[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]

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. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Bd7 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Rad1 Ke8 13. a3 Be7 14.
Rfe1 Rd8 15. Ne4 b6 16. Bc1 Kf8 17. Neg5 Be8 18. Nd4 Rd5 19. Nf5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5
Nxe5 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Re1 f6 23. Nf3 Bg6 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Rxe5+ Kf7 26. Bg5
Re8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. c3 Kd7 29. Bf4 Bc2 30. g4 a5 31. Kg2 a4 32. Kg3 b5 33.
Be5 g6 34. Kf4 Ke6 35. Bxc7 h6 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Bf4 h5 38. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Bf3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c3 Bg6 15.
a5 f5 16. Ra4 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Ra2 Nc4 19. Bc1 a5 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Ra3 a4
22. c4 Bf6 {Something has clearly gone wrong for White. His development is far
from ideal, Black's position is active and he has pressure on the queenside as
well as expansion possibilities on the center/kingside. Nakamura senses the
danger and tries to change the landscape.} 23. g4 $1 {Weakning the kingside
horribly, but obtaining control over e4.} Bg5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Rc3 Nd7 $6 {
Missing a computer-like win.} (25... a3 $1 26. bxa3 (26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. bxa3 Bh3
28. Re1 Qf7 {and there is no good way of meeting the threat of Bxd2.}) 26...
Na4 27. Rb3 Nc5 28. Rc3 Qa5 {and defending the rook on c3 is impossible.}) 26.
b4 axb3 27. Nxb3 Bxc1 28. Qxc1 Nc5 $2 {This is probably the big error in
Giri's game. He should have kept the pieces, maybe start eyeing the f4 square
with Nf6 or something similar. The trades allow Nakamura to release the
pressure and simplify into a drawn endgame.} 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31.
Rxe3 Rfc8 32. Be2 g6 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4 Re8 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Kf2 Kg7 37.
Bg4 Re5 38. Bxf5 Rxf5 39. Rxf5 gxf5 40. Ke3 Kg6 41. Kd4 Kf6 42. c5 dxc5+ 43.
Kxc5 Ke7 44. d6+ Kd7 45. Kd5 f4 46. Ke4 Kxd6 47. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 {The four knights is a surprisingly
unpopular version of avoiding the Berlin, mainly due to the fact that Black
has plenty of options that supposedly give him an acceptable game.} Bd6 {
ultra solid. The point is that the bishop will retreat to f8 eventually or
move to c5 when e5 is properly defended.} 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. a3 {I can't
find any super-high level example of this move, though I suppose it does make
sense to clear up a2 for the bishop in case it needs it.} h6 8. Bc4 Bc5 9. Be3
Bxe3 10. fxe3 d6 {In this position Black's rook would rather be on f8. White
has a couple of extra tempi, but somehow I feel Black is solid enough to be ok.
} 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Nf5 Bxc4 $6 {Even though it is natural to break up the
structure, Black's position is so underdeveloped and the pressure on the
kingside is mounting at such an alarming rate that this trade may already be
too ambitious.} (12... Nb8 {immediately was probably a safer choice}) 13. dxc4
Kh7 $2 (13... Re6 {trying to hold on to the kingside, was been better.}) 14.
Qf3 $1 {Anand smells blood!} (14. Nd5 {was also good enough for a big
initiative, but it was not as accurate.}) 14... Nb8 {With the idea of
solidifying the kingside with Nb8-d7. But this is too late.} (14... Ng8 {
is a sad move to make, but might have already been necessary. After} 15. c5 {
clearly White stands better.} (15. Qg3 $5)) 15. Nxh6 $1 Kxh6 (15... gxh6 16.
Qxf6 Qxf6 17. Rxf6 Kg7 18. Raf1 {is hopeless. White is too active and has an
extra pawn.}) 16. Qh3+ Kg6 (16... Nh5 17. Rxf7 (17. g4 {are both winning
easily.})) 17. Rf3 {not the only winning move, actually, but the most exact.
White threatens Rg3+ or Qf5+ and Rh3.} Nh5 18. Rf5 Nf6 19. Qh4 {Black gets
mated next move.} 1-0

