Monday, March 18, 2013

Malabon City Inter-Barangay Chess Tournament: March 31 and April 7,2013


HERES A SIX MOVES MATE by Philippine Chess Federation National Arbiter Ernie Baltazar against Toto Quianchon in Malabon Chess Association Blitz Tournament.

2013 MALABON INTER BARANGAY
Team composition
1 HULONG DUHAT "A" Rtg-Ø:2088
Bo. Name NRtg FED
1 Baltazar Melwyn Kenneth 2150 HD
2 Miranda Armando 2050 HD
3 Tan Charlie 2000 HD
4 Dy Giovanni 2150 HD
  Espiritu Dann 1900 HD
2 TANONG Rtg-Ø:2020
Bo. Name NRtg FED
1 Ricafort Marlon 2190 TAN
2 Dela Cruz Rupert 2140 TAN
3 Dejero Domingo 1900 TAN
4 Ricafort Ricardo 1850 TAN
  Dela Cruz Rey 1850 TAN
3 LONGOS Rtg-Ø:2013
Bo. Name NRtg FED
1 Sadongdong Frederick 2050 LON
2 Ibanez Pio Kit 2100 LON
3 Barcelon Bryan 2100 LON
4 Lacao Michael 1800 LON
  Calzo Eric 1800 LON
4 TINEJEROS Rtg-Ø:2010
Bo. Name NRtg FED
1 Samantila Daryl Unix 2100 TIN
2 Lorenzo Aaron Kimuel 2080 TIN
3 Octaviano Philip 1910 TIN
4 Cruz Christopher 1850 TIN
  Custodio Fernando 1950 TIN
5 BARITAN Rtg-Ø:1953
Bo. Name NRtg FED
1 Asi Joselito 2050 BAR
2 Salcedo Edgardo 1800 BAR
3 Yap Renato 1900 BAR
4 Bartolome Remark 1890 BAR
  Sebastian Roger 1970 BAR
6 SAN AGUSTIN Rtg-Ø:1920
Bo. Name NRtg FED
1 Diaz Joel 2100 SA
2 Baldera Josse 1800 SA
3 Dangculos John 1800 SA
4 Baldera Celso 1980 SA
7 BAYAN BAYANAN Rtg-Ø:1918
Bo. Name NRtg FED
1 Serrano Jethro 2000 B-B
2 Serna Marvin 1940 B-B
3 Santiago Fernando 1880 B-B
4 De Castro Joey 1850 B-B
8 TONSUYA Rtg-Ø:1908
Bo. Name NRtg FED
1 Peralta Rico 2040 TON
2 De Jesus Eder 1890 TON
3 Edwin Edwin 1800 TON
4 De Guia Aries 1900 TON
9 HULONG DUHAT " B" Rtg-Ø:1600
Bo. Name NRtg FED
10 FLORES Rtg-Ø:1600
Bo. Name NRtg FED
The Rating-Ø are compute from the 4 rating-strongest players.
2013 MALABON INTER BARANGAY
Team roster
No. Team Rat-Ø
1 HULONG DUHAT "A" 2063
2 TANONG 2010
3 TINEJEROS 1975
4 LONGOS 1968
5 SAN AGUSTIN 1908
6 BARITAN 1953
7 TONSUYA 1885
8 BAYAN BAYANAN 1891
9 HULONG DUHAT " B" 1600
10 FLORES 1600


