[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "2772"]
[BlackELO "2801"]
[ECO "A35"]

 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3 Rb8
 9. d3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Nc4 f6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nde6 16. Bd2 b6
 17. g4 Be8 18. Be1 b5 19. Ne3 Bd6 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bf7 22. Nf5 Be5 23. Qd2 Nd4 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7
 25. Rd1 Nxf5 26. gxf5 Qd4+ 27. Bf2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 c4 29. Qc2 Re8 30. dxc4 Qh5 31. h4 Qg4 32. Qd3 bxc4
 33. Qe3 Rfe7 34. b3 Bb2 0-1 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2801"]
[BlackELO "2768"]
[ECO "B12"]

 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qxb2
 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rc1 Qb2 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 Be4
 17. Rf2 Nh6 18. Bd3 Qb4 19. Rb1 Qc5 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxa5 O-O 22. Be2 e3 23. Rff1 Rfc8 24. Qe1 Qd5
 25. Rb2 f6 26. Qg3 fxe5 27. fxe5 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qxe3 Nf7 30. Nc3 1-0 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2787"]
[BlackELO "2877"]
[ECO "C60"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5 Nce7
 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. b4 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. a3 Nd4
 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. exf5 Nf4 21. f6 Bxf6 22. g3 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Ng5 24. Qb1 Kh7
 25. Qd3 Be5 26. Rae1 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2805"]
[BlackELO "2772"]
[ECO "D15"]

 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd2 Bg7 8. b4 a5
 9. bxa5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Qd5 12. f4 h6 13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Bxd4 15. exd4 e3 16. Bxe3 Qxh1
 17. Qd2 Na6 18. O-O-O Qd5 19. Bg2 Qc4+ 20. Kb1 Qe6 21. d5 Qf5+ 22. Kb2 O-O-O 23. d6 exd6 24. cxd6 Qf6+
 25. Kb1 Qf5+ 26. Kc1 Qf6 27. d7+ Kb7 28. Bd4 Qe6 29. Bxh8 1-0 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2772"]
[BlackELO "2787"]
[ECO "C78"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8
 9. h3 O-O 10. d4 Bb6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 Re8
 17. Nbd2 b3 18. Bb1 Qd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nh5 21. Ng5 g6 22. e6 fxe6 23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qh4 Rf8
 25. Ndf3 Bd5 26. Ne5 Qg7 27. Bd2 Nc6 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Bc3 e5 30. Rxe5 Nd5 31. Qc4 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Rb4
 33. Bxb4 Qxe5 34. Be4 Rf6 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. Qxd5 1-0 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2768"]
[BlackELO "2805"]
[ECO "A07"]

 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 Be6 8. b3 Ne4
 9. Bb2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. Ng5 cxb3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qe3 bxa2 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Qxa2 Rf5 16. Rfb1 Qb6
 17. e4 Rf8 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Qb2 b6 20. d5 Bxc3 21. Qxc3+ Kg8 22. e5 a5 23. dxc6 Na6 24. Qb3+ Kh8
 25. Qxb6 Qxb6 26. Rxb6 Nc7 27. Rb7 Rfc8 28. Ra4 Ra6 29. h4 Kg8 30. Rd4 a4 31. Rd7 a3 32. Rbxc7 Rxc7
 33. Bd5+ Kf8 34. Rxc7 a2 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rg8+ 1-0 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
[ECO "C24"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg5 dxe4 8. dxe4 h6
 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Bg3 Bc7 12. O-O Nh5 13. h3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nc5 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Nxe5+ Kg8
 17. Ng6 Qg5 18. Rf8+ Kh7 19. Nxh8 Bg4 20. Qf1 Nd3 21. Qxd3 Rxf8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Nf3 Qxg3 24. e5+ Kxh8
 25. e6 Bb6+ 26. Kh1 Qg4 27. Qd6 Rd8 28. Qe5 Rd5 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. e7 Qh5+ 31. Nh2 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qxd1+
 33. Nf1 Qxf1+ 34. Kh2 Qg1+ 0-1 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
[ECO "C78"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6
 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Na2 Nd7 16. Qe2 d4
 17. Reb1 Nb6 18. Nc1 Na4 19. Nb3 Rf7 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Ng5 Rf6 22. Qh5 h6 23. Nf3 Rdf8 24. Rf1 R8f7
 25. Rae1 Bf8 26. h3 g6 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. Qg3 Bg7 29. Na5 Nxa5 30. Nxe5 Nb7 31. Nxg6 Qd8 32. e5 Rf5
 33. f4 c5 34. Nh4 Rh5 35. Nf3 Kh7 36. Qg4 Rhf5 37. Nh4 Kh8 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. Qg6 Qe7 40. g4 Rf8
 41. f5 Qe8 42. Qxe8 Rxe8 43. f6 Bf8 44. f7 Re7 45. Rf6 Nb6 46. Bxh6 Nd7 47. Ref1 cxb4 48. axb4 Bxh6
 49. Rxh6+ Kg7 50. Rh5 1-0 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2768"]
[BlackELO "2787"]
[ECO "C78"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6
 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Qb1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4
 17. Nd2 Rb8 18. Nxc4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qd3 Qe8 21. f3 Re6 22. Bf2 Nd5 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Re1 Nf4
 25. Qc2 Qd5 26. Re4 Ne6 27. Qc3 c5 28. Nxb6 Rxb6 29. dxc5 dxc5 30. b3 Rd6 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2877"]
[BlackELO "2772"]
[ECO "E21"]

