Paris GCT 2018

[Wayne Komer]

Paris GCT 2018

May 25, 2018

From the official site:

https://grandchesstour.org/2018-gran...2018-paris-gct

The 2018 Paris GCT tournament is again facilitated by generous contributions from Colliers International, Vivendi, Canal+ and DailyMotion. The tournament is the second stop on the 2018 Grand Chess Tour and will see the participants competing over 9 rounds of rapid chess and 18 rounds of blitz chess for a total prize fund of $150,000!

DATES June 20-24, 2018
LOCATION Groupe Canal+, 5 Boulevard de la République, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt
FORMAT 10-Player Round Robin
PRIZE FUND $150,000

2017 Paris GCT Field

Participants

Alexander Grischuk • Fabiano Caruana • Hikaru Nakamura • Levon Aronian • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov • Sergey Karjakin • Viswanathan Anand • Wesley So • Vladimir Kramnik (WC)


Schedule CET

Rapid (20 – 22 June)

TIME20 JUNE 21 JUNE 22 JUNE

14.00 Round 1 Round 4 Round 7
15.30 Round 2 Round 5 Round 8
17.00 Round 3 Round 6 Round 9


Blitz (23 – 24 June)

TIME23 JUNE TIME24 JUNE

14.00 Round 1 12.00 Round 10
14.30 Round 2 12.30 Round 11
15.00 Round 3 13.00 Round 12
15.30 Round 4 13.30 Round 13
16.00 Round 5 14.00 Round 14
16.30 Round 6 14.30 Round 15
17.00 Round 7 15.00 Round 16
17.30 Round 8 15.30 Round 17
18.00 Round 9 16.00 Round 18
16.30 Playoffs
18:30
Prizegiving

[Wayne Komer]

Paris GCT 2018

June 19, 2018

Rapid Schedule

Round 1, June 20

So-Caruana
Karjakin-MVL
Aronian-Grischuk
Kramnik-Nakamura
Mamedyarov-Anand

Round 2, June 20

Mamedyarov-So
Anand-Kramnik
Nakamura-Aronian
Grischuk-Karjakin
MVL-Caruana

Round 3, June 20

So-MVL
Caruana-Grischuk
Karjakin-Nakamura
Aronian-Anand
Kramnik-Mamedyarov

Round 4, June 21

Kramnik-So
Mamedyarov-Aronian
Anand-Karjakin
Nakamura-Caruana
Grischuk-MVL

Round 5, June 21

So-Grischuk
MVL-Nakamura
Caruana-Anand
Karjakin-Mamedyarov
Aronian-Kramnik

Round 6, June 21

Aronian-So
Kramnik-Karjakin
Mamedyarov-Caruana
Anand-MVL
Nakamura-Grischuk

Round 7, June 22

So-Nakamura
Grischuk-Anand
MVL-Mamedyarov
Caruana-Kramnik
Karjakin-Aronian

Round 8, June 22

Karjakin-So
Aronian-Caruana
Kramnik-MVL
Mamedyarov-Grischuk
Anand-Nakamura

Round 9, June 22

So-Anand
Nakamura-Mamedyarov
Grischuk-Kramnik
MVL-Aronian
Caruana-Karjakin

First round of the day starts at 14:00, second at 15:30 and third at 17:00. All with 25 minutes for all moves and a 10-second delay from move 1.

Starting time is 8:00 AM Toronto/Montreal time

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Commentators

English – GM Yasser Seirawan, IM Jovanka Houska, GM Alejandro Ramirez, GM Maurice Ashley and GM Romain Edouard

Russian – GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko and GM Yaroslav Zherebukh

French – Astrid Bard (Canal+ Anchor), IM Jean-Baptist Mullon, GM Yannick Pelletier and IM Almira Skripchenko

[Wayne Komer]

Paris GCT 2018

June 20, 2018

Rapids

Rounds One to Three

Round 1, June 20

So-Caruana 1-0
Karjakin-MVL 0.5-0.5
Aronian-Grischuk 1-0
Kramnik-Nakamura 0.5-0.5
Mamedyarov-Anand 0.5-0.5

Round 2, June 20

Mamedyarov-So 1-0
Anand-Kramnik 1-0
Nakamura-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Grischuk-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
MVL-Caruana 0.5-0.5

Round 3, June 20

So-MVL 1-0
Caruana-Grischuk 0-1
Karjakin-Nakamura 0.5-0.5
Aronian-Anand 0.5-0.5
Kramnik-Mamedyarov 1-0

Wesley So loses in rapids for the first time. Kramnik is in this tournament and Giri is out. Anand-Kramnik play criticized by the chessbomb kibitzers. I am starting to worry about the Caruana-Carlsen world match. I hope Fabiano can get some good training in before November.

Paris GCT 2018
Paris, France
Rapids, 25+10
Round 1, June 20
So, Wesley – Caruana, Fabiano
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Nd2 d5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.c3 Be7 7.h3 Bd6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.e4 Rd8 13.Bc2 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Qe7 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.Rad1 Be8 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.h4 g6 19.Qe3 h5 20.Ng5 b6 21.Qg3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Re1 Kg7 24.Re3 Kg8 25.Bb3 Kh8 26.Ba4 Qe7 27.Qf3 Rc8 28.g4 hxg4 29.Qxg4 Rd8 30.h5 Rd5 31.Rg3 f6 32.Qxe6 Qxe6 33.Nxe6 Rxh5 34.Nf4 Ra5 35.Nxg6+ Bxg6 36.Bxc6 Kh7 37.a3 Rc5 38.Bb7 Kg7 39.b4 Re5 40.f4 Re7 41.Bd5 f5 42.Kf2 Rc7 43.c4 Kf6 44.Ke3 Re7+ 45.Kd2 Rh7 46.Re3 Bf7 47.Bxf7 Kxf7 48.Rd3 Ke6 49.Kc3 Rh4 50.Rd4 Rh3+ 51.Rd3 Rh4 52.Rd4 Rh3+ 53.Kb2 a5 54.bxa5 bxa5 55.c5 Ke7 56.Rd5 a4 57.Rxf5 Rb3+ 58.Ka2 Rf3 59.Re5+ Kd7 60.Re4 Rf2+ 61.Kb1 Kc6 62.Rc4 Re2 63.Kc1 Rf2 64.Kd1 Kb5 65.Ke1 Rb2 66.c6 Kxc4 67.c7 1-0

Rapids, 25+10
Round 1, June 20
Aronian, Levon – Grischuk, Alexander
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3 h5 8.h3 Bd7 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Nd4 11.c3 Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 O-O 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Qd2 Qc8 15.Kh2 e6 16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Rfe1 Qd7 19.Be3 Rac8 20.d4 b5 21.Rad1 Qc7 22.b3 a5 23.dxc5 dxc5 24.Bf4 Qb6 25.Qe3 Rcd8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Bg5 Rb8 28.Rd1 Re8 29.Bf4 Bg7 30.Rd6 Qa7 31.Bc6 Re7 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Bd6 c4 34.bxc4 bxc4 35.Ra8 Qxe3 36.fxe3 Bd7 37.Bxe7 Bxc6 38.Rxa5 Be4 39.Bb4 1-0


Rapids, 25+10
Round 2, June 20
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - So, Wesley
D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Nd2 d5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.c3 Be7 7.h3 Bd6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.e4 Rd8 13.Bc2 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Qe7 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.Rad1 Be8 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.h4 g6 19.Qe3 h5 20.Ng5 b6 21.Qg3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Re1 Kg7 24.Re3 Kg8 25.Bb3 Kh8 26.Ba4 Qe7 27.Qf3 Rc8 28.g4 hxg4 29.Qxg4 Rd8 30.h5 Rd5 31.Rg3 f6 32.Qxe6 Qxe6 33.Nxe6 Rxh5 34.Nf4 Ra5 35.Nxg6+ Bxg6 36.Bxc6 Kh7 37.a3 Rc5 38.Bb7 Kg7 39.b4 Re5 40.f4 Re7 41.Bd5 f5 42.Kf2 Rc7 43.c4 Kf6 44.Ke3 Re7+ 45.Kd2 Rh7 46.Re3 Bf7 47.Bxf7 Kxf7 48.Rd3 Ke6 49.Kc3 Rh4 50.Rd4 Rh3+ 51.Rd3 Rh4 52.Rd4 Rh3+ 53.Kb2 a5 54.bxa5 bxa5 55.c5 Ke7 56.Rd5 a4 57.Rxf5 Rb3+ 58.Ka2 Rf3 59.Re5+ Kd7 60.Re4 Rf2+ 61.Kb1 Kc6 62.Rc4 Re2 63.Kc1 Rf2 64.Kd1 Kb5 65.Ke1 Rb2 66.c6 Kxc4 67.c7 1-0

• I can’t believe Black can hold this
• So is easy prey for shakhriyar
• Mamedyarov is Wesley’s Achilles heel

Rapids, 25+10
Round 2, June 20
Anand, Vishy – Kramnik, Vladimir
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.h3 Be6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Ng5 Nf8 9.O-O Qe7 10.Na4 Bd6 11.Nf3 Ng6 12.Nc3 O-O-O 13.Be3 Nf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.e5 Bb4 16.Ne4 f5 17.exf6 gxf6 18.c3 f5 19.Neg5 Bd5 20.Re1 Qf6 21.Qa4 Bd6 22.c4 Bxf3 23.Nxf3 Rhg8 24.Kh1 Qxb2 25.Qxa7 b6 26.Rf1 Kd7 27.Qa4 Ra8 28.Qb3 Qg7 29.Rg1 Ra3 30.Qb1 Qf7 31.Qc2 Qh5 32.Rae1 Kc8 33.Rb1 Bc5 34.Rb3 Ra5 35.d4 Bd6 36.c5 bxc5 37.Qc4 Re8 38.Rgb1 Kd7 39.Ne5+ Bxe5 40.dxe5 Qg6 41.Qxf4 Qe6 42.Qd2+ 1-0

• Pathetic play from kramnik
• From both
• Huge luck for anand
• Kram should retire

Rapids, 25+10
Round 3, June 20
Kramnik, Vladimir – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
A14 English, Neo-Catalan declined

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.b3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bf6 12.Qd2 Nf4 13.gxf4 Qxd2 14.Nxd2 Bxb2 15.Rab1 Bf6 16.Rbc1 Rd8 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Rc7 Kf8 19.Rfc1 Rb8 20.e3 h6 21.Bf3 a5 22.Kg2 g5 23.fxg5 hxg5 24.h3 f5 25.Nc5 b6 26.Na4 Bd6 27.Rh7 Kg8 28.Ra7 Be5 29.Rc6 Rd6 30.Rxd6 Bxd6 31.Nc3 b5 32.Rxa5 b4 33.Nb5 Bc5 34.Nd4 Bxd4 35.exd4 Kf7 36.Ra7+ Kf6 37.Rc7 Ba6 38.d5 Bb7 39.d6 Bxf3+ 40.Kxf3 Rd8 41.Rb7 Rxd6 42.Rxb4 e5 43.a4 e4+ 44.Ke2 Ke5 45.a5 f4 46.Ra4 f3+ 47.Ke1 Rc6 48.a6 Rc1+ 49.Kd2 Rf1 1-0

