Alekhine Memorial - Round 2

[Event "Candidates 2013"]

[Date "2013.04.22"]

[Round "2.1"]

[Board "1"]

[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]

[Black "Ding, Liren"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteClock "00:26:00"]

[BlackClock "00:15:36"]

[WhiteElo "2722"]

[BlackElo "2707"]

[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bh7

7. e6 Nf6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Nc3 Qxb2 10. Kd2 Qb6 11. Nge2 a6 12. Rb1 Qa7

13. Na4 b5 14. Nc5 Bg8 15. Be5 fxe6 16. Nf4 Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Ng6 Nxe5

19. dxe5 Rh7 20. h5 c5 21. f4 Bf7 22. Qf3 O-O-O 23. Be2 c4 24. a4 Kc7

25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxb5 Qd4+ 27. Ke1 Ra8 28. Rb1 Ra2 29. c3 Qd2+ 30. Kf2 Rc2

31. Qe3 Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Rxc3+ 33. Kd4 Rc2 34. Rhe1 Kc6 35. Rb8 Bxg6 36. hxg6 Rh8

37. Reb1 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Ra2 39. R8b6+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates 2013"]

[Date "2013.04.22"]

[Round "2.2"]

[Board "2"]

[White "Adams, Michael"]

[Black "Svidler, Peter"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteClock "00:06:47"]

[BlackClock "00:03:43"]

[WhiteElo "2727"]

[BlackElo "2747"]

[PlyCount "73"]

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 Bb7 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Ne2 Rae8 12. Ng3 Bd8

13. a4 d5 14. axb5 axb5 15. c3 h6 16. Be3 Re6 17. h3 Be7 18. Nh2 Ra8

19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Qf3 Na5 21. Ra1 Ra6 22. Ng4 Bb7 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bxd5

25. Nxe5 Qe6 26. Qf5 Bd6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Nf3 b4 29. Ne4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Bb7

31. Nd4 Bf8 32. c4 c5 33. Nb5 Nb3 34. Rxa6 Bxa6 35. Nbd6 Bxd6 36. Nxd6 Kf8

37. f3 1-0

[Event "Candidates 2013"]

[Date "2013.04.22"]

[Round "2.3"]

[Board "3"]

[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]

[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[WhiteClock "00:10:19"]

[BlackClock "00:38:00"]

[WhiteElo "2712"]

[BlackElo "2783"]

[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7

7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. c5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Qc8 12. Ba3 Re8

13. dxc5 Na6 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Ne5 d6 17. Nd3 Ba6 18. c4 e5

19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. c5 Nc4 21. Qa4 Nxa3 22. Qxa3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qe6 24. Rb7 Re7

25. a4 a6 26. h3 h6 27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Kf7 29. f4 exf4 30. exf4 Kf6

31. c6 Rc8 32. Rd7 Re4 33. Rbxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Rxa4 35. Ra7 Rxf4 36. Rxa6 Rc4

37. c7+ Kg5 38. Ra7 Rc2 39. c8=Q Rxc8 40. Rxg7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates 2013"]

[Date "2013.04.22"]

[Round "2.4"]

[Board "4"]

[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]

[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[WhiteClock "00:21:00"]

[BlackClock "00:18:42"]

[WhiteElo "2706"]

[BlackElo "2739"]

[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6

7. Qa4 Nfd7 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nb6 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Rd1 Nb4

13. Qb1 Qc8 14. Bg5 N4d5 15. Qc1 Re8 16. Bh6 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Bxf3

19. Bxf3 e5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Rd4 Qf8 22. Qf4 Rae8 23. Rad1 Qa3 24. Qh6 Qf8

25. Qf4 Qa3 26. Qh6 Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates 2013"]

[Date "2013.04.22"]

[Round "2.5"]

[Board "5"]

[White "Aronian, Levon"]

[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteClock "01:06:00"]

[BlackClock "00:35:00"]

[WhiteElo "2809"]

[BlackElo "2801"]

[PlyCount "104"]

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. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7

13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. e5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qh4 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. f4 Nf8

19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Rd8 22. Rd1 Ng6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. d5 Qc4

25. d6 Qe6 26. Qg3 b5 27. h3 a6 28. Qe3 Rd7 29. Qc5 Kh7 30. Qd5 Qe8

31. Rc1 Qd8 32. Rc6 Qg5 33. Qd4 Rd8 34. Rc5 Qg3 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 f6

37. Rc6 fxe5 38. Ke3 Kg8 39. Ke4 Kf7 40. Kd5 a5 41. Rc5 b4 42. Rxa5 Kf6

43. Ra7 Rb8 44. Kc6 b3 45. axb3 Rxb3 46. Ra8 Rc3+ 47. Kd7 e4 48. Rf8+ Kg5

49. Ke7 e3 50. d7 e2 51. d8=Q e1=Q+ 52. Kd6+ Qe7+ 1-0