[Event "2012 National Open Chess Championships "]
[Site "Boracay Island"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "PARAGUA, Mark"]
[Black "MEJIA, Giovanni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Baltazar,Ernie"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 {2. d3 laban sa Sicilian Defense. Bihirang gamitin, pero puede
naman, 2nd move move pa lang isipan na kaagad.} Nc6 3. g3 {Naharangan na ang
Bishop ng Puti sa g1-a6 diagonal , kaya sa Bg2 ito lumagay.} g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 {
Balik sa normal na Sicilian position.} 5. f4 e6 {5...e6!? , kadalasan 6... d6
ang tira dito.} 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d5 {Kanya kanya na ito, alis na
sa libro ang tirahan ngayon.} 9. e5 b6 {Natural, dapat makahanap ng lungga ang
puting Bishop ng puti.} 10. Na3 {Almost complete na ang development ng mga
piyesa ng puti.} Ba6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nc2 Qc7 13. Be3 {Pagkatapos ng ika 12
move ng puti ay nailabas na ang lahat ng mga piyesa Ang rook ay nasa gitna  at
ligtas ang Hari sa sulok.} Rfd8 14. Bf2 Rb8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 17. Rc1
Qd7 18. g4 {Typical Sicilian game, White attack on the kingside and Black
attack on the Queenside. Tingnan natin kung sino ang mauuna.} Bh6 19. Ng5 {
Sinubukan ng puti, kung ipagpapalit ng itim ang kanyang Bishop na tanging
bantay sa kingside laban sa kabayo.} Rdc8 20. Bh4 Nc4 {Atake sa pawn sa b2.
Maganda sanang poste ng kabayo,kung hindi na ito mapapaalis...pero} 21. Rb1 b5
22. Nb4 {Ang sama ng puesto ang bishop ng itm pareho!!} Bb7 23. Nd3 {Iyan ang
tira, pupunta ang puting kabayo sa c5 square para sa Tarrasch Knight.} Nc6 24.
Nc5 {Kitam!} Qe7 25. b3 Nb6 {Tsk...tsk...tsk..Lalo lang naipit ang itim.} 26.
Rc1 Nd7 27. Qd2 {Expected na ang NxN, kaya pagkatapos ng RxN pwedeng magdoble
ang Rook sa c-file.} Nxc5 28. Rxc5 a6 29. Re3 {Pero mas malakas pala ang rook
sa h3.} Nd8 30. Nxh7 {Pansamantalang nagbigay ng kabayo ang puti...pero pag
kinain ito ng itim ay Rook h3 ,sabay tsibog sa Bishop!} Qxh4 31. Rh3 Bxf4 {
Suicide na...mukhang pakakain na lahat ng piyesa ang itim sabay resign.} 32.
Qxf4 Qxh7 33. Rxh7 {Ano ba yan?} Kxh7 34. h4 {At nagresign na nga ang itim .}
1-0

[Event "2012 National Open Chess Championships "]
[Site "Boracay Island"]
[Date "2012.07.24"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Baltazar,Ernie"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 {3....d6 ? Huwag gayahin! tinakpan ng pawn ang
sariling Bishop, kaya , mas maganda kung Bc5 muna. Saan niya ilalagay ang itim
na Bishop sa e7 ba o sa g7?} 4. c3 Na5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O {Huwag 6....Nxe4
dahil  may check ang Queen sa a4 at laglag ang kabayo ng itim.} Be7 7. Re1 O-O
8. Bf1 {puwede na ang 8...Nxp kaya....atras ang bishop ng puti} c5 9. d3 a6 10.
a4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nc4 h6 13. a5 {Grabe ang laro na ito. 13 moves na pero
parehong hindi pa kompleto ang development .. Huwag tularan!} Be6 14. Qa4 Bf8
15. Nb6 Rb8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Bg4 {Target ng itim ang pawn sa e4. Dalawa na
ang nakatutok kaya .....} 18. dxc5 {sumali sa depensa ang Queen.} Bxf3 19. gxf3
{May mga simpleng tactics na lumalabas na. katulad ng 19...dxc5. 20. Bxa6 21.
Qxc6.} dxc5 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bg3 {Pag Rd1 may Nd4 ang itim.} Nd4 22. Bg2 Nh5 {
Maraming pagpipilian ang puti , kagaya ng Nd7 o di kaya ay Bxd6, napawang
papabor sa puti.} 23. Nd7 Nf4 {Anong tira ito? Ang simpleng Nxg3 ay mauuwi sa
parehas na laban.} 24. e5 {24. e5  Ha ha ha ha  natatawa ako hi  hi  hi hi.
Kahit sinong chess player ma amateur man o master  kakainin ang tore sa b8
kapalit ng kabayo. Ika nga quality up .} Nd3 {Suerte pa rin ang itim at
nakarecover pa.} 25. exd6 Nxe1 {25...... NxRe1   Huling chance sana ng itim na
makasalba kung nag Rxe1 siya.} 26. Nxb8 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 {Its all over pagkatapos
ng 27.Kf1} Nxg2 28. d7 Nxg3+ 29. hxg3 Ne3+ 30. fxe3 Rf8 {Prolonging the agony!}
31. Nxa6 Qf6 32. Qe4 Qxa6+ 33. Ke1 Qd6 34. Rd1 Qxg3+ 35. Kd2 Qc7 36. Kc2 Qxa5
37. Rd5 Qd8 38. Rd6 h5 39. f4 b5 40. Qd5 h4 41. f5 b4 42. f6 g6 43. Qg5 b3+ 44.
Kd1 Qb8 45. Rd2 Qb6 46. Qxh4 Ra8 47. Qe4 Rf8 48. Qe7 Qd8 49. Rd5 Kh7 50. Ke2
Qb8 51. Rd6 Qb5+ 52. Kf2 Qc4 53. e4 Qc2+ 54. Kf3 {Respeto naman sa
Grandmaster!!} Qh2 {Parang ayoko nang tapusin ang analysis sa laro.} 55. d8=Q {
Nakakahiya na ito!} Qh3+ 56. Ke2 Qg2+ 57. Kd3 Qf1+ 58. Kc3 Qc1+ 59. Kxb3 c4+
60. Ka2 c3 61. bxc3 Qc2+ 62. Ka3 Qxc3+ 63. Ka4 Qc4+ 64. Ka5 Qc5+ 65. Ka6 Rxd8
66. Qxd8 Qa3+ 67. Kb7 Qb4+ 68. Kc7 Qxe4 69. Qf8 Qc4+ 70. Kd8 {Diagram # At
nangyari na nga ang dapat mangyari.} 1-0