• Fianchetto is interesting but slow toward controlling the center
• Black looks lost now with time running out
• Kramnik like a python, squeezing the life from his prey

Rapids, 25+10
Round 3, June 20
So, Wesley – MVL
A04 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 b6 3.Bb2 Bb7 4.c4 Nf6 5.g3 g6 6.Bxf6 exf6 7.Nc3 Bxf3 8.exf3 Nc6 9.Bg2 Bg7 10.Qe2+ Kf8 11.O-O f5 12.f4 Bf6 13.Rae1 Kg7 14.Qd3 Rc8 15.Re3 Nd4 16.Nb5 a6 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Re2 Re8 19.Rfe1 Rxe2 20.Qxe2 d6 21.Qe7 Bf6 22.Qb7 a5 23.Bd5 Rc7 24.Qxb6 Re7 25.Rxe7 Qxb6 26.Rxf7+ Kh8 27.Rf8+ Kg7 28.Rf7+ Kh8 29.Rxf6 Qb4 30.Rxd6 Qxd2 31.Rc6 Qd4 32.Kg2 Kg7 33.Rc7+ Kh8 34.h4 h5 35.a4 1-0

• So with a novelty move 15.Re3
• At least it will be interesting

Rapids, 25+10
Round 3, June 20
Caruana, Fabiano – Grischuk, Alexander
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 Bf5 7.c3 e6 8.Qb3 Bd6 9.Bg3 Bxg3 10.hxg3 Qd6 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qa6 O-O 13.Nb3 Bc2 14.Rc1 Bxb3 15.axb3 Ne4 16.Qa4 e5 17.Be2 exd4 18.cxd4 Rb6 19.O-O Rfb8 20.Rfe1 g6 21.Bd3 Nb4 22.Bf1 Nc6 23.Re2 Kg7 24.Rec2 Nd8 25.Rc7 Rxb3 26.Rd7 Qf6 27.Rxd5 Rxf3 28.gxf3 Qxf3 29.Qc2 Nxf2 30.Bg2 Qe3 31.Kf1 Ng4 32.Be4 Qxg3 33.Re1 Ne6 34.Qg2 Ne3+ 35.Rxe3 Qxe3 36.Qf3 Qc1+ 0-1

Tomorrow there is an early start in play (2 hrs), evidently to avoid a class with the France v Peru World Cup game

Standings after Round Three

1-3 Aronian, Anand, So 4
4-8 Kramnik, Nakamura, Karjakin, Grischuk, Mamedyarov 3
9 MVL 2
10 Caruana 1

[Wayne Komer]

Paris GCT 2018

June 21, 2018

Rapids

Rounds Four to Six

Round Four

Mamedyarov-Aronian 0-1
Anand-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
Grischuk-MVL 1-0
Kramnik-So 0-1
Nakamura-Caruana 1-0

Round Five

Caruana-Anand 0.5-0.5
Karjakin-Mamedyarov 1-0
So-Grischuk 1-0
Aronian-Kramnik 0.5-0.5
MVL-Nakamura 0.5-0.5

Round Six

Aronian-So 0.5-0.5
Kramnik-Karjakin 0-1
Anand-MVL 0.5-0.5
Mamedyarov-Caruana 0.5-0.5
Nakamura-Grischuk 0.5-0.5

Rapids, 25+10
Round 4, June 21
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Aronian, Levon
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nf3 c6 10.h4 dxc4 11.g4 Qe7 12.g5 h5 13.Qxc4 Nd7 14.e3 c5 15.Be2 b6 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.b4 Nd7 18.Rd1 a5 19.O-O axb4 20.Qxb4 Nc5 21.Qxb6 Ba6 22.Bxa6 Rxa6 23.Qb5 Rfa8 24.Rc1 Ra5 25.Qc6 e5 26.g6 Ne6 27.Nxe5 fxg6 28.Rfd1 Kh7 29.Nf3 Qf6 30.Rd6 R8a6 31.Qd7 Rxd6 32.Qxd6 Qxf3 33.Qxe6 Rf5 34.Qa2 Qg4+ 35.Kf1 Qh3+ 36.Ke1 Qh1+ 37.Kd2 Rxf2+ 38.Kd3 Qxh4 39.Qd5 Qa4 40.Rc3 Qd1+ 41.Kc4 Rd2 42.Qc6 h4 43.e4 Qf1+ 44.Kb3 h3 45.Qc4 Qxc4+ 46.Kxc4 h2 47.Rh3+ Kg8 48.Kc3 Ra2 49.Kb3 Rf2 50.a4 g5 51.a5 g4 0-1

Position after 30....…R8a6

This stalemate line was pointed out



(31.Qxa6 { 0.00/26 } 31...Rxa6 32.Rxe6 Rxe6 33.Ng5+ Kh6 34.Rc8 Re8 35.Rxe8 Qxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Stalemate)

Rapids, 25+10
Round 4, June 21
Grischuk, Alexander – MVL
E60 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.d5 e6 7.Nc3 exd5 8.cxd5 d6 9.Nd2 Re8 10.O-O Na6 11.e4 Rb8 12.a4 Nb4 13.f3 Nd7 14.Nb5 Ne5 15.Nxa7 Bd7 16.Nb5 Qe7 17.Ra3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Kh1 Nxd5 20.Ne4 fxe4 21.Qxd5+ Be6 22.Qxe4 d5 23.Qc2 Rbd8 24.f4 Nc6 25.Rg3 Nb4 26.Qd1 Kh8 27.Bh5 Rf8 28.Re1 d4 29.Rxg7 Qxg7 30.Rxe6 Nd5 31.g3 Nf6 32.Bf3 Rfe8 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.Nd6 Re6 35.Nc4 Ne4 36.Kg2 1-0

Rapids, 25+10
Round 4, June 21
Kramnik, Vladimir – So, Wesley
A36 English, ultra-symmetrical variation

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3 e6 6.b3 Nge7 7.Ba3 b6 8.Nge2 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.exd4 Ba6 13.Bf1 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 O-O 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.Kg2 Re8 17.Re1 Nf5 18.Qf3 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Nxd4 20.Qxd5 Nc2 21.Rd1 Qe8 22.Nb5 Qe2 23.Bc1 Bf8 24.Nxa7 Rc5 25.Qf3 Ne1+ 26.Rxe1 Qxe1 27.Be3 Rf5 28.Qa8 Qa5 29.a4 Re5 30.Nc6 0-1

Rapids, 25+10
Round 4, June 21
Nakamura, Hikaru – Caruana, Fabiano
A06 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bf5 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.c4 c6 7.O-O h6 8.d4 Be7 9.Nfd2 O-O 10.Nc3 a5 11.e3 Qb6 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.Rfc1 Rad8 14.a3 Bf8 15.Qf1 Bg6 16.h3 Qa7 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Qb8 19.b5 e5 20.c5 h5 21.Na4 exd4 22.Bxd4 Bf5 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Nb6 Ne5 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.Nf3 Qc7 27.Nd4 Be4 28.Ra6 Qb7 29.Na4 Ra8 30.Rb6 Qd7 31.Nb2 Rec8 32.Nd3 Qe8 33.Nb4 Ra5 34.Rxc6 Rxc6 35.Nbxc6 Rxc5 36.Rxc5 Bxc5 37.Qc1 Bd6 38.Nb5 Bf8 39.Ncd4 Qa8 40.Nc3 Bb4 41.Nxe4 dxe4 42.Qb1 Bc3 43.Nb3 Qd5 44.Qc2 Qe5 45.Nc1 Bb4 46.Ne2 g6 47.Nd4 Kg7 48.Qc4 Bd6 49.h4 Qc5 50.Qxc5 Bxc5 51.Ne2 Bb4 52.Nf4 Kg8 53.Nh3 Bf8 54.Nf4 Bd6 55.Nh3 Bf8 56.Kf1 Bg7 57.Ke2 Kf8 58.Kd2 Ke7 59.Kc2 Bh6 60.Kc3 Ke6 61.Kd4 Kf5 62.Nf4 Bg7 63.Nh3 Bh6 64.Kc4 Ke5 65.Kc3 Ng4 66.Kd2 f5 67.Bf1 Kf6 68.Bb5 Bf8 69.Ke2 Bd6 70.Kf1 Be5 71.Kg2 Bd6 72.Ng1 Be5 73.Ne2 Ke7 74.Nc1 Nf6 75.Nb3 Ng4 76.Be2 Nf6 77.Na5 Bd6 78.Nc6+ Kf7 79.Bc4+ Kg7 80.Nd4 Ng4 81.Be2 Ne5 82.Bxh5 Kf6 83.Be2 Bc5 84.Nb5 Bb6 85.Nc3 Bc5 86.g4 Ke6 87.g5 Be7 88.Bd1 Kf7 89.Nd5 Bd6 90.h5 gxh5 91.Bxh5+ Kg7 92.Nf4 Nd3 93.Ne6+ Kh7 94.Be8 Ne5 95.Nd4 Be7 96.Nxf5 Bxg5 97.Ng3 Ng4 98.Nf1 Kg7 99.Bc6 Nf6 100.Ng3 Ng4 101.Bxe4 Kf6 102.Kf3 Ne5+ 103.Ke2 Nf7 104.f4 Bh6 105.Kf3 Nd6 106.Bd3 Nb7 107.e4 Nc5 108.e5+ Kf7 109.Bc4+ Kg6 110.Kg4 Nd7 111.Bb5 Nc5 112.f5+ Kf7 113.Bc4+ Kg7 114.Nh5+ Kf8 115.Nf4 Nd7 116.Ng6+ Kg7 117.Bb5 Nf8 118.Ne7 Bc1 119.f6+ Kf7 120.Kf5 Bb2 121.Bc4+ Ke8 122.Nd5 Nd7 123.Bb5 1-0

Final position in Nakamura-Caruana



Rapids, 25+10
Round 5, June 21
Karjakin, Sergey – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C55 Two Knights Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g5 7.a4 Bg7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 a6 12.Ne4 Nf4 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 cxb6 15.b4 Ne7 16.d4 Qc7 17.Bxf4 gxf4 18.Qe2 exd4 19.cxd4 Nf5 20.Rac1 Qd8 21.Qd2 Nxd4 22.Qxf4 Nxf3+ 23.Qxf3 Bb7 24.Qf5 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 a5 26.bxa5 bxa5 27.Re3 Rc8 28.Qf5 Rc7 29.Rg3 Qd6 30.Kh2 Rd8 31.Rc3 Kf8 32.Qh7 Qe5 33.Re3 Qa1 34.Rg4 Be5+ 35.g3 Bg7 36.Rf4 Rd1 37.Qe4 Bf6 38.h4 h5 39.Qa8+ Rd8 40.Qf3 Rd6 41.Qxh5 Rd2 42.Bxf7 Rxf7 43.Qh6+ 1-0

