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Friday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | June 21, 2013 - 07:40 |June 21, 2013 Quiz

Black to move

Tal Memorial 2013 – 6th round

By Yelena Dembo | June 20, 2013 - 09:10 |June 20, 2013 Tal Memorial 2013

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Nakamura’s win was the only decisive result in the 6th round and with it he managed to get sole lead again with 4.5 points out of 6. Gelfand is 2nd with 4, Mamedyarov and Carlsen are on 3.5.

Results of the 6th round

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

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2784"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [PlyCount "90"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:33"]  [BlackClock "0:00:31"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O (4. c3 {is the most popular move.}) 4...  Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 {A rather strange decision, as white exchanges the  Spanish Bishop for center which could be aquired anyway.} (6. Ba4 {the usual.}  d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Be3 (8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nfd2 f5 12. exf5  gxf5 13. f4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (13) Milos,G (2633)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2673) Shenyang  2000}) (8. h3 Nge7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Qe8 12. Bc2 Rd8 13. Qe2 h6  14. Nb3 Bc8 15. Nc5 Nb8 16. Be3 b6 17. Nd3 Nbc6 18. Ba4 Bd7 19. Bb3 a5 20. Rad1  Kh8 21. Bc1 Nc8 22. Bd5 f6 23. a3 Nd6 24. Qc2 Ne7 25. Bb3 Bc6 26. Nd2 Bb7 27.  f4 c5 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Nf2 Qc6 30. Be6 Ndf5 31. Ba2 Nd6 32. Nf3 c4 33. Qe2 b5  34. Bb1 Bc8 35. Be3 Nb7 36. Bc2 Be6 37. Kh2 Ng8 38. Nh4 Bf7 39. Ng4 Nc5 40. Nf3  Nd3 41. Bxd3 cxd3 42. Qd2 Bb3 43. Ra1 g5 44. Kg1 Qc7 45. Qf2 Rd7 46. Qg3 Re8  47. h4 h5 48. hxg5 hxg4 49. Qxg4 Ree7 50. Qh4+ Bh6 51. gxh6 Qc6 52. Qg5 Qf6 53.  Qxf6+ Nxf6 54. Bg5 Rd6 55. Nh4 Ree6 56. Bd2 Ng4 57. Nf5 Rc6 58. Rf1 Nf6 59.  Rae1 Rc4 60. Ng3 Ng8 61. Rf8 b4 62. axb4 axb4 63. Rd8 bxc3 64. Bxc3 Rc5 65. Nf5  Bc4 66. Re3 Kh7 67. Rg3 Rg6 68. Rd7+ {1-0 (68) Lenderman,A (2619)-Kretchetov,A  (2306) Las Vegas 2012}) 8... Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Qe8 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. dxe5  Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Qxd6 Qb5 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Bxb6  Rac8 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. h3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rc6 22. Re8+ Bf8 23. Bd4 Rc8 24. Re1  Bd7 25. f3 Rc6 26. Kf2 f6 27. Ne4 Kf7 28. g4 Be7 29. Nd2 f5 30. Kg3 Re6 31.  Rxe6 Bxe6 32. b3 Bd6+ 33. Kf2 h5 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. c4 Bb4 36. Nb1 f4 37. a3 Bf5  38. axb4 Bxb1 39. Be5 Ba2 40. Bxf4 Bxb3 41. c5 Ke6 42. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 (42)  Polgar,J (2678)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2670) Ohrid 2001}) 6... dxc6 7. d4 exd4 (  7... Bg4 8. dxe5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Bxe5 11. Na3 b5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. Be3  g5 14. Bc5 Rg8 15. h3 Rg6 16. a4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 19. axb5 cxb5  20. Nd4 Kd7 21. Ra2 Ng6 22. Nxb5 Nf4 23. Kh2 Nd3 24. b4 Rb8 25. Nxd6 Nxb4 26.  