The Sinquefield Cup is always an amazing event and has come to solidify its place as one of the most prestigious chess tournaments in the world. Every year, the best chess players from around the world converge on the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis to compete in the round robin tournament. The Sinquefield Cup is also memorable for Fabiano Caruana’s incredible run in 2014, which I built a commemorative wall piece to celebrate the tournament. After some scheduling changes due to the upcoming Baku Olympian, this year’s event included Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri, Vishy Anand, Peter Svidler, and wildcard Ding Liren.
World Champion Magnus Carlsen opted out of this year’s event so that he could focus on the upcoming World Chess Championship in New York.
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[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.05”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Black “Svidler, Peter”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C88”]
[WhiteElo “2761”]
[BlackElo “2751”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “55”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {(4s)} e5 {(9s)} 2. Nf3 {(4s)} Nc6 {(6s)} 3. Bb5 {(8s)} a6 {(4s)} 4. Ba4
{(4s)} Nf6 {(6s)} 5. O-O {(14s)} Be7 {(5s)} 6. Re1 {(6s)} b5 {(5s)} 7. Bb3 {
(3s)} O-O {(7s)} 8. a4 {(7s)} b4 {(6s)} 9. d3 {(6s)} d6 {(45s)} 10. a5 {(18s)}
Be6 {(442s)} 11. Bxe6 {(9s)} fxe6 {(4s)} 12. Nbd2 {(8s)} d5 {(946s)} 13. c3 {
( 106s)} Bd6 {(2085s)} 14. d4 {(275s)} bxc3 {(277s)} 15. bxc3 {(49s)} exd4 {
(187s)} 16. cxd4 {(671s)} dxe4 {(95s)} 17. Nxe4 {(11s)} Bb4 {(5s)} 18. Bd2 {
(715s)} Nxe4 {(24s)} 19. Rxe4 {(22s)} Qd5 {(7s)} 20. Bxb4 {(284s)} Qxe4 {(38s)}
21. Bxf8 {(10s)} Rxf8 {(4s)} 22. Rc1 {(232s)} h6 {(917s)} 23. Qd2 {(752s)} Rb8
{(612s)} 24. Qe3 {(202s)} Qd5 {(27s)} 25. h3 {[#] (502s)} Rb4 {(147s) A
massive blindness that loses material and the game.} 26. Qc3 {(229s)} Nxd4 {
(179s)} 27. Qxb4 {(12s)} Ne2+ {(188s)} 28. Kh1 {(28s)} ({Svidler resigned after
} 28. Kh1 {understanding Topalov had seen the win too.} Nxc1 {and White wins
the knight by force.} 29. Qb8+ Kh7 (29… Kf7 30. Qxc7+ {and the knight falls
as well.}) 30. Qb1+ Nd3 31. Ne1 {and that is that.}) 1-0
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.05”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Giri, Anish”]
[Black “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B90”]
[WhiteElo “2769”]
[BlackElo “2819”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “93”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {(3s)} c5 {(4s)} 2. Nf3 {(4s)} d6 {(3s)} 3. d4 {(4s)} cxd4 {(4s)} 4. Nxd4 {(3s)} Nf6 {(7s)} 5.
Nc3 {(2s)} a6 {(6s)} 6. Be3 {(4s)} Ng4 {(6s)} 7. Bc1 {(3s)} Nf6 {(4s)} 8. f3 {(3s)} e5 {(6s)} 9. Nb3 {(4
s)} Be6 {(32s)} 10. Be3 {(17s)} Be7 {(39s)} 11. Qd2 {(48s)} O-O {(9s)} 12. O-O-O {(4s)} Nbd7 {(18s)}
13. g4 {(6s)} b5 {(4s)} 14. g5 {(4s)} b4 {(4s)} 15. gxf6 {(4s)} bxc3 {(5s)} 16. Qxc3 {(4s)} Nxf6 {(10
s)} 17. Na5 {(2s)} Rc8 {(70s)} 18. Nc6 {(17s)} Qe8 {(8s)} 19. Nxe7+ {(5s)} Qxe7 {(8s)} 20. Qa5 {(34s)}
Rc6 {(7s)} 21. Kb1 {(78s)} Rfc8 {(127s)} 22. Rd2 {(26s)} Nh5 {(340s)} 23. Rg1 {(60s)} Qh4 {(1386s)}
24. Be2 {(1444s)} Nf4 {(29s)} 25. Bd1 {(229s)} f5 {(693s)} 26. exf5 {(1142s)} Bxf5 {(12s)} 27.
Ka1 {(144s)} d5 {(1269s)} 28. c3 {(177s)} Rg6 {(13s)} 29. Rxg6 {(682s)} hxg6 {(12s)} 30. Bxf4 {(57
s)} Qxf4 {(609s)} 31. Qxd5+ {(23s)} Kh7 {(15s)} 32. Bb3 {(733s)} a5 {(82s)} 33. a4 {(431s)} Re8 {(42
s)} 34. Ka2 {(656s)} Be6 {(93s)} 35. Qc6 {(155s)} Bxb3+ {(242s)} 36. Kxb3 {(4s)} Rb8+ {(11s)} 37.
Kc2 {(4s)} Rxb2+ {(4s)} 38. Kxb2 {(3s)} Qxd2+ {(8s)} 39. Kb3 {(10s)} Qxh2 {(254s)} 40. Qd5 {(0s)}
Qe2 {(0s)} 41. Qxa5 {(287s)} Qd1+ {(148s)} 42. Kb2 {(248s)} Qd2+ {(12s)} 43. Kb3 {(36s)} Qd1+ {(5s)}
44. Kb2 {(79s)} Qd2+ {(13s)} 45. Ka3 {(24s)} Qc1+ {(9s)} 46. Kb4 {(116s)} Qb1+ {(4s)} 47. Ka3 {(46
s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.05”]
[Round “1”]
[White “So, Wesley”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “E06”]
[WhiteElo “2771”]
[BlackElo “2791”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “75”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. d4 {(4s)} Nf6 {(7s)} 2. c4 {(7s)} e6 {(5s)} 3. Nf3 {(6s)} d5 {(7s)} 4. g3 {(3s)} Be7 {(5s)} 5. Bg2 {(
15s)} O-O {(13s)} 6. O-O {(6s)} dxc4 {(3s)} 7. Ne5 {(6s)} Nc6 {(8s)} 8. Nxc6 {(7s)} bxc6 {(3s)} 9. Na3
{(5s)} Bxa3 {(3s)} 10. bxa3 {(6s)} Ba6 {(4s)} 11. Qd2 {(6s)} Rb8 {(35s)} 12. Qa5 {(30s)} Qc8 {(12s)}
13. a4 {(13s)} Rd8 {(62s)} 14. Ba3 {(7s)} Rxd4 {(46s)} 15. Rfb1 {(18s)} Rb6 {(114s)} 16. Bc5 {(9s)}
Rd7 {(83s)} 17. Rd1 {(10s)} h6 {(788s)} 18. Rxd7 {(737s)} Nxd7 {(18s)} 19. Bxb6 {(3s)} cxb6 {(26s)}
20. Qd2 {(11s)} c5 {(555s)} 21. Rd1 {(1100s)} Nf6 {(25s)} 22. Kf1 {(23s)} Kh7 {(1014s)} 23. Qc2+
{(644s)} Kg8 {(25s)} 24. Qd2 {(645s)} Kh7 {(15s)} 25. Qd8 {(142s)} Qxd8 {(44s)} 26. Rxd8 {(5s)} c3 {(
5s)} 27. Ke1 {(5s)} Bc4 {(537s)} 28. Kd1 {(317s)} Bxa2 {(295s)} 29. Kc2 {(7s)} Bc4 {(506s)} 30. e3
{(763s)} b5 {(974s)} 31. Kxc3 {(165s)} a6 {(104s)} 32. Ra8 {(261s)} Nd5+ {(1060s)} 33. Bxd5 {(10s)}
exd5 {(74s)} 34. a5 {(570s)} b4+ {(66s)} 35. Kd2 {(7s)} Bf1 {(119s)} 36. Rc8 {(225s)} c4 {(18s)} 37.
Rb8 {(5s)} b3 {(28s)} 38. Kc3 {(26s)} 1-0
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.05”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Ding, Liren”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D37”]
[WhiteElo “2755”]
[BlackElo “2792”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “61”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. d4 {(5s)} Nf6 {(9s)} 2. c4 {(4s)} e6 {(10s)} 3. Nf3 {(7s)} d5 {(13s)} 4. Nc3 {(4s)} Nbd7 {(12s)} 5.
Bg5 {(121s)} h6 {(33s)} 6. Bh4 {(24s)} Be7 {(7s)} 7. e3 {(149s)} O-O {(20s)} 8. Rc1 {(160s)} c5 {(12s)}
9. dxc5 {(773s)} dxc4 {(108s)} 10. Bxc4 {(323s)} Nxc5 {(18s)} 11. O-O {(24s)} a6 {(5s)} 12. Nd4 {(
1235s)} Nce4 {(29s)} 13. Nxe4 {(390s)} Nxe4 {(5s)} 14. Bxe7 {(4s)} Qxe7 {(5s)} 15. Qc2 {(76s)} Nf6
{(22s)} 16. Bb3 {(95s)} Rb8 {(625s)} 17. e4 {(323s)} Rd8 {(292s)} 18. Rfd1 {(313s)} e5 {(66s)} 19.
Nf5 {(47s)} Bxf5 {(23s)} 20. exf5 {(31s)} Rxd1+ {(261s)} 21. Rxd1 {(5s)} e4 {(374s)} 22. Qc3 {(120
s)} Rd8 {(490s)} 23. Rxd8+ {(50s)} Qxd8 {(11s)} 24. h3 {(96s)} h5 {(185s)} 25. Qe5 {(820s)} b5 {(340
s)} 26. g3 {(146s)} Qd7 {(261s)} 27. g4 {(277s)} hxg4 {(77s)} 28. hxg4 {(7s)} Nxg4 {(92s)} 29. Qxe4
{(17s)} Nf6 {(23s)} 30. Qa8+ {(42s)} Kh7 {(33s)} 31. Qh1+ {(6 Qd5s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.05”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Anand, Viswanathan”]
[Black “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C15”]
[WhiteElo “2770”]
[BlackElo “2807”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “89”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {(3s)} e6 {(5s)} 2. d4 {(27s)} d5 {(5s)} 3. Nc3 {(5s)} Bb4 {(6s)} 4. exd5
{(176s)} exd5 {(11s)} 5. Bd3 {(7s)} Nf6 {(114s)} 6. Nge2 {(42s)} O-O {(37s)} 7.
O-O {(66s)} c6 {(52s)} 8. Bg5 {(200s)} h6 {(189s)} 9. Bh4 {(50s)} Re8 {(54s)}
10. f3 {(232s)} Nbd7 {(198s)} 11. Qd2 {(362s)} Nf8 {(381s)} 12. Rae1 {(314s)}
Bd7 {(398s)} 13. a3 {(149s)} Be7 {(1010s)} 14. Bf2 {(685s)} Ng6 {(183s)} 15.
Bg3 {( 196s)} Nh5 {(538s)} 16. Bxg6 {(57s)} fxg6 {(5s)} 17. Be5 {(19s)} Bh4 {
(207s)} 18. Rd1 {(229s)} Bg5 {(949s)} 19. f4 {(384s)} Be7 {(231s)} 20. h3 {
(190s)} Be6 {(482s)} 21. Kh2 {(249s)} Nf6 {(210s)} 22. Nc1 {(231s)} h5 {(419s)}
23. Nd3 {(178s)} Bf5 {(6s)} 24. Ne2 {(321s)} Ne4 {(144s)} 25. Qe3 {(86s)} h4 {
(9s)} 26. Rc1 {(343s)} Rc8 {(358s)} 27. c3 {(423s)} Qb6 {(174s)} 28. b4 {(248s)
} Bf6 {(107s)} 29. Nc5 {(97s)} Nxc5 {(74s)} 30. bxc5 {(22s)} Qb2 {(69s)} 31.
