[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 17,88,31,49,18,18,7,19,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-22,-8,-31,-44,-6,
-27,-16,-13,-21,-25,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-7,0,0,-48,-33,-28,-33,-32,
-34,-40,-23,-23,-31,-30,-2,-6,-6,-6,-5,-6,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10.
a5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} Ba7 $1 11. h3 {11.Be3
is the modern continuation.} O-O 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Ng5
{[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qe8 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Qc6 18. Nf3 Bxe3
19. fxe3 Ne4 20. Qd4 Nxc3 21. Qxb4 Ne4 {1-0 (46) Sasikiran,K (2648)-Moroni,L
(2532) Caleta 2020}) 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxf7 e4 ({Not} 17... Rxf7 $2 18. dxe5 c5
19. exf6 $16) 18. Nd6+ (18. Ng5+ {seems wilder.} Kh8 19. Ne6 Rfc8 20. Qe2 Nbd5
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qg4) 18... Kh8 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Qe2 c6 21.
Rad1 Rd7 22. f3 exf3 23. Rxf3 c5 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bxc5 26. Qf2 Bd6 27.
Nc3 Nd3 28. Qe2 Nc5 29. Ba2 Re8 30. Qd2 Nce4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Qd3 Ng5 33. Bxg5
Bc5+ 34. Kh1 Qxg5 35. Rf1 Qe5 36. Qd5 {[#] Threatens to win with Rf8+!} Qe2 37.
Qf5 {Bb1 is the strong threat.} Qe5 38. Qxe5 {The position is equal.} Rxe5 $11
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 39. Rd1 {White wants to mate with Rd8+.} g6 40.
Bd5 Re7 41. Bc6 Re2 42. Bb7 Rxb2 43. Bxa6 Ra2 44. Bxb5 Rxa5 {Accuracy: White =
91%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,90,0,21,15,10,16,15,12,9,4,10,14,16,14,19,0,17,14,26,17,16,23,12,14,
23,0,0,0,2,0,1,0,9,12,28,25,28,25,21,22,25,0,28,28,28,25,22,14,14,14,14,-20,
-28,-37,-20,-29,-31,-29,-16,-20,-64,-21,-24,-14,-37,-71,0,0,0,0,0,-408,-400,
-390,-375,-410,-358,-502,-506,-496,-481,-469,-446]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2
Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} d6 7.
O-O Re8 {7...a5 is the modern continuation.} 8. Na4 {[#] The position is equal.
} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Na6 9. Nxc5 Nxc5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bg4 12.
Re1 Qd7 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. Bh1 Qg4 {1/2-1/2 (32) Sucikova,S (1934)-O'Donnell,D
England 2013}) 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. e4 a5 {Threatening ...axb4.} 12. Bb2
Na6 13. b5 cxb5 14. cxb5 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. a4 Bg4 17. Ra3 Nd7 18. h3 Bh5
19. Qb1 b6 20. Nd2 Nf8 21. Bf3 Qg5 22. h4 Qg6 23. Qd1 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 h5 25. Qf5
Rad8 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. Kg2 f6 28. Nc4 Kf7 29. Bc1 Rd7 30. f4 exf4 31. Bxf4
Nxf4+ 32. gxf4 f5 33. e5 Re6 34. Kf3 Rg6 35. Ne3 Ke6 36. Rd1 Bd8 37. Ra2 Rd4 (
37... Be7 $17) 38. Nc2 $11 Rd5 ({Don't play} 38... Rd7 39. Ne3 $17) 39. Ne3 Rd7
40. Rdd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. d4 $1 $11 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 cxd4 42. Nc2) 40... Bxh4
$19 41. Rg2 {[#]} Rg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Rh2 (42. Nxg4 hxg4+) 42... g6 43.
Nxg4 (43. Rag2 $142 Rxd3 44. Rxg4 fxg4+ 45. Ke2) 43... fxg4+ {Black is clearly
winning.} 44. Ke3 Be7 45. Rac2 h4 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 94%.} 0-1
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,146,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
19,0,0,-16,-3,-16,-30,-21,-41,-53,-64,-55,0,-53,-60,-129,-129,-129,-129,-131,
-127,-127,-129,-127,-125,-125,-95,-157,-220,-187,-174,-422,-422,-686,-679,-678,
-672,-1483,-1339,-999,-1064,-864,-757,-12833,-12834,-12835,-12835,-12836,
-12835,-12837,-12836,-12837,-12838,-12839,-12838,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12837,
-12837,-12838,-12838,-12838,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12839,-12839,
-12837,-12837,-12835,-12837,-12837,-12837,-238,-12843,-12839,-12840,-12840,
-12841,-12841,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12850,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,
-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-29949,-12851,-12851]}
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 4. d4 cxd4
5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3
d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. h3 {The position is equal.}
axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Rc1 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qa5 13. b3 Ba3
14. bxc4 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 bxc4 16. e4 b5 17. Rh5 d5 18. exd5 g6 {1-0 (33)
Sedlacek,P (2478)-Suarez Sedeno,M (2426) ICCF email 2004}) 13. b3 Bb4 14. bxc4
Ra3 $1 {[%CAl Ra3c3]} 15. Be5 f6 16. Bd4 Qa5 {Hoping for ...e5.} 17. Be2 $1 ({
Don't blunder} 17. cxd5 $2 e5 $19) 17... Bxc3+ 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. Kf1 $1 b4 20.
