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   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.21"]   [Round "9.1"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C88"]   [WhiteElo "2780"]   [BlackElo "2757"]   [PlyCount "93"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4     b4 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 d6 11. c3 Rb8 12. h3 Re8 13. d4 Bf8 14. a5 bxc3 15. bxc3   exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Ba3 d5 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Qf3 Ba8 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. e5 Kg8     exf6 Qxf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qc3 c5 25. Nf3 Rb8 26. Ne5 cxd4 27. Qxd4 Bd6   Bb2 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rb5 31. Bd1 Nd3 32. Bd4 Bc6 33. Bc2 Nf4 34.     Be5 Rc5 35. Bd1 Nd3 36. Bd6 Rc3 37. Bg4 Kf7 38. Ra2 Bb5 39. Re2 Rc6 40. Bb8 Nc5     Re5 d4 42. Bf3 Rc8 43. Bd6 Ne6 44. Bh5+ Kf6 45. Bg4 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Bc4 47.     Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.21"]   [Round "9.2"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C50"]   [WhiteElo "2762"]   [BlackElo "2786"]   [PlyCount "131"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Na3     Ne7 9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Ne3 Ng4 13. Qd2 a5 14. d4 Ra8 15.   dxe5 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. Bc2 Re8 19. f3 b6 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. b4   Nd7 22. Bb3 Nf6 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Ra7 26. b5 Bb7 27. c4 Qe5 28.   Rac1 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. f4 f6 32. Rc3 Kd7 33. Rh3 h6 34. Rg3   Re7 35. Rg6 Bxd5 36. cxd5 Ra8 37. Kf3 Rae8 38. Kg4 Rxe4 39. Rxg7+ Kc8 40. Rd2   Kb8 41. Rc2 Rc8 42. Ra2 Rd4 43. Kf5 Rxd5+ 44. Kxf6 Rf8+ 45. Rf7 Rxf7+ 46. Kxf7   Rf5+ 47. Kg6 Rxf4 48. g3 Rc4 49. Kxh6 d5 50. Kh5 d4 51. g4 d3 52. h4 Rd4 53.   Rd2 Kc8 54. g5 Kd7 55. Kg6 Rxh4 56. Rxd3+ Ke8 57. Ra3 Rc4 58. Kg7 Kd7 59. g6 c6     Kf6 cxb5 61. g7 Rg4 62. axb5 Rg1 63. Rd3+ Ke8 64. Re3+ Kd7 65. Re5 Rxg7 66.     Rd5+ 1-0

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.21"]   [Round "9.3"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D70"]   [WhiteElo "2793"]   [BlackElo "2794"]   [PlyCount "191"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2     e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 12. h5 Nb4 13. hxg6 Bf5 14. gxh7+ Kh8 15.   Rd1 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd7 18. Nh3 f5 19. f4 Rc8 20. g3 Nc4 21. Bxc4   Rxc4 22. fxe5 f4 23. Nxf4 Qg5 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxe5 26. Qb4 Rf7 27. Nce2   Bg4 28. Qe4 Qf6 29. Rh4 Bf5 30. Qe3 b6 31. b3 Re7 32. Qd2 Rc7 33. d6 Bxd6 34.   Qd5 Rf7 35. Kg2 Bc5 36. Rh5 Bg4 37. Rh6 Qxh6 38. Qxf7 Qc6+ 39. Nd5 Be6 40. Qf6+   Kxh7 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Qg5+   Kf8 47. Nef4 Bf7 48. Qe5 Kg8 49. Kh3 Qd6 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Qf5 Ke7 52. N6d5+ Kf8     Kg4 Bd4 54. Nc7 Be5 55. Ncd5 a5 56. Qc8+ Kg7 57. Ne3 Kh7 58. Qb7 Kg8 59.     Qa8+ Qb8 60. Qe4 Qd6 61. Nf5 Qd1+ 62. Ne2 Bg7 63. Nxg7 Kxg7 64. Qe5+ Kg6 65.   Kf3 Qd3+ 66. Kf2 Qc2 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Qd4+ Kg8 69. Qg4+ Kf8 70. Qa4 Be8 71.   Qa3+ Kg8 72. Qe7 Bf7 73. Qd8+ Kg7 74. Qd4+ Kg8 75. Qa4 Qd2 76. Qg4+ Kf8 77.   Qc8+ Ke7 78. Qc7+ Kf8 79. a3 Bxb3 80. Qb8+ Kf7 81. Qb7+ Kg8 82. Qxb6 Qa2 83.   Qd8+ Kf7 84. Qd7+ Kg8 85. Qe8+ Kg7 86. Qe7+ Bf7 87. g4 Qd2 88. Qc5 Be6 89. Qe5+   Kf7 90. g5 Qa2 91. Qf6+ Ke8 92. Qh8+ Ke7 93. Qh7+ Kf8 94. Qh8+ Ke7 95. Qg7+ Ke8     Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.21"]   [Round "9.4"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2790"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "88"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5     exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. b4 Bc4 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4     Nd2 Bxa2 16. Bxe4 Bxb1 17. Qxb1 Nf6 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. e4 Rd8 20. Be3 Ng4   h3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Qc2 Qg5 25. Rf3 c5 26. Qb3 cxd4 27.     Qxf7+ Kh8 28. h4 Qe5 29. Nc4 Qxe4 30. Rf4 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Rg8 32. exd4 b5 33. Ne5   Bd6 34. Qd5 Qc2+ 35. Kg1 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Qe2 37. Rf2 Qe3 38. Kg2 b4 39. e6 h6 40.   Qd7 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Kh7 42. e7 Ra8 43. Rg2 b3 44. Qb5 Qxe7 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 10th round