Ng1 {(63s)} b6 {(114s)} 32. Nf3 {( 259s)} bxc5 {(68s)} 33. dxc5 {(59s)} Be4 {
(40s)} 34. Rce1 {(394s)} Re7 {(186s)} 35. Bxf6 {(103s)} gxf6 {(2s)} 36. Nxh4 {
(39s)} Rce8 {(87s)} 37. Qg3 {(390s)} Rg7 {(2s)} 38. Ra1 {(33s)} g5 {(47s)} 39.
fxg5 {(18s)} Rxg5 {(2s)} 40. Qf2 {(0s)} Qxc3 {(0s)} 41. Qxf6 {(268s)} Qg3+ {
(425s)} 42. Kg1 {[#] (10s) Black chooses to force the draw in a cute but
unavoidable windmill. Many hoped he would continue on with a less forcing move
as it was felt there was no danger in playing on.} Qxg2+ {(278s)} 43. Nxg2 {
(5s)} Rxg2+ {(3s)} 44. Kh1 {(7s)} Rf2+ {(3s)} 45. Kg1 {(7s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.06”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Black “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C84”]
[WhiteElo “2807”]
[BlackElo “2761”]
[Annotator “Albert Silver”]
[PlyCount “82”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {(3s)} e5 {(5s)} 2. Nf3 {(4s)} Nc6 {(4s)} 3. Bb5 {(4s)} a6 {(5s)} 4. Ba4
{(8s)} Nf6 {(7s)} 5. O-O {(9s)} Be7 {(10s)} 6. d3 {(102s)} b5 {(26s)} 7. Bb3 {
(4s)} d6 {(21s)} 8. a4 {(15s)} Bd7 {(44s)} 9. c3 {( 14s)} Na5 {(20s)} 10. Ba2 {
(6s)} c5 {(63s)} 11. Bg5 {(90s)} O-O {(16s)} 12. axb5 {(332s)} axb5 {(5s)} 13.
Na3 {(4s)} Qb8 {(708s)} 14. Nc2 {(145s)} h6 {(94s)} 15. Bh4 {(402s)} c4 {(203s)
} 16. Nb4 {( 1387s)} Be6 {(198s)} 17. Re1 {(18s)} Qb7 {(464s)} 18. d4 {(522s)}
Bg4 {(408s)} 19. Bb1 {(1794s)} Nb3 {(167s)} 20. Rxa8 {(6s)} Rxa8 {(13s)} 21.
Ba2 $4 {(845s) A terrible blunder that should have cost the American the game.}
Nxe4 {(1134s)} 22. Bxe7 {(675s)} {[%tqu “En”,”White just took the bishop with
Bxe7. The knee-jerk reflex is to take it back, but Topalov’s instincts are
impeccable here. What did Black play?”,””,””,”e4d2″,”(284s)”,10]} Ned2 $3 {
(284s) This deadly move is winning. The king is now in dire straits.} 23. Bxb3
{(61s)} Nxf3+ $3 {(17s) Black will not be distracted.} 24. gxf3 {(5s)} Bxf3 {
(8s)} 25. Bxd6 {(68s)} ({Any attempt to save the queen leads to mate.} 25. Qd2
$2 Qd7 {and mate cannot be stopped.}) 25… Bxd1 {(475s)} 26. Bxd1 {(4s)} exd4
{(13s)} 27. cxd4 {(6s)} Qd7 {(144s)} 28. Bg3 {(79s)} Qxd4 $2 {(291s) The first
in a series of mistakes now that will eventually allow Giri to build a
fortress.} (28… Re8 $1 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Kf1 Qe4 31. Nc2 c3 32. bxc3 Qd3+
33. Ke1 Qxc3+ {and the b-pawn is free to march forward.}) 29. Bf3 {( 18s)} Qd2
{(318s)} 30. Rd1 {(294s)} Qxd1+ $2 {(159s)} (30… Qxb2 31. Bxa8 Qxb4 32. Be4
Qe7 33. Re1 Qd7 {and the queen and two passed pawns should end it.}) 31. Bxd1 {
(4s)} Ra1 {(6s)} 32. Kg2 {(3s)} Rxd1 {( 9s) Now things are really not easy and
White manages to hold it with fortress themes in the end.} 33. Be5 {(4s)} f6 {
(49s)} 34. Bc3 {(11s)} Kf7 {(26s)} 35. Nc2 {(51s)} g5 {(126s)} 36. h3 {(21s)}
Kg6 {(134s)} 37. Na3 {(12s)} Rd5 {(11s)} 38. Kf3 {(51s)} f5 {(71s)} 39. Kg3 {
(29s)} f4+ {(174s)} 40. Kg2 {(0s)} Kf5 {(0s)} 41. f3 {(383s)} h5 {(328s)}
1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.06”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Black “Anand, Viswanathan”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B10”]
[WhiteElo “2819”]
[BlackElo “2770”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “92”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {(4s)} c6 {(7s)} 2. Nf3 {(125s)} d5 {(10s)} 3. Nc3 {(3s)} Nf6 {(15s)} 4. e5 {(13s)} Ne4 {(8s)} 5.
Ne2 {(383s)} Qb6 {(33s)} 6. d4 {(7s)} e6 {(10s)} 7. Nfg1 {(70s)} f6 {(13s)} 8. f3 {(8s)} Ng5 {(13s)} 9.
exf6 {(8s)} gxf6 {(7s)} 10. f4 {(8s)} Ne4 {(15s)} 11. Ng3 {(24s)} Bd7 {(250s)} 12. Nxe4 {(625s)}
dxe4 {(23s)} 13. c3 {(6s)} Na6 {(548s)} 14. Qh5+ {(360s)} Kd8 {(50s)} 15. Bc4 {(28s)} Kc7 {(1116s)}
16. a4 {(462s)} c5 {(90s)} 17. Ne2 {(27s)} Rd8 {(306s)} 18. Be3 {(536s)} f5 {(393s)} 19. O-O {(209
s)} Kb8 {(346s)} 20. Qf7 {(495s)} Nc7 {(452s)} 21. a5 {(312s)} Qc6 {(10s)} 22. Qf6 {(11s)} Bd6 {(7s)}
23. dxc5 {(18s)} Bxc5 {(247s)} 24. Nd4 {(42s)} Qd6 {(81s)} 25. b4 {(213s)} Qe7 {(246s)} 26. Qh6 {(
1161s)} Bd6 {(1414s)} 27. Rad1 {(68s)} Rhf8 {(49s)} 28. Bf2 {(73s)} Rf6 {(35s)} 29. Qh4 {(123s)}
Nd5 {(282s)} 30. Nxe6 {(409s)} Bxe6 {(70s)} 31. Bxd5 {(11s)} e3 {(63s)} 32. Bxe3 {(16s)} Bxd5 {(9s)}
33. Bxa7+ {(5s)} Kxa7 {(124s)} 34. Qf2+ {(726s)} Bc5 {(32s)} 35. Qxc5+ {(5s)} Qxc5+ {(12s)} 36.
bxc5 {(1s)} Rd7 {(35s)} 37. Rfe1 {(69s)} h6 {(87s)} 38. Kf2 {(147s)} Kb8 {(144s)} 39. c4 {(166s)}
Bc6 {(21s)} 40. Rxd7 {(0s)} Bxd7 {(0s)} 41. Rb1 {(31s)} Ra6 {(485s)} 42. Rb6 {(32s)} Rxa5 {(177s)}
43. Rxh6 {(22s)} Rxc5 {(6s)} 44. h4 {(39s)} Rxc4 {(7s)} 45. g3 {(7s)} Kc7 {(83s)} 46. h5 {(19s)} b5
{(85s)} 0-1
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.06”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Ding, Liren”]
[Black “So, Wesley”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D37”]
[WhiteElo “2755”]
[BlackElo “2771”]
[Annotator “Albert Silver”]
[PlyCount “70”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. d4 {(3s)} Nf6 {(7s)} 2. c4 {(4s)} e6 {(5s)} 3. Nf3 {(4s)} d5 {(3s)} 4. Nc3 {
(4s)} Nbd7 {(5s)} 5. Bg5 {(134s)} h6 {(6s)} 6. Bh4 {(3s)} Be7 {(7s)} 7. e3 {
(4s)} O-O {(5s)} 8. Be2 {(2s)} dxc4 {(560s)} 9. Bxc4 {(57s)} c5 {(9s)} 10. O-O
{(5s)} cxd4 {(34s)} 11. Nxd4 {(37s)} Nb6 {(398s)} 12. Bb3 {(1134s)} Nbd5 {
( 162s)} 13. Nxd5 {(263s)} Nxd5 {(4s)} 14. Bg3 {(3s)} Bf6 {(225s)} 15. Rc1 {
(1459s)} Nb6 {(2446s)} 16. Qe2 {(1529s)} Bd7 {(366s)} 17. Nb5 {(5s)} a6 {(912s)
} 18. Nd6 {(395s)} Bc6 {[#] (18s)} 19. Nxb7 $2 {(72s) Overdoing it and
undercalculating.} Bxb7 {(18s)} 20. Bc7 {(4s)} Qe7 {(158s)} 21. Bxb6 {[#] (9s)}
Bxg2 $1 {(4s) This fairly easy move to see was missed by the Chiense player
and now leads him to some trouble.} 22. Kxg2 {(264s) Ding Liren spent nearly 5
minutes staring at his position in disbelief} Qb7+ {( 5s)} 23. Qf3 {(14s)} Qxb6
{(5s)} 24. Rc6 {(2s)} Qb7 {(163s)} 25. Rc2 {(116s)} Qxf3+ {(5s)} 26. Kxf3 {(3s)
} Rfc8 {(8s)} 27. Rfc1 {(4s)} Rxc2 {(6s)} 28. Rxc2 {(3s)} Rb8 {(7s)} 29. Rc6 {
(50s)} a5 {(62s)} 30. Rc5 {(23s)} Ra8 {(5s)} 31. Rb5 {(36s)} Ra7 {(470s)} 32.
Bc2 {(193s)} Kf8 33. a4 {(5s)} Ke7 {( 27s)} 34. b4 {(6s)} Bc3 {(31s)} 35. bxa5
{(27s)} Rxa5 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.06”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Aronian, Levon”]
[Black “Svidler, Peter”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D10”]
[WhiteElo “2792”]
[BlackElo “2751”]
[Annotator “Albert Silver”]
[PlyCount “107”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. d4 {(14s)} d5 {(7s)} 2. c4 {(21s)} c6 {(2s)} 3. Nc3 {(11s)} Nf6 {(6s)} 4. e3
{(11s)} a6 {(8s)} 5. Nf3 {(39s)} b5 {(6s)} 6. b3 {(41s)} Bg4 {(5s)} 7. Qd2 {
(50s)} Nbd7 {(2165s)} 8. Ne5 {(14s)} Nxe5 {( 133s)} 9. dxe5 {(6s)} Nd7 {(3s)}
10. cxd5 {(1510s)} cxd5 {(27s)} 11. Qxd5 {(689s)} e6 {(38s)} 12. Qd4 {(26s)} h5
{(45s)} 13. Bd2 {(936s)} Qb8 {(1428s)} 14. Ne4 {(1023s)} Qxe5 {(186s)} 15. a4 {
(307 s)} Bf5 {(180s)} 16. Ng3 {(96s)} Bc2 {(205s)} 17. axb5 {(765s)} h4 {(48s)}
18. Ne2 {(665s)} Qxb5 {( 173s)} 19. Qc3 {(104s)} Bh7 {(259s)} 20. Nd4 {(83s)}
Qb7 {(20s)} 21. h3 {(211s)} Be7 {(783s)} 22. Be2 {(28s)} O-O {(558s)} 23. Bf3 {
(11s)} Be4 {(6s)} 24. Bxe4 {(83s)} Qxe4 {(4s)} 25. Qc6 {(51s)} Nc5 {(173s)} 26.
