March 2014 – Page 4 – IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 23, 2014 - 06:30 |March 23, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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There was only one win by Karjakin yesterday, but what a brilliant win it was! It definitely shows how one can still find a great sacrifice after many hours of play. So, after 8 rounds Anand and Aronian are leading with 5 points and Kramnik is 3rd with 4.5.

Results of the 8th round

Aronian 4.5 1/2 4.5 Anand
Kramnik 4 1/2 3 Andreikin
Svidler 3.5 0-1 2.5 Karjakin
Topalov 3 1/2 3 Mamedyarov

And we have interesting standings:

Anand, Aronian 5
Kramnik 4.5
Svidler, Topalov, Mamedyarov, Andreikin, Karjakin 3.5

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.22"]  [Round "8.4"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A05"]  [WhiteElo "2758"]  [BlackElo "2766"]  [PlyCount "164"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5  Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 Kh8 11. Bf4 f5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 Qc7 14. g6 hxg6 15.  Nd2 Kg8 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. g4 Nd8 19. Kh2 Bd7 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bd5+  Nde6 22. Rg1 Bc6 23. Qf3 Rad8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Bxe6+ Nxe6 26. Qg3 Rc8 27. Nh3  Qf7 28. Qh4 Bf3 29. Bd2 Bg4 30. Rg3 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. Bxg5 Re6  34. f3 Bh5 35. b3 Kf7 36. Rh3 Rce8 37. Bf4 Ra6 38. Re2 Ke6 39. Kg3 Rb8 40. Bg5  f4+ 41. Bxf4 Rf8 42. Rf2 Rf5 43. Bc1 Rxe5 44. Rh1 Kf7 45. Bf4 Rf5 46. Bb8 Re6  47. Rh4 Re3 48. Rf4 a6 49. Bd6 Rxf4 50. Kxf4 Kf6 51. Bxc5 g5+ 52. Kg3 Rxd3 53.  Kg2 Be8 54. Kf1 Bh5 55. Ke2 Re3+ 56. Kd2 Ke5 57. Rg2 Kf4 58. Bxd4 Re7 59. Re2  Rd7 60. Kc3 Bxf3 61. Re8 Be4 62. Rf8+ Bf5 63. Rg8 g6 64. Rg7 Rxd4 65. Kxd4 b6  66. Kc3 Ke3 67. Rb7 g4 68. Rxb6 g3 69. Rd6 g2 70. Rd1 g5 71. b4 Kf2 72. a4 g1=Q  73. Rxg1 Kxg1 74. b5 axb5 75. axb5 g4 76. c5 g3 77. c6 g2 78. b6 Kf2 79. b7  g1=Q 80. b8=Q Qc1+ 81. Kd4 Qe3+ 82. Kc4 Be6+ 0-1

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.22"]  [Round "8.1"]  [White "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2785"]  [BlackElo "2757"]  [PlyCount "64"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2  O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. f4 Na5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nde2 b5 15.  Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rfe8 17. Rhf1 e6 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Bd4 c3 21.  Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxc3 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. Rfd2 Rg3 26. Rxd6 Rxd6  27. Rxd6 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Rxg2 29. g5 Rf2 30. Rd4 f6 31. a4 fxg5 32. fxg5 Rf5  1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.22"]  [Round "8.2"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A11"]  [WhiteElo "2830"]  [BlackElo "2770"]  [PlyCount "37"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Qb3 d4 4. e3 c5 5. Qb5+ Nc6 6. Qxc5 e5 7. Qb5 a6 8. Qb3  Bc5 9. d3 Nf6 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Bb4+ 12. Nbd2 a5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qd1 Bd6 15.  Ne1 Nc5 16. Nb3 Na6 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Nb3 Na6 19. Nd2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.22"]  [Round "8.3"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D15"]  [WhiteElo "2787"]  [BlackElo "2709"]  [PlyCount "64"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Nxe4  Bxe4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ba3 g6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Bh3 Bxf3  15. exf3 Re8 16. Rc6 e6 17. Rfc1 Qf6 18. Rc7 Nf8 19. Bc5 Qxf3 20. Rc3 Qh5 21.  g4 Qh4 22. Qf4 f6 23. Be7 Qg5 24. Qg3 Qd2 25. g5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 fxg5 27. Bxg5  Bxd4 28. R3c6 a5 29. Bh6 b4 30. Kg2 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 9th round

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

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Sunday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 23, 2014 - 06:15 |March 23, 2014 Quiz

