[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,133,14,12,13,17,15,10,19,24,77,77,73,52,58,47,52,34,35,39,60,54,57,
57,54,60,81,77,77,75,84,64,83,27,18,25,125,114,108,112,266,254,379,261,261,258,
252,95,91,56,87,52,51,44,49,42,61,31,30,18,43,54,562,547,535,535,493,433,623,
614,592,573,573,529,572,507,5057,2880,10009,12837,29943,29942,29951,29955,
29949,29953,29962,29965,29964,29965,29961,29966,29964,29967,29967,29969,29969,
29968,29968,29969,29961,29966,29973,29968,29971,29973,29973,29973,29978,29979,
29986,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29984]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 h6 14. Bf4
Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. e4 e5 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Rxc4 19. Bxe5 {1-0 (43)
Carlsen,M (2875)-Nakamura,H (2754) Zagreb 2019}) 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 {D37:
Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 h6 {The position is equal.}
11. Bd3 Bb7 (11... Ba6 $11) 12. O-O $16 Qc8 {[#]} 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 Qb7 17. Rfc1 Rfa8 18. b5 Ra5
19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxb6 {1/2-1/2 (36) Girya,O (2450)
-Muminova,N (2321) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 13... Ba6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Rc1 axb4
16. axb4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Bd8 18. Ra1 Bc7 19. Qd2 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5
22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd4 ({White should try} 23. Na4 $16 {Hoping for Nb6.} Ra7 24.
Nc3) 23... Re8 $11 24. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 (24... Bc4 $11 {keeps the
balance.}) 25. Nxe4 $16 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rd8 $2 (26... Bb5 $16 {was called for.})
27. Qc3 $18 Rd5 (27... Rd7 $142 28. Rea4 Rda7) 28. Rea4 Bb7 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30.
Qa5 $2 (30. Qb4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 30... Bb7 $16 31. Qb6 g6 32. Be4 Rd7 33.
Bf3 h5 34. Re1 Qd8 35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Re7 Ba6
37. Bxc6 Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black is now going downhill.} (37... Rd1+ $14 38.
Kh2 Rc1) 38. Re8+ $18 Rxe8 39. Bxe8 {KB-KB} Kf8 40. Bc6 h4 (40... g5 $142 41.
f4 g4) 41. f4 Ke7 42. Kf2 f6 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Be4 g5 (44... Bb5 $142 45. Bxg6
Kd5) 45. Kd4 gxf4 46. Bd5+ $1 Ke7 47. Ke4 {White mates.} Bc8 48. Kxf4 Bd7 49.
g3 hxg3 50. Kxg3 Kf8 51. h4 Kg7 52. Kf4 Kh6 53. Bf3 Kg7 54. Ke4 Bc6+ {[#]} 55.
Ke3 $1 Bb5 56. Kd4 Kf7 57. Kd5 Ke7 58. Bg4 Bd3 59. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl
32]} f5 60. Bf3 Bb5 {[#]} 61. c7 $1 Kd7 62. Ke5 f4 63. h5 Bc4 64. h6 Bg8 65.
Bd5 Bh7 66. Be4 Bg8 67. Kxf4 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 66%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,117,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,13,30,19,29,30,28,22,23,6,6,4,18,18,
18,18,18,19,19,18,19,17,29,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,18,19,19,33,29,38,34,29,29,
70,70,87,54,54,51,62,52,52,18,18,16,16,17,52,52,166,175,284,100,100,107,107,
107,107,80,93,92,147,147,206,214,194,186,1195,427,575,567,543,533,527,527,514,
482,1300,1246,29963,29959,29961,10173,29968,5443]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 $1 {8.Nf3 is better than 8.
Nge2. E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4
{The position is equal.} Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3
15. exd7 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bxd7 {White must now prevent ...Ba4.} 17. bxc3 Rac8 18.
Qd1 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxc3 20. Bf5 Rc4 21. Bxd7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 $11 {[%mdl
4096] [#] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Re1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} (
{Predecessor:} 23. Rb1) 23... Rd8 24. Ba4 Rd5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 {Strongly
threatening Bb3.} Re5 27. Rd6 Bc5 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Kg2 b6 30. Bb3 h6 31. f4 Re3
32. Rd7+ Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7d7]} 33. Rd8 Bb4 34. Kf3 Be1 35. g4 Bc3 36. Rd6 Bf6
37. Be6 Rc7 38. Ke4 Be7 39. Rd3 Kf6 40. Bb3 b5 41. Rd5 Rc5 (41... b4 $14) 42.
Rd7 $18 {Hoping for Kd4.} a5 (42... Rc1 $142 43. Rxa7 Re1+ 44. Kd5 Re2) 43. Ra7
$2 (43. Kd4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy. Rxe7! is the strong threat.} Rc1 44.
g5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} hxg5 45. fxg5+ Kxg5 46. Rxe7) 43... a4 $16 44.
Bd5 Rc1 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Kf5 Rc7 47. Ra5 Rc5 ({Black should play} 47... a3) 48.
Ke6 {And now Ra7 would win.} Bd8 {[#]} (48... Rc7 $16 49. Rxb5 Ba3) 49. Ra8 $1
$18 {[%cal Ra8d8]} Bh4 50. Ra7+ Kf8 $2 {[#]} (50... Kh8 51. f5 Rc8) 51. Rh7 (
51. g5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 52. f5) 51... Bg3 52. f5 {White wants to mate
with f6.} Rc7 53. Rxh6 {Threatening mate with f6.} Re7+ 54. Kf6 {[%cal Rh6h8]}
Be5+ 55. Kg5 {Threatens to win with f6.} Rg7+ (55... Rd7 $142 56. Bc6 Rg7+ 57.
Rg6 a3) 56. Rg6 Ke7 57. Rxg7+ Bxg7 58. Bc6 (58. Kg6 $142 Bd4 59. Bc6 Be5 60.
Bxb5 Bc7 61. Bxa4 Kd6 62. f6 Ke5 63. f7) 58... a3 59. Bxb5 {Accuracy: White =
85%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,83,6,6,12,6,6,10,6,6,3,0,0,0,-29,-12,-21,-19,-28,-16,-27,-7,-15,-15,
-14,-16,-27,-13,-37,-35,-36,-9,-13,-12,-21,-21,-26,-21,-21,-12,-14,-7,-18,-18,
-38,-17,-37,-6,-6,-6,-23,-20,-20,-8,-20,-20,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 a6 9. Bd3
Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3
b6.} c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be1 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. Qf3
Qe7 {[#]} 18. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bf2 Bc5 19. Rfe1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Red1 Bxd4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. exd4 {0-1 (41) Castellanos
Rodriguez,R (2487)-Ubilava,E (2498) Linares 2017}) 18... Bc5 19. Rfe1 Bxd4 20.
exd4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qe3 Qe6 23. a3 Qd5 24. h3 h5 25. Qf2 Rac8 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qc4 29. Be3 b5 30. Qd2 Be6 31. Qc1 Qd3 32. Qd2 Bd5
33. Qxd3 exd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 34. g3 Kh7 35. Kf2 {The position
is equal.} Kg6 36. Bd2 Kf5 37. Ke3 Bc4 38. Bb4 g6 39. Bd2 Ke6 40. g4 hxg4 41.
hxg4 f5 42. gxf5+ {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,137,-7,-11,-20,-8,-14,0,-2,18,10,16,0,10,0,0,0,25,3,43,46,39,15,16,
16,21,19,41,-45,12,-9,21,20,30,-10,27,0,0,-33,-20,-32,-30,-24,-18,-15,-25,-94,
-94,-95,-89,-123,-118,-107,-99,-131,-132,-152,-70,-101,-118,-100,-111,-161,
-158,-147,-99,-99,-99,-99,-99,-99,-99,-99,-84,-91,-77,-91,-91,-91,-99,-99,-99,
-99,-99,-99,-59,-59,-59,-99,-99,-106,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-115,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,
-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5 {C18:
French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} h6 9. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now
more promising than 9.Nf3. Played by Maxime Vachier Lagrave in March 2020.} b6
10. Qg4 cxd4 11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qxh6 Qxe5+ {[#]} 13. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13.
Kd1 Nf5 14. Nf3 Qe4 15. Qf4 dxc3 16. h6 Rh8 17. Qc7 Bd7 18. Bg5 Nc6 19. h7 {
1-0 (46) Motylev,A (2629)-Studer,N (2394) Tallinn 2019}) 13... dxc3 14. Qf4
Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Nbc6 16. Nxc3 e5 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. f3 Rd8 19. Kf2 f6 20. Bd3 (20.
Rc1 $14) 20... Kf7 ({Better is} 20... e4 $1 $15 21. Bb5 e3+ {[%mdl 64]
Discovered Attack, Decoy} 22. Bxe3 d4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 21. g4 Bxd3
22. cxd3 Nd4 23. Rhc1 Rc8 24. Ne2 (24. Be3 $5 {[%cal Re3d4]}) 24... Ne6 25. Nc3
f5 26. Nb5 {Hoping for Nd6+.} Rxc1 27. Rxc1 fxg4 28. Rg1 gxf3 29. Nd6+ (29.
Rxg8 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxg8 30. Nd6+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kf6 32. Ne3) 29... Kf6
$17 30. Rxg8 Nxg8 31. Kxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Nd4+ 32. Kf2 Ke6 33.
Ne8 {[#]} Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e8]} 34. h6 Nf5 (34... Kf7 $17 35. Nc7 Kg6) 35. Ke2
Kf7 36. Nc7 Kg6 37. h7 Kxh7 38. Bg5 Nd4+ 39. Kd1 Kg6 40. Bxf6 Kxf6 41. Nxd5+ {
KN-KN} Ke6 42. Nc3 b5 43. Kd2 a5 44. Ne4 Kd5 45. Kc3 Ne2+ 46. Kd2 Nf4 47. Ng5
Ne6 48. Ne4 Nc5 49. Nc3+ $1 Kc6 50. Ne2 Ne6 51. Nc3 b4 (51... Ng5 $17 52. Nd1
Nh7) 52. axb4 $11 axb4 53. Ne4 Nc5 {aiming for ...Nxe4+.} 54. Nf6 {[#]} (54.
Ng5 $1 $11) 54... Nb3+ (54... Kb5 $1 $17 {And now ...Ka4 would win.} 55. Ng4
Nd7) 55. Kc2 {The position is equal.} Nd4+ 56. Kd2 Nf3+ 57. Kc2 Kc5 58. Nd7+
Kc6 {( -> ...Nd4+)} (58... Kd4 $5 59. Kb3 $8 Kxd3 $11) 59. Nf6 Ne1+ 60. Kd2 Ng2
61. Kc2 Ne3+ 62. Kb3 Kb5 63. Nd7 Ng4 64. Kc2 Kc6 65. Nb8+ Kc5 {...Nf6 is the
strong threat.} (65... Kb7 $5 66. Nd7 $8 Kc8 $11) 66. Kb3 Kd4 67. Nc6+ Kxd3 {
[#]} 68. Nxe5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe5 69. Kxb4 {White happily takes the draw.
Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,78,43,29,52,25,41,34,25,24,29,18,17,10,13,0,0,4,15,8,0,17,9,2,26,0,0,
-7,0,-8,0,-38,-34,-31,-31,-52,44,47,42,42,56,44,55,46,44,52,57,71,49,51,79,64,
274,291,304,302,857,850,843,828,29983,29984,29988,29989,29997,29998,29998,
29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 (5... Bc5 6.
c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13.
dxe5 Bxe3 14. exf6 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxf6 16. a4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qe7 19.
e5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Qf6 21. axb5 Rxe5 22. fxe5 Qb6+ 23. Qd4 Qxd4+ 24. cxd4 axb5
25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. b4 Bd5 27. g3 {1/2-1/2 (27) Nakamura,H (2736)-Carlsen,M 
(2872) Moscow 2019}) 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 {[#] C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and
Möller Defences.} ({Wrong is} 7... Nxe4 $2 8. axb5 Ne7 9. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]}
(9. Nxe5 d5 $18) 9... Kxf7 10. Nxe5+ Kg8 11. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 8. Nxe5
$1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe5 9. d4 {[#]} Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is slightly better.}
10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qc3 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. e5 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c3]}
15. Qf3 Nc5 16. Ba2 {f5! is the strong threat.} O-O 17. Be3 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17... Nf5 18. Bf2 Be6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Nc3 Na4 21. exd6 Nxd6 22.
Nxa4 bxa4 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rxa4 Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 (47) Milman,L (2462)
-Mulyar,M (2410) New York 2011}) 18. Qh3 Ne4 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bd5 21. f5
Bxa2 22. Rxa2 {Hoping for f6.} dxe5 23. f6 gxf6 (23... Nd5 $1 $15 24. fxg7 Re8)
24. Bh6 Re8 25. Ra6 Rb6 26. Rxb6 cxb6 27. Qg3+ $1 Ng6 28. h4 $1 f5 {aiming for
...f4.} 29. h5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} f4 {[#]} 30. hxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 (30...
fxg6 31. Qf3) 31. Qg4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Qc8 $2 {[#]
Black cannot hold the game after this.} (31... Qe7 $14) 32. Qh4 $1 $18 {
[%cal Rh4f6] Black must now prevent Qf6.} Qc5+ 33. Kh2 {And now Qf6 would win.}
Qd6 $2 (33... e4 34. Qxf4 f5) 34. Bg5 f5 35. Rf3 {Threatening mate with Rh3.}
e4 36. Rh3 {White mates.} f3+ 37. Bf4 Qd7 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Rh7+ {[%mdl 64]
Skewer} Ke6 40. Qe5# {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,136,43,37,41,33,30,29,42,32,63,27,38,0,0,-13,-18,-21,-21,-14,0,-4,-7,
-4,-4,-29,-22,-21,-30,-29,-13,-10,-10,-14,0,-8,-14,-2,-10,-12,0,-6,0,0,39,46,
52,23,110,108,106,100,524,103,112,100,115,115,110,94,93,90,80,87,88,80,72,73,
74,72,70,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk
and Möller Defences.} 10. Bh4 Be7 11. axb5 axb5 {White has an edge.} 12. Rxa8 {
[#]} Qxa8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxa8 13. Na3 Na5 14. Ba2 b4 15. Nc4 Nxc4
16. Bxc4 d6 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Ra1 Qb8 {1/2-1/2 (32) Gutierrez Dopino,J (2255)
-Kirkov,T (2306) ICCF email 2018}) 13. Na3 Qa5 ({Much worse is} 13... Bxa3 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nh4 $16) 14. Bd5 d6 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qb5 17. Ne3 Bc8 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Ra1 Rb8 21. b3 Bd8 22. Bc4 Qc5 23. h3 Nb4 24. Qd1 c6 25.
Rc1 {[#] Hoping for Bxf7+!} Qa7 26. d4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the
initiative.} exd4 27. Nxd4 Bf6 28. Nf3 Qc7 29. Qd2 c5 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Ng4 Bxe4
(31... Be7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Qf4 Bg6 $2 {[%mdl
8192]} (33... Bxf3 $16 {is tougher.} 34. gxf3 (34. Qxf3 d5 $16) 34... Kg7) 34.
Rxd6 $2 (34. Nh4 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Bc2 35. Rxd6) 34... Rb6 $16 35.
Rxf6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Nd3 37. Rg4 Nb2 38. Ne5
Nxc4 39. bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 40. h4 {aiming for h5.} Re6 41.
Nd7 {h5 is the strong threat.} h5 42. Rf4 Rc6 43. Ne5 ({Better is} 43. Rf3 $14)
43... Rd6 {The position is equal.} 44. Nxg6 (44. Nf3 {keeps more tension.} f6
45. Kf1 Bd3+ 46. Ke1 Bc2 47. Nd2) 44... Kxg6 $11 {KR-KR} 45. Re4 Rd1+ 46. Kh2
Rc1 47. Kg3 Rc2 48. Kf3 Kf5 {And now ...Rxf2+! would win.} 49. Rf4+ Kg6 50. g4
Rc3+ 51. Ke2 hxg4 $1 52. Rxg4+ Kh5 53. Rf4 Kg6 $1 54. Kd2 Rh3 55. Rg4+ Kf5 56.
Rg5+ Ke4 57. Rxc5 Rxh4 58. Rd5 Rh3 59. Kc2 Rf3 60. Rd2 Ke5 61. Kd1 Ke6 62. Rc2
(62. c5 {feels hotter.} Rc3 63. Rd6+ Ke5 64. Rd7 Rxc5) 62... Kd6 63. Ke2 Ra3
64. f3 Kc5 65. Kf2 Rd3 66. Rc1 Rd4 67. Ke3 f5 68. f4 Rxc4 {Black escapes into
a draw. Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,52,17,32,9,18,20,33,5,8,-66,-61,-54,-73,-74,-66,-56,-66,-104,-97,-99,
-106,-78,-90,-89,-78,-107,-84,-84,-90,-175,-169,-144,-149,-267,-147,-167,-151,
-202,-194,-29972,-29975]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6.
Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Ne5 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} Bg7 9. f4 O-O {[#]} 10.
Qc2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. h4 c5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12.
O-O-O Rd8 13. g4 cxd4 14. exd4 dxc4 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 (51) Adhiban,
B (2639)-Robson,R (2670) Douglas 2019}) 10... c5 {aiming for ...cxd4.} 11. dxc5
(11. g3 $11) 11... Nc6 $15 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Na4 e5 {Strongly
threatening ...exf4.} 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Be6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19.
Bc4 Rad8 20. Rae1 Qg5 21. Re2 {[#]} (21. b3 $17) 21... Bxc4 $1 $19 22. Qxc4 Rd4
23. Qa6 (23. Qc2 $17) 23... Be5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} (23...
Rh4 $19 24. h3 Qg3) 24. g3 $17 Qh5 {Hoping for ...Rxa4!} 25. Rg2 (25. Nc3 $17)
25... Rd1 $19 26. Qc4 $2 {[#]} (26. g4 $19 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1) 26... Qf3 $1 {
[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,90,10,12,25,-12,0,0,44,8,19,-15,-7,-8,-4,-12,-14,-45,-21,-8,-19,-21,
-20,-37,-22,-17,0,0,48,43,113,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,49,67,102,99,109,-8,-28,-27,-22,
-751,-731,-12835,-333,-332,-316,-344,-333,-770,-766,-847,-834,-29970,-1129,
-29991,-29982,-29982,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29983,-29983,-29983,-649,-638,-608]
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 b5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual
White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 12. a3 Rc8 {12...0-0 is vanishing.}
13. h3 h4 {The position is equal.} 14. f4 O-O {[#]} 15. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 15. Rg1 Re8 16. f5 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. g4 hxg3
21. a4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Evans,D (2352)-Sherwood,R (2308) ICCF email 2017}) 15...
Bxb3 16. cxb3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qe1 Qc7 19. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is
pushing.} hxg3 20. Qxg3 {Black must now prevent Rg1.} Rfd8 21. Be2 Bf8 22. h4
Qb7 23. Qg2 Rd4 24. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6] Threatens to win with h6.} Nxe4 (24...
b4 $14 25. axb4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxa6 Rb8) 25. Bf3 ({
Only move:} 25. Ka1 $1 $16 Nd6 26. Nd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5) 25... Nxc3+ $11 26. bxc3
e4 27. cxd4 exf3 28. Qg4 {aiming for h6.} Qd5 29. Rd3 c4 30. Qxf3 Qd6 {[#]} 31.
bxc4 (31. Rd2 $1 $16) 31... bxc4 32. Rc3 $1 Qxd4 {Strongly threatening ...Rb8+.
} 33. Rhc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (33. Ka2 $11) 33... Bxa3 $1 $19
{[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rb8+)} 34. R1c2 (34. Rxa3 Rb8+) 34... Be7 $2 (34... Rb8+
35. Ka2 Qb6) 35. Qb7 Qd8 36. Rd2 {[#]} Qf8 $1 ({Less strong is} 36... Qxd2 37.
Qxc8+ Kh7 38. Qxc4 $15) 37. Kc2 $2 (37. Rd7) 37... Bf6 38. Rd7 Rb8 39. Qc7 Bxc3
(39... Qb4 $142 40. Kd1 Qb1+ 41. Rc1 Qb3+ 42. Ke2 Re8+ 43. Re7 Rxe7+ 44. Qxe7
Qd3+ 45. Kf2 Bxe7 46. h6 Bh4+ 47. Kg2 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} 49. Kg1 Qf2+ 50. Kh1 Bg3 51. h7+ Kxh7 52. Rxc4 Qh2#) 40. Kxc3 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qb4+ 41. Kd4 Qd2+ 42. Kc5 Rb5+ 43. Kxc4 Qc2+ 44. Kd4
Qxc7 (44... Qd1+ $142 45. Ke4 Rb4+ 46. Ke3 Qe1+ 47. Kd3 Qd1+ 48. Ke3 Qe1+ 49.
Kd3 Rb3+ 50. Kc2 Qb1+ 51. Kd2 Rb2+ 52. Ke3 Qe1+ 53. Kd4 Qd1+ 54. Kc5 Rb5+ 55.
Kc4 Qb3+ 56. Kd4 Rb4+ 57. Kc5 Rc4+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 58. Kd6 Qa3+ 59. Ke5 Qa1+
60. Kd6 Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61. Kd5 Qd4#) 45. Rxc7 Rxf5 {Accuracy:
White = 43%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,111,17,8,12,13,10,1,21,24,21,22,23,17,13,12,19,10,18,10,30,24,33,22,
20,8,9,13,20,20,21,19,32,8,8,17,35,26,25,25,25,25,31,0,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-60,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,168,168,330,312,312,316,286,
293,308,315,401,8,1179,1145,977,1214,1151,1085,1016,808,29978,29979]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 h6 14. Bf4 Bd7 15.
O-O Rac8 16. e4 e5 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Rxc4 19. Bxe5 Ba4 20. b3 Nxe4 21. Rd3
Rec8 22. Qb2 Nc5 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2875)-Nakamura,H (2754) Zagreb 2019}) 7.
c5 c6 8. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 h6 {
The position is equal.} 11. Bd3 Ba6 {Hoping for ...Bxd3.} 12. O-O Qc8 13. Qc2
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. Rfb1 {[#]} axb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16...
Bd8 17. Ne1 Qa7 18. Ra2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. cxb6 Bxb6 21. Rab2 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 
(37) Jimenez Molina,G (2367)-Sanz Velez,A (2300) ICCF email 2014}) 17. axb4 Bd8
18. Qc1 Bc7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Ra1 Qb7 22. Ra3 Ne8 23. Ne2 Rxa3
24. Qxa3 Nc7 25. Nf4 Qa6 26. Qxa6 Nxa6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} 27.
Nd3 f6 28. Nd2 Kf7 29. f4 Nc7 30. Kf2 Nb5 31. Kf3 Nc3 32. g4 g5 33. f5 ({
Better is} 33. e4 $11) 33... e5 (33... exf5 $15 34. gxf5 b5) 34. Nc1 e4+ 35.
