Candidates Tournament 2016

Candidates Tournament 2016 4th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 16, 2016 - 07:19 |March 16, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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

Karjakin is leading the event with 3 points after winning against Anand.

Results of the 4th round

Karjakin	2	1-0	2	Anand
Svidler	1.5	1/2	2	Aronian
Nakamura	1	1/2	1.5	Giri
Caruana	1.5	1/2	0.5	Topalov

Games of the round

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.15"]   [Round "4.1"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A22"]   [WhiteElo "2757"]   [BlackElo "2786"]   [PlyCount "81"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8.     O-O d6 9. Nxe5 Nc5 10. Ng4 f5 11. Ne3 f4 12. d4 fxe3 13. dxc5 exf2+ 14. Rxf2   Rxf2 15. Kxf2 Qf8+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ 17. Bxf3 dxc5 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Bd6 Nb6 20. Re1   Bd7 21. Bxc5 Re8 22. Rb1 Be6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Rxb6 Bc8 25. Rb4 Re5 26. Ra4 Kf7     Ra8 Bf5 28. Be2 Re7 29. c5 Kf6 30. a4 Re5 31. Rf8+ Kg6 32. Rb8 Rxc5 33.     Rxb7 Rxc3 34. a5 Bd3 35. Bxd3+ Rxd3 36. a6 c5 37. a7 Ra3 38. Ke2 c4 39. Kd2 h5     Kc2 c3 41. h4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.15"]   [Round "4.2"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C50"]   [WhiteElo "2794"]   [BlackElo "2780"]   [PlyCount "104"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 O-O   Na3 Re8 10. Nc2 Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 Nc8 15.     Ne3 Nb6 16. Bb3 c6 17. h3 Be6 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. d4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 Rad8     Rad1 Be6 23. Qe3 b6 24. Nd2 c5 25. Bd3 Re7 26. d5 Bd7 27. Ra1 Nh5 28. b4     Nf4 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Reb1 Rf8 31. Bb5 Bc8 32. Bf1 f5 33. c4 Ref7 34. Ra3 fxe4     Nxe4 Bf5 36. Rab3 Bg6 37. Rb6 Qe7 38. Nxd6 Nxh3+ 39. Qxh3 Rf6 40. Nc8 Qd8   R1b5 Rxf2 42. Rxg6 Rxf1+ 43. Kh2 Qxc8 44. Qxc8 Rxc8 45. Rc6 Re8 46. Rcxc5     e4 47. d6 Rd8 48. Rc6 Rd1 49. c5 e3 50. Rb2 Rd2 51. Rb1 e2 52. Re1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.15"]   [Round "4.3"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A06"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2762"]   [PlyCount "85"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2     Nc6 9. h4 b6 10. a3 f5 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. d4 Rc8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.   O-O Bf6 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. g3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc3 Rb6 21.   Rac1 Qd6 22. Ne5 Rb7 23. Nd3 c4 24. bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxc1 27.   Rxc1 g6 28. Rc5 Kg7 29. Ra5 Kf6 30. Nd3 Rc7 31. Ra6+ Kg7 32. Nf4 Rd7 33. Kf1   Ng8 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Nd4 Ne7 36. Nb5 Nc8 37. a4 Rb7 38. Rc6 Ne7 39. Ra6 Nc8 40.   Rc6 Ne7 41. Rd6 Rb6 42. Rd7 a6 43. Nc3 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.15"]   [Round "4.4"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D45"]   [WhiteElo "2790"]   [BlackElo "2793"]   [PlyCount "63"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O     dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Neg4 14. g3 Re8 15.   Nf5 Bc5 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Kg2 g6 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Bg5 Bd4 21. Bxf6+   Kxf6 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. f5 c5 25. fxg6+ Kxg6 26. Nxf7 Rf8 27. Nd5   Qxb2 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg6 32. Ne7+ 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 5th round

Giri-Svidler

Anand-Nakamura

Topalov-Karjakin

Aronian-Caruana

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Candidates Tournament 2016 3rd round

By Yelena Dembo | March 14, 2016 - 06:48 |March 14, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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

Karjakin, Anand and Aronian lead with 2 points out of 3. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 3rd round

