Monday, January 9, 2012

13th round : 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 13 - 29 January 2012 in Wijk aan Zee.


FINAL STANDINGS

Crosstable of grandmaster group A

1234567891011121314Score
1Navara, D.½000½0½½01½½½4.5
2Gelfand, B.½½100½½½1000½5
3Radjabov, T.1½1½½½½1½½½½½8
4Karjakin, S.100½101½½00116.5
5Nakamura, H.11½½½½1½½0½½½7.5
6Carlsen, M.½1½0½½½1½1½½18
7Kamsky, G.1½½1½½½½½0½017
8Van Wely, L.½½½00½½½½½½½½5.5
9Gashimov, V.½½0½½0½½00½1½5
10Ivanchuk, V.10½½½½½½1½½1½7.5
11Aronian, L.01½1101½1½11½9
12Caruana, F.½1½1½½½½½½0118
13Giri, A.½1½0½½1½000004.5
14Topalov, V.½½½0½00½½½½015


[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nc6
15. h4 Rac8 16. Rae1 Nd8 17. Ng5 Ne6 18. f4 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd3 Bxg5 21.
hxg5 Nxf4+ 22. gxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kf2 Qxf4+ 24. Kg2 Qg4+ 25. Kf2 Qf4+ 26. Kg2 Qg4+
27. Kf2 1/2-1/2
[Round "12"]

[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
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. Bg5 Qe7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
Qf4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 O-O 16. Rde1 Qd7 17. f3 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rf5 20. Re2
e5 21. Rd1 Qf7 22. Qb4 Qd7 23. Qa4 Kh8 24. c4 Qe8 25. Rd3 Rf4 26. Qa5 Qe7 27.
c5 Rf6 28. Qc3 Qe8 29. b3 Rb8 30. a4 Ra8 31. Re4 Qc8 32. Qd2 Qf8 33. Qa5 Qe7
34. Rde3 Qd7 35. Re1 Rf5 36. Qc3 Rd8 37. g3 Rf7 38. cxd6 cxd6 39. f4 exf4 40.
gxf4 c5 41. Re6 Rxf4 42. Rxh6+ Kg8 43. Qd2 Rf7 44. Rg1 c4 45. Qg5 Rdf8 46. Qh5
Rf1+ 47. Kb2 1-0
[Round "12"]

[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7
9. Be2 Nxb6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Bg4 12. a5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Qa4 Ne5 15. Be2
Ne8 16. Bg5 Nc7 17. f4 Nd7 18. e5 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[White "Navara, David"]

[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Qb8 14. a3 a5 15. Bd3
Qa7 16. Bxb5 exd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Rc1 Bxe3 21.
Rxe3 a4 22. Nf3 Rab8 23. Rc2 Nc5 24. Nd4 Qb7 25. Nf5 g6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Ng4
Nb3 28. Rc4 Re6 29. Rxa4 c5 30. Rc4 Nd4 31. b4 Rxe4 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Rf4
34. Rd3 Rd8 35. Qa1 Kh7 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ng4 Kh7 38. Qf1 Ne2+ 39. Qxe2 Qb1+ 40.
Kh2 Qxd3 41. Qe7 Qd6 42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Rc6 Qxc6 44. Qxd8 Qc5 45. Qd2 Qd4 46. Qc1
Rf5 47. Kg1 Rc5 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Qe3 Qxe3 50. Nxe3 Rc3 51. h4 Rxa3 52. g3 Kg7
53. Kg2 Kf6 54. Nd5+ Ke5 55. Nf4 Kf5 56. Nh3 Ra2 57. Kf3 f6 58. Nf4 Ra3+ 59.
Kg2 g5 60. hxg5 fxg5 61. Nd5 Ke5 62. Ne3 Ke4 63. Ng4 Ra2 64. Nf6+ Kf5 1/2-1/2
[Round "12"]

[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d4 dxe4 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd2 f5
15. f3 e3 16. c4 Nf4 17. cxb5+ Kh8 18. Nc4 e2 19. Qd2 Qg5 20. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 21.
Qxe2 Bxb5 22. Qe3 f4 23. Qe5 Qh4 24. Qe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 c6 27.
Re6 Rf6 28. Re4 a5 29. h4 Rd8 30. Re5 a4 31. Ra5 Rfd6 32. Rxa4 Rxd4 33. b3 g6
34. Kh2 Kg7 35. Ra6 Rd2 36. a4 Rf2 37. Ra7+ Kh8 38. Kh3 h5 39. Rf7 Rdd2 40.
Rxf4 Rxg2 41. Rf7 Rh2+ 42. Kg3 Rdg2+ 43. Kf4 Rxh4+ 44. Ke5 Rg5+ 45. Kf6 Rf5+
46. Kxg6 Rxf7 47. Bxf7 Rf4 48. Be6 Rxf3 49. Kxh5 Re3 50. Bc4 Kg7 51. Kg5 Re5+
52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Bd3 Rh5 54. Be4 c5 55. Bd3 Rh4+ 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. a5 Rh3+ 58. Ke2
Kd4 59. Bc4 1/2-1/2
[Round "12"]

