[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 Qxc5 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. e3 O-O
8. c4 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 d6 12. Nb1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Rac8 14.
Rc2 Qb8 15. Qa1 a6 16. Rd2 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Ba8 18. Ng5 Rc5 19. Nh3 b5 20. Nf4
bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rg5 22. Ncd5 Ne5 23. Be2 Ne4 24. Rd4 Nc5 25. h4 Rf5 26. e4
Rxf4 27. Nxf4 Nxe4 28. Nd5 Nc5 29. Rb4 Qa7 30. Ne3 a5 31. Rb5 Ne6 32. Rxe5
dxe5 33. Bxe5 Qc5 34. Bxg7 Nxg7 35. Qd4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Bc6 37. Rd2 Rb8 38.
Rc2 Be8 39. Rc7 Kf8 40. Ra7 a4 41. bxa4 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rb4 43. a5 Rxh4+ 44.
Kg1 Ra4 45. Bc4 Bc6 46. Rc7 Be8 47. a6 Nh5 48. Nd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "C60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bg4
8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Bg7 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Nc3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxb7 O-O
14. Qxc7 Rab8 15. O-O Rxb2 16. Qxe7 Qxc3 17. Kg2 Rc2 18. Rad1 Rxa2 19. Rc1
Rc2 20. Rxc2 Qxc2 21. Ra1 Qc4 22. Qb7 Qb5 23. Qxa6 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Qf6 25. Kg2
Rb8 26. Ra5 Rb3 27. Qc8+ Kg7 28. Qg4 Rb5 29. Rxb5 cxb5 30. Qd7 Qg5+ 31. Kf1
Qe5 32. h4 b4 33. Qb7 Qc3 34. e5 b3 35. Kg2 Qc4 36. Qb6 h6 37. Kg3 Qd5 38.
f4 Kh7 39. Qb8 Qc4 40. f3 Qc3 41. Qf8 Qc4 42. Qb8 Kg7 43. Qb6 Qd5 44. Qb8
Qd1 45. Qb7 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qe3 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qe3 50. Qb4
g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. fxg5 Qe2+ 53. Kg3 Qxe5+ 54. Kf2 Qh2+ 55. Ke3 Qg1+ 56.
Kf4 Qc1+ 57. Kg4 Qe3 58. Kg3 Qxg5+ 59. Kf2 Qd5 60. Ke3 Kg6 61. Ke2 Kf6 62.
Ke3 Ke6 63. Qb6+ Kd7 64. Qa7+ Kc6 65. Qa6+ Kc5 66. Qa4 Qc4 67. Qa5+ Kc6 68.
Qa1 Kb5 69. Qb2 Kb4 70. Kd2 Qf4+ 71. Ke1 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "A18"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8.
h4 Bb7 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Rb1 f6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. a4
e5 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Rb5 Qa6 17. Rh3 Bxd4 18. Be2 Rd6 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Rb5 Qa6
21. Rb1 Qa5 22. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "E00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Qb3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bc1 Nhf6 12. Nbd2 b5 13. c5 b4 14. Qc2
a4 15. Re1 e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Bxc5 19. Ng5 g6 20. Bf4
Qb6 21. e4 b3 22. axb3 axb3 23. Qe2 Ba6 24. Qf3 Bc4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. e6
dxe4 27. exf7+ Bxf7 28. Nxe4 Bd4 29. Nd6 Bd5 30. Qe2 Nf8 31. Bxd5+ cxd5 32.
Qf3 Qa5 33. Re7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "C84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Re1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ndf3
Qd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 h6 17. Ne4 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Rc1 Nxe4 20. Rxe4
Bf6 21. Rg4 Kh8 22. Rc5 Rad8 23. Qc1 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Re4 25. Rxc7 Qxd4 26.
