[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 17,108,27,43,16,0,4,16,6,42,9,21,0,76,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,10,0,8,0,0,
0,0,0,24,16,9,0,59,21,26,19,19,14,22,0,0,-8,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-32,-49,-85,-82,
-78,-56,-67,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8.
c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} Ba7
$1 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 {[#]} 13. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. dxe5 Bxe3 14.
exf6 Bh6 15. fxg7 Qf6 16. Nh2 Ne5 17. Qh5 Nc4 18. Bc2 Qxg7 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20.
hxg4 b4 21. b3 Rb5 {1/2-1/2 (21) Libiszewski,F (2458)-Guadalpi,D (2281) Aix
les Bains 2003}) 13... Rf8 14. Nf3 (14. Re1 $11) 14... Re8 $16 {The modern
move.} 15. Re1 (15. dxe5 $16 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxa7 Nxa7 18. Nxe5) 15...
exd4 $11 ({But not} 15... Nxe4 $6 16. d5 $16) 16. cxd4 Nxe4 17. d5 Bxe3 18.
Rxe3 Na7 $1 19. Qd4 Bf5 20. Nbd2 {[%CAl Rd2e4]} Nc5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Re1 {
[%CAl Ba1e1,Be1e3,Be3g3][%mdl 32]} Qf8 23. Bd1 {aiming for Nh4.} b4 $1 24. Be2
Qd8 25. Bf1 h6 26. Re3 b3 (26... c6 $11) 27. Qf4 {[%mdl 1024] White has
compensation.} Bd7 28. Nd4 Rb4 29. Rg3 Qe7 30. Bc4 ({Avoid the trap} 30. Qxh6
$2 Qe5 $19) 30... Nb5 31. N4xb3 Nxb3 32. Rxb3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 $1 Rxb3 34. Nxb3 Qb4
35. Qe4 c5 36. Qd3 ({Don't blunder} 36. dxc6 $2 Be6 $19) 36... g6 37. g4 Kg7
38. Kg2 Nc7 (38... Bc8 $15) 39. Qc3+ {The position is equal.} Qxc3 40. bxc3 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} f5 41. Nd2 Kf6 42. Kg3 Bb5 43. Bb3 Be2 44. gxf5
gxf5 45. f4 Nb5 46. c4 Nc3 47. Bc2 Bd1 48. Bd3 Na2 49. Kf2 Nb4 50. Ke3 Bc2 51.
Be2 Na2 52. Nf1 Nc1 53. Kd2 {[#] And now Bh5 would win.} Nxe2 54. Kxe2 Ba4 {
Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,196,16,13,18,5,23,18,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-15,-29,-23,-38,-18,-22,-23,
-13,-12,0,0,0,-7,-22,-87,0,0,0,0,-3,-72,-46,-86,-94,-85,-79,-84,-60,-60,-56,
-62,-60,-66,-33,-46,-31,-37,-2,-2,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-29,-36,-29,-50,-29,
-32,-22,-18,-23,-37,-17,-92,0,0,0,-80,-85,-80,-87,-93,-92,-98,-98,-92,-93,-101,
-99,-102,-99,-99,-73,-79,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-51,
-73,-73,-73,-73,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-73,-73,-72,-79,
-31,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,0,-79,-79,-79,-79,-213,-79,-79,-79,-91,
-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-51,-52,-37,-37,-37,-37,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-9086,-9087,
-9086,-5711,-5656,-5656,-29966,-29962,-29972,-29973,-29972,-29974,-29978,
-29979,-29979,-29980,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 {outshines the older 7.Bb3.} a5 {
C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 {[%CAl
Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal.
An interesting side line.} 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 c6 12. Ba4 Ng6 13. h3 d5 14.
exd5 Nxd5 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. d4 exd4 $1 17. Nxd4 Rae8 18. Bg5 Ndf4 19. Qd2 Bd5 20.
Rxe8 (20. Bxg6 {is more complex.} Nxg6 21. Ndf5 f6 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3
24. Nxe3 Be6 25. Qc2) 20... Rxe8 21. Re1 {[#]} (21. Bxg6 $1 $11 Nxg6 22. Ndf5)
21... Re5 $146 (21... Rxe1+ $17 22. Qxe1 Qb8) ({Predecessor:} 21... Rxe1+ 22.
