All games of the Zurich Chess Challenge 2016

Details: Written by Marc Lang

The games of the Zurich Chess Challenge 2016 are now available and can be replayed in our gameviewer or downloaded as PGN.

[Event "Boris Gelfand vs. Oleg Skvortsov"][Site "zurich-cc.com"][Date "2016.02.12"][Round "1.1"][White "Gelfand, Boris"][Black "Skvortsov, Oleg"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "2735"][PlyCount "90"][EventDate "2016.02.12"][WhiteTeam "Israel"][BlackTeam "Russland"][WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"][BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. a4 Qb6 13. Qe2 c4 14. Qxc4 Ng4 15. Qe2 f5 16. Ng5 fxe4 17. Qxg4 Rxf2+ 18. Kh3 Rf5 19. Qxe4 Nc5 20. Qxe7 h6 21.Ne6 Bf6 22. Qc7 Rh5+ 23. Kg2 Qb3 24. Qxd6 Qc2+ 25. Kg1 Nb3 26. Be3 Qxb2 27. Rf1 Qxc3 28. Qb6 Be5 29. Nf4 Bxf4 30. Rxf4 Qd3 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Rf7 Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Qc2+ 34. Kf3 Rf5+ 35. Rxf5 gxf5 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Re1 Rxa4 39.Qe8+ Kh7 40. Re2 Qd1 41. Kf2 Ra1 42. Bc1 Qd4+ 43. Kg2 Qxd5+ 44. Kh3 Ra7 45.Qh5+ Kg7 1-0 
 [Event "Boris Gelfand vs. Alexander Morozevich"][Site "zurich-cc.com"][Date "2016.02.13"][Round "1.1"][White "Morozevich, Alexander"][Black "Gelfand, Boris"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2683"][BlackElo "2735"][PlyCount "63"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Russland"][BlackTeam "Israel"][WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"][BlackTeamCountry "ISR"][WhiteClock "0:01:41"][BlackClock "0:03:04"]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. h3 Rfe8 14. g4 Bd7 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. d6 Be6 17. Qb5 Nb4 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. Qc4 Rf8 20. Rd2 h6 21.Nge4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Be6 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Bxb5 b6 25. d7 Rcd8 26. a3 Nd5 27. Bxh6 Bxd7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Rfd1 Re7 31. Nxc5 Nf4 32. Nd3 1/2-1/2[Event "Boris Gelfand vs. Alexander Morozevich"][Site "zurich-cc.com"][Date "2016.02.13"][Round "2.1"][White "Gelfand, Boris"][Black "Morozevich, Alexander"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "2735"][BlackElo "2683"][PlyCount "107"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Israel"][BlackTeam "Russland"][WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"][BlackTeamCountry "RUS"][WhiteClock "0:00:30"][BlackClock "0:00:25"]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 e5 9. Nb1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Nc3 a5 12. O-O a4 13. Be3 c6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. f3 Re8 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Bg5 Nfd7 19. Qc1 Ne5 20. Be3 f6 21. f4 Nf7 22. Bf3 Qa5 23. Qc2 Qa6 24. Be2 Nh6 25. Bg1 Bg4 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Nf7 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Rfd1 Rae8 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Nxa4 Qa5 33. Nc3 Qc7 34. g3 Nd6 35. Qd3 Re8 36. b4 Ra8 37. bxc5 Nf7 38. Ne4 Rd8 39. Qc2 Rxd1+ 40.Qxd1 Qa5 41. Nd6 Qxc5 42. Nxf7 Kxf7 43. Qb1 b6 44. Qe4 Qd6 45. c5 Qe7 46. Bc4+ Ke8 47. Qxc6+ Qd7 48. Qa8+ Ke7 49. Qe4+ Kd8 50. cxb6 Bc5 51. b7 Kc7 52. Bd5 Qb5 53. Kg2 Bxa3 54. Qe6 1-0 
 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russland"] [BlackTeam "Niederlande"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "NED"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. e4 d6 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Rfe1 Rab8 16. Qe3 Kg7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Rfd8 20. Bf1 Bd5 21. b3 c4 22. Qxe7 cxb3 23. axb3 Rxb3 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. c4 Be6 26. Rxa7 Rc8 27. Rc1 Rc5 28. Ra2 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Rac2 Rb6 31. Rc3 Rd6 32. g3 Rd4 33. Rd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Bxh3 35. Be2 Be6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2884"] [BlackElo "2814"] [Annotator "Lang,Marc"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"] [BlackTeam "Armenien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] [WhiteClock "0:00:27"] [BlackClock "0:00:04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Bf8 10. Re1 d5 11. a4 Bb7 12. h3 h6 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. b4 Qd7 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxh6 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 gxh6 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nh2 Nd4 22. Ng4 Kg7 23. Nxe5 Qf5 24. Ng3 Qg5 25. Nxf7 Qg6 26. Nxd8 Bxd8 27. Rxe8 1-0 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2592"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Lettland"] [BlackTeam "Indien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Ng3 e5 15.Qd2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rc8 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Qc1 Bf6 21. b3 Ne5 22. Qd2 Qb6+ 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Qxd6 Qxc2 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Qd6 Qa5 27. Qd2 Qc7 28. Qd6 Qa5 29. Qd2 Qc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Niederlande"] [BlackTeam "Indien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O e6 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rf2 d5 15. Rd2 Qe8 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. b3 dxc4 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Qf3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 cxb3 22. axb3 Rd5 23. Rdc2 a5 24. Rxc6 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Qd8 27. Nd6 Bf8 28. g3 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Qc2 Qa5 31. Kf3 Qd5+ 32. Ne4 Ra2 33. Qc1 Qd3+ 0-1 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2814"] [BlackElo "2592"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Armenien"] [BlackTeam "Lettland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "LAT"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8.O-O Nf6 9. d3 Bc5 10. Qc2 Bb6 11. e4 O-O 12. Nc3 Na6 13. a3 Nc5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rc8 21. Rxd5 Qe7 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Rd4 g6 24. Re4 Qd6 25. Rfe1 Rc2 26. R4e2 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Qxd3 28. Bf1 Qd4 29. h4 Kg7 30. b4 b6 31. Re7 a5 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Re3 Qc5 34. Rf3 f5 35. Bg2 Kf6 36. Kh2 h6 37. Kg1 g5 38. hxg5+ hxg5 39. Bh3 f4 40. gxf4 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 gxf4 42. Bg2 Qd2 43. Kg1 Ke5 44. Rh3 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qe1 46. Rf3 Qd2 47. Kg1 Kd4 48. Kh2 a4 49. Kg1 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Ke5 51. Rh3 Kf5 52. Bf3 Qc1 53. Bg2 Kf6 54. Rd3 Qc5 55. Rf3 Kg5 56. Bh3 Qd4 57. Kg1 Qd1+ 58. Kg2 Qd5 59. Bc8 Kh4 60. Bh3 Kg5 61. Bc8 Qc6 62. Bh3 Kh5 63. Bf5 Kh4 64. Bh3 Kg5 0-1 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2884"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russland"] [BlackTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.Qh5 g6 