[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,82,-15,-8,-16,-9,-85,-72,-72,-56,-70,-47,-83,-81,-129,-122,-129,-128,-126,-117,-108,-119,-111,-82,-109,-106,-104,-79,-75,-85,-77,-76,-77,-58,-106,-88,-87,-86,-127,-127,-127,-121,-252,-256,-239,-235,-225,-197,-393,-390,-593,-541,-551,-551,-618,-604,-1172,-1025,-29976,-29977,-29975,-1293,-5306,0,-29970,0,-5197,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. dxe5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} dxe5 11. Bg5 (11. Nxe5 $11 Nd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bg3) 11... h6 $17 12. Bxf6 {Black is better.} Qxf6 13. O-O {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf5 14. Nc4 Rad8 15. Qb3 e4 16. Nh2 Qe7 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Nxg4 Kh7 19. Rad1 f5 {½-½ (35) Megaranto,S (2524)-Saric,I (2639) Biel 2013}) 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Rad1 e4 16. Nh2 e3 17. Ndf3 exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Be6 19. Qa4 a6 20. Re1 b5 21. Qf4 Qc5 22. a3 Ne5 23. Bf1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Nxf3+ ({Don't play} 23... Nd3 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 25. Ne5 $11) 24. Nxf3 Ra7 {[%cal Ba8a7,Ba7d7,Bd7d2][%mdl 32]} 25. Nd2 Rad7 26. Ne4 Qb6 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 $1 28. Qxf6 Rd2 29. Qf4 (29. b3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 29... Rxb2 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rdd2.} 30. Re3 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Kg7 32. Qe1 $2 {[#]} (32. Rd3 {might work better.} Qc7 33. Rd4) 32... Rd1 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 33. Qxd1 (33. Qf2 {only move.} Ra1 34. Re1 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxa3 36. Rc1) 33... Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kh2 Qxc3 35. Qd6 Bc4 36. Bxc4 bxc4 37. Qxa6 {KQ-KQ} Qe5+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ (38... c3 $142 39. Qc4 Qe3+ 40. Kh2 g5 41. Qb5 Qe4 42. Kh1 c2 43. Qb2+ f6 44. Qc1 Qe2 45. Kh2 Qd1 46. Qe3 c1=Q 47. Qe7+ Kg6 48. Qe4+ Kf7 49. Qb7+ Ke6 50. Qe4+ Kd7 51. Qf5+ Ke7 52. Qe4+ Kd8 53. Qa8+ Kd7 54. Qb7+ Qc7+ 55. Qxc7+ Kxc7 56. Kg3 Qd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kf2 Qxa3 58. Ke2 Qg3 59. Kd2 Kd6 60. Ke2 Ke5 61. Kd2 Kd4 62. Kc2 Kc4 63. Kd1 Qxg2 64. Kc1 Kc3 65. Kd1 Qf1#) 39. Kh2 Qe5+ (39... c3 $19 40. Qb5 Qe3) 40. Kg1 $1 Qe1+ (40... c3 $142 41. Qc4 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qd2 43. Qb4 g5 44. Qb7 c2 45. Qb2+ Kg6 46. Qb6+ Kh5 47. Qc6 c1=Q 48. Qf3+ Kg6 49. Qe4+ Kf6 50. h4 Qd6+ 51. g3 Qcd2+ 52. Kh3 Qf2 53. hxg5+ hxg5 54. Qg2 {[#]} g4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 55. Kh4 Qxg2 56. Kxg4 Qgxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kh5 Qh3#) 41. Kh2 Qe5+ $2 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 77%.} ({Black should try} 41... c3 $19 42. Qa5 g5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,91,0,22,4,12,7,15,14,13,19,18,1,12,12,25,17,32,22,25,16,27,5,55,66,68,79,82,91,100,100,109,104,226,224,213,222,233,225,200,239,227,225,235,213,211,207,225,242,245,290,281,257,268,260,217,209,427,424,409,348,522,540,611,617,591,581,545,519,716,796,1424,1284,1335,1201,3002,2951,2950,1633,29966,29965,29967,29964,6303,6043]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 (4... Nc6 5. Be2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb3 Rab8 16. Nc1 b5 {½-½ (36) Carlsen,M (2861)-Ding,L (2805) Abidjan 2019}) 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bd3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bxf4 7. exf4 Qb6 {Threatens to win with ...c4.} 8. Qc2 {The position is equal.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. g3 O-O 14. O-O b6 15. Rfe1 Na5 16. Qd1 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 {0-1 (28) Fernandez Rodriguez,J (1442)-Sotoca Aguado,J (1865) Mostoles 2019}) 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nbd2 Rac8 {...Nb4! is the strong threat.} 13. a3 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ne8 17. Nf3 Bb5 {next ...Bxd3 is good for Black.} 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. a4 Ba6 20. Qb1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} g6 {[#] This costs Black the game.} (20... Qc7 $16 {was necessary.}) 21. Bxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qc7 23. Qxh6+ Qh7 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Ng5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 26. Nxe6 Rd7 27. Re3 Ng7 28. Nd4 $1 Rf8 29. e6 Re7 30. g4 b6 31. Rae1 Bc8 32. Kg2 Rfe8 $2 (32... Rf6 33. Kg3 Rg6) 33. Kg3 Bxe6 34. h4 Kf8 (34... Kf7 {might work better.} 35. h5 Rg8) 35. h5 Bg8 {intending ...Rxe3+.} 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Kf4 Ne6+ 39. Nxe6 Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KP} 40. Kg5 Kf7 41. a5 bxa5 42. f4 Kg7 43. f5 Bd7 44. h6+ Kh7 {[#]} 45. Kf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e7]} Kxh6 {[#]} 46. Ke7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r4/pp1q1kp1/3b1pp1/n2p4/3P1P1r/4B3/PP2R2N/1N1Q1RK1 b - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,34,-117,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,16,16,16,16,15,20,17,51,49,64,62,227,217,211,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] [#]} 26... Rdh8 (26... g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg5f4][%mdl 512]} 27. Nf3 (27. fxg5 Rdh8) 27... Rg4+ 28. Kf2 Nc4) 27. Nd2 $1 $11 Nc4 28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Qc2 b5 30. Qe4 {Black must now prevent Qd5+.} Re8 31. Qd5+ Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 32. Qxe6+ ({Of course not} 32. Qxb5 Bxf4 33. Bxf4 (33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. Bxf4 Qxe2 $17) 33... Qxe2 $17) 32... Rxe6 33. Nf3 Rg4+ 34. Kf2 g5 35. fxg5 {aiming for Ke1.} Bg3+ 36. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Kh3.} f5 $2 ({Black should play} 36... Bd6+ $14 37. Kh1 Re8) 37. Kh3 Bf4 38. Ne5+ $2 ({White must play} 38. Bxf4 $18 Rxe2 39. Ne5+ Rxe5 40. Bxe5 Rxg5 41. a4) 38... Rxe5 $1 {The position is equal.} 39. dxe5 Rg3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 40. Kh4 Rg4+ $1 41. Kh3 (41. Kh5 $2 {gets mated.} g6+ 42. Kh6 Rh4#) 41... Rg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kh4 Rg4+ 43. Kh3 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 74%.} (43. Kh5 $2 {is a self mate.} g6+ 44. Kh6 Rh4#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,87,10,7,28,26,33,27,46,15,41,14,44,32,24,20,51,53,56,68,56,33,43,42,50,46,108,108,104,114,125,121,122,128,145,123,137,133,144,133,135,136,146,144,146,163,163,160,215,182,209,191,224,220,293,204,279,278,272,272,255,255,345,322,393,391,401,365,439,408,389,373,452,460,681,569,569,569]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack.} 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O b5 {White has an edge.} 10. a3 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Leaves trodden paths.} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7 11. Kb1 Nbd7 12. Qe1 Rc8 13. Be2 g6 14. Nb3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd4 O-O 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (41) Aryan,C (2430)-Arribas Lopez,A (2536) Madrid 2015}) 11. Kb1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4d6]} e5 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 17. Qxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 18. c4 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Rac8 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} (18... Rhb8 $14) 19. cxb5 $16 Rc5 20. Qb3 axb5 21. a4 Rhc8 22. Bxb5 Bg5 23. Rd3 h4 24. Rhd1 Rc1+ 25. Ka2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Bf4 27. h3 Be3 28. Bc4 Qxb3+ 29. Kxb3 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (29. Bxb3 Ra8 $16) 29... Bd4 (29... f5 $16 30. exf5 Bd4) 30. Rd2 f5 31. Rc2 ({Resist} 31. exf5 Kf6 $16) 31... fxe4 32. fxe4 Kf6 33. Bb5 Rb8 34. Kb4 Kg5 35. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kf4 {[#]} 36. Re2 $1 Rc8 37. a6 Bc5+ 38. Ka5 Ba7 39. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Rc1 40. Bc4 Ra1+ 41. Kb5 Rb1 42. Kc6 {White is clearly winning.} Bc5 (42... Ra1 $142 43. Kxd6 g5) 43. Kb7 Ra1 {[#]} 44. b4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,115,40,28,34,21,40,47,39,30,56,27,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,10,7,11,28,8,37,16,33,19,25,0,0,0,0,-17,-14,-36,-24,-23,0,0,0,-1,-3,-11,-10,0,-9,-20,14,14,14,4,112,104,107,97,104,95,107,116,279,275,362,358,472,458,659,643,673,673,1056,1075,1025,1072,1073,1068,1066,1058,1004,686,560,0,972,967,1365,1278,29957,29939,5189,2750,29984,29985,29985,29970,29979,29981,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 {[#] B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7.} 11. Bd2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. Kb1 Be7 13. g4 b5 14. Bg3 e5 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Bd3 Be6 17. h4 Qa5 18. g5 {1-0 (60) Robson,R (2667)-Caruana,F (2828) chess.com INT 2019}) 11... Bc6 12. Bd3 Be7 {White is slightly better.} 13. Kb1 b5 14. g4 Nd7 15. h4 (15. Ne2 {is interesting.} Ne5 16. Bc3 Ng6 17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qf2) 15... Qb6 16. Ne2 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb7 $1 18. Nb3 Rb8 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Be2 f6 21. h5 Kf7 22. Rhe1 Rhd8 23. Bg3 Rbc8 24. Bf2 d5 25. f4 Nc4 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Bd3 Bf3 28. Bg6+ Kg8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nd4 $1 $132 {[%cal Rd4f3][%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Bxg4 {With the idea ...Bc5.} 31. Nc6 Rd7 {Hoping for ...Bd6.} 32. Nxe7+ Rxe7 33. b3 Nd2+ 34. Kc1 Rd7 $1 35. Re3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rc3.} b4 (35... Rd8 $11) 36. Be1 $16 {White stays focused until the end.} Nf3 37. Bxb4 Nh4 38. Bd3 Rd4 39. Bc5 Rxf4 $2 {[#]} (39... Rd5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 40. Bxa6 $18 e5 41. a4 Bxh5 42. Bb7 Nf5 (42... Rf1+ $142 43. Kb2 Nf5) 43. Re1 Bf3 44. Bxf3 Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 45. a5 Rc3 46. b4 Nd4 47. Bxd4 exd4 {KR-KR} 48. Kb2 Rc4 49. Kb3 Rc3+ 50. Kb2 (50. Ka2 $142 Rxc2+ 51. Kb3 Rc3+ 52. Ka4) 50... Rc4 $1 51. Re8+ Kf7 52. Rb8 Ke6 53. a6 Rc7 54. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Kd7 55. b6 {White mates.} Rc5 56. a7 Rb5+ 57. Kc1 h5 58. a8=Q {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,126,23,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,22,16,7,10,28,31,25,6,3,3,4,0,0,0,0,-27,-24,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-16,-16,-18,-27,-20,-27,-26,-21,-20,-20,-16,-24,-35,-49,-49,-47,-33,-26,-23,-33,-33,-51,-69,-97,-44,-44,-41,-59,-51,-74,-74,-71,-66,-70,-70,-61,-47,-86,-93,-170,-131,-170,-167,-162,-147,-274,-278,-261,-270,-372,-366,-367,-337,-458,-458,-402,-268,-261,-260,-1505,-1505,-1505,-1468,-1491,-1489,-1505,-1468,-1378,-1370,-1367,-1207,-1342,-1300,-1269,-1159,-898,-898]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 Bg4 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3).} 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. h3 Be6 {Black has an edge.} 13. Nd5 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd7 14. c3 Ne5 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Kh2 Qa5 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. a4 e6 19. Nb4 Nc4 {1-0 (74) Quparadze,G (2498)-Shanava,K (2540) Tbilisi 2017}) 14. Kh2 Rc4 15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. c3 b5 17. a3 h5 18. Bg5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qf5 20. h4 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Bf6 22. Rae1 (22. f3 {looks sharper.} Ne5 23. f4 Ng4 24. Rae1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rf3) 22... Bxg5 23. hxg5 Qxg5 24. Qxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 R4c7 26. Re4 $1 Ne5 27. f4 Ng4 28. Rfe1 Nf6 29. Rd4 Rb8 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. Red1 Re7 32. Rb4 Re3 33. Kg2 a6 34. a4 Ne4 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bd3 Nxg3 37. c4 h4 (37... Ne4 $17 {White must now prevent ...h4.} 38. cxb5 Nf6) 38. cxb5 $15 Nh5 39. Kf2 Rh3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 40. b6 Nf6 41. Be2 Rh2+ 42. Kf3 $1 Nd7 $1 43. b7 Nc5 44. Ra1 {And now Ra8 would win.} Rxb7 {White is on the road to losing.} 45. Ra8+ (45. Rxb7 $17 {keeps fighting.} Nxb7 46. b4) 45... Kg7 $19 46. Rxb7 Nxb7 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 47. b4 {[#]} Rh3+ $1 48. Kg2 (48. Kg4 $17 {was the only chance.} Rb3 49. Ba6 Rxb4 50. Rb8 f5+ 51. Kh3 Rxf4 52. Rxb7+ Kf6 53. Rd7) 48... Rg3+ $19 49. Kh2 Rb3 50. Ba6 Rxb4 51. Rb8 {[#]} Rb6 $1 52. Bxb7 {and the idea Kh3 leaves White hopeful. KRB-KR} Rb3 53. Kg2 Kf6 54. Kh2 h3 55. Rd8 $2 (55. Kh1) 55... Rxb7 {Black is clearly winning.} 56. Kxh3 {KR-KR} Kf5 57. Rxd6 Kxf4 58. Rd8 Rb3+ 59. Kg2 Ke5 60. Rd7 f5 61. Rd8 Rb6 62. Kg3 {[#]} Rd6 $1 63. Rg8 Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,86,14,-37,7,-7,-6,-4,-4,-6,0,0,0,-9,17,18,17,17,15,14,16,13,5,3,4,4,10,6,9,9,8,3,3,3,3,3,3,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc1 (14. Qc3 $11) 14... Qd5 {[#] E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} (14... c5 $5) 15. Nbd2 $146 {The position is equal.} (15. Rd1 {is more complex.