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    2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

    April 29, 2019

    The 2019 Cote d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz is one of four new events that will be joining the Grand Chess Tour roster in 2019. The tournament has been made possible by a partnership between Vivendi SA, Canal+ Group and the Pullman Abidjan Hotel. The tournament will be the first stop on the 2019 Grand Chess Tour and will be the first tournament on the African continent to ever feature the participation of the reigning world chess champion. Participants will compete over 9 rounds of rapid chess and 18 rounds of blitz chess for a total prize fund of $150,000.


    DATES
    May 8 - 12, 2019

    VENUE
    Pullman Abidjan Hotel

    FORMAT
    10 Player Round Robin

    PRIZE FUND
    $150,000

    Participants

    Magnus Carlsen
    Hikaru Nakamura
    Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
    Ding Liren
    Wesley So
    Ian Nepomniachtchi
    Sergey Karjakin
    Wei Yi
    Veselin Topalov
    Bassem Amin

    Schedule

    Rapid

    May 8 Rounds 1-3
    May 9 Rounds 4-6
    May 10 Rounds 7-9

    Blitz

    May 11 Rounds 1-9
    May 12 Rounds 10-18

    First game starts at 15:00 GMT (11 AM Toronto/Montreal)

    https://grandchesstour.org/2019-gran...re-Rapid-Blitz

  • #2
    2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

    May 5, 2019


    Magnus Carlsen on Abidjan: "I'm excited. It will probably be my only opportunity to go to Cote d’Ivoire. It’s exotic for sure. It will be the first time I or any sitting world champion plays in Africa. I specifically chose to play there.”

    https://bit.ly/2UXLTf8

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    • #3
      Assuming I'm not getting my GMT and UTC mixed up, I believe the start time is 1.00 Toronto time. We'll know for sure in a couple of hours...

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      • #4
        2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

        May 8, 2019

        I think you are right, John, it is 17:00 (GMT), which is 1:00 PM here

        From chess.com:

        https://www.chess.com/news/view/carl...in-ivory-coast

        The rapid tournament is a single round-robin with a time control of 25 minutes for all moves and a 10-second delay from move 1. As in earlier editions of the tour, it will be played over three days with three rounds per day.

        The blitz section, starting on May 11, is a double round-robin competition over two days, with a time control of five minutes and a three-second delay. The final standings will combine the rapid standings, where games count double, and the blitz standings.

        The results of the Côte d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz, combined with the standings of four more speed chess and two classical tournaments, will decide the four qualifiers for the final phase of the Grand Chess Tour in London for a whopping prize fund of $1.75 million in the whole tour.

        The other main players of the tour are Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri and Viswanathan Anand. They will be active in subsequent events.

        The first rapid round will start today at 5 p.m. local time (GMT) which is 19:00 CEST, 1 p.m. Eastern and 10 a.m. Pacific.

        __________

        I could not recall another such event taking place in Africa but chess24 reminded me of these this morning:

        The 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship, won by Rustam Kasimdzhanov, took place in Tripoli, Libya and Bobby Fischer was among the participants in the 1967 Interzonal in Sousse, Tunisia, but there have been very few events of this calibre ever played in Africa, and certainly Sub-Saharan Africa. Magnus Carlsen may be the first reigning World Chess Champion to play an official competitive game on the continent, but some things are the same everywhere!

        https://chess24.com/en/read/news/car...ss-tour-launch

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        • #5
          2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

          May 8, 2019

          Rapids

          Rounds One to Three

          Round One

          Round 1, May 8
          Carlsen, Magnus – So, Wesley
          D35 QGD, Exchange variation

          1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Nd7 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Bf4 Nf6 14.Bd1 Nh5 15.Bd2 Qc7 16.Ng5 Nf4 17.Qg3 Ng6 18.Qg4 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 cxd4 20.cxd4 Qc3 21.Bb3 Qxd4 22.Rbd1 Qe5 23.h4 h6 24.Bc1 h5 25.Qg5 Qxg5 26.Bxg5 Rc7 27.f4 Bc8 28.Rc1 Rb7 29.Rc3 Kh7 30.Rec1 Bd7 31.Rc7 Rxc7 32.Rxc7 f6 33.Rxd7 fxg5 34.fxg5 Nxh4 35.Bxe6 Kg6 36.Rxa7 Kxg5 37.Rxg7+ Kf6 38.Rg8 Ng6 39.Rxf8+ Nxf8 40.Bf5 1-0

          Round 1, May 8
          Nakamura, Hikaru – MVL
          B23 Sicilian, Closed

          1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 Nf6 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.O-O-O Be6 10.Kb1 Qa5 11.Nb5 Qxd2 12.Rxd2 Ne4 13.Re2 O-O-O 14.f3 a6 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Rd2 Rhe8 19.Ne2 Bf5 20.Kb2 Ne6 21.g4 Bg6 22.h4 h6 23.Bg2 d4 24.Rhd1 d3 25.cxd3 Nd4 26.Nxd4 Rxd4 27.Kc3 Red8 28.h5 Bh7 29.Bf1 Rf4 30.Be2 f5 31.Rg1 Rd7 32.g5 Rh4 33.gxh6 gxh6 34.d4 Rxh5 35.Bc4 Kc7 36.Rdg2 f4 37.Be6 Re7 38.Rg7 Kd6 39.Rxe7 Kxe7 40.Bc8 Bf5 41.Bxf5 Rxf5 42.Rg7+ Kf6 43.Rxb7 h5 44.Kc4 Kg6 45.d5 h4 46.d6 h3 47.Re7 Rf8 48.Kd5 Rh8 49.Re1 Kg5 50.d7 Rd8 51.Kc6 Kh4 52.Re8 1-0

          Round 1, May 8
          Amin, Bassem – Ding, Liren
          C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall

          1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nbd2 Nfd7 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.Bd5 c6 14.Ba2 Re8 15.f4 Ng6 16.c3 d5 17.N2f3 Bf8 18.e5 c5 19.Nf5 c4 20.N5d4 Nc5 21.f5 Nh4 22.Ng5 h6 23.Qh5 hxg5 24.Bxg5 Qc7 25.Qxh4 Rxe5 26.Bf4 Qe7 27.Bg5 f6 28.Rxe5 Qxe5 29.Bf4 Qe8 30.Re1 Qxa4 31.Bb1 Re8 32.Ne6 bxc3 33.bxc3 Nd3 34.Bxd3 cxd3 35.Qg3 d4 36.cxd4 Qc2 37.Qf2 Bb4 38.Rc1 d2 39.Bxd2 Qxd2 40.Qxd2 Bxd2 41.Rc7 Bd5 42.Rxg7+ Kh8 43.Rd7 Bxe6 44.fxe6 Rxe6 45.d5 Rb6 46.d6 a5 47.Kf2 Bb4 48.Rd8+ Kg7 49.d7 Rd6 50.h4 Rd4 51.h5 Be7 52.Ra8 a4 53.Ra7 Kh6 54.Ke3 Rd1 55.Rxa4 Rxd7 56.g4 Rd5 57.Ke4 Re5+ 58.Kf4 Bc5 59.Ra8 Be3+ 60.Kf3 Bg5 61.Rg8 Kh7 62.Ra8 Re3+ 63.Kf2 Rb3 64.Rc8 Bh4+ 65.Ke2 Rg3 66.Rc4 Kh6 67.Ra4 Kg5 68.Ra5+ Kxg4 69.h6 Bg5 70.Ra4+ Bf4 71.h7 Rh3 72.Ra7 f5 73.Kf2 Be5 74.Kg2 Rh2+ 75.Kg1 Rh6 76.Re7 Bf6 77.Rf7 Kg5 0-1

          Position after 22…..h6 Did White have a better move in 23.e6?

          

          Round 1, May 8
          Karjakin, Sergey – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
          B98 Sicilian, Najdorf, Goteborg variation

          1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Be7 9.Qf3 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.O-O+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7 16.Rf7 Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Rxf7 18.gxf7+ Kxf7 19.Rf1+ Bf6 20.e5 dxe5 21.Ne4 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 axb5 23.Nxf6 Ke7 24.Qg7+ Kd8 25.Qg8+ Kc7 26.Ne8+ Kd8 27.Nd6+ Kc7 28.Ne8+ Kd8 29.Ng7+ Kc7 30.Ne8+ 1/2-1/2

          Round 1, May 8
          Topalov, Veselin – Wei, Yi
          C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

          1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.Qe2 Nc5 10.Bxc5 dxc5 11.O-O-O Bd6 12.Rhe1 Qf6 13.Kb1 Be6 14.Nd2 Rae8 15.Ne4 Qh6 16.Qf3 Bd5 17.Qf5 Be6 18.Qg5 Qxg5 19.Nxg5 g6 20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.g3 Rfe8 22.Rxe6 Rxe6 23.Bc4 Re4 24.Bd5 Re2 25.Rf1 b6 26.Bf3 Re5 27.Kc1 c4 28.Kd2 Ra5 29.a3 Rb5 30.Kc1 Re5 31.Kd2 Rb5 32.Kc1 Re5 33.Kd2 1/2-1/2

          Round Two

          Round 2, May 8
          MVL – Ding, Liren
          A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

          1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 a5 7.b3 a4 8.Ba3 Re8 9.e3 Bf5 10.c4 c6 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Rfc1 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Rxe5 15.Bb2 Re8 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Nf3 Be4 18.bxa4 Rxa4 19.Qb5 Qa5 20.Qxa5 Rxa5 21.Rc7 Rb5 22.Bd4 Bxf3 23.Bxf3 Ne4 24.Rd1 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Re6 26.Rc2 Ra5 27.Bd1 Rc6 28.Rb2 Rc4 29.Rd3 Rc3 30.Rxc3 Nxc3 31.Bb3 b5 32.Kg2 b4 33.Rd2 Kg7 34.Rd4 Nxa2 35.Bxa2 Rxa2 36.Rxb4 1/2-1/2

          Round 2, May 8
          Nakamura, Hikaru – Karjakin, Sergey
          C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

          1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Be3 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 Bxe3 8.Qxe3 c6 9.Bc4 O-O 10.Bb3 d6 11.Nd2 a5 12.a4 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.c3 Nd7 16.g3 h6 17.Kg2 Rf7 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 d5 20.Ra3 Qb6 21.Qd3 Rd8 22.Rb3 Qc7 23.Qe2 Nb6 24.Ra1 Nd7 25.Rf3 Rdf8 26.Raa3 Qb6 27.exd5 exd5 28.Rxf7 Rxf7 29.Rb3 Qc7 30.Qe8+ Rf8 31.Qe6+ Rf7 32.Nf3 Nf8 33.Qe8 Kh7 34.Ne5 Rf6 35.h4 b6 36.Rf3 Rxf3 37.Kxf3 Qd6 38.Qxc6 Qb4 39.Qe8 Qxd4 40.Kg2 Qe4+ 41.f3 Qe2+ 42.Kh3 d4 43.Qb5 Qxb5 44.axb5 Ne6 45.Kg2 Nc7 46.Nc4 Nxb5 47.Kf2 a4 48.Ke2 Kg6 49.Kd3 Kf7 50.Nxb6 a3 51.bxa3 Nxa3 52.Kxd4 Nb5+ 53.Ke5 Nc3 54.Nc4 Kg6 55.g4 Kh7 56.Nd2 Kg6 57.Ne4 Ne2 58.f4 Ng1 59.h5+ Kh7 60.Nd2 Ne2 61.Nf3 Kg8 62.Nd4 Nc3 63.Nc6 Ne2 64.Ne7+ Kf7 65.Nf5 Kg8 66.Nd6 Kh7 67.Ne8 Kg8 68.Nc7 Kf7 69.Nb5 Kg8 70.Ke4 Kf8 71.Ke3 Nc1 72.Nd4 Na2 73.Kd3 Nb4+ 74.Kc4 Na6 75.Nb5 Ke7 76.Nc3 Kf7 77.Nd5 Nb8 78.Kc5 Nd7+ 79.Kd6 Nf8 80.Nc7 Nh7 81.Nd5 Nf8 82.Ne3 Ne6 83.Ke5 Nf8 84.Nc4 Nd7+ 85.Kf5 Nc5 86.Nd6+ Kg8 87.Ne4 Nd7 88.g5 hxg5 89.fxg5 Kh7 90.Ke6 Nb6 91.Kf7 Nc4 92.Ke6 Ne3 93.Ng3 Nc4 94.Ne2 Kg8 95.Nd4 Ne3 96.Nf5 Ng2 97.Ne7+ Kh7 98.Nd5 Kg8 99.g6 Kf8 100.h6 Nh4 101.Ne7 gxh6 102.Nf5 Nxg6 103.Nxh6 1/2-1/2

          Position after 99….Kf8 What is the best reply here?

