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Games Round 1-6
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[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Boris Gelfand"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "105"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Rac1 Kh8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe7 17. Qh4 h6 18. Nf3 Qxh4 19. Nxh4 Ne7 20. Bc5 Rac8 21. b4 b6 22. Be3 f5 23. Bd2 Kh7 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Nd5 26. Kf3 Be7 27. Ng2 g5 28. Rc6 g4+ 29. Kg3 Nf6 30. Bc3 Nh5+ 31. Kf2 Bd6 32. e3 Rce8 33. Bd4 Re6 34. Rec1 Rf7 35. Nh4 Re8 36. R1c2 Rg8 37. Be5 Bxe5 38. fxe5 f4 39. Rxc7 g3+ 40. hxg3 fxe3+ 41. Kxe3 Rxg3+ 42. Ke4 Rg4+ 43. Kd5 Nf4+ 44. Kd6 Rxc7 45. Rxc7+ Kg8 46. Nf5 Rg6+ 47. Kd7 Kh8 48. Rc8+ Kh7 49. Rf8 Nxd3 50. e6 Ne5+ 51. Kd6 Nc4+ 52. Kd5 Nxa3 53. Rf7+ 1-0 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2757"] [PlyCount "88"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. N1d2 Nf6 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Nb4 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Rac1 Bb5 15. Bf2 e5 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rfd1 exf4 18. Nd4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Ne5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Nf5 g6 22. Qb6 Rac8 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rxd6 Rc8 26. c5 Ng4 27. Rd4 g5 28. h3 Nf6 29. Rcc4 Rce8 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Nxe4 32. Rd5 Re6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Bd4 f6 35. b4 Rc6 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. Ra5 Nd2+ 38. Ke1 Nb3 39. Rd5 Nxd4 40. Rxd4 Rxg2 41. Rd6 f5 42. Rxa6 g4 43. Rf6 gxh3 44. Kf1 f3 0-1 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [Round "2.1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Boris Gelfand"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2757"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 f6 6. Be3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. d4 Bg4 9. Be2 Nge7 10. dxc5 Nf5 11. Bc1 Bxc5 12. O-O Qd7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Qxd5 Rhe8 16. Bd1 Qe7 17. Qc4 Bh3 18. c3 Kb8 19. b4 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 h5 21. Nb2 h4 22. Nc4 hxg3 23. hxg3 Bc7 24. b5 Na5 25. b6 axb6 26. Nxa5 bxa5 27. Rb1 Qe4 28. Rb5 Bxg3 29. Nd4 Bh2+ 0-1 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [Round "2.2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "103"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd7 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 f5 19. f3 Rae8 20. Qc4 Re6 21. Rc1 h6 22. Qb3 Qc8 23. Qd5 Rd6 24. Qc4 Qe8 25. b4 f4 26. Bf2 Rd7 27. Qe4 Qf7 28. b5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Nd4 30. Rxe5 Nb3 31. Rc2 b6 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 fxg3 34. hxg3 Na5 35. Rc3 Nb7 36. Re6 Nd6 37. g4 Ra8 38. Re5 Nf7 39. Rf5 Kg8 40. d4 Ra4 41. e4 Nd8 42. d5 Nf7 43. Bg3 Ra7 44. Bf4 Nd8 45. Kg3 Nf7 46. e5 Rxd5 47. e6 Rxf5 48. gxf5 Nd6 49. Bxd6 cxd6 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Rd8 b5 52. f6 1-0 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [Round "3.1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Boris Gelfand"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bb2 e5 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Bb5 e4 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. a5 Nf8 19. axb6 axb6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. c4 Ng6 22. Bc3 Qe7 23. Nf1 Ne5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. Ng3 Qc7 27. h3 g6 28. Qb2 Nd3 29. Qa1 Ne8 30. Nxe4 Qb6 31. Bxe8 1-0 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [Round "3.