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Two very short (14 and 16 moves) happened yesterday. Players are tired but is it good for chess itself, commentators and spectators?! Hopefully, the stronger (by ELO at least :)) players will be in the mood to fight today!

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FIDE World Cup in Tromso 2013

By Yelena Dembo | August 26, 2013 - 10:37 |August 26, 2013 FIDE World Cup in Tromso 2013

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It all finished before blitz! Andreikin won 1.5-0.5 against Svidler and Vachier-Lagrave won against Caruana (all in rapid). So, Tomashevsky is going to play Andreikin and Kramnik – Vachier-Lagrave.

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FIDE World Cup in Tromso 2013

By Yelena Dembo | August 25, 2013 - 08:46 |August 25, 2013 FIDE World Cup in Tromso 2013

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Very exciting day as Kramnik and Tomashevsky proceed to the next round while Caruana-Vachier-Lagrave and Svidler-Andreikin will be playing tie-breaks today!

 [Event "WorldCup 2013"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.08.24"]  [Round "38.1"]  [White "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2763"]  [BlackElo "2709"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:10"]  [BlackClock "0:01:46"]   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. a4 Nd4 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 Nb4 14. axb5 Bxf3  15. gxf3 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Rxe5 Bd6 18. Rxb5 Re8 19. Kg2 h6 20. Nc5 Nd5  21. Ne4 Qc6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. c4 c6 24. Rb3 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. d4 Qg5+ 27.  Kf1 Qh5 28. Re3 Qxh3+ 29. Ke2 Rb8 30. Qc2 h5 31. b3 Ra8 32. d5 cxd5 33. cxd5  Qd7 34. Qd1 Ra6 35. b4 h4 36. Qd4 h3 37. Kf1 h2 38. Kg2 h1=Q+ 39. Kxh1 Qh3+ 40.  Kg1 Rg6+ 0-1

 [Event "WorldCup 2013"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.08.24"]  [Round "38.2"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2796"]  [BlackElo "2719"]  [PlyCount "109"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:07:13"]  [BlackClock "0:05:29"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bh4 a6  9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. a3 b5 12. c5 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bg3 Bxc5 15. h3  Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxd5 Bd6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Be2 Qf6 21. O-O  Rcd8 22. a4 Bf8 23. b3 bxa4 24. bxa4 a5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe4 Rd5 27. Rc1 Bb4  28. h4 g6 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Nd7 31. Qe8+ Nf8 32. Bb3 Qf5 33. Bc4 Qd7 34.  Qe5 Qe7 35. Qb8 Qe4 36. Bf1 h5 37. Qd8 Kg7 38. Bd3 Qd5 39. Qxd5 cxd5 40. Be5+  f6 41. Bb2 Ne6 42. Bc2 Nc5 43. f3 Kf7 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Be1 46. Bd4 Nd7 47.  h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Kg7 49. Kf1 Bb4 50. Bg6 Bc5 51. Bc3 Nb6 52. Be8 Nc4 53. Ke2  Bb6 54. Be1 Nxe3 55. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "WorldCup 2013"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.08.24"]  [Round "38.3"]  [White "Korobov, Anton"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2720"]  [BlackElo "2784"]  [PlyCount "116"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:09:58"]  [BlackClock "0:03:14"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 exd5 7. cxd5 Nbd7 8. Bb5  h6 9. Bh4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Be7 Re8 14. Bxd6  Qa6 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. O-O Bf5 17. Re1 Rad8 18. d6 Qc6 19. Ng3 Bh7 20. h4 Nd5 21.  Qf3 Nxc3 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. Ne2 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 c4 25. Rc1 Bd3 26. Rb2 g5 27.  hxg5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Rxd6 29. Rb7 Rd5 30. Bf6 Ra5 31. Ra1 a6 32. g4 Be2 33. g5  Rd5 34. Kg2 Rf5 35. f4 Bd3 36. Kf2 Be4 37. Rd1 Rd5 38. Rxd5 cxd5 39. Ra7 Bd3  40. Bc3 Re6 41. Kf3 Kf8 42. a4 Ke8 43. a5 Rc6 44. Kf2 Bf5 45. Ke1 d4 46. exd4  Re6+ 47. Kd2 Bd3 48. d5 Rd6 49. Kc1 Bg6 50. Bb4 Rxd5 51. Rxa6 Kd7 52. Rf6 Rb5  53. Bc3 Rf5 54. Rb6 Rxf4 55. a6 Rf2 56. a7 Be4 57. Kd1 Ra2 58. Rf6 Ke8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "WorldCup 2013"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.08.24"]  [Round "38.4"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2746"]  [BlackElo "2727"]  [PlyCount "39"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:14:29"]  [BlackClock "0:24:30"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nbd2  g6 9. Bf4 Nf5 10. b4 g5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. Nxg5 Bxd1 13. Rxd1 a5 14. Bd3 Nh4 15.  g3 Ng6 16. f4 axb4 17. cxb4 Be7 18. Bb5 Bxg5 19. fxg5 O-O 20. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

