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Nakamura-Karjakin

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Nakamura is leading the event with 5 points after beating Karjakin.

Results of the 3rd round

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

Standings after 3 rounds

Nakamura 5
Anand 4
Kramnik 3
Karjakin, Caruana, Aronian 2

Games of the round

 [Event "4th Zurich CC Classical"]  [Site "Zurich SUI"]  [Date "2015.02.16"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A14"]  [WhiteElo "2777"]  [BlackElo "2783"]  [PlyCount "122"]  [EventDate "2015.02.14"]   1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4  Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 g6 15.  h4 Bg7 16. Rd2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. d5 Bd7 19. Bh3 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd7  Nb6 22. Qc2 Rcd8 23. Qxc7 Nxa4 24. e5 Nc5 25. Rd5 b6 26. Qc6 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7  28. Rxd7 Qe8 29. Qd5 h6 30. Rb7 Qd8 31. Qb5 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rxb6 g4 34.  Nh4 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd4 36. Qc6 Qxe5 37. Qc4 Qd4 38. Qxd4 Bxd4 39. Rb5 Ra8 40. Nf5  Bg7 41. Ne3 a4 42. Nxg4 Rd8 43. Ra5 Rd4 44. Ne3 Rd2 45. Nf1 Rd4 46. Rb5 Bf8 47.  Ne3 Rb4 48. Rg5+ Kh7 49. Rh5+ Kg8 50. Ra5 Rxb2 51. Rxa4 Bc5 52. Nd1 Rd2 53. Ra1  Kg7 54. Kf1 Kg6 55. Rb1 f5 56. Ke1 Rc2 57. Rb8 Kf6 58. Rh8 Bb4+ 59. Kf1 Rd2 60.  Ne3 Bc5 61. Rh6+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th Zurich CC Classical"]  [Site "Zurich SUI"]  [Date "2015.02.16"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A07"]  [WhiteElo "2811"]  [BlackElo "2797"]  [PlyCount "90"]  [EventDate "2015.02.14"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 b5 7. Nxb5 cxb5 8. Nh4  Bd7 9. Bxa8 Nc6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. O-O Qd5 12. f3 Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 e6  15. Rb1 Nf6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Ng2 Nd5 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bxa7 c3 20. Ne1 e4 21. Bd4  exf3 22. exf3 Re8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc2 Ne3 25. Re1 Nxc2 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. bxc3  Na3 28. Rd1 Nc4 29. Kg1 Kf6 30. Rd4 h5 31. Kf2 Ne5 32. h3 g5 33. f4 gxf4 34.  gxf4 Ng6 35. c4 bxc4 36. Rxc4 Bd7 37. a4 Bxh3 38. a5 Be6 39. Rd4 Ne7 40. a6 Nc8  41. Kg3 Bg4 42. Rc4 Kg6 43. Rc7 f6 44. a7 Nxa7 45. Rxa7 Bf5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th Zurich CC Classical"]  [Site "Zurich SUI"]  [Date "2015.02.16"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A33"]  [WhiteElo "2776"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "53"]  [EventDate "2015.02.14"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.  Bf4 Nfg4 9. Qa4 g5 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14.  Kc2 Nxc4 15. e4 Ne3+ 16. Kb3 Qd2 17. a3 Qc2+ 18. Ka2 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Nxf1 20.  Rhxf1 b5 21. N4b6 axb6 22. Nxb6 Bb7 23. Rxf7 Bc6 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Rf3 Kc7 26.  Nxd7 Rd8 27. Rc3 1-0

Pairings of the 4th round

Kramnik – Karjakin
Anand – Nakamura
Aronian – Caruana

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