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "108"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. h4 Ngf6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 Nb6 9. h5 Rg8 10. Nh3 b4 11. Nd1 a5 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Ra8 16. c4 Nfd7 17. Nc3 e6 18. Kf2 gxh5 19. g5 Qe7 20. Nf4 h6 21. Nxh5 hxg5 22. Nxg7+ Rxg7 23. Rh8+ Nf8 24. Rb3 Nd7 25. Rb7 g4 26. fxg4 Rh7 27. Rxh7 Nxh7 28. Qf3 Qh4+ 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 a4 31. Bc1 Nhf8 32. Rb4 c5 33. dxc5 Nxc5 34. Nb5 Kd7 35. Be3 Nd3 36. Bd2 Nxb4 37. Bxb4 Ra6 38. e5 Ng6 39. Bxd6 Rc6 40. c5 Ne7 41. Kf4 Ra6 42. Kg5 Nd5 43. Nd4 Ra8 44. c6+ Ke8 45. Kh6 Ne3 46. Kg5 Nc4 47. Nb5 Rc8 48. c7 Nxb2 49. Na7 Kd7 50. Nxc8 Kxc8 51. Kf6 Nc4 52. Kxf7 a3 53. Bxa3 Nxe5+ 54. Kxe6 Nxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [Round "4.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gelfand"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "135"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 f5 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Nd2 Be6 9. Qc1 Nd7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nf4 Bd5 15. Nc4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Re8 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Nd3 Bc7 19. Nd2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Nc5 b6 23. Na4 Rac8 24. Rfc1 Bd6 25. Nc3 Qf5 26. f4 c5 27. Nb5 Bb8 28. Qa4 Red8 29. dxc5 Rxc5 30. Nd4 Qg4 31. Qd1 Qd7 32. Qe2 Bd6 33. Nb3 Rd5 34. Qc4 Be7 35. Kg2 Bf6 36. Rc2 Qe6 37. Rf2 h5 38. h3 Rd3 39. Qxe6 fxe6 40. Re1 a5 41. Ree2 a4 42. Nd2 Bxb2 43. Nc4 Bc1 44. Rf1 Rd1 45. Nxb6 a3 46. Rxd1 Rxd1 47. Na4 e5 48. Nc3 Rd3 49. Nxe4 exf4 50. exf4 Bb2 51. Rd2 Re3 52. Nc5 Kf7 53. Nb3 Rxb3 54. axb3 a2 55. Rd1 a1=Q 56. Rxa1 Bxa1 57. Kf3 Bc3 58. Ke4 Ke6 59. g4 hxg4 60. hxg4 Kd6 61. Kd3 Ba5 62. Ke4 Bb4 63. Kd4 Bd2 64. Ke4 Bc3 65. Kd3 Bb4 66. Ke4 Bd2 67. f5 g5 68. Kd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [Round "4.2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "88"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. h3 O-O 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nd2 a5 17. Nc4 b6 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Rad1 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 a4 21. f4 axb3 22. cxb3 g6 23. Kh2 b5 24. Na5 Qh4 25. Rf1 Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rf2 Rd3 28. Nb7 Rd5 29. Rc2 c4 30. b4 Rd4 31. Rf2 Bd5 32. Nc5 Rd1 33. g4 Kf8 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Ke7 36. Kg3 h6 37. Kg4 Re1 38. Kf4 Rh1 39. Kg4 c6 40. h4 Re1 41. Kf4 Rg1 42. f6+ Kf8 43. Kf5 h5 44. e6 fxe6+ 1-0 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [Round "5.