[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,122,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-15,-22,-22,-22,-36,-36,-36,-29,-29,-27, -21,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,-11,-42,-26,-117,-117,-117,-117,-129,-129,-527, -505,-502,-417,-594,-594,-579,-49,-29965,-29959,-29974,-29975,-29974,-29976, -29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29974,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980, -29981,-29980,-29981]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 c6 11. Bd3 d5 12. Re1 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} Bd6 13. Bf4 Ke7 ( 13... Bxf4 $5 14. Kf3+ $8 Be6 15. Kxf4 Kd7 $11) 14. Kf3+ {The position is equal.} Be6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxf4 17. Kxf4 Rad8 {And now ...Rd4+ would win. } 18. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 19. Re2 Rd4+ 20. Kg3 Rhd8 21. Rae1 R8d6 {[#]} 22. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. f3 Rd2 23. Kf2 Rxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Rd1 25. Re1 Rd2+ 26. Re2 Rd1 27. Re1 Rd2+ 28. Re2 Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (28) Bezgodov,A (2460)-Shirov,A (2652) Sochi 2018}) 22... Kf6 23. Kf3 h5 24. Re3 Rd2 25. R1e2 Rd1 26. g3 g6 27. Re5 b6 28. b3 c5 29. c4 a5 30. Kf2 R1d3 31. R5e3 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 {KR-KR} Rd2+ 33. Re2 Rd1 34. Kf3 a4 35. bxa4 Rc1 36. Re3 Rxc4 37. Ra3 Kf5 38. a5 bxa5 39. Rxa5 Rc3+ 40. Ke2 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. gxh4 Kxf4 42. Kd2 $1 {[%CAl Rd2c3]} Rh3 {White should prevent ...e5.} 43. Rxc5 Rxh2+ 44. Ke1 e5 (44... Rxh4 45. Rc4+ Kg3 46. Rxh4 Kxh4 47. a4 Kg5 48. a5 Kf5 49. a6) 45. Rc4+ {Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} (45. Rc6 $1 $11) 45... e4 $1 $17 { Strongly threatening ...Kf3.} 46. Rc6 Kf3 $1 47. Rf6+ Ke3 {...Rh1+ is the strong threat.} 48. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Kd1 $17 {was the crucial defense. }) 48... Rh1+ $19 49. Kg2 Rxh4 50. Rxg6 (50. a4 $142 Rh5 51. Rb6) 50... Ke2 $1 51. Kg3 {[#]} Rh7 $2 (51... Rh5 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rh5e5] White must now prevent ... Re5.} 52. Re6 e3) 52. Rb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. a4 $15) 52... e3 {Black mates.} 53. Rb2+ {[#]} Kd1 $1 54. Rb1+ Kc2 55. Ra1 Rf7 56. a4 e2 57. Kg2 Rf5 58. Ra2+ Kd3 59. Ra1 Ke3 60. Ra3+ Ke4 61. Ra1 Rd5 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 93%.} 0-1 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2828"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,71,16,17,17,33,0,0,0,10,7,15,21,26,0,0,-34,0,0,0,-12,0,-4,-19,-6,0, -14,-6,-10,0,-9,-3,-9,-26,-22,-25,-75,-5,-18,-12,0,-16,-8,0,0,17,17,30,18,43,0, 14,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,15,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 {A08: King's Indian Attack.} Bg7 7. Nb3 (7. c4 $5) 7... Nc6 $1 { [%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 7...0-0. Played by Viswanathan Anand in July 2020.