[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,127,0,2,3,7,12,15,14,14,16,21,20,20,25,13,11,0,9,8,8,8,25,10,16,10,12,15,55,56,51,52,56,56,55,49,50,48,68,75,177,186,181,110,110,110,110,110,109,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,79,83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Bh3 f5 17. Rc7 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Nxf3+ {[#]} 18. Ke2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Kf1 Bd4 19. Ke2 Bxe3 20. Kxe3 fxe4 21. Rxe7 Ng5 22. Bg4 h5 23. h4 hxg4 24. hxg5 {½-½ (48) Leko,P (2707)-Swiercz,D (2620) Skopje 2015}) 18... Nd4+ 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Rxe7 Rae8 23. Re6 Rxe6+ 24. dxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf6 25. Kd3 {And now e7 would win.} Bxf2 26. Rf1 Bc5 27. Bxf5 Kg7 28. Ke4 Rh6 29. h3 Rh4+ (29... Be7 $16) 30. Kd5 $18 b6 31. Bg4 (31. Be4 $18) 31... h5 $16 32. Rf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 33. Bf5+ Kg5 34. Be4 {Rf5+ is the strong threat.} Rxh3 35. e7 Bxe7 36. Rxe7 {KRB-KR} Ra3 37. Ke5 Rxa2 38. Rg7+ Kh4 39. Kf4 Kh3 40. Rg1 b5 41. Rh1+ Rh2 {White should prevent ...Rxh1.} 42. Rb1 a6 43. Rb3+ Kh4 44. Ra3 Rf2+ {[#]} 45. Bf3 $1 Kh3 46. Rxa6 Rf1 47. Ra2 h4 {[#]} 48. Rb2 $1 b4 49. Rxb4 Rg1 50. Rb3 {Hoping for Be4+.} Rf1 51. Kg5 {Be2+ would kill now.} Rf2 52. Bd5+ Kh2 53. Kxh4 {White wants to mate with Rh3+.} Rf4+ 54. Kg5 Rd4 55. Rb2+ Kg1 56. Kf5 (56. Bg2 $16) 56... Rxd5+ $11 {KR-KR. The position is equal.} 57. Ke4 Rg5 58. Kf3 Rf5+ 59. Kg4 (59. Kg3 {is more complex.} Kf1 60. Rb1+ Ke2 61. Kg4 Rf8 62. Rb2+) 59... Rf8 60. Kg3 Rg8+ 61. Kf3 Rf8+ 62. Kg3 Rg8+ 63. Kf3 Rf8+ 64. Kg3 {White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,85,21,14,10,16,13,27,20,15,18,14,17,11,19,18,8,8,22,0,34,32,36,27,37,29,53,37,44,42,39,32,41,32,32,31,19,39,56,14,11,10,72,78,72,73,58,73,54,53,79,79,72,64,56,44,85,68,77,0,0,0,36,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nd7 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. Nd4 Bd7 {White has an edge.} 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Nb3 Ba4 17. Rd4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rxc5 19. Kd2 Ra5 20. Bd3 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Ra2+ 21. Bc2 Kf8 22. Ra4 Rxa4 23. bxa4 Nd7 24. Rb1 Nc5 {½-½ (24) Lins,T (2447)-Huber,M (2286) GER email 2018}) 21. Kc1 Rc5 22. Kb2 Re8 23. Re1 Ne5 24. b4 Nxd3+ 25. Rxd3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb5 26. Kb3 Kf8 27. Ra1 a6 28. Ra5 Rxa5 29. bxa5 {KR-KR} Re5 30. Kb4 (30. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Rh5 31. h3 $14) 30... Ke7 31. f4 Re4+ (31... Rh5 $11) 32. Kc5 $16 Ra4 33. Kb6 Ke6 34. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4a4]} Ra3 35. e4 Rb3+ 36. Kc7 dxe4 ({Much worse is} 36... Rxc3+ 37. Kxb7 dxe4 38. Rxe4+ Kd6 39. Re2 $18 (39. Kxa6 Rc2 $16)) 37. Rxe4+ Kf5 38. Rb4 Rxc3+ 39. Kxb7 Rc2 40. g3 (40. Kxa6 $16 Rxg2 41. h4) 40... Rxh2 $11 41. Kxa6 {[#] aiming for Kb5.} Kg4 42. Rb3 Ra2 43. Kb6 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 88%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,73,-2,-13,-9,4,-8,-5,-5,-5,-5,-7,-3,0,2,0,0,0,0,2,-15,-12,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,27,12,28,12,28,20,21,21,29,21,21,21,23,19,34,32,35,21,40,20,20,17,21,0,24,0,21,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Bg2 Qh5 8. h3 Qg6 9. Nc3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 exd3 12. Qxd3 Qxd3 13. exd3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nbd7 14. d4 Nb6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. b3 Rd7 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. g4 h6 {0-1 (38) Ashutosh,K (1978)-Gareyev,T (2592) Bangkog 2018}) 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Bg5 Na6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. g4 Nc5 19. Rad1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bc5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rad8 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Kg2 h6 25. b3 Kf8 26. h4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kf3 b6 31. Ke4 Bb4 32. d4 Bd2 33. h5 Bc1 34. Kf3 Bd2 35. Ke4 Bc1 36. Kf3 Bd2 37. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,110,7,16,10,72,12,17,16,25,25,33,24,20,41,49,51,64,67,53,38,81,66,76,70,84,75,78,34,41,34,73,76,70,65,60,60,84,80,80,56,72,75,80,64,65,53,54,49,47,47,58,47,64,60,50,56,58,47,49,49,52,29,36,20,20,20,25,26,26,11,17,12,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-675,-675,-675,-675,-675,-675,-559,-447,-658,-619,-486,-469]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. Nc3 h6 6. Nf3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} Re8 {[#]} (6... Qe7 $11) 7. O-O (7. Nxe5 $1 $16 Rxe5 8. d4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4) 7... d6 8. d4 {The position is equal.} exd4 9. Nxd4 c6 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Na6 {[#]} 12. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qf4 Nb4 18. Qc1 {½-½ (25) Junker,R (2279)-Thiery,C (2154) Germany 2009}) 12... Qe7 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. h3 Bb6 15. e4 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Kh2 Bc8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Qc7 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Ne2 Nd7 22. Nf4 Ndf6 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Bf3 Qd8 26. Qd1 Bc7 27. Nd3 Re7 28. Kg2 Qc8 29. g4 Nh7 30. Re2 (30. Qc1 {feels hotter.} Nef6 31. Rd1 h5 32. Qd2 Re8 33. Re1) 30... Qd8 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Qe2 Qd8 33. Kg1 Nef6 34. Bg2 Nf8 35. Bd4 N8d7 36. Qe3 Bb6 37. Bxb6 Qxb6 38. Qxb6 Nxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 39. f4 Nfd7 40. Kf2 Kf8 41. g5 f6 42. h4 Nc5 43. Ke3 Nxd3 44. Kxd3 {KB-KN} Ke7 45. Kd4 Na8 46. Be4 Nc7 47. a3 Kd7 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 b5 {And now ...bxc4 would win.} 50. c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Bd3 $11) 50... Na6 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 51. cxd6 Kxd6 52. Kc3 c5 53. bxc5+ Kxc5 54. Bc2 {[#]} (54. gxh6 $142 gxh6 55. Kb3) 54... Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 55. Bb3 Nd5+ {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,70,43,72,72,62,68,74,75,72,68,95,77,96,87,81,62,59,51,71,45,45,45,45,47,47,44,47,47,52,14,50,47,47,45,50,50,52,40,40,40,40,40,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 d5 11. cxd5 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} cxd5 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Bb5 {[#] White is better.} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxe8 Bb7 18. Qa4 Rd8 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. Qxa7 {1-0 (35) Sorokin,A (2537)-Sairanov,T (2021) St Petersburg 2019}) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] And now Bxf6 would win. Double Attack} hxg5 16. Bxa8 d4 17. Nd5 {Strongly threatening Nxf6+.} Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ra6f1]} 18. Bc6 Re6 19. Rc1 {Threatens to win with Re1.} Bxf1 20. Qxf1 g4 21. Nf4 Re7 22. Nd3 gxf3 23. Qxf3 Nd7 24. Bd5 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 Rc7 28. Rc4 d3 29. Qxd3 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 Bxb2 31. Bxf7 Qd2+ {The position is equal.} 32. Kh3 Qh6+ 33. Kg2 Qd2+ 34. Kh3 Qh6+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 7,7,1055]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Qg5 ({Predecessor:} 2... d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qb3 a5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Be4 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 {½-½ (43) Fedoseev,V (2678)-Maghsoodloo,P (2676) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 3. Bg2 Qxd2+ 4. Qxd2 {Not much happened in this game.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,90,-11,-6,-11,0,6,6,14,16,35,29,28,29,45,27,61,47,43,43,68,52,94,77,66,47,72,64,59,56,56,61,70,69,66,37,60,60,60,41,41,45,32,46,46,47,46,-20,-15,-137,-140,-122,-59,-62,-72,-65,-31,-33,0,-50,-46,-42,-50,-76,-18,-18,-18,-31,-31,-31,-26,-26,-18,-24,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-43,-43,-43,-43]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 Bxc3+ {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bg2 Ne5 {The position is equal.} 9. c5 {[#]} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe7 10. Nb3 Rb8 11. O-O b6 12. f4 Nc6 13. e4 Nxe4 14. f5 Nxc3 15. f6 Qe2 {0-1 (48) Dimitrov,R (2519)-Maiorov,N (2506) Noisiel 2020}) 10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qc2 c5 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. Rad1 (15. Na5 $5) 15... Be6 16. Na5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxd5 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Nxb7 {Threatens to win with Nd6.} Qxb7 21. Bxe5 Re8 22. Bf4 (22. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Ra4e8]} Rc8 23. Qc2 $16) 22... h6 23. Qa4 Rc8 24. f3 Qb2 25. Kf2 Qxc3 26. Qxa7 Qc2 27. Rd2 Qb1 {White should prevent ...Bh3.} 28. Qa6 (28. Qa4 $14) 28... Bh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black has the initiative.} 29. e4 {[#]} (29. Qxc8+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] was the only way to keep the balance.} Bxc8 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rxc8) 29... Qh1 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh1h2]} 30. Qe2 {[#]} Qxh2+ (30... Ra8 $1 $17 31. Qd1 Qg2+ 32. Ke3 Ra3+ 33. Rd3 Rxa2 34. Rd8+ Kh7) 31. Ke3 $15 Qg1+ 32. Qf2 Qc1 {Strongly threatening ...Bf1.} 33. Qe2 Qg1+ 34. Qf2 Qa1 {Hoping for ...g5.} 35. Qe2 Be6 36. Qd1 Qxd1 ({Better is} 36... Qc3+ $17 37. Kf2 Qa5) 37. Rxd1 $11 Bxa2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Rd7 Be6 39. Rc7 Rxc7 40. Bxc7 $15 {KB-KB} c4 41. f4 f5 42. exf5 Bxf5 43. Kd4 Be6 44. f5 Bxf5 45. Kxc4 Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,53,8,32,18,27,0,14,0,7,3,14,4,10,0,0,0,0,0,11,17,237,216,287,287,428,428,428,428,428,428,428,402,12832,5489]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} b6 13. d5 Nc5 14. Rfe1 {The position is equal.