Monday, February 5, 2018

Gibraltar 2018 : Aronian wins title after the the the tie-breaker




[Event "Gibraltar Masters TB 2018"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. Be3 b6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be2 Nd7 13. e5 e6 14. h4 Bb7 15. h5 Rac8 16. h6 Bh8 17. O-O Bd5 18. Qa3 f6 19. c4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 fxe5 22. Be3 Bf6 23. Bg4 Rfe8 24. f4 e4 25. Rfe1 Nf8 26. Rc1 Red8 27. c5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Qe7 29. Ra5 Qxa3 30. Rxa3 Rd3 31. Ra4 Bh4 32. Bf2 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rc2+ 34. Re2 e3+ 35. Kf3 Rxe2 36. Kxe2 Rd7 37. Kxe3 Kf7 38. Ra6 Kf6 39. Rc6 Re7 40. Ra6 Rd7 41. Rc6 Re7 42. g3 Nd7 43. Bd1 g5 44. Bc2 gxf4+ 45. gxf4 Nb6 46. Be4 Nd7 47. a4 Kf7 48. Kf3 Nf6 49. a5 Rb7 50. Bc2 Ke7 51. a6 Rd7 52. Ke2 Rd6 53. Rc7+ Rd7
54. Rc6 Rd6 55. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters TB 2018"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Nge4 Rd8 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Rac8 17. f3 a6 18. Be2 b5 19. Kf2 e5 20. Rac1 h6 21. h4 Ne8 22. Bc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd8 24. a4 Ne6 25. Ba3 bxa4 26. Nxa4 Nf6 27. Rd2 e4
28. Nb6 Rb8 29. Nc4 Bc6 30. Nd6 Bb5 31. Nxb5 axb5 32. Bd6 Rb7 33. Bb4 Nc7 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Bc3 Ne6 36. Ra8 Nd5 37. Be5 Nb6 38. Re8 Nc4 39. Bc3 Nc5 40. Bb4 Nd3+ 41. Bxd3 exd3 42. b3 Nb2 43. Rc8 Nd1+ 44. Ke1 Nxe3 45. Kf2 Nc2 46. Bc5 Rd7
47. Be3 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters TB 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 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 Qf6 13. b4 h6 14. b5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rb1 Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rb4 Be6 19. Qa1 Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Rfc8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. Kd2 Kd6 24. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters TB 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3 Re8 9. h3 b6 10. a4 a6 11. d5 a5 12. Nd2 Re7 13. Nc4 Nc5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Ba6 16. Na3 Nh7 17. Qd2 Qf8 18. Nab5 h5 19. Rf1 Rae8 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. d6 Rd7 22. Rfd1 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 c6 24. Na3 h4 25. Nc4 Rb8 26. Ra3 Qd8 27. Rd3 Ng5 28. f4 exf4
29. gxf4 Ne6 30. e5 Bh6 31. Rf1 b5 32. Nxa5 Nxf4 33. Nxc6 Qb6 34. Rxf4 c4+ 35. Rdd4 f6 36. a5 Qc5 37. Nxb8 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters TB 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
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. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. Ne2 Be6 15. b3 a5 16. a4 Rd8 17. Bg5 Bd5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nfd4 Be4 20. Rac1 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rd5 22. c4 Rd7 23. Ne2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bc2 25. Rc1 Bxb3 26. Nd4 Bxa4 27. Ra1
c5 28. Nf5+ Ke6 29. Nxg7+ Kxe5 30. Rxa4 Ra8 31. Nxh5 c6 32. Kf1 b5 33. Ra1 Kd4 34. Nf6 a4 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. Ke2 b4 37. h4 b3 38. Kd2 a3 39. Rd1 a2 40. Kc1+ Kc3 41. Nd5+ Kc4 42. Kb2 Re8 43. Ne3+ Kb4 44. Rd7 c4 45. Rd4 Ra8 46. Rxc4+ Kb5 47. Rc1 Kb4 48. Nd5+ Ka5 49. Kxb3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters TB 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Be3 c5 10. d5 b5 11. Bxc5 Qc7 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Kd1 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 Na6 17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Bb1 Rc4 19. Rxc4 bxc4 20. Qc3 Rb8 21. Kd2 Qa6 22. a3 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rb3 24. Qc1 Qa5+ 25. Nc3 Qb6 26. Ne2 Rb2+ 27. Ke3
