[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,117,18,12,21,3,54,44,47,-73,-66,-56,-58,-63,-59,-68,-66,-71,-50,-70,-17,-27,-14,-35,0,0,0,-23,0,-38,-29,-57,-37,-42,-31,-37,32,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-107,-113,-124,0,-93,0,-265,188,178,167,172,171,171,179,177,191,195,179,120,158,151,187,189,180,166,165,181,145,151,164,139,275,276,659,645,652,652,652,630,630,630,630,622,614,611,594,580,1221,424,372,220,1847,5361,5345,4906,604,5262,4937,4937]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bf3 b5 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6.} 10. Nge2 {[#]} Rb8 $146 (10... b4 $11 11. d6 bxc3 12. Bxa8 Be6) ({Predecessor:} 10... b4 11. Na4 Bb7 12. d6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd6 14. O-O Nd5 15. Bg5 Nac7 16. Nc5 h6 17. Bh4 {1-0 (71) Balajayeva,K (2368)-Khotenashvili,B (2446) Budva 2019}) 11. Bf4 (11. Nxb5 $2 Qa5+ 12. Nec3 Bd7 $19) 11... Rb6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Nxb5 (12. O-O $14) 12... g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 13. Bxg5 Nc7 14. a4 $1 {Threatens to win with Bxf6.} a6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 15. d6 exd6 16. O-O axb5 17. a5 Rb8 (17... Ra6 $1 $15) 18. Ng3 Ne6 19. Be3 Nc7 20. Bg5 Ne6 21. Be3 $1 Nc7 22. Rfc1 Be6 23. Qd1 Nfd5 24. a6 Ra8 25. a7 Qe7 (25... Nxe3 $15 26. fxe3 d5) 26. Nh5 (26. Qd3 $14) 26... Nxe3 (26... Ne8 {with more complications.} 27. Qb3 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 d5 29. Bxd5 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kh8) 27. fxe3 Bh6 28. Bxa8 Bxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Kh1 Bxc1 30. Qxc1 (30. Bb7 $11 {keeps the balance.} Be3 31. Qd3) 30... Rxa8 31. Qc3 {With the idea d5!} Nd5 (31... f5 $1 $17 {And now ...Bd5 would win.} 32. Nf4 Bf7) 32. Qc6 (32. Qg3+ $11 {remains equal.} Kf8 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Qf8 35. Ng7+ Ke7 36. Qxh7) 32... Nc7 (32... Qd8 $17) 33. Qb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Qc3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 33... Bg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Bd5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5b7] and all is fine.} 34. Qb8+ Ne8) 34. Qb8+ $1 $18 Qf8 ({Don't blunder} 34... Bc8 $2 35. Rc1 $18) 35. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Nxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ke7 38. Ne3 Kd7 39. d5 (39. g4 $18) 39... Kc8 40. Nf5 Kd7 41. h4 $1 Nxd5 42. Ra6 Nc7 43. Rxd6+ Ke8 44. Rh6 Rxa7 45. Rxh7 Ne6 (45... Ra4 $16 {is a better defense.} 46. Nd6+ Ke7) 46. h5 {Strongly threatening h6.} b4 $2 (46... Ra4 47. Rh8+ Kd7) 47. h6 Ra5 48. g4 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 {Hoping for Rg7!} Ra2 50. Rh8+ Kd7 51. Kg3 Rxb2 52. h7 Rb3+ 53. Kh4 Rb1 {intending ...Rh1+.} 54. g5 (54. Ng3 $142) 54... b3 {Threatening ...b2.} 55. Ng3 (55. Rd8+ Nxd8 56. Ng3 b2 $11) (55. Kg4 $142) 55... Nf4 $2 (55... b2 56. Rb8 Nf4) 56. Kg4 (56. Rg8 $142 Rb2 57. Nf1 (57. Rd8+ Kc7 $16) 57... Ng6+ 58. Rxg6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Promotion} fxg6 59. h8=Q) 56... Ng6 {[#]} 57. Rg8 $1 {[%cal Rg8g6]} b2 {[#]} 58. Rxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rh1 (58... fxg6 59. h8=Q) 59. Rb6 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,97,8,14,27,19,26,29,27,15,45,22,22,22,22,19,32,27,34,35,38,21,267,118,119,111,110,111,121,118,126,129,166,145,143,144,150,139,179,131,137,95,341,289,292,111,221,212,245,262,374,368,388,278,260,189,187,198,388,385,385,388,480,472,1170,1096,1079,513,513,501,960,667,29992,2136,1478,285,281,277,291,240,267,265,268,270,431,433,962,953]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} 8. c4 dxc4 9. Qxc4 {[#]} Nd7 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nh6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Bg5 Nb6 12. Qb3 Ng4 13. a4 Qd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 O-O {1-0 (36) Fronda Pascua,J (2147)-Tejada,R (1605) Quezon City 2019}) 10. Qc2 c5 11. d5 exd5 {[#]} 12. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 13. Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 {Hoping for ...Bf6.} 14. Qxe6 Bf6 15. O-O Ne7 16. Nc3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Rc8 $2 (16... Qc8 $11) 17. Ng5 ({Not} 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Ne5 $16) (17. Nb5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5d6] is the precise move to win. Black must now prevent Nd6!} Ng6 18. Nd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (18. Nxa7 Ra8 $16) (18. Qxd5 Nde5 $11)) 17... Bxg5 $16 18. Bxg5 Rc6 19. Bxe7+ $1 Qxe7 20. Qxd5 {Rfe1 is the strong threat.} Nf6 21. Qf3 Kf7 22. Rfe1 Qd7 23. Ne4 {Threatens to win with Rad1.} Kg6 24. Ng5 Rd6 25. Qc3 Rc8 26. Re5 c4 $2 (26... Rd1+ $16 27. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Re1 Qd5) 27. Rae1 Rd3 28. Qb4 $2 (28. Qc2 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 28... b6 {[#]} (28... Rd1 $16) 29. Re7 $1 $18 {[%cal Re7d7]} Qd6 30. Qa4 a5 (30... Rc7 {keeps fighting.} 31. R7e6 Qd7) 31. Qc2 Rc7 32. R7e6 Qf4 33. g3 Qf5 34. Qe2 Rcd7 $2 (34... Kh6 {was necessary.} 35. Rxb6 Qc5) 35. Rxb6 Rd8 36. Ne6 (36. Qe7 R3d7 $18) 36... Rd2 37. Qe3 R8d6 (37... R2d3 $142 38. Qe5 (38. Nxd8 Rxe3 39. Rxe3 Qc5 $14) 38... Qxe5 39. Rxe5 R3d6) 38. Nf8+ Kf7 39. Rb7+ (39. Rxd6 $142 Rxd6 40. Qe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 41. Qxd6) 39... Kg8 40. Ne6 Kh8 (40... Rd7 $142 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rf8+ Kg6) 41. Ng5 {Intending Qe8+! and mate.} Kg8 {[#]} 42. Rb8+ (42. Qxd2 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ne4 (42... Rxd2 43. Rb8+) 43. Rb8+ Qf8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf6 46. Qxe4 g6 47. Qe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 48. Qh7+ Kf8 49. Qh8#) 42... Rd8 43. Qxd2 $2 (43. Qb6 Rc8 44. Qa7) 43... Rxb8 44. Qd6 Rf8 45. Qd4 Qc2 46. Re7 {And now Ne6 would win.} Qb1+ 47. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Ne6.} Qf5 (47... Qd3 $142 48. Qa7 Qd5+ 49. f3 Ne8) 48. Ne6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re8 (48... Rb8 $142 49. Qxc4 Qe4+ 50. Qxe4 Nxe4 51. Rxg7+ Kh8) 49. Nxg7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,146,22,2,0,2,13,0,7,6,10,6,27,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,17,5,15,16,11,12,33,35,33,42,44,26,94,91,224,199,289,42,116,119,177,181,155,91,90,85,102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-176,-121,-248,-235,-231,-206,-200,-192,-201,-181,-187,-157,-172,-154,-158,-130,-204,-202,-246,-148,-211,-181,-566,-487,-1195,-1193,-1745,-1436,-1401,-1379,-1860,-1535,-2287,-1955,-1445,-5794,-5681,-5226,-29968,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29970,-29970,-29969,-29964,-11728,-29975,-29974,-29978,-29978,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29974,-29962]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Ne5 Re7 19. Qh4 {[#]} Qd8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 19... Ree8 20. Re3 Qe7 21. d5 Nxd5 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Rd7 Ba8 24. Rf3 Nc6 25. Nxf7 Na5 26. Ng5 h6 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Bf5+ Kg8 30. Rg3 Kf8 31. Nd6 {1-0 (31) Andreikin,D (2722)-Dominguez Perez,L (2750) Hengshui 2019}) 20. f3 h6 21. Qf2 Rec7 22. h4 Rc3 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 {Hoping for d6.} Qd6 $1 (24... Nxd5 $6 25. Qd4 $16) (24... Bxd5 $6 25. Ng4 $16) 25. Qd4 R3c5 26. Nc4 Qg3 {[%cal Rf6d5]} ({Of course not} 26... Qxd5 $6 27. Qb2 $16) 27. Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Re8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Bxd5!} 28. Re2 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} Qe5 29. Kf2 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Kf8 31. g4 g6 32. Red2 Nd7 (32... Rd8 $11) 33. Nc4 $16 {Strongly threatening Nd6.} Ba8 (33... Rd8 $16) 34. Nd6 $18 Rd8 (34... Re7 $142 35. g5 h5) 35. Ne4 $2 (35. Rf4 $1 $18 f6 36. Ne4) 35... Ra5 (35... Rc1 $14) 36. g5 $16 hxg5 (36... h5 $16) 37. hxg5 $18 Kg7 {[#]} 38. Rc2 (38. Re2 $142 $1) 38... Nc5 $16 {[#]} 39. Nf6 $1 Nd7 ({Avoid the trap} 39... Nxb3 $2 40. axb3 Rh8 41. d6 $18) 40. Rc7 ({Better is} 40. Rf4 $16) 40... Nxf6 $11 41. gxf6+ Kxf6 {[%cal Ra8d5]} 42. d6 {And now f4 would win.} Ke5 43. Rd3 {aiming for Re7+.} Bd5 44. d7 $2 (44. Bxd5 $11 Rxd5 45. Rxd5+ Kxd5 46. Rxf7) 44... Bxb3 (44... Kd6 $19 45. Rc4 Rxd7) 45. Rc8 {[#]} (45. axb3 $17 Rd5 46. Rxd5+ Kxd5 47. Rxa7) 45... Rxd7 $1 $19 46. Rxd7 Rxa2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 47. Kg3 Be6 48. Re8 Kf6 49. Rb7 Ra3 50. Rd8 g5 51. Kf2 Ke5 52. Rc7 (52. Rd2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 52... a5 53. Rc1 a4 54. Re1+ Kf6 55. Re4 $2 (55. Rb1) 55... b5 56. Rb4 (56. Ra8 $142 Ra2+ 57. Re2) 56... Rb3 57. Rxb3 Bxb3 {KR-KB} 58. Ra8 Ke5 59. Ke3 f5 60. Re8+ Be6 61. Rb8 f4+ 62. Kd3 Bc4+ 63. Kc3 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 64. Re8+ Kf5 65. Rf8+ Kg6 66. Rh8 a2 67. Kb2 Kf5 68. Rf8+ Ke5 69. Rd8 Bd5 {Black mates.} 70. Rb8 Bxf3 71. Kxa2 Bd5+ 72. Kb2 Bc4 73. Kc3 Ke4 {What a bad dream for White. Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,140,17,35,31,0,29,26,43,31,43,37,72,45,130,129,121,131,130,117,206,208,304,300,281,302,281,294,306,283,288,282,263,270,397,402,393,402,401,401,391,389,430,362,399,384,414,425,519,470,569,477,576,222,246,224,234,179,231,221,303,300,236,81,80,84,129,88,83,70,95,94,80,69,68,32,36,0,13,9,176,176,176,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,37,62,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Qb3 Rb8 {White has an edge.} 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e4 dxe4 ({Better is} 12... Qb6 $14) 13. fxe4 $16 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qh4+ 15. Nf2 Qxd4 16. Qe3+ Qe5 17. Qxe5+ Nxe5 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. O-O-O f6 20. Bd3 g5 21. Bg6+ Kd8 22. Bf5 {1-0 (22) Janosi,E (2206)-Hughes,C (692) LSS email 2009}) 14. e5 Ng4 15. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} O-O (15... Ngxe5 $16 16. dxe5 Nc5) 16. Rf1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4f7]} Bh4+ (16... Ngxe5 {was called for.} 17. dxe5 Nxe5) 17. g3 Bg5 18. Bxf7+ ({And not} 18. Rxf7 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nc5 $11) 18... Kh8 19. O-O-O c5 20. Qe6 Nh6 21. Qxg6 Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 ({Avoid the trap} 22. Kxd2 $2 cxd4 23. Kc2 Nxe5 $19) 22... cxd4 (22... Qc7 $142) 23. Rxd4 Qe7 24. Rh4 Qxh4 25. gxh4 Nxe5 26. Qg3 Nhxf7 27. Rf5 Rfe8 28. a3 Rbc8 29. Kb1 Rc4 30. Nd5 Rg4 31. Qb3 Rxh4 32. Qxb7 $2 (32. Qe3 Ra8 33. Rxe5 Nxe5 34. Qxe5) 32... Nd6 33. Rxe5 $1 Nxb7 34. Rxe8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kh7 35. Re7 Nd6 36. Rxa7 Rxh2 37. Nf6+ $2 (37. a4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 37... Kg6 $16 {[#]} 38. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h2]} Rd2 39. Kc1 Rd4 40. Ne3 Kf6 41. Kc2 g5 42. Rd7 Ke6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7]} 43. Rg7 {aiming for Rg6+.} Ke5 44. Nd1 Ne4 45. Nc3 Kf5 $2 (45... Kf6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 46. Rg8 Kf7) 46. Nxe4 $18 Rxe4 {[#] KR-KR} 47. Kb3 $2 (47. b4 $1 $18) 47... g4 $11 48. a4 Re3+ 49. Kb4 Re4+ 50. Ka3 Re5 51. b4 Re3+ $1 52. Kb2 Re4 53. Kc3 Re3+ $1 54. Kc4 Re4+ 55. Kb5 Re5+ $1 56. Ka6 {Strongly threatening b5.} Re6+ 57. Ka5 {Black must now prevent b5.} Rg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g7]} 58. Rf7+ (58. Rxg6 $16 {Intending Rg8 and mate.} Kxg6 59. b5) 58... Ke6 {The position is equal.} 59. Rf1 {b5 is the strong threat.} g3 60. b5 g2 61. Rg1 Kd7 62. b6 {And now Ka6 would win.} Kc8 63. Ka6 {Threatens to win with Ka7.} Kb8 64. a5 Rg8 65. Kb5 Rg5+ 66. Kc6 Rg6+ 67. Kd5 Rg5+ 68. Kd6 Kb7 69. Ke6 Rxa5 70. Rxg2 Kxb6 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,146,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,9,10,9,6,10,13,15,9,9,7,0,0,0,4,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,4,7,6,5,9,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,3,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-33,-48,-58,-64,-54,-51,-47,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-122,0,-122,0,-122,0,-122,-122,-122,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-122,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-63,-63,-122,-122,-137,0,-153,-181,-181,-188]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 $1 7. Nf3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} c5 $1 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Nd7 $1 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Be3 Nxe5 16. f3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd6 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Bf4 Nc4 {[#]} 22. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. h4 Bd7 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Rh1 Rac8 25. Rac1 Nb2 26. Rc2 Nd3+ 27. Ke3 Ne5 28. Kf2 Nd3+ 29. Ke3 Ne5 30. Kf2 Nd3+ {½-½ (30) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-So,W (2760) Bucharest 2019}) 22... Bd7 23. Nc7 Rac8 24. Nxd5 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Rc5 25. Rad1 Be6 26. Nb4 g5 27. Rfe1 Bxg4 28. fxg4 gxf4 29. Nd3 Ra5 30. Nxf4 Rxa2 31. Ng6 Rf7 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 Kh6 34. Rd4 b5 35. Re8 f5 36. Rh8+ Kg5 37. Rg8 Kh6 $1 38. Rh8+ Kg5 39. Rg8 Kh6 $1 40. g5+ Kxh5 41. Nf4+ Kg4 {Hoping for ...Nd2.} 42. g6 Rb7 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 43. Rf8 Ne5 {...Nf3+ is the strong threat.} 44. Nh5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} Kxh5 45. Rxf5+ Kxg6 46. Rxe5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} a5 {next ...a4 is good for Black.} 47. Rd6+ Kg7 48. Rg5+ Kf8 {Black wants to play ...Rb2.} 49. Rf6+ Ke7 50. Ra6 Kf7 51. Rag6 (51. Rf5+ {keeps more tension.} Kg7 52. Rg5+ Kh7 53. Rh5+ Kg8 54. Rg5+) 51... Ke8 {White must now prevent ...a4.} 52. Rg8+ Kd7 {With the idea ...a4.} 53. R8g7+ Kc8 54. Rxb7 Kxb7 55. Rxb5+ $11 {KR-KR} Ka6 56. Rb8 a4 57. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} a3 {And now ...Ka5 would win.} (57... Ka7 {feels hotter.} 58. Rb4 Ra1+ 59. Kf2 a3 60. c5 a2) 58. c5 $1 Ka5 {aiming for ...Rc2.} 59. Ra8+ (59. c6 $11) 59... Kb4 (59... Kb5 $17 60. Rb8+ Kxc5) 60. Rb8+ (60. c6 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 60... Ka4 (60... Kxc5 $17 61. Rb3 Kd4) 61. Ra8+ (61. c6 $11) 61... Kb4 62. Rb8+ Kxc5 63. Rb3 Ra1+ (63... Kc4 $17 64. Rf3 Kd5) 64. Kh2 $1 Kc4 65. Rg3 $1 Ra2+ 66. Kh1 (66. Kh3 $1 $11) 66... Ra1+ ({Black should try} 66... Kb4 $17 67. Rg4+ Kc3 68. Rg3+ Kc2 69. Rg2+ Kb1 70. Rg1+ Kc2 71. Rg2+ Kb3 72. Rg3+ Kc4 73. Rg4+ Kc5 74. Rg5+ Kc4 75. Rg4+ Kc3 76. Rg3+ Kd4) 67. Kh2 $1 Kd4 68. Rg4+ Ke3 {Threatens to win with ...Ra2+.} 69. Rg3+ $1 Kf4 {( -> ...Rh1+!)} 70. Rb3 (70. Rc3 $15) 70... Ke4 71. Rg3 Kd4 72. Rg4+ Kc3 73. Rg3+ Kc4 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,117,8,6,0,0,2,17,17,28,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,15,7,11,12,9,0,18,16,17,17,18,20,16,6,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,46,180,192,204,200,259,137,138,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bd3 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3.} Qc7 {With the idea ...cxd4.} 10. Bb2 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Nf3 {[#]} Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbd7 13. e4 Nh5 14. g3 Nhf6 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. f3 Nb8 17. f4 Qc8 18. O-O Ba6 {1-0 (32) Song,M (2373)-Friedel,J (2523) Rockville 2016}) 13. c4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rd8 15. O-O (15. d5 $5) 15... cxd4 16. exd4 Nc6 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 19. cxd5 {Black must now prevent Qc4.} Ne7 20. Rac1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c4,Bc4g4][%mdl 32]} Qd6 21. Rc4 Rac8 22. Rg4+ Kh8 $1 23. Rh4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rd3h7]} Ng6 24. Rh5 Rc5 {[%cal Rc5d5]} 25. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qf4 26. h3 Qc4 27. Qf5 Kg7 28. Rd4 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc2 {[#]} (29... Rc4 $1 $14) 30. Rxh7+ $1 $18 Kxh7 31. Qxf6 {[%mdl 64] White threatens Ng5+ and mate. Double Attack} Rf8 {[#]} 32. Ne5 (32. Nh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4g6] Strongly threatening Nxg6.} Rc4 33. Nxg6 fxg6 34. Rxc4 (34. Qxf8 Rxd4 35. Qe7+ Kg8 $11) 34... Qxc4 35. Qxf8 Qxd5 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Qxa7 Qe5+ 38. g3) 32... Kg8 $16 33. Rg4 (33. f4 $16 {f5 is the strong threat.} Qb2 34. Nxg6 fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qg6+) 33... Qc3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} ({Don't blunder} 33... Qb2 $2 34. Qd6 $18) 34. f4 Rxd5 35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 38. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 39. Qxd5 Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 40. Qd6 Rf8 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Qg5+ Kh7 $1 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Kh7 $1 45. Qh5+ Kg7 46. Qg6+ Kh8 47. Qh6+ Kg8 48. Qg6+ Kh8 49. Nf7+ Rxf7 50. Qxf7 Qxa3 {KQ-KQ} 51. h4 Qd6+ 52. Kh3 a5 53. h5 Qe5 54. g4 a4 55. Kh4 Qh2+ 56. Kg5 {Hoping for Qf8+.} Qe5+ 57. Kh4 Qh2+ 58. Kg5 {And now Qf8+ would win.} Qe5+ 59. Kh4 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,189,0,12,-31,-17,-56,-22,-32,-29,-26,-11,-16,0,0,5,5,3,5,26,6,13,13,13,13,13,13,12,14,13,14,14,0,13,13,13,13,13,14,16,16,12,12,13,12,41,23,22,22,18,18,49,49,49,49,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,65,45,45,44,59,56,80,80,80,63,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,78,80,63,63,63,78,63,80,80,80,80,80,8,64,64,64,64,64,63,64,63,64,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,78,78,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,64,64,64,80,64,80,64,80,78,80,80,80,80,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Nf3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory. E38: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. f4 Bb7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Bf5 Rcd8 15. Bd2 Ne7 16. Bd3 c4 17. Be2 Bc8 {0-1 (34) Rachmadi,H (1842)-Voon,R (2006) Parramatta 2009}) 11. Bd3 Ba6 (11... c4 {is interesting.} 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. O-O Nb8) 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Nb8 {[%cal Ba6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. c4 cxd4 16. Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d8]} Qc8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. axb4 Ne6 21. Bc3 Qc4 22. Rfc1 Rec8 23. Qf5 Qb3 24. Qe5 (24. Qe4 {keeps more tension.} Qc4 25. Qf3 Qc6 26. Qf5 Qb7 27. h3) 24... Rc7 {[#] And now ...Rac8 would win.} 25. Be1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd8 27. h3 h6 28. Kh2 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. g4 h5 31. Kg2 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rd7 33. f4 g6 34. Rc8+ Rd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8c8]} 35. Rc6 Rd3 36. Bc3 Kf8 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Nd8 39. Rc7 $1 {Hoping for Kf3.} Rxe3 40. Bf6 Ke8 41. b5 Rd3 42. Re7+ Kf8 43. Rxa7 Rd5 {[#]} 44. Ra8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke8 45. Kg3 {Threatens to win with Kf4.} Rd6 46. Be5 Rd5 47. Bc7 {aiming for f6.} Rxf5 48. Bxd8 Rxb5 $14 {KRB-KR} 49. Kf4 Kd7 50. Bf6 Kc6 51. Ke4 Kb7 52. Rf8 Rc5 53. Bd4 Rc6 54. Kd5 Rc7 55. Be5 Rc5+ 56. Kd4 Rc1 57. Rxf7+ Ka6 58. Rf2 Rd1+ 59. Kc4 Rc1+ 60. Kb4 Rb1+ 61. Bb2 Rh1 62. Rd2 Rg1 63. Rd6 Rb1 64. Ka3 Kb5 65. Bd4 (65. Kb3 $16) 65... Ka6 (65... Rd1 $1 $11) 66. Ka4 Kb7 67. Rh6 Ka6 68. Bc3 Kb7 69. Rh8 Ka6 70. Rh7 Rg1 71. Kb3 Rg4 72. Rd7 Kb5 73. Rd5+ Kc6 74. Rh5 Kb7 75. Kc2 Kc6 76. Kd3 Rg1 77. Bd4 Rd1+ 78. Kc3 Kb7 79. Rh7+ Ka6 80. Rh6 Rb1 81. Kc4 Rb5 82. Rh8 Rb1 83. Kd5 Kb7 84. Rh7+ Ka6 85. Be3 Rb3 86. Re7 Rb2 87. Kd6 Rc2 88. Re4 Kb5 89. Kd7 Rc4 90. Re6 Rc2 91. Rxb6+ Kc4 92. Ke6 (92. Kd6 $16) 92... Re2 $11 {The position is equal.} 93. Kd7 Rxe3 94. Re6 Rxe6 95. Kxe6 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,136,21,38,24,23,15,4,-6,0,-40,-20,-22,-22,-25,-10,-4,15,14,20,20,7,6,6,14,10,20,9,10,11,12,25,14,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-6,0,-39,-38,-38,-45,-45,-45,-36,-38,-60,-36,-39,-38,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-21,-22,-22,-22,-11,-11,-14,-38,-33,-27,-24,-37,-29,-39,-39,-34,-23,-23,-23,-23,-29,-46,-24,-22,-22,-25,-28,-28,0,0,0,-118,2,-45,0,-58,-64,-122,-122,-122,-122,-122,-12,-12,-12,-12,-31,-60,-53,-122,-122,-122,-122,-122,-122,-122,-122,-122,-122,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29974,-29979,-29979]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} b5 7. a4 c6 8. Bd2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O a6 {[#]} 11. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Ba5 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Bd3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 a5 17. Qc2 {½-½ (35) Bitsch,T-Busch,L Hassloch 1997}) 11... Nd7 12. Nxb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5d6,Bd6b7,Bb7c5][%mdl 32]} Bxd2 13. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bb4 14. Nxb7 Qc7 15. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d7]} Nxc5 16. dxc5 c3 17. bxc3 Bxc5 18. g3 a5 19. Kg2 Ng6 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21. Ne1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 (22. Bxd1 {with more complications.} Ne5 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. f4 Be7 25. Nf3) 22... Ne5 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Rb1 g6 25. Qa2 Be7 26. Qc4 Nb6 27. Qb3 Rb8 28. Bf3 c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...c4. Black has some pressure.} 29. Qc2 c4 30. Nb2 Qc6 31. Nd1 Nd7 32. e5 Qc5 33. Rxb8+ Nxb8 34. Ne3 Nd7 35. Qe4 Nxe5 ({Much worse is} 35... Qxe5 $6 36. Qb7 $14) 36. Be2 f5 37. Qa8+ Kf7 38. Qa6 Qc6+ 39. Qxc6 Nxc6 40. Bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Nd8 41. Kf1 Bf6 42. Nd1 Nb7 43. Bb3 Nc5 44. Bc2 e5 45. f3 Ke6 46. Ke2 e4 47. fxe4 fxe4 48. Nf2 Kd5 49. Ke3 Bg5+ 50. Ke2 Bh6 51. h4 Bc1 52. g4 (52. Kd1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bh6 53. Ke2) 52... Bf4 (52... Ke5 $17) 53. h5 (53. Nxe4 $5 Nxe4 54. Kf3 $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 53... Bg3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxf2.} 54. hxg6 ({White should try} 54. Nxe4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe4 55. Kf3 Nxc3 56. Kxg3) 54... hxg6 $15 {And now ...Bxf2 would win.} 55. Nxe4 ({Better is} 55. Nd1 $15) 55... Nxe4 $17 {[#]} 56. c4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd4 {...Bd6 is the strong threat.} (56... Kxc4 57. Bxe4) 57. Kf3 Nd2+ (57... Nc5 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bh4.} 58. Kxg3 g5) 58. Kxg3 $11 {KB-KN} g5 59. c5 Kxc5 60. Kf2 Kd4 61. Ke2 {[#]} (61. Bg6 $15) 61... Ne4 $1 $17 62. Kf3 Nc5 63. Ke2 Kc3 64. Bd1 Kb4 65. Ke3 Nxa4 {aiming for ...Nb2.} 66. Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66. Kd2 $17) 66... Nc5 {Black mates.} 67. Bc2 {[#]} Nb3+ $1 68. Ke5 a4 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,87,18,14,16,16,27,4,4,1,8,6,36,22,18,0,0,0,2,4,0,0,10,0,64,66,79,78,71,61,183,147,270,270,214,206,195,189,282,304,634,600,629,640,639,647,642,634,632,629,702,625,718,712,1019,958,2523,2512,2485,2466,1047,2461,2457,2401,2407,2095,1688,1749,1587,1439,29959,29962,29945,6183,5397,5306,29985,29986,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 Rc8 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Be7 13. Qf4 O-O 14. Qg4 {[#] Strongly threatening Bh6!} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Kh8 15. Re3 Rc6 16. Bd2 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qh3 Ne4 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Ne5 Rf5 21. Nxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (41) Onischuk,V (2591)-Sharafiev,A (2403) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 15. h4 Qc7 16. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7]} g6 (16... Bf8 $11) 17. Qf4 $14 Qc2 {[#]} 18. g4 $1 b6 19. b3 Ba3 {Loses the game.} ({Black should try} 19... Qb2 $1 $14) 20. Kg2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Qb2 (20... Be7 $16) 21. Ng5 $18 Re7 22. Rad1 Rc2 23. Re3 Rc3 (23... Rc1 {was called for.} 24. Qf3 Bb4) 24. h5 Qc2 $2 (24... Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qc2) 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 {[#]} 26. Nxh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 27. Bg5 Kg8 {next ...f6! is good for Black.} 28. Bxe7 Bxe7 29. Rc1 Qb4 30. Rc8+ Nf8 31. h6 g5 {[#]} 32. h7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 {[#]} (32... Kxh7 33. Qxf7+) 33. h8=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxh8 34. Qxf7 {Rc1 would kill now.} Qxd4 35. Rxf8+ ({And not} 35. Qxe7 Qxg4+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) 35... Bxf8 36. Qxf8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Kh7 37. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 38. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 39. Qxg5+ Kh7 40. Qe7+ Kh8 41. Qf6+ (41. Qf8+ $142 Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qxe6 Qf4 44. Qf5 Qb4 45. e6 Qe7 46. Qxd5) 41... Kh7 42. Qxe6 Qd1 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. e6 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,90,7,-14,41,35,41,41,33,32,34,42,36,25,121,50,39,29,64,70,92,0,10,-22,-22,-15,-15,-21,-12,-31,-13,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-800,-809,-1045,-995,-6095,-5735,-2850,-1890]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 g6 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} (9... Ne8 $11) 10. Nd5 $14 {[#]} Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qe2 b6 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. b3 Rfe8 15. Bb2 Rxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe5 {1-0 (74) Djonin,B (2288)-Ivanovic,M (2156) Pancevo 2005}) 11. b3 c6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Ba3 cxd5 13. Bxd6 ({Worse is} 13. Rxd5 Ne8 $17) 13... Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bd4 {[#]} (14... Qf6 $1 $11 15. Rxd5 Re8) 15. Rxd5 ({Better is} 15. Re2 $1 $16) 15... Bxa1 16. Bxf8 Bf6 17. Bd6 b6 {[#]} 18. Qg4 ({White should try} 18. Qf1 $1 $16 Bh8 19. Bc4) 18... Qe8 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 19. Bg3 Bb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Rf5 Qe6 {[%mdl 64] Threatens to win with ...h5! Pin} 21. Rf4 $1 {aiming for Qxe6.} Be5 (21... Kg7 {is interesting.} 22. Kg1 Bc6 23. Qxe6 dxe6 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd8) 22. Qxe6 (22. Ra4 {looks sharper.} Qxg4 23. Rxg4 h5 24. Ra4 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Bc6 26. Rd4) 22... fxe6 23. Rg4 Bxg3 24. Rxg3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf7 25. Kg1 e5 26. Rh3 h5 27. Rg3 Rg8 28. h4 Kf6 29. Kf2 Bd5 30. c3 Be6 31. Be2 a5 32. Ke3 Rc8 33. Rf3+ Bf5 34. Rf1 d5 35. g3 Ke6 36. Ba6 Rc7 37. Bb5 Rg7 38. Be2 Rd7 39. d4 Rc7 40. c4 Kd6 41. Rd1 {Threatening dxe5+.} Re7 {Strongly threatening ...exd4+.} 42. dxe5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Kf2 $11) 42... Rxe5+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Kf2 {[#]} Rxe2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 44. Kxe2 Bg4+ 45. Kd2 Bxd1 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,85,32,9,8,0,22,21,27,29,39,27,31,31,24,8,18,10,16,0,0,-26,-24,-11,-10,-31,-22,-26,-13,-42,0,-94,-20,-57,0,-39,0,-49,-38,-51,0,0,0,0,20,12,16,4,112,103,96,62,90,97,177,177,268,254,256,236,235,225,29994,29995,29996,29997,29997,419]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Rd1 a6 11. a4 cxd4 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} 12. exd4 Nb6 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 13. Bb3 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Qd3 {And now d5 would win.} Bc6 16. Bc2 g6 {[#]} 17. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bb3 Be7 18. Ne5 Nbd5 19. Rac1 a5 20. h4 Re8 21. Bc4 Nd7 22. Ne4 N5f6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 {1-0 (71) Le,Q (2624)-Harikrishna,P (2672) Kolkata 2009}) 17... Be7 18. Bh6 Re8 $1 19. Qh3 Nbd5 20. Re1 {Black should prevent Nxf7!} Bf8 21. Bb3 Nh5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rad1 Rc7 (24... Nf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4h3]} 25. Qh6 Nxg2 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15) 25. Re3 (25. Ng4 $11) 25... Re8 (25... Bb3 $17 26. Rd2 f6) 26. Ng4 Kg7 ({Black should play} 26... Bb3 $15 27. Rd2 {[#]} Bxa4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank}) 27. Re5 f6 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Qxh5 Rf8 (29... Bb3 $1 $15 30. Qh6+ Kh8) 30. Nxd5 $11 exd5 31. Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Kh8 32. Nxd5 Rg7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rg5.} 33. Nf4 Qd6 (33... Qe8 $1 $11) 34. Qf3 $16 Re8 35. g3 Rge7 36. Kg2 Re4 (36... Qc6 $16) 37. d5 $18 f5 (37... R4e7 {was necessary.} 38. Ne6 Qe5) 38. Ne6 Re5 39. Qc3 {f4 is the strong threat.} Kg8 {aiming for ...R5xe6.} 40. Rd3 Re7 $2 (40... b6 $18 41. Kg1 Kf7) 41. Qc8+ {White mates.} Kf7 42. Qf8+ Kg6 43. Nf4+ {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,52,18,19,26,1,22,27,31,23,25,20,18,19,25,13,22,0,14,0,39,12,19,14,75,75,75,75,75,72,67,69,71,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 {White has an edge.} 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Be2 a6 14. Kb1 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rc8 15. Bc1 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc7 19. h4 Rxh4 20. Rxh4 Bxh4 21. f4 Be7 22. Qd1 Nf6 23. Re5 Nd7 24. Rd5 Nf6 25. Re5 Nd7 26. Rd5 {½-½ (26) Lupulescu,C (2525)-Miron,L (2432) Bucharest 2019}) 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bc3 b4 (17... Nf6 $11) 18. Bxg7 $16 Rh7 19. Rxd5 {[#] Be5 is the strong threat.} Rxg7 20. Rhd1 Ra7 21. Qa4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qc8 {[#]} 22. Bb5 (22. f4 $1 $16) 22... axb5 $11 {The position is equal.} 23. Qxa7 {[%cal Rd5d7]} Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 24. Re5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ra7e7]} Nd7 25. Red5 {[%cal Rd5d7]} Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 26. Re5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ra7e7]} Nd7 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,90,22,9,0,0,0,16,5,3,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,-52,0,0,47,28,40,42,67,24,35,27,16,22,36,29,50,45,51,46,64,-69,-69,-62,-70,-164,-164,-184,-192,-253,-171,-171,-171,-152,-98,-98,-98,-98,-77,-77,-55,-171,-171,-171,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-172,-172,-788,-673,-623,-708,-664,-614,-577,-562,-571,-504,-432,-172,-1140,-1062]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 $1 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32] The main line 7...Nc6 scores better than 7...c5. E34: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5.} 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 a5 {The position is equal.} 10. g4 a4 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory.} 11. Qxb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd1 Qa5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd5 14. Bg2 Ne4 15. O-O Qd6 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 {½-½ (31) Pacan Milej,K (2247)-Gavrilescu,D (2475) Teplice 2019}) 11... Nxb4 12. gxf5 Nc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. e3 (14. Rg1 $11) 14... a3 (14... exf5 $15 15. Kc1 b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 15. bxa3 $11 exf5 16. Kc1 $1 Be6 17. Kb2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 ({Wrong is} 18. Kxa1 $2 Rxa3 19. Kb2 Rfa8 $19) (18. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Rfd8 19. dxe6 Nxd2 20. Nd4 $14) 18... fxe4 19. d5 Bxd5 ({Of course not} 19... exf3 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Bc4 $16) 20. Nd4 $1 c5 21. Nb5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rfd8 22. Bc3 Bc6 {And now ...Rd1 would win.} 23. Rg1 g6 {aiming for ...Rd1.} 24. Be2 {[#]} ({White has to play} 24. Bc4 $1 $14) 24... Rd3 $1 $15 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. Rxa1 (26. Nd6 $1 $15 Nc2 27. Rd1) 26... Bxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Bd2 Ra4 28. f4 (28. Rc1 {is a better defense.}) 28... Rc4 {...Rc2+ is the strong threat.} 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 $19 {KB-KB} f5 ({Black should try} 30... Bd7 31. h4 Kg7) 31. Kc3 $17 Kf7 32. a4 Ba6 33. Ba3 c4 34. Bc5 (34. Bb4 $15) 34... Ke6 $19 35. h4 Kd5 36. Bd4 Ke4 37. Kd2 Kf3 38. a5 Bb5 39. a3 $2 (39. Ba1) 39... Be8 40. Bf6 Bf7 41. Bd4 Kg3 42. Bf6 Kg4 43. Bg5 Bd5 44. Bf6 h6 45. Bg7 $2 {[#]} (45. Kc3) 45... g5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,114,10,12,0,0,24,18,10,0,0,0,10,7,14,0,16,0,8,8,8,8,6,16,83,66,110,112,100,88,124,103,288,87,99,98,85,74,77,81,106,97,90,75,146,136,145,151,168,170,249,243,242,240,213,199,203,80,81,8,21,8,8,8,59,59,59,59,59,62,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,79,79,79,79,79,79,134,79,344,72,72,8,103,8,8,8,8,8,108,159,159,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qd3 b6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 c5 12. b3 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf6 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfd1 a5 15. e3 a4 16. h4 h6 17. Bh3 axb3 18. axb3 Bc6 {1-0 (48) Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Sargissian,G (2702) Huaian 2016}) 13. a4 Bf6 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qb1 Re8 17. Ra2 Qd7 (17... Bxd4 $11 18. Rxd4 Ne6) 18. Nb5 $1 $16 Be5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rad2 Rd8 21. e4 Ba6 $2 (21... Qe7 $16 {was necessary.}) 22. Rxd5 $2 (22. f4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Ree8 23. Rxd5) 22... Rxd5 23. Rxd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Qe7 24. Qd1 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxb5 26. axb5 g6 27. e5 Kg7 ({Black should try} 27... Qe6) 28. Bf1 Nd7 29. Qd4 {Black must now prevent e6+.} Kg8 30. f4 g5 (30... Qc5 {was called for.} 31. Qxc5 Nxc5) 31. Bc4 $18 gxf4 32. gxf4 Nc5 33. Kg2 Qh4 34. Qe3 (34. h3 $18 {is more deadly.}) 34... Kf8 35. h3 (35. Qf3 $1 $16) 35... Qh5 $1 $11 36. Qd2 {Hoping for Qd8+.} Qg6+ 37. Kh2 Qf5 (37... Ke8 $11) 38. Qd8+ $1 $14 Kg7 39. Qg5+ $1 Qxg5 40. fxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Nd7 41. e6 fxe6 42. Bxe6 Nc5 43. Bd5 $1 h6 44. gxh6+ Kxh6 45. Kg3 a4 46. bxa4 Nxa4 47. Kg4 Nc3 {[#]} 48. Bc4 $1 Kg7 {[#]} (48... Kg6 $142) 49. Kg5 (49. Kf3 $142 $1) 49... Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Ne4+ $16 {is a better defense.} 50. Kf4 Nd6) 50. h4 $2 (50. Kf6 $18 Nxb5 51. h4) 50... Kg7 $16 51. h5 (51. Kh5 $16) 51... Kh8 (51... Ne4+ $11 {remains equal.} 52. Kf4 Nc3) 52. h6 (52. Kh6 $16) 52... Nxb5 $11 53. Bxb5 {KB-KP} Kh7 54. Bd3+ Kh8 55. Kg6 (55. Kg4 $142) 55... b5 $16 56. Bxb5 $2 (56. Kf5 $16) 56... Kg8 $11 57. h7+ Kh8 58. Kh6 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,0,7,0,-9,-28,12,0,11,15,11,7,7,7,13,10,8,8,14,14,8,10,16,14,9,20,23,10,11,25,22,10,10,7,14,0,22,0,27,33,94,98,95,103,106,106,89,108,100,100,100,100,118,100,107,114,112,123,117,123,258,266,322,307,471,471,471,465,497,479,448,448,500,485]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. a4 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5.} Qa5 9. Bd2 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qc7 10. a5 Rd8 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Qa2 Ne4 13. Bd3 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 cxd4 15. exd4 e5 16. cxd5 exd4 {½-½ (46) Akobian,V (2567)-Iotov,V (2493) Temecula 2006}) 10. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Nc6 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 h6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Rfe1 Na5 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Re3 Be6 18. Rae1 Rac8 19. h3 Kh8 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Qc6 22. Nf3 {Threatens to win with Ne5.} Nc4 23. Re7 Kg8 24. a5 Rcd8 25. Rb1 Nxa5 26. Ne5 Qf6 ({Black should play} 26... Qc8 $14 27. Qxc8 Rxc8) 27. Qxf6 $16 gxf6 28. Ng4 ({Worse is} 28. Nd7 Nc6 $17) 28... Kg7 29. Ra1 b6 30. Ne3 Nc6 31. Rc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Nxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Na5 34. Kf1 Rd8 35. Ne3 Rc8 36. Ra3 Nc4 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (36... Kg6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 37. Nf5+ $18 ({Not} 37. Rxa7 Nxe3+ 38. fxe3 Rxc3 $16) 37... Kh7 38. Rxa7 Re8 (38... Rb8 {might work better.} 39. Rxf7+ Kg6) 39. Rxf7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg6 40. Re7 Rxe7 41. Nxe7+ Kf7 42. Nf5 h5 43. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,105,10,15,13,38,31,30,29,36,32,25,29,15,7,12,0,-4,-31,-34,-55,-47,-53,-36,-73,-69,-120,-110,-93,-113,-131,-91,-119,0,-6,-6,-56,0,-39,-37,-63,-53,-177,-182,-177,-131,-129,-6,-6,-6,-8,-8,-19,-6,-6,-6,-6,-3,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,101,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bg5 {White has an edge.} h6 12. Bh4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 g5 14. Bg3 Nxe4 {[#]} 15. Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qh5 Kg7 16. Rae1 d5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. f4 Qg6 20. Qxg6+ fxg6 21. fxg5 hxg5 {½-½ (52) Eidinger,H (2038)-Bischoff,P (2071) Bern 2014}) 15... Rxe4 16. f4 Ba6 17. Rf2 Qe7 {And now ...Re8 would win.} 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Bd6 Qe6 20. Qd2 (20. Bc5 $15) 20... Qg6 21. Bc5 Rae8 22. h3 d5 23. Bxa7 Re2 (23... f5 $17 24. Bd4 g4 25. hxg4 Rxg4) 24. Qc1 Bd3 {Black wants to play ...g4.} 25. a4 R8e4 ({Black should try} 25... g4 $1 $15 26. hxg4 Qxg4) 26. Bd4 Rxf2 27. Bxf2 g4 {Hoping for ...gxh3.} 28. Qb2 ({Only move:} 28. Kh2 $1 $15) 28... gxh3 $19 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2]} 29. Qb8+ Kg7 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2]} 30. Qh2 {[#]} Qxg2+ (30... Rg4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg4g2]} 31. Qxh3 Be4 32. Bd4+ f6) 31. Qxg2+ $11 hxg2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. a5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Ba6 33. Kxg2 Kg6 34. Bd4 Kf5 35. Kf3 Rh4 36. Rb1 Rh3+ 37. Kg2 Rd3 38. Rb6 Bb5 39. a6 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 {aiming for a7.} Ra2 {[#]} (40... Rd3+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 41. Kf2 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Ra2) 41. Rb7 ({White must play} 41. a7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Rb8 is the strong threat.} Rxa7 {[#]} 42. Rxb5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack}) 41... Bxa6 {The position is equal.} 42. Rxf7+ Ke6 43. Rf6+ Kd7 44. Rf7+ Ke8 45. Ra7 Be2+ 46. Kf4 Rxa7 47. Bxa7 $11 {KB-KB} Bb5 48. Ke5 Kd7 49. Bc5 Bc4 50. Bd4 Bb5 51. Bc5 Bc4 52. Bd4 Bb5 53. Bc5 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,100,35,65,60,51,51,52,57,51,44,61,59,62,54,63,60,54,20,31,21,28,14,16,5,5,4,9,-60,-61,-65,-66,-82,-83,-104,-103,-69,-87,-87,-93,-95,-81,-79,-83,-164,-162,-143,-125,-154,-138,-157,-162,-159,-85,-78,-81,-79,-79,-82,-82,-82,-82,-81,-79,-82,-72,-72,-72,-72,-72,-132,-132,-132,-132,-578,-578,-477,-454,-2544,-2055,-29958,-29960,-29962,-29958,-29972,-29972,-29971,-29973,-29974,-29975]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be2 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4.} Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 {White is slightly better.} O-O $1 {10...0-0 is better than 10...d6.} 11. O-O d6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. b4 Rfc8 14. Kh1 Qd8 {[#]} 15. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Na4 Rab8 16. Re1 Bf8 17. Bf1 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Ra8 20. Nf5 Rc6 21. Nd4 {½-½ (30) Burg,T (2485)-Drabke,L (2411) Belgium 2012}) 15... Ne5 16. Na4 Nfd7 17. Qd4 b5 {...Nc6 is the strong threat.} 18. Na5 (18. Nb2 {with more complications.} bxc4 19. Na5 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxc4 Bb5 22. a4) 18... Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. cxb5 (20. Nc3 $11) 20... Bxb5 $15 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qd1 Qc7 23. Bd4 Qc2 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Nb6 Nxb6 26. Bxb6 Qxd1 27. Rxd1 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc3 28. Ra1 (28. Kg1 $17 {was necessary.}) 28... Bf6 $19 29. Rd1 Rxa3 30. Kg1 Ra6 31. Bc7 Be5 32. Rc1 Kf8 (32... Ra4 $142 $1 33. Ba5 Bd4+ 34. Kf1 g6 35. Rc8+ Kg7) 33. Ba5 $17 d5 34. exd5 exd5 35. Kf1 Bxh2 36. Rc5 Re6 37. g4 d4 {Strongly threatening ...d3.} 38. Rxb5 d3 39. Rd5 Rd6 40. Rxd6 Bxd6 {KB-KB} 41. b5 {[#]} (41. Kf2 $142) 41... g6 $1 42. b6 Ke8 43. b7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (43. g5 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 43... Kd7 $19 44. Bb4 {And now Bxd6 would win.} Bb8 45. Kf2 {[#]} (45. g5 $142 Kc7 46. Kf2) 45... h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h4]} 46. gxh5 gxh5 {Black mates.} 47. Be1 h4 48. Kg2 Kc6 49. Kh3 Kxb7 50. Kg4 {[#]} Bg3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,70,23,23,25,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-8,0,-25,-8,0,-8,-9,0,-19,-15,-12,0,-6,-7,-2,-2,-10,0,-42,-18,-20,-24,-83,-69,-91,-30,-33,-30,-300,0,-116,-94,-270,-272,-550,-516,-615,-608,-577,-554,-866,-674,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qb6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} 8. Nbd2 Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 {The position is equal.} 10. c4 Be7 11. g3 Qa6 12. b3 Nd7 13. a4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rd8 14. Qc3 O-O 15. c5 b6 16. b4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Rb8 18. Re1 Bd8 19. a5 Rb5 {0-1 (46) Andriasian,Z (2591)-Vidit,S (2718) chess.com INT 2018}) 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Ba3 (15. c5 {seems wilder.} Rb8 16. b4 b6 17. Re1 Rfc8 18. Ba3) 15... Bxa3 16. Rxa3 c5 17. cxd5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qe4 exd5 20. Qxd5 Rfd8 {next ...Qe2 is good for Black.} 21. Qxd4 Nc5 22. Qe3 (22. Qb4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... Rd3 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 23. Qe1 $1 Ne6 (23... Qg6 $17 24. Ra2 Rcd8) 24. Ra2 $1 $11 Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Rxd2! is the strong threat. Black fights for an advantage.} 25. Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Qe4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 25... Qa5 $2 {[#]} (25... Nxb3 26. Nxb3 Qc6+ 27. Kg1 $11) (25... Nc2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc2e1]} 26. Qd1 Qc6+ 27. Kh2 Qc3 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Qxc2 Rxc2) 26. e6 (26. b4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb4 27. Qb1) 26... fxe6 {[#]} 27. Ne4 $2 (27. b4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb4 28. Qb1 Qxb1 29. Rxb1) 27... Qd5 $19 ({And not} 27... Nxb3 28. Qxa5 Nxa5 29. Rb1 $11) ({Weaker is} 27... Qf5 28. Ng5 $15) 28. f3 $2 (28. Kh3 Nxb3 29. f3) 28... Nc2 29. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 30. Rf2 Qxb3 31. Ng5 Rd1 32. Qa5 Rxf2+ {Black mates.} 33. Kxf2 Qc2+ 34. Ke3 Rd3+ 35. Kf4 Qc1+ {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,164,0,8,-6,0,-12,-8,-11,-8,-31,9,16,8,3,8,7,0,-29,-19,-19,-20,-27,0,0,0,0,10,10,10,6,6,12,10,4,6,8,11,11,8,2,62,65,100,100,101,101,111,35,35,11,102,55,55,62,62,0,182,110,712,637,503,481,707,604,669,117,762,730,655,452,377,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,100,100,100,100,100,100,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,933,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bd3 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} Qc7 {[#]} 12. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 b6 14. Ne4 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 {½-½ (31) Galanov,S (2616)-Pligin,S (2495) ICCF email 2011}) 12... Nxc5 13. e4 b6 14. Bc4 {Threatens to win with Rxd6!} Ng4 {[%cal Rd6h2]} 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Be3 Bb7 18. f3 Rac8 19. Rac1 b5 20. Bb3 {White wants to play Nxb5!} Qe7 21. Nd5 exd5 22. Bxc5 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qd2 $36 {[%cal Rb3d5][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qb6+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Rc7 Ba8 29. Ra7 g6 ({Black should play} 29... exf3 $11 30. gxf3 g6) 30. Bxf7+ $14 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Rxf7 31. Rxa8+ {KR-KR} Kg7 32. Rxa6 exf3 33. g4 (33. gxf3 $16 Rc7 34. Kg3) 33... Rd7 34. b4 h5 (34... Rd4 $11 {remains equal.}) 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Ra5 Kg6 $1 37. Kxf3 (37. h4 $14) 37... Rd2 $2 (37... Rd3+ $1 $11 38. Ke4 Rxh3) 38. h4 $1 $18 ({But not} 38. Rxb5 $6 Rxa2 39. h4 Rh2 $14) 38... Rh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rd4 $16) 39. Kg3 Rd2 40. Rxb5 Rxa2 (40... Rd3+ $142 41. Kf4 Rd4+ 42. Ke5 Rxh4) 41. Rg5+ Kh6 42. Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f2]} Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Kg6 $16 43. Rf2 Ra3+ 44. Rf3 Ra6) 43. Rf6+ Kg7 44. Rf3 Rb8 45. Rb3 $2 (45. Rf4 $18) 45... Rb5 $1 $11 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. Kc4 Rf5 50. Rd3+ Kc6 51. Rd4 Kb6 (51... Rf1 $11) 52. Rd6+ Kc7 {[#]} 53. Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f5]} Rf4+ 54. Rd4 Rf5 {[#]} 55. b5 (55. Kd3 $1 $16) 55... Kb6 56. Rd6+ Kb7 57. Rh6 Rf4+ 58. Kc5 {Black must now prevent Rh7+.} Rxh4 59. Rh7+ Kc8 60. Kb6 Rh3 61. Rc7+ Kb8 62. Rh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kc8 63. Rc7+ (63. Kc6 {with more complications.} Rc3+ 64. Kb6 Rh3) 63... Kb8 64. Rf7 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Kc8 65. Rf8+ Kd7 66. Kb7 {And now Rf4 would win.} h4 67. b6 {Rf4 is the strong threat.} Rb3 68. Ka7 Ra3+ 69. Kb8 h3 70. b7 h2 71. Rf7+ Ke6 72. Rh7 Ra2 73. Rh5 Rc2 74. Rh3 Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74... Kd5 $11) 75. Re3+ $2 (75. Ka7 $18 Ra2+ 76. Kb6) 75... Kf6 {The position is equal.} 76. Re1 Kg5 77. Rb1 {Strongly threatening Ka7.} Kg4 78. Ka7 Rc7 79. Rh1 Kg3 80. Ka8 Rxb7 $1 81. Kxb7 Kg2 82. Rxh2+ Kxh2 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,87,14,15,-34,32,32,32,33,58,36,32,19,33,35,27,39,29,20,20,20,20,14,61,58,70,75,72,77,75,64,80,71,71,84,117,105,389,375,329,305,406,409,501,518,513,483,446,479,476,450,533,473,564,577,582,575,677,648,702,637,823,814,4285,3504,4072,3874,4578,4622,4614,4614,3485,3120]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nc3 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] A promising side line. D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines.} a5 $146 (10... O-O $15) ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne4 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. e4 Bg6 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Ra4 17. Ne3 Rxd4 {0-1 (41) Prudnikova,S (2229)-Velikic,A (2339) Valjevo 2018}) 11. Qxb6 $14 Nxb6 12. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Nbd5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. e4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bg6 17. a4 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. f4 Rhc8 20. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now f5 would win. White has some pressure.} f5 ({Don't go for} 20... Rxc3 $2 21. f5 $18) 21. exf5 exf5 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. g5 Bf7 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Bd5 26. Re1 Be4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... g6 $16) 27. Rea1 $1 $18 a4 {[#]} 28. c4 $1 Kc6 (28... bxc4 29. Rxa4) 29. d5+ Kc5 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 30. cxb5 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece. White is clearly winning.} Kxb5 31. d6 Rd8 32. Rxa4 Rxd6 33. Ra7 Rd2 {Now ...Rg2+ and Black clings on.} 34. R1a2 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Rxg7 Rf3+ 37. Ke2 Rxf4 38. Ke3 Rh4 39. Rc7 Kb6 40. Rc3 {Threatening mate with Rb2+.} Bc6 41. Rb2+ Kc7 42. Rbc2 Re4+ 43. Kf3 Rc4+ 44. Kg3 {White took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,113,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-23,0,-10,14,0,3,-36,-22,-25,-18,-50,-29,-30,0,-36,-42,-40,-41,-45,-41,-55,-47,-63,-60,-63,-62,-56,-56,-62,-64,-88,-88,-193,-182,-180,-166,-173,-167,-192,-193,-177,-162,-166,-176,-163,-162,-162,-156,-171,-93,-94,-97,-102,-57,-87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. Be2 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} O-O 9. O-O Bb6 10. a4 Re8 {[#]} 11. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. Kh1 h6 13. Ng1 Qd6 14. f4 Bxg1 15. Rxg1 exf4 16. d4 Ne7 17. Ba3 {0-1 (42) Kramnik,V (2777)-Giri,A (2783) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2 f6 15. Nc4 Na5 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 b6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 c5 20. c4 Nc6 21. Qg1 Qd7 22. h4 h6 23. Qg3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 ({Much worse is} 24... cxd4 $6 25. g5 $16) 25. Rg1 Re5 26. g5 {[#]} fxg5 $1 27. hxg5 (27. Rf2 $17) 27... Rxg5 $19 28. Rg4 Rxg4 29. Bxg4 {White wants to play Be6+.} Re8 30. Qh3 Re5 31. Be6+ Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Rh5.} 32. Bg8+ Kxg8 33. Rxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kh7 34. Qg4 Re7 {aiming for ...Rf7.} 35. Qf5 {[#] Rf6+ would kill now.} Qe5 (35... Qd7 $1 $19 36. Re6+ Kg8 37. Rxe7 Qxe7) 36. Qxe5 $17 Rxe5 {KR-KR} 37. Rd6 Rg5 38. Kh2 h5 ({Better is} 38... Rg6 $17 39. Rd7 a5) 39. a5 $11 {Threatening a6.The position is equal.} bxa5 40. Ra6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} g6 41. Rxa5 Kh6 {White should prevent ...h4.} 42. Rxa7 h4 43. Kh3 Rg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Kxh4 Rxd3 45. Rc7 Rd4 46. Rxc5 Rxe4+ 47. Kg3 g5 48. Rc8 Kh5 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. c5 Rc4 51. Rc8 Kf5 52. Rf8+ Ke6 53. Rc8 Kd7 54. Rg8 Rxc5 55. Kg4 Kc6 56. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 57. Kxg5 {White happily takes the draw. Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "266"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,265,14,24,-5,12,15,16,17,22,20,18,14,33,32,38,38,43,21,81,25,43,43,39,43,41,42,42,39,41,41,39,41,42,31,32,35,58,8,4,5,6,12,6,6,9,8,9,7,10,0,13,8,8,4,14,8,15,0,-4,-15,-17,-8,-8,-8,-10,-23,-23,-22,-25,-31,0,-17,-12,-26,-12,-76,-87,-93,-86,-102,-66,-81,-22,-48,-33,-136,-117,-127,-116,-108,-100,-129,-125,-140,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-268,-267,-267,-274,-267,-267,-246,-67,-171,-22,-2372,-2404,-2373,-1220,-2902,-4021,-1138,-3409,-2472,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-29938,-12850,-83,-29953,-29953,-29952,-29950,-29955,-29956,-29956,-29956,-29957,-29957,-29959,-29960,-29959,-29957,-29957,-29953,0,0,0,0,0,-29955,-29952,-29968,-29970,-29971,-29972,-29969,-29967,-29968,-29970,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29976,-29977,-29980,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29976,-29974,-29974,-29977,-29979,-29984,-29985,-29987,-29987,-29987,0,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,0,-29972,0,-29989,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29966,-29967,-29968,-29968,-29968,-29971,-29972,-29977,-29978,-29976,-29973,-29976,-29979,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29974,-338,-338,-338,-29985,-29986,-29988,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29990,-29991,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 {9.h3 injects fresh life into this line. Played by Fabiano Caruana in May 2020.} Be7 10. Bf4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Nh4 11. Rad1+ Ke8 12. Nxh4 {The position is equal.} Bxh4 13. Ne2 Be7 {[#]} 14. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rd2 Bc5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 h6 18. a3 Ke7 19. Be3 {½-½ (19) Kodric,T (1606)-Arztmann,N (1877) Mureck 2013}) 14... a6 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rfe1 Bf6 (17... Rd8 $11) 18. b3 ({Reject} 18. Rxe6+ Kf7 $11) (18. Bxc7 $16 Ke7 19. b4) 18... Ke7 19. Bxc7 Rhc8 20. Bd6+ Kf7 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Bb6 Rd5 23. c4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ke8 25. Rd6 Ke7 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. b4 e5 28. Bc5+ Ke6 29. Rd6+ Kf5 30. Bb6 Re8 31. Kf1 h5 32. Ke2 Re6 33. Rd1 Re8 34. a4 Ke6 35. h3 Be7 36. Rb1 Rf8 37. b5 Rf4 38. bxa6 bxa6 39. Rc1 c5 40. Ba5 Re4+ 41. Kd3 Rd4+ 42. Ke2 e4 43. Rc2 Bf6 44. Bb6 Kd6 45. Ba5 Kc6 46. Bd2 (46. Ke3 $11 {remains equal.}) 46... Rd3 $1 $17 47. a5 Rb3 48. Be3 Bc3 49. Bd2 Bb4 (49... Bd4 $17) 50. Ra2 g6 51. Kd1 (51. Rc2 $15) 51... Rd3 52. Ke2 Rd4 53. Rc2 Bxd2 54. Rxd2 Rxc4 {KR-KR} 55. Ke3 Ra4 56. Rd8 Rxa5 57. Kxe4 Ra4+ 58. Ke5 Ra2 59. Rd6+ (59. g4 $17) 59... Kb5 $19 60. Rxg6 Re2+ $1 ({Not} 60... Rxf2 61. g4 $17) 61. Kd5 Rxf2 62. g4 hxg4 $2 (62... c4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...c3.} 63. Rg7 hxg4 64. hxg4 c3) 63. hxg4 $15 a5 ({Better is} 63... c4 $1 $19 64. Kd4 Rf3) 64. g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Rg8 $11) 64... a4 $1 $19 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 65. Rg8 Rd2+ 66. Ke5 a3 67. g6 Rg2 68. Kf6 Kc4 $2 (68... c4 $1 $19 69. Ra8 Kb4) 69. Ra8 $11 Kb3 70. Rb8+ Kc3 71. Ra8 Rf2+ 72. Ke7 Re2+ (72... a2 $5 73. g7 $8 Rg2 $17) 73. Kf7 Rf2+ 74. Ke7 Re2+ (74... a2 $5 75. g7 $8 Rg2 $11) 75. Kf7 a2 {Threatens to win with ...Kb2.} 76. g7 Rf2+ 77. Ke7 Rg2 78. Kf7 Kb2 79. Rb8+ Ka1 (79... Kc2 $5 80. Ra8 $8 Kb3 81. Rb8+ Kc3 $11) 80. g8=Q $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (80. Rc8 $11) 80... Rxg8 81. Kxg8 {KR-KPP} c4 82. Rc8 {[#]} c3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 83. Kf7 (83. Rxc3 Kb2) 83... Kb2 84. Rb8+ Kc2 85. Ra8 {[#]} Kb3 $1 86. Rb8+ Kc4 87. Rc8+ Kd3 88. Rd8+ Ke3 89. Re8+ {[#]} Kf3 $2 (89... Kd4 $1 90. Rd8+ Kc4 91. Rc8+ Kb4 92. Ra8 c2 93. Rb8+ Kc5 94. Ra8 Kb6 95. Rxa2 c1=Q 96. Rf2 Qc4+ 97. Kg6 Qg4+ 98. Kf7 Qh5+ 99. Kg7 Kc6 100. Rf1 Kd7 101. Rf6 Ke7 102. Rg6 Qe5+ 103. Kg8 Qd4 104. Rg3 Qd5+ 105. Kh7 Qe4+ 106. Kg8 Qd5+ 107. Kh7 Qe4+ 108. Kg8 Kf6 109. Rg7 Qa8+ 110. Kh7 Qe8 111. Ra7 Qh5+ 112. Kg8 Qd5+ 113. Kh8 Qh1+ 114. Kg8 Qg1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 115. Kh7 Qxa7+ 116. Kh6 Qg7+ 117. Kh5 Qg5#) 90. Re1 c2 {Hoping for ...Kf2.} 91. Ke6 Kf2 92. Rh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black continues to play with concentration.} (92. Ra1 $11 Ke3 93. Ke5) 92... Ke3 93. Kd5 Kd2 94. Ra1 c1=Q 95. Rxa2+ {KQ-KR} Ke3 96. Ra6 Qd1+ 97. Ke6 Ke4 98. Ke7 Qb3 99. Rh6 Qb7+ 100. Ke8 Qg7 101. Ra6 Qe5+ 102. Kf7 Kf5 103. Rh6 Qc7+ 104. Ke8 Qg7 105. Ra6 Qb7 106. Rh6 Qc7 107. Rh3 Qc6+ 108. Ke7 Qc7+ 109. Ke8 Kg6 110. Rd3 Qe5+ 111. Kd8 Qa5+ 112. Ke7 Qc7+ 113. Ke8 $1 Qe5+ 114. Kd8 Qe4 115. Rd6+ Kf7 116. Kc7 Qc4+ 117. Rc6 Qf4+ 118. Kb6 Ke7 119. Kb5 Kd7 120. Rc4 Qe3 121. Kb4 Kd6 122. Ka4 Kd5 123. Rc2 Qb6 124. Rc3 Kd4 125. Rc2 Kd3 126. Rc1 Qd4+ 127. Kb3 Qd5+ $2 (127... Qe5 {mates} 128. Rd1+ Ke2 129. Rc1 Qb5+ 130. Kc3 Qc5+ 131. Kb2 Qb4+ 132. Kc2 Qa4+ 133. Kb2 Kd2 134. Rb1 Qc2+ 135. Ka1 Qe4 136. Ka2 Qa4+ 137. Kb2 Qc2+ 138. Ka1 Qe4 139. Kb2 Qc2+) 128. Kb4 $19 {intending Rd1+.} Qb7+ 129. Ka3 $2 (129. Ka5 $19 Qa8+ 130. Kb5) 129... Qb5 {Black mates.} 130. Rf1 Qa6+ 131. Kb3 Qb6+ 132. Ka3 Kc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rb6b3]} 133. Rf3 Qa5# {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,87,6,0,1,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-19,-7,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,-4,0,-7,0,4,9,0,18,20,22,21,20,14,22,26,17,4,37,35,30,38,23,0,0,0,29,14,7,0,7,6,6,0,9,5,31,6,6,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nb6 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Bc6 {[#]} 17. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nc5 Rfc8 18. Rb1 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Nd7 20. f3 Nxc5 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. e4 f6 23. Rfc1 {½-½ (32) Jaulneau,C (2542)-Firnhaber,I (2517) ICCF email 2014}) 17... a6 18. Bd4 Nd5 {Hoping for ...e5!} 19. Kf2 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Bb5 21. Bc5 f5 22. Bxe7 fxe4 23. Bc5 exf3 24. gxf3 Rc6 25. Bd4 Rac8 26. Rc5 b6 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Bxb5 axb5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. f4 Rc2+ 30. Kf3 Ra2 31. Ra1 Rxh2 32. Rc1 Kf7 33. Rc8 Ra2 34. Ra8 Rc2 35. Be5 Nf6 36. Ra7+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kg6 {The position is equal.} 37. Bd6 Kf5 38. Bf8 {[#] Rf7 is the strong threat.} Ne4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rc2f2]} 39. Rf7+ Kg6 40. Rxg7+ Kf5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rc2f2]} 41. Rf7+ Kg6 42. Rg7+ Kf5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rc2f2] [#]} 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Rg7+ {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,115,6,5,11,0,0,0,0,11,0,30,-28,-19,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,19,22,13,17,3,40,0,87,77,129,129,137,125,149,33,37,16,96,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Be3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Nf6 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 {[#]} 12. Bc5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} (12. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 13. b4) ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc7 14. Be2 {½-½ (14) Markus,R (2599)-Berkes,F (2666) Subotica 2019}) 12... Ne4 13. Be3 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 e5 16. Rb1 Kd8 17. f4 Re8 18. Kf2 Kc7 19. Bd3 h6 20. Rb5 f6 (20... b6 $1 $11) 21. Rhb1 Re7 (21... g5 $142) 22. Be4 $16 Kd8 {Black wants to play ...exf4.} 23. Rd5+ Kc7 24. fxe5 (24. f5 $16) 24... Nxe5 $14 {[#] ...Ng4+ is the strong threat.} 25. Bf4 Rb8 (25... b6 $1 $11) 26. Ke3 ({Better is} 26. Rbb5 $16 {[%cal Rd5e5] Hoping for Rxe5.} Bd7 27. Rxe5 (27. Bxe5+ fxe5 28. Rdc5+ Kd6 $11) 27... fxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Bxe5+ Kc8 30. Bxb8 (30. Bxg7 Bc6 $14) 30... Kxb8 31. Ke3) 26... Bd7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. Rc5+ Bc6 28. Bxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} b6 29. Bxe5+ $1 fxe5 30. Rd5 {Black must now prevent Bb5.} Kxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 31. Rf1 Rc8 32. Rf5 Kb7 33. Rfxe5 Rxe5+ 34. Rxe5 Rxc4 {KR-KR} 35. Kd3 Rg4 36. g3 Kc6 37. c4 Rg5 38. Re7 a5 39. Kd4 Kd6 40. Rb7 Rg4+ 41. Kd3 Kc6 42. Re7 h5 43. Re6+ Kc7 44. Re5 g6 45. Re6 Rg5 46. Kd4 Kb7 47. Rf6 h4 48. gxh4 Rg4+ 49. Kc3 Rxh4 50. Rxg6 Rxh2 51. c5 Rh3+ 52. Kc4 bxc5 53. Kxc5 Rxa3 54. Kb5 a4 55. Rg7+ Kc8 56. Rg4 Kc7 57. Rxa4 Rxa4 58. Kxa4 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,130,20,-6,0,6,-4,-4,6,4,3,4,11,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,15,10,13,10,12,14,13,9,22,33,54,42,52,61,79,14,14,17,32,12,84,74,91,85,77,76,67,67,68,8,19,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,21,0,3,0,0,-2,-4,-6,-7,-11,-8,-8,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-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]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd3 Bc6 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} 13. Bxc6+ Rxc6 14. Qf3 O-O {[#]} 15. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bg5 h6 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Be5 20. Rd7 f5 21. Nd2 {1-0 (45) Bras,E (2000)-Milonakis,G (1880) Chania 1999}) 15... Qa5 16. Bd2 {[#] Hoping for Ne4.} Qa6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Ne4 {[%cal Rg5f6]} (18. e4 {keeps more tension.} h6 19. Bf4 Bb4 20. Be5 Be7 21. Bd4) 18... Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nc3 Ng6 (20... Qb6 {with more complications.} 21. Rd2 Ng6 22. Qe4 Rfc8 23. Rad1 h6) 21. Qe3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Na4 Ra6 24. b3 b5 25. Nc3 b4 26. Na4 Ne7 27. Rac1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nd5 28. e4 (28. Rc4 $16) 28... Nc3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc3d1]} 29. Nxc3 bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Rc2 Rc6 (30... g5 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Kf1 $16 h5 32. Ke2 Rfc8 33. Rd4 e5 34. Rd5 f6 35. h4 (35. f4 $14) 35... R8c7 $11 {The position is equal.} 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. f4 Ke6 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Ke2 Rd7 40. Rxd7 Kxd7 {KR-KR} 41. Kd3 Rg6 42. Rg2 Rg4 43. Kxc3 Rxe4 44. Kd3 Rg4 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Kf3 e4+ 47. Kf2 Rg6 48. Rg1 Rf6+ 49. Ke2 Ke5 50. Rc1 Rf3 51. Rc5+ Kd4 52. Rxh5 Rxg3 53. Ra5 Rg2+ 54. Kf1 Rh2 55. Rxa7 e3 56. Rxg7 Rxa2 57. h5 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ 59. Kf3 Rf2+ 60. Kg3 Rf1 {[#] ( -> ...Rg1+)} 61. Rd7+ Kc3 62. Re7 Kd2 63. Rd7+ Kc3 {And now ...e2 would win.} 64. Re7 Kd2 65. Rd7+ Kc3 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,74,20,15,9,3,20,22,9,14,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,12,8,33,31,31,28,26,20,31,25,35,20,20,20,20,16,21,18,18,18,18,22,19,19,17,10,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qd3 b6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rd1 N7f6 {[#]} 11. Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Rac1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. c4 {½-½ (16) Dragov,A (1964)-Baskakov,E Nizhnij Novgorod 2012}) 11... exd5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 c6 15. Rab1 Qe7 16. a4 Rfc8 17. Rdc1 Rc7 18. e3 g6 19. Qb3 Rd8 20. Ne1 Bc8 {The position is equal.} 21. Nd3 Bf5 22. Rc2 (22. Rc3 {looks sharper.} c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qxc5 27. Rb7) 22... c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Bxd3 $1 26. Qxd3 Qxc5 27. h4 Qc4 28. Rd1 {[%cal Rg2d5]} Qxd3 29. Rxd3 d4 30. exd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 32. Kf1 h5 33. Ke2 a5 34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Ke2 Kg8 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Ke2 Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,116,7,15,18,10,14,13,4,5,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,21,59,49,59,22,38,25,7,10,6,0,29,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-64,-10,-147,-137,-150,-10,-6,0,-142,-148,-151,-154,-156,-158,-153,-155,-142,-137,-270,-270,-281,-270,-259,-263,-444,-441,-497,-504,-433,-443,-494,-305,-299,-290,-1464,-958,-5501,-3706,-29972,-29972,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29976,-29976]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5.} c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. e3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nf3 d4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 10. O-O-O {[%cal Re3d4]} Bxc5 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. a3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg4 14. Kb1 Rac8 15. d5 Ne7 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. Bd3 Nexd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Be4 Be6 {1-0 (56) Kuljasevic,D (2538)-Brkic,A (2596) Pozega 2018}) 14. Kb1 Na5 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 20. Ne5 Rfe8 21. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f7]} Qe6 22. Nd7 {Rd6 is the strong threat.} Kg7 $1 23. Rhe1 Qc4 $1 $132 {[%cal Rc4f4][%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qd6 {Threatens to win with Nf6+.} Kg7 ({Much worse is} 25... Rec8 $6 26. Qe5 $16) 26. Re7 {Strongly threatening Qe5+.} Rxe7 27. Qxe7 Qf4 28. Qb4 Qf5+ 29. Ka1 {aiming for Qc3+.} Rc8 30. g4 Qf3 31. Qd4+ f6 32. Qd6 Re8 33. Nc5 {And now Qc7+ would win.} Qxg4 34. h3 (34. Nxb7 $11 Nxb7 35. Qd7+ Qxd7 36. Rxd7+ Kf8 37. Rxb7) 34... Qc8 (34... Qe2 $15 35. Qc7+ Re7) 35. Ka2 (35. Qd7+ $11 {remains equal.} Qxd7 36. Rxd7+ Kh6 37. Nxb7) 35... b6 $17 36. Qd7+ Qxd7 ({Black should try} 36... Kh6 $1 $17 37. Qxc8 Rxc8) 37. Rxd7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kh6 38. Nd3 {White is on the road to losing.} (38. Rxa7 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Re2 39. Ra6) 38... Nc6 $1 39. Rc7 Re6 40. Kb3 Rd6 41. Kc3 Nd4 {Hoping for ...Nb5+.} 42. a4 a5 43. b4 {[#]} (43. Rc4 $17 {was worth a try.} Nf3 44. Rf4 Rc6+ 45. Rc4) 43... Ne2+ $1 $19 44. Kc2 axb4 45. Nxb4 Nf4 46. Kb3 $2 (46. h4) 46... Nxh3 47. Kc4 Nxf2 48. Kb5 g5 49. Rc6 Rxc6 50. Nxc6 {KN-KN} g4 51. Nd4 $2 (51. Kxb6 Nd3 52. a5) 51... Nd3 52. Kxb6 {[#]} Nb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2a4]} 53. Kb5 {[#]} Nxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 54. Kxa4 Kg5 55. Kb3 Kf4 56. Kc3 Ke3 57. Nf5+ Kf2 58. Kd3 g3 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,75,0,0,-7,16,4,12,15,27,26,27,24,39,30,32,25,21,26,19,19,20,25,19,20,50,66,60,53,106,100,91,80,78,80,106,100,108,100,104,103,100,89,102,22,23,22,22,22,28,0,98,104,95,70,400,397,547,537,661,668,655,641,672,603]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 O-O 8. O-O {C45: Scotch Game.} Bb6 9. a4 Qg6 10. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Bxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]} Nxd3 13. Qxd3 d5 14. f3 c6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rae1 {[#]} Rae8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... dxe4 17. fxe4 Rad8 18. Rf3 f6 19. Qf2 Rfe8 20. h3 b6 21. b4 Bc4 22. b5 cxb5 23. axb5 {1-0 (47) Lomasov,S (2540)-Brunello,S (2548) Porto Carras 2018}) 17. Ne2 {next Nf4 is good for White.} f6 18. e5 fxe5 19. dxe5 b6 20. b4 Rc8 {[#]} ({Black should try} 20... Nf5 $14) 21. Rc1 $1 $16 Rfd8 22. Nd4 h6 23. a5 Rd7 24. Rfe1 Rb7 25. axb6 axb6 26. Qe2 Rbb8 27. Bf2 Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2] [#]} 28. Bg3 (28. Qf1 $1 $16) 28... c5 $11 29. Nb5 {Strongly threatening e6.} Be6 $1 30. Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rc6 31. Qb5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Ra8 (31... c4 $11) 32. bxc5 $16 Ra5 33. Qb4 Raxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} (33... Ra6 $14) 34. Rxc5 $18 bxc5 35. Qb7 {White is clearly winning.} c4 36. Qxe7 c3 37. Qb7 Rc5 38. Qb6 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 74%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,208,-6,-7,17,0,22,27,52,34,48,16,37,33,22,34,27,-33,-17,-40,-46,-56,-44,-52,-14,-25,-19,-57,-36,-79,-50,-51,-56,-49,-9,-13,-14,-27,-34,-37,-17,-65,6,0,75,-11,-6,-12,-6,0,-3,-6,0,-33,0,0,0,0,149,148,152,152,137,137,104,125,76,52,54,35,209,207,176,72,278,269,472,450,404,401,401,0,311,64,62,0,0,0,65,58,825,792,660,690,579,22,23,22,22,22,51,44,44,44,44,44,55,23,23,23,47,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,12,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,23,23,23,23,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,23,30,30,30,26,26,23,30,30,30,30,30,23,23,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 e5 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 d6 10. d3 a6 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves.} 11. Be3 {[#]} cxb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bh6 cxb4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. axb4 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qe2 f6 18. Nbd2 {½-½ (62) Yudasin,L (2522)-Yang,D (2432) Philadelphia 2011}) 12. axb4 Be6 {White has an edge.} 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. Nd2 h6 15. Ngf3 Be6 16. Rfb1 f5 17. Nf1 (17. Nc4 $11) 17... f4 $15 18. Bd2 g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 19. h3 $1 Qd7 20. g4 Rfc8 21. Qd1 b5 22. N1h2 d5 23. Ne1 d4 24. Nhf3 dxc3 25. Bxc3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. h4 gxh4 28. Nxh4 Bxg4 29. Qb3+ Kh8 (29... Kh7 $15) 30. Qf7 $11 {Hoping for Qxe7!} Re8 (30... Rc6 $11 31. Qxf4 Rf8) 31. e5 (31. Qxf4 $16 Rg8 32. Rc1) 31... Be6 32. Qxf4 Rg8 33. Qh2 Bd5 34. f4 Qg4 35. Rb2 h5 (35... a5 $5 36. Rxa5 h5 37. Rxa8 Bxa8 $11) 36. Kh1 $1 Bh6 37. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 (37... Bxf4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 38. Rg2 Bxh2 39. Rxg4 hxg4 40. Bxa8 (40. Bxg8 Bg3 $11) 40... Bg3) 38. Rg2 $16 Qxf4 {Strongly threatening ...Qf1+.} 39. Ng6+ Rxg6 40. Rxg6 Qxh2+ 41. Kxh2 Bf4+ 42. Kh1 Nxb4 43. e6 {aiming for e7.} Kh7 $2 (43... Re8 $14) 44. Rf6 $18 Be3 45. Rf7+ (45. Nf3 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 45... Kg6 $2 (45... Kh8 $16 {was called for.}) 46. Ng2 Nxd3 $2 (46... Re8 {might work better.}) 47. Nxe3 dxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 48. Rg1+ Kh6 {next ...Nf2+ is good for Black.} 49. Rf6+ Kh7 {[#]} 50. e7 $1 {Intending Rf7+ and mate.} Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e7]} 51. Rf7+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kh6 {Black wants to play ...Nf2+.} 52. Rf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 53. Re6 Nf2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... b4 $14) 54. Kg2 Ng4 55. Rf1 Kg7 {[#]} 56. Rf5 $2 (56. Kh3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh3h4]} Nh6 57. Rxe3) 56... b4 $11 57. Kf3 b3 58. Rxh5 Kf7 59. Rb6 e2 $1 {[%cal Re2e1][%mdl 64] Decoy} 60. Kxe2 Rxe7+ 61. Kd2 {Black must now prevent Rh7+.} Nf6 62. Rh1 Ne4+ 63. Kc1 {And now Rh7+ would win.} Nc5 64. Rh7+ Ke8 65. Rh5 b2+ 66. Kd2 Rb7 67. Rxb7 Nxb7 {KR-KN} 68. Kc2 Kd7 69. Kxb2 Kc6 70. Kb3 Kb6 71. Kb4 a5+ 72. Kc4 Nd6+ 73. Kd5 Nb7 74. Rh8 Kb5 75. Ra8 (75. Kd4 {feels hotter.} Kc6 76. Rh4 Nd6 77. Rh5 Nb5+ 78. Kd3) 75... Kb6 76. Rb8 Kc7 77. Rh8 Kb6 78. Kd4 Kc6 79. Rh5 Kb6 80. Kd5 Kb5 81. Rh1 Kb6 82. Rb1+ Kc7 83. Rb5 a4 84. Rb4 Nd6 85. Rxa4 Nb7 86. Ra6 Nd8 87. Rh6 Nb7 88. Rh7+ Kb6 89. Rg7 Na5 90. Rg1 Nb7 91. Rc1 Na5 92. Rb1+ Kc7 93. Ke6 Nb7 94. Rc1+ Kb6 $1 95. Rc2 Nc5+ 96. Kd6 Nb7+ 97. Kd5 Na5 98. Rb2+ Kc7 99. Kc5 Nb7+ 100. Kb5 Nd6+ {The position is equal.} 101. Ka6 Kc6 102. Rc2+ Kd5 103. Rc1 Nc4 104. Rxc4 Kxc4 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,0,0,0,15,8,15,4,17,10,8,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-12,-66,-45,-46,-60,-60,-50,-55,-39,-43,-43,-45,-22,-66,-56,-53,-43,-55,-32,-71,-68,-69,-50,-75,-55,-99,-89,-96,-95,-117,-115,-136,-92,-92,-104,-139,-114,-122,-111,-429,-431,-393,-387]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Qa5+ 7. Nd2 {With the idea e6!} e6 8. Ngf3 {The position is equal.} Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Nb3 {[#]} Qb5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An important novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Qa6 11. Qd1 Nd7 12. Bf4 Be7 13. g3 Rc8 14. c3 c5 15. a4 Qb6 16. Ra2 a6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (48) Jones,G (2709)-Xiong,J (2684) Saint Louis 2019}) 11. Qd1 c5 12. a4 Qb6 13. a5 Qb5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Re1 a6 16. Nbd4 ({Better is} 16. Nxc5 $11 Qxc5 17. Be3) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc6 19. Qf4 Qb4 20. c3 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 O-O-O 22. Be3 d4 23. cxd4 Rd5 24. Rec1 Kb8 (24... Rb5 {with more complications.