 06:41 |March 25, 2020 Candidates Chess Tournament 2020

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Nepomniatchi leads with 4.5 points. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 6th round

GM	Grischuk Alexander	½ – ½	GM	Caruana Fabiano
GM	Alekseenko Kirill	0 – 1	GM	Giri Anish
GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	1 – 0	GM	Ding Liren
GM	Wang Hao	½ – ½	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxim

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.23"]  [Round "6.1"]  [White "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C78"]  [WhiteElo "2777"]  [BlackElo "2842"]  [PlyCount "108"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   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. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Re1  exd4 16. cxd4 Nxe4 17. d5 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Na7 19. Qd4 Bf5 20. Nbd2 Nc5 21. Rxe8+  Qxe8 22. Re1 Qf8 23. Bd1 b4 24. Be2 Qd8 25. Bf1 h6 26. Re3 b3 27. Qf4 Bd7 28.  Nd4 Rb4 29. Rg3 Qe7 30. Bc4 Nb5 31. N4xb3 Nxb3 32. Rxb3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rxb3 34.  Nxb3 Qb4 35. Qe4 c5 36. Qd3 g6 37. g4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Nc7 39. Qc3+ Qxc3 40. bxc3 f5  41. Nd2 Kf6 42. Kg3 Bb5 43. Bb3 Be2 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. f4 Nb5 46. c4 Nc3 47. Bc2  Bd1 48. Bd3 Na2 49. Kf2 Nb4 50. Ke3 Bc2 51. Be2 Na2 52. Nf1 Nc1 53. Kd2 Nxe2  54. Kxe2 Ba4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.23"]  [Round "6.2"]  [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]  [Black "Giri, Anish"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C50"]  [WhiteElo "2698"]  [BlackElo "2763"]  [PlyCount "196"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2  Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 c6 12. Ba4 Ng6 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.  Bc2 Qc7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rae8 18. Bg5 Ndf4 19. Qd2 Bd5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21.  Re1 Re5 22. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxf4 24. Qe8+ Nf8 25. Bb3 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Bxb3  27. axb3 Qf6 28. Qe4 g6 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. h4 h5 31. g3 Qd8 32. Qe5 Qb6 33. d5  cxd5 34. Qxd5 Kf8 35. Nc3 Qc7 36. Ne4 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qxb2 38. Qd7 b6 39. Nd6 Qf6  40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qd7 Kg8 42. Qe8+ Nf8 43. Qc6 Qd8 44. Nc4 Ne6 45. Nxb6 Nd4 46.  Qc5 Nxb3 47. Qb5 Nd2 48. Qxa5 Qd3 49. Qa1 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Nxh4 52.  Qa8+ Qxa8 53. Nxa8 Nf3 54. Kg2 Ne5 55. f4 Ng4 56. Nb6 Kf8 57. Nd5 Ke8 58. Nc3  Ke7 59. Ne4 Ne3+ 60. Kf3 Nc4 61. Ng5 Kf6 62. Ne4+ Kf5 63. Nf2 Nd2+ 64. Ke3 Nf1+  65. Kf3 Nh2+ 66. Kg2 Ng4 67. Nh3 f6 68. Kf3 Ke6 69. Ke4 Kd6 70. Ng1 Kc5 71. Kd3  Nh6 72. Ke3 Nf5+ 73. Kf3 Kc4 74. Nh3 Nd4+ 75. Ke3 Nf5+ 76. Kf3 Kd4 77. Nf2 Nd6  78. Nh3 Ne4 79. Ng1 Kd3 80. Kg2 Nd2 81. Kf2 Ke4 82. Ne2 Nb1 83. Ng1 h4 84. Nh3  Kf5 85. gxh4 Kg4 86. f5 gxf5 87. Ke3 Nc3 88. Nf2+ Kg3 89. Nd3 Nd5+ 90. Kd4 Nf4  91. Nc5 Kxh4 92. Ke3 Kg3 93. Nb3 Ne6 94. Nd2 f4+ 95. Ke2 Ng5 96. Kf1 f3 97. Kg1  f2+ 98. Kf1 f5 0-1

