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Aronian-Nakamura Match 2014

By Yelena Dembo | November 23, 2014 - 09:50 |November 23, 2014 Aronian-Nakamura Match 2014

Aronian won the 2nd Classical game and the score is 1-1 with two more games to go.

 [Event "Nakamura vs Aronian Match"]  [Site "Saint Louis USA"]  [Date "2014.11.22"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Aronian, L."]  [Black "Nakamura, Hi"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A14"]  [WhiteElo "2797"]  [BlackElo "2767"]  [PlyCount "99"]  [EventDate "2014.11.21"]   1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.  Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Na3 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qb4 14.  Qc1 Ba6 15. Bd4 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. Qc3 Qa4 18. Qc2 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 c3 20. Bxc3  Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxe2 22. Re1 Bc4 23. Ne3 Nd5 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Bd2 Kf8 26. Rc1  Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Ke7 28. Kf1 e5 29. Ke2 e4 30. Kd2 f5 31. Kc2 Nb4+ 32. Kb3 Nd3  33. Be3 a6 34. Kc3 Kd6 35. h4 g6 36. b4 Kd5 37. a4 Ne5 38. b5 a5 39. Bb6 Nc4  40. Bd8 Kc5 41. Bc7 h5 42. Kc2 Kd5 43. Kb3 Nd2+ 44. Kc3 e3 45. fxe3 Ne4+ 46.  Kb2 Nc5 47. Bxa5 Nxa4+ 48. Ka3 Nc5 49. Bb4 Nb7 50. Ka4 1-0

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Ukrainian Championship 2014

By Yelena Dembo | November 23, 2014 - 09:42 |November 23, 2014 Ukrainian Championship 2014

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Kuzubov

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Kuzubov won the Ukrainian championship 2014 with 7.5 out of 11, having a better tie-break than Eljanov, who finished 2nd.

Results of the 11th round

Kuzubov 6.5 1-0 6.5 Ponomariov
Eljanov 6.5 1-0 5.5 Zubov
Korobov 6 1/2 5 Ivanchuk
Bogdanovich 2.5 1-0 6 Moiseenko
Areschenko 5 1-0 3.5 Zubarev
Krivoruchko 4 1/2 3 Kovchan

Games of the round

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.22"]  [Round "11.1"]  [White "Eljanov, Pavel"]  [Black "Zubov, Alexander"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D36"]  [WhiteElo "2719"]  [BlackElo "2588"]  [PlyCount "131"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.  Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Ndf6 13. Nc1 Ng7 14. f3  c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. Nxb3 Rac8 20. Kf2 h5  21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Kf8 23. Rfd1 Ke7 24. Bb1 Bc6 25. Nd4 Nge8 26. a3 Nd6 27.  Ba2 Nde8 28. h4 Nc7 29. e4 Rd7 30. e5 Nh7 31. b4 Rdd8 32. b5 Be8 33. a4 Nf8 34.  Nde2 Nfe6 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 36. Nxd5+ Kf8 37. Ndf4 Rxd2 38. Nxe6+ Ke7 39. Rxd2 Kxe6  40. f4 Ke7 41. f5 a6 42. Nf4 gxf5 43. bxa6 bxa6 44. a5 Rc4 45. g3 Ra4 46. Nd5+  Kf8 47. Nf6 Bb5 48. Nxh5 Rxa5 49. Nf6 Kg7 50. Ke3 Kg6 51. Rd8 Ra3+ 52. Kd2 Ra2+  53. Kc3 Ra3+ 54. Kb4 Re3 55. h5+ Kg5 56. Rg8+ Kh6 57. Rh8+ Kg7 58. Rg8+ Kh6 59.  Rh8+ Kg7 60. Rh7+ Kf8 61. h6 Rxe5 62. Rh8+ Ke7 63. h7 a5+ 64. Kc3 Re3+ 65. Kd4  Rd3+ 66. Kc5 1-0

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.22"]  [Round "11.2"]  [White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]  [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B40"]  [WhiteElo "2661"]  [BlackElo "2711"]  [PlyCount "105"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1  Bb7 9. c3 Qc7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 d4 12. Qe2 dxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. d4 cxd4 15.  cxd4 O-O 16. Ne3 b4 17. d5 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. Rac1 Qb8 21. Nd1  Nd7 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. Rc6 Nb6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd6 Bxg2 27. Kxg2  Qc8 28. Qe4 Qc4 29. Qf3 Qxa2 30. Ne3 Kh8 31. Re2 Qa1 32. Nf5 Raf8 33. Nh6 Rc7  34. Rde6 f5 35. Re8 Qg7 36. Nxf5 Rcf7 37. g4 Qf6 38. R2e6 Rxe8 39. Rxf6 Rxf6  40. Qf4 Kg8 41. Qxb4 Ref8 42. Ne7+ Kg7 43. Qd4 h6 44. f4 Kh7 45. Kg3 R8f7 46.  Qd8 Rf8 47. Qd3+ Kg7 48. Qd4 Kf7 49. Qe4 Kg7 50. h4 R8f7 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5  Rxf4 53. Qe5+ 1-0

