Magnus Carlsen vince la quinta edizione del Kings Tournament, giocato a Medias in Romania dal 11 al 21 giugno.

Doppio girone all’italiana, dieci turni, giorno di riposo il 16 giugno. Rating ufficiale in vigore: lista Elo di maggio 2011. Con una media Elo di 2756 il torneo è uno dei più forti di sempre. Tra i sei partecipanti, ce ne sono quattro tra i primi dieci al mondo!

Con questa prestazione il fuoriclasse norvegese, che non ha preso parte ai recenti Matches dei Candidati, riconquista la prima posizione nel rating mondiale scavalcando il Campione del Mondo Anand. Nella prossima lista ufficiale del 1 luglio Carlsen sarà primo con un Elo di 2821.

Le variazioni Elo in tempo reale (rispetto all’ultima lista ufficiale) dei giocatori sopra i 2700 Elo, e quindi di cinque su sei partecipanti di questo torneo, si possono seguire su Live Chess Rating – 2700chess.com. Si tratta del migliore sito del suo genere: ben fatto, aggiornato tempestivamente e persino con le partite.

Tutto sul Kings Tournament 2011:

Sito Ufficiale, con partite, foto, video, round report.

The Week In Chess, con partite online, partite in PGN, classifiche dettagliate, commenti.

ChessBase, con ottimi articoli dopo ogni turno: foto, video, partite commentate da GM e visualizzabili online con JavaScript player.

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[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.11”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Black “Radjabov, Teimour”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2776”]
[BlackElo “2744”]
[ECO “E73”]
[Opening “King’s Indian”]
[Variation “Averbakh system”]
[WhiteFideId “14100010”]
[BlackFideId “13400924”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 c6 8. Qd2 Nc7
9. Bf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rd1 Be6 13. b3 a5 14. Nge2 Qc7 15. O-O
a4 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nb5 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Ng5
22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxf5 Ne4 24. Qd3 Rfe8 25. Ned4 Rac8 26. Rf4 Bf8 27. Rdf1 Re5
28. a3 Kh8 29. Nf5 Rd8 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 Rde8 32. Rg4 Qc8 33. Qg3 h5 34.
Rg8+ Kh7 35. Rxf8 1-0

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.11”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2815”]
[BlackElo “2774”]
[ECO “D31”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “Charousek (Petrosian) variation”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “2016192”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bg4 7. e3 Bh5 8. Bd3
Bg6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Nge2 b5 13. e4 b4 14. Na4 dxe4
15. fxe4 Qa5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. h4 Rfe8 18. e5 Nd5 19. h5 g5 20. h6 g6 21. Bc1 N7b6
22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 b3 24. Qxb3 Qxc5 25. Nd4 Rxe5 26. Nf3 Re2 27. Nxg5 Qe7 28.
Qd3 Rf8 29. Rdf1 f5 30. g4 Na4 31. Qd4 Qe5 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Nf3
Re7 35. Rfg1+ Kh7 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rhg1 Rfe8 38. Nh4 Rxg7 1-0

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.11”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”]
[Black “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2659”]
[BlackElo “2776”]
[ECO “E54”]
[Opening “Nimzo-Indian”]
[Variation “4.e3, Gligoric system with 7…dc”]
[WhiteFideId “1202758”]
[BlackFideId “14109603”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Qxc3 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Re1 h6 15.
Bd6 Rd8 16. Bc7 Rd7 17. Re3 Qb2 18. Re2 Qc3 19. Re3 Qb2 20. Re2 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.12”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2774”]
[BlackElo “2659”]
[ECO “C96”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “closed, Keres (…Nd7) defence”]
[WhiteFideId “2016192”]
[BlackFideId “1202758”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 Nb7 15. Nf1 a5
16. Bh6 Re8 17. a3 Bd7 18. Ng3 Qc7 19. Bd3 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Ra8 22.
Qb1 c4 23. Bc2 f6 24. Be3 Nd8 25. Nd2 Nf7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Ne5 28. Be3 Ra3
29. Ne2 Na4 30. Bd4 Bf8 31. Rf1 Qd8 32. Qc1 Ra2 33. Nf3 Bg7 34. Nxe5 fxe5 35.
Be3 Nb6 36. Kh2 Be8 37. Ng1 h6 38. Bb1 Ra1 39. Qb2 Ra8 40. Bc2 Nd7 41. Ra1 Rxa1
42. Qxa1 Nf6 43. Qa6 Bf8 44. Nf3 Bd7 45. Nd2 Nh5 46. Nf3 Nf6 47. Kg1 Qc8 48. Qa1
Qb8 49. Kf1 Nh5 50. g4 Nf4 51. Bxf4 exf4 52. e5 dxe5 53. Qa6 Qd6 54. Qxd6 Bxd6
55. Bxg6 Kg7 56. Be4 h5 57. Nh2 Kh6 58. Kg2 hxg4 59. hxg4 Kg5 60. Kh3 f3 61. Kg3
f2 62. Nf3+ Kh6 63. g5+ Kh5 64. Kxf2 Be8 65. Ke3 Bf7 66. g6 Bxg6 67. Bxg6+ Kxg6
68. Ke4 Kf6 69. Nd2 Bf8 70. Nb1 Bh6 71. Na3 Bc1 72. Nxb5 Bd2 73. Nd6 Bxc3 74. b5
Ke7 75. Nxc4 Be1 76. Kxe5 Bg3+ 77. Kd4 Bf2+ 78. Kc3 1-0

