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5th Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2018 Round 2
Posted by 365Chess.com on April 20, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2843 | 1 |
| 2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2814 | 1 |
| 3 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2744 | 1 |
| 4 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2777 | 1 |
| 5 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2778 | 1 |
| 6 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2778 | 1 |
| 7 | Topalov, Veselin | FID | 2749 | 1 |
| 8 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2748 | 1 |
| 9 | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2704 | 1 |
| 10 | Navara, David | CZE | 2745 | 1 |
Karjakin, Sergey (2778) – Ding, Liren (2778) [C50]
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 Shamkir AZE (2.1), 2018-04-20
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a5 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b3 Ba7 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. N1h2 Rad8 15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 e4 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxc3 19. Bxf6 Nxd1 20. Raxd1 gxf6 21. Rxe4 Rfe8 22. Rde1 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Kf8 24. Rh4 Kg7 25. Rg4+ Kf8 26. Rh4 Kg7 27. Rg4+ Kf8 ½ – ½ (view game)
Topalov, Veselin (2749) – Giri, Anish (2777) [A28]
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 Shamkir AZE (2.2), 2018-04-20
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bd6 8. e4 O-O 9. Bc4 Qe7 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Bd5 f6 13. Be3 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Ne7 15. Rdd1 Qc6 16. Nd2 a5 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. a4 b6 20. f3 Rab8 21. Kc2 b5 22. axb5 Rxb5 23. Ra1 Rfb8 24. b3 Ng6 25. Qa4 Qe7 26. Nc4 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Rhd1 Nf4 29. Rd2 h6 30. Qa3 a4 31. bxa4 Rb4 32. Rb1 Qxc4 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Qxb4 Qa2+ 35. Qb2 Qxa4+ 36. Qb3 Qa6 37. g3 Ne6 38. Qd5 Ng5 39. f4 Nf3 40. Rd1 Qe2+ 41. Kb3 Nd4+ 42. Rxd4 exd4 43. Qxd4 Qxh2 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qd3 Kh8 46. e5 fxe5 47. fxe5 Qg2 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qd3+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Carlsen, Magnus (2843) – Navara, David (2745) [B12]
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 Shamkir AZE (2.3), 2018-04-20
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 h6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd4 Ne7 13. f4 Be4 14. O-O Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. c4 O-O 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. b4 f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Rc1 e5 21. Bd3 Qg6 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Re1 d4 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Bd2 Qf5 26. Qh3 Qxh3 27. gxh3 exf4 28. Rc4 Rad8 29. Re6 Rf6 30. Re4 Nb6 31. Rcxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 g5 33. h4 Kg7 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. h4 Kg6 36. Kg2 gxh4 37. Bxf4 Rc6 38. Kf3 Kf5 39. Be3 Rc3 40. Rf4+ Ke5 41. Rxh4 Nc4 42. Re4+ Kd5 43. Kf4 Nxe3 44. Rxe3 Rxe3 45. Kxe3 Kc4 46. a3 Kb3 47. Kd4 Kxa3 48. Kc5 Kb3 49. b5 axb5 50. Kxb5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (2744) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2814) [E04]
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 Shamkir AZE (2.4), 2018-04-20
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. e3 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Qxc4 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Qb5 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. O-O Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Bd5 Ke7 21. Kf1 f5 22. f3 b5 23. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Kxe6 25. a3 b4 26. axb4 Nxb4 27. Ke2 Na2 28. Rb1 Nb4 29. Rd1 Na2 30. Rb1 Nb4 31. Rd1 Na2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Radjabov, Teimour (2748) – Mamedov, Rauf (2704) [D19]
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 Shamkir AZE (2.5), 2018-04-20
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bg6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Be2 Nb8 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Rfc1 Rdc8 21. Rc3 Nb4 22. Raa3 a5 23. h4 h6 24. g4 Nc2 25. Rab3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bc2 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxb7 Bxa4 29. Ra7 Bd1 30. Bxd1 Rc1 31. Rxa5 Rxd1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 Rxb2 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Ra7 Kg8 38. Ra8+ Kh7 ½ – ½ (view game)
5th Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2018 Round 1
Posted by 365Chess.com on April 19, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2843 | 0.5 |
| 2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2814 | 0.5 |
| 3 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2744 | 0.5 |
| 4 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2777 | 0.5 |
| 5 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2778 | 0.5 |
| 6 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2778 | 0.5 |
| 7 | Topalov, Veselin | FID | 2749 | 0.5 |
| 8 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2748 | 0.5 |
| 9 | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2704 | 0.5 |
| 10 | Navara, David | CZE | 2745 | 0.5 |
Navara, David (2745) – Mamedov, Rauf (2704) [B35]
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 Shamkir AZE (1.1), 2018-04-19
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 9. f3 e6 10. f4 d6 11. Ndb5 Bf8 12. Qf3 a6 13. Nd4 Na5 14. O-O b5 15. f5 exf5 16. exf5 Bb7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qg3 Bg7 19. fxg6+ hxg6 20. Bg5 Nc6 21. Rxf6+ Bxf6 22. Rf1 Nxd4 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6+ Kxf6 25. Qh4+ Ke5 26. Qh7 Bxg2 27. Qg7+ Ke6 28. Qxg6+ Kd7 29. Qg7+ Ke6 30. Qxd4 Rg8 31. Kf2 Raf8+ 32. Ke3 Rg5 33. Qb6 Rc5 34. Ne2 Rf3+ 35. Kd2 Rf2 36. Ke3 Rf3+ 37. Kd2 Rf2 38. Ke3 Rf3+ 39. Kd2 Rf2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Ding, Liren (2778) – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (2744) [A29]
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 Shamkir AZE (1.2), 2018-04-19
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Bd2 Nd4 9. a3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 c6 12. e4 Bh3 13. Re1 c5 14. b4 b6 15. a4 Nd7 16. a5 Be6 17. Ra3 Rb8 18. b5 Qc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Re2 Ra8 21. Rea2 Rxa3 22. Rxa3 Qc7 23. Bg2 Nf8 24. f4 f6 25. f5 Bc8 26. Bd2 Bb7 27. g4 h6 28. h4 Nh7 29. Bf3 Qe7 30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Qc1 Ra8 32. Rxa8+ Bxa8 33. Qa1 Bb7 34. Qa7 Qc7 35. g5 fxg5 36. hxg5 Nxg5 37. Bxg5 hxg5 38. Bh5 Kf8 39. Kg3 Ke7 40. Kg4 Kd8 41. Bg6 Ke7 42. Kxg5 Kf8 43. Kh5 Ke7 44. Kg4 Kd8 45. Bh7 Ke8 46. Bg8 g6 47. Bd5 gxf5+ 48. Kf3 fxe4+ 49. Ke3 Qd8 50. Bxb7 Qg5+ 51. Kxe4 Qf4+ 52. Kd5 Qf3+ 53. Kxd6 Qf6+ 54. Kd5 Qf3+ 55. Kxe5 Qg3+ 56. Kf5 Qh3+ 57. Kf4 Qh4+ 58. Kf3 Qf6+ 59. Ke2 Qb2+ 60. Ke1 Qc1+ 61. Ke2 Qb2+ 62. Kf1 Qc1+ 63. Kg2 Qd2+ 64. Kg3 Qg5+ 65. Kf3 Qf6+ 66. Ke3 Qd4+ 67. Ke2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2814) – Carlsen, Magnus (2843) [E61]
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 Shamkir AZE (1.3), 2018-04-19
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O e5 9. Nxe5 Nxc3 10. Nxc6 Nxd1 11. Nxd8 Rxd8 12. Rxd1 Rxd4 13. Be3 Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bf6 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Be6 17. f4 c6 18. Rb4 b6 19. Bxc6 Rc8 20. Bb5 Bxa2 21. Ra4 Be6 22. Rxa7 Rc1+ 23. Kf2 Rb1 24. Bd7 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Rxb2 26. g4 b5 27. Rb7 b4 28. g5 b3 29. Kf3 Rb1 30. Ke4 Kg7 31. Ke5 Rb2 32. e4 Rxh2 33. Rxb3 h6 34. gxh6+ Rxh6 35. Rg3 Rh8 36. Rb3 Re8+ 37. Kd4 Ra8 38. Ke3 Ra7 39. Kf3 Ra8 40. Kg4 Ra7 41. Rc3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Giri, Anish (2777) – Karjakin, Sergey (2778) [E35]
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 Shamkir AZE (1.4), 2018-04-19
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxc5 15. O-O Be6 16. Rfc1 g4 17. Ne1 O-O-O 18. Be4 Kb8 19. Nd3 Qc4 20. Qe2 Qa6 21. Nxb4 Nxb4 22. Qe3 Qb6 23. Qf4+ Qd6 24. Qe3 Qd4 25. Qf4+ Qd6 26. Qe3 Qd4 27. Qf4+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Topalov, Veselin (2749) – Radjabov, Teimour (2748) [C67]
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 Shamkir AZE (1.5), 2018-04-19
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Nf3 Rh8 18. Nd4 Nd5 19. Bg5 Nxc3 20. Rd3 Na4 21. f4 Nc5 22. Rc3 Na4 23. Rg3 c5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. f5 Kf7 26. Bh4 Rag8 27. Rb1 Nb6 28. fxe6+ Kxe6 29. Rg6+ Kf7 30. Rg5 Ke6 31. a4 Nxa4 32. Rxb7 Nc3 33. Rxc7 Ne4 34. Rg6+ Kf5 35. Ra6 g5 36. Be1 Re8 37. Raxa7 Rxe5 38. Rf7+ Ke6 39. c4 Re8 40. Rg7 Kf5 41. Rgf7+ Ke6 42. Rg7 Kf5 43. Rgf7+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Fabiano Caruana wins the GRENKE Chess Classic 2018
Posted by 365Chess.com on April 9, 2018 in Chess news
Final Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2843 | 5.5 |
| 3 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 5 |
| 4 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2735 | 5 |
| 5 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2789 | 5 |
| 6 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2631 | 4.5 |
| 7 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2776 | 3.5 |
| 8 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2654 | 3.5 |
| 9 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | AZE | 2701 | 3.5 |
| 10 | Meier, Georg | GER | 2648 | 3 |
Hou, Yifan (2654) – Naiditsch, Arkadij (2701) [C53]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (9.1), 2018-04-09
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 d5 13. h3 a4 14. Qe2 a3 15. b4 d4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nc2 Nh5 18. b5 Nf4 19. Qd1 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qg5 21. Ng4 h5 22. Nxd4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Rad8 25. Nb3 Nxd3 26. Re2 b6 27. f3 Rd7 28. Rc2 Rfd8 29. Kf1 g5 30. Ke2 Rh7 31. Rd2 Nf4+ 32. Kf2 Rxd2+ 33. Nxd2 Rh2 34. Rg1 Nh3+ 35. Kg3 Nxg1 36. Kxh2 Ne2 37. Nc4 Nc3 38. Nxa3 Nxa2 39. g3 Nb4 40. Kg2 c6 41. f4 cxb5 42. Nxb5 e5 43. Kf3 Nd3 44. Ke3 Nc5 45. f5 Kf7 46. Nc7 Nb7 47. Ne6 Kf6 48. Nf8 Ke7 49. Nh7 b5 50. Nxg5 b4 51. Nf3 b3 52. Nd2 Nc5 53. g5 b2 54. Nb1 Kf7 55. g6+ Kg7 56. g4 Kf6 57. Kf3 Kg7 58. g5 Nd3 59. Ke2 Nc5 60. Ke3 Na4 61. Ke2 Nc5 62. Kf3 Nd3 63. Kg4 Nf4 64. Kf3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2794) – Bluebaum, Matthias (2631) [D39]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (9.2), 2018-04-09
