
Hikaru Nakamura embarks on a losing plan with 29. …Qc5 versus Pentala Harikrishna.
After eight rounds at the 76th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, World No. 2 Levon Aronian keeps lead with a 1/2 point adrift of the others. There was only one game that ended in a draw: Anish Giri – Levon Aronian. Here are all the games of Round 8. Read a full report on
Chess Blog.
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 ♗b4+ 4.♗d2 ♗xd2+ 5.♕xd2 O-O 6.g3 d5 7.♗g2 c6 8.O-O ♘bd7 9.♕c3 b6 10.♘bd2 ♗b7 11.b4 a5 12.a3 axb4 13.axb4 c5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.dxc5 ♘xc5 16.♕b4 ♘fd7 17.♘d4 ♖b8 18.♖a7 ♗a6 19.♕c3 ♕b6 20.♖xa6 ♕xa6 21.cxd5 exd5 22.♗xd5 ♕f6 23.♘2f3 ♖fc8 24.♕d2 h6 25.h4 ♖b6 26.♖c1 ♖cb8 27.♔g2 ♖d6 28.e4 ♖e8 29.♕c2 ♖b6 30.e5 ♕d8 31.♕f5 ♕e7 32.♘c6 ♕f8 33.♘fd4 ♖b2 34.♖c3 ♖b7 35.h5 ♖a8 36.♖c2 ♖a1 37.♖e2 ♘b6 38.♗a2 ♕a8 39.♗b1 ♖xb1 40.♕xb1 ♘ba4 41.♕f5 ♔h8 42.♕f3 ♖c7 43.♖c2 ♕e8 44.♖c4 ♕c8 45.♔h2 ♖b7 46.♘f5 ♖c7 47.♖b4 ♕a6 48.♘fe7
[…] 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.♘c3 ♘xc3 6.dxc3 ♗e7 7.♗e3 O-O 8.♕d2 b6 9.O-O-O ♗b7 10.h4 ♘d7 11.♗d3 ♘f6 12.♗d4 c5 13.♗xf6 ♗xf6 14.♕f4 d5 15.h5 ♖e8 16.g4 g6 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.g5 ♗g7 19.♖h7 d4 20.♗c4 ♕e7 21.♕h4
[…] 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘f6 5.♘c3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.♘de2 h5 8.g3 b5 9.♗g5 ♘bd7 10.♘d5 ♗b7 11.♘ec3 ♖c8 12.♗g2 ♗e7 13.♘xe7 ♕xe7 14.h4 ♘b6 15.♕d3 ♕c7 16.♗h3 ♖b8 17.♗xf6 gxf6 18.O-O-O b4 19.♘d5 ♘xd5 20.exd5 ♗c8 21.f4 ♗xh3 22.♖xh3 ♔f8 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.♖h2 ♔g7 25.♖f2 ♖h6 26.♕xa6 b3 27.axb3 ♖xb3 28.♕c6 ♕a7 29.♖xf7+ ♕xf7 30.cxb3 ♖g6 31.b4 ♕f3 32.♕c3 ♕f2 33.♖d3 ♖f6 34.♔b1 ♕g1+ 35.♔a2 ♕a7+ 36.♔b3 ♖f1 37.♖f3 ♖a1 38.♕e3 ♕xe3+ 39.♖xe3 ♔g6 40.b5 ♖a8 41.♔b4 ♖b8 42.♖f3 e4 43.♖f1 e3 44.♔c4 ♖c8+ 45.♔d3 ♖c5 46.b4 ♖xd5+ 47.♔xe3 ♖xb5 48.♖f4 d5 49.♔d3 ♖b7 50.♔c2 ♖b8 51.♔c3 ♖b7 52.♖f8 ♖c7+ 53.♔b3 ♖d7 54.b5 d4 55.♔c2 d3+ 56.♔d2 ♖d5 57.♖g8+ ♔h6 58.♖g5 ♖d4 59.♖c5 ♔g6 60.b6
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 d5 4.g3 ♗e7 5.♗g2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.♕c2 a6 8.a4 ♗d7 9.♕xc4 ♗c6 10.♗f4 ♗d6 11.♗g5 ♘bd7 12.♘c3 h6 13.♗xf6 ♘xf6 14.a5 ♕e7 15.♘d2 ♗d5 16.♗xd5 exd5 17.♘xd5 ♘xd5 18.♕xd5 ♕xe2 19.♘e4 ♖ab8 20.♖fe1 ♕xb2 21.♖ab1 ♕c2 22.♖ec1 ♕e2 23.♖e1 ♕c2 24.♘xd6 cxd6 25.♖b6 ♖be8 26.♖f1 ♕e4 27.♕xb7 ♕xb7 28.♖xb7 ♖e4 29.♖d1 ♖c8 30.♖b6 ♖c2 31.♖d3 g5 32.h3 h5 33.♖f3 g4 34.hxg4 hxg4 35.♖f4 ♖xf4 36.gxf4 ♖a2 37.♖xa6 ♔g7 38.♔g2 ♔g6 39.♖xd6+ ♔f5 40.a6 ♔xf4 41.♖f6+ ♔g5 42.♖b6 ♔f4 43.d5 ♔e5 44.d6 ♔e6 45.♔g3 f5 46.d7+ ♔xd7 47.♖f6 ♔e7 48.♖h6 ♔f7
[…] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 dxe4 4.♘xe4 ♘f6 5.♘xf6+ gxf6 6.♘f3 ♘c6 7.♗f4 e5 8.♗e3 ♗g4 9.♗b5 ♕d6 10.c3 e4 11.h3 exf3 12.hxg4 fxg2 13.♖g1 a6 14.♗d3 ♘e7 15.♕f3 O-O-O 16.♖xg2 ♘d5 17.♗e4 ♔b8 18.♗d2 ♘b6 19.♗xb7 ♘c4 20.♗f4 ♕b6 21.♗e4 ♖e8 22.♔f1 h5 23.gxh5 ♗h6 24.b3 ♘d2+ 25.♗xd2 ♗xd2 26.♖d1 ♗g5 27.♗c6 ♖e6 28.d5 ♖e5 29.♖g4 a5 30.♖a4 ♕c5 31.♖dd4 ♖g8 32.♕d3
[…] 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.♗b5+ ♘d7 4.O-O a6 5.♗d3 ♘gf6 6.c3 b5 7.♗c2 ♗b7 8.♖e1 e5 9.d4 ♗e7 10.♘bd2 O-O 11.♘f1 ♖e8 12.♘g3 ♗f8 13.d5 g6 14.b3 ♘b6 15.♖b1 c4 16.bxc4 ♘xc4 17.a4 ♕c7 18.axb5 axb5 19.♖xb5 ♘a3 20.♖b3 ♘xc2 21.♕xc2 ♘d7 22.♗e3 ♗a6 23.♖a3 ♗b5 24.♖ea1 ♖xa3 25.♖xa3 ♖b8 26.♖a7 ♕c8 27.h3 ♘b6 28.♕c1 ♘c4 29.♗h6 ♕c5 30.♘h5 ♗g7 31.♗xg7 ♕xa7 32.♕h6 f5 33.♘g5
