[Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,79,33,20,47,40,39,29,42,36,45,42,39,0,5,0,59,54,52,54,53,41,34,37,60, 9,51,51,53,50,31,36,45,41,87,81,71,39,30,33,40,39,35,-26,35,34,38,5,0,0,0,0, 131,143,108,147,185,194,432,424,510,522,501,496,1031,927,1097,1059,29988,29989, 29992,29993]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nge7 6. Ne2 h5 { B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence.} 7. Bg5 Qd7 8. h4 Bxd3 { White has an edge.} 9. Qxd3 Nf5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Bxe7 {[#]} Ncxe7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11... Qxe7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O f6 14. Nf4 fxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Qf6 17. Rhe1 Ng4 18. Nxh5 Rxh5 19. Qxg4 {1/2-1/2 (29) Muhari,I (2247) -Martini,B (2314) Hungary 2011}) 12. Nf3 O-O-O (12... b6 $11) 13. a4 Ng6 14. g3 f6 15. b4 Kb8 16. O-O Rhf8 17. Kh2 (17. Kg2 $14) 17... Qf7 18. Neg1 Nh6 19. Rae1 Ng4+ 20. Kg2 fxe5 21. dxe5 Qe8 22. Nh3 Rf5 {[%CAl Rg4e5]} 23. Nhg5 N6xe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Qd4 Nc6 {[%CAl Rc6d4]} 26. Qd3 (26. Qxg7 $14 e5 27. Qh7) 26... Rf6 ({Black should try} 26... Qg6 $11 27. Qb1 e5) 27. b5 $14 Na5 28. Qh7 e5 29. Qxg7 Rf5 30. Qh7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rf8 (30... Rf6 $11) 31. f4 $1 $16 e4 32. f5 Qe5 33. f6 $1 Qxc3 $2 (33... Rxf6 34. Nf7 Rxf1 35. Rxf1 Qe7) 34. f7 $18 Nc4 35. Ne6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd2+ {[#]} 36. Kh3 $1 Ne5 ({Avoid the trap} 36... Ne3 $2 {[#]} 37. Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 38. Qxf7) (36... Qb4 $142 37. Nxd8 Qd6 38. Nxb7 Kxb7 39. Qxh5 Nb2) 37. Nxf8 Nf3 { [#]} 38. Nd7+ $1 Ka8 (38... Kc8 39. Qxh5) 39. Qxh5 Nxe1 40. f8=Q {[%CAl Rf8d8] Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.49} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,99,44,38,0,13,-13,4,5,9,0,25,17,32,42,35,25,39,0,62,66,68,70,153,58, 31,25,67,17,61,60,46,7,23,22,22,23,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,31,30,31,23, 39,42,45,35,35,8,13,0,47,47,47,47,34,8,8,8,8,9,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-29,-29,-29, -29,-29,-29,0,-29,0,-29,0,-29]} 1. d4 {Szabo,Kr} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} Bxe4 9. Be3 c5 {[#]} 10. dxc5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Bxf3 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Bxf3 Nc6 15. Rac1 a5 16. Rfd1 {1-0 (58) Lenic,L (2637)-Caruana,F (2782) Warsaw 2013 CBM 158 [Szabo,Kr]}) 10... Bxb2 {[#]} 11. Rb1 $1 Bxb1 (11... Bg7 12. Nd2) 12. Qxb1 Bf6 13. Qxb7 Nd7 {...Rb8 is the strong threat.} 14. cxd6 exd6 15. Nd4 Rc8 ( 15... Bxd4 $11 16. Bxd4 Rc8) 16. Nc6 $1 $14 {[%CAl Rc6d8]} Qc7 17. Rb1 a5 {[#]} (17... Nc5 $14 18. Qxa7 Qxa7 19. Nxa7 Rb8) 18. Qxc7 (18. Na7 $1 $16) 18... Rxc7 19. Nxa5 Rfc8 20. Rd1 Be7 21. Bd5 Nc5 22. Bd4 Kf8 23. Rb1 Ra7 24. Rb5 Bd8 25. Nc6 Rxa2 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Rb7 Rxc6 28. Bxc6 Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Rb8 Ke7 30. Bd5 Ke8 31. h4 f5 32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Kg2 Kd7 34. Bg8 (34. Ra8 {feels hotter.} h5 35. Ra7+ Bc7 36. Ra6 Bd6 37. Kf3) 34... h6 35. Bh7 Rd6 ( 35... f4 {looks sharper.} 36. Rb7+ Bc7 37. g4 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Kf3 Kd6) 36. h5 gxh5 37. Bxf5+ Ke7 38. Be4 h4 39. gxh4 Rd4 40. Bd5 Rxh4 41. Rb7+ Kd6 42. Kg3 {Strongly threatening f4.} Bg5 43. Rf7 {aiming for f4.} Ke5 44. f4+ (44. Rf8 { seems wilder.} Rf4 45. Rxf4 Bxf4+ 46. Kg4 Bg5 47. Kh5) 44... Rxf4 45. Rxf4 Bxf4+ {KB-KB} 46. Kg4 Bg5 47. Kh5 Bf4 48. Kg4 Bg5 49. Kh5 $1 Bf4 50. Kg4 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "9.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "168"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,168,49,52,51,74,46,96,88,104,67,60,75,72,42,39,13,77,13,25,22,35,22, 18,12,53,12,16,24,27,10,16,14,20,16,27,20,65,29,29,42,85,77,52,8,22,-87,-81, -89,-88,-81,0,0,0,0,11,19,13,6,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 8]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Qf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence.} Ne7 {[#]} 7. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 a6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 d6 13. c3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Bf5 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Re1 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 (16) Lagarde,M (2655) -Bauer,C (2623) Europe Echecs INT 2020}) 7... Ba5 8. Nxe5 {White is better.} Qxe5 9. Qe2 d6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. g3 (11. f4 $5 {[%CAl Rf4e5]} Qe6 12. Kb1 $14) 11... O-O-O 12. Bg2 Rhe8 {[#]} (12... Qe6 $11) 13. Rhe1 (13. f4 $1 $16 { [%CAl Rf4e5]} Qf6 14. Rhe1) 13... f6 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. f4 Qe6 16. Qd3 h6 17. Ne2 {[#] Threatens to win with Nd4.} Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qc4 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Bf1 Qg8 21. Qd4 Nc8 22. a4 Re7 23. Re3 Rde8 24. Rde1 Qf7 25. Bc4 Qh5 26. Bd5 Nb6 27. a5 ( 27. g4 $11 {remains equal.} Qxh2 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. a5 Qxf4 30. axb6 axb6 31. b4 ) 27... Nxd5 $17 28. exd5 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Bd7 (29... Qxh2 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Qg1+.} 30. Ka2 Rxe3 31. dxc6 Re7) 30. h4 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxe3 (30... b5 {keeps more tension.} 31. axb6 axb6 32. b3 Kc8 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qd2 Qg6) 31. Qxe3 Qe8 32. Qxe8+ Bxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 33. Kc1 c6 34. Ne2 cxd5 35. Kd2 Kc7 36. Kc3 Bd7 37. Kb4 g6 38. Nd4 a6 39. Kc3 b6 40. Kb4 Kb7 41. c3 Kc7 42. Nc2 Kb7 43. Ne3 Be6 44. g4 f5 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Nc2 Bd7 47. Nd4 Kc7 48. Nb3 Kc6 49. Nd4+ Kc7 50. Nc2 Kc6 51. Ne3 Be6 52. Ka4 Bd7 { And now ...Kc5+ would win.} 53. axb6 Kxb6+ 54. Ka3 Be6 55. Nc2 Kc5 {...Kc4 is the strong threat.} 56. Nd4 Bd7 {Hoping for ...Kc4.} 57. b3 a5 58. Kb2 Bc8 59. Kc2 Bd7 60. Kd2 Bc8 61. Kd3 Ba6+ 62. Ke3 Bc8 63. Nc2 Bd7 64. Kd3 Bb5+ 65. Kd2 Bd7 66. Nd4 Bc8 67. Kc2 Bd7 68. Kb2 Bc8 69. Ka2 Bd7 70. Ka3 Bc8 71. Ka4 Kb6 72. b4 Bd7+ 73. Ka3 Bc8 74. Kb3 Bd7 75. Kc2 a4 76. Kb2 Ka6 77. Ka2 Kb7 78. Kb2 Ka6 79. Kc2 Kb7 80. Kd2 Kb6 81. Kd3 Bb5+ 82. Kd2 Bd7 $1 83. Kc2 Kb7 84. Kb2 Ka6 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,83,16,3,7,8,14,35,41,33,25,30,26,33,34,41,55,63,59,54,58,54,64,54,22, 22,25,25,31,17,15,21,6,16,11,8,0,0,0,0,-8,5,7,6,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d4 {White is slightly better.} Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. Qe3 Re8 13. Qf3 Be5 14. Ba3 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Na4 Nf6 17. Bxc5 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 (29) Carter,M (1816)-Beckett,P (1908) ICCF email 2014}) 12. Qe4 Bf6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bb2 Re8 15. a4 a5 16. Ba3 Qe5 17. Nb5 c6 ({Of course not} 17... Qxe2 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. Nxc7 $16) 18. Nd6 Qxe2 19. Qxe2 Rxe2 20. Rae1 Re6 21. Rxe6 Bxe6 22. Nxb7 Nd5 ({ Don't blunder} 22... Bxb3 $2 23. Rb1 $18) 23. Rc1 Nc3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ne2+.} 24. Re1 Bxb3 25. Nxa5 Bd5 26. Nxc6 {White wants to play a5.} Bxg2 27. Kxg2 {Black should prevent a5.} Nxa4 28. Be7 Re8 29. Re3 (29. Rb1 {looks sharper.} Bxe7 30. Nxe7+ Kf8 31. Nd5 Nc5 32. Rb5) 29... Bxe7 30. Nxe7+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf8 31. Nd5 (31. Ra3 {keeps more tension.} Kxe7 32. Rxa4 Rb8 33. g4 Rb5 34. f3) 31... Rxe3 32. Nxe3 {KN-KN} Nc5 33. f4 g6 34. Kf3 f5 35. g4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Kf7 37. f5 Ne4 38. fxg6+ hxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Kxg6 $11 39. Kf4 Nc5) 39. h4 {Mate.} Nd6 40. h5 Nf5 41. hxg6+ Kxg6 42. Nxf5 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D33"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,62,30,42,41,36,23,26,29,11,12,8,12,11,8,9,7,9,10,8,22,-13,-14,-14, -14,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,5]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 { D33: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 sidelines.} 10. Na4 O-O 11. Nxb6 axb6 {[#] White has an edge.} 12. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 h5 13. O-O h4 14. Bg5 h3 15. Bh1 Re8 16. Re1 Bg4 17. a3 Qd6 18. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 (35) Mamedyarov,S (2765)-Dubov, D (2700) Riga 2019}) 12... Re8 {The position is equal.} 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rxe2 15. Be3 Rc2 16. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Bd7 18. Qxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxb6 Rxa2 20. Bd4 Bc6 21. b4 Ra4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. b5 Bxb5 {Strongly threatening ...Bc4.} 24. Bxd5 Bc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 {KR-KR} Kg7 27. Kg2 Ra2 28. Kg1 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Ra2 30. Kg1 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Ra2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,106,24,28,-2,0,-65,173,164,156,41,36,21,16,7,5,15,0,-10,4,-82,-68, -58,0,0,91,14,14,14,14,0,0,0,-1,0,0,-201,-184,-203,-195,-215,-192,-229,-241, -322,-256,-257,-267,-267,-267,-267,-257,-306,-285,-292,-249,-318,-220,-228, -220,-260,-208,-266,-262,-335,-251,-303,-310,-337,-337,-337,-337,-5053,-29953, -5343,-5053,-5053,-5053,-5053,-5053,-5053,-679,-5053,-5053,-5053,-5053,-5053, -5053,-5053,-5053,-29975,-29976,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 {6...Ng6 is the hot move.} 7. Be3 {Black must now prevent Nf5. B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Nxd4 8. a4 {[#]} (8. Na3 $11) 8... Nxb5 $146 (8... e5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 9. c3 a6 $1 10. cxd4 axb5 11. dxe5 Qd8) ({Predecessor: } 8... e5 9. c3 a6 10. cxd4 axb5 11. d5 Qf6 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Nxb5 Bd6 14. Qd2 h6 {1/2-1/2 (69) Campora,D (2521)-Khatanbaatar,B (2507) Istanbul 2000}) 9. Bxb6 $18 {White is clearly better.