[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,133,14,12,13,17,15,10,19,24,77,77,73,52,58,47,52,34,35,39,60,54,57,57,54,60,81,77,77,75,84,64,83,27,18,25,125,114,108,112,266,254,379,261,261,258,252,95,91,56,87,52,51,44,49,42,61,31,30,18,43,54,562,547,535,535,493,433,623,614,592,573,573,529,572,507,5057,2880,10009,12837,29943,29942,29951,29955,29949,29953,29962,29965,29964,29965,29961,29966,29964,29967,29967,29969,29969,29968,29968,29969,29961,29966,29973,29968,29971,29973,29973,29973,29978,29979,29986,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29984]} 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 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2875)-Nakamura,H (2754) Zagreb 2019}) 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 h6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bd3 Bb7 (11... Ba6 $11) 12. O-O $16 Qc8 {[#]} 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 Qb7 17. Rfc1 Rfa8 18. b5 Ra5 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxb6 {½-½ (36) Girya,O (2450)-Muminova,N (2321) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 13... Ba6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Rc1 axb4 16. axb4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Bd8 18. Ra1 Bc7 19. Qd2 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd4 ({White should try} 23. Na4 $16 {Hoping for Nb6.} Ra7 24. Nc3) 23... Re8 $11 24. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 (24... Bc4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Nxe4 $16 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rd8 $2 (26... Bb5 $16 {was called for.}) 27. Qc3 $18 Rd5 (27... Rd7 $142 28. Rea4 Rda7) 28. Rea4 Bb7 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Qa5 $2 (30. Qb4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 30... Bb7 $16 31. Qb6 g6 32. Be4 Rd7 33. Bf3 h5 34. Re1 Qd8 35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Re7 Ba6 37. Bxc6 Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black is now going downhill.} (37... Rd1+ $14 38. Kh2 Rc1) 38. Re8+ $18 Rxe8 39. Bxe8 {KB-KB} Kf8 40. Bc6 h4 (40... g5 $142 41. f4 g4) 41. f4 Ke7 42. Kf2 f6 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Be4 g5 (44... Bb5 $142 45. Bxg6 Kd5) 45. Kd4 gxf4 46. Bd5+ $1 Ke7 47. Ke4 {White mates.} Bc8 48. Kxf4 Bd7 49. g3 hxg3 50. Kxg3 Kf8 51. h4 Kg7 52. Kf4 Kh6 53. Bf3 Kg7 54. Ke4 Bc6+ {[#]} 55. Ke3 $1 Bb5 56. Kd4 Kf7 57. Kd5 Ke7 58. Bg4 Bd3 59. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} f5 60. Bf3 Bb5 {[#]} 61. c7 $1 Kd7 62. Ke5 f4 63. h5 Bc4 64. h6 Bg8 65. Bd5 Bh7 66. Be4 Bg8 67. Kxf4 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 66%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,117,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,13,30,19,29,30,28,22,23,6,6,4,18,18,18,18,18,19,19,18,19,17,29,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,18,19,19,33,29,38,34,29,29,70,70,87,54,54,51,62,52,52,18,18,16,16,17,52,52,166,175,284,100,100,107,107,107,107,80,93,92,147,147,206,214,194,186,1195,427,575,567,543,533,527,527,514,482,1300,1246,29963,29959,29961,10173,29968,5443]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 $1 {8.Nf3 is better than 8.Nge2. E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3 15. exd7 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bxd7 {White must now prevent ...Ba4.} 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Qd1 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxc3 20. Bf5 Rc4 21. Bxd7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Re1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 23. Rb1) 23... Rd8 24. Ba4 Rd5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 {Strongly threatening Bb3.} Re5 27. Rd6 Bc5 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Kg2 b6 30. Bb3 h6 31. f4 Re3 32. Rd7+ Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7d7]} 33. Rd8 Bb4 34. Kf3 Be1 35. g4 Bc3 36. Rd6 Bf6 37. Be6 Rc7 38. Ke4 Be7 39. Rd3 Kf6 40. Bb3 b5 41. Rd5 Rc5 (41... b4 $14) 42. Rd7 $18 {Hoping for Kd4.} a5 (42... Rc1 $142 43. Rxa7 Re1+ 44. Kd5 Re2) 43. Ra7 $2 (43. Kd4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy. Rxe7! is the strong threat.} Rc1 44. g5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} hxg5 45. fxg5+ Kxg5 46. Rxe7) 43... a4 $16 44. Bd5 Rc1 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Kf5 Rc7 47. Ra5 Rc5 ({Black should play} 47... a3) 48. Ke6 {And now Ra7 would win.} Bd8 {[#]} (48... Rc7 $16 49. Rxb5 Ba3) 49. Ra8 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra8d8]} Bh4 50. Ra7+ Kf8 $2 {[#]} (50... Kh8 51. f5 Rc8) 51. Rh7 (51. g5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 52. f5) 51... Bg3 52. f5 {White wants to mate with f6.} Rc7 53. Rxh6 {Threatening mate with f6.} Re7+ 54. Kf6 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Be5+ 55. Kg5 {Threatens to win with f6.} Rg7+ (55... Rd7 $142 56. Bc6 Rg7+ 57. Rg6 a3) 56. Rg6 Ke7 57. Rxg7+ Bxg7 58. Bc6 (58. Kg6 $142 Bd4 59. Bc6 Be5 60. Bxb5 Bc7 61. Bxa4 Kd6 62. f6 Ke5 63. f7) 58... a3 59. Bxb5 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,83,6,6,12,6,6,10,6,6,3,0,0,0,-29,-12,-21,-19,-28,-16,-27,-7,-15,-15,-14,-16,-27,-13,-37,-35,-36,-9,-13,-12,-21,-21,-26,-21,-21,-12,-14,-7,-18,-18,-38,-17,-37,-6,-6,-6,-23,-20,-20,-8,-20,-20,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 a6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6.} c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be1 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. Qf3 Qe7 {[#]} 18. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bf2 Bc5 19. Rfe1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Red1 Bxd4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. exd4 {0-1 (41) Castellanos Rodriguez,R (2487)-Ubilava,E (2498) Linares 2017}) 18... Bc5 19. Rfe1 Bxd4 20. exd4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qe3 Qe6 23. a3 Qd5 24. h3 h5 25. Qf2 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qc4 29. Be3 b5 30. Qd2 Be6 31. Qc1 Qd3 32. Qd2 Bd5 33. Qxd3 exd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 34. g3 Kh7 35. Kf2 {The position is equal.} Kg6 36. Bd2 Kf5 37. Ke3 Bc4 38. Bb4 g6 39. Bd2 Ke6 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 f5 42. gxf5+ {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,137,-7,-11,-20,-8,-14,0,-2,18,10,16,0,10,0,0,0,25,3,43,46,39,15,16,16,21,19,41,-45,12,-9,21,20,30,-10,27,0,0,-33,-20,-32,-30,-24,-18,-15,-25,-94,-94,-95,-89,-123,-118,-107,-99,-131,-132,-152,-70,-101,-118,-100,-111,-161,-158,-147,-99,-99,-99,-99,-99,-99,-99,-99,-84,-91,-77,-91,-91,-91,-99,-99,-99,-99,-99,-99,-59,-59,-59,-99,-99,-106,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-115,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} h6 9. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 9.Nf3. Played by Maxime Vachier Lagrave in March 2020.} b6 10. Qg4 cxd4 11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qxh6 Qxe5+ {[#]} 13. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Kd1 Nf5 14. Nf3 Qe4 15. Qf4 dxc3 16. h6 Rh8 17. Qc7 Bd7 18. Bg5 Nc6 19. h7 {1-0 (46) Motylev,A (2629)-Studer,N (2394) Tallinn 2019}) 13... dxc3 14. Qf4 Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Nbc6 16. Nxc3 e5 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. f3 Rd8 19. Kf2 f6 20. Bd3 (20. Rc1 $14) 20... Kf7 ({Better is} 20... e4 $1 $15 21. Bb5 e3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack, Decoy} 22. Bxe3 d4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 21. g4 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Nd4 23. Rhc1 Rc8 24. Ne2 (24. Be3 $5 {[%cal Re3d4]}) 24... Ne6 25. Nc3 f5 26. Nb5 {Hoping for Nd6+.} Rxc1 27. Rxc1 fxg4 28. Rg1 gxf3 29. Nd6+ (29. Rxg8 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxg8 30. Nd6+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kf6 32. Ne3) 29... Kf6 $17 30. Rxg8 Nxg8 31. Kxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Nd4+ 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Ne8 {[#]} Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e8]} 34. h6 Nf5 (34... Kf7 $17 35. Nc7 Kg6) 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Nc7 Kg6 37. h7 Kxh7 38. Bg5 Nd4+ 39. Kd1 Kg6 40. Bxf6 Kxf6 41. Nxd5+ {KN-KN} Ke6 42. Nc3 b5 43. Kd2 a5 44. Ne4 Kd5 45. Kc3 Ne2+ 46. Kd2 Nf4 47. Ng5 Ne6 48. Ne4 Nc5 49. Nc3+ $1 Kc6 50. Ne2 Ne6 51. Nc3 b4 (51... Ng5 $17 52. Nd1 Nh7) 52. axb4 $11 axb4 53. Ne4 Nc5 {aiming for ...Nxe4+.} 54. Nf6 {[#]} (54. Ng5 $1 $11) 54... Nb3+ (54... Kb5 $1 $17 {And now ...Ka4 would win.} 55. Ng4 Nd7) 55. Kc2 {The position is equal.} Nd4+ 56. Kd2 Nf3+ 57. Kc2 Kc5 58. Nd7+ Kc6 {( -> ...Nd4+)} (58... Kd4 $5 59. Kb3 $8 Kxd3 $11) 59. Nf6 Ne1+ 60. Kd2 Ng2 61. Kc2 Ne3+ 62. Kb3 Kb5 63. Nd7 Ng4 64. Kc2 Kc6 65. Nb8+ Kc5 {...Nf6 is the strong threat.} (65... Kb7 $5 66. Nd7 $8 Kc8 $11) 66. Kb3 Kd4 67. Nc6+ Kxd3 {[#]} 68. Nxe5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe5 69. Kxb4 {White happily takes the draw. Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,78,43,29,52,25,41,34,25,24,29,18,17,10,13,0,0,4,15,8,0,17,9,2,26,0,0,-7,0,-8,0,-38,-34,-31,-31,-52,44,47,42,42,56,44,55,46,44,52,57,71,49,51,79,64,274,291,304,302,857,850,843,828,29983,29984,29988,29989,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 (5... Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. dxe5 Bxe3 14. exf6 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxf6 16. a4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qe7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Qf6 21. axb5 Rxe5 22. fxe5 Qb6+ 23. Qd4 Qxd4+ 24. cxd4 axb5 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. b4 Bd5 27. g3 {½-½ (27) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M (2872) Moscow 2019}) 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 {[#] C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} ({Wrong is} 7... Nxe4 $2 8. axb5 Ne7 9. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (9. Nxe5 d5 $18) 9... Kxf7 10. Nxe5+ Kg8 11. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 8. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe5 9. d4 {[#]} Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is slightly better.} 10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qc3 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. e5 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c3]} 15. Qf3 Nc5 16. Ba2 {f5! is the strong threat.} O-O 17. Be3 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nf5 18. Bf2 Be6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Nc3 Na4 21. exd6 Nxd6 22. Nxa4 bxa4 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rxa4 Qxb2 {½-½ (47) Milman,L (2462)-Mulyar,M (2410) New York 2011}) 18. Qh3 Ne4 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bd5 21. f5 Bxa2 22. Rxa2 {Hoping for f6.} dxe5 23. f6 gxf6 (23... Nd5 $1 $15 24. fxg7 Re8) 24. Bh6 Re8 25. Ra6 Rb6 26. Rxb6 cxb6 27. Qg3+ $1 Ng6 28. h4 $1 f5 {aiming for ...f4.} 29. h5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} f4 {[#]} 30. hxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 (30... fxg6 31. Qf3) 31. Qg4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Qc8 $2 {[#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (31... Qe7 $14) 32. Qh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4f6] Black must now prevent Qf6.} Qc5+ 33. Kh2 {And now Qf6 would win.} Qd6 $2 (33... e4 34. Qxf4 f5) 34. Bg5 f5 35. Rf3 {Threatening mate with Rh3.} e4 36. Rh3 {White mates.} f3+ 37. Bf4 Qd7 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Rh7+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Ke6 40. Qe5# {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,136,43,37,41,33,30,29,42,32,63,27,38,0,0,-13,-18,-21,-21,-14,0,-4,-7,-4,-4,-29,-22,-21,-30,-29,-13,-10,-10,-14,0,-8,-14,-2,-10,-12,0,-6,0,0,39,46,52,23,110,108,106,100,524,103,112,100,115,115,110,94,93,90,80,87,88,80,72,73,74,72,70,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} 10. Bh4 Be7 11. axb5 axb5 {White has an edge.} 12. Rxa8 {[#]} Qxa8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxa8 13. Na3 Na5 14. Ba2 b4 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 d6 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Ra1 Qb8 {½-½ (32) Gutierrez Dopino,J (2255)-Kirkov,T (2306) ICCF email 2018}) 13. Na3 Qa5 ({Much worse is} 13... Bxa3 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nh4 $16) 14. Bd5 d6 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qb5 17. Ne3 Bc8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Ra1 Rb8 21. b3 Bd8 22. Bc4 Qc5 23. h3 Nb4 24. Qd1 c6 25. Rc1 {[#] Hoping for Bxf7+!} Qa7 26. d4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} exd4 27. Nxd4 Bf6 28. Nf3 Qc7 29. Qd2 c5 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Ng4 Bxe4 (31... Be7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Qf4 Bg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Bxf3 $16 {is tougher.} 34. gxf3 (34. Qxf3 d5 $16) 34... Kg7) 34. Rxd6 $2 (34. Nh4 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Bc2 35. Rxd6) 34... Rb6 $16 35. Rxf6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Nd3 37. Rg4 Nb2 38. Ne5 Nxc4 39. bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 40. h4 {aiming for h5.} Re6 41. Nd7 {h5 is the strong threat.} h5 42. Rf4 Rc6 43. Ne5 ({Better is} 43. Rf3 $14) 43... Rd6 {The position is equal.} 44. Nxg6 (44. Nf3 {keeps more tension.} f6 45. Kf1 Bd3+ 46. Ke1 Bc2 47. Nd2) 44... Kxg6 $11 {KR-KR} 45. Re4 Rd1+ 46. Kh2 Rc1 47. Kg3 Rc2 48. Kf3 Kf5 {And now ...Rxf2+! would win.} 49. Rf4+ Kg6 50. g4 Rc3+ 51. Ke2 hxg4 $1 52. Rxg4+ Kh5 53. Rf4 Kg6 $1 54. Kd2 Rh3 55. Rg4+ Kf5 56. Rg5+ Ke4 57. Rxc5 Rxh4 58. Rd5 Rh3 59. Kc2 Rf3 60. Rd2 Ke5 61. Kd1 Ke6 62. Rc2 (62. c5 {feels hotter.} Rc3 63. Rd6+ Ke5 64. Rd7 Rxc5) 62... Kd6 63. Ke2 Ra3 64. f3 Kc5 65. Kf2 Rd3 66. Rc1 Rd4 67. Ke3 f5 68. f4 Rxc4 {Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,52,17,32,9,18,20,33,5,8,-66,-61,-54,-73,-74,-66,-56,-66,-104,-97,-99,-106,-78,-90,-89,-78,-107,-84,-84,-90,-175,-169,-144,-149,-267,-147,-167,-151,-202,-194,-29972,-29975]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Ne5 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} Bg7 9. f4 O-O {[#]} 10. Qc2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. h4 c5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. g4 cxd4 14. exd4 dxc4 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Bxc4 {½-½ (51) Adhiban,B (2639)-Robson,R (2670) Douglas 2019}) 10... c5 {aiming for ...cxd4.} 11. dxc5 (11. g3 $11) 11... Nc6 $15 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Na4 e5 {Strongly threatening ...exf4.} 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Be6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. Rae1 Qg5 21. Re2 {[#]} (21. b3 $17) 21... Bxc4 $1 $19 22. Qxc4 Rd4 23. Qa6 (23. Qc2 $17) 23... Be5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} (23... Rh4 $19 24. h3 Qg3) 24. g3 $17 Qh5 {Hoping for ...Rxa4!} 25. Rg2 (25. Nc3 $17) 25... Rd1 $19 26. Qc4 $2 {[#]} (26. g4 $19 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1) 26... Qf3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,90,10,12,25,-12,0,0,44,8,19,-15,-7,-8,-4,-12,-14,-45,-21,-8,-19,-21,-20,-37,-22,-17,0,0,48,43,113,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,49,67,102,99,109,-8,-28,-27,-22,-751,-731,-12835,-333,-332,-316,-344,-333,-770,-766,-847,-834,-29970,-1129,-29991,-29982,-29982,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29983,-29983,-29983,-649,-638,-608]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 b5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 12. a3 Rc8 {12...0-0 is vanishing.} 13. h3 h4 {The position is equal.} 14. f4 O-O {[#]} 15. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rg1 Re8 16. f5 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. g4 hxg3 21. a4 {½-½ (34) Evans,D (2352)-Sherwood,R (2308) ICCF email 2017}) 15... Bxb3 16. cxb3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qe1 Qc7 19. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} hxg3 20. Qxg3 {Black must now prevent Rg1.} Rfd8 21. Be2 Bf8 22. h4 Qb7 23. Qg2 Rd4 24. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6] Threatens to win with h6.} Nxe4 (24... b4 $14 25. axb4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxa6 Rb8) 25. Bf3 ({Only move:} 25. Ka1 $1 $16 Nd6 26. Nd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5) 25... Nxc3+ $11 26. bxc3 e4 27. cxd4 exf3 28. Qg4 {aiming for h6.} Qd5 29. Rd3 c4 30. Qxf3 Qd6 {[#]} 31. bxc4 (31. Rd2 $1 $16) 31... bxc4 32. Rc3 $1 Qxd4 {Strongly threatening ...Rb8+.} 33. Rhc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (33. Ka2 $11) 33... Bxa3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rb8+)} 34. R1c2 (34. Rxa3 Rb8+) 34... Be7 $2 (34... Rb8+ 35. Ka2 Qb6) 35. Qb7 Qd8 36. Rd2 {[#]} Qf8 $1 ({Less strong is} 36... Qxd2 37. Qxc8+ Kh7 38. Qxc4 $15) 37. Kc2 $2 (37. Rd7) 37... Bf6 38. Rd7 Rb8 39. Qc7 Bxc3 (39... Qb4 $142 40. Kd1 Qb1+ 41. Rc1 Qb3+ 42. Ke2 Re8+ 43. Re7 Rxe7+ 44. Qxe7 Qd3+ 45. Kf2 Bxe7 46. h6 Bh4+ 47. Kg2 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Kg1 Qf2+ 50. Kh1 Bg3 51. h7+ Kxh7 52. Rxc4 Qh2#) 40. Kxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qb4+ 41. Kd4 Qd2+ 42. Kc5 Rb5+ 43. Kxc4 Qc2+ 44. Kd4 Qxc7 (44... Qd1+ $142 45. Ke4 Rb4+ 46. Ke3 Qe1+ 47. Kd3 Qd1+ 48. Ke3 Qe1+ 49. Kd3 Rb3+ 50. Kc2 Qb1+ 51. Kd2 Rb2+ 52. Ke3 Qe1+ 53. Kd4 Qd1+ 54. Kc5 Rb5+ 55. Kc4 Qb3+ 56. Kd4 Rb4+ 57. Kc5 Rc4+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 58. Kd6 Qa3+ 59. Ke5 Qa1+ 60. Kd6 Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61. Kd5 Qd4#) 45. Rxc7 Rxf5 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,111,17,8,12,13,10,1,21,24,21,22,23,17,13,12,19,10,18,10,30,24,33,22,20,8,9,13,20,20,21,19,32,8,8,17,35,26,25,25,25,25,31,0,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,168,168,330,312,312,316,286,293,308,315,401,8,1179,1145,977,1214,1151,1085,1016,808,29978,29979]} 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 20. b3 Nxe4 21. Rd3 Rec8 22. Qb2 Nc5 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2875)-Nakamura,H (2754) Zagreb 2019}) 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 h6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bd3 Ba6 {Hoping for ...Bxd3.} 12. O-O Qc8 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. Rfb1 {[#]} axb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bd8 17. Ne1 Qa7 18. Ra2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. cxb6 Bxb6 21. Rab2 Nf6 {½-½ (37) Jimenez Molina,G (2367)-Sanz Velez,A (2300) ICCF email 2014}) 17. axb4 Bd8 18. Qc1 Bc7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Ra1 Qb7 22. Ra3 Ne8 23. Ne2 Rxa3 24. Qxa3 Nc7 25. Nf4 Qa6 26. Qxa6 Nxa6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} 27. Nd3 f6 28. Nd2 Kf7 29. f4 Nc7 30. Kf2 Nb5 31. Kf3 Nc3 32. g4 g5 33. f5 ({Better is} 33. e4 $11) 33... e5 (33... exf5 $15 34. gxf5 b5) 34. Nc1 e4+ 35. Kf2 $1 Ke7 36. Nf1 Na4 37. Ke2 Nb2 38. Kd2 Nc4+ 39. Kc3 Nb8 40. Nb3 Na6 41. cxb6 Nxb6 42. Na5 Kd7 43. Ng3 Kc7 44. Nh5 Nd7 45. Nb3 Kd8 $2 (45... Nab8 $11) 46. Nc5 $18 Nab8 $2 {[#]} (46... Naxc5 47. bxc5 Kc8) 47. b5 $1 cxb5 48. Kb4 Nc6+ 49. Kxb5 Na7+ 50. Ka6 Nxc5+ 51. Kxa7 $2 {KN-KN} (51. dxc5 $18 d4 52. exd4) 51... Nb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Nd3 $11) 52. Kb6 Kd7 53. Nxf6+ Kd6 {[#]} 54. Ne8+ $1 Kd7 55. Nc7 Nxd4 56. exd4 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 73%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,184,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-5,-7,-5,-5,-5,-19,-19,-19,-19,-20,-20,-30,-31,-77,-77,-84,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-42,-77,-36,-77,-36,-77,-36,-77,-36,-77,-36,-77,-36,-77,-37,-77,-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,-66,0,-66,0,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,0,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-8,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-25,-60,0,-60,0,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,0,0,0,-60,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O {The position is equal.} 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 17. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rac1 Nd5 18. Na4 Qb7 19. b3 Rd7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rc8 22. Rdc1 Ne7 23. Bg5 {½-½ (36) Fiebig,T (2453)-Brunner,N (2485) Belgium 2010}) 17... Qb7 18. Rac1 a5 19. b3 Ra8 20. h3 Rfc8 21. Rc2 a4 22. Nxa4 Nxa4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. Rdc1 Ba3 25. Rc4 Bxc1 26. Rxa4 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} h6 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. axb3 {KR-KR} Kf8 30. Kf1 Rb8 31. Ra6 Rxb3 32. Rxc6 Rb4 33. Rc8+ Ke7 34. Rc7+ $1 Ke8 35. g3 Rxd4 36. h4 Rd7 37. Rc5 Ke7 38. Kg2 Rd5 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Ra7 Rb5 41. Rc7 Rb3 42. Ra7 Rc3 43. Rb7 Rd3 44. Ra7 Rb3 45. Rc7 Ra3 46. Rb7 Kg6 47. Re7 Ra6 48. Rb7 Kf6 49. Rc7 g5 50. hxg5+ hxg5 51. g4 Ra4 52. f3 Ra2+ 53. Kg3 Rd2 54. Ra7 Kg6 55. Ra8 Kg7 56. Ra7 Kf8 57. Rb7 Ke8 58. Ra7 Rd7 59. Ra5 Rd5 60. Ra7 Kf8 61. Kf2 Kg7 62. Ra8 Rd4 63. Ra5 Kg6 64. Ra8 Rd2+ 65. Kg3 $1 Kf6 66. Ra7 $1 Re2 67. Rb7 Kg6 68. Rb8 Kg7 69. Rb5 f6 70. Rb7+ Kg6 71. Re7 e5 72. Kh3 Ra2 73. Kg3 Ra8 74. Rb7 Rf8 75. Kf2 Rf7 (75... Rd8 $15) 76. Rb6 (76. Rxf7 $1 $11 Kxf7 77. Ke3) 76... Rd7 77. Ke3 Kf7 78. Ra6 Ke7 79. Rb6 Rd6 (79... Rc7 $15) 80. Rb5 (80. Rxd6 $1 $11 Kxd6 81. Kd2) 80... Ke6 $15 81. Ra5 Rb6 82. Kf2 Kd6 83. Ke3 Rc6 84. Kf2 Kc7 85. Ke3 Kd6 86. Kf2 $1 Rb6 87. Ke3 $1 Kc6 88. Kf2 Rb2+ 89. Ke3 Rb3+ 90. Kf2 Rb5 (90... Kd7 $15) 91. Ra6+ $11 Rb6 (91... Kd5 $11) 92. Ra5 $15 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 83%.} ({Black should try} 92... Kd7 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,33,34,21,29,22,66,62,54,71,66,73,76,85,104,103,96,81,147,124,173,134,224,223,325,264,398,358,355,351,322,311,270,317,304,292,322,310,350,310,301,293,331,249,301,279,306,254,564,552,29967,221,254,223,224,84,120,138,563,173,233,245,328,125,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} c6 7. c4 dxc4 8. e4 {White is slightly better.} Bg6 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Rd1 Bb4 11. Ne5 c3 {[#]} 12. bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nf1 Na4 13. Qc2 Nxb2 14. Bxb2 cxb2 15. Qxb2 Qe7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rdb1 Ba5 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxb7 {½-½ (37) Cherniaev,A (2415)-Sokolov,I (2636) Jakarta 2013}) 12... Bxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 13. Rb1 O-O ({Black should play} 13... Qxd4 14. Ndc4 Bh5) 14. Nb3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qe7 15. Bg5 Qa3 (15... h6 $16 {was necessary.}) 16. Rd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3c3]} Na4 (16... Bb4 $142 17. Nc5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qa5) 17. h4 c5 (17... Rfc8 {keeps fighting.} 18. Bxf6 gxf6) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4a3]} Qb4 20. Nbd2 Bxd2 21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. h5 b5 23. hxg6 bxc4 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Rf3 c3 26. a3 cxd4 27. axb4 Rac8 28. Qc2 Nb2 $2 (28... Nb6 29. Rd3 (29. Rxf6 $2 d3 $19) 29... Rc4) 29. Bf1 Rfd8 30. Bd3 $2 (30. Qc1 $1 {mates} c2 31. Rxf6 Rf8 32. Rf3 f6 33. Ba6 Rc7 34. Rb3 d3 35. Bxd3 Nxd3 36. Rxd3) 30... e5 31. g4 Kxh7 32. Kf1 (32. Rxf6 $18 {is more deadly. Threatening mate with Qc1.} Kg7 33. Rf3) 32... Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Kg7 $16 {is more resistant.} 34. Kg2 Rh8) 34. Qc1 $2 (34. g5 $1 Rc6 (34... fxg5 35. Rh3+) 35. Rh3+ Kg7 36. Qc1 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 34... Kg7 {[#]} (34... c2 {might work better.} 35. Kg2 Kg7) 35. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6] Strongly threatening gxf6+.} f5 36. g6 $2 (36. exf5 $18 {and the rest is easy. Threatens to win with Rh3.} c2 37. Kg2) 36... fxe4 {[#]} (36... f4 $16) 37. gxf7 $2 (37. Rh3 $1 $18 {White wants to mate with Qg5!} e3 38. gxf7 (38. fxe3 d3 $11)) 37... exd3 $16 {KQ-KRR. The position is equal.} 38. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxf7 39. Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 {White must now prevent ...Rd5.} 40. Qxe5+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 {With the idea ...Rc6.} 42. Qe5+ Kf7 {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,59,24,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-3,26,18,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-11,-29,-30,-26,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. a3 (6. Nf3 {keeps more tension.} O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bf4) 6... Bxc3+ {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Ne4 {[#]} 10. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. f3 exf3 13. Qxf3 Qf6 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Bxc7 Qxf3 16. Rxf3 {½-½ (47) Vega Gutierrez,S (2281)-Pares Vives,N (2321) Novetle 2008}) 10... Bf5 11. f3 Nd6 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Rfe1 Qd7 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Re1 Na5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxd6 {The position is equal.} cxd6 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Bh7 21. Qf4 Qe6 22. Kf2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 25. fxe4 $11 {KQ-KQ} b5 26. g4 a5 27. Qf5 Qxf5+ 28. gxf5 f6 29. Ke3 a4 30. d5 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,61,58,29,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-19,-51,0,-19,-26,-55,-56,-55,14,14,7,16,117,126,310,309,298,300,310,312,436,427,444,447,452,445,439,431,564,558,730,727,727,724,718,714]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Qf3 e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bc4 {B82: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 f4.} Ng4 11. Bd2 exf4 $1 12. Bxf4 {The position is equal.} O-O 13. O-O Bf6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qb6+.} 14. Bb3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Kh1 Be5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rd2 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 18. Bb3 Bg4 19. Qf2 Rad8 20. Qd4 {0-1 (36) Vokhidov,S (2370)-Tukhaev,A (2518) Voronezh 2016}) 14... Re8 ({Black should try} 14... Ne5 $15 15. Qe2 a5) 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qg3 Ba6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 ({Black should play} 17... Rxe5 $15 18. Rf3 Qe7) 18. Bxf7+ $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh8 19. Bxe8 $40 {[%cal Rf1f8][%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Qb6+ (19... Bxf1 $11 20. Qf2 (20. Rxf1 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Rxe8 $11) 20... Qxe8 21. Rxf1 h6) 20. Qf2 $16 {aiming for Qxb6.} Rxe8 $2 {Now Black is done in.} (20... Bxf1 $16 {was necessary.} 21. Qxb6 (21. Kxf1 Rxe8 22. Qxb6 axb6 $14) 21... axb6) 21. Qxb6 $18 axb6 22. Rf7 h6 23. Rc7 c5 24. Rc6 {White is clearly winning.} Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxe4 27. Rxb6 {KRR-KRB} Bc4 28. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Re2 29. Rbxd6 Rxc2 30. Ra1 Rxc3 31. a5 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,145,8,22,27,0,0,13,0,5,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,40,0,44,0,66,0,16,-18,-15,-13,-7,-23,0,-19,-15,-9,-16,-17,0,-39,-27,-26,-20,-60,-56,-79,-75,-89,-84,-121,-97,-93,-96,-109,-97,-169,-154,-171,-89,-306,-300,-440,-433,-379,-166,-170,-143,-432,-340,-438,-432,-521,-513,-452,-460,-408,-393,-353,-252,-256,-256,-243,-247,-312,-153,-153,-122,-122,-100,-122,-92,-166,-118,-344,-344,-344,-337,-330,-146,-145,-94,-985,-985,-937,-908,-769,-735,-607,-332,-324,-324,-373,-372,-354,-354,-765,-776,-679,-668,-765,-723,-727,-733,-710,-720,-12841,-2123,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. d4 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4.} 12. b3 {[#]} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. dxe5 Nxc3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 17. Qxc3 Nb4 18. e6 Rxe6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (54) Morozevich,A (2741)-Harikrishna,P (2673) Odessa 2007}) 13. Bb2 a5 {The position is equal.} 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nc4 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. a3 Ba6 18. Ne3 g6 19. Qd2 {[%cal Rc3b4]} Qb6 20. h3 Rac8 (20... bxc3 $11 21. Bxc3 (21. Qxc3 Rab8 $11) 21... Bb5) 21. Rad1 (21. axb4 $14 axb4 22. c4) 21... Red8 22. c4 bxa3 23. Bxa3 Nb4 24. Bb1 Bh6 25. Qe2 Bb7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. hxg4 Na6 (27... Bc6 {is interesting.} 28. g5 Bf8 29. Bc1 Bd7 30. Be3 Qa6) 28. Rd3 (28. Bc2 {looks sharper.} Bf8 29. Bc1 Nb4 30. Be3 Qc7 31. Ra1) 28... Nc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Qd1 Bc8 31. Nd2 Be6 32. Ba2 Qb4 33. f3 Rc6 34. g3 Ra8 35. Kg2 a4 36. Re2 (36. Rh1 $17 {was necessary.} Kg7 37. Qc2) 36... axb3 37. Bxb3 Ra3 (37... Rca6 $1 $19 38. Qc2 Qc5) 38. Nb1 $2 (38. Rf2 $17) 38... Ra1 $19 39. Rb2 (39. Ba2 $142) 39... Bxc4 40. Qc2 {If only White now had time for Bxc4....} Kg7 (40... Rb6 $142 41. Rc3 Be6) 41. Bxc4 Rxc4 42. Qf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Qb3 $17 Qc5 43. Rd5) 42... Qa5 43. Nd2 Rcc1 44. Nb3 {[#]} Rg1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 45. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 46. Kxg1 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qf1 48. Rc3 Bg5 49. Rg2 Qe1 $1 {[%cal Re1c3]} 50. Rd3 Qb1 (50... Kf8 $19 {And now ...h5 would win.} 51. Rd5 Qc3) 51. Rc3 $17 h5 52. gxh5 gxh5 53. Nd2 Qd1 {White must now prevent ...Kh7.} 54. Rd3 (54. f4 $17 Bh6 55. Nf3) 54... Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...h4.} 55. Rf2 $2 (55. Rb3 $17 {was the only chance.}) 55... h4 $19 56. gxh4 Bxh4 57. Rg2 {[#]} Ke7 (57... Bg5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5f4][%mdl 512] has better winning chances. ( -> ...Bf4+)} 58. Rxg5 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 59. Rg2 Qxd3) 58. Rb3 $17 Qe1 ({Better is} 58... Qc2 {aiming for ...Be1.} 59. Rb1 Kf6 {[%mdl 64] Decoy}) 59. Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (59. Rb1 $17 Qe3 60. Rb3) 59... Bg5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5f4][%mdl 576] Decoy, Clearance} 60. Rxg5 Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61. Kg2 Qxg5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} 62. Kf2 Qc1 63. Ne3 Qd2+ 64. Kg3 Ke6 65. Nf5 {If White can now play Rb6 this consolidates a bit.} Qd1 66. Rb2 $2 (66. Ra3) 66... Qg1+ 67. Rg2 Qe1+ 68. Kg4 Qc1 69. Ng7+ Kf6 70. Nh5+ Kg6 71. f4 Kh6 (71... Qh1 $142 72. Kg3 Qxh5) 72. Kf5 Qc8+ 73. Kf6 Qe6# {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,93,17,8,5,8,6,29,30,29,18,34,21,42,5,0,0,88,83,89,89,98,99,97,86,117,5,5,5,5,0,5,3,5,5,5,5,5,0,5,5,8,0,0,0,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,9,6,36,9,14,14,37,14,37,0,6,6,6,0,6,0,6,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 $1 {12.Qc1 scores better than 12.Qd1.} h6 13. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Bc6 {[#]} 15. Qc3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Rd1 a5 16. Nc4 Bd5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. e4 Nb4 19. Qe2 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 c6 21. h4 {1-0 (51) Lekic,D (2343)-Silva,T (1995) Lisbon 2020}) 15... a5 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Nc4 Bd5 18. Nxa5 c5 19. Nb3 Qb6 (19... b6 $11) 20. Nxc5 $16 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bc3 {[#]} 24. Nd2 (24. Rdc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1c3]} Bf6 25. Nd2) 24... Bxg2 $1 $11 25. Kxg2 {Threatens to win with Ne4.} Rxa4 26. Nf3 Rc4 27. Rb5 Rc8 28. Rxb7 {next Rdd7 is good for White.} R4xc5 29. Rdd7 Rf8 $1 30. g4 Rcc8 31. h4 Rcd8 32. g5 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 hxg5 34. hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} g6 35. Rc7 Bg7 36. Nd2 Rd8 37. Ne4 Kf8 38. e3 Be5 39. Ra7 Bg7 40. Kf3 Be5 41. Kg4 Bg7 42. Ra6 Ke7 43. Ra7+ (43. Nf6 $5) 43... Rd7 {The position is equal.} 44. Ra8 Rd8 45. Ra7+ Rd7 46. Ra8 Rd8 47. Ra7+ {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,14,18,17,14,15,23,16,16,21,11,3,12,-1,0,-10,-4,-20,-14,-16,-29,-29,0,-25,54,-47,-47,-68,-36,-27,-16,-70,-13,-54,-50,-52,0,0,-1,0,0,0,-4,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,43,43,44,43,43,43,43,43,43,44,52,51,53,79,79,79,79,79,79,83,79,79,79,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. c3 {Nowadays more popular than 7.Nbd2.} h6 8. d4 {White has an edge.} Bd6 {[#]} 9. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Nc3 f5 13. Qb3+ Kh7 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Bd2 {½-½ (21) Schuller,J (2412)-Eldridge,M (2405) ICCF email 2017}) 9... exd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h3 Nb6 12. Nb3 f5 13. e5 Be7 14. Qc2 f4 15. Nc5 Qd5 16. Qc3 (16. e6 $5) 16... Bxc5 (16... Qf7 $11) 17. Qxc5 (17. dxc5 $14 Na4 18. Qc2) 17... Be6 $15 18. b3 Qxc5 (18... Qe4 {keeps more tension.} 19. Kh2 Qf5 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Rh1 Nd5) 19. dxc5 {[#] Threatens to win with Nd4.} Nd7 20. Re1 (20. Nd4 $11 Rae8 21. Re1) 20... Rae8 ({Better is} 20... Nxc5 $15 21. Rd1 Na6) 21. Bb2 Bd5 22. Rad1 Nxc5 ({Black should try} 22... Rf5 $15) 23. Ba3 $11 b6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rc1 c4 $1 26. Nd4 cxb3 27. axb3 Re7 28. e6 Rfe8 29. Re5 Bxe6 30. Rce1 {[%cal Re5e6]} Kf7 31. Nxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Hoping for Rc5. Double Attack} Rd7 32. R5e4 {Strongly threatening Ne5+.} Rd6 33. Rxf4+ Kg8 34. Nxa7 Rb8 35. Rc1 Rb7 36. Nc6 Bxb3 37. Na5 Rb5 38. Nxb3 Rxb3 39. Rxc7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rg6 40. g3 Rbb6 41. h4 Rgf6 42. Re4 (42. Rxf6 $16 Rxf6 43. Kg2) 42... Rb1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Ree7 Rbxf2+ 46. Kh3 Rg6 47. Re4 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,64,0,0,0,0,5,-17,0,-68,-63,-70,-56,-62,-77,-73,-68,-68,-62,-129,-121,-191,-64,-64,-62,-68,-73,-61,-66,-57,-79,-327,-331,-527,-535,-515,-496,-616,0,-313,0,-566,0,-1570,-1570,-1511,-1497]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. f4 O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 {B83: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2, lines without ...a6.} 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. g4 {[#]} Na5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc5 14. Bg2 Re8 15. Nc1 Rc8 16. N1e2 Nb4 17. Ng3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Re1 g6 21. Nd4 Bg7 22. Rc1 Nbd3 23. cxd3 Rxe3 {0-1 (23) Peng,D (2363)-Kovalyov,A (2651) Philadelphia 2018}) 14. g5 (14. Nxa5 $11 bxa5 15. g5) 14... Nc4 $15 15. Bc1 e5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. h4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Nde5 19. Nd5 {[#]} (19. Qf1 $15) 19... Ng6 $1 $17 20. Rf2 (20. Rf3 $17) 20... Bxd5 (20... Nxh4 $19 21. Qf1 Ne5) 21. exd5 $15 ({Much worse is} 21. Qxd5 Nce5 $11) 21... Nxh4 22. Qd4 Bxg5 23. Bxc4 {Threatens to win with Kh1.} Bxc1 24. Rxc1 {Strongly threatening Rcf1.} ({Don't blunder} 24. Nxc1 $2 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 (25. Kf1 $2 Nf5 $19) 25... Nf5 $19) 24... Qg5+ 25. Kf1 $2 (25. Kh1 $17 Qh5 26. Be2 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 27. Kg2 Nxd4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 28. Bxh5 Nxb3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 29. Rcf1) 25... Nf5 $19 26. Rxf5 (26. Qf4 {only move.} Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 27. Ke2 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Nxc4 29. Nd4) 26... Qxf5+ 27. Kg2 Qg5+ 28. Kf3 Qf5+ 29. Kg2 Qg5+ $2 (29... Rce8 {White must now prevent ...Re4.} 30. Nd2 Re5) 30. Kf3 $1 {[#]} Qf5+ $2 (30... Rxc4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qxc4 Re8) 31. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Kg2 $11) 31... Rfe8+ 32. Kd2 Re4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,20,21,0,17,0,0,-2,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-16,-20,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,46,47,73,73,73,69,80,77,75,64,79,41,207,194,168,189,708,695,682,630]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Nc6 7. Rc1 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} Ne4 8. Nd2 {The position is equal.} g5 9. Be3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba3 11. Rb1 f5 12. g3 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd6 13. Nf3 f4 14. Bc1 Qf6 15. Bg2 Ne7 16. O-O b6 17. c4 Bf5 18. c5 Bxb1 {0-1 (41) Gaehwiler,G (2412)-Georgiadis,N (2514) Leukerbad 2019}) 13. Qb3 Be7 {White must now prevent ...f4.} 14. f4 $1 {Threatening Bg2.} Na5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Bg2 Bd6 17. c4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Be6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. O-O Kh8 21. Nf3 Nc4 22. Qd3 b6 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rg8 26. Bf4 Rg6 27. Bh3 Rf8 28. Rf3 Qh4 29. Rbf1 Qh5 30. Bc1 {[%cal Rh3f5]} Rfg8 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (30... b5 $14) 31. Bxf5 $18 Rg2 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg2h2] [#]} 32. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g2]} Rxe2 $2 (32... Bxh3 33. Rxh3 Qf7) 33. Qxe2 Bxh3 {[#]} 34. Rg1 $1 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 77%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,70,23,0,22,0,0,0,0,-6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,37,0,7,0,26,26,21,19,39,30,29,0,60,20,25,20,31,34,37,35,31,29,30,32,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nb4 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Nb1 Nb4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} 8. c4 Nc2 9. cxd5 Nxa1 10. dxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 11. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe4 12. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3e4] [#]} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf5 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Re1+ Be7 17. Bd5 Rb6 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Bf4 Nf6 20. Bc4 h5 {½-½ (36) Blohberger,F (2409)-Petrosyan,M (2569) Batumi 2018}) 13. Bxf3 Qd7 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 Nf6 16. Qe2 Be7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Rxa1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rc1 Rb7 21. Qh5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rf5 22. Qe2 {Bh3 is the strong threat.} (22. Qf3 {is more complex.} Rxb2 23. Qc3 Qb5 24. Qxc7 Qb7 25. h4) 22... Rf7 (22... Rf8 $11) 23. h4 c6 24. Bf3 Bf6 25. Bg4 Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7e2]} 26. Bxd7 Rxe2 27. Bxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rbxb2 28. Bxd5+ Kf8 29. Rc7 {The position is equal.} Bxd4 30. Bd6+ Ke8 31. Bc6+ Kd8 32. Rd7+ Kc8 33. Rc7+ Kd8 34. Rd7+ Kc8 35. Rc7+ Kd8 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,7,1,-39,-20,-26,-38,-40,0,0,28,28,27,27,56,39,43,43,40,25,29,29,39,22,24,4,34,8,33,9,27,22,35,0,54,52,54,58,68,51,105,105,105,105,137,133,126,126,120,134,378,382,383,370,382,383,379,360,398,354,358,344,533,531,722,706,29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Nd2 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Na6 {[#]} 12. Rd1 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc4 Nc7 13. a4 Ncxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Nxd6 Qe7 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Bd2 {0-1 (56) Gouloutis,N (2347)-Krysa,L (2523) Thessaloniki 2020}) 12... Re8 13. Nc4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. a4 Nc7 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qd3 f5 18. Bc3 Rd8 19. f3 Ree8 20. Be1 Qe7 21. Bg3 Bf6 22. Rac1 b6 23. Be1 Bg5 {[%cal Rg5e3]} 24. Bd2 Bf6 25. b4 Qd7 (25... Na6 $1 $11) 26. b5 Qf7 27. Be1 Qe7 28. Rb1 f4 (28... Bg7 $14) 29. e4 $16 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Rb8 31. Bc3 Bxc3 32. Qxc3 Qf8 33. a5 bxa5 $2 {This costs Black the game.} (33... Red8 $16 34. e5 dxe5) 34. Qxa5 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rb7 {[#]} 35. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 36. d6 Na8 {[#]} 37. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nb6 (37... Rxe5 38. d7) 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rd2 Qf5 (39... c4 {was necessary.} 40. Re1 Rc7) 40. Re1 Kg7 41. Qc3 {Threatening mate with Ng4+.} Qxd7 42. Nxd7+ {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,116,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-38,-53,-43,-44,-16,-120,31,-86,63,70,55,74,88,57,18,0,-7,-90,-91,-133,-100,-142,-133,-158,-153,-199,-184,-293,-306,-312,-295,-355,-335,-344,-315,-306,-239,-347,-322,-343,-343,-895,-804,-785,-432,-735,-249,-712,-311,-379,-325,-29992,-293,-260,-293,-293,-295,-294,-294,-291,-282,-277,-269,-320,-303,-321,-320,-320,-306,-314,-312,-341,-342,-399,-371,-405,-282,-395,-357,-404,-393,-395,-377,-372,-360,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} 8. Ng5 Bg4 9. Nxc4 Bxe2 {The position is equal.} 10. Ne5 $1 Bh5 $1 11. Re1 h6 12. Ngxf7 (12. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4f6]} e6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bxc6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc6 15. Qxc6+ Ke7 16. Qb7+ Ke8 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. Qb7+ Ke8 19. Qc6+ Ke7 $11) 12... Bxf7 13. b4 (13. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 14. Bh3 (14. Qf5 $2 Qd7 $19) 14... g6 $19) 13... a6 14. a4 {[#]} (14. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 15. Bh3 (15. Qf5 $2 Qd7 $19) 15... g6 $19) 14... g5 $146 {White must now prevent ...Bg7.} ({Predecessor:} 14... h5 15. a5 Nbd5 16. Bh3 Qd6 17. Ba3 Qb8 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Be6+ Ke8 20. Qg6+ Kd8 {½-½ (26) Remis Fernandez,J (2408)-Marquez Abreu,C (2397) ICCF email 2013}) 15. Ba3 ({Don't go for} 15. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 16. Bb2 Bg7 $19) (15. Ra3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15... Bg7 $2 ({Better is} 15... Rg8 $17 {...Bd5 is the strong threat.} 16. b5 (16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. b5 axb5 $19) 16... axb5 17. axb5 (17. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 18. axb5 cxb5 $19) 17... Bd5 18. bxc6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 bxc6 21. Nxc6 Rg7) 16. Ng6 (16. Nxf7 $14 {stays ahead.} Kxf7 17. b5) 16... Bxg6 ({Black should try} 16... Nfd5 $17 17. Nxh8 Bxh8) 17. Qxg6+ $14 Kf8 18. b5 $1 Nbd5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. Rb3 (21. Re5 $11 Qe8 22. Qf5) 21... Kg8 $1 $17 {Black continues to play with concentration.} 22. Reb1 Qe8 23. Qd3 Rh7 24. Bb2 Bf8 25. Be5 Nd7 26. Bxd5+ (26. Bd4 $142) 26... cxd5 $19 27. Qxd5+ e6 28. Qd4 Rf7 29. Bd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Qe7 31. Qc6 (31. Qxe7 {is a better defense.} Rxe7 32. Rd3) 31... Raf8 32. Re3 Rxf2 {Threatens to win with ...Nc5.} 33. Rxe6 $2 (33. Qxe6+ Qxe6 34. Rxe6) 33... Qf7 34. Qe4 Nf6 35. Qc4 {[#]} (35. Qc2 $142 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 Qxe6 37. Re1 Qb6+ 38. Qf2) 35... Rf3 $2 (35... Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxd5 Rf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kg2 Rxb1 38. Rg6+ Kh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Qxf7+ Rxf7 40. Rxa6 g4) 36. Kg2 $2 {[#]} (36. a5) 36... g4 (36... Nd5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qxd5 Rf2+ 38. Kh1 Rf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kg2 Rxb1 40. Rg6+ Kh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Qxf7+ Rxf7 42. Rxa6 Rd7) 37. Rbb6 Kh8 38. h3 $2 (38. Qc5 $19) 38... Nh7 $2 (38... Rxg3+ {mates} 39. Kh2 Rxh3+ 40. Kg2 Rg3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 41. Kxg3 Nh5+ 42. Kh4 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kxh5 Rf5+ 44. Kxh6 Qh4+ 45. Kg6 Qh7#) 39. Qd4+ {[#]} Qg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7d4]} 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Re7+ Kh8 {( -> ...Rf2+)} 42. Re2 gxh3+ 43. Kxh3 R3f6 44. Rb7 Rg6 45. Ra7 Ng5+ 46. Kg2 Rgf6 47. d4 R8f7 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. d5 Rd7 50. Rd2 Rfd6 51. g4 (51. a5 {was called for.}) 51... Ne4 52. Rc2 Nf6 53. Rc6 Rxd5 {Hoping for ...Rd2+.} 54. Raxa6 Rd2+ 55. Kg3 $2 (55. Kf3 $19 R7d3+ 56. Kf4 Rf2+ 57. Ke5 Rd5+ 58. Ke6 Re2#) 55... R7d3+ {Black mates.} 56. Kf4 Rf2+ 57. Ke5 Re2+ 58. Kf4 Nd5+ {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,123,-10,-9,-25,-8,-16,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,85,79,87,64,86,58,212,70,99,98,102,8,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,157,162,158,145,143,152,139,54,58,55,173,162,168,53,33,27,27,0,195,180,196,116,120,63,97,75,68,0,81,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,36,36,247,247,247,247,247,247,247,247,247,247,1472,729,666,631,643,277,277,277,277,58]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} h6 9. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 9.Nf3. Played by Maxime Vachier Lagrave in March 2020.} b6 10. Qg4 {The position is equal.} Rg8 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15. d4 bxc5 {[#]} 16. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qd1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Ne2 c4 19. O-O Rb6 20. Qc2 Rh8 21. a4 Ke8 22. Rb4 {1-0 (42) Vachier Lagrave,M (2767)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2774) Ekaterinburg 2020}) 16... Rb8 17. Rxb8+ Qxb8 18. O-O c4 19. Rd1 Qb1 20. Rd2 Nb6 (20... Qb3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Rb2 $16 Qd3 22. Bd2 Ke8 23. Nf4 Qe4 $2 {[#]} (23... Qf5 $1 $14 24. Qd1 Nc6) 24. f3 ({Only move:} 24. a4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 24... Qh7 25. a4 Kd7 26. a5 (26. Bc1 $1 $16) 26... Na8 $1 $11 27. Qg3 Nc7 28. Qe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nc6 29. Qa1 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Nxb8 31. Qa3 Qg8 32. Qc5 a6 $1 33. Bc1 Nb5 $2 (33... Qd8 $1 $11) 34. Nxd5 $1 $16 exd5 35. Qxd5+ Kc8 36. Qxc4+ Kb7 37. Qb3 (37. Bf4 $16) 37... Nc6 $14 38. c4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Ncxd4 (38... Nxa5 $14 39. Qb4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qc8) 39. Qd3 $1 $18 Nc3 40. Bb2 (40. Kf2 $1 $18 Nce2 41. Qe4+ Kc7 42. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 43. Bf4+ Nxf4 44. Qxf4+ Kc6 45. Qxd4) 40... Nce2+ $14 41. Kf2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qd8 {...Qh4+ is the strong threat.} 42. Qe4+ Kc7 $2 (42... Kb8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 43. Ba3 $1 $18 Qg5 44. Bd6+ ({White should try} 44. g4 $1 $18) 44... Kd7 $16 45. Qb7+ ({White should play} 45. g4 $16) 45... Ke8 $14 46. Qc8+ Qd8 47. Qxd8+ Kxd8 48. Ke3 (48. Bc5 $1 $16) 48... Kd7 $11 49. g4 g6 $1 50. Bc5 Nb3 51. Kxe2 {Hoping for g5!} gxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} (51... Nxc5 $5 52. g5 $8 gxh5 53. gxh6 Ne6 $11) 52. Bb6 hxg4 $2 (52... h4 $14) 53. fxg4 $18 {Black must now prevent Kd1.} Ke6 {[#]} 54. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c2]} Kxe5 55. Kc3 Nc1 56. Be3 $1 {[%csl LRc1,LRh6][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ne2+ {[#]} 57. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e2]} Ng3 $2 (57... Nf4+ 58. Bxf4+ Kxf4) 58. Bxh6 (58. Ba7 $142) 58... Ne4 59. Be3 Nd6 60. Bc5 (60. Bb6 $142 {Threatens to win with Bc7.} Ne8 61. g5) 60... Ne8 61. Ke3 Ke6 62. Bb6 $2 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 72%.} (62. g5 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,144,24,34,8,27,0,8,24,14,19,31,0,0,10,22,0,0,-1,0,-4,0,-6,0,-16,0,0,0,-25,-19,-35,-20,-17,-31,-46,-52,-52,25,20,17,18,37,-4,-1,-16,49,36,63,31,16,4,2,33,10,-138,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,69,3,560,8,8,8,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,0,0,0,8,6,6,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} e6 7. a4 {[#]} b6 $146 (7... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 8. Nf3 Nc6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qg3 d5 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. a5 O-O 13. Re1 d4 {½-½ (40) Oparin,G (2604)-Gelfand,B (2724) Zuerich 2017}) 8. Qg3 Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nb3 Qb8 16. Bd4 (16. Rfe1 {is interesting.} Qc7 17. Kg1 Nh5 18. Qf2 Nhf6 19. Qg3) 16... h6 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. Qf2 (18. Qg4 {with more complications.} Nhf6 19. Qg3) 18... Nf4 19. Bxb6 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Ne5 21. Rdd1 Nc4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 22. Rb1 Bc6 (22... Ba8 $15 23. Be3 Bf6) 23. Bd4 $11 Qb4 24. Nc1 Qb7 25. Nd3 e5 26. Be3 d5 (26... f5 $11) 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Bc5 Bg5 29. Rbd1 e4 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Rde1 {[#]} (31. Nxe4 $11 {remains equal.} Rxe4 32. b3) 31... Bxd3 (31... Bh4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4f2][%mdl 512]} 32. Qxh4 Bxg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kg1 Bxf1 34. Rxf1 Rc6) 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. cxd3 Nd2 34. Rd1 Qxb2 35. Ne4 Qb3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Rxd2 Rxe4 37. dxe4 Qb1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Qg1 Qxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Bxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 40. Kf2 f6 41. Ke2 Bf4 42. h3 Kf7 43. Kd3 Ke6 44. Bf2 g6 45. Bd4 h5 46. Kc4 Bd6 47. Bf2 Ba3 48. Bc5 Bc1 49. Bb4 Be3 50. Bc3 h4 51. Ba5 g5 52. Bc7 Bf4 53. Bxf4 gxf4 {KP-KP} 54. Kd4 a5 $1 55. Kc5 Ke5 56. Kb5 Kxe4 (56... Kd4 $1 $11 57. Kxa5 Ke3) 57. Kxa5 {K3P-K3P} Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3f2] [#]} 58. Kb4 $2 (58. Kb6 $1 $18 {a5 is the strong threat.} Kf2 59. a5 Kxg2 60. a6) 58... Kf2 {The position is equal.} 59. a5 {And now a6 would win.} Kxg2 {K3P-KPP} 60. a6 {Hoping for a7.} f3 {aiming for ...f2.} (60... Kg1 $5 61. a7 $8 f3 $18) 61. a7 f2 (61... Kg1 $5 62. a8=Q $8 f2 $18) 62. a8=Q+ Kg1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 63. Qa7 Kg2 64. Qg7+ Kxh3 65. Qxf6 {White wants to mate with Qf3+.} Kg2 66. Qg5+ Kh2 67. Qf4+ Kg2 68. Qg4+ Kh2 69. Qxh4+ Kg2 70. Qg4+ Kh2 71. Qf3 Kg1 72. Qg3+ Kh1 $1 73. Qxf2 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,134,29,20,16,35,37,37,79,76,79,76,75,54,54,55,54,52,56,60,69,53,52,53,52,24,47,36,56,56,54,54,56,37,39,41,41,38,44,40,40,37,50,50,52,54,55,56,56,55,64,54,54,47,93,93,93,94,94,94,94,95,103,63,90,90,90,90,90,90,91,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,80,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,89,89]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 11. Ne5 Ncd7 12. Be2 {[#]} Bb4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qb3 b5 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. a3 Qb6 {0-1 (84) Pert,N (2565)-Meier,G (2630) chess.com INT 2017}) 13. Bf3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Be6 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19. e4 Qc4 20. Qd4 Rac8 21. Rd3 (21. Be5 $5 {[%cal Re5g7]}) 21... f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Be5 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Re8 25. Re3 Bd7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Re1 Bc6 28. f3 Kf7 29. Be5 Kg8 30. Kf2 Rf7 31. Bd4 Rf5 32. Re7 Rf7 33. Re5 Rf8 34. Rg5 g6 35. Kg3 (35. h4 {looks sharper.} Rd8 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. h5 Rd5 38. Kh4) 35... Rf5 36. Rxf5 gxf5 $16 {KB-KB} 37. Kf4 Bd7 38. Kg5 Kf7 39. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Be6 40. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 41. a5 {White is better.} Bc8 42. c5 Bd7 43. Bc3 Bc8 44. Bb2 Bd7 45. h3 Bb5 46. Kxf5 Bf1 47. g4 Bxh3 48. Kg5 Bf1 49. f4 Be2 50. f5 Bd1 51. Bd4 Be2 52. Kf4 Bd1 53. Be5 Be2 54. Bc7 Bd1 55. Bd8 Be2 56. g5 Bd3 57. Ke5 Bc2 58. Bc7 Bd3 59. Kf4 Bc2 60. Be5 Bd3 61. Bd4 Bc2 62. Bf2 Bd3 63. Bh4 Bc2 64. Ke5 Bb1 65. Bf2 Bc2 66. Be3 Bb1 67. f6 Bd3 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,-5,17,1,5,-15,-8,-23,-7,-11,-14,-11,0,-21,-27,-25,-2,-26,0,-10,10,16,0,3,12,0,0,0,-2,-9,-10,-10,-10,-32,-14,-30,27,22,27,32,41,0,0,0,12,0,11,0,53,36,41,53,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-53,-39,-69,-16,-77,0,-129,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. Qe2 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} e5 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Ng6 {[#]} 9. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a3 f6 10. h4 h5 11. Ne3 d6 12. g3 Be6 13. O-O Ne7 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 {1-0 (53) Pilaj,H (2389)-Wirig,A (2422) Zemplinska Sirava 2004}) 9... h5 10. g3 d6 11. Bd2 f6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Ng1 Bd8 14. Qf3 Nf8 15. Ne2 Ne6 16. Qg2 a5 17. a4 Nd4 18. f4 Be6 19. b3 Qd7 20. f5 Bf7 21. Nc1 d5 22. O-O c4 (22... O-O $142) 23. bxc4 $11 dxc4 24. dxc4 Bb6 {Threatens to win with ...Nxc2.} 25. Rb1 Qa7 $1 26. Kh2 Rd8 27. Rb2 O-O 28. g4 Ne2 (28... hxg4 $11 29. Nxg4 Bxc4) 29. Qxe2 $14 Rxd2 $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 30. Qxd2 Bxe3 31. Qe2 Qd4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 32. Nd3 {Strongly threatening c3.} Qxe4 {Hoping for ...Bg1+!} 33. Re1 $1 Bf4+ $1 34. Kh3 $1 Qxc4 35. gxh5 Bh6 36. Rb7 ({White should try} 36. Reb1 $11) 36... Qxa4 $15 37. Rg1 Rd8 (37... Qd4 $15 38. Rg4 Qd5) 38. Rg3 $11 Qa1 (38... Qc4 $17) 39. Nf2 (39. Qg2 $11 Qd4 40. Qxc6) 39... Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (39... Qc1 $17 40. Rd3 Bd5) 40. Rb8+ $1 {White mates.} Kh7 {[#]} 41. Qg4 $1 Qf1+ 42. Rg2 Qxg2+ 43. Kxg2 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 80%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,6,20,7,21,29,35,29,33,7,0,0,21,7,18,14,17,14,41,30,30,35,33,41,36,32,38,32,23,37,28,21,43,0,23,18,17,8,20,20,83,0,0,0,79,70,70,66,117,-72,142,135,142,151,150,135,155,145,177,178,179,178,259,209,191,215,224,214,235,210,205,207,265,254,229,116,160,160,156,154,190,193,260,252,270,268,309,237,262,231,309,296,306,300,289,299,281,282,579,593,29979,29975,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} O-O 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qb3 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 {[#]} 9. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 a5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 a4 12. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qe5 Qc6 15. c4 {1-0 (61) Caruana,F (2822)-Anand,V (2758) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 9... Be6 10. Bd3 a5 {Hoping for ...Ne4.} 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg3 $1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Be7 14. Nf3 Nb4 15. Be2 c5 16. a3 c4 17. Qd1 Na6 18. b3 Nc7 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. a4 Bb4 21. Qc2 (21. Rc1 {is more complex.} Rc8 22. e4 Na8 23. d5 Bd7 24. Na2) 21... Bxc3 (21... Rc8 {with more complications.} 22. e4 Re8 23. Rfd1 Na8 24. Ne5 Nb6) 22. Qxc3 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 23. Qa3 Rc8 $1 24. Rfc1 Nb4 (24... c3 $11) 25. Rc3 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 26. Rcc1 Nb4 27. Ne5 {[%cal Re2c4]} c3 $1 28. Nd3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd3b4][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} ({Of course not} 28. Rxc3 Nc2 $11) 28... Qb6 (28... Nd5 $14) 29. Rab1 $2 (29. Nc5 $1 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage.}) 29... Bf5 $2 (29... c2 $17 {and life is bright.} 30. Rxb4 axb4 31. Nxb4 Qa5) 30. Rb3 $1 $16 Bxd3 31. Bxd3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} c2 {[#]} 32. Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc2 (32... Nxc2 33. Qxf8+) 33. Bxc2 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qc6 {[#]} 34. Bf5 $1 Qd5 {[#]} 35. Bg4 $1 Nc2 (35... g6 $142 36. Rc3 b6) 36. Qb2 Nb4 37. Rc3 b6 38. Be2 Qf5 39. Rc1 g6 40. Bb5 Rc8 41. Rxc8+ Qxc8 42. Qd2 (42. e4 $18) 42... Qf5 43. f3 Qg5 44. Kf2 Nd5 45. Qd3 h5 (45... Nb4 {was necessary.} 46. Qe4 Kg7) 46. e4 $18 Nb4 47. Qe3 Qf6 {intending ...Nc2.} 48. Qc3 Kh7 49. f4 Qe6 50. Qc4 Qxe4 51. Qxf7+ Kh6 52. Qf6 {[%cal Rf6h8]} Kh7 {If only Black now had time for ...Nc2....} 53. Qe5 ({Not} 53. Qxb6 Nd5 $11) 53... Qc2+ $2 (53... Qb1 {might work better.} 54. Qc7+ Kh6) 54. Kg1 Qd2 55. Kh2 {White mates.} Nc2 56. Qe7+ Kh6 57. Qf8+ Kh7 58. Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,87,20,8,28,28,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,18,13,28,-14,-22,-29,-19,-9,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,-72,166,187,187,170,177,192,225,218,338,270,510,483,641,632,1031,956,957,949,929,927,952,1387,1310,1281,6586,3070,29985,2903,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29992,29992,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bg5 h6 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3 .} 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. O-O (11. Nd3 {is interesting.} Nc6 12. e3 Nb6 13. g4 Nc4 14. Rc1) 11... Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 12. Bxe5 (12. dxe5 Nc6 $15) 12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nc6 14. Qd2 Kg7 {[#]} 15. Rad1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 b6 16. Nb5 Ba6 17. Nd6 Ne7 18. Rfc1 Nc8 19. Rc6 Nxd6 20. Rxd6 Qe7 21. e4 {½-½ (54) Ding,L (2777)-Korobov,A (2652) Huaian 2017}) 15... b6 16. f4 Ba6 17. Rf3 Rc8 18. g4 Qh4 19. Rg3 h5 (19... Rfd8 $11) 20. g5 (20. gxh5 $14 Ne7 21. Rh3) 20... Rfd8 21. Rh3 Qg4 {Black wants to play ...d4.} 22. Rg3 Qh4 23. Rf1 Ne7 {Strongly threatening ...Nf5.} 24. f5 (24. Nd1 $11 {remains equal.}) 24... gxf5 $2 {Loses the game.} (24... Nxf5 $17 25. Rf4 d4) 25. Rf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} d4 26. Nb1 ({Inferior is} 26. Rxh4 dxc3 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11) 26... Qxf4 27. Qxf4 {Black must now prevent Qd2.} Ng6 28. Qd2 Nxe5 (28... Bxe2 $142 29. Qxe2 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 d3 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 31. Rxd3 (31. Qxh5 Rxb1 32. Qh6+ Kg8 $17) 31... Nf4 32. Rxd8 Nxe2 33. Kxe2 Rxb1) 29. Ra3 Bb5 $2 (29... Nc4 {was worth a try.} 30. Qf4 Nxa3 31. Nxa3 Kg8) 30. Rxa7 Ng4 31. Na3 Bxe2 {intending ...d3.} 32. h3 ({Less strong is} 32. Qxe2 Rc1+ 33. Bf1 Ne3 $16) 32... d3 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Nb1 e5 35. Qe3 Rc5 36. Nd2 Rd4 37. Qg3 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 (38. Bf1 $142 Rd8 39. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 40. g6 Rf8 41. g7 Rcc8 42. gxf8=B Rxf8 43. Qxf5) 38... f4 39. Qh4 {White mates.} g3+ 40. Kh3 Rd6 {[#]} 41. Bd5 $1 Re6 {[#]} (41... Rxd5 42. Qh6+) 42. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Kxf7 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qf5+ {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,23,23,17,18,18,13,14,38,2,6,3,6,-7,12,0,0,-13,0,-19,6,-8,-21,-25,-14,-20,-22,-19,-21,-58,-52,-52,-29,-30,-15,-15,0,0,0,-15,0,-15,-8,-15,-8,-15,-16,-15,-9,-15,-15,-18,-15,-29,0,0,0,-18,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4 {Recently 10...Be7 got a lot of attention.} 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 {[#]} 13. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 a6 14. Rfc1 b5 15. Qd1 Be7 16. a4 b4 17. Nb1 Rxc1 18. Nxc1 Qb6 19. Nd2 {1-0 (54) Xiang,Z (2436)-Rieger,R (2283) Lienz 2019}) 13... h6 14. h3 b5 15. Qb1 Nc4 {...Nd2 is the strong threat.} 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Be5 Be7 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf4 Rfc8 21. Nd3 b4 22. Ne2 Rxc1 23. Nexc1 Ba4 24. Nb3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Qb5 26. Rd2 Rc6 27. Qd1 Be7 28. Rc2 Bd6 29. Qc1 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 g6 31. g4 Kg7 32. Kg2 Qb7 33. f4 a5 34. h4 {The position is equal.} Qc7 35. Qf2 f5 36. g5 h5 37. Qe2 Kf7 38. Qd2 Ke7 39. Ne1 Qc6 40. Qd1 Kd7 41. Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,116,-12,3,-33,-30,-40,-31,-43,-46,-36,-21,-27,0,-18,28,-22,0,-2,-2,-2,-4,-4,-2,-43,-44,-40,-42,-34,-36,-43,-34,-77,-31,-27,-30,-38,-16,-29,0,-14,-14,-10,-23,-15,-15,-18,-12,-31,-34,-74,-72,-72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,368,194,1029,915,1034,955,849,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qd2 O-O 10. h3 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3.} Bd7 {[#]} 11. Kh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc1 Bc6 12. Nd1 e5 13. f4 f5 14. c3 Ne6 15. c4 Qd7 16. Nc3 exf4 17. gxf4 {1-0 (60) Sindarov,J (2383)-Tillyaev,U (2310) Batumi 2017}) 11... Bc6 12. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] Black is slightly better.} d5 13. Bg5 Nxe2 14. Qxe2 d4 15. Nb1 Qd7 16. a5 (16. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 17. e5 $11) 16... e5 17. Na3 Nc8 18. Nc4 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd2 f5 21. exf5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 gxf5 23. Rae1 Rae8 {[%cal Ba8e8,Be8e6,Be6c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 24. Qd1 Qg6 25. Bd2 e4 26. Bf4 Re6 27. Qd2 Rfe8 28. b4 Rc6 29. bxc5 Rxc5 30. Qb4 Qc6 31. Kg1 Rxc2 32. Rc1 {Strongly threatening Qb3+.} Rc3 {And now ...e3 would win.} 33. Rxc3 dxc3 ({Don't play} 33... Qxc3 34. Qxb7 Qxa5 35. Qd7 $11) 34. d4 Qd5 (34... Rd8 $17 35. Be3 Bf6 36. Qb3+ Kg7) 35. Qxc3 $11 Bxd4 36. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rd8 37. Be3 Bf6 38. Qb4 a6 39. Rb1 Rd7 40. Rc1 Kf7 41. Kh2 Qb5 42. Qa3 Be7 43. Qc3 {Qh8 is the strong threat.} Bf6 44. Qc8 {Threatens to win with Rc5.} Qd5 $1 45. Rc5 Qe6 $1 46. Qb8 Be7 47. Rc1 Kg7 48. Rb1 {Black must now prevent Rb6.} Bd6 49. Qc8 Qf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Bxg3+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 50. Kxg3 f4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Kg2 fxe3 52. Rxb7 Qg6+ 53. Kh1 Rf7 54. fxe3 Rxb7 55. Qxb7+ Kh6) 50. Rb6 (50. Bd4+ $142 Kg6 51. Rb6) 50... f4 $2 (50... Qe7 51. Kg2 h6 52. Bd4+ Kf7) 51. Bd4+ $18 Kh6 52. g4 Kg5 {[#]} 53. Qh8 $2 ({Only move:} 53. h4+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh4 {[#]} 54. Bf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg4 55. Rxd6 Qh5+ 56. Kg1) 53... f3+ $11 {The position is equal.} 54. Rxd6 $1 {White threatens Qe5+ and mate.} Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 55. Kg1 {Intending Bf6+ and mate.} Qc1+ 56. Kh2 {[%csl Gd4,Gd6][%cal Rh8f6]} Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kg1 {White wants to mate with Bf6+.