[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,95,0,-5,-2,-16,-17,-37,42,40,38,26,31,27,28,25,31,19,21,28,56,45,53,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,29,29,29,29,19,19,19,19,19,57,57,58,57,75,57,83,83,83,83,83,83,100,58,83,83,83,83,83,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,-228,-228,-228,-228,-228,0,-228,0,-228,0,-228]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 Bd6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 {7.Bd3 has lost popularity.} b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5.} 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. h4 Nd7 {[#]} ({Black should play} 10... c5 $15 11. c3 Nd7) 11. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxe5 Re8 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Nf3 c5 19. h5 {1-0 (18) Hollstein,J (2067)-Schrickx,F (1901) Dresden 2013}) 11... h6 12. f4 c5 {[#] White must now prevent ...c4.} 13. c3 $1 Be7 14. g4 Nf6 15. a3 Rc8 16. Qg2 Bd6 17. Ngf3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Ne4 19. g5 h5 20. Ne5 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Nxd2 21. Qxd2 g6 22. Kf2 Kg7 23. Rac1 Qe7 24. Qe2 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Rd2 Qc1 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxe5 30. fxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd2 Rc7 33. b4 a6 34. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 35. Rf1 Rd8 36. Rf6 Rg8 37. a5 b5 38. Rf1 (38. Kc1 {keeps more tension.} Ra8 39. Be2 Rc8+ 40. Kb2 Rc7 41. Rf1) 38... Rc8 39. Rc1 (39. Ra1 {looks sharper.} Kd7 40. Bc2 Ke7 41. Ra3 Rc4 42. Kc1) 39... Rxc1 40. Kxc1 $16 {KB-KB} Bc6 41. Kd2 Kd7 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Bxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43. Kf3 $16 {keeps the pressure on.}) 43... fxg6 $19 44. Kd2 Bd7 45. Ke1 Bc6 46. Kd2 $1 Bd7 47. Ke1 $1 Bc6 48. Kd2 $1 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,83,22,11,12,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,5,35,39,37,39,50,43,31,22,14,13,10,8,6,13,25,14,32,29,35,27,48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-7,-8,-7,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 {Nowadays more popular than 8...a6. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 ({Don't blunder} 11... Nxe4 $2 12. d5 $16) 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Nc3 {[#]} Nexd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nfxd5 14. Bd2 c6 15. Qb3 Bc7 16. a4 Nb6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re4 Nd7 20. Qxb7 {½-½ (56) Mulligan,B (2354)-Mozelius,P (2271) ICCF email 2016}) 14. Qd2 {[#] Bxh6! is the strong threat.} Nxe3 15. Rxe3 c6 16. Rd1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb3 Bf5 19. Ne5 a4 20. Bc2 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Bc7 22. Rde1 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd6 24. a3 Qc6 25. Qd1 Rae8 {The position is equal.} 26. R1e3 Rxe5 27. dxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 28. Qd2 Rc8 29. Kh2 Qe6 30. Qd3 Rc4 31. Re2 b5 32. b3 Re4 (32... axb3 {is interesting.} 33. Qxb3 Qc6 34. Rb2 Qc7 35. f4 Qb6) 33. Rxe4 dxe4 34. Qxb5 Qxb3 {KQ-KQ} 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qd7 e3 37. fxe3 $1 Qxe3 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,65,34,15,32,18,17,14,15,20,23,12,18,12,14,17,16,20,22,10,19,18,25,12,32,26,10,12,17,6,6,8,0,8,32,0,14,0,6,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,758,775,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Re8 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne7 17. a5 {[#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rc8 18. Nxd5 Nfxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 {½-½ (22) Tolstik,A (2279)-Schwarz,J (2326) ICCF email 2017}) 18. g3 Rd8 19. Kg2 Qc6 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 20. Nf5 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. c4 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qe8 24. Rad1 c5 25. bxc5 Rc8 26. Nh4 Rxc5 27. Nf5 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Rd6 {aiming for Rxf6!