[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Ng3 Bc8 17. b3 Re8 18. Rad1 Kf8 19. f4 Bb4 20. Kh2 Rb6 21.
Rf3 Rd6 22. Nh5 Re1 23. Rxe1 Bxe1 24. Re3 Bd2 25. Rg3 f5 26. Rf3 d4 27. Ng3 Rf6
28. a4 a5 29. Nf1 Bb4 30. Rf2 Bb7 31. Nd2 Bc3 32. Kg1 Bd5 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. bxc4
Rb6 35. Re2 Rb4 36. Re5 Rxa4 37. Rxf5 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 a4 39. Rc5 Re1 40. Rxc7 Re7
41. Rc8+ Re8 42. Rxe8+ Kxe8 43. c5 a3 44. Bc4 Ke7 45. Kf3 Bb4 46. c6 f6 47. Ke4
Kd6 48. Kf5 Bc3 49. h4 Bd2 50. g3 Be1 51. Kxf6 Bxg3 52. f5 $2 {Risky, and
objectively losing. It was not too late to switch back and make a draw.} (52.
h5 $1 Bxf4 53. Kf5 Bg3 (53... Be3 54. Bd5 Bg5 55. Ke4 {and even though White
will lose c6 eventually due to zugzwang, the resulting endgame is a draw as he
can comfortably defend all of his pawns.}) 54. Ke4 $11) 52... Bxh4+ 53. Kg7
Kxc6 54. Kxh6 (54. f6 Bxf6+ 55. Kxf6 Kc5 56. Bf7 Kb4 57. Kg6 (57. Ke5 Kc3 58.
Be6 h5 {the h-pawn simply marches forward, eventually causing the king to go
and catch it. Black captures on c2, pushes his d-pawn, forcing the bishop to
sacrifice itself for the pawn, leaving the a-pawn alone to queen.}) 57... Kc3 {
is losing for White. He cannot play Bb3 as d3 is crushing.} 58. Bb3 d3 $19)
54... Kc5 55. Be6 Kb4 56. Kh5 Bd8 57. Kg4 Kc3 58. Kf3 Kxc2 0-1