          

          Round 2, May 8
          Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Carlsen, Magnus
          B32 Sicilian, Kalashnikov

          1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.g3 Nf6 9.Bg2 b5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Nb8 12.O-O Nd7 13.c4 O-O 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nc2 f5 16.Nb4 Bf6 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.a4 Nc5 19.Be3 Nxa4 20.Qc2 Bd7 21.b3 f4 22.bxa4 fxe3 23.axb5 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Bg5 25.b6 exf2+ 26.Kh1 Bc8 27.Rf1 Qf7 28.Qe2 e4 29.h4 e3 30.hxg5 Re8 31.Kh2 Bg4 32.Qxg4 e2 33.b7 Qxb7 34.Rxf2 e1=Q 35.Qf5 Qe3 36.Rf3 Qe2 37.Nd4 Qe5 38.Qg4 Qbxd5 39.Nf5 Qde6 40.Qh5 Qg6 41.Qg4 h5 42.Qc4+ d5 43.Qb5 Qxg5 44.Qd7 h4 45.Rf1 hxg3+ 46.Kg1 g6 47.Bxd5+ Kh8 0-1

          Round 2, May 8
          Wei, Yi – Amin, Bassem
          E00 Queens Pawn game

          1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 c5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 cxd4 7.Nf3 b6 8.b4 Bb7 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qf4 d6 11.Bg2 e5 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg2 14.Rg1 Be4 15.Nb5 Ke7 16.g4 Bc6 17.Nc3 Qd7 18.g5 Ne4 19.Nd5+ Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Nc3 21.Qd3 Na4 22.f4 Rac8 23.f5 g6 24.f6+ Kd8 25.Qb3 Qc6 26.Be3 Rc7 27.Rd1 Kc8 28.Rg4 Kb8 29.c5 Rd8 30.cxd6 Qc3+ 31.Qxc3 Rxc3 32.Re4 Rxa3 33.Rxe5 Nb2 34.Rc1 Rxd6 35.Bf4 1-0

          Round 2, May 8
          So, Wesley – Topalov, Veselin
          C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

          1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nb3 Be7 9.d4 f6 10.Na5 Rb8 11.dxe5 fxe5 12.Ng5 Bxg5 13.Qh5+ Bf7 14.Qxg5 Qf6 15.Be3 O-O 16.Rad1 Qe6 17.f3 Rfe8 18.Rd2 h6 19.Qg3 Nf8 20.Nb3 b6 21.Rfd1 c5 22.Nc1 Qf6 23.b3 a5 24.Ne2 Ne6 25.Qe1 Rbc8 26.Bf2 a4 27.Bh4 Qg6 28.c3 axb3 29.axb3 Nf8 30.b4 Qc6 31.Nc1 Ng6 32.Bg3 Ra8 33.Nd3 cxb4 34.cxb4 Qb5 35.h4 Ra3 36.h5 Nf8 37.Nxe5 Rxe5 38.Bxe5 Qxe5 39.Rd8 Qg5 40.Qd2 Qg3 41.Qf2 Qe5 42.Qd4 Qg3 43.Qf2 Qe5 44.Qd4 Qg3 45.Qf2 1/2-1/2

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          • #6
            2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

            May 8, 2019

            Rapids

            Rounds One to Three

            Round Three

            Round 3, May 8
            Carlsen, Magnus – Nakamura, Hikaru
            A18 English, Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation

            1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.fxg7 cxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Bxg7 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.Nf3 Qe7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O-O a5 12.a3 e5 13.Bc3 f5 14.c5+ Kh8 15.Bb5 Be6 16.Qc2 Qxc5 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Nxe5 Qe4 19.Qd2 Ba2 20.Nd3 Qc4 21.Rhe1 Rae8 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 Qc6 25.Nf3 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Bd5 27.Qd4+ Kg8 28.Nh4 Qe6 29.Kd2 b6 30.f3 Bc4 31.Nxf5 Qe2+ 32.Kc1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

            Round 3, May 8
            Karjakin, Sergey – MVL
            B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Rb8 11.h3 Bd7 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.f3 Nh5 15.a5 Ng3 16.Bd3 f5 17.Qe1 f4 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Bb6 Qd7 20.Bb3 g5 21.Bd4 Bxd4+ 22.Rxd4 e5 23.Rd3 h5 24.Rad1 Rf6 25.Ne2 Nxe2+ 26.Qxe2 Bb5 27.c4 Bxc4 28.Bxc4 Rxc4 29.Rd5 Qc7 30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.Rxd6 Rc1+ 32.Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.Qxd1 Qxa5 34.Qd6 Qe1+ 35.Kh2 Qg3+ 36.Kg1 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 1/2-1/2

            Round 3, May 8
            Amin, Bassem – So, Wesley
            B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.c3 b5 8.Bc2 c4 9.a4 Bb7 10.d4 cxd3 11.Qxd3 Nc5 12.Qe2 bxa4 13.Be3 Nfxe4 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Nxd2 Rc8 16.Bxc5 Rxc5 17.Bxa4+ Ke7 18.Nb3 Rg5 19.g3 g6 20.Qc4 Bg7 21.Rad1 Qb6 22.Nd4 Re5 23.Nc6+ Bxc6 24.Qxc6 Qxc6 25.Bxc6 Rc5 26.Be4 Rb8 27.Re2 Rcb5 28.Rdd2 R5b6 29.Kf1 a5 30.Rc2 a4 31.Bd5 Kf8 32.Ba2 d5 33.h4 d4 34.Red2 d3 35.Rxd3 Rxb2 36.Rxb2 Rxb2 37.Bc4 Ke7 38.Re3 a3 39.Re2 Bxc3 40.Rxb2 Bxb2 41.Ke2 h5 42.Kd3 Kd6 43.Bb3 Kc5 44.Ba2 Bd4 45.f3 Bf2 0-1

            Round 3, May 8
            Topalov, Veselin – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
            C55 Two Knights Defence

            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.Ng5 Bxc4 9.dxc4 a5 10.Be3 Nb4 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Nh3 c6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Rd2 Nc5 15.f4 exf4 16.Nxf4 Rae8 17.Qg4 Qc8 18.Qg3 Ne6 19.Nh5 Kh8 20.Nd5 cxd5 21.cxd5 g6 22.dxe6 fxe6 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Bd4+ Kg8 25.e5 Nxc2 26.Bf2 dxe5 27.h3 Rf5 28.Qd3 Nb4 29.Qd7 Qxd7 30.Rxd7 Nd5 31.Ng3 Rf4 32.Rxb7 Rxa4 33.b3 Ra1+ 34.Kh2 Rb1 35.Ba7 Bb4 36.Ne4 Rxb3 37.Ng5 Nf4 38.Bc5 Rc3 39.Rb8+ Kg7 40.Rb7+ Kg8 41.Rb8+ Kg7 42.Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

            Round 3, May 8
            Ding, Liren – Wei, Yi
            D85 Grunfeld, Exchange variation

            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 O-O 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Bh6 exd4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.cxd4 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 b6 16.d5 Bb7 17.a4 Rfe8 18.a5 Rad8 19.Rhe1 f5 20.exf5 Bxd5 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.axb6 axb6 24.Ra1 Kf6 25.Bb5 Rd8 26.Ne1 Nf8 27.Kc3 Ne6 28.Bf1 Rb8 29.Nc2 b5 30.Ne3 Ke5 31.Ra6 b4+ 32.Kb2 Ra8 33.Rxa8 Bxa8 34.h4 Be4 35.f3 Bc6 36.Bc4 Nf4 37.Bf7 Ba4 38.g3 Nd3+ 39.Kb1 Kd4 40.Ng4 Kc3 41.Ne3 Ne5 42.Be6 Nxf3 43.Nd5+ Kd4 44.Nf4 c4 45.Nxg6 c3 46.Nf4 Nd2+ 47.Kc1 b3 48.Ne2+ Kd3 49.Nf4+ Kd4 50.Ne2+ Kd3 51.Nf4+ Ke3 52.Bxb3 Bxb3 53.h5 Ne4 54.h6 Nf6 55.Ng2+ Kf2 56.Nf4 Ke3 57.Ng2+ Kf3 58.Nf4 Nh7 59.Nd3 Ke3 60.Nc5 Bf7 61.Kc2 Kd4 62.Na4 Bg6+ 63.Kb3 Bf7+ 64.Kc2 Bg6+ 65.Kb3 c2 66.Kb2 Ng5 67.Nb6 Nf3 68.Nd7 Ng1 0-1

            Position after White’s 54.h6

            

            Standings after Round Three

            1-2 Carlsen, Wei Yi 5
            3 Nakamura 4
            4-7 Ding Liren, Karjakin, So, Topalov 3
            8-9 MVL, Nepo 2
            10 Amin 0

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            • #7
              2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

              May 9, 2019

              Rapids

              Rounds Four to Six

              Round Four

              Round 4, May 9
              MVL – Wei, Yi
              C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Bd3 d5 11.Rhe1 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Re8 14.f4 c5 15.Kb1 Qa5 16.f5 Rad8 17.Rg1 Kh8 18.c4 Qxd2 19.Bxd2 d4 20.c3 dxc3 21.Bxc3 Bd6 22.Rge1 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.Be4 b6 26.Bc6 Nf6 27.Kc2 Kg8 28.Kb3 Kf8 29.Ka4 Ke7 30.Kb5 Kd8 31.Ka6 Kc7 32.Bd5 Kb8 33.Bxf7 Ne4 34.Bxg7 Nxf2 35.h4 Nd3 36.a3 Be5 37.Bf8 Nxb2 38.Be6 Kc7 39.Be7 Nd3 40.f6 Bd6 41.Kxa7 Ne5 42.Bxd6+ Kxd6 43.f7 1-0

              Round 4, May 9
              Karjakin, Sergey – Carlsen, Magnus
              B30 Sicilian Defence

              1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Nf1 Nd7 8.a3 Nb6 9.Ba2 O-O 10.Ne3 Be6 11.Ncd5 Bg5 12.O-O Bxe3 13.fxe3 Ne7 14.c4 f5 15.Bd2 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nd7 17.b4 b6 18.Bb3 Ng6 19.Ba4 Qe7 20.Bc6 Rad8 21.Qa4 Nf6 22.bxc5 bxc5 23.Rxf5 e4 24.Qc2 Ng4 25.Raf1 Rxf5 26.Rxf5 Qh4 27.h3 Nxe3 28.Bxe3 Qe1+ 29.Kh2 Qxe3 30.dxe4 Nf4 31.Qb2 Qxe4 32.Bd7 g6 33.Rf6 Nd3 34.Qc3 Rxd7 35.Re6 Qf4+ 0-1

              - Magnus is amazing, rolling over these guys in 35 moves
              - Nice ending. Sergey tried to set a trap with Bd7, but overlooked g6

              Round 4, May 9
              Nakamura, Hikaru – Topalov, Veselin
              A11 English

              1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 e5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.a3 Bd6 8.d4 O-O 9.Bd3 h6 10.O-O exd4 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Be2 Re8 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.Bf3 Ne4 16.Bb4 Be5 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Qb3 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 a5 20.Qxd5 Bb5 21.Bxe4 Bxf1 22.Bc5 Qa6 23.Qf5 Rxe4 24.Qxe4 Rc8 25.h4 b6 26.Rd6 Qb5 27.Bd4 Bd3 28.Qg4 Rc1+ 29.Kh2 Bg6 30.Rxb6 Qd5 31.h5 Qxh5+ 32.Qxh5 Bxh5 33.Rb5 Bg6 34.Rxa5 Rc2 35.Kg3 h5 36.Rg5 Kh7 37.f3 Rd2 38.a4 f6 39.Rxg6 Kxg6 40.a5 Rd1 41.a6 Ra1 42.a7 Kf7 43.b4 Ra2 44.b5 1-0

              Round 4, May 9
              So, Wesley – Ding, Liren
              C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6 9.Bd2 Bg4 10.c3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.h3 Bd7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Nc6 15.Nbd2 Be6 16.d4 cxd4 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Nb3 Nh5 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Nbxd4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Nf4 22.Qf3 Qg5 23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.exf5 Rac8 25.Bb3 Qxf5 26.Re7 d5 27.Rae1 Qf6 28.h4 Rc6 29.R7e3 Rd8 30.g3 Ne6 31.Bxd5 Qxf3 32.Bxf3 Rc2 33.R1e2 Rxe2 34.Rxe2 Nd4 35.Re3 Nxf3+ 36.Rxf3 Rd2 37.Ra3 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

              In the first game to finish, Nepo just crushes Amin

              Round 4, May 9
              Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Amin, Bassem
              C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Re8 9.h3 b5 10.Bc2 Bf8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Bb7 13.Nbd2 g6 14.Nf1 Bg7 15.Ne3 Qd7 16.a4 Nd8 17.Nh2 h5 18.Qf3 Nh7 19.Nhf1 Ne6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Nc5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.d4 Na4 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.d6 Rc8 27.dxc7 Qxc7 28.Ne3 Kh8 29.Nd5 Qb7 30.Be4 f5 31.Ne7 fxe4 32.Qf7 1-0

              Round Five

              Round 5, May 9
              Carlsen, Magnus – MVL
              B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

              1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Nb3 Be6 12.h4 gxh4 13.Bxh4 b5 14.f4 b4 15.Na4 Qc7 16.O-O-O Rb8 17.Kb1 Na5 18.Nxa5 Qxa5 19.b3 Qc7 20.Be2 h5 21.f5 Bd7 22.Bxg4 hxg4 23.Qg5 Bf6 24.Qxg4 Bxa4 25.Bxf6 Rxh1 26.Rxh1 exf6 27.bxa4 Ke7 28.Qf3 Rc8 29.Qd3 a5 30.Rd1 Rg8 31.Qe2 Rg3 32.Qf2 Ra3 33.g4 Rxa4 34.g5 fxg5 35.f6+ Ke8 36.Qe2 b3 37.axb3 Rb4 38.e5 dxe5 39.Rd5 Kf8 40.Qh5 Rh4 41.Qxg5 Rh7 42.Qd2 1-0

              Round 5, May 9
              Topalov, Veselin – Karjakin, Servey
              D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5 9.Qb3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 c6 13.O-O a5 14.Rac1 Re8 15.Rc2 Qb6 16.Nd2 Ne4 17.f3 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 a4 19.Rb1 Qa6 20.h3 Nb6 21.Qc3 Nc4 22.e4 Qa5 23.Qd3 Qb6 24.Bf2 Ra5 25.Re2 Rb5 26.Qc3 Qa5 27.Qc2 Qb6 28.Qc3 Qa5 29.Qc2 Qb6 30.Qc3 1/2-1/2

              Round 5, May 9
              Ding, Liren – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
              E81 King’s Indian, Kramer System Samisch

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 e6 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nge2 exd5 8.cxd5 a6 9.a4 O-O 10.Ng3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Ne8 12.O-O Rb8 13.Re1 Nc7 14.Bf4 Qe7 15.Qd2 Re8 16.a5 b5 17.axb6 Rxb6 18.Ra5 Rb4 19.Nf1 Nb5 20.Nxb5 axb5 21.Rxb5 Rd4 22.Qa5 f5 23.Qc7 Be5 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Ra5 Rb4 26.Ra8 Nb6 27.Raa1 fxe4 28.fxe4 Rxe4 29.Qxb6 Rxe2 30.Rxe2 Qxe2 31.Qxd6 Qxb2 32.Rd1 c4 33.Qc6 Rf8 34.Qxc4 Qf2+ 35.Kh1 Bg4 36.d6+ Rf7 37.Rb1 Be2 38.Qc8+ Rf8 39.Qe6+ Kg7 40.Qe5+ Kg8 41.Ne3 Bf3 42.h3 Bc6 43.Nd5 Re8 44.Nf6+ Kf8 45.Nxh7+ Kg8 46.Nf6+ Kf8 47.Qg5 Re6 48.d7 Re1+ 49.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 50.Kh2 Ke7 51.Qc5+ 1-0

              A very interesting game, where Nakamura blunders and Amin gets the win! He has had a bad tournament so far but now is the hero of the moment.

