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Carlsen proves mortal, squandering a golden opportunity to close in on the title with this endgame loss against Wang-Hao. [Event "Norway Chess Tournament"] [Site "0:10:33-0:17:33"] [Date "2013.05.17"] [EventDate "2013.05.07"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Carlsen"] [Black "Wang Hao"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "2"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d3 [...] Anand needed a win in the final, while Wang Hao played very solidly, taking advantage of Anand’s aggression. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "Norway Chess Tournament"] [Site "Sandnes NOR"] [Date "2013.05.18"] [EventDate "2013.05.08"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Wang Hao"] [Black "V Anand"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount [...] Radjabov was in poor form, and so was very keen to get the win against the heavily outrated Hammer. Radjabov was on top from early, but at one point allowed seemed to allow Hammer back in. However, Hammer again played inaccurately in the middlegame, and initiative quickly swung back Radjabov’s way. [Event "Norway [...] Svidler and Aronian played a solid reverse dragon, with little advantage for either player. [Event "Norway Chess Tournament"] [Site "Sandnes NOR"] [Date "2013.05.10"] [EventDate "2013.05.08"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Peter Svidler"] [Black "Levon Aronian"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2813"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 [...] The world number one Magnus Carlsen encountered the in-form Veselin Topalov in the opening game of the 2013 Norway Chess tournament. Carlsen failed to get any advantage, and Topalov defended well to achieve a relatively untroubled draw. [Event "Norway Chess Tournament"] [Site "0:46:33-0:39:33"] [Date "2013.05.08"] [EventDate "2013.05.07"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Carlsen"] [...] Svidler was wary to go into Gelfand’s theoretical territory in their encounter from round twelve of the 2013 Candidates. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.29"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "B Gelfand"] [Black "P Svidler"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2747"] [PlyCount [...] An excellent win by Gelfand with black against the English, with 13… e5 possibly putting the variation out of business for white. [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.24"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "T Radjabov"] [Black "B Gelfand"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "64"] 1. Nf3 c5 [...] An irregular English Opening in the opening game of the 2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. [Event "Tata Steel"] [Site "0:29:33-0:15:33"] [Date "2013.01.12"] [EventDate "2013.01.11"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5 3.Nc3 Bg7 [...] Judit Polgar tries a piece sacrifice against Vladimir Kramnik’s English Opening, but white calmly consolidates to earn the win. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "London Chess Classic"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2012.12.01"] [EventDate "2012.12.01"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Judit Polgar"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount [...] Hikaru Nakamura, coming off a disappointing lead-up to the 2012 London Classic, pulled ahead in development and got a great win with black against Levon Aronian’s aggressive English Opening. 1 of 5: 2 of 5: 3 of 5: 4 of 5: 5 of 5: [Event "London Chess Classic"] [Site "London [...] |
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