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8.
Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. c4 N5f6 14. Re1 O-O
15. Nh4 c5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Be5 19. Rb1 Rad8 20. Qe2 Bd4 21.
b4 Ncd7 22. Bb3 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. Qd3 Ba7 26. Bc3 Ng4 27. c5 Ndf6
28. Qf3 b6 29. h3 Nxf2 30. Qxf2 bxc5 31. Be5 Qe7 32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. Bd4 Bxd4 34.
Qxd4 Rfd8 35. Qf2 Rd3 36. Bc4 Rc3 37. Rbc1 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Rc8 39. Rc2 Qb4 40.
Bf1 Rxc2 41. Qxc2 Nd5 42. Qf2 Qb1 43. Kh2 Qb8 44. Bc4 Nf6 45. Qe3 Qc7 46. Be2
Nd5 47. Qd4 Ne7 48. Bd3 Nd5 49. Be4 Nf6 50. Bf3 Nd7 51. h4 Nf6 52. Qe3 Nd7 53.
h5 gxh5 54. Bxh5 Nf6 55. Bf3 Nd7 56. Qg5 Ne5 57. Be4 f5 58. Bf3 Qd6 59. Kh3 Nf7
60. Qg6 Qe7 61. Nh5 Ng5+ 62. Kg3 Nxf3 63. gxf3 Qf7 64. Qg5 e5 65. Qd8+ Kh7 66.
Qg5 Qg6 67. Kh4 e4 68. Qxg6+ Kxg6 69. f4 e3 70. Ng3 Kf6 71. Ne2 g6 72. Kg3 g5
73. fxg5+ Kxg5 74. Kf3 f4 75. Nxf4 e2 76. Kxe2 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Bf1 Be7 7. Nxe5 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 b6 14. Nf1 f6
15. Qc2 g6 16. Ng3 Nce7 17. Ne2 Qf7 18. h3 Bd7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Be6 21.
Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Qd7 26. Re1 Re8 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qb3+ Kg7 29. Qc4 c6 30. Qa6 Qd7 31. a4 Nd6 32. Nd2 Qe7 33. Kf1
h5 34. Qd3 Qe6 35. Qa6 Qd7 36. Qe2 b5 37. a5 Kf7 38. Nb3 Qe6 39. Nc5 Qxe2+ 40.
Kxe2 Nc4 41. a6 Ke7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 f5 44. g5 Nb6 45. Nd3 Nd5 46. Kd2 Kd6
47. Ne5 Ne7 48. f4 c5 49. Kd3 c4+ 50. Kd2 Kc7 51. Kc2 Kb6 52. Kd2 Kxa6 53. d5
Nxd5 54. Nxg6 Kb6 55. Nh4 Nxf4 56. g6 Nxg6 57. Nxg6 Kc5 58. Nh4 f4 59. Nf3 a5
60. Nd4 b4 61. Ne6+ Kb5 62. Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bxb4
axb4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 bxa3 11. Qb3 Bg4 12. Rxa3 Rb8 13. h3 Bh5 14. c5 Kh8 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 f6 17. Nxg6+ Nxg6 18. Ne4 Nh4 19. Ng3 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne7 21. h4
Qd7 22. f3 Nd5 23. Rfa1 Ne3+ (23... h5 $1 24. Nxh5 f5 $1 {and Black crashes
through, though this continuation is far from obvious - sacrificing a pawn
doesn't seem so logical, especially after White can close the position with 25.
g5, but that is not where his problems end.} 25. g5 f4 $1 26. Kf2 Qf7 $1 $19 {
Suddenly the knight on h5 is trapped!}) 24. Kf2 Qe7 25. Ra7 f5 $6 26. g5 e4 27.
Rxb7 Rxb7 $2 (27... Rbd8 $1 $19) 28. Qxb7 exd3 29. exd3 Nc2 $4 {Perhaps
overlooking White's defensive resources.} 30. Ra8 Re8 31. Qc8 (31. Qc8 $1 Qe1+
32. Kg2 {and the knight on e2 is very securely protecting his king!} Ne3+ 33.
Kh3 {and Black is getting mated, while Black has no immediate threats.}) 1-0

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Bf4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. f3 exf4 14. fxe4
fxe3 15. Ke2 Nxc5 16. Kxe3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Rhb1 Nc5 20. a4
O-O 21. Rb4 Rfe8 22. Ng3 g6 23. Kf3 Rcd8 24. Rd4 Nb3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ra3 Nd2+
27. Kf4 b6 28. Ra1 Nc4 29. Rb1 Rd3 30. Rb4 Rxc3 31. Ne2 Rc2 32. Nd4 Rc1 33. Nc6
a5 34. Rb3 Ra1 35. Ne7+ Kg7 36. Nd5 Rxa4 37. Nxb6 Nxb6 38. Rxb6 f5 39. Rb7+ Kh6
40. h4 Rxe4+ 41. Kg3 Rg4+ 42. Kh3 Rb4 43. Ra7 Rb3+ 44. Kh2 Ra3 45. g3 Ra2+ 46.
Kh3 a4 47. Ra5 Ra1 48. g4 Ra3+ 49. Kg2 fxg4 50. Rg5 Ra2+ 51. Kg3 Ra1 52. Kg2 a3
53. Rxg4 Rb1 54. Ra4 Rb2+ 55. Kg3 a2 56. Ra7 g5 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58. Ra4 h5 59.
Kh3 Kf5 60. Kh4 Rc2 61. Ra3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qc7
9. Ba3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 f4 14. c5 Bg4 15. b4
Nd7 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Rad1 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 b5 21. h4 Nb6
22. h5 {The pair of bishops is only an advantage when those bishops have long
diagonals to breathe in. Here it is clear that they are shut out, and Black
has a powerful knight to coordinate with his a-rook!} Nc4 23. hxg6 Ra3 $1 {
It's not necessary to take on g6! Caruana pushes his initiative forward.} 24.
Qc2 fxg3 25. Rd3 (25. fxg3 Ne3 $17 (25... Qa7+ $1 $19)) 25... Qa7 $1 {The
coordination of Black is impressive. His attack on the kingside is very strong,
even though he only has one rook on that side of the board! (The bishop
doesn't really count as it is not part of the attack yet).} 26. Qd1 Rxa2 27.
Rd7 Qxf2+ $1 {Flashy but not the only way to win...} (27... gxf2+ 28. Kh2 Qe3
$19) 28. Rxf2 gxf2+ 29. Kh1 Ne3 {Attacking the queen and threatening f1} 30.
Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 {White is out of resources, for example:} (31... Kg8
32. Qb3+ Nc4 33. Kg2 Rb2 $1 $19 (33... Rxf3 34. Qxf3 f1=Q+ 35. Kxf1 Nd2+ {is
also very good.})) 0-1

