[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,27,29,18,37,14,3,0,31,43,61,20,35,0,9,0,97,0,-1,4,0,0,6,0,-13,-17,0,0,101,0,31,39,33,33,25,24,18,23,28,22,46,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. Bxf6 (7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Rfe8 12. Qc2 {½-½ (12) Aronian,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 7... Qxf6 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} b6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 9. g3 ({But not} 9. Nxd5 Qd8 $17) 9... Qd8 {[#]} 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Qc6 Bxe5 13. dxe5 O-O 14. f4 d4 15. Ne4 Nc5 16. Bg2 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {½-½ (52) Sarkar,J (2373)-Nestorovic,N (2469) New York 2020}) 10... Be7 11. Bh3 O-O 12. O-O-O Bxh3 (12... c6 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Rxh3 ({Better is} 13. Qxd5 $16 Nd7 14. Rxh3) 13... c6 $11 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd7 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 (18... Rc8 $11) 19. g4 (19. Nxc6 $16 Rc8 20. Rhh1) 19... Re8 20. g5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. f4 Rad8 23. Rhd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe6 25. b3 Qg4 26. Qe4 g6 27. Rd2 c5 28. Qc6 Rf8 29. Qf6 Qxh4 30. Kc2 {[#] Hoping for e6.} Qe1 31. Qc6 Qe3 32. Qf6 b5 33. Rd3 Qe2+ 34. Rd2 Qe4+ 35. Kb2 c4 {White must now prevent ...c3+!} 36. bxc4 bxc4 {( -> ...c3+!)} 37. Ka3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Rd8 $11) 37... Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,60,0,0,-2,15,5,16,14,2,14,20,0,2,-8,7,0,0,0,0,6,15,11,7,20,16,12,8,0,13,0,14,0,12,-12,-10,-14,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 {The position is equal.} 8. Rc1 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5.} Re8 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5a4][%mdl 32]} 11. O-O Bf8 12. Ne2 Qc8 13. Qa4 c5 {[#]} 14. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Qa6 16. Bc3 Nfe4 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rcd1 Na4 19. Rxd5 Naxc3 20. Nxc3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qxa3 {½-½ (54) Caruana,F (2835)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 14... Qb7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb5 Rac8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Qf1 Nfe4 19. Be1 g6 20. Ne2 Na4 21. Rb1 Bg7 22. Nfd4 Nac5 23. Nf3 Ne6 24. Ned4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc4 26. b3 Rc7 27. Qd3 Nc5 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. Qd3 Nc5 30. Qd2 Ne4 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,104,16,24,16,-22,0,0,0,0,39,0,29,-79,-53,-45,-25,-16,-17,-14,-17,-76,-64,-97,-97,-97,-95,-87,-93,-91,-104,-110,-112,-139,-145,-130,-142,-121,-109,-154,-122,-114,-121,-114,-121,-115,-105,-129,-18,-12,-10,-22,-16,-16,-25,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-20,-34,0,-186,-226,-289,-226,-963,-869,-2502,-2033,-1212,-1114,-29987,-629,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 c5 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line.} 15. Be3 {[%cal Re4c5]} Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 17. Qxb7 Nd5 (17... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 18. Qa6 (18. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 $19) 18... Qc7 $11) 18. Qa6 Rb8 19. Bd2 (19. dxc5 $11 Nc3+ 20. Kc1 Nxd1 21. Rxd1) 19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bf6 21. Nb3 ({But not} 21. Qxa7 $2 Qc8 $19) 21... Qc7 22. Rhe1 Rfc8 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 23. Rc1 {[#]} (23. Qd3 $11) 23... Nb6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 24. Re4 {[#]} Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 24... Qc6 25. Rb4 Qxg2 26. Qxa7 Qxf2 27. a4 Bxb2 28. Rf4 Qe2 29. Re1 Qg2 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Rxe6 Nd5 32. Rg6 Qxd2 {0-1 (32) Beliavsky,A (2652)-Gyimesi,Z (2580) Bled 2002}) 25. Bf4 {[#]} Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6a6]} 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Be3 Rb4 28. f3 {c3 would now be nice for White.} a5 29. Rxc4 Rcxc4 30. Bd2 Rb5 {...a4 is the strong threat.} 31. Bxa5 Rxh5 32. Rg1 Rb5 33. Bd2 h5 34. c3 g5 35. Kc2 g4 36. Nc1 g3 ({Black should play} 36... gxf3 $17 37. gxf3+ Kf8) 37. b3 $11 Rc8 38. a4 Rf5 39. Ne2 h4 40. c4 e5 (40... Kf8 {with more complications.} 41. Rh1 Ke8 42. Nc3 Be7 43. Ne4 Ra8) 41. Be3 Bg5 42. Bxg5 Rxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 43. Rh1 Rh5 44. Kc3 f5 45. b4 $1 f4 (45... h3 $5) 46. a5 $2 (46. Ng1 $11) 46... h3 $1 $19 47. gxh3 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. fxe4 $2 (48. Rf1 g2 49. Rf2 exf3 50. Ng1) 48... g2 49. Rg1 Rxh3+ 50. Kd4 f3 51. c5 Kf7 (51... Rh1 $142 52. Kc3 Rxg1 53. Nf4 Rc1+ 54. Kd4 g1=Q+ 55. Kd5 Qg5+ 56. Ke6 Qxf4 57. Kd5 Qf6 58. e5 Rd8+ 59. Ke4 Re1#) 52. Nf4 {[#]} f2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,110,58,37,59,60,59,63,74,54,35,31,43,38,55,19,31,22,19,2,18,14,6,0,27,0,37,25,41,44,72,81,75,80,67,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,-14,-22,-11,-25,-27,-48,-139,-169,-143,-145,-157,-146,-236,-250,-259,-246,-311,-244,-298,-230,-313,-308,-377,-354,-387,-384,-314,-345,-481,-461,-526,-517,-625,-618,-733,-714,-4690,-4427,-1562,-1388,-29977,-29978,-29976,-29976,-29981,-29979]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bxe3 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} 14. fxe3 Be6 15. Qxd6 Rc8 {[#] White is slightly better.} 16. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Rd2 Ke7 18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19. exd5 Kd6 20. c3 Rc4 21. Rdf2 e4 22. Rd1 {1-0 (58) Bogut,Z (2285)-Zulj,L Medulin 1997}) 16... h5 17. h3 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nd7 19. h4 Ke7 20. Rd2 Nb6 21. Nd5+ Bxd5 $1 22. exd5 {Threatens to win with d6+.} Nc4 23. Re2 Nd6 24. e4 a5 25. Ra1 Rc4 26. c3 f6 27. Re3 Rhc8 28. Kf2 g5 29. Bf3 g4 30. Bg2 R4c5 31. Bf1 f5 32. exf5 Rxd5 33. Rd3 Rcc5 34. Rad1 Rxd3 35. Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} e4 36. Be2 {White is now going downhill.} ({Better is} 36. Bc2 $15 Rxf5+ 37. Kg2) 36... Nxf5 $17 37. Bb5 {[#]} Nd6 $1 38. Be2 {[#]} Ke6 $1 39. Rc1 (39. Rd4 $17 {might work better.}) 39... Ke5 40. Rd1 Rc7 41. Kg2 b6 42. Ba6 Rf7 43. Be2 Rf8 44. Rb1 Nf5 45. b4 Ne3+ 46. Kg1 Nd5 47. Rb3 Rc8 48. bxa5 bxa5 49. c4 Nb4 50. Rb1 {White hopes to continue with Rd1.} Kd4 51. Bf1 Nd3 52. Rb5 Rc5 53. Bxd3 exd3 {Black mates.} 54. Kf2 Kxc4 55. Rb1 Re5 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,103,16,21,14,13,9,8,0,21,20,18,19,19,19,24,-6,21,30,27,28,22,16,15,15,15,11,20,28,33,17,22,22,26,21,39,31,22,11,16,12,12,12,14,12,21,17,32,36,47,48,56,48,76,66,107,14,12,0,0,-14,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 b5 12. Bf2 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb6 13. b3 a5 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Ng3 b4 16. Nce2 Nbd7 17. h3 c5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (40) Rodshtein,M (2685)-Eljanov,P (2655) Netanya 2019}) 13. Ng3 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Nf5 Bf8 (15... c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11) 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Qa4 Bc8 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Qa6 Re7 22. Rfd1 (22. Rfe1 {seems wilder.} Rae8 23. Red1 Re5 24. Rc2 h5 25. Bf1) 22... Ne8 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bb1 Ba4 25. b3 Bd7 26. Ne2 Nc7 27. Rd2 Bc6 28. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bb7 29. g4 Ne6 30. Nf5 {[#] Rxc5 is the strong threat.} Rc7 31. h4 Rac8 32. Rcd1 Bf8 33. Bg3 Rc3 {[#]} 34. Kf2 $1 Bc5 35. Bd3 (35. Bd6 $16) 35... d4 $11 {The position is equal.} 36. e4 Ra8 37. Bc4 Rc2 38. Bd3 Rcxa2 39. Be5 Rxd2+ 40. Rxd2 Ra5 41. Kg3 Ba6 42. Bxa6 Rxa6 43. Nxd4 Bxd4 44. Bxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra3 45. Rd3 Nxd4 46. Rxd4 Rxb3 {KR-KR} 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. h5 Ra3 49. Rd4 Ra4 50. e5 Ra5 51. Rxb4 Rxe5 52. Rxb6 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,93,14,10,12,22,15,0,16,5,15,-67,-27,-76,-61,-70,-53,-83,-83,-83,-70,-113,-120,-155,-136,-167,-181,-164,-155,-228,-218,-220,-210,-213,-201,-222,-154,-213,-172,-185,-185,-231,-229,-227,-204,-182,-29,-30,-27,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-58,-214,-212,-259,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Bd3 Ne4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 {[%cal Rc2e4]} f5 14. O-O-O $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} ({Better is} 14. O-O $11) 14... Nd7 15. g4 {[#]} fxg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nf6 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. f4 Rac8 18. Kb1 c5 19. Nb3 c4 20. Nc1 a6 21. Rhg1 b5 {1-0 (33) Cazzaniga,W (2139)-Cocconcelli,L (2012) Milan 2013}) 16. Ndxe4 Nb6 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Kb1 Rf8 19. e4 Rad8 20. Rhe1 Qf6 21. f4 gxf3 {...f2 is the strong threat.} ({Weaker is} 21... Rxd4 22. f5 $11) ({Don't do} 21... Qxf4 22. Ka1 $17) 22. Qf2 Nc4 23. Rg1 (23. b3 $17 Nb6 24. Rd3) 23... Qh4 $1 $19 24. b3 Nd6 $1 25. Kb2 Rf7 26. Rd2 Rdf8 27. Re1 (27. e5 $17 {was worth a try.} Ne8 28. Nge4 Qxf2 29. Rxf2) 27... Kh8 28. Rd3 Rf4 29. e5 Nf5 30. Nce4 Bd5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 31. Rxf3 Nxg3 $2 (31... Rxf3 $19 32. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 33. Re2 Qxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Qxf5 Rxf5 35. Nxg3 Rf3) 32. hxg3 $11 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 (33... Qh2+ {feels hotter.} 34. Qe2 Qxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Kg8) 34. gxh4 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kg8 36. Ka3 Kf7 37. Kb4 h5 38. a4 Ke6 39. a5 Rg3 {Hoping for ...Rg4.} 40. a6 (40. Kc4 $11) 40... b6 $15 {Threatens to win with ...Rg4.} 41. Kc4 $2 (41. Rf4 $1 $15) 41... Rg4 $19 42. Kd3 {[#] next Rxg4 is good for White.} Rg3+ $2 ({Black should play} 42... c5 $1 $19 43. dxc5 bxc5) 43. Re3 {The position is equal.