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 [Event "corr"]  [Site "corr"]  [Date "1973.??.??"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Smrcka, F."]  [Black "Estrin, Y."]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B79"]  [PlyCount "48"]  [EventDate "1973.??.??"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3  Bd7 9. Bb3 Qa5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. h4 Ne5 13. h5 Nxh5 14. Bh6 Rxc3  15. bxc3 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Nf6 17. Kb1 b5 (17... Rc8) 18. f4 $1 Nc4 19. e5 dxe5 20.  fxe5 Nxe5 (20... Nh5 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Rh1 Qxc3 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxh5 Rb8+ 25.  Nb3 $18) 21. Rdf1 $16 Rc8 (21... Qxc3 22. Rxf6 $1 exf6 23. Nf3 $18) (21... Neg4  22. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 23. Qxg6 Ne5 24. Rxh7+ $1 Nxh7 25. Qh5) 22. Rxf6 exf6 23. Nf3  $1 $18 Nc4 24. Qxh7+ Kf8

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The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 22, 2014 - 11:46 |March 22, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 22, 2014 - 06:24 |March 22, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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An incredibly exciting round! Three wins and one draw. Aronian is sharing 1st place with Anand and they have 4.5 points. Kramnik is 3rd with 4.

Results of the 7th round

Svidler 3 1/2 4 Anand
Karjakin 2.5 0-1 3.5 Aronian
Kramnik 3 1-0 3 Mamedyarov
Andreikin 2 1-0 3 Topalov

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.21"]  [Round "7.3"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2766"]  [BlackElo "2830"]  [PlyCount "106"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.  Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Qb3 Nf8 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Nfd2  Bf8 15. d4 Qe7 16. dxe5 Be6 17. Qc2 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxe5 19. Nd2 a5 20. a3 axb4  21. axb4 Qe6 22. f3 Nc4 23. Bf4 c5 24. b5 Nd6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rb1 b6 27. e5  Nc4 28. Qe4 Ra4 29. Rc1 h6 30. h4 Nb2 31. c4 Qd7 32. Rb1 Ra2 33. Be3 Na4 34.  Rb3 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 Qxd2 36. Rd3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Nb2 38. Rd8 Qxc4 39. Qa8 Qxh4+ 40.  Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe5+ 42. g3 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Nd3 44. Rxf8+ Kh7 45. Re8 Nf2+ 46.  Kh4 Qxb5 47. g4 Qc4 48. Qc8 Qf4 49. Qf5+ Qxf5 50. gxf5 c4 51. Re7 c5 52. Rxf7  c3 53. f6 Kg6 0-1

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.21"]  [Round "7.4"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D38"]  [WhiteElo "2787"]  [BlackElo "2757"]  [PlyCount "107"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8.  e3 Qa5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. h4 b5 15.  a4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 b4 17. cxb4 Qxb4 18. Nb1 Qd6 19. Nc3 Qc6 20. Rfb1 Ba6 21. Qd1  f6 22. Bf4 Rad8 23. Qf3 Nf8 24. Bh6 Kf7 25. Rb2 Ne6 26. Rab1 Ng7 27. g4 Kg8 28.  Qf4 Kf7 29. e4 Ne6 30. exd5 Nxf4 31. dxc6 g5 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. c7 Rd6 34. Bxg5  Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Nxg5 36. d5 Bc8 37. Rb8 Rf6 38. Ra8 Rf4 39. f3 Rxf3 40. d6 Bxg4  41. Rxe8 Kxe8 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Rd8 Bh3+ 44. Kh2 Rxc3 45. d7 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 Rg2+  47. Kh4 Be6 48. Rf8+ Kxf8 49. c8=Q+ Kg7 50. Qb7 Nf3+ 51. Qxf3 Rh2+ 52. Kg5 h6+  53. Kf4 Rh4+ 54. Ke5 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.21"]  [Round "7.2"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D30"]  [WhiteElo "2709"]  [BlackElo "2785"]  [PlyCount "53"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.  e3 c5 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 b6 13. c6 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Nc5  15. Nbd4 Ne4 16. Bb5 g5 17. h3 h5 18. Kc1 Bc5 19. Kb1 Re8 20. Ka2 Ra7 21. Rad1  Kf8 22. Rhf1 Kg7 23. Ka1 Bf8 24. Ne2 Rd8 25. h4 g4 26. Nf4 Kg8 27. Nxd5 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.21"]  [Round "7.1"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2758"]  [BlackElo "2770"]  [PlyCount "76"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Re1  c6 9. Ba4 Bb6 10. d4 Ng6 11. h3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nhf4 15.  Bc2 f6 16. Ng3 fxe5 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 h6 21. Bh4  Qf7 22. Nh5 Be6 23. Re3 Bd8 24. Rf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Bxh4 26. Kg2 Rf7 27. Rc1 Raf8  28. Rc3 Bg5 29. Ng3 Re7 30. b4 a6 31. a4 Bd7 32. Qb3 Kh8 33. b5 cxb5 34. axb5  Bxb5 35. Qxd5 Rd7 36. Qe4 Bc6 37. Rxc6 bxc6 38. Qxc6 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 8th round

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

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