} Rxc4 31. Qd3 {Black must now prevent Rxf6!} Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Rc3 $11 32. Qe2 Rc2) 32. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 33. Qe3 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 86%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,131,16,19,22,22,14,20,26,18,10,20,22,19,-5,-13,-8,8,7,15,-15,-17,-5,0,-32,0,0,13,3,15,16,12,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,11,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,37,45,39,52,67,35,94,5,39,0,101,89,115,110,124,110,122,111,111,96,96,82,89,60,60,14,16,0,31,33,48,0,12,20,50,31,58,34,64,7,8,7,38,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-12,-12,-12,-22,0,-12,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 {Recently 10...Be7 got a lot of attention.} 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. O-O Nh5 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nc4 {[#] Black wants to play ...Nxb2!} 16. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. g4 Ke7 18. e4 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxc3 20. Qe2 {1-0 (20) Potapova,M (2284)-Filipenko,A (2234) Sochi 2018}) 16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd6 18. a4 g6 19. Nd2 O-O 20. Rfc1 Qe7 21. Qb3 Rc7 22. Qa3 Rfc8 {[#]} 23. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 {[#]} 24. Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bc6 (24... Rxc4 25. Nxc4) 25. Rc5 b6 26. Rc3 Bb7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Bf1 Qd7 29. a5 Bd5 30. axb6 axb6 31. Qb4 b5 32. Ra6 Rd8 (32... Rc6 $14 33. Ra8+ (33. Bxb5 Nxb5 34. Ra8+ Rc8 $11) 33... Kg7) 33. Qa5 (33. Qc5 $16) 33... Rb8 34. Qb4 (34. g4 $14) 34... Rd8 $16 35. Nb3 Bxb3 36. Qxb3 Rc8 37. Qb4 Nc4 38. Be2 Kg7 39. Bg4 f5 40. Be2 h5 41. Ra1 Nd6 42. Rb1 Qc7 43. Ra1 ({Reject} 43. Bxb5 Rb8 $17) 43... Qb6 44. Bd3 Kf7 45. Rb1 Rc7 46. Kh2 Rc8 47. Ra1 Kf6 48. f3 Kf7 49. Rb1 (49. e4 $14) 49... Qc7 $11 50. e4 Nc4 51. Qxb5 (51. e5 $14 {stays ahead.}) 51... Na3 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 52. Qb3 Nxb1 53. exf5 gxf5 54. Bxf5 Qd6 ({Black should play} 54... Qc4 $17 55. Qxc4 Rxc4 56. Bxb1 Rxd4) 55. Bxb1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB. The position is equal.} h4 56. f4 Rg8 57. Qb7+ {[#]} Kf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Qh7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} hxg3+ 59. Kh3 Qf8 {aiming for ...Rh8.} 60. Qh4+ Kf7 {...Rh8 is the strong threat.} 61. Qh5+ Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Rh8!} 62. Qc5+ Ke8 63. Qb5+ Kf7 64. Qh5+ Ke7 {And now ...Rh8! would win.} 65. Qc5+ Kf7 {( -> ...Qh6+)} 66. Qh5+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,-2,19,14,26,8,10,-44,-39,-43,-42,-44,-46,-61,-61,-58,-51,-61,-56,-71,-53,-73,-92,-81,-88,-72,-72,-73,-72,-87,-98,-97,0,-36,0,0,0,0,8,10,89,97,221,202,199,205,210,209,212,207,195,210,54,0,29996,29997,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 (3... c5 4. e3 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}) 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Rb1 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bd6 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Leaves trodden paths.} 7. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. b4 Qc7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. c4 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (26) Fernandez Ballon,A (2361)-Rheinstaedtler,K (2367) Remote email 2012}) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 ({White should play} 8. Qa4+ $11 Bd7 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4) 8... Bxf4 $15 9. exf4 Nc6 10. Nb3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 11. a3 a4 12. Nc1 Bd7 13. Na2 Ne4 {Threatens to win with ...Qa5+.