[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2022.02.23"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2865"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "204"] [EventDate "2022.02.18"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,204,28,33,20,13,7,14,0,16,16,15,12,14,8,40,21,35,37,34,35,25,16,16, 21,22,19,20,25,29,0,25,-8,-16,-17,-13,-9,-6,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,-2,-2,-6,-6,-25,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-61,-61,-61,-68,-68,-61,-98, -98,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108, -108,-108,-108,-108,0,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-33, -94,-94,-94,-94,-94,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-29966,-29967,-29967,-29968,-29967, -29962,-29960,-29963,-29963,-29964,-29964,-29963,-29966,-29967,-29966,-29968, -29968,-29969,-29968,-29968,-29963,-29962,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29971, -29974,-29974,-29975,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29973,-29974,-29976,-29977, -29976,-29975,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29975,-29971, -29976,-29975,-29976,-29975,-29976,-29983,-29984,-29983,-6281,-29987,-29988, -29988,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14. Rhb1 {D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5.} Rd8 15. Ke1 b6 16. a4 {The position is equal.} Na5 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. g4 {[%CAl Bg2g4, Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rac8 19. Rc1 f6 {[#]} 20. g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Bc7 Rd7 21. Bg3 Rdd8 22. Rab1 Kf8 23. h4 e5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Nf3 { ½-½ (41) Melkumyan,H (2661)-Cheparinov,I (2679) Zagreb 2019}) 20... Bf8 { [%CAl Oe7e5]} 21. Bc7 {To avoid e5} Rd7 22. Bg3 Rdd8 $1 {[%CAl Oe7e5]} 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 h6 25. h4 Nb3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. d5 Nc5 29. Rd4 Bg7 30. gxf6 exf6 31. Ke2 Nd7 32. Nd2 f5 33. Rc4 Rc5 34. f3 Rxd5 {Hoping for ... Rc5.} 35. Rc7 Ke6 36. Rxa7 Ra5 37. Rxa5 bxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 38. Nb3 Nb6 39. Nxa5 Nxa4 40. Nb3 Kd5 41. Nd2 Nc5 42. e4+ fxe4 43. fxe4+ Nxe4 44. Bf4 h5 45. Kf3 Nc5 46. Be3 Nd3 47. Bg5 Ne5+ 48. Kg3 Nf7 49. Bf4 Bf6 50. Bb8 Nh6 {White must now prevent ...Nf5+.} 51. Kh3 Nf5 52. Bg3 Kd4 53. Bf2+ Kd3 54. Nf3 Ke4 55. Nd2+ Kf4 56. Nc4 Kf3 57. Be1 Bd4 58. Bd2 Ng3 {And now ...Ne2 would win.} 59. Bg5 Nf5 (59... Bc3 $17 {...Ne2 is the strong threat.} 60. Bd2 Bf6) 60. Nd2+ (60. Bd2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 60... Ke2 $17 {Black is more active. } 61. Ne4 Be5 62. Nc5 Kf3 63. Ne6 Ng3 {( -> ...Ne2)} 64. Bd8 Ne2 {[%CAl Re2g1]} 65. Ng5+ Kf4 66. Nf7 Kf5 ({Better is} 66... Bc3 $17 67. Kg2 Bg7) 67. Kg2 (67. Nxe5 $15 Kxe5 68. Bg5) 67... Bf4 68. Kh3 Nd4 69. Bg5 Bxg5 70. Nxg5 {KN-KN} Kf4 71. Nf7 Nc6 72. Ng5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White does not recover from this.} (72. Nd6 $15) 72... Nd8 $1 73. Kg2 Kg4 74. Nf3 Nf7 75. Kf2 Kf4 $1 76. Kg2 Nd6 $1 77. Kf2 Nc4 78. Kg2 Kg4 79. Kf2 {[#] Prevents Ne3.} Kh3 $1 80. Kf1 Ne3+ 81. Kf2 Ng4+ 82. Ke1 Kg2 83. Ng5 Kg3 84. Ke2 Kxh4 85. Ne4 g5 {[%CAl Bg6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 86. Kf3 Ne5+ 87. Kg2 g4 88. Kh2 Nf7 89. Kg2 Nh6 90. Kh2 Nf5 91. Kg2 g3 92. Kf3 Kh3 93. Kf4 {[#]} h4 $1 94. Ng5+ (94. Kxf5 g2) 94... Kg2 95. Kg4 {[#]} h3 $1 96. Nxh3 Ne3+ 97. Kh4 Kh2 98. Ng5 g2 99. Nf3+ Kh1 100. Kg3 Nf5+ (100... Nf1+ $142 101. Kf4 Nh2 102. Ng5 g1=Q 103. Ne6 Ng4 104. Kf5 {[#]} Qe3 $1 105. Ng5 Ne5 106. Ne6 Nd7 107. Nf4 Qe5+ 108. Kg4 Nf6+ 109. Kf3 Qe4+ 110. Kf2 Qxf4+ 111. Ke2 Qd4 112. Kf3 Qd2 113. Kg3 Kg1 114. Kh4 Qf4+ 115. Kh3 Qh2#) 101. Kf2 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 102. Ng1 Kh2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) / Black=0.05 (flawless)} 0-1 [Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2022.02.23"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2865"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2022.02.18"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "NET"] {[%evp 19,69,0,0,-3,4,0,7,-15,22,20,21,13,116,104,108,74,77,14,84,92,79,79,134, 127,130,131,408,402,520,514,500,485,810,538,793,785,798,775,787,784,759,752, 725,695,5265,1535,1219,1035,29982,29984,29983,29984]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. h3 Ne7 {[#]} 11. Re1 $146 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} ({Predecessor:} 11. g4 h5 12. g5 Nh7 13. Qd3 Nf5 14. Ne4 Nh4 15. f3 Qd7 16. Nf4 Qf5 17. Nd5 Nxg2 18. Nxc7 Nh4 19. Nxe8 Qxh3 {0-1 (29) Papp, L (2394)-Artemiev,V (2709) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11... c6 12. Bf4 d5 13. c5 { The position is equal.} Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 {[#]} (15... Bxh3 $11 16. Be5 (16. Nd6 Nf5 $15) 16... Nd5) 16. N2c3 $1 $16 Be6 (16... Bxd4 $2 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. g4 $18) 17. Be5 b6 (17... Nxd4 $2 18. Bxg7 (18. Nd6 Nb5 $18) 18... Kxg7 19. Nd6 $18) 18. b4 {White is more active.} (18. g4 $16 Nxd4 19. Nd6 bxc5 20. Nxe8 Qxe8 21. Qd3) 18... bxc5 (18... Bd5 $11) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. dxc5 a5 {[#]} ( 20... Qxd1 $142 21. Raxd1 Red8) 21. b5 $1 cxb5 22. Nxb5 {aiming for Qc2.} Bd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (22... Qxd1 $16 { is a better defense.} 23. Rexd1 (23. Raxd1 Rab8 $16) 23... Rec8) 23. Nbd6 $18 { Pair of Knights!} Re5 24. Nxf5+ gxf5 25. Qd4 ({Not} 25. Nd6 Qf6 26. Qd2 Be4 $18 ) 25... f6 (25... Bxe4 $142 26. Qxe5+ Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6) 26. Nd6 Bc6 27. Rxe5 fxe5 28. Qxe5+ Qf6 29. Nxf5+ Kf7 30. Qc7+ Kf8 31. Re1 {Strongly threatening Nd6.} Qc3 {[#]} 32. Qxc6 $1 Qxe1+ 33. Kg2 {Threatening mate with Qf6+.} Ra7 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. c6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.84} 1-0 [Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2022.02.23"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2022.02.18"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,64,8,12,19,30,24,29,12,20,8,22,0,14,-12,-9,-25,-17,-22,-27,-20,-18, -15,-16,-14,-10,-47,-37,-29,-37,-63,9,10,20,0,0,0,14,-464,-480,-559,-539,-762, -789,-777,-752,-771,-760,-986,-995,-917,-762]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 {is now more promising than 9.Re1. C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} Bb7 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 {White has an edge.} Bf8 12. Nbd2 Ne7 {[#]} 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor: } 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Ng3 Bc8 15. a4 Bd7 16. d4 c5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. axb5 Bxb5 {1-0 (33) Rajaonarison,F (2125)-Ramalanjaona,A (1752) Antananarivo 2015}) 13... Ng6 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 c5 16. Bd2 h6 17. b4 c4 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. exd5 Qxd5 {And now ...e4 would win.} 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Be3 Qf7 22. Nd2 Nd5 ( 22... Rad8 $15) 23. Nge4 $11 Nf4 24. f3 Rad8 25. Qc2 Rd3 26. Nf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] White does not recover from this.} (26. Bxf4 $11 exf4 27. b5) 26... Rxd2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 27. Bxd2 {[#]} (27. Qxd2 Nxg2) 27... Nxg2 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Re4 (28. Ne4 Qxf3) 28... Qxf3 {[%CAl Og2h4] Hoping for ...Nh4!} 29. Rg4 {Inhibits Nh4.} h5 {Strongly threatening ...Ne3.} 30. Qxg6 {[#]} Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Rxf4 (31. Rg3 Nxg6) 31... exf4 32. Bxf4 Re2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.61/Black=0.08 (flawless)} 0-1 [Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2022.02.23"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2022.02.18"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "NET"] {[%evp 12,110,8,18,14,13,14,14,16,9,19,23,33,20,25,0,35,17,25,0,12,-24,-19,-17, -11,-19,-9,-49,-41,-77,-65,-77,-76,-79,-70,-131,-135,-123,-138,-121,-50,-96, -42,-61,-77,-103,-101,-113,-114,-105,-114,-116,-108,-147,-147,-141,-127,-209, -54,-56,-61,-73,-84,-313,-321,-300,-308,-315,456,436,1266,1232,1216,1154,1071, 1071,920,881,1937,770,929,285,268,214,217,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 {[%CAl Bd7d6,Bd6d5] [%mdl 32]} 7. Re1 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 7.Bb3 at the moment.