[Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.19"] [Round "3.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,74,22,18,25,26,26,17,21,27,16,0,14,0,14,-3,0,-25,8,4,8,0,10,8,6,7,7,7,14,14,14,10,11,7,14,13,12,7,14,0,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,14,0,14,0,14]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 Bd5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 c6 16. e3 Bd6 {[#]} 17. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. Ne1 h5 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Qb6 21. Bxe4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 dxe4 {½-½ (41) Cornette,M (2581)-Maze,S (2627) Agen 2016}) 17... Qe7 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Ne1 Kg7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 {The position is equal.} Qd7 22. Nd3 Rfc8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qc2 Ra6 25. Rdc1 Qa7 26. Bf3 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Kg2 h5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Qb2 31. Qc3 Qb8 32. h4 Qb7 33. Rc2 Rb6 34. Qc5 Ra6 35. Qc3 Rb6 36. Qc5 Ra6 37. Qc3 Rb6 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.21"] [Round "5.1"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2818"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,72,13,23,17,19,20,30,24,47,52,31,37,38,32,43,43,30,33,33,37,33,13,37,14,44,55,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (6. Nc2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Nc3 Na6 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 Be7 11. Re1 Be6 12. dxc4 O-O 13. Be3 {½-½ (64) Nakamura,H (2746)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 6... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...a4.} 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 $1 {White has an edge.} Bc5 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e3 exd3 10. Nc3 Qa6 11. b3 a3 12. Nde4 Be7 13. Bd2 {½-½ (38) Meier,G (2657)-Baklan,V (2618) Biel 2016}) 9... e3 10. fxe3 Bxe3+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nbc3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 Ne3 16. Rf3 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd8 18. Qg5 f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5] The position is equal.} 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Ne4 Nd7 21. Raf1 Kh8 $1 22. Nxf6 Nxf6 23. e4 {[%cal Rf3f6]} Bd7 $1 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Rxf6 Qe7 26. Qf4 Kg8 27. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e7]} Qg7 28. e5 {Threatens to win with e6.} Re8 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Rf7 Qxe5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 31. Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Black must now prevent Qf7. KQR-KQR} Qe2+ 32. Kh3 {And now Qf7 would win.} Qf1+ $1 33. Kh4 {White wants to mate with Qd4+.} Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kh3 {aiming for Qc3.} Qf1+ 35. Kh4 {Qd4+ would kill now.} Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 36. Kh3 {Hoping for Qc3.} Qf1+ {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.24"] [Round "7.5"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,84,15,12,11,15,12,7,8,14,6,14,17,21,21,21,21,21,19,18,14,14,20,26,23,18,0,0,0,16,0,10,3,24,18,15,21,17,18,17,18,16,15,18,14,18,13,21,12,12,12,16,14,22,19,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Qxd5 9. Be2 $146 (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... Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Ba6 $1 11. O-O c5 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 {Threatening d5.} cxd4 14. exd4 {next d5 is good for White.} Nc6 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. Rab1 Nd4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ne2+.} 20. Kf1 Rfe8 21. g3 Rc5 22. Bg2 Ne6 23. Be3 Rc2 {The position is equal.} 24. Rd7 Re7 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Be4 Rc7 27. Rc1 Bc5 28. Bd2 Rd7 29. Be1 a5 30. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} g6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Be7 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Rc6 Rd1 {[#] ...Bxb4 is the strong threat.