} exd5 15. exd5 Qd6 16. Qd4 Bb7 {[#]} 17. Rad1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. g4 Qh4 21. h3 g6 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 {½-½ (30) Dorner,J (2306)-Maurer,S (2390) ICCF email 2007}) 17... Rae8 18. Ne5 a6 19. a3 Re7 (19... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 20. Ba2 Re7 $11) 20. Re3 Rfe8 $2 {[#] A mistake that costs the game.} (20... b5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 21. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Kxf7 {[#]} (21... Rxf7 22. Rxe8+) 22. Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6d6][%mdl 512]} Qd8 {[#]} ({Reject} 22... Qb8 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. d6+ (24. Qxg7+ Kd6 $18) 24... Kd8 25. Bf7) (22... Nxe6 {was worth a try.} 23. dxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) (22... Nxe6 23. dxe6+) 23. Qf4+ $1 ({Weaker is} 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qxg7+ Kd6 $17) 23... Kg8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. d6+ Re6 26. d7 g6 (26... Bc6 $142 27. Qf5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Bxd7 28. Bxe6+ Nxe6 29. Qxe6+ Bxe6 30. Rxd8+ Kf7) 27. Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 51%.} (27. Bxe6+ $142 Nxe6 28. Qc4) 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-A"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,170,12,9,0,1,7,7,6,16,19,20,26,25,25,28,34,33,32,37,49,45,33,29,0,0,-7,22,-4,-4,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,252,0,244,-15,25,-14,0,-17,-11,-40,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-106,-106,-108,-105,-108,-101,-116,-94,-102,-85,-86,-86,-87,-87,-87,-76,-90,-76,-79,-76,-79,-76,-76,-76,-98,-76,-76,-76,-98,-72,-78,-85,-121,-78,-78,-80,-75,-33,-56,-50,-55,-33,-33,-33,-40,-40,-41,-40,-231,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-48,-48,-48,-48,-224,-48,-48,-48,-48,0,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-59,-129,-83,-167,-162,-162,-153,-229,-242,-923,-937,-12035,-8471,-4851,-1964,-29983,-29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} g6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bg2 {The position is equal.} O-O 16. O-O Bb7 17. Qd2 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32] [#]} 18. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Ne3 Nd7 19. f4 Qe7 20. f5 Qg5 21. Rad1 Ra6 22. Qf2 Nf6 23. h4 Qh6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 {0-1 (71) Tate,A (2308)-Georgiev,K (2588) Heraklion 2019}) 18... Ra6 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. a3 Rb6 21. axb4 axb4 22. Ra4 b3 23. Ne1 Nc5 24. Ra3 Ra6 25. Rxa6 Bxa6 26. Bf1 Rc8 27. Nf3 Bb7 28. Nd2 Bc6 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Ra3 Ba4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Qd8 $11) 31. h4 $2 ({White has to play} 31. Rxa4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxa4 32. Qa7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 31... h5 $2 {[#]} (31... Qe7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 32. Be2 $2 (32. Rxa4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxa4 33. Qa7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 32... Kg7 33. Nb1 (33. Rxa4 $5 Nxa4 34. Qa7 $14 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 33... Qd8 34. Nd2 Ra8 35. Kh2 Ne6 (35... Bc6 $5 {[%cal Ra8a3]} 36. Rxa8 Qxa8 $15) 36. Nf3 Bc6 {...Rxa3 is the strong threat.} 37. Rxa8 Qxa8 38. Qxb3 Bxe4 39. Qe3 Bb7 40. c5 (40. b4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 40... Nxc5 $17 41. Nxe5 {[#]} Qa1 $1 $36 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Ra1h1][%mdl 2560] White is under strong pressure.} 42. Nf3 Qxb2 43. Ng5 Bd5 44. Bf3 Bxf3 45. Qxf3 Qf6 46. Qe3 Ne6 47. Nf3 Qf5 48. Kg2 Qd5 49. Kg1 Kf6 50. Qc3+ Ke7 51. Qe3 Qc5 52. Qd3 Qc1+ 53. Kg2 Qc6 54. Kg1 Nc5 55. Qe3+ Qe4 56. Qc3 Ne6 57. Qa3 Ke8 58. Kg2 g5 {Strongly threatening ...g4.} 59. Kg1 g4 60. Ng5 Nxg5 61. hxg5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Qe5 63. Qa8+ Ke7 64. Qg8 $2 (64. Qc8 $15) 64... Qe4+ $2 (64... Qd5+ $1 $19 65. Kf1 Qd1+ 66. Kg2 Qf3+ 67. Kg1 h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 68. gxh4 g3 69. fxg3 Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 70. Kf1 Qxh4) 65. Kg1 $1 Qg6 66. Qc8 Qb1+ 67. Kh2 Qb6 68. Kg2 {[#]} Qc5 $1 69. Qg8 $2 ({Better is} 69. Qb8 $15) 69... Qf5 $2 ({Black should play} 69... Qd5+ $19 70. Kg1 Qd1+ 71. Kg2 Qf3+ 72. Kg1 h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 73. gxh4 g3 74. fxg3 Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 75. Kf1 Qxh4) 70. Qb8 Qe4+ 71. Kg1 d5 72. Qc7+ (72. Qb2 $11) 72... Kf8 $1 73. Qd8+ Kg7 74. Qf6+ Kg8 75. Qd8+ Kh7 76. Qf6 Qg6 {Hoping for ...Qxf6.