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Levon Aronian wins the Saint Louis Rapid 2017
Posted by 365Chess.com on August 16, 2017 in Chess news
Final Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2799 | 6 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2807 | 5.5 |
| 3 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2792 | 5.5 |
| 4 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2751 | 5 |
| 5 | Dominguez Perez, Lenier | ESP | 2739 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 4 |
| 7 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2739 | 4 |
| 8 | Kasparov, Garry | RUS | 2812 | 3.5 |
| 9 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 | 3.5 |
| 10 | Navara, David | CZE | 2737 | 3.5 |
Kasparov, Garry (2812) – Navara, David (2737) [B12]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (7.1), 2017-08-16
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Ne7 8. f4 h5 9. f5 exf5 10. g5 Nbc6 11. Nf4 a6 12. Bg2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qf2 Bb4 16. O-O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Rxd5 Qxc3 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 O-O 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rd1 Rab8 23. c4 Rfd8 24. Rd6 Kf8 25. Rcxc6 Rdc8 26. Kc2 h4 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Kc3 a5 29. Ra6 Rb8 30. Rxa5 Rb1 31. c5 Re1 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Ra7+ Ke8 34. Nd3 Re3 35. Kd2 Rh3 36. c6 Rxh2+ 37. Ke3 Rc2 38. e6 h3 39. Nb4 f4+ 40. Kd4 h2 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Rh8 Rd2+ 43. Kc5 Be4 44. c7 Bb7 45. Kb6 Bc8 46. Rxc8 h1=Q 47. Re8+ Kxe8 48. c8=Q+ Ke7 49. Nc6+ Qxc6+ 50. Qxc6 Rd6 0 – 1 (view game)
Caruana, Fabiano (2807) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2751) [A05]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (7.2), 2017-08-16
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O e5 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Bxd5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd4 Qe7 13. Nc3 Be5 14. Qe4 Re8 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Qc2 h5 17. Rad1 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb2 20. Qa4 Qe6 21. a3 Bg4 22. Kf1 h4 23. Rd4 Bxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Qh3+ 25. Ke1 hxg3 26. fxg3 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Qg2+ 28. Kd3 Qf3 29. Re4 Qf1+ 30. Kd2 Qg2+ 31. Kd3 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) – Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2739) [A06]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (7.3), 2017-08-16
1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Na3 Rc8 12. Nc4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bf6 14. Qxa7 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Bb5 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qxb7 Nc3 19. e3 Qa5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Rfe1 Rb8 22. Qc2 Nd5 23. Qd1 Nc3 24. Qc2 Nd5 25. Qd1 Nc3 26. Qf3 Qa5 27. Rec1 Ra4 28. Bf1 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Nxa2 30. Ra1 Qd2 31. Qf4 Rf8 32. Qc4 Nc3 33. e4 Qb2 34. Re1 Rd8 35. Qc7 Rf8 36. Re3 Na4 37. Rd3 g6 38. Qc6 Qb4 39. h4 Nc5 40. Re3 h5 41. Qd6 Rc8 42. Bg2 Qb8 ½ – ½ (view game)
Le, Quang Liem (2739) – Anand, Viswanathan (2783) [E16]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (7.4), 2017-08-16
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qb4 10. Rc1 Qxc3+ 11. Rxc3 b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nd8 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. e4 c5 16. d5 Nd6 17. f3 f6 18. Nd3 exd5 19. cxd5 Nb5 20. Rc1 d6 21. Kf2 Kd7 22. Nf4 Nd4 23. g4 a5 24. h4 a4 25. Rh2 g6 26. Kg3 b5 27. Ne2 Nxe2+ 28. Rxe2 Rae8 29. f4 f5 30. e5 fxg4 31. b3 h5 32. bxa4 b4 33. a3 b3 34. e6+ Ke7 35. Rc3 Rb8 36. Rb2 Rhc8 37. Rcxb3 Rxb3+ 38. Rxb3 Rc7 39. Rb8 c4 40. Rh8 Kf6 41. Rf8+ Kg7 42. Rd8 Kf6 43. Rf8+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Karjakin, Sergey (2773) – Aronian, Levon (2799) [C84]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (7.5), 2017-08-16
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 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 Nb7 13. c4 bxc4 14. dxc4 a5 15. Bb2 Qb8 16. Nc3 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Nd8 19. Qa4 Ne6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Nf4 22. g3 Qc8 23. Qd1 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 f5 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Bc1 g5 27. Qe2 g4 28. Nd2 Ng5 29. f3 gxf3+ 30. Nxf3 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. Bh6 Rf6 33. Bd2 Rxf3 34. Rxf3 Nxd2 35. Ra3 Kf7 36. Ra8 Nc4 37. Kf3 Nb6 38. Ra5 Kg6 39. Ke4 Nd7 40. Kd3 Kf5 41. Ra7 e4+ 42. Ke2 Bd8 43. Ra8 Bf6 44. Ra7 Nb6 45. Rxc7 Nxd5 46. Rb7 Nc3+ 47. Kd2 d5 48. b5 d4 49. b6 e3+ 50. Kd3 e2 51. Kd2 d3 52. Rf7 Ne4+ 53. Ke1 Ng5 0 – 1 (view game)
Kasparov, Garry (2812) – Le, Quang Liem (2739) [E35]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (8.1), 2017-08-16
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 O-O 9. e3 Be6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Ndxc5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Be2 Bd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. Qb2 Qf6 19. O-O Rfe8 20. Rac1 Nxd4 21. exd4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Kg7 23. Bf3 Be6 24. Qd2 b6 25. Be2 Bf5 26. Ba6 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Re4 28. Rd1 Re7 29. Rc1 Bg6 30. f3 h5 31. Bb5 Re6 32. Bd7 Rd6 33. Bb5 h4 34. g4 Re6 35. Bd7 Rd6 36. Bb5 h3 37. Kh2 hxg2 38. Kxg2 Re6 39. Bd7 Re7 40. Bb5 Re8 41. Bxe8 1 – 0 (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2799) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) [A15]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (8.2), 2017-08-16
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. e3 c5 6. exd4 cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. b3 Nd7 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. a3 a5 14. Nbd2 Nc5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 e5 17. Re1 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Qd2 e4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. dxe4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 a4 23. Rb1 Ne5 24. Bg2 axb3 25. Rxb3 Nxc4 26. Qb4 Ne5 27. Qxb7 d3 28. Rb1 h5 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. exd5 Rxa3 31. d6 d2 32. Kf1 Rd3 33. Ke2 Rxd6 34. Be4 Nd7 35. Bf5 d1=B+ 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2751) – Karjakin, Sergey (2773) [B92]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (8.3), 2017-08-16
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. Qd3 Be6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. c4 Bd6 15. Qh3 e4 16. f4 exf3 17. Rxf3 Qd7 18. Qh4 Be5 19. Rh3 Rfe8 20. Bd3 h5 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Re5 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. Qf4 Re8 25. Rg3 Re1 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Anand, Viswanathan (2783) – Caruana, Fabiano (2807) [C42]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (8.4), 2017-08-16
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Qb3 b5 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. c4 Be6 17. Qc2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Rec1 Rac8 21. Rc2 Nb6 22. Qb3 h6 23. Bd2 Qf5 24. Rac1 Re6 25. h3 Nd5 26. Rc4 Bf4 27. Rc5 Rb8 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. R5xc2 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Navara, David (2737) – Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2739) [D35]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (8.5), 2017-08-16
1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. h4 e5 14. h5 h6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 c4 17. Bc2 Qxe5 18. Be3 Qxc3 19. Rbd1 Qf6 20. e5 Qxe5 21. Qf3 Be6 22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. Bxh6 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qf6 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Qe2 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28. h6 Bf8 29. Bb6 Rd6 30. hxg7 Bxg7 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qb8 Re6 33. Qh2+ Rh6 34. Qc7 Qh5 35. f3 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+ 37. Kf1 Rxb6 38. Qxf7 Rf6 39. Qd5 Rg6 40. g4 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 c3 43. Re8 c2 44. Qg8+ Kh6 45. g5+ Kxg5 0 – 1 (view game)
Caruana, Fabiano (2807) – Kasparov, Garry (2812) [B52]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (9.1), 2017-08-16
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Na4 Rab8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nb6 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rf2 b5 17. c5 Qa7 18. Rc1 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Qc7 20. f4 Rfd8 21. Qe1 Rd3 22. e5 Qd7 23. h3 Qe6 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 f6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. b4 Re8 28. Rf1 Kf7 29. Rf3 h5 30. a3 Qc4 31. Qd7 a5 32. f5 g5 33. Qe6+ Qxe6 34. fxe6+ Kxe6 35. bxa5 Ra8 36. Bb6 Kd5 37. Rf5+ Kc4 38. Rc5+ Kb3 39. Rxb5+ Kxa3 40. Kf2 Ka4 41. Rf5 Kb3 42. Ke3 Kc4 43. Ke4 g4 44. Rxh5 gxh3 45. gxh3 Bc3 46. Rc5+ Kb3 47. h4 Bb4 48. Rg5 Kc4 49. h5 Bd6 50. h6 1 – 0 (view game)
Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2751) [B92]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (9.2), 2017-08-16
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Bf3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Re8 13. Qd2 Rc4 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15. Qd3 Rb4 16. Qd2 Rc4 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. Be2 Rc6 19. f3 Rc8 20. Bf1 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Nc1 d5 23. exd5 Bb4 24. N1e2 Bxa5 25. Qf2 Bb4 26. Kh1 Bf8 27. Ng3 b5 28. Rxa6 b4 29. Nce4 Rxc2 30. Qf1 Rxb2 31. Rc6 Qb7 32. Qc4 Nxd5 33. Rxc8 Nxe3 34. Nd6 Nxc4 35. Nxb7 Ne3 36. Rg1 f5 37. h4 g6 38. Rd8 Nf6 39. Nc5 Kf7 40. Nd3 Be7 41. Ra8 Rd2 42. Nxe5+ Ke6 43. f4 b3 44. Nf3 Nfg4 45. Ne4 Rb2 46. Ned2 Bb4 47. Rb1 Rxb1+ 48. Nxb1 Nf1 49. g3 Kd5 50. Rd8+ Kc5 51. Rc8+ Kd5 52. Rd8+ Ke4 53. Nfd2+ Nxd2 54. Nxd2+ Bxd2 55. Rxd2 Kf3 56. Rd3+ Kf2 57. Rxb3 h5 58. Rb6 Kxg3 59. Rxg6 Kxf4 60. Kg2 Ne5 61. Rg3 Ng4 62. Rf3+ Ke5 63. Ra3 Ke4 64. Ra4+ Ke3 65. Ra5 Ke4 66. Ra8 Kf4 67. Rh8 Nf6 68. Rh6 Ke5 69. Kf3 f4 70. Rh8 Kf5 71. Rf8 Ke5 72. Ra8 Nd5 73. Rg8 Nf6 74. Rg5+ Ke6 75. Kxf4 Nd5+ 76. Kf3 Nf6 77. Ra5 Nd5 78. Ke4 Nf6+ 79. Kf4 Kf7 80. Kf5 Ng4 81. Ra7+ Kg8 82. Kg6 Ne5+ 83. Kxh5 Nf7 84. Kg6 Ne5+ 85. Kf5 Nf7 86. Kf6 Nd6 87. Kg6 Kf8 88. Ra8+ Ke7 89. h5 1 – 0 (view game)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2739) – Aronian, Levon (2799) [C88]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (9.3), 2017-08-16
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. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 Ng4 13. Rf1 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Bc4 Bg4 16. Nb3 Nd4 17. Nbxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxa6 Qc5 19. Qc4 Nxe4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Bc4 Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Bd2 b3 25. Bb4 Rf5 26. g4 Rg5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. cxb3 Raxa5 29. Rxa5 Rxa5 30. Rd1 e5 31. f4 Kf7 32. fxe5 Rd5 33. Kf2 Ke6 34. Ke2 Rxe5+ 35. Kd2 c5 36. Ra1 Re3 37. Ra7 Rxb3 38. Kc2 Rh3 39. Rxg7 Kd5 40. b3 Rxh2+ 41. Kd3 Rb2 42. Rd7+ Kc6 43. Rxh7 Rxb3+ 44. Ke4 Re3+ 45. Kf4 Re8 46. g5 d3 47. g6 d2 48. Rh1 Re1 49. g7 d1=Q 50. g8=Q Qd4+ 51. Kf5 Qf2+ 52. Kg6 Qg2+ 0 – 1 (view game)
Karjakin, Sergey (2773) – Anand, Viswanathan (2783) [C50]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (9.4), 2017-08-16
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. O-O Kh8 12. Qb3 Qe8 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Nf1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. d4 f6 18. f3 Rb8 19. Bf1 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Bd7 21. Ree1 b5 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Qa3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qb5 25. Rf2 f5 26. Rd2 fxe4 27. fxe4 Ng6 28. h3 Ra8 29. Qa4 Rfb8 30. Kh2 exd4 31. cxd4 Qb4 32. Rc2 Qb7 33. Qd7 Qxe4 34. Rxc7 Qxd4 35. Rd1 Qxb2 36. Rxd6 Rd8 37. Qc6 1 – 0 (view game)
Le, Quang Liem (2739) – Navara, David (2737) [D45]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (9.5), 2017-08-16
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be5 17. Rac1 Bh3 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Bg4 Qe7 21. Qf3 Rad8 22. b3 Kh8 23. Ne2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rc1 c5 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qe3 Kg8 28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 e5 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. h4 Qd7 32. Qh5+ Kg7 33. Rxc5 Qd1+ 34. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2 36. Rc7+ Kg6 37. g4 Rxa2 38. h5+ Kh6 39. Rf7 Rb2 40. Kg3 Rxb3+ 41. f3 a5 42. Rxf6+ Kg7 43. g5 a4 44. h6+ Kg8 45. Ra6 a3 46. Kg4 b4 47. Ra8+ Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Rg7+ Kh8 50. Re7 Kg8 51. Rg7+ Kh8 52. Ra7 Kg8 53. Ra4 Kf7 54. Ra7+ Kg8 55. f4 exf4 56. e5 Rc3 57. Ra8+ Kf7 58. Ra7+ Ke6 59. Rxh7 b3 60. Rb7 a2 61. Rb6+ Kxe5 62. h7 Rc8 63. Rb5+ Kd6 64. Rb6+ Kc7 65. Ra6 b2 66. Ra3 b1=Q 67. Rc3+ Kb7 68. Rxc8 Qxh7 0 – 1 (view game)
Saint Louis Rapid 2017 Round 4 – 6
Posted by 365Chess.com on August 15, 2017 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2751 | 4 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2807 | 3.5 |
| 3 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2799 | 3.5 |
| 4 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2792 | 3.5 |
| 5 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2739 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Dominguez Perez, Lenier | ESP | 2739 | 3 |
| 7 | Kasparov, Garry | RUS | 2812 | 2.5 |
| 8 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 | 2.5 |
| 9 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 2.5 |
| 10 | Navara, David | CZE | 2737 | 1.5 |
Aronian, Levon (2799) – Kasparov, Garry (2812) [A45]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (4.1), 2017-08-15
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bg5 Bxc5 6. e3 Bb4 7. Nge2 d5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Be6 10. Bb5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 f5 16. O-O-O dxe3 17. fxe3 a6 18. Ne2 e4 19. Nf4 exd3 20. Nxe6 dxc2 21. Kxc2 Rf7 22. Rhe1 Re8 23. Nf4 Rfe7 24. Nd5 Re5 25. Rd3 Kf7 26. g3 g5 27. Red1 Rd8 28. b4 Ree8 29. Rc3 Re6 30. Rc5 Re5 31. Rd3 Rd7 32. Nc3 Rxd3 33. Kxd3 Rxc5 34. bxc5 Ke6 35. e4 Ne5+ 36. Ke2 Nd7 37. exf5+ Kxf5 38. Kd3 Nxc5+ 39. Kd4 Nd7 40. Ne4 Kg4 41. h3+ Kxh3 42. Nxg5+ Kxg3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) – Caruana, Fabiano (2807) [A06]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (4.2), 2017-08-15
1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 f6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e4 Be6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qf3 d4 12. Na4 Kf7 13. c3 c5 14. Qe2 Ne7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Ba3 Qe7 19. Bc4 Nd8 20. Bb5 Nb7 21. Bc4 Rhc8 22. Rfd1 Kg7 23. Nb2 Rc6 24. Bb5 R6c7 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nd8 27. Rc2 Ne6 28. Rdc1 h5 29. g3 Qd7 30. h4 Be7 31. Rd1 Bd6 32. Kg2 Qe7 33. Bc1 Rh8 34. Bd2 Rd7 35. Rdc1 Bc7 36. Qf3 Bb6 37. a4 Rhd8 38. Be1 a5 39. Bd2 Rd6 40. Re1 Qd7 41. Bc1 Qe7 42. Ba3 R6d7 43. Rec1 Rd6 44. Rd2 Qb7 45. Re1 R8d7 46. Rdd1 Rd8 47. Bc1 Qe7 48. Rh1 Qd7 49. Rhe1 Qe7 50. Ba3 Qb7 51. Rb1 Qc6 52. Rbc1 Qb7 53. cxd4 Nxd4 54. Qe3 f5 55. f3 Rf6 56. Bd5 Rxd5 57. exd5 Qxd5 58. Rc3 Re6 59. Bc1 e4 60. Qh6+ Kg8 61. fxe4 fxe4 62. Qe3 Bc7 63. Rc4 Bd6 64. Rd1 Rf6 65. Rcxd4 cxd4 66. Qxd4 Qf5 67. Qd5+ Qxd5 68. Rxd5 Bc7 69. Rc5 Bb6 70. Rc8+ Kf7 71. Bf4 Re6 72. Kf1 Kf6 73. Ke2 Kf5 74. Rc4 Kg4 75. b4 axb4 76. Rxb4 g5 77. Bxg5 Kxg3 78. Rb5 Bg1 79. Bd8 Rc6 80. Rg5+ Kh2 81. a5 Rc2+ 82. Kd1 Ra2 83. Bc7+ Kh1 84. Rxh5 e3 85. Re5 Kg2 86. Bb6 Kf3 87. Kc1 e2 88. Kb1 Rd2 89. Bxg1 Rd1+ 90. Kb2 e1=Q 91. Rxe1 Rxe1 92. Bb6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2751) – Anand, Viswanathan (2783) [C44]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (4.3), 2017-08-15
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Qe2 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Bxc7 Bxc2 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Be3 Re7 19. Rfd1 h5 20. h3 Kh7 21. Ne2 a6 22. Rc4 Re5 23. Ra4 Rd5 24. Rc1 Bb2 25. Re1 Be5 26. Nf4 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Bd3 28. Re7 Kg6 29. Be3 Rcd8 30. Rc7 R5d6 31. Rf4 R8d7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rb4 f6 34. Rb6 Rc7 35. Bc5 Kf5 36. Bd6 Rc8 37. Rb7 g5 38. Bc5 Re8 39. Be3 h4 40. Rd7 Bb1 41. a3 Bc2 42. b4 Ba4 43. Kh2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2739) – Le, Quang Liem (2739) [C65]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (4.4), 2017-08-15