Rapids, 25+10
Round 5, June 21
So, Wesley – Grischuk, Alexander
D91 Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Nf3 Ne4 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Nxd5 c5 8.Qc2 f5 9.Bc7 Qd7 10.Be5 cxd4 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Qd1 Nc6 13.Nxd4 e6 14.Nxc6 exd5 15.Qd4+ Rf6 16.Nb4 dxc4 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.O-O-O Be6 19.Nxf6 Qxd4 20.Rxd4 Nxf2 21.Nh5+ gxh5 22.Rg1 Kf6 23.g3 Ke5 24.Rf4 Ng4 25.Bg2 Ne3 26.Kd2 Nxg2 27.Rxg2 b5 28.Rh4 Rd8+ 29.Kc1 Bf7 30.Rf2 Rd7 31.e3 a5 32.Rd4 Re7 33.Rdf4 Be6 34.Rh4 Bf7 35.e4 fxe4 36.Rxe4+ Kxe4 37.Re2+ Kf3 38.Rxe7 Bg6 39.Re5 Kg2 40.Rxb5 Kxh2 41.Rg5 a4 42.Kd2 Kh3 43.Kc3 h4 44.gxh4 Kxh4 45.Rg1 Kh3 46.Kxc4 Kh2 47.Rg5 Be8 48.Kb4 h5 49.Re5 Bf7 50.Rf5 Be8 51.Rf8 Bd7 52.Rh8 Bg4 53.Kxa4 Kg3 54.b4 1-0

Thanks to Egidijus for pointing out a wrong score here - now corrected.

Rapids, 25+10
Round 6, June 21
Kramnik, Vladimir – Karjakin, Sergey
A28 English, Four Knights, Capablanca variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Be6 9.a3 a5 10.Bd2 Kh8 11.Rc1 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 f6 13.Qa4 Nb4 14.e4 c5 15.Be3 b6 16.Nd2 Bd7 17.Qd1 Nc6 18.a4 Be6 19.Bg4 Bg8 20.Nc4 Bd6 21.g3 Bc7 22.Na3 Qe7 23.Nb5 Rad8 24.h4 Bb8 25.h5 Qe8 26.Kg2 Ne7 27.Qe2 f5 28.exf5 Nxf5 29.Bg5 Nd4 30.Qd1 Nxb5 31.axb5 Rd4 32.Be3 Bd5+ 33.Kg1 Rb4 34.h6 gxh6 35.Bxh6 Qg6 36.Bxf8 Rxg4 37.Qe1 Rh4 38.f3 Rh3 39.Kg2 Qh5 40.Qe3 Rh2+ 41.Kg1 Qh3 42.Bg7+ Kg8 0-1

Standing after Rapids Round Six

1 So 9
2-3 Aronian, Karjakin 8
4-5 Nakamura, Anand 7
6 Grischuk 6
7-9 Kramnik, Mamedyarov, MVL 4
10 Caruana 3

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Rapids, 25+10
Round 5, June 21
Karjakin, Sergey – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C55 Two Knights Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g5 7.a4 Bg7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 a6 12.Ne4 Nf4 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 cxb6 15.b4 Ne7 16.d4 Qc7 17.Bxf4 gxf4 18.Qe2 exd4 19.cxd4 Nf5 20.Rac1 Qd8 21.Qd2 Nxd4 22.Qxf4 Nxf3+ 23.Qxf3 Bb7 24.Qf5 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 a5 26.bxa5 bxa5 27.Re3 Rc8 28.Qf5 Rc7 29.Rg3 Qd6 30.Kh2 Rd8 31.Rc3 Kf8 32.Qh7 Qe5 33.Re3 Qa1 34.Rg4 Be5+ 35.g3 Bg7 36.Rf4 Rd1 37.Qe4 Bf6 38.h4 h5 39.Qa8+ Rd8 40.Qf3 Rd6 41.Qxh5 Rd2 42.Bxf7 Rxf7 43.Qh6+ 1-0

Rapids, 25+10
Round 5, June 21
So, Wesley – Grischuk, Alexander
D91 Grunfeld

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g5 7.a4 Bg7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 a6 12.Ne4 Nf4 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 cxb6 15.b4 Ne7 16.d4 Qc7 17.Bxf4 gxf4 18.Qe2 exd4 19.cxd4 Nf5 20.Rac1 Qd8 21.Qd2 Nxd4 22.Qxf4 Nxf3+ 23.Qxf3 Bb7 24.Qf5 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 a5 26.bxa5 bxa5 27.Re3 Rc8 28.Qf5 Rc7 29.Rg3 Qd6 30.Kh2 Rd8 31.Rc3 Kf8 32.Qh7 Qe5 33.Re3 Qa1 34.Rg4 Be5+ 35.g3 Bg7 36.Rf4 Rd1 37.Qe4 Bf6 38.h4 h5 39.Qa8+ Rd8 40.Qf3 Rd6 41.Qxh5 Rd2 42.Bxf7 Rxf7 43.Qh6+ 1-0

These two games are identical.

[Wayne Komer]

Paris GCT 2018

June 22, 2018

Rapids, Rounds Seven to Nine

Round Seven

MVL-Mamedyarov 1-0
Grischuk-Anand 0.5-0.5
So-Nakamura 0.5-0.5
Caruana-Kramnik 1-0
Karjakin-Aronian 0.5-0.5

Round Eight

Anand-Nakamura 0-1
Aronian-Caruana 0-1
Kramnik-MVL 0.5-0.5
Mamedyarov-Grischuk 1-0
Karjakin-So 0.5-0.5

Round Nine

MVL-Aronian 1-0
Nakamura-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
So-Anand 0.5-0.5
Grischuk-Kramnik 0-1
Caruana-Karjakin 0.5-0.5

In the nine rounds of Paris rapids, So has one loss, and Karjakin and Nakamura are unbeaten.

Standings at the end of Rapids Round Nine

1 So 12
2-3 Nakamura, Karjakin 11
4-6 MVL, Anand, Aronian 9
7 Caruana 8
8-10 Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Grischuk 7

Rapids, 25+10
Round 7, June 22
MVL – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
C70 Ruy Lopez, Caro variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 g6 6.a4 b4 7.h4 d6 8.Ng5 Nh6 9.Bd5 Bd7 10.d4 Nxd4 11.c3 bxc3 12.bxc3 c6 13.Bxf7+ Nxf7 14.cxd4 Bg7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Ra3 Rb8 18.Nd2 Be6 19.Nf3 Re8 20.Nxe5+ dxe5 21.Rd3 Qe7 22.Ba3 c5 23.h5 g5 24.O-O Red8 25.Rf3+ Kg8 26.Qc1 Rbc8 27.Bb2 Rd4 28.Bxd4 exd4 29.Rg3 g4 30.f4 Qh4 31.f5 Bf7 32.Qf4 Bxh5 33.Rh3 1-0

Rapids, 25+10
Round 7, June 22
Caruana, Fabiano – Kramnik, Vladimir
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nbd2 Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.c3 Bb6 8.d4 c6 9.dxe5 cxb5 10.exf6 Qxf6 11.O-O O-O 12.a4 bxa4 13.Nc4 Bc7 14.Ne3 b5 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Qg4 Be5 17.f4 Bb8 18.Be3 Bb7 19.Rad1 a5 20.Nb6 h5 21.Qe2 Qe7 22.e5 d6 23.Nxa8 Bxa8 24.Qxb5 dxe5 25.f5 Qh4 26.Qe2 Bc6 27.Qf2 Qc4 28.f6 g6 29.Qg3 Bc7 30.h3 Rb8 31.Rd2 Qe6 32.Qg5 Qe8 33.Re1 Qf8 34.Bf2 Kh7 35.Kh2 e4+ 36.Bg3 Rb5 37.Qh4 Qb8 38.Bxc7 Qxc7+ 39.Qg3 Qb7 40.Qd6 Rf5 41.Qf8 Qc7+ 42.Kh1 Rxf6 43.Rd8 g5 44.Qh8+ Kg6 45.Rg8+ Kf5 46.Rf1+ 1-0

Rapids, 25+10
Round 8, June 22
Anand, Vishy – Nakamura, Hikaru
B06 Robatsch Defence

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.c3 Nc6 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.c4 f5 13.Qd1 c6 14.Nc3 cxd5 15.cxd5 Kh8 16.Be3 Ng8 17.Rc1 a6 18.Rc2 Bh6 19.Bxh6 Nxh6 20.Qd2 f4 21.Rfc1 Ng8 22.f3 Ngf6 23.Nd1 a5 24.Nf2 Nc5 25.Bb5 Qb6 26.Rxc5 dxc5 27.a4 c4 28.Qc3 Qd6 29.Qxc4 Rac8 30.Qxc8 Rxc8 31.Rxc8+ Kg7 32.Nd3 Nh5 33.Kf1 Qb6 34.Nc5 Kh6 35.Ke1 Ng3 36.Kd1 Kh5 37.Kc2 Kh4 38.Kb1 Nh5 39.Ka2 Kg3 40.Nd3 Qd4 41.Rc2 Nf6 42.Nc5 Qd1 43.Kb3 g5 44.Nd3 Nd7 45.Kc3 Nb6 46.Nxe5 Qe1+ 47.Kb3 Qb4+ 48.Ka2 Nxa4 49.Bxa4 Qxa4+ 50.Kb1 Qd4 51.Nc4 a4 52.d6 Qd1+ 53.Rc1 Qd3+ 54.Rc2 b5 55.Nd2 b4 56.Kc1 b3 57.Rc3 Qxd6 0-1

Rapids, 25+10
Round 8, June 22
Aronian, Levon – Caruana, Fabiano
C24 Bishop’s Opening, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 a5 8.a3 Nbd7 9.O-O a4 10.Ba2 O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.d4 exd4 13.exd5 Rxe1+ 14.Qxe1 cxd5 15.Rb1 Qb6 16.Nf1 Nf8 17.Qd1 Ne6 18.Ng3 Bd7 19.Ne2 Re8 20.Nfxd4 h6 21.c3 Nc5 22.Qc2 Qd6 23.f3 g6 24.Rd1 Kg7 25.Qc1 b6 26.Bb1 Re5 27.Bc2 Ne8 28.Ng3 Qf6 29.f4 Re7 30.Rf1 Ne4 31.Bxe4 dxe4 32.Qe3 Qd6 33.f5 Nf6 34.fxg6 fxg6 35.Nge2 Qxh2+ 36.Kxh2 Ng4+ 37.Kg1 Nxe3 38.Re1 Nc4 39.Nf4 Re5 40.b3 axb3 41.Nxb3 g5 42.Ne2 e3 43.Ned4 Nxa3 44.Ra1 Nb5 45.c4 Nxd4 46.Nxd4 Re4 47.Nc2 Be6 48.Ra7+ Kf6 49.Rb7 e2 50.Kf2 Bxc4 51.Rxb6+ Kf5 52.Rxh6 e1=Q+ 53.Nxe1 Re2+ 54.Kf3 g4+ 55.Kg3 Rxe1 56.Rh5+ Kg6 57.Rc5 Re4 58.Ra5 Be6 59.Ra3 Kg5 60.Ra5+ Bf5 61.Ra8 Re3+ 62.Kf2 Rb3 63.g3 Rb2+ 64.Kg1 Rg2+ 0-1

