London Chess Classic 2013: All Knockout Games (Quarter and Semi-Finals)
Author: Chess King Admin
After exciting knockout games at the London Chess Classic 2013, it is Boris Gelfand of Israel and Hikaru Nakamura who are going to fight for the title at the Olympia Centre in London on Sunday. Here are all the knockout games from the semi-finals and quarter-finals. Read a full report on Chess Blog.
Kramnik, Vladimir (2793) – Anand, Viswanathan (2773)
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 d5 4.♘c3 c6 5.♗g5 h6 6.♗xf6 ♕xf6 7.g3 dxc4 8.♗g2 ♘d7 9.O-O ♗e7 10.♘e4 ♕f5 11.♘ed2 e5 12.e4 ♕e6 13.♖c1 exd4 14.♘xd4 ♕f6 15.♘xc4 O-O 16.♘f5 ♘b6 17.♘xe7+ ♕xe7 18.♕d6 ♕d8 19.♖fd1 ♗g4 20.♕xd8 ♖fxd8 21.♖xd8+ ♖xd8 22.♘a5 ♗c8 23.b3 ♔f8 24.f4 ♖d2 25.a4 f6 26.♖e1 ♖c2 27.e5 ♖c5 28.b4 ♖c3 29.exf6 gxf6 30.b5 ♘c4 31.♘xc4 ♖xc4 32.bxc6 bxc6 33.a5 ♖c5 34.♗f3 ♗d7 35.♖a1 ♖c3 36.♔f2 ♖c2+ 37.♔e3 ♖c3+ 38.♔f2 ♖c2+ 39.♔e3 ♖c3+
Adams, Michael (2754) – Svidler, Peter (2758)
[…] 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.g3 ♘c6 4.♗g2 ♘f6 5.♕e2 d5 6.d3 g6 7.e5 ♘d7 8.c4 ♗g7 9.♗f4 ♕a5+ 10.♘bd2 dxc4 11.dxc4 h6 12.h4 ♘d4 13.♘xd4 cxd4 14.O-O ♗xe5 15.♘b3 ♕c7 16.♗xe5 ♕xe5 17.♕d2 ♕d6 18.♖fe1 ♔f8 19.♘xd4 e5 20.♘b3 ♕xd2 21.♘xd2 a5 22.♖ad1 ♖a6 23.♗h3 ♔g7 24.♘f3 ♘c5 25.♗xc8 ♖xc8 26.♖xe5 ♖b6 27.♖dd5 ♘e6 28.b3 a4 29.♖b5 ♖cc6 30.♔g2 axb3 31.axb3 ♘c7 32.♖xb6 ♖xb6 33.♘d4 ♔f6 34.♖e3 ♖d6 35.♘e2 b5 36.♘c3 ♖d4 37.♘xb5 ♘xb5 38.cxb5 ♖b4 39.♔f3 ♔f5 40.♔e2 ♔g4 41.♔d3 g5 42.♖e4+
Short, Nigel D (2683) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2786)
