[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.21"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 $1 {is more profitable than 11.Nbd2 at the
moment.} fxe6 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nbd2 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early
deviations.} Rb5 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 ({Don't blunder} 15... Nxa5 $2 16.
c4 $18) 16. cxd4 Qc8 17. Ba3 {[#]} Nxa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qd7 18. Qc2
Nxa5 19. Rac1 Bd8 20. e5 Nd5 21. exd6 cxd6 22. Ne4 Rb6 23. Neg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 {
1-0 (57) Dorer, M-Lindner,J DESC email 2011}) 18. Qc2 c5 19. e5 (19. Qa2 $5)
19... dxe5 20. dxc5 Nc6 ({Not} 20... Bxc5 {[#]} 21. Rac1 $1 $16) 21. Ne4 ({
White should play} 21. Rac1 $11) 21... Nxe4 $1 $15 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Rae1 (23.
Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Bf6 $17) 23... Bf6 24. h4 h6 25. R4e3 Rd5 26. g4 Qe8 27.
Kg2 h5 28. g5 Be7 29. Nxe5 {[#] Ng6 is the strong threat.} Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Rbxc5
31. Qg6 Qxg6 32. Nxg6 e5 33. f4 Rd2+ 34. R3e2 Rxe2+ 35. Rxe2 $11 {Endgame
KRN-KRN} Nd4 36. Re4 Rc2+ 37. Kf1 {The position is equal.} Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+
39. Kf1 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/ Black=0.04}
1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.21"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 {9.a4 deserves study.} Be7 10. c5 Na6 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan
and Sveshnikov Variations.} 11. cxd6 Bxd6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Nc7 14. Nxd6 Qxd6
{[#]} 15. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a4 Rd8 16. Qe2 b6 17. Re1 Nxd5 18. Qxe5
Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Nc7 20. Be3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rexa5 Rab8 24. Rxa7
{1/2-1/2 (24) Wharrier,J (2408)-Biedermann,K (2384) ICCF email 2017}) 15... b6
16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Bg5 h6 (17... f6 $15 18. Be3 Rad8) 18. Bh4 $1 $11 b5 19. Bb3
Na6 20. Qe2 Nc5 $1 21. Qxb5 Nxb3 22. axb3 Rfb8 23. f3 a6 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Qa3
Qb6+ (25... Qg6 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Bf2 $16 Qb5 27. d6 Qd7 28. Qa4 Bc6
29. Qh4 Re8 30. Rac1 Rac8 31. Rc4 Re6 32. Bc5 Rg6 33. Qf2 Re8 34. Re1 e4 35.
fxe4 Rg4 36. h3 (36. Qc2 $16) 36... Rgxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} 37.
Rexe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Bxe4 39. Qe2 Bb7 40. b4 Qc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
09/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.21"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 {7.Nf3 is
more fashionable.} Be7 8. Nf3 f6 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4
Bg5 dxe4.} 9. Be3 O-O 10. g3 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qd2 {[#]} cxd4
$146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Kh8 12. Bg2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Nc3 Qa6 15. Kf2
fxe5 16. fxe5 Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 (53) Fedoseev,V (2667)-Morozevich,A
(2676) Moscow 2016}) 12. Nfxd4 Nc5 13. exf6 $1 Bxf6 {Hoping for ...Qxb2!} 14.
Nb3 Ne4 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Bg2 Nd6 17. Bf2 Nc4 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. O-O e5 20. fxe5 $1
Bf5 21. exf6 ({White should play} 21. Qc1 $14 Qxe5 22. Nf4) 21... Bxc2 $11 22.
fxe7 Rfe8 {Strongly threatening ...Be4.} 23. Nf4 Nb6 ({Wrong is} 23... Rxe7 $2
24. Nxd5 Qe5 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Bxc4 $18) 24. Nxd5 (24. Bd4 $11)
24... Nxd5 $17 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Nd4 {[#]} Qd7 $1 27. c4 {[#]} (27. Bc4 $142
Be4 28. Be6) 27... Bg6 (27... Bd3 $142 $1 28. Rfd1 Bg6) 28. Ne6 Rxe7 29. Rae1
Bf7 30. Nxg7 Bxd5 (30... Rxe1 $17 31. Bxe1 Kxg7 32. Bxf7 Qxf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7)
31. Rxe7 $1 $11 Qxe7 32. Nf5 Qf8 (32... Qe4 $5 33. Bd4+ Qxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Bxc4 $14
) 33. Bd4+ Kg8 34. cxd5 {Threatens to win with d6.} h5 (34... h6 $1 $14) 35. d6
$16 {White has strong compensation.} Kh7 (35... Qe8 $142) 36. Ne7 Qe8 37. Rf6 (
37. b3 {is interesting.} b6 38. Bc3 a5 39. Rf5 Rd8 40. Be5) 37... Rd8 38. Bc3 {
[#]} Rxd6 $1 {Remove Defender. Black has an edge.} 39. Rxd6 Qxe7 40. Rd4 Kg6
41. a3 Qe3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.24} 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.21"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Be7 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 cxd4 {White is
slightly better.} 11. Nxd4 Qc7 {Black is on the road to losing.} 12. Rd1 {[#]}
Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc5 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Ba4 16.
Qxa4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qc3 18. Bb2 Qxb2 {1-0 (26) Korobkov,P (2508)-Provotorov,I
(2398) Voronezh 2008}) 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Rac1 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 {[#]
Threatens to win with Nd5!} Nc4 17. Bg5 {And now Bxf6 would win.} Rxd1+ 18.
Nxd1 Rd8 (18... Qd8 $16 {was called for.} 19. Nc3 (19. Bxb7 Nd6 $17) 19... h6)
19. Bxf6 $18 Bxf6 20. Be4 Qa5 (20... Qd7 {was necessary.}) 21. Nc3 (21. Qxh7+
Kf8 $18) 21... Kf8 {[#]} 22. Nd5 $1 b5 {intending ...Qd2.} (22... Rxd5 23. Bxd5
) 23. Qxh7 (23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6 Qd2 $18) 23... Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Qd2 25. Rxc4 (
25. Qh8+ Ke7 $11) 25... bxc4 26. e4 {aiming for Qh8+.} Qxb2 27. Qh8+ (27. Bxc4
$6 Qc1+ 28. Bf1 g6 $16) 27... Ke7 28. Qc8 {Intending Qc7+ and mate.} Qb6 29.
Qxc4 Qb5 (29... Kf8 $142 30. Kg2 (30. Bxf7 Qb5 $16) 30... Be7) 30. Qc7+ ({
But not} 30. Bxf7 $6 Qxc4 31. Bxc4 a5 $16) 30... Qd7 31. Qc5+ {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.11/Black=0.25} 1-0