Kf2 $1 Ke7 36. Nf1 Na4 37. Ke2 Nb2 38. Kd2 Nc4+ 39. Kc3 Nb8 40. Nb3 Na6 41.
cxb6 Nxb6 42. Na5 Kd7 43. Ng3 Kc7 44. Nh5 Nd7 45. Nb3 Kd8 $2 (45... Nab8 $11)
46. Nc5 $18 Nab8 $2 {[#]} (46... Naxc5 47. bxc5 Kc8) 47. b5 $1 cxb5 48. Kb4
Nc6+ 49. Kxb5 Na7+ 50. Ka6 Nxc5+ 51. Kxa7 $2 {KN-KN} (51. dxc5 $18 d4 52. exd4)
51... Nb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Nd3 $11) 52. Kb6 Kd7 53. Nxf6+ Kd6 {[#]} 54.
Ne8+ $1 Kd7 55. Nc7 Nxd4 56. exd4 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 73%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,184,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,-5,-5,-7,-5,-5,-5,-19,-19,-19,-19,-20,-20,-30,-31,-77,-77,-84,-77,-77,-77,
-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-42,-77,-36,-77,-36,-77,-36,-77,-36,-77,-36,-77,
-36,-77,-37,-77,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,
-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,0,-66,0,-66,-66,
-66,-66,-66,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,0,-60,-60,
-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-8,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-25,-60,0,-60,0,-60,
-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,0,0,0,-60,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5
5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3
e6 12. O-O Rd8 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O {The position is
equal.} 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 17. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rac1
Nd5 18. Na4 Qb7 19. b3 Rd7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rc8 22. Rdc1 Ne7 23. Bg5 {
1/2-1/2 (36) Fiebig,T (2453)-Brunner,N (2485) Belgium 2010}) 17... Qb7 18. Rac1
a5 19. b3 Ra8 20. h3 Rfc8 21. Rc2 a4 22. Nxa4 Nxa4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. Rdc1 Ba3
25. Rc4 Bxc1 26. Rxa4 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} h6 28.
Qb3 Qxb3 29. axb3 {KR-KR} Kf8 30. Kf1 Rb8 31. Ra6 Rxb3 32. Rxc6 Rb4 33. Rc8+
Ke7 34. Rc7+ $1 Ke8 35. g3 Rxd4 36. h4 Rd7 37. Rc5 Ke7 38. Kg2 Rd5 39. Rc7+ Kf6
40. Ra7 Rb5 41. Rc7 Rb3 42. Ra7 Rc3 43. Rb7 Rd3 44. Ra7 Rb3 45. Rc7 Ra3 46. Rb7
Kg6 47. Re7 Ra6 48. Rb7 Kf6 49. Rc7 g5 50. hxg5+ hxg5 51. g4 Ra4 52. f3 Ra2+
53. Kg3 Rd2 54. Ra7 Kg6 55. Ra8 Kg7 56. Ra7 Kf8 57. Rb7 Ke8 58. Ra7 Rd7 59. Ra5
Rd5 60. Ra7 Kf8 61. Kf2 Kg7 62. Ra8 Rd4 63. Ra5 Kg6 64. Ra8 Rd2+ 65. Kg3 $1 Kf6
66. Ra7 $1 Re2 67. Rb7 Kg6 68. Rb8 Kg7 69. Rb5 f6 70. Rb7+ Kg6 71. Re7 e5 72.
Kh3 Ra2 73. Kg3 Ra8 74. Rb7 Rf8 75. Kf2 Rf7 (75... Rd8 $15) 76. Rb6 (76. Rxf7
$1 $11 Kxf7 77. Ke3) 76... Rd7 77. Ke3 Kf7 78. Ra6 Ke7 79. Rb6 Rd6 (79... Rc7
$15) 80. Rb5 (80. Rxd6 $1 $11 Kxd6 81. Kd2) 80... Ke6 $15 81. Ra5 Rb6 82. Kf2
Kd6 83. Ke3 Rc6 84. Kf2 Kc7 85. Ke3 Kd6 86. Kf2 $1 Rb6 87. Ke3 $1 Kc6 88. Kf2
Rb2+ 89. Ke3 Rb3+ 90. Kf2 Rb5 (90... Kd7 $15) 91. Ra6+ $11 Rb6 (91... Kd5 $11)
92. Ra5 $15 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 83%.} ({Black should try} 92...
Kd7 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,33,34,21,29,22,66,62,54,71,66,73,76,85,104,103,96,81,147,124,173,
134,224,223,325,264,398,358,355,351,322,311,270,317,304,292,322,310,350,310,
301,293,331,249,301,279,306,254,564,552,29967,221,254,223,224,84,120,138,563,
173,233,245,328,125,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6
4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6
3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} c6 7. c4 dxc4 8. e4 {White is slightly better.} Bg6 9.
Qe2 Nf6 10. Rd1 Bb4 11. Ne5 c3 {[#]} 12. bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nf1 Na4
13. Qc2 Nxb2 14. Bxb2 cxb2 15. Qxb2 Qe7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rdb1 Ba5 18. Qxb7
Qxb7 19. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 (37) Cherniaev,A (2415)-Sokolov,I (2636) Jakarta 2013})
12... Bxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 13. Rb1 O-O ({Black should play} 13...
Qxd4 14. Ndc4 Bh5) 14. Nb3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qe7 15.
Bg5 Qa3 (15... h6 $16 {was necessary.}) 16. Rd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3c3]} Na4 (
16... Bb4 $142 17. Nc5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qa5) 17. h4 c5 (17... Rfc8
{keeps fighting.} 18. Bxf6 gxf6) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4a3]} Qb4
20. Nbd2 Bxd2 21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. h5 b5 23. hxg6 bxc4 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Rf3 c3
26. a3 cxd4 27. axb4 Rac8 28. Qc2 Nb2 $2 (28... Nb6 29. Rd3 (29. Rxf6 $2 d3 $19
) 29... Rc4) 29. Bf1 Rfd8 30. Bd3 $2 (30. Qc1 $1 {mates} c2 31. Rxf6 Rf8 32.
Rf3 f6 33. Ba6 Rc7 34. Rb3 d3 35. Bxd3 Nxd3 36. Rxd3) 30... e5 31. g4 Kxh7 32.
Kf1 (32. Rxf6 $18 {is more deadly. Threatening mate with Qc1.} Kg7 33. Rf3)
32... Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Kg7 $16 {is more resistant.
} 34. Kg2 Rh8) 34. Qc1 $2 (34. g5 $1 Rc6 (34... fxg5 35. Rh3+) 35. Rh3+ Kg7 36.
Qc1 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 34... Kg7 {[#]} (34... c2 {might work better.} 35. Kg2 Kg7
) 35. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6] Strongly threatening gxf6+.} f5 36. g6 $2 (36. exf5
$18 {and the rest is easy. Threatens to win with Rh3.} c2 37. Kg2) 36... fxe4 {
[#]} (36... f4 $16) 37. gxf7 $2 (37. Rh3 $1 $18 {White wants to mate with Qg5!}
e3 38. gxf7 (38. fxe3 d3 $11)) 37... exd3 $16 {KQ-KRR. The position is equal.}
38. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxf7 39. Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7
{White must now prevent ...Rd5.} 40. Qxe5+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} Ke7 {With the idea ...Rc6.} 42. Qe5+ Kf7 {White really could win this.
Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,59,24,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-3,26,18,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-11,-29,-30,-26,0,-25,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. a3 (6. Nf3 {keeps more tension.} O-O 7. O-O
c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bf4) 6... Bxc3+ {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} 7. bxc3
O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Ne4 {[#]} 10. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ng3 Nd7 11.
Bxe4 dxe4 12. f3 exf3 13. Qxf3 Qf6 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Bxc7 Qxf3 16. Rxf3 {1/2-1/2
(47) Vega Gutierrez,S (2281)-Pares Vives,N (2321) Novetle 2008}) 10... Bf5 11.
f3 Nd6 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Rfe1 Qd7 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Re1 Na5 17.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxd6 {The position is equal.} cxd6 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Bh7 21. Qf4
Qe6 22. Kf2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 25. fxe4 $11 {KQ-KQ} b5 26. g4 a5
27. Qf5 Qxf5+ 28. gxf5 f6 29. Ke3 a4 30. d5 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy:
White = 95%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,61,58,29,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-19,-51,0,-19,-26,-55,-56,-55,14,14,7,16,
117,126,310,309,298,300,310,312,436,427,444,447,452,445,439,431,564,558,730,
727,727,724,718,714]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6.
Be3 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Qf3 e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bc4 {B82: Sicilian Scheveningen:
6 f4.} Ng4 11. Bd2 exf4 $1 12. Bxf4 {The position is equal.} O-O 13. O-O Bf6 {
[#] Strongly threatening ...Qb6+.} 14. Bb3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting
novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Kh1 Be5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rd2 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5
18. Bb3 Bg4 19. Qf2 Rad8 20. Qd4 {0-1 (36) Vokhidov,S (2370)-Tukhaev,A (2518)
Voronezh 2016}) 14... Re8 ({Black should try} 14... Ne5 $15 15. Qe2 a5) 15.
Rad1 Ne5 16. Qg3 Ba6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 ({Black should play} 17... Rxe5 $15 18. Rf3
Qe7) 18. Bxf7+ $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh8 19. Bxe8 $40 {[%cal Rf1f8]
[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Qb6+ (19... Bxf1 $11 20. Qf2 (20. Rxf1 Qb6+
21. Kh1 Rxe8 $11) 20... Qxe8 21. Rxf1 h6) 20. Qf2 $16 {aiming for Qxb6.} Rxe8
$2 {Now Black is done in.} (20... Bxf1 $16 {was necessary.} 21. Qxb6 (21. Kxf1
Rxe8 22. Qxb6 axb6 $14) 21... axb6) 21. Qxb6 $18 axb6 22. Rf7 h6 23. Rc7 c5 24.
Rc6 {White is clearly winning.} Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxe4 27. Rxb6 {
KRR-KRB} Bc4 28. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Re2 29. Rbxd6 Rxc2 30. Ra1
Rxc3 31. a5 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,145,8,22,27,0,0,13,0,5,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,40,0,44,0,66,0,16,-18,-15,
-13,-7,-23,0,-19,-15,-9,-16,-17,0,-39,-27,-26,-20,-60,-56,-79,-75,-89,-84,-121,
-97,-93,-96,-109,-97,-169,-154,-171,-89,-306,-300,-440,-433,-379,-166,-170,
-143,-432,-340,-438,-432,-521,-513,-452,-460,-408,-393,-353,-252,-256,-256,
-243,-247,-312,-153,-153,-122,-122,-100,-122,-92,-166,-118,-344,-344,-344,-337,
-330,-146,-145,-94,-985,-985,-937,-908,-769,-735,-607,-332,-324,-324,-373,-372,
-354,-354,-765,-776,-679,-668,-765,-723,-727,-733,-710,-720,-12841,-2123,
-29998,-29999,-29999]} 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 Bb7 {C91: Closed Ruy
Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4.} 12. b3 {[#]} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... d5 13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. dxe5 Nxc3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 17. Qxc3 Nb4 18. e6 Rxe6
19. Rxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (54) Morozevich,A (2741)-Harikrishna,P (2673) Odessa 2007})
13. Bb2 a5 {The position is equal.} 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nc4 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. a3
Ba6 18. Ne3 g6 19. Qd2 {[%cal Rc3b4]} Qb6 20. h3 Rac8 (20... bxc3 $11 21. Bxc3
(21. Qxc3 Rab8 $11) 21... Bb5) 21. Rad1 (21. axb4 $14 axb4 22. c4) 21... Red8
22. c4 bxa3 23. Bxa3 Nb4 24. Bb1 Bh6 25. Qe2 Bb7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. hxg4 Na6 (
27... Bc6 {is interesting.} 28. g5 Bf8 29. Bc1 Bd7 30. Be3 Qa6) 28. Rd3 (28.