} 77. Qf4 Qe6 78. Qd4 (78. Qc7 $1 $15) 78... Kg6 $17 79. Kf1 (79. Qh8 $17) 79... Kxg5 $19 80. Qg7+ Kf5 81. Qh8 {[#]} (81. Qh7+ $17 Qg6 82. Qh8) 81... Ke4 $1 82. Qxh5 $2 {[#]} (82. Kg1) 82... Kd3 $1 83. Qh7+ Qe4 84. Qh6 Kc2 85. Qc6+ Qc4+ {What a bad dream for White. Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,66,9,23,14,20,13,14,0,7,13,3,8,13,6,22,22,22,17,22,18,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-9,-14,-13,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 7.Bd2. Played by Hikaru Nakamura in June 2020. D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Re8 8. Bd2 Bf8 9. Be2 {[#]} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nb4 10. Qb1 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. a3 Nc6 13. O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 b6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 {½-½ (32) Postny,E (2652)-Gajewski,G (2643) Germany 2014}) 10. Bxc4 Nb4 11. Qb1 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Bd3 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 {The position is equal.} 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bc3 Qh5 19. Bxf6 {[#] Bc3 is the strong threat.} Bxf3 20. gxf3 gxf6 21. f4 f5 22. Bf1 Bg7 23. Bg2 Rac8 24. Rd2 Red8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc2 Bxb2 27. Qxb2 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Bf1 Qg4+ 30. Bg2 {[#] Strongly threatening Qc1.} Qd1+ 31. Bf1 {And now h3 would win.} Qg4+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ $1 33. Kg1 {Black must now prevent h3.} Qg4+ {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,132,50,33,56,33,32,28,76,73,110,95,108,100,119,101,108,91,108,85,83,83,83,83,87,58,68,59,80,89,87,84,83,70,89,68,79,66,66,65,65,66,61,65,51,51,54,54,54,54,53,52,50,54,71,62,63,-4,58,51,58,58,61,69,73,61,70,50,43,0,20,31,25,26,54,41,54,43,32,26,51,51,58,43,69,7,58,0,38,8,51,40,47,38,70,23,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2298,-2142]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 Bd7 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} 9. Nd2 c6 10. Be2 Qb6 {White has an edge.} 11. Rb1 {[#]} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rfc8 12. O-O Qd8 13. b4 cxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Rb3 Nc7 16. Nde4 Nce8 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 {½-½ (44) Paragua,M (2509)-Becerra Rivero,J (2539) ICC INT 2015}) 12. O-O c5 13. a3 Qd8 14. b4 b6 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Re1 h6 17. Bh4 Rfc8 18. Bd3 Qf8 19. Nf1 Nh5 20. Ne3 Bf6 21. Bxf6+ Nxf6 22. Nc3 Qe7 23. Bc2 Nb8 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Kh2 cxb4 26. axb4 a5 27. Ra1 Na6 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Rxa5 {[#] Rea1 is the strong threat.} Nc5 30. Rea1 Rxa5 31. Rxa5 Qd8 32. Ra3 Rb8 33. f3 Nh7 34. Ne2 Qh4 35. Ra1 (35. Ng1 $14) 35... Nf6 (35... Bxh3 $11 36. gxh3 Ng5) 36. Qe1 $14 Qg5 37. Ra3 {aiming for h4.} Nh5 38. g3 Qd8 39. Qa1 Nf6 40. f4 Qe7 41. Nc3 Kh7 42. f5 Kg7 43. Ra7 g5 44. Kg2 Qd8 45. Kf3 h5 46. Qc1 Qb6 47. Ra1 Rg8 48. Qd2 Qd8 49. Rg1 (49. Ned1 $14) 49... Rh8 (49... Kf8 $11) 50. h4 ({Better is} 50. Ned1 $14 g4+ 51. hxg4) 50... g4+ 51. Ke2 Kh7 52. Rb1 Qa5 53. Ned1 Rg8 54. Nf2 Qa6 55. Nb5 (55. Bd3 $5) 55... Rb8 {[%cal Rd7b5]} 56. Bd3 Bxb5 57. cxb5 Qa4 58. Qb4 Qa2+ 59. Qb2 Qa4 60. Qb4 Qa2+ 61. Rb2 Qa1 62. Rb1 Qa7 63. Qd2 Nxd3 64. Qxd3 Qa2+ 65. Kf1 Rc8 {Threatens to win with ...Rc2.} 66. Qb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (66. Nd1 $11) 66... Rc1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-A"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,72,19,20,20,24,27,22,31,21,19,26,20,10,15,8,2,8,3,0,26,0,16,20,13,4,23,23,27,27,25,14,14,9,22,22,30,30,23,23,25,22,23,23,24,23,24,18,23,24,22,22,20,0,31,0,22,0,45]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. d5 d6 11. Re1 Bf5 {[#]} 12. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bg5 14. Nd2 Nf6 {½-½ (14) Vitiugov,N (2747)-Nakamura,H (2736) Moscow 2019}) 12... Nf6 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. Bd3 a6 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Bd4 Rae8 17. h3 Bd8 18. a3 Rxe1+ (18... Bh5 {keeps more tension.} 19. Qf4 Bg6 20. Qf3) 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Kf1 Bxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Nd7 23. Qe2 (23. Qc4 {looks sharper.