[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
{[%evp 19,87,11,17,12,12,-14,11,15,16,15,12,3,25,26,22,22,30,23,33,17,66,17,21,
3,29,3,14,-4,-7,-7,6,0,8,-19,75,68,77,70,99,94,94,93,94,94,82,86,87,82,65,51,
58,66,45,42,132,144,402,397,404,406,494,494,467,459,29953,29955,910,888,29984,
29985]} 1. e4 {Wedberg,T} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. g4 ({RR} 11. Bf4
Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 ({RR} 12... Bb4 13. Ne4 Be6 14. g4 Bd5 15. gxf5 Bxe4 16. Nd4)
13. Rd3 Be6 ({RR} 13... c5 14. Re1 Be6 15. Bh2 c4 16. Rd2 Bb4 17. Red1 g5) 14.
Rfd1 Kb7 15. b3 g5 16. Bc1 c5 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Bxe7 19. c4 Rag8 ({RR} 19...
a6) 20. Nd2 g4 21. hxg4 Rxg4 22. Nf1 Rhg8 23. Rg3 ({RR} 23. g3 h5) 23... h5 24.
Re1 a6 25. Rxg4 hxg4 {Anand,V (2786)-Topalov,V (2757) Monte Carlo 2005 CBM 105
Extra [Wedberg,T] 1-0 (46)}) 11... Ne7 12. Nh2 $146 ({RR} 12. Bf4 Kc8 13. Bg3
c5 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Nce4 h5 16. f3 Be7 17. c3 b6 18. Nc4 Kb7 19. Ne3 Rae8 20.
Rad1 Be6 21. b3 Bc8 22. Nf5 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bf8 24. Ng5 Bxf5 25. Nxf7 Rh3 26.
gxf5 Re7 {Dudek,R (2320)-Schlindwein,R (2440) Germany 1996 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 12.
Kg2 b6 13. Rd1 Kc8 14. Bf4 c5 15. Nd2 Kb7 16. Nde4 Bc6 17. f3 g5 18. Bg3 Ng6
19. Nf6 Bg7 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. Nce4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Bxf6 23. exf6 Rhe8 24. Ke3 Nf8
25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. h4 Re8 {Maghsoodloo,P (2701)-Alexiadis,H (2285) chess.com
INT 2022 1/2-1/2 (67)}) ({RR} 12. Kg2 Ng6 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Kg3 a5
16. Re2 Kc8 17. h4 b6 18. a3 Bf8 19. h5 Ne7 20. Nh4 c5 21. f4 Nc6 22. Be3 Kb7
23. Rd1 Rad8 24. Red2 Kc8 25. Bf2 Be7 26. Nd5 Bxh4+ {Kuchynka,L (2069)-Schwarz,
D (2300) Frydek Mistek 2006 1-0 (55)}) 12... g5 13. f4 {The position is equal.}
gxf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Ne4 b6 16. Nf3 c5 17. Nf6 Kc8 18. Kg2 Kb7 19. Kg3 a5 20.
a3 a4 21. Rad1 Nc6 22. c3 Be7 23. Nh4 h5 24. g5 Ra5 25. Rde1 Rb5 26. Bc1 $6 {
Inaccuracy. Rf2 was best.} (26. Rf2 c4 27. Rd2 Bc5 28. Ng2 Ne7 29. h4 Ng6 30.
Ree2 Kc6 31. Be3 Be7 32. Bd4 Bxf6) 26... Rb3 $6 {Inaccuracy. c4 was best.} (
26... c4 $1) (26... c4 $1 $11 27. g6 Nxe5) 27. g6 $16 fxg6 28. Nxg6 Rd8 29.
Nxe7 Nxe7 30. Nxh5 Rd3+ 31. Rf3 Rxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Bxh3 33. e6 b5 34. Bg5 Nd5 35.
e7 $1 {[%CAl Re7e8]} Bd7 36. Rd1 Kc6 (36... Be8 $14 37. Ng7 (37. Rxd5 Bxh5+ 38.
