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The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 18, 2014 - 07:08 |March 18, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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Anand drew Kramnik and is leading with 3 points out of 4. Kramnik and Aronian share 2nd-3rd with 2.5 points.

Results of the 4th round

Anand 2.5 1/2 2 Kramnik
Aronian 1.5 1-0 2 Svidler
Karjakin 1 1/2 1.5 Topalov
Mamedyarov 0.5 1-0 1 Andreikin

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.17"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D85"]  [WhiteElo "2830"]  [BlackElo "2758"]  [PlyCount "113"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.  Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bc4  Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Qd1 Qc2 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Bd3 Qa2 20. Bc4 Qa4 21.  Bb3 Qa3 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qc4+ e6 24. Ng5+ Ke8 25. Nxe6 Qe7 26. Nxg7+ Qxg7 27.  Bc3 Nd8 28. Qb3 Rc7 29. Ba1 Rac8 30. d5 Qd7 31. Qb2 Qe7 32. Rbd1 Nf7 33. e5 Rc2  34. Qb5+ Qd7 35. Qxd7+ Kxd7 36. e6+ Kd6 37. exf7 Rf8 38. Re6+ Kd7 39. Rf6 Re2  40. f4 Re7 41. Be5 Rexf7 42. Rd6+ Ke8 43. Re1 Re7 44. Rc1 Rff7 45. Bf6 Rd7 46.  Re6+ Kf8 47. d6 Kg8 48. h4 Rf8 49. Bg5 Kf7 50. Rce1 Bc6 51. h5 a5 52. Re7+ Kg8  53. hxg6 hxg6 54. R1e6 Rf7 55. Rxg6+ Kh7 56. Rh6+ Kg7 57. Ree6 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.17"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D45"]  [WhiteElo "2757"]  [BlackElo "2709"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Qc7 8. e4  dxe4 9. Nxe4 c5 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. dxc5 a5 12. g3 Bxc5 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O e5  15. Bg5 Ra6 16. Rae1 Re8 17. Qc3 h6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. b4 Bf8 20. Nh4 axb4 21.  axb4 Be6 22. c5 b6 23. c6 Ra4 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. Qf3 Rd4 26. Nf5 Rdxb4 27. Rxb4  Rxb4 28. Qh5 Kh7 29. Rd1 Qc8 30. Ne3 f5 31. Bd5 f4 32. Nc2 Ra4 33. Qxe5 Bg7 34.  Be4+ Kg8 35. Qxf4 f5 36. c7 Rxe4 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Qd6 Qa6 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Qc6  Qc8 41. Rd8 Rc4 42. Qxc4 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.17"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D37"]  [WhiteElo "2770"]  [BlackElo "2787"]  [PlyCount "60"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.  Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14.  Rh3 Qb4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. h5 Qd6 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Rd3 Qh2 19. f4 Rg8 20. Bf3 Bd7  21. Ne2 Qh1+ 22. Ng1 Nd4 23. Rxd4 Bb5+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+ 25. Ke3 e5 26. fxe5 Qg5+  27. Kf2 Qg3+ 28. Ke3 Qg5+ 29. Kf2 Qg3+ 30. Ke3 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.17"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A29"]  [WhiteElo "2766"]  [BlackElo "2785"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.  d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. a3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rc3 Bf6  15. Rc5 Ne7 16. Rfc1 c6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nf5 20. Qg4 Nd6 21.  e3 Qf6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rad8 24. R1c3 Re6 25. b4 g6 26. a4 Rd4 27. exd4  exd4 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. R3c4 Qd6 30. a5 h5 31. h4 Kg7 32. Kg1 Kf8 33. Rc1 Qe6  34. R5c4 Qe5 35. Kf1 Qd5 36. Re1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qd5 38. Kf1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qd5 40.  Kf1 1/2-1/2

Today’s pairings

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

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Tuesday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 18, 2014 - 06:57 |March 18, 2014 Quiz

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From now on I will be giving the text of the game as well 🙂 How can White win in the final position?

