Wednesday, August 2, 2017

50th Biel GM 2017 Standings after round 8

Round 8 Standings
W D L Pts. TB
1 HARIKRISHNA, Pentala 3 5 0 5.5 20
2       HOU, Yifan 4 3 1 5.5 19.5
3 GEORGIADIS, Nico 2 6 0 5 16.25
4       BACROT, Etienne 3 4 1 5 16
5 MOROZEVICH, Alex 4 2 2 5 15.25
6       PONOMARIOV, Ruslam 2 4 2 4 15.75
7 LEKO, Peter 2 4 2 4 13.5
8       NAVARA, David 1 4 3 3 12.25
9 VAGANIAN, Rafael 1 2 5 2 5.75
10     STUDER, Noël 0 2 6 1 4.25


[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 d5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf3 Re8 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bf4 c5 19. Qe2 f6 20. Rad1 fxe5 21. Bxe5
Qb6 22. Qe3 Re6 23. Bb3 Nd6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nc4 26. Qc1 Qc6 27. Red1 Rae8
28. Bg3 Re2 29. b3 Nb2 30. Ne5 R8xe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Bxe5 Nxd1 33. Qxd1 Qe6
34. Bf4 Be7 35. Be3 c4 36. b4 Bf6 37. Qd2 Qe4 38. Kf1 Qb1+ 39. Ke2 Qb3 40. Bd4
Bxd4 41. Qxd4 Qxa3 42. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. O-O-O dxc4 10. g4 b5 11. Rg1 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g5 h5 14. g6 f5 15.
Ne5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nf6 17. e4 Ng4 18. Qh3 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Qh6 20. Qh4 Nf6 21. Rg5
Bd7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. e5 c5 24. Be2 cxd4 25. Rxh5 Qxg6 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Bh5 Rxh8
28. Bxg6+ Kxg6 29. Qe7 1-0

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O d5 8. Qc2
O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nfd7 12. Nd3 Na6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Na3 Bf6 15.
Nc2 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5 cxd4 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Nce1 Qe7 20. Qb5 Nac5 21.
Nf4 Qe5 22. Rab1 Ne4 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Rd1 Ndc5 25. Nfd3 Bf6 26. Bf4 Nxa4 27.
Rbc1 Re8 28. Rc6 g5 29. Ra1 Nxb2 30. Nxb2 gxf4 31. f3 d3 32. Nexd3 Bd4+ 33. e3
Bxe3+ 34. Kg2 Nc5 35. Nxc5 Bxc5 36. Nd3 Be3 37. Ra4 Rd7 38. Nxf4 Rd4 39. Rxd4
Bxd4 40. Nd5 Rb8 41. Rc4 Bb2 42. Ra4 Bg7 43. Kh3 h6 44. Kg4 b5 45. Rxa5 b4 46.
Nc7 Rb7 47. Rb5 Rxc7 48. Rxb4 Rc2 49. h4 Rc5 50. Rf4 h5+ 51. Kh3 Bh6 52. Ra4 Bd2
53. Rd4 Bc3 54. Rd3 Kg7 55. Kg2 Be5 56. Kh3 Kg6 57. Ra3 Rc3 58. Ra6+ f6 59. Kg2
Rc2+ 60. Kh3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Neg5 Nd7 8.
Qe2 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Re8 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 Qb6 14. Bc2 Rad8
15. a3 a5 16. Rfb1 Ra8 17. Bc3 Bf8 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qc7 21.
Nd4 b6 22. Nb5 Qb7 23. Qd3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rd1 Be7 26. g3 Qc6 27. Qe2 Kf8
28. Re1 Qb7 29. Bd1 Rc8 30. Qd3 Qc6 31. Bb3 Rd8 32. Nd4 Qb7 33. Bd1 Nb8 34. Qe3
Rc8 35. Be2 Na6 36. Rb1 Qe4 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Be1 Nb8 39. f3 Nd6 40. Rc1 Nc6 41.
Nxc6 Rxc6 42. Bf2 Nc8 43. Rb1 Rc7 44. Kf1 Ke8 45. Bd3 g6 46. Ke2 Ra7 47. Rb2 Kd8
48. f4 Kc7 49. Bd4 Ra4 50. Bc3 Na7 51. Be5+ Bd6 52. b5 Nc8 53. Rd2 f5 54. Ke3
Bxe5 55. fxe5 Ne7 56. Be2 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 Nc8 58. Bf3 Ra7 59. Bc6 Kb8 60. Rd7 Rc7
61. Rd8 Re7 62. Bd7 Kc7 63. Rxc8+ Kb7 64. Re8 Rxd7 65. Ke3 1-0

