[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Tari, Aryan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2633"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,89,19,24,19,22,0,16,8,25,-2,16,16,17,17,41,30,32,28,31,31,34,23,47, 44,48,38,35,37,49,49,49,49,64,49,49,49,49,48,49,49,49,49,48,49,49,48,49,48,50, 48,52,52,109,109,143,143,281,273,241,231,279,278,658,651,810,804,29964,29967, 29961,29958,6183,6103,6103,6087,29988,29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 {8.a3 is more advanced technology. Played by Quang Liem Le in September 2020.} Bd7 9. c3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Bg5 {The position is equal.} O-O { [#]} 12. Nbd2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 Qb8 14. Nc2 h6 15. Bh4 c4 16. Nb4 Be6 17. Re1 Qb7 18. d4 { 1/2-1/2 (41) Caruana,F (2807)-Topalov,V (2761) Saint Louis 2016 CBM 174 [Pavlovic,M]}) 12... Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Re1 b4 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Qc2 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd2 Qc6 (21... h5) 22. Qa4 Rfb8 23. Nc4 Be7 24. g3 Qc8 25. Qd1 g6 26. Kg2 Bf8 27. Qf3 Rb3 28. Rec1 Qe6 29. Ra7 R8b7 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Ra1 h5 32. Ra8 Kg7 33. Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rc7 $2 ({Better is} 33... Qd7 $14) 34. Nd5 $16 Rc8 { [#]} (34... Rb7) (34... Rd7) 35. Ra7 $1 Rb8 {[#]} (35... Rd8 $16 36. c4 Rd7) 36. h3 $1 $18 Rd8 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 {Threatens to win with g5.} Rd7 $2 ( 38... g5 39. Rb7 Kg8) 39. Ra8 f6 {[#]} 40. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} f5 {[#]} (40... fxg5 41. Qxf8+) 41. Qh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf7 {[#]} 42. Re8 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe8 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 45. Nf6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-6/B=579. Weighted=-5/158} 1-0 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,97,1,25,15,15,18,29,18,27,28,27,5,12,12,47,33,65,57,68,67,71,71,55,73, 125,78,88,83,106,102,109,105,129,94,136,136,136,136,136,136,140,135,129,120, 150,142,237,108,456,473,670,653,606,506,536,508,421,190,190,197,1183,1160,2306, 2316,1497,1537,4290,1596,3846,3240,29983,29984,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988, 29984,29980,6015,3400,870,3220,2990,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29983]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 (3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bf4 f6 12. Bh2 Nb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nbd2 e5 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nb3 {1-0 (47) Caruana,F (2835)-Firouzja,A (2728) chess.com INT 2020}) 3... g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e5 c5 6. f4 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3:3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be6 8. Nf3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. Bb5 Nh6 {[#]} 10. Bxc6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. Bd3 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (13) Rosen,W (2194)-Herbrechtsmeier,C (2264) Berlin 2017}) 10... bxc6 11. Qc5 Bd7 12. Be3 e6 $6 (12... O-O) 13. Na4 Nf5 14. Bf2 h5 15. Qc3 c5 (15... Bh6) 16. Nxc5 O-O (16... Rc8 $142) 17. O-O Bb5 18. Rfe1 Qe7 19. a4 Bc6 20. b4 Rfc8 21. Qd2 Be8 22. c3 a5 23. h3 Bf8 24. Kh2 Qc7 25. g4 Ng7 26. Rg1 axb4 27. cxb4 d4 $2 (27... Bxc5 $16 {was necessary.} 28. Bxc5 Bxa4) 28. Bxd4 ({Don't play} 28. Nxd4 $6 Bxc5 29. bxc5 hxg4) (28. Ne4 $1 $18) 28... Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Bxc5 $16 {is a better chance.} 29. Bxc5 Bxa4) 29. Ne4 $18 Bc6 (29... Be7 $142 30. b5 Qc4 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. exf6 hxg4) 30. Rac1 Qb7 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. f5 {[%CAl Rd2h6]} Ne8 33. fxg6 (33. gxh5 $142 Nxf6 (33... Bxf3 34. hxg6 Nxf6 (34... fxg6 35. fxg6 Qg7 36. Qf4 $18) 35. exf6 $18) 34. exf6 Bxf3 35. hxg6 $18) 33... Bxf3 34. gxh5 $40 {[%mdl 128]} fxg6 $2 ( {Inferior is} 34... Rxa4 35. g7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg7 36. Qh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh6 37. Rg8#) (34... Nxf6 35. exf6 Kg8 36. Qg5 Bd6+ 37. Be5 Bxe5+ 38. Qxe5 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rad8 40. Rc7 Qb6 41. Qc5 $18) 35. hxg6 Bg7 36. Qf4 {Threatening mate with Qh4+.} Rxd4 37. Qxd4 {Qh4+ would kill now.} Bh6 {[#]} 38. Qh4 $1 Qg7 39. Rcf1 Be2 40. Rf2 Bd3 41. Ng4 Bxg6 42. Nxh6 Qxe5+ 43. Rg3 Qh5 44. Qxh5 (44. Qd4+ $142 Kh7 {[#]} 45. Rf8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng7 46. Rxa8 Qxh6 47. Qd8 Be8 48. Ra7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bg6 49. Rg4) 44... Bxh5 45. Rf8+ Kh7 46. Nf7 Bxf7 47. Rxf7+ {White mates.