              Round 5, May 9
              Amin, Bassem – Nakamura, Hikaru
              B40 Sicilian, double Fianchetto, KIA

              1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O d6 7.c3 Nf6 8.Re1 O-O 9.d4 e5 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Na3 Ne8 13.Bf1 f6 14.Bc4+ Kf8 15.Be3 b6 16.Bd5 Bd7 17.Nb5 Rab8 18.a4 a6 19.Na3 Ne7 20.Bb3 Nc6 21.Nd2 Nc7 22.f4 Bh6 23.Kg2 Na5 24.Bc2 Bc6 25.b4 Nb7 26.Ndc4 exf4 27.gxf4 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Nb6 cxb4 30.cxb4 Nd6 31.Kg3 Bxe4 32.Bc5 Bxc2 33.Nxc2 Kg8 34.Nd4 Nc4 35.Nxc4 bxc4 36.Nc6 Rd3+ 37.Kf2 Rb7 38.f5 c3 39.Re2 Bf8 40.Bxf8 Kxf8 41.fxg6 hxg6 42.Ra5 Rb6 43.Rc5 Ne8 44.Ne7 Kf7 45.Nd5 Rb7 46.b5 Nd6 47.Nxc3 g5 48.Kg2 Kg6 49.Rb2 Nf5 50.Ne4 Ne3+ 51.Kg1 Re7 52.Nf2 Ra3 53.Rc1 Rb7 54.h3 Ra5 55.Rc5 Nf5 56.Ne4 Nd4 57.Nd6 Rd7 58.Nc4 Ra1+ 59.Kf2 Rh7 60.b6 Ra8 61.b7 Rb8 62.Nd6 Rxh3 63.Rb4 Rh2+ 64.Kf1 Rh1+ 65.Kg2 Rd1 66.Rc8 Rd2+ 67.Kf1 Nf3 68.Rb3 Rxb7 69.Nxb7 g4 70.Nc5 Rc2 71.Rd3 Kf5 72.Nb7 Rb2 73.Nd6+ Ke6 74.Re8+ Kd7 75.Re2 Rb1+ 76.Kf2 Ne5 77.Rdd2 Kc6 78.Ne4 Rb3 79.Rd6+ Kb5 80.Rxf6 Nd3+ 81.Kg2 Ra3 82.Rf5+ Kc4 83.Nf2 Nb4 84.Re4+ Kc3 85.Re3+ 1-0

              Position after Black’s 75…Rb1+

              

              Round 5, May 9
              Wei, Yi – So, Wesley
              E04 Catalan, open

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Nfd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nd5 14.Bb2 f5 15.Na5 b6 16.Nc6 Bd6 17.Rac1 Ba6 18.Re1 Bb7 19.e4 fxe4 20.Rxe4 Kf7 21.Bh3 Rfe8 22.Ne5+ Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Rad8 24.Ba3 Nf6 25.Rc7+ Rd7 26.Rxd7+ Nxd7 27.Re1 Nf6 28.Rc1 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Bf1 Bb7 31.Bb2 Bd5 32.a3 Ne4 33.Be2 Nd2 34.Bc3 Ne4 35.Bb2 Nd6 36.f3 Bc4 37.Bd1 g6 38.Kf2 Ke7 39.Bc2 Bd5 40.Bd3 a5 41.h4 Bc4 42.Bc2 Bd5 43.g4 Nc4 44.Bc1 b5 45.h5 Kf7 46.hxg6+ hxg6 47.Bd3 b4 48.axb4 axb4 49.Bxc4 Bxc4 50.f4 Kf6 51.g5+ Kf5 52.Ke3 b3 53.Kd2 Ke4 54.Kc3 Bd5 55.Bd2 Kf3 56.Bc1 Ke2 57.Ba3 Ke3 58.Bd6 Ke2 1/2-1/2

              Standings after Round Five

              1 Carlsen 9
              2-4 Nakamura, Ding, Wei 6
              5 So 5
              6-9 MVL, Nepo, Karjakin, Topalov 4
              10 Amin 2

              In an interview at the end, Maurice mentioned being for few minutes in the dungeon in one of the slave castles of Ghana (Elmina). Frightening.

              Round Six to be continued on next post
              Last edited by Wayne Komer; Thursday, 9th May, 2019, 04:00 PM.

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              • #8
                2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

                May 9, 2019

                Rapids

                Rounds Four to Six

                Round Six

                Round 6, May 9
                Nakamura, Hikaru – Ding, Liren
                C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nbd2 Nfd7 12.Nd4 Nc5 13.Bd5 Rb8 14.Nc4 Bg4 15.Qd2 Nxc4 16.Bxc4 Bd7 17.b3 Bf6 18.Bb2 c6 19.Rad1 Qb6 20.Ba1 a5 21.Nf3 Bxa1 22.Rxa1 Rbd8 23.Rad1 Be6 24.Bf1 d5 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Qe3 Nd7 27.Nd4 Nf6 28.Qf4 Be4 29.Rxe4 Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Rfe8 31.Nxc6 Rxe4 32.Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.Nxd8 Re1 34.Nc6 Rc1 35.Nxa5 Rxc2 36.g3 Kf8 37.Bc4 Ke8 38.Nb7 1-0

                Round 6, May 9
                Carlsen, Magnus – Topalov, Veselin
                C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 h6 12.Bf4 g5 13.Be5 Ng4 14.Bd4 Qd6 15.Qg3 Qxg3 16.hxg3 f6 17.Na4 Re8 18.f4 Kf7 19.Nc5 a5 20.Rf3 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 Ba6 22.Bf5 Bc8 23.Bd3 Ba6 24.Bf5 Bc8 25.Bxg4 Bxg4 26.Rf2 a4 27.Raf1 f5 28.Rd2 Re4 29.b3 Kg6 30.Bd4 Be2 31.Rc1 gxf4 32.gxf4 Rxf4 33.Rxe2 Rxd4 34.Re6+ Kg5 35.Rxc6 axb3 36.axb3 Rd2 37.Rf1 Ra2 38.Rf2 Ra1+ 39.Rf1 Ra2 40.Rf2 Ra1+ 41.Rf1 1/2-1/2

                Round 6, May 9
                MVL – So, Wesley
                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 Ne7 8.d4 exd4 9.cxd4 Bb6 10.Re1 Bg4 11.Qb3 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qd1 f6 15.e6 Nb8 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nf1 Qd6 18.Ng3 Nbc6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.a4 Ba5 21.Bd2 Bxd2 22.Qxd2 Rab8 23.Rac1 Qb4 24.Qxb4 Rxb4 25.Nh4 Rxa4 26.Ngf5 Bxf5 27.Nxf5 Re8 28.Nxe7+ Rxe7 29.Rxc6 Rxd4 30.Ra1 Re4 31.Rxa7 R4xe6 32.Rxe6 Rxe6 33.Rxc7 Rb6 34.Rd7 Rxb2 35.Rxd5 1/2-1/2

                Round 6, May 9
                Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Wei, Yi
                C42 Petrov’s Defence

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nd3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nf4 Nc6 7.c3 Nf6 8.h4 h5 9.d4 g6 10.Na3 a6 11.Nc4 Bg7 12.f3 O-O 13.Qxe7 Nxe7 14.Kf2 b5 15.Ne3 c5 16.dxc5 dxc5 17.a4 Bd7 18.Bd2 Rfd8 19.Be2 Bc6 20.Rhd1 c4 21.Be1 Bh6 22.g3 Bxf4 23.gxf4 Nfd5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.f5 gxf5 28.Bd2 f4 29.Rg1+ Kh8 30.Rb1 Ra2 31.Bd1 Bd7 32.Bc2 b4 33.cxb4 c3 34.Be1 Bb5 35.Kg1 cxb2 36.Kf2 Bc4 37.b5 Kg8 38.Be4 Nb6 39.Bc3 Na4 40.b6 Nxb6 41.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 42.Bxb2 Bd5 43.Bd3 Bc4 44.Be4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

                Round 6, May 9
                Karjakin, Sergey – Amin, Bassem
                C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Re8 9.h3 b5 10.Bc2 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d4 Nb8 13.a4 Nbd7 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 Qc7 16.Bb2 g6 17.Qc2 Nh5 18.Bf1 Nf4 19.b4 Nb6 20.axb5 cxb5 21.Qb3 Rac8 22.Rac1 Nc4 23.g3 Ne6 24.dxe5 Nxd2 25.Nxd2 dxe5 26.c4 Qd6 27.Bc3 Nd4 28.Bxd4 Qxd4 29.Nf3 Qd7 30.h4 Bh6 31.Rc3 bxc4 32.Bxc4 Qe7 33.Rd3 Red8 34.Bd5 Bxd5 35.Rxd5 Rxd5 36.exd5 e4 37.d6 Qxd6 38.Rxe4 Qf6 39.Kg2 Rc3 40.Re8+ Bf8 41.Qd5 Qc6 42.Qxc6 Rxc6 43.Ne5 Rd6 44.Rb8 Rd5 45.Nc6 Kg7 46.Kf3 Rd6 47.Na5 Rd4 48.Nc6 Rd6 49.Na5 Rd4 50.Nc6 1/2-1/2

                Gigglefest

                There is a video taken from yesterday’s game of Nepo vs Carlsen, where they both break into giggles. Funny as hell. It was during the Spanish broadcast. Perhaps someone can tell me what was happening:

                https://clips.twitch.tv/CreativeTenuousTrollBibleThump


                Standings after Round Six

                1 Carlsen 10
                2 Nakamura 8
                3 Wei Yi 7
                4-5 Ding, So 6
                6-9 MVL, Nepo, Karjakin, Topalov 5
                10 Amin 3
                Last edited by Wayne Komer; Friday, 10th May, 2019, 03:58 PM.

