[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,80,1,0,0,3,-20,0,-19,-34,-33,-13,-13,-15,-16,0,-9,0,-33,-38,-28,-35, -24,-29,-27,-13,-32,-32,-21,-8,-8,-7,-85,-88,-88,-88,-102,-70,-83,-10,-8,-15,0, -5,0,0,0,0,-33,0,-36,-70,-102,0,0,91,104,111,0,8,29,41,0,0,-13,0,-176,-176, -29988,-29987]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Rd1 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} Bf5 {[#]} 9. Qa3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9. Na3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qxb3 11. axb3 h6 12. h4 a6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Bf3 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (32) Kuzubov,Y (2636)-Bacrot,E (2671) Linares 2019}) 9... dxc4 10. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Be6 11. Qxe7 Na6 12. Nc3 Rad8 13. Qa3 Rfe8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 {Threatens to win with d5!} (15. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 16. Ne4 $11) 15... Bf8 16. d5 Qxe3 17. fxe3 Bxa3 18. dxe6 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 ({ Much worse is} 19. Rxd1 Rxe6 20. Nxc4 Bc5 $17) 19... Rxe6 20. Nxc6 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 c3 22. Nxa7 (22. Nc4 $11 bxc6 23. Rc1) 22... cxb2 $17 23. Rb1 Rb6 { Strongly threatening ...Rb4.} ({Much weaker is} 23... Rxe3 24. Rxb2 Nc5 25. Nb5 $11) 24. Nc8 Rb4 {Hoping for ...Nc7.} 25. Ne7+ Kf8 (25... Kg7 $17 {White must now prevent ...Nc7.} 26. Nd5 Rb5 27. Nxf6 Kxf6) 26. Nd5 $11 Rc4 {...Rc1+ is the strong threat.} 27. Rxb2 Rc1+ $1 28. Kf2 Ng4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Kf3 Nxh2+ 30. Kf4 Rg1 31. Bf3 Nc5 32. g4 h5 (32... Ne6+ $17 33. Ke5 Nxg4+ 34. Kd6 Nd8) 33. gxh5 g5+ (33... Nxf3 $11 {remains equal.} 34. Kxf3 Rf1+ 35. Kg2 Rf5) 34. Kf5 $16 g4 {[#]} 35. Be4 ({Only move:} 35. Rc2 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rc2c5]} gxf3 36. exf3 Nxf3 37. Rxc5) 35... g3 36. Nf4 Nf1 37. Bf3 (37. Nh3 $5 {[%CAl Rh3g1]} Nxe3+ 38. Kf4 $16) 37... Nxe3+ 38. Kf6 Rd1 {And now ...Rd4 would win.} 39. h6 $2 {[#]} ({Don't play} 39. Bxb7 Nd7+ 40. Kg5 Rd4 $19) (39. Ng2 $1 $11 { and White has nothing to worry.} Nxg2 40. Bxg2) 39... g2 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rg2g1] [%mdl 512]} 40. h7 $2 (40. Bxg2 $19 Rd6+ 41. Kg5 Nxg2 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 42. Nxg2 Rg6+ 43. Kf5 Rxg2 44. Rb5) 40... Nd7+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 85%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,135,-25,-1,-19,19,-4,-4,-4,-1,-2,-6,-7,-2,-14,-6,-9,-4,-56,-58,-49, -47,-112,-92,-100,-101,-139,-87,-235,-239,-254,-283,-275,-268,-274,-269,-306, -306,-303,-302,-284,-175,-275,-25,-23,0,0,63,64,48,60,58,50,46,55,81,21,21,18, 24,35,90,80,112,89,236,33,119,122,123,30,30,30,34,40,75,68,69,47,48,33,34,27, 27,27,29,20,30,30,30,30,30,8,8,12,20,20,27,30,218,218,218,52,52,52,29965,29965, 29968,29970,29974,29971,29972,29972,29965,29964,29979,29980,29982,29983,29983, 29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29984,29985,29985,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} d6 { 6...0-0 is the recent fashion.} 7. Bd2 a6 8. Nge2 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. A promising side line.} O-O 9. Nf4 (9. cxb5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 $17) 9... exd5 10. Ncxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 ({But not} 12. Kxd2 Nc6 $17) 12... Nc6 13. cxb5 (13. Bd3 $11) 13... Nd4 $15 {[#]} 14. bxa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd3 axb5 15. O-O Be6 16. b3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ra3 18. Rae1 Qa8 19. Qg5 Rxa2 20. Re4 Qd8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh3 Qg5 23. Bb1 Rb2 24. Rh4 Nxf3+ {0-1 (24) Van der Meijden,M (2113)-Goumas,G (2387) Heraklion 2016}) 14... Qh4+ 15. Kd1 (15. g3 $1 $15 Nxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 16. Kf2 Nxd2 17. gxh4) 15... Bxa6 $17 16. Qf4 Qd8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 17. Qe3 Kh8 (17... Bxf1 $142 18. Rxf1 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5) 18. Qc3 (18. g4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 18... Bb7 $19 19. Bc4 f5 $1 {[%CAl Rf5e4]} 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne3 Re5 22. Nc2 d5 23. Bb5 Qg5 24. Nxd4 Qxg2 ({Stronger than} 24... cxd4 25. Qd2 $11) 25. Rf1 (25. Re1 $142 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1) 25... cxd4 $2 (25... c4 $1 $19 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 Qg1+ 28. Kd2 Qxa1) 26. Qxd4 $11 Rae8 27. Qf2 Qxf2 ({Black should play } 27... Qg6 $1 $11 28. Rg1 Qf5) 28. Rxf2 $14 Re1+ 29. Kd2 Rxa1 30. Bxe8 Rxa2 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Kc3 g6 32. f4 (32. Re2 $16) 32... Kg7 $11 33. Bd7 Kf6 34. Re2 Ra6 (34... Ba8 $14) 35. Kd4 $1 $16 Rb6 36. Kc5 Rb3 (36... Ba6 $16) 37. Rf2 $2 ({White has to play} 37. Re6+ $18 Kf7 38. Rb6 Rxb6 39. Kxb6) 37... d4 (37... Ba8 $14) 38. Kxd4 Ke7 39. Bg4 (39. Rd2 $1 $16) 39... Kd6 $11 40. Bd1 Rb4+ 41. Kc3 Re4 42. Bc2 Re3+ 43. Kd4 Rh3 44. f5 Rh4+ 45. Ke3 { Strongly threatening f6.} gxf5 $1 46. Bxf5 Ke5 47. Kd2 h6 48. Bd3 Bd5 49. Bf1 Kd4 50. h3 Be6 51. Rf3 Ke5 52. Kc3 Bd5 53. Re3+ Re4 $2 (53... Kd6 $1 $11 { and Black is okay.}) 54. Rxe4+ $18 Bxe4 {KB-KB} 55. Kc4 $2 (55. h4 $18) 55... h5 $1 $14 56. b4 {aiming for Kc5.} Bc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... h4 $14) 57. Kc5 {White mates.} Bd7 {[#]} 58. h4 $1 Kf4 59. Kd6 Be8 60. Ke7 ({Inferior is} 60. b5 Bxb5 61. Bxb5 Kg4 $11) 60... Ba4 {[#]} 61. Be2 $1 {[%CAl Re2h5]} Kg3 62. Bxh5 Kxh4 63. Be8 Bc2 64. b5 {[%CAl Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Kg3 65. Kd6 Bd3 66. b6 Ba6 67. Kc7 Kf4 {[#]} 68. Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 512] A wild game. Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 68%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,111,-18,-20,-14,-8,-11,-3,-11,-18,-9,0,-25,0,-21,-28,-9,-7,-8,-1,-22, -16,-18,-26,-6,-38,-77,0,0,0,0,0,-11,18,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,6,20,19,20,18,27,27, 27,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-14,-83,-83,-83,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72, -72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-58,-58,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,-53,-53,-53,-53, -37,-37,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 (2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Qb8 12. Bh4 b5 13. Bg3 a5 14. a3 Re8 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxh5 Bxg3 18. hxg3 {1/2-1/2 (40) Nepomniachtchi,I (2774)-Aronian,L (2773) chess.com INT 2020}) 2... Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. Bg2 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. d3 {[#]} Nge7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... O-O-O 10. Be3 Nd4 11. O-O c6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nf6 15. Rfd1 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Zvjaginsev,V (2644)-Paravyan,D (2602) Douglas 2019}) 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Nd2 f5 12. Nb3 Bf7 13. Qf3 Qg6 14. O-O-O f4 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Qe4 Qf6 17. Qe2 Nxc3 ({Black should play} 17... Nd4 $17 18. Nxd4 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 exd4) 18. Bxc3 $11 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Kb1 g5 21. Be4 h6 22. Qf3 c6 23. h4 gxh4 24. Qh3 {[#] g5+ is the strong threat.} Kc7 25. Qxh4 Qxh4 26. Rxh4 Be7 27. Rh2 Bxb3 28. axb3 a5 29. Kc1 Bg5 30. Kd2 f3+ 31. Ke1 Rhf8 32. Rh3 Rde8 33. Kf1 Re5 34. Rxf3 Rxf3 35. Bxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc5 36. Re1 (36. Ra1 $1 $11) 36... Rxc2 $17 37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Kxe2 {KB-KB} Bc1 39. Be4 Bxb2 40. Kd2 Ba3 41. Kc2 Bd6 42. Bf5 Bf4 43. Be6 Kd6 44. Bc8 b5 45. Kb2 c5 46. Ba6 Kc6 47. Kc2 Kb6 48. Bc8 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. dxc4 (49. bxc4 bxc4) 49... bxc4 50. bxc4 a4 {[%CAl Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 51. Bd7 a3 {White should prevent ...d3+!} 52. Kb3 {The position is equal.} Bc1 53. Bf5 Kc5 54. Bd3 Kd6 55. f4 Bxf4 56. Kxa3 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2