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(1) Aronian,Levon (2809) - Carlsen,Magnus (2872) [E11] FIDE Candidates London ENG (1.1), 15.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 ¥b4+ 4.¥d2 ¥xd2+ 5.£xd2 d5 6.¤c3 0–0 7.e3 £e7 8.¦c1 ¦d8 9.£c2 a6 10.a3 [10.cxd5 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Cvitan,O (2550)-Zavgorodniy,S (2409)/Rijeka CRO 2010/The Week in Chess 802] 10...¤bd7 11.¥e2?! This seems to allow black to have a slight edge. [11.cxd5 is maybe better but "it's very, very little" - Carlsen.] 11...dxc4 12.¥xc4 c5 13.¥e2 b5 14.dxc5 £xc5 Best, now white has to be accurate. 15.b4 [15.¤a2 was Aronian's first intention with the idea that he might be better if queens are exchanged but he realized that Carlsen would probably just retreat his queen.] 15...£e7 16.0–0 ¥b7 17.a4 Trading down to a draw. 17...£xb4 18.axb5 axb5 19.£b1 £xb1 20.¦xb1 ¥xf3 21.¥xf3 ¦ab8 22.¤xb5 Now they have to reach move 30 before drawing. 22...¤e5 23.¤d4 ¤xf3+ 24.¤xf3 ¦xb1 25.¦xb1 h6 26.h3 g5 27.g4 ¢g7 28.¢g2 ¦d7 29.¦b2 ¦c7 30.¤d4 ¤d5 31.¦c2 ½–½ (2) Gelfand,Boris (2740) - Radjabov,Teimour (2793) [E11] FIDE Candidates London ENG (1.2), 15.03.2013 1.d4 e6 2.c4 ¥b4+ 3.¤d2 ¤f6 4.¤gf3 0–0 5.a3 ¥e7 6.e4 d6 7.¥e2 ¤bd7 8.b4 e5 9.¥b2 a5 10.0–0 exd4 11.¤xd4 ¦e8 12.£c2 ¥f8 13.¤4b3 [13.¤f5 g6 14.¤e3 ¥g7 15.¥c3 c6 16.¦ad1 £e7 17.¦fe1 axb4 18.axb4 £f8 19.¥f1 b6 20.f3 ¥b7 21.£b2 ¦a7 22.c5 dxc5 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.¤dc4 ¥a6 25.¦d6 ¥xc4 26.¤xc4 ¤d5 27.¥xg7 £xg7 28.£xg7+ ¢xg7 29.¦d1 ¤5b6 30.¤xb6 ¤xb6 31.¦xc6 ¤d7 32.¥c4 ¦b8 33.¦d2 ¦bb7 34.¢f2 ¦c7 35.¦xc7 ¦xc7 36.¢e3 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Potkin,V (2626) -Tomashevsky,E (2708)/Irkutsk RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 825] 13...axb4 14.axb4 ¦xa1 15.¦xa1 c6 16.¥f1 d5 17.exd5 ¥xb4 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.¤d4 £c7 [19...¤e5!?; 19...¤c5] 20.¤2f3 ¥f8 21.g3 ¥b7 22.¥g2 £b6 23.¦e1 ¦xe1+ 24.¤xe1 c5 25.¤b5 ¥c6 26.£e2 £b7 27.¥xf6 ¤xf6 28.¥xc6 £xc6 29.¤g2 g6 30.¤c3 h5 31.¤f4 £e8 32.¢f1 £xe2+ 33.¢xe2 ¤d7 34.¤d3 ¤b6 35.¤e4 ¤xc4 36.¤exc5 ½–½ (3) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) - Grischuk,Alexander (2764) [E06] FIDE Candidates London ENG (1.3), 15.03.2013 1.¤f3 d5 2.d4 ¤f6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 ¥e7 5.¥g2 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.£c2 a6 8.£xc4 b5 9.£c2 ¥b7 10.¥g5 ¤bd7 11.¥xf6 ¤xf6 12.¤bd2 ¦c8 13.¤b3 ¥e4 14.£c3 ¤d5 15.£d2 c5 16.¤xc5 ¥xc5 17.dxc5 ¦xc5 18.¦fc1 ¦xc1+ 19.¦xc1 £a8 Hugely theoretical line in the Catalan. 20.¥f1!? A novelty. Ivanchuk had already doing quite a bit of thinking. Grischuk not so much but he starts to catch up. [20.£d4 ¤f6 21.£c5 h6 22.a3 ¦d8 23.h3 ¥b7 24.£b6 ¦b8 25.b4 ¥d5 26.£c7 ¤e8 27.£f4 £b7 28.h4 ¦d8 29.¦c5 ¤d6 30.g4 £e7 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 ¥xf3 33.¥xf3 ¤f5 34.e4 ¤d4 35.¥g4 £d6 36.£xd6 ¦xd6 37.f4 f5 38.gxf6 gxf6 39.¢f2 ¢g7 40.¢e3 e5 41.fxe5 fxe5 42.¦xe5 ¤c2+ 43.¢f4 ¤xa3 44.¦e7+ ¢f8 45.¦a7 ¤c2 46.¢e5 ¦h6 47.¥e6 ¤xb4 48.¦f7+ ¢g8 49.¢f5 ¤d3 50.¦a7+ ¢f8 51.¦a8+ ¢e7 52.¦a7+ ¢f8 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Epishin,V/Madrid ESP 1995] 20...¥xf3 21.exf3 ¦c8 22.h4 h5 Played after a lot of thought. Grischuk has to be sure this won't end up being a terrible weakness. 23.¥d3 ¦xc1+ 24.£xc1 £d8 25.a3 g6 26.¥e4 £f6 27.£d2 ¢g7 28.f4 ¤b6 29.b3 ¤d5 30.¢g2 Black looks to have just about equalized. 30...£a1 31.¥xd5 exd5 32.£xd5 £xa3 33.£e5+ ¢g8 34.£e8+ £f8 Now Ivanchuk had only a few seconds left to reach time control. 35.£c6 £b4 36.f5 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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£xb3 37.fxg6 £e6 38.gxf7+ ¢xf7 39.£b7+ ¢g6 40.¢f3 £f7+ The ending is drawn whatever. 41.£xf7+ ¢xf7 42.¢e4 a5 43.f3 a4 44.¢d3 a3 ½–½ (4) Svidler,Peter (2747) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) [D35] FIDE Candidates London ENG (1.4), 15.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 d5 4.cxd5 ¤xd5 [4...exd5 "I would have been surprised by exd5" - Svidler.] 5.e4 ¤xc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.a3 Stopping a check on b4. 7...cxd4 8.cxd4 e5 "Leads to a position not playing to my strengths in so far as I have any." - Svidler. 9.¤f3 exd4 10.£xd4 £xd4 11.¤xd4 "I thought white might retain some pressure if he's very, very precise and if black is somewhat imprecise somewhere. But I haven't done any serious work on this position which is perhaps a bit of a mistake." Svidler. 11...¥e7 12.¥e3 0–0 13.¥c4 ¤d7 Now it gets "very, very tactical and very, very concrete because if something goes wrong for black here it will go wrong quite badly." - Svidler. [13...¥d7 14.¥d5 ¤c6 15.¤xc6 bxc6 16.¥c4 and black will at least have to suffer for a while as white's bishops are quite active "White retains some absolutely risk free pressure." according to Svidler.] 14.¢e2 "It gets very tactical. If something goes wrong tactically for black it will go wrong badly." - Svidler. 14...¤b6 "Before I played Nb6 I thought for quite a long time" Kramnik who had to be sure this moved worked before playing it. [14...¤e5 15.¥d5 b6!? was a variation Kramnik wanted to try. (15...¤g4 "A serious option." Kramnik. 16.h3 a) 16.¦hc1 ¤f6; b) 16.¦hb1 ¤xe3 forced 17.¢xe3 ¦b8 18.¦c1 and Kramnik felt his position was "kind of stuck" meaning that he couldn't really find any useful moves. 18...¥d8! Houdini and it looks to me that black might be OK as it is possible to see some development. (18...¦d8 19.¦c7 ¦d7 20.¦ac1 with a serious advantage was the kind of thing Kramnik feared. ) ) 19.a4 ¦e8 20.f4; 16...¤f6) 16.f4 Houdini seems the only way to try for any kind of advantage for white. (16.a4 ¥a6+ 17.¤b5 ¦ac8 was a side-line that worried Kramnik.; 16.¥xa8 ¥a6+ 17.¢d2 ¤c4+ 18.¢c2 and white really has an edge. 18...¦xa8 19.¦hc1) 16...¥a6+ 17.¢f2 ¤g4+ 18.¢f3 ¤xe3 19.¥xa8 ¦xa8 20.¢xe3] 15.¥b3 "If white is to move here he probably is close to winning." - Svidler. [15.¥b5 a6 16.¥d3 ¤a4 17.¦hc1 and black is fine.] 15...¥d7 After this Svidler said "unfortunately "unfortunately I'm not in time" to get an advantage. [15...h6 an example of a move that doesn't address the problems of the position. 16.a4 (16.¦hc1 after which black is in a tremendous amount of trouble. ) ] 16.¤f5 Svidler thought this must work. [16.a4 Otherwise Na4 may follow from black. 16...¦ac8 (16...¦fc8 "Then I spotted Rfc8 and realized it wasn't anywhere near as dominating as I initially thought" Svidler explaining his 16.Nf5. 17.¢d3 ¥e8?! Kramnik (17...¥b4! Svidler seems to equalize. 18.¦hc1 ¦xc1 19.¦xc1 ¥xa4 Svidler wasn't sure about this but thought it might equalise for black and indeed it seems to. 20.¦c7 ¥xb3 21.¤xb3 ¦d8+ 22.¢e2 ¦e8 23.¢d3 ¦d8+) 18.a5 ¤d7 19.¥d5 ¤c5+ 20.¢e2 and white has something.) 17.¤b5 a6 18.¤a7!? (18.¥xb6 axb5 19.¦hd1) 18...¦c3 19.¦hb1 "and surprise this could be better for white" - Svidler. 19...¥f6 (19...¥c5? 20.¥d2; 19...¤c4? 20.¥d4) 20.¥xb6 ¦xb3 21.¦xb3 ¥xa1 seems to save according to the computer.] 16...¥f6 17.¦ab1 [17.¦ac1 Was the move Kramnik expected. "If Rc1 is possible then R c1 just has to be played. " Svidler. 17...¤a4 18.¦c7 ¤c3+ 19.¢f3 ¥c6 20.¤d6 ¥e5 and white isn't better and is indeed the one who has to be accurate. "If white is not better than he is very likely worse." Svidler. 21.¥f4 Forced. 21...¥xd6 22.¥xd6 ¥xe4+ 23.¢g3 ¤b5 24.¥xf8 ¤xc7 25.¥b4 ¥d5 26.¦c1 ¥xb3 27.¦xc7 is dead level.] 17...¦fd8 "Is a very precise move here" - Svidler who suggested that he is very close to getting his ideal setup but that this just saved black. 18.¦hc1 Svidler admitted afterwards this was really a draw offer. [18.¦hd1 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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"The biggest point of the game. What I played is frankly a bit of a draw offer which is regrettable." - Svidler. Kramnik thought his position "wasn't so bad" now. 18...¥b5+ 19.¢f3 ¦xd1 (19...¥d3 20.¦bc1 ¤d7 21.¦c7 (21.¥f4 ¤e5+ 22.¥xe5 ¥xe5 23.¥d5 (23.¦c5!) ) 21...¤e5+ 22.¢g3 ¥xe4 23.¤d6 ¥g6 24.f4 ¤c6 25.¤xf7 ¦xd1 26.¤g5+ ¢h8 27.¥xd1) 20.¦xd1 ¤c4 "In this position I spent quite some time trying to decide whether I should go for this and whether I'm better here." Svidler. He decided the answer was "No and no." But this position is certainly key and perhaps Svidler should have gone for it. (20...¥c4) 21.¥c1 ¦d8 And with black having the queenside Svidler asked himself "Why am I better?"] 18...¥b5+ 19.¢f3 ¥d3 20.¥c2 ¥a6 21.¥b3 [21.¥xb6 axb6 22.a4 Svidler likes his two bishops too much to try this and he was probably right as black seems better.] 21...¥d3 22.¥c2 ¥a6 23.¥b3 ½–½ (5) Aronian,Levon (2809) - Gelfand,Boris (2740) [A04] FIDE Candidates London ENG (2.1), 16.03.2013 1.¤f3 c5 2.c4 ¤c6 3.¤c3 g6 4.e3 ¤f6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 ¤xd5 8.£b3 ¤xc3 9.¥c4 ¤d5 10.¥xd5 e6 11.¥xc6+ bxc6 12.0–0 ¥e7 "Generally this line is considered a drawish line. White is in control but then the game ends in a draw. You're right it looks visually very good for white but in reality if he had defended better it should have been a draw." - Aronian. 13.¥e3 [13.¥f4 £d5 14.£xd5 cxd5 15.¤e5 f6 16.¤c6 ¥d7 17.¦fc1 g5 18.¥g3 h5 19.h4 gxh4 20.¥xh4 ¥xc6 21.¦xc6 ¢d7 22.¦ac1 ¦hc8 23.¦xc8 ¦xc8 24.¦xc8 ¢xc8 25.f4 ¥d6 26.f5 exf5 27.¥xf6 ¢d7 28.¢f2 ¥f4 29.¢f3 ¥d2 30.¢g3 ¢e6 31.¥e5 ¥e1+ 32.¢f3 a6 33.¥c7 ¥d2 34.¥f4 ¥b4 35.a3 ¥e7 36.b4 ¢d7 37.¥d2 ¥d6 38.a4 ¢c6 39.¥g5 ¥xb4 40.¢f4 ¥e1 41.¢xf5 ¥f2 42.¢e5 h4 43.¥d2 ¥g3+ 44.¢f5 ¥f2 45.¥c3 ¢d7 46.¢e5 ¢c6 47.¢f4 ¢d6 48.¢f3 ¥g1 49.¢g4 ¥f2 50.¢f3 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Jakovenko, D (2732)-Gelfand,B (2736)/Eilat ISR 2012/The Week in Chess 937] 13...£d5 14.¦fc1 £xb3 15.axb3 ¥b7 16.¤e5 0–0 17.¦a4 ¦fd8 "I had the feeling in the opening that Rfd8 was a little premature." Aronian. 18.¤c4 ¥f6 [18...¦d5 19.¦ca1! c5 20.¦xa7 ¦xa7 21.¦xa7 cxd4 22.¦xb7 dxe3 23.¤xe3] 19.¤a5 ¦d7 20.¦b4 ¥a6 21.¤xc6 ¦b7 [21...¦c8 22.¦c3 (22.¦b8 ¦d5 23.¦xc8+ ¥xc8 24.¦c5 ¥d7; 22.¤b8 ¦xc1+ 23.¥xc1 ¦d6 and black is fine. Aronian. ) ) 22...¦dc7 (22...e5 23.h3 exd4 24.¥xd4) 23.¤b8 ¥e2 24.¤d7 and white still has something.] 22.h3 ¢g7 23.¦xb7 ¥xb7 24.¤e5 ¥d8 "After Bd8 I was thinking which move should I play to provoke Rc8" said Aronian after the game. [24...¦c8 25.¦a1 a6 26.b4 (26.¦a4 a bit unpleasant for black - Aronian. ) ) ] 25.b4 ¦c8? [25...¥d5; 25...¥b6 26.d5 ¥xd5 (26...¥xe3 27.fxe3 ¥xd5 28.¦c7 ¢f6 29.¤d7+ ¢g7 30.b5 looks promising. ) ) 27.¥xb6 axb6 28.¦c7 ¦f8 29.b5] 26.¥h6+! ¢g8 [26...¢f6 27.¥g5+ ¢xg5 28.¤xf7+ ¢f4 29.g3+ ¢f3 30.¦e1 although Aronian hadn't seen this.] 27.¦xc8 ¥xc8 28.¤c6 ¥f6 29.b5! Really strong as black's king is permanently cut off. 29...¥d7 30.g4! g5 [30...a6 31.g5 axb5 32.¤b8 ¥xd4 33.¤xd7 ¥xb2 34.¢f1 and the king is in time.] 31.h4 gxh4 32.g5 ¥xc6 33.bxc6 ¥d8 34.¢g2 ¥c7 35.¢h3 1–0 (6) Carlsen,Magnus (2872) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) [A33] FIDE Candidates London ENG (2.2), 16.03.2013 1.c4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 e6 6.¥f4 "A rare move but I believe it's quite harmless." - Kramnik. 6...d5 7.e3 ¥b4 8.¥e2 [8.¤xc6 1/ 2 – 1/2 1/2 Eljanov,P (2697)-Grischuk,A (2746)/Ningbo CHN 2011/The Week in Chess 872 (30)] 8...dxc4! "If http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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black decides to play 8...0 – 0 9 0 – 0 he could be worse. This move I knew was a very strong equaliser." - Kramnik. [8...0 – 0 0 – 1 Zhigalko,A (2589)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2711)/Warsaw POL 2012/The Week in Chess 945 (69)] 9.¤xc6 [9.0 – 0 ¤xd4 10.exd4 and black is not worse.] 9...£xd1+ 10.¦xd1 bxc6 11.¥xc4 ¤d5! "Otherwise white would enjoy a slight advantage due to the c6 pawn." - Kramnik 12.0–0 [12.¥e5 f6 13.¥d4? (13.a3 ¥a5 14.¥d6 ¢f7 15.0 – –0 ¥xc3 16.bxc3 ¤xc3 17.¦d3=) 13...c5] 12...¤xf4! Grabbing a pawn on c3 gives white a dangerous initiative. 13.exf4 ¥xc3 14.bxc3 Now there are too few pieces for anyone to have an advantage. 14...¢e7 15.¦b1 ¥d7 16.¦b7 ¦hb8 17.¦fb1 ¦xb7 18.¦xb7 a5! Equalizing. 19.¥d3 h6 20.h4 ¢d8 [20...a4 followed by Ra5 was Kramnik's other plan in this position.] 21.¢f1 ¢c8 22.¦b1 ¦b8 23.¦xb8+ ¢xb8 24.¢e2 ¢c7 25.¢e3 ¢d6 26.¢d4 c5+ 27.¢e3 ¥c6 28.g3 f6 29.a3 e5 30.fxe5+ ¢xe5 They reach move 30 in a dead drawn position. ½–½ (7) Grischuk,Alexander (2764) - Svidler,Peter (2747) [C88] FIDE Candidates London ENG (2.3), 16.03.2013 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0–0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 0–0 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.¤bd2 [11.£xd8 ¦xd8 12.¥g5 ¢f8 13.¥xf6 (13.¤bd2 ¤d7 14.¥d5 ¥b7 15.¤c4 f6 16.¥e3 ¥c5 17.¤fd2 ¥xe3 18.¦xe3 ¤b6 19.¤xb6 cxb6 20.c3 1/2 – 1/2 Ye Jiangchuan (2681)-Zvjaginsev,V (2650)/Moscow CHN 2004/ The Week in Chess 510 ) 13...gxf6 14.¥d5 ¥b7 15.¤bd2 ¤a5 16.¥xb7 ¤xb7 17.b3 ¤d6 18.¢f1 ¦ab8 19.¦e3 ¦b6 20.¦d3 ¦c6 21.¦c1 ¢e8 22.g4 ¦c3 23.¢e2 c5 24.¤b1 ¦xd3 25.cxd3 c4 26.¦xc4 ¤xc4 27.dxc4 ¥f8 28.¤bd2 ¥h6 29.¤f1 ¥f4 30.¤h4 ¢d7 31.¤f5 a5 32.h4 ¦g8 33.¢f3 ¦d8 34.h5 ¦g8 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Svidler,P (2735)-Aronian,L (2675)/ICC INT 2004/The Week in Chess 529] 11...¥c5 [11...¥g4 1 – 0 Sulskis,S (2562)-Beckhuis,G (2353)/Vienna AUT 2008/ The Week in Chess 720 (54)] 12.£e2 £e7 13.¤c4 ¥g4?! 14.c3 bxc3 15.bxc3 h6 Svidler was somewhat concerned about this position according to the official press report. 16.¥c2 £e6 17.¤e3 ¥xe3 18.£xe3 ¤a5 19.¤d2 £c6 20.h3 "I quickly got a big advantage but I spoilt it in one move, I was almost winning there," said Grischuk according to the press release. Their press conference was only broadcast towards the end. [20.¥a3] 20...¥e6 21.£g3 ¤d7 22.¦b1 ¦fb8 23.¥a3 The position looks equal. 23...¤c4 24.¤xc4 £xc4 25.¥b4 a5 26.¥d3 £a2 27.¦a1 £d2 28.¦ed1 £f4 29.£xf4 exf4 30.¥e7! Apparently if anyone it was black was the one pressing according to the players but this move seems to have been accurate and starts a liquidation to a draw. 30...¦e8 31.¥a3 ¥b3 32.¥b5! Now there is a forcing sequence leading to a draw. 32...¥xd1 33.¥xd7 ¥c2 34.¥xe8 ¦xe8 35.f3 ¦d8 36.¥e7 ¦d7 37.¥h4 g5 38.¥e1 ¦d1 39.¦xd1 ¥xd1 40.c4 ¥xa4 41.¥xa5 ½–½ (8) Radjabov,Teimour (2793) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) [A88] FIDE Candidates London ENG (2.4), 16.03.2013 1.d4 d6 2.¤f3 g6 3.c4 f5 4.¤c3 ¤f6 5.g3 ¥g7 6.¥g2 0–0 7.0–0 c6 8.¦b1 ¤e4!? This variation is pretty risky. 9.£c2 ¤xc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.dxe5 [11.¦d1 e4 12.¤g5 h6 13.¤h3 g5 14.f3 d5 15.¤f2 1 – 0 Kramnik,V (2788)-Nakamura, H (2708)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2010/The Week in Chess 794 (44)] 11...dxe5 12.¥a3! ¦f7 [12...¦e8] 13.¦fd1 £e8 [13...¦d7] 14.e4 f4 15.¦d3 fxg3 [15...¥f8] 16.hxg3 ¤a6? [16...¥f8 17.¦bd1 ¦d7 18.¥xf8 ¢xf8 19.c5 ¦xd3 20.£xd3 ¥g4 21.¦b1 £e7 22.£d6 £xd6 23.cxd6 ¥xf3 24.¥xf3 b5] http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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17.¤g5 ¦c7 [17...¦d7 18.¦xd7 ¥xd7 19.¦xb7 h6 20.¤f3 c5 21.£e2 is good for white.] 18.¥d6 ¥f6 19.£d2 ¦d7 20.¥h3 ¦g7 21.¥xe5 ¥xe5 [21...¥xg5 22.£xg5 ¥xh3 23.¥xg7] 22.¦d8 ¥xh3 23.¦xe8+ ¦xe8 24.¤xh3 ¤c5 Ivanchuk's position was both desperate on the board and on the clock. He ended up needing to play 15 moves in 15 seconds and not surprisingly failed. 25.£e3 ¥d6 26.f3 ¤e6 27.¢g2 g5! At least trying to set problems. Radjabov had a few minutes left here. 28.¤f2 h5 29.£xa7 ¥c5 30.£a4 ¦f8 31.¤d3 h4 32.£a5 b6 33.¦xb6? Rajdabov had gone into blitz mode here knowing that Ivanchuk couldn't possibly make time control at move 40. [33.£a4] 33...¥xb6 [33...g4 34.f4 h3+ 35.¢h2 ¦d8 36.¤xc5 ¦d2+ draws!] 34.£xb6 hxg3 Flag fall. 1–0 (9) Svidler,Peter (2747) - Radjabov,Teimour (2793) [E81] FIDE Candidates London ENG (3.1), 17.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0–0 6.¥e3 c5 7.¤ge2 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤a5 9.¤g3 "Clearly you can't play this line without having some work done first." - Svidler. "Some work had been done, yes." [9.¤c1 e6 10.¥e2 exd5 11.cxd5 ¤d7 12.¤b3 f5 13.