[Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.17"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,61,28,22,37,23,21,10,10,18,21,18,24,25,25,25,25,25,47,27,22,25,24,27,27,20,32,13,13,10,14,11,16,11,11,11,11,11,11,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,2,0,16,0,4,0,13,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 ({Predecessor:} 6. Bc4 e6 {½-½ (45) Joao,N (2575)-Stephan,J (2575) ICCF email 2012}) 6... e6 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 7. Bc4 {[#] aiming for Nd5.} Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3 $1 9. Bxc3 Qb6 10. d5 $146 (10. b3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Be4 13. Re1 Qc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 {½-½ (71) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Kovalenko,I (2657) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... exd5 11. Bxd5 {Qe2+ is the strong threat.} Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Nbd7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Kf1 h6 17. Re7 Rhf8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 {The position is equal.} 19. Ne5 Rfe8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ng4 22. f3 Ne3+ $1 23. Kf2 Nxc2 24. Rc1 Re7 25. Rxc2 {[#] And now Nd6+ would win.} Rxf7 {KR-KR} 26. Ke3 Kd7 27. Rd2+ Ke7 28. Rc2 Kd7 29. Rd2+ Ke7 30. Rc2 Kd7 31. Rd2+ {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.18"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,70,33,18,29,34,36,48,36,13,19,16,15,15,20,19,19,19,21,19,25,19,17,19,34,25,24,31,60,24,24,31,30,24,47,40,40,45,43,20,80,0,43,0,60,0,65]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack} 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 {White is slightly better.} 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. a4 h6 20. h4 Rac8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 {[#]} 23. Ra5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 {½-½ (37) So,W (2799)-Ding,L (2769) Berlin 2018}) 23... Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Re8 25. b4 f6 26. Ra6 Bf8 27. Ra7 (27. Rea1 {seems wilder.} Bh7 28. Ne1 Rc4 29. Rd1 Rcc8 30. Ng2) 27... Ra8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. h5 Be2 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Rd7 Re6 32. Bc5 Be5 (32... Bxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 33. bxc5 Bxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Re4) 33. Bd4 ({Don't play} 33. Rxd5 Bxc3 34. Nd4 Bxd4 $11) ({Of course not} 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Rd8+ Kh7 $11) 33... Bd6 34. Bc5 Be5 35. Bd4 Bd6 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.20"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D71"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,41,-8,0,-8,16,2,5,1,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. O-O Rd8 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd2 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Bf5 12. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ba5 Qa6 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Bf1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxb2 {½-½ (17) Ding,L (2813)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 12... a5 13. Nh4 Bd7 ({Wrong is} 13... Qxd4 $2 14. Be3 $18) 14. Qc2 Qxd4 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qc8 18. Na7 Qc7 19. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Qc8 20. Na7 Qc7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Na6.} 21. Nb5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.23"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,76,10,10,10,10,6,7,7,16,5,11,16,12,20,22,21,18,13,17,13,14,14,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,41,97,10,3,7,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 $146 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Kg2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ra7 {½-½ (40) Giri,A (2797)-Radjabov,T (2756) Shamkir 2019}) ({Predecessor:} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. a3 {½-½ (54) Baramidze,D (2591)-Fridman,D (2652) Germany 2011}) 7... c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qc2 Ne6 16. Bxd5 Rac8 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. O-O $1 Nc7 19. e4 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rc5 21. Rad1 g6 22. b4 Rc3 (22... Rcxd5 $14 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 b6) 23. a4 (23. Rfe1 $16) 23... Rc4 $11 {The position is equal.} 24. d6 Rd7 25. g3 Kg7 ({Much weaker is} 25... Rc6 26. Qe3 $16) 26. b5 Re4 27. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 30. Qc3+ Qf6 31. Qc7 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Qxa4 33. Qxb7 Qc4 34. Qxa7 {Black must now prevent Qa1+.