Nakamura	1/2	Svidler
Giri	1/2	Karjakin
Anand	1/2	Caruana
Topalov	0-1	Aronian

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.13"]   [Round "3.1"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D16"]   [WhiteElo "2790"]   [BlackElo "2757"]   [PlyCount "127"]   [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. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 b6     Ne5 Bh4 16. g3 Be7 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. d5 Qc7 19. d6 Qc5 20. Ng4 Bxc3 21. bxc3     Nc6 22. Rab1 a6 23. d7 Bb7 24. Bd3 Rfd8 25. Qe4 Kf8 26. Qh7 h5 27. Ne3 Ne5 28.   Be4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Ra7 30. Nd5 Ng4 31. Ne3 Nf6 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. Rxb4 Nxd7 34.   Rxb6 Nxb6 35. Rxd8+ Ke7 36. Rd4 a5 37. Nc4 Nd5 38. Rd3 Rc7 39. Nxa5 Nxc3 40.   Kg2 Nxa4 41. Ra3 Nc3 42. Nb3 g5 43. Nd2 f5 44. h3 Kf6 45. g4 Nd5 46. gxf5 Kxf5     Nf1 Nf4+ 48. Kg3 Rc1 49. Ne3+ Kg6 50. Kh2 Rb1 51. Ng2 Rb2 52. Nxf4+ gxf4   Kg1 e5 54. Ra5 Re2 55. h4 f3 56. Kh2 Rxf2+ 57. Kg3 Re2 58. Kxf3 Re1 59. Ra8     Rh1 60. Ke4 Rxh4+ 61. Kxe5 Rb4 62. Rg8+ Kh7 63. Rg1 Kh6 64. Kf5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.13"]   [Round "3.2"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2793"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [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. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bc1 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Nd3 a5 15.   Rc1 c6 16. Na4 Rc8 17. e3 Ba6 18. Re1 h5 19. Bh3 Ng4 20. Nf4 g6 21. Bxg4 hxg4     Qxg4 Nf6 23. Qg5 Be7 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Nc5 bxc5 27. dxc5 Rf8   Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.13"]   [Round "3.3"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2762"]   [BlackElo "2794"]   [PlyCount "79"]   [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 Ng6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qc2 exd4 12. cxd4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Be6     Be3 Qc8 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Be2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rad8 20. Red1 h5   Qd4 Qg5 22. Qd2 Qe5 23. Qe3 a6 24. Rd4 Bd7 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. g3 Re6 27. Bg2     h4 28. gxh4 Rde8 29. Bf3 a5 30. a4 Qc5 31. Qf4 Re5 32. R1d3 R8e6 33. Kh2 Qb6     Rd2 Qd8 35. Qg3 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxd6     Qxh4 40. Qxh4 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.13"]   [Round "3.4"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2780"]   [BlackElo "2786"]   [PlyCount "100"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 e4 7. Nh4 d6 8. Nxb4     Nxb4 9. a3 Nc6 10. d3 d5 11. O-O exd3 12. Qxd3 Ne5 13. Qd4 Nxc4 14. e4 Be6 15.   b3 Na5 16. Qa4 Nc6 17. Rd1 Nxe4 18. Bb2 Qe7 19. b4 a6 20. Qc2 f6 21. Rac1 Rad8     Bf1 Rd7 23. f3 Nd6 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Bd3 g5 26. Ng2 Nc4 27. f4 Nxb2 28. Qxb2     Bh3 29. a4 h6 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Ne7 32. Qf2 Nf5 33. Qf3 Kg7 34. Kh1 Re7 35.   Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Qh5 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 f5 39. Qe2 Rf6 40. Qb2 gxf4 41.   gxf4 Kh7 42. Kh1 Qg7 43. Qe2 d4 44. Qf3 c6 45. bxc6 bxc6 46. h3 Rg6 47. Rb1 Rg3     Qh5 Qd7 49. Kh2 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Qd5 0-1

Pairings of the 4th round

Svidler-Aronian

Caruana-Topalov

Karjakin-Anand

Nakamura-Giri

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Candidates Tournament 2016 2nd round

By Yelena Dembo | March 13, 2016 - 06:49 |March 13, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Karjakin-Nakamura (Photo taken from the official site)

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

Anand and Karjakin lead with 1.5 points.

