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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

Official site.

[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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