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]

1. e4 e6 {It's unusual to see Nakamura play a French...} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {
Though most French players will tell you that if they know white will play 3.
e5 for sure, they would play the French all day every day!} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3
Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 {I've never beelieved in the lines that involve Bxh6
against the French, even though the great advance French expert, Grischuk,
used it against Caruana kind of recently. (In a blitz game, in which he lost!).
} cxd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 Rg8 11. h3 (11. g3 {Grischuk-Caruana,
2014 Dubai Blitz WCH}) 11... h5 12. g3 h4 13. g4 Be7 14. Be2 f6 {Pretty
typical French stuff. Black has the pair of bishops and is fighting to break
open the center.} 15. b5 Nd8 {Making way for f7. The knight has plenty of
potential from there.} (15... Na5 $5) (15... Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 fxe5 {
is a bit too optimistic, but not suicidal by any means.}) 16. Qd3 Rg7 17. Nc3
Nf7 18. O-O $6 {This is so brave, it definitely crosses the line into foolish.
Why castle into it?} (18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qe3 $15) 18... h5 (18... fxe5 19. Nxe5
Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rc8 $17 {was probably stronger, leaving h5 for a later moment
while finishing the development of the queenside. We will see soon how this is
important.}) 19. Na4 Qd8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nc5 hxg4 22. hxg4 b6 (22... Rxg4+
23. Kh1 {leaves Black's position a tad awkward as White does have a lot of
threats here, including the pawns on e6 and b7.}) 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Kh1 Rc8 25.
Rc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Nd6 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Ne4 29. Kg2 Nc5 30. Rh1 Qe7 31. Qc1
Rh7 32. Qe3 Qg7 33. Rc1 Qf8 {It seems that White has managed to stabilize his
position.} 34. a4 (34. f3 $11) 34... Rf7 35. f3 Rf4 36. Rxc5 $4 {This move is
so hard to understand. Perhaps Shirov thought he had adequare counterplay with
his passed pawns?} bxc5 37. a5 h3+ (37... Rb4 {is also totally winning...
Black is just up the exchange.}) 38. Kg3 $2 h2 39. Kxh2 Qh6+ 40. Kg2 Rxg4+ {
costs White a queen.} 0-1

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. d4 Ne4 8. c3
f5 9. Ne1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd3 Ng6 12. c4 Be6 13. cxd5 Nxd2 14. dxe6 Nxf1
15. Kxf1 c6 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Qc4 Kh8 18. Be3 Qc7 19. f4 Rad8 20. Rc1 Bf6 21. Qb4
Rfe8 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Bb6 Qc8 24. Bd5 Nf8 25. Bb3 Nxe6 26. a4 Nf8 27. Nc5 Nd7
28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Bc2 g6 32. b4 Rae8 33. Bd8 Rf7 34.
Bb6 Rfe7 35. Bd8 Rf7 36. Bb3 Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Bxf7 Be7 39. b5 cxb5 40.
axb5 Kg7 41. Bd5 b6 42. Kg2 g5 43. Kf3 gxf4 44. Kxf4 Kf6 45. Bc4 Bd6+ 46. Kf3
h6 47. Bd3 Ke5 48. h3 Kf6 49. Bc2 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 h6
9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Qf7 14. g3 Nd7 15.
Kg2 a5 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rf1 Qd7 18. b3 Ne7 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Rb1 Nc6
22. Ncd2 Rab8 23. d4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Na6 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. Nf3 Nb4
28. Qc4 Rbe8 29. Rc1 Rf7 {The position is relatively level. Black's strong
knight on b4 has a comfortable outpost, but White enjoys more space and some
pressure against c7.} 30. Nd2 Ref8 31. f4 $6 (31. Rf1 {should keep the balance,
but Giri gets too ambitious.}) 31... e5 $1 {The Dutch player must have
underestimated this move. White has no good way of dealing with this break.}
32. Nf3 (32. fxe5 d5 33. exd5 (33. Qe2 Rf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qxd4 {
is also very bad.}) 33... Rf2+ 34. Kh1 Rxd2 {is an extra piece for Black.}) (
32. dxe5 Qxe3 {is impossible.}) (32. f5 exd4 $17) 32... exf4 33. gxf4 d5 $1 34.
exd5 Qd6 $1 {Black is in no hurry: with the powerful blockade over the d5 pawn
and the weakness on f4 he is almost winning, the king on g2 is too exposed.}
35. Ne5 Rxf4 36. Kg1 Kh7 37. Rg3 R8f5 38. Rg4 Qf6 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. Rf1 Qg5+
41. Kh2 Re4 {When you're attacking, don't trade pieces} 42. Nf3 Qf4+ 43. Kg2
Re3 44. Qc1 Re2+ 45. Kh1 Qg3 {White is soon getting mated. A nice start for
Anand!} 0-1

