10th London Chess Classic

Congratulations To Nakamura

The 10th London Chess Classic took place 8th-17th Dec. Nakamura won the event by beating Caruana in the Semi-Finals and MVL in the final. This means he won the Grand Chess Tour 2018.








Games

[Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.11"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Rd1 Bd6 9. Bg3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. Bb5 c6 15. Be2 Qc7 16. g4 Rfe8 17. g5 Rad8 18. Kf1 b5 19. Rh4 a6 20. a4 Qa5 21. g6 hxg6 22. Ng5 Nf8 23. Rd3 Bc8 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rf3 Be6 27. d5 cxd5 28. exd5 Rxd5 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rfh3 e4 31. Rxe4 Ra8 32. g3 Qc5 33. Re3 Ra3 34. Qb2 Qd6 35. Rh4 Ra4 36. Rhe4 Qa3 37. Qxa3 Rxa3 38. Bg4 Rc5 39. Bxe6+ Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Raxc3 41. Rxc3 Rxc3 42. Rxg6 b4 43. Rb6 b3 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. f4 g5 46. fxg5 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 b2 48. Kg4 Kg7 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb6+ Kg7 51. Rb7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.11"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 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 Qb8 13. Nb3 Nd8 14. d4 exd4 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qc4 Nd7 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Ra2 Re8 19. Nbd2 Nf7 20. Qb3 Qb5 21. Rd1 Nde5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 Rac8 25. h3 g5 26. c3 d5 27. exd5 exd5 28. cxb4 Nd3 29. Bxc5 Nxb2 30. Raa1 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Bc3 32. Nf3 d4 33. Nxg5 Rb8 34. Nf3 Bxb4 35. Bb6 Re4 36. Nxd4 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Bxe1 38. Ne6 Re8 39. Nc5 Rc8 40. Nxa6 Bxa5 41. Bxa5 Ra8 42. Bd2 Rxa6 43. g4 Kf7 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. Be3 h5 46. f4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Rf6 48. Kf3 Rf7 49. Bc5 Rf6 50. Bb4 Rf7 51. Ke4 Rb7 52. Bc5 Rb3 53. Be3 Rb4+ 54. Ke5 Kf7 55. Kf5 Rb5+ 56. Ke4 Kf6 57. Bd2 Rc5 58. Be1 Rc4+ 59. Kf3 Rc5 60. Bh4+ Kg6 61. Be7 Ra5 62. Kg3 Kf7 63. Bd6 Kg6 64. Kh4 Ra1 65. Bc5 Rd1 66. f5+ Kf6 67. Be3 Rh1+ 68. Kg3 Rb1 69. Bc5 Rb5 70. Bd4+ Kg5 71. Be3+ Kf6 72. Bd4+ Kg5 73. Be3+ Kf6 74. Bd4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.12"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 d5 11. Kb1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6 15. Rde1 Ne4 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Kc1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kf8 20. Kd2 h6 21. Ne5 Ng4 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. c3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Ke3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. f3 Be6 28. f4 f6 29. g3 Ke7 30. a3 Bd7 31. Bc2 Be6 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Bc2 Be6 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.12"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Ne6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bxe6 Bxe6 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxe6 Qxd1+ 13. Nxd1 fxe6 14. Bd2 e5 15. f3 e6 16. Be3 Bb4 17. Nf2 Ba5 18. Ke2 Bb6 19. Rhd1 Bxe3 20. Kxe3 Ke7 21. Rac1 Rhd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd3 Kd6 24. Nc5 Rb8 25. h4 Nb4 26. a3 b6 27. Nxe6 Na2 28. Ra1 Kxe6 29. Rxa2 Rc8 30. Kd2 Rd8+ 31. Ke2 Rc8 32. b3 Rc1 33. Rd2 Ra1 34. a4 Rb1 35. Rd3 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 a6 37. Kg1 b5 38. Rd8 bxa4 39. bxa4 Ra2 40. Rh8 h6 41. Re8+ Kf6 42. Rb8 Rxa4 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. h5 a5 45. Ra6 Ra2 46. Kh2 a4 47. Kh3 a3 48. g3 Ra1 49. Kg4 a2 50. Kf5 Rf1 51. Rxa2 Rxf3+ 52. Kxe5 Rxg3 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Kd6 g6 55. Ra8+ Kf7 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. Ra8+ Kf7 58. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nc2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Nc3 Na6 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 Be7 11. Re1 Be6 12. dxc4 O-O 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. b3 Re8 17. Bc3 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 gxf6 20. Nc3 f5 21. Ne2 Bf6 22. Ned4 Rad8 23. Bh3 f4 24. Nxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxe6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Kf1 b5 28. cxb5 cxb5 29. gxf4 Re4 30. f5 Kg7 31. Rd5 a6 32. Rd6 Rh4 33. Ne3 a5 34. Ra6 a4 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. Kg2 Rd4 37. Kf3 h5 38. Ra5 Rh4 39. Kg2 Rf4 40. Kg3 Rb4 41. Nd5 Bh4+ 42. Kg2 Rd4 43. f6+ Kg6 44. Kf3 Bg5 45. h3 h4 46. Rb5 Bxf6 47. Ke3 Rd1 48. Nf4+ Kg7 49. Ra5 Rh1 50. Kf3 Rh2 51. Nh5+ Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kg7 53. Rxa4 Be5 54. Kg4 Rxf2 55. Nd3 Rg2+ 56. Kf5 Bg3 57. Nf4 Rf2 58. Kg4 Bxf4 59. Rxf4 Rxa2 60. Kxh4 Ra6 61. Rg4+ Kh7 62. Rf4 Kg7 63. Rg4+ Kh7 64. Rf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Nc6 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. e4 Bg4 13. d5 Ne5 14. c4 b6 15. Nxe5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxe5 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 e6 19. e5 exd5 20. cxd5 Qd7 21. Qc4 Rad8 22. d6 Rfe8 23. Bb2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Qe6 25. Qa4 Qd7 26. Qa6 f6 27. Re2 Re6 28. a4 Qf7 29. Rd2 fxe5 30. fxe5 Qg7 31. d7 Rxe5 32. Qxa7 Qf6 33. Kg1 Qc6 34. Rb1 Re7 35. Qxb6 Qxb6 36. Rxb6 Rexd7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. a5 c4 39. a6 c3 40. Rc6 Ra7 41. h3 c2 42. Rxc2 Rxa6 43. Kh2 Ra7 44. Rc1 Kg7 45. Rc2 Kg8 46. Rc1 Kg7 47. Rc2 Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bd3 Qa5+ 10. Kf1 Ba6 11. Bxc7 Bxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. Bg3 Nb4 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15. a3 Qa4 16. Kg1 Na2 17. h3 Nc1 18. Qf1 Qc2 19. Kh2 Ne2 20. Be5 Qxb2 21. d5 Nc3 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rd1 Qxa3 24. Rd7 Nd5 25. Nd4 Bf6 26. Bg3 Bxd4 27. exd4 Qa4 28. Rd6 Rc6 29. Rd7 Rcc8 30. Rd6 Qe8 31. Qa6 Rc6 32. Ra1 Rxd6 33. Bxd6 Qd7 34. Be5 Nb4 35. Qe2 Nc6 36. Bg3 Qd5 37. Qa6 Nxd4 38. Rc1 Nf5 39. Rc8+ Rxc8 40. Qxc8+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Kf6 42. Bf4 e5 43. Bc1 h6 44. Bb2 Qc5 45. Qb8 a5 46. f4 Kg6 47. Bxe5 Qc6 48. Qa7 h5 49. h4 a4 50. Qa6 Kh7 51. Qd3 Qg6 52. g3 Nh6 53. Qc4 Ng4+ 54. Kh3 Qb1 0-1 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 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 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Re1 b6 13. g4 Be7 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Kc8 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nf4 Bf8 18. Bc1 g6 19. Re2 Bg7 20. Rde1 Kb7 21. e6 fxe6 22. Nxe6 Bf6 23. c3 c5 24. Bf4 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rf8 26. R1e4 Rf7 27. g5 Bd8 28. h4 b5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Be3 Rb8 31. Bxc5 Kc8 32. Bd4 Rb5 33. Rc6 Kd7 34. Rxc4 c6 35. a4 Rb3 36. Bxa7 Rxb2 37. Bd4 Rd2 38. Be3 Rd5 39. Rb4 Bc7 40. Kg2 Rf8 41. Rb7 c5 42. a5 Kc6 43. a6 Ra8 44. Re6+ Bd6 45. Rxh7 Rxa6 46. Rxg6 c4 47. Rg8 Rf5 48. g6 Be5 49. g7 1-0 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2 b6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. d4 a5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. h3 Bf8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Bf6 Rd7 22. Bb5 Ra7 23. Ba1 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qb2+ Kg8 26. Be2 a4 27. Bf3 Rd8 28. Qf6 axb3 29. axb3 Rad7 30. Qc3 Rc8 31. Ra1 d4 32. exd4 Rxd4 33. Rab1 Rb4 34. Bd5 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 c4 36. Rbd1 Rxb3 37. Qe5 c3 38. Qe7 Rb1 39. Kh2 Rxd1 40. Rxd1 c2 41. Rd7 Qb8+ 42. g3 Qb3 43. Rd8+ Rxd8 44. Qxd8+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kh7 46. Qf4 Kg8 47. Qd2 Qb2 0-1 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 Ne5 6. Be2 Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd7 13. a4 a6 14. b4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfc8 16. h3 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nb3 Qc2 19. d5 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Rc4 21. Na5 Rxb4 22. Rdc1 Ra4 23. Nc6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Kf8 25. g3 Bd3 26. Bg5 h6 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Ra3 Bb5 29. Bg4 Bd8 30. h4 Bb6 31. Rf3 Be2 32. Rb3 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Bxg4 34. Ra3 Bd7 35. Na5 Ke7 36. Rc3 Rc8 37. Rb3 Bb5 38. Rb2 Rc3 39. Nb3 g6 40. g4 Rh3 41. Nd2 Rxh4 42. Kg3 Rh1 43. Rc2 Kd7 44. Nf3 Rb1 45. Nd2 Rb4 46. Kf3 a5 47. Ke3 a4 48. Ra2 Ke7 49. Ra1 Bd7 50. Kf3 h5 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Ra3 f5 53. exf5 Bxf5 54. Nf1 Be4+ 55. Ke2 Bxd5 0-1 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Ba6 8. Qa4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 b5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Ne5 c5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qb1 Qe8 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Ne4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qa8 20. Bf3 Rc8 21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Ng5 h6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf3 Qe4 25. Be5 Qxb1 26. Rxb1 Ne4 27. Ne1 f6 28. Bg3 Rd8 29. Nf3 Rc8 30. Ne1 e5 31. f3 Nd2 32. Rd1 Nc4 33. Rd7 Bc5 34. b3 Nxe3 35. Bf2 Nf5 36. g4 Nd4 37. Kf1 Ne6 38. h4 Bxf2 39. Kxf2 Nf4 40. Rd6 a5 41. Ra6 Rd8 42. Rxa5 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 Nh3 44. Nd3 Rxd3 45. Rxb5 Rxf3+ 46. Ke1 Rf2 47. a4 Ra2 48. a5 Nf4 49. Kd1 e4 50. Kc1 e3 0-1 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Bb3 Ne7 6. c3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 Nd7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 c5 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Bh6 Na5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Ng8 20. Ng5 Rcd8 21. Qf4 Rd5 22. c4 Rd7 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Rd6 Rxd6 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Nxf7 Rd7 27. Ne5 Rd4 28. Qg5 Qe7 29. Nf3 Qxg5 30. Nxg5 Bc8 31. Nxe6+ Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Re4 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. Re2 Rd3 36. Re3 Rd2 37. Re2 Rd4 38. Ne4 h6 39. Kg3 Ne7 40. Kf3 Nf5 41. g3 Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Rxb3 43. g4 Nxh4 44. Nd6+ Kf6 45. Ne8+ Kf7 46. Nd6+ Kf8 47. Ke5 Ke7 48. f4 Nf3+ 49. Kd5+ Kd7 50. Nf7 Nd4 51. Rh2 Rd3 52. Ne5+ 1-0 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6 Rf7 17. Ne2 Nf8 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rad1 Bc5 20. Kg2 Qh4 21. Bd4 Be7 22. f4 Bb4 23. cxd5 exd5 24. f5 h5 25. Rf4 Nh7 26. Ng3 c5 27. gxh5 Qd8 28. Bb2 d4 29. e6 Rfc7 30. Qc4 b5 31. e7+ bxc4 32. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 33. bxc4 d3 34. h6 gxh6 35. Rg4+ Kf8 36. Ne4 Ng5 37. Nxg5 hxg5 38. Rxg5 d2 39. Kf3 Rh7 40. Rg3 Rdd7 41. Be5 Rh5 42. Kg4 Rdh7 43. Bf6 R5h6 44. Bg5 Ra6 45. e4 Rxa2 46. Rd3 Rc2 47. Bxd2 Rxc4 48. Rd8+ Kf7 49. Bxb4 Rxe4+ 50. Kf3 Re7 51. Bxc5 Rxh3+ 52. Kg4 1-0 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 Ne5 6. Be2 Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d4 Be7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Be2 Bc7 13. f3 Ke7 14. a4 h5 15. h4 Rhd8 16. Nc4 Ne8 17. Be3 b6 18. Bf2 f6 19. O-O g6 20. Rfc1 Nd6 21. Ne3 f5 22. Nd5+ Bxd5 23. exd5 c4 24. Be3 Kd7 25. Rab1 Rf8 26. b3 f4 27. Bf2 e4 28. fxe4 Rae8 29. bxc4 Nxe4 30. c5 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxe2 32. d6 Bd8 33. c6+ Kc8 34. a5 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Rf5 36. c7 Bxh4+ 37. Kf3 Rd5 38. axb6 1-0 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E71"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 Ndc5 11. Ng3 c6 12. Be2 cxd5 13. cxd5 a4 14. h4 Bd7 15. h5 Rc8 16. Kf1 a3 17. b3 Qa5 18. Rc1 f6 19. Kg2 Nb4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Rh2 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Rg7 24. Rch1 Rf8 25. Qc1 Nbd3 26. Qd2 Nf4+ 27. Kg1 Kf7 28. Rh7 Rc8 29. Bc4 b5 30. Nge2 g5 31. Nxf4 gxf4 32. g5 Rcg8 33. Be2 Kf8 34. Kf1 fxg5 35. f3 b4 36. Nd1 Nxb3 37. Qc2 Nd4 38. Qc1 b3 39. axb3 a2 0-1 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bb5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 Qc4 11. a5 Qe4+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Bc7 14. c4 Ne7 15. Bg5 Nbc6 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nc3 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 d4 20. Nb5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxd4 Rac8 23. a6 bxa6 24. Rxa6 Ke8 25. Ra5 f6 26. f4 Ng6 27. g3 Rd7 28. Nf5 Rc2+ 29. Ke1 Rdc7 30. Rd2 Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Ne7 32. Nd6+ Kf8 33. Nb5 Rc8 34. Rxa7 Nc6 35. Rb7 Re8+ 36. Kf3 Nd8 37. Rc7 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rb1 39. Nd6 Re7 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. Nf5+ Ke8 42. Nxg7+ Ke7 43. Nf5+ Ke8 44. Re2+ Kf8 45. Nd6 Nc6 46. b5 Nd4 47. Re8+ Kg7 48. Re7+ Kg6 49. g4 Rb2+ 50. Kf1 h5 51. h3 Nf3 52. Nf5 hxg4 53. hxg4 Nh2+ 54. Ke1 Nxg4 55. Nd6 Nh2 56. Re2 Rb1+ 57. Kd2 Nf3+ 58. Kc3 Kh5 59. Rb2 Rxb2 60. Kxb2 Kg4 61. b6 Nd4 62. Kc3 Nc6 63. f5 Kf4 64. Kc4 Ke5 65. Kc5 Nd8 66. Nf7+ 1-0 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.15"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D86"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd2 e6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. f3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qd6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Na5 18. Bd3 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 e5 21. d5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qe3 Rc2 24. a3 Ba6 25. Ng3 Qc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. d6 Rc8 28. a4 Bc4 29. a5 bxa5 30. d7 Rd8 31. Rc1 Be6 32. Ra1 Rxd7 33. Rxa5 f6 34. Nf1 Rd1 35. Kf2 a6 36. Ne3 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Rd6 38. h4 Kf7 39. g4 Bd7 40. g5 Bb5 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. gxf6 Kxf6 43. Nd5+ Kf7 44. Nc7 Rb6 45. Ke3 h6 46. Kf2 h5 47. Kg3 Be2 48. Kf2 Bb5 49. Kg3 Be2 50. Kf2 Bb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.15"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 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 a5 11. b5 e4 12. Ba3 Bc5 13. dxe4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qe2 Re8 17. f3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Nb3 Qa3 21. Rb1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rd1 f5 24. Rd4 Qxc3+ 25. Qd2 Qa1+ 26. Qd1 Qc3+ 27. Qd2 Qa1+ 28. Qd1 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.16"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 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. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. g4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Bd5 20. g4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Ne7 22. e6 f5 23. Re5 Nd5 24. Rxf5 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxe6 26. Rdf1 Kd7 27. Rf7+ Re7 28. h4 Rh8 29. h5 Ke8 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Kg2 g6 32. hxg6 Rg8 33. Rf7+ Ke6 34. Rxc7 Rxg6 35. Kg3 Rg5 36. Kh4 Rc5 37. g5 Rxc3 38. g6 Rxc2 39. Kg5 Rg2+ 40. Kh6 Rh2+ 41. Kg7 Ra2 42. Kf8 Rxa3 43. Rxb7 Rf3+ 44. Rf7 Rb3 45. Rc7 Rb8+ 46. Kg7 Kd5 47. Rxa7 c5 48. Kf7 c4 49. g7 c3 50. Rc7 Kd4 51. Rxc3 Kxc3 52. g8=Q Rxg8 53. Kxg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.16"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. h4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd6 14. c4 Rd8 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Nb3 Bf5 21. Nd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 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. Ne2 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16. Rd3 Be7 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Ke7 21. Kf1 h4 22. f4 f6 23. Ne4 Ke6 24. Nd6 Ne7 25. f5+ Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Kxf5 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Rd7 Ra8 29. Rc7 Rd8 30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kf1 Rd8 32. Ke2 Re8+ 33. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Rd8 11. Nd2 d4 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Na4 Bb4+ 14. axb4 Qxb4+ 15. Nd2 Qa5 16. Qb3 e5 17. Bg5 Nb4 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ra1 dxe3 21. fxe3 b5 22. O-O bxa4 23. Qc3 f5 24. Nf3 f6 25. Nh4 Nc6 26. Qa3 e4 27. Bd1 Ne5 28. Bxa4 Qxa4 29. Qxa4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 f4 31. Rxf4 Rd1+ 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Rb8 34. b4 Nxc4 35. Nf5 Rb5 36. g4 h5 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Ne5 39. Rxa7 Rxb4 40. Kg2 Rb1 41. Re7 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 Rf2 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Re7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bc6 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. Qb3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc4 Rf8 17. f4 Qe4 18. Rf2 Nd7 19. Rd1 b5 20. Be2 Qa4 21. Qxa4 bxa4 22. Rc1 Bd5 23. Ba6 Rab8 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Bxe7 Rfe8 26. Bd6 Rb6 27. Bf1 Bf5 28. Bc7 Rb7 29. Ba6 Rb4 30. Ba5 Rbb8 31. Bc7 Rb4 32. Ba5 Rbb8 33. h3 h5 34. Bc7 Rb4 35. Ba5 Rbb8 36. Bc7 Rb4 37. Bd6 Rb6 38. Bc8 Nf6 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Be5 Ne4 41. Rd7 a6 42. Bd4 Rbb8 43. Rc6 Re6 44. Rcc7 Rf8 45. Rd5 Ng3 46. Kf2 h4 47. Kf3 a3 48. Rdd7 Ne4 49. Rd5 Ng3 50. Rdd7 Ne4 51. Ke2 Rg6 52. Kf1 Rb8 53. Rb7 Rc8 54. Rdc7 Rc6 55. Rxc6 Rxc6 56. Rb8+ Kh7 57. Rh8+ Kg6 58. Rg8+ Kh6 59. Rh8+ Kg6 60. Rg8+ Kh6 61. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a4 Bf5 11. Ba3 e4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Kb2 Bxf2 20. Rxe5 Bh4 21. Rd1 Bf6 22. Re3 Rc7 23. b5 Rfc8 24. Bb4 h5 25. Kb3 b6 26. Rdd3 g6 27. Re4 Bg7 28. Rde3 f5 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Ra8 g5 32. c4 Be5 33. h3 g4 34. a5 f4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Rf8+ Ke6 37. Bd2 f3 38. gxf3 g3 39. axb6 axb6 40. Be3 Rd7 41. Re8+ Kf5 42. Bxb6 Rd3+ 43. Kb4 Rxf3 44. Rf8+ Ke4 45. Rxf3 Kxf3 46. Bg1 Kg2 47. Bc5 Kf3 48. b6 Ke4 49. b7 g2 50. Kb5 Bf4 51. Bg1 Bg3 52. Kc6 Be5 53. Kd7 1-0 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. b3 Nxc3 10. dxc3 b6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 Bb7 13. g3 Rad8 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. h4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. e5 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Bd8 19. Bd3 h6 20. Be4 Bc7 21. Qd3 Ne7 22. h5 Bc6 23. c4 Qa8 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. g4 Qa8 26. Kg2 g5 27. Qd7 Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Bxd8 29. Bd2 Nc6 30. Bc3 Bc7 31. Kf1 f6 32. exf6 Kf7 33. Ke2 e5 34. Kd3 Kxf6 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. Nd2 Nb8 37. Kd3 Nd7 38. Ne4 Nf6 39. Nxf6 Kxf6 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. b4 Bd6 42. b5 Bc7 43. a4 Bd6 44. a5 Bc7 45. a6 Bd6 46. Bd2 Be7 47. Ba5 Bd8 48. Bc3 Bc7 49. f3 Bd6 50. Be1 Bb8 51. Bd2 Bd6 52. Be3 Be7 53. Bc1 Bd6 54. Bd2 Be7 55. Ba5 Bd8 56. Be1 Be7 57. Bf2 Bd6 58. Bg3 Bc7 59. Be1 Bd6 60. Bd2 Be7 61. Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qb3 Nh5 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Bc7 cxd4 9. exd4 e5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. g3 O-O 13. Be2 g6 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Ngf3 f6 16. b4 Be7 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. N2b3 f5 20. f4 Bf6 21. Kd2 Rfe8 22. Rhe1 Re4 23. h4 Kf7 24. Re3 Ra3 25. Nc2 Ra8 26. Nbd4 Kg6 27. Rd3 Rae8 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Nxe1 Ra8 30. Ndc2 Rxa2 31. Rxd5 Bc6 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. Rd3 Ke6 34. Kc1 Be4 35. Re3 Kd6 36. Kb1 Ra8 37. Kb2 Kc6 38. Na3 Rd8 39. Kc1 b5 40. Nf3 h6 41. Nc2 Ra8 42. Nfd4+ Kb6 43. Kb2 Rd8 44. Nb3 Be7 45. Ncd4 Bd6 46. Nc5 Bxc5 47. bxc5+ Ka7 48. Nxb5+ Kb8 49. Nd6 Rg8 50. Nxe4 fxe4 51. c4 Kc7 52. Kc3 Kc6 53. Kd4 Rd8+ 54. Kxe4 Kxc5 55. Rb3 Rd7 56. Rc3 Rd2 57. Kf5 Kb4 58. Rc1 Rg2 59. Kg6 Rxg3+ 60. Kxh5 Rf3 61. Kxh6 Rxf4 62. Kg5 Rf2 63. h5 Rg2+ 64. Kf6 Rf2+ 65. Kg6 Rg2+ 66. Kf6 Rf2+ 67. Kg7 Rg2+ 68. Kh7 Kc5 69. h6 b6 70. Kh8 Rg6 71. h7 Rg2 72. Rb1 Rg4 73. Rb5+ Kc6 74. Rf5 Rxc4 75. Kg7 Rh4 76. Rf6+ 1-0 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bc6 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. Nxc6 Qxa3 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 e6 17. Rb1 Nc6 18. Rxb7 Qxa2 19. f4 Red8 20. Qe1 Rab8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Bf3 Ne7 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qd3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rd1 Rc5 27. Qd4 Qc4 28. Ra1 a5 29. h3 Qxd4 30. exd4 Rc4 31. Rxa5 Rxd4 32. g3 h5 33. h4 Rd2 34. Ra7 d4 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Rd8 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. g4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bg6 12. Be6 c6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Bb3 Bf7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Qg3 b5 17. f4 Bxb3 18. axb3 g6 19. b4 Qe6 20. Qf3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Nd7 22. e5 d5 23. Rd4 Bg7 24. Bg3 Bxe5 25. Rd3 Bxg3 26. Qxg3 O-O 27. Re1 Qf6 28. Rd2 Rae8 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rf2 Qe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Ne2 c5 33. bxc5 Nxc5 34. Nd4 Kg7 35. Kg2 Ne6 36. Nxe6+ Rxe6 37. Rd2 Rd6 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. c3 Ke5 40. Re2+ Kf6 41. Re8 d4 42. cxd4 Rxd4 43. Ra8 Rd6 44. Ke4 Kg5 45. Rh8 Rd7 46. Ra8 Rd6 47. Rh8 h6 48. b4 Rc6 49. Kd5 Rc4 50. Ra8 Rxb4 51. Rxa6 Rb3 52. h4+ Kxg4 53. Rxg6+ Kh5 54. Rb6 b4 55. Ke4 Rh3 56. Rb5+ Kg6 57. Rb6+ Kg7 58. Rb7+ Kf8 59. Kf5 Rxh4 60. Kf6 Ke8 61. Ke6 Re4+ 62. Kf5 Rc4 63. Rb6 h5 64. Ke6 Kd8 65. Kd6 Kc8 66. Kd5 Kc7 67. Rh6 Rh4 68. Kc5 Kd7 69. Kd5 b3 70. Rh7+ Kc8 71. Kc6 Rc4+ 72. Kd5 Rb4 73. Kc6 Rc4+ 74. Kd5 b2 75. Kxc4 b1=Q 76. Rxh5 Qc2+ 77. Kd4 Qd1+ 0-1 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 g5 13. Bg2 h6 14. c3 Bf8 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Nf1 Bg7 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Ne7 19. Nc1 Nf5 20. Bd2 b6 21. Nd3 f6 22. Qb3 c6 23. a4 Nd6 24. Qd1 Bg4 25. f3 Bf5 26. Nf2 Nc4 27. b3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Re8 29. Qc1 Nxd2 30. Qxd2 Qe7 31. Bf1 Qd6 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Qe6 35. Qxe6+ Bxe6 36. Nd1 Bf8 37. Kf2 f5 38. f4 Kf7 39. Ne3 Kf6 40. Ng2 Ba3 41. Ke2 Bf7 42. Kd2 Bd6 43. Ke3 Bh5 44. Be2 Bf7 45. Bd3 Bh5 46. Be2 Bf7 47. Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. f3 e6 5. e4 c4 6. a4 exd5 7. exd5 Bb4+ 8. c3 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Bc5 10. d6 Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 b4 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. cxb4 Bxb4 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Rc1 Re8+ 16. Kd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Bg3 Ne3+ 19. Ke2 Nc6 20. Ne4 Nxf1 21. Kxf1 Na5 22. Kf2 Nb3 23. Rc2 Bb7 24. Nd2 Bd5 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Kg1 Bc6 27. Rb2 Nxa4 28. Rc2 Nc5 29. Ra2 Re2 30. Kf1 Re6 31. Rb1 h5 32. Ra5 Nb7 33. Rxh5 Nxd6 34. Ra5 Nb7 35. Ra3 d5 36. Bf2 a5 37. Rb6 a4 38. Bd4 Na5 39. f4 Bd7 40. Rxe6 fxe6 41. Nf3 Rb8 42. Ne5 Be8 43. Ra2 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 Nb3 45. Be3 Kh7 46. h3 Bb5 47. Kf2 d4 48. Bxd4 Nxd4 49. cxd4 c3 50. Nf3 Rb2+ 0-1 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "2.8"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bc6 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Bb4 Qf5 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. e4 e6 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Bd2 a4 21. Qb1 Rc8 22. Be2 Bf6 23. Rcd1 Red8 24. Ng5 Qh4 25. g3 Qh6 26. Nxf7 Qxh3 27. Bf1 Qh5 28. Be2 Qh3 29. Bg4 1-0 [Event "10th London Classic 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "2.8"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 d5 6. h3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bf5 8. Ng3 Be6 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Be2 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Qc1 h6 13. c4 Nf6 14. O-O Nbd7 15. a5 g5 16. Bd3 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Nh4 Nh5 20. Nxh5 Bxh5 21. Nf5 Bf6 22. Re1 Kd8 23. Qe3 Nf8 24. Nxe7 Qd7 25. Nf5 Ng6 26. Bh2 Bg4 27. Nd6 Bg5 28. Qe4 Nh4 29. Nxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qxg4 Rf8 31. Bg3 Nf5 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 Rxf5 34. a6 b5 35. Re6 bxc4 36. Rd6+ Ke8 37. Re1+ Kf8 38. Rxc6 Rb5 39. Rxc4 Rxb2 40. d5 Ra2 41. Rc6 Rd8 42. d6 Ra4 43. Rb1 Rd7 44. Rb7 Rxa6 45. Rc8+ 1-0