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.22"]  [Round "11.3"]  [White "Korobov, Anton"]  [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E15"]  [WhiteElo "2680"]  [BlackElo "2726"]  [PlyCount "88"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3  d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne5 d4 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Ba5 Qc8  15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. f3 O-O 17. O-O-O Bb7 18. Rhf1 f5 19. g4 Qb8 20. gxf5 exf5 21.  b4 Bg5 22. Kb1 Bc6 23. Nb3 Ba4 24. Kb2 Qb7 25. f4 Be7 26. Rd3 Re8 27. Qd2 Bf6  28. Ka3 Qa6 29. Rc1 cxb4+ 30. Bxb4 Bxb3+ 31. Kxb3 Rb8 32. a3 Nc5+ 33. Ka2 Ne4  34. Qb2 Nc3+ 35. Bxc3 Qxc4+ 36. Ka1 Rxb2 37. Bxb2 Qe6 38. Bxd4 Qxe2 39. Rcd1  Bxd4+ 40. Rxd4 Qxh2 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. R8d7+ Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. R8d7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.22"]  [Round "11.4"]  [White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]  [Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B01"]  [WhiteElo "2706"]  [BlackElo "2585"]  [PlyCount "111"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. Na3 c5 8.  Nc4 Qd8 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nd7 11. Be3 Nh6 12. c3 Ng4 13. Kc2 Nxe3+ 14.  Nxe3 Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Rad1 O-O-O 18. b4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5  20. a4 h5 21. h3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Re1 Bf6 24. Nc4 Rd7 25. Re4 Rc7 26. a5  Kb8 27. f4 b5 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Rc6 31. Kd3 f6 32. exf6 exf6  33. c4 Rd6+ 34. Rd4 Re6 35. Re4 Rd6+ 36. Kc3 g5 37. Re7 h4 38. Rf7 Kc8 39. b5  Kd8 40. c5 bxc5 41. Kc4 Kc8 42. Kxc5 Rd2 43. Rxf6 Rxg2 44. Kb6 Rg3 45. Rg6 Rxh3  46. Rxg5 Rh1 47. Rg8+ Kd7 48. Kb7 Ke6 49. b6 Kf5 50. Kb8 Rb1 51. b7 h3 52. Rh8  Kg4 53. Kc7 Kg3 54. Rxh3+ Kxh3 55. b8=Q Rxb8 56. Kxb8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.22"]  [Round "11.5"]  [White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]  [Black "Zubarev, Alexander1"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B47"]  [WhiteElo "2655"]  [BlackElo "2588"]  [PlyCount "73"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8.  O-O Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5  Rb6 15. b3 O-O 16. Qd3 d6 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Bc1 Rd8 20. Qg3 Qa8 21.  f3 Be5 22. Qh3 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. f4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Re6 26. Bd3 Rh6 27. Qf3 Rd6  28. Rde1 Qc8 29. Bf5 Qc6 30. c3 Bf6 31. Re2 c4 32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. Ba3 Nc5 34.  Qe3 Ne4 35. Bxe4 Re6 36. Bd3 Qa4 37. Qc1 1-0

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.22"]  [Round "11.6"]  [White "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]  [Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A05"]  [WhiteElo "2590"]  [BlackElo "2701"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Na3 a6 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Bxa3 6. bxa3 Bb7 7. Rb1 Bc6 8.  Qc2 O-O 9. d3 d6 10. O-O e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Qc3 Nd7  15. cxb5 Bxb5 16. a4 Bxa4 17. Qa5 Nb6 18. Nd2 d5 19. Rxb6 cxb6 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8  21. Qxa4 b5 22. Qb3 Rc1+ 23. Nf1 d4 24. Qd5 Rc2 25. Bf3 g6 26. g4 Qe6 27. Qb7  Kg7 28. Ng3 Rxa2 29. Bd5 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 Qf6 31. Ne4 Qf4 32. h3 Re1 33. Nc5 Qf6  34. Ne4 Qf4 35. Ng3 Qf6 36. Qd7 b4 37. Ne4 Qf4 38. Nd6 h5 39. Nf5+ gxf5 40.  Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Qf6+ Kh7 42. g5 1-0

