[Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.18"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2882"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,89,13,5,4,7,0,9,4,15,16,41,41,43,30,45,42,37,35,27,39,33,28,19,-31,-5,-15,-6,-21,0,0,0,0,-7,-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]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 Bg7 6. dxc5 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Qxc5 (7... Ba6 8. a3 Qxc5 9. c4 Nh6 10. b4 Qh5 11. Rb1 f5 12. exf5 O-O 13. fxg6 Qxg6 {1-0 (43) So,W (2765)-Maze,S (2596) Caleta 2019}) 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 f6 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c4 Nh6 11. Qa4 Ng4 12. Re2 Bd7 13. h3 {½-½ (21) Antal,G (2546)-Markos,J (2568) Slovakia 2019}) 10... Nh6 11. b4 Qh5 12. c4 O-O 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Nf7 15. Ng3 Qg4 16. c5 e5 17. cxd6 {The position is equal.} c5 18. Qb3 cxb4 19. axb4 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Bxe6 21. Be3 a6 22. Rec1 Rfd8 23. Nd2 Bf8 24. Nc4 Rac8 25. Bc5 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Nxd6 27. Rcc1 $1 Rc6 28. f3 Nb5 29. Bxf8 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 {[#] aiming for Be7.} Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Nf1 Nd4 {And now ...Ne2+ would win.} 32. Rc4 Ke7 33. Ne3 Kd6 34. Rc5 Nc6 35. Rd5+ Ke7 36. b5 axb5 37. Rxb5 Rb8 38. Rxb8 Nxb8 {KN-KN} 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. g3 Nd7 41. Nc4 Nc5 42. Ke3 Nd7 43. Kf2 Nc5 44. Ke3 Nd7 45. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.20"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,84,39,39,33,24,18,39,22,35,29,26,16,15,12,67,58,73,64,60,70,233,209,208,103,95,18,20,26,20,34,22,22,31,22,16,0,60,26,26,26,31,34,41,33,39,43,43,38,78,45,33,33,62,53,78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 {White is slightly better.} Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rae8 14. Rb1 b6 {[#]} 15. Bf4 $146 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} ({Predecessor:} 15. c4 Qd7 16. d5 Bf6 17. Bf4 Na5 18. h3 Nb7 19. Nh2 Be7 20. Ng4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (21) Sevian,S (2620)-Nisipeanu,L (2687) Tbilisi 2017}) 15... Bd6 (15... Qd7 $11) 16. Ng5 $14 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd3h7]} f5 17. Rxe8 $1 Rxe8 18. c4 Qa5 $2 (18... Qxd4 $14 19. Qxf5 Qxf4 20. Qd5+ (20. Qxh7+ $2 Kf8 $19) 20... Kf8) 19. Bd2 $18 Nb4 20. Qf3 (20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. g3 h6 $14) (20. Qf1 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 20... h6 $16 {[#]} 21. Bxb4 ({Don't play} 21. Qh5 $6 Re7 $11) ({Better is} 21. a3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Qa4 22. axb4 (22. Bxb4 hxg5 23. Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 $16) 22... hxg5 23. Qd5+ (23. Qxf5 Bxb4 24. Be3 Be7 $16) (23. Bxg5 Qxb4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Qd5+ Kh8 $11) 23... Kh8 24. Qxf5) 21... Qxb4 $11 22. Qd5+ Kh8 {[%cal Rb4b1]} 23. Nf7+ Kh7 {[%cal Rb4b1]} 24. Rf1 $1 ({Not} 24. Qxf5+ $2 g6 $19) 24... Re1 25. Qxf5+ Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxf1+.} 26. Nxd6 cxd6 (26... Qd2 $11 27. Qd5+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Qf7+ Kh7 30. Qf5+ Kg8) 27. Qd3 (27. Qc2 {feels hotter.} Re7 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. axb3 Re2 30. Ra1) 27... Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qb2 29. a3 d5 30. cxd5 {And now g3 would win.} Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qa2+ 32. Ke3 Qxd5 33. g3 b5 34. Qc3 Qe6+ 35. Kd3 a5 {[#]} 36. Qxa5 (36. Qc5 $1 $16) 36... Qc4+ {The position is equal.} 37. Ke3 Qe6+ $1 38. Kd2 Qa2+ $1 39. Ke1 Qb1+ $1 40. Kd2 {Hoping for Qa8+.} Qa2+ $1 41. Ke3 Qe6+ 42. Kd2 Qa2+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.23"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,108,-4,-11,-14,-1,1,-18,30,30,37,36,23,9,24,16,43,41,30,54,87,92,70,83,169,89,76,72,122,62,86,22,164,161,162,145,183,177,183,182,177,181,172,158,168,118,118,124,111,97,105,77,92,40,39,39,221,52,70,70,69,69,47,19,14,14,14,14,15,14,24,15,15,9,12,12,15,15,14,15,15,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. f4 d6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 10. O-O b5 11. b4 (11. Qe1 Bb7 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Qg3 {½-½ (91) Schmaltz,R (2534)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2676) ICC INT 2002}) 11... a5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 d5 14. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. c3 Ba6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6 19. Be2 Bf6 20. Bb2 Be7 21. Bc1 Bf6 22. Bb2 Be7 23. Bc1 Bf6 24. Bb2 {½-½ (24) Yudasin,L (2460)-Gorelov,S (2445) Sverdlovsk 1984}) 14... Ne8 15. Nxb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} Ba6 {Threatens to win with ...Bxb5.} 16. Nbd4 Nxb4 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. f5 $1 exf5 19. Nxf5 Nc7 (19... Qd7 $16 {was worth a try.} 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7) 20. c3 (20. N3d4 $1 $18) 20... Nc6 $16 21. Qd3 Ra4 22. Be3 ({White should try} 22. N3d4 $1 $16 Nxd4 23. cxd4 (23. Nxd4 Ne6 $11)) 22... Re4 23. Bb6 (23. Rb6 $16 Rc4 24. Rd1) 23... Qd7 {[#]} (23... g6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7) 24. Bxc7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxc7 25. Qxd5 Rf4 26. N5d4 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Rd8 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Kf8 30. g3 Rf5 31. Kg2 f6 32. Re1 {And now g4 would win.} fxe5 33. dxe5 h5 34. e6 (34. Re4 $16) 34... g5 $14 35. Re2 {aiming for Ne5.} Rd6 $2 {[#]} (35... Rdd5 $1 $14) 36. h3 $2 (36. Rb8+ $1 $18 Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Nd4) 36... g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Nh4 Rg5 $1 39. Ra7 Ke8 $1 40. Ra4 Rd3 41. Ra8+ Rd8 42. Ra1 Rdd5 43. Rf2 Bd8 {The position is equal.} 44. Ra8 Ke7 45. Re2 {Black must now prevent Ra7+.} Rc5 46. Ra6 Ra5 47. Rc6 Rad5 48. Rf2 Rd6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 49. Rxd6 Kxd6 $11 {KRB-KRN} 50. Rd2+ Rd5 51. Rxd5+ $1 Kxd5 52. Nf5 {Hoping for e7.} Kxe6 53. Ne3 Bc7 54. Nxg4 Bxg3 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.26"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,93,17,4,12,12,11,0,18,0,47,62,41,48,75,74,75,65,70,67,60,63,101,101,100,105,172,106,110,91,134,107,123,97,135,84,75,74,83,79,82,70,79,22,72,61,61,35,88,100,89,93,96,63,63,63,68,70,61,69,73,31,45,8,66,67,62,45,77,75,77,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. d4 (9. h3 Ng6 10. Nf1 c6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. N1xd2 d5 15. Bb3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 {½-½ (31) Anand,V (2764)-Mamedyarov,S (2765) Paris 2019}) 9... Bb6 10. a4 $146 {aiming for a5.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bb3 exd4 11. cxd4 Ba5 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. a3 Nc6 {½-½ (41) Predke,A (2535)-Dubov,D (2644) Sochi 2016}) 10... c6 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Rf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qh5 Qd6 15. Nf3 Bc7 16. Nh4 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Bb7 {[#]} (18... Rb8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 19. Qe2 (19. Rd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd1d6]} Qf6 20. Rd7) 19... Bb6 20. Ba6 Bc6 21. Nf3 {[%cal Bh4f3,Bf3d2,Bd2e4][%mdl 32]} f5 22. Bd3 Rae8 23. exf5 ({Better is} 23. Nd2) 23... Nxf5 $16 24. Be4 Kh8 {With the idea ...Nd4.} 25. Nd2 Qe6 26. Kh1 Bd7 27. Bd3 (27. c4 $16) 27... e4 28. Nxe4 Bc6 {Hoping for ...Qg6.} 29. f3 Qe5 ({Black should play} 29... Qf7 $14) 30. Bd2 Bc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Re5h2] [#]} 31. g3 $1 {Threatens to win with Bf4.} Bxe4 32. Qxe4 ({Weaker is} 32. fxe4 Nxg3+ 33. hxg3 Qxg3 $17) 32... Qd6 33. Bf4 Qd7 34. Qb7 Qxd3 35. Qxc7 Re2 {Black wants to play ...Qc2.} 36. Qc5 Rfe8 37. Rf2 a5 (37... Kg8 $11) 38. Raf1 $1 $14 Rxb2 39. Kg2 Ree2 40. Qxa5 Kh7 41. h4 ({White should try} 41. Qc5 $16) 41... Ne3+ $11 {The position is equal.} 42. Bxe3 $1 Qxe3 43. Qf5+ Kh8 {[%cal Re2f2]} 44. Qf8+ Kh7 {[%cal Re2f2]} 45. Qf5+ Kh8 {[%cal Re2f2]} 46. Qf8+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.28"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,52,14,7,18,18,20,14,8,0,7,0,0,0,12,8,24,14,9,0,8,0,25,6,13,15,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Bg5 (11. Ne2 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16. Rd3 Be7 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 {½-½ (33) Vachier Lagrave,M (2781)-Nakamura,H (2746) London 2018}) 11... Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Rd2 Rd8 {[#] ...Bxg5 is the strong threat.} 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. b3 h4 17. Ne2 (17. Kf1 Rh5 18. Bc1 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2773)-Nakamura,H (2746) Kolkata 2018}) 17... Bd5 {[#]} 18. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 {½-½ (55) Zhigalko,S (2661)-Swiercz,D (2633) Denizli 2013}) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 g6 20. Bc1 Ng7 21. Kg2 Ne6 22. Nd4 Kd7 {The position is equal.} 23. Nf5+ Ke8 24. Nd4 Kd7 25. Nf5+ Ke8 26. Nd4 Kd7 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2