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.12”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2776”]
[BlackElo “2815”]
[ECO “C65”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “Berlin defence”]
[WhiteFideId “14100010”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 a6 8. Ba4 b5
9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd3 14. b4 Rfd8 15.
Qb3 Qd7 16. Qc2 Qe6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Qc2 Qe6 19. h3 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5
Nxa5 22. b4 Nb7 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 Nd7 25. Be3 Nd6 26. Nfd2 Ra8 27. Kf1 f6
28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. f3 Ra2 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Nxa1 Nb7 33. Nab3 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.12”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Radjabov, Teimour”]
[Black “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2744”]
[BlackElo “2776”]
[ECO “D12”]
[Opening “QGD Slav”]
[Variation “4.e3 Bf5”]
[WhiteFideId “13400924”]
[BlackFideId “14109603”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 Qe7 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bb4 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. c5 O-O 15.
a3 Qa5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. b4 Qc7 18. f4 a6 19. Bd3 f5 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Kg2 Qe7 22.
a4 Ne4 23. h4 Ra7 24. Rh1 Nf6 25. Qb2 Rfa8 26. Be2 Qf8 27. Qc2 Kf7 28. Rab1 Qe7
29. Rb3 Rh8 30. Bf3 Rha8 31. Qe2 Rh8 32. Rhb1 Ne4 33. Qe1 Nf6 34. R1b2 Rha8 35.
Qb1 Qd8 36. Ra2 Ng8 37. Qb2 Ne7 38. Be2 Qd7 39. Ra1 Ng8 40. Rba3 Ne7 41. Rh1 Ng8
42. Bd3 Nf6 43. Rha1 Ng8 44. Kf3 Ne7 45. Ke2 Ng8 46. b5 axb5 47. axb5 Rxa3 48.
Rxa3 Rxa3 49. Qxa3 cxb5 50. Qa5 Ne7 51. Bxb5 Nc6 52. Qa4 Qc8 53. Kd3 Ke7 54. Kc3
Kd8 55. Kb3 Kc7 56. Kb2 Kb8 57. Kc3 Kc7 58. Kd2 Kd8 59. Kd3 Ke7 60. Ke2 Kf7 61.
Ke1 Ke7 62. Kf2 Kf7 63. Be2 Qd8 64. Bb5 Qc8 65. Kf3 Ke7 66. Kg2 Kf7 67. Be2 Qd8
68. Qb5 Qc7 69. Bd3 Kf6 70. Kh3 Kf7 71. Qa4 Qc8 72. Be2 Kf6 73. Kh2 Kf7 74. Kg1
Kf6 75. Kf1 Kf7 76. Ke1 Ke7 77. Kd2 Kd7 78. Qa1 Kc7 79. Bd3 Qd8 80. Bb5 Qc8 81.
Kc3 Qb8 82. Qa4 Qc8 83. Bxc6 bxc6 84. Qa5+ Kd7 85. Qa7+ Qc7 86. Qa8 Qc8 87.
Qxc8+ Kxc8 88. Kb4 Kb7 89. Ka5 Ka7 90. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.13”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2776”]
[BlackElo “2774”]
[ECO “B90”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack”]
[WhiteFideId “14109603”]
[BlackFideId “2016192”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nd5 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. c3 Qa5 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. O-O Be5 21. Qd3
Qb5 22. Rac1 Ra4 23. Qxb5+ axb5 24. a3 Kd7 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Rcd1 f5 27. Ke2 Rg8
28. Kd3 h5 29. Rde1 h4 30. Bf2 Bf6 31. Rh1 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.13”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Radjabov, Teimour”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2815”]
[BlackElo “2744”]
[ECO “D37”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “classical variation (5.Bf4)”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “13400924”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qe7 14. Qf4
Qe4 15. Qxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 Be6 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. O-O Nb3 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rad1
Kf7 21. f4 Kf6 22. Kf2 Nd2 23. Rfe1 Rac8 24. Rc1 Nb3 25. Rc4 Rxc4 26. Bxc4 Nc5
27. Ke2 b5 28. Ba2 Nd3 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Bb1 Nxb2 31. Rd7 Na4 32. Bxe4 Nc5 33. Rd4
Nxe4 34. Rxe4 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Ra2 36. Rb4 a6 37. Rb3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.13”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”]
[Black “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2659”]
[BlackElo “2776”]
[ECO “C67”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “Berlin defence, open variation”]
[WhiteFideId “1202758”]
[BlackFideId “14100010”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