} axb6 {[#]} 10. Nd2 ({White should try} 10. Qd3 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rd3b5]} Na7 11. Nd2) 10... Nd6 $14 {[%CAl Bb5d6,Bd6f5,Bf5h4] [%mdl 32]} 11. e5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ndf5 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. g4 Nh4 14. f4 h5 15. h3 (15. g5 $11 {remains equal.}) 15... hxg4 $17 16. hxg4 d5 ( 16... g5 $15 17. fxg5 (17. Nxg5 Bc5+ 18. Rf2 Ng6 $15) 17... Nxe5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Nef3+ 20. Kf2 Nxg5 21. Qxb6 Nhf3) 17. exd6 $11 Ra5 (17... f5 $11 18. Ng5 Rh6) 18. c4 ({Better is} 18. Nc3 $16) 18... f5 {[#]} 19. b4 $1 Nxb4 20. d7+ Bxd7 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nc6 23. Rad1 $2 {Black continues to play with concentration.} (23. Qc7 $1 $11 g5 24. Rfd1) 23... Bc8 $19 24. g5 Ng6 ({Don't play} 24... Rxa4 25. Qc7 $15) 25. Rf2 Kf7 26. Qc7+ Nce7 27. Rd8 Rxd8 28. Qxd8 Rxa4 29. Qc7 e5 30. fxe5 Be6 31. Qxb7 Rxc4 32. Qxb6 Nxe5 33. Re2 Rc6 34. Qe3 N5g6 35. Kh2 Bc4 36. Rb2 Re6 37. Qf3 Re4 {Threatens to win with ...Rh4+.} 38. Rb7 {And now Qxf5+ would win.} Be6 39. Kg1 Rg4+ 40. Kh2 Rxg5 41. Rb6 $2 (41. Rc7) 41... Bd5 42. Qe3 Rg2+ 43. Kh3 Rg4 44. Kh2 f4 45. Qd4 Rg5 (45... Nh4 $142 46. Qf2 Rg2+ 47. Qxg2 Nxg2) 46. Rd6 f3 47. Rd7 Rf5 {( -> ...f2) } 48. Qg4 Be6 49. Rd1 Ne5 50. Qh4 f2 {Black mates.} 51. Kg2 Bd5+ 52. Kf1 Bc4+ 53. Kg2 f1=Q+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.72/Black=0.45} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,63,7,8,-14,-8,-19,-29,-34,-27,-28,-31,-35,-34,-43,-22,-44,-37,-68, -73,-73,-66,-69,-60,-73,-73,-73,-61,-64,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,-13,0,0,0,-7,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 c5 {12...Rb8 is not played anymore.} 13. Bd2 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} Bc8 14. c3 bxc3 {[#]} 15. Nxc3 $146 {Black has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 15. bxc3 c4 16. Ng3 cxd3 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qxd3 {1-0 (18) Kevicky,M (2405)-Corde,P (2441) ICCF email 2003}) 15... Rb8 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bc3 Qe8 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nb4 22. Bxb4 Rxb4 23. Nc4 Qd7 24. a5 Rfb8 25. h3 e4 (25... Be7 $15) 26. Rxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} Bxb2 27. Rb1 {[#] Hoping for Nb6.} Bf6 28. Rc1 Bg5 29. Ra1 Bf6 30. Rc1 Bg5 31. Ra1 Bf6 32. Rc1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,78,24,33,30,27,35,24,25,29,19,22,18,39,27,20,0,0,8,31,0,35,36,47,26, 53,52,66,56,58,51,37,50,56,33,60,62,97,11,15,16,7,17,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Nb8 11. axb5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Na3 {[%CAl Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e3, Be3f5][%mdl 32] [#] White has an edge.} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd7 14. c4 c6 15. d4 exd4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qb7 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 {1/2-1/2 (31) Sprenger,J (2492)-Bratkovic,J (2308) Budva 2019}) 14. c4 bxc4 15. Nxc4 c5 16. Ne3 Nc6 17. Nf5 Bb7 18. Ba4 Qc7 19. Qc2 (19. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 20. b4 $14) 19... Bd8 20. Rc1 Ne7 {next ...Nxf5 is good for Black.} 21. Ne3 Qb8 22. b4 cxb4 23. Bxb4 Bxe4 {[#]} 24. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 25. dxe4 Ng6 26. g3 Qb4 27. Bc6 Ne7 28. Nxe5 (28. Rb1 $16 Qd6 29. Ba4) 28... Nxc6 $11 {The position is equal.} 29. Nxc6 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Nxe4 31. Nxd8 Rxd8 32. Rd1 (32. Rc4 {feels hotter.} Ng5 33. f4 Ne6 34. g4 g6 35. f5) 32... Rxd1+ 33. Nxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} g6 34. Kg2 $1 Kg7 35. Ne3 Ng5 36. Nd5 Ne6 37. Ne3 Ng5 38. Nd5 Ne6 39. Ne3 Ng5 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,129,16,4,17,10,10,14,24,0,0,0,0,0,18,8,12,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,23, 19,21,23,23,20,23,23,20,29,18,5,24,-26,-26,-23,-29,-28,-27,-30,-22,-15,-10,-10, -10,-10,-10,-10,0,0,0,-10,-10,-10,0,-10,-10,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-81, -74,-72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-231,0,-7,0,-198,-193,-195,-199, -279,-267,-261,0,-70,0,-252,0,-116]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6 {8...a5 is setting a new trend. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. d4 {[%CAl Rd4e5]} Ng6 {[#]} 13. dxe5 $146 (13. Ncd2 {looks sharper.} Re8 14. Bc2 Ba5 15. a3 exd4 16. cxd4 Be6 17. b4) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bc2 Re8 14. d5 b5 15. Ne3 c5 16. a4 b4 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Bd3 Bb6 19. Nc4 { 0-1 (61) Danis,H (2029)-Salifoglou,I (1612) Achaia 2017}) 13... Nxe5 14. Nfxe5 dxe5 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Ne3 Bb6 17. Bd2 Be6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rd6 21. Bc1 Rfd8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. g3 Nd7 {White must now prevent ...Rf6.} 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nc5 26. Be2 Qe6 27. Qxe6 (27. Kg2 {feels hotter.} Qxa2 28. Qxe5 Ne6 29. Qb8+ Nf8 30. Bd3) 27... fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 28. Kg2 Nxe4 29. f3 Nd6 30. g4 Bd8 31. Be3 b6 32. Bd3 Bg5 33. Bf2 Bc1 34. b3 Bd2 35. c4 c5 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Ke2 Bc3 38. h4 Bd4 39. Bg3 g5 40. h5 a5 41. Be1 Ke7 42. Bd2 Kd7 43. Bg6 Ke7 44. Kd3 Kf6 45. a3 Ke7 46. b4 (46. a4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 46... axb4 $1 $17 47. axb4 cxb4 (47... b5 $1 $17) 48. Bxb4 $11 Bc5 49. Bc3 Kf6 50. Be4 Nf7 51. Kc2 Nd6 52. Kb3 Nf7 (52... Nxe4 53. fxe4 Bd6 54. Ka4 $18) 53. Ka4 Nd6 54. Bd3 Be3 55. Bb4 Bc5 56. Bc3 Bd4 57. Bd2 (57. Be1 $11 { and White has nothing to worry.}) 57... Bc5 $2 ({Black should try} 57... e4 $1 $19 {[%CAl Re4d3]} 58. Be2 exf3 59. Bxf3 Nxc4) 58. Bc1 Bd4 59. Kb3 $2 (59. Bd2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 59... e4 $1 $19 {[%CAl Re4d3]} 60. fxe4 Ke5 61. Ba3 (61. Kc2 $142) 61... Bc5 $1 ({Less strong is} 61... Nxe4 62. Bf8 $17) 62. Bb2+ {[#]} Bd4 $2 ({Black should play} 62... Kf4 $1 $19 63. e5 Ne4) 63. Ba3 $15 Bc5 $2 (63... Nf7 $15) 64. Bb2+ $19 {[#]} Bd4 (64... Kf4 $1 $19 65. e5 Ne4) 65. Ba3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.21} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,64,17,28,23,27,19,28,21,19,27,19,24,21,19,0,5,0,0,0,0,-20,-12,-16,-2, -12,-7,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Nxe2+ {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} 15. Nxe2 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 {White has an edge.} 17. Rac1 Qg5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Re7 {The position is equal.} 20. Rc2 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Rd8 21. Rdc1 Rdd7 22. Rf1 a5 23. f4 Qg4 24. Rc3 Re8 25. Re3 Rde7 26. h3 Qh4 27. Kh2 f6 28. g3 {1/2-1/2 (28) Grebionkin,V (2420)-Kalegin,E (2458) Kazan 2006}) 21. Rdc1 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rc8 23. Rc6 Qf4 24. Re1 Rce8 {[%CAl Re7e4]} 25. Qe3 Qh4 {[%CAl Re7e4]} 26. Qf2 Rxe4 27. Qxh4 Rxe1+ 28. Kf2 {Threatens to win with Qc4.} R8e2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 29. Kf3 Re3+ 30. Kf2 R3e2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Kf3 Re3+ 32. Kf2 R3e2+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack. An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,55,26,30,18,56,52,56,53,47,10,16,15,17,19,12,12,17,23,26,24,28,16,17, 15,16,20,35,11,78,60,54,17,95,87,75,85,157,151,155,156,287,270,794,799]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be3 { 8.d5 is the modern continuation. B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} b6 9. d5 Nb8 {[#]} 10. Nd4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 c6 11. Bh6 Bb7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rfe1 Nbd7 14. Bf1 Rc8 15. Rad1 cxd5 16. Nxd5 { 1/2-1/2 (37) Petrov,M (2512)-Nithander,V (2520) Sweden 2013}) 10... Bb7 11. f3 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Bd4 Bf8 17. Bc4 e6 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. Be3 Qb7 20. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with b5.} b5 (20... Qc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. axb5 $16 axb5 22. Bf2 h5 (22... Reb8 $11) 23. Ra5 Rxa5 24. bxa5 Ra8 {[#]} (24... Rb8 $142) 25. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} d5 26. Nd4 {Hoping for a6.} Nf6 (26... Nc5 $16) 27. a6 $18 Qc7 (27... Qc8 28. Nxc6 Qxc6) 28. Qc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.32} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,89,22,26,22,10,0,24,0,7,31,103,108,127,110,179,181,170,162,181,171, 201,195,197,194,208,202,200,205,224,216,223,218,223,222,224,220,216,220,214, 193,229,235,225,235,227,222,226,211,386,385,374,388,370,306,306,306,306,306, 306,308,350,350,500,495,552,537,573,537,779,779,765,687,772,743,787,766,747, 732,719,718,927,641]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 (4... O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O e5 9. Nxe5 Nxc3 10. Nxc6 Nxd1 11. Nxd8 Rxd8 12. Rxd1 Rxd4 13. Be3 Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bf6 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 (41) Mamedyarov,S (2814)-Carlsen,M (2843) Shamkir 2018}) 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. Bg2 { E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} Qxc5 7. Bd2 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] A promising side line.} Qxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Nd5 Ng4 10. Nh3 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. Qc1 e6 13. Rb5 Qd6 { 1/2-1/2 (76) Grigorov,G (2823)-Bakalchuk,J (2588) Chess.com INT 2019}) 8. Rc1 { White has an edge.} Na6 {[#]} 9. Nd5 $1 Qxa2 {[#]} ({Better is} 9... Qb5 $14) 10. Ra1 $1 $16 Qc4 {[#]} 11. Ra4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qc5 (11... Qb5 $16) 12. Nxf6+ $18 Bxf6 {[#]} 13. Rxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512] } bxa6 14. Bxa8 Bxb2 15. Nf3 O-O 16. O-O d6 17. Bh6 Rd8 18. Be3 Qb4 {and if ... Bh3 works, Black does fine.