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.23"]  [Round "6.3"]  [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Black "Ding, Liren"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C84"]  [WhiteElo "2774"]  [BlackElo "2805"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3  O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6  15. Nd5 a5 16. Rb2 axb4 17. axb4 Bd8 18. c4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qc2 Re8 21.  g3 bxc4 22. Qxc4 c6 23. Nf4 Bg5 24. Ne2 d5 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Qb3 h5 27. b5 h4  28. b6 h3 29. Kh1 Reb8 30. Rfb1 Bd8 31. Qb5 Qg4 32. Qxd5 Ra5 33. Qc6 Rc5 34.  Qe8+ Kh7 35. Ng1 Rxb6 36. Qxd8 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Rc1 38. Qh4+ Qxh4 39. gxh4 Rd1 40.  f3 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.23"]  [Round "6.4"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D87"]  [WhiteElo "2762"]  [BlackElo "2767"]  [PlyCount "165"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.  Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. h4 e6 12. h5 Qh4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. f3 Bb7 15.  Qd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21.  Qe3 Kg7 22. Kf2 Rh8 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Qc3 Kg8 27. d5  Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Na5 29. Bd3 exd5 30. exd5 Kf8 31. Ke3 Ke7 32. Kd4 Bc8 33. Nb5 a6  34. Nc7 Kd6 35. Nxa6 Nb7 36. g4 g5 37. Nb4 Bd7 38. Nc2 Ke7 39. Ne3 Nd6 40. Nd1  Ba4 41. Nf2 f6 42. Be2 Be8 43. Nd1 Ba4 44. Nb2 Be8 45. Bd1 Nb5+ 46. Kc4 Nc7 47.  Bb3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Nb5+ 49. Kd3 Nc7 50. Nc4+ Kc5 51. Nd2 Bb5+ 52. Ke4 Bd7 53. Nf1  Nb5 54. Ng3 Nd6+ 55. Ke3 f5 56. gxf5 Bxf5 57. Nxf5 Nxf5+ 58. Ke4 Nh4 59. Ba4  Kd6 60. Be8 Ng2 61. Bf7 Ne1 62. a4 Nc2 63. Be8 Ne1 64. Bb5 Ng2 65. Bc4 Nh4 66.  Bf1 Kc5 67. Bh3 Kd6 68. Be6 Ng6 69. Bf7 Nh4 70. Be8 Ng2 71. Bb5 Nh4 72. Bd3 Kc5  73. Bf1 Kd6 74. Bh3 Ng6 75. Be6 Nh4 76. Bf7 Ke7 77. Bh5 Kd6 78. Bg4 Ng2 79. Kf5  Kxd5 80. Kxg5 Ke5 81. Kg6 Nf4+ 82. Kf7 Nd3 83. Ke7 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 7th round

GM	Caruana Fabiano	GM	Wang Hao
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian
GM	Ding Liren	GM	Alekseenko Kirill
GM	Giri Anish	GM	Grischuk Alexander

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Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 5th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 23, 2020 - 06:23 |March 23, 2020 Candidates Chess Tournament 2020

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Nepomniatchi leads with 3.5 points.

Results of the round

GM	Giri Anish	½ – ½	GM	Caruana Fabiano
GM	Grischuk Alexander	½ – ½	GM	Ding Liren
GM	Alekseenko Kirill	½ – ½	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	1 – 0	GM	Wang Hao

