[Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.27"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2819"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,99,20,15,4,0,10,0,0,0,28,29,41,14,41,38,30,19,39,33,41,28,29,26,29,-5,0,-75,-13,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-212,-40,-46,-42,-43,-39,-35,-39,-211,-192,-190,-148,-148,-150,-135,-139,-167,-147,-145,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,220,209,200,205,416,412,450,464,462,462,446,436,941,930,868,841,994,437,1125,1218,1204,1154,1077,810]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 10. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. f4 a6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nc4 b6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Be3 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf6 18. Bd4 Bd7 19. Kh1 Re8 20. c3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 {½-½ (52) Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Carlsen,M (2861) Abidjan 2019}) 10... O-O 11. a5 a6 {The position is equal.} 12. Na3 Nd7 13. Nc4 f5 14. Bb4 Rf6 15. Qd2 Rg6 16. g3 e4 17. h4 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Na5 Bd7 20. O-O-O Bf6 21. Nc6 (21. Re1 $1 $11) 21... Qe8 (21... Qc7 $1 $17) 22. Kb1 (22. Bxd6 Bxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Rxd6 $17) 22... Kh8 (22... e3 $5 23. fxe3 Kh8 $14) 23. h5 (23. Bxd6 Bxb2 24. Qb4 Bc3 $17) 23... Rh6 24. Qe3 ({Much worse is} 24. Bxd6 Bxb2 25. Qb4 Nxd5 $17) 24... Na4 25. c3 $2 (25. Ba3 $1 $11) 25... Rxh5 $2 (25... Bxc6 $19 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Rxd6 Qb7 28. Rxf6 Rxf6) 26. Rxh5 $15 Qxh5 27. Be2 Qe8 28. Kc2 h6 29. Qf4 $2 (29. Bc4 $15) 29... a5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 30. Nxa5 {[#]} Nxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. bxc3 {Black must now prevent Ra1.} Ba4+ 32. Kb1 Bxd1 33. Bxd1 Qb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Nb3 Bg5 (34... Qxd5 $17 35. Qd2 Qc4) 35. Qxf5 $11 {Hoping for Bc2.} Qf1 36. Qg4 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8f2]} ({But not} 36... Qxf2 $6 37. Bc2 $16 (37. Qe2 e3 $14)) 37. Kb2 $1 {aiming for Bc2.} Rxf2+ 38. Bc2 $1 {[#]} Qc4 $2 {[#]} (38... Bc1+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and Black is okay.} 39. Nxc1 Qg2) 39. Qe6 $1 $18 {And now Nd4 would win.} Bf6 {next ...Qxb4 is good for Black.} 40. Qxd6 Rxc2+ $2 (40... Kh7 {was necessary.} 41. Qc5 Rxc2+ 42. Kxc2 Qd3+ 43. Kb2 e3) 41. Kxc2 Qd3+ 42. Kb2 {White is clearly winning.} e3 43. Qe6 e2 {intending ...Qd1.} 44. Ka3 Bg5 (44... Qc4 $142 45. Nd4 Qxd5 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Nxe2 Be5 48. Qf5+ g6) 45. d6 Qa6+ 46. Kb2 Qd3 47. d7 (47. c4 $142 Qf3 48. c5) 47... Kh7 (47... Bf6 $142 48. Ka3 Qxd7 49. Qxd7 e1=Q) 48. c4 Bf6+ 49. Ka3 Qc2 {[#]} 50. c5 {Played: Qe6xf6} 1-0 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.29"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2748"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,70,8,18,17,22,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-18,-22,-31,-17,-20,-20,-27,-16,-29,-31,-67,-51,-63,-59,-90,-92,-87,-93,-91,-56,-66,-68,-82,-86,-102,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-10,-10,-8,-9,0,0,0,-3,-3,-8,-3,-8,0,-8,0,-10,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Ng3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 d5 16. Rae1 Na5 17. Qa3 Nc6 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qa3 Nc6 {½-½ (19) Ragger,M (2682)-Harikrishna,P (2730) Brest 2019}) 8... h6 9. Re1 g5 10. Nh2 {Black has an edge.} Rg8 11. Be3 g4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxe3.} 13. Qf3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rf3f7]} Rg7 14. Bxa7 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Nxh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rxa7 15. Nd2 Nxh2 16. Kxh2 {0-1 (59) Miroshnichenko,P (2294)-Skawinski,A (2386) Warsaw 2017}) 15. Kxh2 {Strongly threatening Be3.} Qh4+ 16. Kg1 {[#] aiming for Be3.} Bg4 17. Qe3 Nxa7 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. g3 Qh3 20. Bd1 Bxd1 21. Raxd1 O-O-O 22. Qf3 Rh8 23. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} h5 24. Ne3 h4 (24... Rg5 $17 25. Qh1 (25. Qxf7 $2 h4 $19) 25... Qe6) 25. Qf5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Qxf5 26. Nxf5 Rg5 27. Re3 Kd7 28. Kg2 hxg3 29. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Ne7 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 {KR-KR} 32. Kf3 Rh3+ 33. Kg2 Rh8 34. Kf3 Rh3+ 35. Kg2 Rh8 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.03"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2875"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,62,41,52,26,24,35,28,12,35,30,37,35,45,39,49,46,43,45,45,43,43,33,35,19,39,32,44,44,44,41,32,15,15,15,21,11,15,14,14,14,11,10,12,0,0,0,28,-352,-396,-1538,-1433,-1065,-1004,-2286,-2091]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 g6 5. d3 h6 $1 6. h4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (6. O-O Bg7 7. Ne1 Nge7 8. f4 d6 9. f5 gxf5 10. Qh5 Rf8 11. exf5 d5 12. Bb3 Bf6 13. Qxh6 Nxf5 14. Rxf5 Bxf5 15. Nxd5 {1-0 (62) Andreikin,D (2725)-Bacrot,E (2684) chess.com INT 2019}) 6... d6 7. h5 g5 8. Nh2 {White has an edge.