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Boris Gelfand"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "143"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. e5 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O e6 8. Re1 Ne7 9. exd6 Nd5 10. d3 Bxd6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. Bd2 Nb4 15. Bxb4 cxb4 16. Qe3 Qd5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nfe5 Rfe8 19. Qf3 f6 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Re4 f5 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. a3 bxa3 27. Rxa3 Bb6 28. Kg2 Kg8 29. Kf3 Kf7 30. c3 Ke6 31. h4 d4 32. Ng2 Kf6 33. c4 a5 34. b4 axb4 35. Ra6 Rd6 36. Nf4 Kf7 37. Nd5 b3 38. Ra3 Bd8 39. Kg3 g5 40. hxg5 Bxg5 41. Rxb3 Rc6 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Rd7 Bd2 44. f4 Bc1 45. Ne7 Rf6 46. Kf3 Ba3 47. Nd5 Rh6 48. Kg3 Rg6+ 49. Kf2 Rh6 50. Ra7 Bd6 51. Ra6 Kf7 52. Ra7+ Kf8 53. Ra5 Rh2+ 54. Kg3 Rc2 55. Ra6 Bc5 56. Rc6 Ba3 57. Nc7 Rd2 58. Ne6+ Kf7 59. Ng5+ Ke7 60. Rc7+ Kd6 61. Rxg7 Rxd3+ 62. Kf2 Rc3 63. Rg6+ Kc5 64. Rf6 Kxc4 65. Rxf5 d3 66. Ne4 Rc2+ 67. Kf3 Rh2 68. Ra5 Bb4 69. Ra8 d2 70. Rd8 Rh3+ 71. Ke2 Rh2+ 72. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [Round "5.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "89"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qd2 Ng6 13. d5 Bd7 14. Bf1 h6 15. Be3 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Be6 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 d5 21. Bd3 c5 22. Be5 Qb6 23. c3 a5 24. b3 Red8 25. Rab1 Nd7 26. Bf4 Bf8 27. Ne5 Nf6 28. Qe2 Rac8 29. Qf3 Qa7 30. Bxh6 c4 31. Bf1 cxb3 32. axb3 d4 33. c4 Qa8 34. Qxa8 Rxa8 35. Bg5 Bb4 36. Red1 Rac8 37. Nf3 Bc3 38. Bd3 Rc5 39. Bd2 Rb8 40. Bxc3 dxc3 41. Rdc1 a4 42. Rxc3 Nd5 43. Rcc1 Nf4 44. Bf1 axb3 45. Rxb3 0-1 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [Round "6.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gelfand"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "69"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Ne7 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. O-O O-O 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Qf3 a5 18. Nc5 Qb5 19. Nd3 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Bg5 Rdb8 22. Rad1 Qb5 23. Bf4 Re8 24. b3 a4 25. Rd3 e5 26. Rd5 Qa6 27. Bg5 axb3 28. axb3 h6 29. Bc1 e4 30. Qe3 Qb7 31. Rfd1 Rab8 32. Rd7 Qxb3 33. Qxb3 Rxb3 34. Rd8 Rb8 35. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [Round "6.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2757"] [PlyCount "88"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 c6 7. d4 e4 8. d5 d6 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. b3 Qe7 13. Ra2 Rfd8 14. Rd2 h5 15. Bb2 h4 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. Bg4 f5 18. Bh5 a6 19. Bxe8 axb5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. cxb5 cxb5 22. Qh5 Rc5 23. Bd4 Rd5 24. f4 exf3 25. Qxf3 Qf7 26. Qf4 Qh5 27. h3 Rc8 28. Kh2 Bd7 29. g3 g5 30. Qf2 hxg3+ 31. Qxg3 Kh7 32. Rdf2 Be6 33. Rg1 f4 34. Qg2 Rxd4 35. exd4 Rc3 36. Qe4+ Qg6 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. Rf3 Rc2+ 39. Kh1 Qf5 40. Qa8 Bd5 41. Qh8+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qxd6+ Kh5 0-1