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O Qxc3 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Rb1 Rd8 16. Rxb7 Ne5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Qxc6 20. Qb3 Qxe4 21. f5 O-O 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Rxa7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qc3 Qd4 26. Qf3 Rd5 27. h3 h5 28. a4 h4 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. Rxf4 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 e5 32. Rxh4 f5 33. Rb4 Ra1 34. h4 Kg6 35. g4 fxg4 36. Rxg4+ Kf5 37. Rb4 e4 38. Kg2 Kf4 39. h5 Ra2+ 40. Kh3 Ra3+ 41. Kg2 Ra2+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Vitiugov, Nikita (2735) – Caruana, Fabiano (2784) [C43]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (9.3), 2018-04-09
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Qd7 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Be2 g6 8. Nb3 Ne6 9. Be3 c5 10. Ng5 b6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. a4 Bb7 13. O-O Nc6 14. f4 Bh6 15. a5 Ne7 16. Bg4 d4 17. Bc1 O-O 18. Qd3 Bd5 19. Qh3 Bg7 20. Nd2 Nf5 21. c4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Rad8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Re1 b5 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Ng5 h6 27. Nf3 Bc6 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Be3 Rd3 30. Rac1 Ra8 31. Qh4 Qxh4 32. Nxh4 c4 33. Kf2 Bf8 34. Nf3 Bd5 35. Nd4 Bc5 36. Nxf5 Ba3 37. Nxh6+ Kg7 38. f5 Bxc1 39. Bxc1 Rxc3 40. f6+ Kg6 0 – 1 (view game)
Anand, Viswanathan (2776) – Carlsen, Magnus (2843) [B67]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (9.4), 2018-04-09
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Nf4 h5 16. g3 Rc7 17. Bd3 Kd8 18. c3 Kc8 19. Bc2 Kb8 20. a3 a5 21. Bb3 Rb7 22. Nd3 Bc6 23. Rhe1 Rd8 24. f4 d5 25. exd5 exd5 26. Ka1 Bf8 27. Rc1 Ka7 28. Ba2 Rc7 29. Red1 Bb7 30. Ne1 d4 31. Nc2 d3 32. Nd4 Bc5 33. Qxd3 Bxd4 34. cxd4 Rxd4 35. Qe2 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 b4 37. Bxf7 h4 38. Qe3 Rd7 39. Qxb6+ Kxb6 40. Be6 Rd2 41. gxh4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2789) – Meier, Georg (2648) [A07]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (9.5), 2018-04-09
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 b5 6. Qd3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Nbd2 a5 9. e4 Ba6 10. Rfe1 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 b4 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Ra7 15. Qc2 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rd7 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. e5 Be7 20. Rc1 Qa7 21. Rc2 c5 22. Rec1 cxd4 23. Qd3 a4 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 Qa5 26. Rc8 g6 27. h4 Kg7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Be2 Rxc8 30. Rxc8 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Qe4 Nd7 33. Bd3 Nf8 34. Nxd4 Qc5 35. Nf3 Bb6 36. Qe2 Nd7 37. Kg2 Qd5 38. Bc4 Qc5 39. Bb5 Nf8 40. Bd3 Nd7 41. Bb5 Nf8 42. Bd3 Ng6 43. Qc2 Qc3 44. Be4 Bc7 45. Bxg6 fxg6 46. Qe4 Qc5 47. Qh4 Bxe5 48. Nxe5 Qxe5 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qe8+ ½ – ½ (view game)
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Round 9
Posted by 365Chess.com on April 8, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 5.5 |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2843 | 5 |
| 3 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2735 | 5 |
| 4 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 4.5 |
| 5 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2789 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2631 | 4 |
| 7 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2654 | 3 |
| 8 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2776 | 3 |
| 9 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | AZE | 2701 | 3 |
| 10 | Meier, Georg | GER | 2648 | 2.5 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij (2701) – Anand, Viswanathan (2776) [C53]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (8.1), 2018-04-08
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ng5 14. O-O-O Nxf3 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qf5 Nh4 17. Qg4 Ng6 18. f4 Qh4 19. Rd3 Qxg4 20. hxg4 f5 21. g5 Kf7 22. Rxh7 Rh8 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. a3 Nf8 25. Ne2 Ke7 26. Rc3 Kd7 27. Kd2 Ne6 28. Rc1 g6 29. b4 a5 30. Kd3 axb4 31. axb4 Ba7 32. Ra1 Bb6 33. Ra6 Rb8 34. Ra2 Rh8 35. Ra1 Ke7 36. Ra2 Kd7 37. Ra1 Ke7 38. Ra2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Bluebaum, Matthias (2631) – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2789) [A34]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (8.2), 2018-04-08
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qc7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Qd2 e6 9. Qg5 f6 10. Qh5+ Qf7 11. Qxf7+ Kxf7 12. Be3 e5 13. Bc4+ Be6 14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. O-O-O Be7 16. Rd5 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 b6 18. g4 Na5 19. b3 Rxd5 20. exd5+ Kf7 21. c4 Nb7 22. Nd2 Rh8 23. Rg1 Nd6 24. Kc2 Re8 25. Kd3 h5 26. g5 f5 27. f4 e4+ 28. Ke2 g6 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. a4 Nb7 31. Nf1 Bf8 32. Bd2 Bg7 33. Ne3 a6 34. Bc3 Bd4 35. Kd2 Re8 36. Rc2 Nd6 37. Ra2 Nb7 38. Rc2 Ke7 39. Ra2 Na5 40. Bxa5 bxa5 41. Rc2 Rb8 42. Rc3 h4 43. h3 Kd6 44. Kc2 Bxe3 45. Rxe3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Carlsen, Magnus (2843) – Vitiugov, Nikita (2735) [C77]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (8.3), 2018-04-08
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 d6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. h3 Bxb3 14. axb3 d5 15. Qe2 Bc5 16. b4 Bf8 17. Nd2 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Nxa5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Nde4 Nxe4 22. dxe4 Qc4 23. Qf3 Qe6 24. Nf5 Nc4 25. h4 Kh7 26. h5 g6 27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. hxg6+ fxg6 29. Bxe3 Bd6 30. Qe2 Qc4 31. Qxc4 bxc4 32. Ra1 Rb8 33. Bc1 Rb6 34. Ra4 Rc6 35. Be3 h5 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Kd1 Ke6 39. Kc2 Be7 40. f3 Bh4 41. Ra5 Bg3 42. Bc5 g5 43. Bb4 g4 44. fxg4 hxg4 45. Ra8 Kf7 46. Rc8 Bf4 47. Kd1 Kg7 48. Ke2 Kf7 49. Rf8+ Kg7 50. Rd8 Kf7 51. Kf2 Kg7 52. Rd7+ Kf6 53. g3 Bc1 54. Rd1 Bg5 55. Ke2 Ke6 56. Rh1 Ra6 57. Ba3 Rb6 58. Rh7 Rb7 59. Kd1 Rb8 60. Kc2 Rd8 61. Rg7 Rd2+ 62. Kc1 Bf6 63. Kxd2 Bxg7 64. Bc5 Kd7 65. Be3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Caruana, Fabiano (2784) – Aronian, Levon (2794) [C67]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (8.4), 2018-04-08
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. d5 Re8 12. Bd3 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qe7 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. d6 cxd6 16. Na3 d5 17. Nb5 d6 18. Nxd6 Nc6 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Nxb7 Nb4 21. Nc5 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bd4 24. Be3 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 d4 26. Bxa7 Bxa2 27. Rb8+ Rxb8 28. Bxb8 Bb1 29. Ba7 Ba2 30. Bb8 Bb1 31. Ba7 Ba2 32. Bb8 ½ – ½ (view game)
Meier, Georg (2648) – Hou, Yifan (2654) [E06]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (8.5), 2018-04-08
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Rfc1 Bb4 17. Rc4 Be7 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nbd7 20. Nd3 Rac8 21. Rac1 Nb6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. e4 Nd7 25. Be3 Nd6 26. f4 f5 27. Kf3 Kf7 28. g4 g6 29. h3 Ke8 30. Bd4 Kd8 31. Bc3 Ke8 32. Bd4 Kd8 33. Bc3 Ke8 ½ – ½ (view game)
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Round 7
Posted by 365Chess.com on April 7, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 5 |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2843 | 4.5 |
| 3 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2735 | 4.5 |
| 4 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2789 | 4 |
| 5 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 4 |
| 6 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2631 | 3.5 |
| 7 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2654 | 2.5 |
| 8 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2776 | 2.5 |
| 9 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | AZE | 2701 | 2.5 |
| 10 | Meier, Georg | GER | 2648 | 2 |
Anand,V (2776) – Meier,Geo (2648) [C10]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (7), 2018-04-07
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Rb8 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. c3 a6 14. a4 Bd5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Bd6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bg5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd5 22. Ra6 c5 23. Be3 Rfc8 24. Rda1 h5 25. Ra7 c4 26. Rd7 b4 27. Bd4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rb3 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Kf4 Rbb8 31. Kg5 Ra8 32. Re1 Rc6 33. f4 Ra2 34. h3 Rd2 35. f5 Rd3 36. Kf4 h4 37. e6 Kf8 38. gxh4 fxe6 39. Ra1 exf5 40. Kxf5 Rxh3 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Ke5 Rxh4 44. Kxd5 Rg6 45. Bxg7 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian,L (2794) – Vitiugov,N (2735) [A11]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (7), 2018-04-07
1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 g6 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bd2 Nd5 12. Qc1 a5 13. Bh6 Bg4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne5 Be6 16. d4 Nf6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. e4 Rfd8 19. Qc3 Kg8 20. Rd3 Rd6 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. b3 Qb4 23. Qa1 a4 24. h3 axb3 25. axb3 Nd7 26. Nxd7 R6xd7 27. d5 cxd5 28. exd5 Bf5 29. Re3 Be6 30. Rde1 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Rd1+ 34. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kg2 b6 36. Kf3 Rd3+ 37. Re3 Rd2 38. Re4 Rd3+ 39. Re3 Rd2 40. Re4 Rd3+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) – Caruana,F (2784) [A29]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (7), 2018-04-07
