[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,110,27,34,34,6,-3,4,6,-14,-12,0,5,9,19,25,41,37,41,41,33,27,39,13,42,25,50,55,47,43,50,37,57,57,50,26,63,30,47,32,49,9,9,9,11,11,17,18,30,37,31,54,32,39,106,107,114,114,115,115,115,115,127,170,172,134,143,104,100,100,110,102,109,109,100,100,115,115,102,96,102,41,55,2,2,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bf4 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. h4 Qa5 12. Kf1 h5 13. g3 O-O 14. Kg2 Rfe8 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. a3 Qd8 17. Rhe1 a5 18. Rad1 N8h7 19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qd5 22. Qf3 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Bf8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26. Rc1 Bg7 $2 (26... Re2 27. Rc7 Bg7 28. Rxf7 Kg8 29. Rxb7 Bxd4 {was the right way, with equality.}) 27. Be3 $18 Re4 28. Rc5 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxa5 f6 31. Rb5 g5 32. Rxb7+ Kg6 {Carlsen is (arguably) not just the greatest player of all time, but the greatest endgame player of all time. And yet, he somehow fails to convert his advantage in this game.} 33. Rb4 $2 (33. hxg5 fxg5 34. b4 $18 {followed by a4 - passed pawns do what passed pawns are known to do - and White should win easily. Black's d- and h-pawns will be wayyyyy too slow.}) 33... Rd1 34. Kf3 Kf5 35. Ke2 Rb1 36. a4 gxh4 37. gxh4 Ra1 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. f4+ $2 $14 {Not only a mistake, but a strange move, giving Black's king potential access to g4 where it can make serious mischief for White. Black is no longer lost.} (39. b3 $18 {was better, but the main thing isn't that White needed to find some especially good move, but to avoid the especially bad move chosen in the game.}) 39... Kf5 40. Kd4 (40. b3 $1 Kg4 $1 41. f5+ $1 {was the best try, though because of the lost tempi Black can now save himself after} Kxf5 42. Kd4 Rd1+ $1 43. Kc3 Ke5 $1 $14) 40... Kg4 $1 (40... Kxf4 $2 {is terrible, as it allows White's rook to help in the defense. It's also important that Black have a more distant passed pawn (which, as a bonus, is also further advanced than the f-pawn).} 41. Kxd5+ $18) 41. Kxd5 Kxh4 42. Ke6 Kg3 {The rest is straightforward.} 43. Kxf6 h4 44. f5 h3 45. Kg5 h2 46. Rh4 Rxa4 47. Rxh2 Kxh2 48. f6 Kg3 49. f7 Rf4 50. Kg6 Kf3 51. Kg7 Ke4 52. f8=Q Rxf8 53. Kxf8 Kd4 54. b3 Kc3 55. b4 Kxb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,66,34,-15,6,-19,-22,-19,-19,-51,-25,-31,-17,-47,-45,-50,-32,-34,-67,-82,17,-45,-69,-101,-94,-127,-118,-135,-144,-192,-193,-201,-161,-202,-175,-243,-227,-227,-247,-253,-217,-275,-307,-333,-263,-386,-379,-382,-382,-386,-327,-317,-347,-347,-270,-324,-362,-377,-356,-668,-498,-498,-466,-539,-543,-570,-582,-478,-578]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 (5. Bg2 {is what to play if you don't feel like sacrificing a piece.}) 5... e4 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O g5 {All this has happened plenty of times, and among those who have tried the sac with White are Caruana and Kramnik. Is it good? I don't know if I'd try it in a classical game against a titled player, but for blitz or rapid it's probably fine.} 9. a3 $2 {But this is not fine, unless my engine is too weak to appreciate it. (And not only my engine - this was only played in one other game, a loss by a low-rated player in correspondence chess 11 years ago.)} (9. d4 h6 {has been almost automatic, and now White has tried so many different moves that I can't really tell you where to start your research.}) 9... Ba5 $19 10. d3 $146 (10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. Bxe4 gxh4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bg2 hxg3 16. hxg3 f4 17. d4 Qg5 18. Qc3 f3 19. exf3 Rxf3 20. Qe1 Qh5 21. dxe5 Rxg3 22. exd6 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bh3+ 24. Kh2 Be6+ {0-1 Pietro,R (1667)-Cortigiani,M ITA KW1/119 email ICCF email 2012}) 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nb8 12. dxe4 gxh4 13. Bh6 Re8 (13... h3 $142 $1) (13... Qf6 $142) 14. gxh4 Qxh4 15. Qc1 f6 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Bg3 Qh5 19. Rg1 Ng6 (19... Kh8 $142) 20. f4 Bb6 21. e3 Kf7 (21... Kh8 $142) 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qc3 $6 Bh3 25. Raf1 Bxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Ng4 27. d6 cxd6 28. Qb3+ d5 29. Qa4 Re4 30. Qd1 Bxe3 31. a4 Rae8 32. Qb3 b6 33. Qb5 Bd4 {Well-played by Pragg, but it also looked like a pretty easy game for a player of his caliber. I'm guessing that Nakamura either forgot his prep or mixed up the move order in his mind, because the problems with 9.a3 can be demonstrated without access to Stockfish.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,104,34,14,86,39,112,44,73,44,44,47,58,57,81,62,90,59,78,31,35,30,15,15,4,4,35,-13,27,31,13,24,26,1,-3,-2,11,-7,-5,-16,-6,-37,-56,-67,-41,-66,-49,-33,-54,-54,-44,-68,-181,-70,-28,-28,-181,-118,-118,-118,-122,-139,-122,-297,-297,-284,-274,-176,-129,-88,-19,-87,-87,-87,0,0,-13,0,76,6,5,0,42,-19,-17,-60,10,10,0,-424,0,-39,141,207,203,176,244,199,125,148,215,302,458,416,416,527,569]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 ({A month ago, Nepo himself preferred} 5... g6 {as Black.