} Nf8 24. Ne2 Qd7 25. f3 c5 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. Bc3) 23... Qxe2+ 24. Kxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bf6 25. Ke3 Kf8 26. Ne4 Bxd4+ 27. Kxd4 {KN-KN} Ke7 28. c4 a5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 b6 31. g4 h6 32. f4 g6 33. Nc3 Nb8 34. Ne4 Nd7 35. Nc3 Nb8 36. Ne4 Nd7 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,27,35,16,29,22,20,20,9,2,17,14,26,0,16,20,17,12,44,11,45,47,41,57,56,50,56,44,27,33,48,26,28,25,25,21,45,45,47,48,63,59,56,58,57,60,71,20,48,17,13,14,113,107,118,113,111,118,119,100,104,109,305,264,270,269,249,254,230,145,252,116,116]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 {C62: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Rd1 c6 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Bg5 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. h3 h6 {1-0 (44) Chirinos Rodriguez,J (1536)-Dos Reis Cabrera,J (1251) Tenerife 2018}) 10. Bc4 Ng4 11. Ba2 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Nd5 Bb5 15. c4 Bc6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. f3 a5 20. b3 b6 21. Qf2 Nc5 22. Rfd1 Qg6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nd7 25. c5 dxc5 26. bxc5 b5 27. Bf4 Ne5 {With the idea ...Nxf3+!} 28. Bd5 (28. Bg3 $16) 28... h6 $11 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. Bxg3 Ra6 (30... Bxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 31. exd5 f6) 31. Rb1 $16 g5 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxb5 Kg7 34. Rd5 Ng6 35. Rb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Ne7 $2 (35... Rc8 $16 36. h3 Nf4) 36. Rd7 Rxc5 37. Bxc7 ({Don't take} 37. Rdxc7 $6 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 (38. Bxc7 Ng6 $16) 38... Ng6 $16) 37... Rc1+ 38. Kf2 {[#] Black must now prevent Be5+.} Rc2+ 39. Kf1 {And now Be5+ would win.} Kg6 (39... Nc6 $16) 40. Rd6+ (40. Bg3 $18) 40... Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,77,20,15,13,1,15,12,22,13,24,22,22,3,5,5,79,37,68,73,83,85,87,83,95,66,64,66,97,80,93,69,158,106,107,107,140,137,158,171,269,226,236,228,362,361,397,391,397,397,429,409,595,565,566,656,649,655,670,651,643,639,612,610,4903,2901,1330,1012]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 8. exd4 Nxd4 9. O-O Be7 {The position is equal.} 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Bf3 O-O {[#]} 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Re1 Be6 16. g3 Bc5 17. Bg2 h6 18. h3 Nd7 19. Kh2 b5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Be7 22. Rc6 Rb6 23. Qc1 {½-½ (23) Andersen,J (2211)-Zubov,Y (2353) ICCF email 2017}) 12... Rb8 13. Na3 b5 (13... a6 $11) 14. Qe2 (14. Nxb5 $5 Rxb5 15. Qe2 $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 14... Re8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxa3.} 15. Qd3 Bxa3 16. Bxa3 Bb7 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bc5 ({Reject} 18. Qxd4 $6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rd8 $11) 18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qe5 {[#] Hoping for ...Re8.} 20. Bxa7 Re8 {( -> ...Qe1+!)} 21. h3 (21. Rf1 {seems wilder.} Qd6 22. h3 h5 23. Qb7 Re7 24. Qc8+) 21... h6 (21... d3 $1 $14 22. Rf1 Qe2) 22. Rc1 (22. Qd3 $142) 22... Qd6 $16 23. Bc5 Qd7 24. Qd3 Ne4 25. Bb6 Qd6 (25... Qe6 $142) 26. Qxd4 ({Don't play} 26. Bxd4 $6 Nf6 $16) 26... Qxd4 27. Bxd4 Nxd2 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} (27... Ra8 $142 28. Rc2 Kf8) 28. f3 Re2 29. Bc3 Kh7 30. Rd1 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 {KRB-KR} Re3 (31... Rc2 $142 32. Be5 Rxa2) 32. Be1 {White is clearly winning.} Rxf3 33. Rd5 Re3 34. Kf1 Rf3+ 35. Bf2 b4 36. Rd4 Rxh3 37. Rxb4 g5 38. a4 Rh1+ 39. Bg1 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,118,8,17,6,36,29,45,16,49,-21,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-25,-33,-21,-12,-15,-1,-11,0,0,0,-6,14,6,10,3,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,26,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,5,89,5,5,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,543,543,543,543,543,543,12355,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29987,29985,29985,29985,29992,29986,29991,29987,29990,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nh4 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Be4 9. f3 Bg6 $1 10. Qb3 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 {[#]} 11. Bd2 $146 {[#]} (11. cxd5 $14 Nxd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g3) ({Predecessor:} 11. g3 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 Nb6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. e5 Ne8 17. a4 {½-½ (39) Kalinin,O (2328)-Iovcov,V (2199) Kishinev 2013}) 11... Ng4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 12. fxg4 Bxh4 13. Rac1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Qb6 14. Be1 Bxe1 15. Rfxe1 O-O 16. h3 Rae8 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. a4 Nf6 19. b3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bf3 f5 22. g5 Kf7 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Kg3 Kd6 25. h4 h6 26. Kf4 hxg5+ 27. Kxg5 Rf6 28. Bxe4 fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. Rf1 Ref8 30. Rxf6 gxf6+ {KR-KR} 31. Kf4 f5 $1 32. Rg1 Rh8 33. g3 Rg8 $1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg8g4]} 34. g4 fxg4 35. h5 Rf8+ 36. Kg3 Rf3+ 37. Kxg4 Rxe3 {[#]} 38. h6 (38. cxd5 $1 $16 Kxd5 39. Rf1) 38... Rf3 39. h7 Rf8 40. Kh5 {Black must now prevent Rg8.} Rh8 41. Kh6 $1 c5 42. dxc5+ bxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42... Kxc5 $11 43. Rg6 dxc4 44. bxc4 Kxc4) 43. cxd5 $1 $18 exd5 {And now ...d4 would win.