[…] 1.e4 c5 2.♘c3 ♘c6 3.g3 g6 4.♗g2 ♗g7 5.d3 d6 6.♘ge2 ♖b8 7.a3 b5 8.O-O e6 9.♗e3 b4 10.axb4 cxb4 11.♘a4 ♘ge7 12.♕d2 O-O 13.♗h6 ♗xh6 14.♕xh6 a5 15.b3 ♔h8 16.♖a2 e5 17.♕e3 ♕c7 18.♘b2 ♗g4 19.f3 ♗e6 20.♘c4 d5 21.exd5 ♘xd5 22.♕c5 ♖fc8 23.♖e1 ♕d8 24.♕f2 ♘c3 25.♘xc3 ♗xc4 26.bxc4 bxc3 27.♖a3 ♖b2 28.♖xc3 ♕d4 29.♕xd4 ♘xd4 30.♖xe5 a4 31.f4 ♘b5 32.♖xb5 ♖xb5 33.♖a3 ♖b2 34.♖xa4 ♖xc2 35.♗d5 ♖b8 36.♖a8 ♖xa8 37.♗xa8 ♖d2 38.♗e4 f5 39.♗g2 ♖xd3 40.c5 ♖c3 41.c6 ♖c1+ 42.♔f2 ♖c2+ 43.♔g1 ♔g7 44.♗f3 ♔f6 45.h4 ♔e6 46.♔f1 ♔d6 47.♔e1 ♔c5 48.♔f1 ♔d4 49.♔g1 ♔e3 50.♗d5 ♖c5 51.c7 ♖xc7 52.♗a8 h6 53.♔g2 ♖g7 54.♗d5 g5 55.hxg5 hxg5 56.fxg5 ♖xg5 57.♗f3 f4 58.g4 ♖c5 59.♗b7 ♖c2+ 60.♔h3 f3
Caruana, Fabiano (2782) – Gelfand, Boris (2777)
[…] 1.♘f3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.♗g2 ♗g7 4.O-O ♘f6 5.c4 c6 6.b3 ♘e4 7.d4 O-O 8.♗b2 ♗f5 9.e3 ♕a5 10.♘h4 ♗e6 11.♕c2 g5 12.♘f3 ♘d7 13.♘c3 ♘df6 14.♘e5 g4 15.♘xe4 ♘xe4 16.♗xe4 dxe4 17.♗c3 ♕c7 18.♕xe4 f5 19.♕f4 ♗xe5 20.dxe5 ♖f7 21.♖ad1 ♖g7 22.♖d2 ♖f8 23.♖fd1 ♖g6 24.e4 ♕b6 25.exf5 ♖xf5 26.♖d8+ ♔f7 27.♕d2 ♖g8 28.♖xg8 ♔xg8 29.♗a5 ♕c5 30.♗b4 ♕xe5 31.♖e1 ♕f6 32.♕e3 ♔f7 33.♗c3 ♕g6 34.♕xa7 b5 35.cxb5 cxb5 36.a4 bxa4 37.bxa4 ♖d5 38.a5 ♕d3 39.♕c7 ♕f3 40.♕c6 ♖d6 41.♕xf3+ gxf3 42.h3 ♗xh3 43.♗b4 ♖e6 44.♖xe6 ♗xe6 45.a6 ♗d5 46.a7 h5 47.♔f1 e5 48.♔e1 ♔e6 49.♔d2 ♔d7 50.♗c3 ♔c8 51.♗xe5 ♔b7 52.♔e3 ♔xa7 53.♔f4 ♔a6 54.♔g5 ♗f7 55.♔f4 ♗d5 56.♔g5 ♗f7
Anand, Viswanathan (2773) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2793)
[…] 1.♘f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.♘c3 c5 5.e3 ♘c6 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 ♗xc5 8.b4 ♗d6 9.♗b2 O-O 10.♕c2 ♕e7 11.♖d1 ♖d8 12.♗e2 dxc4 13.♗xc4 b5 14.♗d3 ♗b7 15.♘e4 ♘xe4 16.♗xe4 ♖ac8 17.♕b1 f5 18.♗d3 a5 19.bxa5 ♘xa5 20.O-O ♘c4 21.♗e2 ♗e4 22.♕a1 ♘xb2 23.♕xb2 b4 24.axb4 ♖c2 25.♕b3 ♖xe2 26.♘d4 ♗d5 27.♕d3 ♕h4
Svidler, Peter (2758) – Adams, Michael (2754)