Final position in Aronian-Caruana



Rapids, 25+10
Round 8, June 22
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Grischuk, Alexander
A48 King’s Indian, Torre Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Rb1 h6 9.Bh4 cxd4 10.exd4 Qe6+ 11.Be2 Qb6 12.Bd3 Qe6+ 13.Be2 Qb6 14.Ne5 Nfd7 15.f4 g5 16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.Bxg5 Bf5 19.Nf3 Bxb1 20.Qxb1 e5 21.dxe5 Nd7 22.Bf4 Rae8 23.Ng5 Qg6 24.Qxg6 fxg6 25.e6 Ne5 26.Bb5 Re7 27.Bxe5 Bxe5 28.Bd7 Rf4 29.Nf3 Bf6 30.Ke2 Rh7 31.Rd1 Rh5 32.h3 Kf8 33.Rd3 Ke7 34.Kd2 a5 35.a4 b6 36.Kc2 Re4 37.Kd1 Rf4 38.Ke2 Re4+ 39.Kf2 Rf5 40.g3 g5 41.g4 Rff4 42.Rxd5 Re5 43.Rd3 Rc5 44.Ke3 Rcc4 45.Nd4 Bxd4+ 46.cxd4 Rf1 47.Bb5 Rc2 48.d5 Kd6 49.Rb3 Re1+ 50.Kd4 Rc5 51.Bc6 Rd1+ 52.Ke4 Rf1 53.Rxb6 Rf4+ 54.Ke3 Rc1 55.Kd2 Rh1 56.Kc2 Rxh3 57.Bb5+ Kc5 58.Rc6+ Kxd5 59.e7 Rf2+ 60.Kb1 Re3 61.Rc7 Rfe2 62.Bxe2 Rxe2 63.Ka2 Re4 64.Ka3 Kd6 65.Ra7 1-0

Rapids, 25+10
Round 9, June 22
MVL-Aronian, Levon
A28 English, Four Knights, Romanishin variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.Be2 d5 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qh4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Be6 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Bd3 Ng4 15.Qxe7+ Kxe7 16.Bd2 Ne5 17.Be2 a5 18.Bc3 f6 19.f4 Nf7 20.O-O-O b6 21.g4 Be6 22.a3 Rad8 23.g5 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rg8 25.h4 h6 26.Rg1 hxg5 27.fxg5 fxg5 28.hxg5 Nd6 29.g6 Nf5 30.Kd2 Rh8 31.Be5 Rd8+ 32.Ke1 Nxe3 33.Bxg7 Nc2+ 34.Kf2 Nd4 35.Bh5 Rd5 36.Bd1 Rf5+ 37.Ke3 Rd5 38.Bh8 b5 39.b4 axb4 40.axb4 Nf5+ 41.Kf4 Nd6 42.Bg4 Bxg4 43.Kxg4 Ne8 44.Re1+ Kd7 45.bxc5 Rxc5 46.Be5 Rc2 47.Kf3 Rc6 48.Rg1 Nf6 49.g7 Ng8 50.Ke4 Rc8 51.Rf1 Re8 52.Rf7+ Ke6 53.Rf8 Kd7 54.Kd5 Rc8 55.Bd6 Re8 56.Rf7+ Kd8 57.Ra7 Re1 58.Ra8+ Kd7 59.Rxg8 Rd1+ 60.Kc5 Rg1 61.Ra8 1-0

Rapids, 25+10
Round 9, June 22
Grischuk, Alexander – Kramnik, Vladimir
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 a5 8.h3 Bd7 9.Re1 a4 10.Nf1 Ne7 11.Bxd7 Nxd7 12.d4 Bb6 13.Ng3 Re8 14.Bg5 Nf8 15.Be3 exd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 Neg6 18.Qc2 Ne6 19.Rad1 Nef4 20.Nf3 Qf6 21.Re3 Qe6 22.c4 Nxg2 23.Kxg2 Nf4+ 24.Kg1 Qxh3 25.Ne1 Qg4 26.Ng2 g5 27.Rd2 f5 28.Qd1 Qxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Nxg2 30.Kxg2 f4 31.Re2 fxg3 32.Kxg3 Re5 33.Rd5 Rae8 34.f3 Kg7 35.b3 axb3 36.axb3 h5 37.Ra2 Kf6 38.b4 Rxd5 39.cxd5 Ke5 40.b5 b6 41.Ra7 Rc8 42.Ra4 Rf8 43.Ra7 Rc8 44.Ra4 Rh8 45.Rc4 Rh7 46.Ra4 h4+ 47.Kg4 h3 48.Ra1 Rh4+ 49.Kg3 h2 50.Rh1 Rh8 51.Kg4 Kd4 52.Kxg5 Ke3 53.f4 Kxe4 54.f5 Kf3 55.f6 Kg2 56.Rc1 h1=Q 57.Rxh1 Rxh1 58.Kf5 Kf3 59.f7 Rh8 0-1

Rapids, 25+10
Round 9, June 22
Caruana, Fabiano – Karjakin, Sergey
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Ba4 O-O 8.Nd2 d5 9.exd5 Qxd5 10.Bb3 Qc6 11.Qf3 Bd7 12.h3 Rae8 13.Re1 b5 14.Qxc6 Bxc6 15.Nf3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 c6 17.c3 Bb6 18.a4 Rd8 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Bc2 Nd7 21.f4 Nc5 22.Rd1 f6 23.Be3 Rd6 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.d4 exd4 26.Bxd4 Rfd8 27.Re1 Kf8 28.Re5 Nd7 29.Rxb5 Bxd4 30.cxd4 a6 31.Rb3 Nf6 32.Bd3 Rxd4 33.Bxa6 Ra8 34.Raa3 g6 35.Be2 Rxa3 36.bxa3 Rd2 37.Bf3 Ra2 38.Rb8+ Kg7 39.Ra8 Kh6 40.Ra7 Kg5 41.Kg2 Ne8 42.Bd5 Ra1 43.a4 Nd6 44.Bc6 h5 45.a5 Nf5 46.a6 Nh4+ 47.Kh2 Ra2 48.Ra8 Rxf2+ 49.Kg1 Ra2 50.Bb5 Nf3+ 51.Kf1 Kf4 52.Bc6 Ne5 53.Bd5 Ra5 54.Bb7 Kg3 55.Re8 Nc4 56.Re6 g5 57.Ke2 Ra3 58.Re4 Ra2+ 59.Kd3 Nd6 60.Re3+ Kh4 61.Re2 Ra3+ 62.Kc2 Ra5 63.Re3 Ra1 64.Kb2 Ra5 65.Rb3 g4 66.hxg4 hxg4 67.Rb4 Kh3 68.Kb3 g3 69.Ra4 Rb5+ 70.Rb4 Ra5 71.Rb6 Ne8 72.Rh6+ Kg4 73.Rg6+ Kf4 74.Kb4 Ra1 75.Kc5 Nc7 76.Kb6 Nxa6 77.Bxa6 Rxa6+ 78.Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Paris GCT 2018

June 22, 2018

Interview with Vishy Anand

Everyone came here from Leuven. You guys actually missed the train?

[Anand] - We thought it was a half-hour ride to Brussels Midi and we had a decent cushion and actually it took us just under an hour to reach and the cushion was five or ten minutes.

And, we somehow seemed to stop at every red light along the way and weren’t going very fast on the highway.

So, we arrived at the station and ran as fast as we could to our train. And I pressed the button at the door and a woman shouted that we were too late and we missed it by 30 seconds.

It was a train, where you had to reserve seats in advance. We paid a surcharge to move to the next train and the surcharge was for standing – so not a brilliant trip.

My wife asked me what they must have been thinking to put seven chess players in charge of their own trip?', which I thought was a nice touch!

[Wayne Komer]

Paris GCT 2018

June 23, 2018

Blitz

Rounds One to Nine

Round 1 Blitz (10)

Karjakin-Nakamura 0.5-0.5
Grischuk-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
So-MVL 0.5-0.5
Kramnik-Aronian 0-1
Caruana-Anand 0.5-0.5

Round 2 Blitz (11)

MVL-Caruana 1-0
Nakamura-Anand 0.5-0.5
Aronian-So 0.5-0.5
Mamedyarov-Kramnik 0-1
Karjakin-Grischuk 1-0

Round 3 Blitz (12)

Grischuk-Nakamura 0-1
Kramnik-Karjakin 0-1
So-Mamedyarov 1-0
Caruana-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Anand-MVL 0-1

Round 4 Blitz (13)

Nakamura-MVL 0.5-0.5
Mamedyarov-Caruana 0-1
Aronian-Anand 1-0
Grischuk-Kramnik 0.5-0.5
Karjakin-So 1-0

Round 5 Blitz (14)

Kramnik-Nakamura 0-1
Caruana-Karjakin 0-1
So-Grischuk 0-1
Anand-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
MVL-Aronian 0.5-0.5

Round 6 Blitz (15)

Nakamura-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Karjakin-Anand 1-0
Mamedyarov-MVL 1-0
Grischuk-Caruana 1-0
Kramnik-So 0.5-0.5

Round 7 Blitz (16)

So-Nakamura 0.5-0.5
Caruana-Kramnik 0-1
Anand-Grischuk 1-0
Aronian-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5
MVL-Karjakin 1-0

Round 8 Blitz (17)

Nakamura-Mamedyarov 0-1
Karjakin-Aronian 1-0
Grischuk-MVL 0.5-0.5
Kramnik-Anand 0.5-0.5
So-Caruana 0.5-0.5

Round 9 Blitz (18)

Caruana-Nakamura 0-1
Anand-So 0.5-0.5
MVL-Kramnik 1-0
Aronian-Grischuk 0.5-0.5
Mamedyarov-Karjakin 1-0

Blitz Results after Round Nine

Pos. Player Rapid Score Blitz Score Combined Score

1. Karjakin 11 6.5 17.5
2. Nakamura 11 5.5 16.5
3. So 12 4 16
4. MVL 9 6 15
5. Aronian 9 5 14
6. Anand 9 3.5 12.5
7. Mamedyarov 7 4.5 11.5
8. Grischuk 7 4 11
9. Caruana 8 2.5 10.5
10. Kramnik 7 3.5 10.5

Karjakin made the running today. He won five games in a row before being stopped by MVL in Round 6 (16).

