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By Yelena Dembo | June 24, 2013 - 09:13 |June 24, 2013 Quiz

White to move

Tal Memorial 2013 – 8th round

By Yelena Dembo | June 23, 2013 - 09:50 |June 23, 2013 Tal Memorial 2013

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While Gelfand drew Mamedyarov and still leading with 5,5 points, Carlsen won a very interesting game against Nakamura and is now 2nd with 5 points. There is a share of 3rd to 6th by Andreikin, Nakamura, Mamedyarov and Caruana.

Results of the 8th round

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

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.22"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2864"]  [BlackElo "2784"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [PlyCount "93"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:44:13"]  [BlackClock "0:02:58"]   1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Qc2 {An interesting way to handle the English  opening!} Nf6 5. Nf3 dxc4 (5... Nbd7 {is the usual.} 6. O-O Bd6 7. d4 Ne4 8.  Nc3 f5 9. Rb1 Qe7 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5  15. e3 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 h5 18. Ne2 h4 19. Nf4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 hxg3 21.  hxg3 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Ra1 Bd7 24. f3 g5 25. Ne2 Kf7 26. Nd4 Kg6 27. Rfb1  Rh8 28. Kf2 g4 29. f4 Rhb8 30. Ra5 Rxa5 31. bxa5 Ra8 32. Ra1 Kf7 33. Nb3 Be6  34. Ra4 Ke7 35. Rb4 Bc8 36. Bf1 Ne4+ 37. Kg2 Nc3 38. Bd3 Nd1 39. a6 bxa6 40.  Na5 Bd7 41. Rb7 Kd8 42. Kf1 Nxe3+ 43. Ke2 d4 44. Kd2 Kc8 45. Be2 Nd5 46. Rb3  Rb8 47. Bxa6+ Kc7 48. Rxb8 Kxb8 49. Bd3 Nf6 50. Ke2 Ne4 51. Bxe4 fxe4 52. Nb3  d3+ 53. Ke3 Be6 54. Nd4 Bd7 55. Nb3 Be6 56. Nd4 Bd7 57. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 (57)  Fressinet,L (2693)-Jussupow,A (2578) Switzerland 2012}) 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 (7.  Qc2 {is played more often by Ivanchuk, Wang Yue, Radjabov and many other top  GMs.} Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 a6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. d3 Be7 12. e4 O-O 13. Be3 Ng4  14. Bf4 Ngf6 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. a5 Qa7 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qe2 d4 20. h4  Qa8 21. Ne1 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Qd5 23. Re1 h6 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Re2 Rc6 26. Ne1 Rfc8  27. Nf3 f5 28. Qh5 Kg8 29. Nh2 Nc5 30. Rd1 Nxd3 31. Bxh6 gxh6 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33.  Qxh6+ Ke8 34. Red2 Nxe5 35. Rxd4 Nf7 36. Qh7 Qe5 37. Nf3 Qh8 38. Qg6 Qh6 39.  Qg8+ Qf8 40. Qh7 Qh6 41. Qg8+ Qf8 42. Qh7 Qh6 43. Qg8+ Qf8 {1/2-1/2 (43)  Ivanchuk,V (2768)-Grischuk,A (2746) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 7... Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7  9. d4 a6 {Black prepares the c5-push as now b5 pawn is protected.} 10. Ne5 (10.  a4 c5 11. axb5 Bd5 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qd1 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. dxc5  Nxc5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qd6 Be7 19. Qc7 Na6 20. Qa5 Bc6 21. Rc1 O-O 22. Nbd2 Qb7  23. Qc3 Nb4 24. Nb3 Bd5 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 Na2 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Qd4 h6 29.  Ne1 Bxg2 30. Nxg2 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Nxc1 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qd1 Qc6 34. Ne3 b4 35. f3  Qc5 36. Kf2 b3 37. Qd7 Qe5 38. Qd2 Qc5 39. Qd7 Qe5 40. Qd2 Qc5 41. f4 g6 42. h4  h5 43. Qd7 Kg7 44. Qa4 Qb6 45. Qc4 Na2 46. Qd3 Kg8 47. Kf1 Qb7 48. Kf2 Qb6 49.  Qc4 Kg7 50. Kf3 Qb7+ 51. Qe4 Qb6 52. Qe5+ Kg8 53. Nc4 Qc6+ 54. Qe4 Qc5 55. Ne5  Qg1 56. Qc6 Qf1+ 57. Ke3 Qg1+ 58. Kd2 Qd4+ 59. Nd3 Kg7 60. Qb5 Qd5 61. Qxd5  exd5 62. Ke3 Kf6 63. Kd4 Kf5 64. Kxd5 Kg4 65. Kc4 Kxg3 66. Kxb3 Kxh4 67. Kxa2  Kg3 68. b4 h4 69. Ne1 h3 70. Nf3 Kxf4 71. b5 h2 72. Nxh2 Ke5 73. Kb3 Kd6 74.  