[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8. h4
(8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Bc7 14.
Re1 Rc8 15. Kh1 Qf5 16. Be3 h6 17. h3 a6 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxb6 Bxb6 20. Rxb6 Nd7
21. Rxc6 Nc5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qa5 dxc4 24. Kg1 Qf6 25. Nd4 Nd3 26. Qf5 Qxf5 {
1/2-1/2 (26) Svidler,P (2763)-Ding Liren (2774) Palma de Mallorca ESP 2017})
8... Bb7 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. Bd3 (10. Rh3 h6 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Nf3 O-O-O
14. Kf1 Be7 15. h5 Nc5 16. Ne5 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Rhf8 18. Kg1 Bf6 19. Bf4 Bxe5 20.
Bxe5 f6 21. Bf4 Qf5 22. Bg3 e5 23. Re3 exd4 24. Re7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. cxd4
Re8 27. Rc1 c6 28. Qa4 Ba8 29. c5 Kb7 30. Bd6 Qg4 31. cxb6 {1-0 (31) Budczies,
J-Vogt,L (2500) Bochum 1990}) 10... Qa5 11. Kf1 Nc6 (11... Qxc3 12. Ne2 Qa5 $44
) 12. Rb1 f6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. a4 e5 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Rb5 (16. dxc5 $4 Rxd3 $19)
16... Qa6 17. Rh3 Bxd4 18. Be2 Rd6 $5 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Rb5 Qa6 21. Rb1 Qa5 22.
Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bc1 Nhf6 12. Nbd2 (12. Nc3 a4 13. Qc2 dxc4 14.
e4 h6 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 (18) Ulibin,M (2521)-Palac,M (2586)
Zagreb 2011}) 12... b5 13. c5 b4 14. Qc2 a4 15. Re1 e5 $1 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Bxc5 19. Ng5 g6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. e4 b3 22. axb3 axb3 23. Qe2
Ba6 24. Qf3 Bc4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. e6 dxe4 27. exf7+ Bxf7 28. Nxe4 Bd4 29. Nd6
Bd5 30. Qe2 Nf8 31. Bxd5+ cxd5 32. Qf3 Qa5 33. Re7 1-0

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bg4 8.
Qb3 (8. O-O Bg7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bxd4 13. Rad1 c5
14. b4 b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 Qe8 17. Qa3 Qc6 18. Rxd4 cxd4 19. Qxe7 Rfe8 20.
Qa3 Rxe4 21. Rc1 Qe8 22. Bxc7 d3 23. Nb2 d2 24. Rc2 Rc8 25. Kh2 Re1 26. Qd3
Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Qe5+ 28. Qg3 Qxb2 29. Qf4 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd7 Re2 32. Kg3
d1=Q 33. Rxd1 Rxa2 34. Rd6 g5 35. f4 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 a5 37. Ra6 a4 38. g4 a3 39.
Kg5 Kg7 40. h4 Ra1 41. Kh5 a2 42. g5 h6 43. gxh6+ Kh7 44. Ra7 Kh8 45. Ra8+ Kh7
46. Ra7 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 (46) Volokitin,A (2652)-Stevic,H (2539) Celle 2004}) 8...
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Bg7 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Nc3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Qxc7
Rab8 $5 (14... Nd5 $5 15. exd5 (15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 $13) 15...
Qd3 16. Nd1 Rfe8+ 17. Ne3 Rab8 18. b3 Rb4 19. Qxc6 Rxe3+ 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kd1
Rd4+ 22. Kc2 Rd2+ 23. Kb1 Qd4 24. Qc2 Rxc2 25. Kxc2 Qxd5 $13) 15. O-O Rxb2 16.
Qxe7 Qxc3 17. Kg2 Rc2 18. Rad1 Rxa2 19. Rc1 Rc2 20. Rxc2 Qxc2 21. Ra1 Qc4 22.
Qb7 Qb5 23. Qxa6 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Qf6 25. Kg2 Rb8 26. Ra5 Rb3 27. Qc8+ Kg7 28. Qg4
Rb5 29. Rxb5 cxb5 30. Qd7 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Qe5 32. h4 b4 33. Qb7 Qc3 34. e5 b3 35.
Kg2 Qc4 36. Qb6 h6 37. Kg3 Qd5 38. f4 Kh7 39. Qb8 Qc4 40. f3 Qc3 41. Qf8 Qc4
42. Qb8 Kg7 43. Qb6 Qd5 44. Qb8 Qd1 45. Qb7 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qe3 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48.
Kg3 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qe3 50. Qb4 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. fxg5 Qe2+ 53. Kg3 Qxe5+ 54.
Kf2 Qh2+ 55. Ke3 Qg1+ 56. Kf4 Qc1+ 57. Kg4 Qe3 58. Kg3 $2 (58. f4 $1) 58...
Qxg5+ 59. Kf2 Qd5 60. Ke3 Kg6 61. Ke2 Kf6 62. Ke3 Ke6 63. Qb6+ Kd7 64. Qa7+ Kc6
65. Qa6+ Kc5 66. Qa4 Qc4 67. Qa5+ Kc6 68. Qa1 Kb5 69. Qb2 Kb4 70. Kd2 Qf4+ 71.
Ke1 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 Qxc5 (5... Ne4 6. Bb2 Nc3 7.
Qc1 Bg7 8. Nc4 Qxc5 9. Qe3 Qxe3 10. Nxe3 O-O 11. Nd1 Nxd1 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13.
Rxd1 Nc6 14. e3 d6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Kd2 e5 18. Ne2 d5 19. a3 Nc6 20.
f4 f6 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Rhf1 Ne7 23. c3 Nf5 24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Rfd8 26. Bxf5
gxf5 27. Ke3 f4+ 28. Kf2 Be6 29. c4 Bf5 30. g3 Bc2 31. Rxd8 fxg3+ 32. hxg3 Rxd8
33. b4 Rd2 34. Rc1 Bf5 35. Ke1 Ra2 36. Rc3 Kf6 37. c5 Bd7 38. Nc1 Rg2 39. Nb3
e4 40. Na5 Ke5 41. c6 bxc6 42. Nxc6+ Bxc6 43. Rxc6 Rxg3 44. Ra6 Rg7 45. Kf2 Kd4
46. Rd6+ Kc4 47. Rc6+ Kb3 48. Ra6 h5 49. b5 Rb7 50. Ke3 h4 51. Kxe4 Rh7 52. b6
h3 53. b7 Rxb7 54. Rh6 Kxa3 55. Rxh3+ Rb3 56. Rh2 a5 57. Kd4 Kb4 58. Rh8 a4 59.
Rb8+ Ka3 60. Ra8 Rh3 61. Kc4 Rg3 {1/2-1/2 (61) Zlochevskij,A (2440)-Kovalev,A 
(2520) Krumbach 1991}) 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. c4 b6 (8... d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10.
O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Nb1 Ne4 13. Bd4 Qf5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nbd2 Ndf6 16. Nxe4
Qxe4 17. Ne1 Rab8 18. Bf3 Qf5 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nf3 Rc8 21. Qe2 a6 22. Qb2 Rbc7
23. h3 Rc5 24. Rfe1 Qe4 25. Red1 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Rxc5 dxc5 28. Qc3 c4 29.
bxc4 Rxc4 30. Qa1 Rc5 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Qd5 33. Qa3 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qc2 35.
Qxe7 Qxf2 36. a3 Qa2 37. Qc5 Qd5 38. Qd4 h5 39. Kg1 Qf5 40. Kh2 g5 41. Qd6 Ne4
42. Qd4+ Nf6 43. Qd6 Ne4 44. Qd4+ f6 45. Qa7+ Kg6 46. Qe7 Qd5 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48.
Nd4 Nc5 49. Qxb5 Qe5+ 50. Kh1 Kg6 51. Nb3 Nxb3 52. Qxb3 Qa1+ 53. Kh2 h4 54.
Qd3+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Kg7 57. Qe7+ Kg6 58. Qe4+ Kg7 59. a4 Qe1 60.
Qe7+ Kg6 61. Qe8+ Kg7 62. Qd7+ Kg6 63. Qd3+ f5 64. Qd6+ Kh5 65. Qe5 Kg6 66.
Qe6+ Kg7 67. Qd7+ Kf6 68. Qd6+ Kg7 69. Qe5+ Kg6 70. Qe6+ Kg7 71. Qxf5 Qg3+ 72.
Kh1 Qxe3 73. Qd7+ Kh6 74. Qc6+ Kg7 75. Qc7+ Kh6 76. a5 Qd3 77. Kh2 Kg6 78. Qe5
Qa6 79. Qe8+ Kh6 80. Qd8 Qc4 81. Qd6+ Kh5 82. Qd1+ Kh6 83. Qd6+ Kh5 84. a6 Qa4
85. Qf6 Qa5 86. Qf7+ Kh6 87. Qe6+ Kh5 88. Qe2+ Kh6 89. Qf1 Qe5+ 90. Kh1 Qd4 91.
Qf8+ Kh5 92. Qf7+ Kh6 93. Qe6+ Kg7 94. Qe7+ {1-0 (94) Grachev,B (2655)
-Chatalbashev,B (2552) Astana KAZ 2017}) 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 (10... d6 11.
a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nd4 Qb8 15. Re1 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb3
Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rd1 N5f6 20. h3 Bd5 21. Qa4 Qa8 22. e4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4
24. Bf3 Qf4 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Qxa7 Qf5 27. Bxf6 exf6 28. Bg4 {1-0 (28) Jussupow,
A (2576)-Shytaj,C (2212) Porto Mannu 2009}) 11. Rc1 d6 12. Nb1 (12. Ng5 Nbd7
13. Bf3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. e4 Nc5 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Qa6 19.
Rc2 Bh6 20. Nh3 Nh5 21. g3 Ne6 22. a4 Qa5 23. Nf2 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qe3 Nf6
26. Nd3 Nc5 27. Rec1 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Nd7 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. Kg2 Ne5 31. h4 h5 32.
Nf1 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Nc6 34. Ne3 Nb4 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. f4 Rc5 37. Nd5 Nxd5 38. Rxd5
Rec8 39. Rcd3 Kf6 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Ke3 R8c7 42. R3d4 Rc8 43. Kd3 a5 44. Ke3 Rxd5
45. Rxd5 Rc5 46. f5+ Kf6 47. Kf4 e5+ 48. fxe6 Kxe6 49. Rd2 Re5 50. Rd3 Rc5 {
1/2-1/2 (50) Kovacevic,V (2485)-Dizdarevic,E (2540) Solin 1993}) 12... Nbd7 13.
Nc3 Rac8 14. Rc2 Qb8 15. Qa1 a6 16. Rd2 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Ba8 18. Ng5 Rc5 19. Nh3
b5 20. Nf4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rg5 22. Ncd5 Ne5 $138 {25 minutes - 5 minutes} 23. Be2
Ne4 24. Rd4 Nc5 25. h4 Rf5 26. e4 Rxf4 27. Nxf4 Nxe4 28. Nd5 Nc5 29. Rb4 Qa7
30. Ne3 a5 31. Rb5 Ne6 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Bxe5 Qc5 34. Bxg7 Nxg7 35. Qd4 Qxd4
36. Rxd4 Bc6 37. Rd2 Rb8 38. Rc2 Be8 39. Rc7 Kf8 40. Ra7 a4 41. bxa4 Rb1+ 42.
Kh2 Rb4 43. a5 Rxh4+ 44. Kg1 Ra4 45. Bc4 Bc6 46. Rc7 Be8 47. a6 Nh5 48. Nd5 1-0

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 c6 10. g3 (10. e3 Nd7 11. Rd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14.
e4 Rfd8 15. e5 {1/2-1/2 (15) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Ding Liren (2773) Moscow RUS
2017}) 10... Nd7 11. Bh3 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qc6 Rb8 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rfc1 Ba6
16. Bf1 Bc4 17. Qa4 a5 18. b3 b5 19. Qxa5 Bxb3 20. Rc7 Bc4 21. Qa7 Ra8 22. Qb7
Rab8 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qb7 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Re1 d5 (12... Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Nf1
h6 15. Nf3 Re8 16. N3h2 d5 17. Qf3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nc4 19. Ng3 Nd6 20. Be3 Qc7
21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Kh8 23. a4 Bf8 24. h4 Bc8 25. Qh5 Rb8 26. axb5 axb5 27.
Qf3 Be6 28. Nf5 Qc6 29. Red1 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Qg3 Nc4 32. Bc1 Qc7 33. h5
b4 34. cxb4 cxb4 35. Bb3 Ra1 36. Kh2 Bxf5 37. exf5 Na5 38. Bc2 Qxc2 39. Rd8
Qxf5 40. Rxf8+ Kh7 41. Bd2 Rd1 42. Bxb4 Rd4 43. Be1 Qxh5+ 44. Kg1 Rd1 45. f3
Nc4 46. Qf2 Nxb2 47. g4 Qg6 48. Qxb2 Rxe1+ 49. Kf2 Rb1 50. Qxe5 Qb6+ 51. Kg3
Qg1+ 52. Kh3 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Rg1+ 54. Kf4 g5+ {0-1 (54) Yudasin,L (2645)-Ivanchuk,
V (2695) Riga 1991}) 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ndf3 Qd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 h6 17. Ne4
Rfe8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Rc1 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf6 21. Rg4 Kh8 22. Rc5 $1 {13'} Rad8 $2
23. Qc1 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Re4 25. Rxc7 Qxd4 26. Be3 Rxg4 27. hxg4 Qe4 28. f3 Qb4
29. Rxb7 Bxb2 30. Qf1 f6 31. Qf2 Be5 32. f4 Bd6 33. g5 Qe4 34. Qf3 Qb1+ 35. Qf1
Qe4 36. Qf3 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Bb4 38. Qe2 Qe4 39. Qf3 Qb1 40. Kg3 fxg5 41. Kh2 $5
Qf5 42. Rf7 Qg6 43. fxg5 Bd6+ 44. Kh3 1-0

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Ne5
Qxd4 9. Bxa8 Qxe5 10. Bf3 Nd5 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qb3 (12. Qa4 c5 13. Re1 b5 14.
Qe4 Nc6 15. Nc3 Rd8 16. Rd1 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd4 18. Bxd5 b4 19. Bb3 bxc3 20. bxc3
Nxe2+ 21. Kg2 Bb7+ 22. f3 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Nxc3 24. Bd2 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Bd5 26. Rb1
g5 27. Kf2 Bxa2 28. Ra1 Bd5 29. Bc3 f6 30. Rxa7 Kf7 31. Ke3 e5 32. h4 gxh4 33.
gxh4 h5 34. f4 exf4+ 35. Kxf4 Ke6 36. Ra6+ Bd6+ 37. Rxd6+ Kxd6 {1/2-1/2 (37)
Aronian,L (2799)-Hou Yifan (2652) Tbilisi GEO 2017}) 12... Nc6 13. Qa4 Bb7 14.
Nc3 Nd4 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Rad1 c5 18. Be3 Nf3+ 19. exf3 d4 20. f4
dxc3 21. bxc3 Bf3 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Qb3 Qf5 24. c4 Be4 25. Rd2 Qh5 26. f3 Bxf3
27. f5 Bc6 28. Qd1 Qh3 29. Rff2 h6 30. Qf1 Qg4 31. Rf4 Qg5 32. Rd3 Qf6 33. Bd2
Ba8 34. h4 Qc6 35. Kh2 Bd6 36. Rf2 Be5 37. Bc3 Bxc3 38. Rxc3 Re8 39. f6 g6 40.
Rcc2 Re4 41. Rfe2 Qe6 42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43. Rf2 Bf5 44. Qc1 Kh7 45. Qc3 h5 46. a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Nf3 Rh8 18. Bg5 (18. Nd4 a6 19. Bg5 c5
20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. c4 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. a4 b6 24. f4 Ke8 25. Kf2 Nc6 26. c3
g6 27. g4 hxg4 28. h4 Rh7 29. Kg3 Na5 30. Kxg4 Nxc4 31. Bf6 Rd7 32. Kg5 Kf7 33.
Kh6 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. h5 gxh5 36. Rg1 Nb6 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rg1 Nd5 39. f5
Nxf6 40. exf6 exf5 41. Kg6 Rd3 42. Rg5 h4 43. Rh5 Rg3+ 44. Kxf5 h3 45. Rh8+ Kf7
46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Rxc7 h2 48. Rc8+ Kh7 49. Rc7+ Kh8 50. f7 Kg7 {0-1 (50) Yu
Yangyi (2724)-Malakhov,V (2706) China CHN 2015}) 18... c5 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. Nf1
Nf5 21. g3 Ne7 22. Kg2 Nd5 23. c4 Nb6 24. Ne3 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. g4 hxg4
27. hxg4 Bb5 28. Kg3 Re8 29. f4 b6 30. f5 Ba4 31. Rc1 Kg8 32. c4 Bc6 33. Rcd1
Ba4 34. Rc1 Bc6 35. Bh4 Ba4 36. Rc3 Bc6 37. Rce3 Rh6 38. Bg5 Rh7 39. R3e2 Ba4
40. Re3 Rh8 41. Bh4 Rh6 42. e6 fxe6 43. g5 Rh8 44. Rxe6 Rf8 45. R6e5 Bc2 46. f6
gxf6 47. gxf6 Rh7 48. Rg5+ Kh8 49. Re7 Rg8 50. Rxh7+ Kxh7 51. Rxg8 Kxg8 52. Kf2
Bb3 53. Bg3 Bxc4 54. Bxc7 Bd5 55. Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. h3 Rg8 $5 (
7... Bd6 8. d4 Nd7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nb6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. a4
Re8 14. Re1 a5 15. b3 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 f5 17. Bf4 fxe4 18. c4 Nd7 19. Bxc7 Nf6 20.
Rad1 Bd7 21. Kh2 h6 22. Rd2 Ra7 23. Bf4 b6 24. Rc1 Rb7 25. Be3 Re5 26. Bf4 Re8
27. Be3 Re5 28. Ne2 Re7 29. c5 bxc5 30. Bxc5 Re8 31. Nd4 Re5 32. Rb2 Be8 33.
Ne2 Nd7 34. Bd4 Re6 35. Rc3 Bf7 36. Rg3 Rg6 37. Rxg6 Bxg6 38. Bc3 Nc5 39. Nd4
Bf7 40. Bxa5 Nxa4 41. Re2 c5 42. Nf5 Bxb3 43. Rxe4 Rf7 44. g4 Bc2 45. Rc4 Bb3
46. Re4 Bc2 47. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 (47) Romanov,E (2642)-Postny,E (2630) Fagernes
NOR 2014}) (7... h6 8. c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. d4 Nd7 11. Re1 c5 12. Nc4 cxd4
13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Re2 exd4 15. a3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Rb1 d3 18. Qxd3 Rd8 19.
Qc2 Bd6 20. e5 Bc5 21. b4 Bd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bb2 Rh4 24. e6 Bxe6 25. Re3 Re8
26. Rbe1 Rh5 27. f4 Qf8 28. Qxc7 Rc8 29. Qxb6 Rc2 30. Be5 Bd5 31. Rg3 f6 32.
Qd4 Bxg2 33. Bxf6 Rxh3 34. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qc8 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Bxg7+ Kh7
38. f5 Rxa3 39. Bd4 {1-0 (39) Smirin,I (2671)-Hracek,Z (2579) Czechia 2004}) (
7... Nd7 8. Nbd2 f6 9. Nc4 Nf8 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qf7 12. b3 Bd7 13. Be3
O-O-O 14. Qf3 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. Rfd1 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 gxf6 20. Qxf6 Ng6 21. Qg7 Qe6 22. Qd4 b6 23. f4 Qe7 24. Qc4 Nxf4 25. Qxc6
Kb8 26. Rd7 Qe5 27. Rf7 Rg8 28. c3 Nxg2 {0-1 (28) Soto Paez,O (2396)-Mitkov,N 
(2556) Dresden 2008}) 8. Kh1 Nh5 9. c3 g5 $5 10. Nxe5 g4 11. d4 Bd6 12. g3 Bxe5
13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd4 Qe7 $5 (14... Qxd4 15. cxd4 gxh3 16. Kh2 Be6 17. Nc3
O-O-O) 15. h4 c5 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qb5+ $1 c6 18. Qa4 $6 (18. Qd3 $5 Bd7 (18...
Rd8 19. Qc2 $13) 19. Be3 O-O-O 20. Nd2 Be6 21. Qc2 $13) 18... f5 $5 19. Bg5 (
19. exf5 $2 Nxg3+ 20. fxg3 Bd5+ 21. Kg1 Qe2 $19) 19... Rxg5 $1 20. hxg5 f4 $1
21. Qd1 Rd8 22. Qc1 fxg3 23. Na3 Rd3 24. Rd1 Bd5 $3 (24... Bd5 25. exd5 Qe4+
26. Kg1 gxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rg3 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qh2+ 30. Ke1 Rg1#) 25. f3 gxf3
26. exd5 Qe2 27. Re1 g2+ (27... g2+ 28. Kh2 g1=Q+ 29. Kxg1 f2+ 30. Kh1 Rh3+ 31.
Kg2 f1=Q#) 0-1