 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bg2 O-O
 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Nb5 d5 12. Ne5 Nc5 13. Rc1 a6 14. Nc3 dxc4 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Qxd8 Raxd8
 17. Nc6 Rde8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. e4 Bc5 20. e5 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 b5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Re6
 25. Nd4 Rb6 26. b3 Rc8 27. Kg2 Rc5 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Nd3 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. e6 fxe6
 33. Kf3 Kg6 34. a4 e5 35. Nc6 Kf5 36. g4+ Ke6 37. a5 Rb5 38. Rd8 Nc5 39. h4 Rb1 40. Rg8 Kd6
 41. Nb8 e4+ 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Rb5 44. Kf2 Ne6 45. Rc8 Rxa5 46. Rc6+ Kd5 47. Rxa6 Rxa6 48. Nxa6 Kc6
 49. Nb4+ Kc5 50. Nc2 Kc4 51. Ke2 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Kd2 Nc5 54. Na3+ Kb4 55. Nc2+ Kc4 56. Na3+ Kd5
 57. Nb5 Nd7 58. Nc3+ Ke5 59. Nd1 Nf6 60. Nf2 Kd5 61. Nh3 Nxg4 62. Nxg5 Nxe3 63. Nxe4 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
[ECO "D11"]

 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. e3 e6 8. g3 Be7
 9. a3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 e5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb3 Qc8 15. Nb1 exd4 16. exd4 Nb8
 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21. Bf2 Nc7 22. Bf1 Bf6 23. Qa2 g5 24. b4 g6
 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. b5 Ne7 27. Be3 Ne6 28. Bh3 Nf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. f4 g4 31. Qd3 Rac8 32. Rc1 Rc4
 33. Ne2 Nc7 34. Nc3 Rc8 35. h3 gxh3 36. Kh2 Nxb5 37. Nxb5 Qxb5 38. Kxh3 Qd7 39. Kg2 b5 40. Rb1 a6
 41. Rbc1 Qe6 42. Bf2 Rxc1 43. Rxe6 fxe6 44. g4 fxg4 45. Qe2 Kf7 46. Qd3 R1c2 47. Qh7+ Ke8 48. f5 Bxd4
 49. Qg6+ Kd8 50. Qxe6 Rxf2+ 51. Kg3 Rc3+ 52. Kxg4 Rg2+ 53. Kf4 Rf2+ 54. Kg4 Kc7 55. Qe7+ Kb6 56. Qd8+ Rc7
 57. Qxd5 Bc5 58. Qd8 Kb7 59. f6 Bxa3 60. Qd5+ Kb6 61. Qd8 Bc5 62. Qb8+ Rb7 63. Qd8+ Ka7 64. Qd5 Bb6
 65. Kg5 Rc7 66. Kg6 b4 67. Qe6 Bd4 0-1 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2772"]
[BlackELO "2768"]
[ECO "B90"]

 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7
 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Na6 12. g4 Nb4 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bb5 Rac8 16. Rhg1 f5
 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Qg2 Nh5 19. Nc1 Bf6 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Be5
 25. c3 Rf6 26. Qf2 b6 27. Ba6 Rb8 28. Bd3 Kh8 29. Rb5 Rf7 30. h4 Qa7 31. Qc2 Rc7 32. Qb3 Rc5
 33. Qe6 Rxb5 34. Bxb5 Rf8 35. h5 Qc7 36. Ka2 Qd8 37. Qg4 Qc7 38. Kb3 Rc8 39. Qe6 Qc5 40. Rg5 Rb8
 41. Rf5 1-0 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "2805"]
[BlackELO "2877"]
[ECO "A47"]

