[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,2,0,-14,-16,0,-8,0,0,0,-26,-27,-16,-19,-28,-39,-20,-13,-13,-26,-28,10,14,7,12,12,13,105,84,97,117,93,0,1166,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 h6 {B95: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6, unusual White 7th moves} 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. O-O-O h5 12. Kb1 Be7 (12... Rc8 13. h3 h4 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Bg5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 {0-1 (38) Mekhitarian,K (2559)-Topalov,V (2760) Caxias do Sul 2016}) 13. Qe1 Rc8 14. Rg1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be2 g6 15. Nb3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (41) Aryan,C (2430)-Arribas Lopez,A (2536) Madrid 2015}) 14... Qc7 15. g3 Ne5 {[%cal Bd7e5,Be5c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} 16. Rg2 O-O 17. h3 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 18. f4 Nc4 19. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Re2 Bd5 23. Bg2 Qc4 24. Nb3 $1 Bc5 25. Nxc5 Qa2+ (25... Rxc5 $11 {remains equal.} 26. b3 (26. Bxe4 Qa2+ 27. Kc1 Rfc8 $17) 26... Qc3) 26. Kc1 $16 Rfd8 {[#]} 27. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} bxc4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...c3!} 28. Red2 ({Of course not} 28. Bxe4 $6 Bxe4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11) ({White should play} 28. Na4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4c3] Hoping for Nc3.} Bc6 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qa1+ 31. Nb1) 28... Qa1+ $11 29. Kc2 Qa2 {And now ...c3! would win.The position is equal.} 30. Kc1 $1 ({Reject} 30. Bxe4 Rxc5 31. Rxd5 Qb3+ 32. Qxb3 cxb3+ 33. Kxb3 exd5 $17) 30... Qa1+ 31. Kc2 Qa2 {Strongly threatening ...c3!} 32. Kc1 $1 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 67%.} ({Much weaker is} 32. Bxe4 Rxc5 33. Rxd5 Qb3+ 34. Qxb3 cxb3+ 35. Kxb3 exd5 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 14,56,25,21,22,22,12,7,11,17,16,9,16,7,19,9,14,3,2,5,27,26,27,31,29,18,34,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1 (13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. a4 Rb8 15. Qb4 Nf6 16. Rac1 Qd5 17. Rc7 Qd8 18. Rcc1 Qd5 19. Rc7 Qd8 20. Rcc1 {½-½ (20) Bu,X (2718)-Ma,Q (2629) Hangzhou 2018}) 13... Nd7 14. Qd3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rc8 15. Qa3 a6 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 {½-½ (43) Benjamin,J (2544)-Javakhadze,Z (2459) Indianapolis 2016}) 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. f3 Rac8 18. e4 Qb7 19. Qa3 h5 20. h4 Rfd8 {The position is equal.} 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rc7 23. Rc3 Qc8 24. Qxa7 Rxc3 25. Qxf7+ Kh7 26. Qg6+ Kg8 (26... Kh8 $5 27. Nf7+ $8 Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ $11) 27. Qf7+ Kh7 28. Qg6+ Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 78%.} (28... Kh8 $5 29. Nf7+ $8 Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Nf7+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,56,19,16,11,7,0,-6,-34,-21,-37,-22,-41,-42,-43,-47,-81,-72,-78,-63,-61,-51,-66,-59,-63,-55,-55,-55,-54,-48,-48,-48,-50,-35,-44,-14,-50,0,-44,0,-39,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} (10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Rc1 h6 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qe4 20. Qg3 Nh5 {½-½ (33) Kovacevic,A (2564)-Ruck,R (2575) Bol 2013}) 10... Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qb3 Nb6 17. Rab1 Rfe8 {0-1 (41) Ahmed,E (2395)-Labib,I (2439) Cairo 2003}) 12... Nc6 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd3 Re4 18. Ng3 Re7 19. a3 Bd6 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Kg7 22. Kg2 Nd8 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. Nd2 Rh8 25. Rh1 Rh4 26. Nf3 Rh8 27. Nd2 $1 Rh4 28. Nf3 Rh8 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,86,47,44,48,61,56,58,61,50,49,25,20,12,13,24,18,19,0,0,0,0,-17,-15,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,6,7,6,11,8,1,6,6,7,2,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. Rxe4 {[#] aiming for Bb3. C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 {White is slightly better.} bxa4 11. b3 O-O (11... Be6 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 O-O 14. Nb1 Qd6 15. Nc3 axb3 16. axb3 {½-½ (43) Nakamura,H (2743)-Caruana,F (2818) Saint Louis 2019}) 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[#] The position is equal.} 15. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nb1 axb3 16. axb3 {½-½ (36) Balogh,C (2630)-Radjabov,T (2715) Warsaw 2013}) 15... Bf5 16. Re1 Qc6 17. c4 axb3 18. axb3 h6 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Nc4 Be6 21. Re5 Qd7 22. d5 Rd8 {[%cal Re6d5]} 23. dxe6 Qxd2 24. Nxd2 Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 25. g3 {[#] e7 is the strong threat.} (25. f3 {looks sharper.} fxe6 26. Rxe6 a5 27. Re5 Ra2 28. h4) 25... fxe6 26. Rxe6 Ra2 27. Rc6 Ra3 28. Rxc7 Rxb3 29. Ra7 Ra3 30. g4 h5 31. gxh5 Kh7 32. Kg2 Ra5 33. f4 Ra3 34. Ra8 a5 35. Ra6 a4 36. f5 Rb3 37. Rxa4 Rb5 38. Rf4 Kh6 39. f6 gxf6 40. Rxf6+ Kxh5 41. h4 Rb2+ 42. Rf2 Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kxh4 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,70,22,10,13,15,14,12,25,12,4,12,18,13,23,0,21,16,57,28,55,0,0,0,0,0,25,22,17,22,9,16,17,23,61,67,164,170,124,58,500,497,544,498,537,527,777,792,825,816,964,930,1214,1197,2651,2172,29980,29981,29978,29979,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. O-O a6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Bb7 14. Rad1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rfc8 16. Be2 g5 17. R6d4 Kf8 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 {1-0 (67) Ding,L (2811)-Firouzja,A (2702) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 9. a4 Nd5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. exf4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxc5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Be4 Rfd8 19. Bxc6 {½-½ (19) Fedorovsky,M (2478)-Feldmann,J (2208) Munich 2017}) 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 g6 16. Nd5 (16. Nd4 $14) 16... Qd8 $11 17. Ng5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Ra7 {[#] And now ...Qf6 would win.} 19. b4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White has the initiative.} Bxb4 20. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 21. Nxf7 Qf8 {[#]} 22. Nd6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Bxd6 23. Qe6+ Kg7 (23... Qf7 $1 $14 24. Qxd6 Nf8) 24. Rxd6 $18 Rc7 25. g3 (25. h4 $16) 25... Qf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... b5 $14) 26. Rc6 $1 Rxc6 27. Qxc6 Qf8 {Now ...Nf6 and Black clings on.} 28. Rc1 Nc5 {With the idea ...Qd8.} 29. Qxb6 Ne6 30. Qc6 Nd4 31. Qc7+ ({Weaker is} 31. Qxc8 Ne2+ 32. Kg2 Nxc1 $18) 31... Kh6 32. Qxc8 Qe7 33. Rd1 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Qe4 35. Kh3 Nd4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,92,22,33,41,36,34,28,37,22,13,26,20,22,27,26,12,29,19,37,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,4,-8,-10,-10,-3,-29,-33,-33,-33,-33,-31,-33,-36,-32,-6,-18,-18,-16,-16,-12,-18,-29,-29,-29,-30,-30,-13,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-41,-39,-39,-39,-41,-39,-41,0,-41,0,-41,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 {White has an edge.} Ne7 11. Qd1 {Bxh7+! is the strong threat.} d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Re1 Re8 {[#]} 15. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 Bf5 {½-½ (84) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Fressinet,L (2640) Brest 2019}) 15... Bg4 16. Bf4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 d5 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. Be3 g6 20. Bb3 d4 21. cxd4 {Black should prevent d5.} Nf5 {[%cal Re6d4]} 22. d5 Ned4 23. Bxd4 $1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxd4 25. Nc4 b5 26. Ne3 Nd6 27. Rc1 Bxb2 28. Rc6 Be5 29. Ng4 Bf4 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Ne4 Nf5 32. d6 Ra7 33. Bd1 Nd4 34. Rb6 $1 Rd7 35. Rxa6 f5 36. Nc5 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Bxd6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 38. Nb3 Ne6 39. Be2 b4 40. Bc4 Nf4 41. Nc1 Kf6 42. Nd3 Nxd3 43. Bxd3 Bf4 44. Bc4 Bd6 45. Bd3 Bf4 46. Bc4 Bd6 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,118,0,0,40,24,71,49,46,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,25,28,23,26,28,47,28,28,28,28,28,29,28,28,28,28,29,29,17,17,17,17,16,19,16,22,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,14,16,14,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,17,16,16,20,13,14,16,21,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Bd7 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} (12... Qa3 13. h5 Na5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Kg1 Nc4 16. Bc1 Nb2 17. Bxb2 Qxb2 18. h6 Bh8 19. e5 Rad8 20. Rb1 {0-1 (74) Ivanisevic,I (2650)-Piorun,K (2681) Belgrade 2016}) 13. h5 Rac8 14. hxg6 hxg6 {White is slightly better.