[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b3 Bg5 14. g3 O-O 15.
Bg2 a5 16. O-O Ne7 17. h4 Bh6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qd5 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Kh2
Bg4 22. Rde1 Bd7 23. Qd3 Qc5 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Qe2 Ra8 26. Ne1 Qb6 27. Nd3 Qb7
28. Rfe1 g6 29. f3 Bg7 30. Nf2 h5 31. Rd3 Bh6 32. Red1 Qe7 33. Nh3 Rd7 34. Qf2
Rb8 35. Ng5 Bxg5 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Bh3 Rc7 38. Rxd6 Kg7 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4
Qe7 41. e5 a4 42. e6 axb3 43. axb3 Be8 44. f5 g5 45. Qd4+ f6 46. Bg2 h4 47. c5
Rbc8 48. c6 Rxc6 49. Bxc6 Rxc6 50. Rxc6 Bxc6 51. Qb6 Be8 52. Rc1 Kh6 53. Rc7
Qf8 54. Qd4 g4 55. Qf4+ 1-0
[Round "12"]

[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 8. Nf3
c6 9. Nc3 f5 10. h3 Nd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nfe4 14. O-O Nf7 15.
Qc2 Bd6 16. Bh2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 a5 19. Na4 b5 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Rac1
Qxe5 22. f4 Qd6 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Nb3 Bd7 25. Qc5 Qg6 26. Kh2 h5 27. Nd4 Rac8
28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 h4 30. Ne2 Rf6 31. Ra1 Rcf8 32. Qe7 R8f7 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34.
Rg1 Qh6 35. Ra7 Rf8 36. Qc7 R6f7 37. Qe5 Re8 38. Qc3 g5 39. Rf1 Qd6 40. Kg1
Ref8 41. Qc5 Qh6 42. f5 Kg8 43. f6 g4 44. hxg4 h3 45. Nf4 hxg2 46. Kxg2 Qxf6
47. Kg3 Rh7 48. g5 Qxg5+ 49. Kf2 Rxf4+ 50. exf4 Rh2+ 51. Ke3 Qg3+ 52. Kd4 Qg7+
53. Ke3 Rh3+ 0-1
[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Rhe1 Rb4 17. b3 Qxh2 18. a3 Rb7 19. Nc5 Rc7 20. g4 Qf4+ 21.
Qxf4 Nxf4 22. b4 Kg7 23. Ba6 Ne6 24. Nxe6+ Bxe6 25. Re5 Rh8 26. Rc5 h5 27. Be2
Rd7 28. Rh1 hxg4 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. fxg4 Bd5 31. b5 Rd6 32. c4 Bg2 33. a4 Kg7
34. a5 cxb5 35. cxb5 Rd7 36. Bc4 e6 37. Kc2 Kf6 38. g5+ Ke7 39. Kc3 Kd6 40. Kb4
Re7 41. Rc8 Rb7 42. a6 Rd7 43. Bb3 Rc7 44. Rxc7 Kxc7 1/2-1/2
[Round "11"]

[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 a5 9.
Be2 Qc7 10. O-O h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Bf3 h4 14. Qe1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. Be2 f6 17. Bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nxc6 Ra8 19. Bxb5 Be6 20. a4 f5 21. Qd2 Bf6 22. d5
Bf7 23. Rac1 Kf8 24. b4 Qc8 25. d6 exd6 26. cxd6 Qe8 27. Ne7 Be6 28. Rc7 Rh7
29. Nd5 Bd8 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. a5 Kg7 32. a6 Kh6 33. a7 Qf8 34. Ne7 Nb6 35. Qf2
Rf7 36. Qxh4+ Kg7 37. Qg5 Bd5 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Nxf5+ Kg8 41. Ne7+
1-0
[Round "11"]

[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Navara, D."]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Na6 12. Be3 Qd6 13. O-O Qb4 14. Qxb4
Nxb4 15. Rfc1 e5 16. Nf3 exd4 17. Bxd4 Rfe8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng3 Rad8 20. Ne1
Rd2 21. a3 Nd3 22. Nxd3 Rxd3 23. Rab1 Re5 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rb5 26. b4 Nc4
27. Rd3 a5 28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. f4 Rxa3 30. Rd7 b5 31. e5 b4 32. e6 b3 33. Rxf7+
Kh6 34. Rb7 b2 35. Kf2 Ra7 36. Rb8 Ra8 37. Rb7 Ra2 38. Ne2 Nd6 39. e7 Nxb7 40.
e8=Q b1=Q 41. Qf8+ Kh5 42. Qe7 Qb6+ 43. Kf3 Qb3+ 44. Kf2 Rxe2+ 45. Qxe2+ Kh6
46. g4 Nd8 47. Qe7 Ne6 48. Qh4+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ Nf8 51. Qxc6 Qe6 52.
Qf3 Nd7 53. h3 Kf7 54. Qc3 Qd5 55. Kg3 Nc5 56. Kh4 h6 57. Qh8 g5+ 58. fxg5
hxg5+ 59. Kh5 Qe4 60. Kxg5 Ne6+ 0-1
[Round "11"]