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[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.23"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Boris Gelfand"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "117"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d6 3.e3 e5 4.Bb5+ Nd7 5.O-O a6 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.c4 d5 8.d4 exd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.Nc3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 O-O 13.Rd1 b5 14.Bd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bf6 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Ba3 Qxd4 18.Nxd4 Re8 19.Nf5 Nf6 20.Nd6 Rd8 21.Bb4 Be6 22.Ba5 Rd7 23.f3 h6 24.Kf2 Kh7 25.Rac1 Ne8 26.Ne4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rc8 28.Ke3 Nf6 29.Nc3 Rc6 30.Rd2 g5 31.g4 Kg6 32.Rd8 Bd7 33.Ra8 Re6+ 34.Kf2 Rc6 35.h3 Be6 36.Rd8 Bd7 37.Kg3 h5 38.Ra8 Be6 39.Kf2 Kg7 40.Rd8 hxg4 41.hxg4 Bd7 42.Ra8 Be6 43.Kg3 Nd5 44.Ne4 f6 45.Bd2 Bc8 46.Kf2 b4 47.Rb8 Nc3 48.Rxb4 Nxe4+ 49.Rxe4 Rc2 50.Ke3 Rxa2 51.Bc3 Kf7 52.Rc4 Be6 53.Rc7+ Kg6 54.Rc6 Kf7 55.b4 Rc2 56.Rc7+ Kg6 57.Rc6 Kf7 58.Rc7+ Kg6 59.Rc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.23"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "129"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Bg5 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qe2 Nf6 14.Rad1 Bg4 15.Qe3 Rac8 16.Rd2 Na5 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.h3 Nxb3 19.axb3 Be6 20.b4 h6 21.b5 axb5 22.Nxb5 d5 23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Bxd5 25.Nxe5 Rxc2 26.Nc3 Bc6 27.Qd4 Qe6 28.Qd8+ Be8 29.Re1 Qf5 30.Qd4 Bc6 31.g4 Qc8 32.Rb1 Qe6 33.Nxc6 bxc6 34.Qd8+ Ne8 35.Qd3 Qb3 36.Qd8 Qe6 37.Qd3 Qb3 38.Re1 Nf6 39.Ra1 g5 40.Rb1 Rxb2 41.Rxb2 Qxb2 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Qd4 Qa3 44.Qe5 Qb4 45.Kg2 c5 46.Kf3 Qc4 47.Ke3 Qf1 48.f3 c4 49.Ne4 Qe1+ 50.Kd4 Qa1+ 51.Nc3 Qf1 52.Qf5 Nd7 53.Qe4 Qxh3 54.Nd5 Qg3 55.Ne3 Qf2 56.Kc3 Nf6 57.Nf5+ Kh7 58.Qb7 Qe1+ 59.Kxc4 Qe6+ 60.Kd3 Nd5 61.Nd4 Nf4+ 62.Kd2 Qa2+ 63.Ke3 Qa3+ 64.Kf2 Qa2+ 65.Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.24"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [Round "2.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4 e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.c4 Bd7 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Nfd4 Rac8 15.c5 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bc6 17.Rab1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 h6 19.e3 Nd7 20.Na5 Nxc5 21.Nxb7 Nxb7 22.Rxb7 Bf6 23.Rdb1 Bxd4 24.exd4 a5 25.Ra7 Rd5 26.Rbb7 Rf5 27.Rc7 Rd8 28.Rc5 Rxd4 29.Rxf5 exf5 30.Rxa5 f4 31.a4 g5 32.Ra8+ Kg7 33.a5 fxg3 34.hxg3 Ra4 35.a6 h5 36.Kf3 Ra3+ 37.Kg2 h4 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.a7 Kf6 40.Rh8 h3+ 41.Rxh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.24"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [Round "2.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gelfand"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Qd6 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.d5 a6 13.Nc3 Qe8 14.Qe1 Na7 15.h4 Nb5 16.Nge2 Nc4 17.Bd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Nb6 19.h5 e6 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.f4 Qe7 22.Nf3 exd5 23.e5 d4 24.Nxd4 c5 25.Nf3 Bf5+ 26.Ka1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Rd8 28.Qe1 Qd7 29.Be2 Nd5 30.Nxd5 Qxd5 31.Qc1 Be6 32.b3 Qc6 