[Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"] [Site "Miami USA"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R.."] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2022.08.15"] {[%evp 0,94,5,7,47,-9,-12,-7,-5,-5,1,0,38,23,45,20,39,30,19,18,53,79,79,63,69, 65,34,19,30,-2,20,27,29,6,-5,-25,-38,-62,-46,-51,-70,-53,-68,-68,-70,-47,-47, -58,-44,-50,-7,-78,-63,-98,-99,-94,-99,-101,-126,-125,-128,-132,-94,-68,-103, -110,-110,-117,-111,-107,-109,-115,-86,-128,-86,-86,-104,-148,-153,-153,-164, -161,-164,-175,-196,-180,-190,-199,-197,-239,-232,-254,-254,-299,-318,-318, -311]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nb4 6. Na3 Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qa4 Qd7 9. b4 Ne5 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. Nb5 Kd8 12. Ne5 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e4 c6 15. Na3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 $2 (16. Nc4 $1 $16 f5 $6 17. f3 $16 {/+- Black's fragile structure isn't adequately compensated by the extra pawn.}) 16... Ngf6 17. Bg2 Nd5 $15 18. Bd2 a5 19. Nc4 axb4 20. cxb4 Bxb4 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Rab1 Ra4 23. Nd6 Ke7 24. Nxb7 Rb8 $2 (24... Rc8 $142) 25. Nc5 $2 {Both players missed a nice tactical trick.} (25. Rxb4 $1 Rxb4 26. Na5) 25... Rxa2 $19 { The rest is all Duda.} 26. Rfc1 Nxc5 27. dxc5 Raa8 28. h4 Nd5 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Ra1 Kd7 31. Bf1 Rb2 32. Ra5 Rc2 33. Bd3 Rc3 34. Be2 Ke7 35. Kg2 f5 36. Ba6 Nc7 37. Bb7 Kd7 38. Kg1 e5 39. Kg2 e4 40. Ba6 Ne6 41. Bf1 Ke7 42. Ra4 Kf6 43. Rb4 Nxc5 44. Rb8 Rc2 45. Kg1 Nd3 46. Rf8+ Ke7 47. Rg8 Kf7 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"] [Site "Miami USA"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2864"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2022.08.15"] {[%evp 0,71,21,23,76,60,60,45,109,42,66,57,101,90,64,60,51,58,56,42,32,37,36, 36,36,49,72,54,74,44,80,20,84,59,59,83,113,95,166,84,112,82,152,168,139,139, 278,278,266,266,266,241,245,262,365,287,264,281,310,305,305,303,303,303,340, 322,345,350,358,348,348,359,478,485]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Qa5 $5 { It does stop 4.d4, but is it worth it?} 4. Be2 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bf5 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. O-O Nd7 8. d4 e6 9. Nh4 (9. a4 $142 $16) 9... Bd6 (9... Qc7 $142) 10. c4 Qd8 $2 11. Nxg6 $2 (11. d5 $3 {was even better here.} Qxh4 12. dxe6 Qe7 $8 13. exd7+ Qxd7 14. Re1 $18) 11... hxg6 12. d5 Qh4 13. h3 exd5 $2 {Getting into trouble all over again.} (13... cxd5 $142 14. cxd5 e5 $14) 14. cxd5 c5 15. a4 (15. Bg4 $1 $18) 15... a5 $2 16. Bb5 $18 {The rest of the game is a party for Firouzja, with Carlsen playing the role of a piñata.} Ngf6 17. Re1+ Kd8 18. Ra3 $1 { Watch this rook.} Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 20. Rc3 $1 Kd8 21. Rc4 $1 Qh8 {It is because the queen is more valuable than the rook that she proves so much weaker than her opponent here.