} 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. g3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Na5 17. Rc1 {[%cal Bb1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2e2,Be2e8,Be8f8][%mdl 32]} Nb3 18. Rc2 Qd6 19. Bd3 Qxa3 20. O-O f6 (20... Qd6 $17 21. Ne5 O-O) 21. Re1 O-O 22. Qb1 $1 {And now Ra2 would win.} Qd6 23. Rce2 h6 24. f5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} exf5 {[#]} (24... Rae8 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Nh4 $1 $16 Rae8 (25... Rfd8 $16) 26. Nxf5 $18 Bxf5 27. Rxe8 Nd2 {[#]} 28. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 29. Qxb7 {Threatening mate with Qa8+.} Nf3+ 30. Kh1 {Intending Qa8+ and mate.} Nxe1 31. Bxf5 (31. Qa8+ $14 Kf7 32. Bxf5) 31... Nf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qe7 $11 32. Qa6 (32. Qxd5 Qe2 $11) 32... Kf7) 32. Bg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rb7f7]} Ng5 33. Qc8+ {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 71%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,82,21,21,14,12,18,15,18,3,3,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-31,-30,-26,-30,-81,-71,-186,-166,-318,-328,-463,-457,-469,-472,-407,-391,-400,-400,-473,-485,-485,-491,-490,-491,-450,-493,-495,-481,-485,-408,-862,-815]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 {is now debated instead of 8...a6. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bb6 10. Bb3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. Ba4 Nd7 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 {[#]} 14. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Be3 Kh8 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Nb6 20. Bc2 {½-½ (56) Matlakov,M (2401)-Ponkratov,P (2378) Satka 2005}) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 Nf6 16. Ng3 Bh7 17. Bb3+ Kh8 18. a3 Ne7 19. Be6 c6 20. Bd2 Nfd5 21. a4 Nb4 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Qb3 Ba5 24. Re3 Ng6 25. Bf5 {aiming for Qc2.} Bg8 26. Qc2 Nh4 27. Nxh4 Qxh4 28. Qd3 (28. Be6 $11) 28... Bb6 29. Re4 {[#]} (29. Rd1 $17 {might work better.}) 29... Qf6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 30. Rg4 $2 (30. Rae1 {is a better defense.}) 30... Ra5 31. Bg6 (31. Rf4 $142) 31... Be6 (31... Qxf2+ $2 32. Kh2 $19) 32. Ne4 Qxd4 33. Qxd4 Bxd4 34. Rd1 Bxb2 35. Rg3 Be5 36. Re3 Bd5 37. g3 Rxa4 38. f4 Ra1 39. Red3 Rxd1+ 40. Rxd1 Bc3 41. Nxd6 (41. Kf2 $142) 41... Rf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,90,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,37,34,39,43,53,48,54,12,14,6,33,0,0,0,0,-28,-36,-68,-61,-71,-53,-97,-97,-78,-37,-39,-45,-43,-36,-70,0,-45,0,0,0,0,76,56,49,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-15,-28,17,0,95,89,88,-158,0,0,0,0,-3,-515,-118,-689,-682]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. a4 a5 {The position is equal.} 11. Bd3 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. Nd2 Rfd8 13. f4 Bb4 14. Qe2 c5 15. Nb5 Rac8 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Rac1 Ndf6 {½-½ (40) Mesquita Jr,F (2388)-Rodriguez Fraga,Y (2425) ICCF email 2018}) 12. Qe2 c5 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. f4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Ne4 17. Rad1 Rcd8 18. Ba3 Nxe5 19. fxe5 f5 20. Rb1 Qg5 21. Rb2 Rf7 22. Qe1 Rfd7 23. Re2 h6 24. Bb2 Bc6 25. Bc2 Kh8 26. Rf3 Qg6 27. Rh3 Qg5 28. Rf3 {[#]} Nc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. d5 $1 (29. Bxc3 Bxf3) 29... Nxe2+ 30. Qxe2 {And now Nd6 would win.} Bb7 (30... Qh5 $11 31. e4 (31. dxc6 $2 Rd2 $19) 31... Bxb5 32. axb5 f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. Rg3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg3g5][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qh4 32. d6 (32. e4 $14) 32... Be4 33. Bd1 Bc6 34. Rh3 Qg5 35. Rg3 Qh4 36. Rh3 Qg5 37. Nc3 Rf8 38. Qf2 Qd8 39. Ne2 {[#]} Kh7 (39... Bxd6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 40. exd6 Rxd6) 40. Nf4 Bxd6 ({Don't blunder} 40... Qe8 $2 41. Bh5 $16) 41. Nxe6 $2 {[#]} (41. exd6 $16 {keeps the pressure on. Rg3 is the strong threat.