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfd8 (18... Rfe8 19. a4 Kf8 20. h4
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 f6 22. Qxf5 Bxf5 23. c4 Nb4 24. axb5 axb5 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Rc1
Nd3 27. Rc6 Be5 28. Be3 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Bd7 30. Rc2 Ne1 31. Rc5 Nd3 32. Rc2 Ne1
33. Rc5 Nd3 {1/2-1/2 (33) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA
2017}) 19. a4 h6 20. h4 (20. Kg2 Bf8 21. Re5 Qxf3+ 22. Kxf3 b4 23. Rd1 bxc3 24.
bxc3 Rab8 25. Ree1 Rxb3 26. Nxb3 Bc2 27. Na5 Bxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nxc3 29. Nxc6 Rd6
30. Rc1 Nxa4 31. Ke4 Re6+ 32. Kd5 Ba3 33. Rc4 Nb2 34. Rc3 Bf8 35. f4 Nd1 36.
Rb3 Rd6+ 37. Kc5 Nf2 38. Rb8 Ne4+ 39. Kb6 Nf6 40. Kb7 Re6 41. Rd8 Ne8 42. Be5
f6 43. f5 Rxe5 44. Nxe5 Nd6+ 45. Rxd6 Bxd6 46. Nc4 Bc5 47. Kxa6 g6 48. g4 h5 {
1/2-1/2 (48) Alekseenko,K (2609)-Matlakov,M (2709) Moscow RUS 2018}) 20... Rac8
21. axb5 axb5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 24. Ra5 b4 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Ra5 bxc3
27. Bxc3 Rb8 28. Nf1 Bb4 29. Raa1 Bc5 30. Ne3 Rd3 31. Red1 Rbd8 32. Rxd3 Rxd3
33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Bb3 35. Ne3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Kf8 37. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. a3 (
8. Nxb6 axb6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bb5 Be6 12. Ba4 Nc6 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Nh4
Ng6 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. d4 Qe7 17. Bb3 Kh7 18. f3 Nh5 19. Be3 Nf4 20. Bxe6 Qxe6
21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Qd4 Qg5 24. Kh2 Ra5 25. Re2 h5 26. Qf2 h4 27.
Rd2 Qf6 28. a3 Rg5 29. Rf1 Rg3 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. Qd5 Qf8 32. e5 Rg5 33. Re2 Rff5
34. Re4 Rh5 35. Qc4 Qe7 36. exd6 Qxd6+ 37. Kg1 b5 38. Qb4 Qb6+ 39. Qd4 c5 40.
Qf2 Qf6 41. Rd1 Rf4 42. Re8 Re5 43. Rb8 Qe7 44. Rdd8 g5 45. Re8 Qd6 46. Rxe5
Qxe5 47. Rxb7 c4 48. Qc2+ Kg8 49. Qd2 Rf6 50. Rd7 Re6 51. Rd4 Qg3 52. Re4 Rg6
53. Re8+ Kh7 54. Qd5 Rd6 55. Qf5+ Rg6 56. Re6 {1-0 (56) Safarli,E (2628)
-Abdumalik,Z (2332) Doha QAT 2014}) 8... Ne7 (8... O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Bxc4
11. dxc4 Nd4 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. g3 Qf6 14. Nxb6 Nxb6 15. c3 Ne6 16. b3 a5 17. a4
Nc5 18. Be3 Nbd7 19. b4 Nxe4 20. Qg4 Nxc3 21. Qxd7 axb4 22. Qxc7 b3 23. Qb6 Qe6
24. Qxb3 Ne4 25. Qxb7 Nf6 26. Kh2 Qxc4 27. a5 d5 28. Rec1 Qe2 29. Qc6 d4 30.
Qc2 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 dxe3 32. fxe3 Ra6 33. Nf5 Rfa8 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nc6 Ne4 36.
Nxe5 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Rxa5 38. Rc8+ Ke7 39. Nc6+ Kd7 40. Nxa5 Kxc8 41. Kg2 Kd7 42.
Nb3 Ke6 43. Nd4+ Ke5 44. Nf3+ Kd5 45. Nd4 Nd6 46. Kf3 g6 47. g4 Ne4 48. h4 Nd2+
49. Kf4 Ne4 50. Nb5 Nc5 51. Nc3+ Kc4 52. Ne2 Ne6+ 53. Ke4 Nc5+ 54. Kf3 Nd7 55.
h5 gxh5 56. Ke4 {1-0 (56) Artemiev,V (2691)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huai'an CHN
2017}) (8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Qd7 12. c3 Qf7 13. Nxb6 axb6
14. a4 Nh5 15. Kh2 b5 16. Be3 bxa4 17. Rxa4 b5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qb3 d5 20. Re1
Nf6 21. Bd2 dxe4 22. dxe4 Ne8 23. Be3 Nd6 24. Nd2 Ra4 25. Kg1 Qe8 26. Bc5 Nb7
27. Be3 Nd6 28. Bc5 Nb7 29. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (29) Riazantsev,A (2659)-Matlakov,M 
(2714) Sochi RUS 2017}) 9. b4 (9. Nxb6 axb6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 g5 12. Qf3 Kg7
13. Nf5+ Bxf5 14. exf5 Qd7 15. g4 Qc6 16. Qg3 Ned5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qf3 f6 19.
Be3 Ne7 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. d4 exd4 22. Bxd4 c5 23. Bc3 b5 24. f4 Nc6 25. Rae1 b4
26. axb4 cxb4 27. Bd2 Ra2 28. Bc1 Nd4 29. Rf2 Kf7 30. Rd1 c5 31. Kg2 Re8 32. c3
bxc3 33. bxc3 Ne2 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Rd2 Nf4+ 36. Kh2 Ra1 37. Rd1 Rh8 38. Rf3 c4
39. Rh1 Ra2+ 40. Kg1 Ne2+ {0-1 (40) Neiksans,A (2503)-Ivanchuk,V (2764) Warsaw
2010}) 9... Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 c6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Re1 Be6 15.
Bc2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. d4 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 exd4 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.
Nxd4 b5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 Ngf4 25. Qd1 Qe4 26. Qf1 Ne6 27. f3
Qg6 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Qd3 b5 30. c4 bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 O-O 11. g5 Nh5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f6 15.
gxf6 Bxf6 16. Kb1 Nf4 (16... Nb6 17. Qa5 Nc4 18. Qxd8 Bxd8 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20.
Nd2 c3 21. bxc3 Rc8 22. c4 Ba5 23. Ne4 Rxf3 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxc4 26. Nxd6
Rb4+ 27. Ka1 Nf6 28. c4 Kf8 29. Rc1 Nd7 30. Ne4 Rf4 31. Re2 Nb6 32. Ng5 Rfxc4
33. Rf1+ Kg8 34. Rxe5 Rc8 35. Ne6 g6 36. Ng5 Rd4 37. d6 Rxd6 38. Re7 Nd5 39.
Rb7 {1/2-1/2 (39) Vallejo Pons,F (2674)-Efimenko,Z (2637) Khanty Mansiysk 2005}
) 17. Rg1 (17. Na5 Nb6 18. c4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qd7 21. Rc1 Qh3 22.
Bb3 Qxf3 23. Rcf1 Qh3 24. Rhg1 Kh8 25. Bd1 Rab8 26. Rf3 Qd7 27. Bb3 Nh5 28. Rf2
Be7 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Bc4 Nf4 31. Bxa6 Qa4 32. Bd3 Nxd5 33. Qg2 Nc3+ 34. bxc3
g6 35. Qb7 Bf6 36. Bh6 Ra8 37. Qf7 Qh4 38. Rf1 Rb8+ 39. Ka1 {1-0 (39) Worek,J 
(2272)-Borovikov,V (2553) Paleochora GRE 2017}) 17... Kh8 18. Bd3 Bg5 19. Na5
Bh6 20. Nc6 Qh4 21. Qb4 Rf6 22. a4 Qxh2 23. Be4 Qe2 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Qa5 Nc5
26. Qc7 Bh6 27. Nd8 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Rf8 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7 Rc8 31. Rc1 Qxe4
32. Rgf1 Bf4 33. Rg1 Bh6 34. Rgf1 Rg8 $5 35. Rcd1 bxa4 36. Qe7 Qg6 37. Rf8 Bg5
38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Qd7 h5 40. Rg1 e4 41. Qxa4 e3 42. Qxa6 Qf5 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44.
Qe8 Bf4 45. Qe6 g6 46. Rf1 Kg7 47. Qxf5 gxf5 48. c4 Bg3 49. Rg1 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. e3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Bd2
d4 15. Rad1 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 (16. Qxd2 Rad8 17. Qc1 d3 18. Rxd3 Rxd3 19. Bxd3 Bxf3
20. gxf3 Ne5 21. Be4 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Qd1 Qf5 24. b4 h6 25. Re1 a5 26.
e4 Qg6+ 27. Kf1 axb4 28. axb4 Rxe4 29. Qb1 Qa6+ 30. Kg2 Rg4+ 31. Kh3 Rg6 32.
Qf5 Qc6 33. Re4 Rg5 34. Qf3 Qd7+ 35. Kh4 Rg1 36. Qe3 Qf5 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Qe4
g5+ {0-1 (38) Bareev,E (2683)-Ivanchuk,V (2741) Havana 2006}) 16... dxe3 17.
Rd6 Re6 18. fxe3 Rxd6 19. cxd6 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxd6 21. Qb3 Qe7 22. Bd5 Nd8 23.
Rc1 Qd7 24. Qc4 Ne6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. exd4 Rf8 28. Rc7 Rf7 29.
Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. Rc8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 Qb4 14.
Rb1 (14. Rh3 a6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Qd2 (17. Rc3 Ke7 18. f4 Nc6 19.
Nxc6+ bxc6 20. Qc1 Rb8 21. Rxb8 Qxb8 22. Rxc6 Rd8 23. Rc7+ Ke8 24. e5 fxe5 25.
Qc5 Bd7 26. Qxe5 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 {1/2-1/2 (27) Grochal,J (2254)-Gascon Del
Nogal,J (2496) Cappelle la Grande FRA 2018}) 17... Bd7 18. Rxb7 Bb5 19. Rc3 Rd8
20. Nf3 Qxd2 21. Bxb5+ axb5 22. Nxd2 O-O 23. Nf3 Nxf3 24. Rxf3 Rb8 25. Rg3+ Kh8
26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Rb3 Ra8 28. Rxb5 Rxa2 29. Rb4 Kg7 30. g3 Ra5 31. Kg2 f5 32.
exf5 Rxf5 33. g4 Ra5 34. Kg3 h6 35. Rc4 Rb5 36. Rd4 Ra5 37. Rc4 Rb5 38. Rd4 Ra5
{1/2-1/2 (38) So,W (2808)-Aronian,L (2780) Wijk aan Zee NED 2017}) 14... Qd6
15. Rh3 a6 16. Be2 (16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Rxb7 Rd8 18. Kg1 Bc6 19. Rb6 Qc5 20. Qb3
Bb5 21. Rxb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Qc1+ 23. Kh2 Qf4+ 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25. Rxg3 Ke7 26. a4
Rd2 27. f3 Rc8 28. Kh3 Ra2 29. Rg7 Rxa4 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Nd6+ Kf8 32. Nxc8
Ra6 33. Kg4 Ke8 34. Kh5 e5 35. g4 Kd7 36. Kh6 Kxc8 37. Kxh7 Ra3 38. h5 Rxf3 39.
Kg7 Rf4 40. h6 Rxg4+ 41. Kxf6 Rxe4 42. Kg5 Re1 {0-1 (42) Utkin,A (2389)-Ivanov,
A (2312) St Petersburg 2005}) (16. Rd3 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qh2 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxc8+
Rhxc8 20. Rxd7+ Ke8 21. Rbxb7 Qh1+ 22. Ke2 Rxa2+ 23. Rd2 Qxg2 24. Ke3 Rc3+ 25.
Kd4 Rxd2+ 26. Qxd2 Rc4+ 27. Kxc4 Qxe4+ 28. Qd4 Qxb7 29. Qxf6 Qd5+ 30. Kc3 h5
31. Kb2 Qd1 32. Qf4 Qg4 33. Qf6 Qg6 34. Qd4 Kf8 35. Kc1 Qg4 36. Qf6 Qg6 37.
Qd8+ Kg7 38. Kd1 Qf6 {0-1 (38) Timmermans,I (2200)-Jonkman,H (2424) Hoogeveen
2000}) 16... Nc5 17. Rc3 Nxe4 18. Rd3 O-O 19. Qc1 Qe5 20. Bf3 f5 21. Qh6 Qf6
22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxb7 Bxb7 24. Rxb7 Rac8 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Rgb3 Ne4 27. Rb2
Rfd8 28. Nb3 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Nc3+ 30. Ke3 Kg7 31. g3 Kf6 32. Ra7 Rc6 33. Kf3 Nb5
34. Ra8 e5 35. Kg2 e4 36. a4 Na3 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 e3 39. Nf3 Rc2 40. Rxa6+
Kg7 41. Nd4 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Nc2 43. Nxc2 Rxc2 44. Kf1 Rf2+ 45. Ke1 Rg2 46. Rb6
Rxg3 47. Rb4 Rg2 48. Rf4 Kg6 49. Rf3 Rg4 50. Rxe3 Rxa4 51. Kf2 Rxh4 52. Re8 Rg4
53. Kf3 Kg7 54. Re5 Kf6 55. Re8 h5 56. Rh8 Kg6 57. Kf2 Rg5 58. Kf3 Kg7 59. Ra8
h4 60. Kf2 h3 61. Ra3 Rh5 62. Kg1 Kg6 63. Kh2 f4 64. Ra7 f3 65. Ra1 f2 66. Rf1
Rf5 67. Kxh3 Kg5 68. Kg3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O (10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. a4 a6 14. Qb1 g4
15. Nh4 cxd4 16. axb5 d3 17. Bxg4 a5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qd5 20. Ra4 Nd7 21.
Qa2 Nb6 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Qxa5 Bc5 24. Qa2 O-O 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Re1 Be7 27. Bf4
Rg8 28. Kh1 Bf8 29. Be3 Nd7 30. Bd4 Qxb5 31. Qf4 Bg7 32. Qxf7 Qd5 33. Nd2 Rf8
34. Qe7 Rf5 35. Re3 Rg5 36. Rg3 Nxe5 37. Rxg5 hxg5 38. Nxc4 Kg6 39. Qe8+ Nf7
40. Qg8 {1-0 (40) Grischuk,A (2780)-Karjakin,S (2753) Khanty Mansiysk 2015})
10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxf7 (12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. Bg4
exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4
22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Re6 Rf6 24. Qe1 Bd5 25. Re7+ Kg8 26. axb5 Qd6 27. Rxa6 Rxa6
28. bxa6 Qxa6 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qe8+
Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kh7 35. Qxd4 Qe6 36. h3 Qe4 37. Qa7+ Kh8 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qc7+ Kh8
40. Qd8+ {1/2-1/2 (40) Hoffmann,M (2508)-Sandipan,C (2622) Caleta 2010}) 12...
Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. a4 $5 (16. Bg4 h5 (16... Raf8 17.
Qc2 Qxd4 18. Qg6 Qxg4 19. Qxg7+ Kd8 20. Nxb7+ Kc8 21. a4 b4 22. Rac1 c3 23.
bxc3 b3 24. c4 Rfg8 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Qf7 Rf8 27. cxd5 Rxf7 28. Rxc6+ Kb8 29.
Nxf7 Re8 30. Nd6 Rh8 31. Rc4 Qe2 32. dxe6 Nb6 33. Rb4 Ka8 34. e7 Nd5 35. Rxb3
Nxe7 36. Rfb1 Nd5 37. h3 h5 38. Nf7 Rc8 39. e6 a6 40. Nxg5 h4 41. Bd6 Rg8 42.
R3b2 Qd3 43. e7 Nf6 44. Be5 Nd7 45. Ne6 {1-0 (45) Topalov,V (2780)-Kramnik,V 
(2795) Wijk aan Zee 2008}) 17. Bxh5 Raf8 18. Qg4 Bh6 19. h4 Rhg8 20. hxg5 Bxg5
21. Ne4 Ne3 22. Qxg5+ Rxg5 23. Bh4 Kd8 24. fxe3 Rh8 25. Bxg5+ Kc7 26. Bg4 c5
27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Rf7+ Kb8 29. Nd6 Rg8 30. Raf1 Rxg5 31. Rf8+ Kc7 32. R1f7+ Nd7
33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Rf7+ Kd8 35. Rf8+ Kd7 36. Rf7+ {1/2-1/2 (36) Shirov,A (2740)
-Karjakin,S (2732) Foros 2008}) 16... Raf8 17. Bf3 a6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. axb5
axb5 20. Kh1 Bc6 21. f4 gxf4 $4 (21... h5 $5 22. f5 h4 23. Be1 b4 24. Bd2 Nxe5)
22. Rxf4 $2 (22. Bh4+ $1 Bf6 23. Qg4 $1 Qxd4 (23... Bxh4 24. Qxh4+ Nf6 25. Rxf4
$18) 24. Bxf6+ Rxf6 25. Qg7+ Kd8 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6+ Nxf6 28. Nf7+ $18)
22... Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Kd8 24. Qg4 $5 (24. Nf7+ Kc7 25. Nxh8 Bxh8 26. Bxh6 $13)
24... Rf8 $1 25. Bd2 Kc7 26. h3 (26. Ba5 $4 Qxa5 27. Ne8+ Kb6 $19) (26. Qxg7
Qxd4 27. Ba5+ Kb8 $17) (26. Ne8+ Rxe8 27. Ba5 Qxa5 28. Rxa5 Kb6 29. Ra1 Bf8 $15
) 26... b4 27. Qxg7 Qxd4 28. Bxb4 Qxb2 29. Ba5+ Kb8 30. Rg1 c3 31. Qe7 c2 32.
Bd2 Qxe5 33. Bxh6 Rg8 34. Nf7 Qc3 35. Qd6+ Kb7 36. Qxe6 d4 37. Nd6+ Kb6 38. Ne4
Nc5 39. Qxg8 Nxe4 40. Kh2 d3 41. Be3+ Kb5 42. Qb8+ Kc4 43. Qc7 Qf6 44. Rf1 Qd6+
45. Qxd6 Nxd6 46. Rf6 Kd5 47. Rxd6+ Kxd6 48. Kg3 Kd5 49. Kf2 Kc4 50. Bd2 Kb3
51. Ke3 Bxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxe2+
8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhe1 (11. Rhg1 a6 12. g4 Re8 13. h4
Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. h5 Bb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Nh3 c6 19. Nf4 d5 20.
Nd3 Bd6 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rde1 Re6 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. Re3 Bd6 25. Rf3 f6 26. a3
h6 27. Kc1 Bc5 28. Kd1 Re4 29. Rg2 R4e6 30. Rd3 Kf7 31. Rf3 {1/2-1/2 (31)
Artemiev,V (2697)-Khalifman,A (2614) Moscow RUS 2018}) 11... Bf6 (11... Bd7 12.
h3 Rad8 13. Nd4 Bf6 14. Bf3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 b6 17. Re7 Rfe8 {
1/2-1/2 (17) Blatny,F (2325)-Jankovec,I (2355) Rzeszow 1984}) 12. Nd2 Re8 13.
Bf3 Ne5 14. Bf4 Kf8 15. Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. h3 g5 18. Bh2 Kg7 19. c4 g4 20.
Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 gxh3 23. c5 f5 24. Rb4 hxg2 25. Rxb7+ Kh8 26.
cxd6 Nf3 27. Ba4 Nxh2 28. Bxc6 Rad8 29. d7 Re2 30. Bxg2 Rxf2 31. Bc6 Ng4 32.
Rxa7 Ne3 33. Rg1 h6 34. Rc7 Kg7 35. a4 Kf7 36. Bb5 Ke7 37. a5 Rf4 38. c3 Kd6 $6
39. Rb7 $6 (39. Rc6+ $1 Ke7 40. a6 Rxd7 41. Rc8 $18) 39... Rg4 40. Re1 f4 41.
a6 h5 42. a7 Ra8 43. b4 h4 44. c4 h3 45. c5+ Ke5 46. Rb8 $6 Rxa7 47. Rg8 Bf6
48. d8=Q Bxd8 49. Rxg4 Bf6 50. Rg6 Rb7 51. Be2 Rxb4+ 52. Ka2 Nc2 53. Rc1 Nd4
54. Bd3 Ra4+ 55. Kb1 Nb3 56. Re1+ Kd5 57. Kc2 Nd4+ 58. Kb1 Nf3 59. Rd1 Ra1+ 60.
Kc2 Rxd1 61. Ba6 (61. Kxd1 h2 62. Rh6 Bh4 $19 {[%cal Yh2h1]}) 61... Rd2+ 62.
Kc1 Bb2+ 63. Kb1 Kxc5 64. Bb7 Ne5 65. Rf6 f3 66. Rf5 f2 0-1