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 Nd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 Nc5 13. Nh4 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qg4 Qd7 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. f4 Kh8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Ne3 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qe2 Rae8 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Qf2 Ne6 24. Ng2 f4 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Rh5 27. Rbe1 Rf6 28. Re3 Rg6+ 29. Rg3 Qh3 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Re1 Kg8 32. Qe2 Qd7 33. Qe6+ Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Kf7 35. Rxc6 Ra5 36. Kf2 Rxa2 37. Kf3 Ke8 38. Rxc7 a5 39. Rb7 Rb2 40. Ke4 a4 41. Ra7 Rxc2 42. Rxa4 Rxh2 43. Rb4 Re2+ 44. Kd5 Re3 45. d4 1 – 0 (view game)
Navara, David (2737) – Karjakin, Sergey (2773) [E15]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (4.5), 2017-08-15
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. a3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rc1 Na6 15. Nd3 Rc8 16. Bg5 Ba8 17. e3 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nf4 d4 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. exd4 Bxd4 22. Nb5 Be5 23. Nd3 Qb6 24. Qf3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Qxb5 26. Ne5 Rf8 27. Rfd1 Rac8 28. Rc4 Rc7 29. Rd6 Re7 30. Ng4 f5 31. Qd5+ Kh7 32. Nxh6 Nc7 33. Qd2 Re6 34. Rh4 Qxb3 35. Qg5 Qb2 36. Ng4+ Kg8 37. Nh6+ Kh7 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Rh8+ Kxf7 40. Rd7+ 1 – 0 (view game)
Kasparov, Garry (2812) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2751) [D90]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (5.1), 2017-08-15
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. e4 Be6 8. e5 Nd5 9. h5 Nd7 10. h6 Bf8 11. Ne4 f6 12. Bd2 b5 13. a4 Bf5 14. Ng3 e6 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Be2 Be7 18. O-O a5 19. b3 c3 20. Bxb5 cxd2 21. e6 O-O 22. exd7 Nc3 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Qxd2 Ne4 25. Qe3 Qxd7 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Qxd2 Bb4 28. Qd3 Qd6 29. Ra2 Rae8 30. Re2 Qf4 31. g3 Qxh6 32. Kg2 f4 33. Rh1 Qg5 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Bf7 Re3 36. fxe3 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 f3 0 – 1 (view game)
Caruana, Fabiano (2807) – Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2739) [D35]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (5.2), 2017-08-15
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Ne7 15. Bd3 Qd6 16. Bb1 Rfc8 17. d5 exd5 18. e5 Qe6 19. Ba2 Nf5 20. Bf4 Rc3 21. Ng5 Qe8 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 h6 25. Ne4 Rxa3 26. Nd6 Re6 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. h4 Ra5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rd7 Kg6 31. Rc1 Rc5 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. h5+ Kxh5 34. Rxf7 Kg6 35. Rxa7 Bxe5 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Rc7 f4 38. Rc6+ Kg5 39. Kh2 h5 40. Kh3 Kf5 41. f3 Rd5 42. Kh4 Ke5 43. Kxh5 Kd4+ 44. Kg4 Ke3 45. Re6+ Kf2 46. Kxf4 Kxg2 47. Re2+ Kh3 48. Rc2 Rh5 49. Rc1 Kg2 50. Kg4 Rh8 51. Rc2+ Kf1 52. Rxc5 Kf2 53. f4 Ke3 54. f5 Kd4 55. Ra5 Ke4 56. f6 Rh1 57. Kg5 1 – 0 (view game)
Le, Quang Liem (2739) – Aronian, Levon (2799) [A56]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (5.3), 2017-08-15
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. g4 g6 9. h3 Ne8 10. Nf3 Ndf6 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. a3 Kh8 13. b4 b6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rb1 Ng7 16. Kf1 Ng8 17. Ke2 f5 18. Rbg1 Rb8 19. Bd2 Qc8 20. Nh2 Bh4 21. Rg2 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Qa6 23. Nf3 Ba4 24. Qc1 Be7 25. h4 Rb3 26. Bc3 Bd7 27. h5 gxh5 28. gxh5 Nf5 29. Rhg1 Nf6 30. Qg5 Ng4 31. Qc1 Qc8 32. Ned2 Nd4+ 33. Nxd4 exd4 34. Nxb3 dxc3 35. f3 Qe8 36. Be4 Bf6 37. Rxg4 Bxg4 38. Rxg4 Qxh5 39. Kd3 Be5 40. Qg1 Qh6 41. Kc2 Rb8 42. Rg5 Bf6 43. Rg2 Qf8 44. Rh2 Rb7 45. Qg6 1 – 0 (view game)
Karjakin, Sergey (2773) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) [A06]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (5.4), 2017-08-15
1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d4 7. Ne4 Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Bd2 a5 11. Qc1 b6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. a3 a4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc2 Bb3 17. Qc1 Na5 18. h4 Bd5 19. Qc2 c5 20. e3 Nb3 21. Rad1 Nc6 22. Ned2 Qd7 23. e4 Be6 24. Rde1 Ne5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Rae8 28. h5 c4 29. dxc4 d3 30. Qc3+ Qd4+ 31. Qxd4+ Nxd4 32. Kh2 Bg4 33. Re3 Be2 34. Rf2 Nb3 35. Nxb3 axb3 36. Bf1 Bxf1 37. Rxf1 d2 38. Rd1 Rxf4 39. Rxd2 Rh4+ 40. Rh3 Rexe4 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Rxh4 Rxh4+ 43. Kg3 Rxc4 44. Rd3 Rc6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Anand, Viswanathan (2783) – Navara, David (2737) [B51]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (5.5), 2017-08-15
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Rc8 8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. b3 b5 11. Nd5 Qb7 12. a4 Nf6 13. axb5 Nxd5 14. exd5 axb5 15. O-O bxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7 17. Qe3 Be7 18. Ba3 f6 19. Rfc1 O-O 20. Nd4 Rb8 21. h3 Qb6 22. Nc2 Rfc8 23. Qe2 f5 24. Ne3 Qd4 25. Ra2 Qe4 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Raxc2 Rb3 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 f4 30. Nf1 e4 31. Rb3 Ba4 32. Rb7 Bf8 33. Rb4 Bc2 34. g3 g5 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Bc1 Bh6 37. Nh2 Ra8 38. Ng4 Ra1 39. Nxh6+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ Kf6 41. Nxd6 Rxc1+ 42. Kg2 Ke5 43. Nf7+ Kf6 44. Nd6 Bd3 45. Rb6 Ke5 46. Nf7+ Kf5 47. Re6 f3+ 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kh4 Rg2 50. Nh6+ Kf4 51. Ng4 Rxg4+ 52. hxg4 Bxc4 53. Rf6+ Ke5 54. Rf5+ Kd6 55. Kg3 Bxd5 56. Rh5 e3 57. fxe3 Be4 58. Rf5 Ke6 59. Rxf3 Bxf3 60. Kxf3 h5 61. gxh5 Kf5 62. h6 1 – 0 (view game)
Anand, Viswanathan (2783) – Kasparov, Garry (2812) [B51]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (6.1), 2017-08-15
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bd2 Rc5 15. a4 Qc8 16. Be1 Rd8 17. b4 Rc7 18. a5 Bc4 19. Qd2 d5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bg5 22. d6 Rcd7 23. Qc3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxe5 Qc6 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. bxc5 Re6 29. Bc3 Bd5 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 f6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2799) – Caruana, Fabiano (2807) [A29]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (6.2), 2017-08-15
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Ng5 Qd8 10. Nxh7 Re8 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 14. dxc5 e4 15. h4 Qg4 16. Bf4 Qh3 17. Qd4 Bg4 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rd5 20. Rxd5 cxd5 21. f3 d4 22. Qf2 exf3 23. exf3 d3 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Re2+ 26. Rf2 Bh3+ 27. Kg1 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Bf1 29. Bxc7 Be2 30. Bf4 Kf8 31. g4 Rb1 32. c6 Rxb2 33. c7 Rc2 34. Kg3 Ke7 35. h5 f6 36. Rh2 Kf7 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd7 39. h6 gxh6 40. Rxh6 Bf1 41. Rh8 d2 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43. Rxd2 Rc3+ 44. Kd4 Rc6 45. Kd5 Rc3 46. Rh2 Ba6 47. Rh7+ Ke8 48. Bd6 Bb7+ 49. Kd4 Rc6 50. Bc5 a6 51. Re7+ Kf8 52. Re6+ 1 – 0 (view game)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2751) – Le, Quang Liem (2739) [C45]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (6.3), 2017-08-15
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qg3 h5 9. h4 Bd4 10. Bg5 Qe5 11. Qxe5+ Bxe5 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Rd4 f6 15. Be3 Nh6 16. f3 a5 17. Ra4 Ke7 18. c4 c5 19. Bd2 Nf7 20. f4 Bd7 21. Ra3 Bc6 22. Bd3 a4 23. Re1 Rae8 24. Be2 Kd8 25. Rg3 Reg8 26. Bf3 Nh6 27. Bc3 Ng4 28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. Rxg4 Ke8 30. e5 dxe5 31. fxe5 f5 32. Rf4 Be4 33. Bd2 Kd7 34. g4 Rxh4 35. e6+ Kc6 36. gxf5 Rxf4 37. Bxf4 Bxf5 38. e7 Kd7 39. Bg5 Bg6 40. Re5 Rh8 41. Rd5+ Ke6 42. Rxc5 Kd6 43. Rd5+ Ke6 44. Rc5 Kd6 45. Ra5 Rh5 46. Kd2 Be8 47. Ke3 Ke6 48. Rc5 Rh2 49. Kd3 Rg2 50. a3 Kd6 51. Rd5+ Ke6 52. Kc3 Bg6 53. Kb4 Be8 54. Kc3 Bg6 55. Rc5 Kd6 56. Ra5 Be8 57. Kb4 Ke6 58. Rc5 Rg1 59. Rd5 Rg2 60. Rc5 Rg1 61. Ka5 Rg3 62. Bc1 Kxe7 63. Rxc7+ Ke6 64. Kb4 Rg2 65. Be3 g5 66. c5 Rxc2 67. Bxg5 Kd5 68. Be3 Rc4+ 69. Ka5 Rc3 70. Re7 Bc6 71. Bf4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Navara, David (2737) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) [E62]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (6.4), 2017-08-15
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5 Na5 9. b3 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. h3 Be6 14. Rab1 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qc2 Rxb2 17. Rxb2 Nxb2 18. Nd2 Qa5 19. Nb3 Qa3 20. Nb1 Qxa2 21. Nc1 Qa1 22. Nb3 Qa4 23. Qxb2 Rb8 24. Nc5 Rxb2 25. Nxa4 Rc2 26. Nbc3 d5 27. Rb1 Ne8 28. Rb8 Kf8 29. Nc5 Bxc3 30. Nd7+ Kg7 31. Rxe8 Rxe2 32. Bf1 Re6 33. Nc5 Rf6 34. Nd7 Re6 35. Nc5 Re1 36. Nd3 Re6 37. Nc5 Rf6 38. Nd7 Rd6 39. Rxe7 a5 40. Nc5 Bd4 41. Nb7 Rf6 42. Re2 a4 43. Ra2 a3 44. Na5 Bb6 45. Nb3 c5 46. Bg2 c4 47. Nc1 Rf5 48. Kh2 Bc5 49. f4 g5 50. g4 Rxf4 51. Bxd5 Bd6 52. Kg2 Rd4 53. Bf3 c3 54. Ne2 Rd3 55. Rc2 Be5 56. Nc1 Rd6 57. Na2 Rd3 58. Be4 Rg3+ 59. Kf2 Rxh3 60. Bf3 h5 61. gxh5 g4 62. Bg2 Rxh5 63. Nxc3 Bd4+ 64. Ke2 Rc5 65. Kd3 Rxc3+ 66. Rxc3 Bxc3 67. Kxc3 Kf6 68. Kb3 Ke5 69. Kxa3 f5 70. Kb3 Kd4 71. Kc2 Ke3 0 – 1 (view game)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2739) – Karjakin, Sergey (2773) [C65]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (6.5), 2017-08-15
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nc4 Re8 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 Nf8 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 a4 13. Nf5 b4 14. g4 Be6 15. Be3 Bd6 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 f6 18. Qe3 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Qe7 20. Rhe1 c5 21. e5 cxd4 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 c5 26. Nc6 Ra6 27. Ne7+ Kf7 28. Nc8 Rc6 29. Re7+ Kg8 30. Re8 Kf7 31. Re7+ Kg8 32. Re8 g6 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Rxf8+ Kxe7 35. Rh8 gxf5 36. Rxh7+ Ke6 37. Rh4 Rc8 38. a3 Rb8 39. Kc1 Ke5 40. Rc4 Kd5 41. Rf4 Ke5 42. Rc4 Kd5 43. Rf4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Saint Louis Rapid 2017 Round 1 – 3
Posted by 365Chess.com on August 15, 2017 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2739 | 2 |
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2799 | 2 |
| 3 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2807 | 2 |
| 4 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2751 | 2 |
| 5 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2792 | 1.5 |
| 6 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Kasparov, Garry | RUS | 2812 | 1.5 |
| 8 | Dominguez Perez, Lenier | ESP | 2739 | 1.5 |
| 9 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 | 0.5 |
| 10 | Navara, David | CZE | 2737 | 0.5 |
Kasparov, Garry (2812) – Karjakin, Sergey (2773) [E34]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (1.1), 2017-08-14
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. g4 Qg6 11. a3 a4 12. Qc4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 f6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Qc2 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Be8 18. e3 Bg6 19. Rc5 Be4 20. Be2 e5 21. O-O exd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. exd4 c6 24. Re1 Bg6 25. Bf1 Bf7 26. f4 Rfd8 27. f5 Rd7 28. Ra5 Rxa5 29. Bxa5 g6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Bd2 g5 32. Bd3 Kg7 33. Bc2 b5 34. Bf5 Rd8 35. Kf2 Bg6 36. Be6 Bf7 37. Bf5 Bg6 38. Be6 Nf4 39. Bxf4 gxf4 40. Rd1 Be4 41. h4 Kg6 42. Re1 Bc2 43. Rc1 Be4 44. Re1 Bc2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Anand, Viswanathan (2783) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) [C50]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (1.2), 2017-08-14
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nbd2 b4 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bc2 b3 15. Bb1 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qd6 19. Ra4 Rb5 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Nxa5 22. Ra4 Re8 23. d4 e4 24. Ne5 Nb7 25. c4 Ra5 26. c5 Qd5 27. Rb4 Nxc5 28. Nc4 Ra4 29. Ne3 Qe6 30. Qd2 Rxb4 31. Qxb4 Ncd7 32. Rc1 Rb8 33. Qa5 Qd6 34. Rc4 g6 35. Qxc7 Qxc7 36. Rxc7 Nb6 37. Kf1 Na4 38. Ke2 Nxb2 39. Rc6 Kg7 40. Rxa6 Nd3 41. Nc4 Nf4+ 42. Kd2 Rb4 43. Ne5 Rxd4+ 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. Kxf4 Rxb1 46. Ra7 e3 0 – 1 (view game)
Le, Quang Liem (2739) – Caruana, Fabiano (2807) [D20]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (1.3), 2017-08-14
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. Nbc3 e6 10. Be4 Bg6 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 Bxe4 13. fxe4 O-O 14. Nf4 Bg5 15. Kh1 Qe7 16. Qh5 h6 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rad8 19. b3 Nb6 20. Nce2 Rd7 21. Rd3 Rfd8 22. Rg3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxg5 Qe8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bxh6 Re7 28. Rg4 Nd7 29. Be3 Rd3 30. Bf4 Rd4 31. Re1 c5 32. h3 b5 33. Rg3 Rf7 34. Bc1 c4 35. Kh2 a5 36. bxc4 Rxc4 37. Bb2 Rc2 38. Bd4 Rxa2 39. Rd1 b4 40. Rg6 Nf8 41. Rg3 Rd7 42. Rf3 Ng6 43. Rg3 Kh7 44. Rg5 b3 45. Rh5+ Kg8 46. Rg5 b2 47. Rxg6 Rxd4 48. Rxd4 b1=Q 49. Rd7 Kf8 50. Rdxg7 Ke8 51. Ra7 Kf8 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. Rag8 1 – 0 (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2799) – Navara, David (2737) [E15]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (1.4), 2017-08-14
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. e4 Bf8 16. f4 d4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 f6 19. Rde1 fxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. e6 Nf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qf5 Qd8 24. Re4 Re7 25. Rg4+ Kh8 26. Be4 Rc8 27. Rh4 Kg8 28. Rxh7 Bxd5 29. Qg6+ Rg7 30. Qh5 Bxe4 31. Rh8# 1 – 0 (view game)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2751) – Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2739) [C65]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (1.5), 2017-08-14
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8. Bd2 Nf8 9. Nh4 g6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Ne6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. g3 b6 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 O-O-O 17. f5 Nf4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Qf2 g5 20. Nhg2 Nxg2 21. Qxg2 Kb8 22. Rdf1 Bc8 23. Qf2 Rh6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Rdh8 26. h3 Qh7 27. Qxh7 R8xh7 28. Rhg1 Kc8 29. Rf3 c5 30. Rgf1 Kd7 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. Rxf6 Rxh3 33. Rg6 Rg3 34. a4 a5 35. Kd2 Rg2+ 36. Kc3 g4 37. Kb3 Kc8 38. c3 Kb7 39. e5 Re2 40. d4 Re4 41. Kc4 cxd4 42. cxd4 c5 43. Kb5 Rxd4 44. Rg7+ Kc8 45. b3 Rb4+ 46. Kc6 Kd8 47. Kd6 Rd4+ 48. Kc6 c4 49. bxc4 Rxc4+ 50. Kxb6 Rxa4 51. Kb5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) – Kasparov, Garry (2812) [D80]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (2.1), 2017-08-14
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 cxd5 9. e5 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Ng1 f6 13. h3 Be6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nge2 Qd6 17. O-O Raf8 18. Rae1 Bc8 19. Na4 e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. b4 Re6 22. Nc5 Ree8 23. Nb3 Qb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Ned4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bd7 27. Re2 Bc3 28. Rc2 Bxb4 29. Nxc6 Bd6 30. Nxa7 Re8 31. g4 h5 32. f3 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. Nc6 h4 35. Ncd4 Rd1 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Nxd2 Kf6 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. Ke3 g5 40. f4+ gxf4+ 41. Kd3 Be7 42. N2f3+ Kd6 43. Nf5+ Bxf5+ 44. gxf5 Kc5 45. Nd4 Kd6 46. a4 Bd8 47. Ne6 Bb6 48. Nxf4 Ke5 49. f6 Bc5 50. f7 Kf6 51. Nxd5+ Kxf7 52. Ke4 Ke6 53. Nf4+ Kd6 54. Ng2 Bf2 55. Kf3 Bg3 56. Kg4 Kc5 57. Nxh4 Bf2 58. Nf5 Kb4 59. Ng3 Kxa4 60. h4 Kb5 61. h5 Be3 62. Ne4 Kc6 63. Ng5 Kd7 64. h6 Ke7 65. h7 Bd4 66. Kf5 Ba1 67. Kg6 Bb2 68. Nf7 Ba1 69. Nh6 Bh8 70. Ng4 Ba1 71. Ne3 Bh8 72. Nd5+ Ke6 73. Nf4+ Ke7 74. Nh3 Ke6 75. Ng5+ Ke7 76. Nf7 Ba1 77. h8=Q Bxh8 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2799) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2751) [A34]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (2.2), 2017-08-14