} 25. Ra4 Kd7 26. Rc5 Rxb2 27. Rac4 Rb1+) 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 27. Ra4 Kc8 28. Re4 Rd5 29. g4 hxg4 30. Rxg4 g6 31. f4 Kd7 32. h5 {[#] aiming for h6.} gxh5 33. Rg8 Nxa5 34. Rf8 Ke7 35. Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35. Rc8 $17) 35... Rd8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd8b8]} 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,96,17,20,22,24,22,0,10,0,0,0,21,16,34,31,32,12,25,-18,-10,-38,-37,-58,-53,-55,-49,-60,-50,-118,-97,-101,-114,-303,-282,-305,-210,-211,-210,-216,-205,-193,-177,-182,-104,-85,-87,-92,-76,-85,-68,-87,-45,-87,0,-203,-195,-188,-203,-397,-395,-407,-397,-411,-408,-425,-425,-700,-688,-665,-655,-4822,-6091,-7139,-5848,-29957,-29960,-29957,-29960,-29959,-29959,-9835,-6626,-9835,-5486,-29969,-29972,-29973,-29973]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 d5 {is now debated instead of 6...fxe4. 6...0-0 is not played anymore. A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves.} 7. exf5 exf5 8. Bd3 Qe7+ $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. Exploring less charted territory.} 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Re1 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4,Be4f2,Bf2d1][%mdl 32] [#]} 12. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nb3 g5 13. Bd3 Qf7 14. Qd2 h6 15. Qb4 b6 16. Bb5 a5 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 {1-0 (55) Safyanovsky,M (2349)-Paldus,P (2098) Marianske Lazne 2006}) 12... Qf7 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. a4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qa3 Ne4 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Rad1 Rbd8 19. Qb4 (19. Qe3 $15) 19... Be7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 20. Qa5 b6 21. Qxa7 $2 {[#]} (21. Qb5 $17) 21... Nxf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bc4 (22. Kxf2 Bc5+) 22... Bc5 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. b4 {Black must now prevent Rb1.} Nxd1+ 25. bxc5 Bxc4 ({And not} 25... bxc5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd1 $11) 26. cxb6 {[#]} Nb2 (26... Ba2 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Nb2.} 27. Rxd1 Rb7) 27. Rb1 $17 Nxa4 28. Nxc4 Rb7 29. Rb4 Nc5 30. h3 Ra8 {Hoping for ...Ra4.} 31. Rb5 Ne4 ({Better is} 31... Ra1+ $17 32. Kf2 Nd7) 32. Na5 $2 {Black continues to play with concentration.} (32. Rxf5 $11 {and White is okay.} Ra4 33. Nfe5) 32... Nd6 $19 {...Rbb8 is the strong threat.} 33. Nxb7 Nxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KNN} 34. Nc5 $2 (34. Na5) 34... Nd6 35. Ne5 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Rb1 37. Ned7 Kf7 38. g4 (38. Kg3 $142) 38... Ne4+ 39. Nxe4 fxe4 {KR-KN} 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. Nc5 Rxb6 42. h4 Kd6 43. Nxe4+ Ke5 44. Nd2 Rb4 45. Nf3+ Kd5 46. Nh2 Re4+ 47. Kf3 Ke5 48. h5 Ra4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,88,20,22,35,46,14,16,30,35,0,39,36,41,6,23,0,0,0,0,0,34,0,62,56,52,62,85,69,86,75,64,76,103,103,119,104,135,123,223,193,203,227,198,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,6,11,6,12,15,29,36,36,36,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Be7 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 {[#]} 12. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. h3 b5 14. Be2 a6 15. Kb1 c5 16. Rc1 c4 17. Qc2 O-O 18. g4 {½-½ (39) Ivanchuk,V (2678)-Mamedov,R (2654) Europe Chess INT 2020}) 12... b5 13. Be2 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Qc4 O-O 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Kb1 Qe5 ({Black should play} 18... Rfc8 $11 19. Nxc5 Bxc5) 19. Nxc5 $14 Bxc5 20. e4 Rfc8 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Qxb4 Rab8 23. Qd4 Qa5 24. Rc1 {[%cal Bd1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2c8][%mdl 32]} Rd8 25. Qc3 Qb6 26. Rc2 Rbc8 (26... Ne8 $16 27. Rhc1 g5) 27. Qxc8 $18 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kh7 29. g5 $2 {[#]} (29. Rd1 $18 {Threatens to win with g5.} g5 30. a3) 29... Qe3 $11 30. gxf6 Qxe2 31. fxg7 Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 32. Rc3 Qg2 33. Rd1 (33. Rhc1 {seems wilder.} Qxh2 34. a3 g5 35. Rc4 Qe2 36. R1c3) 33... Qxh2 34. a3 g5 35. Ka2 Kg6 36. Rd8 Qf2 37. Rg8+ Kf6 38. e5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} Kxe5 {The position is equal.} 39. Rxg5+ f5 40. Rg7 Qd4 41. Rgc7 Qd5+ 42. Ka1 Qd1+ 43. Ka2 Qd5+ 44. Ka1 Qd1+ {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,123,2,4,-8,-16,-10,-6,-23,-15,-14,-8,-16,-10,-31,-32,-41,-15,-7,-10,-16,-16,-23,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-29,-15,-54,7,24,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-25,-26,-2,-20,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,8,8,8,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,8,1,8,8,8,8,145,145,145,16,16,8,8,8,23,0,145,145,145,145,5716,5691,5676,5662,5600,1556,5600,361,5635,5628,5613,5592,5544,5544,4614,4238]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 {now supersedes 7...exd5.} 8. h4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} Nc6 9. Qb1 f5 10. Bb5 {The position is equal.} Bd7 {[#]} 11. Nxd5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. h5 Nf6 12. h6 g6 13. O-O a6 14. Be2 Ng4 15. d4 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb4 17. d5 {½-½ (71) Karjakin,S (2752)-So,W (2754) Abidjan 2019}) 11... exd5 12. h5 h6 13. O-O Qe8 14. d4 Nxd4 15. exd4 {Threatens to win with Bxd7.} Bxb5 16. Re1 Qf7 17. a4 Ba6 18. Qd1 {Black must now prevent Ne5.} Bf6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 $1 20. Rxe5 c4 21. Qf3 cxb3 22. Ba3 Bc4 (22... Rfe8 $1 $15 23. Rxf5 Qd7 24. Rxd5 Qc6) 23. Bxf8 $11 Rxf8 24. Rae1 {Threatening Re7.} Qf6 $1 25. a5 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf7 29. Qb5 Qxh5 30. Qxb3+ Qf7 31. Qxb6 Qf6 (31... Qc4 {keeps more tension.} 32. Qd6 Qd3 33. Kh2 Qd2 34. Qe6+ Kh7) 32. Qb3+ Kh7 33. d5 Ra8 34. Qd3 Rd8 35. g3 Qg6 36. Re5 f4 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. gxf4 {KR-KR} Kf6 39. Kg2 Ra8 40. Kf3 Ra1 41. Re6+ Kf5 42. Re7 Rd1 43. Re5+ Kf6 44. Ke4 Rd2 45. f3 Kf7 46. Rh5 Ke7 47. Rh1 Kd6 (47... Kf6 $11) 48. Rg1 $16 Re2+ 49. Kd4 (49. Kf5 $16) 49... Rd2+ $11 50. Kc4 {Strongly threatening Rg6+.} Rc2+ 51. Kd3 Ra2 (51... Rc7 {with more complications.} 52. Kd4 Rf7 53. Rg6+ Rf6 54. f5 h5) 52. Ke4 (52. Rxg7 $11 Kxd5 53. Re7) 52... Re2+ $1 $16 53. Kf5 Re7 {[#]} 54. Kg6 $1 Kxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (54... Rb7 $16) 55. Rd1+ $18 Kc4 {[#]} 56. f5 $1 Ra7 57. f4 Kc5 58. Rd8 $2 (58. f6 gxf6 59. Kxf6) 58... h5 $2 (58... Kc4 59. Rg8 h5 60. Rxg7 Rxg7+ 61. Kxg7 h4) 59. Kxh5 {White is clearly winning.} Rf7 60. Kg6 Rf6+ 61. Kg5 Rf7 {[#]} 62. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 74%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,80,21,2,9,7,27,22,24,8,18,4,10,17,13,8,12,10,13,13,15,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,55,5,5,5,5,5,2,0,8,10,8,0,17,12,10,0,0,-7,-7,-26,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-225,-225,-458,-225,-29992,-29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qd3 b6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bb7 {The position is equal.} 10. Rd1 N7f6 {[#]} 11. Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Rac1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. c4 {½-½ (16) Dragov,A (1964)-Baskakov,E Nizhnij Novgorod 2012}) 11... exd5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 c6 15. Rab1 b5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Ra1 a5 18. Rxa4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Ba6 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. e3 Bc4 22. Rdb1 Ra2 23. Qc1 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 ({Better is} 24... Bd3 $11) 25. Bf1 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Rc8 26. Rb8 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Nd2 Rc8 29. Qc2 Qc6 30. Bh3 Ra8 31. Rc1 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Ra3 32. Qb1 Qa8 {Threatens to win with ...Ra1.} 33. Bg2 Bd3 34. Qb4 {Hoping for Bxd5!} Ra1 (34... Bc3 $5 35. Rxc3 Ra1+ 36. Bf1 Bxf1 $17) 35. Rxa1 Qxa1+ ({Reject} 35... Bxa1 $6 36. Qb3 $16) 36. Bf1 Bc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ( -> ...Bxd2). White is under pressure.} 37. Qb3 d4 {And now ...Qe1 would win.} 38. exd4 $2 {[#]} (38. e4 $11) 38... Qc1 $1 $19 39. Qb8+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qf4 $2 (40. Qb3 $19) 40... Bxd2 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,162,6,2,-4,0,0,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-1,0,0,0,0,-20,-28,-32,12,0,0,-30,-32,-27,-22,-19,-15,-12,-12,-11,0,-38,-39,-44,-39,-88,-39,-139,-57,-57,-39,-70,-57,-70,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,0,0,0,-39,0,-39,0,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-185,-171,-166,-193,-193,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,0,-39,0,-40,-40,-1952,-1755]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. Ng3 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} b6 9. b4 c6 10. Be2 {The position is equal.} a5 {White must now prevent ...axb4.} 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Ngxe2 Nbd7 14. Qc2 Qc7 {[#]} 15. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfb1 g6 16. Na4 axb4 17. axb4 bxc5 18. bxc5 e5 19. Nac3 Rfb8 20. Rxb8+ Qxb8 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 {½-½ (33) Oen,G (2177)-Ackermann,E (2296) ICCF email 2017}) 15... axb4 16. axb4 Qb7 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Be1 e5 19. Bg3 exd4 20. exd4 Nf8 21. Nf4 h6 22. Bf2 b5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Re1 Re8 25. Nd1 (25. Nce2 {keeps more tension.} N6d7 26. Nd3 Bf6 27. Qd2 Qa8 28. Qb2) 25... Bd8 26. Rxe8 (26. Ne3 {looks sharper.} g6 27. Qd2 h5 28. Bh4 Qb8 29. Nd3) 26... Nxe8 27. Qa2 Nc7 28. Nb2 Nfe6 {[%cal Bf8e6,Be6g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32]} 29. Ne2 h5 30. Nd3 g6 31. h4 Ng7 32. g3 Nce6 33. g4 Qc8 34. Kg2 (34. Qa7 $15) 34... Nf8 (34... hxg4 $17 35. fxg4 g5) 35. g5 $15 Bc7 36. Qd2 Nf5 37. Nef4 Bxf4 38. Qxf4 Ne6 39. Qe5 Qa8 {[#] And now ...Qa2 would win.} 40. Nf4 $1 Nxf4+ 41. Qxf4 Qe8 42. Kf1 Qe6 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qc7 Kg7 45. Qf4 Kh7 46. Qc7 Ng7 47. Qf4 Qh3+ 48. Kg1 Qf5 49. Qxf5 Nxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 50. Kg2 Kg8 51. Kh3 Kf8 52. Kg2 Ke7 53. Kh3 Ke6 54. Kg2 Ng7 55. Kg3 (55. Bg3 $15) 55... Kf5 $19 56. Bg1 Ne6 57. Be3 f6 $2 (57... Nc7 $19 58. Bf4 Na6) 58. gxf6 $15 Kxf6 59. f4 $1 Ng7 {Threatens to win with ...Nf5+.} 60. Kf3 Nf5 61. Bf2 Ke6 62. Ke2 Nh6 63. Kf3 Kf5 64. Be3 Ng4 65. Bg1 Nf6 66. Bf2 $1 Ne4 67. Be1 $1 Ke6 68. Ke2 Nf6 69. Bf2 Ne8 70. Kf3 Nc7 {Hoping for ...Kf5.} 71. Be1 $1 Kf6 72. Bg3 $1 Kf5 (72... Na6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b4]} 73. Be1 Nc7 $15) 73. Bf2 $1 Na6 74. Be1 Nb8 75. Bd2 Nd7 76. Be1 Nf8 {Strongly threatening ...Ne6.} 77. Bf2 Nh7 78. Be3 Nf6 79. Bf2 Ng4 80. Bg1 $1 Ke6 {...Kf5 is the strong threat.} 81. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (81. Be3 $15) 81... Kf6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,94,27,20,26,32,72,54,66,16,80,0,0,0,85,83,87,82,93,72,77,58,82,62,64,54,56,56,77,24,61,58,68,27,59,5,47,7,7,7,66,58,58,58,59,68,130,100,79,9,9,9,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-291,-275,-29970,-29971,-29971,-29972,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29973,-29976]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 {is currently scoring better than 7.0-0. Played by Sergey Karjakin in May 2020.} Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines.} 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 {[#] White is slightly better.} 11. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. g4 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Qd3 b5 17. Rhf1 {1-0 (36) Esser,S (1250)-Vanroose,S (1430) Houffalize 2009}) 11... Rxc6 (11... Bxc6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 12. Bc4 O-O) 12. Bh6 (12. Kb1 $16) 12... Bxh6 $11 13. Qxh6 Rxc3 (13... Qa5 $11) 14. bxc3 $16 Qa5 15. Kd2 Bc6 16. h4 Qxa2 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Qe3 Qa5 19. g4 Nd7 20. Ra1 Qc5 21. f4 ({White should try} 21. Qd4 $16 O-O 22. g5) 21... e5 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Rhf1 Ke7 24. Ra5 (24. Ke3 $14) 24... h6 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxc5 Nxg4 (26... f6 $11) 27. e5 $14 Rd8 28. Rf4 h5 29. Rd4 Re8 ({Better is} 29... Ra8 $1 $14) 30. Bxa6 Kf8 31. Bb5 (31. Rb4 $16) 31... Nxe5 $11 32. Bxc6 bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 33. Re4 f6 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Kf4 Ra8 36. Rexe5 (36. Kg3 {seems wilder.} Ra2 37. Re2 Ra1 38. Kh3 Ra4 39. Kg3) 36... fxe5+ 37. Kxe5 {KR-KR} Re8+ 38. Kf4 Re6 39. c4 Rf6+ 40. Ke4 Kg7 41. Re5 Rf1 42. Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Rc5 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 42... Rf4+ $19 43. Re4 $2 (43. Kd3 $19 Rxh4 44. Rc5) 43... Rxe4+ {Black mates.} 44. Kxe4 Kf6 45. Kf4 {[#]} c5 $1 46. c3 {[#]} g5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. hxg5+ Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,-14,-21,-9,-23,-35,-39,-56,-33,-41,-30,-28,-13,-16,-16,-9,22,8,0,-20,435,439,381,321,533,509,644,637,622,620,875,846,789,311,1250,1242,29984,29985,29985,1031,29986,29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Be7 {[#] 6...Bd6 is the hot move.} 7. Ng1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qd2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 {1-0 (68) Esipenko,A (2620)-Sarana,A (2636) chess.com INT 2019}) 7... c5 8. Nf3 {Black is slightly better.} Nh5 9. dxc5 Nxf4 10. exf4 Bxc5 11. Bd3 g6 12. h4 Nc6 13. h5 Qf6 14. Qd2 e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (14... Nd4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 15. Nxd5 $18 Qd6 16. Bc4 b5 $2 (16... Be6 {was necessary.} 17. hxg6 Bxd5 18. gxh7+ (18. Qxd5 hxg6 19. Rd1 Qe7 $18) 18... Kh8 19. Qxd5 (19. Bxd5 Nd4 $18) 19... exf4) 17. Ba2 exf4 18. O-O-O b4 {Now ...Bf5 and Black clings on.} 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Ng5 Bf5 21. Nh7 $2 {[#]} (21. g4) 21... Rfd8 $2 (21... Kg7 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. axb4 Bxb4) 22. Nhf6+ Kf8 23. Rh8+ Kg7 24. Rh7+ Kf8 25. Rdh1 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,3,16,0,6,6,13,0,20,18,12,-1,-8,-4,-9,-6,-10,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,-12,-28,134,121,129,131,134,115,214,20,158,149,207,219,260,122,129,81,69,68,50,-553,-462,-418,-396,-1012,-1012,-958,-918,-1958,-1810,-1667,-1604,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Qa5+ 7. Nd2 {Black should prevent e6!} e6 8. Ngf3 {The position is equal.} Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. a4 Qa6 11. c4 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. b3 Nd7 13. Ba3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qb1 dxc4 16. Nxc4 b6 17. Rd1 O-O {½-½ (43) Sunilduth Lyna,N (2637)-Khotenashvili,B (2446) Caleta 2020}) 12. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} c5 13. Ba3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 14. dxc5 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Ng4 17. b4 O-O (17... Nxh4 $2 18. b5 $16) 18. b5 Qa5 $1 (18... Qxa4 19. c6 $16) 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qd3 Nxh4 $2 (20... Qc7 $11 21. g3 g6) 21. c6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc6b7][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rfe8 {aiming for ...bxc6.} 22. cxb7 Rab8 23. Nb3 ({Don't take} 23. Qxd5 $6 Qc7 $14) 23... Qd8 (23... Qc7 $16 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. fxg3 Nxg2) 24. Nc5 $2 ({White should play} 24. Rae1 $1 $18) 24... Ng6 (24... Qg5 $1 $11 25. Ra2 d4) 25. Qg3 N4e5 (25... Nf6 $16) 26. Rae1 $18 h4 27. Qe3 (27. Qh3 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 27... d4 $16 28. Qe4 {Strongly threatening f4.} h3 29. g3 $1 ({Wrong is} 29. gxh3 $2 f5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... d3 30. Na6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (30. Nxd3 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} f5 31. Qxf5) 30... d2 31. Rd1 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4][%mdl 512]} 32. Qxf5 $2 ({But not} 32. Qh1 $2 Qd3 $19) (32. Qe2 Qd5 33. f3) 32... Rxb7 $19 33. Qxh3 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Qd5 35. Nb4 Qe4 36. Qh5 {[#]} Ne1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack (Double check)} 37. Kh3 Qg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kg4 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,223,35,33,68,56,60,47,79,43,58,52,65,60,86,85,86,84,89,82,97,94,94,73,66,44,46,44,47,45,43,40,65,72,74,74,74,62,56,17,17,17,66,63,93,31,101,100,113,34,41,35,41,39,51,50,112,110,172,186,166,104,117,0,6,0,0,0,0,-412,-41,-43,-48,-49,-39,-39,-39,-36,-39,-36,-29,-25,-25,-137,-133,-181,-73,-103,-38,-34,-37,-188,-188,-188,-181,-172,-171,-363,-274,-253,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-8,-61,-8,-8,-11,-61,-68,-516,-68,-591,-61,-61,-61,-2141,-1804,-5038,-520,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-8,-5135,-5128,-5128,-5105,-5091,-596,-592,0,-5076,-5061,-5061,-5061,-4113,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-3564,-4170,-1712,-1696,-668,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. h4 e5 8. d5 h5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5.} 9. Qd2 Nc5 10. f3 Bd7 {[#] White is slightly better.} 11. Bd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nh3 a6 12. Nf2 Qe8 13. b4 Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. Nd1 Bd7 16. Nc3 {½-½ (63) Behrhorst,F (2335)-Kurz,A (2290) Germany 1987}) 11... a5 12. b3 Qb8 13. Nge2 b5 14. cxb5 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Qxb5 16. O-O Rfb8 17. Rc1 Kh7 18. Nc3 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 20. Rc2 Bh6 21. Bxh6 Kxh6 22. Na4 Ra7 23. Be2 Nb4 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. Rc1 Rbb7 $1 26. Kf2 f5 27. Ke3 f4+ 28. Kf2 g5 29. Rc6 (29. hxg5+ $16 Kxg5 30. g3) 29... Rb8 (29... Nb6 $14 30. hxg5+ Kxg5) 30. hxg5+ $1 $16 Kxg5 31. Rc3 (31. Rc1 $16) 31... Rbb7 32. g3 fxg3+ 33. Kxg3 h4+ 34. Kf2 Ra8 (34... Nf8 $14) 35. Rc1 Nf6 (35... Na6 $16 {might work better.}) 36. Rg1+ $18 Kh6 37. Rh1 (37. Bc4 $18) 37... Kg5 $16 38. Rdd1 (38. a3 $16) 38... Nh5 $1 $11 39. f4+ exf4 {Threatens to win with ...Ng3.} 40. Bxh5 $1 Kxh5 41. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Nc3 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 41... Rg8 $2 (41... Nxa2 $19 42. Rb1 Rg8 43. Kxf4 Rg4+ 44. Kf5 Rb4) 42. Rxh4+ $1 $15 Kxh4 43. Rh1+ Kg5 44. Rg1+ Kf6 45. Rxg8 Nxa2 46. Kxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc1 47. Rf8+ Ke7 48. Rh8 (48. Rc8 $11) 48... Rxb3 $17 49. Rh7+ Kd8 (49... Kf6 $19 50. Rh6+ Kg7) 50. Kf5 Ne2 (50... Rf3+ $17 51. Ke6 Rf8 52. Rd7+ Kc8) 51. e5 $1 $15 Nd4+ 52. Ke4 $2 (52. Kg6 $15) 52... Rb4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4a4]} 53. Rh8+ Kd7 54. Rh7+ Kc8 55. Nc3 $2 (55. Rh8+ {only move.} Kb7 56. exd6 cxd6 57. Nc3) 55... Nb5+ 56. Kd3 Rb3 $2 ({Don't take} 56... dxe5 57. Nxb5 e4+ 58. Ke3 $17) (56... Nxc3 $19 57. Kxc3 dxe5) 57. Rh8+ Kb7 58. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6e7] And now e7 would win.} Rxc3+ $15 {KRN-KR} 59. Kd2 $1 {Strongly threatening e7.} Rc5 60. e7 $1 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rxd5+ 61. Kc2 Re5 62. e8=Q Rxe8 63. Rxe8 {KR-KN} d5 $1 {Threatening ...a4.} 64. Kb3 ({White should try} 64. Rd8 $11) 64... Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e8]} 65. Rd8 $1 Kc6 66. Ra8 Nc4 $1 67. Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67. Kc2 $15) 67... Kb5 $1 $19 68. Rh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68. Kc3 $15) 68... c6 $2 (68... a4+ $19 69. Kc3 c5 70. Rb7+ Nb6) 69. Rb7+ $15 Kc5 70. Ka4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (70. Rg7 $15) 70... d4 $19 71. Kb3 {[#]} Nb6 (71... a4+ $142 $1 72. Kc2 (72. Kxa4 d3) 72... Na5) 72. Ra7 Kb5 73. Kc2 $1 c5 {aiming for ...c4.} 74. Kd3 a4 ({Better is} 74... Nc4 $1 $15 75. Rb7+ Nb6) 75. Rh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (75. Rb7 $11) 75... a3 76. Ra7 Na4 77. Rb7+ Kc6 (77... Ka6 $142 78. Rb1 a2) 78. Ra7 Kb5 (78... Nb2+ $142 79. Kc2 Nc4) 79. Rb7+ Ka6 80. Rb3 Nb2+ 81. Kc2 Nc4 $2 ({Black should play} 81... d3+ $1 $19 82. Kc3 d2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy, Promotion} 83. Kxd2 Nc4+ 84. Kd3 a2 85. Kxc4 a1=Q 86. Kxc5 Qe5+ 87. Kc4 Qe6+ 88. Kc3 Qe3+ 89. Kc4 Qe6+ 90. Kb4 Qc6 91. Ra3+ Kb6) 82. Rb8 $11 Ka7 83. Rb1 Ka6 84. Rb8 $1 Na5 {Black wants to play ...c4.} 85. Rb1 c4 86. Rb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (86. Ra1 $11) 86... a2 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 87. Ra4 Kb5 88. Rxa2 {[#]} Nc6 $2 (88... Kb4 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...d3+.} 89. Kb1 d3) 89. Ra3 $11 {The position is equal.} Kb4 90. Ra8 Kc5 91. Rc8 Kd5 92. Rc7 Ne5 93. Kd2 $1 Ke4 94. Re7 Kd5 95. Rc7 Nc6 96. Kc2 Kd6 97. Rc8 Kc5 98. Rc7 Kd5 99. Rc8 Ne7 100. Rd8+ Kc5 101. Re8 d3+ 102. Kd2 Nd5 103. Rh8 Nf6 104. Rd8 $1 Ne4+ 105. Ke3 Nd6 106. Kd2 Kd5 107. Kc3 Kc6 108. Rh8 Kd5 109. Rh5+ Ke4 110. Rh4+ Ke5 111. Rxc4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Nxc4 112. Kxd3 {What a fight! Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,76,4,0,-41,6,-27,-24,-30,-12,-73,-7,-45,-35,-76,-84,-90,-85,-166,-168,-140,-158,-141,-143,-135,-124,-175,-157,-193,-189,-204,-172,-175,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a3 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7.} Bb7 {[#]} (14... a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 15. Ba2 c5 $11) 15. dxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rc1 cxd5 16. Rc7 Bc6 17. O-O Ra6 18. Rc1 a4 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bf8 21. Rc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8 Nd7 23. Bh6 e4 24. Ne5 g5 25. Nxd7 Rxh6 26. Nxf8 Rd6 27. Ne6+ {1-0 (27) Lazavik,D (2424)-Makarian,R (2442) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 15... Nxc6 16. Bd5 {Black has an edge.} Rab8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b7,Bb7c7][%mdl 32]} 17. O-O-O {[#]} (17. Rc1 $11 {remains equal.} Nd8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. O-O) 17... Nd4 (17... a4 $1 $17) 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Be3 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 20. a4 {[#]} b3 $1 21. Bd2 (21. Rd3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 21... Rc7+ $19 22. Kb1 Rc4 {Threatens to win with ...Nc2.} 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Rc1 Rxa4 25. Rc5 (25. e5 $17) 25... Ra2 ({Weaker is} 25... Rxe4 26. Rc8+ Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bf8 28. Bh6 Ra1+ 29. Kxa1 Kh8 30. Rxf8#) 26. Rhc1 d3 ({Worse is} 26... Rxe4 27. Rc8+ Bf8 28. Bh6 Rxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Re2+ 30. Kb1 Rb2+ 31. Kxb2 Kh8 32. Rxf8#) 27. Bc3 d2 28. Rd1 Rxe4 $2 ({Better is} 28... Bxc3 $19 29. Rxc3 a4) 29. Rc8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Bf8 {( -> ...Rea4)} 30. Rb8 $1 a4 31. Bxd2 {White wants to mate with Bh6.} Re2 32. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rb8f8]} Raxb2+ 33. Ka1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rb8f8]} Ra2+ 34. Kb1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rb8f8]} Reb2+ 35. Kc1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rb8f8]} Rc2+ 36. Kb1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rb8f8]} Rcb2+ 37. Kc1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rb8f8]} Rc2+ 38. Kb1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rb8f8]} Rcb2+ {And White is the lucky defender. Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,118,19,22,13,34,11,13,15,33,8,33,40,18,29,36,39,47,35,62,54,47,45,85,84,97,7,10,-36,-19,-19,0,-31,-42,-43,-36,-24,-31,-112,-111,-117,-112,-117,-117,-117,-109,-116,-120,-120,-110,-127,-122,-164,-169,-162,-163,-225,-210,-217,-209,-411,-412,-411,-381,-469,-445,-452,-265,-518,-508,-481,-447,-480,-456,-704,-446,-832,-845,-767,-790,-1122,-1173,-2272,-2222,-2901,-2787,-2951,-3231,-3171,-3251,-2518,-1349,-1388,-1277,-29978,-5916,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ba7 9. h3 h6 {is now debated instead of 9...Ne7.} 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Nhf4 15. Ng3 {[#]} c6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 15... Nh4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nh5 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxf4 Qf6 20. Nd5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 {1-0 (52) Vasquez Schroder,R (2441)-Bachmann,A (2599) chess.com INT 2020}) 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Nf5 Bb8 18. dxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 19. Bb6 (19. g3 $1 $16) 19... a5 $11 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 Ne7 {[%cal Re7f5]} 22. Bd8 Bxf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 23. exf5 {Qd7 is the strong threat.} Bd6 24. Bxe7 $1 Rxe7 25. g3 {White is on the road to losing.} ({White should try} 25. b5 $15) 25... Nd5 $17 ({Don't play} 25... Nxh3+ $6 26. Kg2 $11) 26. Nh2 Bxb4 27. Ng4 Qd6 {[#]} 28. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf6 {Hoping for ...Nd5.} 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Bf5 Bc5 32. a5 Bd4 33. Ra4 {White wants to play Rxd4!} Kf8 34. Kg2 {[#]} (34. Bc2 $142) 34... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 35. Ra2 Rea7 {White must now prevent ...c5.} 36. Rc2 $2 (36. Be4) 36... c5 37. Be4 Rxa5 38. Bxa8 Rxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 39. Kf3 f5 (39... b4 $142 40. Rb1 Ke7) 40. Ke2 $2 (40. Rec1) 40... Ke7 41. Rb1 Ra5 42. g4 Ke6 43. Rb3 (43. gxf5+ $142 Kxf5 44. h4) 43... c4 44. Rb1 (44. gxf5+ $142 Kd5 45. Rb4) 44... f4 45. h4 Kd5 46. g5 h5 47. Rd2 c3 48. Rc2 Kc4 49. Kf3 b4 50. Ke4 b3 51. Rcc1 b2 52. Rxb2 {[#]} Ra1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Rbc2 (53. Rxa1 cxb2) 53... Rxc1 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 54. Rxc1 Bxf2 {KR-KB. Black mates.} 55. Rc2 Be3 56. Rg2 Kb3 57. Kd3 {[#]} c2 $1 58. Rxc2 {[#]} e4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion} 59. Kxe4 Kxc2 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,91,8,9,5,4,0,43,20,31,27,48,44,61,43,161,141,181,188,184,0,96,90,107,89,102,91,97,100,99,94,104,99,92,102,164,148,160,152,165,122,164,97,99,101,115,90,91,105,95,88,86,81,77,74,162,139,417,407,400,376,732,714,864,863,12839,12839,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12845,12846,12846,12847,12847]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bc2 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3.} Nc6 10. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} Qh4 11. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} Qh5 {[#]} 12. g4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] Black needs to defend precisely.} Qg6 (12... Qxg4 13. Qxh7#) 13. Qd2 $1 f5 14. Rg1 $1 {[#]} e5 $146 (14... Qf7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14... Kh8 15. gxf5 Qf7 16. f6 Nxf6 17. O-O-O Bxc3 18. Nxc3 e5 19. Bb3 Qh5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 {1-0 (27) Auer,M (2311)-Keller,K (2147) Leverkusen 2011}) 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Bb3 Be6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...exd4.} 17. Be7 $2 (17. Bh6 $1 $18 Bxc3 18. bxc3) 17... Qf5 (17... Qf7 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 18. Bxf8 Rxf8) 18. Bxf8 $16 (18. Bxd5 $2 Qxf2+ 19. Kd1 Bxd5 $17) 18... Rxf8 19. O-O-O {aiming for Qh6.} (19. Bxd5 $2 Qxf2+ 20. Kd1 Bxd5 $17) 19... Nxc3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rf5b1]} 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. bxc3 Ba3+ 22. Kb1 Rxf2 {...exd4 is the strong threat.} 23. d5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf5+ 24. Ka1 Na5 (24... Nb8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 25. d6 $18 {And now Qd5+ would win.} Nc6 26. d7 Be7 27. Qd5+ Qf7 28. Ng3 ({White should try} 28. Qe4 $18) 28... Qxd5 $16 29. Rxd5 Kf7 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Ke6 32. c4 Bd8 33. Kb2 Nb8 34. Ng3 Nxd7 {[#]} (34... b6 $16) 35. Nf5 $1 $18 Nb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (35... Bc7 $16) 36. Nxg7+ ({Weaker is} 36. Rxd8 Kxf5 37. Kc3 a5 $18) 36... Ke7 37. Nf5+ Ke6 $2 (37... Ke8 38. Rxe5+ Kd7) 38. Rxd8 {White is clearly winning.} Kxf5 {KR-KN} 39. Kc3 Na4+ 40. Kb4 b5 41. cxb5 Nb6 42. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5b6][%mdl 32]} Ke6 43. a5 Nd5+ 44. Kc5 Nf6 45. b6 axb6+ 46. axb6 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "211"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,211,2,0,0,-13,-12,-30,-25,-32,-29,-18,-14,-27,0,-49,-35,-45,-34,-49,-42,-38,-50,-57,-63,-64,-58,-81,-35,-46,-49,-61,-15,-25,0,-4,-21,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-89,-38,-45,32,-40,0,-56,30,25,25,26,53,38,114,77,117,118,116,118,127,118,118,104,112,28,130,130,139,93,81,87,95,103,105,66,67,68,101,94,104,94,94,94,95,95,110,111,112,58,110,0,94,94,102,81,81,79,80,14,37,0,112,92,108,65,87,52,81,42,83,86,73,79,107,107,121,124,121,122,122,0,121,121,147,121,121,81,80,80,80,87,80,0,80,80,80,8,8,0,78,72,88,73,107,4,8,0,107,80,92,38,81,25,152,152,150,158,154,88,88,81,263,263,266,248,358,150,150,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 {E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4.} 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. Qb5+ Bd7 {Black has an edge.} 9. Qd3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 {[#]} 11. Bxb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 Rc4 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. Nf3 Bb4 14. Bd2 O-O 15. O-O Rd8 16. Qb1 Bc6 17. a3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rxd2 19. axb4 Rxb4 {0-1 (51) Fourie,L (1548)-February,J (1891) Boksburg 2016}) 11... Bc5 (11... Rc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d4]} 12. Qd1 Rc7 $11) 12. Qf4 Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Nf3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qe4 Bb4+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 17. Kf1 Qc7 18. h3 Rfc8 (18... f5 {with more complications.} 19. Qb1 Bc5 20. Qc2 Qd6 21. h4 Bb5) 19. Kg1 Bc5 20. e3 Nf6 21. Qc2 Qb6 22. Qd1 Rd8 23. Kh2 Bc6 24. Qe2 $1 Bb5 25. Qe1 $1 Bc6 26. a4 (26. Qe2 $11) 26... Qa6 (26... Be4 $17) 27. Qf1 $15 Bb5 (27... Qb7 $15 28. Nd2 Be7) 28. Qe1 (28. axb5 $14 Qxa1 29. Ne5) 28... Bc6 29. Qf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1a6]} Bb5 (29... Qb7 $1 $15 30. Nd2 h6) 30. axb5 $11 Qxa1 31. Ne5 Rbc8 32. Nc6 Rd7 (32... Qa4 $14) 33. Qc4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4c5]} Bb6 {[#]} 34. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Rxe7 35. Qxc8+ Re8 36. Qc2 Qa5 37. Bc6 {Strongly threatening Bd2.} Rd8 38. Qc3 (38. Rd1 $16) 38... Qa4 (38... Qxc3 $11 39. bxc3 Rd3) 39. b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a4]} Qa5 40. Qxa5 Bxa5 41. Kg2 Bb6 42. Bb2 Rd2 43. Bd4 Bxd4 44. exd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra2 45. Rc1 g5 46. Rc4 Ra3 47. Ra4 Rxb3 48. Rxa7 h5 49. Rb7 Kg7 50. Bf3 (50. b6 $16) 50... Kg6 (50... h4 $14) 51. Bc6 Kg7 $1 52. b6 {Threatens to win with Rb8.} Nd5 53. Be8 Rxb6 54. Rxf7+ Kh6 55. Rf3 (55. Kf3 $16) 55... Rd6 56. Rf7 Rd8 (56... Rb6 $11 {remains equal.}) 57. Bc6 Kg6 58. Rb7 Nf6 59. Rb4 Rd6 60. Bf3 g4 61. Be2 Nd5 62. Rc4 Nf6 63. h4 Nd5 64. Bd3+ Kf7 65. Rc5 Nf6 66. Rc4 (66. Rc7+ $16 Kg8 67. Bg6) 66... Rd5 (66... Nd5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 67. Bc2 $16 Rd6 68. Kf1 Nd5 69. Ke2 Ra6 70. Bd3 Ra2+ 71. Rc2 Ra4 72. Rc4 Ra2+ 73. Ke1 Kf6 74. Rc8 (74. Be4 $16) 74... Ra4 $1 $11 75. Rc4 (75. Rh8 $11) 75... Ra2 $1 $16 76. Bc2 Ne7 77. Kd2 Nf5 78. Kc3 ({White should play} 78. Ra4 $16 Rb2 79. Kc3) 78... Ra3+ $11 79. Kd2 (79. Bb3 $11) 79... Ra2 $16 80. Rb4 Ra3 81. Bb1 (81. Ra4 $16 Rf3 82. Ke1) 81... Rf3 82. Ke2 ({White should try} 82. Ke1 $1 $16) 82... Ra3 (82... Rb3 $1 $11 83. Rxb3 Nxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 84. Ke3 Nxb3) 83. Bxf5 exf5 {KR-KR} 84. Rb6+ Kg7 85. d5 (85. Rc6 $142) 85... Ra5 86. d6 Kf6 $2 {[#]} (86... Kf7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 87. d7+ $1 $18 Ke7 {[#]} 88. Rd6 $1 Kd8 (88... Re5+ {was worth a try.} 89. Kd2 Kd8) 89. Rd3 (89. Ke3 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 89... Re5+ $16 90. Re3 (90. Kd2 $16) 90... Ra5 $11 {The position is equal.} 91. Re8+ Kxd7 92. Rh8 f4 93. gxf4 Ke6 94. Rg8 Ra2+ 95. Kf1 Kf5 96. Rf8+ Ke4 {And now ...Kf3 would win.} 97. Kg2 Ra5 98. Rf7 Rb5 99. Rf8 Rf5 100. Rxf5 Kxf5 {K3P-KPP} 101. Kg3 {Intending f3 and mate.} Ke4 102. f5 Kxf5 103. f3 gxf3 104. Kxf3 Ke5 105. Ke3 Kf5 106. Kf3 {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+5"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. Nxe7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. c4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 16. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 20. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 25. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 26. g4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. R1d2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. Ra4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Rxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Rxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 33. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 34. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 35. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 37. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 41. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 42. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 43. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 44. Rg3 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Rxh2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 45. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 46. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 49. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 51. a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 53. Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. a5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 56. Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 58. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 60. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 61. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 62. Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 63. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 64. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 65. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 66. Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 67. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 68. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 69. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 70. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 71. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 72. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 73. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,59,12,21,-4,14,25,16,16,18,0,7,0,33,38,43,19,33,5,10,0,23,0,49,36,43,46,58,43,39,18,83,93,307,300,300,226,215,217]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qf3 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} Ba6 14. Rd1 {[#]} Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rc8 15. Bc2 Bc4 16. b3 Bd5 17. Qh3 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rd3 Rc7 20. Rad1 Rd7 {0-1 (32) Aabling Thomsen,J (2331)-Aagaard,J (2506) Helsingor 2012}) 15. Ne4 {The position is equal.} Qb6 16. Qg3 {[#] aiming for Bh6!} Qb8 17. Bg5 {Black should prevent Bxd5.} f6 18. Bd2 Qxg3 19. hxg3 (19. fxg3 {feels hotter.} Bb5 20. Ba5 Rab8 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Kf2) 19... Bd3 20. Nc3 Rfc8 21. Rac1 Kf7 22. Na4 Bb5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Nb6 25. Re1 Re8 26. Ra1 Red8 (26... Ba4 $11) 27. a4 $36 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5b6][%mdl 2080] White is in control.} Bc4 $2 {[#]} (27... Rxd4 $16 28. axb5 Rxd2) 28. Bxc4 $18 Rxd4 29. a5 Rxc4 30. axb6 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 67%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,16,27,9,27,12,15,5,12,-4,10,15,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,18,31,29,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,27,25,65,58,70,71,67,66,66,32,54,31,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 {next e6 is good for White. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Qa5+ 7. Nd2 {With the idea e6!} (7. Nc3 {feels hotter.} e6 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Ncb5) 7... e6 8. Ngf3 Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Nb3 {[#]} Qb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qa6 11. Qd1 Nd7 12. Bf4 Be7 13. g3 Rc8 14. c3 c5 15. a4 Qb6 16. Ra2 a6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (48) Jones,G (2709)-Xiong,J (2684) Saint Louis 2019}) 11. Qd1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg5 {Black must now prevent c4!} Nc6 14. a4 Qb6 15. c3 a6 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Re1 Qc4 18. Nd2 Qc5 19. Rc1 b5 20. Ra1 (20. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Qb6 21. a5 $11) 20... Rc8 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. b3 Qd3 23. c4 Ncd4 {Black wants to play ...Nc2.} (23... Nb4 {with more complications.} 24. Ra4 Nc2 25. Rf1 Ncd4 26. Rxa6 O-O) 24. Rxa6 O-O 25. Qxh5 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 Qxb3 27. cxd5 Qxd5 28. Raa1 Rc4 29. Rad1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d5]} Qc6 30. Rc1 (30. Rd2 $14) 30... Rxc1 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Rxc1 Qe4 32. Rd1 Nd4 33. Be3 Nf5 34. Bg5 Nd4 35. Be3 Nf5 36. Bg5 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,27,28,6,23,32,24,26,28,26,17,7,18,16,11,13,21,10,34,0,52,38,40,36,43,23,25,0,0,0,0,-14,-3,-70,-59,-52,117,125,112,104,896,888,887,887,887,878,856,849,826,810]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe3 {[#] B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4.} d5 $146 {Hoping for ...d4.} ({Predecessor:} 6... g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bc4 a6 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Ba2 h6 {½-½ (22) Tyulenko,Y (2435)-Kain,A (2404) ICCF email 2013}) 7. Bb5 Nxe4 8. Nd4 {White has an edge.} Bd7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qxe4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd5 13. Qe3 ({Reject} 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. O-O-O f6 $15) 13... c5 14. Ne2 e6 (14... Qxg2 $11 15. O-O-O Qc6) 15. Bc3 $14 Bc6 16. f3 Be7 17. Nf4 Qf5 $1 18. h4 Bd6 19. Ne2 Qxc2 20. Rd1 Be7 21. Nf4 (21. Kf2 $11) 21... O-O $15 22. O-O {With the idea Nxe6!} Rfd8 $2 {[#]} (22... Bxh4 $15 {stays ahead.} 23. Qxc5 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5) 23. Rc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Qa4 {[#]} ({Not} 23... Qf5 $2 24. g4 $18) 24. Nxe6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] White wants a kill.} fxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs Black the game.} (24... Rd5 $16) 25. Qxe6+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White is clearly winning.} Kf8 {[#]} 26. Bxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} Kxg7 27. Qxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Rc4 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 71%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,29,49,61,43,52,50,67,58,55,67,108,101,97,103,154,146,282,283,265,283,485,479]} 1. d4 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Qf6 5. Nc3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence.} Qxf3 7. gxf3 c6 8. Rg1 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 9. Be3 {[#]} d5 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 9... d6 10. O-O-O Ng6 11. Bd3 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. f5 Ne5 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. f4 Nd7 {½-½ (57) Braeuning,R (2290)-Reinhardt,B (2255) Germany 1998}) 10. exd5 $1 Nf5 11. O-O-O Be7 ({Black should try} 11... Nxe3 12. fxe3 g6) 12. Bf4 $16 Bd7 (12... Bh4 $16 13. dxc6 bxc6) 13. Bh3 $18 O-O-O 14. dxc6 bxc6 $2 {[#]} (14... Be6 {was called for.} 15. Nd5 Bc5 16. Bxf5 Bxf5) 15. Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender. Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,73,3,-5,0,-23,-12,-12,-7,-19,-17,-21,5,0,-4,-5,0,-23,-29,-61,-35,-40,0,-60,-39,-79,-59,-83,-72,-90,-86,-87,-76,-95,-81,-104,-86,-98,-94,-175,-63,-63,-63,-104,-63,-64,-36,-36,-36,-94,-100,-143,-83,-195,-193,-262,-157,-270,-195,-266,0,0,825,818,1256,1225]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 {[#] A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} 7. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. e4 a4 8. a3 Nc6 9. Re1 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. c3 Bc5 12. h3 h6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Nh4 {1-0 (32) Nakamura,H (2736)-Bacrot,E (2673) chess.com INT 2020}) 7... a4 8. Ne5 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 9. Ndf3 c5 10. Bf4 d4 (10... Nb6 {feels hotter.} 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bd2 Rd8) 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4 b5 13. b3 Qb6 14. Rb1 axb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. h4 (16. cxb5 $11 Qxb5 17. b4) 16... Bc6 17. h5 Ra2 18. Bh3 Rfa8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd7 21. h6 g6 ({Avoid the trap} 21... gxh6 $2 22. Qg4+ Bg5 23. f4 $18) 22. Qf3 Qd8 23. Bg7 b4 24. e5 (24. Rfe1 $17) 24... Bf8 (24... R8a6 $1 $19 25. Rfe1 Bc6) 25. Bxf8 $1 $15 Kxf8 26. Bg2 R8a6 27. Qf4 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rfe1 ({White should play} 29. Ra1 $15 Rca6 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. Qf3) 29... Rca6 $17 30. Re4 Rc2 (30... R6a3 $142 31. Qc1 Qa8) 31. Qf3 (31. Ree1 $17 {only move.}) 31... Raa2 32. Rf1 (32. Ree1 {was worth a try.}) 32... Rcb2 ({Better is} 32... Kg8 $19 33. Ree1 Qa8 34. Qxa8+ Rxa8) 33. Rf4 (33. Ree1 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 33... Qc7 34. Rg4 {[#]} (34. Re4 $142 Qe7 35. Ree1) 34... Qxe5 $2 ({Black should try} 34... Qe7 $1 $19 {...Kg8 is the strong threat.} 35. Re4 Rxb3) 35. Re4 Qh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Qg5 $11 36. Rxe6 {[#]} Qf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qxf5 gxf5) 36. Qf6 $18 {[%cal Rf6d8]} Qxh6 37. Rxe6 {White used his chance. Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,64,8,2,0,-5,0,-4,-126,-125,-122,-123,-172,-175,-182,-173,-196,-125,-153,-71,-79,-75,-50,-51,-75,-60,-83,-46,-46,-51,-52,-41,-90,-114,-119,-36,-106,-106,-128,-47,-375,-383,-345,-338,-312,-75,-2807,-2240,-5114,-5114,-4674,-1063,-993,-993,-29988,-29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 $1 7. a3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} Bxc3+ $1 8. bxc3 c5 $1 {[#]} 9. f3 $146 (9. Bd3 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Bd3 f5 11. Ne2 dxc4 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. O-O b5 14. Qxe4 Bb7 15. Qg4 {1-0 (44) Yu,Y (2736)-Aronian,L (2756) Riga 2019}) 9... Qh4+ $17 10. g3 Nxg3 $1 11. hxg3 Qxh1 12. Qf2 Qh5 13. Bd3 f6 ({Black should play} 13... Nc6 $19 14. Bf4 g5) 14. exf6 Rxf6 (14... gxf6 $142 15. g4 Qf7 16. cxd5 exd5) 15. g4 Qf7 (15... Qh1 $2 16. Bg5 $19) 16. Qh4 g6 {White must now prevent ...cxd4.} 17. Bg5 Nd7 $1 18. Kf2 dxc4 19. Bxc4 {[#]} cxd4 $1 20. cxd4 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 21. Bxb5 Bb7 $1 {[%cal Rf6f3] aiming for ...Rxf3+.} 22. Qg3 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxd7.} Rf8 (22... e5 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rb6.} 23. Bxf6 (23. dxe5 Rb6) 23... Nxf6) 23. Bxf6 (23. Ke1 $1 $15) 23... Nxf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 24. Kg2 h5 (24... Bd5 $17 {And now ...Qb7 would win.} 25. Kh2 Qg7) 25. gxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Only move:} 25. Rc1 $1 $15 Nd5 26. gxh5) 25... Nxh5 $19 26. Qg4 Nf4+ 27. Kf2 e5 $2 (27... Qc7 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Hoping for ...Qc2+.} 28. Re1 Qb6) 28. Ne2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Qd7 $17) 28... Bxf3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 29. Kxf3 Qb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kf2 Qxb5 (30... Nxe2+ $142 31. Kxe2 Qxb5+ 32. Kd2 Qb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kd3 Qb3+ 34. Ke4 Rf4+ 35. Qxf4 exf4 36. Kxf4 {[#]} Qb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. Ke1 Kg7 32. Ng3 {[#]} Qb2 $1 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,74,14,23,-22,-5,-2,0,0,0,0,1,-46,-58,-49,-55,-39,-49,-54,0,-69,-47,-56,-62,-56,-52,-148,-145,-180,-176,-176,-176,-173,-181,-171,-164,-181,-165,-159,-164,-152,-163,-152,-142,-172,-172,-185,-185,-195,-191,-188,-191,-236,-207,-211,-214,-329,-329,-765,-579]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. d5 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3.} Na5 11. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4g7] Hoping for Bxg7.} Bxd4 12. Qxd4 {Black must now prevent Nd2.The position is equal.} e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 {[#]} 14. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b3 Nc6 15. Qf4 d5 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. cxd5 Qa3+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. dxe6 Nxa2 20. Nxa2 Qxb3+ {0-1 (48) Schweber,S (2395)-Piza Cortizo,D Buenos Aires 1988}) 14... Nc6 15. Nf6+ {[%cal Be4f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} Kh8 16. Qf4 $1 ({But not} 16. Qh4 Kg7 $17) 16... Bf5 17. Ng4 Re8+ (17... Qe7+ $15 18. Ne3 d5) 18. Be2 (18. Ne3 $11) 18... Bd3 19. Ne3 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Nxc4 is the strong threat. Black is pushing.} 21. Ng5 {Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} ({White should play} 21. Kf1 $15) 21... Qe7 $17 22. Rhe1 d4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 23. Kf1 dxe3 24. Rxe3 Qd7 {aiming for ...Rxe3.} 25. Nxf7+ Kg7 26. Rf3 {Intending Qf6+ and mate.} Qd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Strongly threatening ...Re4. Double Attack} 27. Nd6 Re7 ({Resist} 27... Qxb2 28. Nxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. Qxe8 $15) 28. Qxd4+ Nxd4 29. Rd3 Nc6 30. b3 Nd7 31. Rad1 Nc5 32. R3d2 a5 33. g3 a4 34. Rb2 Nb4 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. a3 (36. h4 {was necessary.}) 36... Nbd3 $19 37. Rb3 $2 (37. Re2 Rd7 38. Nc8 Rxa3 39. Nb6) 37... Nxb3 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,155,0,14,5,10,21,28,20,7,0,13,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,22,-12,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-28,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,5,8,8,8,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,34,30,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,7,0,45,46,65,60,66,66,66,66,75,75,76,28,28,19,72,30,60,52,160,71,72,33,80,107,490,490,1410,1276,1270,1128,1156,1125,804,490,844,929,1568,1485]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 {seems to push 9...Ne5 aside.