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Kh1 Qd7
15. Qg4 Rad8 16. Be3 Bd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxa7 Nxc2 20. Rxb7
Rxd3 21. h4 Nd4 22. b4 Ne6 23. Rc1 Ra8 24. b5 cxb5 25. Rxb5 Rad8 26. f3 h5 27.
Kh2 Nf4 28. Rc5 R8d7 {The position is about level. Black's pieces do seem more
active and White's knight has to guard the d2 square as Rd2 seems pretty fatal
if allowed.} 29. Na3 $2 {What did I just say?} Rd2 30. R1c2 Nxg2 31. Rxc7 Ne3+
32. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 33. Kh3 Rf2 34. Kg3 Rxb2 {Black's up a pawn and White's
position is in ruins. The rest should be easy... or one would think} 35. Rc1 f5
$2 (35... Rg2+ 36. Kh3 Ra2 37. Nc4 Ng2 {is disastrous for White.}) 36. Nc4 f4+
37. Kh3 Rf2 38. Nxe5 Nf1 {Kramnik might have looked this far and considered
his position winning, but unfortunately for him White still has resources.} 39.
Rxf1 Rxf1 40. Kg2 Ra1 41. Ng6 {Lo and behold: this endgame is actually a draw.
Black has no way of making progress.} Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kg1
Kf7 45. Nxf4 g6 46. Ng2 Kf6 47. Kh2 Ke5 48. Kg3 Ra1 49. Nf4 Kd4 50. Kg2 Ra2+
51. Kg3 Ra1 52. Kg2 Ra8 53. Kf2 Ra6 54. Ne2+ Ke5 55. Kg3 Rf6 56. Kf2 Rf8 57.
Kg3 Rf7 58. Kf2 Ra7 59. Kg3 Ra8 60. Nf4 Rg8 61. Ne2 g5 62. hxg5 Rxg5+ 63. Kh4
Rg2 64. Ng3 Rh2+ 65. Kg5 h4 66. f4+ Ke6 67. Nf5 h3 68. Kg4 Rh1 69. Ng3 Rh2 70.
e5 Rf2 71. Ne4 Rg2+ 72. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nf1 f5 11. Ng3 fxe4 12. Bb3+ Kh8 13. Ng5 $5 {going for
complications!} (13. Nxe4 {was perfectly possible}) 13... Nf4 {there wasn't
much of a choice} 14. Nf7+ Rxf7 15. Bxf7 Qf8 16. Bb3 exd3 {White is up the
exchange for now, but Black has two pawns (though d3 looks kind of weak) and
some activity. It's hard to say who I would rather be, even with the help of
computers.} 17. Bc4 d5 18. Bxd3 e4 (18... Be6 {keeps more compensation}) 19.
Bf1 (19. Bc2 Be6 20. Nxe4 $1 {is a strong tactical point the players might
have missed}) 19... g5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxe4 Ne5 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Ng5 (23. f3
$5) 23... Bf5 24. Qd5 c6 25. Qa5 {Somehow I don't believe much in this queen
maneuver all the way to a5.} b5 26. Rad1 Qe7 27. Ne4 Rg8 {Black's pieces are
swarmin the kingside and Anand needs to find a way to defend quickly.} 28. Nd6
$6 {This loses an exchange} Bc2 29. Qd2 (29. Rd2 Nf3+ 30. gxf3 Bd4+ 31. Kh1
Qxe1 {collects the house}) 29... Bxd1 30. Qxd1 Rf8 31. Ne4 f3 32. g3 Rd8 33.
Qc1 Nd3 $6 {a bit rushed, Black could have kept the pawn and the pressure with
