[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.05"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 21,80,11,23,10,19,12,20,17,22,11,20,17,35,16,46,48,51,41,33,31,67,69,72, 72,85,76,73,67,72,76,106,103,103,105,129,130,146,126,123,59,57,61,69,54,63,29, 44,39,30,18,35,7,10,0,0,0,0,0,1,4,5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nb3 Be7 10. e4 Nb4 11. Nc3 N8c6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 12. Be3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} Qxd1 $146 ({RR} 12... b6 13. a3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nc2 15. Bc1 Ba6 16. Rd2 Bc4 17. Rxc2 Bxb3 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rc1 Rd2 23. e5 Nxe5 24. Ne4 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxd1 26. Nxc5 Kf8 27. Bf1 {Weetik,V (2423) -Buchenau,F (2222) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (36)}) 13. Raxd1 Ne5 14. a3 Nbc6 $1 15. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Rd1 Ng4 18. Bc5 e5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Nd5 b6 21. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (57) Harika,D (2467)-Gomes,M (2384) Kolkata 2009}) 15... Nc4 16. Bc1 f6 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. Bf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nd6 $1 19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Kf7 21. Be3 a6 22. Be2 b5 23. Nc5 (23. Bf3 {seems wilder.} e5 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rfe8 27. Rd1) 23... Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Rc1 Bb6 26. Kf2 Bxc5 27. Bxc5 {[#] Threatens to win with Bd6.} Bb7 28. Ke3 Rd8 29. Bb6 Rd7 30. Rd1 ({White should try} 30. a4 $16 bxa4 31. Bh5+ g6 32. Bd1) 30... Rxd1 $14 31. Bxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} g6 32. Bc5 h5 33. b3 Bc8 34. a4 e5 35. axb5 axb5 36. f5 Kg7 { The position is equal.} 37. fxg6 Bg4 38. Bc2 Be6 39. Kd2 b4 40. Bd1 Kxg6 { Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 78% Pretas 81% Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 97% Pretas 98% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 96.6% Pretas 96.7%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.05"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Abasov, Nijat"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2789"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 27,57,11,21,12,10,5,14,9,10,6,7,7,10,12,14,2,6,0,0,0,12,10,10,5,5,4,10, 0,0,0,9,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Bd3 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 O-O 13. O-O Rc8 ({RR} 13... Qa5 14. Bb1 Rac8 15. b3 b5 16. g4 Ne7 17. Ne2 Qd2 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qd6 Ng6 20. Qxa6 Rb8 21. Qa7 Rf8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Ng3 b4 24. Qc5 Ra8 25. a4 bxa3 {0-1 (25) Michalski,O (2251)-Senft,S (2107) chess.com INT 2024}) 14. Qf3 Qd6 {The position is equal.} 15. Qe2 $146 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5.} ({RR} 15. Rfd1 Rc7 16. Bb1 Rfc8 17. e4 e5 18. Qg3 { 1/2-1/2 (17) Kopylov,L (2202)-Huppertz,A (1842) Germany 2008}) 15... Nd7 16. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. a3 Nb6 17. b4 a5 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 g6 22. Bf3 Qd7 23. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 (57) Magalashvili,D (2502) -Artemiev,V (2560) Baku 2013}) 16... Ne7 17. Ne2 g6 18. Rxc8 (18. Rfd1 { seems wilder.} Rc6 19. Rxc6 Nxc6 20. Nf4 Rc8 21. Rc1) 18... Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Nxc1 Nc6 21. Nb3 Qb4 22. Qxb4 Nxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 23. Bb1 Nc6 24. Kf1 b6 25. Bd3 Nb4 26. Bb1 Nc6 27. Bd3 Nb4 28. Bb1 Nc6 29. Bd3 { Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 100% Pretas 100%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 99% Pretas 99%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 98.2% Pretas 98.3%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.05"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 11,76,50,65,27,23,3,27,0,39,37,33,33,36,31,38,41,60,49,48,38,42,10,10, 12,14,0,0,0,18,19,21,20,19,17,23,20,23,18,20,19,24,19,20,14,21,19,19,14,18,12, 16,12,11,11,12,12,14,8,9,7,7,7,11,0,0,0,10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. c4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Nc7 $1 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. a4 d6 9. exd6 exd6 10. d4 Be7 11. dxc5 Nxb5 12. axb5 dxc5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Be3 Be6 15. b3 Kc7 16. Bf4+ Kb6 17. Bd2 Kc7 18. Bc3 Bf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Kd2 Kb6 21. Kc3 Rad8 22. Rhd1 Rhg8 {Paravyan, D (2589)-Abasov,N (2646) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (63)}) ({RR} 8. a4 a6 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. O-O g6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bg7 13. Bg5 d6 14. exd6 Bxd4 15. dxc7 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Bf5 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Bb6 O-O 19. Rd8 Bf6 20. Rfd1 e5 21. R1d6 Be6 22. c5 Kg7 {Paravyan,D (2612)-Meshkovs,N (2532) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 8... d5 9. exd6 $146 {White has an edge.} ({RR} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qc4 Nxc3 12. dxc3 e6 13. Be3 a6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. a4 h6 16. O-O Be7 17. Qg4 g6 18. Nd2 Qxe5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Nb6 Qd8 22. a5 O-O 23. Bxh6 Qd3 {Haussernot,C (2144)-Dimitrijevic,A (2139) Marmaris TUR 2019 1/2-1/2}) ({RR} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qc4 Nxc3 12. dxc3 e6 13. Be3 a6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. a4 h6 16. O-O Be7 17. Qg4 g6 18. Nd2 Qxe5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Nb6 Qd8 22. a5 O-O 23. Bxh6 Qd3 {Haussernot,C (2144)-Dimitrijevic,A (2139) Marmaris TUR 2019 1/2-1/2}) 9... exd6 (9... Qxd6 {is more complex.} 10. O-O g6 11. b4 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O) 10. d4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Be3 Nc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. Qd3 Bh4 17. Rae1 Re8 18. Re4 f5 19. Re2 Qd7 { 1-0 (31) Hoogkamer,M (1767)-Van Rooijen,M (1785) ICCF email 2015}) 14. h3 Bf5 15. Re1 Re8 16. Qd2 d5 17. cxd5 c4 $1 18. Bf4 {[#] And now Rxe7! would win.} Nxd5 19. Re5 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qd7 21. Qxc4 Rac8 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 Be4 24. d5 a6 25. Rxb7 {With the idea Re1.} Bxd5 26. Rd7 Be6 {The position is equal.} 27. Ra7 (27. Rb7) (27. Rd2 {seems wilder.} Red8 28. Nd4 Bd5 29. Nf5 Bb4 30. Rdd1) 27... Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. a3 h6 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Be5 Rd5 32. Bc3 Bc5 33. Ne5 Kh7 34. Nf3 Bd7 35. Re5 Rd1+ 36. Re1 Rd5 37. Re5 Rd1+ 38. Re1 Rd5 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 86% Pretas 86%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 97% Pretas 97%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 97.5% Pretas 97.9%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.05"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2747"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 9,90,86,78,72,98,91,81,66,61,10,12,11,12,7,0,8,18,-18,-5,-1,-5,-48,-48, -52,-52,-47,-48,-54,-50,-69,38,-69,-66,-61,-55,-38,-57,-59,-66,-109,-117,-118, -125,-108,-112,-117,-5,-4,-17,-137,-63,-56,-36,-38,-39,-141,-131,-186,-151, -329,-330,-429,-428,-414,-401,-396,-396,-389,-395,-420,-408,-408,-407,-465, -458,-492,-492,-489,-489,-454,-452,-485,-485]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Be7 was best.} (4... Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3) 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann.} b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Nxd4 {White is better.} Bb7 9. Nxf5 $6 { Inaccuracy. O-O was best.} (9. O-O c5 $1 10. Nxf5 c4 11. Nc3 Qb6 $1 12. Nd5 Qc6 $1 13. Nf4 $1 O-O-O 14. a4 g5 15. Nd4 Qb6) 9... Nxb3 10. axb3 d6 $1 11. Qe2 $146 {Threatening 0-0.} ({Predecessor:} 11. exd6 Qd7 12. Ne3 Bxd6 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Nh6 15. Qe2 Rhf8 16. Bd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {0-1 (35) Ernst,T (2298) -Muntean,V (2067) Karlstad 2023}) ({RR} 11. exd6 Qd7 12. Ne3 Bxd6 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Nh6 15. Qe2 Rhf8 16. Bd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qc6 18. Bc3 Rxf3 19. O-O-O Re8 20. Bxg7 Ng4 21. Rhf1 Re7 22. Bd4 Nxh2 23. Rg1 h5 24. Rg8+ Kb7 25. Rh8 Ng4 { Ernst,T (2298)-Muntean,V (2067) Karlstad SWE 2023 0-1 (35)}) 11... Qd7 12. e6 Qc6 13. Bg5 {Nxg7+! would kill now.} g6 {Threatens to win with ...h6.} 14. Ne3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} h6 15. Bf4 Ne7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 16. c4 b4 17. Qg4 Qc5 18. O-O Bg7 19. Nd2 O-O-O $6 {Inaccuracy. O-O was best.} (19... O-O) (19... O-O $15) 20. h4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rfe1 was best.} (20. Rfe1 {20.Nd5 0.72} Rde8 21. Rad1 Kb8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Nc4 Qh5 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. Bd2 Rhg8) (20. Nd5 $14 Nxd5 21. e7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} (21. cxd5 h5 $14) 21... Rd7 22. cxd5) 20... Rde8 21. Rad1 Bxb2 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. e7+ Kb8 25. Be3 Qb5 26. Nc4 Bc3 27. Bd4 Rhg8 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rh7 was best.} (27... Rh7 28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. Qxg6 Rhxe7 30. Qxd6+ Ka8 31. Bxc3 Bxg2 $1 32. Kxg2 bxc3 33. Rd3 Rg7+ 34. Rg3) ({Better is} 27... Rh7 $17 28. Bxc3 bxc3) 28. Bxc3 $1 $11 bxc3 29. Qd4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Na3 was best.} (29. Na3 $1) (29. Na3 $1 $11 Qb7 30. Rd4) 29... Bb7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ba8 was best.} (29... Ba8 30. Qf6 Qd7 31. Rfe1 g5 32. h5 g4 ({Black should try } 32... Qc6 {[%csl Ga8][%CAl Rc6g2]} 33. Ne3 Bb7) 33. Re6 (33. Qxc3 $17 { might work better.} Rxe7 34. Qb4+ Ka7 35. Ne5) 33... c2 34. Rc1 Rg7 $1 35. Rxc2 Rgxe7 36. Rxe7) (29... Ba8 $1 $17 30. Rfe1 Qb7) 30. Qxc3 $15 Rxe7 31. Na5 $1 Re5 32. b4 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nxb7 was best.} (32. Nxb7 Qxb7 33. Rd4 g5 34. Rb4 Rb5 35. Rxb5 Qxb5 36. h5 g4 37. g3 Rf8 38. Qg7 Rf5) (32. Nxb7 $15 Qxb7 33. Rfe1 ) 32... g5 33. h5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rc1 was best.} (33. Rc1) 33... g4 34. Rfe1 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nxb7 was best.} (34. Nxb7 Qxb7 35. Qc4 Reg5 $1 36. g3 Qb5 37. Qf7 R8g7 38. Qf8+ {[#]} Kb7 $1 39. Ra1 Qf5 (39... Rg8 $17 40. Qe7 Re8) 40. Qe8 Qe5) (34. Rc1 $17 Qb6 35. Nxb7 Qxb7 36. Qc4) 34... g3 $19 {( -> ...gxf2+)} (34... Rxh5 $2 35. Nxb7 Qxb7 36. Re7 $17) 35. Nxb7 $2 {Mistake. Rxe5 was best. And now Rxe5 would win.} (35. Rxe5 gxf2+ 36. Kxf2 dxe5 37. Nxb7 Qxb7 38. g3 {[#]} Rf8+ $1 39. Kg1 Qb6+ 40. Kh1 Rf5 41. Rd8+ Kb7) 35... gxf2+ ({Don't take} 35... Qxb7 36. Qf3 $19) ({Not} 35... Kxb7 36. Rxe5 Qxe5 37. Qxe5 $17) 36. Kxf2 { Hoping for Rxe5.} Qxb7 {[%csl Gg8][%CAl Rb7g2]} 37. Qf3 Reg5 38. Qxb7+ Kxb7 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 39. g4 Rxg4 40. Re6 Rh4 41. Rxh6 Rg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Rh7 Rhxh5 43. Rd7 Kc8 44. Re7 Re5 45. Rg7 Rhf5+ { Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 63% Pretas 83%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 91% Pretas 95%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 87.6% Pretas 95.2%.} 0-1