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The 2016 FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament is a 14-round event, which determines the next Challenger to Magnus Carlsen's title, is taking place in Moscow from March 10–30. Eight players, including six of the World’s top-ten rated grandmasters. The time control is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move one. The guaranteed prize fund is US $420,000.
Report from Moscow by Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal
| Round 10, Wed. 23 March 2016 | ||
| Svidler Peter |
½-½
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Nakamura Hikaru |
| Karjakin Sergey |
½-½
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Giri Anish |
| Caruana Fabiano |
1-0
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Anand Viswanathan |
| Aronian Levon |
½-½
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Topalov Veselin |
Note that ChessBase is doing daily one-hour roundup shows after each round
It was quite a sight when three of the four games in the Candidates 2016 reached the same position after six moves! It is almost unbelievable because not only did the players reach exactly the same position, but they also played the same move order to get there! The line chosen by them was a the Classical Four Knights Variation in the English. Let us try to delve into its history a little bit.
The first game played in this line was in 1938 between Hanaeur and Rehevsky in the 1938 US Championships. Since then a lot of top players have used this variation. Its real popularity increased in the 70s. Name a World Champion and he has either tried this system with white or with black, some with both colours – Smyslov, Petrosian, Karpov, Kasparov, were the main exponents. Wolfgang Uhlmann was one of the players who played it exclusive with white and brought in a lot of new ideas. The line reached its pinnacle of popularity in the year 1987 when Kasparov played it thrice with the white pieces against Karpov in their World Championship Match and this produced three decisive results (one win for Kasparov and two for Karpov). Garry used this same preparation to blow Vassily Ivanchuk off the board in 1988, in a game that is considered as one of the great classics.
The reason why this line was so popular at the top level is because of the rich and varied possibilities that arise for both sides. Such variations always attract top players, and is one of the reason why we are seeing it being played in a high level event as the Candidates. While Nakamura and Topalov continued with the more position line with 6…d6, Anand chose the more complex approach with 6…e4 followed by Bxc3. White got a comfortable position in all the three games, but only Caruana was able to squeeze out a win. Let’s begin with this, the only decisive game of the day.
With two victories in last three rounds, Fabiano is making a dash towards the finish line!
I might not be completely wrong to say that 12.Qc2, which was a novelty, was the winning move of the game. The reason is very simple – Rustam Kasimdzhanov found this idea on the night before the game, discussed it with Caruana. Together they must have seen quite a few variations and also understood how things flow in this line. In short Caruana had a feel for the position. When Anand got it on the board he couldn’t really unravel the details in just 10-15 minutes. The position was just too complicated. As you can see in the analysis below, Fabiano showed a few variations which, according to him, even the computers do not understand. This shows that the move 12.Qc2 was an excellent practical choice and something that we can expect from a top level second like Kasimdzhanov, who incidentally used to be Anand's second.
The duo of Fabiano and Rustam have had their ups and downs at the event
but when it was is needed the most things have started to fall in place for them
Peter Svidler analyzes the game of Caruana and Anand in the playing hall after his own game ended in a draw
[Event "Candidates 2016"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.03.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "65"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 {We saw this same opening in the game between Peter Svidler and Sergey Karjakin in the eighth round of the tournament. In that encounter, Sergey had played e3. Vishy goes for the more normal approach by taking the pawn on f3.} exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 $5 {This move came into popularity when Garry Kasparov used it to beat Vassily Ivanchuk in 1988. It was revelation at that moment in time, and even now the line has not been thoroughy investigated, as Caruana shows in this game.} (11. cxd5 Qxd5 $13 {How can Black play such a position where his opponent has a bishop pair and also the huge central mass of pawns? The answer is that the central pawns cannot really advance easily and Black has activity. Chess cannot be so generic that in an open position the bishop pair have to be better!}) 11... dxc4 ({The famous game between Kasparov and Ivanchuk continued in this manner.} 11... Ne4 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 $1 Qe7 15. gxf5 Nd6 16. Ng5 Qxe2 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. Bf4 Nd8 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rbe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bd7 23. Re7 Bc6 24. f6 $1 {What a game! 1-0 (24) Kasparov,G (2760)-Ivanchuk,V (2625) Moscow 1988}) 12. Qc2 $146 { The novelty. Afterwards Caruana said that he had prepared this novelty just the previous night with Rustam Kasimdzhanov. He hadn't spent much time on it but had realized that this was interesting and well worth giving a try.