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5 Nc6 9. Be2 b6 10. Kf1 Qd6 11. d4 O-O 12. Ba3 Bf5 13. Kg1 Rfd8 14. Qa4 Qf6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rf1 Rac8 17. Bb2 Na5 18. Ba1 c4 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Nf3 Bd3 21. Qd1 Qf5 22. Bxd3 Qxd3 23. Qc1 Nc6 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. Re1 Qa5 26. e4 e6 27. g3 Qxa2 28. e5 Ne7 29. Ng5 Nd5 30. Ne4 b5 31. Qg5 b4 32. cxb4 Qa3 33. Rc1 Qf3 34. Rh4 Rf8 35. Qd2 Qd3 36. Bc3 Qf3 37. Qg5 Rc7 38. Be1 Rb8 39. Nc5 c3 40. Na6 Rcc8 41. Nxb8 Rxb8 42. Qg4 Qxg4 43. Rxg4 Rc8 44. Re4 Bf8 45. b5 Ba3 46. Rc2 Rc4 47. Ree2 Bb4 48. Ra2 Nc7 49. Rxa7 Nxb5 50. Ra8+ Kg7 51. Bxc3 Bxc3 52. Kg2 Rxd4 53. f4 Rd3 54. Rf2 Bd4 55. Rf3 Rd2+ 56. Kh3 Nc3 57. Ra1 Ne4 58. Raf1 Nf2+ 59. Kh4 Bc5 60. g4 Ne4 61. g5 Rh2+ 62. Rh3 Rg2 63. Rb3 Nf2 0 – 1 (view game)
Karjakin, Sergey (2773) – Le, Quang Liem (2739) [C50]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (2.3), 2017-08-14
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 h6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 a5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Ba7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Ng3 c6 14. Bd3 a4 15. Be3 b5 16. Qc2 Re8 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 d5 20. Qxc6 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Ne5 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qd2 Nc4 25. Qb4 dxe4 26. Ndf5 Qd7 27. Rad1 Nd5 28. b3 Nxb4 29. Rxd7 Ne5 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nxc8 Nxd7 32. Nd6 axb3 33. axb3 Rb8 34. Ngxe4 Nd3 35. Rb1 Rb4 36. Nc4 N7c5 37. Nxc5 Nxc5 38. Nd2 Rd4 39. Rb2 g6 40. Kf1 Rd7 41. Rc2 Ke7 42. Ke2 Ne6 43. Rc4 Nd4+ 44. Ke1 Ke6 45. g3 Kd5 46. Rc3 Ra7 47. Kf1 Ra2 48. Nf3 Nxf3 49. Rxf3 Ra1+ 50. Ke2 Ke6 51. Re3+ Kf6 52. Kd3 Ra2 53. f4 g5 54. fxg5+ hxg5 55. g4 Rf2 56. Kc4 Kg6 57. b4 f5 58. gxf5+ Kxf5 59. b5 Kf4 60. Rb3 Rc2+ 61. Kd5 Rd2+ 62. Kc6 Rc2+ 63. Kd7 Rd2+ 64. Kc7 Rc2+ 65. Kb8 Ke5 66. b6 Kd6 67. b7 Kd7 68. Ra3 Rb2 69. Ka8 1 – 0 (view game)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2739) – Anand, Viswanathan (2783) [C65]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (2.4), 2017-08-14
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 f6 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Ne3 Qf7 14. Ka1 a5 15. g4 Ng6 16. Nf5 Bxa2 17. g5 Be6 18. Rdg1 Kh8 19. h4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. N3d4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 c5 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Qg4 Qe5 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. Qg5 Qd4 27. Qxf4 a4 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 c4 30. Rg4 cxd3 31. cxd3 Rf8 32. d4 Rf3 33. Rc1 c6 34. Rc3 Kg8 35. d5 Kf7 36. dxc6 bxc6 37. Rxc6 Rxe3 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Rgxg7 a3 40. Rce7+ Kd6 41. Rd7+ Ke6 42. Rde7+ Kd6 43. Rd7+ Ke6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Navara, David (2737) – Caruana, Fabiano (2807) [D20]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (2.5), 2017-08-14
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8. Be4 f5 9. a3 N4d5 10. Bf3 Bd7 11. Nh3 Bc6 12. Nc3 e6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qh6 O-O-O 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. Rfd1 Rhd8 21. Ng5 Nf4 22. Nxh7 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Nf6 Qd8 25. h3 Bxg2 26. Kh2 Bc6 27. Rg1 b6 28. Nce4 Bxe4 29. Qxf4 Bc6 30. Qc1 Kb7 31. Qc3 Rd3 32. Qc4 g5 33. Rxg5 Rd1 34. Rg1 Qd2 35. Qh4 Rxg1 36. Kxg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Qf3+ 0 – 1 (view game)
Kasparov, Garry (2812) – Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2739) [D53]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (3.1), 2017-08-14
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h3 Ne6 17. Qa4 Bh5 18. Rd2 d4 19. Qxa7 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qb4 21. Rad1 Rc1 22. Rxc1 Qxd2 23. Rd1 Qxb2 24. Qxb7 Qxa2 25. Qb1 Qxb1 26. Rxb1 dxe3 27. fxe3 Ng5 28. h4 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Caruana, Fabiano (2807) – Karjakin, Sergey (2773) [E21]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (3.2), 2017-08-14
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 c5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Ne2 c4 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. Ng3 Nc8 14. Nh5 Be7 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Nd6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ba3 Bc8 19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Bd3 a5 21. Rac1 a4 22. Qh3 g6 23. Nd7 Be7 24. Nxf8 Bxf8 25. f5 axb3 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Rf7+ Kh6 31. Qh3+ Kg5 32. g3 1 – 0 (view game)
Le, Quang Liem (2739) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) [E10]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (3.3), 2017-08-14
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 Ne4 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nc3 g5 11. Bc1 f5 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qe8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rc8 18. e3 Qg6 19. Qc1 Qg7 20. f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Kh8 22. Kh1 Rg8 23. Bf3 Qh6 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Qxa3 Rg7 26. Qb2 Rcg8 27. Rg1 Qh4 28. Rxg7 Rxg7 29. Qd2 Ba6 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. Rg1 Rc7 32. Qg2 Qd8 33. Qh3 Rg7 34. Qh6 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 d4 36. Qxe6 dxe3 37. Qd6 Qg8+ 38. Bg2 Qg4 39. e6 e2 40. Qe5+ Qg7 41. Kf2 Qxe5 42. fxe5 Kg7 43. Bf3 Kf8 44. Bxe2 Bc8 45. Bc4 Ke7 46. Ke3 Bb7 47. Bd3 h6 48. Bxf5 Bc6 49. b4 Bd5 50. a3 Bb3 51. Bg4 Ba4 52. Kf4 Bc2 53. Kg3 Bd3 54. Kh4 Bg6 55. Bh5 Bc2 56. Bg4 Bg6 57. Kg3 Bc2 58. Kf4 Bd3 59. Ke3 Bc2 60. Kd4 Bb3 61. Bf5 Bd1 62. Kd5 Ba4 63. Bd3 Be8 64. b5 Bh5 65. Kc6 Bf3+ 66. Kc7 Kxe6 67. Kb8 Kxe5 68. Kxa7 Kd4 69. Kxb6 Kxd3 70. Kc5 Ke4 71. a4 Ke5 72. a5 Ke6 73. Kb6 Be2 74. Kc6 Ke7 75. b6 1 – 0 (view game)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2751) – Navara, David (2737) [B12]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (3.4), 2017-08-14
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. Bf4 g5 8. Bg3 Bxb1 9. Qxb1 g4 10. Nh4 fxe5 11. Bxg4 Qf6 12. Bh5+ Kd8 13. O-O e4 14. f3 Qh6 15. Bg4 Be7 16. Qe1 Bg5 17. Kh1 Bd2 18. Qd1 Bg5 19. Qe1 Bd2 20. Qe2 Bg5 21. Qe1 ½ – ½ (view game)
Anand, Viswanathan (2783) – Aronian, Levon (2799) [C50]
Saint Louis Rapid Saint Louis (3.5), 2017-08-14
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Be3 Kh8 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Bc4 f5 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. Bxd8 Nxb3 20. Bxc7 Nxa1 21. Bxd6 Rad8 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 f4 25. Bb5 fxg3 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. d4 gxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nb3 29. g4 Kg8 30. Kg3 Nd2 31. b4 Ne4+ 32. Kh4 Nxc3 33. bxa5 Nd5 34. Rc1 Be4 35. Rc5 Ne7 36. Kg3 Rc8 37. Rb5 Rc3+ 38. Kh2 Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Nd5 0 – 1 (view game)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins the 5th Sinquefield Cup 2017
Posted by 365Chess.com on August 12, 2017 in Chess news
Final Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2791 | 6 |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2822 | 5.5 |
| 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 | 5.5 |
| 4 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 5 |
| 5 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2809 | 5 |
| 6 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | RUS | 4.5 |
| 7 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | USA | 4 |
| 8 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | USA | 3.5 |
| 9 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2742 | 3 |
| 10 | So, Wesley | USA | 2810 | 3 |
Carlsen,M (2822) – Aronian,L (2809) [C88]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (9), 2017-08-11
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. c3 Qe8 14. Nc4 Qg6 15. h3 Nd7 16. Be3 d5 17. Ncd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qa4 Rb2 21. Rf1 Na7 22. Nxe5 Qh6 23. Ndf3 Nb5 24. Rae1 Nxc3 25. Qc6 Bb4 26. Kh1 dxe4 27. dxe4 Ne2 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Bd6 30. Qxa6 Nf4 31. Qb5 c5 32. a6 Bxe5 33. Nxe5 Qg5 34. Ng4 h5 35. Ne3 Nxg2 36. Nxg2 Rxf2 37. Rg1 Kh7 38. Qd3 Qe5 39. Qe3 Ra2 40. Qf4 Qc3 41. Ne3 Qf6 42. Qxf6 gxf6 43. Rc1 Rxa6 44. Kg2 Ra2+ 45. Rc2 Ra5 46. Kf3 Kg6 47. h4 Rb5 48. Ra2 Rb1 49. Rc2 Rb5 50. Rc3 f5 51. exf5+ exf5 52. Rd3 1 – 0 (view game)
Vachier Lagrave,M (2791) – Nepomniachtchi,I (2742) [B92]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (9), 2017-08-11
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc4 Be7 13. a5 Rb8 14. Nb6 Nd7 15. Ncd5 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Be6 17. Bc4 Qc7 18. Qd3 Bd8 19. c3 Qc6 20. Bd5 Qe8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Nd5 f5 23. O-O Rc8 24. Rfd1 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qf5 26. Qe2 Kh8 27. c4 Bh4 28. g3 Bg5 29. Ra3 Rce8 30. h4 Bd8 31. b4 Qg6 32. h5 Qf5 33. Ne3 Qe6 34. Rad3 Be7 35. Nd5 Bd8 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Qxf3 Kg8 38. Kg2 e4 39. Qe2 Qe5 40. Ne3 Bg5 41. Rd5 Qf6 42. Nf5 Re6 43. c5 dxc5 44. Qc4 Qf7 45. Rxc5 h6 46. Rc8+ Kh7 47. g4 Re7 48. Qd4 Re6 49. Qd5 g6 50. hxg6+ Kxg6 51. Rf8 Qxf8 52. Qxe6+ 1 – 0 (view game)
So,W (2810) – Anand,V (2783) [E32]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (9), 2017-08-11
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rc2 c4 16. e3 Bb5 17. Qb4 Rc8 18. Be2 Nd7 19. O-O Rab8 20. Rfc1 a5 21. Qc3 Kg7 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Ba6 24. Kf1 Ne5 25. Ke1 f5 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Rb3 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxb2 31. Rc5 Rb1+ 32. Ke2 Rh1 33. Rxa5 Rxh2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nakamura,Hi (2792) – Karjakin,Sergey (2773) [A29]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (9), 2017-08-11
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Bb6 10. b4 e4 11. Ng5 Qd4 12. Be3 Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Nc3 f6 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Rfc1 Bf7 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Nb4 Nd4 22. Nc2 Nc6 23. Nb4 Nd4 24. e3 Nf5 25. d4 c5 26. Nc2 cxd4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. exd4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxb6 Bxa2 31. Rxb7 Rdd8 32. Ra7 Be6 33. Re7 Rfe8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 ½ – ½ (view game)
Svidler,P (2749) – Caruana,F (2807) [A20]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (9), 2017-08-11
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 d5 9. cxd5 exd3 10. O-O cxd5 11. exd3 Be7 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. b4 axb3 15. Bb2 Qd8 16. Qxb3 Be6 17. Ne2 Bb4 18. Red1 O-O 19. Nf4 Bc5 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Rac1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rc2 b6 25. Bxd5 Ra7 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Ne2 h5 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Rc4 Qe5 30. a4 Qa5 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. d4 Nd5 33. Rdc1 g6 34. Rc8 Rad7 35. Qc4 Kg7 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rb1 Nf6 38. d5 Ra8 39. d6 Ra7 40. Rd1 Nd7 41. Bc6 Qc5 42. Qd4+ Qxd4 43. Rxd4 Kf6 44. Re4 1 – 0 (view game)
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Round 8
Posted by 365Chess.com on August 11, 2017 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 | 5 |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2791 | 5 |
| 3 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2809 | 5 |
| 4 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 4.5 |
| 5 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2822 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | USA | 4 |
| 7 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | RUS | 3.5 |
| 8 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | USA | 3 |
| 9 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2742 | 3 |
| 10 | So, Wesley | USA | 2810 | 2.5 |
Anand, Viswanathan (2783) – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2791) [A31]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (8.1), 2017-08-10
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bc4 N8c6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. O-O e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qd2 Be8 14. Rfd1 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Rc8 16. Nb5 e5 17. Bg3 Na5 18. Bf1 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 f6 20. Rad1 Kf7 21. f3 a6 22. Bf1 Nc4 23. Bxc4+ Rxc4 24. Rd7 Rb8 25. Kf1 Ke8 26. Be1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ke2 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Bxd2 Kd7 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2809) – Svidler, Peter (2749) [A34]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (8.2), 2017-08-10
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5 Nc6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Qb3 b6 11. Ng5 e6 12. f4 h6 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Ne4 g5 15. Bb5 Qd5 16. Nf2 Qd6 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Nf2 Qd6 19. Ne4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) – Carlsen, Magnus (2822) [A29]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (8.3), 2017-08-10
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc7 Rd4 12. c5 Rc4 13. O-O Rxc5 14. Rfc1 Nf6 15. Bd6 Rh5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Bf3 Ra5 18. Rd2 h6 19. Rad1 Ra6 20. e4 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Kg2 Ne5 23. b3 Nc4 24. bxc4 Bxc3 25. Rc2 Bg7 26. c5 Re8 27. e5 b5 28. cxb6 axb6 29. Rxc6 Rxa2 30. Re1 b5 31. Rb6 Rd2 32. Rxb5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Caruana, Fabiano (2807) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) [E71]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (8.4), 2017-08-10
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. exd5 b6 11. Be2 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Bc4 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. Rfe1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bd3 b4 19. Ne4 f5 20. Ned2 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Qxb4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Bd5 24. Qc3 Qb6 25. b3 Rfd8 26. Rac1 Bh6 27. Rc2 Qb7 28. Qd3 Qa8 29. Qf1 Qb7 30. Rc5 Qb4 31. Rc2 Ra8 32. Rd1 Qb7 33. Re1 Rd6 34. Rc5 Ra2 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Qe1 Bf4 37. g3 Bxf3 38. gxf4 Be4 39. Nxe4 fxe4 40. Qc3 Qa6 41. d5+ Kh6 42. Rg8 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Rh1+ 44. Kxh1 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qxf2+ 46. Kh1 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Karjakin, Sergey (2773) – So, Wesley (2810) [C50]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (8.5), 2017-08-10
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Qe8 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf4 16. Rb1 b5 17. Ra1 Qg6 18. Ng3 Qf6 19. Ne2 Ng6 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rf1 Rab8 22. g3 Qf7 23. Nh2 d5 24. Rf3 Qd7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kg2 Rxf3 27. Nxf3 Rf8 28. Neg1 Ra8 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. Ne1 Nge7 31. Ngf3 Ng8 32. Nc2 Nf6 33. Re1 Rf8 34. Na3 Rb8 35. Nc2 Rf8 36. Na3 Rb8 37. Nb1 Nd7 38. Nbd2 d4 39. Rc1 dxc3 40. Qxc3 Rb6 41. Nb3 Nxb4 42. Qxc7 Kh7 43. d4 Qxc7 44. Rxc7 Nf6 45. Nc5 Na6 46. Rc8 Nxc5 47. dxc5 Ra6 48. Nxe5 Nxe4 49. c6 Ra2 50. Kf3 Ng5+ 51. Ke3 Nxh3 52. Rb8 Rc2 53. f4 h5 54. Rxb5 Nf2 55. Kd4 Rd2+ 56. Kc5 Ne4+ 57. Kb6 Rc2 58. c7 Nd6 59. Rb3 Ne8 60. Nc6 Nxc7 61. Kxc7 Rc4 62. Kd6 h4 63. Ne5 1 – 0 (view game)
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Round 7
Posted by 365Chess.com on August 10, 2017 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2791 | 4.5 |
| 2 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 | 4.5 |
| 3 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2809 | 4.5 |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2822 | 4 |
