[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,77,14,15,14,-10,-9,-9,-3,-10,-10,-16,-17,-13,0,-16,-16,-16,24,30,37,39,66,48,47,47,52,49,77,74,75,72,70,19,23,20,48,25,132,129,132,121,128,127,135,118,116,95,95,18,106,126,595,590,581,577,513,287,805,805,1439,1299]} 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. Bf4 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 {The position is equal.} 13. e3 Na6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c6 {[#]} 16. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Nb4 19. Na2 Nbd5 20. Qc2 Ne8 21. Qd2 Nd6 22. Qe2 {1-0 (49) Akeya Price,R (1880)-Persson,A (2112) Hastings 2019}) 16... Qb6 17. Qe2 c5 18. Rfd1 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qa8 22. Kg1 Nb4 23. Qb5 Nbd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rc1 (25. Nc4 $14) 25... h6 $11 26. Qd7 Nf6 27. Qd6 g6 (27... Qe8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. b3 $16 h5 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Nd7 would win. Keeping Black busy.} Rd8 31. Qb2 Qb8 32. b4 axb4 33. Rc4 (33. Qxb4 $16 {Threatens to win with Qe7!} Nd5 34. Qb1) 33... b3 {[#]} (33... Rd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34. Rb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b3]} Qa7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (34... Qd6 $16 35. Rxb3 (35. Rxb7 Qd2 $14) 35... Qd1) 35. Rxb3 $18 Qxa4 36. Rxb7 Qe8 37. Ra7 Rd5 $2 {[#]} (37... Qf8 38. Nxf7 Qxf7 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7) 38. Qb7 Ne4 39. Nxf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.46} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.23"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C85"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,57,24,7,19,2,23,12,16,0,29,18,20,14,25,46,48,0,11,11,2,-29,-18,-20,-18,-69,-59,-34,52,57,95,97,158,64,152,172,193,187,164,156,182,181,722,715,1296,1289]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5][%mdl 32]} Be6 {[#] C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation.} 9. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b3 Nd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. bxc4 O-O 13. Rb1 Re8 14. c3 b6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Be3 {1-0 (39) Le,Q (2694)-Jones,G (2709) Saint Louis 2019}) 9... Qe7 10. Na5 O-O-O {The position is equal.} 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. c3 c5 13. a3 c6 14. b4 Bc7 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Be3 {[%cal Re3c5]} f5 18. Bxc5 Qf7 19. Rab1 ({White should try} 19. Nbd2 $11) 19... g5 20. exf5 g4 (20... Qxf5 $15 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. dxe4 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 b6 25. Nxa6 Rhf8) 21. Ng5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Qxf5 22. h4 b6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 22... Rhe8) 23. Ne4 $1 bxc5 (23... g3 $1 $14 24. Qb2 gxf2+ 25. Rxf2 (25. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Be2 $15) 25... Qe6) 24. bxc5 $16 {Threatens to win with Na5!} Nf6 {[#] White must now prevent ...g3.} 25. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Rxd6 27. d4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} c5 $2 (27... Kd8 28. Qxa6 Ke7) 28. Nxc5 $18 Re8 29. Qc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.27} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.27"] [Round "14.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2696"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,112,14,12,14,20,20,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,-13,0,0,-3,-11,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-21,-11,-16,-27,-18,-21,-25,-59,-14,-24,-6,-26,-14,-23,0,-23,0,-29,0,-71,-71,-60,-65,-53,-66,-13,0,0,0,-59,-69,-145,-60,-87,-79,-191,-199,-183,-216,-209,-206,-244,-73,-75,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-99,-58,-122,-116,-397,-365,-713,-571,-1223,-682,-29970,-29971,-29975,-29976,-11144,-6610,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29990]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 $1 {6...b6 is better than 6...dxc4.} 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} Re8 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Rc8 11. Rad1 c5 12. Qb1 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e3 Ba6 15. a3 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Nb6 {½-½ (54) Naumkin,I (2463)-Sandipan,C (2618) Benasque 2012}) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Kg1 b5 18. Nef3 Red8 19. a3 Bxd2 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxd2 Kg7 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qb2 a5 25. b4 a4 26. Rc1 Qd5 27. Qc2 Rd7 28. Kg2 Qb7 29. Kg1 Rd8 30. Kg2 Rd7 31. Kg1 Rd6 32. Kg2 (32. Rd1 $11) 32... Nd2 $17 33. Rd1 Nc4 34. Rxd6 Nxd6 35. Qd3 Nc4 36. e4 Qc6 37. g4 (37. Kf1 $11) 37... Qc7 $15 38. Nd2 (38. Nd4 $15) 38... Ne5 (38... Qf4 $17 39. Nxc4 bxc4) 39. Qe3 $1 h6 40. f4 (40. h4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 40... Nxg4 $19 41. Qg3 f5 42. Kf1 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h4]} 43. Ke2 {[#]} Qb6 $2 (43... e5 $1 $19 {...fxe4 is the strong threat.} 44. fxe5 fxe4 45. Nxe4 Qc4+ 46. Kf3 Qf1+ 47. Nf2 Kg6) 44. h3 $17 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 45. Qc3+ (45. Qf3 Nf6) 45... Nf6 {White must now prevent ...Qg1.} 46. exf5 exf5 47. Nf3 Qe6+ 48. Kd2 (48. Qe3 $15) 48... Qd5+ 49. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (49. Ke2 $17) 49... Ne4+ $19 50. Ke3 $2 (50. Kc2 Qa2+ 51. Kc1 Qa1+ 52. Kc2) 50... Qa2 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ra2f2]} 51. Kd4 f6 52. Qf1 Qxa3 53. Kd5 Qxb4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rb4d6]} 54. Qg1+ Kf8 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rb4d6]} 55. Ke6 Qe7+ 56. Kxf5 Ng3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.21} 0-1