} Bg7 9. Ng4 Nge7 10. Ne3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f5 11. Bd2 f4 12. Ned5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 {1-0 (37) Perestjuk,M (2025)-Goebel,C (2245) Oberhof 2013}) 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. g4 Rb8 13. a4 Nd4 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 ({Not} 15. exd5 f5 $17) 15... Ne6 16. f3 Nf4 17. Qb1 Be6 18. Qa2 Qd7 19. Rg1 b6 20. Bc3 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 a6 22. Bd2 Qe7 23. Rf1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kf2 c4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Rad1 f5 28. gxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. exf5 $11 {and White is okay.} Bd4+ 29. Kg2 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kh3) 28... g4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. d4 $2 (29. dxc4 Qh4+ 30. Ke2 Qh2+ 31. Kd3) (29. fxg4 Qh4+) 29... Qh4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Ke2 Qh2+ 31. Rf2 gxf3+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 72%.} 0-1 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.05"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,83,15,11,12,10,7,4,7,20,18,20,19,25,16,28,12,7,7,6,16,16,10,14,9,9,2,9,0,16,17,10,10,31,28,34,6,41,47,43,41,42,41,48,41,145,145,145,145,145,136,145,145,140,137,391,410,471,474,548,565,1008,1011,978,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. d4 c6 9. dxe5 cxb5 10. exf6 Qxf6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rf6f2]} 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nc4 $146 d5 14. exd5 Bd7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qe7 17. Qd4 Rfe8 18. e4 f6 19. Rfe1 b5 20. Nd2 a5 21. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bg4 22. d6 Qd7 (22... Qb7 {is interesting.} 23. c4 bxc4 24. Rxa4 Rad8 25. Rxc4 Re6) 23. e5 Bxf3 $1 24. gxf3 fxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 ({Black should play} 26... Qf7 $14) 27. Qd5+ $16 Kh8 28. Rd1 h6 29. Rd4 Re6 30. Kf2 Rf6 31. h4 b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Rf8 $16 32. Kg3 Rf6) 32. c4 $1 $18 a3 33. bxa3 bxa3 {aiming for ...a2.} 34. c5 {Threatens to win with c6.} a2 35. Qxa2 Qh3 36. Qe2 $2 (36. Qd5 $18) 36... Qh2+ $11 {The position is equal.} 37. Ke3 Qg1+ 38. Kd3 Qb1+ 39. Ke3 {And now Qd1 would win.} Qg1+ 40. Kd3 Qb1+ 41. Kd2 {Strongly threatening Qe8+.} Qb2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 42. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Zagreb 2019"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.07.07"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,72,8,7,4,3,14,5,0,26,1,25,0,0,0,3,0,0,-119,-134,-108,-126,-131,-151,-130,-128,-136,-130,-137,-135,-143,-125,-173,-182,-193,-187,-204,-204,-171,-176,-208,-160,-143,-161,-148,-70,-198,-181,-197,-195,-216,-204,-216,-192,-199,-197,-248,-249,-427,-394,-477,-463,-465,-454,-441,-420]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 (5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd5 13. e6 N7f6 14. c4 bxc4 15. exf7+ Kxf7 {0-1 (31) Mamedov,R (2701)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2771) Astana 2019}) 5... g6 6. Bc2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O {The position is equal.} b5 9. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Ba6 11. Re1 e5 12. d5 Rb8 13. cxb4 Rxb4 {0-1 (33) Kalema,R-Kawuma,P (2279) Kampala 2017}) 9... Ne8 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Nc7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 {[#]} 13. Nxh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 $17 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bxg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh5h7]} Rf6 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Bh6 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rh6g7]} Rxg6 $1 18. Qxg6 Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 19. Qxh6+ Ke8 20. b4 Na4 21. Na3 Kd7 22. c4 {[#]} bxc4 $1 23. Nxc4 Ba6 24. Rac1 {With the idea Ne5+!} Nb6 25. Nxb6+ axb6 {[%cal Ba7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 26. Rfe1 {[#]} Bb7 (26... Qg8 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Bb7!} 27. Rc3 Qg4) 27. Qe3 ({White has to play} 27. Rxc7+ $1 $15 Kxc7 28. Qxe6) 27... b5 $19 ({Don't take} 27... Rxa2 28. Qxb6 Qc8 29. h4 $15) 28. a3 Bd5 29. Rc3 {[#]} Qg8 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rg8g2]} 30. Qh3 Qg7 31. Rec1 Bc4 32. Re1 (32. Qh4 $142 Rh8 33. Qg3) 32... Qd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 33. Rf3 $2 (33. Qf3) 33... Qd2 {[%cal Rd2e1]} 34. Rb1 Nd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Qg3 Be2 36. Rfb3 Bd1 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 86%.} 0-1