Zurich Chess Challenge: Chessagora Game Album

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]

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"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]

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"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]

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"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]

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"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]

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"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]

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"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]

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"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]

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"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]

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"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]

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"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]

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"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]

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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