Kramnik had to beat Carlsen’s result going into the last round, and played a risky, unbalanced opening as a result. Ivanchuk steered the opening in his favour, knowing Kramnik had to take risks, and took control of the game. Sensationally, Carlsen lost on the other board, but there was no way back for Kramnik, [...]
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Ivanchuk wasn’t able to repeat his heroics of the day before, getting into trouble early against Svidler in an Advance French Defence of great complexity. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.31"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "P Svidler"] [Black "V Ivanchuk"] [...] With Kramnik beating Aronian, Carlsen needed at least a draw in his round 12 encounter with Vassily Ivanchuk. However, Ivanchuk took control in the middlegame and outplayed Carlsen thereafter, maintaining control and earning a critical win. 1 of 4: 2 of 4: 3 of 4: 4 of 4: [Event "World [...] 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"] [...] Ivanchuk shocks again by playing the Budapest Gambit, and unbelievably loses on time for the fourth time in the tournament. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.27"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "L Aronian"] [Black "V Ivanchuk"] [ECO "A52"] [WhiteElo "2809"] [BlackElo "2757"] [...] Radjabov played a passive line, and Ivanchuk gained a small initiative. However, it took a marathon game to separate them, with Ivanchuk getting his first win of the tournament. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "0:03:33-0:03:33"] [Date "2013.03.25"] [EventDate "2013.03.14"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black [...] Grischuk was pressing with white, but both players were getting into serious time trouble. Ivanchuk and Grischuk are both renowned for getting into time trouble and playing well under the pressure, but here Ivanchuk blundered and let his clock fall for the second time in the tournament. [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "0:02:33-0:00:33"] [Date [...] Ivanchuk tries the rarely-used Scotch Game, but fails to get much initiative and a draw was agreed on move 30, the earliest permitted by the rules. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2013.03.23"] [EventDate "2013.03.15"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Peter Svidler"] [...] Both players were desperate to get their first win in the 2013 Candidates, with Kramnik pushing hard as white, but he proved unable to get past Ivanchuk. Ivanchuk left himself a hefty minute for his last fifteen moves, a relative luxury compared to earlier rounds. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: [Event "World [...] Ivanchuk got into a good position with the Grünfeld, but Carlsen defended well to earn the draw. 1 of 2: 2 of 2: 3 of 3: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "0:00:33-0:49:33"] [Date "2013.03.20"] [EventDate "2013.03.14"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Ivanchuk"] [Black "Carlsen"] [ECO "D93"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "2"] [...] |
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