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Qxd1 Qe4 35.g3 Bf5 36.Bc4 Bh6 37.Bd5 Qe3 38.Qd2 Qxd2 39.Nxd2 g5 40.Bxb7 gxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.25"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2810"] [Blackfideid "4101588"] [Blacktitle "GM"] [Chesscat "CHESSCAT 1.0"] [ECO "A62"] [Eventdate "2013.02.23"] [Opening "Benoni"] [Plycount "106"] [Variation "fianchetto variation"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [Whitefideid "2020009"] [Whitetitle "GM"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 h6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Qc1 g5 14. Bd2 Nbd7 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 Kh7 17. Nf1 Ne5 18. Bf4 Bg6 19. Ne3 h5 20. a5 Qc7 21. Ra4 Kg8 22. Qd2 Nfd7 23. Ra2 b5 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Ng6 27. Nxd6 Nxf4 28. Nec4 Nh3+ 29. Kf1 Qb8 30. Nxe8 Qxe8 31. Qc2 Ne5 32. Nd6 Qd7 33. Nf5 Bf8 34. Ne3 c4 35. Qf5 Qxf5 36. Nxf5 Bb4 37. Rd1 a5 38. Raa1 f6 39. Rac1 Bc5 40. Nd4 Kf7 41. Kg2 Rb8 42. Rc2 Rb4 43. d6 Rb6 44. Nf5 Bxf2 45. d7 Nxd7 46. Rxd7+ Ke6 47. Rh7 Kxf5 48. Rxh5+ Kg6 49. Rxa5 Rb4 50. Ra6 Bd4 51. Rc6 Bxb2 52. R6xc4 Rxc4 53. Rxc4 Kh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.25"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [Round "3.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Boris Gelfand"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nde2 h5 10.g5 Bd6 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Nc6 14.Qxd5 Be6 15.Qf3 Re8 16.Be3 Bc4 17.Rfe1 Nb4 18.Rac1 Be5 19.Nc3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Bd5 21.Qxh5 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qd5+ 23.Kg1 Nc6 24.Red1 Qxa2 25.g6 fxg6 26.Qxg6 Qf7 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Rb1 b5 29.c4 b4 30.c3 bxc3 31.Rbc1 Red8 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Rxc3 a5 34.Kf1 Ke6 35.Ke2 Rh8 36.Bb6 Rh4 37.Re3+ Kf5 38.Ra3 Rxc4 39.Bxa5 Nxa5 40.Rxa5+ Kf6 41.Ra6+ Kf5 42.Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.27"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [Round "4.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gelfand"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "91"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Qc8 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. a3 Qb7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. e4 Nc4 19. d5 Bd7 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. e5 Ng4 22. Re4 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 c5 25. Kg1 cxb4 26. axb4 Bc6 27. Rce1 a5 28. Nd4 Qa7 29. Ncxb5 Bxb5 30. Kh1 Bc4 31. bxa5 Rfd8 32. Qb2 Qxa5 33. Nf3 Bd5 34. R4e2 Bb4 35. Rg1 Bc3 36. Qb1 Bc4 37. Re3 Bb4 38. Re4 Bf8 39. Rf4 Bd3 40. Qb3 Qd5 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 42. Nd4 Rxe5 43. Nxe6 Be7 44. Rd4 Bf5 45. Nf4 Bc5 46. Rd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.27"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [Round "4.