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bb3
Bb6 9. d4 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. dxe5 $5 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nh7 13. e6 $1 fxe6
14. Qxg4 {is very, very unclear.}) 11... gxf3 12. exf6 fxg2 13. Bxf7+ $5 {
Exposing the king to checks by sacrificing a piece!} (13. Rg1 {is logical,
with a position that is very difficult to evaluate.}) 13... Kxf7 14. Qh5+ Ke6 (
14... Kxf6 {keeps the game going, and even though Black is up a bishop it
looks extremely risky. A computer might win this game, but in blitz it seems
suicidal as it is difficult to find the necessary defensive resources.}) 15.
Qf5+ (15. Qg4+ Kf7 $11) 15... Kf7 16. Qh5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Ne1 Bb7 13. Nd3 Rhd8 14.
Nxc5 Nxc5 15. f3 Nd3 16. Nc4 Nxc1 17. Raxc1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 b5 19. Na5 Rb8 20.
Kf2 Ba8 21. Rc1 Kd6 22. e4 Nd7 23. Ke3 f6 24. Bd3 Ne5 25. Bb1 Nc6 26. Nb3 e5
27. a3 a5 28. Ba2 a4 29. Nc5 Nd4 30. Na6 Rf8 31. Nb4 f5 32. exf5 Nxf5+ 33. Ke2
e4 34. f4 Nd4+ 35. Ke3 Nf5+ 36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Kd2 Bb7 38. Rd1 Kc5 39. Rc1+ Kd6
40. g3 g5 41. fxg5 Nf3+ 42. Ke2 Nxh2 43. Rd1+ Ke5 44. Rd7 Ba8 45. Rxh7 Ng4 46.
Re7+ Kd6 47. Rf7 Rxf7 48. Bxf7 Ke5 49. Bh5 Nh2 50. Nc2 Kf5 51. g6 Kf6 52. Nd4
Bd5 53. Kf2 Kg5 54. Be2 Kxg6 55. Nxb5 Kf5 56. Nc3 Bc6 57. Bd1 Ng4+ 58. Bxg4+
Kxg4 59. Ke3 Kxg3 60. Nxe4+ Kg2 61. Nc3 Kf1 62. Kd4 Ke1 63. Kc5 Be8 64. Kb4 Kd2
65. Nxa4 Kc2 66. b3 1-0