} 6. a5 Bg7 7. O-O a6 8. Be2 O-O 9. d3 b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. h3 a5 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Qd2 a4 14. Bh6 e5 15. Nh2 Nb8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 Nc6 18. f5 f6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. Bxg4 Nd4 22. Ne2 d5 23. Rad1 a3 24. c3 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Na4 26. Be6 axb2 27. Bxd5 Nxc3 28. Qxb2 Nxd5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. Qf2 Ra2 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. Rxf3 Rb8 33. Rc1 Rbb2 34. Rg3 Rc2 35. Rb1 Rcb2 36. Rc1 Ra5 37. Rf3 Rd2 38. Rb1 f5 39. Rb7+ Kh6 40. Re7 c4 41. dxc4 e4 {0-1 Rapport,R (2752)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2779) Zagreb SuperUnited Rapid 2023 (5)}) 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O (7. a5) 7... Bg7 8. d4 (8. a5) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 b6 {Punishing - or "punishing" - White for not having played a5. It's not bad, but it has its own costs.} 10. Nc6 Qc7 11. Nb4 Bb7 12. Ncd5 (12. Nbd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qd8 14. Be3 O-O 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qd2 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. c3 Kg7 22. Bf3 a5 23. Qb5 Qc5 24. Rd2 Qxb5 25. axb5 Kf8 26. g3 Ke7 27. b3 Rac8 28. c4 Nd7 29. Bg4 Nc5 30. Bxc8 Nxb3 31. Rb2 Nxa1 32. Bb7 Rd7 33. Bd5 a4 34. Ra2 Nb3 35. Rxa4 Nc5 36. Ra8 Rd8 37. Ra6 Nd7 38. Bc6 Ke6 39. Ra7 f5 40. f3 f4 41. Rb7 g5 42. g4 h6 43. h3 Ke7 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Ke2 Nc5 46. Rxb6 h5 47. Bd5+ Ke7 48. Rc6 hxg4 49. hxg4 Rh8 50. b6 Rh2+ 51. Kd1 Rb2 52. Rc7+ Kd8 53. Rg7 Rxb6 54. Rxg5 Rb3 55. Rg8+ Ke7 56. g5 Rxf3 57. Rg7+ Ke8 58. g6 Rg3 59. Ra7 Kf8 60. Rf7+ Ke8 61. g7 Nxe4 62. Rf8+ Ke7 63. g8=Q Rxg8 64. Rxg8 Nc5 65. Rg6 e4 66. Ke2 {1-0 Vokhidov,S (2601)-Dominguez Perez,L (2743) Airthings Masters Play In Chess.com INT rapid 2023 (3)}) 12... Qd8 13. f3 $6 (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. e5 $1 $14) 13... O-O (13... Nxd5 $142 14. Nxd5 O-O $11 {/?}) 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $11 15. Be3 Qc7 16. c4 e6 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Qb3 Nc5 20. Qa3 a5 $15 21. Nf2 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Bc6 $1 $17 23. b3 f5 $1 24. Bd3 Be5 $17 {/-+} 25. Qa2 Qh4 $6 26. g3 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 fxe4 29. Bxc5 exd3 30. Bxb6 Rab8 31. Be3 (31. Rxd3 $1 Rxb6 32. Qe2 $1) 31... Rf8 $19 32. Rxd3 Rxf3 $2 (32... Bxf3 $19) 33. Qe2 $11 Rbf8 34. Ke1 h5 (34... e5 $142 $11) 35. Bb6 (35. Kd2 $142 $14) 35... Rxd3 36. Qxd3 Qg1+ 37. Qf1 Qg5 $2 (37... Qg3 $11) 38. Rc3 $16 {/+-} h4 39. Be3 $2 (39. Qe2 $18) 39... Qe5 $14 40. Kd2 Rf3 41. Qd3 Qg3 $1 42. c5 $6 Rxf2+ 43. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 44. Kc1 $4 (44. Kd1 $1 Qg1+ $1 45. Kc2 $11) 44... Qf4+ $4 (44... Qe1+ $1 45. Kb2 $8 Be4 {forces White to give up the queen to avoid mate.} 46. Qxe4 Qxe4 47. c6 {Now White would win, were it not for} Qe2+ $1 48. Rc2 Qa6 49. c7 Qc8 $19 {Just in time, and now Black will push his h-pawn to divert White's rook from the defense of the c-pawn.}) 45. Kb2 $16 {/+-} Be4 $2 (45... Qf2+ 46. Ka3 $8 Qg1 $1 47. Ka2 d5 48. Qe2 $1 $18) 46. Qxd6 Qf2+ 47. Ka3 Qe1 48. Qxe6+ $2 (48. Qd8+ $1 Kh7 49. Qxa5 $18) 48... Kh7 $11 49. Qf7+ Kh8 $4 (49... Kh6 $11) 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Rc4 $18 h3 52. Qe5 Qg1 (52... Qg1 53. Rxe4 $18) 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Abasov, Nijat"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,57,19,31,14,-14,43,38,70,53,70,61,61,27,44,54,51,7,38,7,69,42,45,-1,22,-18,-22,-101,-100,-89,-60,-60,-66,-55,-55,-65,-11,-11,94,70,88,88,88,80,58,58,59,67,67,50,49,39,35,39,39,-16,-6,-15,-5,-9]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 b5 $5 10. O-O b4 (10... Bb7 $142) 11. Be3 $2 $146 (11. cxb4 $142 cxd4 (11... cxb4 12. Bf4 $16) 12. Rb1 $14 {/?}) 11... bxc3 12. d5 Nd7 13. Qc1 Rb8 (13... f5 $1) 14. Bh6 $14 Qa5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 Rb2 17. Rfc1 Nf6 (17... Kg8 $142) 18. Ne5 Rxa2 19. Nc6 (19. Nc4) 19... Qa3 20. Rxa2 Qxa2 21. Bf3 Qd2 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 e6 24. Nxa7 (24. Rxc5 exd5 25. exd5 a6 $11) 24... exd5 25. exd5 Nd7 26. Be2 Bb7 27. Bb5 Nf6 28. Bc6 Nxd5 29. Rxc5 {I'm not sure that Svidler's opening experiment should be repeated, but his subsequent play was very good.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Gukesh, D."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2683"] [BlackElo "2744"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Qe7 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Nf1 b5 15. Ng3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qc2 Qg6 18. Kh2 Rad8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rad1 Bb6 21. Re4 Re6 22. Bc1 Nf6 23. Nh4 Qh7 24. Re2 Ne7 25. Nf3 Nc6 26. Nh4 Ne7 27. Nf3 Nc6 28. Nh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O h6 13. h3 Re8 14. Bd3 b5 15. cxb5 c4 16. Bxc4 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Qc8 18. Kg2 Qxc4 19. Qd4 axb5 20. Bxh6 Nbd7 21. Qxc4 bxc4 22. Bg5 Nh7 23. Rae1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Nxg5 25. Nxg5 Be5 26. Nf3 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxa3 28. Re7 Nf6 29. d6 Rxc3 30. d7 Nxd7 31. Rxd7 f6 32. Rc7 Rc1 33. Nd4 Kh7 34. Nf5 Kg6 35. Ne3 c3 36. Nd5 Rd1 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nf5+ Kg6 39. Nh4+ Kh5 40. Nf3 g5 41. Rxc3 Rd5 42. Rc8 Ra5 43. Rd8 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Ra3 45. Kf2 Rb3 46. Ng1 f5 47. Rg8 g4 48. Rh8+ Kg6 49. h4 f4 50. Ne2 Rb2 51. Ke1 f3 52. Ng3 Rb1+ 53. Kf2 Rb2+ 54. Ke3 Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Rb2+ 56. Ke1 Rb1+ 57. Kd2 Rb2+ 58. Kd3 Rb3+ 59. Kc2 Ra3 60. Rg8+ Kh7 61. Rxg4 f2 62. Rf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2676"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,76,14,8,30,22,24,16,17,9,21,11,11,12,16,7,6,10,39,35,36,36,53,57,52,63,70,67,67,72,66,55,17,27,31,40,74,74,72,-22,0,-25,-25,-42,-50,-53,-46,-44,-43,-100,-68,-61,-68,-51,-35,-70,-78,-105,-101,-107,-110,-105,-105,-96,-77,-112,-107,-102,-75,-75,-75,-75,-50,-75,-75,-75,-48,-75,-75]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Re1 Re8 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Bf8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nb4 13. Bf4 c6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 c5 (16... Bf5 $1 $11) 17. Nf3 Bf5 $2 {Now Black is in terrible trouble.