[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.11"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,79,23,21,21,-1,22,22,57,21,50,23,33,32,35,43,34,29,34,13,17,-7,-1,-6,-4,-18,-14,-8,-8,-9,-5,-8,-6,-6,-3,-6,1,-9,-9,0,0,-84,-26,-73,-69,-69,-79,-67,-71,-77,-65,-61,-34,-27,-33,-27,-14,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-19,-49,0,0,83,5,279,280,29985,29986,29997,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd7 8. c3 Bb5 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Rh3 Be7 11. h5 h6 12. a4 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 O-O 14. Kg1 Qc6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. a5 Qc7 19. Nf3 Qxa5 20. c4 Rg8 21. Ra1 Qb4 22. b3 Nc5 23. Nd4 Ne4 24. Re3 Qc5 (24... Bc5 {Firouzja felt} 25. Rxe4 dxe4 {now the black queen will get trapped which is partially true} 26. Bd2 Qb6 27. Ba5 Qd8 28. Bxd8 Rgxd8 $11 {Black gets a rook and bishop for the queen which is still balanced according to the computer and does not seem difficult to play as Black either.}) 25. Rc1 Rgd8 26. b4 Qxb4 27. cxd5 Nxf2 $5 28. Kxf2 Rxd5 29. Re4 Rad8 (29... a5) 30. Be3 Bc5 31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. Nxb3 Bxe3+ 33. Rxe3 a5 34. Rc7 a4 35. Nc5 Ra8 36. Nd7 Kh7 $4 (36... b5 37. Rf3 Rd2+ 38. Ke1 Rd4) (36... Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Rd4 38. Rf3 b5 39. Rxf7 a3 40. Nf8 Rg4) 37. Rf3 a3 38. Rxf7 Kh8 39. Nf8 a2 40. Ng6+ 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.11"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2758"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,80,14,25,25,8,36,16,48,30,26,15,15,7,52,60,60,30,50,42,51,75,72,2,-2,-23,57,20,129,63,185,167,181,161,125,116,104,118,109,100,91,106,97,89,86,90,101,89,93,61,89,71,90,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. c5 Bc7 12. g3 a5 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Qxb7 Nxf2 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxa8 Nh3+ 17. Kg2 Bg4 18. Qb7 Re8 19. Qb3 Rxe1 20. Nxe1 Qe6 21. Qd3+ Bf5 22. Qf1 Nd7 23. Nef3 Nf6 24. Ng1 Kg8 25. Qe2 Ne4 26. a4 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Nf4+ 28. gxf4 Qg6+ 29. Kf1 Ng3+ 30. Ke1 Nxe2 31. Nxe2 Bg4 32. Ra3 Bxe2 33. Kxe2 Qg1 34. Nb3 Qg2+ 35. Kd1 Qf3+ 36. Kc2 Qe4+ 37. Kc3 Qf3+ 38. Kc2 Qe4+ 39. Kc3 Qf3+ 40. Kc2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.11"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2747"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,82,25,40,38,40,40,31,11,-10,-11,12,2,-2,-18,-31,-31,0,0,22,21,18,5,4,-15,3,-7,-10,-9,-10,-12,-11,-17,-19,24,26,31,16,46,43,46,15,11,11,21,-11,-2,-13,-11,-13,41,32,41,38,45,38,27,17,6,18,17,-60,0,0,0,0,15,16,22,0,20,5,9,6,16,16,18,25,25,7,9,0,0,0,9]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Bb2 Nge7 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Na4 Qc6 12. Nc5 Nc4 13. Bc3 b6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bd3 g6 (15... h5 16. O-O g6) 16. Qe2 h5 17. Bd2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Bh6 19. Bb5 Nc6 20. Nf3 O-O 21. O-O Qe7 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Rfd1 Nb8 24. Bd3 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Qe1 Nc6 27. Rdb1 Ra8 (27... g5) 28. Bb5 Qd8 29. g3 Ne7 30. Kg2 Qc8 31. Qd1 Rc3 32. Rb3 Qc7 33. Rab1 Rb8 34. a4 Rc2 35. R3b2 Rc3 36. Ng1 Rc1 37. Rxc1 Qxc1 38. Qxc1 Bxc1 39. Rb1 Bd2 40. Nf3 Bb4 41. Rc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.11"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Abasov, Nijat"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2727"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,101,40,23,8,8,12,8,13,13,18,11,15,21,38,48,48,34,38,29,31,20,39,16,19,6,3,-7,1,1,1,-2,-5,-26,3,-38,-11,-6,-20,-10,-25,-21,-5,-25,4,-29,-19,1,-22,-22,-13,-22,-1,-63,3,42,40,19,62,30,23,17,25,-95,-106,-105,-105,-68,-107,-101,-48,-52,-75,-75,-95,-87,31,31,30,-34,-34,-54,-49,-26,-66,-47,-47,-44,-81,-76,-81,-73,-77,-34,-39,-45,-39,-72,-65,-82,-39,-78,-78,-72]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 a5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qd2 c5 15. Qc3 f6 16. Rfb1 Rf7 17. Nd2 h5 18. Nf3 Qe6 19. h3 Kg7 20. Kh2 Qd6 21. Nh4 Kh7 22. Qe1 Rg7 23. Qe2 Qe6 24. c3 Kg8 25. Rf1 a4 26. c4 Rd8 27. Qc2 Nf8 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rf3 Bc6 30. Raf1 Nh7 31. Ne2 Qd6 32. Nc1 f5 33. R3f2 fxe4 34. dxe4 Qe7 35. Nf3 g5 36. g3 Nf6 37. Nd2 Rd6 38. Ne2 Bd7 39. Nb1 h4 40. Nbc3 c6 41. gxh4 g4 42. Ng3 gxh3 43. Rxf6 Rxf6 44. Rxf6 Qxf6 45. Nh5 Qxh4 46. Nxg7 Kxg7 47. Qd2 Bc8 48. Qe2 Bg4 49. Qd2 Bc8 50. Qe2 Bg4 51. Qd2 1/2-1/2