 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. c4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 e6 8. Nc3 Ne4
 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qd2 d6 12. Bh6 Nd7 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bh3 Nf6 16. Nh4 Bb7
 17. f3 c5 18. e4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Rfd8 20. Ng2 Qc7 21. Ne3 Qc5 22. Qc3 a5 23. Red1 h5 24. Rd3 b5
 25. b3 bxc4 26. bxc4 Bc6 27. Rcd1 Rd7 28. Bg2 Rb8 29. Qd4 Qe5 30. f4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc7 32. R1d2 Ne8
 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. c5 dxc5 35. Rc4 Bb5 36. Rc3 c4 37. e5 Rc5 38. Nc2 Nc7 39. Nd4 Nd5 40. Bxd5 Rxd5
 41. Nf3 Rc5 42. Rb2 Rd8 43. Nd2 Bc6 44. Nb3 Rb8 45. Rcc2 c3 46. Rb1 Rcb5 47. Rxc3 Bd5 48. Rbc1 Bxb3
 49. Rxb3 Rxb3 50. axb3 Rxb3 51. Rc8+ Ke7 52. Kg2 a4 53. Kh3 g5 54. fxg5 Rb4 55. Ra8 Rg4 56. Ra7+ Kf8
 57. g6 fxg6 58. Kg2 g5 59. Kf3 Rb4 60. Ke3 Ke8 61. Kd3 h4 62. Kc3 hxg3 63. hxg3 Rg4 64. Kd3 a3
 65. Ke3 Rxg3+ 66. Kd4 g4 67. Ra8+ Kd7 68. Kc5 Rd3 69. Kc4 Rf3 70. Kc5 g3 0-1 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2787"]
[BlackELO "2805"]
[ECO "C67"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O
 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Qe1 Bf6 14. Nf5 d5 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8
 17. g3 Qd7 18. d3 Nc7 19. Qa5 Rfe8 20. Qe1 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 b5 22. c3 d4 23. c4 Re8 24. Qd1 bxc4
 25. dxc4 Ne6 26. b4 d3 27. Rb1 Rd8 28. Bd2 Bg5 29. Rb2 Qd4 30. Rb3 Bxd2 31. Qxd2 Qxc4 32. Rxd3 Rxd3
 33. Qxd3 Qxa2 34. Qd7 Kg8 35. Qxc6 g6 36. Bc4 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qxb4 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Qa8+ Qf8 40. Qxa7 h5
 41. Qd7 Qf5 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2877"]
[BlackELO "2768"]
[ECO "B25"]

 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Qa5
 9. f3 e6 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
 17. Bxd2 Bxb2 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Rxd7 Rf8 20. Rfd1 Kg7 21. Rb7 Ba5 22. Rdd7 Bb6+ 23. Kf1 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8
 25. Rxf7+ Kh8 26. Ke2 Re8+ 27. Kd3 Rd8+ 28. Kc3 Ba5+ 29. Kb2 Bb6 30. g4 Rd2 31. h4 Rh2 32. Ba4 h5
 33. gxh5 Rxh4 34. Bxc6 gxh5 35. Be4 Rh1 36. f4 Rh3 37. c3 h4 38. f5 Re3 39. Re7 Ba5 40. c4 h3
 41. Re6 h2 42. Bd5 Rxe6 43. fxe6 Bd8 44. Kb3 Kg7 45. Kb4 Kf6 46. Kb5 h1=Q 47. Bxh1 Kxe6 48. c5 Kd7
 49. Ka6 Kc7 50. Kxa7 Be7 51. c6 Bc5+ 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
[ECO "B46"]

 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6
 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Re2 h5 14. Qf4 g5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Qg3 h4
 17. Qg4 Rg8 18. Rae1 c5 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bb7 21. h3 Rd8 22. Bc3 Nb8 23. Re3 Nc6 24. Bxe6 fxe6
 25. Rf3+ Ke8 26. Qxe6 Rg7 27. Qh6 Nd4 28. e6 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Bf8 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Bxg7 1-0 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
[ECO "D31"]

 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd3 f5
 9. Nf3 c6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne2 e5 14. Qa4 Qh4 15. g3 Qg4 16. Rf1 Ng5
 17. Kd2 Nf3+ 18. Kc3 Nxh2 19. Rh1 Nf3 20. Qa5 Qg5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. Nd4 Nxe5 23. b3 b6 24. cxb6 c5
 25. Nb5 Bb7 26. bxa7 d4+ 27. exd4 Nxd3 28. Kxd3 Bxh1 29. Rxc5 Qe4+ 30. Kc4 Qe2+ 31. Kb4 Qd2+ 32. Rc3 Bc6
 33. a4 Bxb5 34. Kxb5 Qxd4 35. Rc7 Rfd8 36. Qb6 Rd5+ 37. Ka6 Rd6 38. a5 Qd3+ 39. Kb7 Qd5+ 0-1 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2877"]
[BlackELO "2787"]
[ECO "D10"]

