[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,13,14,13,0,0,0,-47,-58,-49,-41,-56,-48,-75,0,0,95,0,0,0,32,-42,-36,-23,-28,-65,-55,-42,0,0,0,0,0,-120,-120,-116,-116,-114,-118,-115,-105,-120,-74,-430,-422,-364,-61,-48,-57,-64,-10,-11,-18,-18,-12,-22,-15,-18,-12,-13,-9,-23,-25,-25,-18,-29,-16,-25,-20,-20,-20,-20,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-13,-13,-13,0,-13,-13,-20,0,-27,0,-49,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Ne4 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. e3 {The position is equal.} (8. Nd2 g5 9. Be3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba3 11. Rb1 f5 12. g3 Bd6 13. Rg1 O-O 14. h4 f4 15. gxf4 g4 16. Rb5 Ne7 17. f5 h5 {0-1 (33) Carlsen,M (2863)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com INT 2020}) 8... g5 9. Bg3 h5 {Threatens to win with ...h4.} 10. h4 Nxg3 11. fxg3 {[#]} gxh4 $146 (11... g4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 12. Ng1 Bd6) ({Predecessor:} 11... g4 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Nf4 c6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. O-O Bxd3 18. Qxd3 {1-0 (36) Martirosyan,H (2613)-Ganguly,S (2636) chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Bb5 $11 Qd6 {[#]} (12... hxg3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Rxh5 Qf6 15. Rxh8+ Qxh8 16. Nxd7 Qh1+ 17. Bf1 Kxd7) 13. gxh4 (13. O-O $1 $16) 13... Qg3+ 14. Kf1 Rg8 (14... Bxc3 $5 15. Rxc3 Bd7 $11) 15. Rg1 (15. Qe2 $14 a6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Ne5) 15... Bxc3 $15 16. Rxc3 Bd7 17. Rc5 a6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 18. Ba4 Qd6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne5 $1 Bb5+ 21. Ke1 (21. Kf2 $1 $11) 21... O-O-O $17 22. Kd2 Rde8 23. Qxh5 f6 24. Nf3 Qg3 {Strongly threatening ...Qf2+.} 25. Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (25. Qxd5 Qf2+ 26. Kd1 Be2+ 27. Kc1 Qxe3+ 28. Kc2 Bxf3 $19) 25... Kb8 26. Qf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26. Rc2 $17) 26... Qf2+ $1 $19 27. Kc1 Qxe3+ $2 ({Black should try} 27... Be2 $19 {aiming for ...Bxf3.} 28. Rxc7 (28. Qxc7+ $2 Ka7 $19) 28... Ka8) 28. Qxe3 $15 Rxe3 29. Re1 Rxe1+ (29... Re4 $15 30. Rc2 Rh8) 30. Nxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rg4 31. Rxd5 Rxh4 32. Rf5 Rxd4 33. Rxf6 Rg4 34. Rf2 Bc6 35. Nf3 Bd5 36. a3 b5 37. Kd2 Kb7 38. Ne5 Rxg2 39. Rxg2 Bxg2 $11 {KB-KN} 40. b4 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Kc3 (41. bxa5 Ka6) 41... axb4+ 42. axb4 Kb6 43. Kd4 Bh3 44. Nd3 Kc6 45. Ke5 Bg4 46. Nc5 $1 Bh3 47. Nb3 Kb6 48. Nc5 Kc6 49. Nb3 Kb6 50. Nc5 Kc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.24} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,103,14,27,31,17,18,12,12,15,14,15,6,0,0,0,0,-2,-17,-14,-11,-14,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-27,-18,144,-9,0,0,58,54,181,210,187,199,182,179,381,381,370,154,212,212,228,168,168,168,168,168,167,136,136,130,146,146,206,206,390,390,375,375,368,359,344,311,304,293,289,170,271,209,659,389,4690,1539,595,595]} 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. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 15.g4.} Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. g4 hxg3 $1 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bc1 Nxc3 21. Rd3 Na4 22. Rf3 $1 Bd5 23. Rf4 Nb6 $1 24. Ref1 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Rg6 25. Rf5 Bc4 26. Re1 {[#]} Be6 $146 (26... Rd8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 26... Ke7 27. h5 Rh6 28. g4 Rhh8 29. a4 Nxa4 30. Ba3+ c5 31. e6 f6 32. Bxc5+ Nxc5 33. Rxc5 fxg5 34. Rxc7+ {½-½ (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2767)-Grischuk,A (2777) Ekaterinburg 2020}) 27. Rf2 $2 (27. Nxe6 $16 fxe6 28. Rf3) 27... Rd8 28. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6] [#]} Rh6 {[#]} (28... Rxg5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Bxg5 Rd5) 29. Nxf7 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf7 {This costs Black the game.} (29... Rxh5 $14 30. Nxd8 Kxd8) 30. Bxh6 $18 gxh6 31. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7]} Bxh5 {[#] Hoping for ...Ke7.} 32. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for e7.} Bxg4 $2 (32... Rd5 {was worth a try.}) 33. e7 {Intending Rf8+ and mate.} Nd7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ra8.} 34. exd8=Q+ ({Weaker is} 34. exd8=R+ Kxd8 35. Rf7 h5 $18) (34. Rf7 $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rc8 (34... Kxf7 35. exd8=Q) 35. Rg7) 34... Kxd8 35. Rf7 h5 36. Rg7 {Rg8+ is the strong threat.} Nc5 37. Re5 b6 38. Kf2 a5 39. Rxc5 bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} 40. Rg5 Kc8 41. Rxc5 Kb7 (41... h4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 42. Rxa5 h3) 42. Rxa5 Kb6 $2 (42... h4 43. Ra4 Bf5 44. Rxh4 Bxc2 45. Rb4+ Ka8) 43. Rg5 Bd1 {[#]} 44. c3 $1 c5 45. Ke1 Bf3 46. Kd2 Kb5 47. Rg7 c6 48. Kc1 (48. Kd3 $142) 48... c4 (48... Ka4 {was necessary.} 49. Ra7+ Kb3) 49. Rg5+ c5 $2 (49... Kb6 50. Kd2 h4) 50. Kd2 h4 $2 (50... Kc6 51. a4 Kb6 52. a5+ Kb5) 51. Ke3 Bd1 52. Rg1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.38} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,113,39,41,58,51,133,118,102,112,144,94,85,85,123,93,93,94,142,139,140,141,154,96,136,134,134,135,141,141,193,200,179,115,118,104,104,104,103,87,110,110,147,53,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3.} 10. Nb5 {[#]} (10. Nxd4 $2 e5 $19) 10... Nh5 $146 (10... Ne8 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne8 11. Nbxd4 Nd6 12. Bxd6 exd6 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Be2 Bd7 15. h3 a6 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Qb4 {½-½ (49) Keller,G-Bergmann,S DESC email 2011}) 11. Bc7 $16 (11. Nbxd4 $6 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nb6 $11) 11... Qe8 {White is better.} 12. exd4 Bh6 13. Re1 Bxc1 14. Nd6 exd6 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. Qxc1 Nb6 17. Bxb6 ({But not} 17. Bxd6 $6 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Be6 $11) 17... axb6 18. Ng5 $1 Re7 19. h3 ({White should play} 19. Nxf7 $1 b5 20. Nh6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} Kg7 21. Bxb5) 19... Be6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qg5 Kf7 22. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} d5 {[#]} (22... Rg8 $16 23. Bb3 (23. gxh5 $2 gxh5 24. Qxg8+ Kxg8 $19) 23... d5) 23. Bd3 $1 $18 ({Don't take} 23. gxh5 $6 dxc4 24. d5 Rf8 $16) 23... Nf6 {[#]} 24. Qf4 ({White should try} 24. Qh6 $1 $18) 24... Kg7 $16 25. Qe5 {Threatens to win with g5.} Kf7 26. a3 Rc8 27. Kg2 Rd8 28. a4 Ne4 29. f3 (29. h4 $16) 29... Nd6 $1 $14 30. h4 Ke8 $1 {The position is equal.} 31. Qe1 Kd7 32. Qb4 Kc7 33. a5 bxa5 34. Qxa5+ Kc8 35. Kg3 Rf7 36. Be2 h5 37. Bd3 Rdf8 38. Qc3+ (38. Qc5+ {feels hotter.} Kd7 39. Bb5+ Nxb5 40. Qxb5+ Kc8 41. Qc5+) 38... Kd7 39. Bxg6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxf3+ 40. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 41. Kxf3 hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Nb5 43. h5 Ke7 44. Kg5 {Strongly threatening h6.} Nxd4 45. h6 {And now h7 would win.} Nf3+ 46. Kf4 {aiming for h7.} Nh4 47. Bd3 {h7 is the strong threat.} Kf6 48. h7 Kg7 49. Ke5 Nf3+ 50. Kxe6 Ne1 51. Bf5 d4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 52. Kd6 d3 53. Bxd3 Nxd3 54. Kc7 b5 {[#]} 55. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb4 {( -> ...Nc2)} 56. Kb6 Kxh7 57. Kxb5 {Black escapes into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,171,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,-24,-44,-33,-8,0,-6,-11,19,9,39,23,45,13,13,10,17,28,22,0,0,0,0,0,13,9,8,1,9,0,8,0,9,9,51,52,54,63,49,60,58,72,54,53,54,43,35,33,26,16,27,27,30,2,4,0,68,68,68,67,67,67,67,68,73,0,76,0,12,12,12,28,1091,1006,1006,933,867,851,673,660,29944,29946,29945,29948,29948,29948,29949,29949,29952,29953,29953,29954,29954,29956,29956,29955,29954,29956,29952,29951,29952,29954,29956,29958,29956,29957,29957,29960,29959,29961,29962,29959,29963,29962,29963,29962,29964,29962,29964,29957,29964,29959,29956,29961,29959,29958,29958,29962,29961,29963,29966,29966,29966,29962,29963,29950,7600,679,29970,29969,29969,29968,29968,29968,29971,29962,29961,29960,29965,8508,5803,1948,29972,29973,29963,12358,29980,29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nb5 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e8][%mdl 32]} 7. h3 Ne4 8. c3 {The position is equal.} c6 9. Na3 Nc7 10. Be2 Ne8 11. O-O N8d6 12. c4 dxc4 (12... f6 {is interesting.} 13. Bh2 Bf5 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nc2 Be6) 13. Nxc4 Be6 14. Rc1 (14. b3 {seems wilder.} Nc3 15. Qc2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bd5 17. Rfd1) 14... Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Qd5 {[#]} 17. Qe2 $146 (17. Qc2 {is more complex.} Nd6 18. Ra4 a5 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. Rc1) ({Predecessor:} 17. b3 Rac8 18. Qc1 b5 19. Rc2 b4 20. Rc4 Nc3 21. Qc2 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxb4 {0-1 (43) Kojovic,D (2384)-Sarenac,I (2388) Valjevo 2018}) 17... Nd6 18. Bxd6 exd6 19. b4 Rfe8 20. a4 a5 21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. Rb1 c5 23. Qc2 Qc6 24. Qb3 Rea8 {[%cal Ra5a4]} 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Rf4 Rc1+ 27. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc7 29. g3 h6 30. h4 Ra5 31. Rb4 Qc3 32. Qb1 Rf5 {White must now prevent ...Qc6.} 33. Kg2 Qc6 34. e4 Ra5 $1 35. Rb6 Qc4 ({Black should try} 35... Qxa4 $11 36. Rxd6 Qb5 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Qxb5 Rxb5) 36. Rxd6 $14 Rxa4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Qxb7 Ra1 {( -> ...Qf1+)} 39. Nh2 Re1 40. Re8 (40. Rd7 $16) 40... Re2 {[#]} (40... Bd4 $11 41. Rd8 Bf6) 41. h5 ({Better is} 41. Re7 $1 $16) 41... gxh5 {And now ...Bd4 would win.} 42. Qd7 {[%cal Rd7f5]} Bd4 43. Ng4 {aiming for Kh2.} hxg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This costs Black the game.} (43... Kg7 $11 44. Qf5 Qc5) 44. Qf5+ $18 Kg7 45. Qxg4+ Kf6 {[#]} 46. e5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Rxe5 (46... Bxe5 47. Qxc4) 47. Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 48. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Pin. KQR-KQB} Qc6+ 49. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 50. Rxe4 {KR-KB} Bb2 51. Rg4+ Kh7 52. Rf4 Kg6 53. g4 Bc1 54. Rf5 Bg5 55. Rb5 Bh4 56. f3 Bg5 57. Rb6+ Kg7 58. Kf2 Bd8 59. Rb5 Bg5 60. Ke2 Kg6 61. Kd3 {Cut Off at move 61} Bc1 62. Ke4 Kf6 63. Rc5 Bd2 64. Rc2 Be1 65. Rc6+ Kg7 66. Kf5 Bg3 67. Ra6 Bh2 68. Ra7 Bg3 69. f4 Bf2 70. Rd7 Be1 71. Rc7 Ba5 72. Rc6 Bd8 73. Ke5 Be7 74. Rc7 Bd8 75. Rd7 Ba5 76. Rd5 (76. Rb7 $142 Bc3+ 77. Kf5) 76... Bc3+ 77. Kd6 Bb4+ 78. Kd7 Kf8 79. Rd3 Be1 80. Rd6 Bg3 81. Rf6 Kg7 82. Rf5 (82. Ke7 $142 Bh4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 83. g5 hxg5 84. Rxf7+ Kh6 85. f5 g4+ 86. f6 Kg5 87. Rh7) 82... Kf8 83. Kd6 Bh2 84. Ke5 Bg1 85. Rh5 Kg7 86. g5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.19} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,117,22,33,14,15,18,21,-28,34,16,40,47,81,28,31,35,37,10,33,44,47,39,44,41,40,42,31,34,51,54,322,341,308,316,312,302,310,310,306,288,368,339,400,395,375,370,373,376,370,370,362,334,347,327,341,321,322,336,383,375,368,379,402,341,320,238,238,238,238,238,238,224,224,224,224,224,399,364,1279,1152,10062,61,11590,5081,10062,9966,5128,828,29970,29971,29965,10668,29966,29972,29973,29973,29976,29977,29971,29974,29978,29980,29979,29979]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb3 $1 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. is more profitable than 11.Bb5 at the moment.} Kh8 (11... Qxd3 $11 12. Bc2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qxd1 14. Bxd1 Rae8) 12. Ne4 $14 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 f5 15. a4 a5 16. d4 f4 17. Nh5 g6 18. dxe5 gxh5 19. Qxh5 {0-1 (39) Matlakov,M (2716)-Aronian,L (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 13. Bd5 Bb6 14. Ng3 (14. b4 $16) 14... Bxf3 $11 15. Qxf3 f5 {Threatening ...e4!} 16. d4 (16. Nxf5 $2 g6 $19) 16... f4 (16... exd4 {is more complex.} 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd4 Nf6 19. Bf4 Qxd4 20. Be5 Qd5) 17. Ne4 exd4 {Strongly threatening ...Nde5.} 18. Bxc6 (18. Bxf4 $2 Nde5 $19) 18... bxc6 19. Bxf4 dxc3 20. bxc3 ({Don't blunder} 20. Nxc3 $2 g5 $19) 20... Ne5 21. Qg3 $1 Nd3 22. Rad1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Nxe1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Black is now going downhill.} (22... Rxf4 $14 23. Qxd3 (23. Rxd3 Qf8 $11) 23... Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Raf8) 23. Rxd8 $18 Raxd8 {[#]} 24. Be5 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg3g7][%mdl 512]} Rd7 25. Kh2 Nd3 {[#]} 26. Bxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg7 27. Qxd3 c5 28. c4 c6 29. g3 Bc7 30. h4 Be5 31. f4 Bd4 32. Ng5 Re7 33. Qf3 h6 34. Qh5 Kg7 35. Nf3 Rf6 36. Kh3 Rg6 37. f5 Rf6 38. g4 Re3 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Rxf5 41. Qh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 42. Qh7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke6 43. Qg6+ Rf6 44. gxf6 Rxf3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 45. Kg4 Rf2 $2 {[#]} (45... Rxf6 {is a better defense.} 46. Qe8+ Kd6 47. Qb8+ Ke6) 46. Qh7 $1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh7e7]} Rg2+ $2 (46... Kxf6 47. Qxa7 Rg2+ 48. Kf4 Rf2+ 49. Ke4 Re2+ 50. Kd3 Re8) 47. Kh3 {And now Qe7+ would win.} Rxa2 48. Qe7+ Kf5 49. f7 Ra3+ 50. Kg2 Ra2+ 51. Kf1 Bg7 52. f8=Q+ Bxf8 53. Qxf8+ {KQ-KR} Ke4 54. Qxc5 {White mates.} Ra6 55. Qd6 Kf3 56. Qd3+ Kf4 57. Qd4+ Kf3 58. c5 Ra3 59. Qf6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.53} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,79,34,29,28,34,-13,36,31,37,38,40,39,35,47,46,18,21,14,44,46,38,24,26,34,36,12,14,11,13,15,17,10,11,4,4,4,4,4,4,0,13,8,8,8,10,11,55,55,55,56,72,60,68,45,45,45,45,32,45,44,44,44,44,44,44,0,44,0,44,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 h6 12. O-O-O+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ke7 $1 {[#]} 13. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bh4 Kf7 14. Rd8 g5 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Rxh8 Bxh8 17. Bb5 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bc2 {½-½ (40) Wojtaszek,R (2719)-Edouard,R (2649) Biel 2020}) 13... Nc6 14. g3 Rc8 15. Kb1 Ng4 16. Re1 Kf7 17. Nxe4 Bb4 18. Re2 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Nd4 20. a3 Be7 21. Bg2 Rhd8 22. Rd1 Nf5 23. Red3 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Rd8 25. Kc2 Ke8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 27. Kd3 b6 28. Bh3 Nd6 (28... Kc7 {is interesting.