Qxe4 {(7s)} Nxe4 {(4s)} 27. Nc6 {(8s)} Bc5 {(160s)} 28. Ra4 {(146s)} Nxd2 {
(43s)} 29. Kxd2 {(5s)} Rfc8 {(2s)} 30. Na5 {(65s)} Be7 {(120s)} 31. Rc1 {(47s)}
Rxc1 {(145s)} 32. Kxc1 {(3s)} Rc8+ {(12s)} 33. Rc4 {(55s)} Rxc4+ {(28s)} 34.
Nxc4 {(4s)} g5 {(134s)} 35. Kd2 {[#] (9s)} f5 $2 {(38s) It is rather
extraoridinary to see a player of Svidler’s calibre completely spurn
developing his king and bringing it to play.} 36. Ne5 {(23s)} Bd6 {(20s)} 37.
Nf3 {(7s)} Be7 {(0s)} 38. Ne5 {(4s)} Bd6 {(1s)} 39. Nf3 {(3s)} Be7 {(2s)} 40.
Kd3 {(0s)} Kg7 {(0s)} 41. Ne5 {(135s)} Bb4 $2 {[#] (422s) And now White gets
to play Kc4 with a free tempo.} 42. Kc4 {(189s)} a5 {(513s)} 43. Kb5 {(373 s)}
Kf6 {(241s)} 44. Nc4 {(180s)} Be1 {(138s)} 45. f3 {(10s)} g4 {(32s)} 46. Nxa5 {
(100s)} gxh3 {(23 s)} 47. gxh3 {(4s)} Ke5 {(4s)} 48. Nc4+ {(551s)} Kd5 {(4s)}
49. Nb6+ {(10s)} Kd6 {(33s)} 50. Kc4 {( 23s)} Kc6 {(128s)} 51. Na4 {(64s)} Bf2
{(5s)} 52. e4 {(119s)} fxe4 {(16s)} 53. fxe4 {(4s)} Kd6 {(3s)} 54. Nb2 {(5s)}
1-0
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.06”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Giri, Anish”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D44”]
[WhiteElo “2791”]
[BlackElo “2769”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “119”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. Nf3 {(4s)} d5 {(3s)} 2. d4 {(12s)} Nf6 {(4s)} 3. c4 {(5s)} e6 {(3s)} 4. Nc3 {(6s)} c6 {(8s)} 5. Bg5 {(36s)} dxc4 {(15s)} 6. a4 {(30s)} Bb4 {(194s)} 7. e4 {(19s)} Qa5 {(131s)} 8. Bd2 {(345s)} c5 {(143s)} 9. Bxc4 {(111s)} cxd4 {(233s)} 10. Nxd4 {(13s)} O-O {(8s)} 11. Nc2 {(433s)} Nc6 {(297s)} 12. Nxb4 {(315s)} Qxb4 {(25s)} 13. b3 {(3s)} Qe7 {(91s)} 14. O-O {(391s)} Rd8 {(50s)} 15. Re1 {(414s)} Ne5 {(251s)} 16. Bf1 {(497s)} Bd7 {(842s)} 17. Qe2 {(1120s)} Bc6 {(603s)} 18. Bg5 {(643s)} h6 {(137s)} 19. Bh4 {(31s)} Ng6 {(1252s)} 20. Bg3 {(46s)} Rd7 {(61s)} 21. f3 {(113s)} Rad8 {(557s)} 22. Qe3 {(19s)} a6 {(208s)} 23. Rab1 {(143s)} Qb4 {(50s)} 24. Rec1 {(40s)} e5 {(81s)} 25. Be1 {(133s)} Qe7 {(456s)} 26. Na2 {(36s)} Rd4 {(431s)} 27. Ba5 {(292s)} R8d7 {(27s)} 28. Bc3 {(203s)} Bxe4 {(7s)} 29. fxe4 {(10s)} Rxe4 {(2s)} 30. Qa7 {(89s)} b5 {(64s)} 31. Qxa6 {(322s)} Ng4 {(5s)} 32. h3 {(264s)} Qc5+ {(168s)} 33. Kh1 {(12s)} Nf2+ {(381s)} 34. Kh2 {(6s)} Qe3 {(206s)} 35. Re1 {(150s)} Qf4+ {(62s)} 36. g3 {(5s)} Qf5 {(27s)} 37. Bg2 {(246s)} Rh4 {(11s)} 38. Qa8+ {(491s)} Kh7 {(6s)} 39. Qf3 {(3s)} Rxh3+ {(62s)} 40. Kg1 {(0s)} Qxf3 {(0s)} 41. Bxf3 {(0s)} Nd3 {(47s)} 42. Re3 {(26s)} Rxg3+ {(278s)} 43. Kh2 {(35s)} Rxf3 {(40s)} 44. Rxf3 {(0s)} bxa4 {(97s)} 45. bxa4 {(0s)} e4 {(7s)} 46. Rf5 {(76s)} Nh4 {(385s)} 47. Rfb5 {(54s)} Nf4 {(10s)} 48. R5b4 {(907s)} Rd3 {(932s)} 49. Rxe4 {(8s)} g5 {(15s)} 50. Rxf4 {(753s)} gxf4 {(4s)} 51. Rf1 {(4s)} Nf3+ {(82s)} 52. Kh1 {(43s)} Kg6 {(814s)} 53. a5 {(11s)} Kf5 {(357s)} 54. a6 {(61s)} Ng5 {(13s)} 55. a7 {(222s)} Rh3+ {(4s)} 56. Kg1 {(7s)} Rg3+ {(3s)} 57. Kf2 {(5s)} Ne4+ {(7s)} 58. Ke1 {(10s)} Rg8 {(189s)} 59. Bd4 {(5s)} Kg4 {(394s)} 60. Be5 {(67s)} 1-0[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.07”]
[Round “3”]
[White “So, Wesley”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C54”]
[WhiteElo “2771”]
[BlackElo “2792”]
[PlyCount “57”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:27]} 6. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 7. d4 {414} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. dxe5 {
531} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxf2 {168} 10. Rxf2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. exd6 {2043} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 12.
Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxf2+ {66} 13. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
14. Qd2 {531} g5 {184} 15. Kg1 {314} Bg4 {201} 16. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rfe8 {
666} 17. Be3 {682} Bxf3 {578} 18. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:22]}
19. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bh5 {90} 20. Qh3 {906} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 21. Re1 {
63} Re8 {75} 22. Bc4 {253} Qd8 {1129} 23. Qxh6 {301} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 24.
Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Qxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Qg5+ {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 29. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.07”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Giri, Anish”]
[Black “Ding, Liren”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C84”]
[WhiteElo “2769”]
[BlackElo “2755”]
[PlyCount “76”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. d3 {
106} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. a3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 9. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:44]} 12. Nf5 {115} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 13. Bg5 {349} Bxf5 {1064}
14. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 15. Be3 {1011} Bg5 {151} 16. Bd5
{[%emt 0:00:22]} Bxe3 {469} 17. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18.
Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Re8 {710} 19. b3 {160} h6 {689} 20. Be4 {124} c4 {254} 21.
dxc4 {391} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. bxc4 {117} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 23. Bc6 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 24. Bxe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:
00:43]} 25. Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ng4 {179} 26. f6 {545} Nxf6 {530} 27. Qxa6 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} Qd7 {149} 28. Rab1 {544} Rc5 {430} 29. a4 {457} bxa4 {169} 30.
Rb8+ {211} Kh7 {239} 31. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 32. Qa8 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc6 {243} 33. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34.
Qg8+ {423} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rxc2 {187} 36. Qh7+ {
162} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38.
Qh7+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.07”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Anand, Viswanathan”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B90”]
[WhiteElo “2770”]
[BlackElo “2791”]
[PlyCount “59”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. h3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Nde2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]
} 8. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Bd3 {191} d5 {615} 13. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]}
Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb4 {882} 15. Qe2 {1254} Qc7 {
975} 16. f4 {662} Bc5+ {528} 17. Kh1 {113} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. cxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 19. f5 {496} Bd7 {419} 20. f6 {158} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} 21. Nd5 {155} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 22. Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rd8
{60} 23. a4 {963} Bc6 {584} 24. Be3 {443} Bxe3 {451} 25. Nxc6 {67} bxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Rae1 {257}
Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Rxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.07”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Black “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B90”]
[WhiteElo “2761”]
[BlackElo “2819”]
[PlyCount “108”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 8. f3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Qd2 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
13. g4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. g5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} b4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Qxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 18. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:11]}
Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Rg1 {
102} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 22. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bh3 {165} 23. Rgd2 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe6 {305} 25.
Rff2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h6 {517} 26. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qh3 {294} 27. Rd3 {342}
Rxc2 {556} 28. Rxc2 {179} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 29. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Qxc2 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Kxc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf8 {1473} 33.
Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ke6 {458}
35. b4 {264} d5+ {163} 36. exd5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Bd2
{486} f5 {711} 38. b5 {563} axb5+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 39. Kxb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
Kd6 {631} 40. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. a5 {479} f4 {195} 42.
Kc4 {842} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 43. Bb4+ {111} Ke6 {261} 44. h3 {264} h5 {
[%emt 0:00:50]} 45. Bc5 {316} e4 {400} 46. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 47. hxg4 {121} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 48. Kd3 {173} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
49. Bd4 {142} Nb4+ {99} 50. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 51. Kf2 {
67} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 52. Kg2 {139} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 53. Kf2 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 54. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.07”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Svidler, Peter”]
[Black “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A05”]
[WhiteElo “2751”]
[BlackElo “2807”]
[PlyCount “82”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 3. Nc3 {77} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Bg5 {284} h6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 6. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 8. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:
00:33]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Rc1 {271} c6 {163} 10. Bd3 {92} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 11. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} dxc4 {60} 12. Bxc4 {124} Nd7 {127} 13. O-O {
73} b6 {338} 14. Bd3 {729} c5 {79} 15. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:18]
} 16. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nf6 {591} 17. Bc6 {397} cxd4 {886} 18. Nxd4 {112} e5
{248} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd8 {412} 20. h3 {798} a6 {452} 21. Rfc1 {370}
b5 {1331} 22. Qa5 {479} Be6 {906} 23. Qxa6 {1192} Nd5 {491} 24. Bxd5 {73} Bxd5
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Rc7 {162} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 26. Qa3 {403} Qxa3 {301}
27. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 28. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra8 {
159} 29. R7c5 {277} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 30. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rxa2 {87}
31. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rdd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rdb2 {
149} 33. Re5 {203} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rab2 {80} 35.
Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. h4 {300} h5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37.
f5 {159} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. fxg6 {77} Rxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Kh3 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 40. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 41. Rf1 {694} Rf6 {278} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.08”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Black “Svidler, Peter”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C92”]
[WhiteElo “2819”]
[BlackElo “2751”]
[PlyCount “69”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {(5s)} e5 {(8s)} 2. Nf3 {(3s)} Nc6 {(3s)} 3. Bb5 {(5s)} a6 {(7s)} 4. Ba4
{(4s)} Nf6 {(5s)} 5. O-O {(23s)} Be7 {(3s)} 6. Re1 {(67s)} b5 {(5s)} 7. Bb3 {
(2s)} d6 {(6s)} 8. c3 {(6s)} O-O {(5s)} 9. h3 {(3s)} Re8 {(9s)} 10. d4 {(9s)}
Bb7 {(4s)} 11. Nbd2 {(14s)} Bf8 {(5s)} 12. d5 {(81s)} Nb8 {(26s)} 13. Nf1 {
( 24s)} Nbd7 {(4s)} 14. N3h2 {(7s)} c6 {(31s)} 15. dxc6 {(217s)} Bxc6 {(12s)}
16. Bg5 {(110s)} Qc7 {( 16s)} 17. Qf3 {(1048s)} a5 {(18s)} 18. Rad1 {(241s)}
Qb7 {(339s)} 19. Ng3 {(984s)} a4 {(60s)} 20. Bc2 {(6s)} b4 {(8s)} 21. Nf5 {
(543s)} Re6 {(298s)} 22. Bxf6 {(186s)} Nxf6 {(155s)} 23. Ng4 {(7s)} Nxg4 {
(395s)} 24. hxg4 {(7s)} g6 {(459s)} 25. Ne3 {(194s)} bxc3 {(11s)} 26. bxc3 {
(21s)} Bh6 {(80s)} 27. Rb1 {(502s)} Qa7 {(208s)} 28. Rb4 {(73s)} Bg5 {(486s)}
29. Qe2 {(35s)} Ree8 {(1313s)} 30. Qd3 {(210s)} Red8 {(478s)} 31. Nd5 {(233s)}
Rab8 {(254s)} 32. Reb1 {(273s)} a3 {(1103s)} 33. Nb6 {(573 s)} Kg7 {(290s)} 34.
g3 {(166s)} Rb7 {(349s)} 35. Kg2 {(610s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.08”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D37”]
[WhiteElo “2791”]
[BlackElo “2761”]
[PlyCount “83”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. d4 {(6s)} Nf6 {(9s)} 2. c4 {(3s)} e6 {(7s)} 3. Nf3 {(4s)} d5 {(11s)} 4. Nc3
{(10s)} Be7 {(17s)} 5. Bf4 {(9s)} O-O {(18s)} 6. Qc2 {(5s)} c5 {(164s)} 7. dxc5
{(23s)} Na6 {(11s)} 8. Rd1 {(17s)} Nxc5 {( 147s)} 9. cxd5 {(12s)} Nxd5 {(180s)}
10. e4 {(2244s)} Nxf4 {(14s)} 11. Rxd8 {(5s)} Rxd8 {(7s)} 12. Ne5 {(673s)} Bf6
{(329s)} 13. Nb5 {(146s)} b6 {(444s)} 14. b4 {(62s)} Bxe5 {(858s)} 15. bxc5 {
(3s)} a6 {(223s)} 16. Nd6 {(72s)} bxc5 {(167s)} 17. Nc4 {(94s)} Bd4 {(166s)}
18. g3 {(1s)} Ng6 {(67s)} 19. Be2 {(4s)} Bd7 {(691s)} 20. O-O {(9s)} Bb5 {
(242s)} 21. Na5 {(281s)} Ne5 {(150s)} 22. Rd1 {(159s)} Rab8 {(891s)} 23. Kg2 {
(50s)} Bxe2 {(175s)} 24. Qxe2 {(14s)} Rb5 {(24s)} 25. Nb3 {(47s)} h6 {(27s)}
26. Rd2 {(427s)} Nc6 {(194s)} 27. Qc4 {(301s)} e5 {(103s)} 28. a4 {(199s)} Rb4
{(87s)} 29. Qxa6 {( 49s)} Rxb3 {(232s)} 30. Qxc6 {(7s)} Ra3 {(60s)} 31. Qa6 {
(181s)} Rb8 {(49s)} 32. a5 {(200s)} c4 {( 111s)} 33. Qxc4 {(390s)} Rxa5 {(5s)}
34. Kh3 {(50s)} Rc5 {(53s)} 35. Qe2 {(20s)} Rcb5 {(37s)} 36. f4 {(40s)} Rb4 {
(77s)} 37. Qd1 {(92s)} Rb1 {(107s)} 38. Qh5 {(125s)} R1b5 {(196s)} 39. Qe2 {
(196s)} Rb4 40. Qd1 {(0s)} Rb1 {(0s)} 41. Qh5 {(297s)} R1b5 {(61s)} 42. Qd1 {
(14s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.08”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Aronian, Levon”]
[Black “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “E10”]
[WhiteElo “2792”]
[BlackElo “2807”]
[PlyCount “59”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. d4 {(5s)} Nf6 {(9s)} 2. c4 {(16s)} e6 {(7s)} 3. Nf3 {(10s)} c5 {(6s)} 4. e3
{(47s)} a6 {(81s)} 5. Nc3 {(93s)} d5 {(21s)} 6. cxd5 {(6s)} exd5 {(10s)} 7. g3
{(6s)} Nc6 {(263s)} 8. Bg2 {(35s)} Bd6 {(111 s)} 9. dxc5 {(327s)} Bxc5 {(17s)}
10. O-O {(30s)} O-O {(16s)} 11. Nd4 {(768s)} Nxd4 {(338s)} 12. exd4 {(6s)} Ba7
{(32s)} 13. Bg5 {(220s)} Be6 {(208s)} 14. Rc1 {(19s)} Rc8 {(534s)} 15. Bxf6 {
(14s)} Qxf6 {(6s)} 16. Nxd5 {(4s)} Bxd5 {(4s)} 17. Bxd5 {(4s)} Rxc1 {(26s)} 18.
Qxc1 {(3s)} b5 {(19s)} 19. Qc6 {(32s)} Bxd4 {(9s)} 20. Qxf6 {(8s)} Bxf6 {(4s)}
21. b3 {(22s)} Rd8 {(6s)} 22. Rd1 {(13s)} Kf8 {(6 s)} 23. Kf1 {(14s)} a5 {(12s)
} 24. Bf3 {(13s)} Rxd1+ {(5s)} 25. Bxd1 {(4s)} Ke7 {(6s)} 26. a4 {(7s)} bxa4 {
(3s)} 27. bxa4 {(3s)} Bc3 {(8s)} 28. Bb3 {(5s)} Bb4 {(3s)} 29. Ke2 {(5s)} Kf8 {
(3s)} 30. Bc4 {( 5s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.08”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Ding, Liren”]
[Black “Anand, Viswanathan”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A14”]
[WhiteElo “2755”]
[BlackElo “2770”]
[PlyCount “72”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. c4 {(5s)} c5 {(8s)} 2. Nf3 {(26s)} Nc6 {(12s)} 3. Nc3 {(5s)} Nf6 {(7s)} 4.
g3 {(8s)} d5 {(7s)} 5. cxd5 {(15s)} Nxd5 {(16s)} 6. Bg2 {(3s)} e6 {(35s)} 7.
O-O {(126s)} Be7 {(125s)} 8. d4 {(6s)} O-O {(84 s)} 9. Nxd5 {(608s)} exd5 {
(21s)} 10. dxc5 {(27s)} Bxc5 {(12s)} 11. Bg5 {(99s)} Qd7 {(19s)} 12. Rc1 {
(144s)} Bb6 {(155s)} 13. Bd2 {(249s)} Qe7 {(137s)} 14. Bc3 {(550s)} Rd8 {(193s)
} 15. e3 {(740s)} Bf5 {(90s)} 16. Re1 {(327s)} Be4 {(1088s)} 17. Re2 {(717s)}
Rd7 {(788s)} 18. Rd2 {(54s)} Rad8 {( 531s)} 19. Qe2 {(152s)} Rd6 {(607s)} 20.
Rcd1 {(228s)} h6 {(439s)} 21. h4 {(410s)} Qe6 {(613s)} 22. Nd4 {(600s)} Nxd4 {
(351s)} 23. Bxd4 {(114s)} Ba5 {(21s)} 24. Bc3 {(238s)} Bxc3 {(24s)} 25. bxc3 {
( 2s)} Bxg2 {(11s)} 26. Kxg2 {(3s)} Rc8 {(128s)} 27. Qf3 {(30s)} Rxc3 {(20s)}
28. Rxd5 {(3s)} Rxd5 {( 11s)} 29. Rxd5 {(8s)} Rc8 {(90s)} 30. Ra5 {(148s)} Qb6
{(39s)} 31. Re5 {(21s)} Kf8 {(171s)} 32. Qf5 {(120s)} Re8 {(98s)} 33. Rxe8+ {
(144s)} Kxe8 {(6s)} 34. Qe5+ {(10s)} Kf8 {(6s)} 35. Qb8+ {(4s)} Ke7 {(5s)} 36.
Qe5+ {(4s)} Kf8 {(6s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.08”]
[Round “4”]
[White “So, Wesley”]
[Black “Giri, Anish”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D02”]
[WhiteElo “2771”]
[BlackElo “2769”]
[PlyCount “88”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. Nf3 {(5s)} d5 {(4s)} 2. d4 {(5s)} Nf6 {(3s)} 3. c4 {(6s)} e6 {(3s)} 4. g3 {
(5s)} Bb4+ {(6s)} 5. Bd2 {(5s)} Be7 {(3s)} 6. Bg2 {(8s)} O-O 7. O-O {(5s)} c6 {
(12s)} 8. Qc2 {(5s)} Nbd7 {(10s)} 9. Rd1 {(16s)} b6 {(7s)} 10. b3 {(5s)} a5 {
(19s)} 11. Bc3 {(455s)} Ne4 {(52s)} 12. Bb2 {(64s)} f5 {(16s)} 13. e3 {( 935s)}
Ba6 {(221s)} 14. Ba3 {(517s)} Bxa3 {(808s)} 15. Nxa3 {(4s)} b5 {(8s)} 16. Rac1
{(348s)} Qe7 {(307s)} 17. cxb5 {(311s)} cxb5 {(27s)} 18. Nb1 {(3s)} b4 {(205s)}
19. Qb2 {(529s)} Rfc8 {(131s)} 20. Ne1 {(134s)} h5 {(316s)} 21. Rxc8+ {(475s)}
Rxc8 {(16s)} 22. Rc1 {(2s)} Qd8 {(114s)} 23. Bf1 {(152s)} Bxf1 {(86s)} 24. Kxf1
{(7s)} h4 {(17s)} 25. Rxc8 {(285s)} Qxc8 {(2s)} 26. Qc2 {(7s)} Qxc2 {( 409s)}
27. Nxc2 {(4s)} hxg3 {(20s)} 28. hxg3 {(4s)} g5 {(192s)} 29. Ke2 {(162s)} Kf7 {
(286s)} 30. a3 {(27s)} bxa3 {(32s)} 31. Nbxa3 {(7s)} Nc3+ {(151s)} 32. Kd2 {
(6s)} Ne4+ {(5s)} 33. Ke2 {(4s)} Ndf6 {(225s)} 34. b4 {(326s)} a4 {(622s)} 35.
Ne1 {(5s)} Ke7 {(63s)} 36. Nd3 {(193s)} Nd7 {(29s)} 37. Kd1 {(400s)} Nb6 {
(385s)} 38. Kc2 {(28s)} Nc4 {(528s)} 39. Nxc4 {(603s)} dxc4 {(7s)} 40. Nb2 {
(0s)} Nxf2 {(0s)} 41. Nxa4 {(0s)} Ne4 {(456s)} 42. Nb6 {(125s)} c3 {(701s)} 43.