} Qc1+ 58. Kh2 {[%csl Gd4,Gd6][%cal Rh8f6]} Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,150,26,26,17,20,17,16,5,17,9,20,-18,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-6,-11,-4,-6,-17,-9,-22,-10,-22,-12,-8,-15,-23,-15,-25,-13,-26,-25,-54,-62,-53,-31,-38,-37,-100,-100,-109,-98,-102,-104,-106,-95,-104,-97,-104,-56,-53,-38,-64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,-6,-6,-6,-1,-8,-16,-117,-117,-117,-110,-125,-121,-130,-131,-150,-150,-152,-188,-182,-155,-171,-171,-170,-163,-156,-164,-162,-164,-164,-162,-162,-164,-164,-164,-164,-164,-197,-181,-184,-174,-172,-172,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-227,-127,-130,-126,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bc2 {The position is equal.} b5 9. d4 Bb7 {[#]} 10. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e5 Nd5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Nc7 13. Nxh7 Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bxg6 Nf6 16. Qh4 {½-½ (53) Perez Ponsa,F (2564)-Sjugirov,S (2662) chess24.com INT 2020}) 10... Re8 11. a4 a6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 e6 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Bb3 Re7 19. h3 Nd7 20. Bc2 h6 21. Qa1 Re8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. g4 Nhf6 24. Bf4 Ra2 25. Rb1 Ne8 26. Bb3 Ra6 27. c4 (27. g5 $15) 27... b4 $1 $17 28. Ne1 Nc7 29. Be3 Ne6 30. f3 Nd4 31. Bd1 Ra2 32. Nd3 Nc6 33. f4 Nd4 34. Kf2 Nf6 (34... Bf6 $15) 35. e5 $1 $11 {Bxd4 is the strong threat.} ({Avoid the trap} 35. Bxd4 $2 Nxe4+ 36. Nxe4 Bxd4+ 37. Ke1 Bxe4 $19) 35... Ne4+ 36. Ke1 $1 dxe5 37. fxe5 Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 38. Nb3 Bf8 39. Ra1 Rxa1 40. Nxa1 Ba6 41. Bf3 N6g5 42. Bg2 (42. Bxg5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxg5 43. Bd5) 42... Bxc4 $17 43. Nf4 Ng3 $1 44. Bf2 N5e4 45. Bxg3 Nxg3 46. Kf2 Bg7 $1 47. Kxg3 Bxe5 {Hoping for ...g5.} 48. Kf3 b3 49. Bf1 Bxf1 50. Nxb3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} Bd6 51. Nd2 Bb5 52. b3 Kg7 53. Ke3 Bc6 54. Nd3 f5 $1 55. gxf5 gxf5 56. Nc4 Be7 57. Nf4 Bg5 58. Ne5 Bb5 $1 59. Nf3 Kf7 60. Ne5+ Kf6 61. Nf3 Bc6 62. Nxg5 hxg5 {KB-KN} ({Weaker is} 62... Kxg5 63. Ne6+ Kh5 64. Kf4 $11) 63. Nd3 Bg2 64. h4 gxh4 65. Nxc5 Kg5 66. Kf2 Bd5 (66... Bc6 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...f4.} 67. Nd3 Be4) 67. b4 $17 {intending b5.} Kg4 {aiming for ...h3.} 68. Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs White the game.} (68. Nd7 $17) 68... f4 $1 {Black mates.} 69. Ne5+ Kf5 70. Nd3 Be4 71. Nc5 {[#]} h3 $1 72. Kg1 f3 73. b5 Kf4 74. b6 {[#]} f2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion} 75. Kxf2 h2 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,127,17,16,14,9,8,14,0,0,-39,-4,-5,4,0,0,-9,-8,-39,-14,-12,-13,-12,-12,-39,-36,-33,-31,-45,-41,-56,-31,-67,-52,-61,-56,-56,-41,-48,0,-21,-10,-10,0,-9,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,7,6,9,7,16,9,13,16,31,40,58,43,39,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,18,-73,-61,-55,-45,-57,-58,-29,-31,-45,1256,1176,1308,1324,1205,1097,925,989,2157,1465,12837,12837,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12842,12842,12843,12845,12846,12846,12847,12849,12849,12850,12850,12850,12850]} 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.} (6. Qe2 {keeps more tension.} Nd7 7. Be3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc3) 6... O-O {6...Nd7 is setting a new trend. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} 7. O-O Re8 8. Kh1 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. An interesting side line.} a5 9. Nc4 Nd7 (9... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f2]} 10. Qe1 b5 $11) 10. a4 b6 11. b3 f6 {[#]} 12. Be3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Ng1 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Qd2 Bb4 18. Qc1 {½-½ (54) Aronian,L (2772)-Karjakin,S (2754) Bucharest 2019}) 12... Bb4 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Qg4 g6 16. Qg3 Bc3 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Nh6 Qe7 19. Qh4 Rf8 20. h3 Qg7 21. Ng4 {Bh6 is the strong threat.} g5 22. Qg3 Nf4 23. Bd2 Ne2 24. Qh2 Bd4 25. Nge3 Be6 26. Rde1 Nf4 27. Qg3 Qg6 28. Qf3 $1 h5 29. Nf5 g4 30. Qg3 Bxf5 31. exf5 Qxf5 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 32. Re4 $1 {[%cal Rd2f4]} gxh3 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Qxh3 Qxh3+ 35. gxh3 c5 36. Rxf4 Kh7 37. Kg2 Rae8 38. Kf3 f5 39. Ne3 Bg7 40. Rg1 Bh6 41. Rh4 f4 42. Nd5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Re5 43. Nxc7 Rf6 44. c3 {Hoping for d4.} Rg6 (44... Rc6 $5 45. Nb5 $8 Rce6 $16) 45. Rd1 {[#]} (45. d4 $11 {remains equal.} Rf5 46. Rd1) 45... Rc6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc6c7]} 46. Nb5 $1 {Black must now prevent d4.} Kg6 $1 {aiming for ...Rf5.} 47. d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} cxd4 48. cxd4 Rxb5 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 49. axb5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rc3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (49... Rf6 $15) 50. Ke4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Bg5 51. Rg1 Kh6 52. Rxf4 Bxf4 53. Kxf4 Rxb3 {KR-KR} 54. d5 a4 55. Rd1 Rb4+ 56. Kf5 Rxb5 57. Ke6 Rb2 58. d6 {White wants to mate with d7.} Re2+ 59. Kd5 Rxf2 60. d7 Rf8 61. Kc6 Kg5 62. d8=Q+ Rxd8 63. Rxd8 Kh4 64. Rd3 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 78%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,103,14,8,18,8,11,14,17,19,23,37,35,44,39,12,9,28,25,19,29,0,36,16,35,10,24,22,25,22,50,43,98,95,93,91,95,95,96,89,96,96,100,100,112,109,102,60,65,56,57,61,54,64,66,61,76,43,35,42,39,-14,15,-14,-33,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} a5 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Ng3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. d4 Bb6 13. h3 Re8 14. Be3 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bc7 16. Qd2 a4 17. Bc2 Ne5 {0-1 (65) Aronian,L (2772)-Nakamura,H (2741) Kolkata 2019}) 12. h3 Be6 13. Ba4 c6 14. d4 Bb6 15. Bc2 Bc7 16. Bd2 Qe7 (16... a4 $5) 17. a4 Rad8 18. Bd3 Qf8 19. Qc2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Ng6 21. c4 c5 (21... Nf4 $14) 22. d5 $16 Bd7 23. Qc1 Kh8 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Bd3 Bd8 26. Bc2 Nh7 27. Nf5 Ra6 28. g3 Ne7 29. g4 Ng6 30. Kh2 Bf6 31. Rg1 Nf4 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qxf4 Ng5 34. Ra2 (34. Kg2 $5 {[%cal Rf5h6]}) 34... g6 35. Ng3 Qe7 36. b3 ({Better is} 36. Rh1 $14) 36... Kg7 (36... h5 $5) 37. Kg2 h5 38. Rh1 Nxf3 39. Qxf3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Qe5 41. Bd1 Raa8 42. Re2 Rh8 43. Ree1 Qg5 44. Be2 Be5 {The position is equal.} 45. Reg1 Rae8 46. Rxh8 Rxh8 47. Rh1 Rxh1 48. Nxh1 f5 49. exf5 gxf5 50. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3f5]} fxg4 51. Qe4 Qg6 52. Bd3 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,127,0,12,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,2,5,0,0,0,0,0,11,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,15,0,70,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-16,-48,-48,-62,-16,-1,-1,-4,-9,-8,0,0,0,-24,-24,-58,-61,-81,-71,-79,-81,-83,-85,-106,-79,-93,-94,-225,-224,-211,0,-10,-15,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. b4 Bb6 {[#]} 10. c3 $146 (10. O-O {is interesting.} O-O 11. a4 a6 12. Bc4 Ba7 13. c3) ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. h3 f5 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. a5 Ba7 16. Na2 {0-1 (27) Castellanos,C (1617)-Ramirez,J (2056) Bogota 2014}) 10... a6 11. Nxb6 (11. Bc4 {feels hotter.} Ne7 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. a4 Ng6 14. O-O) 11... cxb6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 O-O 14. O-O Qf6 15. Re1 Be6 16. a4 Rac8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. h3 d5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Rad1 Rcd8 23. Rd2 Qd6 24. Red1 Qg6 25. Ne1 Kh7 26. Nc2 R8d7 27. Ne3 R5d6 28. Nf1 Rd5 29. Qf3 Nd8 30. h4 h5 (30... Ne6 $11) 31. Ng3 ({Better is} 31. d4 $14) 31... Qg4 32. Nxh5 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Ne6 (33... Kg6 $5 34. Ng3 $8 Ne6 $11) 34. Ng3 Nf4 {[%cal Rf4d3]} 35. Ne4 b6 {[%cal Rf4d3]} 36. c4 Rd4 37. c5 Rxb4 {aiming for ...bxc5.} 38. cxb6 Rb7 39. Nd6 Rxb6 40. Nxf7 Ng6 41. h5 Rf4 42. Ng5+ Kh6 {[%mdl 64] White must now prevent ...Nh4. Double Attack} 43. Ne4 Nh4 44. Kf1 Nxf3 45. Rc2 Kxh5 46. Rc8 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 47. Ke2 b3 48. Rb1 b2 49. Rc5 {[#]} (49. Ra8 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 49... Nd4+ $1 $19 50. Kf1 Nf3 $2 ({Black should try} 50... Kg6 $19 {And now ...Rf8 would win.} 51. Ra5 Rh4) 51. Rc2 Rb3 52. Nc5 Nd4 {Hoping for ...Rh4.} (52... Rg4 {looks sharper.} 53. Nxb3 Rg1+ 54. Ke2 Nd4+ 55. Nxd4 Rxb1 56. Nf3 Re1+) 53. Nxb3 {The position is equal.} Nxc2 54. Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne3+ 55. Ke2 Rxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 56. Kxf2 Nd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kf3 Nxb2 {KN-KN} 58. Ke4 g5 59. d4 exd4 60. Nxd4 g4 {[#]} 61. Nf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g3 {With the idea ...Kg4.} (61... gxf3 62. Kxf3) 62. Kf4 g2 63. Kg3 Nd3 64. Kxg2 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,40,10,2,19,0,8,0,0,5,0,0,0,-4,-14,-14,-7,-28,-9,-17,-21,-330,-320,-331,-313,-315,-315,-284,-226]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 {The position is equal.} 11. c3 O-O 12. f4 c5 13. O-O {[#]} Nc6 $5 $146 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5g4,Bg4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Bc7 16. Nd2 Bb6 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Kh1 Qf6 19. Ng5 Qf5 20. g4 Qg6 21. f5 exf5 22. gxf5 Rxf5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxf5 Qxf5 25. Qc4+ {1-0 (25) Wiedenkeller,M (2260)-Schneider,L (2450) Skien 1980}) 14. Be3 Rae8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 15. Nd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (17. fxe5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 18. Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Nf1) 17... Neg4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Black has a decisive advantage.} 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Rf3 Nxe3 20. Re1 {[%cal Rf3e3]} Nf5 {Black took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,72,25,19,13,19,37,29,35,41,45,49,49,51,54,38,46,35,70,61,76,66,67,61,129,91,99,82,109,73,139,60,50,53,60,61,52,54,45,50,56,0,5,0,1,-26,-24,-16,9,0,0,-8,5,5,5,5,5,-724,-721]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O 7. c4 a5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} 10. Bxc3 a4 11. cxd5 cxd5 {White has an edge.} 12. bxa4 Bd7 13. Qb3 {[#]} Bxa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... e6 14. Qxb7 Bc6 15. Qb2 Rxa4 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Bd2 Qa8 18. Bf4 Qa6 19. Bf1 Bb5 {1-0 (37) Radovanovic,M (2427)-Ivanovic,D (2307) Kragujevac 2018}) 14. Qxb7 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32] Threatening ...Rb8.} 15. Rfb1 Qd6 16. Qb2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Na5 17. Bb4 Qe6 18. e3 Nc4 19. Qe2 Bb5 (19... Rfc8 $14) 20. Qe1 Rfb8 21. Nd2 Qd7 22. Nb3 e5 {[#]} ({Black should try} 22... e6) 23. dxe5 (23. a4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Nc5.} Bc6 (23... Rxa4 24. Nc5) 24. a5) 23... Nxe5 $14 {White should prevent ...Nd3.} 24. Bc3 Bc4 25. Qd2 Qf5 26. Rd1 h5 27. Nd4 Qd7 28. h4 (28. Nc2 $14) 28... Ra3 $1 $11 29. Rdc1 Rba8 30. Rc2 Bd3 31. Rcc1 {Threatens to win with f4.} Bc4 32. Nb3 Qf5 33. Rd1 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 $1 {Black must now prevent Bxg7.} Bxc3 35. Qxc3 Qxf3 36. Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36. Qe1 $11) 36... Rxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,91,12,8,8,11,29,18,19,38,35,35,38,24,29,31,34,33,21,52,35,61,71,66,41,83,37,31,28,28,32,33,22,19,20,33,30,29,11,20,16,21,19,37,34,38,38,40,7,8,8,12,12,18,18,18,14,27,9,15,18,16,0,0,0,37,36,37,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} d4 11. Rd1 Qb6 {[#] ...Nb4 is the strong threat.} 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. O-O {Black must now prevent Na4.} Bd7 15. Qd2 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 {[#]} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rfc8 17. Qg3 Bb5 18. Rd6 Rc6 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Be5 Ne8 21. Re1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Rd8 {½-½ (44) Kokkila,T (2628)-Barlow,J (2517) Argentina 1997}) 17. Qa3 a5 18. Be3 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Rd2 Bg4 21. Bd3 Be6 22. Bb1 b3 23. axb3 Bxb3 24. h3 Nd5 25. Bd4 Rfe8 26. Kh2 Nf4 27. g3 Ng6 28. f4 h5 29. Bc3 Ne7 30. Be4 Nc6 31. Bf3 b5 32. Rdf2 b4 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Bxb4 Rc2 35. Rxc2 Bxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. g4 Bd3 37. Rd1 Be2 38. Rg1 Re4 39. Bd6 hxg4 40. hxg4 g5 41. fxg5 Bxg4 42. b4 Bd7 43. Rg3 Kg7 {The position is equal.} 44. Kg2 f6 45. gxf6+ Kxf6 46. Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,64,39,40,43,21,39,0,39,5,16,0,0,0,-7,0,0,-32,-58,-65,-59,-68,-57,-65,-87,-44,0,0,0,-55,-10,-27,-35,-40,-67,-30,44,32,43,0,32,-5,0,-54,-47,-68,-71,-93,-17,-354,-375,-29971,-29973,-29973,-29974]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g6 6. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 7. Be3 Be6 {now supersedes 7...0-0. B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack.} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. b3 dxe5 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. An interesting side line.} (9... c5 $5) 10. dxe5 Nc6 {[#]} 11. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qxd8 Raxd8 12. c5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Rd2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd5 17. Rxd5 Rxd5 {0-1 (39) Shurakov,D (2259)-Derbenev,A (2338) Kirov 2014}) 11... f6 12. Nc5 Qc8 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Be2 Rd8 15. Qc1 Bf5 16. O-O Nd7 17. Nd3 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Nf6 19. Nde5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 ({White should try} 20. fxe5 $11 Ne4 21. Qc1) 20... Qe6 (20... Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4e2]} 21. Nxg4 Nxg4 $15) 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. h3 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 c6 ({Black should play} 23... Qb6+ $11 24. Kh1 Qc5) 24. Qc3 $14 {[%mdl 1024] [#] Hoping for g4. White has compensation.} h5 $1 25. Re1 Kf7 26. Qg3 Rd2 27. Bf3 (27. c5 $1 $11) 27... Rd3 $15 28. Qg5 Rad8 29. Kf2 Rd2+ (29... Ke8 $17 30. Kg1 a5) 30. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Kg1 $11) 30... R8d3 $19 ({Inferior is} 30... Rxa2 31. Bc3 $11) 31. Qh6 $2 {[#]} (31. Kh4 $19) 31... Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kh4 (32. gxh3 Rxf3+) 32... Rxg2 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,58,12,49,10,8,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,6,9,9,14,47,8,7,6,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 {Nowadays more popular than 10...Qc7.} 11. Rc1 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} Bb7 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Qd2 e6 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qd6 {[#]} 16. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bf4 e5 17. d5 Na5 18. Be3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. h3 Bf8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Qc3 {½-½ (41) Harikrishna,P (2731)-Ding,L (2801) Kolkata 2019}) 16... Qb4 17. Qd3 Rfd8 18. a3 (18. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Nxd4 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Ba6 $11) 18... Qe7 {The position is equal.} 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Qe3 h6 (20... Bxg5 {keeps more tension.} 21. hxg5 Na5 22. a4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd6) 21. Bxh6 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.} Nxd4 $1 22. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Bxc8 24. h5 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qd8 26. Bc2 Qc7 27. Bd1 Qd8 28. Bc2 Qc7 29. Bd1 Qd8 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,90,28,12,4,5,5,4,20,21,21,23,21,18,20,21,22,18,20,14,28,26,31,43,46,46,46,46,43,43,43,51,50,50,50,50,93,24,15,27,24,31,29,53,56,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,11,12,12,27,22,22,32,29,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,25,34,70,109,201]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 h6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bd3 Ba6 {[#] ...Bxd3 is the strong threat.} 12. O-O Qc8 13. Na4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Bxd3 14. Qxd3 b5 15. Nc3 {[#]} Qb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Re8 16. Qc2 Bd8 17. Rfb1 a4 18. Rf1 Bc7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qd8 21. Qd3 Nd7 22. f4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 f6 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Qd4 Qe7 26. e4 {½-½ (26) Isigkeit,H (2375)-Halliwell,T (2337) ICCF email 2016}) 16. Nd2 Bd8 17. Nb3 a4 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. f4 Kh8 21. Rae1 Rad8 22. g4 Ng8 23. Nf3 Ne7 24. Re2 f6 25. e4 (25. Nh4 $16) 25... Ng6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg6f4]} (25... Qxf4 $2 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Nh4 $16) 26. exd5 $1 Nxf4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 27. d6 Qxd6 (27... Nxd3 $2 {perishes.} 28. dxc7 Rc8 29. Rxe6 $18) ({But not} 27... Nxe2+ $6 28. Qxe2 Qb8 29. Nh4 $16 (29. Qxe6 Rfe8 $16)) 28. cxd6 Nxd3 29. Nh4 ({White should try} 29. Rxe6 $14 Nf4 30. Re7) 29... Rfe8 30. Rd2 g5 31. Ng2 Nf4 $1 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. Rxf4 e5 34. dxe5 Rxe5 35. Ne4 Kg7 36. Ng3 c5 37. Nf5+ Kh7 38. bxc5 Rxc5 39. Kg2 Ne5 40. Rfd4 Rc3 41. Rd5 Rxa3 42. Rxb5 Rd7 43. Rc2 {aiming for Rc7.} Rb3 44. Ra5 a3 45. Rc7 Rb2+ {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 90%.} (45... Rb7 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,79,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,31,45,45,62,65,76,75,85,60,74,72,77,66,83,79,148,107,113,100,98,95,95,95,95,95,113,95,113,111,114,104,185,126,222,202,361,351,510,384,1368,1327,1349,1219,12829,12831,12831,12831,12831,12831,12833,12835]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Bd7 {[#] D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} (11... Qc7 {is more complex.} 12. f4 Rd8 13. Rf2 Bc5 14. Rd2 Bb6) 12. Nxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Rfd1 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rac1 a5 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Be5 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 {½-½ (102) Dunn,A (2190)-Meenakshi,S (2293) Gibraltar 2007}) 12... Qxd7 13. d5 exd5 {The position is equal.} 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 (14... Rad8 {keeps more tension.} 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bb6 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Bxb2 19. g3 Bc3) 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Kf1 Rd7 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Rc1 Rd6 22. b4 g5 (22... g6 $142) 23. Rc5 Nxb4 24. Rc8+ Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bxb7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Kg7 27. Ke2 a5 28. Kd2 f5 29. Kc3 Kf6 30. Kc4 Bc7 {[#]} (30... Nc2 $16) 31. h3 (31. Kb5 $1 $18) 31... g4 (31... Nc2 $16) 32. Kb5 Ke5 $2 (32... gxh3 33. gxh3 Ke5) 33. hxg4 $18 fxg4 (33... Nc2 {might work better.} 34. f4+ Kf6) 34. Bb6 Kd6 $2 {[#]} (34... Bxb6 35. Kxb6 Kd6 36. Kxa5 Kc5) 35. Bxc7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kxc7 36. Be4 h5 37. Kxa5 Na2 38. g3 Nc3 39. Bc2 Ne2 40. Bg6 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,125,25,12,8,19,20,37,33,43,0,4,0,58,0,27,27,35,33,28,25,29,22,28,22,34,37,50,22,30,16,38,28,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-14,-14,-22,-22,-21,-27,-18,-18,-18,-16,-23,-15,-21,-36,-36,-36,-19,-20,-6,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,22,70,83,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,963,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Be7 10. g3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 {White is slightly better.} a6 12. e4 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 13. Be2 ({But not} 13. Nxg6 $2 bxc4 14. Qxc4 hxg6 $19) 13... Nbd7 ({Black should play} 13... c5 $11) 14. O-O (14. e5 $14) 14... O-O {[#]} 15. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 c5 16. Rac1 Qa7 17. d5 c4 18. Bxa7 cxb3 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 bxa2 21. Nxa2 {1-0 (36) Cramling,D (2404)-Hjelm,N (2336) Lund 2010}) 15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Qb6 {aiming for ...Nxe5.} 20. Kg2 Rc4 21. Be3 (21. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Re2c4]}) 21... Rfc8 22. f4 Qa5 23. a3 (23. Rcb1 {is interesting.} Rc2 24. Kh3 Nb6 25. Bd1 R2c6 26. Bd2) 23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qc7 26. Qd2 Qc6 27. Bd3 (27. Kf2 {keeps more tension.} Nb6 28. b3 a5 29. Bd3 a4 30. Qc2) 27... Bd8 28. Qc2 (28. Qd1 {looks sharper.} Nb6 29. Kf2 Nc4 30. b3 Na5 31. Bd2) 28... Qxc2+ 29. Bxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bb6 30. Be3 Nb8 31. a4 Nc6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bd3 b4 34. Bb5 Nxd4 35. Bd3 Bc5 36. h4 Nb3 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. Bc2 Bxe3 39. Kxe3 $15 {KB-KN} Nc5 40. Kd4 b3 41. Bd1 $1 Ne4 42. g4 Nf2 43. Bf3 {Black must now prevent Ke3.} Nh3 $1 44. Ke3 d4+ $1 45. Kxd4 {Threatens to win with Ke3.} Nxf4 46. Ke3 g5 47. hxg5 Nh3 $1 48. g6 $1 fxg6 {[#]} 49. Bd1 (49. Bg2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg2h3]} Ng5 50. Kf4) 49... Ke7 50. Bxb3 Ng5 51. Bc2 Nf7 52. Kd4 Nh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52... g5 $11) 53. Bd1 $2 (53. g5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5h6]} Nf5+ 54. Kc5) 53... Kd7 $11 {The position is equal.} 54. Bf3 g5 55. b4 Kc7 56. Bd1 Kb6 57. Be2 Kc6 58. Bc4 Nxg4 59. Bxe6 Nxe5 60. Kxe5 Kb5 61. Kf5 Kxb4 62. Kxg5 g6 63. Kxg6 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,75,0,0,0,6,0,5,0,0,0,4,-40,0,0,0,0,7,0,9,-19,-18,-29,12,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,8,6,3,27,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,-13,0,0,5,5,5,8,12,35,29,17,42,15,811,837,12840,1109]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} e5 9. Nf5 d4 10. Nxe7+ {The position is equal.} Qxe7 11. b3 {Black should prevent Ba3.} Nc6 {[#]} 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Ne4 Ne8 16. Rae1 f5 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. e3 dxe3 19. Rxe3 {0-1 (31) Miroshnichenko,E (2617)-Anand,V (2781) Germany 2004}) 12... e4 13. Bg5 Bf5 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e3 Bg6 17. b4 d3 18. Qc3 f5 19. c5 Ne5 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Nxf3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 22. Rxf3 Bh5 23. Rf2 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Nc4 Re4 26. Nd6 Rxe3 27. Nxf5 Re5 28. g4 Bg6 29. Rd1 h5 30. h3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Re4 32. Rxd3 Rxg4+ 33. Kf1 {Black must now prevent Rd7.} Kf8 34. Rd7 {[#] Nd6 is the strong threat.} a5 $1 35. Nh6 (35. Rxb7 axb4 36. axb4 Bh5 $14) 35... Rg3 $1 {Strongly threatening ...axb4.} 36. Nxf7 {And now Nd6+ would win.} (36. b5 $5 {[%cal Rh6f7]} Rc8 37. c6 (37. Nxf7 Rxc5 38. Nd6+ Kg8 $11) 37... bxc6 38. Nxf7 $14) 36... Ke8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... axb4 $11 37. Ne5+ Kg8) 37. Rxb7 $18 {Threatening mate with Nd6+.} Bxf7 38. Rbxf7 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 77%.} (38. Rfxf7 $142 axb4 39. c6) 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,153,4,0,9,-13,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,0,4,6,23,23,0,-9,-7,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-21,0,0,1,2,9,10,5,7,7,0,32,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,63,58,50,39,54,21,63,63,63,63,63,56,130,140,130,141,182,63,59,50,63,63,72,71,129,64,64,64,74,25,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,545,449,584,354,5085,2315,29972,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29975,29977,29977,29978,29977,29979,29979,29980,29980,29966,29966,29969,29972,29973,29972,29974,29976,29974,29981,29971,29983,29984,29986,29987]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {[#] A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 7. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Nh4 Nd4 12. e3 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Rxb2 {½-½ (25) Aronian,L (2772)-Giri,A (2776) Kolkata 2019}) 7... Ndb4 8. Qa4 {Hoping for a3.} Bd7 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4.The position is equal.} 9. Qd1 Nd4 {aiming for ...Ndc2+.} 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bxb7 {Ne4 is the strong threat.} Rb8 15. Bg2 Rxb2 16. Rb1 Qb8 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nd5 Bg4 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nc6 Qb6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bf3 Bh3 23. Rxb2 Qxb2 24. Qc1 Rb8 25. Qxc7 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} f6 27. Qxa7 Qb6 28. Qf7 Qc5 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. Qd7 Qa3 31. Qe6 f5 32. h4 h6 33. Qc4 Kh7 34. h5 Rf6 (34... Rd8 $14) 35. Bd5 $1 $16 Qc3 36. Qb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5e8] White threatens Qe8 and mate.} Qc8 37. Bf3 (37. Bb7 $18 Qb8 38. a4) 37... Qa6 $14 38. Qb3 Qa5 39. a4 Ra6 40. Qf7 Rd6 ({Black should play} 40... Rf6 41. Qd7 Qc5) 41. Qe7 (41. g4 $16) 41... Rd8 42. Bc6 Kh8 43. Kh2 Rc8 44. Qe6 Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ra6c6]} 45. Bd7 Qxe6 46. Bxe6 $11 {KR-KB} Re8 47. Bxf5 Rxe2 48. Kg2 Ra2 49. Bd7 g6 50. hxg6 Kg7 51. Be8 Ra3 52. Bb5 {Strongly threatening Kf3.} Kxg6 53. f4 Ra1 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. g4 Ke6 56. Ke4 Rg1 57. Ba6 Ra1 58. Bc4+ Kf6 59. Bb5 Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (59... Ke6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 60. a5 $18 Rxg4 61. a6 Rg7 $2 {[#]} (61... Rg1 62. Kxd4 Rc1) 62. Bc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b7]} Ra7 63. Bb7 {White mates.} h5 64. Kxd4 h4 {[#]} 65. Kc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b6]} h3 66. Kb6 Rxb7+ 67. axb7 {KP-KP} (67. Kxb7 $2 {is the wrong capture.} h2 68. Kc7 h1=Q 69. a7 Qa8 70. Kb6 Qd8+ 71. Kc5 Qa5+ 72. Kc6 Qxa7 73. Kd5 Kf5 74. Kc4 Kxf4 75. Kd5 Qd7+ 76. Kc5 Qxd3 77. Kb6 Qd5 78. Kc7 Ke5 79. Kb8 Kd6 80. Ka7 Kc6 81. Kb8 Qb3+ 82. Kc8 Qg8#) 67... h2 68. b8=Q h1=Q {KQ-KQ} 69. Qe5+ Kf7 70. Qe4 Qh6+ 71. Kc7 Qg7 72. Qe5 Qg3 73. d4 Qb3 74. f5 Qc4+ 75. Qc5 Qa4 76. Qd5+ Kf6 77. Qc6+ {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 76%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,116,19,15,15,16,9,11,10,10,10,10,13,6,6,6,6,6,7,26,-3,0,0,14,16,28,17,10,20,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,14,14,14,11,11,9,13,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,14,45,0,1,5,8,9,8,13,14,14,45,0,6,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5.} c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. e3 Qa5 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f5]} Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qxc5 13. O-O O-O {[#]} 14. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd4 b6 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Nb5 Red8 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Qb1 Neg4 19. Qb4 a6 20. Nd4 {½-½ (40) Ponomarjov,R (2219)-Siigur,J (2439) ICCF email 2010}) 14... Rfc8 15. h3 Ne4 16. c4 Na5 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. cxd5 {[#] aiming for Bc7.} Nc3 {Strongly threatening ...Ne2+.} 19. Kf1 {And now d6 would win.} Nxd5 20. Be5 f6 21. Bd4 b6 22. Ke2 Kf7 23. Nd2 Ke6 24. g4 (24. Bb2 {seems wilder.} b5 25. Ne4 Nb7 26. g4 a5 27. f4) 24... Rc6 25. Rxc6+ Nxc6 26. Bb2 Rc8 27. Rc1 Nce7 28. Rxc8 Nxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 29. Kd3 Nd6 30. a3 g6 31. Nf3 b5 32. Bc1 a6 33. Nd4+ Kd7 34. Nb3 Kc6 35. e4 {[#] Hoping for Nd4+.} Ne7 (35... Nb6 {is more complex.} 36. f4 Ndc4 37. Kd4 Nd7 38. Nd2 Na5) 36. Bb2 f5 37. Nd4+ Kd7 38. exf5 gxf5 39. Bc1 fxg4 40. hxg4 Nd5 41. f4 b4 {The position is equal.} 42. f5 bxa3 43. Bxa3 Nb5 44. Bb2 (44. Bc5 {looks sharper.} h6 45. Ke4 Nf6+ 46. Kf3 Nd6 47. Ne2) 44... Nxd4 45. Kxd4 {KB-KN} Nb6 46. Bc3 Ke7 47. g5 Kf7 48. Bb4 Nc8 49. Bc5 Ne7 50. Bxe7 Kxe7 {KPP-KPP} 51. Kc5 a5 52. Kb5 Kd6 53. Kxa5 {KPP-KP} Ke5 54. f6 {White threatens f7 and mate.} Ke6 55. Kb5 h6 {( -> ...h5)} 56. gxh6 {h7 would kill now.} Kxf6 57. h7 Kg7 58. h8=Q+ Kxh8 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 98%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,128,32,36,31,26,13,24,9,27,6,0,0,4,0,0,0,62,41,45,0,0,-25,-10,-95,-102,-119,-126,-125,-133,-62,-105,-70,-91,-34,-10,-12,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,15,21,23,30,14,33,7,70,70,77,77,77,77,77,66,77,77,77,73,77,71,189,47,71,64,64,47,59,0,0,0,16,20,47,0,23,23,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 (7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Re1 h6 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. g4 Qe7 16. Nf1 Nd8 17. Ng3 c5 18. Qd2 c4 19. Bc2 Nh7 20. b4 cxb3 21. Bxb3 Be6 22. Bc2 Rc8 {0-1 (35) Caruana,F (2799)-Carlsen,M (2827) Douglas 2017}) 7... Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 {[#]} 9. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender. C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} Nxe5 10. d4 {[#]} Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. Qxd4 {White has an edge.} d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Ra7 c5 15. e5 Ne4 (15... Nfd5 $11 16. Bxd5 Nxd5) 16. Qf3 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... c4 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Qf3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 O-O 20. Kh1 Bf5 21. Nc3 Nc6 22. Ra6 Qc8 23. Ra1 Nd4 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qa2 Nxc2 26. Rb1 Ra8 27. Qb3 Nd4 {0-1 (27) Diaz Garcia,M (2332)-Perez Leiva,J (2382) Pinar del Rio 2019}) 17. c3 (17. Bxd5 $14 Qxd5 18. Rd1) 17... c4 $11 18. Bc2 $1 Bg4 19. Rxe7+ (19. Qxg4 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qb6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Kh1 Qxa7 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxg7) 19... Qxe7 $17 20. Qxg4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 {Hoping for Bxe4.} Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 23. Qd1 O-O $1 24. Bd2 d4 25. cxd4 Rfd8 26. Qc1 {Black must now prevent Be3.} b4 27. Be3 Qe2 28. Bg1 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Nxc3 Qc4 {...Rdc8 is the strong threat.} 31. Nd1 {aiming for Bxh7+!} Rbc8 (31... Rdc8 $5 32. Ne3 $8 Qxd4 $11) 32. Ne3 Qxd4 33. Qf1 Qd2 34. Qb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} h6 35. h3 Rc3 36. Qb6 Qd4 37. Qa5 {Threatens to win with Nd1.} Rc5 (37... Qd2 $11 38. Qb6 Qd4) 38. Qa7 $14 Rxc2 39. Nxc2 Qxf4 40. Nd4 Qe4 41. Qb6 Rd5 42. Nf3 Rd3 43. Qb8+ (43. Qb2 {looks sharper.} Rd1 44. Qc3 Kh7 45. Qb3 Rd7 46. Bf2) 43... Kh7 44. Qb1 Re3 (44... Qf5 $16 {was called for.