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The Setup For All Games Today / Day 1
Rapids / Round 1
Nakamura vs Aronian
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w – – 0 1”] 1. f4 Nb6 2. e4 f5 3. Nb3 fxe4 4. Qxe4 Nf7 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Qe5 Qf7 7. d3 g6 8. g3 Nd5 9. Bg2 Nf5 10. Qe4 Bh6 11. Nf2 g5 12. Ng4 gxf4 13. Nxh6 Nxh6 14. Bxa7 Ra8 15. Bg1 fxg3 16. hxg3 c6 17. a3 Qg7 18. Qe5 Qg6 19. O-O-O d6 20. Qe2 Nf5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. g4 Ng7 23. Qxe7 Re8 24. Qh4 Bxb3 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. cxb3 Kd7 27. Bd4 c5 28. Bc3 Nc7 29. Rh1 Kc6 30. Qh3 Rf8 31. Bd2 Nb5 32. b4 Nd4 33. Qg2+ Rf3 34. Bc3 Nb3+ 35. Kc2 Qxd3+ 36. Kxb3 Qd5+ 37. Ka4 Kb6 38. Qd2 Rd3 39. bxc5+ Ka6 40. Qf4 b5+ 0-1
Final Position
So vs Topalov
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w – – 0 1”]1. d4 Nb6 2. e4 g6 3. f4 f5 4. Nb3 fxe4 5. Qxe4 Bh6 6. Be3 Bd5 7. Qd3 Qf7 8. Re1 Nc4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Qxf4 11. O-O-O Rf8 12. c4 Be6 13. g3 Qf6 14. d5 Bf5 15. Qa3 Qd4 16. h3 O-O-O 17. g4 Be4 18. Ng3 Bf3 19. Ne2 Qxc4+ 20. Kb1 Bxd2 21. Qxa7 Be4+ 22. Ka1 Qa6 23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. Rxd2 Rf2 25. Rd4 Bg2 26. Bxg2 Rxg2 27. Nf4 Rh2 28. Ra4 Rf8 29. a3 Rd2 30. Rxe7 g5 31. Nh5 Ng6 32. Rxh7 Ne5 33. Ng3 Rxd5 34. Rxa6 Rf4 35. Rh8+ Kb7 36. Raa8 Rd1+ 37. Ka2 d6 1-0
Final Position
Rapids / Round 2
Aronian vs Nakamura
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w – – 0 1”]1. Nb3 Nb6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 g6 4. f3 d5 5. g3 f6 6. dxe5 fxe5 7. Nc5 Ra8 8. c3 c6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Be3 d4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Bh3+ Kc7 13. Bf4+ Bd6 14. Qd2 Qf8 15. Re1 Bxf4 16. Qxf4+ Qxf4+ 17. gxf4 Nd5 18. Re4 Re8 19. Nd3 Ne3 20. b3 Rad8 21. Kd2 Bd5 22. Rxd4 Bxf3 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Ne5 Bxh1 25. Kxe3 Bc6 26. Kf2 Kc7 27. Rc1 Rf8 28. Kg3 Nf7 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Bg2 Nd8 31. Re1 Rf7 32. h4 Nb7 33. Rc1 Rf6 34. Bf3 h5 35. f5 gxf5 36. Kf4 Nd8 37. Bxh5 Rh6 38. Kg5 Rh8 39. Bg6 f4 40. h5 f3 41. Kg4 Ne6 42. Kxf3 Rf8+ 43. Kg3 Nf4 44. Rh1 Nxg6 45. hxg6 Kd6 46. Rd1+ Kc5 47. Kh4 Kb4 48. Kg5 Ka3 49. Rd2 a5 50. g7 Rc8 51. Kg6 a4 52. bxa4 c5 53. Kh7 1-0
Final Position
Caruana vs Kasparov