} Qa8 16. Nc5 Bd5 17. a4 b4 18. Ne1) ({Predecessor:} 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qb7 18. Rac1 Rd5 19. Qc6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6 Rd6 21. Rcc1 Kf8 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 {½-½ (32) Sarakauskas,G (2437)-Dervishi,E (2489) Venice 2005}) 15... c5 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Qd2 Rfd8 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. Qa5 Qa7 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 20. Ne5 {Hoping for Nc6.} Rd6 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Nd3 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Rac1 Rdd7 25. Bc6 Rd8 26. Bf3 Rdc8 27. Bb7 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} a5 30. Bc6 b4 31. Nb3 Bd8 32. Nc5 Bb6 33. Nd7 Nxd7 34. Bxd7 {KB-KB} Bd4 35. b3 Bb6 36. e3 Kf8 37. Ba4 Ke7 38. Kf1 Ba7 39. Ke2 Kd6 40. Bb5 Bb6 41. Ba4 Ba7 42. Bb5 Bb6 43. Ba4 Ba7 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,69,27,29,14,32,18,29,31,23,32,97,27,51,19,16,14,10,17,16,13,19,25,15,0,22,29,23,29,31,18,47,23,89,89,75,68,92,0,62,65,59,72,72,70,135,117,106,0,142,0,110,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Rfd1 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} Re8 12. c5 Bf8 13. Bxa6 {White has an edge.} bxa6 14. h3 Rb8 {[#]} ({Black should try} 14... a5 $14) 15. b3 $146 ({Better is} 15. Nxe5 $1 $16 Rxe5 16. Bf4) ({Predecessor:} 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. Bxe5 Rb7 19. Bd4 Rxb2 {1-0 (28) Kolanek,R (2078)-Herzog,K (1841) LSS email 2011}) 15... Nd7 16. Nd2 (16. Na4 {with more complications.} f5 17. Re1 Rb4 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rad1) 16... Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nc4 Be6 {Black wants to play ...Bxc4.} 19. Na5 Rec8 20. Rac1 Kf8 21. f3 Ke7 22. Ne2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rb5 23. b4 $1 Na4 24. Nxc6+ Kf6 25. a3 Nb2 (25... Rb7 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Nxa7 $16 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rb7 28. Nc8 (28. Nc6 $16) 28... Rb8 (28... Nc4 $11) 29. Nd6 $14 Ke7 30. Rc2 $1 Nd3 {[#]} 31. Nc4 $1 Ne1 (31... Rc8 $14 32. Ne3 Rxc2 33. Nxc2 f5) 32. Rc1 ({Worse is} 32. Nxe5 Nxc2 33. Nc6+ Kd6 $17) 32... Nd3 33. Rc2 Ne1 $1 {[%cal Re1c2]} 34. Rc1 ({And not} 34. Nxe5 Nxc2 35. Nc6+ Kd6 $17) 34... Nd3 35. Rc2 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 75%.} (35. Rc3 $16 Rc8 36. Ne3 (36. Rxd3 Rxc4 37. Nc3 Bd7 $16) 36... Rxc3 37. Nxc3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,47,0,6,-2,10,0,6,20,14,13,13,0,0,-14,25,0,24,27,23,22,33,25,65,68,81,58,66,64,114,68,336,315,313,305,389,380,403,404,390,364]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 (4... Nc6 5. Be2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb3 Rab8 {½-½ (36) Carlsen,M (2861)-Ding,L (2805) Abidjan 2019}) 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} cxd4 {[#]} 7. Bxd6 $146 {[#] Hoping for Ba3.} (7. Nxd4 $2 e5 $19) ({Predecessor:} 7. cxd4 Bxf4 8. exf4 Qb6 9. Qb3 Qd6 10. g3 Nc6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Rd1 O-O 13. O-O {½-½ (39) Hruskovic,M (2110)-Zagrapan,P (2060) Slovakia 1994}) 7... dxe3 8. Ba3 {The position is equal.} exd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. Qg5 Rg8 11. Bd3 h6 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 1056] White has compensation.} Kb8 16. b5 Na5 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Bb4 Rc8 19. a4 Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now Black is done in.} (19... Qc7 $14) 20. Bxe4 $18 dxe4 21. Qxe4 f6 22. Qh7 {White is winning.} Nb3 23. Qxg8 Nxa1 {[#]} 24. Qxe8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,71,13,22,12,13,11,24,11,29,20,18,19,16,20,29,0,5,-7,0,0,0,-98,17,4,49,44,56,41,51,37,42,35,74,74,81,21,31,39,16,20,10,12,100,-6,-6,-40,-41,-44,-6,-43,-60,-59,-38,-40,-40,-41,-34,-43,-35,-147,-146,-175]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 {Recently 7.a4 got a lot of attention. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} h6 8. a4 O-O 9. Nbd2 {White has an edge.} Re8 (9... a5 {with more complications.} 10. Bb3 Ng4 11. Re2 Nf6 12. Nf1 Nh5) 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Bb2 (13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne7 17. a5 Ng6 18. g3 Rd8 19. Kg2 Qc6 20. Nf5 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 {1-0 (33) Ding,L (2791)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 13... Ne7 14. c4 {[#]} a5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Ng6 15. Nf1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ng3 bxc4 18. dxc4 Re8 19. Qc2 Qb8 20. Reb1 Qb7 {½-½ (43) Radjabov,T (2757)-Kramnik,V (2777) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 15. bxa5 Nc6 16. Bc3 {[#]} (16. Nb3 $11) 16... Nd7 (16... Nh5 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Rg6.} 17. Qb1 Rg6 18. Qxb7 Nf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 17. Rb1 $11 Nc5 18. Nf1 Rg6 19. Ne3 Ne6 20. Nd5 Rb8 21. Rb2 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg5g2]} 23. Qf3 ({Better is} 23. Ne3 $16) 23... Bd4 $1 24. Reb1 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 {Threatening Nd5.} Nxa5 26. Nd5 Nc6 (26... Qd8 $1 $11) 27. Ne3 ({Don't go for} 27. Nxc7 $2 Nd4 $19) ({Not} 27. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7 28. Ra1 (28. Rxb7 $2 {too greedy.} Nd4 $19) 28... Rb2 $19) (27. g3 $16) 27... b6 28. Nf5 Ra8 29. h4 Qf4 {And now ...Qxf3 would win.} 30. Qxf4 (30. Qd1 {seems wilder.} Qg4 31. f3 Qf4 32. Ra2 Kf8 33. a5) 30... exf4 31. d4 Rxa4 32. d5 Ne5 {Threatens to win with ...Rg4.} 33. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh7 {aiming for ...Rg4.} 34. Nxg6 Kxg6 35. c5 ({White should play} 35. Rc2 $15) 35... bxc5 $17 36. Rb8 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,68,23,29,41,25,29,0,0,1,7,23,20,9,29,41,13,49,43,0,0,0,0,-75,0,0,0,-19,-7,-153,-163,-88,-34,-224,-225,-210,-208,-422,-36,-150,-143,-176,0,0,0,-266,-270,-261,458,465,450,443,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7.} 11. Bh4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Be7 {[#]} 12. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 Bc6 13. f5 e5 14. Qd3 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Bc4 Rc8 18. Bd5 {½-½ (48) Zeng,C (2551)-Lupulescu,C (2649) Changsha 2019}) 12... b5 {The position is equal.} 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b5]} b4 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Ra7 18. Ng3 Qe8 19. Nh5 {And now Qg3 would win.} Bxa4 20. Bc4 (20. Nxf6+ $11 {remains equal.} gxf6 21. Bc4) 20... Qb8 (20... Qe7 $17) 21. Nxf6+ $11 gxf6 22. Qg3+ Kh7 23. Rd4 (23. Qxb8 $11 Rxb8 24. Rd2) 23... e5 $17 24. Rd2 Rc7 ({Better is} 24... Qc7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc7c4]} 25. Bd5 Bd7) 25. b3 $2 (25. Bd5 $1 $15) 25... Bb5 $19 26. Bd5 a4 27. Qh3 $2 (27. f4 Qc8 28. Qh3) 27... Rfc8 $2 (27... Bd7 $19 28. Qh5 Be6 29. bxa4 b3) 28. Kb1 (28. Rhd1 $15) 28... axb3 $1 $17 29. Bxb3 {Black must now prevent Qf5+.} ({Don't go for} 29. cxb3 $2 Qa7 $19) 29... Ra7 $2 (29... Bc4 $1 $19 30. Rhd1 Bxb3 31. cxb3 Rc3) 30. Qf5+ $11 Kg7 {aiming for ...Qa8.} 31. Qg4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Rhd1 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qa8 32. Qg4+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg7 34. Kb2) 31... Kf8 $19 32. Rhd1 {[#]} Ke7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Worse is} 32... Qa8 33. Qxc8+ Qxc8 34. Rd8+ Qxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Kb2 $14) (32... Ra8 $1 $19 {and life is good for Black. ...Qa7 is the strong threat.} 33. Bd5 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 33. Qg7 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb3,LRf7,LRh6][%cal Rg7f7][%mdl 512]} Be8 {Strongly threatening ...Qa8.} 34. Rd6 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rd6e6]} Qc7 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 61%.} (34... Qxd6 $18 35. Rxd6 Kxd6 36. Qxf6+ Kc7) 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,182,17,10,18,10,21,17,23,12,23,13,16,13,15,0,20,21,27,26,25,21,52,51,69,59,74,57,75,72,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,107,59,69,52,52,52,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,73,66,73,66,63,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,56,56,55,50,54,226,56,56,48,62,48,57,48,56,48,48,48,56,48,48,48,48,42,50,44,48,56,87,67,69,42,42,42,58,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. cxb4 Bd7 16. Bxa6 O-O 17. Bc4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Kh8 18. b3 axb3 19. Qxb3 Qe8 20. O-O Bd8 {[#]} 21. b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Ra2 Bc6 22. Rb1 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Kh1 Qf8 25. Qd3 e4 26. Qxe4 Rb5 27. Rd1 Rxb4 28. Qe2 Rb8 29. f3 Bg5 30. Qd3 {½-½ (30) Karjakin,S (2773)-Dubov,D (2666) Tbilisi 2017}) 21... f5 22. exf5 Bxb5 23. Rfd1 {And now Rab1 would win.} Bh4 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Qa4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bd8 26. Nc3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Ra5 27. Qxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxa5 Bxa5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Ne4 Bb4 30. Nxd6 Rf8 31. Nc4 Rxf5 32. Nxe5 h5 33. Nf3 Bc5 34. h4 Be7 35. Rd3 Bf6 36. g3 Kh7 37. Kg2 Rb5 38. Rd6 Rf5 39. Ra6 Rd5 40. Ra4 Kg6 41. Ng1 Kf5 42. Rf4+ Ke6 43. Nh3 g6 44. Ra4 {Black must now prevent Nf4+.} Rd7 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46. Nf4 Rb7 47. Ra3 Rd7 48. Rf3 Rd6 49. Rb3 Rd7 50. Ra3 Rb7 51. Nd5 {aiming for Rf3.} Rd7 52. Rd3 Be5 53. Kf3 Ra7 54. Rb3 Ke6 55. Ne3 Rf7+ 56. Ke4 {Rb6+ is the strong threat.} Bc7 57. f4 Re7 58. Rb5 Kf7+ 59. Kf3 Kg7 $2 {[#]} (59... Rd7 $14) 60. Nc4 $2 ({Only move:} 60. Rg5 $1 $18 Rd7 61. f5) 60... Rf7 61. Rc5 Re7 62. Rc6 Kf7 63. Kf2 Rd7 64. Kg2 Kg7 65. Kf3 Re7 66. Ne3 {Threatens to win with Nd5.} Rf7 $1 67. Re6 Bd8 68. Nd5 Ra7 69. Rd6 Be7 70. Rc6 Kf7 71. Ke4 Bd8 72. Rc8 Bf6 73. Rc4 Bd8 74. Ke5 Ra3 {The position is equal.} 75. Rc8 Ba5 76. f5 gxf5 77. Kxf5 Rf3+ 78. Ke5 Rxg3 79. Ra8 Be1 80. Ra7+ Ke8 81. Ke6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Rg6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 82. Kf5 Rg1 83. Ke6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Rg6+ $1 84. Kf5 Rg1 85. Ra1 Kf7 86. Nf4 Bf2 87. Rxg1 Bxg1 88. Nxh5 Bf2 89. Nf4 Bxh4 90. Ng6 Bf6 91. Ne7 Bxe7 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,33,18,5,12,0,1,2,23,5,1,18,102,56,130,111,283,272,489,494,470,480,1676,1654,1790,1747]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 h6 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3.} 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 {The position is equal. 8...d5 scores better than 8...Nc6.} 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 (10... Qxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Rd8) ({Predecessor:} 10... Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Qc2 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Nxg3+ 16. hxg3 Kg7 {½-½ (38) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Leko,P (2663) chess24.com INT 2020}) 11. e3 Qa5 (11... f5 $14) 12. Bd3 {aiming for Qh5.} Rd8 $2 (12... e5 $16 {was called for.} 13. Nb3 Qc7) 13. O-O Nxc3 $2 (13... Bf8 14. Qh5 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6) 14. Qh5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 14. bxc3 Bf8 $18) 14... Bf8 15. Rxc3 e5 {[#]} (15... Qd5 $142 16. Bc4 Qe4) 16. Bc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc7 {[#]} 17. Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,122,8,11,22,27,25,13,5,18,14,14,11,19,9,24,0,0,0,35,37,14,17,52,58,44,43,59,33,30,14,19,25,41,6,60,25,45,30,55,52,106,106,106,106,106,95,95,57,148,125,148,71,68,68,68,68,164,95,95,57,57,57,57,34,41,0,57,57,80,0,0,0,0,0,35,35,35,9,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. b5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qc8 14. a4 a5 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. d4 Rd8 17. Be4 {[#]} (17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Qb3+ Be6 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 exd4 22. exd4 Bf8 23. Bf4 c6 {½-½ (37) Dubov,D (2699)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 17... f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... exd4 18. exd4 f5 19. Bd3 Rxd4 20. Ne2 Rdxa4 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Nd4 Bf7 23. Qc2 Ra5 24. Re1 Bf8 25. Nf3 Bd5 {½-½ (25) Martin Sanchez,C (2471)-Kraft,D (2477) ICCF email 2018}) 18. Bd3 Ra5 19. Qc2 e4 20. Be2 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bd2 Ra7 $1 23. a5 c6 24. Bc4 Qe6 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rfc1 Ba3 (26... Rd7 $11) 27. Re1 Be7 28. Rb3 Bd8 29. Reb1 Bxa5 (29... Qd7 $14) 30. Bxa5 $16 ({Don't take} 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Bxd2 $14) 30... Rdxa5 31. Rxb7 h6 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Rc1 Ra6 (33... f4 $14) 34. Kg2 Kh7 35. h4 (35. h3 $142) 35... Qf7 36. Qe2 Rb6 37. Rc5 h5 (37... Qg6 $14) 38. Qc2 (38. Qd2 $18) 38... Qg6 39. Kh2 Qg4 $1 40. Ra5 Qf3 41. Ra8 Rb3 42. Ra1 Rb6 ({Black should try} 42... Rd3 $1 $11) 43. Kg1 $14 Qg4 44. Rb1 (44. Ra8 $16) 44... Rxb1+ $11 45. Qxb1 {KQ-KQ} Qe2 46. Qc1 Qb5 47. Qd1 g6 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Qc2 Qd5 50. Qa4 Qd7 51. Qb4 Kf7 52. Kf1 Qd5 53. Qa4 Qd7 54. Qc4+ Ke7 55. Ke2 Qb7 {The position is equal.