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The Setup For All Games Today / Day 2
Rapids / Round 3
Aronian vs Nakamura
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w – – 0 1”]1. b4 d5 2. f4 Nd6 3. e3 b6 4. Ngf3 e6 5. Be2 Nh6 6. Nd3 f6 7. Nd4 Nhf5 8. Nxf5 Nxf5 9. g4 Nd6 10. g5 Be7 11. gxf6 gxf6 12. Rg1 Qd7 13. Qa3 Bb7 14. Rg7 Qe8 15. O-O-O Nf5 16. Rgg1 a5 17. Bc3 axb4 18. Nxb4 Ra8 19. Qb2 Rf8 20. Bg4 Qf7 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Rg3 c5 23. Nd3 Qe6 24. Rg7 d4 25. exd4 Rxa2 26. Qb1 Be4 27. Re1 cxd4 28. Bb4 Bxb4 29. Nxb4 Ra4 30. d3 Qd6 31. dxe4 Qxf4+ 32. Kd1 Qf3+ 33. Re2 Qf1+ 34. Re1 Qf3+ 35. Re2 Qf1+ 36. Re1 Qb5 37. Qb3 Rxb4 38. Qd5+ Qxd5 39. exd5 Rb1+ 40. Kd2 Rxe1 41. Kxe1 Re8+ 42. Kd2 Re7 43. Rg8+ Re8 44. Rg7 Re7 45. Rg8+ Kc7 46. Rf8 Kd6 47. Rxf6+ Ke5 48. Rf8 Rd7 49. Re8+ Kxd5 50. Kd3 Ra7 51. Rd8+ Ke5 52. Rxd4 f4 53. Rb4 Kf5 54. Rxb6 Re7 55. c4 Re3+ 56. Kd4 Re2 57. Rb3 Rxh2 58. c5 Rd2+ 59. Kc4 Rc2+ 60. Rc3 Re2 61. c6 Kg4 62. c7 Re8 63. Rd3 f3 64. Rd8 f2 65. c8=Q+ 1-0
Final Position
Rapids / Round 4
Kasparov vs Caruana
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w – – 0 1”]1. c4 b5 2. cxb5 a6 3. Ngf3 axb5 4. d3 Qa6 5. e4 Qxa2 6. Be2 g6 7. Nc2 Bh6 8. Nd2 Ngf6 9. O-O Ng7 10. b3 Qa7 11. b4 Ne6 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Ra1 Qb6 14. Re1 d5 15. Nc4 bxc4 16. Qxh6 d4 17. Bd2 c5 18. e5 Nd7 19. dxc4 Nxe5 20. b5 Qb7 21. f3 f6 22. Ra6 Ng7 23. Bf1 Qd7 24. Bf4 Nf7 25. Qh3 Qxh3 26. gxh3 e5 27. Bd2 Nd8 28. Bg2 g5 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. h4 Bb7 32. Rb6 Ra8 33. hxg5 Ra2 34. gxf6 Nge6 35. Bh6 Rxf6 36. Bg5 Rg6 0-1
Final Position
Nakamura vs Aronian
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w – – 0 1”]1. e4 Ngf6 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Nd6 6. b4 Qf5 7. Nef3 f6 8. Ne2 Nc3+ 9. Bxc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qxf3 11. Rf1 Qg2 12. Ke1 e5 13. f4 e4 14. Rf2 Qh1+ 15. Kd2 Qxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Rb6 17. Nd4 Ra6 18. Ra1 Be7 19. Re2 O-O 20. Ne6 Nc4+ 21. dxc4 Rxe6 22. f5 Rd6+ 23. Kc1 bxc4 24. Rxe4 Rd7 25. Rxc4 Rb8 26. a4 a6 27. Rb1 Kf7 28. Rb3 g6 29. g4 Bd6 30. h3 Re7 31. Bd2 gxf5 32. gxf5 Re5 33. Rf3 h5 34. c3 Rd5 35. Rc6 Rb6 36. Rxb6 cxb6 37. Kc2 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rd3 Rxd3 40. Kxd3 Ke7 41. c4 1-0
Final Position
So vs Topalov
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w – – 0 1”]1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Ngf3 Ngf6 4. g3 Qc7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc2 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. e3 e4 9. Ng5 Rf8 10. f3 exf3 11. Nxf3 O-O-O 12. b4 Be4 13. Rd1 Qb7 14. Nce1 Bxb1 15. Qxb1 Qc7 16. Nd3 h6 17. a4 g5 18. a5 Nd7 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Nfe5 Rd6 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. d4 Qa3 24. c5 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Nc7 26. cxd6 Bxd6 27. Qf5+ Kd8 28. Nxf7+ 1-0
Final Position
Blitz / Round 3
Aronian vs Nakamura
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w – – 0 1”]1. b4 d5 2. e3 Nd6 3. Ngf3 f6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e5 6. Bb3 b6 7. Rb2 Qd7 8. Rc2 Nh6 9. Bxe5 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Qf5 11. N1f3 Ng4 12. d4 Bxf3+ 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxf3+ 15. Kd2 Ne4+ 16. Kd3 O-O-O 17. Kc4 a6 0-1
Final Position
Caruana vs Kasparov
