GM Alexander Grischuk: "Los mejores jugadores de hoy no son más fuertes que los de hace 25 años"

 

Alexander Grischuk: "Los mejores jugadores de hoy no son más fuertes que los de hace 25 años"

Alexander Grischuk comparó a la élite actual con los mejores jugadores del pasado y explicó por qué considera que los jugadores de mayor nivel se han mantenido en un nivel similar:

"No me parece que los jugadores punteros de hoy sean más fuertes que los de hace 25 años. Sinceramente, en absoluto.

Tomemos a Anand, por ejemplo. Tiene 56 años. Juega torneos contra los jugadores más fuertes, como Erigaisi y otros, y al menos aguanta el tipo. Yo diría incluso que, la mayoría de las veces, juega mejor que ellos. A los 56 años, eso es increíble. Por eso no creo que los mejores jugadores se hayan vuelto más fuertes.

Si tomamos, digamos, al número 50 del mundo, entonces sí: los jugadores actuales son muy superiores a los de antes.

Pero si tomamos a los cinco mejores de aquella época —Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Topalov—, no creo que los cinco mejores de hoy sean más fuertes. Tampoco es que hayan empeorado; están más o menos al mismo nivel. Simplemente, ahora existe un conocimiento mucho mayor de las aperturas y una comprensión más profunda de las posiciones típicas".

A continuación una selección de sus mejores partidas: 