Be3 Rxg4 27. hxg4 Qe4 28. f3 Qb4 29. Rxb7 Bxb2 30. Qf1 f6 31. Qf2 Be5 32.
f4 Bd6 33. g5 Qe4 34. Qf3 Qb1+ 35. Qf1 Qe4 36. Qf3 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Bb4 38. Qe2
Qe4 39. Qf3 Qb1 40. Kg3 fxg5 41. Kh2 Qf5 42. Rf7 Qg6 43. fxg5 Bd6+ 44. Kh3
1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "E06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8.
Ne5 Qxd4 9. Bxa8 Qxe5 10. Bf3 Nd5 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Qa4 Bb7 14.
Nc3 Nd4 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Rad1 c5 18. Be3 Nf3+ 19. exf3 d4 20.
f4 dxc3 21. bxc3 Bf3 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Qb3 Qf5 24. c4 Be4 25. Rd2 Qh5 26. f3
Bxf3 27. f5 Bc6 28. Qd1 Qh3 29. Rff2 h6 30. Qf1 Qg4 31. Rf4 Qg5 32. Rd3 Qf6
33. Bd2 Ba8 34. h4 Qc6 35. Kh2 Bd6 36. Rf2 Be5 37. Bc3 Bxc3 38. Rxc3 Re8
39. f6 g6 40. Rcc2 Re4 41. Rfe2 Qe6 42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43. Rf2 Bf5 44. Qc1 Kh7
45. Qc3 h5 46. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 c6 10. g3 Nd7 11. Bh3 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qc6 Rb8 14.
O-O Rd8 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16. Bf1 Bc4 17. Qa4 a5 18. b3 b5 19. Qxa5 Bxb3 20. Rc7
Bc4 21. Qa7 Ra8 22. Qb7 Rab8 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qb7 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "C67"]

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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6
14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Nf3 Rh8 18. Bg5 c5 19. Nd2 Kf8
20. Nf1 Nf5 21. g3 Ne7 22. Kg2 Nd5 23. c4 Nb6 24. Ne3 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4
26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bb5 28. Kg3 Re8 29. f4 b6 30. f5 Ba4 31. Rc1 Kg8 32.
c4 Bc6 33. Rcd1 Ba4 34. Rc1 Bc6 35. Bh4 Ba4 36. Rc3 Bc6 37. Rce3 Rh6 38.
Bg5 Rh7 39. R3e2 Ba4 40. Re3 Rh8 41. Bh4 Rh6 42. e6 fxe6 43. g5 Rh8 44.
Rxe6 Rf8 45. R6e5 Bc2 46. f6 gxf6 47. gxf6 Rh7 48. Rg5+ Kh8 49. Re7 Rg8 50.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 51. Rxg8 Kxg8 52. Kf2 Bb3 53. Bg3 Bxc4 54. Bxc7 Bd5 55. Bb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 O-O 11. g5 Nh5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14.
exd5 f6 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Kb1 Nf4 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Bd3 Bg5 19. Na5 Bh6 20.
Nc6 Qh4 21. Qb4 Rf6 22. a4 Qxh2 23. Be4 Qe2 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Qa5 Nc5 26.
Qc7 Bh6 27. Nd8 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Rf8 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7 Rc8 31. Rc1 Qxe4
32. Rgf1 Bf4 33. Rg1 Bh6 34. Rgf1 Rg8 35. Rcd1 bxa4 36. Qe7 Qg6 37. Rf8 Bg5
38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Qd7 h5 40. Rg1 e4 41. Qxa4 e3 42. Qxa6 Qf5 43. Qa8+ Kh7
44. Qe8 Bf4 45. Qe6 g6 46. Rf1 Kg7 47. Qxf5 gxf5 48. c4 Bg3 49. Rg1 h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "C89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Qf3
Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. a4 h6 20. h4 Rac8
21. axb5 axb5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 24. Ra5 b4 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Ra5
bxc3 27. Bxc3 Rb8 28. Nf1 Bb4 29. Raa1 Bc5 30. Ne3 Rd3 31. Red1 Rbd8 32.
Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Bb3 35. Ne3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Kf8 37. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8.
a3 Ne7 9. b4 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 c6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Re1
Be6 15. Bc2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. d4 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 exd4 20.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Nxd4 b5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 Ngf4 25. Qd1 Qe4
26. Qf1 Ne6 27. f3 Qg6 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Qd3 b5 30. c4 bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. h3 Rg8
8. Kh1 Nh5 9. c3 g5 10. Nxe5 g4 11. d4 Bd6 12. g3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14.
Qd4 Qe7 15. h4 c5 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qb5+ c6 18. Qa4 f5 19. Bg5 Rxg5 20. hxg5
f4 21. Qd1 Rd8 22. Qc1 fxg3 23. Na3 Rd3 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. f3 gxf3 26. exd5
Qe2 27. Re1 g2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "D39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4
Qb4 14. Rb1 Qd6 15. Rh3 a6 16. Be2 Nc5 17. Rc3 Nxe4 18. Rd3 O-O 19. Qc1 Qe5
20. Bf3 f5 21. Qh6 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxb7 Bxb7 24. Rxb7 Rac8 25. Rg3+
Kh8 26. Rgb3 Ne4 27. Rb2 Rfd8 28. Nb3 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Nc3+ 30. Ke3 Kg7 31. g3
Kf6 32. Ra7 Rc6 33. Kf3 Nb5 34. Ra8 e5 35. Kg2 e4 36. a4 Na3 37. Rd2 Rxd2
38. Nxd2 e3 39. Nf3 Rc2 40. Rxa6+ Kg7 41. Nd4 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Nc2 43. Nxc2
Rxc2 44. Kf1 Rf2+ 45. Ke1 Rg2 46. Rb6 Rxg3 47. Rb4 Rg2 48. Rf4 Kg6 49. Rf3
Rg4 50. Rxe3 Rxa4 51. Kf2 Rxh4 52. Re8 Rg4 53. Kf3 Kg7 54. Re5 Kf6 55. Re8
h5 56. Rh8 Kg6 57. Kf2 Rg5 58. Kf3 Kg7 59. Ra8 h4 60. Kf2 h3 61. Ra3 Rh5
62. Kg1 Kg6 63. Kh2 f4 64. Ra7 f3 65. Ra1 f2 66. Rf1 Rf5 67. Kxh3 Kg5 68.
Kg3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4
Qb6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. a4 Raf8 17. Bf3 a6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Kh1
Bc6 21. f4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Kd8 24. Qg4 Rf8 25. Bd2 Kc7 26. h3
b4 27. Qxg7 Qxd4 28. Bxb4 Qxb2 29. Ba5+ Kb8 30. Rg1 c3 31. Qe7 c2 32. Bd2
Qxe5 33. Bxh6 Rg8 34. Nf7 Qc3 35. Qd6+ Kb7 36. Qxe6 d4 37. Nd6+ Kb6 38. Ne4
Nc5 39. Qxg8 Nxe4 40. Kh2 d3 41. Be3+ Kb5 42. Qb8+ Kc4 43. Qc7 Qf6 44. Rf1
Qd6+ 45. Qxd6 Nxd6 46. Rf6 Kd5 47. Rxd6+ Kxd6 48. Kg3 Kd5 49. Kf2 Kc4 50.
Bd2 Kb3 51. Ke3 Bxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "E37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5
8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. e3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8
14. Bd2 d4 15. Rad1 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 dxe3 17. Rd6 Re6 18. fxe3 Rxd6 19. cxd6
Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxd6 21. Qb3 Qe7 22. Bd5 Nd8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Qc4 Ne6 25. Bxe6
fxe6 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. exd4 Rf8 28. Rc7 Rf7 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rc7 Rf7 31.
Rc8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3
Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhe1 Bf6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Bf3
Ne5 14. Bf4 Kf8 15. Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. h3 g5 18. Bh2 Kg7 19. c4 g4 20.
Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 gxh3 23. c5 f5 24. Rb4 hxg2 25. Rxb7+ Kh8
26. cxd6 Nf3 27. Ba4 Nxh2 28. Bxc6 Rad8 29. d7 Re2 30. Bxg2 Rxf2 31. Bc6
Ng4 32. Rxa7 Ne3 33. Rg1 h6 34. Rc7 Kg7 35. a4 Kf7 36. Bb5 Ke7 37. a5 Rf4
38. c3 Kd6 39. Rb7 Rg4 40. Re1 f4 41. a6 h5 42. a7 Ra8 43. b4 h4 44. c4 h3
45. c5+ Ke5 46. Rb8 Rxa7 47. Rg8 Bf6 48. d8=Q Bxd8 49. Rxg4 Bf6 50. Rg6 Rb7
51. Be2 Rxb4+ 52. Ka2 Nc2 53. Rc1 Nd4 54. Bd3 Ra4+ 55. Kb1 Nb3 56. Re1+ Kd5
57. Kc2 Nd4+ 58. Kb1 Nf3 59. Rd1 Ra1+ 60. Kc2 Rxd1 61. Ba6 Rd2+ 62. Kc1
Bb2+ 63. Kb1 Kxc5 64. Bb7 Ne5 65. Rf6 f3 66. Rf5 f2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "E60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 Bg7 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Qd2 h4 13. Nf1 g5 14. Be3
Ne5 15. g3 Bd7 16. gxh4 gxh4 17. Rg1 f5 18. f4 Ng4 19. e5 dxe5 20. d6 Qe6
21. Nb5 Rc8 22. Nc7+ Rxc7 23. dxc7 exf4 24. Rd1 Ng5 25. c8=Q+ Bxc8 26. Qd8+
Kf7 27. Qc7+ Kg8 28. Rd6 Qf7 29. Qd8+ Qf8 30. Bxf4 Ne6 31. Bc4 Qxd8 32.
Rxd8+ Kh7 33. Rxh8+ Bxh8 34. Bd6 Ng5 35. Rg2 Ne4 36. Bb8 Bd4 37. h3 Ne5 38.
Bd5 Nd3+ 39. Ke2 Nc1+ 40. Kd1 Nd3 41. Nd2 Nf6 42. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "E06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 c6 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. dxc5 Na6 12. Nb3 Be4 13. Qc3 Rc8 14. Be3
Nd5 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20.
e3 Be7 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Kg2 g6 25. Rd2 Kg7 26.
Rc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29. b3 f5 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "D41"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4
8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7
14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qe5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Nh5 20.
Qh2 h6 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qf6 24. Nd3 Ba6 25. Qe5 Bxd3 26.
Qxh5 Bc2 27. Rc1 Bf5 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. d6 g5 30. Qd1 Bd7 31. Qd5 Kg7 32.
Qb7 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Kg1 Qxd6 35. Qxa7 h5 36. Qb7 h4 37. Qf3 Qe7 38.
Qc3+ f6 39. Qc4 Qe8 40. Qb4 b5 41. a3 Qe5 42. Bd1 Bc6 43. Bf3 Be8 44. Kf1
Bf7 45. Be2 Be8 46. Bf3 f5 47. Kg1 Bf7 48. Qd2 Kg6 49. Qc1 Be6 50. Qc6 Kf6
51. Qe8 Qa1+ 52. Kh2 Qxa3 53. Qd8+ Qe7 54. Qh8+ Qg7 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qe8+
Qf7 57. Qxb5 Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "E06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bc1 a5 14. b3
Qe7 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Qc2 Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 c6 21. Nc3 Nb6 22. e3 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Rfd1 g6 25. Rd2 Rd7 26.
Rxd7 Nbxd7 27. Rd1 h5 28. Rd4 Nc5 29. h4 Kg7 30. Kg2 Ne6 31. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "C88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. Nb3 Qc8 14. h3 Nd8
15. Be3 c5 16. Nbd2 Nc6 17. c3 Rb5 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxa5 20. dxc5 dxc5
21. Ra2 Qb7 22. b3 Kh8 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Rea1 Bd8 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Bf6
27. Rd1 Qc6 28. Rad2 Nb6 29. Qc2 Qc7 30. e5 Be7 31. Nd4 Rc8 32. Nxe6 Qxe5
33. Nf4 Rf8 34. Re2 Qc3 35. Qb1 Qf6 36. Bc1 c4 37. bxc4 Nxc4 38. Re6 Qg5
39. Ng6+ Qxg6 40. Rxg6 hxg6 41. Qe4 Bf6 42. Qxc4 b3 43. Ba3 Rfb8 44. Rb1 b2
45. h4 Ra5 46. Qd3 Rd8 47. Qb3 Rc8 48. Qb7 Rd8 49. Qb3 Rc8 50. Qb4 Rb5 51.
