[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.23"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. dxc6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Be4 {[#]} Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Qe2 Bg6 18. Rad1 Rde8 19. Rd7 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Qxc6 21. Qd3 g6 {1/2-1/2 (39) Mihok,O (2552)-Malinovsky,K (2456) Ceske Budejovice 2020}) 16. Qd7 Rad8 17. Qxc7 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Bxe4 19. fxe4 { [#] Black must now prevent Rxf7!} Rc8 20. Qd7 {Strongly threatening Rxf7!} Qxc6 21. Qxa7 Qxe4 22. Rfe1 (22. c3 {is more complex.} Rxc3 23. a4 Rc2 24. Rf2 Qe5 25. Raf1) 22... Qxc2 23. a4 Qc5 (23... Ra8 {is interesting.} 24. Qd4 Rfd8 25. Qb4 Rdb8 26. Qf4 h6) 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 $11 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. a5 {[#] And now a6 would win.} Ra8 26. a6 {aiming for a7.} h5 27. Reb1 {a7 is the strong threat.} Kh7 28. Rb6 Ra7 29. Kg1 Rc2 30. h3 f6 31. Ra3 Kg6 32. Kh2 h4 33. Ra1 Rc4 34. Kg1 Rc2 35. Ra4 Rd2 36. Rg4+ Kf7 37. Rxh4 Ra2 {The position is equal.} 38. Rb7+ Rxb7 39. axb7 Rb2 40. Ra4 Rxb7 41. Kh2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.23"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} 7. Nf1 g4 8. N3d2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... f5 12. O-O Bd6 13. d4 Qe7 14. e4 f4 15. Bd5 h5 16. Nc4 Rf8 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 {1-0 (34) Anand,V (2757)-Caruana,F (2822) Bucharest 2019}) 12. O-O Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Bg7 14. e4 h5 15. Ne3 Qd6 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Qc2 b6 18. Bd2 Ba6 19. c4 Rad8 20. Nd5 Bc8 21. Rae1 f5 22. exf5 (22. d4 $5 f4 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 $14) 22... Bxf5 23. Bb4 c5 24. Bc3 Be6 25. Qd2 (25. Qa4 $11) 25... Rxf1+ $17 26. Rxf1 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qg6 ({Much worse is} 27... Qxd5 $6 28. Qg5 $11) 28. Qd1 {[#]} Rxd5 ({Black should try} 28... b5 $1 $17 29. Qb3 a6 30. d6+ Kh7) 29. Qa4 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxd3 {Threatening ...a5.} 30. Qxa7 Rd8 31. a4 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qb8 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 Qf5+ 35. Ke2 Qe4+ 36. Kf2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kf1 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qf5+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ (43... c4 { with more complications.} 44. Qxb6 Qd3+ 45. Kf2 Qf5+ 46. Kg1 Qb1+) 44. Kf2 Qxa4 45. Qxb6 {[#] Black must now prevent Qg6+.} Qc2+ 46. Kf1 {Hoping for Qe6+.} Qf5+ 47. Ke2 h4 48. Qb3+ Kh7 49. Qd5 Bg7 50. Qxc5 Qe4+ 51. Kf1 Qd3+ 52. Ke1 h3 53. gxh3 Qe4+ 54. Kf1 Qd3+ 55. Ke1 Qe4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/ Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.23"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} e5 9. Nge2 $5 {A promising side line.} O-O 10. O-O-O {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor: } 10... Nd4 11. Kb1 Bg4 12. g3 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Rg1 Rfe8 {0-1 (26) Gevorgyan,M (2228)-Shevchenko,K (2592) chess. com INT 2020}) 11. Kb1 a5 12. a4 Qb6 13. h4 (13. Qxd6 $2 Rfd8 $19) 13... Rac8 (13... Ng4 $1 $15 14. Re1 (14. Qxd6 $2 Nf2 $19) 14... Nb4) 14. h5 (14. Qxd6 $2 Rfd8 $19) 14... Nxh5 15. g3 Nb4 16. Bh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Bg7 18. g4 Nf6 19. g5 {White has compensation.} Nh5 (19... Ng4 $14) 20. f5 $18 Rfd8 21. f6 Bf8 22. Ng3 $1 d5 23. exd5 (23. Nxh5 dxe4 24. Qe2 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qf2 $11) 23... Nxg3 (23... Nf4 $2 24. Rxh7 $3 Nbxd5 25. Nxd5 $18) 24. Rxg3 h5 (24... e4 $142 25. Qe1 Qc7) 25. Qe2 ({White should try} 25. gxh6 $18 Qxf6 26. Qh2) 25... Rc5 $16 26. Rh3 (26. Qxe5 $2 Bd6 $19) 26... Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Rcxd5 28. Rdh1 {Hoping for Bc1.} Qd6 29. Ka2 { And now Rxh5! would win.} Rd1 {[#]} 30. Rxh5 $40 {White wants a kill.} gxh5 31. Rxh5 (31. Rh3 $1 $16 Qd7 32. Qxh5 Qxh3 33. Qxh3) 31... Rd4 $1 $11 32. Rh1 Rxa4+ 33. Kb1 $1 Qd5 34. Qh5 Qxh1+ $1 35. Qxh1 Rg4 36. Bxe5 Rxg5 (36... Re8 $11 37. Bc3 b6) 37. Qxb7 $14 Rd2 {[#]} ({Don't blunder} 37... Rxe5 $2 38. Qg2+ Kh7 39. Qh2+ Kg6 40. Qxe5 $18) ({Much weaker is} 37... Rd1+ 38. Kb2 $16) ({Better is} 37... Re8 $1 $14 38. Bc3 Bd6) 38. Bc3 (38. Bf4 $1 $18 Rg1+ 39. Kb2) 38... Re2 39. Qc8 Rg1+ 40. Kb2 Rgg2 $1 41. Bxa5 {Threatens to win with b4.} Rxc2+ 42. Qxc2 Rxc2+ (42... Ba3+ $14 43. Kc3 Rxc2+ 44. Kxc2 Kf8) 43. Kxc2 {KB-KB} Kh7 44. Kd3 Kg6 45. Bc3 Kf5 {[#]} 46. Kc4 $1 Ke6 47. b4 Bd6 48. b5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.42} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.23"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Be6 {[#] C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation.} 9. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b3 Nd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. bxc4 O-O 13. Rb1 Re8 14. c3 b6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Be3 {1-0 (39) Le,Q (2694)-Jones,G (2709) Saint Louis 2019 }) 9... Qe7 10. Na5 O-O-O {The position is equal.} 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. c3 c5 13. a3 c6 14. b4 Bc7 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Be3 f5 18. Bxc5 Qf7 19. Rab1 ({ White should try} 19. Nbd2 $11) 19... g5 20. exf5 g4 (20... Qxf5 $15 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. dxe4 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 b6 25. Nxa6 Rhf8) 21. Ng5 $1 $14 Qxf5 22. h4 b6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 22... Rhe8) 23. Ne4 $1 bxc5 (23... g3 $1 $14 24. Qb2 gxf2+ 25. Rxf2 (25. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Be2 $15) 25... Qe6) 24. bxc5 $16 {Threatens to win with Na5!} Nf6 {[#] White must now prevent ...g3.} 25. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Rxd6 27. d4 {Discovered Attack} c5 $2 (27... Kd8 28. Qxa6 Ke7) 28. Nxc5 $18 Re8 29. Qc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/ Black=0. 27} 1-0