[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,67,61,47,112,104,166,162,157,172,169,177,164,164,297,281,297,289,284, 284,289,301,281,289,291,273,284,263,293,279,291,283,367,373,541,546,533,534, 502,470,638,638,1016,1022,899,696,657,651,609,608]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bd3 {[#]} Be6 $146 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4.} ({Black should play} 11... Bf5 $14 12. Be2 c6) ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf5 12. Be4 Ra7 13. g4 Nh6 14. Be3 c6 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 Rc7 17. Bd2 Rb7 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Bf4 {1-0 (28) Milov,V (2580)-Svidler,P (2585) Haifa 1995}) 12. d5 $16 Nd7 (12... c5 $16) 13. Bb1 $18 ({Resist} 13. dxe6 $6 Nc5 $14) 13... Bf5 {White is clearly better.} 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. O-O e6 (16... Qe8 $142 17. a4 Bg7) 17. dxe6 Nc5 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Qa3 Ne6 20. Rad1 Qf8 21. Qb3 Re8 22. Nd5 Bg7 23. Rfe1 c5 24. Qa3 Ra7 25. Qa5 c4 26. a4 b4 {[#]} (26... Kh8 {might work better.} 27. axb5 Qc5) 27. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Bxf6 28. exf6 Qxf6 29. Qxb4 Rg7 30. Qxc4 Kh8 31. Rd6 Reg8 32. Rexe6 Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 Qxb2 {[%csl Gg2][%CAl Rb2f2] [#]} 34. Qd4+ {Black got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 32%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,82,46,49,68,53,35,-30,16,30,31,22,1,0,0,0,0,-10,77,1,39,-54,-59,-112, -89,-126,-145,-188,-121,-184,-144,-148,-149,-183,-183,-127,-92,-124,-85,-169,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-894,0,-12839,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12841, -12841,-12842,-12840,-12841,-12841]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 c6 8. O-O-O b5 {C41: Philidor Defence.} 9. f3 $1 b4 10. Nb1 (10. Na4 $1 $14) 10... a5 {Black has an edge.} 11. g4 a4 12. h4 {[#] } c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb6 13. h5 b3 14. cxb3 axb3 15. a3 d5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Nf5 Qc5+ 18. Qc3 Qxc3+ 19. Nxc3 {1-0 (29) Kokoszczynski,J (2121) -Domanski,L (1975) Gora Sw Anny 2016}) 13. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 14. gxf5 Nc6 15. h5 Nd4 (15... a3 $11) 16. Qg2 (16. h6 $16 {Hoping for hxg7.} g6 17. c3) 16... Kh8 17. Be3 (17. c3 $14 b3 18. a3 (18. cxd4 $2 bxa2 19. Na3 a1=Q+ $19)) 17... h6 $15 18. Bd3 ({White should play} 18. c3 $15 bxc3 19. bxc3) 18... Nd7 $1 $17 19. Rhg1 {[%csl Gg1][%CAl Rg2g7]} Bf6 20. f4 Re8 (20... Qc7 $19 21. Nd2 b3 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 22. axb3 axb3 23. Nxb3 Nxb3+ 24. cxb3 Rfb8) 21. Bxd4 (21. Rde1 $17 {was called for.}) 21... cxd4 22. Nd2 Nc5 23. Nc4 b3 24. Kb1 bxc2+ 25. Bxc2 Rb8 26. Bd3 (26. e5 $17 dxe5 27. fxe5 Rxe5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Bd3) 26... Rb4 $2 ( 26... Qc7 $19 27. Qc2 Rec8) 27. a3 $11 Rb3 28. Bc2 {And now e5! would win.} Rb8 {...Qc7 is the strong threat.} 29. e5 $1 dxe5 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Bd3 Bf6 33. Qc2 Qa5 34. Rg2 Nxd3 35. Qxd3 Qd5 36. Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Rc2 $11) 36... Kh7 $2 ({Better is} 36... Rb3 $1 $19 37. Qa6 d3) 37. Qe4 $2 { [%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Red2 $11) 37... Rxb2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 38. Kxb2 d3+ $1 39. Kc1 Qc5+ 40. Kd2 {[#]} Qc2+ $1 41. Ke1 { [#]} Bh4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 68%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,61,15,16,6,6,3,7,5,10,13,6,7,12,12,10,5,14,13,8,14,10,8,-26,10,0,10, 12,7,9,16,9,8,-25,10,0,108,125,298,295,294,291,301,282,270,269,363,360,501,351, 360,332]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} 8. Nxd4 Nge7 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bd3 g6 ({But not} 10... Nxe5 $2 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Re1 $18) 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. Nd2 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Nf3 Rae8 16. Bb5 Qd8 {[#]} 17. Bd2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Kh1 Qb6 18. Ba4 Re7 19. Re1 Kh8 20. Bb3 Na5 21. Bc2 Nc6 22. Bb3 Na5 23. Bc2 Nc6 24. Bb3 { 1/2-1/2 (24) Zhigalko,S (2648)-Solak,D (2624) Kocaeli 2017}) 17... Nd6 { [#] aiming for ...Qb6+.} 18. Bd3 e5 (18... Qb6+ {with more complications.} 19. Be3 d4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Rae1 e5) 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Qg4 Ne4 {[#] ( -> ...Qc5+)} (22... Nc4 $5 23. Bf4 Re8 $11) 23. Be3 Nc5 (23... a6 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Rf1 $16 Rxe3 $2 {This costs Black the game.} (24... Nxd3 $16 {is a better defense.} 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8) 25. Rxf8+ $18 Bxf8 26. Bc2 Re1+ 27. Kf2 Re5 28. Qc8 b6 29. b4 Ne6 30. Bb3 Ng5 31. Bxd5+ { Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 57%.} 1-0