} 10. Bd3 {White has an edge.} Re8 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Rhe1 c5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 {[#]} 15. Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Qf4 Rd8 17. Re1 Be6 18. Bf5 Qb5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Qe3 Re7 22. g3 e5 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. cxd3 Kf7 25. Kc2 Rc7 26. Nd2 {½-½ (26) Biedermann,T (2416)-Nightingale,D (2500) ICCF email 2012}) 15... Qb6 16. Ka1 (16. Qxd6 {with more complications.} Bc6 17. Bxc6 Rxe1 18. Nxe1 bxc6 19. Qg3) 16... Bc6 17. Bd5 Rad8 18. h4 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 22. g4 Kf8 23. Kb1 (23. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Be7 24. a3 $11) 23... d5 24. Kc1 c4 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Be7 27. Rg1 c5 28. b3 cxb3 29. axb3 Rd6 30. Kd2 Bd8 31. Kd3 Re6 32. Nd2 Re5 33. f4 Rf5 34. Rg4 Bc7 35. Ke3 f6 36. Nf3 fxg5 37. Nxg5 {[#] Black must now prevent Ne6+.} Ke7 38. Nf3 Kf6 39. Rh4 Kf7 40. Ng5+ Ke7 41. Nf3 a5 42. Nd2 Ke6 43. c4 Bd8 44. Rg4 Bf6 45. cxd5+ Rxd5 46. Nc4 Kf5 47. Kf3 Rd4 48. Ne3+ Ke6 49. Rg2 a4 50. bxa4 Rxa4 51. Re2 Kd6 52. Rd2+ Kc6 53. Rg2 Ra7 54. c4 Kd6 55. Nd5 Ke6 56. Ke4 Bd4 57. Rg6+ Kf7 58. Rc6 g6 59. Nc7 Ra1 60. Ne6 Re1+ 61. Kd5 Be3 62. Ng5+ Kg7 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Ne6 {Strongly threatening Rg7+.} Kh8 65. Nf8 Rg1 66. Ke4 Bd4 (66... Bxf4 $11 67. Kxf4 Rf1+ 68. Kg5 Rxf8) 67. Rc8 Re1+ 68. Kd5 Rd1 (68... Kg7 $1 $14) 69. Ne6+ ({White should try} 69. Nxg6+ Kg7 70. Ne5) 69... Kh7 $16 70. Nxc5 {Threatens to win with Ne6.} Ba1+ 71. Ke6 Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (71... Kh6 $16 72. Ke7 g5) 72. Nd3 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rf3 (72... Bd4 $142 73. Kd5 Be3) 73. Rd8 Re3+ 74. Kf7 Re4 75. c5 Rc4 76. Ke6 Rc2 (76... Bg7 $142 77. Rd7 Kg8) 77. Rd5 Kg7 78. Kd7 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 74%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,139,9,6,-19,-14,-25,-12,-35,-28,-27,-33,-40,-33,-18,-9,-5,7,-16,40,31,18,0,96,43,44,43,57,67,64,50,64,63,68,60,66,51,64,69,52,36,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-6,-17,-13,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-2,-1,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,59,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 Re8 7. Nh3 c6 8. Nf2 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 Nc6 13. d3 h6 (13... dxe4 $11 14. fxe4 Na5) 14. exd5 $1 $14 Nxd5 15. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rc8 {[#]} (15... Nxc3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Qxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nd4) 16. c4 (16. Bb2 $1 $16) 16... Nf6 $1 17. fxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2e5]} Ned7 20. Qa4 Nc5 21. Qa3 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Qxa7 Nc5 24. Qa3 h5 25. Re1 Ng4 {[#] And now ...Nxf2 would win.} 26. Nxg4 hxg4 27. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3g7]} f6 28. Re3 Qd7 29. Qd4 Rd8 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. d4 Na4 32. Ba1 {Black must now prevent Re8+.} Rc7 33. c5 bxc5 34. Ra3 cxd4 35. Bxd4 Rc4 36. Be3 Nc3 37. Kf1 Kh7 38. Ke1 Kg6 39. Ra7 Rb4 40. Kd2 Nd5 {Threatening ...Rb2+.} 41. Bc5 Rb2+ 42. Kd3 Rxh2 43. Rd7 Rh5 44. Bf8 {next a4 is good for White.} Re5 45. Kd4 Nb6 46. Rxg7+ Kf5 47. Ra7 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Nc4 49. Bh6 Ne5+ 50. Kc3 Rc4+ 51. Kb3 Rd4 {aiming for ...Rd3+.} 52. Rc7 Ke4 53. a4 Rd3+ 54. Rc3 {Rxd3 is the strong threat.} Rxc3+ (54... Rf3 {with more complications.} 55. Bf8 Nc6 56. Kb2 Nd4 57. a5 Rf2+) 55. Kxc3 {KB-KN} Kd5 56. Bg7 Nf3 57. Bxf6 {White wants to play Kd3.} Nh2 (57... Kc5 $11) 58. Kb4 (58. Bd4 $1 $14) 58... Kc6 {The position is equal.} 59. Bd4 Kb7 60. Bg1 Nf3 61. Bf2 Nh2 62. Kb5 Ka8 63. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kb7 64. a6+ Ka8 65. Kc6 Nf1 66. Kd5 Nxg3 67. Bxg3 Ka7 68. Ke4 Kxa6 69. Kf4 Kb5 70. Kxg4 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,22,20,-9,12,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,6,14,12,7,13,-3,8,0,31,25,36,8,8,0,0,0,1,0,10,1,8,9,21,17,15,10,5,8,12,10,90,85,94,80,60,33,90,100,86,89,90,38,50,39,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Bf1 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be7 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 7. Nc3 Nf5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 d5 11. d4 O-O 12. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} c6 13. c3 Re8 14. Bf4 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be6 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. a4 a5 17. Nc1 Nd6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Qd1 Bf5 20. Ne5 Qc8 21. Bd3 Nd6 22. Bf1 Ne4 23. Bd3 Nd6 24. Bf1 Ne4 25. Bd3 Nd6 26. Bf1 {½-½ (26) Yu,Y (2739)-Andreikin,D (2722) Hengshui 2019}) 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Ng3 {And now Rxe8+ would win.} Qc7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a4 a5 19. Nh5 Qh6 20. Qxh6 Nxh6 21. Nf4 Nf5 22. Nd3 Nd6 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. f3 b6 25. Kf2 f6 26. h4 Bg6 27. b3 Kf7 28. Rc1 Bxd3 29. Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} c5 30. h5 f5 (30... g6 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Re1 $16 c4 {[#]} 32. Bc2 $1 Rc8 33. Re5 cxb3 ({Black should try} 33... f4 $14) 34. Bxb3 Rxc3 35. Bxd5+ Kf8 36. h6 (36. Re6 $16 Nc4 37. Ke2) 36... gxh6 $14 37. Re6 Nc4 38. Bxc4 (38. Rxh6 {keeps more tension.} Ne3 39. Bb7 Ra3 40. Rxb6 Ke7 41. g3) 38... Rxc4 {KR-KR. The position is equal.} 39. Ke3 Rxa4 40. Rxb6 Kg7 41. Ra6 h5 42. g3 f4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 43. Kxf4 Rxd4+ 44. Ke5 Rd3 45. Ke4 Ra3 46. Kf4 a4 47. Kg5 Rxf3 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Rxa4 Rxg3+ 50. Kxh5 Rf3 51. Ra8+ Rf8 52. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,113,32,31,43,10,23,19,24,27,47,41,60,49,41,39,75,77,106,76,85,83,80,69,73,70,97,49,54,45,59,65,95,19,16,19,39,19,16,22,27,16,188,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-25,-26,-34,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-77,-77,-95,-81,-120,-102,-103,-100,-203,0,0,0,-14,0,-146,-136,-132,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 7. Nxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 8. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. c4 Bc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 e5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nf4 14. c5 {0-1 (34) Nguyen,N (2666)-Maghsoodloo,P (2393) Hamedan 2018}) 8... Ng6 9. c4 Bc5 10. Nc3 Ba7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 f5 13. e5 Qc7 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Be3 c5 17. Qd6 Qc8 18. Na4 Bc6 19. b3 ({Much worse is} 19. Nxc5 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Bxc5 $15) 19... Qb7 {Threatens to win with ...Nh4.} 20. Bf1 $1 (20. Nxc5 Bxg2+ 21. Kg1 Bxc5 $17) 20... Rac8 21. Qd2 (21. Nxc5 $16 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 (22. Qxc5 Bf3 $14)) 21... Bxa4 $11 22. bxa4 Qc6 23. Rab1 Bb8 $1 24. Be2 Nh4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rc6g2]} 25. Bh5 Qxa4 $2 (25... d6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 26. Qf2 $2 ({White must play} 26. Bf2 $18 g5 27. Qc3) 26... Ng6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Bxc5 Qxc4 29. Bb6 Bc7 30. h3 Bxb6 31. Rxb6 a5 (31... g5 $5 32. fxg5 Kf7 $11) 32. Rbd6 Qa4 33. Kh2 g5 34. R1d4 Rc4 35. fxg5 Kf7 36. g6+ Kxg6 37. Qh4 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (38. Qxd8 $11 Kf7 39. Rxd4 Qxd4 40. Qxa5) 38... Qb5 $17 39. Qg3+ Kf7 40. Rh4 Qc5 41. Rh7 Rg8 42. h4 (42. a3 $17 {might work better.}) 42... Qd4 $2 ({Better is} 42... Qc2 $1 $19 43. Qg5 Qe4 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Qg6+ Kf8) 43. h5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh5h6] With the idea h6.} Kf8 44. Kh3 a4 45. Qa3+ {[#]} (45. h6 $11 Qg4+ 46. Qxg4 fxg4+ 47. Kh4 gxh6 48. Rxd7) 45... Kf7 $1 $17 46. Qg3 {[#]} Kf8 (46... Qg1 $1 $17 47. Qg6+ Kf8) 47. Qa3+ $11 {The position is equal.} Ke8 {And now ...f4 would win.} 48. Qg3 f4 49. Qg6+ Kf8 {...Qc3+ is the strong threat.} 50. Qg5 $1 Qd3+ 51. Kh4 {Hoping for Qd8+.} Qxh7 52. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 53. Qxd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 54. Qd8+ Kf7 55. Qd7+ Kf8 {( -> ...g5+)} 56. Qd8+ Kf7 57. Qd7+ {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,109,21,39,45,49,15,41,25,14,16,16,4,11,9,27,16,36,33,24,33,31,42,50,36,52,58,54,35,87,47,85,68,84,75,109,114,111,109,138,70,63,62,70,80,75,77,83,80,74,76,139,142,141,138,141,132,134,125,144,135,142,127,140,140,121,78,131,53,70,47,47,47,47,49,37,48,41,24,36,24,16,23,41,40,41,40,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. dxe5 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. O-O {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} Be7 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Re1 $5 {[%mdl 4] White is slightly better. A promising side line.} O-O 10. Bf4 Bf6 {[#]} 11. Bxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Rad1 {½-½ (36) Kamsky,G (2692)-Fridman,D (2616) playchess.com INT 2006}) 11... cxd6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Qd2 {White wants to play Neg5.} h6 14. Ng3 Bf6 15. c3 Ne5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Be5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Re2 Rf7 (19... Bxg3 $14 20. Qxg3 Rf6) 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Rd1 {[%cal Re4d6]} Rd8 22. Nd2 Qh4 23. g3 Qg4 24. f3 Qa4 25. b3 (25. Rde1 $16 Bf6 26. Rxe6) 25... Qd7 $14 26. Rde1 Qc7 27. c4 Qa5 {[#]} 28. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb6+ (28... Qxb4 29. Rxe5) 29. Kg2 Qd4 30. Re3 Qxd3 (30... d5 $142) 31. Rxd3 $16 {Hoping for Rxe5!} Rfd7 32. f4 Bf6 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Re2 d5 35. c5 Rc7 36. Nb3 b6 37. Red2 bxc5 38. Nxc5 d4 (38... a5 $142) 39. Kf3 ({Better is} 39. Ra3 $16) 39... a5 $1 $14 40. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} axb4 $1 41. axb4 Be7 $1 42. Ne4 Rc4 43. b5 Rb4 44. g4 Bf6 45. Ra2 Rxb5 46. Ra7+ Be7 47. h4 Kf8 48. g5 Rb6 49. f5 ({White should play} 49. Ra4 $14) 49... hxg5 $11 {The position is equal.} 50. hxg5 {Black must now prevent Kg4.} Rb1 51. Kf4 {[#] Rh3 is the strong threat.} Rf1+ 52. Kg4 {aiming for Rh3.} Re1 53. Kf4 {Strongly threatening Rh3.} Rf1+ 54. Kg4 {And now Rh3 would win.} Re1 55. Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,-29,0,-59,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,69,22,37,28,62,62,69,70,77,69,69,69,69,29,69,44,69,69,77,69,1588,1300,1386,1316,1291,1289,1283,220,225,227,899,892,839,822,808,700,1846,1828,1628,1630,1512,1501,6270]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 (3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Nd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 {1-0 (56) Carlsen,M (2870)-Aronian,L (2772) Kolkata 2019}) 3... Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} Be6 7. Nh3 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... h6 8. Nf2 a5 9. f4 Na6 10. f5 Bd7 11. Bg2 b5 12. cxb5 Bxb5 13. b3 a4 {1-0 (68) Carlsen,M (2835)-Petrov,N (2593) St Petersburg 2018}) 8. a4 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. b3 Na6 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Ra2 (12. Nh3 $11) 12... Ra6 ({Black should play} 12... Qc8 $15) 13. Rd2 Rb6 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Bh3 {[%cal Rh3d7]} h6 {Strongly threatening ...Rd6.} 16. Bxd7 hxg5 17. h4 Rd6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 19. Bf5 Nh5 20. Kf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} g6 21. Bg4 {aiming for Bxh5.} Nf6 22. Qd2 Nxg4+ 23. fxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kg7 24. h5 Rh8 25. Ke2 f6 (25... Qf6 $11) 26. Kd1 Qd7 27. Qe2 b6 28. Qf3 Rh6 29. Kc2 Qe6 30. Kb2 Qd7 31. Ka3 Qe6 32. Rd1 Rh8 33. Rd5 Rd8 34. Rd2 Rd7 35. Rh2 Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (35... Qf7 $14) 36. hxg6 $18 Kxg6 {[#]} 37. Qh1 $1 {Threatening mate with Rh7.} Qg8 38. Rh6+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ $2 (39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Qh6) 39... Ke6 {[#]} 40. Rg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g8]} Qf7 $2 (40... Qh8 41. Qxg5 Kf7) 41. Qxg5 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 42. Qf5 Rg8 43. Rh6 Rg5 44. Qc8 Rg8 45. Qc7+ Ke6 46. Qc6 Re8 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,106,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-11,26,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,16,15,26,27,35,8,38,42,48,39,33,32,34,30,43,35,60,10,114,104,101,125,102,122,161,150,179,114,162,100,114,104,105,47,50,54,48,64,49,55,58,68,54,61,86,88,73,67,112,68,84,24,25,26,31,30,31,24,45,52,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,-104,-104,-29983,-29984,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Bd3 d6 {C51: Evans Gambit: Declined and Accepted without 5...Ba5.} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bd6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 {[#]} Bxg3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 15... Nh5 16. Nbd2 Bg4 17. Rfe1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qf6 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. Nc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 b5 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Bxb5 {½-½ (69) Molner,M (2489)-Erenburg,S (2629) ICC INT 2012}) 16. hxg3 g4 17. Nh4 Ne5 18. Be2 Re8 19. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5,Bf5h6][%mdl 32]} b6 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Rfe1 Be6 22. Nf1 Rad8 23. Ne3 Qc5 24. Nef5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 h5 (25... Ng6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Rd4 $16 Qf8 27. Qd2 Nh7 28. a4 Nc6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. N4f5+ (30. Bb5 $18 Nxd4 31. cxd4) 30... Kg6 31. Bd3 ({White should try} 31. Bb5 $18 Nxd4 32. Bxe8 (32. cxd4 Bxf5 33. exf5+ Kg7 $14) 32... Ne2+ 33. Kf1 (33. Qxe2 Bxf5 34. Nxf5 Qxe8 $14) 33... Qxe8 34. Ng8) 31... Ng5 {[#]} 32. Qf4 $1 f6 33. Bb5 (33. Qxc7 $16 Rc8 34. Qb7) 33... Nxd4 $14 34. Bxe8+ Qxe8 35. cxd4 Bxf5 36. Nxf5 {Threatens to win with Nh4+.} Qxe4 37. Nh4+ Kf7 $1 {...Qxf4 is the strong threat.} ({Of course not} 37... Kg7 $6 38. Qxc7+ Kh6 39. Kh2 $18) 38. Qxc7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qe7 39. Qc4+ Qe6 40. d5 Qd6 $1 41. Qd3 Qe5 42. Qg6+ (42. Kh2 $16) 42... Ke7 $11 43. Nf5+ Kd8 44. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Qg8+.} Ne4 45. Qg8+ Kd7 46. Qf7+ Kd8 $1 47. Ng7 h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 48. Ne6+ Kc8 49. Qg8+ Kb7 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 50. Qh7+ (50. Qg7+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Ka6 51. Qxg4) 50... Ka6 $17 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 51. Qxh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Nf4 $17) 51... Nxf2 {Black mates.} 52. Qh8 Qe1 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Re1h1]} 53. Nc5+ Ka5 {Black used his chance. Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,89,34,39,33,39,23,26,36,41,40,32,22,41,31,44,0,27,-60,0,-69,0,0,-5,-24,0,0,0,-40,-37,-96,-98,-79,-83,-91,-85,-78,-72,-74,-81,-142,-155,-128,-146,-267,-264,-233,-133,-128,-65,-70,-72,-102,-69,-122,-19,-18,-20,-66,-65,-88,-97,-79,-64,-353,-349,-206,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} bxc6 8. Be2 Ng6 9. c4 {White has an edge.} Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. Be3 c5 13. Qd2 d6 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Bh5 h6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qc2 Bf6 {½-½ (33) Kowalczyk,R (2329)-Frerichs,M (2278) ICCF email 2017}) 12. f4 Bb7 13. Bd3 ({And not} 13. Qxd7 Rfd8 $17) 13... d5 14. e5 (14. exd5 $11 Bf6 15. Bb2) 14... Nh4 (14... f6 $15) 15. g3 (15. Rf2 $11) 15... d4 (15... f5 $1 $15 16. gxh4 d4) 16. Ne4 $11 Nf5 17. g4 Ne3 18. Bxe3 $1 dxe3 19. Qe2 Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 20. Ng3 {[#]} (20. Rf3 $15) 20... f5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 21. exf6 (21. gxf5 exf5) 21... Bxf6 22. Be4 Qc7 {Hoping for ...Bxe4.} 23. Rad1 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Bd4 25. b4 (25. Kg2 $142) 25... e5 $1 26. f5 cxb4 27. Ng5 (27. c5 $17) 27... Rac8 $1 $19 28. Rc1 Qc6 (28... Bc3 $1 $19 29. Ne6 Qxc4) 29. c5 Qd5 (29... Rfd8 $17 30. h3 Bc3) 30. Ne6 $15 Rf6 31. h3 a5 32. Kh2 {[#]} Rxe6 (32... g6 $1 $17 33. Rg1 Rxe6 34. fxe6 Qxe6) 33. fxe6 $11 Qxe6 34. c6 h6 35. g5 hxg5 36. c7 a4 (36... Bc3 $5 {[%cal Rc8c7]} 37. Rfd1 Qe7 38. Qxe3 Rxc7 $17) 37. Qb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Kg3 $1 $15) 37... Qxa2+ $19 38. Kg3 {[#] Threatening mate with Qd7.} e2 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 38... Qe6 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Bc3.} 39. Rc6 Qd7 40. Qc4+ Kh8) 39. Qd7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd7c8][%mdl 512] The position is equal.} exf1=N+ 40. Rxf1 {[#]} Rxc7 $1 41. Qe8+ (41. Qxc7 Kh7) 41... Kh7 42. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 {( -> ...Rc3+)} 45. Qe8+ {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,98,36,23,29,34,26,29,27,46,33,50,53,41,44,42,32,30,41,25,38,39,13,18,0,0,-20,57,39,62,43,88,59,70,54,48,45,77,68,62,72,95,47,54,34,49,50,101,21,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,7,11,9,0,27,13,24,0,0,0,18,0,4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Nf6 11. a5 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bb6 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack.} Qc8 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Bd4 {White has an edge.} Re8 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Na4 {[#]} Bxa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rad8 18. Nb6 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. c4 Nd7 21. Nd5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 {½-½ (54) Tiviakov,S (2618)-Kritz,L (2423) Germany 2002}) 18. Rxa4 Rac8 19. c3 Bf6 20. Rd1 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Nf6 22. h3 h5 23. Bf3 h4 24. gxh4 e5 (24... Qc6 $11 25. Raa1 Nxe4) 25. Rb4 Rcd8 {[%cal Bc8d8,Bd8d7,Bd7b7][%mdl 32]} 26. Qc3 (26. Qc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c7]} Qe7 27. dxe5 dxe5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rc4 $14) 26... Qe7 27. Qb3 Rd7 28. dxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxb7 Qxa5 30. Qb4 Qxb4 31. Rxb4 a5 32. Rbd4 Rb7 33. R1d2 Rbb8 34. Bg2 g6 (34... Rb3 $14) 35. Kh2 (35. f3 $16) 35... Kg7 36. h5 Nxh5 37. Rxd6 Nf4 38. Ra6 Re5 39. Ra7 Rb6 40. Rdd7 Rf6 41. Rd2 Rb6 42. Rdd7 Rf6 43. Rd2 Rc5 44. Bf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Ne6 45. Bg2 Kh6 46. Rad7 Nf4 47. Ra7 Kg7 {The position is equal.} 48. Bf1 Ne6 49. Bg2 Nf4 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,101,74,63,35,87,27,44,20,150,97,104,113,114,89,130,121,151,86,101,106,100,96,100,76,80,54,89,62,53,54,53,62,58,73,75,49,66,41,43,44,49,60,109,108,110,116,196,191,208,157,158,130,123,120,123,120,108,118,126,46,48,44,96,19,35,17,14,14,16,23,16,31,40,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-35,-35,-2426,-2189,-12795,-7052,-5218,-3413,-29980,-29981,-29986,-29987,-29986]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Ba4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} Nf6 (7... O-O-O $14) 8. d3 {[#]} (8. d4 $16) 8... O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qh5 9. Bf4 b5 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Rc8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 {½-½ (75) Peter,S (1995)-Porth,H (2133) Lieme 2009}) 9. Ng5 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 (9... Ne5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 10. Bxd7+ Nfxd7) 10. Qd2 ({Better is} 10. Qe1 {Bxc6 is the strong threat.} Bh5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. a3) 10... Bh5 $16 11. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 12. Qe1 h6 13. Nge4 e6 14. Bd2 ({White should play} 14. Nd2 $1) 14... Be7 15. b3 Bg6 16. Na4 Qd5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 17. Ng3 c5 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Qa5 Nxe3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rd5g2]} 20. Qxa6+ Qb7 21. Qxb7+ Kxb7 22. fxe3 Ra8 23. Rf4 Bg5 24. Rf3 c4 25. dxc4 Kc6 26. Ne2 Rxa4 27. bxa4 Ra8 28. Nd4+ Kc5 (28... Kd6 $16 {was necessary.}) 29. Nb3+ Kxc4 30. h4 Bf6 31. Rd1 Be5 {[#]} 32. a5 $1 Bh5 {[#]} 33. Rd7 $1 ({But not} 33. Nd2+ $6 Kc5 $11) 33... Bxf3 34. gxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf8 35. f4 (35. a4 $16) 35... Bd6 $14 36. a6 Ra8 ({Black should try} 36... Kd5 $1 $14 37. Nd4 Ra8) 37. Rxf7 (37. Nd2+ $16 Kd5 38. c4+ (38. Rxf7 Rxa6 39. Rxg7 Rxa2 $14) 38... Kc6 39. Rxf7) 37... Rxa6 $11 38. Rxg7 {With the idea Kg2.} Rxa2 39. Rg2 e5 $1 40. f5 Kc3 $1 41. Nd2 {Strongly threatening Ne4+.} Ra1+ $1 42. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Ne4+.} Kxc2 43. Ne4+ Kd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Nxd6 cxd6 {KR-KR} 45. Rg6 (45. Rg1 $5 {[%cal Rg1a1]} Ra4 46. f6 $15) 45... d5 46. Rxh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Rd6 $15) 46... Kxe3 $19 47. h5 d4 48. Re6 e4 49. f6 d3 50. Kg2 d2 51. Rd6 {Never resign too early! Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,106,38,40,14,27,10,12,0,17,0,0,-16,-12,-37,-21,-24,-22,-25,-21,-31,-17,-20,-16,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,0,0,0,-77,-73,-80,-81,-86,-57,-57,-57,-58,-57,-60,-56,-56,-66,-56,-47,-20,-16,-3,0,-8,-8,-18,0,-106,-185,-218,-219,-223,-215,-209,-201,-194,-151,-29977,-29978,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29985,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd2 {D19: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3: Main line with 9 Qe2.} a5 14. Rac1 {[#]} Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbd5 16. e4 Ne7 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Na3 Qxd4 19. Nc2 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxb4 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 axb4 {½-½ (28) Chubakov,O-Krivobokov,S (2149) Tula 2005}) 15. Ba2 {The position is equal.} Nb6 16. Be1 e5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. g3 Nbd7 19. Qc2 Qh5 20. Bc4 Ne5 21. Be2 Qh3 {White must now prevent ...Neg4.} 22. f3 g5 23. Ne4 Qf5 (23... Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e3]} 24. Nxg5 Qh6 25. Bxb4 axb4 $15) 24. Bxb4 axb4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Kg2 Ng6 27. Qb3 Qe7 28. a5 Rfe8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rd1 (30. Kf2 $11) 30... Rxd1 $17 31. Bxd1 Qc5 32. Qd3 Qxa5 33. Bb3 {Strongly threatening Qxg6.} Nf8 34. Qc4 Ne6 35. Qe4 Qa1 36. Bxe6 Qxb2+ 37. Kh3 {Hoping for Bc4!} fxe6 38. Qxe6+ $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Kf8 39. Qc8+ Ke7 {aiming for ...Qd2.} 40. Qxb7+ Kd6 41. e4 Qc3 42. Qb8+ {[#]} (42. Kg4 $1 $11) 42... Kc5 $1 $17 43. e5 {Qf8+ is the strong threat.} Qxf3 44. Qd6+ Kc4 45. e6 Qf5+ 46. Kg2 Qe4+ 47. Kh3 $2 {[#] White does not recover from this.