} (17... Bc6 $142 $14) 18. Qf4 $18 Bxc2 {White has more than one good move here, with the best perhaps the spectacular} 19. Bc7 $2 (19. Rad1 $3 Bxd1 (19... Qe7 20. Rd2 Nh5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qh4 Nh7 23. Qg3 Ng5 24. Ree2 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Bg6 26. Bxg7 Qg5 27. Bf6 Qf5 28. Qxf5 Bxf5 29. g4 Rxe2 30. Nxe2 $1 $18 {There's no immediate knockout, but White's pieces dominate where it counts.}) 20. Rxd1 Qe7 (20... Qb6 21. Ne4 Re6 {Best.} 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rd7 $18) 21. Bd6 $1 {The only "safe" squares for the queen, d8 and d7, aren't safe for the bishop (i.e. 21...Qd7/8 22.Bxf8 picks up the piece for free thanks to the discovered attack on the queen.} Nh5 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qg6 Nfd5 24. Bxe7 fxg6 25. Nxd5 $18) ({A more ordinary move like} 19. Rac1 $18 {would also keep a decisive advantage, so it wasn't necessary for Dominguez to find some difficult and spectacular move to keep the upper hand.}) 19... Rxe1+ (19... Qd7 $11) 20. Rxe1 Nfd5 $11 {The crisis has passed, and now it's White who must sure that things don't get out of hand given his missing pawn.} 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qd2 Qxc7 23. Qxc2 Nb6 24. Ne5 (24. Bb5 $142 $11) (24. Ba2 $142 $11) 24... Nxc4 $15 25. Nxc4 Be7 26. Qb3 Bf6 27. Qb5 Bd4 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ g6 31. b3 Kg7 32. Kf1 h5 (32... Qd7 $142 $17) 33. g3 $2 {Now it's Wojtaszek who gets a big opportunity.} (33. g4 $1 $15) 33... Kf8 $2 (33... Qd7 34. Kg2 b5 35. Nxa5 bxa4 36. bxa4 Qxa4 37. Nc6 Qd1 $19) 34. Kg2 $11 Kg7 35. Qf3 Kf8 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. Qf3 Kf8 38. Qe4 Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Vocaturo, Daniele"] [Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,88,27,24,27,-12,-16,-9,-9,-9,39,12,19,-2,0,7,19,10,26,2,10,27,19,22,60,35,24,12,4,12,18,-3,-2,-7,5,5,17,16,71,36,24,24,82,44,45,115,69,69,69,-25,-29,-31,-35,-35,-22,-18,50,43,39,23,32,-29,-38,-38,-22,-51,-70,-52,-59,-59,-59,-59,-55,-59,-63,-71,-68,-68,-68,-192,-48,-241,-3,-241,-63,-298,-223,-466,-580,-580,-630]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxh4 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Rae1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Kg8 17. f4 c5 18. h3 Be6 19. g4 cxd4 20. exd4 Rc8 21. Bb5 Rf8 22. f5 {White had been equal to better - usually better - to here, but after this pawn push the game starts trending in Black's favor. As the old saw goes, pawns don't move backward, and despite his active pieces the wide open spaces around his king will come back to bite him.} Bd7 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Qg2 Bf6 26. Nxd5 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Bf6 28. Rd1 Qb5 29. b3 Rfe8 30. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qd3 32. Nf4 Qc3 33. Rd1 Re8 34. Nd5 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36. Qg1 Qe4+ 37. Qg2 Qb1+ 38. Qg1 Qxa2 39. Qe3 Kh7 40. Qd3 a5 41. Kg1 Qb2 42. Kf1 Bd4 43. Ke1 Qf2+ 44. Kd1 Qg1+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2732"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 c6 11. Bf4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. h4 Nc7 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. h5 Ne6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. Qg3 Ng5 22. Qf4 Re6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. h6 g6 25. Ng7 Qe7 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Re1 Qd7 28. f3 a5 29. Qe3 b5 30. Qa3 b4 31. Qe3 Rf8 32. c4 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rb8 34. Qf4 Rd8 35. Qe3 Rb8 36. c4 a4 37. c5 Rf8 38. Re2 Rb8 39. Qf4 Rd8 40. Kf2 Qc8 41. Qe3 Qd7 42. Qf4 Qc8 43. Kf1 Qd7 44. Kg1 Qc8 45. Qc1 Qc7 46. Qe1 Qd7 47. a3 Ra8 48. Qb1 Kg8 49. Qe1 Kf7 50. Qg3 Rd8 51. Qf4 Qc8 52. Qe3 Qd7 53. Qd2 Ra8 54. Qe1 Rb8 55. Qa5 Kg8 56. Qxa4 Nf7 57. Qd1 Nxh6 58. Ne6 Nf5 59. Qd2 h5 60. Kf2 h4 61. a4 Rb3 62. Qf4 Kf7 63. a5 Ng3 64. Ng5+ Kg7 65. Ne6+ Kf7 66. Ng5+ Kg8 67. Qd6 Qxd6 68. cxd6 Nxe2 69. d7 Rb8 70. Ne6 Kf7 71. d8=Q Rxd8 72. Nxd8+ Ke7 73. a6 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"] [Black "Sanal, Vahap"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2585"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "168"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qe7 9. a4 a5 10. Qc2 Nb8 11. Bd3 b6 12. Nc4 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Bh4 Rfe8 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Nfd2 Nc5 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Rfe1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qe6 21. f3 Nd7 22. c4 Nc5 23. Qc2 Rf8 24. Nf1 Rae8 25. Ne3 g6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rd8 28. Qd2 Rd7 $2 29. Qxh6 $2 (29. Rd1 $142 Kg7 (29... Nxa4 30. Bxe5 $1 $18) 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Re8 32. Rd5 $1 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Nxa4 34. b3 Nc5 35. Rxb6 a4 36. bxa4 Nxa4 37. Rc6 $18) 29... Nxa4 30. Qd2 Nc5 31. Rd1 Rfd8 32. Bf2 Nb3 33. Qg5 Nc5 34. h4 f5 35. exf5 Qxf5 36. Be3 Qe6 37. h5 Kf7 38. Bf2 $2 (38. f4 $1 $18) 38... gxh5 39. Qxh5+ Kg7 $2 40. R1d4 $2 (40. f4 $1 $18) 40... Rg8 41. Rg4+ Kf8 42. Be3 Rxg4 43. fxg4 Kg7 44. Rd1 Qg6 45. Qf5 Qe6 46. Kh2 Qg6 47. Kh3 Rd8 48. Kh2 Ne4 49. Kg1 Qxf5 50. gxf5 Kf6 51. Rf1 $2 (51. Bxb6 Ra8 52. Bc7 Kxf5 53. Bxd6 Nxd6 54. Rxd6 Rc8 55. b3 a4 $11) 51... b5 $2 (51... Rb8 $1 $17) 52. cxb5 d5 53. Bb6 Rb8 54. Bxa5 Rxb5 55. Bd8+ Kf7 56. Rc1 Rxb2 57. Rc7+ Ke8 58. Bh4 Kf8 59. Re7 Rb1+ 60. Kh2 Nf2 61. Kg3 Nh1+ 62. Kh2 Nf2 63. Rd7 Rf1 64. Rxd5 Ng4+ 65. Kh3 Ne3 66. Rd8+ Kf7 67. Rd7+ Ke8 68. Re7+ Kf8 69. Rxe5 Nxf5 70. Bg5 Kf7 71. Kg4 Nd6 72. Re7+ Kg8 73. Rd7 Ne4 74. Rd8+ Kg7 75. Be3 Nf6+ 76. Kh3 Kf7 77. Bd4 Rd1 78. Kg3 (78. Bxf6 Rh1+ $11) 78... Ne4+ 79. Kf4 Nc5 80. Ke5 Nb3 81. Rd7+ Ke8 82. Rd5 Nxd4 83. Rxd4 Rg1 84. Ke6 Rxg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2835"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,111,27,24,27,-16,-9,-9,0,-58,-28,-28,11,-10,-10,-12,-10,12,22,12,52,12,49,20,19,26,26,27,48,27,34,21,22,19,66,45,53,53,43,18,139,89,59,-2,-2,-2,-2,27,97,16,10,10,52,4,-11,-11,-11,-24,-33,-35,-48,-65,-53,-67,-54,-92,-92,-125,-123,-132,-68,-71,-58,-70,-95,-168,-110,-101,-131,-142,-139,-222,-156,-156,-153,-149,-157,-147,-123,-152,-144,-155,-144,-143,-143,-143,-104,-80,-134,-134,-110,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Nc6 5. e4 e5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2 b6 9. Ng3 Na5 10. Bd3 h5 11. O-O h4 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qd7 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Bg5 c5 16. d5 Rh5 17. f4 Rhh8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qe1 e4 20. Bxf6 Rde8 21. Bxg7 exd3 22. Qd2 Rhg8 23. f6 Re4 24. Rbe1 $2 (24. Qxd3 $14) 24... Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 $2 (25... Qf5 26. Rd1 Re8 $19 {wins, as} 27. Qxd3 $4 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxd3 {is game over.}) 26. Re7 Rxe7 27. fxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxd3 Qe1+ 29. Qf1 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qe4 31. h3 f5 32. Qf3 $2 (32. Bh6 Nxc4 33. Bf4 Qxd5 34. Qe1 $11) 32... Qxf3 33. gxf3 Nxc4 $19 34. a4 Kd7 35. Bf6 Kd6 36. Bxh4 Kxd5 37. Bd8 Nb2 38. h4 Ke6 39. h5 Nxa4 40. c4 Kf7 41. Kg2 Nb2 42. Kg3 Nxc4 43. Kf4 b5 44. Kxf5 b4 45. Ke4 a5 $2 (45... b3 46. Kd3 a5 47. h6 Kg6 48. Be7 Ne3 $1 {is one particularly nice way to win, but this was not the only available improvement on the text.}) 46. h6 $1 Kg6 47. Be7 $4 (47. Kd5 $1 b3 48. h7 $1 Kxh7 49. Bf6 Kg6 50. Bc3 a4 51. Kxc4 Kf5 52. Bb2 Kf4 53. Kxc5 $11) 47... Nd2+ $4 (47... b3 $1 48. Kd3 Ne3 $1 $19) 48. Kd3 Nb3 (48... Nxf3 49. Bxc5 $11) 49. Kc4 a4 50. Bg5 Kh7 51. Be3 Kg6 52. Bg5 Nd4 53. Kxc5 a3 54. Bc1 Ne2 55. Kxb4 Nxc1 56. Kxa3 {A second straight narrow escape for Keymer. Can this continue?} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Qe2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qc8 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nd5 Nh5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Bb5 f6 15. Bh6 Kh8 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Rd2 a6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 Ra7 21. Rad1 Nb8 22. Qc5 Qb7 23. g4 c6 24. Nb6 Nf4 25. Nxd7 a5 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Qxa7 Qxa7 28. Rd7+ Qxd7 29. Rxd7+ Kh6 30. g5+ fxg5 31. Nxe5 g4 32. hxg4 Kg5 33. f3 h5 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. Nd3 a4 36. Bf7 h4 37. Kh2 Ne2 38. Be6 b4 39. Rf7 Nd4 40. f4+ Kh6 41. Bf5 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Nihal, Sarin"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bh5 4. h4 f6 5. d4 Nc6 6. e3 e5 7. Bb5 exd4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxd4 Bd6 10. Nc3 Bg3+ 11. Kd2 Be5 12. Qa4 Ne7 13. Nge2 O-O 14. Rad1 Qb8 15. Nf4 Bf7 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. Kc1 c5 18. h5 c4 19. Nf4 c6 20. h6 g6 21. Nce2 Nf5 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qd7 Rc7 24. Nh5 Be5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qa4 Nxe3 28. Rd2 d4 29. b4 a5 30. b5 Rb7 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Rxd4 Qe5 33. Rhh4 Qxf6 34. Rhf4 Nf5 35. g4 g5 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Abasov, Nijat"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,54,27,45,100,61,71,60,47,55,52,47,50,8,32,8,8,6,5,5,20,16,3,-36,-21,-21,-12,-29,-18,-28,17,5,5,11,41,34,34,-14,3,-45,1,39,39,-41,-16,12,3,4,4,4,4,-81,-62,-84,-84,-262,-322]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 b6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 d5 8. d3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ng6 11. e5 Qc7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. g3 Rd8 14. Bg2 b5 15. h4 h5 16. a4 c4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne4 Ngxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qf5 21. Qe3 (21. Ng5 $142 Bxg5 22. hxg5 h4 23. Be4 Qc5 24. g4 $14) 21... O-O $11 22. Qb6 Rd7 23. Red1 Rfd8 24. Rxd7 (24. Nd6 $142 $11) 24... Rxd7 $15 25. Bg5 $4 Ne5 $1 $19 26. Nd6 (26. Re1 {won't save the game either:} Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qxf3 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 f6 31. Bf4 {leaves Black with the pleasant choice of winning a piece with either} e5 ({or} 31... f5 {.