[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,147,-22,-18,-18,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-37,-46,-37,-21,-140,-97,-137,-47,-41,-35,-37,-34,-29,-38,-46,-50,-39,-47,-35,-45,-25,18,22,23,22,77,83,116,127,114,70,89,85,88,81,99,112,102,87,113,110,111,111,111,106,95,74,140,140,140,140,140,140,160,160,170,170,170,170,170,170,170,170,170,170,170,170,170,169,170,169,170,170,170,170,170,170,170,170,2728,1372,2703,2037,2647,170,170,170,170,170,170,170,170,170,1996,0,160,0,170,0,1443,191,184,170,12833,12835,12840,12822,29940,29946,12593,10531,29960,29960,12832,5303,5065,5065]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn.} 12. fxe5 Nfd7 {is currently scoring better than 12...g5.} 13. Ne4 $1 Qxa2 {The position is equal.} 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 ({Avoid the trap} 15... Nxe5 $2 16. Nb3 $18) 16. c3 Bc5 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 17. Bg3 Qd5 {[#]} 18. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Nb5 Qxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Be5 21. Nbd6+ Ke7 22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Kc2 Bc7 24. Be2 {1-0 (37) Beveridge,C (1963)-Milde,L (2075) ICCF email 2013}) 18... Qxc4 $17 19. Bd6 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxc5.} Nf6 $1 20. Nxc5 $15 Nd5 21. Qe5 {[%cal Re5g7] [#]} Rg8 22. Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 23. Nxe6 Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 26. Rd3 Ne4 {And now ...Ra7 would win.} 27. O-O+ Kg6 {Strongly threatening ...Ra7.} 28. Nxa8 Nc6 (28... Rd8 $11 {remains equal.} 29. Nb6 Bf5) 29. Nb6 $16 Rd8 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Ba3 Rc7 32. Rf4 Nf6 33. Bb2 Ne7 34. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 35. h4 h5 36. Rg3+ {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kf7 37. Rg5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Ng6 39. Rf2 Nxh4 (39... Kg7 $142 40. Rxh5 Ne5) 40. Rxh5 Ng6 41. Rh7+ Ke6 42. Rxb7 {Rb6+ is the strong threat.} Ne5 {Threatening ...Ng4+.} 43. Rb6+ Rc6 44. Rxc6+ Nxc6 $18 {KR-KN} 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. Rc2 Nb4 47. Rd2 Nc6 48. Kf4 Kg6 49. Rd6 Ne5 50. Rxa6 Nf7 51. Ke4 Nh6 52. Ra5 Nf7 53. Ra3 {aiming for Rg3+.} Nd6+ 54. Kf4 Nf5 55. Rd3 Nh6 $2 (55... Ne7 56. Ra3 Nc6 57. Rg3+ Kf7) 56. Rg3+ Kf7 57. Ke4 Ng8 58. Kf5 $2 (58. Rb3 Ne7 59. Ra3) 58... Ne7+ 59. Kf4 Nd5+ 60. Kg4 Kg6 61. Kf3+ Kf7 62. Ke4 Ne7 $2 (62... Nc7 63. Rc3 Ne8) 63. Kf4 $2 (63. Rc3 $18 {has better winning chances.} Ke6 64. Ra3) 63... Nd5+ $1 $16 64. Kf5 Ne7+ 65. Ke4 $2 (65. Kg4) 65... Ng8 $1 $18 66. Rh3 $2 (66. Ra3 Ne7 67. Ra7) 66... Kg6 67. Ra3 Kf7 $2 (67... Ne7 68. Rd3 Nc6) 68. Kf4 Nh6 69. Rg3 Ng8 {[#]} 70. Kg4 $1 Ne7 71. Kh5 Nd5 72. Rf3 Ke6 73. g4 Ke5 74. Kg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.09} 1-0

[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 "2021.04.19"]