} 56. Qc5+ Kd7 57. Qe5 Qa6+ 58. Ke1 Qa1+ 59. Ke2 Qa6+ 60. Ke1 Qa1+ 61. Ke2 Qa6+ {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,-24,-29,-25,-28,-50,-50,-59,-29,-70,-11,-75,-62,-96,0,-79,-78,-78,-77,-78,-46,-91,-69,-79,0,-58,-58,-57,-37,-40,-38,-109,-103,-99,-112,-143,-118,-150,-156,-155,-156,-157,-150,-369,-365,-355,-348,-360,-343,-625,-617,-605,-595,-585,-510,-729,-669]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 (2... Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O Be6 8. h3 h6 9. Kh2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxf4 Ne7 14. Qh5 c6 15. Ncxd5 cxd5 {1-0 (45) Dubov,D (2699)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bc5 6. Bf4 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines .} d6 {[#]} 7. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. f3 Nh5 8. Nge2 Nb4 9. Qd2 Nxf4 10. Nxf4 Be3 {0-1 (10) Badev,K (2364)-Filev,G (2231) Sofia 2006}) 7... Bxf2 8. Nf3 {White wants to play Qe2.Black is slightly better.} Bb6 9. Be2 h6 (9... Ng4 $15 10. Bg3 Ne3) 10. h3 (10. e5 $11 Nh5 11. Be3) 10... Be6 $17 11. Rhe1 Qd7 ({Better is} 11... O-O $17 12. e5 Nh5) 12. Nd5 (12. e5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} dxe5 13. Qb5 exf4 14. Rxd7 Bxd7 15. Bc4+ Be3+ 16. Kb1) 12... Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Qb3 {[#] Hoping for Bb5.} a6 15. g4 O-O-O 16. Bc4 Ng6 (16... Rde8 $17) 17. Bd2 ({White should play} 17. Bd3 $1 $11) 17... Rde8 $15 18. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f5]} Kb8 19. a4 Ka8 20. a5 ({White should try} 20. Bf5 $15 Qd8 21. g5 hxg5 22. Nxg5) 20... Bf2 $17 21. Rf1 Be3 22. Bxg6 Bxd2+ 23. Rxd2 {Bf5 is the strong threat.} fxg6 24. Nd4 h5 25. g5 Ne4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 26. Ne6 $2 {Now White is beyond hope.} (26. Re2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 26... Nxd2 $19 27. Kxd2 Re7 28. Rf3 c6 29. Nf8 $2 (29. c4) 29... Qe8 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Ne6 cxd5 31. Nd4 Re4 32. Qb6 Rf8 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,109,24,25,25,29,28,19,54,42,62,76,67,61,73,62,71,43,51,63,47,57,53,62,75,72,93,93,86,78,239,231,220,236,247,206,247,45,101,91,94,93,134,112,109,100,105,35,55,72,101,64,54,37,58,57,84,9,10,23,26,31,73,74,71,57,62,40,119,145,126,113,160,166,162,160,219,209,249,239,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29978,29979,29978,29979,29979,29980,29979,29980]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. f3 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 b6 {The position is equal.} 13. O-O-O {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b5 14. Na5 Rc8 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Nc6 Nd7 19. Kb1 g6 {½-½ (58) Krueger,H (2260)-Mesquita Jr,F (2317) ICCF email 2018}) 14. Kb1 b5 15. Na5 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nc6 Bd8 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 O-O 20. Rhe1 Nd7 21. g4 hxg4 22. fxg4 Bh4 23. g5 g6 $2 ({And not} 23... Bxe1 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Qxe1 Qxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Rfb8+ 27. Kc3 Rb3+ 28. axb3) (23... Rae8 $16) 24. Rf1 $1 $18 Kg7 25. Qg2 Rh8 {With the idea ...Qe3.} 26. Qg4 {White threatens Rxf7+! and mate.} Qc7 {[#]} 27. Rf3 $2 ({White has to play} 27. Rxf7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. Ne7 Qxc4 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Nf5 Qe4+ 32. Ka1 Qxf5 33. Qxf5+ Ke7 34. Qe6+ Kd8 35. g6 (35. Qxd6 Bxg5 36. Rf1 Be7 $16)) 27... f5 ({Better is} 27... Rh5 $14) 28. gxf6+ $1 $16 Nxf6 29. Qg2 Qd7 30. Rg1 Rh6 31. a3 Nh5 32. Rb3 (32. Qc2 $16) 32... Nf4 $14 33. Qc2 Kh8 34. Ka2 Qf5 35. Qd2 Qe4 36. Rc1 {aiming for Qb4.} Bg5 37. Rcc3 (37. Rg3 $16 Rh5 38. Rxg5 Rxg5 39. Qb4) 37... Ne6 $11 38. Qc2 Qxc2 39. Rxc2 Nd4 40. Nxd4 exd4 41. Rb6 Bf4 42. Rxa6 Rxa6 ({Black should play} 42... Rb8 $14) 43. Bxa6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rh3 44. a4 Kg7 {[#]} 45. Rf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2f4]} Be3 46. Bf1 Rh5 (46... Rh4 $16 47. Rf3 Bd2) 47. Rg2 $18 Rxd5 {intending ...d3.} 48. Bd3 Rg5 $2 (48... Rc5 $18 49. Rxg6+ Kf8 50. Rxd6 Ke7) 49. Rxg5 {White mates.} Bxg5 {KB-KB} 50. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Bd8 51. a6 Bb6 52. Kb3 Kf6 53. Kc4 Ke5 54. Kb5 Ba7 55. Kc6 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,58,59,19,42,8,18,21,10,10,16,10,10,16,27,8,33,28,25,0,69,-55,-64,-141,-139,-139,-138,-97,-106,-106,-108,-179,-194,-229,-233,-227,-104,-126,-116,-5122,-4720]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O $1 Rc8 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack.} 12. Kb1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rg1 {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ne5 16. f4 Nf3 17. Nxf3 Bxf3 18. Be2 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bxe2 {½-½ (19) Novak,J (2525)-Evtushenko,S (2542) ICCF email 2014}) 16. f4 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 17. Bd3 Qc7 (17... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4d2]} 18. Qe2 Qb6 $11) 18. Qe1 Ne4 19. h4 Qb7 (19... Qb6 $11) 20. c3 {[#]} (20. Nb3 $1 $14 Bf8 21. Bd4) 20... Bxa3 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 21. f5 ({White should try} 21. bxa3 $15 Nxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Ka1 Nxd1 23. Qxd1) 21... b4 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 22. c4 {[#]} Nc3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Ka1 (23. bxc3 bxc3+) 23... Bxc4 24. fxe6 O-O 25. Bxc4 (25. g5 $17 Bxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Bxd3 27. Rxd3) 25... Rxc4 $19 26. Rd2 {[#]} Bxb2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Kxb2 {[#]} b3 (27... Na4+ $1 $19 28. Kb1 (28. Ka1 $2 b3 $19) 28... Qe4+ 29. Ka1 fxe6) 28. exf7+ Qxf7 {...Na4+ is the strong threat.} 29. Nxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Rf2 $17 Na4+ 30. Kb1 Qg6+ 31. Nf5) 29... Rb4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,44,32,39,31,33,39,35,27,36,25,25,30,33,31,33,28,29,30,27,24,29,32,27,28,33,23,30,0,23,0,23,0,13]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ng5 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6.} (8. Ne1 Be6 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Be3 a5 12. Bd4 Na6 13. Nd3 b5 14. a3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Nxb4 Rxb4 18. e3 Qb8 19. Ne2 a4 20. Bc3 Rb5 21. Nd4 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rfc1 Qb7 24. Ne2 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Rb8 26. Nd5 Bxb2 27. Rc7 Qxc7 28. Nxc7 Bxa1 29. Nd5 {0-1 (57) Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... d5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. cxd5 {Black should prevent e4.White is slightly better.} Qxb3 11. axb3 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. e3 h6 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Nc3 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. e4 Bh3 19. Rd1 Bg4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxc3.} 20. Rf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rd3 Nb4 21. Rd2 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. exd5 Bf3 24. Bxh6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxd5 26. b4 Bf3 27. Be3 a6 28. h3 f5 29. Kf1 {½-½ (49) Svane,R (2600)-Efimenko,Z (2635) Germany 2019}) 20... Bh3 21. Rd1 Bg4 {...Bxc3 is the strong threat.} 22. Rf1 Bh3 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,51,18,17,9,38,5,16,0,32,31,29,31,53,0,74,59,66,54,66,0,17,-12,0,0,0,-36,-70,-36,-41,-142]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Rae1 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h4 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory. B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a6 14. a4 Nh5 15. Bh2 Nf6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bh2 Nf6 18. Bf4 {½-½ (18) Carlsen,M (2863)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2020}) 14. Bh2 Nf6 15. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Nh5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. c4 (18. Qc2 $14) 18... Rd8 (18... O-O-O $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nb1 Qd7 21. Nh2 (21. Re2 $14) 21... Kf7 22. g4 Na5 23. Qd1 Bd6 $1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nf4.} 24. gxh5 Rxh5 25. f4 $1 Rxh4 26. Re2 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 82%. . Loss on time!?} ({Better is} 26. Qf3 $1 $15 Rdh8 27. Re2 (27. Qxd5+ Kf8 $11)) 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,66,40,19,22,25,29,14,28,13,20,8,18,-23,-22,-28,35,30,23,38,29,20,25,28,43,39,74,78,90,64,71,77,77,28,112,0,86,103,109,24,18,22,29,2,53,18,22,8,0,1,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O e6 9. Kb1 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7.} 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. h4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nd4 Rb8 16. g4 h5 {[#]} (16... a4 $11) 17. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. Rg1 Nf6 19. Bd3 e5 20. Ne2 a4 21. f4 Be6 22. f5 Bd7 23. c4 {½-½ (76) Bilguun,S (2478)-Gupta,A (2606) Xingtai 2019}) 17... Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. b3 g6 20. Bc4 e5 21. Ne2 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. f4 O-O 24. Rhf1 {And now f5! would win.} Qc6 25. Qd3 {White wants to play f5.} Rbc8 (25... Rbd8 $1 $11) 26. Rd2 (26. f5 $16) 26... d5 (26... Rcd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. exd5 $16 exd5 28. Qxd5+ (28. Rdd1 $16 e4 29. Qxd5+ Qxd5 30. Rxd5) 28... Qxd5 $11 29. Rxd5 exf4 $1 30. Rxf4 Rfd8 (30... Rc5 $11 31. Rdd4 Re5) 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {The position is equal.} 32. Kc1 Bc5 {[#] Hoping for ...Be3+.} 33. Re4 Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,134,4,23,8,11,0,6,-2,0,0,0,13,16,0,37,-14,-8,-18,-5,-5,-18,-10,0,0,11,16,29,24,21,12,12,12,12,14,16,12,13,5,5,4,3,6,12,12,13,10,10,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,6,6,6,0,0,0,6,6,6,6,6,6,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} (11. d3 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Rfd1 Qg5 15. h4 Qg4 16. Ne4 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 a5 18. Nc5 a4 19. d4 axb3 20. axb3 {0-1 (79) Dubov,D (2690)-Nakamura,H (2761) Moscow 2019}) 11... f6 12. d3 a5 13. Nc5 {[#]} a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ra7 14. Nd2 Nd4 15. e3 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. d4 exd4 18. Bxd4 c6 19. Nc4 c5 {1-0 (39) Svidler,P (2729)-Grischuk,A (2759) Amsterdam 2019}) 14. Nxa4 Nxa4 15. bxa4 Be6 16. Nd2 Bxa2 17. Nb3 (17. Nc4 $14) 17... Rxa4 $11 18. Ra1 Ra6 19. Na5 Rxa5 20. Rxa2 $1 Rb5 (20... Rxa2 $5 21. Qb3+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 22. Qxa2 Qd7 $11) 21. Bc3 Nd4 22. Rb2 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxb5.} Rxb2 23. Bxb2 Kh8 24. Bxb7 {The position is equal.} Qb8 25. Bxd4 $1 {And now Bc6 would win.} Qxb7 26. Be3 Bd6 27. Qc2 Rb8 28. Rc1 Qb2 29. Kg2 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb5 31. f4 Kg8 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. f5 g6 34. g4 Rb1 35. Rc1 Rb4 36. Rc4 Rb1 37. Bc1 Ra1 38. h3 Rb1 39. Be3 Rf1+ 40. Kg2 Re1 41. Kf2 Rh1 42. Kg2 Re1 43. Rc2 Ke7 44. Bf2 Ra1 45. Rc4 Kd7 46. fxg6 hxg6 47. h4 Ra8 48. h5 Rh8 49. hxg6 Rg8 50. Kf3 Rxg6 51. Rc1 Rh6 52. Kg2 Rg6 53. Kf3 Rh6 54. Rg1 Rh3+ 55. Kg2 Rh7 56. Rh1 Rxh1 57. Kxh1 {KB-KB} e4 58. Kg2 exd3 59. exd3 Ke6 60. Kf3 f5 61. gxf5+ $1 Kxf5 62. Bg3 Bxg3 63. Kxg3 Ke5 {[#] ( -> ...Kd4)} 64. Kf3 Kd4 65. Ke2 c5 (65... Kc3 $5) 66. Kd2 c4 67. dxc4 Kxc4 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 98%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,136,0,-1,0,0,0,0,11,-11,18,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,12,0,18,14,21,11,20,11,8,12,18,8,12,-2,25,13,11,0,6,19,20,14,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-73,-66,-72,-77,-77,-75,-58,-64,-72,-65,-64,-66,-67,-47,-51,-67,-67,-58,-77,-73,-100,-101,-90,-79,-115,-88,-114,-21,-15,0,-137,-149,-144,-150,-191,-198,-174,-189,-245,-239,-234,-216,-276,-276,-281,-273,-271,-279,-275,-272,-279,-273,-295,-286,-294,-300,-402,-406,-444,-443,-445,-367,-385,-368,-325,-328]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 10. Rc1 Bf5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} (10... Bf8 11. d3 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Rfd1 Qg5 15. h4 Qg4 16. Ne4 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 a5 18. Nc5 a4 19. d4 axb3 20. axb3 Ra2 21. Bc3 Nd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nd3 Bg4 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 exd4 26. exd4 {0-1 (79) Dubov,D (2690)-Nakamura,H (2761) Moscow 2019}) 11. d3 Qd7 {The position is equal.} 12. Qc2 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nc6 14. Ne4 f6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 16. Rxc5 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. b4 a6 {[#]} 19. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. a4 Qe6 20. a5 Nd5 21. Ba3 b6 22. Rc1 Rad8 23. Qb3 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bb2 bxa5 26. bxa5 Kh8 27. Bxd4 Qxe2 {½-½ (63) Shetty,A (2403)-Gurevich,D (2471) Saint Louis 2017}) 19... Qe6 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Rc1 b6 23. Qc2 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Qc4 Qe5 26. Rfe1 Kh8 27. Qxa6 Ra8 28. Qc4 Rxa3 29. f4 Qe6 30. Qxd4 h6 31. b5 Rb3 32. Rc6 Qf7 33. Nc3 Nb4 {Hoping for ...Nc2.