Jon Ludvig Hammer - Oh, my! Karjakin is +106 in blitz rating!

Mamedyarov couldn’'t seem to do anything right and then beat the leaders, MVL, Nakamura and Karjakin to finish out the day.

The games:

Blitz, 5+3
Round 1 (10), June 23
Kramnik, Vladimir – Aronian, Levon
A11 English

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b4 Bg4 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qb3 e6 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.a3 a5 10.b5 a4 11.Qd1 Na5 12.Nc3 Nb3 13.Rb1 Nc5 14.Be2 Bd6 15.O-O O-O 16.d4 Nce4 17.Nxa4 Qa5 18.Nc5 Nxc5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Bd3 Bxa3 21.Ra1 Qb4 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Nd4 f5 24.Qh5 Qe7 25.g4 Qf6 26.Kh1 Kh8 27.gxf5 e5 28.Nc2 Bc5 29.Rad1 Ra2 30.f3 Rb2 31.Rg1 Bxb5 32.Bxb5 Rxc2 33.Rde1 Rc3 34.Rg3 Bxe3 35.Rh3 h6 36.Ra1 Bf4 37.Bf1 Rg8 38.Rd1 d4 39.Bd3 Qg5 40.Qxg5 Bxg5 41.Rg3 Bf4 42.Rxg8+ Kxg8 43.Be4 b5 44.Rb1 Rc5 45.Kg2 Kg7 46.h4 Kf6 47.Ra1 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 2 (11), June 23
MVL – Caruana, Fabiano
C53 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Re1 h6 8.Nbd2 a5 9.Nf1 Bb6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Nxe3 Be6 12.Bb5 Ne7 13.Ba4 Ng6 14.Bc2 Re8 15.d4 c6 16.Qd2 Qc7 17.Nf5 Rad8 18.Rad1 Bxa2 19.b3 a4 20.bxa4 Bc4 21.Qc1 Ne7 22.Ne3 Be6 23.Qb2 Ra8 24.c4 Ng6 25.Rb1 Ra7 26.Red1 Ng4 27.Nf5 Rd8 28.h3 Nf6 29.c5 dxc5 30.dxe5 Nd7 31.Rd2 Rb8 32.Nd6 c4 33.Rbd1 b5 34.Nd4 Ndxe5 35.axb5 Qxd6 36.Nxc6 Qxc6 37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Rxb8 Qc7 39.Rdd8 c3 40.Qc1 Qc5 41.b6 Ra2 42.b7 Qb6 43.h4 Nc6 44.Ra8 Qxb7 45.Rxa2 Bxa2 46.Rd6 Nge5 47.f4 Qb6+ 48.Kh1 Ng4 49.e5+ g6 50.Qe1 Be6 51.h5 Kg7 52.hxg6 Nf2+ 53.Kh2 Ng4+ 54.Kg3 Qc5 1-0

Blitz, 5+3
Round 2 (11), June 23
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Kramnik, Vladimir
D53 QGD, Orthodox Defence

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 O-O 9.Rd1 Nxc5 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.Be2 Nfe4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.Qxe4 Qb4+ 17.Kf1 Rfd8 18.b3 Nf6 19.Qc2 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 Qa5 21.Bf3 Rd8 22.Qb1 Rd2 23.g3 g5 24.h3 Rxa2 25.Kg2 Qd2 26.Rf1 b6 27.Qc1 a5 28.c5 bxc5 29.Qxc5 Kg7 30.Qc1 Nd7 31.Qxd2 Rxd2 32.Rd1 Rxd1 33.Bxd1 Nc5 34.Bc2 e5 35.f4 exf4 36.exf4 gxf4 37.gxf4 Ne6 38.Kg3 Kf6 39.Kg4 Nd4 40.Bd1 Kg6 41.Kh4 Nf5+ 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 2 (11), June 23
Karjakin, Sergey – Grischuk, Alexander
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be2 e5 9.Nb3 Be7 10.Be3 Be6 11.Nd5 Nbd7 12.Qd3 O-O 13.O-O Bxd5 14.exd5 Rc8 15.c4 Ne8 16.f3 g6 17.Kh1 Ng7 18.Bg1 Bg5 19.Rad1 h5 20.Nd2 f5 21.b4 h4 22.c5 dxc5 23.d6 cxb4 24.Qd5+ Kh7 25.Nc4 Bf4 26.Qxb7 Rf7 27.Nb6 Rc2 28.Qd5 Nxb6 29.Qxf7 Rxe2 30.Bxb6 Qxb6 31.Qe7 h3 32.g3 Qc5 33.gxf4 Qc2 34.Qh4+ Nh5 35.Qxh3 Rd2 36.Rxd2 Qxd2 37.fxe5 Qxa2 38.d7 Qd5 39.e6 b3 40.Qh4 Qd3 41.Kg2 b2 42.d8=Q Qxf1+ 43.Kxf1 b1=Q+ 44.Kg2 Qa2+ 45.Kh3 1-0

Blitz, 5+3
Round 3 (12), June 23
Grischuk, Alexander – Nakamura, Hikaru
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 d5 9.d4 O-O 10.g3 Re8 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Ne2 g5 13.b3 h6 14.h3 Bf6 15.c3 Nd6 16.Bg2 Bg7 17.Be3 Qd7 18.h4 f6 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 fxg5 21.Nxg5 Bg4 22.Bxd5+ Kh8 23.Kg2 Bh6 24.Qd3 Bf5 25.Rh1 Bxd3 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 3 (12), June 23
Kramnik, Vladimir – Karjakin, Sergey
D02 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.h3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 a6 14.Bg5 b5 15.Nxe6 Qxc4 16.Qxc4 bxc4 17.Nxf8 Kxf8 18.Rd4 Ne5 19.Rad1 Rc8 20.Na4 Rc6 21.b3 cxb3 22.axb3 Rc2 23.f3 Ke8 24.R4d2 Rxd2 25.Bxd2 Bc6 26.Ra1 Nfd7 27.Be3 Nd3 28.Nc3 Bb7 29.Rd1 Nb4 30.Na4 f6 31.Nb2 Ne5 32.Bd4 Nbc6 33.Bc3 Bc8 34.f4 Nd7 35.Nc4 Nc5 36.Nd6+ Bxd6 37.Rxd6 Bb7 38.b4 Na4 39.Ba1 Ke7 40.e5 fxe5 41.fxe5 Nb6 42.Rd3 Nxb4 43.Rg3 g6 44.Rg4 N6d5 45.Rh4 h5 46.g4 Nf4 47.gxh5 g5 48.Rg4 Bc8 49.Rxf4 gxf4 50.h6 Bf5 51.Kf2 Be4 52.Bc3 Nd3+ 53.Ke2 Ke6 54.h4 Nxe5 55.h5 Ng4 56.Bg7 Kf7 57.Kf1 f3 58.Bd4 Nxh6 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 3 (12), June 23
So, Wesley – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
D06 QGD, symmetrical (Austrian) Defence

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nc3 Qa5 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.g3 e5 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.Bg2 Bb4 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O Rd8 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Bg5 Rac8 15.Qb1 Qb6 16.Na4 Qb5 17.Nac5 Bxb3 18.Nxb3 Qxe2 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Qf5 Ne7 21.Qxf6 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rd6 23.Qg5+ Ng6 24.h4 Be1 25.Qf5 Nf4 26.gxf4 Qxf2+ 27.Kh1 Rg6 28.Rc2 Qxh4+ 29.Kg1 Bg3 30.Qxe5 Qg4 31.Rd2 Qh4 32.Nd4 Bh2+ 33.Kf1 Qxf4+ 34.Qxf4 Bxf4 35.Re2 h5 36.Bxb7 Kf8 37.Bc6 Bc7 38.Be4 Ra6 39.Nf5 Re6 40.Bd3 Rb6 41.Rc2 Bd8 42.Rc8 Ke8 43.Bb5+ Rxb5 44.Nd6+ 1-0

Blitz, 5+3
Round 3 (12), June 23
Anand, Vishy – MVL
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bc4 Qc7 9.Bb3 Be6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Be3 Be7 12.Nh4 O-O 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 b5 15.Qe2 Nb6 16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.a4 Rab8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Bf6 21.Rfd1 Rfc8 22.c3 Rc7 23.Be4 b4 24.c4 b3 25.Ra3 Qc5 26.Bd5 e4 27.Ra4 Re7 28.Kf1 e3 29.f4 Bxb2 30.Ra6 Bf6 31.g4 b2 32.Rb1 Qd4 33.Rxd6 Qxf4+ 0-1

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

Paris GCT 2018

June 23, 2018

Blitz

Rounds One to Nine (continued)

Blitz, 5+3
Round 4 (13), June 23
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Caruana, Fabiano
D30 QGD, Vienna variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 dxc4 6.e3 b5 7.a4 c6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qc2 a5 11.b3 cxb3 12.Qxc6 Rb8 13.Bxb5 Bb7 14.Qc1 Rc8 15.Qd1 b2 16.Rb1 Bc3 17.Qb3 Nb6 18.Rxb2 Bd5 19.Qa3 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 h6 21.Bh4 Qc7 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.e4 Ba8 24.Qa3 Kg7 25.Qe3 Rfd8 26.h3 Qd6 27.Rb1 Rb8 28.Re1 Rg8 29.Nf1 Kh7 30.Bd3 Qf8 31.N3h2 Qg7 32.Ng4 Kh8 33.Ng3 Qg5 34.f4 Qh4 35.f5 Qg5 36.e5 Qxe3+ 37.Rxe3 Nd5 38.Re1 Rb3 39.Rd1 Nf4 40.Nxf6 Rxg3 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 4 (13), June 23
Aronian, Levon – Anand, Vishy
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Ngf3 Bg4 8.Nf1 e6 9.Ng3 Nh5 10.O-O Bd6 11.Re1 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Bh5 13.a4 Bg6 14.Bf1 O-O 15.Bd3 Rfe8 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Ng5 Qd7 18.Qg4 f6 19.Nh3 Kf7 20.Bf4 Bf8 21.Re2 Ne7 22.Qf3 Kg8 23.Rae1 Nf5 24.g4 Nd6 25.g5 Ne4 26.Qd3 Qf7 27.f3 Nd6 28.Bxd6 Bxd6 29.f4 Re7 30.g3 Rae8 31.Qd2 a6 32.Kg2 Rf8 33.Qd3 Rfe8 34.Qd2 Rf8 35.Re3 Qe8 36.Qd1 Kf7 37.Nf2 fxg5 38.Nh3 gxf4 39.Rxe6 Rxe6 40.Ng5+ Kg8 41.Rxe6 Qd7 42.Qh1 1-0