} a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Be6 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Nf1 {[#]} d5 $5 $146 { [%mdl 8] New and interesting.} (11... f5 {with more complications.} 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. d4 Bb6) ({Predecessor:} 11... f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bb6 16. a3 Nf6 17. Bc4+ Kh8 {0-1 (63) Navara,D (2758) -Deac,B (2605) Riga 2021}) 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Be3 (13. b3 {looks sharper.} dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. d4) 13... Bxe3 14. Rxe3 dxe4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. dxe4 a4 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Nf5 Qc5 (18... Bxf5 19. exf5 c5 20. Rd1 $14) 19. N3h4 { Strongly threatening Rg3. Pair of Knights!} Kh7 20. Qd2 Qf8 (20... g6 {feels hotter.} 21. Rd3 gxf5 22. Rxd7 f4 23. Rd3 Rab8) 21. c4 g6 22. Ng3 Nb6 23. Qc3 ( {White should try} 23. Qc2 $15) 23... Nxc4 $17 24. Ree1 Reb8 25. b3 Na3 (25... axb3 $17 26. axb3 Ra3) 26. Qxc6 (26. Rec1 $15 {was preferrable.}) 26... Qd6 ( 26... axb3 $6 27. axb3 Qd6 28. Rec1 $15) (26... Nb5 $17 {...Nd4 is the strong threat.} 27. Nf3 Rb6) 27. Rac1 $1 $15 Nb5 28. Nf3 axb3 29. axb3 Bxb3 30. Qc5 f6 31. Re2 {[#]} Ra1 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kh2 (32. Ree1 Rxc1) 32... Rxc1 33. Qxc1 c5 34. Re3 (34. Rb2 $17 Be6 35. Nd2) 34... c4 $2 (34... Bf7 $19 {Hoping for ... Nd4.} 35. Nd2 Ra8) 35. Nd2 Qb4 36. Rf3 Kg7 37. Nxb3 $2 (37. Ne2 $17) 37... cxb3 $19 38. Rd3 {aiming for Rd7+.} Nd4 {White must now prevent ...b2.} 39. Qc7+ Kg8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Kh8 $1 $19 {avoids the disaster. And now ...b2 would win.} 40. Qc1 Qb7) 40. Nh5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gh5][%CAl Rc7g7]} Qb7 (40... gxh5 $2 41. Rg3+ Kf8 42. Qh7 (42. Rg7 Qb7 $14)) (40... Qf8 $142) 41. Nxf6+ Kh8 42. Qxe5 Nc6 43. Qf4 g5 44. Qf5 {Intending Rd7 and mate.} ({Don't blunder} 44. Qc1 $2 b2 45. Qb1 Qc7+ 46. Kg1 Qf4 $19) 44... Qc7+ 45. g3 (45. f4 $142 Rf8 46. Rd7 (46. Rxb3 Nd4 $17) 46... Qxd7 47. Qxd7 Rxf6 48. e5) 45... Ne5 {[#]} 46. Rc3 $3 { [%mdl 512]} Qe7 47. Nd5 Qg7 {[#]} 48. Rc7 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} (48. Kg2 $1 $18) 48... Rf8 $11 {The position is equal.} 49. Rc8 Nd7 50. Rxf8+ Qxf8 51. Qxd7 Qxf2+ 52. Kh1 Qf1+ 53. Kh2 Qf2+ 54. Kh1 Qf1+ 55. Kh2 Qf2+ {White really could win this. Weighted Error Value: White=0.44/ Black=0.32} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Airthings Masters KO 2022"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.02.24"] [Round "2.13"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2865"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2022.02.23"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. Nb3 Qa4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nc3 Qa6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Bd2 Qxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Ba6 14. Bc3 e6 15. Kd2 Rac8 16. Nbc1 d5 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Rac1 e5 20. Nxe5 Ndxe5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxe5 24. Rc2 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 Bd4 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Re7 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Bf1 Be5 30. Bc4 Rc7 31. b3 h5 32. Rd2 Re7 33. a4 Kf6 34. h4 Kg7 35. Rd8 Bc7 36. Ra8 Bd6 37. Rd8 Be5 38. Bb5 Rc7 39. Bc4 Re7 40. Bb5 Rc7 41. Bc4 Re7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Airthings Masters KO 2022"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.02.24"] [Round "2.13"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2022.02.23"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. d4 Ba7 12. h3 h5 13. Nbd2 h4 14. Bh2 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Be2 Qf6 17. Nc4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ng5 19. Ne3 exd4 20. Nd5 Qg7 21. Bg4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Bf5 Rae8 25. Qh5 Qg7 26. Kf1 c6 27. Nf4 d5 28. exd5 Bb8 29. Qxh4 Bxf4 30. Qxf4 cxd5 31. Rad1 Qf6 32. Qg4 Qg7 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Rxd5 Ne4 35. Qxe4 1-0