White to Play – Mate in 2!

2018 World Chess Championship

Magnus Carlsen Won the 2018 World Chess Championship that was taken place in London between 9 and 28 November.

Magnus Carlsen play against Fabiano Caruana and they draw 12 classic games. Then there was a tie-break that Carlsen won by 3-0 and win World Chess Championship.

All Games

[Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "229"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. O-O b6 10. Nh2 Nf8 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Be6 13. Rf2 h6 14. Qd2 g5 15. Raf1 Qd6 16. Ng4 O-O-O 17. Nf6 Nd7 18. Nh5 Be5 19. g4 f6 20. b3 Bf7 21. Nd1 Nf8 22. Nxf6 Ne6 23. Nh5 Bxh5 24. gxh5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Rg2 Rhg8 27. Qe2 Rxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Qe6 29. Nf2 Rg8 30. Ng4 Qe8 31. Qf3 Qxh5 32. Kf2 Bc7 33. Ke2 Qg5 34. Nh2 h5 35. Rf2 Qg1 36. Nf1 h4 37. Kd2 Kb7 38. c3 Be5 39. Kc2 Qg7 40. Nh2 Bxc3 41. Qxf4 Bd4 42. Qf7+ Ka6 43. Qxg7 Rxg7 44. Re2 Rg3 45. Ng4 Rxh3 46. e5 Rf3 47. e6 Rf8 48. e7 Re8 49. Nh6 h3 50. Nf5 Bf6 51. a3 b5 52. b4 cxb4 53. axb4 Bxe7 54. Nxe7 h2 55. Rxh2 Rxe7 56. Rh6 Kb6 57. Kc3 Rd7 58. Rg6 Kc7 59. Rh6 Rd6 60. Rh8 Rg6 61. Ra8 Kb7 62. Rh8 Rg5 63. Rh7+ Kb6 64. Rh6 Rg1 65. Kc2 Rf1 66. Rg6 Rh1 67. Rf6 Rh8 68. Kc3 Ra8 69. d4 Rd8 70. Rh6 Rd7 71. Rg6 Kc7 72. Rg5 Rd6 73. Rg8 Rh6 74. Ra8 Rh3+ 75. Kc2 Ra3 76. Kb2 Ra4 77. Kc3 a6 78. Rh8 Ra3+ 79. Kb2 Rg3 80. Kc2 Rg5 81. Rh6 Rd5 82. Kc3 Rd6 83. Rh8 Rg6 84. Kc2 Kb7 85. Kc3 Rg3+ 86. Kc2 Rg1 87. Rh5 Rg2+ 88. Kc3 Rg3+ 89. Kc2 Rg4 90. Kc3 Kb6 91. Rh6 Rg5 92. Rf6 Rh5 93. Rg6 Rh3+ 94. Kc2 Rh5 95. Kc3 Rd5 96. Rh6 Kc7 97. Rh7+ Rd7 98. Rh5 Rd6 99. Rh8 Rg6 100. Rf8 Rg3+ 101. Kc2 Ra3 102. Rf7+ Kd6 103. Ra7 Kd5 104. Kb2 Rd3 105. Rxa6 Rxd4 106. Kb3 Re4 107. Kc3 Rc4+ 108. Kb3 Kd4 109. Rb6 Kd3 110. Ra6 Rc2 111. Rb6 Rc3+ 112. Kb2 Rc4 113. Kb3 Kd4 114. Ra6 Kd5 115. Ra8 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Rd8 11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. a4 Ne7 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bf3 Nxf4 18. exf4 Bxe5 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. fxe5 Qc7 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Qd3 Bd7 23. a5 Bc6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. exd6 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Kf8 27. c4 Ke8 28. a6 b6 29. c5 Kd7 30. cxb6 axb6 31. a7 Ra8 32. Rxb6 Rxa7 33. Kg2 e5 34. Rb4 f5 35. Rb6 Ke6 36. d7+ Kxd7 37. Rb5 Ke6 38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. Rb5 Kf6 40. Rb6+ Kg5 41. Rb5 Kf4 42. Rb4+ e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. h3 Ra5 45. Rb7 Rg5+ 46. Kf1 Rg6 47. Rb4 Rg5 48. Rb7 Rg6 49. Rb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Qc7 7. Re1 e5 8. a3 Nf6 9. b4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 cxb4 13. axb4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Bd2 Raa8 16. Qb1 Nd7 17. Qb4 Rfe8 18. Bc3 b5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Qa7 22. Bc3 Qa2 23. Qb2 Qxb2 24. Bxb2 f6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Nc5 27. Bc3 Ne6 28. g3 Bf8 29. Nd2 Ng5 30. h4 Ne6 31. Nb3 h5 32. Bd2 Bd6 33. c3 c5 34. Be3 Ke7 35. Kd1 Kd7 36. Kc2 f5 37. Kd1 fxe4 38. dxe4 c4 39. Nd2 Nc5 40. Bxc5 Bxc5 41. Ke2 Kc6 42. Nf1 b4 43. cxb4 Bxb4 44. Ne3 Kc5 45. f4 exf4 46. gxf4 Ba5 47. f5 gxf5 48. Nxc4 Kxc4 49. exf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 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 Re8 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd4 11. b4 Bd6 12. Rb1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 a6 14. a4 c6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. e3 Qf6 17. Be4 Bf5 18. Qf3 Bxe4 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. dxe4 b5 21. Red1 Bf8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Kg2 Red8 24. Rdc1 Kg7 25. Be1 Rdc8 26. Rc2 Ra4 27. Kf3 h5 28. Ke2 Kg6 29. h3 f5 30. exf5+ Kxf5 31. f3 Be7 32. e4+ Ke6 33. Bd2 Bd6 34. Rbc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. b4 Nxb4 7. Bb2 a6 8. a3 axb5 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 d6 11. bxc5 Ne7 12. Qe2 b4 13. Qc4 Qa5 14. cxd6 Be6 15. Qc7 Qxc7 16. dxc7 Nc6 17. c3 Kd7 18. cxb4 Ra8 19. Bc3 Kxc7 20. d3 Kb6 21. Bd2 Rd8 22. Be3+ Kb5 23. Nc3+ Kxb4 24. Nd5+ Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rb1+ Kc3 27. Rxb7 Nd8 28. Rc7+ Kxd3 29. Kf1 h5 30. h3 Ke4 31. Ng5+ Kf5 32. Nxf7 Nxf7 33. Rxf7+ Bf6 34. g4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "160"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 Nc6 7. Nd5 Nd4 8. Nxe7 Nxe2 9. Nd5 Nd4 10. Na3 Ne6 11. f3 N4c5 12. d4 Nd7 13. c3 c6 14. Nf4 Nb6 15. Bd3 d5 16. Nc2 Bd6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Kf2 h5 19. h4 Nc8 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. g3 c5 22. Bc2 O-O 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Ng2 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rac8 26. Bb3 Nc6 27. Bf4 Na5 28. Rdc1 Bb4 29. Bd1 Nc4 30. b3 Na3 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rc1 Nb5 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. Ne3 Nc3 35. Bc2 Ba3 36. Bb8 a6 37. f4 Bd7 38. f5 Bc6 39. Bd1 Bb2 40. Bxh5 Ne4+ 41. Kg2 Bxd4 42. Bf4 Bc5 43. Bf3 Nd2 44. Bxd5 Bxe3 45. Bxc6 Bxf4 46. Bxb7 Bd6 47. Bxa6 Ne4 48. g4 Ba3 49. Bc4 Kf8 50. g5 Nc3 51. b4 Bxb4 52. Kf3 Na4 53. Bb5 Nc5 54. a4 f6 55. Kg4 Ne4 56. Kh5 Be1 57. Bd3 Nd6 58. a5 Bxa5 59. gxf6 gxf6 60. Kg6 Bd8 61. Kh7 Nf7 62. Bc4 Ne5 63. Bd5 Ba5 64. h5 Bd2 65. Ba2 Nf3 66. Bd5 Nd4 67. Kg6 Bg5 68. Bc4 Nf3 69. Kh7 Ne5 70. Bb3 Ng4 71. Bc4 Ne3 72. Bd3 Ng4 73. Bc4 Nh6 74. Kg6 Ke7 75. Bb3 Kd6 76. Bc2 Ke5 77. Bd3 Kf4 78. Bc2 Ng4 79. Bb3 Ne3 80. h6 Bxh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Qd8 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Bg5 dxc4 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Bc6 18. Nxc4 Bc7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Nd5 23. Qd4 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Qd7 26. Bd3 b6 27. f3 Bb7 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. e4 Qc7 30. e5 Qc5+ 31. Kh2 Ba6 32. Nd6 Qxc3 33. bxc3 f6 34. f4 Kf8 35. Kg1 Ke7 36. Kf2 Kd7 37. Ke3 Bf1 38. Kf2 Ba6 39. Ke3 Bf1 40. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bd2 f5 13. a5 a6 14. Na3 e4 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. f4 exf3 18. Bxf3 g5 19. c4 f4 20. Bc3 Bf5 21. c5 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 dxc5 23. Rad1 Bd6 24. h3 Qe8 25. Nc4 Qg6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. h4 gxh4 28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 h5 30. Re1 Bg4 31. Rf6 Rxf6 32. Bxf6 Kf7 33. Bxh4 Re8 34. Rf1+ Kg8 35. Rf6 Re2 36. Rg6+ Kf8 37. d6 Rd2 38. Rg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 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 Re8 9. Bg5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 f6 11. Bc1 Be6 12. Bb2 Bb6 13. d4 Bd5 14. Qc2 exd4 15. cxd4 Be4 16. Qb3+ Bd5 17. Qd1 Bxf3 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Bxf3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. e3 Qe5 22. Bxb7 Rad8 23. Rad1 Qe7 24. h4 g6 25. h5 gxh5 26. Qc4 f5 27. Bf3 h4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. gxh4 Rg8+ 30. Kh1 Qf6 31. Qf4 Bc5 32. Rg1 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Bd6 34. Qa4 f4 35. Qxa7 fxe3 36. Qxe3 Qxh4 37. a4 Qf6 38. Bd1 Qe5 39. Qxe5+ Bxe5 40. a5 Kg7 41. a6 Bd4 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. f4 Bb6 44. Kf3 h6 45. Ke4 Ba7 46. Bg4 Bg1 47. Kd5 Bb6 48. Kc6 Be3 49. Kb7 Bb6 50. Bh3 Be3 51. Kc6 Bb6 52. Kd5 Ba7 53. Ke4 Bb6 54. Bf1 Ke6 55. Bc4+ Kf6 56. Bd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 a6 13. Na3 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Nc4 Ra8 16. Be3 f5 17. a5 f4 18. Bb6 Qe8 19. Ra3 Qg6 20. Bc7 e4 21. Kh1 b5 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Qg5 24. g3 b4 25. Rb3 Bh3 26. Rg1 f3 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Qxf1 Qxd5 29. Rxb4 Qe6 30. Rb5 Bd8 31. Qe1 Bxb6 32. axb6 Rab8 33. Qe3 Qc4 34. Rb2 Rb7 35. Rd1 Qe2 36. Re1 Qxe3 37. Rxe3 d5 38. h4 Rc8 39. Ra3 Kf7 40. Kh2 Ke6 41. g4 Rc6 42. Ra6 Ke5 43. Kg3 h6 44. h5 Kd4 45. Rb5 Rd6 46. Ra4+ Ke5 47. Rab4 Ke6 48. c4 dxc4 49. Rxc4 Rdxb6 50. Rxe4+ Kf7 51. Rf5+ Rf6 52. Rxf6+ Kxf6 53. Kxf3 Kf7 54. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.24"] [Round "11"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 h6 15. Nh4 Rfe8 16. Ng6 Ng4 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Re2 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Rd7 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Rd8 23. Rd2 Bxc4 24. Kc1 b6 25. Bf4 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 a6 27. a3 Kf8 28. Bc7 b5 29. Bd6+ Ke8 30. Bxc5 h5 31. Ke3 Kd7 32. Kd4 g6 33. g3 Be2 34. Bf8 Kc6 35. b3 Bd1 36. Kd3 Bg4 37. c4 Be6 38. Kd4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Bg4 40. c5 Be6 41. Bh6 Bd5 42. Be3 Be6 43. Ke5 Bd5 44. Kf4 Be6 45. Kg5 Bd5 46. g4 hxg4 47. Kxg4 Ba2 48. Kg5 Bb3 49. Kf6 Ba2 50. h4 Bb3 51. f4 Ba2 52. Ke7 Bb3 53. Kf6 Ba2 54. f5 Bb1 55. Bf2 Bc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.26"] [Round "12"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2018.11.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Bf5 12. h4 h5 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qb4 Bf5 15. Be3 a6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. g3 Be7 18. f3 Nf8 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Bd3 O-O 21. Rh2 Rac8 22. O-O-O Bg6 23. Rc2 f5 24. Nf2 Nc5 25. f4 a5 26. Qd2 e4 27. Be2 Be8 28. Kb1 Bf6 29. Re1 a4 30. Qb4 g6 31. Rd1 Ra8 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh Rapid TB 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2018.11.28"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. Bg2 a6 7. O-O b5 8. d4 d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 bxc4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Na4 Be6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. f3 Rab8 16. Rac1 Rb3 17. Rfe1 Ne8 18. Bf1 Nd6 19. Rcd1 Nb5 20. Nc5 Rxb2 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxc4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Rxd4 Ke7 26. Rxd7+ Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Kxd7 28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. f4 c5 30. Rd5 Rc2 31. h4 c4 32. f5+ Kf6 33. Rc5 h5 34. Kf1 Rc3 35. Kg2 Rxa3 36. Rxc4 Ke5 37. Rc7 Kxe4 38. Re7+ Kxf5 39. Rxg7 Kf6 40. Rg5 a5 41. Rxh5 a4 42. Ra5 Ra1 43. Kf3 a3 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kh3 Ra1 47. h5 Kh7 48. g4 Kg7 49. Kh4 a2 50. Kg5 Kf7 51. h6 Rb1 52. Ra7+ Kg8 53. Rxa2 Rb5+ 54. Kg6 Rb6+ 55. Kh5 1-0 [Event "WCh Rapid TB 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2018.11.28"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Qb8 12. h4 h5 13. Be3 a6 14. Nc3 a5 15. Qb3 a4 16. Qd1 Be7 17. g3 Qc8 18. Be2 Bg4 19. Rc1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qf5 21. c5 O-O 22. c6 bxc6 23. dxc6 Rfc8 24. Qc4 Bd8 25. Nd5 e4 26. c7 Bxc7 27. Nxc7 Ne5 28. Nd5 Kh7 0-1 [Event "WCh Rapid TB 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.11.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2018.11.28"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 Ne5 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qe3 d6 16. Rd2 a6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. b3 h6 19. g3 Rd7 20. Bf3 Re8 21. Qf2 Ne7 22. h3 Red8 23. Bg2 Nc6 24. g4 Qa5 25. Na4 Qc7 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nxc5 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Ba8 30. fxe5 Qxe5 31. Nd7 Qb2 32. Qd6 Nxd7 33. Qxd7 Qxc2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxa8 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. Kh1 Nd4 38. Qe4+ f5 39. gxf5 exf5 40. Qe3 Ne6 41. b4 Ng5 42. c5 Qf6 43. c6 Ne6 44. a4 Nc7 45. Qf4 Ne6 46. Qd6 Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Nd4 48. c7 Qc3 49. Qc5 Qe3 50. c8=Q f4 51. Qg4 1-0

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White to Play – Mate in 2!

White to Play – Mate in 2!

White to Play – Mate in 2!

White to Play – Mate in 2!

White to Play – Mate in 2!

"To become a Queen" by Victoria Ivanova

White to Play – Mate in 2!

Hermanis Matisons X Aaron Nimzowitsch - Karlsbad 1929

[Event "Karlsbad"] [Site "Karlstad"] [Date "1929.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Matisons, Hermanis"] [Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E21"] [Annotator ""] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1929.07.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle ""] [Source "HCA"] [SourceDate ""] [SourceVersion ""] [SourceVersionDate ""] [SourceQuality "1"] {Weak Pawns, Weak Squares and Mighty, Mighty Knights In this game, Nimzovich (a) plants his Knight on a weak square, (b) forces open a file for his Rook and (c) switches the other Knight over to the center of the board, and the power generated by the centralized Knights are devastating.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Qc2 Qe7 {Black is ready to meet 7.e4 with 7... e5, securing a fair share of the center.} 7. Ba3 {White has two objects in mind: (1) to prevent 7... e5, after which 8.dxe5 leaves Black unable to recapture; (2) To advance 8.c5, with the idea of dissolving the doubled Pawn.} c5 {This fixes White´s Pawn at c4, making it a targit of Black´s future attack.} 8. g3 {White will fianchetto the Bishop and control the long diagonal. Here it has the drawback of depriving the weak Pawn at c4 of a defender.} (8. e4 e5 9. d5 O-O 10. Bc1) 8... b6 {Black will dispute control of the diagonal.} 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 {White is anxious to exchange Bishops because Black´s has more scope, making (together with f6 Knight) strong pression on e4 square, but a better way to bring about an exchange was by 11.Nd2. The Knight would then exert more influence on the center and also would be a useful protector od the c4 Pawn.} Bxg2 12. Kxg2 ({ Much better would be} 12. Nxg2 {brining the Knight back into play} Nc6 13. e4 Na5 14. Ne3 {with White´s Knight centralized and c4 Pawn defended.}) 12... Qb7+ 13. Kg1 {White gets into dificulties after this. The right move was 13.Nf3.} ( 13. Nf3 Qa6 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Bc1 Rfc8 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Qc2 f5 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Be7 Qxc4 21. d6 Qxc3 22. Qb3 Kf7 23. Rh1) (13. f3 g5 (13... Qa6 $1 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Kg1 Na5 16. Ng2 Nxc4 17. e4) 14. Qd2 (14. Qc1) 14... h6 {and the Knight has no flight square.} 15. Kf2 gxh4 16. Qxh6 Nh7 17. gxh4 Kh8 18. Rg1) 13... Qa6 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Rfd1 (15. dxc5 bxc5 {The threat is 16... Rab8, winning the a3 Bishop, or 16... Ne5, winning the c4 Pawn.} 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. cxb5 Na5) (15. Nf3 Na5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. cxb5 Nc4 18. Bc1 Nd5 {and the c3 Pawn falls.}) 15... Na5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. cxb5 Nc4 $1 {The doubled Pawn has been dissolved, but the weakness of the c4 square remains. Nimzovich anchors his Knight on this vital square and secure new advantages: (1) The Knight is posted aggressively. It attacks the Bishop and drives it back to its original square. (2) The Knight is posted defensively, protecting the d6 and b6 Pawns. (3) The Knight cannot be dislodged by Pawns nor by the Bishop (which operates on black squares only).} 18. Bc1 a6 $1 {Forces opening of the A file: White must capture or loses a Pawn.} 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Ng2 Nd5 { Black´s position is superior: his Knights are centralized, while White´s minor pieces are widely scaterred.} 22. Rd3 (22. Bd2 Rfa8 23. e4 Nf6 24. Ne3 Ne5 25. Kg2 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. f3) 22... Rfa8 23. e4 Ne5 (23... Ne5 24. Rd1 Nxc3 25. Rf1 (25. Rd2 Nf3+) (25. Re1 Nf3+) 25... Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Rxa2 { and White must lose the third Pawn (the e4 one).}) 0-1

White to Play – Mate in 2!

