Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Chess News

At Candidates Tournament 2014, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (March 13 to March 30, 2014)

Round five – 18.03.2014
GM Dmitry Andreikin (RUS,2709) ½-½ GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770)
GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2766) ½-½ GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE,2757)
GM Peter Svidler (RUS,2758) 1-0 GM Veselin Topalov (BUL,2785)
GM Vladimir Kramnik (RUS,2787) ½-½ GM Levon Aronian (ARM,2830)

Against Andreikin despite playing with black pieces Anand dominated Berlin opening ... But Andreikin defended well in end game to forced draw after 42 moves ... Aronian also hold Kramnik after 60 moves but Svidler scored upset win over Topalov due to his mistakes after 50 moves ... So with this win Svidler joins Kramnik and Aronian on 2nd place with 3 points ... Anand is still leading by half point.

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