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                • #9
                  2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

                  May 10, 2019

                  Rapids

                  Rounds Seven to Nine

                  Round Seven

                  Round 7, May 10
                  Amin, Bassem – Carlsen, Magnus
                  B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

                  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 e5 7.Be3 b6 8.a3 f5 9.b4 cxb4 10.axb4 Nh6 11.Na3 Nf7 12.Qc1 O-O 13.Ng5 Nd6 14.Bd2 h6 15.Nf3 fxe4 16.dxe4 Kh7 17.Be3 Nxe4 18.Nc4 Be6 19.Ncxe5 Qd6 20.Nd3 Bc3+ 21.Ke2 Bxa1 22.Qxa1 a5 23.Qe5 Qxe5 24.Nfxe5 axb4 25.Nxc6 b3 26.Rc1 Bc4 27.Bd4 Rae8 28.Ne5 Nxf2 29.Kd2 Ne4+ 30.Ke3 Nc5 31.Kd2 Bxd3 32.cxd3 b2 0-1

                  Round 7, May 10
                  Topalov, Veselin – MVL
                  B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

                  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.f3 Nbc6 12.Bf2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be6 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.a3 Rc8 16.Qf2 Rc6 17.h4 O-O 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Be2 Rfc8 20.Rh5 Ng6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qd4+ f6 23.g3 Bc4 24.f4 e5 25.fxe5 Nxe5 26.Rd1 Bxe2 27.Kxe2 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Rxc3 29.Rd2 Qb5+ 0-1

                  Round 7, May 10
                  Wei, Yi – Nakamura, Hikaru
                  A06 Reti Opening

                  1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.b3 dxc4 6.bxc4 c5 7.g3 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.Qe2 Qd7 12.Rad1 Rad8 13.d4 cxd4 14.exd4 Na5 15.d5 Qc8 16.Ne5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Bf6 20.f4 Rfe8 21.Qh5 Qb7 22.d6 Re6 23.Rfe1 g6 24.Qh3 Rexd6 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Ng4 Be7 27.Qh6 f6 28.Bxf6 Bf8 29.Re8 Rd1+ 30.Kf2 Rd2+ 31.Ke1 Rd1+ 32.Ke2 Rd2+ 33.Ke1 Rd1+ 34.Kxd1 Qd7+ 35.Bd4 Qxd4+ 36.Ke1 Qc3+ 37.Kf2 Qc2+ 38.Kf1 Qc1+ 39.Kf2 Qc2+ 40.Kf1 Qc1+ 41.Kf2 1/2-1/2

                  Position after Black’s 27…f6. Black is lost if White plays 28.f5

                  

                  Round 7, May 10
                  Ding, Liren – Karjakin, Sergey
                  E00 Queen’s Pawn game

                  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.Nbd2 Nh5 12.Be3 Bd6 13.Rac1 Qe7 14.Bg5 f6 15.Be3 Rfc8 16.Qa4 Bb7 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Ne1 g6 19.Nd3 Ng7 20.Bh3 Ne6 21.Nf3 a5 22.Bh6 Rc7 23.e3 Re8 24.Nf4 Nxf4 25.exf4 Qf7 26.Re1 Rcc8 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.Re1 Qd8 29.Be6+ Kh8 30.f5 Bb4 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Qc2 1-0

                  Round 7, May 10
                  So, Wesley – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
                  C55 Two Knights Defence

                  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.h3 d6 7.a4 a5 8.Re1 Be6 9.Nbd2 Qc8 10.c3 h6 11.b3 Re8 12.Bxe6 Qxe6 13.Nc4 Bf8 14.Ba3 Rad8 15.Qc2 g6 16.Rad1 Bg7 17.b4 axb4 18.cxb4 Ra8 19.b5 Na5 20.Nxa5 Rxa5 21.Qxc7 Rxa4 22.Bxd6 Nd7 23.Ra1 Rea8 24.Rxa4 Rxa4 25.b6 Kh7 26.Bc5 Nxc5 27.Qxc5 Ra6 28.Rb1 Qa2 29.Qb5 Ra3 30.Rc1 Qe2 31.Qd5 Ra2 32.Rf1 Rb2 33.Qxf7 Qxd3 34.Nxe5 Qxe4 35.Nd7 1-0

                  Round Eight

                  Topalov throws away his advantage by playing 71.Rxe5 and then loses the game with 73.Kg1

                  Round 8, May 10
                  Topalov, Veselin – Amin, Bassem
                  C95 Ruy Lopez Closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation

                  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Ra3 Nfd7 21.Qe2 Nb6 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.Ng5 Qf6 25.Rf1 Nbd7 26.h4 Qe7 27.Ra1 Bb7 28.Ra5 Ba6 29.Nxh5 gxh5 30.Qxh5 Bg7 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Qf5 Kg8 33.Bd1 Qf6 34.Qh7+ Kf8 35.Bh5 Ke7 36.Nxf7 Nf8 37.Qf5 Qxf5 38.exf5 Nfd7 39.Nxd6 Rh8 40.f6+ Bxf6 41.Nf5+ Kd8 42.Bf7 Kc7 43.Be6 Bb7 44.Rxb5 Nxe6 45.dxe6 Bc6 46.Rb4 Rg8 47.g3 Ra8 48.f3 Bxf3 49.Rxc4+ Kd8 50.exd7 Kxd7 51.Bg5 Ke6 52.Ne3 Bg7 53.Kf2 Rf8 54.Rb4 Bc6+ 55.Ke2 Kd7 56.g4 Rf3 57.Rb8 e4 58.h5 Be5 59.Rg8 Rh3 60.h6 Rh2+ 61.Kf1 Rxb2 62.c4 Rh2 63.Kg1 Rh3 64.Rg7+ Kc8 65.Nf5 e3 66.Ne7+ Kb7 67.Nxc6+ Kxc6 68.Re7 Kd6 69.Kf1 Rh2 70.c5+ Kd5 71.Rxe5+ Kxe5 72.c6 Ke4 73.Kg1 e2 74.Bd2 Rxh6 75.Kf2 Rh2+ 76.Kg3 Rh7 77.g5 Kd3 78.Be1 Rc7 79.Kg4 Rxc6 80.Kf5 Rc1 81.Bb4 Rb1 0-1

                  Position after 71.Rxe5

                  

                  Round 8, May 10
                  Nakamura, Hikaru – So, Wesley
                  C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

                  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Be3 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 Bxe3 8.Qxe3 O-O 9.d4 d6 10.Be2 c6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nd2 Be6 13.a4 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.b3 Kf8 17.Rac1 Ke7 18.f3 Ne8 19.Kf2 Nc7 20.Nf1 g6 21.Ne3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Ne8 23.g3 Nd6 24.Bd3 Rf8 25.Re1 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.f4 exf4 28.gxf4 Kf6 29.Rg1 Bf7 30.Nf1 Re8 31.Ng3 c5 32.Rd1 h6 33.Be2 Rd8 34.Bf3 Be8 35.Rd5 Bf7 36.Rd1 Be8 37.h4 Bc6 38.Bxc6 bxc6 39.Kf3 Nb7 40.Rxd8 Nxd8 41.Nf1 Nb7 42.Ne3 Na5 43.h5 Ke6 44.Ke2 b5 45.Kd3 Nb7 46.Kc3 Kf6 47.Kb2 Ke6 48.Ka3 Kf6 49.Ka2 Ke6 50.Kb2 Kf6 51.Kc1 Ke6 52.Kd2 Kf6 53.Nd1 Ke6 54.Nc3 Nd6 55.Kd3 Kd7 56.Ke3 Kc7 57.Kd3 Kd7 58.Ke3 Kc7 59.Kd3 1/2-1/2

                  Round 8, May 10
                  Carlsen, Magnus – Ding, Liren
                  D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

                  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.Bc2 Qa5 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Ke2 Rac8 16.Rhc1 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Rc8 18.Rxc8+ Bxc8 19.Kd2 Kf8 20.Kc3 Bd7 21.Ne5 Be8 22.f4 Ke7 23.Ng4 Nc6 24.Ne3 f6 25.d5 Nd8 26.e5 fxe5 27.fxe5 exd5 28.Nxd5+ Kf8 29.Nc7 Bf7 30.a3 Ke7 31.Be4 Bg6 32.Bf3 Kd7 33.Nb5 Nc6 34.Bd5 a6 35.Nd4 Nxd4 36.Kxd4 b6 37.Bc4 a5 38.Bb5+ Ke6 39.Bc6 Bh5 40.h4 h6 41.g3 Bd1 42.Bd5+ Ke7 43.Bc4 Ba4 44.Kd5 b5 45.Bd3 b4 46.axb4 axb4 47.Kc4 Ke6 48.Kxb4 Be8 49.Kc3 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

                  Round 8, May 10
                  MVL – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
                  C55 Two Knights Defence

                  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 a5 8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.Nf1 Nb6 10.Bb3 Bg4 11.c3 Kh8 12.Ne3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nf5 Nd7 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 Nb4 17.Bf4 Nf6 18.h3 d5 19.Nxe7 Qxe7 20.exd5 Qd8 21.Ne5 Nfxd5 22.Bg3 Ra6 23.Rc1 f5 24.Rc5 f4 25.Bh2 Rd6 26.Qf3 b6 27.Rcc1 Be8 28.Re2 Ne7 29.Re4 Rxd4 30.Bxf4 Ng6 31.Nxg6+ Bxg6 32.Rxd4 Qxd4 33.Rxc7 h6 34.Be5 Rxf3 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.Bg8+ Kh8 37.Bxd4 Rxh3 38.Be6+ Kh7 39.Rc7 1-0

                  Round 8, May 10
                  Karjakin, Sergey – Wei, Yi
                  D26 QGA, Classical variation

                  1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.dxc5 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Bxc5 10.b3 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Rac1 Be7 14.Ne1 Rac8 15.Kf1 Nb4 16.a4 bxa4 17.Nxa4 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Bd5 19.Bc4 Ne4 20.Ke2 Bb7 21.Nd3 a5 22.Nxb4 Bxb4 23.f3 Nd6 24.Bc3 Bxc3 25.Rxc3 Rc8 26.Kd2 Kf8 27.Bd3 Rxc3 28.Kxc3 e5 29.Nb6 Ke7 30.Bc2 Nb5+ 31.Kd2 Nd6 32.Kc3 Nb5+ 33.Kd2 Nd6 34.Kc3 Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

                  Standings after Round Eight

                  1 Carlsen 13
                  2 Nakamura 10
                  3-6 MVL, Ding, So, Wei Yi 9
                  7 Karjakin 6
                  8-10 Nepo, Topalov, Amin 5

                  (to be continued)

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                  • #10
                    2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

                    May 10, 2019

                    Rapids

                    Rounds Seven to Nine

                    Round Nine

                    Round 9, May 10
                    Wei, Yi – Carlsen, Magnus
                    B22 Sicilian, Alapin’s variation

                    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Qa5 4.Na3 e6 5.Nc4 Qd8 6.d4 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.Nce5 Bd6 9.Be3 c4 10.b3 cxb3 11.axb3 Nge7 12.Bd3 Bf5 13.O-O O-O 14.Bf4 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxf5 N5g6 17.Bg5 Qc7 18.Bxg6 Nxg6 19.Qf3 Qd7 20.Ra5 b5 21.Rfa1 h6 22.Bd2 Rfe8 23.Qd3 a6 24.Rxa6 Rxa6 25.Rxa6 Nf4 26.Qf3 Qf5 27.Ra1 Ne2+ 28.Kf1 Qc2 29.Qxe2 Rxe2 30.Kxe2 Qe4+ 31.Kf1 Qc2 32.Ke2 Qxb3 33.Rc1 Qc4+ 34.Ke3 Qc7 35.f4 Qe7+ 36.Kf2 Qe4 37.Re1 Qd3 38.Re2 f6 39.Ke1 Kf7 40.Re3 Qb1+ 41.Kf2 h5 42.h3 h4 43.Be1 Kg6 44.Rf3 Kf5 45.Ke2 Qe4+ 46.Kf1 b4 47.cxb4 Qxd4 48.Bxh4 Qc4+ 49.Kg1 Qxb4 50.Kf1 Qc4+ 51.Kg1 Qe2 52.Bf2 d4 53.Bxd4 Qd1+ 54.Kh2 Qxd4 55.Rf1 g6 56.Rf3 Qd2 57.Rf1 Ke4 58.Rf3 Qe2 59.Rg3 Qh5 60.Rg4 Ke3 0-1

                    Round 9, May 10
                    Amin, Bassem – MVL
                    B50 Sicilian

                    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nf6 4.c3 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 e5 9.a3 h6 10.b4 b6 11.b5 Ne7 12.c4 a6 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Nd2 Qd7 15.Bb2 Bh3 16.Bh1 Ne8 17.a4 Nc7 18.Nf1 Rab8 19.Ne3 f5 20.exf5 Nxf5 21.Ncd5 a5 22.Nxc7 Qxc7 23.Nd5 Qf7 24.Qd2 Kh7 25.Re4 h5 26.Bg2 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Ne7 28.Nxe7 Qxe7 29.f4 Rf5 30.Rae1 Qf7 31.fxe5 Rf8 32.R1e2 dxe5 33.h4 Rf1 34.Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

                    Round 9, May 10
                    Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Nakamura, Hikaru
                    A29 English, Bremen

                    1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.d3 Be6 10.b4 a5 11.b5 Nd4 12.Nd2 Qc8 13.e3 Nf5 14.a4 Rd8 15.Qc2 c6 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Ba3 Qd7 18.Rfb1 Qxd3 19.Qxd3 Rxd3 20.Rxb6 Rxc3 21.Bxe7 Nxe7 22.Rab1 h6 23.Rb8+ Rxb8 24.Rxb8+ Kh7 25.Ra8 Rc1+ 26.Nf1 Rc5 27.Nd2 Nd5 28.Ra7 Rc1+ 29.Nf1 Nc3 30.Rxa5 e4 31.f4 Bc4 32.g4 Bd3 33.Kf2 Rc2+ 34.Kg3 c5 35.Ra7 c4 36.Rxf7 Ne2+ 37.Kh3 c3 38.Rc7 Ra2 39.f5 c2 40.f6 c1=Q 0-1

                    Round 9, May 10
                    So, Wesley – 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.c3 Bb6 8.Ba4 c6 9.Na3 d6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 a5 13.Kh1 g5 14.Bg3 Ba7 15.Nc2 h5 16.Qd2 Nd7 17.h3 Nc5 18.Ne3 Nxb3 19.axb3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Be6 21.d4 h4 22.Bh2 f6 23.c4 Rf7 24.Rfd1 Qf8 25.Rd2 c5 26.dxe5 dxe5 27.Rad1 Rc7 28.Rd6 Qe7 29.Qd3 Kg7 30.f3 a4 31.bxa4 Rxa4 32.b3 Ra6 33.Rxa6 bxa6 34.Qc3 Rd7 35.Ra1 Rd6 36.Qe3 Qc7 37.Bxe5 fxe5 38.Qxg5+ Kf7 39.Qxh4 Qd8 40.Qh5+ Ke7 41.Qg5+ Kf7 42.Qh5+ Ke7 43.Kh2 Rb6 44.Qh4+ Ke8 45.Qh8+ Ke7 46.Qh4+ Ke8 47.Qh5+ Ke7 48.f4 exf4 49.Rd1 Rd6 50.Qxc5 Qb6 51.Qg5+ 1-0

                    Round 9, May 10
                    Ding, Liren – Topalov, Veselin
                    A36 English, ultra-symmetrical variation

                    1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.b3 e6 6.Ba3 Qa5 7.Bb2 Nge7 8.h4 h6 9.Qb1 O-O 10.Ne4 f5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Qb2+ e5 13.Nd6 Qc7 14.Nxc8 Raxc8 15.d3 Rcd8 16.Rc1 b6 17.Nf3 d5 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.a3 a5 20.e3 Nf6 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 e4 23.dxe4 fxe4 24.Ng5 Qe7 25.Bxe4 Ne5 26.Nf3 Nxe4 27.Qxe5+ Qxe5 28.Nxe5 Rxf2 29.Rc4 Ra2 30.O-O Nxg3 31.Rf7+ Kg8 32.Rf2 Ra1+ 33.Kg2 Nf5 34.Re4 Re8 35.h5 Ra4 36.Kf3 Rxb4 37.Rxb4 cxb4 38.Nxg6 Nxe3 39.Rb2 Nd5 40.Rd2 Nf6 41.Rd6 Nxh5 42.Rxb6 Kg7 43.Nf4 Nxf4 44.Kxf4 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2


                    Rapids Standings after Round Nine

                    1 Carlsen 15
                    2 Nakamura 12
                    3-4 MVL,So 11
                    5 Ding 10
                    6 Wei Yi 9
                    7-8 Karjakin, Topalov 6
                    9-10 Nepo, Amin 5

                    Tomorrow, Blitz Rounds 1-9
                    Last edited by Wayne Komer; Saturday, 11th May, 2019, 10:24 PM.