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Re1 c6
9. Ba4 Ng6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bc2 h6 13. a4 Bc7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bc7 18. e5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qh5 Be6 21. Ng3 Bb6+
22. Be3 Qd3 23. Nf1 Rad8 24. f5 Bb3 25. f6 Qd5 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. fxg7 Qxe5 28.
Qxh6 Qxg7 29. Qh4 Rd3 30. Re3 Re6 31. Rae1 Rh6 32. Qf4 Rxh3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34.
Rxe4 Be6 35. Ne3 Rd8 36. Re5 1-0

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 Bd7 14. Bg5
O-O-O 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rd3 Kb8 18. Rfd1 Be5 19. c3 Rdg8 20. Qh5 Rg5
21. Qh3 Rgg8 22. Qh5 Rg5 23. Qh3 Rgg8 24. Qh5 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8.
Kxe2 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Re1 f6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Be3 a5 14. Bc5
Kd7 15. Bb6 Rb8 16. Nc5+ Ke8 17. Kd2+ Kf7 18. Na4 Ne7 19. b3 Bg4 20. Ba7 Rb7 21.
Bc5 Bf4+ 22. Be3 Bxf3 23. Bxf4 Bxg2 24. Nc5 Ra7 25. Rg1 Bh3 26. Rg3 Bf5 27. Re1
Rd8 28. Rc3 g5 29. Bg3 Ng6 30. Na4 h5 31. Rxc6 h4 32. Bd6 Rad7 33. Bc5 Ne5 34.
Rxe5 fxe5 35. Nb6 Rb7 36. Be3 Be6 37. Bxg5 Rh8 38. Na4 Rbb8 39. Nc5 Rbe8 40. Nd3
Kg6 41. f4 exf4 42. Bxf4 Kf5 43. c4 Rhg8 44. cxd5 Bxd5 45. Rc5 Rg2+ 46. Kc3 Ke4
47. Rc7 Rxa2 48. Bd6 Be6 49. Rh7 Kd5 50. Bc7 Bf5 51. Rxh4 Re3 52. Rd4+ Kc6 53.
Bg3 a4 54. Rd6+ Kb7 55. Rd5 Rxd3+ 56. Rxd3 Bxd3 57. Kxd3 a3 58. Be5 Rg2 0-1

[Round "8.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. g5 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 Be7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. h5
e5 16. Qd2 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bd3 Ng4 19. Rdg1 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Kh8 21. Nd5 h6
22. f4 Bxd5 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. exd5 Qe8 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Qg6 Qxg6 27. Bxg6 b4 28.
axb4 Rxb4 29. c3 Rb5 30. Rf1 Rfb8 31. Rf2 a5 32. Rhf1 Bf6 33. Re2 Rxd5 34. Re8+
Rxe8 35. Bxe8 Kg8 36. Bg6 Kf8 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Kxd1 Ke7 39. Kc2 d5 40. Kb3 Kd6
41. Ka4 d4 42. cxd4 Bxd4 43. Kxa5 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ne5 c5
9. Qe2 Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. c4 Ne4 14. cxd5 Nxd2 15. Rxd2
Bxd5 16. Qh5 f5 17. Nc4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Ng6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qxd4 22. Qxg6 Qd5+ 23. e4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 Qxd2 26. Qxh7+ Kf7 27. Qg6+
Ke7 28. Qxg7+ Rf7 29. Qd4 Qf4 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. f3 Rd4 32. Be4 Rd2 33. Rg1 Rc3 0-1