 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Nd2 c3 8. bxc3 bxc3
 9. Nb1 Qa5 10. Qc2 e5 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Nxe5 Nb4 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Bc4 c2 15. Bxe6 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Nxe5
 17. dxe5 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Ne7 19. Nd2 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Ne4 Rb8 22. Bd2 Bb4 23. Rhc1 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Nb4
 25. Nf3 Ke7 26. Ne1 Rhd8 27. f4 c5 28. Nxc2 Nd3 29. Rcb1 Nb2 30. Ra2 Nxa4 31. Rxb8 Nc3+ 32. Kf3 Nxa2
 33. Rb5 Nb4 34. Nxb4 cxb4 35. Rxb4 Ra8 36. Ke4 a5 37. Ra4 Kf7 38. g4 Ke7 39. f5 h6 40. h4 Kf7
 41. e6+ Kf6 42. Rd4 Ke7 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. e7+ Ke8 45. Rd8+ Rxd8 46. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 47. Kd5 Ke7 48. g5 a4
 49. Kc4 hxg5 50. hxg5 Kd6 51. e4 Ke5 52. Kb4 1-0 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2772"]
[BlackELO "2805"]
[ECO "D37"]

 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Rb8 7. a4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O
 9. Nd2 e5 10. Nxc4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bf4 Ne6 14. Be3 a6 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Nc4 Bb4
 17. Rfc1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. b3 c6 20. h3 Be6 21. e3 Rdd8 22. Ne2 g6 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. a5 h5
 25. Ra4 Bc5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Ne2 Be7 28. Nc3 Rb5 29. Nd2 Rb4 30. Rxb4 Bxb4 31. Nc4 Rd8 32. Na2 Be7
 33. Nc3 Nd5 34. Na4 Nb4 35. Kf1 Rd3 36. Rb1 Na2 37. Ra1 Nb4 38. Rb1 Na2 39. Ra1 Nb4 40. Rb1 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "0:35:33-0:47:33"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
[ECO "B32"]

 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7
 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. b3 a4 12. b4 Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Be2 Nb6 15. Nb5 a3 16. Nd4 Bd7
 17. h4 h5 18. g4 hxg4 19. fxg4 e5 20. Nb3 Bc6 21. Bf3 f5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Na5 f4 24. Bf2 Na4
 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. O-O c5 27. b5 Bf6 28. Kh1 Nb6 29. Rcd1 Kh8 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Nxc4 32. Rd5 Ne3
 33. Bxe3 fxe3 34. Be2 Bxh4 35. Rf5 Rxf5 36. exf5 Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Ke4 c4
 41. Bxc4 Bb6 42. Bd3 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2805"]
[BlackELO "2768"]
[ECO "C41"]

 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. g4 g6 6. g5 Nh5 7. Bh3 exd4 8. Nxd4 h6
 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. h4 Be7 11. gxh6 Bxh4 12. Be3 c6 13. Nf5 gxf5 14. Qxh5 Bf6 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Bf4 O-O-O
 17. Bxd6 Qe6 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. h7 Rde8 21. Qxf7 Re7 22. Qg8+ Kc7 23. Rde1 Rexh7 24. Qxh7 Rxh7
 25. Rxe5 Rxh1+ 26. Kd2 Kd6 27. Re3 Rh2 28. Ke1 Rh1+ 29. Kd2 Rh2 30. Ke1 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "2787"]
[BlackELO "2772"]
[ECO "C67"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8
 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. Re1 h6 13. Kh2 c5 14. c4 Be6 15. b3 b6 16. g4 h5
 17. Kg3 Rd8 18. Neg5 Bc8 19. Bb2 Be7 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 hxg4 22. hxg4 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Re1 Kf8
 25. Ne4 Kf7 26. Bc1 Rg8 27. Rh1 Bb7 28. Re1 Re8 29. Nfd2 Ne5 30. Bb2 Nd3 31. Rb1 Rg8 32. Kf3 Nxb2
 33. Rxb2 Bc8 34. g5 f5 35. Nf6 Rxg5 36. Nd5 Bb7 37. Rb1 Rg4 38. Rh1 Bd6 39. Ke2 Rd4 40. Rh7+ Kg6
 41. Rd7 Bxd5 42. cxd5 Rxd5 43. Nc4 b5 44. Nxd6 cxd6 45. Rxa7 b4 46. a4 bxa3 47. Rxa3 Re5+ 48. Kd3 Kg5
 49. Ra6 Re1 50. Kd2 Re6 51. Rb6 Kg4 52. b4 cxb4 53. Rxb4+ Kf3 54. Kd1 f4 55. Rd4 Re4 56. Rd2 d5
 57. Ra2 Kg2 0-1 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "0:03:33-0:13:33"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen"]
[Black "Aronian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
[ECO "D56"]