other moves, such as Qe6.} 34. Bxd3 cxd3 35. Qxc6 Bxb2 36. Kf1 Qd7 37. Qxd7
Rxd7 38. Rd1 {Black is winning here, but it requires some technique} Rd5 (38...
b4 $1 39. Ng5 (39. Nc5 Rd5 40. Nxd3 Bc3 {is a permanent tpin as if White plays}
41. Nb2 Ra5 {is decisive.}) 39... a5 40. Nxf3 a4 41. Nd2 Rc7 {(other moves
work too) and Black should be winning. The threat is b3 and a3.}) 39. Nd2 b4
40. Nxf3 Bc3 41. Ne1 d2 42. Nf3 Ra5 43. Nxd2 Rxa2 44. Ne4 {Unforunately for
Shirov this approach was too slow. White has sufficient counterplay here.} a5
45. Nxc3 bxc3 46. Rc1 Ra3 47. Ke2 a4 48. Rc2 Rb3 49. Kd3 a3 50. Kc4 a2 51. Rxa2
Rb2 52. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Ne5 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 Be7 14. f4 b6
15. Kf2 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Be2 O-O 18. Bf3 c5 19. Ng3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ba6 21.
Ne4 Bd3 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nd5 exd5 24. Rxd3 d4 25. exd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27.
Ke2 f6 28. Kd3 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rc8 30. Rd1 Bg5 31. Ke4 Be3 32. Rd3 Kf7 33. Ra3
Rc7 34. Be2 Ke7 35. Ra4 Bc1 36. Rxd4 Bxb2 37. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 a5
9. Nc3 Ne4 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Qd2 a4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
b4 Bc8 16. e4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bb5 19. Rac1 e6 20. a3 Qd6 21. Bb2
Rfd8 22. Red1 Rac8 23. Rc5 Qb8 24. Rdc1 Qb7 25. Qg5 h6 26. Qf4 Qd7 27. Bf3 {
White's a bit better. Black is somewhat passive and it's hard to make moves,
but on the other hand Giri's position is super solid.} g5 $6 {After this,
Giri's position is not super solid.} 28. Qe3 Rc7 29. Qc3 (29. h4 gxh4 30. Qf4
$1 {Was already dangerous as the pawn cannot be taken} hxg3 31. Rxb5 $18) 29...
Rdc8 30. Be4 Qd6 31. Bb1 Kf8 32. Qc2 Ke7 (32... Bxd4 {had to be tried, but it
does look suicidal:} 33. Rd1 e5 34. Rxe5 {and I have a hard time believing
that the computer move c5!?!? actually holds.}) 33. Re1 Kf8 34. d5 $1 {A nice
breakthrough. Black's position completely collapses now} e5 (34... cxd5 35.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Rxb5 $18) 35. Rc1 Bf6 36. Qf5 Bg7 37. dxc6 Bxc6 38.
Qc2 Qe6 39. Qf5 Qd6 40. Ba2 $6 (40. Qd3 $1 {claims a piece, for example} Ke7
41. Qc3 {and Bf5} Qe6 42. b5) 40... Be8 41. Qxc8 Rxc8 42. Rxc8 Qd2 $2 {Losing
on the spot} (42... e4 $5) 43. R1c7 Qxb2 44. Rxf7+ Kg8 45. Rxe8+ Kh7 46. Bd5
1-0

