[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,68,4,11,4,18,19,22,22,54,60,49,21,67,27,29,35,42,29,36,21,19,0,8,18, 0,0,0,-1,-8,-6,-5,-5,0,-1,-8,-85,-51,-205,-156,-248,-196,-331,-328,-472,-437, -399,-250,-518,-463,-552,-286,-303,-292,-288,-291,-2262,-1820,-2407,-1767]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Qa5+ 8. Nd2 Qa6 9. c4 {The position is equal.} Ne7 10. Ngf3 Nf5 11. O-O Nd7 12. b3 Bb4 13. Rfd1 Nb6 {[#]} 14. Rac1 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14. a4 Qa5 15. Nf1 dxc4 16. bxc4 Be7 17. Ne3 g6 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Rdb1 {1-0 (39) Horvath,A (2484)-Kathmale,S (2300) New Delhi 2018} ) 14... O-O 15. Nf1 c5 16. dxc5 dxc4 17. Qb1 Bxc5 18. b4 Be7 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Rae8 {next ...Nd5 is good for Black.} 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Gg5] [%CAl Rb1h7]} g6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...Nd5. Black fights for an advantage.} 23. Qe4 (23. Nxf7 $1 $11 Rexf7 24. Qxg6+ Rg7 25. Qxe6+ Kh7 26. Rf1) 23... Nd5 {...b5 is the strong threat.} 24. Kh1 $2 {Loses the game.} (24. Rxc4 $15 Ne3 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 25. Qxe3 Qxc4 26. Ne4) 24... c3 ({Resist} 24... Qxa2 {[#]} 25. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf6 26. exf6 $17) 25. Rc2 (25. a4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 25... Rc8 26. Qf3 (26. Kh2 $142) 26... Qa4 $19 27. Rf2 (27. Rdc1 {was necessary.}) 27... c2 28. Rc1 {[%CAl Rg5f7]} Rc3 29. Qe2 $2 (29. Qe4 {only move.} Rxg3 30. Rcxc2) 29... Qxb4 30. Kh2 Rxg3 { [%mdl 64] Decoy} 31. Kxg3 Qa3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kh2 Qxc1 33. Qc4 $2 (33. Qxc2 Qxc2 34. Rxc2) 33... Rc7 34. Qb5 {[#]} Qxg5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance, Promotion. Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 62%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,76,22,20,11,27,33,56,45,47,36,92,87,89,69,65,57,66,50,82,95,91,104, 136,154,107,25,18,10,11,-35,-29,-29,-37,-25,-16,-8,0,0,9,35,18,20,27,27,25,25, 60,54,50,55,54,49,49,49,49,45,49,36,36,35,93,86,75,20,48,20,27,29,27]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 h5 4. Nc3 h4 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nge2 {[#] A20: English Opening: 1... e5.} h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d6 7. d4 Bf5 8. e4 Bd7 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. f4 hxg3 13. hxg3 Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 exf4 15. gxf4 {0-1 (43) Radovic,L (2065)-Zlatanovic,B (2416) Paracin 2013}) 7. Bf3 e4 8. Nxe4 {White is slightly better.} Ne5 9. N2c3 Nxc4 ({Black should try} 9... Nxe4 $14 10. Bxe4 Nxc4) 10. Nxf6+ $16 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd6 $1 12. d4 {[#] aiming for e4.} c6 13. Nc3 Qb4 14. a3 Qa5 15. O-O d5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 ({Better is} 17. Re1 $16) 17... Be6 $1 $11 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd8 $1 {[%CAl Ba8d8,Bd8d5,Bd5e5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...Nb6.} 20. Qe2 $1 ({Not} 20. Re1 $2 Nb6 $17) 20... Rxd5 21. Qxc4 {[#] Hoping for b4.} Re5 22. Qd3 Qc5 23. Qf3 Qc8 24. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rc5 25. Ne4 Rc6 26. Ng5 Be7 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Be5 { And now Qg4 would win.} Bf6 $1 {[%CAl Rf6e5]} 29. Bxf6 O-O 30. Qg4 {[%csl Gf6] [%CAl Rg4g7]} Rxf6 31. Qxh3 Rc2 32. b4 Qc6 33. Rad1 Qb6 {[%CAl Rf6f2]} 34. Qg2 Rc3 (34... a6 $14) 35. Qe4 $16 Rxa3 36. Rd2 (36. Rd7 $16) 36... Raf3 37. Kg2 a6 38. Rc2 Rf8 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 82%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.15"] [Round "3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,97,18,21,23,25,27,21,26,8,13,32,16,45,31,49,35,46,44,60,17,24,0,23,8, 23,0,0,0,13,23,34,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,38,37,37,45,40,39,40,22,25,26,28,30,24,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,8,8,8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Bh4 {[#]} Ngf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nge5 14. Bg3 h6 15. Rd2 Be7 16. h3 h5 17. Bh2 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Rh6 19. Rad1 Ne5 { 1/2-1/2 (27) Nitschke,N (1828)-Hild,H (1968) GER email 2017}) 14. Nd2 Ne5 $1 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Bxf6 (17. Nd4 {is more complex.} Nxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd6 Be5 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Ra3) 17... Bxf6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 ( 18... g5 {is more complex.} 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Nd2 Nd4 21. Bf1 Ke7) 19. Rxd6 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ (20. e5 {feels hotter.} Rxd6 21. exd6 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. a5) 20... Kxd8 21. Nd1 Kc7 22. c3 Rd8 23. Ne3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nc4 Bf6 26. e5 Be7 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nd6 (30. Ne3 {with more complications.} b4 31. g3 bxc3 32. bxc3 f6 33. Bb3) 30... Bxd6 {The position is equal.} 31. exd6+ Kxd6 {KB-KB} 32. f4 Kc5 33. Kf2 b4 34. cxb4+ Kxb4 35. g3 Kc4 36. Ke3 Bc6 37. h4 h6 38. g4 f6 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 (40. fxg5 {keeps more tension.} fxg5 41. hxg5 e5 42. Bc2 Kc5 43. Bb3) 40... Kc5 41. Bb3 Bd7 42. gxf6 gxf6 43. Bd1 e5 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. b4+ Kxb4 46. Ke4 {[#]} Bf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Kxf5 e4 48. Bb3 Kxb3 49. Kxe4 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2