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Khanty Mansiysk – final/tie-breaks

By Yelena Dembo | December 1, 2012 - 12:25 |December 1, 2012 Tournaments

The first game was drawn. It was wild to say the least! 🙂 See for yourself :). I haven’t seen a 2 Bishops vs 1 Bishop endgame in a while!

 [Event "Khanty Mansiysk WWCC"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.01"]  [Round "50.1"]  [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Black "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2491"]  [BlackElo "2452"]  [PlyCount "178"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:04:15"]  [BlackClock "0:03:12"]   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  dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6  15. b4 a5 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf6 21.  Rd1 Re8 22. Be3 Qe7 23. Bf3 Qe6 24. h3 Ra8 25. Rdc1 Red8 26. Qc5 Ra6 27. Re1  Qd6 28. Red1 Bc8 29. d5 Qxc5 30. bxc5 cxd5 31. Bxd5 Bf5 32. Bb7 Bxb1 33. Rxd8+  Bxd8 34. Bxa6 b4 35. Bc4 Be4 36. Bd2 Ba5 37. f3 Bc6 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. Ke3 Ke7 40.  Kd4 f6 41. Bb3 Bb5 42. h4 Bf1 43. g3 g5 44. f4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Bb5 46. f5 Bd7 47.  Bxh6 Bxf5 48. Bf4 Bg4 49. c6 Bb6+ 50. Kc4 Bf2 51. Kxb4 Bxh4 52. Kb5 Bg5 53. Bb8  Be3 54. Bc4 Bd4 55. Bf4 Bf3 56. c7 Bg4 57. Kc6 Bc8 58. Bd6+ Ke8 59. Bb5 Kf7 60.  Kd5 Bb6 61. Bf4 Bb7+ 62. Kd6 Bc8 63. Bd2 Kg6 64. Be8+ Kf5 65. Kc6 Bxc7 66. Kxc7  Be6 67. Kd6 Bc4 68. Kc5 Bb3 69. Kd4 Ba2 70. Bd7+ Be6 71. Bc6 Bb3 72. Be4+ Ke6  73. Bh7 Bd1 74. Ke3 f5 75. Bc3 Bc2 76. Kf4 Kd5 77. Bg8+ Kc5 78. Ke5 Bd3 79.  Bd4+ Kc6 80. Bd5+ Kd7 81. Bc5 Be4 82. Be6+ Kc6 83. Kd4 Kb7 84. Bd7 Ka8 85. Bc8  Bb7 86. Bxf5 Bc6 87. Ke5 Bb7 88. Kd6 Bf3 89. Kc7 Bg2 1/2-1/2

The 2nd game was even more interesting:

 [Event "RLP Open 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.01"]  [Round "51.1"]  [White "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2452"]  [BlackElo "2491"]  [PlyCount "187"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:49"]  [BlackClock "0:02:02"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3  O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 Bxd2 13. Nfxd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5  15. Nc3 e4 16. Be2 b6 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. a4 Nf6 19. Rb2 Be6 20. Rfb1 Qc7 21. d5  cxd5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Bxd5 25. Bxa6 Rf6 26. Bb5 g6 27. h3  Bf7 28. Rc7 Bd5 29. Rd1 Rf7 30. Rc3 Be6 31. Rd6 Re7 32. Rcc6 Bb3 33. Rc3 Bf7  34. Kh2 Ra7 35. Kg3 g5 36. Rf6 Bg6 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Kg7 39. Rcc6 Rd8 40.  Rxb6 Rd2 41. Kg3 Ra2 42. Rfd6 Kh6 43. Rd7 Ra8 44. Rbd6 Rc8 45. Rd2 Ra1 46. Rd1  Ra2 47. R1d2 Ra1 48. Kf4 Rg1 49. g3 Ra1 50. Rd1 Rxd1 51. Rxd1 Rc2 52. Rf1 Ra2  53. Bd7 Bf7 54. Bxf5 Rxa4 55. Rh1+ Kg7 56. Rxh7+ Kf6 57. Rh6+ Kg7 58. Rh2 Bg6  59. Bxg6 Kxg6 60. g4 Rb4 61. g5 Rb5 62. Rh6+ Kg7 63. Rh2 Kg6 64. Kxe4 Kxg5 65.  Rg2+ Kf6 66. f4 Rb3 67. Rd2 Rb6 68. Rh2 Rb4+ 69. Kf3 Rb3 70. Rh6+ Kf5 71. Rh5+  Kf6 72. Rc5 Ra3 73. Rd5 Rb3 74. Ke4 Rb4+ 75. Rd4 Rb6 76. f5 Rb5 77. Rd6+ Ke7  78. Re6+ Kf7 79. Kf4 Rb1 80. e4 Rf1+ 81. Ke5 Ra1 82. Rd6 Ra5+ 83. Rd5 Ra7 84.  f6 Kg6 85. Ke6 Ra8 86. Rd7 Ra6+ 87. Rd6 Ra8 88. Ke7 Ra7+ 89. Ke6 Ra8 90. e5  Re8+ 91. Kd5 Kf5 92. f7 Rf8 93. Rf6+ Kg5 94. Ke4 1-0

