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With the Carlsen and Kramnik games deciding the winner in the final round of the 2013 Candidates, Gelfand and Grischuk played a relatively quick draw and settled in to watch the drama on the other boards. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "London [...] Kramnik pushed hard for the win to leave his fate in his own hands, but Gelfand defended gamely to hold the draw. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "0:06:33-0:10:33"] [Date "2013.03.31"] [EventDate "2013.03.14"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Kramnik"] [Black "Gelfand"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [...] 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"] [...] With both players out of the running, a quick draw ensued in this round eleven encounter between Ivanchuk and Gelfand. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.28"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "V Ivanchuk"] [Black "B Gelfand"] [ECO "D93"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2740"] [...] With his main challengers both winning, Carlsen needed a win, and did so in impressive style over the in-form Boris Gelfand in a Sicilian Rossolimo. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "0:57:33-0:22:33"] [Date "2013.03.27"] [EventDate "2013.03.14"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Carlsen"] [Black "Gelfand"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [...] With Carlsen playing black against Kramnik, Aronian would have hoped for a chance to pull ahead, but Gelfand handled the imbalances excellently and got an excellent win. 1 of 3: 2 of 3: 3 of 3: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "0:14:33-0:07:33"] [Date "2013.03.25"] [EventDate "2013.03.14"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris [...] 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 [...] A seemingly solid draw for Kramnik, but Gelfand missed his chance for a first win in the 2013 Candidates by overlooking a tactical manoeuvre on move 19. 1 of 3: 2 of 3: 3 of 3: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.23"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White [...] Grischuk and Gelfand are both beginning to be cast adrift in the 2013 Candidates, and this draw, in a Sicilian Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, didn’t help matters. Gelfand was on top with black, but couldn’t force the win. [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.21"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "A Grischuk"] [...] Svidler got to face his favoured Grünfeld and got a substantial advantage out of the opening. However, time trouble led to some erratic play, with both players having chances of victory. Svidler blamed his time management rather than any move for his missing the win. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "World Championship [...] |
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