Blitz, 5+3
Round 4 (13), June 23
Karjakin, Sergey – So, Wesley
C18 French, Winawer, Advance

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4 Qc7 8.h5 h6 9.Nf3 b6 10.a4 Ba6 11.Bb5+ Bxb5 12.axb5 a5 13.bxa6 Rxa6 14.Rxa6 Nxa6 15.Qd3 Nb8 16.O-O Nd7 17.Bf4 O-O 18.Ra1 Rc8 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Qd3+ Kg8 21.Qd2 Kh7 22.g4 Qc6 23.Qd3+ Kh8 24.Bg3 Ra8 25.Rxa8+ Qxa8 26.Bh4 Ng8 27.Kg2 Qa4 28.g5 Qc4 29.Qd2 b5 30.Qf4 cxd4 31.Qxf7 d3 32.cxd3 Qg4+ 33.Bg3 Nc5 34.gxh6 gxh6 35.Nh4 Qg7 36.Ng6+ Kh7 37.Qe8 d4 38.cxd4 Qb7+ 39.Kh2 Nxd3 40.Qxe6 Qf3 41.Qd7+ 1-0

Blitz, 5+3
Round 5 (14), June 23
Kramnik, Vladimir – Nakamura, Hikaru
A14 English, Neo-Catalan declined

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.Re1 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qc2 Qb6 12.Bd2 c5 13.Na3 Bb7 14.Nc4 Qa6 15.Na5 Bc8 16.Rac1 Bd7 17.a3 Bb5 18.e4 Nb6 19.b3 Bd3 20.Qc3 Rac8 21.Bf4 Rfd8 22.Red1 c4 23.bxc4 Na4 24.Qe1 Nb2 25.e5 Rc7 26.Qc3 Nxd1 27.Rxd1 Bxc4 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.Qd4 Bd5 30.Bxd5 exd5 31.Qxd5 Qc8 32.Nb3 Be7 33.Nd4 Qd7 34.Qxd7 Rxd7 35.Nc6 Bxa3 36.Be3 a6 37.Kg2 Rc7 38.Nd4 Bc5 39.e6 Bxd4 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 5 (14), June 23
Caruana, Fabiano – Karjakin, Sergey
C47 Four Knights, Gunsberg variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.a3 d5 5.Bb5 d4 6.Ne2 Bd6 7.d3 O-O 8.Bc4 Na5 9.Ba2 c5 10.Ng3 b5 11.O-O c4 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Ng5 Bg4 14.Qe1 Bc7 15.h3 Bd7 16.b4 c3 17.Bc1 Nc6 18.f4 h6 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Nf3 Nxf3+ 21.Rxf3 a5 22.bxa5 Rxa5 23.Qf2 Be5 24.Bb3 b4 25.Nf5 Be6 26.Bxh6 Bxf5 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Rxf5 Qd6 29.a4 Bh2+ 30.Kh1 Rxf5 31.Qxf5 Qe5 32.Rf1 Rh8 33.Rf3 Rh5 34.Qc8 Qc7 35.Qa6 Be5 36.a5 Rg5 37.Qb6 Qxb6 38.axb6 Kf8 39.b7 Ke7 40.g4 Kd8 41.Bxf7 Kc7 42.Rf5 Rxf5 43.exf5 Nd7 44.g5 Nc5 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 5 (14), June 23
So, Wesley – Grischuk, Alexander
E99 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.Be3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.c5 Nxc5 15.b4 Na6 16.Nb5 b6 17.Nd3 Rf7 18.Rc3 h5 19.h3 Bf6 20.Be1 Qd7 21.Nf2 Bd8 22.Qb3 Nb8 23.Bd2 a6 24.Na3 Qe7 25.Rfc1 Nd7 26.Nc4 Bb7 27.a4 Nf6 28.Qc2 Rg7 29.Be1 Rb8 30.Na3 Bc8 31.Qd1 Ra8 32.Nc4 Bd7 33.Nd2 Qe8 34.Ra1 Nh8 35.Qc2 Nf7 36.Rxc7 Bxc7 37.Qxc7 b5 38.axb5 axb5 39.Rxa8 Qxa8 40.Qa5 Qe8 41.Kf1 Rg6 42.Nb1 g4 43.Nc3 gxf3 44.gxf3 Qc8 45.Bxb5 Bxh3+ 46.Ke2 Rg1 47.Bc6 Bf1+ 48.Kd2 Ng5 49.Kc2 Nxf3 50.Bd2 Rg2 51.Qa7 Nd4+ 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 6 (15), June 23
Karjakin, Sergey – Anand, Vishy
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.h3 Bb6 9.Re1 Nd7 10.a4 a5 11.Nc4 Ba6 12.Nxb6 cxb6 13.d4 c5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nh2 Bb7 16.Ng4 h5 17.Ne3 Bxe4 18.Qxh5 f5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Qg6 f4 21.fxe4 fxe3 22.Bxe3 Qe8 23.Qxe8 Rfxe8 24.Bg5 Rad8 25.Kf2 Rd4 26.Bxf6 Rf8 27.Ke3 Rxf6 28.c3 Rd8 29.Rad1 Rdf8 30.Rd5 Rg6 31.Re2 Rg3+ 32.Kd2 Re8 33.Rd6 Rb8 34.Kc2 Kh7 35.Kb3 1-0

Blitz, 5+3
Round 6 (15), June 23
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – MVL
A48 King’s Indian, Torre Attack, main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Bh4 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Bc4 Rad8 14.h3 a6 15.a4 g5 16.Bxe6 Rxe6 17.Bg3 Qe7 18.Qc2 Re8 19.Rad1 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Qb3 b4 22.Qa4 Qb7 23.Nc4 bxc3 24.Nxd6 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 cxb2 26.Rb1 Nxe4 27.Rxc6 Nc3 28.Rc7 Qb8 29.Qd7 Rf8 30.Rb7 Qxb7 31.Qxb7 Nxb1 32.Be5 Nd2 33.Bxb2 Nxf3+ 34.gxf3 Bxb2 35.Qxb2 Re8 36.Qb5 Re6 37.f4 gxf4 38.Qb8+ Kg7 39.Qxf4 Rg6+ 40.Kf1 Re6 41.Qf5 c4 42.Qc5 Kg8 43.Qxc4 Kg7 44.Kg2 Rg6+ 45.Kf3 Rf6+ 46.Kg4 Rg6+ 47.Kh5 Rg5+ 48.Kh4 Rg6 49.Qd4+ Kg8 50.f4 1-0

Blitz, 5+3
Round 7 (16), June 23
MVL – Karjakin, Sergey
D37 QGD, Hastings variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Bd3 Nxf4 9.exf4 b6 10.b4 a5 11.a3 c6 12.O-O Qc7 13.g3 Ba6 14.Kg2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Ra7 16.h4 Rfa8 17.Rab1 axb4 18.axb4 h5 19.Rfe1 Bf6 20.f5 exf5 21.Qxf5 g6 22.cxb6 Qd6 23.Qd3 Nxb6 24.Ne2 Ra3 25.Rb3 Nc4 26.Nf4 Rxb3 27.Qxb3 Ra3 28.Qc2 Kg7 29.Re6 Qd7 30.Ne5 Qa7 31.Nxc6 Ra2 32.Nxa7 Rxc2 33.Re2 Rc1 34.Nxd5 Bxd4 35.Nc6 Nb6 36.Nxd4 Nxd5 37.Rb2 Rc4 38.Nc2 Nb6 39.Ne3 Rd4 40.b5 Kf8 41.Kf3 Ke8 42.Ke2 Ke7 43.Rc2 Rb4 44.Rc6 Rb2+ 45.Kf1 Na4 46.b6 Kf8 47.Nc4 Rb4 48.Ke2 Kg7 49.Kd3 Rb3+ 50.Kd4 Rb1 51.Ke5 Rb4 52.Kd6 Nxb6 53.Nxb6 Rb2 54.Nd5 Rxf2 55.Rc3 Re2 56.Re3 Ra2 57.Nf4 Ra6+ 58.Kd5 Ra5+ 59.Ke4 Ra4+ 60.Kf3 Ra7 61.Rc3 Rb7 62.Rc6 Rb3+ 63.Kg2 Rb2+ 64.Kh3 Rb7 65.Nd5 Rb5 66.Rd6 Rc5 67.Rd7 Ra5 68.Kg2 Ra2+ 69.Kf3 Ra3+ 70.Ne3 Ra6 71.Rb7 Rf6+ 72.Ke4 Re6+ 73.Kd4 Rf6 74.Ke4 Re6+ 75.Kf3 Rf6+ 76.Kg2 Ra6 77.Nc4 Rf6 78.Rd7 Kf8 79.Nd6 Kg8 80.Rd8+ Kh7 81.Kg1 Kh6 82.Rh8+ 1-0

Blitz, 5+3
Round 8 (17), June 23
Nakamura, Hikaru – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
A05 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e3 d5 6.c4 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5+ 8.Nbd2 Qxc5 9.Rc1 Nc6 10.a3 a5 11.Be2 Rd8 12.O-O dxc4 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qxa3 15.Nxc4 Qb4 16.Nb6 Rb8 17.Rc4 Qd6 18.Qa1 Be6 19.Ra4 Ng4 20.Bxg4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Qxb6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Ra4 Rd5 24.Rb1 Rbd8 25.h3 Qc7 26.b4 Qc2 27.Qa2 Rd1+ 28.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29.Kh2 Qxa2 30.Rxa2 axb4 31.Rb2 Rd5 32.Rxb4 b5 33.Kg3 Kf7 34.Kf3 Ke8 35.Rh4 h5 36.Re4 Kd7 37.Ke2 Kd6 38.g4 hxg4 39.Rxg4 g5 40.f4 gxf4 41.Rxf4 Kc5 42.Re4 e5 43.Rg4 b4 44.Rg8 b3 45.h4 e4 46.Rc8+ Kb4 47.Rb8+ Kc3 48.Rc8+ Kb2 49.Rh8 Kc2 50.Rc8+ Kb1 51.Kf2 b2 52.Kg3 Rd3 53.h5 Ka2 54.Ra8+ Ra3 55.Rb8 Rxe3+ 56.Kf4 Rb3 57.Ra8+ Ra3 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 9 (18), June 23
Caruana, Fabiano – Nakamura, Hikaru
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.a4 a6 9.a5 Qd8 10.Be2 b5 11.axb6 Qxb6 12.Rb1 Bb5 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Re1 O-O 15.h3 Rfd8 16.Nd2 Rab8 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.Qd2 Ne8 19.Bf1 Bxc4 20.Bxc4 Qa5 21.Qd3 Nc7 22.Ra1 Qb4 23.Na4 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.c3 Qb7 26.Rf1 Qc8 27.f4 Bg7 28.Rae1 Qd7 29.b3 Nb5 30.Ra1 Kh8 31.Ra2 e6 32.dxe6 fxe6 33.f5 exf5 34.exf5 d5 35.f6 Bf8 36.Bxb5 Qxb5 37.Qg3 Bd6 38.Qf2 Bf8 39.f7 Qc6 40.Re2 d4 41.Qe1 d3 42.Re6 Qd5 43.Nb6 d2 44.Nxd5 dxe1=Q 45.Rfxe1 Rxd5 46.Re8 Rdd8 47.R1e6 Kg7 48.Rxd8 Rxd8 49.Rxa6 Rd3 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 9 (18), June 23
MVL-Kramnik, Vladimir
C53 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.a4 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 h6 9.h3 Re8 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.b4 Bxc4 12.Nxc4 Ba7 13.Qc2 d5 14.Ne3 Bxe3 15.Bxe3 Qd7 16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Ne7 19.Nxe5 Qxb5 20.c4 dxc4 21.Nxc4 Ng6 22.Rb1 Qa6 23.Bd4 Nh5 24.Be3 Ngf4 25.Kh2 Qc6 26.g4 b5 27.Na3 Qd6 28.Nxb5 Qe5 29.gxh5 Nxd3+ 30.Kg1 Qxe4 31.Rb3 Rd8 32.Nd4 c5 33.Qxd3 Qd5 34.Rb5 Qxh5 35.Qc2 Qxh3 36.Qf5 Qh4 37.Rxc5 g6 38.Qf3 Rb8 39.Kg2 Qe7 40.Qd5 Re8 41.Rc6 Kh7 42.Nf3 Rd8 43.Qe5 Qd7 44.Rc4 Kg8 1-0

