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Tal Memorial 2013 – 5th round

By Yelena Dembo | June 19, 2013 - 10:11 |June 19, 2013 Tal Memorial 2013

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(Photo taken from the official site)

Carlsen managed to create almost a miniature against Anand! Gelfand won against Morozevich to join Nakamura in the lead.

Results of the 5th round

Gelfand 1-0 Morozevich
Carlsen 1-0 Anand
Nakamura 1/2 Andreikin
Mamedyarov 1/2 Caruana
Kramnik 1/2 Karjakin

Standings after 5 rounds

1-2. Nakamura, Gelfand 3.5
3-4. Carlsen, Mamedyarov 3
5-6. Andreikin, Caruana 2.5
7-8. Anand, Karjakin 2
9-10. Morozevich, Kramnik 1.5

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.18"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2864"]  [BlackElo "2786"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [PlyCount "57"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:06:04"]  [BlackClock "0:39:38"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 (7. Nf4 {  is the 2nd most popular move. Was played by Shirov in the 90s as well as by  Kortchnoi, Chernin and Avrukh.} c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11.  bxc3 e5 12. Ne2 exd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. d5 b5 15. O-O a6 16. f4 c4 17. Bc2 Bc5+  18. Kh1 Nf6 19. h3 a5 20. Nc3 b4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Bb2 Re8 23. d6 Bb7 24. e5  Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Nd5 26. Qf3 Nxc3 27. Qxb7 g6 28. f5 Rb8 29. Qf3 Nb5 30. fxg6 fxg6  31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Rae1 Qg5 33. d7 Red8 34. Ba4 Nc3 35. Qd4 Rb2 36. e6+ Kg8 37.  Bc6 {1-0 (37) Shirov,A (2740)-Loginov,V (2610) Moscow 1994}) 7... Nxd5 (7...  exd5 {is the most popular.} 8. g3 (8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. b4 Nc7 11. Bd2 a6  12. O-O Nb5 13. a4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd6 15. b5 Ne4 16. Be1 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18.  Qxa1 Re8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Bxf4 21. exf4 Nd6 22. g4 f5 23. h3 Nc4 24. Qc1  Be6 25. Bf2 Qd7 26. Re1 g6 27. Qc2 Qf7 28. Bg3 Kf8 29. Qf2 Bd7 30. Bh4 Rxe1+  31. Qxe1 Qe6 32. Qxe6 {1/2-1/2 (32) Tomashevsky,E (2709)-Karjakin,S (2782)  Kiev 2013}) 8... c6 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Qc2 Ne6 12. h3 Ng5 13. Kh2 Re8  14. f3 Ne6 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Be1 Bd7 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Rac8 20. b4  Red8 21. Rab1 Bf8 22. Bf2 Qa6 23. Qb3 Ng5 24. Nf4 Be6 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Kg1 b6  27. e5 Ne8 28. b5 cxb5 29. Nxb5 N8c7 30. d5 Nc5 31. Nxc7 Rxc7 32. Qf3 Nd7 33.  d6 Rcc8 34. Bd4 Qa5 35. Qf4 Nc5 36. Rf1 Rd7 37. Qg4 Re8 38. Bc6 Red8 39. Rb5  Qxa3 40. Bxc5 bxc5 41. Bxd7 Rxd7 42. Rb8 Qe3+ 43. Rf2 h5 44. Qxd7 Qxg3+ 45. Kh1  Qxf2 46. Rxf8+ Kh7 47. Qxf7 {1-0 (47) Dubov,D (2638)-Ponkratov,P (2605)  Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 8. Bd2 {Not the most popular but best by percentage :)}  Nd7 9. g3 {Such development is necessary as the N blocks the way of the B.} b6  (9... N5f6 10. Bg2 e5 11. O-O exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.  Qxf5 Qxd2 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qf5 Qxb2 18. Rfc1 Rad8 19. a4 c4 20. Rab1 Qa3 21.  Qc2 Be5 22. Nb5 Qc5 23. Qe2 a6 24. Rxc4 Qe7 25. Nc3 Rd7 26. Ne4 Rfd8 27. h4 g6  28. Qf3 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 b5 30. axb5 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 axb5 33. Qxb5 Bf6  34. Qa5 Qe5 35. Qe1 Kg7 36. Bf3 h5 37. Kg2 Rd7 38. Qe2 Rc7 39. Rd4 Qc5 40. Rd2  Ra7 41. Kh2 Qc7 42. Rc2 Qe5 43. Qc4 Rd7 44. Qa4 Qe7 45. Qb5 Rc7 46. Rd2 Qe5 47.  Qe2 Qc5 48. Bd5 Bc3 49. Rd1 Qb6 50. Kg2 Qb2 51. Qf3 Bf6 52. e4 Be5 53. Rd3 Qb6  54. Rb3 Qd4 55. g4 hxg4 56. Qxg4 Qd2 57. Rf3 Qh6 58. Rf5 f6 59. Rf3 Qh5 60.  Qxh5 gxh5 61. Rb3 Re7 62. Rb6 f5 63. f4 Bxf4 64. exf5 Be5 65. Rg6+ Kh7 66. f6  Rd7 67. f7 Bg7 68. Rg5 Kh6 69. Kf3 Rd6 70. Rf5 Kg6 71. Ke4 Rf6 72. Rg5+ Kh6 73.  