[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,74,27,29,18,37,14,3,0,31,43,61,20,35,0,9,0,97,0,-1,4,0,0,6,0,-13,-17, 0,0,101,0,31,39,33,33,25,24,18,23,28,22,46,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. Bxf6 (7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Rfe8 12. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 (12) Aronian,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 7... Qxf6 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} b6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 9. g3 ({But not} 9. Nxd5 Qd8 $17) 9... Qd8 {[#]} 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Qc6 Bxe5 13. dxe5 O-O 14. f4 d4 15. Ne4 Nc5 16. Bg2 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 (52) Sarkar,J (2373)-Nestorovic,N (2469) New York 2020}) 10... Be7 11. Bh3 O-O 12. O-O-O $17 Bxh3 (12... c6 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Rxh3 ({Better is} 13. Qxd5 $16 Nd7 14. Rxh3) 13... c6 $11 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd7 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 (18... Rc8 $11) 19. g4 (19. Nxc6 $16 Rc8 20. Rhh1) 19... Re8 20. g5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. f4 Rad8 23. Rhd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe6 25. b3 (25. Kb1) 25... Qg4 26. Qe4 g6 27. Rd2 c5 28. Qc6 Rf8 29. Qf6 Qxh4 30. Kc2 {[#] Hoping for e6.} Qe1 31. Qc6 Qe3 32. Qf6 b5 33. Rd3 Qe2+ 34. Rd2 Qe4+ 35. Kb2 c4 {White must now prevent ...c3+!} 36. bxc4 bxc4 {( -> ...c3+!)} 37. Ka3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Rd8 $11) 37... Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 85%.} 0-1 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E51"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,60,0,0,0,6,0,16,13,12,8,7,8,4,15,6,0,0,0,16,12,16,7,11,6,19,12,4,14, 13,0,0,0,6,0,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-2,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 {The position is equal.} 8. Rc1 { E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5.} Re8 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 {[%CAl Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5a4][%mdl 32]} 11. O-O Bf8 12. Ne2 Qc8 13. Qa4 c5 {[#]} 14. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Qa6 16. Bc3 Nfe4 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rcd1 Na4 19. Rxd5 Naxc3 20. Nxc3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qxa3 {1/2-1/2 (54) Caruana, F (2835)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 14... Qb7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb5 Rac8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Qf1 Nfe4 19. Be1 g6 20. Ne2 Na4 21. Rb1 Bg7 22. Nfd4 Nac5 23. Nf3 Ne6 24. Ned4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc4 26. b3 Rc7 27. Qd3 Nc5 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. Qd3 Nc5 30. Qd2 Ne4 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,104,16,24,16,-22,0,0,0,0,39,0,29,-79,-53,-45,-25,-16,-17,-14,-17,-76, -64,-97,-97,-97,-95,-87,-93,-91,-104,-110,-112,-139,-145,-130,-142,-121,-109, -154,-122,-114,-121,-114,-121,-115,-105,-129,-18,-12,-10,-22,-16,-16,-25,-33,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-20,-34,0,-186,-226,-289,-226,-963,-869,-2502,-2033,-1212, -1114,-29987,-629,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 c5 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line.} 15. Be3 {[%CAl Re4c5]} Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 17. Qxb7 Nd5 (17... Rb8 $5 {[%CAl Rb8b7]} 18. Qa6 (18. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 $19) 18... Qc7 $11) 18. Qa6 Rb8 19. Bd2 (19. dxc5 $11 Nc3+ 20. Kc1 Nxd1 21. Rxd1) 19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bf6 21. Nb3 ({But not} 21. Qxa7 $2 Qc8 $19) 21... Qc7 22. Rhe1 Rfc8 $40 { [%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 23. Rc1 {[#]} (23. Qd3 $11) 23... Nb6 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rb6c4]} 24. Re4 {[#]} Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 24... Qc6 25. Rb4 Qxg2 26. Qxa7 Qxf2 27. a4 Bxb2 28. Rf4 Qe2 29. Re1 Qg2 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Rxe6 Nd5 32. Rg6 Qxd2 {0-1 (32) Beliavsky,A (2652)-Gyimesi,Z (2580) Bled 2002}) 25. Bf4 {[#]} Qb6 $1 {[%CAl Rb6a6]} 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Be3 Rb4 28. f3 a5 29. Rxc4 Rcxc4 30. Bd2 Rb5 {...a4 is the strong threat.} 31. Bxa5 Rxh5 32. Rg1 Rb5 33. Bd2 h5 34. c3 g5 35. Kc2 g4 36. Nc1 g3 ({Black should play} 36... gxf3 $17 37. gxf3+ Kf8) 37. b3 $11 Rc8 38. a4 Rf5 39. Ne2 h4 40. c4 e5 (40... Kf8 { with more complications.} 41. Rh1 Ke8 42. Nc3 Be7 43. Ne4 Ra8) 41. Be3 Bg5 42. Bxg5 Rxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 43. Rh1 Rh5 44. Kc3 (44. Nxg3 Rg5 45. Ne4 Rxg2+) 44... f5 45. b4 $1 f4 (45... h3 $5) 46. a5 $2 (46. Ng1 $11) (46. b5 h3 47. Rxh3 Rxh3 48. gxh3 e4 49. Ng1 Re8 50. b6 exf3 51. Nxf3 Kf7) 46... h3 $1 $19 47. gxh3 {[#]} (47. Rxh3 Rxh3 48. gxh3 Ra8 49. Kd2 (49. c5 Kf7 50. c6 Ke7) 49... Kf7 50. Ke1 Ke6) 47... e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. fxe4 $2 (48. Rf1 g2 49. Rf2 exf3 50. Ng1 (50. Rxf3 Re8 51. Ng1 Re1)) 48... g2 49. Rg1 Rxh3+ 50. Kd4 f3 51. c5 Kf7 (51... Rh1 $142 52. Kc3 Rxg1 53. Nf4 Rc1+ 54. Kd4 g1=Q+ 55. Kd5 Qg5+ 56. Ke6 Qxf4 57. Kd5 Qf6 58. e5 Rd8+ 59. Ke4 Re1#) 52. Nf4 {[#]} f2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 70%.} 0-1 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2828"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,110,58,37,59,60,59,63,74,54,35,31,43,38,55,19,31,22,19,2,18,14,6,0, 27,0,37,25,41,44,72,81,75,80,67,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,-14,-22,-11,-25,-27,-48,-139, -169,-143,-145,-157,-146,-236,-250,-259,-246,-311,-244,-298,-230,-313,-308, -377,-354,-387,-384,-314,-345,-481,-461,-526,-517,-625,-618,-733,-714,-4690, -4427,-1562,-1388,-29977,-29978,-29976,-29976,-29981,-29979]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bxe3 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} 14. fxe3 Be6 15. Qxd6 Rc8 {[#] White is slightly better.} 16. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Rd2 Ke7 18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19. exd5 Kd6 20. c3 Rc4 21. Rdf2 e4 22. Rd1 {1-0 (58) Bogut,Z (2285) -Zulj,L Medulin 1997}) 16... h5 17. h3 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nd7 19. h4 Ke7 20. Rd2 Nb6 21. Nd5+ Bxd5 $1 22. exd5 {Threatens to win with d6+.} Nc4 23. Re2 Nd6 24. e4 a5 25. Ra1 Rc4 26. c3 f6 27. Re3 Rhc8 28. Kf2 g5 29. Bf3 g4 30. Bg2 R4c5 31. Bf1 f5 32. exf5 Rxd5 33. Rd3 Rcc5 34. Rad1 Rxd3 35. Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} e4 36. Be2 {White is now going downhill.} ({Better is} 36. Bc2 $15 Rxf5+ 37. Kg2) 36... Nxf5 $17 37. Bb5 {[#]} Nd6 $1 38. Be2 {[#]} Ke6 $1 39. Rc1 (39. Rd4 $17 {might work better.}) 39... Ke5 40. Rd1 Rc7 41. Kg2 b6 42. Ba6 Rf7 43. Be2 Rf8 44. Rb1 Nf5 45. b4 Ne3+ 46. Kg1 Nd5 47. Rb3 Rc8 48. bxa5 bxa5 49. c4 Nb4 50. Rb1 {White hopes to continue with Rd1.} Kd4 51. Bf1 Nd3 52. Rb5 Rc5 53. Bxd3 exd3 {Black mates.} 54. Kf2 Kxc4 55. Rb1 Re5 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 92%.} 0-1