 [Event "URS-ch41"]  [Site "Moscow"]  [Date "1973.10.12"]  [Round "8"]  [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]  [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C97"]  [WhiteElo "2650"]  [BlackElo "2610"]  [PlyCount "100"]  [EventDate "1973.10.02"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "17"]  [EventCountry "URS"]  [EventCategory "13"]  [Source "ChessBase"]  [SourceDate "1999.07.01"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3  d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. b3 Bf8 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bg5  Bg7 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Ng3 Bb7 21. Rac1  Rac8 22. Bb1 Qb6 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qxd6 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Rc1  Qa8 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Qd7 Re8 30. Rc7 Rf8 31. Ra7 Qe4 32. Rxa6 Be5 33. Rc6 Qb1+  34. Rc1 Qxa2 35. Qxb5 Qb2 36. Qd3 Ra8 37. Qb1 Qa3 38. b4 Qa4 39. b5 Bd4 40.  Bxd4 Qxd4 41. b6 Rb8 42. Rc6 Rb7 43. Qb3 Kg7 44. g3 Re7 45. Qf3 Re1+ 46. Kg2  Re5 47. Qf6+ Kh6 48. b7 Qd5+ 49. Qf3 Qb5 50. Qf4+ Kg7

The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 17, 2014 - 10:44 |March 17, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

Monday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 17, 2014 - 06:41 |March 17, 2014 Quiz

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White to move

The Candidates Tournament

By Yelena Dembo | March 16, 2014 - 06:57 |March 16, 2014 The Candidates Tournament

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Anand won against Mamedyarov and is leading with 2.5 points out of 3.

Results of the 3rd round

Mamedyarov 0.5 0-1 1.5 Anand
Svidler 1.5 1/2 1.5 Kramnik
Topalov 1 1/2 1 Aronian
Andreikin 0.5 1/2 0.5 Karjakin

Standings after 3 rounds

Anand 2.5
Svidler, Kramnik 2
Topalov, Aronian 1.5
Andreikin, Karjakin 1
Mamedyarov 0.5

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.15"]  [Round "3.4"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "D11"]  [WhiteElo "2757"]  [BlackElo "2770"]  [PlyCount "61"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.  Bg2 Be7 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. e4 e5  15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Kh8 17. e5 Re8 18. f4 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21.  Rxf3 Re4 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 Qe8 24. Bb6 Qh5 25. Bd4 Re8 26. Rf1 Ng4 27. Qc2  c5 28. Nxc5 Rc8 29. Rd1 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 h6 31. Kh1 0-1

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.15"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C88"]  [WhiteElo "2785"]  [BlackElo "2830"]  [PlyCount "69"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4  b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. h3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.  Bc4 a5 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Nf3 Nc5 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Qh5 Qe7 21. Bb5 c6  22. Bc4 Ba6 23. Bd6 Qxd6 24. Bxf7+ Kf8 25. e5 Qd7 26. e6 Nxe6 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28.  Qxh7 Qd5 29. f4 d3 30. f5 d2 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh5+  Kf8 35. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.15"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2709"]  [BlackElo "2766"]  [PlyCount "60"]  [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. d4  exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. h3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rd1 Bxd4 15.  Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxd4 Qd5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. f3 Bd5 20. b3 a5 21. Ba3  Rfd8 22. Rac1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 h6 27.  Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qd3+ Kg8 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.15"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A35"]  [WhiteElo "2758"]  [BlackElo "2787"]  [PlyCount "101"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.  O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qc8 12. b3 Bh3 13. Rac1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2  Qc6+ 15. f3 e6 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Bf4 Rd7 18. Qe3 b6 19. Rd3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Ne8 21.  e4 a6 22. e5 h6 23. h4 Rcd8 24. Rd1 b5 25. c5 Qxc5 26. Ne4 Qb6 27. Nxd6 Bf8 28.  h5 Nxd6 29. exd6 g5 30. Be5 Rc8 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Qb7 33. g4 b4 34. Qc4 Bg7  35. Bg3 Qb5 36. Be1 Qe5 37. Bg3 Qe2+ 38. Bf2 Bf8 39. Qxa6 e5 40. Qc4 Qxa2 41.  Qc6 e4 42. fxe4 Qe2 43. Rf3 Rxd6 44. Qe8 f6 45. e5 f5 46. gxf5 Rf6 47. Kg3 Qe4  48. Bc5 Qe1+ 49. Bf2 Qe4 50. Bc5 Qe1+ 51. Bf2 1/2-1/2

Sunday is a rest day.

Pairings of the 4th round (Monday)

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

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