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. Nc3 Ne7 10. Ne4 Ng6 11. b3 Ke8 12. Bb2 c5 13. Nfd2 h5 14. Nc4 b6
15. f4 Ne7 16. Ne3 Nf5 17. Nd5 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 a5 20. Re1 Rd8 21.
Nf6+ Ke7 22. e6 Rxd5 23. Nxd5+ Kd6 24. exf7 Kxd5 25. Re5+ Kd6 26. Rxf5 Ke6 27.
Rg5 Kxf7 28. Be5 c4 29. Bxc7 Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Rc8 31. Be5 g6 32. f5 gxf5 33. Rxh5
Rd8 34. Bc3 cxb3 35. cxb3 Kg6 36. Rh8 Rd3 37. Rh3 Be3 38. Be1 f4 39. Ke2 Rd8 40.
g3 Rc8 41. gxf4 Bxf4 42. Rc3 Re8+ 43. Kd1 Rd8+ 44. Kc2 Re8 45. Bg3 Be3 46. Kd3
Bc5 47. Kc4 a4 48. Kb5 axb3 49. axb3 Re2 50. Bc7 Re6 51. b4 Be7 52. Rc4 Kf5 53.
Bxb6 Bd6 54. Bc7 1-0

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.14”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2774”]
[BlackElo “2776”]
[ECO “E40”]
[Opening “Nimzo-Indian”]
[Variation “4.e3, Taimanov variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2016192”]
[BlackFideId “14100010”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nb6 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Kh8 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nb5 h6 14. Be3 c6 15. dxc6
Nxc6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qc2 Rd8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bb5 Qe7 20. Qc3 f6 21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qxc6 Rdc8 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bc4 26. Rd2 b5 27. f3 b4 28.
axb4 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Rab8 30. b3 Rxb4 31. Rb1 h5 32. Kf2 h4 33. Rbb2 Kh7 34. Re3
Kg6 35. Rd3 Kg5 36. Ke3 g6 37. Ra2 Rcb8 38. Ra3 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Kd2 Kf4 41.
Kc3 R4b7 42. Ra4+ e4 43. fxe4 Rxb3+ 44. Kc4 Rxd3 45. Kxd3 Rd8+ 46. Ke2 fxe4 47.
g3+ hxg3 48. hxg3+ Kxg3 49. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.14”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2776”]
[BlackElo “2815”]
[ECO “B12”]
[Opening “Caro-Kann”]
[Variation “advance variation”]
[WhiteFideId “14109603”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 d4
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ng6 11. Qe4 Bxc5 12. a3 a5 13. Nbd2 Bb6 14. Rb1 a4 15. b4
axb3 16. Rxb3 O-O 17. c5 Bxc5 18. Rxb7 Qd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Nb3 Bxa3 21. Bxa3
Rxa3 22. Nbxd4 Ngxe5 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Rc7 Rc3 25. Re1 Rc4 26. Rd7 Nb4 27. g3 h6
28. Ree7 Nc6 29. Re1 Rc5 30. Kg2 Nb4 31. Ree7 Nc6 32. Re1 Rb8 33. h4 Rc8 34. Rb1
d4 35. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.14”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”]
[Black “Radjabov, Teimour”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2659”]
[BlackElo “2744”]
[ECO “C63”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “Schliemann defence”]
[WhiteFideId “1202758”]
[BlackFideId “13400924”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Qd3 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Nd2 a6 10. Ba4 Qe7 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 d6
15. Kh1 Kh8 16. f4 Bg4 17. c3 Rad8 18. Bb3 c6 19. Qg3 Qg7 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. h3
Bc8 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. g4 Be3 24. Nf5+ Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. gxf5 d5 27. Rd1 d4
