[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.04"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2789"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,82,19,38,40,41,66,66,57,33,33,27,24,19,36,28,23,16,-3,1,1,-12,-6,6,7,7,7,8,28,14,23,15,20,20,20,24,18,21,27,27,49,17,42,64,12,32,106,102,90,92,68,91,107,103,107,113,119,87,113,113,95,94,86,77,77,68,68,68,56,25,31,31,31,10,60,69,59,65,71,52,61,48,47,40,48]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Nc5 10. Bg5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O e4 14. Nxe4 (14. Rb1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O) 14... Nxe4 15. Re1 O-O 16. Rxe4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Qd5 Rc8 19. Qb7 Rc5 (19... d5 20. Qxd5 (20. Re2 h6 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxd5) 20... Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxc2 $11) 20. Qxa6 Rxf5 21. Rd1 d5 22. Rb4 Bc3 (22... Qe7 23. Qxb5 Bc3 24. Ra4 (24. Qd3 Rxf2 25. Qxc3 Qe2 26. Bxd5 ({Caruana mentioned in the post-game analysis to Nakamura} 26. Rh4 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 Rxh2+ 28. Rxh2 Qxd1+ 29. Kg2 Re8) 26... Qxd1+ 27. Kxf2 Qxd5) 24... Be1 25. f4 Bd2) 23. Rxb5 Rxf2 24. Rbxd5 (24. Kxf2 Qh4+ $11 25. Kg1 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Be5 27. h3 Qg3 28. Kg1 Re8) 24... Qh4 25. Qd3 Rf6 26. g3 (26. Qxc3 $4 Qf2+ 27. Kh1 Qf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 26... Qb4 27. Kg2 (27. Rf1 Qb6+ 28. Kg2) 27... Bb2 (27... Qg4 28. Qxc3 (28. Rd7) 28... Qe2+ 29. Kg1 Rf2 30. R5d2 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 Rxh2+ 32. Kg1 Rg2+) 28. Rf5 $2 (28. Rb1 Bc3 $4 (28... Qb6) 29. Rh5 $18) 28... g6 29. Rxf6 Bxf6 30. Qf3 Qe7 31. a4 Kg7 32. a5 Ra8 33. Rd5 (33. Qxa8 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 (34. Kg1 $4 Qxd1+ $19) 34... Qh5+) 33... Ra7 34. Rb5 Qd8 35. Rd5 Qc7 36. h4 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Qxa5 38. Qb7 Qd8 39. Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Kh3 Qe7 41. Qc4 Qe3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.04"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Abasov, Nijat"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2758"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 a6 12. Rc1 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Na5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rad8 20. Rcd1 Nxb3 21. Nxb3 Bd5 22. f3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. Rd2 Kf8 26. Re2 Rd8 27. Kf2 Rd4 28. Re4 Rd1 29. Re1 Rd2+ 30. Re2 Rd4 31. Re4 Rd1 32. Re1 Rd2+ 33. Re2 Rd4 34. Re4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.04"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2747"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,77,14,25,11,39,18,18,8,-1,3,3,28,0,16,-2,10,9,12,-34,4,4,4,-9,7,7,19,-22,-1,-23,-2,-2,-8,-4,-11,-32,-26,-36,-26,-26,-29,-31,-33,-31,-46,-31,-11,-25,-18,-20,0,-25,-25,-6,1,-19,-29,-49,-43,-75,-63,-12,107,-35,-35,-32,96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Qe1 Nc5 12. Nbd2 Ne6 13. Kh1 Bh5 14. Nb3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bg5 16. Rg1 Bxc1 17. Nxc1 Qh4 18. Rg4 Qh5 19. Nd3 O-O 20. Qe2 f5 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. f4 Rh6 23. f3 Rf8 24. Qf2 Rff6 25. Re1 Qf7 26. Qg3 Rh5 27. a4 Rfh6 28. Re2 Rh3 29. Qe1 Rxf3 30. Nc5 Qh5 31. Nxe6 Qxg4 32. Ng5 Ne5 33. Rxe5 Rxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 Qg4+ 36. Kh1 Qh5+ 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Kh1 Qh5+ 39. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.04"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,42,19,31,19,-16,-22,-6,82,15,16,16,8,16,9,-12,-6,-2,11,-8,-1,41,28,76,28,21,69,58,51,21,21,28,33,34,0,10,163,107,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Ra2 Ne5 10. Rd2 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Bb2 a5 13. cxd5 e5 14. Nb5 axb4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qc2 Bg4 18. Bc3 (18. fxg4 $4 Rfc8 $19 19. Qd3 Ra2) 18... Qa3 19. Bb2 Qb4 20. Bc3 Qa3 21. Bb2 Qb4 1/2-1/2