[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "175"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,175,18,20,18,28,33,27,25,19,8,19,11,12,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,79,91,99,77,94,99,94,95,98,98,100,98,100,92,92,94,100,95,91,90,153,158,175,168,343,345,344,349,334,186,195,202,190,187,197,193,187,165,315,216,174,133,127,141,127,141,159,154,159,141,120,40,68,40,40,40,40,39,40,40,40,40,43,40,40,0,45,0,40,40,40,18,40,40,40,0,18,0,40,40,40,40,47,74,79,0,47,0,68,40,45,18,20,45,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} e6 7. Be2 exd5 8. exd5 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 {[#]} 9. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h5 O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Bxd6 Qb6 12. Nb5 a6 13. Bc7 axb5 14. Bxb6 Nxb6 15. hxg6 hxg6 {0-1 (24) Borsuk,K (2401)-Janaszak,D (2348) chess.com INT 2020}) 9... Ng4 10. h5 Qe7 11. Bg5 (11. O-O {keeps more tension.} O-O 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4) 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 f6 13. Bd2 g5 14. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black should prevent Nxg5. White is more active.} Nge5 15. Nd4 cxd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. dxe5 $16 fxe5 18. Be3 b6 19. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 20. a5 Rb8 21. Ra3 h6 22. Qd2 Bf5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rfa1 Rb7 25. Qd1 Kg7 26. R1a2 Ne4 ({Black should play} 26... Qc7) 27. Bd3 {Black must now prevent Qc2.} Qf7 28. Rb2 Nc5 $2 (28... Bh7 {was worth a try.} 29. Rab3 Nf6) 29. Bxf5 $18 Qxf5 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Qe2 (31. Rf3 $142 Qd7 32. Rxf8 Kxf8 33. Qb1) 31... e4 32. Re3 Re8 33. Rb5 Qe5 34. g3 Qd4 35. Rb1 Rf7 (35... b5 $142 36. Qa2 (36. cxb5 Qxd5 37. Qc2 c4 $16) (36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. cxb5 Qxd5 $16) 36... Rf7) 36. Rd1 Qf6 37. d6 Re6 38. d7 Rd6 39. Rxd6 ({Don't play} 39. Rxe4 $6 Rxd1+ 40. Qxd1 Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 Qxg3 $11) 39... Qxd6 40. Rxe4 Rxd7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KQR-KQR} 41. Kg2 $1 Qc6 42. Kh2 (42. f3 $16) 42... Qf6 43. Kh3 Qf5+ 44. g4 Qf6 45. Re5 (45. Qe3 {is more complex.} Qc6 46. f3 Rf7 47. Kg2 Rf6 48. Re5) 45... Qd6 46. Kg2 Qc6+ 47. f3 Qd6 48. Qe4 Ra7 49. Qe2 (49. Kh3 {is interesting.} Rf7 50. Rd5 Qf6 51. Kg2 Re7 52. Qc2) 49... Rd7 50. Qe4 Ra7 51. Kh3 {Hoping for Re6.} Rf7 52. Re8 (52. Rd5 {looks sharper.} Qf6 53. Kg2 Qb2+ 54. Kg3 Qf6 55. Qf5) 52... Qf6 53. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Re6.} Qb2+ $1 54. Kh3 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Re4g6]} Qf6 55. Kg2 (55. Kg3 {feels hotter.} Qf4+ 56. Qxf4 Rxf4 57. Re7+ Kg8 58. Rb7) 55... Qb2+ $1 56. Kg3 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Re4g6]} Qf6 57. Qd3 Qf4+ 58. Kg2 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rd3g6]} Qf6 59. Kg3 (59. Kf2 {seems wilder.} Rf8 60. Qd7+ Rf7 61. Qd5 Qb2+ 62. Re2) 59... Qf4+ 60. Kg2 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rd3g6]} (60. Kf2 $5 {[%cal Rd3g6]} Qh2+ 61. Ke3 Qf4+ 62. Ke2 $16) 60... Qf6 61. Qe2 (61. Qd5 {looks sharper.} Qb2+ 62. Kg3 Qa1 63. Kf2 Qb2+ 64. Re2) 61... Rd7 62. Qe4 {And now Re6 would win.} Rd2+ $1 63. Kh3 Qd6 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd6h2]} 64. Re5 (64. Qe7+ {is more complex.} Qxe7 65. Rxe7+ Kg8 66. Re6 Kh7 67. Rxb6 Rc2 68. Kg3) 64... Kf6 $1 {The position is equal.} 65. Rf5+ Kg7 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd6h2]} 66. Re5 {aiming for Qb7+.} Kf6 $1 67. Rf5+ Kg7 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd6h2]} 68. Qb7+ Kh8 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd6h2]} 69. Qa8+ Kg7 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd6h2]} 70. Qa7+ Kh8 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd6h2]} 71. Qa1+ Kg8 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd6h2]} 72. Qa8+ Kg7 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd6h2]} 73. Qa1+ (73. Qb7+ {with more complications.}) 73... Kg8 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd6h2]} 74. Re5 {Qa8+ is the strong threat.} (74. Qe5 {keeps more tension.} Qxe5 75. Rxe5 Kf7 76. Re3 Rc2 77. Rb3) 74... Qf8 {[%cal Rf8f3]} 75. Qa3 Rf2 76. Kg3 Qf4+ 77. Kxf2 {Intending Qa8+ and mate.} Qxe5 $11 {KQ-KQ} 78. Qa8+ Kf7 79. Qb7+ (79. Qe4 {feels hotter.