[Event "8th Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2020.10.05"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E51"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1352"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.10.05"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,60,24,15,15,-10,-10,-12,5,18,40,30,36,34,8,22,24,26,41,17,28,24,18,9, 37,18,26,24,10,0,22,1,10,7,10,3,3,3,-2,8,13,-6,-12,-11,-16,-7,-11,-43,-51,-32, -20,-24,-13,-16,-1,-30,-15,-28,-14,-15,-20,-21,-20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 {Remarkably popular lately.} b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 (8. Bd3) 8... Re8 (8... Bb7) 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Bf8 12. Ne2 ( 12. Ne5 c5 13. f4 ({or} 13. Be1 {followed by f4.})) 12... Qc8 $146 (12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ng3 (14. Bc3 Nc7 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qb7 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qb7 Rxa2 22. Rc2 Rb8 23. Qd5 Raxb2 24. Rxb2 Rxb2 25. Rc1 h6 26. g3 Bf8 27. Kg2 Qa6 28. Ne5 Qf6 29. Nf3 Qa6 30. Ne5 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Nisipeanu,L (2659)-Abasov,N (2668) Austria 2020}) 14... Ne4 15. Bc3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 c4 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. Qd3 Rc8 21. Rfd1 Ba3 22. Bf6 Nxf6 23. Qxa3 Qb6 24. Nd4 h6 25. Nf5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qe6 27. Nd4 Qb6 28. Qc5 Qb2 29. Qc2 Qb6 30. Qc6 Qb2 31. a4 Rf8 32. Qc2 Qb4 33. Nc6 Qg4 34. Nd4 Rb8 35. Qf5 Qxf5 36. Nxf5 g6 37. Nd4 Rb4 38. a5 Rc4 39. Rb1 Ne4 40. f3 Nxg3 41. Rb7 h5 42. Rxa7 h4 43. Kh2 Nf1+ 44. Kh3 Nxe3 45. Nb5 Nf5 46. Rc7 Ra4 47. Nc3 Rxa5 48. Rd7 Ne3 49. Kxh4 Nxg2+ 50. Kg5 d4+ 51. Kh6 Rh5# {0-1 (51) Swiercz,D (2649)-Bluebaum,M (2660) chess24.com INT 2020}) 13. Qa4 c5 14. Ng3 $146 (14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Qa6 16. Bc3 Nfe4 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rcd1 Na4 19. Rxd5 Naxc3 20. Nxc3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qxa3 22. c4 Red8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd4 g6 25. g3 Rc8 26. Rb1 Bg7 27. Nb5 Qe7 28. Qa4 a5 29. Nd4 Qd6 30. Qb3 Bxd4 31. exd4 Qxd4 32. Qxb6 Qxb6 33. Rxb6 Rxc4 34. Ra6 a4 35. h4 Kf8 36. Ra7 Kg7 37. Ra6 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. g4 a3 40. g5 Kf8 41. Ra7 Ke8 42. Kh2 Kd8 43. Rxf7 Rf1 44. Ra7 Rxf2+ 45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Rxh7 Ra1 47. Ra7 a2 48. Kg2 Ke8 49. Kh2 Kf8 50. Kg2 Kg8 51. Kh2 Kh8 52. Kg2 Kg8 53. Kh2 Kh8 54. Kg2 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 (54) Caruana,F (2835)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 14... Qb7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb5 Rac8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Qf1 Nfe4 $11 19. Be1 g6 20. Ne2 Na4 21. Rb1 Bg7 22. Nfd4 Nac5 23. Nf3 Ne6 24. Ned4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc4 26. b3 Rc7 27. Qd3 Nc5 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. Qd3 Nc5 30. Qd2 Ne4 1/2-1/2 [Event "8th Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2020.10.05"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2828"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1352"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.10.05"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,110,24,28,52,52,52,40,40,48,28,14,99,58,84,50,53,53,52,41,44,42,57,70, 72,53,57,57,83,66,83,79,69,52,72,85,69,69,103,61,65,63,64,58,58,58,58,37,38,52, 69,68,86,86,82,77,67,66,102,79,80,82,76,-2,1,13,4,0,-5,-17,-16,-31,-31,-27,-43, -62,-62,-70,-64,-70,-70,-84,-84,-107,-58,-75,-75,-122,-116,-105,-108,-120,-121, -133,-129,-121,-131,-139,-146,-139,-161,-203,-228,-255,-261,-287,-234,-274, -274,-435,-616,-791,-682]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bxe3 $5 {A novelty for top chess, and a new idea. Black sacs the d-pawn for loads of positional compensation.} 14. fxe3 Be6 ({The reason it's a sac is that the otherwise desirable} 14... Ke7 $4 {loses immediately to} 15. Rxf6 {, threatening Nd5+.}) 15. Qxd6 Rc8 16. a4 h5 17. h3 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nd7 19. h4 Ke7 20. Rd2 Nb6 21. Nd5+ Bxd5 22. exd5 Nc4 23. Re2 Nd6 {Black has full equality, despite the missing pawn. His blockade is secure, and as we'll see it's harder for White to maintain equality than for Black.} 24. e4 a5 25. Ra1 Rc4 (25... b6) 26. c3 f6 27. Re3 Rhc8 28. Kf2 g5 29. Bf3 (29. g4 $1 {was a nice idea from Judit Polgar.}) 29... g4 30. Bg2 R4c5 31. Bf1 $6 f5 $15 32. exf5 Rxd5 33. Rd3 Rcc5 34. Rad1 Rxd3 35. Bxd3 e4 36. Be2 $2 {Losing.} (36. Bb1 Rxf5+ 37. Kg2 {is still only slightly worse for White, though it remains unpleasant.} ) 36... Nxf5 $19 37. Bb5 Nd6 38. Be2 Ke6 39. Rc1 Ke5 40. Rd1 Rc7 41. Kg2 b6 ( 41... Rf7 $142 42. Re1 Nf5 43. Bd3 Nxg3 $1) 42. Ba6 (42. Re1 $142) 42... Rf7 43. Be2 Rf8 44. Rb1 Nf5 45. b4 Ne3+ 46. Kg1 Nd5 47. Rb3 Rc8 48. bxa5 bxa5 49. c4 Nb4 50. Rb1 Kd4 51. Bf1 Nd3 52. Rb5 Rc5 53. Bxd3 exd3 54. Kf2 Kxc4 55. Rb1 Re5 {An impressive game, using some fine prep from Caruana's second (and former FIDE World Champion) Rustam Kasimdzhanov.} 0-1 [Event "8th Norway Chess 2020"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2020.10.05"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1352"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.10.05"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,104,28,23,79,72,61,33,35,41,56,50,39,75,42,19,17,37,42,37,31,24,31,14, 16,17,21,23,12,15,34,35,79,30,58,41,50,-3,3,-27,-18,8,16,5,17,32,22,-12,-59, -44,9,3,-64,-63,-92,-92,-112,-106,-111,-127,-125,-140,-142,-139,-147,-155,-118, -135,-115,-127,-106,-110,-112,-136,-51,-42,-43,-15,0,-8,-5,-10,38,31,21,21,21, 48,22,24,12,32,35,25,25,-31,76,-129,-72,-207,-207,-255,-285,-285,-285,-884, -884]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O {Somewhere around here Duda started burning huge amounts of time, shockingly to Vladimir Kramnik, who was commenting with Judit Polgar, given that this is a hugely well-known and deeply analyzed position, and that Firouzja plays the Caro-Kann regularly.} Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 c5 15. Be3 {A very rare move, and not a particularly dangerous one.} (15. g4 {is the key move, going for blood, while if White wants to play it safe he can grab on c5 and liquidate.} Nxg4 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Ne5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 {etc.