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Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic 8th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 16, 2013 - 07:58 |February 16, 2013 Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic

Caruana managed to even improve his tournament position as he won against Naiditsch and is now 1 point ahead of Anand. Two other games were drawn.

Results of the 8th round

Naiditsch 4 0-1 4.5 Caruana
Anand 4 1/2 3 Meier
Fridman 2.5 1/2 3 Adams

Standings after 8 rounds

1. Caruana 5.5
2. Anand 4.5
3. Naiditsch 4
4-5. Adams, Meier 3.5
6. Fridman 3

Games of the round

 [Event "1st GRENKE Chess Classic"]  [Site "Baden-Baden GER"]  [Date "2013.02.15"]  [Round "8.2"]  [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C69"]  [WhiteElo "2716"]  [BlackElo "2757"]  [PlyCount "98"]  [EventDate "2013.02.07"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.  Nxd4 Be7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 c5 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. Ne2 Qe8 14. Bf4 b5  15. Ne3 c4 16. Kh1 Qc6 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Ndf5 Bc5 19. Qe1 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. g4  Bb7 22. g5 Nh5 23. Be5+ f6 24. gxf6+ Nxf6 25. Neg4 Bd4 26. Bxd4 Qxd4 27. Rd1  Qxb2 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Ng4 Qf4 30. Rd7+ Rf7 31. Qc3+ Kg8 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Rd1  Rf8 34. Kg2 Bc8 35. h3 Kg8 36. e5 Qg5 37. Qd4 Bb7 38. Kh2 Bxf3 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40.  Rg1 Qf5 41. Kg3 Bc6 42. h4 Rf7 43. Qe3 Re7 44. Ng4 h5 45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf7  47. Qh7+ Ke6 48. Qg8+ Kxe5 49. Re1+ Kd4 0-1

 [Event "1st GRENKE Chess Classic"]  [Site "Baden-Baden GER"]  [Date "2013.02.15"]  [Round "8.1"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Meier, Georg"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C10"]  [WhiteElo "2780"]  [BlackElo "2640"]  [PlyCount "111"]  [EventDate "2013.02.07"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6  8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. c4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh7  Nxh7 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Kg8 17. Qxd6 Qa5 18. Kb1 Be4+ 19. Ka1 Bc2 20. Qg3  Kh7 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. b3 Qc6 23. Bc3 Bg6 24. Rd6 Qe4 25. Re1 Qc2 26. Rd2 Qf5 27.  Qe5 f6 28. Qxf5 Bxf5 29. Ba5 Rf7 30. Red1 g5 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Rd7 Rcf8 33. R1d6  Kg6 34. Bd2 e5 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Be3 Rc7 37. Ra6 h5 38. Kb2 h4 39. Ra5 Rd7 40.  Bxc5 Rd1 41. Ra6 Bc8 42. Rxa7 Rh1 43. Rc7 Bf5 44. h3 Rh2 45. a4 Rxg2 46. a5 g4  47. hxg4 Bxg4 48. a6 h3 49. a7 Bf3 50. Rd7 h2 51. Rd5 Bxd5 52. cxd5 h1=Q 53.  a8=Q Rg1 54. Qg8+ Kf5 55. Qe6+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "1st GRENKE Chess Classic"]  [Site "Baden-Baden GER"]  [Date "2013.02.15"]  [Round "8.3"]  [White "Fridman, Daniel"]  [Black "Adams, Michael"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E34"]  [WhiteElo "2667"]  [BlackElo "2725"]  [PlyCount "73"]  [EventDate "2013.02.07"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.  Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. a3 Qe5 13. Rd1 Ne7 14. Nd4  Bc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Be2 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Ke7 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. Ke2  Rhd8 21. Rhd1 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Rc7 23. Kd1 Ne5 24. Be2 f5 25. h3 h6 26. Rd4 Rd7  27. Rxd7+ Nxd7 28. f4 Kd6 29. Bf3 b6 30. Kd2 Nc5 31. Kc3 Na6 32. b4 Nc7 33. Kc4  f6 34. Bb7 Ne8 35. Bf3 Nc7 36. Bb7 Ne8 37. Bf3 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 9th round

Anand – Fridman
Meier – Naiditsch
Caruana – Adams

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By Yelena Dembo | February 16, 2013 - 07:31 |February 16, 2013 Exercises, Quiz

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Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic 7th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 15, 2013 - 09:27 |February 15, 2013 Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic

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Meier scored his first win in the event by beating Fridman. Two other games were drawn. Caruana is leading the event with 4.5 out of 7, Anand and Naiditsch have 4.