} 15. Bb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rb1 Nb4 16. Bb3 Bb5 17. Bd2 Bxe2+ 18. Qxe2 e6 19. Kg1 Qa3 20. Qg4 {1-0 (39) Suttor,V (2139)-De Noskowski,A (1959) Canberra 2008}) 15... Qa6 16. Kg1 Na5 17. Nf4 Rfe8 18. e5 {[#] Hoping for e6!} Bf5 19. Kh2 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qc6 21. Rxa7 Red8 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 f6 24. Rxb7 fxe5 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe7 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Kg2 Rb8 29. Nd5 Rxb3 30. Bf4 Bxf4 31. Nxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 32. Nd5 Rb5 33. Rd1 Be6 34. Ne3 Rg5+ 35. Kh2 Kf6 36. Rd6 Ke7 37. Rb6 Kf7 38. f4 Rc5 39. Kg3 g5 40. fxg5 Rxg5+ 41. Kf4 Ra5 42. f3 Ra4+ 43. Kg3 Ra3 44. Nc2 Ra4 45. Nb4 Ra3 46. Nc6 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd8+.} Bd5 47. Ne5+ Ke7 48. Kg4 Bxf3+ 49. Nxf3 {KRN-KR} Ra5 50. Kf4 Ra1 51. Nd4 Rf1+ 52. Ke5 Re1+ 53. Kd5 Rd1 54. Re6+ Kf7 55. Re4 Kf6 56. Kd6 Rf1 57. Re6+ Kf7 58. Rh6 (58. Re2 $14) 58... Rf6+ 59. Rxf6+ Kxf6 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,78,0,0,-7,-10,-9,-12,-1,-24,0,-16,-16,-16,-21,-30,-18,-40,0,-14,0,0,3,-7,-2,-79,-7,-64,-55,-118,-83,-108,-77,-108,-91,-103,-57,-67,-65,-293,-270,-273,-257,-305,-254,-279,-232,-376,0,0,49,-1568,-1480,-1733,-1735,-1735,-748,-1660,-1635,-2082,-2014,-1836,-1545,-29981,-29982,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29988]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 7. Be2 O-O 8. Bd2 (8. O-O Be6 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. a3 a5 11. Rc1 Rfd8 12. Ne4 f6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 a4 15. Qb1 Nde7 16. h3 Bf5 17. e4 {1-0 (49) Carlsen,M (2882)-Ding,L (2805) Saint Louis 2019}) 8... Be6 {The position is equal.} 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. b3 f5 12. Bc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O g5 13. Bc1 g4 14. Nd2 {0-1 (39) Jakobsen,O (2345)-Edvardsson,K (2205) Copenhagen 1998}) 12... Bf6 13. Bb2 g5 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. h3 Qe7 16. g4 f4 {Black wants to play ...fxe3.} 17. Nde4 (17. Rc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 17... Nd5 (17... h6 $17) 18. O-O-O (18. Nxd5 $11 Bxd5 19. Bf3) 18... a4 19. b4 {[#]} (19. Nxd5 $15 Bxd5 20. bxa4) 19... Ndxb4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 20. axb4 a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 21. Ba1 Nxb4 22. Qb1 f3 23. Bf1 Ra6 {...a2 is the strong threat.} 24. Nxg5 $2 (24. Kd2 $1 $15) 24... a2 $19 25. Qb2 Rb6 $1 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Qa3 Rd8 28. Rd2 {[#]} (28. Qa4 $142 Bf8 29. Kd2) 28... c5 $2 ({Black should play} 28... Bf8 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Nxd3+!} 29. Qa4 Ra6) 29. Ne4 $11 {Strongly threatening Rg1.} Bf8 30. Qc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Qa4 $14) 30... Nd5 $1 $19 31. Qc2 Rb1+ 32. Qxb1 axb1=Q+ 33. Kxb1 Nb4 34. g5 Qb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Bb2 Ra8 {( -> ...Ra1+!)} 36. Nc3 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 37. g6 (37. Nxe4 Ra1+) 37... Bg7 38. d4 cxd4 39. exd4 {[#]} Bh6 {Played: Bg7xd4} 0-1

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,97,87,85,110,106,106,82,88,91,104,110,110,110,118,109,107,111,122,75,91,77,100,81,81,81,81,90,83,68,67,72,81,87,89,92,125,125,126,119,118,117,138,138,140,140,156,150,158,158,312,232,200,154,169,170,171,181,170,163,138,147,169,135,256,241,267,265,264,262,233,154,160,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,0,85,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nge2 g6 {A56: Czech Benoni} 8. h4 a6 9. a4 $146 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Kf8 11. f3 Kg7 12. Be3 h5 13. Qd2 Ne8 14. g3 Ndf6 15. a3 {1-0 (81) Vallejo Pons,F (2695)-Aronian,L (2765) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... b6 10. g3 Rb8 11. f3 Rb7 (11... Nh5 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Kd2 Ng7 15. Bh6 {1-0 (36) Ding,L (2801)-Aronian,L (2772) Kolkata 2019}) 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Be3 h5 14. Qd2 Bg7 15. Kd1 Kf8 16. Kc2 Ne8 17. Nd1 Nc7 18. Nec3 Nf6 19. Nf2 Bd7 20. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kg8 21. Rhb1 Kh7 22. b4 Qb8 23. b5 a5 24. Rh1 Qf8 25. Nh3 Kg8 26. Ng5 Nfe8 27. f4 Nf6 28. f5 gxf5 29. exf5 Nce8 30. Raf1 Ng4 $2 (30... Bh6 $16 31. Be2 Qe7) 31. Nce4 Nef6 32. Be2 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 {[#] Bxg4 is the strong threat.} Nxe3+ 34. Qxe3 f6 35. Qd3 Be8 36. Qd1 Rd7 37. Rh2 Qf7 (37... Rh7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 38. Rg2 Bh8) 38. Rg1 Kf8 39. g4 hxg4 40. Rxg4 Ke7 41. h5 Kd8 42. Rg6 (42. Qg1 $142) 42... Qe7 43. Bg4 Qf8 44. Qf3 Rh6 45. Rf2 Kc7 46. Kd3 Re7 47. Rf1 Rd7 48. Rf2 Re7 49. Rf1 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 60%.} ({White should try} 49. Qh3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,91,48,44,47,54,58,47,61,54,46,70,0,0,0,25,24,31,25,14,25,18,9,22,18,24,27,17,25,82,79,75,53,54,80,112,79,79,52,91,52,97,66,114,70,135,144,134,87,84,0,0,0,16,16,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. Rxe4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 {White is slightly better.} bxa4 11. Qe2 (11. b3 Be6 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 O-O 14. Nb1 Qd6 15. Nc3 axb3 16. axb3 {½-½ (43) Nakamura,H (2743)-Caruana,F (2818) Saint Louis 2019}) 11... c6 12. Bd2 $146 ({Better is} 12. Nc3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc3 Ra7 13. Nxa4 O-O 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 {½-½ (65) Saric,I (2695)-Ragger,M (2687) St Petersburg 2018}) 12... Be6 $1 $11 13. f4 g6 14. Nc3 a3 ({Reject} 14... Qb6 15. Qe3 $16) 15. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bd6 16. f5 gxf5 17. Rf1 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Rg8 19. Na4 Qb8 {With the idea ...Qxe5.} 20. Qe3 Rg4 (20... Rg6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Nc5 $16 Re4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Qh6 Qa7 24. Qg7 (24. c3 {is more complex.} Qe7 25. Bg5 Qf8 26. Qxh7 Kd7 27. Qh5) 24... O-O-O 25. Bb4 Re8 26. Bxa3 h5 27. Bc5 Qd7 28. Qg5 e3 (28... Rh8 $14) 29. Qxe3 Bf5 30. Qf2 Bg6 31. c4 ({White should try} 31. Bb4 $16) 31... Bd3 $11 {The position is equal.} 32. Re1 ({Avoid the trap} 32. Qxf7 $2 Qxf7 33. Rxf7 Re1+ 34. Kf2 Rf1+ 35. Ke3 Rxf7 $19) 32... Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 {Strongly threatening cxd5.} dxc4 34. bxc4 (34. h4 {seems wilder.} Qe6 35. Qxe6+ fxe6 36. bxc4 Bxc4 37. a3) 34... Bxc4 35. h3 (35. a4 {feels hotter.} Qf5 36. a5 Qf6 37. h3 Kd7 38. Qe3) 35... Qe6 36. Qxe6+ Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 37. a3 Bd5 38. Kf2 Kd7 39. g3 Be6 40. h4 Bg4 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kf4 Kd5 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Kf4 Kd5 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,108,6,30,2,0,0,17,14,17,18,17,13,39,35,66,57,65,28,16,9,6,5,10,2,32,29,27,0,0,0,0,-4,-5,0,0,0,0,0,56,0,55,55,12,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-19,-20,-27,-161,-161,-161,-161,-177,-132,-132,-132,-132,-11,-212,-212,-212,-187,-187,-187,-1351,-1245,-918,-847,-29963,-29961,-29971,-1470,-5097,-1083,-1259,-1144,-29976,-29976,-29975,-29977,-29973,-5097,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29979]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b3 (4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 a5 6. b5 c5 7. bxc6 Nxc6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. c3 Qc7 11. a4 e5 12. Ba3 Rfc8 13. Rc1 {½-½ (25) Aronian,L (2765)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2778) Saint Louis 2019}) 4... Bg7 5. Bb2 a5 6. a4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} O-O 7. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. Ndf3 c5 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Be2 Qb6 {0-1 (31) Eis,H (2158)-Krylov,S (2249) Dresden 2007}) 7... Bf5 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Ne1 Ne4 11. c3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. Nd3 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Rfd1 Qd6 17. Ba3 c5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxc3 20. Rad1 Bb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Bc4 $1 Be6 23. Rb5 Rfd8 (23... Bxc4 $11 24. bxc4 Rfc8) 24. Rd4 (24. Rxd8+ $1 $14 Rxd8 25. h3) 24... Rac8 ({Black should play} 24... Bxc4 $11 25. bxc4 Re8) 25. Rxd8+ $1 $14 Rxd8 26. Kf1 (26. h3 {is interesting.} Bxc4 27. bxc4 b6 28. Rxb6 Rd1+ 29. Kh2) 26... Bxc4+ 27. bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rd2 28. Rxb7 Ra2 29. c5 Rxa4 30. Ke2 Ra3 31. c6 Rc3 32. c7 {Strongly threatening Rb8+.} Kg7 33. Ra7 b3 34. Rxa5 Rxc7 35. Rb5 (35. e4 $1 $11) 35... Rc2+ $19 36. Kf3 b2 37. Rb6 h5 38. h3 {[#]} Kf8 $1 39. g4 h4 (39... Ke7 $17 {White should prevent ...h4.} 40. gxh5 gxh5) 40. g5 $2 (40. Kf4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 40... Ke7 41. e4 Kd7 {And now ...Kc7 would win.} 42. Ke3 {intending f4.