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "90"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 h6 11.h3 Re8 12.Re1 Bd7 13.Bc2 Rb8 14.Rc1 Nh7 15.Bd3 Qf6 16.Nb3 Nf8 17.Kh2 g5 18.d5 Ne7 19.c4 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 c5 21.dxc6 Bxc6 22.Kg1 Nfg6 23.Nfd2 Nf4 24.Bf1 Bd7 25.c5 Red8 26.Qe1 Nc6 27.Nf3 d5 28.exd5 Nxd5 29.Rxe5 Nxe5 30.Qxe5 Be8 31.Na5 Qxe5 32.Nxe5 Ne7 33.a3 Rbc8 34.Nd3 Nc6 35.Nb7 Rd4 36.Nd6 Rd8 37.Re1 Bd7 38.g4 Be6 39.Re3 Kf8 40.b4 Ne7 41.Bg2 Nc8 42.Nxc8 Bxc8 43.Ne5 Re8 44.Rd3 Rxd3 45.Nxd3 Re2 0-1 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.28"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [Round "5.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O d4 6.e3 e5 7.exd4 cxd4 8.d3 Be7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.a3 a5 13.Ne1 Bf5 14.Rb1 Be7 15.Qe2 Re8 16.Bd5 Bf8 17.Ng2 Qd7 18.Qf3 Be6 19.Rfe1 Rad8 20.Bxe6 Rxe6 21.Ne4 Be7 22.Qh5 Rf8 23.g4 Kh7 24.g5 Rg6 25.f4 exf4 26.Nxf4 Rxg5+ 27.Nxg5+ Bxg5 28.Ng2 f5 29.Qf3 Bf6 30.Rf1 g6 31.Qd5 Qc7 32.Nf4 Re8 33.Kh1 Re5 34.Qg2 Ne7 35.b4 a4 36.b5 Bg5 37.Ne2 Qd7 38.Rb4 Re3 39.c5 Rxd3 40.c6 bxc6 41.b6 Qb7 42.Nxd4 Nd5 43.Rxa4 Qxb6 44.Ne6 Qe3 45.Re4 Qxe4 46.Qxe4 fxe4 47.Rf7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.28"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [Round "5.2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Gelfand"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 c4 10. Qd1 Rc8 11. Nc3 b4 12. Na4 Be7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. a3 O-O 16. e3 a5 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Rc1 Na7 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxc4 Bb5 21. Rxb4 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Nc6 23. Rb7 Rc7 24. Qa6 Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Qa8 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. Ne1 Ra1 28. Bxc6 Rxe1+ 29. Kg2 Rb1 30. Nd3 Rd1 31. Bb5 Be7 32. h4 g6 33. Bc4 Kg7 34. b3 h5 35. Kf3 Rd2 36. Nf4 Bd6 37. Ne2 Rc2 38. Bd3 Rb2 39. Bc4 Rc2 40. Bd3 Rb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.29"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Anand, V."] [Black "Kramnik, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2810"] [Plycount "53"] [Eventdate "2013.02.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nfd2 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. c3 bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Nf4 20. Rc6 Ne2 21. Qd5 Qb8 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Qxd3 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Rd6 25. Qxe2 Qa2 26. Qb5 c6 27. Qb2 1-0 [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "2013.02.29"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Gelfand, B."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Plycount "115"] [Eventdate "2013.02.23"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Qb8 16. Qc2 b5 17. Qd3 b4 18. Be1 Qb6 19. Nd2 a5 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. e3 e5 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxd5 Rfc8 26. Nb3 Nc4 27. Rd4 Qa6 28. Rf4 Bf6 29. Qd3 Qe6 30. Re4 Qd6 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxd6 Nxd6 33. Rxc7 a4 34. Nc5 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rc6 Bxb2 37. Nxb3 Ne4 38. Kg2 h5 39. f3 Ng5 40. Bf2 g6 41. Nc5 Ne6 42. Ne4 Bg7 43. Rb6 Ra8 44. h3 Ra2 45. f4 Ra5 46. Kf3 g5 47. Rb8+ Kh7 48. Nd6 f5 49. Rb6 g4+ 50. hxg4 fxg4+ 51. Kg2 Nc5 52. Nb7 Nxb7 53. Rxb7 Ra4 54. Rb6 Re4 55. Kf1 h4 56. gxh4 g3 57. Bg1 Bh6 58. Kg2 1-0
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