[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2757"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,51,8,20,24,12,5,12,5,7,4,7,0,13,17,28,27,23,33,23,13,19,29,30,15,33, 30,45,44,75,79,213,209,212,226,335,339,318,157,402,402,380,380,508,489]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Bb7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3 c5 (10... Re8 {keeps more tension.} 11. Rc1 g6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ngxe4 Bf4) 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Nce4 Bxg3 13. Nxg3 dxe3 (13... Nxd5 14. Bxd4 Qg5) 14. dxe6 ({Of course not} 14. fxe3 Nxd5 15. Qg4 N7f6 $15) 14... exf2+ 15. Rxf2 fxe6 16. Qe2 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rf7 17. Qxe6 Bd5 18. Qf5 Qe7 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qh4 Ne8 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nf5 Rf7 {1-0 (45) Pashikian,A (2612)-Matlakov, M (2693) Gjakova 2016}) 17. Bc2 {[%mdl 1024] [#] And now b4 would win. White has compensation.} Ba6 18. Qe1 {Hoping for Rd1.} Qe8 (18... Nd5 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 19. Rd1 Rc8 $2 (19... Rd8 $16 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. b4 Nd3 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rd2 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxf6 gxf6) 20. b4 Nb7 21. Ne4 Nd5 (21... Rxc2 $142 22. Rxc2 Nxe4) 22. Rxf8+ $18 Qxf8 23. Bb1 (23. Bb3 $18 {is the precise move to win. Ng5 is the strong threat.} Rd8 24. Ng5) 23... Qxb4 $2 {[#]} (23... h6 $16) 24. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kh8 25. Qxe6 Ra8 26. Qxd5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 49%.} (26. Qxd5 Qxb2 (26... Qc5+ 27. Qxc5 $18) 27. Qe4 $18) 1-0 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2828"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,76,16,0,4,10,22,18,16,25,33,38,30,0,0,0,39,31,61,62,37,35,46,31,35, 22,35,27,110,106,100,106,153,148,168,7,1,0,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0, 34,0,0,-54,-64,-508,-497,-497,-510,-500,-497,-486,-503]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 {[%CAl Bb1a3,Ba3b5,Bb5d4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 7. Be3 {White wants to play Nb5. is now more promising than 7.Nb5. Played by Hao Wang in May 2020.} cxd4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 8. Nb5 $1 {[%CAl Rb5c7] Nc7+ is the strong threat.} Qd7 9. Nbxd4 a6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Nd5 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Rab1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 {0-1 (40) Kartsev,A (2189)-Hoffmann,M (2424) Germany 2013}) 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Bg5 Ng6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. h4 Kh8 19. Qd2 Bf8 (19... Rad8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. h5 $16 Ne7 21. Bc2 $1 {Strongly threatening Qd3.} Red8 {With the idea ...e5.} 22. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Gc2][%CAl Rd3h7]} f5 {[#]} 23. g4 $2 (23. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rg5f7]} Be8 (23... Kg8 24. Bb3) 24. Qe2) 23... f6 $11 24. g5 (24. Nh4 $11) 24... Qf4 $14 25. gxf6 (25. Qf1 e5 26. gxf6 exd4 27. Rxd4 Qxf3 28. Bd1 Qc6 29. fxe7 Bxe7 30. Rxe7 Qf6 31. Qe2 Rg8+ 32. Kh2 Bc6 33. Qe5) 25... Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ (26... Bb5 $5 27. c4 $8 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Nd5 29. Nxe6 Rd6 $11) 27. Ke2 Nd5 {[%CAl Be7d5,Bd5f4,Bf4g2][%mdl 32]} (27... Bb5 $5 28. c4 $8 Nd5 29. Nxe6 Rd6 $11) 28. Qd2 $1 {Black must now prevent f7.} Bb5+ $1 29. Nxb5 Qg4 $1 30. Qg5 (30. Nc7 $5 Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. Nxa8 Rxa8 33. Rd7 $11) 30... Nf4+ 31. Ke3 Ng2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Ke2 Qc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Bd3 Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 34. Rxd3 ({White should try} 34. Ne5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Nf4+ 35. Kf1 Rg3+ 36. Nxc4 Rxg5 37. Nb6 Rxh5 38. Kg1) 34... Nf4+ $15 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Pin} 35. Ke3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Qxf4 $1 $15 Qxf4 36. Rd4) 35... Qe4+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Kd2 Qxd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kc1 Qxf3 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. f7 {[%csl Gf7][%CAl Rg5g8]} Qg4 {Quite a comeback for Black. Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 77%.} 0-1 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,68,26,24,20,31,32,31,27,37,29,25,20,30,0,0,0,0,3,8,12,49,29,41,36,50, 27,10,-12,0,0,-1,-19,-24,-138,-144,-148,-137,-129,-125,-178,-112,-176,-187, -191,-181,-188,-192,-477,-470,-475,-479,-929,-924,-894,-903,-844,-844,-5306, -5281]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. h3 { B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Bd7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O {White is slightly better.} e6 10. Re1 Bd6 {[#]} 11. Bg5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Be8 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Nd2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 {0-1 (62) Boer,A-Van Baarle,J (2295) Dieren 1998}) 11... O-O 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Qd1 f6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Bf1 g5 16. c4 Kh8 17. Rc1 Rg8 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 {[#]} 19. b4 $1 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 544]} Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} ({Much worse is} 19... Nxb4 $6 20. cxd5 Qd6 21. Ne4 $16) 20. b5 {Threatens to win with c5.} Ne7 21. c5 Qc7 22. g3 (22. Rc3 $1 $11) 22... g4 $17 23. hxg4 Rxg4 {Hoping for ...Bxg3!} 24. Bh3 {[#]} Rg7 $1 {...Bxg3! is the strong threat.} 25. Kh1 {[#]} (25. Nf1 $17) 25... e5 ({ Black should try} 25... Bxg3 $1 $19 26. fxg3 Qxg3) 26. Bxd7 (26. dxe5 $17 { was worth a try.} fxe5 27. gxf4 Bxh3 28. Ng5) 26... Qxd7 $19 27. Nh2 Qh3 28. Rg1 Rag8 29. Qe2 $2 (29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Qe2) 29... e4 {Black is clearly winning. } 30. Rc3 {and the idea Nxe4 leaves White hopeful.} Nf5 31. Nxe4 (31. Qe1 $142) 31... dxe4 32. Qxe4 {[#]} Bxg3 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%CAl Rh3h2][%mdl 512]} 33. Rg2 ( 33. Rcxg3 Rxg3) 33... Re7 34. Qb1 Rge8 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 88%.} 0-1