28. cxd4 Bxd4 29. Be6 Kf6 30. Kg2 Re8 31. b3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.15”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Black “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2776”]
[BlackElo “2776”]
[ECO “C53”]
[Opening “Giuoco Piano”]
[WhiteFideId “14100010”]
[BlackFideId “14109603”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Re1
Ng6 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Bd2 Bb6 15.
Qc2 Be6 16. Rad1 Bxh3 17. c4 Ndf4 18. c5 Nxg2 19. cxb6 Qf6 20. Nh2 Nxe1 21. Rxe1
axb6 22. Bc3 Be6 23. Re3 Nf4 24. Rf3 Qh4 25. Bd2 Bg4 26. Qc4 Be6 27. Qc2 Bxb3
28. Qxb3 Re6 29. a3 Rae8 30. Qb4 Rf6 31. Qe4 Ree6 32. Ne2 Nxe2+ 33. Qxe2 Rxf3
34. Qxf3 Rg6+ 35. Kh1 Rf6 36. Qg3 Qxg3 37. fxg3 Rd6 0-1

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.15”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2815”]
[BlackElo “2659”]
[ECO “D27”]
[Opening “QGA”]
[Variation “classical, 6…a6”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “1202758”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Na5 Ra7 13. Nc4 Bb5 14. b3
Rd8 15. Bb2 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Raa8 18. h3 g6 19. g4 h6 20. Bf1 Rac8 21.
Rac1 Nd5 22. h4 Ke8 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Be7 25. Kg2 Nb6 26. Bd3 Nb4 27. Be4
Nxa2 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Rh1 Nd5 30. Ne5 f5 31. Bxd5 1-0

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.15”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Radjabov, Teimour”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2744”]
[BlackElo “2774”]
[ECO “B94”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Najdorf, 6.Bg5”]
[WhiteFideId “13400924”]
[BlackFideId “2016192”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 e5 8. Nf5
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 exf4 13. O-O g6 14. Rxf4 g5 15.
Rb3 Qa5 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 gxf4 18. Ra3 Qb6+ 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Bxf6 Rg8 21.
Rb3 Nd7 22. Nd5 Rg6 23. Bd4 Rc6 24. c4 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Nc3 Ba6 27. Kf2 Rd6
28. Rb4 f6 29. Kf3 Rc8 30. Nxb5 Bxb5 31. Bxb5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.17”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Black “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2776”]
[BlackElo “2659”]
[ECO “C63”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “Schliemann defence, Berger variation”]
[WhiteFideId “14109603”]
[BlackFideId “1202758”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8.
Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qd6 11. Ne5+ c6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. c3 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd5
15. Qb3 Bd6 16. Qxb7 O-O 17. Qxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxc6 Ng4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 e3 21.
h3 Nxe5 22. Bxe3 Nc4 23. Bc5 Rae8+ 24. Kd1 Nxb2+ 25. Kd2 Rf5 26. Bxa7 Rf7 27.
Bc5 Rd7+ 28. Kc2 Re2+ 29. Kb3 Rb7+ 30. Bb4 Nd3 31. a4 Nxb4 32. cxb4 Re3+ 33. Kc2
Rxb4 34. a5 Rc4+ 35. Kd2 Ree4 36. Ra3 Red4+ 37. Ke3 Re4+ 38. Kf3 Rf4+ 39. Kg3
Rf7 40. Rb1 Ra7 41. a6 Rcc7 42. Rb6 h6 43. Kf4 Re7 44. h4 Rac7 45. Ra4 Kh7 46.
g4 Ra7 47. h5 Rac7 48. Rd6 Rc8 49. Ra3 Rf8+ 50. Kg3 Rb8 51. Rc3 Rb4 52. Rd8 Rb6
53. Ra8 Rf7 54. Rcc8 Rb3+ 55. Kh4 g5+ 56. hxg6+ Kxg6 57. Rc6+ Kg7 58. Rd8 Rb1
59. Rdd6 Rh1+ 60. Kg3 Rg1+ 61. Kh3 Rf3+ 62. Kh2 Rgf1 63. Rd7+ Rf7 64. Rxf7+ Rxf7
65. Rc2 h5 66. Ra2 1-0