} 22. Bg5 Nb6 23. Rh4 $1 Qf8 24. Ne4 Kc8 25. Nxf6 gxf6 26. Bxf6 {With unstoppable "mate" of the queen coming (Rh8).} Kc7 27. Qd2 Qc8 28. Rh7 $1 {Luring the queen to the defense of the f-pawn, when she will be trapped.} Qg8 29. Rh8 {The rook has had quite a career.} Qxh8 30. Bxh8 Rxh8 31. Qxa5 Rh4 32. Qe1 Nd7 33. g3 Rh8 34. Qa5+ Nb6 35. Qc3 Rxh3 36. Qg7 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"] [Site "Miami USA"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2022.08.15"] {[%evp 0,92,26,23,40,31,28,20,20,17,14,17,17,2,-9,-13,-10,-12,-17,-20,5,5,-6,6, 1,-15,4,1,-1,16,63,9,33,13,8,9,17,3,13,-13,23,35,35,-35,19,-89,-57,-83,-35,-74, -44,-120,-26,-110,-112,-123,0,-97,132,0,0,-340,-340,-458,-515,-759,-720,-759, -810,-810,-452,-452,-496,-447,-421,-500,-477,-477,-580,-588,-652,-644,-698, -703,-712,-753,-582,-664,-664,-733,-733,-809,-669,-857,-668]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Ba4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Nh5 15. Nf1 Nhf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Bc2 c5 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Ng3 cxd4 21. Bd3 Re8 22. Ng5 {I will leave the analysis to you, but wanted to highlight this game. In particular, it's good to see, every once in a while, that a player who throws the kitchen sink into the attack doesn't always win; sometimes, the defense has its day. Giri goes after Le, hammer and tongs, and while the attack looked terrifying it didn't succeed.} Bd7 23. f4 f6 24. e6 Ba4 25. Nxh7 Bxd1 26. Bxg6 Bc2 27. f5 Qd6 28. Nh5 Qb4 29. N5xf6+ Kh8 30. Ng5 gxf6 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Qf2 d3 33. Qxa7 Qxe1+ 34. Kh2 Re7 35. Qd4 Kg7 36. Bh5 Rxf7 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. exf7 Qe5+ 39. Kh1 Ke7 40. f8=Q+ Kxf8 41. Qg6 Rc7 42. Qh6+ Ke7 43. Qg7+ Kd6 44. Qf8+ Kc6 45. b4 Qe7 46. Qa8 Qxb4 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"] [Site "Miami USA"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2864"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2022.08.15"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 {This is by no means an unknown position, so it was surprising to see how much time the players had used getting to this point. Here Firouzja thought for several minutes before choosing one of the two standard replies (the other is 11...Bf8).} Ng4 12. Bf4 Nf8 {Almost a novelty. Black generally castles, and his results with that move have been fine.} (12... O-O 13. h3 Ngf6 14. O-O Re8 {etc.}) 13. h4 $5 $146 (13. h3 { is the "normal" move, and the move chosen in the earlier game.}) 13... h5 $6 ( 13... Ne6 $142 14. h5 g5 $1 15. Bg3 O-O 16. O-O-O Bd6 {should be entertaining.} ) 14. Ng5 $14 {/+/- So much for Black's intended ...Ne6.} Qd7 $6 (14... Bd6 $1 15. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 16. Qb5+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Bxd6 f6 $1 (18... Kxd6 $4 19. Nxf7+ Ke7 20. Nxh8 $18) 19. Bxf8 fxg5 20. Bb4 {isn't so bad for Black after} Rac8 $14) 15. f3 Nh6 16. O-O-O {Black is in serious trouble now.