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By Yelena Dembo | March 21, 2014 - 06:13 |March 22, 2014 Quiz

 [Event "Malaga"]  [Site "Malaga"]  [Date "1973.??.??"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Torre, Eugenio"]  [Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B51"]  [PlyCount "42"]  [EventDate "1973.02.??"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "11"]  [EventCountry "ESP"]  [Source "ChessBase"]  [SourceDate "2000.11.22"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.  Nd2 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Bxd7 Qxd7 11. Ne3 Qc6 12. g4 Be6 13. Rg1 Nd7 14. Nf5  Bxf5 15. gxf5 Kh7 16. Qh3 Rg8 17. Nd5 Bf6 18. c3 Raf8 19. Qh5 Rh8 20. Be3 Qa4  21. Kd2 Rhg8

And here is the diagram of the final position

White to move.

The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2014 - 06:55 |March 20, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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Anand is leading with 4 points out of 6, Aronian is 2nd with 3.5. Svidler, Kramnik, Topalov and Mamedyarov share 3rd with 3 points.

Results of the 6th round

Anand 3.5 1/2 2 Karjakin
Topalov 2 1-0 3 Kramnik
Mamedyarov 2 1-0 3 Svidler
Aronian 3 1/2 1.5 Andreikin

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.19"]  [Round "6.1"]  [White "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D37"]  [WhiteElo "2785"]  [BlackElo "2787"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be5  c6 9. Bd3 g6 10. h4 f5 11. Bh2 b6 12. b4 f4 13. O-O a5 14. b5 bxc5 15. bxc6 Nb8  16. Bb5 Ba6 17. a4 Qc8 18. dxc5 Nxc6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Qxc6 Qxc6  22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Bxc5 25. Rxa5 fxe3 26. fxe3 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1  Rc2 28. Rb1 Rfc8 29. Raa1 Bb6 30. Be5+ Kg8 31. Ra6 Be3 32. b6 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1  Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 Rb1 35. g4 Bf4+ 36. Kg2 Bxe5 37. Nxe5 Nf4+ 38. Kf3 Ne6 39. b7  Rb3+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Ke3 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.19"]  [Round "6.3"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A81"]  [WhiteElo "2757"]  [BlackElo "2758"]  [PlyCount "61"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b4 e5  9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 e4 11. Nd4 Rf7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. b5 Qe8 15. f3  Be6 16. Rad1 a6 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 21.  Rxf1 b5 22. Qe3 bxc4 23. Bc5 Qc8 24. h4 h6 25. Bxg6 Bd5 26. h5 Qd7 27. Bd4 Re6  28. Bf7+ Qxf7 29. Rxf7 Rxe3 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Rg5 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.19"]  [Round "6.2"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2770"]  [BlackElo "2766"]  [PlyCount "66"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5  8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.  Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 20.  Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 g5 23. c4 Nc3 24. Kf3 Rg6 25. a3 Na4 26. Ke4  Nc5+ 27. Kf5 Ne6 28. Rh8+ Kd7 29. c3 Ng7+ 30. Ke4 Ne6 31. f3 c5 32. Bf2 a6 33.  Be3 b6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.19"]  [Round "6.4"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A11"]  [WhiteElo "2830"]  [BlackElo "2709"]  [PlyCount "96"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. Na3 Be6 8.  Ne5 Qd4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6+ Kd8 11. Nb5 Qc5 12. Bxa8 Qxb5 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. b3  e5 15. Rb1 cxb3 16. Rxb3 Qxe2 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qc4 19. Qb1 Ke7 20. Rxa7  Qd4 21. Rb7 Na4 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. h3 Kf8 24. Qb3 e4 25. Rc4 Qd5 26. Qb4+ Kg8 27.  Rd4 Qc6 28. Rbxd7 Nxd7 29. Qxa4 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Nf8 31. Rxe4 Rxd2 32. a4 Ra2 33.  Bf3 g6 34. Kg2 Ne6 35. Rc4 Kg7 36. Bd5 Kf6 37. Re4 Ra3 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Rf4+  Ke7 40. h4 h5 41. Re4 Kf7 42. Kf1 Ra2 43. Ke1 Kf6 44. Kd1 Ke7 45. f4 Ra3 46.  Kc2 Rxg3 47. Rd4 Re3 48. Kb2 e5 1/2-1/2

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Pairings of the 7th round

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

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Thursday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2014 - 06:43 |March 20, 2014 Quiz

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 [Event "URS"]  [Site "Soviet Union"]  [Date "1973.??.??"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Suetin, Alexey S"]  [Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B50"]  [PlyCount "87"]  [EventDate "1973.??.??"]  [EventType "game"]  [EventCountry "URS"]  [Source "ChessBase"]  [SourceDate "2009.11.30"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e5 5. d4 Nc6 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Bb5 Qc7 8. O-O  Bd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. a4 Rad8 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Nfd2 Nh5 15.  Be3 Nf4 16. f3 Bc8 17. a5 Rd6 18. g3 Bh3 19. Rf2 Rfd8 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Bxc5  Rg6+ 22. Kh1 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Nxa5 24. b4 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 b6 26. Nd3 Qxc4 27. Ne5  Qb5 28. Nxg6 hxg6 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Rd3 Kh7 31. Qd2 Qa4 32. Qb2 a5 33. bxa5 bxa5  34. Rfd2 Qc4 35. Rd1 a4 36. Qb4 Qa6 37. Qe7 f6 38. e5 Rc6 39. Qf8 Rc8 40. Qd6  Rc6 41. Qf8 Rc8 42. Qd6 Qa7 43. exf6 Qf2 44. Rg1

Black to move and win.