} Rg4 44. Rf3 c5 45. dxc5 bxc5 46. Rf8 $1 Kxe5 47. Rf7 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 79%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,187,22,21,18,18,18,52,35,36,45,47,39,54,35,49,50,49,54,42,22,53,58,54,28,33,25,35,43,47,31,107,114,116,132,127,120,111,120,110,112,180,181,179,179,189,187,179,177,156,147,147,148,152,150,142,103,137,87,137,137,137,97,106,111,105,105,114,96,106,106,105,99,99,11,92,11,11,11,16,16,30,30,91,84,120,120,120,120,179,179,179,179,179,179,245,244,257,250,250,250,245,245,250,250,250,250,250,237,250,250,250,237,231,176,230,230,241,168,168,0,212,168,168,154,161,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,154,255,154,378,154,247,221,556,527,4141,4141,4141,1718,29973,29970,29978,29967,29959,29969,29965,29957,12832,29957,29946,5093,29983,29984,29984,29985,29988,29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Nge2 e6 10. O-O {10.f3 gains popularity. Played by David Navara in July 2020. D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Be7 12. a3 $5 {[%mdl 4] White is slightly better. Exploring less charted territory.} O-O 13. Na4 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qa5 14. Qc2 Rfc8 15. Nc5 Qd8 16. Nxb7 Nxd4 17. exd4 Rxc2 18. Nxd8 Rxb2 19. Nc6 {1-0 (18) Rapport,R (2649)-Bogosavljevic,B (2520) Bar 2015}) 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. h3 Qa5 16. Qd1 Rfc8 17. b4 Qd8 18. Rb1 Ra7 19. Nc5 Ncb8 20. Qe2 a5 21. Rfc1 axb4 22. axb4 Nf6 23. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent b6. White has good play.} b6 (23... Nbd7 $14) 24. Na6 $16 {Hoping for Rxc8.} Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Nbd7 26. Rc6 Qf8 27. Qc2 {Rc8 is the strong threat.} Ra8 28. Rc7 Bd6 (28... Bd8 $16) 29. Bxd6 $18 Qxd6 30. Qc6 Qf8 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Qxd7 Rc8 33. g3 Rc3 34. Bf1 Qc8 35. Qxc8+ $1 Rxc8 36. h4 g5 37. Nb4 Kf8 38. Nc6 Ra8 39. Be2 Ra2 40. Kf1 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Bd3 Rd2 43. Bf1 f6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. g4 ({White should try} 45. Kg1 $1 $16) 45... Ke8 (45... Rb2 $11) 46. Kg3 (46. Kg1 $1 $16) 46... Rd1 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd1f1]} 47. Be2 Rg1+ 48. Kh2 Re1 49. Bd3 Rd1 (49... Rc1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 50. Nb4 $16 Kd7 51. Kg2 Ra1 52. f4 Ra3 (52... gxf4 $16 53. exf4 Ra4) 53. fxg5 $18 fxg5 54. Nc6 Kd6 55. Ne5 Ke7 (55... Ra2+ $142 56. Kf3 Ra3) 56. Kf3 Ra2 57. e4 $1 Ra1 58. Ke3 Re1+ 59. Be2 Rg1 60. Kf2 Ra1 61. Nf3 Kf6 62. Ke3 Ra8 63. Bd3 Rg8 64. Bb1 Ke7 65. Ne5 Ra8 (65... Kd6 $142 66. Nf3 Ke7) 66. Bd3 Rc8 67. Nc6+ Kd6 68. Ne5 $2 ({White should play} 68. Kd2 $18) 68... Rf8 $2 (68... Ke7 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 69. exd5 exd5 70. Bf5 Re8 71. Kd3 {aiming for Nf7+.} Re7 72. Bg6 Ra7 73. Ke3 Ke6 74. Bf5+ Kd6 75. Kd2 Ra2+ 76. Kc3 Ra3+ 77. Kb4 Ra7 78. Bc2 Ke6 79. Nc6 Ra2 (79... Ra8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 80. Bd3 Kd6) 80. Kb3 Ra1 $2 {[#] Now Black is done in.} (80... Ra8 $16 {might work better.} 81. Ne5 Ra7 82. Bf5+ Kd6) 81. Kc3 (81. Bf5+ $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Kd6 82. Nd8) 81... Rc1 (81... Kd6 $16 {was worth a try.} 82. Bf5 Ra8) 82. Ne5 Rg1 $2 (82... Ke7 83. Nf3 Kf6) 83. Bf5+ Ke7 {[#]} 84. Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7b6]} Rc1+ 85. Kb3 Rc4 86. Nxb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxd4 87. Kc3 Rd1 88. Nc8+ Kd8 89. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} d4+ 90. Kc2 (90. Kb2 $18 Rd2+ 91. Kb3) 90... Re1 91. Nd6 (91. Na7 $142 d3+ 92. Kb2 Re2+ 93. Kb3 Rc2 94. Bxd3 Rh2 95. Nc6+ Kc8 96. Ba6+ Kd7 97. b7) 91... Re3 92. Nf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White mates.} Ke7 93. b7 d3+ 94. Kd1 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,95,48,16,11,10,42,43,50,41,42,40,59,64,53,5,16,0,14,24,29,25,64,35,48,36,49,47,55,47,27,46,183,172,170,132,140,133,162,159,150,155,210,213,229,228,228,228,251,229,280,273,278,260,327,309,312,295,508,508,497,497,378,356,581,578,569,569,1405,1358,1059,1008,2200,1657]} 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. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Bf5 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack.} 14. d4 Qf6 15. Be3 Qg6 {White is slightly better.} 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Qf3 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... h5 18. a4 b4 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 bxc3 21. bxc3 h4 22. Qg2 hxg3 23. fxg3 Rc8 {1-0 (47) Fernandez Cardoso,A (2445)-Marrero Lopez,Y (2242) Matanzas 2017}) 18. Qg2 Qh5 19. h4 Be2 20. Nf1 Re6 21. Bd2 Rfe8 22. a4 Bf3 23. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 24. Qh3 Bg4 25. Qh2 h6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ne3 Bf3 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} ({Better is} 27... Nxe3 $1 $14 28. Bxe6 (28. fxe3 Re7 $11) (28. Bxe3 Re8 $14) 28... Bxe6 29. Bxe3 Qe2) 28. Qh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Be4 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. Nxg4 f5 {[#]} 31. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe5 32. dxe5 Kf8 (32... Bf3 $16) 33. f4 $18 Re7 34. Bxd5 cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Be3 {[#] And now Bc5 would win.} Rc7 36. Ra5 Bd3 37. Bd4 Rc6 38. Kf2 h5 39. Ke3 Bc4 40. Ra3 Rg6 $2 (40... Bf1 41. Ra7 Kg8) 41. b3 Bf1 42. Bc5+ Ke8 43. Bb4 Bg2 $2 (43... d4+ 44. Kf2 Bd3 45. cxd4 Be4) 44. Kd4 {White is clearly winning.} Rc6 45. Ra7 g6 46. Re7+ Kd8 47. e6 Rc7 48. Rf7 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,122,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-15,-22,-22,-22,-36,-36,-36,-29,-29,-27,-21,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,-11,-42,-26,-117,-117,-117,-117,-129,-129,-527,-505,-502,-417,-594,-594,-579,-49,-29965,-29959,-29974,-29975,-29974,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29974,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29981]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 c6 11. Bd3 d5 12. Re1 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} Bd6 13. Bf4 Ke7 (13... Bxf4 $5 14. Kf3+ $8 Be6 15. Kxf4 Kd7 $11) 14. Kf3+ {The position is equal.} Be6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxf4 17. Kxf4 Rad8 {And now ...Rd4+ would win.} 18. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 19. Re2 Rd4+ 20. Kg3 Rhd8 21. Rae1 R8d6 {[#]} 22. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. f3 Rd2 23. Kf2 Rxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Rd1 25. Re1 Rd2+ 26. Re2 Rd1 27. Re1 Rd2+ 28. Re2 Rd1 {½-½ (28) Bezgodov,A (2460)-Shirov,A (2652) Sochi 2018}) 22... Kf6 23. Kf3 h5 24. Re3 Rd2 25. R1e2 Rd1 26. g3 g6 27. Re5 b6 28. b3 c5 29. c4 a5 30. Kf2 R1d3 31. R5e3 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 {KR-KR} Rd2+ 33. Re2 Rd1 34. Kf3 a4 35. bxa4 Rc1 36. Re3 Rxc4 37. Ra3 Kf5 38. a5 bxa5 39. Rxa5 Rc3+ 40. Ke2 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. gxh4 Kxf4 42. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2c3]} Rh3 {White should prevent ...e5.} 43. Rxc5 Rxh2+ 44. Ke1 e5 (44... Rxh4 45. Rc4+ Kg3 46. Rxh4 Kxh4 47. a4 Kg5 48. a5 Kf5 49. a6) 45. Rc4+ {Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} (45. Rc6 $1 $11) 45... e4 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Kf3.} 46. Rc6 Kf3 $1 47. Rf6+ Ke3 {...Rh1+ is the strong threat.} 48. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Kd1 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 48... Rh1+ $19 49. Kg2 Rxh4 50. Rxg6 (50. a4 $142 Rh5 51. Rb6) 50... Ke2 $1 51. Kg3 {[#]} Rh7 $2 (51... Rh5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh5e5] White must now prevent ...Re5.} 52. Re6 e3) 52. Rb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. a4 $15) 52... e3 {Black mates.} 53. Rb2+ {[#]} Kd1 $1 54. Rb1+ Kc2 55. Ra1 Rf7 56. a4 e2 57. Kg2 Rf5 58. Ra2+ Kd3 59. Ra1 Ke3 60. Ra3+ Ke4 61. Ra1 Rd5 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,145,-4,0,-30,-18,-12,-20,-29,-27,-31,12,13,18,4,18,5,29,5,34,39,41,35,43,49,26,15,88,88,88,75,64,66,44,43,82,69,112,104,116,49,158,174,137,-93,30,30,33,41,34,35,198,198,326,321,308,234,228,175,178,178,169,116,217,110,129,150,202,189,209,149,221,180,189,152,174,163,161,174,169,136,193,193,268,268,281,281,281,281,281,281,281,281,281,281,420,412,386,281,281,0,281,281,281,281,281,281,281,281,281,281,847,826,676,617,597,584,576,542,935,903,7026,6041,2527,1351,29973,29974,29980,29980,29980,29981,29982,29983,29983,29984,29986,29987,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 {D04: Colle System.} axb4 7. cxb4 b6 $1 8. Bb5+ {The position is equal.} Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (9... Nbxd7 {with more complications.} 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bb2 bxc5 12. b5 e5) 10. a4 {[#]} bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Na6 11. Ba3 bxc5 12. b5 Nb4 13. O-O Bd6 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Nd2 Rfe8 {1-0 (28) Nielsen,K (2097)-Jacobsen,M (2188) Copenhagen 2016}) 11. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. O-O Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 16. Bc3 Nc5 17. a5 Nfe4 (17... Rfb8 $11) 18. b6 Qb7 19. Bd4 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Nd3 21. Rfb1 Ra6 22. Rb5 Rc8 23. Rab1 h6 24. g3 (24. Nf3 $16) 24... Be7 (24... e5 $14 25. Bc3 e4) 25. e4 $16 e5 26. Bc3 $2 (26. Be3 $16 {keeps the pressure on.} d4 27. Nxc4) 26... Bc5 (26... dxe4 27. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 28. Rxe5 $16) (26... d4 $17 27. Ba1 Nb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. R5xb4 Bxb4 29. Rxb4 Rxa5 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Nxc4 Qe7) 27. Rxc5 $11 Nxc5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Qf5 Rd8 $2 ({Black should play} 29... Re8 $14) 30. Rb5 $1 $18 f6 {[#]} (30... Qd6 {might work better.} 31. Qg4 (31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Bxe5 Nb7 $14) 31... Nd3 32. Qxc4 (32. Nxc4 Qf6 $17) 32... Qf6) 31. b7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 (31... Nxb7 32. Rxd5) 32. Qc8 ({Stronger than} 32. Nxc4 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Nxb7 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 32... Nxb7 33. Qxb7 Qc6 34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. Rb6 (35. Ne4 $18) 35... Rc7 (35... Rcd6 $16) 36. a6 (36. Kg2 $18) 36... Ra8 {[#]} 37. Ne4 $1 Rca7 (37... f5 $16) 38. Nc5 Rc8 39. Rb5 h5 (39... Rac7 $16) 40. h4 Kh7 41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Kf3 Kf5 43. Ke3 Rc6 44. Bb4 c3 (44... Rd6 $16 45. f3 Rc6) 45. Bxc3 Kg6 (45... g5 $142 46. Ba5 gxh4) 46. Bb4 Raxa6 47. Nxa6 Rxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 48. Rb7 Ra8 49. Ke4 Rd8 50. Bc5 Ra8 51. Kd5 Ra5 (51... Rc8 {was called for.