[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4 a6
9. d4 Ba7 10. Bc2 d5 11. Nxe5 Nxe4 12. Nd2 Nd6 13. Ndf3 Bf5 14. Re1 Bxc2 15.
Qxc2 Ne4 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Nd3 Qd7 20. Bf4 c6 21. Re2 Ng6
22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Re6 Kf7 24. Bg3 Rde8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. a4 Qe7
28. a5 Kd8 29. Qd1 Qe4 30. Kh2 Ne7 31. Qb3 Kc8 32. Qb4 Qe6 33. Nf4 Qf7 34. Kg1
Bb8 35. Nd3 Bxg3 36. fxg3 Nf5 37. g4 Ng3 38. Nc5 h5 39. gxh5 Qe7 40. Kf2 Nf5 41.
g4 Qe3+ 42. Kf1 Qxh3+ 43. Ke1 Qg3+ 44. Kd2 Nd6 45. Nxb7 Qg2+ 46. Kc1 Qf1+ 47.
Kc2 Qe2+ 48. Kc1 Qe1+ 49. Kc2 Qe4+ 50. Kb3 Nxb7 51. Qf8+ Kc7 52. Qxg7+ Kb8 53.
h6 Qd3 54. Ka3 Qb1 55. h7 Qa1+ 56. Kb3 Qd1+ 57. Kb4 Ka7 58. h8=Q Qa1 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Qxa2 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Rxb7
Rab8 15. Rc7 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bb5 a6 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Bxa4 Ne5
21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. Nd2 a5 24. Ra4 Nb6 25. Ra2 a4 26. d5 Nd7 27. Nc4
f5 28. f3 fxe4 29. fxe4 Ra6 30. Kf2 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Bc5 Bd6 33. Bxd6 exd6
34. Ra3 Kf7 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. Kd4 Ra8 37. g3 h5 38. Rf3+ Ke7 39. Ra3 g5 40. g4
hxg4 41. hxg4 Kf6 42. Rf3+ Ke7 43. Ra3 Kf6 44. Rf3+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qf4
h6 15. e5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 f6 18. Qg4 Nxe5 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. Bf5 g6 21.
Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxg6 Nd6 23. d5 Kf8 24. Bxf7 Nxf7 25. Rd1 Qd6 26. h4 b5 27. Qe3 a6
28. Qa7 Qc7 29. Re1 Qd7 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. Qb8 Nd6 32. Rc1 Nc4 33. Rd1 Nd6 34. Rc1
Nc4 35. Rd1 Nd6 36. Rd3 Kf7 37. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 g6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O d6 14. Qxc6 dxe5 15.
Qxc7 Ba6 16. Nd5 exf4 17. Bd3 g5 18. Qc5 Rad8 19. Nc7 Qh6 20. Kh1 Bb7 21. Qf5
Rd7 22. c5 Rxc7 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Bd2 Rc5 25. Qg4 Rd8 26. Bb4 Rxd3 27. Bxc5 Rg3
28. Qd1 Bxg2+ 29. Kg1 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Kg2 Bf6 15. Qc2
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb7 17. Rfc1 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 20. Qb1 h6 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 bxc5 24. bxc5 Nf8 25. Qb1 Qa6 26. Nd1 Qc4 27. Qa1
Qd3 28. Ne3 Ng6 29. h4 Ne7 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qe8 Nf5 32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxc6 Qe4+
34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. Na5 Qd7 14. c4 Rad8
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rd7 17. Rab1 Bf5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rfd8 20. Rd3 Qc8 21.
Rc1 Re8 22. d5 c5 23. Rb1 Na4 24. Bd2 Nb6 25. Rb5 e6 26. d6 Qb8 27. Rxc5 Rxd6
28. Qxb7 Rxd3 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. exd3 Rd8 31. Rc7 Rxd3 32. Be3 Bd4 33. Bh6 Bg7
34. Bf4 Bd4 35. Nb3 Bf6 36. Bh6 Rd7 37. Rc6 Bd8 38. c5 Nd5 39. Rc8 Ne7 40. Ra8
Nc6 41. Bg5 Kg7 42. Bxd8 Rxd8 43. Rxd8 Nxd8 44. Nd4 Nb7 45. Nb5 Nxc5 46. Nxa7
Kf6 47. Nc6 e5 48. Kf1 Ke6 49. Nb4 e4 50. Ke2 f5 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. h4 h6 53. Nc6+
Kd6 54. Nd4 Ke5 55. Nc6+ Kd6 56. Nd4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 8...Be6"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3
15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rec1 Bd2 20. Bxd2 Rxd2
21. b4 f6 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Bb7 Bc8 24. Rxc7 Bxb7 25. Rxb7 Re8 26. Rc1 h5 27. Rcc7
Re1+ 28. Kxg2 Ree2 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Rhc7 Rxf2+ 32. Kg3 Rg2+ 33.
