Anand wins Champions Showdown in Saint Louis

by Johannes Fischer
11/15/2016 – At his peak Vishy Anand seemed to be practically invincible in rapid chess. Of course, he is also a former World Champion and a fantastic blitz player. At the Champions Showdown in Saint Louis Anand showed how strong and versatile he still is. He won the rapid tournament, shared first in the 60-minute format and became second in blitz. That was enough to win the showdown of champions. Results, games, photos.

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Anand wins Champions Showdown 2016

The 2016 Champions Showdown was an exhibition event featuring four players (Viswanathan Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Veselin Topalov). Over five days, the Players completed two Classical Round Robins (G/60 +5” delay), two Rapid Round Robins (G/15 +5” delay) and four Blitz Round Robins (G/3 +2” delay).

Final Standings

Rank Name Rating Classical Rapid Blitz Total Score
1 GM Viswanathan Anand 2779 3½/6 4½/6 7/12 15
2 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2779 3/6 3½/6 7½/12 14
3 GM Fabiano Caruana 2823 2/6 2½/6 6½/12 11
4 GM Veselin Topalov 2760 3½/6 1½/6 3/12 8

Games - 60 minutes

 
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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.0-0 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bd6 9.Re1 0-0 10.Qd3 Nd7 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Nb6 13.Qg3 Nxc4 14.Bh6 g6 15.Rad1 Bd7 16.h4 Nb6 17.h5 Qe7 18.Rd4 Be8 19.Bg5 f6 20.exf6 Qc5 21.Rxe6 Qf5 22.Re5 Qb1+ 23.Kh2 gxh5 24.Bh6+ Bg6 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Qg5 Qxa2 27.Re7 Qxf2 28.Rg7+ Kh8 29.Rxg6 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Topalov,V2760Caruana,F28231–02016D37Champions Showdown 60m1.1
Anand,V2779Nakamura,H2779½–½2016C53Champions Showdown 60m1.2
Caruana,F2823Nakamura,H2779½–½2016C65Champions Showdown 60m2.1
Topalov,V2760Anand,V2779½–½2016A21Champions Showdown 60m2.2
Anand,V2779Caruana,F2823½–½2016B32Champions Showdown 60m3.1
Nakamura,H2779Topalov,V27601–02016E35Champions Showdown 60m3.2
Caruana,F2823Topalov,V2760½–½2016A09Champions Showdown 60m4.1
Nakamura,H2779Anand,V27790–12016A21Champions Showdown 60m4.2
Nakamura,H2779Caruana,F28231–02016D57Champions Showdown 60m5.1
Anand,V2779Topalov,V2760½–½2016C53Champions Showdown 60m5.2
Caruana,F2823Anand,V2779½–½2016A13Champions Showdown 60m6.1
Topalov,V2760Nakamura,H27791–02016C67Champions Showdown 60m6.2

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1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Be7 10.0-0-0 dxc4 11.Bxc4 a6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Kb1 b5 14.Be2 Nbd7 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.fxe4 e5 17.Bc3 Bd6 18.h4 Nf6 19.Bf3 Qe7 20.g4 Nd7 21.g5 a5 22.Qc2 b4 23.Be1 c5 24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.Rd5 Rc8 26.Bg3 Rc6 27.Qe2 Qc7 28.Rhd1 Ke7 29.Qh2 Rc8 30.Bxe5 Bxe5 31.Qxe5+ Qxe5 32.Rxe5+ Kf8 33.Bg4 Nd3 34.Bxc8 Nxe5 35.Bb7 Rc7 36.Bd5 Ke7 37.Bb3 Rc5 38.Rf1 f6 39.gxf6+ gxf6 40.Bd5 Rc8 41.Rh1 Nf3 42.a4 bxa3 43.bxa3 Rc3 44.Kb2 Rxe3 45.h5 gxh5 46.Rxh5 Kd6 47.Rh8 Nd4 48.Ra8 f5 49.Rxa5 f4 50.Bc4 f3 51.e5+ Kc6 52.e6 f2 53.Rh5 Re1 54.Rh8 Nxe6 55.Rh2 f1Q 56.Bxf1 Rxf1 57.a4 Kc5 58.a5 Nd4 59.Kc3 Rf3+ 60.Kd2 Ra3 61.Rh8 Rxa5 62.Rh5+ Kb4 ½–½
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Topalov,V2760Caruana,F2823½–½2016D12Champions Showdown Rapid1.1
Anand,V2779Nakamura,H27791–02016C50Champions Showdown Rapid1.2
Caruana,F2823Nakamura,H27790–12016C53Champions Showdown Rapid2.1
Topalov,V2760Anand,V27790–12016A21Champions Showdown Rapid2.2
Anand,V2779Caruana,F2823½–½2016C42Champions Showdown Rapid3.1
Nakamura,H2779Topalov,V2760½–½2016E32Champions Showdown Rapid3.2
Caruana,F2823Topalov,V27601–02016D12Champions Showdown Rapid4.1
Nakamura,H2779Anand,V2779½–½2016A21Champions Showdown Rapid4.2
Nakamura,H2779Caruana,F28231–02016D37Champions Showdown Rapid5.1
Anand,V2779Topalov,V27601–02016C78Champions Showdown Rapid5.2
Caruana,F2823Anand,V2779½–½2016A05Champions Showdown Rapid6.1
Topalov,V2760Nakamura,H2779½–½2016E81Champions Showdown Rapid6.2

