[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.21"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,80,12,0,0,0,2,4,8,10,5,10,1,0,1,0,4,-37,28,28,54,40,54,40,44,31,24,23,64,37,39,39,40,20,75,66,61,68,75,67,58,53,44,46,50,23,20,27,33,29,17,29,33,38,72,12,10,8,18,2,3,0,2,0,11]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8a6,Ba6c7][%mdl 32]} 9. c4 {9.a4 deserves study.} Be7 10. c5 Na6 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 11. cxd6 Bxd6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Nc7 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 {[#]} 15. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a4 Rd8 16. Qe2 b6 17. Re1 Nxd5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Nc7 20. Be3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rexa5 Rab8 24. Rxa7 {½-½ (24) Wharrier,J (2408)-Biedermann,K (2384) ICCF email 2017}) 15... b6 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Bg5 h6 (17... f6 $15 18. Be3 Rad8) 18. Bh4 $1 $11 b5 19. Bb3 Na6 20. Qe2 Nc5 $1 21. Qxb5 Nxb3 22. axb3 Rfb8 23. f3 a6 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Qa3 Qb6+ (25... Qg6 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Bf2 $16 Qb5 27. d6 Qd7 28. Qa4 Bc6 29. Qh4 Re8 30. Rac1 Rac8 31. Rc4 Re6 32. Bc5 Rg6 33. Qf2 Re8 34. Re1 e4 35. fxe4 Rg4 {[%cal Rg4e4]} 36. h3 (36. Qc2 $16) 36... Rgxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. Rexe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Bxe4 39. Qe2 Bb7 40. b4 Qc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.24"] [Round "12.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2696"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,80,14,33,30,36,25,58,41,92,90,89,94,119,106,101,111,93,87,104,90,87,103,95,77,87,84,93,103,111,129,132,117,139,97,97,101,92,96,105,106,99,106,107,106,106,102,97,105,124,128,123,125,185,187,312,300,275,145,155,155,374,415,435,434,434,433,426,262,441,426,441,405,281]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Nf6 7. Bc4 {[#] Hoping for Bxf7+!} Qc7 $146 ({But not} 7... Nxe4 $2 8. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke7 9. Qb3 $18) ({Predecessor:} 7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Kh1 b5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Bd3 a6 {1-0 (32) Tadic,S (2267)-Tonic,M (2111) Bajina Basta 2019}) 8. dxe5 {White is slightly better.} Bxf3 (8... Nxe4 $14 9. b4 Nd7) 9. Qxf3 $16 ({Much worse is} 9. gxf3 $6 Qxe5 10. Be3 Nbd7 $11) 9... Qxe5 10. Bf4 Qh5 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Bb3 Be7 14. Rhg1 {Strongly threatening g4.} Qxf3 15. gxf3 g6 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Nd7 {[#]} 19. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxf7 20. Rxd7 Ke6 21. Rc7 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Be3 a5 24. Kd2 a4 25. f4 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Rf8 27. Kf3 Rd8 28. Rc1 c5 29. c4 b4 30. Ke2 Rd7 {[#]} (30... Bf6 $16 {was necessary.}) 31. Rd1 $1 $18 {aiming for f5+!} Rxd1 (31... Rb7 $142 32. Rd5 b3) 32. Kxd1 {KB-KB} Bf8 {[#]} 33. Kc2 {[%cal Rc2d3]} Be7 34. b3 a3 {This costs Black the game.} (34... axb3+ $16 35. axb3 h6 36. f5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kf6 37. Bxh6 gxf5) 35. Kd3 Bf8 36. Bf2 Be7 37. Ke3 Bd8 38. Kf3 Be7 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kg3 Bf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.18} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.27"] [Round "14.4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,57,10,2,32,14,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,10,25,13,9,15,0,0,6,6,13,20,60,61,199,187,296,306]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Ne2 b6 {11...b6 scores better than 11...Be7.} 12. Bg5 c5 {The position is equal.} 13. Nc3 {Threatens to win with Nd5.} Bb7 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 {[#] Hoping for Nd5.} c6 {[#]} 16. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rd3 Be7 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Ke7 21. Kf1 h4 22. f4 {½-½ (33) Vachier Lagrave,M (2781)-Nakamura,H (2746) London 2018}) 16... Be7 {And now ...f6 would win.} 17. Ne4 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Ke7 19. Nd6 Ke6 20. Rd3 Rhd8 {[%cal Rf5d6]} 21. Re1 a5 22. f4 c4 23. Rdd1 b5 24. Kf2 a4 25. a3 g6 26. Kf3 Ng7 27. Rd2 Ne8 (27... Ke7 $14) 28. Red1 Nc7 {[#]} (28... Nxd6 {was worth a try.} 29. Rxd6+ Ke7) 29. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.17} 1-0