} f6 17. Nh3 Nf7 $2 (17... O-O-O) (17... Kf7) 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 $18 {Black's development is very poor and his king is weak. The rest is target practice:} O-O-O 20. d5 c5 21. Qc4 Bd6 22. Ne4 Kb8 23. Rhe1 (23. Nxf6) 23... Bxf4+ 24. Nxf4 Ne5 (24... Nd6) 25. Qc3 Qf5 26. g3 b6 27. Nxf6 Nfd7 28. Nxd7+ Nxd7 29. Re7 Rhe8 30. Rde1 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Nf6 32. Qe5+ Qxe5 33. Rxe5 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"] [Site "Miami USA"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "226"] [EventDate "2022.08.15"] {[%evp 0,226,23,23,27,-20,-9,0,-3,-3,32,44,87,77,44,61,61,61,93,77,67,73,61,37, 41,49,51,41,44,6,7,1,20,24,22,37,18,-5,11,-35,-20,-20,-14,0,0,-20,-20,-4,-4,0, 43,26,22,28,28,-36,-26,7,0,-21,0,0,0,-17,-8,-7,-19,-33,-24,-39,-27,-2,0,0,79, 96,84,27,46,45,32,39,47,48,49,56,51,52,110,105,88,85,85,83,85,102,81,26,0,98, 207,200,207,195,1016,1016,1302,0,0,0,0,0,92,67,71,90,104,120,115,134,134,134, 134,99,99,99,112,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,199,220,255,243,243,243,225,244, 248,252,252,252,248,242,254,220,283,234,234,203,231,231,235,235,231,235,231, 231,231,231,240,237,237,237,243,243,306,327,327,327,316,243,306,306,306,332, 349,332,332,294,240,240,240,240,240,240,240,240,240,240,240,240,240,240,240, 240,240,240,240,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 h6 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Nc5 19. d6 Bxf3 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. gxf3 Qc6 22. Bd5 Qd7 23. Qf4 Rd8 24. Kg2 Kh8 25. Qxf7 Qxd6 26. Bb3 Qb8 27. Re1 Rf8 28. Qg6 Qb7 29. Bd1 Qf7 30. Qxf7 Rxf7 {At this point I assumed that Pragg would hold the draw without any difficulty. I got the first part right, but not the second.} 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Bc2+ g6 33. f4 Kg7 34. Kg3 Rd7 35. Rc8 Rf7 36. h4 Rf8 $6 37. Rxf8 Kxf8 38. f5 $1 gxf5 39. Kf4 Ne6+ 40. Ke5 Ke7 41. Bxf5 {It's still drawish, but it's not dead. One big thing Black has going for him is that if he can swap off White's a-pawn for his queenside pawns, it's a dead draw - he can sac his knight for White's f-pawn and park his king on h8.} Nc7 42. Bd3 b5 43. f4 a5 (43... b4 $142 {was better, allowing the knight to move. (White can't stop ...a5 anyway, so there's no drawback to this move order.)} 44. f5 Ne8 $11) 44. f5 b4 45. f6+ Kf8 46. Bc4 a4 47. Kf5 Ne8 48. Kg6 Nd6 (48... h5 $1 $11) 49. Bd5 Nb5 $2 {Based on a miscalculation that would not have happened at a slower time control.} (49... Ne8 {keeps the game drawn.}) 50. Kxh6 Nc3 51. Be6 Nxa2 52. h5 (52. Bxa2 $4 b3 53. Bb1 a3 $19) 52... b3 53. Kg6 $4 {Duda miscalculates in turn. (The extra question mark is because several moves further along, the calculation should have been sufficiently easy for him to work out the details.)} (53. Kg5 $18 Nc3 54. h6 Ne4+ 55. Kg6 {and the h-pawn will promote.}) 53... Nb4 $1 54. h6 b2 $1 55. Bf5 Nc6 $1 56. h7 Ne5+ {With White's king on g5, this would not have been check, and that would have been the end of the game.