Qxe1 Ne6 23. Be3 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Nh4 25. Ne4 f5 26. f3 Qe7 27. Bf2 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3
fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 {0-1 (51) Grandelius,N (2687)-Hovhannisyan,R (2630)
Reykjavik 2019}) 22. Bxf4 $11 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxf4 24. Qe8+ Nf8 25. Bb3 Bxd4 26.
cxd4 Bxb3 27. axb3 Qf6 (27... h6 {with more complications.} 28. Qe3 Ne6 29. Ne2
Qf5 30. Qd2 Qb5) 28. Qe4 g6 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. h4 h5 31. g3 Qd8 32. Qe5 Qb6 33. d5
cxd5 34. Qxd5 Kf8 35. Nc3 Qc7 36. Ne4 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qxb2 38. Qd7 b6 39. Nd6 {
[%csl Gd6][%CAl Rd7f7]} Qf6 40. Qe8+ $1 Kg7 41. Qd7 {Black must now prevent
Ne8+.} Kg8 42. Qe8+ $1 Nf8 43. Qc6 $1 Qd8 44. Nc4 (44. Nb7 $1 $11 Qd3 45. Qxb6)
44... Ne6 (44... Qd7 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rd7c6]} 45. Qxd7 Nxd7) 45. Nxb6 Nd4 {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Qc5 (46. Qb7 $11 {remains equal.}) 46... Nxb3 $17
47. Qb5 Nd2 48. Qxa5 Qd3 {( -> ...Qf1+)} 49. Qa1 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 {[#]
} Nxh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Qa8+ (52. gxh4 Qh1+) 52... Qxa8 53. Nxa8 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KN-KN} Nf3 54. Kg2 Ne5 (54... Nd4 {feels hotter.} 55. f4 f6 56.
Nc7 Kf7 57. Nd5 Nf5) 55. f4 Ng4 56. Nb6 Kf8 57. Nd5 Ke8 58. Nc3 Ke7 59. Ne4
Ne3+ 60. Kf3 Nc4 61. Ng5 Kf6 62. Ne4+ Kf5 63. Nf2 Nd2+ 64. Ke3 Nf1+ 65. Kf3
Nh2+ 66. Kg2 Ng4 {And now ...Nxf2 would win.} 67. Nh3 f6 68. Kf3 Ke6 69. Ke4
Kd6 70. Ng1 Kc5 71. Kd3 Nh6 72. Ke3 Nf5+ 73. Kf3 Kc4 74. Nh3 Nd4+ 75. Ke3 Nf5+
76. Kf3 Kd4 77. Nf2 Nd6 78. Nh3 (78. Nd1 $17) 78... Ne4 (78... Kd3 $19 79. Nf2+
Kd2) 79. Ng1 Kd3 80. Kg2 Nd2 {Threatens to win with ...Ke3.} 81. Kf2 Ke4 {
aiming for ...h4!} 82. Ne2 Nb1 83. Ng1 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 84. Nh3 $1 (84.
gxh4 Kxf4) 84... Kf5 {Hoping for ...Kg4.} 85. gxh4 Kg4 86. f5 gxf5 {Black
wants to play ...Nc3.} (86... Kxf5 $5 {[%CAl Rf5g4]} 87. Kg3 Na3 $17) 87. Ke3
Nc3 88. Nf2+ Kg3 {Strongly threatening ...f4+.} (88... Kxh4 $5 {[%CAl Rc3e4]}
89. Kf4 Nd5+ 90. Kxf5 Kh5 $11) 89. Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (89. Nh1+ $11 Kh2 90.
h5 Nd5+ 91. Kf3 Kxh1 92. h6) 89... Nd5+ $1 $19 90. Kd4 Nf4 91. Nc5 Kxh4 92. Ke3
{[#]} Kg3 $1 {Black mates.} 93. Nb3 Ne6 94. Nd2 f4+ 95. Ke2 Ng5 96. Kf1 f3 97.
Kg1 f2+ 98. Kf1 {[#]} f5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 88%.} 0-1
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 16,79,13,0,10,16,19,6,17,10,10,14,17,22,4,18,9,16,18,17,9,14,17,25,11,4,
40,33,32,28,23,33,28,31,29,24,25,25,26,26,75,47,77,61,65,58,102,72,298,130,130,
22,251,87,244,239,261,261,261,261,261,261,261,254,254,256]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is
currently scoring better than 8.a4. Played by Alireza Firouzja in February
2020.} O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 10.
Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 {The position is equal.} 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nd5 a5 {[#]} 16. Rb2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:
} 16. c4 Ne7 17. Qb3 bxc4 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. dxc4 axb4 20. axb4 Qc6 21. Re1
Rxa2 22. Qxa2 {1/2-1/2 (90) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Ding,L (2801) London 2019}
) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Bd8 18. c4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qc2 Re8 (20... c6 $5 21.