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w – – 0 1”]1. e4 b6 2. e5 d6 3. Ngf3 dxe5 4. Nxe5 Nd6 5. d4 f6 6. N5f3 g5 7. Qe3 Nh6 8. O-O-O Nhf5 9. Qa3 g4 10. Ne5 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 fxe5 12. Rd1 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 O-O 14. b3 Bg7 15. f3 Qf5 16. Be2 e4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Qe5 19. Qxa7 Bb7 20. Qa4 Rf2 21. Bf1 Rbf8 22. Bd3 Qc5 23. Rc1 Ra8 24. Qd7 Rf7 25. Qe6 Bc8 26. b4 Bxe6 27. bxc5 exd3 28. Nxd3 Ne4 29. Rce1 Bxa2+ 30. Kb2 Bd5 31. Nb4 e6 32. cxb6 c5 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Re3 Rb7 35. Rb3 Ra6 36. Rd1 d4 37. Re1 Nd6 38. Kb1 Raxb6 39. Rxb6 Rxb6+ 40. Kc1 Kf6 41. g5+ Kf5 42. Re7 Ne4 43. Rxh7 Nc3 44. Kd2 c4 45. Rd7 Ke5 46. Re7+ Kd5 47. Rd7+ Ke5 48. Re7+ Kf4 49. g6 Rxg6 50. g3+ Kf3 51. Rf7+ Ke4 52. Re7+ Kd5 53. Rd7+ Kc5 54. Rc7+ Kb5 55. Rd7 Ne4+ 56. Ke2 Kc5 57. Kf3 Nd6 58. h4 Rf6+ 59. Ke2 Ne4 60. Re7 Nxg3+ 61. Ke1 c3 0-1
Final Position
Svidler vs Dominguez-Perez
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w – – 0 1”]1. Ngf3 c5 2. c4 Ngf6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bxd4 d6 6. g3 e5 7. Be3 Ne4 8. Bg2 N8f6 9. Ng5 Qc7 10. Qc2 d5 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. O-O-O Ke8 14. Qc3 Be7 15. Nc2 a5 16. Kb2 f6 17. a4 Kf7 18. Na3 Bxa3+ 19. Kxa3 Rhd8 20. Kb2 Bc6 21. h4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Ka3 Ke6 26. b4 axb4+ 27. Qxb4 Qd7 28. Qxb6 Kf5 29. a5 Kg4 30. Kb4 Kh3 31. a6 Kg2 32. Kc5 Ba8 33. Qd6 Qc8+ 34. Kb5 Kf1 35. c5 Kxe2 36. c6 Kf3 37. Qd7 Qg8 38. Kb6 Qb8+ 39. Kc5 Qf8+ 40. Qd6 Qc8 41. Kb6 h5 42. c7 Qg8 43. Qd8 Qe6+ 44. Ka7 1-0
Final Position
Blitz / Round 4
Dominguez-Perez vs Svidler
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w – – 0 1”]1. b3 b5 2. Ngf3 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Be2 c5 5. c4 bxc4 6. bxc4 Ngf6 7. Ne5 Nd6 8. N1f3 O-O 9. O-O Rxb1 10. Qxb1 Nf5 11. g4 d6 12. gxf5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 exf5 14. d3 Qe6 15. Qb2 Nd7 16. Bg3 g5 17. Ne5 f4 18. exf4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Bf6 20. d4 Kh8 21. Bg3 Rg8 22. f4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Qh4 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qe3+ 27. Rf2 Rxg3+ 28. Kf1 Qc1+ 0-1
Final Position
Kasparov vs Caruana
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w – – 0 1”]1. Ngf3 f5 2. g3 Nef6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 b5 5. c5 Be7 6. Nd3 Nh6 7. b4 O-O 8. O-O Bd5 9. Qc2 Qb7 10. Nf4 Bc6 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 d6 13. c6 Qc8 14. Nf3 e5 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Ng5 Ne4 17. Nf3 Qe8 18. d3 Nf6 19. Qe6 Rd8 20. Rbc1 Nfg8 21. Ne3 Rf6 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Nd5 Rg6 24. d4 e4 25. Ne1 Ng4 26. h3 N4f6 27. Nf4 Rh6 28. h4 Nh5 29. Neg2 Ngf6 30. d5 Ng4 31. Ne6 Bf6 32. f3 Nxg3 33. fxg4 Nxe2+ 34. Kf2 Nxc1 35. Rxc1 Bxa1 36. g5 Rxe6 37. dxe6 Be5 38. Kg1 f4 39. Qd5 f3 40. Ne3 Qg6 41. e7 Re8 42. Qxb5 Qh5 0-1
Final Position
So vs Topalov
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w – – 0 1”]1. e4 b5 2. d3 e6 3. Nef3 c5 4. b3 Qc7 5. Nh3 f6 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O Rg8 8. Nf4 e5 9. Nh5 b4 10. c3 a5 11. a3 g6 12. Nxf6 Nxf6 13. cxb4 d6 14. bxc5 Qxc5 15. Qxc5 dxc5 16. Bxe5 Rb6 17. Bc3 Ke8 18. Bxa5 Ra6 19. Bc3 Bg7 20. a4 Ra7 21. b4 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Rb8+ Kd7 25. Rc1 Nxa4 26. Ne5+ Ke6 27. f4 Rg8 28. Rb4 Kf6 29. Ra1 Nc3 30. Rxa7 Nxe2+ 31. Kf2 Nxf4 32. g3 Kxe5 33. gxf4+ Kd6 34. Rb6+ Nc6 35. Rba6 1-0
Final Position
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