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bc1 $5 (13. Bxf6 Nxf6
14. Rfd1 (14. a5 Qe7 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 17. e4 Bb4 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nf5
Qd7 20. Ne3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rcb1
cxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 27. Rb4 Rc4 28. Rab1 Rcxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxb5 Rd7 31. Kf3
g5 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 f6 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. g4 Ke7 36. Ke4 Kf6 37. Rb3 Ke7 38.
f3 Kf6 39. Rb6 Ke7 40. Rb5 Kf6 41. Rb3 Ke7 42. Rd3 Rc7 43. Kd4 Kf6 44. Rb3 Rf7
45. Rb5 Rc7 46. Rb4 Ke7 47. Rc4 Rd7+ 48. Kc5 Rd6 49. Rb4 Rc6+ 50. Kb5 Rd6 51.
Rb3 Kf6 52. Kc5 Rc6+ 53. Kd4 Rd6+ 54. Ke4 Rd7 55. Rb6 Rd5 56. Rxb7 Rxa5 57. Rh7
Ra4+ 58. Ke3 Ra3+ 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60. Kg3 Ra3 61. Rxh6+ Kf7 62. Rh7+ Kf6 63. Rd7
Ra2 64. Rd3 Rb2 65. Re3 Rb4 66. Re2 Ra4 67. Kf2 Ra3 68. Rd2 Ra4 69. Ke3 Ra3+
70. Ke4 Ra4+ 71. Rd4 Ra1 72. Ke3 Ra3+ 73. Rd3 Ra4 74. Rb3 Ra1 75. Rb7 Ra3+ 76.
Kf2 Ra2+ 77. Kg3 Ra3 78. Rb8 Kf7 79. Rb1 Kf6 80. Re1 Ra4 81. Kf2 Ra2+ 82. Kg3
Ra4 83. Rh1 Ra7 84. Kf2 Ke5 85. h6 Ra2+ 86. Kg3 Ra8 87. h7 Rh8 88. Rh6 Kd6 89.
Kf2 {1-0 (89) Adams,M (2738)-Anand,V (2797) Baden-Baden 2015}) 14... Bd5 15.
Qd3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 c6 17. e4 Bb4 18. Na2 Be7 19. Qb3 Qb8 20. a5 Qa7 21. Nc3 Rad8
22. e5 Ne8 23. Ne2 Nc7 24. h4 Nb5 25. Qc4 Rd7 26. Rd3 Rfd8 27. Rad1 Nc7 28. h5
Nd5 29. Rb3 c5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rb6 Qb8 32. Qb3 cxd4 33. Nf4 Rxe5 34. Rxb7 Qd6
35. Rb6 Qc7 36. Rb7 Qd6 37. Rb6 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (37) Wang,H (2747)-Dominguez
Perez,L (2757) Elancourt 2013}) 13... a5 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Ba3
17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Qc2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 c6 21. Nc3 Nb6 22. e3 e5 23.
dxe5 Qxe5 24. Rfd1 g6 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Nbxd7 27. Rd1 h5 28. Rd4 Nc5 29. h4
Kg7 30. Kg2 Ne6 31. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 c6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 c5 (10... Nbd7 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Be3 Rfc8 13. Ne5 a5 14.
Rfd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Nd3 c5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nbxc5 Qd5 19. Qb3 Nxc5 20.
dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Be3 Qb7 24. a4 b4 25. f3 h6 26. Bd4
Nd5 27. Qd3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rc4 Ne7 30. Qc2 Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Qd7 32. b3 Nc6
33. Bb6 e5 34. g4 g6 35. Kf2 Qd6 36. h4 Qf6 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Qd6 39. Ke1
Qd7 40. Kf2 Qd6 41. Ke1 Qd7 42. Qb5 Qe6 43. Qd3 Kh7 44. Bc7 Kg7 45. Qd6 Qxd6
46. Bxd6 f5 47. gxf6+ Kxf6 48. Bc7 Kf5 49. Kf2 e4 50. Ke3 exf3 51. exf3 g5 52.
Kd3 Ne5+ 53. Ke2 Nc6 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Ke4 Kd7 56. Bb6 Ke6 57. Be3 Kf6 58. Kd5
Ne7+ 59. Kc4 Nf5 60. Bb6 Ke6 61. Kb5 Nh4 62. Kxa5 Kd7 63. Kxb4 Kc6 64. Ka5 Kb7
65. Kb5 Nxf3 66. a5 g4 67. a6+ Ka8 68. b4 Ne5 69. Ka4 Nc6 70. b5 Na7 71. Bf2
Nxb5 72. Kxb5 g3 73. Bxg3 Ka7 74. Bf2+ Ka8 75. Kb6 Kb8 76. Bg3+ Ka8 77. Bh2 {
1/2-1/2 (77) Short,N (2688)-Urkedal,F (2543) Helsingor DEN 2017}) 11. dxc5 Na6
12. Nb3 Be4 13. Qc3 Rc8 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxc5
18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. e3 Be7 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. Rac1 (22. Rdc1 Rfc8 23.
Rxc7 Rxc7) 22... Rfc8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Kg2 g6 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27.
Qxc2 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29. b3 f5 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 Bg7 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 Nh7 (10... h4 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Be3 a6 13. a4 f5 14. f4
fxe4 15. Nd2 Ndf6 16. O-O Ng3 17. a5 Nxf1 18. Kxf1 O-O 19. Kg1 Bf5 20. Nc4 Qe7
21. Ra3 Rad8 22. Rb3 Nh7 23. Rb6 g5 24. Qd2 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Bd4+ 26. Be3 Bxe3+
27. Qxe3 Rf6 28. b4 cxb4 29. Rxb4 Rg6 30. Kh1 Qg7 31. Bf1 Rf8 32. Qe1 Bh3 33.
Ne3 Rxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Qxc3 35. Rxe4 Nf6 36. Re7 Kf8 37. Re4 Kg8 38. Re7 Bd7 39. h3
Rg7 40. Nd1 Qd4 41. Re3 Bb5 42. Qe1 Qxd5 43. Rf3 Bc6 44. Ne3 Qe5 45. Rf1 Rg3 {
0-1 (45) Garriga Cazorla,P (2386)-Lagno,K (2530) Caleta ENG 2017}) 11. Bf4 (11.
Be3 h4 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Bh6 Bd4 15. Ne3 a6 16. Nc2 Be5 17. Bf4 b5
18. O-O Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Ne5 20. Qh6 g5 21. g3 hxg3 22. hxg3 Qf6 23. Qh2 Ng6 24.
Ne3 Bd7 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Rh1 Rh8 27. Qg1 Qe5 28. Qf2 Nf6 29. Raf1 Nh5 30. Rfg1
Nhf4+ 31. gxf4 Bh3+ 32. Rxh3 Nxf4+ 33. Kf1 Nxh3 34. Qg3 Nxg1 35. Qxe5+ dxe5 36.
Kxg1 c4 37. Nf5+ Kf6 38. d6 Ke6 39. a4 Kd7 40. axb5 axb5 41. Nxb5 Ra2 42. Bxc4
Rxb2 43. Nc7 Rhh2 44. Bb5+ Kd8 45. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 (45) Aronian,L (2809)-Li Chao2
(2735) Geneva SUI 2017}) 11... Qe7 12. Qd2 h4 13. Nf1 g5 14. Be3 Ne5 15. g3 Bd7
16. gxh4 gxh4 17. Rg1 f5 18. f4 Ng4 19. e5 dxe5 20. d6 Qe6 21. Nb5 Rc8 22. Nc7+
Rxc7 23. dxc7 exf4 24. Rd1 $6 (24. O-O-O $1 fxe3 (24... Ng5 $2 25. Bxf4 Ne4 26.
Qxd7+ Qxd7 27. Rxd7 Kxd7 28. Rxg4 fxg4 29. Bxg4+ Ke7 30. c8=Q Rxc8 31. Bxc8 $18
) 25. Nxe3 Bh6 (25... Qxe3 26. Qxe3+ Nxe3 27. Rxg7 $18) 26. Bb5 O-O 27. Bxd7
Qxe3 28. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 29. Kb1 Bxg1 30. Be6+ Kg7 31. Rd8 $18) 24... Ng5 $1 (24...
fxe3 $6 25. c8=Q+ Bxc8 26. Qd8+ Kf7 27. Qc7+ Kg6 28. Rd6) 25. c8=Q+ Bxc8 26.
Qd8+ Kf7 27. Qc7+ Kg8 $4 (27... Qe7 $1 28. Bc4+ Kf6 $13) 28. Rd6 Qf7 29. Qd8+
$2 (29. Qxc8+ $1 Kh7 30. Qxc5 fxe3 31. Rxg4 fxg4 32. Bd3+ $18) 29... Qf8 30.
Bxf4 Ne6 31. Bc4 Qxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33. Rxh8+ Bxh8 34. Bd6 Ng5 35. Rg2 Ne4 36.
Bb8 Bd4 37. h3 Ne5 38. Bd5 Nd3+ 39. Ke2 Nc1+ 40. Kd1 Nd3 41. Nd2 Nf6 42. Bf3
Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 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. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 (16. Re3 Nf6 17. Qd3 b5 18. d5 exd5 19. e5 Ne4 20.
Qxb5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. h4 h6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rc1+ 25. Ne1 Nc3 26.
Rd6 Nxa2 27. Rxb6 Nc3 28. Rd6 Rb8 29. Kh2 Nd1 30. Rf3 Nxf2 31. Rxf2 Rxe1 32.
Rd7 Rf8 33. Re7 Re3 34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. gxf3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 (35) So,W (2788)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis USA 2017}) 16... Nf6 (16... Nf8 17. d5
exd5 18. exd5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qf6 20. Ng5 Qd6 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Qf4 Rd8 23. Qe5
Bc8 24. Re3 Qf5 25. Qe7 Rd7 26. Qe8 Bb7 27. Ba4 b5 28. Bxb5 Rxd5 29. Nf6+ gxf6
30. Rg3+ Qg6 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. a4 Rg5 33. Qe7 Bd5 34. Bf1 {1-0 (34)
Kazhgaleyev,M (2630)-Eliet,N (2429) France 2009}) 17. Qf4 (17. Qd3 Qc7 18. e5
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd7 20. Qg3 b5 21. d5 exd5 22. Rxd5 a6 23. f4 Nf8 24. f5 Kh8 25.
Kh2 Re7 26. Re3 Rce8 27. f6 gxf6 28. exf6 Qxg3+ 29. Rxg3 Rc7 30. Rg7 Ne6 31.
Re5 Rc5 32. Re3 Rf8 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Rxe6 Rxf6 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Rxf6 a5 37.
Ra6 b4 38. h4 Kg7 39. Kg3 Rc3+ 40. Kf4 Rc4+ 41. Kg5 Rc5+ 42. Kg4 Rc4+ 43. Kf5
Rxh4 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. g4 Rh6 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. Ra7+
Kg8 50. Rxa5 Rb6 51. Ra8+ {1/2-1/2 (51) Krivoshey,S (2533)-Del Rio de Angelis,
S (2487) Las Palmas 2005}) 17... Nh5 (17... Qc7 18. Qh4 h6 19. Re3 b5 20. Ne5
a5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Red8 23. f3 Ba8 24. Qf2 Rb8 25. Re2 Rb4 26. Rc2 Qb6 27.
Bc6 Rc8 28. d5 exd5 29. exd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2 32. Rxf2 Bxc6 33.
Rc5 Bb7 34. Rxa5 f6 35. Nd3 Ra8 36. Rfa2 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Rd1 38. Nf4 Kf7 39. Rb5
Bc6 40. Rb6 Rd6 41. h4 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Ne2 f5 44. Nd4 Rxd4 45. Rxc6 Kg7
46. Ra6 Rb4 47. Ra5 Kg6 48. Ra6+ Kg7 49. Ra5 Kg6 {1/2-1/2 (49) Epishin,V (2574)
-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2489) Calvia 2005}) 18. Qe5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Nh5 20. Qh2 h6
21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qf6 24. Nd3 Ba6 25. Qe5 Bxd3 26. Qxh5 Bc2
27. Rc1 Bf5 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. d6 g5 30. Qd1 Bd7 31. Qd5 Kg7 32. Qb7 Qa1+ 33.
Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Kg1 Qxd6 35. Qxa7 h5 36. Qb7 h4 37. Qf3 Qe7 38. Qc3+ f6 39. Qc4
Qe8 40. Qb4 b5 41. a3 Qe5 42. Bd1 Bc6 43. Bf3 Be8 44. Kf1 Bf7 45. Be2 Be8 46.
Bf3 f5 47. Kg1 Bf7 48. Qd2 Kg6 49. Qc1 Be6 50. Qc6 Kf6 51. Qe8 Qa1+ 52. Kh2
Qxa3 53. Qd8+ Qe7 54. Qh8+ Qg7 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Qf7 57. Qxb5 Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Nd4 (11. Be3 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 (13.
Qa4 Nd6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Qb4 a5 16. Qf4 Bc6 17. Bd4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxd4 19. Qxd4
Rc8 20. Bd5 Qc7 21. e4 Rfd8 22. e5 e6 23. exd6 Rxd6 24. Qe4 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5
26. Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 (26) Pirc,V-Pilnik,H Mar del Plata 1950}) 13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rac1 (16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. Rc7 Kf8 18. Rac1 Ne8 19. R7c4 Nd6
20. Rc5 Bd7 21. f4 Rac8 22. Kf2 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Rc8 24. b4 f5 25. Bd5 Kg7 26. Nf3
e6 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Bb3 Kf6 29. Ke3 Bd7 30. a4 Nf7 31. Kd4 h6 32. a5 b6 33.
axb6 axb6 34. e4 fxe4 35. Nd2 e5+ 36. fxe5+ Nxe5 37. Nxe4+ Kf5 38. Nd6+ Kf6 39.
Bd5 g5 40. Ne4+ Kf5 41. Nd6+ Kf6 42. Ne4+ {1/2-1/2 (42) Ding Liren (2774)-Giri,
A (2762) Palma de Mallorca ESP 2017}) 16... Rd8 17. f4 Kf8 18. Kf2 Bg4 19. h3
Bd7 20. e4 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd1 Ke8 23. e5 Nf5 24. Nb3 Bc6 25. Rc1 Kd7
26. Nc5+ Ke8 27. Nd3 Kd7 28. g4 Nd4 29. Rc4 Ne6 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Ng7 32.
Bxc6+ bxc6 33. Nc5+ Kc7 34. Rh4 h5 35. f6 exf6 36. exf6 Ne8 37. Rxh5 Nxf6 38.
Rf5 Nd5 39. Rxf7+ Kd6 40. Ne4+ Ke5 41. Nd2 a5 42. Nc4+ Ke6 43. Rh7 Rb8 44. Ke2
Kf5 45. Rh6 Nf6 46. h4 a4 47. Kd3 c5 48. Ne3+ Ke5 49. h5 Rd8+ 50. Kc4 Ne4 51.
Kb5 Kd4 52. Nc4 a3 53. Nxa3 Nd6+ 54. Kc6 Nf7 55. Nb5+ {1-0 (55) Kramnik,V 
(2787)-Wei Yi (2743) Wijk aan Zee NED 2018}) 11... Qb6 12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Ncb5
Ne6 14. Rb1 Qxa2 15. Ra1 Qb2 16. Rb1 Qa2 17. Ra1 Qb2 18. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. Nd2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. e4 Re8 12. a4 Rb8 (12... b6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Bb5
Re7 15. Bc6 (15. Bf1 a6 16. Nc4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Na5 Bd7 19. Bg5 b4 20. Na4
h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nc4 Bxa4 23. Rxa4 Bd4 24. Na5 Bxb2 25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Ra7 Rc8
27. Nxe7+ Qxe7 28. Qc2 Bc3 29. Re3 Bd4 30. Rf3 Ra8 31. Rxa8+ Nxa8 32. g3 Nb6
33. Kg2 h5 34. h4 Nd7 35. Rb3 Nf6 36. f3 Qa7 37. Bc4 Nd7 38. Rb1 Ne5 39. Be2
Qa3 40. Qb3 Qa5 41. f4 Nd7 42. e5 dxe5 43. f5 Nf6 44. fxg6 fxg6 45. d6+ Kg7 46.
Qe6 Qa8+ 47. Bf3 e4 48. Be2 Qa7 49. Rf1 e3 50. Bc4 Qa8+ 51. Kh3 Qd8 52. Qe7+
Qxe7 53. dxe7 e2 54. Bxe2 Kf7 55. Bd3 b3 56. Bc4+ Kxe7 57. Bxb3 Nd7 58. Kg2 Ne5
59. Rb1 c4 60. Bc2 c3 61. Rb4 Bc5 62. Ra4 Kf6 63. Kf1 Be3 64. Ke2 Bd2 65. Ra6+
Kf7 66. Bb3+ Kg7 67. Re6 Ng4 68. Bc2 Nf6 69. Kd3 Ng4 70. Ke2 Nf6 71. Kf3 Kf7
72. Rc6 Kg7 73. Rc7+ Kh6 74. Re7 Ng4 75. Re6 Kg7 76. Rxg6+ Kf7 77. Ra6 Ne3 78.
Bb3+ Kf8 79. Rf6+ Kg7 80. Rc6 Nf5 81. Rc4 Be1 82. Bc2 Nxg3 83. Rf4 Kh6 84. Rf6+
Kg7 85. Re6 {1-0 (85) Aronian,L (2784)-Khairullin,I (2652) Berlin GER 2015})
15... a6 16. e5 Rxe5 17. Rxe5 dxe5 18. Nc4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxe5 b4 21. Na4
Nfxd5 22. Bf4 Bb7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Bxc7 Nxc7 25. Qf3+ Qf6 26. Bxb7 Qxf3 27.
Bxf3 Bd4 28. Rc1 Ne6 29. Bd5 Rd8 30. Bb3 Kf6 31. Kf1 Ra8 32. Bxe6 Rxa4 33. Bb3
Ra5 34. Rb1 g5 35. h3 h6 36. Bc4 Ra7 37. Bb3 h5 38. Bc4 Ra8 39. g3 Kg6 40. Kg2
Rf8 41. f3 Ra8 42. Kf1 h4 43. Kg2 hxg3 44. Kxg3 Be5+ 45. Kf2 Rh8 46. Kg2 Rd8
47. b3 Rd2+ 48. Kh1 Bg3 49. Ra1 Kf5 50. Ra8 Kf4 51. Rf8+ Ke3 52. Rf5 Kf2 53.
Rd5 Rd4 {0-1 (53) Hamitevici,V (2462)-Fressinet,L (2711) Grosseto Prugna 2014})
13. f3 a6 14. a5 Bd7 15. Nc4 Bb5 16. Bg5 Bxc4 (16... h6 17. Bh4 Bxc4 (17... g5
18. Bf2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd7 20. Qd2 b5 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Ra2 Qb8 23. h4 Ne5 24.
Be2 Bf6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Be3 Qd8 27. Rfa1 Rb4 28. Ra4 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Qe7 30.
Kf2 Rb8 31. Ra1 Kg7 32. g3 Rh8 33. Rg1 Nb5 34. Nxb5 axb5 35. Rg2 Nc4 36. Bxc4
bxc4 37. Qc2 Rb8 38. Qxc4 Rxb2+ 39. Kg1 Rb1+ 40. Bc1 Bd4+ 41. Kh2 Qf6 {0-1 (41)
Lindgren,P (2317)-Akesson,J (2283) Gothenburg 2014}) 18. Bxc4 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6
20. Qd2 Nxe4 21. Bxd8 Nxd2 22. Bxc7 Rb7 23. Bxa6 Rxc7 24. Rfd1 Nb3 25. Re1 Ra8
26. Ra3 Bxc3 27. bxc3 c4 {0-1 (27) Granda Zuniga,J (2646)-Lopez Martinez,J 
(2508) Ayamonte 2006}) 17. Bxc4 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Na4 (19. Qc2 h6 20. Bh4 g5
21. Bf2 Nd7 22. Ra2 Qf6 23. Be2 Reb8 24. Be3 Ne5 25. g3 Rb4 26. Nd1 Qg6 27. Bd2
Rb3 28. Ne3 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Qc1 Ra2 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. g4 Nb5 33. Rf2 Qf6
34. Kg2 Ng6 35. Bc4 Ra1 36. Qc2 Qe5 37. Qd3 Bg7 38. Bxb5 axb5 39. Qxb5 Rd1 40.
Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qxd6 Rxd2 42. Rxd2 Qc3 43. Rf2 Qe1 44. Nxg7 Nf4+ 45. Qxf4 gxf4 46.
Nh5 c4 47. Nxf4 c3 48. Ne2 c2 49. h4 Qd2 50. Kg3 Kg8 51. Kg2 Kf8 52. Kg3 Ke8
53. Kg2 Kd7 54. f4 Qe3 55. e5 Qe4+ 56. Kg3 Qxd5 57. h5 Qd3+ 58. Kg2 Qe3 59. Kf1
Qh3+ 60. Rg2 Qf3+ 61. Kg1 Qxe2 62. Rxe2 c1=Q+ {0-1 (62) Hamitevici,V (2430)
-Jumabayev,R (2599) London ENG 2015}) 19... Rb4 20. b3 Qc8 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Ra2
Nh5 23. Be3 Rbb8 24. Qd2 Nb5 25. g4 Nf6 26. Nb2 Qc8 27. Bf4 Nd7 28. Bxb5 axb5
29. Bxd6 Rb6 30. Bg3 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Qe2 Rb4 33. Bd6 Rb6 34. Bg3 Rb4 35.
Bd6 Rb6 36. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 (9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (9... Qxd7 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nf3 Bf6
13. O-O b5 14. Bf4 Bxc3 15. Qd3 b4 16. Ng5 g6 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Nxc3
bxc3 20. Rbc1 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxc3 Rac8 23. Rc4 Rfe8 24. h4 Qd6 25. Rd1
Re5 26. Qg3 Rce8 27. Kh2 R8e7 28. Rc3 f6 29. Re3 Kg7 30. Kg1 Rd7 31. Rxe5 Qxe5
32. Qd3 Qd6 33. g3 Rc7 34. Qc4 Rd7 35. a4 Rb7 36. a5 Rb4 37. Qc3 a6 38. Kg2 Rb5
39. Rd2 c4 40. Qxc4 Rxa5 41. g4 Rb5 42. g5 Rb4 43. Qc6 Qxc6 44. dxc6 fxg5 45.
hxg5 Kf7 46. c7 Rc4 47. Rd7+ Ke6 48. Rxh7 Ke5 {1/2-1/2 (48) Aronian,L (2785)
-Vallejo Pons,F (2709) Sharjah UAE 2017}) 10. Rxb7 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Qd2
Qc8 13. Rxe7+ Kxe7 14. Nf3 f6 15. O-O Kf7 16. e5 f5 17. g4 Rd8 18. Qg5 Kg8 19.
Qh5 Rf8 20. Ba3 Qc6 21. Ng5 h6 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Nh3 Qxd4 25. gxf5
Qxe5 26. Qg6 Rf6 27. Qg4 Rxf5 28. Qg3 Qd4 29. Re1 Rf6 30. Qg2 Nd5 31. Kh1 Qd3
32. Rg1 Qf3 33. Rb1 Qf5 34. Rg1 Rf7 35. Re1 Rf6 36. Rg1 Qf3 37. Rb1 Qh5 38. Rg1
Rf7 39. Re1 Qf5 40. Qg3 Rc7 41. Ng1 Nf4 42. Rd1 Kh7 43. Qf3 Rc2 44. a3 e5 45.
Re1 Qg6 46. h3 Nd3 47. Rf1 Rc3 48. Qg4 Qxg4 49. hxg4 Rxa3 50. Nf3 Ra4 51. g5 h5
52. Kg2 Rg4+ 53. Kh2 a5 54. Ra1 a4 55. Ra2 e4 56. Nd4 Rxg5 57. Rxa4 Nxf2 58.
Ra7 Ng4+ 59. Kh3 Re5 60. Nc6 Rd5 {0-1 (60) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Hou Yifan 
(2652) Moscow RUS 2017}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 (11. Nf3 Nb4 12. O-O
Bc6 13. Bc4 b5 14. Ne5 bxc4 15. Rxb4 Bxe4 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Rxc4 Bd5 18. Nc6 Qd7
19. Ba3 Bxc4 20. Bxe7+ Ke8 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rxc6 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6
Kxe7 25. Rc7+ Kf6 26. Rxa7 Rb8 27. Kf1 Rb4 28. Ke2 Rxd4 29. a4 h5 30. a5 Ra4
31. a6 {1/2-1/2 (31) Naroditsky,D (2626)-Shimanov,A (2646) Saint Louis USA 2017
}) 11... Rc8 12. Nf3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Bb4 14. Rb2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Na5
17. Rbb1 Ke7 18. Rhc1 f6 19. h4 Rhd8 20. Bd3 a6 21. Ke3 b5 22. g4 Be8 23. Ng1
Nc6 24. Ne2 Rd6 25. Rd1 Rcd8 26. Bc2 Na5 27. Bd3 Nc6 28. Bc2 h5 29. g5 fxg5 30.
e5 R6d7 31. hxg5 h4 $6 32. g6 Na5 33. Rbc1 Rc7 34. Bd3 Rdc8 $6 35. Rxc7+ Rxc7
36. Rh1 Nc4+ 37. Kf4 Nb2 38. Be4 b4 39. Rxh4 Nd1 40. f3 $6 (40. Rh7 $1 Kd8 41.
Kf3 Nc3 42. Nf4 $18) 40... Nc3 41. Nxc3 bxc3 42. Rh2 Rc8 43. Ke3 Bb5 44. f4 Bc4
45. Rh7 Rg8 46. a3 a5 47. Bc2 Kd7 48. d5 Bxd5 49. Kd4 Ba2 50. Kxc3 Kc6 51. Rh2
Kc5 52. Rd2 Rh8 53. Rd7 Rh3+ 54. Kb2 Bd5 55. Rxg7 Kd4 56. Rh7 Rg3 57. Rh5 Rg2
58. Rg5 Rf2 59. g7 Be4 60. g8=Q Rxc2+ 61. Kb3 Rc3+ 62. Ka4 Rc5 63. Rg2 Bf3 64.
Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. Nb3 Qc8 14. h3 (14. Qe2
Nd8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nbxd4 c5 17. Nb3 e5 18. Nbd2 Ne6 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4
21. Nb6 Qc6 22. Bg5 Bd8 23. Bxf6 Bxb6 24. axb6 Rxf6 25. Rxa6 h6 26. Qd3 Rxb6
27. Rea1 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Qc5 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. h3 b3 31. Qxb3 d3 32. cxd3 Qxf2+
33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kh1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kh1 Qg3 37. Qg8+ Kg6 38. Rf8 Qxd3
39. Rxf6+ Kxf6 40. Qf8+ Ke6 41. Qe8+ Kf6 42. Qf8+ Ke6 43. Qe8+ {1/2-1/2 (43)
Caruana,F (2807)-Carlsen,M (2822) Saint Louis USA 2017}) 14... Nd8 15. Be3 c5
16. Nbd2 Nc6 17. c3 Rb5 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxa5 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Ra2 Qb7 22.
b3 Kh8 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Rea1 Bd8 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Bf6 27. Rd1 Qc6 28. Rad2
Nb6 29. Qc2 Qc7 30. e5 Be7 31. Nd4 Rc8 32. Nxe6 Qxe5 33. Nf4 Rf8 34. Re2 Qc3
35. Qb1 Qf6 36. Bc1 c4 37. bxc4 Nxc4 38. Re6 Qg5 39. Ng6+ Qxg6 40. Rxg6 hxg6
41. Qe4 Bf6 42. Qxc4 b3 43. Ba3 Rfb8 44. Rb1 b2 45. h4 Ra5 46. Qd3 Rd8 47. Qb3
Rc8 48. Qb7 Rd8 49. Qb3 Rc8 50. Qb4 Rb5 51. Qg4 Rc3 52. Bxb2 Rxb2 53. Rxb2 Rc1+
54. Kh2 Bxb2 55. Qxg6 Ra1 56. g4 a5 57. Qh5+ Kg8 58. Qb5 Ba3 59. Qe5 Rd1 60.
Qe6+ Kh7 61. Qe4+ Kh8 62. Qa8+ Kh7 63. Qxa5 Bd6+ 64. Kg2 Rd4 65. Qf5+ Kh8 66.
Qh5+ Kg8 67. g5 Kf8 68. Qg6 Be7 69. Qf5+ Ke8 70. Kh3 Rd6 71. Qh7 Kf7 72. f4 Rd4
73. Qf5+ Ke8 74. Qe5 Rb4 75. Kg4 Kf8 76. Qf5+ Ke8 77. Qe6 Rd4 78. Qe5 1-0