[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Be7 11. Bd3 f5 12. Nf2 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Be2 d6 15.
c4 Nb6 16. c5 dxc5 17. b3 a5 18. Bc4 a4 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Qe2 Qb6 21. Bd2 Ba6 22.
Nd3 Bb5 23. Kh1 Qa6 24. Rac1 axb3 25. axb3 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Nb4 27. Be3 Rfd8 28.
Ne1 Qa2 29. Qxa2 Rxa2 30. Rf2 Ra3 31. Re2 Kf7 32. Kg1 h6 33. Kf1 g5 34. g3 Rd7
35. Rd2 Rda7 36. Bf2 Rb3 37. Kg2 Ke8 38. Kf1 Raa3 39. Rcd1 gxf4 40. gxf4 Rc3
41. Bxc5 Bxc5 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. R1d7+ Kg6 44. Rg8+ Kh5 45. Rh7 Rf3+ 46. Nxf3
Rxf3+ 47. Kg2 Rxf4 48. Rgh8 Rg4+ 49. Kh3 Nd3 50. Rxh6+ Kg5 51. Rg8+ Kxh6 52.
Rh8+ Kg5 53. Rh5+ Kf4 0-1
[Round "11"]

[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 f5 11. Na4 Qd6 12. Rd1 Rad8 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 Bf7 15.
Nc3 Qh6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Nf1 Rd6 20. b4 axb4 21.
axb4 Rd7 22. Bd2 Bd6 23. b5 Ne7 24. Ra7 b6 25. Rda1 Qe6 26. Ra8 Rdd8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Ng3 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Nd5 30. Ra7 h6 31. Qa2 Qe8 32. Qc4 Qh5 33. Ra1 Kh7
34. Bb4 Qg6 35. Be1 h5 36. Rc1 h4 37. gxh4 f4 38. Qe2 f3 39. Qf1 Qg4 40. g3 g5
41. Kh2 gxh4 42. Qh3 Qxh3+ 43. Kxh3 hxg3 44. Kxg3 Rg8+ 45. Kh2 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 Rg6
47. Ra1 Rg8 48. Rc1 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rh6 Ra8 51. Rh7+ Kg6 52. Rh4 Nf6 53.
Bb4 Kg5 54. Rf4 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Ng4+ 0-1
[Round "11"]

[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 Qc7 7. O-O e5 8. d4
b5 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rac8
15. Bb3 Rfe8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Bf8 18. h3 Nb6 19. Nh4 Nc4 20. Nf5 Nxb2 21.
Bh4 Nxd1 22. Bxf6 Nxc3 23. Qg4 Bxe4 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Nxf7 gxf6
27. f4 Bg6 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. fxe5 Ne4 30. Rxf6 Bc5+ 31. Kh2 Nxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kh7
33. Ng5+ Kh6 34. Ne6 Rxe6 35. Qxe6 Re8 36. Qf6 Be7 37. Qxa6 b4 38. Qc4 Bf8 39.
g4 Kh7 40. e6 Bd6+ 41. Kg2 Be7 42. Qc7 Kg8 43. Kg3 Kf8 44. Qf4+ Kg7 45. Qd4+
Kg8 46. h4 Rd8 47. Qc4 Bd3 48. Qc6 Bb1 49. h5 Bxa2 50. Qe4 Kh8 51. h6 Bf6 52.
e7 Re8 53. Qf4 Bg7 54. hxg7+ Kxg7 55. g5 Kg8 56. Qf6 1-0
[Round "11"]

[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Na3 Bb7 12. Bb4 Bxb4 13. Qxb4 a6 14. e3 Rc8
15. Bf1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Nb1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Nc3 Qf8 20. Qb3 h6 21.
Ne1 Qc8 22. Nc2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 b5 26. a4 bxa4 27. Be2
Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke1 f5 30. Kd2 g5 31. c4 e5 32. Kc3 f4 33. h3 exd4+ 34.
Nxd4 f3 35. Bf1 Nc5 36. Kb4 Nd3+ 37. Bxd3 exd3 38. Kc3 Be4 39. c5 Kd7 40. g4
Kc7 41. Kd2 a3 42. Nb3 Bd5 0-1


