[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,93,14,10,12,22,15,0,16,5,15,-67,-27,-76,-61,-70,-53,-83,-83,-83,-70, -113,-120,-155,-136,-167,-181,-164,-155,-228,-218,-220,-210,-213,-201,-222, -154,-213,-172,-185,-185,-231,-229,-227,-204,-182,-29,-30,-27,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-58,-214,-212,-259,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Bd3 Ne4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 {[%CAl Rc2e4]} f5 14. O-O-O $5 { [%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} ({Better is} 14. O-O $11) 14... Nd7 15. g4 {[#]} fxg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nf6 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. f4 Rac8 18. Kb1 c5 19. Nb3 c4 20. Nc1 a6 21. Rhg1 b5 {1-0 (33) Cazzaniga,W (2139)-Cocconcelli,L (2012) Milan 2013}) 16. Ndxe4 Nb6 17. Ng3 Be6 (17... Nd5 18. e4 Nxc3 19. bxc3) 18. Kb1 Rf8 19. e4 Rad8 20. Rhe1 Qf6 21. f4 (21. Nce2) 21... gxf3 {...f2 is the strong threat.} ({Weaker is} 21... Rxd4 22. f5 $11) ({Don't do} 21... Qxf4 22. Ka1 $17) 22. Qf2 Nc4 (22... Qh4 23. Ka1 Rf4 24. Rd3 Nc4) 23. Rg1 (23. b3 $17 Nb6 24. Rd3) 23... Qh4 $1 $19 24. b3 Nd6 $1 25. Kb2 Rf7 (25... b5 26. Rge1 (26. Rd3 $2 b4) 26... a5) 26. Rd2 Rdf8 (26... b5) 27. Re1 (27. e5 $17 {was worth a try.} Ne8 28. Nge4 Qxf2 29. Rxf2) 27... Kh8 28. Rd3 Rf4 29. e5 Nf5 ( 29... Nf7) 30. Nce4 Bd5 {[%CAl Rd5e4]} 31. Rxf3 Nxg3 $2 (31... Rxf3 $19 32. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 33. Re2 (33. Ka1 Qxg3) 33... Qxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Qxf5 (34. Qxg3 Nxg3 35. Nxg3 Rf3) 34... Rxf5 35. Nxg3 Rf3) 32. hxg3 $11 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 ( 33... Qh2+ {feels hotter.} 34. Qe2 Qxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Kg8) 34. gxh4 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096]} Kg8 36. Ka3 Kf7 37. Kb4 h5 38. a4 Ke6 39. a5 Rg3 { Hoping for ...Rg4.} 40. a6 (40. Kc4 $11) 40... b6 $15 {Threatens to win with .. .Rg4.} 41. Kc4 $2 (41. Rf4 $1 $15) 41... Rg4 $19 42. Kd3 {[#] next Rxg4 is good for White.} Rg3+ $2 ({Black should play} 42... c5 $1 $19 43. dxc5 bxc5) 43. Re3 {The position is equal.} Rg4 44. Rf3 c5 45. dxc5 bxc5 46. Rf8 $1 Kxe5 47. Rf7 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 79%. . Lost on time} 1-0 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2757"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "187"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,187,22,21,18,18,18,52,35,36,45,47,39,54,35,49,50,49,54,42,22,53,58, 54,28,33,25,35,43,47,31,107,114,116,132,127,120,111,120,110,112,180,181,179, 179,189,187,179,177,156,147,147,148,152,150,142,103,137,87,137,137,137,97,106, 111,105,105,114,96,106,106,105,99,99,11,92,11,11,11,16,16,30,30,91,84,120,120, 120,120,179,179,179,179,179,179,245,244,257,250,250,250,245,245,250,250,250, 250,250,237,250,250,250,237,231,176,230,230,241,168,168,0,212,168,168,154,161, 154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,255,154, 378,154,247,221,556,527,4141,4141,4141,1718,29973,29970,29978,29967,29959, 29969,29965,29957,12832,29957,29946,5093,29983,29984,29984,29985,29988,29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Nge2 e6 10. O-O {10.f3 gains popularity. Played by David Navara in July 2020. D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Be7 12. a3 $5 {[%mdl 4] White is slightly better. Exploring less charted territory.