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FIDE World Cup in Tromso 2013

By Yelena Dembo | August 24, 2013 - 09:19 |August 24, 2013 FIDE World Cup in Tromso 2013

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Kramnik won a nice game against Korobov (but still wasn’t happy with his play) while three other games were drawn.

 [Event "WorldCup 2013"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.08.23"]  [Round "37.3"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Korobov, Anton"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2784"]  [BlackElo "2720"]  [PlyCount "101"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:07:56"]  [BlackClock "0:12:21"]   1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 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 Nd5 12. Bd2 Ncb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5  15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qf3 f6 17. Nd3 Bf7 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qc7 21. a6  bxa6 22. b4 Rfd8 23. Rxa6 h5 24. Qf3 Rab8 25. Be1 Nxb4 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Rxa7  Kg8 28. c6 Nd5 29. Rb7 Rc8 30. Bb5 Qd6 31. Qe4 Qc5 32. h3 g6 33. Bd2 Rxc6 34.  Bxc6 Qxc6 35. Qb1 g5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Bh6 Nc7 38. Ra7 Nb5 39. Qb4 Nd6 40. Qb8+  Ne8 41. Re7 e5 42. Kh2 h3 43. gxh3 Kh7 44. Be3 Kg8 45. Qb1 Qd6 46. Qg1+ Kf8 47.  Ra7 Nc7 48. Qc1 Ne6 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. Qe8 Nc7 51. Qb8 1-0

 [Event "WorldCup 2013"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.08.23"]  [Round "37.1"]  [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]  [Black "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2709"]  [BlackElo "2763"]  [PlyCount "31"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:56:09"]  [BlackClock "1:04:21"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O  Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. b3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6  15. Qe2 c5 16. dxc5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "WorldCup 2013"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.08.23"]  [Round "37.2"]  [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2719"]  [BlackElo "2796"]  [PlyCount "122"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:05:11"]  [BlackClock "0:14:37"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.  Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Qxa2 12. Ra1 Qb2 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Rfb1  Qc7 15. Qc4 b6 16. h3 Bc8 17. dxc5 Bb7 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Qc8 20. cxb6 axb6  21. Qxb6 Nd8 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Ne6 24. Qe3 Qc5 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Nd4 Rd8  27. Bf1 Bc6 28. Rb4 Ba8 29. Ra4 Bb7 30. Rc4 Qe5 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Rb4 Ba8 33.  Be2 Qe5 34. h4 Rc8 35. Rd4 h5 36. g3 Kg7 37. Kh2 Qc5 38. Rd3 Qxe3 39. Rxe3 Rb8  40. Kg2 Rb2 41. f3 Bc6 42. Kf1 Kf6 43. e5+ Ke6 44. g4 Kd5 45. f4 hxg4 46. Bxg4  e6 47. Ke1 Rh2 48. Rh3 Ra2 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bf3+ Kc5 51. Bxh5 Be8 52. Rg3 Rh2  53. Be2 Bb5 54. Bxb5 Kxb5 55. Rg7 Kc4 56. Rxf7 Kxc3 57. Rd7 Rh4 58. Kf2 Rxf4+  59. Ke3 Rg4 60. Rc7+ Kb4 61. Rc6 Rg6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "WorldCup 2013"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.08.23"]  [Round "37.4"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2727"]  [BlackElo "2746"]  [PlyCount "60"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:12:52"]  [BlackClock "0:18:18"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. h3  Bf5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. g4 Bd7 14. g5 Nh5 15.  Bc7 b5 16. Bxa5 Rxa5 17. Nb3 Raa8 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Nd3 f6 20. h4 Rae8 21. Rg1 e5  22. gxf6 exd4 23. fxg7 Rxf3 24. Kd2 dxc3+ 25. bxc3 Rh3 26. Bxh5 gxh5 27. Rh1  Rf3 28. Rhg1 Rh3 29. Rh1 Rf3 30. Rhg1 Rh3 1/2-1/2

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