[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "1500015"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qh4+ ({Relevant:} 15... Qd8 16. f5 Qc8 17. Rb3 Qc4 18. fxe6 fxe6 19.
Rf1 Be7 20. Qd3 Rc8 21. Kd2 Rf8 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rb8+ Bc8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.
Ne2 Kd7 26. c3 Ra4 27. Nc1 Kc7 28. Rb1 Bd7 29. Ra1 Bb5 30. Nb3 Kc6 31. Kc2 Bc4
32. Kb2 Bd3 33. a3 Be7 34. Nd2 Kb5 35. g3 h5 36. Kb3 g5 37. Kb2 g4 38. Be3 Bf8
39. Bd4 Bf5 40. Kb3 Bh6 41. Rd1 Bd3 42. Kb2 Bf8 43. Ra1 Be7 44. Be3 h4 45. Bd4
{Karjakin,S (2786)-Nakamura,H (2767) Zug 2013 1/2-1/2 (107)}) 16. Qf2 Be7 17.
g3 $146 ({Predecessor (2):} 17. Qxh4 Bxh4+ 18. Kd2 Bd8 19. Rhb1 Bc6 20. Rb8
Rxb8 21. Rxb8 O-O 22. Rc8 Bb7 23. Rb8 Bc6 24. Rc8 Bb7 25. Rb8 {1/2-1/2 (25)
Dominguez Perez,L (2730)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2718) Sochi 2012}) 17... Qh3 18. Kd2
Bd8 19. Rhb1 Bc6 20. Bc5 $5 (20. Rb8 {was a good deal more sensible but
instead Karjakin got creative.}) 20... Bxb7 21. Rxb7 Rc8 22. Kc1 f6 $1 23. Nxd5
$5 {More highly enterprising play from Karjakin. Now he's a rook down.} exd5
24. Qe2 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Bxc7 26. e6 $1 {Agdestein said afterwards he wasn't doing
a very good job of predicting Karjakin's moves around here but it's not really
surprising.} (26. exf6+) 26... Bb6 {Absolutely forced.} 27. Bxb6 O-O 28. e7 Re8
29. Bd8 Qc8 30. Kb2 g6 31. Qd3 Qc6 32. Qc3 Qb5+ 33. Qb3 {Black is maybe a bit
better here but it's unbalanced.} Qc5 34. a3 Kf7 35. Qd3 Qc6 36. Kb3 h5 37. Kb4
$2 {Karjakin said this was an incredibly stupid mistake. He should stop
black's kingside play here.} (37. h4 {needed to be played.}) 37... h4 $1 38. g4
h3 39. Ka5 Rh8 40. a4 Rh4 41. Qg3 g5 $5 42. Qd3 $2 {A bad move, Karjakin
admitted he was still angry with himself about not playing 37.h4.} gxf4 43. Qf5
f3 $1 {Forced.} 44. Qxf3 Qe6 $1 45. g5 Qc6 46. g6+ $2 {White is now losing.} (
46. c4 {and play is still difficult for both sides.} Qc5+ 47. Kxa6 Qxc4+ 48.
Kb7 Qb4+ 49. Kc8 Qc5+) 46... Ke8 47. Qb3 Rg4 48. g7 f5 $2 (48... Kf7 $1 {Which
Agdestein saw and indeed was his first thought but feared his king might
become open but it's just not the case.} 49. g8=Q+ Kxg8 50. e8=Q+ Qxe8 51.
Qxd5+) 49. g8=Q+ Rxg8 50. Qxh3 Qe6 51. Bb6 Kxe7 52. Qh7+ Qf7 53. Qxf7+ Kxf7 54.
Kxa6 f4 55. a5 f3 (55... Ke6 {was the last chance when it might still be
winning.} 56. Kb5 Rg2 57. a6 Rxc2 58. a7 Rc8 59. h4 f3 60. Bf2 Ke5 61. Bg3+ Kf5
62. Kb6) 56. Kb7 Rg2 57. a6 Rxc2 58. a7 Ra2 59. h4 Kf6 60. h5 Kg5 61. a8=Q Rxa8
62. Kxa8 Kxh5 63. Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 Nd7 12. Bd3 e4 13. h5 Qf5 14. Rh4 exd3 15. Rf4
Nc5 16. Rxf5 Bxf5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Kf1 Bd6 19. Nb3 f6 20. Be3 b6 21. Nxc5 bxc5
22. Qxd3 O-O 23. Qd2 Be8 24. h6 g5 25. Qb2 Bd7 26. Qa3 Rfe8 27. Bxc5 Bh2 28. Re1
Bf5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Be3 Kf7 31. Ke2 Be5 32. Kd2 Bg4 33. Qxa7 Kg6 34. a4 Kxh6
35. a5 c6 36. dxc6 Rc8 37. f3 Bf5 38. g4 Be6 39. Qe7 Bxc4 40. Bd4 1-0

[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]