Kc4 g5 75. e4 {1-0 (75) McShane,L (2615)-Grandelius,N (2540) Stockholm 2010})  10... Qb6 ({Black usually captures the N} 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 (11... Nd5  12. Nc3 Qb8 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 Qxe5 15. Be3 a5 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Bd4 e5 18. Bc5  Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Rd8 20. Qc2 Bc8 21. Nb3 Qb6 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 23. Qxc6+ Ke7 24. Rxd5  Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Ba6 26. Bb3 Rd8 27. Qf3 {1-0 (27) Fressinet,L (2696)-Gordon,S  (2535) Germany 2012}) 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Ne4 Nc5 16. Nxc5  Bxc5 17. Be4 Be7 18. Qf3 Rfd8 19. Rdc1 Rac8 20. a4 Rd7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7  Qb8 23. Rca1 Bc5 24. R7a2 Bd4 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qg5 Bc5 27. Qg4 Bf8 28. Ra5 Bg7  29. Rc1 Bxe5 30. Qf3 Bxf4 31. gxf4 Qd6 32. Qe3 Qb4 33. Ra2 Rd4 34. Bf3 Rcd8 35.  Ra7 Bc8 36. Rxc6 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 e5 38. fxe5 Qh4 39. e6 fxe6 40. Rxc8 {1-0 (40)  Naiditsch,A (2702)-Riazantsev,A (2710) Kishinev 2012}) 11. Be3 c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7  13. d5 {Trying to open the position up as Black K is still in the center.} e5  $2 {A wrong decision. Black blocks the center, but creates a passed pawn to  white.} (13... exd5 14. Bxd5 (14. Nc3 $5) 14... Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rc8 16. a4 b4 17.  Nd2 $14 {1-0 (59) Smirnov,P (2599)-Zontakh,A (2556) Sochi 2012}) 14. a4 $1 b4  15. Nd2 {Now the N has a nice square on c4.} Bd6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. f4 $1 {  Continuing to gain space and attempt to open the position up.} O-O 18. Rac1  exf4 19. Bxf4 (19. Nxd6 $5 {aquiring the B pair} Qxd6 20. Bxf4 Qb6 21. e4 $16 {  and} c4+ {doesn't win the Q due to} 22. Qe3) 19... Bxf4 20. gxf4 {White wants  to have a strong center, possibly supported by the f-pawn.} a5 21. e4 (21. d6  $1 Qc8 22. e4 $16) 21... Rae8 $2 {Black is very passive and can do little  against the center of white.} (21... Ra6 $5 22. d6 (22. e5 $6 Rg6 {and Black  gets some counterplay}) 22... Rxd6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Qe3 $16) 22. e5 Ba6 23.  Rfe1 Kh8 (23... Nb6 24. Nxb6 (24. Nxa5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxa5 26. Qxc5 $18) 24...  Qxb6 25. Qe3 Rc8 26. d6 $18) 24. Nd6 $18 Re7 25. Qe3 $6 (25. Qg3 {was much  stronger, threatening Nf5 now that the Black R is on f5.} g6 26. Qh4 $18) 25...  Qd8 26. b3 {Fixing the Black pawns on the queenside.} (26. Qg3 $5) 26... g5 27.  Kh1 $6 (27. Nf5 $1 gxf4 28. Qxf4 {and Black K is very weak.}) 27... Qb8 (27...  gxf4 28. Qxf4 $18) 28. Qf2 {Threatening to capture on g5.} gxf4 29. Qxf4 Bd3  30. Re3 $4 {A unfortunate miscalculation.} (30. Bh3 $1 {was very strong,  threatening ...Bxd7 and Qf6.}) 30... Bg6 $4 (30... Rxe5 $1 {was incredibly  strong getting very good game for the sacrificed exchange.} 31. Rxe5 Qxd6 32.  Rf5 Qxf4 33. Rxf4 c4 $1 $44 {trying to create a passed pawn and improve the N.}  ) 31. Rf1 $2 (31. Bh3 {was again very strong.}) 31... Rxe5 {Too late.} 32. Rxe5  Qxd6 33. Re8 $6 (33. Re3 $16) 33... Qxf4 34. Rxf8+ Kg7 35. Rxf4 Kxf8 {Black  has some chances of survival here as the K is almost in the center already and  white pawns are fixed on light squares which can possibly be used by the B.}  36. d6 $1 Ne5 37. Bf1 $1 {An important improvement of the B.} Bc2 $2 (37... Ke8  {it was necessary to get the K to d8 to block the pawn.} 38. Bb5+ Kd8 39. Kg1  $16) 38. Bb5 $1 {Now the Black K is cut off.} f5 (38... Bxb3 {perhaps was a  better choice.} 39. Rf5 f6 40. Rxf6+ Nf7 41. Rf5 $16) 39. Kg2 c4 $2 {  Miscalculation?} (39... Nf7 40. d7 Ke7 41. Rf2 $16) 40. Bxc4 $18 Be4+ 41. Kg3  Nxc4 42. bxc4 Ke8 (42... b3 43. Rf2 Bc2 44. Re2 $1 $18 {a neat move,  threatening to promote the pawn.}) 43. c5 Bc6 44. Rxf5 Bxa4 45. Re5+ Kd8 46.  Re7 Bc6 47. Rc7 1-0

