Fabiano Caruana
Caruana had the better side of a Ruy Lopez today against Tomashevsky. Black sacrificed a Pawn and maybe had compensation in view of White’s tangle of Queenside pieces (Diagram). A dubious exchange sacrifice accentuated an already dubious position and Fabiano brought in the only win of the day.
For the remaining games – See Comments.
[Event “7. Tal Memorial 2012”]
[Site “Moscow”]
[Date “2012.06.12”]
[Round “4”]
[White “McShane, Luke J”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B85”]
[WhiteElo “2706”]
[BlackElo “2775”]
[PlyCount “158”]
[EventDate “2012.??.??”]
[EventCountry “RUS”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. f4 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Nb3 Na5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. a5 Bc6 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. Qd4 d5 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Bf3 g6 21. c4 Ng7 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Rac1 Bd8 24. Rfd1 Ne6 25. Qd2 Bxb6 26. axb6 Qd8 27. Bxd5 Nxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxb6 29. b4 Rad8 30. Qe1 Bxd5 31. Rcxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rc8 33. h3 Qe6 34. Rd4 h5 35. Kh2 Qf5 36. Qh4 Kg7 37. Rd6 Rc4 38. Qf6+ Qxf6 39. exf6+ Kh6 40. Rb6 Rxf4 41. Rxb7 Rxf6 42. b5 axb5 43. Rxb5 Rf4 44. Kg3 g5 45. Rb6+ Kg7 46. Kh2 Ra4 47. Kg1 Ra3 48. Kf2 f6 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb5 Ra2+ 51. Kf1 Rd2 52. Ra5 h4 53. Rb5 f5 54. Rb6+ Kf7 55. Ra6 Rd4 56. Kf2 Re4 57. Rb6 Re6 58. Rb5 Kf6 59. Ra5 Rd6 60. Ra2 Ke5 61. Re2+ Kf4 62. Ra2 Rd4 63. Rb2 Rd3 64. Ra2 g4 65. Ra4+ Kg5 66. hxg4 fxg4 67. Ra5+ Kf4 68. Ra4+ Kf5 69. Ra5+ Ke4 70. Ra4+ Rd4 71. Rxd4+ Kxd4 72. Ke2 Ke4 73. Ke1 Kd3 74. Kf1 Kd2 75. Kf2 g3+ 76. Kg1 Ke1 77. Kh1 h3 78. Kg1 h2+ 79. Kh1 Kf2 1/2-1/2
[Event “7. Tal Memorial 2012”]
[Site “Moscow”]
[Date “2012.06.12”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Grischuk, Alexander”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C84”]
[WhiteElo “2835”]
[BlackElo “2761”]
[PlyCount “80”]
[EventDate “2012.??.??”]
[EventCountry “RUS”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nc4 d6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 g5 15.
Bg3 Nd4 16. Bc4 Nh5 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne6 19. Rb1 Nhg7 20. Bd5 Rc8 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Rg1 Qf6 23. Bc4 a5 24. Rb5 h5 25. Rxa5 h4 26. Ng4 Qe7 27. Qf1 Ra8 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Nxe5 Qf6 30. Qh3 Rxa4 31. Bd5 Ra6 32. Bc4 Rd6 33. f4 Nxf4 34. Bxf4 Qxf4 35. Nf3 Rg6 36. Rg4 Qc1+ 37. Rg1 Qf4 38. Rg4 Qc1+ 39. Rg1 Qf4 40. Rg4 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “7. Tal Memorial 2012”]
[Site “Moscow”]
[Date “2012.06.12”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Morozevich, Alexander”]
[Black “Radjabov, Teimour”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C84”]
[WhiteElo “2769”]
[BlackElo “2784”]
[PlyCount “73”]
[EventDate “2012.??.??”]
[EventCountry “RUS”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8.
Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Qd6 14. Nb1 f6 15. Re3 Bd7 16. Nc3 Rfe8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Qd2 axb3 19. axb3 Qb4 20. h3 Bb5 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Kf7 23. Qe3 c6 24. Nb1 a5 25. Nd2 a4 26. bxa4 Bxa4 27. c3 Qb2 28. Kh2 Bb5 29. Nf3 g5 30. Ng1 Qc2 31. Qg3 Qe4 32. Nf3 h6 33. Qc7+ Kg6 34. Qd6 Kf7 35. Qc7+ Kg6 36. Qd6 Kf7 37. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “7. Tal Memorial 2012”]
[Site “Moscow”]
[Date “2012.06.12”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C47”]
[WhiteElo “2801”]
[BlackElo “2825”]
[PlyCount “80”]
[EventDate “2012.??.??”]
[EventCountry “RUS”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Re8 11. Qf3 c6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Rfe1 Qf6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qe3 Be6 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. Rd4 f6 20. Rb1 Bd5 21. c4 Bf7 22. Rb7 Rad8 23. Bd6 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Bc5 Qb7 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qb8+ 29. g3 Qa8 30. Bd6 Qe8 31. Qxe8+ Bxe8 32. Kg2 Bg6 33. Kf3 Bxc2 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Kd4 Ke6 36. Kc5 Bd3 37. Bb8 a6 38. h4 h5 39. Kxc6 Bxc4 40. Kc5 Bb5 1/2-1/2