} 44. Rg8 Rxh7+ 45. Kxh7 {KR-KP} d4 46. Re8 $2 (46. Kg6 $18 e3 47. Re8) 46... d3 $11 47. Kg6 ({Avoid the trap} 47. Rxe4 $2 d2 $19) 47... Kd7 48. Re5 Kc6 {aiming for ...d2.} (48... Kd6 $5 49. Re8 $8 (49. Rxe4 $2 d2 $19) 49... Kd7 $11) 49. Re6+ $1 Kd5 (49... Kd7 $5 50. Re5 $8 Kd6 $11) 50. Re8 {Threatens to win with Kf5.} Kd4 51. Kf5 {Hoping for Kf4.} d2 52. Rd8+ (52. Kf4 $5 {[%cal Re8d8]} Kd3 53. Rd8+ Kc2 54. Rd6 $11) 52... Ke3 53. a5 Ke2 {Strongly threatening ...e3.} 54. Kxe4 {KR-K3P} Kd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... d1=Q $11 55. Rxd1 Kxd1) 55. Kd5 {White mates.} Kc2 56. Kc4 Kb2 57. Kxc5 Kxb3 58. Kb6 Kb4 59. Kxb7 Kxa5 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 85%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,149,7,35,12,6,0,16,36,36,21,14,4,20,10,14,17,47,56,75,65,102,82,104,79,92,79,88,88,93,12,18,10,8,15,17,17,18,18,29,29,24,22,23,8,42,20,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,47,47,47,47,71,47,47,30,30,30,31,31,31,12,12,0,5,0,12,12,12,0,0,0,12,12,12,12,12,0,12,12,12,12,12,5,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. e5 h6 {[#]} 16. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rfe1 Bd5 17. Nd2 Qg5 18. Ne4 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rfd8 21. f4 Nc5 22. Bf3 {½-½ (40) Jakovenko,D (2736)-Zvjaginsev,V (2642) Vladivostok 2014}) 16... Qg5 $1 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 17. Qh3 Qf4 18. Nc4 $1 Rc7 19. Nd6 Bd5 20. Qe3 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxa2 24. Ra1 (24. Bb5 $16 Nb8 25. Rc7) 24... Bd5 $11 25. Rxa7 Nb8 $1 26. Bb5 {[#] aiming for Rc7.} Nc6 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Rc7 Bd5 29. f3 f6 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Nc8 b5 32. Rc5 Bc4 33. Nd6 g4 34. Nxc4 bxc4 35. fxg4 $14 {Strongly threatening h3. KR-KR} Rf4 36. Rxc4 {And now h3 would win.} Rxg4 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. g3 Re4 $1 39. Kf3 Re1 40. Rc2 Rd1 41. Ke3 g5 42. Rd2 Rh1 43. Kf3 Kg6 $1 44. Re2 Kf5 $1 {The position is equal.} 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Re2 Kf5 47. g4+ Kf6 48. Ke3 Rg1 49. Rf2+ Kg6 50. h3 Re1+ 51. Kd3 Rd1+ 52. Ke3 Re1+ 53. Kd2 Ra1 54. Rf3 Ra5 55. Re3 Kf6 56. Kd3 Ra1 57. Ke4 Rh1 58. Rf3+ Ke7 59. Ra3 Kf6 60. Re3 Rh2 61. Rf3+ Ke7 62. Ra3 Kf6 63. Rf3+ Ke7 64. d5 Ra2 65. Rb3 Re2+ 66. Kf3 Rd2 67. dxe6 Kxe6 68. Ke4 Re2+ 69. Kf3 Rh2 (69... Rd2 {looks sharper.}) 70. Kg3 Ra2 71. Rf3 Ra1 72. Kg2 Ra2+ 73. Rf2 Ra5 74. h4 Ra4 $1 75. hxg5 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,103,0,29,27,18,11,3,0,0,0,0,5,33,37,36,32,19,-1,18,11,9,-4,0,0,17,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,6,6,0,25,25,25,25,25,25,41,35,43,39,64,68,75,13,42,8,2,0,29,8,24,27,18,9,26,0,22,9,10,8,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 6...Be7.} 7. Nb3 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} Bb6 8. c5 Bc7 9. g3 b6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O bxc5 12. Nxc5 Qe7 13. b4 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 d5 {[#]} 16. Nd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. N3a4 Bd6 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Qc2 e5 19. Qa2 Bf5 20. Rb2 e4 21. Na6 Rb7 22. N4c5 {0-1 (35) Laurusas,T (2440)-Zhigalko,A (2584) Bilbao 2014}) 16... Ne5 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bc5 Bd6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bxc5 (23... Qd5 {seems wilder.} 24. Nf4 Qxd1 25. Rfxd1 Bxc5 26. bxc5 Ne5) 24. Nxc5 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Rfd1 Nb6 27. Nd3 Rfc8 28. Rc5 g5 29. Rb5 Rc6 30. Re1 (30. Ne5 $16 Re6 31. Nf3) 30... Rd6 31. Re7 Kf8 32. Rc7 (32. Re5 {is more complex.} h6 33. Rf5 Kg7 34. h4 Ra3 35. Ne5) 32... Re8 33. Ra7 Kg7 34. Ra6 Ree6 35. Kg2 h6 36. Ra7 Rf6 {The position is equal.} 37. Rc5 Rde6 38. Ra2 Re4 39. Rc7 Rd4 40. Ne5 Re4 41. Nd3 Rd4 42. Ne5 Re4 43. Nc6 Rc4 44. b5 Rc5 45. Re2 Rxb5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rc5.} 46. Nd4 Rb4 47. Ne6+ $1 Kg8 48. Nd8 Re4 49. Rxe4 dxe4 50. Re7 Kf8 51. Rxe4 Rd6 52. Nb7 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,65,7,14,16,-7,-16,20,14,16,11,16,0,0,0,101,102,104,84,87,85,142,133,151,143,126,46,307,283,443,437,392,295,368,375,413,9,6,0,0,0,0,-33,570,570,563,516,1073,1029,1679,1475,1147,52,29992,647,603,606]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 c5 6. d4 a6 {[#]} 7. e4 $146 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines.} ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qe5 {0-1 (33) Artemiev,V (2716)-Mamedyarov,S (2764) lichess.org INT 2020}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 (8... b5 {with more complications.} 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bc5 11. Be3 O-O) 9. Be3 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. Rc1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bxe6 Nxe4 (12... fxe6 $11 13. Nxe6 Qe7 14. Nxf8 Qxf8) 13. Nxe4 $16 Bxe4 14. Qg4 Bg6 15. Bf5 $1 Qa5+ (15... Be5 $142) 16. Kf1 Be5 17. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 18. h4 (18. Rc8 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc8f8]} Qxa2 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qc8+ Ke7 21. Qb7+ Nd7 22. Nc6+ (22. Qxa8 Bxd4 23. Qe4+ Be5 $16) 22... Ke6 23. f4 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} (23. Qxa8 Qb1+ 24. Ke2 Qc2+ 25. Kf3 Qf5+ 26. Ke2 Qc2+ 27. Bd2 Qe4+ 28. Be3 Qc2+ $11) 23... Bxf4 24. Nd4+ Ke7 25. Qxa8 (25. Bxf4 Qc4+ 26. Ne2 Re8 $16) 25... Bxe3 26. Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 27. Qxe3) 18... Qxa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... Bxd4 $14 19. Qxd4 (19. Bxd4 Qd2 $14) 19... Qd8) 19. h5 $18 Qd5 (19... Bxd4 $142 20. Qxd4 Nc6 21. Rxc6 Rad8) 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Ne6 (21. Qh4 Nd7 $11) 21... Re8 22. Ng5 $1 {White wants to mate with Qh3.} Bf6 {[#]} 23. Kg1 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} (23. Qh4 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Nd7 $11) (23. Rh8+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Qh7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 26. Bc5+ Qxc5 27. Rxc5) 23... Bxg5 $1 $11 24. Bxg5 Nc6 $1 25. Be3 Ne5 26. Qh3 {Strongly threatening Qh7+.} Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Kf7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 27. Qh7+ $1 $18 (27. b3 Nxe3 28. Qh7+ (28. fxe3 Qh5 $17) 28... Kf7 $11) 27... Kf7 28. Bh6 $1 Qe5 (28... Rg8 $142 29. Rh3 Raf8 30. Rf3+ Ke7) 29. Rh3 Rg8 30. Rf3+ Ke7 31. Rxc4 $2 (31. Qxg6 $18 Raf8 32. Bg5+ Kd7 33. Rf7+ Rxf7 34. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc6 35. Bf4) 31... Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... bxc4 $2 {perishes.} 32. Re3 $18) (31... Qe1+ $14 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. Kh3 (33. Bf4 Rh8 $11) 33... bxc4) 32. Qxg7+ (32. Bg5+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd7 (32... Qxg5 33. Qxg7+) 33. Rd3+ Ke8 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Rf3+ Qf6 36. Rxf6+ gxf6 37. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Rf4#) 32... Qxg7 {[#]} 33. Re4+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 44%.} ({Weaker is} 33. Bxg7 bxc4 34. Bxh8 Rxh8 $11) 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-B"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,127,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,53,37,39,24,33,22,35,48,22,41,44,56,66,61,60,68,77,89,84,83,80,87,85,110,100,97,81,81,62,142,97,648,638,643,634,627,626,659,684,681,672,623,673,678,680,671,654,857,574,849,847,841,828,943,845,725,631,1288,1287,2377,2462,2212,2444,2180,2293,1997,855,4133,670,539,0,4133,3826,2122,2322,12849,12128,29947,12364,29968,29966,29958,6231,29976,29977,29975,29976,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Bf8 11. Bg5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Qd7 12. a3 h6 13. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Qd8 14. Ne4 a5 {[#]} 15. Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qd6 18. Rc1 c6 19. Nd2 Bg4 20. Re1 {1-0 (54) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Palac,M (2525) Tbilisi 2017}) 15... a4 16. Qc2 Ra7 17. Rfe1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. e4 dxe3 20. Bxe3 c6 21. Ne4 Be6 22. Bc5 Ra8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Nc5 Bc8 $1 25. Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Re8 26. Rce1 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Ra5 28. h3 Kf8 29. d4 Ra8 {White should prevent ...Bf5.} 30. Re1 {[%cal Be4e1,Be1e8,Be8c8][%mdl 32] [#] Hoping for Qh7.} g6 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Qf4 Nd7 (32... Nc4 $1 $14) 33. Ne4 {Nd6 is the strong threat.} Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qe7 $16) 34. Nd6 $18 Nf6 {[#]} 35. Re8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd7 (35... Nxe8 36. Qxf7+) 36. Rxc8 g5 37. Qd2 Ra6 38. Qb4 c5 39. dxc5 Rxd6 40. cxd6 Qxc8 41. Bxb7 Qxh3 42. Qxa4 h5 43. Qd4 Qd7 44. Bf3 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Qxh4 {Threatens to win with Qg5+.} Qf5 47. Kg2 Kf8 48. a4 Qg6+ 49. Qg3 Qf5 50. b4 Nd5 51. Qg4 Qe5 52. Qc8+ Kg7 {If only Black now had time for ...Nf4+....} 53. Qg4+ Kf8 $1 54. d7 Ke7 55. Qe4 Qxe4 56. Bxe4 Nxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 57. Bf5 Nc6 58. Kf3 Kd6 59. Kf4 (59. Ke4 $142 Nd8 60. Kd4 Kc7 61. Ke5 Nb7 62. Kf6 Kd8 63. Kxf7 Nd6+ 64. Kf6) 59... f6 60. Be4 {White mates.} Nd8 61. Kf5 Kxd7 62. Kxf6 Kd6 63. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ne6 64. a6 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-A"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.06.