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Tuesday Quiz 24.3.20

By Yelena Dembo | March 24, 2020 - 06:34 |March 25, 2020 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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White to play

The solution is: 28. Rxf6 1-0

Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 5th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 23, 2020 - 06:23 |March 23, 2020 Candidates Chess Tournament 2020

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Nepomniatchi leads with 3.5 points.

Results of the round

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

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.22"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Giri, Anish"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D12"]  [WhiteElo "2763"]  [BlackElo "2842"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2  Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Kb1 Qb8 14. h4 g5  15. Be1 g4 16. e4 gxf3 17. gxf3 b6 18. exd5 exd5 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Ne2 Qa7 21.  b3 Nh5 22. Ng3 g6 23. Nxh5 Rxh5 24. f4 Kf8 25. Be2 Rh8 26. Bd3 c5 27. Bc3 cxd4  28. Bxd4 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxf5 b5 32. Rh2 Rh5 33. Re2 d4 34.  Re5 Ng4 35. Rc5 Ne3 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Ke7 38. Rc1 Nd5 39. Re1+ Ne3 40.  Rc1 Nd5 41. Re1+ Ne3 42. Rc1 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.22"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Black "Ding, Liren"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C88"]  [WhiteElo "2777"]  [BlackElo "2805"]  [PlyCount "107"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   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 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. a4 f6 13. Ne4 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15.  Be3 Rfc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. b4 Rcc8 19. bxa5 Kh8 20. Bd2 Nb4 21.  Bb3 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Rc1 Nc6 24. c4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Nxa5 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.  d4 Nc6 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qg4 Rd8 31. Be3 Bf6 32. Rc1 Qd7 33. Qh5  Qe8 34. Qf3 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. Re1 Qg6 39. Ba7 Rc8 40.  Qb7 Qc2 41. Be3 Qc6 42. Qb4 h5 43. Bc1 Qc2 44. Be3 Rd8 45. Qb1 Qxb1 46. Rxb1  Kh7 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Rd6 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Kf3 Bg5 51. Ke4 Bxe3 52. fxe3 Re6  53. Rb7 Re8 54. Ra7 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.22"]  [Round "5.3"]  [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]  [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2698"]  [BlackElo "2767"]  [PlyCount "65"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2  Nbd7 9. a3 h5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Rg1 Rc8 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Qe1 Nfd7  15. g4 hxg4 16. Rxg4 g6 17. Rxg6 Rxc3 18. Nxe6 Qc8 19. Ng7+ Kf8 20. Rh6 Rxh6  21. Bxh6 Rxc2 22. Nf5+ Ke8 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. Qh4+ f6 25. Bf4 Rxb2+ 26. Kxb2  Na4+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Ka1 Nxd1 29. Qh7+ Kd8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Kd8 32. Qg8+  Ke7 33. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.22"]  [Round "5.4"]  [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C42"]  [WhiteElo "2774"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [PlyCount "85"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.  Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 12. Bf4 Na6 13. h4 Nc7 14. Ng5  Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Qh3 Kh8  21. h5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. g4 a6 25. b3 Qe6 26. Ne3 Nd6 27.  h6 g6 28. c4 dxc4 29. bxc4 Kg8 30. Qh2 Kf7 31. c5 Nb5 32. Qb8 Qd7 33. Qh8 Ke6  34. f4 Nxd4 35. Qg8+ Qf7 36. Qc8+ Qd7 37. Qg8+ Qf7 38. Qd8 Qd7 39. f5+ gxf5 40.  gxf5+ Nxf5 41. Qxd7+ Kxd7 42. Nxf5 Ke6 43. Ne3 1-0

Pairings of the 6th round

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

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Monday Quiz 23.3.20

By Yelena Dembo | March 23, 2020 - 06:11 |March 24, 2020 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Black to play

The solution is: 37… Ba6 0-1

Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 4th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 22, 2020 - 07:03 |March 22, 2020 Candidates Chess Tournament 2020

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Vachier-Lagrave, Wang Hao and Nepomniachtchi lead with 2.5 points.

