[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,86,29,7,26,17,10,17,22,18,27,20,29,16,16,0,0,7,29,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 7. h3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... d6 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Bb3 a6 10. Qd2 Qc8 11. Nd5 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nxe7+ {1-0 (13) Kanbach,M (1415)-Polaski,F (1639) Playchess.com INT 2020}) 8. Bd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxb3 13. axb3 a5 14. Re1 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 15. c4 Re8 16. Bc3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qd2 Re6 20. c3 Qa5 (20... bxc3 {feels hotter.} 21. Qxc3 f6 22. c5 Qa5 23. Qxa5 Nxa5 24. b4 Nc6) 21. cxb4 Qxb4 22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} f6 25. Nf3 Nxd3 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Nd4 c5 28. Nf5 Nc1 29. Nd6+ Ke7 30. Nxb7 Nxb3 31. Ke2 $1 Kd7 {[#] Hoping for ...Kc7.} 32. Kd3 $1 Kc7 33. Kc3 Kxb7 34. Kxb3 {KP-KP} Ka6 35. Ka4 f5 36. f4 h5 37. h4 g6 38. g3 Kb6 39. Ka3 Ka5 40. Kb3 Ka6 41. Ka3 Ka5 42. Kb3 Ka6 43. Ka3 Ka5 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,136,-8,-8,-23,0,-1,0,0,0,-23,0,0,18,14,16,16,20,14,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,0,-6,6,-3,-2,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-69,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-71,-78,-78,-78,-78,-189,-78,-78,-78,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-43,-43,-25,-188,-188,-188,-188,-388,-318,-5073,-3511,-29949,-29954,-29960,-29961,-29955,-5269,-29969,-29961,-29971,-29972,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Rb8 15. Ne3 {[#] C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves.} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd4 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Nxc4 Nc5 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Red1 Rb3 21. Bg5 f6 22. exf6 gxf6 {½-½ (54) Pablo Marin,A (2383)-Aroshidze,L (2517) Barcelona 2017}) 16. c4 Nb6 17. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Nxd5 18. Qxa4 {Threatening Nxd5.} Nc3 19. Qc4 Qa5 {Strongly threatening ...Ba6.} 20. Rac1 Nb5 21. Nc2 Nxa3 22. Nxa3 Qxa3 23. Bg5 Rfd8 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Rxd3 28. Be4 Rd7 29. h5 g6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rh1 Ng8 32. Rhc1 gxh5 33. Rh1 Rb4 34. Bc2 Kh6 35. Bd1 h4 36. Be2 (36. Bc2 $11 {remains equal.}) 36... Ne7 $17 37. Rxh4+ Rxh4 38. gxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ng6 39. Kg3 Rd4 40. Rc4 Rxc4 41. Bxc4 Nxe5 {KB-KN} 42. Bb3 Kg7 43. f4 Nc6 44. Bc2 h6 45. Bb1 Ne7 46. Kg4 Nd5 47. Kg3 Kf8 48. Kg4 (48. Bd3 $17) 48... Nf6+ (48... f5+ $19 {has better winning chances.} 49. Kf3 Nb4) 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. Bc2 Nh5 51. Kg4 {[#]} Ng7 52. Bb1 f6 53. Ba2 Kd6 54. Kf3 h5 {aiming for ...Nf5.} 55. Kg3 Kc5 56. Bb3 $2 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (56. Kf2 $11) 56... Kd4 $1 $19 57. Kf3 Kd3 58. Ba4 $2 (58. Ba2) 58... Nf5 59. Bb5+ $2 (59. Bd7) 59... Kd4 60. Be8 Nxh4+ 61. Kg3 Nf5+ 62. Kf3 Ng7 (62... h4 $142 63. Bd7 Ng7 64. Bb5 h3 65. Kf2 Ke4 66. Kg3 h2 67. Ba6 Ke3 68. Bb7 Nf5+ 69. Kxh2 Kxf4 70. Kg2 Ke3 71. Kh3 e5 72. Kg2 Nd4 73. Kh3 f5 74. Kh4 e4 75. Kg5 f4 76. Kh6 f3 77. Kh7 Kf4 78. Kg7 e3 79. Kf8 e2 80. Ke8 e1=Q+ 81. Kd8 Qe6 82. Bc8 Qd6+ 83. Ke8 Nf5 84. Bxf5 Kxf5 85. Kf7 Qd7+ 86. Kf8 Kf6 87. Kg8 Qg7#) 63. Bf7 Kd5 {Black mates.