Games from the 10th Tal Memorial 2016" Round 1 and 2

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.
Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Ke7 14. Rc1
Rhc8 15. Ne5 c5 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Bxd5 Kd6 19. Bf3 Kxe5 20. Kd2
Rc5 21. a3 bxa3 22. Ra1 Bb5 23. Rxa3 Rc7 24. h4 h6 25. Ra2 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27.
Rc2 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Kd4 29. e3+ Kc5 30. Kc3 a5 31. Bd1 f6 32. f4 e5 33. Bf3 Be8
34. Bd1 Bb5 35. Bf3 Be8 36. Bd1 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Qd2 Qb8 12. Rac1 Rd8 13. b3 h6 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Nd4
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. f3 g5 18. Be3 d5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Qxg5+ Ng6 21. Nxe6 Rd6
22. Nf4 Ne4 23. Qg4 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 d4 25. Rcd3 Rad8 26. Nd5 Bf8 27. Rxd4 Bg7 28.
R4d2 b5 29. Qe4 Qb8 30. c5 Re8 31. Qg4 Rde6 32. e4 Qc8 33. Rc2 Ne5 34. Qf5 Qb7
35. f4 Nc6 36. e5 Nb4 37. Rcd2 f6 38. Qe4 Nxd5 39. Rxd5 fxe5 40. f5 Ra6 41. R1d2
Kh8 42. h4 Rh6 43. Kf3 Rh5 44. Qg4 Rxf5+ 45. Qxf5 Rf8 46. Qxf8+ Bxf8 47. b4 Qf7+
48. Kg2 e4 49. Re5 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 Qc3 51. Rdd5 e3 52. Re8 Kg7 53. Kh3 Qe1 54. Rde5
Qxb4 55. Rg5+ Kf7 56. Rxe3 Bxc5 57. Rf3+ Ke6 58. Rg6+ Ke7 59. Rg7+ Ke6 60. Rg6+
Kd7 61. Rg7+ Be7 62. Re3 a5 63. h5 Kd8 64. Rg8+ Kd7 65. Rg7 Kd8 66. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Bg5 Ne5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rac1
Rd8 15. Na4 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Bd7 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rd1 Kf8 19. a3 Nc6 20. Rcd2 Ke7
21. Nd4 e5 22. Nb5 Be6 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Ke1 f5 27. exf5
Bxf5 28. Rd1 Rg8 29. g3 Be6 30. Kd2 f5 31. Ke3 f4+ 32. gxf4 exf4+ 33. Kxf4 Rg2
34. Ke3 Rxh2 35. Nc3 Rh3+ 36. f3 Rh5 37. Rg1 Bf7 38. b4 Ne5 39. Ne4 Nd7 40. f4
Rh2 41. Rc1 Bd5 42. Nc3 Bc6 43. Rg1 Nf6 44. Rg7+ Kd6 45. Bd3 Rh3+ 46. Kd4 Rh4
47. Ne2 b5 48. Rg5 Nd5 49. Rf5 Nc7 50. Rf7 Ne6+ 51. Kc3 h5 52. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Ba3 d6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. O-O-O Ne8 15.
g3 Bb7 16. Bg2 f6 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. c5 Nf5 19. Rhe1 Qf7 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Bc4 Rd5 23. Qe2 1-0

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Bd4 e5 14. Bc5 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Rfc8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Be3 Rab8 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Be3 Ra3 20. c4 Bb4 21.
Rd3 Bxe2 22. Rxa3 Bxa3 23. c5 Bd3 24. Rd1 e4 25. Bf1 Rd8 26. f3 Rd5 27. fxe4
Bxe4 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 f5 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Kf4 Kf6 33. h4 h6
34. Kf3 g5 35. hxg5+ hxg5 36. g4 fxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Ke5 38. Bxg5 Kd5 39. Kf3 Bxc5
40. Ke2 Kc4 41. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15.
Rb1 c5 16. d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Ng6 19. Ne3 Bc8 20. Bd2 b4 21. Nhg4 a5
22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. g3 a4 24. bxa4 Nde5 25. f4 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Qxf4 27. Nf1 Qh4 28.
Re3 Bxh3 29. Qe2 Qg4+ 30. Qxg4 Bxg4 31. a3 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. Rb2 bxa3 34.
Rxa3 Nxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxe4 36. a5 Bc8 37. Re3 Rf4+ 38. Rf3 Re4 39. Rb2 Ba6 40. Bc3
h5 41. Ng3 Rh4 42. Rb6 Rh2+ 43. Kg1 Rc2 44. Nf5 Bc4 45. Re3 Kh7 46. Rxd6 Rb8 47.
Rb6 Rxb6 48. axb6 Bxd5 49. Nxg7 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Rg6 51. Nxh5 Bc4+ 52. Kf2 Rxb6 53.
Nf6+ Kh6 54. Rg3 1-0

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 d6 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O
exd4 9. exd4 Ne7 10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Qc1 Re8 12. h3 c6 13. g4 Ne7 14. Bh6 d5 15. c5
b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Re1 Bh8 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. Qd2 Nf8 20. Nf4 Ne6 21. Nce2 c5 22.
dxc5 bxc5 23. Nxd5 Bb7 24. Nec3 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bd4 26. Nc3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 g5 28.
h4 gxh4 29. Ne4 Qd5 30. f3 Rad8 31. Rad1 Kh8 32. Bg5 f5 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. gxf5
Qxf5 35. Kh1 Rg8 36. Rf1 Be5 0-1

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c3 h6 13. Re2 Bd6 14. Qf5
Ne7 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Bd2 Bf4 17. g3 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Rae1 f6
21. Nf1 Rad8 22. Ne3 Rfe8 23. Nf5 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Kf7 25. Kg2 Rd7 26. Kf3 Nf8 27.
h4 g6 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 gxh4 30. gxh4 Kf7 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Ng4 Kf7 33. Re1
Rd6 34. Ne3 Ne6 35. Rh1 Ng7 36. a4 a6 37. b4 Rd8 38. b5 a5 39. Ng2 Nh5 40. Rb1
b6 41. Rc1 Ng7 42. Rh1 Nh5 43. Re1 Rd7 44. Kg4 Rd8 45. Kf3 Rd7 46. Ne3 Ng7 47.
Ng4 Nf5 48. Rh1 Rd8 49. h5 g5 50. Ke2 Rh8 51. Kd3 Nh4 52. f4 Ng2 53. fxg5 Nf4+
54. Ke3 Rxh5 55. Rxh5 Nxh5 56. gxf6 Nxf6 57. Nf2 Ke6 58. Kf4 Ne8 59. Ng4 Nd6 60.
Ne3 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nxc5 10. Nge2 Qa5 11. O-O Qb4 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bd3 14. Re1 Rfd8
15. Qd2 a5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Ba2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Ba6 19. Rb1 Bd3 20. Rbc1 Ba6 21. Rb1
Bd3 22. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4
15. Nxd4 Nb6 16. Qc3 Nd5 17. Qb3 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Qc4 Nb6 20. Qc3 Nd5 21. Qc4
Nb6 22. Qc3 Nd5 23. Qc4 1/2-1/2