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. a4 Nbd7 10. h3 h5 11. O-O b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. h4
Rab8 16. Bh3 Rd8 17. b3 g6 18. Rac1 Kg7 19. Bh6+ Kg8 20. Bg5 Kg7 21. Bh6+ Kg8
22. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Ne2 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. a3
Qd7 9. Nbc3 Nce7 10. Bd2 Nb6 11. Ba2 Ned5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. h4 O-O-O 14. a4 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. a5 a6 17. h5 Bd3 18. Re1 Qb5 19. Bb3 Bc4 20. Ba4 Qb2 21. Ne4
Bd3 22. Ng5 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Nxf7 Qxd4 25. Nxh8 Bc5 26. Re3 Qb2 27. Nf7
Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rd5 29. Qc1 Qe2 30. Bb3 Rb5 31. Nd6+ 1-0

Friday, July 28, 2017

13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 Rapid Chess : Final Rankings



13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 U7 Rapid
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1
1   Buto Al-Basher  PHI 1198 7 0
2   Chen Zhiyuan  CHN 0 5 0
3   Aditya Kunal Patil  IND 1025 5 0
4   Kiaan Agrawal  IND 1328 5 0
5   Wang Yinuo  CHN 0 4.5 1

13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 U9 Rapid
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1
1   Ganzorig Bold-Erdene  MGL 1398 6 1
2   Nguyen Le Minh Phu  VIE 1448 6 0
3   Li Yihao  CHN 0 5.5 0.5
4   Dorjsuren Chinguun  MGL 0 5.5 0.5
5   Kim Taehun  KOR 1219 5 0

13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 U11 Rapid
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1
1   Rakhmatullaev Almas  UZB 1735 7 0
2   Yin Richard  HKG 1250 6 0
3   Wang Bowen(chn)  CHN 1400 5.5 0
4   Bayanochir Tulgabat  MGL 1449 5 0
5   Yang Junchi  CHN 0 5 0

13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 U13 Rapid
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1
1   Wang Zideng  CHN 1755 6.5 0
2   Quizon Daniel  PHI 1660 6 0
3   Vithanage I A  SRI 1500 5 0
4   Sunnatov Mirfayz  UZB 1595 5 0
5   Arfan Aditya Bagus  INA 1729 5 0

13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 U15 Rapid
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1
1   Lin Yi  CHN 2321 6 0
2 CM Tan Jun Ying  MAS 1803 5.5 0
3   Palasigue Gal Brien  PHI 1629 5 0
4   Tarigan Gilbert Elroy  INA 2126 5 0
5   Theekshana H G Denuwan  SRI 1563 4.5 0

13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 U17 Rapid
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1
1 CM Sagita Catur Adi  INA 1899 6.5 0
2 CM Pangilinan Stephen Rome  PHI 1894 6 0
3   Min Po-Yen  TPE 1989 4.5 1
4   Kumaresan Nhavin  MAS 1305 4.5 0
5   Herath H M A K  SRI 1711 4 0

13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 U7G Rapid
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1
1   Dai Ziwen  CHN 0 5.5 0
2   Ruzimatova Afruzabonu  UZB 1096 5.5 0
3   Zhumagali Raian  KAZ 0 5.5 0
4   Tselmuun Dorjsuren  MGL 0 5.5 0
5   Zol-Uchral Erdenesaikhan  MGL 0 4.5 0.5

13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 U9G Rapid
Rank after Round 7
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1
1   Falak Joni Naik  IND 1143 6 0
2 WCM Zhou Cheng Fei  MAC 1170 5.5 0
3   Aktamova Zilola  UZB 1332 5 1
4   Azzaya Amarbat  MGL 1339 5 1
5   Dela Cruz Daren  PHI 1202 5 1