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                    • #11
                      2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

                      May 11, 2019

                      Blitz

                      Rounds One to Five

                      Results

                      Round 1, May 11

                      Amin – Carlsen 0.5-0.5
                      Nakamura – Wei Yi 0.5-0.5
                      MVL – So 1-0
                      Ding Liren – Nepomniachtchi 0-1
                      Topalov – Karjakin 1-0

                      Round 2, May 11

                      Carlsen – MVL 0-1
                      So – Ding Liren 0.5-0.5
                      Nakamura – Amin 0-1
                      Wei Yi – Karjakin 0.5-0.5
                      Nepo – Topalov 0.5-0.5

                      Round 3, May 11

                      MVL – Nakamura 1-0
                      Ding Liren – Carlsen 0.5-0.5
                      Topalov – So 0.5-0.5
                      Amin – Wei Yi 0-1
                      Karjakin – Nepo 1-0

                      Round 4, May 11

                      Amin – MVL 0-1
                      So – Karjakin 0.5-0.5
                      Carlsen – Topalov 1-0
                      Wei Yi – Nepo 0-1
                      Nakamura – Ding Liren 1-0

                      Round 5, May 11

                      Topalov – Nakamura 0.5-0.5
                      MVL – Wei Yi 1-0
                      Karjakin – Carlsen 0-1
                      Ding Liren – Amin 1-0
                      Nepo – So 0.5-0.5

                      Standings after Round Five

                      1 Carlsen 18
                      2 MVL 16
                      3 Nakamura 14
                      4 So 13
                      5 Ding 12
                      6 We Yi 11
                      7 Topalov 8.5
                      8-9 Nepo, Karjakin 8
                      10 Amin 6.5

                      MVL is on a blistering pace, winning his last three games in the rapids and five games in the blitz!

                      Round B1 (10), May 11
                      Amin, Bassem – Carlsen, Magnus
                      B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

                      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 e5 7.a4 a5 8.Be3 b6 9.Na3 Qc7 10.O-O Ne7 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Ng5 Bxc4 13.dxc4 h6 14.Nf3 Nc8 15.Nd2 O-O 16.Qe2 Nd6 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.b3 f5 19.f3 Kh7 20.Bf2 Nf7 21.Bh4 Nd8 22.Bxd8 Rxd8 23.Rfe1 f4 24.Nb1 Bf6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rd1 Bh4 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.Qd3 Qxd3 29.cxd3 Be1 30.Na3 Kg7 31.Nc2 Bc3 32.Kh2 Kf6 33.h4 h5 34.Kh3 Ke6 35.Kh2 Kd6 36.Kh3 Bd2 37.Kh2 Kc7 38.Kh3 Kb7 39.Kh2 Bc1 40.Kg1 Bb2 41.Kf2 Kc7 42.Kf1 b5 43.Kf2 Kd6 44.Ne1 Bd4+ 45.Kf1 b4 46.Nc2 Bc3 47.Kg1 Ke6 48.Kh2 Kf6 49.Kh3 g5 50.Kh2 gxh4 51.Kh3 Kg6 52.Kh2 h3 53.gxh3 Kg5 54.Kg2 Kh4 55.Kh2 Kg5 56.Kg2 h4 1/2-1/2

                      Round B1 (10), May 11
                      MVL – So, Wesley
                      E04 Catalan, open

                      1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Nf6 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Nfd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nd5 14.Bd2 f5 15.Rac1 b6 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Rc7 Bd8 18.Rc2 Ba6 19.Bf4 Be7 20.Rdc1 Ba3 21.Rb1 Rac8 22.Na1 Rfe8 23.Be5 Kf7 24.Kf1 g5 25.Rb3 Be7 26.Rbc3 Rxc3 27.Rxc3 Rc8 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Bb8 Bd8 30.Nc2 a5 31.Ke1 Ba6 32.Kd2 Bc4 33.a3 Ke6 34.Ne3 Bb5 35.Nd1 Be7 36.Nc3 Bc6 37.a4 Kd7 38.Kc2 Bb4 39.Nb5 Be1 40.f3 g4 41.fxg4 fxg4 42.Bf4 Bf2 43.Kd3 Bg1 44.Nc3 Bxh2 45.e3 h5 46.Ke2 h4 47.gxh4 Bxf4 48.exf4 Ke6 49.Kf2 Kf5 50.Kg3 Be8 51.h5 Bxh5 52.Nxd5 Be8 53.Nxb6 Bf7 54.d5 Bg6 55.Nc4 Bh5 56.Nxa5 Bf7 57.Nc4 1-0

                      Round B2 (11), May 11
                      Carlsen, Magnus – MVL
                      B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

                      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 b5 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Re1 Rc8 13.a3 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nd2 Bg4 16.f3 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Be6 18.Nf1 Rc5 19.Ne3 Rfc8 20.Re2 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Rxc3 22.Qe1 Qc6 23.a4 b4 24.Nd1 Bxb3 25.Nxc3 Bc4 26.Nd1 Bxe2 27.Qxe2 d5 28.exd5 Nxd5 29.Qe4 Qe6 30.Ne3 Nc3 31.Qc4 Qg6 32.a5 Kh7 33.Re1 e4 34.fxe4 Nxe4 35.Nd5 Nf2+ 36.Kg1 Nh3+ 37.Kf1 Qf5+ 38.Ke2 Qe5+ 39.Ne3 Nf4+ 40.Kf1 Ne6 41.Qxa6 Qxh2 42.Qd3+ Kg8 43.a6 Bh4 44.Qd2 Nf4 0-1

                      Tarjei J. Svensen - The World Blitz Champion's incredible run of 70 games in all formats without a loss comes to an end as he is beaten by Vachier-Lagrave.

                      Round B2 (11), May 11
                      Nakamura, Hikaru – Amin, Bassem
                      A05 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen

                      1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O Re8 8.a4 a5 9.Re1 c6 10.Bf1 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Na3 e4 13.Nd2 Nd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Ndc4 Qf6 16.Qd4 Qxd4 17.exd4 N7f6 18.Ne5 Bf5 19.Nac4 Re6 20.Ne3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 h5 22.Bc4 Re7 23.Rf1 Rd8 24.h3 h4 25.c3 Nd5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.c4 f6 28.Ng4 Bxg4 29.hxg4 Rc7 30.cxd5 Rc3 31.Rac1 Rxe3 32.g5 fxg5 33.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Rxd5 35.Rxe4 Kf6 36.Kf2 Kf5 37.Kf3 b6 38.Ke3 g4 39.Re8 h3 40.g3 Kf6 41.Rc8 Rf5 42.Ke4 Rf3 43.d5 Rxg3 44.Kf4 Rg1 45.Rh8 g5+ 46.Ke4 Re1+ 47.Kd4 g3 0-1

                      Round B3 (12), May 11
                      MVL – Nakamura, Hikaru
                      C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

                      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.Rfe1 Bb4 15.a3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 h4 17.Ne4 Rg6 18.g4 hxg3 19.fxg3 Ne7 20.h4 Nd5 21.Bg5 Bf5 22.h5 Nxc3 23.hxg6 Nxd1 24.Kg2 Bxg6 25.Nc5 b6 26.Na6 Rc8 27.Rxd1 Bxc2 28.Nxc7+ Kf8 29.Rd8+ Rxd8 30.Bxd8 Bd3 31.Kf3 Bc4 32.g4 Bf1 33.g5 Bd3 34.Ke3 Bf1 35.g6 Bh3 36.gxf7 Kxf7 37.Bg5 Bc8 38.Kd4 Bd7 39.Ke4 Bc8 40.Kf4 Bd7 41.Na6 Ke6 42.Ke4 Bc8 43.Nb4 c5 44.Na2 Bb7+ 45.Kf4 b5 46.Nc1 Kd5 47.Be7 a5 48.Nb3 c4 49.Nxa5 Bc8 50.Bb4 g5+ 51.Kxg5 Kxe5 52.Nc6+ Ke4 53.Kf6 Kd3 54.Ne5+ Kd4 55.Nc6+ Kd3 56.Ke5 c3 57.Nd4 c2 58.Nb3 Kc4 59.Nc1 Bg4 60.Kf4 Bh5 61.Ke3 Bg6 62.Kd2 Bf5 63.Ne2 Bg6 64.Kc1 Bd3 65.Nf4 Bf5 66.Ng2 Bg6 67.Ne3+ Kd4 68.Ng4 Bf5 69.Nf6 Ke5 70.Ne8 Kd5 71.Kb2 Kc6 72.Ng7 Be4 73.Bd2 Kd6 74.Kc3 Bg6 75.Kd4 Ke7 76.Ke5 Bh7 77.Ne6 Kd7 78.Nd4 Bd3 79.Kd5 Bc4+ 80.Kc5 Bd3 81.Kb4 Kd6 82.Kc3 Bg6 83.Nxb5+ Kc5 84.a4 Kb6 85.Kb4 Ka6 86.a5 Be4 87.Nc7+ Kb7 88.Ne6 Bf5 89.Nc5+ Kc6 90.Be3 Bh7 91.Nb3 Kb7 92.Bf4 Ka6 93.Nc5+ Ka7 94.Kb5 Bf5 95.a6 Bh3 96.Ka5 Bf1 97.Be3 Be2 98.Ne6+ Kb8 1-0

                      Position after White’s 90.Be3

                      


                      Round B4 (13), May 11
                      Carlsen, Magnus – Topalov, Veselin
                      A29 English, Bremen

                      1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 Be6 9.b4 O-O 10.Rb1 f6 11.b5 Nd4 12.e3 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Rb8 14.d4 Bd6 15.a4 exd4 16.exd4 Bf7 17.Qc2 Kh8 18.a5 Nc4 19.a6 bxa6 20.bxa6 Qd7 21.Rb7 Rxb7 22.axb7 c6 23.Ne4 Be7 24.Be2 Na5 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.Qxc5 Qe8 27.b8=Q 1-0

                      Round B4 (13), May 11
                      Nakamura, Hikaru – Ding, Liren
                      A06 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

                      1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 c5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 d4 8.Bb5 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.h3 Rb8 12.Na3 dxe3 13.dxe3 Ba6 14.Re1 Nd5 15.Nd2 Nb4 16.Ndc4 Be7 17.Qg4 f6 18.Red1 Qe8 19.Bc3 Bc8 20.Qe4 Nd5 21.Bb2 Qh5 22.Na5 Rb4 23.N3c4 Bf5 24.Rxd5 cxd5 25.Qxd5+ Kh8 26.Nc6 Rb7 27.Nxe7 Rxe7 28.Qxc5 Ree8 29.Nd6 Bg6 30.Qxh5 Bxh5 31.Nxe8 Rxe8 32.Rc1 a6 33.Bd4 Kg8 34.f3 Bf7 35.g4 a5 36.Rc5 Ra8 37.Rb5 h6 38.a4 Rc8 39.Kf2 Rc1 40.Rxa5 Bxb3 41.Ra8+ Kh7 42.a5 Rc2+ 43.Kg3 Bd5 44.Ra7 Kg8 45.a6 Ra2 46.Rd7 Bc6 47.Rd8+ Kf7 48.a7 1-0

                      Round B5 (14), May 11
                      MVL – Wei Yi
                      A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