} 52. Ra7 Rb8) 52. Ra7 Rb5 53. Kc6 Rb2 54. Kd5 Rb5 $1 55. Kc4 Rb8 56. Rc7 Ra8 57. Kd5 Ra2 58. Ke6 Ra6+ 59. Ke7 Kf5 $2 (59... Ra8 60. Ra7 Rh8) 60. Kf7 g5 61. Be3 gxh4 62. gxh4 Kg4 63. Rc4+ Kf3 64. Kg6 e4 65. Kxh5 f5 66. Kg5 Ra5 67. Bf4 {White mates.} Kxf2 68. Rc2+ Kf3 69. Rc3+ Ke2 70. h5 Ra1 71. h6 Rh1 72. Kxf5 Kf2 73. Kxe4 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,16,17,17,33,0,0,0,10,7,15,21,26,0,0,-34,0,0,0,-12,0,-4,-19,-6,0,-14,-6,-10,0,-9,-3,-9,-26,-22,-25,-75,-5,-18,-12,0,-16,-8,0,0,17,17,30,18,43,0,14,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,15,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 {A08: King's Indian Attack.} Bg7 7. Nb3 (7. c4 $5) 7... Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 7...0-0. Played by Viswanathan Anand in July 2020.} 8. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} e6 9. e4 O-O 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Ne5 {[#]} 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. c3 {½-½ (13) Cvitan,O (2550)-Horvath,J (2535) Nova Gorica 1997}) 12... h6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. a4 Rad8 17. Ra3 Nc4 18. Rad3 Ne5 19. Ra3 Rfe8 20. Nc3 Qc4 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qd2 Bg4 (22... Qc5 $17 {White must now prevent ...Nc4.} 23. Qf4 Bg4) 23. f3 $11 Bd7 24. Bf1 Qc5 {next ...Nc6 is good for Black.} 25. Qf2 Nc4 26. Rad3 Re7 27. b3 Ne5 28. R3d2 Rde8 29. Bb2 g5 {The position is equal.} 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Ba1 Qb6 32. Kg2 Qg6 33. Kg1 Qb6 34. Kg2 Qg6 35. Kg1 Qb6 36. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,90,39,38,30,31,23,33,21,51,24,70,77,91,89,84,89,89,80,109,74,112,-35,-38,-33,-35,-144,-141,-449,-449,-445,-437,-444,-447,-422,-422,-355,-308,-306,-305,-308,-305,-296,-292,-281,-259,-311,-230,-596,-596,-596,-596,-705,-596,-596,-596,-588,-588,-588,-588,-582,-578,-579,-569,-554,-471,-576,-561]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O e6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 O-O-O 14. Bd3 {B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6.} Kb8 15. Ne2 Bc8 16. Nf4 {White is slightly better.} Ne5 17. Be2 d5 18. exd5 {[#]} exf5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 18... Nxf3 19. Bxf3 e5 20. Ne2 Bxf5 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Be4 Rc4 24. Nf5 Qc5 {½-½ (38) Solak,D (2586)-Ashwin,J (2471) Albena 2012}) 19. Nd4 Bc5 20. Rhf1 Rhe8 21. a3 Ka8 22. h3 Bd7 23. Nh5 (23. d6 $16) 23... Nc4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc4d2]} 24. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 25. Qc3 (25. Ka1 $1 $15) 25... Rb8 $17 26. Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs White the game.} (26. Nxf5 $17 {is more resistant.} Bxf5 27. Rxf5) 26... Re1 $1 $19 {[%cal Re1d1][%mdl 512]} 27. Rxe1 (27. Qxe1 Qxb2#) 27... Bxd4 28. Qb4 {And now Qxb6 would win.} Qc7 29. d6 Qc6 30. Qa5 Bxb2 31. Ka2 {[#]} Be5 $1 ({Weaker is} 31... Qxd6 {[#]} 32. Rd1 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33. Kxb1 Qxd6 {( -> ...Qd1+)} 34. Kc1 Qd4 {Threatens to win with ...Ka7.} 35. Qxa6+ Kb8 36. c3 $2 (36. g3 {nothing else works.}) 36... Qg1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 37. Kd2 Qxg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Ke3 f4+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 39. Nxf4 Bxf4+ 40. Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Qb6+ is the strong threat. KQR-KQB} Qg3+ 41. Rf3 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kd4 Qe5+ 43. Kxc4 {Black must now prevent Qb6+.} Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Kc5 Qxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kd6 Bc8 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,101,15,15,17,6,12,6,2,18,20,7,28,31,33,27,19,31,22,17,16,19,25,20,40,20,23,16,14,16,28,25,24,15,41,24,26,19,26,22,47,47,55,43,52,43,47,44,63,51,125,116,111,128,132,119,136,99,109,91,120,110,108,112,115,106,133,148,272,273,267,269,265,263,256,270,297,237,306,275,276,270,278,274,273,250,272,247,400,387,382,253]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 {The position is equal.} 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. Qxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Na5 17. Nf3 {[#]} Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rac8 18. Ke2 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rd7 Nc4 21. Rc1 Nxb2 22. Rc2 Na4 23. Rxa7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 {½-½ (37) Wang,H (2763)-Radjabov,T (2765) chess.com INT 2020}) 18. Rb1 c5 19. Ke2 Rfc8 20. Rhc1 Nd6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rc2 Kf8 23. Nd2 c4 24. Rbc1 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Rab8 25. Kf3 {[%cal Rd2c4]} c3 26. bxc3 Rc5 27. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} f5 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Rc3 Rc6 {Black is on the road to losing.} ({Black should play} 30... Ke7 $14) 31. c5 $16 Ne8 32. Nf3 {Black must now prevent Ne5+.} Ra6 33. Ne5+ Ke7 34. Ke2 Nf6 35. R1c2 Nd5 36. Rd3 Rc8 37. Rb3 Rc7 38. Rc4 Ra5 39. Nd3 e5 (39... Kf6 $16 40. g4 fxg4) 40. Nxe5 $18 Raxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Nxf7 Ra5 44. Nd8+ Kd6 45. Rb3 {[#] Nb7+ is the strong threat.} Ra6 46. Nf7+ Kc5 47. Ne5 h5 48. Kd2 h4 49. Nd3+ Kc4 $2 {[#]} (49... Kc6 50. Ke2 Ra4 51. Ne5+ Kc5) 50. Kc2 Rd6 51. Nf4 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 71%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,92,21,10,26,0,8,10,12,-26,1,-13,50,64,37,-2,3,-51,-67,-100,0,0,41,35,29,25,148,161,130,149,205,174,165,165,231,230,223,197,318,67,224,237,239,134,101,114,1339,-751,0,-1213,0,0,31,23,35,39,88,87,99,-89,-69,-76,-75,-64,-81,-123,-106,-171,-9,-9,-14,-10,0,-150,-139]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bf4 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Be7 {[#] 11...Qb6 is the fancy move. B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line.} 12. Nf1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Ng5 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. c4 Ne5 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. Bc1 Rfe8 18. f4 Nd6 19. Nf3 {½-½ (43) Polgar,J (2722)-Vallejo Pons,F (2662) Benidorm 2003}) 12... Qa5 13. Kb1 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 14. Bc1 Nc5 15. Qe2 Na4 (15... Nce4 $11) 16. c4 $1 $14 O-O 17. Qc2 c5 18. Bd2 (18. d5 $11) 18... Qa6 $15 19. b3 Nb6 (19... cxd4 $17 {...d3 is the strong threat.} 20. bxa4 Rc8) 20. Bc3 $11 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nbd7 22. Ne3 Nc5 (22... Ne5 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. g4 $1 $16 Nfe4 24. Bb2 $1 Nd6 {[#]} (24... Qb6 $16 {was worth a try.} 25. g5 h5) 25. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now gxh6 would win.} h5 (25... hxg5 26. hxg5) 26. Qe2 Nce4 (26... g6 $142 27. Qc2 Kh7) 27. Rhg1 Qa5 28. Rd3 ({Weaker is} 28. Qxh5 Nd2+ 29. Ka1 N6e4 $11) 28... Nc5 {[#]} (28... g6 {was necessary.} 29. a3 Qa6) 29. Rd2 $2 (29. Ndf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5e7][%mdl 512]} Nxf5 30. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 31. Qe5 $3 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Nce4 $2 (29... g6 $14) 30. Rc2 $1 $18 Rfe8 31. Qxh5 (31. g6 $18 fxg6 32. Nxe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 31... Nd2+ $16 32. Kc1 N6e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... g6 $16 33. Qe2 N6e4) 33. c5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Ndf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 34. g6 Nxb3+ 35. axb3) 33... g6 $2 (33... Qxa2 $19 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Ra2b1]} 34. Rxd2 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Nxd2) 34. Qh8+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxh8 35. Nc6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 36. Nxa5 Nf3 37. Rd1 Nxc5 38. Rxd8 Rxd8 {[#]} 39. Bf6 $2 (39. Nxb7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] and life is bright.} Nd3+ (39... Nxb7 40. Rc7) 40. Kb1) 39... Bxf6 $17 40. gxf6 b6 {aiming for ...Nd3+.} 41. Nc6 Rd7 42. Rc4 Kh7 43. Kb2 (43. Ng4 $17) 43... Nd2 $2 ({Black should try} 43... Nd3+ $19 44. Ka1 Kh6) 44. Rd4 $11 Rxd4 45. Nxd4 Nde4 46. Ng4 {[#]} ({Better is} 46. Nc6 $1 $11) 46... Nd3+ $1 {Both players deserved the win here. Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,61,18,16,27,-3,18,15,16,16,16,12,21,18,13,14,17,17,18,10,12,11,13,11,14,16,16,0,13,11,5,17,19,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-13,35,18,37,22]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bf4 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Be7 {[#] 11...Qb6 is more fashionable. B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line.} 12. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Ng5 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. c4 Ne5 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. Bc1 Rfe8 18. f4 Nd6 19. Nf3 {½-½ (43) Polgar,J (2722)-Vallejo Pons,F (2662) Benidorm 2003}) 12... Ng4 13. Qe2 Qa5 {The position is equal.} 14. Kb1 Qb5 15. Rd3 Nb6 16. N3d2 Nf6 17. Ne3 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qe4 {[#] Black must now prevent c4.} Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Qd5 21. Nf3 O-O 22. Ne5 f6 23. Ng4 Bd6 24. Qc1 Rad8 25. Qd1 Bc7 26. Re1 Bb6 27. f3 Qf5 28. Re4 Rfe8 29. Qe2 Kh8 30. a3 Qd5 {next ...f5 is good for Black.} 31. Ne3 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-30,18,0,0,20,34,0,0,0,0,0,41,16,10,8,43,49,47,42,123,118,114,114,101,114,69,79,110,95,164,39,35,36,60,49,61,53,62,23,49,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. d3 a6 9. Nc3 b5 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} 10. Qe1 Bb7 {10...b4 is not played anymore.} 11. f5 Nf6 12. Qh4 Qd7 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 {[#]} O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... gxf5 15. Ng5 Rg8 16. Rxf5 Rg6 17. Qh3 O-O-O 18. Nxh7 Rdg8 19. Nxf6 Rxg2+ 20. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qxf5 {0-1 (42) McConnell,S (1895)-Antonio,V (2397) chess.com INT 2020}) 15. Ng5 Ng4 16. Qh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ne5 17. Nd5 Kb8 (17... Bxd5 $5 18. exd5 h6 $11) 18. fxg6 Qxh3 19. gxh3 e6 (19... Bxd5 $5 20. exd5 Rdg8 21. Nxf7 Rxg6+ 22. Kh1 Nxf7 23. Rxf7 e6 $14) 20. Nf6 ({Reject} 20. Nxf7 Nxf7 21. g7 exd5 $15) (20. gxf7 exd5 21. Ne6 Rdf8 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 20... hxg6 21. Ng4 {Threatens to win with Nxe5.