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Saturday Quiz 21.3.20

By Yelena Dembo | March 21, 2020 - 07:08 |March 22, 2020 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Black to play

The solution is: 26… Nxf2 0-1

Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 3rd round

By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2020 - 08:42 |March 20, 2020 Candidates Chess Tournament 2020

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Vachier-Lagrave, Nepomniachtchi and Wang Hao lead with 2 points. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 2nd round

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

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.19"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Ding, Liren"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D17"]  [WhiteElo "2805"]  [BlackElo "2842"]  [PlyCount "117"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4  O-O 9. Kf2 e5 10. Nxe5 Bc2 11. Qd2 c5 12. d5 Bb3 13. e4 Re8 14. Qf4 c4 15. Nxc4  Nbd7 16. Be3 Nf8 17. Bd4 Ng6 18. Qf5 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Bxc5  Qxc5+ 22. Kf1 h6 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Rd2 Qe3 25. Rc2 a6 26. Qh3 b5 27. Qg3 b4 28.  Nd1 Qb3 29. Rd2 Qxa4 30. Qf2 Qd7 31. g3 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 a5 33. Qd4 Nh5 34. Nf2 Qd7  35. f4 Nhxf4 36. gxf4 Nxf4 37. Kf1 Qd6 38. Rg1 f6 39. Bb5 Re7 40. b3 Rf8 41.  Rc2 Ne6 42. Qe3 Ng5 43. h4 Nf7 44. Rc6 Qb8 45. Qc5 Qd8 46. Rxf6 Kh8 47. Rf5 Rc7  48. Bc6 a4 49. bxa4 b3 50. Rg3 b2 51. Rb3 Nd6 52. Rxf8+ Qxf8 53. Rxb2 Qf4 54.  Rb8+ Kh7 55. Qc2 Re7 56. e5+ Nf5 57. Qe4 Qc1+ 58. Kg2 g6 59. Rb3 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.19"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Giri, Anish"]  [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D85"]  [WhiteElo "2763"]  [BlackElo "2767"]  [PlyCount "59"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8.  d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qd6 11. f4 e6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bxb5 exd5 14. Bc4 Bb7  15. Nf3 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Be2 d4 18. e5 Qd7 19. cxd4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bxf3 21.  Rxf3 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Bd1 Nc4 26. Kf2 Nb2 27.  Rd2 Nc4 28. Rd3 Nb2 29. Rd2 Nc4 30. Rd3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.19"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C42"]  [WhiteElo "2777"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [PlyCount "98"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.  Qe2+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. c3 c5 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O  cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. f3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1  Rac8 21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. g3 Kf7 23. Kg2 g6 24. Bd2 Be3 25. h4 Re6 26. Bxe3 Rxe3  27. Kf2 Re6 28. Rd2 Ke7 29. Rad1 Rec6 30. g4 a6 31. h5 Kf7 32. a3 Re8 33. hxg6+  hxg6 34. g5 Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Re1 exf3 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. Rh1 Kg8 39. Rxb7  Rc2+ 40. Kxf3 Rc5 41. Rh4 Rxg5 42. b4 Rge5 43. Rd4 Re3+ 44. Kf4 Rxa3 45. Rd6  Ra1 46. Rxg6+ Kh8 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rg6+ Kh8 49. Rh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.19"]  [Round "3.4"]  [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]  [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C19"]  [WhiteElo "2698"]  [BlackElo "2774"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [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. Nf3  b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Be2 Ba4 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be3 h6 13. Ra2 Nf5 14. Bf4 Qc6 15.  Rb2 a6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rb4 b5 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Qe2 Nxb4 21. axb4  Qc7 22. Re1 Nb8 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Qg4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 g6 26. h5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 O-O-O  28. f4 Kb8 29. c3 Bb3 30. f5 Bc4 31. Bc2 Rdg8 32. Kf2 a5 33. bxa5 Qxa5 34. Qxf7  Qa2 35. Qxe6 Qxc2 36. Qb6+ Kc8 37. Qc6+ Kb8 38. Qb6+ Kc8 39. Qc6+ Kb8 40. Qb6+  1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 4th round

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

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Friday Quiz 20.3.20

By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2020 - 08:29 |March 21, 2020 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Black to play

The solution is: 31… Ne2+ 0-1

Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 2nd round

By Yelena Dembo | March 19, 2020 - 04:50 |March 19, 2020 Candidates Chess Tournament 2020

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Four players lead with 1.5 points – Nepomniachtchi, Caruana, Vachier-Lagrave and Wang Hao.