} 8. Nc3 {[%CAl Rc3d5]} e6 9. e4 O-O 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Ne5 {[#]} 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. c3 {1/2-1/2 (13) Cvitan, O (2550)-Horvath,J (2535) Nova Gorica 1997}) 12... h6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. a4 Rad8 17. Ra3 Nc4 18. Rad3 Ne5 19. Ra3 Rfe8 20. Nc3 Qc4 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qd2 Bg4 (22... Qc5 $17 23. Re3 (23. Qf4 $2 g5 24. hxg5 Ng6 25. Nb3 (25. Qd2 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Re1+ $19) 25... Nxf4 26. Nxc5 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxc1 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. Ra1 Ne2 $19) 23... Bxa4) 23. f3 $11 Bd7 24. Bf1 Qc5 {next ...Nc6 is good for Black.} 25. Qf2 Nc4 26. Rad3 Re7 27. b3 Ne5 28. R3d2 Rde8 29. Bb2 g5 {The position is equal.} 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Ba1 Qb6 32. Kg2 Qg6 33. Kg1 Qb6 34. Kg2 Qg6 35. Kg1 Qb6 36. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2828"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,145,-4,0,-30,-18,-12,-20,-29,-27,-31,12,13,18,4,18,5,29,5,34,39,41,35, 43,49,26,15,88,88,88,75,64,66,44,43,82,69,112,104,116,49,158,174,137,-93,30,30, 33,41,34,35,198,198,326,321,308,234,228,175,178,178,169,116,217,110,129,150, 202,189,209,149,221,180,189,152,174,163,161,174,169,136,193,193,268,268,281, 281,281,281,281,281,281,281,281,281,420,412,386,281,281,0,281,281,281,281,281, 281,281,281,281,281,847,826,676,617,597,584,576,542,935,903,7026,6041,2527, 1351,29973,29974,29980,29980,29980,29981,29982,29983,29983,29984,29986,29987, 29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 {D04: Colle System.} axb4 7. cxb4 b6 $1 8. Bb5+ {The position is equal.} Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (9... Nbxd7 {with more complications.} 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bb2 bxc5 12. b5 e5) 10. a4 {[#]} bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Na6 11. Ba3 bxc5 12. b5 Nb4 13. O-O Bd6 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Nd2 Rfe8 {1-0 (28) Nielsen,K (2097) -Jacobsen,M (2188) Copenhagen 2016}) 11. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. O-O Nbd7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7c5, Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 16. Bc3 Nc5 17. a5 Nfe4 (17... Rfb8 $11) 18. b6 Qb7 19. Bd4 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Nd3 21. Rfb1 (21. e4 e5 22. Be3 Nb4 23. Qd1 c3 24. Nc4) 21... Ra6 22. Rb5 Rc8 23. Rab1 h6 24. g3 (24. Nf3 $16) (24. e4 Bc5 (24... dxe4 $2 25. Nxc4 Bb8 26. Qb3) 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Rb5 Qc6 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. b7 Qc7 30. Qb1 Qb8 31. Qb5 $18) 24... Be7 (24... e5 $14 25. Bc3 e4) 25. e4 $16 ( 25. Nf3) 25... e5 26. Bc3 $2 (26. Be3 $16 {keeps the pressure on.} d4 27. Nxc4) 26... Bc5 (26... dxe4 27. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 (27... Qxe4 28. b7 Rb8 29. Rxe5 $18) 28. Rxe5 $16) (26... d4 $17 27. Ba1 Nb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. R5xb4 Bxb4 29. Rxb4 Rxa5 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Nxc4 Qe7) 27. Rxc5 $11 Nxc5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Qf5 Rd8 $2 ({Black should play} 29... Re8 $14) 30. Rb5 $1 $18 f6 {[#]} ( 30... Qd6 31. Qg4 (31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Bxe5 Nb7 $14) (31. Ne4 Nxe4 (31... Qe6 32. Qxe6 Nxe6 33. Rxe5) 32. Qxe4 Qd3 33. Qxe5 f6) 31... Nd3 32. Qxc4 (32. Nxc4 Qf6 $17) 32... Qf6 33. f4) (30... Raa8 31. Bb4) 31. b7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 32. Qc8 ({Stronger than} 32. Nxc4 