g5 $1 e5 ({But not} 20... fxg5 $2 21. Bxg7 Qxa2 22. Bxh8 $18) 21. Bxc3 bxc3 22.
gxf6 gxf6 23. Qb1 Qc7 24. Qd3 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%CAl Rb5c4][%mdl 512]} 25. Qxc3 (
25. cxb5 c2) 25... bxc4 {[#]} 26. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe4 27. Rh4 Be6 28. Rxe4
{[%CAl Re2c4]} O-O ({Black should try} 28... Kf7 $15) 29. Bxc4 (29. Rh4 $11)
29... Kg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Rc8 would win. Black fights for an
advantage.} 30. Qb3 {White is now going downhill.} ({White should play} 30. Qb4
$1 $15 Rb8 31. Bxe6 Rxb4 32. Rxb4) 30... Rb8 $17 31. Bxe6 Rxb3 32. Rg4+ Kf8 {
( -> ...Rb1+)} 33. Bxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Rg8+ is the strong threat. KQ-KRB}
Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. Kg1 h5 36. Rg8+ (36. Rh4 $17 {was necessary.}) 36... Ke7
$19 37. Rg7+ Kd6 38. Rh7 $2 (38. Rg6 {was called for.} Qf3 39. Rg8) 38... Qf3
39. Rh8 (39. Ba4 $142 Qe4 40. Rd7+ Ke6 41. Ra7) 39... e4 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Bd1
Qc3 42. Rd5 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. gxh4 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Rxf5
Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kg2 Qxd1 {KQ-KR} 46. Rg5 Qa1 47. Rg4 Qb1 48.
Rg3 Qxa2 49. Rh3 Qd5 50. Kf1 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52. Rg3 Qh5 53. Ra3 Qd5 54. Kg1
Kf6 55. Rg3 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Kf5 57. Rg5+ Kf4 58. Rg3 Qd5 59. Kf1 {[#]} Qd2 $1 {
[%CAl Rd2d8]} 60. Kg2 Qd1 $2 (60... Ke5 {Threatens to win with ...Kf5.} 61.
Rg5+ Kf6) 61. Re3 $2 (61. Rh3 Qg4+ 62. Kh2) 61... Kf5 62. Rg3 Kf6 63. Rh3 Kg6
64. Rg3+ Kh5 65. Rh3 Qb1 66. Re3 Kxh4 67. Rg3 Kh5 68. Rh3+ Kg4 69. Rg3+ Kf4 70.
Re3 Qd1 71. Ra3 Ke5 72. Rg3 Kd4 73. Re3 {[#]} Qd3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion.
Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 92%.} 0-1
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,82,0,0,0,0,2,8,0,0,0,14,10,16,12,18,17,25,7,20,16,16,11,20,0,0,14,76,
20,14,0,80,70,71,91,76,78,86,68,104,104,106,101,86,101,95,56,60,51,47,54,106,
97,91,99,104,65,61,38,41,48,46,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6
3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Nxc3 7.
bxc3 O-O 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Nf3 h6 10. O-O {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8
11. Rd1 Bf5 12. Qb3 Bb6 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Nd2 a6 15. Ne4 Qc8 16. Rac1 Be6 17. c4
Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 {1-0 (35) Mrakovcic,K (1685)-Detelic,M Bjelolasica 2008}) 11.
Bb2 b6 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. e4 Bd6 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 {Threatening ...Ne7.} 16.
f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Na5 (17... f6 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Rde1 ({White should
play} 18. Qf2 $16) 18... Qd8 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rd8h4]} 19. Qf2 Nc4 {[#]} (19... Bc5
$11 20. d4 Be7) 20. Bc1 $1 $16 ({Not} 20. dxc4 $2 Bc5 $19) 20... Bc5 21. d4 Be7
{[#]} 22. Nf3 $1 f5 23. Qe2 Nd6 24. e5 Ne4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Be6 27. Qd3
Qd7 28. Be3 c6 29. a4 a6 (29... Rfd8 $14) 30. Qxa6 Ra8 31. Qxb6 Bd5 32. Qb2 {
aiming for Ra1.} Rxa4 33. Ra1 Rfa8 34. Rxa4 Rxa4 35. Ra1 Rxa1+ {The position
is equal.} 36. Qxa1 Bxg2 $1 37. Kxg2 {Black should prevent c4.} Qd5+ 38. Kf2
Bh4+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Kd3 Qe4+ 41. Kd2 Qg2+ {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black =
85%.} 1/2-1/2