[Round " 10"] 
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Nc3 d6 12. Ncd5 Qd8 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ng4 O-O 15.
Ngf6+ Kg7 16. c3 Be6 17. f4 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 exf4 19. Rxf4 Qg5 20. Qf1 Ne5 21. Rd1
Rae8 22. Bc2 h5 23. Bb3 Ng4 24. g3 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Nf2+ 26. Qxf2 Bxf2 27. Kg2 Bc5
28. h4 Qf5 29. Re2 Qg4 30. Rde1 g5 31. Re4 Qf5 32. R1e2 gxh4 33. Nf4 Qg5 34.
Kh1 d5 35. Bxd5 hxg3 36. c4 Qh4+ 37. Kg2 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 Qh1+ 39. Kxg3 h4+ 0-1
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nh4 b4 13. Ng6 bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15.
Ba2 Nh7 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Qf3 c5 18. d4 Qc7 19. Qg3 Bd8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nh4 c4
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qc6 24. Ba3 Bc7 25. Qe3 Rad8 26. Ne4 Bb6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6
28. Qe4 Rd2 29. Rf1 Red8 30. Kh1 Nb3 31. Bxb3 cxb3 32. f4 Qh4 33. Rab1 R8d3 34.
Bc1 Rd1 35. Ba3 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Re3 37. g3 Qh5 38. Qg2 exf4 39. gxf4 Re2 40. Qg3
Qxf5 0-1
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb1 Bf6 14. Re1 b6 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Bxa2 Ba6 18. Bb1 g6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc8 21. g3
1/2-1/2
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Ng5 fxg5 12. Bxh5 Bd7 13. Bf3 Rxf3 14. gxf3
Bd6 15. Qe4 Bc6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ne4 h6 19. Qg3 d5 20. Nc3 Rf8 21.
Ne2 Rf5 22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Rh1 Nf8 24. h4 Ng6 25. f4 Nxh4+ 26. Kf1 Qb4 27. Rb1 Be8
28. Nc3 Qe7 29. b4 Rf8 30. Rb2 Bg6 31. Ke1 Bd3 32. fxg5 Nf3+ 33. Kd1 hxg5 34.
Qh3 Qf6 35. Kc1 Bg6 36. a4 Rd8 37. Ne2 e5 38. Qg4 exd4 39. exd4 Re8 40. Qd7 c3
41. Ra2 Ne1 42. Rxe1 Qf4+ 43. Kd1 Qe4 0-1
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Qe8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Nf3 Rb8
15. Rc1 Nb4 16. b3 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qe6 18. Rd1 b5 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. O-O Qxe2 21.
Rd2 Qe6 22. Qxd7 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Ra5 24. Rd2 c4 25. bxc4 1/2-1/2
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Ndf3 Qb4+ 12. Ke2 Ndf6 13. c5 Bd7 14. Rhb1 Be8
15. Kf1 h6 16. Kg1 Qa5 17. b4 Qc7 18. a4 a6 19. Ra3 Bh5 20. Rab3 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Ng5 22. f4 Nf7 23. Ng6 Rfb8 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Nd7 26. f3 Nh8 27. Ne5 Nxe5
28. fxe5 Ng6 29. Kh1 Qd8 30. Qg2 Nf8 31. Rg1 Qe7 32. Qb2 Rc8 33. Qd2 Ra4 34. e4
dxe4 35. fxe4 Rd8 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. exf5 exf5 38. Qxh6 Rdxd4 39. Qxc6 Qxe5 40.
Qf3 1/2-1/2
[Round "10"]
[White "Navara, D."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 a6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. a5 Rb8 15. Qc2
Ne5 16. Be2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ng7 18. Bf4 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Ra2 Bd4 21. Ne2 Be5
22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf4 Bd7 24. Rfa1 Bb5 25. Be2 Qf6 26. Bxb5 Qxf4 27. Bd3 f5 28.
g3 Qf3 29. exf5 Nxf5 30. Bxf5 Re2 31. Be6+ Kf8 32. Qxe2 Qxe2 33. b4 Qe4 34.
Rxa6 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 c4 36. Rc6 c3 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Kh2 Qd4 40. f4
g5 41. fxg5+ Ke5 0-1


