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How Sergey Karjakin came 1st ahead of Magnus Carlen at Norway 2014
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[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.04"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "109"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Bc3 Nbd7
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. O-O
Qc7 17. Rad1 a6 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 h6
21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ne5 b5 23. Rc1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd6 25. Qf3 Qd5
26. Kg2 a5 27. Ra4 Ra6 28. Re3 Rf8 29. Rc4 a4 30. b4 a3
31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Rb3 Rfa8 33. b5 Rb6 34. Nd7 Rb7 35. Nc5 Rb6
36. Na6 Kf8 37. Nc7 Ra5 38. Nxd5 exd5 39. Rc5 Ke7 40. Rxd5 Ke6
41. Rc5 Rb7 42. Re3+ Kf6 43. Rc6+ Kf5 44. b6 f6 45. Rc7 Rxc7
46. bxc7 Rc5 47. Re7 g5 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 49. Ke2 Kg4 50. Kd2 Rc6
51. Kd3 Kh3 52. Kd4 Kxh2 53. Kd5 Rc2 54. Kd6 Kg2 55. Rf7 1-0
[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 Qa5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Ng5 Na6 12.h3 Bd7
13.Bd3 Rac8 14.d5 c4 15.Bb1 Nc5 16.Bd4 Bxd4 17.cxd4 c3 18.Rxc3
Nd3+ 19.Rxd3 Rc1+ 20.Ke2 Qxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Rxh1 22.Rb3 b5 23.Nf3
f6 24.Ne1 a5 25.Rc3 Rc8 26.Rc5 b4 27.Bd3 a4 28.Ra5 b3 29.axb3
axb3 30.Ra7 Rd8 31.Rb7 Ra8 32.Rxd7 Ra2+ 33.Kc3 Rxe1 34.Kxb3
Rxf2 35.Rxe7 Re3 36.Kc4 Rd2 37.Bb1 Rb2 38.d6 Kf8 39.Bd3 Rd2
40.Bf1 Ra3 41.Kb4 Ra1 42.Bc4 Rc1 43.Rf7+ Ke8 44.d7+ Kd8 45.Kc5
Kc7 46.Rxh7 Rcd1 47.d5 Rc1 48.g4 g5 49.d8=Q+ Kxd8 50.Kd6 Ke8
51.Bb5+ Kf8 52.Ke6 Re1 53.Kxf6 Rf2+ 54.Kg6 1-0
[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "262"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.a3
g6 8.h4 h6 9.d3 Bg7 10.Be3 Ne6 11.O-O O-O 12.Na4 Ncd4 13.Rc1
Qd6 14.Nd2 Bd7 15.Bxd4 Qxd4 16.Nc3 Rab8 17.Nc4 Bc6 18.Bxc6
bxc6 19.e3 Qd7 20.Qc2 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 h5 22.Qe2 Rb3 23.Na5 Rb6
24.Rc2 Qc7 25.Nc4 Rb3 26.Nd2 Rb7 27.Nc4 Rb3 28.Rdc1 Rb7 29.Rd2
