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Levon Aronian vs Fabiano Caruana
Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz (2018), Day 1 Rapids
Caro-Kann: Exchange, Rubinstein Variation (B13)
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 O-O 13. Bb5 Rb6 14. Qa4 Ne7 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Nxg4 Nxg4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nb3 e5 19. O-O e4 20. Rfe1 Nh5 21. Bf1 Nh4 22. Qa5 Qg6 23. Qxd5 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Ng3+ 25. fxg3 Qxg3 26. Qe5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. Rad1 f5 29. Rd7 Rd6 30. Rxa7 Qg3 31. Rb1 f4 32. Nc5 Qe3 33. b4 f3 34. Re7 fxg2+ 35. Bxg2 Rh6
The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz is the third stage of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour. The 10-player tournament takes place in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis from 11-15 August and sees tour regulars Aronian, Caruana, Nakamura, Anand, Karjakin, MVL, So, Mamedyarov, Grischuk and wild card Dominguez. The prize fund is $150,000, with $37,500 for 1st place.
The rapid section is a single round-robin with 3 rounds each day on the first 3 days at a time control of 25 minutes for all moves and a 10-second delay from move 1. The final 2 days are a blitz double round-robin, with 18 rounds of 5 minutes + 3-second delay blitz. Rapid games count double, with 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. A tie for first place will be decided in a 2-game Rapid mini-match (10min + 5sec delay), only between the top two, and if necessary an Armageddon game (5 vs. 4). The playoff takes place shortly after the last round. Official website: grandchesstour.org
About five months after the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970) qualifier was held, the first stage (the quarterfinals) of the Candidates matches was held in four cities in May 1971. In Vancouver, Canada there was a 10 game match between Mark Taimanov and Bobby Fischer, played May 16th – June 1st. Fischer sensationally won the match with a perfect score of 6-0, thereby proceeding to the Fischer – Larsen Candidates Semifinal (1971). After the event, Taimanov was reported to have said, “At least I still have my music.” He wasn’t being merely melodramatic: the consequences of this loss were to haunt him for years. In an interview with Joel Lautier, Taimanov later recounted:
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