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Candidates Tournament 2016 14th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 29, 2016 - 07:07 |March 29, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Karjakin won against Caruana in the last round and thus won the event with 8.5 points. Karjakin also won the right to play Magnus Carlsen for the crown.

Results of the last round

Sviler 1/2 Anand

Giri 1/2 Topalov

Nakamura 1/2 Aronian

Karjakin 1-0 Caruana

Games of the round

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.28"]   [Round "14.1"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2757"]   [BlackElo "2762"]   [PlyCount "69"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2     Bc5 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Be6 11. d3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nce7 14. Ncxd5 Nxd5     Nc4 Bd6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd4 Qe7 19. e4 c5 20. Qd1 Nc7 21.     Be3 b6 22. f4 Rad8 23. Qc2 Bd5 24. Rbe1 Bxe4 25. Bxc5 Bxc2 26. Bxe7 Rd7 27. Bh4   Rxe1 28. Rxe1 f6 29. g4 Nd5 30. Bg3 f5 31. gxf5 Nf6 32. Bf2 Rd6 33. Re6 Rd1+     Re1 Rd6 35. Re6 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.28"]   [Round "14.2"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E06"]   [WhiteElo "2793"]   [BlackElo "2780"]   [PlyCount "58"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5     Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Rd8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Rb8 14. f4 e5     f5 Nd4 16. g4 b6 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Kf2 h6 20. h4 g5 21. fxg6     fxg6 22. Rhg1 Ne6 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh7 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. Rc6 Nd4 27. Rc3 Ne6     Rc6 Nd4 29. Rc3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.28"]   [Round "14.3"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D38"]   [WhiteElo "2790"]   [BlackElo "2786"]   [PlyCount "65"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2     a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 h6 11. Rd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. O-O Bd7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.   Nxe5 Rxe5 16. f4 Bf5 17. Qb3 Re7 18. Qxb7 Bc2 19. Rc1 Rb8 20. Qxa6 Rxb2 21. Nd1   Rb6 22. Qa5 Bb3 23. Nf2 Qb8 24. Bxb3 Rxb3 25. a4 Qb7 26. Qf5 Bb4 27. Bxb4 Qxb4     e4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxc7 Rxa4 32. Kh2 Rb2 33. Rf3     1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.28"]   [Round "14.4"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "B67"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2794"]   [PlyCount "83"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.     O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nxc6   Qxc6 15. Bd3 h5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 Qc5 18. Rhf1 Bh6 19. Qe1 a5 20. b3 Rg8 21.   g3 Ke7 22. Bc4 Be3 23. Rf3 Rg4 24. Qf1 Rf8 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 a4 27. bxa4   Bxa4 28. Qd3 Bc6 29. Bb3 Rg5 30. e5 Rxe5 31. Rc4 Rd5 32. Qe2 Qb6 33. Rh4 Re5     Qd3 Bg2 35. Rd4 d5 36. Qd2 Re4 37. Rxd5 exd5 38. Qxd5 Qc7 39. Qf5 Rf7 40.     Bxf7 Qe5 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Rd8+ 1-0

Final standings

Karjakin 8.5

Caruana, Anand 7.5

Giri, Svidler, Aronian, Nakamura 7

Topalov 4.5pts

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Candidates Tournament 2016 13th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 28, 2016 - 10:26 |March 28, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Karjakin and Caruana lead with 7.5 points.

