[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
{[%evp 14,82,50,48,46,48,49,48,51,47,53,56,60,44,42,47,31,28,33,31,36,29,51,23,
22,25,47,45,46,25,32,32,117,127,155,150,149,142,148,145,153,90,166,41,80,22,26,
19,20,8,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,10,9,10,11,41,7,11]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5 a6 8. Ba4 b5 {B56: Classical
Sicilian: Unusual Lines.} 9. Bb3 Nc5 10. Bg5 Bxf5 $1 {White is slightly better.
} 11. exf5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O ({RR} 13. Qd5 O-O 14. Ne4 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Qb4
16. Kf3 Be7 17. Rhd1 Rac8 18. c3 Qxe4+ 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Kxe4 Rfd8 21. Rd3 Kf8
22. Rad1 a5 23. a3 Rc7 24. Rd5 Rb8 25. g3 Rb6 26. h4 Rcc6 27. R5d3 Bd8 {
Anton Guijarro,D (2679)-Harikrishna,P (2732) Wijk aan Zee NED 2021 1/2-1/2 (45)
}) ({RR} 13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Qe2 O-O 15. O-O-O e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Re8 18.
Qd3 Qb6 19. Rhf1 a5 20. Kb1 a4 21. g4 h6 22. Rfe1 Qxf2 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bc6
Re1 25. a3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qxh2 27. c3 Qe5 {Sahib,S (2397)-Spasov,V (2481)
Pozarevac SRB 2023 1/2-1/2}) 13... e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. Nd5 e4
15. c3 Re8 16. Bc2 Re5 17. f4 exf3 18. Qxf3 Rc8 19. Rad1 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (42)
Zambrana,O (2386)-Ferrufino,B (1905) Santa Cruz 2023}) ({RR} 13... O-O 14. Nd5
Nd7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nb6 17. Ra5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Be7 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qf3 Kg7
21. Rfd1 gxf5 22. Qxf5 Qc8 23. Qh5 f5 24. R5d3 f4 25. Bd5 Rf5 26. Qh3 Rg5 27.
Bxa8 Qxa8 28. Rd5 {Volokitin,A (2347)-Nesterov,G Alushta 2000 1-0 (42)}) ({RR}
13... O-O 14. Nd5 e4 15. c3 a5 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Qxb5 a4 18. Bc2 Rb8 19. Qc4 Rxb2
20. Bxa4 Re5 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rab1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 h5 24. Bc2 Qxf5 25. f3 Qg5
26. Kh1 Qe7 27. fxe4 d5 28. Qe2 {Lacasa Diaz,J (2411)-Vernay,C (2293) Salou
2006 1/2-1/2 (53)}) 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Re1 O-O $1 {Hoping for ... Nc5.} 16. Rxe4
$40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Qd5 Rc8 19. Qb7
Rc5 20. Qxa6 Rxf5 21. Rd1 d5 22. Rb4 Bc3 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best.} (22...
Qe7) (22... Qe7 $14 23. Qxb5 Rd8) 23. Rxb5 $16 Rxf2 24. Rbxd5 ({And not} 24.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Be5 $11) 24... Qh4 25. Qd3 Rf6 {[#]} 26. g3 $1 {
[%CAl Rg3h4]} Qb4 {[#]} 27. Kg2 (27. Rf1 $142 $1) 27... Bb2 (27... g6 $16) 28.
Rf5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rf1 was best.} (28. Rf1 Rxf1) ({White should try} 28. Rd7
$18) 28... g6 29. Rxf6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rb5 was best.} (29. Rb5) (29. Rb5 $16
Qg4 30. h3) 29... Bxf6 $11 30. Qf3 Qe7 $1 31. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]}
Kg7 32. a5 Ra8 33. Rd5 Ra7 34. Rb5 Qd8 35. Rd5 Qc7 36. h4 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Qxa5
38. Qb7 Qd8 39. Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Kh3 Qe7 41. Qc4 Qe3 {Precisão Chessbase:
Brancas 72% Pretas 76%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 96% Pretas 96%.
Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 97.1% Pretas 97.5%.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
{[%evp 10,67,6,8,28,27,28,9,13,13,11,11,9,19,20,-6,-9,-23,-21,-24,-20,-22,-20,
-25,-23,-21,-21,-21,-21,-22,-8,-22,-21,-22,-16,-21,-22,-19,-21,-21,-24,-20,0,
-22,-17,-17,-14,-16,-14,-14,-17,-19,-16,-18,-17,-16,-16,-18,0,-16]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 {D53: Queen's Gambit
Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations.} 7. Bxc4 c5 8. Nf3 ({RR} 8. dxc5 Qxd1+
9. Rxd1 Nbd7 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nc7 Rb8 12. Bg3 Nxc5 13. Ne8 Ra8 14. Nc7 Rb8 15.
Nb5 Ra8 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 (17) So,W (2752)-Carlsen,M (2830) Toronto
CAN 2023}) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 $146 ({RR} 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8 12.