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.17”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2774”]
[BlackElo “2815”]
[ECO “C95”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2016192”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

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
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Nc3 b4 13. Na4 c5 14. d5 Re8 15. Bc2 Nf8
16. a3 a5 17. b3 Ng6 18. Nb2 Bd7 19. Nh2 h6 20. Nf1 Nh7 21. Ne3 Bg5 22. axb4
axb4 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Nf5 Bxc1 25. Qxc1 Bxf5 26. exf5 Ngf8 27. Nd1 Nf6 28. f3
Qa2 29. g4 Ra8 30. Nf2 Qa3 31. Qb1 Qa2 32. Qc1 Qa3 33. Qb1 Qa2 34. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.17”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Radjabov, Teimour”]
[Black “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2744”]
[BlackElo “2776”]
[ECO “D41”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd”]
[WhiteFideId “13400924”]
[BlackFideId “14100010”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nc6 14. Rad1
Rc8 15. h3 h6 16. Qf4 Na5 17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Qxd6 Nxd6 20. Nd2 Rc6 21.
f3 Rfc8 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd1 Rc3 24. Nb1 Rc7 25. Nd2 Bc8 26. Kf2 Bd7 27. Rb1
Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. g4 f6 30. h4 e5 31. d5 b5 32. a3 a6 33. h5 Nb7 34. Nb3 Kd6
35. Kd2 Rc8 36. Be2 Kc7 37. Nc1 Nd6 38. Na2 a5 39. Nc3 Rb8 40. Rc1 Kd8 41. Rb1
Rb7 42. Bd3 Kc7 43. Kc1 Kb8 44. Rb3 Ka7 45. Rb1 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.18”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2659”]
[BlackElo “2774”]
[ECO “B92”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Najdorf, Opovcensky variation”]
[WhiteFideId “1202758”]
[BlackFideId “2016192”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ne3 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8 15.
Bc4 Qc5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxc2 21.
Nxb6 Rb8 22. Nd5 Qxb2 23. g3 Bg5 24. h4 Bd2 25. Rad1 Bb4 26. Rb1 Qa3 27. Ne7+
Kf8 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Ng6+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.18”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2815”]
[BlackElo “2776”]
[ECO “D38”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “Ragozin variation”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “14100010”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Be2 a6 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. O-O Bg4
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. b3 Ba3 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Nce2 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Be6 21.
Bc1 Rc8 22. Bxa3 Qxa3 23. Qd2 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Nf5 Nf6 26. h3 Kh7 27. Qd4
Nbd7 28. Qf4 Nf8 29. Neg3 Ng6 30. Qd4 Qc5 31. f3 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Ne5 33. Rd1 g6
34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Nge2 Kf8 36. g4 Nc6 37. Rc1 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. h5 Ne7 40. Rh1
gxh5 41. gxh5 Rg8 42. Ng3 Rg5 43. b4 Kd7 44. Rh4 Ne8 45. Rf4 Nd6 46. a4 b6 47.
a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 f5 49. Rh4 Nc4 50. f4 Rg4 51. Rh3 Nd6 52. Rh1 Rg8 53. Rb1 Ra8
54. Kf3 Kc7 55. Ne6+ Kc8 56. Nc5 Rb8 57. Rxb8+ Kxb8 58. Nxa6+ Kb7 59. Nb4 Nc4
60. a6+ Kb6 61. Ke2 Nd6 62. Kd3 Nb5 63. Ne2 Ka5 64. Nc3 Nc7 65. Nbxd5 Nexd5 66.
Nxd5 Nxd5 67. a7 Nc7 68. Kd4 Kb6 69. Ke5 Kxa7 70. Kxf5 Nd5 71. Kg6 Nxe3 72. Kxh6 1-0