[…] 1.g3 e5 2.c4 ♘f6 3.♗g2 c6 4.♘f3 e4 5.♘d4 d5 6.cxd5 ♕xd5 7.♘c2 ♕h5 8.h3 ♘a6 9.♘c3 ♕g6 10.♘e3 ♗c5 11.♕a4 b5 12.♕c2 ♘b4 13.♕b1 ♗xe3 14.dxe3 ♗f5 15.a4 bxa4 16.♘xa4 O-O 17.♗d2 ♘fd5 18.♘c5 ♖fe8 19.♕c1 a5 20.O-O h5 21.♔h2 ♕d6 22.♔g1 h4 23.g4 ♗g6 24.♗xb4 ♘xb4 25.♖d1 ♕e5 26.♖d4 ♖ad8 27.♖c4 f5 28.gxf5 ♕xf5 29.♖xa5 ♖f8 30.♕e1 ♖d5 31.♖xb4 ♖xc5 32.♖xc5 ♕xc5 33.♗xe4 ♕g5+ 34.♗g2 ♗f5 35.♕c3 ♗xh3 36.♕xc6 ♗xg2 37.♕xg2 ♕xg2+ 38.♔xg2 h3+ 39.♔g3 h2 40.♖h4 ♖b8 41.♖xh2 ♖xb2 42.f3 ♔f7 43.e4 ♔f6 44.e3 ♖b3 45.♔f4 g5+ 46.♔g4 ♖xe3 47.♖h6+ ♔e5 48.♖g6
Nakamura, Hikaru (2786) – Short, Nigel D (2683)
[…] 1.b3 d5 2.♗b2 c5 3.e3 ♘f6 4.♘f3 ♗g4 5.h3 ♗h5 6.♗b5+ ♘fd7 7.O-O ♘c6 8.♗e2 e6 9.d4 ♗e7 10.dxc5 ♘xc5 11.♘d4 ♗xe2 12.♕xe2 O-O 13.♘xc6 bxc6 14.c4 ♗f6 15.♗xf6 ♕xf6 16.♘d2 a5 17.♖ac1 ♕e7 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.♕b5 ♘b7 20.♖c6 ♕b4 21.♕xb4 axb4 22.♖a1 ♖fb8 23.e4 ♘a5 24.♖cc1 dxe4 25.♘xe4 h6 26.♘c5 ♖b5 27.♘a4 ♖d8 28.♖c5 ♖xc5 29.♘xc5 ♘c6 30.♖c1 ♘e5 31.♘a6 ♖d4 32.♔f1 g5 33.♔e2 ♘d3 34.♖c8+ ♔h7 35.g3 ♖d6 36.♖c2 ♔g6 37.♘c5 ♘e5 38.♖d2 ♖c6 39.♘d3 ♘xd3 40.♖xd3 ♖a6 41.♖d4 ♖xa2+ 42.♔f1 h5 43.♖xb4 ♖b2 44.g4 h4 45.♖b6 ♔f6 46.♖b7 ♔g6 47.♖b6 ♔f6 48.♖b7 ♔g6
Gelfand, Boris (2777) – Caruana, Fabiano (2782)
[…] 1.d4 d6 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.c4 g6 4.♘c3 ♗f5 5.d5 e5 6.dxe6 ♗xe6 7.♘d4 ♗d7 8.g3 ♗g7 9.♗g2 ♘c6 10.O-O O-O 11.♘c2 ♖b8 12.♘e3 ♖e8 13.♘ed5 ♘xd5 14.cxd5 ♘e5 15.♗f4 g5 16.♗xe5 ♗xe5 17.♖c1 f5 18.e3 ♕e7 19.♕h5 ♕g7 20.♖c2 ♖e7 21.f4 ♗f6 22.fxg5 ♗xg5 23.e4 ♖e5 24.♔h1 ♖f8 25.exf5 ♖fxf5 26.♖xf5 ♗xf5 27.♖e2 ♖xe2 28.♕xe2 ♗f6 29.♗e4 ♗d7 30.♕e3 ♕g5 31.♕xg5+ ♗xg5 32.♘e2 ♗f6 33.b3 a5 34.♔g2 c5 35.dxc6 bxc6 36.♘f4 d5 37.♗d3 h6 38.♔f3 ♔f7 39.g4 ♗c8 40.♘g6 c5 41.h4 c4 42.bxc4 dxc4 43.♗c2 c3 44.♔f4 ♗e6 45.a4 ♗b3 46.♗xb3+ ♔xg6 47.♗c2+ ♔g7 48.g5 hxg5+ 49.hxg5 ♗e7