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.22"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2760"]  [BlackElo "2774"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:30:29"]  [BlackClock "0:43:06"]   {Nc5 Bxc5 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:05) <font color=red>-3.39|d19</  font> $19} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6  bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13.  Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Ng3 Rab8 18. Nh5 Be5 19.  b3 Kf8 20. f4 Bb2 21. Rf3 c5 22. Bh7 Rb6 23. c3 {?!} (23. Kf1 {<font  color=red>+0.52|d27</font> $14}) 23... Bc8 {?!} (23... d4 24. Rg3 Ke7  25. Ng7 Rh8 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Bf5 dxc3 28. Bxe6 c2 29. Bg4 cxd1=Q+ 30. Bxd1 Rd8  31. Bg4 {<font color=red>+0.00|d25</font> $11}) 24. Rg3 d4 25. cxd4  Bxd4+ 26. Kh2 Bd7 27. Rg8+ Ke7 28. Re1+ Re6 29. Rxe6+ fxe6 30. Rg7+ Kd6 31. Rg6  {?!} (31. Bd3 Rh8 32. Bc4 a5 33. a4 Rb8 34. Rg6 Ke7 35. Rg7+ Kd6 36. Rg6 {<  font color=red>+0.00|d23</font> $11}) 31... Rh8 32. Rxh6 Bb5 33. g4  Bd3 34. f5 Be5+ 35. Kg2 Be4+ 36. Kf2 Bd4+ 37. Ke2 c4 38. g5 {??} (38. bxc4 Rb8  39. Nxf6 Rb2+ 40. Kd1 Rb1+ 41. Kd2 Rb2+ 42. Kc1 Rb1+ 43. Kd2 Rb2+ {<font  color=red>+0.00|d24</font> $11}) 38... c3 39. Ng3 c2 40. Nxe4+ Ke5 {Z0  } () 0-1

