[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E07"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 21,65,2,18,12,0,0,18,13,23,11,12,23,10,18,12,1,26,23,18,26,78,75,64,66,71,70,141,136,110,109,132,121,120,112,107,119,210,153,427,425,1274,1272,1157,1145,1849,1729]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} 10. Rd1 Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. c5 Ba6 12. Qc2 b4 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. Nbd2 f5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 {½-½ (35) Mamedyarov,S (2775)-Kovalenko,I (2644) Riga 2013}) 11. Bc1 Nhf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Nbd2 b5 13. c5 b4 14. Qc2 a4 15. Re1 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Nxe5 (16. dxe5 Ng4) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Bxc5 19. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7]} g6 20. Bf4 {Hoping for e6.} Qb6 (20... Qe7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. e4 $16 b3 22. axb3 axb3 23. Qe2 $1 Ba6 ({Black should play} 23... Rxa1 $1 $14 24. Rxa1 Nxe5) 24. Qf3 $1 Bc4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. e6 dxe4 27. exf7+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Bxf7 28. Nxe4 Bd4 {[#]} (28... Re8 $16) 29. Nd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6f7]} Bd5 $2 (29... Nf6 $16 {was necessary.}) 30. Qe2 {Black must now prevent Bxd5+.White is clearly winning.} Nf8 {[#]} (30... Qc5 $142 31. Rc1 Bxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Ra2) 31. Bxd5+ $1 cxd5 32. Qf3 Qa5 33. Re7 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 31%.} 1-0 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2809"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 30,98,0,0,25,10,16,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,-37,110,102,103,95,91,68,155,158,121,102,135,128,166,98,103,113,87,87,87,58,82,0,101,0,57,54,57,54,54,18,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. g5 Nh5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 14. exd5 f6 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Kb1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nf4 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Bd3 Bg5 19. Na5 Bh6 20. Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Be4 Qh4 21. Nb7 {0-1 (57) Karg,H (2183)-Kuosa,N (2568) ICCF email 2009}) 20... Qh4 21. Qb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rf6 22. a4 Qxh2 (22... Qh5 $15 {stays ahead.}) 23. Be4 $16 Qe2 24. Bxf4 $1 Bxf4 25. Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c7]} Nc5 {[#]} (25... Be3 $1 $14 26. Rge1 Qf2) 26. Qc7 $1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rc7g7]} Bh6 27. Nd8 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Rf8 (28... Qxe4 $6 29. Rdf1 $11) (28... bxa4 29. Rd3 $15) 29. Nf7+ {[#]} (29. Rde1 $18 Qh5 30. Rh1) 29... Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Qxf7 Rc8 31. Rc1 $1 Qxe4 {[#]} 32. Rgf1 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatening mate with Qf8+!} Bf4 {[#]} 33. Rg1 $1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rf7g7][%mdl 512]} Bh6 {[#]} 34. Rgf1 ({White should play} 34. Rg3 $1 $16) 34... Rg8 (34... Bf4 $1 $11) 35. Rcd1 $14 bxa4 ({But not} 35... Qxa4 $6 36. Qe7 $16) 36. Qe7 $1 Qg6 $1 37. Rf8 Bg5 {The position is equal.} 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 39. Qd7 h5 40. Rg1 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 41. Qxa4 e3 42. Qxa6 Qf5 43. Qa8+ ({Much weaker is} 43. Qxd6 e2 $15) 43... Kh7 {aiming for ...e2.} 44. Qe8 Bf4 45. Qe6 g6 46. Rf1 {And now b4 would win.} Kg7 47. Qxf5 gxf5 48. c4 {Hoping for Kc2.} ({Not} 48. Rxf4 $2 e2 $19) 48... Bg3 $1 49. Rg1 h4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 58%.} (49... f4 $5 50. Kc2 $8 e2 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,61,39,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 c6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 {The position is equal. D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nb3 Be4 16. Qc3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Rac8 18. Nh4 Bg6 {½-½ (27) Vitiugov,N (2722)-Riazantsev,A (2650) St Petersburg 2017}) 10... c5 11. dxc5 Na6 12. Nb3 Be4 13. Qc3 Rc8 {[%cal Ra6c5]} 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd4 Nxc5 15. Be3 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (40) Narkun,M (2183)-Nicolenco,S (2126) LSS email 2010}) 14... Nd5 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 {[#] Hoping for Bb7.} Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. e3 Be7 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Kg2 g6 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. Rc2 Rxc2 (26... b4 {is interesting.} 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qa4 a5 29. b3 h5) 27. Qxc2 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29. b3 f5 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 {Precision: White = 92%, Black = 98%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,71,35,32,24,19,30,15,0,31,26,47,48,51,58,37,48,43,40,52,40,50,35,35,39,54,52,65,52,55,45,41,0,0,8,46,33,31,38,36,37,35,35,82,49,43,47,58,47,37,0,65,0,41,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} e6 7. Nc3 exd5 (7... b6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Re1 d6 12. e4 Qc8 13. a4 {1-0 (38) Nakamura,H (2787)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Moscow 2018}) 8. cxd5 d6 9. Nd2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 11. e4 Re8 12. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 13. f3 $146 a6 14. a5 Bd7 15. Nc4 Bb5 16. Bg5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. axb6 $1 Rxb6 19. Na4 Rb4 20. b3 Qc8 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Ra2 Nh5 23. Be3 Rbb8 24. Qd2 Nb5 25. g4 Nf6 26. Nb2 Qc8 27. Bf4 Nd7 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Bxd6 Rb6 30. Bg3 c4 {[#] Hoping for ...c3.} 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Qe2 Rb4 33. Bd6 Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6d6]} 34. Bg3 (34. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rb2c4]} c3 35. Nd3 $14) 34... Rb4 $1 35. Bd6 Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6d6]} 36. Bg3 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.20"] [Round "9"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,133,7,1,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,12,16,16,16,16,16,9,13,12,16,12,10,7,7,25,24,29,25,25,25,27,31,23,10,12,13,14,27,55,54,57,54,64,50,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,56,64,0,64,64,66,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,83,77,88,45,58,49,62,41,52,19,27,29,25,51,191,190,293,291,452,70,72,59,360,308,302,314,465,350,204,111,99,69,78,71,345,332,218,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rfc1 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Nc6 (12... Nbd7 {with more complications.} 13. Nd3 Nb8 14. Bg5 Nc6 15. e3 h6) 13. Nxd5 Nxd4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qc4 Bxg2 16. Qxd4 Rfd8 {[#]} 17. Qf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. Bxb4 Bb7 19. Rc7 Ba6 20. Nxf7 Nd5 21. Nxd8 Nxc7 22. Nc6 {½-½ (22) Gleizerov,E (2545)-Farago,I (2515) Oberwart 1996}) 17... Bb7 18. Bb4 Qe8 19. Rc7 Nd5 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Rxf7 Ba6 22. Ba3 Bxe2 23. Rc1 Bh5 24. Rb7 Be8 25. Kg2 a5 26. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rdb8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. g4 b5 29. b3 b4 30. Bb2 a4 31. h5 Ra8 32. Kg3 Kf8 33. Nf3 Bd7 34. Rc4 Kg8 35. Ne5 Bb5 36. Rc5 Be8 37. Nc4 Bd7 38. Ne5 Be8 $1 39. Bd4 Kf8 40. f3 Ke7 41. Kh4 Kf8 42. Kg5 h6+ 43. Kh4 Kg8 44. Kg3 Kh7 45. Nd3 Kg8 46. Rc1 axb3 47. axb3 Kh7 48. Nc5 Bf7 49. Re1 Ne7 50. Bb2 Nc6 51. f4 Ra2 52. Nd3 e5 53. fxe5 {Strongly threatening e6.} Bxb3 54. e6 {Hoping for e7.} Ra7 (54... Ne7 $14) 55. Nc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5b3]} Bc4 (55... Ba2 $142 56. Rd1 Bc4) 56. Nd7 $1 Bb5 (56... Rb7 $142 57. e7 Bf7) 57. Nf8+ $2 (57. Re3 $18) 57... Kg8 $14 58. Ng6 $1 {aiming for e7.} Ne7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Ra8 $14) 59. Ra1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra1a7]} Nc6 {intending ...Rxa1.} 60. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d5]} Kh7 (60... Bc4 $142 61. e7 Rxe7 62. Nxe7+ Nxe7) 61. Rd5 Ba4 {[#]} 62. Kf4 (62. Rd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd2f2] And now Rf2 would win.