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The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 28, 2014 - 06:18 |March 28, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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Again a very interesting round! Anand’s position was tricky and incredibly good but he chose to repeat the moves. And thanks to Topalov’s win over Svidler he left the last place and it is shared now. Anand is leading with 7.5 points, Aronian has 6.5, Mamedyarov & Karjakin have 6.

Results of the 12th round

Anand 7 1/2 5 Andreikin
Aronian 6 1/2 5 Kramnik
Mamedyarov 5.5 1/2 5.5 Karjakin
Topalov 4.5 1-0 5.5 Svidler

Standings after 12 rounds

Anand 7.5
Aronian 6.5
Mamedyarov, Karjakin 6
Kramnik, Svidler, Topalov, Andreikin 5.5

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.27"]  [Round "12.1"]  [White "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B49"]  [WhiteElo "2785"]  [BlackElo "2758"]  [PlyCount "69"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8.  Nxc6 dxc6 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 Nf6 11. Nd2 c5 12. f3 Bb7 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Qc1 Be7  15. O-O O-O 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg3 h6 18. c3 a5 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. b3  Bg5 22. Bf2 Nf8 23. cxb4 cxb4 24. Bb6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qb8 26. Bf2 Qc7 27. Rd5  Rc8 28. h4 Be7 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Bb6 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Qb8 32. Qxa5 Bxc4 33. Bxc4 Qd6  34. Bf2 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.27"]  [Round "12.2"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E20"]  [WhiteElo "2757"]  [BlackElo "2766"]  [PlyCount "119"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 exd5  9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 c4 11. a4 Nd7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. axb5 Nc7 14. Qd4 Bb7 15. Bd2  Bxc3 16. bxc3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bxd5 18. Be3 Qxb5 19. O-O Ne6 20. Qh4 Ndc5 21. Rab1  Nb3 22. Bd1 Qa5 23. Bc2 g6 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxc3 26. Rf2 Nd4 27. Bh6 Nc6  28. Rd1 Qxe5 29. Rf5 Qe7 30. Bg5 f6 31. Rfxd5 fxg5 32. Qxc4 Qe6 33. Bb3 Kh8 34.  Qc5 Rae8 35. h4 Qe3+ 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 37. Ba4 Ne7 38. Rxg5 Nf5 39. h5 Kg7 40. hxg6  hxg6 41. Bc2 Kh6 42. Rg4 Re5 43. Bxf5 Rexf5 44. Ra4 a5 45. Rd6 Rg5 46. Ra6 Rff5  47. Rh4+ Kg7 48. Ra7+ Rf7 49. Ra6 Rb7 50. Ra4 Rbb5 51. Ra3 Rb1+ 52. Kh2 Rh5+  53. Kg3 Rbb5 54. Kf2 Kh6 55. Kg1 Rb1+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 Rg5 58. Rh3+ Kg7 59.  Ra7+ Kf6 60. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.27"]  [Round "12.3"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D36"]  [WhiteElo "2830"]  [BlackElo "2787"]  [PlyCount "62"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3  Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Ka1  Kb8 15. Rc1 Ne8 16. Na4 Nd6 17. Nc5 g6 18. h4 Bc8 19. h5 g5 20. Bxh7 g4 21. Nh4  Qf6 22. g3 Nbc4 23. Bd3 Rxh5 24. Rhe1 Re8 25. Re2 Reh8 26. Qb3 Qd8 27. e4 b6  28. Na4 Ba6 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Na4 Ba6 31. Nc5 Bc8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.27"]  [Round "12.4"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B18"]  [WhiteElo "2770"]  [BlackElo "2709"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5  Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 14. O-O-O O-O  15. Qf3 Qc7 16. c4 a5 17. Kb1 Rad8 18. Bc1 a4 19. Rhe1 a3 20. b3 Bb4 21. Re3 c5  22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 Nb6 24. Red3 Qc8 25. d6 Rfe8 26. Nh5 Re6 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6  28. d7 Qc7 29. Qg4 c4 30. Rg3 g6 31. h5 cxb3 32. Rxb3 Na4 33. hxg6 fxg6 34.  Rxb4 Nc3+ 35. Kc2 b5 36. Kb3 Na4 37. Qf3 Nc5+ 38. Kc2 Na4+ 39. Kb3 Nc5+ 40. Kc2  Na4+ 41. Kb3 1/2-1/2

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White to move

The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 27, 2014 - 07:24 |March 27, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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All games were drawn although looks like Karjakin had a win against Topalov. Anand is leading with 7 points, Aronian has 6 and Svidler, Mamedyarov and Karjakin are on 5,5.