[Round "9"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Navara, D."]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 d4 12. Ng3 a5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd5 hxg5 15. Bxc6
Rb8 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Rc1 Rb6 18. Qc2 g4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Qd2
Qd6 22. Bd5 a4 23. Nh5 Qe7 24. f3 Nh6 25. g4 Rg6 26. Ng3 Qd8 27. Rh5 Be6 28. g5
Bxd5 29. gxh6 Rxg3 30. Qh2 Rg5 31. hxg7 Kxg7 32. Rh7+ Kf6 33. exd5 Qxd5 34.
Rh6+ Ke7 35. Rxc7+ Kd8 36. Rhc6 Qxf3 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. R8c7+ Kd8 39. Rc8+ Ke7
40. R8c7+ 1/2-1/2
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2
Qa5 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. b4 Be7 14. f4 Qe6 15.
Be3 Bxb4 16. Nc7 Qc6 17. Nxa8 b6 18. Rb1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb8 Bb7 21.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qb3 g6 23. Rb1 Bxa8 24. Qb8+ Kg7 25. Qxa7 e3 26. Bf3 d5 27. Re1
Qd6 28. Qxa8 d4 29. Qa3 Qxf4 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qd3 Qe8 32. g3 h5 33. Bg2 Qa4 34.
a3 Qa5 35. Bf3 Qa6 36. Be2 Qa5 37. Qb1 Qd2 38. Qe1 Qa2 39. g4 hxg4 40. Qg3 Qxe2
41. Qe5 d3 42. Rxf6 Kh6 43. Rxf7 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kxg4 Qg1+
47. Kh3 1-0
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 Bxa4 13. Qxa4 h6 14. Bh4 Qd6
15. Na3 b5 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. f3 Bf8 18. Red1 Qb6+ 19. Kf1 Be7 20. Bf2 Bc5 21.
Bg3 Re8 22. Nc2 Nh5 23. Be1 Rad8 24. Nb4 c6 25. Nd3 Be3 26. a4 Nf4 27. Nxf4
exf4 28. c4 bxc4 29. Qxb6 Bxb6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rc1 Be3 32. Rxc4 c5 33. Ke2
Kf8 34. h4 Ke7 35. g3 Rb8 36. b4 cxb4 37. Bxb4+ Kd7 38. Bc3 Rb1 39. Be5 fxg3
40. Rc7+ Ke6 41. Bxg3 Bb6 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43. Rf6 Ke7 44. e5 Rb2+ 45. Kd3 Bf2 46.
Bxf2 Rxf2 47. h5 gxh5 48. Ke3 Ra2 49. Rxa6 h4 50. Kf4 h3 51. Rxh6 Rxa4+ 52. Kf5
Ra2 53. Rxh3 Ra3 54. Kf4 f6 55. exf6+ 1/2-1/2
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 h6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Na6 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxe5
15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Re1 Re8 17. f4 d4 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 d3 20. Rc4 Rc8 21. Bf5
Qd5 22. Rc3 Rcd8 23. Qd2 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 a5 25. Rb1 a4 26. Rd1 Rd5 27. h4 g6 28.
Bxd3 Red8 29. Qe1 Qxf4 30. e6 Nxe6 31. Bc2 b5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Re3 Nd4 34. Bd3
Kg7 35. Kg1 Qf6 36. Kh2 Rh5 37. Rh3 Ne6 38. Rf3 Rxh4+ 39. Kg1 Qd4+ 40. Qf2
Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 b4 42. Re3 Rd4 43. Bb5 Kf6 44. Rf3+ Ke7 45. Rd3 bxa3 46. bxa3
Rf4+ 47. Ke3 f5 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Rd6 Re4+ 50. Kf2 Kg5 51. Be8 Nf4 52. Bb5 Re5
53. Bc4 Nh5 54. Ra6 Nf6 55. Rxa4 Ng4+ 56. Kf1 Kh4 57. Be2 Kg3 58. Bxg4 fxg4 59.
Rb4 h5 60. a4 Kh2 0-1
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. Nd2
exd3 9. exd3 Bc5 10. Qe2+ Kd8 11. Nde4 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 a3 14. Rb1 d5
15. c5 Qb4 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. Qd2 axb2 18. Nd1 Qxc5 19. d4 Qd6 20. Rxb2 b5 21.
Bd3 Bh3 22. Nc3 Nd7 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. a4 Nxa4 25. Ra1 Re7 26. Rba2 Rea7 27. Qc2
h6 28. Nxa4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. Qxa4 Ke7 32. Qa7+ Kf8 33. Qc5
Qxc5 34. dxc5 Bg4 35. Bc2 Ke7 36. Ba4 Kd7 37. Ke1 Bf5 1/2-1/2
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Nf3
Rd8 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. a3 h6 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Nd2 Qxc5 13. Nxc4 Qf5 14. Bf3 Nd4 15.
Qxf5 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 exf5 17. Rg1 Kf8 18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Ke2 g5 20. Be5 f6 21. Bc3
Bd7 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 Ke7 25. Rgd1 f4 26. b3 fxe3 27. fxe3 Be6
28. Ra1 a6 29. Ra5 Bxc4+ 30. bxc4 Nd6 31. c5 Nc4 32. Ra2 Kf7 33. c6 Rc7 34. Ne6
Rxd1 35. Nxc7 Rb1 36. b5 Nd6 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. e4 f5 39. e5 Nb5 40. Nxb5 Rxb5