| 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | USA | 3.5 |
| 6 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 3.5 |
| 7 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | RUS | 3 |
| 8 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | USA | 2.5 |
| 9 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2742 | 2.5 |
| 10 | So, Wesley | USA | 2810 | 2.5 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2791) – Karjakin, Sergey (2773) [C67]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (7.1), 2017-08-09
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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 Rh6 23. Rxh6 gxh6 24. Kh3 Nxc3 25. Kh4 Nxa2 26. Kh5 Nc3 27. Kxh6 a5 28. f4 a4 29. f5 Ke8 30. g5 a3 31. e6 a2 32. Kg7 fxe6 33. f6 a1=Q 34. f7+ Kd7 35. Be5 Qa5 36. Bf6 Qc5 37. f8=Q Qxf8+ 38. Kxf8 Ne4 39. Kf7 Nxg5+ 40. Bxg5 Kd6 41. Kf6 e5 42. Kf5 Kd5 43. Bd8 Kd4 44. Bxc7 Kc3 45. Kxe5 Kxc2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Svidler, Peter (2749) – Carlsen, Magnus (2822) [C45]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (7.2), 2017-08-09
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 d6 11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Ba3 Qe6 13. Be2 dxe5 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. O-O exf4 16. Qxf4 Kg7 17. Nc3 Rae8 18. Bf3 Qe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. Na4 Bc8 21. Bxc6 Rd8 22. Rae1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rd2 24. Nc3 Rc2 25. Nb5 Rxa2 26. Nxc7 Rb2 27. Ne8+ Nxe8 28. Rxe8 Be6 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Rxb3 31. d6 Rd3 32. Ra8 Rxd6 33. Rxa7 Rd2 34. Ra6 g5 35. h3 h5 36. Ra5 Kg6 37. Rb5 Ra2 38. Kf1 Ra6 39. Kf2 f5 40. Rb8 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. g3 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Kf1 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) – Aronian, Levon (2809) [A29]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (7.3), 2017-08-09
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 11. Qa4 h6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc5 f4 15. Ne4 Rb8 16. Qa3 Re6 17. c4 Nde7 18. Bb2 Nf5 19. d4 Ncxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxa7 Nc6 22. Qa3 Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rfd1 g5 25. Nc3 Re7 26. Nd5 Rf7 27. h4 Ra8 28. a4 Na5 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Kh2 Nxc4 31. Rac1 Nd2 32. Nxc7 Rxa4 33. Bh3 Nxf3+ 34. exf3 Ra2+ 35. Bg2 Rg7 36. Rg1 Rg3 37. Kh1 Bh3 38. Bf1 e2 39. Bxe2 Rxe2 40. Nd5 Rxf3 41. Rg6 Re6 42. Rcg1 Rxg6 43. Rxg6 Bd7 44. Kg2 Rg3+ 45. Rxg3 fxg3 46. Kxg3 Kf7 47. Kf4 Ke6 48. Nb4 Be8 49. Nd3 Kd5 50. Nf2 Bd7 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Ne4 Bc6 53. Ng3 Bd5 54. Kd3 Kf4 0 – 1 (view game)
Anand, Viswanathan (2783) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) [B90]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (7.4), 2017-08-09
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Nec3 b5 16. Ne3 O-O 17. Rg1 Bh6 18. Ncd5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rc8 20. Be2 Kg7 21. f4 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 exf4 23. Qxf4 Re8 24. Rxd6 Qe7 25. e5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5+ Rxe5 27. Bf3 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxa6 Re2 30. c3 h4 31. Ra5 b4 32. cxb4 Rcc2 33. b3 Rb2+ 34. Ka1 Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36. b5 Re2 37. b6 Re8 38. b7 Rb8 39. Rb5 f5 40. Kb2 1 – 0 (view game)
So, Wesley (2810) – Caruana, Fabiano (2807) [D27]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (7.5), 2017-08-09
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. b3 Rd8 12. Bb2 b6 13. a3 a5 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. Ne4 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Kf1 Rad8 19. g3 f5 20. Ke1 Kf6 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Kxe5 25. Kd2 Kd6 26. Kc3 Bc6 27. b4 axb4+ 28. Kxb4 h6 29. Bb5 Bf3 30. Be8 Ke7 31. Ba4 Kd6 32. Be8 Ke7 33. Ba4 ½ – ½ (view game)
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Round 6
Posted by 365Chess.com on August 9, 2017 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2791 | 4 |
| 2 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 | 3.5 |
| 3 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2809 | 3.5 |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2822 | 3.5 |
| 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | USA | 3 |
| 6 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 3 |
| 7 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | USA | 2.5 |
| 8 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | RUS | 2.5 |
| 9 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2742 | 2.5 |
| 10 | So, Wesley | USA | 2810 | 2 |
Caruana, Fabiano (2807) – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2791) [B96]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (6.1), 2017-08-08
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Nf3 hxg5 15. Bf2 Qc7 16. Be2 Bd7 17. h4 Rg8 18. h5 g4 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bh4 Bc6 21. Qe3 Bxh4 22. Rxh4 Qe7 23. Rxg4 Rxg4 24. Bxg4 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Nxg5 26. Bf3 Ke7 27. Kd2 Rh8 28. Rh1 f5 29. Ke3 Kf6 30. b4 b5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Carlsen, Magnus (2822) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) [D37]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (6.2), 2017-08-08
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. h3 g6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qe4 Bxb2 19. Bxc6 f5 20. Bg5 fxe4 21. Bxe7 Bxc1 22. Bxb7 Bxe3 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. fxe3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Rb8 26. a4 Rb4 27. Bc6 Rc4 28. Bb5 Re4 29. Rd1 a6 30. Bxa6 Rxa4 31. Bb7 Kf7 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Bd5 Bf5 34. g4 Be6 35. Kf3 Ra5 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. h4 Ra2 38. Rb1 Ra7 39. Kf4 Ra4+ 40. e4 Ra7 41. Rb6+ Kf7 42. Rc6 Rd7 43. g5 Ra7 44. Ke5 Re7+ 45. Kd5 Rd7+ 46. Rd6 Ra7 47. Rf6+ Ke7 48. Rc6 Rd7+ 49. Ke5 Ra7 50. Rc5 Rd7 51. Ra5 Kf7 52. Ra1 Re7+ 53. Kf4 Rb7 54. Ra6 Rc7 55. Kg4 Re7 56. Rf6+ Ke8 57. Kf4 Ra7 58. Rb6 Kf7 59. Ke5 Re7+ 60. Kd5 Rd7+ 61. Rd6 Ra7 62. Rd8 Ra5+ 63. Kd4 Ra4+ 64. Ke5 Ra5+ 65. Kf4 Ra7 66. Rd4 Ke6 67. Rb4 Rf7+ 68. Ke3 Ra7 69. Rb8 Re7 70. Rh8 Ra7 71. Re8+ Kf7 72. Rb8 Ke6 73. Rb6+ Kf7 74. Kf4 Re7 75. Rf6+ Ke8 76. h5 gxh5 77. e5 Rf7 78. Ke4 Rg7 79. Kf5 Rf7 80. Kf4 h4 81. Kg4 Re7 82. e6 Ra7 83. Rh6 Kf8 84. Kxh4 Ra4+ 85. Kh5 Re4 86. Rf6+ Kg7 87. Rf7+ Kg8 88. Re7 Kf8 89. Rxh7 Rxe6 90. Rh6 Re1 91. Ra6 Kg7 92. Ra7+ Kg8 93. Kh6 Re6+ 94. g6 Re8 ½ – ½ (view game)
Karjakin, Sergey (2773) – Anand, Viswanathan (2783) [A45]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (6.3), 2017-08-08
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Ne5 12. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Qxd7 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Rfd1 Qa4 16. Qxa4 Nxa4 17. Be5 f6 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. e4 e5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. f3 Ke6 27. Kf2 Kd6 28. Ke3 Kc5 29. a3 Nd6 30. Kd3 a5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2809) – So, Wesley (2810) [D38]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (6.4), 2017-08-08
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Qxc4 Rac8 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Nd2 Na5 15. Qb4 b6 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Bd3 Bc6 19. f3 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Qg5 21. Rf3 c5 22. Qb2 e5 23. Rdf1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rb7 25. d5 Rc7 26. h4 Qxh4 27. Qxe5 Qe7 28. Qg3 Qc5 29. Rf6 h5 30. Rh6 Qc3 31. Rxh5 g6 32. e5 1 – 0 (view game)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) – Svidler, Peter (2749) [C91]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (6.5), 2017-08-08
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 Ng4 13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nc4 16. Qc1 Bf6 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 exd4 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qc5 Re8 22. Rec1 Be7 23. Qxc7 Bxb4 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. a5 Rdc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Kf1 Rc5 28. Ra4 Bxa5 29. b4 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 Bd8 31. Rxa6 Kf8 32. b5 Rc3 33. Ra7 g5 34. g4 Bb6 35. Ra6 Bc5 36. Rh6 Kg7 37. Rc6 Bb4 38. Rxc3 Bxc3 39. b6 Ba5 40. b7 Bc7 41. Bc2 Kf8 42. Kd3 Ke7 43. Kc4 f6 44. Kd5 h6 45. Bd3 Bb8 46. Kc6 Bd6 47. h3 Bb8 48. f3 ½ – ½ (view game)
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Round 5
Posted by 365Chess.com on August 6, 2017 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2791 | 3.5 |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2822 | 3 |
| 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 | 3 |
| 4 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2809 | 2.5 |
| 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | USA | 2.5 |
| 6 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 2.5 |
| 7 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | USA | 2 |
| 8 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | RUS | 2 |
| 9 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2742 | 2 |
| 10 | So, Wesley | USA | 2810 | 2 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2791) – Aronian, Levon (2809) [C50]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (5.1), 2017-08-06
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. c3 Ba7 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. a5 Rb8 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 b3 17. Bb1 Qd6 18. Qe2 Rbe8 19. Ra3 f5 20. Nxe5 Bd7 21. d4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxb3 Rxe5 24. Qc4 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Re8 26. Bb4 Qe5 27. Rd3 Bb5 28. Qxd4 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Nxb4 30. Qc4+ Nd5 31. Ba2 Kh7 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Bxd5 Re5 34. Bc4 Rxa5 35. f4 Ra1 36. Kf2 a5 37. Nd2 Kg6 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. Nc4 a4 40. g4 fxg4 41. hxg4 Ke6 42. Be4 Rc1 43. Ne3 Ra1 44. Nc4 Rc1 45. Ne3 Ra1 ½ – ½ (view game)
Anand, Viswanathan (2783) – Caruana, Fabiano (2807) [A29]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (5.2), 2017-08-06
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Bb6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Re8 12. b4 Qd6 13. Nd2 Qh6 14. Nc4 Qh5 15. Rc2 Rad8 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. f3 Be6 18. Qd2 b5 19. f4 Bg4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. fxe5 f6 22. exf6 Rxe2 23. f7+ Kf8 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Re5 26. Qd4 Qg5 27. Rc5 Rxd4 28. f8=Q+ Kg6 29. Qf7+ 1 – 0 (view game)
So, Wesley (2810) – Carlsen, Magnus (2822) [C45]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (5.3), 2017-08-06
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Ba4 c5 17. g4 Bg6 18. e5 Rb8 19. Bf4 Rxb2 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Qxd6 Qe2 24. Qg3 Nf8 25. Re1 Rb1 26. Rxb1 Bxb1 27. Bc6 Bxa2 28. Qd6 Qc4 29. Ne5 Qxc3 0 – 1 (view game)
Karjakin, Sergey (2773) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) [B09]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (5.4), 2017-08-06
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. d5 Nd4 12. O-O c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. c3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Qd3 Rfd8 18. Qc4 Rd7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. b4 Qd6 22. Qa6 Qc7 23. a4 Bf6 24. a5 Kg7 25. Qc4 h6 26. a6 Bg5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qc5 Kg8 29. b5 cxb5 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Rb1 Rc5 32. Rd1 Nf4 33. Nxf4 gxf4 34. Rd7 Rxc3 35. Kg2 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Ra2 37. Rxa7 Kg7 38. Rb7 Rxa6 39. Rxb5 Kf6 40. h4 Ke6 41. Rb7 f5 42. exf5+ gxf5 43. h5 e4 44. h6 e3 45. h7 Ra8 46. Kf1 Kf6 47. Ra7 Rh8 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Ra4 Rxh7 50. Rxf4 Kg5 51. Ra4 Re7 52. f4+ Kg4 53. Rb4 Kg3 54. Ra4 Rb7 55. Kxe3 Re7+ 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Kd1 Re8 58. Rb4 Rh8 59. Rb5 Rh5 60. Ke1 Kxf4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) – Svidler, Peter (2749) [C88]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (5.5), 2017-08-06
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. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Ned7 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Re8 16. f3 Nfd7 17. a5 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nf1 Ne6 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Qd3 Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Nc5 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Qxd8 Rexd8 27. Bc2 Rd2 28. Rad1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rb2 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Rg8 g6 32. f4 Ra2 33. h4 Nd7 34. Rc8 Rxa5 35. Rxc7 Kd6 36. Ra7 Ra3 37. f5 gxf5 38. Bxf5 Ne5 39. h5 Bxf5 40. Nxf5+ Ke6 41. Ne3 Kf6 42. h6 Kg6 43. Re7 Ra5 44. Kh2 Rc5 45. Kg3 Nc6 46. Rc7 Rxc3 47. Kf2 Rc5 48. h7 Kxh7 49. Rxf7+ Kg6 50. Rc7 Ne5 51. Rxc5 Nd3+ 52. Ke2 Nxc5 53. Kd2 Kg5 ½ – ½ (view game)
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Round 4
Posted by 365Chess.com on August 6, 2017 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2791 | 3 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | USA | 2.5 |
| 3 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2822 | 2 |
| 4 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 2 |
| 5 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 | 2 |
| 6 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2809 | 2 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | USA | 2810 | 2 |
| 8 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | USA | 1.5 |
| 9 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | RUS | 1.5 |
| 10 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2742 | 1.5 |
Carlsen,M (2822) – Vachier Lagrave,M (2791) [A34]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (4), 2017-08-05
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bf5 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. e4 Bg6 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. Re1 e6 13. a4 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15. a5 Rfd8 16. a6 b6 17. Kc2 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Kb3 f6 20. Nc4 Nf2 21. e5 Ne4 22. Be3 Bf5 23. Rg1 Rd5 24. Rae1 Kf7 25. Bc1 Bh7 26. Re3 Rcd8 27. Bc6 Nf2 28. Re2 Nd3 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Bb5 Rg8 31. Bd2 Rgd8 32. Be3 Be4 33. Rd2 Rg8 34. Ka4 Rgd8 35. Kb3 Rg8 36. Ka2 f5 37. Rh2 Rc8 38. Rd2 Rg8 39. Re2 Bf3 40. Rh2 Bf6 41. Nd2 Bg4 42. Rf1 Rgd8 43. Nc4 e5 44. fxe5 Bxe5 45. Bg5 Bxg3 46. Rg2 Bh3 47. Rxg3 Bxf1 48. Rf3 Be2 49. Bxd8 Bxf3 50. Bxb6 axb6 51. Bc6 Be4 52. a7 Rd8 53. Nd6+ Rxd6 54. Bxe4 Rd8 55. a8=Q Rxa8+ 56. Bxa8 Ne5 57. Kb3 f4 58. Kc2 Kg7 59. Kd2 Ng6 60. Kd3 Nxh4 61. Ke4 f3 62. Ke3 Kf6 63. b4 c4 64. Bd5 Kf5 65. Bxc4 Kg4 66. Kf2 Ng6 67. Be6+ Kf4 68. Bf7 Ne5 69. Bxh5 Nd3+ 70. Kf1 Kg3 71. Bf7 Nf2 0 – 1 (view game)
Caruana,F (2807) – Karjakin,Sergey (2773) [C65]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (4), 2017-08-05
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 e4 11. dxe4 Ne5 12. Qe2 a5 13. O-O Bg4 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Ba3 Bc5 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. cxb4 Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Qd6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 b6 21. Bb5 Raa8 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Rac1 c5 24. Rc3 g6 25. Rb3 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qe5 27. Bc4 Rd6 28. Rb5 Rd4 29. Rxb6 Rxc4 30. Qxf6 Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Rxa4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian,L (2809) – Anand,V (2783) [A35]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (4), 2017-08-05
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5 Bf5 9. Ng5 e6 10. h6 Bf6 11. Nge4 Be7 12. d3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Bg2 b6 17. Qa4 Rab8 18. O-O Nd4 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rfe1 Rbd8 21. g4 Nb4 22. a3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rc3 Nb5 25. Rc2 Nd4 26. Rc3 Nb5 27. Rc2 Nd4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Svidler,P (2749) – So,W (2810) [C53]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (4), 2017-08-05
