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Friday, March 11, 2016

Nakamura and Caruna Draw First Round Game; Anand Defeats Topolov

[Event "Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow, Russia"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura Hikaru (USA)"]
[Black "Caruana Fabiano (USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz 14 x64 (10m)"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3.
Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 {Controls d4} e6 {Covers d5} 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Ne7 7. d5 exd5 8.
cxd5 d6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O h6 {Consolidates g5} 12. h4 {Black's
piece can't move: c8} Nc5 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Bf4 Nf5 {White has an active position
} 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 {White has the pair of bishops} Qf6 17. Rac1 a5 {White
has an active position} 18. Nb5 {Attacks the isolani on d6} Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2
20. Rc2 Bf6 21. Bxd6 (21. Rd1 Rfd8 $14) 21... Nxd6 $14 22. Nxd6 b6 23. Rb1 Rab8
24. Nc4 {White threatens to win material: Nc4xb6} Na4 25. Bg4 Rfd8 26. d6 h5
27. Bh3 b5 {Black threatens to win material: b5xc4} 28. Nxa5 Rxd6 29. Nc6 {
White threatens to win material: Nc6xb8} Rb6 {Black threatens to win material:
Rb6xc6} 30. Nb4 {A sound move} Nc3 31. Rb3 1/2-1/2


[Event "Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow, Russia"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anand Viswanathan (IND)"]
[Black "Topalov Veselin (BUL)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[LiveChessVersion "1.4.8"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. a5 Ba7 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxb7 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nc5 20. Qc6 Nb3 21. Rb1 Nxc1 22. Rbxc1 Rb8 23. Qxa6 Qh4 24. Rc2 Rxe4 25. Ne3 Qd8 26. Qc4 Bg6 27. Bd3 Rf4 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. g3 Re4 30. a6 Qe8 31. Rce2 Bb6 32. Qd3 Ra8 33. Kg2 Qa4 34. b3 Rd4 35. bxa4 Rxd3 36. Nc4 Rxa6 37. a5 Bd4 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. R1e7 Rc3 40. Nd2 Rc2 41. Ne4 f6 42. h4 Rxa5 43. Rf7 g5 44. h5 Rxf2+ 45. Nxf2 Ra2 46. Rff8 Rxf2+ 47. Kh3 g4+ 48. Kxg4 f5+ 49. Rxf5 1-0

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