Results of the 13th round

Aronian 1/2 Karjakin

Caruana 1/2 Svidler

Anand 1/2 Giri

Topalov 0-1 Nakamura

Standings after 13 rounds

Karjakin, Caruana 7.5

Anand 7

Nakamura, Giri, Aronian, Svidler 6.5

Topalov 4

Games of the round

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.27"]   [Round "13.1"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C84"]   [WhiteElo "2794"]   [BlackElo "2757"]   [PlyCount "231"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4     Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 b4 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. a5 g6 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Ba4   Bd7 16. Nf1 h6 17. Ng3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bg7 19. h3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ne4 Nb8     Bb3 Be6 23. Bd2 Nd7 24. Ba4 f5 25. Ng3 c5 26. Bb3 Qc7 27. h4 N5f6 28. Bxe6+     Rxe6 29. h5 f4 30. Ne4 Nxh5 31. d4 Qc6 32. Qb3 c4 33. Qa4 Qd5 34. Rad1 Rae8 35.   dxe5 Nxe5 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. Bxf4 Qb5 38. Qxb5 Rxb5 39. Bd6 Kh8 40. g4 Nf6 41.   Nxf6 Rxe1+ 42. Rxe1 Bxf6 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Bb4 Re5 45. Rc8 Re6 46. Rc7+ Kg8 47.   Rxc4 h5 48. Kg2 Kf7 49. Rc5 hxg4 50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Rc4 Kd7 52. Rxg4 Be5 53. c4   Bc7 54. Kf3 Rf6+ 55. Ke3 Re6+ 56. Kd3 Rf6 57. Ke3 Re6+ 58. Kd3 Rf6 59. Rg5 Rxf2     Rxg6 Rf3+ 61. Kc2 Rf5 62. Rxa6 Kc8 63. Kd3 Rh5 64. c5 Kb7 65. Rg6 Bxa5 66.     Bxa5 Rxc5 67. Bb4 Rc6 68. Bd6 Kc8 69. Kd4 Rb6 70. Kd5 Rb7 71. Rg8+ Kd7 72. Bc5   Kc7 73. Rg6 Kd7 74. Rh6 Kc7 75. Rc6+ Kd7 76. Bb6 Ke8 77. Bd4 Kd7 78. Rd6+ Kc8     Ke6 Kc7 80. Ra6 Rb5 81. Ra1 Kc6 82. Rc1+ Kb7 83. Kd6 Ka6 84. Rc6+ Ka5 85.     Bc5 Rb7 86. Kd5 Kb5 87. Bd6 Ka4 88. Ra6+ Kb5 89. Ra1 Kb6 90. Rc1 Kb5 91. Rc6   Ka4 92. Bc5 Kb5 93. Rd6 Ka4 94. Kc6 Rb8 95. Rd3 Rc8+ 96. Kd5 Rd8+ 97. Bd6 Rc8     Ra3+ Kb5 99. Rb3+ Ka4 100. Rb4+ Ka5 101. Bc5 Rh8 102. Rb7 Ka4 103. Kc4 Rh4+   Bd4 Rh5 105. Bf2 Rg5 106. Rh7 Rg4+ 107. Bd4 Rg5 108. Rh8 Rb5 109. Ra8+ Ra5   Rb8 Rh5 111. Bf6 Ka5 112. Bc3+ Ka6 113. Bd4 Rh6 114. Be3 Re6 115. Rb3 Rc6+   Kd5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.27"]   [Round "13.2"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2786"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "202"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.     d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. b4 f6 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15.   bxc5 a4 16. Rb1 Rfb8 17. Qc2 Nde7 18. Rb2 Bb3 19. Qb1 Kh8 20. Rc1 Na7 21. Bb4   Nb5 22. Nd2 Bf7 23. e3 Bg6 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Be1 Nxa3 26. c6 Qe7 27. Qa2 bxc6 28.   Rxc6 Bf7 29. Rc5 Nxe3 30. Qxa3 Rxb2 31. Qxb2 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 a3 33. Qb7 Qd8 34.   Qxc7 Qxc7 35. Rxc7 Bd5 36. Rc5 a2 37. Bc3 Bg8 38. Ba1 Rb8 39. Ra5 Rb1 40. Bc3   Rd1 41. Kf3 Rxd3+ 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. f4 Bc4+ 44. Kf2 exf4 45. gxf4 Kg8 46. Nd2 Bf7     Ke3 h5 48. f5 Rc8 49. Ne4 Bd5 50. Rc5 Rd8 51. Nd2 Bf7 52. Ra5 Rc8 53. Ne4     Bd5 54. Nc5 Re8+ 55. Kd3 Rd8 56. Bd4 Re8 57. Kd2 Ra8 58. Rxa8+ Bxa8 59. Ke3 Kh7     Kf4 Kh6 61. Ne6 Kh7 62. Nf8+ Kg8 63. Ng6 Kf7 64. Ke3 Bc6 65. Bb2 Bd7 66.     Ke4 Bc6+ 67. Kd4 Bd7 68. Nh4 Ba4 69. Ng2 Bc2 70. Ne3 Bb1 71. Kc3 Kg8 72. Nc2   Kh7 73. Nd4 Kh6 74. Bc1+ Kh7 75. Kb2 Kg8 76. Bd2 Kh7 77. Bb4 Kg8 78. Bc3 Kh7     Kc1 Kh6 80. h4 Kh7 81. Kd2 Kg8 82. Ke3 Kh7 83. Kf4 Bd3 84. Nc6 Kg8 85. Nb4     Bb1 86. Na6 Kf7 87. Nc5 Bc2 88. Ne4 Bd1 89. Ng3 Kg8 90. Ke3 Bc2 91. Bb2 Kh7 92.   Kf4 Bd1 93. Ne4 Bc2 94. Nd6 Kg8 95. Ke3 Kf8 96. Kd4 Ke7 97. Kc5 Kd7 98. Bc3 Bd3     Kd5 Bc2 100. Ne4 Bxe4+ 101. Kxe4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.27"]   [Round "13.3"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2780"]   [BlackElo "2790"]   [PlyCount "80"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3     Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 d4 11. exd4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Qxd8   Rxd8 15. Be2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Ng4 17. e4 Be6 18. O-O Ne3 19. Rfc1 Rd2 20. Bf3 Rad8     e5 b6 22. Ne4 Rb2 23. Re1 Nc4 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rac1 Rd4 27. h3     b5 28. Rc3 Rdd2 29. a4 a6 30. Bb7 Nb6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Be4 Nc4 33. Rg3 Re2 34.   Ra1 Nxe5 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Bh7 g5 37. Bg8+ Kf6 38. Rf8+ Kg7 39. Re8 Ng6 40. Bxe6   Nf4 0-1