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 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Rae1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bb6 21. e6 Qe7 22. exf7+ Qxf7 23. Re6 Kh8 24. Ne5 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qg8 26. Nd7 Rf7 27. Ne5 Rff8 28. Nd7 Rf7 29. Ne5 Rff8 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nepomniachtchi,I (2742) – Nakamura,Hi (2792) [D37]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (4), 2017-08-05
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rc1 Bf6 15. a3 Qe7 16. b4 a6 17. h3 Rac8 18. Rc5 a5 19. Qb1 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. Rcc1 g6 22. Ba6 Nxb4 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rc1 Bf5 26. Qb3 Nd3 27. Rc7 Qd8 28. Bg3 h5 29. Qxb6 h4 30. Bd6 Be4 31. Qc6 Kg7 32. Rc8 d4 33. Qxe4 1 – 0 (view game)
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Round 3
Posted by 365Chess.com on August 5, 2017 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2822 | 2 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | USA | 2 |
| 3 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2791 | 2 |
| 4 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | USA | 1.5 |
| 5 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 | 1.5 |
| 6 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 1.5 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | USA | 2810 | 1.5 |
| 8 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2809 | 1.5 |
| 9 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | RUS | 1 |
| 10 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2742 | 0.5 |
Anand,V (2783) – Carlsen,M (2822) [C78]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (3), 2017-08-04
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Nd5 h6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Re1 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Re8 14. a4 b4 15. a5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. d4 Ng6 21. g3 Qc8 22. Re3 Rb5 23. Nd2 h5 24. h4 Qh3 25. Qf1 Qg4 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Re6 28. Nf1 Nf8 29. Rc2 exd4 30. cxd4 c5 31. dxc5 dxc5 32. Nd2 Rd6 33. Nc4 Rd4 34. Kg2 Ne6 35. Ra3 g6 36. Nd2 Kg7 37. Rac3 Rdb4 38. Ra2 Rd4 39. Rac2 Ra4 40. Nb3 Rxb3 41. Rxb3 Nd4 42. Rcb2 Nxb3 43. Rxb3 Rxe4 44. Rb6 Re6 45. Rb7 c4 46. Rc7 Re5 47. Rxc4 Rxa5 48. Rc6 Ra2 49. Kf3 a5 50. Ra6 a4 51. Ke3 a3 52. Kf3 f6 53. Ra7+ Kf8 54. Kg2 Ra1 55. Kf3 Ke8 56. Ra6 Ke7 57. Kg2 Kf7 58. Kf3 Ra2 59. Kg2 g5 60. g4 gxh4 61. gxh5 Ra1 62. Ra7+ Kg8 63. h6 Kh8 64. Kh2 f5 65. f4 a2 66. Kg2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Vachier Lagrave,M (2791) – Svidler,P (2749) [C84]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (3), 2017-08-04
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rc8 16. a4 Bf6 17. axb5 axb5 18. c4 bxc4 19. dxc4 Bg5 20. Be3 Kh8 21. Qh5 h6 22. Bxf7 Nd4 23. h4 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qf6 25. Ra7 Ne2+ 26. Qxe2 Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qg4 Rb8 29. Ra1 Qf6 30. Qe4 Kh7 31. Ra2 h5 32. Kh2 d5 33. Qxd5 Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxe3 38. Qf7 Qf4+ 39. Kh1 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qd4+ 43. Kh1 ½ – ½ (view game)
Caruana,F (2807) – Nepomniachtchi,I (2742) [B23]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (3), 2017-08-04
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 Rb8 8. a4 a6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Be3 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qd2 b4 13. Nd1 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 15. g4 Ra8 16. Rb1 Ra2 17. f5 Ne5 18. Bh6 Qa7 19. Kh1 Bb5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 c4 22. g5 Nfd7 23. Ne3 b3 24. d4 bxc2 25. Nxc2 Nd3 26. Nd5 e5 27. Nc3 Qa5 28. dxe5 N7xe5 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Rfd1 Qc5 31. Nxa2 Qxd4 32. Rf1 Bc6 33. Nc3 Rb8 34. Qe2 Rb3 35. Nd1 Nc5 36. Nc3 Ncd3 37. Nd1 Nc5 38. Nc3 ½ – ½ (view game)
So,W (2810) – Nakamura,Hi (2792) [C50]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (3), 2017-08-04
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Nbd2 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nh5 16. Nf1 Qf6 17. Qd1 b4 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf4 20. Ne3 Qg6 21. Kh2 Re8 22. Ba4 Qf6 23. Ng4 Qe7 24. Ne3 Qf6 25. Bb5 exd4 26. cxd4 Nb8 27. Bf1 Ng6 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. Qc2 c6 30. Nc3 c5 31. Rd1 Nc6 32. dxc5 dxc5 33. Nb5 Qb8+ 34. Kg1 Nb4 35. Qxc5 Bxb5 36. Qxb4 Bc6 37. Qxb8 Rxb8 38. Bd3 Rb4 39. Rb1 Ra4 40. Bc2 Rc4 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Bb3 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Bxe4 44. Bxf7 Ne7 45. Re8 Rc7 46. Ne5 Bd5 47. Bh5 g6 48. Be2 Nc6 49. Ng4 Kg7 50. Ne3 Bf7 51. Re4 Rb7 52. Bf3 Rb4 53. Rxb4 Nxb4 54. Be4 Na6 55. f4 Nc5 56. Bb1 Nd7 57. g4 Nf6 58. Kg3 Nd5 59. Nd1 Be8 60. Be4 Ba4 61. Nb2 Nc3 62. Kf3 Bb5 63. Bb7 g5 64. fxg5 hxg5 65. Be4 Nxe4 66. Kxe4 Bf1 67. Kf5 Bxh3 68. Kxg5 Bxg4 69. Kxg4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Karjakin,Sergey (2773) – Aronian,L (2809) [C53]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (3), 2017-08-04
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 b5 10. Ba2 b4 11. d4 bxc3 12. bxc3 Re8 13. Be3 h6 14. Nbd2 Na5 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Qc2 Bxa2 17. Qxa2 Bb6 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Qd3 Qe7 20. Rb2 Nc6 21. Qc4 Na5 22. Qd3 Nc6 23. Qc4 Na5 ½ – ½ (view game)
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Round 2
Posted by 365Chess.com on August 4, 2017 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2822 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | USA | 1.5 |
| 3 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2791 | 1.5 |
| 4 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | USA | 1 |
| 5 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 | 1 |
| 6 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 1 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | USA | 2810 | 1 |
| 8 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2809 | 1 |
| 9 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | RUS | 0.5 |
| 10 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2742 | 0 |
Carlsen,M (2822) – Karjakin,Sergey (2773) [A05]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (2), 2017-08-03
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d6 6. d3 g6 7. a3 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Nb3 cxb4 13. axb4 Nb6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Re8 17. h4 Na4 18. c4 h5 19. Kh2 Bg4 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Na5 Nd4 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bh6 Bh8 26. Rc6 Nc3 27. f3 Be6 28. Bf4 Be5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. f4 Qe7 31. Rc5 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Nc6 Qd6 34. Nxe5 Qxb4 35. f5 Qd6 36. Nf3 gxf5 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. e5 Qg6 39. Qd8 Be6 40. Ng5+ Kg7 41. Qxd4 Na4 42. Nh3 1 – 0 (view game)
Aronian,L (2809) – Caruana,F (2807) [D27]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (2), 2017-08-03
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Na4 Nd5 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. Bd3 Nce7 16. Qb3 b6 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Bxb7 Nxa2 21. Qxa2 Rxb7 22. Qxa6 Rc7 23. b3 Nf5 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qb5 h6 26. d5 exd5 27. Qxd5 Nxg3 28. hxg3 Rd8 29. Qb5 g6 30. Ne5 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Bxc5 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke2 Bb4 34. Rc1 Re8 35. f4 f6 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Rc6 fxe5 38. Rxb6 exf4+ 39. Kf3 Re3+ 40. Kxf4 Bd2 41. Rxg6 Kh7 42. Kf5 Rxb3 43. Rd6 Bg5 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. Kg4 Bf6 46. Kf5 Bg7 47. g4 Rb2 48. g3 Rb5+ 49. Ke4 Bf6 50. Rd3 Rb4+ 51. Kf3 Bg5 52. Rd5 Rb3+ 53. Kg2 Kf7 54. Rd6 Ke7 55. Rc6 Rd3 56. Ra6 Rd6 57. Ra3 Ke6 58. Kf3 Ke5 59. Ra5+ Rd5 60. Ra3 Kd4 61. Ra4+ Kd3 62. Ra3+ Kd2 63. Ra1 Rc5 64. Kf2 Rc2 65. Rb1 Bf6 66. Kg2 Ke3+ 67. Kh3 Kf2 68. Rb5 Re2 69. Rb6 Bg5 70. Rb5 Bd2 71. Kh2 Kf1+ 72. Kh1 Re4 73. Rf5+ Ke2 74. Kg2 Rxg4 75. Rf2+ Kd3 76. Rf6 Rd4 77. Rf1 Ke4 78. Rf8 Bg5 79. Rf1 Be3 80. Rf8 Rd2+ 81. Kh3 Bg1 82. Kg4 Ke5 83. Rf5+ Ke6 84. Rf1 Bd4 85. Rh1 Bg7 86. Kf3 Kf5 87. Rh5+ Kg6 88. Rb5 Rd3+ 89. Kf4 Bf8 90. Rb6+ Bd6+ 91. Ke4 Rd1 92. Kf3 Kf5 93. Rb5+ Be5 94. Rb6 h5 95. Rh6 Kg5 96. Re6 Bd6 97. Re8 Rc1 98. Re6 Rd1 99. Re8 Rg1 100. Kf2 Rc1 101. Kf3 Kf5 102. Re3 Bc5 103. Rd3 Ke5 104. Rd2 Rc3+ 105. Kg2 Ke6 106. Kh3 Bd6 107. Kh4 Bxg3+ 108. Kxh5 Kf5 109. Rd5+ Be5 110. Kh4 Rc4+ 0 – 1 (view game)
Nakamura,Hi (2792) – Vachier Lagrave,M (2791) [B90]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (2), 2017-08-03
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. a4 Be7 17. axb5 axb5 18. h4 O-O 19. O-O Rc4 20. b3 Rc7 21. Nd1 Qd4 22. Qa5 Qc5 23. Ne3 Ra8 24. Qd2 g6 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Ra1 Ra7 27. Ra5 Qb6 28. Rxa7 Qxa7 29. Qc3 Qb8 30. Qb4 Bc6 31. c4 Kf8 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. cxd5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Svidler,P (2749) – Anand,V (2783) [A35]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (2), 2017-08-03
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Ba4 Be6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. exf4 b5 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nxb3 19. axb3 d4 20. Bd2 Re8 21. Rfd1 Qd5 22. Ba5 h6 23. Qxd4 Qxb3 24. f5 Re4 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Bxc3 b4 27. Be1 a5 28. f3 Re2 29. Bxb4 Rxb2 30. Bxa5 Rb5 31. Rd8+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Nepomniachtchi,I (2742) – So,W (2810) [A10]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (2), 2017-08-03
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Qd2 d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3 Ne5 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Be6 14. h3 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. g3 Qa5 17. f4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qd5 Qxd5 23. exd5 Rc8 24. Rb1 b6 25. Rb3 Nf6 26. Ra3 a5 27. Nf4 Rg8 28. c4 Rxc4 29. Ke2 Ne4 30. g4 f5 31. Rg1 fxg4 32. hxg4 Nc3+ 33. Kd3 Rxf4 34. Rxc3 Rgxg4 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rb1 Rd4+ 37. Ke3 Rxd5 38. Rxb6 Rg2 39. a4 Rg4 0 – 1 (view game)
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Round 1
Posted by 365Chess.com on August 2, 2017 in Chess news
Partial Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 1 |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2791 | 1 |
| 3 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2809 | 1 |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2822 | 0.5 |
| 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | USA | 0.5 |
| 6 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | USA | 0.5 |
| 7 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 | 0.5 |
| 8 | So, Wesley | USA | 2810 | 0 |
| 9 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2742 | 0 |
| 10 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | RUS | 0 |
Caruana, Fabiano (2807) – Carlsen, Magnus (2822) [C84]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (1.1), 2017-08-02
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nb3 Qc8 14. Qe2 Nd8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nbxd4 c5 17. Nb3 e5 18. Nbd2 Ne6 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nb6 Qc6 22. Bg5 Bd8 23. Bxf6 Bxb6 24. axb6 Rxf6 25. Rxa6 h6 26. Qd3 Rxb6 27. Rea1 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Qc5 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. h3 b3 31. Qxb3 d3 32. cxd3 Qxf2+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kh1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kh1 Qg3 37. Qg8+ Kg6 38. Rf8 Qxd3 39. Rxf6+ Kxf6 40. Qf8+ Ke6 41. Qe8+ Kf6 42. Qf8+ Ke6 43. Qe8+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2791) – So, Wesley (2810) [C50]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (1.2), 2017-08-02
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Re8 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. a5 c6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Re6 19. Rd1 Rb8 20. Kf1 Re7 21. Nc4 Rbe8 22. b3 Be6 23. Nb6 Bxb6 24. axb6 Rd7 25. Be3 Rc8 26. c4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 c5 28. Ne1 Nd7 29. Nd3 f6 30. Ra1 Ne7 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd2 f5 33. f4 exf4 34. Nxf4 g5 35. Nxe6 Kxe6 36. exf5+ Nxf5 37. Bg1 Nd4 38. Re1+ Kf6 39. Rf1+ Ke7 40. Re1+ Kd8 41. Be4 Nxb3+ 42. Kc3 Nd4 43. Bh2 1 – 0 (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2809) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) [A34]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (1.3), 2017-08-02
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5 Nc6 9. Ba3 Qa5 10. Rh4 Bd7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qxb7 Rfd8 14. Qa6 Bxc3 15. Qxa5 Bxa5 16. Bxc5 Be6 17. Bb5 Ne5 18. Nd4 Rd5 19. Bxe7 Kg7 20. f4 Nd7 21. f5 Bxf5 22. Bc6 Re5 23. Nxf5+ gxf5 24. Bg5 Kg6 25. Bf4 Rd8 26. Bxd7 Rc5 27. Rh6+ Kg7 28. Rd6 Bc7 29. Rc6 1 – 0 (view game)
Anand, Viswanathan (2783) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) [C65]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (1.4), 2017-08-02
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Re8 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. h3 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. O-O Bf8 14. Nh2 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Nhf3 Qd7 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Re2 Rad8 19. Qf1 Nh5 20. Bh2 Re7 21. Rae1 Rde8 22. g4 Nf6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. dxe4 Qe6 25. Bb3 Qf6 26. Qg2 Na5 27. Bc2 Nc4 28. Bb3 Na5 29. Bc2 Nc4 30. Bb3 Na5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Karjakin, Sergey (2773) – Svidler, Peter (2749) [C53]
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 Saint Louis USA (1.5), 2017-08-02
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Bc2 b5 14. b4 Bb7 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. c4 exd4 17. cxb5 d3 18. Bxd3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. bxa6 Qf5 22. Ra3 c5 23. Nh4 Qe6 24. b5 c4 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 d5 27. Rg3 g5 28. f3 Nh5 29. Rg4 Nf6 30. Rgxe4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 gxh4 32. Rd1 Qxe4 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxd5 c3 35. Rc5 Rxa4 36. b6 Kg7 37. b7 Re8 38. Rxc3 Ra1 39. a7 1 – 0 (view game)
Radjabov Teimour wins the Geneva FIDE Grand Prix 2017
Posted by 365Chess.com on July 16, 2017 in Chess news
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) – Radjabov, Teimour (2724) [C50]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (9.1), 2017-07-15
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Qc2 Nh7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Ng4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Ng6 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. a5 Nf4 21. Nh2 Rd7 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Ne6 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. b4 Nhg5 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Qg5 28. Rae1 Red8 29. Qh2 Rd2 30. Re2 Rd1 31. Bd5 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 c6 33. Bxe6 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 fxe6 35. Qh5 Qxh5 36. gxh5 Kf7 37. Rb2 Rc1 38. Rd2 Ke7 39. Rd3 Rh1 40. Kg2 Rxh5 41. c4 Rg5+ 42. Kh2 Rh5+ 43. Kg2 Rg5+ 44. Kh2 h5 45. b5 h4 46. Kh3 Rg3+ 47. Kxh4 Rxf3 48. bxa6 bxa6 49. c5 Rf1 50. Rd6 Ra1 51. Rxc6 Rxa5 52. Kg5 Kd7 53. Rd6+ Ke7 54. Rc6 Kd7 55. Rd6+ Ke7 56. Rc6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Giri, Anish (2775) – Grischuk, Alexander (2761) [A05]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (9.2), 2017-07-15
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Qc5 10. Qa4 Qb4 11. Qd1 Be7 12. a3 Qb6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. b4 O-O 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Nd4 Re8 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qd2 a5 20. Rab1 axb4 21. axb4 h6 22. f4 Bd6 23. f5 Bh7 24. Bf4 Ne5 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Nc2 Kh8 27. b5 Rad8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Qe1 d4 30. Nxd4 Nxd3 31. exd3 Qxe1 32. Rbxe1 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Bxf4 34. Nce2 c5 35. Nxf4 Rxd4 36. Rf1 Bg8 37. Kh2 Kh7 38. Rf3 Nd7 39. Kg3 Ne5 40. Re3 f6 41. Be4 Bf7 42. h4 Kg8 43. Re1 c4 44. dxc4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2800) – Li, Chao b (2735) [E60]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (9.3), 2017-07-15
