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Candidates Tournament 2016 3rd round

By Yelena Dembo | March 14, 2016 - 06:48 |March 14, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

Topalov-Aronian (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Karjakin, Anand and Aronian lead with 2 points out of 3. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 3rd round

Nakamura	1/2	Svidler
Giri	1/2	Karjakin
Anand	1/2	Caruana
Topalov	0-1	Aronian

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.13"]   [Round "3.1"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D16"]   [WhiteElo "2790"]   [BlackElo "2757"]   [PlyCount "127"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O     cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 b6     Ne5 Bh4 16. g3 Be7 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. d5 Qc7 19. d6 Qc5 20. Ng4 Bxc3 21. bxc3     Nc6 22. Rab1 a6 23. d7 Bb7 24. Bd3 Rfd8 25. Qe4 Kf8 26. Qh7 h5 27. Ne3 Ne5 28.   Be4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Ra7 30. Nd5 Ng4 31. Ne3 Nf6 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. Rxb4 Nxd7 34.   Rxb6 Nxb6 35. Rxd8+ Ke7 36. Rd4 a5 37. Nc4 Nd5 38. Rd3 Rc7 39. Nxa5 Nxc3 40.   Kg2 Nxa4 41. Ra3 Nc3 42. Nb3 g5 43. Nd2 f5 44. h3 Kf6 45. g4 Nd5 46. gxf5 Kxf5     Nf1 Nf4+ 48. Kg3 Rc1 49. Ne3+ Kg6 50. Kh2 Rb1 51. Ng2 Rb2 52. Nxf4+ gxf4   Kg1 e5 54. Ra5 Re2 55. h4 f3 56. Kh2 Rxf2+ 57. Kg3 Re2 58. Kxf3 Re1 59. Ra8     Rh1 60. Ke4 Rxh4+ 61. Kxe5 Rb4 62. Rg8+ Kh7 63. Rg1 Kh6 64. Kf5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.13"]   [Round "3.2"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2793"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [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. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bc1 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Nd3 a5 15.   Rc1 c6 16. Na4 Rc8 17. e3 Ba6 18. Re1 h5 19. Bh3 Ng4 20. Nf4 g6 21. Bxg4 hxg4     Qxg4 Nf6 23. Qg5 Be7 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Nc5 bxc5 27. dxc5 Rf8   Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.13"]   [Round "3.3"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2762"]   [BlackElo "2794"]   [PlyCount "79"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4     Bb6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qc2 exd4 12. cxd4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Be6     Be3 Qc8 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Be2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rad8 20. Red1 h5   Qd4 Qg5 22. Qd2 Qe5 23. Qe3 a6 24. Rd4 Bd7 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. g3 Re6 27. Bg2     h4 28. gxh4 Rde8 29. Bf3 a5 30. a4 Qc5 31. Qf4 Re5 32. R1d3 R8e6 33. Kh2 Qb6     Rd2 Qd8 35. Qg3 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxd6     Qxh4 40. Qxh4 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.13"]   [Round "3.4"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2780"]   [BlackElo "2786"]   [PlyCount "100"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 e4 7. Nh4 d6 8. Nxb4     Nxb4 9. a3 Nc6 10. d3 d5 11. O-O exd3 12. Qxd3 Ne5 13. Qd4 Nxc4 14. e4 Be6 15.   b3 Na5 16. Qa4 Nc6 17. Rd1 Nxe4 18. Bb2 Qe7 19. b4 a6 20. Qc2 f6 21. Rac1 Rad8     Bf1 Rd7 23. f3 Nd6 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Bd3 g5 26. Ng2 Nc4 27. f4 Nxb2 28. Qxb2     Bh3 29. a4 h6 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Ne7 32. Qf2 Nf5 33. Qf3 Kg7 34. Kh1 Re7 35.   Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Qh5 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 f5 39. Qe2 Rf6 40. Qb2 gxf4 41.   gxf4 Kh7 42. Kh1 Qg7 43. Qe2 d4 44. Qf3 c6 45. bxc6 bxc6 46. h3 Rg6 47. Rb1 Rg3     Qh5 Qd7 49. Kh2 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Qd5 0-1

Pairings of the 4th round

Svidler-Aronian

Caruana-Topalov

Karjakin-Anand

Nakamura-Giri

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Monday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | March 14, 2016 - 06:35 |March 14, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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FIDE Women’s World Championship 2016 match 8th game

By Yelena Dembo | March 13, 2016 - 07:04 |March 13, 2016 FIDE Women's World Championship 2016

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M.Muzychuk-Hou (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

The 8th game was drawn and Hou leads with a 5-3 score.

