Carlsen draws, still leads at Kings Chess Tournament

Hello Everyone,

When 19-year-old World No. 1 Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen wins, he makes news. Lately, it seems, when he draws, he makes bigger news. Such has been the case at the Kings Chess Tournament being held in Mediaz-Bazna, Romania.

Carlsen had won four straight games till the seventh round. On Tuesday, everyone was wondering whether he would be able to win his fifth game as well! Grandmaster Boris Gelfand denied Carlsen the chance and the two drew a nice Queens Gambit Declined discussion over the board.

Meanwhile, Radjabov and Ponomariov drew their games while Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter beat Wang Yue. Carlsen leads with 6/8 followed by Gelfand at 5, Radjabov at 4, Nisipeanu at 3.5, Ponomariov at 3 and Wang Yue at 2.5.

Here is the Gelfand-Carlsen game. You can play it in our pgnplayer or watch it in the flash player below. You can read a news report here or visit the official website of the tournament.

PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Bb7 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. O-O Rfc8 13. bxc6 Bxc6 14. Rb1 Qd8 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Rfc1 Ndf6 17. Ba6 Ba3 18. Rc2 Rxa6 19. Qxa6 Ba4 20. Nxa4 Rxc2 21. h3 Bf8 22. Nc5 h6 23. Qa7 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Rb8 Rc8 26. Bc7 Qe8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Bxa5 Qc1+ 29. Be1 Nd2 30. Nxd2 Qxe1+ 31. Nf1 Ne4 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qb2 1/2-1/2 

Here is the Wang Yue-Dieter game also.

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3 Re8 9. d5 Nc5 10. b4 Nce4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bb2 a5 13. a3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 axb4 16. axb4 Qe7 17. e3 f5 18. Rfc1 e4 19. Bf1 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qg7 21. Qb1 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Kf8 24. Ra7 Rb8 25. f3 exf3 26. Kf2 c6 27. Kxf3 cxd5 28. cxd5 Ke7 29. h4 h6 30. b5 Kf6 31. b6 Ke5 32. Bc4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Ke2 Be8 35. Kf3 Bh5+ 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Ke1 Bf3 38. Kd2 Bg2 39. Bb3 Bf3 40. Bc4 Bg2 41. Bb3 Ke4 42. Ke2 Bf3+ 43. Kf2 g4 44. Ra4+ Kd3 45. Rd4+ Kc3 46. Bd1 Bxd1 47. Rxd1 Kc4 48. Rd4+ Kc5 49. Rf4 Kxb6 50. Rxf5 Kc5 51. Ke2 b5 52. Kd2 Ra8 53. Rf4 Ra4 54. e4 Ra2+ 55. Kc1 Kc4 56. Rxg4 Kc3 57. Kd1 Rd2+ 58. Ke1 b4 59. Rg6 b3 60. Rxd6 b2 61. Rb6 Rd4 62. Rxb2 Kxb2 63. Ke2 Kc3 64. Ke3 Rd1 65. g4 Rf1 66. d6 Kc4 0-1

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