} O-O 13. Na4 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qa5 14. Qc2 Rfc8 15. Nc5 Qd8 16. Nxb7 Nxd4 17. exd4 Rxc2 18. Nxd8 Rxb2 19. Nc6 {1-0 (18) Rapport,R (2649)-Bogosavljevic,B (2520) Bar 2015}) 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. h3 Qa5 16. Qd1 Rfc8 17. b4 Qd8 18. Rb1 Ra7 19. Nc5 Ncb8 20. Qe2 a5 21. Rfc1 axb4 22. axb4 Nf6 23. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent b6. White has good play.} b6 $2 (23... Nbd7 $14) 24. Na6 $16 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Nbd7 26. Rc6 Qf8 27. Qc2 { Rc8 is the strong threat.} Ra8 28. Rc7 Bd6 (28... Bd8 $16) 29. Bxd6 $18 Qxd6 30. Qc6 Qf8 (30... Qxc6 $4 31. bxc6 $18) 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Qxd7 Rc8 33. g3 (33. Kf1) 33... Rc3 34. Bf1 Qc8 35. Qxc8+ $1 Rxc8 36. h4 g5 37. Nb4 (37. hxg5 hxg5 38. f3) 37... Kf8 (37... Rc3) 38. Nc6 Ra8 39. Be2 Ra2 40. Kf1 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Bd3 Rd2 43. Bf1 f6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. g4 ({White should try} 45. Kg1 $1 $16) 45... Ke8 (45... Rb2 $11) 46. Kg3 (46. Kg1 $1 $16) 46... Rd1 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rd1f1]} 47. Be2 Rg1+ 48. Kh2 Re1 49. Bd3 Rd1 (49... Rc1 $11 {keeps the balance. }) 50. Nb4 $16 Kd7 51. Kg2 Ra1 52. f4 Ra3 (52... gxf4 $16 53. exf4 Ra4) 53. fxg5 $18 fxg5 54. Nc6 Kd6 55. Ne5 Ke7 (55... Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Ra3) 56. Kf3 Ra2 57. e4 $1 Ra1 58. Ke3 Re1+ 59. Be2 Rg1 (59... dxe4 $2 60. Nc4 $18) 60. Kf2 Ra1 61. Nf3 Kf6 62. Ke3 Ra8 63. Bd3 Rg8 64. Bb1 Ke7 65. Ne5 Ra8 (65... Kd6 66. Bc2 Rg7 67. Bd3) 66. Bd3 Rc8 67. Nc6+ Kd6 68. Ne5 Rf8 $2 69. exd5 exd5 70. Bf5 Re8 71. Kd3 {aiming for Nf7+.} Re7 72. Bg6 Ra7 73. Ke3 Ke6 74. Bf5+ Kd6 75. Kd2 Ra2+ 76. Kc3 Ra3+ 77. Kb4 Ra7 78. Bc2 Ke6 79. Nc6 Ra2 (79... Ra8 {keeps fighting.} 80. Bd3 Kd6) 80. Kb3 Ra1 $2 {[#] Now Black is done in.} (80... Ra8 81. Ne5 Ra7 82. Bf5+ Kd6) 81. Kc3 (81. Bf5+ $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Kd6 82. Nd8 Rd1 83. Ne6) 81... Rc1 (81... Kd6 $16 {was worth a try.} 82. Bf5 Ra8) 82. Ne5 Rg1 $2 (82... Ke7 83. Nf3 Kf6) 83. Bf5+ Ke7 {[#]} 84. Nd7 $1 {[%CAl Rd7b6]} Rc1+ 85. Kb3 Rc4 86. Nxb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxd4 87. Kc3 Rd1 88. Nc8+ Kd8 89. b6 {[%CAl Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} d4+ 90. Kc2 (90. Kb2 $18 Rd2+ 91. Kb3) 90... Re1 91. Nd6 (91. Na7 $142 d3+ 92. Kb2 Re2+ 93. Kb3 Rc2 94. Bxd3 Rh2 95. Nc6+ Kc8 96. Ba6+ Kd7 97. b7) 91... Re3 92. Nf7+ {[%mdl 64]} Ke7 93. b7 d3+ 94. Kd1 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 63%.