Anand overlooking Carlsen’s game versus Caruana
There were four decisive games in the 4th round of the GRENKE Chess Classic 2019. Anand grabbed a lot of material for his Queen, beat off the attempt at attack, and won handily. Naiditsch beat Keymer, who has yet to score a half point. Aronian took out Svidler, and Vachier-Legrave beat Meir in a long Rook vs Knight ending. Good fights all. At present Anand and Carlsen are tied for the lead.
[Event “GRENKE Chess Classic 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.04.23”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP)”]
[Black “Anand, Viswanathan (IND)”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “94”]
[EventDate “2019.04.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.04.23”]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. a3 Bc5 8. d3
O-O 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O b5 11. Qd1 Qb6 12. Qe2 a5 13. Kh1 d4 14. Nb1 e5 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. f4 Qc7 17. f5 Nb6 18. g4 c5 19. Nf3 c4 20. Bg5 Nfd7 21. f6 g6 22. Bh6 Rfc8 23. Ng5 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. Qe1 Nbd7 26. a4 bxa4 27. Rxa4 cxd3 28. cxd3 h6 29. Nf3 Ne6 30. Qh4 Kh7 31. g5 h5 32. Raa1 Qc2 33. Rf2 Qxd3 34. Bf1 Qb3 35. Nd2 Qb4 36. Be2 Qxd2 37. Bxh5 Qxg5 38. Bxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rg2 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rh8 41. Qg3+ Kxf6 42. Rf1+ Ke7 43. Qa3+ Ndc5 44. Rc1 Kd6 45. b4 axb4 46. Qxb4 Rab8 47. Qc4 Ke7 0-1
Final Position
[Event “GRENKE Chess Classic 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.04.23”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Aronian, Levon (ARM)”]
[Black “Svidler, Peter (RUS)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “75”]
[EventDate “2019.04.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.04.23”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. h3 Qd6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ncd2 Rfe8 19. Qxa6 Ra8 20. Qe2 Nxa5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Ra4 Ra7 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 c5 25. Nxe5 Nc6 26. Rxa7 Nxa7 27. Rd3 Nb5 28. f3 Ra8 29. Nb3 Rc8 30. Nc4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Rd1 g5 33. Ra1 Nd7 34. Ke3 Nd6 35. Nxd6 Kxd6 36. Ra6+ Ke7 37. Na5 Ne5 38. g3 1-0
Final Position
[Event “GRENKE Chess Classic 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.04.23”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Naiditsch, Arkadij (AZE)”]
[Black “Keymer, Vincent (GER)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “71”]
[EventDate “2019.04.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.04.23”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 d6 4. a4 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. d3 Rb8 10. h3 Nd7 11. g4 h6 12. Ng3 Bh4 13. Nce2 b5 14. Kh2 b4 15. Be3 a5 16. Qd2 Ba6 17. b3 Qe7 18. Rg1 Rbc8 19. Raf1 g6 20. e5 d5 21. f5 Ncxe5 22. Bxh6 Rfe8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. g5 Nf7 25. Qf4 Nxh6 26. Qxh4 Nf7 27. Nh5 gxh5 28. Rf6 Nxf6 29. gxf6 Qd6+ 30. Nf4 Kf8 31. Qg3 Red8 32. Re1 e5 33. Ng6+ Ke8 34. Nxe5 Qxf6 35. Ng4+ Qe7 36. Nf6+ 1-0
Final Position
[Event “GRENKE Chess Classic 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.04.23”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Meier, Georg (GER)”]
[Black “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “188”]
[EventDate “2019.04.20”]
[SourceDate “2019.04.23”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. d5 O-O 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Nxb5 Nxe4 10. O-O Ba6 11. Qe2 Nd6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Rd8 15. Bf4 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. Rxe7 Nc6 18. Re2 Nb4 19. Rae1 h6 20. b3 Kh7 21. Re7 Rf5 22. Bg3 g5 23. Ne5 Kg8 24. Nc4 Bd4 25. R1e2 Nd5 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kh7 28. Ra8 Nc3 29. Rxa7 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Bxf2 31. Bxf2 Rxf2 32. Ne5 Nf4 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rf6 Rxg2+ 35. Kh1 Re2 36. Nd7 Kg7 37. Ra6 Nxh3 38. Nxc5 Nf4 39. Ra4 Kg6 40. Ne4 Rb2 41. Ng3 Kf6 42. Ra6+ Ne6 43. Ra4 Nc5 44. Ra5 Nd3 45. Ra6+ Ke5 46. Rxh6 Rxa2 47. Rh8 Rb2 48. Rf8 g4 49. Kg1 Rxb3 50. Re8+ Kd5 51. Rd8+ Ke6 52. Re8+ Kf6 53. Rf8+ Ke7 54. Rg8 Rb1+ 55. Kg2 Nf4+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Nd5+ 58. Kd4 Nf6 59. Rg5 Ke6 60. Re5+ Kf7 61. Rg5 Rb4+ 62. Ke5 Nh7 63. Rf5+ Kg6 64. Rf1 Rb3 65. Ne2 Rb5+ 66. Kd4 Ng5 67. Nf4+ Kf5 68. Ng2+ Nf3+ 69. Ke3 Rb3+ 70. Kf2 Nh2 71. Ra1 g3+ 72. Kg1 Nf3+ 73. Kh1 Rb2 74. Ra5+ Ke4 75. Ra1 Nd4 76. Kg1 Rf2 77. Ra4 Ke5 78. Ra5+ Kd6 79. Ra6+ Kc5 80. Ra5+ Kb4 81. Ra1 Kb3 82. Rd1 Nf3+ 83. Kh1 Kb2 84. Rg1 Nxg1 85. Kxg1 Kc3 86. Ne3 Kd3 87. Nf1 Ke2 88. Nxg3+ Kf3 89. Nf5 Rd2 90. Nh4+ Kg3 91. Nf5+ Kg4 92. Ne3+ Kf3 93. Nf5 Rd5 94. Ne7 Rc5 0-1
Final Position
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