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.22"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2713"]  [BlackElo "2782"]  [PlyCount "63"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:57:54"]  [BlackClock "1:17:05"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4  Bd7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Qxc4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5  15. Be3 Rb8 16. b4 Bc6 17. Bxc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 b6 19. Bd4 Qb7+ 20. f3 Rfc8 21.  Qb3 b5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qd3 Rc6 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxc5 27.  Rxa6 Rxe5 28. Rb6 Rf8 29. Kf2 g6 30. Rdb3 Kg7 31. R6b5 Rxb5 32. Rxb5 {Z0} ({h6  } 32. g4 f5 33. Kg3 fxg4 34. Kxg4 {Rf5} Rb7 {Kf6} 35. h4 {Rc5} Rb6 {Rc2} 36. e3  {Rg2+ Kf4 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:02) <font color=red>+0.00|d22</  font> $11}) 1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.22"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2803"]  [PlyCount "60"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:32:17"]  [BlackClock "1:35:14"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3  cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4  Bxc3 15. bxc3 f6 16. Rfe1 Qxc4 17. Bxe5 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 fxe5 19. Rxe5 b6 20. Nd4  Bd7 21. Rae1 Rac8 22. R1e3 Rc4 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Rfc8 25. Re7 Rxc3 26. h4  Rxe3 27. fxe3 a5 28. Rb7 Rc2 29. Rxb6 Rxa2 30. Ra6 Re2 {Z0} ({Rxa5 Rxe3 Kf2  Re7 Kf3} 30... g6 31. g4 Kg7 {Ra6 Rc7} 32. Re6 Kf7 {Re3 Kf6 Kg3 Rd7 Houdini  Aquarium (0:00:03) <font color=red>+0.02|d19</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.22"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2755"]  [BlackElo "2753"]  [PlyCount "60"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:56:14"]  [BlackClock "0:59:10"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.  Qxc4 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc5 10. a3 Bd7 11. e3 Rc8 12. Qb5 {?!} (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2  Ne5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Qd3 Be7 16. O-O Bc6 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Bd3 Kf8 19. Be4 Kg7 {  <font color=red>+0.34|d25</font> $14}) 12... Bb6 13. Bd3 Nd5 14.  O-O Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Qxb5 16. Bxb5 f6 17. Bh4 Ke7 18. Rfc1 Rhd8 19. Kf1 Be8 20.  Bd3 h5 21. Bg3 Rd7 22. Be4 Rcd8 23. Ne1 e5 24. Nd3 Bf7 25. Ke2 Bd5 26. Bf5 Be6  27. Bg6 Bf7 28. Be4 Bd5 29. Bf5 Be6 30. Bg6 Bf7 {Z0} ({Be4 g5} 30... h4 {  Houdini Aquarium (0:00:13) <font color=red>+0.00|d25</font> $11})  1/2-1/2

Last round’s pairings

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

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Tal Memorial 2013 – 7th round

By Yelena Dembo | June 22, 2013 - 11:26 |June 22, 2013 Tal Memorial 2013

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Yesterday two highly interesting decisive games were played – Gelfand won against the leader of the event – Nakamura thus becoming a leader himself and Kramnik lost against Andreikin.