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.18”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Black “Radjabov, Teimour”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2776”]
[BlackElo “2744”]
[ECO “C63”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “Schliemann defence, Berger variation”]
[WhiteFideId “14109603”]
[BlackFideId “13400924”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qe6 10. Nf3 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 c5 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Kf1 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Rf8 15. Kg2 Rf5 16. d3 d5 17. f4 Rf7 18. Re5 O-O-O 19. Rb1 c6 20. Bd2 Bd6
21. Re6 Kd7 22. Rbe1 Rdf8 23. R1e2 Rf6 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Be3 Re6 26. Kf3 d4 27.
Bd2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Ke6 29. Kf3 Kf5 30. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.19”]
[Round “8”]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2774”]
[BlackElo “2776”]
[ECO “E12”]
[Opening “Queen’s Indian”]
[Variation “Petrosian system”]
[WhiteFideId “2016192”]
[BlackFideId “14109603”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. h4 e5 15.
d5 Na5 16. h5 c4 17. Bc2 Nb3 18. Ra2 h6 19. Nh2 Bd6 20. Rb1 Nc5 21. Nf1 Ba6 22.
Ng3 Bf8 23. Nf5 Nd3 24. g3 Bc8 25. Qf3 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Bc5 27. Qf3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3
Nc5 29. Rb4 Nb7 30. Ba4 Nd6 31. Bc6 Rab8 32. a4 Rf8 33. g4 Kh7 34. f3 Qe7 35.
Rh2 Qf6 36. Kf2 Rbc8 37. Ke1 Rc7 38. Kd1 Rd8 39. Ke2 Qe7 40. Rh1 Qf6 41. Ra1 Qh4
42. Rbb1 Qh2+ 43. Qf2 Qf4 44. Qe3 Qh2+ 45. Qf2 Qf4 46. Qe3 Qh2+ 47. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.19”]
[Round “8”]
[White “Radjabov, Teimour”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2744”]
[BlackElo “2815”]
[ECO “D37”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “classical variation (5.Bf4)”]
[WhiteFideId “13400924”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5
Qxd5 9. Bd3 Qa5+ 10. Ke2 Ba6 11. a3 c5 12. b4 Bxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qa4 14. bxc5 bxc5
15. Rhc1 Nd7 16. Qc4 Qa5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Qb5 Qd8 20. Nc6 Qd7 21.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Be5 Ne4 23. f3 Qg5 24. fxe4 Rcd8 25. Qb2 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 Qg1+ 27.
Ke2 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Qg1+ 29. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.19”]
[Round “8”]
[White “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Black “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2776”]
[BlackElo “2659”]
[ECO “A30”]
[Opening “English”]
[Variation “symmetrical variation”]
[WhiteFideId “14100010”]
[BlackFideId “1202758”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Na4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Bxb5 Bf4 16. Qc3 Qb8 17. Nb6 Ba6 18. Qa5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 d5 20. Qe2 Be5 21. Bxe5
Qxb6 22. Rd1 Ra4 23. Qf2 Qb5 24. Qe2 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.20”]
[Round “9”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Black “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2776”]
[BlackElo “2776”]
[ECO “B09”]
[Opening “Pirc”]
[Variation “Austrian attack, 6.Bd3”]
[WhiteFideId “14109603”]
[BlackFideId “14100010”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Nc7
9. a4 b6 10. Qe1 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. e5 Nfd5 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bb7 15. Bg5
Qd7 16. Qh4 Nb4 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. exf6
Rf8 22. Qg5 1-0