Kf3 Rdf2+ 34. Ke4 Re2+ 35. Kd5 Re8 36. a5 Rxh2 37. b5 Rd2+ 38. Kc5 Re5+ 39. Kb6
Rxb5+ 40. Kxa6 Rxb7 41. Kxb7 Rb2+ 42. Kc6 Ra2 43. Kb6 Rb2+ 44. Kc6 Ra2 45. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. a3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 c5 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Re1 c5
15. a4 Bd6 16. Qh5 Qc7 17. c3 c4 18. Bc2 g6 19. Qh3 dxc3 20. axb5 Rfe8 21. Re3
cxb2 22. Bxb2 c3 23. Bc1 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bb3 Bf4 26. Re1 Ra1 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. a3 Be6 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 Bf6 14. Rfc1 Nd4
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxg2 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Kxg2 c6 19. Rc5 Qe7 20. Qc2 Rfe8
21. e3 Qd7 22. d4 g6 23. a4 Re6 24. Rc1 Rf6 25. Re5 Qg4 26. Qd1 Qd7 27. Qe2 Qd6
28. Qc2 b6 29. Qe4 Kf8 30. g4 Qd7 31. g5 Rd6 32. Qf4 Kg8 33. Qe4 Kf8 34. Qf3 Kg8
35. Re4 Rd5 36. Re5 Rd6 37. Re4 Rd5 38. h4 Rf5 39. Rf4 Rxf4 40. Qxf4 Re8 41. Qf3
Re6 42. b3 Rd6 43. Qf4 Qd8 44. Rb1 Re6 45. Qf3 Qd6 46. Rd1 Qb4 47. Rc1 Qd6 48.
Rd1 Qb4 49. e4 Qe7 50. d5 cxd5 51. exd5 Rd6 52. Qf4 Qe2 53. Rc1 Rd8 54. Rc7 Qe8
55. Qf3 Rd6 56. Rc6 Qd7 57. Rxd6 Qxd6 58. Qe4 Kf8 59. Qd4 Ke7 60. Kf3 Kd7 61.
Qg4+ Ke7 62. Qd4 Kd7 63. Ke2 Kc7 64. Qc4+ Kd7 65. Kd3 Ke7 66. Qe4+ Kd7 67. Qd4
Ke8 68. f4 Kd7 69. Qc4 Ke7 70. Ke4 Kd8 71. Qd4 Kd7 72. Qc4 Ke7 73. Kd3 Kd8 74.
Qd4 Kd7 75. Ke2 Qe7+ 76. Kd2 Qd6 77. Qc4 Kd8 78. Kc2 Qa3 79. Qc3 Kd7 80. Qc6+
Ke7 81. Qxb6 Qa2+ 82. Kc3 Qa1+ 83. Kc4 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5
f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Qa4 Kh8 14. Bf4 c5 15.
Qxd7 Bxd7 16. dxc5 Nc2 17. Red1 Nxa1 18. Rxd7 Bxc5 19. Be5 Rg8 20. Rxc7 Bb6 21.
Rf7 Rad8 22. Rxf5 Rgf8 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. e3 Re8 25. Bd6 Rd8 26. Nxe4 Nc2 27.
Kf1 Rc8 28. Ke2 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Rc2+ 30. Nd2 Rxb2 31. Be5 Rxa2 32. Bd5 Ra3 33. e4
Re3+ 34. Kd1 Rd3 35. Bc4 Rd8 36. Bd5 h6 37. Nc4 Bg1 38. h3 Bc5 39. Ke2 Bb4 40.