} 57. Kh5 Nf7 $8 58. Bb1 Nh8 59. Kg5 Nf7+ 60. Kf5 Nh8 61. Ba2 Ke8 62. Kg5 Kf8 63. Kh6 a3 $8 64. Kg5 Ke8 $8 65. Kf4 Kf8 66. Kf5 Ke8 $8 67. Kg5 Kf8 $2 {Pragg had played perfectly since his error on move 49, finding one only-move after another to reach this drawn ending. Here, however, he makes a subtle mistake that could have cost him the game.} (67... Nf7+ $1 68. Bxf7+ Kxf7 69. h8=Q b1=Q 70. Qg7+ Ke6 71. Qe7+ Kd5 72. Qxa3 Qg1+ 73. Kh6 Ke6 74. Qe7+ Kf5 $11) 68. Kh6 $1 Nf7+ 69. Bxf7 Kxf7 70. h8=Q b1=Q 71. Qg7+ Ke6 72. Qe7+ Kd5 73. Qxa3 {This ending is very similar to what we saw in the last note. The only difference is that White's king is on h6 rather than g5, and it turns out that this makes the decisive difference.} Qh1+ 74. Kg7 Qg2+ 75. Kf7 Ke5 76. Qc5+ Kf4 77. Kf8 Qa8+ 78. Ke7 Qb7+ 79. Ke6 Qe4+ 80. Kd7 Qh7+ 81. Kd6 Qd3+ 82. Qd5 Qa3+ 83. Kd7 Qa7+ 84. Ke6 Qe3+ 85. Kf7 Qa7+ 86. Kg8 Qb8+ 87. Kg7 Qb2 88. Kf7 Qa1 89. Qc4+ Kg5 90. Qc5+ Kh6 91. Qe3+ Kh5 92. Ke7 $2 (92. Kg7 {maintained a winning advantage, which is not to say that the rest would be routine without a tablebase at one's elbow - especially with a short time control. In case you're curious, here's what the tablebase gives as best play for both sides, defined as the series of White moves that lead to the fastest mate and the Black moves that avoid mate for as long as possible:} Kg4 93. Qe4+ Kg5 94. Qg6+ Kf4 95. Kh7 Qd4 96. f7 Qd7 97. Qf6+ Ke4 98. Qg7 Qh3+ 99. Kg8 Qe6 100. Kh8 Kd5 101. Qg2+ Kd4 102. f8=Q Qe5+ 103. Qgg7 Qxg7+ 104. Kxg7 {and the rest, just for fun:} Kd3 105. Qc5 Ke4 106. Kg6 Kd3 107. Kf5 Ke2 108. Qc3 Kd1 109. Qb2 Ke1 110. Ke4 Kd1 111. Kf3 Ke1 112. Qc1#) 92... Kg6 $1 {This draws. White can chase Black's king away, but can't keep it away without allowing endless checks.} 93. Qe4+ Kh6 $1 94. Qe3+ Kg6 $1 95. Qe4+ Kh6 $1 96. Qh4+ Kg6 97. Qg4+ Kh6 98. Qh3+ Kg6 $1 99. Qg2+ Kh6 $1 100. Qh2+ Kg6 $1 101. Qg3+ Kh6 $1 102. f7 {Finally. Now the checks begin, and don't end until the conclusion.} Qa7+ 103. Ke6 Qa2+ 104. Kf6 Qa6+ 105. Ke5 Qa5+ 106. Ke4 Qa8+ 107. Kf5 Qc8+ 108. Kf6 Qa6+ 109. Ke7 Qa7+ 110. Ke8 Qa8+ 111. Kd7 Qa7+ 112. Ke6 Qa2+ 113. Kf6 Qa6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"] [Site "Miami USA"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2864"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2022.08.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. c3 a6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. Re1 b5 10. Bd5 Qc7 11. Nbd2 d6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nf1 Nxd5 14. exd5 Na7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 c4 17. Bf4 Bf5 18. Ng3 Bd3 19. Nd2 b4 $2 {For a computer, this would deserve two question marks, but for humans one is more than enough. What could be wrong with this natural move, clearing b5 for the knight and looking to keep pushing the queenside pawns?} (19... Qd7 $17) 20. Nde4 $2 (20. Nxc4 $3 {A very easy move to miss.} Bxc4 21. Nf5 $1 {Black has so many targets, most obviously if White somehow gets to play Bxd6, that his extra piece will not save him.