Nf4 $8 Qb7 $11) 21. g3 bxc4 22. Qxc4 c6 23. Nf4 Bg5 24. Ne2 d5 25. exd5 cxd5
26. Qb3 h5 27. b5 {[%CAl Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} h4 28. b6 (28. Nxd4 $2 Bf6 $17)
28... h3 29. Kh1 (29. Nxd4 Bf6 $15) 29... Reb8 30. Rfb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White
fights for an advantage.} (30. Nxd4 $2 Bf6 $19) 30... Bd8 31. Qb5 (31. Nxd4
Rxb6 32. Qxb6 Bxb6 $19) 31... Qg4 $2 {[#]} (31... Qf5 $16 32. Nxd4 Qf6) 32.
Qxd5 (32. Qe8+ $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kh7 33. Qxf7) 32... Ra5 $16 33. Qc6
({Better is} 33. f3 $16 {And now Qxd8+! would win.} Rxd5 34. fxg4) 33... Rc5 $2
(33... Rxb6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 34. Rxb6 (34. Qe8+ $2 Kh7
$19) 34... Qxe2) 34. Qe8+ $18 Kh7 {[#] ( -> ...Qf3+!)} 35. Ng1 $1 Rxb6 36. Qxd8
{White has a decisive advantage.} Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Rc1 {[%CAl Rg4f3]} 38. Qh4+
Qxh4 39. gxh4 Rd1 40. f3 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 75%.} 1-0
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 19,165,10,23,-20,-16,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,15,
22,22,22,19,15,26,29,26,22,71,53,135,106,184,170,180,183,193,193,183,179,163,
141,153,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,
102,14,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,32,31,32,32,32,33,32,32,33,33,33,69,69,69,69,69,69,
69,69,69,69,69,68,68,68,68,68,68,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,8,69,8,69,69,70,68,70,
70,70,70,70,70,69,43,69,69,70,70,70,70,70,68,76,76,76,8,8,8,8,8]} 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 b6 {Nowadays more popular than 10...Qc7.} 11. h4 {D87: Exchange
Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} e6 12. h5 Qh4 13. hxg6
hxg6 14. f3 Bb7 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfd8 17. Rac1 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17... Be5 18. f4 Bg7 19. Rf3 Rac8 20. Rh3 Qg4 21. Qe1 Nxd4 22.
Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 (44) Dubov,D (2676)-Svidler,P (2719) Hamburg
2019}) 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qe3 Kg7 22. Kf2 Rh8 23. Rh1
$36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26.
Qc3 Kg8 27. d5 Qxc3 28. Nxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Na5 29. Bd3 exd5
(29... Kg7 $14) 30. exd5 $16 Kf8 (30... Bc8 $16) 31. Ke3 $18 Ke7 32. Kd4 Bc8 {
[#]} 33. Nb5 $1 a6 34. Nc7 Kd6 35. Nxa6 Nb7 36. g4 (36. Nb4 $142) 36... g5 $16
37. Nb4 {Black must now prevent Ba6.} Bd7 38. Nc2 Ke7 39. Ne3 Nd6 40. Nd1 Ba4
41. Nf2 f6 42. Be2 Be8 43. Nd1 Ba4 44. Nb2 Be8 45. Bd1 (45. Bd3 $16) 45... Nb5+
$11 46. Kc4 Nc7 $1 47. Bb3 Kd6 48. Kd4 {[#] aiming for Nc4+.} Nb5+ 49. Kd3 Nc7
50. Nc4+ Kc5 $1 51. Nd2 {Hoping for Ne4+.} Bb5+ 52. Ke4 {Kf5 is the strong
threat.} Bd7 $1 53. Nf1 Nb5 54. Ng3 Nd6+ 55. Ke3 f5 56. gxf5 Bxf5 57. Nxf5
Nxf5+ $14 {KB-KN} 58. Ke4 Nh4 $1 59. Ba4 Kd6 60. Be8 Ng2 61. Bf7 Ne1 62. a4 Nc2
63. Be8 Ne1 64. Bb5 Ng2 65. Bc4 Nh4 66. Bf1 Kc5 67. Bh3 Kd6 68. Be6 (68. Bg4
$14) 68... Ng6 ({Black should play} 68... Ng2 $1 $11) 69. Bf7 ({Better is} 69.
Kd4 $1 $14) 69... Nh4 (69... Ne7 $1 $11 70. Be6 Ng6) 70. Be8 Ng2 71. Bb5 Nh4
72. Bd3 Kc5 73. Bf1 Kd6 74. Bh3 Ng6 75. Be6 Nh4 76. Bf7 Ke7 77. Bh5 {Strongly
threatening Ke5.} Kd6 78. Bg4 $1 Ng2 79. Kf5 Kxd5 80. Kxg5 Ke5 81. Kg6 (81. Bf5
$16) 81... Nf4+ $11 82. Kf7 Nd3 83. Ke7 {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy:
White = 85%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2