} Qd4+ 80. Ke2 Qxe4+ 81. fxe4 Ke6 82. Kd3) 79... Kf8 $1 80. Qc8+ Ke7 81. Qb7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf8 82. Qxb6 Qh2+ 83. Kf1 Qh1+ 84. Ke2 Qg2+ 85. Ke3 Qg1+ 86. Ke2 Qg2+ 87. Ke3 Qg1+ 88. Ke2 {Black escapes into a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.24"] [Round "12.2"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,93,2,9,5,0,5,5,0,7,11,3,13,17,-16,-9,-20,0,-7,0,0,2,0,0,-12,-8,-16,-12,-15,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,11,0,9,11,12,9,33,37,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,39,39,39,145,145,135,116,351,333,642,623,679,689]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 {The position is equal.} a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Ne2 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Qc7 {[#]} 14. h4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14. g3 Bf6 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 Qb7 17. Nc1 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Ra3 19. Qc2 Rfa8 20. Rfc1 b5 21. Kg2 Nf8 22. Qd1 Ng6 23. Ra1 {½-½ (23) Grischuk,A (2777)-So,W (2770) chess.com INT 2020}) 14... h6 15. g3 Bc4 16. Qc2 b5 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. Nc3 Rfa8 {[#] ...axb4 is the strong threat.} 19. Rab1 (19. Rad1 {looks sharper.} axb4 20. axb4 Bf6 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bd3) 19... axb4 20. axb4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Bf6 22. h5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Be7 24. Kg2 Bf6 (24... Nf6 {is interesting.} 25. Rh1 Qb7 26. Ne5 Bd8 27. Rb3 R3a6) 25. Rec1 Bd8 26. Qe2 Bf6 27. Rc2 Qb8 28. Rbb2 Bd8 29. Nb1 R3a6 30. Ne5 Nf6 31. Nd2 Bc7 32. Nb3 Qe8 33. Nc1 Ra4 34. Ncd3 Ne4 35. g4 R8a6 36. f3 Nf6 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Ra2 {White wants to play Rxa1.} Qa8 39. Nc1 R1xa2 40. Rxa2 Ra3 41. Rxa3 Qxa3 42. Qd2 Bxe5 (42... Qa8 $14) 43. dxe5 $16 Nd7 44. Ne2 f6 $2 {[#]} (44... Qa1 $16) 45. exf6 $1 $18 e5 $2 (45... Nxf6 46. Nd4 Qa8) 46. fxg7 e4 47. Qc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.23} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.27"] [Round "14.3"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2789"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,69,33,41,7,12,22,6,24,22,23,17,18,14,17,29,0,18,0,0,0,37,45,52,43,46,33,49,45,116,100,132,153,152,141,145,144,120,134,124,147,171,152,250,245,312,307,300,292,407,370,403,401,416,414,397,406,443,442,599,578,537,521]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 (5... Nxe4 $2 6. fxe4 Qh4+ 7. Ke2 $18) 6. Bd3 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} (6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Ng3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne8 12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 Qh4 15. Rf1 Ne5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Qe1 Nf6 19. e5 {0-1 (42) Ding,L (2811)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2776) chess.com INT 2019}) 6... Bg7 7. Ne2 exd5 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 {[#]} 9. Nec3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. Bc2 a6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. b3 Rb8 14. Bb2 Nh5 15. Ra2 {0-1 (41) Ugrinovsky,A (2084)-Franzen,T (2278) ICCF email 2017}) 9... a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. O-O Bd4+ 12. Kh1 Ne5 13. Ne2 Qh4 14. Nxd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 {Ne2 is the strong threat.} Ng3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 16. Kg1 Nxf1 17. Nc2 ({Much weaker is} 17. Kxf1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O $11) 17... Nxh2 18. Qe3 O-O {Black is now going downhill.} (18... g5 $14) 19. Qg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5h4]} Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qh3 {[#]} 21. Bf4 $1 Qxf3 {White must now prevent ...Qd1+.} 22. Nd2 f6 {[#]} 23. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 24. Nxf3 Bg4 {[#]} 25. Nd2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Be2 (25... Rad8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 26. Ne3 Be2) 26. Kf2 $18 ({But not} 26. Bxd6 $6 Rfe8) 26... Bd3 27. Ne1 c4 28. Bxd6 Rfe8 29. Nxd3 cxd3 30. Bc7 Kf7 31. Ra3 Rac8 32. d6 Ke6 33. Rxd3 {White is clearly winning.} Kd7 34. Nc4 {Strongly threatening Nb6+.} Rxc7 35. Nb6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.24} 1-0