} Bb3 63. Rf2) 62... Bc2 $16 63. Rc5 Ba4 64. g5 hxg5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64... Ra8 $16 {was necessary.}) 65. Rxg5 $18 {Nf8+ is the strong threat.} ({Less strong is} 65. Kxg5 Ne7 $14) 65... Nd8 {[#]} 66. Re5 $2 ({White has to play} 66. Nf8+ $1 $18 Kg8 67. h6) 66... Be8 $11 67. e7 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.23"] [Round "11"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,79,8,50,43,55,48,52,25,43,44,38,44,42,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,15,15,16,6,2,12,5,4,14,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 c5 (5... Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 b6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nh7 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Qa4 {½-½ (58) Xu,X (2545)-Korobov,A (2664) Moscow 2018}) 6. Nxc5 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bxc5 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nf6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. b4 O-O 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Ke1 e5 13. Rd1 {1-0 (35) Hutt,A (2122)-Moas,H Villa Carlos Paz 2003}) 7. Nf3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 {White is slightly better.} Qxd4 9. Nxd4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd3.} Bxc5 10. Nb5 Ke7 11. Bd2 (11. Nc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7a8]} Rb8 12. Bf4 $11) 11... Bd7 {The position is equal.} 12. b4 Bxb5 13. cxb5 Bd6 14. g3 Rc8 15. Bg2 b6 16. Ke2 Nh6 17. Rac1 Nf5 18. Bc3 f6 19. f4 h5 20. Bc6 Rcd8 21. a4 h4 22. Kf3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Bb8 {[#] Hoping for ...Rd3+.} 25. Be4 Kf7 26. Rc1 Ne7 27. Be1 f5 28. Bb1 Rd4 29. Bc3 Rc4 30. Ba2 Rc8 31. Bb2 Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...Rd3+.} 32. Bc4 Rc8 33. Bb3 Rxc1 34. Bxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bd6 35. Bd2 Nd5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Bc3 Be7 38. a5 Bf6 39. Bxf6 Kxf6 40. Ke3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.26"] [Round "13"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2794"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,77,8,12,0,0,-8,7,3,10,-2,4,4,11,21,19,19,50,48,41,38,39,1,63,57,89,87,101,93,96,85,108,82,81,68,133,116,143,133,150,148,149,136,88,-4,0,-3,0,1,384,380,383,379,370,355,685,702,771,734,1285,1295,1563,1557,4925,3625]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 625 Games} 9. Bd2 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} (9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. h3 Re8 12. d4 Nd7 13. d5 Bf8 14. Nbd2 g6 15. Nf1 Bg7 16. g4 c4 17. Ng3 Nb7 18. Be3 Ndc5 19. b4 {1-0 (47) Alekseev,E (2616)-Kovalev,V (2639) Tallinn 2018}) (9. a4 Bd7 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. d5 Qc8 {1-0 (39) Caruana,F (2773)-Aronian,L (2816) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2012}) 9... Bg4 10. c3 d5 11. h3 {The position is equal.} Bh5 12. Qe2 $146 {Threatening exd5.} ({Predecessor:} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Nb6 16. d4 Bd6 {1-0 (46) Jackson,S (2185)-Littlewood,P (2435) London 1984}) 12... Rb8 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. dxe4 h6 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} 15. Bc1 Bg6 16. Nbd2 Nh5 17. Nf1 Bc5 18. g3 Kh7 (18... Nf6 $11) 19. Kg2 $14 Qe7 20. Bc2 Rfd8 21. b4 Bb6 22. a4 Nf6 {[%cal Bh5f6,Bf6g4,Bg4f2][%mdl 32]} 23. Nh4 Qe6 24. Bd3 Bh5 (24... Qd7 $14 25. Rd1 bxa4) 25. g4 $16 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nxg4 {[#]} 27. Nf5 $1 Nxf2 28. Bc2 {Hoping for N1e3.} g6 29. N1e3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} (29. a5 $16 Ba7 30. N1e3 (30. Be3 Nxe4 31. Bxa7 Nxc3 $16)) 29... gxf5 $11 30. exf5 Qf6 31. Qxf2 {[#]} e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Nxb4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and Black stays safe.} 32. cxb4 Rd4) 32. Rh1 $18 ({But not} 32. Bxe4 Ne5 $18) 32... Rd6 33. Bxe4 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Ne5 $2 (34... Rg5 35. Nd5 Rxd5 36. Bxg5 Qxg5) 35. Qf4 {Strongly threatening Nd5.White is clearly winning.} c6 36. axb5 Rg5 37. bxa6 Qd8 38. f6+ Ng6 {[#]} 39. Rxh6+ $1 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 48%.} 1-0