[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.19"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,55,0,0,-8,-3,-23,-15,-14,0,-15,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 {8.h4 is the fancy move.} Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 {C45: Scotch Game.} Nb4 11. Bb2 $1 Bg7 $1 12. a3 {[#]The position is equal.} Nd5 13. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4f6][%mdl 32] [#]} O-O $1 14. O-O-O Rfe8 15. Qf3 Nb6 16. Ne4 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 {...Re6 is the strong threat.} 19. Nxe8 {aiming for Nf6.} Qa1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Kc2 Qa2+ 21. Kc1 $1 {Strongly threatening Qc3.} Qxa3+ 22. Kb1 {[#]} Na4 $5 $146 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ra3b2][%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 22... Rb8 23. Qc3 Nxc4 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Nd6# {1-0 (28) Sos,F-Bender,Z ICCF email 2016}) 23. Qf6 {[%cal Rf6h8]} Qxb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kc1 {White threatens Qh8+ and mate.} Qa3+ (24... Rxe8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Re1+ Qe3+ 27. Rxe3+ Kd8 28. Rxe8#) 25. Kc2 Qa2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Weaker is} 25... Rxe8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Re1+ Qe3 28. Rxe3+ (28. fxe3 Rxh8 29. Ra1 Nc5 $15) 28... Kd8 29. Rxe8#) 26. Kc1 {Threatening mate with Qh8+.} Qa3+ 27. Kc2 {Intending Qh8+ and mate.} Qa2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Inferior is} 27... Rxe8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Re1+ Qe3 30. Rxe3+ (30. fxe3 Rxh8 31. Ra1 Nc5 $15) 30... Kd8 31. Rxe8#) 28. Kc1 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.00/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.21"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,82,2,12,16,13,12,11,3,-16,0,-13,25,20,26,25,35,36,16,25,28,38,48,29,39,41,52,56,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,-130,-123,-143,-143,-130,-103,-154,-92,-123,-122,-108,-79,-108,19,13,19,11,13,30,25,39,147,78,135,105,50,0,0,-23,-23,-23,-24,-30,-23,-30,-30]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 {7.Nf3 is more fashionable.} Be7 8. Nf3 f6 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 9. Be3 O-O 10. g3 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qd2 {[#]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Kh8 12. Bg2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Nc3 Qa6 15. Kf2 fxe5 16. fxe5 Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (53) Fedoseev,V (2667)-Morozevich,A (2676) Moscow 2016}) 12. Nfxd4 Nc5 13. exf6 $1 Bxf6 {Hoping for ...Qxb2!} 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Bg2 Nd6 17. Bf2 Nc4 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. O-O e5 20. fxe5 $1 Bf5 21. exf6 ({White should play} 21. Qc1 $14 Qxe5 22. Nf4) 21... Bxc2 $11 22. fxe7 Rfe8 {Strongly threatening ...Be4.} 23. Nf4 Nb6 ({Wrong is} 23... Rxe7 $2 24. Nxd5 Qe5 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Bxc4 $18) 24. Nxd5 (24. Bd4 $11) 24... Nxd5 $17 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Nd4 {[#]} Qd7 $1 27. c4 {[#]} (27. Bc4 $142 Be4 28. Be6) 27... Bg6 (27... Bd3 $142 $1 {[%cal Rd3f1]} 28. Rfd1 Bg6) 28. Ne6 Rxe7 29. Rae1 Bf7 30. Nxg7 Bxd5 (30... Rxe1 $17 31. Bxe1 Kxg7 32. Bxf7 Qxf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7) 31. Rxe7 $1 $11 Qxe7 32. Nf5 Qf8 (32... Qe4 $5 33. Bd4+ Qxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Bxc4 $14) 33. Bd4+ Kg8 34. cxd5 {Threatens to win with d6.} h5 (34... h6 $1 $14) 35. d6 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kh7 (35... Qe8 $142) 36. Ne7 Qe8 37. Rf6 (37. b3 {is interesting.} b6 38. Bc3 a5 39. Rf5 Rd8 40. Be5) 37... Rd8 38. Bc3 {[#]} Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender. Black has an edge.