Liren Ding X Jan-Krzysztof Duda - Round 10.1 - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open

[Event "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "2018.10.04"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D24"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Annotator ""] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:09] LiveBook: 1741 Games} b5 {[%emt 0: 00:06] D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Be2 { [%emt 0:00:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qc2 { 1/2-1/2 (61) Mamedyarov,S (2801)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 10... O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} 11. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rb8 $146 {[%emt 0:00:24]} ({ Predecessor:} 11... Nb4 12. Qg4 Re8 13. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (64) Dreev,A (2649) -Grachev,B (2626) Moscow 2018}) 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} f5 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 13. Qg3 {[%emt 0:22:18]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:13:25]} 14. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb4 { [%emt 0:07:25]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 16. axb3 { [%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 17. Bc4 {[%emt 0:15:50]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:17: 50]} 18. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nb4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Ra1 {[%emt 0:04:49]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 20. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Re2 { [%emt 0:04:59]} a5 {[%emt 0:07:59]} 22. d5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} exd5 {[%emt 0:21: 30]} 23. e6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:30]} (23... Rf6 $11) 24. Qh3 { [%emt 0:07:31]} (24. Bf4 $16 Bxf4 25. Qxf4) 24... Qf6 {[%emt 0:04:35]} (24... dxc4 25. Ng5 $16 (25. e7 Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Bxe7 $14)) 25. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} ({ Stronger than} 25. Nxd5 N4xd5 26. Bxd5 (26. Ng5 h6 $19) 26... Nxd5 $17) ({ Of course not} 25. Ng5 h6 $15) 25... dxc4 {[%emt 0:07:17]} 26. Nxd6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} (26. Ng5 $1 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} h6 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. e7) 26... cxd6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} (26... Bxe6 $17 27. Nxc4 (27. Ng5 Bg8 $17) 27... Bxc4 28. bxc4 Rbd8) 27. e7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:10] [#]} (27... Bd7 $1 $14 28. exf8=N Rxf8 29. Bg5 Qg6 $14) 28. Ng5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qg6 { [%emt 0:00:22] [#]} (28... h6 $142 29. Qh5 Bd7 30. Rxd6 N6d5 31. Nf7+ (31. bxc4 $2 Nf4 $19) 31... Kh7) 29. Rxd6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:05] [#]} 30. Qh4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 31. Re1 $2 {[%emt 0:03:14]} (31. Qxf4 $18 Bd7 {[#]} 32. Rf6 $3 (32. bxc4 Na2 $11) 32... gxf6 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Rc2 $1) 31... Bf5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} ({Wrong is} 31... cxb3 $2 32. Rd8 $18) (31... Bd7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 32. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bg6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:55] [#]} (32... Nc6) 33. Rxb8 $1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} ({Worse is } 33. Nxh7 Kg8 $17) 33... Rxb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} ({ Don't go for} 34. Nxh7 $2 Kg8 $19) 34... Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Nf7+ { [%emt 0:00:17]} Bxf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0: 01:39]} 37. e8=Q {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Bg5 $18 {[%emt 0:02: 48]} 1-0

Peter Leko X Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Round 7.1 - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open

[Event "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "2018.10.01"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator ""] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. f3 { [%emt 0:00:08]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00] } 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nbd7 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00] B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. exd5 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:10] LiveBook: 3 Games} (13. O-O a5 14. a4 O-O 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. c4 b6 17. h3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 {1/2-1/2 (49) Carlsen,M (2842)-Vachier Lagrave, M (2779) Biel 2018}) 13... O-O {[%emt 0:03:47] [#]} 14. g4 $146 {[%emt 0:02:15] } ({Predecessor:} 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. g4 Rfc8 16. Rc1 a5 {1/2-1/2 (44) Velilla Velasco,F (2565)-Biedermann,T (2456) ICCF email 2014}) 14... a5 {[%emt 0:03:25] } 15. a4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:07:19]} 16. gxh5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Nxh5 { [%emt 0:01:34]} 17. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:13:19]} 18. h4 {[%emt 0: 48:21]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (18... Rc8 $142) 19. h5 $1 $16 {[%emt 0:18:13]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 20. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (20. Rxh5 $16 gxh5 21. Rg1) 20... Nf4 $1 $14 {[%emt 0:00:00]} ({Not} 20... Bxh6 $2 21. Qxh6 Rfc8 22. c3 $18 ) 21. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:15:24]} (21. Nd4 $5) 21... exf4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 22. Qxf4 { [%emt 0:01:40]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 23. Qe4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nxa4 { [%emt 0:16:42]} 24. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Bxb5 { [%emt 0:02:09]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:32] Black must now prevent Bc6.} a3 {[%emt 0:00:12] Hoping for ...Bxd4.} 27. Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:09] bxa3 is the strong threat.} axb2+ {[%emt 0:12:01]} 28. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. Rb1 $1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:03:37]} 30. c3 $1 { [%emt 0:01:15]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 31. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qxc3+ {[%emt 0: 00:04]} 32. Kd1 {[%emt 0:02:27]} (32. Ke2 $16 Bxd4 33. Qd3) 32... Qc1+ $2 { [%emt 0:02:07]} (32... Bxd4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 33. Bc6 Rb8) 33. Ke2 $18 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 35. Nc6 $2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} (35. Rh4 $1 $18 Re8+ 36. Kf2) 35... Re8+ $11 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:14] And now Kg3 would win.} Qf4 $1 { [%emt 0:00:29]} 37. Rbe1 $2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} (37. Rh3 $11) 37... Rxe1 $19 { [%emt 0:00:12]} 38. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qh2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Kf1 { [%emt 0:00:22]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:00] Black has strong compensation.} 40. Kf2 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Qh2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kf1 {[%emt 0:15:35] [#]} Bf6 $1 { [%emt 0:08:19] ( -> ...Bh4)} 42. Rd1 {[%emt 0:09:49] [#]} Bh4 $1 {[%emt 0:01: 16]} 43. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bg3 $40 {[%emt 0:01:09] White is in trouble.} 44. Nb4 {[%emt 0:05:55] [#]} b1=Q $1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 45. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 46. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxb1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Nd3 { [%emt 0:00:20]} Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:03: 40]} 49. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:24] [#]} Bh4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 50. f4 $2 {[%emt 0: 00:38]} (50. Qe2 {might work better.} Qa5 51. Qe4) (50. Qxh4 Qxd3+) 50... Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 51. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} 52. Kf1 { [%emt 0:00:14]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 53. Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00: 20]} 54. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 55. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (55. Qe3 $142) 55... g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:01: 57]} 57. Qh1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 58. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 59. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 60. Qb2+ { [%emt 0:00:10]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Qh2+ {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} 62. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} ({Black should try} 62... f5 $19 63. Kf2 g3+ 64. Kf1 Qh5) 63. Qg2 $2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} (63. Nf2 $17) 63... Bb6+ {[%emt 0:02:02]} 64. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 65. Ne1 { [%emt 0:00:33]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 66. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01: 27]} 67. Ke3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} (67. f5 Qh5+ 68. Ke3) 67... Bb6+ {[%emt 0:00: 15] Black is clearly winning.} 68. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 69. Kc3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 70. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxf4 { [%emt 0:00:39]} 71. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:24] Precision: White = 61%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

Fabiano Caruana X Viswanathan Anand - Round 4.1 - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open

[Event "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "2018.09.27"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E03"] [WhiteElo "2827"] [BlackElo "2771"] [Annotator ""] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate ""] [TimeControl "60"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 6. Qxc4 { [%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:32] LiveBook: 46 Games} 7. Be3 $146 {[%emt 0:00: 00] E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4} ({Predecessor:} 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nf3 b5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Bc6 13. O-O d4 14. Bf4 Qd5 15. f3 d3 16. exd3 Qxc5+ 17. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Kg2 Bd4 19. Nc3 Kd7 20. Rae1 {1/2-1/2 (20) Giri,A (2752)-Anand,V (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7... Bd6 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 8. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:22]} 9. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} e5 { [%emt 0:06:24]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:01:23]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 11. dxe5 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:05:56]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 14. Nf4 {[%emt 0:09:03]} c6 { [%emt 0:00:19]} 15. Bd4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} g5 {[%emt 0:15:04]} 16. Nd3 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 17. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:11:59]} Be5 {[%emt 0:06:19]} ({ But not} 17... Bf5 $2 18. Bxf6 Bxd3 19. Bxe7 $18) 18. Qd2 {[%emt 0:18:56]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:14:38]} 19. e4 {[%emt 0:06:06]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 20. f4 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:06:25]} (20... Bxd4+ $11 21. Rxd4 Rad8) 21. Bxe5 { [%emt 0:06:04]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 22. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({Much worse is } 22. Qxf4 $6 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Kg7 $11) 22... Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:20] [#]} 23. Kh1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:08:22]} 24. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0: 00:00] [#]} 25. Rg3 $1 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:22] [#]} 26. Qe3 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 1-0

Emilio C. L. Tafani

White to Play – Mate in 2!

White to Play – Mate in 2!

White to Play – Mate in 2!

One of The Bests Ever

karpov 1970s

White to Play – Mate in 2!

Hes 16 years old here. Guess who.

White to Play – Mate in 2!

White to Play - Mate in 2!