Ke3 Bf8 74. Rg8 Bg7 75. Kd3 Rf4 76. Ke3 Rf6 77. Bc4 Kg6 78. Ra8 Bh6+ 79. Ke2  Rf4 80. Bd5 Bg7 81. Ra6+ Rf6 82. Ra4 Bh6 83. Ra1 Rf4 84. Kd3 Bf8 85. Rh1 Rg4  86. Kc3 Kg7 87. Be6 Re4 88. Bc4 Be7 89. Rg1+ Rg4 90. Rf1 Bf8 91. Rh1 Be7 92.  Be6 Rxh4 93. Rg1+ Kf6 94. Bd5 Bf8 95. Rg8 Ke7 96. Rg6 Rf4 97. Re6+ Kd7 98. Re4  {1/2-1/2 (98) Aronian,L (2724)-Gelfand,B (2724) Merida 2005}) 10. Nxd5 {Just  in time! Now Black gets a passive B on b7.} exd5 11. Bg2 Bb7 (11... Nf6 12. O-O  Ne4 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bb4 Qf6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 c6  19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Rc7 21. a4 Bc8 22. a5 Ba6 23. Ra1 Bb5 24. Rdc1 Re8 25.  axb6 axb6 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Rb8 28. Ra6 Qd7 29. Kg1 h6 30. Qa3 Rcc8 31. h4  Qf5 32. Ra7 g5 33. h5 Qf3 34. Qd3 Kh8 35. Qa6 Kg7 36. b5 c5 37. dxc5 bxc5 38.  Qg6+ {1-0 (38) Ponomariov,R (2734)-Kramnik,V (2807) Wijk aan Zee 2003}) 12. Bb4  {A novelty but the idea is not new - it was already played in correspondence  game back in 2005!} (12. O-O Re8 (12... Nf6 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Bb4 c5 15. dxc5  bxc5 16. Bc3 Qd7 17. Rad1 f5 18. b3 Bd6 19. Bb2 Qf7 20. Nf4 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Rab8  22. Bf1 Kh8 23. Nh3 Qg6 24. Bg2 Rbd8 25. Qd3 Rc8 26. Nf4 Bxf4 27. exf4 d4 28.  f3 Ba6 29. Qb1 Nc3 30. Bxc3 dxc3 31. Bh3 Qb6 32. Bxf5 c4+ 33. Kg2 cxb3 34. Bxc8  Rxc8 35. Rd7 Bc4 36. Ree7 c2 37. Qe1 Rg8 38. Rxg7 Rxg7 39. Qc3 Qg6 40. Qxc4  Rxd7 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qxd7+ Qf7 43. Qd4+ Kg6 44. Qe4+ Qf5 45. Qe8+ Kh6 46. Qc6+  Kg7 47. Qc7+ Kf8 48. Qd8+ Kf7 49. Qc7+ Ke8 50. Qb8+ Ke7 51. Qxa7+ Qd7 52. Qe3+  Qe6 53. Qa7+ Kf8 54. Qb8+ Qe8 55. Qd6+ Qe7 56. Qh6+ Kg8 57. Qc6 Qe2+ 58. Kh3  Qe3 59. Qc4+ Kg7 60. Qc7+ Kf8 61. Qc8+ Ke7 62. Qc7+ Kf6 63. Qd8+ Qe7 64. Qh8+  Kf7 65. Qxh7+ Ke6 66. Qe4+ Kf6 67. Qd4+ Kf7 68. Qc3 Qd7+ 69. g4 Qb5 70. Qc7+  Ke6 71. f5+ Kd5 {0-1 (71) Semenov,S-Jacobs,B ICCF email 2005}) 13. Qc2 Bd6 14.  Rac1 Qe7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Nb5 c6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Rfe1 c5 20. Bc3  Re7 21. b4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Ne5 23. Qc3 f6 24. f4 Nf7 25. Qb3 Qe6 26. a4 Nd6 27.  a5 Nc4 28. e4 b5 29. e5 f5 30. Qd3 Rf7 31. Re2 a6 32. Bf3 Rd8 33. Rg2 Bc8 34.  Rf1 g6 35. h3 h6 36. g4 Kh7 37. g5 Rg8 38. gxh6 Qc6 39. Kh2 Be6 40. Rfg1 Kxh6  41. Qe2 Rgg7 42. Qe1 Kh7 43. Qh4+ Kg8 44. Rxg6 Nd2 45. Qd8+ {1-0 (45) Milov,V  (2632)-Cheparinov,I (2550) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 12... Nf6 (12... Bxb4+ 13. axb4  Nf6 14. O-O Qd6 15. Qc2 $14 {and after doubling on the a-file white seems to  have a good game.}) 13. O-O Re8 (13... c5 {was interesting, getting hanging  pawns.} 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bc3 {I believe white is better here due to Nf4 and  b4 possibilities.}) 14. Rc1 c6 {Now Bb7 is totally blocked.} (14... Qd7 $5) 15.  Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Nf4 Bc8 {Looks very passive.} (17... Rc7 18. Rc3 Re8  19. Qc2 $36 {White has initiative but Black is solid.}) 18. Qa4 Rc7 19. f3 {  Preparing ...e4.} Be6 20. e4 dxe4 $2 {Giving up the center.} ({Passive but  better was} 20... Qd7 $1 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. e5 Ne8 23. Rc3 Rac8 24. Rec1 c5 25.  f4 $16) 21. fxe4 Qd7 (21... b5 22. Qb4 $1 {Exchanging the only active piece.}  Qxb4 23. axb4 $16 {And Black is left with many weaknesses.}) 22. d5 $1 {A very  typical blow in the center!} cxd5 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Nxe6 $1 {Exchanging a good  N for a "bad" B but creating a nice target on e6.} fxe6 25. Bh3 $1 {Starting  to play on e6.} Kh8 (25... Re8 26. exd5 $16) (25... Kf7 $2 26. exd5 $18) 26. e5  (26. Bxe6 {was also pretty good.}) 26... Ng8 27. Bxe6 Rdd8 $2 (27... Re7 {was  necessary, forcing white to take the pawn on d5 & preventing Rc7.} 28. Bxd5 Rd8  29. Rcd1 g6 30. Kf2 $16) 28. Rc7 $1 $18 d4 29. Bd7 (29. Bd7 Ne7 30. e6 {and  Black can hardly move.}) 1-0

