Alekhine Round 4: Aronian among the leaders

 

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.21"]

[Round "1"]

[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]

[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]

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

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2722"]

[BlackElo "2706"]

[ECO "D19"]

[Opening "QGD Slav"]

[Variation "Dutch variation, main line"]

[WhiteFideId "623539"]

[BlackFideId "608742"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O

O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.

Qf5 Qa5 16. Bf1 Rfe8 17. Be3 Rcd8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nd5 cxd5 21.

Qxe5 Qb4 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Qb8+ Rd8 24. Qe5 Rd5 25. Qb8+ Rd8 26. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.21"]

[Round "1"]

[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]

[Black "Adams, Michael"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2783"]

[BlackElo "2727"]

[ECO "C88"]

[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]

[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]

[WhiteFideId "5000017"]

[BlackFideId "400041"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

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 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 Bc5 13. Bc4 Ng4 14. Re2 Na5 15.

Bd5 Rb8 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. cxb3 h6 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nxe5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Bf4

Be6 22. Rc1 Bd6 23. Bg3 Re8 24. Re3 c5 25. Nd3 Bxg3 26. fxg3 Red8 27. Nf4 Rd1+

28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxb2 32. Rxa6 Rxb3 33. Rc6 Rc3

34. a5 Kf7 35. a6 Ke7 36. a7 Ra3 37. Rxc5 Rxa7 38. Rb5 Ra4 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Rxg7

Kc5 41. Rc7+ Kd4 42. Rd7+ Kc3 43. Rc7+ Kd3 44. Rb7 Kc3 45. Rc7+ Kb2 46. Rc6 b3

47. Rxh6 Kc3 48. Rb6 b2 49. Rxb2 Kxb2 50. g4 Kc3 51. Kg3 Re4 52. Kh4 Kd4 53. Kg5

Ke5 54. Kg6 Re2 55. g5 Rxg2 56. h4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.21"]

[Round "1"]

[White "Svidler, Peter"]

[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]

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

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2747"]

[BlackElo "2739"]

[ECO "B30"]

[Opening "Sicilian"]

[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]

[WhiteFideId "4102142"]

[BlackFideId "2805677"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4

Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bxc5 13. Bg3 h5 14. Rd2 h4 15.

Bxh4 Nxh2 16. Kxh2 Nd4 17. Rxd4 Bxd4 18. Nbd2 g5 19. g3 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bf6 21. Ne4

gxh4 22. Nxf6+ Ke7 23. Ne4 hxg3+ 24. Kxg3 b5 25. c4 Bb7 26. Kf4 Rh5 27. Be2 Rc8

28. cxb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 Rc2 31. Nd4 Rxa2 32. f3 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Kf6

34. e5+ Kg7 35. Nf3 Ra5 36. Bd3 f6 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Ke3 Ra3 39. Ke4 Ra4+ 40.

Ke3 Ra3 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.21"]

[Round "1"]

[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]

[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2801"]

[BlackElo "2712"]

[ECO "A07"]

[Opening "Reti"]

[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]

[WhiteFideId "4101588"]

[BlackFideId "4152956"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4

Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. a4 Re8 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.

Be3 Nf4 16. f3 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Bg6 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Nh4 Nxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qe7 21. Qb3

Rab8 22. Rf2 Red8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd2 Bc7 25. Rd3 Qe6 26. Qb4 b6 27. b3 a6

28. Qd2 b5 29. Rd7 bxc4 30. Rxc7 cxb3 31. Rb7 Qc8 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. cxb3 f6 34.

Qd6 Kf7 35. g4 Ke8 36. Kg3 Qb7 37. b4 Qc8 38. a5 Kf7 39. Ng2 h5 40. Ne3 hxg4 41.

hxg4 Qe6 42. Qd3 Qc8 43. Qc4+ Kf8 44. Qc5+ Kg8 45. b5 axb5 46. Qb6 Qf8 47. a6

Qb4 48. a7 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qd2+ 50. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.21"]

[Round "1"]

[White "Ding, Liren"]

[Black "Aronian, Levon"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2707"]

[BlackElo "2809"]

[ECO "D45"]

[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]

[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]

[WhiteFideId "8603677"]

[BlackFideId "13300474"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 b6 8. Bb2 a5 9.

a3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Ba6 12. Ne1 Bc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. Ra2 b5

16. e4 Rb7 17. Nc2 Nb8 18. Raa1 Qc8 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Bc1 Na6 21. Bf4 Rbd7 22. h3

Ne8 23. Qe3 Bf6 24. e5 Be7 25. Ne4 Nac7 26. Nd6 Qa8 27. Qg3 Nd5 28. Ne3 Nc3 29.