13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 U11G Rapid
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1
1   Zhou Peiqi  CHN 0 5.5 0
2   Omonova Umida  UZB 1626 5.5 0
3   Rui Yueyue  CHN 1218 5.5 0
4   Withanarachchi W A Vinoli  SRI 1252 5 0
5   Li Zimeng  CHN 0 4.5 0

13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 U13G Rapid
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1
1   San Diego Jerlyn Mae  PHI 1479 6 0
2   Tsogzolmaa Nanjid  MGL 1321 5.5 0
3   Khegay Yuliya  UZB 1596 4.5 0.5
4   Xiong Yinian  CHN 0 4.5 0.5
5   Liuviann Cecilia Natalie  INA 1670 4 0

13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 U15G Rapid
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1
1   Saparova Sitora  UZB 1709 6.5 0
2   Mordido Kylen Joy  PHI 1796 6 0
3   Rasyid Nur Aini  INA 1734 5 0
4 WCM Chua Jia-Tien  MAS 1524 4 0
5   Hewawasam H Y Nevanjee  SRI 1103 3.5 0.5

13th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2017 U17G Rapid
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1
1 WFM Doroy Allaney Jia G PHI 1842 7 0
2   Men JiaYi  CHN 1697 6 0
3   Edithso Samantha  INA 2031 4 0
4   Danawalavithana D.W. A.G H. SRI 1358 4 0
5   Ho Chen Ee  MAS 1596 4 0

Starting from the ground up!


Happy Birthday Michael Kevin Baltazar
from the Philippine Blitz Chess Arena



Tuesday, July 25, 2017

2017 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (SEMI FINALS) MEN'S DIVISION Round 3 Standings

2017 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (SEMI FINALS)
MEN'S DIVISION
Ranking Crosstable after Round 3
Rank Name Pts Wins Draws Loses
1 SEVERINO Sander         WC 3 3 0 0
2 ELORTA David 3 3 0 0
3 JACUTINA John Merill 2 1 0
4 GARMA Chito 2 1 0
  SALGADOS Lennon Hart 2 1 0
6 BANCOD Ronald 2 1 0
7 REYES Narquingden 2 1 0
8 CASTELLANO Christopher 2 1 0
9 TAPIA  Jayson Levin 2 2 0 1
10 MANGUBAT Mario 2 2 0 1
11 RUAYA Virgen Gil C. 2 2 0 1
  BERNARDO Darry 2 2 0 1
13 MORADO Jeth Romy 2 2 0 1
14 RUBIO Lloyd 2 2 0 1
15 MICIANO John Marvin 2 2 0 1
16 MIRANO Jan Francis 2 1 2 0
17 CAMINONG Chester 2 1 2 0
18 DATU Alcon John 2 2 0 1
19 HUAVAS Christian 2 1 2 0
20 LOPEZ Henry        WC 2 1 2 0
21 DELA CRUZ Noel 2 1 2 0
22 BAGAMASBAD Efren 2 1 0 1
23 JOTA Jonathan 2 2 0 1
  DALUZ Christian Mark 2 2 0 1
25 ARROYO Christian 2 2 0 1
26 TALAN Walt Allen 1 1 1
27 YU Manuel E. 1 1 1
28 CONCIO Michael Jr. 1 1 1
29 ALEGRIA Louie John 1 1 1
30 BERNARDO Dale 1 1 1
31 ARELLANO Khristian Clyde 1 1 1
32 IMPERIAL Genghis 1 0 0 2
33 CURIOSO Nixon 1 1 0 2
  CABELLON Gerardo 1 1 0 2
35 MENDIOGARIN Jhoemar 1 1 0 2
36 NAVARRO Joseph 1 1 0 2
37 SARMIENTO Rodolfo         VI1 1 0 2 1
38 DE LEON Haince Patrick 1 1 0 2
39 MANTILLA Earl Rhay 1 0 2 1
40 ANDADOR Rolando 1 1 0 2
  ROSARDA Joshov Alekhine 1 1 0 2
42 REDOR Menandro    Vi2 1 1 0 2
43 SUBASTE Arman    Vi2 1 0 2 1
44 AGUILERA Felix 1 0 0 2
45 AMAR Denzel John 1 1 0 2
  ANTONIO John Lee 1 1 0 2
47 MARIANO Nelson III ½ 0 1 1
48 REYES Chester Neil ½ 0 1 2
49 PACIS Adrian ½ 0 1 2
50 MAGURA Lawrence ½ 0 1 2
51 CHING Francis         VI1 0 0 0 1
52 BILOG Cecilio         VI1 0 0 0 3
53 FORTIN Artrino Paul 0 0 0 3
  PELIGRO Israel   Vi2 0 0 0 3