£d2 ¤e5 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Vitiugov,N (2705)-Grischuk,A (2763)/ Moscow RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 11.¦c1 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.¥xb5 ¤e5 14.0–0 ¤ac4 926 (54)] 9...a6 10.¥e2 ¤d7 11.¦c1 15.¥g5 "Up to this position with 15.Bg5 I obviously had this position at home." - Svidler. 15...¥d7 16.¥xd7 £xd7 Svidler was about an hour up on the clock here and combined with a better position. "It's a rare occurrence for me that I'm so far ahead in preparation in a game. Frankly the game was pretty much decided in the opening." Svidler who then went on to discuss I believe this position. "Not only is white a pawn up, has a very clear plan of playing b3, f4, e5 and sort of rolling black completely over, I was also more than an hour ahead on the clock. c lock. And these two things combined make it almost impossible for Teimour to mount any kind of defense." - Svidler. Radjabov admitted that whilst he had studied the position he then started to forget his preparation and this caused his problems in the opening. A pretty disastrous turn of affairs for him. 17.£e2 [17.¦c2 ¦fb8 18.¥c1 £a7 19.f4 ¤d7 and white is still better but black is still in the game due to his knight on c5 which can't be driven away at least for the moment.] 17...¤xb2 "I was actually hoping he will not take on b2 even though I should be objectively winning after that because I do have two pieces for the rook and no weaknesses but from a practical viewpoint I thought this was a very decent decision." 18.£xb2 ¤d3 19.£d2 ¤xc1 20.¦xc1 ¥xc3?! "I'm not so sure about Bxc3, I understand the idea behind the move but if you play Rfb8 and you never trade the bishop and you just harass me on the Queenside." Queenside." - Svidler. [20...¦fb8 21.¤ge2 "I go Nge2 and there will never be any threats but how to I make headway?" Svidler.] 21.¦xc3 ¦fb8 [21...f6 22.¥h6 ¦fb8 was a slight improvement for black according to Svidler. 23.h4 £a4 24.¢h2 which may or may not be mate.] 22.£c2 f6 23.¥c1 £a4 24.a3 ¢f7 25.¤f1 £xc2 26.¦xc2 f5 27.¤d2 ¦a4 28.¤c4 fxe4 29.fxe4 ¦b3 30.¢f2 ¢e8 31.e5 ¦a6 32.exd6 exd6 33.¢e2 ¢d7 34.¥f4 h5 35.h4 ¦a4 36.¢d2 ¦b1 37.¢c3 ¦a6 38.¦e2?! Svidler didn't really understand why he did this which made the technical process harder. ["Still I managed to make us sit at the board for another hour and a half instead of playing Rc1 here." - Svidler. 38.¦c1 "Some calculation was required after Rfb8 to choose between 22.h4 and 22.Qc2... generally speaking had I played 38.Rc1 that would have been a very rare beast a win over a very strong opponent during which I did not have to calculate a single variation." - Svidler. 38...¦xc1+ (38...¦b8 39.¦e1 ¦f8 40.g3 ¦f5 41.¦e6 ¦xd5 42.¦xg6 and compared to the position in the game the pawn is on g3 and I will just have everything under control and collect d6, c5, h5 at my leisure. Re2 was frankly an unbelievable move I don't know" ) 39.¥xc1 ¢c7 40.¥f4 and take on d6 with a http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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completely winning ending.] 38...¦d1 39.¦e6 ¦xd5 40.¦xg6 ¦d4 41.¥xd6 [41.g3? was Svidler's initial intention "a bit of a mistake." which would lead to a draw. 41...¦xc4+ 42.¢xc4 d5+ 43.¢xd5 ¦xg6 44.¢xc5 ¦a6] 41...¦xh4 "If you don't win these positions then you really shouldn't be here." - Svidler. 42.¤e5+ ¢c8 43.¦g8+ ¢b7 44.¥xc5 ¦e6 [44...¦a5 45.¦g7+ ¢a6 46.¥d4 ¦xa3+ 47.¢b4!] 45.¦g7+ ¢c8 46.¤c4 ¦g4 47.¤d6+ [47.¦xg4 hxg4 48.g3 is completely winning but Svidler couldn't bring himself to do it as the game continuation is so much stronger.] 47...¢b8 48.¦b7+ ¢a8 49.¦d7 ¦g8 50.¤c4 ¦xg2 51.¥d6 ¦xd6 52.¤xd6 h4 53.¦h7 ¦h2 54.¢b4 h3 55.¢a5 1–0 (10) Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) - Grischuk,Alexander (2764) [D71] FIDE Candidates London ENG (3.2), 17.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ¥g7 4.¥g2 d5 5.cxd5 ¤xd5 6.¤f3 ¤b6 7.¤c3 ¤c6 8.e3 0–0 9.0–0 ¦e8 10.h3 e5 11.d5 ¤a5 12.£c2 [12.e4 0 – 1 Ippolito,D (2280) -Yermolinsky,A (2560)/Syracuse 1995 (41)] 12...c6 13.b4 A big piece of preparation that puts Grischuk under pressure. 13...¤ac4 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.¦d1 £e7 16.¤d2 ¥f5 17.¤ce4 ¦ad8 18.a3 h5 19.¤xc4 ¦xd1+ 20.£xd1 ¤xc4 21.¦a2 ¦d8 22.£f1 ¤d6 23.¤c5 ¤b5 24.¥xc6 ¤c3 25.¦d2 ¦xd2 26.¥xd2 £d6 27.¥xc3 £xc6 28.£g2 [28.e4 ¥xe4 (28...¥c8 is also difficult to win for white. ) ) 29.¤xe4 £xe4 30.¥d2 Grischuk 30...h4 31.gxh4 £xh4 32.¥e3 e4 33.¥xa7 £g5+] 28...£d6 29.e4 [29.£a8+ ¢h7 30.¢h2 £d1 31.¤e4 ¢h6! Kramnik.] 29...£d1+! an important zwischenzug. 30.¢h2 ¥c8 31.f3 Already black has equalized and that becomes clear very soon. 31...£c1 32.£d2 £f1 33.£g2 £c1 34.£d2 £f1 35.£g2 ½–½ (11) Gelfand,Boris (2740) - Carlsen,Magnus (2872) [D52] FIDE Candidates London ENG (3.3), 17.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 ¤bd7 5.¥g5 c6 6.e3 £a5 7.cxd5 ¤xd5 8.¦c1 ¤xc3 9.bxc3 ¥a3 10.¦c2 b6 11.¥d3 ¥a6 12.0–0 ¥xd3 13.£xd3 0–0 [13...h6 14.¥h4 0 – 0 15.c4 ¦fe8 16.¤d2 ¥e7 17.¥xe7 ¦xe7 18.c5 bxc5 19.¤b3 £a4 1/ 2 – 1/2 1/2 Cmilyte,V (2525)-Gurevich,M (2596)/Konya TUR 2012/The Week in Chess 923] 14.e4 ¦fe8 15.e5 h6 16.¥h4 c5 17.¤d2 cxd4 18.cxd4 ¦ac8 19.¤c4 £b5 Magnus keeps some tension in the game. 20.f4 ¦c7 21.£xa3 ¦xc4 22.¦xc4 £xc4 23.¥f2 £c7 24.¦c1 £b7 Most probably the game is equal but Carlsen keeps posing problems to Gelfand who was starting to get into time pressure. 25.£d6 ¤f8 26.g3 ¦c8 27.¦xc8 £xc8 28.d5 exd5 29.£xd5 g6 30.¢g2 ¤e6 31.£f3 ¢g7 32.a3 h5 33.h4 £c2 34.£b7 £a4 35.£f3 b5!? Carlsen realizes the only way to continue is to allow his king to be opened up but his knight is a fantastic defensive piece. 36.f5 gxf5 37.£xf5 £xa3 38.£xh5 a5 [38...b4 39.£g4+ with a draw was what Gelfand expected.] 39.£g4+ ¢f8 40.h5?! "After h5 black's king is relatively safe" - Gelfand. [40.£h5 was Gelfand's suggestion "with an easy draw"] 40...£c1 41.£e4 b4 42.¥e3 £c7 43.£a8+ ¢g7 44.h6+ ¢h7 45.£e4+ ¢g8 46.£a8+ £d8 The only way to play on. 47.£xd8+? The result of a miscalculation from Gelfand. [47.£c6 Houdini.; 47.£b7 £d3 Gelfand. Already things aren't so simple for black.] 47...¤xd8 48.¢f3 a4 49.¢e4 ¤c6 50.¥c1 [50.¢d5 was Gelfand's initial intention but it loses. 50...a3 51.¥c1 (51.¢xc6 b3) 51...¤a5 52.¢c5 ¤b3+ 53.¢xb4 ¤xc1 54.¢xa3 ¤d3 and the ending is easily winning.] 50...¤a5 51.¥d2 b3 52.¢d3 ¤c4 53.¥c3 a3 54.g4 5 4.g4 ¢h7 55.g5 ¢g6 56.¥d4 b2 57.¢c2 ¤d2 0–1 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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(12) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) - Aronian,Levon (2809) [A45] FIDE Candidates London ENG (3.4), 17.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.¥g5 e6 3.¤d2 c5 4.e3 b6 5.¤gf3 ¥b7 6.c3 ¥e7 7.¥d3 0–0 8.¥xf6 ¥xf6 9.h4 [9.£e2 ¤c6 10.g4 d5 11.0 – 0 – 0 c4 12.¥c2 b5 13.g5 ¥e7 14.¤e5 ¤xe5 15.dxe5 d4 16.¥e4 d3 17.£f3 ¥d5 18.¦hg1 g6 19.¦g4 £a5 20.¥xd5 exd5 21.£xd5 £a4 0 – 1 Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy (2500)-Megaranto,S (2534)/Ho Chi Minh City VIE 2009/The Week in Chess 769] 9...¤c6! 10.¤g5 Aronian didn't fear this move. [10.£c2 g6 11.h5 ¥g7 (11...¤e7 "Just a bit shy." - Aronian. ) ) 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.¥xg6 fxg6 14.£xg6 "I had this feeling that the pieces were coming." - Aronian.; 10.¥xh7+ ¢xh7 11.¤g5+ ¢h6!!] 10...g6 11.f4 ¤e7 12.£g4 h5 13.£h3 cxd4 14.exd4 b5! 15.a3 £b6 16.¦g1 ¤d5 17.¤ge4 ¥g7 18.£f3 b4 19.axb4 ¤xb4 20.¤c4 £b5?! Aronian was quite annoyed with himself in allowing Ivanchuk's next. [20...£c7] 21.¤e5!! ¤xd3+ 22.¤xd3 £f5 23.¤dc5 ¥c6 24.b4 ¦fb8 25.¦a5 a6 Ivanchuk had about 20 seconds to get to move 40 from here according to Aronian. [25...¥xd4] 26.£e3 £g4 27.g3 ¦b5 28.¦xa6 ¦xa6 29.¤xa6 e5 abou t 5 seconds left here and was never making time 30.dxe5 ¥xe4 31.c4! Ivanchuk had about control. 31...¦b6 32.£xb6 £f3 33.£f2 £a3 34.¤c5 Black is still on top. 0–1 (13) Radjabov,Teimour (2793) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) [E54] FIDE Candidates London ENG (4.1), 19.03.2013
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 0 – 0 5.¥d3 d5 6.¤f3 dxc4 7.¥xc4 c5 8.0 – 0 cxd4 9.exd4 b6 10.£e2 ¥b7 11.¥g5 ¥xc3 12.bxc3 ¤bd7 13.¦ac1 £c7 14.¥d3 ¤g4 15.¥e4 ¥xe4 16.£xe4 ¤gf6 17.£e2 ¦ac8 18.c4 h6 19.¥h4 £b7 20.¦fe1 ¦fe8 21.a4 £a6 22.£a2 ¦c6 23.£b3 ¦ec8 24.¥xf6 ¤xf6 25.¤e5 ¦d6 26.¦ed1 ¦cd8 27.£b4 £c8 28.¤f3 ¤e4 29.h4 ¤f6 30.a5 ¤g4 31.axb6 axb6 32.¦e1 ¦c6 33.£b5 £c7 34.¦e4 ¦d5 35.£b3 h5 36.¦ee1 ¦f5 37.£d3 g6 38.¦c2 £d6 39.¦d1 ¦c8 40.£e2 ¦d8 41.¦cd2 £c6 42.¦c2 £c7 43.¦cd2 ¦c8 44.¦c2 ¦a5 45.¦dc1 £d6 46.£e4 ¦f5 47.g3 ¤f6 48.£e3 ¤g4 49.£e4 ¤f6 50.£e3 ¤g4 ½ – ½ (14) Aronian,Levon (2809) - Svidler,Peter (2747) [D22] FIDE Candidates London ENG (4.2), 19.03.2013 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.¤f3 a6 4.e3 b5 5.a4 ¥b7 6.b3 e6 7.bxc4 bxc4 8.¥xc4 ¤f6 9.¤bd2 ¤bd7 10.¦b1 ¦b8 [10...¦a7 1 – 0 Kazhgaleyev,M (2589)-Ismagambetov, A (2471)/Astana KAZ 2012. Isn't as good for black and Svidler said he spent quite some time trying to make this work before abandoning it.] 11.0–0 ¥e7 12.£e2 0–0 13.¥b2 c5 14.¥xa6 ¥xa6 Svidler believes that black equalizes with a bit of accuracy after taking this pawn early. 15.£xa6 ¦a8 16.£b5 ¦a5 17.£b3 £a8 18.¦a1 ¦b8 19.£c2 cxd4 20.¤xd4 [20.¥xd4 e5 (20...¦b4 21.¥c3 ¦c5; 20...£a6) 21.¥c3 ¦c5] 20...¦c8 21.£b1 ¦xa4 22.¦xa4 £xa4 23.¦c1 £a6 24.¦xc8+ £xc8 25.h3 h6 26.£c2 £xc2 27.¤xc2 ¤d5 28.¥a3 ¥xa3 29.¤xa3 ¤c5 30.¤c2 ¢f8 31.¢f1 ½–½
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(15) Gelfand,Boris (2740) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) [D07] FIDE Candidates London ENG (4.3), 19.03.2013 1.d4 d5 2.c4 ¤c6 3.¤f3 ¥g4 4.¤c3 e6 5.¥f4 ¥xf3 6.gxf3 ¥b4 7.e3 ¤ge7 8.£c2 [8.£b3 1 – 0 Gerhold,M (2209)-Grabher,H (2279)/Austria AUT 2006/The Week in Chess 595 (46)] 8...dxc4 9.¥xc4 ¤d5 10.¥g3 h5 11.h3 £d7 12.0–0–0 0–0–0 13.¤e4 ¢b8 14.¢b1 h4 15.¥h2 ¥d6 16.f4 [16.¤xd6 cxd6] 16...f5! Only way to get counter play. 17.¤g5 ¤a5 18.¥e2 ¦c8 19.£d2! [19.e4 fxe4 20.¥g4 ¦h6 21.¦he1 ¤b4 22.£c3 £a4 23.a3 ¤d3] 19...¥b4 20.£d3 c5 21.dxc5 ¦xc5 22.e4 [22.¦c1 ¦hc8 23.¦xc5 ¦xc5] 22...¦hc8 I thought I would find something. - Gelfand 23.¦c1 [23.exd5 ¦xd5 24.£f3 ¦xd1+ 25.¦xd1 £xd1+ 26.¥xd1 ¤c4 27.£e2 ¤d2+ 28.£xd2 ¥xd2 with a draw.] 23...¤c4 24.¦xc4 ¦xc4 25.exd5 exd5 26.£b3 £c6 27.¥xc4 dxc4 28.£f3 £b5 29.£e2 ¦e8 30.£c2 c3 31.bxc3 This allows a forced draw. 31...¥xc3+ 32.£b3 £d3+ 33.£c2 £b5+ 34.£b3 £d3+ 35.£c2 £b5+ ½–½ (16) Carlsen,Magnus (2872) - Grischuk,Alexander (2764) [C65] FIDE Candidates London ENG (4.4), 19.03.2013 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 ¤f6 4.d3 ¥c5 5.c3 0–0 6.0–0 d6 7.h3 a6 8.¥xc6 bxc6 9.¦e1 [9.d4 1 – 0 Karjakin,S (2786)-Grischuk,A (2764)/Moscow RUS 2013/ The Week in Chess 954 (55)] 9...¦e8 10.¤bd2 d5!? 11.exd5 £xd5 12.¤b3 ¥f8 13.c4 £d6 14.¥e3 ¤d7 15.d4 e4 16.¤fd2 Black should be doing fine here. - Carlsen. 16...a5 [16...£g6 17.¥f4] 17.a4 f5?! "I didn't like f5 somehow. I was happy to see it. Now I get to do what I want to do." Carlsen. "I completely overestimated my position. I just thought black is better. Bishop on f8 is very bad." - Grischuk. 18.c5 £g6 19.¤c4 ¤f6 20.¥f4 ¤d5 21.£d2 ¥e6 [21...¤xf4] 22.¤bxa5 ¦eb8? "I was completely lost on time." Grischuk. "I thought he should somehow play to destabilize my center." - Carlsen. [22...¥e7 23.¤e5 £h5 24.¤axc6 ¥h4 25.¥h2 e3 26.¦xe3; 22...¤xf4 23.£xf4 £f6] 23.¤e5 £f6 24.¥h2 ¦xa5 25.£xa5 ¦xb2 Desperate try but very tricky. 26.¦ab1 ¦a2 27.£a6 e3 "He has to go for e3" - Carlsen who had it all worked out. 28.fxe3 £g5 29.¦e2 ¤xe3 30.¤f3! A final moment of accuracy from Carlsen. 30...£g6 31.¦xa2 ¥xa2 32.¦b2 ¥c4 33.£a5 ¥d5 34.£e1 f4 35.¥xf4 ¤c2 36.£f2 ¥xf3 37.¦xc2 1–0 (17) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) - Carlsen,Magnus (2872) [D93] FIDE Candidates London ENG (5.1), 20.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¥f4 ¥g7 5.¤f3 0–0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 £a5 8.¦c1 ¦d8 9.£a4 £xc5 10.b4 £c6 This all looks very suspicious. suspicious. 11.£a3! Played after about half an hours thought. Ivanchuk finds the very best. However Carlsen was probably counting on getting him into time trouble. [11.£b3 ¥e6 12.¤d4 £d7 13.¤xe6 fxe6 14.¦d1 ¢h8 15.¥e2 ¤c6 16.0 – 0 ¦ac8 17.£a3 e5 18.¥g3 d4 19.b5 £d6 20.c5 £c7 21.bxc6 dxc3 22.cxb7 £xb7 23.¥a6 £c7 24.¥xc8 ¦xc8 25.£xc3 ¤e4 26.£c4 ¤xc5 27.¦c1 ¥f6 28.¦c2 £b6 29.¦fc1 ¦c7 30.£d5 e6 31.£f3 ¢g7 32.e4 ¦b7 33.h3 ¤d7 34.¦c6 £a5 35.£e2 ¥g5 36.¦d1 ¤f8 37.£a6 ¦b5 38.a4 ¦c5 39.£b7+ ¢g8 40.¦a6 ¦c7 41.¦xa5 ¦xb7 42.¥xe5 1 – 0 Ivakhinova,I (2306)-Sazonova,E (2159)/Tyumen RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 921] 11...dxc4 12.b5 £b6 13.¥xc4 ¥e6 14.¥xe6 £xe6 15.0–0 ¤bd7 [15...¥f8 may be more accurate freeing the queen to move away.] 16.¤g5 £f5 17.£xe7 ¤h5 18.¦fd1 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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¤xf4 19.exf4 ¥f8 20.£e4 £xe4 21.¤cxe4 Ivanchuk had 20 moves to make in about 20 minutes. 21...¤b6 22.g3 ¦xd1+ 23.¦xd1 ¥e7 24.¤f3 ¦c8 25.¤e5 ¦c7 26.¢g2 f6 27.¤f3 ¢f7 28.h4 ¦c2 29.a4 ¦a2 30.¤c3 ¦a3 31.¦c1 With a draw offer. 31...¤xa4?! After the draw offer on move 31 which Carlsen turned down? Also most probably this move isn't the best in the position either. "At that point I'd missed some of his ideas and I also think in general that we should play the games out and not agree to a draw in unclear positions." Did you make the decision based on Vassily's clock? "No I just underestimated his possibilities it was unprofessional and a bad decision to play on." [31...h5!?] 32.¤e4! ¦d3 [32...¥d8!?] 33.¦c7 Most probably Ivanchuk could have caused Carlsen more problems if he hadn't been so short of time. 33...¢e6 34.¦xb7 [34.g4] 34...¦d7 35.¦b8 ¦d8 36.¦b7 ¦d7 37.¦xd7 ¢xd7 38.¤d4 f5 39.¤g5 ¥xg5 40.fxg5 ¤c3 Time control. The position is better for white but even though the ending is very interesting and Ivanchuk demonstrated some fascinating variations in the press conference (he spent a long time here) the game is most likely a draw with best play. 41.h5 gxh5 42.¢h3 ¢d6 43.¢h4 ¢d5 44.¤xf5 ¤xb5 45.¢xh5 ¢e4 46.¤e3 ¤d6 47.¢h6 ¤f7+ 48.¢xh7 ¤xg5+ 49.¢g6 ¤h3 50.¤d1 ¢f3 51.¢f5 ¤xf2 52.¤xf2 ¢xg3 53.¤d1 a5 54.¢e4 a4 55.¢d4 a3 56.¤c3 a2 57.¤xa2 ½–½ (18) Svidler,Peter (2747) - Gelfand,Boris (2740) [D85] FIDE Candidates London ENG (5.2), 20.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.cxd5 ¤xd5 5.¥d2 ¤b6 6.e3 ¥g7 7.f4!? "Obviously this is not going to be refuting the Gruenfeld. It looks incredibly ugly and that was one of the reasons for playing it that Boris might decide he has to play for the advantage now." Svidler. [7.¤f3 0 – 1 Nesic,D (2126) -Kojovic,D (2367)/Kraljevo SRB 2011/The Week in Chess 882 (80)] 7...0–0 8.¤f3 ¥g4?! "Then I got very, very lucky because Bg4 is not the way to proceed here." - Svidler. "Probably I didn't play the opening so badly in my career. The whole 8...Bg4 is a disaster." 9.h3 ¥xf3 10.£xf3 c6? [10...¤8d7 11.a4 "Ok it's better than the game." - Gelfand. 11...c5 12.a5 cxd4 13.exd4 ¤c8 14.a6 ¤d6 15.axb7 ¦b8 "If black manages to destroy my structure in the center I'm not going to be enjoying life very much." - Svidler.] 11.h4 "I thought this is a dream position and I think it actually is." Svidler. 11...¤8d7 12.h5 e6 "Reasonable." - Svidler. [12...¤f6 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.f5 "is very strong." Svidler.] 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.e4!? "I think should be a very decent move." - Svidler. White has so many good looking options here. [14.¤e4; 14.g4 £e7 15.g5 ¦fd8; 14.0 – 0 – 0 The computer recommendation actually looks the most natural too. 14...f5 15.g4 £f6] 14...f5 Forced otherwise white will follow up with f5 himself. 15.g4 "Where it started to go wrong was when I spent almost half an hour on g2-g4 when frankly you should just make this move and continue and then when I needed to think I had to pay attention to the clock." - Svidler. [15.e5 "I'm obviously better after 15.e5" 15...¢f7 16.0 – 0 – 0 ¦h8 17.¦g1 "I have a huge advantage here... but it will take a very long time. [to win]" - Svidler. 17...¤d5] 15...