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Candidates Tournament 2016 14th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 29, 2016 - 07:07 |March 29, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Karjakin (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Karjakin won against Caruana in the last round and thus won the event with 8.5 points. Karjakin also won the right to play Magnus Carlsen for the crown.

Results of the last round

Sviler 1/2 Anand

Giri 1/2 Topalov

Nakamura 1/2 Aronian

Karjakin 1-0 Caruana

Games of the round

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.28"]   [Round "14.1"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2757"]   [BlackElo "2762"]   [PlyCount "69"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2     Bc5 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Be6 11. d3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nce7 14. Ncxd5 Nxd5     Nc4 Bd6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd4 Qe7 19. e4 c5 20. Qd1 Nc7 21.     Be3 b6 22. f4 Rad8 23. Qc2 Bd5 24. Rbe1 Bxe4 25. Bxc5 Bxc2 26. Bxe7 Rd7 27. Bh4   Rxe1 28. Rxe1 f6 29. g4 Nd5 30. Bg3 f5 31. gxf5 Nf6 32. Bf2 Rd6 33. Re6 Rd1+     Re1 Rd6 35. Re6 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.28"]   [Round "14.2"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E06"]   [WhiteElo "2793"]   [BlackElo "2780"]   [PlyCount "58"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5     Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Rd8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Rb8 14. f4 e5     f5 Nd4 16. g4 b6 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Kf2 h6 20. h4 g5 21. fxg6     fxg6 22. Rhg1 Ne6 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh7 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. Rc6 Nd4 27. Rc3 Ne6     Rc6 Nd4 29. Rc3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.28"]   [Round "14.3"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D38"]   [WhiteElo "2790"]   [BlackElo "2786"]   [PlyCount "65"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2     a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 h6 11. Rd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. O-O Bd7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.   Nxe5 Rxe5 16. f4 Bf5 17. Qb3 Re7 18. Qxb7 Bc2 19. Rc1 Rb8 20. Qxa6 Rxb2 21. Nd1   Rb6 22. Qa5 Bb3 23. Nf2 Qb8 24. Bxb3 Rxb3 25. a4 Qb7 26. Qf5 Bb4 27. Bxb4 Qxb4     e4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxc7 Rxa4 32. Kh2 Rb2 33. Rf3     1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.28"]   [Round "14.4"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "B67"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2794"]   [PlyCount "83"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.     O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nxc6   Qxc6 15. Bd3 h5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 Qc5 18. Rhf1 Bh6 19. Qe1 a5 20. b3 Rg8 21.   g3 Ke7 22. Bc4 Be3 23. Rf3 Rg4 24. Qf1 Rf8 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 a4 27. bxa4   Bxa4 28. Qd3 Bc6 29. Bb3 Rg5 30. e5 Rxe5 31. Rc4 Rd5 32. Qe2 Qb6 33. Rh4 Re5     Qd3 Bg2 35. Rd4 d5 36. Qd2 Re4 37. Rxd5 exd5 38. Qxd5 Qc7 39. Qf5 Rf7 40.     Bxf7 Qe5 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Rd8+ 1-0

Final standings

Karjakin 8.5

Caruana, Anand 7.5

Giri, Svidler, Aronian, Nakamura 7

Topalov 4.5pts

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By Yelena Dembo | March 29, 2016 - 06:51 |March 29, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Candidates Tournament 2016 13th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 28, 2016 - 10:26 |March 28, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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

Karjakin and Caruana lead with 7.5 points.