} ({ The only move that had been played before was Bg5. What would have convinced Caruana that Anand would choose this line? First of all Anand had played it against Aronian in the Sinquefield Cup 2015, and then Vishy's second Gajewski had also tried it against Tomashevsky in the World Blitz. This is a good enough proof that Anand had worked out the opening with his second.} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e4 Qd6 (14... Bg4 {was the Aronian-Anand game.} 15. Qa4 Qd6 16. Rae1 Rab8 17. Qxc4 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (31) Aronian,L (2765)-Anand,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015}) 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Nxc4 Qe7 17. Qf3 $16 {1-0 (66) Tomashevsky, E (2758)-Gajewski,G (2654) Berlin 2015}) 12... h6 {Anand replies in the most human way as possible. The move is absolutely correct and stops ideas like Bg5 and Ng5.} (12... Rb8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Rxf6 hxg5 15. Rf2 $16 {with e4 coming up is completely better for White.}) (12... Ne4 13. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 14. Qxe4 Ng4 15. Qf4 $14) 13. Bf4 {Caruana played these moves pretty quickly while Anand was thinking quite a bit. This is just a normal developing move with the idea of bringing the rook to the centre.} Ne4 {This knight move is natural, but it forces Black to be accurate.} (13... Rb8 14. Rae1 b5 15. e4 {Looks quite scary to face over the board.}) (13... Nd5 {According to Caruana the computer prefers this move but after} 14. e4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 {it looks completely better for White (according to Fabiano). The computer doesn't agree with this evaluation but when a player like Fabiano says that this looks horrible for Black, we must definitely pay attention to that.} Bg4 16. Rae1 {Maybe future games on this line will prove whether Black really has a huge advantage or not. }) 14. Rad1 Bf5 {The reason this move is dangerous is because it forces Black to be extremely accurate. When your opponent has checked the lines at home and you haven't, this is not a good position to be in. Now Black has threats like Nxg3, but White's next move simply ignores it!} (14... Qe7 {was the other approach here and this looked much safer.}) 15. Ne5 $1 Nd6 (15... Nxg3 { This is once again the computer's suggestion.} 16. e4 Nxf1 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 f6 19. Nxc6 $16) 17. exf5 Nxh2 18. Bxh2 {[%csl Gg2,Gh2] The computer assesses this position as even, but Caruana felt that this should be definitely better for White, especially with those two bishops aiming at the queenside. It is not so easy to say who is right, but I really like White's position.}) 16. e4 Bh7 {Black is a pawn up but these guys on e4 and d4 are just too strong. Caruana's next move is also accurate.} 17. Qe2 $1 {Already it is very difficult for Black to find a move. He cannot take on e5 and White's threat is to simply take on c6, follow it up with e5 and then take the pawn on c4.} Ne7 {I do not give it a dubious or a question mark because it was already very difficult to suggest a move for Black.} 18. Bxh6 $1 {There are many other options in the position, but if Bxh6 is good then we do not need to indulge in other lines.} gxh6 19. Qh5 {There are all sorts of threats in the position. The f7 pawn is hanging, and so is the one on h6. Ng4 is in the air and also Rf4 is threatened. The defensive task for Black is not at all easy.} Nef5 { Black rushes to give back a piece, but now it is just suffering without even having material gains.} (19... Nd5 $5 20. Nxf7 $5 (20. exd5 Qg5 21. Qf3 { doesn't look so great, but is maybe better than the game.}) 20... Nf6 21. Nxh6+ Kh8 22. Qh3 $40 {is also not so easy for Black to play as Rf4-h4 is a huge threat.}) (19... Rf8 20. Qxh6 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rf4 Qd6 23. Rg4+ Ng6 ( 23... Bg6 24. Rh4) 24. Rxe4 $16) 20. exf5 (20. Rf4 Ng7 21. Qxh6 Re6 22. Qh3 Qg5 {Even here White has the advantage, but what Caruana played was better.}) 20... Qg5 21. Qxg5+ hxg5 22. f6 $16 {It goes without saying that White is better, but Anand's next move takes him out of the fire into the frying pan!} Ne4 $6 ( 22... Rad8 {White's advantage is beyond any doubt here, but Anand can definitely fight on.}) 23. Rfe1 $1 (23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxc4 {was also better for White.}) 23... Nxc3 (23... Nd6 24. Bd5 $1 c6 25. Bxc4 (25. Nxc4 $1) 25... Rxe5 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. dxe5 $18) 24. Rc1 $1 Nb5 25. Bxb7 Rad8 (25... Rab8 26. Bc6 Re6 (26... Red8 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Nc6 Ra8 29. Rxc4 $18) 27. d5 $18) 26. Bc6 Nxd4 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf2 Nc2 29. Red1 (29. Re2 Nd4 30. Rb2 {was also possible.}) 29... Be4 30. Nxc4 Re6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kg1 $1 {Caruana plays this phase of the game with extreme accuracy.} Rxf6 33. Rf1 $1 {The final move exchanging the rooks. Anand resigned the game, seeing that further resistance would be futile. A great victory for Caruana and a pretty disastrous game for Anand.} 1-0
Fabiano revealed a secret after the game: “Today I got a forecast from a fortune cookie which said – with every day my probability for a big financial success is increasing, which seems to be pretty accurate!”