Rb3 30.Qd1 Rdb8 31.Ne4 Qd8 32.Nc3 Qc7 33.Kg2 Qd8 34.Rdc2 R3b7
35.Qe2 Rd7 36.Rd2 Rb3 37.Qd1 Rdb7 38.Qf3 Qd7 39.Rcc2 Rb8
40.Qd1 Qd8 41.Kh2 Nf8 42.Ne4 Ne6 43.Kg1 R8b7 44.Kh2 Rd7 45.Nc3
Rdb7 46.Qf3 Qc7 47.Ne2 Rb8 48.Qe4 Rd8 49.Nc3 Nf8 50.Kg2 Rdb8
51.Na4 R3b5 52.Rd1 Bf6 53.Rb1 Nd7 54.Rh1 Nb6 55.Naxb6 axb6
56.Rb1 Qd7 57.b3 Rd8 58.Rd2 Bc3 59.Rdd1 Bf6 60.Kg1 Qc8 61.Kf1
Rd5 62.Ke2 Qd7 63.Qf3 Qe6 64.Qg2 Qg4+ 65.f3 Qe6 66.f4 Bg7
67.Qf3 Qh3 68.Rh1 Qd7 69.e4 Rd4 70.Rhd1 Qh3 71.Rh1 Qd7 72.Rhf1
f5 73.e5 e6 74.Rfd1 Qb7 75.a4 Ra5 76.Nxa5 bxa5 77.Rdc1 Bf8
78.Rc3 Kf7 79.Qh1 Ke8 80.Rc4 Kd7 81.Qe1 Qb6 82.Qc3 Be7 83.Rc1
Rd5 84.Qc2 Kc7 85.Rd1 Rd4 86.Qa2 Rd5 87.Rdc1 Kb7 88.Qa3 Qd8
89.Rd1 Rd4 90.Qc1 Qd5 91.Kf2 Qd8 92.Qc3 Qb6 93.Ke2 Kc7 94.Rd2
Kb7 95.Kd1 Kc7 96.Kc2 Bf8 97.Kb1 Be7 98.Ka2 Bf8 99.Rd1 Be7
100.Rc1 Bf8 101.Qd2 Be7 102.R1c3 Bf8 103.Qf2 Kb7 104.Qg2 Be7
105.Qh1 Bf8 106.Qf1 Be7 107.Rc2 Bf8 108.Rd2 Be7 109.Qf2 Rd5
110.Qf3 Rd4 111.Rdc2 Bf8 112.R2c3 Be7 113.Qh1 Bf8 114.Rxd4
cxd4 115.Rc4 Bb4 116.g4 hxg4 117.h5 gxh5 118.Qxh5 c5 119.Qf7+
Ka6 120.Rc2 Qc6 121.Qg6 c4 122.Rxc4 Qg2+ 123.Kb1 Qf1+ 124.Rc1
Qxd3+ 125.Ka2 Qe2+ 126.Kb1 Qe4+ 127.Ka2 Qg2+ 128.Ka1 Qd5
129.Ka2 Qg2+ 130.Kb1 Qd5 131.Rc4 Bc3 0-1
[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4
Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Qc2 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nf3 Nf4 12.Bf1 Nd7
13.O-O-O Ng6 14.h4 Qf6 15.Bd3 Nb6 16.h5 Ne7 17.Rh4 Bf5 18.Bxf5
Qxf5 19.Qxf5 Nxf5 20.Rf4 Nd6 21.Ne5 Rae8 22.Rh1 Re7 23.Kc2
Rfe8 24.b3 a5 25.a4 Na8 26.Nd3 Nc7 27.Rg4 Na6 28.Rf4 Ne4
29.Kb2 Kh7 30.Nxe4 dxe4 31.Ne5 Nb4 32.Rf5 c5 33.Rd1 cxd4
34.exd4 Rd8 35.Nc4 Nd3+ 36.Kc3 g6 37.Rxa5 Nxf2 38.Re1 gxh5
39.d5 e3 40.Kc2 Ng4 41.d6 Re6 42.Ra7 Rf6 43.Re2 b6 44.Rb7
Rdxd6 45.Nxd6 Rxd6 46.Rxf7+ Kg6 47.Rf1 Kg5 48.b4 h4 49.Kc3 Nf2
50.Rxe3 Nd1+ 51.Rxd1 Rxd1 52.Re5+ Kg4 53.Re6 Rc1+ 54.Kb3 Kh5
55.Rxb6 Rg1 56.a5 Rxg2 57.a6 Rg3+ 58.Kc4 Rg4+ 59.Kd3 Rg8
60.Rb5+ Kg4 61.Ra5 h3 62.Ra2 Ra8 63.b5 h5 64.Ke3 Kg3 65.a7 h2
66.Rxh2 Kxh2 67.b6 Kh3 68.b7 Rxa7 69.b8=Q Rg7 70.Qe5 Rg3+
71.Kf2 h4 72.Qe4 1-0 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq
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