} 29. f4 Kd7 30. Nd2 Bf6 31. b3 b5) 29. Bxe6 Nxe4 30. Kxe4 $14 {KB-KB} a5 31. a4 Bc5 32. f3 Ke7 33. Bc4 Kf6 34. b3 g5 35. h3 Bf2 36. g4 Bg1 37. Be2 Bf2 38. Bc4 Bg1 39. Be2 Bf2 40. Bc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,90,7,18,17,25,12,26,18,25,19,21,21,22,3,29,9,27,12,18,0,0,0,53,38,35,25,22,19,40,35,33,23,22,0,0,0,-27,0,0,-212,-56,-67,0,0,0,-52,0,0,0,-43,-49,-46,-62,-255,-255,-262,-68,-65,-61,-142,-152,-144,-140,-170,-59,-52,-34,-245,-230,-226,-246,-225,-214,-1129,-545,-1129,-1121,-1087,-1099]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 {is recently more successful than 8.Bb3. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 {White has an edge.} Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Nf1 Qd7 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} (13... d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 14. Ng3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $11) 14. Qc2 Rd8 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 15. b5 Ne7 16. d4 {[#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. N1d2 axb5 20. axb5 Bb6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxb5 23. Qxb7 {½-½ (30) Bacrot,E (2678)-Nguyen,N (2620) Batumi 2018}) 17. Ng3 axb5 (17... d5 $1 $11) 18. axb5 Bb6 19. Rb1 Ree8 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Rbd1 Nd7 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Bc1 Qc4 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qd2 f6 26. d5 $2 (26. Qxh6 Qf7 $17) (26. Nh2 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 26... Ndf8 $2 (26... Nf4 $19 27. g3 Nc5 28. Nxh6+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kf7 30. gxf4 Nxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 27. Nxh6+ $15 (27. Qxh6 $2 Rd7 $19) 27... Kg7 28. Nf5+ Kg8 29. Nh6+ (29. Qh6 $2 Rd7 $19) 29... Kg7 (29... Kh8 $15 30. Nf7+ Kg7 31. Nxd8 Rxd8) 30. Nf5+ $11 Kg8 31. Nh2 (31. Qh6 $2 Rd7 $19) 31... Nf4 32. Ng4 Nh7 {Strongly threatening ...Ra8.} 33. g3 $2 (33. Kh1 $1 $15 Ra8 34. g3) 33... Ng5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5f3]} (33... Nxh3+ 34. Kg2 $17) 34. Nh4 (34. Nxf6+ $2 Kf7 $19) 34... Kf7 $2 (34... Nxe4 $2 35. Rxe4 Qd3 36. Qxd3 $18) (34... Ngxh3+ 35. Kh2 $19) (34... Nfxh3+ $19 35. Kg2 Kf7) 35. gxf4 $15 Nxh3+ 36. Kh2 (36. Kg2 $1 $15 Nxf4+ 37. Kf3) 36... Nxf4 $17 {...Rh8! is the strong threat.} 37. Nh6+ Ke7 $1 {White must now prevent ...Rh8!} 38. Rg1 {[#] Intending Rg7+ and mate.} Kd7 ({Black should try} 38... Ra8 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Kd7.} 39. Ng6+ Nxg6 40. Rxg6 Qxe4) 39. Ra1 $1 $15 {And now N4f5 would win.} Qxe4 {Threatens to win with ...Qh7.} 40. N4f5 $2 {[#]} ({White has to play} 40. Qd1 $1 $15 Qe2 41. Rg7+ Re7 42. Rxe7+ Kxe7 43. Ng6+ Kd7 44. Ng4) 40... Rg8 $1 $40 {[%mdl 704] Deflection. White is in trouble.} 41. Nxg8 (41. Rxg8 Rxg8) 41... Qxf5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rf5h3]} 42. Rg7+ Ke8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 43. Qd1 $2 {[#]} (43. Kg1 Bxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Nh5+ 45. Kg2 Nxg7 46. Qh6) 43... Qh3+ $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Kg1 Kf8 ({Worse is} 44... Qh4 45. Qf3 $11) 45. Rg4 Kf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.44/Black=0.26} 0-1

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,22,24,25,40,31,29,17,13,13,23,10,36,12,23,25,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,5,14,33,18,6,10,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,42,42,42,42,42,50,42,20,22,13,26,26,33,22,22,22,22,10,22,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 (4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Qc7 7. h3 d6 8. c3 Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Rfd8 14. Qc2 {0-1 (55) Giri,A (2776)-Carlsen,M (2870) Kolkata 2019}) 4... dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. O-O {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} e5 7. a4 {[#]} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... f6 8. a5 Nh6 9. Nc3 Nf7 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Nd2 g5 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Qe2 O-O {0-1 (46) Milliet,S (2394)-Ponomariov,R (2648) Salamanca 2019}) 8. a5 {White has an edge.} Nh5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Ne2 Nf4 13. Nc4 Be6 14. b3 b5 15. axb6 axb6 16. Qd2 {[%cal Re2f4]} Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 b5 18. Nd2 Ra8 19. f3 Ra5 20. Qf2 Rfa8 21. Rac1 Qd6 22. f4 exf4 $1 23. Bxf4 Qd4 24. Be3 Qc3 25. Nf3 {[#] And now Bd2 would win.} Ra1 $1 26. Ng5 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Rf8 28. Qh4 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh4h7]} Qg7 29. Qg3 Qc3 30. Qc7 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Qd6 (31... Qd7 {is more complex.} 32. Qe5 Qd4 33. Qg3 c4 34. bxc4 bxc4 35. Be3 Qb2) 32. Qxd6 Bxd6 33. Nxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Rf8f1] [#]} 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 35. c4 Kg7 36. Bg5 h6 37. Be3 g5 38. h3 Kg6 {The position is equal.} 39. Kg1 e5 40. Kf2 b4 41. Kf3 h5 42. g4 h4 43. Bf2 Kf6 44. Be3 Kg6 45. Bf2 Kf6 46. Be3 Kg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,74,7,6,25,5,25,30,31,14,41,43,47,34,49,58,45,0,0,0,0,-13,-14,-6,-9,-5,-5,-8,-11,-36,-23,-29,-24,-39,-7,-8,-9,-16,-7,-8,-10,-8,-8,-35,5,0,2,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 Qb6 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} 8. Rb1 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 {White has an edge.} 10. Bh2 Nf8 {[#]} 11. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 Ne6 12. b4 a6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Na4 Qd8 15. c4 b6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. b5 {½-½ (46) Pavlov Pianov,N-Romanovsky,P Moscow 1927}) 11... Bf5 12. Nd2 N6d7 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. bxc5 b6 16. Ba6 Bc8 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. c4 c5 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. exd4 Ra8 25. Rxb6 Rxa2 26. d5 Rd2 27. d6 exd6 28. Rxd6 {The position is equal.} Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Rd8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 31. h4 h5 32. g3 Kg7 33. Kg2 Rf8 34. Kg1 Kg8 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kg1 Kg8 37. Kg2 Kg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,134,32,48,23,27,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,27,20,2,10,16,17,22,14,10,17,17,34,32,15,10,0,0,0,57,0,0,-22,-18,-31,-19,-12,-12,-12,-15,-18,0,-20,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-10,-12,-13,23,0,0,-8,44,50,44,39,44,47,48,34,41,39,48,34,36,19,7,0,0,0,37,8,6,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-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,-8,8,0,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5 {8...Nf6 is the modern continuation.} 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6.} O-O 11. Nf1 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 $1 13. Be3 Na5 {[#]} ({Don't blunder} 13... Nxe4 $2 14. Bd5 $18) 14. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Bc1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Bd3 {0-1 (44) Alekseenko,K (2563)-Triapishko,A (2508) Sochi 2017}) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bd5 c6 18. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} cxd5 19. Bxa5 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Qf6 21. Qb3 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qc2 Bh6 ({Black should play} 23... d5 $11) 24. Ng3 ({Better is} 24. Nh2 $1 $14 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nf3) 24... d5 $11 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Qc2 29. Ne2 $1 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. b3 (30. Qxb4 Qxd1+) 30... a5 31. Nf4 Nf6 32. f3 g5 33. Nd3 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne8 35. Nc5 Nd6 36. Kf2 f6 (36... Nb5 $11) 37. Nd7 $1 $14 Kf7 38. Nb6 Rc1 39. Nxd5 f5 40. g3 Rh1 41. Kg2 Rc1 42. Nb6 Rc6 43. Nd7 Rc7 44. Nc5 Nb5 $1 45. Nd3 Ke6 46. h4 h6 {The position is equal.} 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. d5+ Kd6 49. f4 gxf4 50. Nxf4 Nc3 51. Kf3 Ne4 52. Re2 Rc3+ 53. Re3 Rc1 54. Re2 Rc3+ 55. Re3 Rc2 {[%cal Re4g5] [#]} 56. Re2 Rxe2 57. Nxe2 Kxd5 $11 {KN-KN} 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Nd4 Nxg3 {Strongly threatening ...f4+.} 60. Nc6+ Kd5 61. Nxa5 {Cut Off at move 61} Ne4 62. Nc4 Nc3 63. a3 bxa3 64. Nxa3 Kc5 65. Kf4 Kb4 66. Kxf5 Ne4 67. Kxe4 Kxb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]

{[%evp 17,134,31,39,26,23,9,6,17,15,3,9,0,10,22,17,9,30,22,33,20,21,24,31,7,33,31,16,0,0,-7,55,0,0,-20,-17,-16,-14,-13,-11,-11,-8,-14,0,-12,0,-14,-11,-11,-26,-19,-22,-25,34,0,0,-3,43,52,48,48,33,35,54,33,45,24,24,24,36,0,2,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,8,0,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5 {8...Nf6 is a critical line.} 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6.} O-O 11. Nf1 exd4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Be3 Na5 {[#]} ({Don't go for} 13... Nxe4 $2 14. Bd5 $18) 14. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Bc1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Bd3 {0-1 (44) Alekseenko,K (2563)-Triapishko,A (2508) Sochi 2017}) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bd5 c6 18. Bd2 cxd5 19. Bxa5 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Qf6 21. Qb3 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qc2 Bh6 (23... Qf4 $11) 24. Ng3 (24. Nh2 $1 $14 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nf3) 24... d5 $11 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Qc2 29. Ne2 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. b3 (30. Qxb4 Qxd1+) 30... a5 31. Nf4 Nf6 32. f3 g5 33. Nd3 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne8 ({Better is} 34... Nh5 $11) 35. Nc5 Nd6 36. Kf2 f6 37. Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7f6]} Kf7 38. Nb6 Rc1 39. Nxd5 f5 40. g3 (40. h4 $5) 40... Rh1 41. Kg2 Rc1 42. Nb6 Rc6 43. Nd7 {[#] aiming for Ne5+.} Rc7 {The position is equal.} 44. Nc5 Nb5 $1 45. Nd3 Ke6 46. h4 h6 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. d5+ Kd6 49. f4 gxf4 50. Nxf4 Nc3 51. Kf3 Ne4 52. Re2 Rc3+ 53. Re3 Rc1 54. Re2 Rc3+ 55. Re3 Rc2 {[%cal Re4g5]} 56. Re2 Rxe2 57. Nxe2 Kxd5 {KN-KN} 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Nd4 Nxg3 {Hoping for ...f4+.} 60. Nc6+ Kd5 61. Nxa5 {Cut Off at move 61} Ne4 62. Nc4 Nc3 63. a3 bxa3 64. Nxa3 Kc5 65. Kf4 Kb4 66. Kxf5 Ne4 67. Kxe4 Kxb3 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.08. Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 0-1

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,117,-37,-16,-40,-36,-37,-34,-54,-54,-96,-90,-94,-91,-106,-102,-95,-85,-81,-57,-91,-81,-151,-11,-58,-49,-87,-77,-115,-113,-100,-115,-118,-76,-91,-52,-68,-64,-64,-45,-41,-40,-92,-92,-177,-97,-85,-85,-72,0,0,0,0,12,12,33,8,16,19,8,8,19,14,20,14,10,10,25,16,17,5,90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-18,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qd2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Nc6 {[#]} 7. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 Rg8 8. g3 e5 9. Bg2 Be6 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 O-O-O 12. b3 h5 13. Qe3 {0-1 (26) Wang,C (2529)-Bu,X (2710) Shenzhen 2015}) 7... Qxc5 8. Ne2 {Black is slightly better.} e5 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O Kb8 12. b4 Qd6 13. Na3 d4 14. Nc4 Qc7 $1 15. b5 {[#]} (15. cxd4 $142 exd4 16. Rac1) 15... Bxc4 (15... d3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 16. bxc6 (16. Bxd3 Bxc4) 16... dxe2 17. Qxe2 Qxc6) 16. Bxc4 $11 Na5 17. Bd3 Qxc3 18. Qe2 dxe3 19. Rad1 exf2+ 20. Kh1 Bc5 21. Ne4 Qa3 22. Nxf6 Bd4 23. Ng4 $1 Qc5 24. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c5]} Qd5 25. Be4 (25. Nxf2 $15 Bxf2 26. Be4) 25... Qe6 26. Ne3 (26. Qf3 $17) 26... Bxe3 (26... Rhf8 $19 27. Bf5 Qh6) 27. Qxe3 $17 f5 28. Bc2 Nc4 (28... Rhe8 $17 29. Qxf2 f4) 29. Qxf2 $11 Rd2 30. Bxf5 Rxf2 31. Bxe6 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Na3 33. Rf7 Nxb5 34. Bd5 Nc7 35. Be4 h6 $1 36. g4 b5 37. Kg2 a5 38. h4 b4 39. Rf6 {And now Rb6+ would win.} Kc8 (39... Ka7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 40. Rd6 (40. Rb6 $16 {Black must now prevent Bf5+.} Ne8 41. Rb5) 40... Nb5 {The position is equal.} 41. Rd5 Nc3 42. Rxa5 {Ra8+ is the strong threat.} Kc7 43. Bg6 ({But not} 43. Rxe5 Kd6 $17) 43... Kd6 44. Ra6+ Kc5 45. Bf7 e4 46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 e3 {Threatening ...e2.} 48. g6 e2 49. Re6 {Hoping for g7.} Rh5 {White should prevent ...Kd4.} 50. Kf2 {White wants to play g7.} Rf5+ 51. Ke1 $1 Rf1+ 52. Kd2 Rd1+ 53. Kc2 {Strongly threatening g7.} e1=Q 54. Rxe1 Rxe1 55. g7 Rg1 56. g8=Q Rxg8 57. Bxg8 Nxa2 58. Bxa2 b3+ 59. Bxb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,56,13,8,38,9,33,34,36,35,27,24,28,26,38,27,36,-10,4,-2,35,1,133,19,35,25,33,9,18,17,22,13,33,27,19,0,0,-22,-37,-213,-211,-197,-196,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 {7.Re1 is the modern continuation.} Re8 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. b4 Bb6 {White is slightly better.} 10. a4 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxe6.} a6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Qc2 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Nc4 Nf6 14. Rb1 Ba7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Nb8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 {1-0 (62) Rozhnev,I (2193)-Parente,M (1651) ICCF email 2017}) 13. Bb2 Nh5 {aiming for ...Nf4.} 14. b5 Ne7 $1 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6h4][%mdl 32]} 15. c4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 {Threatening c5.} c6 (16... Nf4 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. Nxe5 (17. bxa6 $16 bxa6 18. Bxe5) 17... Ng6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg6e5]} 18. d4 Nhf4 19. Nf3 Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f3]} 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. Ng3 $1 Rae8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Bc3 h5 24. Rab1 Bc7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening ...Nxh3+! White needs to defend precisely.} 25. Rb7 $2 {Loses the game.} ({White should play} 25. Rbe1 $15) 25... Nxh3+ $1 $19 26. gxh3 Bxg3 27. d5 $2 {[#]} (27. fxg3 $19 Qxg3+ 28. Qg2 Qxc3 29. Rbxf7 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1) 27... Qxh3 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rh3h2][%mdl 512]} 28. fxg3 Re2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.14} 0-1