Saturday, March 16, 2013

2013 FIDE Candidates Tournament : GAMES from Round 1-8



Rank after round 8
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts
1 8 GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 NOR * * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½
2 1 GM Aronian Levon 2809 ARM ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
3 5 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 RUS ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
4 6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 RUS 0 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4
5 4 GM Svidler Peter 2747 RUS 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * * ½ 1 ½
6 2 GM Gelfand Boris 2740 ISR 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½
7 7 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 AZE ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * * 1 3
8 3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 UKR ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * *


[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Ra7 13. Nc3 Qa8 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15.
Nxg2 c6 16. Rac1 a5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc8 19. Nf4 axb4 20. Bxb4 c5 21. Qxa8
Raxa8 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd3 Bf8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27.
Rxb5 Rxa3 28. g4 h6 29. h4 Ra2 30. Kf1 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Ra2 32. Kf3 Ra3 33. Kg3 Ra2
34. e3 Rd2 35. Nf4 g6 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Ke7 38. e4 Rc2 39. f3 Rc5 40. Rxc5
Nxc5 41. Ng2 1/2-1/2


[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 14. c5 b6 15.
cxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O O-O 17. f5 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Qa3 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Bg5 Ba6 21.
Qd2 Qe7 22. Rd1 Nb7 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Qc1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nd6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27.
Qe3 Qc7 28. a4 Qd7 29. a5 Nxe4 30. Bc2 Qb5 31. Qf3 Ng5 32. Qg2 bxa5 0-1


[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nd5 Re8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 Ne5 13. h3 Qa6 14. Nc2 Nd3
15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc4 18. Rfb1 Ne5 19. Qe3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Qb6
21. Ra3 a6 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Nc2 Qxe3 24. Nxe3 Nd7 25. f3 Kf8 26. Kf2 Rc6 27. g4
e6 28. h4 Ke7 29. Ra5 Rec8 30. Kg3 h6 31. Rd2 Nc5 32. Ra3 a5 33. Nc2 Ra6 34.
Rd1 Rca8 35. Nd4 Kd7 36. Nb5 e5 37. b4 axb4 38. cxb4 Ne6 39. Nxd6 1-0


[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 Rd8 14. Kc2
Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. f4 Bd6 18. Kb3 f6 19. a4 Rdc8 20. h4 Rab8 21.
Bb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 a6 23. b6 Kf7 24. h5 Rxc1 25. hxg6+ Kxg6 26. Bxc1 Rg8 27. g4
h6 28. Rh5 Kf7 29. e5 Bc5 30. e6+ Kf8 31. Rh4 Kg7 32. f5 Rd8 33. Bxh6+ Kg8 34.
Kc4 Bxb6 35. g5 Bf2 36. Rg4 Kh7 37. gxf6 exf6 38. e7 Rc8+ 39. Kb3 Bc5 40. Rc4
1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Rfd1 Qc7 11. Ng5 Be7 12. a4 e5 13. a5 exd4 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. Rxd4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 h6 17. Nf3 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Nd4 Bd7
21. Qd2 Kg7 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Nf5+ Kg6 24. Ra5 Rh8 25. Qd4 Rag8 26. Rc5 Qd7 27.
Qf4 h5 28. Nh4+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kg6 30. Nh4+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2



