Chess games
The 2017 Sinquefield Cup featured ten of the world’s best chess players. Here are four games from the tournament.
White: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Black: Wesley So 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Re8 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. a5 c6 15. de5 de5 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Qd6 Qd6 18. Nd6 Re6 19. Rd1 Rb8 20. Kf1 Re7 21. Nc4 Rbe8 22. b3 Be6 23. Nb6 Bb6 24. ab6 Rd7 25. Be3 Rc8 26. c4 Rd1 27. Rd1 c5 28. Ne1 Nd7 29. Nd3 f6 30. Ra1 Ne7 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd2 f5 33. f4 ef4 34. Nf4 g5 35. Ne6 Ke6 36. ef5 Nf5 37. Bg1 Nd4 38. Re1 Kf6 39. Rf1 Ke7 40. Re1 Kd8 41. Be4 Nb3 42. Kc3 Nd4 43. Bh2 1-0.
White: Viswanathan Anand
Black: Magnus Carlsen 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Nd5 h6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Re1 Ba7 12. Be3 Be3 13. Ne3 Re8 14. a4 b4 15. a5 bc3 16. bc3 Be6 17. Be6 Re6 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. Nf6 Rf6 20. d4 Ng6 21. g3 Qc8 22. Re3 Rb5 23. Nd2 h5 24. h4 Qh3 25. Qf1 Qg4 26. Qe2 Qe2 27. Re2 Re6 28. Nf1 Nf8 29. Rc2 ed4 30. cd4 c5 31. dc5 dc5 32. Nd2 Rd6 33. Nc4 Rd4 34. Kg2 Ne6 35. Ra3 g6 36. Nd2 Kg7 37. Rac3 Rdb4 38. Ra2 Rd4 39. Rac2 Ra4 40. Nb3 Rb3 41. Rb3 Nd4 42. Rcb2 Nb3 43. Rb3 Re4 44. Rb6 Re6 45. Rb7 c4 46. Rc7 Re5 47. Rc4 Ra5 48. Rc6 Ra2 49. Kf3 a5 50. Ra6 a4 51. Ke3 a3 52. Kf3 f6 53. Ra7 Kf8 54. Kg2 Ra1 55. Kf3 Ke8 56. Ra6 Ke7 57. Kg2 Kf7 58. Kf3 Ra2 59. Kg2 g5 60. g4 gh4 61. gh5 Ra1 62. Ra7 Kg8 63. h6 Kh8 64. Kh2 f5 65. f4 a2 66. Kg2 Draw.
White: Magnus Carlsen Black: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5 Nd5 5. e3 Nc3 6. dc3 Qd1 7. Kd1 Bf5 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. e4 Bg6 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. Re1 e6 13. a4 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15. a5 Rfd8 16. a6 b6 17. Kc2 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Kb3 f6 20. Nc4 Nf2 21. e5 Ne4 22. Be3 Bf5 23. Rg1 Rd5 24. Rae1 Kf7 25. Bc1 Bh7 26. Re3 Rcd8 27. Bc6 Nf2 28. Re2 Nd3 29. ef6 gf6 30. Bb5 Rg8 31. Bd2 Rgd8 32. Be3 Be4 33. Rd2 Rg8 34. Ka4 Rgd8 35. Kb3 Rg8 36. Ka2 f5 37. Rh2 Rc8 38. Rd2 Rg8 39. Re2 Bf3 40. Rh2 Bf6 41. Nd2 Bg4 42. Rf1 Rgd8 43. Nc4 e5 44. fe5 Be5 45. Bg5 Bg3 46. Rg2 Bh3 47. Rg3 Bf1 48. Rf3 Be2 49. Bd8 Bf3 50. Bb6 ab6 51. Bc6 Be4 52. a7 Rd8 53. Nd6 Rd6 54. Be4 Rd8 55. a8Q Ra8 56. Ba8 Ne5 57. Kb3 f4 58. Kc2 Kg7 59. Kd2 Ng6 60. Kd3 Nh4 61. Ke4 f3 62. Ke3 Kf6 63. b4 c4 64. Bd5 Kf5 65. Bc4 Kg4 66. Kf2 Ng6 67. Be6 Kf4 68. Bf7 Ne5 69. Bh5 Nd3 70. Kf1 Kg3 71. Bf7 Nf2 01.
White: Vishy Anand Black: Fabiano Caruana 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cd5 Nd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Bb6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. Rc1 Nc3 11. Bc3 Re8 12. b4 Qd6 13. Nd2 Qh6 14. Nc4 Qh5 15. Rc2 Rad8 16. Nb6 cb6 17. f3 Be6 18. Qd2 b5 19. f4 Bg4 20. Bc6 bc6 21. fe5 f6 22. ef6 Re2 23. f7 Kf8 24. Bg7 Kg7 25. Qc3 Re5 26. Qd4 Qg5 27. Rc5 Rd4 28. f8Q Kg6 29. Qf7 1-0.