} Kc7 43. Rb5 $2 (43. Rb4) 43... Kc6 44. Rb8 Kc5 45. f4 Kc4 46. f5 Kc3 (46... Rc3+ $142 47. Kf2 Rb3 48. Rc8+ {[#]} Kd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. Rd8+ Kxe4 50. Re8+ Kxf5 51. Re1 b1=Q 52. Rxb1 Rxb1 53. Ke3 Rb3+ 54. Kd4 Rxh3 55. Kc5 Rg3 56. Kd6 h3 57. Ke7 h2 58. Kf8 h1=Q 59. Kg8 Qa8+ 60. Kh7 Rh3+ 61. Kg7 Qh8+ 62. Kxf7 Rh7#) 47. Kf4 Rg2 (47... Rc1 $142 48. Ke5 b1=Q 49. Rxb1 Rxb1 50. fxg6 fxg6) 48. fxg6 fxg6 49. e5 Re2 50. Rb6 Kc2 51. Rc6+ Kd1 (51... Kd2 $142 52. Rb6 Kc1 53. Kg4 b1=Q 54. Rxb1+ Kxb1 55. Kxh4 Rxe5 56. Kg3 Rxg5+ 57. Kf3 Rh5 58. Kg4 Rf5 59. Kg3 Kc2 60. Kg4 Kd3 61. Kg3 Ke3 62. Kg4 Ra5 63. Kh4 Kf2 64. Kg4 Ke3 65. Kh4 Kf2 66. Kg4 Ke3) 52. Rd6+ Kc1 {Black mates.} 53. Rc6+ Rc2 54. Rb6 Rc4+ {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,-1,0,0,0,-22,-22,-14,-25,-31,-28,-25,-25,-29,-41,-76,-35,-48,-37,-57,-49,-84,-74,-72,-83,-66,-70,-107,-85,-125,-133,-129,-117,-81,-93,-415,-415,-652,-641,-754,-762,-820,-826,-748,-670,-630,-444,-456,-459,-439,-457,-439,-458,-449,-446,-774,-739,-862,-873,-904,-874,-1448,-1317,-29992,-29989]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nd5 Ba5 (5... Bc5 6. e3 d6 7. a3 Bb6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bd3 a5 10. Be4 a4 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rd1 h6 {½-½ (31) Giri,A (2780)-Najer,E (2635) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 6. a3 {b4 is the strong threat. A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} d6 7. e3 Nxd5 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Ne7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Bg4 12. Ng5 Ng6 13. Ne4 Bd7 {0-1 (22) Homa,S (2231)-Chandra,A (2500) Chicago 2018}) 11... Bf5 12. d3 Ng6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Ne7 15. e4 Bg4 16. a4 {next a5 is good for White.} a5 17. b5 Rc8 18. d4 {[#]} c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d5] Threatens to win with ...cxd5.} 19. dxc6 bxc6 {Hoping for ...Bxf3.} 20. Qd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 d5 22. Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Bb3 $17 {is a better chance.}) 22... dxc4 $19 23. Qxh6 (23. d5 $142 Qd6 24. dxc6) 23... Ng6 $1 {[%cal Be7g6,Bg6f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} 24. Qd2 Nf4 25. d5 Nd3+ 26. Ke2 f5 {Played: Qd8-h4} 0-1

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,72,22,19,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,24,31,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,-66,-130,-115,-125,0,0,153,141,149,80,72,42,125,96,139,0,0,-19,43,-358,-135,-130,483,459,402,264,209,209,209,199,209,167,448,359,758]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7... a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 f5 12. Nf1 fxe4 13. dxe4 Nh6 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Ng3 Bxh3 {0-1 (62) Alekseenko,K (2671)-Ding,L (2811) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 8. Nbd2 Ng4 9. Re2 Kh8 {The position is equal.} 10. h3 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nh6 11. Nf1 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Rc2 Qf6 14. Qe1 h6 15. N1h2 Nce7 {0-1 (27) Khairullin,A (2004)-Tomov,G (2263) Barcelona 2012}) 11. exf5 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 {Strongly threatening g4.} Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 {g4 is the strong threat.} Bxf5 {White must now prevent ...d5.} 14. Nf1 d5 15. Bb3 e4 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Kg1 Bxf3 $1 18. gxf3 Qh4 {Threatens to win with ...Rae8.} 19. Kg2 (19. f4 $5) 19... Ne5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 20. f4 (20. Bxd5 $2 Rad8 $19) ({Better is} 20. Nh2 $15) 20... Rf6 $17 {( -> ...Rg6+)} 21. Bc2 {[#]} Rh6 (21... g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg5f4][%mdl 512]} 22. fxe5 (22. fxg5 Rf2+) 22... Qf2+ 23. Kh1 Qxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kg2 Raf8) 22. Bf5 $11 Ng6 $2 (22... Rf8 $1 $11 23. fxe5 Rxf5 24. Bxh6 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Kg1 gxh6) 23. Bg4 $1 $16 {Hoping for f5.} Qe7 24. f5 (24. Qxd5 $6 Rf8 $16) (24. Kg1 $142) 24... Nh4+ 25. Kh2 (25. Kg3 $5 {[%cal Rc1h6]} Rb6 26. Bf4 $11) 25... Rb6 (25... Qe4 $14 26. Qe2 Qxe2+ 27. Bxe2 Rf6) 26. Ng3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Re8 27. Bh5 (27. Qxd5 $6 Qe1 $11) (27. Rb1 $16) 27... Rf8 28. Qg4 g6 (28... Qf6 $11) 29. Bg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Qd4+ $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Rfxf6 31. Bd1) 29... Rxb2+ $2 (29... Nf3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} 30. Qxf3 Rxb2+ 31. Kh1 Qxg5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 30. Kh1 $17 {[#]} gxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Nf3 $1 $17 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rb2h2][%mdl 512] stays on course.} 31. Qd4+ (31. Qxf3 Qxg5) 31... Nxd4 32. Bxe7 Nxf5 33. Nxf5 Rxf5) 31. Qxh4 $18 ({Stronger than} 31. Bxe7 hxg4 32. Bxh4 (32. Bxf8 {leads to mate.} Nf3 33. Bg7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxg7 34. f6+ Kxf6 35. Nf1 g3 36. Nd2 Rxd2 37. Rf1 Rh2#) 32... gxh3 $15) 31... Qe5 32. Rf1 {aiming for Be7.} d4 ({Reject} 32... Rxa2 $6 33. Be7 $18) 33. Qxd4 Qxd4 34. cxd4 Rxa2 35. Nxh5 Kg8 $2 (35... Rf7 {might work better.} 36. Bh6 Re2) 36. Bh6 Ra5 $2 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 41%.} (36... Ra3) 1-0

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,90,32,32,26,34,34,33,27,37,44,47,34,38,31,27,34,43,49,58,18,44,-32,-19,-22,0,0,0,-51,-27,-75,-77,-62,-59,-57,-68,-179,-129,-131,-83,-115,-110,-118,-106,-148,-148,-150,-155,-156,-152,-151,-152,-176,-186,-183,-179,-216,-205,-219,-202,-227,-191,-277,-273,-273,-273,-373,-368,-374,-371,-343,-358,-366,-368,-402,-391,-411,-421,-496,-481,-939,-934]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Ndb5 {B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} Bxb5 8. Bxb5+ Nc6 9. Qf3 {[#] Strongly threatening e5!White is slightly better.} Be7 10. e5 dxe5 (10... Nd5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qg3 dxe5 14. Qxg7 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. O-O-O Rg8 17. g3 Rd8 18. Rhe1 Rg5 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {½-½ (58) Vitiugov,N (2732)-Yu,Y (2763) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxc6+ Kf8 $1 13. O-O Qc8 14. Qf3 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... h6) 15. Rab1 h6 16. Bxf6 (16. Bh4 $14) 16... gxf6 $15 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Na4 ({White should try} 19. Rd7 $11 Qxd7 20. Qxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 19... Kg7 20. b3 Qxc2 21. Qxe5+ Bf6 22. Qg3+ Kh7 23. Qd3 (23. Rbc1 $15 Qxa2 24. Rd7) 23... Rhc8 24. Qd2 Rc7 25. g3 Rbc8 26. a3 Kg6 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. b4 R8c4 29. Nc5 Bd4 30. Nd3 Ra2 31. Rbc1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rxa3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Nf4+ Kf6 34. Kf1 Ra2 35. Ne2 Bb6 36. f4 (36. Rc4 {was necessary.}) 36... Rb2 37. Rc4 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. Nc3 Rf2+ 40. Ke1 Rf3 41. Ne2 Kd5 42. Rc8 Rb3 43. Kd2 Ke4 44. Nc3+ Kf3 45. Rh8 (45. Kc2 $142 Rxb4 46. Na2) 45... Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,144,0,20,0,14,7,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,16,18,0,51,-27,-17,-34,-29,-22,-22,-26,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,62,61,54,74,58,75,71,71,90,41,57,32,29,7,7,7,20,20,20,20,20,4,20,5,20,20,20,10,10,10,10,10,20,0,27,10,10,10,10,6,34,20,34,4,4,4,20,20,20,0,20,20,20,0,20,12,19,12,12,12,12,6,12,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,-38,-38,-38,0,0,0,-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. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. h3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 (9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qa5 13. Nc3 Rab8 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2845)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2773) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 9... a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. e4 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd7) 15. Bd2 Nd7 (15... h6 $11) 16. Kh2 (16. Ng5 $1 $14) 16... Nde5 $11 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Nd4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 (19... Rc8 {is interesting.} 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. h4 e6 22. Nc3 Qc7) 20. exd5 Qd6 21. Qd2 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 e6 ({Black should play} 22... Rxc1 $11 23. Qxc1 h5) 23. Bxd4 $1 $14 exd4 24. Rc6 Rxc6 25. dxc6 h5 26. h4 Bf6 27. Kg1 Ra8 28. Qc2 Be7 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb8 31. c7 Rc8 32. Rxb5 {[#] Strongly threatening Rb8!} Rxc7 33. c6 Kg7 34. Ra5 Bd6 35. Ra8 Kf6 36. Be4 Ke7 37. Kg2 Bc5 38. Kh3 Kd6 39. Kg2 Ra7 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Rb8 Rc7 42. Kf1 Kd6 43. Ke2 Ba7 44. Rd8+ Ke7 45. Ra8 Bc5 46. Kd1 Bb4 47. Ke2 Bc3 48. Kf1 Bb4 49. Kg2 Bc3 50. Ra4 Kd6 51. Kh3 Ke7 52. Bg2 Be1 53. Ra2 Bb4 54. g4 hxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Bd6 56. Rb2 Kf6 57. Rb7 Kg7 58. Rb5 f5+ 59. Kh3 $1 g5 60. hxg5 {The position is equal.