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,102,38,12,38,11,7,6,25,25,23,7,33,34,39,42,46,43,31,42,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,-22,-33,-33,-49,-41,-49,-45,-50,-50,-50,-23,-24,-31,-31,-23,-112,-112,-114,-111,-162,-153,-164,-154,-164,-146,-233,-243,-539,-489,-630,-607,-631,-560,-550,-455,-979,-956,-889,-858,-1378,-828,-1651,-1695,-29964,-29966,-12098,-6748,-29974,-29973,-29973,-29973,-29973,-29973,-29976,-29977,-29973,-12850,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-6619,-29963,-5780]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 {6...a6 is setting a new trend.} 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Re1 (8. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Bb6 9. a4 $11) 8... a5 (8... Re8 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. Qb3 Rf8 13. d4 Ng6 14. h3 Nh5 15. Bf1 Qf6 16. Qd1 exd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. e5 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Nxe5 {1-0 (28) Giri,A (2764)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 9. Nf1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 Ba7 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Be3 {[#] Hoping for Bxa7.} Nxe3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxe5 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Nd4 N7g6 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Bf1 a4 18. g3 Ne7 19. f4 N5c6 {1-0 (52) Jakovenko,D (2714)-Svidler,P (2745) Germany 2017}) 14. Nxe3 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Ng6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Re2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Kf7 20. Ba4 Ke7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 21. h3 Bc4 22. Rc2 $1 Rd3 23. Re1 Kd6 24. Bb3 Ba6 25. Rcc1 $1 Ke5 26. Rcd1 Rfd8 27. Rxd3 (27. Rf1 $1 $11) 27... Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. White is now going downhill.} 28. Kf2 Rd6 (28... Bxe4 29. Rd1 $15) 29. Bd1 {[#]} (29. h4 $17 {was necessary.}) 29... Bc4 $1 $19 ({Don't play} 29... Bxe4 30. Bf3 $11) 30. b3 {[#]} Rd2+ $1 31. Kg3 Be6 32. Rf1 (32. a4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 32... Rxa2 33. Bg4 $2 (33. Rf2 {might work better.} Ra1 34. Rd2) 33... Bxb3 34. Rf8 {and the idea Re8+ leaves White hopeful.} Kxe4 35. Rc8 Kxe3 36. Rxc7 Bd5 37. Bf3 (37. Re7+ $142 Kd3 38. Rd7 Rxg2+ 39. Kf4) 37... Bxf3 38. gxf3 {KR-KR} Rb2 39. Rxg7 Rb6 40. c4 Kd4 41. Rc7 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 42. c5 Ra6 43. Rxb7 Kxc5 44. Rc7+ Kb6 45. Rc1 a3 46. h4 a2 47. Ra1 Ra4 (47... Kb5 $142 48. h5 gxh5 49. Kh4 Kb4 50. Kxh5 Kb3 51. Re1 a1=Q 52. Rxa1 Rxa1 53. f4 Rf1 54. Kxh6 Rxf4 55. Kh5 Kc4 56. Kg5 Rf8 57. Kg6 Kd4 58. Kg7 Rf5 59. Kh7 Ke5 60. Kg7 Ke6 61. Kg6 Rc5 62. Kg7 Rg5+ 63. Kh6 Kf6 64. Kh7 Rh5+ 65. Kg8 Rh4 66. Kf8 Rh8#) 48. f4 h5 49. Kf3 Kc5 50. Ke3 Kd5 (50... Kb4 $142 51. Kd4 Kb3+ 52. Ke5 Kb2 53. Rg1 a1=Q 54. Rxa1 Kxa1 55. f5 gxf5 56. Kxf5 Rxh4 57. Kg5 Rh1 58. Kh6 h4 59. Kh5 h3 60. Kg4 Kb2 61. Kf4 Rg1 62. Kf3 h2 63. Kf4 h1=Q 64. Ke5 Qh5+ 65. Ke4 Rg4+ 66. Kf3 Qh3+ 67. Ke2 Rg2+ 68. Kf1 Qh1#) 51. Kf3 Ke6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.97/Black=0.46} (51... Kd4 $142 52. Ke2 Kc3 53. Rc1+ Kb2 54. Rh1 a1=Q 55. Rxa1 Rxa1 56. Kf3 Ra4 57. Ke2 Rxf4 58. Kd3 Rxh4 59. Kd2 Rf4 60. Ke3 g5 61. Kd2 h4 62. Kd3 h3 63. Kd2 h2 64. Kd3 h1=Q 65. Kd2 Qh2+ 66. Ke3 Qf2+ 67. Kd3 Rd4#) 0-1

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,53,10,15,11,9,20,0,77,76,78,74,75,72,84,88,93,76,85,75,131,89,141,105,119,110,124,110,166,149,154,143,151,161,246,237,236,226,300,284,369,378,485,434]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Nc6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 8. O-O Be6 9. Ng3 {[#]} d5 $146 (9... Be7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. a3 h6 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Be3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 {0-1 (45) Trujillo,F (1900)-Rivera,I (2169) Puerto Boyaca 2012}) 10. Bg5 $16 dxe4 11. Ncxe4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nh5.} Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 Qc7 14. Qh6 O-O-O 15. Nxf6 Nd4 (15... Kb8 $142) 16. Rad1 Bxa2 ({Better is} 16... Qb6) 17. Nf5 Be6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rfe1 Nc6 (19... Kb8 $16 {was called for.}) 20. Bxh7 Qb4 21. b3 Kb8 22. Qg5 Rd4 (22... Rxd1 $142 23. Rxd1 Qf4 24. Qxf4 exf4) 23. Be4 $18 Rhd8 24. Rc1 Qc3 25. h4 Ka8 26. h5 Rd2 27. Bd3 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.34} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,91,5,13,18,18,16,16,14,0,14,18,4,27,9,15,19,22,21,48,55,46,41,113,100,94,80,172,169,251,259,243,254,253,258,251,261,255,228,345,335,440,392,496,416,416,416,408,401,401,400,392,397,356,383,372,336,508,506,462,481,536,561,525,524,877,887,825,564,1512,1539,29967,1824,6532,1684,29971,29972,29971,29971,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 {7.Re1 is setting a new trend.} Bb6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ne7 9. d4 Ng6 10. Bf1 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. An interesting side line.} c6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Qc2 Bc7 {[#]} 13. b3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Nh5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bc1 b5 18. Ne3 Nhf4 19. Nf5 {1-0 (32) Santos Latasa,J (2585)-Ashwath,R (2388) Budapest 2019}) 13... d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. c4 Ndf4 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb2 {[%cal Rb2e5]} Neg6 {Black is now going downhill.} ({Better is} 17... f6 $14) 18. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3g7]} f6 {[#]} 19. Ne4 $1 Bf5 (19... Be6 $16 {was called for.}) 20. Rad1 $18 Bxe4 (20... Qe7 $142) 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 22. g3 Bxf3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxf3 Ne6 25. Qd3 Nc5 (25... Be5 {was necessary.}) 26. Qd4 Bb6 27. b4 Ne5 {...Nf3+ is the strong threat.} 28. Qd1 Rd8 29. Qb1 Ncd3 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. c5 Bc7 32. Qb3+ Kf8 33. f4 Nf7 34. Qe6 h5 (34... Re8 $142 35. Qf5 Re7 36. Qxh7 a5 37. bxa5 Bxa5) 35. Bc4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Re6f7]} Nh6 36. h4 a5 37. b5 cxb5 38. Bxb5 a4 39. Bxa4 Ba5 40. Bb3 Bc3 {[#]} 41. Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6d8]} Bd4+ {[#]} 42. Kf1 $1 {[%cal Rb6d8]} Rd7 43. Qb4 (43. Ba4 $142 Bxc5 44. Qxc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re7 45. f5 Nxf5 46. Qxf5) 43... Nf5 44. c6+ {White mates.} Re7 45. cxb7 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Ne3+ 46. Kg1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.66} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,63,34,41,31,32,-8,33,29,35,30,38,35,38,42,45,39,33,40,53,17,47,20,46,41,47,55,56,51,45,47,51,56,64,12,14,8,8,13,25,22,23,27,33,31,73,87,75,39,29,0,89,0,27,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {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 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 $1 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. Nxe4 Bg7 15. Ng3 f5 16. Bd3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rhe1.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rd8 17. Bxf5 Na6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Re1 Nc5 20. Bc2 Kf7 21. Re3 a5 22. Ne2 Bf6 {½-½ (39) Leiner,R (2357)-Kopeikin,V (2436) ICCF email 2015}) 17. Rhe1 {Strongly threatening Nxf5+.} Be5 {[#]} 18. Nxf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 19. f4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Rad8 20. fxe5 Rhf8 21. Re3 Rd5 22. Rh3 ({White should play} 22. Bc2 $14 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1) 22... Nxe5 $11 23. Bc2 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf6 25. Ke2 Rb6 26. b3 Ra6 27. Bb1 f4 28. Rh5 Re6 29. Bf5 Ra6 30. Bb1 ({White should try} 30. a4 $11) 30... Re6 $1 $16 31. Bf5 (31. Kf2 $16) 31... Ra6 $11 32. Bb1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,88,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,-9,43,34,31,35,44,50,109,79,102,44,43,57,82,82,79,69,72,75,73,83,93,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,34,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 (12. Bxc6 {looks sharper.} bxc6 13. O-O f6 14. g4 Bg6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Ne5) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 (14... Bxf3 $11 15. gxf3 bxc6) 15. exf6 $1 $14 {[#]} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qxf6 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. O-O Bg6 18. Qa4 Be8 19. Qa3 Qd6 20. Qb3 a5 21. a4 c5 {0-1 (56) Sengupta,D (2527)-Lysyj,I (2594) chess.com INT 2020}) 16. fxg7 Rf7 17. gxf3 Qd6 (17... Qe7 $14) 18. Rg1 c5 19. Rg5 ({Better is} 19. Rg4 $16) 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 Rxg7 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Ke2 Qg6 23. Qa4 Rd8 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Bf4 ({White should play} 25. Qb5 $16) 25... Re8+ $1 26. Be5 Re7 $1 27. Qb3 Bxd4 28. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qe6 29. Qxd4 Qxe5+ 30. Qxe5 Rxe5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 31. Kd3 Ra5 32. Rxc7+ Kg6 $1 33. Rc2 Kf5 34. Kc4 Ra3 {The position is equal.} 35. Kb4 Rxf3 36. Rc7 a5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 37. Kxa5 {Rf7+ is the strong threat.} Ra3+ 38. Kb4 Rxa2 39. Rxh7 Kg6 40. Rh8 Rxf2 41. Kc3 Rf5 42. Kd4 Rh5 43. Rxh5 Kxh5 44. h4 Kxh4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,0,0,-10,3,-6,0,4,8,10,7,11,29,-18,17,9,10,1,17,17,29,25,20,21,35,27,21,22,68,61,60,56,59,55,85,82,85,81,79,75,76,75,108,56,98,102,102,102,102,92,102,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,148,131,148,140,129,141,149,126,108,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Ne2 {D71: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 3 g3 d5 sidelines and 5 cxd5 (without Nf3).} O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nd2 Bf5 {[#]} 9. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Qb3 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qb5 Rac8 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 {½-½ (55) Grandelius,N (2649)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2788) Stavanger 2016}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bb2 h5 11. Nf4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} e6 12. h3 a5 13. a4 Qb6 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Rfd1 Bb4 17. c5 Qc7 18. Nf3 Be4 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. Nd3 b6 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. cxb6 Qxb6 25. e4 Qb7 26. Qf3 (26. exd5 $16 cxd5 27. f4) 26... Nb6 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Bd4 Kg7 30. h4 Qc7 31. Rc4 Kg8 32. Qe4 Qb7 33. Bc5 Kg7 34. Bd6 Rc8 35. Kg1 Rh8 36. Qd4 Rc8 37. Rc5 Qa6 38. Qc4 Qa8 39. Kf1 Qb7 {[#]} (39... Kg8 $142) 40. Ra5 $1 $16 c5 41. Rxc5 Nc3 {[%cal Rb7h1]} 42. Kg1 Rxc5 43. Bxc5 {And now a5 would win.} Qf3 44. a5 ({Much worse is} 44. Bxb4 $6 Ne2+ 45. Kf1 Nxg3+ 46. Ke1 Nf5 $11) (44. Qxb4 $16 g5 45. hxg5) 44... Ne4 $11 {The position is equal.} 45. a6 ({Don't play} 45. Qxb4 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qd5 $14) 45... Nxc5 46. Qxc5 Qxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 47. a7 Qb1+ 48. Kh2 Qa2 49. g4 hxg4 {Strongly threatening ...b3.} 50. h5 gxh5 51. Qe3 {[#] aiming for Qg5+.} Qa5 52. Qg5+ Kf8 53. Qh6+ Kg8 54. Qg5+ Kf8 55. Qh6+ Kg8 56. Qg5+ Kf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,140,14,10,17,19,17,21,25,11,12,20,31,16,16,4,22,12,32,0,0,0,10,2,10,30,21,23,12,26,33,27,23,22,29,31,28,46,33,22,45,39,38,39,31,15,21,8,6,8,4,8,30,22,32,25,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,10,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,18,18,18,14,14,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,22,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 {6...a6 is the recent fashion.} 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 $1 15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Bc2 c5 {[#]} 18. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Be3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Rc1 Rc4 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. b3 Rc7 23. Bb1 Rfc8 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 {½-½ (44) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 18... Bxc5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. g4 Ne7 25. g5 Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4 27. gxh6 gxh6 28. a3 Rc2 29. axb4 Rxb2 30. e6 Rxb4 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Ne5+ Kg7 33. Nd3 Re4 34. Nc5 (34. Reb1 {keeps more tension.} Rb8 35. g3 Rc4 36. Rb5 Rc3 37. Nf4) 34... Rxe1+ {The position is equal.} 35. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf7 36. Nxb7 Rb8 37. Nc5 Ng6 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. Nb3 Nf4 40. Nd4 Ne6 41. Nc6 Rd6 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Nd3 d4 44. g3 Rb6 45. Kf1 Ra6 46. Rd2 h5 47. Rb2 Ra1+ 48. Ke2 h4 49. gxh4 Rh1 50. Rb6 Kf5 51. Rb5+ Kf6 52. h5 Rh4 53. Kf3 Rh3+ 54. Ke4 {Black must now prevent Rf5+.} Ng5+ 55. Kxd4 {Black should prevent Nf4.} Rxh5 56. Rb8 Ne6+ 57. Ke3 Ra5 58. Rb6 {[#] Hoping for Nf4.} Kf5 59. f4 Ra3 60. Rb5+ Kf6 61. Rd5 {Cut Off at move 61} Ra4 62. Rd6 {[#] Rxe6+! is the strong threat.} Rc4 63. Rb6 Kf5 64. Rb5+ Kf6 65. Ra5 Rc3 66. Rd5 $1 Rc4 67. Ra5 Rc3 68. f5 Nc5 69. Rxc5 Rxc5 70. Nxc5 {White threatens Kf4 and mate.} Kxf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,159,18,19,56,36,51,35,35,8,13,12,34,43,47,7,0,0,0,-3,23,17,66,0,0,0,0,25,42,41,64,73,86,73,70,66,58,67,49,60,92,92,85,60,88,49,76,72,62,72,72,63,37,7,7,7,152,152,220,193,190,186,181,150,146,0,0,0,15,-8,475,461,482,348,354,338,837,829,606,74,313,281,308,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-13,-15,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-13,-13,0,-14,0,-14,0,-28]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. d3 e5 7. Be3 {The modern move.} Be7 8. Rc1 O-O {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 9. Na4 b6 {[#]} 10. Bxa8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bxa8 Nxa8 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Ne1 Nc7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 {1-0 (47) Stanojoski,Z (2457)-Trajkovski,M (2075) Skopje 2019}) 10... Nxa8 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Nc7 13. a3 Bb7 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Ne6 18. Bb2 ({White should play} 18. Be3 $1 $14) 18... Qe7 19. Nc3 Rd8 20. Nd5 Qf8 21. Qb3 $1 {Hoping for Rxc6!} Ncd4 22. Nxd4 (22. Bxd4 $2 Bxd5 23. Rc4 b5 $19) 22... Bxd5 23. Qa4 a5 24. Nc6 Qe8 25. Qc2 $1 Bxc6 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Rxc6 Bc5 {[#]} 28. Ra1 $1 h5 29. e3 Rd3 30. h4 Kf8 31. Rc8+ Ke7 32. Rh8 Rb3 33. Ra2 a4 $1 34. Bxg7 a3 (34... Nxg7 $11 35. Rxa4 Ra3 36. Rxa3 Bxa3) 35. Be5 $16 b5 (35... Rd3 $16 {was worth a try.