GCT RAPID PARIS 2017

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2017"]
(Round "4.1")
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Nfd7 6. cxd5 Nb6 7. Qd1 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. a4 e6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. h4 h6 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Re8 14. Bf4 a6 15. Qd2 Kh7
16. Rad1 Bd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Rfe1 Qb6 20. h5 g5 21. Bd6 Rad8 22.
Bc5 Qc7 23. Nd6 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd6 25. Nxg5+ Kg8 26. Ne4 Qb8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Qb2+ 1-0

[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4
Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. h4 h6 14. Nf1 a4 15. N1h2
Qc8 16. Ng4 Rd8 17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. Bxh6 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ng5 Qd7 21. Qg4 Bg7
22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nxe6 Rd4 25. Qxg7+ Qxg7 26. Nxg7 1-0

[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a6 8. Bb3
Re8 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 d5 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Rad1 Na5 15.
Qc2 c5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. a4 b5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Na3 Qb7 23. c4 b4 24. Nb5 Rad8 25. Ra1 Qd7 26. Ra6 Re6 27. Qa4 Qxd3 28. Bxh6
gxh6 29. Nc7 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Rxa6 31. Qxa6 Rd6 32. Nc6 Qf5 33. Nd5 Qe6 34. Qa8 Rxc6
35. Re3 Ne8 36. Rg3+ Kh7 37. Rf3 e4 38. Rf4 Ra6 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qxa6 Bg7 41.
Qc6 Bd4 42. Kh2 Ng7 43. Ne3 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. h3 Be5 14. c3 h6
15. Bh4 Bd7 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. Qf3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Bc6 19. Qe2 Rxd4 20. Bg3 Qa5 21.
Rac1 Qd5 22. Rxc6+ bxc6 23. Bxa6+ Kd7 24. Rc1 Ke7 25. Bb7 Ne4 26. Bxc6 Nxg3 27.
fxg3 Qxa2 28. Qe5 Rhd8 29. Kh2 Kf8 30. Bf3 Qxb2 31. Rc7 Qb8 32. Qc5+ Kg8 33. Qe7
Rf8 34. Bh5 Qd8 35. Bxf7+ Kh8 36. Qxd8 Rdxd8 37. Bxe6 Rf2 38. g4 g6 39. Rc5 Re2
40. Bf7 Kg7 41. Bd5 Rd7 42. Bf3 Rb2 43. Rc6 Rbd2 44. Kg3 R2d6 45. Rc8 g5 46. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Rb3 Qe7 14. Ba4 Qd8 15.
Bb6 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qg4 17. O-O Be7 18. f5 O-O 19. Rf4 Bg5 20. Rxg4 Bxd2 21. Bxd7
Bxd7 22. f6 g6 23. Nd1 Rfc8 24. c3 h5 25. Rd4 Bh6 26. Kf2 a5 27. Rb2 a4 28. Rd3
a3 29. Rb1 Ba4 30. Ne3 Rc6 31. Bd4 b5 32. h4 Rac8 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. Kf2 Ke8 35.
Ke2 Kd7 36. Kf2 Kc7 37. Kf3 Kb7 38. Kf2 Ka6 39. Kf3 R8c7 40. Kf2 Rb7 41. g4 hxg4
42. Kg3 Bf8 43. Kxg4 b4 44. cxb4 Rxb4 45. Rxb4 Bxb4 46. Kg5 Bf8 47. h5 gxh5 48.
Kxh5 Rc1 49. Rd2 Rh1+ 50. Kg4 Bb4 51. Rg2 Bb5 52. Rc2 Kb7 53. Bc5 Bxc5 54. Rxc5
Be2+ 55. Kg3 Ra1 56. Rc2 Bb5 57. Kf4 d4 58. Nc4 Bxc4 59. Rxc4 Rxa2 60. Rxd4 Ra1
61. Rd2 a2 62. Rf2 Kc6 63. Rc2+ Kd5 64. Rd2+ Kc4 65. Rf2 Kd3 66. Rf3+ Ke2 67.
Re3+ Kd2 68. Rf3 Re1 0-1