} 19. Bd5 (19. Bxa7 Bh3 $15) 19... e6 {[#]} 20. Qc2 $1 Qc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 {[#]} 22. Rc1 $1 Bf6 23. Bc6 a5 24. Bb5 ({Don't do} 24. Bxa7 Bd7) 24... Bd7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Rc6 d5 27. Bh6 Rd8 28. Ra6 Bg7 $2 (28... Ra8 {was called for.} 29. Bd2 (29. Rxa5 a6 $18) 29... Bd8) 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Kf6 31. Rxa5 Rd7 32. e3 h5 33. Ra8 Rb7 34. Kg2 Rc7 35. h3 Rb7 (35... Rc4 $142 36. Ra7 g5) 36. g4 {White is clearly winning.} hxg4 37. hxg4 Rc7 38. g5+ Kf5 39. Ra4 {[%csl Ge3][%CAl Ra4f4]} e5 40. Ra6 Rd7 41. Kg3 Ke4 42. Ra8 Re7 43. Rd8 Re6 44. Rd7 f5 45. gxf6 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0. 03/Black=0.23} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,111,22,11,10,0,17,12,18,10,13,10,17,14,29,18,17,20,19,11,29,17,16,13, 24,6,29,6,6,5,5,5,26,26,112,113,103,104,114,108,140,137,137,119,146,155,149, 136,126,124,130,76,89,80,68,80,90,77,183,185,170,159,203,195,186,119,316,272, 408,408,520,520,781,753,754,751,686,654,1093,837,706,639,639,219,219,219,1377, 1377,1206,1141,1374,1326,29974,29974,5708,2141]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O { With the idea Ne4.} cxd4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxd4 (12. exd4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Ba5 15. Ng3 Bb6 16. Qe4 Bd7 17. h4 Be8 18. a3 Rd6 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. d5 Qf8 21. Qe4 Ne7 22. Bd3 f5 23. Qe5 Nxd5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nxf5 Rc6 {0-1 (25) Mamedyarov,S (2748) -Carlsen,M (2834) Doha 2015 CBM 170 [Sagar Shah/CB Website]}) 12... Bd7 { The position is equal.} 13. Be2 Nc6 14. a3 Ba5 15. Nb3 Bb6 {[#]} 16. Qd6 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 16. Nbc5 Bc8 17. b4 e5 18. Qb3 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Bg4 Rcd8 22. Bf5 Bxc5 23. Bxg6 {1-0 (41) Buhmann,R (2586)-Georgiadis,N (2522) Switzerland 2015}) 16... Qxd6 17. Nxd6 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Kf8 21. b4 Ne7 22. e4 Ba4 23. Rd3 Nc6 24. f4 b6 (24... e5 $5) 25. Rcc3 { Strongly threatening b5.} e5 (25... Ne7 $1 $11) 26. Bd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bxd1 27. Rxc6 ({Avoid the trap} 27. Rxd1 $2 Nd4 $19) 27... Ba4 28. Rc7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} exf4 29. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 {And now ...Rxd6! would win.} 30. Rxa7 Bc2 31. Rd2 Bb3 32. Kf2 Ra8 33. Rb7 Rxa3 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Nf5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kf6 36. Rxd8 $14 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Be6 37. Nd4 $1 Bg4 {[#]} (37... Bf7 $16) 38. h3 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rh3g4]} Ra2+ {[#]} 39. Kg1 $1 Bh5 40. Rd5 Bg6 41. Rd6+ ({White should play} 41. e5+ $18 Kf7 42. Rd6) 41... Kf7 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (41... Ke5 $16 42. Rxg6 Kxd4) 42. Nf5 ({Weaker is} 42. Rxb6 Bxe4 43. Nf3 (43. Rxh6 Rxg2+ 44. Kf1 f3 $11) 43... Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Rb2 $14 ) 42... Bxf5 (42... h5 $142 43. Rxb6 Rb2) 43. exf5 {KR-KR} b5 44. Rxh6 Rb2 ( 44... Rd2 $142 45. Rb6 Rd5) 45. Rd6 Rxb4 46. Kf2 Rb3 47. Rd4 f3 {intending ... fxg2.} 48. g3 Kf6 49. Rd5 Kg5 50. Rc5 $2 (50. h4+ Kg4 51. f6 Rb2+ 52. Ke3 Re2+ 53. Kd3) 50... b4 51. Rb5 Kh5 $2 (51... Rb1 52. Kxf3 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Rb1+ 55. Ke2 Rb2+ 56. Kf1 Rb3) 52. f6+ Kg6 53. Rb6 Kf7 54. h4 Kg6 55. h5+ Kf7 56. g4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.45} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,71,-36,-41,-54,-33,-45,-19,-74,-40,-79,-97,-91,-94,-103,-68,-62,-63, -57,-48,-64,-61,-61,-33,-22,-16,-41,-37,-42,-36,-55,0,0,0,0,660,642,1333,1291, 1258,961,907,877,862,726,1013,747,1203,1203,1195,1195,1195,1195,1179,1172,1194, 1194,1161,1182,1161,1009,1154,1140,1073,1041]} 1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. h4 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Be2 Nf4 {[#]} 6. d4 $146 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves.} ({ Predecessor:} 6. Bf3 Ne6 7. Bg4 Qc7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bxe6 dxe6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 {0-1 (35) Ter Saakian,G (2177)-Oganian,M (2415) Sochi 2019}) 6... Nxe2 7. Nxe2 cxd4 8. h5 (8. Nxd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bg7 9. Bf4) 8... Bg7 9. f4 gxh5 10. Nxd4 d6 11. e6 (11. Rxh5 $2 dxe5 12. Nf5 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Bxf5 $19) 11... Qa5+ 12. Nc3 $1 Bxe6 13. Rxh5 Qb6 14. Be3 Nc6 ({Wrong is} 14... Qxb2 $2 15. Na4 $18) 15. Rb5 Qc7 16. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 fxe6 18. Qh5+ Kd7 19. f5 Nd8 ({Better is} 19... e5 $15) 20. O-O-O $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rf8 21. Rc5 Qxc5 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Black is now going downhill.} 22. fxe6+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} ({Inferior is} 22. Bxc5 Rxf5 23. Rxd6+ ( 23. Qxh7 Rxc5 24. g4 Nc6 $15) 23... exd6 $11) 22... Kc6 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rd7 Kb6 25. Rxe7 Nc6 26. Rf7 Rfe8 27. Qxh7 Rxe6 28. Rxb7+ Ka6 29. Qd3+ Kxb7 30. Qd7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kb6 31. Qxe6 Rh8 32. g4 Rh1+ 33. Kb2 Rg1 34. Qf5 Na5 35. g5 Nc4+ 36. Ka2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.42} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,82,48,73,68,75,67,93,69,71,41,40,39,65,56,72,41,50,27,31,12,29,18,47, 43,104,106,109,98,129,113,156,112,174,153,245,224,217,206,208,210,177,133,156, 164,159,172,148,155,168,-195,-25,-545,-579,-626,-629,-616,-603,-606,-583,-818, -821,-722,-342,-343,-353,-340,-333,-677,-632,-29965,-29957,-5743,-5539,-1162, -1142]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Ne2 c5 6. d5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} h5 {[#]} 7. Nec3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. h4 Bh6 8. Bxh6 Rxh6 9. Qd2 Rh8 10. Nbc3 Na6 11. Nc1 Nc7 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. a3 {1-0 (39) Grischuk,A (2779)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 7... Nbd7 8. Na3 {White is better.} h4 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Be3 a6 11. Qd2 Nh7 12. g3 Ng5 13. Qg2 f5 14. Bd3 f4 15. Bd2 (15. gxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 O-O $15) 15... h3 16. Qe2 O-O (16... Nf7 $14) 17. Rg1 $16 Rf7 18. O-O-O Qf8 19. Rdf1 Qg7 20. Nc2 {[%CAl Ba3c2,Bc2e1,Be1d3][%mdl 32]} Nf8 (20... Nh7 $16 ) 21. Kb1 Nfh7 (21... Ngh7 $16 {is a better defense.} 22. gxf4 exf4) 22. Ne1 Bd7 23. Bc2 Raf8 24. gxf4 exf4 25. Nd3 Bf6 26. Bxf4 (26. Nxf4 Be5 $11) 26... Bxc3 27. Bxd6 (27. bxc3 Rxf4 28. Nxf4 Rxf4 $17) 27... Bd4 28. f4 $1 {Hoping for e5.} (28. Nxc5 Bxg1 29. Nxd7 Nxf3 $17) (28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rg3 b5 $16) 28... Bxg1 29. Be5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Much less strong is} 29. Bxf8 $6 Rxf8 30. Rxg1 Qd4 $16) (29. Rxg1 $18 {is the narrow road to win.} Qd4 30. Qd1 (30. Re1 Re8 $16)) 29... Nf6 $1 30. fxg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} ( 30. Bxf6 $11 {and White is okay.} Qxf6 31. Rxg1 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 (32. Ne5 $2 Qxf4 33. Nxd7 Nd2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 34. Ka1 Rxd7 $19)) 30... Ng4 $19 { [%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 31. Bf6 Bxh2 (31... Nxf6 32. gxf6 Bxh2 33. fxg7 $17) 32. e5 {next e6 is good for White.} Nxf6 33. exf6 Bd6 34. Nf4 {[#]} Rxf6 35. gxf6 Rxf6 (35... Qxf6 $142 36. Bxg6 Bxf4) 36. Ne6 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qh6 38. Qf6 $2 (38. Be4 h2 39. Qf3) 38... h2 39. Be4 h1=Q+ 40. Bxh1 Qxh1+ 41. Kc2 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.65/Black=0.30} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,111,12,13,27,16,8,28,27,28,26,31,14,6,34,34,33,29,32,20,30,27,30,29, 30,32,45,23,16,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,14,0,0,0,0,-29,-37,-65,-47,-49,-52,-101,-87,-91, -97,-131,-116,-156,-102,-83,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-1,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,-67,0,0,0,0,0, 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]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Bd7 {White has an edge.} 9. Rc1 {[#]} Bc6 $146 ({Predecessor: } 9... Bb5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bb4 Qd5 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Be7 Rdb8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {0-1 (72) Goryachkina,A (2582)-Sarana,A (2657) Europe Echecs INT 2020}) 10. Rxc4 Bd5 11. Rc1 h6 12. O-O Nc6 13. e3 a5 14. Qe2 a4 15. Rfd1 Bb3 16. Re1 Bd5 17. Bc3 Ne4 18. Qc2 f5 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rf7 22. Qe2 Ne7 {[%CAl Bc6e7,Be7d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 23. f3 Qd7 24. Rcd1 Nd5 25. e4 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Qd6 28. Qb2 Raf8 29. Rd2 Rf3 30. d5 {[#]} e5 $1 31. Ree2 b6 ({Better is} 31... h5 32. Rf2 Qf6) 32. Rf2 $17 Rxf2+ (32... Qf6 $1 $17) 33. Rxf2 $11 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qc5+ 35. Kg2 Qc4 36. Qb4 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 b5 38. h4 $1 Kh7 39. Qc5 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qxe4 (40... h5 $1 $15) 41. Qxb5 $11 {The position is equal.} Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kg2 e4 44. Qxa4 Qf3+ 45. Kh2 e3 46. Qc2+ Kh8 {[#] aiming for ...e2.} 47. Qg2 Qg4 (47... Qd1 {with more complications.} 48. Qe4 e2 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Qe4+ Kh8) 48. Qf1 Qe4 49. Qe2 Qxd5 {Hoping for ...Qd2!} 50. Qxe3 Qa2+ 51. Kh3 Qxa3 52. Qe8+ Kh7 53. Qe4+ Kh8 54. Qe8+ Kh7 55. Qe4+ Kh8 56. Qe8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 06/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,53,0,21,22,27,15,25,22,33,25,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,20,22,18,22, 16,6,13,22,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,15,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} Nbd7 {is now debated instead of 8...Bxc3.} 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nd1 {White has an edge.