Bd4 a5 41. Bb6 Rc8 42. Nxa5 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 Rc3+ 44. Kf4 g5+ 45. Kg4 h5+ 46. Kxh5
Rxg3 47. Kg6 Bc3 48. Be6 Rf3 49. Bf5 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "D83"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Gruenfeld gambit, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 Bc8
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Na6 15. Ra1
Bg4 16. Be2 Nb4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Nge2 e5 20. O-O Rb8 21. Bg3 Rb7
22. h3 exd4 23. exd4 Nf6 24. Be5 Qa6 25. Nf4 Qc4 26. Qd2 Ne4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rb1 Rb5 30. Rc1 Qa2 31. Qe3 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Re1 Rb4 34. Qxe4
Rxd4 35. Qe7 Rc4 36. Re5 Rc1+ 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Qxc5 39. Qa1+ Kh7 40. Qf6
Qd5 41. g3 c5 42. Kf1 c4 43. Ke2 Kg8 44. Qc3 h5 45. h4 Kf8 46. Qe3 Qd6 47. Qc3
Qc5 48. Qe3 Qd5 49. Qd2 Qe5+ 50. Kd1 Ke7 51. Kc2 Ke6 52. f4 Qd5 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Ne4
9. e3 Nd7 10. Qe2 a5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb5 b6 15. Rac1
e6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe7 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. Rc6 Qb4 21. Qxb4
axb4 22. Rfc1 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Ra8 24. Rc7 Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxa2 27. Rb5
g5 28. g4 Kg7 29. Rxb4 Kg6 30. Rb7 Rd2 31. Rb4 h5 32. h3 Rb2 33. Rb8 h4 34. Rb6
Rd2 35. Rb4 Rb2 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Rb8 Rd2 38. b4 d4 39. b5 dxe3 40. Kxe3 Rb2 41.
b6 Rb3+ 42. Kd4 Rxh3 43. Ra8 Rb3 44. Kc5 h3 45. Ra1 f6 46. Kc6 Rc3+ 47. Kd7 Rb3
48. Kc7 Rc3+ 49. Kb8 h2 50. b7 Ra3 51. Rc1 Rc3 52. Rxc3 h1=Q 53. Kc8 Qh8+ 54.
Kc7 Qh2 55. Rc5 Qxf2 56. Rc6 Qa7 57. Kc8 Qa4 58. Rc7+ Kg6 59. b8=Q Qe8+ 60. Kb7
Qb5+ 61. Kc8 Qe8+ 62. Kb7 Qb5+ 63. Ka8 Qa5+ 64. Qa7 Qd5+ 65. Qb7 Qa5+ 66. Qa7
Qd5+ 67. Qb7 Qd8+ 68. Qc8 Qd5+ 69. Rb7 Qa5+ 70. Kb8 Qxe5+ 71. Qc7 Qxc7+ 72. Kxc7
f5 73. Kd6 Kf6 74. Rb8 fxg4 75. Rf8+ Kg6 76. Kxe6 g3 77. Rg8+ Kh5 78. Kf5 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 d4 8. e3 Nc6
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 f6 13. Re1 e5 14. Ba3 Nd6 15. d3
Nf7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. b4 Bd7 19. c5 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qf3 Qxf3
22. Nxf3 b6 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Nd2 bxc5 25. bxc5 Ng5 26. c6 Rc7 27. f4 Nf7 28.
Nb3 Rac8 29. Na5 g5 30. Rc4 gxf4 31. gxf4 exf4 32. Rxd4 Ne5 33. Kf2 Nxc6 34.
Nxc6 Rxc6 35. Re7 R6c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4
Qd6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qc2 Rad8 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Bg4 14. Be2 a5 15.
a3 Kh8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bc1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. h3 Be6 21. Rxd8+
Qxd8 22. Nd2 Qg8 23. Qd3 axb4 24. axb4 Qa8 25. Nf1 Qa1 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Bg8
28. Qc5 Qa7 29. Qb5 Qa8 30. Kh2 Qb8 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Bc4 Bd7 33. Qd5 Qc8 34. Be2
Ne7 35. Qf7 Qe8 36. Qc4 Qd8 37. Qd3 Qe8 38. Bg4 Bxg4 39. hxg4 h6 40. Qc4 c6 41.
Qe6 Qf8 42. Qd7 b5 43. Qe6 Kh7 44. g3 g6 45. c4 bxc4 46. Nxc4 Kg7 47. Nd6 Kh7
48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Kf1 Kh7 50. Ke2 Kg7 51. Kd3 Ng8 52. Ne8+ Kh8 53. Kc4 h5 54. gxh5
Qh6 55. Qxc6 Qd2 56. hxg6 Qe2+ 57. Kc5 Qxf2+ 58. Kb5 Qxg3 59. Qd7 Qxg6 60. Ka5
Qg3 61. b5 Qc3+ 62. Ka6 Qa3+ 63. Kb7 Qg3 64. b6 Qg6 65. Ka7 f5 66. exf5 Qg3 67.
f6 Qa3+ 68. Kb8 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6
9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bc2 Bc7 13. a4 a5 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5 e4
16. d6 Qxd6 17. N3h2 h5 18. f3 Bf5 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxh5 Nf6 22.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qf3 Re1 24. Kf2 Nh4 25. Qd3 Qe6 26. Ng4 Nxg4+ 27. hxg4 Nxg2 28.