Rde1 Bxd6 30. exd6 Ne4 31. Qh4 Nd2 32. Nd5 Nxf1 33. Nb6 Qa7 34. Rxf1 Nf6 35. Be5

Nd5 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Qf6 Kg8 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qf6

Kg8 42. Re1 axb4 43. Re5 h6 44. Rh5 Qxa3 45. Qxh6 f6 46. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.22"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]

[Black "Ding, Liren"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2722"]

[BlackElo "2707"]

[ECO "B12"]

[Opening "Caro-Kann"]

[Variation "advance variation"]

[WhiteFideId "623539"]

[BlackFideId "8603677"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

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 "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.22"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Adams, Michael"]

[Black "Svidler, Peter"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2727"]

[BlackElo "2747"]

[ECO "C84"]

[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]

[Variation "closed defence"]

[WhiteFideId "400041"]

[BlackFideId "4102142"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

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 "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.22"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]

[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]

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

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2712"]

[BlackElo "2783"]

[ECO "E21"]

[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]

[Variation "three knights variation"]

[WhiteFideId "4152956"]

[BlackFideId "5000017"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

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 "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.22"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]

[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]

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

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2706"]

[BlackElo "2739"]

[ECO "D78"]

[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]

[WhiteFideId "608742"]

[BlackFideId "2805677"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

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 "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.22"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Aronian, Levon"]

[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2809"]

[BlackElo "2801"]

[ECO "D41"]

[Opening "QGD"]

[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]

[WhiteFideId "13300474"]

[BlackFideId "4101588"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

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

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.23"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Ding, Liren"]

[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]

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

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2707"]

[BlackElo "2706"]

[ECO "D17"]

[Opening "QGD Slav"]

[Variation "Carlsbad variation"]

[WhiteFideId "8603677"]

[BlackFideId "608742"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3

e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O g5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Ne3 Be6 15.

Qd4 Qb6 16. Qe4 Qb4 17. a5 a6 18. Ra4 Qxb2 19. Ned1 Qb3 20. f4 Nd7 21. f5 Nc5

22. Qd4 Nxa4 23. Nxa4 Rd8 24. Qxf6 Rxd1 25. fxe6 Qxa4 26. Qf7+ Kd8 27. Qf6+ Ke8

28. Qf7+ Kd8 29. Qf6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.23"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Gelfand, Boris"]

[Black "Adams, Michael"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2739"]

[BlackElo "2727"]

[ECO "D37"]

[Opening "QGD"]

[Variation "4.Nf3"]

[WhiteFideId "2805677"]

[BlackFideId "400041"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8.

exf4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bd6 10. g3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Rad1 Qf6 14. Ng5 g6

15. Nge4 Qf5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Rfd8

21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Rc3 Be7 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. f5 Kg7 25. Nd6 Rb8 26. Ne8+ Kf8 27.

fxg6 hxg6 28. Nxc7 Bf6 29. Rb3 Be5 30. Nd5 b6 31. Nb4 Rc8 32. Nd3 Bf6 33. h4 Rc2

34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke1 Kd6 36. Rb4 Bg7 37. Kd1 Rc7 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rb5 Rd7 40. Rxh5

Ke7 41. Ke2 Rc7 42. Rb5 Rc4 43. Kf3 Ra4 44. a3 Rd4 45. Ke3 Rc4 46. b3 Rc2 47. a4

Rc6 48. g4 Re6+ 49. Kf3 Rc6 50. Ke4 Re6+ 51. Kf3 Rc6 52. Nb4 Rc1 53. Ke4 Kd6 54.

Nd3 Rg1 55. Kf5 Bc3 56. f4 f6 57. Nf2 Kc6 58. Ne4 a6 59. Nxc3 axb5 60. axb5+ Kd6

61. Ne4+ Ke7 62. Nxf6 Rd1 63. Kg6 Rd3 64. f5 Rd6 65. g5 Kf8 66. b4 Rd4 67. Kh6

Rh4+ 68. Nh5 Rxb4 69. g6 Rg4 70. f6 Rg1 71. Nf4 Re1 72. Nd5 Rf1 73. Kg5 Rg1+ 74.