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.27"]   [Round "13.4"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C50"]   [WhiteElo "2762"]   [BlackElo "2793"]   [PlyCount "103"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Na3     Ne7 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Nh4 d5 12. exd5 Nexd5 13. Nf3 Qd6 14. Re1 Bg4 15.   Bh4 Rae8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. d4 c5 20. Be2 cxd4 21. Ncxd4   Re4 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Rad1 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qb6+ 26. Kf1 Nh5 27. g4   fxg3 28. Bd3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Nf4 30. Nd4 g6 31. Be4 Qf6 32. Bf3 g2+ 33. Bxg2   Nd3+ 34. Nf3 Nxe1 35. Kxe1 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Qe4 Rb8 38. Qd4 Qe6+ 39. Kf2   Qb3 40. Ne5 Qxb2+ 41. Kg1 Rc8 42. Qf4 Qa2 43. c4 Qa7+ 44. Kh2 bxc4 45. Bd5 Rf8     Qf6 Qa2+ 47. Kg3 Qa7 48. Kg2 Qa2+ 49. Kf3 Qa3+ 50. Kg4 Qa7 51. Kf3 Qa3+ 52.     Kg4 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the last round

Svidler-Anand

Giri-Topalov

Nakamura-Aronian

Karjakin-Caruana

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Candidates Tournament 2016 12th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 26, 2016 - 06:56 |March 26, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Karjakin and Caruana lead with 7 points. Today is a rest day.