Bc2 {looks sharper.} Bf8 29. Bc1 Nb4 30. Be3 Qc7 31. Ra1) 28... Nc5 29. Bxc5
Rxc5 30. Qd1 Bc8 31. Nd2 Be6 32. Ba2 Qb4 33. f3 Rc6 34. g3 Ra8 35. Kg2 a4 36.
Re2 (36. Rh1 $17 {was necessary.} Kg7 37. Qc2) 36... axb3 37. Bxb3 Ra3 (37...
Rca6 $1 $19 38. Qc2 Qc5) 38. Nb1 $2 (38. Rf2 $17) 38... Ra1 $19 39. Rb2 (39.
Ba2 $142) 39... Bxc4 40. Qc2 {If only White now had time for Bxc4....} Kg7 (
40... Rb6 $142 41. Rc3 Be6) 41. Bxc4 Rxc4 42. Qf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Qb3 $17
Qc5 43. Rd5) 42... Qa5 43. Nd2 Rcc1 44. Nb3 {[#]} Rg1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy}
45. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 46. Kxg1 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qf1 48. Rc3 Bg5 49. Rg2 Qe1 $1 {[%cal
Re1c3]} 50. Rd3 Qb1 (50... Kf8 $19 {And now ...h5 would win.} 51. Rd5 Qc3) 51.
Rc3 $17 h5 52. gxh5 gxh5 53. Nd2 Qd1 {White must now prevent ...Kh7.} 54. Rd3 (
54. f4 $17 Bh6 55. Nf3) 54... Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...h4.} 55. Rf2 $2 (
55. Rb3 $17 {was the only chance.}) 55... h4 $19 56. gxh4 Bxh4 57. Rg2 {[#]}
Ke7 (57... Bg5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5f4][%mdl 512] has better winning chances. ( ->
...Bf4+)} 58. Rxg5 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 59. Rg2 Qxd3) 58. Rb3 $17 Qe1
({Better is} 58... Qc2 {aiming for ...Be1.} 59. Rb1 Kf6 {[%mdl 64] Decoy}) 59.
Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (59. Rb1 $17 Qe3 60. Rb3) 59... Bg5 $1 $19 {[%cal
Rg5f4][%mdl 576] Decoy, Clearance} 60. Rxg5 Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61.
Kg2 Qxg5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} 62. Kf2 Qc1 63. Ne3 Qd2+ 64. Kg3 Ke6 65.
Nf5 {If White can now play Rb6 this consolidates a bit.} Qd1 66. Rb2 $2 (66.
Ra3) 66... Qg1+ 67. Rg2 Qe1+ 68. Kg4 Qc1 69. Ng7+ Kf6 70. Nh5+ Kg6 71. f4 Kh6 (
71... Qh1 $142 72. Kg3 Qxh5) 72. Kf5 Qc8+ 73. Kf6 Qe6# {Accuracy: White = 44%,
Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,93,17,8,5,8,6,29,30,29,18,34,21,42,5,0,0,88,83,89,89,98,99,97,86,117,
5,5,5,5,0,5,3,5,5,5,5,5,0,5,5,8,0,0,0,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,9,6,36,9,14,14,37,14,
37,0,6,6,6,0,6,0,6,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O
dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 $1 {
12.Qc1 scores better than 12.Qd1.} h6 13. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.}
Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Bc6 {[#]} 15. Qc3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 15.
Rd1 a5 16. Nc4 Bd5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. e4 Nb4 19. Qe2 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 c6 21. h4 {
1-0 (51) Lekic,D (2343)-Silva,T (1995) Lisbon 2020}) 15... a5 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17.
Nc4 Bd5 18. Nxa5 c5 19. Nb3 Qb6 (19... b6 $11) 20. Nxc5 $16 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5
22. dxc5 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bc3 {[#]} 24. Nd2 (24. Rdc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1c3]} Bf6
25. Nd2) 24... Bxg2 $1 $11 25. Kxg2 {Threatens to win with Ne4.} Rxa4 26. Nf3
Rc4 27. Rb5 Rc8 28. Rxb7 {next Rdd7 is good for White.} R4xc5 29. Rdd7 Rf8 $1
30. g4 Rcc8 31. h4 Rcd8 32. g5 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 hxg5 34. hxg5 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRN} g6 35. Rc7 Bg7 36. Nd2 Rd8 37. Ne4 Kf8 38. e3 Be5 39. Ra7 Bg7
40. Kf3 Be5 41. Kg4 Bg7 42. Ra6 Ke7 43. Ra7+ (43. Nf6 $5) 43... Rd7 {The
position is equal.} 44. Ra8 Rd8 45. Ra7+ Rd7 46. Ra8 Rd8 47. Ra7+ {Accuracy:
White = 85%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,14,18,17,14,15,23,16,16,21,11,3,12,-1,0,-10,-4,-20,-14,-16,-29,-29,
0,-25,54,-47,-47,-68,-36,-27,-16,-70,-13,-54,-50,-52,0,0,-1,0,0,0,-4,-2,0,0,0,
0,0,0,45,43,43,44,43,43,43,43,43,43,44,52,51,53,79,79,79,79,79,79,83,79,79,79,
91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6
dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0
Bc5.} Nd7 7. c3 {Nowadays more popular than 7.Nbd2.} h6 8. d4 {White has an
edge.} Bd6 {[#]} 9. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4
Nb6 12. Nc3 f5 13. Qb3+ Kh7 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 (21) Schuller,J (2412)
-Eldridge,M (2405) ICCF email 2017}) 9... exd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h3 Nb6 12. Nb3
f5 13. e5 Be7 14. Qc2 f4 15. Nc5 Qd5 16. Qc3 (16. e6 $5) 16... Bxc5 (16... Qf7
$11) 17. Qxc5 (17. dxc5 $14 Na4 18. Qc2) 17... Be6 $15 18. b3 Qxc5 (18... Qe4 {
keeps more tension.} 19. Kh2 Qf5 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Rh1 Nd5) 19. dxc5 {[#]
Threatens to win with Nd4.} Nd7 20. Re1 (20. Nd4 $11 Rae8 21. Re1) 20... Rae8 (
{Better is} 20... Nxc5 $15 21. Rd1 Na6) 21. Bb2 Bd5 22. Rad1 Nxc5 ({Black
should try} 22... Rf5 $15) 23. Ba3 $11 b6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rc1 c4 $1 26. Nd4
cxb3 27. axb3 Re7 28. e6 Rfe8 29. Re5 Bxe6 30. Rce1 {[%cal Re5e6]} Kf7 31. Nxc6
{[%mdl 64] [#] Hoping for Rc5. Double Attack} Rd7 32. R5e4 {Strongly
threatening Ne5+.} Rd6 33. Rxf4+ Kg8 34. Nxa7 Rb8 35. Rc1 Rb7 36. Nc6 Bxb3 37.
Na5 Rb5 38. Nxb3 Rxb3 39. Rxc7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rg6 40. g3
Rbb6 41. h4 Rgf6 42. Re4 (42. Rxf6 $16 Rxf6 43. Kg2) 42... Rb1+ $11 {The
position is equal.} 43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Ree7 Rbxf2+ 46. Kh3 Rg6 47.
Re4 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,64,0,0,0,0,5,-17,0,-68,-63,-70,-56,-62,-77,-73,-68,-68,-62,-129,-121,
-191,-64,-64,-62,-68,-73,-61,-66,-57,-79,-327,-331,-527,-535,-515,-496,-616,0,
-313,0,-566,0,-1570,-1570,-1511,-1497]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. f4 O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 {
B83: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2, lines without ...a6.} 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. g4 {
[#]} Na5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc5 14. Bg2 Re8
15. Nc1 Rc8 16. N1e2 Nb4 17. Ng3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Re1 g6 21.
Nd4 Bg7 22. Rc1 Nbd3 23. cxd3 Rxe3 {0-1 (23) Peng,D (2363)-Kovalyov,A (2651)
Philadelphia 2018}) 14. g5 (14. Nxa5 $11 bxa5 15. g5) 14... Nc4 $15 15. Bc1 e5
16. Be2 Rc8 17. h4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Nde5 19. Nd5 {[#]} (19. Qf1 $15) 19... Ng6 $1
$17 20. Rf2 (20. Rf3 $17) 20... Bxd5 (20... Nxh4 $19 21. Qf1 Ne5) 21. exd5 $15
({Much worse is} 21. Qxd5 Nce5 $11) 21... Nxh4 22. Qd4 Bxg5 23. Bxc4 {
Threatens to win with Kh1.} Bxc1 24. Rxc1 {Strongly threatening Rcf1.} ({
Don't blunder} 24. Nxc1 $2 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 (25. Kf1 $2 Nf5 $19) 25... Nf5 $19)
24... Qg5+ 25. Kf1 $2 (25. Kh1 $17 Qh5 26. Be2 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered
Attack} 27. Kg2 Nxd4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 28. Bxh5 Nxb3 {[%mdl 64] Pin
} 29. Rcf1) 25... Nf5 $19 26. Rxf5 (26. Qf4 {only move.} Ne3+ {[%mdl 64]
Discovered Attack} 27. Ke2 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Nxc4 29. Nd4) 26... Qxf5+ 27. Kg2 Qg5+
28. Kf3 Qf5+ 29. Kg2 Qg5+ $2 (29... Rce8 {White must now prevent ...Re4.} 30.
Nd2 Re5) 30. Kf3 $1 {[#]} Qf5+ $2 (30... Rxc4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qxc4 Re8)
31. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Kg2 $11) 31... Rfe8+ 32. Kd2 Re4 {Accuracy:
White = 49%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,20,21,0,17,0,0,-2,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-16,-20,0,-13,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,46,47,73,73,73,69,80,77,75,64,79,41,207,194,168,189,
708,695,682,630]} 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).} Nc6 7. Rc1 $5 {
[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} Ne4 8. Nd2 {The position is equal.} g5 9.
Be3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba3 11. Rb1 f5 12. g3 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12...
Bd6 13. Nf3 f4 14. Bc1 Qf6 15. Bg2 Ne7 16. O-O b6 17. c4 Bf5 18. c5 Bxb1 {
0-1 (41) Gaehwiler,G (2412)-Georgiadis,N (2514) Leukerbad 2019}) 13. Qb3 Be7 {
White must now prevent ...f4.} 14. f4 $1 {Threatening Bg2.} Na5 15. Qc2 c6 16.
Bg2 Bd6 17. c4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Be6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. O-O Kh8 21. Nf3 Nc4 22. Qd3
b6 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rg8 26. Bf4 Rg6 27. Bh3 Rf8 28. Rf3 Qh4
29. Rbf1 Qh5 30. Bc1 {[%cal Rh3f5]} Rfg8 $2 {This move loses the game for
Black.} (30... b5 $14) 31. Bxf5 $18 Rg2 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg2h2] [#]} 32. Bh3 $1
{[%cal Rh3g2]} Rxe2 $2 (32... Bxh3 33. Rxh3 Qf7) 33. Qxe2 Bxh3 {[#]} 34. Rg1 $1
{Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 77%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,70,23,0,22,0,0,0,0,-6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,37,0,7,0,26,26,21,19,
39,30,29,0,60,20,25,20,31,34,37,35,31,29,30,32,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nb4 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Nb1 Nb4 {
D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} 8. c4
Nc2 9. cxd5 Nxa1 10. dxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 11. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe4 12. Nc3 $1 {
[%cal Rc3e4] [#]} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf5 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. Nxf5 exf5
15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Re1+ Be7 17. Bd5 Rb6 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Bf4 Nf6 20. Bc4 h5 {
1/2-1/2 (36) Blohberger,F (2409)-Petrosyan,M (2569) Batumi 2018}) 13. Bxf3 Qd7
14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 Nf6 16. Qe2 Be7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Rxa1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20.