Sinquefield Cup 2018

[Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2842"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 g6 5. h4 h6 6. h5 g5 7. Nh2 Nf6 8. d3 d6 9. Nf1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Ne3 Bg7 12. Ncd5 O-O 13. c3 Rb8 14. a4 a6 15. g4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bb3 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. O-O Qb7 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. c4 b4 22. b3 Nd7 23. Qe2 Rbd8 24. Nc2 Nb8 25. Be3 Nc6 26. Kg2 Rf7 27. Ra4 Rdf8 28. Bg1 Bf6 29. Rfa1 Bd8 30. Ra8 Rxf3 31. Qxf3 Rxf3 32. Kxf3 Kg7 33. Ke2 Bb6 34. R8a6 Kf7 35. Ra8 Kg7 36. R8a6 Kf7 37. Ra8 Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Grischuk, A."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2822"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. Nc3 Ng8 9. Nd5 f5 10. h3 fxe4 11. dxe4 Nf6 12. a5 a6 13. Ra3 Be6 14. Nxf6 Bxc4 15. Nd5 Bb5 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nd2 Nd8 18. c4 Bc6 19. Qg4 Ne6 20. b4 Rae8 21. Nf3 Bd8 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Nd4 24. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxd7 26. Kg2 Rf7 27. Rh1 Ref8 28. Bc1 c6 29. Nb6 Be6 30. Rd1 Bxb6 31. axb6 Rf6 32. Rad3 Bxc4 33. Rxd6 Rxf3 34. Be3 R3f7 35. R1d2 Kh7 36. Rd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Rf7 38. Rc7 Be6 39. Bd2 g6 40. Bc3 g5 41. Bxe5 Kg8 42. f3 Bb3 43. Kf2 Be6 44. Ke3 Kf8 45. f4 gxf4+ 46. Bxf4 Ke8 47. Bxh6 Bg4 48. Bf4 Bxh5 49. Rc8+ Kd7 50. Rh8 Bg4 51. Bc7 Rf3+ 52. Kd4 Rh3 53. Rb8 c5+ 54. bxc5 Kc6 55. Bd6 Bd7 56. Ke5 Rh6 57. Rg8 a5 58. Kf4 a4 59. Ra8 Rh4+ 60. Ke3 Kb5 61. e5 Bc6 62. Kd3 Rh3+ 63. Kd2 Rh2+ 64. Kd3 Rh3+ 65. Kd2 Rh2+ 66. Kd3 Rh3+ 67. Kd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Mamedyarov, S."] [Black "So, W."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. h4 g6 9. Nc3 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. h5 g5 12. Bxc4 Qa5 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. Rxc3 Nxc5 17. Ne5 b6 18. f4 Ne4 19. Rd3 Ng3 20. Rf3 Ne4 21. Rd4 Bb7 22. f5 Nf6 23. Rf1 Rae8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Ng6 Rf7 26. Ne5 Rff8 27. Rd6 Bd5 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxf6 Rxe5 31. Rxh6 Rxe3 32. Rg6+ Kh7 33. Rxg5 Re2 34. Rxd5 Rxb2 35. Kh2 Rxa2 36. Kh3 a5 37. g4 a4 38. g5 a3 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. g6+ Kh6 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Ra7 Ra1 47. Kg2 Rc1 48. h6 Rc8 49. Rxa3 b5 50. Ra7 Rb8 51. Kg3 1-0 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Nakamura, Hi"] [Black "Anand, V."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 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. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bb5 Rc8 15. Rc1 h6 16. b4 Re8 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 d4 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Qe2 Qg5 26. Rd1 Qxg3 27. Rxd4 Qc7 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. g3 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. b3 h4 17. Bc1 a5 18. Ne2 Bd5 19. Ne1 Be6 20. Nf4 Bc8 21. Nf3 Rh6 22. Nh2 Rh8 23. Ng4 Nh6 24. Ne3 Nf5 25. Nc4 g5 26. Ne2 b6 27. Nd2 Ng7 28. Ne4 Ne6 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 Rg8 31. f3 Rg6 32. Bb2 Bd7 33. Nc1 c5 34. Be5 Kd8 35. Nd3 Kc8 36. Bb2 Be8 37. Re1 Rg8 38. Re4 Kd8 39. Kf2 Nf8 40. Ne5 Nh7 41. f4 Rh8 42. Nf3 gxf4 43. Rxf4 Nf8 44. Rxh4 Rxh4 45. Nxh4 Bc6 46. Ke3 Kd7 47. g4 Ng6 48. Nxg6 fxg6 49. Be5 b5 50. Bxc7 a4 51. Bb6 axb3 52. cxb3 g5 53. Bxc5 Ke6 54. Bd4 Bg2 55. h4 gxh4 56. Kf4 Kf7 57. g5 h3 58. Kg3 Kg6 59. Be3 Kf7 60. Bd2 Kg6 61. a4 bxa4 62. bxa4 Kf7 63. a5 Bf1 64. Bf4 Kg6 65. Kg4 Kf7 66. Kf5 Bd3+ 67. Ke5 Be2 68. Kd6 Bd3 69. Kc5 1-0 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Aronian, L."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2822"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. Bg2 a6 9. a4 c5 10. axb5 c4 11. Qd1 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. O-O Be7 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 b4 16. Bb2 Nbd7 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Ra1 Qb8 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8 21. e4 h5 22. Nd3 h4 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Qb5 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Nxd3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Nb6 28. Kf3 Nfd7 29. Nb3 Nc4 30. Bc1 e5 31. dxe5 Ncxe5+ 32. Nxe5 Nxe5+ 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. f4 Ng4 35. Kf3 Nh2+ 36. Kg2 Ng4 37. Kf3 Nh2+ 38. Kg2 Ng4 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Grischuk, A."] [Black "Mamedyarov, S."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C17"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nb5 Bb6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Nge7 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Qg3 f6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Nbxd4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Nf3 e4 17. Ne5 Kg8 18. Qxg6 Qe7 19. Ng4 Bd7 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Nh7+ Kg8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Nh7+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "175"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. d4 dxc4 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Qa4 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bd4 Rd8 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. O-O Bh3 20. Rfe1 Rd7 21. Bc3 Re8 22. Rd4 Qg5 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Be6 25. Red1 Rde7 26. f3 h5 27. Kf2 f6 28. Rd4 Kh7 29. R1d2 Bf7 30. h3 a6 31. Rf4 Kg8 32. Bd4 Kh7 33. Bc3 Kg8 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Kh7 36. Rf5 Rb7 37. Rfxd5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Kg6 39. Rc5 Rh8 40. Kg3 Rb6 41. Rxc4 Rh1 42. Rc7 Rc1 43. Rd7 Rc6 44. a4 Rg1+ 45. Kf2 Ra1 46. a5 Ra4 47. Kg3 Rac4 48. Ra7 Re6 49. e4 Rc8 50. Rd7 Rec6 51. f4 R8c7 52. f5+ Kh7 53. Rd8 Rc8 54. Rd3 Re8 55. Rd4 Rc7 56. Kf4 Rce7 57. Rc4 Kh6 58. Kf3 Rd7 59. Bd4 Kh7 60. b4 Rd6 61. Ke3 Kh6 62. Rc1 Kh7 63. Bb6 Rd7 64. Bc5 Red8 65. Rh1+ Kg8 66. Kf4 Re8 67. Re1 g5+ 68. fxg6 Kg7 69. g5 Kxg6 70. gxf6 Kxf6 71. Rh1 Rf7 72. Ke3 Ke6 73. Rh4 Rf6 74. Rh7 Rf7 75. Rh5 Kd7 76. e5 Rf1 77. Ke4 Kc6 78. Rh6+ Kb5 79. Rb6+ Kc4 80. e6 Re1+ 81. Kf5 Rf1+ 82. Ke5 Re1+ 83. Kf6 Rf1+ 84. Kg7 Ra8 85. e7 Re1 86. Kf7 Re4 87. Rd6 Rh8 88. Rxa6 1-0 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, V."] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 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. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Bd3 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Be1 O-O-O 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Qb6 21. Nce2 Kb8 22. Qg2 g6 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. axb4 a5 26. Rh3 Rc8 27. Qh2 axb4 28. Rh8 Qa7 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Kb1 Nd2+ 31. Kc1 Nf1 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. Kb1 Nd2+ 34. Kc1 Ne4 35. Kb1 Nd2+ 36. Kc1 Ne4 37. Kb1 Nd2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.19"] [Round "2"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Qc8 13. Ne2 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. f3 Qb7 16. Rc1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Kf2 Rab8 19. Qxc5 Qxb2 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qd4 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qe7 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Qc5+ 26. Qd4 Qc7 27. h3 Nd7 28. Qc3 Qb6+ 29. Qd4 Qc7 30. Qc3 Qb6+ 31. Qd4 Qc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2842"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 h6 8. b4 Ba7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Qc2 c6 16. h3 Qc7 17. Be3 d5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Rad1 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qc7 23. Nf5 Rae8 24. Qd3 Qf4 25. g3 Qc7 26. a5 Rxe3 27. Nxe3 Qc6 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qxc3 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qd5 Qxb4 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Mamedyarov, S."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2822"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Rad1 h6 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. f4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qc3 Rb5 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxb2 22. d5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Qf5 24. a4 Rfb8 25. Rb5 c5 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Qd5 Rd8 28. Qc4 Rb8 29. Qd5 Rd8 30. Qc4 a5 31. h3 h5 32. Rc1 Rd3 33. Kf2 Qg6 34. g3 Qf5 35. Rb1 Ra3 36. Rb3 Rxb3 37. Qxb3 Qxh3 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qc7 Qe6 40. Qxa5 h4 41. gxh4 Bxh4+ 42. Ke2 Qc4+ 43. Kd2 Qa2+ 44. Kd1 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 c4 46. Qc3 Qe4 47. Kd1 Qf3+ 48. Kc1 Bg3 49. Qd2 c3 50. Qd4 Be1 51. Qd3+ g6 52. Kc2 Qg2+ 53. Kd1 Qh1 54. Kc2 Qc6 55. Kd1 Bg3 56. Qd4 Qf3+ 57. Kc2 Be1 58. Qd3 Qc6 59. Kd1 Bg3 60. Qd4 Qf3+ 61. Kc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "So, W."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 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 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bh2 Rh6 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Bxc7 Rc8 20. Ba5 c5 21. Nc3 Rc6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rhe6 24. Kf1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Rd6 26. Rxd6 Bxd6 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 c4 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. Ke3 Bc5+ 31. Ke4 Ke6 32. f3 b5 33. Ba5 f6 34. b3 cxb3 35. cxb3 Bf2 36. a4 Bc5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Bd2 Bb6 39. f4 gxf4 40. Bxf4 Bc5 41. Bd2 Bb6 42. Bf4 Bc5 43. Bd2 Bb6 44. Bf4 Bc5 45. Bd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Nakamura, Hi"] [Black "Grischuk, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "178"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Re8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ng3 Bf7 17. c4 Bb4 18. Re2 Bf8 19. b3 c5 20. Qe1 a5 21. Rd1 a4 22. Nd2 Qd7 23. Nb1 axb3 24. axb3 Bg6 25. f3 Rad8 26. Qf2 Qc6 27. Red2 Nd7 28. Nc3 h6 29. Kh1 Kh8 30. Nb5 Bh7 31. Ra2 f5 32. Bc1 Nf6 33. Nc3 Qb7 34. Rb2 g5 35. Rb1 Qc6 36. Bb2 Kg8 37. Nf1 Nh5 38. Nd5 Qd6 39. Ng3 c6 40. Nc3 Nf4 41. Qf1 Nxd3 42. Nce2 Qe6 43. Bc3 Rd6 44. Rd2 Red8 45. Rbd1 Bg6 46. Nc1 Nxc1 47. Rxd6 Bxd6 48. Rxc1 Rb8 49. Ra1 Rxb3 50. Ra8+ Rb8 51. Ra6 Bf8 52. Qe2 Bg7 53. Ra7 Re8 54. h4 gxh4 55. Nf1 f4 56. Nd2 Re7 57. Rxe7 Qxe7 58. Ne4 Bf7 59. Kh2 h3 60. gxh3 Qe6 61. Qg2 Kh7 62. Qc2 Kh8 63. Qb2 Kh7 64. Qc2 Qg6 65. Qe2 Be6 66. Qf1 Bf5 67. Qe2 Qh5 68. Nf2 Qh4 69. Ne4 Qxh3+ 70. Kg1 Qh5 71. Be1 Bxe4 72. Qxe4+ Qg6+ 73. Kh2 Qxe4 74. fxe4 Kg6 75. Kh3 Kh5 76. Bh4 f3 77. Bf2 Bf6 78. Be1 Bg5 79. Bf2 Be7 80. Be1 Bd8 81. Bg3 Kg5 82. Bxe5 Bf6 83. Bd6 f2 84. Kg2 Bd4 85. Kf1 Kg4 86. Ke2 h5 87. Kf1 h4 88. Bh2 h3 89. Ke2 Be3 0-1 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, V."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Bxg2 c5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxb2 22. Bf1 Be2 23. Rac1 g6 24. R1c2 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Re8 27. Rc5 f6 28. Rc6 Rxe5 29. Rxa6 Kg7 30. Ra7+ Kh6 31. Rc7 Re4 32. Rc6 Rxa4 33. Rxf6 Rh4 34. Kg2 Rg4+ 35. Kf1 Rh4 36. Kg2 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Rh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, V."