[Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.18"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2818"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,70,25,14,4,1,46,57,70,19,44,36,34,28,8,-33,-20,-14,-12,-4,9,0,0,-15,-13,-8,12,-10,0,0,0,0,15,0,48,37,36,0,7,0,8,0,10,0,0,-239,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (7... Be6 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 O-O 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qe3 Rac8 15. Kb1 {1-0 (60) Van Foreest,J (2612)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. g4 b5 9. g5 Nfd7 {White is slightly better.} 10. h4 $146 (10. Be3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd5 O-O 11. h4 Nb6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc6 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. Nd4 Nxd5 16. exd5 {0-1 (40) Karthikeyan,M (2513)-Donchenko,A (2583) Biel 2016}) 10... Nb6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. Qf3 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 15. exd5 Nd7 16. O-O-O a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 17. Kb1 a4 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Bd3 b3 20. cxb3 axb3 21. a3 Ra4 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 O-O 24. Rhg1 Qa7 25. h5 g6 26. Rd3 Rb8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qg2 $2 {[#]} (28. Rh1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxg5 29. Qg2) 28... Bf8 $2 (28... Rxa3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Ra1#)} 29. bxa3 Qxa3) 29. f3 {The position is equal.} Rc4 30. Rh1 Qc7 31. Qh2 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh2h8]} Bg7 32. Qe2 Bf8 33. Qh2 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh2h8]} Bg7 34. Qe2 Bf8 35. Qh2 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh2h8]} Bg7 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.20"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2818"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,105,16,20,15,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,30,25,21,20,24,20,23,19,19,23,26,28,35,22,31,27,25,33,37,36,15,19,31,17,25,36,44,41,61,52,52,45,39,57,38,46,46,36,41,36,43,41,51,45,38,35,51,15,14,22,35,0,52,65,100,92,93,60,59,59,59,54,61,59,62,6,71,71,1038,951,5226,3813,2984,2704,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29983,29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Re8 (6... d6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8. Bc2 Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a4 c6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. a5 Bc5 {1-0 (39) Carlsen,M (2845)-Grischuk,A (2771) Shamkir 2019}) 7. d4 Bb6 8. d5 {The position is equal.} Ne7 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. d6 cxd6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Bg5 Ng6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 {½-½ (46) Quirhuayo Chumbe,G (2220)-Cuellar,D (2376) Lima 2016}) 10... Nf6 11. d6 $1 cxd6 12. Nc4 d5 13. Nd6 Rf8 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 f6 {[#] ...d5 is the strong threat.} 17. Be3 d5 18. Qf3 Ng6 {[%cal Be7g6,Bg6e5,Be5c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 19. Na3 Bc7 20. Rad1 Ne5 21. Qe2 a6 22. Ba4 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 $1 24. Bb3 Re8 25. f4 Nc6 26. Qf3 {[%cal Rb3d5]} Bb6 27. Nc2 Na5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxe3+ 30. Nxe3 Qb6 {And now ...Nc4 would win.} 31. Rd3 Nc4 {[%cal Rc4e3]} 32. Qd5+ Kf8 $1 33. Qxc4 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Qxe3+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Kh1 Rd8 36. h3 b5 37. Qc6 Qe2 38. Rf3 Qxb2 (38... h5 $11) 39. Qxa6 h5 40. Kh2 h4 41. Qa7 Kg8 42. Qe7 Qd2 43. Re3 Qd6 44. Qe4 Qd5 45. Qb4 (45. Qg6 $14 Qd2 46. Re8+ Rxe8 47. Qxe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 48. Qh5+ (48. Qxb5 Qxf4+ 49. Kg1 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+ 51. Kh1 Qc1+ 52. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 48... Kg8 49. Qxh4) 45... Rc8 (45... Qf5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 46. a4 $36 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 2080] White is on the roll.} Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46... bxa4 $16 47. Qxa4 Qf5) 47. Re8+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 (47... Rxe8 48. Qxc5) 48. Rxc8 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxc8 49. axb5 Qf5 50. b6 {White mates.} Qd3 51. c4 Qg3+ 52. Kh1 Qd3 53. c5 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 54%.} 1-0 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.23"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2818"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,105,18,7,18,22,9,4,5,0,14,0,16,21,20,25,33,25,9,12,18,8,6,6,13,6,4,4,0,25,0,0,21,28,52,20,27,21,29,17,27,27,30,20,20,20,20,18,20,20,78,76,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,33,34,13,13,13,13,13,13,20,20,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. f4 g6 (8... exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 O-O 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qe3 Rac8 15. Kb1 {1-0 (60) Van Foreest,J (2612)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. g4 Rc8 {White must now prevent ...Rxc3!} 11. f5 Bxb3 $1 12. axb3 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. O-O Qh4 15. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} gxf5 $1 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Kh2 $146 Rg8 18. Ra4 Nf6 $132 {[%cal Rf6g4][%mdl 2048] ( -> ...Nxg4+). Black is not keeping still} 19. g5 $1 Rxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. c4 {Hoping for Rb4.} Qh4 {Threatens to win with ...Bh6.} (21... Be7 {feels hotter.} 22. Ra1 h5 23. Qe1 h4 24. Qf2 e3) 22. Qe1 Qxe1 $1 23. Rxe1 {Strongly threatening Rb4.} Bh6 24. Rd1 Kd7 25. c5 d5 26. Rb4 Kc7 27. Rb6 Bf4+ 28. Kg2 Nd7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Rxd5 {aiming for Rbd6.} Nxb6 30. cxb6+ Kxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} (30... Kc6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 31. Rd8 Kxb6) 31. Rd7 $16 a5 32. Rxf7 h6 $1 33. Kf2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kc6 34. Ke2 b5 35. Rf6+ Kc5 36. c3 a4 {The position is equal.} 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. Ra6 Kb5 39. Ra7 Bg5 40. Ra8 Be7 $1 41. Kd2 a3 42. Ke3 Kc4 43. Kxe4 Kxc3 44. Kxe5 Kb3 45. Ke4 a2 {[#]} (45... Bc5 {with more complications.} 46. Kd3 Bd6 47. Ke4 a2 48. Kd3 Be5) 46. Rxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxa2 $11 {KB-KP} 47. Kf3 Kb3 {[#]} 48. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kc4 (48... Bxh4 49. Kg2) 49. h5 Kd3 50. Kg2 Ke2 51. Kh1 Kf2 52. Kh2 Bd6+ 53. Kh1 Be5 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.25"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2818"] [BlackElo "2756"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,88,0,0,0,0,8,5,10,10,7,10,10,19,18,15,14,19,-8,-8,-55,-43,-50,-49,-58,-58,-55,-62,-52,-60,-83,-56,-73,-21,-55,0,0,0,0,36,37,23,0,0,-15,-15,-30,37,23,60,60,60,33,38,41,30,34,77,52,74,58,64,28,30,23,59,50,54,10,10,10,10,0,0,0,10,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Qxd5 9. a3 (9. Bd3 Qa5+ 10. Kf1 Ba6 11. Bxc7 Bxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. Bg3 Nb4 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15. a3 Qa4 {0-1 (54) Caruana,F (2832)-Nakamura,H (2746) London 2018}) 9... Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bg3 Nb8 13. Qd3 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f5 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qa6 Nb8 {½-½ (41) Alexandrov,A (2630)-Boensch,U (2547) Saint Vincent 2005}) 14. e4 Qb7 15. d5 exd5 16. e5 Be7 17. Nd4 a5 18. Nf5 Re8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. O-O $1 Nd7 21. Qc3 axb4 22. axb4 Rc8 (22... Rxa1 $17 23. Rxa1 Re8) 23. Rfc1 c6 (23... Ree8 $15) 24. f4 $1 $11 f6 25. Bf2 {[#] Ra7 is the strong threat.} Qc7 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 26. Ra7 Qd8 27. Qh3 {Strongly threatening Bc5.} fxe5 28. fxe5 Rc7 {White must now prevent ...Rxa7.} 29. Ra3 Nxe5 (29... Qc8 $11) 30. Bb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qc8 {[#] Hoping for ...Qxh3.} 31. Bxc7 Qxh3 $1 32. Rxh3 Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 33. Re1 Nc4 34. Rf3 {[%cal Re1e8]} h6 35. Re6 c5 36. bxc5 Rxc5 37. h4 Nd2 38. Rd3 Ne4 39. Rb6 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kh7 40. g4 Rc1+ {The position is equal.} 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kg1 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.28"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2818"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,103,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,-11,6,-7,-10,0,-18,-3,-2,-3,-18,-11,-13,-17,-16,0,0,-42,-55,-37,-43,-99,-94,-88,-39,-37,-37,-38,-40,-40,-42,-40,-40,-52,-46,-77,-60,-107,-70,-105,-94,-100,-89,-96,-96,-112,-94,-106,-72,-89,-57,-56,-55,-62,-60,-65,-48,-62,-37,-39,-28,-31,-8,-16,-8,-15,-8,-8,-8,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 Re8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (8... Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. b3 Bf5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Nh4 Bh3 13. e4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nd4 15. Be3 b5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. cxb5 Qxb5 {1-0 (35) Carlsen,M (2835)-Duda,J (2738) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. b3 Bg4 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening ...e4.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 a5 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. a3 Qc8 15. Qd3 Bh3 {1-0 (48) Meskovs,N (2495)-Antoms,G (2349) Liepaja 2017}) 10. h3 Bh5 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 11. d3 a5 12. a3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. g4 Bg6 15. d4 Bb6 16. dxe5 Be4 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Ng6 19. h4 Qf6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 20. Ra2 Rf8 {[%cal Re4f3]} 21. e7 ({White should play} 21. h5 $15) 21... Rf7 $17 {[%cal Re4f3]} 22. h5 Bxf3 (22... Nxe7 {is interesting.} 23. Ne1 Qe6 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Rc2 Raf8) 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Kg2 Rf7 27. e4 Rxe7 28. Re2 Kf7 29. Bb2 Rh8 30. f4 Ree8 31. f5 gxf5 32. Rxf5+ Kg6 33. Bc1 Rh4 34. Rg5+ Kh7 (34... Kf6 {keeps more tension.} 35. Bf4 g6 36. Rb5 Rxg4+ 37. Kf3 Rg1) 35. Bd2 c5 36. Be1 Rh6 37. Bg3 Rhe6 38. Kf3 Bd8 39. Rd5 Be7 40. a4 Kg6 41. e5 Rf8+ 42. Kg2 {The position is equal.} Rc8 43. Kf3 {[%cal Re5d6]} dxe5 44. Rexe5 Rxe5 45. Bxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf6 46. Bf4 c4 47. bxc4 Rxc4 48. Rxa5 Rc3+ 49. Ke4 Rc4+ 50. Kf3 Rc3+ 51. Ke4 Rc4+ 52. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2