Rc1 Rb7 21. Qh5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rf5 22. Qe2 {Bh3 is the
strong threat.} (22. Qf3 {is more complex.} Rxb2 23. Qc3 Qb5 24. Qxc7 Qb7 25.
h4) 22... Rf7 (22... Rf8 $11) 23. h4 c6 24. Bf3 Bf6 25. Bg4 Re7 $1 {[%cal
Re7e2]} 26. Bxd7 Rxe2 27. Bxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rbxb2 28. Bxd5+
Kf8 29. Rc7 {The position is equal.} Bxd4 30. Bd6+ Ke8 31. Bc6+ Kd8 32. Rd7+
Kc8 33. Rc7+ Kd8 34. Rd7+ Kc8 35. Rc7+ Kd8 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 87%.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,7,1,-39,-20,-26,-38,-40,0,0,28,28,27,27,56,39,43,43,40,25,29,29,
39,22,24,4,34,8,33,9,27,22,35,0,54,52,54,58,68,51,105,105,105,105,137,133,126,
126,120,134,378,382,383,370,382,383,379,360,398,354,358,344,533,531,722,706,
29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. O-O
e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Nd2 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for
White, including Smyslov System.} Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Na6 {[#]} 12. Rd1 $146 {
Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc4 Nc7 13. a4 Ncxd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Nxd6 Qe7 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Bd2 {0-1 (56) Gouloutis,N (2347)
-Krysa,L (2523) Thessaloniki 2020}) 12... Re8 13. Nc4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. a4
Nc7 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qd3 f5 18. Bc3 Rd8 19. f3 Ree8 20. Be1 Qe7 21. Bg3 Bf6 22.
Rac1 b6 23. Be1 Bg5 {[%cal Rg5e3]} 24. Bd2 Bf6 25. b4 Qd7 (25... Na6 $1 $11)
26. b5 Qf7 27. Be1 Qe7 28. Rb1 f4 (28... Bg7 $14) 29. e4 $16 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Rb8
31. Bc3 Bxc3 32. Qxc3 Qf8 33. a5 bxa5 $2 {This costs Black the game.} (33...
Red8 $16 34. e5 dxe5) 34. Qxa5 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rb7 {[#]} 35. e5
$1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 36. d6 Na8 {[#]} 37. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nb6 (37... Rxe5
38. d7) 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rd2 Qf5 (39... c4 {was necessary.} 40. Re1 Rc7) 40. Re1
Kg7 41. Qc3 {Threatening mate with Ng4+.} Qxd7 42. Nxd7+ {Accuracy: White =
89%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,116,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-38,-53,-43,-44,-16,-120,31,-86,63,70,
55,74,88,57,18,0,-7,-90,-91,-133,-100,-142,-133,-158,-153,-199,-184,-293,-306,
-312,-295,-355,-335,-344,-315,-306,-239,-347,-322,-343,-343,-895,-804,-785,
-432,-735,-249,-712,-311,-379,-325,-29992,-293,-260,-293,-293,-295,-294,-294,
-291,-282,-277,-269,-320,-303,-321,-320,-320,-306,-314,-312,-341,-342,-399,
-371,-405,-282,-395,-357,-404,-393,-395,-377,-372,-360,-29996,-29997,-29997,
-29998,-29998,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4
5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} 8. Ng5 Bg4 9.
Nxc4 Bxe2 {The position is equal.} 10. Ne5 $1 Bh5 $1 11. Re1 h6 12. Ngxf7 (12.
Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4f6]} e6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bxc6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc6 15.
Qxc6+ Ke7 16. Qb7+ Ke8 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. Qb7+ Ke8 19. Qc6+ Ke7 $11) 12... Bxf7
13. b4 (13. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 14. Bh3 (14. Qf5 $2 Qd7 $19) 14... g6 $19) 13... a6
14. a4 {[#]} (14. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 15. Bh3 (15. Qf5 $2 Qd7 $19) 15... g6 $19) 14...
g5 $146 {White must now prevent ...Bg7.} ({Predecessor:} 14... h5 15. a5 Nbd5
16. Bh3 Qd6 17. Ba3 Qb8 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Be6+ Ke8 20. Qg6+ Kd8 {1/2-1/2 (26)
Remis Fernandez,J (2408)-Marquez Abreu,C (2397) ICCF email 2013}) 15. Ba3 ({
Don't go for} 15. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 16. Bb2 Bg7 $19) (15. Ra3 $11 {keeps the
balance.}) 15... Bg7 $2 ({Better is} 15... Rg8 $17 {...Bd5 is the strong
threat.} 16. b5 (16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. b5 axb5 $19) 16... axb5 17. axb5 (17. Nxf7
$2 Kxf7 18. axb5 cxb5 $19) 17... Bd5 18. bxc6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 bxc6
21. Nxc6 Rg7) 16. Ng6 (16. Nxf7 $14 {stays ahead.} Kxf7 17. b5) 16... Bxg6 ({
Black should try} 16... Nfd5 $17 17. Nxh8 Bxh8) 17. Qxg6+ $14 Kf8 18. b5 $1
Nbd5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. Rb3 (21. Re5 $11 Qe8 22. Qf5) 21... Kg8 $1
$17 {Black continues to play with concentration.} 22. Reb1 Qe8 23. Qd3 Rh7 24.
Bb2 Bf8 25. Be5 Nd7 26. Bxd5+ (26. Bd4 $142) 26... cxd5 $19 27. Qxd5+ e6 28.
Qd4 Rf7 29. Bd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Qe7 31. Qc6 (31. Qxe7 {is a better defense.} Rxe7
32. Rd3) 31... Raf8 32. Re3 Rxf2 {Threatens to win with ...Nc5.} 33. Rxe6 $2 (
33. Qxe6+ Qxe6 34. Rxe6) 33... Qf7 34. Qe4 Nf6 35. Qc4 {[#]} (35. Qc2 $142 Rxd2
36. Qxd2 Qxe6 37. Re1 Qb6+ 38. Qf2) 35... Rf3 $2 (35... Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36.
Qxd5 Rf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kg2 Rxb1 38. Rg6+ Kh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
39. Qxf7+ Rxf7 40. Rxa6 g4) 36. Kg2 $2 {[#]} (36. a5) 36... g4 (36... Nd5 $142
$1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qxd5 Rf2+ 38. Kh1 Rf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kg2
Rxb1 40. Rg6+ Kh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Qxf7+ Rxf7 42. Rxa6 Rd7) 37. Rbb6 Kh8 38.
h3 $2 (38. Qc5 $19) 38... Nh7 $2 (38... Rxg3+ {mates} 39. Kh2 Rxh3+ 40. Kg2
Rg3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 41. Kxg3 Nh5+ 42. Kh4 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
43. Kxh5 Rf5+ 44. Kxh6 Qh4+ 45. Kg6 Qh7#) 39. Qd4+ {[#]} Qg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7d4]}
40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Re7+ Kh8 {( -> ...Rf2+)} 42. Re2 gxh3+ 43. Kxh3 R3f6 44. Rb7
Rg6 45. Ra7 Ng5+ 46. Kg2 Rgf6 47. d4 R8f7 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. d5 Rd7 50. Rd2 Rfd6
51. g4 (51. a5 {was called for.}) 51... Ne4 52. Rc2 Nf6 53. Rc6 Rxd5 {Hoping
for ...Rd2+.} 54. Raxa6 Rd2+ 55. Kg3 $2 (55. Kf3 $19 R7d3+ 56. Kf4 Rf2+ 57. Ke5
Rd5+ 58. Ke6 Re2#) 55... R7d3+ {Black mates.} 56. Kf4 Rf2+ 57. Ke5 Re2+ 58. Kf4
Nd5+ {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,123,-10,-9,-25,-8,-16,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,
85,79,87,64,86,58,212,70,99,98,102,8,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,157,162,158,
145,143,152,139,54,58,55,173,162,168,53,33,27,27,0,195,180,196,116,120,63,97,
75,68,0,81,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,36,36,247,247,247,247,247,247,247,247,247,247,1472,
729,666,631,643,277,277,277,277,58]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5.
a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4
and 7 Qg4.} h6 9. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 9.Nf3. Played by Maxime
Vachier Lagrave in March 2020.} b6 10. Qg4 {The position is equal.} Rg8 11.
Bb5+ Kf8 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15. d4 bxc5 {[#]} 16. Ne2 $146
({Predecessor:} 16. Qd1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Ne2 c4 19. O-O Rb6 20. Qc2 Rh8 21.
a4 Ke8 22. Rb4 {1-0 (42) Vachier Lagrave,M (2767)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2774)
Ekaterinburg 2020}) 16... Rb8 17. Rxb8+ Qxb8 18. O-O c4 19. Rd1 Qb1 20. Rd2 Nb6
(20... Qb3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Rb2 $16 Qd3 22. Bd2 Ke8 23. Nf4 Qe4 $2
{[#]} (23... Qf5 $1 $14 24. Qd1 Nc6) 24. f3 ({Only move:} 24. a4 $1 $18 {
[%mdl 512]}) 24... Qh7 25. a4 Kd7 26. a5 (26. Bc1 $1 $16) 26... Na8 $1 $11 27.
Qg3 Nc7 28. Qe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nc6 29. Qa1 Rb8 30. Rxb8
Nxb8 31. Qa3 Qg8 32. Qc5 a6 $1 33. Bc1 Nb5 $2 (33... Qd8 $1 $11) 34. Nxd5 $1
$16 exd5 35. Qxd5+ Kc8 36. Qxc4+ Kb7 37. Qb3 (37. Bf4 $16) 37... Nc6 $14 38. c4
{[%mdl 64] Pin} Ncxd4 (38... Nxa5 $14 39. Qb4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qc8) 39. Qd3 $1
$18 Nc3 40. Bb2 (40. Kf2 $1 $18 Nce2 41. Qe4+ Kc7 42. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6
43. Bf4+ Nxf4 44. Qxf4+ Kc6 45. Qxd4) 40... Nce2+ $14 41. Kf2 {[%mdl 1024]
White has compensation.} Qd8 {...Qh4+ is the strong threat.} 42. Qe4+ Kc7 $2 (
42... Kb8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 43. Ba3 $1 $18 Qg5 44. Bd6+ ({
White should try} 44. g4 $1 $18) 44... Kd7 $16 45. Qb7+ ({White should play} 
45. g4 $16) 45... Ke8 $14 46. Qc8+ Qd8 47. Qxd8+ Kxd8 48. Ke3 (48. Bc5 $1 $16)
48... Kd7 $11 49. g4 g6 $1 50. Bc5 Nb3 51. Kxe2 {Hoping for g5!} gxh5 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KB-KN} (51... Nxc5 $5 52. g5 $8 gxh5 53. gxh6 Ne6 $11) 52. Bb6
hxg4 $2 (52... h4 $14) 53. fxg4 $18 {Black must now prevent Kd1.} Ke6 {[#]} 54.
Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c2]} Kxe5 55. Kc3 Nc1 56. Be3 $1 {[%csl LRc1,LRh6][%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Ne2+ {[#]} 57. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e2]} Ng3 $2 (57... Nf4+ 58.
Bxf4+ Kxf4) 58. Bxh6 (58. Ba7 $142) 58... Ne4 59. Be3 Nd6 60. Bc5 (60. Bb6 $142
{Threatens to win with Bc7.} Ne8 61. g5) 60... Ne8 61. Ke3 Ke6 62. Bb6 $2 {
Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 72%.} (62. g5 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,144,24,34,8,27,0,8,24,14,19,31,0,0,10,22,0,0,-1,0,-4,0,-6,0,-16,0,0,0,
-25,-19,-35,-20,-17,-31,-46,-52,-52,25,20,17,18,37,-4,-1,-16,49,36,63,31,16,4,
2,33,10,-138,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,69,3,560,8,8,8,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,0,0,0,8,6,
6,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Qd3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.
} e6 7. a4 {[#]} b6 $146 (7... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 8. Nf3 Nc6 $11) ({
Predecessor:} 7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qg3 d5 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. a5 O-O
13. Re1 d4 {1/2-1/2 (40) Oparin,G (2604)-Gelfand,B (2724) Zuerich 2017}) 8. Qg3
Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
Nb3 Qb8 16. Bd4 (16. Rfe1 {is interesting.} Qc7 17. Kg1 Nh5 18. Qf2 Nhf6 19.
Qg3) 16... h6 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. Qf2 (18. Qg4 {with more complications.} Nhf6 19.
Qg3) 18... Nf4 19. Bxb6 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Ne5 21. Rdd1 Nc4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has
compensation.} 22. Rb1 Bc6 (22... Ba8 $15 23. Be3 Bf6) 23. Bd4 $11 Qb4 24. Nc1
Qb7 25. Nd3 e5 26. Be3 d5 (26... f5 $11) 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Bc5 Bg5 29. Rbd1 e4
30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Rde1 {[#]} (31. Nxe4 $11 {remains equal.} Rxe4 32. b3) 31...
Bxd3 (31... Bh4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4f2][%mdl 512]} 32. Qxh4 Bxg2+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 33. Kg1 Bxf1 34. Rxf1 Rc6) 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. cxd3 Nd2 34. Rd1
Qxb2 35. Ne4 Qb3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Rxd2 Rxe4 37. dxe4 Qb1+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Qg1 Qxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Bxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB
} 40. Kf2 f6 41. Ke2 Bf4 42. h3 Kf7 43. Kd3 Ke6 44. Bf2 g6 45. Bd4 h5 46. Kc4
Bd6 47. Bf2 Ba3 48. Bc5 Bc1 49. Bb4 Be3 50. Bc3 h4 51. Ba5 g5 52. Bc7 Bf4 53.
Bxf4 gxf4 {KP-KP} 54. Kd4 a5 $1 55. Kc5 Ke5 56. Kb5 Kxe4 (56... Kd4 $1 $11 57.
Kxa5 Ke3) 57. Kxa5 {K3P-K3P} Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3f2] [#]} 58. Kb4 $2 (58. Kb6 $1
$18 {a5 is the strong threat.} Kf2 59. a5 Kxg2 60. a6) 58... Kf2 {The position
is equal.} 59. a5 {And now a6 would win.} Kxg2 {K3P-KPP} 60. a6 {Hoping for a7.
} f3 {aiming for ...f2.} (60... Kg1 $5 61. a7 $8 f3 $18) 61. a7 f2 (61... Kg1
$5 62. a8=Q $8 f2 $18) 62. a8=Q+ Kg1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding
back} 63. Qa7 Kg2 64. Qg7+ Kxh3 65. Qxf6 {White wants to mate with Qf3+.} Kg2
66. Qg5+ Kh2 67. Qf4+ Kg2 68. Qg4+ Kh2 69. Qxh4+ Kg2 70. Qg4+ Kh2 71. Qf3 Kg1
72. Qg3+ Kh1 $1 73. Qxf2 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,134,29,20,16,35,37,37,79,76,79,76,75,54,54,55,54,52,56,60,69,53,52,
53,52,24,47,36,56,56,54,54,56,37,39,41,41,38,44,40,40,37,50,50,52,54,55,56,56,
55,64,54,54,47,93,93,93,94,94,94,94,95,103,63,90,90,90,90,90,90,91,90,90,90,90,
90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,80,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,
90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,89,89]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10.
Bxc4 a6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 11. Ne5 Ncd7 12. Be2 {[#]} Bb4
$146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14.
Bg3 Bd7 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qb3 b5 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. a3 Qb6 {0-1 (84) Pert,N (2565)
-Meier,G (2630) chess.com INT 2017}) 13. Bf3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5
16. Qxd5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Be6 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19. e4 Qc4 20. Qd4 Rac8 21. Rd3 (21.
Be5 $5 {[%cal Re5g7]}) 21... f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Be5 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Re8 25. Re3
Bd7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Re1 Bc6 28. f3 Kf7 29.
Be5 Kg8 30. Kf2 Rf7 31. Bd4 Rf5 32. Re7 Rf7 33. Re5 Rf8 34. Rg5 g6 35. Kg3 (35.
h4 {looks sharper.} Rd8 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. h5 Rd5 38. Kh4) 35... Rf5 36. Rxf5 gxf5
$16 {KB-KB} 37. Kf4 Bd7 38. Kg5 Kf7 39. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Be6
40. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 41. a5 {White is better.} Bc8 42. c5
Bd7 43. Bc3 Bc8 44. Bb2 Bd7 45. h3 Bb5 46. Kxf5 Bf1 47. g4 Bxh3 48. Kg5 Bf1 49.
f4 Be2 50. f5 Bd1 51. Bd4 Be2 52. Kf4 Bd1 53. Be5 Be2 54. Bc7 Bd1 55. Bd8 Be2
56. g5 Bd3 57. Ke5 Bc2 58. Bc7 Bd3 59. Kf4 Bc2 60. Be5 Bd3 61. Bd4 Bc2 62. Bf2
Bd3 63. Bh4 Bc2 64. Ke5 Bb1 65. Bf2 Bc2 66. Be3 Bb1 67. f6 Bd3 {Accuracy:
White = 96%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,-5,17,1,5,-15,-8,-23,-7,-11,-14,-11,0,-21,-27,-25,-2,-26,0,-10,10,
16,0,3,12,0,0,0,-2,-9,-10,-10,-10,-32,-14,-30,27,22,27,32,41,0,0,0,12,0,11,0,
53,36,41,53,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-53,-39,-69,-16,-77,0,-129,29988,29989,
29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6
bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. Qe2 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} e5
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Ng6 {[#]} 9. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 9. a3 f6 10. h4 h5 11. Ne3 d6 12. g3 Be6 13. O-O Ne7 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 {
1-0 (53) Pilaj,H (2389)-Wirig,A (2422) Zemplinska Sirava 2004}) 9... h5 10. g3
d6 11. Bd2 f6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Ng1 Bd8 14. Qf3 Nf8 15. Ne2 Ne6 16. Qg2 a5 17. a4
Nd4 18. f4 Be6 19. b3 Qd7 20. f5 Bf7 21. Nc1 d5 22. O-O c4 (22... O-O $142) 23.
bxc4 $11 dxc4 24. dxc4 Bb6 {Threatens to win with ...Nxc2.} 25. Rb1 Qa7 $1 26.
Kh2 Rd8 27. Rb2 O-O 28. g4 Ne2 (28... hxg4 $11 29. Nxg4 Bxc4) 29. Qxe2 $14 Rxd2
$1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 30. Qxd2 Bxe3 31. Qe2 Qd4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Black has the initiative.} 32. Nd3 {Strongly threatening c3.} Qxe4 {Hoping for
...Bg1+!} 33. Re1 $1 Bf4+ $1 34. Kh3 $1 Qxc4 35. gxh5 Bh6 36. Rb7 ({White
should try} 36. Reb1 $11) 36... Qxa4 $15 37. Rg1 Rd8 (37... Qd4 $15 38. Rg4 Qd5
) 38. Rg3 $11 Qa1 (38... Qc4 $17) 39. Nf2 (39. Qg2 $11 Qd4 40. Qxc6) 39... Rd2
$2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (39... Qc1 $17 40. Rd3
Bd5) 40. Rb8+ $1 {White mates.} Kh7 {[#]} 41. Qg4 $1 Qf1+ 42. Rg2 Qxg2+ 43.
Kxg2 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 80%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,6,20,7,21,29,35,29,33,7,0,0,21,7,18,14,17,14,41,30,30,35,33,41,36,
32,38,32,23,37,28,21,43,0,23,18,17,8,20,20,83,0,0,0,79,70,70,66,117,-72,142,
135,142,151,150,135,155,145,177,178,179,178,259,209,191,215,224,214,235,210,
205,207,265,254,229,116,160,160,156,154,190,193,260,252,270,268,309,237,262,
231,309,296,306,300,289,299,281,282,579,593,29979,29975,29987,29988,29988,
29989,29989,29990]} 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).} O-O 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Qb3 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 {[#]} 9. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 a5
10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 a4 12. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qe5 Qc6 15. c4 {
1-0 (61) Caruana,F (2822)-Anand,V (2758) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 9... Be6 10. Bd3
a5 {Hoping for ...Ne4.} 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg3 $1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Be7 14. Nf3 Nb4
15. Be2 c5 16. a3 c4 17. Qd1 Na6 18. b3 Nc7 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. a4 Bb4 21. Qc2 (
21. Rc1 {is more complex.} Rc8 22. e4 Na8 23. d5 Bd7 24. Na2) 21... Bxc3 (21...
Rc8 {with more complications.} 22. e4 Re8 23. Rfd1 Na8 24. Ne5 Nb6) 22. Qxc3
Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 23. Qa3 Rc8 $1 24. Rfc1 Nb4 (24... c3 $11) 25. Rc3 Nd5 $1
{[%cal Rd5c3]} 26. Rcc1 Nb4 27. Ne5 {[%cal Re2c4]} c3 $1 28. Nd3 $1 $36 {
[%cal Rd3b4][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} ({Of course not} 28. Rxc3
Nc2 $11) 28... Qb6 (28... Nd5 $14) 29. Rab1 $2 (29. Nc5 $1 $16 {is necessary
to keep the advantage.}) 29... Bf5 $2 (29... c2 $17 {and life is bright.} 30.
Rxb4 axb4 31. Nxb4 Qa5) 30. Rb3 $1 $16 Bxd3 31. Bxd3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} c2 {[#]}
32. Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc2 (32... Nxc2 33. Qxf8+) 33. Bxc2 {[%mdl 64] Pin}
Qc6 {[#]} 34. Bf5 $1 Qd5 {[#]} 35. Bg4 $1 Nc2 (35... g6 $142 36. Rc3 b6) 36.