} Nxg4 (21... Rh5 $14 22. Nxf7 Nxf7 23. Rxf7 Rxh3) 22. hxg4 $16 Rh4 23. Nxf7 Rxg4+ 24. Kh1 Rd7 25. Rf6 c4 {[#]} 26. Raf1 $1 Rh4 {[#]} (26... Bc8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 27. Rxe6 (27. Kg2 $1 $18) 27... d5 $14 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 28. Nd6 cxd3 29. cxd3 dxe4 30. dxe4 g5 31. Nxb7 Kxb7 32. b4 Rhh7 33. Rff6 {Strongly threatening Rb6+.} Rd2 34. Rb6+ {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,129,16,31,26,30,26,30,31,31,31,37,37,35,27,31,0,18,16,16,16,20,9,18,0,13,7,15,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,56,56,48,41,21,27,12,12,0,2,0,45,6,6,6,10,-35,-29,-152,-168,-157,-18,-158,-27,-18,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-10,-11,-114,-121,-254,-195,-181,-161,-161,-107,-189,32,31,39,39,70,96,96,90,204,203,309,304,459,459,654,668,660,667,813,782,1192,271,29989,523,29990,454,523,408,12807,12799,1485,1378,29995,29996,29996,182]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Re1 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Bg7 7. c3 Ne5 8. Nxe5 {White has an edge.} dxe5 {[#]} 9. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bc2 e6 10. a4 b6 11. d3 Ne7 12. Na3 Nc6 13. Nc4 Bb7 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Qe2 {1-0 (37) Hernandez Sanchez,J (2263)-Vargas Arteaga,A (2364) Cartagena 2019}) 9... Nf6 10. a4 b6 11. d3 O-O 12. h3 e6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Qc1 Ne8 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Qg5 Bc6 19. Qh4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bb3 Bf6 23. Bg5 Bg7 24. Bh6 Bf6 25. Qg3 b4 26. cxb4 Qb8 27. Bd2 cxb4 28. h4 Ng7 29. Ng5 Qd6 30. Qf3 Nh5 31. g3 Bb5 32. Rc1 (32. g4 {is interesting.} Bxg5 33. Bxg5 Nf4 34. Rd1 h6 35. Bf6) 32... Qxd3 33. Qxd3 Bxd3 34. Bxb4 h6 35. Nxf7 (35. Rc3 $11) 35... Kxf7 $17 36. Rc7+ Kg8 (36... Ke8 $17 37. Bxe6 Bxe4 38. Bf7+ Kd8) 37. Bxe6+ $11 Kh8 38. Bd5 Rb8 39. Bc3 Rb6 40. b4 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kg2 g4 43. Bd2 (43. f3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43... Be2 $17 44. Rf7 (44. Bc4 $17 Bf3+ 45. Kf1) 44... Ra6 {[#] aiming for ...Ra1.} 45. Bc3 Ra3 46. Rc7 Ng7 (46... Bf3+ $19 47. Kh2 Bg7) 47. Rc6 (47. Rc5 $17) 47... Nh5 $2 (47... Ne8 $19 48. Kh2 Kg7) 48. Bf7 $14 Bf3+ 49. Kf1 Kg7 50. Bxh5 Rb3 {[#]} 51. Ke1 $1 Bxe4 (51... Rb1+ $16 52. Kd2 Rd1+ 53. Kc2 Rf1) 52. Rc7+ $18 Kh6 (52... Kf8 {was worth a try.} 53. Bxg4 Be7 54. Bxe5 Bxb4+ 55. Ke2 Bd3+ 56. Kf3 Ra3) 53. Bxg4 Bg5 (53... Ra3 {is a better defense.} 54. Rc5 Kg6 55. Bxe5 Be7) 54. Bxe5 Rb1+ (54... Rxb4 $142 55. f3 Kg6 56. Rg7+ Kh6) 55. Ke2 Rxb4 56. f4 Bd8 57. Rc8 Bb6 58. f5 $2 (58. Rh8+ Kg6 59. Bh5+ Kf5 60. Re8) 58... Kg5 $2 (58... Bd4 $18) 59. Rg8+ Kh6 60. Rg6+ (60. Bf6 $142 Rb2+ 61. Bxb2 Bd5 62. Rg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 63. Rxb6 Kg8 64. Bf6 Ba2 65. Bh5) 60... Kh7 61. Rd6 {And now Rd7+ would win.} Bc5 (61... Bb1 $142 62. Rd7+ Kg8) 62. Rd7+ Kg8 63. f6 Ra4 64. Be6+ Kh8 65. f7+ {Both players deserved the win here. Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,-19,-21,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,12,12,8,16,16,6,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-12,-17,-10,-15,-11,-13,-13,-13,-8,0,-6,-10,0,-17,-8,-58,0,0,0,0,0,-84,-105,-98,-102,-84,-95,-97,-96,-139,-136,-172,-154,-174,-172,-172,-172,-168,-139,-156,-151,-145,-152,-150,-162,-150,-162,-162,-162,-162,-162,-319,-324,-311,-308,-362,-355,-535,-488,-589,-578,-624,-605,-918,-882,-1023,-999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} d6 {seems to push 6...bxc4 aside.} (6... O-O {keeps more tension.} 7. e5 Ne8 8. cxb5 exd5 9. Qxd5 Nc7) 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 {The position is equal.} b4 9. Bd2 O-O {[#]} 10. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 exd5 11. cxd5 Nfd7 12. Ne2 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Ng3 Re5 15. Kf2 Qh4 16. Qd2 {½-½ (34) Aronian,L (2758)-Carlsen,M (2876) Douglas 2019}) 10... Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Qd2 {Threatens to win with g4.} Nd7 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 {aiming for g4.} Bxc4 17. Nc1 $1 Bf7 18. Qxd6 Nhf6 $1 19. Qc6 Re8 20. Bf2 Nb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8c6]} 21. Qb5 c4 $1 22. Qxa5 $1 Rxa5 23. Rd4 Rc8 24. b3 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Nc6 25. Rxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4+ Kh8 27. Rd1 Re5 ({Black should try} 27... Rg5 $15 28. Bg3 Nh5) 28. Rd6 $11 Ne8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 29. Rd2 Nc7 30. Ne2 (30. Kb2 $11) 30... Nb5 $17 31. Kb2 {And now f4 would win.} Na3 $1 {[%cal Ra3c4]} 32. Ba6 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Kc1 ({Avoid the trap} 34. Bxa7 $2 Ra5 $19) 34... Ne6 35. Bd3 Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d3]} 36. Kd2 Nxd3 37. Kxd3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRN-KBN} Rd5+ $1 38. Nd4 Rd7 39. g4 a5 40. Bg3 {[#]} Kg8 $1 41. Be5 g5 42. Ke4 Nb1 43. Kf5 Nc3 44. Nc6 Rd3 45. Ke6 $2 (45. Kxg5 Rxf3 46. Nxa5) 45... Nxa2 ({Don't do} 45... Rxf3 46. Ne7+ Kf8 47. Nc6 $19) 46. Nxa5 Rxf3 47. Bd6 Rd3 48. Nc6 (48. Be5 {might work better.}) 48... Re3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 49. Kf6 {intending Ne7+.} Rxb3 50. Nd4 Rh3 51. Nf5 b3 {...b2 is the strong threat.} 52. Ba3 Rxh2 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,125,20,24,27,31,38,31,29,16,18,34,27,27,27,39,20,15,109,108,124,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,147,139,139,161,158,110,123,61,356,361,361,331,334,335,362,197,191,31,226,200,678,640,908,810,887,885,862,860,1027,1029,1791,803,1221,826,770,733,29971,29972,5114,1077,990,944,704,851,812,779,997,935,933,920,920,890,29959,29959,29959,29960,29960,29961,29959,29958,6377,12704,29974,29975,29976,29976,29971,29973,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29980,29980,29981,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. O-O-O b5 {[#]} 12. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} c5 $1 (12... cxd5 13. Bh7+) 13. Bxb5 {Threatening c4.} Rb8 14. c4 a6 15. Ba4 {[#]} Re7 $146 (15... Re5 $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15... Re5 16. Nc3 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bf5 18. Qd2 a5 19. a3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxb3 21. Nc3 Rb6 {1-0 (61) Ivic,V (2487)-Hansen,T (2423) Porto Carras 2018}) 16. Ng3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Ne5 17. Ne4 ({Much weaker is} 17. Nxh5 $6 Bg4 $14) (17. Bd2 $16) 17... Reb7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb7b2]} 18. b3 Rb4 $1 19. Bd2 {aiming for f4.} ({Wrong is} 19. Nxc5 $2 Qa5 $19) 19... Rxa4 $1 20. bxa4 {Threatens to win with f4.} Bf5 21. Rde1 {Hoping for f3.} h4 (21... Ng4 $1 $11) 22. h3 $16 Ng6 23. Re3 $1 Nf4 24. g4 Bg6 25. Kd1 (25. f3 $16) 25... f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Qd7 $1 $14) 26. Nxd6 $18 Qxd6 27. gxf5 Bh5+ 28. f3 Qf6 29. Bc3 (29. Qe4 $142 Qa1+ 30. Bc1) 29... Qg5 30. Qe4 $2 (30. Rhe1 $18 {And now Re8+ would win.} Kh7 31. Bd2) 30... Qg2 $2 (30... f6 $14) 31. Rhe1 Qxa2 $2 {[#]} (31... f6) 32. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2a2]} Qxc4 33. Re8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 34. Rxb8 {Rh8+! is the strong threat.} Qxd5+ {[#]} 35. Qd2 $1 Bxf3+ 36. Kc1 Qxf5 37. Re3 Ne2+ 38. Kb2 Nxc3 39. Qxc3 Qf4 40. Qd3+ f5 41. Rf8 Qb4+ 42. Kc1 Be4 43. Qb3 Qd4 44. Qc3 Qd6 {[#]} 45. Rf7 $1 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rc3g7]} Qg6 46. Rd7 Qg1+ 47. Kb2 c4 {[#]} 48. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 49. Rd4 Qf2+ 50. Qd2 c3+ 51. Kxc3 Qg3+ 52. Kb2 Qxh3 53. Rxe4 {White mates.} Qg3 54. Qd4 Qg2+ 55. Kc3 Qf3+ 56. Kb4 Qf8+ {[#]} 57. Ka5 $1 Qf5+ 58. Kxa6 g5 59. a5 h3 60. Re7+ Kg6 61. Qg7+ Kh5 62. Qh7+ Kg4 63. Re4+ {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,22,11,13,12,29,10,18,24,24,9,14,27,25,17,29,-12,-7,-23,0,0,0,0,0,-11,27,7,11,16,22,12,11,8,14,18,51,53,102,102,90,85,108,107,103,103,112,113,137,138,194,163,168,145,209,241,279,271,270,220,419,466,399,459,430,414,459,437,442,456,456,454,448,432,425,415,402,346,365,353,5600,5281,12361,12361,12361,6211,6211,6075]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. a4 Re8 (9... Ba7 {feels hotter.} 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 Be6) 10. Nbd2 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 Ne7 {[#]} 15. d4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] [#] aiming for d5. An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. Ng3 c6 17. c4 Ree8 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Nf5 Ne7 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Rbd1 {1-0 (69) Leko,P (2663)-Anand,V (2753) chess24.com INT 2020}) 15... Ng6 16. b5 Nh5 17. Nf1 Rae8 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. a5 Qc8 20. Be3 {Black must now prevent d5.} exd4 21. cxd4 {Strongly threatening d5.} Rxe4 22. Qc6 d5 23. N1d2 R4e6 24. Qxd5 Nf6 25. Qb7 Bb8 {Black is on the road to losing.} 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rb7 Ree8 28. Nb3 Ne4 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 c6 31. Rb6 Ne5 (31... Bc7 $16) 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 33. Rxa6 Bd4 {[#]} (33... Ra8 $16 34. Rxc6 Rxa5) 34. Kf1 $1 $18 Re4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 36. Ra1 Rc4 $2 (36... Rd2 37. Kg1 Rd5) 37. Rb6 Rxc5 38. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rb5 39. Rxb5 cxb5 {KR-KR} 40. a7 Ra8 41. Ke2 Kf8 42. Kd3 Ke7 43. Kc3 Kd6 44. Kb4 Kc6 {and the idea ...Kb6 leaves Black hopeful.} 45. Ra6+ Kb7 46. Kxb5 h5 $2 (46... Kc7 47. Ra3 Kb7) 47. Rb6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kxa7 48. Ra6+ Kb7 49. Rxa8 Kxa8 50. Kc6 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,51,8,20,24,12,5,12,5,7,4,7,0,13,17,28,27,23,33,23,13,19,29,30,15,33,30,45,44,75,79,213,209,212,226,335,339,318,157,402,402,380,380,508,489]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Bb7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3 c5 (10... Re8 {keeps more tension.