 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7
 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. b4 Bd7
 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. Qc5 g6 19. a4 Qxc5 20. bxc5 a5 21. Nb3 Re5 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Bc4 g5
 25. h3 b5 26. cxb6 Rb8 27. f4 Rxe3 28. Nc5 Rxb6 29. Kf2 gxf4 30. Rxf4 Re5 31. Rxf6 Be8 32. Rf4 Rxc5
 33. Re4+ Kf8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rxc5 Rb4 37. Rxa5 c5 38. Ke3 Rd4 39. Ra6 Kg7 40. a5 Ra4
 41. g4 h5 42. gxh5 Ra3+ 43. Ke4 c4 44. Kd4 c3 45. Kd3 Kh7 46. h6 Rb3 47. Kc2 Rb5 48. Kxc3 Rf5
 49. Ra8 Rb5 50. Kc4 Rf5 51. Kb4 Rf4+ 52. Kc5 Rf5+ 53. Kd4 Rb5 54. Ke4 Rc5 55. Ra6 Rb5 56. h4 Rc5
 57. Kd4 Rb5 58. Kc4 Rf5 59. Kb4 Rf4+ 60. Kc5 Rf5+ 61. Kb6 Rf6+ 62. Kb7 Rf7+ 63. Kc8 Rf8+ 64. Kd7 Rf5
 65. Ra8 Rd5+ 66. Ke6 Rb5 67. Kf6 Rc5 68. Ra7+ Kxh6 69. Kf7 Rb5 70. a6 Rb6 71. Kg8 Rb8+ 72. Kf7 Rb6
 73. Ke7 Kg6 74. Kd7 Rf6 75. Ra8 Kg7 76. Kc7 Rf7+ 77. Kd6 Rf6+ 78. Ke5 Rb6 79. Ra7+ Kg6 80. h5+ Kh6
 81. Kf5 Rc6 82. Re7 Rxa6 83. Re6+ Rxe6 84. Kxe6 Kxh5 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2768"]
[BlackELO "2772"]
[ECO "A07"]

 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6
 9. Re1 Nde7 10. a4 h6 11. a5 a6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bc5 Rb8 15. Ne4 b6 16. axb6 cxb6
 17. Ba3 Ncd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qd1 Bb7 20. c3 Nb5 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Re3 Kh7 23. Rae1 f5 24. Nd2 Bxg2
 25. Kxg2 Re6 26. Nf3 Rbe8 27. Kg1 e4 28. dxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Rd1 Qe8 31. Qd5 Nxa3 32. bxa3 Qe7
 33. h4 Qc5 34. h5 Qxd5 35. hxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rxd5 Bxc3 37. Rd6+ Kf7 38. Rxb6 Ra4 39. Rxh6 Rxa3 40. Nh4 Ra5
 41. Rc6 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "0:04:33-0:17:33"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
[ECO "C67"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8
 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7
 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Bg3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rg6 23. Rd4 f5 24. Bh4 c5
 25. Rf4 Nd5 26. Rxf5 Rxg4+ 27. Bg3 Kd8 28. Kh3 Rg6 29. c4 Ne7 30. Rf8+ Kd7 31. f4 Ke6 32. Bh4 Rh6
 33. Re8 g5 34. fxg5 Rg6 35. Kg4 Kf7 36. Rh8 Ra6 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Rh6 Ng6 39. Kf5 Kg7 40. Bf2 Ne7+
 41. Ke4 Ra4 42. Re6 Nc6 43. Kf5 Rxc4 44. Rg6+ Kf8 45. Rf6+ Kg8 46. g6 Rxc2 47. Be3 Nd4+ 48. Bxd4 cxd4
 49. Rf7 d3 50. Rd7 Rf2+ 51. Kg5 Rg2+ 52. Kf6 Rf2+ 53. Kg5 Rg2+ 54. Kf6 Rf2+ 55. Kg5 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "0:20:33-0:17:33"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian"]
[Black "Caruana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
[ECO "A35"]

 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3
 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Rb1 Bd6 13. h4 Rb8 14. h5 h6 15. e4 b6 16. Be3 e5
 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bg4 20. Rd5 Bb2 21. Rb5 Ba3 22. Bh3 Bxh3+ 23. Rxh3 Rbc8 24. Rh2 Rfd8
 25. Rb3 Bc1 26. Re2 Bxe3 27. Rbxe3 Kf8 28. e5 Rc5 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Rb2 Rdc8 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "V Topalov"]
[Black "M Carlsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2772"]
[BlackELO "2877"]
[ECO "C67"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8
 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 b6 11. Bf4 Bb4 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Be2 14. Nfd2 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Nd4 16. Be3 Nf5
 17. Bf4 Nd4 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Bf4 Nd4 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hi Nakamura"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2787"]
[BlackELO "2768"]
[ECO "B90"]

