Candidates Tournament 2013 / Rnd 2
by National Life Master Loal Davis
Levon Aronian went into the plus column with a nice win against Gelfand who made a tactical error.
Click on the Diagram below to reference the Annotated Game.
Radjabov absolutely crushed Ivanchuk who never really got his pieces out of the box.
Click on the Diagram below to reference the Annotated Game.
The PGN files for the two Annotated Games and the two other draws of this round are found in the Comments below.
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[Event "FIDE Candidates 2013"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Loal Davis"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 {This has
transposed into a Grunfeld Defense.} 7. cxd5 {White gets a slight edge with
this exchange.} Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 {A nice intermezzo.} Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 { Not desireable for Black, but how else to defend the f7 Pawn?} 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 (13. Bh6 {would be irritating.}) 13… Qd5 14. Rfc1 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Ra4 Rfd8 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Na5 Rd7 20. Rb4 Ba6 21. Nxc6 Rb7 22. h3 {White has an extra Pawn, but his Pawn Structure is not good.} Kg7 23. Rxb7 Bxb7 24. Ne5 Bd8 25. b4 Rc8 {A Tactical Slip.} (25… Bd5 {looks better here as the outpost for the Bishop is good and Black can utilize the b file for his Rook to target the doubled White Pawns.}) 26. Bh6+ {Sharp Eyes.} Kg8 (26… Kxh6 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Nxf7+ {is an engame cruncher}) ({and} 26… Kf6 27. Bg5+ Kxg5 28. Nxf7+ Kf6 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Nxd8 {is a variation on a theme.}) 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Nc6 Bf6 {Black has to let the Rook Pawn go as he cannot allow Ne7+ (fork) winning a Bishop.} 29. b5 {Battening down the hatches. Black cannot move.} Bd7 30. g4 g5 {A desperate try.} ({If} 30… Bxc6 31. bxc6 Bxd4 32. c7 {and off we go.}) 31. h4 gxh4 32. g5 Bxc6 (32… Bh8 33. Ne7# { doesn’t work either.}) 33. bxc6 Bd8 34. Kg2 Bc7 35. Kh3 {Hopeless for Black. A well played tactial sting coupled with relentless endgame pressure. Congratulations Aronian.} 1-0
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2013"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Loal Davis"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O {A favorite
setup of Tarrasch who used it against the King’s Indian Defense; it appears to work well against the Leningrad Dutch as well.} c6 8. Rb1 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 {Opening up the position for your opponent’s better development does not bode well.} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Rf7 13. Rfd1 {Despite White’s Pawn structure, it seems doubtful that Black can claim equality here. White is completely developed and starting to bear down on central weaknesses.} Qe8 14. e4 f4 15. Rd3 fxg3 16. hxg3 Na6 17. Ng5 Rc7 18. Bd6 Bf6 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. Bh3 { Yuck – Black is really getting pushed around with White making further inroads into weaknesses.} Rg7 21. Bxe5 {Ouch ! Back row problems for Black.} Bxe5 22. Rd8 {Black is really going to have to rethink his so-called opening. White has made very common-sense moves to reach an absolutely crushing position.} Bxh3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nxh3 Nc5 25. Qe3 Bd6 26. f3 Ne6 27. Kg2 g5 28. Nf2 h5
29. Qxa7 Bc5 30. Qa4 Rf8 31. Nd3 h4 32. Qa5 b6 33. Rxb6 Bxb6 34. Qxb6 hxg3 1-0
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2013"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
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. Qe2 Qe7 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. Bc2 Qe6 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Na5 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. h3 Be6 21. Qg3 Nd7 22. Rb1 Rfb8 23. Ba3 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Bb4 a5 26. Bd3 Qa2 27. Ra1 Qd2 28. Red1 Qf4 29. Qxf4 exf4 30. Be7 Re8 31. Ba3 Bb3 32. Bb5 Bxd1 33. Bxd7 Bc2 34. Bxe8 Rxe8 35. f3 Rd8 36. Be7 Rd7 37. Bh4 g5 38. Be1 Rd1 39. Rxd1 Bxd1 40. c4 Bxa4 41. Bxa5 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2013"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. O-O Nxf4 13. exf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ke7 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Rb7 Rhb8 17. Rfb1 Rxb7 18. Rxb7 a5 19. Bd3 h6 20. h4 Kd8 21. Kf1 Kc8 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Rxb8+ Kxb8 24. Ke2 Kc7 25. Ke3 Kd6 26. Kd4 c5+ 27. Ke3 Bc6 28. g3 f6 29. a3 e5 30. fxe5+ Kxe5 1/2-1/2