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qc2 Qb6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Na4 Qc7 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Re1+ Ne4 14.
Nc5 f5 15. Nd3 O-O 16. Nfe5 c5 17. f3 cxd4 18. Qxc7 Bxc7 19. Nc6 Bb7 20. Ne7+
Kh8 21. Bf4 Bb6 22. Rac1 Rf7 23. Nc6 a5 24. Be5 Ba6 25. Rcd1 Rc8 26. Bxd4 Bxd3
27. Rxd3 Rxc6 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Rxd5 h6 31. Re2 Rbf6 32. Rd1 e3
33. Rxe3 Rf2 34. Rb3 Rc2 35. h3 Kh7 36. a4 Rc4 37. Ra3 Rf5 38. Rd2 Rb4 39. Kh2
Rg5 40. b3 Re5 41. Rd3 Re2 42. Ra1 Rb2 43. Re1 R2xb3 44. Rxb3 Rxb3 45. Re5 g5
46. Rxa5 Ra3 47. Ra6 h5 48. Kg1 Ra2 49. Kf1 h4 50. a5 Kg7 51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. Ra8
Kg7 53. a6 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 7. b3 g6 8.
Bb2 e5 9. c4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Nd5 Nb8 13. a3 Nc6 14. b4 b6 15.
Bc1 f5 16. b5 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. a4 Nxd5 21. Qxd5+
Kg7 22. Ra2 Qc7 23. Nd2 Rcd8 24. Ne4 Qf7 25. Nc3 e4 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Nxe4 d5
28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. a5 dxc4 30. dxc4 Rd4 31. Rc1 Rfd7 32. Kf1 h5 33. g3 R7d6 34.
h4 Re4 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ra8 Kf7 37. Rc3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Rd7 39. Rb8 Re6 40. Re3
Rf6 41. Ree8 Rd2 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rbg8+ Kf7 45. Rf8+ Ke7 46. Rxf6
Kxf6 47. Rb8 Rd6 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Rf8+ Ke5 50. Ke3 Rd4 51. Rb8 Rd6 52. Rc8 Re6
53. Rc6 $1 {World Champion technique: even in blitz Anand is able to quickly
evaluate that this is a winning pawn endgame. Black has no choice but to take.}
Rxc6 54. bxc6 Kd6 55. f4 $1 Kxc6 56. g4 $1 Kd6 (56... hxg4 57. f5 Kd7 58. fxg6
Ke7 59. Kf4 {is hopeless as Black cannot break through on b5:} b5 60. cxb5 c4
61. g7 Kf7 62. b6 c3 63. b7 c2 64. g8=Q+ Kxg8 65. b8=Q+ {a typical technique:
The pawn promotes with check and wins the race.}) 57. gxh5 gxh5 58. Ke4 Ke7 59.
Ke5 Kf7 60. f5 Ke7 61. f6+ Kf7 62. Kf5 {the pawn endgame is completely
hopeless.} 1-0

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Rad1 Be6 14. Ne2
Be7 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. b3 Ne4 17. Bf4 Rb4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qg3 Qc8 20. c4 c5 21.
Nc2 Rb6 22. Bd6 Bf6 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Rd2 Bd4 25. Rxd4 $1 {A very nice
positional sacrifice. White, by giving up a rook, destroys the pair of bishops,
creates threats against his opponent king, creates a passed pawn and obtains a
strong dark-squared initiative. Who needs a miserable rook when you can have
all that for it!?} cxd4 26. Be5 f6 27. Bxd4 (27. Bxf6 Qd7 {is not so clear.})
27... Ra6 28. Bxf6 Qb7 29. Be5 Rxa2 30. Rd1 Rf8 31. c5 Qf7 32. Rf1 $6 (32. Rd6
$1 {is very strong as Rxe6 is a far more serious threat than anything on f2,
that being said it is not the easiest move to see in blitz.} Bxb3 (32... Rxf2
33. Rxe6 $18) 33. Nf5 $1 $18) 32... Bxb3 33. Ng4 Ra6 34. Bd6 $1 Qe6 35. Bxf8
Kxf8 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Ne5+ Kf6 38. f4 {The attack is clearly decisive.} 1-0

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Nd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Re8 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. Nc4 Ng6 12. a4 Be6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. d4 Qf6
15. d5 Bd7 16. a5 c5 17. Kh2 Qd8 18. Ne2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 Bd7 21. b4
cxb4 22. Qd2 b3 23. cxb3 Qh4 24. Rfc1 Rac8 25. f3 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Ne4
Rcd8 28. Rc7 Bf5 29. Qd4 Re5 30. Nf2 Qg3+ 31. Kg1 Re2 32. Kf1 Rde8 33. Rac1 h5
34. Rxb7 R8e3 35. Rxg7+ Qxg7 36. Qxf4 Re5 37. g4 Bg6 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Qc4 Re7
40. Qf4 Qb2 41. Qg3 Bd3 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
f3 Bb7 15. Qf2 Re8 16. d4 h6 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. c3 Nh4 19. Bd3 Ng6 20. Re1 Rxe1+
21. Qxe1 Qe6 22. Qxe6 dxe6 23. c4 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke8 25. Bc2 Ne7 26. g4 Ba6 27.
Bd3 f6 28. h4 c6 29. Bb4 b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Bc2 Kf7 32. Bc5 Nc8 33. b3 g5 34.
h5 Ba6 35. Bg6+ Kg7 36. a4 Nb6 37. Be4 Nd5 38. Bxa7 Bc8 39. Bd3 f5 40. Bb8 Kf7
41. Be5 Nf6 42. Be2 Nd5 43. Ke1 1-0