} 11. Rc1 g6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ngxe4 Bf4) 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Nce4 Bxg3 13. Nxg3 dxe3 14. dxe6 ({Of course not} 14. fxe3 Nxd5 15. Qg4 N7f6 $15) 14... exf2+ 15. Rxf2 fxe6 16. Qe2 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rf7 17. Qxe6 Bd5 18. Qf5 Qe7 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qh4 Ne8 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nf5 Rf7 {1-0 (45) Pashikian,A (2612)-Matlakov,M (2693) Gjakova 2016}) 17. Bc2 {[%mdl 1024] [#] And now b4 would win. White has compensation.} Ba6 18. Qe1 {Hoping for Rd1.} Qe8 19. Rd1 Rc8 (19... Rd8 $16) 20. b4 Nb7 21. Ne4 Nd5 (21... Rxc2 $142 22. Rxc2 Nxe4) 22. Rxf8+ $18 Qxf8 23. Bb1 (23. Bb3 $18 {is the precise move to win. Ng5 is the strong threat.} Rd8 24. Ng5) 23... Qxb4 $2 {[#]} (23... h6 $16) 24. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kh8 25. Qxe6 Ra8 26. Qxd5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,76,16,0,4,10,22,18,16,25,33,38,30,0,0,0,39,31,61,62,37,35,46,31,35,22,35,27,110,106,100,106,153,148,168,7,1,0,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,34,0,0,-54,-64,-508,-497,-497,-510,-500,-497,-486,-503]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3b5,Bb5d4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 7. Be3 {White wants to play Nb5. is now more promising than 7.Nb5. Played by Hao Wang in May 2020.} cxd4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 8. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7] Nc7+ is the strong threat.} Qd7 9. Nbxd4 a6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Nd5 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Rab1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 {0-1 (40) Kartsev,A (2189)-Hoffmann,M (2424) Germany 2013}) 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Bg5 Ng6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. h4 Kh8 19. Qd2 Bf8 (19... Rad8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. h5 $16 Ne7 21. Bc2 $1 {Strongly threatening Qd3.} Red8 {With the idea ...e5.} 22. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} f5 {[#]} 23. g4 $2 (23. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Kg8 24. Bb3) 23... f6 $11 24. g5 (24. Nh4 $11) 24... Qf4 $14 25. gxf6 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ (26... Bb5 $5 27. c4 $8 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Nd5 29. Nxe6 Rd6 $11) 27. Ke2 Nd5 {[%cal Be7d5,Bd5f4,Bf4g2][%mdl 32]} (27... Bb5 $5 28. c4 $8 Nd5 29. Nxe6 Rd6 $11) 28. Qd2 $1 {Black must now prevent f7.} Bb5+ $1 29. Nxb5 Qg4 $1 30. Qg5 (30. Nc7 $5 Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. Nxa8 Rxa8 33. Rd7 $11) 30... Nf4+ 31. Ke3 Ng2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Ke2 Qc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Bd3 Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 34. Rxd3 ({White should try} 34. Ne5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Nf4+ 35. Kf1 Rg3+ 36. Nxc4 Rxg5 37. Nb6 Rxh5 38. Kg1) 34... Nf4+ $15 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Pin} 35. Ke3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Qxf4 $1 $15 Qxf4 36. Rd4) 35... Qe4+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Kd2 Qxd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kc1 Qxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. f7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rg5g8]} Qg4 {Quite a comeback for Black. Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,68,26,24,20,31,32,31,27,37,29,25,20,30,0,0,0,0,3,8,12,49,29,41,36,50,27,10,-12,0,0,-1,-19,-24,-138,-144,-148,-137,-129,-125,-178,-112,-176,-187,-191,-181,-188,-192,-477,-470,-475,-479,-929,-924,-894,-903,-844,-844,-5306,-5281]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. h3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Bd7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O {White is slightly better.} e6 10. Re1 Bd6 {[#]} 11. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Be8 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Nd2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 {0-1 (62) Boer,A-Van Baarle,J (2295) Dieren 1998}) 11... O-O 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Qd1 f6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Bf1 g5 16. c4 Kh8 17. Rc1 Rg8 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 {[#]} 19. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 544]} Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} ({Much worse is} 19... Nxb4 $6 20. cxd5 Qd6 21. Ne4 $16) 20. b5 {Threatens to win with c5.} Ne7 21. c5 Qc7 22. g3 (22. Rc3 $1 $11) 22... g4 $17 23. hxg4 Rxg4 {Hoping for ...Bxg3!} 24. Bh3 {[#]} Rg7 $1 {...Bxg3! is the strong threat.} 25. Kh1 {[#]} (25. Nf1 $17) 25... e5 ({Black should try} 25... Bxg3 $1 $19 26. fxg3 Qxg3) 26. Bxd7 (26. dxe5 $17 {was worth a try.} fxe5 27. gxf4 Bxh3 28. Ng5) 26... Qxd7 $19 27. Nh2 Qh3 28. Rg1 Rag8 29. Qe2 $2 (29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Qe2) 29... e4 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Rc3 {and the idea Nxe4 leaves White hopeful.} Nf5 31. Nxe4 (31. Qe1 $142) 31... dxe4 32. Qxe4 {[#]} Bxg3 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rh3h2][%mdl 512]} 33. Rg2 (33. Rcxg3 Rxg3) 33... Re7 34. Qb1 Rge8 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,78,0,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-2,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-12,27,33,27,20,12,10,60,49,46,40,57,48,20,36,60,60,60,61,65,65,65,66,60,47,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-15,-70,-25,-50,0,0,0,-57,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Bf4 a6 9. Ba4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} Nge7 10. Bd6 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Re1 Nc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8d6]} 13. e5 Nxd6 14. exd6+ Kf8 {[#]} 15. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nbd2 f5 {½-½ (15) Paszek,K (2131)-Jankowiak,T (2154) Poronin 2020}) 15... Bf6 16. Nbd2 Kg7 17. Bd5 $1 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Ne4 Re8 20. h5 Rc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 h6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qd2 d3 25. b4 Re6 $1 26. Qxd3 Qb6 {[%cal Rb7d6]} 27. Rd1 Qc6 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. Ne5 Qc8 30. Qd5 {[#] And now Ng4 would win.} Re6 31. Ng4 {Hoping for Qd4+.} Kh7 32. Qd4 {aiming for Nf6+.} Qf8 33. Qa7 Rxd6 34. Re1 Nd8 35. Ne5 (35. f3 $11) 35... Qe7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nc6.} 36. Nf3 Re6 37. Rd1 Rd6 38. Re1 Re6 (38... Qf6 $15) 39. Rd1 $11 Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,104,16,22,17,17,16,20,14,17,14,21,13,25,0,0,0,0,-19,-13,-97,-106,-106,-108,-111,-102,-250,-238,-243,-66,-74,-77,-95,-78,-105,-104,-107,-93,-113,-109,-118,-105,-125,-89,-167,-86,-119,0,-167,-126,-137,-125,-147,-121,-113,-109,-193,-123,-370,-366,-367,-372,-322,-8,-262,0,0,0,0,0,-48,-20,-73,-27,-122,-122,-128,-118,-141,-118,-255,0,-4,0,-66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. b3 {[#]} Bf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14... d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bb2 {½-½ (17) Akopian,V (2660)-Bacrot,E (2711) Jerusalem 2015}) 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Bd6 Re6 17. c5 (17. Bxc7 $1 $11 Qxc7 18. d4) 17... Ne8 $1 $17 18. Bc4 Nxd6 19. cxd6 Bxa1 20. Qxa1 (20. Bxe6 $17 dxe6 21. Qxa1) 20... Rxd6 $19 21. Qe5 {Nf5! would kill now.} Re6 $2 (21... Qf8 $19 22. d4 b5) 22. Bxe6 $15 dxe6 23. d4 b6 24. h4 Ba6 ({Don't play} 24... Qxh4 25. Qc7 $15) 25. Qf4 Qd7 26. Ng4 Rd8 27. Ne5 Qc7 28. Qg4 c5 29. Rc1 (29. dxc5 $17 Qxc5 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1) 29... Qd6 ({Black should try} 29... h5 $19 30. Qe4 Bb7) 30. Qh5 $17 Qc7 ({Wrong is} 30... Qxd4 $2 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qxe6 $18) 31. Qg4 $1 h6 32. b4 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Rd5 33. Rc3 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Rg3 (35. Rxc5 $17 Rxc5 36. dxc5 Qxc5 37. Qf4) 35... f5 (35... Qf8 $19 36. Ng6 h5) 36. Qh5 $2 (36. Ng6 $17 {is a better defense.} Qe8 37. Qf3) 36... cxd4 $19 37. Nc6 Qf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7h5]} 38. Qxh6 {[#]} d3 $2 (38... Bb7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb7c6]} 39. Nb4 f4) 39. Qd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Rxg7+ $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qxg7 40. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf7 41. Ne7+ Kg7 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. Nxd5) 39... Qf6 $2 (39... Qb7 $19 40. Qh6 Rd6) 40. Nb4 $11 Rd6 41. Nxa6 Rxa6 42. Qxd3 Rxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame aiming for ...Ra1+. KQR-KQR} 43. Qc4 (43. Qd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43... Rd2 {...Rd1+ is the strong threat.} 44. h5 (44. Re3 $1 $11 Kf7 45. Qc7+ Qe7 46. Qxe7+ Kxe7 47. Ra3) 44... Rd1+ $17 45. Kh2 Rd4 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Qc1 (47. Qe8 $17 {was worth a try.}) 47... Rg4 $2 ({Black should play} 47... a5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 48. Ra3 a4) 48. Rxg4 $11 fxg4 49. Qc5 {[#]} (49. Kg1 $1 $11) 49... Qf5 ({Better is} 49... a5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Kg1 (50. Qxa5 Qxf2) 50... Qf5) 50. Qxa7 {The position is equal.} Qe5+ 51. g3 Qxh5+ 52. Kg1 Qf5 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 66%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,53,52,52,49,50,70,67,58,39,38,50,51,81,38,43,28,92,127,131,126,107,41,39,37,109,78,108,105,158,139,201,189,211,163,149,158,156,149,150,153,237,236,354,354,348,353]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann.} b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Na5 $1 9. Nxd4 ({Much worse is} 9. Qxd4 c5 $15) 9... c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 10. Nxf5 c4 {[#]} 11. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qg4 Qb6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 O-O-O 14. Qxg7 Qxd6 15. Bg5 Rf8 16. Qxh8 Qd5 17. f3 Qxg5 {½-½ (59) Beikert,G (2414)-Buecker,S (2280) Sasbach 2018}) 11... Qb6 $1 12. Nd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Bxd5 (12... Qc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 13. Nxg7+ Bxg7 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Qf3+ Ke8 16. Qh5+ Kf8 17. Qf5+ Ke8 18. Qh5+ Kf8) 13. Qxd5 $16 Qc6 14. Qd4 Qe6 15. Nd6+ (15. Qe4 $16 d5 16. Nd4 dxe4 17. Nxe6) 15... Bxd6 $1 $14 16. exd6 Nf6 (16... Kf7 $1 $14) 17. Qc3 {Threatens to win with Re1.