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 [Event "4th Zurich CC Classical"]  [Site "Zurich SUI"]  [Date "2015.02.18"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C53"]  [WhiteElo "2811"]  [BlackElo "2783"]  [PlyCount "56"]  [EventDate "2015.02.14"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Be6 8. Bxe6  fxe6 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Ba7 11. a4 Nh5 12. Nb3 Qe8 13. Qe2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15.  b5 Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nbxd4 Ng6 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Qc4 Rxe4 20. Qxc7 Qc8 21.  Qxd6 Bc5 22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. Nxc6 Rc4 24. Ncd4 Nf4 25. g3 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 e5 27.  gxf4 exd4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th Zurich CC Classical"]  [Site "Zurich SUI"]  [Date "2015.02.18"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2776"]  [BlackElo "2777"]  [PlyCount "87"]  [EventDate "2015.02.14"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.  d4 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 a6 11. Bd3 d5 12. Re3 Nb4 13. Bf1 Bf5 14. c3 Nc6  15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Qc2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. b4 Ne7  21. Bf4 Nc8 22. Nd2 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nb3 c6 25. Nc5 Qb8 26. Nd7 Qd8 27.  Nc5 Qb8 28. Qg3 Be7 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Nb3 Kf8 31. a5 Ke8 32. Re1 Kd7 33. g3 Bd6  34. Kg2 Re8 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. Nc5 Bxc5 37. bxc5 Ke7 38. g4 g5 39. f4 f6 40. Kf3  Kd7 41. f5 Kc7 42. Ke2 Kd7 43. c4 Kc7 44. h3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th Zurich CC Classical"]  [Site "Zurich SUI"]  [Date "2015.02.18"]  [Round "5.3"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A22"]  [WhiteElo "2760"]  [BlackElo "2797"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2015.02.14"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2  Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. c5 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. b3 d5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Qc1 Na5 15.  c4 dxc4 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. b4 Nc6 18. b5 Na5 19. Ba3 c5 20. bxc6 Qc7 21. Nd4 Nxc6  22. Nb5 Qe5 23. Rb1 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bb2 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Bxf6 gxf6  28. Bxe4 Ne7 29. Kf1 f5 30. Bc2 Kg7 31. Nc3 Rh8 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. Kf1 Nd5 34. Rd1  Kf6 35. Ke1 Rd7 36. Nxd5+ Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Kd2 c3+ 39. Kxc3 Bxa2 40. Kb4  Ke5 41. Kb5 f4 42. Kxb6 1/2-1/2

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Thursday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | February 19, 2015 - 07:21 |February 19, 2015 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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ZURICH CHESS CHALLENGE 2015

By Yelena Dembo | February 18, 2015 - 06:44 |February 18, 2015 ZURICH CHESS CHALLENGE 2015

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Anand is leading the event with 6 points after winning against Nakamura yesterday.

Results of the 4th round

Anand 4 1-0 5 Nakamura
Kramnik 3 1/2 2 Karjakin
Aronian 2 1/2 2 Caruana

Standings after 4 rounds

Anand 6
Nakamura 5
Kramnik 4
Caruana, Aronian, Karjakin 3

Games of the round

 [Event "4th Zurich CC Classical"]  [Site "Zurich SUI"]  [Date "2015.02.17"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A05"]  [WhiteElo "2783"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "86"]  [EventDate "2015.02.14"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. h3  Bd7 9. Nd2 Nd4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nc4 Nb4 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Ne3 d5 15.  Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Bd6 17. Ne2 h6 18. c3 Nc6 19. g4 Re8 20. Qd2 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 d4  22. Qf2 Qd6 23. Rae1 Rad8 24. c4 b6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. b3 a6 27. Qg3 Rxe1 28.  Rxe1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Kf2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qf3 bxc4 33. bxc4 Qe5 34.  Qg3 Qb8 35. Ne2 Qb1 36. Qf3 Kh7 37. h4 h5 38. gxh5 Qc2 39. Ke1 Qb1+ 40. Kf2 Qb2  41. Kg3 Kh6 42. Qf4+ Kh7 43. Qf3 Kh6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th Zurich CC Classical"]  [Site "Zurich SUI"]  [Date "2015.02.17"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D37"]  [WhiteElo "2797"]  [BlackElo "2776"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2015.02.14"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3  Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Kg2  Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfb8 17. h4 Qa7 18. Ne2 g6 19. Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 Qa2 21. Rec1  bxc5 22. bxc5 h5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bg7 25. Rb6 Rc8 26. Nc3 Qa7 27. Rcb1 Qd7  28. R1b4 Bh6 29. Na4 Qd8 30. Ra6 Kg7 31. Rb7 Rxa6 32. Qxa6 g5 33. Qe2 g4 34.  Qa6 Qg8 35. Nb6 Rf8 36. Nd7 Qh7 37. Nxf8 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Kxf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Qc8  Kg6 41. Qh8 1-0

 [Event "4th Zurich CC Classical"]  [Site "Zurich SUI"]  [Date "2015.02.17"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D56"]  [WhiteElo "2777"]  [BlackElo "2811"]  [PlyCount "69"]  [EventDate "2015.02.14"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7  Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 dxc4 13. Rxc4 e5 14. Qc2 a5  15. Rc1 Re8 16. a3 Nb6 17. Rc5 Nd7 18. Rc3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nf6 20. Rc4 Bd7 21.  Bf3 Red8 22. Qb3 Be8 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Nd4 Qe7 25. Qc3 Nd7 26. Be2 g6 27. Qb3  Rab8 28. Nf3 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Qc2 b6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Rd6 33. h3 Rbd8  34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. R4xc3 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 5th round

Caruana – Kramnik
Nakamura – Aronian
Karjakin – Anand

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