Round 1 games:
[White “Morozevich, A.”]
[Black “Alekseev, Evgeny”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bf4 Rc2 13. f3 Nf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. h4 Rxb2 16. h5 Bc2 17. e3 Ba4 18. Rh2 Rb3 19. Ne2 Nbd7 20. g5 Ne8 21. Nc1 Rb6 22. Na2 Nf8 23. Nb4 Rd8 24. h6 Ne6 25. hxg7 Nxf4 26. exf4 Nxg7 27. Bd3 Ne6 28. f5 Nf4 29. f6 h5 30. Kf2 a5 31. Kg3 Ng6 32. Rxh5 axb4 33. Rah1 bxa3 34. Rh7 1-0
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[White “Gelfand, B.”]
[Black “Caruana, F.”]
1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Qd6 9. f3 Bf5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Rac8 12. b4 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. g4 Be6 15. h4 Nf8 16. h5 h6 17. Ng3 N8h7 18. Qc5 Qd8 19. Qxa7 b6 20. Qa4 Ng5 21. Be2 c5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Qd4 Rc2 26. h6 Qa5+ 27. Kf2 Rd2 28. Qe5 Nxg4+ 29. fxg4 f6 30. Qd6 d4 31. Qc6 Bd7 32. Qc4+ Be6 33. Qc6 Bf7 34. hxg7 Qe5 1/2-1/2
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[White “Vachier Lagrave, M.”]
[Black “Ivanchuk, V.”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8. c4 Qc6 9. Nf3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd4 Qc8 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Bg5 Nac5 15. Qa3 Nf6 16. b4 Nce4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. c5 bxc5 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Rac1 cxd4 21. Rxc8 Rhxc8 22. Ba6 Rab8 23. b5+ Nd6 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rd1 Rc3 26. Qa6 Rxb5 27. Qxa7+ Rb7 28. Qa6 Rbc7 29. h3 R7c6 30. Qa7+ Rc7 31. Qa6 R7c6 32. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2
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| Morozevich, Alexander | 1-0 Alekseev, Evgeny | ||||
| Gelfand, Boris | 1/2 Caruana, Fabiano | ||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily |
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Moro is awesome.
Caruana held his own.
Caruana was lost in the final position.
Gelfand had enough seconds for 6 move to get to the time control and smash him afterwards, not clear why Boris agreed to the draw.
According to the live broadcast, Gelfand had 23 seconds left on the clock. This may be enough for Ivanchuk, Grischuk, Dominguez … but not for Gelfand (to assess the position correctly AND to – physically – make the remaining six moves).
Morozevich once said that chess for him it’s a hobby… and he plays very well for being an “amateur”! 🙂
Alexander “The Great”!!!!
HAHA Moro nice game! Vishy might have to watch is back Suzy! hehe.
Moro is a gift to the chess world. What an original style.
morozevich was sure attcking with those pawns..that f pawn proved to be decisive.. get that pawn in front of the king and start throwing the pieces at the king. i recall a similar kind of king trapped by a pawn in a game between anand and kramnik..