[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Ngf3 Bb7 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Ng5 g6 11. f4 Ne7 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qh3 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. a3
Qb6 16. Rg1 Nd5 17. Nge4 Bg7 18. Qf3 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. Ne5 Nxd3+
22. Nxd3 Qf5 23. Ndc5 Bc6 24. b4 Rfb8 25. Ra5 a6 26. Qe3 Qg4 27. g3 Rb5 28.
Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Nxa6 e5 30. dxe5 Bxe4 31. c4 Rb6 32. Qxb6 Qf3 33. Qf2 Qa3 34. Nc5
0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a5 Be6 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Re1 Qc8 15. Bc2
Rd8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Ne3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. h3 Bf5 21. Rd1 Qe6
22. Bb1 Qd7 23. Be3 e4 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 exd3 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 c5 28.
Be5 Rxd3 29. Bxb8 c4 30. Be5 Bc5 31. Rb1 Qd5 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Qh5 Qe4 34. Rb2
Rd5 35. Re2 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 f6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. axb3 d5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Ng3 a5 15. h3
Qd7 16. Be3 Bf8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. g4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Ne7 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. c4 b4 24. g5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Qc8 26. Nxe7+ Bxe7 27. Kh2 Ra6
28. Rg1 Nd7 29. Qe2 Rg6 30. Qh5 Nf6 31. Qf3 Rh6 32. Ne6 Rh7 33. Ng5 Rh4 34. Rg2
Qd7 35. Rg1 g6 36. Bc1 Qe8 37. Be3 a4 38. bxa4 Qxa4 39. Bc1 b3 40. Qg3 Rh5 41.
Qd3 Qc6 42. Be3 Rh4 43. Kg3 Rh8 44. Kh2 Kg7 45. c5 Qa4 46. Qc3 Re8 47. Qd3 Rd8
48. Qc3 Qb5 49. Kg2 Rd3 50. Qc1 Nh5 51. Nf3 Qb4 52. Qe1 Qa4 53. Nxe5 Qxe4+ 54.
Nf3 Nf4+ 0-1



[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. e4
Rfe8 15. e5 h6 16. Bh4 c5 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Nc4 Qb5 20. f4 Rc7 21.
Qxa3 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Qxc4 23. Bf2 Qc7 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qd6 Nf8 26. g3 Rc8 27. Rxc8
Qxc8 28. d5 exd5 29. Qxd5 g6 30. Kg2 Ne6 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. a3 h5 33. h4 Qc2 34.
Qb7 Qa4 35. Qf3 b5 36. f5 gxf5 37. Qxf5 Qxa3 38. Qxh5 a5 39. Qg4+ Kf8 40. h5
Qc1 41. Qe4 b4 42. Be3 Qc7 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. h6+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ Kg8 46. Qa8+ Qd8
47. Qxd8+ Nxd8 48. Kf3 a4 49. Ke4 Nc6 50. Bc1 Na5 51. Bd2 b3 52. Kd3 Nc4 53.
Bc3 a3 54. g4 Kh7 55. g5 Kg6 56. Bd4 b2 57. Kc2 Nd2 0-1


[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Qc2 c6 13. b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Nce4 Rad8 18. a3 h5 19. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Nxc4 21.
Ra2 Rd8 22. Qf1 Nd6 23. Nc5 Nb5 24. Bxc6 Nc3 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Qd6 27. Bxc3
Qxc6 28. Qg2 Qd6 29. e4 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Bc8 31. f3 Qc1 32. Qd2 Qf1 33. Qg2 Qc1 34.
Qd2 Qf1 35. Qg2 1/2-1/2