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.20”]
[Round “9”]
[White “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2659”]
[BlackElo “2815”]
[ECO “C95”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation”]
[WhiteFideId “1202758”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Bb2 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. Ne5 Bb4 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. e5 Nh5 21. Bf1 Nf4 22.
Re3 c5 23. dxc5 d4 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Ne6 26. Rxd4 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28.
Bxd4 Rad8 29. Be3 Rxe5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rc1 Rxe3 32. fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.20”]
[Round “9”]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Radjabov, Teimour”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2774”]
[BlackElo “2744”]
[ECO “B32”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2016192”]
[BlackFideId “13400924”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. Bd3 g6 12. Nc2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Kh8 15.
Rc1 f5 16. f3 Bd7 17. Qd2 f4 18. Bf2 g5 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Be2 Qb6 21. Rfd1 Rac8
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. b4 Be5 24. a3 Kg7 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke1 Qc7 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28.
Qxd4 Qc3+ 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 h5 32. g3 h4 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Kd2
Kf6 35. Kc3 Ke5 36. a4 Be8 37. Be2 Bd7 38. Bf1 Be8 39. axb5 axb5 40. Kd3 Bd7 41.
Ke2 Kd4 42. Kd2 Ke5 43. Kd3 Bc8 44. Kc3 Bd7 45. Kd3 Bc8 46. Kc3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.21”]
[Round “10”]
[White “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2776”]
[BlackElo “2774”]
[ECO “D14”]
[Opening “QGD Slav”]
[Variation “exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5”]
[WhiteFideId “14100010”]
[BlackFideId “2016192”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Qxb6 axb6 9. e3 e6 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Nh5 14. Bg5 Bxg5
15. Nxg5 Nf6 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Nb5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd8 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Rc3 Ke7 21.
Rac1 Rdc8 22. Ke1 Kd7 23. h3 h5 24. h4 g6 25. g3 Ra5 26. Be2 Ne8 27. Rb3 Rd8 28.
f3 Nf6 29. Nc3 Kc7 30. Na2 Ng8 31. Nb4 Ne7 32. Nd3 Raa8 33. Ne5 Rf8 34. Bd3 f5
35. Bb5 Rac8 36. Kf2 Rg8 37. Ba4 Rgf8 38. Rc2 Rfd8 39. Rbc3 Rd6 40. b4 Kb8 41.
Bxc6 bxc6 42. b5 Kb7 43. bxc6+ Kc7 44. a4 Rdd8 45. Rb2 Ra8 46. Rcb3 Nc8 47. Ra2
Rg8 48. a5 b5 49. Rxb5 Nd6 50. Rb4 Ra6 51. Kg2 g5 52. hxg5 Rxg5 53. Kh3 Rg8 54.
Kh4 Rh8 55. Rab2 Ra7 56. Rb6 Rha8 57. Kxh5 Rg8 58. a6 Rga8 59. Rb7+ Nxb7 60.
axb7 1-0

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.21”]
[Round “10”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2815”]
[BlackElo “2776”]
[ECO “E12”]
[Opening “Queen’s Indian”]
[Variation “4.Nc3”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “14109603”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Bf4 d6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Rc1 e5 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nc3 g6 18. Be4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rc8 20. b4 Qd4 21. Qxd4
exd4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nd5 Re2 24. Kf1 Ra2 25. Rd1 Rxa3 26. Rxd4 Ra4 27. Nf6+
Kg7 28. Ne8+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Ne8+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event “5th Kings Tournament”]
[Site “Medias ROU”]
[Date “2011.06.21”]
[Round “10”]
[White “Radjabov, Teimour”]
[Black “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2744”]
[BlackElo “2659”]
[ECO “B18”]
[Opening “Caro-Kann”]
[Variation “classical, Flohr variation”]
[WhiteFideId “13400924”]
[BlackFideId “1202758”]
[EventDate “2011.06.11”]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. h4
Bxf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. c3 Nf6 11. Qb3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Qa3 c5 15.
dxc5 O-O 16. Be2 Nc6 17. O-O Nd4 18. Bd1 a5 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Be3 Nc6 21. Bf3 Ne5
22. Be2 Neg4 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. Rfd1 Qe5 25. Nf1 Qf6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxa5 Rd3
28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qxb7 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qh4+
34. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[/pgn]

Medias è una cittadina quasi esattamente nel centro della Romania, come si vede dalla mappa, nella storica regione della Transilvania. Il fuso orario è +1 rispetto all’Italia. Nei pressi si trova la località termale di Bazna, in cui si sono svolte le prime tre edizioni del Kings Tournament, poi trasferito a Medias per la quarta ed ora per la quinta edizione.

“La capacità di impegnarsi seriamente è di per sé un talento,

e non qualcosa che chiunque semplicemente può scegliere.”

Garry Kasparov