[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,104,16,22,17,17,16,20,14,17,14,21,13,25,0,0,0,0,-19,-13,-97,-106, -106,-108,-111,-102,-250,-238,-243,-66,-74,-77,-95,-78,-105,-104,-107,-93,-113, -109,-118,-105,-125,-89,-167,-86,-119,0,-167,-126,-137,-125,-147,-121,-113, -109,-193,-123,-370,-366,-367,-372,-322,-8,-262,0,0,0,0,0,-48,-20,-73,-27,-122, -122,-128,-118,-141,-118,-255,0,-4,0,-66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 { C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. b3 {[#]} Bf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({ Predecessor:} 14... d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 (17) Akopian,V (2660)-Bacrot,E (2711) Jerusalem 2015}) 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Bd6 Re6 17. c5 (17. Bxc7 $1 $11 Qxc7 18. d4) 17... Ne8 $1 $17 18. Bc4 Nxd6 19. cxd6 (19. Bxe6 dxe6 20. cxd6 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Qxd6 22. Nf5 Qf8 $17) 19... Bxa1 20. Qxa1 (20. Bxe6 $17 dxe6 21. Qxa1) 20... Rxd6 $19 21. Qe5 Re6 $2 (21... Qf8 $19 22. d4 b5) 22. Bxe6 $15 dxe6 23. d4 b6 24. h4 Ba6 ({Don't play} 24... Qxh4 25. Qc7 $15) 25. Qf4 Qd7 26. Ng4 Rd8 27. Ne5 Qc7 28. Qg4 c5 29. Rc1 (29. dxc5 $17 Qxc5 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1) 29... Qd6 ({Black should try} 29... h5 $19 30. Qe4 (30. Qxh5 Rxd4) 30... Bb7) 30. Qh5 $17 Qc7 ({Wrong is} 30... Qxd4 $2 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qxe6 $18) 31. Qg4 $1 h6 32. b4 {[%CAl Rb4c5]} Rd5 33. Rc3 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Rg3 (35. Rxc5 $17 Rxc5 36. dxc5 Qxc5 37. Qf4) 35... f5 (35... Qf8 $19 36. Ng6 h5) 36. Qh5 $2 (36. Ng6 $17 { is a better defense.} Qe8 37. Qf3 Rxd4 (37... cxd4 $2 38. Qa3)) 36... cxd4 $19 37. Nc6 Qf7 $1 {[%CAl Rf7h5]} 38. Qxh6 {[#]} d3 $2 (38... Bb7 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rb7c6]} 39. Nb4 f4) 39. Qd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Rxg7+ $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qxg7 40. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf7 41. Ne7+ Kg7 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. Nxd5) 39... Qf6 $2 (39... Qb7 $19 40. Qh6 Rd6) 40. Nb4 $11 Rd6 41. Nxa6 Rxa6 42. Qxd3 Rxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame aiming for ...Ra1+. KQR-KQR} 43. Qc4 (43. Qd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43... Rd2 {...Rd1+ is the strong threat.} 44. h5 (44. Re3 $1 $11 Kf7 45. Qc7+ Qe7 46. Qxe7+ Kxe7 47. Ra3) 44... Rd1+ $17 45. Kh2 Rd4 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Qc1 (47. Qe8 $17 {was worth a try.}) 47... Rg4 $2 ({Black should play} 47... a5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 48. Ra3 a4) 48. Rxg4 $11 fxg4 49. Qc5 {[#]} (49. Kg1 $1 $11) 49... Qf5 ({ Better is} 49... a5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Kg1 (50. Qxa5 Qxf2) 50... Qf5) 50. Qxa7 {The position is equal.} Qe5+ 51. g3 Qxh5+ 52. Kg1 Qf5 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 66%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,78,0,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-2,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-12,27,33,27,20,12,10, 60,49,46,40,57,48,20,36,60,60,60,61,65,65,65,66,60,47,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21, -15,-70,-25,-50,0,0,0,-57,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Bf4 a6 9. Ba4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} Nge7 10. Bd6 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Re1 Nc8 $1 {[%CAl Rc8d6]} 13. e5 Nxd6 14. exd6+ Kf8 {[#]} 15. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nbd2 f5 {1/2-1/2 (15) Paszek,K (2131)-Jankowiak,T (2154) Poronin 2020}) 15... Bf6 16. Nbd2 Kg7 (16... Bxh4 $2 17. Re4 Bg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Nf3 Qc5 20. Qd2 $16) 17. Bd5 $1 Na5 (17... Bxh4 18. Ne4 Bf6) 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Ne4 Re8 20. h5 Rc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 h6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qd2 d3 25. b4 (25. Qxd3) 25... Re6 $1 26. Qxd3 Qb6 {[%CAl Rb7d6]} 27. Rd1 Qc6 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. Ne5 Qc8 30. Qd5 {[#]} Re6 31. Ng4 Kh7 32. Qd4 { aiming for Nf6+.} Qf8 33. Qa7 Rxd6 34. Re1 Nd8 35. Ne5 (35. f3 $11) 35... Qe7 { [#] Strongly threatening ...Nc6.} 36. Nf3 Re6 37. Rd1 Rd6 38. Re1 Re6 (38... Qf6 $15) 39. Rd1 $11 Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Tari, Aryan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2633"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,53,52,52,49,50,70,67,58,39,38,50,51,81,38,43,28,92,127,131,126,107,41, 39,37,109,78,108,105,158,139,201,189,211,163,149,158,156,149,150,153,237,236, 354,354,348,353]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 { C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann.} b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Na5 $1 9. Nxd4 ({Much worse is} 9. Qxd4 c5 $15) 9... c5 $1 {[%CAl Rc5d4]} 10. Nxf5 c4 {[#]} 11. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qg4 Qb6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 O-O-O 14. Qxg7 Qxd6 15. Bg5 Rf8 16. Qxh8 Qd5 17. f3 Qxg5 {1/2-1/2 (59) Beikert,G (2414)-Buecker,S (2280) Sasbach 2018}) 11... Qb6 $1 (11... cxb3 12. axb3 Qb6 13. Re1) 12. Nd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} (12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6) 12... Bxd5 (12... Qc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 13. Nxg7+ Bxg7 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Qf3+ Ke8 16. Qh5+ Kf8 17. Qf5+ Ke8 18. Qh5+ Kf8) 13. Qxd5 $16 Qc6 14. Qd4 Qe6 15. Nd6+ (15. Qe4 $16 d5 16. Nd4 dxe4 17. Nxe6) 15... Bxd6 $1 $14 16. exd6 Nf6 (16... Kf7 $1 $14) 17. Qc3 { Threatens to win with Re1.} O-O {Hoping for ...Nc6.} 18. Qxa5 Ng4 ({Better is} 18... cxb3 19. axb3 Rac8) 19. Qc3 Rae8 (19... Rac8 $16) 20. Bg5 $18 cxb3 21. Qxb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Re2 {[%CAl Rf8f2]} 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rfc1 h6 {[#]} (24... Rc8 $16 {was necessary.} 25. Bxf6 (25. Rxa6 Kf7 $16) 25... gxf6) 25. Kf1 $1 Rfe8 ( 25... Re6 $142) 26. Bxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 27. Re1 $1 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 68%.} ({Not} 27. Rxa6 Rd2 $18) 1-0 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C46"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,121,0,29,20,25,27,20,0,11,-2,8,8,0,-6,18,16,20,20,33,21,25,6,6,6,31,0, 10,-14,0,-15,-7,-39,-17,-5,-9,-6,-6,-12,0,-34,0,-73,-84,-80,-42,-41,-11,-77, -25,-51,0,0,0,0,29,29,35,30,29,26,31,21,66,22,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-235,8, -39,-35,-35,-35,-31,-24,-64,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-13,-8,-17,0,-47,0,-64,28,-63,-62, -70,-71,-72,-85,-175,-189,-209,-124,-121,-67,-68,-67,-68,-64,-120]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 (3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. a3 a5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bd2 a4 14. Kg2 {0-1 (47) Firouzja,A (2728)-Aronian,L (2773) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 3... Nf6 4. h3 Be7 5. Bb5 d6 6. d4 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 {[#]} 8. Nde2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Bf4 { 1/2-1/2 (21) Godena,M (2508)-Moroni,L (2460) Milan 2015}) 8... O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. a3 Ne5 12. Ng3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 c5 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qd7 17. Qf3 Rfe8 18. Ne2 Rac8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Re1 Qe6 21. Bd2 Nd7 22. Bc3 Bf6 23. Ne2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qf6 25. Qg3 (25. Qxf6 $11 Nxf6 26. f3) 25... c4 $17 26. dxc4 Rxc4 27. f3 Qe5 28. Qf2 (28. Red1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28... Qc5 (28... Nf6 $17) 29. Red1 Qxf2+ (29... Nb6 $15) 30. Kxf2 $11 Nc5 31. Rd4 (31. Rxd6 $2 Rcxe4 $1) 31... Rxd4 (31... Ra4) 32. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd3+ 33. Ke3 Nb2 34. Ra2 Nc4+ 35. Kd3 Nb6 36. Nc3 Rc8 37. f4 f5 38. e5 Kf7 39. g4 Ke6 40. gxf5+ gxf5 41. Rg2 Nd5 42. Ne2 $2 {[#]} (42. Nxd5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kxd5 43. exd6) 42... Rc2 $2 (42... Rc3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Nxc3 Nxf4+ {[%mdl 64]} 44. Ke3 Nxg2+ 45. Kf2 Nf4 46. exd6 Kxd6) 43. Rg7 Ra2 44. Rxh7 Rxa3+ 45. Kd2 $1 Ra2+ 46. Ke1 dxe5 (46... b4 $1 $15 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. Nc1 ( 48. Rxd6 $2 b3 $19) (48. Rh7+ Kd8) 48... Ra3 49. Rh7+ Kd8 50. Rh8+ Kc7 51. Rh7+ Kb6) 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. dxe5 Ra4 49. Kd2 Nxf4 50. Ng3 Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Nd5+ 52. Kd4 ( {Better is} 52. Kf3 $1 $11) 52... Rd2+ $15 53. Kc5 {Strongly threatening Rd6.} Ne3 {Threatens to win with ...Rd5+.} 54. Rxa6 Rd5+ $1 55. Kc6 {Hoping for Nxf5+!} Rxe5 {White must now prevent ...Nc2.} 56. Ra7+ (56. Ra2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 56... Kf6 $19 57. Ne2 {[#]} Nc2 (57... Nd5 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rd5e7]} 58. Kd6 Ne7) 58. Nf4 $17 Nb4+ (58... b4 $17 59. Nd5+ Kg6) 59. Kd6 $15 {next Nh5+ is good for White.Black is slightly better.} Re4 60. Nh5+ Kg5 61. Ng7 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 70%.} ({White should play} 61. Ng3 $15) 1-0 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2020.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] {[%evp 0,118,30,26,8,-4,1,-10,17,10,18,15,15,2,10,7,10,-3,7,-20,22,20,25,23,23, 30,30,18,54,3,9,8,51,49,51,62,62,62,66,58,94,110,40,40,15,23,58,59,36,29,49,18, 59,26,26,26,28,18,18,18,6,39,42,45,42,0,0,0,91,96,98,99,94,91,91,94,103,102, 106,98,102,102,103,81,81,90,90,95,95,95,97,95,97,95,91,95,95,95,95,97,95,95, 108,81,95,95,104,104,108,104,104,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,108,108,104]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Ne5 Ng4 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nc6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nc3 e6 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Re8 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Rc8 19. f4 Ba6 20. Rf2 Qe7 21. f5 f6 22. Be6 Rcd8 23. Nd5 Qf8 24. Qc3 Ne5 25. Rd4 Qc5 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. Ra4 Rd6 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Nc7 Raxe6 30. Nxe6+ Kh6 31. Nxc5 Ng4 32. Rf4 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Rc1 34. Rxg4 Rxc5 35. Rh4+ Kg5 36. Rxh7 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rxb2 38. h4+ Kxf5 39. Rxa7 Ke6 40. g4 Rc2 41. Ra6+ Ke5 42. Ra5+ Ke6 43. g5 Rc3+ 44. Ke2 Rh3 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Rxf6 Rxh4 47. Ra6 Rf4 48. Ra5 Kd6 49. Ke3 Rg4 50. a4 Rh4 51. Kd3 Rg4 52. Ke3 Rh4 53. Kf3 Ke6 54. Ke3 Kd6 55. Kd3 Rg4 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Ra5 Kd6 58. Ke2 Ke6 59. Kf3 Rb4 1/2-1/2