Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Chess News

At Zurich Chess Challenge 2014, Switzerland

Rapid Games
Round One
GM Boris Gelfand (ISR,2777) 0-1 GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2872)
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2773) 0-1 GM Levon Aronian (ARM,2825)
GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2782) 1-0 GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2789)

Round Two
GM Levon Aronian (ARM,2825) 1-0 GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2872)
GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2782) ½-½ GM Boris Gelfand (ISR,2777)
GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2789) 1-0 GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2773)

Round Three
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2773) 0-1 GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2782)
GM Boris Gelfand (ISR,2777) ½-½ GM Levon Aronian (ARM,2825)
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2872) ½-½ GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2789)

Round Four
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2773) ½-½ GM Boris Gelfand (ISR,2777)
GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2782) 1-0 GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2872)
GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2789) 1-0 GM Levon Aronian (ARM,2825)

Round Five
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2872) ½-½ GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2773)
GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2782) ½-½ GM Levon Aronian (ARM,2825)
GM Boris Gelfand (ISR,2777) 0-1 GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2789)

Anand started badly in Rapid and lost in 1st game against Aronian after 44 moves despite playing with white pieces ... Carlsen scored dominating win in 23 moves against Gelfand ... Caruana defeated Nakamura after 44 moves.

In the second round Anand was crushed by Nakamura after 26 moves, in this match Anand played with black pieces ... Aronian defeated Carlsen after 53 moves ... Gelfand hold Caruana with black pieces.

Again in third round Anand lost against Caruana after 69 moves playing with white pieces ... Other two matches ended in a draw.

In fourth round Anand tried hard but Gelfand defended well and match ended in a draw after 91 moves ... Caruna scored upset win over Carlsen after 44 moves ... Carlsen also scored upset win over Aronian after 78 moves.

Anand managed draw with Carlsen after 35 moves ... Aronian hold in-form Caruana to draw after 42 moves ... Nakamura defeated Gelfand playing with black pieces after 49 moves.


Final Standing 1. GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2872) (8+2) 10 pts
T2. GM Levon Aronian (ARM,2825) (6+3) 9 pts
T2. GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2782) (5+4) 9 pts
4. GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2789) (4+3½) 7½ pts
5. GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2773) (4+1) 5 pts
6. GM Boris Gelfand (ISR,2777) (3+1½) 4½ pts

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