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w – – 0 1”]1. Nb3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. f4 e5 4. fxe5 Qxe5 5. Ng3 f6 6. d3 c5 7. c3 Nc7 8. Kc2 Rd7 9. Nf5 O-O-O 10. Bf2 Ng6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Rbc1 Kb8 13. Kb1 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qb5 15. Rc4 Ne6 16. b4 Ne5 17. Bg3 g6 18. Nh4 Bd6 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nf3 Rc7 21. g3 Rf8 22. Be2 Rcf7 23. Rdc1 a5 24. Qd1 Bxb4 25. Qb3 Rxf3 26. Bxf3 Rxf3 27. Rc8+ Ka7 28. Qxe6 Bc3 29. Qa2 Rxd3 30. Rc4 Bxb2 31. Rc5 Qb4 32. Rxa5+ Kb6 33. Ra4 Qb3 34. Qxb2 1-0
Final Position
Svidler vs Dominguez-Perez
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w – – 0 1”]1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5 3. g3 f6 4. dxe5 fxe5 5. exd5 Bxd5 6. Bh3+ Be6 7. Rxd8+ Kxd8 8. O-O-O Bd6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. f4 Ke7 11. fxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxa7 Re8 13. Qb4+ Kf7 14. Qxb7 Qxa2 15. Qb3+ Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Nb6 17. Nf2 Nc4 18. Rd7+ Kg6 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Kxd2 Nf7 22. Bc5 Ne5 23. Nxe5+ Bxe5 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Re7 26. Kd3 Kf5 27. Rf4+ Kg5 28. b4 g6 29. b5 Rd7+ 30. Rd4 Rf7 31. c4 1-0
Final Position
Blitz / Round 1
Dominguz-Perez vs Svidler
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w – – 0 1”]1. Nb3 d5 2. f4 Nb6 3. Nf2 f6 4. e4 e5 5. fxe5 Qxe5 6. d4 Qg5+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8. Nxd2 Re8 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. a3 dxe4 11. Rxe4 f5 12. Rxe8 Rxe8 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Nd3 Ng6 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Ndxe1 Bf4+ 18. Kd1 Ne3+ 19. Bxe3 Bxe3 20. Bd3 Ne7 21. g3 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Ke2 a5 24. c3 g6 25. Ne5 Bd6 26. N1f3 Bd5 27. Bc4 Kc7 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Nc4 a4 30. Nd4 Be7 31. Kf3 Bf6 32. Ne6+ Kc6 33. Nf8 b5 34. Nd2 Bg5 35. Ke2 Bxd2 36. Kxd2 Nf6 37. Ne6 Kd5 38. Nd4 Kc4 39. Kc2 Ng4 40. Nf3 Kd5 41. h3 Ne3+ 42. Kd3 Nc4 43. Nd4 Ke5 0-1
Final Position
Kasparov vs Caruana
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w – – 0 1”]1. d4 f5 2. Nb3 Nb6 3. e4 fxe4 4. Qxe4 Nf7 5. Bd3 g6 6. f4 Nd6 7. Qe2 Bd5 8. Be3 Nf5 9. O-O Bg7 10. Ng3 Qf7 11. c3 O-O 12. Ne4 h6 13. Rbe1 Rbe8 14. Bc1 d6 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. b3 Nd5 17. Nf3 e6 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. g4 Nfe7 20. Nh4 b5 21. b4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 24. Bb1 Ra3 25. Rf3 e5 26. f5 exd4 27. Ng3 dxc3 28. Bc1 Ra1 29. Bc2 g5 30. f6 Rxf6 31. Nhf5 Re6 32. Qf1 Nf4 33. Nxg7 Rxe1 34. Qxe1 Bxf3 35. N7f5 Nxf5 36. gxf5 Qc6 37. Bb3+ Kf8 38. f6 Nh3+ 0-1
Final Position
Nakamura vs Aronian