} 35. Ke2 Rd4 36. Rxe6 (36. Bg2 {with more complications.} b5 37. Rb6 Bxb4 38. Rxb5 Bxe1 39. Kxe1 Ra4 40. Rb2) 36... fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 37. Bc3 Bf6 38. Bxd4 Bxd4 39. Bc2 Kf6 40. Be4 Kg7 41. Bd3 Kf6 42. Be4 Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.26"] [Round "9.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,264,16,16,0,0,16,16,5,30,23,29,7,15,26,17,0,0,3,0,10,8,7,0,10,13,0,0,0,22,22,27,23,92,42,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,-2,-8,-8,-16,-6,-34,-23,-31,-27,-27,-24,-28,-27,-27,-29,-28,-20,-73,-28,-17,0,0,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,-15,-14,-57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-128,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-6,-8,-8,-7,-6,-8,-8,-8,-44,-35,-62,-41,-57,-33,-40,-40,-104,-104,-121,-141,-184,-126,-111,-104,-125,-125,-215,-214,-219,-193,-561,-144,-189,-150,-215,-139,-147,-193,-193,-186,-399,-312,-347,-352,-1020,-1013,-944,-575,-571,-554,-545,-548,-546,-534,-528,-526,-485,-457,-413,-397,-396,-302,-293,-439,-358,-154,-164,-188,-2375,-1712,-646,-2735,-12794,-11443,-5370,-1635,-1514,-1821,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29979,-29979]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 $146 {The position is equal.} (12. Re1 Qc7 13. h3 Rb8 14. Qd1 Rd8 15. Ne4 h6 16. Bd2 Kh7 17. Rb1 Rb5 {1-0 (78) Cheparinov,I (2709)-Alekseev,E (2639) St Petersburg 2018}) 12... Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd1 Ne7 15. b3 Nf5 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 16. Bb2 Rd8 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 17. Qc2 Nxd4 ({Reject} 17... Bxd4 18. Rad1 $16) 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rad1 Qf6 21. Rxd8+ (21. h3 {looks sharper.} Rb4 22. Qxc6 Bb7 23. Qc3 Rbd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rc1) 21... Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qe8 23. h3 e5 24. Qc5 a6 (24... Rb7 $11) 25. Qa5 Kg7 26. Rd8 (26. Nc3 $14) 26... Qe7 $11 27. Nb6 Qxd8 28. Qxe5+ Qf6 29. Qxb8 Be6 30. Qg3 h5 31. Na4 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qxa2 33. Nc5 Qe2 34. Qc3+ Kg8 35. Qd4 Bd5 36. Nd7 Qe6 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. b4 $1 Qd6+ 39. Kg1 Ke7 40. Ng8+ Ke6 41. Qf6+ Kd7 42. Qd4 Qb8 43. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke6 {...Qe5 is the strong threat.} 44. Ne4 {Black must now prevent Qf6+.} Bxe4 (44... Qf4 {with more complications.} 45. Nc5+ Kf5 46. Qd3+ Kf6 47. Qc3+ Ke7) 45. Qxe4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Kd7 46. Qc4 Qe8 47. Qd4+ Kc8 48. Qb6 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. g3 Qb5 51. Qa7 Qb7 52. Qc5 {With the idea Qf8+.} Qc7 53. h4 Kb7 54. Qf8 Qd7 (54... a5 $1 $15 55. bxa5 c5) 55. Kg1 Qd5 56. Kh2 Kc7 57. Kg1 Kd7 58. Kh2 Qc4 59. Kg1 Qe6 60. Qc5 Qe2 61. Qd4+ Ke6 62. Qc5 Qb5 63. Qe3+ Kf6 64. Qc3+ Ke7 65. Qd4 Ke6 66. Qe3+ Kd7 67. Qa7+ Ke8 68. Qd4 (68. Qe3+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Kf8 69. Qc3) 68... Qd5 ({Black should play} 68... a5 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 69. Qe3+ Kf8 70. bxa5 Qxa5) 69. Qb6 Qc4 70. Qb8+ Ke7 71. Qe5+ Kd7 72. Qb8 Ke6 73. Qe8+ Kf5 74. Qe7 Qd5 75. Qe2 {[#]} Qb3 {Played: Qd5-b5} 0-1 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.28"] [Round "11.6"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,70,14,17,17,44,17,16,15,14,22,12,0,0,0,11,14,19,11,14,15,25,25,25,25,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,0,31,31,31,0,31]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Qxe5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Qxc4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxe5 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... c6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Bd4 Bxe2 {½-½ (28) Meier,G (2628)-Giri,A (2782) Dortmund 2018}) 18. Bxc7 Rxe2 19. a4 Rc8 20. Bf4 Rc2 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 23. Rb1 f6 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Bxb8 $14 {KB-KB} Bb3 26. Bc7 Bxa4 27. Bxa5 Kf7 28. f3 Ke6 29. Kf2 Kd5 30. Bb6 g6 31. Bd4 f5 32. Bh8 Bb5 33. Bd4 Ba4 34. Bg7 Bb5 35. Bd4 Ba4 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2