} Rxd6 42. Be2) 41... Qe8 $2 (41... Bxe5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Be2 {[#]} (42. Bxe5 Rxd1+) 42... Rd1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Bf1 Bxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Nxd8 Rfxd8) 42. Nxf8+ $11 Bxf8 43. Qxf5+ g6 44. Qf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Qb1 $1 $11) 44... Bg7 $2 (44... Rd2 $19 45. Bc3 Rxg2+ 46. Qxg2 Bxg2 47. Kxg2 Qd7) 45. Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Rg3 $17 Bxe5 46. Bxe5 Qxe5 47. Bc2) 45... Rd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,116,34,37,31,53,58,63,44,48,29,47,47,69,69,72,47,43,50,50,50,56,60,51,53,65,67,80,71,92,104,100,58,87,95,96,71,109,110,116,94,94,99,103,84,84,29,115,111,110,114,104,103,98,15,29,-26,-39,-36,-33,-29,-32,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-22,-35,-152,-61,-77,-73,-53,-20,-337,-297,-295,-315,-494,-535,-529,-538,-483,-537,-493,-530,-503,-518,-891,0,-174,0,-570,-566,-1133,-1129,-1539,-1527,-6701,-6299]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. e4 e5 7. Nf3 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne8 12. O-O f5 13. f3 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 {½-½ (42) Prohaszka,P (2547)-Jobava,B (2704) Sarajevo 2011}) 12. O-O Ne8 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b4 Be6 15. Nb3 f5 16. f3 Nf6 17. Na5 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Bf7 21. Bf2 h6 22. b5 c5 23. Bd3 f4 24. Nd5 Nexd5 25. cxd5 g5 26. Nc6 Re8 27. Kh1 g4 28. Bh4 (28. Be2 $16) 28... Kh8 (28... gxf3 $11 29. gxf3 Qh3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 29. Be2 $16 Bg6 30. Qe1 Nh7 31. a4 Ng5 32. Qf1 ({Better is} 32. a5 $16) 32... Bf6 $11 {White should prevent ...Nxe4.} 33. a5 (33. Qf2 $142) 33... Nxe4 $1 34. Bd3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Bxh4 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. fxe4 Rf8 37. b6 axb6 38. axb6 {With the idea Ra1.} Qb7 39. Ra1 $1 {aiming for Qa6.} Ra8 40. Rxa8 $1 Rxa8 41. Qb5 (41. g3 $5) 41... f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 42. g3 Bg5 {And now ...c4! would win.} 43. Na5 (43. h3 $15) 43... Qf7 ({Black should try} 43... Qh7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh7e4]} 44. b7 Rb8) 44. b7 $15 Rb8 {...f2 is the strong threat.} 45. Rf1 Kg7 {White must now prevent ...Bd8.} 46. Qa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46. h3 $1 $11) 46... Qg6 $1 $19 47. Qd3 h5 48. h4 {[#]} (48. Qb1 $142 Qf7 49. Qd3) 48... Bxh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. gxh4 Qf6 50. Kg1 Qxh4 {( -> ...Qg3+)} 51. Qd2 {intending Nc4.} Kg6 ({Less strong is} 51... Qg3+ 52. Kh1 $17) 52. Nc4 Qf6 53. Na5 (53. Qb2 $142 h4 54. Qh2 (54. Qb6 $2 h3 $19)) 53... Qh4 $2 (53... g3 54. Qb2 Qf4) 54. Nc4 $1 Qf6 $2 ({Inferior is} 54... Rxb7 55. Nxd6 Qg3+ 56. Kh1 $11) ({Black should play} 54... Qe7 $19 55. Rb1 Rxb7 56. Rxb7 Qxb7 57. Nxd6 Qb1+ 58. Kh2 Qb4) 55. Ne3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Na5 $1 $11 g3 56. Nc4 f2+ 57. Rxf2 gxf2+ 58. Qxf2 Rxb7 59. Qf5+ Qxf5 60. exf5+ Kf6 61. Kf2) 55... Qf4 {Black is clearly winning.} 56. Qf2 Qxe4 57. Re1 Rxb7 58. Ng2 Qd4 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,102,37,10,17,10,27,21,17,18,31,25,16,0,0,0,16,23,22,19,24,1,15,-17,-23,-43,-34,-85,-87,-96,-59,-73,-46,-89,-83,-105,-91,-122,-89,-114,-56,-90,-104,-101,-81,-95,-85,-110,-68,-103,-107,-108,-76,-145,-9,-11,-6,-16,-13,-89,-35,-38,-37,-24,-35,-41,0,0,0,-50,0,-42,0,-56,87,-54,-58,-101,0,0,72,-908,-891,-1043,-1051,-1102,-1100,-1083,-1057,-1064,-1001]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 {now supersedes 8...a6. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Nf1 Ne7 {The position is equal.} 11. Ng3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nb4 17. Qb3 Qe7 {1-0 (47) Antipov,M (2567)-Sysolyatin,E (2271) Sochi 2019}) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Ng6 15. Be3 a4 16. Qc2 {Black must now prevent e5.} Qe8 17. a3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nd2 Ba5 20. Rec1 {[#]} (20. Rad1 $15) 20... c5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 21. dxc5 Ngxe5 22. Rf1 Nc6 {Hoping for ...d4.} 23. b4 axb3 $1 24. Nxb3 Bc7 25. Nd4 Be5 26. Nge2 Ra5 (26... Na5 $17 27. Bd2 Nc4) 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Ra2 Qe7 29. Rc1 Rfa8 30. a4 Bf6 31. Ra3 e5 32. Ng3 Qe6 33. Qg6 ({White should play} 33. Nf5) 33... d4 ({Reject} 33... Rxa4 $6 34. Rxa4 Rxa4 35. Nf5 $15) (33... Qf7 $17 34. Qg4 e4) 34. Bd2 $11 Rxa4 35. Rxa4 Rxa4 36. Ne4 (36. Nf5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36... Nf8 (36... Qf7 $17 37. Qg4 h5) 37. Qg3 $1 $15 Kh7 38. Rb1 (38. Nxf6+ $2 Qxf6 39. Qb3 Ra8 $17) 38... Ra7 39. Qd3 $1 Kg8 40. Rb8 Be7 41. Qf3 Qf7 {...Qxf3 is the strong threat.} 42. Qg3 Qe6 43. Re8 (43. Qf3 $11) 43... Kh7 {[#]} (43... Rd7 $15 {stays ahead.}) 44. Rb8 (44. Qf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf3f8] Threatens to win with Qxf8!} Qg6 45. Rxe7 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxe7 46. Qxf8) 44... Nd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 45. Qd3 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Re4g5] [#]} Qg6 (45... g6 $1 $17 46. Re8 Qf7) 46. Rc8 Nf8 (46... Nxc5 $11 {remains equal.} 47. Nxc5 Qxd3 48. Nxd3 Ra2) 47. Rxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (47. f3 $16) 47... Qxc6 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 48. Ng5+ Kh8 49. Nf7+ Kg8 50. Nxe5 Qd5 51. Bf4 Bxc5 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,137,18,9,9,5,12,7,19,19,36,37,43,27,16,10,15,8,76,0,39,-38,-20,-20,-17,-17,-15,-24,-25,-66,-47,-90,-89,-108,-45,-131,-74,-50,-32,-33,0,0,20,-26,0,0,170,0,50,35,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,494,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1938,1626,29968,29969,29967,29969,29969,29970,29970,29971,29971,29971,29971,29971,29966,0,29970,0,6179,0,2077,0,29976,29977,29976,29977,29979,29980,29978,29978,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29982,29984,29985]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 {7...Re8 is becoming the main line. A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} 8. c4 Bb7 9. Qc2 e6 {The position is equal.} 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. e4 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Rfe1 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Rae8 15. Rad1 Bc8 16. h3 Qd8 17. Nh2 Re7 {0-1 (42) Postny,E (2619)-Pultinevicius,P (2439) Skopje 2019}) 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Rac8 (14... c6 $1 $11) 15. Bb5 (15. Rfd1 $16) 15... Nb8 (15... c6 $5 16. dxc6 (16. Bxc6 Nb8 $15) 16... Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Nb8 $11) 16. Bc6 ({Better is} 16. Rfd1 $14) 16... Nxc6 17. dxc6 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Rcd8 19. a4 {Threatening Ba3.} Rfe8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rd6 22. Rd2 {[#]} f6 (22... Qd8 $1 $17 23. Rxd6 Qxd6) 23. h4 (23. Ba3 $15 Rxd2 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 24. Qxd2 Qxa3 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Qd8+ Qf8 27. Qxc7) 23... Bh6 (23... Bf8 $142 24. Kh2 Qe6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6) 24. Rd5 $17 Rxd5 25. exd5 Qd6 26. Qe4 Bc8 27. h5 Bf5 28. Qc4 Bf8 $2 (28... gxh5 $11 29. Nh4 Bg4) 29. Nh4 $2 (29. g4 $18 Bc8 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. g5) 29... Qc5 (29... Qb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c4]} 30. Qxb4 (30. Nxf5 Qxc4 31. bxc4 gxf5 $14) 30... Bxb4 31. Nxf5 gxf5 $14) 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Bc1 Qxc4+ 33. bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} f4 34. g3 Kh6 35. gxf4 Kxh5 36. Kg2 Kg4 $1 37. fxe5 fxe5 {Strongly threatening ...e4.