Final standings

Kuzubov, Eljanov 7.5
Ponomariov, Korobov 6.5
Moiseenko, Areschenko 6
Zubov, Ivanchuk 5.5
Krivoruchko 4.5
Zubarev, Bogdanovich, Kovchan 3.5

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Sunday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | November 23, 2014 - 09:15 |November 23, 2014 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Aronian-Nakamura Match 2014

By Yelena Dembo | November 22, 2014 - 11:19 |November 22, 2014 Aronian-Nakamura Match 2014

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Aronian and Nakamura have started a 4 game match yesterday in Saint Louis. The last day – the 25th – is a day of 16 blitz games 🙂

The first game was won by Nakamura :

 [Event "Nakamura-Aronian m 2014"]  [Site "Saint Louis USA"]  [Date "2014.11.21"]  [Round "1.1"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D38"]  [WhiteElo "2767"]  [BlackElo "2797"]  [PlyCount "95"]  [EventDate "2014.11.21"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. a3 Bf8 8. Rc1  Nbd7 9. Be2 a6 10. c5 c6 11. Na4 Ne4 12. O-O Nxd2 13. Nxd2 e5 14. e4 dxe4 15.  Nxe4 Qh4 16. f3 exd4 17. Bc4 Nf6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. Qxd4 Nxe4 21.  fxe4 Rc7 22. Rce1 Rd8 23. Qe3 Qh6 24. b4 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Rd4 26. Bb3 g6 27. Ref3  Rdd7 28. e5 Re7 29. e6 h5 30. Rf6 Kg7 31. h4 a5 32. R1f3 axb4 33. axb4 Kh7 34.  Bc2 Kg7 35. exf7 Rxf7 36. Rxg6+ Kh8 37. Rfg3 Bg7 38. R3g5 Rf4 39. Rxh5+ Kg8 40.  Bf5 Kf8 41. Be6 Ke8 42. g3 Rxb4 43. Kg2 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Kd8 45. Rhg5 Bc3 46. Rg8+  Ke7 47. Bc4 Rf2 48. Rh5 1-0

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Ukrainian Championship 2014

By Yelena Dembo | November 22, 2014 - 11:13 |November 22, 2014 Ukrainian Championship 2014

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Kuzubov, Ponomariov and Eljanov share 1st place with 6.5.

Results of the 10th round

Zubarev 2.5 1-0 6.5 Kuzubov
Moiseenko 5.5 1/2 6 Eljanov
Ponomariov 5.5 1-0 2.5 Bogdanovich
Kovchan 3 0-1 5 Korobov
Zubov 4.5 1-0 4 Krivoruchko
Ivanchuk 4.5 1/2 4.5 Areschenko

Standings after 10 rounds

Kuzubov, Ponomariov, Eljanov 6.5
Moiseenko, Korobov 6
Zubov 5.5
Ivanchuk, Areschenko 5
Krivoruchko 4
Zubarev 3.5
Kovchan 3
Bogdanovich 2.5

Games of the round

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.21"]  [Round "10.1"]  [White "Zubarev, Alexander1"]  [Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B51"]  [WhiteElo "2588"]  [BlackElo "2661"]  [PlyCount "133"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3  Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd1 Nd7 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nf3 Nb6 15.  d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. b3 Nb4 18. Rc1 Nxa2 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qa1 Nc3 21. Qa5  Na8 22. Bd2 b4 23. Qxb4 Nb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Qxb5 Nc7 26. Qc4 Ne6 27. Rc1 Qxc4  28. Rxc4 f5 29. exf5 Rxf5 30. Rb4 Kf7 31. Kf1 g5 32. Ke2 h5 33. g4 hxg4 34.  hxg4 Ra5 35. Kd3 Bf6 36. Ra4 Rb5 37. Kc4 Rb8 38. b4 Rc8+ 39. Kd3 Kg6 40. Ra5  Rb8 41. Ra7 d5 42. Rd7 Rb5 43. Kc3 Kf7 44. Be3 Ke8 45. Ra7 Rb8 46. Kb3 Nd8 47.  Ra6 Kd7 48. Ka4 Nf7 49. Nd2 Nd6 50. Nb3 Nb5 51. Nc5+ Ke8 52. Ne6 Nc3+ 53. Kb3  Nb5 54. Ra5 Kf7 55. Nd8+ Kg6 56. Nc6 Rb7 57. Rxb5 Rxb5 58. Ka4 Rb7 59. b5 e6  60. Ka5 Rc7 61. Bd2 Kf7 62. Kb6 Rd7 63. Ka6 Ke8 64. b6 Rd6 65. b7 Rxc6+ 66. Kb5  Kd7 67. b8=N+ 1-0