})) 26... Bxd6 27. Bxb7 Bc5 $1 (27... Bc5 $1 28. Qxc5 (28. Qxb5 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Ng4 30. Bg2 Qxg3 {and it's mate on h2 once the spite checks come to an end.}) 28... Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Qxc5 $19) 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2683"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Ne4 9. c4 Nd7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Ne5 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf6 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ng4 Ne4 17. f3 Ng5 18. f4 Ne4 19. Ne5 f6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nc4 Bc7 22. Ba3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Ba6 24. h3 Bb6 25. Kh2 h6 26. Qh5 Kh7 27. Nb2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qf5+ Kh8 31. Qxe4 Qd2 32. Na4 Bd3 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qd5 Qxe3 35. Qf3 Qd2 36. Bxc5 Bc7 37. Be3 Qxa2 38. Bxa7 Qc2 39. Qf2 Qxf2 40. Bc5 Qe3 41. Bxe3 Be5 42. Bf2 Bxf4+ 43. Kg1 Be5 44. Nc5 Bb5 45. Ne6 Bd7 46. Nf8+ Kg8 47. Nxd7 Bc7 48. b4 Kf7 49. Nc5 Ke7 50. b5 Kd6 51. Bg3+ Kxc5 52. Bxc7 Kxb5 53. Bd6 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Svane, Rasmus"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2709"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Qg5 O-O 12. Qxb5 Ba6 13. Qxa5 Bb7 14. Qxd8 Rxa1 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. O-O Ra2 17. Nc3 Rxb2 18. Rc1 Nbd7 19. Kf1 Nb6 20. Nd1 Rb4 21. Nd2 c3 22. Nxc3 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rxd4 24. Nf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 exd5 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. O-O Be6 12. Nf3 Qb4 13. Bf4 h6 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 g5 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. b4 a6 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Nge7 20. Ra4 Bd7 21. Ra3 Bf6 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Be1 d3 24. Raxd3 Bxb2 25. e4 dxe4 26. Rxd7 exf3 27. Bxf3 Ne5 28. Rxe7 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxe1+ 30. Rdxe1 Rhd8 31. R1e3 Bf6 32. Rc7 Rd5 33. Nc3 Bxc3 34. Rexc3 Rf5 35. Rb3 b5 36. Rb4 Rd8 37. g4 Re5 38. Rb7 Rdd5 39. Rb3 Kf8 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Rb7 Rd4 42. h3 Rf4 43. R7xb5 Re2 44. Rf3 Rxf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"] [Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2609"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,91,27,24,27,-16,-9,-16,-11,-25,-34,-51,-51,-51,-26,-76,-59,-31,5,-42,-56,-56,-24,-24,-5,-5,0,0,12,6,18,33,32,20,21,17,17,49,28,3,20,20,34,27,16,16,37,3,5,39,8,10,19,19,19,-73,-4,-42,-33,-11,-11,-46,52,0,20,17,38,12,34,62,125,113,201,111,151,107,124,111,105,115,131,131,186,205,207,224,242,251,446,415,425,300,584,190]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O-O 16. g4 Na5 17. Kf2 Nc4 18. Ng3 Qe6 19. Nf5 Kb8 20. a4 a5 21. Rab1 b6 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Rhe8 24. Rbe1 Qc6 25. Qc2 Nd6 26. Ng3 Qd7 27. e5 Qxg4 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Nc4 30. Nf5 Re6 31. Rb1 Nd2 $2 (31... Rh8 $11) (31... Nxe5 $5 32. dxe5 Rxe5 33. Nd4 Rd6 $11 {/?}) 32. Rbe1 Rc6 $6 33. Re2 Nb3 34. Re3 b5 $2 35. axb5 $18 Rc4 36. Ke2 Ra4 37. Kd3 Ra2 38. Kc4 a4 39. Rxh6 Rb2 40. Ra6 Kb7 41. Rxa4 Nd2+ 42. Kd3 Nb1 43. Re1 c5 44. bxc6+ Kxc6 45. Rb4 Rd2+ 46. Ke3 {The PGN on TWIC gives 47.Ke4, but that's obviously wrong, caused by the players putting the kings on the light squares in the center once Black resigned. (This can be avoided, most simply by putting White's king on d5 and Black's on e4, but neither arbiters nor players can be bothered to do this, and DGT has no interest in finding an alternative that avoids this problem.)} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2719"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,99,27,45,37,18,39,8,12,-38,-22,-35,10,-53,-18,-20,-14,-45,-33,-38,-22,-14,-12,-35,12,33,33,26,0,0,8,9,19,21,18,-83,63,-3,86,82,71,39,52,77,79,72,79,95,106,118,133,103,146,164,161,175,199,171,205,180,244,224,234,224,250,237,229,230,223,254,219,219,219,266,274,281,288,207,244,205,205,214,214,214,239,214,209,180,227,222,250,187,183,174,217,221,221,279,283,283,317,305] Duda must win on demand to stay in the match, and he does.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nfd2 d5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rad8 20. b4 Nb7 21. c4 bxc4 22. Nxc4 {Maghsoodloo had been fine up to this point, but now he quickly collapses.} e4 $6 (22... a5 $1 $11) 23. Nbd2 Qd4 $2 24. Ne3 $16 a5 $6 25. Ndc4 Qxd1 $2 26. Rexd1 $18 axb4 27. axb4 g6 28. Ra6 Kg7 29. Rc6 Rb8 30. b5 Nd8 31. b6 Nb7 32. h4 h5 33. g3 Bc5 34. Rc7 Red8 35. Ne5 Bxb6 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. N3c4 Bc5 38. Rf6 Rf8 39. Nd7 Rxf6 40. Nxf6+ Kg7 41. Nxe4 Re8 42. Nxc5 Nxc5 43. Rd2 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. d6 Nd7 46. f4 Re8 47. Ne5 Rd8 48. Nxd7+ Rxd7 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Ke4 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Sanal, Vahap"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bc5 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qh6 Bf8 11. Qe3 c6 12. Qg3 Be6 13. Rb1 b6 14. a4 h5 15. h4 Be7 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qe7 19. Qf4 c5 20. O-O O-O 21. Qg3 Kh7 22. f4 c4 23. Be2 Bf5 24. Rbd1 Rad8 25. Rd4 f6 26. Bf3 fxe5 27. fxe5 Bxc2 28. Bxd5 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qc5 30. Qf2 Rf8 31. Bf3 Bd3+ 32. Kg1 Qxe5 33. Rd7+ Kh6 34. Rxa7 Re8 35. Qd2+ Qe3+ 36. Qxe3+ Rxe3 37. Kf2 Re5 38. Rb7 Bc2 39. Bc6 Re6 40. Rc7 g5 41. hxg5+ Kxg5 42. Bb5 Bb3 43. Bxc4 Rf6+ 44. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Nfe4 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. N2f3 h6 18. h3 a6 19. Qe1 Rc7 20. Rc2 Rec8 21. Qa5 Ne6 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Qb6 Qc8 24. Nxe6 Rc6 25. Qb4 fxe6 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Nd4 Rc1 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc7+ 30. f4 Kf7 31. a4 e5 32. Nf3 a5 33. Qd2 exf4 34. exf4 Qc5 35. Qe2 Qc7 36. Ne5+ Kg8 37. Qd3 Qc8 38. Qg6 Qe6 39. Qc2 Nh5 40. Qd2 b6 41. Qd4 Nf6 42. Qd3 Nh5 43. Qd4 Nf6 44. Qd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 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. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bd5 Nd8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ne3 Nde6 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. h4 b4 19. b3 Ra8 20. Bd2 Ra2 21. Qb1 Ra6 22. g3 h5 23. Be3 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. g4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Nd7 27. Ng5 d5 28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 29. Bg5 dxe4 30. dxe4 Be7 31. Qd1 Qc6 32. Bxe7 Rxe7 33. Qd2 Nf6 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Nxf6+ Qxf6 36. Kg2 Re6 37. Re3 Rc6 38. Rf3 Qd8 39. Rd3 Qe7 40. Rd2 Rc3 41. Qg5 Qxg5+ 42. hxg5 Kf8 43. f3 Ke7 44. Kg3 Ke6 45. Kg4 c5 46. Kg3 Ke7 47. Kg4 Ke6 48. Kg3 c4 49. bxc4 Rxc4 50. Kg4 Rc7 51. Rh2 Kd6 52. f4 Rc4 53. Re2 Ke6 54. Kf3 Rc3+ 55. Kg4 Rc4 56. Kf3 Rc3+ 57. Kg4 exf4 58. Kxf4 Rc6 59. Rd2 Rc4 60. Ke3 Rc5 61. Kf4 Rc4 62. Ke3 Rc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Ke7 15. Kd2 Rd8 16. e3 b6 17. Rhc1 Bb7 18. Rc7+ Rd7 19. Rxd7+ Kxd7 20. Bf1 Be4 21. Bb5+ Kd6 22. Rc1 Rb7 23. Rc8 Rc7 24. Rd8+ Ke7 25. Re8+ Kf6 26. Ba4 Bb7 27. Rd8 Ke7 28. Re8+ Kf6 29. Rd8 Ke7 30. Re8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,130,28,15,14,14,14,25,63,45,36,-12,16,-18,-1,29,64,10,65,40,34,30,46,31,33,40,40,27,17,5,-2,22,15,15,32,-4,7,-21,1,11,4,8,11,4,26,23,-27,-60,-32,-17,7,6,6,-11,1,-17,25,29,31,31,33,5,35,12,24,24,18,6,14,18,10,-6,10,10,14,8,22,17,12,12,27,-51,16,12,22,34,34,37,24,15,15,22,31,13,20,5,0,12,16,-24,-23,-99,0,-135,-54,-170,-169,-164,-167,-204,-118,-216,-200,-269,-349,-349,-325,-349,-573,-613,-482,-573,-267,-390,-560,-560,-690,-690,-690,-819,-904,-1015,-1058]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 c6 11. Bf4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. h4 Nc7 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. b3 Ne6 19. Bh2 Nf7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. a4 Nh6 22. c4 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Nf7 24. Re3 Nc7 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. d5 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 cxd5 28. Rxd5 g6 29. Qd4 Kg7 30. g3 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Qe7 32. Kg2 h5 33. Na5 Nd8 34. Nc4 Nf7 35. Kf3 Qb4 36. Ne3 Ne5+ 37. Ke2 Qe7 38. Qe4 Qd7 39. Nd5 Qd6 40. b4 a6 41. f4 Nc6 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 f5 44. Qd3 Ne7 45. Ne3 Qe6 46. Kd2 Kf7 47. Nc4 Kg7 48. Qd4+ {The game has been equal/equalish throughout, but now things get dramatic.} Kh7 49. Kd3 Qe1 $2 50. Qe5 $4 (50. Qe3 $18 {wins. With Black's king having run so far from the action White will easily win the knight ending in case of a queen swap. If Black avoids the trade, then (e.g.) White's king heads up the board, and all three occupants of Black's second rank are in trouble.}) 50... Qxg3+ $11 {Maghsoodloo is fortunate that the position is still equal, but it won't be for long.} 51. Kd4 Qf2+ 52. Qe3 $2 Qxh4 $17 53. Qe5 $2 Ng8 $2 $17 (53... Qf2+ $19) 54. Nd6 Qf2+ 55. Kd5 $2 $19 (55. Kd3 $17) 55... h4 56. Ke6 Qa2+ $1 57. Kd7 h3 58. Ke8 Qa8+ 59. Kf7 Nh6+ 60. Ke7 Qg8 (60... Qh8 {is better, but the text is good enough.}) 61. Ne8 Qf7+ 62. Kd8 Ng4 63. Qe1 h2 64. Nd6 Qf8+ 65. Kc7 Nf2 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Sanal, Vahap"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bc5 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qh6 Bf8 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Rb1 c6 13. Qg3 h5 14. h3 b6 15. O-O h4 16. Qf3 Be6 17. c4 O-O 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rbd1 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Qf6 Qxf6 24. exf6 Red8 25. Rb1 g5 26. Rb4 Rd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Re5 Rd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. a3 Kf8 31. g3 Bf3 32. Bf5 Ke8 33. Kf1 Kd8 34. Ke1 Kc7 35. Be6 Bh5 36. Bb3 hxg3 37. fxg3 Kd6 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. Ke3 Kxf6 40. Ke4 Bg6+ 41. Kd4 Ke7 42. c3 Kd6 43. Bd1 c5+ 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. h4 f6 46. Be2 Be4 47. Bd1 a5 48. Be2 gxh4 49. gxh4 f5 50. Bb5 f4+ 51. Kf2 Kf6 52. Bd7 Bf5 53. Bc6 Bg4 54. Bb5 Bh5 55. Bc6 Kf5 56. Bd7+ Ke4 57. Bb5 Bf7 58. Be2 Be8 59. Bg4 b5 60. h5 Ke5 61. h6 Bg6 62. Be2 b4 63. cxb4 cxb4 64. axb4 axb4 65. Bc4 Kf6 66. Kf3 Kg5 67. Bg8 Kxh6 68. Kxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,135,27,45,37,18,10,8,5,-38,-38,-52,-16,-31,-37,-50,-36,-22,-18,-57,-57,-57,-40,-18,-7,-15,10,1,2,1,30,33,25,-35,22,2,4,-26,-13,-60,4,38,38,-15,-15,-20,3,-60,-67,-96,83,55,61,60,43,1,92,35,57,37,44,62,69,49,81,94,111,120,131,41,44,59,42,18,99,106,144,132,145,150,150,150,165,165,163,167,165,145,149,150,150,147,168,153,164,160,176,164,189,187,200,189,196,215,215,216,227,221,226,221,221,222,222,221,221,221,221,213,221,221,214,214,214,196,206,214,233,214,255,255,273,258,275,275,274,213,1016,1016]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. O-O