¤f6 16.gxf5 exf5?! Not least because this seems to give white the extra and stronger option of playing e5 as well as exf5. [16...gxf5 "All the time I spent was on gxf5" - Svidler. 17.exf5 exf5 18.0 – 0 – 0 £xd4 19.¥d3 "I'm probably winning after Bd3. It's very important not to touch the d2 bishop, it stands very well on d2." - Svidler. 19...¤e4 20.£h3 according to Svidler is tremendous for white although it doesn't seem so very clear. 20...¤f2 21.£h7+ ¢f7 22.£h5+ ¢g8 23.¥xf5 ¦xf5 24.£h7+ ¢f7 25.£xf5+ £f6] 17.e5 ¤g4 Probably the only move to continue. 18.d5?! "Svidler started telling himself this [Be3] is too slow I should be looking for something more forceful. I started second guessing myself and this is what http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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happens sometimes with me. And also I missed a very strong resource." [18.¥e3! was Svidler's initial idea and he really should have stuck with it. 18...¢f7? (18...£e7 19.0 – 0– 0 – 0 – 0 would probably be the way the game would go but white has a huge position here also. ) 19.0 – 0 – 0 ¦h8 20.¦xh8! (20.¦g1 ¦h2) 20...£xh8 21.d5 "When I played g4 precisely this position was what I was going to do, I will not be surprised if it's just mathematically winning." - Svidler. 21...¤xe3 22.£xe3 cxd5 23.e6+! is crushing for white.] 18...cxd5 19.0–0–0 d4! [19...¦c8 20.¢b1 was automatically included in Svidler's calculations but Gelfand finds a better way round it.] 20.¤b5 £d5! 21.£h3 It's all started to go wrong for Svidler although he's still better here the position is spiraling out of control. [21.£xd5+ ¤xd5 22.¥c4 ¦ac8 is completely equal. 23.b3 a6 24.¢b1 ¦xc4 25.bxc4 ¤de3 26.¤d6 ¤f2 27.¥xe3 dxe3 28.¢c2 ¤xh1 29.¦xh1 g5 30.e6 ¥f6] 21...¦fc8+ "By this point I started missing simples stuff." - Svidler. [21...¤f2 22.£h7+ ¢f7 23.¤d6+ (23.¦g1 £c6+ 24.¥c4+ ¤xc4 25.¤xd4 ¦h8 26.e6+ £xe6 27.£xg7+ ¢xg7 28.¤xe6+ ¢f7 29.¤g5+ ¢g8 seems to be a forcing line which is better for black. ) 23...£xd6 24.exd6 ¦h8 was a possibility considered by Gelfand but not Svidler. 25.£xh8 ¥xh8] 22.¢b1 ¦c6 23.e6?! [23.¤d6 "There's nothing wrong with Nd6. For a brief period of time I went slightly insane." Svidler. 23...¦xd6 24.exd6 ¤f2 25.£h7+ (25.¥g2 Svidler 25...¤xh3 26.¥xd5+ ¤xd5 27.¦xh3 ¦d8 with equality. ) 26.£xg6 £f7 27.£xf7+ ¢xf7 28.¥g2 ¦b8 29.b3 ¤xh1 30.¥xh1; ) 25...¢f8 26.£xg6 23.¦c1 was the computer suggestion and may well be best.] 23...£xe6 24.¥g2 [24.¦e1 was Svidler's initial intention but but he saw this was refuted, by: 24...¤e3!] 24...¤f2 25.£h7+ ¢f7 26.¦de1 £f6 27.¥xc6 bxc6 [27...¤xh1 28.¥b4! ¦h8 29.¤d6+ ¢f8 (29...£xd6 30.¥e8+! ¦xe8 31.¦xe8 £xb4 32.£g8+ ¢f6 33.¦e6#) 30.¦e8#] 28.¤c7! Otherwise white is just lost. "I'm very lucky I have Nc7." Svider. [28.¥b4 cxb5 stops Svidler's attack.] 28...¦h8 [28...¤e4 29.¤xa8? (29.¦xe4 fxe4 30.¤xa8=) 29...¤xd2+ 30.¢c2 d3+ 31.¢xd2 ¤c4+] 29.£xh8 [29.¦e6 Houdini says equal but Svidler didn't like it very much. 29...¦xh7 Svidler. (29...¤xh1 30.¦xf6+ ¢xf6 31.¤e8+ ¦xe8 32.£xh1 ¦e4 with probable equality. ) ) 30.¦xf6+ ¥xf6 31.¦xh7+ ¢g8 32.¦h6 d3 and white lacks coordination.] 29...¥xh8 30.¤e8 ¤xh1 [30...£d8 31.¦xh8 ¤d5 and Svidler thought during the game that black is going to find coordinating difficult. "This could very well have been quite good for black." Svidler. However with 4 minutes left it's quite hard for black to decide on something that could go badly wrong according to Svidler.] 31.¤xf6 ¤g3 With a draw offer which Svidler accepted. Most probably the position is dynamically equal. "I guess we both have reasons to be disappointed. The position I had after 15 moves I'm not going to get again in this tournament, that's for sure, and then probably Boris was winning at some point. We're not sure where but we both feel he probably was." - Svidler. ½–½ (19) Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) - Aronian,Levon (2809) [A07] FIDE Candidates London ENG (5.3), 20.03.2013 1.¤f3 d5 2.g3 ¥g4 3.¥g2 e6 4.c4 c6 5.0–0 ¤f6 6.cxd5 ¥xf3 7.¥xf3 cxd5 8.¤c3 ¤c6 9.d4 ¥e7 10.e3 0–0 11.¥d2 £b8 [11...¦c8 1 – 0 Gabuzyan,H (2500)-Bok, B (2537)/Maribor SLO 2012/The Week in Chess 943 (45)] 12.¦c1 ¦c8 13.¥g2 b5 14.e4 b4 15.¥f4 "I just thought I'm better positional after Bf4 but yes there were some options." Kramnik. [15.¤xd5!? Interesting but most probably even better for black. 15...exd5 16.exd5 ¤xd4 17.¦xc8+ £xc8 18.d6 ¥xd6 19.¥g5] 15...£b6 16.¤a4 £a5 17.e5 ¤d7 Both players said they were happy with their positions! "I thought it's clear +/- (winning)" Kramnik. 18.¥e3 ¤b6 19.¤xb6 axb6 20.f4 [20.¦a1 Black has zero counter-play Kramnik.] 20...£xa2 [20...g6 21.g4 and Kramnik thinks black lacks any counter-play.] http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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21.f5 exf5?! A terrible move according to Aronian. [21...¤d8 22.f6 (22.fxe6 fxe6 23.£g4 ¦xc1 24.¥xc1 "I thought it was just kind of mate." - Kramnik. 24...¥f8 25.¥g5 £xb2 26.¥xd8 ¦xd8 27.£xe6+ ¢h8 28.£xb6 wins. ) ) ] 22.b3 £a5 [22...f4 23.gxf4 won't help in the long run.] 23.£f3 ¤d8 24.£xd5 [24.£xf5 ¦xc1 25.¦xc1 £b5 seems OK for black.; 24.¦xc8 ¦xc8 25.£xf5 ¦c7 26.e6 fxe6 27.£h5 £b5 (27...¥f8 28.£e8 ¤f7 29.£xe6 ¦e7 30.£xd5 £xd5 31.¥xd5 g6 32.¥g5 and it's very hard to believe white isn't winning easily. ) 28.¥e4!] 24...¦xc1 25.¦xc1 £xd5 26.¥xd5 ¦a5 "Here I think I already equalized" Aronian. "Here you're only holding by a miracle." - Kramnik. 27.¥f3 ¦a3 28.¦c8 ¦xb3 29.¢f2 ¦c3 Aronian thought if he had more time he would hold easily but Kramnik thought black was still in quite a bit of trouble. 30.¦b8 b3 31.¦xb6 g5 32.¦b8 [32.d5 ¦xe3 33.d6 ¦xe5] 32...¦c4 [32...f4 Both players agreed Aronian should play f4 here but it isn't that clear.; 32...¦c2+ 33.¢e1 (33.¥e2 b2 34.d5 ¢g7 35.d6 ¥f8 36.¥xg5 ¤c6) 33...b2 Looks kind of obvious and black seems fine. 34.¥d1 ¦xh2] 33.d5 ¦b4 34.¦xb4 ¥xb4 35.¥d1 b2 36.¥c2 ¤b7?! But here Aronian was really short of time. [36...¥c3!? "Very close to a draw." - Aronian. 37.¥xg5 f6 38.exf6 ¤f7] 37.¥xg5 ¤c5 38.¥xf5 ¤a4 39.d6 ¤c3 Draws my a miracle according to Kramnik. "It has to be lost." - Aronian. 40.d7 ¥a5 41.¢e3 "I was very happy when I saw Ke3 because I thought it was my only chance." Aronian. [41.d8£+ Looks like a better winning winning attempt in retrospect. 41...¥xd8 42.¥xd8 b1£ 43.¥xb1 ¤xb1 was the ending Kramnik would have played if he hadn't thought Ke3 was winning. There are very good chances here but the knight seems to just be able to escape. 44.¢e3 ¤c3 (44...¤a3 45.¢d3 ¢f8 46.¥a5 ¢e8) 45.¢d4 ¤e2+ 46.¢d3 ¤g1 47.¢e3 wins the knight.] 41...f6 "Just miraculous" - Kramnik who definitely overused this word in the press conference. He saw 41...f6 but was sure Bxf6 was winning but apparently it isn't. 42.¥xf6 [42.exf6 ¢f7 (42...b1£ 43.¥xb1 ¤xb1 44.¢d3 ¢f7 45.¢c2 ¤a3+ 46.¢b3 ¤b1 47.¢b2 ¤c3 48.¥d2 ¤a4+ 49.¢a3 ¤c5 50.¥xa5 ¤xd7 51.¥c3 ¤xf6 with a draw. ) ) 43.¥xh7 ¤d5+ 44.¢f3 ¤xf6 45.¥xf6 ¢xf6 is starting to look like the game.; 42.¥e6+ ¢g7! 43.¥xf6+ (43.exf6+ ¢g6 44.¥f5+ ¢xf5 45.f7 was a variation Aronian found scary over the board. It seems to lead to a draw! 45...¢xg5 46.f8£ ¤d5+ 47.¢d4 b1£ 48.£g8+ ¢h6 49.£f8+ ¢h5 50.£e8+ ¢g4 51.£e2+ ¢g5 52.£e5+ £f5 etc ) 43...¢g6 44.g4 b1£] 42...¤d5+ 43.¢d4 ¤xf6 44.exf6 ¢f7 45.¥xh7 ¢xf6 46.¢d5 ¢e7 47.¢c6 ¢d8 Aronian sped to this position and he can just hold. 48.g4 Otherwise Bc7 freezes both pawns. 48...¥e1 49.h3 [49.¢d6 ¥g3+ 50.hxg3 b1£ 51.¥xb1 stalemate!; 49.g5 ¥h4 50.g6 b1£ would of course lose for white.] 49...¥h4 50.¢d6 ¥e7+ 51.¢e6 ¥h4 52.¥b1 ¢c7 53.¥e4 ¢d8 54.¥c2 ¢c7 55.¥b1 ¢d8 56.¥e4 ¢c7 57.¥d3 ¢d8 58.¢d6 ¥e7+ 59.¢e6 ¥h4 60.¥f5 ¢c7 61.¢f7 b1£ 62.¥xb1 ¢xd7 "This is lost with the bishop on c2" Aronian. Now black only has to be precise. 63.¥a2 ¢d6 64.¢g6 ¢e5 65.¢h5 ¥e7 66.g5 ¢f4 67.h4 ¢g3 68.¥c4 ¥f8 69.¥e2 ¥g7 70.¥c4 ¥f8 71.g6 ¢f4 72.¥a2 ¥g7 ½–½ (20) Grischuk,Alexander (2764) - Radjabov,Teimour (2793) [D37] FIDE Candidates London ENG (5.4), 20.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 ¥e7 5.¥f4 0–0 6.e3 ¤bd7 7.c5 ¤h5 8.¥e2 ¤xf4 1/2 Nakamura,H 9.exf4 b6 10.b4 a5 11.a3 c6 12.0–0 £c7 13.g3 g6 [13...¥a6 1/2 – 1/2 (2758)-Gelfand,B (2744)/Moscow RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 889 (34)] 14.¦e1 ¥a6 15.£c2 ¥xe2 16.¤xe2 ¦a7 17.¦ab1 axb4 18.axb4 ¦fa8 19.¤c1 ¦a3 20.¤d3 ¥f6 21.¢g2 £b7 22.¦ec1 ¢g7 23.£d1 b5 24.¤de5 ¦8a4 25.¦c2 ¥d8 26.£e2 h6 27.¤d3 ¤f6 28.¤fe5 ¤d7 29.¦cb2 ¤xe5 30.dxe5 "Here already I think it's quite bad http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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for black." - Grischuk. 30...£d7 31.¦b3 ¥e7 32.¤e1 £a7 33.¤c2 [33.£c2 "Here I'm quite sure white is winning" - Here the best way is to make sure that black can't sacrifice on c5. It will take a lot of moves to win but there is no doubt that white should win eventually." - Grischuk.] 33...¦xb3 34.¦xb3 ¥xc5 "I underestimated this sacrifice." Grischuk. 35.bxc5 £xc5 36.¤e3 h5 [36...d4 37.¤g4 "Here I thought I would mate somehow in mutual time trouble but h5 was cold shower." - Grischuk.] 37.£c2 "But still I think I found one good move." - Grischuk. 37...£b6 [37...£xc2 38.¤xc2 better than the game but still reasonable drawing chances.] 38.¦b2 [38.¦c3 d4 39.¦xc6 £a7 40.¤d1 £b7 with a pin was Grischuk's line. 41.¢h3 d3 42.£c1 d2 43.£c2 ¦d4 but white is certainly on top at the end of this rather strange computer line.; 38.¦b1 ¦e4 (38...¦a8 39.¦c1 ¦a6 with with a position much better than the game. ; 38...¦a3!? 39.¦c1 d4 40.¤d1 d3 41.£xc6 d2!!) 39.¦c1] 38...¦e4 39.¦b1 c5 Rajdabov only had seconds left to make time control. 40.¤d1 £c6 41.¤c3 [41.£d3 b4 42.£f3 ¦e1 and white is completely lost according to Grischuk but it might not be quite as bad as that although he is worse and has hardly any moves and no plan which is always bad.] 41...¦c4 [41...¦b4 "More poisonous." Grischuk.] 42.£d3 b4 "I think it's definitely black who is playing for a win." - Grischuk 43.¤e2 £a4 [43...¦e4 44.f3 c4 45.£d1 ¦e3 (45...¦xe2+ 46.£xe2 c3 47.£a2 (47.£d3 and white isn't in danger of losing according to Grischuk. 47...b3!? 48.¦xb3 c2 49.¦c3 c1£ 50.¦xc6 £xc6 51.£d2) 47...d4 48.f5 gxf5 49.¦xb4 c2 50.¦c4 c1£ 51.¦xc6 £xc6 52.£d2 £d5 53.£g5+ ¢f8 54.£h6+ ¢e8 55.£h8+ ¢e7 56.£f6+ ¢d7 57.£xf7+ ¢c6 58.£xh5 d3 59.£e8+ ¢c5 60.£a4 d2 61.£c2+ ¢b4 62.£b2+ ¢a4 63.£c2+ with a probable draw.) 46.¦xb4 ¦d3] 44.f5 £c2 45.£xc2 ¦xc2 46.¤f4 gxf5 47.¤xh5+ ¢h6 48.¤f6 ¦a2 49.¤d7 ¦a5 50.¤xc5 Deciding to liquidate into a drawn ending. 50...¦xc5 51.¦xb4 d4 ½–½ (21) Radjabov,Teimour (2793) - Aronian,Levon (2809) [C65] FIDE Candidates London ENG (6.1), 21.03.2013 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 ¤f6 4.d3 ¥c5 5.c3 0–0 6.0–0 ¦e8 7.¤bd2 a6 8.¥a4 b5 9.¥b3 d6 10.¦e1 ¥e6 [10...h6 11.¤f1 ¥b6 12.¤e3 ¥e6 13.¥xe6 fxe6 14.¤c2 d5 15.¥e3 ¥xe3 16.¤xe3 £d6 17.£c2 ¦ad8 18.h3 d4 19.cxd4 ¤xd4 20.¤xd4 exd4 21.¤f1 ¤d7 22.a4 c5 23.¤d2 ¤e5 24.axb5 axb5 25.f4 ¤c6 26.e5 £d5 27.¤e4 c4 28.dxc4 bxc4 29.¤f6+ gxf6 30.£g6+ ¢f8 31.£xh6+ ¢g8 32.£g6+ ¢f8 33.£h6+ ¢g8 34.£g6+ ¢f8 35.£h6+ 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Vachier Lagrave,M (2710)-Almasi,Z (2707)/Beijing CHN 2011/The Week in Chess 893] 11.¤f1 ¥xb3 12.axb3 d5 13.£c2 h6 14.¤g3 [14.b4 had to be played if white wants to have at least equality according to the players.] 14...a5! "In my opinion after 14...a5 white is the one who has to try and equalize the game. I was thinking Teimour was trying to achieve equality with active play." - Aronian. 15.h3 £d7 16.¥e3 ¥f8 17.¦ad1 ¦ad8 18.¤f5 £e6 19.g4 dxe4 20.dxe4 ¤e7 21.¦xd8 ¦xd8 22.¦a1 ¦a8 23.c4 b4 Radjabov wasn't sure he was worse after achieving this. He thought this position was "normal play." 24.g5 hxg5 25.¤xg5 £c8 26.¤xe7+ ¥xe7 27.¢h2 ¦a6 28.¦g1 ¤d7 29.£e2 ¦g6 30.£h5 ¤f6 31.£f3 ¦h6 32.¤e6 ¦h7 33.¤g5 ¦h4 34.¦g2 £d7 35.¦g1 g6 36.¥c1 £e8 37.¥e3 Maybe this not the best but Radjabov was in a time scramble. [37.£g3 ¦h5 38.£f3 ¢g7 (38...¤d7 39.¤e6! "I actually blundered this" - Aronian missed this idea in his calculation of the position "I don't think I would have missed it but there's always a chance." - Aronian. ) ) ] 37...a4 38.bxa4 £xa4 39.¥c1 b3 Radjabov was annoyed he 40.£g3 ¦h5 41.£d3 [41.¤xf7 ¢xf7 42.£xg6+ ¢e6 43.¥g5 £e8 44.£f5+ allowed this. ¢f7 45.£f3 ¦h8 46.£xb3 c5 with some practical chances for the piece but Radjabov wasn't satisfied it was enough.] 41...£c6 42.¥e3 ¦h4 43.¢g3! "43. Kg3 I forgot about I was http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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very annoyed when it [appeared]" - Aronian. 43...¦h8 44.¢h2 ¢g7 45.c5 £a4 46.£c3 ¦e8 47.£d3 ¦d8 48.£c3 £b5 49.¢g2?! After the game Radjabov was dissatisfied with this move "closing the rook." [49.¢h1 was better but the white's position is still under pressure. 49...¤d7 50.¦d1 ¦a8 (50...¦h8 51.¢g2) 51.¤f3] 49...¦d3! Radjabov missed this move. 50.£c1 ¤h5 51.¤f3 £b4? "This Qb4 is a ridiculously bad move and after it probably white is close to equalizing." - Aronian. [51...¦xe3 Aronian thought he had to be winning here and this seems to be the best chance. chance. 52.£xe3 ¥xc5 53.£c3 ¤f4+ with much better chances than after Qb4.; 51...¥xc5 "Doesn't work for black." according to Aronian who was frustrated by this. 52.¥h6+ Seems the very best answer. (52.£xc5 ¤f4+ 53.¢g3 ¤e2+ 54.¢g2 £xc5 55.¥xc5 ¤xg1 56.¤xg1 ¦d2 57.¥a3 c5 and white may struggle to a draw.; 52.¤xe5 ¦xe3 53.fxe3 £e2+ 54.¢h1 ¥xe3 55.£xc7 £f2 56.¦xg6+ ¢h7 "I had this feeling this shouldn't work, I don't know why." - Aronian and even in this final position white is slightly worse at least. ) ) 52...¢g8 53.¤xe5 ¦d6 54.£c4 £xc4 55.¤xc4 ¦f6 56.¦f1; 51...£a4 was an alternative way of seeking the advantage.] 52.£e1 Aronian would like to go back and play the exchange sacrifice he turned down on the last move but "Here I cannot even get that position." - Aronian. 52...£a4 53.¤xe5? Radjabov couldn't even reconstruct the thought processes that went into this terrible blunder. He suggested he wasted too much time earlier on calculating calculating things that didn't appear on the board. "Here Teimour had a tragic blunder after Nxe5. I got lucky here." - Aronian. [53.£e2 ¦d8 54.¦c1 and white is equal.] 53...£xe4+ 54.¤f3 [54.¢f1 £xe5 55.¥h6+ ¢f6 protecting the queen is presumably actually what Radjabov missed.] 54...¤f4+ A sudden end. 0–1 (22) Svidler,Peter (2747) - Carlsen,Magnus (2872) [C84] FIDE Candidates London ENG (6.2), 21.03.2013 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0–0 ¥e7 6.d3 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.a4 b4 9.¤bd2 0–0 10.a5 ¥e6 11.¤c4 ¦b8 12.c3 bxc3 13.bxc3 h6 14.¦e1 £c8 15.¥c2 [15.¥a4 ¥xc4 16.¥xc6 ¥b5 17.¥xb5 ¦xb5 18.c4 ¦b7 19.d4 c5 20.d5 ¤h7 21.£c2 £d7 22.¥d2 ¤g5 23.¤xg5 ¥xg5 24.¥c3 h5 25.¦a3 ¦fb8 26.h3 g6 27.¢f1 f5 28.¥a1 ¢h7 29.¦f3 f4 30.¦a3 ¥d8 31.¢e2 g5 32.f3 ¢g6 33.¥c3 g4 34.hxg4 hxg4 35.¦h1 g3 36.¢d3 ¥f6 37.¦aa1 ¦h8 38.¦xh8 ¥xh8 39.¦b1 ¦xb1 40.£xb1 £a4 41.£c2 £xc2+ 42.¢xc2 ¥f6 43.¢d3 ¥h8 44.¢c2 ¥f6 45.¢d3 ¥h8 46.¢c2 ¥f6 47.¢d3 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Leko,P (2737)-Adams,M (2722)/London ENG 2012/The Week in Chess 933] 15...¦d8 16.£e2 ¥f8 17.¤e3 A mistake based on a miscalculation according to Svidler but in fact this move is probably just fine as I think he missed something good in his line. [17.h3 "I should have played 20.h3 here and wait for one more move." - Svidler who thought that g6 would follow as black also "doesn't have too many active plans." 17...g6 18.¤e3 better than the game.; 17.d4 "I can play d4 but it never looks particularly good. Black has many obvious good reactions to it so that wasn't very inviting." - Svidler.] 17...d5 18.exd5 ¤xd5 19.¤xd5 ¦xd5 20.h3?! "White is already struggling here and I couldn't see a way to equalize." Svidler. In fact having planned 21.d4 he should play it. [20.£e4 is a computer suggestion that neither player seemed to consider during the game but it still looks fairly bad for white even when the lines are given as equal. 20...¥d6 (20...f5 21.£e2 ¦c5) 21.d4 f5 22.£e2; 20.d4 exd4 21.£e4! and white's play has made sense. (21.