41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Rc2 Rb8 43. Kd4 h5 44. c7 Rc8 45. Rc6+ Kd7 46. Rh6 Rxc7 47.
Rxh5 Rb7 48. Rh7+ Kc8 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51. Rxb7 Kxb7 52. f4 gxf4 53.
h4 a5 54. e6 Kc7 55. h5 a4 56. e7 Kd7 57. h6 1-0
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13. O-O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc6 17. Rd3 Ne5 18. Rc3 Rc8 19. e4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Round "8"]
[White "Navara, D."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qe1 e5 14. Nde2 Nb4 15.
Qf2 b5 16. axb5 Nxc2 17. bxa6 Nxa1 18. a7 Nc2 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. axb8=R Qxb8 21.
Bg5 Nb4 22. Ng3 Nd3 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qf2 Nd3 25. Qd2 Nf4 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5
Bb4 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qe3 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Rd8 31. c4 Qb4 32. c5 Rd3 33. Qf2 Rc3
34. c6 Qc4 35. h3 Nd3 36. Qd2 Kg7 37. Rb1 Qd4 38. Kh2 Rc5 39. Qe2 Qf4+ 40. g3
Qxf5 41. Be4 Qf2+ 42. Qxf2 Nxf2 43. Bf5 e4 44. Kg2 e3 45. Bd7 Ne4 46. Re1 Rc3
47. Kf3 Ng5+ 48. Kf4 Ne6+ 49. Ke4 Kf8 50. Rxe3 Rc5 51. Ra3 Ke7 52. Ra8 Kd6 53.
Rh8 Rc3 54. Kf5 Rxg3 55. Rxh7 Nd8 56. h4 Rf3+ 57. Kg4 Rf1 58. Rh5 Nxc6 59. Bxc6
Kxc6 60. Rf5 Rg1+ 61. Kh5 Rg6 62. Rc5+ Kxc5 1/2-1/2
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 a5 8. b3 a4
9. Bb2 Bf5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bc3 axb3 13. axb3 Bg4 14. Rxa8 Qxa8
15. h3 Bf5 16. Qa1 h5 17. Qxa8 Rxa8 18. Ra1 Rxa1+ 19. Bxa1 Bc2 20. e3 g5 21.
Bf1 g4 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Be2 Kh7 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Bc3 Kg6 26. Kf1 Kf5 27. Ke1
Nd7 28. b4 e6 29. Nf1 Kg5 30. Nh2 Nf6 31. Bd2 Kf5 32. b5 Bf8 33. Ba5 Be7 34.
Bc7 Kg5 35. b6 Bb3 36. f4+ Kf5 37. Kf2 Bc4 38. Bd1 Bb4 39. Bd8 Ba5 40. Kg2 Bd3
41. Kf2 Ne4+ 42. Kg2 Nf6 43. Kf2 Ne4+ 44. Kg2 Nf6 1/2-1/2
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e3 Qa5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rd8 14. Bd3 Ba6
15. O-O Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Bxc3 Kf8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc1 g6
21. Kf1 Ke8 22. Ke2 a6 23. g4 Rd6 24. Be5 Rd5 25. f4 f6 26. Bc3 f5 27. h3 Kd7
28. a4 1/2-1/2
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rad1 O-O 14.
Rxd4 Nf6 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. h3 Bb7 18. Rd7 Qc8 19. Nxf7 Nxd7 20. Nxh6+
Kh7 21. Qh5 Nf6 1/2-1/2
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b4
Bd8 9. c5 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 c6 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ng5 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Bc7 15.
Qb3+ Kh8 16. Rad1 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Qg6 19. Nge4 Rab8 20. Qc4 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 b6 22. Nd6 Be6 23. Qc1 bxc5 24. bxc5 Bg4 25. Rd2 Bf3 26. Bxf3 Rxf3 27. Qd1
Rff8 28. Nc4 Nxc5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rbe8 31. Bd6 Rf5 1/2-1/2
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qb3 e6
9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. b3 b6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 c5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Bg5 cxd4 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rd2 Re8 19. Qb2 Bb7 20. Rad1 Re7 21. b4
Ne4 22. Rc2 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 e4 26. h3 exf3 27. Bxf3 Bxf3
28. Kxf3 Rae8 29. Qd4 Re6 30. c5 h5 31. Rcd2 bxc5 32. bxc5 h4 33. Qxh4 Qxc5 34.
Kg3 Re4 35. Qf6 R4e6 36. Qd4 Qc7+ 37. Kf3 g5 38. g4 Re5 39. Kg2 Qc6+ 40. Kf2
R8e6 41. Qb2 Rf6+ 42. Kg1 Rb5 43. Qd4 Rf4 44. Qd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd5 b4 11. Bxa8 bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxa2 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Kd2
Nxe4+ 15. Qxe4 Bxg5+ 16. f4 d5 17. Ra1 Qxa1 18. Rxa1 dxe4 19. fxg5 h6 20. g6 f5
21. Nxe6 Ke7 22. Nf4 Rd8 23. Bd5 Nb6 24. c4 Nxc4+ 25. Kc3 Ne3 26. Bf7 Rd6 27.
Ra5 Bd7 28. Re5+ Kf6 29. Rc5 Kg5 30. g3 Nf1 31. h4+ Kg4 32. Rd5 Rxd5 33. Nxd5
Kxg3 34. Nf6 e3 35. Bc4 Bb5 36. Nh5+ Kf2 37. Nxg7 Bxc4 38. Kxc4 e2 0-1