Qg4 Rc3 52. Bxb2 Rxb2 53. Rxb2 Rc1+ 54. Kh2 Bxb2 55. Qxg6 Ra1 56. g4 a5 57.
Qh5+ Kg8 58. Qb5 Ba3 59. Qe5 Rd1 60. Qe6+ Kh7 61. Qe4+ Kh8 62. Qa8+ Kh7 63.
Qxa5 Bd6+ 64. Kg2 Rd4 65. Qf5+ Kh8 66. Qh5+ Kg8 67. g5 Kf8 68. Qg6 Be7 69.
Qf5+ Ke8 70. Kh3 Rd6 71. Qh7 Kf7 72. f4 Rd4 73. Qf5+ Ke8 74. Qe5 Rb4 75.
Kg4 Kf8 76. Qf5+ Ke8 77. Qe6 Rd4 78. Qe5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "D73"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 c5 8.
dxc5 c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Qb6 12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Ncb5 Ne6 14.
Rb1 Qxa2 15. Ra1 Qb2 16. Rb1 Qa2 17. Ra1 Qb2 18. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "D35"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nf3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Bb4
14. Rb2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Na5 17. Rbb1 Ke7 18. Rhc1 f6 19. h4
Rhd8 20. Bd3 a6 21. Ke3 b5 22. g4 Be8 23. Ng1 Nc6 24. Ne2 Rd6 25. Rd1 Rcd8
26. Bc2 Na5 27. Bd3 Nc6 28. Bc2 h5 29. g5 fxg5 30. e5 R6d7 31. hxg5 h4 32.
g6 Na5 33. Rbc1 Rc7 34. Bd3 Rdc8 35. Rxc7+ Rxc7 36. Rh1 Nc4+ 37. Kf4 Nb2
38. Be4 b4 39. Rxh4 Nd1 40. f3 Nc3 41. Nxc3 bxc3 42. Rh2 Rc8 43. Ke3 Bb5
44. f4 Bc4 45. Rh7 Rg8 46. a3 a5 47. Bc2 Kd7 48. d5 Bxd5 49. Kd4 Ba2 50.
Kxc3 Kc6 51. Rh2 Kc5 52. Rd2 Rh8 53. Rd7 Rh3+ 54. Kb2 Bd5 55. Rxg7 Kd4 56.
Rh7 Rg3 57. Rh5 Rg2 58. Rg5 Rf2 59. g7 Be4 60. g8=Q Rxc2+ 61. Kb3 Rc3+ 62.
Ka4 Rc5 63. Rg2 Bf3 64. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "E60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8.
cxd5 d6 9. Nd2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. e4 Re8 12. a4 Rb8 13. f3 a6 14. a5 Bd7
15. Nc4 Bb5 16. Bg5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Na4 Rb4 20. b3 Qc8
21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Ra2 Nh5 23. Be3 Rbb8 24. Qd2 Nb5 25. g4 Nf6 26. Nb2 Qc8 27.
Bf4 Nd7 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Bxd6 Rb6 30. Bg3 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Qe2 Rb4 33.
