[Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.18"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,85,11,14,14,23,22,24,14,45,13,50,0,5,10,0,-8,-8,-24,-16,-38,-32,-35,-31,-33,-28,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,-8,-35,-18,-27,-27,-36,-28,-57,-50,-58,-59,-51,-58,-52,-52,-61,-63,-63,-47,-53,-56,-69,0,-82,-2,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 $146 (7... h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. h3 Rd8 {0-1 (76) Yu,Y (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019}) 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 {White has an edge.} Kh8 10. d4 Ng8 11. b4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxb4 13. Nc3 a5 14. Bf4 f6 15. Qb3 Ne7 16. Rad1 c6 17. Bc1 d5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. dxc6 Bc2 20. cxb7 Rb8 21. Qa3 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Nf5 23. Nb5 Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 24. Bf1 Nxb5 25. axb5 Rxb7 26. Bd2 Nc2 27. Qa4 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Bxa5 Bb6 31. Bxb6 Rxb6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 32. g3 g6 33. Rd7 Rfb8 34. Bc4 R8b7 (34... R6b7 $15 35. Rxb7 Rxb7) 35. Rd8+ $1 $11 Kg7 36. Bd5 $1 {The position is equal.} Rxb5 {[#] And now ...Rc7 would win.} (36... Re7 {with more complications.} 37. Rg8+ Kh6 38. Bc6 Kg5 39. f4+ Kf5) 37. Bxb7 Rxb7 {KR-KR} 38. Kg2 h5 39. h4 $1 Ra7 40. Rc8 Rb7 41. Rd8 Ra7 42. Rc8 Rb7 43. Rd8 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.21"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2756"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,49,14,20,6,13,10,6,0,75,12,29,27,31,14,29,8,16,-10,-15,-17,-14,-27,0,-48,-38,-41,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. h3 a5 10. d4 Ba7 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Na3 Qc8 14. Nb5 Bb6 15. Bb1 exd4 16. cxd4 {0-1 (34) Giri,A (2797)-Karjakin,S (2753) Shamkir 2019}) 9. d4 Ba7 10. h3 g5 (10... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 11. dxe5 (11. Na3 $16) 11... Nxe5 $11 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bxf7 g4 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3a7]} Bxe3 17. fxe3 h5 18. Bc4 h4 19. Nd2 h3 20. gxh3 {The position is equal.} Rxh3 {Black wants to play ...Ke7.} 21. Rf1 $1 Rg3+ 22. Kh1 Rh3+ 23. Kg1 Rg3+ 24. Kh1 Rh3+ 25. Kg1 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.24"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,66,20,15,15,12,25,16,24,9,21,25,44,44,42,50,52,43,74,63,64,58,69,70,68,74,84,84,84,84,84,84,84,64,64,64,64,22,22,23,26,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,0,18,0,18,0,18]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bb3 Nc6 $146 {[%cal Re5d4]} ({Predecessor:} 10... exd4 11. cxd4 Ba5 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. a3 Nc6 {½-½ (41) Predke,A (2535)-Dubov,D (2644) Sochi 2016}) 11. Nc4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} exd4 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Bc2 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. c4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nd7 18. b3 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Bb2 Nd7 21. g4 Bg6 22. Kf2 Bh7 23. h4 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rh1 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxh7!} Ne5 26. Kg3 Kg7 {The position is equal.} 27. a4 f6 28. Bc3 Bg6 29. Rh2 Rf8 30. Rah1 Rfe8 31. Ra1 Rf8 32. Rah1 Rfe8 33. Ra1 Rf8 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.26"] [Round "9.6"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,117,14,7,11,18,7,15,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,24,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,87,15,25,19,29,22,17,14,63,54,80,71,77,81,68,30,42,42,38,25,42,12,29,24,28,31,19,0,12,9,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,14,12,8,10,0,35,8,29,2,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rb6f2]} 6. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. Bd3 Nxg3 $1 9. fxg3 (9. hxg3 cxd4 10. Ng5 Nc6 11. Nxh7 Bd7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. O-O {0-1 (30) Mamedov,R (2703)-Piorun,K (2634) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... cxd4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe2 {Black should prevent Ng5.} h6 12. a3 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. b4 {0-1 (66) Patel,A (2478)-Khamrakulov,D (2496) Saint Louis 2018}) 13. g4 Be7 14. b4 a6 15. Rb1 Na7 16. Bb2 Nb5 17. Qf2 {Hoping for a4.} Qc7 18. Nxd4 O-O 19. Ne2 f6 {[#]} (19... Na7 $11) 20. Qe3 (20. Qh4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5f6]} Qd8 21. Qh5) 20... fxe5 $1 $11 21. Bxe5 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. g5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. gxh6 Rae8 26. Qd2 Qb6+ 27. Nd4 (27. Rf2 {is more complex.} Qxh6 28. Qxd5+ Qe6 29. Qd2 Ba4 30. Nd4) 27... Qxh6 28. Qxh6 gxh6 29. Rf3 Re4 30. c3 Kg7 31. h3 h5 32. Rbf1 {[%cal Rd4f5]} Kg6 33. g3 Rc8 34. Kh2 b6 35. h4 {[%cal Rd4f5]} f4 36. gxf4 Bg4 37. Rd3 Kf6 38. Rf2 Re7 39. Nf3 Bf5 40. Rxd5 {Black must now prevent Nd4.} Rxc3 41. Ng5 Rc6 42. a4 {b5 is the strong threat.} Rec7 43. b5 axb5 {The position is equal.} 44. axb5 Rc2 45. Kg2 {With the idea Rd6+.} Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame aiming for Rd6+. KRB-KRN} Rc2+ 47. Ke3 Rc3+ 48. Kd2 Rc2+ 49. Kd1 {And now Rxf5+! would win.} Rc4 50. Rd6+ Ke7 51. Rxb6 Rxf4 52. Rb7+ Bd7 53. Kd2 Rxh4 54. Ke3 Rb4 55. Ne4 Rxb5 56. Rxb5 Bxb5 57. Ng3 h4 58. Nf5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf6 59. Nxh4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.28"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2882"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeMode "Bronstein"] [TimeControl "7800+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:32]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 9. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 10. b3 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:12:03]} 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:04:46]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:04]} 13. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:10:28]} 14. h4 {[%emt 0:08:12]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:07:05]} 15. h5 {[%emt 0:05:37]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 16. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 17. Qg3 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Re3 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:08:35]} 21. Qf2 {[%emt 0:02:48]} f5 {[%emt 0:07:22]} 22. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 23. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Rd3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} exf4 {[%emt 0:21:21]} 25. Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rbg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. h6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} exf3 {[%emt 0:09:02]} 28. hxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 30. Rdf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 32. b4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 33. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:04:49]} Bg8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 34. bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Qb8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 36. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:03:53]} 37. Kh2 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38. Qd5 {[%emt 0:08:25]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:03:11]} 39. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. Qh5 {[%emt 0:08:30]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 41. Qh4 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} 42. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} 43. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ng3+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 44. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 0-1