} Kh6 {[#]} 48. Rf8 $1 {[%CAl Rf8h8]} Kh7 49. Rgg8 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-81/B=-166. Weighted=-93/ -153} 1-0 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2757"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,142,46,31,55,47,39,41,65,17,27,20,30,20,17,0,12,0,31,0,12,0,0,0,9,14, 8,-29,-25,-36,-9,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,2,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8, 2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,-1573,-1410,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980, -29980,-29981,-29983,-29984,-29982,-29976,-29985,-29977]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 g6 {seems to push 8...Be7 aside. C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3... dxe4.} 9. b3 Bg7 10. Ba3 Bf8 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bxf8 (11. Bb2 { with more complications.} Bg7 12. c4 b6 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Bc2) 11... Kxf8 {[#]} 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c4 Kg7 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Qe2 Rhe8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 (41) Nikitenko,M (2377)-Kabanov,N (2489) Kazan 2015}) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. c3 Kg7 15. Rad1 a5 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ne3 Rhe8 18. g4 Nd5 19. c4 Qf4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 20. Qg3 (20. Be2 Qxf3 21. Bxf3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 f5 23. gxf5 exf5 24. e4) 20... Qxg3+ 21. hxg3 Nxe3 (21... Nc3 {is interesting.} 22. Rd2 c5 23. Bf1 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc5) 22. Rxe3 h6 23. Be2 Nf6 24. f4 Red8 25. Kf2 Rd6 26. Bf3 Rad8 27. Red3 b6 28. Ke3 c5 29. a3 Kf8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 cxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Ke7 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 35. Kd4 g5 36. Ke5 Ke7 37. f5 Nd7+ 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. fxe6 fxe6 40. Bd1 e5+ 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. Bc2 Nf6+ 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. Be4 Nd7 45. Bf5 Nf6 46. Ke3 Kc6 47. Kd3 Kd6 48. Ke3 Kc6 49. Be4+ Kd6 50. Bf3 Nd7 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Kd3 Kd6 53. Bb7 Nf6 54. Bc8 Kc7 55. Bf5 Kd6 56. Kc3 Kc6 57. Kc2 h5 58. gxh5 Nxh5 59. g4 Nf6 60. Kb3 Kd6 61. Ka4 Kc6 ( 61... e4 $5 62. Kb3 $8 Ke5 $11) 62. Kb3 Kd6 63. Ka3 Kc6 64. Ka4 Kc7 65. Kb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (65. Kb3 $11) 65... e4 $19 66. Ka6 e3 {Black mates.} 67. Bd3 Nxg4 68. Be2 Ne5 69. c5 bxc5 70. b5 Nd7 71. Bg4 Nb6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-36/ B=-6. Weighted=-43/-5} 0-1 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B36"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2757"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 30,59,45,39,52,54,58,60,56,53,41,19,31,29,32,27,33,28,28,27,22,23,26,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Be2 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 Rcb8 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System.} 17. Nc3 b5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 {White is slightly better.} 19. cxd5 Nc5 {[#]} 20. g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. b4 Na4 21. Rc7 a5 22. Rb1 axb4 23. Rxb4 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxa2+ 26. Ke3 {1-0 (52) Korpa,B (2433) -Pescatore,L (2279) Trieste 2015}) 20... Bb2 21. Rc2 Ba3 22. Rb1 {Black must now prevent b4.} a5 23. Kd1 Na6 24. Bf1 Nb4 25. Rd2 Rb7 26. f4 Na6 {The position is equal.} 27. Rc2 Nb4 28. Rd2 Na6 29. Rc2 Nb4 30. Rd2 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-4/B=-1. Weighted=-4/-1} 1/2-1/2 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2828"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] {[%evp 0,120,19,39,65,74,57,6,1,-34,-24,-2,10,21,11,47,44,25,43,39,45,39,79,47, 56,52,49,59,76,62,68,69,110,45,28,60,61,58,58,58,54,54,58,32,35,17,38,33,43,31, 30,15,20,29,28,24,28,14,19,14,17,19,17,13,15,0,15,0,0,-13,-9,0,0,-3,0,-10,10, 16,16,6,8,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,11,10,11,0,11,4,4,4,38,4,4,4,37,30,28,28,10,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,20,1,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nc2 Bh5 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Nf5 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Bg5 c5 16. dxe5 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxb5 cxd4 (17... Bxe4) (17... exd4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Qc6) 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Qc6 Qxc6 20. Bxc6 Rad8 21. Rad1 Ne5 22. Bd5) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxb5 Bxe4 20. Qf2 Rab8 21. Bd7 (21. a4 f5 22. Rae1) 21... Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rb6 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Qh4 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Ba4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rg6 28. Rd2 f4 29. Bd1 Kg7 30. Kf1 Rh6 31. Kg1 Rg6 32. Rf2 f5 33. Kf1 Kf6 34. Bf3 Ke5 35. Rd2 Rh6 36. Kg1 a5 37. b3 Rb6 38. Kf2 Ra6 39. Rd8 a4 40. Re8+ Kd5 41. Be2 Rg6 42. g3 axb3 43. axb3 fxg3+ 44. hxg3 Kd6 45. Bc4 Bc6 46. Rf8 Be4 47. Rb8 Kc7 48. Re8 Kd6 49. Rb8 Kc7 50. Rh8 Rh6 51. Ke3 Rh2 52. g4 Kd6 53. Re8 Rh3+ 54. Kf4 Rf3+ 55. Kg5 Bb1 56. Re6+ Kc7 57. Re5 fxg4 58. Rxc5+ Kb6 59. Rb5+ Kc6 60. Kxg4 Rxc3 1/2-1/2