Bd6 Rb6 34. Bg3 Rb4 35. Bd6 Rb6 36. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "E51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd2 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8.
axb4 dxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bd7 12. Ke2 Rc8 13. Bd3 Nd5
14. Ne5 Be8 15. Bd2 f6 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. Rhc1 Nc6 18. Be4 Ndxb4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4
20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Rxa7 Rd7 22. Na5 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nxb2 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Bc6
Bxc6 26. Nxc6 Re8 27. e4 Nc4 28. Kd3 Nd6 29. f4 Kf8 30. e5 fxe5 31. fxe5
Nf5 32. g4 Nh4 33. Kc4 Nf3 34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Kb5 Ke8 36. Kb6 g5 37. h3 Nxe5
38. Nxe5 Rc3 39. Rh2 Ke7 40. Kb5 Re3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14.
Bd3 Nd7 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. g4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qa5 19. g5 Qd8 20. h4
Bd7 21. gxh6 g6 22. h5 Kh8 23. Kh2 Bc6 24. Rf3 Bd6 25. Qf2 Bc7 26. Kh3 Qe7
27. Ng5 e5 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Nxf7+ Rxf7 30. hxg6 Rf6 31. g7+ Kg8 32. Bc4+
Kh7 33. Qh4 e4 34. Rg3 Bxf4 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Bxg8+ Kh8 37. Rg7 Qf8 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "D38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 h5 9. h3 Nc6 10. e3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Qd6 13. Qf2 Qa3 14.
Qc2 Qd6 15. Qf2 Qa3 16. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "A28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
b3 Nd4 9. Nd2 c6 10. e3 Ne6 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rae1 Re8 14. h3 Bf5
15. e4 Bd7 16. Ne2 b5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. N4f3 d5 20. exd5 Rxe1
21. Rxe1 cxd5 22. cxb5 Bf5 23. Qd1 Nd3 24. Bd4 Rc1 25. Qxc1 Nxc1 26. Rxc1
Ne4 27. Nf1 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qb6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. a4 Qe6 32.
Ne3 Qxb3 33. Rc4 h5 34. h4 Kh7 35. Kg2 f6 36. Rd4 Kg6 37. Rc4 Kf7 38. Kh2
Kg6 39. Kg1 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qb3 41. Rd4 Kf7 42. Rd5 Qxa4 43. Rxf5 Kg6 44. b6
Qb3 45. Rxa5 Qxb6 46. Rd5 Qb2 47. Rf5 Qa2 48. Rc5 Qe2 49. Rc4 Qa2 50. Rb4
Qa5 51. Rb8 Qa2 52. Rd8 Qa5 53. Rd5 Qa2 54. Rf5 Qe6 55. Rd5 Qa6 56. g4 hxg4
57. h5+ Kf7 58. Rd7+ Ke6 59. Rg7 Qe2 60. h6 Qf3+ 61. Kg1 g3 62. Rxg3 Qh5
63. Rg7 f5 64. h7 f4 65. Ng4 Qh3 66. Rg6+ Kf5 67. Rg7 Ke6 68. Rg6+ Kf5 69.
Nh6+ Kxg6 70. h8=Q Qxh6 71. Qe8+ Kf5 72. Qb5+ Kg4 73. Qe2+ Kf5 74. Qb5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3
Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. d4 a6
14. a3 Bd7 15. d5 Na7 16. Nd4 Nc8 17. Nb3 g5 18. Bg3 Re8 19. Na5 b5 20. f3
Nh5 21. Bf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nb6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. Nb7 Be5 26.
Ne4 Rb8 27. Nexd6 Ng6 28. g3 *

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "D40"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. a4 Bc5 14.
axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Nxb5 O-O 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bf4 h6 19. h4 Ne7
20. Rd1 Rb8 21. Bc4 Bc6 *

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "E06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8.
a4 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. b3 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qf3 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6
20. f3 Rfc8 21. e4 Kf8 22. Bf4 Be7 23. Rd3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Rd1 Be7
26. Ne5 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rc3 28. Rd3 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 Rc3 30. Rd3 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[ECO "A13"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. d4 Bc6
8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Be3 Bd5 10. Qc2 Be4 11. Qc1 Ng4 12. b4 a5 13. Bg5 f6 14.
Bd2 axb4 15. Bxb4 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Rc8 17. Qc4 Bxc5 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 19. Qxg4
Bb4+ 20. Nbd2 Bxd2+ 21. Nxd2 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bd5 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Ne4 *