Results of the 7th round

Caruana 4 1/2 3.5 Anand
Adams 2.5 1/2 3.5 Naiditsch
Meier 2 1-0 2.5 Fridman

Standings after 7 rounds

1.Caruana 4.5
2-3. Anand, Naiditsch 4
4-5. Adams, Meier 3
6. Fridman 2.5

Games of the round

 [Event "1st GRENKE Chess Classic"]  [Site "Baden-Baden GER"]  [Date "2013.01.14"]  [Round "7.3"]  [White "Meier, Georg"]  [Black "Fridman, Daniel"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E06"]  [WhiteElo "2640"]  [BlackElo "2667"]  [PlyCount "119"]  [EventDate "2013.02.07"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4  b4 9. Nfd2 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. b3 Ba6 14. Bb2 Nbd7  15. Rac1 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxc2 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxc2 Rd1+ 20. Bf1  axb6 21. Rxc6 Rd6 22. Rc4 Rd2 23. Bd4 Nd7 24. Be3 Rd1 25. Rc8+ Bf8 26. h4 f5  27. Kg2 Kf7 28. Rc7 Be7 29. Bg5 h6 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. e3 Kd6 32. Rc4 Nc5 33.  Rxb4 Kc7 34. g4 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Rb5 Rb1 38. b4 Nxa4 39. Rxf5  Rxb4 40. Rxg5 Nc3 41. f4 Kd6 42. Kf3 Rb1 43. Bd3 Rd1 44. Bc4 Rh1 45. Re5 Rb1  46. e4 b5 47. Bd3 Rb2 48. Rg5 b4 49. e5+ Kc5 50. e6+ Kd6 51. Bc4 Rb1 52. Re5  Ke7 53. f5 b3 54. f6+ Kxf6 55. e7 Kxe5 56. Bd3 Rc1 57. e8=Q+ Kd5 58. Qd7+ Ke5  59. Qc7+ Kd5 60. Qc4+ 1-0

 [Event "1st GRENKE Chess Classic"]  [Site "Baden-Baden GER"]  [Date "2013.01.14"]  [Round "7.1"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2757"]  [BlackElo "2780"]  [PlyCount "88"]  [EventDate "2013.02.07"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4  O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Nf3 Nd7 15.  Bg5 Ngf6 16. a4 Rab8 17. Qe2 Bxb3 18. cxb3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.  Rfd1 Rec8 22. Ne1 b4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rb6 25. g3 Bf8 26. Qe3 Rb7 27. Nd3  Rcb8 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Rc4 f5 30. Kg2 fxe4 31. Qxe4 Qf7 32. Qf3 Be7 33. Ra5 Qxf3+  34. Kxf3 Bd8 35. Rd5 Rb6 36. Ke4 Kf7 37. g4 Ke6 38. f4 exf4 39. Nxf4+ Kd7 40.  Rd3 Rb5 41. Nd5 Ba5 42. Kf4 h6 43. Re4 Bd8 44. Kg3 h5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "1st GRENKE Chess Classic"]  [Site "Baden-Baden GER"]  [Date "2013.01.14"]  [Round "7.2"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A20"]  [WhiteElo "2725"]  [BlackElo "2716"]  [PlyCount "104"]  [EventDate "2013.02.07"]   1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3  h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Be5 Bg7 11. Bd6 Nb8 12. Nb5 Na6 13. e3 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Qb6 15.  Qxb6 axb6 16. Nge2 Be6 17. O-O Rd8 18. Nb5 Kd7 19. Nec3 Ne8 20. Ba3 Nec7 21.  Nxc7 Nxc7 22. Na4 Na8 23. f3 f5 24. g4 exf3 25. gxf5 fxg2 26. fxe6+ Kxe6 27.  Kxg2 Bf8 28. Rf2 Bxa3 29. bxa3 Rhf8 30. Rb2 Rd6 31. Rab1 h5 32. Nxb6 Nxb6 33.  Rxb6 Rxb6 34. Rxb6+ Kf5 35. Rxb7 Re8 36. Rf7+ Kg4 37. Rf3 Rc8 38. h3+ Kh4 39.  Rf2 Rc3 40. Re2 Rxa3 41. Kh2 g4 42. hxg4 Kxg4 43. Kg2 h4 44. Kf2 h3 45. Rb2 Ra8  46. Rb7 Rxa2+ 47. Kg1 Re2 48. Rd7 Kg3 49. Rg7+ Kf3 50. Rd7 Re1+ 51. Kh2 Re2+  52. Kh1 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

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By Yelena Dembo | February 15, 2013 - 08:14 |February 15, 2013 Exercises, Quiz

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