[Round "5.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Be3
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Ndf3 Bd7 13. Bf4 Be8 14. Qe2 Qe7 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe5 Qd7 18. Qf4 Qb7 19. Rb1 Bh5 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. O-O
c5 22. Rfe1 c4 23. Bf1 Rfc8 24. b3 cxb3 25. Rxb3 Rab8 26. c4 Rxb3 27. axb3 Rb8
28. Rc1 Rc8 29. c5 Be8 30. Ba6 Rb8 31. Nd3 Qxf4 32. Nxf4 Bc6 33. Nxe6 Kf7 34.
Ng5+ Ke7 35. Nf3 Kd8 36. Ne5 Kc7 37. Bd3 Rxb3 38. Ra1 Kb7 39. Bxf5 Bb5 40. Nf7
Rb4 41. Nd6+ Kb8 42. Kg2 g6 43. Be6 Bd3 44. Ra3 Rxd4 45. Rb3+ Kc7 46. Rb7+ Kc6
47. Rxa7 Kxc5 48. Nf7 Be4+ 49. Kh3 Rd2 50. Ng5 Rxf2 51. Nxh7 Nxh7 52. Rxh7 g5
53. Rg7 Rf6 54. Bxd5 Kxd5 55. Kg4 Rf2 56. Kxg5 Ke6 57. g4 Rxh2 58. Ra7 Rh8 59.
Rg7 Bd5 60. Rg6+ Ke5 61. Rg7 Be6 62. Rg6 Rh1 63. Rg7 Bxg4 64. Re7+ Be6 65. Rg7
Rh2 66. Rg6 Rh7 67. Rh6 Rf7 68. Rg6 Ra7 69. Kh6 Bf5 70. Rg7 Ra4 71. Kg5 Be6 72.
Rg6 Ra7 73. Kh6 Kf5 74. Rg5+ Kf4 75. Rg7 Ra8 76. Kg6 Bf5+ 77. Kf6 Ra6+ 78. Ke7
Ke5 79. Kf7 Rb6 80. Ke7 Bg6 81. Kf8 Kf6 82. Rf7+ Kg5 83. Rg7 Kh6 84. Rc7 Re6 85.
Re7 Rf6+ 86. Kg8 Bf5 87. Re8 Bd7 88. Rd8 Be6+ 89. Kh8 Kg6 90. Re8 Kf7 0-1

[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Bb7 9. Nc3 e6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. a4 Rc8 13. h3 O-O 14. Qe3 h6 15. Bh4
Rfd8 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. Nd2 Nfd7 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nf3 Nb4 21. Qf2 Bf6 22.
f5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Na2 24. fxe6 Nxc3 25. Bxd6 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd6 0-1

[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
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. Be3 Be7 14. a4
h5 15. a5 h4 16. Nd4 Rh5 17. a6 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Rd5 19. c4 Rd7 20. axb7 Bxb7 21.
Nf5 Bf6 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rd2 25. b3 Rd3 26. Nxh4 Rxb3 27. h3
Rb4 28. Rh5 Kg8 29. Rc5 a5 30. Rcxa5 Rxa5 31. Rxa5 Rxc4 32. Nf5 Rb4 33. Ra1 Rb5
34. Nd4 Rb4 35. Nf5 g6 36. Ne3 Kf8 37. g4 Ke7 38. Kh2 c5 39. Rc1 Kd6 40. Kg3 Bd5
41. h4 Re4 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Re6 44. Rd1 c6 45. h6 Kc7 46. Ng4 Be4 47. Re1 c4
48. Kf4 Bg6 49. Rxe6 fxe6 50. Nf6 Kd6 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. h7 Bxh7 53. Nxh7 Kf5 54.
Nf8 c3 55. Kd3 Kf4 56. Nxe6+ Kf3 57. Nd4+ Kxf2 58. Nxc6 c2 59. Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Round "5.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
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. Qe2 Nc5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. h3 Qd7 14. Rad1 f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Ng5 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Rf5 18. Nce4 h6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Ng3 Re5 21. Qd3
Bc5 22. Rc1 Bb6 23. Re2 Nb4 24. Qd2 d4 25. Bf4 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 Nxa2 27. Re1 Re8
28. Kf1 Qxb3 29. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Qa4 31. Nc2 Ba5 32. b4 Nxb4 0-1

[Round "5.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bf4 Nac4 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 cxd5 15.
exd5 Re8 16. Rac1 e5 17. dxe6 Rxe6 18. Qc2 g5 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. Qxc4 Red6 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Qg4 h6 25. Rc8 Bf8 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Bc3 Qg6
28. Re8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qf1 31. Be1 Kg7 32. Qf3 1-0