} 34. Qc4 Qxc4 35. Rxc4 Nxd3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 36. Rd1 (36. Ra1 $11 Nc5 37. Ra2) 36... Nb2 $17 37. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4e8]} Rxe4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} ({Reject} 39... Rxb5 $6 40. Rd7 $14) 40. Nd2 Rxb5 41. Rd7 Rc5 42. e4 fxe4 43. Nxe4 Rc6 44. f5 Kg8 $1 45. Kf2 Na4 46. Kf3 Nc5 47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. Nf2 h5 49. g4 Ke7 ({Black should play} 49... b5 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 50. gxh5 b4) 50. Rg8 $11 Kf7 51. Rc8 (51. Rd8 $11) 51... hxg4+ $17 {White is now going downhill.} 52. Nxg4 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne5+.} Nd7 $1 53. Rd8 Ke7 54. Rg8 Rc3+ 55. Kf2 {[#]} (55. Ke2 $142) 55... Kf7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf7g8]} 56. Rd8 Nf6 57. Ne5+ Ke7 58. Ra8 Ne4+ 59. Ke2 Kf6 60. Ng4+ Kxf5 61. Ne3+ Kg6 62. Nd5 Rc5 63. Nf4+ Kf5 64. Nd3 Rc2+ 65. Ke3 Nf6 66. h3 Rc4 67. Rc8 Nd5+ 68. Kd2 Rd4 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,105,11,22,26,39,1,0,-26,-27,-27,-24,-8,-17,-12,0,0,0,-29,-42,-38,-34,-37,-22,-21,-18,-21,-19,-24,-31,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-31,-27,-18,-47,-48,-50,-51,-125,-128,-128,-8,-8,-2,-8,-8,-8,-8,-119,-8,-160,-623,-552,-512,-145,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-83,-145,-100,-8,-18,-18,-18,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Kxd8 11. Bd2 Ke7 12. a5 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rd8 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Be1 Ba7 15. b4 Bd7 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. b5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Nd5 {1-0 (77) Dolezal,R (2359)-Movsesian,J (2304) Czechia 2013}) 13. Nb1 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rhc8 15. Bf1 Ne4 16. Bxb4+ $1 Nxb4 17. Nbd2 (17. Nc3 {keeps more tension.} Nc5 18. Ra3 f6 19. Nd4 Ncd3 20. Rb1) 17... Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 21. f4 e5 22. fxe5 Nc6 23. Nc4 Be6 24. Kf2 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Nxa5 {KB-KN} 26. Bd5 Nc6 27. Kg3 Nxe5 {Strongly threatening ...b5.} 28. Bxb7 a5 29. Ba6 (29. b3 $15) 29... g5 $1 $17 30. h4 h6 ({Black should try} 30... f6 $1 $17 31. h5 Kd6) 31. hxg5 $11 hxg5 32. Kf2 Kd6 33. Ke2 $1 Kc5 34. Bb7 {[#]} (34. Kd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 34... a4 ({Better is} 34... Kc4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc4b3] And now ...Kb3 would win.} 35. Kd2 Kb3) 35. Kd2 $2 (35. Ba6 $1 $11) 35... Nc4+ $17 36. Kc3 Nxe3 37. g3 $2 (37. Kd2 $19 Nc4+ 38. Kc3) 37... Nf5 (37... Nd1+ $142 38. Kc2 Nf2) 38. g4 Ne3 39. Bf3 {[#]} f6 $1 40. Kd3 Nc4 41. Kc3 Nd6 (41... Ne5 $17 42. Be2 Kd5) 42. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Nb5+ 43. Kd3 Kb4 44. Bc6 Nd6 45. Kd4 Nf7 {Threatens to win with ...Ne5.} 46. Bf3 Nh6 47. Bd1 f5 48. gxf5 Nxf5+ 49. Ke5 Ne3 {[#]} 50. Bxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxa4 51. Ke4 Nc4 {( -> ...g4)} 52. Kf5 Nxb2 53. Kxg5 {Black had all chances to win. Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,89,0,15,18,9,7,19,9,0,0,0,0,7,9,14,0,11,1,7,17,52,59,48,45,52,65,129,123,113,81,80,79,99,84,95,90,86,81,97,87,95,91,88,75,75,75,68,68,68,74,145,136,101,135,349,350,349,335,335,279,499,443,597,580,2414,1921,12841,12842,12842,12843,12843,12840,12845,12845]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 b4 10. Na4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} Nxe4 11. Be5 Nf6 12. Nc5 {The position is equal.} c3 13. bxc3 bxc3 {...g4 is the strong threat.} 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Qb3 {[#]} Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Be7 17. Qxc3 Nd5 18. Qc2 f6 19. Bg3 Kf8 20. Rfb1 a5 21. Rb2 Be8 22. a3 a4 23. Rab1 Qa5 24. Nd2 Qc3 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qxe6 f4 27. Qe5 Bf6 28. Qd6+ {½-½ (28) Pezzica,G (2568)-Baranowski,T (2419) ICCF email 2014}) 17. Qa3 g4 18. Ne1 c5 19. dxc5 {Hoping for Rd1.} O-O 20. Bxc3 h5 21. Rd1 {[#] aiming for Bxf6.} Nd5 (21... Qe7 $14) 22. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 23. Bc4 Bc6 24. Nc2 Qf6 25. Nd4 Ne7 26. f3 g3 27. hxg3 Rfd8 28. Nxc6 Nxc6 29. Qe3 Nd4 30. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now g5 would win. Black is under strong pressure.} Rac8 31. g5 ({Much worse is} 31. gxh5 Rxc5 32. h6+ Qxh6 $11) 31... Qf5 32. Rxd4 Qxc5 33. Bxe6 $1 ({But not} 33. Rfd1 $2 e5 $19) 33... Rc6 {[#]} (33... fxe6 $142 34. Rfd1 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 e5 36. Rd7+ Kg6 37. Qxc5 Rxc5) 34. Re4 $1 ({Weaker is} 34. Bd7 Rxd7 35. Re4 Rd2 $17) 34... Qxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Rxe6 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (35... fxe6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 36. Rf2 Kf7) 36. Rxe6 $18 fxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 37. Re1 Rd6 38. Kh2 Kg6 $2 (38... Kf7 {was called for.} 39. Re4 Kg6) 39. f4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kf5 40. Kg3 h4+ 41. Kxh4 Kxf4 42. g6 Rd8 43. Rf1+ Ke3 44. Kg5 e5 45. g7 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 65%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,60,35,39,56,54,46,29,26,32,32,32,66,51,68,52,81,51,35,24,26,2,92,92,101,99,97,94,75,88,195,14,77,72,256,242,238,256,1064,1027,1007,1006,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 {8...Nb8 is the fancy move.} 9. e4 b6 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6.} 10. Rb1 a5 {[#]} 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Bd7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Qc8 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 Bh3 16. c6 h6 17. Rb7 {0-1 (44) Petrosian,T-Panov,V Moscow 1950}) 11... Nd7 {White has an edge.} 12. a3 h6 13. Nh4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. b4 Bd7 17. c5 axb4 18. axb4 e4 (18... Qe8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. c6 $16 Be8 20. f3 Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. fxe4 fxe4 (22... Nc3 $16 {was necessary.}) 23. Bxe4 $2 (23. Qxe4 Nc3 $17) (23. Rxe4 $18 Bh5 24. Re6) 23... Nc3 (23... Bd4+ $1 $11 24. Kh1 Nc3) 24. Bxh6 Qf6 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (24... Bd4+ $16 25. Be3 Qf6) 25. Bh7+ $1 $18 ({Less strong is} 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Nf5 Rxf5 $16) 25... Kh8 {[#]} 26. Rxe8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rfxe8 $2 {[#]} (26... Bxh6 27. Re7 Qd4+ 28. Kg2 Bg7) (26... Raxe8 27. Ng6+) 27. Ng6+ $1 Kxh7 {[#]} 28. Nf8+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} Kxh6 29. Qh7+ {White mates.} Kg5 30. Qh4+ Kf5 31. Qf4# {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,90,5,0,4,0,0,8,24,0,0,-7,0,0,8,13,14,18,18,10,16,15,16,18,12,8,11,0,0,0,23,23,24,23,24,14,160,182,199,192,197,191,194,203,191,199,193,187,171,-263,-263,-1142,-1142,-1135,-1099,-1063,-1025,-866,-225,-261,-261,-257,-172,-166,-139,-146,-127,-170,-130,-182,-132,-357,-358,-789,-86,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nfd7 {The position is equal.} 12. Nd3 (12. Qc7 {feels hotter.} Ba6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 e5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Nc3) 12... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 13. e3 Rc8 14. Nc3 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ba6 15. Be1 Rc7 16. Bf1 Qb8 17. Qa4 Qb7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 a6 20. Qb3 b5 {1-0 (53) Lysyj,I (2594)-Petkov,M (2315) chess.com INT 2020}) 15. Qd1 Nc4 16. Be1 Nd6 17. a4 a5 18. Nb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb8 20. b4 Nc4 21. bxa5 (21. Qb3 {is interesting.} Rc8 22. Bf1 Bc6 23. Nf4 Nf6 24. h4) 21... bxa5 22. e4 Ndb6 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Ne5 Qb7 {[#]} (25... Rc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Bxa5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bg5 (26... Nxa5 27. Rc7) 27. Bxb6 $1 Bxc1 28. Bc5 Ra8 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Qxc1 Rxa4 31. Nc3 Ra5 32. h4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. Ba3 $1 $18 {and life is good for White.}) 32... Qa8 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Ra1!} 33. Qb2 $2 (33. Kh2 Ra1 34. Nb1) 33... Ra1+ 34. Nb1 {[#]} c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b2][%mdl 512]} 35. Qb3 (35. Qxc3 Rxb1+) 35... h6 36. d5 Qc8 $2 (36... Qe8 37. Qc2 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kg2 Qxb1 39. Qxb1 Rxb1) 37. Kg2 Qxc5 38. Nxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Ra8 39. Ne2 Rd8 40. Nf4 Qd4 41. h5 Qe5 42. Qb6 (42. Qc2 $17 {was necessary.}) 42... Rb8 43. Qc5 $2 {[#]} (43. Qe3 $17 Qxe3 44. fxe3) 43... Qe4+ $1 44. Kh3 $2 (44. Kh2 Rb2 45. Kh3) 44... Rb1 $2 (44... Qh1+ $19 45. Kg4 Rf8) 45. Kg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Qc8+ $17 Kh7 46. f3 Rh1+ 47. Kg4) 45... f5+ {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,27,36,-3,55,40,45,40,42,26,56,55,66,58,67,67,50,66,68,37,64,62,62,76,73,72,76,61,88,42,89,64,117,63,62,65,61,43,39,54,63,74,77,13,29,33,97,108,93,73,151,151,127,83,75,32,43,35,43,16,30,33,37,0,11,0,4,4,6,3,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 (3... c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 e6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qa4 Rxc3 16. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qb6 18. e3 {½-½ (39) Ding,L (2812)-Carlsen,M (2845) Shamkir 2019}) 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. Be3 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} (6. e4 {looks sharper.} Bg7 7. Be3 Qa5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Bd2) 6... Qa5 (6... Qxc4 $11 7. Bd4 Nc6) 7. Bg2 Bg7 {[#]} 8. Bd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bh6 a6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nf3 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. a3 {0-1 (52) Ingbrandt,J (2335)-Akesson,R (2445) Norrkoeping 1988}) 8... O-O 9. Rc1 d6 10. Nh3 Nc6 11. Nf4 Bd7 12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3 Qd8 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Ne5 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rfd1 Qf8 19. b4 h6 20. Be3 Kh7 (20... Bf5 $14) 21. b5 (21. Nf4 $16) 21... Ne5 $14 22. c5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Qe8 24. Qb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rc7 26. Rb1 ({White should play} 26. Be3 $16 Rd7 27. Bb3) 26... e6 $11 27. Bg2 Bf8 {[#]} ({Better is} 27... a5 $14 28. bxa6 Rxa6) 28. Bxf8 $1 $16 Qxf8 29. Qf4 Qg7 (29... f6 $142) 30. Rbc1 Re7 31. Rc5 f6 32. Qc1 Rae8 33. h3 b6 34. Rc8 (34. Rc2 {is more complex.} Nd7 35. Rc6 Nc5 36. Qc2 f5 37. a4) 34... Qf8 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. f4 (36. Bc6 {feels hotter.} Qf8 37. f4 Nf7 38. Qa3 Kg7 39. Bd7) 36... Nf7 37. Qc6 (37. Bc6 {looks sharper.} Qf8 38. Qa3 Kg7 39. Bd7 e5 40. f5) 37... Qxc6 38. bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 39. Kf2 Kf8 40. Ke3 Rc7 {The position is equal.} 41. Kd4 Nd8 42. Rc1 Ke7 43. Ke3 Kd6 {[%cal Rd8c6]} 44. Rd1+ Ke7 45. Rc1 Kd6 {[%cal Rd8c6]} 46. Rd1+ Ke7 47. Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,3,0,1,5,5,1,9,2,-14,12,6,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,4,0,0,7,0,8,0,47,48,67,45,58,52,32,25,45,10,22,32,72,58,42,10,72,0,52,0,65,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 (5. Be2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb3 Rab8 16. Nc1 b5 17. a3 a5 18. b4 Ne7 19. Nb3 a4 {½-½ (36) Carlsen,M (2861)-Ding,L (2805) Abidjan 2019}) 5... Qb6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 6. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Bb5 {The position is equal.} g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nb3 {[#] Black must now prevent e4!} O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be5 Qc4 13. Nfd4 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd3 Ba6 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. Na5 Nd2 18. Naxc6 Nxf1 19. Kxf1 Rfc8 {0-1 (54) Dong,B (2227)-Ajay,K (2315) chess.com INT 2020}) 14. Qd3 Ne4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. Na5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nd2 18. Rb7 Bc8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 19. Rxe7 {Threatens to win with Rd1.} Nxf1 20. Kxf1 Rd8 21. Naxc6 Rd7 $1 22. Re5 Rc7 23. Na5 Kf6 24. f4 ({Wrong is} 24. Nxc4 $2 Ba6 $19) 24... Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7e5]} 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KNN} 26. Ke2 Be6 27. e4 Rc8 28. c6 Kd6 29. Nb7+ Kc7 30. Nc5 Kd6 (30... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. Nb7+ Kc7 32. Nc5 Kd6 33. Nb7+ {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 80%.} (33. Na6 $1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,91,29,24,10,31,33,25,37,31,35,86,41,33,27,42,12,37,14,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,7,0,-13,-26,-28,-23,-23,-31,-38,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,26,27,27,27,27,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Rae1 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h4 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory. B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a6 14. a4 Nh5 15. Bh2 Nf6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bh2 Nf6 18. Bf4 {½-½ (18) Carlsen,M (2863)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2020}) 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 {White has an edge.