Gianluca Rossi

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Used to be a teacher, retired now, I enjoy chess in my free time (that I have a lot right now!)

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FIDE Candidates 2013 round 4
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2013"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.03.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2872"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Nb3 Bf8 13. c4 Qd6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. d4 e4 16. Nfd2 a5 17. a4 f5 18. c5 Qg6 19. Nc4 Nf6 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Qd2 Be6 22. Nbxa5 Reb8 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Bh2 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 Rxb2 26. Rab1 Ra2 27. Qa6 e3 28. fxe3 Qg5 29. Re2 Nxe3 30. Nf3 Qg6 31. Rxa2 Bxa2 32. Rb2 Bc4 33. Qa5 Bd5 34. Qe1 f4 35. Bxf4 Nc2 36. Qf2 Bxf3 37. Rxc2 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2013"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.03.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Ng4 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Ngf6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. c4 h6 19. Bh4 Qb7 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. a4 Qa6 22. Qa2 Rc6 23. Qb3 Rec8 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Ne5 Rd6 26. Red1 Rcd8 27. Qb4 Qc8 28. Nf3 Ne4 29. h4 Nf6 30. a5 Ng4 31. axb6 axb6 32. Re1 Rc6 33. Qb5 Qc7 34. Re4 Rd5 35. Qb3 h5 36. Ree1 Rf5 37. Qd3 g6 38. Rc2 Qd6 39. Rd1 Rc8 40. Qe2 Rd8 41. Rcd2 Qc6 42. Rc2 Qc7 43. Rcd2 Rc8 44. Rc2 Ra5 45. Rdc1 Qd6 46. Qe4 Rf5 47. g3 Nf6 48. Qe3 Ng4 49. Qe4 Nf6 50. Qe3 Ng4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2013"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.03.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D22"] [WhiteElo "2809"] [BlackElo "2747"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6 7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. O-O Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bb2 c5 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Ra8 16. Qb5 Ra5 17. Qb3 Qa8 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. Qc2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rc8 21. Qb1 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. h3 h6 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Nxc2 Nd5 28. Ba3 Bxa3 29. Nxa3 Nc5 30. Nc2 Kf8 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2013"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.03.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D22"] [WhiteElo "2809"] [BlackElo "2747"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6 7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. O-O Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bb2 c5 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Ra8 16. Qb5 Ra5 17. Qb3 Qa8 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. Qc2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rc8 21. Qb1 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. h3 h6 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Nxc2 Nd5 28. Ba3 Bxa3 29. Nxa3 Nc5 30. Nc2 Kf8 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard
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FIDE Candidates 2013 round 8
[Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Radjabov,T"] [Black "Gelfand,B"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2740"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [ECO "A33"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 14. c5 b6 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O O-O 17. f5 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Qa3 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Bg5 Ba6 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rd1 Nb7 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Qc1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nd6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. a4 Qd7 29. a5 Nxe4 30. Bc2 Qb5 31. Qf3 Ng5 32. Qg2 bxa5 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Grischuk,A"] [Black "Ivanchuk,V"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2757"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [ECO "B35"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nd5 Re8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 Ne5 13. h3 Qa6 14. Nc2 Nd3 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc4 18. Rfb1 Ne5 19. Qe3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Qb6 21. Ra3 a6 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Nc2 Qxe3 24. Nxe3 Nd7 25. f3 Kf8 26. Kf2 Rc6 27. g4 e6 28. h4 Ke7 29. Ra5 Rec8 30. Kg3 h6 31. Rd2 Nc5 32. Ra3 a5 33. Nc2 Ra6 34. Rd1 Rca8 35. Nd4 Kd7 36. Nb5 e5 37. b4 axb4 38. cxb4 Ne6 39. Nxd6 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Kramnik,V"] [Black "Svidler,P"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2747"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [ECO "D85"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 Rd8 14. Kc2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. f4 Bd6 18. Kb3 f6 19. a4 Rdc8 20. h4 Rab8 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 a6 23. b6 Kf7 24. h5 Rxc1 25. hxg6+ Kxg6 26. Bxc1 Rg8 27. g4 h6 28. Rh5 Kf7 29. e5 Bc5 30. e6+ Kf8 31. Rh4 Kg7 32. f5 Rd8 33. Bxh6+ Kg8 34. Kc4 Bxb6 35. g5 Bf2 36. Rg4 Kh7 37. gxf6 exf6 38. e7 Rc8+ 39. Kb3 Bc5 40. Rc4 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Carlsen,M"] [Black "Aronian,L"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2872"] [BlackElo "2809"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [ECO "E06"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Ra7 13. Nc3 Qa8 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 c6 16. Rac1 a5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc8 19. Nf4 axb4 20. Bxb4 c5 21. Qxa8 Raxa8 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd3 Bf8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rxb5 Rxa3 28. g4 h6 29. h4 Ra2 30. Kf1 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Ra2 32. Kf3 Ra3 33. Kg3 Ra2 34. e3 Rd2 35. Nf4 g6 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Ke7 38. e4 Rc2 39. f3 Rc5 40. Rxc5 Nxc5 41. Ng2 1/2-1/2your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard
Kramnik, Gelfand and Grischuk win
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Carlsen, Magnus 2872 – Svidler, Peter 2747 FIDE Candidates 2013
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2013"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.04.01"] [Round "14"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "*"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2872"] [BlackElo "2747"] [Annotator "Ramirez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {The increasingly popular quick d3 system, yet again seen in London. Carlsen crushed Svidler with the black side of this system, surely he can also outplay him with white.} b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. a4 Nd8 $5 {Very solid play, though there were viable alternatives for sure. The idea of moving the knight from c6 is nothing new in the Spanish. It is now being rerouted to f4.} 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Ne2 Ne6 15. Ng3 c5 16. Nf5 Bd8 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 {White has a maybe microscopically more pleasant position. His bishop on c4 is well placed, the knight on f4 is relatively uncomfortable, but Black still has many resources.} Bc7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Qc1 Nh5 (20... Nd4 {already blunders the game.} 21. N3xd4 cxd4 22. Nxg7 $18) 21. g3 (21. b4 $1 cxb4 22. Bxb4 {Would've given him a pleasant edge, but the symmetrical position gives Black good chances for a draw.}) 21... g6 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Bxg5 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Ng4 Bf3 {Svidler thought this idea was very strong, and that Carlsen underestimated it. However, it is possible both missed White's resource on move 31.} 27. Bf6+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Qe3 (29. Nxf7 Nxf6 30. Qh6+ Ke7 $2 { Suggested by Svidler.} (30... Kg8 $3 {is just a draw, according to the engines, as there are no good discoveries. Notice how in no variation can White take on e5 as the opening of the e-file will be lethal to him because of his weakened back rank.} 31. Nxe5+ $2 Bd5 32. Nxd7 Rxe1#) 31. Ng5 $1 {Was missed by both players.}) 29... Bb7 30. Bh4 Qh3 31. f3 $2 {The start of Carlsen's demise.} ( 31. Bd5 $1 {This strong resource would've simply left White a pawn ahead. White's knight on h6 can be left en prise!} Bxd5 32. Qxc5+ Kg7 33. Qxd5 Kxh6 34. Qxf7 Ba5 (34... Rc8 $2 {Svidler admitted he had no idea what was going on, and this was his suggestion. However this loses to the very strong...} 35. Qe7 $1 {and Black is closed to getting mated.}) 35. Qxe8 Bxe1 36. Qxe5 {White's three pawns are stronger than the piece, and it is in Black's best interest to give it back immediately.} Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 38. Ke1 {With only chances for White.}) 31... Nf4 32. gxf4 Qxh4 33. Nxf7 Bxf3 34. Qf2 Qg4+ 35. Qg3 exf4 {Now Black's advantage is clear and decisive. The pair of bishops is too strong.} 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Qxg4 Bxg4 38. Ng5 h6 39. Nf7 h5 40. Nh6 Bd1 41. Kf2 f3 42. h3 Bf4 43. Nf7 g5 44. Ke1 g4 {Simple calculation, White cannot stop the pawns.} 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Kxd1 g3 47. Ke1 g2 48. Kf2 Bh2 {Carlsen loses, but his lucky stars had not yet abandoned him.} *your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard
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