 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6
 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 g6 12. Bc4 Bh6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bb3 Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Rad1 Nd4
 17. Ne2 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 b5 19. a4 b4 20. c3 bxc3 21. Nexc3 Kg7 22. Qb7 a5 23. Qa6 Ra8 24. Qe2 Rc8
 25. Qa6 Ra8 26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Nb5 Rc6 28. Qa3 Qd7 29. Rfe1 Bg5 30. Rd3 Rd8 31. Red1 Qb7 32. Rc3 Rd7
 33. Rdd3 Bd8 34. Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Rc3 Qa8 36. Nbc7 Bxc7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Nxc7 Qc6 39. Nxe6+ fxe6 40. g3 Kf7
 41. b4 Qxe4 42. b5 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 Qe2 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 Qe2 47. Kg2 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 5 (1s)"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

{C45: Scotch Game} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Qe2 a5 $146 (7... d6 8. Be3 Qe7 9. f3 Be6 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Rhe8 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Qe3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Nb5 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18.
Qf4 c6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bd3 Qe5 21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. f4 {
Wang,H (2739)-Jakovenko,D (2736)/St Petersburg RUS 2012/1/2-1/2 (52)}) (7...
O-O 8. Bg5 (8. Be3 d5 (8... Re8 9. f3 d5 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Qf2 Ne5 12. h3 Ng6
13. Bxb6 axb6 14. f4 Bd7 15. f5 Ne5 16. exd5 b5 17. a3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19.
Nd2 b5 20. g4 b4 21. axb4 Ra1+ 22. Ndb1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 {
Caruana,F (2775)-Naiditsch,A (2700)/Dortmund GER 2012/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 9. O-O-O
d4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. f3 Be6 13. Kb1 Qe7 14. Na4 Nb4 15. Qe1 g5 16. Bf2
c5 17. c3 dxc3 18. Qxc3 c4 19. Nbc5 Nfd5 20. Qa3 Rac8 21. Bxc4 Bxc5 22. Nxc5
Rxc5 {
Anand,V (2783)-Fressinet,L (2706)/Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS 2013/1-0 (49)})
8... Nd4 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 h6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Re8 13. f3 c6 14. O-O-O
d5 15. Qc5 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. exd5 Ra1+ 18. Kd2 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rd8 20. Bc4 (
20. Bd3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Ke2 Kf8 23. b4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Ra1 Re5+
26. Kd2 Rd5+ 27. Ke3 Re5+ 28. Kd3 Rd5+ 29. Ke3 Re5+ 30. Kd3 Rd5+ 31. Ke4 {
1/2-1/2 Bruzon Batista,L (2711)-Fressinet,L (2714)/Istanbul TUR 2012 (31)})
20... b5 21. Bd3 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 {
Wang Hao (CHN) (2737)-Aronian Levon (ARM) (2815)/Istanbul (Turkey) 2012/1/2-1/2
}) 8. e5 O-O 9. exf6 a4 10. Nd5 Re8 11. Be3 axb3 12. Qg4 g6 13. Bc4 Nb4 14.
Nxb4 d5 15. Qf4 dxc4 16. O-O bxc2 17. Nd5 Re6 18. Qxc4 Bxe3 19. fxe3 b5 20. Qc5
Bb7 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qxc2 Raa6 23. Rac1 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Qxc7 Qd2 26.
Qb8+ Kg7 27. Qg8+ Kh6 28. Qf8+ Kh5 29. Rc5+ g5 30. Rxg5+ Kxg5 31. Qg7+ Rg6 32.
Qe5+ f5 33. h4+ Kh5 34. Qxf5+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kh5 36. Qf5+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kh5 38.
Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 5 (1s)"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

{D19: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3: Main line with 9 Qe2} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10.
e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Bd2 Qa5 $146 (15...
Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Rc8 17. a5 Nb8 18. Bb5 Rf8 19. Nb3 Qe7 20. Nc5 Bg6 21. Rfc1 b6
22. axb6 axb6 23. Nd3 h6 24. h3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qb4 26. b3 g6 27. g3 h5 28. Kg2
Kg7 29. h4 Rfd8 30. Kh2 {
Berkes,F (2578)-Portisch,L (2583)/Heviz 2003/CBM 96/1-0 (47)}) (15... Be7 16.
Rfc1 a6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 Bg6 19. Nf4 Bg5 20. Be2 Bh7 21. g3 Nb8 22. h4 Be7
23. Nd3 Bf8 24. b4 Re7 25. Bf1 Nc6 26. Nc5 a5 27. b5 Nb8 28. Rc3 Rc7 29. Rac1
Nd7 30. Nb3 {Kramnik,V (2780)-Aronian,L (2783)/Shanghai CHN 2010/1/2-1/2 (38)}
Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Ba3 32. Ra1 Bb4 33. Qb2 Qf8 34. Nc1 Be7 35. Nb3 Bb4 36. Nc1 Be7
37. Nb3 Bb4 38. Nc1 {
1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2780)-Aronian,L (2783)/Shanghai CHN 2010 (38)}) 16. Qe1 Bxd2
17. Qxd2 Qd8 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. f4 Rc8 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. a5 Qa6 23.
Qb4 h6 24. Nf3 b6 25. Qd6 Nf8 26. axb6 axb6 27. Qb4 Qd3 28. Qd2 Qb3 29. Rfe1
Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Ra8 31. h4 Ra2 32. Rc2 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Rb1 34. Kg3 Kh7 35. Rc8 Rxb2
36. Qc1 Qa2 37. Qh1 Qa3 38. Qc1 Qa2 39. Qh1 Qa3 40. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3.2a mp  (10s)"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

