Tuesday, March 13, 2018

2018 FIDE Candidate Round 1 and 2 Results




[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 Qxc5 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. e3 O-O
8. c4 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 d6 12. Nb1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Rac8 14.
Rc2 Qb8 15. Qa1 a6 16. Rd2 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Ba8 18. Ng5 Rc5 19. Nh3 b5 20. Nf4
bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rg5 22. Ncd5 Ne5 23. Be2 Ne4 24. Rd4 Nc5 25. h4 Rf5 26. e4
Rxf4 27. Nxf4 Nxe4 28. Nd5 Nc5 29. Rb4 Qa7 30. Ne3 a5 31. Rb5 Ne6 32. Rxe5
dxe5 33. Bxe5 Qc5 34. Bxg7 Nxg7 35. Qd4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Bc6 37. Rd2 Rb8 38.
Rc2 Be8 39. Rc7 Kf8 40. Ra7 a4 41. bxa4 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rb4 43. a5 Rxh4+ 44.
Kg1 Ra4 45. Bc4 Bc6 46. Rc7 Be8 47. a6 Nh5 48. Nd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bg4
8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Bg7 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Nc3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxb7 O-O
14. Qxc7 Rab8 15. O-O Rxb2 16. Qxe7 Qxc3 17. Kg2 Rc2 18. Rad1 Rxa2 19. Rc1
Rc2 20. Rxc2 Qxc2 21. Ra1 Qc4 22. Qb7 Qb5 23. Qxa6 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Qf6 25. Kg2
Rb8 26. Ra5 Rb3 27. Qc8+ Kg7 28. Qg4 Rb5 29. Rxb5 cxb5 30. Qd7 Qg5+ 31. Kf1
Qe5 32. h4 b4 33. Qb7 Qc3 34. e5 b3 35. Kg2 Qc4 36. Qb6 h6 37. Kg3 Qd5 38.
f4 Kh7 39. Qb8 Qc4 40. f3 Qc3 41. Qf8 Qc4 42. Qb8 Kg7 43. Qb6 Qd5 44. Qb8
Qd1 45. Qb7 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qe3 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qe3 50. Qb4
g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. fxg5 Qe2+ 53. Kg3 Qxe5+ 54. Kf2 Qh2+ 55. Ke3 Qg1+ 56.
Kf4 Qc1+ 57. Kg4 Qe3 58. Kg3 Qxg5+ 59. Kf2 Qd5 60. Ke3 Kg6 61. Ke2 Kf6 62.
Ke3 Ke6 63. Qb6+ Kd7 64. Qa7+ Kc6 65. Qa6+ Kc5 66. Qa4 Qc4 67. Qa5+ Kc6 68.
Qa1 Kb5 69. Qb2 Kb4 70. Kd2 Qf4+ 71. Ke1 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8.
h4 Bb7 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Rb1 f6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. a4
e5 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Rb5 Qa6 17. Rh3 Bxd4 18. Be2 Rd6 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Rb5 Qa6
21. Rb1 Qa5 22. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Qb3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bc1 Nhf6 12. Nbd2 b5 13. c5 b4 14. Qc2
a4 15. Re1 e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Bxc5 19. Ng5 g6 20. Bf4
Qb6 21. e4 b3 22. axb3 axb3 23. Qe2 Ba6 24. Qf3 Bc4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. e6
dxe4 27. exf7+ Bxf7 28. Nxe4 Bd4 29. Nd6 Bd5 30. Qe2 Nf8 31. Bxd5+ cxd5 32.
Qf3 Qa5 33. Re7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Re1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ndf3
Qd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 h6 17. Ne4 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Rc1 Nxe4 20. Rxe4
Bf6 21. Rg4 Kh8 22. Rc5 Rad8 23. Qc1 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Re4 25. Rxc7 Qxd4 26.
Be3 Rxg4 27. hxg4 Qe4 28. f3 Qb4 29. Rxb7 Bxb2 30. Qf1 f6 31. Qf2 Be5 32.
f4 Bd6 33. g5 Qe4 34. Qf3 Qb1+ 35. Qf1 Qe4 36. Qf3 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Bb4 38. Qe2
Qe4 39. Qf3 Qb1 40. Kg3 fxg5 41. Kh2 Qf5 42. Rf7 Qg6 43. fxg5 Bd6+ 44. Kh3
1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[ECO "E06"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8.
Ne5 Qxd4 9. Bxa8 Qxe5 10. Bf3 Nd5 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Qa4 Bb7 14.
Nc3 Nd4 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Rad1 c5 18. Be3 Nf3+ 19. exf3 d4 20.
f4 dxc3 21. bxc3 Bf3 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Qb3 Qf5 24. c4 Be4 25. Rd2 Qh5 26. f3
Bxf3 27. f5 Bc6 28. Qd1 Qh3 29. Rff2 h6 30. Qf1 Qg4 31. Rf4 Qg5 32. Rd3 Qf6
33. Bd2 Ba8 34. h4 Qc6 35. Kh2 Bd6 36. Rf2 Be5 37. Bc3 Bxc3 38. Rxc3 Re8
39. f6 g6 40. Rcc2 Re4 41. Rfe2 Qe6 42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43. Rf2 Bf5 44. Qc1 Kh7
45. Qc3 h5 46. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[ECO "E32"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 c6 10. g3 Nd7 11. Bh3 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qc6 Rb8 14.
O-O Rd8 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16. Bf1 Bc4 17. Qa4 a5 18. b3 b5 19. Qxa5 Bxb3 20. Rc7
Bc4 21. Qa7 Ra8 22. Qb7 Rab8 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qb7 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Ne7 17. Nf3 Rh8 18. Bg5 c5 19. Nd2 Kf8
20. Nf1 Nf5 21. g3 Ne7 22. Kg2 Nd5 23. c4 Nb6 24. Ne3 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4
26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bb5 28. Kg3 Re8 29. f4 b6 30. f5 Ba4 31. Rc1 Kg8 32.
c4 Bc6 33. Rcd1 Ba4 34. Rc1 Bc6 35. Bh4 Ba4 36. Rc3 Bc6 37. Rce3 Rh6 38.
Bg5 Rh7 39. R3e2 Ba4 40. Re3 Rh8 41. Bh4 Rh6 42. e6 fxe6 43. g5 Rh8 44.
Rxe6 Rf8 45. R6e5 Bc2 46. f6 gxf6 47. gxf6 Rh7 48. Rg5+ Kh8 49. Re7 Rg8 50.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 51. Rxg8 Kxg8 52. Kf2 Bb3 53. Bg3 Bxc4 54. Bxc7 Bd5 55. Bb8
1/2-1/2

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