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.18"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2755"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "65"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:15:28"]  [BlackClock "0:25:44"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5  9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Rxe3+ {?!} (10... Bh6 11. Qd2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nbd7 13. O-O  Qe7 14. e4 a6 15. Rf2 Rb8 16. Re1 Nh5 17. g4 Nhf6 18. e5 {<font  color=red>+0.34|d23</font> $14}) 11. fxe3 Qe7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qd2 Ne5  {?!} (13... Nh5 14. Rf2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rf3 f5 17. Ne2 a6 18. a4 b6 19.  Nf4 Nf6 20. a5 bxa5 21. Rxa5) 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rf3 Bd7 16. Raf1 Rf8 17. Qf2  Qe7 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Qxe3+ 20. Rf2 Qxd3 21. Qxd6 Bf5 22. Qxc5 b6 23. Qc7  Rc8 24. Qxa7 Qe3 25. d6 Qd4 {?} (25... Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Qe3 27. d7 Qxf2 28. dxc8=Q+  Bxc8 29. Qb8 Kg7 30. Qxc8 Qxb2 31. Ne4 Qe5+ 32. Ng3 h5 33. h4 {<font  color=red>+1.98|d21</font> $16}) 26. Nb5 {?!} (26. Qe7 {<font  color=red>+4.87|d23</font> $18}) 26... Qxc4 27. Qxb6 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Re8  29. Qc7 Qd1 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. d7 Rf8 32. Qg3+ Kh8 33. Qd6 {Z0} (33. Qd6 {Nxd6}  Kg7 {Ne8+ Kg6} 34. d8=Q f6 35. a4 h5 36. a5 Rf7 {Nd6 Rg7} 37. a6 h4 38. Qe8 {  Houdini Aquarium (0:00:15) <font color=red>+19.87|d19</font> $18})  1-0