Results of the round

Caruana 1/2 Aronian

Nakamura 1-0 Anand

Karjakin 1-0 Topalov

Svidler 1/2 Giri

Standings after 12 rounds

Karjakin, Caruana 7

Anand 6.5

Aronian, Svidler, Giri 6

Nakamura 5.5

Topalov 4

Games of the round

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.25"]   [Round "12.1"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2757"]   [BlackElo "2793"]   [PlyCount "169"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.     a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2   a4 16. Rd1 Nd6 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bd5 19. Nc5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxc5 21. Qxc5   Qe6 22. Bb2 Rf7 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. Bb4 Rad8 25. e4 f5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Re1 Nd5     Qc4 Rf7 29. Rb2 h6 30. Qe4 Qd7 31. Qxe5 Qxb5 32. Qe4 Qd7 33. Qe6 Qxe6 34.     Rxe6 Nxb4 35. Rxb4 Rxd3 36. f4 Rxa3 37. Rxb7 Ra2+ 38. Kh3 Rc2 39. Ra6 Rf5 40.   Rxa4 Rh5+ 41. Kg4 Rhxh2 42. Ra8+ Kh7 43. Rbb8 Rc4 44. Rf8 Kg6 45. Rae8 h5+ 46.   Kf3 Rcc2 47. Re6+ Kh7 48. Re3 Rhf2+ 49. Ke4 Rc6 50. Rf5 Kh6 51. Rd5 h4 52. gxh4   Rc4+ 53. Kd3 Rfxf4 54. Re6+ Kh7 55. Rh5+ Kg8 56. Re7 Rfd4+ 57. Ke3 Rd1 58. Ke2   Rg1 59. Rg5 Rxg5 60. hxg5 Kh7 61. Ke3 Kg6 62. Rd7 Rc5 63. Re7 Rc1 64. Kd2 Rc6     Ke2 Rc3 66. Kd2 Rc4 67. Kd3 Rc5 68. Ke3 c6 69. Rc7 Re5+ 70. Kf4 Rf5+ 71.     Ke4 Rf1 72. Ke3 Re1+ 73. Kf3 Rc1 74. Kg4 Rc3 75. Kf4 Rc4+ 76. Kf3 Rc2 77. Kg4   Rc1 78. Kf4 c5 79. Kg4 c4 80. Rc6+ Kf7 81. Kf5 Rf1+ 82. Ke5 Re1+ 83. Kf5 g6+     Kf4 Rf1+ 85. Ke4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.25"]   [Round "12.2"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2790"]   [BlackElo "2762"]   [PlyCount "51"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. a3     Bc5 9. O-O Re8 10. e3 g5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. d3 gxh4 15.   dxe4 Ne6 16. dxe6 Rxe6 17. e5 hxg3 18. hxg3 Qg5 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Qb3 h5 21.   Rad1 Rh6 22. Rd5 Qe7 23. Qc4 Bg4 24. Qf4 Rg6 25. Re5 Qd6 26. Be4 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.25"]   [Round "12.3"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "B90"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2780"]   [PlyCount "69"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Be3     Be7 9. g5 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 O-O 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. h5 N8d7 14. g6 Ne5 15. O-O-O   Nbc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. h6 fxg6 19. Nxe6 Qd7 20. Nxf8 Bxf8 21. hxg7   Bxg7 22. Bd4 a5 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Qg4 Re8 25. Qg5 Bc6 26. Qh6 Qh8 27. b3 Nxa3     Rh3 Bd7 29. Rg3 Qf6 30. Rh1 Re7 31. Qh4 Qg7 32. Nd5 Rf7 33. Qd8+ Qf8 34.     Qxa5 Nxc2 35. Qc3 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.25"]   [Round "12.4"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C84"]   [WhiteElo "2794"]   [BlackElo "2786"]   [PlyCount "133"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3     d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Be3 Nf6 15.   Qb1 d5 16. Bg5 d4 17. Bxf6 dxc3 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qd6 20. Ng4 a5 21. Ne3   c6 22. a4 axb4 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Nd5 Rfb8 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Qb3 h5 27. Rfa1   Rxa2 28. Qxa2 Qc5 29. Rb1 Rd8 30. h3 g6 31. Qb3 Rd4 32. Re1 Qa7 33. Kf1 Kg7 34.   Ke2 h4 35. Rd1 Qa5 36. Rb1 Qa6 37. Kf1 Qd6 38. Ra1 Qc5 39. Rb1 Qa7 40. Ke2 g5     Rg1 Qd7 42. Ra1 Qe7 43. Ra6 Qc7 44. Ra8 Qf4 45. Ra1 g4 46. hxg4 Qxg4+ 47.     Ke3 Rd6 48. Qxb4 Qg5+ 49. Ke2 Rf6 50. Qxc3 Qxg2 51. Qd4 h3 52. Qe3 Qg4+ 53. Kd2   Qg2 54. Ke2 Qg4+ 55. Kd2 h2 56. Rh1 Qg2 57. Qg3+ Qxg3 58. fxg3 Rf2+ 59. Kc3 Kf6     d4 Kg5 61. d5 Kf6 62. g4 Ke5 63. g5 b4+ 64. Kxb4 Rxc2 65. Kb5 Kd6 66. Kb4     Ke5 67. Kb5 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 13th round

Caruana-Svidler

Aronian-Karjakin

Topalov-Nakamura

Anand-Giri

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Candidates Tournament 2016 11th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 25, 2016 - 06:13 |March 25, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Caruana and Anand share 1st-2nd with 6.5 points.

