Tag: Vishwanathan Anand

2016 Sinquefield Cup: So Wins It All

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
[/pgn]

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.

August 17, 2016
Carlsen’s Amazing Hamburg Simul

You really have to hand it to Magnus Carlsen. As one of the youngest chess champions in history, he has transformed the professional chess world with major brand endorsements, [his own clothing line](www.g-star.com/en_us/featured/collaborations/magnus-carlsen.htm), his own brand/chess app, and is noteworthy as the first World Champion to develop his chess abilities in the age of prevalent chess computers. In the [2014 World Chess Championship](sochi2014.fide.com), Carlsen effectively destroyed former champion Viswanathan Anand where there were no shortage of comments and questions about him being [*past his prime*](www.chess.com/forum/view/general/end-of-era-for-vishy-anand) and Carlsen being the *young* wave of the future.

Earlier this week on February 21 in Hamburg, [Play Magnus](www.playmagnus.com) hosted a simul exhibition with 70 players. The German paper [Die Zeit](www.zeit.de) organized the event to commemorate its 70th birthday, which puts its first publication right after the end of World War II. In this competition sat one person for every year that *Die Zeit* has faithfully published to its readers.

![simulsetup](http://www.campfirechess.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/carlsensimul01.jpg)

70 boards ready to take on Magnus Carlsen. (Credit: Play Magnus)

As you can see, the setup for the event was stunning with each player receiving a *Play Magnus* chess set which was autographed by the World Champion after the event. Some of the competitors were invited to the event while others were chosen from a pool of over 1,000 applicants.

![simulcarlsen](http://www.campfirechess.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/carlsensimul02.jpg)

Carlsen’s six-hour battle. (Credit: Chess24.com)

At the halfway point of the event, Carlsen had shut his opponents out with an amazing 30 wins and 0 losses or draws. At the conclusion of the event, which lasted around six hours, the World Champion emerged with an exceptional record of 67 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss. It is easy to lose sight of the wins in this situation because of the startling number of losses. This defeat came at the hands of Jens-Erik Rudolph, who is identified by [Chessbase](www.chessbase.com) as a City League chess player with an 1981 ELO.

[pgn]
[Event “Simultan – 70 Jahre DIE ZEIT”]
[Site “Hamburg”]
[Date “2016.02.20”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Rudolph, Jens-Erik”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A42”]
[WhiteElo “2844”]
[BlackElo “1981”]
[PlyCount “114”]
[EventDate “2016.??.??”]
[EventType “simul”]
[EventCountry “GER”]
[TimeControl “180+2”]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 a5 6. Bd3
Na6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. f3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. O-O Qe8 13. Kh1
Nh7 14. b3 f5 15. a3 b6 16. b4 Nb7 17. Qd2 f4 18. Bf2 g5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5
h5 21. Nc3 g4 22. Qe2 Qg6 23. Rfc1 Nf6 24. Bd1 Bh6 25. Be1 Rf7 26. Ra2 Rg7 27.
Rac2 Kh8 28. Qf1 Rag8 29. Bh4 Bg5 30. Bf2 g3 31. Be1 gxh2 32. Na4 Ne8 33. Nb2
axb4 34. axb4 h4 35. Nd3 Bd8 36. Kxh2 Rh7 37. Nf2 Nf6 38. Nh3 Nh5 39. Ra1 Ng3
40. Qd3 Bf6 41. Ra7 Nd8 42. Raxc7 Rxc7 43. Rxc7 Nf5 44. Rc2 Ne3 45. Ra2 Nxg2
46. Qe2 Ne3 47. Bb3 Nf7 48. Qf2 Qh5 49. Qe2 Rg2+ 50. Qxg2 Nxg2 51. Kxg2 Ng5 52.
Ng1 h3+ 53. Kh1 Qg6 54. Rh2 Nxf3 55. Nxf3 Qxe4 56. Rxh3+ Kg7 57. Kg1 Qe3+ 0-1
[/pgn]

Magnus Carlsen’s single loss in the simul.

After struggling somewhat last year, it is refreshing to see Magnus playing such good chess recently. Additionally, it was nice to see that there was an eclectic mix of people participating in the simul including a nine-year old chess player and a famous futbol coach among others. Although I have to consider variables such as the number of people Carlsen played in this simul it is nice to know that the World Champion himself is not impervious to defeat at the hands of players < 2000 ELO. Rudolph's 1981 ELO gives me hope, I tell ya. Additional Credit: Featured Image by [IM Anna Rudolf](https://www.facebook.com/AnnaRudolfChess/) -w.s

February 26, 2016
Wesley So Victorious in Bilbao

American Grandmaster Wesley So achieved victory through a blitz tiebreaker against GM Anish Giri 1.5-0.5. Giri made headlines earlier this week for [destroying](http://www.campfirechess.com/2015/anands-worst-game-ever/) Vishy Anand in Round 4 and for playing a mammoth [172 move draw](http://www.campfirechess.com/2015/giri-plays-172-move-nail-biter/) against Ding Liren. Unfortunately the recently married GM from the Netherlands was unable to keep up the pace and was outmaneuvered in the tiebreaker by So. Wesley was the only player to win a game in the first half of the tournament and quickly became an early favorite to take the lead or at least find himself in a deathmatch with Giri. Like his American counterpart GM Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So is also a deadly blitz master:

[pgn]
[Event “8th Grand Slam Masters TB”]
[Site “Bilbao ESP”]
[Date “2015.11.01”]
[Round “1”]
[White “So, Wesley”]
[Black “Giri, Anish”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D10”]
[WhiteElo “2767”]
[BlackElo “2778”]
[PlyCount “85”]
[EventDate “2015.11.01”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Nge2 O-O 12. f3 Rc8 13. O-O h6 14. Bg3 Nc4
15. Bf2 Re8 16. a3 Bf8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Rd1 a5 19. Qb1 Qc7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4
Qb8 22. Nec3 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxb2 24. Nxb2 Rxc3 25. Be1 Rb3 26. Na4 Bxa4 27. Rxa4
Bb4 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Kf2 Rb2+ 30. Kf1 Rc8 31. Raa1 Kf8 32. Rab1 Rxb1 33. Rxb1
Rb8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd2 Nd7 36. Kc2 e5 37. Ra1 exd4 38. exd4 Nf8 39. Ra7+ Kf6
40. Ra5 Ne6 41. Rxd5 b3+ 42. Kb2 Nf4 43. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event “8th Grand Slam Masters TB”]
[Site “Bilbao ESP”]
[Date “2015.11.01”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Giri, Anish”]
[Black “So, Wesley”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C50”]
[WhiteElo “2778”]
[BlackElo “2767”]
[PlyCount “196”]
[EventDate “2015.11.01”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15.
Nh4 Qd7 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Nhf5 Qf8 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Nh5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nde7 21.
Qf3 Ng6 22. Re4 Na5 23. Bc2 f5 24. Re1 Kh8 25. Ng3 Nh4 26. Qh5 Qf6 27. d4 e4
28. Bf4 Bb6 29. Qe2 Nc6 30. Nh5 Qf8 31. Bg3 Ng6 32. Qe3 Re7 33. b4 Rde8 34. Bb3
Nce5 35. Bxe5 Nxe5 36. Nf4 Kh7 37. Nd5 Nd3 38. Nxe7 Nxe1 39. Nxf5 Nxg2 40. Kxg2
Qxf5 41. Bc2 Kh8 42. Re1 Qf7 43. Bxe4 c6 44. a4 Bc7 45. Re2 Qh5 46. Qf3 Qg5+
47. Qg4 Qxg4+ 48. hxg4 a5 49. b5 Bd6 50. f3 c5 51. dxc5 Bxc5 52. Rd2 b6 53. Bg6
Rf8 54. Rd7 Rf6 55. Be4 g5 56. Kf1 Kg8 57. Ke2 Rd6 58. Rb7 Kf8 59. Rh7 Kg8 60.
Rc7 Kf8 61. c4 Ke8 62. Bd5 Kd8 63. Rh7 Rf6 64. Kd3 Bd6 65. Be4 Bc5 66. Rg7 Bf8
67. Rb7 Bc5 68. Ra7 Kc8 69. Rh7 Kd8 70. Rg7 Bf8 71. Ra7 Bc5 72. Rh7 Re6 73. Rf7
Ke8 74. Rg7 Kd8 75. Rb7 Rf6 76. Bd5 Kc8 77. Ke4 Rf4+ 78. Ke5 Rxc4 79. Rh7 Rxa4
80. Rxh6 Ra1 81. Rh7 Kd8 82. Be4 a4 83. Ke6 a3 84. Rh8+ Kc7 85. Ra8 Rd1 86.
Ra7+ Kb8 87. Ra4 Rd8 88. Kf5 Be7 89. Ra8+ Kc7 90. Ra7+ Kd6 91. Rb7 Rf8+ 92. Kg6
Bd8 93. Ra7 Kc5 94. Rxa3 Kxb5 95. Kg7 Re8 96. Rd3 Bc7 97. Rc3 Be5+ 98. Kf7 Bxc3
1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Check out a complete recap with photos and commentary on [Chessbase](http://en.chessbase.com/post/bilbao-so-wins-after-tie-break).

November 2, 2015
Anand’s Worst Game…Ever?

On Thursday as the Bilbao Masters tournament resumed play into Round 4 nobody expected that former World Champion Viswanathan Anand would be offering up such a scathing criticism of his own game. Anand fought back hard and tournament commentators believed that he had a fighting chance to win the game but lost on time. Anand had this to say about his loss:

Today was perhaps the worst game of my life. I’ve never made so many ridiculous moves.

For a man of Vishy’s chess playing caliber it is hard to imagine such a devastating loss occurring in high-level chess, but it does happen! Just when I or others think that the 5-minute blitz game that was bombed at 2AM on Chess.com was the worst game of our lives…there are things worse than that. Judge for yourself by replaying Vishy’s Round 4 game against Anish Giri in its entirety:

[pgn][Event “VIII Chess Masters Final”]
[Site “Bilbao”]
[Date “2015.10.30”]
[Round “4”]
[White “GM Giri, Anish(NED)”]
[Black “GM Anand, Viswanathan(IND)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A22”]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8.
O-O d6 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bxe4 Be6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qb1 Qxd2 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Bxc6
Reb8 15. Qa6 Rb6 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rbxc6 19. Qxa7 R6c7 20. Qe3
Rxc4 21. Bb4 h6 22. a4 Nf6 23. Qxe5 Re4 24. Qa5 Kh7 25. f3 Re2 26. Qb5 Ra2 27.
g4 Re8 28. Bc5 Kg8 29. Re1 Ra8 30. Bd4 R2xa4 31. h4 Ra2 32. Qb1 Bd5 33. Qf5 Be6
34. Qf4 Nd7 35. Rf1 Nf8 36. Rf2 R2a5 37. Qg3 Bc4 1-0[/pgn]

Read more on the match between Anand and Giri on Chess24.com.

November 1, 2015