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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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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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