} 64. Bg6 f5 65. Bf7 Kd6 66. Kg3 Ke7 67. Bg6 Kf6 68. Bh7 Ne8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.06} 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,107,12,25,30,13,21,0,6,0,16,0,37,39,100,93,106,98,102,9,102,0,126,135,290,156,216,233,221,220,217,213,199,205,193,183,196,179,199,193,200,195,203,194,241,231,237,209,216,212,226,226,263,266,529,531,525,517,506,458,471,444,427,384,384,383,371,379,372,382,379,380,379,378,354,364,405,405,419,279,379,354,348,283,380,354,380,372,400,387,622,608,4639,4151,1360,1252]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 9. Rc1 Qg6 10. h4 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] An interesting side line.} Rd8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... dxc4 11. h5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qf6 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. Qd1 Rad8 15. Nd2 e5 16. Qf3 Qe7 {½-½ (68) Dreev,A (2698)-Huzman,A (2574) Rethymno 2003}) 11. h5 Qf6 12. Rh4 (12. a3 {keeps more tension.} Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. cxd5 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Qxf3 17. Rh4) 12... e5 (12... Qf5 {is more complex.} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qd1 Qd7 15. Bd3 Be7) 13. cxd5 Rxd5 (13... Bxc3+ $14 14. Rxc3 exd4) 14. dxe5 $16 Bxc3+ 15. Rxc3 Nxe5 16. Qe8+ Kh7 17. Rf4 ({White should play} 17. Rd4 $16 Qe6 18. Qxe6 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxe6 20. Rxd5 (20. Rxc7 Rxd4 21. exd4 Bxa2 $14) 20... Bxd5 21. Rxc7) 17... Qd6 (17... Qb6 $11 18. b4 (18. Nxe5 $2 Qxb2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Bd3+ Rxd3 $19) 18... Bg4 19. Qxa8 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 21. Ke2 (21. Rxf3 $2 Qxb4 22. Bd3+ Rxd3 $19) 21... Qa6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Kxf3 Qxf1) 18. Be2 {Hoping for Nxe5.} f5 $2 {[#] This costs Black the game.} (18... c6 $16) 19. Nd4 (19. Rd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4d5] Black must now prevent Rxd5.} Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Rxd4 21. exd4) 19... c6 (19... Qb6 $16) 20. Nxf5 $18 Qd8 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Re4 Re8 24. Rc5 Nf7 25. Bd3 {Rxe8+ is the strong threat.} Kh8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. b4 Nd6 28. Bg6 Re7 29. a4 Kg8 30. Ke2 Ne4 31. Rc2 Nf6 32. b5 cxb5 33. axb5 a6 $2 (33... Kf8 {is a better defense.} 34. f3 Re5) 34. bxa6 bxa6 35. Rb2 Be8 36. Rb8 Kf8 37. Nf5 Re6 38. Ra8 Nd5 {Black hopes to continue with ...Nf4+.} 39. Bxe8 Rxe8 40. Rxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nf4+ 41. Kf3 Nxh5 42. g4 Nf6 {[#]} 43. Nxh6 {[%mdl 512]} Ne4 44. Nf5 Ng5+ 45. Kg2 Rb8 46. Nd4 Kf7 47. Ra5 Ne4 48. Re5 Nf6 49. f3 g6 50. Kg3 Rb1 51. Rb5 Rxb5 (51... Ra1 52. Kf4 Nd7) 52. Nxb5 {White is clearly winning.} g5 53. Nc3 Kg6 54. f4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.41} 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,105,0,23,18,22,13,26,20,20,19,10,21,29,37,81,23,29,27,25,20,29,13,22,22,25,25,25,27,29,8,15,16,14,11,102,97,108,-8,98,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,56,50,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} Qb6 9. Qc1 Be7 10. c3 {White has an edge.} O-O 11. g3 a5 12. Qc2 {[#]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f6 13. Bf2 f5 14. Bg2 Qd8 15. O-O c4 16. a4 Rb8 17. h3 b5 18. axb5 Rxb5 {1-0 (54) Byrne,M-Oneill,B (1561) ICCF email 2017}) 13. Nexd4 Nc5 14. Rb1 (14. h4 $16) 14... Bd7 $11 15. Be2 Rac8 16. O-O Ne4 17. Kh1 Bc5 18. Bd3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxd4 (23... Qc7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Bxd4 $16 (24. cxd4 $6 Qb5 $11) 24... Qb5 25. Kg1 ({Inferior is} 25. Bxf6 Bc6 $15) ({White should try} 25. c4 $16 Qb4 26. Kg1 (26. Bxf6 Bc6 $15)) 25... Bc6 (25... e5 $1 $11 26. fxe5 Bf5) 26. Qe2 (26. Qe5 $16 Qd3 27. Qe2 Qxe2 28. Rxe2) 26... Qd5 $11 {White must now prevent ...e5!} 27. Bxf6 {Strongly threatening Bd4.} Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Zwischenzug} ({Don't play} 27... gxf6 $6 28. Kf2 $14) 28. Kf2 Qxh2+ 29. Ke3 Qxg3+ 30. Kd2 Qxf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (30... gxf6 $2 31. Rg1 $18) 31. Kc2 {[#] aiming for Be5.} Qf5+ 32. Qd3 Qxd3+ 33. Kxd3 gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 34. Re3 Kf7 35. Rg1 h5 36. Reg3 e5 37. Rg7+ Ke6 38. Rh7 Rd8+ 39. Ke3 f5 40. Rh6+ (40. Rg6+ {is interesting.} Kd5 41. Rxh5 f4+ 42. Kf2 Ke4 43. Ke1) 40... Kf7 $1 41. Rh7+ Ke6 42. Rh6+ (42. Rg6+ {feels hotter.} Kd5 43. Rxh5 f4+ 44. Kf2 Ke4 45. Ke1) 42... Kf7 $1 43. Rxh5 f4+ 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. Rgg5 {Hoping for Rf5+.} f3+ (45... e4 $11) 46. Ke3 $14 e4 {...Rd3+ is the strong threat.} 47. Re5 ({But not} 47. Rxa5 Rd3+ 48. Kf4 f2 $17) 47... Rd3+ {The position is equal.} 48. Kf4 f2 49. Rhf5+ Kg7 (49... Kg6 $5 50. Rg5+ $8 Kf7 51. Rgf5+ Kg8 52. Rg5+ Kh8 53. Rh5+ Kg8 54. Rhg5+ Kh8 55. Rh5+ Kg8 56. Rhg5+ $11) 50. Rg5+ Kf6 51. Rgf5+ Kg7 52. Rg5+ Kf6 (52... Kf7 $5 53. Rgf5+ $8 Kg8 54. Rg5+ Kh7 55. Rh5+ Kg8 56. Rhg5+ Kf8 57. Rgf5+ Kg8 58. Rg5+ $11) 53. Rgf5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,86,16,16,17,15,13,22,13,15,9,1,5,4,14,10,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 $1 {10...Re8 scores better than 10...Nf5. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} c6 16. Nf3 Ng7 17. Qe2 Bf5 {The position is equal.} 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 {[#]} Qe7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 21... Qd6 22. Nd3 Re8 23. Qd2 f6 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 Kg8 27. Qe3 Kf7 28. Qh6 Kg8 29. Qe3 {½-½ (29) Carlsen,M (2862)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021}) 22. Qd2 {Strongly threatening Nxc6!} Re8 23. Nd3 Qd8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe2 Nd6 26. g3 Kf8 27. Kf1 Qe7 28. f3 f6 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. g4 g5 31. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 32. f4 h6 33. f5 Nc4 34. Ke2 b6 35. b3 Nd6 36. Nf2 Kf7 37. Kd3 b5 38. Nd1 h5 39. h3 h4 40. Ne3 Ne4 41. Nd1 Nd6 42. Ne3 Ne4 {Black wants to play ...Nf2+.} 43. Nd1 Nd6 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,80,15,27,13,2,34,0,0,-26,0,-18,-26,-26,-12,-31,-33,-17,-35,-42,-37,-51,-48,-58,-69,-64,-63,-166,-171,-237,-238,-227,-229,-228,-210,-410,-413,-541,-545,-604,-629,-620,-605,-572,-305,-308,-273,-276,-276,-422,-418,-442,-419,-621,-626,-609,-602,-647,-622,-805,-503,-779,-801,-1102,-1164,-29972,-29973,-29942,-29944,-5381,-1769]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 {is now more promising than 7.Nf3.} Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. h4 b6 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. A promising side line.} 10. h5 h6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 {[#]} Nc6 $5 $146 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. dxe5 Na6 14. Bc4 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Nc5 16. Bd5 Rd8 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Ke2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rxd5 {1-0 (49) Aronian,L (2775)-Bosiocic,M (2623) Moscow 2019}) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Rh3 Rc8 15. Rg3 {Bxh6 is the strong threat.} Kh8 16. a3 Na5 17. Bd3 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 18. Kf1 Nd6 ({Much worse is} 18... Nxa3 $6 19. Ra1 $14) 19. d5 {Black continues to play with concentration.} ({White should try} 19. Qe2 $15) 19... exd5 $19 20. Bb2 (20. exd5 {was called for.} Bf6 21. Bb2) 20... dxe4 21. Bxg7+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 22. Bxf8 (22. Qd2 $2 Nf5 $19) 22... Bxf8 ({Not} 22... Qxf8 23. Bc2 $15) 23. Rg4 $2 (23. Be2) 23... exd3 24. Rd4 Rc3 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Qf4 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rc4 {Strongly threatening ...b5.