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bd3 (
14. Ng3 Rd8 15. Nh5 g6 16. Nf4 Nc6 17. Qe4 Bf8 18. h4 Bg7 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Bd3
Be8 21. Bb1 d3 22. Nxd3 Ne7 23. h5 g5 24. Rc1 Bc6 25. Nb4 Bxe4 26. Rxc7 Bxf3
27. gxf3 Nc6 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rac8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 (31)
Moiseenko,A (2671)-Meier,G (2644) Jerusalem ISR 2017}) 14... Nd7 15. Rc1 Qa5
16. g4 $5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qa5 19. g5 Qd8 $5 20. h4 (20. gxh6 g6 $13)
20... Bd7 21. gxh6 g6 22. h5 Kh8 23. Kh2 Bc6 24. Rf3 Bd6 25. Qf2 Bc7 26. Kh3
Qe7 27. Ng5 e5 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Nxf7+ Rxf7 $1 30. hxg6 Rf6 31. g7+ Kg8 32.
Bc4+ $4 (32. Qh4 $5 Qd6 33. h7+ Kxg7 34. h8=Q+ Rxh8 35. Rg3+ Rg6 36. Rxg6+ Qxg6
37. Qxh8+ Kxh8 38. Bxg6 exf4) 32... Kh7 33. Qh4 e4 34. Rg3 Bxf4 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8
36. Bxg8+ Kh8 37. Rg7 Qf8 0-1

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b3
Nd4 9. Nd2 c6 10. e3 Ne6 11. Bb2 (11. Ba3 Re8 (11... a5 12. Rc1 Nc5 13. Nf3 (
13. Nde4 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 c5 16. Rc3 Qc7 17. Rd3 a4 18. Bb2 axb3
19. axb3 Ra6 20. f4 Ra2 21. Bc3 b5 22. cxb5 c4 23. Rxd6 cxb3 24. Rc6 Qa7 25. b6
Qa4 26. Rc5 Ba6 27. Re1 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bb7 29. Kh3 Qxe4 30. Qe2 Bc8+ 31. Rxc8
Rxc8 32. Qg2 Qc4 33. b7 Rb8 34. Ra1 Qxc3 35. Ra8 Qc7 36. Qc6 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Libiszewski,F (2543)-Romanishin,O (2487) Fonni di Sopra ITA 2014}) 13... 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 (58) Kramnik,V (2801)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2722) Paris/St
Petersburg 2013}) 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qa5 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. h4 a5
17. Ba3 Bf8 18. Kh2 Nd7 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Qe2 Bd7 22. Na4 Be8 23.
Rd3 Qb8 24. Nc3 b5 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. b4 Rc8 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Bb4 Ra6 29. Rb1
Rc4 30. a3 h5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Malakhov,V (2694)-Ding Liren (2710) Beijing CHN
2014}) 11... Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rae1 Re8 14. h3 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Ne2 b5 17.
d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. N4f3 $6 d5 $1 20. exd5 $6 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 cxd5 $6 (21...
Bf5 $1 22. Qd1 Nd3 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rf1 cxd5 25. cxd5 Nb2 26. Qe1 Bd3 $17) 22.
cxb5 Bf5 23. Qd1 Nd3 24. Bd4 Rc1 25. Qxc1 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Ne4 27. Nf1 Bxd4 28.
Nxd4 Qb6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. a4 Qe6 32. Ne3 Qxb3 33. Rc4 h5 34. h4
Kh7 35. Kg2 f6 36. Rd4 Kg6 37. Rc4 Kf7 38. Kh2 Kg6 39. Kg1 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qb3 41.
Rd4 Kf7 42. Rd5 Qxa4 43. Rxf5 Kg6 44. b6 Qb3 45. Rxa5 Qxb6 46. Rd5 Qb2 47. Rf5
Qa2 48. Rc5 Qe2 49. Rc4 Qa2 50. Rb4 Qa5 51. Rb8 Qa2 52. Rd8 Qa5 53. Rd5 Qa2 54.
Rf5 Qe6 55. Rd5 Qa6 56. g4 hxg4 57. h5+ Kf7 58. Rd7+ Ke6 59. Rg7 Qe2 60. h6
Qf3+ 61. Kg1 g3 62. Rxg3 Qh5 63. Rg7 f5 (63... Qxh6 64. Re7+ Kxe7 65. Nf5+ Ke6
66. Nxh6 f5 $11) 64. h7 f4 65. Ng4 $6 Qh3 (65... Qh4 66. Rg6+ Kf5 67. Nh6+ Kxg6
68. h8=Q Qg5+ 69. Kf1 f3 $13) 66. Rg6+ Kf5 67. Rg7 Ke6 68. Rg6+ Kf5 69. Nh6+
Kxg6 70. h8=Q Qxh6 71. Qe8+ Kf5 72. Qb5+ Kg4 73. Qe2+ Kf5 74. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
h5 9. h3 Nc6 $5 (9... c6 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Qc7 13. O-O-O Qxg3
14. e4 Nd7 15. exd5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bb5 O-O 19. Rde1 Nf6
20. Re5 Be6 21. Rf1 Kg7 22. Rf3 Qxg2 23. Bf1 Qg1 24. Qd3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26.
Qxe4 Rac8 27. Kd2 Rc6 28. h4 f5 29. Qe1 Qh2+ 30. Re2 Qd6 31. hxg5 Qa3 32. Qh4
Bc4 33. d5 Bxe2 34. Qd4+ Kg6 35. Bxe2 Qb2+ 36. Ke1 Re8 37. Qd3 Rxe2+ 38. Qxe2
Qxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Rd6 40. Rd3 Kxg5 41. Kf3 h4 42. c4 b6 43. a4 f4 44. Rd1 h3 45.
a5 Kf5 46. axb6 axb6 47. Rd4 h2 48. Kg2 Rh6 49. Kh1 f3 50. Rd1 Ke5 51. Rd2 Kf4
52. d6 Kg3 53. d7 Re6 54. Rd1 f2 55. Rd3+ Kf4 56. Rd4+ Ke3 57. Rd1 Rd6 {
0-1 (57) Matlakov,M (2691)-Yu Yangyi (2737) Moscow RUS 2016}) (9... Bxc3+ 10.
bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 Nc6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd6 14. Kf2 Bd7 15. c5 Qe7 16. Rb1
O-O-O 17. Ne5 f5 18. Qf3 g4 19. Ba6 gxf3 20. Bxb7+ Kb8 21. Bxc6+ Kc8 22. Bb7+
Kb8 23. Bxf3+ Kc8 24. Bb7+ Kb8 25. Bc6+ Kc8 26. Rb2 {1-0 (26) Dubov,D (2644)
-Brkic,A (2584) Gjakova KOS 2016}) (9... Nxg3 10. fxg3 Bd6 11. O-O-O Bxg3 12.
e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf4+ 14. Kb1 h4 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Rhe1 f5 17. Nc3 Qf6 18. c5 Kf7
19. Bc4 Nf8 20. d5 c6 21. dxe6+ Bxe6 22. Bxe6+ Nxe6 23. Qb3 Rhe8 24. Qxb7+ Kg6
25. Qxc6 Rac8 26. Qb5 Nc7 27. Qc4 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qf7 29. Nxh4+ Kg7 30. Re7 Qxe7
31. Nxf5+ Kf6 32. Nxe7 Kxe7 33. Qe4+ {1-0 (33) Hole,O (2400)-Forsaa,E (2264)
Hamar 2007}) 10. e3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Qd6 13. Qf2 Qa3 14. Qc2 Qd6
15. Qf2 Qa3 16. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd2 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4
dxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 (11. Rxd1 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Be2 Ba4
14. Ra1 Be8 15. Nc4 Nbd7 16. Nd6 Rcb8 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nf5 f6 20.
Ne7+ Kf8 21. Nxd5 Rc8 22. O-O Nb6 23. Nf4 Kf7 24. Bd4 Bc6 25. Rfc1 h6 26. f3
Nd5 27. b5 Nxf4 28. bxc6 Ne6 29. cxb7 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rb8 31. Rc8 Rxb7 32. Bc3
Nc7 33. Kf2 Nb5 34. Ba5 Ke6 35. b4 Nd6 36. Rc5 f5 37. h4 g6 38. Ke2 Rg7 39. Kd3
Rd7 40. Rc7 g5 41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Kd4 Ke6 44. Kc5 g4 45. Bc7 gxf3
46. gxf3 Nc8 47. b5 Kd7 48. Bb8 Nb6 49. Bxa7 Na4+ 50. Kd4 Kc7 51. Ke5 Nc3 52.
b6+ Kc6 53. Kxf5 Nd5 54. e4 Ne3+ 55. Ke5 Nc4+ 56. Kd4 Nd6 57. f4 {1-0 (57)
Sandipan,C (2569)-Visakh,N (2389) Kolkata 2015}) 11... Bd7 12. Ke2 Rc8 13. Bd3
Nd5 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Bd2 f6 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. Rhc1 Nc6 18. Be4 Ndxb4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4
20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Rxa7 Rd7 22. Na5 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nxb2 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Bc6 Bxc6
26. Nxc6 Re8 27. e4 Nc4 28. Kd3 Nd6 29. f4 Kf8 30. e5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Nf5 32. g4
Nh4 33. Kc4 Nf3 34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Kb5 Ke8 36. Kb6 g5 37. h3 Nxe5 38. Nxe5 Rc3 39.
Rh2 Ke7 40. Kb5 Re3 1-0