Fabiano Caruana discusses his game with Ian Nepomniachtchi
as German reporters Ulrich Stock and Steffan Loeffler look on
White seemed to have a slight edge that remained right until the end of the game. Maybe with 25.Bc3 Peter could have kept his extra pawn and made Black to suffer. Instead he allowed Rh4 and the game ended in a draw. In the post-game interview Nakamura did say something interesting which would be interesting for chess analysts to go over.
Hikaru said that in the above position Black’s move 11…Qe7 is the best. That is also the move he played. Why did he not play 11…Qd7 which looks more logical? Hikaru said that 11…Qd7 is a mistake. Working for a few minutes with the engine I wasn’t able to find anything particularly wrong with Qd7. But maybe there is a deep point which I am missing and I invite the readers to have a crack at this position to know whether Nakamura was correct or not.
Unbelievable! All the games have the same position!
[Event "Candidates 2016"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.03.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "60"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 (6... e4 { is the much sharper line.}) 7. d3 h6 8. Na4 $5 {Of course, the idea of this move is to catch the bishop on b4.} a5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. e3 Qe7 { The main reason why the queen is not so well placed on e7 is because from d7 it can prepare the bishop going to h3, and also the e7 square can be kept free for the knight on c6.} ({After the game Hikaru said that he knew Qd7 wasn't a good move. It seems like he confused this position with some other position, or he saw something really deep, because on the surface Qd7 looks perfectly alright. The thing to worry about is surely d4 trying to trap the bishop. So let's have a look at that move.} 11... Qd7 12. d4 e4 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc2 d5 $5 (14... g5 {now doesn't work due to} 15. f3 $1 {and now Black would have hoped that his queen was on e7.}) 15. a3 Bf8 16. Nc3 {and this might be the position which has to be delved into.}) 12. a3 (12. d4 e4 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc2 g5 $15) 12... Bc5 13. Nc3 (13. h3 $5 $14 {I like this move because it takes advantage of the fact that the queen and the bishop have not taken control of the c8-h3 diagonal.}) 13... Qd7 {Now that d4 is no longer a threat, Black puts his queen on the right spot and prepares Bh3.} 14. Nd5 (14. Re1 $5 {should have been given a serious thought, as the g2 bishop is the soul of the position, and keeping it on the board is in White's favour.} Bh3 15. Bh1 $14) 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 {White would have had a pretty big edge here if his rook was on e1. As it turns out the rook is still on f1 and the bishops can be exchanged with Bh3.} Bh3 $1 $11 18. e4 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. b4 Bb6 (22... axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 (23... Bxb4 24. Qd4 $18) 24. Bxa1 (24. Qxa1 Bxb4 25. Bxg7 Rxe4 $11 26. Bh8 {is nicely refuted by} Qxf1+ $1 27. Kxf1 Re1+ 28. Qxe1 Bxe1 $17) 24... Ba7 25. Qxd6 Rxe4 26. Bc3 (26. Qxc6 $2 Bxf2+ $1 $19) 26... Qe6 $11) 23. Qxd6 Rxe4 24. Qxc6 Rae8 25. Qxb6 $6 (25. Bc3 { was an oppotunity to play for a win with the extra pawn.} axb4 26. axb4 Qe6 27. Qxe6 R8xe6 $14 {White has decent chances to press in this position.}) 25... Rh4 $1 {This leads to an immediate draw.} 26. gxh4 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2
Maybe I too should have tried the English? Karjakin looking at the big screen to check other games
Another game which will end up in the Meran books showing how Black can equalize without any problems out of the opening! Anish Giri has made ten draws on a trot in this tournament. But against Karjakin it wasn’t his fault that Sergey was not in an ambitious mood. Anish made the most solid moves out of the opening, got in …c5 after due preparation and made a relatively easy draw.