} 45. Qf1 Rc3) 45. Qf1 (45. Qa2 $18 Re2 46. Qxf7) 45... Rd3 46. Bf2 Rb3 47. Kh2 Rb1 48. Qa6 ({White should try} 48. Be1 $1 $14) 48... Rb2 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb2f2]} 49. Qa7 Qf4+ 50. Kh1 Qc1+ 51. Bg1 Qc2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc2g2]} (51... Qf1 $5 52. Nh4 $8 g5 $11) 52. Nh4 Qe4 53. Qe7 Rb7 {The position is equal.} 54. Qd8 Rb3 {( -> ...Rxh3+)} 55. Nf3 Rxf3 56. gxf3 Qxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kh2 {Strongly threatening Qd4.} Qf4+ 58. Kg2 {And now Qd3+ would win.} Qe4+ 59. Kf1 Qf3+ 60. Bf2 Qxh3+ 61. Kg1 Qg4+ 62. Kf1 Qh3+ 63. Kg1 Qg4+ 64. Kf1 Qh3+ {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,93,30,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,-6,25,14,13,5,17,0,0,-63,50,41,98,103,152,158,159,151,125,125,315,308,312,309,255,271,397,394,384,386,370,370,300,58,57,29,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 {seems to push 10...Qc7 aside.} 11. Rc1 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} Bb7 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Qd2 e6 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. cxd4 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qd6 16. Bf4 e5 17. d5 Na5 18. Be3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. h3 Bf8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 {½-½ (41) Harikrishna,P (2731)-Ding,L (2801) Kolkata 2019}) 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Bg5 a6 18. Bd3 $1 Qd7 19. Bh6 Rc8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. h5 (23. f3 $11) 23... f6 (23... Bxe4 $15 24. Qf4 Qd5 25. h6+ Kf8) 24. Qe3 Qa4 (24... Qd6 $14) 25. Rb1 $16 Qc2 26. Rxb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxe4 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Re4g2]} 27. h6+ $1 Kf7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Re4g2]} 28. Nf4 {Threatens to win with Rxb7+!} e5 $2 (28... Bc6 $16) 29. dxe5 $18 fxe5 {[#]} 30. Qxe4 $1 Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} 31. Nh3 $1 Bd5 (31... Ke7 {was worth a try.} 32. Ng5 Bd5 33. Nxh7 Rg4) 32. Ng5+ Ke7 33. Nxh7 Rg4 34. g3 {Nf6! is the strong threat.} Rc4 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 35. Rb1 $2 (35. f3 $18) 35... Rc8 $1 $14 36. Re1 Rh8 $1 {[%cal Rh8h7]} 37. Rxe5+ Kd6 {The position is equal.} 38. Rg5 Rxh7 39. Rxg6+ $11 {KRB-KR} Ke5 40. Rxa6 Bf3 41. Kh2 Kf5 42. a4 Kg5 43. Rb6 Ra7 44. Rb3 Bc6 45. Rc3 Bxa4 46. Ra3 Kxh6 47. f3 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,186,15,7,7,12,18,6,20,22,13,12,15,14,8,9,15,9,19,22,29,11,9,5,10,0,33,37,26,25,32,35,32,41,36,0,0,0,0,0,27,23,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,60,58,133,88,133,115,133,122,110,118,118,100,100,100,101,33,29,40,68,31,178,222,205,63,294,267,249,240,712,688,728,728,702,680,637,161,612,579,592,532,655,647,543,504,453,313,281,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,11,11,11,11,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,0,-12831,-12831,-12832,-12832,-12836,0,-12832,-12832,-12833,-12831,-12837,-12837,-12837,-12837,-12837,-12837,-12841,-12838,-12838,0,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12845,0,-12843,-12841,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12846]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 h6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Re1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. Reb1 axb4 16. axb4 {[#]} Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Qb1 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 bxc5 20. bxc5 g5 21. Bg3 Qb4 22. Kh1 Kg7 {½-½ (48) Pravec,L (2391)-Jasinski,M (2416) ICCF email 2017}) 17. Nd2 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Qb1 (19. Rb1 {looks sharper.} Nf8 20. Bg3 N6d7 21. Qc2 Ng6 22. Nb3) 19... Bd8 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qa2 Qb7 22. Qa4 b5 23. Qa3 Ne8 24. e4 dxe4 25. Ncxe4 Ndf6 26. Nd6 Nxd6 (26... Qd7 {with more complications.} 27. Be5 Nd5 28. Qa8 Nec7 29. Qb7 Nxb4 30. Nb3 Kh7) 27. cxd6 Nd5 28. Bg3 Bb6 29. Nb3 $1 f6 30. Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bxc5 $1 31. dxc5 e5 32. f3 Kf7 33. Be1 Nf4 ({Black should play} 33... h5 $14) 34. Qa2+ Ne6 35. Bd2 Qd7 36. h4 h5 37. Be3 Kg8 38. Qc2 Nf8 39. Qe4 Qc8 40. g4 (40. Kf2 $16) 40... hxg4 $14 41. fxg4 Qa6 42. g5 {Black must now prevent gxf6.} Kf7 (42... Qa1+ $1 $14 43. Kf2 Qa2+ 44. Ke1 Qa1+ 45. Ke2 Qa2+ 46. Bd2 Ne6) 43. gxf6 $18 gxf6 44. Bf2 (44. h5 $1 $18) 44... Qb7 $2 (44... Qa1+ $14 45. Kg2 Qa8) 45. h5 Qd7 46. Kh2 Kg7 $2 (46... Kg8 47. Kg1 Qg7+ 48. Kf1 Qh7 49. Qg2+ (49. Qxc6 Qd3+ 50. Kg1 e4 $16) 49... Kf7) 47. Be3 Qc8 48. h6+ Kh8 49. Kg3 Qd7 50. Kg2 $2 (50. Bd2 Kg8 51. Kf2) 50... Qc8 $2 (50... Qe6 51. Kf2 (51. Qxc6 e4 $11) 51... f5 52. Qxc6 Qa2+ 53. Ke1 Qb3) 51. Kh2 Qd7 52. Kg3 Qc8 53. Qg4 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7]} Qb7 54. Qf5 Qf7 55. Bf2 Nd7 56. Qe4 $2 ({White should try} 56. Kf3 $18) 56... f5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 57. Qh4 Nf6 58. Kh3 Kh7 59. Bg3 f4 60. Bf2 Qe6+ 61. Kg2 Qf5 62. Kh2 Kg6 (62... e4 $5 63. Bd4 $8 Ng4+ 64. Kg1 Nxh6 $11) 63. Qh3 Qxh3+ 64. Kxh3 {With the idea Bh4.} Kxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for ...Kh5. KB-KN} 65. Bh4 Nd7 66. Kg4 {White wants to play Kf5.} Kg6 67. Bg5 {[#]} f3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...f2.} 68. Bh4 (68. Kxf3 Kxg5) 68... Kf7 69. Kxf3 Ke6 70. Ke4 Nb8 71. Be7 (71. Bg5 $11) 71... Na6 $17 72. Bg5 Nxb4 73. Be3 Nd5 (73... Na6 $1 $17 {...Nb8 is the strong threat.} 74. d7 Kxd7 75. Kxe5 Kc7) 74. Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74. Bg5 $11) 74... Nf6+ $1 $19 75. Kd3 Kd5 76. Be3 Ke6 77. Bd2 $1 Nd7 78. Be3 Kd5 79. Bf2 b4 80. Bg1 e4+ 81. Kc2 Kc4 82. Kb2 Ne5 83. Bf2 Nd7 84. Bg1 $1 b3 85. Bf2 {[#]} Kd3 $1 86. Kxb3 e3 87. Be1 Nxc5+ 88. Kb4 {[#]} Nd7 $2 (88... Nb7 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...c5+.} 89. d7 e2) 89. Ka5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (89. Bc3 $11) 89... Kc4 {Black is clearly winning.} 90. Bg3 Kb3 91. Ka6 c5 92. Kb5 c4 93. Kc6 Nf8 {What a bad dream for White. Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,-2,-6,-11,3,1,0,7,11,-10,27,-3,9,0,7,-25,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,37,27,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Nxf6+ {[#] C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} gxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Qxf6 7. c3 O-O 8. b4 Bb6 9. Ba3 d6 10. b5 Ne7 11. Bb2 Ng6 12. Qe2 Nf4 {0-1 (21) Md Mahmudur Rahman,C-Sayed Shafaat,M (1396) Dhaka 2018}) 7. Bc4 d6 8. d3 Be6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. c3 Bxc4 13. dxc4 f5 14. Rd1 Qxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 fxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 17. Nd2 f5 18. g4 Rf8 19. Ke2 Ne7 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21. Nxe4 b6 22. Rg1 Ng6 23. Ke3 Kd7 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nf3 (25. Nf7 $5) 25... Nf4 {The position is equal.} 26. Rg7+ Ke6 27. h4 Kf6 28. Ke4 Nd3 29. Rf7+ $1 Ke6 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Rf7+ $1 Ke6 32. Rxf5 Nxf2+ 33. Ke3 Ng4+ 34. Ke4 Nf2+ 35. Ke3 Ng4+ 36. Ke4 Nf2+ {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,88,11,13,19,24,20,18,20,18,27,40,45,41,46,41,38,46,35,64,77,81,83,83,63,102,93,102,92,94,88,115,70,73,75,97,65,96,49,52,43,40,16,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Ne5 {D14: Slav Defence: Exchange variation with ...Bf5.} O-O {[#]} 10. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O a6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rc1 Rfb8 15. b3 a5 16. Qd2 Nb6 {1-0 (45) Torner Planell,J (1978)-Frisvold,O (1871) Copenhagen 2010}) 10... bxc6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O c5 13. Nb5 Qb6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...c4.} 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qb6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfb8 18. b3 Bg6 19. Rc7 Ne8 20. Rc5 Kf8 21. Rfc1 Nd6 22. f3 Rc8 23. Ba6 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Ke8 25. Kf2 Kd7 26. Ke1 Rb8 27. Kd2 Rb6 28. Bf1 (28. Ra5 {is more complex.} Kc7 29. Be2 Kb8 30. Rc5 Nb7 31. Rc1) 28... e5 29. Nb5 (29. Bb5+ {is more complex.} Ke7 30. Nc6+ Ke6 31. Ba4 Nb7 32. Rc1) 29... Nxb5 $1 {The position is equal.} 30. Rxb5 Rxb5 31. Bxb5+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kd6 32. b4 f6 33. Kc3 Bf5 34. a4 h6 35. a5 Bc8 36. g3 g5 37. f4 Be6 38. fxe5+ fxe5 39. Be8 Bc8 40. Kb3 Bg4 41. Kc3 Bc8 42. Bb5 Be6 43. Ba4 Bc8 44. Bb5 Be6 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,27,-10,-17,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-19,-42,93,83,135,133,654,647]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4 Qxb4 5. Rb1 Qd6 6. d4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} Qd8 7. Bc4 Nf6 {[#]} 8. Nf3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nge2 e6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb3 Nbd7 12. Na4 b5 13. Nac3 a6 14. a4 {½-½ (27) Lorenz,J (1035)-Ernst,L (1149) Greifswald 2001}) 8... e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Re1 c5 (11... Nbd7 $15) 12. d5 $16 exd5 (12... Bd6 $142) 13. Nxd5 Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (13... Nxd5 $16 14. Qxd5 Nc6) 14. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin, Remove Defender. White took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,145,5,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,12,13,14,8,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-56,-51,-56,-64,-67,-67,-67,-41,-67,-33,-33,-33,-67,-25,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-47,-48,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,0,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,0,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,0,-33]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bg5 O-O {[#]} 11. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Rac1 Be6 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Kh8 15. Rfe1 b5 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 {½-½ (49) Lugovskoy,M (2502)-Alekseenko,K (2561) Loo 2016}) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Bg7 14. Qe3 Bc6 15. exd6 exd6 16. Nd4 Re8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qd3 Qa5 19. Qxd6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxa2 21. Qxc6 Rac8 22. Ra1 ({White should try} 22. Qb6 $11) 22... Qxf2+ $1 $15 23. Rxf2 {[#] Threatening mate with Qd7.} Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 24. Rfa2 Ree6 25. Ra4 h5 26. c5 Kf8 27. Rc4 Ke7 28. Rb1 Rc7 29. Rb8 Rec6 30. Ra8 Rxc5 31. Re4+ Kf6 32. Rxa6+ Kg7 33. Re3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 {KR-KR} 35. h4 Rc4 36. g3 Rc2 37. Rb6 Kf8 38. Ra6 Ke7 39. Rb6 Rd2 40. Ra6 f6 41. Rb6 Rd6 42. Rb5 Ke6 43. Kf2 Rd5 44. Rb4 Kf5 45. Rf4+ Ke5 46. Ra4 Rb5 47. Rc4 g5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Ra4 Rd5 50. Rb4 g4 51. Rb2 Ke4 52. Re2+ Kd3 53. Re8 Rf5+ 54. Kg2 Rc5 55. Rd8+ Ke4 56. Re8+ Re5 (56... Kd5 {seems wilder.} 57. Rd8+ Kc6 58. Rh8 Rd5 59. Rc8+ Kd6) 57. Ra8 Rc5 58. Re8+ Kf5 59. Rf8+ Kg6 60. Rg8+ Kf7 61. Ra8 Rc2+ 62. Kg1 Re2 63. Ra5 Kg6 64. Rb5 Re6 65. Kg2 Rf6 66. Rb8 Re6 67. Rb5 Rd6 68. Ra5 Rf6 69. Ra8 Kg5 70. Rg8+ Rg6 71. Ra8 Re6 72. Ra5+ Kg6 73. Rb5 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,31,54,56,70,70,91,77,120,124,294,299,1001,1002,29974,29976,6626,7523]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Qxd5 e6 9. Qb3 Nc6 {And now ...Nb4 would win. D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5.} 10. e3 Nb4 11. Qa4+ Kd8 {[#] aiming for ...Nc2+.White is better.} 12. Bd2 $1 {[#]} Nc2+ $146 (12... Rc8 $16) ({Predecessor:} 12... f6 13. Rc1 a5 14. Rc3 Nd5 15. Rb3 Qc7 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 {0-1 (25) Philips,J (1480)-King,J (1215) IECC email 2011}) 13. Ke2 $18 {Black must now prevent Ba5.} Qxb2 $2 {[#]} (13... Qa6+ 14. Qxa6 bxa6) 14. Ne5 $3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ra4d7][%mdl 512]} b5 15. Qa5+ Ke8 {[#]} 16. Qc7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,102,5,22,23,31,30,16,13,53,22,25,16,13,8,8,14,28,4,20,20,79,87,64,70,119,122,120,126,98,124,139,136,139,140,155,148,147,139,330,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,4,4,4,4,5,5,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 9. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 e5 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. h3 Re8 13. Kh1 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. c4 {1-0 (64) Fagotto,R (1921)-Campailla,M (1658) Siracusa 2006}) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 e5 11. Be3 {B55: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 f3.} Be6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. b4 (14. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 $14 (15. exd5 c5 $14)) 14... a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Rb8 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. h3 d5 (19... g6 $11) 20. cxd5 $16 cxd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. b5 $1 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} e4 24. Qh5 exd3 25. Qxd5 Rd8 {[#]} 26. Qe4 $1 Bf8 27. b6 Qc2 28. Rc1 Qb3 $2 {[#]} (28... Qb2 $16) 29. Qf3 $2 (29. b7 $1 $18 {Rc8 is the strong threat.} Rb8 30. Rc8 Qxb7 31. Qxb7 Rxb7 32. Bc5) 29... d2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.The position is equal.} 30. Rd1 $1 h6 31. b7 {Threatens to win with Bf4.} Rb8 32. Rxd2 {aiming for Rd7.} Rxb7 33. g4 Rb8 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Rd7 Qe6 36. Qd5 (36. Rb7 {feels hotter.} g5 37. Rb6 Qe4 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Kg3) 36... Qxd5+ 37. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g6 38. h4 Bg7 39. h5 g5 40. Kf3 Bf6 41. Ke2 Kg7 42. Kd3 Ra8 43. f4 gxf4 44. Bxf4 Ra3+ 45. Ke4 Ra6 46. Kf5 Bb2 47. Rb5 Rf6+ 48. Ke4 Re6+ 49. Kf5 Rf6+ 50. Ke4 Re6+ 51. Kf5 Rf6+ {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,79,17,17,19,25,0,4,14,0,22,20,11,26,29,21,26,25,25,16,25,28,23,22,22,0,3,3,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nce2 Be5 {[#] ...Nxd4 is the strong threat.} (12... a6 {with more complications.} 13. Bd3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne4 15. Nf3 Qe7) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe5 Rxe5 {[#]} 15. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ba4 c5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Ree8 19. Rfd1 Qb7 20. Nc3 c4 21. bxc4 dxc4 {½-½ (48) Aronian,L (2797)-Gelfand,B (2759) Moscow 2014}) 15... c5 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Nf4 a4 {The position is equal.} 20. Rc3 axb3 21. axb3 Rce8 22. h3 d4 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Rc4 Qxb3 25. Rxd4 Qxd1+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} 26. Qxd1 Re1+ 27. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kh2 Re7 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g6 31. Rd4 Be6 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 {KR-KR} Kg7 34. g3 h5 35. Kg2 Re6 36. h4 Re7 37. Rc3 Re6 38. Rc4 Re7 39. Rc3 Re6 40. Rc4 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,65,47,50,0,6,7,21,6,9,8,38,35,37,31,36,31,40,32,41,35,20,33,27,0,56,0,105,105,93,93,98,80,285,287,278,281,289,286,276,282,268,210,216,203,616,630,623,615,614,606]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Qd3 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} dxc3 11. Nf3 b6 {[#]} 12. h4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 Ba6 13. Qd4 Nbc6 14. Qxc3 d4 15. Qb3 Rxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxe5+ {0-1 (16) Gottwald,B (1870)-Rheinstaedtler,K (2407) Remote email 2013}) 12... Ba6 13. Qd4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Nd7 15. h5 Rc8 16. h6 Qc4+ 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. Bg5 Rh8 19. g3 Rh7 20. Kg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nc6 ({Black should play} 20... Ra4 $11) 21. Rae1 (21. Rad1 $1 $14) 21... b5 {[#]} (21... Re4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Bf6 $1 $16 Nxf6 23. exf6 Rg4 24. Rh5 Rg6 $2 {Loses the game.} (24... Kf8 $16) 25. Rxd5 $1 $18 Rxf6 26. Rc5 ({Weaker is} 26. Rxb5 Rxf3 27. Rc5 Nd4 $11) 26... Ne7 27. Rxb5 Rfxh6 28. Rb8+ Kd7 29. Ne5+ Kc7 {[#]} 30. Reb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b7]} Nc6 $2 (30... f6) 31. R8b7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kd6 {aiming for ...Rh2+.} 32. Nxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 65%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,0,0,-14,-12,-13,-8,-12,0,-11,-10,0,0,-13,27,0,0,0,0,-22,-27,-16,-17,-18,-22,-83,-62,-64,-10,-16,-19,-49,68,69,74,70,76,0,0,0,11,10,8,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,0,0,0,0,0,-1017,-925,-2220,-1637,-29992,-29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. b3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} cxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 h6 11. Nc3 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Na6 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Bb1 a6 14. Ba3 Qb6 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Qe3 O-O 17. Nd3 a5 {0-1 (30) Nguyen,T (2323)-Sedina,E (2344) Nalchik 2008}) 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qd2 Nb8 17. b4 (17. Be2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17... Rc4 $17 18. Rab1 $1 Nd7 (18... Nc6 $15 19. Bxc4 dxc4) 19. Ne1 $11 Nb6 20. Qe2 Rxb4 (20... Na4 $15 21. Bxc4 dxc4) 21. Rxb4 $14 Bxb4 {[#]} 22. Bxb5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Nd7 $1 {[#]} (22... axb5 23. Qxb5+) 23. Nd3 (23. Ba4 $1 $16) 23... axb5 $11 24. Nxb4 O-O 25. Qxb5 Qb6 26. Qxd7 {Hoping for Qd6.} Qxb4 27. Ra1 Qb6 28. Qe7 {With the idea Bxh6!} Bc6 29. Rc1 Bb5 30. Rc7 Bd3 31. Kh2 Bg6 32. Qc5 Qa6 33. Bf4 Rb8 34. Bg3 Rb1 {...Qf1 is the strong threat.} (34... Kh7 $5 {[%cal Rb8b1]} 35. Qa7 Qxa7 36. Rxa7 Rb4 $15) 35. Bh4 $1 {And now Rc8+ would win.} ({But not} 35. Rc8+ $2 Kh7 $19) 35... Bh5 36. Rc8+ Kh7 {[#] aiming for ...Qf1.} 37. Qc2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Bf6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Rh1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} (37... gxf6 38. Qf8) 38. Kxh1 Qf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kh2) 37... Bg6 $19 38. Qc5 Qf1 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 39. Bf6 Be4 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,122,29,68,0,2,0,0,0,0,-22,-16,-37,-36,-39,-24,-59,-42,-69,-65,-69,-47,-67,-16,-13,-5,-3,-4,-4,-4,-2,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-8,0,-6,-27,-19,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5.} (7. d5 $1 $14) 7... dxe5 $11 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. h5 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxh5 10. Bxh5 gxh5 11. Nd5 Na6 12. Bg5 Rd6 13. Rxh5 f6 14. Be3 Rd7 15. a3 c6 {0-1 (41) Bongo Akanga Ndjila,B (1912)-Panyushkin,B (2213) ICCF email 2016}) 10. Bg5 Na6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Rh4 Ne6 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. O-O-O Ng4 (16... c5 $15 17. e5 Nd7) 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rxg4 dxe3 19. fxe3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Re8 22. Kc2 Re5 23. Rf4 Ra5 24. Kb3 Kf8 25. Rh4 $1 Kg7 26. Rf4 $1 Rg5 (26... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 27. Rf2 Re5 $15) 27. Rf2 {The position is equal.} Kf8 28. Kc2 Ke7 29. Kd3 b6 30. Kd4 Ke6 31. Kd3 f6 32. Rd2 Ra5 33. Rf2 Rh5 34. Rb2 Ra5 35. Rf2 Ra4 36. g4 Ra5 37. Rh2 g5 38. Rf2 a6 39. Rh2 b5 40. c5 Ra4 41. Rh7 Rc4 42. Ra7 Rxc5 43. Rxa6 Kd6 44. a4 bxa4 45. c4 Re5 46. Kd4 a3 47. Rxa3 c5+ 48. Kd3 Re8 49. Ra6+ Ke5 50. Rc6 Rd8+ 51. Ke2 {[#] Strongly threatening Kf3.} Rh8 52. Rxc5+ Kxe4 53. Rf5 Rh2+ 54. Rf2 Rh3 55. Kd2 Rxe3 56. Rxf6 {[#] Re6+ would kill now.} Rg3 57. c5 Rxg4 58. c6 {c7 is the strong threat.} Kd5 59. c7 Rc4 60. Rf5+ Ke4 61. Rxg5 {Intending Rg4+ and mate.} Rxc7 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,136,18,13,10,17,17,18,24,21,15,17,12,14,13,10,15,11,15,8,9,11,0,2,10,-6,-15,-20,-7,-6,0,-23,-21,-23,-23,-22,-22,-23,0,0,0,-2,0,-99,-99,-154,-147,-151,-133,-139,-165,-135,-143,-312,-262,-311,-305,-206,-276,-302,-235,-202,-63,-407,-401,-880,-843,-811,-798,-697,-418,-413,-401,-369,-313,-305,-8,-14,0,-296,-261,-609,-1270,-1862,-1767,-1831,-1748,-1173,-832,-4891,-3872,-2310,-2128,-529,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Rxc7 Bd8 18. Bd6 Bxc7 19. Bxf8 a5 20. Bb1 Be5 21. b3 Bg4 22. Bc5 Rc8 23. Bb6 Nxa2 24. Bxa2 {1-0 (69) Nepomniachtchi,I (2774)-Nakamura,H (2743) Saint Louis 2019}) 7. c5 {7.Be2 is the hot move. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} c6 8. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 h6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qc2 Qb7 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 {[#]} Rfa8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 17... Ra3 18. Rfc1 Rfa8 19. Nd2 bxc5 20. bxc5 Qa6 21. Nb3 Qc4 22. Nd2 Qa6 23. Nb3 Qc4 24. Nd2 Qa6 {½-½ (23) Zhou,J (2608)-Nguyen,N (2636) Changsha 2019}) 18. Rfc1 b5 19. Qb2 Ne4 20. Ra1 Qa7 {[%cal Ra6a1]} 21. Rxa6 Qxa6 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 f5 24. Nb3 Nf6 25. Bd6 Bd8 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Ra3 $1 Ra4 28. Qa2 (28. Na5 $11 Bxa5 29. bxa5 Rxa3 30. Qxa3) 28... Qa7 29. Rxa4 ({White should play} 29. Na5 Rxa3 30. Qxa3) 29... Qxa4 $17 30. Qxa4 bxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 31. Nc1 Nd5 32. Na2 g5 33. g3 $2 (33. Kf1 $17 {was necessary.}) 33... Kf7 34. Kf1 Bc7 35. Bxc7 Nxc7 $19 {KN-KN} 36. Ke2 Nd5 37. Kd2 {[#]} h5 (37... e5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening ...exd4.} 38. dxe5 Ke6) 38. Nc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Kc2 $1 $15) 38... a3 39. Kc2 (39. Na2 $142 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Ke2) 39... Nxb4+ 40. Kb3 Nd3 41. Nd1 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Kxa3 Ke7 44. Kb3 Ne1 $2 (44... f4 $1 $19 45. Kc3 f3) 45. Nc3 $1 $11 Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Kf6 $11) 46. Nd1 $19 f4 $1 47. exf4 $2 (47. Kc3 f3 48. Kb3) 47... Nxf4 48. Nc3 Nxh3 49. Nxe4 Nf4 50. Kc2 h3 51. Ng3 {[#]} Kf6 $1 52. Kd2 Kg5 53. Ke3 {[#]} Kg4 $2 ({Better is} 53... Ng2+ $1 $19 54. Ke2 h2) 54. Nf1 $11 {The position is equal.} Nd5+ 55. Ke4 Nc3+ 56. Ke3 Nd1+ 57. Ke2 Nb2 {Hoping for ...Kf4.} 58. Ke3 $1 Nc4+ 59. Kd3 $1 {Threatens to win with Nh2+.} Kf3 60. Kxc4 Kxf2 {KN-K3P} (60... Kg2 $5 61. Ne3+ $8 Kf3 $11) 61. Nh2 Kg2 62. Ng4 Kg3 63. Ne3 Kf3 64. Nf1 Kf2 (64... Kg2 $5 65. Ne3+ $8 Kf3 $11) 65. Nh2 Kg2 (65... Kg3 $5 66. Nf1+ $8 Kg2 67. Ne3+ Kf3 $11) 66. Ng4 Kg3 (66... Kf3 $5 67. Nh2+ $8 Kg3 68. Nf1+ Kg2 69. Ne3+ Kg3 $11) 67. Ne3 Kf3 68. Nf1 Kf2 {White happily takes the draw. Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 80%.} (68... Kg2 $5 69. Ne3+ $8 Kf3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,73,24,29,19,30,17,16,20,48,43,102,109,106,106,141,85,125,110,112,130,168,156,173,142,185,143,192,167,204,195,187,188,217,184,330,328,299,239,245,244,487,470,581,360,367,308,311,265,451,463,427,447,414,333,364,357,404,406,748,527]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Be7 10. g3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 {The position is equal.} cxd5 12. Rc1 {[#] Nxd5 is the strong threat.} Qd8 $146 ({Black should try} 12... Qb6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Nb5 Kd8 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Ba5 Nfd7 17. e4 a6 18. Nc3 Ke8 19. exd5 exd5 {½-½ (47) Lazarev,V (2427)-Hera,I (2557) Germany 2014}) 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qxb7 O-O 15. Bb5 (15. Qa6 $142) 15... Nb6 16. Qa6 g5 17. Be2 e5 18. O-O exd4 19. exd4 Ne8 20. b3 Nd6 21. Nb5 Bf6 22. Bb4 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 ({Much less strong is} 23. Qxb5 $6 Bxd4+ 24. Kg2 Re8 $14) 23... Bxd4+ 24. Kg2 Qf6 (24... Be3 $142 25. Rc2 Re8 26. Bxe8 Qxe8) 25. Bxf8 $18 Rxf8 26. Bd3 ({Less strong is} 26. Qxa7 Nc4 $16) 26... g6 27. a4 g4 $2 (27... Nd7 28. Qxf6 Nxf6) 28. fxg4 Qg5 29. Be2 Nd7 {and the idea ...Nc5 leaves Black hopeful.} 30. Qd3 Be3 31. Rc3 d4 $2 (31... Bb6 32. h4 Qe7) 32. Rc7 Qd5+ 33. Bf3 Qd6 34. Rc6 Qe7 {If Black can now play ...Ne5 this consolidates a bit.} 35. Bd5 {[#] White wants to mate with Rxf7!} Ne5 36. Qe4 Kg7 (36... Nxc6 $142 37. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (37. Bxc6 Qxe4+ 38. Bxe4 Kg7 $16) 37... Kh8 38. Qxc6 f6) 37. Rcf6 {White took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/pbq2pbp/1p2p1p1/nB1P2B1/4P3/8/P2QNPPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,31,9,15,0,0,0,33,10,8,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-95,-104,-353,-369,-363,-355,-371,-365,-377,-376,-358,-328,-558,-573,-565,-562,-588,-588]} 18... exd5 {The position is equal.} 19. exd5 {Hoping for d6.} Qc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b5]} 20. Qd3 Qd6 21. Bf4 Be5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. d6 Rd8 24. d7 Nc6 25. Nc3 {[#]} (25. Ng3 $11) 25... a6 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra6b5][%mdl 64] Deflection} 26. Bxa6 $2 {Now White is beyond hope.} (26. Bc4 $17) 26... Bxa6 $19 27. Qxa6 {Nd5 is the strong threat.} Qxc3 28. Qc8 {[#]} Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2d1]} 29. Re1 {[#]} Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e1][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Re8+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 {( -> ...Qd1+)} 31. h3 $2 (31. f3 Qc1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33. Kf1 Qd1+ 34. Kf2 Qd4+ 35. Kf1 Qd3+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kf1 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qc5+ 39. Kf1 Qc4+ 40. Kg1 Qd4+ 41. Kf1 Qd3+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+) 31... Qd1+ {Black is clearly winning.} ({Not} 31... Rxc8 32. dxc8=Q Qc1+ 33. Kh2 $11) 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 33. g3 Rxd7 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,35,14,39,8,8,3,31,46,60,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,10,2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 {The modern move.} 11. Rc1 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} Bb7 12. Bb5 cxd4 13. cxd4 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} Rc8 14. Qd2 (14. Qa4 $14 Na5 15. d5) 14... e6 $11 {The position is equal.} 15. Rfd1 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qd6 16. Bf4 e5 17. d5 Na5 18. Be3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. h3 Bf8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 {½-½ (41) Harikrishna,P (2731)-Ding,L (2801) Kolkata 2019}) 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. d5 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 85%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,25,25,33,19,38,29,30,26,37,21,17,12,15,15,15,14,29,33,25,25,18,0,50,47,51,50,134,133,129,120,168,168,171,164,166,169,216,215,307,304,305,305,331,331,313,310,304,302,302,302,284,229]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} 8. Bd2 Be7 {is now more promising than 8...Nbd7. Played by Fabiano Caruana in March 2020. 8...Nbd7 is vanishing.} 9. Nxg6 hxg6 {White has an edge.} 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 a6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 c5 16. Kb1 Nc6 {[#]} 17. e5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An important novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Qc3 g5 18. h3 c4 19. e5 Rc8 20. Rhf1 Nb4 21. e4 O-O 22. Qg3 Nc6 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Rcd8 25. Rf4 Rxd4 26. Qxg7+ {½-½ (26) Straka,Z (2566)-Vassia,E (2611) ICCF email 2017}) 17... cxd4 18. Bf3 Rc8 {And now ...dxe3 would win.} 19. Rc1 Qd7 {[#]} (19... Qb6 $1 $14) 20. Qc2 $1 $16 Na7 {[#]} 21. Qxc8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Deflection} Nxc8 22. Bc6 Nb6 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. exd4 Nd5 25. h4 Rxh4 (25... f6 $142 26. Rcf1 Rc8) 26. Rxh4 $18 {White has a decisive advantage.} Bxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 27. Rh1 Be7 28. Rh7 Bf8 29. Rh8 Ke7 30. Kc2 f6 31. exf6+ gxf6 32. Rh7+ {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 67%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,100,14,35,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,13,18,21,33,39,35,0,31,29,25,0,0,-25,-28,-96,-90,-90,-94,-87,-26,-33,-16,-15,0,-91,-93,-91,-103,-138,-121,-163,-125,-142,-113,-175,-193,-219,-211,-244,-250,-245,-234,-254,-241,-512,-472,-507,-467,-558,-495,-890,-883,-513,-366,-634,-627,-758,-767,-870,-850,-880,-868,-857,-843,-710,-648,-690,-663,-800,-788,-785,-766,-835,-806,-837,-825,-764,-633]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nd2 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} Na6 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 {[#] The position is equal.} b6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Na6 13. h3 Nb4 14. Ra3 exd5 15. cxd5 a6 16. Bf1 Nd7 {0-1 (44) Topalov,V (2736)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2777) Hamburg 2019}) 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nb3 Qe7 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. Qd2 Nb4 {[%cal Ba6b4,Bb4c6,Bc6a5][%mdl 32]} 15. Rad1 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Qb7 (15... d5 $5 16. exd5 (16. cxd5 Nxe4 17. d6 Rxd6 $15) 16... Nfxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 16. f3 Qa6 17. a3 ({Of course not} 17. Bxd6 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 $15) 17... Nc6 18. Nb5 Qa4 19. Qc2 (19. Nc1 $11) 19... Na5 $17 20. N3d4 Qxc2 21. Nxc2 Bxc4 (21... Nxc4 $17 22. b3 Nb2) 22. Bxc4 $11 Nxc4 23. b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c4]} a6 24. bxc4 (24. Nc7 $11 {remains equal.} Re7 25. Nxa6 (25. bxc4 Rxc7 26. Rb1 Rc6 $11)) 24... axb5 $17 {White is now going downhill.} 25. cxb5 d5 26. Ne3 dxe4 27. Bc7 Rd3 28. Rfe1 Rxa3 29. Nc4 (29. Bxb6 $17 {was necessary.} Rb3 30. Bxc5) 29... Rb3 $19 30. Nd6 Ra8 31. Bxb6 Nd7 (31... exf3 32. Bxc5 Bf8 33. gxf3 $17) 32. Bc7 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 {[#]} e3 $1 ({Don't play} 33... exf3 34. gxf3 Rb2 35. Rb1 $17) 34. Nc4 $2 (34. g4) 34... Ra4 35. Nd6 Ra2 {Threatens to win with ...e2.} 36. Nc4 Rc2 37. Rc1 (37. Nxe3 $142 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 Bxe3 39. g4) 37... Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Rxb5 39. Bf4 $2 {[#]} (39. g3) 39... e2 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. g4 Nb6 41. Nd2 Rb2 42. Re1 Nd5 43. Bh6 Nc3 44. Kg2 f5 45. Nc4 Rb4 46. Nd6 fxg4 47. fxg4 Be5 48. Bd2 Bxd6 49. Bxc3 Rxg4+ 50. Kf3 Rh4 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,0,0,13,28,24,68,64,70,66,69,41,88,56,72,77,85,45,98,85,72,70,116,114,105,91,117,112,169,168,159,56,63,43,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,8,10,8,6,5,14,12,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 {[#] Hoping for ...b5.} 6. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} (6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 e6 8. c3 Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 c4 12. dxc4 bxc4 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Ng3 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Nd3 19. Re2 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd3 cxd3 {1-0 (76) Nakamura,H (2745)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2776) chess.com INT 2020}) 6... e5 7. d3 g6 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 h6 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Ne1 {[#]} Nb8 $146 (13... Bb7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb7 14. Nc2 Rfd8 15. Ne3 Nf8 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Ne6 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19. Ncd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 {1-0 (44) Muzychuk,A (2537)-Solozhenkina,E (2329) Moscow 2019}) 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. bxc5 bxc5 {[#]} 16. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 17. Ne3 Ra7 {[%cal Ba8a7,Ba7b7,Bb7b2][%mdl 32]} 18. Ncd5 Nh5 (18... Kh7 $16) 19. Rb6 $18 Qd7 20. Rb8 (20. Nf5 $16 gxf5 21. Qxh5) 20... Rb7 21. Nb6 Qe6 22. Rxc8 (22. Rxb7 $1 $14 Bxb7 23. Ned5) 22... Rxc8 $11 {The position is equal.} 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Nd5 Kh7 25. Qa4 Rb2 26. Bc3 Rb8 27. Bd2 Nf6 28. Nc3 Nd7 29. Qc2 h5 30. Rb1 Bh6 31. Be1 Nf8 32. Nd5 Ne6 33. Bc3 Nf4 34. Nxf4 (34. Rxb8 {is more complex.} Qxb8 35. g3 Nxd5 36. cxd5 Qc8 37. Kg2) 34... Bxf4 35. Rxb8 Qxb8 36. Qb2 Qxb2 37. Bxb2 Kg7 38. h3 Kf6 39. Bc3 Bc1 40. a4 Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,125,11,31,14,6,1,17,10,27,19,20,12,45,28,54,60,74,40,127,33,57,29,31,-35,28,25,40,39,33,22,13,10,3,6,41,48,39,51,66,51,70,23,30,25,30,31,30,29,25,30,25,25,50,27,37,14,12,12,20,13,60,57,59,58,62,50,64,9,4,6,19,13,15,0,4,-9,-9,-7,-13,-11,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-10,0,-1,0,-5,0,-17,-17,-14,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,22,25,20,106,97,214,206,291,282,810,798]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd5 8. a3 {[#] The position is equal.} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nb6 9. N2f3 Be7 10. e4 Bd7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Be2 Qc8 13. Qb3 Na6 14. Rc1 Nc5 {½-½ (30) Palatnik,S (2515)-Bronstein,D (2555) Moscow 1979}) 9. N2f3 O-O 10. e4 Nf6 (10... e5 $5) 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Qe2 Nd7 {[#]} (13... Qa5+ $1 $14 14. Bd2 Bb4) 14. Qe4 (14. O-O $1 $16) 14... f5 $14 15. exf6 (15. Qe2 {feels hotter.} Nc5 16. Bc4 Na4 17. O-O Nab6 18. Bb3) 15... N7xf6 16. Qe2 (16. Qg6 $14 Qe8 17. O-O) 16... Qb6 (16... e5 $1 $15 17. Nxe5 Bd6) 17. O-O $11 Bd7 18. Bc4 Bd6 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Ba2 Rfe8 21. h3 Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. Bd2 e5 24. Ne2 Be6 25. Ba5 Rc2 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Nf4 28. Bxe6+ Rxe6 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. Kf1 Nd7 31. Nc4 {[#] Strongly threatening Rd1.} Be7 32. Rd1 Nb6 33. Nd2 Na4 34. b3 Nb6 35. a4 Kf7 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. Rc1 Nd5 38. Bd2 (38. Rc5 $14 Rd6 39. Bc7 Nxc7 40. Rxc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 41. Rxa7) 38... Rb6 39. b4 g5 40. Rc4 Ke6 41. Ne1 Rd6 42. a5 Ne7 43. Nf3 Rc6 44. Re4+ Kd5 45. Re1 Rc2 46. Rd1 Kc6 47. Re1 {And now Re6+ would win.} Kd5 48. Rd1 Kc6 49. Be1 Nd5 50. Rd4 Rc1 51. Re4 Kd6 52. Ke2 Rb1 53. Kd3 Rb3+ 54. Kc4 Rb1 55. Re8 Ne7 56. Kd3 Rb3+ 57. Ke4 Rb1 58. Ra8 Nc6 59. Kf5 Bd8 (59... Ba1 $11) 60. Bc3 $16 Rc1 (60... Be7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 61. Bg7 $18 Kc7 (61... Kd5 $142 62. Bxh6 Rc2) 62. Nd4 ({Don't do} 62. Bxh6 $6 Rf1 $16) 62... Nxb4 $2 (62... Rd1) 63. Ne6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 67%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,145,12,18,22,20,13,16,16,16,16,16,16,18,14,8,27,16,14,9,23,34,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-16,-16,-17,-16,-17,-18,-17,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-29,-58,-58,-58,-58,-639,-58,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-103,-103,-103,-103,-103,0,0,0,-12851,0,-12851,-12851,-12851,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O b5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qd1 c5 11. Nc3 {Strongly threatening Nh4.} Nc6 {[#]} 12. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc5 b4 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Ng5 Qa5 15. Nxe4 Qxb5 16. e3 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Bd2 Qe2 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Rfe1 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qf2+ {0-1 (22) Turov,M (2574)-Dubov,D (2690) Moscow 2019}) 12... cxd4 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. Bxc6 Rc8 15. Nxb5 Rxc6 16. Qxd4 ({Don't blunder} 16. Nxd4 $2 Rd6 $19) 16... a6 (16... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b5]} 17. Qd3 (17. Nxa7 $2 Rc7 $19) 17... Rd8 $11) 17. Qxd8 $1 Rxd8 18. Na3 Ne4 19. Kg2 {[#]} Rxc1 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Decoy} 20. Raxc1 Bxb2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. Nb1 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd4 23. f3 Nf6 24. Kf2 Ra4 25. a3 Kg7 26. Rc3 Nd5 27. Rb3 Rc4 28. Nd2 Rc2 29. Rd3 Nc3 30. f4 e6 31. Kf3 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 32. Nxe4 fxe4+ 33. Kxe4 Rxe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. KR-KR} 34. Kf3 Rxh2 35. Rd6 a5 36. Ra6 Rh5 37. a4 Rc5 38. Ra8 h5 39. Ra6 Kg6 40. Kg2 Kf5 41. Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Kh3 $15) 41... f6 $2 (41... Kg4 $19 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 Rc3+ 44. Kd4 Rxg3 45. Rxf7 Ra3 46. Rg7+ Kxf4 47. Rf7+ Kg3 48. Rg7+ Kf2 49. Rf7+ Kg3 50. Rg7+ Kf3 51. Rf7+ Kg3) 42. Kh3 $15 Rd5 ({Better is} 42... e5 $1 $15 43. fxe5 fxe5) 43. Ra8 $11 e5 44. fxe5 $1 fxe5 45. Rh8 Kg5 46. Ra8 e4 47. Kg2 Kg4 48. Rg8+ $1 Kf5 49. Ra8 Ke5 {...Kd4 is the strong threat.} 50. Kf2 Kd4 {aiming for ...Kd3.} 51. Ke2 Rg5 52. Rd8+ {[#]} (52. Kf2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 52... Kc3 $1 $17 53. Re8 Rxg3 {Threatens to win with ...Rg4.} 54. Rxe4 Rg4 (54... Rh3 $17 55. Re5 Kb4 56. Re4+ Kb3) 55. Re5 $11 Rxa4 56. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Rc5+ $11 Kb4 57. Rxh5) 56... Ra2 57. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Re3+ $11 Kd4 58. Re4+ Kc5 59. Re5+ Kd4 60. Re4+ Kc3 61. Re3+ Kc4 62. Re4+ Kc3 63. Re3+) 57... a4 $19 58. Re4 {[#]} Kd3 $2 (58... h4+ $1 $19 59. Kh3 (59. Rxh4 a3) 59... a3 60. Re3+ Kd2) 59. Rf4 {The position is equal.} Ke3 60. Rf3+ Ke4 61. Rf4+ Ke5 {( -> ...Ra3+)} 62. Rb4 Ra1 {Hoping for ...a3.} 63. Kh2 a3 64. Rb3 Kd4 {White must now prevent ...h4.} 65. Rf3 Kc4 66. Rf4+ Kd3 67. Rf3+ Ke4 68. Rb3 h4 {And now ...Kd5 would win.} 69. Rc3 Ra2+ 70. Kh1 Ra1+ 71. Kh2 Ra2+ 72. Kh1 Ra1+ 73. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,132,17,25,15,25,17,26,29,20,22,21,20,29,11,14,16,15,13,28,26,24,6,22,25,33,27,22,22,16,22,26,22,26,24,20,25,29,0,0,0,0,-8,-6,-27,-4,-7,-14,-88,-10,-156,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-9,-42,-30,-40,-10,-12,0,0,0,-31,0,0,0,-101,-116,-154,-17,-15,0,-76,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Rxc7 Bd8 18. Bd6 Bxc7 19. Bxf8 a5 20. Bb1 Be5 21. b3 Bg4 22. Bc5 Rc8 {1-0 (69) Nepomniachtchi,I (2774)-Nakamura,H (2743) Saint Louis 2019}) 7. a3 {7.Be2 is setting a new trend. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 {White has an edge.} exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {Threatening ...Nb3.} 15. Rd1 Rfd8 {White should prevent ...Bc2.} 16. Qd2 {[#]} Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qf6 17. Qb4 b6 18. O-O Bc2 19. Rd2 Be4 20. Rc1 Qg6 21. Qc3 h6 22. g3 Rac8 {1-0 (33) Paredes,C (2466)-Salvador Marques,C (2402) ICCF email 2018}) 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rac8 21. g4 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be6 24. f4 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bb3 Kf8 27. O-O d4 28. Rd1 d3 29. Kf2 (29. Rd2 $1 $11) 29... Rd6 ({Better is} 29... d2 $17 30. Rg1 g6) 30. Kf3 {[#]} (30. Bc4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30... Rb6 $2 (30... d2 $1 $17 31. Rg1 Rb6) 31. Bd5 Rxb2 {White must now prevent ...Bg6.} 32. e4 Bd7 33. Rxd3 Rxh2 34. Rd4 Rh3+ 35. Kf2 Rxa3 36. Bxb7 Ra2+ 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Kd2 (38. Kf2 $5 {[%cal Rd4d7]} Ke7 39. Rb4 $17) 38... Ra2+ 39. Kc3 Ke7 40. Bd5 (40. Rd1 $11 {remains equal.}) 40... Ra3+ $17 41. Kd2 {[#]} Ra4 (41... h5 $1 $17 {...h4 is the strong threat.} 42. Ba8 h4) 42. Rd3 $1 $11 Be6 43. Ba8 (43. Bxe6 $11 Kxe6 44. Ke3) 43... Ra2+ ({Black should play} 43... a5 $17) 44. Ke3 {The position is equal.} Rb2 {aiming for ...Rb3.} 45. f5 Bf7 {Strongly threatening ...Rb3.} 46. Kf4 g6 47. Ra3 gxf5 48. Rxa7+ Kf8 49. exf5 Rb4+ 50. Kg5 Rb6 51. Be4 h6+ 52. Kg4 Rb4 53. Kf3 (53. Ra8+ {keeps more tension.} Kg7 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. Kf4 Bd5 56. Ra6+) 53... h5 54. Ke3 Bb3 55. Rh7 Ba2 56. Rxh5 Bb1 57. Bd5 {Intending f6 and mate.} Kg7 58. Be6 Kf6 59. Bd7 Ke5 60. Bc8 Rb3+ 61. Kf2 Rb8 62. Bd7 Rd8 63. Be6 Bxf5 64. Bxf5 Rf8 65. Ke3 Rxf5 66. Rxf5+ Kxf5 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,79,17,21,14,9,15,17,30,5,24,22,6,21,26,11,16,16,37,29,33,20,22,-27,-28,-64,-64,-75,-71,-76,-65,-69,-63,-65,-73,-137,-145,-126,-88,-136,-86,-153,-152,-142,-149,-141,-140,-150,-150,-148,-141,-141,-64,-64,-55,-62,-55,-55,-55,-55,-14,-14,0,-4,342,344,560,546,659,641,775,805]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Ne4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nbd2 {8.Nc3 is the modern continuation.} Nxd2 {The position is equal.} 9. Bxd2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bb4 {aiming for Rad1.} Re8 12. Rad1 Qf6 13. Bc3 {Black must now prevent Nxe5.} Nc6 {[#]} 14. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b4 Qe7 15. b5 Nd8 16. e4 Nf7 17. Rfe1 f4 18. gxf4 exf4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ {1-0 (32) Mikhalchishin,A (2479)-Troyke,C (2348) Katowice 2017}) 14... Qe7 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Nf3 Nb4 17. Qb3 Na6 {Hoping for ...c6.} 18. Ne1 (18. Bxb7 $2 Rb8 $19) 18... e4 $1 19. Bxg7+ ({Wrong is} 19. Bxb7 $2 Rb8 $19) 19... Qxg7 20. c5 $1 c6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 21. Bc4 {With the idea Bxa6.} Nxc5 22. Qa3 (22. Qe3 $142 b6 23. b4) 22... Nd7 $1 $17 23. Ng2 Ne5 24. Bb3 b6 25. Nf4 {[#]} (25. f4 $142 exf3 26. exf3) 25... g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 26. Nh5 Qg6 27. Qd6 {Threatening Nf6.} Ba6 28. Rfe1 {intending Nf6.} Qxd6 29. Rxd6 {[#]} Rad8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d6]} 30. Rf6 Bc8 (30... Rf8 $17 {And now ...Rxf6 would win.} 31. Re6 Rde8) 31. Rd1 $15 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Rd8 33. Bb3 c5 34. Bd5 c4 35. a4 Bd7 36. f4 gxf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... exf3 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 37. exf3 Bxa4) 37. gxf4 $18 Ng4 $2 (37... Ng6 38. Rd6 Nf8) 38. Rd6 {White is clearly winning.} Ne3 39. Be6 Re8 40. Rxd7 {What a bad dream for Black. Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,85,15,36,37,39,0,15,4,9,6,31,5,0,0,31,27,34,0,7,0,1,-39,56,-60,-25,-102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-29,-25,-59,-56,-22,-292,-31,-282,-279,-634,-625,-775,-587,-782,-587,-555,-191,-188,-172,-186,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} b6 13. d5 Nc5 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rc8 {[#]} 16. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Ng5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 h6 21. Nxe6 Bxe4 22. f3 {½-½ (42) Guo,Q (2406)-Javakhishvili,L (2463) China 2019}) 16... Qf6 17. Qe3 exd5 18. exd5 a6 19. h5 b5 20. Bf1 h6 21. Rd4 Rfd8 (21... Rcd8 $15) 22. Qd2 (22. Rf4 $14 Qb2 23. Nh4 Bxd5 24. Nf5) 22... Rd6 23. Rc1 (23. Ne5 $11) 23... Qd8 (23... Qf5 $17 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 24. Nh4 Qxh5) 24. Qb4 $11 Na4 ({Avoid the trap} 24... Rxd5 $2 25. Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rcxc5 26. Qxc5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5c6]} Bb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} ({Don't blunder} 26... Rxd5 $2 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Qe7 $18) 27. Bc4 $1 Qe7 28. Bb3 Qxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4e5]} a5 $1 {Hoping for ...Qa1+.} 30. Qe1 $1 Qxh5 {And now ...Rg6 would win.} 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Bc2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Only move:} 32. Qe7 $15 Rxd5 33. Qxb7) 32... f5 $19 33. Qe5 $2 (33. Re7 Bc8 34. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxg7 35. Qe7+ Qf7 36. Qxd6) 33... Rxd5 34. Qe6 {White threatens Qg8+ and mate.} Nc5 35. Qg8+ Kg6 36. Re3 Rd1+ $2 (36... Kf6 37. Bb3 Rd1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. Rg3 Ne6) 37. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 38. Kh2 {[#] Strongly threatening Rg3+.} f4 $2 ({But not} 38... Qh5+ $2 39. Rh3 $18) ({Black should play} 38... Qd6+ $1 $19 39. Rg3+ Kf6 40. Qxg7+ Ke6) 39. Re7 $11 {The position is equal.} Qh5+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qh5+ 42. Kg1 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.25"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,116,17,18,15,20,4,8,11,35,45,35,-6,-8,-212,-199,-227,-213,-205,-204,-173,-127,-214,-210,-209,-196,-204,-170,-178,-181,-176,-183,-180,-156,-277,-168,-164,-162,-158,-99,-154,-147,-166,-127,-153,-144,-129,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32] C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} O-O {6...Nd7 is the modern continuation. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} 7. Qe2 Re8 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ncxe5 Qd6 {[#]} 10. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c3 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. g3 Nd5 13. exd5 f6 14. dxc6 fxe5 15. Qe4 g6 16. O-O {½-½ (35) Evtyukhin,S (2302)-Stensen,L (2106) ICCF email 2018}) 10... Nh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 11. g3 $2 (11. Bd2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 11... Nxf4 $19 12. gxf4 f6 13. d4 Bxd4 14. Nd3 {[#]} Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. e5 {[#]} (15. Nd2 $17) (15. exf5 Bxb2) 15... fxe5 $1 16. fxe5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxe5 18. O-O-O Bf4+ 19. Kb1 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Rad8 21. Rc3 (21. Rxd8 $17 {was worth a try.} Rxd8 22. h3) 21... Rd6 22. a3 Re2 23. Rf1 g5 (23... a5 $142 24. h3 Re4) 24. h3 ({White should play} 24. Rc5) 24... Kf7 25. Rc5 Kf6 26. Rg1 {[%cal Rf3g5]} h6 ({Resist} 26... Rxf2 27. Nxg5 Bxg5 28. Rgxg5 $15) 27. h4 {[#]} Rxf2 (27... gxh4 $1 $17 28. Nxh4 Kf7) 28. hxg5+ $11 {The position is equal.} hxg5 29. Nxg5 Bxg5 30. Rcxg5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ke6 31. Rg7 Rf7 32. Re1+ Kf6 33. Rg8 Re6 34. Rd1 Rd6 35. Rh1 (35. Rf1+ {is more complex.} Ke7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Ra8 Rd1+ 38. Ka2) 35... a5 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rh4 Ke7 38. Rxa4 Rd5 39. Re4+ Kd7 40. Ree8 Rf1+ 41. Ka2 Rf2 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43. Rge8+ Kf7 44. Rf8+ Ke7 45. Rfe8+ Kf7 46. Rf8+ Ke7 47. Rxd5 Rxf8 48. Rxa5 $11 {KR-KR} Kd6 49. Rh5 Rf3 50. c3 c5 51. Kb3 Rf4 52. Rh6+ Kd7 53. Rh7+ Kc6 54. Rh8 Kb6 55. Rb8+ Kc6 56. Ra8 Kb6 57. Ra1 Kc6 58. Re1 Kb6 {And White is the lucky defender. Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,83,-14,-20,-20,-50,-14,-15,-8,-26,0,-11,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,5,6,6,5,4,5,6,8,13,14,6,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. Bg5 Nce4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g3 b6 {E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0.} 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 {[#]} 14. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd4 Qc7 15. Rac1 d5 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qa4 Rc5 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 {1-0 (39) Grover,S (2532)-Karavade,E (2354) Moscow 2012}) 14... Rc7 15. Rfd1 {The position is equal.} Qe7 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. exf3 Rfc8 18. Bf1 g6 19. Rc3 d5 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 20. cxd5 {Threatens to win with d6.} Nxd5 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Bd3 Qc5 23. h4 h5 24. Be4 Nf6 25. Qh6 {White threatens Rd8+ and mate.} Rd7 (25... Qe7 {is more complex.} 26. Qe3 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qe5 Qd5) 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 29. Qxe6 Qd4 30. Qh6+ Qg7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 31. Qxh5 {White wants to play b4.} Qxb2 32. Qf5+ Ke7 33. h5 Nf6 34. Qg5 Qxa3 35. h6 {aiming for h7.} Qd3 36. Qg7+ Ke6 37. Qxa7 Qxf3 38. Qxb6+ Kf5 39. Qb1+ Qe4 40. g4+ {[#]} Kg6 $1 41. Qxe4+ Nxe4 {[#]} 42. h7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,113,15,15,12,19,-1,4,0,10,-2,8,14,18,0,4,0,-6,-25,-12,-28,-30,-34,-13,-54,-45,-58,-54,-125,0,-8,4,0,-3,7,22,36,33,20,19,36,5,-27,-22,-25,-2,-28,-22,-22,-19,-33,23,26,39,27,22,18,49,38,45,43,48,39,38,5,8,8,22,0,18,0,6,8,4,0,8,8,6,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32] C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} (6. c3 {with more complications.} Bd6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1) 6... O-O {6...Nd7 is the modern continuation. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} 7. Qe2 Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 Bf8 10. h4 b5 11. Ne3 Nc5 12. h5 a5 {[#]} 13. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nh4 h6 14. Qf3 Be7 15. Nef5 Bg5 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Qg4 Kh7 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Rd1 {½-½ (136) Boldysh,K (2408)-Mannanov,R (2399) ICCF email 2018}) 13... Ne6 14. Nf5 a4 15. a3 c5 16. Rg1 ({Reject} 16. Nxe5 Nd4 $17) 16... Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qd2 {[#]} c4 ({Black should play} 18... Qf6 $1 $17 {...Bxf5 is the strong threat.} 19. c3 g6 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nh6+ Bxh6) 19. Qxf4 $11 Ra6 20. d4 Bb7 21. e5 $1 Qd5 22. Rg3 c5 23. Ne3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. c3 cxd4 26. cxd4 f6 27. g5 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 {[%cal Re5f6]} fxe5 29. O-O-O $1 e4 (29... exd4 $15 30. Rxd4 c3) 30. Rf5 b4 31. axb4 Bxb4 32. Rb5 Bd6 33. Kb1 Rf8 34. Nxc4 Rxf2 35. Re1 Rf4 36. g6 hxg6 {The position is equal.} 37. hxg6 {Hoping for Rh1.} Rf6 38. Rg5 Bc7 39. Rc5 Rac6 40. Rxe4 Rxg6 41. Re8+ Kf7 42. Rc8 Rxc5 43. dxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf4 44. c6 Ke7 45. Nb6 Kd6 46. Ka2 Be5 47. Nxa4 {[#] And now b4 would win.} Rg4 48. Ka3 {aiming for b4.} Rc4 49. Nb6 Rxc6 50. Nc4+ Kd5 51. Ne3+ Kd6 52. Nc4+ Kd5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 53. Rxc6 Bxb2+ $1 54. Kxb2 Kxc6 55. Ne3 g5 56. Kc3 g4 57. Nxg4 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,93,10,18,6,27,-16,-4,-4,2,0,2,9,3,9,6,4,24,41,41,35,54,30,100,0,6,8,10,10,8,10,7,0,58,29,54,0,0,0,8,0,25,31,38,29,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,107,107,107,107,123,107,107,107,107,107,128,128,128,113,123,123,761,576,12842,12843,12842,12840,12841,12842,12842,12843,29991,12845,12846,470]} 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 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. b4 Qd8 18. bxc5 {1-0 (40) Caruana,F (2819)-Nakamura,H (2754) Zagreb 2019}) 7. c5 {7.Be2 gains popularity. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c6 8. h4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} b6 {[#]} 9. b4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. cxb6 axb6 10. h5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qd3 Bb4 13. Qxa6 {1-0 (13) Sanchez Ramirez,G (1603)-Gonzalez Acosta,P (1906) Gran Canaria 2012}) 9... a5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5c6]} Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd5 14. Be2 ({Of course not} 14. cxb6 axb4 15. a4 (15. Qg4 $2 f6 $19) 15... Qa5 $17) 14... Ba6 15. O-O ({Don't play} 15. cxb6 axb4 16. O-O (16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. b7 bxa3 $15) 16... bxa3 $11) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 axb4 (16... bxc5 $11 17. bxc5 Bxc5) 17. axb4 ({Better is} 17. cxb6 $16 {Threatens to win with b7.} Rxa3 18. Rxa3 bxa3 19. Qa6) 17... bxc5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. dxc5 Qe5 21. Rad1 Ra5 (21... Rfd8 $11) 22. Rd4 Kh8 23. g3 ({White should play} 23. Qg4 $14) 23... Rxc5 $11 24. Rb1 Rd5 25. Rc4 c5 26. Qc2 f5 27. Ra4 Rfd8 28. Rb7 {aiming for Raa7.} R5d7 {[#]} 29. Ra8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb7 (29... Rxa8 30. Rxd7) 30. Rxd8+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kg7 31. Kg2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rc7 32. Qa4 Qf6 33. Qe8 Kh6 34. Rd6 Kg7 35. Qb8 Rf7 36. Rc6 Rd7 37. Rc8 {Intending Rg8+ and mate.} Kh6 38. Rxc5 Rg7 39. Rc6 Re7 40. Rc8 Rf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (40... Qg6 $16) 41. Re8 $18 Re7 {[#]} 42. Qd8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf7 43. Qd6 Kh5 44. Rxe6 Qg7 45. Qf4 Rf6 {[#]} 46. g4+ (46. Re7 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg6 (46... Qxe7 47. Qg5#) 47. Qxf5+ Rg5 48. g4+ Kxh4 49. Rxg7 Rxf5 50. gxf5 h6 51. f6) 46... Kxh4 47. g5+ {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 66%.} (47. Rxf6 $142 Qxg4+ 48. Qxg4+ Kxg4 49. Rh6) 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,82,34,22,9,30,25,48,44,52,21,31,34,26,21,24,18,24,13,25,25,25,21,24,19,20,18,21,12,14,15,22,11,22,22,14,12,29,14,26,14,14,7,7,0,0,0,10,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Bd6 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxc4 {White is slightly better.} Bc6 {[#]} 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd3 Re8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. e4 e5 14. Qc2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Rad1 {1-0 (32) Jamka Pietron,B-Dostal,S (1764) ICCF email 2016}) 10... Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfe1 Bd5 15. Qd3 {[#] And now e4 would win.} Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. Rac1 g6 20. e3 Kg7 21. Kg2 h5 22. h4 Rac8 23. Qa4 Bc7 24. Qb3 Rb8 25. Rc2 e5 {The position is equal.} 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Rcd2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qc7 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Re8 31. Bf3 Re7 32. a4 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Qc2 Qe7 35. b3 Qb4 36. Qd3 Qd6 (36... Bd6 {looks sharper.} 37. Be2 Be5 38. Bf3) 37. Qxd6 Bxd6 38. Be2 f5 39. Bc4 Kf6 40. Kf3 Bb4 41. Ke2 Bd6 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,11,6,6,1,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,-45,19,21,50,60,80,-4,0,-55,0,-24,-3,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-8,-24,-28,-632,-646,-641,-632,-617,-606,-843,-831,-1304,-1266,-1073,-630,-856,-856,-952,-929,-29972,-29967]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Ne4 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. Nd2 {The position is equal.} g5 9. Be3 Nxc3 $1 10. bxc3 Ba3 11. Rb1 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 12. g3 Bd6 {[#]} 13. Rg1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nf3 f4 14. Bc1 Qf6 15. Bg2 Ne7 16. O-O b6 17. c4 Bf5 18. c5 Bxb1 19. Qa4+ {0-1 (41) Gaehwiler,G (2412)-Georgiadis,N (2514) Leukerbad 2019}) 13... O-O ({Black should play} 13... f4 $15 14. gxf4 gxf4 15. Bxf4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Bxf4) 14. h4 $11 f4 15. gxf4 g4 16. Rb5 (16. c4 $16) 16... Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} 17. f5 (17. Nf3 $11) 17... h5 ({Better is} 17... g3 $15 18. Bh6 (18. fxg3 Nxf5 19. Bf4 Bxf4 $15) 18... Nxf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Bxf8 Kxf8) 18. Bg5 c6 19. Rb2 {Strongly threatening f6.} Rxf5 20. e4 Rxg5 $1 21. hxg5 Ng6 $1 22. e5 Bf8 23. Bd3 Nf4 24. Nf1 Qxg5 25. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (25. Bb1 $11) 25... Nxd3+ $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} 26. Qxd3 Qc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Kf2 Qxb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Nd2 {[#] intending Qg6+.} Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 29. Qxf5 Qxd2+ 30. Kg3 Qxc3 31. Kh4 Qxd4 32. Rg3 Bg7 {And now ...Rf8 would win.} 33. f4 Rf8 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,38,28,39,33,52,43,54,24,36,30,31,33,43,20,26,48,21,0,0,0,62,58,84,68,61,68,68,72,51,0,413,398,385,393,398,391,416,406,429,441,454,433,477,464,531,535,931,493,680,672,651,641]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 {D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5).} 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 $1 a6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Nc3 Rd8 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 13. d5 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na7 15. h4 Nb5 16. Nge2 e6 17. h5 (17. Nxb5 {seems wilder.} axb5 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 exd5 20. Qxc7 Nc4 21. h5) 17... exd5 $1 {White must now prevent ...Nxc3+.} 18. hxg6 fxg6 ({Black should play} 18... hxg6 $11 19. Nxb5 (19. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 20. Bg5 Ne7 $19) 19... axb5 20. Qxc7 Nc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 19. Bxb6 $1 $14 ({Avoid the trap} 19. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 20. Bg5 {[#]} Na3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Ka1 Qa4 $19) 19... cxb6 20. Nxd5 Be6 {Hoping for ...Rxd5!} 21. Nef4 Bf7 $1 22. Bxb5 $1 axb5 {[#]} 23. a3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} (23. Qc2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 23. Qc2 Rdc8 24. Qb3 Ra4 25. Rhe1 Kh8 26. Ne2 Rac4 27. Rd2 Qe5 28. Rh1 b4 29. Qd3 b5 30. Nb6 Re8 31. Qd7 Rc7 32. Qd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (32) Kunzelmann,F (2491)-Biedermann,T (2450) ICCF email 2018}) 23... g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Rac8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 24. Qe3 g5) 24. Nc7 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qe5 25. Nxa8 Rxa8 26. Nd5 h6 27. Qc3 Qe6 28. Qb4 {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 29. Rd2 Rc8 30. Qe7 Qg6 31. Qxb7 Rc6 32. Qd7 Rc5 33. Ne7 Qf6 34. Nf5 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,109,12,0,0,17,0,0,0,12,13,6,11,6,10,26,21,25,21,24,24,21,24,22,-4,-1,0,-3,0,0,0,0,-22,6,8,8,6,6,7,9,6,9,12,11,2,9,9,13,8,8,0,0,0,7,0,6,13,7,7,7,13,12,17,16,6,82,118,91,109,109,112,202,208,208,212,392,372,832,787,829,830,842,834,736,690,1451,1445,672,786,1221,1191,1129,899,1722,1066,12833,12834,12835,12835]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines.} O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Bd6 Rfe8 {[#]} 14. Nfd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Nfe5 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Be4 18. f3 Bd5 19. Qa3 Bxc4 20. Qxe7 {½-½ (46) Gabriel,C (2475)-Spangenberg,H (2490) Halle 1995}) 14... Rad8 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. e3 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Be4 18. Rfc1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c5 20. dxc5 Qc6+ 21. Kg1 Qxc5 22. Qa3 Rc7 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Nd6 Rxc1+ $1 25. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} g5 26. Rc8 Rxc8 27. Nxc8 {KN-KN} a6 28. Nd6 b5 29. Nb7 Kf8 30. Nc5 a5 31. Nb3 a4 32. Nd4 b4 33. Nc6 a3 34. b3 Nd5 35. f3 Nxe3 {Strongly threatening ...Nd5.} 36. Nxb4 Nd1 37. Kf1 {With the idea Ke2.} Nc3 38. Ke1 Ke7 (38... Nb5 $1 $11) 39. Kd2 $16 {White now steadily converts the win.} Nb5 40. Kd3 $1 e5 41. Nc2 $1 Ke6 {[#]} (41... Kd6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 42. Kc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Nd6+ 43. Kc5 h5 $2 (43... e4 44. fxe4 Nxe4+ 45. Kc6 f5) 44. Nxa3 g4 $2 (44... e4 45. Nc2 (45. fxe4 Nxe4+ 46. Kd4 Nd2 $16) 45... exf3 46. Nd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 47. Nxf3 g4) 45. fxg4 {White is clearly winning.} hxg4 46. Nc2 f5 47. Ne3 Ne4+ 48. Kc6 Nf6 49. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} f4 50. Nf1 f3 51. a5 Nd5 {[#]} 52. Kc5 $1 e4 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Kxe4 Kc5 55. a6 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,26,26,28,27,18,0,0,38,14,24,25,37,7,58,40,47,25,17,17,22,8,9,5,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,33,52,40,70,25,27,37,37,34,31,21,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,11]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Be7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. O-O {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c5 13. dxc5 Nfd7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. g3 Nxc5 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. a3 O-O 18. Be2 Rfd8 {½-½ (34) Sharma,D (2275)-Arjun,K (2390) Abu Dhabi 2018}) 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. a4 Qb6 (14... b4 $11 15. Nd1 c5) 15. Be1 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bf2 b4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Ne4 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. g3 Rfc8 23. Rc4 Bf8 24. Rfc1 Qb7 25. e4 Nd7 26. Kg2 Ne5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. f4 Nd7 30. Bb5 (30. Qc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4c8]} Qd8 31. Be3 $16) 30... Nf6 {The position is equal.} 31. Bd3 Ng4 {White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Bxc4 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Bc5+ 35. Kf3 Bd4 36. b3 Kf8 37. e5 Ke7 38. h4 Bc3 39. Bd3 Be1 40. Be2 f5 41. Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,70,41,33,26,26,31,18,37,15,15,18,19,10,25,18,21,0,4,0,7,7,24,16,12,0,0,12,0,0,0,11,47,30,40,7,45,26,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,-56,-53,-355,-344,-329,-330,-450,-429,-654,-627,-777,-691,-881,-877]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bg5 Be7 {E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0.} 9. Rd1 {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qb6 10. e3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rd4 h6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Bxe6 Kf8 17. Rf4 Bd8 18. Qh7 Nxh7 19. Rxf7+ Kg8 20. Re7+ Kf8 21. Ng6# {1-0 (21) Mikelsons,M (1799)-Mierins,E (1625) Panevezys 2019}) 10. e3 h6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qd8 15. Qd2 (15. Be2 {with more complications.} Nc6 16. O-O Be6 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Qd3) 15... Be6 $1 16. Be2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 17. O-O a5 18. b5 Ne7 19. Na4 Qd6 20. Nc5 Rfc8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. e4 Ng6 23. exd5 Nf4 24. Bc4 {Black must now prevent dxe6.} Nxd5 25. a4 Kh8 26. g3 Qb4 27. Bxd5 Qxd2 28. Nxd2 exd5 29. Nb3 (29. Rfd1 $11) 29... Rc4 $15 30. Rfd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (30. Nc5 $1 $15) 30... Rxa4 $19 31. Nc5 Rb4 32. Nxb7 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 33. Rc2 (33. Nc5 $142 Rxb5 34. Ne6) 33... a3 34. Ra2 Rb2 35. Rd2 Rxd2 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,45,24,18,8,14,11,15,0,24,3,4,0,19,23,20,8,97,46,56,24,48,49,47,41,57,57,59,54,75,70,89,69,72,83,114,98,920,917]} 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 modern continuation. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} 7. Nc4 Re8 {[#]} 8. a4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Don't play} 8. Nfxe5 Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 9. Nxe5 Qd4 $17) ({Predecessor:} 8. h3 Nd7 9. g4 Nf8 10. Ne3 a5 11. Rg1 a4 12. a3 Bxe3 13. Bxe3 b6 14. h4 {1-0 (59) Andriasian,Z (2611)-Harutyunian,T (2533) Yerevan 2020}) 8... a5 9. Bd2 (9. Ncxe5 Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 10. Nxe5 Qd4 $17) 9... b6 10. Bc3 ({Much worse is} 10. Nfxe5 {[#]} Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. Nxe5 Qd4 $17) 10... Ng4 11. O-O f6 12. Bd2 g5 (12... f5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. h3 (13. Qc1 $16) 13... Nh6 $14 14. h4 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Nf7 15. hxg5 fxg5 {With the idea ...g4.} 16. Nh2 Re6 17. Ne3 Rg6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rf6 20. Qg4 h6 21. Qh3 Qd7 22. Ng4 Rxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22... Rd6 $16) 23. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin. Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,84,10,16,8,16,0,0,0,0,-6,9,9,9,0,9,7,29,35,25,22,18,24,56,72,57,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,12,0,16,12,12,12,12,-19,0,0,-13,-26,0,-95,0,-100,-100,-100,-94,-104,-104,-105,-95,-95,-95,-113,-67,-74,-52,-47,-28,-29,-43,-41,-28,-66,-16,-34,0,-59,0,-54,0]} 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 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. b4 Qd8 18. bxc5 {1-0 (40) Caruana,F (2819)-Nakamura,H (2754) Zagreb 2019}) 7. c5 {7.Be2 deserves study. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c6 8. h4 b6 {[#]} 9. b4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. cxb6 axb6 10. h5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qd3 Bb4 13. Qxa6 {1-0 (13) Sanchez Ramirez,G (1603)-Gonzalez Acosta,P (1906) Gran Canaria 2012}) 9... a5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 $1 $36 {[%cal Re5c6][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd5 14. Be2 ({Don't play} 14. cxb6 axb4 15. a4 (15. Qg4 $2 f6 $19) 15... Qa5 $17) 14... Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O $1 Rfa8 17. cxb6 Rxb6 18. Bc7 (18. Qg4 {keeps more tension.} g6 19. h5 Bd6 20. f4 Rb7 21. Qh4) 18... Rba6 19. Bxa5 Bxh4 20. Rc1 Be7 21. Rc3 Bd6 22. Qc2 h5 23. Rc1 {[%cal Rc3c6]} Rc8 24. Qe2 Rca8 25. Rc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qb3 {Black wants to play ...g6.} 27. Qxh5 f5 28. g3 (28. Bc7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28... Qxa3 (28... Qb1+ $17 29. Kg2 Rf8) 29. Kg2 {[#]} (29. Qg6 $11 {remains equal.} Qb3 30. Rc1) 29... Rf8 $1 $17 30. Qe2 Qd3 31. Qxd3 exd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 32. Rc3 d2 33. Rd3 Kf7 34. Rxd2 Rh8 35. Rc2 g5 36. g4 Kg6 37. gxf5+ exf5 38. Rc5 Re8 39. Bc7 Rc8 (39... Re7 $5 {[%cal Re7c7]} 40. Bd8 Rd7 $17) 40. Ba5 Re8 41. Bc7 Rc8 (41... Re7 $5 {[%cal Re7c7]} 42. Bd8 Rd7 $17) 42. Ba5 Re8 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 79%.} (42... Rf8 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,139,19,40,20,47,37,37,39,51,57,69,72,58,47,109,88,87,88,223,130,138,111,110,10,140,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 Qd6 15. e5 Qd5 16. Ng1 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4.} Nc4 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. cxd4 {[#] White is slightly better.} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Rc8 19. Bf2 b5 20. Nh3 Nb6 21. g5 Rc3 22. Nf4 Qc6 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (33) Pessoa,F (2498)-Siefring,C (2522) ICCF email 2017}) 19. Nf3 a5 20. Bg5 Rf8 21. Rd1 e6 ({Black should play} 21... h6 $1 $14) 22. h4 a4 23. Kg1 b4 {[#]} (23... Rf7 $16) 24. h5 (24. Be7 $1 $18 {[%cal Re7f8]} Re8 25. Bxb4) 24... b3 $16 25. axb3 axb3 26. hxg6 (26. h6 $16 Bh8 27. Be7) 26... h6 (26... hxg6 $11 {remains equal.} 27. Kh2 b2) 27. Bf6 (27. Be7 $16 Ra8 28. Kh2) 27... Bxf6 $11 {The position is equal.} 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Rf8 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 {[#] Intending Qf7+ and mate. KQ-KQ} Qe7 34. Qb5 Kg7 35. Qxb3 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Qxg4 37. Qd3 h5 38. Qd8 Qf5 39. Qd6 Kxg6 40. g3 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Qc4 43. Qd1 Qe4 44. Qa1 Kf5 45. Qd1 {[%cal Rd1h5]} Kg6 46. g4 Qe3+ 47. Kh4 Qf2+ (47... Qg5+ {with more complications.} 48. Kh3 Qxg4+ 49. Qxg4+) 48. Kh3 Qe3+ 49. Kh4 Qg5+ 50. Kh3 Qxe5 {...Qe3+ is the strong threat.} 51. Qd3+ Kh6 52. gxh5 Kxh5 53. Kg2 Kg4 {And now ...Qd5+ would win.} 54. Qf3+ (54. Kf2 {is interesting.}) 54... Kg5 55. Qg3+ Kf5 56. Qf3+ Qf4 57. Qh5+ Ke4 58. Qe2+ Qe3 59. Qc4+ Kf5 {Hoping for ...Qe4+.} 60. Qb5+ Kf4 61. Qf1+ Kg5 62. Qc4 e5 63. Qg8+ Kf4 {White must now prevent ...Qf3+.} 64. Qf7+ Ke4 65. Qb7+ Kd3 66. Qb3+ Ke2 67. Qb2+ Kd3 {( -> ...Qe2+)} 68. Qb3+ Ke4 69. Qb7+ Kd3 {Strongly threatening ...Qe4+.} 70. Qb3+ {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,50,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-55,9,0,24,-31,-30,-107,-94,-95,-75,-70,-77,-89,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b5 {B95: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6, unusual White 7th moves.} 10. a3 Bb7 11. Kb1 Nbd7 {[#]} 12. Qe1 $146 (12. h4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. h4 Rc8 13. g4 d5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g5 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qf2 Bb7 19. h5 Qc5 20. Qg3 {½-½ (20) Ivanov,B (2430)-Martynov,A (2344) ICCF email 2016}) 12... Rc8 ({Black should try} 12... Nxe4 $1 $15 13. Nxe4 Bxg5) 13. h4 Qc7 14. Rh3 (14. g4 $11) 14... Rfe8 $15 15. h5 (15. Bd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 15... Nxe4 $17 16. Bxe7 Nxc3+ 17. bxc3 {Black must now prevent h6.} Rxe7 {[#]} 18. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 ({Better is} 18... Nb6 $17 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7) 19. Qxe7 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5b3,Bb3c1][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 20... Qxa3 $2 21. Qxd7 Rb8 22. Qxf5 $18) 21. Bxf5 Nb3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rc3a1] [#]} 22. Ka2 Nc1+ 23. Kb1 Nb3 $1 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rc3a1]} 24. Ka2 Nc1+ 25. Kb1 Nb3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,89,4,46,50,43,46,43,32,50,47,45,40,52,39,73,29,44,37,16,23,27,27,66,64,47,44,44,45,50,57,60,66,68,66,60,66,73,73,71,71,70,62,66,58,61,60,55,2,3,8,197,213,204,204,95,200,397,252,391,397,908,869,29985,351,324,267,256,254,328,317,325,324,427,410,431,416,400,395,509,470,829,819]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Nxe4 6. Re1 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack.} Nf6 7. Nxe5 Be7 {[#]} 8. c4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 O-O 10. d4 d6 11. Re1 d5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 {0-1 (56) Sigurjonsson,G (2475)-Alburt,L (2515) Wijk aan Zee 1980}) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 d6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bg2 Bxc4 14. d4 Be6 15. b3 Rb4 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Ba3 Rbb8 19. Na4 Rdc8 20. Rac1 {[%cal Ra3c5]} Nd7 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Rxe7 Bc6 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 a6 25. f4 h6 26. Kf2 Bb5 27. Ke3 Rd8 28. Rcc7 (28. Bb4 $14) 28... Rd3+ $1 $11 29. Ke4 Rd2 $2 {[#]} (29... Rbd8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 30. Rxf7 $18 Re8+ 31. Kf5 Bd3+ 32. Kg4 Rxh2 $2 (32... Be2+ 33. Kh4 g5+ 34. Kh3 Bd3 35. fxg5 hxg5) 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Bd6 Rf2 $2 (34... Rg8) 35. Bc5 {[#] Threatening mate with Bd4.} Rd2 36. Bb4 $2 (36. f5 {mates} Bxf5+ 37. Kxf5 Rd5+ 38. Kg6 Rg5+ 39. Kxh6 Rxg7 40. Rxg7 Re6+ 41. Rg6) 36... Rc2 37. Rxc2 {Strongly threatening Rcc7.} Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Rc6+ Kf7 40. Rxh6 Re2 41. Rd6 Re3 42. Kh4 Be2 43. g4 Rf3 44. Rd4 Rf2 (44... Rd3 $142) 45. Kg5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,9,14,8,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-9,-6,8,12,10,16,7,7,7,11,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-4,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines.} O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. Nc4 Qa6 {[#]} 12. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 Be4 13. Nce5 Bd5 14. Qc2 Be4 15. Qb3 Bd5 16. Qc2 Be4 {½-½ (16) Ingbrandt,J (2469)-Bator,R (2439) Sweden 2009}) 12... Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Be4 14. Bb4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qa3 $1 Qxa3 17. Bxa3 Rac8 18. Ne1 Kf8 19. Bxe4 Nfxe4 20. f3 Nf6 21. Kf2 Nd5 (21... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 22. Na5 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Bxb4 Nce4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 24. fxe4 Bxb4 $15) 22. Ne3 {The position is equal.} Nxe3 23. Kxe3 a5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. Nd3 Nb6 27. Kf3 Nc4 28. a4 Rc6 29. b4 axb4 30. Nxb4 Rc7 31. a5 Rdc8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nd2+.} 32. Kf2 Nd6 33. Rxc7+ Rxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. a6 bxa6 35. Rxa6 Ne4+ 36. Ke3 Nc5 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Nxc6+ Kd6 39. Ne5 f6 40. Nf3 Nd7 41. Nd2 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,174,14,15,20,18,18,17,13,18,18,18,23,25,20,26,28,27,28,23,24,32,18,26,12,36,26,33,33,47,45,72,72,75,83,70,66,92,93,97,92,142,143,150,50,36,45,46,34,26,39,31,22,18,20,20,27,40,15,83,70,89,84,88,76,109,0,0,0,0,0,0,-156,-145,-145,0,-157,-129,-120,-123,-123,-123,-133,-54,-125,-81,-83,-71,-166,-137,-155,-20,-55,-36,-162,-137,-137,-143,-158,-163,-175,-173,-246,-78,-80,-63,-92,-32,-54,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-80,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5.} g6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. Rc1 Bf5 {[#]} 12. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 a6 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. Bd3 f5 16. Ng5 Rf6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Nxd5 Rd6 19. Nb4 {0-1 (43) Skozinski,G-Haase,E Kropp 1993}) 12... Rb8 13. Rfd1 Qd6 14. Nb5 Qe6 15. Qa3 Ne4 16. Be1 Rfc8 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 h5 20. Nb3 b6 21. Bb5 Qd5 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Qxa7 Rbc8 24. Rxc6 ({Not} 24. Qxe7 Bf8 $17) 24... Rxc6 25. Qxe7 Bf6 26. Qb4 h4 27. Rc1 ({White should try} 27. h3 $16) 27... h3 $14 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Bc3 hxg2 30. Nd2 Be6 $1 31. a4 Bd5 $1 32. Kxg2 Bh4 {aiming for ...Qf6.} 33. Qb5 Qe6 34. Qe2 f5 (34... Qf5 $11) 35. h3 $16 Kh7 36. Kg1 Kh6 37. Bb4 g5 38. a5 (38. Nf1 $16) 38... bxa5 $11 39. Bxa5 f4 $1 40. Qg4 {And now Qxe6+ would win.} Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ra6a5]} 41. Qf5 $2 (41. Bb4 $11 Qa1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kh2) 41... Qxa5 $17 42. Qf6+ Kh7 (42... Kh5 $17 43. Qh8+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Bf7 45. Qxe4+ Kg7) 43. Qf5+ $2 ({White must play} 43. Qe7+ $1 $11 Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qe7+ Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qe7+) 43... Kg7 $1 44. Qe5+ Kg6 $1 45. exf4 gxf4 ({Of course not} 45... Qxd2 $6 46. f5+ Kf7 47. Qxd5+ Kf8 48. Qd8+ Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kf8 50. Qd6+ Kg8 51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. Qh6+ Kg8 53. Qg6+ Kh8 54. Qh6+ Kg8 55. Qg6+ $11) 46. Qxf4 {[#]} Bf6 (46... Bg5 $1 $17 47. Qd6+ Bf6) 47. Qg4+ (47. Kh2 $1 $15) 47... Kf7 {Strongly threatening ...Ke7.} 48. Qd7+ Kf8 49. Nf1 (49. Qf5 $17 Kg7 50. Qg4+ Kf8 51. Qf4) 49... Bf7 50. Ng3 e3 (50... Qd5 $17 51. Qc8+ Be8 52. Qc5+ Qxc5 53. dxc5 Bc6) 51. Qc8+ $11 Kg7 52. Nf5+ (52. fxe3 $15 Qe1+ 53. Nf1) 52... Kh7 $19 53. Nxe3 Bxd4 54. Qd7 Qg5+ 55. Ng4 Qf4 56. Kg2 (56. b4 {was worth a try.}) 56... Qe4+ $2 (56... Bxb2 $19 57. Qb7 Bc3) 57. Kg3 $17 Kg7 58. b4 Qd3+ ({Black should play} 58... Bb6 $17) 59. Kg2 Qc4 60. Ne3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not holding back} Bxe3 $1 61. fxe3 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 62. Kg3 Qxe3+ 63. Kg2 Kf6 {Hoping for ...Qe2+.} 64. Qd8+ Ke5 65. Qc7+ Kf6 {...Bd5+ is the strong threat.} 66. Qc6+ Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Qd4.} 67. Qd7 Qc3 68. b5 Qe5 69. b6 {[#]} (69. Kf2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 69... Kf6 (69... Qb2+ $1 $17 70. Kf3 Qxb6) 70. Qd8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg6 {White must now prevent ...Bd5+.} 71. Qc7 Qe2+ 72. Kg3 Qe3+ 73. Kg2 Qe2+ 74. Kg3 Qe3+ 75. Kg2 Bd5+ 76. Kf1 Qf3+ 77. Ke1 Qe3+ 78. Kf1 Qxh3+ 79. Ke2 Qf3+ 80. Kd2 Be4 81. Qd6+ Kg5 82. Qe5+ Kh6 83. Qe6+ Kh5 84. Qe5+ Kh4 85. Qh8+ Kg5 86. Qe5+ Kg6 {( -> ...Qd3+)} 87. Qe6+ Kh7 {Quite a comeback for White. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,99,10,14,0,15,-5,0,-10,-4,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-21,-8,-8,0,0,17,-12,-15,-26,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,20,0,10,0,0,0,78,73,64,68,217,205,180,139,148,124,159,137,227,224,465,238,307,257,381,241,337,107,214,206,348,338,312,310,420,407,585,452,735,735,1099,1096,1094,1095,4132,4132,5502,5498,5306,5297,5160,5034]} 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 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. b4 Qd8 18. bxc5 Nde6 19. Qf5 Nxc5 20. h4 Nge6 21. Nf3 {1-0 (40) Caruana,F (2819)-Nakamura,H (2754) Zagreb 2019}) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O {The position is equal. 10.dxc5 deserves study.} c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. b3 a5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Rb1 Bb4 {[#]} 15. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Be6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 f6 19. Bg3 Qd7 20. f3 Rac8 21. Rf2 {½-½ (48) Brzoza,M (2252)-Buczinski,H (2202) ICCF email 2008}) 15... Ra6 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Ng4 Re8 20. Rfd1 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rb7 Nf8 24. Qf2 Rf6 25. Rdb1 Qd6 26. g5 Rfe6 27. e4 Qa3 (27... Qf4 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. e5 $16 R6e7 {Threatening ...Rxb7.} 29. R7b5 Qc3 (29... Rd7 $14) 30. Rxd5 $18 Ne6 31. Ba4 Rf8 32. f4 $1 g6 33. Rd6 Ng7 (33... Qa3 $16 {might work better.}) 34. Bc2 Ne8 $2 (34... Ne6 {is a better defense.} 35. Be4 Ree8) 35. Rc6 (35. Rd8 $142 Ng7 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Ba4) 35... Rd7 36. Rd1 Nc7 (36... Rc7 $142) 37. Be4 Rfd8 {[%cal Rd7d4] [#]} 38. Qf3 $2 (38. f5 $1 $18) 38... Qxf3 (38... Nb5 $16 {was called for.}) 39. Bxf3 Ne6 {[#]} (39... Nb5 $142) 40. d5 $1 (40. Rxc4 Nxd4 41. Bg4 Nf3+ 42. Bxf3 Rxd1+ 43. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 44. Kh2 Kg7 $16) 40... Nxf4 41. d6 (41. Rxc4 Nxd5 42. Ra4 Nc7 $16) 41... Nd3 42. Bg4 Ra7 (42... Nxe5 {was necessary.} 43. Bxd7 Nxd7 44. Rxc4 f6 45. gxf6 Nxf6) 43. d7 {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 (43... Kg7 $142 44. e6 (44. Rxc4 Nxe5 45. Rc8 Rdxd7 $18) 44... fxe6 45. Bxe6 Nf4) 44. Rxc4 Nb4 45. e6 fxe6 46. Bxe6 Ra6 {[#]} 47. Rc8 $1 Ke7 48. Bg4 Ra8 49. Re1+ Kf7 50. Re8 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,56,-18,-10,-16,-20,-173,-193,-182,-189,-237,-240,-247,-239,-235,-223,-273,-264,-275,-279,-279,-286,-320,-308,-320,-300,-385,-300,-322,-315,-357,-379,-387,-376,-352,-373,-389,-363,-490,-484,-525,-505,-552,-548,-649,-547,-541,-534,-516,-489]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Qh5 {B55: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 f3.} e6 $1 7. Nxe6 $2 {[#]} (7. Bb5+ $1 $11 Nd7 8. Nxe6) 7... Bxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qe7 8. O-O Bxe6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. Re1 d5 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Nxd5 Bxe1 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxe6 Bxf2+ {1-0 (43) Sawyer,B (1836)-McCue,M (1899) Dallas 2002}) 8. Bxe6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rh5f7] Black is clearly better.} Qe7 9. Bxf7+ Qxf7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. O-O {[#]} Nf6 $1 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nc3 d5 14. Qf3 O-O-O {aiming for ...d4.} ({Don't take} 14... d4 15. Bg5 $19) 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. Nb5 a6 17. a4 Qg4 {Hoping for ...Qxf3.} 18. Qxg4+ Nxg4 19. Bb6 axb5 20. axb5 {[#]} Nb8 $1 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 22. h3 Nf6 23. Ra7 Kc7 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Re6 Bc5 25. b6+ Bxb6 26. Re7+ Kd6 27. Raxb7 Nbd7 28. Rxg7 Kc6 {White got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,16,17,5,12,6,8,10,23,0,0,-22,0,-10,-4,-14,-8,-39,-34,-42,-8,-31,0,0,0,0,2,3,11,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,13,7,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,-58,-10,-23,0,0,0,0,95,95,193,7,14,14,13,0,0,-30,0,0,-7,-14,0,0,19,19,19,9,18,19,21,18,21,20,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} (6. O-O {keeps more tension.} Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qc2 Bd6 9. Rd1) 6... Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 4] 6...Nd7 is setting a new trend. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 {[#]} 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b3 Bf8 11. Bb2 f6 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. Rg1 Ne6 14. g4 g5 15. h4 h6 16. Ne3 {0-1 (31) So,W (2767)-Nakamura,H (2745) chess.com INT 2020}) 10... b6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. g3 f6 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Ne3 Ne6 15. h5 c5 16. Nh4 Nd4 17. Bc3 Bh3 18. Re1 Be6 19. Kg2 Qd7 20. b3 Rad8 21. Bxd4 {Bc3 is the strong threat.} cxd4 22. Nef5 Qc6 23. Rh1 Rd7 24. Kh2 Kf7 25. Qe2 Bd6 26. Raf1 Rg8 27. f4 Ke8 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Nf3 Kd8 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Rf2 Kc8 32. Rhf1 Kb7 33. Nh4 (33. g4 $11) 33... Qc5 34. Qd2 Rd6 35. Qg5 h6 36. Qe7 Rc6 {[#]} (36... Bg4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37. Ng6 $1 $16 Bg4 {[#]} (37... Bc8 $16) 38. Qxe5 $2 (38. Qh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4g4]} Rxg6 39. hxg6) 38... Bxh5 39. Qxc5 Rxc5 40. Nf4 Bg4 41. Kg2 Rd8 42. Ng6 Rd6 43. Ne7 Re6 44. Nd5 Rec6 45. c4 dxc3 {And now ...Be6 would win.} 46. d4 Rxd5 47. exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd6 48. Rc1 Rxd5 49. Rf4 Bf5 {aiming for ...g5.} 50. g4 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 51. Rxc3 g5 52. Re4 Rd6 {White must now prevent ...Bc6.} 53. Kf2 Bc6 54. Re7 Rxd4 55. Re6 Bd5 56. Rxh6 Rxg4 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,93,18,25,22,37,26,22,25,30,30,17,22,28,23,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,10,0,54,37,74,61,106,11,44,0,83,77,66,65,66,73,74,72,80,72,72,60,75,66,70,66,83,60,67,31,90,86,84,87,98,61,47,0,0,0,79,72,87,79,148,135,216,116,29980,29981,29981,29982,29977,29977]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxg6 {The position is equal.} hxg6 12. O-O-O a6 13. Kb1 Nc6 14. Rc1 Rb8 {[#]} 15. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. g3 Bd6 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Qd1 b5 18. g4 Qb7 19. g5 Nd7 20. h4 Nb4 21. Be2 {1-0 (44) Kryakvin,D (2588)-Loiseau,Q (2452) Graz 2019}) 15... Rxh2 16. Ne2 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 b5 18. e4 {[#] Bf4 is the strong threat.} Qb6 19. Qd1 Nb4 ({Not} 19... Nxd4 $2 20. Rh8+ Kd7 21. Rxb8 $18) 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. e5 Nd7 (21... Ng8 $11) 22. f4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nf8 23. g4 Be7 24. Ng3 (24. Rh8 $16) 24... Rc8 25. Rh8 Kd8 (25... f5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Bc2 f5 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Bxg6 Kc7 29. Bc2 Kb8 30. Ne2 Qc7 31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 Nd7 33. Rh7 Nb6 34. Bb3 Qd6 $1 35. Qd3 Nc4 (35... Qb4 $14) 36. Bxc4 $1 $16 Rxc4 37. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rc7 38. Nc3 Rb7 39. f5 (39. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5g6]} Qb4 40. Qd2 $16) 39... exf5 40. gxf5 Bd8 (40... Qb4 $11 41. Nd1 Qa4) 41. Rxb7+ Kxb7 42. Na4 Ka7 {[#]} (42... Qc6 $142 43. Nc5+ Ka7) 43. Qe8 $1 Bc7 (43... Kb7 $16) 44. Nc5 (44. Qe6 $18) 44... Qf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Bd8 $16 45. Qg8 Kb6) 45. Qc8 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rc8b7] White mates.} Qf1+ 46. Ka2 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rc8b7]} Qc4+ 47. Ka3 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,113,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,0,15,11,19,14,21,26,31,8,15,19,35,32,31,24,19,22,28,11,19,4,24,0,15,0,4,0,29,0,0,0,60,56,179,60,62,72,72,61,99,62,52,73,86,91,94,68,96,51,311,304,367,345,673,662,672,591,631,504,505,505,500,495,542,533,764,670,750,691,984,828,1235,786,724,738,765,757,626,602,766,758,623,550,815,788,824,837,1825,1894,1590,1483,1130,991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 {6...b6 is better than 6...c5.} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5.} Bb7 9. Nb5 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 {[#] The position is equal.} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. Nc3 c5 12. Nf3 c4 13. g3 Nbd7 14. Bg2 Re8 15. O-O b5 16. a3 Bc6 {0-1 (45) Zysk,R (2421)-Yilmaz,M (2624) Rio Achaea 2018}) 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Be2 Ba6 13. O-O Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Qd6 15. Qa4 a5 16. Rc3 Ra7 17. Rfc1 Rc7 18. Ng3 Rec8 19. Nf3 Nbd7 20. Ne1 g6 21. Nd3 h5 22. f3 h4 23. Nf1 Kg7 24. a3 h3 25. g4 c5 26. Nf4 Rh8 (26... Nf8 $11) 27. Ng3 Nf8 {[#]} (27... Rcc8 $14) 28. dxc5 (28. g5 $1 $18 N6d7 29. Qb3) 28... bxc5 $14 29. Qxa5 {[%cal Rc3c5]} N8d7 30. g5 Nh7 31. Nxh3 Rb7 32. b4 {[%cal Rb4c5]} cxb4 {White now steadily converts the win.} 33. axb4 Rxb4 {With the idea ...Rh4.} 34. f4 Nhf8 35. Nf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 35... d4 $1 $14 36. Rc6 Qb8) 36. Rc6 $18 Qe7 37. Qxd5 {f5 is the strong threat.} Nef8 $2 (37... Rhb8 38. Nfe4 Nef8) 38. Qd3 {White is clearly winning.} Rh4 39. Nfe4 Kh7 40. Rc7 {Strongly threatening Nf6+!} Qe6 41. Nf2 Rb3 42. R7c3 Rb2 43. Nge4 Rb6 44. Kg2 Rh5 45. Kg3 Qf5 46. Ng4 Kg8 47. Nef6+ Nxf6 48. Qxf5 ({Stronger than} 48. Nxf6+ Rxf6 49. gxf6 Rh3+ 50. Kf2 Rxh2+ 51. Kf3 Rh3+ 52. Kf2 Rh2+ 53. Kf3 Qh5+ 54. Ke4 Qf5+ 55. Kf3 $11) 48... gxf5 49. Nxf6+ Rxf6 50. gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for Rc8! KRR-KRN} Kh7 51. Rc8 Ne6 52. Rd1 Kg6 53. Rd5 Kxf6 {[#]} 54. e4 $1 Ng7 (54... fxe4 55. Rxh5) 55. e5+ Kg6 56. Rg8 Kh7 57. Rdd8 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,81,4,18,1,-10,-15,44,46,37,13,28,13,21,15,22,0,26,4,18,0,0,-14,-6,-37,-39,-28,-15,-56,-57,-60,-62,-59,-65,-65,-80,-70,-23,-47,-49,-50,-32,-43,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-43,-36,-36,-42,-42,-36,-44,-25,-30,-24,-36,-33,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 {[#]} 7. h4 $146 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} ({Predecessor:} 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Be6 9. Nh5 Bf8 10. h4 Ngf6 11. Bd3 Nxh5 12. Qxh5 Nf6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. f3 Bxf4 15. exf4 Nh5 {1-0 (57) Yu,Y (2709)-Oparin,G (2652) chess.com INT 2020}) 7... Nf6 8. Nge2 Ne4 (8... Nh5 $11) 9. Nxe4 $14 {White is slightly better.} Bxe4 10. f3 Bf5 11. g4 Be6 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Nf4 c5 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Kf2 Qb6 17. Qd2 cxd4 18. exd4 Bb4 19. Qd3 Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5d3]} 20. Qe3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. Qf2 Bd6 24. Rhe1 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 f6 26. d5 {[#] Threatens to win with Qxb6.} Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Bxd5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Rd1 Be6 30. Rd4 Kf7 31. Bd2 Rc8 32. a3 Ke8 33. Bc3 Rc5 34. Re4 Kf7 35. h5 Rd5 36. Rxc4 {The position is equal.} Rd2+ 37. Bxd2 Bxc4 38. Bc3 a6 39. Kg3 Bd5 40. Kf4 Bc6 41. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,130,22,9,10,7,12,12,13,13,10,14,25,31,15,21,36,3,9,6,9,9,9,10,15,10,27,14,10,10,27,24,29,31,32,27,63,27,32,0,5,6,11,3,16,17,7,0,0,0,91,87,114,0,0,0,145,145,134,143,150,118,118,17,17,17,17,17,17,19,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,24,24,28,0,0,0,237,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 c6 16. a5 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bg2 Rfe8 19. Red1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Ra4 {[#]} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Qc7 22. h3 h6 23. Kh2 Qe7 24. Ne4 Ne8 25. Qe3 Nd7 26. Rd4 f5 27. Qb3+ Kh8 {1-0 (46) Rawlings,A (2352)-Herrera H,B (2171) ICCF email 2016}) 22. h3 h6 23. Kh2 Qc5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Re8 26. b4 Qd6 27. h4 (27. Rd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4d6]} Qe6 28. Be4 $11) 27... h5 28. Bh3 g6 29. Rd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qe7 30. Qc1 Qf6 31. Rf4 Qd6 32. Qc3 Qd1 33. Qb2 Qe1 (33... Qd5 $11) 34. Kg2 $1 $16 Kh7 {[#]} 35. Bc8 (35. Bd7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd7e8][%mdl 512]} Re7 (35... Nxd7 36. Rxf7+) 36. Bc8) 35... Qd1 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd1d5]} 36. Rd4 Qa4 {[#]} (36... Nc4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 37. Rxd1 Nxb2) 37. Re4 $1 $16 {Hoping for Bd7.} ({Stronger than} 37. Bxb7 Qb5 $15) 37... Qb5 {[#]} 38. Qd4 $1 f6 39. f4 c5 40. Qd5 (40. bxc5 $16 Rxc8 41. fxe5 fxe5 42. Rxe5) 40... Rxc8 $11 41. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} f5 42. Rc4 {Threatens to win with Kf2.} Re8 $1 43. e6 {Kf1 is the strong threat.} Qc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 44. Rxc5 (44. Qxc6 {with more complications.} bxc6 45. Rxc5 Rxe6 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. Rc4) 44... Qxd5+ 45. Rxd5 Rxe6 {KR-KR} 46. Rd7+ Kh6 47. Rxb7 {Black must now prevent Kf3.} Rxe2+ 48. Kf3 Re4 $1 49. Rb6 Kg7 50. Rxa6 Rxb4 51. Rb6 Ra4 52. a6 Rg4 $2 (52... Ra3+ $11 {and Black stays safe.} 53. Kf4 Kh6) 53. a7 $2 (53. Rb7+ $18 Kf6 54. Rb8) 53... Ra4 {The position is equal.} 54. Rb7+ Kf6 55. Ke3 g5 56. hxg5+ Kxg5 57. Kd3 Ra1 58. Kc4 f4 59. gxf4+ Kxf4 60. Rh7 Kg4 61. Kb5 h4 62. Kb6 h3 63. Kb7 Rxa7+ 64. Kxa7 Kg3 65. Rxh3+ Kxh3 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,109,21,70,63,63,62,77,64,51,47,68,41,68,75,86,74,66,79,76,79,72,81,96,75,63,51,147,14,19,22,49,56,121,106,132,125,69,70,70,72,135,116,98,100,137,14,55,51,48,37,68,33,33,6,43,6,25,17,16,14,32,32,33,32,60,8,7,7,7,-22,-25,-41,0,-208,-206,-308,-308,-308,-308,-308,-308,-307,-304,-279,-285,-279,-286,-273,-256,-29976,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Qd7 6. Nh4 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence.} Be4 7. Nd2 {[#]} O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Be7 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qg4 O-O-O 10. Qxe4 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qd3 Rhe8 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Nf3 e5 15. O-O-O exd4 16. Qc2 Qe6 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qf6 19. Bd3 Qxf2 20. Rd2 Bg5 {0-1 (20) Warzecha,H (1999)-Remshagen,P (2092) GER email 2013}) 8. Bb5 {White is better.} a6 9. Ba4 f6 10. Nhf3 Nge7 11. O-O $1 Ng6 12. Re1 ({Of course not} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 fxe5 $11) 12... Bf5 13. b4 fxe5 14. dxe5 b5 15. Bc2 d4 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. c4 $1 Bxb4 (17... bxc4 $14 18. Nxc4 Bxb4) 18. cxb5 ({Only move:} 18. e6 $16 Qd6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rb1) 18... axb5 $11 {Hoping for ...Qd5.} 19. Rb1 Rhe8 20. a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Qd5 (20... Bc3 $14 21. Rxb5 Qe6) 21. axb5 $16 Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Ncxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 ({Don't go for} 23... Nxe5 $2 24. Qa4 $16) 24. b6 Rxe1+ (24... cxb6 $142 25. Qc2+ (25. Rxb6 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Kd7 $14) 25... Kd7) 25. Qxe1 Kd7 26. bxc7 Rc8 {[#]} 27. Rb4 (27. Qe2 $1 $16) 27... Rxc7 28. Qa1 Ke8 29. Rxd4 Qe6 30. h4 Rd7 31. Qa4 {Strongly threatening Bb4.} Ne5 32. Bf4 Nc6 33. Rc4 Ne7 $1 34. Rc7 Nd5 35. Rc6 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Kf7 37. Qa2 (37. Ra6 $14 Qe8 38. Qb5) 37... Qe4 $11 38. g3 h6 39. h5 Qf3 40. Kg1 Kg8 41. Rc8+ $2 (41. Qa8+ $11 {and White stays safe.} Kf7 42. Bd6 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qxh5+ 44. Kg2) 41... Kh7 $19 42. Qa8 (42. Qb1 $142 Ne3 43. Bxe3 Rd1+ 44. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 45. Kg2) 42... Qd1+ 43. Kh2 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rc8h8]} Qxh5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 {intending Rh8+.} Nxf4 46. Rh8+ Kg6 {( -> ...Qh5+)} 47. Qe8+ Kg5 {Threatens to win with ...Nh3!} 48. gxf4+ Kxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 49. Rf8 $2 {[#]} (49. Qe3+ $19 Kg4 50. Qg3+ Kh5 51. Qh3+ Kg6 52. Qg2+ Kf7 53. Qh3) 49... Kg5 $2 (49... Rd3 {mates} 50. Rxf5+ Kxf5 51. Qf8+ Ke4 52. Qf7 Rd5 53. Qe8+ Re5 54. Qc6+ Kf5 55. Qb7 Kg6 56. Qc6+ Kh7 57. Kg3 Qg1+ 58. Kf3 Qh1+ 59. Kf4 Qh2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 60. Kg4 Rg5+ 61. Kf3 Qh1+ 62. Kf4 Qxc6 63. f3 Qc4+ 64. Ke3 Re5+ 65. Kf2 Qh4+ 66. Kg2 Re2+ 67. Kg1 Qe1#) 50. Qe3+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg6 {...Qh5+ is the strong threat.} 51. Qe6+ Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Qh5+.} 52. Qg8+ Kg6 53. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 {aiming for ...Qh5+.} 54. Qg8+ Kg6 55. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black had all chances to win. Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,109,16,20,30,34,30,44,33,46,32,55,25,10,25,18,0,36,38,62,0,20,6,7,3,72,-52,-55,-105,-27,-78,-82,-151,-152,-139,-138,-317,-218,-314,-325,-458,-451,-437,-345,-347,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,0,0,0,206,192,128,0,223,0,103,88,119,118,115,111,179,152,254,107,340,354,370,381,578,482,1501,347,918,891,1414,793,29977,29978,29977,29978,29989,29990,29990,29989,29991,1443]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} a5 9. a4 g5 {9...Bh7 is a critical line.} 10. Ne1 {[#] White is slightly better.} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qb6 11. Nd3 Bg7 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nbc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qc7 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 b6 {1-0 (50) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Fedoseev,V (2724) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 11. Bh5 c5 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Ndf3 gxf4 15. Bxf4 Be7 16. Kh1 (16. Nc2 $14) 16... O-O-O 17. Bxf7 Rdf8 18. Bh5 Kb8 (18... Qb6 $11) 19. Rc1 ({White should play} 19. Be3 $16) 19... Qb6 $1 $15 20. Qd2 Qb3 (20... Bg5 $1 $17 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxb2) 21. Bxh6 (21. Ng1 $11 {remains equal.}) 21... Rc8 $17 22. Ng1 (22. Kg1 $142) 22... Bb4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb4d2][%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} (22... Qxa4 $6 23. Ne2 $11) 23. Qf4 Qxb2 24. Nef3 $2 (24. Rf2 $17 Qxd4 25. Rxc6 Qxf4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 26. Rxc8+ Kxc8 27. Bxf4) 24... Nb6 25. h3 (25. Nh4 $142 Bd3 26. Rf2 Qxd4 27. Rxc6 Qxf4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 29. Rxf4 Rxh6 30. Bd1) 25... Nxa4 $19 26. Bg4 (26. Qe3 {was worth a try.