Svidler-Nakamura

Karjakin-Giri

Caruana-Anand

Aronian-Topalov

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Candidates Tournament 2016 8th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 21, 2016 - 10:49 |March 21, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Svidler-Karjakin (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Aronian and Karjakin share 1st-2nd with 5 points.

Results of the 8th round

Aronian 1/2 Giri

Svidler 1/2 Karjakin

Topalov 1/2 Anand

Caruana 1-0 Nakamura

Standings after 8 rounds

Aronian, Karjakin 5

Caruana, Anand 4.5

Giri 4

Svidler 3.5

Nakamura 3

Topalov 2.5

Games of the round

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.20"]   [Round "8.1"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2757"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "99"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.     bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 11. Qa4 h6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc5 f4 15.   Bb2 Rb8 16. c4 Nde7 17. g4 b6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. g5 h5 20. Rfd1 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4     Qxa7 Qd7 23. Qa3 h4 24. Qc3 Bf5 25. h3 Bxh3 26. Qe5 Ng6 27. Qd5+ Be6 28.     Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Kh2 Ra8 30. Bh3 Bxh3 31. Kxh3 Ra3 32. Rdc1 Rea8 33. Rc2 Kf7 34.   d4 Rd8 35. d5 Ne5 36. Rb1 Kg6 37. d6 cxd6 38. Rxb6 Kh5 39. Nxd6 Rda8 40. Rb5   Nc6 41. g6+ Kxg6 42. Rc1 Kh7 43. Rg1 R3a7 44. Rg4 Kg8 45. Rh5 Ne7 46. Rgxh4 Ng6     Rg4 Nf8 48. Rxf4 Rxa2 49. Rfh4 g6 50. Re5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.20"]   [Round "8.2"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2794"]   [BlackElo "2790"]   [PlyCount "65"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.     Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Ne3 a5 12. Nf5 a4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nc5     g4 Be6 16. Kb1 b4 17. g5 b3 18. Rhg1 bxa2+ 19. Ka1 Bxf5 20. exf5 a3 21. b3     Na6 22. c3 Bf8 23. Nd2 fxg5 24. Rxg5 Nc5 25. Rg3 e4 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Nxe4 Bd6     Rh3 Be5 29. d4 Bf6 30. Rg1 Rb8 31. Kxa2 Bh4 32. Rg4 Qd5 33. c4 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.20"]   [Round "8.3"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D30"]   [WhiteElo "2786"]   [BlackElo "2793"]   [PlyCount "84"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.     Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Ne5 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 Be7 14. f3   Rg8 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Nd2 b6 18. Kf2 Bb7 19. h4 Rac8 20. f4 Bf6 21.   b4 Rg7 22. Be2 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. Bf3 Ba6 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4   f4 28. e4 Be7 29. a3 e5 30. dxe5 Ke6 31. Ke2 Kxe5 32. Rh5+ Bg5 33. Bg4 Rd8 34.   Rxc6 Kxe4 35. Re6+ Kd4 36. Rh3 Kc4 37. Re5 Kd4 38. Re6 Kc4 39. Bf5 Re7 40. Rxe7   Bxe7 41. Rh7 Bd6 42. Rxa7 Re8+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.20"]   [Round "8.4"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2780"]   [BlackElo "2762"]   [PlyCount "101"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.     Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. b3 c6 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. O-O Qf6     Ne5 Nd6 16. Rae1 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Qg6 18. f3 f6 19. a4 Ne6 20. Qd2 h5 21. Ba3     Nf5 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. exf4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Kf2 Nh6 27. Qd3   b6 28. Bb4 Qe6 29. Qc2 Kf7 30. Ba3 Qd7 31. Bb4 Nf5 32. Qd3 g6 33. g3 Ng7 34.   Qe3 Kg8 35. Qd3 Kh7 36. Kg2 Qf5 37. Qc3 Qe6 38. Qd3 a5 39. Bd2 Qf5 40. Qc3 Qe6     Qd3 Qf5 42. Qc3 h4 43. g4 Qb1 44. Be3 Qd1 45. Bf2 Qe2 46. Qe3 Qxe3 47. Bxe3     Ne6 48. Kh3 g5 49. f5 Nf4+ 50. Bxf4 gxf4 51. Kg2 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 9th round

Topalov-Svidler

Anand-Aronian

Giri-Caruana

Nakamura-Karjakin

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