Results of the 7th round

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

Standings after 7 rounds

1. Gelfand 5
2. Nakamura 4.5
3-5. Andreikin, Carlsen, Mamedyarov 4
6. Caruana 3.5
7. Karjakin 3
8-9. Anand, Morozevich 2.5
10. Kramnik 2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.21"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2784"]  [BlackElo "2755"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [PlyCount "90"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:32:15"]  [BlackClock "0:31:04"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {The Pelikan has been one  of Gelfand's favourite weapons for over 20 years.} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3  b5 9. Bxf6 (9. Nd5 {is the most popular move.}) 9... gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 {Black  immediately attacks white's center.} 11. c4 {A rare line.} (11. Bd3 {is the  main line.}) 11... b4 (11... Bg7 12. cxb5 Nd4 13. b6 O-O 14. exf5 Bb7 15. Bc4  Rc8 16. f6 Bxf6 17. O-O Rxc4 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Nxc4 Nf3+ 20. Kh1 Qf4 21. Qxf3  Bxf3 22. Nxd6 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Kh8 26. Rfd1 Rg8+ 27.  Kf1 Rg2 28. Ne4 Rxh2 {0-1 (28) Malisauskas,V (2483)-Shirov,A (2719) Warsaw 2009  }) 12. Nc2 {An interesting pawn sacrifice.} fxe4 13. g3 Bg7 14. Bg2 O-O {A  novelty which gives the pawn back but now Black K is in safety.} (14... f5 15.  Qh5+ Kf8 16. Bh3 Qa5 17. O-O Be6 18. Rfd1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bxf5 Bf7 21.  Qh4 Re8 22. Bxe4 Qc5 23. Rac1 {1-0 (23) Martjukhin,V (2116)-Berch,N (1236)  IECG email 1999}) 15. Bxe4 Rb8 {Immediately moving away from the dangerous  x-ray and pin and protecting the b4-pawn.} 16. b3 f5 {Black's typical plan  here is to advance the pawns on the kingside and center.} 17. Bg2 e4 {Blocking  the B on g2 and opening Bg7 up.} 18. Rb1 Qa5 (18... Ne7 $5) 19. O-O Qxa2 {  Gelfand is famous for capturing everything that is given :).} 20. Nde3 Qa5 {  Preventing Qd5+ double attack.} 21. Qxd6 Rf6 {A good reaction on Qxd6 - Black  kicks the Q away from  the active spot.} 22. Qf4 Qe5 {A pawn sacrifice!} 23.  Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd5 Rf7 25. Ncxb4 a5 $1 {Black fixes the pawn on b3.} 26. Nc2  Rfb7 27. Nce3 $2 {White doesn't move away from the pin for some reason.} (27.  Rbd1 $1 Nd3 (27... Rxb3 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Nd4 Rd3 $11) 28. Nce3  Rf7 $44) 27... Nc6 $2 {Black doesn't exploit the pin.} (27... a4 $1 28. b4 Be6  {and Black has a very dangerous passed pawn and two B.}) 28. c5 Rxb3 29. Nb6 $6  (29. Rxb3 $1 Rxb3 30. g4 $1 $11 {exchanging Black's center quickly.}) 29...  Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Be6 (30... Bd4 $1 {going for the c5-pawn.}) 31. Bf1 Bd4 32. Rb5  Kf7 33. Nec4 Kg7 {Threatening ...Bxc4 and everything falls apart.} 34. Nd6 $2 (  34. Ne3 Bxe3 35. fxe3 Rd8 $36) 34... Kf6 $2 {A strange decision.} (34... Bxc5  35. Rxc5 Rxb6 $17) 35. Na4 (35. Kg2 $5 Bxc5 36. Rxc5 Rxb6 37. g4 $15 {  exchanging everything that is possible.}) 35... e3 $1 {Opening the white K up.}  36. fxe3 Bxe3+ 37. Kg2 Bd5+ 38. Kh3 Rxb5 39. Bxb5 Ne5 $17 40. Nc3 $2 (40. Nb6 {  was the only way to re-arrange the pieces.} Bf3 41. Ndc4 Ng4 $17) 40... Bf3 $1  $19 {Black creates a mating net.} 41. Be2 (41. Na4 Ng4 {Threatening Nf2+ and  Bg5 mate.}) 41... Bxe2 42. Nd5+ Kg5 43. Nxe3 Ng4 {Trying to simplify.} 44. Kg2  Nxe3+ 45. Kf2 Nc4 {Simplifying again.} (45... a4 {was winning instantly.} 46.  Kxe2 a3 {and pawn cannot be stopped.}) 0-1