}) 15... Nxe4 (15... Qc7) 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qxb7 {Legal, but exceptionally risky.} Nd5 $146 (17... Rb8 18. Qa6 Qc7) 18. Qa6 Rb8 (18... Qc7 $142) (18... Qb8 $142) 19. Bd2 $2 (19. dxc5 $142) 19... cxd4 $6 (19... Bf6 $142 $17 {/-+}) 20. Nxd4 Bf6 21. Nb3 Qc7 $15 22. Rhe1 Rfc8 23. Rc1 $6 Nb6 $1 $17 24. Re4 Nc4 25. Bf4 Qb6 $1 {Even with the queens off, White is still in trouble.} 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Be3 Rb4 28. f3 a5 29. Rxc4 Rcxc4 30. Bd2 Rb5 31. Bxa5 Rxh5 $19 {White has three connected passers, it's true, but they can only be pushed one at a time! Worse, it's not easy for him to push them, so the situation is grim.} 32. Rg1 Rb5 33. Bd2 h5 34. c3 g5 35. Kc2 g4 36. Nc1 g3 $2 (36... gxf3 37. gxf3+ Kh7) 37. b3 Rc8 38. a4 Rf5 39. Ne2 (39. Rh1 $142 h4 40. Nd3) 39... h4 40. c4 e5 $2 (40... Kf8 $142) 41. Be3 $11 Bg5 42. Bxg5 Rxg5 43. Rh1 Rh5 44. Kc3 $2 {I guess Duda didn't want Black to capture on g2 with check, but the move's drawbacks outweigh that benefit.} (44. Nxg3 Rg5 45. Ne4 Rxg2+ 46. Kc3 $11) 44... f5 45. b4 f4 46. a5 $2 (46. Rh3) 46... h3 47. gxh3 e4 $1 48. fxe4 g2 49. Rg1 Rxh3+ {Amusingly enough, Black wound up capturing a different pawn with a rook check. (See the comment and note on move 44.)} 50. Kd4 f3 51. c5 Kf7 52. Nf4 f2 0-1 [Event "8th Norway Armageddon"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2020.10.05"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [EventType "game (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1352"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.10.05"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,74,28,15,19,-10,4,18,18,18,9,13,21,23,31,0,11,26,50,20,20,31,4,5,28, -6,85,9,13,14,17,11,19,1,1,-11,-6,-6,19,3,46,35,46,47,45,16,20,47,41,54,23,-17, 0,-14,17,0,0,0,-3,-10,0,0,0,-108,-51,0,0,-73,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-18,-879,-1685]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bxf6 (7. e3) 7... Qxf6 8. Qb3 b6 (8... Ra7) (8... b5) 9. g3 Qd8 10. h4 Be7 11. Bh3 O-O 12. O-O-O Bxh3 $2 (12... Nc6 {is at least equal for Black.}) 13. Rxh3 $2 {A missed chance.} (13. Qxd5 $1 $16 {/+-}) 13... c6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd7 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 $2 (18... Rc8 $11) (18... Qc8 $11) 19. g4 $2 (19. Nxc6 $16 {/+- requires a little bravery, but not too much - the king can safely shuffle to b1.}) 19... Re8 $6 (19... Qe7 $11) (19... Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qe7 $11) 20. g5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. f4 $14 Rad8 23. Rhd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qe6 25. b3 (25. Kb1 $142 $14) 25... Qg4 $11 26. Qe4 g6 27. Rd2 (27. Rd6) 27... c5 28. Qc6 Rf8 29. Qf6 Qxh4 30. Kc2 (30. Rd8 {forces an immediate draw, but this being an Armageddon game White cannot go for such ideas.}) 30... Qe1 31. Qc6 Qe3 32. Qf6 b5 33. Rd3 Qe2+ 34. Rd2 Qe4+ 35. Kb2 c4 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Ka3 $4 ({Now} 37. Rd8 {is a must, objectively speaking, but as it's an immediate draw Aronian has to avoid it in hopes of a "miracle".}) 37... Qe3+ 0-1