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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

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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By Yelena Dembo | March 13, 2016 - 06:31 |March 13, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Candidates Tournament 2016 1st round

By Yelena Dembo | March 12, 2016 - 07:11 |March 12, 2016 Candidates Tournament 2016

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Anand, Topalov (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Anand is in an early lead after winning against Topalov in the 1st round. Three other games were drawn.

Results

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

Games of the round

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.11"]   [Round "1.1"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D16"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2757"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O     cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nf3 a6 11. e4 Qc7 12. h3 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd3 Ne5 15.   Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 e5 19. Rac1 exf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21.   Rxf4 Be6 22. Kf2 Rac8 23. Ke3 Nd7 24. Rff1 Rfe8 25. Be2 Nb6 26. Rcd1 Nc4+ 27.   Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rf2 Kf8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Kxd4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.11"]   [Round "1.2"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A30"]   [WhiteElo "2790"]   [BlackElo "2794"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Ne7 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5     d6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. h4 Nc5 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Bf4 Nf5 15. Qd2   Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qf6 17. Rac1 a5 18. Nb5 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Rc2 Bf6 21. Bxd6   Nxd6 22. Nxd6 b6 23. Rb1 Rab8 24. Nc4 Na4 25. Bg4 Rfd8 26. d6 h5 27. Bh3 b5 28.   Nxa5 Rxd6 29. Nc6 Rb6 30. Nb4 Nc3 31. Rb3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.11"]   [Round "1.3"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2793"]   [BlackElo "2786"]   [PlyCount "130"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6   b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3     Qb7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne1 Bd8 18. Qd1 Bc7 19. Nd3 Bxf4 20. exf4 Ne4 21. Ne2 Ra2     Rc2 Rca8 23. f3 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Nef6 25. b5 Rc8 26. Qa4 Qc7 27. bxc6 Qxc6 28.     Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Rc1 Rc7 30. Nc3 bxc5 31. dxc5 Ne8 32. Nb5 Rc8 33. Kf2 Nc7 34.   Nxc7 Rxc7 35. Ke3 Kf8 36. Kd4 Nb8 37. Nb4 Rb7 38. Kc3 Ke7 39. Ra1 Kd7 40. Nd3   f6 41. Ra8 Kc6 42. h4 Kb5 43. Ra1 Nc6 44. Rb1+ Ka6 45. Re1 Re7 46. Ra1+ Kb7 47.   Nb4 g5 48. fxg5 fxg5 49. h5 Rf7 50. Ra6 Nxb4 51. Rb6+ Kc8 52. Rxb4 Rf4 53. Rxf4   gxf4 54. Kd4 Kd7 55. Ke5 Kc6 56. Kxf4 Kxc5 57. g4 Kd6 58. Ke3 e5 59. g5 Ke7 60.   g6 Kf6 61. Kd3 e4+ 62. fxe4 dxe4+ 63. Kxe4 Kg7 64. Kf5 Kg8 65. Kf6 Kf8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.03.11"]   [Round "1.4"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2762"]   [BlackElo "2780"]   [PlyCount "97"]   [EventDate "2016.03.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4     exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. a5 Ba7 15.   Qb3 Nc6 16. d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxb7 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nc5 20. Qc6 Nb3 21. Rb1   Nxc1 22. Rbxc1 Rb8 23. Qxa6 Qh4 24. Rc2 Rxe4 25. Ne3 Qd8 26. Qc4 Bg6 27. Bd3   Rf4 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. g3 Re4 30. a6 Qe8 31. Rce2 Bb6 32. Qd3 Ra8 33. Kg2 Qa4     b3 Rd4 35. bxa4 Rxd3 36. Nc4 Rxa6 37. a5 Bd4 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. R1e7 Rc3 40.     Nd2 Rc2 41. Ne4 f6 42. h4 Rxa5 43. Rf7 g5 44. h5 Rxf2+ 45. Nxf2 Ra2 46. Rff8   Rxf2+ 47. Kh3 g4+ 48. Kxg4 f5+ 49. Rxf5 1-0

Pairings of the 2nd round

Svidler	–	Topalov
Aronian	–	Anand
Caruana	–	Giri
Karjakin	–	Nakamura

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FIDE Women’s World Championship 2016 match 7th game

By Yelena Dembo | March 12, 2016 - 06:58 |March 12, 2016 FIDE Women's World Championship 2016

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Hou (photo taken from chess-news.ru)

The 7th game was drawn and the score is 4.5-2.5 (Hou is leading).

   [Event "WCh Women 2016"]   [Site "Lviv UKR"]   [Date "2016.03.11"]   [Round "7"]   [White "Hou, Yifan"]   [Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C80"]   [WhiteElo "2673"]   [BlackElo "2554"]   [PlyCount "161"]   [EventDate "2016.03.02"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5     Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1     Rxd1 O-O 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rdc1 h6 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Bd1 Nd3 20. Rxc7 Bf8 21.     e6 fxe6 22. Bg4 Re8 23. b3 Bd6 24. Rc2 Ne5 25. Be2 Be4 26. Rd2 Bb4 27. Rdd1 Bd5     Rac1 Rac8 29. h4 Ba3 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Nxc2 Be7 32. h5 Rc8 33. Nd4 Kf7 34.     f3 Bf6 35. Kf2 Rc3 36. f4 Nd7 37. Bd3 Ke7 38. Bb1 Bh4+ 39. Ke2 Bf6 40. g4 Bxd4     Bxd4 Rh3 42. Rc1 Bf3+ 43. Kf2 Bxg4 44. Bxg7 Rxh5 45. Kg3 Bf5 46. Bxf5 Rxf5   Bxh6 Rc5 48. Rf1 Nf6 49. Bg5 Kf7 50. Bxf6 Kxf6 51. b4 Rc4 52. Rf3 Kf5 53.     Ra3 Rxf4 54. Rxa6 Rxb4 55. Rb6 Ke5 56. Kf3 Kd5 57. Ke3 e5 58. Kd2 Rb2+ 59. Kc1   Rb4 60. a3 Kc5 61. Re6 Re4 62. Kc2 Kd4 63. Rd6+ Kc4 64. Rc6+ Kd5 65. Rb6 Rc4+     Kd2 Kc5 67. Rb8 Ra4 68. Rc8+ Kd4 69. Rb8 Ra5 70. Rd8+ Kc4 71. Re8 Kd5 72.     Rd8+ Ke4 73. Rb8 Rxa3 74. Rxb5 Kf4 75. Rb8 Kf3 76. Rf8+ Ke4 77. Rb8 Ra2+ 78.   Ke1 Kf4 79. Rb3 e4 80. Rc3 e3 81. Rc8 1/2-1/2

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