} O-O {Hoping for ...Nc6.} 18. Qxa5 Ng4 ({Better is} 18... cxb3 19. axb3 Rac8) 19. Qc3 Rae8 (19... Rac8 $16) 20. Bg5 $18 cxb3 21. Qxb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Re2 {[%cal Rf8f2]} 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rfc1 h6 {[#]} (24... Rc8 $16 {was necessary.} 25. Bxf6 (25. Rxa6 Kf7 $16) 25... gxf6) 25. Kf1 $1 Rfe8 (25... Re6 $142) 26. Bxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 27. Re1 $1 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 68%.} ({Not} 27. Rxa6 Rd2 $18) 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,121,0,29,20,25,27,20,0,11,-2,8,8,0,-6,18,16,20,20,33,21,25,6,6,6,31,0,10,-14,0,-15,-7,-39,-17,-5,-9,-6,-6,-12,0,-34,0,-73,-84,-80,-42,-41,-11,-77,-25,-51,0,0,0,0,29,29,35,30,29,26,31,21,66,22,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-235,8,-39,-35,-35,-35,-31,-24,-64,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-13,-8,-17,0,-47,0,-64,28,-63,-62,-70,-71,-72,-85,-175,-189,-209,-124,-121,-67,-68,-67,-68,-64,-120]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 (3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. a3 a5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bd2 a4 14. Kg2 {0-1 (47) Firouzja,A (2728)-Aronian,L (2773) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 3... Nf6 4. h3 Be7 5. Bb5 d6 6. d4 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 {[#]} 8. Nde2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Bf4 {½-½ (21) Godena,M (2508)-Moroni,L (2460) Milan 2015}) 8... O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. a3 Ne5 12. Ng3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 c5 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qd7 17. Qf3 Rfe8 18. Ne2 Rac8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Re1 Qe6 21. Bd2 Nd7 22. Bc3 Bf6 23. Ne2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qf6 25. Qg3 (25. Qxf6 $11 Nxf6 26. f3) 25... c4 $17 26. dxc4 Rxc4 27. f3 Qe5 28. Qf2 (28. Red1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28... Qc5 (28... Nf6 $17) 29. Red1 Qxf2+ (29... Nb6 $15) 30. Kxf2 $11 Nc5 31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd3+ 33. Ke3 Nb2 34. Ra2 Nc4+ 35. Kd3 Nb6 36. Nc3 Rc8 37. f4 f5 38. e5 Kf7 39. g4 Ke6 40. gxf5+ gxf5 41. Rg2 Nd5 42. Ne2 $2 {[#]} (42. Nxd5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kxd5 43. exd6) 42... Rc2 $2 (42... Rc3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Nxc3 Nxf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Ke3 Nxg2+ 45. Kf2 Nf4 46. exd6 Kxd6) 43. Rg7 Ra2 44. Rxh7 Rxa3+ 45. Kd2 $1 Ra2+ 46. Ke1 dxe5 (46... b4 $1 $15 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. Rh7+ (48. Rxd6 $2 b3 $19) 48... Kd8) 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. dxe5 Ra4 49. Kd2 Nxf4 50. Ng3 Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Nd5+ 52. Kd4 ({Better is} 52. Kf3 $1 $11) 52... Rd2+ $15 53. Kc5 {Strongly threatening Rd6.} Ne3 {Threatens to win with ...Rd5+.} 54. Rxa6 Rd5+ $1 55. Kc6 {Hoping for Nxf5+!} Rxe5 {White must now prevent ...Nc2.} 56. Ra7+ (56. Ra2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 56... Kf6 $19 57. Ne2 {[#]} Nc2 (57... Nd5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5e7]} 58. Kd6 Ne7) 58. Nf4 $17 Nb4+ (58... b4 $17 59. Nd5+ Kg6) 59. Kd6 $15 {next Nh5+ is good for White.Black is slightly better.} Re4 60. Nh5+ Kg5 61. Ng7 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 70%. . Loss on time!?} ({White should play} 61. Ng3 $15) 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,89,19,24,19,22,0,16,8,25,-2,16,16,17,17,41,30,32,28,31,31,34,23,47,44,48,38,35,37,49,49,49,49,64,49,49,49,49,48,49,49,49,49,48,49,49,48,49,48,50,48,52,52,109,109,143,143,281,273,241,231,279,278,658,651,810,804,29964,29967,29961,29958,6183,6103,6103,6087,29988,29989]} 1. e4 {Pavlovic,M} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 {8.a3 is more advanced technology. Played by Quang Liem Le in September 2020.} Bd7 9. c3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Bg5 {The position is equal.} O-O {[#]} 12. Nbd2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 Qb8 14. Nc2 h6 15. Bh4 c4 16. Nb4 Be6 17. Re1 Qb7 18. d4 {½-½ (41) Caruana,F (2807)-Topalov,V (2761) Saint Louis 2016 CBM 174 [Pavlovic,M]}) 12... Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Re1 b4 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Qc2 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd2 Qc6 22. Qa4 Rfb8 23. Nc4 Be7 24. g3 Qc8 25. Qd1 g6 26. Kg2 Bf8 27. Qf3 Rb3 28. Rec1 Qe6 29. Ra7 R8b7 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Ra1 h5 32. Ra8 Kg7 33. Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rc7 ({Better is} 33... Qd7 $14) 34. Nd5 $16 Rc8 {[#]} 35. Ra7 $1 Rb8 {[#]} (35... Rd8 $16 36. c4 Rd7) 36. h3 $1 $18 Rd8 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 {Threatens to win with g5.} Rd7 $2 (38... g5 39. Rb7 Kg8) 39. Ra8 f6 {[#]} 40. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} f5 {[#]} (40... fxg5 41. Qxf8+) 41. Qh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf7 {[#]} 42. Re8 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe8 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 45. Nf6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-6/B=579. Weighted=-5/158} 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,120,7,27,20,33,13,27,41,31,18,45,37,70,45,56,39,76,50,45,41,43,41,71,36,34,43,45,41,35,43,81,51,55,15,25,16,16,17,17,20,20,17,17,17,16,15,14,13,16,0,0,0,10,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. O-O {White has an edge.} Bd6 {[#]} 9. Na3 $146 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Qc2 exd4 13. cxd4 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Nb6 15. e5 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 {½-½ (30) Popilski,G (2529)-Nakamura,H (2816) Las Vegas 2015}) 9... b5 10. Nc2 Bh5 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Nf5 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Bg5 c5 16. dxe5 ({Reject} 16. Bxb5 $6 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bxe4 $15) (16. Bxf6 {is more complex.} gxf6 17. Bxb5 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rfd8 19. Rad1) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxb5 Bxe4 20. Qf2 Rab8 21. Bd7 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rb6 {The position is equal.} 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Qh4 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Ba4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rg6 28. Rd2 f4 29. Bd1 Kg7 30. Kf1 Rh6 31. Kg1 Rg6 32. Rf2 f5 33. Kf1 Kf6 34. Bf3 Ke5 35. Rd2 Rh6 36. Kg1 a5 37. b3 Rb6 38. Kf2 Ra6 39. Rd8 a4 40. Re8+ Kd5 $1 41. Be2 Rg6 42. g3 axb3 43. axb3 fxg3+ 44. hxg3 Kd6 45. Bc4 Bc6 46. Rf8 Be4 47. Rb8 Kc7 48. Re8 Kd6 49. Rb8 Kc7 50. Rh8 Rh6 51. Ke3 Rh2 52. g4 Kd6 53. Re8 Rh3+ 54. Kf4 Rf3+ 55. Kg5 Bb1 56. Re6+ Kc7 57. Re5 {[%cal Rg4f5]} fxg4 58. Rxc5+ Kb6 59. Rb5+ Kc6 60. Kxg4 Rxc3 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-4/B=-4. Weighted=-4/-4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,1,25,15,15,18,29,18,27,28,27,5,12,12,47,33,65,57,68,67,71,71,55,73,125,78,88,83,106,102,109,105,129,94,136,136,136,136,136,136,140,135,129,120,150,142,237,108,456,473,670,653,606,506,536,508,421,190,190,197,1183,1160,2306,2316,1497,1537,4290,1596,3846,3240,29983,29984,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29984,29980,6015,3400,870,3220,2990,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29983]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 (3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bf4 f6 12. Bh2 Nb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nbd2 e5 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nb3 {1-0 (47) Caruana,F (2835)-Firouzja,A (2728) chess.com INT 2020}) 3... g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e5 c5 6. f4 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be6 8. Nf3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. Bb5 Nh6 {[#]} 10. Bxc6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. Bd3 Rfd8 {½-½ (13) Rosen,W (2194)-Herbrechtsmeier,C (2264) Berlin 2017}) 10... bxc6 11. Qc5 Bd7 12. Be3 e6 13. Na4 Nf5 14. Bf2 h5 15. Qc3 c5 16. Nxc5 O-O (16... Rc8 $142) 17. O-O Bb5 18. Rfe1 Qe7 19. a4 Bc6 20. b4 Rfc8 21. Qd2 Be8 22. c3 a5 23. h3 Bf8 24. Kh2 Qc7 25. g4 Ng7 26. Rg1 axb4 27. cxb4 d4 (27... Bxc5 $16 {was necessary.} 28. Bxc5 Bxa4) 28. Bxd4 ({Don't play} 28. Nxd4 $6 Bxc5 29. bxc5 hxg4) (28. Rgc1 $18) 28... Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (28... Bxc5 $16 {is a better chance.} 29. Bxc5 Bxa4) 29. Ne4 $18 Bc6 (29... Be7 $142 30. b5 Qc4 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. exf6 hxg4) 30. Rac1 Qb7 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. f5 {[%cal Rd2h6]} Ne8 {And now ...Nxf6 would win.} 33. fxg6 (33. gxh5 $142 Nxf6 34. exf6 Bxf3 35. hxg6) 33... Bxf3 34. gxh5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} fxg6 $2 ({Inferior is} 34... Rxa4 35. g7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg7 36. Qh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh6 37. Rg8#) (34... Nxf6 35. exf6 Kg8) 35. hxg6 Bg7 36. Qf4 {Threatening mate with Qh4+.} Rxd4 37. Qxd4 {Qh4+ would kill now.} Bh6 {[#]} 38. Qh4 $1 Qg7 39. Rcf1 Be2 40. Rf2 Bd3 41. Ng4 Bxg6 42. Nxh6 Qxe5+ 43. Rg3 Qh5 44. Qxh5 (44. Qd4+ $142 Kh7 {[#]} 45. Rf8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng7 46. Rxa8 Qxh6 47. Qd8 Be8 48. Ra7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bg6 49. Rg4) 44... Bxh5 45. Rf8+ Kh7 46. Nf7 Bxf7 47. Rxf7+ {White mates.} Kh6 {[#]} 48. Rf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8h8]} Kh7 49. Rgg8 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-81/B=-166. Weighted=-93/-153} 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,59,45,39,52,54,58,60,56,53,41,19,31,29,32,27,33,28,28,27,22,23,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Be2 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 Rcb8 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System.} 17. Nc3 b5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 {White is slightly better.