} Qc7 16. Qc2 Kf7 ({Black should try} 16... O-O-O $14) 17. Nb3 Bd6 18. Nc1 Rae8 19. Re2 Ne7 $1 20. Nd3 Nf5 21. Bc1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. g3 Bd6 24. Qd2 Re7 25. a3 Ke8 26. Qe1 Kd7 27. Kg2 Kc8 28. Rh1 Rhe8 29. Nb4 $1 Kb8 30. Nc2 Qb6 31. Qc1 a5 32. Ne3 Qc6 33. Rd1 Bc7 34. Qc2 Bb6 35. Qd3 a4 36. Nc2 Bc7 37. Nb4 Qd6 38. Rg1 Qd7 39. Rge1 Rh8 {The position is equal.} 40. c4 (40. Qd1 {feels hotter.} Bd6 41. Nd3 Qe8 42. Qc1 g5 43. hxg5 Qh5 44. Rh1) 40... dxc4 $1 41. Qxc4 {[%cal Re2e6]} Bd6 42. Rxe6 {d5 is the strong threat.} Bxb4 43. axb4 {[#] And now Rxe7 would win.} Rxe6 $1 44. Qxe6 Qxe6 45. Rxe6 Rd8 46. Re4 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 90%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{[%evp 9,112,20,41,50,56,59,47,22,22,22,22,22,37,34,50,25,32,32,28,22,74,62,53,58,57,52,41,52,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,80,77,81,69,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-8,-43,-45,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-437,-430,-415,-415,-388,-393,-442,-441,-611,-528,-623,-593,-778,-757,-646,-597,-1030,-1020,-950,-933,-797,-716,-734,-722,-612,-635,-29966,-29967,-29970,-29971,-29975,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29977]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 (4... Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 8. e3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 a6 11. Nbd4 Bxc5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Ba2 {1-0 (28) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 5. e4 b5 6. e5 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 {[#]} 8. a3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. a4 a5 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Ba6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nxc4 Nd5 14. Nc3 {½-½ (24) Fedoseev,V (2678)-Xiong,J (2709) chess.com INT 2020}) 8... Nc6 9. Be3 Na5 10. Qc2 a6 11. Nc3 $1 Be7 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Be2 Qd7 14. h4 Bc6 (14... f5 $11) 15. Rh3 $16 Rb8 16. Rg3 Ba4 17. Nxa4 Qxa4 18. Rc1 Nb3 19. Rxg7 (19. Rb1 $14) 19... Nxc1 $11 20. Qxc1 c3 21. Qxc3 Nd5 22. Qc1 $1 {aiming for Ng5.} Nxe3 23. fxe3 Kf8 {[#]} (23... c5 $11) 24. Rg4 $1 $16 Qb3 25. Qxc7 Qxb2 {[#]} 26. Kf2 ({White should try} 26. d5 $1 $16) 26... Qb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 27. Qa5 Rg8 28. Rf4 Qc6 29. Qd2 h6 30. Qd3 {Hoping for Qh7!} Rg7 31. Qxa6 Qxa6 32. Bxa6 Rb2+ 33. Be2 Bxa3 34. g4 Be7 35. Re4 Rg8 36. Rf4 Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Rc8.} 37. g5 hxg5 38. Nxg5 Bxg5 39. hxg5 $2 $15 {[%mdl 12288] Endgame KRR-KRB. Loses the game.} ({White has to play} 39. Rg4 $1 $15) 39... Rh8 $19 40. Kf3 Rh3+ 41. Kg4 Rxe3 42. Bf3 Rd2 43. Kh4 Red3 44. d5 exd5 45. Rf6 Re3 46. Rf5 Rd4+ 47. Kh5 Rb4 48. e6 fxe6 49. Rf6 Re5 50. Rg6+ Kf7 51. Rf6+ Ke7 52. Kh6 Rb8 {Black mates.} 53. Rf4 Rf8 54. Rxf8 Kxf8 55. g6 Kg8 56. g7 Re1 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,142,20,11,20,12,23,0,0,-9,29,8,8,14,10,14,20,25,30,26,26,34,33,41,44,42,50,45,43,45,43,27,48,27,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,91,83,133,91,91,91,91,91,91,83,77,0,0,0,41,41,41,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,85,8,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 Qf6 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] 8...Bd7 gains popularity. A promising side line. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} 9. Qc2 $146 {And now Bxc6+ would win.} ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. Qc2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Rfe8 13. e4 exd4 14. cxd4 Qg6 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Bg5 {1-0 (52) Nakamura,H (2746)-Ganguly,S (2615) Kolkata 2018}) 9... O-O 10. Bxc6 (10. Bd3 {with more complications.} exd4 11. exd4 Re8+ 12. Be3 h6 13. O-O) 10... bxc6 11. O-O Re8 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. f3 f5 15. Re1 Rb8 16. Bd2 Be6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 {[#]} 19. Qb3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd5 (19... Rxb3 20. Rxe5) 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bf4 Be6 22. Qa3 a6 23. Re1 Bf7 (23... Kf7 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Rxe8+ $16 Bxe8 25. h3 ({Reject} 25. Bxc7 $6 Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Qd2+ 27. Kg3 Qg5+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kg3 Qe1+ 30. Kf4 h6 $11) 25... a5 26. Bxc7 Bf7 27. Qe7 a4 28. a3 Qe6 29. Qd8+ Qe8 30. Qd4 Bb3 31. Kh2 h6 32. Be5 Qe7 33. g4 (33. Bd6 $16 Qg5 34. Be5) 33... Bd5 $11 34. Kg3 Qf8 35. f4 Qxa3 36. Bxg7 {Threatens to win with Qf6.} (36. Qa7 $5 {[%cal Ra7g7]} Bf7 37. Bd4 $16) 36... Qc1 37. Be5 a3 {[#]} 38. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe1+ (38... Qxc4 39. Qa7) 39. Qf2 Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 41. f5 a2 42. Kg3 Kh7 43. Kf4 Bb3 44. h4 Bc2 45. Bc3 Bd3 46. Ke5 Kg8 47. Kf6 Be2 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Bd3 50. g6 Bc2 51. Kg5 Bd3 52. f6 {Intending f7+ and mate.} (52. Bb2 {seems wilder.} c5 53. Kf4 Kf8 54. Ke5 Kg8 55. Ke6) 52... Bc4 $1 53. Kf4 c5 54. Bb2 Bb3 55. Be5 Bd5 56. Ke3 Bc4 {[#]} (56... Be6 $1 $11) 57. Kd2 $1 $16 Kf8 (57... Bd5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 58. Kc2 Bd5 59. Kb2 Kg8 60. Bd6 Be6 61. Bxc5 Bd5 62. Bd6 Be6 63. Be5 Bd5 64. Ka3 (64. Bb8 $16) 64... Be6 $11 {The position is equal.} 65. Kb4 Kf8 66. Kc5 a1=Q 67. Bxa1 {Black must now prevent Be5.} Bf5 68. g7+ Kg8 69. f7+ Kxf7 70. g8=Q+ Kxg8 71. Bh8 Kxh8 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,98,23,20,20,16,22,21,15,0,0,0,0,0,7,4,22,16,19,16,12,0,83,34,26,11,24,20,64,-48,-46,-40,-45,-31,-7,-8,22,0,0,-12,0,0,10,0,5,0,14,7,14,6,16,8,8,8,8,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-63,-40,-63,-40,-63,0,-63,0,-63,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 12. Be2 Bh4+ 13. g3 Be7 {The position is equal.} 14. c4 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd7 15. Na5 Qc7 16. b4 O-O 17. O-O Nf6 18. Bd3 Bh3 19. Rfe1 h4 20. Rac1 Qd7 {0-1 (44) Yuan,Y (2243)-Vishnu,P (2536) London 2017}) 15. Bd3 Bh3 16. O-O-O Nd7 (16... a4 $5 17. Na1 $8 a3 $14) 17. Kb1 a4 18. Nc1 Qa5 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Rhg1 f5 (20... Nc5 $11) 21. Ne2 O-O 22. Nc3 e4 23. fxe4 Ne5 24. Bb6 (24. Be2 $1 $14) 24... Ra6 $15 25. Bd4 Nf3 26. c5 dxc5 (26... Raa8 $5 {[%cal Rf3d4]} 27. cxd6 Bxd6 $15) 27. Be3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for e5. White has some pressure.} ({Don't play} 27. Bxa6 cxd4 28. Bc4 Rc8 $17) 27... Raf6 28. Rh1 Bg2 29. exf5 Bxh1 30. Rxh1 a3 31. b3 Nd4 32. Rf1 Nxf5 33. Bg5 Nd6 34. Bxf6 Rxf6 35. Rxf6 (35. Na4 {is interesting.} Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Nf5 37. Bh3 Nd4 38. Nb6) 35... Bxf6 36. Ne4 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Be5 38. Bg6 h4 39. gxh4 Bxh2 40. Kc2 Kf8 41. Kd3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 42. Kc2 Ke7 43. Bd3 b4 44. h5 Kd6 45. Bg6 Be5 46. Kb1 Bf6 47. Kc2 Be5 48. Kb1 Bf6 49. Kc2 Be5 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 88%.} (49... Kxd5 $15 50. Kd3 {[#]} c4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. bxc4+ Kc5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,148,-2,9,-13,-5,-2,40,8,33,37,45,0,0,0,0,-50,23,32,20,22,26,20,25,22,20,14,39,14,16,14,14,14,14,14,47,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,7,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,7,7,7,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,14,0,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,0,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 (4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 8. e3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 a6 11. Nbd4 Bxc5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rc1 Bd6 {1-0 (28) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 4... dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} cxd4 7. O-O {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxd4 Rc8 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 {½-½ (38) Deac,B (2625)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2640) chess.com INT 2020}) 8. e5 {White is slightly better.} Nd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Ne4 Ba6 ({Black should play} 12... Ng6 $15) 13. Bxa6 $11 Nxa6 14. Nd6 Qd7 15. Qxd4 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nc7 17. Qe4 h6 18. Nd4 Ncd5 19. f4 Nc8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. f5 Qc5 22. fxe6 (22. Kh1 {feels hotter.} Qb4 23. Qe2 Ne7 24. a3 Qc5 25. b4) 22... fxe6 {[#] Hoping for ...Rf4.The position is equal.} 23. Rc1 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 24. exf6 Qxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. fxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rf6 $1 27. Rc7 Rd2 28. g3 Rxb2 29. Rxa7 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Rxe6 {Strongly threatening Rg6!} (31. a3 {with more complications.} Kxg7 32. Rxe6 b5 33. Ra6 h5 34. h4) 31... Kxg7 {KR-KR} 32. Re7+ Kg6 33. Ra7 b5 34. Ra6+ Kg7 35. h4 b4 36. Rb6 Rxa2 37. Rxb4 h5 38. Rf4 Kg6 39. Rf2 Ra3 40. Kg2 Ra4 41. Rb2 Ra3 42. Rb6+ Kg7 43. Rb5 Kg6 44. Rg5+ Kh6 45. Re5 Kg6 46. Re6+ Kg7 47. Kf2 Rb3 48. Re3 Rb5 49. Kf3 Kf6 (49... Rf5+ {is interesting.} 50. Kg2 Kf6 51. Re4 Kg7 52. Re2 Kg6) 50. Ra3 Rf5+ 51. Kg2 Rb5 52. Ra6+ Kg7 53. Re6 Rb3 54. Kf2 Ra3 55. Re3 Ra5 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Re4 Kf5 58. Rf4+ Kg6 59. Rb4 Kf5 60. Rb6 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 Ra5 62. Rh6 Ke4 63. Rf6 Rf5 64. Ra6 Rc5 65. Re6+ Re5 66. Rxe5+ (66. Rd6 {looks sharper.} Rd5 67. Rc6 Re5 68. Rg6 Rd5 69. Rg8) 66... Kxe5 {KPP-KP} 67. Kf3 (67. g4 $5 hxg4 68. h5 $11) 67... Kf5 68. g4+ hxg4+ {KP-KP} 69. Kg3 Kg6 70. Kxg4 Kh6 71. h5 Kh7 72. Kg5 Kh8 73. h6 Kg8 74. Kg6 Kh8 75. h7 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,117,10,18,14,21,0,15,0,20,8,13,0,0,-27,-30,-38,-62,-86,-87,-44,-17,-17,-12,-29,-25,-14,-12,-23,-10,-18,69,68,61,56,70,72,177,77,75,65,64,56,78,112,87,90,69,48,47,45,45,45,45,49,51,48,47,41,76,72,67,44,84,70,189,154,173,170,191,209,193,209,204,197,255,202,190,65,167,167,306,282,515,514,511,509,461,472,461,473,516,440,425,407,633,633,633,581,5752,5731,29970,29968,29979,29980,29982,29983,29983,29983]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Be6 {[#] is recently more successful than 7...Be7.} 8. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bb2 f6 9. Na3 Qd7 10. Nc2 Bh3 11. d4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 e4 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 exf3+ 15. Nxf3 {0-1 (46) Ding,L (2811)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2776) chess.com INT 2019}) 8... Qd7 9. Rd1 {The position is equal.} O-O-O 10. Nc3 f6 {[#]} 11. d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd4 (11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4) 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Qc1 d3 14. exd3 Bh3 15. Bh1 Bg4 16. d4 Bb4 17. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nxd5 19. Qc4 Be6 20. Nd4 Bf7 ({Black should play} 20... Nxd4 $11 21. Rxd4 c6) 21. Nxc6 $1 $14 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxc6 22. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qe6 23. Qxg7 Rhg8 (23... Rhe8 $16 {might work better.}) 24. Qh6 (24. Qxh7 $18 {is more deadly.} Nf4 25. Qe4 (25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. gxf4 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kg2 Qg4+ 30. Kf1 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qd1+ $11) 25... Nh3+ 26. Kf1) 24... Qf5 $16 25. Bg2 {And now Bh3 would win.} Kb8 26. Rd4 Rde8 {Hoping for ...Re2!} 27. Qd2 {[%cal Rg2d5]} c6 28. b4 Qh5 {White should prevent ...Re2.} 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Re8 31. Re4 Rxe4 32. Bxe4 Bg6 33. Bg2 Qf5 34. a3 Qd3 35. h4 Kc7 36. Kh2 Qb1 37. Qd2 Be4 {[#]} (37... Qd3 $14 38. Qh6 Be4) 38. Bxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg2 (38... Nxf6 39. Qf4+) 39. Kxg2 Kb6 40. Bd4+ Kb5 41. Bxa7 Ka4 42. Bc5 b5 (42... Kxa3 $142 43. b5+ Kb3 44. bxc6 bxc6) 43. Qe2 Kxa3 44. Qe6 (44. h5 $18) 44... Qd3 (44... Ka4 $14) 45. Qxc6 Kb3 (45... Nxb4 $142 46. Qd6 (46. Qa8+ Kb3 $14) 46... Qxd6 47. Bxd6 Kb3) 46. Qe6 Qc4 $2 (46... Ka4 47. Qg4 Nc3) 47. Qf5 Nxb4 48. Bxb4 Kxb4 49. Qxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qd5+ 50. Kh2 Ka3 51. Qa7+ Kb2 {intending ...b4.} 52. Qg7+ Ka2 (52... Kb3 $142 53. g4 Qd6+ 54. Kh3 Qd5) 53. Qg5 Qd3 {and the idea ...b4 leaves Black hopeful.} 54. Qc5 Qe2 55. h5 Qb2 56. h6 {White mates.} b4 57. h7 Qf6 58. Kg2 b3 59. Qa7+ {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,58,15,16,8,18,18,27,10,9,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,13,0,0,4,0,0,10,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,5,2,2,17,10,6,0,0,0,-1,-129,-115,-119,-113,-925,-908]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 (4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Nxg4 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Kh1 f5 12. Rg1 h5 13. Nc3 f4 14. Bd2 g5 15. Nb1 {1-0 (33) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 4... dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32] C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc4 {White has an edge.