Qb2 Nb4 37. Rc3 b6 38. Be2 Qf5 39. Rc1 g6 40. Bb5 Rc8 41. Rxc8+ Qxc8 42. Qd2 (
42. e4 $18) 42... Qf5 43. f3 Qg5 44. Kf2 Nd5 45. Qd3 h5 (45... Nb4 {was
necessary.} 46. Qe4 Kg7) 46. e4 $18 Nb4 47. Qe3 Qf6 {intending ...Nc2.} 48. Qc3
Kh7 49. f4 Qe6 50. Qc4 Qxe4 51. Qxf7+ Kh6 52. Qf6 {[%cal Rf6h8]} Kh7 {If only
Black now had time for ...Nc2....} 53. Qe5 ({Not} 53. Qxb6 Nd5 $11) 53... Qc2+
$2 (53... Qb1 {might work better.} 54. Qc7+ Kh6) 54. Kg1 Qd2 55. Kh2 {White
mates.} Nc2 56. Qe7+ Kh6 57. Qf8+ Kh7 58. Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black =
59%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,87,20,8,28,28,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,18,13,28,-14,-22,-29,-19,-9,64,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,16,-72,166,187,187,170,177,192,225,218,338,270,510,483,641,632,
1031,956,957,949,929,927,952,1387,1310,1281,6586,3070,29985,2903,29990,29991,
29991,29992,29992,29992,29992,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3
g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bg5 h6 {
D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3 .} 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. O-O (11. Nd3 {is
interesting.} Nc6 12. e3 Nb6 13. g4 Nc4 14. Rc1) 11... Nxe5 {The position is
equal.} 12. Bxe5 (12. dxe5 Nc6 $15) 12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nc6 14. Qd2 Kg7 {[#]}
15. Rad1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 b6
16. Nb5 Ba6 17. Nd6 Ne7 18. Rfc1 Nc8 19. Rc6 Nxd6 20. Rxd6 Qe7 21. e4 {1/2-1/2
(54) Ding,L (2777)-Korobov,A (2652) Huaian 2017}) 15... b6 16. f4 Ba6 17. Rf3
Rc8 18. g4 Qh4 19. Rg3 h5 (19... Rfd8 $11) 20. g5 (20. gxh5 $14 Ne7 21. Rh3)
20... Rfd8 21. Rh3 Qg4 {Black wants to play ...d4.} 22. Rg3 Qh4 23. Rf1 Ne7 {
Strongly threatening ...Nf5.} 24. f5 (24. Nd1 $11 {remains equal.}) 24... gxf5
$2 {Loses the game.} (24... Nxf5 $17 25. Rf4 d4) 25. Rf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White has strong initiative.} d4 26. Nb1 ({Inferior is} 26. Rxh4 dxc3 27. Qxd8
Rxd8 $11) 26... Qxf4 27. Qxf4 {Black must now prevent Qd2.} Ng6 28. Qd2 Nxe5 (
28... Bxe2 $142 29. Qxe2 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 d3 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 31. Rxd3 (31. Qxh5
Rxb1 32. Qh6+ Kg8 $17) 31... Nf4 32. Rxd8 Nxe2 33. Kxe2 Rxb1) 29. Ra3 Bb5 $2 (
29... Nc4 {was worth a try.} 30. Qf4 Nxa3 31. Nxa3 Kg8) 30. Rxa7 Ng4 31. Na3
Bxe2 {intending ...d3.} 32. h3 ({Less strong is} 32. Qxe2 Rc1+ 33. Bf1 Ne3 $16)
32... d3 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Nb1 e5 35. Qe3 Rc5 36. Nd2 Rd4 37. Qg3 Rc1+ 38. Kh2
(38. Bf1 $142 Rd8 39. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 40. g6 Rf8 41. g7
Rcc8 42. gxf8=B Rxf8 43. Qxf5) 38... f4 39. Qh4 {White mates.} g3+ 40. Kh3 Rd6
{[#]} 41. Bd5 $1 Re6 {[#]} (41... Rxd5 42. Qh6+) 42. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 64]
Deflection} Kxf7 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qf5+ {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 53%.}
1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,23,23,17,18,18,13,14,38,2,6,3,6,-7,12,0,0,-13,0,-19,6,-8,-21,-25,
-14,-20,-22,-19,-21,-58,-52,-52,-29,-30,-15,-15,0,0,0,-15,0,-15,-8,-15,-8,-15,
-16,-15,-9,-15,-15,-18,-15,-29,0,0,0,-18,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ {D10:
Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4
{Recently 10...Be7 got a lot of attention.} 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 {[#]} 13.
Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 a6 14. Rfc1 b5 15. Qd1 Be7 16. a4 b4 17. Nb1
Rxc1 18. Nxc1 Qb6 19. Nd2 {1-0 (54) Xiang,Z (2436)-Rieger,R (2283) Lienz 2019})
13... h6 14. h3 b5 15. Qb1 Nc4 {...Nd2 is the strong threat.} 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17.
Be5 Be7 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf4 Rfc8 21. Nd3 b4 22. Ne2 Rxc1 23.
Nexc1 Ba4 24. Nb3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Qb5 26. Rd2 Rc6 27. Qd1 Be7 28. Rc2 Bd6 29. Qc1
Rxc2 30. Qxc2 g6 31. g4 Kg7 32. Kg2 Qb7 33. f4 a5 34. h4 {The position is
equal.} Qc7 35. Qf2 f5 36. g5 h5 37. Qe2 Kf7 38. Qd2 Ke7 39. Ne1 Qc6 40. Qd1
Kd7 41. Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,116,-12,3,-33,-30,-40,-31,-43,-46,-36,-21,-27,0,-18,28,-22,0,-2,-2,
-2,-4,-4,-2,-43,-44,-40,-42,-34,-36,-43,-34,-77,-31,-27,-30,-38,-16,-29,0,-14,
-14,-10,-23,-15,-15,-18,-12,-31,-34,-74,-72,-72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,368,194,1029,915,1034,955,849,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7
8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qd2 O-O 10. h3 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3.
} Bd7 {[#]} 11. Kh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc1 Bc6 12. Nd1 e5 13. f4 f5 14.
c3 Ne6 15. c4 Qd7 16. Nc3 exf4 17. gxf4 {1-0 (60) Sindarov,J (2383)-Tillyaev,U
(2310) Batumi 2017}) 11... Bc6 12. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] Black is
slightly better.} d5 13. Bg5 Nxe2 14. Qxe2 d4 15. Nb1 Qd7 16. a5 (16. Bxe7 $5
Qxe7 17. e5 $11) 16... e5 17. Na3 Nc8 18. Nc4 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd2 f5 21.
exf5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 gxf5 23. Rae1 Rae8 {[%cal Ba8e8,Be8e6,Be6c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]}
24. Qd1 Qg6 25. Bd2 e4 26. Bf4 Re6 27. Qd2 Rfe8 28. b4 Rc6 29. bxc5 Rxc5 30.
Qb4 Qc6 31. Kg1 Rxc2 32. Rc1 {Strongly threatening Qb3+.} Rc3 {And now ...e3
would win.} 33. Rxc3 dxc3 ({Don't play} 33... Qxc3 34. Qxb7 Qxa5 35. Qd7 $11)
34. d4 Qd5 (34... Rd8 $17 35. Be3 Bf6 36. Qb3+ Kg7) 35. Qxc3 $11 Bxd4 36. Qd2
$36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rd8 37. Be3 Bf6 38. Qb4 a6 39. Rb1
Rd7 40. Rc1 Kf7 41. Kh2 Qb5 42. Qa3 Be7 43. Qc3 {Qh8 is the strong threat.} Bf6
44. Qc8 {Threatens to win with Rc5.} Qd5 $1 45. Rc5 Qe6 $1 46. Qb8 Be7 47. Rc1
Kg7 48. Rb1 {Black must now prevent Rb6.} Bd6 49. Qc8 Qf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
49... Bxg3+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 50. Kxg3 f4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51.
Kg2 fxe3 52. Rxb7 Qg6+ 53. Kh1 Rf7 54. fxe3 Rxb7 55. Qxb7+ Kh6) 50. Rb6 (50.
Bd4+ $142 Kg6 51. Rb6) 50... f4 $2 (50... Qe7 51. Kg2 h6 52. Bd4+ Kf7) 51. Bd4+
$18 Kh6 52. g4 Kg5 {[#]} 53. Qh8 $2 ({Only move:} 53. h4+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}
Kxh4 {[#]} 54. Bf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg4 55. Rxd6 Qh5+ 56. Kg1) 53... f3+ $11 {
The position is equal.} 54. Rxd6 $1 {White threatens Qe5+ and mate.} Qf4+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 55. Kg1 {Intending Bf6+ and mate.} Qc1+ 56. Kh2 {
[%csl Gd4,Gd6][%cal Rh8f6]} Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kg1 {White
wants to mate with Bf6+.} Qc1+ 58. Kh2 {[%csl Gd4,Gd6][%cal Rh8f6]} Qf4+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,150,26,26,17,20,17,16,5,17,9,20,-18,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-6,-11,-4,
-6,-17,-9,-22,-10,-22,-12,-8,-15,-23,-15,-25,-13,-26,-25,-54,-62,-53,-31,-38,
-37,-100,-100,-109,-98,-102,-104,-106,-95,-104,-97,-104,-56,-53,-38,-64,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,14,-6,-6,-6,-1,-8,-16,-117,-117,-117,-110,-125,-121,-130,-131,-150,
-150,-152,-188,-182,-155,-171,-171,-170,-163,-156,-164,-162,-164,-164,-162,
-162,-164,-164,-164,-164,-164,-197,-181,-184,-174,-172,-172,-218,-218,-218,
-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-227,-127,-130,-126,-29977,-29978,
-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,
-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 g6 6.
O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Bg7 7. Re1 O-O
8. Bc2 {The position is equal.} b5 9. d4 Bb7 {[#]} 10. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
10. e5 Nd5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Nc7 13. Nxh7 Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bxg6 Nf6 16.
Qh4 {1/2-1/2 (53) Perez Ponsa,F (2564)-Sjugirov,S (2662) chess24.com INT 2020})
10... Re8 11. a4 a6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 e6 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. axb5
axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Bb3 Re7 19. h3 Nd7 20. Bc2 h6 21. Qa1 Re8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8
23. g4 Nhf6 24. Bf4 Ra2 25. Rb1 Ne8 26. Bb3 Ra6 27. c4 (27. g5 $15) 27... b4 $1
$17 28. Ne1 Nc7 29. Be3 Ne6 30. f3 Nd4 31. Bd1 Ra2 32. Nd3 Nc6 33. f4 Nd4 34.
Kf2 Nf6 (34... Bf6 $15) 35. e5 $1 $11 {Bxd4 is the strong threat.} ({Avoid the
trap} 35. Bxd4 $2 Nxe4+ 36. Nxe4 Bxd4+ 37. Ke1 Bxe4 $19) 35... Ne4+ 36. Ke1 $1
dxe5 37. fxe5 Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 38. Nb3 Bf8 39.
Ra1 Rxa1 40. Nxa1 Ba6 41. Bf3 N6g5 42. Bg2 (42. Bxg5 $11 {keeps the balance.}
Nxg5 43. Bd5) 42... Bxc4 $17 43. Nf4 Ng3 $1 44. Bf2 N5e4 45. Bxg3 Nxg3 46. Kf2
Bg7 $1 47. Kxg3 Bxe5 {Hoping for ...g5.} 48. Kf3 b3 49. Bf1 Bxf1 50. Nxb3 $19 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} Bd6 51. Nd2 Bb5 52. b3 Kg7 53. Ke3 Bc6 54. Nd3 f5
$1 55. gxf5 gxf5 56. Nc4 Be7 57. Nf4 Bg5 58. Ne5 Bb5 $1 59. Nf3 Kf7 60. Ne5+
Kf6 61. Nf3 Bc6 62. Nxg5 hxg5 {KB-KN} ({Weaker is} 62... Kxg5 63. Ne6+ Kh5 64.
Kf4 $11) 63. Nd3 Bg2 64. h4 gxh4 65. Nxc5 Kg5 66. Kf2 Bd5 (66... Bc6 $1 $19 {
White must now prevent ...f4.} 67. Nd3 Be4) 67. b4 $17 {intending b5.} Kg4 {
aiming for ...h3.} 68. Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs White the game.} (68.
