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[Event “2016 Champions Showdown”] [Site “Saint Louis Chess Club”] [Date “2016.11.10”] [Round “2.1”] [White “Caruana, Fabiano”] [Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [WhiteElo “2823”] [BlackElo “2779”] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 b5 12. Na5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. c4 c5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Re6 19. Nc1 Rd6 20. b3 a5 21. Nh4 a4 22. Kh2 Ba5 23. Qe3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Kf8 25. Ng2 Rb8 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. Ne3 Rb2 28. h4 Rd2 29. Qg7 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Nf5+ Ke6 34. Qf8 Qd8 35. Qxc5 Bb6 36. Qc6+ Rd6 37. Nxd6 Qxd6 38. Qe8+ Qe7 39. Qxa4 Bxf2 40. Nd3 Bd4 41. Nb4 Bb6 42. Nd5 Qc5 43. Qe8+ Kd6 44. Qe7+ Kc6 45. Nb4+ Kb7 46. Qxc5 Bxc5 47. Nd5 Bf2 48. Kh3 Kc6 49. Nxf6 Kc5 50. Nxh7 Kxc4 51. h5 Kd3 52. Nf6 Be3 53. Nd5 Bg5 54. Nxc7 Kxe4 55. a4 Kd3 56. a5 e4 57. a6 e3 58. a7 e2 59. a8=Q e1=Q 60. Qd5+ Ke2 61. Qe4+ Be3 62. Qg2+ Bf2 63. Qe4+ Be3 64. Qg2+ Bf2 ½-½ [Event “2016 Champions Showdown”] [Site “Saint Louis Chess Club”] [Date “2016.11.10”] [Round “2.2”] [White “Topalov, Veselin”] [Black “Anand, Viswanathan”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [WhiteElo “2760”] [BlackElo “2779”] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 Nf6 7. e3 e4 8. Nd4 O-O 9. d3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be2 Qe7 12. b4 Bb6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ra2 Bxd4 15. exd4 Nc6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qd2 Qe6 20. f3 Bg6 21. Re1 Re8 22. Bf1 Qd7 23. Raa1 a6 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 h5 26. a4 Qd6 27. Bf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qf6 29. Be5 Qf5 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. a5 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Bxd3 33. Bc7 f6 34. Re3 Bc4 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Rxc6 Re8 37. Bg3 Kg6 38. h4 Re2 39. Rc7 Ra2 40. Be1 Ra1 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra1 43. Re7 Kf5 44. Kh2 g6 45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Rf7 ½-½

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