cxb4 Kxd6 27. Rxa6+ Ke7 28. Ra4 Rb6 29. Kg3 h6 30. f4 gxf4+ 31. Kxf4 Ke6 32. f3  f6 33. h4 h5 34. Ke3 f5 35. Kf4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Kf6 37. e5+ Ke6 38. Ke4 Rb8 39.  Ra6+ Ke7 40. Ra4 Ke6 41. Ra6+ Ke7 42. Kf5 Rxb4 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Kg5 Re4 45. Ra5  Kf7 46. Kxh5 Re1 47. Kh6 Ke6 48. h5 Rh1 49. Kg6 Rg1+ 50. Kh7 Rh1 51. h6 Rg1 52.  Kh8 Rg2 53. h7 Rg1 54. Ra8 Kxe5 55. Rg8 Rf1 56. Kg7 Rg1+ 57. Kf7 {1-0 (57)  Stanojoski,Z (2450)-Mitkov,M (2398) Struga 2005}) 8. cxd4 Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3  h6 11. Qb3 {A novelty.} (11. Be3 f5 12. Qd2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qd5 {1/2-1/2 (13)  Cuartas,J (2517)-Panesso Rivera,H (2335) Pamplona 2012}) (11. Bf4 {perhaps was  interesting, with the idea to answer} g5 {with} 12. Be5 {trying to exchange  the Bs.}) 11... g5 12. Rd1 b6 (12... Qd6 $5) 13. a4 a5 14. Be3 Ng6 {Black's  position looks quite active and solid. It is difficult to find an apropriate  plan for white.} 15. d5 c5 {Naturally closing the position, to keep white  pieces blocked behind the pawns.} 16. Nb5 g4 $1 {Opening the kingside a little.  } (16... Qe7 $5) 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Rac1 $6 {White tries to improve  the pieces but the R is still doing little on c1.} (19. Re1 c6 20. dxc6 Qxc6  21. Bc3 Rad8 $11) (19. Qd3 $5 {with the idea of Bc3.}) 19... c6 (19... Rad8 {  Preparing ...c6.}) 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Bc3 $2 {Allows Black to spoil the pawn  structure.} (21. Qe3 Bxb2 22. Bc3 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 Kh7 24. Ne5 $13 {with  compensation due to active pieces.}) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rad8 $2 (22... Nf4 $1  $17) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 {Naturally white wants to simplify to stop the  possible attack on the kingside.} Rd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qd5 (26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.  Qe3 Qh3 28. f4 Qg4+ 29. Qg3 Qxf4 30. Qxf4 Nxf4 31. Nd6 Nd3 $17) 26... Qxd5 27.  exd5 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Ne5 {The endgame is very difficult for white because of his  bad pawn structure and Black passed pawn on h-file.} (28... Kf8 $17 {was very  strong, bringing the K into the center.}) 29. Nd6 Kf8 30. Kh2 (30. f4 Nd3 31.  Nc8 Nxf4 32. c4 Ke8 $17) 30... Ke7 (30... Nxf3+ {was also very strong.} 31. Kg3  Ng1 $17) 31. Nc8+ Kd7 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. f4 Nf3+ $1 34. Kg2 Nd2 $19 (34... Ne1+  {is even stronger.} 35. Kf1 Kxb6 36. Kxe1 c4 37. f3 Kc5 38. Kf2 Kxd5 $19) 35.  Na8+ Kb7 36. d6 Kc6 37. Nc7 Kxd6 (37... Nc4 38. Nb5 Nb6 39. Kf3 Nxa4 $19) 38.  Nb5+ (38. Ne8+ Kd5 39. Nf6+ Kc4 $19) 38... Kd5 39. Kg3 Kc4 $2 (39... Nc4 {was  winning quickly due to Nb6 threat.} 40. f5 Nb6 41. Kf4 c4 {fixing c3.} 42. Na3  Nxa4 $19) 40. Nd6+ (40. f3 $1 {With the idea to improve the K via f2.} f6 41.  Kf2 Kd3 $19) 40... Kxc3 41. Nxf7 c4 42. f5 Kd4 {Black is clearly faster.} 43.  Nd6 Ke5 44. Nb5 Kxf5 45. f3 h5 0-1