} Kg6 {[%cal Rc7h7] [#]} 61. Rb7 Kxg5 62. Rxc7 Bxc7 {KB-KB} 63. Bf3 Bd6 64. Bd1 Kf4 65. Kg2 e5 66. Kf1 e4 67. Ke2 Bc7 68. Bb3 Bd6 69. Be6 Bc7 70. Bd7 Bd6 71. Be6 Bc7 72. Bd7 Bd6 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,64,-11,0,-15,-7,0,-25,24,0,0,0,0,0,31,37,39,26,30,24,37,0,43,0,20,0,92,75,80,85,85,68,166,159,168,166,448,462,400,347,355,338,350,340,482,482,534,514,29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 11. O-O f6 12. Nb3 fxe5 {Black has an edge.} (12... Re8 13. Bb5 Bg4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qd3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 fxe5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Rac1 {0-1 (41) Piorun,K (2660)-Harikrishna,P (2738) Katowice 2019}) 13. Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. dxe5 Re8 14. Bb5 Bg4 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Bxe8 Qg5 18. g3 {0-1 (39) Vucinic,G (2398)-Storme,I (2276) Porto Carras 2018}) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 c6 15. f4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Ba5 17. Bxf5 Bb6+ 18. Kh1 Rxf5 19. g4 Rf8 20. f5 Qg5 21. Qf3 (21. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e6]}) 21... Rae8 (21... h5 $11) 22. Rae1 $16 h5 23. gxh5 Bc7 {[#]} 24. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d7] And now Nd7 would win.} Rxe5 (24... Bxe5 $14 25. Nd7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bxh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Nxf8 Bg3 27. Qxg3 Qxg3 28. Rxe8 Qh4+ 29. Kg2 Qg5+ 30. Kf2 Qh4+ 31. Ke3 Qg3+ 32. Kd4 c5+ 33. Kxd5 Qd3+ 34. Kxc5 Qc2+ 35. Kd6 (35. Kb4 $2 Qxb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kc4 Qc2+ 37. Kb4 a5+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 38. Kxa5 Qc5+ 39. Ka4 Qc6+ 40. Kb4 Qxe8 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 35... Kf7) 25. Rxe5 $18 Bxe5 26. Nd7 Re8 $2 (26... Bxb2 {was necessary.} 27. Nxf8 Kxf8) 27. Re1 Qd2 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rd2h2]} 28. Qe2 Qf4 29. Nxe5 {aiming for f6!} Qxf5 30. h6 gxh6 (30... Qe4+ {keeps fighting.} 31. Qxe4 dxe4) 31. Qg2+ Kh7 32. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg2g7]} Qe4 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 44%.} (32... Qf6 $18 33. Qg3 Kh8) 1-0

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,165,25,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,18,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,128,29,52,39,42,52,63,43,43,50,60,64,95,0,17,-118,237,133,230,222,556,533,853,530,539,527,510,164,380,373,313,200,196,145,283,-22,-18,-27,0,-561,-547,-432,-28,-27,-24,-31,-8,-41,0,0,36,0,0,-8,-11,-205,-203,-176,-182,-185,-186,-202,-193,-364,-363,-620,-451,-441,-413,-453,-435,-930,-618,-2104,-1687,-2144,-1891,-1460,-1471,-982,-1593,-1380,-682,-1394,-1450,-483,-8,-1716,-1690,-29958,-29947,-29971,-29972,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29973,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29976,-29976,-29968,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29976,-29977,-29979,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29974,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 h6 {B95: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6, unusual White 7th moves} 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. O-O-O h5 12. Kb1 Be7 (12... Rc8 13. h3 h4 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Bg5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 {0-1 (38) Mekhitarian,K (2559)-Topalov,V (2760) Caxias do Sul 2016}) 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. Be2 Nb6 15. Qe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nfd7 16. g4 hxg4 17. Rxg4 {[#]} Bf8 $146 (17... Rh7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 17... Kf8) 18. Rg2 (18. Bg5 $16 Qc7 19. Rh4) 18... Ne5 19. f4 Nec4 20. Bc1 Qc7 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Rd3 g6 23. b3 Bg7 24. Qd1 (24. Nxe6 $1 $16 fxe6 25. bxc4 Qxc4 26. Bb2) 24... Qa5 25. f5 (25. Nxe6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxc3 26. bxc4 Bxe4 27. Re2 bxc4 28. Rxd6) 25... Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Of course not} 25... Nxa3+ $6 26. Bxa3 Qxa3 27. fxe6 $11) (25... exf5 $1 $17 26. Re2 f4 27. bxc4 bxc4) 26. b4 (26. fxg6 $18 Ke7 27. gxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26... Qb6 (26... Qc7 $16 27. Ncxb5 axb5 28. Nxb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd7 29. Nxd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7) 27. fxg6 $18 Nxg6 $2 (27... Nxd3 {is more resistant.} 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qg4+ Kf8) 28. Be3 Bh6 {With the idea ...Bxe3.} 29. Ndxb5 Bxe3 30. Nxd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 {[#]} 31. Nxb7 $2 (31. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 32. Rd6) 31... Ne5 $2 {[#]} (31... Qxb7 32. Rxe3 Qb8) 32. Rxe3 $1 Nc4 (32... Qxe3 33. Qd6+) 33. Rd3 Qxb7 34. Na4 (34. Qc1 $18) 34... Rhd8 (34... a5 $16) 35. Nc5 $2 (35. Rxd8 $18 {Threatens to win with Rgg8.} Rxd8 36. Qe1) 35... Rxd3 $11 36. Nxd3 {aiming for Qg4.} Nxa3+ 37. Kc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Ka2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nb5 38. Qg4 Nc3+ 39. Kb2) 37... Qxe4 $19 38. Rf2 {[#]} Qe3+ $2 ({Better is} 38... Qd4 $1 $19 39. h3 f5) 39. Kb2 $11 Nc4+ 40. Ka2 $1 Nd6 41. Qh5 Nf5 42. Re2 Qg1 43. Qf3 {Black must now prevent Qb7+.} (43. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Rh5f7]} Nd6 44. Qh4+ Ke8 45. Qh3 $14) 43... Qb6 44. Ne5 Qb5 {...Nd4! is the strong threat.} 45. c4 $2 {[#]} (45. Qe4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 45... Qa4+ $1 $19 ({Worse is} 45... Qxb4 46. Nc6+ Rxc6 47. Qxc6 $11) 46. Qa3 Qxa3+ 47. Kxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} f6 48. Nd3 Rxc4 49. Nc5 $2 (49. Kb3 {was called for.} Rh4 50. Rb2) 49... Nd4 50. Re4 $2 {[#]} (50. Rg2 a5 51. Na6) 50... a5 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now ...f5 would win.} 51. Ka2 (51. bxa5 Nb5+) 51... Rxb4 52. Nd3 Nb5 53. Rxb4 (53. Re3 $142 Rh4 54. h3) 53... axb4 54. Nxb4 {KN-KN} f5 55. Kb2 Kf6 56. Kc2 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 Nf3 58. h3 e5 59. Ke3 Nh4 60. Nd5+ Kg5 $2 (60... Kf7 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Ng6.} 61. Nb6 Ke6) 61. Ne7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61. Nb6 $11) 61... Ng6 62. Nc8 Nf4 {Black mates.} 63. h4+ Kxh4 64. Ne7 Kg5 65. Kf3 Ng6 66. Nd5 e4+ 67. Ke3 Ne5 68. Kd4 Ng4 69. Nc7 Nh2 70. Ke3 Nf1+ 71. Kf2 Nd2 72. Ke3 Nc4+ 73. Kd4 Nd6 74. Ne6+ Kg4 75. Ke3 Kg3 76. Nd4 f4+ 77. Ke2 Kg2 78. Ne6 f3+ 79. Ke3 Kg3 80. Nf4 Nc4+ 81. Kxe4 f2 82. Ne2+ Kg4 83. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 45%.} 0-1

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,87,0,3,16,17,7,19,43,0,0,0,12,-3,15,6,20,23,16,29,39,18,26,22,3,0,17,28,62,58,57,70,55,63,99,83,83,86,243,242,303,68,285,278,230,80,91,85,108,21,21,33,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (6... Bxd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 e5 10. Qd3 g5 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. h4 g4 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. h5 Be6 {0-1 (23) Duda,J (2729)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2775) Paris 2019}) 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 Qc6 9. O-O (9. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rf3e5]}) 9... Be6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Rac1 {½-½ (43) Takacs,L (2245)-Brunello,S (2548) Porto Carras 2018}) 11... h6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nf1 Be7 14. Ne3 O-O 15. Ncd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qd7 17. Nf5 {[#] And now Bxh6! would win.} Kh8 18. c4 e4 19. Qh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Bxh6! is the strong threat. White has the initiative.} Nh7 $1 20. b3 Bf6 21. Ra2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. cxb5 Ng5 $2 (23... Rc3 $16 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qxe4 (25. Qxh5 $2 g6 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 25... g6) 24. Qg4 $18 Qxb5 {[#]} 25. Bxg5 $2 ({Less strong is} 25. Nxd6 Qxb3 26. Ra3 (26. Nxc8 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Qxd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Kg2 exf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qxc1 $11) 26... Qc2 $16) (25. h4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Qxb3 27. Rad2) 25... hxg5 $2 (25... Bxg5 $14 26. h4 (26. Nxd6 Qxb3 27. Raa1 Rcd8 $11) 26... Qxb3) 26. Nxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxb3 27. Nxc8 (27. Ra7 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rb8 28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Qh5) 27... Qxa2 $16 28. Nd6 e3 29. Qh3+ ({Better is} 29. fxe3 $16 Kg8 30. Qf3) 29... Kg8 $11 30. Qxe3 Rd8 {aiming for ...Qa4.} 31. Ne4 {Strongly threatening Qd3.} Rxd5 {The position is equal.