TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 (3)
Nakamura beats Karjakin to pass the 2800 mark and lead in Zurich
Mark Crowther - Tuesday 17th February 2015
Nakamura sits just waiting to see if Karjakin can remember the drawing line. Photo © | www.zurich-cc.com/
Hikaru Nakaura caught Sergey Karjakin out in a theoretical variation that is apparently known to most leading Grandmaster (Jan Gustafsson demonstrated a draw with 15...Qd2+ long before the key position, the line is shown as equal by all strong computers). But Karjakin couldn't remember and quickly he was just lost. Nakamura followed Anish Giri the day before in going over the 2800 mark in the live rating list. Nakamura also leads the Zurich Chess Challenge.
Levon Aronian had a strong position against Vladimir Kramnik but couldn't quite find a way to convert against strong defence. Fabiano Caruana had a better position against Viswanathan Anand until he played the bad 24.Nc2 after which he had to struggle to a draw. The post-mortem was worth seeing as it showed just how much pure calculation was involved for both players.
Round 3 Standings (2 points for a win 1 for a draw): Nakamura 5pts, Anand 4pts, Kramnik 3pts, Caruana, Aronian, Karjakin 2pts.
Round 4 Tuesday 17th February 2pm GMT: Kramnik-Karjakin, Anand-Nakamura, Aronian-Caruana.
| 4th Zurich CC Classical Zurich SUI (SUI), 14-19 ii 2015 | cat. XXII (2784) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| 1. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2776 | * | . | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | 5 | 3057 |
| 2. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2797 | . | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 4 | 2915 |
| 3. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2783 | ½ | ½ | * | . | ½ | . | 3 | 2783 |
| 4. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2811 | 0 | ½ | . | * | . | ½ | 2 | 2652 |
| 5. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2777 | . | 0 | ½ | . | * | ½ | 2 | 2655 |
| 6. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2760 | 0 | . | . | ½ | ½ | * | 2 | 2663 |
| Round 3 (February 16, 2015) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 | 27 | A33 | English Symmetrical | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 45 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Aronian, Levon | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 61 | A14 | Reti Opening | |
View the games on this Page
Download the PGN from this page
vs
