[Event "Semi-Finals 1: Erigaisi Arjun - Praggnan"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2746"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/9b7tWIjH"] [PlyCount "139"] [GameId "2101610791866065"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Nxb3 8. axb3 g5 9. d3 g4 10. Nfd2 Qf6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. Red1 Qg6 16. d4 O-O 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf4 h5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Be6 22. Rxa6 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. f3 gxf3 25. gxf3 Kg7 26. Kf2 Ra1 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Nxd1 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Nde3 Bg6 31. Ng3 Kf6 32. h4 Nc8 33. Ke2 Nd6 34. Kd2 Nb7 35. Kc3 Nc5 36. Kb4 Ne6 37. c3 Ke7 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. fxe4 Kd6 40. Nf5+ Kc7 41. Ng3 Nf4 42. Ka5 Ng2 43. Nf5 Ne1 44. c4 bxc4 45. bxc4 Nf3 46. c5 Nd2 47. Ng3 Kb7 48. b4 Nb3+ 49. Ka4 Nd4 50. Nxh5 Nf3 51. Nf6 Nxh4 52. b5 Nf3 53. b6 Ng5 54. Ka5 Ne6 55. Kb4 Ng5 56. Kc4 Ka6 57. Kd3 Ne6 58. Nd7 Kb7 59. Kc4 Ng5 60. Nxe5 Nxe4 61. Nf7 Nd2+ 62. Kb4 Kc8 63. Ne5 Kb7 64. Nc4 Ne4 65. Na5+ Ka6 66. Nxc6 Nf6 67. Ka4 Ne4 68. Nb4+ Kb7 69. Kb5 Nc3+ 70. Ka5 1-0 [Event "Semi-Finals 1: Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime -"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/9b7tWIjH"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2101610791898834"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. a3 b6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb7 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qe2 Rc7 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qd7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ne4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. f4 b5 23. b4 a6 24. Qf2 Nb6 25. f5 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nc4 27. Bf4 Rd8 28. Rf1 exf5 29. e6 Bd6 30. Bxd6 Nxd6 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. exf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxf5 Qxf5 34. Rxf5 Rd3 35. a4 bxa4 36. Ra5 Rd4 37. Rxa4 a5 38. Rxa5 Rxb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Semi-Finals 2: Praggnanandhaa R - Erigai"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A65"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/co7BwPAp"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2101610836770524"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Re8 13. h4 Nbd7 14. Nge2 Rb8 15. h5 Ne5 16. Ng3 Qe7 17. Be2 c4 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Ra2 Bd7 21. O-O Reb8 22. Rfa1 Bc8 23. Nd1 Nfd7 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rc1 Rb4 26. Rc2 Nc5 27. Ne3 Qf6 28. Nh5 Qe7 29. Ng3 Qf6 30. Nh5 Qe7 31. f4 Ned3 32. Nxc4 gxh5 33. Nxd6 Bg4 34. Bxd3 Nxd3 35. Rxa6 Nxb2 36. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Semi-Finals 2: Firouzja, Alireza - Vachi"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/co7BwPAp"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2101610836791005"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 e6 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. h3 Rac8 18. e5 Qh4 19. Nf4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 b5 23. Nxe6 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 bxc4 25. Rc3 Bd5 26. Ne2 Re8 27. Nf4 Rxe5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxc4 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd2 31. Ra4 Rxf2 32. Rxa7 1/2-1/2 [Event "SF | Tiebreak: Firouzja, Alireza - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/1ZRsf9eK"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2101611069587485"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. e4 {[%eval 18,0]} c5 {[%eval 25,0]} 2. Nf3 {[%eval 28,0]} d6 {[%eval 21,0]} 3. d4 {[%eval 22,0]} cxd4 {[%eval 19,0]} 4. Nxd4 {[%eval 18,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 24,0]} 5. Nc3 {[%eval 16,0]} a6 {[%eval 2,0]} 6. f3 {[%eval 13,0]} e5 {[%eval 21,0]} 7. Nb3 {[%eval 24,0]} Be6 {[%eval 25,0]} 8. Be3 {[%eval 35,0]} h5 {[%eval 32,0]} 9. Nd5 {[%eval 3,0]} Bxd5 {[%eval 24,0]} 10. exd5 {[%eval 27,0]} Nbd7 {[%eval 31,0]} 11. Qd2 {[%eval 36,0]} g6 {[%eval 32,0]} 12. O-O-O {[%eval 28,0]} Nb6 {[%eval 3,0]} 13. Kb1 {[%eval 34,0]} Nbxd5 {[%eval 34,0]} 14. Bg5 {[%eval 33,0]} Be7 {[%eval 25,0]} 15. Bd3 {[%eval 29,0]} Qc7 {[%eval 3,0]} 16. Rhe1 {[%eval 22,0]} O-O {[%eval 49,0]} 17. h4 {[%eval 75,0]} Nb6 {[%eval 8,0]} 18. g4 {[%eval 79,0]} d5 {[%eval 93,0]} 19. Qh2 {[%eval 62,0]} Rae8 $6 {[%eval 164,0] Inaccuracy. Nc4 was best.} (19... Nc4 20. c3) 20. Qxe5 {[%eval 122,0]} Qxe5 {[%eval 136,0]} 21. Rxe5 {[%eval 118,0]} Bd8 {[%eval 141,0]} 22. Rxe8 {[%eval 143,0]} Rxe8 {[%eval 142,0]} 23. Nc5 {[%eval 102,0]} hxg4 {[%eval 131,0]} 24. Nxb7 {[%eval 128,0]} gxf3 $2 {[%eval 275,0] Mistake. Be7 was best.} (24... Be7 25. Re1) 25. Nxd8 {[%eval 268,0]} Ne4 {[%eval 308,0]} 26. Nc6 {[%eval 303,0]} f2 {[%eval 355,0]} 27. Kc1 {[%eval 337,0]} Ng3 $6 {[%eval 499,0] Inaccuracy. Nc5 was best.} (27... Nc5 28. Bf1 Ne4 29. Bf4 f6 30. Nb4 a5 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 a4 33. Bc4) 28. b3 $6 {[%eval 394,0] Inaccuracy. Ne7+ was best.} (28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Be3 Ne4 30. Bxb6 Rxe7 31. Rf1 a5 32. Bd4+ Kh6 33. Bxf2 Nxf2) 28... Re1 {[%eval 423,0]} 29. Bf4 {[%eval 419,0]} Nf5 {[%eval 467,0]} 30. Bd2 $6 {[%eval 335,0] Inaccuracy. Kd2 was best.} (30. Kd2 Nc4+ 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Rxe1 fxe1=B+ 33. Kxe1 cxd3 34. cxd3 Nxh4 35. Kf2 Nf5) 30... Rg1 {[%eval 335,0]} 31. Rf1 {[%eval 306,0]} d4 {[%eval 338,0]} 32. Kb2 {[%eval 207,0]} Ne3 {[%eval 206,0]} 33. Bxe3 {[%eval 261,0]} dxe3 {[%eval 205,0]} 34. Bxa6 {[%eval 262,0]} Nd5 {[%eval 231,0]} 35. Nd4 {[%eval 109,0]} Nf4 {[%eval 204,0]} 36. c3 $6 {[%eval 141,0] Inaccuracy. a4 was best.} (36. a4 Nh5) 36... Nh5 $4 {[%eval 414,0] Blunder. f5 was best.} (36... f5 37. Kc2) 37. b4 $4 {[%eval -222,0] Blunder. Nc2 was best.} (37. Nc2 Ng3 38. Nxe3 Nxf1 39. Nxf1 Kf8 40. a4 Ke7 41. a5 Kd7 42. Be2 Kc7) 37... Ng3 {[%eval -234,0]} 38. Rc1 $6 {[%eval -458,0] Inaccuracy. Rxf2 was best.} (38. Rxf2 exf2 39. a4 Kf8 40. a5 Ke7 41. Bb5 Kd6 42. Bc4 f1=Q 43. Bxf1 Nxf1) 38... Rxc1 {[%eval -464,0]} 0-1