{A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3
Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3 Rb8 9. d3 (9. Rb1 f6 10.
d3 Be6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 b5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Nb3 O-O
17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Na6 20. Qd2 Nd4 21. Qb2 Nb3 22. Rc3 Nbxc5
23. Nxc5 Nxc5 {
Ding Liren (2714)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717)/Biel SUI 2013/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 9... Be7
10. Be3 $146 (10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Bd2 a5 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bc3 f6 14. a4 Be6 15. b3
Nd5 16. Rc1 b6 17. Ned2 Qd7 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. Bb2 Bf8 20. Nfd2 Kh8 21. Ne4 Qf7
22. h3 Qh5 23. Kh2 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 {
Hansen,C (2635)-Beliavsky,A (2595)/Biel 1992/CBM 31/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 10... O-O
11. Rc1 Bd7 {Black has an active position} 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Nc4 f6 {
Controls e5+g5} 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 {White has new hanging pawns: d3+e2} Nde6
16. Bd2 b6 {Prevents intrusion on a5} 17. g4 Be8 18. Be1 b5 19. Ne3 Bd6 20.
Ncd5 (20. Nf5 Be5 $11) 20... Nxd5 $15 21. Bxd5 Bf7 22. Nf5 Be5 {
Black threatens to win material: Be5xb2} 23. Qd2 Nd4 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rd1
Nxf5 26. gxf5 Qd4+ 27. Bf2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 c4 29. Qc2 (29. Bg1 Rd7 $17) 29... Re8
30. dxc4 (30. e4 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Qh3 $17) 30... Qh5 $19 31. h4 (31. Bg1 Bxh2 $1 {
Decoy: h2} 32. e4 Bd6+ 33. Bh2 Rxe4 $19) 31... Qg4 32. Qd3 bxc4 33. Qe3 Rfe7 (
33... Rb7 34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. exf3 Bxb2 36. Rfe1 $19) 34. b3 (34. b4 Bb2 35. Qf3
Qxf3+ 36. exf3 c3 $19) 34... Bb2 (34... Bb2 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. exf3 c3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3.2a mp  (10s)"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

{B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5.
Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4
{Black threatens to win material: Bb4xc3} 12. Ndb5 $146 (12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Rxb2
Bxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Rb3 Ne7 18. Rc3 a6 19. Bd7 g6
20. Rc7 b5 21. e6 f6 22. Re3 Rb8 23. Ra7 Rb6 24. Rc3 h5 25. Bc8 Rh7 26. Rcc7 f4
{Gashimov Vugar (AZE) (2757)-Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR) (2775)/Reggio Emilia
(Italy) 2011/1-0} 27. Ra8) 12... Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rc1 Qb2 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4
Be4 17. Rf2 Nh6 (17... Qb4 $142 $5 {is a viable option} 18. Qd1 Kf8 $15) 18.
Bd3 $14 {White threatens to win material: Bd3xe4} Qb4 {
Black has a cramped position} 19. Rb1 {White threatens to win material: Rb1xb4}
Qc5 20. Nxe4 dxe4 (20... Bxe1 $5 21. Nxc5 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Ke7 $16) 21. Qxa5 $18
O-O 22. Be2 e3 (22... Rfd8 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Qc4 $18) 23. Rff1 Rfc8 24. Qe1 Qd5 (
24... Rab8 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Qc1 $18) 25. Rb2 (25. Bf3 Qd3 26. Bxb7 Nxg4 $18)
25... f6 26. Qg3 fxe5 27. fxe5 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qxe3 Nf7 30. Nc3 (30. Nc3
Qd7 31. Qxa7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2877"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3.2a mp  (10s)"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