Results of the round

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

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.21"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D87"]  [WhiteElo "2842"]  [BlackElo "2774"]  [PlyCount "110"]  [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. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Rac1  Na5 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. h4 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. h5 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Qc8 20. h6 Bf8  21. d5 e6 22. Nc3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qd2 exd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qb4 27.  Qd3 Qa3 28. Qc2 Qa5 29. Qd1 Bd6 30. g3 Kf8 31. Qf3 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 f5 33. g4 Qb1  34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Qe3 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 fxe4 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kd7  40. a4 Bc7 41. Be3 a6 42. Bd2 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Kd4 Bb6+ 45. Kd3 Bc5 46. Bc3  Ba3 47. Bg7 Bc5 48. Bc3 Bf8 49. Bg7 Be7 50. Kd4 Bd6 51. Bf6 Kc7 52. Bg5 Kb6 53.  Bd8+ Ka6 54. Kd3 Bf8 55. Kd4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.21"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D78"]  [WhiteElo "2762"]  [BlackElo "2698"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3  Bf5 9. Bb2 a4 10. bxa4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Ra6 14. e3 Qxa4  15. Bf1 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nb6 18. Ra7 Rb8 19. Ne5 Nfd7 20. Bb5 f6 21.  Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Ra5 Bf5 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Bc5 Nd7 25. Ra7 Nxc5 26. dxc5 e5 27. b4  b6 28. c6 Bxb4 29. e4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. c7 Rf8 32. Bc4+ Kh8 33. Be6 Bf5  34. c8=Q Rxc8 35. Bxc8 Bxc8 36. Ra8 Kg7 37. Rxc8 Bc5 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. h4 f5 40.  Kg2 e4 41. Kf1 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.21"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2767"]  [BlackElo "2777"]  [PlyCount "106"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   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 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.  Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bc1  Nxc3 21. Rd3 Na4 22. Rf3 Bd5 23. Rf4 Nb6 24. Ref1 Rg6 25. Rf5 Bc4 26. Re1 Ke7  27. h5 Rh6 28. g4 Rhh8 29. a4 Nxa4 30. Ba3+ c5 31. e6 f6 32. Bxc5+ Nxc5 33.  Rxc5 fxg5 34. Rxc7+ Kd6 35. Rxc4 a5 36. Rd1+ Ke7 37. Re4 Rhd8 38. Rb1 Rdb8 39.  Rb5 a4 40. Rxg5 Rg8 41. h6 gxh6 42. Rxg8 Rxg8 43. Rxa4 h5 44. Kf2 Rxg4 45. Rxg4  hxg4 46. Kg3 Kxe6 47. Kxg4 Ke5 48. Kf3 Kd4 49. Ke2 Kc3 50. Kd1 b5 51. Kc1 b4  52. Kb1 b3 53. cxb3 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.21"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Ding, Liren"]  [Black "Giri, Anish"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E00"]  [WhiteElo "2805"]  [BlackElo "2763"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5  cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. e3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Bxb4  Qxb4 15. b3 h5 16. Nc3 h4 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Nf4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rfc8 20. Bf3 a4 21.  bxa4 Ra8 22. Nd3 Qxa4 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 24. Nc5 Ra5 25. a4 Rca8 26. Bd1 Be8 27. Kf1  Kf8 28. Rab1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Rb7 c5 31. Bb3 R5a7 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Ke1  Ke7 34. Ra1 c4 35. Bc2 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kc5 37. Kc3 Ra6 38. g4 g5 39. a5 Bc6 40. Ra2  Ra7 41. Ra1 Ra6 42. Ra2 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 5th round

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

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Sunday Quiz 22.3.20

By Yelena Dembo | March 22, 2020 - 06:53 |March 23, 2020 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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White to play

The solution is: 32. Re6 1-0

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