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.21"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2803"]  [BlackElo "2713"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:36:48"]  [BlackClock "0:39:20"]   {b2 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:37) <font color=red>-8.74|d21</font> $19  } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8.  O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 Qe7 10. Qe3 dxc4 11. Rxc4 Nd5 12. Qa3 Re8 13. Qxe7 Rxe7 14. e4  N5b6 15. Rc2 e5 16. Nbd2 a5 17. a3 g6 18. Rac1 exd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. f4 Rd7 21.  Ne2 Ng4 22. Nf1 Rd8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Kf2 Na4 26. Rcc2 Nd7 27. Ke3 {?}  (27. Nd4 Ndc5 28. e5 Bb3 29. Nxb3 Nxb3 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Ne3 Nb6 32. Ng4 Kg7  33. Nf6 Nd4 34. Rc5 Nb3 {<font color=red>+0.00|d28</font> $11})  27... Bb3 28. Rc1 Ndb6 29. Rd4 c5 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. e5 {?!} (31. Nc3 Nxb2 32.  Ke2 Rd3 33. e5 Bc4 34. Ke1 Rd4 35. Rb1 Nd3+ 36. Kd1 Nxf4+ 37. Nd2 Nxg2 38. Rxb6  Rd3 {<font color=red>-2.08|d23</font> $19}) 31... Nc4+ 32. Kf3  Naxb2 33. Nc3 Nxa3 34. Ne3 b5 35. Ne4 Nd3 36. Rh1 Nc2 37. Nxc2 Bxc2 38. h4 b4  39. h5 gxh5 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Ke3 b3 42. Nd5 {Z0} () 0-1