And so, Ushenina is the new World Champion!

London Chess Classic 2012

By Yelena Dembo | November 30, 2012 - 21:08 |November 30, 2012 London Chess Classic

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This incredibly strong event starts in London tomorrow! The players are: Luke McShane, Hikaru Nakamura, Mickey Adams, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Malcolm Pein Tournament Director, Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar, Levon Aronian and Gawain Jones.

The official website is: http://www.londonchessclassic.com/

FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 8

By Yelena Dembo | November 30, 2012 - 14:23 |November 30, 2012 Tournaments

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After 7 rounds Karjakin and Caruana are leading the event (they are playing each other today!).

Pairings or round 8

Caruana-Karjakin 1/2
Svidler-Kasimdzhanov 1/2
Morozevich-Wang Hao 1/2
Mamedyarov-Ponomariov 1/2
Kamsky-Leko 0-1
Gelfand-Dominguez 1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "8.2"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2747"]  [BlackElo "2696"]  [PlyCount "67"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:25:00"]  [BlackClock "0:17:58"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Ngf6 8.  O-O c6 9. d3 Bc5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. e3 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. Bg2 Rfe8 15.  b3 Qc5 16. Qb1 Qb6 17. Nf3 Bc3 18. Ra2 d4 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. exd4  Qxd4 22. Rc4 Qb6 23. d4 N7f6 24. Bd2 Qd8 25. Qd3 Nb6 26. Rcc1 Nbd5 27. Rfe1  Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nc7 29. Re5 Ne6 30. Bc3 Nd7 31. Re1 Nf6 32. Re5 Nd7 33. Re1 Nf6  34. Re5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "8.6"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2764"]  [BlackElo "2741"]  [PlyCount "50"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:05:00"]  [BlackClock "0:48:00"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.  Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 N4d5 12. Nf3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bd6 14. O-O  O-O 15. e4 c6 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. e5 Be7 18. a4 Nd5 19. Ba2 Rb8 20. a5 Ne3 21. Ne2  f4 22. Rf2 Ng4 23. Rff1 Ne3 24. Rf2 Ng4 25. Rff1 Ne3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "8.1"]  [White "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2762"]  [BlackElo "2732"]  [PlyCount "96"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:48:00"]  [BlackClock "0:59:00"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4  Nbd7 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Be2 Bc5 12. Rc1 b6 13. b4 Bxd4 14. exd4 Ng6  15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Re1 h6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na7 Bb7 19. b5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ra8 21. Nc6  Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Nb4 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Rfd8 25. bxa6 Rxd4 26. a3 Nf4 27. Rc6  Nd5 28. g3 Rxa6 29. Bd6 Raa4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rf8 Ra7 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Be5 Re4  34. Ba1 Re2 35. h4 h5 36. Bd4 Rd2 37. Be5 f6 38. Bc3 Ra2 39. Bb4 Nxb4 40. axb4  Rdd2 41. Rf1 Rab2 42. Rf7 Kg6 43. Rb7 Rxb4 44. Rc1 Rbb2 45. Rcc7 Rxf2 46. Rxg7+  Kf5 47. Rxb6 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Rxg3 0-1