Na4 {(178s)} Nxg3 {( 10s)} 44. Kxc3 {(139s)} f4 {(149s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.09”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Black “Ding, Liren”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C92”]
[WhiteElo “2761”]
[BlackElo “2755”]
[PlyCount “131”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {(2s)} e5 {(5s)} 2. Nf3 {(5s)} Nc6 {(4s)} 3. Bb5 {(7s)} a6 {(4s)} 4. Ba4
{(4s)} Nf6 {(5s)} 5. O-O {(5s)} Be7 {(5s)} 6. Re1 {(23s)} b5 {(7s)} 7. Bb3 {
(5s)} d6 {(4s)} 8. c3 {(7s)} O-O {(6s)} 9. h3 {(10s)} Re8 {(4s)} 10. d4 {(16s)}
Bb7 {(4s)} 11. Nbd2 {(15s)} Bf8 {(5s)} 12. a3 {(85s)} h6 {(7s)} 13. Bc2 {
( 174s)} Nb8 {(9s)} 14. b3 {(105s)} Nbd7 {(20s)} 15. Bb2 {(6s)} Rc8 {(739s)}
16. a4 {(128s)} b4 {(140s)} 17. cxb4 {(169s)} exd4 {(20s)} 18. Bxd4 {(234s)} c5
{(186s)} 19. bxc5 {(496s)} Nxc5 {(7s)} 20. Qb1 {(55s)} a5 {(672s)} 21. b4 {
(507s)} axb4 {(648s)} 22. Qxb4 {(135s)} Ba8 {(623s)} 23. a5 {(338s)} d5 {(185s)
} 24. Bxf6 {(66s)} Qxf6 {(6s)} 25. e5 {(41s)} Qa6 {(728s)} 26. Qg4 {(18s)} Ne6
{(68s)} 27. Bf5 {(231s)} Rc5 {(357s)} 28. Bxe6 {(252s)} Rxe6 {(35s)} 29. Nb3 {
(183s)} Rc4 {(58s)} 30. Nfd4 {( 153s)} Bb7 {(172s)} 31. Qf5 {(588s)} Re7 {
(100s)} 32. e6 {(191s)} Bc8 {(166s)} 33. exf7+ {(76s)} Rxf7 {(3s)} 34. Qxd5 {
(13s)} Bb7 {(128s)} 35. Qe6 {(86s)} Rb4 {(21s)} 36. Re3 {(346s)} Qa8 {(115s)}
37. Rc1 {(281s)} Bd5 {(137s)} 38. Rc8 {(27s)} Bxe6 {(61s)} 39. Rxa8 {(6s)} Bc4
{(12s)} 40. Rc8 {(0 s)} Kh7 {(0s)} 41. Rc3 {(940s)} Ba6 {(1175s)} 42. Rd8 {(9s)
} Ra4 {(268s)} 43. Ne6 {(686s)} Bb4 {(191 s)} 44. Rc6 {(281s)} Bb5 {(88s)} 45.
Rc1 {(213s)} Ra2 {(370s)} 46. f3 {(339s)} Ba4 {(123s)} 47. Nbd4 {(592s)} Bxa5 {
(61s)} 48. Ra8 {(226s)} Bb6 {(308s)} 49. Kh1 {(76s)} Bb3 {(271s)} 50. Rb8 {
(50 s)} Bxe6 {(26s)} 51. Rxb6 {(357s)} Bf5 {(841s)} 52. Rd6 {(65s)} Bg6 {(165s)
} 53. Rd8 {(82s)} Bf5 {( 102s)} 54. Rd6 {(132s)} Bg6 {(4s)} 55. Rc8 {(14s)} Rb7
{(91s)} 56. Rdd8 {(260s)} Bd3 {(157s)} 57. Ne6 {(326s)} Bf1 {(271s)} 58. Nf8+ {
(559s)} Kg8 {(4s)} 59. Ng6+ {(16s)} Kh7 {(232s)} 60. Nf8+ {( 581s)} Kg8 {(1s)}
61. Ne6+ {(172s)} Kh7 {(111s)} 62. Rh8+ {(22s)} Kg6 {(7s)} 63. Nf4+ {(5s)} Kg5
{( 81s)} 64. Rhf8 {(32s)} Rbb2 {(435s)} 65. Rc7 {(49s)} g6 {(45s)} 66. g3 {
(33s)} 1-0
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.09”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Anand, Viswanathan”]
[Black “So, Wesley”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C50”]
[WhiteElo “2770”]
[BlackElo “2771”]
[PlyCount “60”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {(4s)} e5 {(5s)} 2. Nf3 {(9s)} Nc6 {(6s)} 3. Bc4 {(10s)} Bc5 {(8s)} 4.
O-O {(29s)} Nf6 {(5s)} 5. d3 {(6s)} O-O {(5s)} 6. c3 {(8s)} d5 {(4s)} 7. exd5 {
(11s)} Nxd5 {(6s)} 8. a4 {(14s)} Nb6 {(12s)} 9. Bb5 {[#] (78s)} Ne7 $1 {
(6s) This was first played by Norwegian GM Jon Hammer in May this year in the
French Top 12 League.} 10. a5 {(86s)} c6 {(5s)} 11. axb6 {(78s)} cxb5 {(4s)}
12. Rxa7 {(10s)} Rxa7 {( 6s)} 13. bxa7 {(7s)} Bxa7 {(3s)} 14. Nxe5 Bf5 {(10s)}
15. Re1 {(965s)} (15. Be3 Bb8 16. d4 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Nd2 Qd6 19. g3 Qd5
20. Re1 Re8 21. Bf4 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Bxf4 23. gxf4 b4 {1/2-1/2 (77) Milliet,S
(2346)-Hammer,J (2689) Drancy 2016}) 15… Bb8 $1 {(17s) Anand said that this
was more precise than what he himself had prepared in this line, and praised
the idea of 15…Bb8! followed by …b4 and …Qd5.} 16. Na3 {(169s)} b4 {
(417s)} 17. cxb4 {(31s)} Qd5 {(7s)} 18. Nec4 {(804s)} Bxd3 {(1016s)} 19. Rxe7 {
(383s)} Bxc4 {( 6s)} 20. Qxd5 {(54s)} Bxd5 {(5s)} 21. Rd7 {(178s)} Bc6 {(63s)}
22. Rd1 {(10s)} Ba4 {(300s)} 23. Rd3 {(38s)} Bc7 {(104s)} 24. b3 {(97s)} Bc6 {
(5s)} 25. f3 {(84s)} Rd8 {(27s)} 26. Rxd8+ {(16s)} Bxd8 {(4s)} 27. b5 {(14s)}
Bd7 {(40s)} 28. Kf2 {(57s)} Be7 {(14s)} 29. Ke2 {(17s)} Bxa3 {(4s)} 30. Bxa3 {
(6s)} Bxb5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.09”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Giri, Anish”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A29”]
[WhiteElo “2769”]
[BlackElo “2792”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “59”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. c4 {(2s)} Nf6 {(17s)} 2. Nc3 {(4s)} e5 {(11s)} 3. Nf3 {(5s)} Nc6 {(11s)} 4. g3 {(3s)} d5 {(75s)} 5.
cxd5 {(10s)} Nxd5 {(3s)} 6. Bg2 {(6s)} Nb6 {(4s)} 7. O-O {(8s)} Be7 {(5s)} 8. Rb1 {(18s)} a5 {(16s)} 9.
d3 {(8s)} O-O {(8s)} 10. Be3 {(14s)} Be6 {(5s)} 11. d4 {(23s)} exd4 {(53s)} 12. Nxd4 {(5s)} Nxd4 {(29
s)} 13. Bxd4 {(6s)} c6 {(103s)} 14. f4 {(5s)} f5 {(427s)} 15. e4 {(44s)} Rf7 {(35s)} 16. Bh3 {(373s)}
Bb4 {(1082s)} 17. Bxf5 {(1045s)} Bxf5 {(38s)} 18. exf5 {(3s)} Nc4 {(40s)} 19. Qd3 {(1380s)} c5 {(
324s)} 20. Qxc4 {(210s)} Qxd4+ {(10s)} 21. Qxd4 {(3s)} cxd4 {(6s)} 22. Ne4 {(247s)} Re8 {(65s)} 23.
a3 {(501s)} Rxe4 {(64s)} 24. axb4 {(2s)} axb4 {(23s)} 25. Rbe1 {(117s)} Rxe1 {(10s)} 26. Rxe1 {(2s)}
Rxf5 {(6s)} 27. Rd1 {(84s)} Rc5 {(15s)} 28. Rxd4 {(39s)} Rc1+ {(3s)} 29. Kg2 {(28s)} Rc2+ {(4s)} 30.
Kh3 {(18s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.09”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Svidler, Peter”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “E63”]
[WhiteElo “2751”]
[BlackElo “2791”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “82”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. c4 {(5s)} Nf6 {(12s)} 2. Nc3 {(8s)} g6 {(5s)} 3. Nf3 {(202s)} Bg7 {(18s)} 4. g3 {(11s)} O-O {(27s)}
5. Bg2 {(3s)} d6 {(5s)} 6. O-O {(179s)} Nc6 {(9s)} 7. d4 {(125s)} a6 {(10s)} 8. Re1 {(241s)} Rb8 {(20
s)} 9. Rb1 {(296s)} b5 {(406s)} 10. cxb5 {(26s)} axb5 {(48s)} 11. b4 {(12s)} e6 {(79s)} 12. e4 {(826
s)} Ne7 {(69s)} 13. Bf4 {(662s)} h6 {(323s)} 14. h3 {(304s)} Bb7 {(552s)} 15. g4 {(290s)} g5 {(95s)}
16. Bg3 {(124s)} Ng6 {(5s)} 17. Nd2 {(329s)} Nd7 {(1295s)} 18. Nb3 {(95s)} Ba6 {(1318s)} 19. Na5
{(227s)} Rb6 {(11s)} 20. a4 {(64s)} Nb8 {(308s)} 21. axb5 {(230s)} Bxb5 {(5s)} 22. Nxb5 {(9s)} Rxb5
{(4s)} 23. Bf1 {(35s)} Rb6 {(8s)} 24. b5 {(34s)} c6 {(566s)} 25. Nc4 {(154s)} Rxb5 {(9s)} 26. Rxb5 {(
17s)} cxb5 {(6s)} 27. Nxd6 {(4s)} b4 {(318s)} 28. e5 {(554s)} Nc6 {(11s)} 29. Bc4 {(503s)} Qb6 {(319
s)} 30. d5 {(466s)} Bxe5 {(122s)} 31. Bxe5 {(227s)} Ncxe5 {(9s)} 32. dxe6 {(3s)} fxe6 {(5s)} 33.
Bxe6+ {(9s)} Kh8 {(8s)} 34. Bf5 {(46s)} b3 {(782s)} 35. Qd5 {(215s)} b2 {(58s)} 36. Rb1 {(73s)} Qc7
{(90s)} 37. Bxg6 {(105s)} Qc1+ {(22s)} 38. Kg2 {(86s)} Nxg6 {(3s)} 39. Qd4+ {(5s)} Kg8 {(22s)} 40.
Qd5+ {(0s)} Kh8 {(0s)} 41. Qd4+ {(0s)} Kg8 {(0s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.09”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Black “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B54”]
[WhiteElo “2807”]
[BlackElo “2819”]
[PlyCount “93”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {(3s)} c5 {(4s)} 2. Nf3 {(4s)} d6 {(3s)} 3. d4 {(5s)} cxd4 {(4s)} 4. Nxd4
{(5s)} Nf6 {(5s)} 5. f3 {(6s)} Nc6 {(142s)} 6. Nc3 {(45s)} e5 {(16s)} 7. Nb3 {
(5s)} Be7 {(28s)} 8. Be3 {(11s)} Be6 {(138s)} 9. Nd5 {(161s)} Bxd5 {(144s)} 10.
exd5 {(5s)} Nb4 {(6s)} 11. c4 {(134s)} a5 {(134s)} 12. Be2 {(686s)} Na6 {(720s)
} 13. Nd2 {(1066s)} O-O {(293s)} 14. Nb1 {(183s)} Nd7 {(240s)} 15. Qd2 {(159s)}
f5 {( 204s)} 16. Nc3 {(62s)} Bh4+ {(1021s)} 17. g3 {(16s)} f4 {(5s)} 18. Bf2 {
(52s)} Bg5 {(6s)} 19. Qc2 {( 354s)} Nac5 {(1002s)} 20. Kf1 {(1407s)} Qe8 {
(320s)} 21. Re1 {(782s)} e4 {(206s)} 22. Bxc5 {(173s)} Nxc5 {(205s)} 23. Nxe4 {
(46s)} Nxe4 {(11s)} 24. Bd3 {(28s)} fxg3 {(324s)} 25. Bxe4 {[#] (17s)} Qh5 $2 {
( 630s)} ({Black need to play} 25… g2+ {first} 26. Kxg2 {before playing} Qh5
{after which he would be relatively fine.}) 26. Kg2 $1 {(260s)} gxh2 {(4s)} 27.
