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Candidates Tournament 2016 11th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 25, 2016 - 06:13 |March 25, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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

Caruana and Anand share 1st-2nd with 6.5 points.

Results of the 11th round

Anand 1-0 Karjakin

Topalov 1/2 Caruana

Aronian 0-1 Svidler

Giri 1/2 Nakamura

Standings after 11 rounds

Caruana, Anand 6.5

Karjakin 6

Aronian, Svidler, Giri 5.5

Nakamura 4.5

Topalov 4

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.24"]   [Round "11.1"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D16"]   [WhiteElo "2786"]   [BlackElo "2757"]   [PlyCount "96"]   [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. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Rad1 Nbd5 14. Bc1 Bc6     Rd3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. Rg3 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 g6 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Bh6 Re8 21.     f4 Bf8 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Ng4 h5 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Ne5 Kh7 26. Qc2 Rg8 27. Rg5 Kh8     Rf3 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Qd6 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Rg3 Rh8 32. Qb2 Rac8 33. Qxb7 Rb8 34.     Qe4 Rhc8 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. axb5 Qa3 37. Qc2 Rb8 38. Qe2 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qxf4+ 40.   Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Kg8 43. Qb2 a6 44. c4 axb5 45. c5 Qe4 46. Qd2   Qb1+ 47. Kf2 Ra8 48. Qe1 Qb2+ 0-1

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.24"]   [Round "11.2"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A33"]   [WhiteElo "2780"]   [BlackElo "2794"]   [PlyCount "82"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.     Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. Qa4 Ra7 11. h3 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qc6 13. hxg4 Qxh1 14. Bxe5   Qc6 15. Bd4 Ra8 16. a3 Be7 17. Qh5 Kf8 18. O-O-O b6 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Nb5 Rd8 21.   Bc3 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qf3 23. Rd2 Bf6 24. Bb4+ Kg8 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Qh3 Qe4+ 27. Bd3   Qd5 28. Bb4 Qf3 29. Bf1 h5 30. Bg2 Qxg4 31. Qxg4 hxg4 32. Bd6 Rc4 33. Ka2 Rh2     Bf1 Rc1 35. Bd3 Bg5 36. Bf4 Be7 37. e4 Bc5 38. e5 Re1 39. Rc2 g5 40. Bxg5     Rxe5 41. Bf6 Rd5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.24"]   [Round "11.3"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2762"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "139"]   [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 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Nb3 c6 13. Nc5 Ng6 14. Qh5 Bxc5 15.   dxc5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21.   Be3 g5 22. Rd6 Re8 23. Rad1 Be6 24. b3 Kf7 25. R1d4 Bf5 26. a4 Re7 27. g4 Bh7     b4 Bg8 29. b5 Rc8 30. Rd7 Rce8 31. b6 a6 32. Rc7 Kf8 33. c4 Be6 34. Rxe4     Kf7 35. f4 Rxc7 36. bxc7 Rc8 37. f5 Bd7 38. h4 g6 39. Rd4 Rxc7 40. hxg5 fxg5     Bxg5 Be8 42. f6 Kf8 43. Bf4 Rh7 44. Kg2 Bd7 45. Bg5 Be6 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47.     Rb8 Bxc4 48. Rxb7+ Kg8 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Re8+ Kf7 52. Rc8 Bd5 53.   Kf4 Ke6 54. Re8+ Kd7 55. Ra8 Ke6 56. Re8+ Kd7 57. Re3 a5 58. Kg3 Rf7 59. Kf4   Rh7 60. Re1 Kc8 61. Kg3 Rf7 62. Re8+ Kd7 63. Ra8 Kc7 64. Kf4 Rd7 65. Bh4 Kb7     Re8 Bf7 67. Re4 Bd5 68. Re3 Bf7 69. Kg5 Ka6 70. Re7 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.24"]   [Round "11.4"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C50"]   [WhiteElo "2793"]   [BlackElo "2790"]   [PlyCount "105"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1     Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.   d4 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Bb8 20. Bb4 Bd6 21. Bxd6   Qxd6 22. Re3 Rae8 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. b4 Nc8 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 cxb5     Qxb5 Nd6 29. Qb3 b5 30. Rce1 Qa5 31. Qb1 Qb6 32. Qg6 Qc7 33. Qd3 Re6 34.     Ne2 Rfe8 35. Nf4 R6e7 36. Nfg6 Re6 37. Qb1 Qb7 38. Qb4 Nf5 39. Rf3 Ne7 40. Nf4   Nc6 41. Qb2 R6e7 42. Rfe3 Na7 43. Qb3 Nc8 44. Qb4 Nd7 45. h4 Nxe5 46. dxe5 Rf7     Nh5 Qe7 48. Qd4 Ref8 49. e6 Rf5 50. Nxg7 Qxg7 51. Rg3 Rg5 52. Rxg5 hxg5 53.     Qxd5 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 12th round

