
Guess the chess game… and can you say what is the significance of this game?
Former World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand defied critics, smashed competition and won the Chess Candidates 2014 in Khanty Mansiysk on Saturday with a round to spare. Anand held his ground and went through the toil of holding Russia’s Sergey Karjakin to a draw despite the latter having a better position. Levon Aronian – a point behind Anand – suffered a shock loss to Dmitry Andreikin leaving Anand with a clear tournament victory. Read a full report on
Chess Blog. Replay all the games of Round 13 with Chess King.
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.♗g5 g6 3.♗xf6 exf6 4.c4 ♗b4+ 5.♘d2 c5 6.a3 ♗xd2+ 7.♕xd2 cxd4 8.♘f3 ♘c6 9.♘xd4 ♘xd4 10.♕xd4 ♕a5+ 11.b4 ♕e5 12.O-O-O a5 13.b5 d6 14.♕xe5+ dxe5 15.g3 ♗e6 16.♗g2 ♗xc4 17.♗xb7 ♖b8 18.♗c6+ ♔f8 19.a4 ♗b3 20.♔b2 ♗xa4 21.♖d5 ♔e7 22.♔a3 ♗c2 23.♖d7+ ♔f8 24.e4 a4 25.♖c1 ♗b3 26.♗d5 ♗xd5 27.♖xd5 ♔g7 28.♖c7 ♖b6 29.♖c6 ♖b7 30.♔xa4 ♖a8+ 31.♖a6 ♖c8 32.b6 ♖c2 33.♔b5 ♖xf2 34.♔c6 ♖e7 35.♖aa5 ♖e6+ 36.♖d6 ♖e7 37.♖dd5 ♖e6+ 38.♔c7 ♖e7+ 39.♔c8 ♖e8+ 40.♔d7 ♔f8 41.b7 ♖e7+ 42.♔c6 ♖e6+ 43.♔c7 ♖e7+ 44.♔b6
[…] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.e3 ♗e7 5.b3 O-O 6.♗b2 c5 7.cxd5 ♘xd5 8.dxc5 ♘d7 9.c6 bxc6 10.♘bd2 a5 11.e4 ♘5f6 12.♕c2 a4 13.♕xc6 ♕a5 14.♕xa4 ♕xa4 15.bxa4 ♘c5 16.♗b5 ♘xa4 17.♗d4 ♗d7 18.♗xd7 ♘xd7 19.♔e2 ♘ac5 20.♖hc1 ♖a4 21.♖c2 ♖fa8 22.♖ac1 ♖xa2 23.♖xc5 ♗xc5 24.♗xc5 ♖c8 25.♗a3 ♖xc1 26.♗xc1 ♘c5 27.♔e3 f6 28.♘d4 e5 29.♘e2 h5 30.h3 ♔f7 31.♘c3 ♖c2 32.♘e2 ♖a2 33.h4 g6 34.g3 ♔e6 35.f3 ♔f7 36.♘c3 ♖c2 37.♘e2 ♖a2 38.♘b1 ♘b3 39.♘bc3 ♖a1 40.♗b2 ♖f1 41.♘d5 ♘a5 42.♘b6 ♖b1 43.♗c3 ♖xb6 44.♗xa5 ♖b3+ 45.♗c3 g5 46.hxg5 fxg5 47.♔f2 ♖b5 48.g4 h4 49.♘g1 ♖c5 50.♗d2 ♖c2 51.♔e2 ♖a2 52.♘h3 ♔g6 53.♔d3 ♖b2 54.♔e3 ♖b3+ 55.♔e2 ♖b2 56.♔d1 ♖b3 57.♔e2 ♖b2 58.♔d3 ♖a2 59.♘f2 ♖a3+ 60.♗c3 ♖a2 61.♔e3 ♖a3 62.♔d2 ♖a2+ 63.♔e1 ♔f6 64.♔f1 ♖a3 65.♘d1 ♔e6 66.♔g2 ♖b3 67.♗a5 ♖a3 68.♗b6 ♖a2+ 69.♘f2 ♔f6 70.♔h3 ♖a3 71.♔g2 ♖a2 72.♗d8+ ♔g6 73.♗e7 ♖b2 74.♗c5 ♖c2 75.♗d6 ♔f6 76.♔f1 ♖c1+ 77.♔g2 ♖c2 78.♗b4 ♖b2 79.♗a5 ♖a2 80.♗d8+ ♔g6 81.♗e7 ♖b2 82.♗c5 ♔f6 83.♔g1 ♖b1+ 84.♔h2 ♖b3 85.♔g2 ♖b2 86.♗a3 ♖a2 87.♗b4 ♖b2 88.♗e1 h3+ 89.♔f1 h2 90.♘h1 ♖b1 91.♔e2

[…] 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘f6 5.♘c3 a6 6.♗e3 ♘g4 7.♗g5 h6 8.♗h4 g5 9.♗g3 ♗g7 10.♗e2 h5 11.h4 ♘c6 12.♘b3 gxh4 13.♗xh4 ♗e6 14.♕d2 ♕b6 15.♘d5 ♗xd5 16.exd5 ♘d4 17.♘xd4 ♕xd4 18.♕xd4 ♗xd4 19.c3 ♗f6 20.O-O-O ♔d7 21.♗xg4+ hxg4 22.♗xf6 exf6 23.♖xh8 ♖xh8 24.♖d4 ♖h5 25.♖xg4 ♖xd5 26.♖f4 ♔e6 27.♔c2 ♖g5 28.g3 ♖e5 29.♔d3 ♖d5+ 30.♖d4 ♖f5 31.♖e4+ ♔d7 32.♔e3 ♖e5 33.♔d4 ♖h5 34.a4 b6 35.b3 ♖h1 36.♔d3 ♖d1+ 37.♔c2 ♖f1 38.♖f4 ♔e6 39.♔d3 f5 40.♔e2 ♖c1 41.♔d2 ♖f1 42.♔e2
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 d5 4.♘c3 c6 5.♗g5 h6 6.♗xf6 ♕xf6 7.e3 g6 8.♗d3 ♗g7 9.O-O O-O 10.♘e5 c5 11.cxd5 cxd4 12.exd4 exd5 13.♖e1 ♗e6 14.♗b5 ♖d8 15.♖c1 a6 16.♗a4 ♖d6 17.♕b3 b6 18.♘e2 b5 19.♕a3 ♗f8 20.♗c2 ♘c6 21.♕g3 ♖c8 22.h4 ♘e7 23.h5 g5 24.f4 ♕g7 25.♖f1 f6 26.♘g4 ♖dc6 27.♘e3 f5 28.fxg5 ♕xg5 29.♕xg5+ hxg5 30.♗xf5 ♘xf5 31.♖xc6 ♖xc6 32.♘xf5 ♖c2 33.♘eg3 ♖xb2 34.♖e1 ♗d7 35.♘e7+ ♔f7 36.♘xd5 ♗c6 37.♖f1+ ♔e6 38.♘e3 ♗g7 39.♘gf5 ♗h8 40.h6 ♗e4 41.d5+ ♔d7 42.♘g3 ♗d3 43.♖f7+ ♔e8 44.♖f3 ♖xa2 45.♘ef5 ♖d2 46.♘g7+ ♔e7 47.d6+ ♔xd6 48.♖f8 b4 49.♖xh8 b3 50.♘7f5+ ♗xf5 51.♘xf5+ ♔c7 52.h7 b2 53.♖c8+ ♔xc8 54.h8=♕+ ♔d7 55.♕h7+
