[Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.17"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2818"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,85,60,52,60,54,56,49,45,51,30,50,35,41,33,39,32,34,29,30,36,31,29,29,28,46,14,18,16,27,22,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,27,26,23,22,8,4,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 {[#] Bb3 is the strong threat.White is slightly better.} bxa4 11. b3 (11. Qe1 {looks sharper.} c6 12. Nc3 a3 13. b3 f6 14. Re3) 11... Be6 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 O-O 14. Nb1 Qd6 15. Nc3 axb3 16. axb3 c5 $146 17. Ne2 f6 18. Re3 {[#] And now dxc5 would win.} c4 19. Ng3 cxb3 20. cxb3 g6 21. Qf3 Bf7 22. h3 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd3 Re6 25. Nf1 Qb6 26. Ne3 Rc6 27. h4 Kg7 28. h5 Qb4 29. Ng4 Be6 30. h6+ Kf7 31. Ne3 a5 32. Qd1 {The position is equal.} Rc3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 33. Ra4 Qxb3 34. Qxb3 Rxb3 35. Rxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening Ra7+. KRB-KRN} g5 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Ra6 Kf7 38. g4 Rb4 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40. Ra6 Kf7 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Ra6 Kf7 43. Ra7+ {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.19"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "208"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,208,9,30,0,0,0,6,0,6,0,0,0,5,0,8,7,0,13,32,0,33,0,28,13,13,13,13,13,8,11,13,12,16,5,18,4,31,0,10,0,11,10,14,0,0,0,21,23,27,27,26,24,38,41,45,60,56,39,32,34,62,47,45,38,45,45,65,65,65,54,54,54,54,54,54,32,32,32,34,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,37,37,37,32,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,97,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,26,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,31,74,31,31,31,31,31,59,31,31,31,31,31,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,0,0,0,0,0,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,0,125,0,125,0,125]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (8. Nc3 c6 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. e4 Re8 11. a4 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Bb7 14. a5 bxa5 15. d6 Bf8 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Bxb7 {½-½ (42) Nakamura,H (2777)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 8... a5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Na3 Ne4 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be3 f5 13. Rad1 {[#]} Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf6 14. Nb1 Qe7 15. Nc3 b6 {0-1 (35) Gelfand,B (2724)-Ding,L (2773) Moscow 2017}) 14. Qc1 {[%cal Rf3g5]} h6 15. Ne5 Kh7 16. f3 Nef6 17. b3 Bd6 18. f4 g4 19. Nc2 {[%cal Ba3c2,Bc2e1,Be1d3][%mdl 32]} h5 20. Ne1 Rh8 21. N1d3 Kg7 22. Bf2 Rh6 23. Qe3 Nf8 (23... Kg8 {is more complex.} 24. c5 Bc7 25. Rb1 Rh7 26. Be1 Bd8) 24. Rb1 Ng6 25. Nxg6 (25. c5 {seems wilder.} Be7 26. h4 gxh3 27. Bxh3 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Kg8 29. Kg2) 25... Qxg6 26. c5 Bc7 27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4 Rh7 29. Ne5 Qe8 30. Ra1 Ba5 31. Rb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qd8 32. Qc1 Ra7 33. Be1 Rh8 34. Bxa5 Qxa5 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Rxc3 Ra5 37. Rb3 Rh7 38. Rb4 Kf8 39. h4 Ke8 40. e3 Kd8 41. Nd3 Kc7 42. Nc1 Rh8 43. Nb3 Ra7 44. Kf1 Bd7 45. Ke1 Rha8 46. Kd2 Be8 47. Kc3 Bd7 48. a5 Be8 49. Rb6 Bd7 50. Kb4 Be8 51. Rg1 Nd7 52. Bf1 Bf7 53. Bd3 Be8 54. Ra1 Bf7 55. Kc3 Be8 56. Rb4 Nb8 57. Rba4 Bd7 58. Nc1 Be8 59. Bc2 Bd7 60. R4a3 Be8 61. Bd3 Bd7 62. Ne2 Be8 63. Kb4 Na6+ 64. Kb3 Nb8 65. Nc3 Bd7 66. Kb2 Kd8 67. Nd1 Kc7 68. Nf2 Be8 69. Bc2 Bd7 70. Nd3 Be8 71. Bd1 Kc8 72. Be2 Kc7 73. Nb4 Bd7 74. Kc2 Be8 75. Nd3 Bd7 76. Nc1 Be8 77. Nb3 Bd7 78. Ra4 Be8 79. Rb4 Bf7 80. Rb6 Nd7 81. Bd3 Be8 82. Kc3 Bf7 83. Rb1 Rb8 84. Rb4 Be8 85. Kd2 Bf7 86. Ke1 Be8 87. Kf1 Bf7 88. Kf2 Be8 89. Kg2 Bf7 90. a6 (90. Ra4 {looks sharper.