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Nb1 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. Ba3 Qa6 16. Qxa6 Bxa6 17. Rfb1 Rfb8 18. Bxe7 Bxe2 19. Bd6 Rxb1+ 20. Rxb1 Bb5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Riazantsev, Alexander (2654) – Adams, Michael (2736) [D35]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (9.4), 2017-07-15
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Ndf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Re8 13. Rac1 Bf5 14. Rfe1 g6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Harikrishna, Pentala (2737) – Jakovenko, Dmitry (2703) [C53]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (9.5), 2017-07-15
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 c6 12. b4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ra6 Qb5 22. Qe2 Rfb8 23. Qxb5 cxb5 24. Bd2 Bb6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rb1 Bc7 27. Rxb5 Ra1+ 28. Ne1 Rd1 29. Rb2 Nf4 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Rc2 Bd6 32. g3 Nd5 33. Ke2 Ra1 34. Rb2 Ke7 35. Nc2 Ra4 36. Kd3 Ke6 37. Rb5 g6 38. Ne3 Ra3+ 39. Ke2 Nxe3 40. Bxe3 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 h5 42. Ke4 Ra4 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Bc7 45. f4 Ra1 46. Bd2 Ra2 47. Be3 Ra1 48. g5 Kd7 49. Rb7 Kc6 50. Rb2 Ra4 51. Rb1 Kd7 52. f5 gxf5+ 53. Kxf5 Ra5+ 54. Ke4 Ra4 55. Rf1 Ke7 56. Bd2 Ra2 57. Kd3 Bd6 58. Bc3 Rg2 59. d5 Rg4 60. Bf6+ Kd7 61. Ra1 Bc5 62. Ra6 Rg1 63. Rc6 Ba3 64. Rb6 Bc1 65. Rb1 Rg3+ 66. Ke4 Bxg5 67. Be5 Re3+ 68. Kd4 Rf3 69. Ke4 Re3+ 70. Kf5 Be7 71. Rb7+ Ke8 72. d6 Bxd6 73. Bxd6 Re1 74. Bf4 Re7 75. Rb8+ Kd7 76. Kf6 Re1 77. Kxf7 Kc6 78. Kf6 Kd5 79. Kf5 Re7 80. Rd8+ Kc6 81. Rd6+ Kc5 82. Be5 Rh7 83. Rd1 Rh6 84. Ke4 Rh4+ 85. Bf4 Kc4 86. Rc1+ Kb4 87. Ke5 Kb3 88. Rc8 Rg4 89. Be3 Rc4 90. Rd8 Kc3 91. Bd4+ Kd3 92. Ra8 Rc6 93. Kd5 Rg6 94. Ra3+ Ke2 95. Kc4 Rc6+ 96. Bc5 Re6 97. Kd4 Re8 98. Ra2+ Kf3 99. Kd3 Re5 100. Bd4 Rf5 101. Ra1 Kf4 102. Re1 Kf3 103. Be5 Kf2 104. Re2+ Kf3 105. Re3+ Kf2 106. Bg3+ Kg2 107. Ke4 Rf8 108. Be5 Kf2 109. Ra3 Re8 110. Ra2+ Ke1 111. Rb2 Re7 112. Kd4 Kf1 113. Bf4 Re2 114. Rb3 Kf2 115. Be3+ Kf3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Inarkiev, Ernesto (2707) – Gelfand, Boris (2728) [D43]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (9.6), 2017-07-15
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Qd8 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nxc5 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qe3 b6 17. b4 Na6 18. a3 Bb7 19. Rd6 Rac8 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Ne4 Rxd6 23. Nxd6 Rd8 24. Rd2 Bb7 25. Nxb7 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Qxb7 27. h4 Qc7 28. Qe3 a5 29. b5 a4 30. Qd4 Bf8 31. Qxa4 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Bxa3 33. Qd4 Bc5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qf6 Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qf6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Svidler, Peter (2749) – Hou, Yifan (2666) [D35]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (9.7), 2017-07-15
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. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Re1 Bf6 16. d6 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Bf5 g6 20. d7 Qf8 21. Bh3 Be4 22. Rc1 Qc5 23. Qe2 Bf5 24. Rd1 Bxh3 25. gxh3 Kg7 26. Rd6 Bxc3 27. Ng5 Qf5 28. Qe7 h6 29. Ne6+ Kh7 30. Nxd8 Qxf4 31. Nxf7 1 – 0 (view game)
Eljanov, Pavel (2739) – Rapport, Richard (2694) [A15]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (9.8), 2017-07-15
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 b5 4. Nbd2 bxc4 5. Nxc4 d5 6. Nce5 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Bd2 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. b4 Ne4 15. Be1 Qb8 16. Rab1 Qa8 17. Rb3 f6 18. Nc5 Ndxc5 19. dxc5 Bb8 20. Nd4 e5 21. Nf5 Qb7 22. f3 Ng5 23. e4 a6 24. a4 g6 25. Ne3 dxe4 26. fxe4 Rcd8 27. Rd3 Rd4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qc4+ Kg7 30. Qxd4 Qe7 31. Rd1 Nxe4 32. Nc4 Bc7 33. Qd7 Qxd7 34. Rxd7+ Rf7 35. Rd3 Re7 36. Kf1 f5 37. g3 Kf6 38. Bd2 g5 39. Bc1 Ke6 40. Nd2 Nxd2+ 41. Bxd2 Kf6 42. Kf2 h6 43. h3 Kg6 44. Kf3 h5 45. Kf2 g4 46. h4 Re4 47. Rd7 Be5 48. Ra7 f4 49. Bxf4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2809) – Salem, A.R. Saleh (2638) [E97]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (9.9), 2017-07-15
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Rc1 h6 11. Ne1 f5 12. Nd3 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. f3 Nf6 15. Ndf2 Nd4 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Be3 Rae8 20. Qd2 Rf7 21. Rce1 Qf8 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Ng3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Ne2 c6 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. b3 Kf7 30. g3 Qe3+ 31. Qxe3 dxe3 32. Nf4 h5 33. Kf1 Bh6 34. Nd3 Ke6 35. Nb4 Kd7 36. Ke2 a5 37. Nc2 Ke6 38. Nd4+ Kd7 39. f4 Bg7 40. Kxe3 d5 41. cxd5 cxd5 42. h3 Bf6 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 g5 45. f5 Kd6 46. Ne6 Be7 47. Kd4 Bf6+ 48. Kd3 Be7 49. Nd4 Bf6 50. a3 Kc5 51. Ne6+ Kb5 52. Nf8 Be7 53. Nh7 Bxa3 54. Nxg5 Kb4 55. Ne6 Kxb3 56. f6 a4 57. g5 Bf8 58. g6 a3 59. Nd4+ Kb2 60. Nc2 1 – 0 (view game)
Geneva FIDE Grand Prix 2017 Round 8
Posted by 365Chess.com on July 14, 2017 in Chess news
Radjabov, Teimour (2724) – Riazantsev, Alexander (2654) [D41]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (8.1), 2017-07-14
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 b6 12. O-O ½ – ½ (view game)
Grischuk, Alexander (2761) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2800) [C95]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (8.2), 2017-07-14
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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd3 Bg7 19. Qc1 Kh7 20. b4 Rac8 21. Qd2 exd4 22. cxd4 Nb6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. d5 Nfd7 25. Bd4 Ne5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Rac1 Qd6 28. Bc5 Qf6 29. Nf1 Nd7 30. Rc2 Rc7 31. Qe3 Rec8 32. Nd2 Qf4 33. d6 Nxc5 34. dxc7 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Ne6 36. Nb3 Bf8 37. Be2 Bxb4 38. Bg4 Rxc7 39. Rxc7 Nxc7 40. Rd3 Ne8 41. Rd7 Nd6 42. f4 Bc8 43. Rc7 Bxg4 44. hxg4 Kg8 45. fxe5 Nxe4 46. Rc8+ Kg7 47. Ra8 Bc3 48. Kf1 Bxe5 49. Ke2 Kf6 50. Rxa6+ Kg5 51. Kf3 Nf6 52. Ra7 Nxg4 53. Rxf7 Bc3 54. Rb7 Ne5+ 55. Ke4 b4 56. Nd4 Nc4 57. Kd3 Ne5+ 58. Ke4 Nc4 59. Kd3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Li, Chao b (2735) – Harikrishna, Pentala (2737) [D30]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (8.3), 2017-07-14
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nxc5 14. Rxd5 b6 15. Rd4 Ne6 16. Rd6 Bb7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rac8 19. Kd2 Rc5 20. Rg1 Rfc8 21. Bd3 Kf8 22. Rd7 Bd5 23. Rxa7 Rxc3 24. e4 Be6 25. Rb1 R3c7 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. a4 Bd7 28. Bc2 Rc6 29. f4 Ke7 30. Rb4 h5 31. g3 Kd8 32. Bb3 f6 33. h4 Kc7 34. Kd3 f5 35. e5 Rg6 36. Kd4 Rxg3 37. e6 Be8 38. Ke5 Rc3 39. Kxf5 Rc5+ 40. Ke4 Bc6+ 41. Kd3 Rc1 42. Bc2 g6 43. Kd2 Rg1 44. e7 Be8 45. Re4 Rg2+ 46. Kc3 Rg3+ 47. Bd3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Bxa4 49. e8=Q Bxe8 50. Rxe8 Rg4 51. Ke3 Rg3+ 52. Ke2 Kd5 53. Rg8 Rg4 54. Kf3 Rxh4 55. Be4+ Kd4 56. Rd8+ Kc3 57. Bxg6 Rh1 58. f5 Rf1+ 59. Ke2 Rf4 60. Rd3+ 1 – 0 (view game)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) – Aronian, Levon (2809) [A29]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (8.4), 2017-07-14
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 a4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Nxa4 Bg5 15. Nc3 e4 16. Rb1 Ne5 17. Nb3 Ng4 18. Qc2 Be3 19. dxe4 Qg5 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qh6 22. h3 Ne3 23. Qd2 f4 24. gxf4 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Bxb3 26. e5 Rae8 27. Ne4 Kh8 28. Kh2 Bg8 29. e3 Re6 30. Nd6 Qh4 31. Qd4 Rg6 32. Rf3 Qe1 33. f5 Rg5 34. h4 Rh5 35. Rg3 Be6 36. fxe6 1 – 0 (view game)
Gelfand, Boris (2728) – Eljanov, Pavel (2739) [E00]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (8.5), 2017-07-14
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4 a5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Na3 Bd6 11. Ne1 Qe7 12. Nd3 h6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Nb4 19. Qe4 Bc7 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Be3 Bg4 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Nd6 Rd7 25. Ne4 Nc2 26. Bf4 Nd4 27. Nc3 Bf6 28. Be4 g5 29. Be3 Nb3 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Bd4 32. Bc2 Bxe3 33. Nxe3 Be6 34. Nf5 Bxf5 35. Bxf5 Kf8 36. e3 Ke7 37. Ke2 Nc5 38. Bc2 Kd6 39. f4 gxf4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Jakovenko, Dmitry (2703) – Inarkiev, Ernesto (2707) [B48]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (8.6), 2017-07-14
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxf6 13. g4 h6 14. h4 Bb7 15. Rh2 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O 19. Bd3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. b4 Rc3 22. Kb2 Rfc8 23. a4 Kf8 24. a5 Ke7 25. Re1 R3c4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. b5 Rb4+ 28. Kc3 Rxb5 29. Ra1 Bd5 30. Rf2 Rc5+ 31. Kd3 Rc4 32. h5 f6 33. c3 e5 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Rg1 Be6 36. g5 Rh4 37. gxh6 gxh6 38. Rgg2 e4+ 39. Ke3 Rxh5 40. Rh2 Rc5 41. Rxh6 Rxc3+ 42. Kxe4 Rc4+ 43. Kd3 Rc5 44. Rb2 Rxa5 45. Rb6 Ra1 46. Kc3 a5 47. Ra6 a4 48. Kb4 a3 49. Rxa3 Rxa3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Hou, Yifan (2666) – Giri, Anish (2775) [B84]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (8.7), 2017-07-14
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Rae1 Bc6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rf3 e5 18. fxe5 Nh5 19. Qh3 Qxh3 20. Rxh3 Nf4 21. Rf3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 dxe5 23. Bxe5 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. h3 f6 27. Bg3 Rfd8 28. Bf2 Bb7 29. Kh2 f5 30. Ra1 fxe4 31. dxe4 Rd2 32. Nd5 Bf8 33. b4 h6 34. Bc5 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rb3 Bxd5 37. exd5 a5 38. d6 Rxd6 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Ra8 Rdd5 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Ra3 Rh5 43. Ra4 Rb5 44. h4 Rb4 45. R4xa5 Rhxh4+ 46. Kg3 Kh7 47. Ra3 h5 48. Rf7 Rh1 49. Re3 h4+ 50. Kf2 Rbb1 51. Ree7 Rhf1+ 52. Ke2 Rbe1+ 53. Kd3 Rxf7 54. Rxf7 Kh6 55. Kd2 Re6 56. Rf4 Kh5 57. Rf7 Rg6 58. Rf2 Kg4 59. Ke1 Re6+ 60. Kf1 Rf6 61. Rxf6 gxf6 62. Kf2 Kf4 63. Kg1 Kg3 64. Kf1 h3 65. Kg1 Kg4 66. gxh3+ Kxh3 67. Kf2 Kg4 68. Kg2 Kf4 0 – 1 (view game)
Rapport, Richard (2694) – Adams, Michael (2736) [A07]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (8.8), 2017-07-14
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. e4 a4 8. c3 Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Ne1 Nb6 13. f4 a3 14. Ndf3 axb2 15. Bxb2 Na5 16. Nd3 Nac4 17. Bc1 Na4 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Rb1 b5 20. h4 Be8 21. Bh3 Qd7 22. Re1 Ra6 23. f5 exf5 24. Nb4 Rd6 25. Qd3 g6 26. Bf4 Rb6 27. Bh6 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Ne5 Qd8 30. Bg2 Rd6 31. Re2 f4 32. Rf1 c6 33. h5 Qg5 34. gxf4 Qxh5 35. Ref2 Rdf6 36. Qg3 Nd6 37. Bf3 Nf5 38. Qg5 Qh4 39. Rh2 Qg3+ 40. Rg2 Qxg5 41. fxg5 Re6 42. Rc1 Nh4 43. Bg4 Rxe5 44. dxe5 Nxg2 45. Kxg2 Rf4 46. Bc8 Re4 47. e6 Nb6 48. Bb7 Rxe6 49. Kf2 Na4 50. Re1 Rxe1 51. Kxe1 Nxc3 52. Nxc6 Nxa2 53. Kd2 b4 0 – 1 (view game)
Salem, A.R. Saleh (2638) – Svidler, Peter (2749) [A35]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (8.9), 2017-07-14
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nd5 11. Re1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rb1 b6 15. Rb5 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Rbe5 Bc6 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. R5e3 h6 21. Bh4 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Qd6 23. Bg3 Qxa3 24. Be5 Nd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. c4 Qb4 27. Qe2 Rad8 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. g3 Rxd4 31. Rc3 Re7 32. Qc2 Qd5 33. Re3 Rd7 34. Be4 Qb5 35. Bd3 Qd5 36. Qe2 a5 37. h4 h5 38. Be4 Qd6 39. Kg2 Rc7 40. Rxc7 Qxc7 41. Qb2 Qc5 42. Bf3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Geneva FIDE Grand Prix 2017 Round 7
Posted by 365Chess.com on July 13, 2017 in Chess news
Harikrishna, Pentala (2737) – Grischuk, Alexander (2761) [B90]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (7.1), 2017-07-13
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. g5 b5 9. a3 Be7 10. h4 Bb7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. h5 O-O 15. O-O-O Nc5 16. f3 a5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxb5 Bxg5+ 20. Kb1 Ba8 21. Na4 Be7 22. b3 Rb8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nb2 Bf6 25. Nd3 Bd4 26. Rd1 Rd6 27. Rc1 f5 28. c3 Be3 29. Re1 Bd2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Radjabov, Teimour (2724) – Svidler, Peter (2749) [A34]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (7.2), 2017-07-13
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bf5 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. e4 Be6 10. Kc2 g6 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Nb3 b6 13. a4 Ne5 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Be3 e6 17. Rhd1 O-O-O 18. Nd2 Be7 19. Nc4 Kb7 20. a5 Rhf8 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Na5+ Kc7 23. Bf4+ Bd6 24. Bh6 Rfe8 25. Nb3 Ra8 26. Be3 Nd7 27. Ra5 Kc6 28. Rda1 Kb6 29. R5a4 Rec8 30. Na5 Be7 31. Rb4+ 1 – 0 (view game)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2800) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) [D85]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (7.3), 2017-07-13
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Qe3 Qd7 13. dxc5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 bxc5 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. h4 Nc6 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Bxc5 Qxc3 20. Rdc1 Qa5 21. Nf3 Rfe8 22. e5 Rd5 23. e6 f5 24. Qc4 Red8 25. Rb7 Ne5 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27. Bxe7 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Bc3 29. Bg5 f4 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Rb7+ Kg8 32. Rb8+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Riazantsev, Alexander (2654) – Li, Chao b (2735) [A50]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (7.4), 2017-07-13
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6 15. Rb1 Qd6 16. Bb3 cxd5 17. Qd3 a5 18. a3 Qe6 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. Be1 Rc5 21. Ba2 Nc4 22. b4 axb4 23. Bxb4 Rcc8 24. Bb3 b5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxa3 27. Bxa3 Rxa3 28. Rd7 Rf8 29. Rb7 Bc3 30. g4 b4 31. h4 h6 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Ra5 34. f4 Bd2 35. Kf2 Rc5 36. Rd1 Rc3 37. Bxf7+ Rxf7 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Rxd2 Re7 40. Re2 b3 41. Rb4 Rd7 42. Kf3 Re7 43. Re1 Rd7 44. Re2 Re7 45. Rb6 Kf7 46. Kf2 Kg7 47. e4 Rf7 48. Re3 Rxf4+ 49. Kg3 Rxe3+ 50. Kxf4 Rc3 51. Rb7+ Kg8 52. Rb5 Kf7 53. Ke5 Ke7 54. Rb7+ Kd8 55. Kd6 Kc8 56. Rb4 Rd3+ 57. Ke6 Kc7 58. e5 Rf3 59. Ke7 Kc6 60. e6 Kd5 61. Kd7 Rd3 62. Rb7 Ke5+ 63. Ke7 Kd5 64. Rd7+ Ke4 65. Rxd3 Kxd3 66. Kf6 b2 67. e7 b1=Q 68. e8=Q Kd4 69. Qxg6 Qb8 70. Qg7 Ke4 71. Qh7+ Kf3 72. Qf5+ Kg2 73. Qd5+ Kh3 74. g6 Qf8+ 75. Kg5 Qe7+ 76. Kh6 Qe3+ 77. Kh7 Qe7+ 78. g7 Qh4+ 79. Kg6 Qg3+ 80. Kf6 Qh4+ 81. Kf7 Qf4+ 82. Ke7 Qh4+ 83. Ke8 Qe1+ 84. Kd7 1 – 0 (view game)
Giri, Anish (2775) – Aronian, Levon (2809) [A28]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (7.5), 2017-07-13
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Qe4 Bd7 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qe4 Bd7 18. Qc4 Be6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Adams, Michael (2736) – Jakovenko, Dmitry (2703) [C50]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (7.6), 2017-07-13
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 c6 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Nc4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nhf4 15. Bf1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. g3 Qf6 18. Ne3 Bxd4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Hou, Yifan (2666) – Gelfand, Boris (2728) [B23]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (7.7), 2017-07-13