Nd7 $17) 68... f4 $1 {Black mates.} 69. Ne5+ Kf5 70. Nd3 Be4 71. Nc5 {[#]} h3
$1 72. Kg1 f3 73. b5 Kf4 74. b6 {[#]} f2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion}
75. Kxf2 h2 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,127,17,16,14,9,8,14,0,0,-39,-4,-5,4,0,0,-9,-8,-39,-14,-12,-13,-12,-12,
-39,-36,-33,-31,-45,-41,-56,-31,-67,-52,-61,-56,-56,-41,-48,0,-21,-10,-10,0,-9,
0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,7,6,9,7,16,9,13,16,31,40,58,43,39,0,0,0,0,0,
21,0,18,-73,-61,-55,-45,-57,-58,-29,-31,-45,1256,1176,1308,1324,1205,1097,925,
989,2157,1465,12837,12837,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12842,12842,12843,
12845,12846,12846,12847,12849,12849,12850,12850,12850,12850]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence 
(3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} (6. Qe2 {keeps more tension.} Nd7 7.
Be3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc3) 6... O-O {6...Nd7 is setting a new trend. Played by
Hikaru Nakamura in February 2020.} 7. O-O Re8 8. Kh1 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position
is equal. An interesting side line.} a5 9. Nc4 Nd7 (9... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f2]}
10. Qe1 b5 $11) 10. a4 b6 11. b3 f6 {[#]} 12. Be3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and
interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Ng1 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Be6
16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Qd2 Bb4 18. Qc1 {1/2-1/2 (54) Aronian,L (2772)-Karjakin,S 
(2754) Bucharest 2019}) 12... Bb4 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Qg4 g6 16. Qg3
Bc3 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Nh6 Qe7 19. Qh4 Rf8 20. h3 Qg7 21. Ng4 {Bh6 is the strong
threat.} g5 22. Qg3 Nf4 23. Bd2 Ne2 24. Qh2 Bd4 25. Nge3 Be6 26. Rde1 Nf4 27.
Qg3 Qg6 28. Qf3 $1 h5 29. Nf5 g4 30. Qg3 Bxf5 31. exf5 Qxf5 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 32.
Re4 $1 {[%cal Rd2f4]} gxh3 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Qxh3 Qxh3+ 35. gxh3 c5 36. Rxf4
Kh7 37. Kg2 Rae8 38. Kf3 f5 39. Ne3 Bg7 40. Rg1 Bh6 41. Rh4 f4 42. Nd5 {
[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Re5 43. Nxc7 Rf6 44. c3 {Hoping for d4.} Rg6 (
44... Rc6 $5 45. Nb5 $8 Rce6 $16) 45. Rd1 {[#]} (45. d4 $11 {remains equal.}
Rf5 46. Rd1) 45... Rc6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc6c7]} 46. Nb5 $1 {Black must now
prevent d4.} Kg6 $1 {aiming for ...Rf5.} 47. d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} cxd4 48. cxd4
Rxb5 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 49. axb5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB}
Rc3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (49... Rf6 $15)
50. Ke4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Bg5 51. Rg1 Kh6 52. Rxf4 Bxf4 53. Kxf4
Rxb3 {KR-KR} 54. d5 a4 55. Rd1 Rb4+ 56. Kf5 Rxb5 57. Ke6 Rb2 58. d6 {White
wants to mate with d7.} Re2+ 59. Kd5 Rxf2 60. d7 Rf8 61. Kc6 Kg5 62. d8=Q+ Rxd8
63. Rxd8 Kh4 64. Rd3 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 78%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,103,14,8,18,8,11,14,17,19,23,37,35,44,39,12,9,28,25,19,29,0,36,16,35,
10,24,22,25,22,50,43,98,95,93,91,95,95,96,89,96,96,100,100,112,109,102,60,65,
56,57,61,54,64,66,61,76,43,35,42,39,-14,15,-14,-33,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines
with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} a5 9. Nf1 Ne7
10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Ng3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. d4 Bb6 13. h3
Re8 14. Be3 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bc7 16. Qd2 a4 17. Bc2 Ne5 {0-1 (65) Aronian,L (2772)
-Nakamura,H (2741) Kolkata 2019}) 12. h3 Be6 13. Ba4 c6 14. d4 Bb6 15. Bc2 Bc7
16. Bd2 Qe7 (16... a4 $5) 17. a4 Rad8 18. Bd3 Qf8 19. Qc2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Ng6 21.
c4 c5 (21... Nf4 $14) 22. d5 $16 Bd7 23. Qc1 Kh8 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Bd3 Bd8 26.
Bc2 Nh7 27. Nf5 Ra6 28. g3 Ne7 29. g4 Ng6 30. Kh2 Bf6 31. Rg1 Nf4 32. Bxf4 exf4
33. Qxf4 Ng5 34. Ra2 (34. Kg2 $5 {[%cal Rf5h6]}) 34... g6 35. Ng3 Qe7 36. b3 ({
Better is} 36. Rh1 $14) 36... Kg7 (36... h5 $5) 37. Kg2 h5 38. Rh1 Nxf3 39.
Qxf3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Qe5 41. Bd1 Raa8 42. Re2 Rh8 43. Ree1 Qg5 44. Be2 Be5 {
The position is equal.} 45. Reg1 Rae8 46. Rxh8 Rxh8 47. Rh1 Rxh1 48. Nxh1 f5
49. exf5 gxf5 50. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3f5]} fxg4 51. Qe4 Qg6 52. Bd3 {Accuracy: White
= 82%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,127,0,12,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,2,5,0,0,0,0,0,
11,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,15,0,70,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-16,-48,-48,
-62,-16,-1,-1,-4,-9,-8,0,0,0,-24,-24,-58,-61,-81,-71,-79,-81,-83,-85,-106,-79,
-93,-94,-225,-224,-211,0,-10,-15,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 {
C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. b4
Bb6 {[#]} 10. c3 $146 (10. O-O {is interesting.} O-O 11. a4 a6 12. Bc4 Ba7 13.
c3) ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. h3 f5 14. Qe2 Bd7
15. a5 Ba7 16. Na2 {0-1 (27) Castellanos,C (1617)-Ramirez,J (2056) Bogota 2014}
) 10... a6 11. Nxb6 (11. Bc4 {feels hotter.} Ne7 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. a4 Ng6 14.
O-O) 11... cxb6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 O-O 14. O-O Qf6 15. Re1 Be6 16. a4 Rac8 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. h3 d5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Rad1 Rcd8 23.
Rd2 Qd6 24. Red1 Qg6 25. Ne1 Kh7 26. Nc2 R8d7 27. Ne3 R5d6 28. Nf1 Rd5 29. Qf3
Nd8 30. h4 h5 (30... Ne6 $11) 31. Ng3 ({Better is} 31. d4 $14) 31... Qg4 32.
Nxh5 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Ne6 (33... Kg6 $5 34. Ng3 $8 Ne6 $11) 34. Ng3 Nf4 {[%cal
Rf4d3]} 35. Ne4 b6 {[%cal Rf4d3]} 36. c4 Rd4 37. c5 Rxb4 {aiming for ...bxc5.}
38. cxb6 Rb7 39. Nd6 Rxb6 40. Nxf7 Ng6 41. h5 Rf4 42. Ng5+ Kh6 {[%mdl 64]
White must now prevent ...Nh4. Double Attack} 43. Ne4 Nh4 44. Kf1 Nxf3 45. Rc2
Kxh5 46. Rc8 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 47. Ke2 b3 48. Rb1 b2 49.
Rc5 {[#]} (49. Ra8 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 49... Nd4+ $1 $19 50. Kf1 Nf3 $2 ({
Black should try} 50... Kg6 $19 {And now ...Rf8 would win.} 51. Ra5 Rh4) 51.
Rc2 Rb3 52. Nc5 Nd4 {Hoping for ...Rh4.} (52... Rg4 {looks sharper.} 53. Nxb3
Rg1+ 54. Ke2 Nd4+ 55. Nxd4 Rxb1 56. Nf3 Re1+) 53. Nxb3 {The position is equal.}
Nxc2 54. Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne3+ 55. Ke2 Rxf2+ {[%mdl 64]
Decoy} 56. Kxf2 Nd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kf3 Nxb2 {KN-KN} 58. Ke4 g5
59. d4 exd4 60. Nxd4 g4 {[#]} 61. Nf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g3 {With the idea ...Kg4.
} (61... gxf3 62. Kxf3) 62. Kf4 g2 63. Kg3 Nd3 64. Kxg2 {Accuracy: White = 85%,
Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2860"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,40,10,2,19,0,8,0,0,5,0,0,0,-4,-14,-14,-7,-28,-9,-17,-21,-330,-320,
-331,-313,-315,-315,-284,-226]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5.
d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} 9.
Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 {The position is equal.} 11. c3 O-O 12. f4 c5 13. O-O {
[#]} Nc6 $5 $146 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5g4,Bg4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 8] New and
interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Bc7 16. Nd2 Bb6
17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Kh1 Qf6 19. Ng5 Qf5 20. g4 Qg6 21. f5 exf5 22. gxf5 Rxf5 23.
Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxf5 Qxf5 25. Qc4+ {1-0 (25) Wiedenkeller,M (2260)-Schneider,L 
(2450) Skien 1980}) 14. Be3 Rae8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 15.
Nd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (17. fxe5 $11 {and White
stays safe.} Qxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 18. Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20.
Nf1) 17... Neg4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Black has a decisive
advantage.} 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Rf3 Nxe3 20. Re1 {[%cal Rf3e3]} Nf5 {Black took
control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,72,25,19,13,19,37,29,35,41,45,49,49,51,54,38,46,35,70,61,76,66,67,61,
129,91,99,82,109,73,139,60,50,53,60,61,52,54,45,50,56,0,5,0,1,-26,-24,-16,9,0,
0,-8,5,5,5,5,5,-724,-721]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6.
b3 O-O 7. c4 a5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} 10. Bxc3
a4 11. cxd5 cxd5 {White has an edge.} 12. bxa4 Bd7 13. Qb3 {[#]} Bxa4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13... e6 14. Qxb7 Bc6 15. Qb2 Rxa4 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Bd2 Qa8 18.
Bf4 Qa6 19. Bf1 Bb5 {1-0 (37) Radovanovic,M (2427)-Ivanovic,D (2307)
Kragujevac 2018}) 14. Qxb7 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32] Threatening .
..Rb8.} 15. Rfb1 Qd6 16. Qb2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Na5
17. Bb4 Qe6 18. e3 Nc4 19. Qe2 Bb5 (19... Rfc8 $14) 20. Qe1 Rfb8 21. Nd2 Qd7
22. Nb3 e5 {[#]} ({Black should try} 22... e6) 23. dxe5 (23. a4 $1 $16 {
[%mdl 512] aiming for Nc5.} Bc6 (23... Rxa4 24. Nc5) 24. a5) 23... Nxe5 $14 {
White should prevent ...Nd3.} 24. Bc3 Bc4 25. Qd2 Qf5 26. Rd1 h5 27. Nd4 Qd7
28. h4 (28. Nc2 $14) 28... Ra3 $1 $11 29. Rdc1 Rba8 30. Rc2 Bd3 31. Rcc1 {
Threatens to win with f4.} Bc4 32. Nb3 Qf5 33. Rd1 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 $1 {Black
must now prevent Bxg7.} Bxc3 35. Qxc3 Qxf3 36. Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36.
Qe1 $11) 36... Rxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