Blitz, 5+3
Round 9 (18), June 23
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Karjakin, Sergey
D37 QGD, Hastings variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.g5 Nh5 10.Bg3 g6 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bb4 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.O-O Nxg3 17.hxg3 Bc6 18.Nb5 Rfd8 19.Nbd4 Be4 20.Bc2 Bd5 21.e4 Bxa2 22.b3 e5 23.Nf5 gxf5 24.exf5 e4 25.f6 Qe6 26.Nd4 Qh3 27.Bxe4 Re8 28.Qf3 Nd7 29.Bf5 Ne5 30.Qe2 Ng4 31.Bxg4 Rxe2 32.Bxh3 Re5 33.Rd3 Rd8 34.Ra1 Bc5 35.Rxa2 Rxd4 36.Rxd4 Bxd4 37.Rd2 Bb6 38.Rc2 Rc5 39.Re2 h5 40.Bg2 Kf8 41.Bh3 Rxg5 42.Bd7 Kg8 43.Re7 Rd5 44.Be8 Rf5 45.Bxf7+ Kf8 46.Bc4 Rxf6 47.Re2 Bc5 48.Kg2 b6 49.f3 Rg6 50.Re5 Bd6 51.Rf5+ Kg7 52.f4 h4 53.Rf7+ Kh6 54.Kh3 hxg3 55.Kg2 Rg4 56.Rf6+ Rg6 57.Rf7 Rg4 58.f5 Be5 59.Re7 Re4 60.f6 Rf4 61.Rxe5 Rxf6 62.Re7 a5 63.Kxg3 Kg5 64.Re5+ Rf5 65.Rxf5+ Kxf5 66.Kf3 Ke5 67.Ke3 Kd6 68.Kd4 Kc6 69.Be2 b5 70.Bf3+ Kb6 71.Bg2 a4 72.b4 Ka6 73.Kc5 1-0

Final position

[Wayne Komer]

Paris GCT 2018

June 24, 2018

Blitz

Rounds Ten to Eighteen

Round 10 Blitz (19)

Nakamura-Karjakin 0.5-0.5
Mamedyarov-Grischuk 0.5-0.5
MVL-So 0-1
Anand-Caruana 1-0
Aronian-Kramnik 1-0

Round 11 Blitz (20)

Caruana-MVL 0.5-0.5
So-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Anand-Nakamura 0-1
Kramnik-Mamedyarov 0-1
Grischuk-Karjakin 0.5-0.5

Round 12 Blitz (21)

Nakamura-Grischuk 0.5-0.5
Mamedyarov-So 0.5-0.5
Karjakin-Kramnik 1-0
Aronian-Caruana 1-0
MVL-Anand 0.5-0.5

Round 13 Blitz (22)

MVL-Nakamura 0.5-0.5
Anand-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Caruana-Mamedyarov 0-1
Kramnik-Grischuk 0.5-0.5
So-Karjakin 0.5-0.5

Round 14 Blitz (23)

Nakamura-Kramnik 1-0
Grischuk-So 0.5-0.5
Karjakin-Caruana 0.5-0.5
Mamedyarov-Anand 0.5-0.5
Aronian-MVL 0.5-0.5

Round 15 Blitz (24)

Aronian-Nakamura 0.5-0.5
So-Kramnik 0.5-0.5
Anand-Karjakin 1-0
Caruana-Grischuk 0.5-0.5
MVL-Mamedyarov 1-0

Round 16 Blitz (25)

Nakamura-So 0.5-0.5
Kramnik-Caruana 0-1
Karjakin-MVL 0-1
Grischuk-Anand 1-0
Mamedyarov-Aronian 0-1

Round 17 Blitz (26)

Mamedyarov-Nakamura 0-1
Caruana-So 0.5-0.5
MVL-Grischuk 0.5-0.5
Anand-Kramnik 0.5-0.5
Aronian-Karjakin 0.5-0.5

Round 18 Blitz (27)

Nakamura-Caruana 1-0
So-Anand 0.5-0.5
Kramnik-MVL 1-0
Grischuk-Aronian 0.5-0.5
Karjakin-Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5

Final Standings

1. Nakamura 23
2. Karjakin 21.5
3. So 21
4. Aronian 20
5. MVL 19.5
6. Anand 17
7. Grischuk 16
8. Mamedyarov 15.5
9. Caruana 13.5
10. Kramnik 13

Paris GCT Points & Prizes

1 Nakmaura 13 $37500
2 Karjakin 10 $25000
3 So 8 $20000
4 Aronian 7 $15000
5 MVL 6 $12500
6 Anand 5 $10000
7 Grischuk 4 $7500
8 Mamedyarov 3 $7500
9 Caruana 2 $7500
10 Kramnik 1 $7500

Peter Doggers summed up the action in one sentence today:

“Hikaru Nakamura won the $37,500 first prize at the Paris Grand Chess Tour after a dramatic day with more blunders than ever. Sergey Karjakin collapsed a few rounds before the end, while Wesley So drew too many games to play a big role today.”

Sergey lost two games to Anand and MVL. Hikaru won three games against Anand, Kramnik and Mamedyarov and had also won the tournament as he played Caruana in the final round, when Karjakin made a quick draw with Mamedyarov. Only Hikaru didn’t know that and he didn’t even have time to glance up and see how Sergey’s game was going. In fact, he appeared to be lost but played on, Fabiano ran out of steam and Hikaru won that last game and was told that he also had first prize.

• Sam, Fab, Wes and Naka. That's an amazing year for USA talents. Keep it up! Still the Olympiad will be tough to win, comme d'habitude

The games:

Blitz, 5+3
Round 10 (19), June 24
MVL – So, Wesley
C53 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.a4 a5 9.Re1 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nb6 11.Bb5 Bd6 12.Ne4 Na7 13.h3 Bh5 14.d4 Nxb5 15.axb5 exd4 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Nxd4 a4 20.Bf4 Rfc8 21.Rad1 Nc4 22.Re2 Re8 23.Bc1 Kf8 24.f4 Rxe2 25.Nxe2 f6 26.Rd7 Rc8 27.Rd4 Bf7 28.Kf2 Ke8 29.Re4+ Kf8 30.f5 Rd8 31.Nd4 Rd5 32.Re2 Re5 33.Rxe5 fxe5 34.Nc2 Be8 35.Ne3 Bxb5 36.Nxc4 Bxc4 37.Bg5 Ke8 38.Bh4 Kd7 39.f6 gxf6 40.Bxf6 Ke6 41.Bd8 c6 42.h4 Bb3 43.Ke3 Bd1 44.g5 Kd5 45.Bf6 Bh5 46.Kd3 Bg6+ 47.Ke3 Kc4 48.Bxe5 Kb3 49.c4 Kxc4 50.Kd2 Kb3 51.Kc1 c5 52.Bd6 b6 53.Be7 c4 54.Bf6 b5 55.Kd2 b4 56.Be7 c3+ 57.bxc3 bxc3+ 58.Kc1 a3 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 10 (19), June 24
Anand, Vishy – Caruana, Fabiano
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Re8 11.Nd5 Bf8 12.c4 Rb8 13.Bd2 bxc4 14.Ba4 Bd7 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Rc1 Rb7 17.Rxc4 Nb8 18.b4 Bb5 19.Rc3 c5 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.Bb3 Rd7 22.Bd5 Rxd5 23.exd5 e4 24.dxe4 Bxf1 25.Qxf1 Rxe4 26.Qb1 Re8 27.Re3 Rxe3 28.Bxe3 Nd7 29.Nd2 Qd6 30.Qb7 Nf6 31.Nc4 Qxd5 32.Qxa6 Ne4 33.Kh2 Qd3 34.Qa4 h5 35.Ne5 Qd5 36.f4 Nd6 37.Qd7 Qe4 38.Bd2 Qd4 39.Nf3 Qd3 40.a4 c4 41.Bb4 c3 42.Ne5 Qd4 43.Bxd6 Qxf4+ 44.Kh1 c2 45.Nd3 Qxd6 46.Qxd6 Bxd6 47.a5 Kf8 48.a6 Bc5 49.g4 hxg4 50.hxg4 Ke7 51.Kg2 Kd7 52.Nxc5+ 1-0

Blitz, 5+3
Round 10 (19), June 24
Aronian, Levon – Kramnik, Vladimir
C11 French, Burn variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Bd6 9.Bd3 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.O-O-O Nd5 12.c4 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Qe7 14.e4 e5 15.c5 bxc5 16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Bb5+ c6 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Bc4 Bc8 20.Rhf1 Be6 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Kb1 O-O 23.Rf5 Rab8 24.Rxc5 Rb4 25.Qc2 Rfb8 26.b3 Rxe4 27.Rxc6 Qe8 28.Rc1 Rd4 29.Rc8 Rd8 30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.Qc5 Qe4+ 32.Rc2 a6 33.Kb2 Rd8 34.g3 g6 35.Qc3 Qe6 36.Qc6 Qe5+ 37.Qc3 Rd4 38.a4 h5 39.Ka2 Qd5 40.Ka3 Rd3 41.Qc4 Qd6+ 42.Ka2 Kg7 43.Qc6 Qxc6 44.Rxc6 Rd2+ 45.Ka3 Rxh2 46.Rxa6 h4 47.gxh4 Rxh4 48.a5 g5 49.Rb6 g4 50.Rb4 f5 51.a6 Rh8 52.Rf4 Kf6 53.b4 Kg5 54.Rf1 g3 55.b5 Ra8 56.Kb4 f4 57.Ka5 g2 58.Rg1 f3 59.b6 Kf4 60.b7 Rh8 61.a7 Ke3 62.b8=Q Rh5+ 63.Ka4 Rh4+ 64.Ka3 f2 65.Qg3+ Ke2 66.Rxg2 1-0