                      1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.dxc5 a5 8.c4 Na6 9.cxd5 Nxc5 10.d6 Qxd6 11.Nc4 Qa6 12.Nce5 Bf5 13.Be3 Rfd8 14.Qc1 Ne6 15.Qc4 Qxc4 16.Nxc4 Nd5 17.Rad1 Nxe3 18.Nxe3 Be4 19.b3 a4 20.Rxd8+ Nxd8 21.Nd2 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nc6 23.Rc1 Nd4 24.Kf1 Nb5 25.bxa4 Nc3 26.Nb1 Nxa4 27.Rc7 e6 28.Rxb7 Nc5 29.Rb5 Ne4 30.a3 Bf8 31.f3 Nd6 32.Rb3 Kg7 33.Nc3 Ra5 34.a4 Nf5 35.Nxf5+ exf5 36.Ke1 Be7 37.Kd2 Bf6 38.Ra3 Be7 39.Ra2 Kf6 40.Kd3 Ke6 41.Nb5 Kd5 42.Rc2 Bf6 43.Rc4 Be5 44.f4 Bf6 45.Nc7+ Kd6 46.Ne8+ Ke7 47.Nxf6 Kxf6 48.Kc3 Ra8 49.Kb4 Rb8+ 50.Ka3 Ke6 51.Rd4 Ra8 52.e3 h6 53.Kb4 Rb8+ 54.Kc5 Rc8+ 55.Kb6 Rb8+ 56.Kc6 Rc8+ 57.Kb7 Rc3 58.a5 Rb3+ 59.Kc6 Rc3+ 60.Kb5 Rb3+ 61.Rb4 Rxe3 62.a6 Kd7 63.a7 1-0

                      Round B5 (14), May 11
                      Karjakin, Sergey – Carlsen, Magnus
                      B22 Sicilian-Alekhine-Alapin

                      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.exd6 e6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Bxd6 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.O-O O-O 14.Qb3 Re8 15.Bg3 Bxb5 16.Nxb5 Bxg3 17.Qxb4 Nd5 18.Qb3 Bc7 19.Nc3 Bb6 20.Rfe1 Rc8 21.g3 Nxc3 22.Rxe6 Rxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kf8 24.bxc3 Rxc3 25.Kg2 Qe8 26.Qf5 Qg6 27.Qd5 Qf7 28.Qf5 g6 29.Qf4 Kg7 30.Re1 Rc7 31.a4 Qd5 32.Re4 Rf7 33.h4 Bc7 34.Qe3 Bd6 35.Re8 a6 36.Kg1 b5 37.axb5 axb5 38.Rd8 Qc6 39.h5 Bf8 40.h6+ Kg8 41.Nd2 b4 42.Nb3 Qc7 43.Ra8 Re7 44.Qf3 Qb7 45.Rxf8+ Kxf8 46.Qxf6+ Kg8 47.Kh2 Rf7 48.Qe6 Qd7 49.Qc4 Qf5 50.f4 g5 51.Qxb4 gxf4 52.Qb8+ Rf8 53.Qc7 Qh5+ 54.Kg1 Qxh6 55.gxf4 Qxf4 56.Qxf4 Rxf4 57.Kg2 h5 58.Kg3 Rg4+ 59.Kf3 Kf7 60.d5 Kf6 61.Nc5 Rd4 62.d6 Rd5 63.d7 Ke7 64.Ne4 Rxd7 65.Ng3 Rd5 66.Kf4 Kf6 0-1

                      To be continued
                      Last edited by Wayne Komer; Saturday, 11th May, 2019, 11:35 PM.

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                      • #12
                        2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

                        May 11, 2019

                        Blitz

                        Rounds Six to Nine

                        Results

                        Round 6, May 11

                        Nakamura – Karjakin 0.5-0.5
                        Wei Yi – So 0.5-0.5
                        MVL – Ding Liren 0.5-0.5
                        Carlsen – Nepo 0.5-0.5
                        Amin – Topalov 1-0

                        Round 7, May 11

                        So – Carlsen 0.5-0.5
                        Topalov – MVL 1-0
                        Nepo – Nakamura 0.5-0.5
                        Ding Liren -Wei Yi 0.5-0.5
                        Karjakin – Amin 1-0

                        Round 8, May 11

                        Nakamura – So 1-0
                        Wei Yi – Carlsen 0.5-0.5
                        MVL – Karjakin 0.5-0.5
                        Amin – Nepo 0-1
                        Ding Liren – Topalov 1-0

                        Round 9, May 11

                        Carlsen – Nakamura 0.5-0.5
                        So – Amin 0.5-0.5
                        Nepo – MVL 0.5-0.5
                        Topalov – Wei Yi 0-1
                        Karjakin – Ding Liren 0-1

                        Round B6 (15), May 11
                        Amin, Bassem – Topalov, Veselin
                        A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack, Yugoslav variation

                        1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 e6 6.e4 Bd6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Re1 Ne7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.d4 a5 11.c4 Bb4 12.a3 Bxd2 13.Bxd2 dxe4 14.Rxe4 b5 15.cxb5 cxb5 16.Bg5 Nb6 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Re5 Bg6 19.Rxb5 Nc4 20.Ne5 Rac8 21.Nc6 Qd6 22.Rc1 Rxc6 23.Bxc6 Qxc6 24.Rc5 Qb7 25.R1xc4 Qxb2 26.Qc1 Qe2 27.Rc8 Be4 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Rc8+ Ke7 30.Qg5+ 1-0

                        Round B7 (16), May 11
                        Topalov, Veselin – MVL
                        A36 English, ultra-symmetrical variation

                        1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.b3 Nf6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.e3 e6 8.Nge2 d5 9.O-O Re8 10.d3 d4 11.exd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Rb8 15.b4 b6 16.a4 Bb7 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Qf3 Rbe7 19.a5 e5 20.axb6 Qxb6 21.Rfe1 e4 22.dxe4 Qc6 23.c5 Rxe4 24.Kg2 d3 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Rxa7 Qd5 27.Rd1 Rd4 28.Qxd5 Rxd5 29.c6 Rc8 30.Rd7 Rb5 31.Rb7 Rd5 32.b5 Kf6 33.c7 Ke7 34.b6 Kd7 35.Rb8 Rd6 36.Kf3 1-0

                        Round B8 (17), May 11
                        Nakamura, Hikaru – So, Wesley
                        A06 Reti Opening

                        1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Nc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.d4 Nc6 10.Be2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bf5 14.Bd3 Be4 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Qg4 Bf6 17.Qxe4 Qa6+ 18.Kg1 Rfe8 19.Qf4 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Rad8 21.Qb2 Rd5 22.h4 Red8 23.Rh3 Rd2 24.Qe5 R2d5 25.Qf4 h5 26.Rf3 Qe6 27.Rc1 Rd1+ 28.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29.Kh2 Rd2 30.Qb8+ Kh7 31.Qxb7 f6 32.Qxa7 Qe5+ 33.Rg3 f5 34.f4 Qa1 35.Qf7 Rd1 36.Qxf5+ Kg8 37.Qe6+ Kh7 38.Qg6+ Kg8 39.Qe8+ Kh7 40.Qxh5+ Kg8 41.Rf3 Rh1+ 42.Kg3 Qe1+ 43.Kg4 Qe2 44.g3 Rf1 45.Qd5+ Kh7 46.b4 Rg1 47.b5 Qg2 48.b6 Rh1 49.b7 1-0

                        Round B8 (17), May 11
                        MVL – Karjakin, Sergey
                        A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

                        1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 h6 8.h3 a6 9.Na4 Re8 10.Be3 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bc5 Bxc5 13.Nxc5 b6 14.Ne4 Be6 15.Rc1 Qd7 16.a3 Rad8 17.Kh2 a5 18.Qa4 Nd4 19.Qxd7 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Rxd7 21.Nd2 Ne7 22.b4 axb4 23.axb4 Bd5 24.b5 Bxf3 25.Nxf3 f6 26.Rc4 Nf5 27.Rfc1 Ree7 28.Rb4 Re8 29.Rbc4 Ree7 30.Ra1 Rd5 31.Rb4 Nd6 32.Rab1 e4 33.dxe4 Nxe4 34.Kg2 Nc3 35.R1b3 Nxe2 36.Rc4 Red7 37.Rbb4 Rd3 38.Rc2 Nd4 39.Nxd4 R3xd4 40.Rxd4 Rxd4 41.Rxc7 Rd5 42.Rb7 Rxb5 43.g4 Kh7 44.h4 h5 45.gxh5 Kh6 46.Kg3 Rb1 47.Kg4 b5 48.Rb8 Kh7 49.f4 b4 50.Kf5 b3 51.h6 b2 52.hxg7 Kxg7 53.h5 Rh1 54.Rb7+ Kf8 55.Rxb2 Rxh5+ 56.Kg6 Ra5 57.f5 Ra1 58.Rb6 Rg1+ 59.Kxf6 Kg8 60.Ke7 Re1+ 61.Re6 Ra1 62.Rg6+ Kh7 63.Rd6 Ra7+ 64.Rd7 Ra8 65.Kf6+ Kh6 66.Kf7 Rb8 67.f6 Ra8 68.Rb7 Kh7 69.Ke6+ Kg6 70.f7 Kg7 71.Ke7 Rf8 72.Rd7 Rxf7+ 73.Ke6 Rxd7 74.Kxd7 1/2-1/2

                        Round B8 (17), May 11
                        Ding Liren, Topalov, Veselin
                        E00 Catalan Opening

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 9.Bf4 b6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Ba6 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.Bd2 Nhf6 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Be5 Nhf6 16.e3 h6 17.Qd1 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bd6 19.f4 Bb7 20.Rc2 a6 21.Rac1 Qe7 22.Na4 Qd8 23.Qd3 Ne4 24.Nc6 Bxc6 25.Rxc6 b5 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.dxc5 Be7 28.e4 dxe4 29.Qxd8 Rfxd8 30.Bxe4 Ra7 31.Rc2 g5 32.Rb6 Rd4 33.Rb7 Rxb7 34.Bxb7 Bd8 35.fxg5 hxg5 36.Bxa6 b4 37.Kf2 Kg7 38.Ke3 e5 39.Bd3 Rd5 40.c6 Bb6+ 41.Ke2 Bc7 42.g4 Rd4 43.Rc4 Rxc4 44.Bxc4 e4 45.Ke3 Bxh2 46.Kxe4 Kf6 47.Kd5 Ke7 48.Kc5 Bd6+ 49.Kb6 Kd8 50.Bxf7 Kc8 51.Be6+ Kb8 52.Bf5 Bc7+ 53.Kc5 Be5 54.b3 1-0

                        Round B8 (18), May 11
                        Carlsen, Magnus – Nakamura, Hikaru
                        C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation

                        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 Bg4 10.Be2 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 cxd5 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Nd4 Qd7 14.Qd3 Rfe8 15.Rad1 Ne4 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.c4 Rae8 18.cxd5 Qxd5 19.Qb5 Qxb5 20.Nxb5 a6 21.Nd4 g6 22.f3 Nd6 23.Rf2 Nb5 24.Nc2 h5 25.Rfd2 Kg7 26.Nb4 Re6 27.a4 Na7 28.Nd5 Rc6 29.Kf2 Rb8 30.Re1 Rd6 31.Red1 Rbd8 32.Ke1 Re8+ 33.Re2 Red8 34.Ne3 Nc6 35.Rxd6 Rxd6 36.Rd2 Re6 37.Kf2 Ne5 38.b3 Rb6 39.f4 Nc6 40.Rd3 Na5 41.Nd5 Rxb3 42.Rxb3 Nxb3 43.Nxc7 Nc5 44.a5 Nb7 45.Nxa6 Nxa5 1/2-1/2

                        Round B8(18), May 11
                        Karjakin, Sergey – Ding, Liren
                        C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen variation
                        
                        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.h3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.O-O Nh5 12.b4 Bb6 13.a4 Nf4 14.Nb3 Rb8 15.Kh2 Qf6 16.Ng1 Qg6 17.Bxf4 Rxf4 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nf3 Rbf8 20.Nbd2 Qh5 21.Qb3 R4f6 22.Kh1 g5 23.Nh2 Qe2 24.Ndf3 Qxd3 25.Nxg5 Nd4 26.Qb2 Qe2 27.Ra2 Rxf2 28.Rxf2 Rxf2 29.Qxe2 Nxe2 30.Ra8+ Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Ng4 Ke7 33.h4 h5 34.Nh6 Nxc3 35.Ng8+ Kf8 36.Nf6 Be3 37.Nxe6+ Kf7 38.Nd5 Kxe6 39.Nxc3 c6 40.g3 Bd2 41.Na2 c5 0-1

                        Standings after Blitz Round Nine

                        1 Carlsen 20
                        2 MVL 17.5
                        3 Nakamura 16.5
                        4 Ding Liren 15
                        5 So 14.5
                        6 Wei Yi 13.5
                        7 Nepo 10.5
                        8 Karjakin 10
                        9 Topalov 9.5
                        10 Amin 8

                        Nine more rounds of blitz tomorrow. Carlsen was very critical of his play today, saying there was no flow.