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2760"]  [BlackElo "2782"]  [PlyCount "200"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:31"]  [BlackClock "0:01:37"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.  Bd2 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. g4 Qg6 11. a3 a4 12. Qc4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Bd7 15.  Bg2 Qe4 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Rg1 f6 18. g5 Rf8 {?!} (18... f5 19. h4 Nf4 20. Bh1 b5  21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe4 Nxc4 23. Bxa8 Nxd2 24. Bb7 Nc4 25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26. Rg3 {  <font color=red>+0.36|d23</font> $14}) 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. Bg5 {?!} (  20. Nh2 Qg6 21. Ng4 Rf7 22. Bf3 Kh8 23. Rg3 Rff8 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Qf5 26.  Qc5 Qf7 27. Be4 Ra5 {<font color=red>+0.92|d23</font> $16}) 20...  Rf7 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Bb5 24. Rc2 c6 25. Bh4 Nf4 26. Rg4 {?!}  (26. Bg3 Raf8 27. Rh1 Re7 28. f3 e5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Rg1 g6 31. h4 Rh5 32. Rh1  Ne6 33. Rd2 Nc5 {<font color=red>+0.13|d26</font> $11}) 26... Raf8  {?!} (26... h5 27. Rg1 Nxh3 28. Rh1 Rf4 29. Rxh3 Rxe4 30. Bg3 Rxd4 31. Be5 Rg4  32. Rxh5 Rg1+ 33. Kd2 Rd8+ 34. Ke3 {<font color=red>-0.37|d30</  font> $15}) 27. Bg3 g6 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. f3 Kg7 30. Rc5 R4f6 31. Kf2 Kf7 32.  Rh4 Kg7 33. Ke3 Rd8 34. Rg4 Kf7 35. h4 Rf8 36. Rgg5 Rh8 37. Rge5 Ke7 38. Rg5  Kd6 39. h5 b6 40. Rc1 gxh5 41. Rxh5 h6 42. Rg1 Bc4 43. Rg7 Rb8 44. Bc2 b5 45.  Kd2 Rd8 46. Rh7 Rg8 47. R5xh6 Rxh6 48. Rxh6 Rg2 49. Bd1 Kd5 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. Rh1  Ke7 52. Rf1 Rh2 53. Rf2 Rh4 54. Bc2 Rh1 55. Kd2 Kd6 56. f4 Rh3 57. e3 Rh1 58.  f5 exf5 59. Bxf5 c5 60. dxc5+ Kxc5 61. Bc2 Be6 62. Bd1 Rh4 63. Rf6 Bd5 64. Rf5  Rh2+ 65. Kc3 Rh3 66. Kd3 Kd6 67. Rh5 Rg3 68. Kd4 Bc4 69. Bxa4 Rg4+ 70. e4 bxa4  71. Kxc4 Rxe4+ 72. Kd3 Re8 73. Rb5 Rc8 74. Kd4 Rc6 75. Rb4 Ra6 76. Kc4 Kc6 77.  Rb5 Ra8 78. Kb4 Kd6 79. Rb6+ Kc7 80. Kb5 Kd7 81. Rb7+ Kd6 82. Kb6 Rh8 83. Ka7  Kc6 84. Rb4 Rh7+ 85. Ka6 Rh8 86. Rc4+ Kd5 87. Rc7 Kd6 88. Kb7 Rh2 89. Rc6+ Kd5  90. Rb6 Kc5 91. Rb4 Rh7+ 92. Ka6 Rh8 93. Rb5+ Kc4 94. Rb7 Ra8+ 95. Kb6 Kb3 96.  Kc5+ Ka2 97. Rb4 Ra5+ 98. Kc4 Rh5 99. Rxa4 Kxb2 100. Ra8 Rh4+ {Z0} ({Kd5 Kb3  Rc8 Kxa3 Rb8} 100... Rh3 101. Kc5 Rh4 {Rb7 Ka4 Rb1 Rh5+ Kd4 Rh4+} 102. Kd5 Rh5+  {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:06) <font color=red>+0.00|d31</font> $11})  1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2774"]  [BlackElo "2803"]  [PlyCount "59"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:32:06"]  [BlackClock "0:37:22"]   {Rd1+ Ke4 Re1+ Kf4 Rf1+ Ke4 Re1+ Kf4 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:09) <font  color=red>+0.00|d23</font> $11} 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 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11.  