} Bf6 (21... Nc8 22. Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 23. Bxd6 Qd7 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Nc6 $18) 22. Bxd6 Qb7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Nd6 $1 {The Black queen is overloaded, and White should win with his extra exchange after} Qxd5 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 26. Rxa7 Bxd4 27. Rb7 Bxb2 28. Qd6 $1 Qc8 $1 (28... Bc3 $4 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rb8+ Qc8 31. Rxc8#) 29. Qd5 $1 $18 (29. Qxb4 $4 Bc3 $19)) 20... Qd7 $17 {Black is still clearly better, but after various adventures Firouzja escaped.} 21. Qh5 f5 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxa7 Qh6 25. Qd1 Rfe8 26. Rae7 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Qd6 28. Re5 b3 29. Qe1 h6 30. h4 Qb4 31. Qe3 f4 32. Qxf4 c3 33. Re7 Qxe7 34. Qxb8+ Qf8 35. Qxb3 c2 36. Ne2 Bxe2 37. d6+ Kh8 38. Qxc2 Bb5 39. Qc5 Bd7 40. b4 Qe8 41. Qe5 Qg6 42. Kh2 Qb1 43. Qe7 Qf5 44. Kg1 Qb1+ 45. Kh2 Qf5 46. Kg1 Qb1+ 47. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"] [Site "Miami USA"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2022.08.15"] {[%evp 0,88,23,-4,-12,-12,-28,-21,-6,-18,-22,-31,9,-11,0,-72,-28,-39,14,5,-6, -29,-38,-8,-18,-27,-16,-16,-4,-7,-16,-109,-61,-88,-85,-97,-83,-83,-97,-87,-68, -62,-47,-52,-43,-36,-29,-58,-33,-12,24,-25,0,-46,-47,-45,-58,-55,-50,-50,-56, -97,-58,-58,-77,-66,-41,-147,-123,-115,-110,-285,-374,-367,-284,-374,-284,-659, -237,-201,-248,-262,-265,-280,-287,-306,-306,-324,-325,-430,-430]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 {Why fiddle around with such an opening in a situation where a draw wins the match? It is weird to immediately give Black a fine and complicated position from the start.} Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 a5 8. Nf4 Na6 9. Be2 Nc5 10. Qd1 a4 11. O-O c6 $17 {White's position is already quite poor.} 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Qc2 d6 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Nb1 g6 16. Bc3 Bf5 $19 17. Nd3 Nfe4 18. Bb4 Qg5 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Be4 21. g3 Nb3 22. Qe1 Rad8 23. Bc3 d5 $2 (23... Qf5 $142 $19) 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Ne5 $15 Re6 26. Bd3 $2 ( 26. f4) 26... Bxd3 27. Nxd3 d4 $19 28. Nf4 Ree8 $2 (28... dxc3 $1 29. Nxe6 Rxd1 $1 30. Qxd1 fxe6 31. bxc3 Qd5 $19 {would have been hopeless for White.}) 29. Bb4 dxe3 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. fxe3 Bxb4 32. Qxb4 Nd2 $6 (32... Rxe3 $19) 33. Rc1 $2 (33. Rf2 $17) 33... Rxe3 $19 34. Kh1 Nf3 35. Kg2 Rb3 36. Qc4 Qd2+ 37. Ne2 Re3 38. Rc3 Qxe2+ 39. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 40. Kxf3 Rxb2 41. Rc7 Rxh2 42. Rxb7 Ra2 43. Kf4 Rxa3 44. g4 Ra1 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"] [Site "Miami USA"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2864"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2022.08.15"] {[%evp 0,104,20,20,27,-3,-3,-6,-6,-34,-45,-19,22,10,18,-5,21,0,10,16,35,-11, -22,-2,-2,11,14,-3,9,4,22,14,16,21,16,16,16,15,13,21,21,20,27,42,25,23,18,30, 49,49,49,51,48,51,51,51,62,55,52,58,81,81,69,66,62,13,13,13,12,10,10,13,12,10, 14,12,10,27,29,31,20,11,26,29,32,36,36,36,36,26,26,7,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Ncxe7 10. Ne5 b5 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Nd3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Qc8 15. Nc5 Bc6 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qxc3 Ne7 20. Nd3 c6 21. Qc5 Qb7 22. Ra5 h6 23. Qa3 Nd5 24. Nc5 Qb6 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Qxa6 Qxa6 27. Nxa6 Rc8 28. Kg2 Kf8 29. Kf3 Ke7 30. e4 Nb6 31. Nb4 Kd6 32. e5+ Kd7 33. Ke2 Nd5 34. Nxd5 cxd5 35. Rxc8 Kxc8 36. Kf3 Kd7 37. Kg4 Ke7 38. Kh5 Kf8 39. f4 Kg8 40. Kg4 b4 41. f5 g6 42. f6 Kf8 43. Kh4 Kg8 44. g4 Kf8 45. g5 h5 46. Kg3 Ke8 47. h4 {Why did the game continue from here? Are the anti-drawing rules so strict that even in a position where there is no legal way to win or lose, even if one wants to, the players cannot agree to a draw? And what would happen if a player ran out of time here? Is it really possible to be forfeited when a loss on the board is absolutely impossible?} Kd7 48. Kh2 Kc6 49. Kh1 Kc7 50. Kh2 Kc6 51. Kh1 Kc7 52. Kh2 Kc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"] [Site "Miami USA"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2864"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2022.08.15"] {[%evp 0,95,20,-6,-12,-71,-34,-66,-51,-51,-42,-55,-37,-37,6,-1,26,18,-8,-8,30, 25,36,12,-17,-34,-25,-1,107,107,85,31,36,42,64,40,101,71,85,48,117,115,129,128, 131,120,122,115,127,106,141,95,117,121,120,163,151,134,134,92,166,112,149,131, 131,131,286,160,356,458,373,518,560,553,776,782,791,834,833,860,879,881,1179, 1179,1179,1377,1865,902,1791,872,884,902,1564,1430,29979,29980,29991,29992]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O a5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 a4 10. e3 a3 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nb3 axb2 13. Bxb2 Be6 $4 {Strange on many levels. Black gives up the bishop pair, leaving White with a monster bishop on b2, while simultaneously ruining his queenside majority.} (13... Ba3 $11) 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Ne2 $18 Nbd7 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. a4 Ra6 18. Rfb1 Rea8 19. Bc3 R6a7 20. a5 Ne8 21. Qd3 Ndf6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Rd1 Nc7 24. e4 Na6 25. e5 Ne8 26. f4 Nb4 27. f5 $1 {How Firouzja managed to last another 21 moves is simply amazing. } Qe7 28. Qd7 Qg5 29. e6 fxe6 30. fxe6 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 b6 32. axb6 (32. Bxb4 { was even stronger.} Rxd7 (32... cxb4 33. axb6 $1 Rxd7 (33... Rxa1 $2 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qf8#) 34. exd7 Rb8 35. Re1 $18) 33. exd7 Rd8 34. Re1 $1 Qxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Rxd7 36. axb6 $18) 32... Nd3 $1 {A beautiful try, hoping to deliver smothered mate. White has only one way to secure a clearly winning advantage.