} 38. f3+ Kf5 39. Bd2 a5 40. Be3 {Threatens to win with Bxb6!} Bd6 41. Kh3 e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... h5 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 42. f4 $2 (42. Kg2 $18 h5 43. Bf2) 42... Kg6 43. Kg4 {Hoping for f5+.} h5+ 44. Kg3 Kf5 45. Kh3 Kf6 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. Kh4 Be7+ $1 48. Kh3 {Bxb6! is the strong threat.} Bd6 $1 49. Kg3 Kf5 50. Kh3 h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White stays focused until the end.} (50... Kf6 $11) 51. Kxh4 $18 Bxf4 52. Bxf4 Kxf4 {[#] KP-KP} 53. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} e3 (53... cxd6 54. c7) 54. dxc7 e2 55. c8=Q e1=Q+ {KQ-KQ} 56. Kh5 Qe5+ 57. Kg6 Qe4+ 58. Kg7 $2 (58. Kf7 Qh7+ 59. Ke8 Qg8+ 60. Kd7 Qh7+ 61. Kd8 Qg8+ {[#]} 62. Kc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc4 63. Qd7) 58... Qd4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Qe7+ $11 59. Kg6 Ke5) 59. Kg6 $2 (59. Kf7 {mates} Qxc4+ 60. Qe6 Qc5 61. Ke8 Kf3 62. Qf7+ Kg3 63. c7 b5 64. Kd7) 59... Qd3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Qe4+ $11 60. Kf6 Qe5+ 61. Kf7 Qc5) 60. Kg7 $2 ({Only move:} 60. Kf6 $18 Qd4+ 61. Ke7 Qe5+ 62. Kd7 Qd4+ 63. Kc7 Qxc4 64. Kb7) 60... Qc3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Qd4+ $11 61. Kf7 Kg3 62. Qg8+ Kf2) 61. Kg6 $2 (61. Kf7 $18 Qxc4+ 62. Qe6) 61... Qxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Qd3+ $11 62. Kf6 Qd4+ 63. Ke7 Qc5+ 64. Kd7 Qb4 65. Qb8+ Kf5) 62. Qf5+ {White mates.} Ke3 63. Qe5+ Kd2 64. c7 Qc6+ 65. Kf7 Qc4+ 66. Ke7 Qh4+ 67. Kd7 Qg4+ 68. Qe6 Qg7+ 69. Kc6 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,167,0,13,7,15,2,13,3,17,5,7,17,22,16,20,26,17,0,0,0,18,15,26,15,31,23,27,21,29,13,10,12,9,0,37,34,72,72,61,39,43,37,37,21,50,50,65,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,33,33,33,8,17,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,56,57,58,61,62,8,8,8,8,0,8,10,13,12,46,46,46,46,52,57,58,53,141,97,257,254,257,254,363,368,348,339,5606,681,5606,5950,5837,5825,5837,5816,5736,5736,5646,5613,5598,5598,5598,5598,5598,5584,5591,5584,5584,4719,10772,5577]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 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 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Bf6 14. Nd2 {[#]} Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rfe1 h6 18. b4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qc4 {½-½ (20) Pauk,P (1751)-Prill,G Baden 2019}) 15. Bxd4 {The position is equal.} Bxg2 $1 16. Kxg2 {Strongly threatening Be3.} exd4 17. Qxc7 Rxe2 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nc4 Rde8 20. Kf3 {Hoping for Nd6.} Bg5 21. Rb1 R2e6 22. a4 h5 23. b4 g6 24. b5 Kg7 25. Rb2 Be7 26. Rc1 g5 27. Kg2 g4 28. Rcc2 Bg5 29. b6 axb6 30. Rb5 Kg6 31. f4 gxf3+ $1 32. Kxf3 Bd8 33. Rd5 Bf6 34. Rb2 Ra8 35. Rxb6 (35. Nxb6 $14 Re3+ 36. Kg2) 35... Rxa4 $11 36. Rxe6 fxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Rb5 Ra1 38. Rxb7 Rf1+ 39. Ke2 Rh1 40. h4 Rg1 41. Kf2 Rd1 42. Rb3 Ra1 43. Nd6 Be5 44. Ne4 Ra5 45. Kf3 Kf5 46. Nd2 Bf6 47. Nc4 Ra1 48. Nd6+ Kg6 49. Ne4 Re1 50. Kf2 Re3 51. Nd2 {Nc4 is the strong threat.} Re5 $1 52. Ne4 Rf5+ 53. Ke2 Ra5 54. Rb6 Kf5 55. Kf3 Be5 56. Rb3 Ra1 57. Rb5 Re1 $1 58. Nd6+ $1 Kg6 59. Nc4 (59. Kf2 $1 $14 Re3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 60. Nc4 (60. Ne4 Bf6 $11) 60... Bxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61. Kg2 Bxh4 62. Nxe3 dxe3 63. Re5) 59... Bf6 $11 60. Rb6 Kf5 61. Kf2 Rd1 62. Nd6+ Kg4 63. Ne4 Be5 64. Rxe6 Kf5 65. Ke2 {Threatens to win with Rxe5+!