Black must make sure that his bishop on b7 doesn’t become passive forever. The thing about these top players is that you will never see them making a committal decision like a5-a4 if they aren’t sure that they cannot get in c5. One can bank on Anish to find the best way to engineer the c5 break in the position. He began with 20…Qe7 and then after 21.Qc2 came the important move 21…Rfe8! 22.Bf3 c5! You can have a look at the analysis below for more information.
[Event "Candidates 2016"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.03.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2793"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "62"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 {If you are playing the Meran against Anish you should have a really good idea up your sleeve or else it will just be a draw!} Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 (12. Ng5 c5 $5 {was the famous Aronian-Anand Wijk Aan Zee 2013 game.}) 12... a5 (12... c5 {is also a possible move, but we won't delve into the details right now.}) 13. Qb3 $146 {The first new move of the game, but it doesn't change the nature of the position.} (13. Rb1 {is the more common move.}) 13... e5 $1 {Good reaction by Anish, who knows the details of this opening quite well.} 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g6 (15... exd4 {was also possible.} 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Bf5 Ra8 $11) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bb2 a4 (18... Bxh2+ {wins a pawn but is positionally flawed.} 19. Kxh2 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Qxe4 21. Qc3 $1 f6 22. bxa5 $14 {White is better, not only because he won back the pawn on a5 but because his bishop is clearly superior to the one on b7, and in opposite coloured bishop positions that is what matters.}) 19. Qc2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qe7 $1 {Look how accurately Anish solves the problem of his b7 bishop. } 21. Qc2 (21. Bd3 c5 22. Bxb5 Bxg2 $1 $15 {[%cal Ge7b7]}) 21... Rfe8 $1 { Forcing the bishop to move and then going c5 so that the rook on e8 will be ready to swing to e5.} 22. Bf3 c5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. bxc5 Re5 25. Rfc1 Qc6 ( 25... Rexc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 $14) 26. Rab1 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 $11 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Rc5 {A technically clean game by Anish and nothing special shown by Karjakin. Maybe he was just happy with a draw.} 1/2-1/2
How do I get this draw monkey off my back?!!
How does he do it? Sergey Karjakin has looked extremely solid in this event.
Incidentally one of the leaders, Sergey Karjakin, is the subject of an interesting new ChessBase DVD:
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Aronian began the game with a slight advantage. His edge grew substantially when instead of going Bh3 Topalov decided to play Ne4. After that it seemed as if Levon would grind down his opponent, or at least put some pressure on him. But it turned out that he wasn’t in the best possible shape and let the advantage slip in a matter of four moves. The pressure is surely getting to the Armenian, who in some ways is unable to showcase his best chess here as the tournament is coming close to an end. Yet, he is just half a point behind the leaders and definitely still has chances to win the tournament.
In this final position Topalov played 58…Bd8.
But there was a more interesting way to draw the game
[Event "Candidates 2016"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.03.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "116"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Na4 a5 9. b3 Qe7 {Topalov also put his queen on e7. His move order is different from Nakamura based on the fact that the rook is still on f8 and not e8.} 10. Bb2 Bc5 11. e3 Ba7 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Nh4 Qd8 14. Qd2 Ne7 15. Rad1 c6 16. Ne2 (16. d4 {Looked like an obvious try especially because e4 is not possible.} exd4 17. exd4 d5 18. Rfe1 $14) 16... Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 {Black has developed all his pieces and should be equal.} 18. d4 Qc8 19. Nc3 exd4 20. exd4 Ne4 $6 {Why the sudden change of plans?} (20... Bh3 {was surely the normal way to continue and would have given Black no real problems.}) 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rfe1 $1 {All of a sudden the rook on a8 is far away from the battlefield and White can look forward to at least a small edge.} Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qf5 25. Re7 Rb8 26. Kg2 $16 {White is clearly better. He has an active rook, the pawn on a5 is a tad weak, while his bishop on b2 is perfect. All in all this should be a typical Levon advantage which he can slowly and steadily convert with his good technique. But look how quickly he messes things up.} Bb6 27. Qe2 d5 28. c5 ( 28. Qf3 $5 {was worth thinking about.} Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 dxc4 (29... Kf8 30. Ba3 $18) 30. bxc4 Rd8 (30... c5 31. d5 $16) 31. c5 $18) 28... Bd8 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Bc3 $6 (30. Qf3 $5 $16) 30... Rc8 $1 31. Rf8 Bc7 $1 {With the exchange of rooks White's advantage withers away and the game ended in a draw.} 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qe7 Kg8 34. h4 h5 35. Bd2 Qd8 36. Qe2 g6 37. Qe1 Kg7 38. a3 Qf6 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Qf5 41. Qd1 f6 42. Be1 Kf7 43. f3 g5 {Black has already taken over the initiative, but it is not sufficient for a big advantage.} 44. Bf2 Qg6 45. Kf1 Qf5 46. Kg2 g4 47. f4 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Ke6 49. Qb3 Qe2 50. Qb1 f5 51. Qa1 Qa6 52. Qe1+ Kf7 53. Qb1 Kf6 54. Qe1 Qa8 55. Qe2 Qc8 56. b5 Qe6 57. Qxe6+ Kxe6 58. b6 {[%cal Gc7f4]} Bd8 (58... Bxf4 59. gxf4 {Even this position is drawn!}) 1/2-1/2
Although Veselin has absolutely no chances to fight for the first place, he can really
make a difference in the tournament standings, as he faces Fabiano Caruana today
It doesn’t matter whether Levon wins, draws or losses,
he always has affectionate fans waiting for him outside the playing hall
Levon Aronian cannot believe that he was so much better in the game!
