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Friday Quiz 27.3.20

By Yelena Dembo | March 27, 2020 - 07:08 |March 28, 2020 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Black to play

The solution is: 29… Rc8 0-1

Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 7th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 26, 2020 - 06:12 |March 27, 2020 Candidates Chess Tournament 2020

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UPD. FIDE stopped the event. Check https://en.chessbase.com/post/breaking-news-fide-stops-the-candidates-tournament for more info.

Nepomniatchi and Vachier-Lagrave lead with 4.5 points.

Results of the 7th round

GM	Caruana Fabiano	½ – ½	GM	Wang Hao
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	1 – 0	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian
GM	Ding Liren	½ – ½	GM	Alekseenko Kirill
GM	Giri Anish	½ – ½	GM	Grischuk Alexander

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.25"]  [Round "7.1"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C42"]  [WhiteElo "2842"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [PlyCount "82"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O  8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14.  Nxd2 Rad8 15. f3 b6 16. g4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Ne4 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6  21. Bg5 Kf7 22. Ng3 c4 23. Bf1 b5 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf5 Bc5 27. Re5  Bxf3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxc5 Rd1+ 30. Ka2 Rxf1 31. Rxb5 c3 32. Bxf6 Kxf6 33. Ne3  Rf2 34. Rf5+ Ke6 35. Ka3 cxb2 36. Kxb2 h5 37. h4 Rxc2+ 38. Kxc2 Be4+ 39. Kd2  Bxf5 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Kf3 Bd3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.25"]  [Round "7.2"]  [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C19"]  [WhiteElo "2767"]  [BlackElo "2774"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5  h6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Qg4 Rg8 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7  15. d4 bxc5 16. Qd1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Ne2 c4 19. O-O Rb6 20. Qc2 Rh8 21. a4  Ke8 22. Rb4 Nc6 23. f4 Ne7 24. Rfb1 f5 25. Rb5 Qa6 26. Bc1 Kf7 27. Ba3 Rhb8 28.  Bxe7 Kxe7 29. g4 Rxb5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. gxf5 Rxb1+ 32. Qxb1 exf5 33. Ng3 Qb6  34. Nxf5+ Kf8 35. Qa1 Qe6 36. Ng3 Qg4 37. Kg2 Qxf4 38. Qxa7 Ke7 39. Qa3+ Kd8  40. Qd6 g5 41. hxg6 h5 42. g7 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.25"]  [Round "7.3"]  [White "Ding, Liren"]  [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E00"]  [WhiteElo "2805"]  [BlackElo "2698"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.  Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Nh5 13. Be3 Nhf6 14. Bg5 Bb7  15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf3 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bh3 Rce8  21. Qa4 c5 22. b4 cxb4 23. Qxa7 Ne4 24. Qxb6 Nc3 25. Re1 dxc4 26. a3 Bd5 27.  Qxb4 Qxb4 28. axb4 Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Rxf3 30. Bg2 Rff8 31. Rd2 Rb8 32. Bxd5 exd5  33. Rxd5 Rxb4 34. Rc2 Rc8 35. Kf1 c3 36. Ke2 Rb7 37. Rd3 Rb2 38. Kd1 Rb1+ 39.  Ke2 Rb2 40. Kd1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.25"]  [Round "7.4"]  [White "Giri, Anish"]  [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A20"]  [WhiteElo "2763"]  [BlackElo "2777"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2  Na6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne3 h5 11. d4 exd3 12. exd3 Qd4 13. Nc2 Qg4 14. Bf4 Qxd1 15.  Raxd1 Bg4 16. Rd2 O-O-O 17. d4 Nc7 18. Ne3 Be6 19. d5 Ncxd5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5 21.  Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1+ Kd7 25. Rc7+ Ke6 26. Rxb7 Rc8  27. Rxa7 Rc2 28. Be3 Bf6 29. Ra4 Bxb2 30. Kg2 d4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxa2  33. Re4+ Kf6 34. Rf4+ Ke6 35. Re4+ Kf6 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Re4+ Kf6 38. Rf4+ Ke6  39. h4 g6 40. Re4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 8th round