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.18"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2784"]  [BlackElo "2713"]  [PlyCount "45"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:56:40"]  [BlackClock "0:24:01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Bf4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5  Nxc5 9. Rd1 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nce4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Rc8 14. Qb3 Nh5  15. Be5 Qc7 16. Bd4 Nf6 17. Nd2 d5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Qa4 Bc6 20. Qb3 Bd5 21.  Qa4 Bc6 22. Qb3 Bd5 23. Qa4 {Z0} ({Rfd8} 23. Ba6 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rc1 Rc7  26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nf3 Rc8 28. h3 Qd7 {Qxd7 Nxd7} 29. Rd1 {Houdini Aquarium (0:  00:04) <font color=red>-0.12|d16</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.18"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2753"]  [BlackElo "2774"]  [PlyCount "91"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:56"]  [BlackClock "0:00:12"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3  Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Bf1 Qe7 15.  Rc2 h5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rcd8 19. Re2 Nb6 20. g3 Rd7 21. h4  Red8 22. Red2 Nc8 23. Bh3 Qf8 24. Bc3 Bf6 25. Ba5 b6 26. Bc3 Ne7 27. Bb4 a5 28.  Ba3 Qg7 29. Kf1 Rc7 30. Rd3 Rcd7 31. R1d2 Kh7 32. Qf3 Kg8 33. Qd1 Rc7 34. Bg2  Nf5 35. d5 exd5 36. cxd5 c5 37. d6 Ra7 38. Bh3 Nd4 39. d7 Be5 40. f4 Bf6 41.  Qe1 Kh7 42. Bb2 Qf8 43. Qe4 {?!} (43. Kg2 Qd6 44. Qe4 Kg7 45. a4 Rc7 46. Re2  Rc6 47. Ree3 Qc7 48. Re1 Rd6 49. Kh2 Qa7 50. Rde3 R6xd7 {<font color=red>  +0.20|d22</font> $11}) 43... Bh8 44. Bxd4 Bxd4 45. Re2 f5 46. Qe7+ {Z0} (  46. Qe7+ {Rxe7+} Kh6 47. Re6 {Kg7 Rxb6} Rdxd7 48. Rc6 a4 49. bxa4 Rxa4 50. Rxc5  Rxa2 51. Rc4 Rf2+ 52. Ke1 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:21) <font color=red>-0.  25|d25</font> $15}) 1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.18"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2803"]  [BlackElo "2782"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:04:42"]  [BlackClock "0:18:20"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.  a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rac1 f6 14. Nd2 Bxg2  15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Nd8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21.  Kf3 Ne6 22. b4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. a4 Rca8 25. Rb1 Rxa4 26. Rxb7 Bf6 27. Rb8+  Rxb8 28. Rxa4 Rb5 29. Ra6 Kf7 30. Nc4 h6 31. Ra7 Ke8 32. h3 Kd7 33. Bf2 g5 34.  fxg5 hxg5 35. Ra6 Rd5 36. Bg3 Bg7 37. Kg2 Rb5 38. Ra5 Rxa5 39. Nxa5 c5 40. e3  Nd8 {Z0} ({h4 gxh4 Bxh4 Nc6 Nxc6 Kxc6 Kf3 Kd5 Bg3} 40... Bf8 41. Bh4 Bg7 42.  Bg3 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:06) <font color=red>+0.00|d26</font>  $11}) 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 6th round