Results of the 13th round

Aronian 1/2 Karjakin

Caruana 1/2 Svidler

Anand 1/2 Giri

Topalov 0-1 Nakamura

Standings after 13 rounds

Karjakin, Caruana 7.5

Anand 7

Nakamura, Giri, Aronian, Svidler 6.5

Topalov 4

Games of the round

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.27"]   [Round "13.1"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C84"]   [WhiteElo "2794"]   [BlackElo "2757"]   [PlyCount "231"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4     Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 b4 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. a5 g6 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Ba4   Bd7 16. Nf1 h6 17. Ng3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bg7 19. h3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ne4 Nb8     Bb3 Be6 23. Bd2 Nd7 24. Ba4 f5 25. Ng3 c5 26. Bb3 Qc7 27. h4 N5f6 28. Bxe6+     Rxe6 29. h5 f4 30. Ne4 Nxh5 31. d4 Qc6 32. Qb3 c4 33. Qa4 Qd5 34. Rad1 Rae8 35.   dxe5 Nxe5 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. Bxf4 Qb5 38. Qxb5 Rxb5 39. Bd6 Kh8 40. g4 Nf6 41.   Nxf6 Rxe1+ 42. Rxe1 Bxf6 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Bb4 Re5 45. Rc8 Re6 46. Rc7+ Kg8 47.   Rxc4 h5 48. Kg2 Kf7 49. Rc5 hxg4 50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Rc4 Kd7 52. Rxg4 Be5 53. c4   Bc7 54. Kf3 Rf6+ 55. Ke3 Re6+ 56. Kd3 Rf6 57. Ke3 Re6+ 58. Kd3 Rf6 59. Rg5 Rxf2     Rxg6 Rf3+ 61. Kc2 Rf5 62. Rxa6 Kc8 63. Kd3 Rh5 64. c5 Kb7 65. Rg6 Bxa5 66.     Bxa5 Rxc5 67. Bb4 Rc6 68. Bd6 Kc8 69. Kd4 Rb6 70. Kd5 Rb7 71. Rg8+ Kd7 72. Bc5   Kc7 73. Rg6 Kd7 74. Rh6 Kc7 75. Rc6+ Kd7 76. Bb6 Ke8 77. Bd4 Kd7 78. Rd6+ Kc8     Ke6 Kc7 80. Ra6 Rb5 81. Ra1 Kc6 82. Rc1+ Kb7 83. Kd6 Ka6 84. Rc6+ Ka5 85.     Bc5 Rb7 86. Kd5 Kb5 87. Bd6 Ka4 88. Ra6+ Kb5 89. Ra1 Kb6 90. Rc1 Kb5 91. Rc6   Ka4 92. Bc5 Kb5 93. Rd6 Ka4 94. Kc6 Rb8 95. Rd3 Rc8+ 96. Kd5 Rd8+ 97. Bd6 Rc8     Ra3+ Kb5 99. Rb3+ Ka4 100. Rb4+ Ka5 101. Bc5 Rh8 102. Rb7 Ka4 103. Kc4 Rh4+   Bd4 Rh5 105. Bf2 Rg5 106. Rh7 Rg4+ 107. Bd4 Rg5 108. Rh8 Rb5 109. Ra8+ Ra5   Rb8 Rh5 111. Bf6 Ka5 112. Bc3+ Ka6 113. Bd4 Rh6 114. Be3 Re6 115. Rb3 Rc6+   Kd5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.27"]   [Round "13.2"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2786"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "202"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.     d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. b4 f6 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15.   bxc5 a4 16. Rb1 Rfb8 17. Qc2 Nde7 18. Rb2 Bb3 19. Qb1 Kh8 20. Rc1 Na7 21. Bb4   Nb5 22. Nd2 Bf7 23. e3 Bg6 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Be1 Nxa3 26. c6 Qe7 27. Qa2 bxc6 28.   Rxc6 Bf7 29. Rc5 Nxe3 30. Qxa3 Rxb2 31. Qxb2 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 a3 33. Qb7 Qd8 34.   Qxc7 Qxc7 35. Rxc7 Bd5 36. Rc5 a2 37. Bc3 Bg8 38. Ba1 Rb8 39. Ra5 Rb1 40. Bc3   Rd1 41. Kf3 Rxd3+ 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. f4 Bc4+ 44. Kf2 exf4 45. gxf4 Kg8 46. Nd2 Bf7     Ke3 h5 48. f5 Rc8 49. Ne4 Bd5 50. Rc5 Rd8 51. Nd2 Bf7 52. Ra5 Rc8 53. Ne4     Bd5 54. Nc5 Re8+ 55. Kd3 Rd8 56. Bd4 Re8 57. Kd2 Ra8 58. Rxa8+ Bxa8 59. Ke3 Kh7     Kf4 Kh6 61. Ne6 Kh7 62. Nf8+ Kg8 63. Ng6 Kf7 64. Ke3 Bc6 65. Bb2 Bd7 66.     Ke4 Bc6+ 67. Kd4 Bd7 68. Nh4 Ba4 69. Ng2 Bc2 70. Ne3 Bb1 71. Kc3 Kg8 72. Nc2   Kh7 73. Nd4 Kh6 74. Bc1+ Kh7 75. Kb2 Kg8 76. Bd2 Kh7 77. Bb4 Kg8 78. Bc3 Kh7     Kc1 Kh6 80. h4 Kh7 81. Kd2 Kg8 82. Ke3 Kh7 83. Kf4 Bd3 84. Nc6 Kg8 85. Nb4     Bb1 86. Na6 Kf7 87. Nc5 Bc2 88. Ne4 Bd1 89. Ng3 Kg8 90. Ke3 Bc2 91. Bb2 Kh7 92.   Kf4 Bd1 93. Ne4 Bc2 94. Nd6 Kg8 95. Ke3 Kf8 96. Kd4 Ke7 97. Kc5 Kd7 98. Bc3 Bd3     Kd5 Bc2 100. Ne4 Bxe4+ 101. Kxe4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.27"]   [Round "13.3"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2780"]   [BlackElo "2790"]   [PlyCount "80"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3     Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 d4 11. exd4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Qxd8   Rxd8 15. Be2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Ng4 17. e4 Be6 18. O-O Ne3 19. Rfc1 Rd2 20. Bf3 Rad8     e5 b6 22. Ne4 Rb2 23. Re1 Nc4 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rac1 Rd4 27. h3     b5 28. Rc3 Rdd2 29. a4 a6 30. Bb7 Nb6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Be4 Nc4 33. Rg3 Re2 34.   Ra1 Nxe5 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Bh7 g5 37. Bg8+ Kf6 38. Rf8+ Kg7 39. Re8 Ng6 40. Bxe6   Nf4 0-1

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.27"]   [Round "13.4"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C50"]   [WhiteElo "2762"]   [BlackElo "2793"]   [PlyCount "103"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Na3     Ne7 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Nh4 d5 12. exd5 Nexd5 13. Nf3 Qd6 14. Re1 Bg4 15.   Bh4 Rae8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. d4 c5 20. Be2 cxd4 21. Ncxd4   Re4 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Rad1 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qb6+ 26. Kf1 Nh5 27. g4   fxg3 28. Bd3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Nf4 30. Nd4 g6 31. Be4 Qf6 32. Bf3 g2+ 33. Bxg2   Nd3+ 34. Nf3 Nxe1 35. Kxe1 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Qe4 Rb8 38. Qd4 Qe6+ 39. Kf2   Qb3 40. Ne5 Qxb2+ 41. Kg1 Rc8 42. Qf4 Qa2 43. c4 Qa7+ 44. Kh2 bxc4 45. Bd5 Rf8     Qf6 Qa2+ 47. Kg3 Qa7 48. Kg2 Qa2+ 49. Kf3 Qa3+ 50. Kg4 Qa7 51. Kf3 Qa3+ 52.     Kg4 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the last round

Svidler-Anand

Giri-Topalov

Nakamura-Aronian

Karjakin-Caruana

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