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. a4
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nxc4 c5 (10... Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nfe5 Nd5 13. Qb3 Ba6 14.
e4 N5f6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rac1 Qc7 18. Nxf7 Bxc4 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20.
Qxc4 Qd7 21. Bh3 Kf7 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. d5 cxd5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. exd5 Qxa4 26.
Re1 Rc2 27. Qxe6 Bc5 28. Kh1 Rxf2 29. Bf5 Qc4 {0-1 (29) Poulopoulos,I (2212)
-Erenberg,A (2359) Pardubice CZE 2016}) 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. b3 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5
14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qf3 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6
20. f3 Rfc8 21. e4 Kf8 22. Bf4 Be7 23. Rd3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Rd1 Be7 26.
Ne5 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rc3 28. Rd3 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 Rc3 30. Rd3 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. d4 (7. Ne5
Qc8 (7... Qc7 8. d4 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nd4 12. e3 Nc6 13.
Nc3 O-O 14. Rd1 Nce5 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Nc5
Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Nd3 21. Rc2 Qd6 22. Bf3 Nb4 23. Rcc1 Qb6 24. Bxb4 Qxb4 25. Rxd8
Rxd8 26. Rc7 Qa5 27. Qc4 h6 28. b4 Qf5 29. Kg2 Rd2 30. Rxb7 g5 31. e4 Qe5 32.
h3 h5 33. Rb5 Qb2 34. Rxg5+ Kh7 35. Qc5 e5 36. Rf5 Kg6 37. Qe3 Nh7 38. Bxh5+
Kg7 39. Rxf7+ Kg8 40. Qh6 {1-0 (40) Stahlberg,G-Palau,L Buenos Aires 1939}) 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. O-O Rc8 12. d3 Nd4 13. Re1 b5 14. Qc1 O-O
15. e3 Nc6 16. Rd1 Nb4 17. Bf1 Rfd8 18. Nc3 a6 19. a3 Nc6 20. Ne2 Ng4 21. Bg2
f5 22. Qd2 e5 23. Bc3 Qe6 24. Qb2 b4 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Bxb4 cxb4 27. h3 Nf6 28.
Bb7 Rc7 29. Bxa6 f4 30. Kh2 f3 31. Ng1 Qf5 32. Ra5 Rc3 33. Kh1 h5 34. Bc4+ Kh8
35. e4 Qc8 36. Rxe5 Qc7 37. Rf5 g6 38. Rxf3 Nxe4 39. Re3 Nd6 40. Ne2 Bf6 41.
Nxc3 bxc3 42. Qe2 Nf5 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Rxd8 Qxd8 45. d4 Nxd4 46. Qe4 Qb6 47.
Kg2 g5 48. Bd3 Qc6 49. Qxc6 Nxc6 50. Be4 Nd4 51. b4 Kf8 52. Rb1 Nb5 53. Bd3 Na3
54. Re1 c2 55. b5 Bc3 56. Rf1 Ke7 57. b6 {1-0 (57) Mareco,S (2648)
-Baryshpolets,A (2591) Saint Louis USA 2017}) 7... Bc6 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Be3 Bd5
10. Qc2 Be4 11. Qc1 Ng4 $6 (11... Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Rc8 13. b4 b6 14. Nc3 bxc5 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qc4 Nef6 17. O-O O-O 18. b5 Qa5 19. a4 Nd5 20. Rfc1 Rfd8 21. Qa2
h6 22. Nd2 N7b6 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Nb6 25. Qb3 Rd4 26. Bc6 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Zhou,J (2566)-Adams,M (2729) Khanty Mansiysk 2007}) 12. b4 a5 13. Bg5 f6 14.
Bd2 axb4 15. Bxb4 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Rc8 17. Qc4 Bxc5 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 19. Qxg4 Bb4+ (
19... Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bd4 21. e3 Bxa1 22. O-O h5 23. Qf5 h4 24. Rd1) 20. Nbd2
Bxd2+ 21. Nxd2 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bd5 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. f3 Qe5 26. Qf4 Qxf4
27. gxf4 Kf7 28. Nc3 Bc4 29. a4 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Rd8+ 31. Kc2 Rc8 32. Kd2 Ba6 33.
Ne4 Kf8 34. f5 Rd8+ 35. Ke3 Rd5 36. Rc1 (36. Ng3 $5 Ra5 37. Rc1 Rxa4 38. Rc8+
Ke7 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. Nh5 $1 Ra2 41. Nf4 Kg8) 36... Rxf5 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Rc7+
Kf8 39. Rc8+ Ke7 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 g6 9. Bg5 (9. Nd4 a6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bf3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14.
Bxc6+ bxc6 15. O-O-O Kd7 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bd2 f5 19. Ng5 h6 20.
Nf3 g5 21. c3 c5 22. Kc2 Bf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 Rf8 25. Rh1 Re8 26. g3 g4
27. Ng1 Bg5 28. Kd1 a5 29. Ne2 a4 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Rh5 Re5 33.
Rh7+ Ke6 34. a3 Rf5 35. c4 Nf6 36. Rh2 Rf3 37. Kc2 Nd7 38. d4 Nb6 39. dxc5 dxc5
40. Nc3 Ke5 41. Nd1 {1/2-1/2 (41) Carlsen,M (2834)-Caruana,F (2811) Wijk aan
Zee NED 2018}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O-O (10. h3 h6 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. d4
Nb6 14. d5 Bd7 15. Nh2 Rfe8 16. Ng4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Bf3 Ra4 19. a3 h5 20.
Nh2 Nc4 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxb2 23. Rxa4 Nxa4 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Kg7 26.
Re1 Re8 27. Rxe8 Bxe8 28. Kd2 Kf6 29. Be4 Nb6 30. Nf3 g5 31. Kd3 Bd7 32. Nd4
Bxg4 33. Nb5 a6 {0-1 (33) Solovjov,S (2414)-Belozerov,A (2541) Sochi 2007})
10... O-O (10... h6 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rde1 O-O 13. Bd1 a6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4
Nc6 16. h3 Rae8 17. Rhe1 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Re8 19. c3 Rxe4 20. dxe4 Ne5 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. Bb3 Bf8 23. Be3 Kg7 24. Kd2 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. f4 Bd6 27. g3 Bc6 28.
fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bd4 Kf6 30. Ke3 Bg2 31. h4 Bc6 32. Bd1 Ke6 33. Bxe5 Kxe5 34. Bf3
{1/2-1/2 (34) Foisor,C (2427)-Foisor,M (2217) Warsaw 2011}) 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bh4
Nc6 13. d4 a6 14. a3 Bd7 15. d5 Na7 16. Nd4 Nc8 17. Nb3 g5 18. Bg3 Re8 19. Na5
b5 20. f3 Nh5 21. Bf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nb6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. Nb7 Be5
26. Ne4 Rb8 27. Nexd6 Ng6 28. g3 Ne7 29. a4 Nf5 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 31. Re1 f6 32.
Rxe5 fxe5 33. Nd6 Bd7 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bxb5 Bxb5 36. Nxb5 Rf8 37. Kd2 Rxf3 38.
Ke2 g4 39. Nd6 h5 40. Nc4 b5 41. Nxe5 Rf5 42. Ng6 Kf7 43. Nf4 h4 44. Ng2 hxg3
45. hxg3 Rf3 46. Ne3 Rxg3 47. c4 bxc4 48. d6 $2 (48. Nxc4 $15) 48... Ke6 49.
Nxc4 Rf3 50. d7 Rf8 51. Ne3 g3 52. d8=Q Rxd8 53. Kf3 Rd3 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. Ng2
Kd5 56. Nh4 Kc4 57. Kg4 Rd3 58. b4 Rb3 59. b5 Kd5 60. b6 Ke4 61. b7 Rxb7 62.
Kxg3 Rg7+ 63. Kf2 Rg4 64. Ng2 Rxg2+ 65. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. e4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 (9... Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qb6 13. Nd5 Nxd5
14. exd5 Kf7 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Re1 Nf6 17. d6 Qc6 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Qb3+ Qd5 20.
Qh3 h6 21. Ne6 Re8 22. Rad1 Qxa2 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. d7 Kf7 25. Bc7 Bd5 26. Qe3
Nxd7 27. Qe7+ Kg6 28. Qxd7 Bf7 29. Qd3+ Kh5 30. Qf5+ g5 31. Rd3 {1-0 (31)
Rasmussen,K (2437)-Matthiesen,A (2282) Aarhus 2003}) 10. e5 (10. O-O Nc6 11.
Be3 Bd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 O-O 16. Bc2 Be7 17. f4
Kh8 18. Kh1 Rg8 19. Rac1 Rg7 20. Bd1 Qb7 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Qa8 23. Rxd8+
Bxd8 24. Qc5 f5 25. Qf8+ Rg8 26. Qxf7 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxe6 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Maljush,A (2344)-Kupreichik,V (2464) Minsk 2004}) 10... Ne4 11. O-O Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Nc6 13. a4 Bc5 $5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Nxb5 O-O 17. Qxd8 Rxd8
18. Bf4 h6 19. h4 Ne7 20. Rd1 Rb8 21. Bc4 Bc6 22. Nd4 Be4 23. h5 Nd5 24. Bxd5
Bxd5 25. Be3 Rc8 26. Re1 Bc4 27. Nf3 Ba3 28. Bd4 Bd3 29. Nd2 Bb2 30. Nf1 Rc4
31. Re3 Bf5 32. Ng3 Bh7 33. Kh2 Bc1 34. Re2 Bf4 35. Kh3 Ra4 36. Kg4 Bc1 37. Kf3
Bd3 38. Re1 Bb2 39. Ke3 Bc2 40. Kd2 Bb3 41. Rb1 Ra2 42. Kd3 Ba4 43. Ne4 Ba3 44.
Ke3 Bc2 45. Re1 Bb3 46. g4 Bd5 47. Kd3 Be7 48. Rb1 Ra8 49. f4 Bh4 50. Rh1 Bd8
51. Rb1 Bc7 52. Ke3 Kh7 53. Nd6 Kg8 54. Rb5 Bc6 55. Rb4 Bd8 56. Bb6 Bh4 57. Bd4
Bg2 58. Rb2 Bc6 59. Rb6 Bg2 60. Rb2 Bc6 61. Rb3 Bg3 62. c4 Bh2 63. f5 exf5 64.
Nxf5 Kh7 65. Bb2 Re8 66. Nd6 Re7 67. Rb8 f6 68. Rc8 Bh1 69. Nf5 Rb7 70. exf6
Rb3+ 71. Bc3 gxf6 72. Kd2 Bf4+ 73. Kc2 Rb8 74. Rxb8 Bxb8 75. Ne7 Be4+ 76. Kd2
Bf4+ 77. Ke2 Kg7 78. Nf5+ Kf7 79. Bd2 Be5 80. Bxh6 Ke6 81. Be3 Bxf5 82. gxf5+
Kxf5 83. h6 Kg6 84. c5 f5 85. Kf3 Kf7 86. Bf4 Bd4 87. c6 Ke7 88. c7 Kd7 89. h7
Kc8 90. Ke2 Kd7 91. Kd3 1-0

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Qe2 c6 16. Nd2 Ng7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. g3 (23. Ng4 Qd8 24. Qe5 Ng7 25. Qxe8+ Nxe8 26. Rxe8+
Qxe8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. f4 {1/2-1/2 (29) Sychev,K (2510)-Vetoshko,
V (2534) Yerevan ARM 2018} (29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Ke3 Kf5 {1/2-1/2 (31)
Motylev,A (2658)-Potkin,V (2594) Fufeng CHN 2017}) 29... f5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. b4
b5 32. g3 (32. h3 h6 33. h4 h5 {1/2-1/2 (33) Carlsen,M (2870)-Anand,V (2775)
Chennai 2013}) 32... Kf6 33. Kf3 Ke6 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. Kf3 Ke6 {1/2-1/2 (35)
Carlsen,M (2872)-Anand,V (2773) Zürich 2014}) 23... Ng7 24. Kg2 Re6 25. Qd1 Qe7
26. Nd3 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Qxe1 28. Nxe1 Nf5 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. g4 Nd6 31. h4 h6 32. f3
Ke7 33. Kf2 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nf3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Bb4
14. Rb2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Na5 17. Rbb1 Ke7 18. Rhc1 f6 19. h4 Rhd8
20. Bd3 a6 21. Ke3 b5 22. g4 Be8 23. Ng1 Nc6 24. Ne2 Rd6 25. Rd1 Rcd8 26. Bc2
Na5 27. Bd3 Nc6 28. Bc2 h5 29. g5 fxg5 30. e5 R6d7 31. hxg5 h4 32. g6 Na5 33.
Rbc1 Rc7 34. Bd3 Rdc8 35. Rxc7+ Rxc7 36. Rh1 Nc4+ 37. Kf4 Nb2 38. Be4 b4 39.
Rxh4 Nd1 40. f3 Nc3 41. Nxc3 bxc3 42. Rh2 Rc8 43. Ke3 Bb5 44. f4 Bc4 45. Rh7
Rg8 46. a3 a5 47. Bc2 Kd7 48. d5 Bxd5 49. Kd4 Ba2 50. Kxc3 Kc6 51. Rh2 Kc5 52.
Rd2 Rh8 53. Rd7 Rh3+ 54. Kb2 Bd5 55. Rxg7 Kd4 56. Rh7 Rg3 57. Rh5 Rg2 58. Rg5
Rf2 59. g7 Be4 60. g8=Q Rxc2+ 61. Kb3 Rc3+ 62. Ka4 Rc5 63. Rg2 Bf3 64. Qd8+ {
1-0 (64) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Kramnik,V (2800) Berlin GER 2018}) 8... O-O 9. h4
$5 (9. Bc4 a6 (9... Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14.
Qd2 Nc6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bb5 exd5 17. exd5 Bc5 18. Rbd1 Bd6 19. Ne5 a6 20. Bf1
Rc8 21. Nc6 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qc7 24. Rd6 Nxc6 25. Rc1 Qb8 26. Bxa6
Ne5 27. Rcd1 Rc5 28. Qb4 Nc6 29. Qb2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 (31)
Svidler,P (2755)-Radjabov,T (2710) Moscow RUS 2017}) 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bd3 cxd4
12. cxd4 Nc6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Ba3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rfc8
18. Rfc1 Qd8 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qb4 a5 21. Qb6 Qxa4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qxb7 Qc2
24. g3 h5 25. d5 exd5 26. exd5 Rd8 27. Re1 Qd3 28. Re5 Qf3 29. Qb5 h4 30. Re8+
Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kh7 32. Qd7 f5 33. gxh4 Qg4+ 34. Kf1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qg4+ 36. Kf1
a4 37. Qe6 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Qg6 40. Qc6 a3 41. Qa8 Qd6 42. h5 f4 43.
Kg2 Qb4 44. Qe8 f3+ 45. Kh3 Qb1 46. d6 Qf5+ 47. Kg3 Qg5+ 48. Kxf3 Qf6+ 49. Kg2
Qxd6 50. Qa8 Qd3 51. h3 Qb3 52. Qe4+ Kh8 53. Qa8+ Kh7 54. Qe4+ {1/2-1/2 (54)
Ding Liren (2772)-Kramnik,V (2794) Antalya TUR 2017}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6
11. h5 f5 12. exf5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxf5 14. Bc3 h6 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Kf1 e5 17. d5
e4 18. dxc6 exf3 19. gxf3 Rxf3 $2 (19... Qxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 21. Ke2 Rxd3 22.
Kxd3 bxc6 $16) 20. Be2 (20. cxb7 $1 Bxb7 21. Qb3+ Rf7 22. Qxb7 Raf8 23. Qe4
Rxf2+ 24. Ke1 Qxe4+ 25. Bxe4 $18) 20... Rxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Qf4+ 23.
Bf3 bxc6 24. Be1 $1 Be6 25. Bh4 Rf8 26. Kg2 Kh8 27. Rc1 Rf5 28. Rc3 Rd5 $6 29.
Bxd5 Bxd5+ 30. Rf3 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Bd6 32. Rh3 Be7 33. Qe2 Be4 34. Qf2 a5 35. a4
c5 36. Rh1 $1 Bf6 37. Re1 Bc6 38. Ree3 c4 39. Qe2 Qxh5 40. Qxc4 Bd7 41. Rd3 1-0

