[Event "Prague Festival Masters 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.12"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Ragger, Markus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,88,6,0,14,18,24,18,17,19,18,14,25,16,17,7,25,0,4,10,10,12,22,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,23,23,23,23,23,15,16,17,22,22,22,22,22,35,0,8,0,22,0,35,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 {The modern move.} 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Na7 18. a4 c6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qa1 {Black must now prevent dxc6.} cxd5 21. Be3 {And now c3 would win.} d4 {[#]} 22. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd4 23. Bxd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bf6 $1 24. Bxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 25. h3 $146 {Strongly threatening Re3.} (25. Qxf6 {with more complications.} Nc6 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8) ({Predecessor:} 25. Re3 Rfe8 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. h3 Re6 28. c4 bxc4 29. dxc4 Qc7 30. Kh2 Qxc4 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 Qxb4 {½-½ (37) Anand,V (2774)-Svidler,P (2735) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 25... Rfe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Qxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qe1+ 29. Kh2 {Qb8+ is the strong threat.} Qxb4 30. Qe3 Kg7 31. d4 d5 32. Qg3+ Kf8 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qg3+ Kf8 35. Qd3 Kg7 36. Kg3 Qd6+ {The position is equal.} 37. Kg4 Qe6+ 38. Kh5 f5 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Re6h6]} 39. Qg3+ Kh8 40. Qg5 Qe2+ 41. g4 fxg4 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kh8 44. Qf6+ Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Festival Masters 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.14"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2713"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,79,21,18,13,12,19,7,26,29,31,27,20,28,73,64,64,66,52,35,31,22,72,59,62,76,77,34,66,43,46,45,86,86,102,96,94,45,126,128,128,102,152,152,146,128,282,291,304,276,299,285,576,570,658,604,653,629,655,648,630,599,679,664]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 {The position is equal.} 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 {[#]} c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... bxa4 15. bxa4 Nc4 16. Bd3 Na5 17. Nbd2 c4 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. Ba3 Nb3 20. Bxb3 cxb3 21. Qxb3 {½-½ (104) Manik,M (2407)-Paravyan,D (2531) Pardubice 2017}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Nxa8 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Ba3 Nd7 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Nbd2 f5 22. Rd1 g6 23. Qe3 f4 24. Qe2 Ba6 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Qf1 Qc8 27. Ra5 {Bxc5 is the strong threat.} Ncd7 (27... Nb3 $1 $14) 28. Qa1 Bb5 29. Nb1 g5 30. Rxa8 Nxa8 31. Qa7 Nc7 $2 {[#]} (31... Qa6 $16 32. Qxa6 Bxa6) 32. Na3 $18 {Black must now prevent Ba5.} Ba6 33. Ba4 {Strongly threatening Bxd7.} Nf6 34. Nxg5 Nfxd5 $2 (34... Qb7 35. Qxb7 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Bxb7 36. Nxc4 h6 37. Nxd6 Bxd5 38. exd5 hxg5) 35. exd5 {White is clearly winning.} Bxg5 36. Bxd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nxd5 37. Bd7 Qb7 38. Be6+ Kg7 39. Bxe5+ Bf6 40. Qd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 53%.} 1-0 [Event "Prague Festival Masters 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.15"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,89,13,0,42,18,17,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,12,-19,-5,-10,-16,0,0,-35,0,-18,-18,-19,-20,-17,0,-21,-12,-33,-17,-90,0,0,249,249,254,250,249,246,1049,1020,758,1045,1060,1025,980,215,347,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bf8 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations.} 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. Ne3 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... g6 16. Bd2 c4 17. axb5 axb5 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. Qb1 Qc7 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Nb3 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxb3 cxb3 {½-½ (53) Reyes Larena,J (2445)-Hebden,M (2455) Vrnjacka Banja 1989}) 16. Nh2 d5 17. axb5 axb5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 18. Qf3 c4 19. Nhg4 Nxg4 20. Nxg4 {Hoping for Qg3.} dxe4 21. dxe4 Qe6 22. Qg3 Kh8 (22... h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 23. Nh6+ Kh7 $15) 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nb3 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. e5 Nc5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nf6 (28. Be3 $11) 28... gxf6 (28... Qb6 $1 $17 29. Ng4 Nd3+ 30. Be3 Qg6) 29. Qh4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Rd3 $2 (29... Kg8 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 30. Re3 Rd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Bxd3 Nxd3 32. exf6 Be4) 30. Bxh6 $18 Bxh6 31. exf6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Ne4 $2 {[#]} (32... Be4 33. b4 (33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Qh4 Kh7 $11) 33... Be3+ 34. Kf1 Ne6 35. Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bh7) 33. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h6][%mdl 512]} Kh7 34. Qh5 Nd6 35. g4 Bf3 36. Qe5 $2 (36. h4 {And now Kf1 would win.} Bd1 37. Bb1) 36... Bf8 (36... Be4 {keeps fighting.} 37. h4 (37. Bxd3 cxd3 38. Qxd6 d2 $11) 37... Bf8 38. Bxd3 cxd3) 37. Kf2 $2 (37. Bxd3+ $18 cxd3 38. Qd4) 37... Ne4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 38. Kf1 Kg8 39. Qxb5 Rd5 40. Qb8 Rd2 41. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 42. h4 Bd3+ 43. Kg1 Be4 44. Kf1 Bd3+ 45. Kg1 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Festival Masters 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.18"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2717"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,98,39,5,24,16,35,0,0,0,20,20,16,6,17,14,18,0,7,22,6,0,4,-9,-8,-33,-16,-18,-4,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. a4 Re8 {[#]} 10. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Re1 Be6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nc4 Ne7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 {½-½ (49) Vovk,A (2607)-Lenic,L (2633) Hungary 2019}) 10... Be6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 cxb6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Rd1 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 Bf8 18. g4 a5 19. h4 Rd8 20. g5 {The position is equal.} hxg5 21. hxg5 Nce7 22. Nh4 Ng6 23. Nxg6 Rxg6 24. Kf1 f5 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Ng3 Bh6 27. Bxh6 Rxh6 28. d4 {[#] And now dxe5 would win.} Nf4 29. dxe5 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 {Rd6 is the strong threat.} fxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Ke1 Kf7 32. b3 Ke8 33. c4 Rg6 34. Kd2 Rd6+ 35. Kc2 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 {KN-KN} Kd7 37. Kd2 Kc6 38. Kc3 Ne6 39. Ne4 Nc5 40. Nxc5 Kxc5 {K3P-K3P} 41. f3 $1 b5 42. cxb5 Kxb5 {KPP-KPP} 43. Kc2 Kb4 44. Kb2 a4 45. bxa4 Kxa4 46. Kc3 {[#] White threatens Kc4 and mate.} Kb5 47. f4 Kc5 48. fxe5 Kd5 49. e6 Kxe6 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prague Festival Masters 2020"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.20"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2683"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,114,22,22,25,13,9,24,15,24,15,9,21,29,12,25,30,30,36,38,25,86,21,46,47,36,41,32,26,20,12,12,11,26,32,44,55,47,55,53,43,43,57,49,0,0,0,21,29,23,20,29,34,39,39,40,34,54,55,62,62,62,62,60,62,55,20,28,35,35,2,2,2,3,3,6,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 $1 {The main line 8.Re1 scores better than 8.Nbd2. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 {White has an edge.} Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Bb2 {[#]} Nh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd7 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. Ng3 d5 16. Qc2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6 20. Rxd6 cxd6 {½-½ (37) Karjakin,S (2754)-Harikrishna,P (2724) Jerusalem 2019}) 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. d4 Ng6 16. Ng3 Nh4 (16... c6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. a5 (17. Nxh4 $16 Qxh4 18. Nf5) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 ({And not} 18. gxf3 Qh4 $17) 18... g6 19. Rad1 Qh4 20. c4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Rae8 23. Qd3 f5 24. c5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Qe7 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. Rd1 fxe4 28. Rxd6 (28. Ne2 {with more complications.} e3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 30. Nf4 Qe5 31. Rf1) 28... Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 (29... Nf6 {is interesting.} 30. Nf1 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Re5 32. Ne3 Rb5) 30. Rxd6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame And now Rd7+ would win. KRN-KRN} Nf6 31. Ne2 e3 32. fxe3 Rxe3 33. Nf4 {Black must now prevent Rxf6!} Re4 34. Nd3 Re7 35. Nc5 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ne4+ 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 {KR-KR} 38. Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b7]} Re7 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. Kf4 h5 41. h4 Kh6 $1 {The position is equal.} 42. g3 Kg7 43. Rd6 Kh6 44. Rf6 Kh7 45. Rb6 Kg7 46. b5 axb5 47. Rxb5 Kh6 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Rd5 Kh6 50. Rc5 Kg7 51. Kf4 Kh6 52. Rb5 Kg7 53. Re5 Rc7 54. Ke4 Rc3 55. Rg5 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 56. Kd4 Rc6 $1 57. a6 {[#] Rb5 is the strong threat.} b5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2