[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Ng3 a6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Rc1 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ne5 14. O-O Nac4
15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qe2 Nxb2 18. Qxb2 Nd3 19. Qd2 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxc3
21. Rxc3 Rfb8 22. Qc2 f6 23. Bc1 Qa4 24. a3 Kf7 25. Nf1 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 f5 27.
Nd2 Ra4 28. Nc4 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rb3 30. Kf2 Ke8 31. e5 Ra6 32. exd6 exd6 33. Ke2
Kd7 34. Bf4 h5 35. h4 Ra4 36. Kd2 Rb1 37. Kc3 Ra6 38. Re2 Rd1 39. Re6 Rxd5 40.
Rxg6 Rd4 41. Bxd6 Rxh4 42. Ne5+ Kc8 43. Rg8+ Kb7 44. Bxc5 Re6 45. Rg7+ Kc8 46.
Nc4 Rg4 47. Nd6+ Kb8 48. Rb7+ Ka8 49. Rd7 Rg8 50. Nc4 Rxg2 51. Bd6 Rxd6 52.
Nxd6 h4 53. Rh7 Rh2 54. Kb4 h3 55. Ka5 1-0


[Round "2.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Rf7 13. Rfd1 Qe8 14. e4 f4
15. Rd3 fxg3 16. hxg3 Na6 17. Ng5 Rc7 18. Bd6 Bf6 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. Bh3 Rg7 21.
Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rd8 Bxh3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nxh3 Nc5 25. Qe3 Bd6 26. f3 Ne6 27.
Kg2 g5 28. Nf2 h5 29. Qxa7 Bc5 30. Qa4 Rf8 31. Nd3 h4 32. Qa5 b6 33. Rxb6 Bxb6
34. Qxb6 hxg3 1-0


[Round "2.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. c3 bxc3 15.
bxc3 h6 16. Bc2 Qe6 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Na5 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. h3 Be6 21. Qg3
Nd7 22. Rb1 Rfb8 23. Ba3 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Bb4 a5 26. Bd3 Qa2 27. Ra1 Qd2
28. Red1 Qf4 29. Qxf4 exf4 30. Be7 Re8 31. Ba3 Bb3 32. Bb5 Bxd1 33. Bxd7 Bc2
34. Bxe8 Rxe8 35. f3 Rd8 36. Be7 Rd7 37. Bh4 g5 38. Be1 Rd1 39. Rxd1 Bxd1 40.
c4 Bxa4 41. Bxa5 1/2-1/2


[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. O-O Nxf4 13. exf4 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Ke7 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Rb7 Rhb8 17. Rfb1 Rxb7 18. Rxb7 a5 19. Bd3 h6 20. h4
Kd8 21. Kf1 Kc8 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Rxb8+ Kxb8 24. Ke2 Kc7 25. Ke3 Kd6 26. Kd4 c5+
27. Ke3 Bc6 28. g3 f6 29. a3 e5 30. fxe5+ Kxe5 1/2-1/2


[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 Qd5 14. Rfc1
Qxb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Ra4 Rfd8 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Na5 Rd7 20. Rb4 Ba6
21. Nxc6 Rb7 22. h3 Kg7 23. Rxb7 Bxb7 24. Ne5 Bd8 25. b4 Rc8 26. Bh6+ Kg8 27.
Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Nc6 Bf6 29. b5 Bd7 30. g4 g5 31. h4 gxh4 32. g5 Bxc6 33. bxc6 Bd8
34. Kg2 Bc7 35. Kh3 1-0


[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 e5 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bc4 Nd7 14. Ke2
Nb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Rab1 Rfd8 18. Rhc1 Bb5+ 19. Kf3 Bd3 20. Bc2 Ba6
21. Bb3 Bd3 22. Bc2 Ba6 23. Bb3 1/2-1/2


[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 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 Be4 14. Qc3 Nd5
15. Qd2 c5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qa8 20. Bf1 Bxf3
21. exf3 Rc8 22. h4 h5 23. Bd3 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qd8 25. a3 g6 26. Be4 Qf6 27. Qd2
Kg7 28. f4 Nb6 29. b3 Nd5 30. Kg2 Qa1 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Qxd5 Qxa3 33. Qe5+ Kg8
34. Qe8+ Qf8 35. Qc6 Qb4 36. f5 Qxb3 37. fxg6 Qe6 38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qb7+ Kg6
40. Kf3 Qf7+ 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Ke4 a5 43. f3 a4 44. Kd3 a3 1/2-1/2