} Rg1 $1 66. Rh6 Bxg3 67. Rxh5+ Kf4 {[#]} (67... Kg4 $14 68. Rh8 Re1+ 69. Kd2 Rg1) 68. Rh8 $1 $16 Re1+ $2 {This costs Black the game.} (68... Kf5 $16 {was called for.}) 69. Kd2 $18 Re3 {[#]} 70. h5 $1 Be1+ (70... Kf3 $142 71. h6 Bf4) 71. Kc2 Rh3 72. h6 Kf5 $2 (72... Bb4 73. Rb8 Ba3) 73. h7 (73. Rf8+ $142 Ke5 74. Ng5) 73... Kg6 74. Rg8+ Kxh7 75. Nf6+ Kh6 76. Rh8+ Kg6 77. Rxh3 Kxf6 {KR-KB} 78. Kb3 Ke5 79. Kc4 Bf2 80. Rf3 Be3 81. Rf8 Ke6 82. Kc5 Bg1 83. Kc6 Be3 84. Re8+ {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 73%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,113,8,10,9,8,8,6,9,5,10,6,7,13,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,20,20,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,17,18,21,18,24,27,36,35,35,31,51,19,32,31,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,2,94,79,79,79,86,94,257,111,247,211,362,321,462,462,298,255,1553,1473,1619,1508,1320,966,1849,836,1380,1842,2178,2048,1997,1656,1614,2245,1854,1489,12832,12832,5609,6982,12841,12841,29981,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 {7.Be2 is more fashionable. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} Nh5 (7... Ne4 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. c6 Nf6 11. a3 Ne4 12. Rc2 a5 13. Bd3 f6 14. Qe2 g5 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. O-O Nxg3 17. fxg3 g4 18. Nd2 f5 19. a4 Qe7 20. Bb5 e5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nb3 Be6 23. Nd4 Rae8 24. Qd3 Bc8 25. Re2 Bc5 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. Qc3 Qf6 28. Rf2 Re4 29. Rf4 Rfe8 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Kf2 Kg6 32. Rd3 f4 33. gxf4 Qh4+ {1-0 (42) Nakamura,H (2786)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 {The position is equal.} a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qe2 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g6 15. Rfc1 Qc7 16. g3 axb4 17. axb4 Qb7 18. Rab1 Ra3 19. Qc2 Rfa8 20. Kg2 Bf6 21. Ne2 Ra2 22. Qd1 bxc5 23. bxc5 Qa6 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8 27. Nc1 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 27... Qa8 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Qb3 Qa6 30. Nde5 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Kg7 32. h4 h6 33. Qe3 Qa4 {1-0 (69) Bryzgalin,K (2465)-Schroeder,J (2355) Dresden 2013}) 28. Nd3 Qb5 29. Qc3 h5 30. Qa3 Kg7 31. Nde5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 {And now Qa7 would win.} Qe2 33. Ng5 {Strongly threatening h4.} Qg4 34. h4 {aiming for Qa7.} Nf8 $1 35. Qd3 Qf5 36. Qxf5 (36. Qd2 $14) 36... exf5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} (36... gxf5 $11 37. Nh3 f6) 37. Kf3 $16 {White stays focused until the end.} f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39. Ke3 Nd7 $2 {[#]} (39... Ke7 $16) 40. Nf3 (40. f4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 40... Ke6 {[#]} (40... Ke7 $16) 41. Ne1 $1 $18 Nb8 $2 (41... Kf6 42. f4 Ke7) 42. Nd3 Kf6 (42... Nd7 {is a better defense.} 43. f3 Ke7) 43. f4 Nd7 44. Ne5 Nf8 $2 (44... Ke6 45. Nxg6 (45. Nxc6 Nf6 $16) 45... Kf6) 45. Nxc6 Ke6 46. Ne5 Ke7 47. Kd3 Kd8 48. Kc3 (48. Nc6+ $142 Kd7 49. Nb4) 48... Kc7 49. Nd3 Nd7 50. Nb4 Nf6 51. Kb3 Kb7 52. Ka4 Ne4 53. Nxd5 Nxg3 54. Kb5 Ne4 55. c6+ Kc8 56. Kb6 Nd6 57. Ne7+ {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,103,11,10,2,7,20,12,23,13,16,16,5,1,9,14,66,38,69,35,68,67,71,71,68,45,41,35,43,31,72,54,54,58,62,63,68,68,68,71,70,62,65,62,60,60,171,130,131,122,102,100,137,154,140,146,150,139,239,202,282,260,281,269,212,187,391,378,343,316,5948,3508,6717,9209,29972,29973,29979,29980,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 h6 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. e4 e5 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Rxc4 19. Bxe5 Ba4 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2875)-Nakamura,H (2754) Zagreb 2019}) 7. Be2 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 7.c5. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Ng5 b5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qe7 $146 (13... Qe8 $11 14. Nxf8 (14. Nc7 Qg6 $15) 14... Bxf8) ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe8 14. Nxf8 Bxf8 15. Bd6 Bb7 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. a4 b4 18. Qb3+ Ne6 19. Qxb4 Rb8 {½-½ (36) Wojtaszek,R (2725)-Andreikin,D (2724) Jerusalem 2019}) 14. Nxf8 Qxf8 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 18. f3 (18. Qxd5+ {seems wilder.} Bxd5 19. b3 a5 20. f3 a4 21. Rc3) 18... Qxa2 19. e4 {Threatens to win with Rc7.} Nf8 20. Rf2 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Qd8 Qe6 23. Bd6 $36 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rd8f8][%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qe8 24. Qxe8 Nxe8 25. Bb4 Ne6 26. Rd2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kf7 27. Kf2 Nf6 28. Ke3 g5 ({Black should try} 28... Ke8 $14) 29. Rd6 Nd7 30. g3 Ne5 31. b3 h5 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 Ng6 34. Be1 a5 (34... Ke8 $16 {was necessary.} 35. Bg3 Ne7) 35. Rd5 $18 (35. Bxa5 $6 Nxh4 36. Rd2 Ng6) 35... a4 36. Rxh5 Nef4 {[#]} 37. Rg5 $1 (37. Rxb5 $6 Ng2+ 38. Kf2 Nxe1 $18) 37... axb3 38. h5 (38. Rxb5 $6 Ng2+ 39. Kf2 Nxe1 $16) 38... Nf8 $2 (38... Kf6 39. Rxb5 (39. Rxg6+ Nxg6 40. Bc3+ Kg5 $16) 39... Ng2+ 40. Kf2 Nxe1 41. Kxe1 Nf4) 39. Bc3 {Hoping for Rg7+.} b4 40. Bb2 ({Less strong is} 40. Bxb4 b2 $16) 40... N8e6 $2 (40... N4e6 41. Rb5 Ng7 42. Bxg7 (42. Rxb4 Nxh5 43. f4 Ng3 $18) 42... Kxg7 43. Rxb4 Be6) 41. Rf5+ Kg8 42. Rxf4 Nxf4 43. Kxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB. White mates.} Ba6 44. Kg5 Bd3 45. Kg6 Bb5 46. f4 Be8+ 47. Kg5 Bc6 48. e5 Bd5 49. f5 Kh7 50. e6 Bc4 51. Kf6 Be2 52. Ke7 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 Final4"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.05.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,114,19,18,0,7,0,16,15,15,13,19,11,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,38,41,3,3,10,4,0,7,7,24,0,8,8,7,9,9,15,47,64,58,59,53,47,60,49,130,118,92,94,96,68,65,69,116,72,179,197,183,183,200,189,155,186,145,95,95,26,26,0,95,95,124,18,18,18,18,0,8,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 Be7 11. a3 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation.} O-O 12. b4 Rd8 13. O-O b6 {[#]} 14. Bf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qb3 Bb7 15. Bf3 Rab8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Rac1 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qxb7 Rxb7 {½-½ (29) Rain,R (2378)-Repp,H (2494) ICCF email 2009}) 14... Ba6 15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Rac1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 {aiming for c6.} bxc5 19. Na4 {[%cal Ra4c5]} Nd7 20. Qb5 Qb8 (20... Qe5 {with more complications.} 21. Qa6 Rc7 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. g3 g6) 21. Qxb8 Rxb8 22. bxc5 {[#] And now c6 would win.} Rdc8 23. c6 Ne5 24. Rc3 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Kf8 26. Rd1 Ke8 27. Rd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bf6 28. Rc5 Rxc6 29. Rxa7 Rxc5 30. Nxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Be7 31. Ne4 f5 32. Ng3 g6 33. a4 Kf7 (33... e5 $14) 34. Ne2 $16 Kf6 35. Ra6 Rb2 36. Nf4 Kf7 37. Nd3 Ra2 38. Ra7 Kf6 (38... Rd2 $16) 39. f4 $18 Bd6 40. Ra6 ({Don't do} 40. Rxh7 $6 Rd2 $16) 40... Ke7 41. Ne5 Bxe5 42. fxe5 {KR-KR} Kd7 43. Kg2 g5 44. Rd6+ (44. a5 $16) 44... Ke7 $11 45. Ra6 (45. Rb6 $11) 45... Kd7 $1 $16 {[#]} 46. a5 $1 h5 47. Rd6+ (47. h4 $16 gxh4 48. Rd6+ Ke7 49. a6) 47... Ke7 $11 {The position is equal.} 48. a6 h4 $1 49. Rb6 {Strongly threatening Rb7+.} Kd7 50. Rd6+ Ke7 51. h3 Ra5 52. f4 g4 53. Rb6 Ra2+ 54. Kh1 Ra1+ 55. Kg2 {Hoping for Rb7+.} Ra2+ 56. Kf1 Ra1+ 57. Kg2 {Rb7+ is the strong threat.} Ra2+ {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

