Korchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge 2017

The winner of a Classical game is awarded 2 points for the Overall Standings, in case of a draw each player gets 1 point and the loser 0 points.In the Blitz tournament that follows on Monday, 17 April however, the winner is given 1 point, by a draw each player half a point and the loser 0 points.

Standings

Rank	Name	Ratings	Win	Draw	Loss	Points	(SB)
1	Hikaru Nakamura	2793	4	2	1	10
2	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2751	4	2	1	10
3	Vishwanathan Anand	2786	4	1	2	9
4	Vladmir Kramnik	2811	1	6	0	8
5	Peter Svidler	2747	2	4	1	8
6	Boris Gelfand	2747	1	3	3	5
7	Yannick Pelletier	2541	0	3	4	3
8	Grigory Oparin	2760	0	3	4	3

Results

Round 7

Hikaru Nakamura 1-1 Viswanathan Anand
Yannick Pelletier 0-2 Boris Gelfand
Grigoriy Oparin 0-2 Ian Nepomniachtchi
Peter Svidler 1-1 Vladimir Kramnik

Round 6

Viswanathan Anand 2-0 Peter Svidler
Vladimir Kramnik 1-1 Grigoriy Oparin
Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-0 Yannick Pelletier
Boris Gelfand 0-2 Hikaru Nakamura

Round 5

Boris Gelfand 0-2 Viswanathan Anand
Hikaru Nakamura 2-0 Ian Nepomniachtch
Yannick Pelletier 1-1 Vladimir Kramnik
Grigoriy Oparin 0-2 Peter Svidler

Round 4

Viswanathan Anand 2-0 Grigoriy Oparin
Peter Svidler 1-1 Yannick Pelletier
Vladimir Kramnik 1-1 Hikaru Nakamura
Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-0 Boris Gelfand

1. Anand,V vs Oparin,G 1-0 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:4 Zurich SUI 2017.04.152. Svidler,P vs Pelletier,Y 1/2-1/2 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:4 Zurich SUI 2017.04.153. Kramnik,V vs Nakamura,Hi 1/2-1/2 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:4 Zurich SUI 2017.04.154. Nepomniachtchi,I vs Gelfand,B 1-0 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:4 Zurich SUI 2017.04.15

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. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Ng5 Bg7 22. Nf1 bxa4 23. Qe2 a5 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxa4 Reb8 27. Bc6 Ra7 28. Ra2 Bh6 29. Ngf3 Nd7 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rea1 Rb5 32. Qxc4 Qxf2 33. Qc6 Ra7 34. b4 Bxd2 35. Nxd2 Qe3 36. Nc4 Qxe4 37. Nxd6 Qxd5 38. Qxd5 Rxd5 39. Ne4 Kg7 40. Rxa5 Bd3 41. Rxa7 Bxe4 42. Re1 1-0

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Round 3

Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-0 Viswanathan Anand
Boris Gelfand 1-1 Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura 0-2 Peter Svidler
Yannick Pelletier 1-1 Grigoriy Oparin

1. Nepomniachtchi,I vs Anand,V 1-0 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:3 Zurich SUI 2017.04.142. Gelfand,B vs Kramnik,V 1/2-1/2 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:3 Zurich SUI 2017.04.143. Nakamura,Hi vs Svidler,P 0-1 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:3 Zurich SUI 2017.04.144. Pelletier,Y vs Oparin,G 1/2-1/2 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:3 Zurich SUI 2017.04.14

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. Ng5 e6 8. Nge4 f5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 d4 11. Nd5 Bd6 12. d3 Be6 13. h4 Be5 14. Nf4 Bf7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 b6 17. O-O Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Bd5 19. e4 dxe3 20. fxe3 O-O 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. e4 Bxa2 23. exf5 gxf5 24. b3 Nd4 25. Bf4 Qe6 26. Re1 Qf7 27. b4 Bd5 28. bxc5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Qa4 Rc8 32. Kh3 Ne6 33. Re5 c4 34. Qa6 Nxf4+ 35. gxf4 Rc7 36. Re2 c3 37. Qd6 Qd7 38. Rg2+ Kf7 39. Qe5 Qc6 40. Qg7+ Ke8 41. Re2+ 1-0