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Qxc4
Bb7 9. Nc3 c5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Rc8 14.
Qf4 Rxc3 15. Bb2 Rc7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Bxc8 20.
Rc1 Rd8 21. Rc7 a6 22. a4 Nb8 23. Nd2 Bd7 24. a5 bxa5 25. bxa5 Kf8 26. Ke3 Ke7
27. Kd4 Rg8 28. Rb7 Rc8 29. Nc4 Nc6+ 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Nb6 Rd6+ 32. Kc5 Rd2 33.
Nxd7 Rxd7 34. Kc6 Rxb7 35. Kxb7 Kd7 36. Kxa6 Kc6 37. Ka7 Kc7 38. Ka6 Kc6 39.
Ka7 Kc7 40. g4 f5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. e3 h5 43. h4 f6 44. a6 f4 45. exf4 f5 {
1/2-1/2 (45) Bu Xiangzhi (2710)-Bacrot,E (2715) Tbilisi GEO 2017}) (11. Bg5
cxd4 12. Rxd4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd2 Rc8 15. Qa4 Bc6 16. Qb4 Bxf3 17. exf3
Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. f4 Nf6 20. Rd3 Qc4 21. Bf1 Qc5 22. Bg2 Qc4 23. Bf1 Qc7
24. Bg2 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rd8 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Nxd7
30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. Kd4 Nc5 34. Bf1 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (34)
Aronian,L (2799)-Hou Yifan (2652) Tbilisi GEO 2017}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 (
12... Rc8 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Qe8 16. Rd3 Rc5 17. Qd4 Qc6+ 18.
f3 Rc4 19. Qf2 e5 20. Be3 e4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 f5 23. Rdd1 Rxe4 24. Qf3
Bg5 25. Bf2 Qc2 26. Qb3+ Qxb3 27. axb3 Rxe2 28. Rxa7 Rxb2 29. Rdd7 Bf6 30. Rab7
Rc8 31. Rxb6 h6 32. Rb4 Bg5 33. Rbb7 Bf6 34. Rb4 Kh7 35. Rf4 Kg6 36. Rd5 Rxb3
37. Rdxf5 Rc2 38. Rf3 Rbb2 39. h4 Bd4 40. g4 Rb4 41. Kg3 Bf6 42. Be3 Rcc4 43.
h5+ Kh7 44. R3f4 Rxf4 45. Bxf4 Rb3+ {1/2-1/2 (45) Ibarra Chami,L (2477)
-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2497) Merida 2012}) (12... Qc7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Qc6+
15. e4 a6 16. Qe2 Bxc5 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Qf3 h6 20. Bf4 Rfd8 21. Nd5
Ne8 22. Nc7 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. e5 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+
Bxd8 28. g4 Kh7 29. Be3 Kg6 30. Ke4 h5 31. h3 hxg4 32. hxg4 f6 33. f4 Kf7 34.
Bd4 Bc7 35. a4 Bd8 36. Be3 Bc7 37. exf6 gxf6 38. Bd2 Bd6 39. Be3 Bc7 40. b3 Bd8
41. Kd4 Kg6 42. Ke4 Kf7 43. Bd2 Bc7 44. Bb4 Bb8 45. f5 Bc7 46. Kd4 Be5+ 47. Kc4
Bc7 48. Ba3 Be5 49. Bc1 Ke7 50. Be3 Bc7 51. Bf2 Kd7 52. b4 Bd8 53. Bd4 Kd6 54.
Bb2 Kd7 55. b5 a5 56. Bc1 Bc7 57. Be3 Bd8 58. Bd4 Kd6 59. Bc3 Kd7 60. Bb2 Kd6 {
1/2-1/2 (60) Fridman,D (2607)-Rambaldi,F (2544) Bergamo ITA 2016}) 13. Nxd7
Qxd7 14. dxc5 Qc6+ 15. f3 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. e4 Ne8 19. Kf1
Kf8 20. Ke2 Ke7 21. Nb5 Rdc8 22. Rac1 a6 23. Nc3 b5 24. a4 Bd6 25. Be3 Rab8 26.
axb5 axb5 27. Ba7 Rb7 28. Bd4 Rc4 29. e5 Bc5 30. Nd5+ exd5 31. Bxc5+ Ke6 32. b3
Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Kxe5 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Bb4 Kd7 36. Kd4 Nc7 37. Ba5 Ne6+ 38. Kxd5
Ra7 39. b4 Ra6 40. f4 Rd6+ 41. Ke4 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rfc1 Nc6 13. Nxd5 Nxd4 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. Qc4 Bxg2 16. Qxd4 Rfd8 17. Qf4 $5 (17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. Bxb4 Bb7 19. Rc7
Ba6 20. Nxf7 Nd5 21. Nxd8 Nxc7 22. Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (22) Gleizerov,E (2545)-Farago,
I (2515) Oberwart 1996}) 17... Bb7 18. Bb4 Qe8 19. Rc7 Nd5 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21.
Rxf7 Ba6 22. Ba3 Bxe2 23. Rc1 Bh5 24. Rb7 Be8 25. Kg2 a5 26. h4 Rdb8 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. g4 b5 29. b3 b4 30. Bb2 a4 31. h5 Ra8 32. Kg3 Kf8 33. Nf3 Bd7 34. Rc4
Kg8 35. Ne5 Bb5 36. Rc5 Be8 37. Nc4 Bd7 38. Ne5 Be8 39. Bd4 Kf8 40. f3 Ke7 41.
Kh4 Kf8 42. Kg5 h6+ 43. Kh4 Kg8 44. Kg3 Kh7 45. Nd3 Kg8 46. Rc1 axb3 47. axb3
Kh7 48. Nc5 Bf7 49. Re1 Ne7 50. Bb2 (50. Nxe6 Nc6 51. Bc5 Re8 52. Nf8+ Kg8 53.
Rxe8 Bxe8 54. Ng6 Bf7 55. Ne7+ Nxe7 56. Bxe7 Bxb3 $11) 50... Nc6 51. f4 Ra2 52.
Nd3 e5 $1 53. fxe5 Bxb3 54. e6 Ra7 $6 (54... Ne7 $1 $11) 55. Nc5 Bc4 $6 56. Nd7
Bb5 57. Nf8+ $6 (57. Re3 $1 {[%cal Ye3f3]} Bc4 58. Rf3 Ra2 $6 59. Nf8+ Kg8 60.
Ng6) 57... Kg8 58. Ng6 Ne7 $6 59. Ra1 $1 Nc6 60. Rd1 $1 $18 Kh7 61. Rd5 Ba4 62.
Kf4 $6 (62. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Yd2f2,Yf2f7]}) 62... Bc2 $1 63. Rc5 Ba4 64. g5 hxg5+
65. Rxg5 Nd8 66. Re5 $6 (66. Nf8+ Kg8 67. h6 Bb3 68. h7+ Kh8 69. Bxg7+ Rxg7 70.
Rxg7 Nxe6+ 71. Nxe6 Bxe6 72. Re7 $18) 66... Be8 $1 67. e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 10. O-O c5 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. dxc5 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1
Nxc5 14. Kf1 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Kf8 16. Bd6 Na4 17. Bxe7+ Kxe7 18. Ne5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1
Nxb2 20. f4 f6 21. Rc7+ Kd6 22. Rd7+ Kc5 23. Nf3 a5 24. Rxg7 Nd1 25. Rxh7 Nxe3+
26. Kf2 Nd5 27. f5 exf5 28. Rh5 b5 29. Rxf5 b4 30. Nd2 a4 31. Rf3 Kd4 32. a3 b3
33. Nxb3+ axb3 34. Rxb3 Nc3 35. Kf3 Nd5 36. h4 Kc4 37. Rb7 Rxa3+ 38. Kg4 Kd4
39. Kf5 Ra1 40. g4 Rf1+ 41. Kg6 Ke5 42. g5 f5 43. h5 Nf4+ 44. Kf7 Nxh5 45. Rb5+
Ke4 46. g6 Ra1 47. Rb4+ Ke5 48. Rb5+ Kf4 49. Rb2 Ra7+ 50. Kf8 Kg5 {0-1 (50)
Basso,P (2417)-Brunello,S (2557) Rome ITA 2016}) 10. Bxc7 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Nd7 12.
h4 Rac8 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Kg1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 exd4 18.
Qxd4 Qxg5 19. Rh5 Qf6 20. Rd5 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5 22. Bd5 Nc6 23. Rdd1 Kf8 24.
Bxc6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxc6 26. Rd7 Rc2 27. Rxa7 Rxb2 28. a4 Ra2 29. Rb7 Ra1+ 30.
Kh2 Rxa4 31. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. a4 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8
14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qb8 17. e3 Nhf6 18. Bf1 h6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. a4
Rc8 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Bc6 23. Qa3 Rc7 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Nd2 Bd5 26. b3 Rb7
27. Ba6 Rc7 28. Bc4 Nf6 29. Qd6 Ne8 30. Qa3 Nf6 31. Kg2 Rb7 32. h3 Kh7 33. Ba6
Rb4 34. Bc4 Rb7 35. Ra6 Nd7 36. Ra5 {1/2-1/2 (36) Karjakin,S (2753)-Wei Yi 
(2743) Wijk aan Zee NED 2018}) 10... Ne4 (10... Ba6 11. b3 c5 12. a5 Bb7 13. a6
Bc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Rc8 17. Nc3 d4 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 f6
20. Qc4 fxe5 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. fxe5 Re8 23. Be4 c4 24. Qh3 Nf8 25. Rf1 g6 26.
bxc4 Bc5 27. Bh6 Qe7 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Bxg6 d3+ 30. e3 Bxe3+ 31. Kh1 d2 32. Bd3
Rcd8 33. Bc2 h6 34. Qh5 Bg5 35. Qg6 Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Kg2 Rd4 38. Rxf8
Kxf8 39. Rf1+ Ke7 40. h4 Be3 41. Kf3 Rxc4 42. Bd3 Rc1 43. Kxe3 Rxf1 44. Kxd2
Rg1 45. h5 Rxg3 46. Be2 Ke6 47. Bd3 Kxe5 48. Bg6 Kd4 49. Ke2 Kc5 50. Be8 Rg8
51. Bc6 Rg5 52. Kf3 Rxh5 53. Kg4 Rg5+ 54. Kh4 Kb4 55. Bd7 Rxb5 {0-1 (55) Voit,
D (2382)-Gunina,V (2507) Moscow RUS 2018}) 11. Be1 a5 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2
Bf6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 Bxd4 16. Nb3 Bf6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Ra7 19. Kg2 h6
20. Bc3 Rc7 21. Bxf6 Rxc2 22. Bxd8 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. f4 Ke7
26. Re1+ Kf8 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. Re1+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e3 Be7 8. Nfd2
e5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Nbd2 (12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nbd2
Bb4 14. e4 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Nxe5 16. f4 Nd3 17. f5 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 Bxf5 19. exf5
Rxd2 20. Rxc6 Kd7 21. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 (21) Van der Stricht,G (2424)-Hausrath,D 
(2507) Belgium 2008}) 12... h5 13. f3 Qd3 14. fxg4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. gxh5
Qe6 17. Qf3 Rb5 18. Qf5 Rxe5 19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. Rf5 Rd6 21. Kg2 Rd1 22. b3 g6
23. Re5 c5 (23... Rxh5 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Ba3+ Rd6 26. Bxd6+ cxd6 27. Rc1 Ra5
28. Rxc6 Rxa2+ 29. Kf3 Rxh2 30. Rc7+ Ke6 31. Rxa7 $11) 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. e4 Rh7
26. h4 Rf7 27. Kh3 Rff1 28. Bg5 Rxa1 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. Rxc7 Rxa2 31. Be7+ Kg8
32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Bxc5 Re2 34. e5 Rd1 35. Re8 Rd5 36. Bd6 $5 Re3 (36... Rxd6 $4
37. Re7+ $1 $18) 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Re8+ Kf7 39. Re7+ Kg8 40. b4 Rdd3 41. Kg4
Rxg3+ 42. Kf4 Rgf3+ 43. Ke4 Rfe3+ 44. Kf4 Rf3+ 45. Kg5 Rf7 46. e6 Rd5+ 47. Kxg6
Rxd6 48. Rxf7 Rxe6+ 49. Rf6 Re4 50. b5 Rxh4 51. Ra6 Rh7 52. b6 Rg7+ 53. Kh6
Rh7+ 54. Kg5 Rg7+ 55. Kf5 axb6 56. Rxb6 Rf7+ 57. Rf6 Rxf6+ 58. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 d6 (7...
O-O 8. Bg5 Be7 9. h4 d6 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. c3 Qd7 12. O-O-O Nd8 13. d4 exd4 14.
Nxd4 Bxd1 15. Qxd1 Re8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. h5 h6 19. Bh4 c6 20. Bb3 Re5
21. Bc2 Qe6 22. f4 Rb5 23. Kb1 g6 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Bg5 gxf5 26. exf5 Qg8 27.
a4 Rc5 28. Bf6+ Kh7 29. Qh4 Nf7 30. Bd4 Rd5 31. Rh3 Rxd4 32. f6+ Kh8 33. cxd4
Re8 34. Rg3 Re1+ 35. Ka2 Ng5+ 36. Bb3 Qg6 37. Rd3 Qxd3 38. Qxe1 Ne4 39. Qa5
Qxd4 40. Qf5 d5 41. Bc2 Qc4+ 42. Kb1 Nd2+ 43. Ka1 Nb3+ 44. Bxb3 Qxb3 45. Qc8
Qxa4+ 46. Kb1 Qe4+ 47. Ka2 Qb4 48. g4 Qd6 49. g5 Kg8 50. Qf5 d4 51. Qg6+ Kh8
52. Qf7 {1/2-1/2 (52) Benda,H (2274)-Kilgus,G (2354) Austria 2007}) 8. Be3 Bxe3
9. fxe3 O-O (9... Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Qe1 h6 13. Qg3 Kh7 14. Rf2 c6
15. Raf1 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. c3 d5 18. e4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rh5 20. Bf7 Qd6 21.
Bxg6+ Qxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kxg6 23. g4 Rh3 24. Kg2 {1-0 (24) Sofiev,A (2054)
-Samolins,V (2292) Narva 2006}) 10. O-O Nb8 11. b4 Nd7 12. Qd2 c6 13. Bb3 a5
14. a3 Nf6 15. h3 h6 16. Rab1 b5 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Rf2 Qb6 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Nh4
c5 21. Ref1 cxb4 22. Qe1 d5 23. axb4 dxe4 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Ng6 Be6 26. Nxe5
exd3 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Rxf6 d2 29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. Rf1 Ra7 31. Ng6+ Kg7 32. Nf4+
Kh8 33. Nh5 f6 34. Nxf6 Rf8 35. Qf4 Rh7 36. Qe5 Qc7 $4 (36... Rg7 $1 $11 37.
Bxe6 Rg5 38. Nh5+ Rxe5 39. Rxf8+ Kh7 40. Rf7+ Kh8 41. Rf8+ Kh7 42. Rf7+ $11)
37. Ne8+ $1 (37. Ne8+ Kg8 38. Qxe6+ Rff7 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qg8+ Ke7
42. Qe8+ Kd6 43. Ne4# {[%csl Gb3,Rd6,Ge4,Ge8][%cal Ye8c6,Ye8e5,Yb3d5,Ye4d6,
Ye4c5]}) (37. Ne8+ Qxe5 38. Rxf8+ Bg8 39. Rxg8#) 1-0