Results of the 2nd round

Aronian	0.5	1/2	1	Anand
Caruana	0.5	1/2	0.5	Giri
Karjakin	0.5	1-0	0.5	Nakamura
Svidler	0.5	1/2	0	Topalov

Standings after 2 rounds

Anand, Karjakin 1.5

Svidler, Caruana, Giri, Aronian 1

Nakamura, Topalov 0.5

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.12"]   [Round "2.1"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C67"]   [WhiteElo "2757"]   [BlackElo "2780"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5   Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5   cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7   Rae1 b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxa4 Be6 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Qxa5 Qxd4 27.     Bxc6 Qxb2 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qf6 30. g3 g6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.12"]   [Round "2.2"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2786"]   [BlackElo "2762"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.     Nd2 Nd5 9. Bg3 N7b6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Ba6 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. bxc3   Bxc5 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qg5 17. Nf3 Qg6 18. Qd2 Bb5 19. Qe1 Ba4 20. Ne5 Qg5     Rd2 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxc4 26. Rb1     Rc8 27. h3 a6 28. c4 Rxc4 29. Rb8 Rc8 30. Qb6 Rxb8 31. Qxb8 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.12"]   [Round "2.3"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2794"]   [BlackElo "2793"]   [PlyCount "83"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4     exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qd1 f6 15. e6   Nb8 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 Nbc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Bd2 Bc2 21. Qe2 Bxb3     axb3 Bxd4 23. Bb4 Bc5 24. Rec1 b6 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Ra6 Qb7 27. Rxc5 Rfe8   Qb5 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 d4 30. Nf5 Rad8 31. Rxa7 Nxf5 32. gxf5 d3 33. Ra1 g6 34.     Rc5 Re7 35. Rd1 gxf5 36. Rc6 Rd4 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Rc4 Rd5 40. Rc3 d2     Re3 Rd6 42. Re2 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.12"]   [Round "2.4"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2790"]   [PlyCount "75"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5     exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nf8 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bc1 Ne6     Bb2 Bd6 16. e3 a6 17. Ne2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd3 Nce4 20. Rac1 Rc8 21.     Qb1 Qe7 22. Bd4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 b5 24. b4 Nd7 25. a3 Nf8 26. Ba1 Ne6 27. Qa2 Bc7     Nd4 Bb6 29. h4 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. exd4 Qe3+ 33. Qf2 Qxd3   Rc7 f5 35. Rxb7 h6 36. Bxd5+ Kh7 37. Bg2 Re2 38. Bf1 1-0

Pairings of the 3rd round

Nakamura – Svidler

Giri – Karjakin

Anand – Caruana

Topalov – Aronian

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Candidates Tournament 2016 1st round

By Yelena Dembo | March 12, 2016 - 07:11 |March 12, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Anand, Topalov (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Anand is in an early lead after winning against Topalov in the 1st round. Three other games were drawn.