[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 "2021.04.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,147,12,11,13,15,29,21,29,38,12,11,31,33,31,18,12,-24,-21,-27,0,0,0,0,-4,-6,0,0,0,-16,-10,-9,-8,-9,-8,-6,-4,-11,-25,-12,-14,-16,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,-45,0,-70,-73,-66,-66,-64,-39,-47,-10,-12,0,-8,0,0,0,-10,0,-12,-12,-24,-4,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,23,0,8,24,28,39,327,70,333,163,87,79,79,79,558,558,526,526,527,506,489,151,151,0,244,0,143,111,956,915,1917,608,1556,1465,29970,29969,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 {Black must now prevent Rb3.} Nxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 12. Bxd4 ({But not} 12. Qxd4 a6 $17) 12... a6 {The main line 12...a6 scores better than 12...Bb4.} 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 {The position is equal.} 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qh4+ (15... Rc8 {with more complications.} 16. O-O Qd8 17. Qf2 Rc4 18. Rfb1 Ba3) 16. Qf2 (16. Bf2 {keeps more tension.} Qd8 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Qd4) 16... Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Be7 {[#]} 18. Nd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Rhb1 Bc8 19. R7b3 O-O 20. Na4 a5 21. Nb6 Ra6 22. Rc3 Rxb6 23. Rxb6 f6 24. Rc7 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Bh4+ 26. g3 Bf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rbc6 {1-0 (28) Wang,J (2380)-Zhang,X (2374) China 2016}) 18... Bd8 19. Ne3 Bc6 20. Rb2 O-O 21. Bc5 Re8 22. c4 f6 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Bd6 fxe5 25. fxe5 d4 26. Nf5 d3 27. Ke3 Bb5 28. Ke4 Rc8 29. Nd4 Bc4 30. Rd1 a5 31. a3 g6 32. Rb7 Bf6 33. Nf3 Bg7 34. Ra7 Rcd8 {...Rxd6 is the strong threat.} (34... Bb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3d1]} 35. Rd2 Bc2 $15) 35. Kd4 Bb3 $15 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxd3 a4 38. Nd2 Be6 39. Ne4 $1 Bf5 (39... Ra8 {is interesting.} 40. Nc5 Ra5 41. Kc3 Bb3 42. Rd4 Ra7) 40. Re3 Bxe4 (40... Bc8 {is more complex.} 41. Rc3 Rf8 42. Rc4 Rf1 43. Rxa4 Bf5) 41. Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rf8 42. Ke3 Rfe8 43. Kf4 Ra8 44. Rb4 Ra7 45. Ke4 Kf7 46. Rb6 Rc8 47. Bb4 Rac7 48. Kd5 Rc2 49. e6+ Kf6 {aiming for ...Rd8+.} 50. Rb7 {And now Rf7+ would win.} g5 ({Don't blunder} 50... Rxg2 $2 51. Rf7+ Kg5 52. e7 $18) 51. Rxh7 Rxg2 52. Kd6 Kg6 53. Rh3 g4 54. Re3 {Threatens to win with Kd7.} Rxh2 55. Kd7 Rhh8 {Hoping for ...Rhd8+.} 56. e7 Rce8 57. Bd6 Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 57... Kf5 $1 $14) 58. Bc7 $2 (58. e8=Q+ $18 Raxe8 59. Rxe8 Rxe8 60. Kxe8) 58... Rag8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Rh7 $14) 59. Re4 (59. e8=Q+ $142 Rxe8 60. Rxe8 Rxe8 61. Kxe8) 59... Kf5 (59... Kf6 $18) 60. Rf4+ Kg5 61. Rxa4 Kh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Rh7 $16) 62. Re4 $18 Ra8 63. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kg5 64. a5 Rh7 {[#]} 65. Kc6 $2 (65. Kd6 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 65... Rhh8 $16 66. Kd7 (66. Kb7 $16 g3 67. Re1) 66... Rh7 $18 {[#]} 67. Kc6 (67. Kd6 $1 $18 Rhh8 68. Re1) 67... Rhh8 $16 68. Re3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rhe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68... Kf5 $16 69. Kd7 Rh7 70. Re5+ Kf6) 69. Kd7 $18 Kf6 70. Re6+ (70. Re1 $142 Kf7 71. Re4) 70... Kf7 71. Re4 Kf6 72. Bd8 {White mates.} Kf5 73. Kxe8 Kxe4 74. Kf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.29} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,118,13,14,14,3,22,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,25,12,19,24,11,25,17,15,0,0,-36,-32,-37,-30,-42,-37,-55,-18,-102,-7,-8,0,0,0,-7,0,-19,-22,-11,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-9,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6 {8...a5 is the modern continuation. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. d4 Nc6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. a4 a5 {[%cal Re5d4] [#]} 12. Ba2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Bb3 c6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Bc2 Be6 18. b3 {½-½ (35) Xu,Y (2536)-Xiang,Z (2409) Xingtai 2018}) 12... exd4 13. Nc4 dxc3 14. Nxb6 c2 15. Qxc2 cxb6 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Qxb6 Nd7 20. Qe3 e5 21. Qd3 Qe6 22. Nh4 Nc5 23. Qg3 {With the idea Nf5!} Kh7 24. Rad1 g5 25. Nf3 Rf7 26. Bc1 ({Don't go for} 26. Bxg5 $2 Rg8 $19) (26. Qg4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... Raf8 ({Better is} 26... Nxa4 $17 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Rd7) 27. Qg4 $11 {Black should prevent Qxe6.The position is equal.} Qxg4 28. hxg4 Rf6 29. Be3 Nxa4 30. Rd5 Nxb2 31. Rc1 R8f7 32. Rc2 Na4 33. Rc4 Nb2 34. Rc2 Na4 {[#] aiming for ...Nb4.} 35. Rc4 Nc5 36. Bxc5 dxc5 37. Rcxc5 Re7 38. Nxe5 Nxe5 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 40. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ra6 41. Re7+ Kg6 42. Rxb7 a4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Kf6.} 43. f3 a3 {( -> ...a2)} 44. Rb1 a2 (44... Kf7 {looks sharper.} 45. Ra1 a2 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Ke2 Ke5) 45. Ra1 Kf6 {Threatens to win with ...Ke5.} 46. Kf2 Ke5 {Hoping for ...Kd4.} 47. Ke3 Ra8 48. Kd3 Kf4 49. Kc4 Kg3 50. e5 Kxg2 51. e6 Kxf3 52. Kd5 Kxg4 53. e7 Kf3 54. Rxa2 Re8 55. Ke6 (55. Ra3+ {is more complex.} Kf4 56. Kd6 g4 57. Kd7 Rxe7+ 58. Kxe7 g3 59. Ra4+) 55... g4 56. Kf7 Rxe7+ 57. Kxe7 g3 58. Kf6 g2 59. Rxg2 Kxg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,-10,-12,-35,-17,-67,-57,-57,-45,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,11,15,17,33,8,8,4,29,7,33,0,0,0,0,-13,4,0,0,0,0,-74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O $1 9. h3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} (9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Bxc3 12. h4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bg7 14. Bc4 Qc8 15. e5 Ba6 16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qb7 18. h5 Rae8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Ng5 {1-0 (38) Grischuk,A (2766)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2757) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 {Black is slightly better.} Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nd4 (12... Na5 {seems wilder.} 13. Bb5 b6 14. O-O Bd7 15. a4 f6) 13. Nxd4 cxd4 {[#]} 14. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qxd4 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ {½-½ (15) Kock,H (2172)-Lein,M (2007) Arvier 2004}) 14... e5 15. O-O Qd6 16. f4 Rb8 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Rxf4 Re8 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Rbf1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bd7 22. Bc4 Rbc8 23. Bb3 Bb5 24. R1f2 a5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rc1+.} 25. d6 Bc4 26. Rxf7 (26. Bxc4 $1 $11 Rxc4 27. Rxf7 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Rxd6 29. e5) 26... Bxb3 ({But not} 26... Rxd6 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Re7 $11) ({Better is} 26... Bxf7 $17 27. Rxf7 a4) 27. axb3 $11 {Threatens to win with d7.The position is equal.} Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame aiming for ...d3. KRR-KRR} (27... d3 {feels hotter.} 28. Re7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rxd6 30. Rff7 d2) 28. e5 Rb6 29. Rd7 Rf8 {[#] And now ...Rxf2 would win.} 30. Ra2 Rxb3 31. Rxa5 Re3 32. Rb5 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Rf7 34. Rbxb7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Rxe5 36. Rxd4 {KR-KR} Re7 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. Kh2 Rf7 39. Kg1 Re7 40. Kh2 Rf7 41. Re4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2

[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 "2021.04.20"]
[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 "2021.04.21"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,80,19,14,14,12,14,19,11,22,21,33,47,52,38,39,8,5,-7,0,-63,-79,-87,-75,-85,-55,-60,-14,-54,-54,-54,-36,-47,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-35,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 11.Nbd2 at the moment.} fxe6 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nbd2 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} Rb5 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 ({Don't blunder} 15... Nxa5 $2 16. c4 $18) 16. cxd4 Qc8 17. Ba3 {[#]} Nxa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qd7 18. Qc2 Nxa5 19. Rac1 Bd8 20. e5 Nd5 21. exd6 cxd6 22. Ne4 Rb6 23. Neg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 {1-0 (57) Dorer,M-Lindner,J DESC email 2011}) 18. Qc2 c5 19. e5 (19. Qa2 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 19... dxe5 20. dxc5 Nc6 ({Not} 20... Bxc5 {[#]} 21. Rac1 $1 $16) 21. Ne4 ({White should play} 21. Rac1 $11) 21... Nxe4 $1 $15 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Rae1 (23. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Bf6 $17) 23... Bf6 24. h4 h6 25. R4e3 Rd5 26. g4 Qe8 27. Kg2 h5 28. g5 Be7 {[%cal Re7c5]} 29. Nxe5 {[#] Ng6 is the strong threat.} Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Rbxc5 31. Qg6 Qxg6 32. Nxg6 e5 33. f4 Rd2+ 34. R3e2 Rxe2+ 35. Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd4 36. Re4 Rc2+ 37. Kf1 {The position is equal.} Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[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 "2021.04.21"]
[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 "2021.04.21"]
[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 "2021.04.23"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,110,35,34,43,9,22,22,18,20,16,0,20,-4,34,29,37,38,50,34,35,28,29,8,4,0,48,39,37,39,40,40,47,53,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,-71,-68,-61,-78,-83,-84,-86,-12,-13,-12,-10,-12,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} 7. Nf1 g4 8. N3d2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... f5 12. O-O Bd6 13. d4 Qe7 14. e4 f4 15. Bd5 h5 16. Nc4 Rf8 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 {1-0 (34) Anand,V (2757)-Caruana,F (2822) Bucharest 2019}) 12. O-O Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Bg7 14. e4 h5 15. Ne3 Qd6 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Qc2 b6 18. Bd2 Ba6 19. c4 Rad8 20. Nd5 Bc8 21. Rae1 f5 22. exf5 (22. d4 $5 f4 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 $14) 22... Bxf5 23. Bb4 c5 24. Bc3 Be6 25. Qd2 (25. Qa4 $11) 25... Rxf1+ $17 26. Rxf1 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qg6 ({Much worse is} 27... Qxd5 $6 28. Qg5 $11) 28. Qd1 {[#]} Rxd5 ({Black should try} 28... b5 $1 $17 29. Qb3 a6 30. d6+ Kh7) 29. Qa4 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxd3 {Threatening ...a5.