Rb3+ 28. Nc3 Qa5 29. Kd2 Qb6 30. Ke2 Qxd4 31. Nd1 Bb5 32. Bc2 c3+ 33. Kf3 Qxd5+ 34. Kg3 Qd6+ 35. f4 Rxa3 36. Ne3 e5 37. f5 e4+ 38. Kh3 Bd7 39. Rd1 Qf4 40. Rf1 Qh6+ 41. Kg3 Ra5 42. Nc4 Qxc1 43. Rxc1 Rc5 44. Ne3 gxf5 45. Ra1 a5 46. Kf4 Kg7 47. Ra3 Be6 48. Nd1 Rd5 49. Rxc3 Rd2 50. Kg3 f4+ 51. Kxf4 Rxg2 52. Rg3+ Rxg3 53.
hxg3 f5 54. Ne3 Kf6 55. Ba4 Bc8 56. Nd5+ Kf7 57. Ne3 Kf6 58. Nc4 Be6 59. Nxa5 e3 60. Bb5 Bd5 61. Be2 Kg6 62. Bd3 Be4 63. Bc4 h5 64. Nb3 h4 65. g4 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters TB 2018"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 c6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 Nb6 12. Qd3 e6 13. Ne2 a5 14. Bg5 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd6 18. Bf3 Nfd5 19. Ng3 Nf6 20. Qe3 Rh8 21. Qg5 Nbd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Ne4 Qf4 24. Rhe1 Qxg5 25. Nxg5 Ke7 26. Rd3 Rhd8 27. Rf3 Nf6 28. c3 Rd5 29. Kc2 Rf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Nf3 Nd7 32. Ng5 Nf6 33. Nf3 Nd7 34. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters TB 2018"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. b3 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. Nf3 h6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Bh7 10. Qc2 a5 11. Rad1 Na6 12. a3 Nc5 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. bxa4 Nd7 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Ne5 Bf8 18. Bh5 Re7 19. c5 Ra8 20. Bd4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rd7 22. f4 f6 23. Ba1 e5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Bg4 Re7 26. Rf1 Qe8 27. Bf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 g6 29. Rf2 Bg7 30. Rbf1 Qd7 31. d4 exd4 32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. exd4 Kh7 34. Rf6 Rg8 35. Qd2 Qg4 36. h3 Re2 37. Rf7+ Rg7 38. Qxh6+ Kxh6 39. hxg4 Rxf7 40. Rxf7 Re4 41. Rxb7 Rxd4 42. Rb6 Rxa4 43. Rxc6 Rxa3 44. Rd6 Rd3 45. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters TB 2018"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bb3 a5 22. a3 a4 23. Ba2 Bd7 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Qc3 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. h3 Be6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Rd1 f6 30. Rd6 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 fxe5 32. Rxc6 Rd8 33. Rc5 b4 34. Rxe5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Ra5 Rxf2 37. axb4 Rxb2 38. Rxa4 Rb3 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Rb8 h5 41. h4 Kg6 42. Rb5 Kf6 43. g3 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 g6 45. Rb8 Kf5 46. Rb5+ Kg4 47. Rg5+ Kf3 48. Rxg6 Rxb4 49. Kh2 Rb2+ 50. Kh3 Rb1 51. Rf6+ Ke4 52. Rf8 Rb2 53. Rf4+ Ke5 54. Rf1 Ke4 55. Rf8 Rb1 56. Kg2 Rb2+ 57. Rf2 Rb5 58. Rf4+ Ke5 59. Rf8 Ke6 60. Kf3 Rf5+ 61. Rxf5 Kxf5 62. Kf2 Kf6 63. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters TB 2018"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bxa6 bxa6 9. h3 Nd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Na4 Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. bxc5 Ba6 15. Re1 a4 16. Qd2 Bb5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Bc4 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 f6 21. Nd2 Bd5 22. Re3 Rb8 23. c4 Bf7 24. Re4 g5 25. Rae1 e5 26. dxe5 Bg6 27. R4e2 Rb2 28. Nf3 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 fxe5 30. Rxe5 Qd1+ 31. Re1 Qc2 32. a3 Qxc4 33. Qxg5 Rf5 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qe3+ Qf4 37. Qxf4+ Rxf4 38. Re6 Rc4 39. Rxc6 Kg7 40. Ne5 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Be4 42. Ra6 Rxc5 43. Rxa7+ Kg8 44. Nd7 Rf5 45. Rxa4 Bc6 46. Rg4+ Kf7 47. Nb8 Bb7 48. f3 Rb5 49. Rb4 Rxb4 50. axb4 1-0

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