Candidates Chess Tournament 2014 | Round 8

Candidates Tournament | Round 8
Aronian and Anand still shared the same point in their round 8 match of Candidates Tournament.

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. f4 Na5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nde2 b5 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rfe8 17. Rhf1 e6 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Bd4 c3 21.
Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxc3 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. Rfd2 Rg3 26. Rxd6 Rxd6
27. Rxd6 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Rxg2 29. g5 Rf2 30. Rd4 f6 31. a4 fxg5 32. fxg5 Rf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Qb3 d4 4. e3 c5 5. Qb5+ Nc6 6. Qxc5 e5 7. Qb5 a6 8. Qb3
Bc5 9. d3 Nf6 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Bb4+ 12. Nbd2 a5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qd1 Bd6 15.
Ne1 Nc5 16. Nb3 Na6 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Nb3 Na6 19. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ba3 g6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Bh3 Bxf3
15. exf3 Re8 16. Rc6 e6 17. Rfc1 Qf6 18. Rc7 Nf8 19. Bc5 Qxf3 20. Rc3 Qh5 21.
g4 Qh4 22. Qf4 f6 23. Be7 Qg5 24. Qg3 Qd2 25. g5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 fxg5 27. Bxg5
Bxd4 28. R3c6 a5 29. Bh6 b4 30. Kg2 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 Kh8 11. Bf4 f5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 Qc7 14. g6 hxg6 15.
Nd2 Kg8 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. g4 Nd8 19. Kh2 Bd7 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bd5+
Nde6 22. Rg1 Bc6 23. Qf3 Rad8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Bxe6+ Nxe6 26. Qg3 Rc8 27. Nh3
Qf7 28. Qh4 Bf3 29. Bd2 Bg4 30. Rg3 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. Bxg5 Re6
34. f3 Bh5 35. b3 Kf7 36. Rh3 Rce8 37. Bf4 Ra6 38. Re2 Ke6 39. Kg3 Rb8 40. Bg5
f4+ 41. Bxf4 Rf8 42. Rf2 Rf5 43. Bc1 Rxe5 44. Rh1 Kf7 45. Bf4 Rf5 46. Bb8 Re6
47. Rh4 Re3 48. Rf4 a6 49. Bd6 Rxf4 50. Kxf4 Kf6 51. Bxc5 g5+ 52. Kg3 Rxd3 53.
Kg2 Be8 54. Kf1 Bh5 55. Ke2 Re3+ 56. Kd2 Ke5 57. Rg2 Kf4 58. Bxd4 Re7 59. Re2
Rd7 60. Kc3 Bxf3 61. Re8 Be4 62. Rf8+ Bf5 63. Rg8 g6 64. Rg7 Rxd4 65. Kxd4 b6
66. Kc3 Ke3 67. Rb7 g4 68. Rxb6 g3 69. Rd6 g2 70. Rd1 g5 71. b4 Kf2 72. a4 g1=Q
73. Rxg1 Kxg1 74. b5 axb5 75. axb5 g4 76. c5 g3 77. c6 g2 78. b6 Kf2 79. b7
g1=Q 80. b8=Q Qc1+ 81. Kd4 Qe3+ 82. Kc4 Be6+ 0-1