[Round "6.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Be5 Nb3 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Be4
15. O-O Qg6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxb3 exf3 18. Bg3 fxg2 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Qd3 Qxd3
21. Rxd3 Rfd8 22. Rbd1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rd8 24. Rc3 Bf6 25. Rc7 a5 26. Rb7 Bxb2 27.
Bd6 h6 28. Rxb6 Bc3 29. Kxg2 Rc8 30. Kf3 Rc4 31. Rb5 Rc6 32. Bc5 Rf6+ 33. Ke2 a4
34. Kd3 Be1 35. Ke2 Bc3 36. Kd3 Be1 37. f4 Rf5 38. Kc4 g5 39. fxg5 Rxg5 40. Bd4
Kh7 41. Rb1 Ba5 42. Rf1 Kg8 43. Rf6 Rh5 44. Ra6 Kh7 45. Ra8 Be1 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47.
Rg8+ Kf5 48. Rg1 Bh4 49. Rf1+ Ke6 50. Kb4 Be7+ 51. Kxa4 Rxh2 52. Kb3 h5 53. a4
Bd8 54. Ra1 Ba5 55. Kc4 Rg2 56. Rf1 Bd8 57. Ra1 Rg5 58. Bc3 Bb6 59. a5 Rc5+ 60.
Kd3 Rd5+ 61. Kc4 Rc5+ 62. Kd3 Rd5+ 63. Ke2 Ba7 64. a6 Rd7 65. Rh1 Rd5 66. Rf1
Rb5 67. Rf6+ Ke7 68. Rc6 Kd7 69. Rf6 Ke7 70. Rh6 Rb3 71. Bf6+ Kd7 72. Bg5 Rb6
73. Rxh5 Rxa6 74. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. c4 Bd7 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Be8
21. Qe3 a5 22. b3 b6 23. g3 Rac8 24. Bg2 h6 25. Bf3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qc5 27. Rd4 a4
28. Kg2 axb3 29. axb3 b5 30. h4 bxc4 31. bxc4 h5 32. Qf4 Qa5 33. Nd3 Qc7 34. Ne5
Qa5 35. Qe3 Qc5 36. Kg1 Rb8 37. Qf4 Rc8 38. Rd2 Qa5 39. Qd4 Rc5 40. Re2 Qc7 41.
Kh2 Kh8 42. Qf4 Kg8 43. Qd4 Kh8 44. Qe3 Kg8 45. Re1 Ra5 46. Kg2 Rc5 47. Qd4 Kh8
48. Qa1 Kg8 49. Re3 Ra5 50. Qe1 Rc5 51. Kh2 Kh8 52. Qe2 Kg8 53. Bxh5 Nd7 54.
Nxd7 Bxd7 55. Rc3 Bb5 56. Ra3 Rxc4 57. Ra8+ Kh7 58. Bf3 Rxh4+ 0-1

[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bf5 8. Bxf5
exf5 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ndf3 Nc6 14. Bd2 Ne4
15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. Rac1 f6 17. Nd3 b6 18. Bb4 a5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rc2 g5 21. Rdc1
Rb8 22. Qb5 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Nd2 Kf7 25. Nb1 Nd6 26. Nd2 Ng6 27. Nb1 Ne7
28. b3 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Ndxc8 30. Nc3 Nd6 31. Na4 Rb7 32. Kf1 h6 33. Nc3 Rc7 34. Na4
Rb7 35. Nc3 Rc7 36. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Round "6.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 Be7 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
Nf3 d6 9. d3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nd2 h6 13. d4 Nh7 14. d5 f5 15. a4
c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. a5 Ndf6 18. b5 Bb7 19. a6 Bc8 20. f4 Re8 21. fxe5 dxe5 22.
Qb3 Ng5 23. Nf3 Nf7 24. Nh4 Ne4 25. Nxf5 Qg5 26. Ng3 Nd2 27. Qc3 Nxf1 28. Rxf1
Bg4 29. Ne4 Qh4 30. Bd3 Be6 31. c5 bxc5 32. Qxc5 Rec8 33. Qb4 Rc4 34. Qb3 Rac8
35. Bxc4 Bxc4 36. Qc2 Be6 37. Qb1 Rb8 38. Nc3 Bc4 39. Rf2 Ng5 40. Qf5 Rd8 41.
Qxe5 Qg4 42. h4 Nh3+ 43. Kh2 Nxf2 44. Qe7 Rf8 45. b6 Bf1 0-1

[Round "6.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O b6 14. c4 O-O 15.
Rac1 a5 16. Qd1 a4 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Nb1 Re8 19. Nc3 e4 20. f4 Nd3 21. Bxd3 Ng4
22. Bf2 exd3 23. Qxd3 Ra7 24. Bd4 Rae7 25. Bxg7 Re3 26. Qd2 Kxg7 27. f5 Qh4 28.
g3 Qg5 29. Qd4+ f6 30. Qf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4 h4 32. Nxa4 h3 33. Rc3 gxf5 34. Rxe3
Rxe3 35. Nc3 Kh6 36. a4 Kh5 37. a5 bxa5 38. c5 dxc5 39. d6 Re8 40. Rd1 Rg8 41.
Re1 Ne5+ 42. Kf1 Nf3 43. Re2 Rd8 44. Nb5 Kg4 45. Re7 Nxh2+ 46. Kf2 Kxf4 0-1