Adams, Michael (2754) – Svidler, Peter (2758)
[…] 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘f6 5.♘c3 a6 6.♗e3 e5 7.♘f3 ♕c7 8.a4 ♗e6 9.♗e2 h6 10.O-O ♘bd7 11.h3 ♗e7 12.♘h2 O-O 13.♘g4 ♕c6 14.♕d3 ♖fc8 15.♖fd1 ♖ab8 16.a5 ♘c5 17.♘xf6+ ♗xf6 18.♕xd6 ♕xd6 19.♖xd6 ♗e7 20.♖d2 ♗g5 21.♗xg5 hxg5 22.♗g4 b5 23.axb6 ♖xb6 24.♘d5 ♖b7 25.f3 ♖cb8 26.b4
Caruana, Fabiano (2782) – Gelfand, Boris (2777)
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e3 O-O 5.♘ge2 d5 6.a3 ♗d6 7.♘g3 c6 8.♗d3 dxc4 9.♗xc4 e5 10.O-O ♘bd7 11.dxe5 ♗xe5 12.♕c2 ♘b6 13.♗e2 ♖e8 14.e4 ♘g4 15.♗xg4 ♗xg4 16.f4 ♗d4+ 17.♔h1 ♕h4 18.♘ce2 ♗xe2 19.♕xe2 ♖ad8 20.e5 ♕e7 21.♗e3 ♕e6 22.♖ae1 ♗xe3 23.♕xe3 f5 24.♖d1 g6 25.♘e2 ♕c4 26.♘d4 ♖d5 27.♘f3 ♕c2 28.♖d2 ♘c4 29.♖xc2 ♘xe3 30.♖cc1 ♘xf1 31.♖xf1 ♖ed8
Svidler, Peter (2758) – Adams, Michael (2754)
[…] 1.g3 d5 2.♗g2 ♘f6 3.c4 e6 4.♘f3 ♗e7 5.O-O O-O 6.♕c2 d4 7.c5 ♘c6 8.♘e1 e5 9.e4 ♘b4 10.♕c4 a5 11.a3 ♗e6 12.♕e2 ♘a6 13.c6 bxc6 14.d3 ♘c5 15.♘d2 ♘fd7 16.f4 exf4 17.gxf4 f5 18.♖b1 a4 19.♘df3 ♘b3 20.♘g5 ♗xg5 21.fxg5 fxe4 22.♗xe4 ♘xc1 23.♖xc1 ♕xg5+ 24.♘g2 ♗d5
Gelfand, Boris (2777) – Caruana, Fabiano (2782)
[…] 1.d4 f5 2.♘c3 ♘f6 3.♗g5 d5 4.e3 e6 5.♘f3 c5 6.♗b5+ ♗d7 7.♗xf6 gxf6 8.♘e5 h5 9.♘g6 ♖h7 10.♘xf8 ♔xf8 11.O-O ♘c6 12.dxc5 ♕e7 13.♗xc6 ♗xc6 14.b4 b6 15.♘e2 bxc5 16.♘f4 ♔f7 17.bxc5 ♖g8 18.♕d3 ♖hg7 19.g3 ♕xc5 20.♘xh5 ♖h7 21.♘f4 ♗b5 22.c4 ♗xc4 23.♖fc1 ♖c8 24.♕c2 ♕c6 25.♖ab1 ♔g8 26.♕d2 ♖hc7 27.♖b2 e5 28.♘g2 ♕e6 29.♖bc2 ♖h7 30.f4 ♔f7 31.♕b4 ♖ch8 32.♘h4 exf4 33.♕b7+ ♔g8 34.♕b8+ ♔f7 35.♕c7+ ♔e8 36.♕b8+ ♔d7 37.♕xa7+ ♔c6 38.♖xc4+ dxc4 39.♕a6+ ♔d7 40.♖d1+ ♔e7 41.♕b7+ ♔e8 42.♕b8+ ♔f7 43.♕c7+