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "8.3"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2748"]  [BlackElo "2737"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:00:00"]  [BlackClock "1:02:00"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3  Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. g3 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6  15. Na4 Nd7 16. a3 Ne7 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Qxa3 19. Bb5 Nf6 20. Rb1 Nf5 21. Rb3  Qe7 22. Bd3 Nd6 23. Qe1 Rc7 24. Qb4 Nd7 25. Bb5 Nf6 26. Rfb1 Rfc8 27. Kg2 Rc1  28. Bd3 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Rc7 30. Qa3 Nd7 31. Rb3 Qf8 32. Rc3 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qd8 34.  h4 Qb8 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Qb4 Qc7 37. Nc5 Ke7 38. e4 b6 39. axb6 Qxb6 40. Qxb6  Nxb6 41. e5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "8.4"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [PlyCount "71"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:09:11"]  [BlackClock "0:19:01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4  b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. Rc1 Qb7+ 14. Nf3 Rc8  15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nbd7 17. Qc6 Rcb8 18. Na3 Ne4 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. Nc4 Bf8  21. Be3 c5 22. Nfe5 cxd4 23. Nxd7 dxe3 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Nxe3 Nf6 26. Nc4 Ke7  27. Rd1 Rc7 28. Nb6 Raa7 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. Nxc4 Rc7 31. b3 Nd7 32. Ra1 Nc5 33.  Nd2 Rb7 34. Ra5 Nxb3 35. Nxb3 Rxb3 36. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "8.5"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2751"]  [BlackElo "2726"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:04:00"]  [BlackClock "0:03:29"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5  Ne7 9. Nd2 c6 10. a3 Ne8 11. b4 cxd5 12. cxd5 f5 13. Nc4 Nf6 14. Bg5 Nxe4 15.  Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Nxe4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bf5 20. Bd3 Qb6 21.  Qe2 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bg5 23. Rfe1 Rac8 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. g3 Qc3 26. Qe2 Qc4 27. Qg4  Kg7 28. h4 h5 29. Qxg5 Qxe4 30. Rf1 Qxd5 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Rf6 Rxf6 33. Qxf6 Qf7  34. Qxd6 Rf8 35. Qxe5 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Kh2 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Qg4+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+  40. Kh3 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

: Karjakin

The leaders drew each other and continue to lead. Four players – Mamedyarov, Kasimdzhanov, Morozevich and Leko – are behind them.

View the games on http://tashkent2012.fide.com/analysis/

Khanty Mansiysk – final/game 4 (of 4 classical ones)

By Yelena Dembo | November 30, 2012 - 14:18 |November 30, 2012 Tournaments

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Today the 4th game was played. Stefanova (White) got a slightly better position after the opening, but then Ushenina made some inaccuracies and then mistakes to get to a lost position. Here is the game:

 [Event "World Championship 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.30"]  [Round "49.1"]  [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Black "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2491"]  [BlackElo "2452"]  [PlyCount "65"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:29"]  [BlackClock "0:06:16"]   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  dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 a5 12. e4 e5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Be3  exd4 16. Nxd4 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Nce2 Qb8 20. Ng3 Ne5 21. Bf1  Rc8 22. Ndf5 Rc7 23. Qc3 Rd7 24. f4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ng6 26. Nh6+ gxh6 27. Qxf6  Qf8 28. Nf5 c5 29. Bxb5 Bxe4 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Rd2 Bb1 32. Nxf7 Rxd2 33. Nxh6+  1-0

Thus, Stefanova equalized and will be playing tie-breaks!

FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 7

By Yelena Dembo | November 29, 2012 - 11:57 |January 4, 2013 Tournaments

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After 6 rounds Morozevich is leading the event with 4 points, four players are on 3.5.

Today’s pairings

Karjakin-Morozevich 1-0
Mamedyarov-Kamsky 1/2
Ponomariov-Gelfand 1/2
Dominguez-Caruana 0-1
Wang Hao-Svidler 1/2
Kasimdzhanov-Leko 1/2

Morozevich lost again, now to Karjakin and Caruana had a steady advantage after 30 moves and only kept on increasing it.

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "7.5"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2737"]  [BlackElo "2747"]  [PlyCount "63"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:55:00"]  [BlackClock "0:53:00"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.  Qa3 O-O 9. e4 N8d7 10. Rd1 c6 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 h6 14. Nf3 Nc4  15. Qc3 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. b3 b6 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rc1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.  Rfd1 Nb6 22. Be3 c4 23. b4 Nc6 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Rxc4 b5 26. Rc5 Nxb4 27. Rxb5  Nxa2 28. Rd2 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. g3 Nc3 31. Nxc3 Bxc3 32. Kg2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "7.2"]  [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2741"]  [BlackElo "2751"]  [PlyCount "68"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:21:00"]  [BlackClock "0:11:10"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 a6 8.  Bf1 Nc6 9. Na3 Bc5 10. b4 Ba7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. b5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bc5 14. Bb2 dxc3  15. Bxc3 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. d4 Be7 18. Qc2 Bf6 19. Bd3 g6 20. f4 Bd7 21. f5  Na7 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nd6 Ba4 24. Qxa4 Qxd6 25. Bb4 Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 Bc5 27. Bxc5  Qxc5 28. Qg4 Qc3 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Qg7 31. Qe6+ Qf7 32. Qg4+ Qg7 33. Qe6+  Qf7 34. Qg4+ Qg7 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "7.6"]  [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2696"]  [BlackElo "2732"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:03:35"]  [BlackClock "0:02:14"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3  Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 h6 14. Nh2 Bf8 15.  Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Nf6 17. Qf5 Bc8 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. c4 c6 21. b4 d5  22. exd5 cxd5 23. c5 Qd7 24. d4 e4 25. Qb3 g6 26. a4 Bg7 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Ra5  Qb7 29. Bf4 Ne8 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. b5 axb5 32. Rxb5 Qa8 33. h4 Ra6 34. Nf1 Ra3 35.  Qc2 Ra2 36. Qb3 Ra3 37. Qc2 Ra2 38. Qb3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "7.1"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2764"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [PlyCount "139"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:31:00"]  [BlackClock "0:14:17"]   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. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qc7  15. f4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Bd3 Qa7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.  Bf3 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Ne4 23. Rd4 Ng3 24. Kf2 Nf5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd3 Qe7 27. Qd2  h5 28. g3 e5 29. Rd7 Qf6 30. Be4 exf4 31. exf4 Kg7 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. Bxf5 Qxf5  34. Rd3 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 b4 36. h4 a5 37. Qb2+ Kg8 38. Rd2 Rc3 39. Rg2 Kg7 40. Qd2  Rd3 41. Qb2+ Kh7 42. Qf6 Qd5 43. Qg5 Kg7 44. Re2 Rd1 45. Qxd5 Rxd5 46. Kh3 Kf6  47. Rc2 Kf5 48. Rc4 Rd1 49. Rc5+ Ke4 50. Rxa5 Kf3 51. Kh2 Rd2+ 52. Kh3 f5 53.  Ra6 Rg2 54. Rxg6 Kf2 55. Rc6 Rxg3+ 56. Kh2 Rg4 57. Kh3 Rxf4 58. Rg6 Rf3+ 59.  Kh2 Ke3 60. Rg5 Kf4 61. Rxh5 Rf2+ 62. Kh3 Rxa2 63. Rg5 Rc2 64. Rg7 Rc3+ 65. Kg2  Rxb3 66. h5 Rb2+ 67. Kh3 Rb3+ 68. Kg2 Rb2+ 69. Kh3 Rb3+ 70. Kg2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "7.3"]  [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2726"]  [BlackElo "2786"]  [PlyCount "166"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:32:00"]  [BlackClock "0:17:30"]   1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.  h3 a6 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Bg5 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qe2 e6 14. Rad1 Nbd7  15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Bd6 Qb6 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Nb6 19. Be5 Rac8 20. Red3 Nc4  21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. a3 h6 23. Nd2 Rcc8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nde4 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Bc6  27. R1d2 g5 28. Rd6 Kf8 29. Nd1 Ke7 30. Ne3 h5 31. c4 bxc4 32. R6d4 Bb5 33. h4  Rg8 34. Kh2 c3 35. Rc2 cxb2 36. Rxb2 Rc5 37. a4 Bc6 38. Rb6 a5 39. hxg5 Rgxg5  40. Ra6 e5 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rd8 f5 43. Rh8 Rg6 44. Rhh7 f4 45. Rae7+ Kd6 46.  Nf5+ Kd5 47. Rxh5 Bxa4 48. Ra7 Kc4 49. Rh8 Bc2 50. Nh4 Rb6 51. Nf3 a4 52. Ng5  Kb4 53. Rha8 Rh6+ 54. Nh3 Bb3 55. f3 Rc2 56. Kg1 Rd6 57. Re8 Rdd2 58. Rg7 a3  59. Rxe5 a2 60. Re1 Rb2 61. Kh2 Rb1 62. Re4+ Kc5 63. Ra7 a1=Q 64. Rxa1 Rxa1 65.  Nxf4 Ra4 66. Re5+ Kd6 67. Rf5 Bc2 68. Rf7 Ke5 69. Kg3 Rd8 70. Nh3 Rg8+ 71. Kh2  Rh4 72. Rc7 Bf5 73. Rc5+ Ke6 74. g4 Rgh8 75. Rxf5 Rxh3+ 76. Kg2 Rh2+ 77. Kg3  R8h3+ 78. Kf4 Rf2 79. Re5+ Kf6 80. Re3 Ra2 81. g5+ Kf7 82. Kg4 Rh1 83. Rb3 Rg1+  0-1