The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 19, 2014 - 06:32 |March 19, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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Anand leads with 3.5 points, while 2nd place is shared by Svidler, Kramnik and Aronian with 3 points.

Results of the 5th round

Andreikin 1 1/2 3 Anand
Kramnik 2.5 1/2 2.5 Aronian
Svidler 2 1-0 2 Topalov
Karjakin 1.5 1/2 1.5 Mamedyarov

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.18"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C78"]  [WhiteElo "2758"]  [BlackElo "2785"]  [PlyCount "95"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4  dxe4 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 exf3 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Be4 Bd7 13. a4 O-O-O 14. axb5  Ne5 15. Bf4 Bxb5 16. Na3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Be2 18. Rd5 Rg8 19. g3 Bxa3 20. bxa3  Ng6 21. Be3 Re8 22. Bf5+ Kb7 23. Rd4 Re5 24. g4 a5 25. h3 h5 26. Be4+ Ka6 27.  gxh5 Rxh5 28. Rd8 Ne5 29. a4 c6 30. Rb8 Nc4 31. Bd4 c5 32. Bxf6 Nb6 33. Bd8 Nd5  34. Ra8+ Kb7 35. Rxa5 Re5 36. Rxc5 Rxe4 37. Rxd5 Rxa4 38. Rf5 Kc8 39. Bg5 Rc4  40. Bd2 Rc7 41. h4 Kd8 42. Bg5+ Ke8 43. Rd5 f5 44. h5 Rc4 45. Rd4 Rxc3 46. h6  Rc8 47. h7 Kf7 48. Bd8 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.18"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E10"]  [WhiteElo "2787"]  [BlackElo "2830"]  [PlyCount "120"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3  Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. f4 c5 14. Qf3 cxd4 15.  exd4 Bb4 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rad1 a6 19. a4 Rc8 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh3 Ndf6  22. f5 g5 23. Ng3 b5 24. axb5 Qb6 25. Kh1 axb5 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. d5 e3 28. Ng4  Nxg4 29. Qxg4 h6 30. Ne4 Rc2 31. Nf6+ Qxf6 32. Bxf6 e2 33. Bxg5 Bxd5 34. Bxh6+  Kh7 35. Bxf8 exf1=Q+ 36. Rxf1 Rxg2 37. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Rxf8 39. Kf3 Kg7 40.  Ke4 Rh8 41. Kd4 Rc8 42. Rf4 Kf6 43. h4 Re8 44. Kc5 Re5+ 45. Kd6 Re3 46. Rb4  Kxf5 47. Rxb5+ Kg4 48. h5 f5 49. h6 Rh3 50. Ke5 Rxh6 51. Rb4+ Kf3 52. Kxf5 Ke3  53. Ke5 Kd3 54. Rb8 Kc3 55. b4 Kc4 56. Rb7 Rh5+ 57. Kd6 Rh6+ 58. Kd7 Rh7+ 59.  Kc6 Rxb7 60. Kxb7 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.18"]  [Round "5.3"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2709"]  [BlackElo "2770"]  [PlyCount "84"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qe7  8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 Ne8 10. Qc3 f6 11. b4 Nd6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 b6 14. a5 Kh8  15. Ra2 Rab8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qa1 Nb7 18. Qc3 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Ra7 Rfc8  21. Rfa1 b5 22. d4 exd4 23. exd4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Rxc7 Bf5 26. Raa7 h6  27. Qd2 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Bg4 29. Rc3 b4 30. Re3 Qd5 31. h3 Bf5 32. Rb3 Qc4 33. Rb2  Be4 34. Kf2 Bxf3 35. Kxf3 Rb5 36. Qd3 Qxd3+ 37. cxd3 Kg8 38. d5 Kf7 39. Ke4 Ke7  40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Kc4 Rc5+ 42. Kd4 Rxd5+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.18"]  [Round "5.4"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B52"]  [WhiteElo "2766"]  [BlackElo "2757"]  [PlyCount "61"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.  Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4  Bxd4 15. Qxd4 b5 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. h4 bxc4 18. bxc4 h5 19. Re4 Rc7 20. Rae1  Rac8 21. Qb6 a5 22. Qxa5 Rxc4 23. Rxe7 Qf5 24. Qd2 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. g3 Rf5  27. a4 Rxd5 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Rd3 31. a5 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 6th round

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

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Wednesday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 19, 2014 - 06:22 |March 19, 2014 Quiz

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 [Event "Petropolis Interzonal"]  [Site "Petropolis"]  [Date "1973.08.12"]  [Round "14"]  [White "Portisch, Lajos"]  [Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B36"]  [WhiteElo "2645"]  [BlackElo "2565"]  [PlyCount "54"]  [EventDate "1973.07.23"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "17"]  [EventCountry "BRA"]  [EventCategory "12"]  [Source "ChessBase"]  [SourceDate "1999.07.01"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.  Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bd3 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. f4 Rc8  15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Nf6 17. Kh1 Qa5 18. f5 Bd7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qf2 Bc6 21. Qh4  Bxd5 22. exd5 Re8 23. Rf3 Nd7 24. Rcf1 Bf6 25. Rh3 Nf8 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Bxg6  hxg6

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