Kxg2 Qxg4+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a3 Nd4 10. Ba2 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 d6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Nc5
15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxe7 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rfe8 19. c4 Qe4 20. Rfd1 Qxd5
21. cxd5 Re5 22. Nf3 Re4 23. Rac1 b4 24. Nd4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Rb8 26. Rd2 g6 27. g3
Kg7 28. Kg2 Rb6 29. h4 h5 30. Rcd1 a5 31. Rc2 a4 32. Kf1 Re5 33. Nc6 Rf5 34. Nb4
Rf3 35. Ra2 Rb3 36. Re1 Rb8 37. Re7 Rc8 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. Re3 Re8 40. Rxe8+ Kxe8
41. Kf1 Ke7 42. Nc6+ Kf6 43. Nd4 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 Ke5 45. Nf3+ Kxd5 46. Ng5 f6 47.
Nh3 Ne6 48. Rd2+ Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. c3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Nd7 9. f4 f5 10. g4 Nf6 11. gxf5 exf5 12. Ndf3 Ne4 13. Qe2 Rf6 14. Kh1 Rh6 15.
Rg1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 c4 17. Bc2 Bh4 18. Rg2 Qe8 19. Bd2 Qh5 20. Qxh5 Rxh5 21. Be1
Bf6 22. b3 Be6 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rb2 Rh3 26. Bg3 h5 27. Rxb7 h4
28. Bf2 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rd8 30. Rg1 Kf8 31. Rgxg7 Rf3 32. Bg1 h3 33. Rg6 Rd7 34.
Rb8+ Kf7 35. Rbg8 Bf5 36. R6g7+ Ke6 37. Re8+ Kd5 38. Rg5 Be6 39. Rf8 Rf7 40. Rb8
Rf1 41. Rg6 Re7 42. Rb5+ Kc6 43. Rb2 Re8 44. Rd2 Kc5 45. Rd6 Bf5 46. Rg7 Re7 47.
Rg5 Be6 48. a4 Rc1 49. Rg6 Bd7 50. f5 Bxf5 51. Rg5 Be6 52. Rg6 Bd7 53. Ra6 Rxc3
54. e6 Bc8 55. Rg5+ Kb4 56. Rc6 Bxe6 57. a5 Bd7 58. Rd6 Rd3 59. Rf6 c3 60. Rf2
Ba4 61. Rg8 Bd1 62. Rb8+ Ka3 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. e4 O-O 14. Rfe1 Rfe8
15. Rac1 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qd5 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qb3 Nf5 20. Ne4 Qd5 21.
Qxd5 cxd5 22. Nc3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nf6 24. Re5 g6 25. Nxd5 Ng4 26. Re4 Rd8 27.
Rxg4 Rxd5 28. Re4 Rd7 29. g4 Nd6 30. Re5 f6 31. Rd5 Rd8 32. g5 Kf7 33. gxf6 Kxf6
34. Ng5 Nf7 35. Nxh7+ Kg7 36. Rxd8 Nxd8 37. Ng5 Nc6 38. Nf3 Kf6 39. Kf1 Ke6 40.
Ke2 Kd5 41. Ke3 a5 42. Ne5 Ne7 43. f4 a4 44. a3 Nf5+ 45. Kd3 Ne7 46. h4 Ke6 47.
Ke4 Kf6 48. d5 Nf5 49. Nf3 Nd6+ 50. Kd4 Nc4 51. Kc5 Nxb2 52. Ne5 Nd1 53. d6 Ne3
54. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd2 e6
9. c5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. Na4 Qxb3 13. axb3 a5 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Bd3
Bd6 16. O-O Ke7 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Be1 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rc8 20. Rdc3 Ra6 21. Nd2 e5
22. R3c2 exd4 23. exd4 Nf8 24. f3 Ne6 25. Bf2 Kd7 26. g3 Rb8 27. Nc3 Rb4 28. Na2
Rxd4 29. Re1 Rd3 30. Nc1 Nd4 31. Nxd3 Nxc2 32. Re2 Ra8 33. Ne5+ Bxe5 34. Rxe5
Kd6 35. Re2 Nb4 36. g4 c5 37. Bg3+ Kd7 38. Nb1 Re8 39. Kf1 Kc6 40. Be5 Re6 41.
h4 d4 42. Bg3 Nd3 43. Rc2 Nd5 44. Rd2 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nc1 46. Na3 Nxb3 47. Rd3 c4
48. Nxc4 Nxc4 49. Rxb3 Re3 50. Rxe3 Nxe3 51. b3 Nc2 52. Be5 f6 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 Nxc4 8.
dxc4 h6 9. Qd3 d6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. a5 a6 12. Ng3 Rb8 13. b3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nc5 15.