Results

Karjakin	1/2	Svidler
Nakamura	1/2	Caruana
Giri	1/2	Aronian
Anand	1-0	Topalov

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.11"]   [Round "1.1"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D16"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2757"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O     cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nf3 a6 11. e4 Qc7 12. h3 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd3 Ne5 15.   Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 e5 19. Rac1 exf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21.   Rxf4 Be6 22. Kf2 Rac8 23. Ke3 Nd7 24. Rff1 Rfe8 25. Be2 Nb6 26. Rcd1 Nc4+ 27.   Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rf2 Kf8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Kxd4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.11"]   [Round "1.2"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A30"]   [WhiteElo "2790"]   [BlackElo "2794"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Ne7 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5     d6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. h4 Nc5 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Bf4 Nf5 15. Qd2   Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qf6 17. Rac1 a5 18. Nb5 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Rc2 Bf6 21. Bxd6   Nxd6 22. Nxd6 b6 23. Rb1 Rab8 24. Nc4 Na4 25. Bg4 Rfd8 26. d6 h5 27. Bh3 b5 28.   Nxa5 Rxd6 29. Nc6 Rb6 30. Nb4 Nc3 31. Rb3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.11"]   [Round "1.3"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2793"]   [BlackElo "2786"]   [PlyCount "130"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6   b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3     Qb7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne1 Bd8 18. Qd1 Bc7 19. Nd3 Bxf4 20. exf4 Ne4 21. Ne2 Ra2     Rc2 Rca8 23. f3 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Nef6 25. b5 Rc8 26. Qa4 Qc7 27. bxc6 Qxc6 28.     Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Rc1 Rc7 30. Nc3 bxc5 31. dxc5 Ne8 32. Nb5 Rc8 33. Kf2 Nc7 34.   Nxc7 Rxc7 35. Ke3 Kf8 36. Kd4 Nb8 37. Nb4 Rb7 38. Kc3 Ke7 39. Ra1 Kd7 40. Nd3   f6 41. Ra8 Kc6 42. h4 Kb5 43. Ra1 Nc6 44. Rb1+ Ka6 45. Re1 Re7 46. Ra1+ Kb7 47.   Nb4 g5 48. fxg5 fxg5 49. h5 Rf7 50. Ra6 Nxb4 51. Rb6+ Kc8 52. Rxb4 Rf4 53. Rxf4   gxf4 54. Kd4 Kd7 55. Ke5 Kc6 56. Kxf4 Kxc5 57. g4 Kd6 58. Ke3 e5 59. g5 Ke7 60.   g6 Kf6 61. Kd3 e4+ 62. fxe4 dxe4+ 63. Kxe4 Kg7 64. Kf5 Kg8 65. Kf6 Kf8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.11"]   [Round "1.4"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2762"]   [BlackElo "2780"]   [PlyCount "97"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4     exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. a5 Ba7 15.   Qb3 Nc6 16. d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxb7 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nc5 20. Qc6 Nb3 21. Rb1   Nxc1 22. Rbxc1 Rb8 23. Qxa6 Qh4 24. Rc2 Rxe4 25. Ne3 Qd8 26. Qc4 Bg6 27. Bd3   Rf4 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. g3 Re4 30. a6 Qe8 31. Rce2 Bb6 32. Qd3 Ra8 33. Kg2 Qa4     b3 Rd4 35. bxa4 Rxd3 36. Nc4 Rxa6 37. a5 Bd4 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. R1e7 Rc3 40.     Nd2 Rc2 41. Ne4 f6 42. h4 Rxa5 43. Rf7 g5 44. h5 Rxf2+ 45. Nxf2 Ra2 46. Rff8   Rxf2+ 47. Kh3 g4+ 48. Kxg4 f5+ 49. Rxf5 1-0

Pairings of the 2nd round

Svidler	–	Topalov
Aronian	–	Anand
Caruana	–	Giri
Karjakin	–	Nakamura

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By Yelena Dembo | March 11, 2016 - 15:37 |March 11, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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The first round has started a while ago. The participants are:

Karjakin RUS

Nakamura USA

Giri NED

Anand IND

Topalov BUL

Aronian ARM

Caruana USA

Svidler RUS

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Send US$ 5 to [email protected] on Paypal and get 10 game fragments on middlegame/endgame every week. Studying these themes helps to find plans, ideas, build strategies 15-35 moves into the game. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan. Material can be sent in pgn, cbv, html, pdf formats.
Don’t know how to study chess or what to study to improve?
Check out the study material pages or e-mail me at [email protected].
Just US$ 5 for monthly subscription to fresh opening ideas & updated theoretical lines sent weekly by e-mail!
Check out https://yelenadembo.com/archives/6242 and https://yelenadembo.com/material-for-sale or e-mail me at [email protected] for info!
Want to learn to play the middlegame or endgame well?
I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
Prices: each annotated example costs 20 cents, so 10 examples cost 2 euros, etc. Send payment to [email protected] on PayPal to get the examples by e-mail in cbv, pgn, html formats.
Special price for middlegame books with very interesting verbal explanations
My first chess book, “The Very Unusual Book About Chess” – ONLY 15 euros with postage and packaging included. Detailed explanation of tactical methods.
My second book is titled “Conversation with a Professional Trainer – Methods of Positional Play” – ONLY 15 euros with postage and packaging included. Detailed explanation of positional ideas and methods!
Naturally both books can be signed and dedicated! Can be bought as presents for friends and family!
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Just US$ 5 for monthly subscription to weekly e-mails with middlegame/endgame material

Don’t know how to study chess or what to study to improve?

Just US$ 5 for monthly subscription to fresh opening ideas & updated theoretical lines sent weekly by e-mail!

Want to learn to play the middlegame or endgame well?

Special price for middlegame books with very interesting verbal explanations

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