} 36. Kf1 (36. Rxh5 b5 $16) 36... b5) 36. Rb8 (36. Rxh5 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 b4 $11) 36... Kd7 37. g4 hxg4 38. h5 Ng5 39. Kf1 (39. h6 $16) 39... Nf3 $11 40. Bg7 {Strongly threatening h6.} Kc7 41. Rg8 b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Rb1+ $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 42. Ke2 Re1+ 43. Kd3 g3) 42. Ra1 $18 a2 {With the idea ...Rb1+.} 43. h6 {Black must now prevent h7.} (43. Rxa2 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 Re1+ 45. Kd3 Rh1 $18) 43... Rb1+ 44. Ke2 {h7 is the strong threat.} f6 $2 (44... Nd4+ 45. Bxd4 Bxd4 46. Rxa2 b3) 45. Bxf6 {Threatens to win with h7.} Bd4 {[#]} 46. Bd8+ $2 (46. exd4 Rxa1 47. d5 Re1+ 48. Kd3 Rh1 $11) (46. Bxd4 $2 Nxd4+ 47. Kd3 Rxa1 $19) (46. Rg7+ $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kd6 47. h7 (47. exd4 $2 Rxa1 48. d5 Re1+ 49. Kd3 a1=Q $19) 47... Bxa1 48. h8=Q Bxf6 49. Qb8+ Ke6 50. Qe8+ Kf5 51. Qh5+ Ke6 52. Qxg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke5 53. Qf4+ Ke6 54. Qc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf5 55. Qd3+ Ke5 56. Qb5+ Ke6 57. Qd7+ Ke5 58. Rg8) 46... Kc6 $2 (46... Kd7 $16 47. Rxa2 (47. exd4 $2 Rxa1 48. Rxg4 Re1+ 49. Kxf3 a1=Q $19) 47... b3) 47. Rxa2 (47. exd4 $2 Nxd4+ 48. Kd2 (48. Kd3 $2 Rxa1 49. Rg6+ Kd7 $19) 48... Rxa1 $19) 47... b3 48. Rg6+ $2 ({Only move:} 48. Ra6+ $18 Kb5 49. exd4 (49. Ra5+ Kc4 $18) 49... Re1+ 50. Kd3 Kxa6 51. Rg6+ (51. Rxg4 b2 $11) 51... Kb7 52. Rb6+ (52. Rxg4 $2 b2 $19) 52... Kc8 53. Bf6 (53. Rxb3 Rh1 $16)) 48... Kd7 $11 {The position is equal.} 49. Ra5 ({Not} 49. exd4 $2 bxa2 50. Ra6 a1=Q $19) 49... Re1+ 50. Kd3 Ne5+ 51. Kxd4 Nxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 52. Rd5+ Ke6 {aiming for ...Rd1+.} 53. Rg5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} b2 54. Rxg6+ {KRB-KR} Kf7 55. Rg7+ Ke6 56. Rg6+ Kf7 57. Rg7+ Ke6 58. Re7+ Kf5 59. Rf7+ Kg6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 60. Rf6+ Kh7 61. Rb6 {Cut Off at move 61} ({Much weaker is} 61. Rf7+ Kxh6 62. Rf6+ Kg7 $15) 61... b1=Q 62. Rxb1 Rxb1 {KR-KB} 63. Ke4 Kxh6 64. Kf4 Kh5 65. Kg3 Rh1 66. Kg2 Rh3 67. Bc7 Rf3 68. Bf4 Kg6 69. Kg1 Kf5 70. Kg2 Ke4 71. Kg1 Kd3 72. Kg2 Kd2 73. Kg1 Ke2 74. Kg2 Kd1 75. Kg1 Ke1 76. Kg2 Ke2 77. Bg3 Kd3 78. Bf4 Ke4 79. Kg1 Kd3 80. Kg2 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.36} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,117,13,10,15,13,29,18,24,13,27,13,10,14,11,17,12,14,26,25,30,34,39,0,19,16,6,20,21,23,79,38,51,43,45,44,54,53,55,50,50,71,72,65,136,143,131,137,151,35,45,43,47,53,132,127,140,147,172,148,120,128,130,102,168,168,172,168,175,175,173,40,91,112,915,886,951,936,936,888,884,936,884,778,791,786,757,730,530,520,1175,1175,1175,1175,1175,17,1175,1168,1164,973,1168,1168,1161,1099,1092,854,29946,12843]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} a6 9. Nf1 Re8 {The position is equal.} 10. Ng3 Ba7 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Bc2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 12.Bxe6.} d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. h3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Bc5 16. b4 {c4 is the strong threat.} Bf8 {[#]} 17. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. a4 b5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Be3 Bd3 22. Rec1 Bxc2 23. Rxc2 {½-½ (63) Volokitin,A (2623)-Henrichs,T (2475) Austria 2017}) 17... Qd7 18. Qf1 Bd5 19. Re3 b5 20. a3 Re6 (20... Bxf3 $11 {remains equal.} 21. Rxf3 e4) 21. Rae1 e4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. c4 ({Much worse is} 23. dxe4 Bc4 $15) 23... Ng5 24. Nxg5 Rxe3 25. fxe3 hxg5 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. d4 a5 (27... g6 $14) 28. Qd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} g6 29. Bb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d5]} Ne5 30. Qc3 (30. Qc2 $16 Nc4 31. bxa5) 30... axb4 $14 31. axb4 Nc4 32. e4 Qd6 (32... Qe6 $14) 33. Bxc4 $16 bxc4 34. d5 $36 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3h8][%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} f6 35. Qxf6 Qxf6 36. Bxf6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb8 37. Bxg5 Bxb4 (37... Rxb4 $16 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Rb3+ 40. Kg4 c3) 38. Rc1 c3 39. Bf6 Re8 40. Bxc3 Bc5+ 41. Kh1 (41. Kf1 $18) 41... Rxe4 $14 42. Ba5 {Black is on the road to losing.} Bb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Ba3 $16 43. Rxc7 Rd4) 43. Bxb6 $18 cxb6 {KR-KR} 44. Rc6 Kf7 45. Rxb6 Rd4 46. d6 Ke6 47. Kh2 Kf5 48. Kg3 g5 49. Kf3 Rd3+ 50. Ke2 Rd4 (50... Rd5 $142 51. Ke3 Ke6) 51. Ke3 Rd1 52. d7 Rxd7 53. g4+ Ke5 {[#]} 54. Rg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g5]} Rh7 55. Rxg5+ Kf6 {[#]} 56. Rf5+ $1 Kg6 57. Rf3 Kg5 58. Kf2 Kh4 59. Rf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.13} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,95,10,4,17,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,42,49,48,58,45,59,57,77,28,53,39,80,75,102,91,88,97,106,86,91,90,133,133,164,166,188,218,217,195,242,191,288,288,337,331,437,418,534,339,683,667,655,648,589,325,329,319,504,349,353,341,299,229,672,673,670,670,700,693,679,629,996,979,1109,1094,1112,1066,1052,1052,1048,1033]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Nc6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 8. O-O Be6 9. Ng3 {[#]} g6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. a3 h6 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Be3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 {0-1 (45) Trujillo,F (1900)-Rivera,I (2169) Puerto Boyaca 2012}) 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bh6 Ng4 12. Bd2 h5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nf6 16. c4 Nbd7 17. b4 O-O 18. Rc1 a5 19. a3 b6 20. Bc2 h4 {[#]} 21. Ne2 $1 axb4 22. axb4 b5 23. cxb5 Qb8 24. Bd3 Nb6 25. Qb3 Nbxd5 26. Bh6 Rc8 {[#]} 27. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Ra4 (28... Qb7 $142 29. Bg5 Rb8 30. Qxh4 (30. Bxh4 Qxb5 31. Qxb5 Rxb5 $18) 30... Qxb5) 29. Bd2 $18 ({Not} 29. Qxh4 Rxb4 30. Rc4 Qxb5 $16) 29... Kg7 30. Ra1 ({Don't play} 30. Qxh4 Ne8 $18) 30... Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Nc7 32. Qxh4 Qxb5 $2 (32... Nfd5 33. Bh6+ Kg8) 33. Bh6+ Kg8 34. Bg5 Kg7 35. Rc1 Qb7 36. Ng3 Ncd5 (36... Nce8 {might work better.} 37. b5 d5) 37. b5 Ng8 38. Bxe7 Ngxe7 39. Ne4 Nf4 $2 (39... f6 40. Nxd6 Qd7) 40. Qf6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 41. Re1 ({Stronger than} 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Nxd6+ Kf6 $17) 41... Nf5 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6c7][%mdl 32]} Ne6 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Rc1 d5 {[#]} 46. Rc7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} Nxc7 47. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 48. bxc7 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.48} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,21,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. Bc4 Nxf2 {The position is equal.} (5... Bxf2+ $6 6. Kf1 $16) 6. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy. C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} ({Of course not} 6. Qd5 Qe7 $17) 6... Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Kg6 8. Qxc5 Nxh1 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} h6 10. Qc4 {And now Nd5 would win.} Nc6 11. Nd5 {[#] aiming for Nh4+.} d6 {[#]} 12. Nf4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. e6 Kh7 13. Qe4+ Kg8 14. e7 Qe8 15. Be3 Nxe7 16. Qxe7 Bd7 17. Qxe8+ Rxe8 18. Kd2 Bc6 19. Nb4 Be4 20. Rxh1 Kh7 21. h4 Rhf8 22. Rf1 a5 {½-½ (22) Orlov,V (2117)-Nepomuk,H (1979) LSS email 2013}) 12... Kh7 13. Qd3+ Kg8 14. Qd5+ Kh7 15. Qd3+ Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Qe8.} 16. Qd5+ Kh7 17. Qd3+ {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,30,0,0,0,6,0,8,14,8,15,16,16,9,3,6,7,8,0,19]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 {The position is equal.} 8. e3 {has lost popularity (8.e4). A32: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6.} O-O 9. Be2 {[#]} Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc3 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 f6 15. a3 Rac8 {½-½ (39) Granda Zuniga,J (2628)-Beliavsky,A (2619) Leon 2008}) 10. O-O Bxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bf3 Qxd4 14. Bc3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 e5 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,124,23,38,-3,22,0,0,0,4,8,21,22,21,29,26,19,43,39,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,42,43,35,43,43,43,43,46,46,46,51,66,58,52,49,49,47,50,46,46,46,46,46,47,49,49,51,52,51,70,24,24,27,29,16,78,78,78,78,85,78,78,78,87,87,87,6,72,0,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,4,4,0,87,87,87,87,86,0,3,0,86,0,3]} 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 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 {11...Bd7 is vanishing.} 12. a4 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Leaves trodden paths. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ng6 13. a5 Be7 14. Be3 Nf8 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f4 h5 17. f5 h4 18. Rf1 Rh5 19. a6 b6 {1-0 (44) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Dominguez Perez,L (2763) Saint Louis 2019}) 13. a5 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bh7 15. e6 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 c6 18. c3 fxe6 19. Nxe6 {Black must now prevent Nc7+.} Kf7 20. Nxf8 Rhxf8 21. Rd4 Rad8 22. Be3 Rfe8 23. Rf4+ Kg8 24. h4 Rd7 25. b4 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Re1 Re4 28. f3 Re5 29. Kf2 h5 30. Rd1 Bc2 31. Rd2 Bb3 32. Bd4 Re6 33. g4 Bc4 34. gxh5 Rh6 35. Be3 Rxh5 36. Bg5 Rh8 37. Ke3 Re8+ 38. Kd4 Re2 39. Rd1 Rf2 40. f4 Rf3 41. Rc1 Rf1 (41... Bb5 $11) 42. Rxf1 $16 Bxf1 {KB-KB} 43. f5 g6 44. f6 Bb5 45. Ke5 c5 46. bxc5 Ba4 47. Kd6 (47. Be3 $16) 47... Bb5 (47... Bc6 $1 $11) 48. Ke5 Ba4 $1 49. Be3 Bb5 50. Bd4 ({Reject} 50. Kxd5 Kxf6 51. Bg5+ Kf5 $11) 50... Ba4 51. Kd6 Bb5 52. Kc7 Bc6 53. Kc8 Ke8 54. Kb8 Kf7 55. Kc7 Ke6 {[#]} 56. Kd8 (56. Be5 $1 $16) 56... Kf7 57. Kc7 (57. Be5 $11) 57... Ke6 {[#]} 58. Be5 $1 Kf7 59. Kd6 Bb5 60. Kc7 ({White should try} 60. Kxd5 $16 Bc6+ 61. Kd6) 60... Bc6 $11 61. Kd6 (61. Kb6 $11) 61... Bb5 $16 62. Kc7 ({Better is} 62. Kxd5 $16 Bc6+ 63. Kd6) 62... Bc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,38,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,53,45,82,73,75,75,85,54,107,94,113,106,110,116,99,67,78,47,49,49,51,53,59,60,76,60,52,25,35,22,22,30,45,8,18,16,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Be3 {[%cal Re3d4]} Nf6 {B06: Modern Defence.} 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Bg4 11. a4 e5 (11... Rfd8 $11) 12. Bxa7 $14 {[#]} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc6 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qc1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e4 16. Be2 b6 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Nc5 {1-0 (50) Dvoirys,S (2467)-Shtemler,L (2181) Jerusalem 2019}) 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Nfd4 Bd7 15. Bc4 Nf4 ({Better is} 15... Ne7 $14) 16. g3 $16 Rfc8 {[#]} 17. Bxf7+ $1 ({Reject} 17. gxf4 $6 Rxc4 18. O-O Nc7 $11) 17... Kxf7 18. gxf4 Kg8 19. Nb3 Nc7 20. O-O Nxb5 21. axb5 Bxb5 {[#] aiming for ...Bc4.} 22. Rfe1 Bd3 23. Bd4 Bh6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Be5 Ra2 26. Nc5 Rxb2 27. Nxe4 Kf7 28. c4 Re2 29. Nd6+ Ke6 30. Rxe2 (30. Rd1 {keeps more tension.} Bc2 31. Rd4 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Bf8 33. f3) 30... Bxe2 {The position is equal.} 31. Nxb7 Bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 32. Nc5+ Kf5 33. f3 Bxf4 34. Bxf4 Kxf4 {KB-KN} 35. Kf2 h6 36. h4 Bb5 37. Ne6+ Ke5 38. Nc5 Kd4 39. Ne6+ Ke5 40. Nc5 Kd5 41. Ne4 Ke5 42. Kg3 Bd7 43. Nf2 Bf5 44. Nd1 Be6 45. Ne3 Bf5 46. h5 gxh5 47. Nxf5 Kxf5 48. Kh4 Kf4 49. Kxh5 Kxf3 50. Kxh6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,62,5,23,49,7,20,13,27,0,-2,-4,0,0,0,-7,16,0,0,0,33,34,79,-39,-22,-59,-51,-112,-70,-141,-132,-295,-290,-410,-413,-405,-378,-519,-400,-373,-376,-386,-370,-402,-370,-662,-677,-989,-966,-1008,-979]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. d3 e5 7. Be3 {is now debated instead of 7.Nf3.} Be7 8. Rc1 Ne6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 9. Nh3 O-O 10. O-O {[#]} Nc6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd4 11. f4 Nbc6 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf4 Ng4 15. Bg1 Rb8 16. Ne4 b6 {½-½ (32) Harasta,V-Banas,J Rimavska Sobota 1975}) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. f3 Rb8 13. b3 f5 14. Nf2 h5 15. Kh1 g5 16. Na4 {[%cal Ra4c5]} Rb5 17. Bd2 g4 18. e4 (18. fxg4 $1 $16 hxg4 19. e4) 18... Nd4 $15 19. f4 Nf3 20. Be3 {[#]} (20. Qe2 $15) 20... h4 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...hxg3.} 21. Kg2 (21. Rc4 $1 $15) 21... Qe8 22. Bxc5 $2 {Loses the game.} (22. Nxc5 $17 {was necessary.} hxg3 23. hxg3) 22... Bxc5 $19 23. Nxc5 (23. Rxc5 $142 Qh5 24. Rh1 fxe4 25. Qc1 h3+ 26. Kf1) 23... Qh5 24. Rh1 exf4 25. gxf4 h3+ 26. Kf1 fxe4 27. Ncxe4 Rxf4 28. Rxc6 {[#]} Bb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7c6]} 29. Rf6 $2 (29. Rc7 Qe5 30. Qc2) 29... Rbf5 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Ng3 {[#]} Nd2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 31. Ke1 (31. Qxd2 Rxf2+) 31... Qe8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.69/Black=0.11} 0-1