¥e4? "and I thought I was doing OK here but black simply takes on a5 and that was kind of unfortunate." - Svidler but he seems to have missed a strong move here: ) 21...g6 22.¥a4! £b7 23.cxd4 with anyway much better play than in the game.] 20...¥f5! "It was more or less enough to centralize my pieces." - Carlsen. 21.¦d1?! White's problem is that once he has misplayed this position http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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it's actually quite hard to restore some order to his position. 21...£e6 Carlsen was playing very fast here. 22.¥b1 £d7 23.¥e3 e4 [23...¦xb1 24.¦axb1 ¥xd3 was what the computer wanted but Carlsen couldn't quite make it work and nor did he see the need to do so.] 24.¤d4 ¤xd4 25.¥xd4 [25.cxd4 exd3 26.¥xd3 ¥xd3 27.£xd3 ¦bb5 "Objectively close to lost" Svidler and Carlsen agreed.] 25...exd3 "At this point I was thinking just straightforward moves were just good enough for a huge advantage." - Carlsen. [25...¥xh3 Both Carlsen and Svidler laughed at this computer suggestion. Of course they didn't consider it.] 26.¥xd3 ¥xd3 27.¦xd3 c5 28.¥e5 Svidler felt he was lucky to even have this move. 28...¦xd3 29.¥xb8 c4 30.¥e5 ¥c5 It may be possible for white to resist better here but this is a truly miserable position added to which Svidler was short of time. 31.¦b1 £d5 [31...f6 32.¥d4 was Svidler's hope during the game but his position is still much worse.] 32.¦b8+ ¢h7 33.£h5?! A last throw of the dice. There are threats. Svidler was very short of time. [33.¦e8 Hanging tough was objectively the best move probably.] 33...£e4! Now white can resign as Svidler admitted after the game. "Bf2 is a threat I can't really meet." - Svidler. [33...£e6 was expected by Svidler when he thought he had options but in fact he's completely busted here too. 34.¢f1 seems forced. (34.¥xg7 £e1+ 35.¢h2 ¥d6+ is mate.; 34.¥f4 ¦d5 35.£f3 £e1+ 36.¢h2 ¥xf2) 34...f6 35.¥d4 ¥xd4 36.cxd4 ¦xd4] 34.¦b2 ¦d5 35.¦e2 £b1+ 36.¢h2 f6 It's a piece with no compensation at all. 0–1 (23) Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) [E10] FIDE Candidates London ENG (6.3), 21.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.g3 ¥b4+ 5.¥d2 ¥d6 6.¥g2 ¤bd7 7.0–0 0 –0 8.£c2 c6 9.¤c3 dxc4 10.¦fd1 [10.¥g5 0 – 1 Maheswaran,P (2292)-Sangma,R (2357)/ Visakhapatnam IND 2011/The Week in Chess 891 (45)] 10...£c7 11.¤g5 ¥e7 [11...h6!? 12.¤ge4 ¥e7 13.¥f4 £d8 14.¤xf6+ ¤xf6 15.¤e4 ¤d5] 12.a4!? [12.¤ce4] 12...e5 13.a5 exd4 14.¥f4 ¥d6 15.¦xd4 ¥xf4 16.¦xf4 [16.gxf4!? Given that Ivanchuk was starting to get short of time already perhaps Kramnik should have tried to keep the tension here and he did think about it a bit.] 16...h6 17.¤f3 b5!? 18.axb6 ¤xb6 19.¦xf6!? Kramnik thought this was strong and Ivanchuk had about 4 minutes left but unfortunately for Kramnik it's only good enough for a draw. [19.¤d4 ¤fd5 20.¤xd5 cxd5 21.e4] 19...gxf6 20.¤d4 ¥d7! Kramnik thought this the only move. 21.£d2 [21.¦a5!?] 21...¢g7 22.¥xc6 ¥xc6 23.¤f5+ ¢g6 24.¦a5 [24.¤h4+ is a draw but Kramnik really desperately needed to win.] 24...¦h8 25.£d4 ¦ag8 26.¦c5 Again looks very strong. 26...£d7! Again the very best from Ivanchuk. 27.£f4 h5! Now Ivanchuk had just over a minute left to make move 40. Kramnik thought for a very long time trying to find anything that could continue the game without just losing. 28.¤h4+ ¢g7 29.¤f5+ ¢g6 30.¤h4+ ¢g7 31.¤f5+ Probably a fair result. ½–½ (24) Grischuk,Alexander (2764) - Gelfand,Boris (2740) [B30] FIDE Candidates London ENG (6.4), 21.03.2013 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 e6 4.0–0 ¤ge7 5.¦e1 a6 6.¥f1 d5 7.d3 d4 8.e5 ¤d5 9.c4 [9.g3 1 – 0 Zvjaginsev,V (2656)-Bocharov,D (2618)/Irkutsk RUS 2010/ The Week in Chess 825 (90)] 9...dxc3 10.bxc3 ¦b8 11.¥b2 b5 12.¤bd2 ¥e7 13.¤e4 0–0 14.¦b1 ¤b6 15.¥a1 ¥b7 16.c4 b4 17.£d2 a5 18.£f4 Grischuk liked his position here. "But here I started to make stupid moves I think." - Grischuk 18...¤d7 19.£g3 [19.h4; 19.¦bd1 a4 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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(19...£c7 20.£g3 f5 (20...a4 21.¤d6 ¥a8 22.d4 cxd4 23.¤xd4 ¤xd4 24.¥xd4 b3 25.axb3 (25.¤b5 ¦xb5 26.cxb5 bxa2 27.¦a1 ¥d5 28.¦ec1 £b8) 25...¦xb3 26.£f4 "Here is not what I want." - Grischuk.) ) ] 19...¥a8 [19...£c7] 20.h4 a4 21.h5 "I started to play quite stupidly." - Grischuk. [21.¤d6 is OK here. 21...¤dxe5 (21...b3 22.axb3 ¦xb3 23.¦xb3 axb3) 22.¦xe5 ¤xe5 (22...¥xd6 23.£xg7+ ¢xg7 24.¦g5+) 23.£xe5 ¥f6 24.£xc5] 21...h6 22.£g4 [22.¤d6 ¤dxe5] 22...£c7 23.¤d6? "I thought somehow I would bring a rook to g4." - Grischuk. 23...¤cxe5 "Boom I can resign pretty much." - Grischuk. 24.¤xe5 ¤f6 25.£d1 [25.¤b5 ¦xb5 26.£g3 ¦bb8 27.¥e2 ¥d6 28.f4 ¢h8 29.¥d1 ¦fd8 30.£f2] 25...¥xd6 26.£xa4 [26.¦e3 ¤e4!] 26...¤xh5 27.£d1 ¤f6 28.¤g4 ¤xg4 29.£xg4 e5 30.f4 ¦be8 31.¦e3 f6 32.¦be1 £f7 [32...e4 33.g3; 32...¥c6 33.£g6 ¦a8 34.fxe5 ¥xe5 35.¥xe5 fxe5 36.¦3e2 (36.£e6+ ¦f7 37.¦3e2 ¦e8 38.£g6 £d7 39.¦xe5 ¦xe5 40.¦xe5 £d4+) 36...£d7] 33.f5 ¥c6 34.¦h3 "Here I thought I found a good plan. But forgot about the clock and almost lost on time somehow." - Gelfand. 34...¢h7 35.¥b2 ¦a8 [35...g5 "Maybe g5 simply." - Gelfand.] 36.¥c1 ¦g8 [36...¦xa2 seems to win out of hand.] 37.¦e2 ¥f8 "Then I realized I had 30 seconds left for three moves." - Gelfand. 38.¦f2 ¦e8 39.¥e2 e4 Grischuk's problem is that no matter where he puts his queen he's blocking lines of attack to h6. [39...g5 Gelfand wondered about this again: 40.fxg6+ ¦xg6 41.£h4 £g8 42.¦h2 f5 and maybe black is again better.] 40.£h4 exd3 41.¥h5 ¦e1+ 42.¦f1 ¦xf1+ 43.¢xf1 £e7 44.¦xd3 £e5 45.£g4 [45.¥g6+ ¢h8 46.£g4 ¥d6 47.£e2 £a1 48.¦xd6 £xc1+ 49.¦d1 £g5] 45...¥e8 46.¥g6+ [46.¥xe8 £xe8 47.£e2 is very close to a draw but Grischuk plays for a trick. 47...£f7 can be tried with some small hopes for an advantage.(47...£xe2+ 48.¢xe2 g6 is equal. ) ) ] 46...¥xg6 47.fxg6+ ¢h8 48.¦d7 ¥d6 Grischuk completely missed this move. "Here I was lucky it's a draw." - Grischuk. [48...£a1? This is Grischuk's trap. 49.£f4 and mate or catastrophic loss of material results.; 48...¥e7 49.£f4 £e6 50.¦d2] 49.¥xh6 £a1+ 50.¢f2 £xa2+ 51.¢f1 £b1+ 52.¢f2 £c2+ 53.¢g1 [53.¢f1? £d3+ 54.£e2 £xe2+ 55.¢xe2 ¦e8+ 56.¢d2 gxh6 57.g7+ ¢g8 58.¦xd6 ¢xg7 59.¦c6 ¦e5 with an extra pawn and good winning chances for black.] 53...£b1+ 54.¢f2 £b2+ 55.¢f1 ½–½ (25) Gelfand,Boris (2740) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) [E54] FIDE Candidates London ENG (7.1), 23.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 0–0 5.¥d3 d5 6.¤f3 dxc4 7.¥xc4 c5 8.0–0 cxd4 9.exd4 b6 10.£e2 ¥b7 11.¥g5 ¤bd7 12.¦ac1 £b8 13.¦fd1 ¦c8 [13...h6 14.¥h4 £f4 15.¥g3 £f5 16.¥d3 £h5 17.¤b5 ¤d5 18.¤e5 £xe2 19.¥xe2 ¤xe5 20.dxe5 ¥a6 1/2 – 1/2 Hansen,L (2574)-Akopian,V (2698)/Novi Sad SRB 2009/The Week in Chess 781] 14.¥d3 ¥d6 15.g3 a6 [15...h6 16.¥e3 ¤d5 17.¤xd5 ¥xd5 18.¤d2 ¦xc1 19.¦xc1 ¤f6 20.¤c4 ¥f8 21.¥f4 £d8 22.¤e5 ¦c8 23.¦xc8 £xc8 24.a3 £d8 25.£c2 ¥b7 26.£a4 £d5 27.f3 a6 28.£c4 £d8 29.¥c2 b5 30.£d3 ¥d6 31.¢f2 £c7 32.¥d2 £b6 33.¢g2 ¥d5 34.£c3 £b7 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Schuster,J (2433) -Vitolins,E (2446)/ICCF email 2008/Corr 2011] 16.¥xf6 ¤xf6 17.¤e4 ¦xc1 18.¦xc1 [18.¤xf6+ is possible.] 18...¤e8?! Of course Kramnik didn't want to do this and understood the risks. [18...¥d5 19.¤xf6+ gxf6 20.¥e4 £b7] 19.¤ed2 Gelfand spent almost all his remaining time here trying to work the knight out to a win. He couldn't see his way to the end. It seems the computers think he's winning but it really isn't that simple. [19.¤fg5 seems the better of the two knight moves but both are promising. 19...g6 (19...h6 20.£h5 hxg5 21.¤xg5 ¤f6 22.£xf7+ ¢h8 23.¤xe6 £g8) 20.¤xf7 ¢xf7 21.¤g5+ ¢f6 22.£xe6+; 19.¤eg5 h6 20.¥g6!] 19...£d8 20.¥e4 ¦c8 21.£f1 ¦xc1 22.£xc1 £c8 [22...¥c8] 23.£c3 ¤f6 24.¥xb7 £xb7 25.¤e5 ¤d5 26.£c6 £xc6 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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27.¤xc6 ¢f8 28.¤c4 ¥c7 29.¤e3 ¤xe3 30.fxe3 ¥d6 31.¤e5 ¥xe5 32.dxe5 This endgame is just a draw. 32...¢e7 33.¢f2 ¢d7 34.e4 ¢c6 35.¢e3 ¢c5 36.¢d3 ½–½ (26) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) - Svidler,Peter (2747) [C45] FIDE Candidates London ENG (7.2), 23.03.2013 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 exd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤xc6 bxc6 6.e5 £e7 7.£e2 ¤d5 8.c4 ¥a6 9.g3 g6 10.b3 ¥g7 11.¥b2 0–0–0 12.¥g2 ¦he8 13.0–0 ¥xe5 14.£xe5 £xe5 15.¥xe5 ¦xe5 16.cxd5 ¥xf1 17.¢xf1 cxd5 18.¤c3 [18.f4 was Svidler's suggestion for a different idea for white and it has been played before. 18...¦e3 Svidler's move. (18...¦h5 19.h4 d4 20.¤a3 ¦a5 21.¤c2 ¦e8 22.¥f3 c5 23.¥e2 ¢b7 24.a4 d5 25.¢f2 ¦c8 26.b4 cxb4 27.¤xb4 ¦c3 28.¦b1 ¢c7 29.¥b5 ¢d6 30.¦d1 d3 31.g4 ¦c4 32.¦b1 a6 33.¤xa6 ¦xf4+ 34.¢g3 ¦fxa4 35.¥xa4 ¦xa4 36.¤b4 d2 37.¤c2 ¦c4 38.¤e3 ¦c1 39.¦b6+ ¢c5 40.¦b7 ¦e1 0 – 1 Maiorov,B (2288) -Lukjanenko,A (2422)/Voronezh 2003/CBM 094 ext ) 19.¥xd5 c6 a) 19...¦d3 20.¥f3 (20.¥xf7 ¦d1+) 20...¦xf3+ 21.¢e2 ¦xf4 22.gxf4 ¦e8+ 23.¢f2 ¦e4 24.¤d2 ¦xf4+; b) 19...¦de8 20.¤a3 ¦e2 21.¥xf7 ¦8e7 with a very sharp endgame.; 20.¥f3 ¢c7] ve ry difficult for both sides to do something." - Svidler. 18...c6 Is mainline theory. "It's very 19.¦c1 ¢b7 20.¤a4 a5 21.¥f3 ¢c7N [21...¦a8 22.¤c5+ ¢c7 23.¤d3 ¦f5 24.¥g4 ¦f6 25.¤e5 ¦d8 26.h4 h6 27.¢g2 g5 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.¦h1 ¢d6 30.¤f3 ¦g6 31.¦h7 f6 32.¥f5 ¦gg8 33.¦h6 ¦df8 34.¦h7 ¦d8 35.¦h6 ¦df8 36.¦h7 ¦d8 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Mussanti,D (2316)Hungaski,R (2379)/ Berazategui ARG 2007/The Week in Chess 651] 22.¤c5 ¦ee8 23.¦c2 ¦a8 24.¦d2 ¦e7 [24...¢d6 25.¤b7+ draw(25.¤e4+ ¢c7 (25...¢e7 26.¤c3 ¦ab8 27.¢e2 and the white king can cross over there may be additional opportunities for white although maybe not so very much. ) 26.¤f6 ¦e6 27.¤xd5+ cxd5 28.¥xd5 with a rook ending Svidler didn't want even though it's probably a draw.) ] 25.¦d4 ¦ae8 26.¤d3 g5 27.¦a4 [27.h3 f5 and there are no entry points for black. "White has no plan but neither does black frankly." - Svidler.] 27...¢b6 28.¦d4 ¢c7 29.¦a4 ¢b6 30.¦d4 ¢c7 ½–½ (27) Carlsen,Magnus (2872) - Radjabov,Teimour (2793) [B30] FIDE Candidates London ENG (7.3), 23.03.2013 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 e6 4.¥xc6 bxc6 5.b3 d6 6.0–0 ¤e7 [6...e5 7.¦e1 g5 8.d3 h6 9.c3 ¥g7 10.¤a3 ¤e7 11.¤c4 0 – 0 12.¤e3 f5 13.b4 f4 14.¤f1 cxb4 15.£b3+ ¢h8 16.£xb4 g4 17.¤3d2 ¥a6 18.c4 c5 19.£a4 ¥c8 20.¦b1 ¥d7 21.£a6 ¤c6 22.a3 ¦b8 23.¥b2 ¦b6 24.£a4 £c8 25.¥c3 ¤b4 26.£xa7 ¦a6 27.£xd7 £xd7 28.axb4 cxb4 29.¦xb4 ¦a3 30.¤b1 ¦aa8 31.¦b5 ¦fb8 32.¦d5 £a4 33.¥d2 ¦b2 34.¤c3 £b3 35.¦b5 £a3 36.¤b1 £a1 37.¥c3 ¦xb1 38.¥xa1 ¦xe1 39.¥b2 ¦d1 40.¦b3 ¦a2 0 – 1 Boehnisch,M (2374)-Korchnoi,V (2552)/Velden AUT 2009/The Week in Chess 753] 7.e5 [7.c3; 7.d3; 7.¥b2; 7.d4] 7...¤g6 8.exd6 ¥xd6 9.¤c3 e5 10.¦e1 0–0 11.d3 f5 12.¥a3 ¥e6 13.¤a4 £e7 14.c4 [14.¥b2!? Might be a way to cut across Rajdabov's plan. 14...¥d5 15.c4 ¥xf3 16.£xf3] 14...¦ad8 15.£e2 "Somehow everything came unexpectedly for me." - Radjabov who spent a lot of time here trying to get Nf4 to work. 15...¥c8 [15...¤f4 16.£e3 ¦f6 (16...e4 17.dxe4 fxe4 18.£xe4 £f6 19.¥xc5 ¥f5 20.£xc6 ¥h3 (20...¤h3+ 21.¢h1 ¥xc5 22.£xc5) 21.g3 ¤d3) ] 16.£e3 f4!? 17.£e4 ¢h8 18.¦ad1?! Did you expect an exciting game today? "I didn't want it to be this exciting. I think from the opening it's fairly unbalanced so it's probably going to be some fireworks eventually." - Carlsen. "Also in general I agree, the position is really unclear black has their trumps, white has these trumps with c5 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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weakness but black has counter play on the king's flank and it's very tricky. Of course at some point it's clear at some point white will take some pawn and black will just sacrifice everything on the king s flank. Nh4xg2, f3 and later on you can see if there is a win for any side but certainly it's not an equal line or draws or something it's really unclear." Rajdabov. [18.h3 is not the kind of move that white wants to play as it weakens the kingside ("an incredibly ugly move" - Svidler) but it just seems necessary here. "If I go h3 then it's a normal game." - Carlsen. 18...¦f5 19.d4!? "It's not clear but it's definitely much better than what I did." - Carlsen. (19.¤c3 ¦h5 20.¦ad1 ¤h4 21.¤xh4 ¦xh4 22.d4 f3 23.£xf3 cxd4 24.¥xd6 £xd6 25.¤e4 £g6 26.¤c5 ¦xh3 27.£e4 £xe4 28.¦xe4 ¦h5) ] 18...¥g4 19.¦d2 ¥xf3 20.£xf3 ¤h4 21.£e4 f3 22.g3 "Here I was thinking there was no special danger because I can sacrifice the rook when the knight gets to g2. That was my plan." - Carlsen. 22...¤g2 23.¤c3 [23.¦ed1? £e6 24.¢h1 £h3 and Rajdabov revealed he was thinking about all sorts of endings when he missed something trivial. 25.¦g1 ¦f6 26.¦xg2 fxg2+ (26...£xg2#! is by far the best. ) ) 27.£xg2 is indeed equal.] 23...£e6 [23...£d7 24.¦e3 ¤xe3 is another try. 25.fxe3 ¥c7 26.¥xc5 f2+ 27.¦xf2 ¦xf2 28.¢xf2 £xd3 29.£xd3 ¦xd3 30.¤e4 "and it's not a big deal" - Carlsen.] 24.¦e3 ¤xe3 [24...£h6 was also considered by Radjabov but he didn't know whether it was better.] 25.fxe3 f2+?! "Here somehow I was certain certain 25.f2 was the move." - Rajdabov. This move looks so tempting but it seems just not to be the best. White may be worse or even losing but that win doesn't appear to be coming fast. Carlsen has got his pieces and pawns wellcoordinated and the long term weaknesses in black's position are a factor. [25...£d7!? 26.¤d1; 25...¥e7!? 26.¤d1 "Just to play slowly somehow because I don't know what I can do." - Carlsen. 26...h5!? (26...£h3 27.¥b2 ¢g8 "Kg8 is too much maybe." - Rajdabov who didn't have a clear idea how to go about this even after the game. (27...¥g5 28.¥a3 "Somehow you should consolidate and... I'm not sure I even want to t ake on e5" - Carlsen who was worried about opening lines. ) ) ) 27.¥b2 ¦f5 28.¤f2 ¦df8 29.¢f1] 26.¦xf2 ¦xf2 27.¢xf2 ¦f8+ [27...£h3 is an alternative but it doesn't seem radically different.] 28.¢e2! [28.¢g1 was the line Rajdabov concentrated on when most probably it is just winning for him. 28...£f6 29.£g2 e4] 28...£h3 [28...£f6 29.£g2 e4 30.¤xe4 £a1 31.¤d2 £xa2?! (31...¥e7 32.£h3 £xa2 33.£d7 £xa3 34.£xe7 and again a draw should follow. ) ) 32.£xc6 "and good luck to win this." - Radjabov.] 29.£h1 "And then suddenly I didn't find anything which maybe means there is nothing." Rajdabov. 29...¥e7 30.¤e4 £g4+ 31.¢d2 £h3 32.¢e2 h5 33.¥b2 £g4+ 34.¢d2 £h3 35.¢e2 £g4+ 36.¢d2 £h3 37.¢e2 ½–½ ’
