Candidates Chess Tournament 2014 | Round 10

Candidates Tournament | Round 10

Peter Svidler beat Vladimir Kramnik in round 10 of the Fide World Candidates Tournament to stay fifth on the cross table. The only win for today match. With four matches to go, Anand is still leading on the cross table with 6.5 points, after a draw with Mamedyarov. Anand has not lost a single game since the inception of the tournament. Karjakin, Mamedyarov and Svidler are on 5 points each, while Kramnik and Andreikin are on 4.5 points and Topalov is still at the bottom of the table with 4 points. All the four Russians that played today drew their matches.

Rank SNo. Name                           Rating FED       Pts Res. victory SB
1         6 GM Anand Viswanathan         2770 IND     6½ 0 3 31,25
2         7 GM Aronian Levon                2830 ARM    5½ 0 3 26,75
3         2 GM Karjakin Sergey               2766 RUS     5 2 2 24,25
4         5 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar  2757 AZE      5   1½ 3 24,75
5         3 GM Svidler Peter                   2758 RUS     5 ½ 3 23,25
6         4 GM Kramnik Vladimir            2787 RUS     4½ 1 2 23,00
7         1 GM Andreikin Dmitry            2709 RUS     4½ 1 1 22,00
8         8 GM Topalov Veselin              2785 BUL     4 0 1 20,75

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd3 Qc7 8.
Qg3 Qxg3 9. hxg3 d5 10. g4 Rb8 11. g5 f6 12. gxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5
15. Rh3 a5 16. b3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Na4 Rb4 19. Bd2 Re4+ 20. Kf1 Bb4 21. c3
Ba3 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Kxe1 O-O 24. Ke2 h6 25. Rg3 Kf7 26. Rh3 Kg6 27. Rg3+ Kf7
28. Rh3 Kg6 29. Rg3+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5 Bh4+ 14. Bf2 Nxe5
15. O-O-O Bxf2 16. Qxf2 Be6 17. Qd4 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 O-O-O 19. Bf1 Nc6 20. Qf2 Qc5
21. Qg3 Qe5 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Qg3 Kb8 24. Be2 Ne5 25. Nd5 Rc8 26. c3 f6 27. Rd4
Rhe8 28. Rhd1 Rcd8 29. Bd3 Nc6 30. Rc4 Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rfd1 a5 11. a3 Be7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd7
15. Bf4 Re8 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Rd3 c5 18. d5 Bf6 19. Rad1 exd5 20. Rxd5 Nf8 21.
R1d2 Ne6 22. Rd6 Qc7 23. Bg3 Nd4 24. Qd1 Qe7 25. h3 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nxd4
cxd4 28. a4 h5 29. b3 h4 30. Bf4 g5 31. Re2 Qc5 32. Bd2 Qf5 33. Re1 b6 34. Qf3
Qxf3 35. gxf3 Kg7 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Re4 Kf5 38. Ke2 d3+ 39. Kd1 Bd4 40. Rg4 f6
41. f4 gxf4 42. Rxf4+ Ke5 43. f3 Bf2 44. Rg4 Kf5 45. Rf4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. d5 Bb7 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nc3 cxd5 7. Nxd5 e6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Bc3 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 d5
15. Bb5 Na7 16. a4 Bd6 17. Ba6 Nc6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. b3 Qa6 20. Qd2 Rac8 21.
Ng5 Rce8 22. Bb2 h6 23. Nf3 Bb4 24. c3 Be7 25. c4 dxc4 26. Rc1 b5 27. axb5 Qxb5
28. Rxc4 Nb4 29. Ne5 Nd5 30. Qc2 Bd6 31. Nc6 Nb6 32. Rd4 Bxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Qxf1
34. Qc3 Rf6 35. Ne5 Qxf2 36. Rf4 Qe2 37. Qd4 Nd5 38. Rf3 Rc8 39. Rg3 f4 0-1