} 39. Rxd6 Qxe7 40. Rd4 Kg6 41. a3 Qe3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.24} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.24"] [Round "12.4"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2789"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,118,24,25,17,16,17,16,13,21,25,15,17,26,9,10,18,31,30,28,28,31,29,22,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,2,4,6,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-4,-4,-5,-8,-9,-21,-22,-24,-10,-15,-10,-12,-16,-14,-22,-100,-100,-102,-84,-84,-84,-85,-87,-121,-86,-99,-67,-70,-38,-21,-16,-95,-95,-106,-106,-102,-67,-73,-79,-74,-89,-82,-81,-116,-57,-141,-141,-135,-140,-139,-130,-141,-135,-134,-137,-157,-150]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. O-O {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} Nc6 {[#]} 11. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. c3 h6 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Bf1 Rd8 16. g3 c6 17. a4 Ne8 {1-0 (44) Vachier Lagrave,M (2784)-Duda,J (2743) chess24.com INT 2020}) 11... h6 12. Nh4 {The position is equal.} Re8 13. Nf5+ Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Kf8 15. g3 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7c8,Bc8b6,Bb6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 16. Bh3 Nc8 17. Nd2 a5 18. a4 c6 19. Rd1 h5 20. Nf1 g6 21. f3 Nb6 22. b3 Kg7 23. Kf2 Nbd7 24. Bg5 Nf8 25. Re1 Ne6 26. Be3 Rac8 27. Bd2 c5 28. dxc5 Bxc5+ 29. Kg2 Bb6 30. Rab1 Rc6 31. b4 Nc7 32. Rxe8 Ncxe8 33. bxa5 Bxa5 34. Rxb7 Nd6 35. Ra7 Bxc3 36. Bd7 Nxd7 37. Bxc3+ Rxc3 38. Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc6 39. Re7 (39. Nd2 $11) 39... Rc2+ $17 40. Kg1 d4 41. Rd7 Nf5 42. a5 Ra2 43. Ra7 Kf6 44. a6 h4 {...h3 is the strong threat.} 45. Ra8 h3 {White must now prevent ...Rg2+.} 46. a7 Ke7 47. g4 (47. Nd2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 47... Nd6 48. Rb8 Rxa7 49. Rb4 d3 50. Rb3 Ra2 51. Rxd3 Nc4 52. Ng3 Rg2+ 53. Kh1 Kf8 (53... g5 $1 $17 54. Rd1 Nd2 55. Re1+ Kd7) 54. Rc3 ({White should try} 54. g5 $15) 54... Nb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2d1] ( -> ...Nd1)} 55. Rc8+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 56. Rd8 {[#]} Rf2 $1 57. Kg1 Rxf3 {Black is clearly better.} 58. Ne4 Re3 59. Ng3 Ra3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.05} 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Date "2021.04.26"] [Round "13.1"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,84,8,20,10,0,0,8,2,3,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,3,0,19,16,19,0,0,-6,0,0,21,0,10,7,4,-12,-12,-12,-13,-42,-10,-12,0,0,0,-23,-21,-33,-31,-38,-40,-54,-54,-61,-62,-86,-89,-62,-62,-209,-205,-200,-206,-261,-259]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} O-O 9. a3 Bd7 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Leaves trodden paths.} 10. Bxd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 Bc6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Nc3 dxe5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. Be3 Ne4 16. Rac1 {1-0 (24) Kryvoruchko,Y (2628)-Pavlovic,M (2537) Kavala 2008}) 10... exd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Re1 Rac8 16. Qd3 f6 17. h3 Bf7 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Nh2 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nf1 g6 22. Ne3 Kg7 23. Na4 Qd6 24. Nc3 h5 25. Rd1 a6 26. Rc1 h4 27. Rd1 Na5 28. b4 Nc4 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Qd2 Bd5 31. b5 Bf7 (31... axb5 {feels hotter.} 32. Nxb5 Qd7 33. Nc3 g5 34. Rb1 Be4) 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. a4 g5 34. d5 Bg6 35. Re1 Qf4 36. Qd1 {[#]} Bc2 $1 37. Qa1 Re5 38. Rxe5 Qxe5 39. a5 Kg6 40. Kh1 (40. f3 $15) 40... Be4 $19 41. d6 {[#] Hoping for d7.} Bc6 42. Qb2 Qxd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.03} 0-1