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Bf1 Nde5 11. d3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Ne2 e5 14. c3 O-O 15. d4 f5 16. exf5 d5 17. Ng3 cxd4 18. c4 Be6 19. Qg4 Bf7 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Rad1 Qa5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qf4 Rae8 25. Nh5 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Rxe1 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rxe1 Qxe1 29. Bxd4 Qb4 30. a3 Qxa3 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qg4+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qxf6 Qf8 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. b4 Bxf3 38. Kf2 Be4 39. Bh3 Ke7 ½ – ½ (view game)
Eljanov, Pavel (2739) – Salem, A.R. Saleh (2638) [A78]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (7.8), 2017-07-13
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. Kh1 Nc7 12. f3 Nd7 13. a4 b6 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. Qe1 h5 18. h4 Rb8 19. Qg3 Bf8 20. Rfe1 b5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 Rb6 23. Rg5 bxc4 24. Bxc7 Qf6 25. Ne4 Rxe4 26. fxe4 Rb3 27. Be5 Rxg3 28. Bxf6 Re3 29. Re5 Bd7 30. d6 Rd3 31. Rd5 Rxd5 32. exd5 Bxd6 33. a5 Kf8 34. Rc1 Bb5 35. Re1 Ba4 36. Kg1 Bd7 37. Kf2 Bc8 38. Be5 Ke7 39. Bxd6+ Kxd6 40. Re8 Bb7 41. Ke3 Kd7 42. Rf8 Bxd5 43. g3 c3 44. bxc3 Bc4 45. Rb8 Kd6 46. Ke4 1 – 0 (view game)
Inarkiev, Ernesto (2707) – Rapport, Richard (2694) [C96]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (7.9), 2017-07-13
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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. b3 Re8 15. d5 Nf8 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Nf1 Ra8 18. Ne3 Qc7 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. Bd2 Ra7 21. Nh2 Rea8 22. Ng4 Qd8 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qg4 h6 25. Be3 Ra6 26. Qf3 Nh7 27. g3 c4 28. b4 Nb3 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxb3 cxb3 31. Rb1 Ra3 32. Kg2 Bxf5 33. exf5 Qd8 34. Bc1 Ra2 35. Rxb3 Nf6 36. Ra3 Rxa3 37. Bxa3 Qa8 38. Bc1 Qxd5 39. Qxd5 Nxd5 40. Bd2 Nb6 41. Kf3 d5 42. g4 Nc4 43. Be3 Kh7 44. Ke2 Nd6 45. f4 f6 46. Bb6 g6 47. Bc7 Nc4 48. fxg6+ Kxg6 49. Kd3 Kf7 50. Bb8 Ke6 51. Ke2 Na3 52. Kd2 Nc4+ 53. Ke2 Nb6 54. Kd2 Nc8 55. Ke2 Ne7 56. Ba7 Kf7 57. Bg1 Nc6 58. Bh2 Ke6 59. Bg3 Ne7 60. Bf2 Kf7 61. Bg3 Nc6 62. Bh2 h5 63. Ke3 hxg4 64. hxg4 Ke6 65. Bg3 Nd8 66. Bf2 Nf7 67. Kf3 Nd6 68. Ke3 Nc4+ 69. Ke2 Kf7 70. Bg3 Ke6 71. Bf2 Nd6 72. Ke3 Nf7 73. Kf3 Nd8 74. Ke3 Nc6 75. Bg3 Ne7 76. Bf2 Ng8 77. Kf3 Nh6 78. Be3 Nf7 ½ – ½ (view game)
Geneva FIDE Grand Prix 2017 Round 6
Posted by 365Chess.com on July 13, 2017 in Chess news
Grischuk, Alexander (2761) – Radjabov, Teimour (2724) [B31]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (6.1), 2017-07-12
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 d6 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Nbd2 Qb8 13. exd6 exd6 14. Qc2 Qd8 15. h4 Qd7 16. Nc4 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rd1 Re4 21. g3 Qe6 22. Qa4 Qd7 23. Qc2 Qe6 24. Qa4 Qd7 25. Kg2 Bf8 26. Nd2 Re2 27. Qc2 Bh6 28. Qd3 Qe7 29. Kf1 Re6 30. Bxh6 Nxh6 31. Nf3 Nf7 32. b4 Kg7 33. a4 Qf6 34. Kg2 f4 35. g4 h6 36. b5 cxb5 37. cxb5 Re7 38. c4 Qe6 39. Nh2 Qf6 40. Nf3 Qe6 41. Nh2 Qf6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2809) – Harikrishna, Pentala (2737) [A29]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (6.2), 2017-07-12
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 f5 11. a3 Kh8 12. b4 a6 13. Re1 Qe8 14. Qd2 Bd6 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rd8 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qa2 Qh6 20. f4 a5 21. b5 Bc5+ 22. e3 Ne5 23. Rcd1 Ng4 24. h3 Nxe3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Kh2 g5 27. fxg5 Qxg5 28. Qe6 f4 29. Ne4 Qg7 30. g4 Nc2 31. Rf1 Nd4 32. Qf6 Qxf6 33. Nxf6 Bxa3 34. Bxb7 Bd6 35. h4 a4 36. g5 a3 37. Kh3 Be5 38. Kg4 Nc2 0 – 1 (view game)
Svidler, Peter (2749) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2800) [A14]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (6.3), 2017-07-12
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Bb7 9. Re1 c5 10. e4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. d5 exd5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nxd5 Nc7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nh4 Qe6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bf6 gxf6 19. Qh5 fxe5 20. Nf5 Qg6 21. Qxg6+ fxg6 22. Bxc6 gxf5 23. Bxb7 Rae8 24. Rad1 Kg7 25. Bc6 Re7 26. h3 Kf6 27. Rd6+ Re6 28. Red1 e4 29. a4 Rf7 30. f4 exf3 31. Bxf3 Re7 32. Kf2 Rxd6 33. Rxd6+ Kg7 34. Be2 Ne6 35. h4 f4 36. g4 Nd4 37. Bc4 Re3 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Rd6+ Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41. Rd6+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Jakovenko, Dmitry (2703) – Giri, Anish (2775) [D45]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (6.4), 2017-07-12
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. h3 e5 11. Bd2 e4 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bf5 14. f3 Nbd5 15. Ngxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rae8 17. Qd1 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Qxe4 19. Bc2 Qh4 20. Qf3 Bb4 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Bb3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rac1 Qe7 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) – Inarkiev, Ernesto (2707) [C84]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (6.5), 2017-07-12
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 h6 12. a4 b4 13. a5 Rb8 14. Nc4 g6 15. Bd2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Bb1 d5 20. Nce5 Re6 21. exd5 Nfxd5 22. Qc1 Qf8 23. Be4 Rb5 24. Rb1 c6 25. Qc4 Qd6 26. Rb3 Bf8 27. h4 c5 28. h5 g5 29. Bf5 Ne7 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxb4 Nxf5 32. Bxc5 Qxc5 33. Qxc5 Bxc5 34. Rc3 1 – 0 (view game)
Li, Chao b (2735) – Eljanov, Pavel (2739) [E12]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (6.6), 2017-07-12
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. Bf4 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 cxd4 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qe2 Qc6 16. Bd5 Qb6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. e5 Ng4 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Nc5 22. Nd2 h5 23. b4 Na4 24. Ne4 O-O 25. h3 Rc4 26. Re1 f5 27. exf6 Nxf6 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Qxe6+ Qf7 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qd6+ Kg8 33. g3 Nc3 34. Re7 Qf5 35. Be5 1 – 0 (view game)
Gelfand, Boris (2728) – Adams, Michael (2736) [A29]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (6.7), 2017-07-12
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Bb6 9. Na4 Re8 10. a3 Nd4 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 c6 13. b4 Be6 14. Bb2 Qd7 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qc2 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. e4 Nf4 20. f3 Ng6 21. a4 h5 22. d4 Qe6 23. Rad1 h4 24. dxe5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Rapport, Richard (2694) – Riazantsev, Alexander (2654) [A01]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (6.8), 2017-07-12
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. Nd2 Be6 9. a4 O-O-O 10. a5 h5 11. Ra4 h4 12. h3 Nd7 13. Qa1 Nc5 14. Ra2 Rh5 15. Bc3 Rg5 16. Rg1 f6 17. Rb2 Qf7 18. b4 Nd7 19. Ne4 Rg6 20. Qa3 Qf8 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Bb4 Bxb4+ 24. Rxb4 c5 25. Rxh4 f5 26. Rh5 Kb8 27. g4 fxg4 28. Rxe5 Qf6 29. Qxc5 gxh3 30. Rxg6 Qxg6 31. Qe7 Re8 32. Qh4 Bc8 33. Qh5 Qxh5 34. Rxh5 g6 35. Rg5 h2 36. Ng3 Rh8 37. Nh1 Rh5 38. Rg2 Rxa5 39. Kd2 Rh5 40. Rxg6 a5 41. Kc1 Rh4 42. f3 Rh3 43. Rf6 c5 44. Kb2 Kc7 45. e4 Bd7 46. Rf7 Kd8 47. f4 c4 48. d4 c3+ 49. Ka3 b5 50. f5 Re3 51. Rh7 Rxe4 52. Rxh2 b4+ 53. Kb3 Rxd4 54. Ng3 Bc6 55. Ne2 a4+ 56. Ka2 Bd5+ 57. Kb1 Rd1+ 58. Nc1 a3 0 – 1 (view game)
Salem, A.R. Saleh (2638) – Hou, Yifan (2666) [C53]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (6.9), 2017-07-12
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. a4 d6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ne3 c6 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Qa2 Ng6 14. Rd1 Bg5 15. O-O Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qe7 17. d4 Kh8 18. Qa3 Bg4 19. Ba2 Rbd8 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 f5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Qb4 f4 24. Qd4 Qg5 25. exf4 Nxf4 26. Qd2 Rf6 27. Kh2 Rdf8 28. Rg3 Qe5 29. Qd4 Qh5 30. Qd2 Ne2 31. Rf3 Rxf3 0 – 1 (view game)
Geneva FIDE Grand Prix 2017 Round 5
Posted by 365Chess.com on July 11, 2017 in Chess news
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2800) – Radjabov, Teimour (2724) [D38]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (5.1), 2017-07-10
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. Qxb4 Nc6 12. Qa3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Bd7 15. Ke2 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Be8 17. Rxd8 ½ – ½ (view game)
Aronian, Levon (2809) – Svidler, Peter (2749) [D70]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (5.2), 2017-07-10
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Kb1 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15. h4 e6 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 exd5 19. h5 Qf8 20. Qxf8+ Kxf8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. exd5 c6 23. d6 Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 b5 26. Nh3 Nb7 27. Bd3 Rxd6 28. Nf4 Rxd5 29. Nxd5 Nc5 30. Bc2 Bb7 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Rxa8 Bxa8 33. Nc7 Bb7 34. b4 Nd7 35. a4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Eljanov, Pavel (2739) – Grischuk, Alexander (2761) [A29]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (5.3), 2017-07-10
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Bb6 9. Na4 Re8 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Ne4 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Kh2 Kh8 16. a3 f5 17. Nec5 Bc8 18. b4 e4 19. e3 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 b6 21. Nb3 Ba6 22. Nc1 Ne5 23. Qa4 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Nxd3 25. b5 h5 26. Qc2 Qd6 27. h4 Qe5 28. Kg1 Re6 29. a4 Kh7 30. Ra3 Rdd6 31. a5 c5 32. bxc6 Rxc6 33. Qd1 Nf6 34. axb6 axb6 35. Qb1 Red6 36. Rb3 Ng4 37. Bb4 Rd5 38. Be1 Rc1 0 – 1 (view game)
Harikrishna, Pentala (2737) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) [B90]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (5.4), 2017-07-10
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. f3 Rb8 15. Kb1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Bh3 a5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Nd7 20. g6 e5 21. gxf7+ Rxf7 22. Be3 Kh8 23. Rhg1 Nb6 24. Be6 Nc4 25. Qe2 Rf6 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 Qa5 28. Kc1 Qa3+ 29. Kd2 d5 30. exd5 Bxb4 31. dxc6 Bxc3+ 32. Ke2 Bd4 33. Rd3 Qa8 34. Rxd4 exd4 35. Bxd4 Re8+ 36. Kf2 Qxc6 37. Qxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxg7 Rxc2+ 39. Kg3 Rc4 40. Rg4+ Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Kg7 42. Kg4 Re1 43. Rd7+ Kh6 44. Rd6+ Kg7 45. f4 Rg1+ 46. Kf5 h5 47. Rd7+ Kg8 48. Ke6 Rg6+ 49. Ke5 Rg4 50. f5 Rxh4 51. Rd8+ Kf7 ½ – ½ (view game)
Adams, Michael (2736) – Li, Chao b (2735) [C42]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (5.5), 2017-07-10
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. Bf4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. Re2 Bf8 14. Ne3 c6 15. Rae1 Ne4 16. Ng4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Qa3 Nf8 20. h4 Nd6 21. h5 h6 22. Qe3 Qd7 23. Qf4 Re8 24. Rxe8 ½ – ½ (view game)
Jakovenko, Dmitry (2703) – Gelfand, Boris (2728) [B35]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (5.6), 2017-07-10
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Bc6 14. Nc3 a5 15. O-O Qb8 16. Nd5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Giri, Anish (2775) – Riazantsev, Alexander (2654) [B13]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (5.7), 2017-07-10
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nd2 Rfe8 13. f4 g6 14. g4 a6 15. h4 b5 16. a3 Na5 17. h5 Nc4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Qg4 Ng7 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Bxg6 Nf5 23. Nf3 Qg7 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. b3 Na5 26. b4 Nb3 27. Rb1 Nxc1 28. Rbxc1 Qg6 29. Re2 Bc8 30. Rce1 Rf8 31. Rh2 Bd7 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Ng7 34. Re1 Qf5 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Rf1 Be8 37. Rh6 Rf8 38. Rf2 Bd7 39. g6 Rf6 40. Rfh2 Kf8 41. Rg2 Kg8 42. Rgh2 Kf8 43. Rh8+ Ke7 44. Ra8 Rxg6+ 45. Kf2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Inarkiev, Ernesto (2707) – Salem, A.R. Saleh (2638) [B90]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (5.8), 2017-07-10
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. c4 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qf6 15. Na5 Rc7 16. O-O-O Be7 17. Rhf1 Qg6 18. b3 O-O 19. h4 Qxg3 20. Rg1 Qxh4 21. Rh1 Qf6 22. Rxh5 Bg6 23. Rh2 Qf5 24. Kb2 Nf6 25. Rdh1 Nh7 26. Bd1 Bf6 27. Bc2 e4+ 28. Ka3 Qxf3 29. Bd1 Qg3 30. Rh3 Qe5 31. Bf4 Qf5 32. Qh2 Rd8 33. Bh5 b6 34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. Rxh7 Kf7 36. Bh6 Rg8 37. Qg2 bxa5 38. Rf1 Qe5 39. Bg5 Qf5 40. Bxf6 Kxf6 41. Rhh1 Re7 42. Rhg1 Ke5 43. Qg3+ ½ – ½ (view game)
Hou, Yifan (2666) – Rapport, Richard (2694) [C55]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (5.9), 2017-07-10
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. d4 Nd7 10. Na3 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Be3 Kh7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. a4 Rad8 16. Qe2 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qf6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxa7 Rg8 21. a5 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Red1 Ra8 24. Be3 f4 25. Bd2 Bf6 26. Ne1 Rg7 27. c4 Rag8 28. Kf1 Bxg2+ 29. Nxg2 f3 30. Be3 e4 31. Ra3 Be5 32. Rb3 c6 33. Bd4 fxg2+ 34. Kg1 Rd8 35. Rbd3 Rgd7 36. Bxe5 Rxd3 37. Re1 Rg8 38. h4 Rh3 39. Bh2 Rxh4 40. Rd1 Rg7 41. b4 e3 42. fxe3 Rxc4 43. Be5 Rgg4 44. Bd6 h5 0 – 1 (view game)
Geneva FIDE Grand Prix 2017 Round 4
Posted by 365Chess.com on July 10, 2017 in Chess news
Radjabov, Teimour (2724) – Harikrishna, Pentala (2737) [D37]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (4.1), 2017-07-09
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Kd2 Ne6 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Kf8 19. Rhe1 h6 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 ½ – ½ (view game)
Grischuk, Alexander (2761) – Aronian, Levon (2809) [C84]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (4.2), 2017-07-09
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Re1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. h3 Nc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. d5 Nb4 22. dxe6 Nxc2 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Rf1 Qa2 25. Nb1 Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qxb5 Rc2 29. Na3 Rxb2 30. Qc4+ Kh7 ½ – ½ (view game)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2800) – Eljanov, Pavel (2739) [E12]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (4.3), 2017-07-09
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxc2 13. Bxc2 Rc8 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Ke2 Ke7 16. a4 Bb4 17. Rhb1 Rhd8 18. Bc1 a5 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 Rc3 22. Rc1 ½ – ½ (view game)
Svidler, Peter (2749) – Adams, Michael (2736) [D37]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (4.4), 2017-07-09
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Qa5+ 11. Qc3 Qb6 12. a3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Qb5 15. Be5 f6 16. Bg3 Qc4 17. Rc1 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 a5 19. Nb5 Rd8 20. Nc7 Ra7 21. Rd1 Kf7 22. Nxd5 b5 23. O-O Bf8 24. Bxh7 g5 25. h4 Be6 26. e4 gxh4 27. Bxh4 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Na4 30. Rc1 Rd7 31. Rc6 Rxd5 32. Rxf6+ Kg7 33. Bc2 Nxb2 34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Rb6 Bc5 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Bg6 Bd4 39. Be7+ Kg8 40. Bf6 1 – 0 (view game)
Gelfand, Boris (2728) – Giri, Anish (2775) [E60]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (4.5), 2017-07-09
1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Qc1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. O-O Qc8 15. h4 Bh3 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Nf3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nh5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Rfd1 Qg4 21. Rab1 Ne6 22. e3 Nc5 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Li, Chao b (2735) – Jakovenko, Dmitry (2703) [E25]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (4.6), 2017-07-09