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.21"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2864"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "93"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:16:04"]  [BlackClock "1:13:39"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. c3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 Qd5  8. f3 Bf5 9. Ne2 Bxd3 10. Nf4 Qg5 11. Qxd3 Nd5 12. g3 e6 13. Qe2 Nxf4 14. Bxf4  Qd5 15. Be5 f6 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. O-O Bd6 18. Be3 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qf2 a6  21. Rfe1 Qf5 22. Bb6 Bc7 23. Bxc7 Kxc7 24. Re7+ Rd7 25. Rae1 Rhd8 26. Kg2 Qd5  27. a3 Rxe7 28. Rxe7+ Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Qc2 g6 31. Qc1 Qd3 32. Kf2 Ke6 33.  Qe3+ Qxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Kd5 35. b3 c5 36. c4+ Ke5 37. f4+ Ke6 38. g4 f5 39. g5 a5  40. a4 b6 41. h4 Kd6 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Kh3 Ke6 46. h5 Kf7  47. h6 {Z0} ({Ke7} 47. Kg3 {Kd7 Kf3} Ke6 {Ke2 Kd6 Kd3 Ke6 Kc3 Kd6 Kd3 Ke6  Houdini Aquarium (0:00:05) <font color=red>+0.00|d41</font> $11})  1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.21"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2753"]  [BlackElo "2786"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:28:23"]  [BlackClock "1:16:24"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O  e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5  15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 b6 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. Bb3 Rad8 21.  Rd3 Bc7 22. Bd2 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. h4 Rd7 27. Kf1  Kg8 28. b4 b5 29. Ke2 h5 30. g3 Bb6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Ng5+ Kg6 33. Rc6+ f6 34.  Ne6 Kf7 35. Nc5 Rc7 36. Rd6 Nxb4 37. Bxb4 Bxc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40.  Rxa7 Rc2+ {Z0} ({Ke3 Rb2 a3} 40... Kh6 41. Ra6 Kg6 42. Ra7 Kh6 {Houdini  Aquarium (0:00:00) <font color=red>+0.00|d23</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.21"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2782"]  [BlackElo "2774"]  [PlyCount "275"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:14:47"]  [BlackClock "0:09:06"]   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. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. Ng5  Bd7 16. f4 Rb7 17. a5 Qb8 18. Nb6 Be8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Nf3 Bd6 22.  Nd5 {?!} (22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bc4 Bd7 25. Bxa6 Ra7 26. cxb4 Rxa6 27.  Bxc5 Qb8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qd2 Be6 {<font color=red>+0.88|d24</  font> $16}) 22... Nxd5 23. Bxd5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rb5 25. Nd2 Ne7 26. Bc4 Rxa5  27. Bxa6 Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Ng6 29. Bc4 Bd7 30. Qa7 Nf4 31. Nf3 Be6 32. Bxf4 Bxc4  33. dxc4 exf4 34. e5 Be7 35. Rb1 Qd3 36. Re1 Re8 37. e6 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Kf8 39.  Qc7 Qxc3 40. Qxf4+ Bf6 41. Qd6+ Be7 42. Qf4+ Bf6 43. Qd6+ Be7 44. Qd5 g6 45.  Re1 Rd8 46. Qb7 Qf6 47. Ne5 Qd6 48. Kh1 Re8 49. Qe4 Qe6 50. Qf4+ Kg8 51. Nf3  Qf7 52. Qe5 h6 53. Qe4 Kg7 54. Kg1 Qf6 55. Qb7 Qd6 56. Kh1 Kg8 57. Qe4 Kg7 58.  Qe3 Qf6 59. Nh2 Qg5 60. Qe6 Qf5 61. Qc6 Qf7 62. Qd7 Kf8 63. Qc6 Kg7 64. Nf3 Rd8  65. Qc7 Bf6 66. Qxc5 Rd7 67. Qb4 Rb7 68. Qa4 Qc7 69. Qc2 Qc5 70. Qd3 Rc7 71.  Re4 Ra7 72. Re1 Rc7 73. Rc1 Re7 74. Qc2 h5 75. Qd2 g5 76. Nh2 Re4 77. Qd7+ Qe7  78. Qxe7+ Bxe7 79. g4 Re3 80. c5 Rxh3 81. c6 Bd6 82. c7 Bxc7 83. Rxc7+ Kg6 84.  Rc6+ Kf7 85. Kg2 hxg4 86. Nxg4 Ra3 87. Ne5+ Ke7 88. Nf3 Ra5 89. Kg3 Rf5 90. Ng1  Rf4 91. Nh3 Rf6 92. Rc5 Kd6 93. Ra5 Kc7 94. Kg4 Kb6 95. Ra1 Rd6 96. Nxg5 Kb5  97. Kf4 Kc6 98. Ne4 Rd8 99. Rc1+ Kb6 100. Ke5 Rh8 101. Nf6 Rh2 102. Kd6 Kb5  103. Rc5+ Kb4 104. Nd5+ Kb3 105. Rc3+ Kb2 106. Rg3 Kc2 107. Ne3+ Kb2 108. Kc5  Rh4 109. Rf3 Rh5+ 110. Kd4 Rh4+ 111. Kd3 Kb3 112. Rf5 Rb4 113. Nc2 Rb6 114. Ra5  Rb7 115. Ra6 Rd7+ 116. Nd4+ Kb4 117. Rc6 Rd8 118. Rc4+ Ka5 119. Kc3 Kb6 120.  Rb4+ Ka6 121. Kc4 Rc8+ 122. Kd5 Ka5 123. Rb1 Rc3 124. Ne6 Rh3 125. Kc4 Rh4+  126. Nd4 Ka6 127. Kc5 Rh5+ 128. Kd6 Rh6+ 129. Ne6 Ka5 130. Kc5 Rh5+ 131. Kc4  Rh4+ 132. Nd4 Ka6 133. Kc5 Rh5+ 134. Kd6 Rh6+ 135. Ne6 Ka5 136. Rb2 Ka4 137.  Kd5 Rh5+ 138. Ke4 {Z0} () ({Rh4+ Kf5 Rh5+ Kg6 Rh8 Nd4 Rg8+ Kf7 Rh8 Nc6 Rh3 Rg2  Ka3 Nd4 Rh7+ Kg8 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:03) <font color=red>+0.00|d19<  /font> $11 Rh4+ Kd5 Rh5+} 138. Kc4 Rh4+ 139. Nd4 Ka5 140. Rb8 Ka6 141. Rb2  Ka5 142. Rb5+ Ka6 143. Rb3 Rh7 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:03) <font  color=red>+0.00|d20</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 8th round

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

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