}) 26... Bxg4 27. hxg4 Rcf8 28. Qe3 Nxd4 $2 (28... Rfg8 $19 29. g5 Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Qxd4 Rxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Nh3 Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 32. Nxd4 Rxg5) 29. Nxd4 $11 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e3]} 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Qxd2 Rh8 33. Nh3 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Nc5 (34... Rxh6 $5 35. Qxh6 Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Qxe6 Nb6 $11) 35. g5 (35. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rd2f2]} Qa4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Nd6 $11) 35... Ne4 36. Qe3 Rg8 $2 (36... a4 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 37. Nf4 $18 (37. Nxe6 Qxe5+ 38. Nhf4 Rh8 $11) 37... a4 ({Black should try} 37... Qc3 $18 38. Qxc3 Nxc3) 38. Nc6+ (38. Ndxe6 $6 Qxe5 39. Nc5 Rd8 $11) (38. Nfxe6 $16 {White threatens Nc6+! and mate.} Qc3 39. Qxc3 Nxc3 40. Bf8) 38... Kc7 $2 (38... bxc6 $11 39. Qb6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ka8) 39. Nd4 $2 (39. Ne7 $1 $18 {[%cal Re7g8]} Re8 40. g6 (40. Nxe6+ Kd7 $14) 40... Rxe7 41. Bf8) 39... a3 (39... Kb8 $11) 40. Nb5+ ({Reject} 40. Nfxe6+ $6 Kc8 $11) ({But not} 40. Ndxe6+ $6 Kb8 $11) 40... Kc6 41. Nxa3 {Hoping for Nc4!} Qxe5 {White must now prevent ...Rh8.} 42. Nc2 Kd7 (42... b6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 43. Nd4 Re8 (43... Qh8 $16) 44. g3 (44. Nf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3e5] and the rest is easy.} Qc7 45. Bg7) 44... Qc7 $2 (44... Nf6 $16 {was necessary.} 45. Qb3 (45. Qxe5 Ng4+ 46. Kh3 Nxe5 $14) 45... Ng4+ 46. Kh3 Nf2+ 47. Kg2 Qxd4) 45. Qb3 {aiming for Qa4+.} Nd6 46. Nh5 {And now Nf6+ would win.} Ra8 (46... Rh8 {keeps fighting.} 47. Nf6+ Kc8) 47. Nf6+ Kc8 (47... Ke7 $142 48. Nxe6 Kxe6) 48. Qe3 $2 (48. g6) 48... Ra2+ $2 (48... Ne4 49. Nxe4 dxe4 50. Qxe4 Ra5 51. Qxe6+ Qd7 52. Qg8+ Qd8 53. Qc4+ Qc7 54. Qg8+ Qd8 55. Qc4+ Qc7) 49. Kh3 Qf7 50. Nxe6 {Intending Qc5+ and mate.} Nf5 51. Qc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White mates.} Kb8 52. Qxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf2 53. Nd7+ Kc8 54. Nb6+ Kb8 {[#]} 55. Qd8+ {Quite a comeback for White. Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 45%.} (55. g6 $142 $1 Qe7 (55... Qxg6 56. Qe5+) 56. Bf4+ Rxf4 57. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd6 58. Qh8+ Ka7 59. Nc8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ka6 60. Qa1+ Kb5 61. Nxd6+ Nxd6 {[#]} 62. Qe5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kc6 63. g7) 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,23,25,21,10,-28,12,0,8,7,14,6,16,0,9,0,13,6,50,52,45,27,45,26,59,20,23,25,73,59,87,76,171,167,239,229,243,225,158,152,232,249,220,231,258,250,237,255,265,247,524,518,498,406,345,327,322,306,552,552,549,556,556,556,558,558,558,558,555,550,2182,2045,1629,1358,1441,965,1168,908,1285,983,2570,953,939,913,946,935,863,834,985,917,2667,2547,12836,12836,12837,12837,12837,12838,12838,12838,12839,12838,12839,12839]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e5 6. Bd2 {[#] A45: Trompowsky Attack.} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bf5 7. e3 h5 8. h4 Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. a5 g6 {1-0 (44) Nihal,S (2606)-Laylo,D (2433) Xingtai 2019}) 7. h3 h5 8. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Bf5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. a5 h4 11. Nge2 Ne5 12. Nc1 Nfd7 13. Nb3 Bg6 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 exf3 16. gxf3 Bh5 17. Rg1 Nf7 18. Be2 Qf6 19. Nc4 g6 20. Bh2 Nde5 (20... Nfe5 $16) 21. Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rd8 (21... Rb8 $142) 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bxh5 Rxh5 24. Nc4 $1 Bg7 (24... Ke7 $16 {might work better.} 25. Qe2 Re8) 25. Qd3 Kf8 26. O-O-O Re8 27. Rg2 Kg8 28. e4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Qe7 $2 (29... Qd4) 30. Re1 Kh8 31. Rxg6 Nf6 32. Qc3 Rh7 33. Qf3 Nxd5 $2 (33... Rh6 {is a better defense.}) 34. f5 {White is clearly winning.} Nf6 {Hoping for ...d5.} 35. Bxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd8 36. Kb1 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 {Black must now prevent Be7.} Nxd6 38. Nxd6 Qxd6 39. Re6 Qf8 40. Qxb7 Ng8 41. Qe4 Qf7 42. Re8 Rh6 43. Rxh6+ Bxh6 {[#]} 44. Qe6 $1 Kg7 {[#]} 45. Qxf7+ (45. f6+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf6 {[#]} (45... Qxf6 46. Qxg8#) 46. Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe7 47. Qxe7+ Kg6 48. Qd6) 45... Kxf7 46. Re6 Bd2 47. Rxa6 Ne7 48. c3 c4 49. f6 Ng6 50. Rc6 Ne5 51. Rc7+ Kxf6 52. a6 Be3 53. a7 Bxa7 54. Rxa7 Kg5 55. Rg7+ Kf4 56. Ka2 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,58,19,23,19,17,3,6,3,6,0,0,0,17,8,45,-9,-9,-37,-31,-40,-37,-54,-34,-43,103,102,85,-54,-2,0,-7,-16,83,85,68,-25,-40,-31,-27,-45,-41,-40,-45,-44,-52,-57,0,-39,0,-56,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. Nbd2 {7.c3 gains popularity. Played by Wesley So in February 2020.} O-O 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Re8 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf8 11. Nfd2 Nb6 12. Qh5 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 f6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. b3 b6 16. Bc1 Qd7 17. h3 Rad8 18. Bd2 {½-½ (18) Johnson,B (2481)-Straka,Z (2576) ICCF email 2017}) 11. Nfd2 b5 12. Na3 ({White should play} 12. axb5 $14 cxb5 13. c3) 12... Ba6 $11 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Bd6 15. Rf2 Qh4 16. h3 Nb6 (16... Qe7 $15 {stays ahead.}) 17. axb5 $16 cxb5 18. Qf3 ({Reject} 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Rf5 Qh6 $17) (18. Nxb5 $16 Bxb5 19. Rf5 Bxd3 20. cxd3) 18... f6 ({Black should try} 18... Qe7 $15) 19. Nab1 $11 a4 20. Nc3 Nd7 {[#]} (20... Qg3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 21. Qxg3 Bxg3) 21. Qf5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5d7]} Ne5 22. Nf3 ({Only move:} 22. d4 $1 $14) 22... Nxf3+ $11 23. Qxf3 Qg3 {...Qh2+ is the strong threat.} 24. Qxg3 Bxg3 25. Rf3 Be5 {White must now prevent ...a3!} 26. Bf4 Bd4+ 27. Be3 Be5 {Threatens to win with ...a3!} 28. Bf4 Bd4+ 29. Be3 Be5 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 71%.} (29... Bxc3 $15 30. bxc3 Bc8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,205,18,18,3,19,4,21,22,31,16,14,17,42,13,22,0,17,14,66,0,0,-2,-14,-48,-50,-106,-87,-115,-104,-81,-93,-70,-39,-33,-41,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,52,54,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,48,81,60,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,89,89,89,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,75,89,0,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,16,23,30,30,45,0,95,111,29962,29964,29964,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29961,29963,9712,0,11716,0,368,2477,29982,29983,29983,29984,29988,29989,29992,29993]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. e3 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line. A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6.} Nc5 13. Qe2 {[#]} Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a5 14. Rfd1 a4 15. Nd4 Bf7 16. Rac1 axb3 17. axb3 Nfe4 18. b4 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Ne4 {0-1 (28) Xiang,Z (2423)-Lu,S (2630) Tianjin 2018}) 14. Rad1 {The position is equal.} h6 15. Qc2 Bf7 16. Ne2 Nce4 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Ned4 Nce4 ({Black should try} 19... a5 $11) 20. Nd2 (20. Nh4 $1 $14) 20... d5 $11 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. N2f3 Ng4 23. Rde1 (23. Bc1 $15) 23... c5 $17 24. Nb5 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 a6 26. Nc3 Qg7 27. Rc1 Bc6 28. h3 Ngf6 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Qc2 b5 31. Rfd1 Kh7 ({Black should play} 31... Qe7 $11) 32. Nd2 $14 Rc8 33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rd6 c4 36. Rcd1 Re7 37. Rxa6 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. bxc4 bxc4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 40. Ra3 Rc7 41. Rc3 Qd5 42. a4 h5 {[#]} 43. a5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Qxa5 44. Rxc4 Rxc4 45. Qxc4 {KQ-KQ} Qa1+ 46. Kh2 Qa7 47. Qf4 Qd7 48. Qe5 Qb7 49. Qd6 Qb2 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Kg2 Qb3 52. g4 hxg4 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Qh4+ Kg7 55. Qxg4 Qd5+ 56. Kg3 (56. Kf1 {keeps more tension.} Qd3+ 57. Kg1 Qb1+ 58. Kh2 Qb8+ 59. Qg3) 56... Qc6 57. Qd4+ Kh7 58. e4 Qb7 59. e5 (59. Qe5 {is interesting.} Qb6 60. Kf3 Qb3+ 61. Kf4 Qd1 62. Qc7+) 59... Qb3+ $1 60. f3 (60. Kg2 $14 Qe6 61. f3) 60... Qb1 $11 61. Kf4 (61. f4 {looks sharper.} Qf5 62. Qe3 Kg7 63. Qa7+ Kf8 64. Qa6) 61... Qf5+ 62. Ke3 Qg5+ 63. Kd3 (63. Qf4 {seems wilder.} Qg1+ 64. Ke2 Qb1 65. Qf7+ Kh8 66. Qc7) 63... Qf5+ 64. Qe4 Qe6 65. Ke3 {And now Qd4 would win.} Kg7 66. Kf4 Qf7+ 67. Kg3 Qb3 68. Qd4 Qe6 69. Qd6 Qf5 70. Qe7+ Kg8 71. Qd8+ Kg7 72. Qc7+ Kg8 73. Qc4+ Kg7 74. Qf4 Qe6 75. Qd4 {Threatens to win with Qd6.} Kf7 (75... Qf5 $11) 76. f4 (76. Qe4 $16) 76... Qb3+ 77. Kh4 {Black must now prevent Qd7+.} Qb7 78. Qd1 Kg7 79. Qa1 (79. Kg3 {feels hotter.} Qe4 80. Qd7+ Kh6 81. Qd2 Kg7 82. Qd7+) 79... Qe7+ 80. Kg3 Qe6 81. Qa7+ Kg8 82. Qb8+ Kf7 83. Qc7+ Kg8 84. Qd6 Qf5 85. e6 {White threatens e7 and mate.} Qe4 (85... Qf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 86. Kf2 $1 $16 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (86... Qc2+ $16 87. Ke3 Qc1+ 88. Kd4 Kg7 89. Qe5+ Kg8) 87. Qe7+ $1 Kh6 {[#]} 88. Qd6 $2 (88. Qf6 $1 {mates} Kh7 89. e7 Qc2+ 90. Kg3 Qd3+ 91. Kh4 Qf3 92. Qe5 Qh1+ 93. Kg5) 88... Kg7 $11 89. Qc7+ Kh6 $1 90. e7 {White wants to mate with Qe5.} Qd4+ 91. Ke2 Qe4+ 92. Kd2 {Qe5 is the strong threat.} (92. Kd1 $5 {[%cal Rc7e5]} Qd4+ 93. Kc2 Qe4+ 94. Kc3 Qe1+ 95. Kd4 Qd1+ 96. Ke4 Qh1+ 97. Ke3 Qe1+ 98. Kf3 Qd1+ 99. Ke4 Qh1+ 100. Ke5 Qh5+ 101. Ke4 Qh1+ $16) 92... Qd4+ 93. Kc2 Qa4+ 94. Kc3 {aiming for Qe5.} Qa3+ 95. Kd4 Qb4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (95... Qa4+ $11 96. Ke5 Qb5+ 97. Kd6 Qd3+ 98. Kc6 Qe4+ 99. Kb5 (99. Kd7 Qf5+ 100. Kc6 Qe6+ 101. Kb7 Qe4+ 102. Kb8 Qb1+ 103. Ka7 Qa2+ 104. Kb7 Qb1+ 105. Kc8 Qf5+ 106. Qd7 Qc5+ 107. Kd8 Qb6+ 108. Qc7 Qd4+ 109. Qd7 Qb6+ 110. Qc7 Qd4+ 111. Qd7 Qb6+ $18) 99... Qe2+ 100. Kb6 Qb2+ 101. Ka7 Qa2+ 102. Kb8 Qb3+ 103. Kc8 Qe6+ 104. Kb7 Qe4+ 105. Kc8 Qf5+ 106. Qd7 Qc5+ 107. Kd8 Qb6+ 108. Qc7 Qd4+ 109. Qd7 Qb6+ 110. Qc7 Qd4+ 111. Kc8 Qe4) 96. Kd5 $1 Qb5+ {[#]} 97. Kd6 $2 (97. Qc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5b5]} Qd7+ 98. Qd6 Qb5+ 99. Kd4 Qa4+ 100. Ke5) 97... Qd3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (97... Qa4 $11) 98. Kc6 $18 Qe4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (98... Qc2+ $11 {and Black stays safe.} 99. Kb7 Qe4+ 100. Kb8 Qb1+ 101. Kc8 Qf5+ 102. Qd7 Qc5+ 103. Kd8 Qb6+ 104. Qc7 Qd4+ 105. Kc8 Qa4) 99. Kd7 Qd5+ 100. Qd6 {White mates.} Qb7+ {[#]} 101. Ke6 $1 Qc8+ 102. Kf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd6g6]} Qf5+ 103. Qf6 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 77%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,121,19,16,18,14,37,45,35,0,0,0,23,-7,0,-22,-4,-16,-21,-63,-66,-54,-12,-18,0,-24,-24,-24,-22,-21,-20,-89,-82,-55,-59,-59,-56,-141,-131,-169,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-80,-79,-76,-85,-85,-85,-85,-77,-57,-91,-96,-113,-83,-83,-83,-75,-75,-83,-52,-72,-69,-74,-74,-68,-48,-137,-130,-129,-128,-269,-12,-64,-62,-61,0,-277,0,0,0,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,0,0,0,0,0,29990,29991,29991,29992,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 8.Qd2. Played by Santosh Gujrathi Vidit in April 2020.} O-O 9. Qd2 e5 {[%cal Re5d4] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 10. d5 Qd6 11. f3 f5 {[#] White is slightly better.} 12. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. O-O fxe4 15. Bxe4 c4 16. Qb2 Rd8 17. Qb5 Bf8 18. Rcd1 {1-0 (33) Acosta,P (2428)-Encina,G (1871) Mar del Plata 2017}) 12... Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c8,Bc8d6][%mdl 32]} 13. Nh3 f4 14. Bd2 Nb6 $1 15. Nf2 c4 $1 16. Be2 Bd7 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rb1 Nc8 19. a4 Rf6 20. Rb4 Nd6 21. Rfb1 g5 22. Qa2 {[%cal Re2c4]} Rc8 23. a5 (23. Bc1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23... h5 $1 $17 24. h3 Rg6 25. Kf1 Bf6 26. Bd1 (26. Be1 $1 $15) 26... Bd8 27. Ra1 {[#]} Rb8 (27... g4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4h3][%mdl 512] aiming for ...gxh3.} 28. fxg4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bh4) 28. Be1 b5 29. axb6 axb6 30. Qb1 Qb7 31. Rb2 {[%cal Bb4b2,Bb2a2,Ba2a6][%mdl 32]} b5 32. Rba2 Bb6 33. Ra6 Kf7 34. R1a2 Rgg8 35. Qa1 Qc7 36. Be2 Bc8 37. Ra8 Rxa8 38. Rxa8 Qc5 39. Qa3 Bd7 40. Qxc5 Bxc5 41. Ra6 Ke7 42. Nd1 Rb8 43. Bf2 ({Better is} 43. Nf2 $15) 43... Bxf2 44. Kxf2 g4 45. h4 (45. Ra7 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 45... b4 $2 ({Black should try} 45... g3+ $19 46. Ke1 Bc8 47. Ra7+ Bb7) 46. cxb4 (46. Ke1 $1 $11) 46... Rxb4 $15 47. Ke1 $1 g3 (47... Nb5 $1 $15 48. Rh6 c3 49. Rh7+ Kd6 50. Bxb5 Rxb5 51. Rh6+ (51. Nxc3 Rb3 $11) 51... Kc5) 48. Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (48. Kd2 $11) 48... Bc8 $2 (48... Nb5 $1 $19 49. Rh8 Be8) 49. Kd2 Rb6 50. Kc2 Rb7 51. Nb2 Rc7 52. Ra4 Bd7 53. Rb4 Ra7 {Strongly threatening ...Bh3!} (53... Bh3 $5 54. Bf1 $8 Ra7 55. gxh3 Ra3 56. Nxc4 Rxf3 57. Nxd6 Kxd6 $11) 54. Nxc4 Nxc4 55. Bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Don't blunder} 55. Rxc4 $2 Ra2+ 56. Kd1 Bb5 $19) 55... Ra1 {...Rg1 is the strong threat.} 56. Rb6 {Black must now prevent d6+.} Rg1 57. Rh6 {d6+ would kill now.} Rxg2+ 58. Kc3 {Threatening mate with d6+.} Rf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Be8 $11 59. d6+ (59. Re6+ Kd8 $11) 59... Kd8) 59. d6+ {White mates.} Kf8 {[#]} 60. Rg6 $1 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rg6g8]} Rxf3+ 61. Kb4 {A wild game. Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 79%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,89,3,10,10,8,15,28,16,14,14,18,22,12,17,25,17,18,0,18,16,14,16,19,12,15,-4,19,-24,32,0,119,112,102,101,115,108,106,39,100,102,102,80,88,93,81,91,103,92,97,89,116,31,36,27,28,30,56,19,48,47,79,76,78,26,528,527,528,528,528,528,515,492,483,489,9367,9635,6482,6410,5605,5300,1100,797]} 1. e3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} Bc7 7. d4 O-O 8. Bb2 {White has an edge.} d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 e4 $1 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Rc1 Qe7 {[#]} 13. Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Be2 Nb6 15. O-O Bd7 16. b5 a6 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. Qd2 Bb5 19. Bc3 Bxe2 {½-½ (71) Timofeev,A (2589)-Anand,V (2773) St Petersburg 2018}) 13... Be6 14. Be2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nbd7 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Qb3 Nb6 17. Rc5 Nfd7 18. Rd1 a6 (18... Nxc5 $11 19. dxc5 Nc4) 19. a4 Rd8 (19... Nxc5 $11 {remains equal.} 20. bxc5 Nd7) 20. Rc7 $16 Qd6 21. Rdc1 ({Of course not} 21. Rxb7 $6 Qc6 $11) 21... Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc5 (23. Rxc8+ $16 Nxc8 24. b5) 23... Qe7 (23... Rb8 $14) 24. Rxc8+ ({Much worse is} 24. Nxd5 Qd8 $15) 24... Nxc8 25. b5 ({Much weaker is} 25. Nxd5 $6 Qd8 $15) 25... axb5 26. Qxb5 Nf6 27. h4 h6 28. Qc5 Qd8 29. Ba3 Bf5 30. Bb5 (30. h5 $16) 30... g5 $14 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Ne2 Kg7 33. Bb4 Be6 34. a5 b6 35. axb6 Qxb6 36. f4 (36. Nc3 $16) 36... exf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (36... Qa7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 37. Qf8+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kg6 38. Bd3+ Bf5 39. Bxf5+ Kxf5 40. Qxc8+ Kg6 41. Ng3 {And now Qf5+ would win.} Qxb4 (41... Qe6 $142 42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. gxf3 Nd7) 42. Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg7 43. Qxg5+ Kf8 44. Qxf6 Qe1+ 45. Nf1 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,76,18,19,12,0,13,13,16,13,13,13,13,14,24,15,19,18,20,20,13,3,16,18,8,0,24,23,20,18,36,16,12,11,32,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 c6 16. a5 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. Red1 h6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Ra4 Ng6 {[%cal Be5g6,Bg6e7,Be7d5,Bd5c7,Bc7e6,Be6d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32]} 22. Qb4 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Rd6 23. Qb6 Kh7 24. h3 h5 25. Qb3 h4 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Qf6 28. Bf3 hxg3 29. fxg3 {0-1 (57) Khotenashvili,B (2474)-Tan,Z (2513) Astana 2019}) 23. Ra1 Ne7 24. Na4 Ned5 25. Qe1 Qe7 26. Rc1 Nc7 {The position is equal.} 27. Nc5 Ne6 28. Nd3 Nd4 29. e3 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 {[#] And now Nc5 would win.} Rxd3 31. Be2 Rd6 32. Rd1 g6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Qc3 Ne4 35. Qc4 Nd2 36. Qc3 Ne4 37. Qc4 Nd2 38. Qc3 Ne4 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,29,22,33,18,22,26,22,12,18,9,18,11,46,0,29,33,27,22,35,18,33,16,26,19,39,35,50,50,50,49,40,40,54,53,35,13,11,0,31,3,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. f4 exf4 {White has an edge.} 13. Nxf4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nde5 15. Ne3 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ng6 16. Nh5 Bxe3+ 17. Bxe3 Qe7 18. Rf5 Rad8 19. Qd2 f6 20. Raf1 Nce5 21. c4 b5 {1-0 (52) Romanov,E (2500)-Gregoire,S (2288) Yerevan 2006}) 16. b3 (16. Qh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g5]} Bxf4 17. Rxf4 $11) 16... Qd7 17. Qh5 f6 18. Bb2 N5g6 19. g3 Bxf4 20. gxf4 {next Rf3 is good for White.} f5 21. Rae1 Rf7 22. Qg5 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. h4 Qd7 26. h5 Nf8 27. h6 Ne6 28. Qg2 Nd4 29. Re5 Qd6 (29... Re8 $11) 30. b4 ({White should try} 30. Rfe1 $14 Raf8 31. c3) 30... Qxh6 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. bxc5 Nc6 32. Re3 Rd8 33. Rfe1 {[#] Re8+ is the strong threat.} Rdd7 34. Rg3 {Black must now prevent Re8+.} Rde7 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Be5 Qh5 38. Qd6 {[#] And now Bxg7+! would win.} Qd1+ 39. Kh2 {Bxg7+! would kill now.} Qh5+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 {Intending Bxg7+! and mate.} Qh5+ 42. Kg1 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,31,26,21,22,36,26,22,44,46,50,50,54,19,18,11,12,-8,12,20,25,13,35,25,18,18,13,14,42,43,42,45,52,0,0,-7,-4,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Bh7 9. b4 a5 10. Nb3 {White has an edge.} axb4 11. cxb4 Nc8 12. Bd2 Ncb6 {[#]} 13. Nc5 $146 (13. a4 $5) ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 Be7 14. Nc5 Qc7 15. Qb3 O-O 16. a5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. Bc3 Bf5 19. Rfe1 {½-½ (38) Mrkvicka,J (2454)-Rydholm,L (2524) ICCF email 2015}) 13... Nxc5 14. bxc5 Nc4 15. Bc3 Be7 16. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} b6 17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. a5 Qb5 19. Nd2 {Black should prevent Ra4.} O-O 20. Ra2 c5 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Rb2 Qc6 23. Bf3 ({Don't play} 23. Bxc4 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Rfc8 $11) (23. Rb6 $14 Qd5 24. dxc5) 23... Be4 $11 {The position is equal.} 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Re1 Qd3 26. Qxd3 cxd3 27. dxc5 Rfc8 $1 28. Rd2 Rxc5 29. Rxd3 Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} 30. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening Rb1. KRR-KRB} Bb4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Rcc1 {Hoping for Re4.} Bxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxa5 {KR-KR} 33. h4 h5 34. g3 g6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. f4 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 Ra3+ 38. Re3 Ra1 39. Re2 Ra3+ 40. Re3 Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,157,18,-6,15,28,20,28,39,23,20,18,27,26,21,33,9,18,17,0,0,14,53,0,0,0,0,-22,-20,-38,-19,-32,-24,-20,0,0,0,5,6,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-3,0,-2,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-21,0,0,22,20,20,40,30,34,37,26,49,47,63,8,8,8,8,4,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,29978,29979,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. h3 c5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e4 Nc6 {White has an edge.} 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Qc2 Rad8 13. Rad1 {[#]} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nh5 14. Bh2 Bh6 15. Nc4 Qc8 16. Nce5 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Bc4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 {1-0 (37) Bu,X (2712)-Xu,X (2536) Beijing 2017}) 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bg3 Nc7 16. Qa4 (16. Ng5 $14) 16... Ne6 $11 17. Qh4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Qe4 Qb7 20. Nc4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Ncxd8 23. Qxb7 Nxb7 24. a4 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke8 26. Ke2 Kd7 27. Kd3 Nbd8 28. Ng1 Nc6 29. Ke4 h5 30. f4 f5+ 31. exf6 exf6 32. f5 Ng5+ 33. Kd3 gxf5 {And now ...Ne5+ would win.} 34. Ne3 Ne7 35. Ne2 Ne6 36. Kc4 Kc6 37. b4 cxb4 38. cxb4 Bh6 39. b5+ Kd7 40. Nd5 Nxd5 41. Kxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} f4 42. Bf2 Bf8 43. Nd4 (43. Ke4 $14) 43... Nc5 $11 44. Nc6 {Bxc5 is the strong threat.} Nxa4 {Threatens to win with ...Nc3+.} 45. Nxa7 Nc3+ 46. Kc4 Nd1 47. Bxb6 Ne3+ 48. Bxe3 fxe3 {KB-KN} 49. Kd3 Bc5 50. Nc6 Kd6 51. Na5 {[#] Hoping for Nb7+.} Ke5 52. Ke2 Kf4 53. Nc4 Kg3 54. Nxe3 h4 55. Kd3 Ba7 56. Ke4 f5+ 57. Nxf5+ Kxg2 58. Nxh4+ Kxh3 59. Nf5 Kg4 60. Ne7 Kg5 61. Ke5 (61. Nd5 {seems wilder.} Bf2 62. Ne3 Kg6 63. b6 Kf7 64. b7) 61... Kh6 62. Ke6 Kg7 63. Nc8 Bf2 64. Nd6 Kf8 65. Kd7 Bg1 66. Ne4 Kf7 67. Kc6 Ke7 68. Nc5 Kd8 69. b6 Bh2 70. b7 {White wants to mate with Ne6+.} Bb8 71. Na6 Bf4 72. Nc5 {Ne6+ would kill now.} (72. Kb6 {is interesting.} Bh2 73. Kb5 Kd7 74. Kc4 Bg3 75. Kd3) 72... Bb8 73. Ne6+ Ke7 74. Nc7 {aiming for Na6.} Kd8 75. Nd5 Bg3 76. Nf6 Bh2 77. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d6] Intending Nd6 and mate.} Bb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (77... Ke7 $11) 78. Nc5 $1 Bh2 79. Ne6+ {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 95%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,58,16,0,3,8,10,7,0,0,0,0,0,-40,-45,-58,0,-1,0,0,8,-14,2,-31,-12,-28,57,50,47,47,47,20,17,17,33,33,25,21,31,-719,-695,-826,-814]} 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. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 {The position is equal.} 13. Rac1 a6 14. Rc3 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Bf6 {[#]} 15. Rd1 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 15. Rc5 Nd4 16. Rxd5 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Qxd5 18. Nd4 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qb4 {1-0 (76) Tomashevsky,E (2758)-Karjakin,S (2762) Berlin 2015}) 15... Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Rd2 {[%cal Rf3d4]} (16. Bxd4 exd4) 16... Nxf3+ (16... Nf5 $15) 17. Bxf3 $11 Bxf3 18. exf3 c6 19. Kg2 g6 20. Qe4 Bg7 21. b4 f5 (21... Re6 $11) 22. Qc4+ $14 Kh8 {White must now prevent ...f4!} 23. d4 {aiming for dxe5.} e4 24. d5 exf3+ 25. Kxf3 Qe7 {Threatens to win with ...cxd5.} 26. Rcc2 cxd5 27. Rxd5 Rad8 28. Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Rxd8 $14 Qxd8 29. Kg2) 28... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 29. Qd3 Qb7 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,109,18,52,54,49,42,48,51,69,59,72,66,68,63,101,67,83,85,89,81,91,49,68,29,26,-19,-10,-19,-19,-19,-20,-20,-20,-20,0,0,0,-23,-24,-37,9,-54,-50,-48,-30,-57,-51,-52,-52,-98,-86,-92,-77,-90,0,0,0,-94,-91,-109,-74,-94,-87,-118,-104,-112,-111,-104,-114,-104,-104,-105,-58,-119,7,0,0,0,-9,-19,-5,-18,-8,-10,-10,-10,-1,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,1368,1060,5009,4076,2819,2535,2352,2287]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. e4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack.} Bg7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bf4 {[#] White is slightly better.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Qd2 Kh7 {½-½ (14) Ayala Abenza,J (2048)-Capellades Subirana,M (2117) Llobregat 2016}) 9. Be2 (9. h3 {keeps more tension.} Bh5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. a5 O-O 12. Be3) 9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Rfe1 Qb4 15. Ra2 b5 ({Wrong is} 15... Nxe4 $2 16. Nxe4 Be5 17. Bxe5 $18) 16. f3 Nb6 17. a5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 19. b3 Qb4 $1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nh5.} 20. Nd1 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Nf2 Nd7 24. c3 c4 25. b4 (25. bxc4 $11 bxc4 26. Rd1) 25... Rfe8 26. Rd1 d5 27. Rc2 Ne5 28. Be3 Nc6 29. Bb6 d4 30. cxd4 Nxb4 31. Rcc1 Na2 32. Rc2 Nb4 33. Rcc1 Rac8 34. g3 h5 35. f4 Bf6 36. e5 Be7 37. Ne4 Nd5 38. Bc5 Bxc5 39. dxc5 Kg7 40. Kf2 Re7 41. Kf3 ({White should play} 41. Ke1 $15) 41... Nb4 (41... Kf8 $17) 42. Ke3 Nd3 43. Rxd3 $1 cxd3 44. Kxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rc6 45. Kd4 Kf8 46. h3 Rd7+ 47. Nd6 Rh7 48. Ne4 Ke7 49. Rd1 Rh8 50. Kc3 Rd8 51. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c6]} Rdxd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Rdc8 $11) 52. exd6+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kd7 53. Nf6+ Kd8 {[#]} 54. Kb4 $1 Rc8 55. h4 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 79%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,58,62,75,62,66,26,39,28,40,25,37,33,50,56,62,41,54,43,156,152,270,270,260,169,250,139,197,158,389,357,556,350,325,338,496,490,818,821,762,488,1029,1018,1029,1030,992,951,1013,979,29995]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bb5 O-O-O {...Nxd4! is the strong threat.} 7. Bxc6 $1 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} bxc6 8. h3 Qh5 $1 9. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 10. Qe2 {Threatens to win with Qa6+.} Bxf3 11. gxf3 e6 12. O-O-O $36 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3b3][%mdl 2080] White is pushing.} Kb7 13. Rhg1 {Black must now prevent Rg5.} h6 14. Rd3 {[#]} Rg8 $146 {[#]} (14... Ka8 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14... Qa5 15. a3 g5 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. Rb3+ Ka8 18. Qc4 Nb8 19. Nc5 Rd5 20. Bd2 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qa4 Qf5 23. Qd4 Qh7 24. Qd8 {1-0 (24) Berzinsh,I (2243)-Bitinas,A (2195) Liepaja 2005}) 15. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4f6]} Be7 (15... Nd5 $16 16. Rb3+ Kc8) 16. Rb3+ $18 Kc8 17. Qa6+ Kd7 18. Rd1 (18. d5 $18 Nxd5 19. Bxa7) 18... Qxf3 (18... Nd5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 19. c4 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Bg5) 19. Nd2 {[%cal Be4d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} Qxh3 $2 {Now Black is done in.} (19... Qd5 $16) 20. Nc4 {Hoping for Bf4.} Ke8 (20... g5 $142 21. Bf4 (21. Qxa7 Qg2 $16) 21... Qxb3 22. axb3 gxf4 23. Ne5+ Ke8 24. Qxa7 c5 25. dxc5 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bd8 27. Qa4+ Kf8) 21. Ne5 Bd6 22. Nxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ra8 (22... Kd7 $142 23. Nxa7 (23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxa7 Qg2 $18) 23... Ke8) 23. Qb7 {White is clearly winning.} Kd7 (23... Rd8 $142 24. d5 exd5 25. Nxd8 Kxd8) 24. Ne5+ Ke7 25. Bf4 Qf5 (25... Rab8 $142 26. Nc6+ (26. Rxh3 Rxb7 27. Rg1 Kf8 $15) 26... Kd7) 26. Nc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 27. Bxd6 Kxd6 28. Ne5 Qf4+ 29. Kb1 {Intending Qb4+ and mate.} Rgf8 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,128,18,30,18,27,12,12,0,11,0,13,11,59,59,60,45,49,52,77,74,92,54,72,27,14,17,42,22,24,8,9,13,5,10,24,0,35,40,74,12,13,16,129,117,111,0,0,0,0,-20,-16,-25,-21,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-47,-54,-47,-20,-33,-14,-43,-36,-80,-80,-104,-68,-122,-128,-150,-145,-186,-168,-222,-229,-219,-224,-229,-225,-316,-308,-308,-308,-308,-308,-308,-318,-313,-317,-441,-423,-531,-552,-541,-536,-589,-556,-658,-658,-658,-655,-648,-647,-1045,-1041,-1015,-945]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} a5 9. Re1 a4 10. Nf1 {The position is equal.} Bg6 11. Ng3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc8 12. h4 Be7 13. h5 Bh7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qd2 Ncb6 16. b3 c5 17. Nh2 Rc8 {0-1 (61) Lobanov,S (2528)-Schekachikhin,M (2428) St Petersburg 2019}) 12. Bb5 Qa5 (12... a3 $5) 13. Bxd7+ $1 Kxd7 14. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 15. Be3 Qb5 16. Nd4 Qd3 17. Qc1 Nc6 18. Rd1 Qc4 19. f4 Bc5 20. f5 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Qf4 Ne7 24. Rab1 Ra6 25. b3 axb3 26. Rxb3 (26. axb3 $16 Qc6 27. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26... b5 $11 27. Rdb1 Ra5 {[#]} (27... Rxa2 $2 28. Rxb5 Rc8 29. e6+ fxe6 30. Qe5 $18 (30. Rb6 Qe2 $11) (30. Rb7+ Rc7 $14)) (27... g5 $11 28. Qg3 Rc8) 28. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rha8 (28... Rxa4 29. Rxb5) 29. Qf3 (29. axb5 $6 Ra1 $11) ({White should play} 29. Rb4 $16 Qe2 30. R4b2) 29... Rxa4 {Hoping for ...Ra1.} 30. Rxb5 Ra1 {And now ...Qxb5 would win.} 31. Rb7+ Ke6 32. Qd1 Rxb1 33. Qxb1 {Rxe7+! is the strong threat.} Ra6 (33... Nc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 34. Rb6 Ra6 $15) 34. h3 f4 35. Rb8 Qe2 36. Rb2 Qe4 {Threatens to win with ...Qxb1+.} 37. Qf1 Rc6 {White should prevent ...Nf5.} 38. Kh2 {[#]} f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Qxf3 (39. Qb5 {looks sharper.} h5 40. Rf2 fxg2 41. Rxg2 Qf4+ 42. Kh1) 39... Qxf3 40. gxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf5 41. Kg2 g5 42. Kf2 Ra6 43. Ke2 Nh4 {Black continues to play with concentration.} (43... Nxd4+ 44. cxd4 f6 45. exf6 $11) 44. Ke3 Ng6 45. Rb8 (45. Rb7 $1 $15) 45... Nf4 $1 $17 46. Rh8 Kf5 47. Rf8 {[#]} Kg6 $1 48. Rg8+ (48. h4 $142) 48... Kh7 $19 49. Rf8 {[#]} Kg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7f8]} 50. Rc8 Ra2 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Ra2e2]} 51. Bc5 (51. e6+ $142 Kg6 52. Bc5 (52. Rg8+ $2 Kf5 $19) 52... Nxe6 53. Bd6) 51... Re2+ ({Weaker is} 51... Nxh3 52. Bf8+ Kh7 53. Bxh6 $11) 52. Kd4 Rd2+ ({Worse is} 52... Nxh3 53. Bf8+ Kg8 54. Bxh6+ Kh7 55. Rc6 $11) 53. Ke3 Rd3+ 54. Kf2 Nxh3+ 55. Kg3 Nf4 56. Bf8+ Kg6 {aiming for ...Rd2.Black is clearly winning.} 57. Rc6+ Ne6 58. Kf2 {If White can now play Ke2 this consolidates a bit.} Rd2+ 59. Ke3 Ra2 60. Rc8 h5 61. Be7 h4 62. Rh8 {[#]} h3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 63. Rxh3 {[#]} d4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 64. Ke4 (64. cxd4 Nf4) 64... Re2+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,-10,-10,-16,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,25,0,39,-9,0,-40,41,31,40,55,71,59,71,72,88,31,54,0,10,10,27,37,34,18,14,7,28,11,14,7,8,8,15,7,4,10,39,35,43,66,32,19,27,27,31,17,31,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,7,8,0,15,0,8,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,8]} 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} a5 {is now debated instead of 6...Be7.