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Re: The London Chess Classic Thread

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[pgn]
[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "E05"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 a5 11.Nc3 Ra6 12.e3 Rb6 13.Qe2 Nbd7 14.Rfd1 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 c6 16.Qc2 Ne8 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Na2 Nef6 19.Qc3 Ra8 20.Rd2 e5 21.dxe5 Qxe5 22.Rad1 Qxc3 23.Nxc3 Nf8 24.Be4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Rb4 26.Nc5 g6 27.Rc2 b6 28.Nd3 Rd8 29.Rxc6 Ne6 30.Kg2 Nc5 31.Nxb4 Rxd1 32.Rc8+ Kg7 33.Nc6 Nxa4 34.b3 Nb2 35.Ne5 Nd3 36.Nxd3 Rxd3 37.b4 axb4 38.Rc6 b5 39.Rc5 Kf6 40.Rxb5 Rb3 41.g4 1/2-1/2

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Re: The London Chess Classic Thread

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[pgn]
[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[ECO "C91"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Mark "1"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Nb6 15.Nbd2 Rc8 16.Bb2 Nfd7 17.Qb1 g6 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Bf6 21.Qd1 Ne5 22.Rc1 Bg5 23.Rb1 Nbd7 24.Rf1 Bf6 25.Rc1 Qb6 26.Bb1 Rxc1 27.Bxc1 Nd3 28.Qxd3 Bxd4 29.Bh6 Rc8 30.Qe2 Nf8 31.g3 Ne6 32.Kg2 Bg7 33.Be3 Bd4 34.Bd2 Qd8 35.Rc1 Rxc1 36.Bxc1 Qf6 37.a4 bxa4 38.bxa4 Nc5 39.a5 Bc3 40.Ba3 Bxa5 41.Bxc5 dxc5 42.Bd3 Bc3 43.Bxa6 Bd4 44.Bc4 Kg7 45.h4 Qb6 46.h5 Qf6 47.Ba2 gxh5 48.f4 Qg6 49.Kh3 f5 50.exf5 Qxf5+ 51.Kg2 Kh6 52.Qe6+ Qxe6 53.Bxe6 1/2-1/2

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Re: The London Chess Classic Thread

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[pgn]
[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Mark "1"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5 10.a3 h6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Rxa6 13.O-O Qc8 14.Rb1 axb4 15.axb4 Qb7 16.Ne1 Rfa8 17.Nc2 R6a7 18.f3 Qc8 19.Qd3 bxc5 20.bxc5 e5 21.dxe5 Nxc5 22.Qd2 Nfd7 23.Nd4 Ne6 24.Rfc1 Nxf4 25.exf4 Bc5 26.Kh2 Bxd4 27.Qxd4 Nf8 28.Qd2 Ng6 29.Rb2 Qd7 30.Ne2 Ra4 31.Rbc2 R8a6 32.Nd4 Ne7 33.Nb3 Qf5 34.Nc5 Ra8 35.Nxa4 Rxa4 36.g3 g5 37.fxg5 hxg5 38.Re1 Ng6 39.e6 fxe6 40.Rxc6 Ne5 41.Rc8+ Kf7 42.Rf1 Nxf3+ 43.Rxf3 Qxf3 44.Qc2 Kg7 45.Qxa4 Qf2+ 46.Kh1 Qf1+ 47.Kh2 1/2-1/2

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Re: The London Chess Classic Thread

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And people complained about all the draws in TCEC.
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Re: The London Chess Classic Thread

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[pgn]
[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Mark "1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.Nc3 d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Ne7 12.Qb4 Nxd5 13.Qxb7 c6 14.Nd2 Nb6 15.Qa6 d5 16.Rac1 f4 17.Nf3 Qf6 18.Qa5 Kh8 19.b3 Bg4 20.Qc3 e4 21.Qxf6 Rxf6 22.Nd4 f3 23.exf3 exf3 24.Bh1 Rc8 25.Rfe1 h6 26.b4 Na4 27.Re3 Rcf8 28.h3 Bxh3 29.Rxf3 Bd7 30.Bg2 g5 31.Rxf6 Rxf6 32.Nf3 Kg7 33.Ne5 Be8 34.Bh3 h5 35.d4 Nb6 36.Rc3 Nc4 37.Nxc4 dxc4 38.Rxc4 Rd6 39.a3 Bf7 40.Rc5 Rxd4 41.Rxg5+ Kf6 42.Rf5+ Kg6 43.Rc5 Rd1+ 44.Kh2 Bd5 45.Bg2 Rd2 46.Bxd5 cxd5 47.Kg2 Kf5 48.Ra5 Ke4 49.Rxa7 d4 50.b5 Rb2 51.a4 Kd3 52.Rb7 Ra2 53.b6 Rxa4 54.Rb8 1-0

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Re: The London Chess Classic Thread

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Grishuk-Anand
[D]8/R7/8/1P5p/P2pk3/6P1/1r3PK1/8 b - - 0 51

Wasn't 51. ...Kd3 a blunder?
Following the game I thought 51. ...d3 draws.

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Re: The London Chess Classic Thread

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BBauer wrote:Grishuk-Anand
[D]8/R7/8/1P5p/P2pk3/6P1/1r3PK1/8 b - - 0 51

Wasn't 51. ...Kd3 a blunder?
Following the game I thought 51. ...d3 draws.

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I was watching this game as it was being played live and I noticed that both Komodo and Stockfish had it at 0.00


Analysis by Komodo 9.3 64-bit:

51...d3 52.Rd7 Rb4 53.f3+ Ke3 54.Re7+ Kd2 55.Kf2 Rb2 56.Rc7 Kd1+ 57.Ke3 d2 58.Kf2 Rc2 59.b6 Kc1 60.Rxc2+ Kxc2 61.b7 d1Q 62.b8Q Qd2+ 63.Kf1 Qd1+ 64.Kg2 Qe2+ 65.Kh3 Qe6+ 66.Kh2 Qe2+ 67.Kg1 Qd1+ 68.Kh2 Qe2+
= (0.00) Depth: 39 00:02:54 809MN, tb=18516844
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Re: The London Chess Classic Thread

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[pgn]
[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Mark "1"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 Nd3+ 7.Ke2 Nf4+ 8.Kf1 Ne6 9.b4 cxb4 10.Nd5 g6 11.d4 Bg7 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.h4 Rc8 16.Bb3 Qb5+ 17.Kg1 h6 18.Kh2 g5 19.Rhd1 Kf8 20.Kg1 Rd8 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Bxg5 Nxg5 23.Qxg5 Bh6 24.Qh4 Bg7 25.Qf4 Bh6 26.Ng5 Bxg5 27.Qxg5 1-0

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Re: The London Chess Classic Thread

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[pgn]
[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Mark "1"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Qd3 O-O 11.c4 b5 12.Nd2 Nc5 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.b3 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Ne8 16.O-O Nd6 17.a4 Bg5 18.Nf3 Bf4 19.axb5 f5 20.Nd2 Qg5 21.Rad1 axb5 22.exf5 Ra3 23.Ne4 c4 24.Qc2 Qxf5 25.Qb2 Rxb3 26.Qxb3 cxb3 27.Nxd6 Qg6 28.Nxb5 e4 29.d6 b2 30.Nd4 Qxd6 31.Bc4+ Kh8 32.Ne6 Bxh2+ 33.Kh1 Rxf2 34.Ng5 Bg3 0-1

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