[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]
1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:18]}
dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 5. a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:32]}
8. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:07:50]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:02]} 9. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:17:07]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 11. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:07:42]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:16:37]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:29]
} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. Qf4 {[%emt 0:12:35]} c4 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} 15. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. Be3 {
[%emt 0:06:13]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 17. Bd4 {[%emt 0:08:44]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:
01]} 18. Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:06:46]} 19. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 20. Be2 {[%emt 0:07:32]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 21. Bxc5 {
[%emt 0:02:39]} Qxc5+ {[%emt 0:14:27]} 22. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:
49]} 23. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:10:35]} 24. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qe3
{[%emt 0:01:03]} 25. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 26. Qh3 {[%emt 0:
02:49]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 27. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 28.
Nd1 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Qxa4 {
[%emt 0:03:41]} 30. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:12:27]} 31. g3 {[%emt 0:
01:20]} Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} 32. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 33.
Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:10:16]} 34. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qd7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. f4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nhxf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 36. gxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 37. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:03:
30]} 38. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 39. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Re7
{[%emt 0:07:11]} 40. b3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 41. Rc2 {[%emt 0:
12:26]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 42. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 43.
h4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 44. Rc6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:
01:39]} 45. Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 46. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:02:26]}
Kh8 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 47. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 48. Bc6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 49. bxa4 {[%emt 0:04:39]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 50. Rg3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} b2 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 51. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd6
{[%emt 0:00:25]} 52. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qxf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 53. Rxb2 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 54. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:05:42]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 55. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Re7 {[%emt 0:07:02]} 56. e5+ {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nf5
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 57. Qe4 {[%emt 0:09:48]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:01:26]} 58. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 59. Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 1-0
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 14,59,20,10,20,27,32,30,42,15,2,0,19,31,24,16,9,25,41,51,47,28,35,23,29,
27,30,30,43,39,39,70,43,43,43,44,44,44,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ {
D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 9. bxc3
O-O 10. Qd2 Qd6 {White has an edge.} 11. f4 e6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bxb5 exd5 14. Bc4
Bb7 15. Nf3 {[#]} ({Reject} 15. exd5 Nd7 $17) 15... Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:}
15... Rd8 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Nd7
21. Re1 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 (29) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2768) Satka
2018}) 16. O-O {[%CAl Rc4d5]} ({And not} 16. exd5 Rfe8+ 17. Kf2 Nf6 $17) 16...
Nb6 17. Be2 d4 18. e5 Qd7 19. cxd4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 {[#] Hoping for
d5!} Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24.
Rd3 Rd8 25. Bd1 Nc4 26. Kf2 Nb2 {The position is equal.} 27. Rd2 Nc4 28. Rd3
Nb2 29. Rd2 Nc4 30. Rd3 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 14,98,6,14,14,-1,7,7,12,5,15,4,39,2,5,5,7,28,32,18,32,31,27,29,23,27,30,
29,29,35,28,27,32,31,29,23,27,39,38,38,29,30,35,33,43,31,68,64,67,61,78,52,63,
64,61,14,23,22,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,4,8,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+
Be6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. c3 c5 {[#]}
12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Be3 Bxe3
16. Qxe3 O-O 17. O-O Nc6 18. Rad1 Rae8 19. Qc5 Qe6 20. f3 {1/2-1/2 (43)
Szczepanski,Z (2337)-Andeer,S (2383) ICCF email 2004}) 12... Nc6 13. Nf3 O-O
14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. f3 Bd4+
20. Kh1 Rac8 21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. g3 Kf7 23. Kg2 g6 24. Bd2 Be3 25. h4 Re6 26. Bxe3
Rxe3 27. Kf2 Re6 28. Rd2 Ke7 29. Rad1 Rec6 30. g4 a6 {[#]} 31. h5 $1 {[%mdl
512]} Kf7 (31... gxh5 32. g5) 32. a3 Re8 33. hxg6+ hxg6 34. g5 Ne4+ $1 35. Bxe4
dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR. The position is equal.} 36. Re1 exf3 37.
Rd7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf8 {Threatening ...Rc2+.} 38. Rh1 {[%CAl
Rh1h8]} Kg8 39. Rxb7 Rc2+ 40. Kxf3 {Threatens to win with Rb6.} Rc5 41. Rh4
Rxg5 42. b4 (42. a4 {seems wilder.} a5 43. Rc4 Rge5 44. b3 Kf8 45. Rg4) 42...
Rge5 43. Rd4 Re3+ 44. Kf4 Rxa3 45. Rd6 Ra1 46. Rxg6+ Kh8 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rg6+
Kh8 49. Rh6+ Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 15,79,-20,0,-14,-7,-18,-12,-24,-12,-12,-13,-22,-17,-32,-5,-6,-9,-47,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-16,-17,-21,-17,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-1,52,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-46,-47,-42,
-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-44,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bb5+ {C19:
French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 Nf3 and 7 a4.} Bd7 10. Be2 Ba4 {[#]} 11. O-O
$146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qxd3 14. cxd3 Bxd1 15.
Rxd1 Nbc6 16. h5 h6 17. g4 {0-1 (24) Borgmeyer,M (2044)-Doering,A (1895)
Chemnitz 2009}) 11... Nd7 12. Be3 h6 13. Ra2 {[%CAl Ba1a2,Ba2b2,Bb2b4][%mdl 32]
} Nf5 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. Rb2 a6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rb4 b5 18. Bd3 {White wants to
play Bxf5.} Ne7 19. Bd2 Nc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Qe2 Nxb4 21. axb4 Qc7
22. Re1 Nb8 23. Nd4 Nc6 {Threatens to win with ...Nxd4.} 24. Qg4 Nxd4 $1 25.
cxd4 g6 ({Avoid the trap} 25... Bxc2 $2 26. Qxg7 O-O-O 27. Rc1 $18) (25... g5
$11) 26. h5 ({White should try} 26. Bxg6 $1 $14 fxg6 27. Qxe6+ Qe7 28. Qxg6+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 29. Qb6) 26... gxh5 $15 27. Qxh5 O-O-O 28. f4 Kb8
29. c3 Bb3 30. f5 Bc4 31. Bc2 Rdg8 32. Kf2 a5 33. bxa5 Qxa5 34. Qxf7 {The
position is equal.} Qa2 35. Qxe6 {Strongly threatening Rc1.} Qxc2 36. Qb6+ {[#]
} Kc8 $1 37. Qc6+ {[#]} Kb8 $1 38. Qb6+ {[#]} Kc8 $1 39. Qc6+ {[#]} Kb8 $1 40.
Qb6+ {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2