} (32... Rxd7 33. exd7 Nd3 $1 34. Rf1 $1 Rb8 35. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 36. Bxc6 $18) 33. Qxd3 $1 Qxd3 34. bxa7 $1 Qxc3 35. Bxc6 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Qxc4 37. Ra8 g6 38. Rxe8+ Kg7 39. e7 Qe2 40. Rg8+ Kh6 41. e8=Q Qxd1+ 42. Kg2 Qc2+ 43. Kf3 (43. Kh3 {was possible (and slightly faster):} Qf5+ 44. g4 Qf1+ 45. Kg3 Qd3+ (45... Qg1+ 46. Bg2 $18 { ends the (safe) checks.}) 46. Kh4 g5+ 47. Rxg5 $18 {and Black's counterplay is over.}) 43... Qf5+ 44. Ke3 Qg5+ 45. Ke2 Qg4+ 46. Bf3 Qc4+ 47. Kf2 Qa2+ 48. Be2 {The checks are finished and there are no stalemate tricks, so it's time to resign.} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"] [Site "Miami USA"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R.."] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2022.08.15"] {[%evp 0,110,20,20,20,-7,14,23,23,15,21,-51,21,8,17,-7,-10,5,32,-23,7,12,18,-6, 33,37,52,42,31,56,64,13,17,13,23,7,9,-3,2,6,10,0,10,22,24,0,0,13,35,12,8,-1,74, 67,54,54,60,26,23,30,36,32,29,29,29,38,38,23,30,19,38,35,35,2,4,0,0,-6,-10,-3, 75,77,88,76,73,95,117,113,113,113,113,99,111,112,112,59,52,52,93,112,126,146, 145,146,142,130,128,127,118,142,136,-29999,-30000]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. d4 Ng4 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Bh3 14. Rc1 Nxe5 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. f3 b6 18. Bb7 Rb8 19. Ba6 h5 20. Kf2 Kf8 21. Rac1 Be6 22. b3 Nc6 23. Bb5 Nd4 24. Ba6 Nc6 25. Bb5 Nb4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. a3 a6 28. axb4 axb5 29. Nxb5 Bxb3 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Rc7 Ba4 32. Nc3 Bb3 33. Ke3 f6 34. Nb5 Ke8 35. Nd4 Bd5 36. Kd3 Kd8 37. Ra7 Rc8 38. e4 Bc4+ 39. Kd2 b5 40. Ra5 Bf1 41. Nxb5 Bg2 42. Ke3 Rc1 43. Ra8+ Kd7 44. Ra7+ Kd8 45. Nd4 e5 46. Ne6+ Kc8 47. Nc5 Rc3+ 48. Kf2 Bxf3 49. Ra6 Kb8 50. Rb6+ Ka7 51. Ra6+ Kb8 52. Rxf6 Bg4 53. Rxg6 Rc2+ 54. Ke3 Rxh2 55. Nd3 $4 {Oh dear.} (55. b5 $1 Rb2 (55... Rc2 56. Rc6 $18) 56. b6 Rb5 57. Rc6 ( 57. Rg8+ Bc8 58. Nd3 Rxb6 59. Nxe5 $18) 57... Bc8 58. Kd3 $18) (55. Kd3 $18) 55... Re2# 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"] [Site "Miami USA"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2022.08.15"] {[%evp 0,87,20,20,27,-5,2,-6,35,-45,-35,-20,-20,-36,-50,-65,-64,-81,-48,-64, -64,-80,-72,-114,-99,-87,-62,-68,-69,-69,-75,-66,-52,-75,-37,-26,-20,-17,-17, -23,-37,-37,-29,-29,41,18,37,62,65,21,35,31,30,40,40,39,97,96,100,108,110,119, 119,114,129,119,139,138,135,138,138,138,182,181,209,175,225,152,159,139,302, 324,325,341,344,344,344,374,403,412]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 5. dxc5 {Again, a weird choice for a game where Black must do everything possible to play for a win.} e5 6. e3 $6 Bxc5 7. a3 $6 Nc6 $17 8. c4 $6 d4 9. Nb3 Bb6 (9... Qb6 $142) 10. c5 dxe3 11. Qxd8+ $6 Bxd8 12. fxe3 $17 {/-+ White is already nearly lost, with a poor structure and facing Black's bishop pair. Fortunately for Duda, Pragg didn't manage to make anything of the advantage, possibly still deflated from the previous game, and even lost in the end. But what a bizarre opening by White.