} O-O 11. d4 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd6 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Ne3 Rfc8 14. b3 b5 15. Qxb5 Qc3 16. Rb1 Qxd4 17. c4 Rab8 {1-0 (67) Nakamura,H (2736)-Mamedyarov,S (2770) chess24.com INT 2021}) 12. a4 {The position is equal.} bxa4 13. Rxa4 a5 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. Ra2 a4 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Qb5 Be7 18. Bd2 Rb8 {[%CAl Bc8b8,Bb8b6,Bb6b4][%mdl 32] [#] Hoping for ...Nc4.} 19. Ba5 Qd6 20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21. Qxa4 Rfb8 22. Rb1 Rb4 23. Qa7 R8b7 24. Qa8+ Rb8 25. Qa7 R8b7 26. Qa8+ Rb8 27. Qa7 {An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/ Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,59,29,37,30,34,28,44,43,45,40,43,30,29,24,25,24,30,23,42,17,94,58,56, 71,64,66,59,59,53,56,69,64,64,58,72,64,168,168,210,0,0,0,198,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O d6 7. Bc4 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. Nxc6 {B88: Sicilian: Sozin Attack.} bxc6 11. Re1 e5 12. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} Be7 13. Qd3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Bb3 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bf2 g4 19. fxg4 Nxg4 20. Bg3 Rg8 21. h3 Qa7+ {0-1 (85) Chen,W (1653)-Nyberg,M (1880) Wellington 2017}) 14. Bd2 O-O 15. h3 a5 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Na4 d5 (18... Bxb3 $11 19. axb3 Rfb8) 19. Qg3 (19. exd5 {seems wilder.} cxd5 20. Qg3 Ne4 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Bxh6 Bf6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc1) 19... Nxe4 {[#]} 20. Rxe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} dxe4 21. Bxh6 {[%csl Gh6][%CAl Rg3g7]} Bf6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nc5 Rad8 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Nxe4 Be7 26. Re3 {[%mdl 1024] Strongly threatening Rf3. White has strong compensation.} Kh7 (26... Kh8 $1 $14 27. Rf3 Qg8) 27. Bg5 $18 {aiming for Qh4+.} Kg8 28. Bh6 {Hoping for Rf3.} Kh7 $1 29. Bg5 {Black must now prevent Qh4+.} Kg8 $1 {[#]} 30. Bh6 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/ Black=0.17} (30. Rf3 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rf3f7]} Qe8 31. Bf6 (31. Qxe5 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Qg6 $11) 31... Bxf6 32. Nxf6+ Rxf6 33. Rxf6) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A18"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2782"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,94,0,6,0,4,8,16,14,16,11,12,1,15,17,27,28,29,25,20,25,29,47,20,0,0, -8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-5,-8,-10,-11,0,0,8,6,45,34,37,26,72,21,21,21,79,79,79,79, 79,79,79,79,79,21,79,20,42,18,18,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,0, 0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7 8. Qb3 {Nowadays more popular than 8.Qc2. A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4).} Nc6 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Bd3 a5 {[#]} 11. Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Nb4 12. Be4 Na6 13. Qb5+ Kf8 14. Bxa5 Qc5 15. Qxc5+ Nxc5 {1-0 (25) Jensen,T (2027)-Oehmichen,J (1855) Esbjerg 2007}) 11... a4 12. Qb5 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxc6 Ra6 16. Qb5 Rb6 17. Qxa4 Bb7 18. c5 Rxb2 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxf3.} 19. Rab1 {Hoping for c6.} Ra8 20. Qf4 Rxb1 ({Of course not} 20... Qxc5 $6 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. Qg3+ Bg7 23. Rc1 $16) 21. Rxb1 Be4 22. Re1 Rxa2 23. Qg3 Bxf3 24. Bg5 Qxc5 25. gxf3 Qd6 ( 25... Kf7 {with more complications.} 26. Qh4 Qd4 27. Qh5+ Kf8 28. Rf1 c5) 26. Bf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} e5 (26... Qd7 {looks sharper.} 27. Be5 Ra5 28. Kh1 Kf8 29. Bxg7+ Qxg7 30. Rxe6 Qxg3 31. hxg3 Rc5) 27. Bxe5 { [%csl Ge5][%CAl Rg3g7]} Qg6 28. Bxg7 Qxg3+ 29. hxg3 (29. fxg3 $16 Kxg7 30. Re7+ Kg6 31. Rxc7) 29... Kxg7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 30. Rc1 h5 (30... Ra4 $11) 31. Rxc7+ $16 Kg6 32. Rc6+ Kg7 33. Rc4 Kg6 34. Kg2 Rb2 35. Rc8 (35. f4 $16 ) 35... Kg7 (35... Rb4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 36. Re8 (36. Rc7+ $16 Kg6 37. f4) 36... Ra2 37. Kf1 h4 {The position is equal.} 38. g4 h3 {And now ...Ra1+ would win.} 39. Re1 fxg4 40. fxg4 Kf6 41. Kg1 Kg5 42. Re4 h2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} (42... Rb2 {keeps more tension.} 43. Kh2 Rxf2+ 44. Kxh3 Rf3+ 45. Kg2 Rc3 ) 43. Kxh2 {Threatens to win with Kg3.} Rxf2+ 44. Kg3 Rf1 45. Re5+ Kg6 46. Rf5 Rxf5 47. gxf5+ Kxf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E24"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2782"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,52,-9,-31,-31,-32,8,-26,-15,-22,-26,-13,0,0,20,17,72,0,0,-22,-18,-16, -19,-17,-17,-171,-164,-203,-225,-236,-95,-124,-132,-262,-247,-340,-345,-637, -651,-644,-643,-615,-625,-1047,-1039]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 {E24: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines.} 7. e4 d6 8. Nh3 Na5 {Black has an edge.} 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Rb1 (10. Qe2 e5 11. Be3 Qd7 12. a4 Qc6 13. d5 Qd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Nf2 Nd7 16. Rab1 O-O 17. g4 Rac8 18. Nh1 c6 19. Ng3 g6 {1/2-1/2 (53) Carlsen,M (2882)-Aronian,L (2765) Saint Louis 2019}) 10... Qd7 (10... Bxc4 $2 11. Bxc4 Nxc4 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxc4 $18) 11. Qe2 c5 12. O-O Qa4 (12... cxd4 $11 { remains equal.} 13. cxd4 Rc8) 13. Bf4 {[#]} (13. e5 $16 dxe5 14. dxe5) 13... Rd8 $146 {[%CAl Ra6c4]} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxc4 14. d5 e5 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Nf2 f6 17. Bc1 b5 18. f4 O-O-O 19. Bc2 Qa5 {0-1 (32) Belous,V (2524)-Fedoseev, V (2519) St Petersburg 2011}) 14. Bxd6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} Rxd6 15. e5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...Ng8.} 16. exf6 gxf6 17. d5 $2 (17. Nf2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 17... Bxc4 $19 18. Qe4 { next Nf4 is good for White.} Rxd5 19. Nf4 f5 (19... Rd6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 20. Rfe1 Ke7) 20. Qe3 Rd7 ({Don't go for} 20... Qxa3 $2 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Ra1 $18) 21. Qe5 {[#]} (21. Bxf5 $17 {is the only way for White.} Bxf1 22. Nxe6) 21... Rf8 $1 ({Inferior is} 21... Bxd3 22. Qxh8+ Ke7 23. Nxd3 $11) 22. Bxf5 Bxf1 ({Weaker is} 22... Qxa3 23. Rfe1 $16) 23. Bxe6 $2 (23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6) 23... fxe6 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Nxe6 {[#]} Nc6 $1 25. Qh5+ Rff7 26. Re1 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxc5+.} Rde7 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.83/Black=0.19} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,121,12,21,17,25,20,20,20,15,18,5,15,23,14,23,22,16,22,20,27,53,22,130, 97,99,87,93,48,77,74,67,72,51,53,75,75,71,64,107,108,108,95,102,109,100,108, 104,115,112,108,106,106,111,88,84,67,104,93,130,124,162,116,106,116,161,105, 104,106,111,118,105,107,111,76,74,81,89,86,95,49,70,13,47,22,116,52,155,155, 155,155,155,148,148,148,141,141,134,126,541,541,598,587,563,559,543,536,520, 529,887,506,509,422,5097,1191]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 h6 4. g3 Bf5 5. d3 c5 6. Bg2 {A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5.} Nc6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 {The position is equal.} e6 9. Nd2 Be7 {[#]} 10. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb2 Bh7 12. e4 Rc8 13. a4 b6 14. e5 Nd7 15. Qe2 Nb8 16. f4 {0-1 (33) Tanaka,H (1769)-Nakamura,N (2264) Tokyo 2018}) 10... Bg6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Bh5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Bb2 dxe4 15. dxe4 f5 (15... Nb8 $11) 16. exf5 exf5 17. Rad1 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nc4 Rae8 20. Qf2 Re7 21. Rd6 Qc3 22. Rd3 Qf6 23. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ne5 24. Rd6 Qf7 25. Nxe5 (25. Qxc5 $6 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Bxf3 $11) 25... Rxe5 26. f4 Re2 27. Qxc5 {Black must now prevent Bd5.} b6 28. Qc3 {And now Bd5 would win.} Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 {aiming for R1d5.} Bxd1 30. Rxd1 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 31. Re1 Qd5+ 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. a4 a5 34. Kf2 Kh7 35. Qe5 Qf7 36. Re2 Qh5 37. Kg2 (37. Ke1 $1 $18) 37... Rd5 38. Qe3 ({Much weaker is} 38. Qxd5 $6 Qxe2+ 39. Kh3 Qh5+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kh3 Qh5+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 38... b5 39. axb5 Rxb5 40. Qf3 Qf7 41. Re5 Rxe5 42. fxe5 {KQ-KQ} Qe6 43. Qe2 Qc6+ 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. h4 ({White should play} 45. c4 $14) 45... Kf7 (45... Qc5+ {is more complex.} 46. Kf1 Qc3 47. h5+ Kf7 48. Kf2 Qc5+) 46. h5 Ke6 {[#]} (46... Qc5+ $1 $11 47. Kf3 Qd4) 47. c4 ({White should try} 47. Qd2 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening Qd6+!} Kf7 48. c4 (48. Qxa5 Qxc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Ke3 Qxb3+ 50. Kf4 Qc4+ 51. Kxf5 Qd3+ 52. Kg4 Qe4+ 53. Kh3 Qh1+ 54. Kg4 Qe4+ 55. Kh3 Qh1+ 56. Kg4 Qe4+ $11)) 47... a4 ( 47... Qc5+ $1 $14 48. Qe3 Qa3) 48. bxa4 Qxa4 {[#]} 49. Qd3 $1 Kxe5 50. Qd5+ Kf6 51. Qd6+ Kf7 52. Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 53. Qe6+ ({Much worse is} 53. Qxf5 $6 Qxc4 54. Qg6 Qd4+ 55. Kf3 Qd5+ 56. Kf4 Qd4+ 57. Qe4 Qf6+ 58. Qf5 Qd4+ 59. Qe4 Qf6+ 60. Qf5 Qd4+ 61. Qe4 $11) 53... Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (53... Kh8 $16) 54. Qxf5+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 55. Qe5+ Kf7 56. Qd5+ Kf6 57. Kf3 Qb3+ 58. Kg4 {Qf3+ is the strong threat.} Qa2 59. Qf5+ Ke7 60. Qe4+ Kf6 (60... Kd8 $142 61. Kf5 Qf2+ 62. Qf4 Qc2+ 63. Ke6 Qe2+ 64. Kf7 Qxh5+ 65. Kxg7 Qe2) 61. Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:35] Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.