[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Duesseldorf"] [Date "2023.02.24"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 h6 $5 (8... O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 a5 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Qb5 Nd8 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. d4 Nf7 {0-1 Ding Liren (2811) -Praggnanandhaa,R (2684) 85th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 2023 (4.2)}) 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Ne7 11. d4 (11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. d4 c5 15. Bc2 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 {½-½ Sevian,S (2687) -Praggnanandhaa,R (2690) Airthings Masters Div 3 W chess.com INT rapid 2023 (5. 2)}) 11... Nc6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. a5 (14. Qf3 Qe7 15. Bf1 Be6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Ba3 Qg5 19. g3 Nc5 20. h4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 {½-½ Ponomariov,R (2675)-Jones,G (2702) Hengshui IMSA blitz 2019 (9)}) (14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rd1 (15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rd7 21. Rd1 Red8 {1-0 Pruijssers,R (2538)-Van den Doel,E (2582) ch-NED 2022 Groningen NED (2.1)}) 15... Qd6 16. Nb3 Qc6 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. Na5 Qe8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 b6 21. Nc4 a5 22. Qg3 Ba6 23. Nxe5 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Nxe4 25. Qf4 Rxd3 26. Nxd3 Rd8 27. Re1 Rxd3 28. Rxe4 Qd7 29. Rc4 Rd6 30. Kh2 h5 {½-½ Dominguez Perez,L (2762)-Mamedyarov,S (2772) 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE (3.5) }) 14... Be6 15. Bf1 Qe7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. b4 Bd7 18. Nf3 c5 19. Qb2 Bc6 20. Qb1 cxb4 21. cxb4 Bd4 22. Ra2 Rac8 23. Bd2 Qe6 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. f3 Bb5 26. Rc2 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rcd8 28. Bc3 Rc4 29. Ba1 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Ne8 31. b5 axb5 32. Qc5 f6 33. Qxb5 Nd6 34. Qb4 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rc6 36. Kh2 Kh7 37. Rd5 Qd7 38. Bc3 Qc7 39. Be1 Nc8 40. Qf8 Rd6 41. Rb5 Ne7 42. Bb4 Qc1 43. Bxd6 Qf4+ 44. Kh1 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kh1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Duesseldorf"] [Date "2023.02.24"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2734"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. f4 Bc6 12. f5 Qa5 13. Bc4 exf5 14. Rhf1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 $1 (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Qxf6 Qe5 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. Nd5 Rc8 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. Be6 Rc7 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Qf6+ Qe7 24. Qxh8+ Qe8 25. Qe5 Rc6 26. Qb8+ Rc8 27. Qe5 Rc6 28. Qb8+ Rc8 29. Qe5 {½-½ Lagarde,M (2631) -Muradli,M (2523) 55th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 2022 (5.8)}) 15... Bxe4 $2 ( 15... Nxe4 16. Bxf7+ Kd7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Bg6 $3 Qe5 19. Bxe4) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxe4+ Qe5 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Bxf7+ $5 (19. Rfe1 $5 Qh5 20. Bb3 Be5) 19... Kh8 20. Rfe1 (20. Rde1 $5) 20... Ra7 $1 21. Qb3 Qxb2+ 22. Qxb2 Bxb2 23. Kxb2 Raxf7 24. Rxd6 Rf2 25. Rxa6 Rxg2 26. h3 Rb8+ 27. Kc1 h5 28. Rae6 Kh7 29. R6e2 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 g5 31. c4 Rc8 32. Rc2 Kg6 33. Kd2 Kf5 34. Ke3 g4 35. hxg4+ hxg4 36. Kd4 g3 37. c5 Rg8 38. Rg2 Ke6 39. Kc4 Kd7 40. Kb5 Kc7 41. a4 Rb8+ 42. Kc4 Rg8 43. Kd5 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Duesseldorf"] [Date "2023.02.24"] [Round "8.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Ra2 d5 15. Ng3 c6 16. a5 Rc8 17. c4 Rc7 18. exd5 exd5 19. c5 Re7 20. Nf5 Re6 21. N3d4 $6 Ree8 22. Nb3 Qd7 23. Nd6 Re6 24. Rae2 Ne8 25. Nxe8 Qxe8 26. g3 $6 Bb8 27. Re3 Qf7 28. Rf1 Rf6 29. Re2 Nh4 $5 (29... e4 $1 30. Bb2 Rf3 31. Nd4 Nf4 32. Re3 Nxh3+ 33. Kg2 Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxh3 Qxe3) 30. Nd2 Qg6 31. Re3 Nf5 32. Rf3 Re6 33. Re1 Rfe8 34. Nf1 e4 35. dxe4 dxe4 36. Ra3 Nh4 37. Nh2 e3 38. Raxe3 Bxg3 39. Ng4 $1 Rxe3 40. Rxe3 Rxe3 41. Nxe3 Bf4+ 42. Qg4 $2 (42. Kf1 $1) 42... Nf3+ ( 42... Qe4 $1) 43. Kg2 Qxg4+ 44. hxg4 Ne1+ 45. Kf1 Nd3 46. Bd2 Ne5 $1 47. Ke2 Bxe3 48. Kxe3 Nxg4+ 49. Kf4 Nxf2 50. Ke5 h5 0-1 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Duesseldorf"] [Date "2023.02.24"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2736"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc4 cxd4 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Nde7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qb3 Bc8 14. Nc4 e5 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Ba3 Nf5 17. e4 $5 (17. Be4 Qc7 18. Qf3 g6 19. g4 Ng7 20. Nd6 Re6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Bb7 24. Rc7 Ba6 25. Nxf7 Bxe2 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Rfc1 d3 30. Bb4 g5 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nxg5 Ree8 33. Ne4 Red8 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Bd2 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2668)-Anand,V (2756) 35th Leon GM 2022 Leon ESP rapid (2.3)}) 17... dxe3 18. fxe3 h5 19. Rxf5 Bxf5 20. Nd6 Be6 21. Qxb7 Qg5 $1 22. Rc3 (22. Bxc6 Qxe3+ 23. Kg2 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Qxc1+) ( 22. Qxc6 Qxe3+ 23. Kf1 Rec8) 22... Nd4 $2 (22... Ne7 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. h4 Qf6 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 $11) 23. exd4 exd4 24. Rd3 Red8 25. h4 Qg6 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Bxe4 Rab8 28. b3 Rb6 29. Nb7 Re8 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Nb7 Re8 32. Nc5 $1 Bh3 33. Rxd4 Rf6 34. Rd1 Bf5 35. Bxf5 $6 Rxf5 36. Rd2 Re3 1/2-1/2 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Duesseldorf"] [Date "2023.02.24"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2729"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. h3 Bf6 12. g4 h6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. b3 Kb8 15. Ng1 d5 16. Ne2 h5 17. g5 Be5 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 h4 20. c4 d4 21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qd2 d3 24. Qb4+ Ka8 25. c3 g6 26. Qc5 Kb7 27. Qb4+ Kc8 28. Qa5 Kb7 29. Kb2 Rhe8 30. Rhe1 c5 31. Qxc5 Qc6 32. Qb4+ Qb6 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Be3 Qxb4 35. cxb4 Bxh3 36. Rh1 1/2-1/2