h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 c5 13. a4 Rb8 14. h3 Ng6 15. axb5 axb5 16. d4 Qc7 17. Be3 Re8 18. Qd2 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. dxc5 dxc5 $6 (21... Bxc5 $11) 22. Bc2 $14 Rb4 $4 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Bxh6 $18 (24. Bg5 $1) 24... Bf5 25. Bg5 $6 (25. Qd5+) 25... Qd7 26. Qc3 $2 (26. Qxd7 Bxd7 27. Re7 $18) 26... Re4 $14 27. Ne5 $6 Qe6 (27... Qd5 $15) 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Re1 Bb7 $6 (29... Qd5 $11) 30. Nf3 Qc4 31. Qe5 Rf8 (31... Rc8) 32. Qd6 Bxf3 $6 (32... Ba5) 33. gxf3 Ba5 34. Re4 (34. Re3 $142 $16) 34... Qb3 $2 (34... Qf7 $1 $11) 35. Be3 Bb4 36. Kg2 $16 Qf7 37. Rf4 Qe8 38. Rxf8+ Qxf8 39. Qxg6 Qf7 40. Qg5 $18 Qd7 $4 41. Bxc5 Bxc5 42. Qxc5 $18 {From here the win is inevitable. White only needs to stay alert: don't blunder pawns, or allow a perpetual, or fall for a stalemate trick. Carlsen avoids those pitfalls, and the match finally ends.} Qd3 43. b4 Qg6+ 44. Kh2 Qd3 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qg4 Qd6+ 47. Kg2 Qb6 48. h4 Qb8 49. h5 Kh8 50. Qg5 Qe8 51. h6 gxh6 52. Qxh6+ Kg8 53. Qg5+ Kh8 54. Qf6+ Kg8 55. Kg3 Qe2 56. Qg6+ Kf8 57. Qf5+ Kg7 58. Qe4 Qf1 59. f4 Kf6 60. Qd4+ Kf7 61. f5 Qg1+ 62. Kf4 Qh2+ 63. Ke4 Qh4+ 64. Kd5 Qd8+ 65. Kc5 Qc8+ 66. Kxb5 Qxf5+ 67. Qc5 Qd3+ 68. Qc4+ 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Svane, Rasmus"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2709"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 Bc6 13. Bxc6+ Rxc6 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Rac1 Qe5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qa4 a6 19. Ne4 O-O 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Rd7 f5 22. Qxc6 Bb4 23. a3 fxe4 24. axb4 e3 25. Qc3 exf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qh5 27. h4 Rb8 28. Qd4 Qf5+ 29. Kg2 e5 30. Qd6 Rc8 31. Re7 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 exd4 34. Kf3 Rb8 35. Ra7 Rxb4 36. Rxa6 Rxb2 37. Rd6 Rb3+ 38. Kf2 Rb4 39. Rd5 Kg7 40. Kf3 h6 41. g4 Rb3+ 42. Kf4 Rh3 43. h5 Rh2 44. Re5 Rh3 45. Rd5 Re3 46. Re5 Rh3 47. Re4 d3 48. exd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2676"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,71,28,25,88,58,91,95,116,64,55,49,90,66,32,46,32,29,29,16,21,-2,63,63,37,38,38,32,56,37,50,50,54,48,48,10,21,8,0,-10,5,-8,40,72,84,78,92,100,97,87,51,199,199,246,256,271,328,197,197,197,142,58,213,144,142,191,320,204,347,258,493,364,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. O-O-O Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Rd8 15. Nd5 Qf8 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Qe3 f5 18. Nxc8 Rbxc8 19. Rd2 Nb4 $6 (19... Qf6 $11) (19... Rd7 $11) 20. Kb1 $16 d5 21. exf5 $1 Re8 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qg4 d4 24. Re1 Qc5 $2 (24... Qf6 $16 {/+-}) 25. f6 $1 $18 Rc7 26. Qg6 Rf7 27. Rxd4 $1 Qa5 28. Rxb4 $4 (28. Nxe5 $1 {pretty much wins on the spot.}) 28... Qxb4 29. fxg7 $16 {/+-} e4 (29... Qf4 $142) 30. Re3 $2 $16 (30. Qxh6 $1 Rxg7 31. Qe3 $1 Rxg2 32. Nd2 $18) 30... Ree7 $4 (30... Qa5 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Qb6 $16) 31. Qxh6 $18 Rxg7 32. Ng5 Re5 33. f4 $1 Re8 34. Qh5 Rd8 35. Rxe4 Qa5 $2 {Black was losing in any case, but there was no need to blunder into a mate in two.} (35... Qb5) 36. Re8+ 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2719"] [PlyCount "186"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 e6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nf1 h6 9. c3 Ne7 10. Bd2 a6 11. a4 O-O 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. h4 f5 14. h5 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 e5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. hxg6+ Kg8 19. Qc2 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Nxg6 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Nh2 Qd6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Nf3 Rfe8 28. Be3 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rd1 Ra2 31. b4 Rc2 32. Rxd6 Rxc3 33. Rb6 Re4 34. Rb7+ Kg8 35. Rxb5 Rg4 36. g3 Rb3 37. Kg2 Rb2 38. Bxh6 Rc4 39. Rb7 Rcc2 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxg6 Rxf2+ 42. Kh3 Rxf3 43. Bg7+ Kh7 44. Bxb2 Kxg6 45. Bd4 Kf5 46. b5 Rd3 47. Bg1 Ke4 48. Ba7 Rd7 49. Bb8 Kf3 50. Kh4 Rb7 51. Bf4 Rxb5 52. Bd6 Rb6 53. Bf4 Rg6 54. Kh5 Rg8 55. Kh6 Ke4 56. Kh7 Rg4 57. Kh6 Kf5 58. Kh7 Rg6 59. Bb8 Kf6 60. Be5+ Kf7 61. Bf4 Rb6 62. Bg5 Re6 63. Bf4 Kf6 64. Kh6 Re8 65. Bg5+ Kf5 66. Bf4 Rg8 67. Kh7 Rg6 68. Bc7 Kf6 69. Be5+ Kf7 70. Bf4 Rf6 71. Bg5 Rf1 72. Kh6 Ke6 73. Kg6 Rf8 74. Kg7 Ra8 75. Bf4 Kf5 76. Kf7 Ra7+ 77. Ke8 Ke6 78. Kd8 Kd5 79. Kc8 Kc6 80. Kd8 Rh7 81. Ke8 Kd5 82. Kd8 Ke6 83. Kc8 Rd7 84. Bc7 Rd3 85. Bf4 Rc3+ 86. Kb7 Kd5 87. Kb6 Rb3+ 88. Kc7 Rb1 89. Kd7 Rb7+ 90. Kd8 Rf7 91. Ke8 Rxf4 92. gxf4 Ke4 93. f5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"] [Black "Sanal, Vahap"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2585"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,95,16,16,31,-11,33,-1,39,3,26,11,50,21,30,-9,1,0,-4,-15,22,24,24,16,20,-6,47,31,15,21,74,99,108,102,104,93,95,95,118,113,122,115,135,115,155,154,157,139,139,151,158,163,205,115,174,236,213,204,199,162,176,151,151,155,149,109,109,120,129,113,137,54,337,350,376,376,376,426,505,415,430,446,403,459,629,624,725,454,403,569,584,385,507,450,450,515,529,687]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. c4 O-O 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 Nb6 $2 (12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 {is usual, leaving White slightly better after} 14. Rfe1 $14) 13. c5 $6 (13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e5 $16) 13... Nd7 14. e5 f5 $4 (14... f6 15. f4 fxe5 16. fxe5 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 b6 $14 {/? is still manageably worse for Black. It's not great, but it's miles better than the game.