Rxh2 {(15s)} Bh4 {(4s)} 28. Bxh7+ {(95s)} Kh8 {(5s)} 29. Be4 {(294s)} Rf4 {
(59s)} 30. Kh1 {(320s) and now Black is in seriousn trouble.} Qe5 {(158s)} 31.
Rg1 {(56s)} (31. c5 {was strongest here. The Bh4 is pinned and this would free
the way for White’s central pawns.} dxc5 32. Qxc5 Rd8 33. Qb6 Rxd5 34. Qf2 $1 {
The point is that after Rxd5 has been played, Black suddenly finds himself
with the bishop on h4 attacked, and if the queen comes to its rescue, the rook
is hanging on d5.} Rd6 35. Bg6 {and} Qxe1+ 36. Qxe1 {is forced due to the back
rank threats.}) 31… g5 {(45s)} 32. Qc3 $2 {(366s)} ({Again} 32. c5 {would do
the job.}) 32… Qxc3 {(12s)} 33. bxc3 {(3s)} Kg7 {(5s)} 34. Rb1 {(101s)} Rf7 {
(176s)} 35. Rb6 {(77s)} Ra6 {(221s)} 36. Rhb2 $2 {(81s)} ({White really needed
to keep the rooks on the board to avoid the increase in drawishness due to the
opposite-colored bishops.} 36. Rb5) 36… Rxb6 {(7s)} 37. Rxb6 {(3s)} Bf2 {
(102s)} 38. Rxd6 {(77s)} Rf6 $1 {(4s) White cannot avoid the exchange of the
rooks and thus the dreaded opposite-colored bishop ending is inevitable.} 39.
Rd8 {(17 s)} Rf8 {(4s)} 40. Rd6 {(0s)} Rf6 {(0s)} 41. Rd8 {(84s)} Rf8 {(0s)}
42. Rxf8 {(3s)} Kxf8 {(0s)} 43. d6 {(16s)} Bc5 {(136s)} 44. d7 {(14s)} Ke7 {
(4s)} 45. Bf5 {(16s)} Be3 {(50s)} 46. Kg2 {(7s)} Bd2 {(114s)} 47. Kf2 {(37s)}
1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.11”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Aronian, Levon”]
[Black “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A04”]
[WhiteElo “2792”]
[BlackElo “2819”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “98”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. Nf3 {(13s)} c5 {(5s)} 2. c4 {(8s)} Nc6 {(3s)} 3. Nc3 {(8s)} e5 {(3s)} 4. g3 {(8s)} g6 {(11s)} 5. Bg2
{(9s)} Bg7 {(4s)} 6. O-O {(9s)} Nge7 {(45s)} 7. a3 {(11s)} O-O {(114s)} 8. b4 {(128s)} d5 {(193s)} 9.
cxd5 {(272s)} Nxd5 {(38s)} 10. Ng5 {(180s)} Nc7 {(298s)} 11. Nge4 {(112s)} c4 {(621s)} 12. d3 {(
1375s)} cxd3 {(361s)} 13. Bg5 {(14s)} f6 {(146s)} 14. Be3 {(11s)} f5 {(527s)} 15. Bg5 {(824s)} Qd4
{(837s)} 16. Be3 {(12s)} Qd8 {(5s)} 17. Bg5 {(4s)} Qd7 {(560s)} 18. Nc5 {(14s)} dxe2 {(15s)} 19.
Nxe2 {(573s)} Qxd1 {(80s)} 20. Rfxd1 {(702s)} f4 {(218s)} 21. gxf4 {(185s)} h6 {(160s)} 22. b5 {(
1335s)} Nxb5 {(88s)} 23. Rab1 {(57s)} Nxa3 {(201s)} 24. Rb3 {(56s)} hxg5 {(531s)} 25. Rxa3 {(124s)}
exf4 {(296s)} 26. Bd5+ {(299s)} Kh7 {(147s)} 27. Ne4 {(26s)} Kh6 {(484s)} 28. Nd6 {(304s)} Bf6 {(
28s)} 29. Bxc6 {(74s)} bxc6 {(75s)} 30. Nxc8 {(4s)} Raxc8 {(11s)} 31. Rd7 {(18s)} g4 {(112s)} 32.
Nxf4 {(17s)} Rcd8 {(291s)} 33. Raxa7 {(97s)} Rxd7 {(7s)} 34. Rxd7 {(4s)} c5 {(6s)} 35. Ne6 {(276s)}
Rc8 {(7s)} 36. Rc7 {(20s)} Rxc7 {(10s)} 37. Nxc7 {(1s)} c4 {(66s)} 38. Kf1 {(7s)} Kg5 {(115s)} 39.
Nd5 {(3s)} Be5 {(33s)} 40. Ke2 {(0s)} Bxh2 {(0s)} 41. Ke3 {(426s)} Be5 {(159s)} 42. Nb4 {(333s)} Bd6
{(137s)} 43. Nd5 {(116s)} Bc5+ {(6s)} 44. Ke2 {(3s)} Kf5 {(8s)} 45. Nc3 {(19s)} Ke5 {(38s)} 46. Nb5
{(53s)} Bb4 {(41s)} 47. Ke3 {(24s)} g5 {(11s)} 48. Nc7 {(23s)} Bc5+ {(16s)} 49. Ke2 {(7s)} c3 {(42s)}
0-1
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.11”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Giri, Anish”]
[Black “Anand, Viswanathan”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A14”]
[WhiteElo “2769”]
[BlackElo “2770”]
[Annotator “AS”]
[PlyCount “81”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. c4 {(2s)} c5 {(11s)} 2. Nf3 {(71s)} Nf6 {(13s)} 3. Nc3 {(137s)} Nc6 {(15s)}
4. g3 {(3s)} d5 {(15s)} 5. cxd5 {(16s)} Nxd5 {(8s)} 6. Bg2 {(2s)} e6 {(16s)} 7.
O-O {(7s)} Be7 {(5s)} 8. d4 {(3s)} O-O {(10s)} 9. e4 {(2s)} Ndb4 {(71s)} 10.
dxc5 {(8s)} Bxc5 {(30s)} 11. e5 {(3s)} Bb6 {(99s)} 12. a3 {(13s)} Nd5 {(133s)}
13. Qe2 {(164s)} Bd7 {(834s)} 14. Rd1 {(661s)} Nxc3 {(593s)} 15. bxc3 {(12s)}
Qc7 {(56s)} 16. a4 {(1450s)} Ne7 {(707s)} 17. Ng5 {(898s)} Bc6 {(909s)} 18. Ba3
{(257s)} Bxg2 {(185s)} 19. Kxg2 {(76s)} Bc5 {(104s)} 20. Qe4 {(727s)} Ng6 {
(189s)} 21. Bxc5 {(49s)} Qxc5 {(19s)} 22. Nf3 {(12 s)} b6 {(189s)} 23. Rd7 {
(179s)} Qxc3 {(382s)} 24. Rad1 {(36s)} Rac8 {(190s)} 25. Rxa7 {[#] (156s)} Rc4
$2 {(524s)} 26. Qb7 {(98s)} Rcc8 {(493s)} ({Upon playing …Rc4, Anand had
planned on} 26… Nxe5 27. Nxe5 (27. Ra8 $1 {was the move Anand missed in his
earlier analysis, but thankfully for his sanity, he caught his mistake in time,
and avoided an immediate defeat.} g5 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qb8+ {with a double
attack on the king and the knight.} Kg7 30. Nxe5 {and it would be game over.})
27… Qxe5 28. Rd7 {and he would actually be fine.}) 27. Re1 {(836s)} Rb8 {
(309s)} 28. Qe4 {(54s)} Qc5 {(163s)} 29. Rb1 {(58s)} b5 {(499s)} 30. Ra5 {(31s)
} Qc4 {(5s)} 31. Qxc4 {(209s)} bxc4 {(5s)} 32. Rxb8 {(27 s)} Rxb8 {(6s)} 33.
Rc5 {(5s)} Rb4 {(5s)} 34. a5 {(20s)} Ra4 {(28s)} 35. Nd2 {(405s)} c3 {(23s)}
36. Rc8+ {(14s)} Nf8 {(10s)} 37. Nb3 {(26s)} g5 {(123s)} 38. Rxc3 {(423s)} Ra3
{(50s)} 39. Kf3 {(46s)} Ng6 {[#] (10s) That White stands better here, is
unquestionable. This doesn’t mean it the win is just a matter of technique,
but that the burden of holding is very much on Black’s shoulders.} 40. Rc8+ $2
{(0s) After this though, there is nothing for White anymore.} Kg7 {(0s)} 41.
Rc3 {(163s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.11”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Ding, Liren”]
[Black “Svidler, Peter”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D71”]
[WhiteElo “2755”]
[BlackElo “2751”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “117”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. d4 {(4s)} Nf6 {(7s)} 2. c4 {(8s)} g6 {(3s)} 3. g3 {(17s)} c5 {(389s)} 4. d5 {(113s)} Bg7 {(117s)} 5.
Bg2 {(18s)} O-O {(15s)} 6. Nc3 {(4s)} d6 {(48s)} 7. Nh3 {(14s)} a6 {(224s)} 8. a4 {(292s)} e6 {(197s)}
9. Nf4 {(23s)} exd5 {(55s)} 10. Nfxd5 {(6s)} Nxd5 {(6s)} 11. Nxd5 {(6s)} Nc6 {(84s)} 12. O-O {(8s)}
Re8 {(190s)} 13. Ra2 {(895s)} Rb8 {(732s)} 14. b3 {(1150s)} b5 {(1046s)} 15. axb5 {(157s)} axb5 {(
6s)} 16. cxb5 {(33s)} Nd4 {(433s)} 17. b6 {(51s)} Be6 {(40s)} 18. e3 {(457s)} Nb5 {(295s)} 19. Bd2
{(6s)} Bxd5 {(122s)} 20. Bxd5 {(115s)} Qxb6 {(36s)} 21. Qf3 {(6s)} Re7 {(316s)} 22. Ba5 {(422s)} Qa7
{(8s)} 23. Bd8 {(6s)} Rxd8 {(5s)} 24. Rxa7 {(5s)} Rxa7 {(5s)} 25. Bc4 {(211s)} Nc3 {(149s)} 26. Qc6
{(183s)} d5 {(156s)} 27. Bd3 {(20s)} Ra3 {(274s)} 28. Qb6 {(431s)} Rc8 {(115s)} 29. Kg2 {(114s)} Bf8
{(341s)} 30. Rc1 {(468s)} Na2 {(62s)} 31. Ra1 {(164s)} Bg7 {(457s)} 32. Rb1 {(132s)} Nb4 {(83s)} 33.