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. h4 Qe7 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. c3 e5 13. e4 h6 14. Nxf7 Qxf7 15. Qg3 exd4 16. exd5 O-O 17. Bxg6 Qxf2 18. Qxf2 Rxf2 19. Ne4 Rxg2 20. Rdg1 Rxg1+ 21. Rxg1 cxd5 22. Nd6 Nc6 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Kh8 25. Rg6 Bf8 26. cxd4 Re8 27. Kd2 Re4 28. Kd3 Rxd4+ 29. Ke3 Re4+ 30. Kd2 Rf4 31. Rf6 Bg7 32. Rf7 Bxb2 33. h5 Bg7 34. Ke3 Re4+ 35. Kd2 Rf4 36. Ke3 Rf1 37. Kd2 Ne5 0-1 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2884"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"] [BlackTeam "Niederlande"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "NED"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg2 d4 7. Qe2+ Be6 8.Ne4 Be7 9. d3 h6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bh3 Qd5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 O-O 15. Qxe6+ Qxe6 16. Rxe6 Nb4 17. Ne1 Rac8 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Rd1 Kf7 20. Re4 Rc6 21. Nf3 Rb6 22. b3 Rc6 23. Rde1 b5 24. Ne5+ Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd8 26. R1e4 Rd7 27. a3 Nf6 28. Re1 c4 29. Rxb5 c3 30. Bf4 Nd5 31. Be5 a6 32. Ra5 Ne7 33. Re4 Re6 34. Rf4+ Kg6 35. Rg4+ Kf5 36. Rf4+ Kg6 37. Rg4+ Kf5 38. Rxd4 1-0 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2592"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Lettland"] [BlackTeam "Russland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. d4 b6 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Re6 17. c3 Rfe8 18. Rxe6 Rxe6 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. b3 a5 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. Bxe3 Be4 23. Bc4 c6 24. f3 Bb1 25. a4 Ba2 26. d5 b5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Bxb5 Bxb3 29. c4 a4 30. Bd4 a3 31. c5 Bf4 32. c6 Bxd5 33. cxd7 Bc7 34.Kf2 a2 35. Ke2 f6 36. Kd3 Kf8 37. Kc2 Ke7 38. h3 Kd8 39. Kb2 Be5 40. Bxe5 fxe5 41. h4 h6 42. Ba4 Be6 43. Bb5 Bxd7 44. Bc4 Bc6 45. Bxa2 Ke7 46. Kc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2814"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Indien"] [BlackTeam "Armenien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. c3 f6 14. Bf4 g5 15.Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Nc1 Qd7 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Nd3 b6 19. h4 h6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 fxg5 22. Ne5 Qd8 23. Qh5 Nef5 24. Ng4 Ng7 25. Qh3 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 c6 28. f4 Nf7 29. c4 dxc4 30. fxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxg5 Nxg5 32. Bxc6 Rd8 33. Re5 Nf7 34. Re7 Rxd4 35. Rxa7 Nf5 36. Kf2 Ne5 0-1 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2814"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Niederlande"] [BlackTeam "Armenien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne4 9. g3 Nd6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kg2 g5 14. f3 Nb6 15. b3 Qd7 16. g4 Kf8 17. Be1 Ne8 18. Rh1 g6 19. Rc1 Kg7 20. a4 Qd8 21. Rc2 Rc8 22.Bd3 Nd7 23. Bg3 Nb8 24. Ne2 Bd6 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Bf2 Qd8 27. Bb5 Nc7 28. Bd3 Nc6 29. Bb1 Ne8 30. Qe1 Bb4 31. Qc1 a6 32. h3 Be7 33. Qb2 Qb6 34. e4 Nd6 35.Nc3 Nb4 36. Re1 Qc6 37. exd5 Nxd5 38. Nxd5 Qxd5 39. Re5 Qc6 40. d5 Qc7 41.Rxe6+ Kh7 42. Re1 Rc8 43. Bd4 Ne8 44. Be5 Bd6 45. Bh8 Bh2 46. Be5 Bxe5 47. Rxe5 Qd8 48. Qd2 Kg7 49. Re1 Qf6 50. Bd3 Nd6 51. Rc1 Rxc1 52. Qxc1 Qe5 53. Bc4 b5 54. axb5 axb5 55. Bf1 Qxd5 56. Qc3+ Kg8 57. Kg3 Qd1 58. Kf2 Qd5 59. Kg3 Qd1 60.Kf2 Qd5 61. Bd3 b4 62. Qd2 Qxb3 63. Bxg6 Nc4 64. Qd8+ Kg7 65. Be4 Qe3+ 66. Kg2 Nd2 67. Ba8 Qe2+ 68. Kg1 Qe3+ 69. Kg2 b3 70. Be4 Nxe4 71. fxe4 b2 72. Qb8 Qxe4+ 0-1 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russland"] [BlackTeam "Indien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bf5 5. e3 c6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O e6 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. Nfd2 b5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Nb3 Rhd8 16. Qe1 Qb6 17. Qb4+ Ke8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Qc3 Rd5 20. Rxd5 cxd5 21. a3 Kf8 22. h3 Kg8 23. Nc5 h5 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. b4 a4 26. c3 Qc7 27. Rf1 Bg6 28. f3 exf3 29. Rxf3 Qe7 30. Kh2 Rc7 31. Qf4 Rc8 32. Rg3 Rc7 33. Qg5 Qe8 34. Rf3 Qc8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Qxc5 38. Qd8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Kg3 Be4 41. Rf2 g5 42. Rh2 Bd3 43. Rh5 Bg6 44. Rxg5 Kg7 45. Kh4 f6 46.Rxg6+ Kxg6 47. exf6 e5 48. g5 d4 49. exd4 exd4 50. cxd4 b4 51. d5 bxa3 52. d6 a2 53. d7 a1=Q 54. d8=Q 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2884"] [BlackElo "2592"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"] [BlackTeam "Lettland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "LAT"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 a6 8.O-O b5 9. Re1 b4 10. Nd5 d6 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Bg5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Be2 h6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 O-O 18. Na5 Ba8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.dxc6 Nf6 22. b3 a5 23. Bf3 d5 24. c4 Qd6 25. Rxa5 Qxc6 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 e6 28. Rd3 Rb7 29. Qf3 Qa6 30. h4 h5 31. Bf2 Rfb8 32. Red1 Qa2 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34.Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Rd3 Qc2 36. Kh2 Ra8 37. Qxa8 Qxd3 38. Qf3 Qc2 39. c5 Bf8 40. b4 Qc4 41. Qb7 Qxf4+ 42. Bg3 Qf5 43. c6 g5 44. hxg5 h4 45. Bb8 Bg7 46. Qb6 Be5+ 47. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 48. Kh1 Qe1+ 49. Qg1 Qxb4 50. Qc1 Qe4 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. Kg1 Qd4+ 53. Kh1 Qe4 54. Qf1 Qxc6 55. Qxf7+ Kh8 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qg6+ Kf8 58. Qh6+ Kg8 59. Qg6+ Kf8 60. Qh6+ Kg8 61. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2592"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Lettland"] [BlackTeam "Niederlande"] [WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"] [BlackTeamCountry "NED"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 Qb6 8. Na3 Rd8 9. Bf1 d6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc2 f6 14. Ne3 Be6 15.exf6 exf6 16. b3 Rac8 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qb1 Nf5 21. Rc1 Nxe3 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. fxe3 Bh6 24. Qc1 Qc6 25. Bd3 Bf5 26. g4 Bd7 27. Kg2 Qxc1 28. Bxc1 Nc3 29. Bd2 Bb5 30. Bxb5 Nxb5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke2 Nd6 33. Bb4 Ne4 34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Bxd2 Ke6 36. Kf3 f5 37. Be1 fxg4+ 38. hxg4 Bg5 39. Bg3 h5 40.gxh5 gxh5 41. a4 Kf5 42. Bb8 a6 43. Bd6 Bh6 44. Be5 Bf8 45. Bc7 Bg7 46. Bg3 Bf6 47. Bf4 Ke6 48. Kg3 Be7 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Bg3 h4 51. Bf4 Bb4 52. Bc7 Be7 53. Be5 Bg5 54. Bc7 b5 55. axb5 axb5 56. Bd6 Bd8 57. Be5 h3 58. Bf4 Bh4 59. Bc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2884"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Indien"] [BlackTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rd8 15.Rad1 b6 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Qc1 Nh5 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. b4 Qb8 20. c5 a5 21. bxa5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Qa7 23. Bc4 Nc7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Ng5 e6 27. Rd7 Qxa5 28. Nce4 Bc8 29. Rxf7 h6 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nf3 Nd5 32. Bxh6+ Kh7 33. Nd6 Re7 34. Bf8 Rg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Bxd5 1-0 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2814"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Armenien"] [BlackTeam "Russland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Bd4 c5 16. Nc3 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Qxa2 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxe2 22. Rfe1 Qb2 23. Rc4 Rfd8 24. Rg4+ Kf8 25. Qh5 Qd2 26. Rge4 Kg7 27. Re7 Rf8 28. R1e4 Rcd8 29. Qxc5 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qxb3 31. Rd7 Qb6 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. Rxd8 Qxc5 0-1 