ROUND 7
[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 f5
15. Qf3 Qb7 16. Qe2 b4 17. Nc2 f4 18. b3 Be6 19. Qd2 Rfb8 20. a3 bxa3 21. Rxa3
Bf6 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Rfa1 a5 24. Be2 Be7 25. Bf3 Bd7 26. Bh5 Be6 27. Bf3 Bd7 28.
Bh5 Be6 1/2-1/2
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rac8 14. Bd2 Nb6
15. Bf1 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rac1 Rcd8 18. Be1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8
21. g3 Qe7 22. Bg2 Bd6 23. Bd2 Qe6 24. b3 Nbd5 25. Ne2 Nb4 26. Qb1 Qf5 27. e4
Qc5 28. Nf4 g5 29. Ne2 g4 30. h4 Nd7 31. Be3 Qc2 32. Qxc2 Nxc2 33. Bxa7 Ba3 34.
Nc3 Bb2 35. Nd1 Bc1 36. Bf1 Nb4 37. a4 Nf6 38. e5 Nd7 39. Bd4 Nc2 40. Bc3 Nc5
41. Be2 Ne4 42. Bxg4 Nxc3 43. Nxc3 Bb2 44. e6 fxe6 45. Bxe6+ Kf8 46. Ne4 Nd4
47. Ng5 Ke7 48. Bg8 Kf8 49. Bc4 Ke7 50. Kg2 b5 51. Bg8 Kf8 52. a5 1-0
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 Bg7 7. c3 Qf6 8. e3
Na6 9. Ne2 Nc7 10. Nf4 Bh6 11. c4 d6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Be2 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Nh5
Qg6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Ne2 Rf8 18. Qd2 a5 19. O-O Kd8 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21. Nef4 Qg8
22. e4 Qh8 23. Qe2 Rb7 24. e5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Nd6 27. b3 Rg8 28.
Rae1 Bf8 29. R5e3 Rb8 30. h4 Kc7 31. Bd1 Re8 32. Bc2 Kd8 33. R3e2 Rg4 34. Kh2
Rg8 35. f3 Kc7 36. Nd3 Rg6 37. Ne5 Rh6 38. Nxd7 Kxd7 39. g4 e6 40. Re5 Be7 41.
Kh3 Bd8 42. R1e2 Rf8 43. Bd3 fxg4+ 44. fxg4 exd5 45. Rxd5 Kc7 46. Bf5 Rg8 47.
Re3 Rf8 48. Ree5 Rg8 49. Bc2 Rf8 50. Bd1 Re8 51. Rxe8 Nxe8 52. g5 Rd6 53. Rxd6
Kxd6 54. Bc2 f6 55. g6 hxg6 56. Bxg6 Nc7 57. Bf5 Ne6 58. Bxe6 Kxe6 59. Ng7+ Ke5
60. Kg4 f5+ 61. Nxf5 Bxh4 62. Nxh4 Kd4 63. Kf3 Kc3 64. Ke3 Kxb3 65. Kd3 Kxa4
66. Kc3 b5 1/2-1/2
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Na5 8. Be2
Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qh4 Nd4 12. Bd1 Rc8 13. Kh1 b5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Nb1 Rc5 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Nb3 Rxc2 18. Bxc2 Qxc2 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. f5 Qe2 21. Bg5
Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qxa2 23. Nxd4 Qa4 24. Ne2 Rc2 25. Qf3 gxf5 26. Ng3 fxe4 27. Nxe4
Nxe4 28. dxe4 f6 29. Ra1 Ra2 30. Rac1 Rc2 31. Ra1 Qd4 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Bf4 Qe6
34. Qg3 Kf8 35. Rxa7 b4 36. Rb7 Re2 37. Qf3 Rc2 38. Rxb4 Qg4 39. Rb7 Qxf3 40.
gxf3 Be8 41. Rc1 Rxc1+ 42. Bxc1 Bg6 43. Bf4 Bf7 44. Kg2 Be6 45. Bd2 Ke8 46. Rb5
Kf7 47. f4 Bd7 48. Ra5 f5 49. exf5 Bf6 50. Kf3 h5 51. Ke4 Bc6+ 52. Kd3 Bg2 53.
Be3 Bf1+ 54. Kd2 Bg2 55. Bb6 Be4 56. Ke3 Bc2 57. Bd4 Bxd4+ 58. Kxd4 Kf6 59. Ra8
Bxf5 60. Rf8+ Ke6 61. Ke3 Bg6 62. Kf3 Bf7 63. f5+ Kf6 64. Kf4 Kg7 65. Rb8 Kf6
66. Rd8 e5+ 67. fxe6 Bxe6 68. Rxd6 h4 69. Rb6 h3 70. Rc6 Kf7 71. Ke5 Bg4 72.
Rc4 Bd7 73. Rc7 Ke8 74. Kd6 Bg4 75. Re7+ Kf8 76. Re4 Bc8 77. Kc7 Ba6 78. Re3
Kg7 79. Rxh3 Kg6 80. Kd6 Kg5 81. Ke5 Be2 82. Rg3+ Kh6 83. Kf5 Bd1 84. Rh3+ Kg7
85. Kg5 Be2 86. Re3 Bd1 87. Re7+ Kf8 88. Kf6 Kg8 89. Kg6 Bc2+ 90. Kh6 Kf8 91.
Rg7 Bd3 92. Rg5 Kf7 93. Rg3 Bc2 94. Rg7+ Kf8 95. Rg2 Be4 96. Rg4 Bc2 97. Rg5
Kf7 98. Kh5 Kf6 99. Kg4 1-0
[Round "7"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 h6 13. Be3 Ra8 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. Bc2
Bb7 16. Bb1 Nb8 17. c4 exd4 18. Bxd4 bxc4 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Ra3 Nbd7 21. Nd4
Ne5 22. Rg3 g6 23. f4 Nd3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. f5 g5 26. h4 g4 27. Rxd3 Ra8 28.
Rde3 h5 29. Qc1 Kh7 30. Ne2 Re5 31. Ng3 d5 32. Nb3 dxe4 33. Nc5 Bc6 34. b4 Qd6
35. Qa1 Bd5 36. Nd3 exd3 37. Qxe5 Qxe5 38. Rxe5 c6 39. Rd1 Rb8 40. Rxd3 Rxb4
41. Ra3 Kg7 42. Re2 Bc4 43. Rd2 Bd5 44. Ra1 Ne4 45. Nxe4 Bxe4 46. Rf1 Kf6 47.
Rd6+ Ke5 48. Rd8 Kf6 49. Rd6+ Ke5 50. Rd8 Kf6 1/2-1/2
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Be4
15. Qc3 Bd5 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Qe3 h6 18. Rc2 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Rxc5 20. Rac1 Qb6 21.
Rxc5 Bxc5 22. e3 Rc8 23. Rc3 Rc7 24. Qc2 Bd6 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Nd4 Qxc2 27.
Nxc2 Nc5 28. b4 Nd7 29. a3 Be5 30. Bb7 1/2-1/2
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Navara, D."]
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 Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Nxe6 Rxe6 15. Kf1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Re1 c5 19. c4 Nd4 20. Nc3
Ra6 21. Rd1 c6 22. Be3 b5 23. a3 b4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Bxd4 bxc3 26. Bxc3 Ra4
27. Ke2 Rxc4 28. Ra1 Bc5 29. g3 Bb6 30. Kd3 Rc5 31. f4 Rb5 32. b4 g6 33. g4
hxg4 34. hxg4 Kd7 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 c5 37. Kc4 Kc6 38. Rd1 Bc7 39. Rd5 a6
40. Rxc5+ Rxc5+ 41. bxc5 a5 42. f6 Kd7 43. Kd5 a4 44. c6+ Kd8 45. Bb4 Bb8 46.
e6 Ke8 47. Bd6 1-0
GROUP B
NameCountryRating
GMBruzon, LazaroCUB2691
GMPotkin, VladimirRUS2684
GMMotylev, AlexanderRUS2677
GMTiviakov, SergeyNED2677
GMHarikrishna, PentalaIND2665
GMErnst, SipkeNED2606
GML'Ami, ErwinNED2596
GMReinderman, DimitriNED2581
GMTimman, JanNED2571
GMNyzhnik, IllyaUKR2568
GMLahno, KaterynaUKR2557
GMVocaturo, DanieleITA2545
GMHarika, DronavalliIND2516
GMCmilyte, ViktorijaLTU2503
Carlsen - Giri-8
Carlsen vs Giri