Bb5 {(8s)} Bf8 {(308s)} 34. e4 {(485s)} Raa8 {(113s)} 35. Bf1 {(164s)} Rab8 {(199s)} 36. Qa7 {(140
s)} Ra8 {(102s)} 37. Qb7 {(179s)} Rab8 {(18s)} 38. Qa7 {(71s)} Ra8 {(8s)} 39. Qd7 {(235s)} c4 {(136s)}
40. bxc4 {(0s)} dxe4 {(0s)} 41. Qb7 {(1450s)} Nc6 {(588s)} 42. Re1 {(86s)} Rab8 {(95s)} 43. Qd7 {(
37s)} Ne5 {(54s)} 44. Qd5 {(6s)} Rc5 {(42s)} 45. Qxe4 {(7s)} Rbc8 {(12s)} 46. Rc1 {(32s)} R8c7 {(113
s)} 47. Be2 {(248s)} Rc8 {(92s)} 48. f4 {(220s)} Nd7 {(49s)} 49. Ra1 {(252s)} Nf6 {(910s)} 50. Qf3
{(135s)} Re8 {(156s)} 51. Ra8 {(187s)} Re6 {(15s)} 52. Qd3 {(105s)} Kg7 {(44s)} 53. Bf3 {(30s)} Rd6
{(177s)} 54. Qc3 {(40s)} h5 {(62s)} 55. h3 {(179s)} Kg8 {(386s)} 56. Qb4 {(393s)} Nd7 {(44s)} 57.
Bd5 {(35s)} Rb6 {(60s)} 58. Qd2 {(108s)} Rc7 {(65s)} 59. f5 {(63s)} 1-0
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.11”]
[Round “6”]
[White “So, Wesley”]
[Black “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A20”]
[WhiteElo “2771”]
[BlackElo “2761”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “81”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. c4 {(4s)} e5 {(28s)} 2. g3 {(6s)} Nf6 {(56s)} 3. Bg2 {(7s)} d5 {(8s)} 4. cxd5 {(4s)} Nxd5 {(4s)} 5.
Nc3 {(6s)} Nb6 {(7s)} 6. Nf3 {(5s)} Nc6 {(8s)} 7. O-O {(6s)} Be7 {(10s)} 8. d3 {(6s)} O-O {(52s)} 9. a3
{(4s)} Be6 {(82s)} 10. Be3 {(29s)} Nd5 {(58s)} 11. Nxd5 {(7s)} Bxd5 {(7s)} 12. Qa4 {(5s)} Re8 {(147s)}
13. Rac1 {(39s)} a6 {(55s)} 14. Nd2 {(24s)} Bxg2 {(122s)} 15. Kxg2 {(5s)} Nd4 {(32s)} 16. Bxd4 {(6
s)} exd4 {(11s)} 17. Qb3 {(4s)} Rb8 {(204s)} 18. e4 {(6s)} dxe3 {(288s)} 19. fxe3 {(5s)} Rf8 {(422s)}
20. Ne4 {(232s)} Qd7 {(385s)} 21. Rf3 {(87s)} Rbd8 {(393s)} 22. d4 {(350s)} c6 {(54s)} 23. Rcf1 {(
196s)} Qd5 {(124s)} 24. Qc2 {(584s)} g6 {(249s)} 25. g4 {(176s)} Rde8 {(363s)} 26. h3 {(275s)} Bd8
{(110s)} 27. Nc3 {(74s)} Qe6 {(265s)} 28. Na4 {(193s)} b6 {(416s)} 29. Rc1 {(32s)} c5 {(434s)} 30.
dxc5 {(5s)} b5 {(15s)} 31. Nc3 {(3s)} Qc6 {(28s)} 32. Qd2 {(635s)} Re5 {(365s)} 33. b4 {(147s)} Bg5
{(299s)} 34. Rd1 {(233s)} Bxe3 {(239s)} 35. Qd7 {(786s)} Qa8 {(106s)} 36. Nd5 {(225s)} Bg5 {(222s)}
37. c6 {(12s)} Bh4 {(498s)} 38. Rd2 {(523s)} Re1 {(313s)} 39. Rc2 {(559s)} Kg7 {(175s)} 40. Nb6 {(
0s)} Qb8 {(0s)} 41. Qd4+ {(184s)} 1-0
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.11”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A61”]
[WhiteElo “2791”]
[BlackElo “2807”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “117”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. d4 {(6s)} Nf6 {(5s)} 2. c4 {(5s)} e6 {(3s)} 3. Nf3 {(16s)} c5 {(5s)} 4. d5 {(21s)} d6 {(6s)} 5. Nc3
{(7s)} exd5 {(4s)} 6. cxd5 {(7s)} g6 {(3s)} 7. Bf4 {(12s)} Bg7 {(14s)} 8. Qa4+ {(28s)} Bd7 {(5s)} 9.
Qb3 {(11s)} b5 {(6s)} 10. Bxd6 {(11s)} Qb6 {(6s)} 11. Be5 {(14s)} O-O {(100s)} 12. e3 {(14s)} c4 {(6s)}
13. Qd1 {(40s)} b4 {(6s)} 14. Nb1 {(28s)} Rc8 {(60s)} 15. Nbd2 {(34s)} Bb5 {(88s)} 16. a4 {(111s)}
bxa3 {(45s)} 17. Rxa3 {(16s)} Bf8 {(42s)} 18. Bd4 {(562s)} Qb7 {(32s)} 19. Ra1 {(851s)} Nxd5 {(171
s)} 20. Be2 {(7s)} Nc6 {(1098s)} 21. O-O {(17s)} Nxd4 {(64s)} 22. Nxd4 {(18s)} a6 {(62s)} 23. Bf3 {(
945s)} Rd8 {(487s)} 24. Ne4 {(854s)} Qb6 {(91s)} 25. Nc3 {(130s)} Nxc3 {(6s)} 26. bxc3 {(3s)} Rac8
{(72s)} 27. Qc2 {(86s)} Qf6 {(202s)} 28. Rfb1 {(144s)} Rc5 {(429s)} 29. Bd1 {(262s)} Bg7 {(324s)}
30. Qe2 {(599s)} Qe7 {(284s)} 31. Rb2 {(17s)} Qe8 {(286s)} 32. Rba2 {(43s)} h5 {(195s)} 33. Ba4 {(
376s)} Bxa4 {(194s)} 34. Rxa4 {(9s)} Bxd4 {(22s)} 35. cxd4 {(11s)} Rxd4 {(4s)} 36. exd4 {(185s)}
Qxe2 {(9s)} 37. dxc5 {(2s)} c3 {(191s)} 38. Rc1 {(13s)} c2 {(586s)} 39. Rd4 {(212s)} Qb5 {(41s)} 40.
Rd2 {(0s)} Qxc5 {(0s)} 41. Rdxc2 {(454s)} Qa3 {(38s)} 42. h4 {(336s)} a5 {(228s)} 43. g3 {(805s)} a4
{(132s)} 44. Re1 {(43s)} Qb3 {(592s)} 45. Rce2 {(19s)} Qc3 {(381s)} 46. Re3 {(84s)} Qb2 {(31s)} 47.
R1e2 {(85s)} Qb4 {(378s)} 48. Kh2 {(485s)} Kg7 {(115s)} 49. Rf3 {(460s)} g5 {(395s)} 50. hxg5 {(
204s)} h4 {(35s)} 51. Ree3 {(140s)} hxg3+ {(37s)} 52. Kxg3 {(62s)} Kg6 {(60s)} 53. Kh2 {(328s)} Qc4
{(101s)} 54. Rg3 {(21s)} Qf1 {(72s)} 55. Ref3 {(75s)} Qc4 {(82s)} 56. Rf6+ {(443s)} Kg7 {(5s)} 57.
Rff3 {(2s)} Kg6 {(6s)} 58. Rf6+ {(4s)} Kg7 {(2s)} 59. Rff3 {(222s)} 1/2-1/2[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.12”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C67”]
[WhiteElo “2819”]
[BlackElo “2791”]
[PlyCount “70”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {(4s)} e5 {(6s)} 2. Nf3 {(3s)} Nc6 {(6s)} 3. Bb5 {(2s)} Nf6 {(23s)} 4.
O-O {(4s)} Nxe4 {(7s)} 5. d4 {(1s)} Nd6 {(7s)} 6. Bxc6 {(3s)} dxc6 {(6s)} 7.
dxe5 {(3s)} Nf5 {(9s)} 8. Qxd8+ {(4s)} Kxd8 {(6s)} 9. h3 {(3s)} Ke8 {(17s)} 10.
Nc3 {(4s)} h5 {(4s)} 11. Bf4 {(22s)} Be7 {(9s)} 12. Rad1 {(20s)} Be6 {(7 s)}
13. Ng5 {(4s)} Rh6 {(10s)} 14. Rfe1 {(4s)} Bb4 {(16s)} 15. g4 {(18s)} hxg4 {
(19s)} 16. hxg4 {(3s)} Ne7 {(7s)} 17. f3 {(6s)} Bxc3 {(23s)} 18. bxc3 {(3s)}
Nd5 {(6s)} 19. Bd2 {(5s)} Nb6 {(6s)} 20. Nxe6 {(148s)} Rxe6 {(12s)} 21. Kf2 {
(103s)} Rd8 {(459s)} 22. Bg5 {(10s)} Rxd1 {(1242s)} 23. Rxd1 {(8s)} Nd7 {(10s)}
24. f4 {(5s)} f6 {(23s)} 25. exf6 {(25s)} gxf6 {(10s)} 26. Bh4 {(449s)} c5 {
(900s)} 27. Kf3 {(427s)} Ra6 {(298s)} 28. Ke4 {(127s)} Nf8 {(54s)} 29. Kf5 {
(1545s)} Kf7 {(30s)} 30. c4 {(132s)} Re6 {(304s)} 31. g5 {(1165s)} Ng6 {(23s)}
32. Rd7+ {(32s)} Re7 {(10s)} 33. Rxe7+ {(4s)} Nxe7+ {(8s)} 34. Ke4 {(5s)} f5+ {
(22s)} 35. Ke3 {(36s)} Ng6 {(326 Ke4s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.12”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Anand, Viswanathan”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C54”]
[WhiteElo “2770”]
[BlackElo “2792”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “68”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {(5s)} e5 {(4s)} 2. Nf3 {(6s)} Nc6 {(7s)} 3. Bc4 {(9s)} Bc5 {(7s)} 4. c3 {(10s)} Nf6 {(5s)} 5. d3
{(6s)} O-O {(6s)} 6. Nbd2 {(25s)} a6 {(93s)} 7. a4 {(187s)} d6 {(28s)} 8. O-O {(32s)} Ba7 {(195s)} 9.
h3 {(83s)} Ne7 {(155s)} 10. Re1 {(138s)} Ng6 {(35s)} 11. Bb3 {(123s)} Re8 {(476s)} 12. d4 {(666s)}
h6 {(400s)} 13. Bc2 {(177s)} c6 {(156s)} 14. Nf1 {(83s)} d5 {(508s)} 15. Nxe5 {(620s)} Nxe5 {(4s)}
16. dxe5 {(10s)} Nxe4 {(3s)} 17. Bxe4 {(345s)} dxe4 {(16s)} 18. Qxd8 {(7s)} Rxd8 {(5s)} 19. Ng3 {(
18s)} Bb8 {(945s)} 20. Be3 {(1149s)} Bxe5 {(5s)} 21. Nxe4 {(123s)} Bc7 {(30s)} 22. a5 {(43s)} Bf5 {(
553s)} 23. Nc5 {(126s)} Rab8 {(20s)} 24. g4 {(354s)} Bc2 {(89s)} 25. Rac1 {(39s)} Bg6 {(337s)} 26.
b4 {(270s)} Bd6 {(385s)} 27. Na4 {(111s)} f6 {(265s)} 28. Ba7 {(368s)} Ra8 {(48s)} 29. Bc5 {(34s)}
Be5 {(141s)} 30. Nb6 {(218s)} Rab8 {(8s)} 31. Nc4 {(119s)} Bf4 {(208s)} 32. Be3 {(25s)} Bxe3 {(184
s)} 33. Rxe3 {(14s)} b5 {(377s)} 34. axb6 {(481s)} Bf7 {(10s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.12”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Svidler, Peter”]
[Black “So, Wesley”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A20”]
[WhiteElo “2751”]
[BlackElo “2771”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “61”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. c4 {(3s)} e5 {(13s)} 2. g3 {(35s)} Nf6 {(6s)} 3. Bg2 {(7s)} d5 {(3s)} 4. cxd5 {(5s)} Nxd5 {(4s)} 5.