Results of the 11th round

Anand 1-0 Karjakin

Topalov 1/2 Caruana

Aronian 0-1 Svidler

Giri 1/2 Nakamura

Standings after 11 rounds

Caruana, Anand 6.5

Karjakin 6

Aronian, Svidler, Giri 5.5

Nakamura 4.5

Topalov 4

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.24"]   [Round "11.1"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D16"]   [WhiteElo "2786"]   [BlackElo "2757"]   [PlyCount "96"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O     cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Rad1 Nbd5 14. Bc1 Bc6     Rd3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. Rg3 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 g6 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Bh6 Re8 21.     f4 Bf8 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Ng4 h5 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Ne5 Kh7 26. Qc2 Rg8 27. Rg5 Kh8     Rf3 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Qd6 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Rg3 Rh8 32. Qb2 Rac8 33. Qxb7 Rb8 34.     Qe4 Rhc8 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. axb5 Qa3 37. Qc2 Rb8 38. Qe2 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qxf4+ 40.   Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Kg8 43. Qb2 a6 44. c4 axb5 45. c5 Qe4 46. Qd2   Qb1+ 47. Kf2 Ra8 48. Qe1 Qb2+ 0-1

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.24"]   [Round "11.2"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A33"]   [WhiteElo "2780"]   [BlackElo "2794"]   [PlyCount "82"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.     Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. Qa4 Ra7 11. h3 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qc6 13. hxg4 Qxh1 14. Bxe5   Qc6 15. Bd4 Ra8 16. a3 Be7 17. Qh5 Kf8 18. O-O-O b6 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Nb5 Rd8 21.   Bc3 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qf3 23. Rd2 Bf6 24. Bb4+ Kg8 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Qh3 Qe4+ 27. Bd3   Qd5 28. Bb4 Qf3 29. Bf1 h5 30. Bg2 Qxg4 31. Qxg4 hxg4 32. Bd6 Rc4 33. Ka2 Rh2     Bf1 Rc1 35. Bd3 Bg5 36. Bf4 Be7 37. e4 Bc5 38. e5 Re1 39. Rc2 g5 40. Bxg5     Rxe5 41. Bf6 Rd5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.24"]   [Round "11.3"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2762"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "139"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4     Bb6 9. Bd3 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Nb3 c6 13. Nc5 Ng6 14. Qh5 Bxc5 15.   dxc5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21.   Be3 g5 22. Rd6 Re8 23. Rad1 Be6 24. b3 Kf7 25. R1d4 Bf5 26. a4 Re7 27. g4 Bh7     b4 Bg8 29. b5 Rc8 30. Rd7 Rce8 31. b6 a6 32. Rc7 Kf8 33. c4 Be6 34. Rxe4     Kf7 35. f4 Rxc7 36. bxc7 Rc8 37. f5 Bd7 38. h4 g6 39. Rd4 Rxc7 40. hxg5 fxg5     Bxg5 Be8 42. f6 Kf8 43. Bf4 Rh7 44. Kg2 Bd7 45. Bg5 Be6 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47.     Rb8 Bxc4 48. Rxb7+ Kg8 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Re8+ Kf7 52. Rc8 Bd5 53.   Kf4 Ke6 54. Re8+ Kd7 55. Ra8 Ke6 56. Re8+ Kd7 57. Re3 a5 58. Kg3 Rf7 59. Kf4   Rh7 60. Re1 Kc8 61. Kg3 Rf7 62. Re8+ Kd7 63. Ra8 Kc7 64. Kf4 Rd7 65. Bh4 Kb7     Re8 Bf7 67. Re4 Bd5 68. Re3 Bf7 69. Kg5 Ka6 70. Re7 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.24"]   [Round "11.4"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C50"]   [WhiteElo "2793"]   [BlackElo "2790"]   [PlyCount "105"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1     Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.   d4 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Bb8 20. Bb4 Bd6 21. Bxd6   Qxd6 22. Re3 Rae8 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. b4 Nc8 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 cxb5     Qxb5 Nd6 29. Qb3 b5 30. Rce1 Qa5 31. Qb1 Qb6 32. Qg6 Qc7 33. Qd3 Re6 34.     Ne2 Rfe8 35. Nf4 R6e7 36. Nfg6 Re6 37. Qb1 Qb7 38. Qb4 Nf5 39. Rf3 Ne7 40. Nf4   Nc6 41. Qb2 R6e7 42. Rfe3 Na7 43. Qb3 Nc8 44. Qb4 Nd7 45. h4 Nxe5 46. dxe5 Rf7     Nh5 Qe7 48. Qd4 Ref8 49. e6 Rf5 50. Nxg7 Qxg7 51. Rg3 Rg5 52. Rxg5 hxg5 53.     Qxd5 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 12th round

Svidler-Giri

Nakamura-Anand

Karjakin-Topalov

Caruana-Aronian

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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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