45th Dortmund GM 2017 Solo first for Radoslaw Wojtaszek after a final round win against Nisipeanu

Rank Name Pts Wins Draws Loses
1 Wojtaszek,Radoslaw         4.5 2 5 0
2 Fedoseev,Vladimir 4 2 4 1
3 Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime 4 1 6 0
4 Kramnik,Vladimir 3.5 1 5 1
  Bluebaum,Matthias 3 1 4 2
6 Andreikin,Dmitry 3 0 6 1
7 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter 3 0 6 1
8 Wang,Yue 3  1 4 2



[Event "45th GM 2017"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Bc5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Qf4 O-O 10. Rd1 Ne8 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. d4 Bb6 13. a4 a6 14. h4 Nef6 15. Bf3
Bc7 16. Qh3 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe8 19. Re1 h6 20. b3 f5 21. Nd2 Qg6 22.
Ba3 Rfd8 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Re2 e5 25. h5 Qg4 26. Qxg4 fxg4 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Rae1
Ba5 29. b4 Bb6 30. c3 a5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 axb4 33. Bxb4 Rxa4 34. Re8+ Kh7
35. Bd6 Ba5 36. Re7 Bd8 37. Rxb7 Bf6 38. Kh2 Ra5 39. Bc5 Be5+ 40. g3 Bf6 41. Kg2
Ra2 42. Rc7 Rc2 43. Rxc6 Rxc3 44. Re6 Rf3 45. Re4 Rf5 46. Rxg4 Rxh5 47. Re4 Kg6
48. Kf3 Rh1 49. Re2 h5 50. Ke4 h4 51. gxh4 Rxh4+ 52. Kd5 Rf4 53. Rd2 Bh4 54. Bd6
Rxf2 55. Rxf2 Bxf2 56. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 a6 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Qxd5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. f4 Ng4 21.
Nd7 Rfe8 22. Rd3 Kg7 23. Rad1 Rc8 24. c3 b5 25. a5 Rc4 26. Rd4 e5 27. Rxc4 bxc4
28. Re1 e4 29. Nb6 f5 30. Nxc4 Rd8 31. h3 Nf6 32. Kf2 Rd5 33. b4 Rd3 34. Re3 Rd1
35. Re1 Rd3 36. Re3 Rd1 37. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Round "6.3"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[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 Nbd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rfd1 Qb6
15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ra3 Rab8 20. Kf1 g5 21.
Rc1 Rfd8 22. Ke1 Rb4 23. Bd1 Ng6 24. Rxa5 Rh4 25. h3 g4 26. hxg4 Nxg4 27. Rca1
Rh1+ 28. Ke2 Rg1 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Rxa8+ Kg7 31. g3 N6e5 32. Ra4 Rh1 33. Rf4 f5
34. Kd2 h5 35. Be2 Rg1 36. Nd1 Nf6 37. Nc3 Rg2 38. Ke1 Rg1+ 39. Kd2 Nfg4 40. Nd1
Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne1 Be7 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3
Bd7 15. Rab1 Rab8 16. Nb5 Kf8 17. Nd3 Be8 18. Nc5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Na5 20. a4 Bxb5
21. axb5 Ke8 22. Rb1 b6 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. Rxb3 Rc8 25. Ra3 Rc7 26. Bc6+ Ke7 27.
f4 Kd6 28. Ra4 Kc5 29. c4 Kd4 30. h3 Kc3 31. Kf2 Nd7 32. Ra1 Nc5 33. Ke3 Kb2 34.
Rd1 a5 35. bxa6 Rxc6 36. a7 Rc8 37. Rd6 Kc3 38. Rxb6 Ra8 39. Rc6 Kxc4 40. Rc7 f6
41. Rxg7 Kd5 42. Rxh7 Kd6 43. g4 Nd7 44. h4 Rxa7 45. g5 Ra3+ 46. Kf2 fxg5 47.
hxg5 Nc5 48. e3 Ne4+ 49. Kf3 Nd2+ 50. Ke2 Ne4 51. Kf3 Nd2+ 52. Ke2 Ne4 1/2-1/2