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"] [Site "Lausanne SUI"] [Date "2000.05.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Laurent Fressinet"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2000.05.30"] {[%evp 0,65,23,23,43,48,70,51,66,30,30,28,45,34,41,41,41,41,27,10,57,32,61,34,31,22,11,-10,-22,-9,-12,-1,10,-4,33,8,77,51,55,97,88,84,88,74,83,91,76,76,54,28,108,128,147,148,143,174,96,184,249,234,452,461,481,468,607,613,619,627]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd7 15. Na5 O-O 16. Kb1 f6 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Qc7 20. Bg5 Rg6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qa5 Qe8 23. c7 Nf4 24. c4 b4 25. c5 d5 26. Bc4 Qf7 27. c6 Rd6 28. Qxa6 Qe8 29. Qb7 Qxc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxd5 Rxc4 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rc1 1-0 [Event "Torshavn International"] [Site "Torshavn FAI"] [Date "2000.10.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2000.10.06"] {[%evp 0,53,23,28,48,44,54,26,33,47,70,24,30,31,33,12,37,13,30,38,42,32,29,-6,25,20,18,19,20,20,19,19,0,2,15,19,19,6,0,0,0,-16,4,30,0,12,340,342,345,352,352,350,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Ng5 e6 9. f4 dxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. O-O O-O 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 f6 15. Nc3 fxe5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21. Bd8 Qc5 22. Ne4 Qb4 23. Ng5 Kh8 24. Qf7 Bd7 25. Bxe6 Rxd8 26. Qg8+ Rxg8 27. Nf7# 1-0 [Event "European Club Cup"] [Site "Panormo GRE"] [Date "2001.09.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2669"] [BlackElo "2719"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2001.09.23"] {[%evp 0,33,28,23,42,32,22,13,-6,-6,11,7,27,26,44,-54,-38,-13,2,3,1,1,22,32,112,152,34,46,48,80,372,352,483,469,727,764]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Bb5 Rg8 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxb5 13. Qh5 Rg7 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Nxb5 Qxb5 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Rxe6+ 1-0 [Event "French League Top 16"] [Site "Port Barcares FRA"] [Date "2005.05.07"] [Round "11"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Christian Bauer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2005.05.04"] {[%evp 0,79,27,17,39,38,53,61,59,59,60,63,84,55,56,47,58,60,59,63,54,50,55,39,40,17,76,45,50,43,73,72,88,92,94,92,94,83,89,88,89,69,67,70,77,54,77,69,82,91,127,127,182,89,107,94,110,110,114,112,107,110,152,187,229,180,353,483,531,371,371,390,425,437,425,424,428,428,428,446,466,422]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Nd5 Qd8 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Nf3 e6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. g3 Qd7 15. O-O f5 16. Ng2 Nd5 17. Nf4 O-O-O 18. Rfe1 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Re5 Kb8 22. Bc4 Rhe8 23. Rae1 Re7 24. b4 Rc7 25. h4 h5 26. a4 Qf8 27. Qf4 Rdc8 28. Bf1 Bh7 29. Be2 Bg6 30. Bf3 Ka8 31. b5 Qa3 32. a5 cxb5 33. Rxb5 a6 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rb1 Qe7 36. Rxb7 Qxb7 37. Bxb7+ Kxb7 38. Qd6 Rc6 39. Qb4+ Kc8 40. f4 1-0 [Event "Candidates Match: Grischuk - Rublevsky"] [Site "Elista RUS"] [Date "2007.06.06"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsk"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2007.05.27"] {[%evp 0,67,28,18,40,43,42,28,37,33,32,36,95,80,81,56,62,70,58,30,36,35,80,58,71,83,77,70,62,46,33,21,20,7,-2,-32,-28,-86,-57,-43,106,102,88,85,89,82,95,70,67,66,72,66,66,66,66,66,66,50,114,108,216,204,254,265,635,677,685,703,713,731]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. b4 O-O 13. b5 Be8 14. e5 Qc7 15. b6 Qc6 16. Bf3 d5 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Qc5 20. e6 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Nf6 22. Bb3 Rd8 23. Bxf6 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 gxf6 25. e7 Bxe7 26. Rxe7 Bc6 27. Rc7 Rd2 28. Re1 Rf2 29. h3 Rxf4 30. Ree7 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Rf2 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Rxf7 Rf4 34. c3 1-0 [Event "Baku Grand Prix"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2008.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Ivan Cheparinov"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2716"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2008.04.21"] {[%evp 0,84,18,17,36,22,19,31,34,28,22,29,25,6,9,31,71,62,64,64,56,73,73,82,137,108,130,41,46,30,60,38,54,49,50,83,85,81,94,21,34,20,80,-91,-83,-105,-112,-125,-98,-106,-108,-117,-104,-104,-113,-167,-128,-132,-126,-121,-144,-196,-198,-217,-227,-224,-240,-233,-240,-271,-263,-287,-295,-302,-290,-308,-316,-340,-306,-306,-315,-313,-343,-358,-369,-391,-401]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. h5 Nc4 18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. a4 Qc5 21. Qc3 d4 22. Qb3 Na5 23. Rxb5 Nxb3 24. Rxc5+ Nxc5 25. Ng1 Rg3 26. Ba3 d3 27. Rxg3 Nxg3 28. cxd3 Nxa4 29. Ne2 Nxh5 30. g4 Rxd3 31. gxh5 Rxa3 32. h6 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Rd1 34. h7 Rd8 35. Nd4 Nc5 36. Nf3 Kd7 37. f5 exf5 38. Bh3 Ke7 39. Bxf5 a5 40. Bb1 a4 41. Nd4 Rh8 42. Nf5+ Kf8 0-1 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.11.29"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] {[%evp 0,32,23,18,18,17,50,50,41,6,6,2,-7,-2,1,-3,-12,-28,-33,-45,-53,-89,-60,-97,-166,-176,-184,-570,-630,-631,-630,-705,-692,-744,-773]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Be3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 Bf5 8. Qb3 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Be4 10. Nd4 c5 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Ng3 c4 13. Qxb7 Nc5 14. Qc6 Rc8 15. Qb5 Rb8 16. Qc6 Rb6 0-1 [Event "World Team Championship"] [Site "Bursa TUR"] [Date "2010.01.