[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. b4
e5 9. Bb2 a5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. N4b3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1
15. Rxa1 c6 16. Bf1 d5 17. exd5 Bxb4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. N2f3 Bf8 21.
g3 Bb7 22. Bg2 Qb6 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 c5 25. Nb5 Bc6 26. Qe2 Qb7 27. Bxf6
Nxf6 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Ng2 g6 30. Nc3 h5 31. Nf4 Qe8 32. Kf1 Qxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Nd7
34. Nd3 Nb6 35. Ne4 Nxc4 36. Nexc5 1/2-1/2


[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
Rc1 Rd8 9. Qc2 a6 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. Be2 b5 14. dxc5 Qxc5
15. b4 Qe7 16. O-O Bb7 17. a4 Qxb4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qb1 Qxb1 20. Rxb1 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Rab8 22. Nxb5 Ne5 23. Nd4 Nxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 h6 26. h3 g5 27. g4
Kg7 28. Kg2 Rd7 29. Rb2 Rc7 30. Nd4 Nd5 31. Rc2 1/2-1/2
FIDE Candidates Tournament
Round 1 on 2013/03/15 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
1 GM Aronian Levon 2809 ½  -  ½ GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 8
2 GM Gelfand Boris 2740 ½  -  ½ GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 7
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 ½  -  ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 6
4 GM Svidler Peter 2747 ½  -  ½ GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 5
Round 2 on 2013/03/16 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 ½  -  ½ GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 5
6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 ½  -  ½ GM Svidler Peter 2747 4
7 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 1  -  0 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 3
1 GM Aronian Levon 2809 1  -  0 GM Gelfand Boris 2740 2
Round 3 on 2013/03/17 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
2 GM Gelfand Boris 2740 0  -  1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 8
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 0  -  1 GM Aronian Levon 2809 1
4 GM Svidler Peter 2747 1  -  0 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 7
5 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 ½  -  ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 6
Round 4 on 2013/03/19 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 1  -  0 GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 6
7 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 ½  -  ½ GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 5
1 GM Aronian Levon 2809 ½  -  ½ GM Svidler Peter 2747 4
2 GM Gelfand Boris 2740 ½  -  ½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 3
Round 5 on 2013/03/20 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 ½  -  ½ GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 8
4 GM Svidler Peter 2747 ½  -  ½ GM Gelfand Boris 2740 2
5 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 ½  -  ½ GM Aronian Levon 2809 1
6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 ½  -  ½ GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 7
Round 6 on 2013/03/21 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
4 GM Svidler Peter 2747 0  -  1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 8
5 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 ½  -  ½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 3
6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 ½  -  ½ GM Gelfand Boris 2740 2
7 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 0  -  1 GM Aronian Levon 2809 1
Round 7 on 2013/03/23 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 ½  -  ½ GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 7
1 GM Aronian Levon 2809 ½  -  ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 6
2 GM Gelfand Boris 2740 ½  -  ½ GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 5
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 ½  -  ½ GM Svidler Peter 2747 4
Round 8 on 2013/03/24 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 ½  -  ½ GM Aronian Levon 2809 1
7 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 0  -  1 GM Gelfand Boris 2740 2
6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 1  -  0 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 3
5 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 1  -  0 GM Svidler Peter 2747 4
Round 9 on 2013/03/25 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
5 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 - GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 8
4 GM Svidler Peter 2747 - GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 6
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 - GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 7
2 GM Gelfand Boris 2740 - GM Aronian Levon 2809 1
Round 10 on 2013/03/27 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 - GM Gelfand Boris 2740 2
1 GM Aronian Levon 2809 - GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 3
7 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 - GM Svidler Peter 2747 4
6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 - GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 5
Round 11 on 2013/03/28 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 - GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 8
5 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 - GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 7
4 GM Svidler Peter 2747 - GM Aronian Levon 2809 1
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 - GM Gelfand Boris 2740 2
Round 12 on 2013/03/29 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 - GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 3
2 GM Gelfand Boris 2740 - GM Svidler Peter 2747 4
1 GM Aronian Levon 2809 - GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 5
7 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 - GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 6
Round 13 on 2013/03/31 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
7 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 - GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 8
6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 - GM Aronian Levon 2809 1
5 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 - GM Gelfand Boris 2740 2
4 GM Svidler Peter 2747 - GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 3
Round 14 on 2013/04/01 at 14.00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
8 GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 - GM Svidler Peter 2747 4
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 - GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 5
2 GM Gelfand Boris 2740 - GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 6
1 GM Aronian Levon 2809 - GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 7



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