} 28. Rd1 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Qc4 30. Qe3 (30. Rxd3 $142 Qc8 31. Qd5) 30... Nb5 ({Weaker is} 30... d2+ 31. Kg2 $19) 31. Rxd3 Bxa3 32. Kg2 (32. Qe4+ $142 Qxe4 33. fxe4) 32... Bc5 33. Qd2 Nd4 34. Re3 a5 35. Re5 f6 36. Re4 (36. Re8 $142 Qd5 37. Qd3+ f5 38. Qe3) 36... f5 37. Re8 Qf7 38. Qe1 Qg7+ 39. Kh1 Nxf3 40. Qd1 {[#]} Qf7 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.09} 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,114,29,40,35,39,33,44,36,42,26,43,39,37,33,28,32,27,40,47,6,33,24,44,56,41,45,40,43,43,47,47,35,64,68,66,24,29,35,29,25,64,57,65,45,86,83,95,95,95,100,100,99,110,110,110,110,110,110,120,81,120,117,120,120,115,107,107,108,128,129,135,124,123,121,128,22,68,0,128,0,0,0,125,120,119,120,231,231,231,214,209,127,131,30,30,30,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {[%cal Re4d5] D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 {White is slightly better.} Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 h6 $1 {[%mdl 4] 11...h6 is setting a new trend.} 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 $1 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. Nxe4 Bg7 15. Bd3 f5 16. Ng3 {Strongly threatening Rhe1.} Nc6 17. Rhe1 {Black must now prevent Nxf5+.} Be5 18. Nxf5+ exf5 19. f4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Rad8 20. fxe5 Rhf8 21. Re3 {[#]} Rd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Rd5 22. Rh3 Nxe5 23. Bc2 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rf6 25. Ke2 Rb6 26. b3 Ra6 27. Bb1 f4 28. Rh5 Re6 29. Bf5 Ra6 30. Bb1 Re6 31. Bf5 Ra6 32. Bb1 {½-½ (32) Radjabov,T (2765)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2020}) 22. Bc2 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rg8 24. g3 Rd8+ 25. Ke1 Ke6 26. Bb3+ Ke7 27. Rf3 Nd4 28. Rc3 Nxb3 29. Rxb3 $16 {KR-KR} Rd7 30. Ra3 b6 31. Rc3 Ke6 32. Rc6+ Kxe5 33. Rxh6 Rc7 34. Kd2 Rd7+ 35. Ke3 Rc7 36. Rh5 {Hoping for g4.} Kf6 37. Kd3 Rd7+ 38. Kc3 Rc7+ 39. Kb3 Re7 40. a4 Re3+ 41. Kc4 Re4+ 42. Kb5 Re5+ 43. Kc6 (43. Kb4 $1 $16) 43... Re4 44. Kb5 (44. b3 $14) 44... Re5+ $1 {[#]} 45. Kc4 (45. Kb4 $1 $16) 45... Re4+ $11 46. Kb3 (46. Kc3 $11) 46... Re3+ $1 $16 47. Ka2 Kg6 48. Rh8 f4 (48... Kg5 $16 49. b4 Re2+ 50. Ka3 Re3+ 51. Kb2 Re4) 49. gxf4 $18 Re4 50. Ka3 Rxf4 51. Rg8+ Kf7 {[#]} 52. Rb8 ({Better is} 52. Ra8 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra8a7]}) 52... Rh4 $11 53. b3 Ke6 54. Re8+ Kd6 {The position is equal.} 55. Re2 a5 56. Rd2+ Kc5 57. Rc2+ Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,49,0,25,23,19,16,16,5,7,3,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {[#] e5 is the strong threat.} Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5d3,Bd3e1][%mdl 32]} 16. Rxe7 Rad8 {White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qe1 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bf6 19. Rxa7 Rxd2 20. Rxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxd2 Qb6 22. g3 Bd4 23. Kg2 Rxf3 24. Kxf3 Qb7+ 25. Ke2 Qe4+ 26. Kd1 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qe4+ 28. Kd1 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ {½-½ (29) So,W (2770)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 19. Bc3 {[#] Hoping for Bxd4.} Nd3 20. Bxd4 $1 Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ {The position is equal.} Kg8 ({Don't go for} 22... e5 $2 23. Bxe5+ Rf6 24. Bxf6+ Kg8 25. Rxd8+ $18) 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 ({Not} 24... e5 $2 25. Bxe5+ Rf6 26. Bxf6+ Kg8 27. Rxd8+ $18) 25. Rg7+ {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