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 c5 $5 (5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7.
Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 c5 (8... Na6 9. Ba5 b6 10. Qd6 Bd7 11. Bc3 f6 12. Rd1 O-O-O
13. Nf3 e5 14. Qa3 Kb7 15. Rd2 Qb1+ 16. Rd1 Qg6 17. O-O Nh6 18. Rfe1 Nc7 19.
Nd2 Bg4 20. f3 Bh3 21. Bf1 Bf5 22. c5 Bd3 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. Bxc4
Nf5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bf1 Qf7 28. Qa4 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Qc2 Qxa2 31. Qxh7
Qf7 32. Ra1 Qd7 33. h4 Rb4 34. h5 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Qf2 36. g4 Rxb2 {0-1 (36)
Khismatullin,D (2682)-Savchenko,B (2559) Nakhchivan 2014}) 9. Bc3 f6 10. Nf3
Qf4 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nd2 Nge7 13. Bh5+ Ng6 14. g3 Qc7 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nxc5 Nce5
17. Ne4 Qxc4 18. Nd6 Qa6 19. f4 Nd3 20. Rf3 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Nc5 22. b4 Na6 23. a4
Rd8 24. Rd3 Nxb4 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 26. Bf3 Qa5 27. Rc1 Ne7 28. f5 Kf8 29. Bg2 g6
30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qb3 Nc6 32. Nc4 Qc7 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Rd1 Qe7 35. Nd6 e5 36.
Qe3 Kg7 37. Qc5 Bd7 38. Nxb7 Qxc5 39. Nxc5 Be8 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41. Nc7 Rc8 42.
Nxe8 Kxe8 43. Rd6 Nd4 44. Rxf6 Ke7 45. Rf1 Rc4 46. Be4 g5 47. Rf7+ Kxf7 48.
Bd5+ Kf6 49. Bxc4 e4 50. Kg2 e3 {1/2-1/2 (50) Kamsky,G (2695)-Kramnik,V (2710)
New York 1994}) 6. Nxc5 (6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd2+ 10.
Kxd2 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Nb5 Na6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Bf3 Bxb5 15. cxb5 O-O-O+
16. Ke2 Nb4 17. Rhd1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Re8 19. Rd4 Nxa2 20. Ra4 Nc1+ 21. Kd2 {
1-0 (21) Maderna,C-Olivera,A Mar del Plata 1948}) 6... Nc6 $5 (6... Bxc5 7.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nf6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. b4 O-O 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Ke1 e5 13. Rd1 Nc6
14. a3 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Rd6 Ne8 17. Rd2 Rxd2 18. Kxd2 Rd8+ 19. Kc3 Nc7 20.
Bd3 f5 21. Ne2 e4 22. fxe4 Ne5 23. Nd4 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 fxe4+ 25. Kc3 Bf7 26. Rd1
Ne6 27. Rd2 Nc7 28. Nb5 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Nxb5+ 30. cxb5 Be8 31. a4 Kf7 32. Kd4 a6
33. c6 b6 34. c7 Bd7 35. bxa6 {1-0 (35) Hutt,A (2122)-Moas,H Carlow Villa Paz
2003}) 7. Nf3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxc5 10. Nb5 Ke7 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. b4
Bxb5 13. cxb5 Bd6 14. g3 Rc8 15. Bg2 b6 16. Ke2 Nh6 17. Rac1 Nf5 18. Bc3 f6 19.
f4 h5 20. Bc6 Rcd8 21. a4 h4 22. Kf3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Bb8 25. Be4
Kf7 26. Rc1 Ne7 27. Be1 f5 28. Bb1 Rd4 29. Bc3 Rc4 30. Ba2 Rc8 31. Bb2 Rd8 32.
Bc4 Rc8 33. Bb3 Rxc1 34. Bxc1 Bd6 35. Bd2 Nd5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Bc3 Be7 38. a5
Bf6 39. Bxf6 Kxf6 40. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Ne5 (12. e4 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. exd5 Rad8 16. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (16) Arkhipov,S (2530)-Luther,T (2515)
Lippstadt 1994}) 12... Rfd8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd3 b4
17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Qc2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxc8+ Rd8 22. Rxd8+
Qxd8 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 24. b3 Bc7 25. f4 Bb6+ 26. Kf1 Be3 27. h4 h5 28. Bh3 Kf8
29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Kf3 Bd2 31. e3 Be1 32. f5 exf5 33. Bxf5 g6 34. Bd3 Bc3 35. Kf4
Be1 36. Bc4 Bf2 37. Bd5 Be1 38. g4 hxg4 39. Kxg4 Bc3 40. Kf4 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 (11. Nc3 a6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7
14. Bf4 Qc7 15. Ne4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Be4 Be7 18. Qf3 Rab8 19. Qg4 Rfd8 20.
Bg5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Qd3 Qxd3
26. exd3 f5 27. Bg2 a5 28. a3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. f4 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. d4
Kd7 33. Bf1 c5 34. dxc5 Bd5 35. Bb5+ Ke7 36. Ke3 {1-0 (36) Brynell,S (2486)
-Rombaldoni,A (2459) Porto Carras 2011}) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qc7
14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. Rac1 a6 16. Qe3 c5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ne4 c4 19. h4 h6 20. Rd4
Nf8 21. b3 $6 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Rd8 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 f6 25. Be3 e5 26. Qb2 Qc6
27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Qb4 Rc8 29. f3 h5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Rd1 Nd7 32. Qb1 g6 33. g4
Rh8 34. g5 f5 35. Qc2 Rc8 36. Qc3 Ke6 37. Kg2 Qa4 38. Qd2 Qb5 39. a4 Qc6 40.
Qc2 Rb8 41. Bd2 Rb3 42. Bc3 Qxa4 43. Ra1 Qc6 44. Ra5 Rb5 45. Qa4 Nb6 46. Qa1
Rxa5 47. Qxa5 Qb5 48. d7 Kxd7 49. Qa3 Nd5 50. Bxe5 Qc6 51. Qf8 Qe6 52. Qb8 c3
53. Qb7+ Ke8 54. Qb8+ Kf7 55. Qb7+ Ne7 56. Bxc3 Qxe2+ 57. Kh3 Qb5 58. Qc7 Qc6
59. Qe5 Qxf3+ 60. Kh2 Qf2+ 61. Kh1 Qxh4+ 62. Kg1 Qxg5+ 63. Kh2 Qh4+ 64. Kg1 Qe4
65. Qg7+ Ke6 66. Bf6 Nd5 67. Bb2 f4 68. Kh2 Kf5 69. Qf8+ Kg5 70. Qd8+ Kg4 71.
Qc8+ Kh4 72. Bg7 Qe2+ 73. Kh1 Qf3+ 74. Kh2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bd2 Be7 (11... Rd8 12. Rfc1 cxd4 13. exd4 Be7 14.
d5 exd5 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Qd6 18. Re1 Nd4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.
Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Rad1 Re4 22. Qd2 Qg6 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qc2 26.
Qd4 h6 27. h4 Qc7 28. h5 Rd8 29. Qe3 Qc2 30. Qe5 Rd1 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kh2 Qb3
33. f3 a5 34. Kg3 a4 35. Qd4 Qc2 36. Qe5 Qc6 37. Qb8+ {1/2-1/2 (37)
Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Gelfand,B (2695) Moscow RUS 2018}) 12. Rac1 c4 13. e4
Rd8 14. Be3 Ng4 15. e5 Na5 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Rcd1 h5 (17... O-O 18. h3 f5 19. Qd2
Nh6 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 $16) 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bb1 Nb3 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Rfe1 Kf8
22. d5 exd5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Ng5 Qd7 25. Bg6 Bf6 $2 (25... Rc8 26. Qf3+ Bf6 27.
Nxe6+ Qxe6 28. Bxh6) 26. Bb6 Rc8 (26... Bxg5 $6 27. Bxd8 Bxd8 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29.
Rxe6 Be7 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Nf7 32. Rxe7 $18) 27. Nxe6+ Kg8 28. Nxd5 Bxd5
29. Nf4 Nc1 30. Qxh5 Nd3 31. Nxd5 Nf7 32. Qe2 Nfe5 33. Be4 Rh4 34. f4 Rxf4 35.
Nxf4 Nxf4 36. Bh7+ Kh8 37. Qe4 Qc6 38. Bd4 Nxh3+ $6 (38... Ned3 $1 39. Bxf6
Qxf6 40. Rf1 $13) 39. Kh2 (39. gxh3 $6 Nf3+ 40. Kh1 Qxe4 41. Rxe4 Nxd4 42. Bg6
$13) 39... Ng5 40. Qxc6 Rxc6 41. Bc2 Ngf7 42. Bxe5 Nxe5 43. Rd5 Re6 44. Kh3 Kg8
45. b3 Kf7 46. bxc4 Nxc4 47. Rd7+ Be7 48. Rxe6 Kxe6 49. Ra7 Nxa3 50. Rxa6+ Kd5
51. Bh7 Nc4 52. Kg4 Bf6 53. Ra7 Kd4 54. Bg8 Nd6 55. Kf3 Kc5 56. Ra8 b4 57. Ke2
Bc3 58. Kd3 Kb6 59. Ke3 Kc6 60. Kf4 Nb7 61. Kf5 Nc5 62. g4 Kb5 63. g5 b3 64.
Kg6 Kb4 65. Bd5 Bd4 66. Kh7 Kc3 67. g6 b2 68. Ba2 Kc2 69. Rb8 Ne4 70. Rb4 Nc3
71. Be6 $1 Kc1 72. Bf5 Be5 73. Rb7 b1=Q 74. Bxb1 Nxb1 75. Rxg7 Nc3 76. Re7 Bd4
77. Rd7 Be5 78. Kh6 Kc2 79. Kg5 Kb3 80. Kf5 Bh8 81. Rb7+ Kc2 82. Rh7 Bd4 83.
Ke6 Kb3 84. Rd7 Bh8 85. Rd8 Bg7 86. Kf7 Be5 87. Re8 Bd4 88. Rb8+ Kc2 89. Rb7
Be5 90. Rb6 Bd4 91. Rf6 Bxf6 92. Kxf6 Nd5+ 93. Kf7 Ne3 94. Kf6 Nd5+ 95. Kf7 Ne3
96. g7 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. Ne5 (19. d5 exd5 20.
exd5 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Qf6 22. Nd3 Ba6 23. Qe5 Bxd3 24. Qxh5 Bc2 25. Rc1 Bf5 26.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. d6 g5 28. Qd1 Bd7 29. Qd5 Kg7 30. Qb7 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ 32. Kg1
Qxd6 33. Qxa7 h5 34. Qb7 h4 35. Qf3 Qe7 36. Qc3+ f6 37. Qc4 Qe8 38. Qb4 b5 39.
a3 Qe5 40. Bd1 Bc6 41. Bf3 Be8 42. Kf1 Bf7 43. Be2 Be8 44. Bf3 f5 45. Kg1 Bf7
46. Qd2 Kg6 47. Qc1 Be6 48. Qc6 Kf6 49. Qe8 Qa1+ 50. Kh2 Qxa3 51. Qd8+ Qe7 52.
Qh8+ Qg7 53. Qd8+ Kg6 54. Qe8+ Qf7 55. Qxb5 Qc7+ {1/2-1/2 (57) So,W (2799)
-Kramnik,V (2800) Berlin GER 2018}) 19... Nf6 20. Qf4 b5 21. Re3 (21. Nxf7 Kxf7
22. e5 a5 23. d5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qf3 Rc5 26. exf6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxf6
$13) 21... Rc7 22. Nd3 Rc3 23. Nc5 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Bc6 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. f3 Rd8 27.
Kf2 a5 28. g4 a4 29. Bc2 Nd7 30. Bd3 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 b4 32. Bc4 Bd7 33. g5 $6 {
11-36} hxg5 34. Qxg5 {[%csl Ga4,Gb4]} Be8 35. Qe7 $6 b3 36. axb3 a3 37. b4 Ra8
38. d5 a2 39. dxe6 $6 a1=Q 40. exf7+ Bxf7 41. Bxf7+ Kh7 42. Qh4+ Qh6 43. Rh5
Qa7+ (43... Qa7+ 44. Kg2 Qxf7 45. Rxh6+ gxh6 $19) 0-1

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. a3 h6 11. Nd4 (11. Kb1 Rg8 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. Qe2
Bf6 14. Bb5 Kb8 15. Rhe1 g5 16. Nd2 Bh8 17. Nb3 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Qf5+ 19. Bd3 Qf6
20. Be4 d5 21. Bc2 d4 22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Qe8+ Qd8
26. Qxf7 Rf8 27. Qe7 Bf6 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. b4 a6 30. Re6 Rd6 31. Rxd6 cxd6 32.
Be4 Bd4 33. f3 Bg1 34. h3 Bh2 35. g4 Kc7 36. Bd5 b6 37. Kc2 Be5 38. b3 Bf4 39.
Kd3 Bc1 40. Ke4 Bxa3 41. b5 axb5 42. Kf5 Kd7 43. Kg6 Bc1 44. Kxh6 Ke7 45. Kg6
Kf8 46. b4 Bd2 47. Kf6 Bc1 48. Bc6 Kg8 49. Kg6 Kf8 50. Bxb5 Ke7 51. Kf5 d5 52.
Bd3 Bd2 53. Bf1 Kf7 54. b5 Be3 55. h4 gxh4 56. g5 d4 57. f4 Ke7 58. Kg4 Kd6 59.
f5 h3 60. Bxh3 d3 61. Kh5 d2 62. Bg4 Ke5 63. f6 Bd4 64. Kg6 Kf4 65. Bd1 Bc3 66.
f7 Bb4 67. Kf6 Bc3+ 68. Ke6 Bg7 69. g6 Kg5 70. Bc2 Bf8 71. Kd5 d1=Q+ {1/2-1/2 
(71) Kasimdzhanov,R (2698)-Li,D (2488) Chengdu CHN 2017}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4
Rg8 13. Be2 c5 14. Be3 d5 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Bf3 Bg4 17. Bxd5 $1 Bxd1 18. Rxd1
Qc7 19. c4 Rge8 20. Qf2 b6 21. g4 Bf6 22. Kb1 Rd7 23. Rd3 g5 24. Ka2 Ree7 25.
Qf3 Kd8 {23-17} 26. Bd2 Kc8 27. Qf1 Rd6 28. fxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qf5+
Rdd7 31. Qxg5 Qe5 32. Qh6 Kd8 33. g5 Qd6 34. Qh8+ Re8 35. Qh4 Qg6 36. Qg4 Re5
37. h4 Ke7 38. Rd2 b5 39. Bxf7 Qf5 40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Qxf5+ Rxf5 42. g6 Ke7 43.
cxb5 Rh5 44. c4 Rxh4 45. a4 Rg4 46. a5 Kd6 47. a6 Kc7 48. Kb3 1-0

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Bd2 $5 Kh8 (9... Nd7 10. a4 Bb7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Nc3 Na5
14. Ba2 Rb8 15. Nxb5 Bxe4 16. dxe4 Rxb5 17. b4 Nc6 18. Qe2 Qb8 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7
20. Qc4+ Ke8 21. Qxc6 Qb7 22. Qc4 d5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Qxc7 Bxb4 25. c4 Qb7 26.
Qxb7 Rxb7 27. Rb1 e4 28. Nd4 e3 29. Bxb4 exf2+ 30. Kxf2 Ne5 31. Re1 {1-0 (31)
Muir,A-Zimmermann,L Groningen 1978}) (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1
a5 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15. Na3 c6 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Nc2 d5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19.
Qf3 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qc8 21. b4 axb4 22. cxb4 Qe6 23. Bg5 Rfd8 24. Rac1 Ra2 25.
Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qc3 Ra6 27. Rcd1 g6 28. Ne3 Rd4 29. Ng4 Bg7 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1
h5 32. Nh2 Rxe4 33. Nf3 Bf6 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Qc5 Be7 36. Qb6 Qd6 37. Qb7 Rc4
38. g3 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Rc1 40. g4 Qh1+ {0-1 (40) Calzetta Ruiz,M (2317)-Atalik,E 
(2393) Turin 2006}) 10. h3 Nd7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. c4 f5
15. Ba5 Rc8 16. Rc1 bxc4 17. bxc4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Nc5 19. Bc3 Qe8 20. b4 Ne6 21.
Bd2 c6 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Be3 c5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Nd2 Bc8 27. Nf1
Be6 28. Ne3 Rc6 29. Qa4 Rfc8 30. Rb1 h6 31. Rb8 Rxc4 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxa6
Qc7 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Qd3 Qc5 36. Kh2 Qc7 37. Kg1 Qc5 38. Rd2 Qc7 39. Qa3 Qe7 40.
Rd1 Kh7 41. Qb4 Qc7 42. Rd3 Kg8 43. Qd2 Qe7 44. Kh2 Qf8 45. Kg1 Qe7 46. Qd1 Kh7
47. Rd2 Qf8 48. Rd3 Qe7 49. Rd2 Qf8 50. Nf1 Rd7 51. Ng3 Qb8 52. Kh2 Qf8 53. Kg1
Qb8 54. Kh2 Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. Qb3
(8. h4 Nd7 (8... Bxh4 9. Qb3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bh2 Bxg4 12. Qxb7 Qe7 13. Qxe7+
Nxe7 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nf5 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4
Kf7 20. Rxc6 Nd5 21. Rc5 Rad8 22. Nxh4 Nxh4 23. Nd6+ Ke6 24. Nb5 Rd7 25. Re1
Rhd8 26. Nc7+ Kf7 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Rc7+ R8d7 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Rd1 Ke6 31.
Kd3 Nf3 32. Bb8 Rxd4+ 33. Ke2 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 a6 35. Ke2 Nd4+ 36. Ke3 Nc6 37. Bh2
Kd5 38. f4 g4 39. f5 h5 40. Bc7 h4 41. Kf4 g3 42. Bb6 Nd4 43. Ke3 Nxf5+ 44. Kf3
h3 45. b3 h2 46. Kg2 Nh4+ 47. Kh1 Ke4 {0-1 (47) Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2815)
chess.com INT 2017}) 9. g5 h6 10. g6 fxg6 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Rg1 Nf6
14. Rg3 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Rh1+ 17. Bf1 Qc8 18. Qb3 N8h7 19. Bxf6 gxf6
20. O-O-O Bd6 21. Rxg4 Qxg4 22. Qxb7 Rc8 23. Qa6 Rc7 24. Be2 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Qf5
26. Nd2 Ng5 27. f4 Nh3 28. Bf3 Bb4 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Qb5+ Kf7 31. Qxb4 Qd3 32.
Bxd5+ Kg7 33. Qb3 Nf2+ 34. Ke1 Rc1+ 35. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 36. Kf3 Re1 37. Bc4 Qh2 38.
Qb7+ Kh6 39. Qe7 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qh4+ 41. Kf3 Qh1+ 42. Kf2 Qh4+ 43. Kf3 Qh3+ 44.
Kf2 Qh4+ 45. Kf3 Qh3+ {1/2-1/2 (45) So,W (2822)-Akobian,V (2645) Saint Louis
USA 2017}) 8... Qb6 9. f3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Qxb3 12. axb3 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5
14. Bd3 Kf7 15. h4 f5 16. Nh3 f4 17. exf4 Bxh3 18. fxg5 $5 (18. Rxh3 gxh4 19.
Bf2 Nd7 $13) 18... Bd7 19. Kf2 Na6 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Ne2 Bd8 22. Be5 Ne7 23.
Nf4 Rh7 24. h5 Kg8 25. Rag1 Nf5 26. h6 Be8 $6 27. g6 Rxh6 28. Rxh6 Nxh6 29. Rh1
Bg5 30. Ne6 Bxg6 31. Nxg5 Nf7 32. Ne6 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Re8 34. Nf4 Bc2 35. Rg1+
Kf7 36. e6+ Kf6 37. Nh5+ Ke5 38. f4+ Kd6 39. Ng7 Rf8 40. Ke3 d4+ 41. Kf3 Ke7
42. b4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Bd2 Bg4 (9... Kh8 10. h3 Nd7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. c4
f5 15. Ba5 Rc8 16. Rc1 bxc4 17. bxc4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Nc5 19. Bc3 Qe8 20. b4 Ne6
21. Bd2 c6 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Be3 c5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Nd2 Bc8 27.
Nf1 Be6 28. Ne3 Rc6 29. Qa4 Rfc8 30. Rb1 h6 31. Rb8 Rxc4 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33.
Qxa6 Qc7 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Qd3 Qc5 36. Kh2 Qc7 37. Kg1 Qc5 38. Rd2 Qc7 39. Qa3
Qe7 40. Rd1 Kh7 41. Qb4 Qc7 42. Rd3 Kg8 43. Qd2 Qe7 44. Kh2 Qf8 45. Kg1 Qe7 46.
Qd1 Kh7 47. Rd2 Qf8 48. Rd3 Qe7 49. Rd2 Qf8 50. Nf1 Rd7 51. Ng3 Qb8 52. Kh2 Qf8
53. Kg1 Qb8 54. Kh2 Qf8 {1/2-1/2 (54) Grischuk,A (2767)-Aronian,L (2794)
Berlin 2018}) 10. c3 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 a5 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3
Nd7 15. Na3 c6 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Nc2 d5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qf3 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qc8 21.
b4 axb4 22. cxb4 Qe6 23. Bg5 Rfd8 24. Rac1 Ra2 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qc3 Ra6 27.
Rcd1 g6 28. Ne3 Rd4 29. Ng4 Bg7 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 h5 32. Nh2 Rxe4 33. Nf3
Bf6 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Qc5 Be7 36. Qb6 Qd6 37. Qb7 Rc4 38. g3 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Rc1
40. g4 Qh1+ {0-1 (40) Calzetta Ruiz,M (2317)-Atalik,E (2393) Turin 2006}) 10...
d5 11. h3 Bh5 $6 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. dxe4 h6 15. Bc1 Bg6 16. Nbd2 Nh5
17. Nf1 Bc5 18. g3 Kh7 19. Kg2 Qe7 20. Bc2 Rfd8 21. b4 Bb6 22. a4 Nf6 23. Nh4 (
23. axb5 axb5 24. Qxb5 Bxf2 25. Qxc6 Bxe1 26. Nxe1 Rd6 27. Qc4 Qd7) 23... Qe6
24. Bd3 Bh5 25. g4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nxg4 27. Nf5 Nxf2 28. Bc2 g6 29. N1e3 (29. a5
$1 Ba7 30. N1e3 $18) 29... gxf5 30. exf5 $1 (30. Nxf5 $4 Rg8+ 31. Kf1 Nh3 32.
Be3 Nf4 33. Qh2 Qc4+ 34. Re2 Rg6 $19) 30... Qf6 $1 (30... Rg8+ $2 31. Kf1 Qf6
32. Qxf2 $18) 31. Qxf2 e4 $2 (31... Nxb4 32. cxb4 Rd4) 32. Rh1 (32. Bxe4 $18)
32... Rd6 33. Bxe4 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Ne5 35. Qf4 c6 36. axb5 Rg5 37. bxa6 Qd8 38.
f6+ Ng6 39. Rxh6+ (39. Rxh6+ Kxh6 40. Ng4+ Kh7 41. Qxg5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Yg5h6,
Yh6g7]}) 1-0