Kf5 Rf1+ 75. Ke6 Re1+ 76. Kd6 Rf1 77. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.23"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]

[Black "Aronian, Levon"]

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

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2783"]

[BlackElo "2809"]

[ECO "C65"]

[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]

[Variation "Berlin defence"]

[WhiteFideId "5000017"]

[BlackFideId "13300474"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4

b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. h3 h6 14. d4 c5 15. dxe5

dxe5 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. a4 c4 18. Bc2 Ba5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bb7 21. Ra2 Bc7

22. Rea1 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Nd2 Kf8 27. Bc5 Nd7

28. Ba3 g6 29. f3 Ke8 30. b3 cxb3 31. Nxb3 Nc8 32. Bd3 Bc6 33. c4 bxc4 34. Bxc4

Ba4 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. Bxc5 Nb6 37. Bxb6 Bxb6 38. Ne2 Ba5 39. Nc1 Ke7 40. Nd3 Bc3

41. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.23"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]

[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]

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

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2801"]

[BlackElo "2722"]

[ECO "A05"]

[Opening "Reti"]

[Variation "King's Indian attack"]

[WhiteFideId "4101588"]

[BlackFideId "623539"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 d6 8. b3 Nd4

9. Nd2 c6 10. e3 Ne6 11. Ba3 a5 12. Rc1 Nc5 13. Nf3 Re8 14. h3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 e4

16. Qe2 exf3 17. Qxf3 a4 18. Nxa4 Ne4 19. Qd1 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Qd5 Ra7 22.

Bxe4 bxa4 23. Qxd6 axb3 24. axb3 Bxh3 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Bc5 Rc7 27. Bg2 Bxg2 28.

Kxg2 Rdc8 29. Ba3 f5 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Rb1 Kf7 32. Bb2 Bxb2 33. Rxb2 Rb7 34. b4

Rb5 35. f4 g5 36. Kf3 g4+ 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. Rb1 h5 40. Rb2 Rb6 41. Rb1

Rb5 42. Rb2 Rb6 43. e4+ fxe4+ 44. Ke3 h4 45. gxh4 g3 46. h5 Ke6 47. h6 Kf5 48.

b5 Rxh6 49. b6 g2 50. Rb5+ Kg4 51. Kf2 Kh3 52. Kg1 Rd6 53. Rb1 e3 54. b7 e2 55.

Rb3+ Kg4 56. Re3 Rb6 57. Kxg2 Rxb7 58. Rxe2 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.23"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Svidler, Peter"]

[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]

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

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2747"]

[BlackElo "2712"]

[ECO "C19"]

[Opening "French"]

[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Konstantinopolsky variation"]

[WhiteFideId "4102142"]

[BlackFideId "4152956"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.

Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O

Qb6 15. Qd3 Ndf5 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. g3 a6 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Rd2 Rc4 20. Bg2 Nxd4 21.

Bxd4 Qb5 22. Bf1 Qc6 23. Qe2 Nf5 24. Bb2 Rh8 25. Qf2 Nxg3 26. Bxc4 Nxh1 27. Qa7

Qxc4 28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. Qxh8 Bxc2 30. Rxc2 Qf1+ 31. Kd2 Qf2+ 32. Kd3 Qf3+ 33. Kd2

Qf2+ 34. Kd3 Qf3+ 35. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.24"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]

[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]

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

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2722"]

[BlackElo "2783"]

[ECO "D45"]

[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]

[Variation "Stoltz variation"]

[WhiteFideId "623539"]

[BlackFideId "5000017"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O

e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5

15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Be7

21. d6 Rxd6 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Rac1 Nd5 24. Bc5 Ra6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Red1 Nf4 27.