} 1-0 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Tari, Aryan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2633"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,95,48,16,11,10,42,43,50,41,42,40,59,64,53,5,16,0,14,24,29,25,64,35, 48,36,49,47,55,47,27,46,183,172,170,132,140,133,162,159,150,155,210,213,229, 228,228,228,251,229,280,273,278,260,327,309,312,295,508,508,497,497,378,356, 581,578,569,569,1405,1358,1059,1008,2200,1657]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Bf5 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack.} 14. d4 Qf6 15. Be3 Qg6 {White is slightly better.} 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Qf3 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... h5 18. a4 b4 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 bxc3 21. bxc3 h4 22. Qg2 hxg3 23. fxg3 Rc8 {1-0 (47) Fernandez Cardoso,A (2445)-Marrero Lopez,Y (2242) Matanzas 2017}) 18. Qg2 Qh5 19. h4 Be2 20. Nf1 Re6 21. Bd2 Rfe8 22. a4 Bf3 (22... h6) 23. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 24. Qh3 Bg4 25. Qh2 h6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ne3 Bf3 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} ({Better is} 27... Nxe3 $1 $14 28. Bxe6 (28. fxe3 Re7 $11) (28. Bxe3 Re8 $14) 28... Bxe6 29. Bxe3 Qe2) 28. Qh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Be4 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. Nxg4 f5 {[#]} 31. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe5 32. dxe5 Kf8 (32... Bf3 $16) (32... Rxe5 $4 33. Re1 $18) 33. f4 $18 Re7 34. Bxd5 cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Be3 { [#] And now Bc5 would win.} Rc7 36. Ra5 Bd3 37. Bd4 Rc6 38. Kf2 h5 39. Ke3 Bc4 40. Ra3 Rg6 $2 (40... Bf1 41. Ra7 Kg8) 41. b3 Bf1 42. Bc5+ Ke8 43. Bb4 Bg2 $2 ( 43... d4+ 44. Kf2 Bd3 45. cxd4 Be4) 44. Kd4 {White is clearly winning.} Rc6 45. Ra7 g6 46. Re7+ Kd8 47. e6 Rc7 48. Rf7 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 51%.} 1-0 [Event "8th Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] {[%evp 0,103,34,29,21,6,6,6,6,2,0,0,0,9,6,-3,29,19,34,23,31,33,39,30,28,-9,23, 20,29,17,41,-6,55,54,46,36,36,26,39,36,26,30,22,41,41,41,46,45,45,43,45,45,43, 45,49,7,45,30,49,11,0,-7,0,1,31,30,0,36,51,50,26,27,41,-21,-12,-15,-12,-54,-57, -41,-43,-38,-29,2,-9,14,14,0,15,5,8,2,17,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,39,33,23]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 b5 12. Bf2 Bb7 13. Ng3 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Qa4 Bc8 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Qa6 Re7 22. Rfd1 Ne8 23. Qxb6 (23. Bf1 Nc7 24. Qd3) 23... axb6 (23... Bxb6 $2 24. Ba6 Nc7 25. Bb7 Rb8 26. Bc6) 24. Bb1 Ba4 25. b3 (25. Nf5) 25... Bd7 26. Ne2 Nc7 27. Rd2 Bc6 28. Nd4 Bb7 29. g4 Ne6 30. Nf5 Rc7 31. h4 Rac8 32. Rcd1 Bf8 33. Bg3 Rc3 34. Kf2 Bc5 $2 35. Bd3 (35. Bd6 d4 36. exd4 Rxf3+ (36... Bxd6 37. Nxd6 Rxf3+ 38. Kg1) 37. Kg1 Bxd6 38. Nxd6 Rg3+ 39. Kh2 Rcc3 40. Nxb7 $18) 35... d4 36. e4 Ra8 37. Bc4 Rc2 38. Bd3 Rcxa2 39. Be5 Rxd2+ 40. Rxd2 Ra5 41. Kg3 Ba6 42. Bxa6 Rxa6 43. Nxd4 Bxd4 44. Bxd4 Ra3 45. Rd3 Nxd4 46. Rxd4 Rxb3 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. h5 Ra3 49. Rd4 Ra4 50. e5 Ra5 51. Rxb4 Rxe5 52. Rxb6 1/2-1/2