Svidler-Giri

Nakamura-Anand

Karjakin-Topalov

Caruana-Aronian

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Candidates Tournament 2016 10th round

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Caruana-Anand (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Karjakin and Caruana lead with 6 points.

Results of the 10th round

Caruana 1-0 Anand

Karjakin 1/2 Giri

Aronian 1/2 Topalov

Svidler 1/2 Nakamura

Standings after 10 rounds

Karjakin, Caruana 6

Anand, Aronian 5.5

Giri 5

Svidler 4.5

Nakamura 4

Topalov 3.5

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.23"]   [Round "10.1"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2757"]   [BlackElo "2790"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Na4     a5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. e3 Qe7 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.   cxd5 Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bh3 18. e4 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21.   Nxc6 bxc6 22. b4 Bb6 23. Qxd6 Rxe4 24. Qxc6 Rae8 25. Qxb6 Rh4 26. gxh4 Qg4+ 27.   Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.23"]   [Round "10.2"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D45"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2793"]   [PlyCount "63"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O     dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. Qb3 e5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.   Bxe4 g6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bb2 a4 19. Qc2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qe7 21.   Qc2 Rfe8 22. Bf3 c5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. bxc5 Re5 25. Rfc1 Qc6 26. Rab1 Rxc5 27.   Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Rc5 32. Ke4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.23"]   [Round "10.3"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2794"]   [BlackElo "2762"]   [PlyCount "65"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.     bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 dxc4 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1 Bf5     Ne5 Nd6 16. e4 Bh7 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qh5 Nef5 20. exf5 Qg5 21.     Qxg5+ hxg5 22. f6 Ne4 23. Rfe1 Nxc3 24. Rc1 Nb5 25. Bxb7 Rad8 26. Bc6 Nxd4 27.   Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf2 Nc2 29. Red1 Be4 30. Nxc4 Re6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kg1 Rxf6 33.   Rf1 1-0

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.23"]   [Round "10.4"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2786"]   [BlackElo "2780"]   [PlyCount "116"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Na4     a5 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Bc5 11. e3 Ba7 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Nh4 Qd8 14. Qd2 Ne7 15.   Rad1 c6 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. d4 Qc8 19. Nc3 exd4 20. exd4 Ne4 21. Nxe4   Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qf5 25. Re7 Rb8 26. Kg2 Bb6 27. Qe2   d5 28. c5 Bd8 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Bc3 Rc8 31. Rf8 Bc7 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qe7 Kg8     h4 h5 35. Bd2 Qd8 36. Qe2 g6 37. Qe1 Kg7 38. a3 Qf6 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4     Qf5 41. Qd1 f6 42. Be1 Kf7 43. f3 g5 44. Bf2 Qg6 45. Kf1 Qf5 46. Kg2 g4 47. f4   Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Ke6 49. Qb3 Qe2 50. Qb1 f5 51. Qa1 Qa6 52. Qe1+ Kf7 53. Qb1 Kf6     Qe1 Qa8 55. Qe2 Qc8 56. b5 Qe6 57. Qxe6+ Kxe6 58. b6 Bd8 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 11th round

Aronian-Svidler

Topalov-Caruana

Anand-Karjakin

Giri-Nakamura

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