                        Comment


                        • #13
                          Blitz results (first day, 9 games)

                          1 MVL 6.5
                          2 Nepo 5.5
                          3 Ding Liren 5
                          4 Carlsen 5
                          5 Nakamura 4.5
                          6 Wei Yi 4.5
                          7 Karjakin 4
                          8 So 3.5
                          9 Topalov 3.5
                          10 Amin 3

                          Comment


                          • #14
                            2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

                            May 12, 2019

                            Blitz

                            Rounds Ten to Fourteen

                            Results

                            Round 10, May 12

                            Carlsen – Amin 1-0
                            So – MVL 1-0
                            Wei Yi – Nakamura 0-1
                            Nepo – Ding Liren 1-0
                            Karjakin – Topalov 1-0

                            Round 11, May 12

                            MVL – Carlsen 1-0
                            Ding Liren – So 0-1
                            Amin – Nakamura 0.5-0.5
                            Karjakin – Wei Yi 1-0
                            Topalov – Nepo 0-1

                            Round 12, May 12

                            Nakamura – MVL 1-0
                            So – Topalov 0.5-0.5
                            Carlsen – Ding Liren 0.5-0.5
                            Wei Yi – Amin 1-0
                            Nepo – Karjakin 0.5-0.5

                            Round 13, May 12

                            Topalov – Carlsen 0-1
                            MVL – Amin 1-0
                            Ding Liren -Nakamura 0.5-0.5
                            Nepo – Wei Yi 0.5-0.5
                            Karjakin – So 0.5-0.5

                            Round 14, May 12

                            Nakamura – Topalov 1-0
                            Wei Yi – MVL 0-1
                            Carlsen – Karjakin 1-0
                            Amin – Ding Liren 1-0
                            So – Nepo 0.5-0.5

                            Round 10 (19), May 12
                            So, Wesley – MVL
                            A34 English, symmetrical, Three Knights System

                            1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qc7 7.e4 e6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Qd2 Bc6 12.Bf4 Qa5 13.Qc2 Qa4 14.Qxa4 Bxa4 15.Nd2 Nd7 16.Nc4 b6 17.f3 g5 18.Bg3 f5 19.exf5 exf5 20.Rfe1 f4 21.Bd1 Bxd1 22.Raxd1 fxg3 23.hxg3 Bf6 24.Rxd7 Rf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Nd6+ Kg6 27.Re6 Kg7 28.Ne8+ Kf7 29.Rxf6+ Kxe8 30.Rh6 Rd8 31.Rxh7 Rd2 32.Rxa7 Rxb2 33.g4 c4 34.Kh2 b5 35.Rg7 1-0

                            Round 10 (19), May 12
                            Wei, Yi – Nakamura, Hikaru
                            E01 Catalan, Closed

                            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nh3 c6 8.O-O a5 9.Nf4 Na6 10.f3 c5 11.Be3 c4 12.Kh1 Re8 13.Bf2 Bb4 14.g4 h6 15.h4 Nc7 16.a4 Ra6 17.Qc2 Ne6 18.Nh3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nf8 20.Rae1 Rae6 21.h5 Qc7 22.e3 Bd7 23.Nf4 Rb6 24.Rb1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Bc6 26.Kg1 Qd7 27.Qb2 N8h7 28.Qb6 Ra8 29.Nh3 Bxa4 30.Bg3 Bb3 31.Qc5 a4 32.Qa3 Qe6 33.Kf2 Re8 34.Re1 Ng5 35.Nxg5 hxg5 36.Bd6 Qd7 37.Bc5 Re6 38.Re2 Ne8 39.Re1 Nc7 40.e4 b6 41.Bb4 Na6 42.e5 Nxb4 43.Qxb4 f6 44.exf6 gxf6 45.Rxe6 Qxe6 46.Qb5 Kg7 47.f4 Qxg4 48.Qe8 gxf4 49.Qe7+ Kh8 50.Qxf6+ Qg7 51.Qd8+ Kh7 52.Bxd5 Qg3+ 53.Ke2 Qd3+ 54.Kf2 Qg3+ 55.Ke2 Qd3+ 56.Kf2 Qd2+ 57.Kf1 Qc1+ 58.Kf2 Qd2+ 59.Kf1 Qd3+ 60.Kf2 Qe3+ 61.Kg2 Bc2 62.Qg8+ Kh6 63.Bf3 Qe7 64.Qxc4 a3 65.Qc6+ Kg7 66.Qa8 Bb3 67.h6+ Kxh6 68.Qh8+ Kg6 69.Bh5+ Kf5 70.Bf3 a2 71.Qh5+ Ke6 72.Qe5+ Kd7 73.Bg4+ Ke8 74.Bh5+ Bf7 75.Qb8+ Kd7 76.Qb7+ Ke6 77.Qxb6+ Kf5 78.Qa5+ Ke4 79.Bf3+ Kd3 80.Qa6+ Kd2 81.Kf2 Qe3+ 82.Kg2 Qe1 83.Be4 Qxe4+ 0-1

                            Round 11 (20), May 12
                            MVL – Carlsen, Magnus
                            A30 Reti/English, symmetrical, hedgehog, natural line

                            1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 d6 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Qe2 a6 11.d4 Ne4 12.Rfd1 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Be4 14.Rac1 Re8 15.Bh3 Qc7 16.Nd2 Bb7 17.e4 Bf6 18.Nf3 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.dxc5 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 b4 22.Rc2 dxc5 23.Qe3 h6 24.Bf1 Ba6 25.Rcd2 Nf6 26.Bxa6 Rxa6 27.Rc1 Rea8 28.Rxc5 Qa7 29.Rdc2 Rxa2 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Qxa7 R8xa7 32.Nd2 Ng4 33.Kg2 Ne5 34.f4 Nd3 35.Kf1 Ra1+ 36.Ke2 Rd7 37.Nf3 Rb1 38.Rd2 Rb2 39.Rxb2 Nxb2 40.Ne5 Rd4 41.Ke3 Rd1 42.Nxf7 Re1+ 43.Kd4 Re2 44.h4 Kg6 45.Ne5+ Kh5 46.Rg8 Rd2+ 47.Ke3 Rc2 48.Rxg7 Rc3+ 49.Ke2 Nd1 50.g4+ Kxh4 51.Kxd1 Kg3 52.f5 Kf4 53.Ng6+ Kxe4 54.f6 Rf3 55.f7 1-0

                            Position after White’s 46.Rg8

                            

                            Round 11 (20), May 12
                            Ding, Liren – So, Wesley
                            A37 English, symmetrical variation

                            1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nb5 d5 8.cxd5 Qa5+ 9.Nd2 exd5 10.Nd6+ Kf8 11.O-O Nge7 12.Nb3 Qb6 13.Nxc8 Rxc8 14.e3 Bf6 15.exd4 Kg7 16.Be3 Rcd8 17.g4 h6 18.f4 Kh7 19.Qd2 Qb4 20.Qf2 Rhe8 21.Rad1 Qb6 22.Nc5 Qc7 23.Nd3 Bg7 24.f5 Ng8 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Qxe5 27.Bd4 Qe2 28.f6 Bf8 29.Bxa7 Qxg4 30.h3 Qe6 31.Bd4 h5 32.Rde1 Qd6 33.Rxe8 Rxe8 34.Qf3 Bh6 35.a4 Bg5 36.a5 Nh6 37.Bb6 Re5 38.Qg3 d4 39.b4 h4 40.Qb3 d3 41.Bc5 Be3+ 42.Bxe3 Rxe3 43.b5 Qd4 44.Kh1 d2 45.Qc2 Re1 46.a6 Rxf1+ 47.Bxf1 0-1

                            Round 12 (21), May 12
                            Nakamura, Hikaru – MVL
                            B50 Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen/Najdorf/dragon

                            1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.h3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.g3 Nc6 8.Be3 O-O 9.Bg2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.O-O a6 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.c3 Re8 17.Qd4+ Kg8 18.Re2 Qb6 19.Qh4 Ne5 20.Kh2 Kg7 21.Rd1 Rc4 22.Qg5 h6 23.Qd2 Rc7 24.Rde1 Qb5 25.f4 Nc4 26.Qd4+ Kg8 27.b3 Nb6 28.c4 Qa5 29.f5 g5 30.f6 Nd7 31.fxe7 Ne5 32.c5 Ng6 33.cxd6 Rd7 34.Qf6 Qb6 35.Rf1 Nh8 36.Re6 fxe6 37.Qf8+ Rxf8 38.exf8=Q+ Kh7 39.Be4+ Ng6 1-0

                            Round 13 (22), May 12
                            Topalov, Veselin – Carlsen, Magnus
                            B33 Sicilian, Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation

                            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.O-O e4 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Bc2 Be5 19.Nfd5 Kh8 20.f4 exf3 21.Qxf3 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Qh4 23.g3 Rg8 24.Nf4 Qh6 25.Bxf5 Raf8 26.Ne6 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Rxf5 28.Qxf5 Rxg3+ 0-1

                            Round 13 (22), May 12
                            Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Wei Yi
                            C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

                            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Bd3 d5 11.Rhe1 Bg4 12.Bg5 Ne4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qf4 f5 16.h3 Bh5 17.Rd4 Qf7 18.Ne5 Qxa2 19.Qg5 Bf7 20.Nd7 h6 21.Qg3 Rfc8 22.Qe5 Qe6 23.Qxe6 Bxe6 24.Nc5 Kf7 25.Nxb7 Rab8 26.Nc5 Rb6 27.Ra4 Ra8 28.b3 Rc6 29.Ra5 Rd8 30.c4 Kf6 31.Nxe6 Rxe6 32.Rxa7 Rd7 33.b4 f4 34.b5 e3 35.fxe3 Rxe3 36.Rd1 Rde7 37.c5 R3e5 38.b6 cxb6 39.Rd6+ R7e6 40.Rdd7 Rxc5 41.Rf7+ Ke5 42.Rxg7 Rec6 43.Rae7+ Kf5 44.Re2 Rg6 45.Rf7+ Rf6 46.Rd7 Rg6 47.Rd4 Rc3 48.Rf2 Ke5 49.Rb4 Rf6 50.Kb2 Re3 51.Rd2 Rc6 52.Rf2 Rf6 53.Rb5+ Ke4 54.Rd2 Rg6 55.Rb4+ Ke5 56.Rb5+ Ke4 57.Rbd5 Reg3 58.R5d4+ Ke5 59.Rd5+ Ke4 60.R2d4+ Ke3 61.Rb4 Rf6 62.Rd3+ Kf2 63.Rd2+ Kg1 64.Rdd4 Kxg2 65.Rxf4 Rxf4 66.Rxf4 Kxh3 67.Rf6 h5 68.Rxb6 h4 69.c4 Kg2 70.c5 h3 71.c6 Rg6 72.Ka2 h2 73.c7 Rxb6 74.c8=Q h1=Q 75.Qg4+ Kf1 76.Qd1+ Kg2 77.Qg4+ Kh2 78.Qh4+ Kg2 1/2-1/2

                            Final position

                            


                            Round 14 (23), May 12
                            Nakamura, Hikaru – Topalov, Veselin
                            A11 English

                            1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Be6 7.c5 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.b4 Bc8 11.f4 Ne8 12.Qe1 a5 13.Na4 axb4 14.Nb6 Ra7 15.Qxb4 Na6 16.Qc3 Nf6 17.Nxc8 Qxc8 18.Rb1 Nc7 19.Qc2 Ne4 20.Nf3 Qd7 21.a3 Rfa8 22.Rb3 f5 23.Bb2 Ne6 24.Rb1 Nd8 25.Bc1 Bf6 26.g3 Kg7 27.Qg2 Ra4 28.h3 h5 29.g4 fxg4 30.hxg4 Qxg4 31.Qxg4 hxg4 32.Bxe4 gxf3 33.Bxf3 g5 34.f5 Kf8 35.Kf2 Ke8 36.Ke2 Kd7 37.Kd3 Kc7 38.Bh5 R4a7 39.Bb2 Ra6 40.Kc2 b6 41.cxb6+ Rxb6 42.Rxb6 Kxb6 43.Bc3+ Kc7 44.Ra1 Nb7 45.a4 Nd6 46.Bg4 Nc4 47.Kd3 c5 48.Bf3 cxd4 49.Bxd4 Ne5+ 50.Bxe5+ Bxe5 51.Ra2 Kd6 52.a5 Ra7 53.a6 Kc5 54.e4 d4 55.Ra5+ 1-0

                            Round 14 (23), May 12
                            Carlsen, Magnus – Karjakin, Sergey
                            A22 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

                            1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.e4 Bxc3 5.dxc3 d6 6.f3 O-O 7.Nh3 a6 8.a4 Nbd7 9.Nf2 a5 10.Be2 Nc5 11.O-O Bd7 12.Be3 b6 13.Kh1 Kh8 14.b3 Ng8 15.g4 Ne7 16.Rb1 Ng6 17.Qd2 Ne6 18.Nd3 Nc5 19.Rg1 Nxd3 20.Bxd3 Bc6 21.Rg3 Qe7 22.Rbg1 Kg8 23.Bc2 Kh8 24.Kg2 Kg8 25.Kf2 f6 26.Ke1 Kf7 27.g5 Ke8 28.Kd1 Bd7 29.gxf6 Qxf6 30.Bg5 Qe6 31.h4 Rf7 32.h5 Nf8 33.Kc1 g6 34.f4 exf4 35.Bxf4 Bc6 36.e5 dxe5 37.Bxe5 Re7 38.hxg6 hxg6 39.Bxg6+ Nxg6 40.Rxg6 Qxe5 41.Rg8+ Kf7 42.Qf2+ Ke6 43.R1g6+ Kd7 44.Qd2+ Bd5 45.Rxa8 Qe1+ 46.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 47.Kd2 Bxa8 48.Kxe1 Be4 49.Rg7+ Kd6 50.Kd2 c5 51.Kc1 Kc6 52.Kb2 Bd3 53.Rg4 Be2 54.Rf4 Bd3 55.Rh4 Be2 56.Kc2 Bf3 57.Rf4 Bh5 58.Rf6+ Kc7 59.b4 Bg4 60.bxc5 bxc5 61.Kd3 Bd1 62.Ke4 Bxa4 63.Kd5 Bb3 64.Kxc5 a4 65.Kb4 Kb7 66.c5 Kc7 67.Ra6 Kb7 68.Rxa4 1-0

                            Standings after Round Fourteen

                            1 Carlsen 23.5
                            2-3 Nakamura, MVL 20.5
                            4 So 18
                            5 Ding Liren 16
                            6 Wei Yi 15
                            7 Nepo 14
                            8 Karjakin 13
                            9 Topalov 10
                            10 Amin 9.5

                            Fabiano Caruana dropped in at the studios to help with the commentary.