GM	Caruana Fabiano	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
GM	Wang Hao	GM	Ding Liren
GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	Giri Anish
GM	Alekseenko Kirill	GM	Grischuk Alexander

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Thursday Quiz 26.3.20

By Yelena Dembo | March 26, 2020 - 05:54 |March 27, 2020 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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White to play

The solution is: 35. Rd5 1-0

Wednesday Quiz 25.3.20

By Yelena Dembo | March 25, 2020 - 05:43 |March 26, 2020 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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White to play

The solution is: 35. Rxd8 1-0

Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 6th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 24, 2020 - 06:41 |March 25, 2020 Candidates Chess Tournament 2020

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Nepomniatchi leads with 4.5 points. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 6th round

GM	Grischuk Alexander	½ – ½	GM	Caruana Fabiano
GM	Alekseenko Kirill	0 – 1	GM	Giri Anish
GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	1 – 0	GM	Ding Liren
GM	Wang Hao	½ – ½	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxim

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.23"]  [Round "6.1"]  [White "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C78"]  [WhiteElo "2777"]  [BlackElo "2842"]  [PlyCount "108"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3  d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Re1  exd4 16. cxd4 Nxe4 17. d5 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Na7 19. Qd4 Bf5 20. Nbd2 Nc5 21. Rxe8+  Qxe8 22. Re1 Qf8 23. Bd1 b4 24. Be2 Qd8 25. Bf1 h6 26. Re3 b3 27. Qf4 Bd7 28.  Nd4 Rb4 29. Rg3 Qe7 30. Bc4 Nb5 31. N4xb3 Nxb3 32. Rxb3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rxb3 34.  Nxb3 Qb4 35. Qe4 c5 36. Qd3 g6 37. g4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Nc7 39. Qc3+ Qxc3 40. bxc3 f5  41. Nd2 Kf6 42. Kg3 Bb5 43. Bb3 Be2 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. f4 Nb5 46. c4 Nc3 47. Bc2  Bd1 48. Bd3 Na2 49. Kf2 Nb4 50. Ke3 Bc2 51. Be2 Na2 52. Nf1 Nc1 53. Kd2 Nxe2  54. Kxe2 Ba4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.23"]  [Round "6.2"]  [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]  [Black "Giri, Anish"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C50"]  [WhiteElo "2698"]  [BlackElo "2763"]  [PlyCount "196"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2  Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 c6 12. Ba4 Ng6 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.  Bc2 Qc7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rae8 18. Bg5 Ndf4 19. Qd2 Bd5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21.  Re1 Re5 22. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxf4 24. Qe8+ Nf8 25. Bb3 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Bxb3  27. axb3 Qf6 28. Qe4 g6 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. h4 h5 31. g3 Qd8 32. Qe5 Qb6 33. d5  cxd5 34. Qxd5 Kf8 35. Nc3 Qc7 36. Ne4 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qxb2 38. Qd7 b6 39. Nd6 Qf6  40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qd7 Kg8 42. Qe8+ Nf8 43. Qc6 Qd8 44. Nc4 Ne6 45. Nxb6 Nd4 46.  Qc5 Nxb3 47. Qb5 Nd2 48. Qxa5 Qd3 49. Qa1 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Nxh4 52.  Qa8+ Qxa8 53. Nxa8 Nf3 54. Kg2 Ne5 55. f4 Ng4 56. Nb6 Kf8 57. Nd5 Ke8 58. Nc3  Ke7 59. Ne4 Ne3+ 60. Kf3 Nc4 61. Ng5 Kf6 62. Ne4+ Kf5 63. Nf2 Nd2+ 64. Ke3 Nf1+  65. Kf3 Nh2+ 66. Kg2 Ng4 67. Nh3 f6 68. Kf3 Ke6 69. Ke4 Kd6 70. Ng1 Kc5 71. Kd3  Nh6 72. Ke3 Nf5+ 73. Kf3 Kc4 74. Nh3 Nd4+ 75. Ke3 Nf5+ 76. Kf3 Kd4 77. Nf2 Nd6  78. Nh3 Ne4 79. Ng1 Kd3 80. Kg2 Nd2 81. Kf2 Ke4 82. Ne2 Nb1 83. Ng1 h4 84. Nh3  Kf5 85. gxh4 Kg4 86. f5 gxf5 87. Ke3 Nc3 88. Nf2+ Kg3 89. Nd3 Nd5+ 90. Kd4 Nf4  91. Nc5 Kxh4 92. Ke3 Kg3 93. Nb3 Ne6 94. Nd2 f4+ 95. Ke2 Ng5 96. Kf1 f3 97. Kg1  f2+ 98. Kf1 f5 0-1