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Round 2

Viswanathan Anand 2-0 Yannick Pelletier
Grigoriy Oparin 0-2 Hikaru Nakamura
Peter Svidler 1-1 Boris Gelfand
Vladimir Kramnik 1-1 Ian Nepomniachtchi

1. Anand,V vs Pelletier,Y 1-0 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:2 Zurich SUI 2017.04.142. Oparin,G vs Nakamura,Hi 0-1 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:2 Zurich SUI 2017.04.143. Svidler,P vs Gelfand,B 1/2-1/2 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:2 Zurich SUI 2017.04.144. Kramnik,V vs Nepomniachtchi,I 1/2-1/2 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:2 Zurich SUI 2017.04.14

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bb5 Ndb8 10. Qf2 c4 11. Ne2 a6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. c3 b5 14. g4 h5 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. h4 Rh8 17. Qg2 Bf8 18. f5 exf5 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. h5 Be6 21. h6 Kd7 22. h7 Re8 23. Bd2 Kc8 24. a4 b4 25. Nf4 Qd7 26. Ng5 g6 27. Kf1 b3 28. Re1 Nd8 29. Re2 Qb7 30. Ngxe6 Nxe6 31. Nxd5 Be7 32. Nxe7+ Rxe7 33. d5 Nf8 34. Bh6 Re8 35. Bxf8 Rexf8 36. Rh4 Kd8 37. Rd2 Re8 38. e6 Re7 39. Qg5 1-0

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Round 1

Vladimir Kramnik 2-0 Viswanathan Anand
Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-1 Peter Svidler
Boris Gelfand 1-1 Grigoriy Oparin
Hikaru Nakamura 2-0 Yannick Pelletier

1. Kramnik,V vs Anand,V 1-0 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:1 Zurich SUI 2017.04.132. Nepomniachtchi,I vs Svidler,P 1/2-1/2 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:1 Zurich SUI 2017.04.133. Gelfand,B vs Oparin,G 1/2-1/2 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:1 Zurich SUI 2017.04.134. Nakamura,Hi vs Pelletier,Y 1-0 Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 Rnd:1 Zurich SUI 2017.04.13

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 O-O 8. Nf3 d5 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Bd4 Rc7 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Bf1 Bf8 21. Ba6 Rd8 22. h4 Bc5 23. b4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qe7 25. Bd3 Kg7 26. a5 Rdc8 27. axb6 axb6 28. Bf1 b5 29. Bd3 Rc4 30. Bxc4 Qxb4 31. Rab1 Qxc4 32. Qd2 h5 33. Rbc1 Qb3 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Qf4 Bf5 36. e6 Bxe6 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Ra1 1-0

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Opening Blitz

The Opening Blitz Tournament has no influence on the overall result, but is played to determine the starting number of each player

Round 1

Yannick Pelletier 0-1 Boris Gelfand
Hikaru Nakamura ½:½ Vladimir Kramnik
Grigoriy Oparin ½:½ Viswanathan Anand
Ian Nepomniachtchi 0-1 Peter Svidler

Round 2

Boris Gelfand 1-0 Peter Svidler
Viswanathan Anand 0-1 Ian Nepomniachtchi
Vladimir Kramnik ½:½ Grigoriy Oparin
Yannick Pelletier 0-1 Hikaru Nakamura

Round 3

Hikaru Nakamura 0-1 Boris Gelfand
Grigoriy Oparin 1-0 Yannick Pelletier
Ian Nepomniachtchi 0-1 Vladimir Kramnik
Peter Svidler ½-½ Viswanathan Anand

Round 4

Boris Gelfand 1-0 Viswanathan Anand
Vladimir Kramnik 1-0 Peter Svidler
Yannick Pelletier 1-0 Ian Nepomniachtchi
Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Grigoriy Oparin

Round 5

Grigoriy Oparin 0-1 Boris Gelfand
Ian Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Hikaru Nakamura
Peter Svidler 0-1 Yannick Pelletier
Viswanathan Anand 1-0 Vladimir Kramnik

Round 6

Boris Gelfand ½-½ Vladimir Kramnik
Yannick Pelletier 0-1 Viswanathan Anand
Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Peter Svidler
Grigoriy Oparin 0-1 Ian Nepomniachtchi

Round 7

Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0 Boris Gelfand
Peter Svidler ½-½ Grigoriy Oparin
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Hikaru Nakamura
Vladimir Kramnik ½-½ Yannick Pelletier

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