g4 Nc6 13. g5 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 hxg5 15. Bxg5 b5 16. Bb3 b4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe7
Re8 19. Bh4 Bc6 20. Rg1 e5 21. Qh5 {1-0 (21) Nisipeanu,L (2652)-Fressinet,L
(2630) Augsburg GER 2022}) ({RR} 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Nxc6
Bxc6 13. e4 Rc8 14. Kb1 Qb4 15. Rd4 Qc5 16. Rhd1 a6 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7
19. f4 Rhd8 20. Qg4 Nb6 21. Qh4+ f6 22. exf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Fang,Y (2440)
-Zawadzka,J (2347) Rhodes GRE 2023 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 a6
11. Be2 b5 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Ke7 17.
Nxf6 Kxf6 18. Ke2 Rd8 19. Rc2 Rbd7 20. Rhc1 g6 21. Rc7 Ke7 22. Rxd7+ Rxd7 23.
Rc8 Rd8 {Avramidou,A (2274)-Siddharth,J (2393) chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) 9...
Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 a6 12. Rc1 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5 exd5 16.
Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bxd5 Rc8 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qf4 Nb4 20.
Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Qe5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 {0-1 (53) Malyshev,R (2154)-Stoljarov,D (1983)
Moscow 2009}) 16... Na5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rad8 20. Rcd1 Nxb3
21. Nxb3 Bd5 22. f3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR}
Rc8 25. Rd2 Kf8 {The position is equal.} 26. Re2 Rd8 27. Kf2 Rd4 28. Re4 Rd1
29. Re1 Rd2+ 30. Re2 Rd4 31. Re4 Rd1 32. Re1 Rd2+ 33. Re2 Rd4 34. Re4 {
Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 88% Pretas 96%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas
99% Pretas 99%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 98.7% Pretas 99.2%.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
{[%evp 22,77,15,17,23,-16,9,14,14,14,7,12,28,22,46,14,7,17,28,-5,0,0,0,-18,29,
31,37,18,16,0,-1,-28,-42,-33,-17,-18,24,0,24,35,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5
8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Qe1 Nc5 12. Nbd2 Ne6 {C83: Open Ruy
Lopez: 9 c3 Be7.} 13. Kh1 ({RR} 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Re1 Nf4 15. Qe3 Ng6 16. h3 Bf5
17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 O-O 20. Nf3 Rac8 21. Qb3 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5
23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rfe8 25. Rad1 Rcd8 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Nf4 {Anand,V
(2756)-Santos Latasa,J (2675) Leon ESP 2022 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 13. Qe2 O-O 14.
Re1 Qd7 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qf1 f6 17. h3 Bxh3 18. gxh3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5
Nf4 21. Re3 Bc5 22. Rf3 Qe7 23. Kh1 Ne2 24. Bd1 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Qg5 26. Nb3 Bd6
27. Qg2 Qe5 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2741)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2688) chess.com INT
2023 1-0 (44)}) 13... Bh5 14. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng1 Bg6 15. Bb1 Nf4
16. Qe3 Bg5 17. Ndf3 Bh6 18. Qc5 Ne7 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. a4 {1-0 (35) Dvoirys,S
(2590)-Kummer,H (2321) Oberwart 1999}) ({RR} 14. Ng1 Bg6 15. Bb1 Nf4 16. Qe3
Bg5 17. Ndf3 Bh6 18. Qc5 Ne7 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. a4 Rb8 21. b4 f6 22. axb5 axb5
23. Re1 Bxb1 24. Raxb1 Kf7 25. g3 Bxe5 26. Nxe5+ fxe5 27. Rxe5 Re8 28. Nf3 h6 {
Dvoirys,S (2590)-Kummer,H (2321) Oberwart 1999 1-0 (35)}) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3
Bg5 16. Rg1 Bxc1 17. Nxc1 Qh4 18. Rg4 Qh5 19. Nd3 O-O 20. Qe2 f5 21. exf6 $1
Rxf6 22. f4 Rh6 {[%csl Gh6][%CAl Rh5h2]} 23. f3 $1 Rf8 24. Qf2 Rff6 25. Re1 Qf7
{[%CAl Re6f4]} 26. Qg3 Rh5 27. a4 Rfh6 28. Re2 Rh3 29. Qe1 Rxf3 {[#]} 30. Nc5
$1 {[%mdl 512]} Qh5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nf8 was best.} (30... Nf8 $1 31. axb5) (
30... Nxc5 31. Re8+) 31. Nxe6 $2 {Mistake. Reg2 was best.} (31. Reg2 Ne5 32.
fxe5 Qf7 {[#]} 33. Bd3 $1 Nxc5 34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Qg1 Ne6 36. Rxg7+ Nxg7 37.