} (61. c5 $142 Qa5 62. Qg6+ Ke5 63. Qxg7+ Ke4 64. Qxh6) 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,49,7,28,24,35,-12,-10,0,41,32,29,14,34,17,13,15,27,22,27,0,46,41,84, 105,94,97,250,256,252,253,214,232,387,396,639,392,534,521,518,488,486,352]} 1. b3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Nxd5 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} Bxd5 7. Qg4 h5 {[#]} 8. Qf4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qg3 Bb7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 Ne7 11. Nh4 g6 12. O-O-O Bh6 13. f4 Nd5 14. f5 {1-0 (45) Vozovic,O (2291)-Tidman,S (2139) Peniscola 2002 }) 8... g5 9. Qe3 a5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Nf3 g4 12. Nd4 Nc6 13. Nb5 Bh6 14. Qc3 Bg7 15. d4 d6 {[#]} 16. exd6 cxd6 17. h3 f5 $2 {Loses the game.} (17... Ke7 $16) 18. hxg4 $18 hxg4 19. Rxh8+ Bxh8 20. Qg3 e5 $2 {[#]} (20... Ba6 21. Nxd6+ Ke7) 21. Qh2 Kd7 $2 (21... Bg7 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Qh5+ Ke7) 22. Qh7+ Ne7 23. dxe5 { White is clearly winning.} Qg8 24. Qh6 Qg6 25. Qd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.59} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,99,4,4,6,18,12,15,12,4,0,2,7,20,11,6,-5,0,0,0,-4,-11,-9,-16,-19,-19, -24,-24,-20,-16,-20,-15,-24,-22,-24,-7,-7,0,-24,-33,-29,-27,-76,-78,-64,-57, -55,-18,-18,-18,-18,-14,-9,-2,-2,-2,-3,6,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg7 6. d5 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nc5 {[#]} 12. Rc1 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Nc4 Nfe4 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. a4 h5 16. Be3 a6 17. Nba3 b6 18. Nc2 {1/2-1/2 (39) Andersen,J (2346)-Agaltsov,I (2428) ICCF email 2018}) 12... Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qa4 Nc5 15. Qa3 Qf6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Bxb2 19. Rd1 Ba3 20. Rc3 Bd6 21. Nd2 Rd8 22. Ne4 Be5 23. Rc4 Bf5 {aiming for ...b5.} 24. f4 {[#]} b5 $1 25. Rb4 {[#]} (25. fxe5 bxc4) 25... a5 $1 26. Rxb5 {And now g4 would win.} Bxf4 27. Bf3 Bxe4 (27... Rac8 {is interesting.} 28. d6 Kg7 29. g3 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Rc4) 28. Bxe4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 29. g3 a4 30. Rc1 Rdb8 31. Rxb8+ Rxb8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Rc6 Rb6 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 33. Rxb6 Bc5+ 34. Kg2 Bxb6 {KB-KB} 35. d6 Kf8 36. a3 Bc5 37. d7 Ke7 38. Bc6 Bxa3 39. Bxa4 Bd6 40. Bb3 (40. g4 { feels hotter.} Bc7 41. Kh3 Kd8 42. Bc6 Be5 43. Kg2) 40... Kxd7 (40... Bc7 { seems wilder.} 41. Kf3 f6 42. Ba4 f5 43. h4 h5) 41. Bxf7 Ke7 42. Bg8 h6 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Bc4 h5 45. h4 g5 46. hxg5+ Kxg5 47. Be2 Bxg3 48. Kxg3 h4+ 49. Kh3 Kf4 50. Kxh4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bg7 { [%emt 0:00:18]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:39]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0: 00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 12. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 13. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 14. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bxf6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 15. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. cxb5 { [%emt 0:01:01]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 17. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:01:53]} exf6 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 18. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 19. exd5 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 20. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 21. Ra1 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 22. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 23. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Raa1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 25. h4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 26. Rc1 { [%emt 0:00:31]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 28. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rbb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Rac3 {[%emt 0:00:02] } Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Rc8 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Kg1 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,93,10,12,11,12,0,0,-6,1,-19,0,0,6,0,13,15,32,25,31,33,49,39,41,33,63, 67,75,44,44,50,52,60,121,127,141,87,81,88,223,41,73,32,189,177,177,182,318,311, 311,304,362,372,354,333,458,431,408,0,620,625,616,601,606,586,740,622,715,623, 1783,612,612,568,581,558,608,588,585,584,543,0,422,0,466,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O {The position is equal.} Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd3 Bc6 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Rc8 {[#]} 14. b3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14. f3 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. a5 Ne6 17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Qe2 e6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Ra3 {1-0 (30) Kryakvin,D (2551)-Frolyanov,D (2599) Taganrog 2011}) 14... Nc5 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rad1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rfe1 f4 20. Bd4 {Hoping for Bxg7.} f3 {( -> ...Qg4!)} 21. Nd5 {[%CAl Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5] [%mdl 32]} Qg4 {[#]} (21... e6 $14 22. Ne3 Rf4 23. Bxc5 Rxc5) 22. Ne3 $1 $16 { [%CAl Re3g4]} Qg5 (22... Qh5 23. g3) 23. Bxg7 (23. h4 $142 Qh5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. g4) 23... Qxg7 24. g3 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} e5 (24... Rf7 $16 { might work better.}) 25. h4 $2 (25. b4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rb4c5]} Ne6 26. b5) 25... Ne6 26. Qe4 {Threatens to win with Nf5.} Kh8 $2 ({Black should try} 26... Nc5 $14 27. Qc2 a5) 27. Nf5 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf6 28. Nxd6 Nd4 {[#]} ( 28... Nf4 $142) 29. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd4 30. Ne8 ({And not} 30. Nxb7 Rc7 $11) 30... Qf7 31. Qxd4+ Kg8 32. Nd6 Qd7 33. Qd5+ Kh8 {[#]} 34. Qd4+ $40 { [%mdl 128] White has some attack.} (34. Re8 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd6 35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37. Rxf3) 34... Qg7 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Kg8 $11 35. Qd5+ Kh8) 35. Re5 Rc7 36. Qe3 Rd7 37. c5 a5 38. Kh2 Qf6 39. Rf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg7 {[#]} 40. Ne8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf5 41. Nxg7 Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 42. g4 Rff7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 $1 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.44} (47. Qe1 $18) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,51,16,11,10,19,19,38,-14,-18,-19,-15,-30,26,23,37,0,29,43,33,37,22,38, 29,0,35,36,37,37,38,29,39,29,49,29,108,97,187,87,174,173,276,270,1240,1228]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 e6 8. b3 (8. Be3 $14) 8... Be7 $11 9. Bb2 Nf6 {[#]} 10. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 d5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. e5 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 h6 18. h4 { 0-1 (39) De Moura,V (1775)-Franca,J (1926) Goiania 2016}) 10... O-O-O (10... a6 $142) 11. O-O-O d5 12. Qe2 (12. Ndb5 {feels hotter.} d4 13. Na4 Nb4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nf3) 12... Bc5 (12... Nxd4 {with more complications.} 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bd6) 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. f3 f6 17. Rxd5 Qxd5 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. a4 Kb8 20. Kb1 e5 21. Qd3 Be7 {[#]} (21... Bb6 $11) 22. Qf5 $1 $16 a6 (22... Bc5 $16) 23. h4 (23. Rd7 $18 {is more deadly.} g6 24. Bxe5+ Ka8 25. Qd3) 23... h5 (23... Ka7 $16 {was necessary.}) 24. Rd7 $18 Re8 ( 24... g6 {was called for.} 25. Bxe5+ Ka8) 25. Bxe5+ $1 Ka8 $2 {[#]} (25... fxe5 26. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ka7 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Qxe7 g6 29. Qe3+ Ka8) 26. Rc7 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.35} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B70"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,78,13,15,0,23,-39,-38,-53,-43,-41,-50,-93,-89,-91,-76,-82,-77,-85, -62,-96,-84,-97,-93,-103,-105,-108,-97,-100,-106,-91,-93,-98,-95,-89,-87,-110, -66,-69,-77,-94,-70,-61,-62,-107,-107,-108,-93,-122,-115,-1512,-1503,-1498, -1415,-1466,-1402,-1346,-1312,-5159,-5159,-5159,-5134,-29980,-29981,-29982, -29983,-29983,-29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 {7.Nxd4 scores better than 7.Qxd4.} g6 8. b3 {[#] B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3).} d5 $146 ({Predecessor: } 8... Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 {1/2-1/2 (11) Djokovic, M-Petovic,L (2052) Podgorica 2008}) 9. e5 {[#]} ({White should try} 9. Bb2 $11) 9... Qc7 $1 $15 10. Nce2 {Black is slightly better.} (10. Ndb5 Qxe5+) 10... Qxe5 11. Bf4 Qh5 12. f3 {[#]} Bh6 $1 13. g4 Qh3 14. Qd2 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Nc6 17. Ng2 Qh3 {aiming for ...Nxd4.} 18. Nf4 Qh6 19. h4 Qg7 20. c3 O-O 21. g5 Nh5 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. Re1 e6 24. f4 Rac8 25. Rc1 Rfe8 26. Qd3 Qg6 {[%CAl Rg6d3]} (26... Qf8 {feels hotter.} 27. Rc2 Qd6 28. Qd2 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 a5) 27. Kd2 Nxd4 28. Qxg6+ hxg6 29. cxd4 Kf8 (29... Red8 {looks sharper.} 30. Rc5 b6 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Kxc1 Kg7) 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (31. a4 $17) 31... Rxc1 $19 32. Kxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KP-KP} f6 33. Kd2 Kf7 34. Ke3 e5 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. dxe5 Ke6 37. Kd4 b6 {[%CAl Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 38. b4 {[#]} b5 $1 39. a3 a6 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.04} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,69,9,15,5,8,4,12,4,0,-18,0,-18,0,-14,0,-9,-7,-27,-15,-19,-23,-27,-27, -27,-30,-28,-29,-31,-18,-27,-15,-4,15,0,0,0,0,0,35,26,209,198,883,875,835,270, 269,195,279,249,249,244,493,497,29968,29970,29983,29984,29995,29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. h3 e5 7. Nxc6 {B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines.} bxc6 8. Bc4 Be7 9. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O { [#]} 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Qg4 Kh8 15. f4 a4 16. fxe5 {1-0 (38) Nakamura,H (2754)-Giri,A (2779) Paris 2019}) 10... Nd7 11. Na4 Nf6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Ba3 Nb6 14. Bd3 d5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Re1 d4 17. Nb1 c5 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Qe2 f6 20. Rec1 Rac8 21. c3 Qf7 22. Rc2 a5 23. Rac1 a4 {[%CAl Ra4b3]} 24. cxd4 axb3 (24... cxd4 {looks sharper.} 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. f4 axb3 28. axb3 exf4 29. e5 Qe6) 25. Nxb3 { Black must now prevent d5.} cxd4 {A mistake that costs the game.} (25... c4 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 26. Nc5 $18 Rc7 $2 (26... Qe7 27. a4 Bf7) 27. Nxe6 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 $2 (28. Bxc2 Rc8 29. Nd8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxa2 30. Qb5 $1) 28... Qxe6 29. a4 Ra8 (29... Rc8 $142 30. Qb2 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Qc8) 30. a5 Rxa5 {[#]} 31. Qc7 $1 {[%CAl Rc7d8] Threatens to win with Qd8+.} h5 $2 (31... Ra8 { might work better.}) 32. Rc6 (32. Rb1 Qf7 $18) 32... Qb3 ({Inferior is} 32... Ra1+ 33. Kh2 $18 (33. Bf1 Qb3 $11)) (32... Qe8 $18 33. Rxb6 Ra8 34. Bc4+ Kh7) 33. Rxb6 {White mates.} Ra1+ 34. Kh2 ({Not} 34. Bf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kh2 Qc3 $11) 34... Qxd3 35. Rb7 {[%csl Gb7][%CAl Rc7g7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/ Black=0.63} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,148,22,13,12,29,5,8,7,11,4,9,17,16,9,19,0,33,25,28,25,38,22,40,45,49, 47,60,51,64,39,56,25,22,15,12,8,74,63,147,91,153,150,126,46,67,16,43,43,59,50, 48,55,83,87,153,143,219,141,170,157,137,28,33,22,51,51,51,54,60,19,19,19,52,52, 28,28,19,21,84,19,23,20,20,20,66,31,112,16,944,252,931,927,840,791,12774,3543, 12835,85,85,85,88,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bf1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bc7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. a4 Nh5 16. Nc4 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (29) Carlsen,M (2847)-Radjabov,T (2765) chess24.com INT 2021}) 5... dxc6 6. O-O { C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. c3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 7.Nbd2 at the moment.} O-O 8. d4 { The position is equal.} Bd6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Bg3 Kh8 13. Nbd2 Qe6 14. Qa4 Nb6 15. Qa5 exd4 16. cxd4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (33) Kryvoruchko,Y (2689)-Alekseev,E (2616) Riadh 2017}) 11. Na3 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 (12... Bxa3 $5 13. bxa3 b6 $11) 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. Bg3 Bg4 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nb5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rd8 18. Rac1 { [%CAl Ba1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3c7][%mdl 32]} Qe7 19. a4 Nc8 20. Red1 a6 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Qe3 g5 (22... Rd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Rc3 $16 Qe8 (23... Nb6 $14) 24. Rdc1 (24. Rc7 $142) 24... Qxa4 {[#]} (24... Rf7 $142) 25. Rc7 $1 Qe8 26. h4 ( 26. Rxb7 $16 {Threatens to win with Rcc7.} Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qd3) 26... gxh4 $1 $14 {[#]} 27. Qh6 $1 Qg6 (27... Ne7 28. Rxb7) 28. Qxh4 {Kh1 is the strong threat.} Na7 $1 29. Rxb7 Nb5 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. Kg2 Rde8 ({Black should play} 31... Kg8) 32. Rc6 $16 Nd4 (32... Kg8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 33. Rxa6 Ne6 {White should prevent ...Nc5.} 34. Raa7 {[%CAl Rb7h7]} h5 35. Kf1 (35. b4 $16) 35... Ra8 $11 36. Rh7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Qxh7 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Qxh5+ Kg7 39. f4 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} (39. Qf5 $5 {[%CAl Rf5e6]} Ra6 40. f4 exf4 41. Bxf4 $18) 39... exf4 40. Qg4+ Kf7 41. Bxf4 Nxf4 42. Qxf4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for Qf5. KQ-KRR} Rfe8 43. Qf5 {aiming for Qh7+.} Kg7 (43... Rab8 $11) 44. f4 ({Better is} 44. Qg4+ $16 Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kg6 46. Qg4+ Kf7 47. Qf5) 44... Re7 $1 $11 45. Qg4+ Kf8 46. Qh4 Kg7 47. e5 Rf8 (47... Ra6 $1 $14 48. b4 Rae6 49. exf6+ Rxf6 50. Qg5+ Kf7) 48. b4 (48. Kf2 $16) 48... Kg8 $2 (48... Re6 $11) 49. Qg3+ $2 (49. b5 {Black must now prevent b6.} Rh7 50. Qg4+ Rg7 51. Qe6+ Kh7 52. Qf5+ Kg8 53. exf6) 49... Rg7 $2 (49... Kf7 50. Qb3+ Kg7) 50. Qb3+ $18 Kh8 51. e6 f5 52. b5 Re7 53. b6 $2 (53. Qb4 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rfe8 54. b6) 53... Kg7 $16 54. Qd5 {Strongly threatening b7.} Kg6 55. b7 (55. Qg2+ $16 Kf6 56. Qb2+ Kg6 57. Qb4) 55... Rb8 $11 56. Qg2+ Kf6 57. Qg5+ ({ Less strong is} 57. Qb2+ Kg6 $18) 57... Kxe6 58. Qg6+ (58. Qh5 {keeps more tension.} Rbxb7 59. Qg6+ Kd7 60. Qxf5+) 58... Kd7 59. Qxf5+ (59. Qb6 {is interesting.} Re4 60. Qc5 Rxf4+ 61. Kg2 Re4 62. Kg3) 59... Kd6 60. Qd3+ (60. Qb1 {looks sharper.} Rbxb7) 60... Kc7 61. Qc4+ (61. f5 {seems wilder.} Rxb7) 61... Kd7 62. Qd5+ (62. f5 {with more complications.} Kd8 63. Qd5+ Rd7 64. Qa5+ Rc7 65. Qd2+) 62... Kc7 63. Qc5+ (63. f5 {is more complex.} Rxb7) 63... Kd7 64. Qd4+ (64. f5 {keeps more tension.} Rxb7) 64... Kc7 65. Qc4+ (65. f5 {seems wilder.} Rxb7) 65... Kd7 66. f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66. Qa6 $11 Re6 67. Qa4+ Rc6 68. Qb5) 66... Rxb7 67. f6 {Mate.} Re5 68. Qg4+ Kd6 69. Qg6 Rb8 70. Qd3+ Ke6 71. Qa6+ Kf5 72. Qd3+ Ke6 73. Qa6+ Kf5 74. Qd3+ Ke6 {[%mdl 32768] What a fight! Weighted Error Value: White=0.49/Black=0.20. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,148,20,14,22,20,16,28,13,25,7,12,12,24,24,17,20,31,37,18,0,10,9,5,6, 20,-14,4,4,9,13,12,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,29,-70,-16,-27,-34,-32,-37,-36, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-92,-81,-66,-73,-245,-245,-245,-245,-235,-235,-204, -153,-284,-284,-284,-284,-419,-284,-421,-409,-393,-305,-418,-400,-397,-348, -856,-856,-848,-842,-812,-807,-795,-788,-700,-485,-485,-478,-857,-838,-860, -814,-1064,-1438,-1281,-1045,-1318,-1018,-2110,-2049,-1660,-1018,-889,-470, -5093,-788,-788,-470,-470,-470,-470,-470,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29982, -29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-5540,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bf1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bc7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. a4 Nh5 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Be3 Nf4 18. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 (29) Carlsen,M (2847)-Radjabov,T (2765) chess24.com INT 2021}) 5... dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. c3 {is currently scoring better than 7.Nbd2.} h6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 8. d4 { White has an edge.} Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 {[%CAl Rd4e5]} exd4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 { [#]} 12. Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qxd4 Qf6 13. Rd1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Be6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxa7 Bxa2 {1/2-1/2 (39) Fier,A (2560)-Salgado Lopez,I (2584) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12... Nf6 13. f3 Re8 14. c4 Qb6 15. Re1 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Be3 b6 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nb5 Qc6 {[%CAl Rc6b5]} 22. a4 a6 23. Nc3 Be6 24. Qe2 f5 25. Qf2 Rac8 26. h3 Ng6 27. Qf1 (27. Qg3 $11 Kh7 28. h4) 27... f4 (27... Ne5 $1 $15) 28. Bd2 Rcd8 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Qxd5 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bc3 Nh4 33. Rd1 Qg5 34. Rd7 Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for ...Ng3+. White is under pressure.} 35. Qc4+ Kh7 36. Qf7 Re7 ({Don't blunder} 36... Re2 $2 37. Qxf5+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf5 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Rg5+ Kh7 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rg5+ Kh7 42. Rxf5 $18) 37. Qxf5+ Qxf5 $17 38. Rxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Qg5 39. Ra7 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (39. Rb7 $17) 39... b5 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rb5b4]} 40. axb5 axb5 { Hoping for ...b4.} 41. Ra5 c4 42. Ra7 Kg8 43. Rb7 (43. Ra8+ $17 {was forced.} Kh7 44. Ra7) 43... g6 44. Kh2 Kf8 45. Kh1 (45. Rb6 $142) 45... Ke8 46. Bb4 (46. Rb8+ {might work better.} Kd7 47. Rf8) 46... Qf6 47. Bc3 Qf5 48. Kh2 g5 49. Rb6 h5 50. Rh6 $2 (50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. Rb7+ Kd6 52. Rg7) 50... g4 51. hxg4 hxg4 52. fxg4 Qxg4 53. Rh3 Kd7 54. Rf3 Ke6 55. Kg1 Qf5 56. Kf1 (56. Rf2 $142 Qc5 57. Bd2 ) 56... Kd5 57. Kg1 Kc5 58. Kh2 b4 59. Bh8 Kd5 60. Rh3 Ke4 61. Rf3 Qh7+ 62. Rh3 Qc7 63. Kg1 Qb6+ 64. Kh2 (64. Kf1 $142) 64... Qb8 (64... c3 $142 65. Bxc3 bxc3 66. bxc3 Qc5) 65. Kg1 c3 66. Bxc3 bxc3 67. bxc3 {KQ-KR} Qb6+ 68. Kh2 (68. Kf1 $19) 68... Qf2 69. Rf3 {[#]} Qe3 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 70. Rh3 {[#]} (70. c4 Qc1) 70... Kd3 $1 71. Rf3 Kxc3 72. Kh3 {[#]} Kd4 $1 73. Kh4 {[#]} (73. Kh2 Qxf3) 73... Ke4 $1 74. Kg4 Qe2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.45/Black=0.19} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C82"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,101,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,2,0,59,59,50,0,232,218,209,58,56,68,58,54,61, 66,89,91,93,91,204,199,208,205,187,69,69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,102,112,154,85,138,98, 98,92,204,211,226,226,216,173,171,171,174,174,174,171,185,127,216,216,216,216, 232,185,172,160,295,290,281,280,280,270]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. Nf1 {C82: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 without 9...Be7.} Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 fxe5 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 15. Kg1 {The position is equal.