Kg3 Be8 $16) 37... Bc6) 37. Ke4 Be8 $4 {Blunder. Nxe7 was best.} (37... Nxe7
38. Bxe7 Rxb2 39. Nf4 Rc2 40. Ng6 Bh3 41. Rd3 Re2+ 42. Kf4 Rf2+ 43. Kg5 Be6 44.
Ne5+) (37... Nxe7 $16 38. Bxe7 Rxb2) 38. Rxd5 $18 Bxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#]
KRB-KRB} 39. Bc1 $1 Bg6+ 40. Ke5 b4 41. Kf6 Be8 (41... bxa3 $18 42. Kxg6 Kxd5)
42. Rd8 bxa3 43. bxa3 Bd7 $2 {[#] Mistake. Rxc3 was best.} (43... Rxc3 44. Rxe8
Rxc1 45. Rd8 Re1 46. e8=Q+ Rxe8 47. Rxe8 Kd5 48. Kf5 Kd4 49. Kf4 c4 50. Rd8+)
44. Kf7 $1 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 82% Pretas 59%. Precisão Lichess.org:
Brancas 96% Pretas 90%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 97.4% Pretas 89.7%.} 1-0
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
{[%evp 9,127,21,25,33,26,21,25,29,25,19,22,26,36,-11,9,2,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,
-3,-3,0,0,0,-7,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-5,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,
-8,-7,-8,-8,-10,-8,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 d5 11. c5 Ne4 12. Qe1 b6 13. f3 Nf6 14. b4 bxc5 15.
dxc5 Ne5 16. Bc2 Ba6 17. a4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Qd2 Bc4 20. Ba3 Qc7 21. Rfb1
Nd7 {Bok,B (2624)-So,W (2778) chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) 7... Bxc5 ({RR} 7...
dxc5 8. Nf3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nc6 10. Bc2 b6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rfd8
14. Ke2 Ne8 15. Bb1 f6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 e5 19. Kf1 Rd6 20. Rd2
Qe6 21. Qd1 Ne7 22. Ng1 {Santos Latasa,J (2615)-Niemann,H (2692) Wijk aan Zee
NED 2024 1/2-1/2 (55)}) 8. Nf3 {White has an edge.} d5 9. O-O $146 ({RR} 9. a3
dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. O-O a5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Qb3 axb4
16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nc6 18. Na2 Rd8 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. h3 Qd6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22.
Bxd4 Ne4 23. Qb2 Bh4 {Kristoferitsch,D (2254)-Iniyan,P (2500) Sitges ESP 2023
0-1 (36)}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. b3 a6 {The position is equal.} 12. Bd3
b5 13. Ne4 (13. a4 {looks sharper.} Bb7 14. Bb2 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Be7 16. Rfd1)
13... Bb7 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxb5 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 {[#] Be2 is the strong threat.}
axb5 17. Rd1 Qc7 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 18. Bb2 Qc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
Rac1 Qf5 21. Nd4 Qg5 {[%csl Gb7][%CAl Rg5g2]} 22. Nc6 Ra6 {[#]} 23. h4 $1 $132
{[%mdl 2560] White is not holding back} Qxh4 24. Qxb5 Rxa2 25. g3 Bxc6 $1 26.
Qxc6 Qh5 27. Kg2 Rb8 28. Qf3 Qg6 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQR-KQR} Kg7 31. Ra4 Rb5 32. Rf4 h5 33. e4 Rg5 34. Kh3 e5 35. Rf5 Rxf5
36. Qxf5 {KQ-KQ} Kh6 37. Qf3 Qg5 38. Qd1 Kg7 39. Qf3 Kg6 40. Qd1 f5 41. Qd6+
Qf6 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Qd3+ Kg5 44. Qe3+ Kg6 45. Kg2 Qc6+ 46. Kh2 Qd5 47. Qb6+
f6 48. Qb8 Qe6 49. Qa8 f5 50. Qd8 Qf6 51. Qe8+ Kh6 52. Kg2 f4 53. gxf4 Qxf4 54.
Qh8+ Kg5 55. Qd8+ Kg4 56. Qd7+ Kh4 {aiming for ... Qg4+.} 57. Qh3+ Kg5 {
White must now prevent ...Qg4+.} 58. Qb3 e4 59. Qc3 Qg4+ 60. Kh2 Kh4 61. Qf6+
Qg5 62. Qd6 Kg4 {( -> ...Qf4+)} 63. Qd1+ Kf4 {And now ...Qh4+ would win.} 64.
Qd2+ {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 98% Pretas 98%. Precisão Lichess.org:
Brancas 99% Pretas 100%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 99.1% Pretas 99.3%.}
1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gukesh, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
{[%evp 11,147,21,19,18,21,20,23,21,19,18,25,26,26,25,30,26,29,27,31,23,69,63,
63,59,65,3,8,5,36,13,11,12,10,12,10,9,12,10,12,13,11,8,22,8,18,21,23,5,6,3,4,0,
0,0,0,0,3,0,3,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6
7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32] White has
an edge.} Re8 10. b4 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. Nf1 d5 15.