Kramnik, Vladimir (2793) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2786)
[…] 1.♘f3 ♘f6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 ♗g7 4.♗b2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.♗g2 e5 7.O-O ♘h5 8.♘c3 f5 9.d3 ♘c6 10.e3 h6 11.a3 a5 12.♘d2 ♘f6 13.♘d5 ♗e6 14.f4 ♔h7 15.♕c2 ♕d7 16.♖ae1 ♖ae8 17.♗c3 ♗xd5 18.cxd5 ♘e7 19.e4 exf4 20.gxf4 fxe4 21.dxe4 ♘h5 22.♗xg7 ♔xg7 23.e5 ♘xf4 24.e6 ♕b5 25.♕xc7 ♘xg2 26.♖xf8 ♔xf8 27.♔xg2 ♕xd5+ 28.♘e4 ♕xe6 29.♕xd6 ♕xd6 30.♘xd6 ♖d8 31.♖f1+ ♔g8 32.♘xb7 ♖d5 33.♖b1 ♘c6 34.♖b2 h5 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 ♖b5 37.♘d6 ♖xb4 38.♖xb4 ♘xb4 39.♘e4 ♔f7 40.♔f3 ♘d5 41.♔g3 ♔g7 42.♔h4 ♔h6 43.♘g5 ♘e7 44.♘f7+ ♔g7 45.♘d6 ♘d5 46.♔g5 ♘c7 47.♔f4 ♘d5+ 48.♔g5 ♘f6 49.h4 ♘h7+ 50.♔f4 ♘f8 51.♔e5 ♘d7+ 52.♔e6 ♘c5+ 53.♔e5 ♘d7+ 54.♔e6 ♘c5+ 55.♔e5 ♘d3+ 56.♔e4 ♘b4 57.♔f4 ♘d3+ 58.♔g5 ♘e5 59.♘e8+ ♔f7 60.♘d6+ ♔e7 61.♘c4 ♘xc4 62.♔xg6 ♘e5+ 63.♔xh5 ♔f6 64.♔h6 ♘g4+ 65.♔h5 ♔f5
Gelfand, Boris (2777) – Adams, Michael (2754)
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 d5 4.♘c3 ♗e7 5.g3 dxc4 6.♗g2 O-O 7.♘e5 c5 8.dxc5 ♕xd1+ 9.♘xd1 ♗xc5 10.♘e3 c3 11.bxc3 ♘bd7 12.♘d3 ♖b8 13.♘c4 b6 14.♘xc5 ♘xc5 15.♗a3 ♗a6 16.♘e5 ♖fc8 17.♘c6 ♖b7 18.♗xc5 bxc5 19.♘e5 ♖b2 20.c4 h5 21.♗f3 ♘g4 22.♘c6 ♖c7 23.h3 ♘f6 24.♘e5 ♘d7 25.O-O-O ♘xe5 26.♔xb2 ♘xf3 27.exf3 ♗xc4 28.♖d8+ ♔h7 29.♖c1 ♗d5 30.♖c3 ♔g6 31.h4 ♔f6 32.a3 ♔e5 33.♖h8 g6 34.g4 hxg4 35.fxg4 ♔d4 36.♖e3 f5 37.gxf5 gxf5 38.h5 f4 39.♖h3 ♖b7+ 40.♔c1 ♗e4 41.♖d8+ ♔e5 42.h6 c4 43.♔d2 ♖b2+ 44.♔e1 ♖b1+ 45.♖d1 ♖b7 46.♖h5+ ♔f6 47.♖d4 ♖b1+ 48.♔d2 ♖b2+ 49.♔c3 ♖c2+ 50.♔b4 ♗h7 51.♖xf4+ ♔g6 52.♖h3 e5 53.♖xc4 ♖xf2 54.♖c7
Nakamura, Hikaru (2786) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2793)