  [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russland"] [BlackTeam "Niederlande"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "NED"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. e4 d6 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Rfe1 Rab8 16. Qe3 Kg7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Rfd8 20. Bf1 Bd5 21. b3 c4 22. Qxe7 cxb3 23. axb3 Rxb3 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. c4 Be6 26. Rxa7 Rc8 27. Rc1 Rc5 28. Ra2 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Rac2 Rb6 31. Rc3 Rd6 32. g3 Rd4 33. Rd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Bxh3 35. Be2 Be6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2884"] [BlackElo "2814"] [Annotator "Lang,Marc"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"] [BlackTeam "Armenien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] [WhiteClock "0:00:27"] [BlackClock "0:00:04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Bf8 10. Re1 d5 11. a4 Bb7 12. h3 h6 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. b4 Qd7 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxh6 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 gxh6 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nh2 Nd4 22. Ng4 Kg7 23. Nxe5 Qf5 24. Ng3 Qg5 25. Nxf7 Qg6 26. Nxd8 Bxd8 27. Rxe8 1-0 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2592"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Lettland"] [BlackTeam "Indien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Ng3 e5 15.Qd2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rc8 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Qc1 Bf6 21. b3 Ne5 22. Qd2 Qb6+ 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Qxd6 Qxc2 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Qd6 Qa5 27. Qd2 Qc7 28. Qd6 Qa5 29. Qd2 Qc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Niederlande"] [BlackTeam "Indien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O e6 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rf2 d5 15. Rd2 Qe8 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. b3 dxc4 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Qf3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 cxb3 22. axb3 Rd5 23. Rdc2 a5 24. Rxc6 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Qd8 27. Nd6 Bf8 28. g3 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Qc2 Qa5 31. Kf3 Qd5+ 32. Ne4 Ra2 33. Qc1 Qd3+ 0-1 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2814"] [BlackElo "2592"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Armenien"] [BlackTeam "Lettland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "LAT"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8.O-O Nf6 9. d3 Bc5 10. Qc2 Bb6 11. e4 O-O 12. Nc3 Na6 13. a3 Nc5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rc8 21. Rxd5 Qe7 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Rd4 g6 24. Re4 Qd6 25. Rfe1 Rc2 26. R4e2 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Qxd3 28. Bf1 Qd4 29. h4 Kg7 30. b4 b6 31. Re7 a5 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Re3 Qc5 34. Rf3 f5 35. Bg2 Kf6 36. Kh2 h6 37. Kg1 g5 38. hxg5+ hxg5 39. Bh3 f4 40. gxf4 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 gxf4 42. Bg2 Qd2 43. Kg1 Ke5 44. Rh3 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qe1 46. Rf3 Qd2 47. Kg1 Kd4 48. Kh2 a4 49. Kg1 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Ke5 51. Rh3 Kf5 52. Bf3 Qc1 53. Bg2 Kf6 54. Rd3 Qc5 55. Rf3 Kg5 56. Bh3 Qd4 57. Kg1 Qd1+ 58. Kg2 Qd5 59. Bc8 Kh4 60. Bh3 Kg5 61. Bc8 Qc6 62. Bh3 Kh5 63. Bf5 Kh4 64. Bh3 Kg5 0-1 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2884"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russland"] [BlackTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.Qh5 g6 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. h4 Qe7 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. c3 e5 13. e4 h6 14. Nxf7 Qxf7 15. Qg3 exd4 16. exd5 O-O 17. Bxg6 Qxf2 18. Qxf2 Rxf2 19. Ne4 Rxg2 20. Rdg1 Rxg1+ 21. Rxg1 cxd5 22. Nd6 Nc6 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Kh8 25. Rg6 Bf8 26. cxd4 Re8 27. Kd2 Re4 28. Kd3 Rxd4+ 29. Ke3 Re4+ 30. Kd2 Rf4 31. Rf6 Bg7 32. Rf7 Bxb2 33. h5 Bg7 34. Ke3 Re4+ 35. Kd2 Rf4 36. Ke3 Rf1 37. Kd2 Ne5 0-1 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2884"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"] [BlackTeam "Niederlande"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "NED"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg2 d4 7. Qe2+ Be6 8.Ne4 Be7 9. d3 h6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bh3 Qd5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 O-O 15. Qxe6+ Qxe6 16. Rxe6 Nb4 17. Ne1 Rac8 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Rd1 Kf7 20. Re4 Rc6 21. Nf3 Rb6 22. b3 Rc6 23. Rde1 b5 24. Ne5+ Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd8 26. R1e4 Rd7 27. a3 Nf6 28. Re1 c4 29. Rxb5 c3 30. Bf4 Nd5 31. Be5 a6 32. Ra5 Ne7 33. Re4 Re6 34. Rf4+ Kg6 35. Rg4+ Kf5 36. Rf4+ Kg6 37. Rg4+ Kf5 38. Rxd4 1-0 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2592"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Lettland"] [BlackTeam "Russland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. d4 b6 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Re6 17. c3 Rfe8 18. Rxe6 Rxe6 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. b3 a5 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. Bxe3 Be4 23. Bc4 c6 24. f3 Bb1 25. a4 Ba2 26. d5 b5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Bxb5 Bxb3 29. c4 a4 30. Bd4 a3 31. c5 Bf4 32. c6 Bxd5 33. cxd7 Bc7 34.Kf2 a2 35. Ke2 f6 36. Kd3 Kf8 37. Kc2 Ke7 38. h3 Kd8 39. Kb2 Be5 40. Bxe5 fxe5 41. h4 h6 42. Ba4 Be6 43. Bb5 Bxd7 44. Bc4 Bc6 45. Bxa2 Ke7 46. Kc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2814"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Indien"] [BlackTeam "Armenien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. c3 f6 14. Bf4 g5 15.Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Nc1 Qd7 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Nd3 b6 19. h4 h6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 fxg5 22. Ne5 Qd8 23. Qh5 Nef5 24. Ng4 Ng7 25. Qh3 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 c6 28. f4 Nf7 29. c4 dxc4 30. fxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxg5 Nxg5 32. Bxc6 Rd8 33. Re5 Nf7 34. Re7 Rxd4 35. Rxa7 Nf5 36. Kf2 Ne5 0-1 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2814"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Niederlande"] [BlackTeam "Armenien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne4 9. g3 Nd6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kg2 g5 14. f3 Nb6 15. b3 Qd7 16. g4 Kf8 17. Be1 Ne8 18. Rh1 g6 19. Rc1 Kg7 20. a4 Qd8 21. Rc2 Rc8 22.Bd3 Nd7 23. Bg3 Nb8 24. Ne2 Bd6 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Bf2 Qd8 27. Bb5 Nc7 28. Bd3 Nc6 29. Bb1 Ne8 30. Qe1 Bb4 31. Qc1 a6 32. h3 Be7 33. Qb2 Qb6 34. e4 Nd6 35.Nc3 Nb4 36. Re1 Qc6 37. exd5 Nxd5 38. Nxd5 Qxd5 39. Re5 Qc6 40. d5 Qc7 41.Rxe6+ Kh7 42. Re1 Rc8 43. Bd4 Ne8 44. Be5 Bd6 45. Bh8 Bh2 46. Be5 Bxe5 47. Rxe5 Qd8 48. Qd2 Kg7 49. Re1 Qf6 50. Bd3 Nd6 51. Rc1 Rxc1 52. Qxc1 Qe5 53. Bc4 b5 54. axb5 axb5 55. Bf1 Qxd5 56. Qc3+ Kg8 57. Kg3 Qd1 58. Kf2 Qd5 59. Kg3 Qd1 60.Kf2 Qd5 61. Bd3 b4 62. Qd2 Qxb3 63. Bxg6 Nc4 64. Qd8+ Kg7 65. Be4 Qe3+ 66. Kg2 Nd2 67. Ba8 Qe2+ 68. Kg1 Qe3+ 69. Kg2 b3 70. Be4 Nxe4 71. fxe4 b2 72. Qb8 Qxe4+ 0-1 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russland"] [BlackTeam "Indien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bf5 5. e3 c6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O e6 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. Nfd2 b5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Nb3 Rhd8 16. Qe1 Qb6 17. Qb4+ Ke8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Qc3 Rd5 20. Rxd5 cxd5 21. a3 Kf8 22. h3 Kg8 23. Nc5 h5 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. b4 a4 26. c3 Qc7 27. Rf1 Bg6 28. f3 exf3 29. Rxf3 Qe7 30. Kh2 Rc7 31. Qf4 Rc8 32. Rg3 Rc7 33. Qg5 Qe8 34. Rf3 Qc8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Qxc5 38. Qd8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Kg3 Be4 41. Rf2 g5 42. Rh2 Bd3 43. Rh5 Bg6 44. Rxg5 Kg7 45. Kh4 f6 46.Rxg6+ Kxg6 47. exf6 e5 48. g5 d4 49. exd4 exd4 50. cxd4 b4 51. d5 bxa3 52. d6 a2 53. d7 a1=Q 54. d8=Q 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2884"] [BlackElo "2592"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"] [BlackTeam "Lettland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "LAT"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 a6 8.O-O b5 9. Re1 b4 10. Nd5 d6 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Bg5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Be2 h6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 O-O 18. Na5 Ba8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.dxc6 Nf6 22. b3 a5 23. Bf3 d5 24. c4 Qd6 25. Rxa5 Qxc6 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 e6 28. Rd3 Rb7 29. Qf3 Qa6 30. h4 h5 31. Bf2 Rfb8 32. Red1 Qa2 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34.Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Rd3 Qc2 36. Kh2 Ra8 37. Qxa8 Qxd3 38. Qf3 Qc2 39. c5 Bf8 40. b4 Qc4 41. Qb7 Qxf4+ 42. Bg3 Qf5 43. c6 g5 44. hxg5 h4 45. Bb8 Bg7 46. Qb6 Be5+ 47. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 48. Kh1 Qe1+ 49. Qg1 Qxb4 50. Qc1 Qe4 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. Kg1 Qd4+ 53. Kh1 Qe4 54. Qf1 Qxc6 55. Qxf7+ Kh8 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qg6+ Kf8 58. Qh6+ Kg8 59. Qg6+ Kf8 60. Qh6+ Kg8 61. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2592"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Lettland"] [BlackTeam "Niederlande"] [WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"] [BlackTeamCountry "NED"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 Qb6 8. Na3 Rd8 9. Bf1 d6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc2 f6 14. Ne3 Be6 15.exf6 exf6 16. b3 Rac8 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qb1 Nf5 21. Rc1 Nxe3 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. fxe3 Bh6 24. Qc1 Qc6 25. Bd3 Bf5 26. g4 Bd7 27. Kg2 Qxc1 28. Bxc1 Nc3 29. Bd2 Bb5 30. Bxb5 Nxb5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke2 Nd6 33. Bb4 Ne4 34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Bxd2 Ke6 36. Kf3 f5 37. Be1 fxg4+ 38. hxg4 Bg5 39. Bg3 h5 40.gxh5 gxh5 41. a4 Kf5 42. Bb8 a6 43. Bd6 Bh6 44. Be5 Bf8 45. Bc7 Bg7 46. Bg3 Bf6 47. Bf4 Ke6 48. Kg3 Be7 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Bg3 h4 51. Bf4 Bb4 52. Bc7 Be7 53. Be5 Bg5 54. Bc7 b5 55. axb5 axb5 56. Bd6 Bd8 57. Be5 h3 58. Bf4 Bh4 59. Bc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2884"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Indien"] [BlackTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rd8 15.Rad1 b6 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Qc1 Nh5 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. b4 Qb8 20. c5 a5 21. bxa5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Qa7 23. Bc4 Nc7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Ng5 e6 27. Rd7 Qxa5 28. Nce4 Bc8 29. Rxf7 h6 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nf3 Nd5 32. Bxh6+ Kh7 33. Nd6 Re7 34. Bf8 Rg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Bxd5 1-0 [Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016 - Opening "] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2814"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Armenien"] [BlackTeam "Russland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Bd4 c5 16. Nc3 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Qxa2 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxe2 22. Rfe1 Qb2 23. Rc4 Rfd8 24. Rg4+ Kf8 25. Qh5 Qd2 26. Rge4 Kg7 27. Re7 Rf8 28. R1e4 Rcd8 29. Qxc5 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qxb3 31. Rd7 Qb6 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. Rxd8 Qxc5 0-1[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.13"][Round "1.1"][White "Shirov, Alexei"][Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2684"][BlackElo "2801"][PlyCount "75"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Lettland"][BlackTeam "Russland"][WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"][BlackTeamCountry "RUS"][WhiteClock "0:09:26"][BlackClock "0:11:02"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf58. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Bd7 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Rad1 Ke8 13. a3 Be7 14.Rfe1 Rd8 15. Ne4 b6 16. Bc1 Kf8 17. Neg5 Be8 18. Nd4 Rd5 19. Nf5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5Nxe5 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Re1 f6 23. Nf3 Bg6 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Rxe5+ Kf7 26. Bg5Re8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. c3 Kd7 29. Bf4 Bc2 30. g4 a5 31. Kg2 a4 32. Kg3 b5 33.Be5 g6 34. Kf4 Ke6 35. Bxc7 h6 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Bf4 h5 38. gxh5 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.13"][Round "1.2"][White "Nakamura, Hikaru"][Black "Giri, Anish"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2787"][BlackElo "2798"][PlyCount "93"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"][BlackTeam "Niederlande"][WhiteTeamCountry "USA"][BlackTeamCountry "NED"][WhiteClock "0:29:22"][BlackClock "0:08:26"]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3Be6 9. Bf3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c3 Bg6 15.a5 f5 16. Ra4 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Ra2 Nc4 19. Bc1 a5 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Ra3 a422. c4 Bf6 23. g4 Bg5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Rc3 Nd7 26. b4 axb3 27. Nxb3 Bxc1 28.Qxc1 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Rxe3 Rfc8 32. Be2 g6 33. f4 exf4 34.Rxf4 Re8 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. Bg4 Re5 38. Bxf5 Rxf5 39. Rxf5 gxf5 40.Ke3 Kg6 41. Kd4 Kf6 42. c5 dxc5+ 43. Kxc5 Ke7 44. d6+ Kd7 45. Kd5 f4 46. Ke4Kxd6 47. Kxf4 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.13"][Round "1.3"][White "Anand, Viswanathan"][Black "Aronian, Levon"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "2784"][BlackElo "2792"][PlyCount "37"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Indien"][BlackTeam "Armenien"][WhiteTeamCountry "IND"][BlackTeamCountry "ARM"][WhiteClock "0:28:15"][BlackClock "0:23:36"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. a3 h6 8. Bc4Bc5 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d6 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Nf5 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Kh7 14. Qf3 Nb815. Nxh6 Kxh6 16. Qh3+ Kg6 17. Rf3 Nh5 18. Rf5 Nf6 19. Qh4 1-0[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.13"][Round "2.1"][White "Kramnik, Vladimir"][Black "Aronian, Levon"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2801"][BlackElo "2792"][PlyCount "98"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Russland"][BlackTeam "Armenien"][WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"][BlackTeamCountry "ARM"][WhiteClock "0:02:34"][BlackClock "0:06:49"]1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. d4 Ne4 8. c3f5 9. Ne1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd3 Ng6 12. c4 Be6 13. cxd5 Nxd2 14. dxe6 Nxf115. Kxf1 c6 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Qc4 Kh8 18. Be3 Qc7 19. f4 Rad8 20. Rc1 Bf6 21. Qb4Rfe8 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Bb6 Qc8 24. Bd5 Nf8 25. Bb3 Nxe6 26. a4 Nf8 27. Nc5 Nd728. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Bc2 g6 32. b4 Rae8 33. Bd8 Rf7 34.Bb6 Rfe7 35. Bd8 Rf7 36. Bb3 Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Bxf7 Be7 39. b5 cxb5 40.axb5 Kg7 41. Bd5 b6 42. Kg2 g5 43. Kf3 gxf4 44. Kxf4 Kf6 45. Bc4 Bd6+ 46. Kf3h6 47. Bd3 Ke5 48. h3 Kf6 49. Bc2 Bc7 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.13"][Round "2.2"][White "Giri, Anish"][Black "Anand, Viswanathan"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "2798"][BlackElo "2784"][PlyCount "90"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Niederlande"][BlackTeam "Indien"][WhiteTeamCountry "NED"][BlackTeamCountry "IND"][WhiteClock "0:02:42"][BlackClock "0:06:21"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 h69. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Qf7 14. g3 Nd7 15.Kg2 a5 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rf1 Qd7 18. b3 Ne7 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Rb1 Nc622. Ncd2 Rab8 23. d4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Na6 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. Nf3 Nb428. Qc4 Rbe8 29. Rc1 Rf7 30. Nd2 Ref8 31. f4 e5 32. Nf3 exf4 33. gxf4 d5 34.exd5 Qd6 35. Ne5 Rxf4 36. Kg1 Kh7 37. Rg3 R8f5 38. Rg4 Qf6 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40.Rf1 Qg5+ 41. Kh2 Re4 42. Nf3 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Re3 44. Qc1 Re2+ 45. Kh1 Qg3 0-1[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.13"][Round "2.3"][White "Shirov, Alexei"][Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "2684"][BlackElo "2787"][PlyCount "76"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Lettland"][BlackTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"][WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"][BlackTeamCountry "USA"][WhiteClock "0:02:25"][BlackClock "0:15:30"]1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 Rg8 11. h3 h5 12. g3 h4 13. g4 Be7 14. Be2 f6 15. b5Nd8 16. Qd3 Rg7 17. Nc3 Nf7 18. O-O h5 19. Na4 Qd8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nc5 hxg422. hxg4 b6 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Kh1 Rc8 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Nd6 27. Ne5 Bxe528. dxe5 Ne4 29. Kg2 Nc5 30. Rh1 Qe7 31. Qc1 Rh7 32. Qe3 Qg7 33. Rc1 Qf8 34. a4Rf7 35. f3 Rf4 36. Rxc5 bxc5 37. a5 h3+ 38. Kg3 h2 0-1[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.14"][Round "3.1"][White "Nakamura, Hikaru"][Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2787"][BlackElo "2801"][PlyCount "143"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"][BlackTeam "Russland"][WhiteTeamCountry "USA"][BlackTeamCountry "RUS"][WhiteClock "0:05:06"][BlackClock "0:00:12"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Kh1 Qd715. Qg4 Rad8 16. Be3 Bd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxa7 Nxc2 20. Rxb7 Rxd3 21. h4 Nd4 22. b4 Ne6 23. Rc1 Ra8 24. b5 cxb5 25. Rxb5 Rad8 26. f3 h5 27.Kh2 Nf4 28. Rc5 R8d7 29. Na3 Rd2 30. R1c2 Nxg2 31. Rxc7 Ne3+ 32. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 33.Kh3 Rf2 34. Kg3 Rxb2 35. Rc1 f5 36. Nc4 f4+ 37. Kh3 Rf2 38. Nxe5 Nf1 39. Rxf1Rxf1 40. Kg2 Ra1 41. Ng6 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 Kf7 45. Nxf4 g6 46. Ng2 Kf6 47. Kh2 Ke5 48. Kg3 Ra1 49. Nf4 Kd4 50. Kg2 Ra2+ 51. Kg3 Ra1 52.Kg2 Ra8 53. Kf2 Ra6 54. Ne2+ Ke5 55. Kg3 Rf6 56. Kf2 Rf8 57. Kg3 Rf7 58. Kf2 Ra7 59. Kg3 Ra8 60. Nf4 Rg8 61. Ne2 g5 62. hxg5 Rxg5+ 63. Kh4 Rg2 64. Ng3 Rh2+65. Kg5 h4 66. f4+ Ke6 67. Nf5 h3 68. Kg4 Rh1 69. Ng3 Rh2 70. e5 Rf2 71. Ne4 Rg2+ 72. Kxh3 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.14"][Round "3.2"][White "Anand, Viswanathan"][Black "Shirov, Alexei"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2784"][BlackElo "2684"][PlyCount "103"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Indien"][BlackTeam "Lettland"][WhiteTeamCountry "IND"][BlackTeamCountry "LAT"][WhiteClock "0:02:50"][BlackClock "0:00:44"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nf1 f5 11. Ng3 fxe4 12. Bb3+ Kh8 13. Ng5 Nf4 14. Nf7+ Rxf715. Bxf7 Qf8 16. Bb3 exd3 17. Bc4 d5 18. Bxd3 e4 19. Bf1 g5 20. c4 dxc4 21.Nxe4 Ne5 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Ng5 Bf5 24. Qd5 c6 25. Qa5 b5 26. Rad1 Qe7 27. Ne4Rg8 28. Nd6 Bc2 29. Qd2 Bxd1 30. Qxd1 Rf8 31. Ne4 f3 32. g3 Rd8 33. Qc1 Nd3 34.Bxd3 cxd3 35. Qxc6 Bxb2 36. Kf1 Qd7 37. Qxd7 Rxd7 38. Rd1 Rd5 39. Nd2 b4 40.Nxf3 Bc3 41. Ne1 d2 42. Nf3 Ra5 43. Nxd2 Rxa2 44. Ne4 a5 45. Nxc3 bxc3 46. Rc1 Ra3 47. Ke2 a4 48. Rc2 Rb3 49. Kd3 a3 50. Kc4 a2 51. Rxa2 Rb2 52. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.14"][Round "3.3"][White "Aronian, Levon"][Black "Giri, Anish"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2792"][BlackElo "2798"][PlyCount "73"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Armenien"][BlackTeam "Niederlande"][WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"][BlackTeamCountry "NED"][WhiteClock "0:04:16"][BlackClock "0:09:51"]1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Ne5 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 Be7 14. f4 b615. Kf2 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Be2 O-O 18. Bf3 c5 19. Ng3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ba6 21.Ne4 Bd3 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nd5 exd5 24. Rxd3 d4 25. exd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27.Ke2 f6 28. Kd3 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rc8 30. Rd1 Bg5 31. Ke4 Be3 32. Rd3 Kf7 33. Ra3 Rc7 34. Be2 Ke7 35. Ra4 Bc1 36. Rxd4 Bxb2 37. Rc4 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.14"][Round "4.1"][White "Kramnik, Vladimir"][Black "Giri, Anish"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "2801"][BlackElo "2798"][PlyCount "91"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Russland"][BlackTeam "Niederlande"][WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"][BlackTeamCountry "NED"][WhiteClock "0:01:45"][BlackClock "0:01:15"]1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 a59. Nc3 Ne4 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Qd2 a4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.b4 Bc8 16. e4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bb5 19. Rac1 e6 20. a3 Qd6 21. Bb2Rfd8 22. Red1 Rac8 23. Rc5 Qb8 24. Rdc1 Qb7 25. Qg5 h6 26. Qf4 Qd7 27. Bf3 g528. Qe3 Rc7 29. Qc3 Rdc8 30. Be4 Qd6 31. Bb1 Kf8 32. Qc2 Ke7 33. Re1 Kf8 34. d5e5 35. Rc1 Bf6 36. Qf5 Bg7 37. dxc6 Bxc6 38. Qc2 Qe6 39. Qf5 Qd6 40. Ba2 Be841. Qxc8 Rxc8 42. Rxc8 Qd2 43. R1c7 Qxb2 44. Rxf7+ Kg8 45. Rxe8+ Kh7 46. Bd51-0[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.14"][Round "4.2"][White "Shirov, Alexei"][Black "Aronian, Levon"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "2684"][BlackElo "2792"][PlyCount "76"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Lettland"][BlackTeam "Armenien"][WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"][BlackTeamCountry "ARM"][WhiteClock "0:00:23"][BlackClock "0:01:23"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf58. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. h3 Nh4 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 h5 14. Ne4h4 15. Be3 a6 16. c4 Rh5 17. Rd3 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Rf1 Bd7 20. f5 Ne5 21.Rc3 Kf7 22. Bf4 Rd8 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Nf3 Bxf5 25. Nxh4 Bxh4 26. g4 Ke7 27.gxf5 Rd4 28. Nc5 Rd2 29. Kh1 Rxb2 30. Rd3 Bf6 31. Ne4 Rh4 32. Re3 Rxa2 33. Rb1b6 34. Rbe1 Rc2 35. c5 b5 36. Ra3 Rf4 37. Rxa6 Bh4 38. f6+ Kf7 0-1[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.14"][Round "4.3"][White "Nakamura, Hikaru"][Black "Anand, Viswanathan"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2787"][BlackElo "2784"][PlyCount "60"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"][BlackTeam "Indien"][WhiteTeamCountry "USA"][BlackTeamCountry "IND"][WhiteClock "0:07:01"][BlackClock "0:07:58"]1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.c4 Be6 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e3 d4 13. exd4 exd4 14. c5 Bxc515. Rc1 Qe7 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Nd2 Kg7 18. Qb5 Bb6 19. Qd3 Rc7 20. Be4 Rhc8 21.Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qe5 24. Nd2 f5 25. Bg2 Qc5 26. b3 Qc2 27. Nc4Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Bd5 Rc3 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "5.1"][White "Anand, Viswanathan"][Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2784"][BlackElo "2801"][PlyCount "63"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Indien"][BlackTeam "Russland"][WhiteTeamCountry "IND"][BlackTeamCountry "RUS"][WhiteClock "0:15:00"][BlackClock "0:14:14"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.Na3 O-O 9. Bg5 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. Nc2 Qg4 14. d4Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bg4 16. Rd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. Re1 Rd7 19. h3 Bh5 20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Rexe2 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Rd8 24. Re7 Rxd4 25. Rxc7 Rb4 26. b3a5 27. g3 b5 28. Kg2 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Rc2 Ra3 31. Rb2 Kg7 32. Rxb5 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "5.2"][White "Aronian, Levon"][Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "2792"][BlackElo "2787"][PlyCount "78"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Armenien"][BlackTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"][WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"][BlackTeamCountry "USA"][WhiteClock "0:00:15"][BlackClock "0:15:10"]1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc8 14. Rfc1 Qb7 15. Rab1axb4 16. axb4 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Bd8 18. Nb3 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Ra1 Qb7 21. b5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 bxc5 23. Na5 Qa8 24. Nb3 Qb7 25. Na5 Qa8 26. Nb3 Qb8 27. dxc5cxb5 28. Qd4 b4 29. Na4 Qb5 30. Qb2 Ne4 31. f3 Nexc5 32. Naxc5 Nxc5 33. Rc1 Rc7 34. Qe5 Qb6 35. f4 Na6 36. Ra1 Rc3 37. Nd4 Nc7 38. Rb1 f6 39. Qh5 Rxe3 0-1[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "chess24.com"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "5.3"][White "Giri, Anish"][Black "Shirov, Alexei"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2798"][BlackElo "2684"][PlyCount "62"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Niederlande"][BlackTeam "Lettland"][WhiteTeamCountry "NED"][BlackTeamCountry "LAT"][WhiteClock "0:14:49"][BlackClock "0:19:16"]1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8.cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 c6 11. d3 O-O 12. h3 Ne5 13. Bf4 Ned7 14. d4 Bg515. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. a4 Rab8 17. e4 Nc4 18. Qc2 Qd2 19. Rac1 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Ncb6 22. a5 Nd5 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Nf6 25. a6 bxa6 26. Rxc6 Rxb227. Rxa6 Rd2 28. d5 Rd8 29. Rb1 Nxd5 30. Rxa7 Nf6 31. Bf3 g6 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "6.1"][White "Kramnik, Vladimir"][Black "Shirov, Alexei"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "2801"][BlackElo "2684"][PlyCount "61"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Russland"][BlackTeam "Lettland"][WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"][BlackTeamCountry "LAT"][WhiteClock "0:00:46"][BlackClock "0:00:04"]1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. c4 c6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 d4 11. Nb5 a6 12. Na3 Rb8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Rc6 e4 16. dxe4 Ne5 17. Rc1 d3 18. Bg2 dxe2 19. Qxe2 Qd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21.Rc7 Bd6 22. Rc6 Be5 23. Rxa6 Bxb2 24. Ra5 b4 25. Nc4 Bc3 26. e5 Nd7 27. Rd5 N7c5 28. Be3 Rfd8 29. Nd6 Bxe5 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxe5 1-0[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "6.2"][White "Giri, Anish"][Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "2798"][BlackElo "2787"][PlyCount "86"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Niederlande"][BlackTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"][WhiteTeamCountry "NED"][BlackTeamCountry "USA"][WhiteClock "0:00:04"][BlackClock "0:00:43"]1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. Rfc1 Qa6 13. e3 Ne4 14. Qe1 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Be4 16. Bf1 Qf6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bg2 Nb8 19. e4 Be6 20. Ba5 Nc6 21.Bxd8 Rxd8 22. e5 Qg5 23. Qe3 Qg4 24. f4 g5 25. Rf1 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bh6 27. Rf3 Kh8 28. Raf1 Qh4 29. Kh1 Bf5 30. Rg3 e6 31. a3 Rf8 32. b4 f6 33. b5 Ne7 34.exf6 Qxf6 35. Bh3 Bg7 36. Re1 Qh6 37. Bg4 Bf6 38. Reg1 Bh4 39. Rh3 Qf6 40. Nf3 Be4 41. Rg2 Ng6 42. Kg1 Nxf4 43. Rd2 Nxh3+ 0-1[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "6.3"][White "Aronian, Levon"][Black "Anand, Viswanathan"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "2792"][BlackElo "2784"][PlyCount "70"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Armenien"][BlackTeam "Indien"][WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"][BlackTeamCountry "IND"][WhiteClock "0:00:03"][BlackClock "0:00:57"]1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ng3 Re8 9. c5 d5 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Qc2 a5 12. b5 Bf8 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Na6 15.O-O Bd7 16. f4 e4 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Qb1 Nc5 19. Bd4 a4 20. Bc4 Ng4 21. h3 Nh6 22.Nc3 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Qa2 Be6 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. Ne2 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bc5 28.Nb5 Qd3 29. Rab1 Red8 30. Rf2 Rd5 31. Nc3 Bxe3 32. Qxd5 Rxc3 33. Rxb7 Bxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Qg3+ 35. Ke2 Qxg2+ 0-1[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "7.1"][White "Aronian, Levon"][Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "2792"][BlackElo "2801"][PlyCount "86"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Armenien"][BlackTeam "Russland"][WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"][BlackTeamCountry "RUS"][WhiteClock "0:00:09"][BlackClock "0:00:12"]1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. a3 N5f6 13. b4 Be7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.Qa4 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qa8 17. Rc7 Bd6 18. Rxd7 Bc6 19. b5 Bxd7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qd4 Qd5 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. e4 Qc5 25. e5 Be7 26. Qh6 Qc1+ 27. Bf1 f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Kg2 Bg7 30. Qe3 Qc5 31. Qe4 Qd5 32. Qe3 Bxb5 33. Bxb5 Qxb5 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Ne4 Qf5 36. Qxf5 Rxf5 37. h4 Ra5 38. Nfg5 Rxa3 39. Nd6 Rd340. h5 h6 41. Nge4 a5 42. f4 a4 43. f5 a3 0-1[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "7.2"][White "Anand, Viswanathan"][Black "Giri, Anish"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2784"][BlackElo "2798"][PlyCount "85"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Indien"][BlackTeam "Niederlande"][WhiteTeamCountry "IND"][BlackTeamCountry "NED"][WhiteClock "0:00:57"][BlackClock "0:01:24"]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nec3 Bb7 12. a4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bxd5 15. exd5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Ra5 Rab8 19. b3 e4 20. Rb1 Rb4 21.Qe1 Rfb8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Bf1 Qf5 24. Qe3 R4b6 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qxc5 Qe5 27. Bc4 Rd6 28. Re1 Rbd8 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Rd1 a5 31. Qc5 e3 32. Qxe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Rxe3 34. Ra1 Rf6 35. Rxa5 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. g4 g6 38. Bd3 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rdf2 40.Be4 Re2 41. Bd3 Ref2 42. Be4 Re2 43. Bd3 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "7.3"][White "Nakamura, Hikaru"][Black "Shirov, Alexei"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2787"][BlackElo "2684"][PlyCount "109"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"][BlackTeam "Lettland"][WhiteTeamCountry "USA"][BlackTeamCountry "LAT"][WhiteClock "0:00:16"][BlackClock "0:00:20"]1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Ng3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.d3 Nd5 9. O-O f5 10. c4 Ne7 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Bxe5 Ng6 13. d4 Nxe5 14. dxc5 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 f4 16. exf4 Ng6 17. Nd2 Nxf4 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Na5 Bd5 20. f3 b6 21. Nc4 bxc5 22. Rac1 a5 23. a4 h5 24. Rd2 h4 25. Ne4 h3 26. g3 Ne6 27. Ne5 Rf5 28. Ng6 Rxf3 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Nd4 32. Kh1 Raf8 33. Rh5+ Kg8 34. Rxh3 Nxb3 35. Rc2 Re3 36. Rh4 Rf5 37. Kg2 Re5 38. Nf2 Nd4 39. Rb2 Re2 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Rf4+ Kg6 42. h4 Rf5 43. Rxf5 Nxf5 44. g4 Nxh4+ 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. Rb7 g5 47.Rxc7+ Kf6 48. Rc6+ Kf7 49. Rxc5 Re3+ 50. Kh2 Re2 51. Kg1 Re1+ 52. Kh2 Re2 53.Kg1 Re1+ 54. Kh2 Re2 55. Kg1 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "8.1"][White "Kramnik, Vladimir"][Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2801"][BlackElo "2787"][PlyCount "49"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Russland"][BlackTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"][WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"][BlackTeamCountry "USA"][WhiteClock "0:01:07"][BlackClock "0:01:34"]1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c3 c5 6. Bg3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb5 Ne7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. c4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Rc8 16. Qb1 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Qf6 18. Be4 Ba6 19. Rc1 Be7 20. Bd3 Rfd8 21.Nd4 Bc5 22. Nb3 Bf8 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. Nb3 Bf8 25. Nd4 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "8.2"][White "Shirov, Alexei"][Black "Anand, Viswanathan"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "2684"][BlackElo "2784"][PlyCount "54"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Lettland"][BlackTeam "Indien"][WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"][BlackTeamCountry "IND"][WhiteClock "0:01:03"][BlackClock "0:01:14"]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e5 9. h3 e4 10. Nh4 Re8 11. g4 h6 12. Rg1 Nf8 13. O-O-O a6 14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3 Rxe3 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Qd2 Rxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd3 d4 20. Ne2 c5 21. g5 hxg5 22. Qxg5 N6d7 23. Qh5 b5 24. Rdf1 bxc4 25. Nf4 cxd3 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qf7+ Kh8 0-1[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "8.3"][White "Giri, Anish"][Black "Aronian, Levon"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2798"][BlackElo "2792"][PlyCount "137"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Niederlande"][BlackTeam "Armenien"][WhiteTeamCountry "NED"][BlackTeamCountry "ARM"][WhiteClock "0:00:10"][BlackClock "0:00:09"]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Ra6 12. e3 Rb6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Bb4 15.Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qa8 17. e4 Qa6 18. Qf3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb3 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Rdb1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Qa8 23. c4 b6 24. Re1 Qe8 25. Qb3 Nd7 26. Nd3 Qe7 27. e5 f6 28. c5 bxc5 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Nf4 Qf7 31. dxc5 e5 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nd3 Re6 34. c6 Rxc6 35. Nxe5+ Nxe5 36. Rxe5 Rc3 37. Rxa5 Ra3 38. Kf1 Ra2 39. Rf5+ Kg6 40. Rf4 c5 41. Rc4 Kf6 42. h4 Ke6 43. h5 Kd5 44. Rg4 c4 45. Rxg7 c3 46. Rc7 Kd4 47. Kg2 c2 48. g4 Kd3 49. g5 Rxa4 50. g6 hxg6 51. hxg6 Rg4+ 52. Kh3 Rxg6 53.Rd7+ Ke2 54. Rc7 Kd2 55. Rd7+ Kc3 56. Rc7+ Kd3 57. Rd7+ Ke2 58. Rc7 Kd1 59.Rd7+ Kc1 60. Rc7 Rf6 61. Kg3 Rd6 62. f4 Kd2 63. Kg4 Rd3 64. Rxc2+ Kxc2 65. f5 Rd1 66. f6 Rf1 67. Kg5 Kd3 68. Kg6 Ke4 69. f7 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "9.1"][White "Giri, Anish"][Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2798"][BlackElo "2801"][PlyCount "134"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Niederlande"][BlackTeam "Russland"][WhiteTeamCountry "NED"][BlackTeamCountry "RUS"][WhiteClock "0:00:07"][BlackClock "0:00:10"]1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Qb3 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Kg1 Rfd8 19. e3 Qc7 20. Nd3 Bf8 21. Nf4 g5 22. Nfe2 Bg7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Qb4 Ne5 26. Qe4 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Qc8 28. g4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ndc3 Qc4 31. h3 b4 32. Qxc4 Nxc4 33.Na2 b3 34. Nac1 Nd2 35. Nd3 e5 36. Nec1 Bf8 37. Nxe5 Bg7 38. Ned3 Kh7 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Nc5 Bxb2 41. N1xb3 Nc4 42. Nd3 Bg7 43. Nbc5 h5 44. Ne4 hxg4 45. hxg4 f5 46. gxf5+ Kxf5 47. Ng3+ Kg6 48. Kh3 Nd6 49. Ne1 Nf7 50. Nf3 Nh6 51. Kg2 g4 52.Nd2 Be5 53. Ne2 Nf5 54. Nc4 Bc7 55. Nb2 Nh4+ 56. Kf1 Kf5 57. Nd3 Ke4 58. Ne1 Be5 59. Ng1 g3 60. Nh3 gxf2 61. Kxf2 Bf6 62. Ke2 Kd5 63. Nf2 Ke6 64. Ned3 Nf5 65. e4 Ng3+ 66. Kf3 Nxe4 67. Nxe4 Be5 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "9.2"][White "Aronian, Levon"][Black "Shirov, Alexei"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "2792"][BlackElo "2684"][PlyCount "63"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Armenien"][BlackTeam "Lettland"][WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"][BlackTeamCountry "LAT"][WhiteClock "0:00:27"][BlackClock "0:02:34"]1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxd4 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Qe2 e5 13. h3 Be6 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15.Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bg2 Qxd3 17. Nd5 Qxe2 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Rxe2 Bxc4 20. Rc2 Bd3 21.Rxc5 Kxe7 22. Rxe5+ Kf8 23. b3 a6 24. Rc1 Rbc8 25. Rec5 Rxc5 26. Bxc5+ Kg8 27.Rd1 Rd7 28. Bc6 Rd8 29. Be7 Rd4 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Bg2 Rd7 32. Bf1 1-0[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "9.3"][White "Anand, Viswanathan"][Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2784"][BlackElo "2787"][PlyCount "72"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Indien"][BlackTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"][WhiteTeamCountry "IND"][BlackTeamCountry "USA"][WhiteClock "0:00:20"][BlackClock "0:00:29"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Qc2 Nfh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. f4 Bg4 18. f5 Ne7 19. Ne3 Bf3 20. Qf2 Qh5 21. Rf1 Bg4 22. f6 gxf6 23. Nxg4 Qxg4 24. Qxf6 Bxg3 25. Kh1 Bh4 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rg1 Qxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Ng6 30. Bf4 Bf6 31. Be5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Rae8 33. Kh1 Rxe5 34. Rg1 Rfe8 35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "10.1"][White "Kramnik, Vladimir"][Black "Anand, Viswanathan"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "2801"][BlackElo "2784"][PlyCount "62"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Russland"][BlackTeam "Indien"][WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"][BlackTeamCountry "IND"][WhiteClock "0:00:33"][BlackClock "0:00:11"]1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 e4 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e3 O-O 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 b5 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Re8 21. Nb1 Qe6 22. b3 g6 23. Nd2 Qe5 24. Nf1 h5 25. Qd2 Qb2 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. Rd4 Bc5 28. Rd1 Bb4 29. Rd4 Bc5 30. Rd1 Bf8 31. Rd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "10.2"][White "Nakamura, Hikaru"][Black "Aronian, Levon"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "2787"][BlackElo "2792"][PlyCount "89"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Vereinigte Staaten"][BlackTeam "Armenien"][WhiteTeamCountry "USA"][BlackTeamCountry "ARM"][WhiteClock "0:01:10"][BlackClock "0:00:11"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. f5 Bd7 15. Nf3 Qa4 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Qf2 b6 20. Ng5 Qe7 21.f6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxf6 Be8 24. Nxf7 Bxf7 25. Rxf7 Rd2 26. Rc1 Rg8 27. Rg1 Rxc2 28. Rxh7 Rxa2 29. g4 Ra5 30. h4 Re5 31. g5 Rxe4 32. g6 Ree8 33. h5 a5 34. g7 Kb7 35. Rh6 Re5 36. Rh8 Rxg7 37. Rxg7 b5 38. Rg3 c5 39. h6 Rh5+ 40. Kg2 c4 41. bxc4 b4 42. Rh3 Rg5+ 43. Kf3 b3 44. Kf4 a4 45. Kxg5 1-0[Event "Zürich Chess Challenge 2016"][Site "zurich-cc"][Date "2016.02.15"][Round "10.3"][White "Shirov, Alexei"][Black "Giri, Anish"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "2684"][BlackElo "2798"][PlyCount "62"][EventDate "2016.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Lettland"][BlackTeam "Niederlande"][WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"][BlackTeamCountry "NED"][WhiteClock "0:00:59"][BlackClock "0:00:51"]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. c4 a5 12. Be2 a4 13. Nd2 g6 14. Nb1 Bh6 15.Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. O-O-O Kf8 19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 a3 21. b3 Rh3 22. g5 Rxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Ne4 24. Qh3 Nf2 25. Qf3 Nxh1 26. Rf1 f5 27. gxf6 Qd4 28. Qh3 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qxa2+ 30. Kc3 Qb2+ 31. Kb4 Qd2+ 0-1

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