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,111,32,28,43,24,27,28,20,8,31,42,47,47,43,43,39,0,56,61,52,41,45,37,63,40,50,27,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,11,26,25,0,118,131,171,100,97,95,101,91,97,0,0,0,144,142,124,0,18,7,12,11,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4 Rb8 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 8...b5. B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations.} 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 h5 {White has an edge.} 11. h4 Be7 12. Bg2 Ng4 {[#]} 13. Ncd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ned5 Rc8 14. f3 Nf6 15. Be3 b5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. O-O O-O {½-½ (18) Martinez,A (2190)-Lujan,C (2376) Villa Martelli 2017}) 13... Qd7 14. Nb6 Qd8 15. Nbd5 b5 ({Black should try} 15... Qd7 $11) 16. c3 $14 Qd7 17. O-O Bd8 18. a4 b4 19. Qd3 a5 20. Nc4 O-O 21. Nxd6 Bxd5 (21... Qxd6 $2 22. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 23. Qxd6 $18) 22. Qxd5 Ne7 $1 {[%cal Re7d5]} 23. Qd2 $1 Qe6 $1 24. Nb5 Bb6 $1 25. cxb4 Rbd8 26. Qe2 {Hoping for bxa5.} axb4 27. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Bc5 {Black wants to play ...Qb3.} 28. Bf3 Qc6 (28... Qb3 $1 $11 29. Kh1 Rd3 30. Bxg4 hxg4) 29. a6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rd7 30. Bg5 (30. Kg2 $1 $18) 30... f6 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32. Qc4+ Kh7 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf2+!} 33. Be3 ({Better is} 33. Rac1 $16 Qxa6 34. Qxc5 fxg5 35. hxg5 (35. Qxe5 gxh4 36. Rc7 Rxc7 $11)) 33... Bxe3 $11 34. Qxc6 Bxf2+ (34... Nxc6 $11 {remains equal.} 35. fxe3 Na7) 35. Kxf2 $16 Nxc6 36. Rfc1 (36. Rfd1 $16 Nd4 37. Ra5) 36... Na7 {The position is equal.} 37. Nxa7 Rxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 38. Rc6 Rd8 {With the idea ...Rd2+.} 39. Ke3 Rad7 {( -> ...Rd2)} 40. Rc5 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 {And now Rd5! would win.} Rd2+ 42. Kf1 {Rd5! is the strong threat.} Rh2 {White must now prevent ...Rh1+.} 43. Kg1 Rdd2 {Strongly threatening ...Rdg2+.} 44. Rb1 $1 (44. a7 Rdg2+ 45. Kf1 Rxb2 $17) 44... Rdg2+ 45. Kf1 Rf2+ 46. Kg1 Rfg2+ 47. Kf1 Rf2+ 48. Kg1 Rhg2+ 49. Kh1 f5 50. a7 f4 51. gxf4 $1 (51. Rxe5 {gets mated.} Rh2+ 52. Kg1 Rfg2+ 53. Kf1 f3 54. Rh5+ {[#]} Kg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 55. Rg5+ Kf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 56. Rf5+ Ke6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 57. Rf6+ gxf6 58. a8=Q Rh1#) (51. a8=Q {leads to mate.} f3 52. Qh8+ Kxh8 53. Rc8+ Kh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Rc2 Rxc2 55. Re1 Rh2+ 56. Kg1 Rcg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kf1 Rh1#) 51... Rh2+ 52. Kg1 Rfg2+ 53. Kf1 Rf2+ 54. Kg1 (54. Ke1 $2 {is a self mate.} g3 55. a8=Q Rh1#) 54... Rhg2+ 55. Kh1 Rh2+ 56. Kg1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,93,19,8,19,9,21,21,16,20,23,9,14,5,16,24,14,20,37,0,0,0,8,4,17,22,6,15,23,18,16,6,22,0,64,64,64,64,47,0,52,38,71,64,45,44,42,18,20,0,0,0,0,-22,-25,-76,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,5875,5875,5875,5868,4133,2151,29990,-20,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29983,29983,29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 {6...a6 is the recent fashion.} 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 $1 15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Bc2 c5 {[#]} 18. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Be3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Rc1 Rc4 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. b3 Rc7 23. Bb1 Rfc8 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 {½-½ (44) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 18... Bxc5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Bd3 Bxf3 ({Black should try} 22... Nc6 $11) 23. gxf3 $14 Nc6 24. f4 Nb4 25. Rad1 Nxd3 (25... Nxa2 $11 26. f5 Nb4) 26. Qxd3 Qb6 27. Qe3 Qc6 28. f5 Rc2 29. f6 Rxb2 30. Qf3 Re8 31. fxg7 Rxa2 32. Rd4 Rc2 33. Re3 (33. Rf4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rc3 34. Qh5) 33... Rc4 (33... a4 $17 {White should prevent ...Rc4.} 34. Rg4 Qd7) 34. Rxd5 $11 a4 35. Kh2 ({Much worse is} 35. e6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 $17) 35... b5 36. Qf6 {Threatening mate with e6.} Rc1 $1 ({Inferior is} 36... Qxd5 37. Qxh6 f6 38. e6 Rh4+ 39. gxh4 Qd6+ 40. Kh3 Qxe6+ 41. Rxe6 Rxe6 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. g8=Q+ Ke7 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qh7#) 37. Rf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Rh1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Qxd5 $11 38. Qxh6 f5 {[%mdl 64] Decoy}) 38. Kxh1 $18 Qxd5 {[#]} 39. Qxh6 $3 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rh6h8][%mdl 512]} Qxf3+ 40. Kg1 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rh6h8]} f6 41. Qh8+ Kf7 {[#] This costs Black the game.} 42. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Ke7 {[#]} (42... Rxe6 43. g8=Q+) 43. Qxe8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Promotion} Kxe8 44. g8=Q+ Ke7 45. Qf7+ Kd6 46. Qd7+ Kc5 47. e7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.28} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,82,26,13,27,27,27,12,32,3,14,24,30,29,36,32,29,20,43,45,42,35,45,41,39,0,11,11,12,12,12,11,12,0,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,40,36,29,7,8,7,7,0,0,-30,-30,-29988,0,-15,-2,-8,-8,-29986,-29987,-29990,-29991,-29993,-29991]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. d3 e5 7. Be3 {now supersedes 7.Nf3.} Be7 8. Rc1 Ne6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 11. a3 Bd7 12. Nd5 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f6 13. b4 cxb4 14. Qb3 Bd6 15. axb4 Kh8 16. Qb2 Ne7 17. Nc3 Re8 18. Rfe1 Nf5 {½-½ (30) Sunye Neto,J (2475)-Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2530) Bogota 1991}) 13. b4 Rc8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. e3 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Bf5 19. Rfd1 e4 20. dxe4 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Bxe4 22. Qa4 h6 23. h4 Rb8 24. Nd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ne5 26. Qe4 Qd6 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} g6 29. h5 g5 30. Qf5 Rb5 31. a4 Qc6+ 32. e4 Ra5 $1 33. Kh2 Qa6 34. Rc3 c4 35. e5 Rxa4 36. Qc8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Qd7 $11 Rb4 37. Kg2) 36... Kg7 $2 (36... Qxc8 {mates} 37. Rc1 c3 38. Re1 Qc5 39. Kg1 c2 40. Rc1 Qxe5 41. Kh2 Rh4+ 42. Kg1 Rh3 43. Kg2 g4 44. Kg1 Qe4 45. f3 Qxf3 46. Rxc2 Rh1#) 37. Qd7 Ra2 ({Not} 37... Ra3 $2 38. e6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 38. Rf3 Qe6 39. Qc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Qxe6 $11 fxe6 40. Kg2) 39... Qd5 $1 {Black mates.} 40. e6 Qxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Qe5+ Qf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.25} 0-1

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,190,21,25,27,27,19,6,12,11,12,5,14,16,26,3,3,1,1,1,4,0,0,0,6,8,6,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,8,8,8,5,8,10,8,0,8,11,10,8,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-29,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,0,0,0,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O {D50: Queen's Gambit Declined: Dutch-Peruvian Gambit.} 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Qd3 Qb6 12. O-O Rd8 ({Much worse is} 12... Qxb2 13. Rab1 $16) 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Qb5 {[#]} Qxb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rd7 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bb5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rxe7 19. Rdb1 Rc7 20. Bf1 Nd8 21. Rxb6 Rxc3 {½-½ (38) Erdos,V (2585)-Stocek,J (2556) Slovakia 2017}) 15. Nxb5 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rac8 21. Bd3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rd1 Bxd4 24. exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf8 25. f3 Ke7 26. Kf2 h5 27. Rh1 Rh8 28. Ke3 Kf6 29. g4 h4 30. g3 Re8 31. Kf2 hxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Rg8 33. Rh2 Ke7 34. Rh5 Kf6 35. Rh6+ Kg7 36. Rh7+ Kf6 37. Rh1 Ke7 (37... Rc8 {is interesting.} 38. Kf2 Re8 39. Rh6+ Kg7 40. Rh7+ Kf6) 38. Bf5 Bxf5 39. gxf5 {KR-KR} Rc8 40. Re1+ Kf6 41. Re5 Rc2 42. Rxd5 Rxb2 43. a4 a6 44. Kg4 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g2]} Rb2 46. Kg4 Rg2+ 47. Kh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g2]} Rg1 48. Kh2 Ra1 49. a5 Rb1 50. Kg3 Rb5 51. Rd7 $1 Rxf5 52. d5 Kg6 53. Rxb7 Rxd5 54. Rb6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh5 55. Rxa6 f5 56. Ra8 {aiming for a6.} f4+ 57. Kf2 Rd2+ 58. Ke1 Ra2 59. Rh8+ Kg6 60. Rg8+ Kf5 61. Rf8+ {Cut Off at move 61} Ke5 62. Re8+ Kd4 63. Re4+ Kd5 64. Re2 Rxa5 65. Kf2 Ra3 66. Rd2+ Ke5 67. Re2+ Kd4 68. Re4+ Kd3 69. Re5 $1 Ra2+ 70. Kf1 Rb2 71. Re6 Kd4 72. Re4+ Kd5 73. Re8 Kd6 74. Re4 Rb5 75. Kg2 Re5 {[#] ( -> ...Rxe4)} 76. Rd4+ Ke6 (76... Rd5 {is more complex.} 77. Ra4 Ke5 78. Kh3 Kf5 79. Ra1 Rb5) 77. Kf2 Kf5 78. Rd8 Ra5 79. Rf8+ Kg6 80. Rg8+ Kh7 81. Rd8 Ra2+ 82. Kf1 Kg6 83. Rg8+ Kh6 84. Rh8+ Kg7 85. Rd8 Ra7 86. Kg2 Kg6 87. Rg8+ Rg7 88. Rd8 Rh7 89. Rd6+ Kh5 90. Rd8 Kh4 91. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1h1]} Kh5 92. Rd8 g4 93. fxg4+ {The position is equal.} Kxg4 94. Rg8+ Kf5 95. Rf8+ Kg5 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,107,-42,-8,-30,-17,-11,-17,-21,-21,-33,-25,-17,-20,-16,-16,-19,-18,-21,-17,-19,-10,-10,-18,-22,-21,-22,0,0,9,8,6,-64,-56,-60,-44,-175,-170,-178,-179,-218,-222,-207,-200,-198,-112,-105,-47,-68,0,0,30,27,87,0,75,-43,-39,-62,77,53,62,70,163,166,162,151,235,155,160,152,188,190,161,0,145,151,146,144,146,139,135,145,200,187,188,193,215,180,367,312,353,337,365,375,345,267,269,275,1154,1099]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. Nd2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Nbd7 7. Ngf3 e6 8. Nh4 {[#] The position is equal.} Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. g3 Rc8 13. Bd3 a6 14. O-O Rh6 {0-1 (56) Injac,P (2025)-Namyslo,H (2240) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2000}) 9. a4 a6 10. Be2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. g3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 cxd4 18. exd4 Nd5 19. Ng2 f5 20. Qb1 (20. Ra1 $11) 20... Bg5 $15 21. Rc2 Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 22. a5 {[#]} (22. h4 $1 $15 Nb4 23. hxg5 Qxc2 24. Qxc2 Nxc2 25. gxh6) 22... Nb4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4c2][%mdl 576] Pin} 23. Rcc1 (23. cxb4 Rxc2) 23... Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd5 25. f3 exf3 26. Bxf3 Qb5 ({Black should play} 26... b5 $19 27. axb6 Qxb6) 27. Re1 $17 Re8 (27... Rd6 $17 28. Qa2 Qd7) 28. Qa2 {And now Rxe6! would win.} Kh8 (28... Qd3 $15 29. Bh5 (29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 $17) 29... Re7) 29. Bh5 Re7 30. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g6] [#]} Kh7 (30... Ree8 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. Ng6 (31. Bg6+ $1 $16 Kh8 32. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 33. Ng6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 34. Nxe7 Nxe7 35. Rxe7) 31... Rec7 (31... Ree8 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Ne5 (32. Rxe6 $16 {Strongly threatening Re5.} Nb4 33. Qb3) 32... Kg8 $15 33. Ng6 Kh7 (33... Qc6 $15) 34. Rxe6 $16 {Re5 is the strong threat.} Nf6 35. Be2 $1 {[%cal Re2b5]} Qd5 ({Better is} 35... Qd7 $1 $14 36. Ne5 Qd8) 36. Qxd5 $18 Nxd5 {[#]} 37. Bd3 $1 Rf7 (37... Kg8 $16 38. Bxf5 Rd8) 38. Ne5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rff8 39. Rd6 Ne3 40. Rd7 Rb8 41. Rd6 Rbc8 $1 42. Rb6 Rc7 43. Kf2 Nd5 44. Rd6 Ne7 45. Nd7 Rf7 {[#]} (45... Re8 $16) 46. Nc5 $1 Nc6 47. b4 g6 48. h4 Ne7 $2 (48... Rf8 {was necessary.} 49. Be2 Re7) 49. Bc4 Rg7 50. Bb3 Rc6 51. Rd7 Nc8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxd7.} 52. Rxg7+ Kxg7 53. Bd5 Rc7 $2 (53... Rf6 54. Bxb7 Nd6) 54. Ne6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Quite a comeback for White.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.24/Black=0.29} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,45,49,32,60,45,55,54,66,59,60,60,60,62,66,66,67,31,54,27,37,31,60,22,124,122,128,122,155,123,110,0,312,297,295,283,389,356,711,718,687,657,781,749,1172,719,1614,1623,1622,1578,29988,29988,29993,29994,29998,29999]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O {B06: Modern Defence.} e6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} h6 9. a4 b6 10. Rfe1 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} Bb7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Bd3 g5 {[#]} 13. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe2 g4 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Bd2 Ng6 16. d5 Qf6 17. a5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. g3 {1-0 (41) Drnovsek,G (2423)-Tomazini,Z (2436) Slovenia 2018}) 13... Nd7 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Qc3 Kd8 (16... Nc5 $11) 17. Qa3 $16 Nf5 18. c4 Rg8 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. c5 (20. b4 $16) 20... d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20... dxc5 $11 21. dxc5 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 bxc5) 21. Nexg5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 (21... Rxg5 22. Nxg5) 22. Bxf5 bxc5 23. dxc5 a5 $2 (23... Be7 24. Bd4 Bc6) 24. Bxg5+ Kc8 25. Qe3 Ra6 26. Bf4 d4 27. Qxd4 ({Inferior is} 27. Bxc7 dxe3 28. Bh7 Rg7 $17) 27... Bxf3 28. Bxc7 Rxg2+ 29. Kf1 exf5 30. Re8+ {White mates.} Kb7 31. Qxd7 {[%cal Rc7a5][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rag6 32. Bb6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.76} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,90,30,14,12,6,0,0,0,7,10,6,16,1,30,28,28,0,0,0,7,-15,-8,-9,-6,-72,-45,-39,-30,-48,-47,-47,-43,-50,83,-55,-33,-125,-41,-37,-40,-47,-31,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-18,-22,-39,0,0,0,0,0,-29,0,0,0,-42,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a3 O-O {13...a5 is not played anymore. B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 14. h4 Bh6 15. g4 {[#] Black must now prevent g5.} f6 $1 {The position is equal. has lost popularity (15...Bf4).} 16. Be2 Ne7 {[#]} 17. Ncb4 $146 {Hoping for Nxe7+.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nb4 Bb7 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. c4 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. cxd5 Rfc8 23. Rh3 Kf7 24. Kd1 Ke7 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 {1-0 (26) Baroin,B (2272)-Cooper,N (2000) ICCF email 2006}) 17... Bb7 18. Qd3 Kh8 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Bf3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rc5 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rc4 24. b3 (24. h5 $11) 24... Rc8 25. O-O Qa5 26. b4 Qxa3 27. Rd3 Rc6 28. Rfd1 h6 {[#]} (28... Rg8 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 29. Bg2 (29. g5 $1 $16) 29... Qb3 $1 $15 {Strongly threatening ...Rxc3!} 30. Rxd6 ({Better is} 30. Qd2 $15) 30... Qxc3 (30... Rxc3 $17 31. Qe2 Qxb4) 31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Rc4 34. Rd8 Rc8 35. R8d7 Bc6 36. Ra7 fxg5 37. Rxa6 g4 38. Rb6 Be8 39. Rd2 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rc3 {White should prevent ...Bc6.} 41. Rb8 Kh7 42. Kg1 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Rc3 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Rc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,151,17,12,17,13,13,13,12,10,23,13,21,15,23,19,33,17,21,0,0,0,7,7,16,13,18,8,15,25,25,9,7,7,7,7,7,14,22,14,12,8,6,3,29,23,18,29,22,0,8,6,6,3,14,8,14,13,20,0,0,0,0,-13,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 {6...a6 is a critical line.} 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 $1 15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Bc2 c5 {[#]} 18. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Be3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Rc1 Rc4 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. b3 Rc7 23. Bb1 Rfc8 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 {½-½ (44) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 18... Bxc5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Bd3 Nc6 23. Qe3 Nb4 24. Nd4 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Qb6 26. b3 Rfc8 27. Kh2 Qb4 (27... Rc3 $5 28. Qd2 $8 Qg6 $11) 28. Qe3 Rc3 29. Qf4 Bd7 30. Red1 {The position is equal.} a4 31. Ne2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Qxf4 32. Nxf4 Be6 ({But not} 32... axb3 $6 33. Nxd5 Bg4 34. Nxc3 $16) 33. bxa4 Rc2 34. Kg1 Ra8 35. Rd4 Rc4 36. Rd2 Rcxa4 37. Ne2 d4 38. Nxd4 Bxa2 39. f4 Bc4 40. Rb1 Ra1 41. Rdb2 Bd5 42. Rxa1 Rxa1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 43. Kf2 Ra2 44. Rxa2 Bxa2 {KB-KN} 45. g4 Bc4 46. Ke3 b5 47. Nc6 Kf8 48. g3 Bd5 49. Nb4 Bb3 50. f5 Bd1 51. Kf4 g5+ 52. fxg6 $1 fxg6 53. g5 hxg5+ 54. Kxg5 Kf7 55. Kf4 Ke6 56. Ke4 Bb3 57. Na6 $1 {[%cal Ra6c5] Hoping for Nc5+.} Ke7 58. Kd4 Bd1 59. Nc7 Be2 60. Nd5+ Kf7 {[#]} 61. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy. Cut Off at move 61} Kxe6 62. Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf5 {...Bc4 is the strong threat.} 63. Nxe2 {Strongly threatening Ke3. KN-KPP} Kg4 64. Ke3 b4 65. Kf2 {aiming for Nd4.} b3 66. Kg2 $1 b2 67. Nc3 Kf5 68. Kf3 Ke5 69. Ke3 Kf5 70. Kf3 Ke5 71. Nb1 Kd4 72. Ke2 Ke4 73. Nc3+ Kf5 74. Ke3 Kg4 75. Kf2 Kf5 76. Kf3 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,-13,-11,-18,-3,-5,0,0,4,-10,-4,-15,-8,-31,-31,-43,-39,-61,-45,-38,-36,-75,-56,-69,-83,-91,-36,-78,-91,-79,-86,-114,-97,-98,-78,-457,-475,-720,-762,-758,-745,-728,-711,-835,-827,-900,-737,-723,-731,-743,-738,-741,-737,-700,-691,-671,0,-687,0,-658,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 {A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5.} c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 {The position is equal.} b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Re1 Nd7 11. e4 {[#]} d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Nf1 Bf6 13. e5 Be7 14. c3 f6 15. d4 fxe5 16. dxe5 g6 {½-½ (41) Foglieni,M (1961)-Romagnoli,T (1708) Bratto 2014}) 12. h4 b5 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Bc1 Nb6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. Nf3 cxd3 21. cxd3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Bxf3 $17 {nothing else works.} Na4 23. Bg2) 22... Qc3 $1 $19 {[%csl LRa1,LRe1][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 23. Rd1 (23. Be3 $142 dxe3 24. Qxe3) 23... Qxa1 24. Bd2 Qxa3 25. Nh5 Rc5 26. Bh3 Kh7 27. Qg4 Rxh5 28. Qxh5 Qxd3 29. Bg2 Qc2 30. Bf4 Bxe4 31. Rc1 Qd3 32. Rd1 Qc2 {Hoping for ...Bxg2.} 33. Rc1 $1 Qd3 34. Rd1 Qc2 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.45/Black=0.27} (34... Bg6 $19 35. Rxd3 Bxh5 36. Rxd4 Rc8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,51,22,22,18,29,29,29,23,25,27,13,19,12,28,8,20,12,250,254,254,247,255,247,312,312,339,356,341,340,312,314,371,309,578,548,745,744,715,704]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 9. Nf3 Bg4 {Threatening ...Bxf3.} 10. d5 {aiming for Bxg7.} Bxf3 {White has an edge.} 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. O-O-O c6 14. Bh3 {[#] Strongly threatening f4.} Kg8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc7 15. Qc3 Kg8 16. f4 Nd7 17. e5 Rad8 18. Kb1 Nb6 19. Bg2 Qc8 20. Bh3 Qc7 21. Bg2 Qc8 22. Bh3 {½-½ (22) Keskowski,T (2399)-Ristea,T (2351) ICCF email 2017}) 15. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qb8 $2 {[#] This move loses the game for Black.} (15... Qc7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 16. d6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} exd6 17. f4 Re8 18. Rhe1 ({Don't take} 18. fxe5 $6 Rxe5 19. Qg3 Rxe4 $16) 18... a5 19. Kb1 ({Don't do} 19. fxe5 Rxe5 20. Kb1 Qe8 $18) 19... a4 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. f4 Rc5 22. Qf6 a3 23. b3 Rh5 $2 (23... Qd8 {was necessary.} 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rh5) 24. Rxd6 {And now Rd7 would win.White is clearly winning.} Qe8 {[#]} 25. Be6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 {[#]} 26. Red1 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.60} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,75,9,0,0,0,-3,-3,9,9,16,14,18,18,30,0,15,24,11,0,0,-66,-64,-56,-36,-70,-78,-76,-63,-76,-61,-64,-53,-52,-54,-92,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-9,-59,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 (5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Be6 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. c4 Qd7 11. Ba3 O-O-O 12. Rb1 e4 13. Nf4 Bf5 14. Nd5 Rhe8 15. Qd2 f6 16. Qc3 b6 {½-½ (43) Nakamura,H (2777)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... d6 6. h3 Na5 {C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6.} 7. Bb3 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Ne2 Nxb3 10. axb3 {[#]} Ba5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d5 11. Nxe5 Re8 12. Nf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Ra4 a5 16. c3 b5 {0-1 (37) Guerrero Sierra,J (2234)-Martinez Ramirez,L (2374) Santa Clara 2015}) 11. Ng3 h6 12. Nh4 Bc7 13. Nhf5 d5 14. Qf3 Kh7 15. Nh5 ({Better is} 15. Re1 $11) 15... g6 $15 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd4 ({Wrong is} 17. Bxh6 $2 Rg8 $19) 17... Qd6 18. Ne2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. dxe4 Bxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Qe3 h5 ({Black should try} 22... g5 $17 {aiming for ...Bg6.} 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 Bxc2) 23. c4 Kg8 24. c5 Qe5 25. f4 Qe7 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Ra4 {[%cal Ba1a4,Ba4e4,Be4e7][%mdl 32]} Rf5 (27... Rae8 $1 $15) 28. Rxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Re7 Bb6 {[#] ...Rxc1+ is the strong threat.} 31. Be3 Rb5 32. Bxb6 Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 33. f5 Rf8 34. f6 Rf7 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Re7 Rf7 37. Re8+ Rf8 38. Re7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,106,0,7,0,0,7,0,-16,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-13,-2,-12,0,-71,-24,-29,0,0,0,-60,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,67,75,62,132,137,134,148,234,228,237,227,224,218,222,218,229,227,189,204,198,185,141,141,321,324,300,311,269,270,224,218,1183,1158,1140,1060,2859,2619,1173,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines.} Bb7 12. f3 Rc8 {[#]} 13. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rad1 a6 14. Qf2 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Qc7 16. Qh4 b5 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 Ba8 19. Bh6 Qc5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b4 Qb6 22. Qf2 Kg8 {½-½ (22) Andreikin,D (2509)-Korotylev,A (2615) Moscow 2007}) 13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 e5 15. Nde2 $1 b5 16. a3 Nxb3 17. cxb3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Ne4 (20. Nxd5 $1 $11 Bxd5 21. b4) 20... f6 (20... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 21. Ng5 Rc7 $15) 21. Rfc1 Ne7 (21... a5 {keeps more tension.} 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Kg7) 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 ({White should play} 23. N2g3 $11) 23... Bxe4 (23... Rd8 $15 24. Re1 Bxe4 25. fxe4 b4) 24. fxe4 Rxc1+ (24... a6 {feels hotter.} 25. b4 Rc6 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Rd3 Rc2) 25. Qxc1 a6 26. Qd1 Kf7 27. b4 Qe6 28. Nc3 Nc6 29. Nd5 {aiming for Nc7.} Qd6 30. Qc1 Ne7 31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. Nxc7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Nc8 (32... Nc6 $14) 33. Nxa6 $16 Nd6 {[#]} 34. Nc7 $1 Ke7 {[#]} (34... f5 $16) 35. Nd5+ $1 $18 Ke6 36. Nc3 f5 37. Kg1 f4 38. b3 Kd7 39. a4 g5 40. Kf2 (40. Nxb5 $2 Nxb5 41. Kf2 (41. axb5 $2 h5 $19) 41... Nc3 $19) (40. axb5 $6 h5 $16) 40... h5 41. Kf3 ({Don't blunder} 41. Nxb5 $2 Nxb5 42. g3 (42. axb5 $2 Kc7 $19) 42... Nd4 $19) (41. axb5 $6 Kd8 $16) 41... Kc6 42. Nd5 {And now Nf6 would win.} g4+ $2 (42... Ne8 $16 43. a5 Kb7) 43. hxg4 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Nxe4 45. Ne7+ Kd6 46. Ng6 Nf6+ $2 (46... Ke6 47. a5 (47. axb5 Nf6+ 48. Kg5 Nd7 $16) 47... Nd6) 47. Kf5 Nd5 48. Nxe5 bxa4 49. bxa4 Nxb4 50. Ng6 $2 (50. Ke4 $18 {Threatens to win with a5.} Nd5 51. a5) 50... Nd5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 51. Nxf4 Ne3+ 52. Ke4 Nxg2 $1 53. Nxg2 {White wants to mate with Kd4.} Kc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.24/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,19,22,18,8,18,13,12,11,25,11,24,20,24,13,24,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,24,75,54,60,55,54,47,62,45,44,31,61,0,63,73,72,38,60,53,118,0,10,0,108,125,198,195,303,291,416,411,538,549,550,548,524,530,811,760,739,363,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 {6...a6 is setting a new trend.} 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb5 Bb6 (10... Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Re2 c6 14. Bd3 a4 15. a3 Ba5 16. Qxa4 Bg4 17. Qd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 {1-0 (38) So,W (2780)-Nakamura,H (2777) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. Ng3 {[#]} Nh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne7 12. h3 Nd7 13. d4 f5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Bc8 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Ngxf5 Bxf5 {1-0 (66) Ding,L (2791)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess.com INT 2020}) 12. h3 Ng5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. d4 exd4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. cxd4 c5 17. d5 Bd7 18. a4 Re8 19. Bd2 c4 (19... Qf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. Qf3 Rb8 21. Bc3 Bc5 22. Re2 f6 23. Nf5 Bb4 $1 24. Bd4 Bc5 25. Bc3 Bb4 $1 26. Ne3 Bc8 27. Bd4 Ba6 28. Nf5 $1 Bc8 (28... c3 $1 $14) 29. Ne3 (29. Rc1 $16) 29... Ba6 $11 30. Nf5 (30. Rd1 $11) 30... Bc8 $1 $16 31. Rc1 Qd7 {[#]} (31... Bxf5 $16 32. Qxf5 c3) 32. Rec2 $1 $18 ({Less strong is} 32. Rxc4 Ba6 $14) 32... Ba6 (32... Qf7 $142 33. Rxc4 Bxf5 34. Qxf5 Re7) 33. h4 gxh4 (33... Bc5 $142 34. Bxc5 dxc5 35. hxg5 fxg5) 34. Qg4 Kf8 {[#]} 35. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 36. Qxh4 {Threatening mate with Qh8+.} Kg8 37. Re2 Re5 38. Re3 {White threatens Rg3+ and mate.} Rxf5 39. Rh3 (39. exf5 $142 Bd2 40. Rg3+ Bg5 41. f4 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 39... Rg5 $2 (39... Qg7 $18 40. exf5 Bd2) 40. Qh8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 41. Rh7+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.43} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,70,20,22,14,13,13,16,9,25,23,8,15,21,27,12,18,37,25,52,5,24,-6,-5,-14,-6,-14,-7,-12,5,0,0,3,38,0,42,12,29,31,52,50,75,64,87,84,89,97,84,83,85,28,37,13,74,9,18,0,14,14,51,22,397,291,283]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bg5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Bh4 Ngf6 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 {½-½ (49) So,W (2770)-Carlsen,M (2863) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 13. Bh4 Nge5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Rc8 (16... g5 $5 17. Bg3 $8 Rc8 $15) 17. Bd3 Bc5 18. Kf1 Bd4 19. f3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Rdb1 Bc8 22. Rb2 O-O 23. Bf2 f5 24. Bxb6 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Nf6 26. Bd3 e4 27. fxe4 Nxe4+ 28. Kg1 Nc5 29. Bxc5 (29. Bf1 $16) 29... Rxc5 $11 30. a5 e5 (30... Kf7 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Rb6 ({White should play} 31. Rb8 $16) 31... Rf6 32. Rf1 Rxb6 33. axb6 {[#] Threatens to win with Be4.} Bb7 34. c4 {White wants to play Bg6.} a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... e4 $11 35. Bc2 (35. Be2 Rc6 $14) 35... e3) 35. Bf5 Rc6 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.37. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,88,20,25,0,-6,-20,-17,-18,-1,0,24,24,20,19,24,25,25,14,21,18,9,23,17,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,4,4,8,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,8,-20,0,-18,-18,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. e3 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} Nc6 9. Qd1 Bb4 10. Be2 {[#]} (10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. Be2 Bg4 13. O-O d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 {½-½ (26) Nakamura,H (2769)-So,W (2778) Paris 2018}) 10... Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Nb5 Ne4 13. a3 Bc5 14. b4 Qf6 15. Rb1 Bb6 16. Bb2 Qg6 {½-½ (23) Valdes Escobar,A (2372)-Delaney,K (2196) Dublin 2018}) 11. Bd2 Bxc3 (11... Be6 {with more complications.} 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Re8 14. a3 Be7) 12. Bxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ng5 Rad8 17. Qc2 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7] [#]} g6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. c4 Ne5 {[%cal Re5c4]} 20. c5 b6 21. Rbc1 bxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 Rc8 24. Ra5 Rc2 25. Bd1 Rc7 26. Ra6 Kf7 27. Bb3 Nd3 28. h4 Nc5 29. Ra5 Nxb3 30. axb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR. The position is equal.} Rb8 31. Rfa1 Rxb3 32. Rxa7 Rbc3 33. Kh2 h5 34. Ra8 Rc1 35. R1a4 R1c4 36. g3 Rxa4 37. Rxa4 {KR-KR} Rc4 38. Ra7+ Kf6 39. Ra8 d4 40. exd4 Rxd4 41. Rf8+ Kg7 42. Ra8 Kf6 43. Rf8+ Kg7 44. Ra8 Kf6 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,79,10,12,10,15,17,0,11,11,18,14,36,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-25,-26,-12,-53,-22,-39,-69,-39,-75,-52,0,0,0,-204,160,160,210,193,4132,2127,1505,1303,1253,1085,29990,29991,29991,29992,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. d4 b5 11. Bc2 exd4 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4.} 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Nf1 g6 {The position is equal.} 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. Be3 Nd7 {[#]} 16. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Be4 exd4 20. Bg5 Qd6 21. Rac1 Nde5 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 {0-1 (46) Fuchs,F (2274)-Kravtsiv,M (2631) Pardubice 2016}) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 18. Bb3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxc7 Ra7 21. Rxa7 Qxa7 22. Qxd6 Bxb2 23. f4 Nc5 24. Bd5 Bd4 25. Re2 Nd3 {[%cal Rd4f2]} 26. Kg2 Kg7 {[#] Hoping for ...Bc5.} ({Of course not} 26... Nxf2 $6 27. e5 $14) 27. Rd2 Bc5 28. Qc6 Nxf4+ 29. Kf3 Rd8 (29... Bb4 $15 30. Rb2 Qb8 31. Rxb4 Rc8) 30. Kxf4 $11 {Threatens to win with Rc2.} Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c6]} 31. Qe8 $2 {[#]} (31. Qc8 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 31... Bxf2 $2 (31... Qc7 $1 $19 32. Qe5+ f6) 32. Kg4 $16 Rf6 {Strongly threatening ...Qe3.} 33. e5 h5+ $2 (33... Rf4+ 34. Kxf4 Be3+ 35. Kf3 Bxd2) 34. Kh3 $18 Rf4 35. e6 fxe6 36. Bxe6 Bd4 37. Nxh5+ {White mates.} gxh5 38. Rg2+ Kf6 39. Rg6+ (39. Bd5 Rg4 $18) 39... Ke5 40. Bb3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.52} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,128,31,31,33,34,57,56,63,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,19,0,107,93,93,97,88,85,87,14,54,78,72,22,75,72,79,76,66,76,64,72,73,61,82,77,179,94,399,391,368,345,337,74,53,50,50,52,138,131,246,241,220,125,305,268,452,160,187,131,288,264,279,243,345,345,339,200,356,0,297,218,646,640,537,385,391,387,373,372,358,313,668,630,933,1406,1159,1117,854,486,491,481,5522,6436,5543,5206,4686,470,8120,7014,2216,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6.} 9. Bc2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 {White is slightly better. 10...Nb4 might become the main line.} 11. Re1+ (11. Bg5 $1 $14 Qd6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Re1+ (13. bxc3 O-O $14) 13... Be6 14. bxc3) 11... Be6 $11 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} O-O 14. Nb3 Bg4 15. h3 {[#]} Be6 $146 (15... Bxf3 $11 {remains equal.} 16. Qxf3 Ndb4) ({Predecessor:} 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ndb4 17. Be4 f5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qg3 Nd5 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Rc5 f4 {1-0 (28) Robson,R (2628)-Foisor,S (2239) New York 2014}) 16. Nc5 $16 Qd6 {Black wants to play ...Nxd4!} 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Re4 Rae8 19. h4 (19. Rc1 $16) 19... Nf6 (19... Nf4 $5 {[%cal Rc6d4]}) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. h5 gxh5 (21... Rd8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Qd3 Rf7 23. a3 Kh8 24. Qe3 Qf8 25. d5 Nd8 26. dxe6 Rfe7 $1 {[%cal Rd8e6]} 27. Bb3 Bxb2 (27... Qg7 $16) 28. Rd1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Bxa3 $16 {is more resistant.} 29. Qd4+ Rg7) 29. Ng5 {And now Nf7+ would win.} Nd6 {[#]} 30. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} cxd6 {[#]} 31. Nf7+ $2 (31. Rf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4f8] and the rest is easy.} Qg7 32. Nf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 33. Nxd6) 31... Rxf7 $16 32. exf7 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 Bf6 {[#]} (33... d5 $1 $14 34. Qxd5 (34. Bxd5 Bxa3 35. Qf3 Be7 $18) 34... Bxa3 35. Qxh5 Qg7) 34. Qf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 (34... Be7 $16 35. Qxh5 Qg7) 35. Qxh5 $18 Qc8 {If Black can now play ...Qc1+ this consolidates a bit.} 36. g3 (36. Kh2 $18) 36... h6 $2 (36... Be7 $16 37. Qd5 a5 38. Qd4+ Bf6) 37. Qd5 Qd8 $2 (37... Qf8 {is a better defense.} 38. Qb7 a5 39. Qxb5 d5 40. Bxd5 Qxa3) 38. Qb7 $2 (38. Qe6 $18 {is more deadly.} Qe7 39. Qg4+ Bg5 40. Qc8) 38... Be7 39. Bd5 ({White should play} 39. Qxa6 $18 Qd7 40. Qa8) 39... a5 $2 (39... Bf8 $16 {was called for.} 40. Qxa6 Qf6) 40. Qxb5 Bf8 41. a4 Qc7 (41... h5 {keeps fighting.} 42. Bb3 d5 43. Bxd5 h4) 42. Qb2+ Kg6 43. Qb1+ (43. Kf1 $142) 43... Kg7 $2 (43... Kf6 44. Qa1+ Kg6 45. Qb1+ Kg7 46. Qb2+ Kg6) 44. Qb2+ Kg6 45. Qh8 Qe7 $2 (45... Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qg5) 46. Qc3 Qd8 47. Kg2 h5 48. Qd3+ Kh6 49. Qd2+ Kg6 50. Qe2 Qg5 $2 (50... Qf6 51. Be4+ Kh6 52. Qd2+ Qg5) 51. Qb5 Kh6 52. Qxa5 h4 53. Qa8 Kg7 54. Qc6 Qe5 55. gxh4 Be7 (55... Qd4 $142 56. Bf3 Qc5) 56. Qc4 Bxh4 57. Qg4+ ({Weaker is} 57. Qxh4 Qxd5+ 58. f3 Kxf7 $16) 57... Bg5 58. Qf3 (58. Ba2 $142 Qf4 59. Qxf4 Bxf4 60. a5) 58... Bf4 (58... Kf8 $142 59. a5 Bd8) 59. a5 Qf5 60. Qe4 $2 (60. Qd1 $18 {Threatens to win with a6.} Qg5+ 61. Kf1) 60... Qg4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 61. Kf1 {Qd4+ would kill now.} Qd1+ 62. Kg2 Qg4+ 63. Kf1 {Intending Qd4+ and mate.} Qd1+ 64. Kg2 Qg4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.43/Black=0.63} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,92,22,21,27,12,24,2,7,7,4,0,4,8,6,5,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,22,10,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-6,-10,-16,-12,-27,-12,-16,-18,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 Nf5 11. c3 d5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 12. Bf4 Bg5 13. Qd2 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qd6 {[#]} 15. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qxd6 Nxd6 16. Bd3 c6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re5 Nd6 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {½-½ (30) Kuzubov,Y (2660)-Inarkiev,E (2684) Ankara 2018}) 15... c6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Re5 f6 19. Re2 Rae8 20. Rae1 Nh4 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Rxe2 23. Bxe2 Nf5 24. g4 Nd6 25. f3 Re8 26. Kf2 a5 27. b3 f5 28. gxf5 Nxf5 29. Rc1 h5 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Nf1 Kf6 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Ne3 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. c4 (34. bxa4 Ra8) 34... axb3 35. axb3 dxc4 36. bxc4 Ra8 37. d5 cxd5 38. Nxd5+ Ke5 39. Re1+ Kd4 40. Rd1+ $1 Kc5 41. Ne3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 42. Rb1 Kc6 43. c5 Kxc5 {Threatens to win with ...b5.} 44. Rxb7 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Re2 46. Nd1 h4+ {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,86,35,32,28,24,35,34,47,33,85,93,109,97,102,93,84,68,94,94,86,37,35,35,39,8,29,19,37,0,19,19,10,15,46,27,54,0,64,60,72,61,61,36,89,74,77,72,81,80,87,0,89,82,72,0,104,88,106,99,116,37,37,18,37,18,37,37,37,18,18,18,18,25,90,90,106,106,86]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nc6 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3.} 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Nbd2 e6 $5 {[%mdl 4] White is slightly better. An interesting side line.} 9. c4 {[#]} g5 $146 (9... b6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9... d5 10. e3 a5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Be8 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 Ne7 15. Qc2 Bc6 16. f3 Nf5 17. Rce1 Qg5 {½-½ (31) Inarkiev,E (2674)-Bauer,C (2634) Kemer 2007}) 10. Nxe4 $16 fxe4 11. Ne5 d5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Rac1 g4 15. e3 Rf6 16. Ba3 h5 17. Rfd1 Bh6 18. Qd2 Bc8 19. Qb4 Bf8 20. Qa5 Bxa3 21. Qxa3 Bd7 22. Rc2 h4 23. Rdc1 (23. gxh4 Rh6 $11) (23. Qa6 $14) 23... Rh6 (23... a5 $11) 24. Qa5 Kg7 25. b4 a6 26. a4 Rb8 ({Better is} 26... Rf6 $14) 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Ra8 29. Qb4 hxg3 30. hxg3 (30. fxg3 $16 cxb5 31. cxd5 (31. cxb5 Rf6 $14) 31... exd5 32. Rxc7) 30... Rb8 (30... Qf6 $11) 31. Qa5 Ra8 32. Qb4 (32. Qc3 $16) 32... Be8 (32... Rb8 $11) 33. bxc6 Rb8 34. Qa5 Bf7 35. cxd5 ({White should try} 35. Ra2 $16) 35... exd5 $14 36. Rc5 Ra8 37. Qb4 Ra6 38. Ra5 Raxc6 39. Rac5 Rb6 40. Rb5 Rxb5 41. Qxb5 Rb6 (41... Qc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 42. Qc5 $16 c6 43. Bf1 Be6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.26} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]

{[%evp 11,85,19,25,25,34,-10,29,26,28,40,23,14,20,11,10,0,10,7,32,32,30,30,25,28,29,31,27,12,20,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,29,28,34,27,27,23,64,67,54,27,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,5057,1877,1436,1081,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8. e4 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qb6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qb3 Na6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. a3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Kf8 17. Nc2 Raa8 18. Kf1 Bb5+ 19. Ke1 {½-½ (53) Carlsen,M (2863)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2020}) 6... exd5 7. e4 {[%cal Re4d5] D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 {White has an edge.} Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bc4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Ke7 12. O-O {Black should prevent Re1.} Nbd7 {[#]} 13. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bb3 Nc5 15. Be3 Nxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. Ra4 Kf7 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 {½-½ (75) L'Ami,E (2619)-Williams,S (2429) Douglas 2015}) 13... Rc8 14. Bb3 Nc5 15. Bxc5+ Rxc5 16. Rfe1 g6 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 e5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Rae1 Rf8 21. fxe5 Rf5 22. e6 Bxb2 23. Rd1 Rc7 24. g4 Rf8 25. Kg2 b5 26. Re2 Bc3 27. Re3 {Hoping for Rd7+!} Bb4 28. Red3 (28. Rh3 $5 {[%cal Rh3h7]} Ke8 29. Rd7 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Rxd7 30. exd7+ Kxd7 31. Rxh7+ Kd6 32. Rg7 $16 (32. Rxa7 g5 $14)) 28... a5 29. Rd7+ Rxd7 30. Rxd7+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf6 31. Rb7 a4 {[#]} 32. g5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxg5 33. Rxb5+ Rf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (33... Kf6 $14) 34. Rxb4 $18 axb3 {[#] KR-KR} 35. e7 $1 {[%cal Re7e8]} bxa2 36. e8=Q {White mates.} a1=Q {KQR-KQR} 37. Qe7+ Kh6 38. Rh4+ Rh5 39. Qf8+ Qg7 40. Qf4+ g5 41. Qd6+ Qg6 42. Qf8+ Qg7 43. Rxh5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.35} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]

{[%evp 12,185,17,9,17,12,15,12,20,8,15,6,32,20,18,6,16,22,30,16,40,10,10,12,61,60,61,59,76,58,134,132,134,132,135,146,192,165,169,169,228,231,289,139,139,137,129,139,134,72,143,124,234,234,29965,29964,29941,12846,12847,666,2212,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,0,-10,-8,-17,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-37,-46,-47,-27,-77,-76,-80,-25,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 {6...a6 is the modern continuation.} 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} (7... a6 8. a4 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. c4 a5 16. b5 exd4 17. Nxd4 Re8 18. Ra3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Re6 20. Rae3 b6 21. g3 Nd7 22. f4 Re8 23. Qg4 {1-0 (40) So,W (2770)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} a5 9. Nf1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 Ba7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. h3 c6 14. Bd3 a4 15. Be3 Re8 16. Qc2 b5 {[#]} 17. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 d5 20. Qxc6 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Ne5 23. Qc3 {1-0 (69) Karjakin,S (2773)-Le,Q (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 17... axb3 18. axb3 Qc7 19. Ra6 {Threatens to win with Rea1.} Qb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7a6]} 20. Rea1 Bb6 (20... exd4 $1 $14 21. cxd4 Bb6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rxa8+ Qxa8) 21. Rxa8 $16 Rxa8 22. Rxa8+ Qxa8 23. dxe5 Qa1+ 24. Bf1 $1 Bxe3 25. exf6 Bb6 (25... Bf4 $142) 26. fxg7 $18 Ne5 {[#] With the idea ...Nxf3+.} 27. Qd2 (27. Nd4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 27... Nxf3+ $16 28. gxf3 Kxg7 29. Kg2 (29. Qxd6 $6 Qxc3 30. Kg2 Qc5 $11) 29... b4 30. Nh5+ (30. Qxd6 $6 Qe1 $11) ({White should try} 30. cxb4 Qd4 31. Qxd4+ Bxd4 32. b5 cxb5 33. Bxb5) 30... Kg6 ({Better is} 30... Kh7 31. Bd3 (31. Qxd6 Bxh3+ 32. Kh2 Qxf1 $11) 31... Kg6) 31. Nf4+ Kh7 (31... Kf6 $16) 32. Nxe6 $18 (32. cxb4 Qg7+ 33. Kh1 Bxb3 $11) ({Worse is} 32. Qxd6 Qe1 $15) 32... bxc3 $2 (32... fxe6 $18 33. Qxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxc3) 33. Qf4 fxe6 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. e5 $2 ({White has to play} 36. Bd3 $18 {[%cal Re4e5]} Qd1 37. Qxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 36... Qd1 $11 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qd7+ Kh8 40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Kh8 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kh8 44. Qxe6 Qd4 45. Qe8+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Qe7+ Kg8 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. Qf6+ Kh7 49. Qe7+ {[#]} Kg8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Qe6+ Kg7 51. Qd7+ {[#]} Kf8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Qf5+ Ke8 53. Qc8+ {[#]} Ke7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. exd6+ Qxd6 55. Qf5 Qd4 56. Qc2 Qg7+ 57. Kh1 Qe5 58. Bd3 Bc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Re5h2]} 59. Kg2 Qh2+ 60. Kf1 Qxh3+ 61. Ke2 {Cut Off at move 61} Qe6+ 62. Be4 Be5 63. Qa2 Qd6 64. Qa7+ Kf6 {Strongly threatening ...Qd2+.} 65. Qh7 Qd2+ 66. Kf1 {And now Qf5+ would win.} Bd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd2f2]} 67. Qg6+ $1 Ke7 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd2f2]} 68. Qg3 $1 Bf6 69. Qc7+ Qd7 70. Qf4 h5 71. Qe3 {Hoping for Bf5+.} Qd4 72. Qf4 Qd6 73. Qe3 c5 74. Bg6+ Kd8 75. Qe8+ Kc7 76. Be4 h4 77. Kg2 Qd7 78. Qh5 Kb6 79. f4 Qe6 80. Qg6 Ka5 81. Bf5 Qd6 ({Black should play} 81... Qc6+ $17 82. Be4 Qa6) 82. Qe8 Kb6 {White should prevent ...Qc6+.} 83. Be4 Kc7 84. Qa8 Qxf4 85. Qc6+ Kd8 86. Qd5+ Ke8 87. Bg6+ Ke7 {White must now prevent ...Qg4+.} 88. Qxc5+ Qd6 89. Qe3+ Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (89... Be5 $11 90. Bd3 Kd8) 90. Qe8+ {White mates.} Kg7 91. Qf7+ Kh6 92. Qh7+ Kg5 93. Qh5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.26} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]

{[%evp 12,69,0,0,4,0,18,3,14,0,-4,-25,41,57,65,61,123,128,126,97,73,12,82,74,145,114,106,86,64,26,33,25,25,25,131,107,122,98,129,122,130,109,159,177,225,0,0,0,28,21,129,154,279,264,738,722,914,854,822,784]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O {is more profitable than 7...Ne4 at the moment. D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 {White must now prevent ...Nxd4!The position is equal.} 10. Qc2 Na5 {[#]} 11. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e3 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Bd3 Rxc5 15. O-O Qe7 16. Qb2 Rfc8 17. Qb4 {1-0 (42) Krstulovic,A (2368)-Prraneeth,V (2264) Balatonlelle 2019}) 11... g5 ({Better is} 11... dxc4 $11 12. Ne5 c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 12. Bg3 $14 Ne4 13. h4 $1 Nxg3 (13... Nxc4 $14 14. hxg5 hxg5) 14. fxg3 $16 {Hoping for hxg5.} gxh4 ({Don't blunder} 14... dxc4 $2 15. hxg5 f5 16. Rxh6 $18) 15. Rxh4 Kg7 16. g5 ({White should play} 16. e4 $16) 16... Rh8 {[#]} (16... Nxc4 $11 17. Rxh6 Rh8) 17. Ne5 $1 Nxc4 ({Black should try} 17... Qe7) 18. gxh6+ Kf8 19. Nxc4 Qg5 20. Kf2 {And now Ne5 would win.} (20. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Rh4g4]} Qxg3+ 21. Kd2 Qxh4 22. Nxd7+ Kg8 23. Qb1 $11) 20... dxc4 21. Qc1 Qf6+ 22. Qf4 Ke7 (22... Qxf4+ $11 23. gxf4 Bc6) 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Bg2 Rab8 25. Rh5 Kg6 26. Rah1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} f5 {[#]} 27. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rh7 (27... fxg4 28. Be4+) 28. g5 $2 (28. Ke3 $18) 28... Bc6 $11 29. Bf3 Bxf3 30. Kxf3 {KRR-KRR} Rd8 (30... c5 $1 $11) 31. Kf4 $16 Rd5 (31... c5 $16 {might work better.}) 32. R5h3 $18 c5 $2 (32... Rd8 33. Re3 Re8) 33. Re3 {White is clearly winning.} Rd6 34. dxc5 Ra6 35. Rd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.37} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]