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. Qc2 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. d3 Bf5 12. Bf4 h6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qb2 b6 15. Rfd1 Qc5 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Bf1 Re7 18. a4 Rae8 19. Rac1 g5 20. Bd2 Qf5 21. f3 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Bd5 23. Be1 Bc4 24. e4 Bxf1 25. Bf2 Qc4 26. Rxf1 Qxa4 27. c4 Ne5 28. Bd4 g4 29. fxg4 Qd7 30. Qc3 c5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Rcd1 Qe6 34. g5 hxg5 35. Rd5 g4 36. Qc3 Re5 0 – 1 (view game)
Naiditsch,A (2701) – Carlsen,M (2843) [B91]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (7), 2018-04-07
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nd2 b5 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Ne3 Rc8 15. a3 Nb6 16. f4 Re8 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. f5 Bd7 19. Qd3 h6 20. b3 Bc6 21. Bd2 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Ned5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Nbd7 25. Nd1 e4 26. Qd4 Ne5 27. Nf2 Nf3 28. Bxf3 exf3 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Re5 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Qb2 33. Nd3 Qxa3 34. Qxf3 Qa2 35. Bc3 Rxc4 36. Ra1 Qb3 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Kg2 Rc3 39. Rd1 h5 40. Kh3 Bh6 41. Re1 Rxd3 42. Qxh5 Re3 0 – 1 (view game)
Hou Yifan (2654) – Bluebaum,M (2631) [A13]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (7), 2018-04-07
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nb4 9. Qb1 b6 10. a3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. d4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. O-O Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxd4 Rfc8 18. Rd1 Rc6 19. Qb2 Qf5 20. Qe2 Rc2 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bh4 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Bg5 25. a4 Bd2 26. Rab1 Rac8 27. Rb2 Rxb2 28. Bxb2 Rc2 29. Bd4 f6 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Kf3 Ke6 32. h3 h5 33. Ke2 Bf4+ 34. Kf3 Bd2 35. Ke2 Bf4+ 36. Kf3 g5 37. Rd3 Bd2 38. Ke2 Bf4+ 39. Kf3 Be5 40. Be3 Rb2 41. a5 bxa5 42. Bxa7 f5 43. exf5+ Kxf5 44. Kg2 g4 45. hxg4+ hxg4 46. Rd5 Rxb3 ½ – ½ (view game)
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Round 6
Posted by 365Chess.com on April 7, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2789 | 4 |
| 2 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2735 | 4 |
| 3 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 4 |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2843 | 3.5 |
| 5 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2631 | 3 |
| 7 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | AZE | 2701 | 2.5 |
| 8 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2776 | 2 |
| 9 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2654 | 2 |
| 10 | Meier, Georg | GER | 2648 | 1.5 |
Meier, Georg (2648) – Naiditsch, Arkadij (2701) [E10]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (6.1), 2018-04-06
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bf4 c5 13. Nb5 cxd4 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Re8 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Qb2 e5 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. e3 h5 21. Qe2 a6 22. Na3 d4 23. Nc2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Ne4 25. Qf1 h4 26. f3 Nc3 27. Rd2 hxg3 28. hxg3 Re6 29. Qf2 Rf6 30. exd4 Ne4 31. Qe3 Nxd2 32. dxc5 Nxf3 33. cxb6 Qb7 0 – 1 (view game)
Caruana, Fabiano (2784) – Hou, Yifan (2654) [C42]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (6.2), 2018-04-06
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. h3 c5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. a3 d5 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. g4 Bc6 15. Bg2 Re8 16. Qd3 Bd6 17. Qg3 Bxf4+ 18. Qxf4 h6 19. Nf3 Qb8 20. Qxb8 Raxb8 21. Nd2 Re2 22. Rhf1 b6 23. Rde1 Rbe8 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Kd1 Re6 26. f4 Kf8 27. Re1 Ke7 28. Rxe6+ Kxe6 29. Ke2 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Ke3 f6 33. Bf1 Nd6 34. Nd2 f5 35. gxf5+ Nxf5+ 36. Kf2 Ke5 37. Nf3+ Kf4 38. Ne1 c4 39. Ng2+ Ke5 40. Be2 Ba4 41. Bd1 Be8 42. Bg4 Bg6 43. Be2 Nd6 44. Ne3 Ne4+ 45. Kf3 Nf6 46. Kf2 Bf7 47. Ng2 Be6 48. h4 Ne4+ 49. Kf3 Bh3 50. hxg5 Nxg5+ 51. Kg3 Bxg2 52. Kxg2 Ne6 53. Kf2 Nc5 54. Bh5 Na4 55. Be8 Nxb2 56. Ke2 a6 57. Kd2 b5 58. Bh5 Na4 59. Bf7 Nc5 60. Kc1 Ne6 61. Kb2 Nf4 62. Be8 Ke4 63. Bc6 Ke3 64. Bb7 a5 65. Kc1 Ne2+ 66. Kb2 Kd2 67. Bxd5 Nxc3 68. Bc6 Nd1+ 69. Kb1 Ne3 70. Be4 c3 71. Bh7 Nc4 72. Ka2 Ne5 73. Be4 Ke3 74. Bh7 Nc6 75. Bg6 Kd2 76. Be4 Nd4 77. Kb1 Kd1 78. Bd5 Nf5 79. Be4 Ne3 80. Bg6 Kd2 81. Bd3 Nc4 82. Ka2 Nb6 83. Kb1 Nc4 84. Ka2 a4 85. Bg6 Kc1 86. Bd3 Nd6 87. Ka1 Nb7 88. Ka2 Nc5 89. Bf5 Na6 90. Bg6 Kd2 91. Bh7 Nb8 92. Bd3 Nc6 93. Bxb5 Nd4 94. Bxa4 Nxc2 95. Kb3 Nd4+ 96. Kc4 Nc2 97. Kb3 Ne3 98. Kb4 c2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Carlsen, Magnus (2843) – Aronian, Levon (2794) [A18]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (6.3), 2018-04-06
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. d4 c4 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Bd3 12. Ng1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Ne2 Ba3 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Bg5 Bb2 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Qa3 22. Qe3 b5 23. e6 f6 24. h4 Ne7 25. Rb1 a6 26. Qd2 Qd6 27. a4 bxa4 28. Qa2 a3 29. Rb4 h5 30. Qxa3 Nc6 31. Ra4 Qxa3 32. Rxa3 a5 33. e7 Nxe7 34. Rxa5 Rb8 35. Bxd5+ Nxd5 36. Rxd5 Rb3 37. Rxh5 Rxc3 38. Rc5 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 c3 40. Kf3 c2 41. Kf4 Rd1 42. Rxc2 Rxd4+ 43. Kf5 Kh7 44. f4 Ra4 45. Rc5 Kh6 46. Rd5 Ra6 47. g4 g6+ 48. Ke4 Ra4+ 49. Rd4 Ra5 50. Rd5 Ra4+ 51. Ke3 Ra3+ 52. Rd3 Ra6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Vitiugov, Nikita (2735) – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2789) [E60]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (6.4), 2018-04-06
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 O-O 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Nf3 Nd5 9. e3 Nb6 10. Qd1 e5 11. O-O Bg4 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nxe5 14. Nbd2 Rfd8 15. Rf1 Nd3 16. Nb3 Nxc1 17. Raxc1 Bxb2 18. Rc2 Bf6 19. Nfd4 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Nd5 22. Rc5 Nb4 23. Bxb7 Nxa2 24. Ra5 Nc3 25. Rxa7 Ne2+ 26. Nxe2 Bxe2 27. Kg2 Bc4 28. Na5 Be6 29. Bf3 Rd2 30. Nc6 Ra2 31. Rc7 Bg5 32. Nb4 Rd2 33. Rc3 Bf6 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Nxc2 Kf8 36. Nb4 Bc3 37. Nc6 h6 38. Nd4 Ke7 39. Bb7 Kf6 40. f4 g5 41. Kf3 gxf4 42. gxf4 Bb2 43. Ne2 Ke7 44. Ng3 f5 45. Ne2 Kf6 46. Nd4 Bc4 47. Bc8 Bd3 48. Kf2 Bc3 49. Bb7 Bb2 50. Bg2 Ba6 51. Bf1 Bc8 52. Bh3 Bc3 53. Nb5 Bd2 54. Nd4 Bc3 55. Ne2 Bd2 56. Ng3 Bc1 57. Ne4+ fxe4 58. Bxc8 h5 59. h4 Ba3 60. Bd7 Be7 61. Be8 Kf5 62. Kg3 Bc5 63. Kf2 Be7 64. Bxh5 Bxh4+ 65. Ke2 Bg3 66. Bf3 Bxf4 67. Bxe4+ Kxe4 68. exf4 Kxf4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Bluebaum, Matthias (2631) – Anand, Viswanathan (2776) [D30]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (6.5), 2018-04-06
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. a5 a6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Nb3 Nbd7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bd2 Ke7 16. Rac1 Rhc8 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Be2 Bd6 19. Rfd1 Bd5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxa6 Ra8 22. Bf1 Rxa5 23. Nb5 Bc5 24. Rc1 Ra2 25. Rxc5 Rxb2 26. e4 Rxd2 27. exd5 exd5 28. Rc1 b3 29. Rb1 b2 30. Nc3 Nc4 31. Nxd5+ Rxd5 32. Bxc4 Rc5 33. Re1+ Kf6 34. Bd3 Rd5 35. Bb1 h5 36. g3 g5 37. Kg2 g4 38. Re2 Rb5 39. Re8 Rd5 40. Re2 Rb5 41. h4 Kg7 42. Re7 Rd5 43. Rb7 Rd2 44. Ba2 Kh6 45. Bxf7 1 – 0 (view game)
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Round 5
Posted by 365Chess.com on April 5, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2789 | 3.5 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 3.5 |
| 3 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2735 | 3.5 |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2843 | 3 |
| 5 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 3 |
| 6 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2776 | 2 |
| 7 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2631 | 2 |
| 8 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | AZE | 2701 | 1.5 |
| 9 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2654 | 1.5 |
| 10 | Meier, Georg | GER | 2648 | 1.5 |
Hou, Yifan (2654) – Vitiugov, Nikita (2735) [C92]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (5.1), 2018-04-05
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Ng3 a5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 a4 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 a3 23. bxa3 Rxa3 24. Rab1 Qc4 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Rxb5 Rxa2 27. Nf5 Rc2 28. Ne3 Rxc3 29. Ra1 Rcc8 30. Rb7 Rb8 31. Raa7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 h6 33. Nd5 Ra8 34. Kh2 g6 35. f3 Kg7 36. Nc7 Rc8 37. Nd5 Ra8 38. Nc7 Rc8 39. Nd5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2789) – Aronian, Levon (2794) [C88]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (5.2), 2018-04-05
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. h3 Qb8 13. c3 Qb5 14. c4 Qb7 15. Nbd2 Nd7 16. Nb3 Nd8 17. d4 exd4 18. Nbxd4 c5 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Ne5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. dxe6 Rd8 25. Be3 g5 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Ke2 Kf6 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Kxe6 30. Kc2 Kf5 31. Kd3 Bd6 32. b3 Be7 33. Bc1 Bd6 34. Be3 Be7 35. Bc1 Bd6 36. Be3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Anand, Viswanathan (2776) – Caruana, Fabiano (2784) [B12]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (5.3), 2018-04-05
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 a6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Be2 Be4 10. Ng5 Nxe5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. c3 Nf5 13. Bd4 Nc6 14. O-O Be7 15. Bc4 O-O 16. Re1 b5 17. cxb6 Ncxd4 18. b7 Rb8 19. cxd4 a5 20. d5 e5 21. d6 Nxd6 22. Bd5 Nxb7 23. Rxe4 Bf6 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Bc6 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rfc8 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Ra4 h6 29. Rxa5 Rc2 30. Rb1 e4 31. Ra4 Re7 32. Re1 Rxb2 33. Kf1 Rc7 34. Raxe4 Rxa2 35. R4e2 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Re7 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. Nc1 h5 39. h3 g6 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Meier, Georg (2648) – Carlsen, Magnus (2843) [E10]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (5.4), 2018-04-05