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.22"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Giri, Anish"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D12"]  [WhiteElo "2763"]  [BlackElo "2842"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2  Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Kb1 Qb8 14. h4 g5  15. Be1 g4 16. e4 gxf3 17. gxf3 b6 18. exd5 exd5 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Ne2 Qa7 21.  b3 Nh5 22. Ng3 g6 23. Nxh5 Rxh5 24. f4 Kf8 25. Be2 Rh8 26. Bd3 c5 27. Bc3 cxd4  28. Bxd4 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxf5 b5 32. Rh2 Rh5 33. Re2 d4 34.  Re5 Ng4 35. Rc5 Ne3 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Ke7 38. Rc1 Nd5 39. Re1+ Ne3 40.  Rc1 Nd5 41. Re1+ Ne3 42. Rc1 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.22"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Black "Ding, Liren"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C88"]  [WhiteElo "2777"]  [BlackElo "2805"]  [PlyCount "107"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3  Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. a4 f6 13. Ne4 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15.  Be3 Rfc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. b4 Rcc8 19. bxa5 Kh8 20. Bd2 Nb4 21.  Bb3 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Rc1 Nc6 24. c4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Nxa5 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.  d4 Nc6 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qg4 Rd8 31. Be3 Bf6 32. Rc1 Qd7 33. Qh5  Qe8 34. Qf3 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. Re1 Qg6 39. Ba7 Rc8 40.  Qb7 Qc2 41. Be3 Qc6 42. Qb4 h5 43. Bc1 Qc2 44. Be3 Rd8 45. Qb1 Qxb1 46. Rxb1  Kh7 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Rd6 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Kf3 Bg5 51. Ke4 Bxe3 52. fxe3 Re6  53. Rb7 Re8 54. Ra7 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.22"]  [Round "5.3"]  [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]  [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2698"]  [BlackElo "2767"]  [PlyCount "65"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2  Nbd7 9. a3 h5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Rg1 Rc8 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Qe1 Nfd7  15. g4 hxg4 16. Rxg4 g6 17. Rxg6 Rxc3 18. Nxe6 Qc8 19. Ng7+ Kf8 20. Rh6 Rxh6  21. Bxh6 Rxc2 22. Nf5+ Ke8 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. Qh4+ f6 25. Bf4 Rxb2+ 26. Kxb2  Na4+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Ka1 Nxd1 29. Qh7+ Kd8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Kd8 32. Qg8+  Ke7 33. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.22"]  [Round "5.4"]  [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C42"]  [WhiteElo "2774"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [PlyCount "85"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.  Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 12. Bf4 Na6 13. h4 Nc7 14. Ng5  Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Qh3 Kh8  21. h5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. g4 a6 25. b3 Qe6 26. Ne3 Nd6 27.  h6 g6 28. c4 dxc4 29. bxc4 Kg8 30. Qh2 Kf7 31. c5 Nb5 32. Qb8 Qd7 33. Qh8 Ke6  34. f4 Nxd4 35. Qg8+ Qf7 36. Qc8+ Qd7 37. Qg8+ Qf7 38. Qd8 Qd7 39. f5+ gxf5 40.  gxf5+ Nxf5 41. Qxd7+ Kxd7 42. Nxf5 Ke6 43. Ne3 1-0

Pairings of the 6th round

GM	Grischuk Alexander	GM	Caruana Fabiano
GM	Alekseenko Kirill	GM	Giri Anish
GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	Ding Liren
GM	Wang Hao	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime

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Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 4th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 22, 2020 - 07:03 |March 22, 2020 Candidates Chess Tournament 2020

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Vachier-Lagrave, Wang Hao and Nepomniachtchi lead with 2.5 points.