} Qd5+ 35. Kg1 {aiming for Qa1+.} Qd1+ 36. Kg2 {And now Qc5 would win.} Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 37. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Qa4.} Qd1+ 38. Kg2 {Qc5 is the strong threat.} Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.25"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D86"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,100,18,20,16,34,20,49,47,39,27,29,36,40,18,42,9,61,60,93,97,87,87,85,83,83,83,84,89,127,114,118,124,131,126,138,139,148,107,107,107,107,106,107,107,141,135,781,895,898,896,851,869,857,844,798,770,854,871,791,769,731,725,637,596,1179,1158,1152,1145,1145,1114,987,880,29990,29991,29992,29993,29993,29994,29996,29997,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} (11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd2 e6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. f3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qd6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Na5 18. Bd3 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 {½-½ (50) Nakamura,H (2746)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2781) London 2018}) 11... Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 {White is slightly better.} Qb8 14. Bd5 Ng4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rb8h2]} 15. g3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 {Hoping for Bxf7+!} a6 17. Nd4 {Threatens to win with Nc6.} bxc5 (17... Bh3 $11) 18. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qa7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Qc7 19. Bxa8 cxd4 20. cxd4 {½-½ (28) Bluebaum,M (2413)-Colpe,M (2208) playchess.com INT 2012}) 19. Nc6 Qc7 {[#] next ...Bh3 is good for Black.} 20. Nxe7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Qxe7 21. Bxa8 {Black must now prevent Bd5.} Bh3 22. Bd5 {Rb7 is the strong threat.} Bxf1 23. Qxf1 Bxc3 24. Qxa6 Qg5 25. Qe2 Kh8 26. Kg2 f5 27. Qd3 Be5 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. exf5 Rxf5 30. a4 Rxf1 31. Kxf1 Bd4 32. Bc4 $1 ({Much weaker is} 32. exd4 $6 Qxd5 33. a5 cxd4 $11) 32... Bxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Qf6+ $16 33. Kg1 Bc3) 33. Qd7+ $18 Kh6 34. Qh3+ Kg7 35. Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7] And now Qf7+ would win.} Bd4 36. Qf7+ Kh6 {[#]} 37. a5 $1 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Bf6 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 Qg5 {[#]} 40. Qf8+ $1 Bg7 41. Qf3 {aiming for a6.} Bd4 42. a6 {White wants to mate with a7.} Qe7 43. Qa8 Bf6 44. a7 Qd7+ 45. g4 Qe7 46. Qf3 {White mates.} Qxa7 47. Qxf6 Qa3+ {[#]} 48. Bd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd3+ 49. Kh4 {[%csl Gf6,Gh4][%cal Rg4g5]} Qd4 50. Qf8+ Qg7 51. g5# {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 45%.} 1-0 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.27"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2756"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,70,25,12,22,13,30,20,27,21,33,26,33,33,33,33,31,31,46,42,42,41,40,19,31,30,27,19,37,39,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-20,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Ba6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Qe2 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc8 13. Qxc8 Rxc8 14. Rac1 Nbd7 15. Ncb5 {0-1 (44) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Nakamura,H (2746) Kolkata 2018}) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O c5 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rac1 Qb7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rfd1 {1-0 (66) Keymer,V (2466)-Matthiesen,M (2273) Helsingor 2018}) 9... Qxd5 10. Bxc7 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 $1 Bxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Nd7 13. h3 Rac8 14. Bg3 Rc6 15. Kg1 Rfc8 16. Kh2 Rc2 17. Qd3 g5 18. Rhb1 h5 19. Kg1 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Ne1 Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d3]} 22. Qe4 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 23. Qb7 Re8 24. Rc1 Qf5 25. Rc7 ({Don't blunder} 25. Qxa7 $2 {[#]} Bd6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 25... Bd6 {Hoping for ...Bxg3.} 26. Rxf7 {Threatens to win with e4.The position is equal.} Bxg3 27. Rg7+ {[#]} Kh8 $1 28. fxg3 Rf2 {( -> ...Rf1+)} 29. Nd3 Qxd3 30. Kxf2 {White wants to mate with Rh1+.} Ne4+ 31. Kg1 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Qh6+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 {Intending Rh7+ and mate.} Qh6+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2