Rc7 Rxa2 28. g3 Ne6 29. Rxb7 Kg8 30. Ne5 Re8 31. Rd5 f6 32. Nc6 Kh7 33. Kg2 Rc8

34. Nd4 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 a5 36. Rdd7 Rg8 37. Rd6 Kg6 38. Ra6 h5 39. h4 Rc8 40. Raa7

Rc2 41. Rxg7+ Kf5 42. Rgb7 Rcxb2 43. Rxb2 Rxb2 44. Rxa5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.24"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Ding, Liren"]

[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]

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

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2707"]

[BlackElo "2801"]

[ECO "D41"]

[Opening "QGD"]

[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]

[WhiteFideId "8603677"]

[BlackFideId "4101588"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

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. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bd3

Rc8 15. a5 Qc7 16. Rfb1 h6 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Ra3 Qd6 19. Rab3 Rc7 20. axb6 Nxb6

21. Ra1 f5 22. Qe2 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Rba3 Nc3

27. Rxa7 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Ra6 Kf7 32. Ra7+ Kg8

33. Ra6 Kf7 34. Ra7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.24"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]

[Black "Adams, Michael"]

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

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2706"]

[BlackElo "2727"]

[ECO "A07"]

[Opening "Reti"]

[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]

[WhiteFideId "608742"]

[BlackFideId "400041"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3

Bc5 9. Qb3 Bb6 10. Na4 O-O 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. b3 Ne5 14. Be3 Bxf3 15.

exf3 Qb4 16. a3 Rxa3 17. Rxa3 Qxa3 18. Bxb6 Qa6 19. Bd4 Ned7 20. f4 c5 21. Bc3

Re8 22. Bf3 Qd6 23. Rc1 b6 24. Bd2 h5 25. b4 h4 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Be3 Rc8 28.

Qb2 Qe6 29. Qe2 Re8 30. Qd1 Rc8 31. g4 Qd6 32. Bg2 Nb6 33. g5 d4 34. Bd2 Nfd5

35. Qg4 Re8 36. Bf3 Nc3 37. f5 Nbd5 38. Ra1 Qb6 39. g6 Nf6 40. gxf7+ Kxf7 41.

Qg6+ Kg8 42. Bg5 Rf8 43. Bxh4 Ncd5 44. Bg3 Ne7 45. Qg5 c4 46. dxc4 Qc5 47. Re1

Rf7 48. Be5 d3 49. Qf4 Nd7 50. Bd6 Qxf5 51. Qxf5 Nxf5 52. Bb4 Nf6 53. Rd1 Rd7

54. c5 Nd4 55. Rxd3 Nxf3+ 56. Rxf3 Rd1+ 57. Kg2 Nd5 58. Ba3 Rd4 59. Kg3 Rc4 60.

Rd3 Nc3 61. Rd8+ Kh7 62. Rc8 Na4 63. f3 Rc3 64. Bb4 Rc4 65. Ba3 Rc3 66. Bb4 Rc4

67. Bd2 Rxc5 68. Ra8 Nb6 69. Ra7 Nd5 70. h4 Rc7 71. Ra5 Rd7 72. Bg5 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.24"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]

[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]

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

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2712"]

[BlackElo "2739"]

[ECO "A04"]

[Opening "Reti opening"]

[WhiteFideId "4152956"]

[BlackFideId "2805677"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.

Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Qa5 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3

Rac8 15. Bb3 e6 16. Rad1 Qa6 17. d5 Ne5 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Qe3 Bg7

21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxc8 Qxa2 23. Qd2 Rxc8 24. Qd7 Rf8 25. Qxb7 a5 26. Ra1 Qc4 27.

Rxa5 Qe2 28. f4 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qxf4 30. c4 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Qf1+ 33. Kh2

Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]

[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]

[Date "2013.04.24"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Aronian, Levon"]

[Black "Svidler, Peter"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteTitle "GM"]

[BlackTitle "GM"]

[WhiteElo "2809"]

[BlackElo "2747"]

[ECO "D85"]

[Opening "Gruenfeld"]

[Variation "modern exchange variation"]

[WhiteFideId "13300474"]

[BlackFideId "4102142"]

[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.

Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bg5 e6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Bf4 e5 15.

Bg3 Rae8 16. d5 f5 17. Bh4 h6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rfd1 Qd6 20. Nd2 Qg6 21. Qg3

Qxg3 22. hxg3 Bf6 23. Bb5 Re7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. c4 Rg7 27. Rb3 Rg4

28. Rc1 Rd4 29. Nf3 Re4 30. Ra3 a6 31. Rb3 b5 32. Rb2 Rf7 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Rxc5

b4 35. d6 Rd7 36. Rd2 1-0