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. h4 Ndf6 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Nh5 13. Be3 f5 14. Bf3 Qe8 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. e3 b6 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. a3 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Be2 Bb7 21. b4 Rac8 22. c5 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qc3 Qf5 26. a4 g5 27. hxg5 Qxg5 28. Kg2 Rc7 29. Rh1 Rg7 30. Rcg1 Qf5 31. Rf1 Ba6 32. b5 cxb5 33. Rh5 Qf7 34. Qe5 Bb7 35. cxb6 bxa4 36. bxa7 Ba8 37. Rg5 Qxa7 38. Bg4 Kh8 39. Ra1 Qe7 40. Qxg7+ Qxg7 41. Rxg7 Kxg7 42. Rxa4 Bc6 43. Rb4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Naiditsch, Arkadij (2701) – Bluebaum, Matthias (2631) [A13]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (5.5), 2018-04-05
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Rg1 Nc6 9. g4 e5 10. g5 Ne8 11. Qb1 f5 12. gxf6 Nxf6 13. Be2 Kh8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nf3 Ne8 16. Nd5 Bf5 17. d3 Bd6 18. Bc3 Rb8 19. Qb2 Bxd3 20. Bxd3 Rxf3 21. Qe2 Rf8 22. Qh5 Ne7 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. O-O-O Rf7 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ Rg7 27. Rxg7 Nxg7 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Bxe5 Nef5 30. Bxf5 Qxf6 31. Nxf6+ Kf7 32. Bxd6 Rd8 33. Bc7 Rh8 34. Be4 Kxf6 35. Bxb7 Nf5 36. Bf4 Rg8 37. a4 Rg1+ 38. Kd2 Rb1 39. Bc6 Rb2+ 40. Ke1 Rb4 41. a5 Rxc4 42. a6 Rb4 43. Bb7 Ke6 44. Bc8+ Kf6 45. Kd2 Rb2+ 46. Kd3 Rxf2 47. Ke4 Ra2 48. Be5+ Kg5 49. Bb8 Ra4+ 50. Ke5 c4 51. Bxf5 Ra5+ 52. Kd4 Kxf5 53. Bxa7 Rxa6 54. Bc5 Ra4 55. e4+ Ke6 56. Kc3 Ke5 57. Bb4 Ra2 58. Kxc4 Rxh2 59. Kd3 Rh3+ 60. Ke2 Kxe4 61. Kf2 Rb3 62. Bd6 Rb2+ 63. Kg3 Rc2 64. Bb8 Rc3+ 65. Kg2 Rb3 ½ – ½ (view game)
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Round 4
Posted by 365Chess.com on April 4, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2789 | 3 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 3 |
| 3 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2735 | 3 |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2843 | 2.5 |
| 5 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 2.5 |
| 6 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2776 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2631 | 1.5 |
| 8 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | AZE | 2701 | 1 |
| 9 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2654 | 1 |
| 10 | Meier, Georg | GER | 2648 | 1 |
Vitiugov,N (2735) – Anand,V (2776) [C02]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (4), 2018-04-04
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Nf4 12. Nb3 a5 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 d4 15. bxa5 Bxa5 16. Nxa5 Rxa5 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 18. Rfe1 Rd5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Nc6 bxc6 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bc3 c5 23. d4 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Rd8 26. Bb6 Rd6 27. Bc5 Rd5 28. Be3 Bd7 29. h3 Ba4 30. Rc1 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Bxd1 32. f3 e5 33. h4 h5 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke1 Ba4 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Ke1 Ba4 38. Kf2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Caruana,F (2784) – Naiditsch,A (2701) [C65]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (4), 2018-04-04
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Nbd2 Ng6 15. Nc4 Rad8 16. Ne3 d5 17. exd5 Bg7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxd5 22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. Rc1 Bxd4 24. Qd2 Qd7 25. Nxd4 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nf5 Kh7 28. g3 Ne5 29. Qe3 Nc4 30. Qc3 Qe5 31. Qd3 Nxb2 32. Qc2 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qd1 34. Qe4 Qxa4 35. Qxb7 Qa2 36. Ne3 Kg7 37. Qb4 Qb1 38. g4 Kg8 39. Nf5 Qc2 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qb7 Kh8 42. Qe7 1 – 0 (view game)
Carlsen,M (2843) – Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) [A04]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (4), 2018-04-04
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 fxg2 8. cxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Qd6 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bb2 Bc6 14. O-O Ke7 15. Nd5+ Bxd5 16. cxd5 Rhg8 17. d6+ Kxd6 18. Rad1+ Ke7 19. Be5 Rgd8 20. Bxb7 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Kf1 Ne8 24. Bg3 Kd7 25. a4 f5 26. f3 Ke6 27. Bc8+ Kd5 28. Bb7+ Ke6 29. Bc6 Nd6 30. Bf2 Be5 31. h4 f4 32. exf4 Bxf4 33. a5 bxa5 34. Bxc5 Nf5 35. Bb6 Bd2 36. Bd8 Nd4 37. Ba4 Kd6 38. Kg2 Ne6 39. Bb6 Nc5 40. Bxc5+ Kxc5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian,L (2794) – Hou Yifan (2654) [A14]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (4), 2018-04-04
1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b6 11. Ne5 Ra7 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Rc1 Nd5 16. Bxb8 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qb3 Qxb8 19. Nd2 Rc8 20. Nf3 g6 21. Nd4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Bf6 23. Nc6 Qa8 24. Ncb4 Nxb4 25. Qxb4 Kg7 26. Qe4 Qa7 27. Qc6 Rb6 28. Qc5 Be7 29. Qe3 Qb7 30. Ne5 Ra6 31. h3 Bf6 32. Kh2 h5 33. Nd3 Ra8 34. Qc5 Ra4 35. b3 Ra2 36. Rc2 Ra1 37. Rc1 Ra2 38. Rc2 Ra1 39. Rc1 Ra2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Bluebaum,M (2631) – Meier,Geo (2648) [E00]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (4), 2018-04-04
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. b3 Ba6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb2 Qe7 16. Rc2 Rac8 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Nb1 Rfd8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Bf1 Ba6 22. e3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Ne4 24. Nd2 Nd6 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. a4 f6 27. Nf3 Kf7 28. Kg2 Qc8 29. Qxc8 Nxc8 30. Nd2 Ne7 31. Kf3 Nc6 32. Ke2 e5 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. e4 Ke6 35. Kd3 g5 36. exd5+ Kxd5 37. Nc4 h5 38. Ne3+ Ke6 39. Ke4 Nd4 40. b4 g4 41. Nd5 Nf3 42. Nc7+ Kd7 43. Nd5 Ke6 44. Nc7+ Kd7 ½ – ½ (view game)
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Round 3
Posted by 365Chess.com on April 2, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2789 | 2.5 |
| 2 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2735 | 2.5 |
| 3 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2843 | 2 |
| 4 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 2 |
| 5 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 2 |
| 6 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | AZE | 2701 | 1 |
| 7 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2631 | 1 |
| 8 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2776 | 1 |
| 9 | Meier, Georg | GER | 2648 | 0.5 |
| 10 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2654 | 0.5 |
Bluebaum, Matthias (2631) – Carlsen, Magnus (2843) [E92]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (3.1), 2018-04-02
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 a6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Rfe1 Qxc5 16. Ne6 Qa5 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. a3 d4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rd8 21. Qe3 Bd7 22. Rad1 Be6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qd8 26. Be2 Qd6 27. f4 Bd7 28. Bf3 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Ng4 30. Qg3 Qc5+ 31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32. Ke2 Nf5 33. Qf2 Qxc6 34. g4 Qc4+ 35. Kd2 Nd4 36. Qe3 Nc6 37. Ne2 h5 38. h3 hxg4 39. hxg4 g5 40. fxg5 Qxg4 41. Qc3+ Kg8 42. Qf6 Qg2 43. Ke3 Qh3+ 44. Kd2 Qd7+ 45. Kc2 Ne7 46. Nc3 Ng6 47. b4 Nf8 48. Qe5 Qe6 49. Qxe6 Nxe6 50. Ne4 Kg7 51. a4 b6 52. Kc3 Kg6 53. Kc4 Nxg5 54. Nd6 f5 55. Nxf5 Kxf5 56. Kd5 Nf3 57. Kc6 b5 58. axb5 Nd4+ 59. Kc5 Nxb5 60. Kb6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Hou, Yifan (2654) – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2789) [A04]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (3.2), 2018-04-02
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rad8 12. Na3 a6 13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. Qe1 Qb8 15. Nc2 b5 16. c5 d5 17. cxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Nfd4 Nd5 20. Ba3 Qd7 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. e4 Nc7 23. Nb4 Bb7 24. Rd1 Qc8 25. Qe3 a5 26. Nd3 b4 27. Bb2 Bxb2 28. Nxb2 Nb5 29. Nc4 Nc3 30. Rd2 Rd8 31. Nxa5 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Ba6 33. Bf1 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 Qa8 35. Nc4 Qxe4 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nd4 38. f3 Qxf3+ 39. Qf2 Qh1+ 40. Qg1 Qe4 41. Qf2 f6 42. Ne3 Kf7 43. h4 Qh1+ 44. Qg1 Qxg1+ 45. Kxg1 Ne2+ 46. Kf2 Nc3 0 – 1 (view game)
Anand, Viswanathan (2776) – Aronian, Levon (2794) [C65]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (3.3), 2018-04-02
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Re1 d6 9. d4 Bd7 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a4 Be7 13. Na3 Rf8 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Nc4 Kh8 16. b4 g6 17. a5 a6 18. Ncd2 f5 19. h3 Bg5 20. c4 Bh6 21. Nb1 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Nc3 Rf7 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Raf8 27. Ra3 Rf4 28. Rae3 R4f6 29. Rc3 Rf4 30. Rce3 R4f6 31. Rc3 Rf4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Naiditsch, Arkadij (2701) – Vitiugov, Nikita (2735) [C77]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (3.4), 2018-04-02
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Bg5 Ba7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Nf1 g5 11. Bg3 Ne7 12. Ne3 Ng6 13. Nf5 Ne7 14. Ne3 Ng6 15. Bb3 Qe7 16. Qc2 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Nf4 18. Rhe1 N4h5 19. Nd2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Ng4 21. Ndf1 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 h5 24. d4 h4 25. Ba4 Bxa4 26. Qxa4 hxg3 27. Rxg3 Rh4 28. Re3 Rdh8 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. cxd4 Rf4 32. Rd2 Rh1+ 33. Kc2 Rf1 34. Ree2 Kd7 35. Kd3 c6 36. Ke3 d5 37. exd5 cxd5 38. f3 Rf6 39. Kd3 Re6 40. Rc2 Rd1+ 41. Red2 Ree1 42. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 43. Rd2 Re1 ½ – ½ (view game)