} 30. Qxa7 Rd8 31. a4 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qb8 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 Qf5+ 35. Ke2 Qe4+ 36. Kf2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kf1 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qf5+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ (43... c4 {with more complications.} 44. Qxb6 Qd3+ 45. Kf2 Qf5+ 46. Kg1 Qb1+) 44. Kf2 Qxa4 45. Qxb6 {[#] Black must now prevent Qg6+.} Qc2+ 46. Kf1 {Hoping for Qe6+.} Qf5+ 47. Ke2 h4 48. Qb3+ Kh7 49. Qd5 Bg7 50. Qxc5 Qe4+ 51. Kf1 Qd3+ 52. Ke1 h3 53. gxh3 Qe4+ 54. Kf1 Qd3+ 55. Ke1 Qe4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.23"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,95,7,12,0,0,9,18,0,31,-2,-14,-8,-9,-14,-18,-25,-31,-69,-12,-23,-30,-35,-26,-26,0,0,7,27,44,68,172,185,186,181,160,154,201,180,168,179,242,129,162,114,109,107,76,61,87,90,66,96,87,13,20,0,0,0,0,8,0,9,8,8,69,69,204,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,29948,29958,29958,29956,29950,29953,5697,5697,4693,1224,29973,29974]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} e5 9. Nge2 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} O-O 10. O-O-O {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd4 11. Kb1 Bg4 12. g3 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Rg1 Rfe8 {0-1 (26) Gevorgyan,M (2228)-Shevchenko,K (2592) chess.com INT 2020}) 11. Kb1 a5 12. a4 Qb6 13. h4 (13. Qxd6 $2 Rfd8 $19) 13... Rac8 (13... Ng4 $1 $15 14. Re1 (14. Qxd6 $2 Nf2 $19) 14... Nb4) 14. h5 (14. Qxd6 $2 Rfd8 $19) 14... Nxh5 15. g3 Nb4 16. Bh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Bg7 18. g4 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 19. g5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nh5 (19... Ng4 $14) 20. f5 $18 Rfd8 21. f6 Bf8 22. Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h5]} d5 23. exd5 (23. Nxh5 dxe4 24. Qe2 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qf2 $11) 23... Nxg3 (23... Nf4 $2 24. Rxh7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Nbxd5 25. Nxd5 $18) 24. Rxg3 h5 (24... e4 $142 25. Qe1 Qc7) 25. Qe2 ({White should try} 25. gxh6 $18 Qxf6 26. Qh2) 25... Rc5 $16 {[%cal Rb4d5]} 26. Rh3 (26. Qxe5 $2 Bd6 $19) 26... Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Rcxd5 28. Rdh1 {Hoping for Bc1.} Qd6 29. Ka2 {And now Rxh5! would win.} Rd1 {[#]} 30. Rxh5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} gxh5 31. Rxh5 (31. Rh3 $1 $16 Qd7 32. Qxh5 Qxh3 33. Qxh3) 31... Rd4 $1 $11 32. Rh1 Rxa4+ 33. Kb1 $1 Qd5 34. Qh5 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh5h8]} Qxh1+ $1 35. Qxh1 Rg4 36. Bxe5 Rxg5 (36... Re8 $11 37. Bc3 b6) 37. Qxb7 $14 Rd2 {[#]} ({Don't blunder} 37... Rxe5 $2 38. Qg2+ Kh7 39. Qh2+ Kg6 40. Qxe5 $18) ({Much weaker is} 37... Rd1+ 38. Kb2 $16) ({Better is} 37... Re8 $1 $14 38. Bc3 Bd6) 38. Bc3 (38. Bf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4d2]} Rg1+ 39. Kb2) 38... Re2 39. Qc8 Rg1+ 40. Kb2 Rgg2 $1 41. Bxa5 {Threatens to win with b4.} Rxc2+ 42. Qxc2 Rxc2+ {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Ba3+ $14 43. Kc3 Rxc2+ 44. Kxc2 Kf8) 43. Kxc2 {KB-KB} Kh7 44. Kd3 Kg6 45. Bc3 Kf5 {[#]} 46. Kc4 $1 Ke6 47. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 48. b5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.42} 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 "2021.04.24"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,90,0,0,6,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,12,8,16,38,22,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,-17,-21,-35,-37,-33,-40,-39,-29,-64,-68,-65,-72,-66,-65,-71,-71,-77,-73,-66,-66,-60,-59,-56,-60,-57,-54,-45,-55,-177,-172,-208,-200,-240,-240,-239,-239,-618,-178,-170,0,-633,-629,-1052,-946,-29960,-29962,-29971,-29972]} 1. e4 {Moradiabadi,E} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} 8. Be2 d6 {[#]} 9. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Na5 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Rhg1 d5 15. exd5 Rd8 16. Bg5 exd5 17. Rge1 Be6 {1-0 (28) Demchenko,A (2629)-Kovalenko,I (2657) Minsk 2017 CBM 179 [Moradiabadi,E]}) 9... Bd7 {The position is equal.} 10. f4 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Qg3 Nd7 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. b4 {[%cal Rf4d6]} (17. b3 {is more complex.} Ne5 18. Bh5 g6 19. Ne2 Kh8 20. Bf3) 17... Ne5 18. b5 Rc8 19. bxc6 Rxc6 20. Nd5 Qf8 21. c3 Rac8 22. Rc1 Ng6 23. Bd2 Bh4 24. Qe3 Rc5 25. c4 h6 26. Qb3 Bg5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qg3 Qd8 29. Rcd1 Bxd5 30. exd5 Nf4 31. Qf2 {Black should prevent g3.} R8c7 (31... Nxe2 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qxe2 $16) 32. Rd4 Qe8 33. Bf3 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Qxa7 Ra4 36. Qf2 ({Better is} 36. Qc7 $15) 36... Rxa3 $19 37. h4 Qe5 38. hxg5 Qxg5 39. Re1 Ra8 {Hoping for ...Nd3!} ({But not} 39... Nxd5 $2 40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Be4+ f5 42. Bxf5+ g6 {[#]} 43. Bxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg6 44. Qh4+ Qh6 45. Rh8+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 46. Qxh6+ Kg8 47. Qxd6 $18) 40. Be4 (40. Rf1) 40... Ra2 $2 41. Rb1 {Threatening mate with Rb8+.} Ra8 ({Weaker is} 41... Rxf2 42. Rb8+ Qd8 43. Rxd8#) ({Wrong is} 41... Qh5+ $2 42. Kg1 $18) (41... Qh6+ 42. Kg1 Ra8) 42. Re1 $1 f5 43. Bb1 Kf7 {( -> ...Rh8+)} 44. Re3 Rh8+ 45. Kg1 {[#]} Nxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.26} 0-1

[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 "2021.04.24"]
[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 "2021.04.24"]
[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

[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

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,122,16,13,12,0,0,0,5,0,2,15,0,0,0,-22,0,-9,0,0,-7,-10,0,-1,0,0,0,0,18,18,17,18,18,15,8,10,45,31,50,47,39,52,52,41,51,31,42,46,52,38,49,43,47,73,56,35,38,24,28,0,0,0,35,29,58,0,12,28,29,16,72,62,77,61,75,53,159,157,145,149,144,-128,-131,-129,-138,-138,-138,-138,-46,-139,-131,-472,-136,-686,-567,-643,-642,-379,-350,-581,-533,-5073,-5073,-4885,-4132,-1219,-2710,-1642,-1065,-1626,-1199]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a5 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 8...a6. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. b3 (9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. d4 exd4 13. Bxc6 dxc3 14. Ba4 Bxf2+ 15. Kh2 Bxe1 16. Qxe1 d5 17. Be3 Qa6 18. e5 Ne4 19. bxc3 {½-½ (60) Alekseenko,K (2671)-Ding,L (2811) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 9... Bb6 10. Nbd2 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 {[#]} 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. N1h2 Rad8 15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 e4 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxc3 19. Bxf6 Nxd1 20. Raxd1 gxf6 21. Rxe4 Rfe8 22. Rg4+ Kf8 {½-½ (22) Wunderlich,H (2596)-Zidu,J (2594) GER email 2017}) 13... Qf6 14. Ng3 Qg6 {Strongly threatening ...Qxg3.} 15. Kh2 Rad8 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 c6 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. c4 Be6 22. Re1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1e3,Be3f3][%mdl 32]} Rd8 23. Ne4 Bc7+ 24. Kh1 Qh5 {Hoping for ...Bxh3!} 25. Re3 Qe5 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Re5h2]} 26. Ng3 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Qf6 28. Bb2 Qg6 29. Kh1 Bb6 30. Rf3 Bc7 $1 31. Bc3 b5 32. Qe2 bxc4 33. bxc4 a4 34. Qe3 Qg5 35. Qe1 Qg6 36. Qe3 Qg5 $1 37. Qe1 Qg6 $1 38. Qe2 a3 39. Bb4 (39. Kg1 $14) 39... Rb8 40. Qe1 Rd8 41. Qc3 h5 (41... Rb8 $11 {remains equal.}) 42. Bxa3 $16 h4 43. Ne2 Bf5 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 44. Nd4 Be4 45. dxe4 Qxe4 46. Rd3 {Threatens to win with Qd2.} Be5 {next ...Qf4 is good for Black.} 47. Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Bb2 $1 $16 {is forced if you want to stay better.}) 47... Rb8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb8b1] ( -> ...Rb1+)} 48. Bb4 {[#]} ({Wrong is} 48. Rd1 $2 Rb1 $19) 48... Rxb4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] Black is out for blood.} 49. Qxb4 Qxd3 {[%cal Rd3f1]} 50. Nf3 Qf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Ng1 Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f2]} ({Resist} 51... Qxf2 52. Qb1 $15) 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qf4 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Qc8 $17) 53... Bxf2 $19 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rf1g1]} 54. Qf5+ Kh6 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rf1g1]} 55. Qf4+ Kg6 $1 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rf1g1]} 56. Qg4+ $2 {[#]} (56. Qe4+ {was the only chance.} Kf6 57. Qf3+ Ke5 58. Qe2+ Qxe2 59. Nxe2) 56... Kf6 $1 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rf1g1] Black is clearly winning.} 57. Qf4+ {[#]} Ke6 $1 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rf1g1]} 58. Qe4+ Kd6 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rf1g1]} 59. Qf4+ Kc5 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rf1g1]} 60. Qe5+ Kxc4 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rf1g1]} 61. Qe4+ Kb5 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rf1g1] Black used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.44/Black=0.07} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,101,25,18,31,30,26,28,18,36,46,43,35,43,37,44,43,33,34,50,2,29,21,39,39,39,39,45,39,47,47,46,53,93,52,98,101,147,133,309,280,524,490,458,421,387,393,532,489,467,471,509,447,443,443,425,395,481,479,450,437,1244,1102,1065,1087,1420,1249,1391,930,1341,1272,1408,1440,1276,1261,1028,1100,1046,992,1816,1808,1629,1567]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Rfd1 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} Qe7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 {[#]} 14. Kxg2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] White has an edge. An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxg2 e5 15. Nf3 e4 16. Nfh4 Qd7 17. Ne3 Rfc8 18. Rac1 g6 19. Nhg2 b5 20. Nf4 a4 21. Qa2 bxc4 22. Nxc4 {0-1 (62) Reis,C (2408)-Dieguez Vera,C (2466) ICCF email 2013}) 14... h5 15. Nc2 {[%cal Ra3b4]} bxa3 16. bxa3 ({Don't play} 16. Qxb6 Rfb8 $15) 16... Rab8 17. e4 e5 18. Qd3 Nc7 19. Rab1 Ne6 20. Rb5 Rfe8 (20... h4 $5) 21. h4 g6 22. f3 Nd7 23. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} exd4 24. Nxd4 Ne5 25. Qe2 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Nc6 27. Rd1 Qe6 28. Ne3 Ne7 29. Qd2 f5 $2 {[#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (29... Nc6 $16 {was worth a try.} 30. Qxd6 Red8 31. Qxe6 fxe6) 30. Qxd6 Nc6 $2 (30... Qxd6 31. Rxd6 fxe4 32. fxe4 Kf7) 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Qxe6+ Rxe6 33. Nxf5 Ne5 34. Rd6 Ree8 35. Rd4 Nc6 36. Rd2 Rbd8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Rd5 {[#] aiming for Ne7+!} Rxd5 39. cxd5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN. White is clearly winning.} Ne5 40. Nd6 Kf8 (40... Nd7 $142 41. Ne4 b5) 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Nb5 Kf6 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Nd6+ Kf6 45. Ke4 Nd7 46. Kd4 Ke7 47. Nb5 Kf6 48. Nc3 Kf5 49. Ne4 Kg6 50. g4 b5 51. Nc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.36} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,129,16,22,5,5,6,18,2,0,-20,-34,-20,-14,-15,-18,-18,-12,-16,18,5,3,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,4,15,17,28,13,8,15,24,17,47,15,15,15,15,15,25,8,11,0,1,4,1,0,60,60,60,60,60,60,52,31,51,51,58,52,53,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd3 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} d5 {6...Qc7 is a critical line.} 7. exd5 Nb4 {[#]} 8. Qc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qg3 Bc5 9. a3 Nbxd5 10. Ndb5 O-O 11. Bh6 Nh5 12. Qf3 Qf6 13. Qxf6 Nhxf6 14. Nxd5 exd5 {1-0 (62) Frolyanov,D (2546)-Safin,R (2287) Cheliabinsk 2020}) 8... Nbxd5 9. Bg5 Bb4 10. Bd3 Bd7 {[#] aiming for ...Rc8.} 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. a4 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rfb1 {Threatens to win with a5.} Rc7 18. Nb5 (18. a5 {is more complex.} Nc8 19. c4 a6 20. Rb4 Ne7 21. Rab1) 18... Bxb5 19. axb5 Nc8 $1 20. Ra3 Ke7 21. Rb4 f5 22. g3 Kf6 23. f3 Rd8 24. Rd4 Rdd7 25. Kf2 b6 26. Ke3 Ne7 27. f4 Nd5+ 28. Kd2 Ke7 29. Be2 Rd6 {Black wants to play ...Nxc3.} 30. c4 Nf6 31. c3 Rd8 32. Bf3 Nd7 33. Ke3 Nc5 34. h3 f6 35. g4 fxg4 36. hxg4 Re8 37. Rd1 Kf8 38. Ra2 Kg7 39. Bc6 Rec8 40. Rd6 Kf7 41. f5 e5 42. Rad2 Ke7 43. Bf3 Rg8 44. Rd1 Rgc8 45. Be2 Kf7 46. Bf3 Ke7 47. R6d5 Na4 48. R1d2 e4 ({But not} 48... Rxc4 $6 49. Rd7+ Kf8 50. R2d6 $16) (48... Rg8 $11) 49. Bxe4 $14 Nxc3 50. R5d4 Nxe4 51. Rxe4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf7 52. Rdd4 Re8 53. Kd3 Rxe4 54. Rxe4 {KR-KR} Re7 55. Rd4 Ke8 56. Kc3 Rd7 57. Rf4 Rh7 58. Rf1 h5 59. gxh5 Rxh5 60. Ra1 Kd8 61. Rxa7 {[#] Black must now prevent Rb7.} Kc8 62. Ra6 Kc7 63. c5 Rxf5 64. cxb6+ Kb7 65. Kb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[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

[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

[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