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.21"]  [Round "10.2"]  [White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]  [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D30"]  [WhiteElo "2701"]  [BlackElo "2719"]  [PlyCount "76"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.  Qxc4 Nd7 9. Rd1 g6 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nb6 12. Qb3 Bc5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bg4 15.  dxc6 bxc6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 h5 18. Ne2 Rfd8 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. g3  h4 22. Kg2 Bb6 23. Qxc6 Nc5 24. Rcd1 Rac8 25. Qb5 Qg5 26. Bg4 Rb8 27. Nc3 hxg3  28. fxg3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 f5 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. b4 fxg4 32. hxg4 Nd3 33. Rh1+ Kg7  34. Qxd3 Bd4 35. Nb5 Rxb5 36. Qxb5 Qd2+ 37. Kh3 Qh6+ 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.21"]  [Round "10.3"]  [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D36"]  [WhiteElo "2711"]  [BlackElo "2590"]  [PlyCount "33"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.  Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Nf3 Nxf4 11. exf4 Nf6 12. h3 Qd6 13. Ne5 Qb4 14. O-O-O  Qxd4 15. Ng6 Rg8 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. Bf5 1-0

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.21"]  [Round "10.4"]  [White "Zubov, Alexander"]  [Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E15"]  [WhiteElo "2588"]  [BlackElo "2706"]  [PlyCount "131"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. 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 Re8 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Nc4 Nc6  15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bf4 Qe6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Na4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4  21. Nxc5 Qh3 22. Qe3 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Nd4 24. Nxe4 f5 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Qxd4 Rxd4  27. Rxe8+ Kf7 28. Rae1 Re4 29. R1xe4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Qg4 31. Rd4 h5 32. h4 a6 33.  Be3 Qe2 34. Ra4 f5 35. Kg2 Ke6 36. Ra5 Qd3 37. Ra4 Qe2 38. Ra5 Qd3 39. Kh2 Qe2  40. Ra4 Kf7 41. Ra5 Ke6 42. a4 Qd3 43. b4 Qc4 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5 Qb4 46. Ra6+  Kd5 47. b6 Ke4 48. Kg2 Kd3 49. Ra2 Qb5 50. Rd2+ Ke4 51. Bf4 Qb3 52. Re2+ Kd5  53. Re5+ Kc4 54. Rxf5 Qxb6 55. Rxh5 Qb7+ 56. f3 Qb2+ 57. Kh3 Qb7 58. Kg4 Kd3  59. Be5 Qb4+ 60. f4 Qc4 61. Rg5 Ke4 62. Kh5 Qf7+ 63. Kh6 Qf8+ 64. Bg7 Qd6+ 65.  Kh7 Kf3 66. f5 1-0

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.21"]  [Round "10.5"]  [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]  [Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A45"]  [WhiteElo "2726"]  [BlackElo "2655"]  [PlyCount "43"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. Nd2 Nxd2 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxd4 Qb6  8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Rxd4 e5 11. Rd3 d6 12. e3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14.  Rc3 Rd8 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Rc7 Rab8 17. Rd1 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bb3 Rbc8 20. Rb7 Rb8  21. Ra7 Ra8 22. Rb7 1/2-1/2

 [Event "83rd ch-UKR 2014"]  [Site "Lviv UKR"]  [Date "2014.11.21"]  [Round "10.6"]  [White "Kovchan, Alexander"]  [Black "Korobov, Anton"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B92"]  [WhiteElo "2585"]  [BlackElo "2680"]  [PlyCount "90"]  [EventDate "2014.11.11"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O  O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. Qe1 Qc6 15.  Bf3 h6 16. Nc1 Qc7 17. h3 Nf8 18. Nd3 Ng6 19. Nb4 Qd7 20. Na4 Bd8 21. Nc5 Qe7  22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. g3 Rf8 24. b3 Bc7 25. c4 Nh7 26. Bg4 Nf6 27. Bf3 Bb8 28. Bg2  h5 29. Nd3 h4 30. Qe2 Qf7 31. Ra4 hxg3 32. fxg3 Ne7 33. Nb4 Qg6 34. Bf2 Rf7 35.  Ra2 Rcf8 36. Rf1 d5 37. exd5 exd5 38. g4 e4 39. Bc5 Qg5 40. Be3 Qe5 41. Bf4  Ba7+ 42. Kh1 Qc3 43. Bd6 d4 44. g5 d3 45. Qe1 Ng4 0-1

Pairings of the 11th round

Bogdanovich – Moiseenko
Kuzubov – Ponomariov
Areschenko – Zubarev
Korobov – Ivanchuk
Krivoruchko – Kovchan
Eljanov – Zubov

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