Blitz, 5+3
Round 11 (20), June 24
Anand, Vishy – Nakamura, Hikaru
B08 Pirc, Classical System

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Re1 c6 9.h3 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.a4 a6 13.dxc6 Bxc6 14.Bd3 e5 15.Bh6 Nc5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.b4 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Re8 19.d4 Bb7 20.d5 Rc8 21.Qe3 Rc4 22.b5 Qc7 23.Rac1 Rc8 24.bxa6 Bxa6 25.Na2 Nxe4 26.Rxc4 Qxc4 27.Nxe5 dxe5 28.Qxe4 Qxa2 29.Qxe5+ Kg8 30.Qd4 Qc4 31.Qxb6 Qxa4 32.d6 Bb5 33.Qb7 Rf8 34.Rc1 Bd7 35.Qd5 Qf4 36.Rc7 Be6 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 12 (21), June 24
Karjakin, Sergey – Kramnik, Vladimir
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nf1 Nd7 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.d4 O-O 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Be3 Bd6 15.Qe2 a5 16.Rad1 Qb8 17.b3 a4 18.Nh4 axb3 19.cxb3 Nc5 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Rc1 Na6 22.h4 Qb5 23.Rc4 Nb8 24.h5 Nd7 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.Qg4 Rf7 27.Re2 Nf8 28.Nf1 c5 29.Nh2 Qe8 30.Nf3 Ne6 31.Qxg6 Rf6 32.Qxe8+ Rxe8 33.Ne1 Kf7 34.Nd3 Rh8 35.f3 g5 36.Nxc5 Bxc5 37.Bxc5 Rfh6 38.Be3 Rh1+ 39.Kf2 c5 40.a4 Rb1 41.Bxc5 Rhh1 42.Be3 Rhf1+ 43.Kg3 Rxb3 44.a5 Ra3 45.Bb6 Nf4 46.Rc7+ Kg6 47.Rec2 Nh5+ 48.Kh2 g4 49.fxg4 Nf6 50.g3 Nxg4+ 51.Kg2 Rff3 52.R2c6+ Nf6 53.Bf2 Kg5 54.Rg7+ Kh6 55.Rf7 Kg6 56.Rb7 Kg5 57.Rb5 Ng4 58.Be1 Rfd3 59.Rb2 Ne3+ 60.Kh3 Ng4 61.a6 Kh5 62.Rb8 Re3 63.Rh8+ Kg5 64.Bd2 Nf2+ 65.Kg2 Nxe4 66.Bxe3+ Rxe3 67.a7 Rxg3+ 68.Kf1 Ra3 69.a8=Q 1-0

Blitz, 5+3
Round 15 (24), June 24
MVL – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.O-O c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.Nb3 c4 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Re1 b4 12.Nf1 Be7 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Be3 O-O 15.h4 Bxh4 16.Nxh4 Qxh4 17.cxb4 Nxb4 18.Qd2 Nc2 19.Rac1 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 f6 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.b3 cxb3 23.axb3 Raf8 24.Rc7 Nb6 25.Bf3 Nc8 26.Qe5 Qf4 27.Qxf4 Rxf4 28.Rxe6 Rxd4 29.Rec6 Nb6 30.Rxa7 Rf6 31.Rcc7 Rf7 32.Rxf7 Bxf7 33.Rb7 Nc8 34.Nf5 Rf4 35.Rb8 1-0

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

Paris GCT 2018

June 24, 2018

Blitz

Rounds Ten to Eighteen (continued)

Blitz, 5+3
Round 16 (25), June 24
Karjakin, Sergey – MVL
A48 King’s Indian, East Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 O-O 5.O-O b6 6.c4 Bb7 7.a3 e6 8.b4 c5 9.Bb2 d6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.h3 Qe7 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.Qb3 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Ba8 15.Bc3 d5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Qb2 cxb4 19.axb4 Nb6 20.Bd4 Ne8 21.Bxg7 Nxg7 22.Ra1 Ne8 23.Ne5 Rc7 24.Nd3 Qf6 25.Qxf6 Nxf6 26.Nc5 Ba8 27.Ndb3 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Nfd5 29.b5 Kf8 30.Bf1 Ke7 31.Rd2 Nc3 32.f3 Bd5 33.e4 Bxb3 34.Nxb3 Nc4 35.Rd4 Na3 36.Rb4 Nc2 37.b6 Nxb4 38.bxc7 Kd7 39.e5 Kxc7 40.f4 Kb6 41.Nd2 Nbd5 42.Nc4+ Kc5 43.g3 Ne4 44.Kg2 Kd4 45.Kf3 g5 46.h4 gxf4 47.gxf4 a5 48.Nxa5 Nd2+ 49.Kf2 Nxf1 50.Kxf1 Ke4 51.Nb7 Kxf4 52.Nd8 Kxe5 53.Nxf7+ Kf6 54.Nd6 Ne3+ 55.Kf2 Nf5 56.Ne4+ Ke5 57.Ng5 h6 58.Nf3+ Kf4 59.h5 Kg4 60.Ne5+ Kxh5 61.Kf3 Kg5 62.Nf7+ Kf6 63.Nd8 e5 64.Kg4 Ng7 65.Nb7 h5+ 66.Kf3 Kf5 67.Nd6+ Ke6 68.Ne4 Kd5 69.Nf6+ Kd4 70.Ne4 Ne8 71.Ng3 Nf6 72.Ke2 e4 73.Kd2 Ke5 74.Ke3 h4 75.Nf1 Ng4+ 76.Ke2 Kf4 77.Nd2 h3 78.Kf1 e3 79.Nb3 Kg3 80.Nd4 h2 81.Ne2+ Kf3 0-1

Blitz, 5+3
Round 17 (26), June 24
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Nakamura, Hikaru
D05 Queen’s Pawn game, Rubinstein variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 d5 5.b3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nbd2 b6 9.a3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Rac1 Rac8 12.c4 dxc4 13.bxc4 cxd4 14.exd4 Rfe8 15.Rfe1 Qb8 16.Ne4 Na5 17.Neg5 Qf4 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Qxe6+ Kh8 20.Ne5 Bf8 21.Qh3 Kg8 22.Nd7 Ne4 23.f3 Ng5 24.Qh5 Re3 25.Ne5 Rxd3 26.Nxd3 Qf5 27.d5 Nxc4 28.Ba1 Bxd5 29.Kh1 Rc6 30.Nf2 Qg6 31.Qg4 Ne3 32.Rxc6 Nxg4 33.Rxg6 Nxf2+ 0-1

The quick draw that got Sergey second place

Blitz, 5+3
Round 18 (27), June 24
Karjakin, Sergey – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
B29 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rubinstein

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bd3 d6 9.exd6 O-O 10.O-O Qxd6 11.Re1 h6 12.Be3 Bg4 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.h3 1/2-1/2

Blitz, 5+3
Round 18 (27), June 24
Nakamura, Hikaru – Caruana, Fabiano
E10 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Rc1 c6 11.Bf4 Bxf4 12.exf4 Bg4 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Re8 15.g3 Nb6 16.b3 Qd6 17.Qd3 Re7 18.Rfe1 Rae8 19.Re5 Nbd7 20.Rc2 Qb4 21.Rxe7 Rxe7 22.Kg2 Nf8 23.h4 Ne6 24.Ne2 Nc7 25.Qc3 Qxc3 26.Rxc3 Kf8 27.h5 Ne4 28.Rc2 Nd6 29.Kf1 Re8 30.a4 a5 31.Nc1 Ne6 32.Ne2 Ra8 33.Bg4 f5 34.Bf3 Ra6 35.Rc3 Rb6 36.Ke1 Rb4 37.Rd3 b5 38.Rc3 bxa4 39.bxa4 Nc4 40.Rc1 Rxa4 41.Nc3 Ra3 42.Be2 Nd6 43.Bd1 Nxd4 44.Ne2 N6b5 45.Nxd4 Nxd4 46.Rb1 Nb5 47.Be2 Nd6 48.Rb6 Rc3 49.Ra6 Rc5 50.f3 Ke7 51.Ra7+ Kf6 52.h6 gxh6 53.Bd3 Rc3 54.Kd2 Ra3 55.Ra6 Ra2+ 56.Ke1 Rg2 57.Rxc6 Ke7 58.Rc7+ Ke6 59.Rxh7 Nf7 60.Bb5 Rxg3 61.Be8 Nd6 62.Kf2 Rh3 63.Bc6 d4 64.Kg2 Rh4 65.Kg3 Rh1 66.Kg2 Ra1 67.Rxh6+ Ke7 68.Rh7+ Kf8 69.Rd7 Nc4 70.Rxd4 Rc1 71.Bb5 Nb6 72.Rd6 Nc4 73.Ra6 Ke7 74.Kf2 Rc2+ 75.Kg3 Ne3 76.Rxa5 Rg2+ 77.Kh4 Rg1 78.Ra6 Kf7 79.Ra3 Ng2+ 80.Kg3 Ne1+ 81.Kf2 Rh1 82.Bc4+ Kf6 83.Ra6+ Kg7 84.Ra7+ Kf6 85.Rf7+ Kg6 86.Rc7 Nc2 87.Rc6+ Kg7 88.Rc7+ Kf6 89.Rc6+ Kg7 90.Rd6 Nb4 91.Be6 Kf6 92.Bc8+ Ke7 93.Rd7+ Kf6 94.Rd4 Rb1 95.Rd6+ Ke7 96.Rh6 Nd3+ 97.Ke3 Nc5 98.Bxf5 Rb3+ 99.Kf2 Kf7 100.Kg3 Rb2 101.Rc6 Rb5 102.Kg4 Ra5 103.Rb6 Na4 104.Rb7+ Kf6 105.Rb8 Nc3 106.Rb6+ Ke7 107.Be4 Ra1 108.f5 Rg1+ 109.Kf4 Kf7 110.Ke5 Ra1 111.Rb7+ Kf8 112.Rc7 Ra5+ 113.Kf6 Ra6+ 114.Kg5 Ne2 115.f6 Ra5+ 116.Kg4 Ra6 117.Kf5 Ra5+ 118.Kg4 Ra6 119.Kg5 Ra5+ 120.Kh6 Nf4 121.Bg6 Ra8 122.Rh7 1-0

At move 66.Kg2 Black was two passed pawns up

Tsk, Tsk