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Nec6 13. Ne2 e5 14. O-O Na5 15. Qb4 Na6 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Rd5 Rfb8 19. Qa4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rb5 21. Rd1 Rxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Qb5 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qc2 Nc4 26. a4 Qb6 27. Rb1 Qf2 28. Qd3 Ne3 29. Rg1 e4 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Qxa6 Nxd5 32. Ng3 Qb6 33. Qc4 Qe6 34. Rd1 Nf4 35. Qxe4 Qxe4 36. Nxe4 Re8 37. Nd6 Re2 38. Rb1 h5 39. g3 Nh3 40. c4 Rc2 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Rb7 Ng5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) – Hou, Yifan (2666) [C65]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (4.7), 2017-07-09
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Na5 Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. h4 Na4 13. h5 Qf8 14. Nc4 b5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. b3 Nc5 17. Nh4 Ne6 18. Nf5 c5 19. O-O Nf4 20. Qf3 g6 21. g3 Bxf5 22. gxf4 Bd7 23. Kh2 f6 24. Rg1 Kf7 25. Rg3 Qe7 26. Rag1 Rg8 27. R1g2 Rh8 28. Kg1 Rag8 29. b4 c4 30. Be3 Bc6 31. Rh2 a6 32. Kf1 Qe8 33. Rh4 Qe7 34. fxe5 dxe5 35. d4 exd4 36. Bg5 Rf8 37. Rf4 Ke6 38. Qg4+ Kd6 39. e5+ Kc7 40. Bxf6 Rxf6 41. exf6 Qf7 42. Rxd4 Qxf6 43. Qf4+ Qxf4 44. Rxf4 gxh5 45. Rg7+ Kb6 46. Rf6 h4 47. Rh6 Rd8 48. Rf7 h3 49. Rff6 1 – 0 (view game)
Riazantsev, Alexander (2654) – Inarkiev, Ernesto (2707) [E32]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (4.8), 2017-07-09
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O e5 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Qg3 d3 15. f3 Be6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Bxd3 Qxc5 18. Kb1 Rfe8 19. Qf2 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. e4 Rec8 22. Rd6 b5 23. Rc1 a5 24. Qf1 Qxf1 25. Rxf1 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Na2 b3 28. Nc1 Rab8 29. Rfd1 Nh5 30. g3 Kh7 31. R6d3 Rb4 32. Nxb3 Rcb8 33. Kc2 g5 34. Rb1 g4 35. Nc5 Nf6 36. Rc3 R8b5 37. Nd3 Rd4 38. Nf2 Kg7 39. Re1 gxf3 40. Rxf3 Rbb4 41. Rfe3 Rbc4+ 42. Rc3 Nxe4 43. Nxe4 Rxe4 44. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 45. Kd3 Rd4+ 46. Kc3 Kf6 47. b4 Ke6 48. b5 Kd5 49. Rf1 Rc4+ 50. Kb3 Kc5 51. Rxf7 Rb4+ 52. Kc3 Rxb5 53. Rf6 Rb6 54. Rxb6 Kxb6 55. Kd3 Kc5 56. Ke4 Kd6 57. g4 Ke6 58. h4 Kf6 59. Kd5 h5 60. g5+ Kf5 61. Kc4 Ke6 62. Kd3 Kd6 63. Kc4 Ke6 64. Kc5 e4 65. Kd4 Kf5 66. Ke3 Ke5 67. Kd2 Ke6 68. Ke2 Kd5 69. Kf2 Ke6 70. Ke3 Ke5 71. Kd2 Ke6 72. Kc2 Ke5 73. Kc3 Kd5 74. Kb3 Ke6 75. Kc4 Ke5 76. Kc3 Kd5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Salem, A.R. Saleh (2638) – Rapport, Richard (2694) [B28]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (4.9), 2017-07-09
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Ne3 Bh6 9. g3 Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Bb7 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Ng4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxg2 19. Nxd7 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Qh4 21. Nxf8 Qxh2 22. Nd7 Qh3+ 23. Kf2 Qh2+ 24. Ke3 Re8+ 25. Kd3 Rd8 26. Nd5 Rxd7 27. Kc3 Rd6 28. b3 a5 29. Rc2 Qg3+ 30. Qd3 Qe1+ 31. Kb2 bxc4 32. bxc4 Re6 33. Qc3 Qf1 34. Qxa5 Re1 35. Ka3 h5 36. Qc3 Re6 37. Rb2 Ra6+ 38. Kb4 h4 39. Kc5 Qg1+ 40. Qe3 Ra5+ 1 – 0 (view game)
Geneva FIDE Grand Prix 2017 Round 3
Posted by 365Chess.com on July 8, 2017 in Chess news
Aronian, Levon (2809) – Radjabov, Teimour (2724) [E01]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (3.1), 2017-07-08
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Na3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Qc2 f5 11. Rad1 g5 12. Bc1 Nd6 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Qb3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Nc2 b6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Qc2 a5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Nf3 b5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Qd3 b4 23. Nd4 f4 24. Bc1 Nc5 25. Qf3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Harikrishna, Pentala (2737) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2800) [C53]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (3.2), 2017-07-08
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Bc4 g5 15. Bg3 Na5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. d4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nh5 19. Bh2 exd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Re3 Rb7 23. Nb3 e5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qxh5 Kh7 26. Rec3 Nxd4 27. Bxe5 Rxf2 28. Kh2 Ne6 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Qg4 Qf7 31. Rc6 h5 32. Qg3 Rf1 33. Qd3 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 ½ – ½ (view game)
Adams, Michael (2736) – Grischuk, Alexander (2761) [B52]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (3.3), 2017-07-08
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bg5 Nef6 12. Na3 Be7 13. Nc4 Rc8 ½ – ½ (view game)
Giri, Anish (2775) – Li, Chao b (2735) [D16]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (3.4), 2017-07-08
1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nb4 16. Bc4 Qc6 17. e4 Qxe4 18. Rd7 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Bf6 20. Rxb7 Bxb2 21. Rd1 Nc6 22. Rdd7 Na5 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 h6 25. Ra6 Rb8 26. Nd2 Bc3 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Rb7 29. h4 g6 30. Bb5 Ba5 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Re8 h5 33. f3 Kf6 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Re7 36. g5+ Ke6 37. Bc4+ Kd6 38. Rh8 Ke5 39. Rh7 Kf4 40. Rxf7+ Rxf7 41. Bxf7 ½ – ½ (view game)
Svidler, Peter (2749) – Gelfand, Boris (2728) [A37]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (3.5), 2017-07-08
1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. b3 Nf5 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nfxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Ne4 e5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. Bc3 Bd7 18. Qd5 Bc6 19. Qc5 Qb6 20. Qxb6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Eljanov, Pavel (2739) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) [B92]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (3.6), 2017-07-08
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. a4 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. c4 Qc7 15. Qc2 Rae8 16. g4 e4 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Kb1 Ne5 20. h4 Nf3 21. Rh3 Qd7 22. Rhh1 Qe7 23. Bxf3 exf3 24. h5 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. axb5 Qd7 27. Qd3 Rb8 28. h6 g6 29. Bd2 Rxb5 30. Bc3 Rb3 31. Rhe1 Qg4 32. Re4 Qxg5 33. Qxf3 Be5 34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. d6 f6 36. d7 Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Qe7 38. Qb3+ Kh8 39. Qd5 Rd8 40. Rd3 1 – 0 (view game)
Inarkiev, Ernesto (2707) – Hou, Yifan (2666) [A14]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (3.7), 2017-07-08
1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bb4 Rd8 17. a4 Nd5 18. exd5 Rxb4 19. dxc6 Qb8 20. Rd2 c3 21. Qxc3 Bc4 22. Re1 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Re5 Rxa4 25. Rb2 Qe8 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Qd3 g6 28. Rc2 Kg7 29. Kg2 Qe6 30. h4 h5 31. Rc5 Rxa2 32. Qf3 Qe1 33. Qf4 Qe6 34. Qe5+ Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rxd5 Ra6 37. Rc5 Ke6 38. Kf3 Kd6 39. Ke4 Rxc6 40. Ra5 a6 41. f3 Ke7 42. g4 Re6+ 43. Kf4 Rd6 44. Ke4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Rc6 46. Kf4 Rc4 47. Ke5 Rc1 48. Rxa6 Rh1 49. Ra7 Kd7 50. d5 Re1+ 51. Kf6 Rf1+ 52. Kg7 Kd6 53. Ra5 Rg1 54. Ra4 f5 55. g5 Rg4 56. Ra1 Rxh4 57. Kxg6 f4 58. Kf5 Rh2 59. Kxf4 Kxd5 60. g6 Rg2 61. Kf5 c5 62. Rd1+ Kc4 63. Kf6 Rf2+ 64. Ke7 Rg2 65. Kf7 Kb3 66. Rb1+ Ka3 67. Rb6 c4 68. g7 Rxg7+ 69. Kxg7 c3 70. Rc6 Kb2 71. Rxc3 ½ – ½ (view game)
Rapport, Richard (2694) – Jakovenko, Dmitry (2703) [E20]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (3.8), 2017-07-08
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne4 9. c4 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e3 Bd7 12. Ne2 Bb5 13. O-O Re8 14. Re1 Nc6 15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Rc8 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bd2 a6 20. Kh1 Na5 21. Rg1 Nc4 22. Bc1 Rc6 23. h3 b5 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Rd6 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. g5 Nh5 28. Qf3 g6 29. gxh6 Rxd4 30. Rf1 Ne5 31. Qf2 Rd1 32. Bb2 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Qg5 34. h7+ Kxh7 35. Bxe5 Qxe5 36. Qxf7+ Kh6 37. Rg2 Qe6 38. Qxe6 Rxe6 39. a4 bxa4 40. Kh2 Rxe4 41. Ra2 a5 42. Bb5 Nf4 43. Ra3 Kg5 44. Bxa4 Kh4 45. Bb5 g5 46. Rxa5 Re5 47. Kh1 Rd5 48. Kh2 Rd2+ 49. Kh1 Kxh3 50. Bf1+ Kh4 51. Ra4 Kg3 52. Ra3+ Kf2 53. Bc4 Rd4 54. Ra2+ Kg3 55. Ra3+ Kh4 56. Bf1 g4 57. Kg1 g3 58. Ra1 Kg4 59. Re1 Rd2 60. Ra1 Rb2 61. Kh1 Nd5 62. Bg2 Nf4 63. Bf1 Kf3 64. Kg1 Nd5 65. Bh3 Ne3 66. Re1 Rc2 67. Ra1 Re2 68. Bf1 Rb2 69. Bh3 Rc2 70. Re1 g2 71. Be6 Rc3 72. Bh3 Kg3 73. Be6 Kf3 74. Bh3 Rc2 75. Be6 Rc6 76. Bh3 Rc3 77. Bd7 Nd5 78. Bh3 Nf4 79. Bxg2+ Nxg2 80. Rf1+ Kg3 81. Rf8 Rc1+ 82. Rf1 Rc6 83. Ra1 Ne3 84. Rb1 Rc2 85. Re1 Ng2 86. Rd1 Nh4 0 – 1 (view game)
Riazantsev, Alexander (2654) – Salem, A.R. Saleh (2638) [D85]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (3.9), 2017-07-08
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 Bg7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 N8d7 9. Ne4 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nc4 12. Rc1 Nd6 13. Bd3 c6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. O-O Rc8 17. Kh1 a5 18. a3 c5 19. dxc5 b6 20. b4 bxc5 21. bxc5 Nb7 22. Ne4 Bc6 23. Rfd1 Qd5 24. Be1 Qe6 25. f5 Qd7 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qe2 Bh6 28. Nf2 Qe6 29. Ng4 Bg7 30. Bc3 Nxc5 31. Bxg7 Nxd3 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Bxf8 Qxg4 34. Qxg4 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nxg4 36. Bxe7 Nxe3 37. Re1 Nd5 ½ – ½ (view game)
Geneva FIDE Grand Prix 2017 Round 2
Posted by 365Chess.com on July 8, 2017 in Chess news
Radjabov, Teimour (2724) – Eljanov, Pavel (2739) [E16]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (2.1), 2017-07-07
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Nxc4 Bb4 16. Bg5 Nd6 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Be5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. b4 Qd6 22. Qf3 Rac8 23. Rcd1 Rfe8 24. b5 Be7 25. Rd4 Bf8 26. Rfd1 Rc5 27. a4 Qe6 28. Rg4 Kh8 29. Rf4 Kg8 30. h4 Rc2 31. Kg2 h6 32. h5 Rcc8 33. Rdd4 Bc5 34. Rde4 Qd7 35. Rg4 Kf8 36. Ref4 Bd6 37. Rd4 Qb7 38. Rxg7 Be5 39. Rg8+ Kxg8 40. Nf6+ Bxf6 41. Rg4+ 1 – 0 (view game)
Harikrishna, Pentala (2737) – Adams, Michael (2736) [C53]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (2.2), 2017-07-07
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. a4 a5 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. Qb3 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Bxg5 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. h3 Rb8 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. O-O Qe8 17. Bb5 Qe6 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. Nh2 Bg5 20. Qe2 Ne7 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. h4 Bf6 23. Ng4 Ng6 24. h5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. d4 Bg5 27. e5 Re8 28. Qf3 Qb3 29. Rde1 Rde7 30. Rb1 Re6 31. g3 dxe5 32. dxe5 Qxa4 33. b4 Qc6 34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. gxf4 Bxf4 36. bxa5 Bxe5 37. Rfe1 Rce6 38. Re3 b6 ½ – ½ (view game)
Jakovenko, Dmitry (2703) – Aronian, Levon (2809) [C50]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (2.3), 2017-07-07
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. a5 Rb8 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nc4 Qe8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qg6 17. Ncd2 Nh5 18. Qf1 Rb5 19. Kh2 Qh6 20. Kg1 Qg6 21. Kh2 Qh6 22. Kg1 Kh8 23. d4 Nf4 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 Qh5 26. Qc4 exd4 27. cxd4 Nxa5 28. Qf1 h6 29. e5 d5 30. Rc1 c6 31. Ne1 hxg5 32. Nd3 g4 33. Nxf4 Rxf4 34. Rd3 g3 35. Rxg3 Rh4 36. f4 Rh1+ 37. Kf2 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 Nc4 39. Nb3 Qh4 40. Kf3 a5 41. Ra1 Qh5+ 42. Kf2 Nxb2 43. Rh3 Qxh3 44. gxh3 a4 45. Nc5 b3 46. f5 exf5 47. e6 Nc4 48. e7 Nd6 49. Nxa4 Kg7 50. Nc3 Rb8 51. Ra6 Kf7 0 – 1 (view game)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2800) – Inarkiev, Ernesto (2707) [D30]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (2.4), 2017-07-07
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. a4 c6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. b3 c3 12. Nb1 c5 13. Nxc3 cxd4 14. Nxb5 Rc8 15. Qb2 a6 16. a5 Qc5 17. exd4 Qf5 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Nc3 O-O 20. Nh4 1 – 0 (view game)
Grischuk, Alexander (2761) – Rapport, Richard (2694) [C97]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (2.5), 2017-07-07
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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. c4 b4 17. Nbd2 Bd8 18. Nf1 Kh8 19. Ra2 Qb8 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Ng3 Qc8 22. Nh4 Neg8 23. Rf1 Ne8 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Nh2 Ne7 26. Nh5 Ng6 27. Bb1 Qd8 28. Qc1 Kg8 29. Kh1 Bh4 30. f4 exf4 31. Nxf4 Ne5 32. Nd3 Nxd3 33. Bxd3 Nf6 34. Bf4 Nh5 35. Bxd6 Ng3+ 36. Bxg3 Bxg3 37. Nf3 Qc7 38. Re2 f6 39. e5 Bxe5 40. Qc2 h6 41. Bh7+ Kh8 42. Bf5 Be8 43. Nxe5 fxe5 44. Rfe1 Qxa5 45. Rxe5 Qc7 46. Qd2 Qd6 47. Re6 Qg3 48. Rxh6+ Kg8 49. Bh7+ Kh8 50. Bf5+ Kg8 51. Bh7+ Kh8 52. Be4+ Kg8 53. d6 Ra7 54. Re6 Raf7 55. Kg1 Rf2 56. Qd1 Bf7 57. Bd5 g6 58. R6e3 Qg5 59. Bf3 Ra2 60. d7 Rd8 61. Re8+ Kg7 62. Rxd8 Qxd8 63. Qd6 1 – 0 (view game)
Li, Chao b (2735) – Svidler, Peter (2749) [D90]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (2.6), 2017-07-07
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. h5 c5 8. hxg6 hxg6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Rxh6 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Kg7 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rh4 g5 17. Ra4 Qe5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Be6 20. e4 f5 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rac8 23. Rc5 Kg6 24. Rdc1 Rcd8 25. Rxc6+ Kh5 26. Rd1 fxe4 27. Re6 Rd7 28. Ke2 Rf6 29. Rxe4 Ra6 30. Rd2 e6 31. Kf3 Kg6 32. Re5 Kf6 33. Ke4 Rdd6 34. Rc5 Ra4 35. Rd3 Rxa2 36. Rf3+ Kg6 37. Rg3 Rd5 38. f4 Ra5 39. Rc6 Rf5 40. fxg5 Rxg5 41. Rxg5+ Rxg5 42. Rxe6+ Kf7 ½ – ½ (view game)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2742) – Gelfand, Boris (2728) [B31]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (2.7), 2017-07-07
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. h3 O-O 8. c3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 d6 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. e6 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qb8 15. d4 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qxb2 18. Nd2 ½ – ½ (view game)
Salem, A.R. Saleh (2638) – Giri, Anish (2775) [C53]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (2.8), 2017-07-07
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. b4 Bd7 11. Rb1 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Na5 15. Bd5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Nh2 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ba2 Kg7 21. Ndf1 Rfb8 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Be6 24. Qe2 Bxa2 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Qxa2 Qe6 27. Qa1 Nb3 28. Qd1 Nc5 29. O-O Rb3 30. Qc2 Ra3 31. Rb1 Qa2 32. Qxa2 Rxa2 33. Ng4 Rd2 34. Ne3 Rxd3 35. Nf5+ Kf6 36. f3 g4 37. Kf2 gxf3 38. gxf3 d5 39. Rb6 dxe4 40. Ne3 Rd2+ 41. Ke1 Rd6 42. fxe4 Nxe4 43. g4 Kg5 0 – 1 (view game)
Hou, Yifan (2666) – Riazantsev, Alexander (2654) [D31]
Geneva Grand Prix 2017 Geneva SUI (2.9), 2017-07-07
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Ne7 8. Bd3 Bf5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Rc1 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. Na4 Nc8 14. Nc5 Qe7 15. Qc3 Ra7 16. O-O Nc7 17. Nf4 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Ne6 19. Bb8 Ra8 20. Bg3 Nb6 21. a4 Rfe8 22. b3 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Nd7 24. Rfe1 Nf8 25. h3 f6 26. Re2 Qf7 27. Rb2 Ng6 28. b4 axb4 29. Rxb4 Ne5 30. Rcb1 Re7 31. e4 Rd8 32. Rd1 h6 33. Qb3 Red7 34. exd5 cxd5 35. Rb1 Nc4 36. Rxb7 Nd2 37. Qb6 Nxb1 38. c6 Nc3 39. cxd7 Rxd7 40. Rxd7 Qxd7 41. a5 d4 42. a6 d3 43. Qb3+ Kh8 44. a7 Ne2+ 45. Kh2 Qxa7 46. Qxd3 ½ – ½ (view game)