Results of the round

GM	Caruana Fabiano	½ – ½	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian
GM	Wang Hao	½ – ½	GM	Alekseenko Kirill
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	½ – ½	GM	Grischuk Alexander
GM	Ding Liren	½ – ½	GM	Giri Anish

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.21"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D87"]  [WhiteElo "2842"]  [BlackElo "2774"]  [PlyCount "110"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.  Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Rac1  Na5 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. h4 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. h5 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Qc8 20. h6 Bf8  21. d5 e6 22. Nc3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qd2 exd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qb4 27.  Qd3 Qa3 28. Qc2 Qa5 29. Qd1 Bd6 30. g3 Kf8 31. Qf3 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 f5 33. g4 Qb1  34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Qe3 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 fxe4 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kd7  40. a4 Bc7 41. Be3 a6 42. Bd2 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Kd4 Bb6+ 45. Kd3 Bc5 46. Bc3  Ba3 47. Bg7 Bc5 48. Bc3 Bf8 49. Bg7 Be7 50. Kd4 Bd6 51. Bf6 Kc7 52. Bg5 Kb6 53.  Bd8+ Ka6 54. Kd3 Bf8 55. Kd4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.21"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D78"]  [WhiteElo "2762"]  [BlackElo "2698"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3  Bf5 9. Bb2 a4 10. bxa4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Ra6 14. e3 Qxa4  15. Bf1 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nb6 18. Ra7 Rb8 19. Ne5 Nfd7 20. Bb5 f6 21.  Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Ra5 Bf5 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Bc5 Nd7 25. Ra7 Nxc5 26. dxc5 e5 27. b4  b6 28. c6 Bxb4 29. e4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. c7 Rf8 32. Bc4+ Kh8 33. Be6 Bf5  34. c8=Q Rxc8 35. Bxc8 Bxc8 36. Ra8 Kg7 37. Rxc8 Bc5 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. h4 f5 40.  Kg2 e4 41. Kf1 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.21"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2767"]  [BlackElo "2777"]  [PlyCount "106"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5  8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.  Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bc1  Nxc3 21. Rd3 Na4 22. Rf3 Bd5 23. Rf4 Nb6 24. Ref1 Rg6 25. Rf5 Bc4 26. Re1 Ke7  27. h5 Rh6 28. g4 Rhh8 29. a4 Nxa4 30. Ba3+ c5 31. e6 f6 32. Bxc5+ Nxc5 33.  Rxc5 fxg5 34. Rxc7+ Kd6 35. Rxc4 a5 36. Rd1+ Ke7 37. Re4 Rhd8 38. Rb1 Rdb8 39.  Rb5 a4 40. Rxg5 Rg8 41. h6 gxh6 42. Rxg8 Rxg8 43. Rxa4 h5 44. Kf2 Rxg4 45. Rxg4  hxg4 46. Kg3 Kxe6 47. Kxg4 Ke5 48. Kf3 Kd4 49. Ke2 Kc3 50. Kd1 b5 51. Kc1 b4  52. Kb1 b3 53. cxb3 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.21"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Ding, Liren"]  [Black "Giri, Anish"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E00"]  [WhiteElo "2805"]  [BlackElo "2763"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5  cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. e3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Bxb4  Qxb4 15. b3 h5 16. Nc3 h4 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Nf4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rfc8 20. Bf3 a4 21.  bxa4 Ra8 22. Nd3 Qxa4 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 24. Nc5 Ra5 25. a4 Rca8 26. Bd1 Be8 27. Kf1  Kf8 28. Rab1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Rb7 c5 31. Bb3 R5a7 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Ke1  Ke7 34. Ra1 c4 35. Bc2 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kc5 37. Kc3 Ra6 38. g4 g5 39. a5 Bc6 40. Ra2  Ra7 41. Ra1 Ra6 42. Ra2 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 5th round

GM	Giri Anish	GM	Caruana Fabiano
GM	Grischuk Alexander	GM	Ding Liren
GM	Alekseenko Kirill	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	Wang Hao

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Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 3rd round

By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2020 - 08:42 |March 20, 2020 Candidates Chess Tournament 2020

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Vachier-Lagrave, Nepomniachtchi and Wang Hao lead with 2 points. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 2nd round