} Bg4 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 16. Ne3 Be6 17. b3 {[#]} Kh8 $146 (17... e4 $11 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qd6) ({Predecessor:} 17... d4 18. Qd3 g6 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Bb2 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rxf3 22. Qe2 Qg5+ 23. Ng2 Raf8 {0-1 (29) Firouzja,A (2759)-Vidit,S (2726) Chess24.com INT 2021}) 18. Ba3 $36 {[%mdl 3072] White has compensation. White has some pressure.} Rf4 19. Bc5 d4 $2 (19... Qf6 $1 $11 ) 20. cxd4 exd4 {[#]} 21. Qd3 Bg8 {Hoping for ...Rxf3.} 22. Nf5 Qd5 23. Ba3 Re8 24. Rd1 $1 {[%CAl Rf5d4]} Rfe4 25. Ng3 {[%CAl Rg3e4]} (25. N5xd4 $6 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kf2 Ra1 $11) 25... Re3 26. Qd2 R3e6 (26... Bf7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 27. Bb2 $18 Rd8 28. Nxd4 Qc5 29. Ne4 (29. Qf2 $18 Ree8 30. Ngf5) 29... Qe7 $14 30. Qe3 (30. Qf4 $14 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 (31. Bxd4 c5 $11)) 30... Nxd4 $11 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 c5 33. Qc3 c4 (33... h5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 34. Ng3 (34. Qxc5 $2 Qxc5+ 35. Nxc5 Re2 $19) 34... Bh7 35. Bxh7 Kxh7) 34. bxc4 $16 {And now c5 would win.} bxc4 35. h3 ({Better is} 35. Ng3 $1) 35... h6 (35... h5 $142) 36. Qxc4 Rb6 37. Qc3 {Ng3 is the strong threat.} Bxa2 (37... Rb7 $16) 38. Ng3 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rg3f5]} Bg8 39. Nf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf6 40. Qxf6 gxf6 41. Bd4 Rc6 42. Be4 Re6 43. Bd5 Re8 44. Bc6 (44. Bxf6+ $18 Kh7 45. Nd6 $1) 44... Re6 {[#]} (44... Rf8 $16 45. Nd6 (45. Nxh6 Be6 $16) 45... Be6) 45. Bd7 $1 Re1+ 46. Kf2 Rd1 47. Ke2 Bb3 48. Bxf6+ Kh7 {[#]} (48... Kg8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 49. Nd4 $1 {Strongly threatening Bf5+.White has a decisive advantage.} Kg6 50. Be5 {aiming for Be8+.} ({Not} 50. Nxb3 Rxd7 51. Bc3 Rd5 $16 ) 50... Kf7 {[#]} 51. Be6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/ Black=0.32} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,99,14,32,33,33,35,48,28,29,31,77,81,81,82,86,89,79,86,88,38,109,141, 134,106,110,123,125,97,104,109,102,102,103,107,114,111,166,154,166,108,109,105, 125,158,155,155,164,152,146,143,143,140,120,0,0,0,100,100,100,100,100,108,122, 120,130,87,87,87,87,87,181,108,108,70,70,70,70,70,70,83,29960,12849,29978, 29978,6086,5169,5057,3175]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} c4 9. O-O Bb4 {[#]} 10. Bg5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({ Predecessor:} 10. a4 O-O 11. h3 h6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Qf5 14. Qxf5 Bxf5 15. g4 Bc2 16. Rdc1 {0-1 (58) Milovic,M (1934)-Veleski,R (2219) Sarajevo 2014}) 10... Be6 11. Ne5 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 O-O 15. b3 Rab8 16. Qc2 {[%CAl Rb3c4]} Rfc8 (16... c5 $14) 17. bxc4 $16 dxc4 18. a3 Bd6 19. Bxc4 Bf5 20. Qd1 {Black must now prevent Qh5!} Bg6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rd8 23. Qf3 Qxc5 24. Bxa6 Ra8 (24... Kg7 $16 {might work better.}) 25. Bb7 $18 (25. Qxf6 $2 Rd6 $17) 25... Ra7 26. Qxc6 (26. Qxf6 $18 Qd6 27. Qxd6 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxd6 28. Bc8) 26... Qe7 $16 27. Ba6 Rda8 28. Bc4 Be4 29. Bd5 Ra6 30. Qc4 ({Don't do} 30. Bxe4 $6 Rxc6 31. Bxc6 Ra6 $14) 30... Ra4 31. Qb3 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Bxf7+ Kf8 $1 $11 34. Qe6 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 $16 Qxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 36. Qd6+ Qe7 37. Qb8+ Qe8 38. Qf4 Qc6+ 39. Kg3 Ra5 40. h4 Kf7 41. Rd1 {Rd6 is the strong threat.} Ra8 {[#]} (41... Rd5 $16 42. Ra1 Qe6) 42. e4 (42. Qf5 $1 $18 Rg8+ 43. Kf4) 42... Re8 $16 43. f3 {aiming for Qf5.} (43. Rd5 {with more complications.} Qa4 44. h5 Qxe4 45. Rd7+ Kg8 46. Qxf6 Qe5+ 47. Qxe5 Rxe5 48. Kg4) 43... Rg8+ 44. Kh2 Qc5 {( -> ...Qf2+)} 45. Qd2 $36 { Strongly threatening Qa2+. White has good play.} Qe5+ 46. f4 Qxe4 {[%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} (46... Qe6 $16) 47. Qa2+ Ke7 {[#]} 48. Qa7+ $1 Ke8 49. Qb8+ Kf7 50. Qc7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/ Black=0.32} ({ Stronger than} 50. Qb3+ Ke7 $11) 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,49,25,41,11,32,38,71,82,56,35,39,31,25,0,0,-18,0,-8,-3,-12,-8,-22,-16, -30,0,0,0,-95,-75,-91,-86,-119,-99,-165,-12,-12,-7,-7,0,0,591,568]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 {[#] D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d4 7. Ne4 Bxc5 8. Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxc5 10. Rc1 Qf5 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Qxd4 Nf6 { 1-0 (31) Lagos Oviedo,J (1826)-Cuello Diaz,A Santander 2012}) 7. Be3 Nc6 { [#] And now ...d4 would win.} 8. Nf3 {White is better.} Be6 9. g3 Rc8 10. Bg2 Ng4 $1 {[%CAl Rg4e3]} 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 Bxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne1 {[%CAl Rg2d5] } g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 15. Bd2 Ba7 16. Nd3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Qb3 (18. e4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 (20. Kxf2 $2 Qb6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. Be3 d4 $19)) 18... Na5 $17 {[%CAl Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4b2][%mdl 32]} 19. Qa4 Nc4 20. Be1 e4 ({But not} 20... Nxb2 21. Qb4 $15) 21. Qb3 (21. b3 $17 {is a better defense.} e3 22. bxc4 exf2+ 23. Bxf2 Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qb6+ 26. Kf1 Rf8+ 27. Bf3) 21... Qb6 $2 { [#]} (21... Qe7 $19 {Hoping for ...Qd7.} 22. Rd1 Qf7) 22. Qxb6 $11 Bxb6 23. Rd1 {[%CAl Ba1d1,Bd1d5,Bd5g5][%mdl 32]} Nxb2 24. Rxd5 Rxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} 25. Rxg5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.47} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,43,12,17,22,22,3,26,23,34,27,35,48,30,27,12,21,87,89,104,79,144,127, 192,166,168,147,184,186,204,195,191,186,179,187,163,187]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Bd6 7. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 7. Bxd6.} Be6 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 9. f4 {[#] And now f5 would win.} h6 10. Bh4 {Black must now prevent f5.} g5 11. fxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 c6 {[#]} ( 12... Rxh2 $11 13. Rxh2 Bxh2) 13. Qf3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty. } ({Predecessor:} 13. Nge2 Qc7 14. Bf4 O-O-O 15. Qd2 Rde8 16. O-O-O Ng4 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf4 Nxh2 19. Rde1 {0-1 (58) Shen,C (2283)-Avila Pavas,S (2411) Guayaquil 2019}) 13... Be7 14. Nge2 Qb6 (14... Nh5 $142 15. Bxe7 Qxe7) 15. O-O-O c5 (15... O-O-O $16 16. Bf5 Rdg8 17. Bxe6 fxe6) 16. Bc2 {White is clearly better.} O-O-O 17. Nf4 Bg4 18. Nfxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 (19. Qxg4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Bxe7 Rdg8 $11) 20... Rhg8 $11) 19... Bxf3 20. Nxb6+ Nxb6 21. Bxe7 Bxd1 22. Bf5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.23} ({Of course not} 22. Kxd1 $6 Rdg8 $14) ({Don't do} 22. Rxd1 $6 Rde8 $14) ({Resist} 22. Bxd1 $6 Rdg8 $14) 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2756"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,35,42,12,19,12,22,20,19,-9,-9,-16,-50,-64,0,0,0,0,60,45,62,39,563, 495,820,766,795,749]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 cxd4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 7. exd4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 9. Rb1 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Nd7 {[#]} 10. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c4 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rb5 h6 14. Re1 a6 15. Rh5 Nf6 16. Rh4 {1-0 (44) Salem,A (2682)-Barp,A (2374) Chess.com INT 2020}) 10... Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 Be7 (11... Bd6 $15) 12. h4 $11 O-O 13. Rh3 Nf6 (13... Qc7 $11) 14. Ne5 $14 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxh7+!} Qa5 15. Rg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with Bh6! Black is under pressure.} Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (15... Ne8 $1 $14) 16. Bg5 $18 {And now Bxf6 would win.White is clearly winning.} h6 {[#]} (16... b6 $142 17. Bxf6 Bxf6) 17. Bxh6 $1 { [%mdl 512]} gxh6 18. Qf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.64} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2756"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,37,12,18,18,18,18,18,18,28,22,14,11,16,22,22,17,65,31,154,148,152,4,8, 8,15,0,0,0,22,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 { B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 (13... Bc5 $14 14. Qf4 Bd6) 14. Nxd5 $16 ({Don't take} 14. Qxg7 Bf6 $16) 14... Bxd5 {[#]} 15. Bf3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} (15. Qxg7 $16 Bf6 16. Qh6) ({ Predecessor:} 15. Qxg7 Bf6 16. Qh6 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Nf3 Rg8 19. c4 Be4 20. Rbc1 Rg6 21. Qh4 {0-1 (41) Perez Gormaz,M (2404)-Assaubayeva,B (2389) Chess. com INT 2021}) 15... Bf6 $11 {The position is equal.} 16. Qb4 Be7 17. Qd4 Bf6 18. Qb4 Be7 19. Qd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.22} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,129,14,16,17,28,18,25,17,23,10,16,19,21,0,-9,-12,13,-13,12,-35,-40, -49,-13,-18,79,75,93,0,31,0,144,147,137,56,70,68,68,75,66,82,110,97,111,86,197, 146,168,151,152,137,130,126,211,225,228,227,220,214,212,216,222,210,150,155, 160,160,224,203,248,239,344,314,329,318,368,210,193,200,204,194,201,203,302, 305,298,225,543,531,12833,12834,12836,12836,12837,12837,12839,12832,12840, 12840,12841,12838,12839,12839,12838,12838,12839,12839,12841,12841,12845,0, 12845,12846,12846,12847,27999,27999,27999,27999,27996,27996,27997,27997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Bd6 7. Nbd2 {7.Bg5 deserves study.