Morozevich – Karjakin
Caruana – Kramnik
Andreikin – Mamedyarov
Anand – Nakamura
Gelfand – Carlsen

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Tal Memorial 2013 – 4th round

By Yelena Dembo | June 18, 2013 - 10:20 |June 18, 2013 Tal Memorial 2013

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After the 1st rest day the tournament resumed with another fighting round! Nakamura managed to create a very strong initiative in the center and kingside and won against Caruana, while Karjakin wasn’t able to convert a large advantage against Mamedyarov. Nakamura is the sole leader of the event and has 3 points, elfand and Mamedyarov are on 2,5.

Results of the 4th round

Morozevich 1/2 Kramnik
Karjakin 1/2 Mamedyarov
Caruana 0-1 Nakamura
Andreikin 1/2 Carlsen
Anand 1/2 Gelfand

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.17"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2774"]  [BlackElo "2784"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [PlyCount "78"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:28"]  [BlackClock "0:36:13"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3  h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Rc1 {A rather passive  novelty.} (13. c4 {was usually played.}) 13... Qh4+ {A useful provocation as  g3 is definitely not in white's plan as it creates a target.} 14. g3 Qf6 15.  O-O Be7 16. Na5 Rc7 {Simple and good.} 17. Bd3 O-O 18. c4 Bxd3 (18... h4 19. g4  {is interesting but the position remains blocked.}) 19. Qxd3 Re8 20. b4 Bf8 {  Black improves the B by moving it to the long diagonal.} 21. Rce1 g6 22. Qd2  Qf5 {A good reaction on last move of white. Now Black controls the light  squares.} 23. a4 Nf6 24. Bb6 ({It is interesting what Black had in mind on} 24.  c5 {as after} h4 25. g4 Nxg4 26. fxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kh1 Qe4+ {there is nothing  more than a perpetual.}) 24... Rcc8 25. f4 $6 {Creating a passed pawn to Black.  } e4 26. Bd4 Rc7 (26... h4 $5) 27. h3 $6 {An unnecessary weakening.} (27. b5 {  cntinuing the plan of ...a4.}) 27... Bg7 $15 28. Qg2 b5 $1 {A nice blow! White  center collapses.} 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. g4 (31. cxb5 $2 Qxd5 $19)  31... hxg4 32. hxg4 Bd4+ 33. Kh2 Qf6 34. Nc6 (34. g5 Qf5 $17) 34... Bb6 35. g5  Qf5 36. c5 $2 (36. Qh3 {was the only chance to stop the attack.} bxc4 37. Qxf5  gxf5 38. Kg3 Kg7 $17) 36... dxc5 37. Ne5 cxb4 38. d6 (38. Qxe4 Rc2+ 39. Kg3  Rxe5 $1 40. fxe5 (40. Qxe5 Qd3+ $19) 40... Bf2+ $19) 38... Rc3 39. Rxe4 Kg7 $1  {Improving the R via h8.} 0-1

