[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.19"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,55,31,14,12,17,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,16,19,0,0,0,2,0,12,13,14,15,16,14,23,0,23,0,31,0]} 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. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. g3 O-O {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 14. h4 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 14.Bg2 at the moment.} Bh6 15. a3 a5 {[#] The position is equal.} 16. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bg2 Ne7 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Be6 19. O-O {½-½ (19) Vitiugov,N (2722)-Sevian,S (2660) chess.com INT 2020}) 16... Ne7 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Be6 19. Rd1 Rb6 20. Bh3 Bb3 21. Rd2 Qc7 22. O-O Rfb8 23. Rc1 Rc6 24. Bg4 h6 25. Bd1 Be6 26. Bg4 Bb3 27. Bd1 Be6 28. Bg4 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.21"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2696"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,61,33,36,44,47,37,50,63,66,96,72,93,89,83,97,120,127,115,135,130,120,130,116,182,182,191,184,300,295,333,339,387,295,294,294,284,272,279,198,199,186,186,179,186,179,252,244,244,237]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3 Be7 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 cxd4 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nxd4 Qc7 {Black is on the road to losing.} 12. Rd1 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc5 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Ba4 16. Qxa4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qc3 18. Bb2 Qxb2 {1-0 (26) Korobkov,P (2508)-Provotorov,I (2398) Voronezh 2008}) 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Rac1 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 {[#] Threatens to win with Nd5!} Nc4 17. Bg5 {And now Bxf6 would win.} Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Rd8 (18... Qd8 $16 {was called for.} 19. Nc3 (19. Bxb7 Nd6 $17) 19... h6) 19. Bxf6 $18 Bxf6 20. Be4 Qa5 (20... Qd7 {was necessary.}) 21. Nc3 (21. Qxh7+ Kf8 $18) 21... Kf8 {[#]} 22. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b5 {intending ...Qd2.} (22... Rxd5 23. Bxd5) 23. Qxh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} (23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6 Qd2 $18) 23... Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Qd2 25. Rxc4 (25. Qh8+ Ke7 $11) 25... bxc4 26. e4 {aiming for Qh8+.} Qxb2 27. Qh8+ (27. Bxc4 $6 Qc1+ 28. Bf1 g6 $16) 27... Ke7 28. Qc8 {Intending Qc7+ and mate.} Qb6 29. Qxc4 Qb5 (29... Kf8 $142 30. Kg2 (30. Bxf7 Qb5 $16) 30... Be7) 30. Qc7+ ({But not} 30. Bxf7 $6 Qxc4 31. Bxc4 a5 $16) 30... Qd7 31. Qc5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.25} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.23"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,81,0,-3,0,-8,10,8,8,8,15,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,19,19,19,19,19,34,41,41,41,41,34,34,27,32,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. dxc6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Be4 {[#]} Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Qe2 Bg6 18. Rad1 Rde8 19. Rd7 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Qxc6 21. Qd3 g6 {½-½ (39) Mihok,O (2552)-Malinovsky,K (2456) Ceske Budejovice 2020}) 16. Qd7 Rad8 17. Qxc7 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Bxe4 19. fxe4 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxf7!} Rc8 20. Qd7 {Strongly threatening Rxf7!} Qxc6 21. Qxa7 Qxe4 22. Rfe1 (22. c3 {is more complex.} Rxc3 23. a4 Rc2 24. Rf2 Qe5 25. Raf1) 22... Qxc2 23. a4 Qc5 (23... Ra8 {is interesting.} 24. Qd4 Rfd8 25. Qb4 Rdb8 26. Qf4 h6) 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. a5 {[#] And now a6 would win.} Ra8 26. a6 {aiming for a7.} h5 27. Reb1 {a7 is the strong threat.} Kh7 28. Rb6 Ra7 29. Kg1 Rc2 30. h3 f6 31. Ra3 Kg6 32. Kh2 h4 33. Ra1 Rc4 34. Kg1 Rc2 35. Ra4 Rd2 36. Rg4+ Kf7 37. Rxh4 Ra2 {The position is equal.} 38. Rb7+ Rxb7 39. axb7 Rb2 40. Ra4 Rxb7 41. Kh2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.26"] [Round "13.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,83,18,33,20,35,27,23,24,33,20,49,29,41,39,65,55,78,54,83,60,57,29,71,65,69,56,68,75,78,85,78,54,78,29,49,11,24,13,44,48,54,47,56,55,67,32,41,32,68,68,68,67,67,67,67,68,70,68,70,68,68,68,68,68,68,63,60,56,71,71,69,68,65,0,68,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. d5 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6).} Na6 7. Nc3 Nc5 8. O-O {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Qc2 a5 {[#]} 10. Rd1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10. e4 d6 11. Be3 e5 12. h3 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nb3 {1-0 (40) Banusz,T (2623)-Jimenez Garcia,E (2397) chess.com INT 2020}) 10... Ne8 11. Bf4 Nd6 12. b3 Re8 13. Be5 e6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rab1 e5 16. Nd2 f5 17. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} Qf6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na6 20. e4 f4 21. Ne2 fxg3 22. fxg3 c5 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxb6 Qd8 25. Rdb1 Qc7 26. Nc3 Rf8 27. R6b2 Ba6 28. Nd1 Rab8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Qb2 Qxb2 32. Nxb2 Nc8 33. Kf2 Nb6 34. Bf1 d6 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. Be2 Ke7 37. Nb1 Bc8 38. Nc3 Bd7 39. Bd1 Be8 40. Bc2 Bd7 41. Bd1 Be8 $1 42. Bc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.08} (42. g4 $14) 1/2-1/2