Nf3 {(346s)} Nc6 {(6s)} 6. O-O {(6s)} Nb6 {(4s)} 7. Nc3 {(488s)} Be7 {(13s)} 8. a3 {(114s)} O-O {(17s)}
9. b4 {(3s)} Be6 {(7s)} 10. d3 {(9s)} a5 {(70s)} 11. b5 {(10s)} Nd4 {(5s)} 12. Bb2 {(9s)} Nb3 {(57s)}
13. Rb1 {(9s)} f6 {(4s)} 14. Nd2 {(22s)} Nxd2 {(6s)} 15. Qxd2 {(5s)} Nc4 {(6s)} 16. Qc1 {(437s)}
Nxb2 {(5s)} 17. Qxb2 {(4s)} Rb8 {(5s)} 18. e3 {(806s)} f5 {(662s)} 19. Na4 {(737s)} Bd6 {(130s)} 20.
b6 {(109s)} c6 {(44s)} 21. d4 {(10s)} Qe7 {(1038s)} 22. Nc5 {(333s)} exd4 {(163s)} 23. Nxe6 {(600s)}
Qxe6 {(34s)} 24. exd4 {(2s)} f4 {(19s)} 25. d5 {(255s)} cxd5 {(8s)} 26. Qb3 {(68s)} Kh8 {(9s)} 27.
Bxd5 {(64s)} Qf6 {(152s)} 28. Qb5 {(914s)} Bxa3 {(217s)} 29. Qxa5 {(34s)} Bb2 {(5s)} 30. Bf3 {(98s)}
Ra8 {(479s)} 31. Qd5 {(174s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.12”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Black “Giri, Anish”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A20”]
[WhiteElo “2761”]
[BlackElo “2769”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “90”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. c4 {(5s)} e5 {(2s)} 2. d3 {(13s)} Bb4+ {(271s)} 3. Nd2 {(23s)} Nf6 {(206s)} 4. Ngf3 {(27s)} Nc6 {(
12s)} 5. a3 {(35s)} Bxd2+ {(8s)} 6. Qxd2 {(13s)} d5 {(342s)} 7. cxd5 {(64s)} Qxd5 {(20s)} 8. e4 {(75
s)} Qd6 {(55s)} 9. h3 {(126s)} a5 {(271s)} 10. Be2 {(357s)} Nd7 {(111s)} 11. Qc2 {(427s)} Nc5 {(129s)}
12. Be3 {(16s)} Ne6 {(26s)} 13. O-O {(354s)} O-O {(75s)} 14. b3 {(267s)} Rd8 {(92s)} 15. Rfc1 {(
718s)} Bd7 {(170s)} 16. Qb2 {(67s)} Be8 {(770s)} 17. b4 {(389s)} axb4 {(183s)} 18. axb4 {(9s)} Rxa1
{(11s)} 19. Qxa1 {(511s)} b5 {(818s)} 20. Qa3 {(1339s)} Qxb4 {(579s)} 21. Qxb4 {(33s)} Nxb4 {(1s)}
22. Nxe5 {(32s)} f6 {(13s)} 23. Bg4 {(590s)} Nd4 {(60s)} 24. Bxd4 {(69s)} Rxd4 {(10s)} 25. Nf3 {(
16s)} Nxd3 {(88s)} 26. Rxc7 {(90s)} Rd6 {(607s)} 27. Rb7 {(114s)} h5 {(102s)} 28. Bf5 {(658s)} g6 {(
28s)} 29. e5 {(20s)} Nxe5 {(62s)} 30. Nxe5 {(5s)} gxf5 {(833s)} 31. Rb8 {(5s)} Kf8 {(5s)} 32. Ng6+
{(9s)} Kf7 {(7s)} 33. Nf4 {(5s)} h4 {(52s)} 34. g3 {(33s)} Bc6 {(94s)} 35. gxh4 {(55s)} Rd4 {(14s)} 36.
Rb6 {(144s)} Rc4 {(342s)} 37. h5 {(111s)} Kg7 {(1s)} 38. Kh2 {(101s)} b4 {(252s)} 39. Nd3 {(107s)}
Rc3 {(278s)} 40. Nxb4 {(0s)} Be4 {(0s)} 41. Rd6 {(179s)} Rf3 {(490s)} 42. Nd5 {(63s)} Rxf2+ {(126s)}
43. Kg3 {(16s)} Rf3+ {(29s)} 44. Kh4 {(10s)} Bxd5 {(17s)} 45. Rxd5 {(6s)} Kh6 {(13s)} 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Sinquefield Cup 2016”]
[Site “Saint Louis”]
[Date “2016.08.12”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Black “Ding, Liren”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C92”]
[WhiteElo “2807”]
[BlackElo “2755”]
[Annotator “”]
[PlyCount “189”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[SourceTitle “playchess.com”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[TimeControl “40/7200:3600+30”]
1. e4 {(3s)} e5 {(5s)} 2. Nf3 {(3s)} Nc6 {(4s)} 3. Bb5 {(5s)} a6 {(4s)} 4. Ba4 {(4s)} Nf6 {(4s)} 5. O-O
{(6s)} Be7 {(3s)} 6. Re1 {(5s)} b5 {(4s)} 7. Bb3 {(3s)} d6 {(5s)} 8. c3 {(5s)} O-O {(5s)} 9. h3 {(3s)} Re8
{(5s)} 10. d4 {(14s)} Bb7 {(5s)} 11. Nbd2 {(8s)} Bf8 {(4s)} 12. Bc2 {(22s)} h6 {(100s)} 13. d5 {(9s)}
Nb8 {(173s)} 14. b3 {(18s)} c6 {(125s)} 15. c4 {(7s)} Nbd7 {(2s)} 16. Nf1 {(413s)} Qc7 {(508s)} 17.
Be3 {(174s)} a5 {(654s)} 18. Rc1 {(732s)} Ba6 {(495s)} 19. cxb5 {(539s)} Bxb5 {(3s)} 20. Bd3 {(10s)}
Qb7 {(5s)} 21. Bxb5 {(21s)} cxb5 22. Ng3 {(275s)} Rec8 {(57s)} 23. Qd3 {(135s)} h5 {(125s)} 24.
Rc3 {(790s)} b4 {(156s)} 25. Rxc8 {(172s)} Rxc8 {(17s)} 26. Rc1 {(61s)} Rxc1+ {(204s)} 27. Bxc1 {(
11s)} Nc5 {(11s)} 28. Qc4 {(400s)} g6 {(18s)} 29. Bg5 {(50s)} Nfd7 {(968s)} 30. Nd2 {(207s)} a4 {(
762s)} 31. Kh2 {(1495s)} Qb6 {(336s)} 32. Ne2 {(559s)} axb3 {(356s)} 33. axb3 {(6s)} Qa5 {(2s)} 34.
Ng1 {(98s)} Nb6 {(167s)} 35. Qe2 {(49s)} Nc8 {(356s)} 36. Ngf3 {(134s)} Be7 {(156s)} 37. Be3 {(265
s)} Nb6 {(42s)} 38. Ne1 {(120s)} Nbd7 {(482s)} 39. Nc2 {(99s)} Qa6 {(4s)} 40. Qxa6 {(0s)} Nxa6 {(0s)}
41. Kg1 {(395s)} Kf8 {(1228s)} 42. Kf1 {(104s)} Bd8 {(5s)} 43. Ke2 {(785s)} Bb6 {(8s)} 44. Bh6+ {(
35s)} Ke7 {(174s)} 45. f3 {(6s)} Ndc5 {(524s)} 46. Be3 {(109s)} f5 {(316s)} 47. g4 {(243s)} hxg4 {(
193s)} 48. hxg4 {(7s)} fxg4 {(99s)} 49. fxg4 {(5s)} Nd7 {(76s)} 50. Bg5+ {(215s)} Ke8 {(185s)} 51.
Nc4 {(235s)} Bc7 {(226s)} 52. Be3 {(348s)} Ndc5 {(38s)} 53. Nd2 {(296s)} Ba5 {(5s)} 54. Ne1 {(290s)}
Bb6 {(34s)} 55. Bxc5 {(266s)} Bxc5 {(673s)} 56. Nef3 {(192s)} Nc7 {(95s)} 57. Ng5 {(40s)} Ke7 {(
269s)} 58. Kd3 {(6s)} Kf6 {(3s)} 59. Ndf3 {(38s)} Bf2 {(251s)} 60. Nh3 {(349s)} Bg3 {(33s)} 61.
Nhg1 {(179s)} Na6 {(63s)} 62. g5+ {(52s)} Ke7 {(25s)} 63. Nd2 {(5s)} Kd7 {(297s)} 64. Kc4 {(5s)} Kc7
{(3s)} 65. Kb5 {(7s)} Nc5 {(5s)} 66. Ngf3 {(14s)} Nd3 {(80s)} 67. Kc4 {(30s)} Nf2 {(6s)} 68. Kxb4 {(
21s)} Bf4 {(4s)} 69. Kb5 {(366s)} Nh3 {(23s)} 70. b4 {(14s)} Nxg5 {(94s)} 71. Ka6 {(76s)} Nxf3 {(117
s)} 72. Nxf3 {(3s)} g5 {(2s)} 73. b5 {(5s)} g4 {(4s)} 74. b6+ {(9s)} Kb8 {(21s)} 75. Nh4 {(14s)} g3 {(
40s)} 76. Nf5 {(131s)} g2 {(20s)} 77. Ne7 {(3s)} g1=Q {(3s)} 78. Nc6+ {(4s)} Kc8 {(2s)} 79. b7+ {(4s)}
Kd7 {(1s)} 80. b8=Q {(9s)} Qf1+ {(137s)} 81. Kb7 {(37s)} Qb5+ {(39s)} 82. Ka8 {(5s)} Qa4+ {(10s)}
83. Qa7+ {(163s)} Qxa7+ {(3s)} 84. Nxa7 {(3s)} Kc7 {(175s)} 85. Nb5+ {(6s)} Kb6 {(4s)} 86. Nxd6 {(
4s)} Kc5 {(2s)} 87. Nf5 {(109s)} Bg5 {(6s)} 88. Kb7 {(28s)} Kc4 {(6s)} 89. d6 {(36s)} Kd3 {(5s)} 90.
Ng3 {(15s)} Ke3 {(19s)} 91. d7 {(46s)} Kf3 {(25s)} 92. Nh5 {(24s)} Kxe4 {(10s)} 93. Kc6 {(14s)} Kf3
{(34s)} 94. Ng7 {(18s)} e4 {(6s)} 95. Nf5 {(16s)} 1/2-1/2
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After some thrilling games between the world’s elite players it was Wesley So, the former Webster University prodigy, who took a commanding lead early in the tournament and cruised to a solid victory with 5.5/9 pts.
The Sinquefield Cup is part of the second Grand Chess Tour, which aims to promote professional chess around the world. The Grandmasters featured in the Sinquefield Cup are regular participants in the tour. For details and photos from the Sinquefield Cup, check out the detailed analysis on Chessbase.