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2842"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. a4 Ne8 13. Nh2 Nc7 14. Ng4 f6 15. f3 Ne6 16. h4 Nd4 17. h5 g5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Ne2 Kh8 20. Ng3 Rad8 21. Kf2 Qe7 22. Qd1 c4 23. dxc4 f5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Ngxf5 Bxf5 26. Qe2 g4 27. Kg1 gxf3 28. Qxf3 Bxc2 29. Qg3 Bd3 30. Rh4 Rd4 31. Rg4 Rxg4 32. Nxg4 e4 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34. Nxe5 Kg7 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Nxc6 Re8 37. Kf2 e3+ 38. Ke1 Bxc4 39. Rd4 Bf7 40. g4 a5 41. b4 axb4 42. Rxb4 Be6 43. g5 Bf7 44. h6+ Kg6 45. Rb5 Ba2 46. Re5 Rxe5 47. Nxe5+ Kxg5 48. Nd7 Bb3 49. Nxb6 Bxa4 50. Nxa4 Kxh6 51. Nc3 e2 52. Nxe2 Kg5 53. Ng3 h5 54. Nxh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Mamedyarov, S."] [Black "Aronian, L."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. h3 Qb7 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Ra8 17. Qb1 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 bxc5 19. bxc5 h6 20. Qb1 Qa8 21. Qa2 Qb7 22. Qb1 Qa8 23. Qa2 Qb7 24. Qb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2822"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O-O Ng4 15. Rd2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Rhd1 a5 18. Kb1 h6 19. Ka1 Rb4 20. Qc2 Rb8 21. Qe4 Bb7 22. Qd4 Ba8 23. e4 Rfc8 24. Qf2 Bc6 25. Qc5 Be8 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rd6 Kf8 28. Ra6 Rc5 29. Ra7 Rbc8 30. Kb1 Rh5 31. h4 Re5 32. Kc2 g5 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. Rb7 Kg6 35. Kd2 f5 36. hxg5 fxe4 37. Ke3 Bc6 38. Re7 Rxg5 39. Rxe6+ Kg7 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Rd1 Kf6 42. Ra7 Ke6 43. Rh1 h5 44. g4 Be8 45. gxh5 Bxh5 46. Nxe4 Rf5 47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. Nd6 Re5+ 49. Kd4 1-0 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Grischuk, A."] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 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. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Bd3 h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. Rhg1 Qb6 18. Kb1 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Rxg4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 Rb8 22. Na2 Qa4 23. Nc3 Qb4 24. Na2 Qa4 25. Nc3 Qb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.21"] [Round "4"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. f3 Nc5 13. Qd2 a5 14. b3 d6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. h4 h5 19. e4 Ne5 20. Rae1 a4 21. b4 a3 22. Ba1 f6 23. Rc1 Be6 24. Rc2 Ra4 25. c5 Rb8 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Bc3 c5 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Ba1 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Rd8 33. Rd3 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Qd7 35. Qxd7 Bxd7 36. Bc3 Be6 37. Bd2 Bxa2 38. Bc1 c4 39. Bxa3 c3 40. Ke3 Bc4 41. Kd4 Bf1 42. g3 Bg2 43. Kxc3 Bxf3 44. Kd4 Bg4 45. Kd5 Bf3 46. Kd4 Bg4 47. Kd5 Bf3 48. Kd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "So, W."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D42"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. exd4 Bb7 13. Be4 Qd6 14. g3 Bf6 15. Bg5 Qe7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne5 Rfc8 18. Qb5 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qd7 Nc5 21. dxc5 Qxe5 22. c6 h5 23. Rd6 Qxb2 24. Rad1 Qc2 25. h4 Rd8 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kh7 28. R8d7 a5 29. c7 b5 30. R1d2 Qc1+ 31. Rd1 Qc2 32. R1d4 f6 33. Rd2 Qc1+ 34. Rd1 Qc2 35. R1d6 Qb1+ 36. Rd1 Qc2 37. R1d6 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Qc2 40. Rd2 Qc3 41. R2d6 Qc2 42. Rd2 Qc3 43. Re2 e5 44. Red2 b4 45. R2d6 Kg6 46. Kg2 Qc2 47. Re7 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2822"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be5 14. Be2 Qa4 15. b3 Qa5 16. f4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 g6 18. h5 Qc5 19. Qd2 Rhe8 20. Bf3 Bf5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rh7 Re7 23. g4 Bd7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Re8 26. Qd2 Qe3 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Rh8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Kc1 b6 31. g5 Kd8 32. Kd2 Bd7 33. Be4 Ke7 34. Ke3 Be6 35. c4 c5 36. Kf3 Bd7 37. Ke3 Be6 38. Kf3 Bd7 39. Ke3 Be6 40. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Nakamura, Hi"] [Black "Mamedyarov, S."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf5 13. Nd2 Re8 14. g4 Bg6 15. e3 Bb6 16. Qb3 Re7 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. a4 Rc8 19. Rac1 h6 20. Qa2 Bc7 21. Nb3 b6 22. Qd2 f5 23. c4 Bxf4 24. exf4 d4 25. Bd5+ Bf7 26. Qe2 fxg4 27. hxg4 Qf6 28. Qf3 Rdd8 29. Nd2 Rf8 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Ng3 Qf6 32. Ne4 Qe7 33. Ng3 Qf6 34. Nf5 Kh8 35. Bxf7 Rxf7 36. c5 Rcc7 37. cxb6 axb6 38. Re1 Rf8 39. Qe4 g6 40. Nxd4 Qxd4 41. Qxd4+ Nxd4 42. Rxc7 Nf3+ 43. Kf1 Nxe1 44. Kxe1 Rxf4 45. Rc6 Kg7 46. Rxb6 Rxa4 47. f3 g5 48. Rb7+ Kg6 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. Rb7+ Kg6 51. Rb6+ Kg7 52. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Anand, V."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 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. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 d4 15. b5 Na5 16. exd4 Qf6 17. Be3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Nb3 21. Rab1 Nxd4 22. Kg2 Ne6 23. Bf5 Bxe3 24. Bxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bb6 26. Bb3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. f4 Kf8 29. f5 a6 30. b6 Bxb6 31. Bd5 Bc5 32. Bxb7 Bxa3 33. Bxa6 Bb2 34. Bf1 Ba3 35. Ba6 Bb2 36. Bf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Grischuk, A."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 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 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bh2 Be7 14. Nd4 Nf8 15. a4 a5 16. Nce2 h5 17. e6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxc7 Bd8 20. Bd6 f6 21. Nd4 Bc8 22. h4 Kf7 23. f3 g5 24. Bg3 Bb6 25. Bf2 Re8 26. Rd2 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Bf5 28. Rd2 Rad8 29. Rad1 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Re5 31. Kf1 Rd5 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. b3 gxh4 34. Bxh4 c5 35. Bg3 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 Kd7 37. Bh4 Ke6 38. Bg3 Kd7 39. Bh4 Ke6 40. Bg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Grischuk, A."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2842"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bf5 10. Nfd2 Nxa6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Nc4 Nc2 13. g4 Nxg4 14. e4 Nxa1 15. exf5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nf6 17. Qe2 Re8 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Rxa1 Qf5 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qf3 Qh4 23. Qe4 Qf6 24. Qf3 Qh4 25. Qe4 Qf6 26. Qd3 Reb8 27. a3 Rb3 28. Rc1 Ra4 29. Qc2 Qf4 30. Qxb3 Qxc1+ 31. Bf1 Qg5+ 32. Bg2 Qc1+ 33. Bf1 Qg5+ 34. Bg2 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Mamedyarov, S."] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Bb5 c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 c5 11. Qxd7 Bxd7 12. Rb1 b6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. O-O Ba4 15. Rfc1 e6 16. h3 Nd7 17. Ba6 Bc6 18. Nd2 Nb8 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Na6 21. e5 Nc7 22. Rbb1 Nd5 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Ne4 h6 25. Bd2 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rad8 27. g4 g5 28. Rc4 Nf4 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Rbb4 f3 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. exf6 Kh7 33. Kh2 Kg6 34. Kg3 Rd6 35. Rc7 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxa7 Kxf6 38. Rb7 Ra4 39. Rxb6 Rxa2 40. Kxf3 Ra3+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 Ra2 44. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2822"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Bg5 a5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qd8 13. Qxc4 a4 14. Nd2 Na5 15. Qb4 Ra7 16. Rab1 b6 17. e3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qb5 Qa8 20. c4 Rd8 21. Rfc1 e5 22. d5 Nb8 23. c5 Ra5 24. Qb2 Qxd5 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Nc4 Rc5 27. Qxb6 f6 28. Rd1 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kg2 1-0 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Nakamura, Hi"] [Black "Aronian, L."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 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 Qd8 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 e4 12. dxe4 Qe7 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Rac1 Rad8 15. h3 Bc8 16. a3 Rde8 17. e5 h6 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Ne7 20. Rxc7 Nd5 21. Rc5 Nxe3 22. Rfc1 Rd8 23. R1c3 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Bf5 25. Rc7 Be4 26. Kf2 Rfe8 27. R3c4 Bxf3 28. Kxf3 Rxe5 29. Rxb7 Rd2 30. e3 g5 31. Rd4 Rc2 32. Rdd7 Rf5+ 33. Ke4 Rf6 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Rxa7 Re6+ 36. Kf3 Rf6+ 37. Ke4 Re6+ 38. Kd3 Rg2 39. g4 Rg3 40. Rbb7 Rexe3+ 41. Kc2 Ref3 42. a4 Rxh3 43. a5 Rh4 44. a6 Rxg4 45. Ra8 Ra4 46. a7 g4 47. Rc8 g3 48. a8=Q Rxa8 49. Rxa8 h5 50. Rbb8 Kf6 51. Rg8 h4 52. Ra6+ Ke7 53. Rh6 Rf2+ 54. Kd3 Rh2 55. Ke4 g2 56. Ke5 h3 57. Rc6 f6+ 58. Kd5 Kf7 59. Rg3 Rh1 60. Rc7+ Kf8 61. Rc8+ Kf7 62. Rc7+ Kf8 63. Ke6 Re1+ 64. Kxf6 Rf1+ 65. Ke6 Re1+ 66. Kf6 Rf1+ 67. Ke6 Re1+ 68. Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.24"] [Round "6"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Anand, V."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 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. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bb1 d4 15. Qd3 Bg6 16. e4 Re8 17. Re1 Qe7 18. Qb5 f6 19. Nh4 Bf7 20. Nf5 Qc5 21. Qe2 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Bd3 Bg6 24. Qd2 Bxf5 25. exf5 Qd5 26. Qc2 Kf8 27. Re6 Rxe6 28. fxe6 g6 29. Re1 Re8 30. Bc4 d3 31. Qxd3 Qxd3 32. Bxd3 Ke7 33. Bc4 Rd8 34. Re2 Ba5 35. b4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Bc7+ 37. g3 Rc1 38. Ba2 Rc3 39. a4 Bd6 40. b5 Ra3 41. Bd5 b6 42. Ra2 Rxa2 43. Bxa2 f5 44. Kg2 Be5 45. g4 fxg4 46. hxg4 h5 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Kh3 Bf6 49. Bc4 Kd6 50. Kg3 Ke7 51. Kf4 h4 52. Kg4 Kd6 53. f3 Ke7 54. f4 Kd6 55. Kf5 Ke7 56. Bf1 Ba1 57. Bh3 Bf6 58. Bg4 Ba1 59. Ke4 Kd6 60. Bh3 Bb2 61. Kd3 Bf6 62. Kc4 Be7 63. Kd4 Bf6+ 64. Kc4 Be7 65. Kd4 Bf6+ 66. Kc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2822"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. Kb1 Rfe8 12. h4 Bf8 13. h5 h6 14. Be2 Bg4 15. Nh2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Ne5 17. Bc1 Qc6 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qe4 20. g4 Ne3 21. Rde1 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Nd5 23. Reg1 Re6 24. g5 Ne7 25. gxh6 Rxh6 26. f5 Rh7 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. f6 Ng8 29. fxg7+ Rxg7 30. Be3 c5 31. Bf4 Re8 32. Ne3 Rxg1+ 33. Rxg1 Re6 34. Nd5 Nf6 35. Nc7 Re2 36. Nb5 Re6 37. Rf1 Kg8 38. Nc7 Re2 39. Nb5 Re6 40. Nc7 Re2 41. Nb5 Re6 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "So, W."