Meier, Georg (2648) – Caruana, Fabiano (2784) [C69]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (3.5), 2018-04-02
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Qd2 g5 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. h4 Qg6 13. hxg5 Ng4 14. Nc3 h6 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Bxc7 Rc8 17. Bb6 hxg5 18. Ne2 c5 19. Ng3 Rh8 20. Rfd1 Qh6 21. b4 cxb4 22. Bd4 f6 23. c3 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Kf7 25. Rac1 Rc4 26. Bd4 b5 27. Qa5 Nh2 28. Qxa6 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 g4 30. f4 Qxf4 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. Be3 Qf3 33. Rd6 Rh3 34. Rxe6 Rxg3+ 35. fxg3 Qxe3+ 36. Kh2 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qf1+ 0 – 1 (view game)
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Round 2
Posted by 365Chess.com on April 1, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2735 | 2 |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2843 | 1.5 |
| 3 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 1.5 |
| 4 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2789 | 1.5 |
| 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 1 |
| 6 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | AZE | 2701 | 0.5 |
| 7 | Meier, Georg | GER | 2648 | 0.5 |
| 8 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2631 | 0.5 |
| 9 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2776 | 0.5 |
| 10 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2654 | 0.5 |
Carlsen, Magnus (2843) – Hou, Yifan (2654) [C24]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe GER (2.1), 2018-04-01
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. d4 a4 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Qd1 b5 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Ng3 Nb6 18. b3 axb3 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Bg4 21. Qc1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 h5 23. Bh6 Qe7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qg5 Kh7 26. f4 Nfd7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rd1 Re8 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. f4 Ng4 32. Rd6 Re6 33. Rd8 Kg7 34. Nf1 Rf6 35. h3 Nh6 36. f5 gxf5 37. Ng3 Rg6 38. Kf2 fxe4 39. Nxh5+ Kh7 40. Bxe4 f5 41. Bg2 Nf7 42. Rf8 Ne5 43. Nf4 Rd6 44. Rxf5 Nbd7 45. Ke2 Kg7 46. h4 Nf7 47. Be4 Nde5 48. Nh5+ Kh6 49. Ng3 Re6 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. Rf1 Kf8 52. Nf5 Ng4+ 53. Kf4 Nf6 54. Bf3 Nd5+ 55. Bxd5 cxd5 56. Ra1 Kg8 57. Ra8+ Kh7 58. Ra7 Rf6 59. h5 Kg8 60. Rd7 b4 61. cxb4 1 – 0 (view game)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2789) – Anand, Viswanathan (2776) [B48]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe GER (2.2), 2018-04-01
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bxb5 Rc8 12. Ba4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf4 Qc4 15. Bxe5 Qxa4 16. Rd2 f6 17. Bd6 Kf7 18. Re1 Bg6 19. Bxf8 Rhxf8 20. Qd6 Kg8 21. f4 Rfe8 22. Re3 Qc4 23. b3 Qc7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Kb2 Rb8 26. g4 Bf7 27. a4 Rc5 28. Ne2 Rc7 29. Rd6 Ra7 30. Red3 Be8 31. f5 exf5 32. gxf5 Rc8 33. Nc3 Rc5 34. R3d5 Rc6 35. Ne4 Kf7 36. Rd3 Rac7 37. c4 g6 38. fxg6+ 1 – 0 (view game)
Caruana, Fabiano (2784) – Bluebaum, Matthias (2631) [C11]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe GER (2.3), 2018-04-01
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. Qf2 Nc6 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. O-O b4 13. Ne2 Nxc5 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 a5 18. Bb6 Qc6 19. Bd4 Bd8 20. g4 Ba6 21. f5 Bxd3 22. cxd3 f6 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. fxe6 Qxe6 25. Qf5 Qxf5 26. Rxf5 fxe5 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bxe5 Kf7 29. Kf2 Ra6 30. Kf3 Bf6 31. Rc7+ Kg6 32. d4 Re6 33. Kf4 Bg5+ 34. Kf3 Bf6 35. Kf4 Bg5+ 36. Kf3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2794) – Naiditsch, Arkadij (2701) [E70]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe GER (2.4), 2018-04-01
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be2 Na6 9. h4 h5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. f3 Ng8 13. Nb5 b6 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 f6 16. Be3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 e4 19. Rb1 exf3 20. gxf3 axb4 21. axb4 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Nb8 23. O-O Nd7 24. Rbc1 Ra7 25. Bd3 Qe5 26. Nxh5 Qxd5 27. Nf4 Qb3 28. Bc4 Qb2 29. Rc2 Qd4+ 30. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Kg2 Be5 32. Ne6 Rc8 33. Nd8 d5 34. Nc6 Ra3 35. Bxd5 1 – 0 (view game)
Vitiugov, Nikita (2735) – Meier, Georg (2648) [C02]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe GER (2.5), 2018-04-01
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. b5 Na5 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. a4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Qc3 14. Ke2 Be7 15. Rc1 Qxc1 16. Qxc1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Bd8 18. Nf1 Bb6 19. Rc3 Ke7 20. Ng3 a6 21. Ke3 axb5 22. axb5 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 Rc8 24. Nd2 Ba5 25. Rc2 dxc4 26. Nge4 c3 27. Nb1 Rg8 28. Nbxc3 Rxg2 29. Nd6 Rxh2 30. Nxb7 Bb6 31. Nc5 h5 32. Nxd7 Kxd7 33. Ne4 h4 34. Rc6 Bd8 35. Nc5+ Ke8 36. b6 Rh1 37. b7 h3 38. b8=Q h2 39. Rc8 1 – 0 (view game)
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Round 1
Posted by 365Chess.com on March 31, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2735 | 1 |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2843 | 0.5 |
| 3 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 0.5 |
| 4 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2789 | 0.5 |
| 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 0.5 |
| 6 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2776 | 0.5 |
| 7 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | AZE | 2701 | 0.5 |
| 8 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2654 | 0.5 |
| 9 | Meier, Georg | GER | 2648 | 0.5 |
| 10 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2631 | 0 |
Caruana,F (2784) – Carlsen,M (2843) [E60]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe GER (1), 2018-03-31
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. a3 Na6 9. Nd4 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O e5 12. Nb3 c6 13. e4 Nc7 14. f4 Ne6 15. f5 Nd4 16. Be3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 gxf5 18. exf5 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rad1 d4 21. Bg5 Qb6 22. Qc4+ Rf7 23. Na4 Qc7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Nac5 b6 26. Bxf6 bxc5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nd2 Bb7 29. f6+ Kf8 30. Rde1 Re8 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 c4 33. g4 Rb8 34. Rxe5 Rxb2 35. Rd5 c3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rh8 Rbb7 38. Rxh7+ Kg6 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Kf2 c2 41. Rc1 d3 42. Ke3 Rd7 43. Kd2 Kxf6 44. h4 Ke5 45. Rf1 Kd4 46. h5 Re7 47. Rf4+ Kd5 48. Rf1 Kc4 49. Rf4+ Kd5 50. Rf1 Kc4 51. Rf4+ Kb3 52. Rb4+ Kxa3 53. Rc4 Kb3 54. Rc8 a5 55. h6 Re2+ 56. Kxd3 Rh2 57. g5 Rh3+ 58. Kd2 Rh2+ 59. Kd3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Anand,V (2776) – Hou Yifan (2654) [A15]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe GER (1), 2018-03-31
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. g4 d4 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. gxf5 Nc6 12. Bg2 Nb4 13. Qe2 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 Nxa1 15. Bxa1 Qd7 16. Ne4 Qxf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxb7 Rad8 19. Kc2 Rfe8 20. Bc3 Bc5 21. f3 Bd4 22. Re1 g6 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Bd5 Qb6 25. b4 f5 26. Qd3 Bxc3 27. dxc3 Qd6 28. a4 a5 29. Kb3 Rb8 30. b5 Qc5 31. h4 Rbd8 32. h5 Kf6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Rd6 36. Re1 Rc8 37. Rh1 Kg7 38. Kc2 g5 39. Rd1 Kf6 40. Kd3 Rb6 41. Rh1 Kg7 42. Rg1 Kf6 43. Ke3 Rd6 44. Rb1 Rb6 45. Ke2 Kg6 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Rh1 Kg7 48. Re1 ½ – ½ (view game)
Meier,Geo (2648) – Aronian,L (2794) [C67]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe GER (1), 2018-03-31
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Nf5 Bf6 14. Qe1 d5 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. d3 Nd6 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qg4 b5 20. c3 d4 21. cxd4 b4 22. d5 cxd5 23. Bf4 g6 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qf6 26. Qd4 Rc2 27. Rb1 Rfc8 28. Rxd5 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Nf5 30. Rc4 R8xc4 31. dxc4 Nd4 32. Rd1 Ne6 33. Rd5 a4 34. Ra5 Rxb2 35. Rxa4 Kg7 36. Ra5 Kf6 37. h4 Nd4 38. c5 Rc2 39. Ra6+ Ke5 40. Rb6 Rxa2 41. Rxb4 Ra1 42. g3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Naiditsch,A (2701) – Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) [A48]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe GER (1), 2018-03-31
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 h6 5. Bh4 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e4 e6 9. Nc4 f5 10. Nfd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 O-O 12. Ne3 d5 13. exf5 exf5 14. Nxd5 Re8+ 15. Ne3 f4 16. Bc4+ Be6 17. Bxe6+ Rxe6 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Ng4 Kh8 22. f3 Rxe4+ 23. fxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Kf2 f3 25. gxf3 Rf8 26. Nh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg2 Qg5+ 28. Kf1 Qh5 29. Qc2 c5 30. Qg2 cxd4 31. Ng4 Qb5+ 32. Kg1 dxc3 33. bxc3 Qc5+ 34. Qf2 Qxc3 35. Kg2 Ne5 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxh6+ Kg7 38. Rhh1 Rf6 39. Rag1 Bd4 40. Kf1+ Kf7 41. Rh7+ Kf8 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ Kf8 44. Rh8+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Bluebaum,M (2631) – Vitiugov,N (2735) [D12]
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe GER (1), 2018-03-31
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. c5 e5 10. b4 Be7 11. b5 O-O 12. Qa4 Re8 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Be2 exd4 15. exd4 Nxc5 16. dxc5 d4 17. O-O dxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc5 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Bxc6 Re2 21. Bf3 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxc3 24. Qxa7 Ne4+ 25. Kg1 Ra3 0 – 1 (view game)
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2018, Fabiano Caruana is the new challenger !!!
