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At 2016 Sinquefield Cup, Saint Louis, USA

Round One - 5 August 2016
Ding Liren (CHN,2755) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) ½-½
Wesley So (USA,2771) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) 1-0
Anish Giri (NED,2769) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) ½-½
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) 1-0

Round Two - 6 August 2016
Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) 1-0
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) ½-½
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) - Anish Giri (NED,2769) 1-0
Ding Liren (CHN,2755) - Wesley So (USA,2771) ½-½
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) 0-1

Round Three - 7 August 2016
Wesley So (USA,2771) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) ½-½
Anish Giri (NED,2769) - Ding Liren (CHN,2755) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) ½-½
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) ½-½
Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) ½-½

Round Four - 8 August 2016
Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) ½-½
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) ½-½
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) ½-½
Ding Liren (CHN,2755) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) ½-½
Wesley So (USA,2771) - Anish Giri (NED,2769) ½-½

Round Five - 9 August 2016
Anish Giri (NED,2769) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) - Wesley So (USA,2771) ½-½
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) - Ding Liren (CHN,2755) 1-0
Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) ½-½
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) ½-½

Round Six - 11 August 2016
Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) 0-1
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) ½-½
Ding Liren (CHN,2755) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) 1-0
Wesley So (USA,2771) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) 1-0
Anish Giri (NED,2769) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) ½-½

Round Seven - 12 August 2016
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) ½-½
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) - Anish Giri (NED,2769) ½-½
Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) - Wesley So (USA,2771) ½-½
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) - Ding Liren (CHN,2755) ½-½
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) ½-½

Round Eight - 13 August 2016
Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) 1-0
Ding Liren (CHN,2755) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) ½-½
Wesley So (USA,2771) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) ½-½
Anish Giri (NED,2769) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) ½-½

Round Nine - 14 August 2016
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) ½-½
Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) ½-½
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) - Anish Giri (NED,2769) 1-0
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) - Wesley So (USA,2771) ½-½
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) - Ding Liren (CHN,2755) 1-0

The 2016 Sinquefield Cup is an elite international event, featuring 10 of the strongest chess players in the world. Over the course of nine rounds, these competitors will battle for $300,000 in prize money (first: $75,000, second: $50,000, third: $40,000, last: $15,000) plus points toward the Grand Chess Tour and the coveted title of 2016 Sinquefield Cup Champion

Anand finished on the second position in tie-break with 5 points ... He scored a win over French Grand master Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the second round with black pieces and drew other matches ... Wesley So won this tournament with 5½ points.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 14, Monday 28 March 2016
Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) ½-½
Anish Giri (NED,2793) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) ½-½br /> Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) ½-½
Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) 1-0

Russian Sergey Karjakin surprise all experts to become challenger for Magnus Carlsen for World championship ... In the final round he beats talented Fabiano Caruana after 41 moves for winning Candidates tournament by a full point ... Anand only manages draw with black against Peter Svidler after 35 moves ... With that Anand finishes on tied 2nd position with Caruana with 7.5 points.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 13, Sunday 27 March 2016
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) ½-½
Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) - Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) ½-½
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) 0-1
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) - Anish Giri (NED,2793) ½-½

Anand hold Giri in 52 moves in Giuoco Piano opening ... Nakamura beat Topalov with black in 40 moves ... Before last round Anand is still half point behind from co-leaders Karjakin and Caruana as both played very long game to draw in 13th round game.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 12, Friday 25 March 2016
Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) - Anish Giri (NED,2793) ½-½
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) 1-0
Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) 1-0
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) ½-½

After yesterday's win disastrous loss for Anand against Nakamura after 26 moves ... Anand failed to challenge English opening adopted by Nakamura ... Karjakin beats Topalov and definitely will be co-leader with Caruana with 7 points ... Anand will be half point behind ... Interestingly last four games were decisive for Anand, he win 2 with white and lose 2 with black.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 11, Thursday 24 March 2016
Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) 0-1
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) - Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) 1-0
Anish Giri (NED,2793) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) ½-½

Anand used an anti-Berlin Defense system to beat leader Sergey Karjakin with white from drawish condition ... Sergey Karjakin resigned after 70 moves as Anand played patient endgame for his 4th win of the tournament and 2 losses ... With this win Anand rejoin Caruana at top-spot with 6.5 points ... Svidler upset Aronian with black ... Caruana missed winning opportunity against Topalov.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 10, Wed. 23 March 2016
Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) ½-½
Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) - Anish Giri (NED,2793) ½-½
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) 1-0
Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) ½-½

Anand lose in 33 moves against Caruana in English opening ... Anand now trails Caruana and Sergey Karjakin by half a point.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 9, Monday 21 March 2016
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) 1-0
Anish Giri (NED,2793) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) ½-½
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) - Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) ½-½

After win Anand joins Karjakin on top spot with 5.5 pts ... Anand was terrific on board with Giuoco Piano opening ... He kept pressure on co-leader Aronian throughout the match till Aronian resign on 66th moves.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 8, Sunday 20 March 2016
Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) - Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) ½-½
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) 1-0
Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) - Anish Giri (NED,2793) ½-½
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) ½-½

Caruana defeated Nakamura convincingly after 33 moves ... Anand manages draw after 51 moves playing with black ... Now Caruana joins Anand and they r half point behind leaders.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 7, Saturday 19 March 2016
Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) ½-½
Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) ½-½
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) 1-0
Anish Giri (NED,2793) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) ½-½

It was the last round of the first half of the tournament, only Nakamura manages to win beating Topalov ... Other three matches end in draw ... In this match Anand played mixed combination of Queen’s Gambit Declined, the Nimzo Indian or the Ragozin defense against Giri, which ended in draw after 31 moves.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 6, Thursday 17 March 2016
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) 1-0
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) - Anish Giri (NED,2793) ½-½
Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) 1-0
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) - Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) ½-½

Anand won his second game in the Candidates with a devastating attack against Peter Svidler after only 24 moves ... Anand used an anti-Marshall system and launched a lightning quick kingside attack, which Svidler was helpless to avoid ... Aronian also score win with white to joining Karjakin in top spot with 4 points ... Anand is in sole second position with 3.5 points.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 5, Wed. 16 March 2016
Anish Giri (NED,2793) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) ½-½
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) - Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) ½-½
Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) ½-½

After yesterday's loss today Anand play cautiously to agree draw after 30 moves.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 4, Tuesday 15 March 2016
Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) ½-½
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) ½-½
Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) 1-0
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) - Anish Giri (NED,2793) ½-½

Karjakin shock Anand with perfectly played game with white ... He beats Anand in 43 moves to lead Candidates tournament.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 3, Sunday 13 March 2016
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) ½-½
Anish Giri (NED,2793) - Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) ½-½
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) 0-1

In Ruy Lopez game Anand and Caruana game end in a draw after 40 moves ... Levon Aronian joins Anand and Karjakin on top spot with 2 pts after beating Topalov in 50 moves playing with black.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 2, Saturday 12 March 2016
Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) ½-½
Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) ½-½
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794)- Anish Giri (NED,2793) ½-½
Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) 1-0

As per report Anand and Aronian played a theoretical battle with opening Queen's gambit declined where both of them were excellently prepared ... Sergey Karjakin score only win of the day against Nakamura playing with white in 38 moves.

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At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 1, Friday 11 March 2016
Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) ½-½
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) ½-½
Anish Giri (NED,2793) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) 1-0

Anand start with a win playing White in 49 moves ... His game wasn't perfect but he played anti-Berlin taking risk and that played of ... Other three games ended in a draw.