} Be6 8. b3 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. d4 {[%CAl Rd4e5]} f6 {[#]} 11. dxe5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Rfe1 exd4 13. Bxd4 Qe7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 (57) Quesada Perez,Y (2622)-Bok,B (2639) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... fxe5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. a4 Rf7 14. h3 Raf8 15. Rad1 h6 16. Nh2 c5 (16... Qg5 $11 17. Kh1 Bc5) 17. Nc4 $16 Rf6 18. Qd3 (18. Ng4 $16) 18... Qf7 19. f3 h5 (19... Bxc4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 20. bxc4 h5) 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Qe3 (21. Qxd6 $16 { Qc7 is the strong threat.} c4 22. Qc7 (22. Bxe5 Rg6 $14)) 21... Qe7 22. Qg5 Re8 23. Rf2 (23. Qxh5 $2 Rh6 $19) 23... Bf7 24. Nf1 Nf8 25. Qd2 Ng6 26. Ne3 Nh4 ( 26... Qf8 $16) 27. Kh2 (27. Nd5 $18 Bxd5 28. Qxd5+ Re6 29. f4 exf4 30. Rxf4) 27... Kh7 28. Rdf1 Ng6 29. Nf5 Qf8 30. f4 Nxf4 (30... c4 $16 {was necessary.} 31. Qd1 Nxf4) 31. Rxf4 $18 exf4 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qxd6 ({Much less strong is} 33. Qxf4 $6 Re5 $16) 33... Qxd6 34. Nxd6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re7 35. Rxf4 Kg6 36. Kg3 Be6 37. Rf3 b6 (37... Kg5 $16 {was called for.} 38. Kf2 b6 ) 38. Kf4 $18 h4 39. g4 hxg3 (39... c4 {might work better.} 40. Rc3 (40. bxc4 Rc7 $16) (40. Nxc4 Bxc4 41. bxc4 Rc7 $16) 40... cxb3 41. cxb3 Kg7) 40. Rxg3+ Kh7 41. h4 Rd7 42. e5 (42. Ne8 $142 Rf7 43. c4) 42... fxe5+ 43. Kxe5 Bg8 44. Nf5 Kh8 45. c4 Rd1 (45... Bh7 $142 46. a5 bxa5) 46. Ne7 Bh7 47. Nd5 Rh1 $2 {[#] } (47... Rd3 {is tougher.} 48. Rxd3 Bxd3) 48. Nf6 Rxh4 49. Nxh7 Kxh7 {KR-KR} 50. Kd6 Rh6+ 51. Kc7 Rf6 52. Kb7 Rf7+ 53. Ka6 Rc7 54. Rd3 Kg6 55. Rd8 Re7 56. Rb8 Kf5 {[#]} 57. Rb7 $1 {[%CAl Rb7e7]} Re3 58. Kxa7 Rxb3 59. a5 $2 ({White has to play} 59. Rxb6 $18 Ra3 60. Ka6 Rxa4+ 61. Kb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 59... Rb4 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Ke5 $11) 60. a6 Ke5 61. Rxb6 Rxc4 62. Kb7 { White mates.} Ra4 63. a7 Rxa7+ 64. Kxa7 c4 65. Rc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.27/Black=0.43} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,120,27,24,22,29,8,13,12,11,16,19,18,30,0,0,-3,61,70,85,58,70,63,66,72, 53,60,60,49,37,33,63,47,46,53,51,48,45,44,52,47,44,44,51,35,72,74,125,125,126, 143,146,134,151,127,165,166,170,170,170,170,170,163,163,147,155,147,145,44,54, 52,24,6,112,87,223,90,388,393,376,362,373,361,702,687,633,608,875,900,1296, 1394,1622,1539,1614,2162,29969,29970,29972,29973,29965,1479,29975,29976,29977, 29978,29978,29979,29975,29979,29981,29982,29988,29989,29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Bd6 7. Bg5 {is cutting edge theory.} h6 8. Bh4 {The position is equal.} Qe7 9. Nbd2 Bg4 {[#]} 10. h3 $146 {And now Bxf6 would win.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc4 O-O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Bh4 Rdg8 16. d4 exd4 {0-1 (63) Firouzja,A (2728)-Nakamura,H (2736) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 10... Bh5 11. d4 O-O-O 12. Re1 Qe6 (12... g5 $11 13. Bg3 Nd7) 13. c4 $14 ({Don't play} 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Qc1 Bf4 $15) 13... Bxf3 14. Nxf3 (14. Qxf3 {feels hotter.} Bb4 15. d5 Qe7 16. Rad1 Kb8 17. a3) 14... Qxc4 15. dxe5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qb5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 17. Nxc6 $1 Qxc6 18. Qb3 {aiming for Rac1.} Rd7 19. Rac1 Qe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Bg3 b6 22. Rc6 Re8 $1 23. Be5 Kb7 24. Rec1 $36 {[%CAl Rc6c7] [%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Ree7 $1 25. f3 Ne8 26. h4 h5 27. Kh2 g6 (27... a5 $142) 28. Kg3 $16 Rd2 29. R6c2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Kf4 is the strong threat. KRB-KRN} Rf7 31. b4 a6 32. a4 Rf8 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 {Strongly threatening Rc6.} Kc8 35. Ra2 Kd7 36. Ra8 Rf7 37. Ra1 Rf8 38. Kf2 (38. Rd1+ $16 Nd6 39. Bxd6 cxd6 40. e5) 38... Nd6 $14 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 { KR-KR} 40. Rd1+ Ke7 (40... Kc5 $11) 41. Ke3 $16 {White stays focused until the end.} Ra8 {[#]} (41... e5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 42. Rc1 (42. Kf4 $1 $18 { and the rest is easy.}) 42... Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42... Ra5 $16) 43. Kf4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rf4g5]} Ra2 44. g4 Ra3 45. Rf1 Ke7 $2 (45... Kd6 46. Kg5 hxg4) 46. Kg5 $1 {[%csl Bg6,Bh5]} Kf7 47. Kh6 Rc3 48. g5 Rd3 49. Rc1 Rd7 50. Rc6 Re7 51. f4 Rd7 52. f5 gxf5 53. exf5 exf5 54. Rf6+ (54. g6+ $142 Kg8 55. Rf6 Rd5 56. Rf7 Re5 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rxc7 Re8 59. Kxh5) 54... Kg8 55. Rxf5 {White mates.} Rd6+ 56. Kxh5 c6 57. bxc6 Rxc6 58. g6 Rc8 59. Kg5 Rb8 60. h5 b5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.44} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,99,-7,-19,-10,-26,-13,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-6,-30,-16,-20,0,-13,0,0,0, -10,-4,0,71,-47,-41,-38,-8,-6,36,-17,-14,-15,-19,-16,-13,-17,-17,-20,-20,-22, -10,-21,-18,-38,0,-152,-160,-152,-146,-166,-144,-253,-239,-251,-235,-290,-287, -291,-290,-295,-291,-293,-273,-301,-283,-268,-243,-257,-256,-250,-191,-191, -191,-191,-191,-306,-306,-1197,-1143,-1899,-1514,-2859,-935,-2862,-2098,-6042, -4849,-4849]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qf6 { B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} 7. Be2 Bc5 {[%CAl Rc6d4]} 8. c3 e5 { The position is equal.} 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O {[#]} 11. b4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11. c4 d6 12. Nc3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bd4 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. Ne2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 {0-1 (33) Paichadze,L (2565)-Injac,T (2314) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11... Ba7 12. a4 Ng6 13. Bc1 h6 14. Na3 Rd8 15. Be3 d5 16. exd5 {[#]} e4 $1 17. Nd2 Rxd5 (17... Bxe3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 18. fxe3 Qxc3) 18. b5 ({ Much worse is} 18. Nxe4 $6 Qe5 $15) (18. Bxa7 $16 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Nxa7 19. Nxe4) 18... Bxe3 $15 (18... Qxc3 $6 19. Bc4 $16) 19. fxe3 Qxc3 (19... Qg5 {is interesting.} 20. Nac4 Nce5 21. Qe1 Bf5 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Qf2 Rad8) 20. Nac4 Nce5 {[#] Hoping for ...Nxc4.} (20... axb5 {feels hotter.} 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Nd4 23. exd4 Nf4) 21. Nxe4 (21. Rc1 $14 Qb4 22. Rb1) 21... Rxd1 $11 22. Nxc3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Ne5 25. Bd5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Ra6 27. Rc1 Bd7 28. Bb3 Be6 (28... Kf8 {with more complications.} 29. h3 b6 30. Nc3 Ra5 31. Rd1 Rc5) 29. Nc7 $2 {Black continues to play with concentration.} Bxb3 $17 30. Nxa6 bxa6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. a5 (32. Ra8 $17 {was worth a try.} Bxa4 33. Rxa6) 32... Bc4 33. Kf2 Bb5 34. Rc2 Nc4 35. Ra2 Kg6 36. Kf3 Kf5 37. g4+ Ke5 38. h3 g5 39. Kf2 f5 40. gxf5 Kxf5 41. Ra1 Ke5 42. h4 g4 43. Rc1 h5 44. Rd1 (44. Rc3 { keeps fighting.}) 44... Nd6 $19 ({Don't play} 44... Nxa5 45. Rd8 $19) 45. Rc1 $2 (45. Rb1) 45... Bc4 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Rb1 Nf5 47. Rb7 g3+ 48. Kg1 Nxh4 49. Rh7 Be2 50. Rg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.74/Black=0.11} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,102,0,-10,-3,0,-8,29,32,39,37,29,39,46,27,125,37,47,47,89,77,107,106, 113,114,174,77,92,50,58,53,54,62,54,-5,-5,-5,-5,-6,-3,-3,-3,-6,-10,-12,-7,-20, -44,-34,-33,-45,-38,-38,-54,-62,-60,-366,-360,-390,-394,-963,-922,-1020,-1020, -1011,-1030,-965,-643,-885,-793,-685,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bg5 Qb6+ 14. Rf2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxb2 17. Qc1 Qxc1+ 18. Rxc1 f6 19. Bf4 Bg6 20. Bd5+ Bf7 {1/2-1/2 (63) Carlsen,M (2847)-Artemiev,V (2709) chess24.com INT 2021}) 3... d5 4. e5 d4 5. d3 Nc6 6. g3 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} Nge7 7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O {White has an edge.} Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c4 b6 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] An interesting side line.} 11. Bf4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11. h4 Bb7 12. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 (12) Milu,R (2420)-Moldovan,D (2435) Bucharest 1992}) 11... h6 (11... Bb7 $11) 12. h4 (12. Nbd2 $16) 12... Bb7 $14 13. Nbd2 Nf5 14. Ne4 Nb8 15. g4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Ne7 (16... Nxh4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 17. Nxh4 Qxh4) 17. Re1 (17. Qc1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top. }) 17... Nd7 $16 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Bg3 g5 20. h5 Qc7 {[%CAl Rg7e5]} 21. Nf3 ({ Better is} 21. Qe2 $14) 21... Nc6 $11 {[%CAl Rc6e5]} 22. Qe2 a6 23. Qe4 b5 24. b3 Qa5 25. Rec1 Qa3 26. Rc2 (26. Rf1 {feels hotter.} Rfe8 27. Nxg5 hxg5 28. f4 Qa5 29. fxg5 Qd8 30. g6) 26... Rc7 (26... Rfd8 {looks sharper.} 27. Rcc1 Qa5 28. Re1 Qc7 29. a3 Qb6) 27. Re1 (27. Qe2 {is interesting.} Qa5 28. Rcc1 Qb6 29. Nd2 Bxe5 30. Bxc6 Bxg3 31. Bxd7 Bf4 32. Ne4) 27... bxc4 (27... Nb4 {is more complex.} 28. Rd2 Qa5 29. Rf1 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rb8) 28. bxc4 Rb8 29. Qe2 Rb6 30. Rd2 Rc8 31. Nh2 Ncxe5 32. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. Red1 $15) 32... Nxc4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Pin} 33. fxg5 (33. dxc4 Qxg3) 33... Nxd2 34. gxh6 $2 (34. Qxd2 Rb2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Qc1 Rxa2 36. Qxa3 Rxa3 37. Bb7) 34... Bxh6 35. g5 Bxg5 36. Qg4 f6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ... Be3+.} 39. Qxd7 Be3+ $2 ({Black should try} 39... Rg8 $19 40. Qf5 c4) 40. Kh1 $11 Qc1+ (40... Rg8 $5 41. Bh4 $8 Bg5 42. Bxg5 Rxg5 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qxf6+ Kxh5 46. Qf7+ Kh6 47. Qf6+ Kh5 48. Qf7+ Kh6 49. Qf6+ Kh5 $11) 41. Nf1 $1 Rg8 42. Bh4 $1 {[%CAl Rh4f6]} Bg5 43. Bxg5 Rxg5 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qxf6 Rxh5+ 46. Kg1 Nxf1 47. Qf7+ Kh6 48. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh7 49. Qf7+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Kg5 {( -> ...Ng3+)} 51. Qxc5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} Qxc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.48/Black=0.31} 0-1