(28) Aronian,Levon (2809) - Grischuk,Alexander (2764) [E18] FIDE Candidates London ENG (7.4), 23.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 b6 4.g3 ¥b7 5.¥g2 ¥e7 6.0–0 0–0 7.¤c3 ¤e4 8.¥d2 ¥f6 9.¤e5 ¤xc3 10.¥xc3 ¥xg2 11.¢xg2 c5 12.¤f3 "Levon played a very solid line with white, just very solid." - Grischuk [12.¤g4 ¥xd4 13.¥xd4 cxd4 14.£xd4 ¤c6 15.£d6 f5 16.¤e3 f4 17.¤g4 ¦c8 18.gxf4 h5 19.¤e3 £f6 20.¦ad1 ¦f7 21.b3 £g6+ 22.¢h1 £e4+ 23.¢g1 ¦xf4 24.£xd7 ¦d8 25.£c7 ¦xd1 26.¦xd1 ¤d4 27.¦e1 ¦f6 28.h3 e5 29.£d8+ ¢h7 30.£d5 £f4 31.¦f1 ¤xe2+ 32.¢h1 ¤d4 33.¦g1 £xf2 34.£g2 £xg2+ 35.¢xg2 ¦f3 36.¤d5 h4 37.¦e1 ¦g3+ 38.¢f2 ¦xh3 39.¦xe5 ¦h2+ 40.¢f1 ¦xa2 41.b4 ¢g6 42.¦e4 ¤f5 43.¢g1 ¦c2 44.¦g4+ ¢h5 45.¦f4 g6 46.¦f2 ¦xc4 47.¤f4+ ¢g5 48.¤e6+ ¢g4 49.¦g2+ ¤g3 50.¢h2 ¦xb4 51.¤c7 ¦b1 52.¦g1 ¦xg1 53.¢xg1 ¤e2+ 54.¢h2 ¤c3 55.¤a6 g5 56.¤c7 a5 0 – 1 Bogdanovich, S (2286)-Kravtsiv,M (2516)/Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 697] http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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12...cxd4 13.¥xd4 ¥e7 14.£d3 d6 Aronian wondered afterwards if this was the most precise. 15.£c3 After a solid opening Aronian said that "with Qc3 I made it more interesting." 15...e5 "I tried to make things unclear but Levon found a very strong plan with 19.b5 and 20.c5 and after it I had to defend." - Grischuk. 16.¥e3 ¤d7 17.¦fd1 ¦c8 18.¦ac1 f5 19.b4 ¢h8 20.c5! bxc5 21.bxc5 e4 22.¤d4 ¤xc5 23.¤b5 £b6 This was a good move. - Aronian. [23...a6 24.¤a7 (24.¤xd6 ¥xd6 25.¥xc5 ¦xc5 26.£xc5 ¥xc5 27.¦xd8 ¦xd8 28.¦xc5 g6 29.e3) 24...¦c7 25.¥xc5 ¦xc5 26.£xc5 dxc5 27.¦xd8 ¥xd8 28.¤c8 (28.¤c6) 28...¥c7] 24.£c4 "I think Levon played very well, I think pretty much perfectly until some moment." - Grischuk 24...a6 [24...£b7 25.¦b1 ¤d3 26.£e6 and black is lost.] 25.¤c3 £d8 Aronian agreed he might have gone astray. He thought this might be tricky for Grischuk in time trouble. "Sasha proved it's his kind of position and he played very well." - Aronian. 26.¤a4 "After 26.Na4 a5 it should be a draw." - Grischuk. [26.¤d5! was best here according to Grischuk. 26...¥g5 27.¥xg5 £xg5 28.¤f4 £f6 29.h4 very unpleasant for black. 29...g6 (29...h6 30.h5 ¢h7; 29...¦cd8 30.h5 white is almost winning according to Grischuk. ) ) ] 26...¤xa4 27.£xa4 ¦xc1 28.¦xc1 a5 29.£b5 h6 30.¦d1 "I'm thinking Rd1 is a bit stupid. I was getting too comfortable here and then I realized the advantage is gone." - Aronian. [30.a4!? looks better than the game according to Aronian.] 30...¥g5 31.¥b6 £b8 32.a4 f4 33.h4 "Here already I have no problems." - Grischuk. 33...f3+ [33...¥d8] 34.exf3 exf3+ 35.¢h2 ¥f6 [35...¥d8 36.¥e3!] 36.¥xa5 ¥e5 "I should not lose with such bishop, with such king." - Grischuk. 37.£xb8 ¦xb8 38.h5 ¦a8 39.¦d5 ¢g8 40.¢h3 ¢f7 41.¢g4 ¢e6 42.¦b5 ¥d4 43.¥b6 ½–½ (29) Radjabov,Teimour (2793) - Gelfand,Boris (2740) [A33] FIDE Candidates London ENG (8.1), 24.03.2013 1.¤f3 c5 2.c4 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 e6 6.g3 £b6 7.¤b3 ¤e5 8.e4 ¥b4 9.£e2 d6 10.f4 ¤c6 11.¥e3 ¥xc3+ 12.bxc3 £c7 13.¥g2 e5 Not new but only really playable at this level until black finds 14...b6! "I like the concept because it cuts two pieces." It leaves white with bad pieces and bad pawns. 14.c5 b6! An excellent novelty which caused Radjabov trouble almost straight away. "Mostly great preparation, it's my strong quality. Any computer would show you c5" [14...¥g4 15.£b5 a6 16.£b6 £xb6 17.cxb6 ¥e6 18.0 – 0 – 0 ¢e7 19.¦d2 ¦hd8 20.¦hd1 a5 21.f5 ¥c4 22.¥f3 a4 23.¤a1 h6 24.g4 ¦a5 25.g5 hxg5 26.¥xg5 ¦c5 27.¥e3 ¦a5 28.¥g5 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Ftacnik,L (2568) -Kovacevic,A (2582)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 830; 14...dxc5 15.¥xc5 exf4 is just horrible for black.] 15.cxd6 £xd6 16.0–0 0–0 17.f5 ¦d8 18.¦fd1 £a3 19.¦xd8+ ¤xd8 20.¥g5 ¥a6 21.£d2 £e7 22.¦d1 ¤b7 23.¥f3 ¦d8 24.£c1 ¦xd1+ 25.¥xd1 ¤d6 26.¥xf6 gxf6 27.£e3 £c7 White's position is absolutely desperate. 28.a4 £d7! 29.a5 ¤xe4 30.¥c2 £b5 31.£f3 ¤g5 32.£g2 bxa5 0–1 (30) Grischuk,Alexander (2764) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) [B35] FIDE Candidates London ENG (8.2), 24.03.2013 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 g6 6.¥e3 ¥g7 7.¥c4 £a5 8.0–0 0–0 9.¥b3 d6 10.¤d5 "Nd5 is a rare move and I saw that black was struggling in some game, I think Bacrot played with black and he was struggling" - Grischuk. 10...¦e8 11.¤xf6+ ¥xf6 12.c3 ¤e5 "Here was a critical moment whether I can play f4 or not and I spent a lot of time." - Grischuk. [12...¥d7 13.f4 £c7 14.¤f3 ¤a5 15.¥d4 ¤xb3 16.£xb3 e5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.¥e3 ¥e6 19.£c2 ¥c4 20.¦fd1 b5 21.£f2 ¥g7 22.¦d2 h6 23.¥c5 a5 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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24.b3 ¥e6 25.¦c1 ¦a6 26.b4 axb4 27.cxb4 ¦ea8 28.¦cc2 £c6 29.¥d6 £xe4 30.¦e2 £f5 31.¥xe5 ¥c4 32.¦e1 ¦xa2 33.¦xa2 ¦xa2 34.£d4 £c2 35.£g4 £f2+ 36.¢h1 ¥xe5 0 – 1 Aldokhin,I (2375)-Seliverstov,V (2377)/Moscow RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 906] 13.h3 [13.f4 Acutally looks good but Grischuk couldn't quite find his way through it. 16.Bf4! in his line looks like it is the way. 13...¤g4 (13...¤d7) 14.¥c1 (14.¥d2 is fine for black. 14...£c5 (14...£b6) ) 14...e5 15.fxe5 dxe5 (15...£xe5 "I could not find a win after 15...Qxe5." - Grischuk. 16.¦f4!? (16.¥f4 £xe4 17.£d2 (17.¤b5!) 17...£e7 18.¤b5) 16...h5 17.h3?! (17.¥d5! Houdini 17...£e7 18.h3 ¤e5 19.£b3 (19.£f1 ¥g7) 19...¥g7=) 17...g5!) 16.h3 exd4 17.hxg4 is winning for white.] 13...£a6!? [13...¤d7 was expected by Grischuk.] 14.¤c2 ¤d3 15.£f3 ¥e6 16.¥d4 ¥xd4 17.¤xd4 ¥c4 "The next critical moment was here. Rfb1 looks completely awful." - Grischuk. Here Grischuk had 20 minutes left and Ivanchuk 24 minutes. 18.¦fb1 [18.¥xc4 £xc4 19.b3 £xc3 20.¤b5 (20.£e3 ¦ac8 with with only a draw and for me draw was the end of the tournament - Grischuk. ) 20...£c2 21.¤d4 £c3] 18...¤e5 So Grischuk's strange move had an effect Ivanchuk down to 9 minutes. 19.£e3 Now Grischuk joins him with 10 minutes left for more than 20 moves. 19...¥xb3 20.axb3 £b6 21.¦a3 "Here I'm already slightly better." - Grischuk with 9 minutes, Ivanchuk 7. 21...a6 22.¦d1 ¦ac8 23.¤c2 £xe3 24.¤xe3 ¤d7 25.f3 ¢f8 Ivanchuk just under 3 minutes left, Grischuk 7 and a half. 26. 26.¢f2 ¢f2 ¦c6 27.g4 e6 28.h4 ¢e7 Grischuk 6 minutes 20 seconds, Ivanchuk 1 minute 26. 29.¦a5 ¦ec8 30.¢g3 h6 31.¦d2 ¤c5 Grischuk 5 minutes 26 Ivanchuk 20 seconds for 9 moves. 32.¦a3 a5 Ivanchuk 17 seconds left. 33.¤c2 ¦a6 Ivanchuk 11 seconds left. 34.¦d1 ¦ca8 Ivanchuk 8 seconds left. 35.¤d4 ¢d7 Ivanchuk 6 seconds left. 36.¤b5 e5 Ivanchuk 4 seconds left. 37.b4 axb4 Ivanchuk 3 seconds left. 38.cxb4 ¤e6 Ivanchuk 2 seconds left. 39.¤xd6 Grischuk 1m: 58, Ivanchuk lost on time and his position is now very bad. Grischuk thought his behaviour was very correct even though there was a temptation to try some dirty tactics in Ivanchuk's bad time trouble. 1–0 (31) Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) - Svidler,Peter (2747) [D85] FIDE Candidates London ENG (8.3), 24.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.cxd5 ¤xd5 5.e4 ¤xc3 6.bxc3 ¥g7 7.¤f3 c5 8.¥e3 £a5 9.£d2 ¤c6 10.¦c1 cxd4 11.cxd4 £xd2+ 12.¢xd2 0–0 13.d5 ¦d8 14.¢c2 A very unusual choice. Svidler thought about it for some time. [14.¢e1] 14...¤e5N Svidler plays a new move in this position but he has clearly walked right into Kramnik's preparation. [14...¤a5 15.¥g5 (15.¤d2) ] 15.¤xe5 ¥xe5 16.¥c4 ¥d7 17.f4 ¥d6 18.¢b3 f6 19.a4 ¦dc8 20.h4 ¦ab8 [20...¥c5 21.¥xc5 ¦xc5 22.¥b5 ¦xc1 23.¦xc1 ¦c8 24.¦xc8+ ¥xc8 25.a5 is pretty terrible for black.; 20...h5 21.g3 ¥c5 22.¥xc5 ¦xc5 23.¥b5 ¦xc1 24.¦xc1 ¦c8 25.¦xc8+ ¥xc8 again is very hard for black.] 21.¥b5! ¥xb5 [21...¦xc1 22.¦xc1 ¥xb5 23.axb5 a6] 22.axb5 a6 23.b6 ¢f7 [23...h5 "Here I'm kind of one tempo short but if I play 23....h5." - Svidler. 24.¦hf1 "and I'm not sure how the king crosses the ffile now. This was boring me but maybe I should have gone for this anyhow." - Svidler. 24...¦xc1 25.¥xc1 ¥c5 The problem here is you're not even threatening to take. Kramnik. 26.¥a3 (26.e5 ¦d8 27.¢c4 ¦c8 (27...¥xb6) ) 26...¥xa3 27.¢xa3 ¦c8] 24.h5 Svidler should probably find a way to a draw but it is very tricky. 24...¦xc1 [24...gxh5 "My plan was to take gxh5 immediately." - Svidler who afterwards thought that he should have just done this. 25.¦ce1 Svidler. (25.¦xh5 Kramnik 25...¦xc1 26.¥xc1 ¦g8 27.e5 fxe5 28.fxe5 ¥c5 (28...¦g3+! 29.¢c2 (29.¢c4 ¦g4+ 30.¢d3 ¥c5 31.¦xh7+ ¢g6 32.¦h6+ ¢f5) ) 29.¦xh7+) 25...¦g8 26.¦xh5] 25.hxg6+ ¢xg6 [25...hxg6 26.¦xc1 Is just incredibly http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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unpleasant - Svidler, lost I think - Kramnik.] 26.¥xc1 ¦g8 "I thought white has to do something quiet and I will play Bc5 the next move." - Svidler. [26...h5 is a big alternative. 27.f5+ f5 I'm not worried, Svidler. (27.¥e3 ¦g8 28.g3 ¢f7 29.¥f2 ¦h8 (29...¢g6!?) 30.¥d4 e5 31.fxe5 fxe5) 27...¢f7 28.¦xh5 ¦g8 In this position you will never even exchange the bishops. - Svidler.; 26...¥c5] 27.g4 h6 28.¦h5 ¢f7 29.e5 ¥c5 30.e6+ ¢f8 31.¦h4 White is winning as he has too many threats. [31.¥a3 leads to a rook endgame which doesn't seem to be winning. 31...¥xa3 32.¢xa3 ¦xg4 33.¦xh6 (33.¦h3 ¦xf4 34.¦c3 ¦d4 35.¦c8+ ¢g7 36.¦e8 ¦xd5 37.¦xe7+ ¢g6 38.¦xb7 ¦e5 39.¦b8 ¢f5 40.b7 h5 41.¢b4 ¦xe6 42.¢c5 ¦e7 43.¢d6 ¦f7 44.¢c6 h4 45.¦h8 ¦xb7 46.¢xb7 ¢g4) 33...¦xf4 34.¦h8+ ¢g7 35.¦c8 ¦d4 36.¦c7 ¦xd5 37.¦xe7+ ¢g6 38.¦xb7 ¦b5 39.e7 ¢f7 40.¦b8 ¢xe7 41.b7 ¢d6 42.¦f8 ¦xb7 43.¦xf6+] 31...¢g7 [31...¥xb6 32.¥a3 ¥d8 (32...¥c7 33.¦xh6 ¢g7 34.¦h3 ¦e8 35.f5 ¥e5 36.¦d3) 33.f5 ¦h8 34.g5 fxg5 35.¦c4] 32.f5 ¦d8 33.¥xh6+ It's all over. 33...¢g8 34.¢c4 ¥xb6 [34...¦c8 35.¢d3 ¥xb6 36.g5 wins] 35.g5 ¥f2 36.¦g4 ¢h7 37.gxf6 exf6 38.e7 ¦c8+ 39.¢b3 ¥c5 40.¦c4 1–0
(32) Carlsen,Magnus (2872) - Aroni an,Levon an,Levon (2809) [E06] FIDE Candidates London ENG (8.4), 24.03.2013 1.c4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.¥g2 ¥e7 5.d4 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.£c2 a6 8.£xc4 b5 9.£c2 ¥b7 10.¥d2 ¥d6 11.a3 ¤bd7 12.b4 ¦a7 13.¤c3 £a8 14.¤h4 ¥xg2 15.¤xg2 c6N Carlsen didn't know this move and realized quickly he had no advantage at all. [15...e5 16.¥e3 ¦b7 17.¦fd1 ¦e8 18.dxe5 ¥xe5 19.¦ac1 ¦bb8 20.¤f4 ¤b6 21.¥d4 ¤c4 22.a4 c6 23.¥xe5 ¦xe5 24.¤d3 ¦h5 25.¤f4 ¦e5 26.¤d3 ¦h5 27.e4 ¦e8 28.£e2 £c8 29.f3 ¦h6 30.£f2 ¤d7 31.¤e2 ¦f6 32.¤ef4 ¦d6 33.axb5 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Cheparinov,I (2710)Harikrishna,P (2692)/Leon ESP 2012/ The Week in Chess 940] 16.¦ac1 a5 17.¤e4 ¤xe4 18.£xe4 ¦c8 19.¤f4 axb4 20.¥xb4 c5 21.£xa8 ¦axa8 22.dxc5 ¥xc5 23.¤d3 ¥f8 24.¦xc8 ¦xc8 25.¦b1 ¦a8 26.¥xf8 ¢xf8 27.¦xb5 ¦xa3 28.g4 h6 29.h4 ¦a2 30.¢f1 ¦a1+ 31.¢g2 ¦a2 With a draw offer which Carlsen turned down on the grounds there was no harm in playing on for a few more moves. 32.¢f3 ¦a3 33.¢g3 ¦a2 34.e3 ¦d2 35.¤f4 g6 36.g5 hxg5 37.hxg5 ¢e7 38.e4 ¦c2 39.f3 ¦c5 40.¦xc5 ¤xc5 41.¤g2 Draw agreed. ½–½ (33) Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) - Carlsen,Magnus (2872) [E06] FIDE Candidates London ENG (9.1), 25.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.¥g2 ¥e7 5.¤f3 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.¤e5 ¤c6 8.¥xc6 bxc6 9.¤xc6 £e8 10.¤xe7+ £xe7 11.£c2!? [11.£a4 is by far and away the most common move here but Kramnik's choice seemed to put Carlsen more or less on his own.] 11...e5 12.¦d1 [12.dxe5 £xe5 13.£xc4 ¥e6 14.£d3 ¦ad8 15.£e3 £h5 16.f3 ¦fe8 17.£f2 ¥c4 18.¤c3 ¤d5 19.¦e1 ¤xc3 20.bxc3 £b5 21.e4 ¦d3 22.¥f4 ¦xc3 23.a4 £a6 24.¦ec1 ¦xc1+ 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Papaioannou,I (2628) -Beliavsky,A (2656)/Novi Sad SRB 2009/The Week in Chess 782] 12...¦b8 13.¤c3 h6 14.dxe5 £xe5 15.¥f4 £e7 "Yes I thought it was dangerous but the good thing for me was that most of the time I had to make only moves." - Carlsen. 16.¦d4 ¥e6 17.¦ad1 ¦b6!? 18.£d2 ¢h7! 19.f3 ¦fb8 20.£e3 ¦xb2 21.¦xc4 ¦2b7! 22.¦a4 ¦e8! [22...¦a8 23.¥xh6!] 23.¦xa7 [23.¥xh6 Now this line doesn't work. 23...gxh6 24.¦h4 ¤g8 25.£e4+ ¢g7 26.£xb7 £c5+; 23.g4 was something Carlsen wasn't sure about at the board.] 23...¦xa7 24.£xa7 "It's almost lost but I don't http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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see how." - Kramnik. 24...£b4 25.¥e5 [25.£d4 c5 26.£d3+ ¢g8 "And black is already very well settled." - Kramnik.] 25...¤d5! The only move in this position. Kramnik saw it but thought he might find something once they got here. 26.¤xd5 [26.a3 £b3 is completely equal. (26...£c4 also possible - Carlsen. ) ) ; 26.¤e4 ¥f5 Carlsen which seems best.(26...£b6+ "I didn't even like Qb6+" - Kramnik. 27.£xb6 cxb6 when when this is going to be very hard for white to win. ) ) ] 26...¥xd5 "Just seems to work by a millimeter but it's working." - Kramnik. 27.£xc7 [27.¦xd5 £e1+ 28.¢g2 £xe2+ 29.£f2 ¦xe5 draw.] 27...£c4 "I thought Qc4 was just the best." - Carlsen. [27...¥xa2 28.£c2+ ¢g8 29.£xa2 (29.¥xg7 £b3! 30.£xb3 ¥xb3 31.¦b1 ¢xg7 32.¦xb3 ¦xe2 and black's split pawns even aid his defense. This ending actually crops up quite a lot in some recent lines so this fact is important to know. ) ) 29...¦xe5 should also end in a draw but Carlsen's move seems clearer. 30.¦d8+ ¢h7 31.£xf7 (31.£c2+ g6 32.¢g2 and whilst white can grind away Carlsen would have held this comfortably too. ) ) 31...£b6+ nets a rook for black.] 28.a3 [28.a4 was given as a better chance for white afterwards but it actually forces an interesting idea. 28...¥c6 when black will not lose. 29.¢f1 £e6 30.¦e1 ¥xa4] 28...f6 Carlsen forces a drawn position by the simplest route. [28...¥c6 is a computer move that is actually virtually equal for black.] 29.£xc4 [29.¦d4 £b3! 30.e4 a) 30.¦xd5 £xd5 31.¥xf6 £d1+ 32.¢g2 £xe2+ 33.¢g1 £e1+ with a draw. (33 ...¦g8 ...¦g8 and black can at least try for a while. ) ; b) 30.¥xf6 £e3+ 31.¢g2 £xe2+ 32.¢h3 ¥e6+ mates for black.; c) 30.¦g4 ¥f7 only move but black is winning!; 30...£e3+ 31.¢g2 ¥e6 and black is winning!] 29...¥xc4 30.¥c3 ¦xe2 31.¦d4 ¥b5 32.¥b4 ¦e3 33.¢f2 ¦e2+ 34.¢g1 ¦e3 35.f4 ¦e2 36.¦d6 ¦c2 37.g4 My only chance is to push pawns but I'm not in time. - Kramnik. 37...¥c6 38.¥d2 ¥f3 39.h3 ¦a2 40.¥b4 ¦g2+ 41.¢f1 ¦h2 ½–½ (34) Svidler,Peter (2747) - Grischuk,Alexander (2764) [E81] FIDE Candidates London ENG (9.2), 25.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0–0 6.¥e3 c5 7.¤ge2 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e5 9.¤g3 h5 10.¥e2 h4 11.¤f1 e6 12.f4 ¤xc4N Both players need wins but this is an amazing idea not to have been played before. 13.¥xc4 b5 14.¥xb5 [14.¤xb5 exd5 15.e5 dxc4 (15...£b6 16.¤xd6 dxc4 17.exf6 ¥xf6 18.¤xc4) 16.¤xd6 is probably not worse for white.] 14...exd5 15.e5 "This I didn't even repeat (prepare?) Because I thought no human will play like this only crazy guy." - Grischuk. 15...dxe5 [15...¥g4 is probably more precise.] 16.fxe5 ¥g4 17.exf6! Grischuk had prepared up to here but hadn't considered this move. 17...¥xd1 18.fxg7 ¢xg7 19.¥xc5 h3 "I thought I was completely winning but of course missed h3. If black doesn't have h3 here he can just resign of course. After Bg4 I never take on f8 I just play Bd4+ and Ne3." - Svidler. [19...¥g4 20.¥d4+ ¢g8 21.¤e3 and white's pieces should be too much in the long term.] 20.¦xd1 [20.g3 ¥f3 21.¦g1 ¦b8 and Svidler is right in thinking that white is in difficulties. 22.¥d4+ ¢g8 23.¤e3 f5] 20...hxg2 21.¦g1 gxf1£+ 22.¢xf1 "I think I should be better here but how much I'm not entirely certain." - Svidler. 22...£h4 "I thought Qh4 was the best move. Once again I think our ideas during the game will just be completely wrong in most cases." - Svidler 23.¦g2! ¦fd8 24.¦d4 "I'm not at all sure about my choice." - Svidler. "I wanted to mate because I didn't understand why you started to move the rooks." - Grischuk. "If I somehow switch them all over to the kingside I will give mate". [24.¥d4+ ¢g8 25.¦d3 Rg3 is my next move here - Svidler. 25...¦d6 26.¦gg3 £xh2 27.¦h3 £f4+ 28.¢e2 f6 is already better for black.] 24...£h5 [24...£h6 Svidler thought this stronger than Qh5 and it looks equal.; 24...£f6+ 25.¦f2 £e5 26.¦df4 d4 27.¦xf7+ ¢h6 28.¦2f3 dxc3 29.¦h3+ ¢g5 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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30.¥e7+ £xe7 31.¦g3+ ¢h6 32.¦xe7 c2 33.¦c3 ¦d1+ 34.¦e1 ¦f8+ 35.¢e2 "It all hangs on the bishop on b5 controls the e8 square otherwise black would be winning." - Svidler but both players seem to have got here! 35...¦f5 36.¦xc2 ¦xe1+ 37.¢xe1 ¦xb5 38.¢d2 pawn up for white with winning chances!] 25.¦f4 d4! "If black allows Bd4+ then mate will follow very, very fast." - Svidler. 26.¥xd4+ ¦xd4 27.¦xd4 ¦b8 Svidler missed Rb8 and now Grischuk seems right back in the game. 28.a4 [28.¦gd2 "I thought you would play Rgd2 and agree a draw, a4 looked incredibly dangerous." - Grischuk.] 28...a6 29.¥xa6 £f3+?! "This position I'm fairly certain is much better for white." - Svidler. [29...£f5+ "In this position black had a very important Qf5+" - Svidler who was probably right to think something was wrong but it seems the problem is another move. 30.¦f2 £h3+ 31.¢g1 ¦xb2 32.¦d3 £g4+ 33.¢f1 ¦b3 although this would be terribly hard to play over the board for white with all his pieces scattered.; 29...£e5! "Ah that would have been a bit unpleasant" - Svidler who had this computer move pointed out to him after the game.] 30.¦f2 £h1+ 31.¢e2 ¦xb2+ "I couldn't believe my eyes" - Grischuk on this line which starts to look good for white. 32.¦d2 £c1 33.¢d3 ¦b6 34.¥c4 ¦d6+ 35.¥d5 ¦d7 "Is this everything under control?" - Grischuk. "Rd7 kind of threw me I only expected f5" Svidler. 36.¦f4 [36.¦b2 ¦c7 37.¦bc2] 36...f5 37.¦d4 ¢h6 38.h4 [38.¦d1 £b2] 38...¦c7 39.¥c4 £f1+ 40.¦e2 f4 41.¢c2 f3 and black will win the rook but white will be very safe however it's uncertain if he can push on to a win. Svidler probably should play on.[41...f3 42.¦ee4 £g2+ 43.¢b3 ¦b7+ (43...f2 44.¦f4 ¦xc4 45.¦xc4 f1£ 46.¦xf1 £xf1 and white can't possibly lose and may be able to push his a-pawn. ) ) 44.¤b5 £g1 45.¢c2 f2 46.¦f4 £a1 47.¥d3] ½–½ (35) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) - Radjabov,Teimour (2793) [D37] FIDE Candidates London ENG (9.3), 25.03.2013