{[%evp 16,70,14,0,0,-4,21,4,66,71,70,46,46,56,46,48,49,27,73,34,25,34,39,22,35,46,52,51,62,41,39,10,31,35,43,28,54,51,40,0,20,19,15,0,69,64,77,79,559,554,696,647,838,836,880,865,934]} 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. Qf3 {9.a4 is becoming the main line.} a6 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 10. Qa3 b6 11. Bg5 Be7 (11... f6 $11 12. Be3 Be7) 12. Bxe7 $1 $14 Kxe7 {[#]} 13. O-O-O $146 {Hoping for Re1.} ({Predecessor:} 13. c4 Bb7 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Be2 Re8 16. O-O Qc7 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. f4 {1-0 (30) Perpinya Rofes,L (2408)-Jose Abril,R (2335) Barcelona 2015}) 13... Bb7 $1 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. f4 Qc7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Qb4 (17. Bd3 $5) 17... h5 18. Be2 Kf8 19. Rhf1 Re8 20. Rf5 h4 21. Rf4 Qd8 22. Kb1 Rh6 23. Rdd4 {[%cal Rf4h4,Bd1d4,Bd4e4,Be4h4,Bh4h5,Bh5f5][%mdl 32]} h3 24. g3 Bc8 25. a4 Kg8 26. Rde4 Qc7 27. Rh4 a5 28. Qd4 {Threatens to win with Rxh6.} Rxh4 29. Rxh4 Bf5 (29... Qc5 $11) 30. Rh5 Qc8 31. Qxb6 {[#] Strongly threatening Ba6.} Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (31... Bg4 $16) 32. Ba6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Re1+ 33. Ka2 Qe8 34. Rxf5 Ne3 35. Bb5 Qe7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.53} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,94,12,3,22,11,31,31,38,36,35,51,33,37,35,28,38,18,22,22,20,23,22,-29,-32,-36,-21,-31,-32,-37,-35,-77,-50,-56,-24,-29,0,-54,-54,-58,-59,-54,-45,-112,-90,-92,-93,-92,-79,-86,-103,-255,-234,-273,-276,-277,-271,-287,-289,-271,-271,-281,-275,-279,-267,-314,-317,-361,-356,-450,-445,-456,-450,-462,-456,-600,-592,-685,-621,-5710,-5710,-5064,-5402,-4125,-2120,-4829,-4797]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} 7. Be2 a5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 8. a4 {[#]} Bb4+ $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Ne7 9. O-O Bh7 10. Bd2 Nf5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Qe1 b6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Rxc4 Nb8 {0-1 (52) Labib,I (2424)-Ismail,H (2171) Cairo 2016}) 9. c3 Bf8 10. O-O Ne7 11. h3 Bh7 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Ne1 Nf5 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. c4 (16. Rd1 $142) 16... dxc4 $11 17. Qxc4 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Qxd4 (18. Nxd4 Nxe5 19. Qc3 Bb4 $17) 18... Qxb3 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qe4 O-O {[#]} (20... Qxb2 $2 21. Nf3 $18) 21. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf5 (21... gxh6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Rc1 $16) (21... Qxb2 $6 22. Nd3 $16) 22. Be3 $1 Qd5 ({Avoid the trap} 22... Nxe5 $2 23. g4 $18) ({And not} 22... Qxb2 23. Nd3 $16) 23. Qxd5 (23. Qc2 $1 $11 Qxe5 24. Rd1) 23... exd5 $15 24. f4 g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 25. e6 Nc5 26. g4 (26. fxg5 $15 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1) 26... gxf4 $17 {Hoping for ...Re5.} 27. gxf5 fxe3 28. Rf4 Bf6 29. Nc2 {[#]} e2 $1 30. Rf2 $2 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (30. Rg4 $17) 30... d4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4d3] Strongly threatening ...d3.} ({Don't take} 30... Bxb2 31. Rb1 $17) 31. Rxe2 d3 $1 {[%csl LRb2,LRc2,LRe2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Rd2 dxc2 33. Rxc2 Rd8 34. Re1 Nxa4 35. Ra1 Nxb2 {...Nc4! is the strong threat.} 36. Rxa5 Nd3 37. Kh2 Nb4 38. Rc1 Nd5 39. Ra7 Rb8 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Kg3 Ne7 41. Kg4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 42. Rd1 {White hopes to continue with Rdd7.} b4 43. Rad7 {If White can now play Rd8+ this consolidates a bit.} b3 44. Rd8+ Rxd8 45. Rxd8+ Kh7 46. Rb8 b2 47. Kf4 Nd5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.04} 0-1

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,122,29,19,21,31,-10,34,35,33,39,31,25,13,25,26,29,21,8,8,10,14,16,20,-31,-32,-47,-49,-51,-54,-56,-54,-80,-71,-72,-75,-81,-85,-87,-70,-83,-77,-112,-97,-116,-112,-114,-115,-106,-89,-127,-112,-208,-147,-144,-158,-137,-123,-180,-170,-247,-186,-217,-195,-216,-194,-224,-223,-627,-626,-782,-147,-369,0,-787,-653,-789,-481,-797,-610,-735,-713,-1162,-1155,-1133,-1117,-1137,-1111,-1045,-1031,-964,-912,-845,-516,-29962,-29966,-29966,-12668,-29967,-29967,-29971,-29972,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8. e4 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qb6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qb3 Na6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. a3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Kf8 17. Nc2 Raa8 18. Kf1 Bb5+ 19. Ke1 {½-½ (53) Carlsen,M (2863)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2020}) 6... 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. Bc4 Ke7 12. O-O {Black should prevent Re1.} Nbd7 {[#]} 13. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bb3 Nc5 15. Be3 Nxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. Ra4 Kf7 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 {½-½ (75) L'Ami,E (2619)-Williams,S (2429) Douglas 2015}) 13... Rc8 14. Be2 a6 15. Be3 Rc6 16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Bd4 ({White should try} 17. Bf4 $11) 17... Bd6 $15 18. Na4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Ke7 20. g3 Rd8 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Bg5+ N7f6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 h6 25. Bc1 Nb4 26. Rc7+ Rd7 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} 28. Bd2 Nfd5 ({Much weaker is} 28... Nxa2 $6 29. Bc4 $11) 29. a3 Nd3 30. b3 Kd6 31. f3 (31. Kf1 $17 {was called for.}) 31... Nc5 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Bc1 e5 34. b4 (34. a4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 34... Nec3 $19 35. Bf1 (35. Bf3 {might work better.}) 35... e4 36. Kf2 Ke5 37. Bh3 b6 38. Bb2 Kd4 39. Bf1 $2 (39. Bc8 Kd3 40. Ke1 (40. Bxa6+ $2 Kd2 $19)) 39... b5 40. Ke1 {next Kd2 is good for White.} Ke3 $2 (40... Ne3 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 41. Be2 Nc4) 41. Bc1+ $2 (41. Bh3 $17) 41... Kd4 $2 (41... Kf3 42. Bh3 h5) 42. Bb2 {White wants to play Kd2.} e3 43. Ba1 g6 44. Bh3 (44. Be2 $142 Nb6 45. Bd1) 44... Kd3 45. Bc8 Nb1 46. Bb2 Nd2 {[#] ( -> ...Nf3+)} 47. Bg4 Nc3 48. Bxc3 Kxc3 {KB-KN} 49. Ke2 Nc4 50. Bc8 Nxa3 51. Bxa6 Kd4 52. h4 {[#]} (52. Bc8 $19 Nc2 53. Bd7) 52... Nb1 53. Kd1 Nc3+ 54. Kc2 g5 {Black mates.} 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. g4 Kc4 57. Bc8 Kxb4 58. Kd3 e2 59. Kd2 Ka3 60. Bf5 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 61. Bd3 b3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.59/Black=0.42} 0-1

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,20,10,0,0,19,17,8,-1,14,29,31,33,-19,9,0,14,28,22,26,77,59,65,66,66,67,79,-178,-25,-24,-26,-25,-30,-49,-37,-32,-35,-35,-27,-54,-45,-46,-20,-64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 (3... Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Nc8 9. a4 Ncb6 10. a5 Nc4 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Re1 Kf7 15. Qe2 Nf8 16. Nc5 Qc8 {1-0 (25) So,W (2770)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Qg4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qh5 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Nbd2 Be8 12. b4 Be7 13. Nb3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Qxg5 17. Bxg5 {1-0 (43) Ilyasov,A (2395)-Dard,M (2251) ICCF email 2018}) 11. b4 (11. Nbd2 $14) 11... Be7 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Re1 Be8 14. Nc3 Qd7 (14... a6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. Qh3 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Rxe6 Nce7 18. Bb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (18. Rae1 $16 {and life is bright.}) 18... Qc8 $2 ({Black should try} 18... Nf4 $19 19. Bxd7 Nxh3+ 20. gxh3 Bxd7 21. Rxe7 Bxe7 22. Nxd5 Bd6) 19. Rxf6 $1 $11 ({But not} 19. Bxe8 $2 Nf4 $19) 19... Rxf6 20. Qxc8 $1 Rxc8 21. Bd3 Nf4 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ ({Much weaker is} 22... Nxd3 $6 23. Bxf6 Rxc2 24. Ned4 $16) 23. Bxe2 Re6 24. Bd3 Bg6 $1 25. Nd4 Rb6 26. Re1 Kf7 (26... Bxd3 $15 27. cxd3 Nc6) 27. Be2 {The position is equal.} Bxc2 28. Bg4 Rc4 29. Be2 Rc8 30. Bg4 Rc4 31. Be2 Rc8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.24/Black=0.21} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,45,23,21,16,15,20,21,18,9,12,7,7,6,6,7,6,10,8,5,5,0,5,5,5,7,7,0,0,0]} 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 {The position is equal. The main line 10...Re8 scores better than 10...Nf5. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd6 {[#]} 22. Nd3 $146 (22. Qf3 f6 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 Kg8 27. Qe3 Kf7 28. Qh6 Kg8 29. Qe3 {½-½ (29) Carlsen,M (2863)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2020}) ({Predecessor:} 22. Qf3 f6 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 Kg8 27. Qe3 Kf7 28. Qh6 Kg8 29. Qe3 {½-½ (29) Dominguez Perez,L (2758)-So,W (2770) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 22... Re8 23. Qd2 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,87,12,29,9,40,39,31,37,32,30,33,35,58,60,62,63,68,68,68,72,118,82,76,88,163,146,154,150,154,149,148,147,152,145,179,163,167,164,215,175,222,168,305,280,266,225,208,92,102,70,79,42,40,46,41,41,42,41,799,793,752,748,708,708,29964,29964,29962,5185,29969,29970,29970,29956,29973,29972,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Ne7 {The main line 6...Ne7 scores better than 6...Nd7.} 7. a4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} (7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Nc8 9. a4 Ncb6 10. a5 Nc4 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Re1 Kf7 15. Qe2 Nf8 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Bf4 g5 {1-0 (25) So,W (2770)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 7... a5 (7... c5 $5) 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nb3 {White is slightly better.} Bh7 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. h3 {[#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc8 12. Ne1 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Be3 c5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. f4 c4 {½-½ (35) Caruso,A (2337)-Zajsek,F (2219) ICCF email 2016}) 12. Qe1 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Bb4 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. Qxb4 axb4 15. Bd3 c5 {next ...c4 is good for Black.} 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Ra5 (17... O-O $16) 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. c3 bxc3 {[#]} 21. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Raa8 22. Rac1 Nf4 23. Rxc3 Be4 24. a5 f6 (24... g5 {was worth a try.} 25. Bf1 Bxf3) 25. h4 g5 26. g3 Ng6 (26... Nh3+ $142 27. Kg2 f5) 27. exf6+ $18 Kxf6 28. hxg5+ hxg5 29. Nh2 (29. Rce3 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 29... Ne5 $16 30. Rce3 {f3 is the strong threat.} Rh8 {White must now prevent ...Rxh2!} 31. f3 (31. g4 $5 {[%cal Rf2f3]} Rxh2 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 32. Kxh2 Nxg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kg3 Nxe3 34. fxe3 $16) 31... Rxh2 $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} 32. Kxh2 ({Weaker is} 32. fxe4 Rah8 $17) 32... Nxf3+ 33. Rxf3+ Bxf3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. c6 d4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (34... bxc6 $14 35. Bxc6 Ra7) 35. Rf1 $18 Rh8+ 36. Kg1 Rh1+ 37. Kf2 Rxf1+ 38. Bxf1 Bxc6 {[#] KB-KB} 39. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6,Bb4b5,Bb5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Bd7 40. a6 {White mates.} bxa6 41. bxa6 d3 42. Bxd3 Ke5 43. a7 Bc6 44. Bf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.72} 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open CCT KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,91,29,28,29,30,33,34,27,40,16,6,8,7,9,13,2,60,43,47,58,37,33,86,33,12,16,22,25,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,26,0,0,0,-3,-26,0,0,0,-77,-83,-171,-70,-70,-70,-81,-57,-49,-49,-64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 {9...Bxc5 scores better than 9...Qxd1.} 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd2 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Ke7 12. Nb3 Nbd7 (12... Bb6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Bc7 15. Na4 Nbd7 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Rfc1 Rhc8 18. Nb6 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Nxb6 20. axb6 a5 21. Nc5 Rb8 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 {1-0 (31) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 13. Na5 {White is slightly better.} Rab8 14. Nxb7 Rxb7 15. Bd2 {[#]} Rc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nb6 16. Rfc1 Bd6 17. Be1 Rc8 18. a4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. Bxa6 Rxc3 21. Bxc3 {½-½ (34) Swiercz,D (2622)-Bartel,M (2619) Chorzow 2013}) 16. Rfd1 Rhc8 17. Be1 Bd6 ({Black should play} 17... Kf8 $11) 18. Bxb5 $1 $14 axb5 19. Nxb5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rc6 20. Na7 $1 {[%csl LRc6,LRc8][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Be5 ({Better is} 20... R6c7 $14 21. Nxc8+ Rxc8) 21. Nxc8+ (21. Rab1 $16) 21... Rxc8 22. Rab1 Ra8 23. a3 Nd5 24. Rdc1 (24. e4 $14 N5f6 25. f3) 24... f5 $11 25. h3 g5 26. Kf1 h5 27. Rc2 g4 28. Ke2 N7f6 29. Ra1 f4 30. hxg4 fxe3 31. fxe3 Nxg4 32. Bh4+ Kd6 33. e4 Nge3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 34. Rcc1 (34. Rd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... Nxg2 $17 {[#] aiming for ...Ndf4+.} 35. Bf2 (35. exd5 $17 {is a better defense.} Nxh4 36. dxe6) 35... Ngf4+ (35... Ndf4+ $19 36. Kf1 Bxb2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Rd1+ Ke5) 36. Kf3 $15 Bxb2 37. Bc5+ Kd7 (37... Ke5 {feels hotter.} 38. exd5 Nd3 39. Rh1 Bxa1 40. Rxh5+ Kf6) 38. exd5 Bxc1 39. dxe6+ Nxe6 (39... Kc6 $1 $15 40. Rxc1 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 40. Rxc1 $11 {The position is equal.} Nxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxa3+ $15 {KR-KR} 42. Kf4 h4 43. Kg4 h3 44. Rh5 Rb3 45. Rxh3 Rxh3 46. Kxh3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2