} 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 {[#]} 10. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Qc2 a4 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Qxc5 Qf6 15. Bc3 Nd5 16. Qb5 {½-½ (46) Manzo,A (1800)-Rizzi,D (1800) SEMI email 2002}) 10... Qe7 11. Re1 Kh8 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. d4 exd4 (14... f5 $15 15. dxe5 Ndxe5) 15. exd4 $14 Qf6 16. Be3 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Rac1 f6 19. Nh4 (19. g3 $16) 19... Ne7 20. h3 ({White should play} 20. Bd2 $14 Bf7 21. Nc3) 20... g5 21. Nf3 Bd5 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. Nxd5 Nexd5 24. Bd2 g6 25. g3 Kg7 26. Kg2 c6 27. Bd3 a4 28. Re6 Rad8 29. Rce1 Rd7 30. h4 g4 31. Nh2 Nc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7e6]} 32. R6e2 ({Much weaker is} 32. Nxg4 Nxe6 33. Rxe6 Nd5 $11) 32... f5 33. f3 gxf3+ 34. Nxf3 {Black should prevent h5.} Nbd5 35. Bc4 Re7 {The position is equal.} 36. Rxe7+ Bxe7 37. Ng5 Bxg5 38. Bxg5 Re8 39. Rxe8 Nxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} 40. Kf3 {next Bxd5 is good for White.} Nd6 41. Bd3 b5 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Nc4 44. Bc1 Kf6 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. Kg4 Kf6 47. Kf3 Nd6 48. Bg5+ Kf7 49. Kg4 Nc4 50. Bc1 Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,63,1,0,-2,-10,0,0,0,-8,-12,-12,0,0,0,-21,0,-14,-12,-13,-22,-23,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,115,25,25,27,83,80,95,83,129,122,118,105,125,99,272,293,295,276,284,283,529,512,495,474]} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit.} 7. O-O b5 8. a3 d6 {The position is equal.} 9. Kh1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 b4 12. Qc2 {[#]} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Bg1 e6 14. Rad1 Nh5 15. g3 f5 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Rde1 h6 18. Nh3 Nf6 {0-1 (52) Chigaev,M (2551)-Bocharov,D (2611) Sochi 2016}) 13. axb4 axb4 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nc4 Qb8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} dxe5 18. Bxc5 {Black must now prevent Bd6.} Nxf4 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Re1 g5 (20... Bg7 $11) 21. Bf1 ({Better is} 21. Nxg5 $16 {Hoping for d4.} Qd8 22. Nf3) 21... f6 $11 22. Qf2 Ne7 {[#]} (22... Nd8 $11) 23. Nfd2 $1 $16 Nf5 24. Ne4 Qd8 25. Qb6 Qxb6 26. Nxb6 Kg7 27. Nc4 Nh4 $2 {[#] This costs Black the game.} (27... Nd5 $16 {might work better.}) 28. Ra1 $18 Kg6 29. Ra7 Bd5 30. g3 f5 $2 (30... Nf3 31. gxf4 exf4) 31. Nxe5+ ({Not} 31. gxh4 fxe4 32. Nxe5+ Kf5 $16) (31. gxf4 Bxc4 32. dxc4 fxe4 $18) 31... Kh6 32. c4 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 69%.} ({Less strong is} 32. gxh4 fxe4 33. c4 Bc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,23,35,0,2,0,0,0,0,-25,-12,-28,-14,-18,7,9,6,9,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-10,-8,-7,-10,0,-51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Bxe4 {Bd3 is the strong threat. A45: Trompowsky Attack.} (6. Ne2 {feels hotter.} Nf6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. O-O) 6... Bxf4 7. exf4 {Hoping for Bd3.} dxe4 8. Nc3 Nc6 {[#]} 9. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nge2 f5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. h3 a4 13. a3 b5 14. d5 exd5 15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. Rxd5 {½-½ (58) Vitiugov,N (2726)-Grandelius,N (2643) Doha 2016}) 9... Nb4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nxe4 exd5 12. Qxb4 dxe4 13. Ne2 Re8 14. O-O e3 15. fxe3 Rxe3 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Ng3 b6 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. Rc1 Rd8 {White must now prevent ...a5.} (19... a5 $5 20. Qd2 $8 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qd7 $11) 20. Nf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1e3]} Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Qc6 22. Ne3 (22. Qe7 $11 Ra8 23. Re3) 22... Bc8 (22... a5 $1 $15 23. Qa3 h5) 23. Qe7 $11 {The position is equal.} Re8 24. Nd5 $1 Be6 25. f5 Kh8 26. Nb4 Qa8 27. Qxc7 Bxf5 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 29. Kf2 h5 30. Nd5 Qe4 31. Ne3 Be6 32. b3 h4 33. Qxa7 Qf4+ 34. Ke2 Bg4+ $1 35. Nxg4 Qxg4+ {[%mdl 4160] [#] Endgame Double Attack. KQ-KQ} 36. Kd3 {Threatens to win with Qa8+.} Qxg2 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qf4 Qd5+ 39. Kc3 Qc5+ 40. Kb2 Qe7 41. a4 g5 42. Qd4 f5 {aiming for ...Qg7.} 43. Qxb6 Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 44. Ka2 Qxh2 45. Qc5 {Strongly threatening a5.} Qg2 {And now ...Kg6 would win.} 46. Qxf5+ Kg7 47. Qd7+ Kh6 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kh6 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Qf7+ Kh6 52. Qf8+ Kh7 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,134,5,41,0,6,0,0,1,0,0,8,6,17,-34,-39,-41,-46,-37,-37,-33,-40,-79,-58,-84,-70,-98,-97,-124,-99,-88,-84,-112,-104,-103,-108,-116,-70,-70,-60,-61,-63,-63,-60,-125,-124,-105,-83,-108,-108,-122,-90,-133,-63,-63,-63,-81,-63,-63,-65,-81,-63,-393,-354,-12796,-12823,-12812,-12797,-12813,-12825,-12827,-12827,-12825,-12822,-12805,-12687,-12829,-12815,-12809,-11956,-12397,-6121,-5486,-1234,-1234,-693,-29950,-29950,-29948,0,-686,0,-29950,-29949,-29956,-29957,-29956,-29949,-29947,-29952,-29944,-29951,-29950,-29945,-29946,-29945,-5037,-686,-29952,-29951,-29941,-12798,-29955,-29954,-29958,-29965,-29964,-29967,-29965,-29966,-4701,-9489]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Nd2 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32] [#]} 10. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qf3 Nf8 12. g4 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. a4 Qc7 15. a5 Qc6 16. Na4 d5 17. exd5 exd5 {0-1 (35) Zaksaite,S (2205)-Gieben,S (2042) Leiden 2014}) 10... Qc7 11. Bb3 {The position is equal.} O-O 12. O-O Rac8 13. a5 Nc5 14. h3 (14. Ba2 $11) 14... Nxb3 $15 15. cxb3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Re1 Bb4 19. Bb6 Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 20. f3 Rfe8 21. Ra4 {[#]} Bxb3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 22. Qxb3 Bxd2 23. Rd1 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Re4 Rxb2 26. Re2 Bc3 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Rd7 {[#]} Bd4+ $1 29. Bxd4 ({White should try} 29. Kf1 $1 $15) 29... exd4 $17 30. Rxd4 $15 {KR-KR} g5 31. Rd7 Re5 32. Rxb7 Rxa5 33. Kh2 h5 (33... Ra4 $17 34. Kg3 Kg7) 34. h4 gxh4 35. Rb4 Rb5 36. Rxh4 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 37. Rc4 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} Rb8 38. Rc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 38. Ra4 $15) 38... Ra8 $1 $19 39. Rxh5 $2 (39. Rc3 a4 40. Ra3) 39... a4 40. Kg3 a3 41. Rh1 a2 42. Ra1 Kg7 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Ke4 Ra4+ 45. Kd5 Kf5 46. g3 Ra5+ 47. Kd6 Ra7 (47... Kg5 $142 48. Ke7 f5) 48. Kd5 Rd7+ (48... Ra3 $142 49. Kc4 Kg5) 49. Kc4 Rd2 $1 50. Rh1 Kg5 51. Ra1 Kf5 (51... f5 $142 52. Rh1 Rf2 53. g4 Rb2 54. Ra1 f4 55. Kd5 Re2 56. Kd4 Kh4 57. Rg1 Rb2 58. Ra1 Kg3 59. g5 Kxf3 60. g6 Rg2 61. Rf1+ Ke2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 62. Ra1 Rxg6 63. Rxa2+ Kf3 64. Ke5 Kg3 65. Ra1 Rb6 66. Rg1+ Kf2 67. Rg7 Ke3 68. Re7 f3 69. Rf7 f2 70. Kd5 Rb1 71. Re7+ Kd3 72. Rd7 f1=Q 73. Ke6+ Ke4 74. Re7 Qf8 75. Kd6+ Kd4 76. Ke6 Rb6+ 77. Kd7 Rb7+ 78. Kc6 Qc8+ 79. Kd6 Rb6#) 52. Rh1 $1 Kg5 (52... Kg6 $19 53. Ra1 Rf2) 53. Ra1 $1 f5 54. g4 f4 $1 55. Rh1 Kg6 56. Ra1 Rf2 57. Kd4 Kg5 58. Ke4 Rb2 59. Kd4 Re2 60. Rh1 {[#]} Kg6 (60... Rh2 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 61. Ra1 (61. Rxh2 a1=Q+) 61... Rd2+ 62. Ke5 Re2+ 63. Kd4 Kh4) 61. Rc1 {White hopes to continue with Rc6+.} Re6 62. Ra1 Ra6 63. Kd3 Ra3+ 64. Ke2 Kf6 65. Kf2 Ke5 66. Kg2 Kd4 67. g5 {[#]} Ke5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,78,21,33,45,52,46,27,62,52,62,58,65,47,68,29,38,33,53,0,0,-10,-2,-13,-10,-18,-10,-7,-9,-84,-76,-77,-89,-83,-73,-77,-78,-68,-76,-151,-135,-145,-70,-96,-71,-114,-99,-108,-123,-129,-102,-155,-162,-213,-171,-301,-315,-318,-263,-236,-222,-761,-760,-758,-755,-709,-695,-695,-677]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 O-O {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3.} 8. Bg2 d6 9. Nf3 c6 {White has an edge.} 10. O-O {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Na6 11. c3 Nc7 12. Re1 Kh8 13. Qb3 Qe8 14. Bf4 Rf6 15. Bg5 Rf7 16. Nh4 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (40) Gavrikov,V (2535)-Sanz Alonso,F (2420) Berlin West 1989}) 11. c3 Qd7 12. Re1 Kh8 13. Qd3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 32]} 14. Ng5 Nc7 15. Qe4 ({Better is} 15. f4 $14) 15... h6 $11 16. h3 Bf5 17. Qh4 {aiming for Nf3.} Kg8 $1 18. Ne4 g5 19. Qh5 Nd5 20. h4 {[#]} (20. g4 $11 Bxe4 21. Bxe4) 20... Bg4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg4h5]} 21. Qg6 {[#]} e6 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Ne7.} 22. Nd2 (22. hxg5 $2 Ne7 $19) 22... Bf5 23. Qh5 Nf6 24. Qe2 gxh4 25. gxh4 (25. Nc4 $142) 25... Rae8 26. Nf1 Bg4 ({Black should try} 26... e5 $17 {...exd4 is the strong threat.} 27. dxe5 Ng4) 27. Qd3 Qf7 28. Bf4 Nh5 29. Bg3 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Qf2+ 31. Kh2 (31. Kh1 $142) 31... e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 32. dxe5 (32. Nd2 $142) 32... Bf3 $40 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rf2g2][%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} ({Worse is} 32... dxe5 33. Nd2 $11) (32... Qxb2 33. Ne3 $11) 33. Ne3 (33. Qd2 {was the only defense.} Bxg2 34. Re2 Qxf1 35. Rxf1 Bxf1 36. Rf2 Rxe5 37. Rxf8+ Bxf8 38. Qd1) 33... Rxe5 34. Qf1 Bxg2 35. Nxg2 Qxb2 36. Qd3 $2 {[#]} (36. Qc4+ d5 37. Qb4) 36... Rf2 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Rxe5 Rxg2+ ({Not} 37... Bxe5 38. Qg6+ Bg7 39. Rg1 $17) 38. Kh3 Rh2+ ({Stronger than} 38... Qxa1 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Kxg2 $11) 39. Kg4 {And now Re8+ would win.} dxe5 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,186,-6,-14,0,0,0,6,0,0,-1,-16,-15,-25,-20,-16,-2,-24,-21,-37,-18,-18,22,-60,-20,-30,10,0,0,0,154,27,20,39,90,90,96,67,87,37,29,28,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,17,-141,-143,-193,-185,-195,-189,-193,-192,-229,-214,-225,-214,-216,-184,-183,-184,-180,-143,-156,-152,-148,-114,-113,-114,-113,-113,-110,-96,-96,-89,-106,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,-172,0,-172,-172,-172,-110,-110,-110,-115,-115,-115,-110,-110,-116,-160,-160,-154,-154,-300,-139,-149,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-132,-162,-162,-132,-132,-132,-132,-168,-132,-133,-132,-168,-168,-171,-174,-180,-36,-202,-205,-205,-202,-887,-887,-638,-601,-887,-887,-895,-895,-895,-887,-887,-887,-887,-887,-836,-773]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. c4 Qd7 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line. A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White.} 11. Qe2 {[#]} d4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Rfd8 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. a3 Qe8 14. e4 d4 15. Ne1 e5 16. f4 a6 17. f5 b5 18. g4 {1-0 (51) Evdokimov,A (2492)-Duzhakov,I (2424) Moscow 2017}) 12. exd4 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 13. a3 a5 $1 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. Nh4 Ne8 16. Nhf3 Qc8 17. Qd1 f6 18. Bh3 f5 19. Bg2 Bf6 20. c5 (20. b4 $11) 20... bxc5 21. Qc2 Be7 22. Nc4 Nc7 23. Bc1 Nb5 $2 (23... Nd5 $11) 24. Bf4 (24. Ng5 $16) 24... Rde8 25. Nb6 Nxa3 ({Black should try} 25... Qd8 $14 26. Rxe6 Nxa3) 26. Qe2 $1 $16 Qd8 {Strongly threatening ...e5.} 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Nd7 Bc8 29. Qxc6 Bxd7 30. Qd5 {Ne5 is the strong threat.} Nc2 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc2e1][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 31. Rxe7 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Qxe7 32. Bd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qe6 33. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Qxd5 34. Bxd5 h6 35. Nf7+ Kh7 36. Bxc5 $2 (36. Bxf8 $11 Rxf8 37. Ne5) 36... Rg8 $1 $17 37. Rc1 Ne1 $1 {[%cal Re1d3]} 38. Bxd4 {Black must now prevent Ne5.} Be6 39. Bxe6 Rxe6 40. Bc3 Nxd3 41. Rd1 Nc5 42. Bxa5 f4 43. b4 Nb3 44. Nd8 Re2 45. gxf4 Nxa5 46. bxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rf8 47. a6 {[#]} Ra2 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} ({Don't play} 47... Rxf4 48. a7 $15) 48. Ne6 Rf6 49. Rd6 h5 50. Kg2 Ra3 51. h4 Kg6 (51... Kh6 $17) 52. Rd5 $15 Kh6 53. f5 $1 Rxa6 54. Ng5 (54. Kg3 $15) 54... Ra4 $19 55. f3 Rf4 56. Kg3 R4xf5 57. Rd8 Kg6 58. Ra8 Rb5 59. Rc8 Ra6 60. Rc7 Rb1 61. Rd7 Rg1+ 62. Kf2 Rb1 63. Kg3 $1 Re1 64. Rb7 Ra2 (64... Re2 $19 65. Rb5 Rea2) 65. Rb6+ $17 Kf5 66. Rb5+ Re5 67. Rb7 Ree2 68. Rb5+ {[#]} Kf6 $1 69. Rb6+ Ke5 {( -> ...Rg2+)} 70. Rb5+ Kd4 71. Ne4 (71. Rb7 $17 {was necessary.}) 71... Rg2+ (71... Rh2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 72. Rb4+ Kd3) 72. Kf4 g6 73. Rb6 Ra5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Ra5f5]} 74. Rf6 Kd3 75. Rd6+ Kc2 76. Ng5 Ra4+ 77. Ne4 Rb4 78. Rd5 Rb8 79. Ra5 Kd3 {And now ...Rf8+ would win.} 80. Ra3+ Kc4 81. Ra4+ Kb5 82. Nc3+ Kc6 83. Ra6+ Rb6 (83... Kd7 $19 {Hoping for ...Rf8+.} 84. Ra7+ Kc6 85. Ra6+ Kd7) 84. Ra8 $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (84. Rxb6+ $15 Kxb6 85. Ne4) 84... Rb4+ $19 85. Ne4 Rb1 86. Ng3 $2 {[#]} (86. Rc8+ Kd7 87. Rc4) 86... g5+ $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 87. hxg5 (87. Kxg5 Rxg3+) 87... h4 88. Ne4 h3 89. Rh8 h2 90. Rh6+ Kd7 91. Rh7+ Kd8 92. Rh8+ Ke7 93. Rh7+ Kf8 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,53,36,53,45,54,0,0,-4,-8,-30,-6,-14,-8,-19,-28,-54,-45,-33,0,0,0,0,116,0,112,108,1212,179,192,183,608,616,587,606,551,524,799,778,1820,1741,2112,2090,11237,12328,2123,1902]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 3... g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne8 9. Be3 b6 10. e5 Nc7 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Qd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 h6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qf4 Rd8 16. b3 Bf5 17. h4 Qc8 18. Re3 Bg4 {1-0 (35) Caruana,F (2835)-Saric,I (2646) chess.com INT 2020}) 4. h3 e6 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Nd5 7. d4 ({White should try} 7. Bxc6 $14 bxc6 8. d3) 7... cxd4 $11 8. O-O {The position is equal.} dxc3 9. Nxc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Re1 b6 12. Ng5 Bb7 $1 13. Qf3 Nxe5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 14. Qf4 $1 Bd6 $1 {[#] ...Nf3+! is the strong threat.} 15. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe5 (15... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.} 16. Qh4 f6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. Qxh5 fxg5) 16. Qxf7+ $16 Kd8 {Threatens to win with ...a6.} 17. Ba3 {Strongly threatening Nxe6+!} a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} ({Wrong is} 17... Bxc3 $2 18. Rc1 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (17... Kc8 $16) 18. Rd1 $2 (18. Nxe6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe6 19. Qxe6 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 axb5 21. Rd1+ Bd6 22. Bxd6 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qc6+ 24. Kg3 h4+ 25. Kh2) 18... Kc8 $18 19. Rxd7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Bh2+ $2 (19... Qxc3 20. Bf1 (20. Rxb7 Rd8 $11) 20... Qc6 21. Rxb7 Qxb7) 20. Kh1 {White is clearly winning.} axb5 21. Rxc7+ Bxc7 22. Nxe6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf7c7]} Be5 23. Bf8 {[%cal Rf7e8]} Bc6 24. Bxg7 Bd6 25. Bxh8 Rxa2 26. Qg8+ Kd7 27. Nf8+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,57,21,42,25,27,21,21,12,20,17,22,24,50,49,54,32,54,39,47,50,60,0,0,0,-13,-11,0,0,11,19,230,261,220,223,216,202,398,396,389,391,704,704,811,802,29996,29997]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 9. Re1 a4 10. Nf1 {The position is equal.} Bg6 11. Ng3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc8 12. h4 Be7 13. h5 Bh7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qd2 Ncb6 16. b3 c5 17. Nh2 Rc8 {0-1 (61) Lobanov,S (2528)-Schekachikhin,M (2428) St Petersburg 2019}) 12. Bb5 Qa5 13. Bxd7+ $1 Kxd7 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. Be3 Bxc5 16. c4 Rhd8 17. Bxc5 (17. Nh4 $1 $14) 17... Qxc5 $11 18. Nh4 Qxc4 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Rc1 Qxa2 {And now ...Qb3 would win.} 21. Ne4 {Nc5+ is the strong threat.} Rf8 $2 {This costs Black the game.} (21... b6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 22. Nc5+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 {[#]} 23. Qg4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} d4 24. Qxg6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Rf7 $2 (24... a3 {was worth a try.} 25. Qxg7+ Rf7 26. Qxh6 axb2) 25. Nxb7 Qxb2 26. Nd6 Qxf2+ $2 (26... Raf8 27. Nxf7 Rxf7) 27. Kh1 Nxe5 28. Qe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (28. Rxe5 $2 {[#] leads to mate.} Qf1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 28... Kxd6 29. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,109,58,60,61,55,75,62,62,66,70,43,46,29,41,40,36,21,43,33,52,20,37,0,28,22,16,0,13,12,50,31,66,61,64,66,66,54,69,49,61,0,0,7,2,8,42,16,169,85,83,83,91,31,31,35,31,31,74,74,64,64,81,89,114,114,114,114,134,114,121,108,90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,706,696,576,537,29995,29996]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. c4 c6 11. Rc1 a5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line. D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6.} 12. a3 {[#]} Nd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... g5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7 15. Qc2 b6 16. f3 Nc5 17. Rfd1 Qg7 18. Qc3 a4 {0-1 (30) Guix Torres,D (2040)-Mellado Trivino,J (2392) Castell de Sant Ferran 2017}) 13. Qc2 Nf6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Qc5 axb4 18. axb4 Be8 19. Ra1 Qd8 20. Ng3 g6 21. f3 b6 22. Qc3 Qe7 23. Rfe1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nf7 (24... c5 {with more complications.} 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Ne2 c4 27. Bc2 Rc7) 25. Bf1 (25. Ne2 {is more complex.} Nd6 26. Nf4 b5 27. Bf1 Nc4 28. Nfd3) 25... Nxe5 26. dxe5 Nd7 27. f4 Nf8 28. Ne2 c5 $1 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Nd4 (30. Qb3 $14) 30... Rb8 $11 31. Nf3 Ne6 32. Ra6 c4 33. Qd2 Nc5 $2 {[#]} (33... Kg7 $11) 34. Qxd5+ (34. Ra8 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa8 35. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bf7 36. Qxa8+ Kg7 37. Qa1) 34... Bf7 $16 35. e6 Nxe6 (35... Nxa6 36. exf7+ Kf8 37. Qd4 $18 (37. Ne5 Nc5 $11)) (35... Bxe6 $2 36. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe6 37. Bxc4 $16) 36. Bxc4 ({White should try} 36. Qe5 $16 Re8 37. Bxc4) 36... Ng5 $14 37. Qd3 Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Re8 39. Kg2 Qc5 ({Don't go for} 39... Qxe3 $2 40. Qxe3 Rxe3 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ra7 $18) 40. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 41. e4 Re7 42. e5 Rb7 43. Ra2 ({Of course not} 43. Qd8 $6 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Rxh2+ 45. Kxh2 Qf2+ 46. Kh1 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Qxa6 $11) 43... Kg7 44. Qd8 Rb1 45. Qf6+ Kh6 {[#]} 46. Kh3 (46. Qh4+ $1 $16 Kg7 47. Qf2 (47. Qf6+ Kh6 $16)) 46... Qe3 $11 47. Qg5+ Kg7 48. Qf6+ Kh6 49. Qh4+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qh4+ Kg7 52. Rf2 Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Rg1 $11 53. Qe7+ Kh6 54. Qh4+ Kg7 55. Qe7+ Kh6 56. Qh4+ Kg7) 53. Qf6+ $18 Kh6 54. Rg2 {Threatening mate with Rxg6+!} Rb8 55. Rg5 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 75%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,46,-60,-66,-49,-48,-59,-55,-46,-48,-52,-56,-78,0,0,-22,0,0,-65,-68,-55,-91,-98,-96,-75,-95,-93,-94,-100,-87,-244,-236,-264,-258,-256,-266,-319,-313,-308,-295]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Qe2 Be7 6. d4 {C34: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3: 3...Nf6 and 3...d6.} O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bd2 {Black is slightly better.} Bg4 {Hoping for ...Nc6.} 9. O-O-O Nd7 {[#]} 10. Qe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe4 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nc5 12. Qe1 Qe8 13. Nd5 Rd8 14. Bb4 c6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 {1-0 (40) Baroin,B (2223)-Yepez Gutierrez,J (2255) ICCF email 2006}) 10... c6 (10... Re8 $17 11. Be2 c5) 11. Be2 $1 $11 Re8 12. g3 dxe5 13. Nxe5 (13. dxe5 $11 fxg3 14. hxg3) 13... Nxe5 $15 14. dxe5 f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 15. Bd3 Qd4 {[#]} 16. Qe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe4 17. Nxe4 {[#]} f2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Rdf1 (18. Nxf2 Bxd1) 18... Bf3 19. g4 $2 {Now White is beyond hope.} (19. Nxf2 $17 {is the only way for White.} Bc5 20. Ne4 Bxh1 21. Nxc5 Rxe5 22. Nxb7) 19... Bh4 $19 ({Not} 19... Bxh1 20. Rxh1 Bh4 21. gxh5 $11) 20. gxh5 Rxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black has a decisive advantage.} 21. Ng3 {[#]} Rae8 $1 ({Stronger than} 21... Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Bxg3 23. hxg3 $11) 22. Bc3 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Bxh1 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,164,10,15,9,27,11,18,15,32,30,43,46,186,6,8,0,0,0,197,20,21,15,27,27,25,26,46,44,54,70,70,70,79,72,70,25,51,31,52,41,42,33,41,41,40,40,102,40,40,40,40,40,41,55,57,50,114,122,129,115,122,115,122,58,69,69,68,70,129,129,202,164,159,101,191,187,166,171,170,65,65,55,55,56,63,60,53,53,60,60,60,66,53,69,60,0,0,0,64,72,64,58,70,8,8,8,8,8,6,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 O-O 6. h4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack.} h5 7. Nf4 d5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxg6.} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Kh7 10. Nc3 f5 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Bd5 Ra7 14. Kb1 b5 15. Nd3 c6 {1-0 (36) Vaisman,V (2346)-Dubreuil,R (2004) Aix les Bains 2007}) 10. Nc3 c6 (10... f5 $14) 11. d5 $2 (11. Nxh5 $1 $18 gxh5 12. Qxh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 13. g4) 11... f5 12. dxc6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 {Hoping for Bxf7!} bxc6 $2 {[#]} (13... Nxc6 $11 14. O-O Ne5) 14. Rc1 $2 (14. Bxf7 $1 $18 Rxf7 15. Rd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 16. Rxc8) 14... Nd7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Be2 Bf6 17. g3 $1 Bb7 18. Na4 Rad8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Rc2 Rd6 21. Rfc1 Rfd8 22. b3 Rd2 23. Kg2 Be7 24. Kf1 Kg7 25. Ke1 {[#]} Rxe2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 26. Rxe2 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Ba6 {Black wants to play ...Rd1+.} 29. Kg2 Bxe2 30. Nxe2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne1+ 31. Kf1 Nf3 {With the idea ...Rd1+.} 32. Ng1 Nxg1 (32... Nd2+ $1 $14 33. Ke1 Ne4) 33. Kxg1 {KR-KR} Rd6 34. Ra5 Rd7 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke2 (36. Ra6 $16) 36... Ke6 37. b4 Kd6 38. a3 Rc7 (38... f6 $14) 39. Kd3 $16 Re7 (39... c5 $16) 40. Ra6 Kd5 41. Ra4 (41. a4 $142) 41... Rd7 {[#]} (41... Rc7 $16) 42. Ra5+ $1 $18 Ke6+ 43. Kc2 f6 44. Ra6 ({White should try} 44. Kc3 $18) 44... Kd5 $14 45. Kd3 Ke5+ $1 46. Ke2 Kd5 47. f3 Rc7 48. Kd3 Rd7 49. Ra5+ Kd6 $1 50. Kc3 Re7 51. Kd4 Rd7 $1 52. Kc4 Re7 53. Kd3 Rd7 54. Ke2 Re7 55. Kf2 Rb7 56. e4 (56. f4 $14) 56... fxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} 57. fxe4 Rc7 58. Ra6 Ke5 59. Ke3 c5 60. Ra5 Kd6 61. bxc5+ Rxc5 62. Rxa7 Rc3+ 63. Kf4 g5+ 64. Kf5 Rf3+ 65. Kg6 Rxg3 66. Kxf6 {e5+ is the strong threat.} gxh4 67. e5+ Kc6 68. a4 Rf3+ (68... h3 $5 69. Rh7 $8 h2 70. Rxh5 Rf3+ 71. Ke6 Rf2 $11) 69. Ke6 Ra3 70. Rh7 Rxa4 71. Rxh5 {Threatens to win with Ke7.} Re4 72. Ke7 {aiming for e6.} h3 73. e6 Re3 74. Rh6 Kc7 75. Kf7 Kd6 76. e7+ Kd7 77. Rxh3 Rxe7+ 78. Kf6 Re6+ 79. Kf5 Rd6 80. Re3 Rd5+ 81. Re5 Kd6 82. Rxd5+ Kxd5 {Black defended with fortune. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,47,0,0,-22,-23,-10,0,17,0,-16,0,-12,-22,-16,-3,-6,-8,-25,0,-2,8,6,0,4,35,31,45,34,68,68,68,0,89,89,147,191,183,165,360,357]} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. b4 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} a5 7. b5 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qd8 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Nd5 Bd6 13. Qc2 Qh4 {0-1 (54) Brozhik,V (2189)-Moliboga,V (2284) Kiev 2006}) 8. d4 {The position is equal.} d6 9. Bb2 Be6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bc8 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ba3 Qb6 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Qb1 Nxd3+ (16... Bd7 {with more complications.} 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rc1 g6 19. h3 Rc7) 17. Qxd3 Rfc8 18. O-O Qd8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Bb2 (20. Nb1 $14) 20... Rc5 (20... Qc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. f4 $16 exf4 (21... Rac8 $142) 22. Rxf4 Rac8 23. Raf1 Kh8 $2 {[#]} (23... Rxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Nxd5) 24. Nge4 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,37,55,28,26,25,54,0,0,0,0,-18,-16,-45,-29,-33,-29,-45,-52,-64,-79,-112,-74,-80,53,53,263,276,266,257,288,288,382,282,360,354,333,347,364,370,363,355,350,342,808,811,783,744,1222,1144,1144,1144,1024,839,796,723,12825,5173,9999,12176,5181,5097,5097,5073,1562,1000,4132,2035,29974,29975,29974,29974,29973,29976,29978,29979,29976,29940]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. b3 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3.} Bg7 7. Bb2 {[#]} Nf7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... d6 8. Nh3 O-O 9. c4 Qe8 10. O-O h6 11. Nf3 Nfg4 12. Qd2 g5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (35) Crouch,C (2375)-Rawlinson,A (2147) Oxford 2004}) 8. h4 (8. e4 $14) 8... c6 $11 9. c4 O-O 10. Nh3 e5 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. Qc2 e5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. e4 a5 15. a3 f4 16. gxf4 Bxh3 (16... exf4 $17 17. Ng5 (17. Nxf4 Ne5 $17) 17... Nxg5 18. hxg5 Nd7) 17. Bxh3 $14 exf4 $2 {[#] Now Black is done in.} (17... Nh5 $14) 18. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6][%mdl 512]} Nh5 (18... Nxe5 19. Rhe1) 19. Nf3 $1 Rad8 {[%cal Rf7e5]} 20. Bg4 Nxe5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 {[#]} 22. Rxd8 $1 Nxf3 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Qe4 Bxb2+ 25. Kxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qf6+ 26. Ka2 Nxh4 $2 (26... Ne5 27. Rg1+ Ng6) 27. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 28. Qxh5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc3 29. Qxh4 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 Qc3+ 31. Kb1 {Qe7+ would kill now.} Qxb3+ {[#]} 32. Kc1 $1 Qxa3+ 33. Kd2 (33. Kc2 $142 Qa2+ 34. Kd3 Qb3+ 35. Kd4 Qb2+ 36. Ke4 Qe2+ 37. Kf5 Qc2+ 38. Ke5 Qc3+ 39. Kd6 Qf6+ 40. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Kxf6 41. Rxh7) 33... Qb2+ {[#]} 34. Kd3 $1 {Threatening mate with Qe7+.} Qb3+ 35. Ke4 Qxc4+ {[#]} 36. Kf3 $1 {Intending Qe7+ and mate.} Qd3+ 37. Kxf4 Qd4+ 38. Kg3 Qxh4+ 39. Kxh4 {White mates.} Kf6 40. Ra1 b5 41. Rxa5 Ke5 42. Ra6 c5 43. Ra5 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,82,22,10,18,20,22,10,15,2,7,8,25,11,41,0,7,1,18,25,29,17,15,27,22,27,20,21,75,66,64,51,56,47,74,74,88,74,77,73,72,87,98,87,81,69,99,95,105,100,158,147,159,0,8,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-181,-155,-312,-312,-362,-362,-1430,-549,-1430,-1405]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 {is cutting edge theory. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Bb6 10. Bb3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nc4 Ba7 {[#]} 12. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 Re8 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Ne7 15. d4 Ng6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nfd2 Qe7 18. Qf3 {0-1 (47) Bianchi,A (2100)-Solomon,K (2369) Venice 2016}) 12... Ne7 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ng6 16. Nf5 Re8 17. Be3 d5 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Bxa7 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxh6+.} Bxf5 20. Bd4 Nf4 (20... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. Be3 $16 Ne6 22. Bb3 N4c5 23. Qxd5 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 Be4 25. Nd2 Bd5 26. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Bc6 27. Qxd8 Rexd8 28. Nc4 a4 29. Rad1 Rd5 30. f4 Rad8 31. Nd6 f6 (31... Rd7 $142 32. Rxd5 Bxd5) 32. Rxd5 Bxd5 33. Bb6 $2 {[#]} ({White should try} 33. Rd1 $16 Bxa2 34. f5) 33... Rd7 $11 34. Be3 fxe5 35. fxe5 Bxa2 36. Kf2 Rc7 37. Kg3 $2 (37. Re2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 37... Rc2 $19 38. Rd1 $2 (38. Rf1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 38... Rxb2 39. Nf5 Bb1 40. Rd8+ $2 (40. Nd4 a3 41. Bc1) 40... Kh7 (40... Nxd8 $142 41. Nd4 a3) 41. Nd6 Nxd8 {Quite a comeback for Black. Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,83,29,23,27,33,15,13,15,18,10,22,17,4,14,27,3,35,31,39,33,56,40,36,-19,-35,-38,0,-77,0,0,0,0,0,-47,-56,-61,7,0,4,0,39,61,51,55,35,57,50,49,57,57,53,54,49,58,54,35,44,56,75,0,0,0,0,0,30,43,984,963,29987,29988,29987,29988]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 9. Re1 a4 10. Nf1 {The position is equal.} Bg6 11. Ng3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc8 12. h4 Be7 13. h5 Bh7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qd2 Ncb6 16. b3 c5 17. Nh2 Rc8 {0-1 (61) Lobanov,S (2528)-Schekachikhin,M (2428) St Petersburg 2019}) 12. Bb5 a3 13. b3 Nc6 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. b4 (18. Qg4 $14 h5 19. Qh3) 18... Bxd4 $1 $11 19. Bxd4 Qb5 20. Qg4 (20. Qxb5 $11 cxb5 21. f4) 20... h5 (20... c5 $17 21. bxc5 Nxc5) 21. Qh4 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Ne2 Nd3 24. Rf1 Qc4 ({Black should try} 24... Qb7 $15) 25. Ng3 Rb8 26. f4 {[#] Hoping for f5.} Nc5 27. f5 exf5 $1 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 Ne6 $1 30. Raf1 Rb7 31. Rxh5 Rxh5 32. Qxh5 {And now Qh8+ would win.} Nxd4 33. Qh8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke7 {aiming for ...Ne2+.} 34. Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 $1 {( -> ...Ne2+)} 35. cxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Black must now prevent e6! KQR-KQR} Rb4 $1 36. Qh8+ (36. Qh7 $16 {Qg8+ would kill now.} Qxd4+ 37. Kh1) 36... Ke7 $11 37. Qxg7 Qxd4+ 38. Kh1 Qf2 {[%cal Rf2f1]} (38... Qf4 $5 39. Rg1 (39. Kg1 Qd4+ 40. Kh1 Qf4 $14) 39... Rb2 $14) 39. Qg5+ (39. Rxf2 $2 Rb1+ 40. Rf1 Rxf1#) 39... Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Kd7 $14 40. Rc1 (40. Rxf2 $2 Rb1+ 41. Qc1 Rxc1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1#) 40... Qf4 41. e6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} fxe6 42. Qg7+ Kd8 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qh7+ Kf6) 40. Qc1 $18 (40. Rxf2 $2 {leads to mate.} Rb1+ 41. Qc1 Rxc1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1#) 40... Qe2 41. Qc6+ Kxe5 42. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 65%.} 1-0