}) 15. f4 $18 {Black has no counterplay, and already White's job is just to keep Black bottled up while he goes for the decisive breakthrough on the queenside.} Bf7 16. Rfc1 e6 17. Bf1 h6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Bf8 21. b5 Be7 22. Bc3 Rf8 23. Rcb1 axb5 24. axb5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 g5 26. Be2 gxf4 27. Qxf4 Bg5 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Qf2 Bg6 30. Bd2 cxb5 31. h4 f4 32. gxf4 gxh4 33. Kh2 Rf7 34. Rg1 Rg7 35. f5 $1 exf5 $2 (35... Bxf5 36. Bh6 Rg6 37. Bh5 $1 Nf8 38. Bxg6 (38. Bxf8 $4 Rxg1 39. Qxg1+ Kxf8 $19) 38... Nxg6 {had to be tried, even if White is still winning after, say,} 39. Qa2 $18) 36. Bh6 Nf8 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Qxf5 Kh7 39. Qf3 Qe8 40. Bxb5 Qxb5 41. Qxf8 Qe2+ 42. Rg2 Qe4 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Qg4 Kh6 46. e6 Qxg4 47. Rxg4 Kh5 48. Rg1 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.7"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 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. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bd5 Nd8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ne3 Nde6 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. h4 b4 19. b3 Ra8 20. Be3 Qb8 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Qe8 23. g3 Nd7 24. Kg2 Ra2 25. Bd2 g6 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Rh1 Nd4 28. Ng4 Rxc2 29. Bxb4 Qb8 30. Ne3 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qxb4 32. Nd5 Qa5 33. Kg2 c6 34. Ne3 Qa2+ 35. Kh3 Nc5 36. Rh2 Qa7 37. Qf1 Qe7 38. Kg2 Qxg5 39. Rxh7+ Kxh7 40. Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.8"] [White "Svane, Rasmus"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,102,45,12,24,21,32,32,73,34,58,0,50,28,21,41,52,57,41,22,46,15,15,20,10,9,-5,-9,19,19,23,11,2,21,33,4,49,42,46,37,38,35,42,41,46,48,57,52,60,60,60,60,78,86,84,73,88,43,61,43,43,43,43,39,39,20,17,-17,-17,-1,-18,-17,-18,-14,-14,-14,-17,-17,-14,-14,0,0,0,-5,0,-50,0,-20,-32,-69,0,0,0,0,0,-744,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Nf4 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 g6 13. a3 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rae1 Qf6 17. Re3 Be6 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Qh4 20. Qc1 Rfe8 21. Rf4 Qg5 22. Rd4 Qf6 23. Qd2 Rad8 24. Bb5 Rf8 25. Be2 Rfe8 26. Bf3 b5 {Things have gone very smoothly for Svane in this game, and he had excellent chances to win it - and with it the match. Unfortunately, he lacked a little patience in this game, and it cost him.} 27. a4 $6 (27. h4 $16) (27. Re1 $16) (27. Rf4 Qg7 28. h4 $16) 27... Rb8 $6 (27... bxa4 28. Rxa4 Rb8 $1 29. Rxa7 d4 $1 30. cxd4 Red8 $14) 28. axb5 $6 (28. a5 $16) 28... Rxb5 29. Bxd5 $2 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Re2 $11 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. Qxa7 Rxb2 34. Qe3 Rc2 35. Rc1 {If Black didn't have the following trick, White would enjoy good winning chances with his extra pawn. But Black does have it, so White doesn't.} Qxf2+ $1 36. Qxf2 Rxc1+ {Had White played h4 earlier (and Black replied with, say, ...h5) this trick wouldn't have worked.} 37. Qf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 {Despite the outside passed pawn, Black's 3-2 majority will be safe and useful enough to let him draw.} Kf6 39. Ke2 Ke5 40. Kd3 Kd5 41. c4+ Kc5 42. Kc3 h5 43. Kd3 h4 44. h3 f5 45. Kc3 g5 46. Kd3 g4 47. Ke3 $4 (47. hxg4 fxg4 48. Ke3 Kxc4 49. Kf4 h3 50. gxh3 gxh3 51. Kg3 Kd3 52. Kxh3 $11) 47... gxh3 $4 (47... g3 $1 {wins! I suspect that neither player so much as considered it, as you'd think that White would just clean up the kingside pawns and win. But when you take a moment to look - which you can do when it's not at the end of a blitz game - the sixth game you've played that day - you'll see that this is not so.} 48. Kd3 f4 49. Ke4 Kxc4 50. Kxf4 Kd3 51. Kg4 Ke3 52. Kxh4 Kf2 $19 {Just in time, and Black wins by a tempo or two.} 53. Kg5 Kxg2 54. h4 Kf3 55. h5 g2 56. h6 g1=Q+ $19) 48. gxh3 Kxc4 49. Kf4 Kd3 50. Kxf5 Ke3 51. Kg4 Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.11"] [Round "4.9"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Qc2 Ndb4 8. Qb1 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. a3 dxc3 11. axb4 cxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qxd2 14. Qe4+ Be6 15. Rhd1 Qxb2 16. Qxb7 O-O 17. Qxc7 Rac8 18. Qxa7 Bg4 19. Ra2 Qf6+ 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. exf3 Rb8 22. Qd4 Qe6 23. Re2 Qh3 24. Kg1 h6 25. Rb2 Rb5 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. fxg4 Rfb8 28. Rd4 f5 29. Kf2 fxg4 30. Rxg4 Re5 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Rf4+ Kg6 33. Re4 Reb5 34. Ke3 h5 35. Kd3 R5b7 36. Rc4 Rb5 37. Kc3 Kf6 38. Rc5 R5b7 39. Rxh5 g5 40. Rh6+ Kf5 41. Rc6 Rb5 42. Rc5+ Rxc5+ 43. bxc5 Re8 44. Kd4 Rd8+ 45. Kc4 Rc8 46. Kd5 Rd8+ 47. Kc6 Rc8+ 48. Kd6 Kg4 49. c6 Rd8+ 50. Ke7 Rd4 51. Rc2 1-0