FINAL STANDINGS

Crosstable of grandmaster group B
1234567891011121314Score
1Reinderman, D.½½½½½100111½½7.5
2Bruzon, L.½½11½11½0110½8.5
3Lahno, K.½½½½0½½00½1004.5
4Harika, D.½0½½0½000½½0½3.5
5Cmilyte, V.½0½½00½0001½½4
6L'Ami, E.½½111½01½10½½8
7Timman, J.00½½1½½01½10½6
8Potkin, V.10½1½1½0½½0½½6.5
9Tiviakov, S.1½111011½½0½08
10Nyzhnik, I.01111½0½½1½0½7.5
11Vocaturo, D.00½½10½½½01004.5
12Ernst, S.000½01011½0105
13Harikrishna, P.½111½½1½½110½9
14Motylev, A.½½1½½½½½1½11½8.5

[Round "10"]
[White "Reinderman, D."]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, I."]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. Qd2 a4 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Nd4
Nc5 16. Rfd1 Nfd7 17. Bf1 Be5 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. h3 Nh5
22. Nde2 b6 23. g4 Nf6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. f4 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Be6 27. f5 Bc8 28.
Qg3 Nd7 29. Rxd6 Qe5 30. Kh2 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Ne5 32. Kf4 g5+ 33. Kg3 Ba6 34.
Nxa4 Reb8 35. b3 Bxc4 36. Bxc4 Nxc4 37. Rxc6 Ne5 38. Rd6 c4 39. Re3 Kg7 40. h4
gxh4+ 41. Kxh4 Rb4 42. Rd5 f6 43. g5 Ra6 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. gxf6 Kxf6 46. Kf4 cxb3
47. axb3 Nf7 48. Rc5 Kg7 49. Rg3+ Kf8 50. Rc8+ 1-0

[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, P."]
[Black "Vocaturo, D."]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 c6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1
Ba6 9. b3 Rc8 10. Nbd2 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Nf1 b5 15.
Ne3 bxc4 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nc5 19. Qf3 Bf6 20. Rb1 Bd3 21.
Nc6 Qd7 22. Rxd3 Nxd3 23. Ba3 Rfe8 24. Qxd3 Rxc6 25. Qb5 Rec8 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27.
Qxc6 1-0

[Round "10"]
[White "Motylev, A."]
[Black "Ernst, S."]
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 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. a4 Ng4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd3 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8
21. Qxe5 Rf5 22. Qg3 Bd6 23. f4 d4 24. cxd4 Rdf8 25. Nf3 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27.
Ra8 Rxa8 28. Qxf4 Bd5 29. Ng5 Rf8 30. Qe5 Qc6 31. h3 Qc4 32. Kh2 c6 33. Re3 Qf1
34. Qg3 Qb1 35. Re7 Qg6 36. Ne6 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Rf1 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Re7 Rb1
40. Nf4 Bb3 41. h4 Rxb2 42. h5 Kg8 43. h6 Bc2 44. Nh5 Rb1 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. h7
Bxh7 47. Rxh7 Rh1 48. Kg4 1-0

[Round "10"]
[White "Harika, D."]
[Black "Timman, J."]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 Nxh7 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. O-O Rac8 21.
b3 b5 22. Ba1 bxc4 23. bxc4 Kg8 24. h3 Qc6 25. f4 Rd7 26. Qf5 Ne4 27. fxe5 Ng3
28. Qg4 Nxf1 29. Rxd6 Qxc4 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxd7 Nxe3 32. Bd4 Nc2 33. Bxa7
Nxa3 34. Bd4 Rc6 35. Rd6 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Nb5 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Be3 Rc7 39. Kf3 Re7
40. Rd5 Nc7 41. Ra5 Ne6 42. g4 Rb7 43. h4 Nf8 44. h5 Ne6 45. Ra3 g6 46. Ra7
Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Round "10"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, L."]
[Black "Tiviakov, S."]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. c3
Bd7 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Qd3 Ng6 17. Re3 Rad8 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. g3 1/2-1/2

FINAL STANDINGS

Crosstable of grandmaster group C

1234567891011121314Score
1Sadler, M.½½½½½½½½1½0½17
2Tania, S.½0½½½½0110½½½6
3Paehtz, E.½1½01½½1½100½7
4Brandenburg, D.½½½½½1½11½½½18.5
5Adhiban, B.½½1½½½011½½118.5
6Goudriaan, E.½½0½½001½100½5
7Danielian, E.½½½0½10½½00½15.5
8Turov, M.½1½½111111½½110.5
9Schut, L.½00000½0110014
10Haast, A.00½00½½0010103.5
11Ootes, L.½10½½010000014.5
12Tikkanen, H.1½1½½11½1111010
13Grover, S.½½1½01½½1010½7
14Hopman, P.0½½00½000101½4

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