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]

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. Nc3 Be7 10. h3 Nh4 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 h5 14. Ne4
h4 15. Be3 a6 16. c4 Rh5 17. Rd3 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Rf1 Bd7 20. f5 Ne5 21.
Rc3 Kf7 22. Bf4 Rd8 {Not your usual Berlin, but you can see all of the typical
things about it: White has more pawns on the kingside, Black has the pair of
bishops. This particular version looks pretty bad for White: his pawn on f5 is
weak, h4 controls the remaining kingside and it's hard to even make a move.}
23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Nf3 Bxf5 25. Nxh4 (25. Nxe5+ Ke6 {leaves both of White's
knights hanging}) 25... Bxh4 26. g4 Ke7 27. gxf5 Rd4 28. Nc5 Rd2 {White's
second rank is too weak now} 29. Kh1 (29. Rd3 Rg5+ 30. Kh1 Rgg2 $17) 29... Rxb2
30. Rd3 Bf6 31. Ne4 Rh4 {White has nothing to show for his material deficit
and more pawns are about to fall on the queenside.} 32. Re3 Rxa2 33. Rb1 b6 34.
Rbe1 Rc2 35. c5 b5 36. Ra3 Rf4 37. Rxa6 Bh4 38. f6+ Kf7 {The rook on e1 is
overloaded defending the mate on f1 and the knight on e4. Game over.} 0-1

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Be6 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e3 d4 13. exd4 exd4 14. c5 Bxc5
15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Nd2 Kg7 18. Qb5 Bb6 19. Qd3 Rc7 20. Be4 Rhc8 21.
Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qe5 24. Nd2 f5 25. Bg2 Qc5 26. b3 Qc2 27. Nc4
Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Bd5 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 O-O 9. Bg5 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. Nc2 Qg4 14. d4
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bg4 16. Rd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. Re1 Rd7 19. h3 Bh5 20. Be2
Bxe2 21. Rexe2 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Rd8 24. Re7 Rxd4 25. Rxc7 Rb4 26. b3
a5 27. g3 b5 28. Kg2 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Rc2 Ra3 31. Rb2 Kg7 32. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 {At some
point people wanted to call this the Aronian variations, as Levon had quite a
bit of success with it.} c6 8. h3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc8 14. Rfc1 Qb7 15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Bd8 18. Nb3
Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Ra1 Qb7 21. b5 $2 {This is where thing start going wrong
for Aronian. Thinking about it I'm not entirely sure what the Armenian missed
as the lines are pretty straight forward.} Rxa1 22. Rxa1 bxc5 23. Na5 Qa8 24.
Nb3 (24. bxc6 Rxc6 {does not recover the pawn, and obviously taking with the
knight on c6 is impossible due to the pin down the a-file.}) 24... Qb7 25. Na5
Qa8 26. Nb3 Qb8 {Black is after all up a pawn, and even though conversion
should be technically difficult it is only Black that is playing for a win now.
} 27. dxc5 cxb5 28. Qd4 (28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. Nxb5 Nxc5 30. Rc1 Nfd7 31. Nd6 Rc7
32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. Ra1 {was the best practical chance: here even though Black
is a solid pawn ahead he has to contend with some immediate threats, such as
Ra8+ or Ra7.}) 28... b4 29. Na4 Qb5 30. Qb2 Ne4 31. f3 Nexc5 32. Naxc5 Nxc5 {
Now it is two pawns for Hikaru, and there is very little to show for it.} 33.
Rc1 Rc7 34. Qe5 Qb6 35. f4 (35. Qd4 Nd7 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Qxb4 {would have
required Nakamura to show some endgame technique as the pawn advantage is
reduced to only one.}) 35... Na6 36. Ra1 Rc3 37. Nd4 Nc7 38. Rb1 f6 39. Qh5
Rxe3 {White is down too much material and his knight on d4 is hanging.} 0-1

[Event "5th Zurich CC 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 c6 11. d3 O-O 12. h3 Ne5 13. Bf4 Ned7 14. d4 Bg5
15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. a4 Rab8 17. e4 Nc4 18. Qc2 Qd2 19. Rac1 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 dxe4
21. Nxe4 Ncb6 22. a5 Nd5 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Nf6 25. a6 bxa6 26. Rxc6 Rxb2
27. Rxa6 Rd2 28. d5 Rd8 29. Rb1 Nxd5 30. Rxa7 Nf6 31. Bf3 g6 1/2-1/2