} Nd7 {[#]} 9. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd2 f6 10. Bc3 c5 11. Ne3 O-O 12. g4 Bf7 13. Rg1 Nb8 14. Nf5 Kh8 15. g5 {½-½ (35) Nikitin,Y (2129)-Galiev,A (2237) Dagomys 2004}) 9... Nf8 10. Nf5 Ne6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Be3 c5 13. c3 Qd7 14. Qc2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O f6 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. N3xd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxf5 $1 21. exf5 h5 22. Rhd1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qe7 24. Qa4 {Black must now prevent Re4.} b6 25. Qc6 Be5 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 (27. Qxd7 $11 Qb4 28. Bd4) 27... Qb4 $1 $17 {[%csl Ge5,LRb2,LRg4][%cal Rb4b2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Bd4 {[#] And now a3 would win.} Bd6 $1 29. Qe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Be3 $17) 29... Qa4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,28,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,90,18,23,6,15,10,15,7,12,13,7,0,1,0,-8,-28,-29,-31,-31,-45,-39,-37,-31,-37,-33,-38,-43,-64,-58,-52,-14,-32,-32,-28,-32,-231,-220,-254,-252,-282,-279,-293,-236,-211,-197,-195,-185,-287,-300,-302,-307,-296,-285,-318,-266,-315,-298,-331,-318,-328,-323,-368,-364,-356,-341,-796,-794,-791,-746,-748,-668,-787,-788,-756,-617,-812,-686,-656,-625,-2757,-2678,-1121,-1046]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} O-O {6...Nd7 is the fancy move. Played by Magnus Carlsen in July 2020.} (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. a3 Nd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Na5 Qc8 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Be3 Kf7 16. c3 Re8 17. h4 {0-1 (41) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} f6 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 b6 {[#]} 11. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc4 13. bxc4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. e4 Rf4 17. Qe2 {0-1 (44) Nestorovic,N (2460)-Van Foreest,L (2500) Skopje 2018}) 11... Qe8 12. g3 Be7 13. Ne1 Nc5 14. Ng2 Be6 15. b3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. f3 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Qh3 19. Kf2 $1 Qe6 20. Kg1 f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 {Strongly threatening ...Qh3.} 22. Rad1 $2 {[#] White does not recover from this.} ({Better is} 22. Bxc5 $15 Bxc5+ 23. Kh2) 22... Qh3 $19 23. Bf2 Bd6 24. Rfe1 Re7 {[%cal Be8e7,Be7f7,Bf7f4,Bf4g4][%mdl 32]} 25. Qe3 Ref7 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Qg4 {[%cal Rd6f4]} 28. Qe2 (28. Qg3 {was the only defense.} Qf5 29. Re2) 28... Rxf4 {Threatens to win with ...Rf3.} 29. Qxg4 Rxg4 30. Rd4 Rg6 31. h5 Rh6 32. Rh4 Rf5 33. Be3 Rhxh5 34. Rxh5 Rxh5 35. Bf4 Bxf4 36. Nxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rf5 37. Ne6 $2 {[#]} (37. Ne2) 37... Nxe6 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Rxe6 {KR-KR} c5 39. Re7 h5 40. Rxc7 Kh7 41. Kg2 Kh6 42. c3 Rf6 43. Rc8 Kg5 44. Rd8 Kg4 45. b4 h4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,18,22,13,22,4,4,0,0,-19,8,0,6,5,20,-30,0,4,25,18,41,31,35,0,0,0,0,0,43,51,54,38,45,37,45,45,45,45,45,38,56,54,41,30,45,19,28,4,57,62,108,60,87,104,132,141,239,239,239,239,239,239,263,258,256,254,297,201,322,275,300]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32] C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} O-O {6...Nd7 injects fresh life into this line. Played by Magnus Carlsen in July 2020.} (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. a3 Nd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Na5 Qc8 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Be3 Kf7 16. c3 Re8 {0-1 (41) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 7. Qe2 Re8 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. h4 a5 10. h5 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a4 11. a3 b5 12. Ne3 Nf8 13. Nf5 h6 14. g4 f6 15. N3h4 Ne6 16. c3 Bb6 {0-1 (58) Achilles,E (2445)-Babic,D (2468) ICCF email 2016}) 11. Ne3 Nf8 12. Bd2 Ne6 13. a4 b4 14. b3 Ba6 15. g3 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 f5 {[#] ...fxe4 is the strong threat.} 17. Rh4 $1 ({Of course not} 17. exf5 Nd4 $17) 17... f4 18. Bd2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rc1 fxg3 21. fxg3 Qg1+ 22. Qf1 Qxg3+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Re6 25. Rg1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rf8+ 26. Ke1 Bc8 27. h6 g6 28. Bg5 Ree8 (28... c5 $11) 29. Rh2 $14 Rf3 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf8+ 32. Ke3 Kf7 (32... Re8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 33. Bf6 Kf7) 33. Rf1+ $18 Ke8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[#] KB-KB} 35. Bd8 $1 c5 36. Bxc7 Ke7 37. Bxe5 ({But not} 37. Bxa5 $6 Kd7 $18) 37... Kd7 38. Bf6 Bb7 (38... Ke8 {was worth a try.} 39. Be5 Bg4) 39. Kf4 Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,71,20,7,14,7,12,11,16,21,17,16,25,22,27,17,16,19,23,0,0,0,24,21,50,51,56,48,67,50,46,43,64,52,56,64,69,68,59,64,65,64,298,332,352,324,442,452,431,461,448,453,450,444,433,438,1061,1056,1018,706,1000,987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd3 (15. Be3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 a4 19. b4 axb3 20. axb3 c6 21. Be2 Qe7 22. h3 Ra3 {½-½ (43) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 15... Nxg3 16. hxg3 {[#]} a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qd7 17. Bc2 Bf5 18. Ba4 Qe6 19. Be3 Bh7 20. Rc1 Rad8 21. Rc3 Be4 22. Nd2 Nf5 {½-½ (59) Wang,H (2726)-Oleksienko,M (2598) Qinhuangdao 2019}) 17. Bc2 a3 18. bxa3 Bg4 19. a4 Qd7 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. Bxe7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Qxe7 22. Qd3 {Qh7+ would kill now.} g6 23. Nh4 $1 Qb4 {[#]} 24. Nxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with Nh4.} Qxd4 {[#]} (24... fxg6 25. Qxg6+) 25. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (25... Rxe7 26. Qh7+) 26. Nxd5 {aiming for Qh7.} Qxf2+ $2 {[#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} ({Black should play} 26... Qxd3 $14 27. Bxd3 Ba5) 27. Kh2 $1 $18 {Intending Qh7 and mate.} Rad8 {Hoping for ...Rxd5!} 28. Rf1 Rxe5 {[%cal Re5h5]} 29. Rxf2 {White is clearly winning.} Rdxd5 30. Rxf7+ $1 Ke8 {[%cal Re5h5]} 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 {[%cal Rd5h5]} 32. Bg6 {Black must now prevent Rf5+.} Kd8 33. Re1 c6 (33... Rd4 $142 34. Rh7 Kc8 35. Re8+ Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8) 34. Rxb7 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re1e8]} Bc7 35. Re8+ Kd7 36. Rh8 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 71%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,125,0,0,0,3,15,26,14,18,0,53,63,48,60,53,74,95,95,106,10,11,12,132,66,63,33,37,32,35,17,70,72,87,12,206,219,186,232,220,196,199,180,196,191,190,185,182,177,181,166,299,292,232,157,160,152,145,102,143,151,158,144,146,139,127,127,137,111,94,0,0,0,107,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Be6 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 7...Be7.} 8. Bb2 f6 $1 9. Nc3 {White has an edge.} Qd7 10. Qc1 {[#]} Nd4 $146 (10... Bb4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O-O 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Ne4 Qb5 15. Rxd4 Rxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxe2 {½-½ (31) Vecek,M (2330)-Starodubtsev,V (2345) ICCF email 2018}) 11. Nxd4 $14 exd4 12. Ne4 O-O-O 13. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} d3 14. a5 Nd5 15. Nc5 (15. e3 $16) 15... Bxc5 $1 $11 16. Qxc5 Kb8 (16... dxe2 $11 17. Rfe1 a6) 17. Bd4 ({Better is} 17. e4 $16) 17... b6 $14 18. axb6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} cxb6 19. Qa3 {e4 is the strong threat.} dxe2 20. Rfe1 Rc8 (20... Rhf8 $11) 21. Rxe2 Rc7 22. Rae1 (22. Qa6 $16 Rhc8 23. Ree1) 22... Bh3 $2 (22... Bf5 $11) 23. Bxb6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Nxb6 24. Re7 Qxd2 {White must now prevent ...Rxe7.} 25. Bxh3 Rd8 26. Qa6 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ra6a7]} Qd1+ {[#]} 28. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ra6b7]} Rd7 29. Re8+ Rd8 30. Re3 h5 (30... Qd6 {keeps fighting.} 31. Rd3 Qe7 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 31. h4 (31. Re7 Rd7 $16) 31... g5 32. hxg5 (32. Re7 $6 Rd7) 32... fxg5 33. Re7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ra6b7]} Rd7 34. Re5 Rd5 35. Re8+ Rd8 36. Qb5 {And now Qe5+ would win.} h4 37. Qe5+ Kc8 38. Re6 hxg3 39. Rc6+ ({Don't play} 39. fxg3 $6 Qd4+ 40. Qxd4 Rxd4 $14) 39... Kb7 40. Qc7+ ({White should try} 40. Rc7+ $16 Ka8 41. Qxg3) 40... Ka8 $11 41. Qxg3 {Threatens to win with Rg6.} Nd5 {[#]} (41... Rd4 $1 $11 42. Qg2 Kb8 43. Qh2+ Ka8) 42. Qxg5 ({White should play} 42. Qg2 $1 $16) 42... Nf4 $1 {The position is equal.} 43. Qxf4 Rg8+ 44. Kh2 $1 {White wants to mate with Rc8+!} Qxf1 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rf1g2][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 45. Qf3 {[%cal Rc6c8]} Kb8 46. Qf4+ Ka8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rf1g2]} 47. Qf3 {[%cal Rc6c8]} Kb8 48. Rh6 Qg1+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Kh4 {Intending Qf4+ and mate.} Qg1 ({Much worse is} 50... Qc1 $6 51. Rh5 $16 (51. Rh7 Qg5+ 52. Kh3 Qb5 $16)) 51. Qf4+ Ka8 52. Qe4+ Kb8 {[%cal Rg1h2]} 53. Qe5+ Ka8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg1g4]} 54. Qd5+ Kb8 {[%cal Rg1h2]} 55. Qb5+ Ka8 {[%cal Rg1h2]} 56. Qc6+ Kb8 {[%cal Rg1h2]} 57. Qd6+ Ka8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg1g4]} 58. Qd5+ Kb8 {[%cal Rg1h2]} 59. Qe5+ Ka8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg1g4]} 60. Qe4+ Kb8 {[%cal Rg1h2]} 61. Qf4+ Ka8 62. Qf3+ Kb8 {( -> ...Qg5+)} 63. Qf4+ {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,30,32,31,41,0,0,0,7,-10,0,0,0,-6,0,-21,-23,-26,-10,-10,-6,-12,-9,-14,-6,-12,-6,-7,0,0,-8,-7,0,0,0,-4,0,-8,0,-3,-4,-17,0,-18,-18,-18,0,-18,-2,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 (4... Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Nxg4 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Kh1 f5 12. Rg1 h5 13. Nc3 f4 14. Bd2 g5 15. Nb1 {1-0 (33) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 5. c3 g6 6. d4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Bd7 7. dxe5 (7. Bd3 {keeps more tension.} Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Re1) 7... Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 9. Bxd7+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nh5 12. Na3 Qh4 13. g3 Qh3 14. f3 Rfd8 15. Rd1 {1-0 (34) Maroczy,G-Euwe,M Bad Aussee 1921}) 9... Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Ke2 Bxe3 13. Kxe3 Ke7 14. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Rhd8 15. Na3 Nc5 16. Nc4 Ke6 17. b3 b6 18. Nb2 a5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1 (20... Rf8 {is interesting.} 21. f3 Ra8 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 h5) 21. Nxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} f5 22. f3 f4+ 23. Ke2 g5 24. Nf2 h5 25. Nd3 Kd6 26. Nxc5 Kxc5 {KP-KP} 27. Kd3 Kb5 28. a3 c6 29. c4+ Kc5 30. Kc3 b5 31. b4+ axb4+ 32. axb4+ Kd6 33. cxb5 cxb5 34. h3 h4 35. Kc2 Ke6 36. Kc3 Kd6 37. Kc2 $1 Ke6 38. Kc3 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,87,32,7,21,12,6,9,12,12,12,7,22,8,22,14,20,18,21,0,0,0,2,2,17,0,15,8,16,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-15,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O {The position is equal. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd3 (15. Be3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 a4 19. b4 axb3 20. axb3 c6 21. Be2 Qe7 22. h3 Ra3 {½-½ (43) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 15... Nxg3 16. hxg3 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qd7 17. Bc2 Bf5 18. Ba4 Qe6 19. Be3 Bh7 20. Rc1 Rad8 21. Rc3 Be4 22. Nd2 Nf5 {½-½ (59) Wang,H (2726)-Oleksienko,M (2598) Qinhuangdao 2019}) 17. Bc2 c5 18. Be3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxd4.} 20. Rc1 Rc4 {...Rxd4! is the strong threat.} 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. b3 Rc7 23. Bb1 Rfc8 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qd4 Be6 26. Qd3 Bf5 27. Qe3 Qc3 28. Qf4 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Ng6 30. Qf5 {Threatening e6.} Qc2 31. Nd4 Qxf5 32. Nxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf8 33. f4 Ne7 34. Nd6 Rc2 35. a4 d4 36. Rd1 Nc6 37. Nb5 Rb2 38. Rd3 Ke7 39. Kh2 Ke6 40. Nxd4+ Nxd4 41. Rxd4 {aiming for Rd6+.