[Event "45th GM 2017"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. b4
Bb6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Qd7 11. Ba3 Ba7 12. b5 Na5 13. Bb4 Bb6 14. Rb1 O-O 15. d4
exd4 16. cxd4 axb5 17. axb5 Rfd8 18. Qe2 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4
Qd5 22. Qc2 Qc4 23. Rfc1 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Rd5 25. Be1 Rf8 26. Rb4 Rf5 27. h4 h6 28.
Bd2 Rf8 29. Ra2 Kf7 30. Bc3 Ra8 31. Nd2 Ke7 32. Nf1 Ra7 33. Ne3 Rd8 34. Rc2 Rc8
35. h5 Raa8 36. Ra2 Ra7 37. Ra1 Rca8 38. Rab1 Rg8 39. Kf1 1-0

[Round "7.2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. Bxc3 Bg7 7. h4 d5 8. exd6
O-O 9. dxe7 Re8 10. Qf3 Qxe7+ 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O-O Qe5 14. Qc3
Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qf3 d3 17. c3 h5 18. Bxd3 Bg4 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qa6 Bxd1
21. Rxd1 Qf4 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qc5 Rxa2 24. Bb1 Raa8 25. g3 Qf3 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27.
Qf4 Qb7 28. b4 Qa6 29. Qf3 Qa3+ 30. Kc2 Rac8 31. g4 Rc4 32. Qd5 Rxb4 33. Qa2
Qxa2+ 34. Bxa2 Rxg4 35. Bd5 Rxh4 36. c4 Rf4 37. d4 Rxf2+ 38. Kc3 h4 39. c5 Re3+
40. Kc4 Rc2+ 41. Kb5 h3 42. c6 h2 43. Kb6 Rg3 44. Be4 Rc4 45. Rd2 Rh3 46. Bh1
Rc1 47. Bg2 h1=Q 48. Bxh1 Rhxh1 49. d5 Rc3 50. Rb2 Rd1 51. Rb5 Kf8 52. Kc7 Ke7 0-1

[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 c6 8. Qb3 Qc8
9. g4 Bg6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 h5 16. g5 Ne8 17. f4 Bc5+ 18. d4 Bb6 19. f5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 exf5 21. Nxd5 Qe6
22. Kh1 Rd8 23. Qf3 g6 24. e3 Kh7 25. Nf4 Qe7 26. Qg3 Bc7 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Bf6
Qb4 29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. g6+ Kg8 31. Qg5 h4 32. Qh6 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qg3+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+
35. Bf1 1-0

[Round "7.4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Qe7 9. e3 a5 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. h3 Rd8 13. O-O e4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 c5 16. Bc3 a4 17. f4 Bd7 18. f5 Bc6 19. Rf4 Rd6 20. Raf1 Rad8 21. Qc1 Nd7
22. f6 Nxf6 23. Qe1 Ne8 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qg3 Nf6 27. Qe5 Rd2 28.
Bxd2 Rxd2 29. Kf1 Rc2 30. Ke1 Rc1+ 31. Kd2 Rg1 32. g4 h6 33. h4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5
35. Qxg5 Bd7 36. Qxc5 Bxg4 37. Bxg4 Rxg4 38. Qc7+ Ke6 39. Qxb7 Rg2+ 40. Kc3 Re2
41. Qc8+ 1-0

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