} 19. cxd5 Nc5 {[#]} 20. g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. b4 Na4 21. Rc7 a5 22. Rb1 axb4 23. Rxb4 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxa2+ 26. Ke3 {1-0 (52) Korpa,B (2433)-Pescatore,L (2279) Trieste 2015}) 20... Bb2 21. Rc2 Ba3 22. Rb1 {Black must now prevent b4.} a5 23. Kd1 Na6 24. Bf1 Nb4 25. Rd2 Rb7 26. f4 Na6 {The position is equal.} 27. Rc2 Nb4 28. Rd2 Na6 29. Rc2 Nb4 30. Rd2 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-4/B=-1. Weighted=-4/-1} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,142,46,31,55,47,39,41,65,17,27,20,30,20,17,0,12,0,31,0,12,0,0,0,9,14,8,-29,-25,-36,-9,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,2,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,-1573,-1410,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29983,-29984,-29982,-29976,-29985,-29977]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 g6 {seems to push 8...Be7 aside. C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4.} 9. b3 Bg7 10. Ba3 Bf8 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bxf8 (11. Bb2 {with more complications.} Bg7 12. c4 b6 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Bc2) 11... Kxf8 {[#]} 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c4 Kg7 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Qe2 Rhe8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 {½-½ (41) Nikitenko,M (2377)-Kabanov,N (2489) Kazan 2015}) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. c3 Kg7 15. Rad1 a5 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ne3 Rhe8 18. g4 Nd5 19. c4 Qf4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 20. Qg3 (20. Be2 {feels hotter.} Qxf3 21. Bxf3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 f5 23. gxf5 exf5 24. e4) 20... Qxg3+ 21. hxg3 Nxe3 (21... Nc3 {is interesting.} 22. Rd2 c5 23. Bf1 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc5) 22. Rxe3 h6 23. Be2 Nf6 24. f4 Red8 25. Kf2 Rd6 26. Bf3 Rad8 27. Red3 b6 28. Ke3 c5 29. a3 Kf8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 cxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Ke7 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 35. Kd4 g5 36. Ke5 Ke7 37. f5 Nd7+ 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. fxe6 fxe6 40. Bd1 e5+ 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. Bc2 Nf6+ 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. Be4 Nd7 45. Bf5 Nf6 46. Ke3 Kc6 47. Kd3 Kd6 48. Ke3 Kc6 49. Be4+ Kd6 50. Bf3 Nd7 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Kd3 Kd6 53. Bb7 Nf6 54. Bc8 Kc7 55. Bf5 Kd6 56. Kc3 Kc6 57. Kc2 h5 58. gxh5 Nxh5 59. g4 Nf6 60. Kb3 Kd6 61. Ka4 Kc6 (61... e4 $5 62. Kb3 $8 Ke5 $11) 62. Kb3 Kd6 63. Ka3 Kc6 64. Ka4 Kc7 65. Kb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (65. Kb3 $11) 65... e4 $19 66. Ka6 e3 {Black mates.} 67. Bd3 Nxg4 68. Be2 Ne5 69. c5 bxc5 70. b5 Nd7 71. Bg4 Nb6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-36/B=-6. Weighted=-43/-5} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,-19,-14,-15,-21,-19,8,14,17,9,7,8,12,-6,0,13,23,0,0,-31,-10,-39,-27,-55,-44,-55,-49,-78,-75,-83,-13,-169,-112,-217,-192,-268,-266,-242,-247,-241,-228,-246,0,-432,-418,-573,-274,-750,-682,-29979,-6399,-29993,-29994]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. bxc5 Nc6 5. Ba3 e5 6. d3 $1 {[#] A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bxc5 7. Bxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Qxc5 9. Rb1 f5 10. Rb5 Qe7 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Rxb7 e4 13. Qxc6 Bxc6 14. Rxe7+ Nxe7 15. Nxd4 exd3 16. exd3 {0-1 (36) Storey,C (2228)-Ratnesan,R (2116) Newcastle 2019}) 7. g3 e4 8. dxe4 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 9. Bg2 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qc1 Qd6 15. Qa3 Rad8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 16. h3 h6 17. Nh4 Bh7 18. Rac1 b6 19. Bd5 Re7 (19... Qf6 $17 20. Nhf3 a5) 20. Ndf3 $2 (20. Rcd1 $1 $11) 20... Qf6 (20... g5 $19 21. Ng2 Be4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4) 21. Rcd1 (21. Ng2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 21... Be4 $19 22. Bxe4 (22. Ng2 $142) 22... Nxe4 ({Don't play} 22... Rxe4 23. Ng2 $17) 23. Ng2 g5 24. Rd3 Nc5 25. Rd2 Ne4 $2 ({Black should try} 25... h5 $19 {And now ...Ne4 would win.} 26. Rf1 Ne4) 26. Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26. Rd3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 26... d3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rb2 (27. exd3 Qxf3) 27... Nd4 (27... Ne5 $142 28. Rb3 d2) 28. Ne3 $2 (28. Nxd4 Qxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Kh1) 28... dxe2 29. Ng4 Nxf3+ 30. Kh1 {[#]} Nxf2+ $1 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-142/B=-75. Weighted=-151/-57} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,126,21,27,25,13,18,25,0,0,0,8,8,27,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,13,0,0,-26,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 {7.Qf3 is the modern continuation.} Nf6 8. f3 b5 9. Nxc6 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} dxc6 10. Qf2 Be7 {[#]} 11. a4 $146 {[%cal Ra4b5] White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O-O e5 12. g4 Be6 13. h4 O-O 14. Bh3 Ne8 15. Bb6 Qb7 16. g5 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 {1-0 (52) Sanchez,J (1923)-Dominguez Ortega,L ICCF email 2018}) 11... O-O 12. Be2 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Rb8 13. O-O e5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra7 Rb7 17. Ra6 Nd7 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. g3 Qd8 20. h4 Qf8 21. Kh2 h6 22. Rda1 Nc5 23. Ra7 Rcb8 24. Nd1 Rd8 {[#] aiming for ...Rxd1!} 25. Rxb7 Nxb7 26. Qe1 Nd6 27. Bc5 Nc4 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Ne3 Qc5 31. Kg2 Kh7 32. Qc3 Rd4 33. Kf2 Qb6 34. Ke2 c5 35. Ra8 Bd7 36. Qa3 ({Avoid the trap} 36. Nxc4 $2 {[#]} Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qxc4 Bb5 $19) 36... Qg6 37. c3 Rxe4 {The position is equal.} 38. fxe4 Qxe4 39. Qxc5 ({Not} 39. Kf2 $2 Bc6 $19) 39... Qxa8 40. Qxc4 {Qd3+ is the strong threat.} Be6 41. Qd3+ Kg8 42. Qd6 Qa1 43. Qxe5 Qxb2+ 44. Kd3 Ba2 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ g6 47. Qe5 h5 48. Kd4 Be6 49. Kc5 Qb7 50. c4 Qa7+ 51. Kb4 Qb6+ 52. Kc3 Qb1 {Strongly threatening ...Qa1+.} 53. Qf4 Qa1+ 54. Kb4 Qb2+ 55. Kc5 Qa3+ 56. Kd4 Qa7+ 57. Kd3 Qc5 58. Kc3 Qa3+ 59. Kd4 Qa7+ 60. Kd3 Qa5 61. Kd4 Qd2+ 62. Kc5 Qa5+ 63. Kd4 Qd2+ {Not much happened in this game. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-1/B=-1. Weighted=-1/-1} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,138,8,4,0,20,26,33,28,23,17,18,16,17,21,18,10,17,20,28,25,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-3,0,-9,-13,-12,-16,-10,-11,-12,-9,-7,-2,0,-2,-6,0,-9,0,-18,0,-27,-31,-103,-119,-103,-111,-103,-101,-91,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-54,-58,-58,-48,-48,-48,-89,-50,-50,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-29980,-29981]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d6 6. c3 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack.} g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 {[#]} 9. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Qa3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc5 14. Be3 b6 15. b4 {1-0 (43) Romanishin,O (2458)-Miroshnichenko,P (2287) Sitges 2017}) 9... dxe5 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Bxf3 O-O 14. Kg2 Nd4 15. Bg5 (15. Rb1 {is interesting.} a6 16. Be3 Ne8 17. Rfd1 Nc7 18. Rbc1) 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Rd6 18. Rac1 Bd8 19. Rfd1 Kg7 20. Ne3 Ra6 21. a3 h5 22. Nc4 Bf6 23. h4 Rc8 24. Ne3 Rac6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd3 Bd8 27. Bd1 Rc1 28. Bb3 b5 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Ba2 a5 31. Rd3 a4 32. Kf1 Bb6 33. Rc3 {[#]} ({White should try} 33. Rd2 $15) 33... Rxc3 $1 $17 34. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KBN-KBN} Nb3 $1 35. Ke1 Bc5 36. Nc2 Nc1 37. Bd5 Nd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Ke2 Nxf2 39. Bc6 $1 f6 40. Ne3 Nh1 41. Nf1 Bxa3 42. Bxb5 Bb2 $1 {Strongly threatening ...a3.} 43. Bxa4 Bxc3 44. Kf3 {White wants to play Kg2.} Bd4 45. g4 hxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Nf2+ 47. Kf3 Kh6 48. Ng3 Nd3 49. Be8 Nf4 50. Ne2 Ne6 51. Bf7 Nc5 52. Ng3 Bc3 53. h5 Be1 54. Bxg6 Bxg3 55. Kxg3 $11 {KB-KN} Kg5 56. Kf3 Nb3 57. Bf7 Nd4+ 58. Kg3 Ne2+ 59. Kf3 Nf4 60. Kg3 Nxh5+ 61. Bxh5 Kxh5 {KPP-KP} 62. Kh3 $1 Kh6 (62... Kg5 $5 63. Kg3 $8 Kh6 $11) 63. Kh4 Kg7 (63... Kg6 $5 64. Kg4 $8 Kh7 $11) 64. Kg3 Kf8 {aiming for ...Ke7.} 65. Kf2 Ke7 {( -> ...Kd6)} 66. Ke2 Ke8 67. Ke3 Kd7 {...Kc6 is the strong threat.} 68. Kd3 Kd6 {White must now prevent ...Kd7.} 69. Kc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69. Kd2 $11) 69... Kc5 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-18/B=-2. Weighted=-20/-1} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,68,0,-14,-1,-35,-14,-22,-26,-30,-27,-30,-30,-23,0,0,0,0,54,18,12,0,7,7,0,12,10,-18,-20,-168,-150,-166,-169,-167,-144,-185,-183,-237,-175,-231,-195,-447,-461,-450,-450,-586,-617,-618,-594,-641,-637,-832,-732,-730,-718,-1033,-1004]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Qe6 {C45: Scotch Game.} 9. g3 Bc5 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory.} 10. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Bh3 Qe7 12. O-O f5 13. c4 Ba6 14. Nf3 f4 15. Kg2 fxg3 16. fxg3 {1-0 (25) Ibarra Jerez,J (2558)-Diaz Castro,I (2228) Seville 2019}) 10... Nb6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Bh3 Qe7 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Ne4 Bd4 ({Much worse is} 15... Qxe5 $6 {[#]} 16. Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe2 17. Rxe2 $16) (15... Bxc4 $11 16. Qc2 Bd4) 16. Nf6+ (16. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5e7]} f6 17. exf6 $14) 16... gxf6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qxd4 {[#] Bh6 is the strong threat.} fxe5 19. Qc3 Bxc4 ({Not} 19... Nxc4 $2 20. Bf1 $18) 20. b3 Bd5 21. a4 {This costs White the game.