} 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. h3 Qc4 35. Qf3 Qd3 36. Qxd3 Rxd3 {KR-KR} 37. Re1 Rd6 38. Rf1 Rd7 39. Re1 Rd8 40. g4 Rd7 41. Kg2 Rd8 42. Kg1 Rd7 43. Kg2 Rd8 44. Kg1 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,131,0,7,8,18,7,16,0,13,13,43,41,45,23,24,13,17,10,10,9,13,6,0,0,8,0,6,12,29,16,18,8,8,14,25,27,27,31,42,10,14,17,24,18,15,20,27,37,30,34,58,40,48,32,64,63,72,77,76,69,70,75,81,79,75,74,72,0,117,98,115,109,102,60,60,60,60,62,58,58,58,62,172,171,170,166,160,107,112,112,112,112,133,133,133,133,133,133,153,155,160,127,133,135,236,236,236,222,330,323,315,306,393,329,384,382,382,372,355,346,321,298,295,254]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 (5. Be2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb3 Rab8 {½-½ (36) Carlsen,M (2861)-Ding,L (2805) Abidjan 2019}) 5... cxd4 6. exd4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Qb6 7. Nb3 Bg4 8. a4 {The position is equal.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e6 9. a5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Bxa5 11. Ra3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd8 13. Nxa5 Nxa5 {1-0 (40) Van Foreest,J (2557)-Igonin,T (2470) Moscow 2016}) 9. a5 Qa7 10. c3 e6 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Be3 Qb8 13. h3 Bxf3 $1 14. Bxf3 ({But not} 14. gxf3 Bd6 $15) 14... Nf6 $1 15. Be2 Bd6 16. Bd3 O-O 17. O-O Qc7 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Qf3 Rae8 20. Bg5 Ng8 21. Re2 Nge7 22. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} Ng6 23. Bc2 Kg8 24. Bd2 Nb4 25. Bb1 Nc6 $1 26. Bd3 Rb8 27. Be3 Rfe8 28. g3 Nf8 29. Bc2 b6 30. axb6 Rxb6 31. Bc1 Reb8 32. Nc5 e5 33. Nxa6 Qa7 {Threatens to win with ...g6.} 34. dxe5 g6 35. Qg4 $1 Nxe5 36. Qa4 Rc8 37. Be3 d4 {[#]} 38. Bxd4 ({White should try} 38. Nc5 $1 $16 Qb8 39. cxd4) 38... Nf3+ {[#]} (38... Rc4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 39. b4 (39. Nb4 Qxa4 40. Bxa4 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kg2 Nxd4 $17) 39... Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Nxd4 41. cxd4 Rxd4) 39. Kg2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg2f3]} Nxd4 40. Qxd4 ({Much worse is} 40. cxd4 $6 Rxb2 41. Bd3 Rxe2 $11) 40... Ne6 41. Rxe6 fxe6 42. Be4 Rf8 {With the idea ...Rf7.} 43. Ra2 Rb7 44. Qxa7 $1 Rxa7 45. b4 Rb8 (45... Rc8 $14) 46. c4 $18 Rb6 47. b5 Kf7 48. Rc2 ({White should play} 48. Ra4) 48... Rbxa6 $16 49. bxa6 Rxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 50. c5 Be5 51. c6 {And now c7 would win.} Ra7 52. h4 Kf6 53. Rd2 Bc3 54. Rd3 Bb4 55. Kh3 Be7 56. f3 e5 (56... Ke5 $16 57. Kg4 Rc7) 57. Rc3 $18 {aiming for c7.} Bd6 58. Rc1 h6 (58... Rc7 $142 59. Kg4 Ke6) 59. Rd1 Be7 60. Kg4 Kf7 61. Rb1 Bd6 62. h5 gxh5+ 63. Kxh5 Kg7 64. Rd1 Bb4 65. Rd5 Re7 66. Bf5 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,99,14,7,6,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,3,0,0,-6,49,48,61,62,75,77,73,57,68,78,69,67,72,87,69,64,100,73,99,99,104,111,101,0,120,83,90,78,115,102,101,110,120,115,130,120,127,118,153,154,168,171,157,134,270,284,268,271,375,366,460,432,435,307,711,700,731,705,1110,720,692,680,29979,29980,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. a3 a5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. b3 Rb8 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 11. Bb2 h6 12. Nd2 Be6 {The position is equal.} 13. Nd5 b5 14. e3 Qd7 {[#]} 15. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qc2 Bh3 16. Ne4 Nxd5 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. cxd5 {½-½ (61) Ibrahimov,R (2518)-Tregubov,P (2575) Riadh 2017}) 15... Bg4 16. Qc2 Rfc8 ({Black should play} 16... h5 $11) 17. Ne4 $14 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Ne7 19. Nd2 $1 Bh3 {next ...Bxg2 is good for Black.} 20. Bh1 Nf5 21. a4 h5 22. axb5 Rxb5 23. Ra1 h4 24. Bc3 Ra8 25. Ra4 Qd8 26. Bf3 Rab8 27. Rea1 Bh6 28. Re1 (28. Ne4 $16) 28... Qg5 (28... Bg7 $1 $11) 29. Ne4 Qd8 30. Ra3 Ne7 {[#]} 31. Nd2 $1 Nf5 32. Qd1 Bg7 33. g4 Nh6 {[#]} 34. Kh1 $1 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Rg1 Qd7 37. Qe2 Kh8 38. Ra4 Rxb3 (38... Bg4 $16) 39. Rxh4 $18 (39. Nxb3 Qxa4 40. Nxa5 Rg8 $14) 39... Rxc3 40. Rxh3 a4 41. e4 Rc2 42. Rh5 f4 43. Qd1 Rbb2 $2 (43... Rcb2 44. Bg4 Qe8) 44. Nc4 a3 45. Bg4 Qd8 46. Nxb2 Rxb2 47. Be6 {Threatening mate with Rxg7!} a2 {[#] Threatening ...Rb1.} 48. Rxg7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance. White mates.} Kxg7 49. Qg1+ Kf8 {[#]} 50. Rf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,180,12,0,21,18,18,12,17,25,23,29,27,28,24,9,9,30,18,0,2,-14,-4,-23,-25,-22,-29,-44,-48,-53,-49,-61,-49,-62,-50,-45,-34,-33,-35,-71,-71,-71,-69,-60,-66,-66,-71,-76,-75,-68,-23,-23,-23,-44,-37,-89,-77,-146,-146,-146,-135,-168,-113,-114,-42,-217,-234,-321,-281,-490,-487,-541,-506,-828,-806,-538,-845,-6311,-692,-849,-816,-6519,-6519,-6434,-987,-5664,-3109,-2513,0,-3465,-5469,-5628,-4303,-1606,-1433,-1606,-1487,-3495,-1351,-1214,-1145,-1100,-1054,-925,-836,-12795,-10977,-8280,-6107,-6021,-5910,-5813,-5775,-1054,-827,-827,-820,-803,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 a5 16. c4 Ne7 $1 {[#]} 17. Qb3 $146 (17. Rc2 {looks sharper.} bxc4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. dxc4 axb4 20. axb4 Ng6 21. b5) ({Predecessor:} 17. Rc2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 axb4 19. axb4 {1-0 (31) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 17... bxc4 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. dxc4 axb4 20. axb4 Qc6 21. Re1 Rxa2 22. Qxa2 Ra8 23. Qb3 g6 24. b5 Qc5 25. Qc2 c6 26. bxc6 Bd8 27. Nd2 Bb6 28. Nb3 Qxc6 29. Ra1 Rc8 30. Rc1 h5 31. h4 Ra8 32. Ra1 Rxa1+ 33. Nxa1 Qd7 {Threatens to win with ...Qg4.} 34. g3 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Qd2 (35. hxg5 $15 Qh3 36. Qb3) 35... gxh4 $17 36. c5 (36. Qg5+ $142 Kf8 37. Qxh5) 36... Bxc5 {...Qg4 is the strong threat.} 37. Qg5+ Kf8 {Hoping for ...hxg3.} 38. Qxh4 Ke8 (38... Qg4 $19 39. Qxg4 hxg4) 39. Nb3 Qa4 ({Black should play} 39... Qb7 $17 40. Nxc5 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 dxc5) 40. Nxc5 $2 ({White must play} 40. Qh3 $1 $15) 40... dxc5 $19 41. Qxh5 Qxe4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 42. Qh8+ $2 (42. Qh3 Qd4 43. Qc8+ Ke7 44. Kf1) 42... Ke7 $19 43. Qc8 Qd4 44. g4 (44. Qc7+ $142 Kf6 45. Qb6+ Kg7 46. Qb5) 44... c4 45. g5 c3 46. Kg2 Kd6 (46... Qe4+ $142 47. f3 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qe3 49. Qc7+ Kf8) 47. f3 Qd2+ 48. Kh3 Kd5 49. Qf5 Kc6 (49... Kc4 $142 50. Qxf7+ Kd4) 50. Qc8+ Kd6 51. Qf8+ Kc6 (51... Ke6 52. Qc8+ Ke7 53. Qc5+ Kd7 54. Qb5+ Kd6 55. Qb4+ Kd5 56. Qb7+ Kc4 57. Qxf7+ Kd4 58. Qb7 $19) 52. Qc8+ $1 Kb5 53. Qb7+ Kc5 54. Qa7+ Kd6 55. Qb8+ {[#]} Kd5 $1 56. Qb7+ Kd4 (56... Kc4 $142 57. Qxf7+ Kd4) 57. Qe4+ Kc5 58. Qxe5+ Kc4 59. Qe4+ Kb3 60. Qb1+ Ka3 61. Qa1+ Kb4 62. Qb1+ Kc5 63. Qf5+ Qd5 64. Qc8+ Kd4 {Strongly threatening ...Qe6+.} 65. Qg4+ Kd3 66. g6 {[#]} c2 $2 ({Better is} 66... fxg6 $1 $19 67. Qxg6+ Kd2 68. Qg2+ Kc1 69. Qg1+ Kc2 70. Qf2+ Qd2) 67. gxf7 $11 {The position is equal.} c1=Q {( -> ...Qh6+)} (67... Qxf7 $5 68. Qe4+ $8 Kd2 69. Qd4+ Kc1 70. Qa1+ Kd2 71. Qd4+ Kc1 72. Qa1+ Kd2 73. Qd4+ $11) 68. f8=Q $1 {Black must now prevent Qg6+.} Qh1+ 69. Kg3 Qe5+ 70. Qgf4 Qg1+ 71. Kh4 Qh1+ 72. Kg3 $1 Qee1+ 73. Kg4 Qhh4+ 74. Kf5 Qh5+ 75. Kf6 Qa1+ 76. Ke6 Qa2+ 77. Kf6 Qb2+ 78. Ke6 $1 {White wants to mate with Qe4+.} Qb3+ 79. Kf6 {Threatening mate with Qd8+.} Qb2+ 80. Ke6 {Intending Qe4+ and mate.} Qb3+ 81. Kf6 {White threatens Qd8+ and mate.} Qc3+ 82. Ke6 Qg6+ 83. Q4f6 Qc6+ 84. Ke7 $1 Qc5+ 85. Ke6 Qc6+ 86. Ke7 $1 Qc7+ 87. Ke6 Qb6+ 88. Ke7 Qc5+ 89. Ke6 Qcf5+ 90. Ke7 Qc5+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,162,24,47,14,21,15,25,0,0,8,42,53,33,0,6,29,60,64,102,66,66,32,124,102,134,151,151,76,100,75,75,69,80,68,97,92,112,93,121,115,153,171,191,184,255,191,264,202,227,208,191,225,217,225,233,220,178,192,192,189,210,44,41,32,33,20,37,30,140,131,143,121,202,185,173,199,187,66,66,67,55,54,64,64,64,64,64,55,56,49,56,56,54,49,49,49,47,0,45,39,40,0,0,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,29,4,7,4,8,4,4,0,4,6,13,4,13,8,19,0,19,19,33,41,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 (3... c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 Bg7 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Nf1 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qe7 13. Ne3 O-O 14. a4 Ne5 15. O-O Bh3 {1-0 (77) Ding,L (2812)-Grischuk,A (2771) Shamkir 2019}) 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Bg7 7. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 O-O 8. f4 Ned7 {1-0 (28) De Jong,J (2454)-Wagner,D (2501) Haarlem 2014}) 7... Ned7 8. Be3 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Be2 e6 10. dxe6 $1 fxe6 11. h4 b5 12. cxb5 Bb7 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Bf3 (14. Qxe6 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Re8 $17) 14... e5 15. Nh3 Nh5 (15... a6 $1 $14) 16. Bxh5 $1 $16 gxh5 17. f5 Nf6 18. Nf2 (18. Ng5 $142) 18... a6 19. b6 cxb6 20. Bxb6 Qd7 21. Rd1 Rac8 22. Be3 h6 23. Rh3 d5 24. exd5 Ba8 25. Rf3 Rb8 26. Qc2 Rfc8 (26... Qc7 $142) 27. Qe2 Qf7 (27... Qb7 $142 28. Rd2 Rd8) 28. Qd2 (28. Qxa6 Nxd5 29. Bxh6 Nf6 $16) 28... Kh7 29. Nfe4 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d5]} 31. f6 Bf8 {[%cal Rf7d5]} 32. Qc2 {Threatening mate with Ng5+!