As soon as a game is over, people representing different newspapers and media houses have to proceed towards the commentary room from the press centre. While doing that they have to pass a corridor manned by security guards. Whenever a player goes to the restroom this corridor is locked making the reporters wait on either side. Sometimes there is quite a bit of traffic jam, as you can see above!
Look who made it to the playing venue (1): Anatoly Karpov! The 12th World Champion is extremely busy these days with his political engagements and finds very little time to stay in touch with chess.
Yet, his eyes light up when an interesting chess position flashes in front of him!
Look who made it to the playing venue (2): Joel Lautier. This top French grandmaster has stopped playing active chess for quite some time now. He is based in Moscow where he has started his own enterprise and is the CEO of RCG Capital, a firm that deals in Mergers and Acquisitions.
Paul Hoffmann is the president and CEO of Liberty Science Centre in Jersey City
Paul was the last man standing when world champion Magnus Carlsen played blindfold blitz chess against three challengers. He is currently assisting LSC visiting grandmaster Fabiano Caruana in his quest to become the first American to win the world chess championship since Bobby Fischer in 1972.
When we asked this lady who her favourite player was, she replied, “Viswanathan Anand,because like me he is a vegetarian!” But does she know that he eats chicken and seafoods?
Susanna Gaboyan, rated 2175, has come all the way from Armenian to support Levon Aronian
Russian Higher League 2014 winner and twice silver medalist at the World Juniors, Olga Girya (left),
comes to the tournament hall almost every day and plays as many blitz games as she can.
Is it a good way to improve your chess? Ask Mikhail Tal!
WGM Karina Ambartsumova supports Levon Aronian in this event
A visitor, captivated by the 64 squares!
On the rest day, Amruta and I made our way to the home of one of the most famous trainers in the world, Mark Dvorestsky. In the picture above Mark is seen with his wife Inna. The readers of ChessBase will be treated to a huge interview with Dvoretsky, one that deals with how to become better at the game and also how to become a better trainer, after the Candidates tournament is over. I have read almost all of his books, and he is one reason I became an IM.
On a parting note we leave you with a short video of the Red Square. This prime tourist location in Moscow is spacious and beautiful. This video will give you a feel, and we will promise you special pictures of the place in our next report.
The games to look forward in the eleventh round are Anand taking on Karjakin with the white pieces and Topalov as White against Fabiano Caruana! The tournament is still wide open, although one gets the feeling that it now going to be a battle between four players: Karjakin, Caruana, Anand and Aronian. Let’s see if Anish can get back into the tournament with his first win today!
All photos by Amruta Mokal of ChessBase India
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ChessBase is doing roundup shows at the end of each round of the Candidates.
Here is the full schedule of future broadcasts – you need to be a premium member to watch
| Date | Day | Round | English | German |
| 23.03.2016 | Wednesday | Round 10 | Daniel King | Klaus Bischoff |
| 24.03.2016 | Thursday | Round 11 | Simon Williams | Klaus Bischoff |
| 25.03.2016 | Friday | Round 12 | Daniel King | Oliver Reeh/Karsten Müller |
| 26.03.2016 | Saturday | Free day | Summary Yannick Pelletier | |
| 27.03.2016 | Sunday | Round 13 | Daniel King | Klaus Bischoff |
| 28.03.2016 | Monday | Round 14 | Yannick Pelletier | Klaus Bischoff |