} Rxb3 42. Rd6+ Ke7 43. Rd5 b6 44. Rd6 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,160,41,82,93,92,62,73,34,114,97,101,5,0,0,0,-18,-26,-25,-24,-28,-24,-27,0,0,-3,-32,-26,-27,-35,-36,-33,-70,-68,-123,-93,-92,-83,-94,-94,-99,-100,-125,-124,-184,-182,-177,-184,-140,-124,-209,-209,-205,-202,-245,-258,-259,-245,-244,-231,-211,-45,-40,-43,-49,-28,-42,-40,-48,-45,-72,-43,-36,-36,-36,-38,-33,0,0,0,0,0,-869,-879,-879,-879,-872,-868,-500,-195,-796,-721,-9083,-8860,-6533,-195,-195,-195,-6256,-6137,-5131,-195,-5124,-195,-12834,-30,-195,-195,-12833,-12833,-12831,-41,-12839,-12840,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12846,-12850,-12851,-27997,-27998,-27999,-27999,-27996,-27996,-27997,-27996,-27997,-27997,-27998,-27998,-27999,-27999,-27997,-27997,-27999,-27999,-27997,-27997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. h3 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} Nh6 12. Bg3 Kh7 {[#]} 13. Qc2 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. Rad1 c6 15. b4 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. a3 Nf8 18. Bf1 g5 19. d5 {½-½ (31) Roiz,M (2657)-Radjabov,T (2733) Bursa 2010}) 13... c6 (13... exd4 $14 14. Nxd4 Nc5) 14. Rad1 $16 Qe7 15. c5 (15. b4 $16) 15... dxc5 $11 16. d5 Nb6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b4,Bb4e4,Be4d4][%mdl 32]} 20. b3 Rb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 21. Qxc6 Bb7 22. Qd7 (22. Rd7 $5 {[%cal Rc6c7]} Bxc6 23. Rxe7 $11) 22... Rf7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Nd2 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Bc4 (26. Ba6 $15) 26... Rd4 27. f3 Red7 28. Ra1 Nf5 29. Bf2 Bh6 30. Rfe1 Bd2 31. Bxd4 (31. Re2 $17) 31... cxd4 $19 32. Red1 Be3+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 33. Kh2 h4 34. b4 (34. Bb5 $17 {was necessary.} Rc7 35. Ba6) 34... Bf4+ 35. Kg1 Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re3c4]} 36. Rdc1 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d2] Hoping for ...d2.} 37. Bb5 Rd4 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. Rd7 {With the idea Rxd4.} Rxb4 $2 ({Better is} 39... Nd5 $19 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 40. Kf2 Be3+ 41. Kf1 d2 42. Rxd5 Rxd5) 40. Bxd3 $15 Rb2 41. Bf1 $1 Nf5 42. a4 Be3+ 43. Kh2 Bd4 44. Rc1 Ne3 45. a5 Rf2 46. Kg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1f2]} Ra2 (46... Nxf1 $2 47. Rxd4 Ra2 48. Rxh4+ Kg5 49. Rg4+ Kf5 50. Kxf1 $18) 47. a6 Nxf1+ 48. Kxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rf2+ 49. Ke1 {aiming for Rxd4!} Rxg2 50. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Rc6 $11) 50... Rg1+ $19 51. Kd2 {[#]} Be3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Kxe3 Rxc1 53. fxe5 {KR-KR} Re1+ $2 (53... fxe5 54. Ke4 (54. Rxa7 $2 Rc3+ 55. Ke4 Rxh3 $19) 54... Rc3 55. Rxa7 Rxh3 56. Kxe5 Ra3) 54. Kf3 $2 (54. Kf2 Rxe5 55. Rxa7) 54... Rxe5 55. Rxa7 Ra5 56. Ra8 Ra3+ $2 (56... Kg5 57. a7 f5) 57. Kg4 Ra4+ $2 (57... f5+ 58. Kf4 Ra4+ 59. Ke5 Kg5) 58. Kf3 Kg5 59. a7 Ra1 $2 (59... Ra2 60. Ke4 Ra5) 60. Ke3 $2 (60. Kg2) 60... Ra3+ $2 (60... Kf5 61. Kd4 g5) 61. Ke4 $2 (61. Kf2) 61... Ra2 $2 (61... f5+ $19 62. Ke5 f4) 62. Kf3 $2 (62. Kd4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 62... Ra6 63. Ke4 $2 (63. Kf2) 63... Ra3 64. Kd5 {[#]} Kf4 $2 (64... f5 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Kf4.} 65. Kc5 f4) 65. Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65. Rf8 $15 Rxa7 66. Rxf6+ Kg3 67. Rxg6+ Kxh3 68. Ke4) 65... Rxa7 66. Rxh4+ Kf5 67. Rh8 Rd7+ 68. Kc5 g5 69. Rh6 Ke5 70. h4 gxh4 71. Rxh4 Rc7+ {Black mates.} 72. Kb6 Rc2 73. Rh1 f5 74. Re1+ Kf4 75. Rf1+ Ke4 76. Re1+ Kf3 77. Rf1+ Rf2 78. Rd1 f4 79. Kc5 Kg2 80. Kd4 f3 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,116,27,62,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,-23,-16,-19,-9,-64,-63,-46,-38,-85,-85,-139,-127,-168,-137,-164,-79,-147,-113,-144,-185,-231,-232,-312,-315,-303,-305,-334,-295,-313,-33,-528,-501,-489,-427,-420,-419,-489,-482,-516,-432,-507,-498,-504,-500,-480,-415,-633,-605,-669,-400,-864,-520,-476,-471,-1617,-1640,-1517,-1512,-1512,-1311,-1367,-1273,-1517,-1512,-1385,-1299,-1187,-1015,-29980,-29981,-29981,-12821,-29982,-29983,-29983,-277,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29986,-29987,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29993]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Bb4 {was the old line (8...Nc6).} 9. Be2 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack.} ({White should try} 9. Bd3 $14) 9... c5 $11 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 (13. dxc5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Na4 $17) 13... Na5 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Qe1 {[#]} (15. Rf3 $11) 15... Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rc8 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. h4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qxa3 19. Qg3 Nb3 20. Rc3 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qb2 22. Bxb6 axb6 {1-0 (45) Kuba,J (2239)-Freisler,P (2357) Ostrava 2014}) 16. Nf3 Nb2 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Qh4 (18. dxc5 $142 h6 19. Bf4) 18... cxd4 $17 19. cxd4 Nbxc4 20. Qg4 Qd5 (20... Rac8 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 21. Rac1 h6) 21. Rae1 (21. Nh4 $142) 21... Rac8 22. h4 h5 (22... Nxa3 23. h5 $11) 23. Qg3 Nxa3 24. Bf6 Nc2 25. Bd3 Nxe1 (25... gxf6 26. Bxg6 Kh8 {[#]} 27. Qf4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 26. Rxe1 Qd7 (26... gxf6 27. Bxg6 f5 28. Bxf5+ Kh8 29. Be4 $16) 27. d5 Rc3 $2 ({And not} 27... gxf6 28. exf6 Rc4 29. Ne5 $14) (27... exd5 28. e6 $18) (27... Qxd5 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Qxg6 $17) ({Better is} 27... Rc4 $19 28. Bxg6 Rg4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Bh7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxh7 30. Ng5+ Kg8) 28. Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White does not recover from this.} (28. Bxg6 $15 fxg6 29. Qxg6) 28... Rxd3 $19 29. Rxd3 exd5 ({Resist} 29... gxf6 30. exf6 Nc4 31. Qf4 $19) 30. e6 Qxe6 31. Bd4 Nc6 {...Qg4 is the strong threat.} 32. Rd2 Qg4 33. Qf2 Be4 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Rc8 {[#] And now ...Rc1+ would win.} 36. Kh2 (36. Qg3 $142) 36... f6 37. Bd4 b6 38. Ra2 (38. Qg3 $142) 38... Rc2 39. Rxc2 Bxc2 40. Bxf6 (40. Be3 $142) 40... gxf6 41. Qxc2 Qxh4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qe5+ 44. Kh1 Kg7 45. Qc6 d4 46. Qb7+ Kh6 {Hoping for ...d3.} 47. Qxa7 d3 48. Qd7 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 d2 50. Qd8 Qh4+ ({Stronger than} 50... d1=Q 51. Qxf6+ Kh7 52. Qf7+ Kh8 53. Qf8+ Kh7 54. Qf7+ Kh8 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qf7+ $11) 51. Kg1 Qf4 {Black mates.} 52. Qh8+ Kg5 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 53. Qg8+ Kh4 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 54. Qd5 Qe3+ 55. Kh2 Qe5+ 56. g3+ Qxg3+ 57. Kh1 Qe1+ 58. Kg2 Qe2+ {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,107,18,20,30,33,31,27,27,9,12,0,16,0,16,0,22,0,2,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-7,0,-2,-21,-22,-33,-28,-43,-23,-30,-20,-48,-21,-25,0,0,0,-57,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-164,-157,-257,-257,-230,-214,-225,-59,-47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-118,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 {White has an edge.} 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd6 {[#]} 13. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. a4 f6 15. Nd3 a5 16. Ba3 Rf7 17. Nf4 g5 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 {½-½ (29) Hovhannisyan,R (2595)-Bosiocic,M (2597) Tsaghkadzor 2017}) 13... Bf5 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Nh4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxd6.} Be4 17. f3 Bg6 $1 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bd3 Na5 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Qd2 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 23. Re1 Qa4 24. Qc1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {KQ-KQ} 26. Kf2 Qa4 27. Qb2 b6 28. h4 Kf8 29. Qb4 Qc6 30. g4 Ke7 31. Kg3 Qd5 32. Qb1 Qe6 33. Qc1 (33. Qb4 $11) 33... Kd7 (33... Kf8 $1 $15) 34. Kf2 Kc6 35. Qg5 Kb7 36. Qd8 f5 37. Qf8 {aiming for gxf5.} fxg4 38. fxg4 Ka6 39. Kf3 $2 (39. a4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 39... d5 $19 40. Kf4 (40. Qb4 $17 {was necessary.}) 40... g5+ $1 41. hxg5 Qe4+ 42. Kg3 Qe1+ $2 (42... Qxc2 $19 43. Qf3 Qd3) 43. Qf2 $1 $15 {[%cal Rf2e1]} Qxc3+ 44. Kf4 Qxa3 45. Ke5 Qe7+ 46. Kxd5 Kb5 47. Qf5 a5 48. c3 a4 49. Qb1+ {[#]} (49. g6 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 49... Ka5 (49... Ka6 $1 $17 {...Qd7+ is the strong threat.} 50. Kc6 Qb7+ 51. Kd6 Qc8) 50. Kc6 $11 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rb1b6] The position is equal.} Qe6+ 51. Kc7 {Threatening mate with Qb4+.} Qe7+ 52. Kc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rb1b6]} Qe8+ 53. Kc7 $1 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rb1b6]} Qe7+ 54. Kc6 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,0,-31,-15,-21,-14,-35,0,0,0,7,22,13,25,-4,-3,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-25,-49,-22,-29,18,26,56,-104,18,20,86,86,86,86,222,119,226,222,187,170,282,279,261,51,49,0,82,81,81,72,65,60,481,155,376,359,581,568,6283,5418,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3.} 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bb2 Nc6 {Black is slightly better.} 13. Rc1 {[#]} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rfd8 14. c4 cxd4 15. exd4 Ng4 16. Ng3 Qf4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ne2 Qh4 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 {1-0 (49) Carlsen,M (2851)-Aronian,L (2780) Leuven 2017}) 14. c4 cxd4 15. exd4 Qe7 16. d5 exd5 17. Re1 $1 Bxc4 18. Ng3 Qd8 $1 ({Wrong is} 18... Bxa2 $2 19. Rxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxf6 $18) ({But not} 18... Qc5 $2 19. Bxf6 Qd6 20. Bxc4 $18) 19. Bb1 {And now Qc2 would win.} b5 20. Nf5 {[#]} d4 $1 21. Qd2 (21. Bxd4 Nxd4) 21... Be6 22. Rc5 a6 {[#]} 23. Nxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 24. Qg5+ (24. Bc1 $5 {[%cal Rd2h6]} Ng8 25. Qd3 $11) 24... Kh8 25. Qh4 $1 {Threatens to win with Rxc6!} Rg8 {[#]} (25... Re8 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Rxc6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Rxc6 27. Bxd4 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rh4h7] [#]} Kg7 (27... Bf5 $1 $16 {was called for.} 28. Bxf5 Rg6) 28. Qxh7+ $1 $18 Kf8 29. Qh6+ $40 {[%mdl 192] Double Attack. White wants a kill.} Ke8 30. Bxf6 Qa5 (30... Qd6 $142) 31. Qe3 Qb6 {...Qxe3 is the strong threat.} 32. Rd1 $2 ({White must play} 32. Be4 $1 $18) 32... Rd6 $14 33. Bd4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc6 (33... b4 $1 $11) 34. Be4 $16 Qc4 35. h3 Kd7 {next ...Rd8 is good for Black.} 36. Rd2 Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36... b4 $14) 37. Kh2 $2 (37. Be5 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Bd5 38. Bf5+ Kc6 39. Rc2) 37... Bd5 $2 (37... Rc8 $16) 38. Bf5+ $18 Be6 $2 {[#]} (38... Rde6 {was necessary.} 39. Bxe6+ fxe6) 39. Bd3 $1 Qa4 40. Be5 Rd5 41. Qa7+ {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,33,16,13,32,0,0,0,0,0,16,15,17,5,4,5,11,0,0,0,2,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} (7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. Re1 d5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Be5 c6 13. c3 Bxe5 14. Rxe5 Nd6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nd2 f6 17. Re3 Bf5 18. Nb3 b6 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Re2 Qd7 {½-½ (20) Carlsen,M (2870)-Nakamura,H (2741) Kolkata 2019}) 8. c3 (8. Nf3 {keeps more tension.} d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Nd6 11. Qb3) 8... Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 d5 11. d4 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qf3 {[#]} Nh4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qd6 15. Qxd6 Nxd6 16. Bd3 c6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re5 Nd6 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Nb3 Nd6 {½-½ (30) Kuzubov,Y (2660)-Inarkiev,E (2684) Ankara 2018}) 14. Qg3 Nf5 15. Qf3 Nh4 16. Qg3 Nf5 17. Qf3 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,80,26,13,30,8,18,17,18,10,23,11,4,0,5,0,34,37,47,25,18,21,29,-14,-14,-13,13,0,0,0,4,-26,-30,-25,-32,-34,0,0,0,2,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,22,15,0,0,-637,-633,-778,-760,-768,-740,-29984,-29985,-29993,-29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths. C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence.} 9. Nf1 a6 10. Ba4 h6 {The position is equal.} 11. Ng3 {11.h3 is more fashionable.} d5 12. h3 b5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Bd2 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... dxe4 15. dxe4 Qe7 16. a4 Nd7 17. Qc1 Qf8 18. h4 Na5 19. Qd1 Nc4 {½-½ (60) Lepkasov,V (2153)-Rodchenkov,V (2370) Izhevsk 2013}) 15. a4 Rad8 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 d4 18. Qc1 (18. c4 $5) 18... dxc3 19. Bxc3 Nh7 20. Qb2 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Qd6 21. Ne2 Ng5 {[#] Hoping for ...Nxf3+.} 22. Nd2 Bc8 23. Ra8 Bf8 {[%cal Rc6b4]} 24. Rb1 Bd7 25. Ra6 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. h4 Ne6 28. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Bg7 29. Bb3 Ncd4 30. Nfxd4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. f4 Bg4 33. e5 Qe7 34. Nxd4 Qxh4 35. Rc1 Rd8 {...Qg3 is the strong threat.} 36. Qc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Bxf7+ $11 Kxf7 37. Qb3+ Kf8 38. Rxc7) 36... Qg3 $19 37. Qxc7 Rd7 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Ra1 Rxd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} 40. e6 Rxf4 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,140,25,20,20,25,29,0,24,24,24,20,24,22,25,27,29,16,35,39,39,26,28,0,6,0,0,0,4,4,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,17,32,20,4,6,6,17,-8,0,0,20,0,25,18,27,23,32,25,90,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,46,80,80,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,80,87,80,359,344,369,354,471,434,500,487,495,477,485,198,455,432,491,481,467,425,384,384,293,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 12. Bc2 d5 13. a4 {[#] Black must now prevent axb5.