November 30, 2012 – IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

After 7 rounds Karjakin and Caruana are leading the event (they are playing each other today!).

Pairings or round 8

Caruana-Karjakin 1/2
Svidler-Kasimdzhanov 1/2
Morozevich-Wang Hao 1/2
Mamedyarov-Ponomariov 1/2
Kamsky-Leko 0-1
Gelfand-Dominguez 1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "8.2"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2747"]  [BlackElo "2696"]  [PlyCount "67"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:25:00"]  [BlackClock "0:17:58"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Ngf6 8.  O-O c6 9. d3 Bc5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. e3 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. Bg2 Rfe8 15.  b3 Qc5 16. Qb1 Qb6 17. Nf3 Bc3 18. Ra2 d4 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. exd4  Qxd4 22. Rc4 Qb6 23. d4 N7f6 24. Bd2 Qd8 25. Qd3 Nb6 26. Rcc1 Nbd5 27. Rfe1  Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nc7 29. Re5 Ne6 30. Bc3 Nd7 31. Re1 Nf6 32. Re5 Nd7 33. Re1 Nf6  34. Re5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "8.6"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2764"]  [BlackElo "2741"]  [PlyCount "50"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:05:00"]  [BlackClock "0:48:00"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.  Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 N4d5 12. Nf3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bd6 14. O-O  O-O 15. e4 c6 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. e5 Be7 18. a4 Nd5 19. Ba2 Rb8 20. a5 Ne3 21. Ne2  f4 22. Rf2 Ng4 23. Rff1 Ne3 24. Rf2 Ng4 25. Rff1 Ne3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "8.1"]  [White "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2762"]  [BlackElo "2732"]  [PlyCount "96"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:48:00"]  [BlackClock "0:59:00"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4  Nbd7 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Be2 Bc5 12. Rc1 b6 13. b4 Bxd4 14. exd4 Ng6  15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Re1 h6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na7 Bb7 19. b5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ra8 21. Nc6  Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Nb4 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Rfd8 25. bxa6 Rxd4 26. a3 Nf4 27. Rc6  Nd5 28. g3 Rxa6 29. Bd6 Raa4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rf8 Ra7 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Be5 Re4  34. Ba1 Re2 35. h4 h5 36. Bd4 Rd2 37. Be5 f6 38. Bc3 Ra2 39. Bb4 Nxb4 40. axb4  Rdd2 41. Rf1 Rab2 42. Rf7 Kg6 43. Rb7 Rxb4 44. Rc1 Rbb2 45. Rcc7 Rxf2 46. Rxg7+  Kf5 47. Rxb6 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Rxg3 0-1

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "8.3"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2748"]  [BlackElo "2737"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:00:00"]  [BlackClock "1:02:00"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3  Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. g3 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6  15. Na4 Nd7 16. a3 Ne7 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Qxa3 19. Bb5 Nf6 20. Rb1 Nf5 21. Rb3  Qe7 22. Bd3 Nd6 23. Qe1 Rc7 24. Qb4 Nd7 25. Bb5 Nf6 26. Rfb1 Rfc8 27. Kg2 Rc1  28. Bd3 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Rc7 30. Qa3 Nd7 31. Rb3 Qf8 32. Rc3 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qd8 34.  h4 Qb8 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Qb4 Qc7 37. Nc5 Ke7 38. e4 b6 39. axb6 Qxb6 40. Qxb6  Nxb6 41. e5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "8.4"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [PlyCount "71"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:09:11"]  [BlackClock "0:19:01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4  b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. Rc1 Qb7+ 14. Nf3 Rc8  15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nbd7 17. Qc6 Rcb8 18. Na3 Ne4 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. Nc4 Bf8  21. Be3 c5 22. Nfe5 cxd4 23. Nxd7 dxe3 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Nxe3 Nf6 26. Nc4 Ke7  27. Rd1 Rc7 28. Nb6 Raa7 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. Nxc4 Rc7 31. b3 Nd7 32. Ra1 Nc5 33.  Nd2 Rb7 34. Ra5 Nxb3 35. Nxb3 Rxb3 36. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "8.5"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2751"]  [BlackElo "2726"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:04:00"]  [BlackClock "0:03:29"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5  Ne7 9. Nd2 c6 10. a3 Ne8 11. b4 cxd5 12. cxd5 f5 13. Nc4 Nf6 14. Bg5 Nxe4 15.  Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Nxe4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bf5 20. Bd3 Qb6 21.  Qe2 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bg5 23. Rfe1 Rac8 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. g3 Qc3 26. Qe2 Qc4 27. Qg4  Kg7 28. h4 h5 29. Qxg5 Qxe4 30. Rf1 Qxd5 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Rf6 Rxf6 33. Qxf6 Qf7  34. Qxd6 Rf8 35. Qxe5 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Kh2 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Qg4+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+  40. Kh3 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

: Karjakin

The leaders drew each other and continue to lead. Four players – Mamedyarov, Kasimdzhanov, Morozevich and Leko – are behind them.

View the games on http://tashkent2012.fide.com/analysis/

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