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 ¥e7 5.¥g5 h6 6.¥h4 ¤e4 7.¥xe7 £xe7 8.cxd5 ¤xc3 9.bxc3 exd5 10.£b3 c6 11.e3 0 – 0 12.¥e2 ¤d7 13.0 – 0 ¤f6 14.¦fc1 ¥g4 15.c4 dxc4 16.£xc4 ¦fe8 17.h3 ¥e6 18.£c5 £c7 19.¦c2 ¥d5 20.¦ac1 £d8 21.£a3 ¤e4 22.¤e5 ¤d6 23.¥f3 ¥xf3 24.¤xf3 £d7 25.£b4 ¦ad8 26.a4 £e6 27.¤e5 f6 28.¤d3 £f7 29.£a5 a6 30.¤c5 ¦c8 31.£b4 ¦cd8 32.£b6 ¦c8 33.¦b1 ¦e7 34.¤d3 ¦ce8 35.£b3 £xb3 36.¦xb3 ¢f7 37.g4 g5 38.¤c5 ¦c8 39.¢g2 ¦cc7 40.¤d3 ¢g6 41.¤c5 h5 42.¦b1 ¤e4 43.¤xe4 ¦xe4 44.¢f3 ¦ee7 45.e4 ¦cd7 46.¢e3 ¦d5 47.f3 ¦d6 48.¦b6 ¦ed7 49.¦d2 hxg4 50.hxg4 ¢f7 51.a5 ¢e7 52.¦b1 ¢f7 53.¦h1 ¢g7 54.¦h5 ¦d8 55.¦d1 ¦8d7 56.e5 ¦d5 57.¦dh1 ¢f7 58.¦h7+ ¢e6 59.¦xd7 ¢xd7 60.¦h7+ ¢e6 61.¦h6 c5 62.¦xf6+ ¢e7 63.¦b6 ¦xd4 64.¦xb7+ ¢e6 65.¦g7 ¦a4 66.¦xg5 ¦xa5 67.f4 ¦a3+ 68.¢d2 ¦a2+ 69.¢c3 ¦f2 70.¦g6+ ¢d5 71.¦d6+ ¢e4 72.¦f6 a5 73.e6 ¢d5 74.f5 ¦e2 75.¦f8 ¢d6 76.f6 1 – 0 (36) Gelfand,Boris (2740) - Aronian,Levon (2809) [D37] FIDE Candidates London ENG (9.4), 25.03.2013
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¥xf4 23.exf4 ¦d7 24.£e3 dxc4 25.¥xc4 ¦xd4?! [25...¦e8] 26.¥xe6 ¥f7 [26...£b6] 27.¥xf5 ¥c4 28.e6! Most probably this is what Aronian missed now he's in desperate trouble. 28...£d6 29.¦fe1 ¦e8 30.e7 ¥f7 31.¦c5 g6 32.¥g4 h5 33.f5! Absolutely killing. 33...¢g7 34.fxg6 ¥xg6 35.¥xh5 ¦d3 36.£e5+ [36.£g5 this wins immediately but Gelfand was very short of time.] 36...£xe5 37.¦cxe5 ¥xh5 38.¦xh5 ¦xa3 39.¦f5 ¦d3 40.¦e4 ¦d7 time control but unfortunately for Aronian he's still lost. 41.¦g4+ ¢h6 42.¦f6+ ¢h7 43.¦f7+ ¢h6 44.¦gg7 ¦d1+ 45.¢h2 ¦f1 46.¦h7+ ¢g6 47.¦hg7+ ¢h6 48.¦h7+ ¢g6 49.¦fg7+ ¢f6 50.h4 ¢e6 51.¦g4 ¢f5 52.¢g3 ¦e1 53.¦f4+ ¢e6 54.h5 ¦xe7 55.¦xe7+ ¢xe7 Converting to a standard Rook and pawn ending which is trivial for a player of Gelfand's technique to win. 56.¢h4 b6 57.h6 ¦h1+ 58.¢g5 ¢e6 59.¢g6 ¢e5 60.¦f5+ 1–0 (37) Carlsen,Magnus (2872) - Gelfand,Boris (2740) [B30] FIDE Candidates London ENG (10.2), 27.03.2013 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 e6 4.0–0 [4.¥xc6 bxc6 5.b3 d6 6.0 – 0 ¤e7 7.e5 ¤g6 8.exd6 ¥xd6 9.¤c3 e5 10.¦e1 0 – 0 11.d3 f5 12.¥a3 ¥e6 13.¤a4 £e7 14.c4 ¦ad8 15.£e2 ¥c8 16.£e3 f4 17.£e4 ¢h8 18.¦ad1 18 .¦ad1 ¥g4 19.¦d2 ¥xf3 20.£xf3 ¤h4 21.£e4 f3 22.g3 ¤g2 23.¤c3 £e6 24.¦e3 ¤xe3 25.fxe3 f2+ 26.¦xf2 ¦xf2 27.¢xf2 ¦f8+ 28.¢e2 £h3 29.£h1 ¥e7 30.¤e4 £g4+ 31.¢d2 £h3 32.¢e2 h5 33.¥b2 £g4+ 34.¢d2 £h3 35.¢e2 £g4+ 36.¢d2 £h3 37.¢e2 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Carlsen,M (2872) -Radjabov,T (2793)/London ENG 2013] 4...¤ge7 5.¦e1 a6 6.¥f1 d5 7.exd5 ¤xd5 8.d4 ¤f6 9.¥e3 cxd4 10.¤xd4 ¥d7 11.c4 ¤xd4 12.¥xd4 ¥c6 [12...¥e7 1 – 0 Looshnikov,N (2487)-Yuffa,D (2334)/Satka RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 909 (39)] 13.¤c3 ¥e7 14.a3 "I was not sure if I should go a3 and a5 or not. In general white is slightly better for white but very playable for black." - Carlsen. 14...a5 "I was happy to take away the a5 square for the queen so black is a little bit more cramped." - Carlsen. [14...0 – 0 15.b4] 15.£d3 0–0 16.¦ad1 £c7 "Now if I get in Qg3 I will be doing very well so Qc7 is kind of forced." - Carlsen. 17.¥e5 £b6 18.£g3 ¦fd8 19.¦xd8+ [19.¤d5 Here I wasted some time on Nd5 but it's easily refuted." - Carlsen. 19...exd5 (19...¥xd5? 20.¥c7 £xb2 21.cxd5 but that wasn't very relevant - Carlsen. ) ) 20.¥d4 ¥c5 21.¥xf6 ¥xf2+] 19...£xd8 20.¦d1 £b6 "With Qb6 I played for a good game. " - Gelfand who said that the problem was that his concept didn't work not that a computer might find a supposedly better variation the following day. The problem is that the way Carlsen played it this didn't work out. In fact this may have been Carlsen's best game so far. [20...£f8!? "That's a strange move anyway" - Carlsen. 21.b4 "and I think I'm definitely better." Carlsen. 21...axb4 22.axb4 ¤d7 (22...¤h5! Speelman. 23.£h3 ¥xb4 24.£xh5 f6 25.£h3 fxe5 26.¥d3 ¥xc3 27.¥xh7+ ¢f7 28.£xc3) 23.b5] 21.¥d4 £b3 22.¦d3 £c2 23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 "I was quite happy to get this in. It looks a bit dangerous but black but I couldn't get the tactics to work for black." - Carlsen. 24...¤h5 Really close to forced. [24...¦a1 25.¥xf6!] 25.£e5 ¥f6 [25...¦a1 26.¤d1 ¦xd1 27.¦xd1 £xd1 28.£b8+ ¥f8 29.¥c5 h6 30.£xf8+ ¢h7 31.£d6! "only move but I missed it from far." - Gelfand. f3 is also much better for white. (31.£xf7 ¥e4 is winning for black! ) ) ] 26.£xh5 ¥xd4 27.¦xd4 £xc3 28.£a5 "Now it's clear we're playing for two results but still a long way to go." - Carlsen. 28...¦f8 29.£b6 e5 30.¦d1 [30.¦d8 certainly needed to be considered. 30...g6 31.b5 (31.¦xf8+ ¢xf8 32.b5 ¥e4 33.f3 ¥f5 34.£xb7 £e3+ 35.¢h1 £e1 "This is just a draw, no it's losing actually. OK now I'm acutally lost." - Carlsen. ) ] 30...g6 [30...h6 Perhaps h6 was actually possible here. - Carlsen. 31.b5 ¥e4 32.h3 with an advantage for white. 32...¦e8 33.c5] 31.b5 ¥e4 32.£f6 "This will win the pawn more or less by force." - Carlsen. 32...h5 [32...¥f5 33.h4 h5 34.¦d5 with a transposition to the http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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game.] 33.h4 ¥f5 34.¦d5 £c1 35.£xe5 ¥e6 36.¦d4 ¦a8 37.£e2! "I think Qe2 is a really good move." Carlsen. 37...¢h7 [37...¦a1 38.¦d8+ ¢h7 39.£e5 £xf1+ 40.¢h2] 38.¦d1! "Now it's very, very difficult for black. I cannot see how to defend from here." Carlsen. 38...£c3 39.£e4 ¦a1 [39...¦b8 40.b6 (40.¦d4) ; 39...¦a2 40.£xb7 £c2 41.£f3] 40.¦xa1 £xa1 41.c5 £c3 42.£xb7 [42.b6 "Now of course it was more practical to go b6." Carlsen laughing. 42...£xc5 43.£xb7 and it's just over. 43...¥d5 44.£d7 ¢g7 45.b7] 42...£e1 "I missed Qe1. Anyway, saw it immediately I made the move but anyway there are no chances for black. Of course I wasn't too happy to have missed it but I wasn't worried." - Carlsen. 43.b6 [43.£e7 also won. "Anyway I really wanted to have the queen on f3. Because anyway I'm losing the piece so it made sense to play the most safe way possible." - Carlsen.] 43...¥c4 44.£f3 £xf1+ 45.¢h2 £b1 46.b7 £b5 47.c6 ¥d5 48.£g3 1–0 (38) Grischuk,Alexander (2764) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) [C67] FIDE Candidates London ENG (10.1), 27.03.2013 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 ¤f6 4.0–0 ¤xe4 5.d4 ¤d6 6.¥xc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 ¤f5 8.£xd8+ ¢xd8 9.¤c3 ¥d7 10.h3 h6 11.¦d1?! Kramnik commented that the openings original prepared for his match in London 2000 against Kasparov were doing just fine in this event too. Also that even though he was famous for revitalizing the Berlin he hadn't won a single game of Classical Chess (plenty of rapid) in it until today. "Of course Alexander mixed up something something and wasn't very very well prepared so I had a good good position out of the opening just actually making theoretical moves." - Kramnik. "It was an opening fiasco first, complete fiasco. 11.Rd1 probably a novelty?" [11.b3 ¢c8 12.¥b2 b6 13.¦ad1 ¤e7 14.¦d2 c5 15.¦fd1 ¥e6 16.¤e2 ¤g6 17.h4 ¥e7 18.h5 ¤h4 (18...¤f8 is a newish idea Grischuk remembered over the board and that he should be worse. Kramnik remembered there is an amazing drawing line. 19.¤f4 ¥g4 20.¤d5 ¥g5 21.¤xg5 hxg5 22.h6 ¦xh6 23.f3 ¥e6 24.¤xb6+ axb6 25.¦d8+ ¢b7 26.¦xa8 ¢xa8 27.¦d8+ ¢b7 28.¦xf8 draw! Kramnik although in the actual game black still went on to win. 28...g4 29.f4 ¦h5 30.c4 ¦f5 31.¥c1 g5 32.g3 gxf4 33.¥xf4 ¦h5 34.¦e8 ¢c6 35.¦e7 ¦h8 36.¥g5 ¢b7 37.¢g2 ¢c8 38.a4 ¦g8 39.¥f6 ¦d8 40.¢f2 ¦d2+ 41.¢e1 ¦d3 42.¦e8+ ¢b7 43.¥d8 ¦xg3 44.¦e7 ¦xb3 45.¦xc7+ ¢a6 46.a5 ¦d3 0 – 1 Predke,A (2450)-Aleksandrov,A (2609)/St Petersburg 2011. ) 19.¤xh4 ¥xh4 20.¤f4 ¥g5 21.¤xe6 ¥xd2 22.¤xg7 ¥g5 23.g3 ¦d8 24.¦xd8+ ¢xd8 25.¤f5 ¢d7 26.f4 ¦g8 27.¢f2 ¢e6 28.¤e3 ¥d8 29.¢f3 f5 30.g4 fxg4+ 31.¤xg4 ¥g5 32.¥c1 ¦f8 33.¢e4 ¥xf4 34.¥xf4 ¦f5 35.¤f6 c6 36.¤e8 ¦f7 37.¥xh6 ¦f2 38.¥f4 ¦xc2 39.h6 ¦c3 40.¤g7+ ¢e7 41.¤f5+ 1 – 0 Grischuk,A (2712)-Marciano,D (2502)/ Drancy FRA 2003] 11...¢c8 12.a4 [12.b3 ¤e7 13.¥b2 b6 14.¤e2 ¤g6 15.¦d2 ¥b4 16.c3 ¥e7 17.¦ad1 ¦d8 18.c4 ¤f8 19.¤fd4 g6 20.¦d3 c5 21.¤c2 ¥c6 22.¤c3 ¦xd3 23.¦xd3 ¤e6 24.¤d5 ¥d8 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Dominguez,L (2645)-Sasikiran,K (2668)/Calvia ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 521 (59)] 12...a5 13.b3 b6 14.¥b2 ¤e7 15.¦d2 c5 16.¤e2 ¤g6 17.¦ad1 ¥e6 This position with pawns on a7 and a2 was discussed by Grischuk with Kramnik 10 years ago as they were on the same team (see game reference above). 18.c4 "Of course it's clear black has absolutely no problems, he's even a little bit better." Kramnik. 18...¥e7 19.¤c3 ¢b7 20.¤d5 ¦ad8 [20...¦ae8 was what Grischuk expected. "Giving up this d-line, I'm not a big fan of it." - Kramnik. 21.¤xe7 ¦xe7; 20...¥g5 21.¤xg5 hxg5 22.f3 ¦ad8 "Still I believe it's very drawish." - Kramnik.] 21.¤xe7 ¦xd2 22.¤xd2 ¤xe7 23.¤f1 ¢c8 24.f3 g5 [24...¤g6 25.¢f2!] 25.¤g3! [25.¢f2 ¤g6 is different to the move before. 26.¤e3 h5] 25...¦d8 [25...¤g6 26.¤h5!] 26.¦xd8+ ¢xd8 27.¢f2 ¥f5 A trap "I thought that in time http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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trouble it might be annoying." - Kramnik who thought the whole position draws. [27...¤g6 28.¤h5 ¥f5 29.e6 fxe6 30.¥g7 ¥c2 31.¥xh6 ¥xb3 32.¥xg5+ which is sharp but most probably dynamically equal.; 27...¢d7 28.¢e3 ¤f5+ (28...¥f5 29.¤xf5 (29.¤e4 ¥g6 (29...¥h7 in all cases white is now fine. ) ) ) 29...¤xf5+ 30.¢e4) 29.¤xf5 ¥xf5 30.¢d2] 28.¤xf5 ¤xf5 29.g4 [29.f4 gxf4 30.¢f3 ¤d4+ 31.¥xd4 cxd4 32.¢e4 was a line Grischuk looked at and this line seemed to confuse him in the game. "Conceptually white should't even calculate these pawn endings because they're terribly dangerous." - Kramnik] 29...¤d4 30.¥xd4? With a minute left for 10 moves Grischuk blunders fatally. He looked incredibly nervous whilst thinking about this move. [30.¢e3 ¤xb3?! as it only seems to lead black into being worse. (30...¤e6) 31.e6 ¢e7 (31...fxe6 32.¥g7) 32.exf7 ¢xf7 33.¥e5 c6 34.¥c7 b5 35.cxb5 cxb5 36.axb5] 30...cxd4 Pawn endings are often a question of accurate counting as here. White loses with the most straightforward of moves from black. 31.¢e2 [31.f4 gxf4 32.¢f3 d3 wins.] 31...¢d7 32.¢d3 c5 33.¢e4 ¢e6 34.f4 gxf4 35.¢xf4 d3 36.¢e3 ¢xe5 37.¢xd3 ¢f4 38.¢e2 ¢g3 39.¢e3 ¢xh3 40.¢f4 ¢h4 41.¢f5 ¢g3 0–1 (39) Aronian,Levon (2809) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) [A52] FIDE Candidates London ENG (10.3), 27.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 ¤g4 4.¤f3 ¤c6 5.¥f4 ¥b4+ 6.¤c3 ¥xc3+ 7.bxc3 £e7 8.£d5 f6 9.exf6 ¤xf6 10.£d3 d6 11.g3 0–0 12.¥g2 ¥g4 13.0–0 ¦ae8 14.¦ae1 ¢h8 15.¤d4 ¤e5 Ivanchuk took 38 minutes for this move which was the first and quick recommendation from Short in the commentary box. The time used already made Aronian favorite to win this game. 16.¥xe5 dxe5 17.¤f5N [17.¤b3 c5 18.h3 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Piket,J (2619)-Reinderman,D (2541)/Rotterdam NED 1999] 17...¥xf5 18.£xf5 ¤d7 19.£e4 [19.£d3 "Perhaps Qd3 is a better move because I want to lure the knight to c5 but I think my play here was a bit imprecise." - Aronian.] 19...c6 20.¦d1 ¤b6 Aronian tried to find a way to encourage Nc5 at some point but the piece belongs here. 21.¦d3 After 17 minutes thought. 21...£c5 22.£h4 g6 14 minutes left for Ivanchuk, Aronian 1hr 6 minutes. Black has equalized but his clock situation is already dire. 23.¥e4 ¢g7 24.¢g2 "Generally black should be fine here but he should be cautious." - Aronian. 24...£xc4 25.¦fd1 £xa2 "The move I expect because Vassily always tries to play the best move in the position." - Aronian [25...¦f7; 25...¤d5 When white is slightly better but black should hold the endgame.] 26.g4 "After g4 I have very good compensation and play for the pawn. I was actually quite happy with my position." - Aronian. 26...¦f4?! 6 minutes Ivanchuk 41 minutes Aronian. Game already over on the clock given the initiative white has. [26...£f7 27.¦h3 ¢g8; 26...£c4] 27.¥f5 "I have the feeling that after Bf5 I'm already overtaking the advantage with my threats which should work nicely." - Aronian. 27...¤d5 [27...£f7 28.e3 ¦xf5 29.gxf5 £xf5 30.¦d8 g5 31.£h5 ¦e7 32.¦1d6 £e4+ 33.¢h3 £h4+ 34.£xh4 gxh4] 28.¦h3 ¦h8?! 1m 46 seconds left. [28...h5!] 29.e3 gxf5 Officially zero seconds left but maybe a fraction of a second meant the flag hadn't officially fallen. 30.exf4 1–0
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(40) Radjabov,Teimour (2793) - Svidler,Peter (2747) [D85] FIDE Candidates London ENG (10.4), 27.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.cxd5 ¤xd5 5.e4 ¤xc3 6.bxc3 ¥g7 7.¤f3 c5 8.¦b1 0– 0 9.¥e2 cxd4 10.cxd4 £a5+ 11.¥d2 £xa2 12.0–0 ¥g4 13.¥g5 h6 14.¥e3 ¤c6 15.d5 ¤a5 16.¦e1 b6 17.¤d4 ¥d7 [17...¥xe2 18.¦xe2 £c4 19.¦c2 £a6 20.¦c7 ¦ac8 21.¦xe7 ¤c4 22.¤c6 ¤xe3 23.fxe3 £a3 24.¦xa7 £xe3+ 25.¢h1 ¦ce8 26.d6 £xe4 27.¦c1 ¦e6 28.d7 ¦xc6 29.¦xc6 £xc6 30.d8£ ¦xd8 31.£xd8+ ¥f8 32.£d1 ¥c5 33.£f1 £d5 34.¦a1 ¢g7 35.¦d1 £e5 36.¦d7 £f6 37.£xf6+ ¢xf6 38.g4 ¢e6 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Iskusnyh,S (2457)-Zablotsky,S (2540)/Tomsk RUS 2009/The Week in Chess 774] 18.¦a1 Now white just repeats. 18...£b2 19.¦b1 £a2 20.¦a1 £b2 21.¦b1 £a2 [21...£a3 is a way to continue but these positions all look better for white.] ½–½ (41) Svidler,Peter (2747) - Aronian,Levon (2809) [E26] FIDE Candidates London ENG (11.1), 28.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.a3 ¥xc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 £a5 7.¥d2 ¤e4 8.¥d3 [10.¤f3 cxd4 11.cxd4 ¤c6 12.£xa5 ¤xa5 13.¤d2 ¥d7 14.¢e2 ¤xd2 9.£xd2 d6 10.f4 [10.¤f3 ¢e7 15.¦hc1 ¦ac8 16.¦c3 ¥a4 17.¦ac1 b6 18.h4 h6 19.¤e4 f5 20.¤g3 ¥d7 21.d5 ¦hf8 22.dxe6 ¥xe6 23.¤h5 g5 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.f4 g4 26.¤g3 ¦f7 27.¢f2 ¦h8 28.¤e2 ¤b7 29.¤d4 ¤c5 30.¦a1 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Porper,E (2469) -Romanishin,O (2552)/Gausdal NOR 2006/The Week in Chess 599] 10...¤d7 11.¤f3 f5 [11...¤b6 12.e4 ¥d7 13.0 – 0 cxd4 14.cxd4 £xd2 15.¤xd2 e5 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.c5 ¤a4 18.¤c4 f6 19.dxe5 ¤xc5 20.exf6 gxf6 21.¥e2 0 – 0 22.e5 fxe5 1/ 2 – 1/2 1/2 Polgar,Z (2430)-Lombardy,W (2500)/New York 1985/EXT 2000] 12.e4 fxe4 13.¥xe4 ¤f6 14.¥c2 ¥d7 15.0–0 cxd4 "15....cxd4 is also very logical, if I take with the pawn it's just equal. I don't think I'm worse but I'm definitely not better in that endgame." - Svidler. 16.£xd4 0–0 [16...£c5 17.£xc5 dxc5 18.¤e5 and white may be slightly better.] 17.£xd6 "I'm never worse here but I'm not sure I have that much." - Svidler. 17...£xc3 18.¥d3 "I chose a somewhat safer approach 18.Bd3 cutting the queen off from e3." - Svidler. [18.¦ac1 £e3+ 19.¢h1 ¦ad8 "and it becomes a bit sharp and I wasn't quite sure what is going on." - Svidler and indeed it seems black is pretty much equal.] 18...¦ad8 19.¦ac1 £a5 [19...¤e4 "There was a funny move Ne4 here but it doesn't really change very much but I just wanted to point it out." - Svidler. 20.¦xc3 ¤xd6 21.c5 ¤e8] 20.¤e5 ¥c8 21.£b4 £c7?! "Actually Qc7 was only connected to the g5 try. I'm ashamed to admit." - Aronian. ["I'm optically slightly better but I think in general it should be around equal and one way to equalize on the spot is 21.Qxb4" 21...£xb4 22.axb4 ¤d7 23.¥e4 ¤xe5 24.fxe5 "In general the Bc8 is such a passive piece I will be playing for a win but black gets a lot of stuff in." - Svidler. 24...¦xf1+ 25.¢xf1 ¦d4 26.¥f3 ¢f7 27.¢e2 ¦d7 28.b5 could be nasty.] 22.c5 g5? "I feel I'm slightly better here but if I am it's very, very slightly and then I saw g5 and I thought this is kind of uncalled for and after this black's position just collapses." - Svidler. Question to Aronian. "So there's nothing wrong with this g5 move." - Aronian "Except that it loses." "g5 is just very, very bad." Svidler. [22...g6 "I quite like my position but black should be quite fine as well." - Svidler but later he said with a normal move "The whole game is ahead of us."; 22...