} Kh8 33. Nc3 Rb4 34. Qf2 Bxd5 35. Bc5 $2 (35. Nxd5 $6 Rxd5 36. Rc1 Qd7 $16) (35. Rf5 $18 Rbb8 36. Ba7 (36. Nxd5 Rxd5 37. Rc1 Qg6 $16) (36. Rxe5 Ba8 $18)) 35... Rd4 $1 $14 36. Bxd4 Bxf3 37. gxf3 exd4 38. Rxd4 Rb8 (38... Qxf6 $11 39. Rxd8 Qxd8) 39. Qh2 $16 Rb6 {[#]} 40. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5b6]} Qe6+ (40... Rd6 $16) 41. Qe2 $18 Qg8 {[#]} 42. Kf1 $1 ({Worse is} 42. Nxb6 Qg1+ 43. Qf1 Qxd4 $11) ({Don't take} 42. Qf2 $6 Re6+ 43. Re4 Rd6 $14) 42... Re6 43. f7 ({White should play} 43. Qh2 $18) 43... Qxf7 $14 44. Rf4 Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6b1]} 45. Rxf8+ Kg7 46. Qd1 Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 47. Nf4 $1 {[%csl LRe6,LRg6][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qe8 48. Nxe6+ Qxe6 {KQ-KQ} 49. Qd8+ Kf7 50. Qc7+ Ke8 $1 51. Qb8+ Kd7 $1 52. Qb7+ Kd8 $1 53. Qb8+ Kd7 $1 54. Qa7+ Ke8 55. b3 Qh3+ 56. Ke2 Qxh4 57. Qb8+ Ke7 58. Qc7+ Kf8 59. Qc5+ Kg7 60. Qe5+ Kg8 61. a4 Qh1 62. Qb8+ Kf7 63. Qf4+ Ke8 64. Qb8+ Kd7 65. Qa7+ Kd8 66. Qd4+ ({Resist} 66. Qxa6 $6 Qg2+ 67. Ke3 Qg5+ 68. Ke4 h4 $16) 66... Ke8 67. Qe5+ Kd7 68. Qd4+ Ke8 69. b4 Qg2+ 70. Qf2 Qg5 71. f4 (71. Qe3+ $1 $14 Kd7 72. Qa7+ Kd8 73. Qxa6) 71... Qd5 $11 {The position is equal.} 72. Qe3+ Kf7 $1 73. Qa7+ Ke8 74. Qc5 Qa2+ 75. Kf3 Qxa4 76. Qxh5+ Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Qd1+.} 77. Qe5+ Kf7 78. Qd5+ Kg7 79. Qd4+ Kf7 80. Qd5+ Kg7 81. Qd4+ Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,18,0,88,95,106,114,116,110,139,133,149,153,147,152,156,133,153,160,158,161,170,136,166,142,144,138,129,139,163,151,147,140,181,170,170,184,179,206,315,170,159,159,170,158,200,195,194,198,195,199,809,740,1120,1068,1549,1565,1391,1481,1523,1028]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Re1 Bf5 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} (10... Nbd7 $11 {remains equal.}) (10... a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. e4 Ng4 13. Nd2 Nge5 14. Re3 Nb6 15. Qf1 a5 16. h3 c4 17. Kh2 Bd7 18. f4 Nd3 19. Nxc4 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 {½-½ (47) Ding,L (2805)-Navara,D (2734) Prague 2019}) 11. Nd2 $1 $16 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. e4 Bd7 13. a4 Ng4 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bg7 17. Qf3 Na6 18. Re2 {0-1 (41) Midanka,V (1771)-Paeslack,L (2044) Heusenstamm 2018}) 12. e4 Bg4 {White is better.} 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nc4 Qb8 15. Bf4 Bf8 16. a4 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. g4 Bd3 22. Bf1 (22. gxh5 $6 Bxc4 23. hxg6 hxg6 $14) 22... Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Nf6 24. Bg5 Bg7 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Nxd6 (26. Bxd6 Qd7 $16) 26... Rf8 27. Kg2 ({Resist} 27. Nxb7 $6 Qb6 $14) 27... Qd7 28. Bg3 h5 (28... b6 $142 29. Rad1 Rad8) 29. g5 (29. h3 $142) 29... Ne8 $18 30. Re6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for Nce4. White is really pushing.} h4 31. Bf4 h3+ {[#]} 32. Kg3 $1 Nxd6 33. Bxd6 Rf5 {[#]} 34. Rae1 $1 {Threatens to win with f4.} ({Inferior is} 34. Rxg6 Rxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Qf5+ 36. Bf4 Qxg6 $15) 34... Bf8 $2 (34... Qf7) 35. Rxg6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 36. Ree6 Re8 37. Bxf8 Rxe6 38. Rxe6 Rxf8 39. f4 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,0,0,0,-4,-6,5,12,13,8,21,-3,7,-24,0,14,11,5,13,-69,-54,-63,-77,-82,-88,-93,-86,-92,-74,-78,-54,-76,-60,-92,-48,-56,-49,-92,-84,-98,-81,-83,-84,-99,-89,-91,-88,-100,-93,-88,-36,-98,-105,-145,-37,-44,-41,-33,-31,-556,-560,-556,-542,-545,-514,-3029,-2939,-2490,-2333,-2572,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. g3 cxb4 5. a3 b3 (5... e6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a5 8. axb4 Bxb4 9. Ne1 Nge7 10. Nd3 O-O 11. Nxb4 Nxb4 12. Ba3 Ra6 13. d3 {½-½ (27) Svidler,P (2737)-Vitiugov,N (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 6. d3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} Nc6 7. Nbd2 a5 {next ...a4 is good for Black.} 8. Qxb3 {The position is equal.} a4 9. Qc2 e5 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rfe1 {1-0 (35) Ikonnikov,V (2546)-Zaragatski,I (2329) Vlissingen 2003}) 12... O-O 13. Rb5 Nd7 14. Bb2 (14. Rd5 $11) 14... Nc5 $15 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Bc1 Na5 17. R5b2 Bd7 18. Qd1 Bc6 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ncb3 21. Nc2 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. cxb5 Rfb8 23. Nxb3 axb3 24. Nb4 Rxb5 25. e4 dxe3 $1 26. Qf3 Rd8 (26... Rf8 {with more complications.} 27. Bxe3 Qd7 28. Rd1 Rfb8 29. Bd2 h6) 27. Bxe3 Qd7 28. Rc1 f5 29. Rbb1 Qe6 (29... Rf8 $17 30. Bd2 e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 30. Bd2 ({White should play} 30. Nc6 $15 Nxc6 31. Rxc6) 30... e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 31. Qe3 Bxb4 ({Black should try} 31... Qd7 $17 {[%cal Re4d3]} 32. Qf4 Bc5) 32. Bxb4 $15 {Threatens to win with Rc7.} Rxd3 33. Qa7 Nc4 {And now ...Qc6 would win.} 34. Rxc4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Qa8+ $15 Kf7 35. Qa7+ Rd7 36. Qa4) 34... Qxc4 $19 35. Qa8+ Kf7 36. Qf8+ Kg6 37. Rc1 (37. Qe8+ $142 Kh6 38. Be7) 37... Qxc1 38. Qe8+ Kh6 39. Qe6+ g6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Kh5 $19 40. Qe7 Rd1 41. Qf7+ g6 42. Qxh7+ Qh6) 40. Bf8+ Kh5 {[#]} 41. Qe7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,2,23,19,17,8,31,17,18,3,5,7,9,7,2,5,13,7,14,0,0,0,55,-8,6,-65,-32,-46,-39,-41,0,-69,-7,-22,0,0,22,17,15,15,37,41,57,58,61,60,44,37,44,45,583,581,591,601,594,594,607,576,603,606,575,597,577,446]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 (5. Be2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb3 Rab8 {½-½ (36) Carlsen,M (2861)-Ding,L (2805) Abidjan 2019}) 5... cxd4 6. exd4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Qb6 7. Nb3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bf5 8. c3 e6 9. h3 h6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 {1-0 (97) Kamsky,G (2666)-Wang,H (2730) St Petersburg 2018}) 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} e6 10. a5 Qd8 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Rc8 13. c3 Be7 14. h4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 ({Black should play} 15... O-O $11) 16. h5 (16. Bxg7 $14 Rg8 17. Bh6) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 (17. Qxe5 $11 Rg8 18. Nc1) 17... O-O (17... Rc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4e4]} 18. Nd2 Rc5 $15) 18. Ra4 Qd7 19. Rg4 f5 20. exf6 ({Better is} 20. Rf4 $1 $11) 20... Bxf6 (20... Rxf6 $15 21. h6 g6) 21. O-O e5 22. h6 Kh8 23. hxg7+ Bxg7 24. Rd1 Qf7 25. Rd3 e4 26. Rh3 Rc6 27. Rgh4 h6 28. Qe3 Rf6 29. Nd4 {aiming for Nf5!} Rxf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Qd7 $14) 30. Rxh6+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 {[#]} 31. Qg3 $1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh6h8][%mdl 512]} Rf1+ 32. Kh2 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh6h8]} Qf4 {[#]} 33. Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg3+ 34. Rxg3 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rg3g7]} R8f7 {[#]} 35. Rhg6 $1 e3 {Strongly threatening ...e2.} 36. Rxe3 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 30%.} ({Not} 36. Nxg7 e2 $18) 1-0

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,84,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,32,16,32,14,20,21,22,27,0,11,14,12,19,21,21,21,10,20,10,15,27,31,26,29,29,29,19,18,27,29,2,8,0,20,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 9. d4 (9. h3 Re8 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc7 12. Nd2 Qd6 13. N2f3 Bd7 14. Be2 a6 15. Nc2 Ne4 16. Bd3 {½-½ (36) Karjakin,S (2748)-So,W (2763) Riga 2019}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 11. Nd2 Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2] [#]} 12. N2f3 Bg4 13. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 {[#]} 14. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rc1 c5 16. Qc2 {1-0 (61) Moroni,L (2564)-Fridman,D (2633) Skopje 2018}) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 {And now Be5 would win.} (16. Rac1 {keeps more tension.} Rac8 17. Be5 Qd8 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. b4) 16... Rac8 17. Be5 Qe7 18. Bxc7 Rxc7 19. Rac1 {Rxd5! is the strong threat.} Rd8 20. Qb2 c5 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 g6 23. b4 Rdc8 24. f3 ({Don't play} 24. Rxd5 cxb4 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 $15) 24... Nf6 $1 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 27. Rd2 Kf8 {The position is equal.} 28. Rb2 Rc7 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. g4 Nd7 31. Nd3 Nb6 32. Nf4 Rc5 33. Ne2 Ra5 34. Nd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc6+.} Kf6 35. h4 h6 36. Rc2 Nc4 37. e4 Ra4 38. Nb5 dxe4 39. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3a4]} e3+ 40. Ke2 Na3 {Hoping for ...Rxg4.