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.23"]  [Round "6.3"]  [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Black "Ding, Liren"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C84"]  [WhiteElo "2774"]  [BlackElo "2805"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3  O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6  15. Nd5 a5 16. Rb2 axb4 17. axb4 Bd8 18. c4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qc2 Re8 21.  g3 bxc4 22. Qxc4 c6 23. Nf4 Bg5 24. Ne2 d5 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Qb3 h5 27. b5 h4  28. b6 h3 29. Kh1 Reb8 30. Rfb1 Bd8 31. Qb5 Qg4 32. Qxd5 Ra5 33. Qc6 Rc5 34.  Qe8+ Kh7 35. Ng1 Rxb6 36. Qxd8 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Rc1 38. Qh4+ Qxh4 39. gxh4 Rd1 40.  f3 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.23"]  [Round "6.4"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D87"]  [WhiteElo "2762"]  [BlackElo "2767"]  [PlyCount "165"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.  Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. h4 e6 12. h5 Qh4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. f3 Bb7 15.  Qd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21.  Qe3 Kg7 22. Kf2 Rh8 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Qc3 Kg8 27. d5  Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Na5 29. Bd3 exd5 30. exd5 Kf8 31. Ke3 Ke7 32. Kd4 Bc8 33. Nb5 a6  34. Nc7 Kd6 35. Nxa6 Nb7 36. g4 g5 37. Nb4 Bd7 38. Nc2 Ke7 39. Ne3 Nd6 40. Nd1  Ba4 41. Nf2 f6 42. Be2 Be8 43. Nd1 Ba4 44. Nb2 Be8 45. Bd1 Nb5+ 46. Kc4 Nc7 47.  Bb3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Nb5+ 49. Kd3 Nc7 50. Nc4+ Kc5 51. Nd2 Bb5+ 52. Ke4 Bd7 53. Nf1  Nb5 54. Ng3 Nd6+ 55. Ke3 f5 56. gxf5 Bxf5 57. Nxf5 Nxf5+ 58. Ke4 Nh4 59. Ba4  Kd6 60. Be8 Ng2 61. Bf7 Ne1 62. a4 Nc2 63. Be8 Ne1 64. Bb5 Ng2 65. Bc4 Nh4 66.  Bf1 Kc5 67. Bh3 Kd6 68. Be6 Ng6 69. Bf7 Nh4 70. Be8 Ng2 71. Bb5 Nh4 72. Bd3 Kc5  73. Bf1 Kd6 74. Bh3 Ng6 75. Be6 Nh4 76. Bf7 Ke7 77. Bh5 Kd6 78. Bg4 Ng2 79. Kf5  Kxd5 80. Kxg5 Ke5 81. Kg6 Nf4+ 82. Kf7 Nd3 83. Ke7 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 7th round

GM	Caruana Fabiano	GM	Wang Hao
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian
GM	Ding Liren	GM	Alekseenko Kirill
GM	Giri Anish	GM	Grischuk Alexander

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