[Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.17"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2882"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,71,9,7,0,12,8,12,9,16,6,15,12,12,15,18,6,12,17,11,10,14,7,6,9,13,16,29,23,20,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. Be2 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 Bg4 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 {1-0 (49) Nakamura,H (2746)-Sevian,S (2642) Saint Louis 2019}) 6... Bg4 7. a3 Bc5 8. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O a5 9. h3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nb5 Nh5 13. Nfxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 {1-0 (57) Jurcik,M (2466)-Karas,M (2170) Slovakia 2015}) 8... Bb6 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Na4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. Nc3 a5 16. b5 c6 17. Rab1 d5 18. Na4 Qe7 19. bxc6 {The position is equal.} bxc6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nb6 Rad8 22. Rb5 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qxa3 23. exd5 e4 24. dxe4 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rxe4 26. Rxa5 Rb4 27. Ra8 Rxa8 28. Nxa8 Nxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Rd1 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc7.} Rb8 $1 30. Rxd5 {Black must now prevent Nc7.} Rxa8 {KR-KR} 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Kf3 h6 33. Kf2 Ra2+ 34. Kf3 Ra8 35. Kf2 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.19"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2882"] [BlackElo "2818"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,85,16,16,-7,-9,0,21,22,16,20,12,22,18,24,32,18,36,35,34,37,43,45,43,34,34,31,34,34,34,38,49,33,41,31,41,41,43,43,67,62,61,62,66,57,60,33,37,34,36,14,10,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-15,-15,-15,-22,-12,-12,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,0,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Rb8 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14. Qxd5 {½-½ (31) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Caruana,F (2832) Germany 2019}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rb8 15. b3 Rb6 16. Ne4 {[%cal Re4f6]} Be7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. d5 e5 21. Rfc1 a5 22. Be2 c6 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Rc5 Ra8 27. f4 exf4 28. Bf3 Ra6 29. Kf2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} (29. Rd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5d7]} Ra7 30. Rd4 $14) 29... Be6 {The position is equal.} 30. Be2 Ra8 31. Bf3 Ra6 32. Bb7 Ra7 33. Be4 Kg7 34. Kf3 a4 35. Bc2 (35. Rc3 {seems wilder.} axb3 36. axb3 Ra5 37. Bd3 Ra2 38. Bc2) 35... axb3 36. Bxb3 Rb7 37. Kxf4 Bxb3 38. axb3 Rxb3 $11 {KR-KR} 39. g3 Rb4+ 40. Kf3 Rb3+ 41. Kf4 Rb4+ 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.21"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2882"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,92,28,20,22,17,34,24,17,27,25,22,22,30,17,21,16,9,23,19,22,4,12,0,12,8,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,199,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Qe2 Bxc4 {White has an edge.} 10. Qxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 {[#]} 14. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng5 Be7 15. Qe2 {½-½ (71) Cheparinov,I (2687)-Dominguez Perez,L (2723) Varadero 2016}) 14... Re8 15. Nd2 Qb7 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rec8 18. Nde4 Bf8 19. Nd6 Rc6 {[#] aiming for ...e5.} 20. Bg3 a6 21. Rac1 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Bxd6 Rc8 24. Rd1 h6 25. f4 b5 26. Be7 Rc6 27. Kg2 Nb6 28. e4 Nc4 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Nd1 Kg6 32. b3 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Nxd6 {KN-KN} 34. f3 Kh5 35. Kg3 b4 36. Ne3 f5 37. exf5 Nxf5+ 38. Nxf5 exf5 {KP-KP} 39. Kf2 Kh4 40. Kg2 a5 41. Kf2 Kh3 42. Kg1 h5 (42... f6 $5) 43. Kh1 h4 (43... f6 $5) 44. Kg1 f6 45. Kh1 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. bxa4 b3 47. axb3 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.24"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2882"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,67,20,17,0,16,18,27,12,22,9,18,0,2,-10,-17,0,-26,-29,-25,-21,-33,-29,0,-27,-27,-40,0,-1,-1,-1,-1,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 8. Nf3 c5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Nb6 11. Qa3 cxd4 12. cxd4 {White has an edge.