Results of the round

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

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.18"]  [Round "2.1"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E20"]  [WhiteElo "2842"]  [BlackElo "2698"]  [PlyCount "67"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5  exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. d6 Bf8 14. h3 Bh5 15.  Nb5 Re6 16. Bf4 a6 17. Nc7 Re4 18. Bh2 Rc8 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Bd3  Nxh2 22. Bxe4 Nxf1 23. Qxf1 Bxd6 24. Nd5 g6 25. Qh3 Kg7 26. Kh1 Ne5 27. Nh4 h5  28. Rg1 Bf8 29. Nf4 Ng4 30. Nxh5+ gxh5 31. Bf5 Be7 32. Bxg4 hxg4 33. Qxg4+ Bg5  34. Qh5 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.18"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2774"]  [BlackElo "2777"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [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. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.  Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. Kh2 Kf8 18. Rb1 b6 19. Rb4 Re8 20. Ra4 a5  21. Bd2 c5 22. Rf4 Rh5 23. Rf3 Kg8 24. Bc1 Ne7 25. g4 hxg3+ 26. fxg3 Nc6 27.  Bf4 Bc8 28. Rfe3 Nd8 29. Kg2 Ne6 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. g4 Rh8 32. Bg5 Kh7 33. Kg3  Rb8 34. Rd3 Rhe8 35. Red1 b5 36. Rd8 b4 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. cxb4 cxb4 39. axb4  axb4 40. Rd8 Rxd8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.18"]  [Round "2.3"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Giri, Anish"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A37"]  [WhiteElo "2762"]  [BlackElo "2763"]  [PlyCount "121"]  [EventDate "2020.03.17"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 d5  9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qc1 a6 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Kh7 15.  Rd1 Re8 16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Bg4 18. f3 Rac8 19. Ba5 Bd7 20. Kf2 h5 21. Bf1  Ng8 22. Bc3 Bh6 23. Rd3 Ne7 24. Rad1 Bg7 25. e3 Kg8 26. R3d2 Ba4 27. Re1 Bd7  28. Ne2 Rc7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Red1 b5 32. a3 Rb8 33. Ne2 a5 34. Nd4  Bd7 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Ra8 37. Rb2 Ra4 38. Rdb1 Rb7 39. Rc1 Rba7 40. Nxb5  Bxb5 41. Bxb5 Ra3 42. Be2 Rb7 43. b5 Rb6 44. Rd1 Kf6 45. Rdd2 Rb7 46. Bd3 Nc8  47. e4 dxe4 48. Bxe4 Rb6 49. Rd7 Rc3 50. Rb7 Rxb7 51. Bxb7 Nb6 52. Be4 Ke5 53.  Rd2 Rb3 54. Bc6 Nc4 55. f4+ Kf6 56. Rd8 Rb2+ 57. Kf3 Nd2+ 58. Ke3 Nf1+ 59. Kf3  Nd2+ 60. Ke2 Ne4+ 61. Kf3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]  [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]  [Date "2020.03.18"]  [Round "2.4"]  [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Black "Ding, Liren"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C88"]  [WhiteElo "2767"]  [BlackElo "2805"]  [PlyCount "73"]  [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 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Bd2 Nd8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 c5 15.  a4 f5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. c4 Nf7 19. cxb5 g5 20. Nh2 Kg7 21. Bc4  Kg6 22. g4 Nh6 23. Qf3 Bd8 24. Qg2 f4 25. b4 Bb6 26. Qe4+ Kg7 27. bxc5 dxc5 28.  Nf3 Nf7 29. Bc3 Bc7 30. b6 Bb8 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. gxf5 Kf6 33. Nd2 Rd8 34. d6  Rxd6 35. Rb1 Nd8 36. b7 Bxb7 37. Ba5 1-0

Pairings of the 3rd round

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

View the most recent articles, analysis, videos and others materials on yesterday’s round below

ChessBase https://en.chessbase.com/post/candidates-2020-r2

Chess24 https://chess24.com/en/read/news/candidates-2020-2-mvl-inflicts-2nd-loss-on-ding-liren

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Thursday Quiz 19.3.20

By Yelena Dembo | March 19, 2020 - 04:38 |March 20, 2020 Chess news

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White to play

The solution is: 25. Bb5 1-0

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