} (47. Kf2 $17 b3 48. e7) 47... b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 48. e7 b2 49. Qd1 Kc3 ({Weaker is} 49... b1=Q 50. Qxb1 Qxb1 51. e8=Q $17) 50. e8=Q Qxe8 51. Qf3+ Kb4 52. Qg4+ Ka3 53. Qf3+ Ka2 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,-9,-1,-25,-4,-13,-3,-10,-9,-8,-11,-11,-11,-14,0,-14,-4,-26,-32,-50,-26,-34,-41,-47,-15,-12,16,8,14,35,59,22,50,46,41,33,284,281,376,352,581,571,527,510,935,544,544,543,843,758,911,887,1320,1277,1365,1360,1347,1338,1133,1058]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 (3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Nd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc5 15. Be3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rfd8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 {1-0 (56) Carlsen,M (2870)-Aronian,L (2772) Kolkata 2019}) 3... Bb4 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 d6 6. h3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} Nc6 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} b5 9. d3 bxc4 10. dxc4 Bc5 11. Kh2 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd4 12. Qd3 a5 13. Be3 Nxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd7 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Bc1 Ba6 17. b3 Bd4 {½-½ (61) Klekowski,M (2506)-Wojtaszek,R (2724) Chorzow 2019}) 12. b3 a5 13. Nd5 a4 14. Be3 axb3 15. axb3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nd7 17. Nec3 Nc5 18. Nb5 Ne6 19. h4 Bd7 20. Bh3 Rb7 21. b4 Ne7 22. Ra2 Nc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (22... Kh8 $14) 23. Ra8 $18 Kh8 24. Qh5 Qe8 $2 (24... Kg8 25. Nf6+ gxf6) 25. Bf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rh5h7] White is clearly winning.} h6 26. Bh3 c6 {[#]} (26... f6 $142 27. Qxe8 Rxe8 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Nbxc7 Kh7 30. Nxe6 Bxe6) 27. Nxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 {[#]} 29. Nf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re7 (29... gxf6 30. Rxf6) 30. c5 Nc4 31. Nxd7 Rbxd7 {[#]} 32. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Deflection} Rxf7 33. Bxe6 Rf2+ {[#]} 34. Kh3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,83,13,29,4,10,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-18,0,0,10,0,11,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,74,60,79,24,102,102,97,81,82,79,120,37,168,177,175,171,158,160,166,165,129,131,212,208,181,181,174,181,174,164,384,381,452,452,543,498]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 {is recently more successful than 10...Qc7. Played by Ian Nepomniachtchi in May 2020.} 11. Qd2 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} Bb7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 {The position is equal.} e6 14. Bg5 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} Qd7 15. h4 Na5 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. h5 Nc6 21. h6 Bf8 $1 22. Bb5 {Strongly threatening d5.} a6 23. Ba4 b5 24. Bb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bb7 (24... b4 $11) 25. d5 $16 exd5 26. Bxd5 ({Of course not} 26. Qxd5 Qe8 $11) (26. exd5 $16 Ne5 27. Ng3) 26... Ne5 (26... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Bxb7 $1 Qxb7 28. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Ng4 29. Nd5 {f3 is the strong threat.} f6 30. Qd1 ({Much worse is} 30. Nxf6+ $6 Nxf6 31. Bxf6 Qxe4 $11) ({Better is} 30. Bxf6 $16 {Threatens to win with Bb2.} Bxh6 31. Qc3 Nxf6 32. Qxf6) 30... fxg5 {A mistake that costs the game.} (30... f5 $1 $14) 31. Qxg4 $18 Bxh6 32. Qe6+ Qf7 33. Qxa6 Bg7 34. Qxb5 Bd4 35. Qe2 g4 {[#]} (35... h5 $16 {was necessary.} 36. Qd2 Bc5) 36. g3 $1 h5 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qa7 {[#]} 39. Qc2 $1 Kh6 $2 (39... Qf7) 40. Qd2+ g5 41. a5 Bc5 42. Qc3 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,78,29,22,29,29,40,28,43,33,30,14,56,52,45,37,37,36,37,11,23,24,33,32,35,35,35,34,29,0,0,0,10,4,10,10,10,10,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-12,-12,-12,-12,0,-12,0,-31,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 Nc6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 8. d3 a6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 {White has an edge.} 10. cxd4 Qxd4 {[#]} 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Be3 Qf6 13. d4 Qg6 14. Qf3 O-O 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Na4 a5 17. Nb6 {½-½ (24) Manik,M (2379)-Jurcik,M (2464) Slovakia 2019}) 11... Qd8 (11... Qxb2 {feels hotter.} 12. Nd2 Qf6 13. Qc1 Bb4 14. Rb1 a5) 12. d4 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Rc1 f5 15. f4 Bb4 16. Qb3 a5 17. a3 Bxd2 18. Bxd2 Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 19. Be3 a4 ({Not} 19... Qxe4 $2 20. Rcd1 $18) 20. Qxe6+ Bxe6 21. Bxd4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Bd5 23. Re7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rf7 24. Rce1 Raf8 25. Rxf7 (25. Bc5 {with more complications.} Rxe7 26. Rxe7 h6 27. g3 Rf7 28. Re8+) 25... Kxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Bc5 Re8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 {KB-KB} 28. Kf2 h5 29. h3 g6 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Be6 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 Bxf5 34. Ke3 Bc2 35. Kd4 Bb3 36. Bb6 Kd7 37. Kc5 Bd5 38. Ba5 Bb3 39. Bb6 Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,5,4,11,14,1,0,-21,-4,0,53,47,49,38,80,79,101,94,81,42,27,35,83,78,88,76,84,88,87,43,50,33,33,22,55,40,40,40,40,52,81,40,75,81,66,81,83,77,79,65,83,70,116,102,146,64,62,60,68,59,77,27,20,26,8,9,11,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,8,10,18,0,0,0,8,0,181,178,1439,1377,1509,1661,29955,11762,29952,4197,29963,29960,29947,29966,29969,29970,29961,29971,29964,29972,29966,29973,29962,29974]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qa4+ {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Nc6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1 {The position is equal.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 {[#]} Nd5 $146 (9... a6 $11 10. Qd1 Bd6) ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Qd1 Nd5 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Rac8 14. O-O Bg4 15. Rc5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 {1-0 (49) Karjakin,S (2760)-Wei,Y (2739) Medias 2017}) 10. Bxd5 $14 exd5 11. O-O a6 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Na4 {Black must now prevent Rxc6!} Rb8 14. Bxc7 (14. Nc5 {is more complex.} Bxc5 15. Rxc5 f6 16. e4 Re8 17. exd5 Bf7 18. Bg3) 14... Qxc7 15. Qxb4 $1 Nxb4 16. Rxc7 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. a3 Nd3 19. b4 Rc2 $1 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf5 22. Ra1 f6 23. h3 Rb2 24. g4 Bd3 25. Kg2 Kf7 26. g5 a5 27. Kg3 a4 28. h4 Ke6 29. Ne1 Bc4 30. Ng2 Kd7 31. Nf4 b6 32. Nh5 (32. gxf6 $16 gxf6 33. cxb6) 32... fxg5 33. hxg5 bxc5 34. dxc5 g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 35. Nf6+ (35. Nf4 $5 {[%cal Ra1h1]}) 35... Kc6 36. Nxh7 {Strongly threatening Nf8.} Kxc5 37. Nf8 Bd3 38. Ne6+ Kd6 39. Nf4 Bb1 40. Ne2 Rb3 41. Nd4 Rb2 42. Ne2 Rb3 43. Kf4 Kc5 44. Nc3 Rxc3 45. Rxb1 Rxa3 $11 {KR-KR} 46. Ke5 Ra2 $2 {[#]} (46... Rd3 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 47. f4 $1 $18 Re2 $2 {[#]} (47... Kc4) 48. Kf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g6]} Rxe3 49. Kxg6 a3 50. f5 Kc4 51. f6 a2 52. Ra1 {White mates.} Kb3 53. f7 Rf3 54. Kg7 d4 55. f8=Q Rxf8 56. Kxf8 Kb2 {[#]} 57. Rxa2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Kxa2 58. g6 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,86,0,-23,14,0,0,-16,-13,-20,-18,-39,-27,-41,24,12,20,-9,0,-35,-22,-27,16,15,8,11,10,-25,53,54,39,0,0,0,13,0,40,57,68,33,45,14,15,0,0,-28,-16,-16,-10,-20,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,0,-2,-2,-2,-2,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,0,-33,0,-33,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} 7. e4 a4 8. a3 c5 {The position is equal.} 9. Re1 Nc6 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 f6 (11... b5 $15) 12. exf6 $11 Nxf6 {[#]} 13. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Qe2 Nd4 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Bxd7 19. Re5 {0-1 (36) Amin,B (2710)-Aronian,L (2765) St Petersburg 2018}) 13... Bd6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f2]} 18. f4 (18. Bxe4 {seems wilder.} dxe4 19. Rxe4 Be8 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Be3) 18... Be8 (18... Na5 $11) 19. Bxe4 $14 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Be3 Rd5 22. Rac1 g5 23. Bc5 Rf7 24. Rxe4 {Strongly threatening Ne3.} (24. Ne3 $5 {[%cal Re3d5]} gxf4 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Red1 $16) 24... gxf4 25. gxf4 Na5 {[#] And now ...Nb3 would win.} 26. Bb4 {Black must now prevent Rc8.} Bc6 $1 27. Re3 Nb3 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. Re1 $1 ({Reject} 29. Rc4 Rd1 $17) 29... Nd4 30. Ne3 Rdd7 31. f5 $1 Nxf5 32. Nxf5 Rxf5 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Rg7 35. Rxg7 Kxg7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 36. Ke2 Kg6 37. Be1 Kf5 38. Bg3 Ke4 39. Kd2 Kd4 40. Kc2 Be4+ 41. Kd2 Bc6 42. Bf4 Be4 43. Bg3 Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,51,0,0,0,25,25,19,11,17,14,30,5,5,5,0,4,16,0,102,97,149,155,154,160,239,262,303,301,308,295]} 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. Bd2 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Ne4 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line.} Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Qd5 16. Ne5 Qe4 17. Be3 Nd5 $1 {[#]} 18. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. g4 c5 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Rfd8 22. Rb3 f6 23. Ng6 Kf7 24. h5 {1-0 (52) Szava,M (2188)-Latta,H (1730) LSS email 2010}) 18... Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 h5 (20... Rfd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. Rb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bd6 (21... b6 $142) 22. Nc4 Bg3 23. Rh3 Bf2 (23... b5 $16) 24. Rxb7 $18 Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Ne5 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,123,29,25,21,18,21,23,24,30,13,19,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,-5,0,0,0,0,93,72,91,97,95,0,0,-18,-12,-6,-5,-20,-19,-21,-13,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,0,0,0,-12,0,-13,-13,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-8,-12,-12,-12,-12,-48,-53,-68,-46,-63,-37,-64,-45,-46,-46,-52,-63,-261,-261,-261,-261,-261,-261,-261,-261,-261,-261,-261,0,-261,-261,-261,-261,-261,-261,-261,-261,-261,-51,-51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 10. c4 O-O {10...cxd4 is not played anymore.} 11. Nc3 cxd4 {White has an edge.} 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. Nb3 {[#]} Bc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rac8 17. c5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Bd6 Rf5 20. Bxf8 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Nf4 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Nxh3 {0-1 (43) Quparadze,G (2503)-Bogdanovich,S (2528) Konya 2018}) 17. Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qb4 18. Rad1 a5 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Rfd8 (20... Ne7 $11) 21. Qxd8+ $16 Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Nf8 23. Rd2 (23. c5 $16 {Black must now prevent Rd4.} Qh4 24. g3) 23... a4 $11 24. Nc1 a3 25. Nd3 Qxc4 26. Rc1 axb2 27. Rxb2 Qd4 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. Rxb5 b6 30. a4 Nd5 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rxa5 g5 33. Rac5 Ng6 34. R5c4 Qa7 35. Nb4 Nxb4 36. Rxb4 Kg7 37. Rb5 $1 Kf6 38. Rc3 h6 39. Rf3+ Kg7 40. g3 Ne7 41. Re5 Nc6 42. Re4 Qc5 43. h4 Nd4 44. Rd3 $1 e5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Rexd4 $2 {[#]} (46. Rde3 $15) 46... exd4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 47. g4 Kf6 48. Rf3+ Ke7 49. Rg3 Qc1 50. Kg2 Qc6+ 51. Kg1 Qc1 52. Kg2 $1 Qd1 53. Bd3 Kd6 54. Bf5 Kc5 55. Rh3 Kc4 56. Rg3 d3 $2 (56... Qe2 $19 {...Qb2 is the strong threat.} 57. Rf3 Qe7) 57. Rxd3 Qxd3 ({Black should play} 57... Qe1 $15) 58. Bxd3+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kxd3 59. f4 gxf4 {[#] ( -> ...Ke3)} 60. Kf3 f6 61. Kxf4 {White wants to mate with Kf5.} Ke2 $1 62. g5 {And White is the lucky defender. Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,162,20,23,25,16,10,11,15,17,15,15,6,7,-33,-33,-33,-33,-35,-33,-33,-37,-41,-42,-34,-16,-76,-70,-97,-34,-43,-46,-88,-86,-87,-87,-102,-101,-126,-126,-126,-126,-126,-125,-118,-116,-147,-128,-149,-129,-162,-143,-151,-130,-149,-117,-139,-117,-162,-153,-165,-166,-166,-169,-161,-156,-180,-161,-185,-185,-227,-208,-270,-235,-302,-299,-291,-275,-285,-239,-250,-250,-248,-250,-250,-246,-369,-243,-241,-239,-231,-241,-280,-247,-257,-258,-364,-207,-190,0,-364,-342,-469,-464,-439,-467,-500,-496,-472,-476,-437,-380,-304,-243,-373,-341,-373,-300,-456,-465,-458,-451,-502,-473,-751,-714,-727,-436,-1285,-1293,-966,-173,-154,-66,-75,-69,-66,0,-293,-39,-514,-497,-703,-703,-703,-703,-676,-670,-874,-864,-794,-821,-784,-771,-4960,-4610]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Bg4 7. f3 (7. Ne2 {keeps more tension.} e6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. O-O Be7 10. h3) 7... Bh5 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Qd7 9. Ne2 e6 {[#]} 10. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbc3 Rc8 11. Kf2 Bg6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6 Rxc6 14. Rhc1 Rc4 15. Nd1 Rb4 16. Qc3 {½-½ (38) Perry,W (2179)-Piccoli,F (2102) ICCF email 2017}) 10... Bg6 11. Bb5 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Kf2 Rfc8 14. Qa4 a6 15. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 16. Nb3 Qb7 17. Rhd1 {[#]} (17. Na5 $11 Qxb2 18. Nxc6) 17... a5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Rd2 (18. Nxa5 Qb6) 18... Bb4 ({Better is} 18... Nd7 $17 {White must now prevent ...Nb6.} 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bf6) 19. Nc5 $15 Qb6 20. Qd1 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Qd8 22. Nc3 Nh5 23. Bg3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Qe7 25. Ne2 f6 26. Na4 {Nb6 would now be nice for White.} Ra7 27. Nf4 Be8 28. Rc5 Rca8 29. Qc3 Qd6 30. Nd3 Qd8 31. Nf4 Bd7 32. Qa3 Rb8 33. Rc3 Qf8 34. Rc5 e5 35. Ne2 Qd6 36. Qc3 Rb5 37. b3 h6 38. Nc1 Ra8 39. Nd3 {[%cal Rd4e5] [#]} Re8 $1 40. Qb2 e4 41. Nf4 g5 ({Resist} 41... exf3 42. gxf3 g5 43. Ne2 $19) 42. Ne2 exf3 43. gxf3 Qe6 44. Rc3 Qh3 45. Kg1 h5 46. Qb1 {Threatening Qg6+.} Kg7 47. Nc5 (47. Qf1 {was worth a try.}) 47... h4 48. Qf1 Qxf1+ 49. Kxf1 Bf5 50. g4 Bg6 51. Kf2 Re7 52. Na4 (52. f4 $142) 52... Rc7 (52... Rb8 $142 53. Rxc6 Be8) 53. Nc5 $19 {Strongly threatening Ne6+.} Re7 $2 (53... Kh6 54. Rc1 Re7) 54. Na4 $1 Rb8 55. Ng1 f5 56. gxf5 Bxf5 57. Rxc6 Rbe8 58. Rc3 h3 {...h2 is the strong threat.} 59. Ne2 h2 60. Ng3 Bh3 61. Nb6 (61. Nh1 $142) 61... Be6 62. Kg2 Rh8 63. e4 (63. Rc5 $142) 63... dxe4 64. fxe4 Rf7 65. d5 Bg4 66. e5 (66. Nc4 $142 Rf4 67. Re3) 66... Rf4 {Hoping for ...Rd4.} 67. e6 Bf5 68. Rc1 (68. Nxf5+ $142 Rxf5 69. Rc1) 68... Bh3+ 69. Kxh2 Bxe6+ $2 (69... Rf2+ 70. Kh1 Rxa2) 70. Kg1 Bf7 (70... Bg4 $17 {And now ...Rh3 would win.} 71. Rc7+ Kf6) 71. d6 $1 $15 Rg4 72. Kg2 Bg6 (72... Be6 $15 73. d7 Rd4) 73. d7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73. Rc7+ $11 {and White is okay.} Kh6 74. Rc4) 73... Rd4 $2 ({Black should try} 73... Be4+ $1 $19 74. Kf2 Rf8+ 75. Ke3 Rf3+ 76. Kd4 Bc6+ 77. Kc5 Bxd7) 74. Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs White the game.} ({White should play} 74. Rc5 $15) 74... Rxd7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 75. Rxh8 (75. Rc2 $142 Bxc2 76. Nxd7) (75. Nxd7 Rxc8) 75... Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 76. Kf3 Kxh8 77. a4 Bf7 78. Ne4 Rd3+ 79. Ke2 Rxb3 80. Nd7 Bc4+ 81. Kd2 Rd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,108,19,15,22,11,18,18,22,13,14,13,4,6,12,6,20,0,10,11,15,14,15,18,17,17,21,18,26,14,18,11,19,0,1,4,6,1,6,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 c6 17. Qe2 {[#]} Nh5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 17... Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 Qd7 20. h3 Ng7 21. Be5 Re8 22. Qd3 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 f6 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {½-½ (36) Harikrishna,P (2719)-Karjakin,S (2752) chess.com INT 2020}) 18. Bh6 Bg4 19. Re1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. g3 Rf8 23. h4 Qd8 {The position is equal.} 24. Qe3 Nf6 25. Qe7 Re8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Re7 Rd7 28. Re5 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ng4 30. Re2 Re7 31. Kf3 Nf6 (31... Rxe2 {is more complex.} 32. Kxe2 Nf6 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. a4 Ne8) 32. Rxe7 Kxe7 {KB-KN} 33. Kf4 h6 34. g4 Ne8 35. g5 hxg5+ 36. hxg5 Kd6 37. Kg4 Ng7 38. f4 Ke6 39. b4 b5 40. Bc2 f5+ 41. Kf3 Ne8 42. Ke3 Nd6 43. Bd1 Ne4 44. Kd3 Nf2+ 45. Kd2 Nxd1 (45... Kd7 {keeps more tension.} 46. Bc2 Ne4+ 47. Kd3 a6 48. a4 Ke6) 46. Kxd1 {KP-KP} Kd7 47. Kc2 Kc7 48. Kb3 Kb6 49. a3 a6 50. Kb2 Kb7 51. Kb1 Kb8 52. Kb2 Kb7 53. Kb1 Kb8 54. Kb2 Kb7 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,55,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,4,0,6,0,29,10,11,13,18,-15,0,-25,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 h6 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4.} 12. Bf4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7 {[#]} 15. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. g3 Qg5 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qe2 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 {½-½ (29) Oreopoulos,K (2499)-Walczak,P (2504) ICCF email 2018}) 15... Nd7 16. Bb5 Bc6 (16... Rfd8 {is more complex.} 17. c4 Ne7 18. g3 Ng6 19. Bb4 Rac8) 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. c4 N5f6 19. Bc3 Rfe8 20. h3 Rac8 21. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Rc7 22. Rc3 Qa4 23. Rdc1 Rec8 24. Ra3 Qb4 $1 {[%cal Rc7c4]} 25. Rb3 Qa4 {[%cal Rc7c4]} 26. Ra3 Qb4 $1 {[%cal Rc7c4]} 27. Rb3 Qa4 {[%cal Rc7c4]} 28. Ra3 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,133,14,14,-12,-20,-18,-11,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,25,29,0,50,0,35,39,27,27,59,37,59,43,45,42,41,35,26,22,30,27,45,25,22,18,18,11,20,22,22,20,26,24,27,27,18,48,54,48,50,50,58,60,73,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,62,76,77,59,74,76,333,314,378,370,338,341,388,309,346,14,18,20,24,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,-18,-18,-19,-67,-67,-64,-64,-68,-68,-62,-5,-6,-6,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 (4... O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. Bg2 a6 7. O-O b5 8. d4 d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 bxc4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Na4 Be6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 {1-0 (55) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 5. bxc3 O-O {[#]} 6. f3 $146 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} ({Predecessor:} 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Nb6 12. d4 Be6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. dxe5 Bc4 15. Re1 Rxe5 {½-½ (32) Bareev,E (2643)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2657) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 6... Re8 7. Kf2 c6 8. d4 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Rxe5 11. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} d4 12. Ne2 Nc6 (12... Rxe4 $5 13. fxe4 Nxe4+ 14. Ke1 Nc6 $14) 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. Nd5 Re8 15. Bf4 Nde5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Bd3 f5 18. Re1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 $1 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. f4 Qd7 22. Rb1 Raf8 23. Kg1 R5f7 24. Rb2 Re8 25. Rbe2 Rff8 26. a4 Qf7 27. Qd3 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Rd8 29. Qe4 g6 30. g4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Kg3 Kf8 33. h3 a6 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Qe6 ({Better is} 35. g5 $16) 35... Qxe6 36. Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf7 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Rg8 (38... d3 $1 $11 39. Ke3 Nb4 {[%mdl 64] Promotion}) 39. Rh6 Kg7 40. Rd6 {aiming for Rd7+.} Rf8 41. Kf4 d3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41... Rd8 $16 42. Nf6 Rxd6 43. Ne8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh6 44. Nxd6 d3) 42. Nc7 $18 Rc8 43. Ne6+ Kf7 44. Rxd3 Ne7 45. Ng5+ Ke8 46. Ke5 $2 ({Less strong is} 46. Nxh7 Rxc4+ 47. Kg5 Rxa4 $16) (46. Rd4 $18) 46... Rc5+ $1 $11 47. Ke6 {Black must now prevent Ne4.} Nxf5 {...Ng7+ is the strong threat.} 48. Ne4 Ng7+ 49. Kd6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Rxc4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 50. Ke5 {Strongly threatening Nd6+.} Rxa4 {Threatening ...Ra5+.} 51. Nd6+ Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Ra5+.} 52. Nxb7 Rh4 53. Ra3 Rh6 54. Nc5 Rh5+ 55. Kd4 a5 (55... Nf5+ $15 56. Kd5 Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} 57. Ke4 Rh4+ 58. Kd3 Nd5) 56. Rxa5 {The position is equal.} Ne6+ 57. Kc4 Nxc5 (57... Nc7 {seems wilder.} 58. Ra7 Rh4+ 59. Kd3 Rxh3+ 60. Ke4 Kd6) 58. Rxc5 Rxh3 {KR-KR} 59. Kd4 Kf6 60. Ke4 Kg6 61. Kf4 Rh5 62. Rxh5 Kxh5 63. Kg3 Kg5 64. Kh2 Kh5 65. Kh1 Kg5 66. Kg1 Kh5 67. Kh1 {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,132,27,6,17,6,9,2,7,7,18,18,25,18,27,20,16,20,31,40,28,26,91,100,98,67,72,17,11,11,10,13,23,30,21,20,42,34,49,11,13,0,0,0,16,14,21,12,21,0,14,8,14,16,20,23,43,12,58,66,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,7,0,18,18,18,8,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,0,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Bb6 10. a4 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bg5 Nxc2 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxc2 Rfe8 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 {½-½ (31) Zhang,Q-Ling,Z (1315) Changsha 2019}) 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. d4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 exd4 (16... Bxa4 $11 17. Qxa4 a5) 17. cxd4 $16 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qd7 19. Qxd7 (19. Qc2 $16) 19... Nxd7 $11 20. Be3 d5 21. exd5 Nf6 22. d6 cxd6 23. Nf5 Re6 24. Rec1 Bd8 25. Bd2 d5 26. Ne1 Ne4 27. Be3 Ne7 28. Nxe7+ Bxe7 29. Nd3 Rb6 30. Kf1 Rb5 31. Rc2 Bf6 32. b4 Be7 33. Ra4 Rab8 {[%cal Re7b4]} 34. Bf4 R8b7 {[%cal Re7b4]} 35. f3 Ng5 36. Bxg5 (36. Rc8+ $14 Kh7 37. Rxa6) 36... hxg5 37. Rxa6 Bxb4 38. Nxb4 Rxb4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 39. Rd2 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 R7b2 41. Ra2 Rxa2 42. Rxa2 $11 {KR-KR} Rd1 43. Ke3 f5 44. f4 gxf4+ 45. Kxf4 Rxd4+ 46. Kxf5 Kh7 47. g4 Rd1 48. Kg5 d4 49. Ra4 d3 50. Rd4 d2 51. h4 $1 Ra1 52. Rxd2 Ra5+ 53. Kf4 g5+ 54. hxg5 Kg6 55. Rd6+ Kg7 56. Re6 Rb5 57. Re5 Rb1 58. Re6 Rf1+ 59. Kg3 Rg1+ 60. Kf3 Rf1+ 61. Kg2 Ra1 62. g6 Ra3 {The position is equal.} 63. Kf2 Rb3 64. Re3 Rxe3 65. Kxe3 Kxg6 66. g5 Kxg5 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,-5,31,26,23,25,23,-9,-10,-10,-3,-3,-3,-2,-5,-10,-14,-31,-16,-15,-15,-15,-22,-14,-7,-4,-8,-10,-13,-25,2,0,0,0,20,8,62,61,64,54,215,237,260,258,349,339,343,343,339,331,902,913,916,921,913,911,888,862,775,758,1153,1153,1354,1351,1285,890]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Nxf4 7. exf4 Qa5 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} Qxc5 9. O-O g6 {[#]} 10. Nb3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne5 Bg7 11. Re1 Qb4 12. g3 Qxb2 13. c4 Be6 14. Rb1 Qxa2 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 {0-1 (33) Gajewski,G (2623)-Santos Ruiz,M (2583) Germany 2019}) 10... Qd6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. c3 O-O 13. Rfe1 Bg4 {White must now prevent ...Bxf3.} 14. Qe3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e6 16. h4 h5 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 a6 19. Nd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} b5 20. Ne4 Qd7 $1 21. Ng5 Rad8 22. Bc2 b4 ({Black should try} 22... Bf6 $11) 23. Ba4 $14 bxc3 24. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4,Bc4d5][%mdl 32]} Qc8 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (24... Re7 $14) 25. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5g6][%mdl 512] Threatens to win with fxg6.} gxf5 {[#]} (25... exf5 26. Rxe8+) 26. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} ({Less strong is} 26. Qxh5 Re7 $16) 26... Nd4 {[#]} 27. Rxd4 $1 (27. Qxh5 Re7 $14) 27... Bxd4 28. Bxe8 ({Weaker is} 28. Qxh5 Re7 $11) 28... Rxe8 29. Qxh5 Qc7 $2 (29... Qd7 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qh7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 33. Qxf5 Qe7) 30. cxd5 {White is clearly winning.} Re7 31. dxe6 f6 32. Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 33. Nf3 Bc3 34. Rc1 Rxe6 {[#]} 35. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb6 (35... Bxd4 36. Rxc7) 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qe3 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,100,7,10,-4,6,18,6,0,47,42,89,75,93,95,120,31,32,27,37,35,35,31,35,30,33,18,95,34,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,-34,0,0,7,7,7,-10,2,2,5,4,48,37,54,24,33,-17,21,0,0,0,16,16,16,16,16,16,35,40,45,26,74,77,80,30,192,179,188,187,212,213,434,413,355,334,607,585,5683,1475,29962,29963,29974]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 (5... Ne7 6. b3 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Nbd2 d6 10. exd6 e5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Qe2 Qxd6 13. g3 Be7 {1-0 (39) Caruana,F (2818)-Carlsen,M (2882) Saint Louis 2019}) 6. O-O Ne7 {[#]} 7. h4 $146 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} ({Predecessor:} 7. Re1 Ng6 8. e5 Be7 9. h4 f6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Bxh4 13. Nxh4 Nxh4 14. Qh5 Nf5 {1-0 (32) Grover,S (2505)-Lupulescu,C (2640) Al Ain 2014}) 7... e5 8. h5 d6 9. Nh2 {The position is equal.} Ng8 10. f4 Nf6 11. fxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 12. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be6 (12... gxh6 13. Rxf6) 13. hxg7 (13. Na3 $16) 13... Bxg7 $14 14. Bg5 Nd7 $1 15. Nd2 h5 16. Qe1 f6 17. Bh4 O-O-O 18. Kh1 Bh6 {[#]} (18... Rdg8 $11) 19. Nc4 ({White should play} 19. Rxf6 $1 $16 Nxf6 20. Bxf6) 19... Bf4 20. b4 Bxc4 21. dxc4 Rhg8 22. Nf3 cxb4 23. Qxb4 Be3 24. Rab1 a5 (24... Bb6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Qe7 (25. Qb3 $16 Bc5 26. Nh2) 25... Rde8 (25... Bc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5e7]} 26. Qe6 Rde8 $11) 26. Qh7 Nc5 27. Qf5+ Qd7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 28. Bxf6 Qxf5 29. exf5 Nd7 30. Rbe1 Nxf6 (30... Bf4 {looks sharper.} 31. Bh4 Ref8 32. Re2 Rg4 33. Be1 a4) 31. Rxe3 Ng4 32. Re4 Rgf8 33. Ne1 Nh6 34. f6 Ng4 35. Nd3 Nxf6 36. Rxe5 {Black must now prevent Rxf6!} Ng4 {[%cal Rf8f1]} 37. Rxf8 Rxf8 $11 {[%cal Rf8f1][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 38. Re1 Rd8 39. Re4 Kc7 40. g3 (40. c5 {feels hotter.} Rg8 41. Kg1 Rg5 42. Nf4 Kd7 43. Nxh5 Rxh5 44. Rxg4 Rxc5 45. c4) 40... Rf8 41. Kg2 Rf5 42. Nf4 {Threatens to win with Nxh5.} Kd6 $2 {[#] This costs Black the game.} (42... Ne5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 43. Nxh5 $1 $18 Rxh5 44. Rxg4 {KR-KR} Kc5 45. a3 a4 $2 (45... Re5 {was worth a try.} 46. Kf2 Rh5) 46. Re4 Rh8 47. g4 Rd8 $2 (47... Rg8 48. Kf2 Rg5) 48. g5 Rd2+ 49. Kf3 Rxc2 50. g6 Rc3+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,113,12,18,6,18,20,21,14,8,10,16,0,23,9,35,16,26,18,38,28,27,25,58,23,21,17,21,10,26,19,24,36,39,46,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,122,115,108,114,195,219,210,17,852,816,790,761,727,683,523,226,586,570,29980,29983,29983,0,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 {is the new trend.} 10. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Re8 (10... c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 h6 15. Nh4 Rfe8 16. Ng6 Ng4 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Re2 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Rd7 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxd6 {½-½ (55) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 11. Rhe1 Bg4 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. a3 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {[#]} Nd5 $146 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5e7,Be7g6,Bg6e5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. Bd2 Bf8 17. Qf3 c5 18. Nf5 Re6 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. c4 Re8 21. Ne3 Qd7 {½-½ (44) Zaas,P (2353)-Kunz,H (2329) ICCF email 2018}) 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. h4 Ng6 18. h5 Ne5 19. Qg3 h6 20. Re4 Nc6 21. Rg4 Nxd4 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. cxd4 {Qg6! is the strong threat.} Qf5 24. f3 (24. b3 $14) 24... Re2 $11 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rf5c2]} 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 27. Rg4 Qa5+ 28. Kd1 Qb5 29. Re4 (29. b3 {looks sharper.} Qf1+ 30. Kd2 a5 31. Qh4 Kh7 32. Re4) 29... Rxe4 30. fxe4 Qxb2 {KQ-KQ} 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. e5 Qb5 33. Qg3+ Kh7 34. Qf3 Qc4 35. Qe4+ Kg7 36. exd6 cxd6 37. Kd2 Qb5 38. Qf3 Qg5+ 39. Kc3 d5 40. g4 b6 41. Kb2 Kf8 42. a4 Ke7 43. Qe2+ Kd6 44. a5 bxa5 (44... Qf4 $11) 45. Qa6+ $16 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke7 46. Qxa7+ Kf6 (46... Ke6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 47. Qxa5 $18 Kg7 {[#]} 48. c4 $2 ({Better is} 48. Qa8 $1 $18) 48... Qxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Qe7 $11) 49. Qxd5 f5 50. Qe5+ Kf7 51. c5 f4 {intending ...f3.} 52. Qd5+ (52. Qe4 $142) 52... Kf6 $2 (52... Ke8 {is tougher.} 53. Qe5+ Kf7) 53. Qd6+ Kg5 54. Qg6+ Kh4 55. Qxg4+ Kxg4 56. c6 f3 57. c7 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,107,0,12,0,16,15,11,11,16,0,16,15,20,-21,-35,-59,-70,-60,-54,-42,-31,-104,-89,-104,-96,-139,-116,-145,-155,-173,-178,-249,-245,-223,-177,-268,-259,-288,34,39,41,-125,281,289,275,269,280,281,249,258,263,161,448,466,448,294,1142,235,220,151,234,235,379,379,358,306,387,496,520,520,533,531,526,500,500,500,500,500,434,414,396,385,512,468,6416,6432,5514,6207,2483,1901,29964,29964,29966,29967,29966,29964,7811,6051]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 (5... Ne7 6. b3 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Nbd2 d6 10. exd6 e5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Qe2 Qxd6 13. g3 Be7 {1-0 (39) Caruana,F (2818)-Carlsen,M (2882) Saint Louis 2019}) 6. O-O Ne7 {[#]} 7. h4 $146 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} ({Predecessor:} 7. Re1 Ng6 8. e5 Be7 9. h4 f6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Bxh4 13. Nxh4 Nxh4 14. Qh5 Nf5 {1-0 (32) Grover,S (2505)-Lupulescu,C (2640) Al Ain 2014}) 7... e5 8. h5 Ng8 9. Nh2 {The position is equal.} Nf6 10. f4 Be7 11. Nc3 d6 12. h6 gxh6 13. f5 Rg8 14. Bxh6 c4 15. Kh1 Ba6 16. b3 (16. g4 $15) 16... cxd3 $17 17. cxd3 d5 18. exd5 O-O-O (18... Nxd5 $6 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rc1 $11) 19. Rc1 Nxd5 20. Qf3 Ba3 21. Ne4 (21. Rc2 $142) 21... Bxc1 $19 22. Rxc1 Nb4 23. Nc5 (23. Nf6 $142) 23... Bxd3 24. f6 Bb5 $2 (24... Kb8 $19 25. a3 e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Nd3) 25. a4 $1 $14 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Ba6 {Strongly threatening ...Bb7.} 26. Ng4 $2 (26. Qh3+ $1 $14 Rd7 27. Be3 (27. Bd2 $2 Nd3 $19)) 26... Kb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (26... Bb7 $1 $17 {...Rd4 is the strong threat.} 27. Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb8 28. Nxe5 Bc8) 27. Nxa6+ $18 Nxa6 {[#]} 28. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb7 {With the idea ...Nb4.} ({Don't go for} 28... Qxe5 $2 29. Bf4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 29. Nxc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ka8 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Qe2 Nb8 $2 (31... Nc7 {was worth a try.} 32. Qc2 Ne6) 32. Bf4 Qd5 33. Rc7 Nd7 $2 {[#]} (33... Qd1+ 34. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Nd7) 34. Be3 $2 (34. Qa6 $1 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Rc7a7]} Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh5+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qd4+ 38. Kg3 Rg8+ 39. Kh3) 34... Nxf6 35. Rxa7+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Kb8 {[#] and if ...Qd1+ works, Black does fine.} 36. Re7 $1 {aiming for Bf4+.} Rd7 (36... Qd1+ $142 37. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 38. Bg1 Rd7 39. Rxd7 Nxd7) 37. Bf4+ Kb7 38. Rxd7+ Nxd7 39. b4 Nb6 40. Qe7+ Nd7 41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. Bxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kc6 43. Be7 Nb6 {[#]} 44. a5 $1 Nd5 45. Bf8 Kb5 46. Kh2 f5 47. Kg3 h5 (47... Kc6 $142 48. Kf3 Kb5) 48. Bc5 Ka6 49. Kh4 Nf4 50. g3 Ne2 51. Bd6 Kb5 52. Kxh5 Nc3 53. Kg6 Ne4 54. Bf4 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,130,22,24,20,33,16,17,25,23,17,29,12,19,19,24,7,29,6,14,7,12,0,0,0,29,16,12,-38,-41,-48,-22,-28,0,-6,0,-11,0,-4,0,0,0,-261,-266,-253,-225,-394,-380,-510,-367,-361,-326,-308,-306,-308,-304,-308,-291,-304,-301,-290,-299,-466,-457,-445,-436,-585,-596,-850,-838,-907,-911,-29970,-29971,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29972,-29974,-29974,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29967,-29968,-29967,-29968,-29964,-29963,-29965,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29979,-29979,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29982,-29983,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29983,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 {[#] B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... a6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. a4 Be7 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 d6 12. c3 Bg4 {½-½ (59) Rutkus,R (2030)-McKenzie,C (2292) ICCF email 2013}) 7. Bh4 a6 8. Bc4 {The position is equal.} Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 d6 11. a4 Nh5 12. Bg3 g6 13. Re1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Kg7 15. Nf1 h5 16. Ne3 h4 17. gxh4 Bxh4 18. g3 Bg5 $1 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Qf3 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5+ Rxf5 23. Qg2 Raf8 24. Re2 Rf3 {Hoping for ...e4!} 25. Rae1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Black converts the advantage convincingly.} (25. Bd5 $11 Rxd3 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Qxc6) 25... e4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4d3][%mdl 512]} 26. dxe4 Ne5 27. Be6 $2 {[#]} (27. Bd5) 27... Nd3 $1 {[%csl LRe1,LRf2][%cal Rd3e1]} 28. Bf5 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Rd3 30. f4 Qxg3 31. Qxg3 Rxg3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 32. Kf2 Rd3 ({Weaker is} 32... gxf5 33. Kxg3 fxe4 34. Rxe4 $11) 33. Ke2 {[#]} c4 $1 ({And not} 33... gxf5 34. Kxd3 Re8 35. Re3 $11) 34. Rg1 Rf6 35. Rg4 (35. Bc8 $142 Rxf4 36. Bxb7) 35... d5 36. a5 b6 37. axb6 Rxb6 38. b4 cxb3 {White must now prevent ...b2!} 39. Kxd3 b2 40. Rxg6+ Rxg6 {KR-KB. Black mates.} 41. Kc2 Rb6 42. Kb1 Kf6 43. Bh7 dxe4 44. Bxe4 a5 45. Bc2 Ke6 46. c4 Kd6 47. f5 Kc5 48. f6 Rxf6 49. Kxb2 Kxc4 50. Bh7 Rf8 51. Be4 Re8 52. Bg6 Re7 53. Bh5 Kb4 54. Bf3 Rd7 55. Bg4 Rd2+ 56. Kb1 Rd6 57. Kb2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 58. Bh5 a3+ 59. Kb1 Rd7 60. Bg6 Rd1+ 61. Ka2 Rd2+ 62. Kb1 a2+ 63. Ka1 Ka3 64. Bc2 Re2 65. Bd1 Rg2 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,125,24,32,29,27,26,30,19,26,25,29,31,32,25,22,20,22,16,23,18,15,12,12,12,12,12,12,10,10,0,0,0,2,-28,0,0,6,0,0,-18,-18,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-120,-107,-123,-125,-108,-124,-144,-143,-160,-160,-152,-153,-173,-129,-122,-135,-188,-182,-182,-182,-196,-182,-254,-227,-252,0,-272,-182,-182,-182,-183,-183,-176,-176,-339,-311,-253,-234,-234,-324,-318,-170,-344,-233,-257,-118,-128,0,-254,-208,-231,-139,-148,0,0,0,0,0,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 (4... dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Kf1 Rd7 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 {1-0 (40) Carlsen,M (2863)-Caruana,F (2835) chess24.com INT 2020}) 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 {White has an edge.} Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 g6 {[#]} 14. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng5 Ne8 15. b4 Qe7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. a4 Nd6 18. b5 cxb5 19. axb5 a5 20. Na4 {½-½ (78) Xiong,J (2679)-Maghsoodloo,P (2671) chess.com INT 2019}) 14... Qe7 15. Na4 Ne8 16. b4 Nd6 17. Nc5 Nb6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Nd2 f5 20. Re1 Nbc4 21. Nf3 b5 22. a4 Ne4 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 {[#]} 25. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 (25... Nxe5 26. dxe5) 26. Qc3 Qf6 27. Rf1 {Threatens to win with Nd7.} Qe6 28. Rfc1 Kg7 29. Rc2 Kg8 30. Rca2 (30. Rcc1 $11) 30... Rxa2 $17 31. Rxa2 Nxe5 32. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KQR-KQR} d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3][%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 33. Qb2 (33. Qxd4 Qxa2) 33... d3 $1 ({Much worse is} 33... Qxe5 $6 34. exd4 Qd5 35. Ra3 $11) ({Don't play} 33... dxe3 $6 34. fxe3 Qc4 35. Ra1 $11) 34. Ra1 Rd8 35. Rc1 Qd5 36. Qa1 d2 37. Rd1 Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 38. e6 (38. Kh2 $17) 38... Qxe6 $19 39. Qb2 Qd5 40. Qc3 Kf7 41. Qa3 (41. Qb2 $142) 41... Rd7 42. Qc3 Rd8 43. Qa3 $1 Ke6 44. Qb2 Qd3 45. Qa2+ Kf6 $1 46. Qb2+ Kf7 47. Qa2+ $2 (47. Kh2) 47... Rd5 $1 48. Qa7+ Rd7 49. Qa2+ Ke7 50. Qa1 Kd6 (50... Qc2 $142 51. f3 Ke6 52. fxe4 Rd3) 51. Kh2 $2 (51. Qa2 {was forced.} Ke7 52. Qb2) 51... Qd5 52. Kg1 Ke6 (52... h5 $19 {is more deadly.} 53. Kh2 Qe5+ 54. Qxe5+ Kxe5) 53. Qh8 $17 Kd6 (53... h5 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Kd6.} 54. Qg8+ Ke7 55. Qxg6 Kd8 56. Qf6+ Kc7) 54. Qb8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Qa1 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 54... Ke7 $1 $19 55. Qh8 Qb3 56. Qe5+ {[#]} Kf7 ({Better is} 56... Qe6 $1 $17 {[%cal Re6e5]} 57. Qh8 h5) 57. Qf4+ $11 Kg7 58. Qe5+ Kf8 59. Qf4+ Kg8 60. Qb8+ {The position is equal.} Kf7 (60... Kg7 $5 61. Qe5+ $8 Kf7 62. Qf4+ Kg8 63. Qb8+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 64. Qe5+ $17) 61. Qf4+ Ke8 62. Qe5+ Kf7 63. Qf4+ {Whites escaped into a draw. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,113,46,46,46,59,32,37,25,29,21,62,55,78,70,90,91,97,98,102,103,95,99,98,60,66,72,55,70,91,92,97,87,108,78,70,66,48,14,250,245,332,332,332,332,380,370,372,365,358,340,412,404,393,401,414,410,401,383,393,331,320,322,327,279,386,285,333,293,302,301,448,445,442,440,435,432,427,423,416,414,402,394,524,534,1721,1916,1705,1855,1855,976,977,967,953,946,907,925,925,919,858,747,858,835,29979,29980,29982,29983]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} b5 7. Bc2 Nge7 {[#]} 8. d3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Qd3 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Bf4 14. Nc3 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 {1-0 (29) Jones,G (2702)-Vidit,S (2707) Hengshui 2019}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Qg4 d6 14. h4 Kh8 15. Bb3 Qc7 16. Nf3 {Hoping for Ng5.} Na5 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 f6 19. h5 Ne7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Nh4 {[#] Black must now prevent Ng6+!} Qf7 22. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} bxc4 23. dxc4 e4 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (23... f5 $1 $11 24. Qxf5 Qxf5 25. Nxf5 Nxc4) 24. b3 $18 Kg8 25. Bd2 Nb7 26. Bc3 Re5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rae1 Nd6 {and the idea ...f5 leaves Black hopeful.} 29. Nf5 g6 30. Nxd6 Bxd6 31. Qxe4 f5 32. Qh4 Re8 33. f3 gxh5 34. Re3 Kh8 35. Rfe1 Qg6 36. Qh3 a5 37. Kh1 Qf7 38. a3 Re7 39. Qh4 Qg6 (39... Re8 $142 40. R1e2 Rg8) 40. b4 Rg7 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rg6g2]} 41. R1e2 cxb4 42. axb4 axb4 {[#]} 43. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6]} f4 {Strongly threatening ...Be7.} 44. Re4 ({Not} 44. cxd6 fxe3 45. Qxb4 h6 $18) ({Less strong is} 44. Qd8+ Rg8 $14) 44... Bxc5 45. Rxe5 {aiming for Re8+.} Be3 46. Re6 Qb1+ 47. Re1 {Re8+ would kill now.} Qb2 48. Re8+ Rg8 49. Rxg8+ Kxg8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qd7+ Kg6 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. d6 Qd2 55. Rb1 b3 56. d7 b2 57. d8=Q {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,113,0,0,6,16,12,20,7,15,180,102,102,96,78,66,66,62,82,62,75,53,55,53,50,50,110,41,108,47,45,15,59,33,36,15,87,37,53,56,70,42,45,46,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,0,-10,-6,0,0,0,0,1,1,7,8,7,3,7,6,35,20,83,51,111,83,83,83,83,11,252,252,252,252,151,151,12834,12834,12835,12835,12838,12838,12839,12839,12839,12840,12841,12841,12850,12850,12850,27999,12851,29979,12851,27999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32] C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 7. Nd5 Nd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] And now ...Qe5 would win. Double Attack} 8. Nxe7 Nxe2 {The position is equal.} 9. Nd5 {[#]} c6 $146 (9... Nd4 $1 $11 10. Na3 (10. Nxc7+ Kd8 $11) (10. Bd3 Nc5 $11) 10... Ne6) ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd4 10. Na3 Ne6 11. f3 N4c5 12. d4 Nd7 13. c3 c6 14. Nf4 Nb6 15. Bd3 d5 {½-½ (80) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 10. Bxe2 (10. Nc7+ $18 Kd7 11. Nxa8 Nxc1 12. f3 (12. Na3 b6 $18)) 10... cxd5 $16 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nb5 {Threatens to win with Nc7+.} Kd7 13. d3 Nc5 14. Bf3 Be7 15. Nc3 d4 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. b3 Bf5 (17... Rac8 $14) 18. Kd1 ({White should play} 18. g4 $16 Be6 19. g5) 18... Rab8 (18... h5 $14) 19. Bb2 (19. g4 $16 Be6 20. Bb2) 19... Ne6 $14 20. Bd5 a6 21. Re1 h5 22. a4 h4 (22... Nc7 $11 {keeps the balance.} 23. Bf3 (23. Bxf7 Rbf8 $15) 23... Ne6) 23. h3 Bg6 24. a5 Rh5 25. Bf3 (25. Bxe6+ $5 fxe6 26. Bxd4 $14 (26. Nf4 Rg5 $11)) 25... Rc5 26. Ra4 {[%cal Re2d4]} Rbc8 27. Bxd4 (27. Bxb7 $14 R8c7 28. Bxa6) 27... Nxd4 $11 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxc2 {[#] Hoping for ...Rc1+.} 30. Rc4 Bxd3 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Re3 Bc2+ 33. Kd2 Bf5 34. Bxb7 Rc2+ 35. Kd1 {Black should prevent Rf3.} Rc5 36. b4 Rb5 37. Bxa6 Rxb4 38. Ra3 Be4 39. f3 Ba8 40. Kc2 d5 (40... Kc6 $11) 41. Kc3 Rf4 (41... Rb1 $14) 42. Bd3 Kc7 43. a6 g5 44. Rb3 (44. a7 $16) 44... f5 $2 (44... Ra4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 45. Rb4 $18 Rxb4 46. Kxb4 {KB-KB} Kb6 47. Bxf5 {Kc3 is the strong threat.} Kxa6 $2 (47... Bc6 $16 48. Be6 Bb5) 48. Kc5 Ka5 49. Be6 d4 50. Kxd4 Bc6 51. Ke5 Bb5 52. Kf6 Bf1 53. Kxg5 Bxg2 54. f4 Kb6 55. Kxh4 Kc5 56. Kg5 (56. f5 $18 Kd6 57. Bc8) 56... Kd6 57. Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,37,42,45,59,34,51,19,27,20,19,13,19,2,8,0,30,21,26,23,17,7,8,43,13,7,42,42,36,47,61,22,49,46,87,89,85,63,119,121,179,168,233,196,241,129,172,140,245,134,171,154,147,100,363,131,252,237,491,0,117,0,547,535,654,451,1038,1047,1082,1072,1063,1067,1186]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} b5 7. Bc2 Nge7 {[#]} 8. d3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Qd3 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Bf4 14. Nc3 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 {1-0 (29) Jones,G (2702)-Vidit,S (2707) Hengshui 2019}) 8... Ng6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be7 $1 11. Bb3 d6 12. Bd5 Qe8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Rb8 15. Rc1 {[%cal Rd4c5]} (15. a3 {feels hotter.} cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 18. Re1) 15... Nb4 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Bb7 20. Nb3 (20. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1e8]} Qd7 21. Nf1 $11) 20... Qd7 21. Na5 Ba8 22. Nc6 Rbe8 23. Nfd4 Qd6 (23... Ne5 $14) 24. b4 $16 Re4 (24... Qd7 $16 25. Qd2 Ne7) 25. Qf3 Rfe8 (25... Rf4 {was worth a try.} 26. Qe3 Bxc6 27. Nxc6 Rf5) 26. Nf5 $18 Qd7 27. g3 ({White has to play} 27. Nb8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb8d7]} Qa7 28. Qc3) 27... h6 28. h4 Kh8 (28... Rc4 $16) 29. Ne3 (29. Nb8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb8d7]} Qd8 30. Nxa6) 29... Kg8 30. Rfc1 Nf8 31. Nf5 Nh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... g6 $16) 32. Kg2 $2 (32. Nb8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb8d7] and the rest is easy.} Qd8 33. Qxe4 $3 {[%mdl 512]} (33. Nxa6 Bxd5 34. Qc3 Qf6 $18) 33... Rxe4 34. Rc8) 32... Kh8 {[#]} (32... g6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 33. Nb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8d7]} Qd8 $2 (33... Rxb8 34. Qxe4 Nf6) 34. Nc6 $2 (34. Nxa6 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qd7 35. Nc7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 34... Qd7 $16 35. Nb8 $2 $40 {[%mdl 8320] Black needs to defend precisely.} (35. Rd1 $16) 35... Qd8 $18 36. Nxa6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e8,Be8d6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Bxd5 37. Nc7 Bb7 (37... Qxc7 $142 38. Rxc7 R4e5) 38. Nxe8 Re7 39. Qxb7 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxb7 40. Ned6 Nf8 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess International"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,10,16,-18,0,-5,18,18,10,7,0,0,18,29,35,17,20,11,15,12,20,11,52,35,120,138,216,191,399,389,396,404,395,402,395,394,552,544,929,637,616,564,963,956,29986,29987,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29992]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 (4... O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. Bg2 a6 7. O-O b5 8. d4 d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 bxc4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Na4 Be6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 {1-0 (55) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 5. bxc3 O-O {[#]} 6. f3 $146 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} ({Predecessor:} 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Nb6 12. d4 Be6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. dxe5 Bc4 15. Re1 Rxe5 {½-½ (32) Bareev,E (2643)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2657) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 6... b5 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 {The position is equal.} bxc4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. Nh3 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 dxe5 14. dxe5 N7b6 15. Bb3 Qe7 16. e6 {exf7+ is the strong threat.} fxe6 {[#] Black is now going downhill.} (16... f6 $1 $14) 17. Ng5 $1 $16 Rf6 (17... Bc8 $16) 18. Qc2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Rg6 $2 {[#]} (18... g6 19. Bb2 c5) 19. Rxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6 (19... Rxe6 20. Qxh7+) 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Bb2 Rae8 22. Bd4 Kh8 (22... R6e7 $142 23. a4 Nd7) 23. Qf5 Bc8 {White must now prevent ...Re1+.} 24. Qh5 c5 25. Bxc5 Re5 26. Qf7 {And now Bf8 would win.} Bh3 27. Bf8 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rf8g7] White mates.} Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ {[#]} 29. Kf2 $1 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rf8g7]} Rf1+ {[#]} 30. Ke2 $1 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rf8g7]} Nc3+ {[#]} 31. Kd3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

