4/29/2014 – Only one round remains in Shamkir and nothing has been written. Carlsen and Caruana lead with 5.5 and their closest competitors are one point away. The matchup tomorrow is Carlsen-Caruana, which will determine the winner of the tournament. Today the Italian took out Mamedyarov while Carlsen tried for over 100 moves to beat Radjabov, but in the end he was unsuccessful.
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The Vugar Gashimov Memorial, is being held in Shamkir, Azerbaijan, from the 20th to 30th of April, in memory of the great Vugar Gashimov, who passed away on the 10th of January 2014. The tournament is divided into two groups. The A Group features six players: World Champion Magnus Carlsen (2881), Fabiano Caruana (2783), Sergey Karjakin (2772), Hikaru Nakamura (2772), and the two Azeri players Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2760) and Teimour Radjabov (2713). The B group consists of ten players, the top five seeds from various countries and the bottom five are all from Azerbaijan.
Round Nine
Round 9 – 29.04.14
Caruana
1-0
Mamedyarov
Radjabov
½-½
Carlsen
Karjakin
½-½
Nakamura
Daniel King shows the game Caruana vs Mamedyarov
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
A long and tense game; Caruana was always the one with the upper hand, but he had to work very hard to make his advantage count.
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1.e4
1,176,060
54%
2421
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1.d4
953,870
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
284,205
56%
2440
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1.c4
183,539
56%
2442
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1.g3
19,814
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,497
54%
2428
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1.f4
5,930
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,864
50%
2384
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1.b4
1,777
48%
2379
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1.a3
1,245
54%
2406
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1.e3
1,076
49%
2409
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1.d3
964
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
465
54%
2381
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1.c3
436
51%
2426
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
117
59%
2462
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
92
67%
2511
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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Please, wait...
1.d4d52.c4c63.Nf3Nf64.e3This variation of the Slav is experiencing a serious revival. Its solid approach and the fact that no fully equalizing line has been found make it a dangerous weapon.Bg45.Nc3e66.h3Bh57.Qb3Qb68.Nh4This has been the reason for the resurgence of e3. White play for the typical advantage of the two bishops, although it will be a long game to try to exploit this.g59.Nf3h610.Ne5Nfd7Securing that Black will not lose the pair of bishops for now, but the move is rather passive.10...Nbd711.g4Nxe512.dxe5obviously doesn't work since the knight on f6 is under attack.11.Nd3Bg612.h4Rg813.hxg513.Bd2Grandelius-Carmling, 2009. A game that was eventually drawn.13...hxg514.Bd2dxc4This simplification of the center usually favors White. Black normally tries to keep the tension.14...Na615.f3Bg7looked possible.15.Qxc4Qa616.Nc1Qxc417.Bxc4Nb618.Be2N8d719.e4Be720.Nb3f521.f3a522.a4 White enjoys a very small advantage. He has more space and it is easier to maneuver his pieces. It is easier also to find moves for White than for Black, and in this practical aspect the tables can turn even more in White's favor.e5!?Trying to force matters, very much in the style of Mamedyarov.23.exf5Bf7?!23...Bxf5seemed better.24.Ne4Nd525.0-0-024.Bd1Nc4 Now Black is playing for compensation. If White is forced to be passive than Black will be fine, but Caruana will not comply.25.Ne425.Bc1exd426.Nxd4Nc5gives Black good play.25...g425...Nxd226.Nbxd2!exd427.Bb3!White will follow with g4 securing his passed pawn on f5 while keeping a blockade on Black's own passers on the light-squares.26.Bc3gxf327.gxf30-0-028.Kf2exd429.Nxd4White has emerged up a pawn and Black has some activity to show for it. It just doesn't seem to be enough.Nc530.Be2Nxe4+A sad necessity, the knight on e4 was too strong.31.fxe4Nd232.Bxd2Rxd433.Ke3Bc534.Bc3!Not afraid of any ghosts! There is not particularly dangerous discovery.34.Rac1Re8!35.Rxc5Rdxe4+36.Kd3Rxe237.Rxa5Rf2seems difficult to win.34...Rg3+34...Rxa4+35.Kf4and White's pawns on e4 and f5 are very scary, despite the restored material balance.35.Kf2Rxc3!36.bxc3Rxe4+37.Ke1Bc438.Rh2Re5?!Going after the f-pawn does not work.38...Bd6!39.Rg2Be5!Playing for positional compensation put more practical difficulties on White who cannot untangle easily:40.Kf1Bd5!=Black has serious threats in this position.39.f6Bxe2?This gives away a pawn, basically.39...Re640.f7Kc7! A difficult move for any human. The point is that Black will calmly move the rook from e6 and take on f7 with his bishop.40.Rxe2Rf541.Re8+Kc742.Ra8Black has no time to defend b6 in this variation.Bf2+42...b643.Ra7+Kd644.f7Ke645.Kd2+-42...Bb643.Rf8secures the f-pawn.43.Ke2Bh444.f7Rxf745.Rxa5This endgame seems difficult to win due to the reduced amount of material and the defensive possibilities of the bishop, but Caruana breaks Mamedyarov's barricade rather effortlessly.Rf2+46.Ke3Rc247.Ra3Be748.Rb3Ra249.Re5Bd650.Rf5!The attack on b7 will decide the game.Kb851.Rf7Bc752.Rb4Rh253.Kd3Rg254.Re4Rg3+55.Kc2!Of course White is not interested in trading rooks. The battery on the 7th is decisive.Ba556.Ree7A strange moment to resign.56.Ree7Rxc3+57.Kb2Rc5!Maybe Mamedyarov missed this move?58.Rxb7+Kc859.Ra7Kb860.Rae7Rd5!Or this one?61.Re8+Rd8!62.Rxd8+Bxd8This is a win for White according to the tablebases, but White has to avoid a few tricks and know some concrete ideas.1–0
Tied at first: Fabiano Caruana, tomorrow's game will determine everything
Mamedyarov will finish against Karjakin, hoping to score at least a second win
Karjakin, Sergey ½-½Nakamura, Hikaru
Another King's Indian Defense in this tournament, but thist one was not as double-edged as Carlsen-Radjabov. Instead here Nakamura managed to quickly exchange his dark-squared bishop for his opponent's and after the queen trade White's space advantage was just symbolic. Further breakthroughs and simplification on both the kingside and the queenside resulted in a fought draw.
Sergey "Solid" Karjakin
Nakamura has been playing his usual hard fought chess in this tournament, with ups and downs
Radjabov, Teimour ½-½Carlsen, Magnus
A close Zaitsev variation of the Spanish. Long maneuvers, very little accomplished in a very long time. White should have been better at some point with his control of the a-file but it didn't result in much. With all the heavy pieces traded it seemed as if the players could shake hands and agree to a draw, but Carlsen pressed on infinitely in a position that did not promise anything and the game was drawn after over 100 moves.
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