Results of the 11th round

Kramnik 4.5 1/2 6.5 Anand
Svidler 5 1/2 5.5 Aronian
Andreikin 4.5 1/2 5 Mamedyarov
Topalov 4 1/2 5 Karjakin

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.26"]  [Round "11.1"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A07"]  [WhiteElo "2758"]  [BlackElo "2830"]  [PlyCount "65"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nf6 8.  Nc3 Nc6 9. d4 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. Bg2 Ne8 14. Qe2 Nd6  15. Rfd1 Bd8 16. Be1 Ne7 17. b3 Rc6 18. Na4 Rac8 19. Nc5 Qe8 20. Qb2 R6c7 21.  a4 Nc6 22. b4 Nb8 23. b5 Be7 24. Qb1 Nd7 25. Nd3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 27. Qxc1  Nb6 28. Qd1 Qc8 29. Bf1 Bf8 30. Ne5 Nbc4 31. Nxc4 Nxc4 32. Qc2 Nb6 33. Qxc8  1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.26"]  [Round "11.2"]  [White "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A15"]  [WhiteElo "2785"]  [BlackElo "2766"]  [PlyCount "114"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3  d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. g4 Rc8 15. g5  Nh5 16. Ne4 Rc7 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qa8 19. Ne1 Nc5 20. Qh1 Rfc8 21. Bxb7  Qxb7 22. Qxb7 Rxb7 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. exd3 f6 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. a4 h5 27. b4 Kf7  28. Kg2 Ke6 29. Kf3 Rf8 30. Ke2 Kf5 31. f3 g5 32. Rh1 Kg6 33. Rc2 e5 34. b5 Ra8  35. a5 bxa5 36. b6 Bd8 37. Rb1 Rab8 38. Ra2 Bxb6 39. Rab2 Bxe3 40. Rxb7 Rxb7  41. Rxb7 Bc5 42. Rb8 a4 43. Kd1 h4 44. Rg8+ Kf6 45. g4 Bf2 46. Rh8 Kg7 47. Rh5  Kg6 48. Kc2 Bd4 49. Kb1 a3 50. Ka2 Bb2 51. Kb3 Bc1 52. Ka2 Bb2 53. Kb3 a5 54.  Ka2 a4 55. Kb1 Bd4 56. Ka2 Bb2 57. Kb1 Bd4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.26"]  [Round "11.3"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E06"]  [WhiteElo "2787"]  [BlackElo "2770"]  [PlyCount "61"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.  Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Na3 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qh5 14.  f3 c3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Qc1 Ba6 17. c4 Rac8 18. Bxa7 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxa7+ 20. Qe3  Qa6 21. Ne5 Rc2 22. Nd3 Nd5 23. Qf2 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Qxa2 25. e4 Qa3 26. exd5 Qxd3  27. dxe6 fxe6 28. Qe1 Qd5 29. Qe3 h6 30. Re1 Rxf3 31. Qxe6+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.26"]  [Round "11.4"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E04"]  [WhiteElo "2709"]  [BlackElo "2757"]  [PlyCount "91"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.  Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4  Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Rac1 a5 17. a4 Be8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. h3 Nb4 20. c5 bxc5 21.  Nxa5 Nfd5 22. Nb7 Rb8 23. Nxc5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Ne4 f6 26. Nc3 Rc5 27.  Nxd5 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Nxd5 29. g4 g5 30. Be4 Nf4 31. Kf1 Nd5 32. e3 Kg7 33. Bc2  h6 34. Bb3 Kg6 35. Ke2 h5 36. Kd3 hxg4 37. hxg4 Nc7 38. Bb2 Bd6 39. Bc2 Kf7 40.  Ke4 Nd5 41. Bb3 Nc7 42. f4 gxf4 43. exf4 Kg6 44. Bxe6 Bxf4 45. Bf5+ Kg5 46.  Bxf6+ 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 12th round

Anand – Andreikin
Mamedyarov – Karjakin
Topalov – Svidler
Aronian – Kramnik

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