¤d5 23.£e4 g6 doesn't seem that bad.; 22...£e7; 22...¥d7] 23.c6!? "I just blundered c6 and I got frustrated. Otherwise there is nothing wrong with g5 it's just after c6, like in the game with Gelfand I made a tactical blunder and I think after c6 it's beyond repair but I should have tried something better than b5." - Aronian. Thing is he isn't even worse after c6 as Svidler's attempts to prove something in the main lines he calculated showed. [23.£e1! and http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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somehow white must be quite seriously better. 23...¤h5 24.fxg5 ¦xf1+ 25.¥xf1 ¦d5 26.¤d3 ¦xg5 27.g3 ¤f6 28.£e3 ¦d5 29.¤f4 ¦e5 30.£d4] 23...b5?? Aronian completely goes berserk. Now he lashes out and really is gone. [23...¤d5 And whilst Svidler assumed black's position was collapsing it really doesn't seem all that clear. 24.cxb7 £xb7 25.£xb7 ¥xb7 and Houdini has this as pretty much equal. 26.fxg5 ¤f4 "This is a tricky try and perhaps a decent practical try." - Svidler who got the variation right. It seems black is absolutely fine here. 27.¦cd1 (27.¦c7? loses for white. ) ) 27...¦d5 equal.] 24.£e1!? [24.£b2!] 24...¦d5 25.£g3 h6 26.fxg5 £xe5 27.£xe5 Svidler thinks the endgame is completely winning for white but black can't really avoid the exchange otherwise he gets mated. "I can definitely say I got a bit lucky today." - Svidler. 27...¦xe5 28.gxf6 ¢f7 29.¦f4 ¦d8 30.¥e4 ¦d2 31.h4 a5 32.¦c3 ¦e2 33.¥g6+ ¢f8 34.¦d4 ¦d5 35.¦xd5 exd5 36.¦c5 ¦e1+ 37.¢h2 ¦f1 38.f7 b4 39.axb4 axb4 40.¦xd5 ¢g7 41.¦d8 1–0 (42) Grischuk,Alexander (2764) - Carlsen,Magnus (2872) [D90] FIDE Candidates London ENG (11.3), 28.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¤f3 ¥g7 5.h4!? c6 "In general c6 shouldn't lose. I also looked a little bit at some sharper alternatives, I couldn't remember them so it made no sense for me to do that." - Carlsen. [5...dxc4 1 – 0 Morozevich,A (2748)-Giri,A (2720)/Beijing CHN 2012/The Week in Chess 945 (31)] 6.¥g5 A new or rare move according to Grischuk. [6.cxd5 1 – 0 Morozevich,A (2748)-Giri,A (2720)/Beijing CHN 2012/The Week in Chess 946 (49)] 6...0–0 [6...¤e4 Has been played before.] 7.¥xf6 [7.e3?! ¤h5 8.g3 ¥g4 (8...h6) ] 7...¥xf6 8.h5 ¥f5!? "A very original move." - Grischuk. 9.e3 e6 10.hxg6 [10.¤e5 "I spent a lot of time trying to trap this [f5] bishop." - Grischuk. 10...¥xe5 11.dxe5 gxh5!? was Carlsen's intention which Grischuk thought was risky. (11...£b6 was what put Grischuk off the move. 12.£d2 ¤d7 which indeed looks level. 13.e4 dxe4 is good for black. ) ) 12.£xh5 ¤d7? Carlsen suggested this which loses. (12...¥g6 has to be tried and maybe white has a little something. Surely Carlsen would have played this if he got here. 13.£h3 ¤d7 14.f4 ¤c5 15.g4 f5 16.0 – 0– 0 – 0 – 0) ) 13.¥d3 ¥xd3 14.e4!!] 10...¥xg6 11.¥d3 ¤d7 12.£e2 e5?! "It's completely unnecessary. After any move, 12...a6, 12...Qe7 black is absolutely fine." - Carlsen. "He played 12... e5 which is not a very good move and after that I somehow should be better but I could not find, in the end I just have to repeat." - Grischuk. [12...a6] 13.¥xg6 hxg6 14.dxe5 ¤xe5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.¦d1 £a5 17.¢f1 [17.¦xd5 ¤xf3+ 18.¢f1 ¤h2+ Grischuk equal. (18...¤d2+ Houdini completely equal. 19.£xd2 ¦ad8!) 19.¦xh2 £c7 20.g3 ¦ad8 21.£d3] 17...¦ad8 18.¤d4 £c5 19.¤b3 £c6 20.¤a5 £c7 21.¤b3 £c6 "Only black can be better." - Grischuk. 22.¤a5 £c7 23.¤b3 £c6 "At the end I simply have no way of saving the d-pawn and playing on. If there was I might have because in general I have more useful moves but the d-pawn is falling so there's nothing I can do." - Carlsen.[23...£c4 24.¤a5 £xe2+ 25.¢xe2 b6 (25...d4) 26.¤xd5] ½–½ (43) Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) - Radjabov,Teimour (2793) [E60] FIDE Candidates London ENG (11.4), 28.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.¤f3 ¥g7 5.¥g2 cxd4 6.¤xd4 0–0 7.¤c3 £c7 8.b3 d5 9.¤db5 £a5 10.¥d2 dxc4 11.bxc4 £d8 12.0–0 a6 13.¤a3 ¥f5 14.¤c2 ¤c6 15.¤e3 £d7 "Supposed to be harmless because of 15...Qd4." - Kramnik. Radjabov is http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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caught out by an old and rare line which has nevertheless been played by Gelfand and Aronian. Kramnik ended up with 1 hour more on the clock and a nice position. [15...£d4! 16.¦c1 ¥e4 (16...¦ad8 17.¤xf5 gxf5 18.¤d5 ¤e4 19.¥e3 £xd1 20.¦fxd1 e6 21.¥xe4 fxe4 22.¤b6 ¦xd1+ 23.¦xd1 ¦d8 24.¦b1 ¥d4 25.¥xd4 ¦xd4 26.¦b2 ¢g7 27.c5 ¦b4 28.¦d2 ¦b1+ 29.¢g2 ¦c1 30.¤d7 f5 31.¦b2 ¤a5 32.¦b6 ¦c2 33.¢f1 ¢f7 34.c6 ¤xc6 35.¦xb7 ¤d4 36.f4 ¤xe2 37.¤e5+ ¢e8 38.¦xh7 ¦xa2 39.¤c6 ¢f8 40.¦a7 ¤c3 41.¦a8+ ¢g7 42.¦a7+ ¢h6 43.¤e5 e3 44.¤f7+ ¢g7 45.¤e5+ ¢f8 46.¦a8+ ¢e7 47.¦a7+ ¢d6 48.¦d7+ ¢c5 49.¦c7+ ¢b4 50.¤d3+ ¢b5 51.¦xc3 ¦d2 52.h4 a5 53.¤c1 ¦d1+ 54.¢e2 ¦g1 55.¢xe3 ¦xg3+ 56.¢d4 ¦g4 57.¤d3 ¦xh4 58.¦c5+ ¢b6 59.¦e5 a4 60.¦xe6+ ¢b5 61.¦e5+ ¢b6 62.¢c4 ¦h3 63.¦b5+ ¢c6 64.¦a5 ¦e3 65.¦a6+ ¢c7 66.¦xa4 ¦e4+ 67.¢b3 ¦xa4 68.¢xa4 ¢d6 69.¢b4 ¢d5 70.¢c3 ¢e4 71.¢c4 ¢e3 72.¢d5 1 – 0 Gelfand,B (2700)-Sokolov,I (2665)/Wijk aan Zee 1996/CBM 051 ) 17.¤xe4 ¤xe4 18.¥e1 ¤c5 19.¥xc6 bxc6 20.£xd4 ¥xd4 21.¤c2 ¥f6 22.¥a5 ¦ab8 23.¦b1 ¦b7 24.¦xb7 ¤xb7 25.¥b6 c5 26.¤e3 ¥d4 27.¤d5 e6 28.e3 ¥e5 29.¤e7+ ¢g7 30.¦d1 ¥d6 31.¤c6 ¦c8 32.¤d8 ¤xd8 33.¦xd6 ¦c6 34.¦xc6 ¤xc6 35.¥xc5 ¢f6 36.¥b6 ¢e5 37.f3 ¢d6 38.f4 ¤b4 39.a4 ¤d3 40.¥d4 ¤c5 41.¢f2 ¤xa4 42.e4 ¤c5 43.¢e3 f5 44.exf5 exf5 45.¥c3 ¤e6 46.¢d3 ¤c5+ 47.¢e3 ¤e6 48.¢d3 ¢c5 49.¥a5 h5 50.¥d2 ¢c6 51.¥e3 ¢d6 52.¥d2 ¤c5+ 53.¢e3 ¢c6 54.¥a5 ¤e6 55.¥d2 ¤c5 56.¥a5 ¤e6 57.¥d2 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Aronian, Aronian, L (2675)-Nataf,I (2565)/Calvia ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 521] 16.¤xf5 £xf5 17.¦b1 ¦ad8 18.£c1 [18.¦xb7 "I completely miscalculated even here already. So that was the first sign of...." - Rajdabov. 18...¤a5 19.¦b4 £c5 "But I thought black had a lot of play here and if I remember well computer wasn't taking on b7." - Kramnik who wasn't that convinced Qc5 was the best here anyway. 20.¤d5 ¤xc4 21.£c2 ¤xd5 22.¦xc4 £d6] 18...£e6 [18...¦d7 19.¥e3 (19.¤d5 ¤e4; 19.h3 "It's not much for white." - Kramnik. ) ) 19...¤g4] 19.¦e1 Kramnik thought this was a good try as he doesn't have much here. Now having ruled out Nd4 he can play Nd5 next move. [19.¦xb7 ¤a5 20.¦c7 ¤xc4 21.¥f4 (21.¦c6 ¦d6) 21...¦c8; 19.e3 ¤e5 20.¤d5 ¤xd5 21.cxd5 ¦xd5!] 19...£xc4 Kramnik very much wanted this capture rather than the Nc6 ending up here. 20.¦xb7 ¤e5 [20...¤d4 21.¦xe7 A bit tricky but Kramnik thinks he can grab here.(21.e3 was a safer alternative. 21...¤f5 22.e4 ¤d4 23.e5?! (23.h3) 23...¤g4 24.¤d5? loses.) ] 21.¥f4 [21.¦xe7 £c5 22.¦b7 concerned Kramnik during the game but it seems he can get away with it.] 21...£e6 22.h3 [22.£e3 ¤fg4 23.£e4 f5? (23...¤xf2! 24.¢xf2 ¤g4+ 25.¢g1 ¥xc3 26.£xe6 fxe6 and black is better. ) ) 24.£d5 wins for white.] 22...¤c4 23.e4 [23.¥g5 Kramnik wanted to play this but it doesn't seem to amount to much. 23...¦c8 (23...¤d6) 24.¥xf6 ¥xf6 25.¤d5 ¤d6] 23...¤e5 24.¥xe5 £xe5 25.¤d5 ¦fe8 [25...¦de8 Kramnik but it fails: 26.¤b4!] 26.¤b4 Kramnik decided to play e4 because "this Nb4 looks terribly scary." 26...¦d7 [26...¦c8 27.¤c6 £e6 28.e5 ¤d7 29.f4 "It's very dangerous to put it mildly." Kramnik.(29.¥d5 £xd5 30.¤xe7+ ¦xe7 31.£xc8+ ¥f8 32.¦c1 was a line Kramnik rejected and indeed it seems better for black. 32...¢g7) ] 27.¤c6 [27.¦xd7 ¤xd7 28.¤xa6 £a5 is equal.] 27...£e6 "This trick in the game I saw, it's a very nice trap, very easy to fall into in time trouble but of course I was calculating Rc7 a lot." - Kramnik, 28.¦b6 £xa2? In time trouble Radjabov just loses. [28...¦c7! "Call it a draw probably." - Kramnik. 29.¦xa6 ¤d7 (29...£c8 30.£c4 ¤d7 31.¦c1 is better for white. (31.£b5 ¤c5! is equal. ) ) ) 30.e5 ¤b8 (30...¦ec8? 31.¥d5!) 31.¦b6 ¤d7 32.¦b3 ¤b8 33.¦c3 £xa2 34.¤b4 ¦xc3 35.£xc3 £a5 is control.] 29.e5! The trap shuts and Rajdabov Rajdabov will lose. A beautiful beautiful piece of calculation from Kramnik. 29...¤d5 [29...¤h5 "In fact there is no square for the knight." - Kramnik. 30.¦b2 £e6 31.g4] 30.¦b2 £a4 31.¥xd5 ¦xd5 32.¦b4 £a2 33.¤xe7+ ¢h8 34.¤xd5 £xd5 35.£c4 £xc4 36.¦xc4 ¥xe5 37.¢f1 White has won the exchange with a completely winning position. 1–0 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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(44) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) - Gelfand,Boris (2740) [D93] FIDE Candidates London ENG (11.2), 28.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¤f3 ¥g7 5.¥f4 0–0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 ¤e4 8.¦c1 ¤d7 9.cxd5 £a5 10.¤d4 ¤xc3 11.bxc3 £xa2 12.c6 [12.£b3 £xb3 13.¤xb3 a5 14.c6 ¤f6 15.d6 bxc6 16.dxe7 ¦e8 17.¤d4 ¥d7 18.¥d6 ¤e4 19.¥a3 c5 20.¥d3 ¦xe7 21.¥xe4 ¦xe4 22.¥xc5 ¦c8 23.¥a3 f5 24.g3 g5 25.¢d2 ¦ce8 26.¦he1 f4 27.exf4 ¦xe1 28.¦xe1 ¦xe1 29.¢xe1 gxf4 30.¢d2 ¢f7 31.¢d3 fxg3 32.hxg3 h5 33.f4 ¥f6 34.¢c4 h4 35.gxh4 ¥xh4 36.¤f3 ¥f6 37.¤e5+ ¥xe5 38.fxe5 ¢e6 39.¥d6 1/2 – 1/2 1/2 Fridman,D (2655)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Dortmund (2799)/Dortmund GER 2012/The Week in Chess 924] 12...¤c5 13.¥e2 [13.c4 ¤e4 14.£c2 £a5+ 15.¢e2 ¤c5 16.cxb7 ¥xb7 17.f3 e5 18.dxe6 ¤xe6 19.¤xe6 fxe6 20.¥d6 ¦fd8 21.c5 ¦ac8 22.¦d1 ¥d5 23.¦xd5 exd5 24.£b3 ¢h8 25.£xd5 £c3 26.¢f2 ¦e8 27.£d3 £c1 28.g3 a5 29.h4 ¥e5 30.¥h3 £xh1 31.¥xc8 £h2+ 32.¢f1 £xg3 33.¥g4 £xh4 34.¥xe5+ ¦xe5 35.c6 £h1+ 36.¢f2 £h2+ 37.¢f1 £h1+ 38.¢f2 £h2+ 39.¢f1 £b2 40.£d4 £b5+ 41.¢f2 £c5 42.f4 ¢g8 43.£xe5 £xc6 44.¥e6+ 1 – 0 Somogyi,I (2290)-Kun,S (2295)/Hungary 1992/EXT 2000] 13...£xd5 14.¥f3 £c4 15.¥e2 £d5 16.¥f3 £c4 17.¥e2 £d5 It is equal and the players don't have a lot to play for. ½–½ (45) Gelfand,Boris (2740) - Svidler,Peter (2747) [A15] FIDE Candidates London ENG (12.1), 29.03.2013
1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.cxd5 ¤xd5 5.£b3 ¤b6 6.d4 ¥e6 7.£c2 ¥g4 8.£e4 ¥xf3 9.£xf3 c6 10.e3 ¥g7 11.¥e2 e5 12.dxe5 ¥xe5 13.£e4 £e7 14.¥d2 ¤8d7 15.£c2 0 – 0 16.0 – 0 ¦fe8 17.¦fd1 a5 18.¥e1 a4 19.¦ab1 ¤c5 20.¥f1 ¦ed8 21.g3 ¥g7 22.¦xd8+ ¦xd8 23.b4 axb3 24.axb3 ¦a8 25.b4 ¤cd7 26.¤e4 ¦a1 27.¦xa1 ¥xa1 28.£a2 ¥e5 29.¥g2 ¤f6 30.¤c5 ¥d6 31.¤d3 ¤e4 32.£a7 ¤d5 33.£d4 f5 34.£c4 £e6 35.f3 ¤g5 36.¥d2 ¤c7 37.£xe6+ ¤gxe6 38.f4 ¤d5 39.e4 fxe4 40.¥xe4 ¤d4 41.¢f2 ½ – ½ (46) Aronian,Levon (2809) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) [D42] FIDE Candidates London ENG (12.2), 29.03.2013
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 c5 5.cxd5 ¤xd5 6.e3 ¤c6 7.¥d3 ¥e7 8.a3 0 – 0 9.£c2 cxd4 10.exd4 f5 11.0 – 0 ¥f6 12.¤xd5 £xd5 13.¥e3 b5 14.£e2 ¥b7 15.¦ac1 a6 16.¦fd1 f4 17.¦c5 £d6 18.£c2 fxe3 19.¥xh7+ ¢h8 20.fxe3 ¤e7 21.e4 ¦ac8 22.e5 ¥xe5 23.¤xe5 ¦xc5 24.¤g6+ ¤xg6 25.dxc5 ¥e4 26.¦xd6 ¥xc2 27.¥xg6 ¥xg6 28.¦xe6 ¥d3 29.h4 a5 30.c6 ¦f1+ 31.¢h2 ¦c1 32.¦e3 ¥b1 33.¦c3 ¦xc3 34.bxc3 ¢g8 35.c7 ¥f5 36.¢g3 ¢f7 37.¢f4 ¥c8 38.¢g5 ¥d7 39.h5 ¥e6 40.g3 a4 41.g4 ¢f8 42.¢f4 ¢e7 43.g5 ¢d7 44.¢e5 ¥g8 45.c8£+ ¢xc8 46.¢d6 ¢d8 47.¢c6 ¢e7 48.¢xb5 ¢e6 49.¢xa4 ¢f5 50.g6 ¢g5 51.¢b5 ¢xh5 52.a4 ¢xg6 53.a5 ¢f6 54.a6 ¥d5 55.c4 ¥a8 56.¢b6 ¢e5 57.¢c7 g5 58.¢b8 ¥e4 59.¢c7 g4 60.a7 g3 61.c5 ¥a8 62.¢b8 ¥c6 0 – 1 (47) Radjabov,Teimour (2793) - Grischuk,Alexander (2764) [E35] FIDE Candidates London ENG (12.3), 29.03.2013
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¤a4 17.£e5 ¤c3 18.¦fe1 ¥g4 19.¥d3 ¥xf3 20.gxf3 £e6 21.£d4 ¦c6 22.b5 ¦c7 23.¢h1 ¦e8 24.¦g1 £e5 25.£xe5 ¦xe5 26.¦g4 ¢f8 27.a4 ¦c5 28.¦d4 g6 29.h3 ¦e6 30.¢g2 ¢g7 31.¦b4 b6 32.¦d4 f5 33.¢f1 ¢f6 34.¢e1 ¦e7 35.¢d2 ¦c8 36.¦a3 ¦ec7 37.¦a1 g5 38.¦b4 ¦d8 39.¦d4 ¦dc8 40.¦a3 h5 41.h4 g4 42.¦f4 gxf3 43.¥xf5 ¢e5 44.¦xc3 ¦xc3 45.¥xc8 ¦xc8 46.¢d3 ¦c1 47.¦xf3 ¦c4 48.¦f7 ¦xa4 49.f4+ ¢e6 50.¦h7 ¦a3+ 51.¢d4 ¦a4+ 52.¢d3 ¦a3+ 53.¢e2 ¦a2+ 54.¢f3 ¦a3 55.¦h6+ ¢e7 56.¦xh5 d4 57.¦e5+ ¢f6 58.¦e4 dxe3 59.¦xe3 ¦a5 60.¦e5 a6 61.bxa6 ¦xa6 62.¦b5 ¦a1 63.¦xb6+ ¢f5 64.¦b5+ ¢f6 65.¢g4 ¦g1+ 66.¢h5 ¦h1 67.¦a5 ¦h2 68.¦a8 ¦h1 69.¦g8 ¢f7 70.¦g4 ¢f6 71.¦g8 ¢f7 72.¦c8 ¢f6 73.¦c5 ¦h2 74.¦g5 ¦h1 75.¢g4 ¦g1+ 76.¢f3 ¦f1+ 77.¢g3 ¦g1+ 78.¢f2 ¦h1 79.h5 ¦h4 80.¢g3 ¦h1 81.¦a5 ¦g1+ 82.¢f2 ¦h1 83.¢g2 ¦h4 84.¢f3 ¦h1 85.h6 ¦xh6 86.¦a6+ ¢f5 87.¦xh6 ½ – ½ (48) Carlsen,Magnus (2872) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) [B48] FIDE Candidates London ENG (12.4), 29.03.2013
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¤c3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.¤xd4 £c7 6.¥e3 a6 7.£d2 ¤f6 8.0 – 0 – 0 ¥b4 9.f3 ¤e7 10.¤b3 d5 11.e5 ¤d7 12.f4 b6 13.¥d4 ¤c5 14.a3 ¤e4 15.£e1 ¤xc3 16.¥xc3 ¥xc3 17.£xc3 £xc3 18.bxc3 a5 19.¤d4 19 .¤d4 ¥a6 20.¥d3 ¢d7 21.¢d2 ¤c6 22.¦b1 ¥xd3 23.¢xd3 ¦ab8 24.¤b5 g5 25.g3 ¦hg8 26.c4 gxf4 27.gxf4 ¤e7 28.¦hg1 dxc4+ 29.¢xc4 ¤d5 30.¤d6 ¢c6 31.¤xf7 ¤xf4 32.¢b3 ¢c5 33.¤g5 h6 34.¤e4+ ¢d4 35.¤f6 ¦xg1 36.¦xg1 ¦c8 37.¦e1 ¦c3+ 38.¢b2 ¦f3 39.¦e4+ ¢c5 40.¤d7+ ¢d5 41.¤f6+ ¢c5 42.¤d7+ ¢c6 43.¤f6 ¤g6 44.¦c4+ ¢b5 45.¦e4 ¦f5 46.¤e8 ¢c5 47.¤c7 ¤xe5 48.¦h4 ¢d6 49.¤b5+ ¢d7 50.a4 h5 51.¤d4 ¦g5 52.¦e4 ¤c4+ 53.¢c3 ¦e5 54.¦h4 ¤d6 55.¢d3 ¦d5 56.c4 ¦g5 57.¤f3 ¦c5 58.¤d2 ¦f5 59.¤b3 ¤b7 60.¦h3 ¢d6 61.¢c3 ¤c5 62.¤xc5 ¢xc5 63.¦e3 e5 64.h4 ¢d6 65.¦d3+ ¢e6 66.¦g3 ¢f6 67.¦d3 ¦f4 68.¦d6+ ¢f5 69.¦xb6 ¦xh4 70.c5 ¦xa4 71.¦h6 ¢e4 72.¦d6 ¦d4 73.¦a6 ¢d5 74.¦xa5 ¦c4+ 75.¢d3 ¦xc5 76.¦a4 ¦c7 77.¦h4 ¦h7 78.¢e3 ¢e6 79.¢e4 ¦h8 80.¢e3 ¢f5 81.¢e2 ¢g5 82.¦e4 ¦e8 83.¢e3 h4 84.¢e2 h3 85.¢f2 h2 86.¢g2 h1£+ 87.¢xh1 ¢f5 88.¦e1 ¦g8 89.¢h2 ¢f4 90.¦f1+ ¢e3 0 – 1 (49) Radjabov,Teimour (2793) - Carlsen,Magnus (2872) [E32] FIDE Candidates London ENG (13.1), 31.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.£c2 d6 Carlsen plays a very rare variation of the Nimzo-Indian to try and put Radjabov on the back foot. 5.¤f3 ¤bd7 6.g3 0–0 7.¥g2 e5 8.0–0 [8.dxe5 1 – 0 Rajlich,I (2399)-Lomineishvili,M (2437)/ St Petersburg RUS 2009/The Week in Chess 750 (59)] 8...c6 9.¦d1 ¦e8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.a3 ¥xc3 12.£xc3 £e7 13.b4 ¤b6 14.¥e3 ¤g4 "I misplayed the opening maybe around this part. Maybe I can take on b6 or something." - Rajdabov. 15.¤d2 f5 16.h3 ¤xe3 17.£xe3 e4!? 18.¦ac1 ¥e6 19.£c3 ¦ad8 20.¥f1 c5 21.bxc5 ¤a4 22.£b4 ¤xc5 23.¤b3 ¦xd1 24.¦xd1 ¤a6 25.£xe7 ¦xe7 26.e3 ¢f7 "This has to be somewhat better for black, not by very much." Svidler. 27.¥e2 b6 28.¦d8 "I wasn't sure why he allowed the rook to the 8th to be honest." - Svidler. 28...¤c5 [28...¦e8!? Svidler.] 29.¤d4 ¢f6 30.¢f1 ¦d7 31.¦f8+ ¥f7 32.¢e1 g6 33.h4 h6 34.¦c8 "Around this point I tried to regroup forcing him to make a decision whether to exchange one minor piece or a rook, just something to keep on playing and upset the balance a little bit" - Carlsen. 34...¥e6 35.¦f8+ ¦f7 36.¦h8 ¦c7 37.¤b5 ¦d7 38.¤d4 h5 39.¦f8+ ¥f7 "The fact that the entire kingside is fixed on the light squares is not [good news for Carlsen]" - Svidler. "Of us two Magnus is still the better endgame technician so he probably knows something I don't." Svidler. 40.¦c8 ¢e5 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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"I thought around the time control that this isn't going to happen. I had no choice but to keep on going and fortunately he eventually crumbled." Carlsen didn't think he was really going to manage to win around this stage. 41.¦a8 [41.¦c6 Radjabov.] 41...a6 42.¦c8 ¦d6 43.¤c6+ ¢f6 44.¤d4 ¥e6 "Black simply has no plan, not at least one that I can see to get anywhere because white's position is incredibly solid but the same applies to white." Svidler. 45.¦f8+ ¢e7 46.¦a8 ¦d7 47.¦b8 ¦b7 "In this position I don't have to exchange rooks in fact because it's not very hard for me to play." Radjabov who thought at the very least it was a practical mistake. "I was happy with the exchange of rooks because I think that increases my winning chances very slightly although the position is still a draw obviously. Probably it was a draw right until the end. I mean I don't know I couldn't calculate but I managed to keep the game going and he made enough mistake that it was like a win." 48.¦xb7+ ¤xb7 49.¢d2 ¢d6 50.¢c3 ¥f7 51.¤b3 ¢e5 52.¥f1 a5 53.¥e2 ¥e6 54.¥f1 ¥d7 55.¥e2 ¥a4 56.¤d4 ¤c5 57.¢b2 ¥e8 58.¢c3 ¥f7 59.¤c6+ ¢d6 60.¤d4 ¤d7 61.¤b5+ ¢c5 62.¤d4 ¤e5 63.¤b3+ ¢c6 64.a4? "Maybe I didn't have to play a4, it was an important moment somehow. Which is ridiculous also from a practical point of view." Radjabov. [64.¤d2 ¢d6 "and it's maybe a draw. In my hands I'm not so sure." - Radjabov.] 64...¢d7 65.¤d4 ¢d6 66.¤b5+ ¢c5 67.¤d4 ¥e8 68.¤b3+ ¢d6 69.c5+ ¢c7 70.¢d4 ¤c6+ 71.¢c3 ¤e7 72.cxb6+ ¢xb6 73.¤d2 ¥xa4 74.¤c4+ ¢a6 75.¤a3+ [75.¤d6+ ¢b6 76.¤c4+ ¢c5 77.¤xa5] 75...¢b7 76.¤c4 ¢a6 [76...¤c6 77.¤b2! was almost overlooked by Carlsen.] 77.¤a3+ ¢a7 "The problem here is that you were so short on time it's not so easy to ... [work it out]" Carlsen. 78.¢d4 ¤c6+ 79.¢c5 ¤e5 80.¤c4?! [80.¤b5+ ¢b7 81.¤c3 (81.¤d6+ ¢c7 82.¤c4 ¤d7+ (82...¤d3+ Carlsen 83.¢d4 ¤c1) 83.¢d4 ¥b5) 81...¥c6 82.¢d4 ¤f7; 80.¢d4] 80...¤d3+ 81.¢d4 [81.¥xd3 exd3 82.¤d2] 81...¤c1 82.¥f1 ¥b5 83.¤xa5? Definitely loses. [83.¢c3 a4 84.¢b2 ¤d3+ 85.¥xd3 exd3 86.¤d2 ¢b6 87.¢c3; 83.¢c3 and play goes on.] 83...¥xf1 84.¤c6+ ¢b6 85.¤e7 ¤d3 86.¤xg6 ¢c7 87.¤e7 ¥h3 88.¤d5+ ¢d6 89.¤f6 ¥g4 0–1 (50) Grischuk,Alexander (2764) - Aronian,Levon (2809) [D11] FIDE Candidates London ENG (13.2), 31.03.2013