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 d5 4.cxd5 ♘xd5 5.e4 ♘xc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.a3 g6 8.♘f3 ♗g7 9.h4 ♘c6 10.♗e3 ♕a5 11.♕d2 cxd4 12.cxd4 ♕xd2+ 13.♔xd2 O-O 14.♗b5 ♗d7 15.♖hd1 ♖fd8 16.♔e1 ♘b4 17.♗xd7 ♘c2+ 18.♔d2 ♘xa1 19.♗a4 b5 20.♗xb5 ♘b3+ 21.♔e2 ♖ac8 22.d5 exd5 23.exd5 ♘c5 24.♖c1 ♘e4 25.♖xc8 ♖xc8 26.♗c6 ♖b8 27.♗xa7 ♖b2+ 28.♔f1 ♖a2 29.a4 ♖a1+ 30.♔e2 ♘c3+ 31.♔d3 ♘xa4 32.♗xa4 ♖a3+ 33.♔e2 ♖xa4 34.♗b6 ♔f8 35.g3 ♔e8 36.♗e3 ♖a5 37.d6 ♖d5 38.♗f4 f6 39.♘d2 ♔d7 40.♘e4 ♔e6 41.♗d2 h6 42.d7 ♔f7 43.♘c5 ♗f8 44.♗a5 ♗e7 45.♗b6 ♖d6 46.♗a5 ♖d5 47.♗b6 h5 48.♔f3 f5 49.♔g2 ♖d2 50.♗a5 ♖d5 51.♗b6 f4 52.♔f3 fxg3 53.fxg3 ♖d6 54.♗a5 ♖d4 55.♗b6 ♖d1 56.♗a5 ♖d5 57.♗b6 ♖d1 58.♗a5 g5 59.hxg5 ♔g6 60.♗b6 ♗xg5 61.♘e6 ♖d3+ 62.♔e4 ♖d6 63.♘xg5 ♖xd7 64.♘f3 ♖e7+ 65.♘e5+ ♔f6 66.♗d8
Adams, Michael (2754) – Gelfand, Boris (2777)
[…] 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.♕d2 ♘c6 11.♘b3 b5 12.f3 ♘ge5 13.♗f2 ♘a5 14.♘xa5 ♕xa5 15.♗e2 ♗e6 16.♗d4 b4 17.♘d1 d5 18.exd5 ♕xd5 19.c3 bxc3 20.bxc3 ♖d8 21.♘e3 ♕a5 22.♖d1 ♘c6 23.♘c2 ♕xa2 24.O-O ♘xd4 25.cxd4 ♗b3 26.♗d3 ♗xc2 27.♗xc2 ♖xd4 28.♕e2 ♕e6 29.♕xe6 fxe6 30.♖de1 ♖d6 31.♗b3 ♗d4+ 32.♔h1 e5 33.♖c1 ♔f8 34.♖c7 ♗b6 35.♖b7 ♗c5 36.♖e1 ♖b6 37.♖xb6 ♗xb6 38.♖xe5 ♗d4 39.♖e6 a5 40.g3 ♗f6 41.♖a6 ♗c3 42.♖c6 ♗f6 43.♖c5 ♔g7 44.♖xa5 ♖b8 45.♗d5 ♖b2 46.♗e4 h5 47.f4 gxf4 48.♖xh5 fxg3 49.hxg3 ♖e2 50.♗f3 ♖e5 51.♖h3 ♖e3 52.♔g2 ♖a3 53.♖h5 ♖a2+ 54.♔h3 ♖a3 55.♔g2 ♖a2+ 56.♔f1 ♖a3 57.♔f2 ♗d4+ 58.♔g2 ♖e3 59.♖h4 ♗f6 60.♖g4+ ♔f7 61.♗d5+ e6 62.♗f3 ♖a3 63.♖e4 ♗g5 64.♖e2 ♔f6 65.♖f2 ♗e3 66.♖f1 ♖a2+ 67.♗e2+ ♔g5 68.♔f3 ♗c5 69.♗c4 ♖a3+ 70.♔g2 ♗d6 71.♖f3 ♖xf3 72.♔xf3 e5
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