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Re1 $5 (9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nd5 12. Rfc1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Nb6 15. Rab1 cxd4 16. cxd4 e5 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 exd4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20.
Nxd4 Na4 21. Ba3 c5 22. Rc4 Nb6 23. Rxc5 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rfd8 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Bc1
Rad8 27. Be3 f6 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. g4 Nd5 30. Kf3 Nc7 31. Ra5 a6 32. h4 Rd5 33.
Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rc1 Ne6 35. Ke4 Ra5 36. d5 Ra4+ 37. Kf3 Nd4+ 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39.
Rc7+ Ke8 40. Rxh7 Rxd5 41. Rg7 Ra5 42. Rxg6 Kf7 43. Rh6 Kg7 44. Rh5 Ra3+ 45.
Kg2 Rxa2 46. Rc5 a5 47. Kg3 a4 48. Ra5 a3 49. Ra7+ Kg6 50. h5+ Kh6 51. Ra6 Kg7
52. h6+ Kxh6 53. Rxf6+ Kg7 54. Ra6 Ra1 55. Kf4 a2 56. Kf5 Kf7 57. g5 Kg7 58.
Ra7+ Kg8 59. Kf6 {1-0 (59) Kasparov,G (2825)-Svidler,P (2690) ICC INT 1998})
9... Nc6 10. Bb2 (10. e4 Bg4 11. Bb2 e5 12. d5 Na5 13. c4 Ne8 14. Qa4 Bd7 15.
Qc2 f6 16. Nb1 Nd6 17. Nbd2 b6 18. Bf1 Nab7 19. a4 Nf7 20. Bg2 Qc7 21. Nb3 Nbd6
22. a5 Rae8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Nbd2 f5 25. Qb3 Bc8 26. Bc3 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4
28. Rxe4 Nd6 29. Nd2 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Bf5 31. Re1 Rb8 32. Qb2 Rfe8 33. Qd2 h6 34.
h3 Rbd8 35. Qb2 g5 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. Kh2 Ra8 38. Qb2 Ra6 39. Rb1 Rf8 40. Rd1 Re8
41. d6 Rea8 42. Rd2 Re8 43. Qb1 Be6 44. Rb2 Qd8 45. Qd3 Qd7 46. Rd2 Rd8 47. Rb2
Qf7 48. Qb1 Qa7 49. Nxc5 bxc5 50. Rb7 Qxb7 51. Qxb7 Raxd6 52. Qe4 Bf7 53. Qc2
e4 54. Bxg7 Kxg7 55. Qxe4 Rf6 56. Qe5 Rd2 57. f4 gxf4 58. gxf4 Bxc4 59. Kg3
Rd3+ 60. Kf2 Rd4 61. Be4 Bd3 62. Qe7+ Rf7 63. Qe5+ Rf6 64. Qe7+ Rf7 65. Qe5+ {
1/2-1/2 (65) Dreev,A (2662)-Esen,B (2508) Gjakova KOS 2016}) 10... Nd5 (10...
Qb6 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Nce5 Rd8 13. e3 Be6 14. a4 Bd5 15. Ba3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. Qf3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qc4 20. Bb2 Rd7 21. a5 Rad8 22. Rac1 b5 23.
axb6 Nxb6 24. Ba3 Rd2 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qf4 Rf8 {0-1 (26) Dreev,A (2653)-Hansen,
E (2629) chess.com INT 2018}) (10... Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. e4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ne8
14. Nf3 Qb6 15. Bc3 Rd8 16. Nc2 Nd6 17. a4 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc4 20. Rb1
Qa6 21. Be2 Qxa4 22. Nb4 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Nd6 25. Bf3 b6 26. g4 f6
27. Kg2 Rc8 28. Re1 Rc7 29. e5 fxe5 30. dxe5 Nf7 31. Bd5 Kh8 32. f4 g5 33. Bxf7
Rxf7 34. f5 h5 35. f6 Bf8 36. Rbc1 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 exf6 38. e6 Bxb4 39. exf7 hxg4
40. hxg4 Kg7 41. Rc7 a5 42. Ra7 Kf8 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Ke4 Kxf7 45. Kf5 Kf8 46.
Ke6 Bc5 47. Kxf6 Bd4+ 48. Kxg5 Ke8 49. Kf5 Kf8 50. g5 Bc3 51. Kg6 b5 52. Kh7 a4
53. g6 Ke8 54. g7 Bxg7 55. Kxg7 {1-0 (55) Dreev,A (2660)-Gabrielian,A (2524)
Sochi RUS 2016}) 11. Qc2 cxd4 (11... Nb6 12. Rad1 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Qc8 16. Bg2 e6 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. Nc4 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bg7 21.
Ba3 Nxc5 22. Qf2 b6 23. e5 Rb8 24. Rd6 Rd8 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. c4
Bf8 28. Be4 Qa5 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Rc2 Rd4 31. Qe2 Qb4 32. Kg2 Be7 33. h4 h5 34.
Bd3 Qb7+ 35. Kf2 Qd7 36. Be4 Bd8 37. Bf3 Ba5 38. Kg2 Bb4 39. Kh3 a5 40. Kg2 a4
41. Qe3 a3 42. Be2 Qa4 43. Bd3 Qa8+ 44. Kh2 Qc6 45. Kg1 Qd7 46. Be2 Rd1+ 47.
Kg2 Rd4 48. Kf2 Qc6 49. Qf3 Qd7 50. Qe3 Kg7 51. Kg2 Qc6+ 52. Qf3 Qa4 53. Bd3
Qd7 54. Be2 Rd2 55. Qe4 Qd8 56. Kf1 Rxc2 57. Qxc2 Qd4 58. Kg2 Qe3 59. Qd3 Qc1
60. Qd8 Qc2 61. Kf3 Be1 62. Qf6+ Kg8 63. Qd8+ Kh7 64. Qd1 Qxa2 65. Qxe1 Qb3+
66. Kf2 a2 67. Qa5 Qb1 {0-1 (67) Dreev,A (2652)-Puranik,A (2509) Bastia FRA
2017}) 12. Nxd4 Nf6 $1 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c4 (14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Rab1 Qa5 $44)
14... Bf5 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. Nc2 Rab8 17. Bc3 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne8 19. h4 c5 20. Red1
Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nf6 22. Bf3 h5 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Rb5 Ne8 26. Qe3
Rxb5 27. cxb5 Nd6 28. a4 c4 29. Kg2 c3 30. Bc6 Qa5 31. Qc5 a6 32. e4 axb5 33.
axb5 Kh7 34. e5 Nxb5 $4 35. e6 $3 (35. Bxb5 $2 c2 36. e6 c1=Q 37. Qxc1 Qxb5 38.
exf7 Qd5+ 39. Kg1 Qxf7 $11) 35... Qa3 36. Qxb5 c2 37. exf7 Kg7 38. Be4 $1 c1=Q
39. Qe8 1-0

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. b4 $5 (13. Bxc4
O-O 14. b4 Qe7 15. Bd3 (15. O-O Rd8 16. Qb2 Bd7 17. Rac1 Be8 18. Be2 Rac8 19.
Nb3 Rc7 20. h3 Rdc8 21. Bf3 b6 22. Rfd1 h6 23. g3 f6 24. Bg2 Ne5 25. Rxc7 Rxc7
26. Nd4 Ba4 27. Rc1 Kf7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qa2 Qc4 30. Qa1 Ke7 31. Bf1 Qd5 32.
Qc3 Bc6 33. Nxc6+ Qxc6 34. Qxc6 Nxc6 35. Bb5 Ne5 36. Kf1 Nf7 37. Ke2 Nd6 38.
Bd3 e5 39. Kd2 g5 40. Kc3 Kd7 41. Bc2 Kc6 42. Bd3 Kd5 43. Kd2 Nc4+ 44. Kc3 Nd6
45. Kd2 f5 46. a4 f4 47. exf4 exf4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Ke2 Kd4 50. Bc2 {0-1 (50)
Ponomariov,R (2714)-Radjabov,T (2734) Beijing 2014}) 15... h6 16. Qc3 a6 17.
O-O Bd7 18. Nc4 Rab8 19. Nb6 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Be8 21. Be4 Na7 22. a4 Qd6 23. Nc4
Qe7 24. Nb6 Qd6 25. Nc4 Qe7 26. Nb6 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 (26) Giri,A (2778)-Adams,M 
(2744) London ENG 2015}) 13... Qf5 14. Qxf5 exf5 15. Bxc4 Ke7 16. Nf3 Be6 17.
Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ke2 Rhc8 19. Rhc1 Nd8 20. Ne5 Nf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. e4 Kf6 23.
Ke3 g5 24. g3 h5 25. h3 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. f3 gxf3 28. Kxf3 Ke5 29. exf5 exf5
30. Re1+ Kf6 31. Rac1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd8 33. Rc7 Rd3+ 34. Kf4 Rxa3 35. Rxb7 Ra4
36. Rb5 a5 37. Rxf5+ Kg7 38. Rg5+ Kf6 39. Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O Bg7
9. Re1 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. b3 (12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. h3 Rac8
15. Rad1 Qb8 16. Nc2 Rxc4 17. Qxd6 Qa8 18. Ne3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe4 20. h4 h6 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22. c4 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 b5 24. Qd3 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Rc8 26. Qd3 Nd5 27. Qf3
Qa7 28. Nf4 Rc3 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Nxd3 Nc3 31. a3 Nb5 32. Rb1 Qd4 33. Qa8+ Kh7
34. Qf3 e5 35. h5 e4 36. Qxf7 Qxd3 37. hxg6+ {1-0 (37) Romanishin,O (2585)
-Averkin,O (2450) Sochi 1982}) 12... Nbd7 13. Ba3 (13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Re2 Rad8 15.
Qe1 Rfe8 16. Rd1 Qb8 {1/2-1/2 (16) Gheorghiu,F (2605)-Portisch,L (2650) Moscow
1981}) 13... Nc5 14. b4 Ncd7 15. b5 Ne8 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Qe2 axb5 18. Ndxb5 g5
$5 19. h3 $6 (19. Red1 $5 $14 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Ya3b4,Yd1d6,Yb5d6,Yb4d6]}) 19...
f5 $1 20. exf5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxa3 22. Nxa3 Qa8+ {[%csl Ra3,Ga8,Rg2][%cal Ya8g2,
Ya8a3]} 23. Qe4 Qxa3 24. fxe6 Nf6 25. Qe2 Qa8+ 26. f3 h5 27. e7 Re8 28. Ne4 g4
$1 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. fxg4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf6][%cal Ya8g2]} Nfxg4 31. Qd1 {[%csl
Ga8,Ge5,Yg2,Gg4][%cal Ya8g2,Ye8e7]} Bh6 32. Rc3 Rxe7 33. Qd5+ Qxd5 34. cxd5 Ra7
35. Re2 Nf7 36. Kh3 Nge5 37. Nxd6 Nxd6 38. Rxe5 Bg7 39. Rg5 Ne4 40. Rc8+ Kh7
41. Rh5+ Kg6 42. Rh4 Ng5+ 43. Kg2 Rxa2+ 44. Kf1 Ra1+ 45. Ke2 Ra2+ 46. Kf1 Ra1+
47. Ke2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8.
c3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bf5 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O
14. Rad1 Qe6 15. a3 a6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Rd7 19. Bd4 Re8 20.
Re3 Bd8 21. Rde1 h6 22. Kh2 Bc7 23. g3 Bd8 24. Kg2 Be7 25. R3e2 Bd8 26. Bc5 Be7
27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Bf8 29. f4 Qc6 30. f5 Qc4 31. Qd2 Qc6 32. Qf4 b6 33. Qg4
a5 34. e6 fxe6 35. b5 Qxb5 36. fxe6 Rde7 37. Bf6 Qc6 38. Bxe7 Bxe7 39. Kh2 Rf8
40. Qd4 Bf6 41. Qd3 Be7 42. Rd1 Rf6 43. Qxd5 Qxc3 44. Qb5 Qf3 45. Rdd2 Rg6 46.
Qe5 a4 47. Qf4 {1-0 (47) Vallejo Pons,F (2696)-Perez Garcia,R (2426) Lugo 2009}
) 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. a3 O-O 14. b4 h6 15. Bg3 b6 16. Nd4 $5 Bxd1 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18.
Raxd1 c4 19. Bc2 b5 20. a4 a6 21. f3 Bg5 22. Bf2 Bf4 23. Bc5 Rfd8 24. Bd6 Bg3
25. Re2 g5 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Bc7 Re8 28. Bd6 Rac8 29. Ra1 Red8 30. Bb1 Rd7 31.
Ra3 $6 d4 $1 32. axb5 axb5 33. cxd4 Nxd4 34. Rea2 Nc6 35. Be4 Bxe5 36. Bxc6
Rxd6 37. Bxb5 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Rg1 39. Ke3 Rb1 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Bd7 $6 Bf4+ 42. Ke2
Rd8 43. Rc2 Rxb4 (43... Rg1 $1 44. Kf2 Rd1 45. Bc6 R8d2+ 46. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 47. Ke1
c3 48. Be4 Bg3+ 49. Kf1 c2 50. Bxc2 Rxc2 $19) 44. Bc6 c3 45. Rd7 Rc8 46. Be4 h5
47. Kd3 Rb2 48. Ke2 h4 49. Rd1 Ke5 50. Ra1 Rd8 51. Rd1 Rdb8 52. Ra1 Bd2 53. Ra6
Rd8 54. Rc6 Rb1 55. Kf2 Ra1 56. Rc4 Rd4 57. Rc8 Rb4 58. Ke2 Kf4 59. Kf2 Rbb1
60. Rf8+ Ke5 61. Bd3 Rb2 62. Ke2 Re1+ 63. Kf2 Rc1 64. Rxb2 cxb2 65. Rb8 Bc3 66.
Be4 Bd4+ 67. Ke2 Kf4 68. Rb4 e5 69. Rb7 Kg3 0-1

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. Na3
Rd8 9. Naxc4 Qa6 10. Qc2 (10. b4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bxb4 14.
Nb3 Nc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc3 16. Rc1 Ba5 17. Nc5 Qb6 18. Rb1 Bb4 19. Nd3 Rxd4 20. a3
a5 21. axb4 axb4 22. Qc2 Ba6 23. Ne5 Bb5 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Nxc6 {1-0 (25)
Romanov,E (2654)-Garcia Palermo,C (2450) Groningen 2013}) (10. b3 c5 11. e3
cxd4 12. exd4 Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nbxd7 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. Qe2 Nfd5 16. Rfc1 Bf6 17. a4
Ne7 18. a5 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Rab8 20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Rc7 Rxb3 22. Ra2 Rd3 23. Ba3
Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Bc5 h6 26. Rxa7 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 R3xd4 28. Rxa6 Rd2 29. Rxd2
Rxd2 30. h4 g6 31. Kg2 Ra2 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. Ra8 h5 34. a6 Kf6 35. Ke3 Kf5 36. a7
Ke5 {1/2-1/2 (36) Cori,J (2602)-Alvarado Diaz,A (2421) Benasque ESP 2016}) (10.
Qb3 Rxd4 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Rac1 c6 13. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1 h6 15. e4 Nb6 16. Nd6
Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Bd7 18. g4 Qa5 19. Qd1 Be8 20. h4 g5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Bg3 Qxa2
23. Qd2 Qb1+ 24. Kh2 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxg5+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kf8
29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Qxd8 Qh7+ 31. Bh4 Qh8 32. f4 Nd5 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. Nf3 c5 35. f5
Qf8 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Qe5 Bd7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Qg5+ Qg7 41. Qd8+
Kh7 42. Qb8 Qxb2 43. Qd6 Qg7 44. Qxc5 Bc6 45. Qxa7 Qc7+ 46. Kf2 Nc3 47. Qd4
Ne4+ 48. Ke3 Qa5 49. Kf4 Qa3 50. Ng5+ Nxg5 51. Bxg5 Qf3+ 52. Ke5 Kg6 53. Bd8
Qe2+ 54. Kd6 e5 55. Qb6 e4 56. Qd4 Qf3 57. Qh8 Qf4+ 58. Kc5 Qe3+ 59. Kd6 Qg3+
60. Kc5 Qg1+ 61. Kd6 Qd1+ 62. Kc5 Qg1+ 63. Kd6 Qg3+ 64. Kc5 Qf2+ 65. Kd6 Qf4+
66. Kc5 Qf2+ 67. Kd6 Qg3+ {1/2-1/2 (67) So,W (2674)-Ljubojevic,L (2572)
Amsterdam 2010}) 10... Rxd4 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qa5 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Be4 g6 17. Bh6 Qc5 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Qc2 Qc5 20. Qd3 Qd6 21.
Nc4 Qc5 22. Qf3 $5 c6 (22... Qxc4 23. Rxd5 $1 exd5 $2 24. Bxd5 {[%csl Rc4,Rf7,
Yg8][%cal Yd5f7,Yf3f7,Yf7g7,Yd5c4]}) 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. e4 e5 25. Be3 Qb4 26. Nxe5
Qxb2 27. Bf4 Be6 28. Rb1 Qxa2 29. Rxb7 Bc5 30. Kg2 (30. Bc1 Qa1 31. Qxf6 Qxc1+
32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Nxc6 Qd2 $13) 30... Re8 31. h3 Bxf2 $6 32. Qxf2 Bxh3+ 33. Kg1
Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxe5 35. Bxe5 Ng4+ 36. Kg1 Nxe5 37. Be2 Kg7 38. Rxa7 Kf6 39. Ra5
Bd7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Ra1 h5 43. Rd1+ Ke7 44. Kd4 f6 45. Kc5 Bh3 46.
Ra1 Bg2 47. Ra4 Ke6 48. Rd4 Nf3 49. Rd8 Ng5 $1 50. Bc4+ Ke7 51. Rg8 Nxe4+ 52.
Kxc6 Nd6+ 53. Kc5 Nxc4 54. Kxc4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 c5 13. a4 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Qd7 (16... e5 17. Ra2 Rf7 18. Rfa1 Rc8 19. axb5 axb5 20.
b3 c4 21. bxc4 bxc4 22. Nd2 c3 23. Nc4 Rb8 24. g3 Rfb7 25. Ra5 Be7 26. Kg2 Bf8
27. Rd5 Rb5 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Qd7 Rb8 31. Ra6 Qf7 32. Qa4 h5 33.
Ra7 Qe6 34. h4 Be7 35. Qc6 Rf8 36. Qd5 Qxd5 37. exd5 Re8 38. Kf3 Kf8 39. Ke4 g6
40. Rd7 Rb8 41. Nxd6 Bxd6 42. Rxd6 Rb2 43. Kxe5 Rxc2 44. Kxd4 Kf7 45. f4 Rg2
46. Kxc3 Rxg3 47. Kd4 Rg4 48. Ke5 Rxh4 49. Rd7+ Ke8 50. Rh7 Rh1 51. Ke6 Re1+
52. Kf6 Rf1 53. Ke6 Re1+ 54. Kd6 Rf1 55. Rh8+ Kf7 56. Kc5 Rc1+ 57. Kd4 Rf1 58.
d6 Ke6 59. Rh6 Rxf4+ 60. Kc5 Rf5+ 61. Kc6 Rf6 62. Rh7 Ke5 63. Re7+ Kd4 64. Kc7
Rxd6 65. Kxd6 h4 66. Ke6 Kxd3 67. Kf6 h3 68. Kg5 h2 69. Rh7 {1-0 (69) Chandra,
A (2510)-Becerra Rivero,J (2531) chess.com INT 2018}) (16... Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rfb8
18. axb5 axb5 19. g3 Rc8 20. h4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 c4 22. Ng5 Qe7 23. Qg4 Re8 24.
Qh5 h6 25. Ra7 Qf8 26. Rf7 hxg5 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. hxg5 Bd8 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30.
g6+ {1-0 (30) Korneev,O (2550)-Vega Gutierrez,B (2155) Las Palmas ESP 2017})
17. b3 e5 (17... Qc7 18. Rfe1 Be5 19. g3 h6 20. Nh4 Qf7 21. Ng2 Bf6 22. Ra2 e5
23. Rea1 Rac8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra7 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Ne1 Qc6 28. Qg4 d5
29. exd5 Qxd5 30. Nf3 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Nd2 c3 33. Ne4 Qb7 34. Kg2 Kh8 35.
h4 Ra8 36. Rxa8+ Qxa8 37. Qf5 Qd5 38. Qg6 Bd8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. h5 Bg5 41. Kh3
Qa2 42. Nd6 {1-0 (42) Motylev,A (2687)-Eljanov,P (2732) Poikovsky RUS 2014})
18. Ra2 b4 19. Nd2 Rae8 20. Raa1 Bd8 21. g3 g5 $5 22. Nc4 Re6 23. a5 Ref6 24.
f3 h5 25. Nb6 Qf7 26. Kg2 h4 27. Nd5 $6 h3+ $1 28. Kg1 (28. Kxh3 $4 g4+ 29. Kg2
gxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 $19) 28... Rxf3 29. g4 $1 Kg7 30. Rxf3 Qxf3 31. Qxf3 Rxf3
32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Bxa5 34. Ne7 Kf6 35. Nf5 Ke6 36. Ng3 Bd8 37. Nh1 a5 38.
Ke2 d5 39. Nf2 Kd6 40. exd5 Kxd5 41. Ne4 Kc6 42. Kd2 Be7 43. Kc1 Kb5 44. Kb2 a4
45. Ka2 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Be2 Na5 12. Qc2 Bg7 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bb2 Bg7
15. Ba3 Bf8 16. Bb2 Bg7 17. Ba3 1/2-1/2