Posted by 365Chess.com on March 27, 2018 in Chess news
Final Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 9 |
| 2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2809 | 8 |
| 3 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2763 | 8 |
| 4 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2769 | 7.5 |
| 5 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2767 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2800 | 6.5 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | USA | 2799 | 6 |
| 8 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 4.5 |
Aronian,L (2794) – So,W (2799) [A30]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (14), 2018-03-27
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Be2 Na5 12. Qc2 Bg7 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bb2 Bg7 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. Bb2 Bg7 17. Ba3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Karjakin,Sergey (2763) – Ding Liren (2769) [C84]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (14), 2018-03-27
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 c5 13. a4 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. b3 e5 18. Ra2 b4 19. Nd2 Rae8 20. Raa1 Bd8 21. g3 g5 22. Nc4 Re6 23. a5 Ref6 24. f3 h5 25. Nb6 Qf7 26. Kg2 h4 27. Nd5 h3+ 28. Kg1 Rxf3 29. g4 Kg7 30. Rxf3 Qxf3 31. Qxf3 Rxf3 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Bxa5 34. Ne7 Kf6 35. Nf5 Ke6 36. Ng3 Bd8 37. Nh1 a5 38. Ke2 d5 39. Nf2 Kd6 40. exd5 Kxd5 41. Ne4 Kc6 42. Kd2 Be7 43. Kc1 Kb5 44. Kb2 a4 45. Ka2 a3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Kramnik,V (2800) – Mamedyarov,S (2809) [E06]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (14), 2018-03-27
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. Na3 Rd8 9. Naxc4 Qa6 10. Qc2 Rxd4 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qa5 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Be4 g6 17. Bh6 Qc5 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Qc2 Qc5 20. Qd3 Qd6 21. Nc4 Qc5 22. Qf3 c6 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. e4 e5 25. Be3 Qb4 26. Nxe5 Qxb2 27. Bf4 Be6 28. Rb1 Qxa2 29. Rxb7 Bc5 30. Kg2 Re8 31. h3 Bxf2 32. Qxf2 Bxh3+ 33. Kg1 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxe5 35. Bxe5 Ng4+ 36. Kg1 Nxe5 37. Be2 Kg7 38. Rxa7 Kf6 39. Ra5 Bd7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Ra1 h5 43. Rd1+ Ke7 44. Kd4 f6 45. Kc5 Bh3 46. Ra1 Bg2 47. Ra4 Ke6 48. Rd4 Nf3 49. Rd8 Ng5 50. Bc4+ Ke7 51. Rg8 Nxe4+ 52. Kxc6 Nd6+ 53. Kc5 Nxc4 54. Kxc4 Kf7 ½ – ½ (view game)
Grischuk,A (2767) – Caruana,F (2784) [C43]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (14), 2018-03-27
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. a3 O-O 14. b4 h6 15. Bg3 b6 16. Nd4 Bxd1 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Raxd1 c4 19. Bc2 b5 20. a4 a6 21. f3 Bg5 22. Bf2 Bf4 23. Bc5 Rfd8 24. Bd6 Bg3 25. Re2 g5 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Bc7 Re8 28. Bd6 Rac8 29. Ra1 Red8 30. Bb1 Rd7 31. Ra3 d4 32. axb5 axb5 33. cxd4 Nxd4 34. Rea2 Nc6 35. Be4 Bxe5 36. Bxc6 Rxd6 37. Bxb5 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Rg1 39. Ke3 Rb1 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Bd7 Bf4+ 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. Rc2 Rxb4 44. Bc6 c3 45. Rd7 Rc8 46. Be4 h5 47. Kd3 Rb2 48. Ke2 h4 49. Rd1 Ke5 50. Ra1 Rd8 51. Rd1 Rdb8 52. Ra1 Bd2 53. Ra6 Rd8 54. Rc6 Rb1 55. Kf2 Ra1 56. Rc4 Rd4 57. Rc8 Rb4 58. Ke2 Kf4 59. Kf2 Rbb1 60. Rf8+ Ke5 61. Bd3 Rb2 62. Ke2 Re1+ 63. Kf2 Rc1 64. Rxb2 cxb2 65. Rb8 Bc3 66. Be4 Bd4+ 67. Ke2 Kf4 68. Rb4 e5 69. Rb7 Kg3 0 – 1 (view game)
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2018 Round 13
Posted by 365Chess.com on March 26, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 8 |
| 2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2809 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2763 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2769 | 7 |
| 5 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2767 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2800 | 6 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | USA | 2799 | 5.5 |
| 8 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 4 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2809) – Grischuk, Alexander (2767) [D77]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (13.1), 2018-03-26
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bb2 Nd5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c4 Bf5 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. Nc2 Rab8 17. Bc3 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne8 19. h4 c5 20. Red1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nf6 22. Bf3 h5 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Rb5 Ne8 26. Qe3 Rxb5 27. cxb5 Nd6 28. a4 c4 29. Kg2 c3 30. Bc6 Qa5 31. Qc5 a6 32. e4 axb5 33. axb5 Kh7 34. e5 Nxb5 35. e6 Qa3 36. Qxb5 c2 37. exf7 Kg7 38. Be4 c1=Q 39. Qe8 1 – 0 (view game)
Ding, Liren (2769) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2800) [A13]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (13.2), 2018-03-26
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Ba3 Nc5 14. b4 Ncd7 15. b5 Ne8 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Qe2 axb5 18. Ndxb5 g5 19. h3 f5 20. exf5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxa3 22. Nxa3 Qa8+ 23. Qe4 Qxa3 24. fxe6 Nf6 25. Qe2 Qa8+ 26. f3 h5 27. e7 Re8 28. Ne4 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Nfxg4 31. Qd1 Bh6 32. Rc3 Rxe7 33. Qd5+ Qxd5 34. cxd5 Ra7 35. Re2 Nf7 36. Kh3 Nge5 37. Nxd6 Nxd6 38. Rxe5 Bg7 39. Rg5 Ne4 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Rh5+ Kg6 42. Rh4 Ng5+ 43. Kg2 Rxa2+ 44. Kf1 Ra1+ 45. Ke2 Ra2+ 46. Kf1 Ra1+ 47. Ke2 Ra2+ ½ – ½ (view game)
So, Wesley (2799) – Karjakin, Sergey (2763) [E37]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (13.3), 2018-03-26
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. b4 Qf5 14. Qxf5 exf5 15. Bxc4 Ke7 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ke2 Rhc8 19. Rhc1 Nd8 20. Ne5 Nf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. e4 Kf6 23. Ke3 g5 24. g3 h5 25. h3 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. f3 gxf3 28. Kxf3 Ke5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Re1+ Kf6 31. Rac1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd8 33. Rc7 Rd3+ 34. Kf4 Rxa3 35. Rxb7 Ra4 36. Rb5 a5 37. Rxf5+ Kg7 38. Rg5+ Kf6 39. Rf5+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Caruana, Fabiano (2784) – Aronian, Levon (2794) [C88]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (13.4), 2018-03-26
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. c3 d5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. dxe4 h6 15. Bc1 Bg6 16. Nbd2 Nh5 17. Nf1 Bc5 18. g3 Kh7 19. Kg2 Qe7 20. Bc2 Rfd8 21. b4 Bb6 22. a4 Nf6 23. Nh4 Qe6 24. Bd3 Bh5 25. g4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nxg4 27. Nf5 Nxf2 28. Bc2 g6 29. N1e3 gxf5 30. exf5 Qf6 31. Qxf2 e4 32. Rh1 Rd6 33. Bxe4 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Ne5 35. Qf4 c6 36. axb5 Rg5 37. bxa6 Qd8 38. f6+ Ng6 39. Rxh6+ 1 – 0 (view game)
FIDE Candidates 2018 Round 12
Posted by 365Chess.com on March 24, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2763 | 7 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 7 |
| 3 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2809 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2769 | 6.5 |
| 5 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2767 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2800 | 5.5 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | USA | 2799 | 5 |
| 8 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 4 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2809) – Ding, Liren (2769) [D41]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (12.1), 2018-03-24
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. Qf4 b5 21. Re3 Rc7 22. Nd3 Rc3 23. Nc5 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Bc6 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. f3 Rd8 27. Kf2 a5 28. g4 a4 29. Bc2 Nd7 30. Bd3 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 b4 32. Bc4 Bd7 33. g5 hxg5 34. Qxg5 Be8 35. Qe7 b3 36. axb3 a3 37. b4 Ra8 38. d5 a2 39. dxe6 a1=Q 40. exf7+ Bxf7 41. Bxf7+ Kh7 42. Qh4+ Qh6 43. Rh5 Qa7+ 0 – 1 (view game)
Grischuk, Alexander (2767) – Aronian, Levon (2794) [C88]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (12.2), 2018-03-24
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Bd2 Kh8 10. h3 Nd7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. c4 f5 15. Ba5 Rc8 16. Rc1 bxc4 17. bxc4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Nc5 19. Bc3 Qe8 20. b4 Ne6 21. Bd2 c6 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Be3 c5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Nd2 Bc8 27. Nf1 Be6 28. Ne3 Rc6 29. Qa4 Rfc8 30. Rb1 h6 31. Rb8 Rxc4 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxa6 Qc7 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Qd3 Qc5 36. Kh2 Qc7 37. Kg1 Qc5 38. Rd2 Qc7 39. Qa3 Qe7 40. Rd1 Kh7 41. Qb4 Qc7 42. Rd3 Kg8 43. Qd2 Qe7 44. Kh2 Qf8 45. Kg1 Qe7 46. Qd1 Kh7 47. Rd2 Qf8 48. Rd3 Qe7 49. Rd2 Qf8 50. Nf1 Rd7 51. Ng3 Qb8 52. Kh2 Qf8 53. Kg1 Qb8 54. Kh2 Qf8 ½ – ½ (view game)
Karjakin, Sergey (2763) – Caruana, Fabiano (2784) [C42]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (12.3), 2018-03-24
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. a3 h6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. Be2 c5 14. Be3 d5 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Bf3 Bg4 17. Bxd5 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Qc7 19. c4 Rge8 20. Qf2 b6 21. g4 Bf6 22. Kb1 Rd7 23. Rd3 g5 24. Ka2 Ree7 25. Qf3 Kd8 26. Bd2 Kc8 27. Qf1 Rd6 28. fxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qf5+ Rdd7 31. Qxg5 Qe5 32. Qh6 Kd8 33. g5 Qd6 34. Qh8+ Re8 35. Qh4 Qg6 36. Qg4 Re5 37. h4 Ke7 38. Rd2 b5 39. Bxf7 Qf5 40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Qxf5+ Rxf5 42. g6 Ke7 43. cxb5 Rh5 44. c4 Rxh4 45. a4 Rg4 46. a5 Kd6 47. a6 Kc7 48. Kb3 1 – 0 (view game)
Kramnik, Vladimir (2800) – So, Wesley (2799) [D31]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (12.4), 2018-03-24
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. f3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Qxb3 12. axb3 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. Bd3 Kf7 15. h4 f5 16. Nh3 f4 17. exf4 Bxh3 18. fxg5 Bd7 19. Kf2 Na6 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Ne2 Bd8 22. Be5 Ne7 23. Nf4 Rh7 24. h5 Kg8 25. Rag1 Nf5 26. h6 Be8 27. g6 Rxh6 28. Rxh6 Nxh6 29. Rh1 Bg5 30. Ne6 Bxg6 31. Nxg5 Nf7 32. Ne6 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Re8 34. Nf4 Bc2 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. e6+ Kf6 37. Nh5+ Ke5 38. f4+ Kd6 39. Ng7 Rf8 40. Ke3 d4+ 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. b4 Kf6 ½ – ½ (view game)
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2018 Round 10
Posted by 365Chess.com on March 23, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 7 |
| 2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2809 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2767 | 6 |
| 4 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2763 | 6 |
| 5 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2769 | 5.5 |
