[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2020.03.21"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,110,12,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0, 0,0,6,14,0,53,0,25,27,34,40,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 {Nowadays more popular than 10...Qc7.} 11. Qd2 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} Bb7 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Rac1 Na5 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. h4 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. h5 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 {[#]} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... e6 20. h6 Bf8 21. Bg5 Qa4 22. Qb1 Nc6 23. Bc2 Qc4 24. Bd3 Qa4 25. Bb5 Qa5 26. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (26) Hort,V (2595)-Chiburdanidze,M (2555) Biel 1988}) 20. h6 Bf8 21. d5 e6 22. Nc3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qd2 exd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 {[#] d6 is the strong threat.} Qb4 27. Qd3 Qa3 ({ Black should play} 27... Bd6 $11 28. g3 Kf8) 28. Qc2 (28. Qd1 $14) 28... Qa5 29. Qd1 {And now d6 would win.} Bd6 $1 30. g3 Kf8 $1 31. Qf3 {[#] Threatening mate with Qf6!} Qe1+ {The position is equal.} 32. Kg2 {White threatens Qf6! and mate.} f5 33. g4 Qb1 34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Qe3 {Intending Qe6+ and mate.} Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 fxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kd7 40. a4 Bc7 41. Be3 a6 42. Bd2 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Kd4 Bb6+ 45. Kd3 Bc5 46. Bc3 Ba3 (46... Kd6 $5 47. Ke4 $8 Ke7 $11) 47. Bg7 Bc5 48. Bc3 Bf8 (48... Kd6 $5 49. Ke4 $8 Ke7 $11) 49. Bg7 Be7 50. Kd4 Bd6 51. Bf6 Kc7 52. Bg5 Kb6 53. Bd8+ Ka6 54. Kd3 $1 Bf8 55. Kd4 Bd6 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 98%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2020.03.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2698"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,81,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,22,29,26,14,1,1,3,19,13,18,14,18,14,26,27, 31,12,29,7,8,5,10,2,2,2,3,3,3,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,0,0,0,20,23,18,16,35,35,35,35,35, 35,36,14,14,14,14,12]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 Bf5 9. Bb2 a4 10. bxa4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Ra6 14. e3 Qxa4 15. Bf1 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nb6 18. Ra7 Rb8 19. Ne5 Nfd7 20. Bb5 f6 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Ra5 {White wants to play Bxd7.} Bf5 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Bc5 Nd7 25. Ra7 Nxc5 26. dxc5 e5 27. b4 b6 28. c6 {e4! is the strong threat.} Bxb4 29. e4 dxe4 {[#]} ({Don't go for} 29... Bxd2 $2 30. exf5 Kh8 31. c7 $18) 30. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe4 31. c7 Rf8 {Hoping for ...Bf5.} 32. Bc4+ Kh8 {White must now prevent ...Bf5.} 33. Be6 Bf5 34. c8=Q $1 {[%CAl Rc8d7]} Rxc8 35. Bxc8 Bxc8 36. Ra8 Kg7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Be6.} 37. Rxc8 Bc5 38. Rc7+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kh6 39. h4 f5 40. Kg2 e4 41. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2020.03.21"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,106,7,4,23,5,18,8,24,20,14,18,11,0,0,0,0,-11,-19,-15,-20,-20,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-13,-7,0,-51,0,0,21,35,27,17,12,0,0,0,0,0,23,22,27,33,76,0,0, 0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. g4 hxg3 $1 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bc1 Nxc3 21. Rd3 Na4 22. Rf3 Bd5 23. Rf4 Nb6 $1 24. Ref1 {[%CAl Rg5f7]} Rg6 25. Rf5 Bc4 26. Re1 Ke7 27. h5 (27. a4 $11) 27... Rh6 ({Black should try} 27... Be6 $1 $15 28. hxg6 Bxf5 29. gxf7 Be6) 28. g4 $11 Rhh8 {[#]} 29. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxa4 30. Ba3+ c5 31. e6 f6 32. Bxc5+ Nxc5 33. Rxc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Strongly threatening Nf7. Double Attack} fxg5 34. Rxc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd6 35. Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} a5 36. Rd1+ ({Better is} 36. Rd4+ $16 Kc5 37. Rd7) 36... Ke7 {The position is equal.} 37. Re4 {Threatens to win with Rd7+.} Rhd8 $132 { [%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 38. Rb1 Rdb8 39. Rb5 a4 40. Rxg5 Rg8 41. h6 gxh6 (41... a3 $5 42. h7 $8 Rge8 $11) 42. Rxg8 Rxg8 43. Rxa4 {KR-KR} h5 44. Kf2 Rxg4 45. Rxg4 hxg4 46. Kg3 Kxe6 {( -> ...Kf5)} 47. Kxg4 {KP-KP} Ke5 48. Kf3 Kd4 49. Ke2 $1 Kc3 50. Kd1 $1 b5 (50... b6 $5) 51. Kc1 b4 52. Kb1 b3 53. cxb3 Kxb3 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2020.03.21"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,84,21,20,27,29,31,41,41,39,47,43,41,42,51,35,50,38,32,41,37,17,10,10, 11,10,8,0,41,0,15,14,17,16,17,20,14,8,18,3,8,20,29,1,0,0,17,20,17,13,16,13,17, 12,12,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,10,0,275]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 7. 0-0. Played by Ian Nepomniachtchi in December 2019.} c5 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 {White is slightly better.} 10. e3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. Nc3 c5 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rac8 18. Qa3 c4 19. Rd1 h5 {1/2-1/2 (86) Esipenko,A (2590)-Riazantsev,A (2594) Tallinn 2019}) 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. b3 h5 16. Nc3 { [%CAl Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} h4 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Nf4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rfc8 20. Bf3 (20. Nd3 $5 {[%CAl Rd3b4]} Qd6 21. Qc5 $11) 20... a4 21. bxa4 Ra8 22. Nd3 Qxa4 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 24. Nc5 Ra5 25. a4 Rca8 26. Bd1 Be8 27. Kf1 Kf8 {The position is equal.} 28. Rab1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Rb7 c5 31. Bb3 R5a7 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Ke1 Ke7 34. Ra1 c4 35. Bc2 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kc5 37. Kc3 Ra6 $1 38. g4 g5 39. a5 Bc6 40. Ra2 Ra7 41. Ra1 Ra6 42. Ra2 Kd5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 93%. . An unexpected result.} (42... Ra7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 1/2-1/2