   [Event "WCh Women 2016"]   [Site "Lviv UKR"]   [Date "2016.03.12"]   [Round "8"]   [White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]   [Black "Hou, Yifan"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A46"]   [WhiteElo "2554"]   [BlackElo "2673"]   [PlyCount "88"]   [EventDate "2016.03.02"]         d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O Bb7 6. a4 b4 7. c4 a5 8. Bg5 Nbd7   Nbd2 Be7 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qc2 c6 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 Be7 15. c5 g5   h3 Kg7 17. Rfe1 Rh8 18. Bf1 Qg8 19. Re3 Kf8 20. Ne1 h5 21. Ng2 Ke8 22. Kh2     Nf8 23. Bd3 Ba6 24. f4 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qh7 26. Rf1 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 gxf4 28. Nxf4   Ng6 29. Nb3 Bg5 30. Nxg6 fxg6 31. Rdf3 Ra7 32. Kg2 Rg8 33. Kf2 Rf8 34. Kg2 Rxf3     Rxf3 Bd8 36. Nc1 g5 37. Nd3 Rg7 38. g4 h4 39. Nc1 Rg8 40. Nb3 Rg7 41. Kf2     Rf7 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 43. Kf3 Ke8 44. Kf2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

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Candidates Tournament 2016 2nd round

By Yelena Dembo | March 13, 2016 - 06:49 |March 13, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Karjakin-Nakamura (Photo taken from the official site)

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

Anand and Karjakin lead with 1.5 points.

Results of the 2nd round

Aronian	0.5	1/2	1	Anand
Caruana	0.5	1/2	0.5	Giri
Karjakin	0.5	1-0	0.5	Nakamura
Svidler	0.5	1/2	0	Topalov

Standings after 2 rounds

Anand, Karjakin 1.5

Svidler, Caruana, Giri, Aronian 1

Nakamura, Topalov 0.5

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.12"]   [Round "2.1"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C67"]   [WhiteElo "2757"]   [BlackElo "2780"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5   Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5   cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7   Rae1 b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxa4 Be6 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Qxa5 Qxd4 27.     Bxc6 Qxb2 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qf6 30. g3 g6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.12"]   [Round "2.2"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2786"]   [BlackElo "2762"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.     Nd2 Nd5 9. Bg3 N7b6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Ba6 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. bxc3   Bxc5 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qg5 17. Nf3 Qg6 18. Qd2 Bb5 19. Qe1 Ba4 20. Ne5 Qg5     Rd2 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxc4 26. Rb1     Rc8 27. h3 a6 28. c4 Rxc4 29. Rb8 Rc8 30. Qb6 Rxb8 31. Qxb8 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.12"]   [Round "2.3"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2794"]   [BlackElo "2793"]   [PlyCount "83"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4     exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qd1 f6 15. e6   Nb8 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 Nbc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Bd2 Bc2 21. Qe2 Bxb3     axb3 Bxd4 23. Bb4 Bc5 24. Rec1 b6 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Ra6 Qb7 27. Rxc5 Rfe8   Qb5 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 d4 30. Nf5 Rad8 31. Rxa7 Nxf5 32. gxf5 d3 33. Ra1 g6 34.     Rc5 Re7 35. Rd1 gxf5 36. Rc6 Rd4 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Rc4 Rd5 40. Rc3 d2     Re3 Rd6 42. Re2 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.12"]   [Round "2.4"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2790"]   [PlyCount "75"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5     exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nf8 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bc1 Ne6     Bb2 Bd6 16. e3 a6 17. Ne2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd3 Nce4 20. Rac1 Rc8 21.     Qb1 Qe7 22. Bd4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 b5 24. b4 Nd7 25. a3 Nf8 26. Ba1 Ne6 27. Qa2 Bc7     Nd4 Bb6 29. h4 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. exd4 Qe3+ 33. Qf2 Qxd3   Rc7 f5 35. Rxb7 h6 36. Bxd5+ Kh7 37. Bg2 Re2 38. Bf1 1-0

Pairings of the 3rd round

Nakamura – Svidler

Giri – Karjakin

Anand – Caruana

Topalov – Aronian

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