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2017 Sinquefield Cup/August Chess Puzzle Answer Key

 
ROUND 1
 
Black to move


White: Caruana, Fabiano

Black: Topalov, Veselin
 
2016 Sinquefield Cup
 
A: 21... Nxe4 22. Bxe7 Ned2 23. Bxb3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Bxf3 25. Bxd6 Bxd1 26. Bxd1 exd4 27. cxd4 Qd7 0-1
 
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ROUND 2
 
Black to move


White: Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime

Black: Anand, Viswanathan
 
2016 Sinquefield Cup
 
A: 31... e3 32. Bxe3 Bxd5 33. Bxa7+ Kxa7 34. Qf2+ Bc5 35. Qxc5+ Qxc5+ 36.bxc5 Rd7 37. Rfe1 h6 38. Kf2 Kb8 39. c4 Bc6 40. Rxd7 Bxd7 41. Rb1 Ra6 42. Rb6 Rxa5 43. Rxh6 Rxc5 44. h4 Rxc4 45. g3 Kc7 46. h5 b5 0-1
 
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ROUND 3
 
White to move



White: Topalov, Veselin

Black: Svidler, Peter
 
2016 Sinquefield Cup
 
A: 26. Qc3 Nxd4 27. Qxb4 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nxc1 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qb1+ Nd3 31. Ne1

1-0
 
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ROUND 4
 
White to move



White: Carlsen, Magnus

Black: Kamsky, Gata
 
2013 Sinquefield Cup
 
A: 45. Rg1 Qa2+ 46. Kf3+ Kf6 47. Qg8 Rh3+ 48. Rg3 Rxg3+ 49. Qxg3 1-0
 
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ROUND 5
 
Black to move


White: Topalov, Veselin

Black: Caruana, Fabiano
 
2014 Sinquefield Cup
 
A: 30... Qh5 31. h4 Qg4 32. Qd3 bxc4 33. Qe3 Rfe7 34. b3 Bb2 0-1
 
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ROUND 6
 
White to move


White: Nakamura, Hikaru

Black: Aronian, Levon
 
2013 Sinquefield Cup
 
A: 31. Qxb5 axb5 32. Nd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Ra8 34. Kf2 Ra6 35. g4 Nh4 36. f4 Rc6

37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Ree7 Rf6 39. Kg3 g5 40. f5 h5 41. Re6 1-0
 
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ROUND 7
 
White to move


White: Aronian, Levon

Black: Topalov, Veselin
 
2014 Sinquefield Cup
 
A: 27. d7+ Kb7 28. Bd4 Qe6 29. Bxh8 1-0
 
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ROUND 8
 
White to move


White: Nakamura, Hikaru

Black: Grischuk, Alexander
 
2015 Sinquefield Cup
 
A: 49. f6 Ne8 50. Bh4 Rdf7 51. Qh6 Rg8 52. Re1 d5 53. Qxh5 Qd6+ 54. Re5 d4

55. cxd4 Qxd4 56. Re7 Rxe7 57. fxe7 Qd6+ 58. Kh3 Bd7+ 59. Bf5 Qd3+ 60. Rf3

Bxf5+ 61. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 62. Rxf5 Kg7 63. Bg3 h6 64. Be5+ Kh7 65. Rf7+ Kg6 66. Rf8

Kh7 67. Bf4 a5 68. Bxh6 a4 69. Be3 a3 70. Bxc5 a2 71. Bd4 Nc7 72. Ba1 Ne8 73.

c5 Nc7 74. c6 Ne8 75. Kh4 Nc7 76. Kh5 Ne8 77. c7 1-0
 
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ROUND 9
 
White to move


White: Nakamura, Hikaru

Black: Ding, Liren
 
2016 Sinquefield Cup
 
A: 23. Qc8+ Ke7 24. Rxa6 Nxg3 25. Bxb5 Ne2+ 26. Bxe2 f6 27. Re6+ Qxe6 28.

Qxb8 1-0