GM	Ding Liren	1 – 0	GM	Caruana Fabiano
GM	Giri Anish	½ – ½	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
GM	Grischuk Alexander	½ – ½	GM	Wang Hao
GM	Alekseenko Kirill	½ – ½	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.19"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Ding, Liren"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D17"]  [WhiteElo "2805"]  [BlackElo "2842"]  [PlyCount "117"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4  O-O 9. Kf2 e5 10. Nxe5 Bc2 11. Qd2 c5 12. d5 Bb3 13. e4 Re8 14. Qf4 c4 15. Nxc4  Nbd7 16. Be3 Nf8 17. Bd4 Ng6 18. Qf5 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Bxc5  Qxc5+ 22. Kf1 h6 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Rd2 Qe3 25. Rc2 a6 26. Qh3 b5 27. Qg3 b4 28.  Nd1 Qb3 29. Rd2 Qxa4 30. Qf2 Qd7 31. g3 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 a5 33. Qd4 Nh5 34. Nf2 Qd7  35. f4 Nhxf4 36. gxf4 Nxf4 37. Kf1 Qd6 38. Rg1 f6 39. Bb5 Re7 40. b3 Rf8 41.  Rc2 Ne6 42. Qe3 Ng5 43. h4 Nf7 44. Rc6 Qb8 45. Qc5 Qd8 46. Rxf6 Kh8 47. Rf5 Rc7  48. Bc6 a4 49. bxa4 b3 50. Rg3 b2 51. Rb3 Nd6 52. Rxf8+ Qxf8 53. Rxb2 Qf4 54.  Rb8+ Kh7 55. Qc2 Re7 56. e5+ Nf5 57. Qe4 Qc1+ 58. Kg2 g6 59. Rb3 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.19"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Giri, Anish"]  [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D85"]  [WhiteElo "2763"]  [BlackElo "2767"]  [PlyCount "59"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8.  d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qd6 11. f4 e6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bxb5 exd5 14. Bc4 Bb7  15. Nf3 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Be2 d4 18. e5 Qd7 19. cxd4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bxf3 21.  Rxf3 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Bd1 Nc4 26. Kf2 Nb2 27.  Rd2 Nc4 28. Rd3 Nb2 29. Rd2 Nc4 30. Rd3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.19"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C42"]  [WhiteElo "2777"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [PlyCount "98"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.  Qe2+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. c3 c5 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O  cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. f3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1  Rac8 21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. g3 Kf7 23. Kg2 g6 24. Bd2 Be3 25. h4 Re6 26. Bxe3 Rxe3  27. Kf2 Re6 28. Rd2 Ke7 29. Rad1 Rec6 30. g4 a6 31. h5 Kf7 32. a3 Re8 33. hxg6+  hxg6 34. g5 Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Re1 exf3 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. Rh1 Kg8 39. Rxb7  Rc2+ 40. Kxf3 Rc5 41. Rh4 Rxg5 42. b4 Rge5 43. Rd4 Re3+ 44. Kf4 Rxa3 45. Rd6  Ra1 46. Rxg6+ Kh8 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rg6+ Kh8 49. Rh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.19"]  [Round "3.4"]  [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]  [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C19"]  [WhiteElo "2698"]  [BlackElo "2774"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. Nf3  b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Be2 Ba4 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be3 h6 13. Ra2 Nf5 14. Bf4 Qc6 15.  Rb2 a6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rb4 b5 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Qe2 Nxb4 21. axb4  Qc7 22. Re1 Nb8 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Qg4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 g6 26. h5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 O-O-O  28. f4 Kb8 29. c3 Bb3 30. f5 Bc4 31. Bc2 Rdg8 32. Kf2 a5 33. bxa5 Qxa5 34. Qxf7  Qa2 35. Qxe6 Qxc2 36. Qb6+ Kc8 37. Qc6+ Kb8 38. Qb6+ Kc8 39. Qc6+ Kb8 40. Qb6+  1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 4th round

GM	Caruana Fabiano	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian
GM	Wang Hao	GM	Alekseenko Kirill
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	Grischuk Alexander
GM	Ding Liren	GM	Giri Anish

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