} Be7 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Bc4 Rg8 15. Kf2 a5 16. Nf3 a4 17. Nbd2 Ra5 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. cxd6 Kd7 21. Rhd1 f6 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. b4 Raa8 24. Bb5 Kxd6 25. Ne4+ Ke7 26. Nc5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Nd8 28. Nxe6 Kxe6 29. Bd7+ Ke7 30. Bxf5 Ne6 31. Bxh7 Rc8 32. h4 Rc3 33. Rd3 Rc2+ 34. Kf3 Rc1 35. Bf5 Nf8 36. g4 Rh1 37. h5 Ne6 38. Rc3 Ng5+ 39. Kg2 Ra1 40. h6 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Ra1 42. h7 Rh1 43. Kg2 Rh4 44. Rc7+ 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"] [Site "Miami USA"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2864"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "156"] [EventDate "2022.08.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Nge7 8. Re1 O-O 9. a4 Rb8 10. d3 Ng6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nbd2 d6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Bd5 Qd7 16. Ra6 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd8 18. Qb3 f5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. d6+ c4 $6 (20... Nf7 21. dxe7 Qxe7 $11) 21. Nxc4 $1 $16 {Despite having thought for a long time (by blitz standards), Carlsen somehow missed this tactic. Now he's in trouble, and it gets worse.} bxc4 22. Qxb8 Nf7 23. Qb4 Nxd6 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 cxd3 26. Qd4 Rd8 27. Qxd3 Ne4 28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. g4 $18 h5 30. gxf5 Ng5 31. Kg2 h4 32. h3 Bf6 33. Re2 Rd5 34. c4 Rxf5 35. b4 Rf4 36. Rc6 Nf3 37. b5 Nd4 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Re3 Nc2 40. Re2 Nd4 41. Ree8 Nf5 42. Re1 Bd4 43. Re2 Nd6 44. Rc6 Nf7 45. b6 Ne5 46. Rc8 Bxb6 47. c5 Bxc5 48. Rxc5 Nd7 49. Rg5 Kh6 50. Rg4 Rxg4+ 51. hxg4 {It's not yet a trivial win in a blitz game, but in a slow or even a rapid game Black would resign here, or at most in a couple of moves.} Kg5 52. Kf3 (52. Kh3 $142) 52... Kf6 53. Ra2 $2 (53. Kf4 $142) 53... Ne5+ 54. Kf4 $4 ( 54. Ke4 {is still winning, but this is not obvious when the players are practically down to the increment.} Nxg4 55. Kf4 Nh6 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Kg5 h3 58. Ra3 h2 59. Rh3 $18 {maintains the winning advantage.}) 54... g5+ {White loses the g-pawn here as well, but won't win one of Black's pawns in return.} 55. Ke4 Nxg4 56. Ra6+ Kg7 57. Kf5 (57. f3 {was worth trying, as only} Nh6 $8 { maintains an objectively drawn position.}) 57... Nxf2 {Now it's a draw unless White can trap Black's knight, and this proves impossible.} 58. Ra2 Nh3 { The knight will escape and reach the king's protection after ...Nf4.} 59. Ra7+ Kh6 60. Ra6+ Kh5 61. Ra8 Kh6 62. Rh8+ Kg7 63. Rh5 Kf7 64. Rh7+ Ke8 65. Rh6 Nf4 66. Kxg5 Nd5 67. Kf5 Kd7 68. Ke5 Nc7 {From here, the draw is trivial.} 69. Rxh4 Kc6 70. Rc4+ Kd7 71. Rc1 Nb5 72. Rb1 Kc6 73. Rh1 Nc7 74. Rh8 Kd7 75. Rh7+ Kc6 76. Rh6+ Kd7 77. Rb6 Ne8 78. Rb7+ Nc7 1/2-1/2