g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5 14. f5 hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 16. Kf2 Rxg4 17. Rh1 Nxf5  18. Rh8 Bc5+ 19. Kf3 Rg1 20. Rxe8+ Kd7 21. Rxa8 Nd4+ 22. Ke4 Rxc1 23. b4 Bb6  24. c4 c5 25. a3 Re1+ 26. Kd3 Rd1+ 27. Kc3 Rc1+ 28. Kd3 Rd1+ 29. Kc3 Rc1+ 30.  Kd3 {Z0} () 1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2713"]  [BlackElo "2753"]  [PlyCount "90"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:55"]  [BlackClock "0:04:45"]   {Rd6 Rxg2+ Ke3 Ra2 Ke4 Rb2 Kd3 Rg2 Ke4 Rb2 Kd3 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:04) <  font color=red>+0.00|d28</font> $11} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4.  Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nc3 Qh4 8. Qf3 Nh6 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Bxb6 axb6  11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 f5 13. a4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 d5 15. Bd3 O-O 16. f3 Bf5 17. g4  Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rf4 19. O-O-O Nf7 20. Rhe1 Rb4 21. Re7 d4 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. a5 bxa5  24. Re1 h6 25. Nc5 Rb5 26. Ne6 Rcb8 27. Re2 Ne5 28. Nf4 Nf7 29. Rxc7 a4 30.  Rxc6 Ne5 31. Rc7 g5 32. Nh5 Rc5+ 33. Rc2 Nxd3+ 34. Kd2 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Ne5 36.  Nf6+ Kf8 37. Kc1 Rb3 38. Nd7+ Nxd7 39. Rxd7 d3 40. Rd4 Kg7 41. Rxa4 d2+ 42. Kd1  Rxb2 43. Rd4 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 Re1+ 45. Kxd2 Rg1 {Z0} () 1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2755"]  [BlackElo "2864"]  [PlyCount "110"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:23"]  [BlackClock "0:01:41"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 a6 7. a4 Bd6 8. Bxd6  cxd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Rfc1 Bb7 14. Rc2 Rfc8  15. Rac1 Qd6 16. Na2 Rxc2 17. Rxc2 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Qc3 Bb7 20. b4 Ne4  21. Qc1 h6 22. h3 Kf8 23. b5 a5 24. Nc3 Qc7 25. Qa3+ Qd6 26. Qc1 Qc7 27. Qa3+  Ke8 28. Ne2 g5 29. Qb2 Ke7 30. Nd2 Ndf6 31. Nf1 Nd6 32. f3 Nd7 33. g4 f6 34.  Nfg3 Nf8 35. Kf2 Bc8 36. Qc2 Qxc2 37. Bxc2 Bd7 38. Nc3 Be8 39. f4 Bf7 40. Bb3  gxf4 41. exf4 Ng6 42. f5 Nf4 43. fxe6 Nxh3+ 44. Ke3 Bxe6 45. Nxd5+ Kd8 46. Nh5  f5 47. gxf5 Nxf5+ 48. Ke4 Ng5+ 49. Ke5 Ne7 50. Nhf4 Bg8 51. Bd1 Bxd5 52. Nxd5  Nf7+ 53. Ke6 Ng5+ 54. Ke5 Nf7+ 55. Ke6 Ng5+ {Z0} ({Ke5 Nf7+ Ke6} 55... Ng5+ 56.  Ke5 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:08) <font color=red>+0.00|d46</font>  $11}) 1/2-1/2

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Pairings of the 7th round on the 21st of June

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

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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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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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