[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 13,82,6,14,6,16,0,2,15,19,36,36,28,28,23,23,27,29,12,16,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,13,13,38,-11,-8,-23,-8,-14,-14,-16,-16,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,
-53,-53,-70,-70,-70,0,-12,-11,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42:
Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 {
is now debated instead of 9...Ne5.} 10. Bd3 {The position is equal.} c5 11.
Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 {[#]} Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14...
Rfe8 15. f3 Rad8 16. a4 b6 17. b3 h6 18. Ne4 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2 Nc7 {
1/2-1/2 (30) Razumikhin,A (2433)-Serner,A (2409) ICCF email 2019}) 15. f3 b6
16. g4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Ne4 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Bg5 Kf7 22. Ng3
c4 23. Bf1 b5 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf5 Bc5 27. Re5 {aiming for Bxf6.}
Bxf3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxc5 {Ne3 is the strong threat.} Rd1+ {[%mdl 64] [#]
Double Attack} 30. Ka2 Rxf1 31. Rxb5 c3 {And now ...Bd5+ would win.} 32. Bxf6
Kxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Ne3 Rf2 34. Rf5+ (34. b4 $11) 34...
Ke6 $1 $15 35. Ka3 cxb2 36. Kxb2 {[#]} h5 (36... Rxc2+ $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 37.
Kb3 (37. Kxc2 Be4+) 37... Bb7) 37. h4 {Hoping for Rf8.} Rxc2+ $1 {[%mdl 64]
Decoy} 38. Kxc2 Be4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black is slightly better.} 39.
Kd2 $1 Bxf5 40. Ke2 Ke5 {Threatens to win with ...Kf4.} 41. Kf3 $1 Bd3 {
Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 13,83,-11,-7,-17,-7,-17,-2,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,12,39,29,
33,33,89,95,92,81,87,86,84,54,65,53,57,62,127,145,154,151,142,132,144,133,137,
121,118,139,167,183,236,242,210,217,304,293,544,557,547,537,483,486,637,633,
29976,29977,29966,29967]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 Ne7 {6...Qa5 is the modern continuation.} 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5 {C18: French: 3
Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} h6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Qg4 {The position is
equal.} Rg8 11. Bb5+ {[#]} Kf8 $146 {White must now prevent ...c4.} ({
Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Qf4 Nc6 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. e6 Qxf4 16.
exd7+ Kxd7 17. Bxf4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 {1-0 (36) Bartel,M (2629)-Jaroch,K
(2254) Zgierz 2017}) 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15. d4 bxc5 16. Qd1
Qa5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Ne2 c4 19. O-O Rb6 20. Qc2 Rh8 (20... Ra6 $14) 21. a4 $16
Ke8 22. Rb4 Nc6 23. f4 Ne7 ({But not} 23... Nxb4 $6 24. cxb4 Qa6 25. b5 $14)
24. Rfb1 f5 25. Rb5 Qa6 26. Bc1 Kf7 {White stays focused until the end.} (26...
Rf8 $14) 27. Ba3 Rhb8 {[%CAl Rb6b5]} 28. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 {[#]} 29. g4 $1 Rxb5 30.
axb5 Rxb5 31. gxf5 {Threatens to win with Rxb5.} Rxb1+ 32. Qxb1 exf5 33. Ng3
Qb6 (33... Qa3 $142) 34. Nxf5+ $18 Kf8 35. Qa1 Qe6 {[#]} (35... Kg8 $142 36.
Ne7+ Kh8) 36. Ng3 $1 Qg4 $2 (36... Qb6 {was necessary.} 37. Qa3+ Kf7) 37. Kg2
Qxf4 38. Qxa7 Ke7 39. Qa3+ Kd8 40. Qd6 g5 {intending ...g4.} 41. hxg6 h5 42. g7
{Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 62%.} 1-0
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 18,80,0,0,0,-1,13,10,14,5,20,12,11,5,20,23,32,35,18,27,34,26,24,16,18,0,
10,-30,-59,-44,-43,-53,-68,-59,-32,-55,31,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3
O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 (9. Rc1 a5 10. a3 h6 11. e3 Re8 12. b3 a4 13.
b4 Ne4 14. c5 Bf6 15. Nc3 e5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bc3
Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Bg4 21. Ra2 {1/2-1/2 (70) Ding,L (2811)-Alekseenko,K (2671)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 9... b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7
Qc2.} 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Nh5 13. Be3 Nhf6 14. Bg5 Bb7 {[#]} 15. Ne5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15. Qb1 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. e4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 b5 19. Ne3 Qb6 20.
b4 a5 21. a3 Rfd8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Ne1 axb4 24. Bxd5 bxa3 {1-0 (31) Joie,S (2363)
-Monceau,E (1987) Charleville Mezieres 2017}) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bxe7
Qxe7 18. Nf3 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bh3 Rce8 21. Qa4 c5 22. b4 cxb4 23. Qxa7 Ne4
{Hoping for ...Nc3.} 24. Qxb6 Nc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Re1 dxc4 {[#]}
26. a3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bd5 (26... Nxe2+ $1 $15 27. Rxe2 Bxf3 28. Rxe6 Qg5) (
26... bxa3 27. Rxc3) 27. Qxb4 (27. axb4 $5 {[%CAl Rc1c3]} Qf6 28. Qe3 $11)
27... Qxb4 {The position is equal.} 28. axb4 Nxe2+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}
29. Rxe2 Rxf3 30. Bg2 Rff8 31. Rd2 Rb8 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Rxb4 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. Rc2 Rc8 35. Kf1 c3 36. Ke2 Rb7 37. Rd3 Rb2 38.
Kd1 Rb1+ 39. Ke2 Rb2 40. Kd1 Rb1+ {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 9,80,12,13,3,14,11,10,12,14,0,2,3,8,7,7,0,3,2,14,3,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-8,-11,-11,-10,-11,-10,-12,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5
6. Nc2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O Be7 {
[#]} 10. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d3 exd3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13.
Nxd4 O-O 14. Bf4 g6 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 {1-0 (64) Tomashevsky,E (2705)
-Grischuk,A (2777) Moscow 2019}) 10... h5 11. d4 exd3 $1 12. exd3 Qd4 13. Nc2
Qg4 (13... Qd8 {keeps more tension.} 14. Bg5 Bg4 15. Qd2 O-O 16. d4 Nc7) 14.
Bf4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 (15. Rfxd1 {looks sharper.} Bg4 16. Re1 h4 17. d4 Rd8 18. a3
) 15... Bg4 {The position is equal.} 16. Rd2 O-O-O 17. d4 Nc7 18. Ne3 {Black
should prevent d5.} Be6 (18... Ne6 {feels hotter.} 19. Nxg4 hxg4 20. Be3 Nc7
21. d5 Nfxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Rd1 Rh5) 19. d5
Ncxd5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 {[#]} 22. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd5 (22...
cxd5 23. Bh3+) 23. Bxd5 cxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Rc1+ Kd7 25.
Rc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke6 26. Rxb7 Rc8 27. Rxa7 Rc2 28. Be3 Bf6 {
White must now prevent ...d4.} 29. Ra4 Bxb2 30. Kg2 d4 (30... f6 {is more
complex.} 31. h4 Bc3 32. Kf3 Kf5 33. g4+ hxg4+ 34. Rxg4 g6) 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32.
Rxd4 Rxa2 {KR-KR} 33. Re4+ Kf6 34. Rf4+ Ke6 35. Re4+ Kf6 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Re4+
Kf6 38. Rf4+ Ke6 39. h4 g6 40. Re4+ Kf6 {Not much happened in this game.
Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2