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.17"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2760"]  [BlackElo "2803"]  [PlyCount "77"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:05:26"]  [BlackClock "0:01:53"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O  8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. h3 Rb8 13. b3 Be5 14. Bf4  Bxc3 15. Bxb8 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Bg4 17. hxg4 Qxb8 18. Qf5 Re8 19. g3 h6 20. c4 d4  21. c5 Re5 22. Qf4 Qe8 23. Qxd4 Rd5 24. Qc3 Nxg4 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Be4 Re5 27. f3  {?!} (27. Bf3 Qe8 28. Rd1 f5 29. b4 Re7 30. Bxg4 fxg4 31. a4 Re4 32. Kg2 Qe6  33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qb2 Qg6 {<font color=red>+1.00|d25</font> $16})  27... Qe7 28. b4 f5 29. fxg4 fxe4 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Qd4 e3 32. Qd6 Qe8 33. a3  Re4 34. Qd3 Qe6 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd3 Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3  1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.17"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2782"]  [BlackElo "2753"]  [PlyCount "85"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:29"]  [BlackClock "0:04:18"]   1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8.  cxd6 exd6 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 b5 11. Nxb5 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Nxd6 Re7 14.  Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Qb6+ 17. Kh2 Nc5 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Re8 20.  Bd2 Qxb2 21. Re1 Rb8 22. a4 Bf6 23. Qc4 h5 24. Re3 Qa1 {?!} (24... Rd8 25. Ba5  Rd1 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Bb4 Qa1 28. Bf8+ Kg8 29. Bh6+ Kh7 30. Bg5 Rd7 31. h4 Qc3  32. Qxc3 {<font color=red>+0.62|d23</font> $14}) 25. Re1 Qb2 26. a5  Rd8 27. Bb4 Qd4 28. Re4 Qa1 29. a6 h4 30. Re1 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Re8+ Kh7  33. c3 Rc4 34. Ra8 Bxc3 35. Bxc3 Rxc3 36. Rxa7 Kg7 37. Rb7 Ra3 38. a7 Kf6 39.  Kg1 Ke6 40. Kf2 f6 41. Ke2 Kf5 42. Rh7 Ke4 43. Rxh4 {Z0} ({Ra2+} 43. Kd1 Rxa7 {  Rg4 Kf5} 44. Ke2 Ra2+ {Kf3 Ra3+ Ke2 Ra2+ Kf3 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:01) <  font color=red>+0.00|d26</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2 [/pgm]   [pgn] [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.17"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2713"]  [BlackElo "2864"]  [PlyCount "68"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:22:58"]  [BlackClock "1:03:26"]   1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 g6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qb3 Nxc3 8.  Ne5 e6 9. bxc3 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Nd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. c4 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. a4  O-O-O 15. a5 Qxb5 16. Rxb5 Bc7 17. Bb2 Rhe8 18. Ke2 e5 19. e4 f5 20. f3 Kb7 21.  Bc3 Kc6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rbb1 h5 24. h3 h4 25. Rbg1 f4 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. Rxa8  Rxa8 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 g5 30. d3 Bd6 31. Kd2 Bc7 32. Kc2 Bd6 33. Kd2 Bc7  34. Kc2 Bd6 {Z0} ({Bb2} 34... Bb8 35. Kc3 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kd7 {Ba1 Ke6} 37. Bc3 Kd6  38. Bb2 Kd7 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:01) <font color=red>+0.04|d32</  font> $11}) 1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.17"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2755"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:48:04"]  [BlackClock "0:07:43"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.  d4 Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8  15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Na4 Rcd8 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Nxb6 Be8 19. a3 Ned7 20. Nb3 Nxb6 21.  Bxb6 Rc8 22. Be3 Rb8 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bc6 25. b4 Rfc8 26. Red1 Kf8 27. f3  Ke7 28. Kf2 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. c5 Ba4 31. Rd3 Rd8 32. Ke3 Bb5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8  34. Bxb5 axb5 35. c6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Ra8 37. Rb6 Rxa3+ 38. Kf4 f5 39. Rxb5 Kf6  40. h4 Rd3 {Z0} ({Rb6 Rd4+ Kg3} 40... g6 {b5 Rb4 f4 Rb2 Kf3 Rb3+ Kf2 Rb2+ Kf3  Rb3+ Houdini Aquarium (0:00:00) <font color=red>+0.00|d25</font>  $11}) 1/2-1/2

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Gelfand - Morozevich
Carlsen - Anand
Nakamura - Andreikin
Mamedyarov - Caruana
Kramnik - Karjakin

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