Rad1 Ne6 16. Nd5 Nd4 17. Rd2 b5 18. axb6 c6 19. Nc3 Qxb6 20. h3 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. c3 Nxb3 25. Rxd6 Na5 26. Qd3 Rf7 27. c5 Nb7 28.
Rg6 a5 29. Qa6 Rc8 30. Rb1 Qd7 31. Rg3 Rc7 32. Rd3 Qf5 33. f3 Kh7 34. Rbd1 Qe6
35. Kh2 Qb3 36. R3d2 Qb5 37. Qb6 a4 38. Rb1 Qxb6 39. cxb6 Rc8 40. Ra2 Ra8 41.
Rb4 Nd8 42. Raxa4 Rxa4 43. Rxa4 Rb7 44. Ra6 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Rc1
Be7 9. a3 b6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Re8+ 15.
Ne2 Bg4 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ra7 18. Rc5 Rd7 19. Nc3 Rd6 20. Rxd5 Nc6 21. Rxd6
Qxd6 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qd8 24. d5 Nd4 25. Qd1 g6 26. Kg2 Nf5 27. a4 bxa4
28. Bxa4 Nd6 29. Qd3 Be5 30. Ne4 Qh4 31. h3 Qf4 32. Nxd6 Bxd6 33. Qxa6 Qg5+ 34.
Kf1 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4
Qd7 9. Nbd2 Qf5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nh4 Qg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. h3 Bd7 15.
a4 Rfe8 16. Re1 a5 17. b5 Nd8 18. Bb3 b6 19. Nhf3 Nb7 20. Ng5 Re7 21. d4 exd4
22. Rxe7 Bxe7 23. cxd4 Rf8 24. Nde4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Nd6 26. Ba3 Re8 27. Nc3 Nf5
28. Bxe7 Nxe7 29. Rc1 Be6 30. d5 Bd7 31. Ne4 Rc8 32. Rd1 h6 33. d6 Nf5 34. dxc7
Rxc7 35. g4 Ne7 36. Nd6 Be6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Re1 Nc8 39. Nxc8 Rxc8 40. Rxe6 Rc4
41. Rxb6 Rxa4 42. Ra6 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 a4 44. f4 Rb1 45. Rxa4 Rxb5 46. Ra3 Kf7 47.
Kg3 Kf6 48. h4 Rb1 49. Ra6+ Kf7 50. g5 hxg5 51. hxg5 Rb3+ 52. Kg4 g6 53. Ra7+
Kf8 54. Ra8+ Kf7 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4
Ng6 9. Re1 c6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bc2 Bc7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 h6 15.
Ng3 Be6 16. Nf5 Bb6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nd7 20. Red1 a5 21. Bb3
Bxb3 22. axb3 Nc5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxa5 Nxb3 25. Ra7 Nc5 26. h4 h5 27. g3 f6
28. b4 Nxe4 29. Rxb7 Nf8 30. Nf5 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. c4 Kf7 33. Kf1 Nb6 34.
Ne3 Ke6 35. Ke2 f5 36. Ne1 Na4 37. Nd3 Nac3+ 38. Ke1 g5 39. hxg5 Nxg5 40. Nc5+
Kf6 41. Nd7+ Ke6 42. Nc5+ Kf6 43. Nd7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Na3 Bf6 12. Nc4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bb5 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. a4 Ba6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bxd5 Rcd8 18. e4 exd5 19. exd5 Qg5 20. d6 b5 21.
axb5 Qxb5 22. Re1 Qc6 23. Na5 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rc6 Rxc6 26. Nxc6 g6 27. b4
Bb7 28. Nxa7 Rd8 29. b5 Rd2 30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. bxc6 Rc2 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 h5
34. Kg2 Kf6 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. h4 Rc4 38. Ke3 Rc2 39. f4 Rc3+ 40. Kd4
Rc1 41. Rc8 Kd6 42. f5 gxf5 43. c7 Ke7 44. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 c6 12. O-O Na6 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Bd3 c5 15.
Bb5 Re6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc2 a6 18. Be2 Rc8 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Bf3 b5 21. Qb1 b4
22. Nce2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Rc1 Re7 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Rc1 Rc7 27. h3 Rc4 28.
b3 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Bxd4 31. exd4 a5 32. Nd3 g5 33. f3 f6 34. Kf2
Bc8 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Nc5 h5 37. g4 Kg6 38. Kf2 f5 39. Kg3 hxg4 40. hxg4 fxg4 41.
fxg4 Kf6 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Kg3 Kf6 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Kg3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