} (21. Bh6 $11 Rg8 22. Bg5) 21... f6 22. a5 Nc8 23. Be3 Nd6 24. Bc5 Qf7 25. b4 (25. Qb2 $142) 25... Rg8 26. a6 (26. Kh2 $142) 26... Nb5 27. Qd2 $2 (27. Qd3) 27... d6 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Be3 f5 29. Bg5 f4 30. Kh2 Qg7 31. gxf4 h6 32. Rg1 hxg5 33. Rxg5 Qh7 34. Rag1 Nd4 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-51/B=-13. Weighted=-51/-18} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,0,17,9,10,0,23,25,59,20,29,27,112,108,112,31,25,25,30,50,141,139,146,143,189,119,201,200,192,112,122,136,173,176,163,162,143,142,172,162,260,199,257,191,216,209,204,206,210,201,291,140,139,76,129,118,121,0,84,0,122,88,90,70,72,73,68,69,76,73,73,75,66,73,57,49,66,67,91,26,37,0,0,0,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 g6 6. Nf3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Bf5 7. Be2 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Qc7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Rad8 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Rc1 h6 {1-0 (38) Antipov,M (2546)-Ivanchuk,V (2698) Caleta 2020}) 8. O-O {White has an edge.} e6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. b3 g5 (10... Bg7 $11 {remains equal.}) 11. Bxg5 $16 (11. Nxg5 $6 Rg8 $11) 11... Ne4 12. Bh4 (12. Be3 $16) 12... Rg8 $14 13. Kh1 ({Much worse is} 13. g4 h5 $17) 13... e5 14. dxe5 Qg6 (14... Be7 $14 15. Qxd5 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Nxf2+ 17. Kh2 Be6) 15. Rg1 $1 $16 Bc5 16. Qe1 $1 (16. Qxd5 Bxf2 17. Qxb7 Rb8 $17) 16... Rc8 17. Nbd2 (17. Bd3 $18) 17... Qb6 (17... Bb4 $16) 18. Nxe4 $18 dxe4 19. Nh2 (19. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6d7]} Bxe6 20. Nd2) 19... Nxe5 $16 20. Rd1 Qh6 21. Bg3 Rxg3 22. fxg3 Bxg1 23. Qxg1 Qb6 24. Qf1 Bg6 (24... Qe6 $142) 25. Qf4 $18 f6 (25... Qc5 $142 26. h4 h5) 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. Bxg4 Rd8 28. Rf1 Qd6 29. Qh6 ({Weaker is} 29. Qxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Ke7 $14) 29... Qe5 {[#]} (29... f5 {was necessary.}) 30. Qg7 (30. h4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 30... Qe7 $16 31. Qg8+ ({Resist} 31. Qxf6 $6 Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Ke7 $14) 31... Qf8 {[#]} 32. Qc4 $1 Qe7 33. Qg8+ Qf8 34. Qc4 {Bf5 is the strong threat.} Qe7 $1 35. Bf5 Kf8 36. Qc3 {Hoping for Bxg6.} Kg7 {And now ...Bxf5 would win.} 37. Qe3 Rd5 38. g4 b5 39. Rf4 Re5 40. c4 bxc4 41. bxc4 a5 42. h4 Bxf5 43. gxf5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} h5 44. Rf1 (44. g4 $16) 44... Kh7 $11 45. Qe2 Qe8 46. Qe3 Qe7 47. Rf2 Qc5 {The position is equal.} 48. Qxc5 Rxc5 49. Rc2 {White wants to play Kg1.} e3 50. Kg1 {White really could win this. Av CentiPawn Loss W=-16/B=-23. Weighted=-17/-29} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,115,-1,0,0,0,-12,2,0,22,17,33,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-47,-43,-41,-53,-38,-39,-70,-68,-68,-60,-72,-57,-61,-66,-68,-61,-68,-33,-40,-31,-33,-35,-47,-16,-46,-35,-50,-43,-39,-21,-27,0,-46,0,-3,-4,-80,-81,-135,-118,-145,-106,-118,-33,-81,-70,-65,-36,-144,-141,-113,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12837,-12837,-12837,-12838,-12838,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12844,-12843,-12844]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. h4 {[#] D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} a5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb6 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. O-O-O Qe6 14. Kb1 Ne4 15. Qc2 Bb4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. h5 g5 18. Bxg5 f6 {½-½ (51) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12. Kf1 a4 13. a3 {The position is equal.} Qb6 14. Qc2 h5 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Ne5 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rh3 Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 19. Qb1 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Bd6 22. Rg3 {Black must now prevent Rxg6+!} Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qb5+ 24. Kg1 Rxe5 25. Qd4 Rd5 26. Qf6 Rf5 27. Qd4 $1 Qe2 28. e4 Rb5 29. Rb1 Qc2 30. Qd3 Rc5 (30... Qxd3 {looks sharper.} 31. Rxd3 Kf8 32. f3 c5 33. Rc1 Ke7) 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. b3 b5 33. Rd3 axb3 34. Rbxb3 Ra4 35. Rdc3 Rc4 (35... Rxc3 {is more complex.} 36. Rxc3 Rxe4 37. Rxc6 Rxh4 38. Rb6 Ra4) 36. Rxc2 Rxc2 {KR-KR} 37. f3 (37. Rb4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37... Kf8 $1 $17 38. Kh2 (38. g3 $142) 38... Ke7 $1 39. Kh3 Ke6 40. Rd3 Rc4 ({Black should play} 40... Ke5 $1 $17) 41. Kg3 Ke5 42. Rd7 Rc3 43. Ra7 ({White should try} 43. Re7+ $15 Kd4 44. Rxf7) 43... f6 44. Ra8 {[#]} Kd6 ({Better is} 44... Rb3 $1 $17 45. Kf2 Kd4 46. Rd8+ Kc5) 45. Kf4 $11 Kc7 46. g4 $1 Kb7 47. Rg8 $1 {[%cal Rg8g6]} hxg4 48. fxg4 Rxa3 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} 49. Rxg6 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...b3.} 50. Rxf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Rg7+ $11 Kb6 51. h5) 50... b3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 51. Rf7+ Kb6 52. Rf8 {[#]} Ra7 $1 53. Rb8+ Rb7 54. Rd8 c5 55. Ke3 c4 56. Rd1 c3 57. Rb1 Kc5 58. Kd3 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-32/B=-11. Weighted=-29/-11} 0-1

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,75,20,14,-4,8,8,17,21,23,23,17,20,26,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,37,30,17,27,16,26,56,0,20,27,28,8,10,0,51,8,14,8,150,139,145,157,163,105,117,113,118,108,189,169,173,180,347,340,304,309,29986,29986,29989,29990,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2 {8.a3 is a critical line. C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} h6 11. a3 Re8 12. Nc3 Bf8 {[#]} 13. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ba2 Ne7 14. Nh4 g5 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Nh2 c6 17. Ne2 d5 18. Ng3 dxe4 19. dxe4 {1-0 (30) Carlsen,M (2872)-Vitiugov,N (2747) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 13... Be6 14. Ng3 d5 15. Qe2 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxb3 (16... Qe7 {is more complex.} 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. b4 Red8 19. Nf5 Nd7) 17. cxb3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bf4 (20. Nf5 $14) 20... Rc8 21. Rad1 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qg4 Kh8 ({Black should play} 23... Qf6 $1 $11) 24. e5 Ne6 25. Nf5 Rc2 (25... Qd5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Nd6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd6f7][%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bxd6 27. exd6 Qf6 28. Bg3 (28. Qg3 $18) 28... Rd8 29. Bh4 g5 30. Bg3 Kh7 (30... Rc5 $16) 31. Qe4+ $1 $18 Qg6 {[#] With the idea ...Qxe4.} 32. Qb7 $1 Rxb2 $2 {[#]} (32... Qf6 {was called for.}) 33. Qe7 $1 {Strongly threatening Rxe6!} Rg8 34. d7 Qh5 $2 (34... Rc2 $18 35. Rxe6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Promotion} Qxe6) 35. Rxe6 {White mates.} Qxd1+ 36. Kh2 Rb1 37. Qxf7+ Rg7 38. Qf5+ {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-7/B=-51. Weighted=-9/-54} 1-0

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,98,14,14,29,1,20,0,21,22,24,20,31,25,12,26,27,18,61,50,43,15,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-35,-40,-40,-50,-40,-43,-41,-41,-40,-57,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 d5 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. h3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb7 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bf6 16. Bb3 Rc8 17. Qd3 Qd6 18. Qc4 Nde7 19. Nbd2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxe7 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxe7 {½-½ (32) Percze,J (2516)-Repp,H (2500) ICCF email 2017}) 14. d4 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Be6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxc3.} 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe5 Bb3 19. Qg4 {Black must now prevent Bxh6.} Be6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Bxh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7]} Rf7 22. Be3 Rxb2 23. Qxe6 Bg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Ne4 Qf5 26. d5 (26. Qe8+ {is interesting.} Rf8 27. Qc6 Rfb8 28. f3 Rb1+ 29. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Kf2) 26... Qxe6 27. dxe6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rf5 28. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Rd8+.} Rb8 29. h4 Re8 30. Ng5 Rxa5 31. Rd7 c6 32. f4 {The position is equal.} Rd5 {...Rxd7 is the strong threat.} 33. Ra7 Rd4 34. f5 Rxh4 35. Rxa6 Rh5 36. Ne4 {aiming for Nd6.} Rxf5 37. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rff8 38. Nxe8 Rxe8 39. Rxc6 $11 {KR-KR} Kh7 40. Kf2 Kg6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Kf4 (42. e7+ {with more complications.} Kg5 43. Rc5+ Kf6 44. Kg4 Rxe7 45. Kh4) 42... Rxe6 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 {KP-KP} 44. Kg5 Kf7 45. g3 Kf8 46. Kg6 Kg8 47. g4 Kh8 48. Kf7 Kh7 49. g5 Kh8 $1 50. g6 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=857/B=-4. Weighted=967/-4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,77,23,14,12,6,15,0,0,0,0,0,70,66,63,68,62,58,55,64,66,67,126,118,136,63,68,75,72,44,43,22,14,21,33,31,50,3,73,75,133,133,135,153,152,128,198,209,287,277,295,287,318,316,281,245,491,493,484,443]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 {seems to push 11.Qb3 aside.} Bd7 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems.} 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nc2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Rac8 {[#] The position is equal.} 14. Bc3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bc3 b6 16. Qb2 Ne8 17. Ne3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nf6 19. Rfc1 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 {0-1 (89) Donchenko,A (2610)-Wang,H (2722) Douglas 2018}) 14... Qa6 15. Qb2 Nh5 ({Black should play} 15... Be6 $11) 16. Bxg7 $14 Nxg7 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nd5 Rfe8 19. Rfc1 Na5 20. e3 Nf5 (20... Qd6 $14) 21. e4 $16 Ng7 {[%cal Ra5c4] [#]} 22. Qa3 ({White should try} 22. c5 $1 $16 {aiming for Bf1.} Nc6 23. Bf1) 22... Nc6 $1 $14 23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. f4 Kf8 25. Kf2 Red8 26. Rab1 Ne8 27. Ke3 f6 28. a3 Bf7 (28... Na5 $11) 29. Bh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} e6 (29... f5 $142) 30. Nb4 a5 31. Nxc6 Rxc6 32. c5 Nc7 (32... Rdc8 $16) 33. Bf1 $18 e5 {[#]} 34. fxe5 $1 fxe5 35. Nf3 Be8 36. Rb7 ({Weaker is} 36. Nxe5 Re6 $16) 36... Ne6 37. Rxa7 ({Don't do} 37. Nxe5 Rxc5 38. Rxc5 Nxc5 $18) 37... Nxc5 $2 (37... Rxc5 38. Rxc5 Nxc5 39. Nxe5 a4 40. Rxh7 Rd1) 38. Nxe5 Rf6 39. Ng4 {Av CentiPawn Loss W=-9/B=-25. Weighted=-7/-26} 1-0

