The 7th round of the FIDE World Candidates Tournament 2016 was held today at the DI Telegraph in Moscow, Russia. Hikaru Nakamura and Veselin Topalov opened with the Slav defence. White expanded on the queenside while black pushed in...
Aronian & Karjakin maintain Candidates lead at the half
SCR RTNG Aro Kar Ana Car Gir Nak Svi Top 1 Aronian 4.5 2786 M ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 2 Karjakin 4.5 2760 ½ O 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 3 Anand 4 2762 ½...
Nakamura scores 1st win at Candidates vs Topalov
Nakamura 1-0 Topalov 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Rb1 Nbd7 9. c5 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. g3 e5 12. Bg2 e4...
Nerves? Hallucination? Costly Mistake!
America’s #2 Chess Player Just Messed Up Big-Time Posted March 18, 2016 | 11:48 AM At the chess Candidates Tournament in Moscow on Thursday, four-time U.S. champion Hikaru Nakamura was in trouble. His opponent, Levon Aronian – Armenia’s top...
Aronian & Karjakin leading the pack
Sergey Karjakin and Levon Aronian lead race to challenge Magnus Carlsen Leonard Barden Friday 18 March 2016 16.38 EDT Russia’s Sergey Karjakin, aged 26, and Armenia’s Levon Aronian, 33, are joint leaders with 4/6 as the 14-round world championship...
Aronian beats Nakamura, leads Candidates Tournament with Karjakin
Round 1 (March 11, 2016) Anand – Topalov 1-0 Giri – Aronian ½-½ Karjakin- Svidler ½-½ Nakamura – Caruana ½-½ Round 2 (March 12, 2016) Aronian – Anand ½-½ Caruana – Giri ½-½ Karjakin – Nakamura 1-0 Svidler – Topalov...
Anand knocked out Svidler in 24 moves
Anand – Svidler (1-0) 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 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. c3 Na5 12. Bc2...
Peaceful day at Candidates Tournament
Anand – Nakamura (1/2) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4 Bb6 11. axb5 Bg4 12. Nf3...
Karjakin beat Anand, leads Candidates Tournament after 4 rounds
Round 4 results Karjakin, Sergey – Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 Svidler, Peter – Aronian, Levon ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano – Topalov, Veselin ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru – Giri, Anish ½-½ Karjakin vs Anand (1-0) 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4...
Candidates Tournament round 4 pairings
Standings after 3 rounds 2016 FIDE Candidates 2016 Moscow (Russia), March 10-30 Cat. XXII (2778) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Karjakin, Sergey gm RUS 2760 M * . . . . ½ . . ....