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w – – 0 1”]1. f4 Nb6 2. e4 f6 3. Nb3 e5 4. g3 Ng6 5. Qe3 Bd6 6. f5 Ne7 7. d3 c6 8. a4 Bxb3 9. a5 Bxc2 10. Kxc2 Na8 11. Qxa7 c5 12. Bxc5 Nc6 13. Qxa8 Bxc5 0-1
Final Position
So vs Topalov
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w – – 0 1”]1. Nb3 Nb6 2. f4 f5 3. Ng3 g6 4. e4 e6 5. d3 Nf7 6. Be3 Bh6 7. Qf2 d6 8. Re1 Qd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qa4 12. c4 Nb4 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. Kb1 a5 15. exd6 cxd6 16. d4 O-O-O 17. Ne2 a4 18. Nbc1 a3 19. Nd3 Qb6 20. Nc3 Kb8 21. c5 Qa5 22. b4 Qc7 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. Nxa3 e5 25. d5 Qa4 26. Qb2 e4 27. Nc1 Bxf4 28. Bb5 Qa7 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Nb3 Be5 31. Qc1 Qa4 32. Nc4 Qxb4 33. Nxe5 Nxe5 34. Rd4 Qb5 35. cxd6 Rc8 36. Qd2 Qb6 37. d7 Nxd7 38. Qf4+ Qc7 39. Qxc7+ Rxc7 40. g4 Ne5 41. d6 Rd7 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Nc5 Rd8 44. Rb4 Bd5 45. Rd1 Bc6 46. d7 Nd3 47. Nxd3 exd3 48. Rd4 Be4 49. Kb2 Kc7 50. Rc1+ Bc6 51. Rxd3 f4 52. Rf3 Rf8 53. Rc4 Rd8 54. Rf2 Rxd7 55. Rcxf4 Bd5 56. Rd4 Kc6 57. Rc2+ Kd6 58. Rcd2 Ke5 59. a4 Rd6 60. Ka3 h5 61. a5 Rd7 62. Kb4 Rd6 63. Rxd5+ Rxd5 64. Rxd5+ Kxd5 65. Kb5 Ke4 66. Kb6 Kf3 67. Kxb7 h4 68. a6 Kg2 69. a7 h3 70. a8=Q 1-0
Final Position
Blitz / Round 2
Caruana vs Kasparov
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w – – 0 1”]1. Nb3 d5 2. f4 Nb6 3. e4 Qa4 4. Ng3 e6 5. d4 Nc4 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Qf1 b5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Nc5 Bxc5 10. dxc5 Qxa2 11. Bd4 f6 12. Nf5 Ng6 13. Nxg7 Kb7 14. Nh5 Ne7 15. Bxf6 Nc6 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Nf6 Nb4 19. Qf3 Qa4 20. b3 Qa2 21. Qc3 Qa3+ 22. Kd2 d4 23. Qf3+ 1-0
Final Position
Topalov vs So
[SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w – – 0 1”]1. Nb3 Nb6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Rxd4 f5 5. O-O-O Bxb3 6. axb3 Bc5 7. R4d3 fxe4 8. Rh3 Qg6 9. Kb1 Re8 10. Qc3 Bf8 11. f3 O-O-O 12. fxe4 Nf7 13. Rg3 Qh5 14. Re1 Ne5 15. Nf2 d5 16. Rh3 Qg6 17. Rg3 Qf7 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Rd1+ 22. Ka2 Qf1 23. Re8+ Kd7 24. Rd3+ Kxe8 25. Qe5+ Be7 26. Qh5+ g6 27. Qxd1 Qxg2 28. Qe1 Qxc2 29. Rc3 Qf5 30. Bc5 Nd5 31. Bxe7 Nxc3+ 32. bxc3 Qc2+ 33. Ka3 Kd7 34. Bg5 b6 35. Qe7+ Kc8 36. Qe6+ Kb8 37. Qg8+ Kb7 38. Qd5+ Kb8 39. Qe5 Qd1 40. Bf4 Qd7 41. c4 a5 42. Kb2 Qc6 43. Qd5 Qf6+ 44. Be5 Qf2+ 45. Ka3 Qf8+ 46. c5 Ka7 47. Bxc7 bxc5 48. Ka4 Qf2 49. Bxa5 Qa2+ 50. Kb5 Qe2+ 51. Kxc5 Qe3+ 52. Kb5 Qe2+ 53. Qc4 Qxh2 54. Bb6+ Kb8 55. Qg8+ Kb7 56. Qf7+ Kb8 57. Qe8+ Kb7 58. Qd7+ Kb8 59. Bc5 Qe2+ 60. Kb6 1-0
Final Position
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