[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.08"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B98"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,59,35,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Qf3 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Rh7 14. O-O+ {The position is equal. B98: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7, sidelines} Kg8 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 15. g6 Rg7 $1 16. Rf7 Bxh4 17. Qxh6 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rh6g7]} Rxf7 18. gxf7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kxf7 {aiming for ...Qg5.} 19. Rf1+ Bf6 $1 {[#]} 20. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Qh7+ Ke8 21. Qg6+ Kf8 {½-½ (33) Zhigalko,S (2649)-Safarli,E (2645) Nakhchivan 2012}) 20... dxe5 21. Ne4 $1 Qb6+ $1 22. Kh1 {[%cal Rf1f6]} axb5 23. Nxf6 {[#] Qh7+ would kill now.} Ke7 24. Qg7+ Kd8 $1 (24... Kd6 $6 25. Rd1+ Kc7 26. Ne8+ Kd8 27. Rd6 $14) 25. Qg8+ Kc7 26. Ne8+ $1 Kd8 $1 (26... Kc6 $2 27. Qxe6+ Kc5 28. Qe7+ Kc4 29. Nd6+ Kd5 30. Rd1+ Kc6 31. Ne8 $18 (31. Nxc8 Qc5 $16)) 27. Nd6+ Kc7 28. Ne8+ $1 Kd8 $1 {Hoping for ...Nc6.} ({Avoid the trap} 28... Kc6 $2 29. Qxe6+ Kc5 30. Qe7+ Kc4 31. Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd5 32. Rd1+ Kc6 33. Ne8 $18 (33. Nxc8 Qc5 $16)) 29. Ng7+ Kc7 30. Ne8+ ({Much worse is} 30. Nxe6+ Kd6 $17) 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.08"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,73,25,19,18,8,13,12,10,7,12,0,0,0,0,0,96,24,38,33,53,24,22,33,35,7,7,13,10,0,0,0,0,-7,-14,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 11. h3 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f3 {[#]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd7 15. a5 Qe6 16. Bd4 Nh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 {½-½ (53) Vitiugov,N (2709)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2778) Germany 2019}) 15. a5 Ng3 16. Bd3 f5 (16... e6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Qe1 (17. Bf2 $16 f4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Nd5) 17... f4 $11 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Bb3 g5 21. Bd4 Bxd4+ {The position is equal.} 22. Rxd4 e5 23. Rd3 h5 24. Rad1 Rf6 25. Ne2 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Bb5 27. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd5 Qc7 30. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qxa5 34. Qd6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.09"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2867"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,70,36,32,31,16,18,22,22,19,24,14,14,17,14,14,12,13,16,15,50,54,54,49,51,54,64,54,57,17,35,-43,-39,-21,-24,-260,-169,-173,-79,-85,-90,-110,-45,-51,-37,-19,-39,-32,-39,-24,-24,-124,-114,-477,-485,-468,-457,-713,-701,-976,-974]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 8. a3 Nb6 9. Ba2 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Ne3 Be6 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. O-O Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ne7 {[%cal Rb6d5] [#]} 14. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qf3 Nbxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. b4 {½-½ (53) Movsesian,S (2700)-Jurcik,M (2481) Czechia 2014}) 14... f5 15. Bd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. b4 b6 18. Bb3 Ng6 19. Ba4 Qe7 20. Bc6 Rad8 21. Qa4 (21. e4 $14) 21... Nf6 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxf5 $2 (23. Qc2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 23... e4 24. Qc2 {[#]} Ng4 (24... Nh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4f5] is more deadly.} 25. Rf4 g5 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. dxe4 {[#]} Nxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 25. Raf1 $17 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Qh4 (26... Nh4 $17 27. Rf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg5) 27. h3 $15 exd3 {Played: Ng4xe3} 0-1 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.09"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Amin, Bassem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2683"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeMode "Bronstein"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 10. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 18. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. b4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 20. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 21. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 22. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 23. g3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 24. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 25. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 27. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 28. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 29. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 31. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 32. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Red8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 34. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 35. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37. d6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 38. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 40. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 41. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 42. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 45. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 46. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 47. Na5 Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 48. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 50. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.10"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D26"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2737"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,68,5,6,6,6,6,7,4,6,6,5,0,6,6,6,6,16,12,16,10,7,5,11,5,10,8,8,7,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b3 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bb2 O-O {The position is equal.} 13. Rac1 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (13. Nd2 Be7 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Ne2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kf7 20. f4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {1-0 (46) Andreikin,D (2712)-Yu,Y (2751) Huaian 2017}) 13... Be7 14. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Kf1 Rfd8 15. h3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {½-½ (17) Resende,A (2402)-Braga,C (2412) Havana 2006}) 14... Rac8 15. Kf1 Nb4 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 {[#] Rc7 is the strong threat.} Bd5 19. Bc4 Ne4 20. Ke2 Bb7 21. Nd3 a5 22. Nxb4 Bxb4 23. f3 Nd6 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rc8 26. Kd2 Kf8 27. Bd3 Rxc3 28. Kxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} e5 29. Nb6 (29. Bxh7 g6 $17) 29... Ke7 30. Bc2 ({Reject} 30. Bxh7 g6 $17) 30... Nb5+ 31. Kd2 Nd6 32. Kc3 ({Much weaker is} 32. Bxh7 g6 $17) 32... Nb5+ 33. Kd2 Nd6 34. Kc3 ({Much worse is} 34. Bxh7 g6 $17) 34... Nb5+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2