| 6 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2800 | 5 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | USA | 2799 | 4.5 |
| 8 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 3.5 |
Kramnik, Vladimir (2800) – Aronian, Levon (2794) [C50]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (10.1), 2018-03-22
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. O-O Nb8 11. b4 Nd7 12. Qd2 c6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a3 Nf6 15. h3 h6 16. Rab1 b5 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Rf2 Qb6 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Nh4 c5 21. Ref1 cxb4 22. Qe1 d5 23. axb4 dxe4 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Ng6 Be6 26. Nxe5 exd3 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Rxf6 d2 29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. Rf1 Ra7 31. Ng6+ Kg7 32. Nf4+ Kh8 33. Nh5 f6 34. Nxf6 Rf8 35. Qf4 Rh7 36. Qe5 Qc7 37. Ne8+ 1 – 0 (view game)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2809) – Caruana, Fabiano (2784) [E04]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (10.2), 2018-03-22
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e3 Be7 8. Nfd2 e5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Nbd2 h5 13. f3 Qd3 14. fxg4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. gxh5 Qe6 17. Qf3 Rb5 18. Qf5 Rxe5 19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. Rf5 Rd6 21. Kg2 Rd1 22. b3 g6 23. Re5 c5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. e4 Rh7 26. h4 Rf7 27. Kh3 Rff1 28. Bg5 Rxa1 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. Rxc7 Rxa2 31. Be7+ Kg8 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Bxc5 Re2 34. e5 Rd1 35. Re8 Rd5 36. Bd6 Re3 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Re8+ Kf7 39. Re7+ Kg8 40. b4 Rdd3 41. Kg4 Rxg3+ 42. Kf4 Rgf3+ 43. Ke4 Rfe3+ 44. Kf4 Rf3+ 45. Kg5 Rf7 46. e6 Rd5+ 47. Kxg6 Rxd6 48. Rxf7 Rxe6+ 49. Rf6 Re4 50. b5 Rxh4 51. Ra6 Rh7 52. b6 Rg7+ 53. Kh6 Rh7+ 54. Kg5 Rg7+ 55. Kf5 axb6 56. Rxb6 Rf7+ 57. Rf6 Rxf6+ 58. Kxf6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Ding, Liren (2769) – So, Wesley (2799) [D37]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (10.3), 2018-03-22
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bxc7 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Nd7 12. h4 Rac8 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Kg1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qxg5 19. Rh5 Qf6 20. Rd5 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5 22. Bd5 Nc6 23. Rdd1 Kf8 24. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxc6 26. Rd7 Rc2 27. Rxa7 Rxb2 28. a4 Ra2 29. Rb7 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Rxa4 31. Rxb6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Grischuk, Alexander (2767) – Karjakin, Sergey (2763) [E00]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (10.4), 2018-03-22
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. a4 Ne4 11. Be1 a5 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bf6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 Bxd4 16. Nb3 Bf6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Ra7 19. Bg2 h6 20. Bc3 Rc7 21. Bxf6 Rxc2 22. Bxd8 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. f4 Ke7 26. Re1+ Kf8 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. Re1+ Kf8 ½ – ½ (view game)
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2018 Round 10
Posted by 365Chess.com on March 22, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2809 | 6 |
| 3 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2767 | 5.5 |
| 4 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2763 | 5 |
| 5 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2769 | 5 |
| 6 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2800 | 4.5 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | USA | 2799 | 4 |
| 8 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 3.5 |
Kramnik, Vladimir (2800) – Aronian, Levon (2794) [C50]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (10.1), 2018-03-22
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. O-O Nb8 11. b4 Nd7 12. Qd2 c6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a3 Nf6 15. h3 h6 16. Rab1 b5 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Rf2 Qb6 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Nh4 c5 21. Ref1 cxb4 22. Qe1 d5 23. axb4 dxe4 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Ng6 Be6 26. Nxe5 exd3 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Rxf6 d2 29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. Rf1 Ra7 31. Ng6+ Kg7 32. Nf4+ Kh8 33. Nh5 f6 34. Nxf6 Rf8 35. Qf4 Rh7 36. Qe5 Qc7 37. Ne8+ 1 – 0 (view game)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2809) – Caruana, Fabiano (2784) [E04]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (10.2), 2018-03-22
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e3 Be7 8. Nfd2 e5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Nbd2 h5 13. f3 Qd3 14. fxg4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. gxh5 Qe6 17. Qf3 Rb5 18. Qf5 Rxe5 19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. Rf5 Rd6 21. Kg2 Rd1 22. b3 g6 23. Re5 c5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. e4 Rh7 26. h4 Rf7 27. Kh3 Rff1 28. Bg5 Rxa1 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. Rxc7 Rxa2 31. Be7+ Kg8 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Bxc5 Re2 34. e5 Rd1 35. Re8 Rd5 36. Bd6 Re3 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Re8+ Kf7 39. Re7+ Kg8 40. b4 Rdd3 41. Kg4 Rxg3+ 42. Kf4 Rgf3+ 43. Ke4 Rfe3+ 44. Kf4 Rf3+ 45. Kg5 Rf7 46. e6 Rd5+ 47. Kxg6 Rxd6 48. Rxf7 Rxe6+ 49. Rf6 Re4 50. b5 Rxh4 51. Ra6 Rh7 52. b6 Rg7+ 53. Kh6 Rh7+ 54. Kg5 Rg7+ 55. Kf5 axb6 56. Rxb6 Rf7+ 57. Rf6 Rxf6+ 58. Kxf6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Ding, Liren (2769) – So, Wesley (2799) [D37]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (10.3), 2018-03-22
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bxc7 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Nd7 12. h4 Rac8 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Kg1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qxg5 19. Rh5 Qf6 20. Rd5 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5 22. Bd5 Nc6 23. Rdd1 Kf8 24. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxc6 26. Rd7 Rc2 27. Rxa7 Rxb2 28. a4 Ra2 29. Rb7 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Rxa4 31. Rxb6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Grischuk, Alexander (2767) – Karjakin, Sergey (2763) [E00]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (10.4), 2018-03-22
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. a4 Ne4 11. Be1 a5 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bf6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 Bxd4 16. Nb3 Bf6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Ra7 19. Bg2 h6 20. Bc3 Rc7 21. Bxf6 Rxc2 22. Bxd8 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. f4 Ke7 26. Re1+ Kf8 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. Re1+ Kf8 ½ – ½ (view game)
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2018 Round 9
Posted by 365Chess.com on March 20, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 6 |
| 2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2809 | 5.5 |
| 3 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2767 | 5 |
| 4 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2769 | 4.5 |
| 5 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2763 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 3.5 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | USA | 2799 | 3.5 |
| 8 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2800 | 3.5 |
So,W (2799) – Grischuk,A (2767) [C67]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (9), 2018-03-20
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Qe2 c6 16. Nd2 Ng7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. g3 Ng7 24. Kg2 Re6 25. Qd1 Qe7 26. Nd3 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Qxe1 28. Nxe1 Nf5 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. g4 Nd6 31. h4 h6 32. f3 Ke7 33. Kf2 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Caruana,F (2784) – Ding Liren (2769) [E00]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (9), 2018-03-20
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rfc1 Nc6 13. Nxd5 Nxd4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qc4 Bxg2 16. Qxd4 Rfd8 17. Qf4 Bb7 18. Bb4 Qe8 19. Rc7 Nd5 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Rxf7 Ba6 22. Ba3 Bxe2 23. Rc1 Bh5 24. Rb7 Be8 25. Kg2 a5 26. h4 Rdb8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. g4 b5 29. b3 b4 30. Bb2 a4 31. h5 Ra8 32. Kg3 Kf8 33. Nf3 Bd7 34. Rc4 Kg8 35. Ne5 Bb5 36. Rc5 Be8 37. Nc4 Bd7 38. Ne5 Be8 39. Bd4 Kf8 40. f3 Ke7 41. Kh4 Kf8 42. Kg5 h6+ 43. Kh4 Kg8 44. Kg3 Kh7 45. Nd3 Kg8 46. Rc1 axb3 47. axb3 Kh7 48. Nc5 Bf7 49. Re1 Ne7 50. Bb2 Nc6 51. f4 Ra2 52. Nd3 e5 53. fxe5 Bxb3 54. e6 Ra7 55. Nc5 Bc4 56. Nd7 Bb5 57. Nf8+ Kg8 58. Ng6 Ne7 59. Ra1 Nc6 60. Rd1 Kh7 61. Rd5 Ba4 62. Kf4 Bc2 63. Rc5 Ba4 64. g5 hxg5+ 65. Rxg5 Nd8 66. Re5 Be8 67. e7 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian,L (2794) – Mamedyarov,S (2809) [E06]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (9), 2018-03-20
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Qxc4 Bb7 9. Nc3 c5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Qc6+ 15. f3 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. e4 Ne8 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Ke2 Ke7 21. Nb5 Rdc8 22. Rac1 a6 23. Nc3 b5 24. a4 Bd6 25. Be3 Rab8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ba7 Rb7 28. Bd4 Rc4 29. e5 Bc5 30. Nd5+ exd5 31. Bxc5+ Ke6 32. b3 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Kxe5 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Bb4 Kd7 36. Kd4 Nc7 37. Ba5 Ne6+ 38. Kxd5 Ra7 39. b4 Ra6 40. f4 Rd6+ 41. Ke4 Rd4+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Karjakin,Sergey (2763) – Kramnik,V (2800) [D35]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (9), 2018-03-20
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. h5 f5 12. exf5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxf5 14. Bc3 h6 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Kf1 e5 17. d5 e4 18. dxc6 exf3 19. gxf3 Rxf3 20. Be2 Rxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Qf4+ 23. Bf3 bxc6 24. Be1 Be6 25. Bh4 Rf8 26. Kg2 Kh8 27. Rc1 Rf5 28. Rc3 Rd5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 30. Rf3 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Bd6 32. Rh3 Be7 33. Qe2 Be4 34. Qf2 a5 35. a4 c5 36. Rh1 Bf6 37. Re1 Bc6 38. Ree3 c4 39. Qe2 Qxh5 40. Qxc4 Bd7 41. Rd3 1 – 0 (view game)
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2018 Round 8
Posted by 365Chess.com on March 20, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 5.5 |
| 2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2809 | 5 |
| 3 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2767 | 4.5 |
| 4 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2769 | 4 |
| 5 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2763 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2800 | 3.5 |
| 7 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 3 |
| 8 | So, Wesley | USA | 2799 | 3 |
