Category Archives: Zurich Chess Challenge 2014

 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge 2014"]  [Site "Zurich SUI"]  [Date "2014.01.30"]  [Round "1.1"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E60"]  [WhiteElo "2872"]  [BlackElo "2777"]  [PlyCount "73"]  [EventDate "2014.01.30"]   1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qa4 O-O 7. O-O Nfd7 8. Qc2  Nf6 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Ne4 12. e3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Na6 14. cxd5 cxd5  15. g4 Bxg4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. f3 e5 19. dxe5 exf3 20. Nxf3 Rae8 21.  Ra5 Nb4 22. Nd4 b6 23. Rxa7 Bxe5 24. Bh6 Rf6 25. h3 Bh5 26. Nc2 g5 27. Bxg5 Rg6  28. Rxf5 h6 29. Bxh6 Rxh6 30. Nxb4 Bxb2 31. Nd5 Kh8 32. Rb7 Bd1 33. b4 Rg8 34.  Ne7 Rd8 35. Be4 Bf6 36. Rxb6 Kg7 37. Rf2 1-0 

 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge 2014"]  [Site "Zurich SUI"]  [Date "2014.01.30"]  [Round "1.2"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A13"]  [WhiteElo "2812"]  [BlackElo "2773"]  [PlyCount "145"]  [EventDate "2014.01.30"]   1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.  O-O b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. d3 Be7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 c5  15. Ba5 Qe8 16. Nbd2 N5f6 17. Rab1 Bd5 18. Qd1 Ra8 19. b4 Ra6 20. e4 Bc6 21.  Nb3 cxb4 22. Qd2 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Nxe4 24. Qc2 Nc3 25. Ra1 Nf6 26. Ne5 Nfd5 27.  Nd3 Rc6 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Re1 Rc4 30. f3 Qd7 31. Qf2 Bd6 32. Bb6 Qf5 33. Qe3 h5  34. Bd4 Rc7 35. Ra7 Rxa7 36. Bxa7 Ra8 37. Bc5 d4 38. Nxd4 Bxc5 39. Nxf5 Bxe3+  40. Nxe3 b3 41. Nd1 Rc8 42. Nxc3 Rxc3 43. Rd1 b2 44. Nxb2 Rxf3 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46.  Rd5 Rb3 47. Nd3 g6 48. Rd7 Kg7 49. Kf2 Ra3 50. Ke3 Ra2 51. h4 Kf6 52. Rb7 Ra5  53. Nc5 Ra3+ 54. Kf4 Ra1 55. Ne4+ Kg7 56. Nd6 Rf1+ 57. Ke3 Kf8 58. Rxb5 Ke7 59.  Ne4 Re1+ 60. Kf4 Kf8 61. Rb8+ Kg7 62. Rb7 Rf1+ 63. Ke3 Kf8 64. Nd6 Rf6 65. Rb8+  Ke7 66. Ne4 Rf1 67. Ke2 Rf5 68. Rc8 Re5 69. Kf3 Rf5+ 70. Kg2 Re5 71. Ng5 Re2+  72. Kh3 Rf2 73. Rc4 1-0 

 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge 2014"]  [Site "Zurich SUI"]  [Date "2014.01.30"]  [Round "1.3"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D90"]  [WhiteElo "2789"]  [BlackElo "2782"]  [PlyCount "133"]  [EventDate "2014.01.30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.  Bf4 c6 9. e4 b5 10. Qd3 c5 11. dxc5 Na6 12. e5 Nxc5 13. Qe3 Nh5 14. Bg5 Ne6 15.  Rd1 Qe8 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bc6 18. Qe3 a6 19. Bd3 Nhf4 20. O-O Nxd3 21. Rxd3  Rd8 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qa8 25. f3 Rd8 26. Qc5 Qb7 27. Rd1  Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Qd7 29. Ne3 Qd2 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. bxc3 f6 32. exf6 exf6 33. Kf2  Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd3 h5 36. Kd4 h4 37. Kc5 Ba8 38. f4 g5 39. g3 hxg3 40.  hxg3 gxf4 41. gxf4 Be4 42. Kb6 Kd6 43. Kxa6 Kc5 44. a3 Bf3 45. Ka7 Kc6 46. Kb8  Kb6 47. Nf5 Bg4 48. Nd6 Be6 49. Ne4 f5 50. Nd2 Bd5 51. Kc8 Ka5 52. Kc7 Ka4 53.  Kb6 Bg2 54. c4 bxc4 55. Nxc4 Bd5 56. Kc5 Bg8 57. Kd4 Kb3 58. Nd6 Kxa3 59. Ke5  Kb4 60. Kf6 Kc5 61. Nxf5 Bh7 62. Ne7 Bb1 63. Ke5 Bh7 64. Nd5 Kc6 65. Nf6 Bb1  66. f5 Bxf5 67. Kxf5 1/2-1/2