1.¤f3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 ¤f6 4.g3 dxc4 5.¥g2 ¤bd7 6.£c2 ¤b6 7.¤bd2 g6 8.0 – 0 ¥g7 9.¤xc4 ¥f5 10.£c3 ¤xc4 11.£xc4 0 – 0 12.¦d1 a5 13.£b3 £d6 14.¤e5 ¤d7 15.¤c4 £b4 16.¤e3 £xb3 17.axb3 ¥e6 18.d5 cxd5 19.¤xd5 ¤c5 20.¦a3 ¥xd5 21.¦xd5 ¦ac8 22.¥g5 e6 23.¦d6 ¥xb2 24.¦xa5 ¥c1 25.¥f6 ¤xb3 26.¦b5 ¤d2 27.¦d3 b6 28.e3 ¤c4 29.¥f1 ¥a3 30.¦d1 ¦fe8 31.¦d7 ¥f8 32.¥xc4 ¦xc4 33.¦xb6 ¥g7 34.¥e7 ¦cc8 35.¢g2 ¦b8 36.¦c6 ¦bc8 37.¦b6 ¦b8 38.¦c6 ½ – ½ (51) Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) - Gelfand,Boris (2740) [E60] FIDE Candidates London ENG (13.3), 31.03.2013 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.¥g2 d5 5.e3 "I think in a practical sense it's a good choice. I doubt such a move can give an advantage. Finally I think I got a bit better position out of the opening. Maybe he introduces more than all of us altogether. Even on move 5 he always comes up with a great idea." - Kramnik. "Quite an interesting move it's amazing how many moves Vladimir can introduce." - Gelfand. [5.¤c3 ¥g7 6.¥g5 dxc4 7.¤f3 ¤d5 8.0 – 0 0 – 0 9.¦c1 ¤d7 10.£d2 ¦e8 11.¤e4 ¤7f6 12.¤c5 b6 13.e4 bxc5 14.exd5 ¤e4 15.£f4 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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cxd5 16.¥h6 cxd4 17.¥xg7 ¢xg7 18.£e5+ f6 19.£xd4 e5 20.£e3 £b6 21.£a3 ¥e6 22.¦c2 ¦ac8 23.¤h4 ¤g5 24.¦d1 e4 25.¦cd2 ¤f7 26.¥f1 ¤e5 27.¢g2 g5 28.f4 ¤g4 29.fxg5 fxg5 30.£c3+ ¢g8 31.¦d4 gxh4 32.gxh4 £d6 33.£h3 £f4 0 – 1 Gonzalez Ramirez,M-Prada,F/Las Ramirez,M-Prada,F/Las Palmas 1995] 5...dxc4 [5...¥g7 6.¤e2 ¤bd7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.¤bc3 with already a very comfortable position for white according to Gelfand.] 6.¤e2 "Of course there are many ways to protect the pawn and then the game gets very sharp and of course the one who has checked it with the computer has some advantage always." - Kramnik. 6...¥g7 7.0–0 0–0 8.¤a3 ¤bd7 [8...¥e6 and the computer gives some "very strange" lines according to Kramnik which are supposedly better for black.] 9.¤xc4 "A comfortable plus for white but it's very solid for black anyway." - Kramnik. 9...¤b6 10.¤a5 [10.b3 c5 11.¥a3] 10...£c7 "Almost only move" - Kramnik. 11.b4 e5 12.dxe5 [12.¥a3 ¦d8] 12...£xe5 13.¤d4 ¤e4 14.£c2 ¦e8 Kramnik thought he might have overestimated his position here. 15.¥a3 £e7 [15...h5 16.b5 (16.¦ac1 h4 17.b5 hxg3 18.hxg3 c5 very sharp. ) ) 16...c5] 16.¦ad1 [16.£d3 Kramnik. 16...¥f8 (16...h5 17.¦ad1 h4 18.b5 c5 19.¥xe4 hxg3 20.hxg3 with some compensation for the pawn according to Gelfand. ) 17.¥b2] 16...h5 17.¦d3 "Rd3 is probably not a bad move but Boris played very well because now..." Kramnik. "Only moves already" - Gelfand. 17...¤d5 "Blacks position is kind of active but just blow a little bit and it collapses." - Kramnik. 18.¦fd1 [18.¤axc6 "Doesn't seem to work." Kramnik and Gelfand. 18...bxc6 19.£xc6 ¥b7 20.b5 ¥xc6 21.¥xe7 ¥xd4 22.¥xe4 and black wins.; 18.£b3 ¤c7 Gelfand. (18...¤df6 19.b5 c5 Kramnik. ) ) ] 18...¥g4 [18...¤df6 Kramnik. 19.f3 "f3 I don't like [for me]" Gelfand. 19...¤g5 20.b5!] 19.¦c1 [19.f3 ¤g5 (19...¤ec3!) 20.fxg4 ¤xe3 "I didn't even want to. It's too dangerous is f3." - Kramnik.; 19.¤dxc6 bxc6 20.¤xc6 £e6 Gelfand. (20...£f6 Kramnik. 21.¦xd5 ¤c3 All very wild! ) ) 21.¦xd5 ¤c3 Again balanced.] 19...¥xd4 Bxd4 "strange move" - Kramnik but he didn't see another move for black. [19...h4!?] 20.¦xd4 ¤g5 21.£d3 [21.e4 ¤f3+ (21...¤c7) 22.¥xf3 ¥xf3 23.£b3 "Finally winning" - Kramnik. 23...¥xe4 24.¦e1 f5 25.f3 £f6 26.¥b2 ¥xf3 27.¦xe8+ ¦xe8 28.£xf3 ¦e1+ "A bit scarey" - Kramnik. Computers have it equal!! 29.¢f2 ¦b1 (29...f4? 30.¢xe1 does winl.; 29...£e6 "Maybe I was winning but quite scarey." - Kramnik. ) 30.£e2 f4 31.¦xd5 ¦xb2 32.¦d2 fxg3+ 33.¢g2 ¦xd2 34.£xd2] 21...¤f3+ [21...£f6] 22.¥xf3 ¥xf3 23.b5 "Black can't even create a threat. I think I'm clearly better here." - Kramnik. 23...£e6 24.¤xb7 [24.bxc6 bxc6 25.¤xc6 ¤xe3 Gelfand. "So maybe I did it right." Kramnik.] 24...cxb5 25.¤d6 £h3 26.£f1 £xf1+ 27.¢xf1 ¦e6 28.¤xb5 ¦b8 29.¤d6 [29.¤c7] 29...¤f6 30.¦f4 [30.¦dc4] 30...¥d5 31.¦c2 [31.¦d4] 31...¤e4 32.¤xf7 ¦a6 33.¥c1 ¦e8 34.¦c7 ¦xa2 35.¤h6+ ¢h8 36.¤f7+ ¢g8 37.f3 ¥xf7 38.¦fxf7 ¦d8 39.¦g7+ ¢f8 40.¦gf7+ ¢g8 Time control and it seems with best play this is a draw. Kramnik thought for quite a long time but couldn't find a way through. 41.¢e1 ¤c5 42.¦g7+ ¢f8 43.¦gf7+ ¢g8 44.¦g7+ ¢f8 45.¦h7 ¤d3+ 46.¢f1 ¢g8 47.¦cg7+ ¢f8 48.¦f7+ ¢g8 49.¦fg7+ ¢f8 50.¦b7 ¢g8 51.¦hg7+ ¢f8 52.¦gc7 ¤xc1 53.¦xc1 ¦xh2 54.¢g1 ¦e2 55.e4 a5 56.¦a7 a4 57.¦b1 a3 58.¦xa3 ¦dd2 59.¦a7 ¦g2+ ½–½ (52) Svidler,Peter (2747) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) [C02] FIDE Candidates London ENG (13.4), 31.03.2013 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 ¤c6 5.¤f3 ¥d7 6.¥e2 ¤ge7 7.0–0 ¤g6 8.g3 cxd4 9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 £xf6 11.¥g5 £f7 12.¥e3 h6 13.¤c3 ¥d6 14.¤b5 ¥b8 15.¤e5 [15.¦c1 0 – 0 16.a3 £f6 17.b4 a6 18.¤c3 ¥a7 19.b5 ¤a5 20.a4 ¥b8 21.¤e1 ¥d6 22.f4 ¦fc8 23.¤f3 ¥b4 24.¤e5 ¤xe5 25.dxe5 £e7 26.¥d4 axb5 27.¤xb5 ¦xc1 28.£xc1 ¥xb5 http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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29.¥xb5 0 – 1 Jonkman,H (2491)-Firman,N (2494)/Lvov UKR 2001/The Week in Chess 373] 15...¤gxe5 16.dxe5 Svidler thought Ivanchuk was in a principled mood and he wanted to ask him what he wanted to do here. 16...¤xe5 17.¥c5 "I tried working out what's going on here but it's very difficult." - Svidler. 17...¤c4 [17...h5 Svidler didn't have any direct threats so thought this might be possible. "Just to stop Bh5 forever. I will never have this option ever again." - Svidler. 18.¦c1 h4 19.¤d6+ ¥xd6 20.¥xd6 ¤c4; 17...a6 18.¤d4 "With very, very nice compensation for the pawn." Svidler.] 18.b3 "It seemed to me a very ambitious try" Svidler. [18.¥xc4 dxc4 19.¤d6+ ¥xd6 20.£xd6 ¦c8 21.¦ad1 ¦c6 22.£b8+ ¥c8 23.£xa7 £f5] 18...b6 19.¥b4 [19.bxc4 bxc5 20.cxd5 0 – 0 21.d6 ¥c6 "Hugely unclear but most likely ending up very equal." - Svidler.; 19.¥d4 ¥xb5 (19...¤e5 20.f4 ¤g6 21.¦c1 0 – – 0 22.¤c7 ¥xc7 23.¦xc7 ¦fc8) 20.bxc4 ¥xc4 21.¥xc4 dxc4 22.¥xg7 "Which I thought was very important." Svidler. 22...£xg7 23.£f3 ¥xg3!! Not spotted by Svidler but really quite nice. 24.£c6+ (24.£xa8+ ¢e7 25.£xa7+ ¥c7+ 26.¢h1 £e5 still equal! ) ) 24...¢e7 25.hxg3 ¦ac8 26.£b7+ ¢f6 27.£f3+ ¢g5 28.£e3+ ¢g6 with draw.] 19...a5 20.¥c3! ¥xb5 21.¥h5 g6 22.¥xh8 gxh5 23.¦e1 [23.bxc4 ¥xc4 24.¦e1 ¥d6 "and black has a very solid structure. I don't see why I'm playing for a win here." - Svidler] 23...£f5 Probably not the best according to Svidler. [23...¤d6! 24.£xd5 ¢d7!! "And this position is very, very tricky." Svidler spotted this whilst waiting for Ivanchuk to move. 25.£xa8 ¥c6 26.£xb8 £f3 27.£a7+ ¢c8 28.£a6+ Equal. 28...¢c7 29.£a7+ (29.¢f1 £g2+ 30.¢e2 ¥b5+ 31.£xb5 ¤xb5 "Probably OK for black objectively but I can continue playing." - Svidler. ) 29...¤b7 30.¥e5+ ¢d7 31.¦ad1+ ¢e7 32.¢f1 ¥b5+ 33.¦d3 ¥xd3+ 34.¢g1 ¥f5 "draws, well good luck finding that." Svidler gives a line his team told him after the game.] 24.bxc4 ¥xc4 25.£d4 "Here I am much better as I'm in time to set up a blockade." - Svidler. 25...¥c7 [25...¢d7 26.£g7+! ¢c6 27.£e7 (27.£g8 was was Svidler's suggestion trying to tie black on the 8th rank but 27...¢b7 28.£xe6 £xe6 29.¦xe6 ¥xg3!! is only a bit better for white according to Houdini. ) ) 27...¥d6 28.¦xe6 £xe6 29.£xe6 ¦xh8 30.a4 White wins on material.] 26.¥e5 0–0–0 27.¦ac1 ¦d7 28.a4 "I'm not entirely sure about 28.a4, this may have been a mistake. I was trying very hard not to play against the flag but against somebody who will have a minute in a second a move like this giving him a plethora of options is maybe not such a bad idea." - Svidler. 28...£g4 "Qg4 came as a bit of a shock frankly but I don't think the variation changes very much I can play Qe3." - Svidler. 29.£e3 h4 Achieves nothing but black is in trouble on the board and clock. [29...d4 30.£xh6 d3 (30...¥xe5 31.¦xc4+) 31.f3 (31.h3) 31...£xf3 32.¦xc4 d2 33.¦xc7+ ¦xc7 34.£xd2 "Just in time otherwise it might get actually a bit tricky." Svidler.] 30.£xh6 hxg3 31.hxg3 "This has to be lost objectively and also against half a minute I'm favorite to convert this I think." - Svidler. 31...¥d8 "Everything is collapsing because there are so many weaknesses." Svidler. 32.¥f4 ¦e7 33.¥g5 ¢d7 34.¥xe7 ¥xe7 35.¢g2 ¥c5 36.f3 £f5 37.£g7+ "And here Vassily lost on time but the evaluation shouldn't be in much doubt." - Svidler. "I'm guaranteed a non-negative score which is very important." 1–0 (53) Carlsen,Magnus (2872) - Svidler,Peter (2747) [C77] FIDE Candidates 2013 London (14), 01.04.2013 Analysis by Alejandro Ramirez 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0–0 ¥e7 6.d3 The increasingly popular quick d3 system, yet again seen in London. Carlsen crushed Svidler with the black side of this system, surely he can also outplay him with white. 6...b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.a3 0–0 9.¤c3 ¥b7 10.¥d2 £d7 11.a4 ¤d8!? Very solid play, though there were viable alternatives alternatives for sure. The idea of moving the knight from c6 is nothing new in the Spanish. It is now being http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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rerouted to f4. 12.axb5 axb5 13.¦xa8 ¥xa8 14.¤e2 ¤e6 15.¤g3 c5 16.¤f5 ¥d8 17.c4 bxc4 18.¥xc4 White has a maybe microscopically more pleasant position. His bishop on c4 is well placed, the knight on f4 is relatively uncomfortable, but Black still has many resources. 18...¥c7 19.¦e1 ¦e8 20.£c1 ¤h5 [20...¤d4 already blunders the game. 21.¤3xd4 cxd4 22.¤xg7+-] 21.g3 [21.b4! cxb4 22.¥xb4 Would've given him a pleasant edge, but the symmetrical position gives Black good chances for a draw.] 21...g6 22.¤h6+ ¢g7 23.¤g5 ¤xg5 24.¥xg5 d5 25.exd5 ¥xd5 26.¤g4 ¥f3 Svidler thought this idea was very strong, and that Carlsen underestimated it. However, it is possible both missed White's resource on move 31. 27.¥f6+ ¢g8 28.¤h6+ ¢f8 29.£e3 [29.¤xf7 ¤xf6 30.£h6+ ¢e7? Suggested by Svidler. (30...¢g8!! is just a draw, according to the engines, as there are no good discoveries. Notice how in no variation can White take on e5 as the opening of the e-file will be lethal to him because of his weakened back rank. 31.¤xe5+? ¥d5 32.¤xd7 ¦xe1#) 31.¤g5! Was missed by both players.] 29...¥b7 [31.¥d5! This strong resource would've 30.¥h4 £h3 31.f3? The start of Carlsen's demise. [31.¥d5! simply left White a pawn ahead. White's knight on h6 can be left in prize! 31...¥xd5 32.£xc5+ ¢g7 33.£xd5 ¢xh6 34.£xf7 ¥a5 (34...¦c8? Svidler admitted he had no idea what was going on, and this was his suggestion. However this loses to the very strong... 35.£e7! and Black is closed to getting mated. ) ) 35.£xe8 ¥xe1 36.£xe5 White's three pawns are stronger than the piece, and it is in Black's best interest to give it back immediately. 36...¥xf2+ 37.¢xf2 £xh2+ 38.¢e1 With only chances for White.] 31...¤f4 32.gxf4 £xh4 33.¤xf7 ¥xf3 34.£f2 £g4+ 35.£g3 exf4 Now Black's advantage is clear and decisive. The pair of bishops is too strong. 36.¦xe8+ ¢xe8 37.£xg4 ¥xg4 38.¤g5 h6 39.¤f7 h5 40.¤h6 ¥d1 41.¢f2 f3 42.h3 ¥f4 43.¤f7 g5 44.¢e1 g4 Simple calculation, White cannot stop the pawns. 45.hxg4 hxg4 46.¢xd1 g3 47.¢e1 g2 48.¢f2 ¥h2 Carlsen loses, but his lucky stars had not yet abandoned him. 0–1 (54) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2757) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2810) [B08] FIDE Candidates 2013 London (14), 01.04.2013 Analysis by Alejandro Ramirez 1.d4 d6 2.e4 The Pirc. An obscure opening in the realm of elite players. Kramnik wasn't satisfied with neutralizing Ivanchuk, he was risking everything for the win. 2...¤f6 3.¤c3 g6 4.¤f3 ¥g7 5.¥e2 0–0 6.0–0 a6 7.h3 A classical and sedate approach. Strong both because of its positional value, but also because it steers the game away from the sharp complications Kramnik is so desperately looking for. 7...¤c6 8.¥g5 b5 9.a3 h6 10.¥e3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.£c1 ¢h7? Already a mistake, however the 'correct' move was far from human. [12...¤d4 13.¥xh6 ¥b7 14.¥xg7 ¢xg7 15.¦d1 c5 16.£e3 £e7 And Black has some compensation, but no more.] 13.¥c5 ¦e8 14.¦d1 ¥d7 15.b4 £c8 16.£e3 White has more space, better coordinated pieces and actual prospects of invading d5, unlike Black who cannot move to d4. Also White is the one that can break the queenside. A very uncomfortable situation for Black. 16...¤d8 17.a4 bxa4 18.¤xa4 ¤e6 19.¥c4 ¤h5 20.¤c3 ¤hf4 21.¤d5 ¥b5 22.¥b3 ¥c6 23.¦a5 £b7 24.g3! A valiant sacrifice. With the h-pawn gone, White can occupy the h-file, putting pressure on every side of the board. Further, Black is left without a plan and without the strong knight on f4. 24...¤xh3+ 25.¢g2 ¤hg5 26.¦h1 ¢g8 27.¤xg5 ¤xg5 28.f3 ¥xd5 29.¥xd5 c6 30.¥c4 £c8 31.£b3 h5 32.¥e3 ¤e6 33.¦ha1 h4 Giving back the pawn does not alleviate Black's problems - he doesn't even get access to the f4 square. However it was hard to suggest much of anything, let alone a way to win this game. 34.gxh4 £d8 35.¦xa6 ¦c8 36.¦h1 ¦c7 37.¥xe6 ¦xe6 38.b5! White's now up a pawn, and Black http://www.scribd.com/elvuelodelcondor
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has the horrible choice between exposing his king to a strong attack or allowing a strong passed pawn on b6. 38...¦b7 [38...cxb5 39.¦xe6 fxe6 40.£xe6+ ¦f7 41.£xg6+-] 39.b6 c5 40.¦b1 ¥f8 41.£d5 £b8 42.¦ba1 ¦d6 43.¦a8 ¦xd5 44.¦xb8 ¦xb8 45.exd5 ¥d6 The b-pawn is too strong, strong, White has only to march march his king forward. 46.¦a6 ¦b7 47.¢f1 The King goes to a6, the game is over, Kramnik resigns and Magnus wins the tournament! 1–0 (55) Aronian,L (2809) - Radjabov,T (2793) [E71] FIDE Candidates London ENG (14), 01.04.2013
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 0 – 0 6.¥g5 a6 7.¤f3 c5 8.dxc5 £a5 9.¥d3 dxc5 10.0 – 0 ¤c6 11.¤d5 ¥e6 12.£b3 b5 13.¦ac1 bxc4 14.¥xc4 ¤xe4 15.£b7 ¦ac8 16.¥xe7 ¥xd5 17.¥xf8 ¦b8 18.£xb8 ¤xb8 19.¥xd5 ¢xf8 20.¥xe4 ¤d7 21.b3 £xa2 22.¦cd1 ¤e5 23.¦d8+ ¢e7 24.¦b8 ¤xf3+ 25.¥xf3 ¥d4 26.g3 a5 27.¦e1+ ¢f6 28.¦e2 £b1+ 29.¢g2 a4 30.¦b7 a3 31.¥d5 a2 32.¦xf7+ ¢g5 33.h4+ ¢h6 34.¦ee7 g5 35.¥e4 1 – 0 (56) Gelfand,B (2740) - Gri schuk,A schuk,A (2764) [D85] FIDE Candidates London ENG (14), 01.04.2013
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.cxd5 ¤xd5 5.¥d2 ¥g7 6.e4 ¤xc3 7.¥xc3 c5 8.d5 ¥xc3+ 9.bxc3 0 – 0 10.£d2 e6 11.¥c4 exd5 12.¥xd5 ¤c6 13.¤f3 £f6 14.0 – 0 ¥g4 15.£e3 ¥xf3 16.gxf3 ¦ae8 17.¢h1 b5 18.¦ad1 b4 19.f4 ¤e7 20.c4 £a6 21.£xc5 ¤xd5 22.exd5 £a3 23.d6 £f3+ 24.¢g1 £g4+ 25.¢h1 £f3+ 26.¢g1 £g4+ 27.¢h1 £f3+ ½ – ½
The table displays Kramnik ahead on traditional tiebreak points, but the Candidates Tournament rules counts the number of wins – Carlsen five, Kramnik four – to break the tie, after the first tiebreaker, score against each other, was even.
Analysis by Mark Crowther
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