So, Wesley (2799) – Caruana, Fabiano (2784) [C42]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (8.1), 2018-03-19
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. d4 a6 14. a3 Bd7 15. d5 Na7 16. Nd4 Nc8 17. Nb3 g5 18. Bg3 Re8 19. Na5 b5 20. f3 Nh5 21. Bf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nb6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. Nb7 Be5 26. Ne4 Rb8 27. Nexd6 Ng6 28. g3 Ne7 29. a4 Nf5 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 31. Re1 f6 32. Rxe5 fxe5 33. Nd6 Bd7 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bxb5 Bxb5 36. Nxb5 Rf8 37. Kd2 Rxf3 38. Ke2 g4 39. Nd6 h5 40. Nc4 b5 41. Nxe5 Rf5 42. Ng6 Kf7 43. Nf4 h4 44. Ng2 hxg3 45. hxg3 Rf3 46. Ne3 Rxg3 47. c4 bxc4 48. d6 Ke6 49. Nxc4 Rf3 50. d7 Rf8 51. Ne3 g3 52. d8=Q Rxd8 53. Kf3 Rd3 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. Ng2 Kd5 56. Nh4 Kc4 57. Kg4 Rd3 58. b4 Rb3 59. b5 Kd5 60. b6 Ke4 61. b7 Rxb7 62. Kxg3 Rg7+ 63. Kf2 Rg4 64. Ng2 Rxg2+ 65. Kxg2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Grischuk, Alexander (2767) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2800) [D40]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (8.2), 2018-03-19
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. a4 Bc5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Nxb5 O-O 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bf4 h6 19. h4 Ne7 20. Rd1 Rb8 21. Bc4 Bc6 22. Nd4 Be4 23. h5 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Be3 Rc8 26. Re1 Bc4 27. Nf3 Ba3 28. Bd4 Bd3 29. Nd2 Bb2 30. Nf1 Rc4 31. Re3 Bf5 32. Ng3 Bh7 33. Kh2 Bc1 34. Re2 Bf4 35. Kh3 Ra4 36. Kg4 Bc1 37. Kf3 Bd3 38. Re1 Bb2 39. Ke3 Bc2 40. Kd2 Bb3 41. Rb1 Ra2 42. Kd3 Ba4 43. Ne4 Ba3 44. Ke3 Bc2 45. Re1 Bb3 46. g4 Bd5 47. Kd3 Be7 48. Rb1 Ra8 49. f4 Bh4 50. Rh1 Bd8 51. Rb1 Bc7 52. Ke3 Kh7 53. Nd6 Kg8 54. Rb5 Bc6 55. Rb4 Bd8 56. Bb6 Bh4 57. Bd4 Bg2 58. Rb2 Bc6 59. Rb6 Bg2 60. Rb2 Bc6 61. Rb3 Bg3 62. c4 Bh2 63. f5 exf5 64. Nxf5 Kh7 65. Bb2 Re8 66. Nd6 Re7 67. Rb8 f6 68. Rc8 Bh1 69. Nf5 Rb7 70. exf6 Rb3+ 71. Bc3 gxf6 72. Kd2 Bf4+ 73. Kc2 Rb8 74. Rxb8 Bxb8 75. Ne7 Be4+ 76. Kd2 Bf4+ 77. Ke2 Kg7 78. Nf5+ Kf7 79. Bd2 Be5 80. Bxh6 Ke6 81. Be3 Bxf5 82. gxf5+ Kxf5 83. h6 Kg6 84. c5 f5 85. Kf3 Kf7 86. Bf4 Bd4 87. c6 Ke7 88. c7 Kd7 89. h7 Kc8 90. Ke2 Kd7 91. Kd3 1 – 0 (view game)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2809) – Karjakin, Sergey (2763) [E06]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (8.3), 2018-03-19
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. a4 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. b3 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qf3 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. f3 Rfc8 21. e4 Kf8 22. Bf4 Be7 23. Rd3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Rd1 Be7 26. Ne5 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rc3 28. Rd3 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 Rc3 30. Rd3 Rc2+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Ding, Liren (2769) – Aronian, Levon (2794) [A13]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (8.4), 2018-03-19
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. d4 Bc6 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Be3 Bd5 10. Qc2 Be4 11. Qc1 Ng4 12. b4 a5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 axb4 15. Bxb4 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Rc8 17. Qc4 Bxc5 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 19. Qxg4 Bb4+ 20. Nbd2 Bxd2+ 21. Nxd2 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bd5 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. f3 Qe5 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4 Kf7 28. Nc3 Bc4 29. a4 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Rd8+ 31. Kc2 Rc8 32. Kd2 Ba6 33. Ne4 Kf8 34. f5 Rd8+ 35. Ke3 Rd5 36. Rc1 Rxf5 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Rc7+ Kf8 39. Rc8+ Ke7 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Rc8+ ½ – ½ (view game)
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2018 Round 7
Posted by 365Chess.com on March 18, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 5 |
| 2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2809 | 4.5 |
| 3 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2769 | 3.5 |
| 4 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2767 | 3.5 |
| 5 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2800 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2763 | 3 |
| 7 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 2.5 |
| 8 | So, Wesley | USA | 2799 | 2.5 |
Karjakin, Sergey (2763) – So, Wesley (2799) [E51]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (7.1), 2018-03-18
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd2 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bd7 12. Ke2 Rc8 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Bd2 f6 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. Rhc1 Nc6 18. Be4 Ndxb4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Rxa7 Rd7 22. Na5 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nxb2 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. Nxc6 Re8 27. e4 Nc4 28. Kd3 Nd6 29. f4 Kf8 30. e5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Nf5 32. g4 Nh4 33. Kc4 Nf3 34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Kb5 Ke8 36. Kb6 g5 37. h3 Nxe5 38. Nxe5 Rc3 39. Rh2 Ke7 40. Kb5 Re3 1 – 0 (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2794) – Caruana, Fabiano (2784) [D37]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (7.2), 2018-03-18
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. g4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qa5 19. g5 Qd8 20. h4 Bd7 21. gxh6 g6 22. h5 Kh8 23. Kh2 Bc6 24. Rf3 Bd6 25. Qf2 Bc7 26. Kh3 Qe7 27. Ng5 e5 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Nxf7+ Rxf7 30. hxg6 Rf6 31. g7+ Kg8 32. Bc4+ Kh7 33. Qh4 e4 34. Rg3 Bxf4 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Bxg8+ Kh8 37. Rg7 Qf8 0 – 1 (view game)
Grischuk, Alexander (2767) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2809) [D38]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (7.3), 2018-03-18
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 h5 9. h3 Nc6 10. e3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Qd6 13. Qf2 Qa3 14. Qc2 Qd6 15. Qf2 Qa3 16. Qc2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Kramnik, Vladimir (2800) – Ding, Liren (2769) [A28]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (7.4), 2018-03-18
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b3 Nd4 9. Nd2 c6 10. e3 Ne6 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rae1 Re8 14. h3 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Ne2 b5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. N4f3 d5 20. exd5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 cxd5 22. cxb5 Bf5 23. Qd1 Nd3 24. Bd4 Rc1 25. Qxc1 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Ne4 27. Nf1 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qb6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. a4 Qe6 32. Ne3 Qxb3 33. Rc4 h5 34. h4 Kh7 35. Kg2 f6 36. Rd4 Kg6 37. Rc4 Kf7 38. Kh2 Kg6 39. Kg1 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qb3 41. Rd4 Kf7 42. Rd5 Qxa4 43. Rxf5 Kg6 44. b6 Qb3 45. Rxa5 Qxb6 46. Rd5 Qb2 47. Rf5 Qa2 48. Rc5 Qe2 49. Rc4 Qa2 50. Rb4 Qa5 51. Rb8 Qa2 52. Rd8 Qa5 53. Rd5 Qa2 54. Rf5 Qe6 55. Rd5 Qa6 56. g4 hxg4 57. h5+ Kf7 58. Rd7+ Ke6 59. Rg7 Qe2 60. h6 Qf3+ 61. Kg1 g3 62. Rxg3 Qh5 63. Rg7 f5 64. h7 f4 65. Ng4 Qh3 66. Rg6+ Kf5 67. Rg7 Ke6 68. Rg6+ Kf5 69. Nh6+ Kxg6 70. h8=Q Qxh6 71. Qe8+ Kf5 72. Qb5+ Kg4 73. Qe2+ Kf5 74. Qb5+ ½ – ½ (view game)
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2018 Round 6
Posted by 365Chess.com on March 16, 2018 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2784 | 4 |
| 2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2809 | 4 |
| 3 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2769 | 3 |
| 4 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2767 | 3 |
| 5 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2800 | 3 |
| 6 | So, Wesley | USA | 2799 | 2.5 |
| 7 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2794 | 2.5 |
| 8 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2763 | 2 |
So, Wesley (2799) – Aronian, Levon (2794) [C88]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (6.1), 2018-03-16
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. Nb3 Qc8 14. h3 Nd8 15. Be3 c5 16. Nbd2 Nc6 17. c3 Rb5 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxa5 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Ra2 Qb7 22. b3 Kh8 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Rea1 Bd8 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Bf6 27. Rd1 Qc6 28. Rad2 Nb6 29. Qc2 Qc7 30. e5 Be7 31. Nd4 Rc8 32. Nxe6 Qxe5 33. Nf4 Rf8 34. Re2 Qc3 35. Qb1 Qf6 36. Bc1 c4 37. bxc4 Nxc4 38. Re6 Qg5 39. Ng6+ Qxg6 40. Rxg6 hxg6 41. Qe4 Bf6 42. Qxc4 b3 43. Ba3 Rfb8 44. Rb1 b2 45. h4 Ra5 46. Qd3 Rd8 47. Qb3 Rc8 48. Qb7 Rd8 49. Qb3 Rc8 50. Qb4 Rb5 51. Qg4 Rc3 52. Bxb2 Rxb2 53. Rxb2 Rc1+ 54. Kh2 Bxb2 55. Qxg6 Ra1 56. g4 a5 57. Qh5+ Kg8 58. Qb5 Ba3 59. Qe5 Rd1 60. Qe6+ Kh7 61. Qe4+ Kh8 62. Qa8+ Kh7 63. Qxa5 Bd6+ 64. Kg2 Rd4 65. Qf5+ Kh8 66. Qh5+ Kg8 67. g5 Kf8 68. Qg6 Be7 69. Qf5+ Ke8 70. Kh3 Rd6 71. Qh7 Kf7 72. f4 Rd4 73. Qf5+ Ke8 74. Qe5 Rb4 75. Kg4 Kf8 76. Qf5+ Ke8 77. Qe6 Rd4 78. Qe5 1 – 0 (view game)
Ding, Liren (2769) – Karjakin, Sergey (2763) [D73]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (6.2), 2018-03-16
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5 c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Qb6 12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Ncb5 Ne6 14. Rb1 Qxa2 15. Ra1 Qb2 16. Rb1 Qa2 17. Ra1 Qb2 18. Rb1 ½ – ½ (view game)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2809) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2800) [D35]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (6.3), 2018-03-16
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nf3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Bb4 14. Rb2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Na5 17. Rbb1 Ke7 18. Rhc1 f6 19. h4 Rhd8 20. Bd3 a6 21. Ke3 b5 22. g4 Be8 23. Ng1 Nc6 24. Ne2 Rd6 25. Rd1 Rcd8 26. Bc2 Na5 27. Bd3 Nc6 28. Bc2 h5 29. g5 fxg5 30. e5 R6d7 31. hxg5 h4 32. g6 Na5 33. Rbc1 Rc7 34. Bd3 Rdc8 35. Rxc7+ Rxc7 36. Rh1 Nc4+ 37. Kf4 Nb2 38. Be4 b4 39. Rxh4 Nd1 40. f3 Nc3 41. Nxc3 bxc3 42. Rh2 Rc8 43. Ke3 Bb5 44. f4 Bc4 45. Rh7 Rg8 46. a3 a5 47. Bc2 Kd7 48. d5 Bxd5 49. Kd4 Ba2 50. Kxc3 Kc6 51. Rh2 Kc5 52. Rd2 Rh8 53. Rd7 Rh3+ 54. Kb2 Bd5 55. Rxg7 Kd4 56. Rh7 Rg3 57. Rh5 Rg2 58. Rg5 Rf2 59. g7 Be4 60. g8=Q Rxc2+ 61. Kb3 Rc3+ 62. Ka4 Rc5 63. Rg2 Bf3 64. Qd8+ 1 – 0 (view game)
Caruana, Fabiano (2784) – Grischuk, Alexander (2767) [E60]
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (6.4), 2018-03-16
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. Nd2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. e4 Re8 12. a4 Rb8 13. f3 a6 14. a5 Bd7 15. Nc4 Bb5 16. Bg5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Na4 Rb4 20. b3 Qc8 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Ra2 Nh5 23. Be3 Rbb8 24. Qd2 Nb5 25. g4 Nf6 26. Nb2 Qc8 27. Bf4 Nd7 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Bxd6 Rb6 30. Bg3 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Qe2 Rb4 33. Bd6 Rb6 34. Bg3 Rb4 35. Bd6 Rb6 36. Bg3 ½ – ½ (view game)