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 13. e3 Nbd7 14. Kh1 Ra6 15. Rg1 Rb6 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Qc2 f5 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qc3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nf6 21. Qxa5 Rxb2 22. Rg2 Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qc3 Rb6 25. a5 Rb5 26. Rg5 Rf6 27. Qc2 g6 28. h4 Qe7 29. h5 Qe4+ 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Rgg1 c5 32. dxc5 Rxc5 33. Rab1 Rxa5 34. Rxb7 Rfa6 35. Rbb1 Kg7 36. Kg2 Ra7 37. Rh1 h6 38. Kg3 R5a6 39. Kh4 gxh5 40. Kxh5 Rg6 41. Rhg1 Rxg1 42. Rxg1+ Kh7 43. Rg6 Ra1 44. Rxh6+ Kg7 45. Rb6 Rg1 46. Kh4 Kf7 47. Kh3 Rg8 48. Kh2 Ke7 49. Rh6 Kf7 50. Rh3 Kf6 51. Rg3 Rh8+ 52. Kg2 Ra8 53. Rh3 Rg8+ 54. Kf1 Ra8 55. Rh6+ Ke7 56. Rc6 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, V."] [Black "Grischuk, A."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 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 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5 15. Qc2 a5 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. Qb3 Rd8 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxb7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 dxc3 23. bxc3 Qd6 24. Qb5 g6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Qb4 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Mamedyarov, S."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 g5 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. O-O-O Nfd7 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Kb1 b5 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Bb7 17. g5 Qb6 18. Rh7 O-O-O 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Rf1 Rg7 21. Rxg7 Bxg7 22. g6 Nxg6 23. Rxf7 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nge5 25. Rf2 Qb4 26. Be3 Nc4 27. Bc1 Kb8 28. Nd1 Rc8 29. b3 Na3+ 30. Bxa3 Qxa3 31. Bh3 Nc5 32. e5 Be4 33. Qe3 Nd3 34. Rf7 Qc5 35. Qxc5 Nxc5 36. exd6 Rd8 37. Nc3 Rxd6 38. Kb2 Bc6 39. a3 Nb7 40. Rh7 Nc5 41. Rh6 Kc7 42. b4 Ne4 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. Bxe6 Nxc3 45. Kxc3 Kb6 46. Kd4 a5 47. Bd5 Be8 48. bxa5+ Kxa5 49. Kc5 Bg6 50. c3 Bd3 51. Bc6 Be2 52. Bd7 Bd3 53. Bc6 Be2 54. Bd7 Bd3 55. Bc6 Be2 56. Bd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bxd3 11. Re1 e4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Rxe4 Rd1+ 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 a6 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Nd3 Ba7 19. a5 Re8 20. Kf1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Ra3 Nf6 23. Bf3 c6 24. Rb3 Re7 25. Rb4 h6 26. h4 Kf8 27. g4 Nd5 28. Ra4 Bb8 29. g5 hxg5 30. Bxg5 f6 31. Bd2 Rd7 32. h5 f5 33. Rh4 Kg8 34. c4 Nf6 35. Bc3 Kh7 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. h6 Be5 38. Bg2 Kg6 39. h7 Rxh7 40. Rxh7 Kxh7 41. b4 Bc3 42. b5 axb5 43. cxb5 cxb5 44. Bxb7 Bxa5 45. Ke2 b4 46. Kd3 b3 47. Bd5 b2 48. Kc2 Bc3 49. f3 Be5 50. Kb1 f4 51. Ba8 Kh8 52. Bd5 Kg7 53. Ba8 Kh8 54. Bd5 Kg7 55. Ba8 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Anand, V."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2822"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 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. a3 g6 14. Rc1 Bf6 15. b4 Qe7 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. h3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qd2 a5 20. bxa5 Bxf4 21. exf4 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qd6 23. Rfb1 Qf6 24. Ra2 Rd6 25. Rc2 Rc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Qb4 Qd8 28. Ra1 Ba6 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. f5 d4 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rd1 Rxa5 33. Rxd4 Rd5 34. Re4 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Re7 Rd2 38. Rc7 Rxf2 39. Rxc6 Ra2 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Mamedyarov, S."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2842"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 a5 7. b3 a4 8. Ba3 axb3 9. axb3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. e3 Bf5 12. Qe2 Na6 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qb5 Rb8 18. Qc4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qd3 20. Rac1 Qxc4 21. Rxc4 b5 22. Rc6 Ra8 23. Rfc1 Nb8 24. Rc8 Kf8 25. Bb4 Na6 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Ba5 Ke8 28. Rc6 Kd7 29. Rb6 Nc5 30. b4 Nd3 31. e6+ fxe6 32. Rxb5 Rc8 33. Rb7+ Kd6 34. b5 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. Kg1 g5 37. Rb8 Rb2 38. Rd8+ Kc5 39. b6 Rb5 40. Kg2 g4 41. h3 h5 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Bc3 e5 44. Rg8 Kc4 45. Rc8+ Kd5 46. Rd8+ Kc5 47. Rc8+ Kxb6 48. Rb8+ Kc5 49. Rxb5+ Kxb5 50. Kf1 Ka4 51. Ke2 e6 52. Kf1 Kb3 53. Ba5 Kc2 54. Ke2 Nc1+ 55. Ke1 Nd3+ 56. Ke2 Nc1+ 57. Ke1 Nd3+ 58. Ke2 Nc1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Aronian, L."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 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. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Ne2 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd4 a6 14. Bf4 c5 15. Ne2 Bf5 16. c4 Rd8 17. Nc3 Rd7 18. Be3 b6 19. Nd5 Kd8 20. g3 Be7 21. a3 Bc2 22. Rd2 Bb3 23. Rc1 a5 24. Rc3 a4 25. e6 fxe6 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27. Bg5+ Ke8 28. Rcd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rf8 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Bd8 Bxc4 33. Bxc7 b5 34. Bd6+ Kf7 35. Bxc5 e5 36. f3 Bd5 37. Kf2 g6 38. Bb4 Bc6 39. Bc5 Bd5 40. Bb4 Bc6 41. Bc5 Bb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Grischuk, A."] [Black "So, W."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A02"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. b3 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. c4 d5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. d3 d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 cxd4 15. Na3 Nd7 16. Nc2 Nc5 17. f5 Qd7 18. g4 b5 19. Ba3 a5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Rae1 bxc4 22. bxc4 gxf5 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Rxf5 Qxf5 25. Qf3 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Rg1 Qh6 28. Qd5 Qd2 29. Nxd4 Qxa2 30. Qe4 Qb2 31. Nf5 Be5 32. Rg2 Qc1+ 33. Rg1 Qb2 34. Rg2 Qc1+ 35. Rg1 Qb2 36. Rg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Nakamura, Hi"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. e4 Re8 11. a4 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Bb7 14. a5 bxa5 15. d6 Bf8 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bd5 Ne5 21. d7 Qxd7 22. Rxa5 Rbd8 23. Bxe5 Bb4 24. Ra4 a5 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxc4 Ra8 29. Ra1 Kf8 30. Raa4 Ra7 31. Rc8+ Ke7 32. c4 Re5 33. h4 Kd6 34. Kg2 h5 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rc8 g6 37. Rb8 Kd6 38. Rb6+ Kc5 39. Rb5+ Kd6 40. Rb6+ Kc5 41. Rb5+ Kd6 42. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.27"] [Round "9"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2822"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nf4 O-O-O 10. Qxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O-O Ng6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g5 16. h3 c6 17. c4 Be6 18. Bf3 d5 19. d3 f6 20. Rhe1 Bf7 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Re8+ Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Re1 Bc5 26. f3 Re8 27. Re4 Kd7 28. Kc2 Bd6 29. a4 a6 30. Bc3 b5 31. Bb2 Re6 32. Bc3 Re8 33. Bb2 Re6 34. Bc3 Re8 35. Bb2 Re6 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "193"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Qe2 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. b3 h6 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. h3 Rfc8 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Rd2 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Rxb6 22. Rcd1 Bf6 23. Rd7 Qa6 24. Qe4 e5 25. Bxh6 Re8 26. Qg4 Qxa2 27. e4 Qxb3 28. Be3 Rb7 29. R7d6 Be7 30. R6d5 Bf8 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Qe6 33. Qe2 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Rd5 Qc7 36. Qd2 Ra8 37. Rd7 Qc4 38. f3 Qc5+ 39. Kh2 Qc6 40. Rd6 Qc5 41. Ra6 Qe7 42. Qe3 Kh7 43. Kg3 Qb7 44. Qa3 f6 45. Kh2 Qc7 46. Qa1 Qb7 47. Qa5 Qd7 48. Qa2 Qe7 49. Qf2 Qb7 50. Qa2 Qe7 51. Qd5 Rb8 52. Qa5 Rb7 53. Qe1 Qd7 54. Qh4+ Kg8 55. Qf2 Qf7 56. Qa2 Qxa2 57. Rxa2 Kh7 58. Ra6 Kg6 59. h4 Kh5 60. Kh3 Rf7 61. g4+ Kh6 62. Kg3 g5 63. h5 Kg7 64. Kf2 Rb7 65. Ra3 Kh6 66. Ke3 a5 67. Rxa5 Rb3+ 68. Kf2 Rb2+ 69. Kg3 Kg7 70. Ra7+ Kg8 71. Ra1 Kg7 72. Rf1 Ra2 73. Rf2 Ra3 74. Rd2 Ra7 75. Kf2 Kf7 76. Ke2 Rb7 77. Rd3 Ra7 78. Kd2 Ke6 79. Kc3 Ke7 80. Kc4 Rc7+ 81. Kb5 Rc1 82. Rb3 Kf7 83. Kb6 Rc2 84. Kb7 Rc1 85. Kb8 Kg8 86. Rb6 Kg7 87. Rb7+ Kg8 88. Rc7 Rb1+ 89. Kc8 Rb3 90. Kd7 Rxf3 91. Ke6 Rf4 92. h6 Kh8 93. Rb7 Kg8 94. Rg7+ Kh8 95. Kf7 Rxe4 96. Kg6 Ra4 97. Rh7+ 1-0 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Grischuk, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 e4 7. Nh4 d5 8. O-O Bb4 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nf5 Nb6 14. Nd6 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 Qd5 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Rf1+ Bf5 20. g4 g6 21. Qc1 Kg7 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qf4 h6 25. Qc7+ Kh8 26. Bd6 Rg8+ 27. Kf2 Rg6 28. Be5+ Kg8 29. Ke3 Rd8 30. Qe7 b5 31. h4 a5 32. h5 Rg5 33. Rf6 Rxe5 34. Rg6+ 1-0 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, V."] [Black "Mamedyarov, S."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 O-O 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Bd4 d2 18. Re2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg5 21. g3 c5 22. Nf5 Qd3 23. Nd6 Qg6 24. h4 Bh6 25. h5 Qxh5 26. Rxd2 Qxe5 27. Rd5 Qf6 28. Ra1 g6 29. Ne4 Qc6 30. Nxc5 Rfe8 31. b4 Bf8 32. Nd7 Re6 33. Ne5 Qe8 34. Nd7 h5 35. Qf3 Qe7 36. Nc5 Rf6 37. Qe4 Qxe4 38. Nxe4 Rc6 39. Nd2 Re8 40. Kf1 Rf6 41. Nb3 Re4 42. Rd8 Kg7 43. Ra8 Ree6 44. Nd4 Rd6 45. Kg2 Be7 46. Re1 Rd8 47. Ra7 Bxb4 48. Ne6+ Rxe6 49. Rxe6 Bc5 50. Rc7 Rd2 51. Rxg6+ Kxg6 52. Rxc5 Rxb2 53. Rc6+ f6 54. Rxa6 Rc2 55. Rb6 Rc1 56. Rb7 Rc2 57. Rb6 Rc1 58. Rb7 Rc2 59. Rb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Sinquefield Cup 2018"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2018.08.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D86"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "238"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. h4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Qb3 Qg3 18. Ne2 Qxh4 19. Bf2 Qf6 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Qa3 e6 22. Rd2 Be8 23. e5 Qf5 24. Rxd8 Qxb1+ 25. Kh2 Rf8 26. Ng3 Bxe5 27. Qxa7 Qb4 28. Kg1 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qb4 30. Kg1 Bf6 31. Rd1 Ba4 32. Rf1 Bc6 33. Qxb6 Qxb6 34. Bxb6 Ra8 35. Rf2 Bd5 36. Ne4 Be5 37. Re2 Bxa2 38. Ng5 Bd6 39. Kf2 Bc4 40. Rd2 Be7 41. Be3 Bd5 42. Rc2 h6 43. Ne4 Bxe4 44. fxe4 h5 45. Rc7 Bf6 46. Rc6 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Ra3 48. Ke2 Kf7 49. Rc7+ Ke8 50. Rh7 Rb3 51. Ra7 Rb2+ 52. Kf3 g5 53. e5 g4+ 54. Ke4 Rb4+ 55. Kd3 Bd8 56. Ra8 Kd7 57. g3 Bc7 58. Bd4 Kc6 59. Bc3 Rb8 60. Ra6+ Rb6 61. Ra8 Rb5 62. Ke4 Rb3 63. Bd4 Bb8 64. Ra6+ Kd7 65. Ra8 Rb1 66. Bf2 Rb4+ 67. Bd4 Bc7 68. Kd3 Rb8 69. Ra7 Rb5 70. Kc4 Ra5 71. Rb7 Kc6 72. Rb3 Bxe5 73. Rb6+ Kd7 74. Bxe5 Rxe5 75. Kd4 Ra5 76. Ke4 Ke7 77. Rb8 Ra3 78. Rh8 Rxg3 79. Rxh5 Ra3 80. Kf4 Ra4+ 81. Kg3 Kd6 82. Rh8 Kd5 83. Rd8+ Ke5 84. Rb8 Rd4 85. Ra8 Re4 86. Ra5+ Kf6 87. Ra8 e5 88. Rf8+ Ke6 89. Re8+ Kd5 90. Rd8+ Kc4 91. Ra8 Kd5 92. Rd8+ Kc5 93. Rc8+ Kd4 94. Ra8 Rf4 95. Re8 Ke4 96. Rg8 Rf3+ 97. Kxg4 Rf1 98. Kh3 Ke3 99. Kg2 Ra1 100. Rg3+ Ke2 101. Rg4 Ke3 102. Rg3+ Kd2 103. Rg4 Re1 104. Ra4 e4 105. Ra2+ Ke3 106. Ra3+ Kf4 107. Kf2 Rb1 108. Ke2 Rb2+ 109. Ke1 Ke5 110. Ra4 Kf5 111. Ra8 Kf4 112. Ra3 Rh2 113. Kf1 Rd2 114. Ke1 Rd3 115. Rxd3 exd3 116. Kd2 Ke4 117. Kd1 Ke3 118. Ke1 d2+ 119. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2