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. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 ({Relevant:} 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13.
Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a5 Qe7 15. Nd2 Bd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxe2 19.
Ne4 Rab8 20. Rfe1 Qxb2 21. Rab1 Qc2 22. Rec1 Qe2 23. Re1 Qc2 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25.
Rb6 Rbe8 26. Rf1 Qe4 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Re4 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Rb6 Rc2 31. Rd3
g5 32. h3 h5 33. Rf3 g4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Rf4 Rxf4 36. gxf4 Ra2 37. Rxa6 Kg7
38. Kg2 Kg6 39. Rxd6+ Kf5 40. a6 Kxf4 {Giri,A (2734)-Aronian,L (2812) Wijk aan
Zee 2014 1/2-1/2}) 11... a5 12. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bh4 Bxf3 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Kg2 Bc7 19. e3 Qe7 20.
Qc2 Nb4 21. Qb3 Rd7 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Ne4 Bb6 24. Nd2 Bc7 25. Ne4 Bb6 26. Nc3
Kh8 27. h4 f5 28. h5 Bc7 29. Na2 e5 30. Nxb4 Qxb4 31. Qxb4 axb4 32. dxe5 Bxe5
33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Rc4 Bxb2 35. Rxb4 Be5 36. Be2 Kh7 37. Bc4 g6 38. Be6 Rc7 39.
Rc4 Kg7 40. hxg6 Kxg6 41. g4 fxg4 {Fridman,D (2600)-Boruchovsky,A (2472)
Warsaw 2013 1/2-1/2}) 12... Nbd7 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Bc3 Ne4 15. Nfd2 f5 16. Nxe4
fxe4 17. Be1 Qh5 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. h3 Rf7 20. e3 {Kramnik and indeed Short in
commentary thought black was quite close to winning here. It seems that there
is no real counter-play or indeed plan for white. That doesn't mean the point
will collect itself.} Raf8 21. Qc2 Qf5 22. Nb5 h5 23. Bxa5 Nh7 24. Nxd6 cxd6
25. Bb4 Qd5 26. Rf1 Ng5 27. b3 Rd8 28. Rac1 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Qf5 30. Qe2 Kh7 31.
Rc2 Bd5 32. Rc3 Kg6 33. Qc2 Kh7 34. Ba3 e5 $1 35. dxe5 dxe5 36. b4 Be6 37. Bc1
Qg6 38. Rd1 Rxd1+ 39. Qxd1 Rd7 40. Qf1 Bf5 41. Rc2 Qe6 {After some time trying
to hit upon the right setup Kramnik finds it.} 42. Qe2 g6 $6 {Allowing Giri a
final chance to fight.} (42... Bxh3) 43. Rc4 (43. Bxf3 exf3 44. Qc4 {and black
has work to do but Giri admitted he'd pretty much given up fighting.}) 43...
Bxh3 {Now Kramnik plays it and it's over.} 0-1

[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 e6 17. Nh3 Qe7 18. Bd3 e5 $6 {Caruana wasn't too happy with
this decision after the game.} (18... exd5 19. Nf4 {This was the move that put
Caruana off but it isn't too simple.} Be6 20. Nh5 f6 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5
Rxd5 23. Bxg6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Nxf6 Bg8 {was a variation
given by the players after the game and that should be a draw.}) 19. Nf2 Nbc4
20. h4 Rd6 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qc1 b5 23. Nd3 Bd7 24. b3 Nb6 25. h5 g5 26. g3 $6
(26. Qe3 {Which was Nigel Short's suggestion would have kept Carlsen's
advantage.}) 26... c6 $1 27. f4 cxd5 28. Nxe5 d4 29. Qa3 (29. Qa3 a5 $1 {only
move was the idea Carlsen missed.}) 29... a5 30. Nxb5 Bxb5 31. Rxd4 Re6 32.
Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Rc1 Nd7 $1 {Carlsen missed the strength of this idea.} 34. Rc7
Nxe5 35. Rxe7 Nc6 36. Rd5 Bd3+ 37. Rxd3 Nxe7 38. fxg5 {Caruana didn't
entertain too many hopes of winning here.} Rb8 39. Rd7 $6 {According to
Carlsen not accurate.} Kf8 40. Ra7 Rb5 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Re8 (42. Ra6) 42... Re5
43. g4 Rxe4 44. Kc2 Re5 45. Kd3 f6 (45... h6 {Probably doesn't get it done
either.}) 46. gxf6+ Kxf6 47. Rh8 Kg7 48. Re8 Kh6 49. a3 Kg5 50. Rh8 h6 51. Rh7
Re6 52. Rg7+ Kf6 53. Rh7 Ke5 54. Rg7 Kf4 55. b4 axb4 56. axb4 Nc6 57. b5 Ne5+
58. Kd4 Nxg4 59. Kc5 Re5+ 60. Kc6 Rxh5 61. b6 Ne5+ 62. Kc7 Nc4 63. b7 Rc5+ 64.
Kd8 Rb5 65. Kc7 Rc5+ 66. Kd8 Rb5 67. Kc7 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. f4 d5
9. e5 Nd7 10. Qg4 g6 11. O-O-O Bc5 12. Qg3 Qb6 13. Qf2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15.
Rxd4 Nb8 16. h4 Bd7 17. Rd2 Qa5 18. h5 Rf8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh3 Nc6 21. b3
O-O-O 22. Ne2 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Rf3 Rdf8 25. Nd4 Qc7 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Rd4 e5
28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Be2 g5 30. Qe3 Qxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Rf4 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33. Rg3 d4 34.
Bf3 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Kd7 36. Kd2 Kd6 37. Kd3 a5 38. Kc4 Kc6 39. Rxg5 Rxf3 40. Rc5+
Kb6 41. Rb5+ Kc6 42. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