                            I should say at this point that the broadcast has been first-class, no glitches at all in transmission, superb camera work and Tania Sachdev and Yannick Pelletier with help from Alejandro Ramirez and Maurice Ashley have done a good job.

                            Comment


                            • #15
                              2019 Cote D’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

                              May 12, 2019

                              Blitz

                              Rounds Fifteen to Eighteen

                              Results

                              Round 15, May 12

                              Nepo – Carlsen 0.5-0.5
                              Karjakin – Nakamura 0.5-0.5
                              Ding Liren – MVL 0.5-0.5
                              So – Wei Yi 0.5-0.5
                              Topalov – Amin 0.5-0.5

                              Round 16, May 12

                              Carlsen – So 0.5-0.5
                              MVL – Topalov 1-0
                              Nakamura – Nepo 1-0
                              Wei Yi – Ding Liren 0.5-0.5
                              Amin – Karjakin 0-1

                              Round 17, May 12

                              So – Nakamura 0-1
                              Carlsen – Wei Yi 1-0
                              Karjakin – MVL 1-0
                              Nepo – Amin 1-0
                              Topalov – Ding Liren 0.5-0.5

                              Round 18, May 12

                              Nakamura – Carlsen 0-1
                              Amin – So 0.5-0.5
                              MVL – Nepo 1-0
                              Wei Yi – Topalov 0.5-0.5
                              Ding Liren – Karjakin 1-0

                              Round B15 (24), May 12
                              Nepo – Carlsen, Magnus
                              B33 Sicilian, Pelikan variation

                              1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O f5 12.f4 a6 13.Na3 Nd7 14.Nc4 b6 15.fxe5 Nxe5 16.Be3 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 Bf6 18.Bd4 Bd7 19.Kh1 Re8 20.c3 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Re4 22.Qd3 Qc8 23.b3 Qc5 24.Bxa6 Re3 25.Qc4 Rxc3 26.Qxc5 Rxc5 27.Bb7 Ra7 28.Bc6 Bxc6 29.dxc6 g6 30.Rfc1 Rc7 31.b4 R5xc6 32.Rxc6 Rxc6 33.a5 bxa5 34.bxa5 Ra6 35.Kg1 Kf7 36.Kf2 Ke6 37.Ke3 Kd5 38.Kf4 h6 39.h4 Ke6 40.g4 fxg4 41.Kxg4 Ke5 42.Kf3 Kd4 43.Kf4 Kc4 44.Ke4 Kc5 45.Rc1+ Kb4 46.Rg1 h5 47.Kd4 Rxa5 48.Rb1+ Ka4 49.Ra1+ Kb5 50.Rxa5+ Kxa5 51.Kd5 Kb4 52.Kxd6 g5 1/2-1/2

                              Round B15 (24), May 12
                              Karjakin, Sergey – Nakamura, Hikaru
                              A26 English, Closed System, main line

                              1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.d3 d6 9.Rb1 h6 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Be6 12.b5 Ne7 13.Bb2 Qd7 14.Qc2 Bh3 15.Ra1 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qe6 17.Rxa8 Rxa8 18.Ra1 Rxa1 19.Bxa1 c6 20.e4 Nd7 21.Bb2 f5 22.Ba3 Bf8 23.Ne2 g5 24.exf5 Nxf5 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.h3 Nf6 27.Nc3 Ne7 28.Qa4 c5 29.Qa6 Kf7 30.Nb5 Ng6 31.Nd2 Qd7 32.Qa8 d5 33.Nb3 dxc4 34.dxc4 Qd3 35.Nxc5 Qxc4 36.Qb7+ Kg8 37.Qc6 Qd5+ 38.Qxd5+ Nxd5 39.Ne4 Bxa3 40.Nxa3 Kf7 41.Kf3 Nge7 42.Nc4 Nc6 43.Nc5 Nf6 44.Ke3 h5 45.Ne4 Nd5+ 46.Kf3 Kg6 47.Ned6 Nf6 48.Ke3 h4 49.gxh4 gxh4 50.Ne4 Nd5+ 51.Kf3 Kh5 52.Nc5 Nf6 53.Ke3 Kg5 54.Ne4+ Kf5 55.Nxf6 Kxf6 56.Ke4 Ke6 57.Kf3 Kd5 58.Ne3+ Kd4 59.Kg4 Ke4 60.Ng2 Kd3 61.Kxh4 Nd4 62.Ne3 Ke4 63.Kg4 Nf3 64.Nf1 Ne1 65.h4 Nd3 66.f3+ Kd5 67.Kf5 Kd6 68.h5 Ke7 69.Ne3 Ne1 70.Ke4 Kf6 71.Nf5 Nxf3 72.Kxf3 1/2-1/2

                              Round B16 (25), May 12
                              Carlsen, Magnus – So, Wesley
                              A37 English, symmetrical variation

                              1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.h4 h6 7.e3 Nge7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd4 11.exd4 Nxd5 12.O-O O-O 13.Qb3 Ne7 14.Rd1 Nf5 15.Ne2 a5 16.Bf4 a4 17.Qa3 Qb6 18.Rac1 Bd7 19.Be5 Rfc8 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.d5 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 e5 23.Qc3 Qd6 24.a3 Bb5 25.Qd2 Bxe2 26.Qxe2 Nd4 27.Qc4 Rd8 28.Kh2 b5 29.Qc7 Qf6 30.Re1 Rd6 31.Kg1 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Qc8 Rd8 34.Qg4 Re8 35.Be4 Rd8 36.Kg2 Rh8 37.d6 Ne6 38.d7 Rd8 39.Rd1 Qe7 40.Qf5 Qf6 41.Qh7+ Kf8 42.Rd5 Nd4 43.Qh5 Ke7 44.Qg4 Ne6 45.Rxb5 Rxd7 46.Qf5 Qxf5 47.Bxf5 Kf6 48.Bc2 Rd4 49.Rb4 Nc5 50.Kf3 Ke6 51.Ke3 Kd5 52.Rb6 Rc4 53.Bd1 Rc1 54.Be2 Rc2 55.Bd1 Rc1 56.Kd2 Ra1 57.Rb4 Ne4+ 58.Ke2 Nxf2 59.Bxa4 Nh1 60.Bb3+ Kd6 61.g4 f5 62.gxf5 Ng3+ 63.Kf3 Nxf5 64.Kg4 Nd4 65.Kxg5 Rg1+ 66.Kh4 Nxb3 67.Rxb3 e4 68.Rg3 Rb1 69.Rb3 Rg1 70.a4 Ra1 71.Rb4 e3 72.Re4 e2 73.Rxe2 Rxa4+ 74.Kg3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

                              Round B17 (26), May 12
                              So, Wesley – Nakamura, Hikaru
                              A28 English, Four Knights

                              1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 d6 5.d4 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 Bf8 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nd5 Bg6 13.a3 Bd6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.b4 a6 16.Qb3 Qe6 17.Qc3 h6 18.Rad1 Kh8 19.c5 Bf8 20.Bc4 Qe7 21.Bd5 f6 22.Qc4 Bh7 23.e4 Nd8 24.Qe2 c6 25.Bc4 Ne6 26.Qe3 Rad8 27.Nh4 Nd4 28.Nf3 Nxf3+ 29.Qxf3 a5 30.h4 axb4 31.axb4 b6 32.Rc1 bxc5 33.bxc5 Qa7 34.Ba3 Rd4 35.Rfe1 Rb8 36.h5 Qa4 37.Bf7 Bxe4 38.Qg3 Bxg2 39.Rb1 Rxb1 40.Rxb1 Be4 41.Re1 Bd5 42.Bxd5 Rg4 43.Qxg4 Qxg4+ 44.Bg2 Qc4 45.Bxc6 Bxc5 46.Bxc5 Qxc5 47.Be4 Qb4 48.Re3 Kg8 49.Bg6 Kf8 50.Re4 Qb5 51.Re1 Ke7 52.Rc1 Qb7 53.Rb1 Qd7 54.Be4 Qg4+ 0-1

                              Round B17 (26), May 12
                              Carlsen, Magnus – Wei, Yi
                              A45 Trompovsky Attack

                              1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nd2 cxd4 5.exd4 Qb6 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.Nb3 Ne4 8.Bf4 Bg4 9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.c3 O-O 12.a4 a6 13.a5 Qd8 14.Nfd2 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Rc8 17.Rfe1 Re8 18.Re3 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Nc5 Rc7 21.b4 Ne7 22.Rae1 Nf5 23.Re5 Qd8 24.Qf4 Rce7 25.R1e2 Kh8 26.Nxb7 Rxb7 27.Qxf5 Rc7 28.Qd3 Qc8 29.R5e3 Rc6 30.Rh3 h6 31.Qd2 Kh7 32.Re5 Re7 33.Reh5 Qf8 34.f4 f5 35.Re3 Qf7 36.Rhh3 Rec7 37.Re5 Qf8 38.Rd3 Qc8 39.Ree3 Rc4 40.h3 Qf8 41.Rxe6 1-0

                              Round B18 (27), May 12
                              Nakamura, Hikaru – Carlsen, Magnus
                              D30 Queen’s Gambit declined

                              1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Qxe7 6.e3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 Rd8 9.Qc2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.a3 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Ne4 Bd7 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.O-O Rac8 18.Qb1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 g6 20.Be4 Bb5 21.Qc2 b6 22.g3 Qe5 23.Bf3 a5 24.h4 h6 25.Qc7 Qxc7 26.Rxc7 Rd6 27.Rb7 Kg7 28.Kg2 Kf6 29.g4 g5 30.hxg5+ hxg5 31.Kg3 a4 32.Bg2 Bc4 33.Be4 b5 34.f4 e5 35.Rc7 exf4+ 36.exf4 Rd2 37.Rc6+ Kg7 38.fxg5 Rxb2 39.g6 Rb3+ 40.Kf4 Rxa3 41.gxf7 Ra1 42.Rc8 Bxf7 43.Rc7 a3 44.Kg5 Rd1 45.Bc2 Rc1 0-1

                              Round B18 (27), May 12
                              MVL – Nepo
                              C55 Two Knights Defence

                              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 a5 8.Nbd2 Kh8 9.Nf1 Be6 10.Ng3 Nd7 11.Be3 Bf6 12.Bb5 Na7 13.Bxd7 Qxd7 14.d4 exd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Nc6 17.Qc3 f6 18.h3 Rae8 19.b3 b6 20.Rad1 Bf7 21.Kh2 Ne5 22.Nd4 Ng6 23.Ndf5 Be6 24.Nd4 Bg8 25.Re3 Re5 26.Nf3 Rc5 27.Qd2 Re8 28.c4 Ne5 29.Nd4 Nc6 30.Ndf5 Ne7 31.Nd4 Nc6 32.Nb5 Ne5 33.f4 Ng6 34.Rf1 Re7 35.Nc3 Re8 36.Nd5 Qd8 37.Nf5 c6 38.Nc3 d5 39.exd5 cxd5 40.Rxe8 Qxe8 41.Nxd5 Bxd5 42.cxd5 Qd7 43.Ne3 Qd6 44.Nc4 Rxd5 45.Qe3 Rd3 46.Qe4 Qd8 47.Re1 Nf8 48.Nxb6 Rxb3 49.Qe8 Rd3 50.Qf7 Rd2 51.Re8 Rxg2+ 52.Kxg2 Qd2+ 53.Kg3 Qd3+ 54.Kh4 g5+ 55.Kg4 Qd1+ 56.Kf5 Qd3+ 57.Kxf6 Qd4+ 58.Kxg5 Qg1+ 59.Kf5 Qc5+ 60.Nd5 Qc2+ 61.Re4 Qc8+ 62.Kg5 h6+ 63.Kh4 Ng6+ 64.Qxg6 1-0

                              Final Standings

                              1 Carlsen 26.5
                              2-3 Nakamura, MVL 23
                              4 So 19.5
                              5 Ding Liren 18.5
                              6 Wei Yi 16.5
                              7-8 Nepo, Karjakin 15.5
                              9 Topalov 11.5
                              10 Amin 10.5

                              Blitz Results Only Standing

                              1 MVL 12
                              2 Carlsen 11.5
                              3 Nakamura 11
                              4 Nepo 10.5
                              5 Karjakin 9.5
                              6-7 So, Ding Liren 8.5
                              8 Wei Yi 7.5
                              9-10 Bassem, Topalov 5.5


                              1 Carlsen 13 GCT points $37,500
                              2-3 Nakamura, MVL 9 GCT points $22,500
                              4 So 7 GCT points $15,000
                              5 Ding Liren 6 GCT points $12,500
                              6 Wei Yi 5 GCT points $10,000
                              7-8 Nepo, Karjakin 3.5 GCT points $7,500
                              9 Topalov 2 GCT points $7,500
                              10 Amin 1 $7,500

                              Next Stop on the Tour

                              Croatia Grand Chess Tour

                              June 26 – July 8
                              Classical, 12-player round robin
                              $325,000 prize fund

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