Qg5 Rh5) (31. Reg2 $16 Qf7 32. f5 (32. Nxe6 Qxe6 33. Rxg7+ Kf8 $18)) 31... Qxg4
$11 {The position is equal.} 32. Ng5 {[%CAl Re2e8]} Ne5 ({Don't blunder} 32...
Rxf4 $2 33. Re8+ Rf8 {[#]} 34. Qf2 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 33. Rxe5 {[%CAl Re5e8]}
Rxh2+ $1 34. Kxh2 {[%CAl Re5e8]} Qh5+ 35. Kg2 {White threatens Re8+ and mate.}
Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kh1 {[%CAl Re5e8]} Qh5+ 37. Kg2 {
Threatening mate with Re8+.} Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kh1 {[%CAl
Re5e8]} Qh5+ 39. Kg2 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 59% Pretas 71%. Precisão
Lichess.org: Brancas 96% Pretas 96%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 96.7% Pretas
97.0%.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
{[%evp 15,42,25,23,0,0,-6,-6,-9,-1,-7,-3,-45,4,-12,-13,-11,-10,-18,-11,-48,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Ra2 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5
e3.} Ne5 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Rd2 Qe7 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. c5 Bc7 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qc2
Ne5 15. Nd4 Rdc8 16. O-O b6 17. f4 Neg4 18. c6 Nxe3 19. cxd7 Qxd7 20. Qb1 Nxf1
21. Qxf1 b5 22. Kh1 Bb6 23. Qf3 Ra7 24. Nb3 {Fedoseev,V (2696)-Nihal,S (2620)
Belgrade SRB 2021 1/2-1/2 (36)}) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Rd2 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12.
Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Rxd5 Rd8 14. Be2 Bg4 15. O-O Rd7 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. Qc2 h5 18. Rfd1
Ne5 19. Nd4 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Qh4 21. f4 Ng4 22. h3 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 {
Stefanova,A (2435)-Calzetta Ruiz,M (2185) Petrovac MNE 2023 1-0 (33)}) 10. Rd2
Nxf3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. c5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be5 13. Bb2 d4 14.
exd4 Bf4 15. Re2 O-O 16. d5 exd5 {1-0 (31) Sambuev,B (2514)-Bacallao Alonso,Y
(2590) Tornelo INT 2021}) ({RR} 10... Qc7 11. c5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be5 13. Bb2 d4
14. exd4 Bf4 15. Re2 O-O 16. d5 exd5 17. Qd4 Bh6 18. Rg1 Qxh2 19. Rg2 Qh1 20.
Nxd5 Bh3 21. Nxf6+ Kh8 22. Qe4 Bd2+ 23. Kxd2 Bxg2 24. Bxg2 Qh6+ 25. Kc2 {
Sambuev,B (2514)-Bacallao Alonso,Y (2590) Tornelo INT 2021 1-0 (31)}) ({RR}
10... Qc7 11. c5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be5 13. Bb2 d4 14. exd4 Bf4 15. Re2 O-O 16. d5
exd5 17. Qd4 Bh6 18. Rg1 Qxh2 19. Rg2 Qh1 20. Nxd5 Bh3 21. Nxf6+ Kh8 22. Qe4
Bd2+ 23. Kxd2 Bxg2 24. Bxg2 Qh6+ 25. Kc2 {Sambuev,B (2514)-Bacallao Alonso,Y
(2590) Tornelo INT 2021 1-0 (31)}) 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Bb2 a5 13. cxd5 $6 {
Inaccuracy. c5 was best.} (13. c5 Be5 14. Bd3 axb4 15. axb4 b6 16. c6 d4 {[#]}
(16... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. Bb1 (17. f4 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rf4e5]} g6 18.
Be4) 17... Qe7 18. exd4 Bf4 19. b5 Bxd2+) (13. c5 {is more complex.} axb4 14.
axb4 Bb8 15. Rg1 g6 16. f4) 13... e5 $6 {Inaccuracy. axb4 was best.} (13...
axb4 14. axb4) 14. Nb5 {Qa1 is the strong threat.} axb4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. axb4
Qxb4 17. Qc2 Bg4 $6 {[#] Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. Threatens to win with ...
Rfc8.} (17... Re8) 18. Bc3 {The position is equal.} ({Don't blunder} 18. fxg4
$2 Rfc8 $19) 18... Qa3 $1 19. Bb2 Qb4 $1 {aiming for ...Rfc8.} 20. Bc3 ({
Avoid the trap} 20. fxg4 $2 Rfc8 $19) 20... Qa3 $1 21. Bb2 Qb4 $1 {Precisão
Chessbase: Brancas 65% Pretas 85%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 96% Pretas
96%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 97.3% Pretas 97.9%.} 1/2-1/2