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,14,14,5,16,16,13,15,16,15,19,16,14,11,7,9,21,17,45,50,56,60,52,40,50,41,74,33,45,28,15,13,74,86,63,-19,7,0,0,-6,0,0,6,0,6,-73,439,445,414,427,848,837]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bd3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Nc6 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4 {The position is equal.} Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 Ba3 {[#]} 10. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. O-O O-O 12. c5 b6 13. Qc1 Qxc1 14. Raxc1 bxc5 15. Rxc5 Bb7 16. Rfc1 {½-½ (31) Almeida Saenz,A (2426)-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2541) Merida 2007}) 10... Bxb2 11. Qxb2 dxc4 12. bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd7 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Ng6 20. Nc4 Qc7 (20... Qc5 $1 $11 21. Rac1 b5) 21. Rac1 $16 Qf4 22. Qd4 ({White should play} 22. Bxg6 $14 hxg6 23. Nb6) 22... f5 (22... Re8 {with more complications.} 23. f3 f5 24. g3 Qh6 25. Bd3 b5) 23. Bf3 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 b5 25. Na5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Ne5 26. d6 {Rc7 is the strong threat.} Rbc8 27. Rc7 {[#]} (27. Bd5+ $11 Kf8 28. Rdd1) 27... Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Rxc7 $1 $17 {stays on course.} 28. dxc7 Rc8) 28. Bd5 $18 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Nf7 (29... Nd7 $142 30. Nc6 (30. Rxf5 Rxc7 31. dxc7 Rc8 $11) 30... Kf7) 30. Nc6 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,16,10,12,18,7,24,17,26,13,11,0,11,0,0,0,25,23,8,19,17,5,20,0,10,0,21,19,10,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-25,-18,-25,-60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 {[#]} 11. Rad1 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Re8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bg3 h6 14. Rac1 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. b4 {1-0 (32) Turba,V (1620)-Laux,D (1923) Playchess.com INT 2020}) 11... h6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Nc4 Bxg3 15. hxg3 b5 16. Ncd2 a6 17. e4 Nde7 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Bb1 Rad8 20. Nb3 Na5 21. Nxa5 Qxa5 22. Ne5 {[#] Strongly threatening Qc5.} Qc7 23. Nd3 Nc6 24. Nc5 Ne5 {aiming for ...Nc4.} 25. b4 Nd7 26. Nb3 Nb6 27. Qc5 Rc8 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Nc5 Na4 30. Nxa4 bxa4 31. Rd6 Rfc8 ({Better is} 31... Bc6 $15) 32. Bd3 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Rd1 Kf8 35. f3 Rb6 36. a3 Rc6 37. Be2 Ke7 38. b5 Rb6 39. bxa6 Bxa6 40. Bxa6 Rxa6 41. Rd4 h5 42. Kh2 Kf6 43. Rb4 g5 44. Kh3 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters by chess24-KO"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,107,12,29,11,6,10,25,0,20,27,12,8,13,13,37,38,34,30,35,0,46,45,44,20,18,18,20,0,35,29,27,12,21,14,22,22,22,22,23,22,23,19,72,50,36,58,58,6,6,2,4,2,2,2,2,2,4,4,20,26,33,0,110,109,241,245,244,237,237,237,226,221,233,80,296,279,293,292,279,278,215,208,431,414,1270,1101,1038,858,922,2047,1952,2006,1862,1851,1422,1152,1858,1169,29950,12761]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Qb6 6. Nbd2 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Nc6 7. Nb3 Bg4 8. a4 {[#] White has an edge.} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... a6 9. a5 Qa7 10. c3 e6 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Be3 Qb8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nf6 {1-0 (66) Carlsen,M (2872)-Aronian,L (2775) London 2019}) 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Qd1 a6 11. c3 Ne4 12. a5 Qd8 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Qf3 (14. Bxd6 {keeps more tension.} Nxd6 15. Nc5 O-O 16. b4 Qg5 17. O-O) 14... Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Nf6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Re2 Rb8 19. h3 Nd7 20. Qd6 Qe7 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. f4 h5 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 g6 25. Rae1 {And now f5! would win.} Nf6 (25... Kf8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5 Nxf5 28. Rf1 {[#]} (28. Nc5 $14) 28... Ne4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nc5 Kf8 $1 31. Nxe4 Ke7 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Ke1 Rbg8 {[#]} 34. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rh6 (34... exd5 35. Ng3+) 35. Rf4 Rh1+ (35... Rd8 $11 {remains equal.} 36. dxe6 fxe6) 36. Kd2 $16 {Strongly threatening Rxf5!} Rd8 {[#]} (36... Rh6 $16 {was necessary.}) 37. Rxf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 38. Nf2+ Kf6 39. Nxh1 {aiming for c4.} Rxd5+ {KRN-KR} 40. Ke3 Rxa5 41. Nf2 $2 (41. Rh2 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 41... Ra4 $2 (41... Re5+ $16 42. Kd2 Ke6) 42. b4 a5 43. Nd3 axb4 44. cxb4 Ra6 45. Nc5 Rd6 $2 (45... Rc6 {is a better defense.} 46. Ra2 Kg5 47. Rg2+ (47. Nxb7 Rb6 $16) 47... Kf6) 46. Rd2 f4+ (46... Rc6 $142 47. Nxb7 Ke5) 47. Kxf4 Rc6 48. Ke4 b6 49. Kd5 Rc7 50. Rf2+ Ke7 51. Re2+ Kd8 52. Ne4 Re7 53. Rf2 Kc7 54. Nd6 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