} 41. Rc1 Rc4 42. Kxe3 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,8,18,22,25,22,29,0,5,0,0,0,0,-4,14,-16,-12,-7,0,0,-3,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,-24,-20,0,60,37,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-5,-3,4,10,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,28,28,-75,-75,-77,-75,-75,-75,-29966,-29962,-29970,-29971,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29977,-29987,-4602]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 (5... c5 6. dxc5 Ne4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. O-O Nxc5 9. Nc3 d6 10. b3 Ne6 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Bb2 d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (27) Mamedyarov,S (2774)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Zagreb 2019}) 6. O-O {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Bb7 7. Nc3 e6 8. b3 {White has an edge.} c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Rd2 d5 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Qb1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} d4 (15... Bh6 {feels hotter.} 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Nd4) 16. exd4 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bh6 17. dxc5 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 {1-0 (40) Condie,M (2410)-Anand,V (2420) London 1986}) 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qd1 Re8 ({Black should try} 21... Bxd4 $11 22. Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} f6) 22. Bf1 Qe1 {Threatens to win with ...Qxd1.} 23. Qxe1 (23. Qd3 {is more complex.} dxc4 24. bxc4 h5 25. Bc3 Be4 26. Bxe1 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxe1 28. g3) 23... Rxe1 24. Rd2 $1 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc1 $1 {Black wants to play ...Ba6.} 26. f3 Ba6 $1 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 27. Kf2 dxc4 28. bxc4 Kg7 29. Rb4 Rc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kg3 Rxa2 31. Bd3 f5 32. Rb8 Rd2 33. Ra8 Kf6 34. Rxa7 Bc8 35. Bf1 g5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rf5f4]} 36. h4 f4+ 37. Kh2 g4 38. fxg4 ({Much weaker is} 38. Rxh7 gxf3 39. Rh6+ Ke5 $17) 38... Bxg4 {next ...Rd1 is good for Black.} 39. Rxh7 (39. c5 $11) 39... Rd1 $17 40. Kg1 Be2 41. Kf2 Bxf1 42. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Rh6+ $17 Ke5 43. g3) 42... Bd3 $1 {Black mates.} 43. Rh6+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 44. Rd6 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 f3+ 46. Kh2 {[#]} Be4 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 73%.} (46... Rh1+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Kxh1 f2 48. Kh2 f1=Q 49. Rd7+ Kf6 50. Rd6+ {[#]} Ke5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Rd5+ Ke6 52. Rxd3 Qxd3 53. h5 Kf5 54. h6 Kg4 55. Kg2 Qd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Kf1 Kxg3 57. h7 Qf2#) 0-1

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,0,35,45,55,47,42,41,47,21,21,14,40,27,26,8,24,0,14,6,10,6,0,0,6,0,4,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,34,44,28,27,25,35,35,39,34,56,54,58,8,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,65,28,65,-26,16,16,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,35,35,0,0,0,44,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 (5... g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qc7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nd2 c5 15. Be4 Bb7 16. Nf3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 {½-½ (53) Ding,L (2811)-Shankland,S (2705) chess.com INT 2019}) 6. Ne5 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} e6 7. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. d4 Nd7 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 {1-0 (30) Kozak,A (2436)-Nguyen,V (2317) Budapest 2018}) 7... exd5 8. Nxg4 {White is slightly better.} Nxg4 9. h3 (9. d4 {is interesting.} Nf6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. f3 Bb4 12. O-O-O) 9... Nf6 10. g3 g6 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. b3 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Re8 15. d3 Nh5 16. O-O Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qf6 18. Qc2 a5 19. e4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qe7 21. Rad1 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 22. Nc3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Ng7 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd1 Qf6 27. Qd2 Nge6 28. f4 h5 29. h4 Kg7 30. Kf2 Nd7 31. Ne2 Ne5 32. Ke1 (32. Bh3 {with more complications.} a4 33. bxa4 Nc5 34. Qd4 Ng4+ 35. Kf3) 32... Ng4 {Threatening ...Qa1+.} 33. Qc3 Qxc3+ 34. Nxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Ne3 35. Bh3 Nc2+ 36. Kd2 Ncd4 37. Ke3 f5 38. e5 Kf7 39. Bf1 Ke7 40. Bd3 b5 41. Nb1 Kd7 42. Nd2 Kc7 43. Bf1 ({White should play} 43. Nf3 $14 Nxf3 44. Kxf3) 43... Kb6 44. Kd3 Kc5 45. Kc3 Nc7 46. a3 {[#] Hoping for b4+.} Nd5+ 47. Kd3 b4 48. a4 Nc7 49. Ke3 Nd5+ 50. Kd3 Nc7 51. Ke3 Nd5+ 52. Kd3 Nc7 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,109,27,0,40,39,33,27,64,62,51,52,57,58,65,55,58,62,55,60,45,57,58,48,43,43,53,39,78,72,70,63,79,62,65,60,79,87,275,283,395,390,375,379,388,383,391,376,377,383,468,419,450,421,503,487,583,554,510,493,441,373,359,366,387,379,379,379,425,418,404,381,612,612,610,577,567,530,510,481,468,456,456,433,549,549,643,638,624,542,581,527,621,608,787,776,876,870,841,838,795,777]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} g6 $146 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} ({Predecessor:} 6... b5 7. f3 g6 8. Be3 {1-0 (55) Alekseev,E (2639)-Fedoseev,V (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 b5 {White has an edge.} 9. Qd2 h5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 $1 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Nxc3 O-O 15. O-O Na6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 $1 17. Bxc6 Rb8 $1 18. Bb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nc5 {With the idea ...Nb3.} 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Kh1 Rfd8 21. Bg5 Qa7 22. Qf2 Rdc8 23. Be3 Qc7 $2 {[#]} (23... Rb7 $16) 24. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6][%mdl 512]} Nh7 (24... dxe5 25. Bxc5) 25. Nd5 Qa7 {[#]} 26. Qh4 {Played: Nd5xe7} 1-0

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,164,0,6,-21,-20,-14,-14,-13,-13,-14,-14,-15,-15,-15,0,-15,-7,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-91,17,0,0,0,0,-22,-12,-4,-4,-23,14,-16,-23,-18,-25,-52,-35,-59,-48,-54,-56,-34,68,74,73,68,80,80,77,-42,-45,-39,-50,-39,0,-155,-158,-165,-156,-153,-41,-276,-276,-272,-261,-670,-679,-658,-569,-482,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12851,29967,12851,29964,12851,29963,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,29959,12851,29966,12851,12851,12851,29967,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,29970,29969,12851,29970,12851,29970,12851]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. a4 Bb7 11. d3 h6 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Bf8 13. Nf1 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 14. Ng3 Nbd7 15. Nf5 {C93: Closed Ruy Lopez: Smyslov Variation} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nh2 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Qf3 Nc5 21. axb5 Nxd3 22. Re3 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 axb5 {0-1 (48) Bousmaha,A (2205)-Rubinetti,J (2450) Luzern 1985}) 16. Bc2 Nxa4 17. Bxa4 {The position is equal.} bxa4 18. Qxa4 d5 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Ng3 Rad8 21. Ra5 c5 22. c4 dxc4 (22... d4 {seems wilder.} 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. Ra2 Rb8 25. Ba5 Qc8) 23. dxc4 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Bd2 Nd7 26. Bc3 (26. Re3 $11 Rxe3 27. Bxe3) 26... f6 (26... Nb6 $1 $17 27. Rb1 Nxc4) 27. Nf1 Nb8 28. Ra3 Nc6 29. Rb3 Nb4 30. N3d2 Red8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 31. Re2 a5 32. Ne3 a4 33. Ra3 Bc6 34. g4 Kf7 35. Kg2 g6 36. Nd5 {Black must now prevent Bxb4.} Nc2 37. Ra2 $1 f5 (37... Bd6 $15) 38. Nf3 $14 ({Of course not} 38. Bxe5 Nb4 $15) 38... Rxf3 39. Kxf3 Nb4 40. Ra1 fxe4+ 41. Kxe4 (41. Rxe4 $16 Nxd5 42. cxd5 Rxd5 43. Ke3) 41... Nxd5 $15 42. cxd5 Rxd5 43. Ke3 h5 (43... Be7 $5 {[%cal Re7g5]} 44. f3 Bb5 $11) 44. g5 $2 {[#]} (44. f3 $11) 44... e4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rd3+)} 45. Rd2 {Rxd5 is the strong threat.} (45. Kxe4 Rd1+) 45... Rxg5 46. Rd8 {[#]} Rf5 (46... Bh6 $1 $17 47. Rh8 Rg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack (Double check)} 48. Ke2 Bb5+ 49. Kd1 Rg1+ 50. Be1 Bf8) 47. Rc8 $2 ({Only move:} 47. Rb8 $1 $15) 47... Bh6+ $19 48. Ke2 Bb5+ 49. Ke1 $2 (49. Kd1) 49... e3 50. fxe3 Bxe3 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rf5f1]} 51. Kd1 Bd3 $2 ({Weaker is} 51... Rf1+ 52. Be1 $17) (51... Rd5+ $19 52. Ke1 Rg5) 52. Rxa4 $11 {aiming for Ra7+.} Rf1+ 53. Be1 {Threatens to win with Ra7+.} c4 54. Rb4 Rh1 55. Rb7+ Kf6 56. Re8 (56. Rf8+ $11 Kg5 57. Rf3) 56... Bd4 ({Black should play} 56... Bh6 $15) 57. h4 c3 (57... Rg1 {keeps more tension.