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1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.d4 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nbd2 a5 8.b3 a4 9.Ba3 Bf5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Re8 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Rfc1 Qb6 14.Bf1 e5 15.Qb5 Ne4 16.Qxb6 Nxb6 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.bxa4 Rxa4 21.Bc5 Bxa1 22.Rxa1 Nc4 23.Bd4 b5 24.Be2 Ra6 25.f3 Bc2 26.Kf2 f6 27.g4 Kf7 28.h4 Ra4 29.h5 g5 30.Ke1 Ra3 31.Bc5 Ra8 32.Kf2 f5 33.a3 fxg4 34.fxg4 Ke6 35.Kg3 Nd2 36.Bb4 Nc4 37.Bc5 Rc8 38.Bd4 Ra8 39.Bc5 Be4 40.Kf2 Rc8 41.Bd4 Ra8 42.Bc5 Kd7 43.Bb4 Ra6 44.Kg3 Rf6 45.Rf1 Rxf1 46.Bxf1 Ke6 47.Kf2 Bc2 48.Be2 Be4 49.Bf1 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Topalov,V2760Caruana,F2823½–½2016D78Champions Showdown Blitz1.1
Anand,V2779Nakamura,H2779½–½2016C65Champions Showdown Blitz1.2
Caruana,F2823Nakamura,H27790–12016A13Champions Showdown Blitz2.1
Topalov,V2760Anand,V2779½–½2016D37Champions Showdown Blitz2.2
Anand,V2779Caruana,F2823½–½2016B43Champions Showdown Blitz3.1
Nakamura,H2779Topalov,V27601–02016B90Champions Showdown Blitz3.2
Caruana,F2823Topalov,V27601–02016C77Champions Showdown Blitz4.1
Nakamura,H2779Anand,V2779½–½2016C67Champions Showdown Blitz4.2
Nakamura,H2779Caruana,F28230–12016D12Champions Showdown Blitz5.1
Anand,V2779Topalov,V27601–02016C65Champions Showdown Blitz5.2
Caruana,F2823Anand,V2779½–½2016C65Champions Showdown Blitz6.1
Topalov,V2760Nakamura,H27790–12016E83Champions Showdown Blitz6.2
Topalov,V2760Caruana,F28231–02016D11Champions Showdown Blitz7.1
Anand,V2779Nakamura,H27791–02016C67Champions Showdown Blitz7.2
Caruana,F2823Nakamura,H2779½–½2016C65Champions Showdown Blitz8.1
Topalov,V2760Anand,V2779½–½2016D38Champions Showdown Blitz8.2
Anand,V2779Caruana,F28231–02016B43Champions Showdown Blitz9.1
Nakamura,H2779Topalov,V27601–02016A45Champions Showdown Blitz9.2
Caruana,F2823Topalov,V27601–02016B54Champions Showdown Blitz10.1
Nakamura,H2779Anand,V27791–02016C44Champions Showdown Blitz10.2
Nakamura,H2779Caruana,F28230–12016E11Champions Showdown Blitz11.1
Anand,V2779Topalov,V2760½–½2016B51Champions Showdown Blitz11.2
Caruana,F2823Anand,V2779½–½2016A01Champions Showdown Blitz12.1
Topalov,V2760Nakamura,H27790–12016B54Champions Showdown Blitz12.2

In action: Anand, Nakamura, Topalov and Caruana

Vishy Anand

Fabiano Caruana

Whether it's classical time-control, rapid or blitz - there's always something to analyze

Anand takes a look at what the others do

Things did not go too well for Veselin Topalov and Fabiano Caruana

 

Schedule

Day Date Time Showdown in Saint Louis

Wednesday

9-Nov

  

Arrival

Thursday

10-Nov

1:00 PM

RR1: Round 1

   

3:30 PM

RR1: Round 2

Friday

11-Nov

1:00 PM

RR1: Round 3

   

3:30 PM

RR2: Round 1

Saturday

12-Nov

1:00 PM

RR2: Round 2

   

3:30 PM

RR2: Round 3

Sunday

13-Nov

1:00 PM

Rapid (6 rounds)

Monday

14-Nov

1:00 PM

Blitz (12 rounds)

Tuesday

15-Nov

  

Departure

 

Place

Prize

1st

$60,000

2nd

$40,000

3rd

$30,000

4th

$20,000

Total Prize Fund: $150,000 USD

When:

November 10th, 2016 1:00 PM CST through November 14th, 2016 12:00 AM CST

Location:

Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
4657 Maryland Ave Saint Louis
MO 63108
United States

Official website

Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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