Ng3 b5 16. Nf5 dxe4 $146 ({RR} 16... Qd7 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qc1 dxe4 19. dxe4
Nh7 20. Qxh6 f6 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Red1 Qf7 25. Qxf7+
Kxf7 26. Rd7+ Kg8 27. Rxc7 Nd8 28. axb5 Ne6 29. Rb7 Reb8 30. bxa6 Bb6 31. Rd1 {
Arjun,K (2483)-Chylewski,P (2348) Mumbai IND 2019 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 16... Qd7
17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qc1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nh7 20. Qxh6 f6 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Kg8
23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Red1 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rd7+ Kg8 27. Rxc7 Nd8 28. axb5 Ne6
29. Rb7 Reb8 30. bxa6 Bb6 31. Rd1 {Arjun,K (2483)-Chylewski,P (2348) Mumbai
IND 2019 1-0 (31)}) 17. dxe4 Ne7 18. Nxe5 ({White should play} 18. Ng3 $14)
18... Nxf5 $11 19. exf5 c5 20. Bf4 bxa4 21. Nc6 Qd7 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nxa7
cxb4 24. cxb4 Qd4 25. Qc1 {[#] And now Nc6 would win.} Qxa7 26. Rxa4 Qb7 27.
Qd2 Nd5 28. Bg3 f6 29. Bd6 {White wants to play Ra5.} Qc6 {The position is
equal.} 30. Ra5 Qxd6 31. Rxd5 Re1+ 32. Qxe1 Qxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ}
33. g4 Kh7 34. Qc3 Qe4 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg2 Kg8 37. f3 Kh7 38. Qe1 h5 39. Qe4
Qd2+ 40. Kg3 Qc1 41. Qe2 hxg4 42. hxg4 Qg1+ 43. Kf4 Qc1+ 44. Ke4 Qb1+ 45. Ke3
Qxb4 46. Qxa6 Qc5+ 47. Ke2 Qc2+ 48. Kf1 Qd1+ 49. Kf2 Qd4+ 50. Kg2 Qd2+ 51. Kh3
Qd1 52. Kg2 Qd2+ 53. Kf1 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Qd4+ 55. Ke1 Qc3+ 56. Ke2 Qc2+ 57. Ke3
Qc1+ 58. Kf2 Qc5+ 59. Kg2 Qc2+ 60. Kg3 Qc7+ 61. Kh3 Qc1 62. Qe2 Qh1+ 63. Kg3 {
[#] Strongly threatening Qh2+.} Qg1+ 64. Qg2 Qe1+ 65. Qf2 Qe5+ 66. f4 Qc3+ 67.
Qf3 (67. Kh4 {keeps more tension.} Qd3 68. Qh2 Qe4 69. Kg3+ Kg8 70. Qg2) 67...
Qe1+ 68. Kg2 (68. Kh3 {feels hotter.} Qc1 69. Qf2 Qh1+ 70. Kg3 Qb1 71. Qh2+)
68... Qd2+ 69. Kh3 (69. Qf2 {is more complex.} Qd5+ 70. Kh2 Qd3 71. Qg2 Qb1 72.
Qh3+) 69... Qc1 70. Qf2 Qh1+ 71. Kg3 {Qh2+ is the strong threat.} Qc1 72. Kh2
Kg8 73. Qg3 Kh7 74. Qf2 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 94% Pretas 97%.
Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 99% Pretas 99%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 99.
2% Pretas 99.3%.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
{[%evp 13,47,12,27,26,40,5,8,9,20,13,16,0,0,0,0,0,14,-3,-4,-8,-8,-9,-8,-13,-10,
-14,-10,-12,-5,-10,-7,-12,-8,-12,0,-12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 h6 8. a4 {aiming for axb5.} Rb8 9. Be3 Bxe3 {
The position is equal.} 10. fxe3 d6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qe1 $146 ({RR} 12. Nh4
O-O 13. Nf5 Be6 14. Nd2 Kh7 15. Qf3 Bxb3 16. Nxb3 Ng8 17. c3 g6 18. Ng3 Qg5 19.
Ra6 Nge7 20. Rfa1 Kg7 21. Rf1 f6 22. Qe2 h5 23. Nh1 f5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Rxf5
Qxf5 26. Nd2 Qc8 {Rosenthal,D (2044)-Rolle,E (2265) Germany 2009 1-0 (40)})
12... O-O 13. h3 Ne7 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Ne2 Ra8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rxa8
Rxa8 19. Ng3 Ng6 20. Qd1 Ra2 21. Qb1 Ra8 22. Qd1 Ra2 23. Qb1 Ra8 24. Qd1 {
Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 81% Pretas 100%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas
97% Pretas 97%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 98.3% Pretas 98.8%.} 1/2-1/2