} Bg4 13. Rd1 Bxf3 {[#]} 14. Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. gxf3 Bxd4 15. Bg5 Bxa1 16. Rxd8 Rfxd8 17. Qxe7 Rd7 {1-0 (39) Riazantsev,A (2671)-Navara,D (2751) Montpellier 2015}) 14... Bxd4 {[#]} 15. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now Rb1 would win.} Nc4 (15... Bxe5 16. Rxd8) 16. Qb4 Rc8 17. Bh6 {Threatens to win with Rac1.} Bxa1 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 19. e6 $1 Ne5 20. exf7+ Nxf7 21. Be3 $1 {[#]} Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qxe7 {The position is equal.} (22. Bxd4 Rc1+) 22... Re8 23. Qa3 b6 24. Bd5 Rc5 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxa7+ Re7 27. Qa6 b5 {( -> ...Rc1+!)} 28. h3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 $11 {KQ-KRR} Rce5 30. Qb6 R7e6 31. Qb7+ Re7 32. Qb6 R7e6 33. Qb7+ Re7 34. Qb6 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.25"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2882"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,84,17,4,8,8,11,8,12,0,13,0,0,-12,-24,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,13,13,14,12,12,12,41,12,18,0,0,0,0,6,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 h6 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 $1 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. h4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. hxg5) 14... Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Be7 $1 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. f4 Nc6 18. fxg5 Bxg5 19. Rh5 f6 20. Nf3 Bxe3 21. Re2 Bc1 22. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4g4]} e5 23. Bc4+ Kg7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rh8.} 24. Reh4 Kg6 $1 25. Rh7 Bg4 26. Bd3+ f5 $1 ({Not} 26... Bf5 27. R4h5 Bg5 28. Nh4+ Bxh4 29. Bxf5#) 27. Nxe5+ Nxe5 28. Bxe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh7g7] [#]} Kg5 29. g3 {[%cal Rh7g7]} (29. Rh1 $5 {[%cal Rh7g7]} Rg8 30. Bd4 $14 (30. Rxb7 Rae8 $15)) 29... Rg8 {Threatens to win with ...Rae8.The position is equal.} 30. Rxb7 {With the idea Bd4.} Rae8 31. Rb5 Rg6 {Hoping for ...Rge6.} 32. Kf2 Rb6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...Rxb5. Black has counterplay} 33. Rxb6 axb6 34. Rh1 Rxe5 35. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} f4 36. gxf4+ Kxf4 37. Rb1 Rc5 38. Rb4+ Kg5 39. Rxb6 Rxc3 40. Ke3 Bf5 41. Rd6 $1 Rxd3+ 42. Rxd3 Bxd3 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.27"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2882"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,85,10,8,15,10,19,13,6,0,5,8,10,6,8,12,4,4,15,0,14,0,-10,0,-7,0,28,31,31,31,43,10,13,12,35,33,32,32,62,62,66,68,68,72,65,66,79,79,79,79,181,185,181,181,193,159,317,293,377,334,366,372,354,340,357,193,193,193,193,200,193,140,1227,1170]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O {1-0 (49) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 4... Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. b3 Re8 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 c5 17. Nc4 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxc4 19. bxc4 b6 20. Nh4 Rad8 21. f3 $1 g6 22. g3 Nh5 23. Kf2 Nc6 24. Bc1 Kg7 25. Be3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b6]} Rb8 28. Ng2 Nf6 29. Ke2 Ne8 30. Bf2 Nd6 31. Ne3 Ne7 (31... Rb7 $16) 32. Nd5 $18 Nxd5 33. cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatens to win with Bxc5! KRB-KRN} Rb7 34. Kd3 f5 $2 {[#]} (34... c4+ $16 {was worth a try.} 35. Kd2 Nc8) 35. c4 $1 fxe4+ 36. fxe4 Rf7 37. Rxb6 Rxf2 38. Rxd6 {KR-KR} Rf3+ 39. Ke2 (39. Kd2 $142) 39... Rc3 {[#]} 40. Re6 $1 Rxc4 41. Rxe5 Rxa4 42. Re7+ (42. Kf3 $18) 42... Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Kf8 $16 43. Re6 Kf7) 43. d6 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 48%.} 1-0 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.29"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2882"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,68,8,1,-7,0,14,11,0,12,19,23,2,14,-11,-7,-10,-16,-29,-27,-29,-33,-56,-12,-14,-9,-46,-47,-46,-47,-60,-62,-70,-61,-65,-60,-71,-52,-69,-66,-62,-52,-68,-24,-24,-26,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,-98,0,-98,0,-98,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Ne5 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} Nbd7 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nd5 11. Ne4 Bb7 $146 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} ({Predecessor:} 11... f5 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. e4 Nb6 {½-½ (57) Rakhmanov,A (2629)-Timofeev,A (2602) Sochi 2019}) 12. Bg2 c5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rc1 c4 15. Kc2 O-O-O 16. Rhd1 f5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Rxd6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bc3 Re8 21. e3 g5 22. Rd4 Re4 23. Rh1 Rh6 24. h4 Kd7 25. a3 g4 26. Rxe4 fxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. b4 (27. h5 $11 {remains equal.}) 27... Ra6 28. Kb2 h5 29. Rd1 Ke6 30. Rd2 Bc6 31. Bd4 Be8 32. Bc3 Bc6 33. Bd4 $1 Be8 34. Bc3 $1 Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 63%.} ({Black should play} 34... Kd6 $17) 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.29"] [Round "15.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2882"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,80,22,14,20,22,18,4,22,15,29,16,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,-30,-29,-47,-42,-23,-21,-29,-11,-38,-24,-27,-15,-37,-10,-18,0,0,-16,-16,0,0,-4,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-14,-159,-182,-292,-272,-295,-75,-84,-84,-84,-81,-82,-72,-598,-591,-1036,-1030]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (8... O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. h3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Nbd2 Rac8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. a3 exd4 17. Nf1 Rfe8 18. Ng3 g6 {0-1 (48) Karjakin,S (2753)-Postny,E (2615) St Petersburg 2018}) (8... O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. a4 b4 15. Nd5 h6 16. a5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nxa5 18. Ba4 Re7 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. c4 Nb7 21. Ne4 f5 22. Ng3 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 11. cxd4 O-O 12. h3 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Nf5 Rc7 16. Bf4 {½-½ (25) Flach,H (1794)-Ehmann,J (1748) Willingen 2017}) 13. d5 Bd7 14. Nc3 Qb8 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 Nb7 {[%cal Ba5b7,Bb7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 17. g4 Nc5 18. Ng3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 b4 20. Re1 Qb5 21. Qd1 Rc7 22. Be3 Rac8 23. Nd2 g6 24. b3 Qb7 25. Nc4 Bb5 26. Na5 Qb8 27. Qd2 Rc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 28. a3 bxa3 {[#]} 29. Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#]} Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Qxc3 (30. dxc6 Qxb3) 30... Bxd5 $1 31. Qa5 Bxe4 ({But not} 31... Bxb3 $6 32. Reb1 $16) 32. g5 Ba8 33. Qxa6 (33. gxf6 $11 Qb7 34. Kf1 Qg2+ 35. Ke2 Qf3+ 36. Kf1 Qg2+ 37. Ke2) 33... Nd5 $17 34. Ba7 (34. Bd2 $142) 34... Qc7 $19 {aiming for ...Nb4.} 35. Rec1 Qxc1+ $2 (35... Bc6 $19 {has better winning chances. Hoping for ...Qd7.} 36. Rxc6 Qxc6 37. Qxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxa3 Bxg5) 36. Rxc1 $17 Rxc1+ 37. Kh2 Bc6 38. Qxa3 Bxg5 {White must now prevent ...Bf4.} 39. Qxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Ne2 $17 {lives longer.} Re1 40. Qxd6) 39... Bf4 $1 $19 40. Bc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rd6f8] [#]} Ne7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 57%.} 0-1