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Nxb7 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 32... Nxb7 33. Qxb7 Qc6 34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. Rb6 (35. Ne4 $18) 35... Rc7 (35... Rcd6 $16) 36. a6 (36. Kg2 $18) 36... Ra8 {[#]} 37. Ne4 $1 Rca7 (37... f5 $16) 38. Nc5 Rc8 39. Rb5 h5 (39... Rac7 $16) 40. h4 Kh7 41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Kf3 Kf5 43. Ke3 Rc6 44. Bb4 c3 (44... Rd6 $16 45. f3 Rc6) 45. Bxc3 Kg6 (45... g5 $142 46. Ba5 gxh4) 46. Bb4 Raxa6 47. Nxa6 Rxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 48. Rb7 Ra8 49. Ke4 Rd8 50. Bc5 Ra8 51. Kd5 Ra5 (51... Rc8 {was called for.} 52. Ra7 Rb8) 52. Ra7 Rb5 53. Kc6 Rb2 54. Kd5 Rb5 $1 55. Kc4 Rb8 56. Rc7 Ra8 57. Kd5 Ra2 58. Ke6 Ra6+ 59. Ke7 Kf5 $2 (59... Ra8 60. Ra7 Rh8) 60. Kf7 g5 61. Be3 gxh4 62. gxh4 Kg4 63. Rc4+ Kf3 64. Kg6 e4 65. Kxh5 f5 66. Kg5 Ra5 67. Bf4 {White mates.} Kxf2 68. Rc2+ Kf3 69. Rc3+ Ke2 70. h5 Ra1 71. h6 Rh1 72. Kxf5 Kf2 73. Kxe4 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 52%.} 1-0 [Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2020.10.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B69"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,90,39,38,30,31,23,33,21,51,24,70,77,91,89,84,89,89,80,109,74,112,-35, -38,-33,-35,-144,-141,-449,-449,-445,-437,-444,-447,-422,-422,-355,-308,-306, -305,-308,-305,-296,-292,-281,-259,-311,-230,-596,-596,-596,-596,-705,-596, -596,-596,-588,-588,-588,-588,-582,-578,-579,-569,-554,-471,-576,-561]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O e6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 O-O-O 14. Bd3 {B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6.} Kb8 15. Ne2 Bc8 16. Nf4 {White is slightly better.} Ne5 17. Be2 d5 18. exd5 {[#]} exf5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 18... Nxf3 19. Bxf3 e5 20. Ne2 Bxf5 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Be4 Rc4 24. Nf5 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 (38) Solak,D (2586)-Ashwin,J (2471) Albena 2012}) 19. Nd4 Bc5 20. Rhf1 Rhe8 21. a3 Ka8 $2 (21... Bd7) 22. h3 (22. g3) 22... Bd7 23. Nh5 (23. d6 $142 $16 Bxd4 ( 23... Bxd6 24. Nd5) 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4) 23... Nc4 $1 $15 {[%CAl Rc4d2]} 24. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 25. Qc3 (25. Ka1 $1 $15) 25... Rb8 $17 26. Rf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs White the game.} (26. Nxf5 $17 {is more resistant.} Bxf5 27. Rxf5) 26... Re1 $1 $19 {[%CAl Re1d1][%mdl 512]} 27. Rxe1 (27. Qxe1 Qxb2#) 27... Bxd4 28. Qb4 Qc7 29. d6 Qc6 30. Qa5 Bxb2 31. Ka2 {[#]} Be5 $1 ({Weaker is} 31... Qxd6 {[#]} 32. Rd1 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33. Kxb1 Qxd6 {( -> ... Qd1+)} 34. Kc1 Qd4 {Threatens to win with ...Ka7.} 35. Qxa6+ Kb8 36. c3 $2 (36. g3 {nothing else works.}) 36... Qg1+ {[%mdl 64]} 37. Kd2 Qxg2+ {[%mdl 64]} 38. Ke3 f4+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 39. Nxf4 Bxf4+ 40. Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096]} Qg3+ 41. Rf3 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64]} 42. Kd4 Qe5+ 43. Kxc4 {Black must now prevent Qb6+.} Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Kc5 Qxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kd6 Bc8 { Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 88%.} 0-1