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 f5 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Na6 9. b4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 d5 12. b5 Nc7 13. e3 Bf5 14. bxc6 bxc6 15.
Qa4 Rf6 16. Ba3 Bd7 17. Qa5 Bf8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rb7 Rc6 20. Rc1 e6 21. Nb3
Bxa3 22. Qxa3 Nb5 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxb5 Bxb5 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. Bh3 Bd7 27. Qa5
Bc8 28. Qb5 Kf7 29. Bxe6+ Ke7 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Qb7+ Rc7 32. Qb3 Rc6 33. Qa4
Qc7 34. Kg2 Qb6 35. h4 Rc7 36. Qd1 Qf6 37. Qb3 Qc6 38. Qb8 Rc8 39. Qxa7+ Qc7
40. Qa4 Qc6 41. Qa7+ Qc7 42. Qa6 Qc6 43. Qe2 Ra8 44. h5 Kf7 45. a4 Qf6 {By all
means it is clear that White is the one pushin for a win. He has two pawns for
his exchange, and the safer king. However Black should be ok as White's knight
must stay on c5 to defend the a4 pawn and there is no clear way to add
pressure on the kingside.} 46. Qg4 Kg8 47. hxg6 hxg6 48. Nd7 Qf5 49. Qxf5 gxf5
{With the treate of bishops a draw is the most likely result.} 50. Nb6 (50.
Nf6+ Kf7 51. Nxd5 Rxa4 $11) 50... Ra5 51. g4 Kf7 52. gxf5 Kf6 53. Nd7+ $6 (53.
f3 {it was about time to settle down for the draw. Exchanging some pawns makes
the draw trivial.}) 53... Kxf5 54. Nc5 Kg4 55. Kf1 $2 {Too passive! This gives
Black excellent winning chances by swinging his rook to the kingside.} Kf3 56.
Ke1 (56. Nd7 {was necessary, with the small threat of 57.Ne5 mate!} Kg4 57. Kg2
$1 $11) 56... Ra8 {Now it is all over. The White king must abandon f2 and the
a4-pawn provides no counterplay.} 57. Kf1 Rb8 58. Ke1 Rb1+ 59. Kd2 Kxf2 60. a5
Ra1 61. a6 Ra2+ 62. Kc3 Kxe3 {The rest is trivial.} 63. Kb3 Ra1 64. Kb2 Ra5 65.
Kc3 Kf2 66. Kb4 Ra1 67. Kb5 e3 68. Nd3+ Ke2 69. Nf4+ Kf3 70. Nd3 e2 71. Kb6 Ke3
72. Nb4 Rb1 73. Kc5 Rxb4 0-1

[Event "4th Zurich CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]

1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 d4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Ng3 Nf4 13. O-O g6 14. Bc1 Ne6 15. Bh6
Re8 16. Qd2 f6 17. Kh1 a5 18. h3 Qe7 19. Qd1 Nd8 20. Bd2 Nf7 21. Nh2 f5 22.
exf5 gxf5 23. f4 exf4 24. Nh5 Ra7 25. Re1 Ne5 26. Bxf4 Qh4 $2 (26... Qf7 $13 {
The game continues with a very unclear position.}) 27. Bg3 $2 {Nakamura
doesn't see the blow at first...} Qg5 28. Bf4 Qh4 $2 (28... Qg6 $1 29. Nf3 Qxh5
$11) 29. g3 $1 {Now it is clear that the queen cannot take on h3 because of
the fork on e8, and it must retreat to a losing square.} Qd8 (29... Qxh3 30.
Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 Ng4 32. Re2 {is not even close to compensation for the
"sacrificed" rook.}) 30. Nf3 $1 {The ping down the e-file is lethal!} (30. Nf3
{There is no good way of defending the e5 knight.} Rae7 (30... Nxf3 31. Rxe8+
Qxe8 32. Nf6+ $18) 31. Nf6+ $18) 1-0