} Rb8 (13... dxe4 {is interesting.} 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 b4 16. Bd2 b3) 14. axb5 axb5 15. h3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 {[#]} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. Nf1 Bb7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Nd8 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. f3 c5 {½-½ (44) Martinez Alcantara,J (2606)-Delchev,A (2550) Montebelluna 2020}) 18. Ba4 Bb7 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Be3 Ra8 21. b3 Red8 22. Rac1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bd6 24. Nd2 Nb4 25. Rc1 Nd3 26. Rc2 Nb4 27. Rc4 Ba6 28. Rc1 Bd3 29. Rc3 Rd8 30. Nc4 Bxc4 (30... Nxe4 $2 31. Nxe4 Be7 32. Ned2 $18 (32. Nxe5 Bxe4 33. Rxc7 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Bd6 $11)) (30... Bxe4 31. Nxd6 cxd6 32. Rc4 $18) 31. Rxc4 Nd3 32. Rc2 Nf4 33. f3 g6 34. Nf1 Nd7 35. Nd2 Bc5 36. Nf1 Ne6 37. Bxd7 Bxe3+ 38. Nxe3 Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 39. Ng4 {[#] And now Nf6+ would win.} Re7 (39... Rd1+ $11 40. Kh2 h5 41. Nxe5 h4) 40. Nxh6+ Kg7 41. Ng4 Nd4 42. Rc5 f6 43. b4 $1 c6 44. Kh2 Rb7 45. Rc4 g5 46. Ne3 Kg6 47. Kg3 Ra7 48. Nc2 Nxc2 49. Rxc2 $16 {KR-KR} Ra4 50. Rb2 Ra3 51. Kf2 Kh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Rd3 $16) 52. Rc2 $18 Ra6 53. Ke2 Kh4 54. Kd3 Kg3 55. Kc4 Ra1 56. Kc5 Rb1 57. Re2 (57. Kd6 $142 Rxb4 58. Ke6 (58. Kxc6 Rd4 $14) (58. Rxc6 Kxg2 59. Kc5 Rb3 $11)) 57... Rc1+ $2 (57... Kf4 58. Rc2 (58. Kxc6 Rxb4 59. Kd5 Rb5+ 60. Kd6 Rb6+ 61. Ke7 Ra6 $16) 58... Rb3) 58. Kd6 Rb1 59. Ke6 Rxb4 60. Kxf6 Kf4 {intending ...c5.} 61. Rc2 c5 62. Rc3 $2 (62. Rxc5 $18 Rb6+ 63. Ke7) 62... Rb6+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 63. Ke7 Rb2 64. Ke6 {Threatens to win with g3+!} Rxg2 65. Rxc5 Rg3 66. Rxe5 Rxf3 67. Rf5+ Kxe4 68. Rxf3 Kxf3 69. Kf5 Kg3 70. Kxg5 {White threatens h4 and mate.} Kxh3 {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,20,36,0,0,0,0,0,3,-8,0,-8,8,0,10,0,11,8,2,0,10,13,30,25,30,25,18,17,25,15,15,-7,24,20,60,26,34,23,43,16,16,11,18,12,19,8,22,6,58,49,62,66,70,64,56,30,24,19,30,0,60,65,133,133,175,179,240,239,724,750,857,836,804,748,726,556,2839,2536]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 (4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. a3 Re8 13. Qc2 Bf6 14. Nd2 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 exd4 17. Qxc7 Rxe2 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nc4 Rde8 20. Kf3 Bg5 {1-0 (84) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} Ndb4 7. Qb1 $1 f5 8. a3 {[#] The position is equal.} Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Ra5 c5 14. Bb5+ Kd8 {1-0 (22) Samraoui,M-Demigha Algeria 1983}) 9. d3 Be6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. b4 a6 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. e4 Be6 16. Bc3 fxe4 17. dxe4 Bg4 18. Qa2+ Kh8 19. Ne1 Bd7 20. Rd1 Qf6 21. Nd3 Qh4 22. f3 (22. f4 {with more complications.} Qh6 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Bxc5+ 26. bxc5 Be6 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qd2) 22... Rae8 23. g3 Qe7 24. Rf2 Be6 25. Qd2 Bb3 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Qe3 a5 (27... Bc4 {seems wilder.} 28. Nb2 Be6 29. Bc4 Qf7 30. Bf1 Qe7) 28. Nc5 (28. f4 {feels hotter.} Bg8 29. bxa5 Bxa3 30. Nxe5 Bxc1 31. Qxc1 Nd4 32. Bd3) 28... axb4 (28... Bxc5 $1 $11 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. bxc5 a4) 29. axb4 $14 Bxc5 $1 30. Qxc5 Qxc5 31. bxc5 Nd4 32. Kg2 Nxe2 33. Rxe2 Rd3 $1 34. Bxe5 {Threatens to win with f4.} Rdxf3 (34... Bd1 $11 35. Rxd1 Rxd1) 35. Rb2 Ba4 (35... Rd3 $14) 36. Rxb7 $16 R3f7 {[#]} 37. c6 $1 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} h5 (37... Kg8 $142 38. Rc4 (38. Bxc7 Rc8 $16) (38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. Bxc7 Rc8 $16) 38... Bd1 39. Rxc7 Rxc7) 38. Bxc7 $18 {Black must now prevent Bd6.} ({Don't play} 38. Rxc7 $6 Rxc7 39. Bxc7 Rc8 $16) 38... Kh7 $2 (38... Rf6 39. Rb6 Kg8) 39. Bd6 {White is clearly winning.} Rf2+ 40. Kg1 R8f6 41. c7 Bd7 42. Bf4 Bc8 43. Rb8 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 65%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,146,22,13,17,15,1,12,0,0,-13,0,-1,-4,-2,-7,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,1,5,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,31,34,32,35,35,52,37,22,18,55,10,64,59,48,42,54,44,45,8,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,0,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Be3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} Bd7 {[#]} 11. Ba4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 a6 13. Be2 Rc8 14. h4 Bg4 15. Rac1 h5 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Rc5 {1-0 (36) Khanin,S (2482)-Mukhutdinov,T (2286) chess.com INT 2020}) 11... Na5 12. Bxd7 (12. Nbd2 {keeps more tension.} f5 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Nxd2 16. Qxd5+ Rf7 17. Nxd2 Bc6 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nc4) 12... Qxd7 13. Nfd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. a4 Qd5 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 e6 19. Rec1 Rfc8 20. Rc3 Rc6 21. b3 Rac8 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rb3 R4c7 24. Rab1 b6 25. a5 bxa5 {White should prevent ...Bf8.} 26. Ra3 f6 27. Rxa5 g5 28. Kg2 h6 29. h4 Rd7 30. Ra6 Re8 31. Rb5 Kf7 32. h5 Ree7 (32... f5 $11) 33. Kg3 fxe5 34. dxe5 Rd5 $1 35. Rxd5 exd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Kg4 Rxe5 37. Rxa7+ (37. Bc5 {is interesting.} Re2 38. Rxa7+ Kg8 39. Ra5 d4 40. Ra8+) 37... Re7 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $11 {KB-KB} 39. Kf5 Kf7 40. f4 gxf4 (40... Bc3 $11) 41. Bxf4 $16 d4 42. Bd2 d3 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. Kxd3 Kf5 {[#]} 45. f3 $1 Bf8 46. Kc4 Ke5 47. Be3 Bg7 48. Kc5 ({Of course not} 48. Bd4+ $6 Kf4 $11) 48... Ke6 49. Kc6 Kf7 50. Kd5 Bf8 51. Bd4 Ba3 52. Bc5 (52. f4 $16) 52... Bc1 (52... Bxc5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 53. Kxc5 Ke6) 53. Ke4 {[#] Be3 is the strong threat.} Bb2 54. Be3 Bg7 55. f4 Ke6 56. f5+ Kf7 57. Bc5 Bb2 58. Bd4 Ba3 59. Ke5 Be7 60. Be3 Bf6+ 61. Kd5 Bg7 62. Bd4 {Intending Bxg7 and mate.} Bf8 63. f6 (63. Bc3 $16) 63... Ba3 $11 {The position is equal.} 64. Ke5 Bc1 65. Kf5 Bg5 66. Be5 Bh4 67. Bf4 Bxf6 68. Bxh6 Bg7 69. Bxg7 Kxg7 70. Kg5 Kh7 71. h6 Kh8 72. Kg6 Kg8 73. h7+ Kh8 74. Kh6 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{[%evp 9,86,24,23,16,20,0,3,0,0,-6,-6,-18,-10,-35,-29,-11,-2,-60,-51,-59,-46,-68,-61,-66,-66,-88,-57,-56,-50,-56,0,0,0,-43,-37,-60,0,-36,-27,-30,-46,-46,-40,-154,-155,-155,-147,-545,-521,-530,-526,-559,-552,-550,-549,-542,-537,-527,-526,-620,-598,-675,-586,-722,-709,-692,-683,-1079,-918,-1145,-1155,-1147,-1172,-1160,-1140,-1304,-1279,-29969,-12832]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} O-O {6...Nd7 injects fresh life into this line. Played by Magnus Carlsen in July 2020.} (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. a3 Nd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Na5 Qc8 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Be3 Kf7 16. c3 Re8 {0-1 (41) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 7. h3 Nd7 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} a5 9. Be3 f6 10. O-O {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. Qe1 b6 12. Nfd2 Bf8 13. a4 Nc5 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Ne6 16. Rf2 Nd4 {½-½ (60) Stojanovic,D (2503)-Berend,E (2330) Tromsoe 2014}) 11. Ncd2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 a4 13. Nh4 ({White should try} 13. c4 $11) 13... c5 $15 14. Nf5 Nb6 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. N3h4 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. d4 cxd4 (19... Qe8 $15) 20. exd4 $11 exd4 21. Rxd4 Qc6 22. Rad1 Qc5 (22... Rde8 $15 23. Qd3 Nc4) 23. Qf2 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxa2 25. b3 $1 Rd8 {White must now prevent ...axb3.} 26. Nhf5 (26. Rd2 $1 $15) 26... axb3 $17 27. cxb3 {[#]} Bxb3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} 28. Nxg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (28. Rb1 $17 {is tougher.} g6 29. Nxb3 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 gxf5 31. exf5) (28. Nxb3 Rxd1+) 28... Rxd4 $19 29. Rxd4 Kxg7 30. Qg3+ Kf8 31. Qe3 {[#] Rd8+ is the strong threat.} Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kh1 (32. Rxd7 Qxe3+) 32... Ke8 33. Qd2 Be6 34. e5 Qxe5 35. Rh4 Nf8 36. Qb4 Kf7 37. Re4 c5 38. Qb1 Qd5 {And now ...Bf5 would win.} 39. Rf4 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 40. Qa1 Nd7 41. Qb1 Kg7 42. Qe1 b3 43. Qg3+ Qg5 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,18,16,12,20,0,10,0,1,-18,0,0,-3,-10,1,2,22,17,29,26,27,16,26,20,26,24,85,58,68,71,91,59,107,91,251,237,284,143,78,70,276,247,288,276,600,222,220,220,220,220,29987,29987,3004,2570]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} O-O {6...Nd7 is more fashionable. Played by Magnus Carlsen in July 2020.} (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. a3 Nd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Na5 Qc8 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Be3 {0-1 (41) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 7. h3 Nd7 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} a5 {[#]} 9. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 b6 11. Re1 Bf8 12. b3 f6 13. Bb2 Nc5 14. d4 exd4 15. e5 {½-½ (38) Domancich,E (2426)-Gonzaga Grego,L (2405) ICCF email 2017}) 9... Re8 10. Rg1 a4 11. Ne3 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 Nf8 13. h4 Qd6 14. Qd2 c5 15. h5 b5 16. Nh4 Qc6 17. Nf5 c4 (17... Ne6 $11) 18. Qb4 $16 a3 {aiming for ...Ra4.} 19. b3 cxd3 20. cxd3 Qc2 $1 21. h6 g6 $2 (21... Ne6 $16 {was necessary.}) 22. Rc1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Qxd3 23. Rd1 (23. Ne7+ $1 $18 Kh8 24. Bg5) 23... Qc2 $16 {White must now prevent ...Ba6.} 24. Ng7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bb7 $2 ({Black should play} 24... Be6 $1 $14 25. Nxe8 Rxe8) 25. Nxe8 $18 Rxe8 26. f3 ({Less strong is} 26. Qxb5 Bc6 $16) 26... Qxa2 $2 (26... g5 27. Qxb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bc6) 27. Rd2 $2 (27. Qxb5 Ba6 28. Qxa6) 27... Qb1+ {[#]} 28. Kf2 $1 a2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qxg1+!} 29. Qc3 $1 Ra8 $2 {[#]} (29... g5 $18 30. Qa1 Qxb3 31. Rxa2 (31. Qxa2 Qxa2 32. Rxa2 Ne6 $16) 31... Bc8 32. Bxg5 f6) 30. Rxb1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb1=Q 31. Qxe5 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals Kiva"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,134,25,31,18,19,0,2,-20,-16,-63,-57,-69,-64,-60,-58,-57,-36,-45,0,-3,0,-19,-14,-18,0,-7,-6,-31,-27,-49,-49,-56,-51,-65,-74,-68,-73,-68,-77,-77,-58,-58,-55,-77,-77,-72,-29,-71,-12,-12,-18,-172,-13,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,35,0,0,0,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,66,73,73,73,73,73,6,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Be6 {6...Nd7 gains popularity.} (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. a3 Nd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Na5 Qc8 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Be3 {0-1 (41) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 7. h3 Nd7 8. Nf1 f6 {[#]} 9. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Qe7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O-O 12. Qe2 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. O-O-O Bxa2 15. Ne3 {0-1 (30) Warakomska,A (2306)-Zimina,O (2414) Stary Smokovec 2018}) 9... Qe7 10. Ng3 O-O-O 11. Qe2 Kb8 12. a3 Bb6 13. Be3 Nf8 14. O-O-O Ng6 15. Nh5 Bxe3+ (15... Ba5 {keeps more tension.} 16. Kb1 Rhe8 17. Nd2 Bb6 18. Nf3 h6) 16. Qxe3 c5 17. Nd2 b6 18. Nb1 Nh4 19. Rhg1 g5 20. Nc3 Ng6 21. Kb1 Nf4 22. Nxf4 gxf4 23. Qe2 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. f3 (24. gxh5 Bf7) 24... hxg4 25. hxg4 Rh3 26. Rg2 Rdh8 27. Rdg1 Rh1 28. b3 c4 (28... Qd8 $17 {And now ...Rxg1+ would win.} 29. Qd1 R1h4) 29. dxc4 $11 Qxa3 30. g5 $2 {[#]} (30. Qf1 $11 R1h7 31. Nd5) 30... fxg5 $2 (30... Rxg1+ $1 $19 31. Rxg1 fxg5) 31. Rxg5 a5 32. Qd3 Kb7 33. Rg7 Rxg1+ 34. Rxg1 Rh7 35. Na4 Qd6 36. Qc3 Bd7 37. Nb2 Rh3 38. Rd1 Qe7 {Threatening ...Bg4!} 39. Nd3 Rxf3 40. Qxe5 Rxd3 (40... Qe6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 41. Kb2 Re3) 41. Qxe7 $16 Rxd1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 42. Kb2 Bc6 43. e5 f3 44. Qf6 Rd2 45. e6 f2 46. e7 {Qxc6+! is the strong threat.} Re2 47. Qf7 Rxe7 48. Qxf2 Rg7 49. Qf4 Rg2 50. Qe5 Rg6 51. c3 Rg2+ 52. Kc1 Rg4 53. Qe6 Re4 54. Qf7 Re1+ 55. Kd2 (55. Kb2 $16) 55... Re4 (55... Rb1 $11 {remains equal.}) 56. b4 (56. Kc2 $16) 56... axb4 $1 57. cxb4 {Hoping for b5.} b5 58. cxb5 Bxb5 59. Qd5+ Bc6 60. Qc5 {Threatens to win with b5.} (60. Qf7 {is more complex.} Rxb4) 60... Re6 61. Kc3 Rd6 62. b5 (62. Qg5 $14) 62... Bd7 {The position is equal.} 63. Qe5 Bc8 64. Kc4 Rb6 65. Kc5 Kb8 66. Qe8 Rd6 67. Qf8 Rb6 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