{C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4
h6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. b4 c6 15. dxc6 $146 (15. a4 cxd5 16.
cxd5 Rac8 17. Bb2 h5 18. a5 Bh6 19. Qe2 fxe4 20. Ndxe4 Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22.
Rad1 Qe6 23. Rfe1 Nf4 24. Qf2 Qb3 25. Bc1 Rc2 26. Bxf4 Rxf2 27. Bxh6 Re2 {
0-1 Ayapbergenov,A (2420)-Kholmov,R (2450)/Volgograd 1994/CBM 41}) (15. Ndb1
Kh7 16. a3 cxd5 17. cxd5 f4 18. Bd2 g5 19. Be1 Ng6 20. Bf2 Rf7 21. Na4 Rg8 22.
Nb6 Qe7 23. Nd2 h5 24. Re1 g4 25. Nf1 Bh6 26. Ra2 Rfg7 27. Rc2 g3 28. hxg3 fxg3
29. Be3 Bf4 {Aarthie,R (2320)-Girinath,P (2336)/Calcutta 2002/CBM 88/0-1 (37)})
15... Nxc6 16. a3 {Secures b4} Nd4 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Nxd4 exd4 20.
exf5 Nf4 21. f6 Bxf6 22. g3 {Consolidates h4} Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Ng5 24. Qb1 {
White threatens to win material: Qb1xg6} Kh7 25. Qd3 {
Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} Be5 26. Rae1 Bxg3 27. hxg3 {
White wins a piece} Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ {
Twofold repetition} 32. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3.2a mp  (10s)"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

{D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd2 (7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O
Nbd7 10. a3 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Qf3 d4
16. Ne2 Nd7 17. b4 Ne5 18. Qg3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Be6 20. Rad1 Bc4 21. Qf3 d3 {
Radjabov Teimour (AZE) (2742)-Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR) (2787)/Odessa (Ukraine)
2007/0-1 (44)}) (7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 a5 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd2
Nbd7 13. Bf3 h4 14. Qe1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Be2 f6 17. Bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nxc6 Ra8
19. Bxb5 Be6 20. a4 f5 21. Qd2 Bf6 {Caruana Fabiano (ITA) (2782)-Giri Anish
(NED) (2720)/Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 2012/1-0 (41)}) 7... Bg7 $146 (7... a5
8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Rae1 e5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Bd4 b4 18. a3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. axb4
axb4 21. Ra1 Qa7 22. Rxa6 {
Morozevich,A (2771)-Aronian,L (2750)/Nice FRA 2009/1/2-1/2 (48)} Qxa6 23. b3
Ra8 24. Ra1 Qxa1+ 25. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 26. Nc1 Ne4 27. g4 Bf8 28. Kg2 Nc3 29. Nd3 Ra2
30. Qc1 Ne4 31. Qe1 Bxc5 32. Qc1 Ra5 33. h4 Nc3 34. Nxc5 Rxc5 35. Qa1 Ne4 36.
f3 Rc2+ 37. Kh3 {Morozevich Alexander (RUS) (2751)-Aronian Levon (ARM) (2768)/
Nice (France) 2009/1/2-1/2 (48)} Rc3 38. Qa7 Nd2 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qxb4 Rd3 41.
Kg2 d4 42. exd4 Nxb3 43. Qe7 Nxd4 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45. h5 Ne6 46. h6 g5 47. Kf2 Rd8
48. Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2771)-Aronian,L (2750)/Nice FRA 2009 (48)}) 8.
b4 a5 9. bxa5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 {
White threatens to win material: Ng5xe4} Qd5 12. f4 (12. h4 h6 13. Nh3 e5 $11)
12... h6 $15 13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Bxd4 15. exd4 e3 {
Black threatens to win material: e3xd2} 16. Bxe3 Qxh1 17. Qd2 Na6 {
The knight blocks a5} (17... e6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Kf2 $15) 18. O-O-O Qd5 19. Bg2
{White threatens to win material: Bg2xd5} Qc4+ 20. Kb1 Qe6 {
White king safety improved} (20... Qb4+ $5 21. Ka1 Kd7 $15) 21. d5 $11 {
White threatens to win material: d5xe6} Qf5+ 22. Kb2 O-O-O {Seems a bit risky}
23. d6 exd6 (23... Qd7 $5 $14 {is interesting}) 24. cxd6 $16 Qf6+ 25. Kb1 Qf5+
26. Kc1 Qf6 $4 {but even a better move would not have saved the game} (26...
Kb8 27. d7 Qe6 28. Qd6+ Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Nb4 $18) 27. d7+ $18 Kb7 28. Bd4 Qe6 (
28... Rxd7 {does not improve anything} 29. Bxf6 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 $18) 29. Bxh8 (
29. Bxh8 Nb8 30. Qb4 Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Nxd7 32. Qxb5+ Kc7 33. Be5+ Nxe5 34. Qxe5+
Qd6 35. a6 Qxe5 36. fxe5 $18) 1-0

