Aeroflot 2012: Bartel, Mateusz vs. Caruana, Fabiano

Fabiano Caruana
(Frits Agterdenbos, ChessVista])

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2736"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nh4
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O Kf8
15. a4 a5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rh5 18. Rfe1 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bd6 20. Qf3 Nxa4 21.
Bxg6 Rh8 22. Bg5 1-0

Tata Steel: Giri vs. Aronian

Anish Giri, que sofreu a bem sofrer neste torneio

(photo: Frits Agterdenbos / www.chessvista.com)

Mais uma grande partida de Aronian... Desta feita a vitima foi o jovem indiano Giri.

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Ng5 fxg5 12. Bxh5 Bd7 13. Bf3 Rxf3 14. gxf3
Bd6 15. Qe4 Bc6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ne4 h6 19. Qg3 d5 20. Nc3 Rf8 21.
Ne2 Rf5 22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Rh1 Nf8 24. h4 Ng6 25. f4 Nxh4+ 26. Kf1 Qb4 27. Rb1 Be8
28. Nc3 Qe7 29. b4 Rf8 30. Rb2 Bg6 31. Ke1 Bd3 32. fxg5 Nf3+ 33. Kd1 hxg5 34.
Qh3 Qf6 35. Kc1 Bg6 36. a4 Rd8 37. Ne2 e5 38. Qg4 exd4 39. exd4 Re8 40. Qd7 c3
41. Ra2 Ne1 42. Rxe1 Qf4+ 43. Kd1 Qe4 0-1

Tata Steel 2012: Carlsen vs Karjakin

Os vários niveis no Festival de Xadrez de Wijk aan Zee

(foto: Frits Agterdenbos / www.chessvista.com)

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2769"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 h6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Na6 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxe5
15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Re1 Re8 17. f4 d4 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 d3 20. Rc4 Rc8 21. Bf5
Qd5 22. Rc3 Rcd8 23. Qd2 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 a5 25. Rb1 a4 26. Rd1 Rd5 27. h4 g6 28.
Bxd3 Red8 29. Qe1 Qxf4 30. e6 Nxe6 31. Bc2 b5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Re3 Nd4 34. Bd3
Kg7 35. Kg1 Qf6 36. Kh2 Rh5 37. Rh3 Ne6 38. Rf3 Rxh4+ 39. Kg1 Qd4+ 40. Qf2
Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 b4 42. Re3 Rd4 43. Bb5 Kf6 44. Rf3+ Ke7 45. Rd3 bxa3 46. bxa3
Rf4+ 47. Ke3 f5 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Rd6 Re4+ 50. Kf2 Kg5 51. Be8 Nf4 52. Bb5 Re5
53. Bc4 Nh5 54. Ra6 Nf6 55. Rxa4 Ng4+ 56. Kf1 Kh4 57. Be2 Kg3 58. Bxg4 fxg4 59.
Rb4 h5 60. a4 Kh2 0-1