Norway Chess 2014 | Round 3

Event "Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2014.06.2"]
[SourceDate "2014.06.05"]
A18 Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Variation, English

1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e63 e4 d5 4 e5 d4 5 exf6 dxc3 6 bxc3 Qxf6 7 d4 e5 8 Nf3 Nc6 9 Bg5 Qg6 10 d5 Nb8 11 h4 Nd7 12 Bd3 e4 13 h5 Qf5 14 Rh4 exd3 15 Rf4 Nc5 16 Rxf5 Bxf5 17 Nd4 Bd7 18 Kf1 Bd6 19 Nb3 f6 20 Be3 b6 21 Nxc5 bxc5 22 Qxd3 O-O 23 Qd2 Be8 24 h6 g5 25 Qb2 Bd7 26 Qa3 Rfe8 27 Bxc5 Bh2 28 Re1 Bf5 29 Rxe8+ Rxe8 30 Be3 Kf7 31 Ke2 Be5 32 Kd2 Bg4 33 Qxa7 Kg6 34 a4 Kxh6 35 a5 c636 dxc6 Rc8 37 f3 Bf5 38 g4 Be6 39 Qe7 Bxc4 40 Bd4 1-0


[Event "Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "½-½"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2014.06.2"]
[SourceDate "2014.06.05"]
B90 Byrne Variation, Sicilian

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Be3 e6 7 a4 Nc6 8 f4 d5 9 e5 Nd7 10 Qg4 g6 11 O-O-O Bc5 12 Qg3 Qb6 13 Qf2 Nxd4 14 Bxd4 Bxd4 15 Rxd4 Nb8 16 h4 Bd7

17 Rd2 Qa5 18 h5 Rf8 19 hxg6 hxg6 20 Rh3 Nc6 21 b3 O-O-O 22 Ne2 f6 23 exf6 Rxf6 24 Rf3 Rdf8 25 Nd4 Qc7 26 Nxc6 Bxc6 27 Rd4 e5 28 fxe5 Qxe5 29 Be2 g5 30 Qe3 Qxe3+ 31 Rxe3 Rf4 32 Rxf4 Rxf4 33 Rg3 d4 34 Bf3 Bxf3 35 gxf3 Kd7 36 Kd2 Kd6 37 Kd3 a5 38 Kc4 Kc6 39 Rxg5 Rxf3 40 Rc5+ Kb6 41 Rb5+ Kc6 42 Rc5+ ½-½