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.29"]  [Round "7.4"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2748"]  [PlyCount "135"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:32:00"]  [BlackClock "0:18:28"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.  O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bf3 Bc6  15. Qb6 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rc8 17. a5 Qc6 18. Na4 f6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21.  Bc5 Re8 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. c3 e5 25. Kg1 exf4 26. Rxf4 g6 27. Rf3 f5  28. Rfd3 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Kf7 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. Kf2 Kh6  34. Kf3 Kh5 35. Rb6 Kg5 36. g3 Rc7 37. h3 Rd7 38. c4 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd7 40. Ke3  Re7+ 41. Kf3 Rc7 42. b3 Kh5 43. Kf4 Rf7 44. Kf3 g5 45. b4 g4+ 46. hxg4+ fxg4+  47. Ke4 Kg5 48. b5 axb5 49. cxb5 h5 50. a6 Re7+ 51. Kd3 Rd7+ 52. Kc4 Rc7+ 53.  Rc6 bxc6 54. b6 Rc8 55. b7 Rb8 56. Kc5 h4 57. a7 Rxb7 58. a8=Q Rh7 59. Qg8+ Kh6  60. gxh4 Rg7 61. Qh8+ Kg6 62. h5+ Kf7 63. h6 Rg5+ 64. Kd6 g3 65. Qh7+ Kf6 66.  Qe7+ Kf5 67. Qxg5+ Kxg5 68. h7 1-0

So, after 7 rounds Karjakin and Caruana share 1st place, 3rd-5th are Morozevich, Kasimdzhanov and Mamedyarov.

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