There were three decisive games in the 2nd round of GRENKE Chess Classic 2019. Anand, Svidler, and Carlsen won their games and are in the top three slots. That Carlsen game was a long one; he sure loves fighting right through to the ending.
[Event “GRENKE Chess Classic 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.04.21”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Anand, Viswanathan (IND)”]
[Black “Keymer, Vincent (GER)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “85”]
[EventDate “2019.04.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.04.21”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. c4 Nbd7 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rc1 Bf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 a5 17. b3 h5 18. Re1 Bg7 19. h3 Qe7 20. Be3 Qf8 21. Qd2 h4 22. Ne2 Nh5 23. Nc3 f5 24. Bg5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Re6 Ne5 27. Be2 Rxe6 28. dxe6 Re8 29. Qd5 Qe7 30. Nb5 Qxe6 31. Qxb7 Re7 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. Nxd6 Bf8 35. Nb5 Nc6 36. Kf1 Re5 37. a3 Bc5 38. Bf3 Nd4 39. Nxd4 Bxd4 40. Rb1 Re6 41. b4 Rb6 42. Rd1 Bb2 43. c5 1-0
Final Position
[Event “GRENKE Chess Classic 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.04.21”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Naiditsch, Arkadij (AZE)”]
[Black “Svidler, Peter (RUS)”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “78”]
[EventDate “2019.04.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.04.21”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nde2 O-O-O 12. Qc1 Ng6 13. Qe3 Kb8 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. f4 Bc8 16. Nc1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 b6 18. Nd3 a5 19. Re1 Ba6 20. Nf2 Re8 21. a3 f6 22. Ne2 Bb7 23. Ng3 c5 24. Nf5 Qf7 25. Rd1 Nf8 26. c3 a4 27. h3 Ne6 28. Ng3 Bc6 29. Rd2 Nd8 30. Qd3 Nb7 31. Kh2 Nd6 32. Rd1 h5 33. Re1 h4 34. Nf1 Qb3 35. e5 fxe5 36. fxe5 Qxb2 37. Re2 Qb5 38. Qc2 Nc4 39. e6 Nxa3 0-1
Final Position
[Event “GRENKE Chess Classic 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.04.21”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP)”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus (NOR)”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “146”]
[EventDate “2019.04.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.04.21”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Bc2 d5 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. Nbd2 g4 16. Nh4 d5 17. Nf5 d4 18. Nc4 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 h5 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. a4 Ne7 22. Be6+ Kg7 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Na5 Rab8 25. Kf1 Kf6 26. Bb3 Ng6 27. Re6+ Kg5 28. g3 dxc3 29. bxc3 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Rd8 31. f4+ gxf3 32. Bxf3 h4 33. Nc4 hxg3 34. hxg3 Bb8 35. Kg2 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Ne3 Rd2+ 38. Kh3 Rd3 39. Be2 Rxc3 40. Bxb5 f4 41. Be8 Nf8 42. Rb6 Be5 43. Nf1 fxg3 44. Rc6 Ra3 45. Rb6 Ra2 46. Rb4 Ne6 47. Rg4+ Kf6 48. Bc6 g2 49. Bxg2 Nf4+ 50. Rxf4+ Bxf4 51. Bf3 Bb8 52. Ng3 Kg5 53. Ne2 Bc7 54. Kg2 Kh4 55. Kf2 Bb6+ 56. Ke1 Be3 57. Kd1 Kg5 58. Be4 Kf6 59. Bf3 Ke5 60. Bg2 Kd6 61. Be4 Kc5 62. Bf5 Rd2+ 63. Ke1 Rd8 64. Be4 Kc4 65. Kf1 Rf8+ 66. Ke1 Bf2+ 67. Kd2 Rd8+ 68. Kc2 Be3 69. Bf3 Rd2+ 70. Kb1 Kb3 71. Nc1+ Ka3 72. Ne2 Rb2+ 73. Ka1 Rb8 0-1
Final Position
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