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   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.16"]   [Round "5.1"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D73"]   [WhiteElo "2793"]   [BlackElo "2757"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. cxd5     a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. e4 dxe4     Nxe4 Nd7 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Rb4 e5 20. Rc4 Qb6 21.     Rb4 Qc7 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bf4 Bd7 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Rbd4 Re6 26. Ng5 Ree8 27. Ne4   Re6 28. Ng5 Ree8 29. Ne4 Re6 30. Ng5 Ree8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.16"]   [Round "5.2"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2762"]   [BlackElo "2790"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 a6 8.     Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4 Bb6 11. axb5 Bg4 12. Nf3 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. h3 Be6     Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nh2 O-O 17. Ng4 Qe8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qc6 20. Qd2 d5 21.     f3 d4 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 h6 24. g5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Qxc2 26. Qxe5 Qxd3 27.   Qxe6+ Kh7 28. Qh3+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. Qh3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.16"]   [Round "5.3"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2780"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "81"]   [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 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf4 Bf8     Rb2 Bd6 16. Nd3 Na6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf4 Qe5 19. Rc2 Rad8 20. Na4 c4 21.     Qd2 g5 22. Nh3 h6 23. f4 gxf4 24. Qxf4 cxb3 25. axb3 Kg7 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Nf4   Re7 28. Nd3 Ng4 29. Rf4 Ne3 30. Rd2 d4 31. Bh3 Be4 32. Nac5 Nxc5 33. Nxc5 f5     g4 fxg4 35. Bxg4 Nxg4 36. Rxg4+ Bg6 37. Kf2 Re5 38. Nd3 Rf5+ 39. Ke1 h5 40.     Rg1 a5 41. Rc2 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.16"]   [Round "5.4"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A77"]   [WhiteElo "2786"]   [BlackElo "2794"]   [PlyCount "59"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2     O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Ne5 12. b3 Bg4 13. Bxg4 Nfxg4 14. Bb2 a6     h3 Nf6 16. f4 Ned7 17. Nc4 Nb6 18. Rae1 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Nd7 20. e5 dxe5 21.     f5 b5 22. Ne4 Nb6 23. Bc1 Nxc4 24. d6 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Nxd6 26. Bg5 Qa5 27. Bd2   Qd8 28. Bg5 Qa5 29. Bd2 Qd8 30. Bg5 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 6th round

Anand-Svidler

Topalov-Giri

Aronian-Nakamura

Caruana-Karjakin

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Candidates Tournament 2016 4th round

By Yelena Dembo | March 16, 2016 - 07:19 |March 16, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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

Karjakin is leading the event with 3 points after winning against Anand.

Results of the 4th round

Karjakin	2	1-0	2	Anand
Svidler	1.5	1/2	2	Aronian
Nakamura	1	1/2	1.5	Giri
Caruana	1.5	1/2	0.5	Topalov

Games of the round

  [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.15"]   [Round "4.1"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A22"]   [WhiteElo "2757"]   [BlackElo "2786"]   [PlyCount "81"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8.     O-O d6 9. Nxe5 Nc5 10. Ng4 f5 11. Ne3 f4 12. d4 fxe3 13. dxc5 exf2+ 14. Rxf2   Rxf2 15. Kxf2 Qf8+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ 17. Bxf3 dxc5 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Bd6 Nb6 20. Re1   Bd7 21. Bxc5 Re8 22. Rb1 Be6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Rxb6 Bc8 25. Rb4 Re5 26. Ra4 Kf7     Ra8 Bf5 28. Be2 Re7 29. c5 Kf6 30. a4 Re5 31. Rf8+ Kg6 32. Rb8 Rxc5 33.     Rxb7 Rxc3 34. a5 Bd3 35. Bxd3+ Rxd3 36. a6 c5 37. a7 Ra3 38. Ke2 c4 39. Kd2 h5     Kc2 c3 41. h4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.15"]   [Round "4.2"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C50"]   [WhiteElo "2794"]   [BlackElo "2780"]   [PlyCount "104"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 O-O   Na3 Re8 10. Nc2 Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 Nc8 15.     Ne3 Nb6 16. Bb3 c6 17. h3 Be6 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. d4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 Rad8     Rad1 Be6 23. Qe3 b6 24. Nd2 c5 25. Bd3 Re7 26. d5 Bd7 27. Ra1 Nh5 28. b4     Nf4 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Reb1 Rf8 31. Bb5 Bc8 32. Bf1 f5 33. c4 Ref7 34. Ra3 fxe4     Nxe4 Bf5 36. Rab3 Bg6 37. Rb6 Qe7 38. Nxd6 Nxh3+ 39. Qxh3 Rf6 40. Nc8 Qd8   R1b5 Rxf2 42. Rxg6 Rxf1+ 43. Kh2 Qxc8 44. Qxc8 Rxc8 45. Rc6 Re8 46. Rcxc5     e4 47. d6 Rd8 48. Rc6 Rd1 49. c5 e3 50. Rb2 Rd2 51. Rb1 e2 52. Re1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.15"]   [Round "4.3"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A06"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2762"]   [PlyCount "85"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2     Nc6 9. h4 b6 10. a3 f5 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. d4 Rc8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.   O-O Bf6 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. g3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc3 Rb6 21.   Rac1 Qd6 22. Ne5 Rb7 23. Nd3 c4 24. bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxc1 27.   Rxc1 g6 28. Rc5 Kg7 29. Ra5 Kf6 30. Nd3 Rc7 31. Ra6+ Kg7 32. Nf4 Rd7 33. Kf1   Ng8 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Nd4 Ne7 36. Nb5 Nc8 37. a4 Rb7 38. Rc6 Ne7 39. Ra6 Nc8 40.   Rc6 Ne7 41. Rd6 Rb6 42. Rd7 a6 43. Nc3 1-0

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.15"]   [Round "4.4"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D45"]   [WhiteElo "2790"]   [BlackElo "2793"]   [PlyCount "63"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O     dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Neg4 14. g3 Re8 15.   Nf5 Bc5 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Kg2 g6 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Bg5 Bd4 21. Bxf6+   Kxf6 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. f5 c5 25. fxg6+ Kxg6 26. Nxf7 Rf8 27. Nd5   Qxb2 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg6 32. Ne7+ 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 5th round

Giri-Svidler

Anand-Nakamura

Topalov-Karjakin

Aronian-Caruana

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