} Nf6 91. Ra2 Ne4 92. Bxe4 fxe4 93. Kf2) 90... bxa6 91. Rxb8 Nxb8 92. Na5 Be8 (92... Nd7 $11) 93. Rb6 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Bd7 {[#]} 94. Bc2 $1 Be8 95. Ba4 Bd7 96. Kf2 Be8 97. Ke1 Bd7 98. Kd2 Be8 99. Kc3 Bd7 100. Kb4 Be8 101. Bc2 Bd7 102. Ba4 Be8 103. Bc2 Bd7 $1 104. Ba4 Be8 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.20"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,94,17,12,23,10,17,10,22,21,18,11,25,24,24,25,29,22,22,23,24,37,30,27,34,16,30,16,28,14,15,15,27,20,25,18,16,18,43,43,43,43,43,43,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 {[#]} Na7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Qg4 Qxg4 17. hxg4 h6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {½-½ (41) Vachier Lagrave,M (2686)-Tkachiev,V (2644) Pau 2012}) 14. d4 exd4 15. Qxd4 c5 16. dxc6 $1 Nxc6 17. Qd3 Bf6 {[#] ...Nd4! is the strong threat.} 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 ({Much worse is} 19... Bxe5 $6 20. Ng5 $14) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. c3 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 22. f3 d5 23. Re1 Bc7 24. Bc2 g6 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qe3 (27. Be3 {looks sharper.} Qe5 28. f4 Qf6 29. Qd2 Bc8 30. a4) 27... Qxe3+ 28. Bxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} f5 29. f4 Kf7 30. g3 Ke6 31. Kf2 h5 32. h4 Bc6 33. Ba7 Bd8 34. Ke3 Bf6 35. Bb6 Kd6 36. Kd2 Bd7 37. Kd3 Bc6 38. Bd1 Bd7 39. Bf3 Bc6 40. Kc2 (40. Be2 {keeps more tension.} Bd7 41. Bd4 Bd8 42. Be5+ Kc5 43. Bf3) 40... d4 {The position is equal.} 41. Bxc6 Kxc6 42. Bxd4 {KB-KB} Be7 $1 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Be3 Bd6 45. Bd4 Be7 46. Be3 Bd6 47. Bd4 Be7 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.23"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2882"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,60,31,24,27,29,22,22,16,22,22,34,15,28,22,30,15,7,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qc7 8. Be3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (8. a3 Nf6 9. b4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 cxb4 13. axb4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Bd2 Raa8 {½-½ (49) Caruana,F (2832)-Carlsen,M (2835) London 2018}) 8... b6 9. a3 a5 10. Nbd2 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne7 11. Nc4 a4 12. b4 b5 13. Na5 cxb4 14. axb4 O-O 15. c4 Be6 {½-½ (45) Hasangatin,R (2380)-Faibisovich,V (2410) Decin 1996}) 11. b4 Ng4 12. bxc5 Nxe3 13. fxe3 bxc5 14. Nc4 Be6 {The position is equal.} 15. Nfd2 O-O 16. Rf1 Rab8 17. Qe2 a4 18. Rf2 Rb7 19. Raf1 Qd8 20. Qe1 h5 21. Qa1 f6 22. h3 Bh6 23. Qd1 Kh7 24. Qe2 Rb8 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Rff1 Kg7 27. Rb1 Rb5 28. Rbd1 Rbb8 29. Rb1 Rb5 30. Rbd1 Rbb8 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.25"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,58,11,16,0,0,12,11,0,15,18,20,25,8,0,0,-2,23,21,18,18,18,26,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. a3 c5 11. Bc4 Qd8 12. O-O Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Ne5 Qb6 {1-0 (53) Lupulescu,C (2643)-Szabo,G (2548) Calimanesti 2014}) 13. dxc5 (13. Ne5 {is more complex.} Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Qc2) 13... Bxb2 14. Rb1 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxa3 16. Bd6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rc8 18. cxb6 {The position is equal.} axb6 19. Bxa3 Rxa3 20. Rxb6 Rc3 21. Rbd6 {[#] White wants to mate with Rd8+.} Kf8 22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Ke7 24. Rxb8 {Strongly threatening Bf1.} Rxc4 $11 {KR-KR} 25. f4 Rc7 26. Ra8 Rd7 27. Rb8 Rc7 28. Ra8 Rd7 29. Rb8 Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.27"] [Round "10.6"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,20,41,-12,0,-26,10,0,0,0,0,-17,20,17,21,-25,0,0,19,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} c5 (10... a6 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Be1 Ne4 15. Ng3 cxd4 16. exd4 b5 17. Kh1 f6 18. Ng4 Qd7 {0-1 (38) Duda,J (2717)-Zhigalko,S (2641) Katowice 2017}) 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Ng4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 c4 14. Bb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bc2 g6 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Bd1 a6 17. Nxd5 Nxd4 {½-½ (53) Zlatariu,M (2401)-Jensen,E (2502) ICCF email 2013}) 14... Ne7 15. Nb5 (15. Qh3 $14 f5 16. f3) 15... f5 $11 16. Qe2 (16. Qh3 {keeps more tension.} Bb8 17. f3 a6 18. Nc3 b5 19. Ne2) 16... a6 (16... Bb8 {is interesting.} 17. Bb4 Bc6 18. Qf3 a6 19. Nc3 b5) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 b5 19. Be1 Ng6 20. Ba5 Ne7 21. Be1 Ng6 22. Ba5 Ne7 23. Be1 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2