} 58. b3 Bf5 59. bxc4 Bc3 60. Rbe7 Rh1) 58. bxc3 Bxc3 59. Rb3 (59. Re3 {is interesting.} Bxe1 60. Rxd3 Bxh4+ 61. Ke2 Re1+ 62. Kf3) 59... Rxe1+ 60. Rxe1 Bxe1 61. Kxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Be4 62. Rb5 Bf5 63. Kf2 g5 64. Rb6+ Kg7 65. hxg5 {Hoping for Rf6.} h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Bg4 $11 66. Kg3 Be2) 66. Rh6 $18 h3 67. Kg3 (67. Kf3 $18 Bd3 68. Rxh3) 67... Bd7 68. Rf6 (68. Kf4 $18 Be8 69. Rxh3) 68... Bc8 69. Rf2 Kg6 70. Kh4 Bf5 71. Re2 Bd7 72. Rd2 Bf5 73. Rd6+ Kg7 74. Kg3 Bc8 75. Rh6 Bf5 76. Kf4 Bd7 77. Ke5 Bg4 78. Rh4 Bd7 79. Ke4 Kg6 80. Kf4 Kg7 81. Rh6 Bc8 82. Rd6 (82. Rc6 $18 h2 83. Rh6) 82... Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,96,54,14,52,45,35,27,30,33,33,39,14,22,32,23,47,44,43,50,72,52,96,46,61,68,247,246,226,246,451,431,451,451,451,451,432,420,441,489,497,497,455,462,495,485,439,389,376,317,419,419,336,336,570,560,541,519,1171,1161,1085,1043,975,1045,906,733,1370,1352,1339,724,584,566,482,0,0,0,460,0,0,0,391]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bf5 10. Nc3 Ne4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bxg2 {White has an edge.} 13. Kxg2 {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxa6 14. Nc4 Qb8 15. Rb1 Nc7 16. a4 Qb7 17. e4 Rfb8 18. Bg5 {0-1 (30) Bieliauskas,M (2200)-Georgiev,K (2583) Riga 2019}) 14. Nc4 Qxa6 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. a4 $36 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 2080] White fights for an advantage.} Rfb8 17. Ra3 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Rxb6 {[#]} 19. b3 $1 Rc8 20. Bd2 c4 {Black wants to play ...cxb3.} 21. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Rbb8 $2 {[#]} (21... c3 $1 $14) 22. bxc4 $1 $18 Rxc4 23. Qd3 Qb5 $2 (23... Ra8 {was called for.} 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxa6 (25. Bxc1 Qxd3 26. exd3 Ra6 $16) 25... Rxa6 26. Bxc1 Bd4) 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxb5 ({Not} 25. Bxc1 Qxd3 26. exd3 (26. Rxd3 Ra8 $16) 26... Bd4 $16) 25... Rxb5 26. Bxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd4 27. a6 Rb8 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 {KR-KR} ({Less strong is} 29. fxe3 Kf8 $16) 29... Ra8 30. Ra3 Kf8 31. Kf3 Ke8 32. Kg4 f6 33. h4 Kd7 34. h5 Ra7 35. f4 Kc7 $2 (35... Ke8 36. hxg6 hxg6) 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. f5 g5 (37... gxf5+ $142 38. Kxf5 Kd7) 38. Kh5 Kb6 39. Kg6 Kc5 40. e4 Kd4 41. Ra4+ Ke3 42. Kf7 Kf3 43. Ra3+ Kxe4 44. Ke6 g4 45. Ra4+ Kf3 46. Ra3+ Ke4 $1 47. Ra4+ $2 (47. Rb3 $18) 47... Kf3 $11 48. Ra3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Rb4 $11 Kxg3 49. Rb7 Rxa6 50. Kxe7) 48... Ke4 $1 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 29%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,0,27,12,64,56,52,46,47,49,145,150,151,102,208,156,297,291,388,371,412,380,385,385,387,373,339,214,233,111,97,95,93,75,146,102,87,35,78,55,71,35,83,50,59,55,52,39,37,29,50,47,56,20,36,37,32,20,26,44,55,59,52,50,101,97,106,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,7,7,14,14,14,0,34,13,32,32,34,8,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Nh3 (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. h4 Bb7 10. Nh3 O-O-O 11. Nf4 Qf7 12. a4 Nge7 13. Ba3 Rdg8 14. Be2 Na5 15. Qg5 Nec6 16. Rh3 {1-0 (49) Nepomniachtchi,I (2775)-Caruana,F (2819) Paris 2019}) 5... b6 6. Nf4 {C16: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without ...c5} Ba6 ({Better is} 6... c5 $11) 7. Bxa6 $14 Nxa6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne7 $146 {[#]} (9... g6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9... Nb8 10. Nh5 f5 11. c4 dxc4 12. Qf3 c6 {1-0 (24) Sutton,A (2285)-Snoek,A (1916) ICCF email 2010}) 10. Nh5 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Bh6!} Kf8 11. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nb8 (11... h6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 12. g4 $18 Nbc6 {[#]} (12... Qc8 $16 {was called for.}) 13. f4 $1 Rg8 14. Qd3 Ke8 15. f5 exf5 16. gxf5 Kd8 17. Kh1 Kc8 18. f6 g6 19. Ng3 (19. fxe7 $18 gxh5 20. Ba3 (20. Rxf7 Qg4 $16)) 19... Nf5 $16 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Qxf5 (21. Rxf5 {is interesting.} Na5 22. Rh5 Qg4 23. Qh3 Kd7 24. Bf4) 21... Nd8 ({Black should play} 21... Qxf5 22. Rxf5 Kd7) 22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Rf3 (23. c4 $16 dxc4 24. d5) 23... Ne6 24. Rh3 Rh8 25. Be3 Rag8 26. Rg1 (26. c4 {looks sharper.} c6 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Bh6 Rg4 29. c3) 26... Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} h5 28. Kf2 c5 29. Ke2 a5 30. Rg3 Kc6 31. dxc5 bxc5 32. Kd3 h4 33. Rg4 h3 34. c4 Rb8 35. Bd2 Rb1 36. Rh4 dxc4+ (36... Rd1 $14) 37. Kxc4 $16 Ra1 38. Kd3 (38. Kc3 $16) 38... Ra3+ $11 39. c3 Kd5 40. Rxh3 c4+ 41. Ke3 Rxa4 42. Rh7 Kxe5 43. Rxf7 Ra1 44. h4 a4 45. h5 a3 46. Ra7 Kxf6 47. h6 Rh1 48. Rxa3 (48. Ke4 $14) 48... Rxh6 {The position is equal.} 49. Ke4 Rh5 50. Be3 Re5+ 51. Kf3 Rf5+ 52. Ke2 Ke5 53. Ra5+ Ke4 54. Ra4 Kd5 55. Ra5+ Ke4 56. Ra4 Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,128,-15,-6,-15,-18,-16,-25,-24,-5,-25,-23,-31,-30,-30,-30,-23,0,0,12,-23,-28,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-84,-25,-26,-38,-43,-39,-40,-43,-54,-8,-49,-39,-72,-70,-71,-61,-51,-54,-73,-24,-24,-18,-26,-21,-22,-12,-18,-18,-18,-18,-24,0,-18,0,0,0,0,7,6,18,0,0,0,0,0,8,-12,-12,-13,-20,-73,-83,-83,-33,-33,-37,-26,-26,-29,-34,-33,-33,-33,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-139,-135,-123,-135,-126,-72,-80,-22,-442,-442,-437,-223,-524,-233,-1080,-1075,-1111,-977,-2021,-1678,-9222,-12522,-5937,-5427]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 $146 (3... Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. c3 a6 7. O-O h6 8. a4 a5 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 Ba7 11. h3 Be6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 {½-½ (83) Zvjaginsev,V (2644)-Kovalev,V (2661) Qingdao 2019}) 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. Bg2 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 {Black has an edge.} Bg6 9. Nh4 O-O-O 10. d3 Nd4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Ne4 Qd7 13. c3 Ne6 14. Qb3 Qxd3 {aiming for ...Nf6.} 15. Be3 Qa6 ({Black should try} 15... c6 $15) 16. Bf1 $11 Qc6 17. Bg2 $1 {And now Nd6+! would win.} Qa6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 18. Bf1 Qc6 19. Qc4 {[#]} (19. Bg2 $1 $11 Qa6) 19... Nf6 (19... Bc5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...b5!} 20. Rh2 (20. Bxc5 Nxc5) 20... Bxe3 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. fxe3 Ne7) 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Ba6+ Kb8 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Bc5 24. Ke2 (24. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 25. h4 $11) 24... Rd6 25. f3 Nd5 26. Rad1 f6 27. Bc1 g5 28. Rd3 Re6 {Played: Nd5-f4} 0-1

[Event "11th LCC GCT Finals 2019"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,105,-6,-3,2,-6,65,65,65,65,63,55,52,57,75,79,83,78,77,34,43,14,19,23,20,12,19,8,11,16,10,8,11,10,26,12,24,20,25,15,17,12,17,0,17,15,16,16,17,15,26,19,32,32,57,50,110,33,29,10,35,8,28,29,81,79,353,281,302,274,228,190,29971,29971,29972,29973,29973,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29978,29979,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29986,29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Nd5 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (7... Ne4 8. Nxd4 Nc5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bh6 Rg8 13. Nc3 g5 14. f4 gxf4 15. Bxf4 Bd7 16. Qf3 O-O-O 17. Qf2 {½-½ (40) Zelcic,R (2508)-Amin,B (2709) Zagreb 2018}) 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 (8... Nb6 $11 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8) 9. Qxd4 $14 Nb6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bb3 {Strongly threatening Qg4.} O-O 11. Bf4 d5 {Hoping for ...c5.} 12. exd6 $1 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nc3) 15... d5 16. Nd2 a5 {aiming for ...a4.} 17. a3 Bd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Nd4 Kf8 20. f3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. Kf2 Kd6 24. h4 Kc5 25. Ba2 Nc4 26. Nb3+ Kc6 27. Nd4+ Kc5 28. Bxc4 dxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. c3 b5 30. b4+ Kb6 31. Ne2 Bc6 32. h5 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 {[#]} ({Black should play} 33... Kc7 $14) 34. Rd2 (34. h6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 34... Kc7 $14 35. Ke3 Ra1 36. Kf4 h6 37. Nd4 Rc1 (37... Bd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38. Rc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2c1]} Rxc2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rh1 $16) 39. Nxc2 {KB-KN} Kd6 40. Nd4 Bd7 41. Nf5+ Bxf5 $2 (41... Ke6 $18 42. g3 g5+ 43. hxg6 fxg6 44. Nxh6 Bc6) 42. Kxf5 $18 {KP-KP. White mates.} Kd5 43. g4 Kd6 {[#]} 44. f4 $1 Ke7 45. Ke5 g6 {[#]} 46. f5 $1 gxh5 47. gxh5 Kd7 48. Kf6 Ke8 49. Kg7 Ke7 50. Kxh6 Kf6 51. Kh7 Kxf5 52. Kg7 Kg5 53. h6 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