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Vugar Gashimov"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2010.01.05"] {[%evp 0,82,14,23,33,43,70,64,51,21,30,30,48,42,69,9,11,1,3,-4,0,8,22,37,27,36,36,9,-5,14,3,-42,97,0,18,18,0,-76,-64,43,52,46,46,-183,-102,-73,-73,-374,-404,-402,-389,-389,-346,-287,-345,-356,-157,-371,-365,-380,-362,-530,-540,-552,-548,-555,-555,-547,-561,-500,-579,-568,-312,-303,-304,-315,-321,-314,-276,-351,-366,-369,-369,-392,-397]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15. Qh3 Rh7 16. Rf1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bd3 e4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. Rd1 Rh8 23. Bf4 Bb4+ 24. c3 Nxc3 25. Bd2 Qd5 26. Rf7+ Kc6 27. Rc1 Kb6 28. Be3+ Ka5 29. a3 Ka4 30. axb4 Qxd3 31. Qa5+ Kb3 32. Rxc3+ Qxc3+ 33. Bd2 b6 34. Qxb6 Qe5+ 35. Kd1 Bb7 36. Qxb7 Rhd8 37. Rf3+ Ka2 38. Rf2 Kb1 39. Qf3 Rac8 40. Qb3+ Qb2 41. Qxb2+ Kxb2 0-1 [Event "Tromso Olympiad"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2014.08.08"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Anton Filippov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2615"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2014.08.02"] {[%evp 0,55,23,20,27,-14,16,24,43,10,26,17,20,26,34,44,38,20,17,39,9,-25,-24,-9,-15,0,-22,10,12,13,-6,-4,-7,0,24,0,-16,-8,7,-47,-40,14,34,34,83,277,306,315,315,327,784,815,29991,29992,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Bf4 a5 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Qe2 Rd8 17. h4 Kf8 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Ng5 hxg5 21. Qh5 Ke8 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 gxf4 24. Bf5 g6 25. Rxg6 Qc7 26. Re1 fxg6 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Be6# 1-0 [Event "Petrosian Memorial"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2014.11.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Boris Gelfand"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D83"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2014.11.03"] {[%evp 0,132,20,27,27,16,38,37,51,44,36,21,19,19,63,0,18,7,58,43,17,12,17,14,21,-13,-2,-8,-8,-17,-24,-12,-18,-40,-26,-46,-23,-12,-12,-23,3,-27,0,-97,-66,-66,-66,-79,-61,-63,-78,-57,-62,-61,-66,-68,-50,-46,-62,-54,-57,-57,-60,-69,-76,-68,-49,-56,-68,-50,-58,-56,-76,-113,-119,-118,-133,-133,-161,-149,-155,-156,-158,-241,-121,-143,-141,-143,-125,-133,-121,-128,-133,-127,-128,-127,-143,-148,-209,-252,-284,-302,-304,-302,-154,-163,-163,-394,-177,-311,-223,-322,-322,-321,-321,-321,-321,-354,-354,-392,-392,-439,-439,-445,-445,-445,-488,-522,-522,-504,-577,-817,-1011,-1126,-1221]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 Bc8 9. h3 Nfd7 10. Nf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxc5 12. Bb1 Nbd7 13. b4 Ne6 14. O-O Nxf4 15. exf4 Nb6 16. Qd4 f6 17. b5 Nc4 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bd3 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Nd2 22. Rfd1 Qg5 23. Qe3 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Nxe5 26. e4 d4 27. Na4 Rb8 28. Bc4+ Kg7 29. Rxd4 Rb4 30. Nc5 Rf2 31. a3 Rbb2 32. Na4 Bxh3 33. Nxb2 Bxg2+ 34. Kh2 Rxb2 35. Kg3 g5 36. Rcd1 h5 37. R4d2 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Bxe4 39. Re2 h4+ 40. Kf2 Ng4+ 41. Kg1 Nf6 42. Be6 Kg6 43. Re1 Bf3 44. Re5 g4 45. Bf5+ Kh6 46. Bd3 Bd5 47. Bf1 g3 48. Bh3 Ne4 49. Be6 Nf2 50. Bxd5 cxd5 51. Kg2 d4 52. Rd5 d3 53. a4 a5 54. Kf3 Kg6 55. Rd8 Kf7 56. Rd4 Kf8 57. Rd5 Ke8 58. Rd4 Ke7 59. Rd5 Kf6 60. Rd6+ Kf5 61. Rd4 Ke6 62. Rd8 Ke5 63. Rd7 h3 64. Kxg3 Ne4+ 65. Kf3 h2 66. Kg2 d2 0-1

Grischuk Gana El Torneo "Play For Russia"

El GM Alexander Grischuk ganó el torneo "Play For Russia" después de vencer al GM Evgeny Tomashevsky en la final. Celebrado del 12 al 14 de Mayo, el torneo blitz por internet recaudó una cantidad impresionante de más de $333,000 para hospitales y trabajadores de salud que luchan contra la epidemia de coronavirus en Rusia.

El torneo fue una iniciativa de algunos de los jugadores rusos más fuertes, con el GM Vladimir Kramnik a la cabeza de la organización. Fue apoyado por la Federación Rusa de Ajedrez, el Ministerio de Deportes de Rusia, la Fundación Timchenko, el grupo de compañías Ramax y Gazprombank (Suiza).

Después de varios eventos de ajedrez de caridad relacionados con COVID-19, Play For Russia ha sido el más exitoso hasta ahora. Ayudado por una transmisión en vivo en el canal federal ruso MatchTV.

El fondo del premio se compartirá entre los hospitales regionales y los trabajadores de la salud que luchan contra la epidemia COVID-19. Antes del torneo, los participantes determinaron los destinatarios y las cantidades recibidas de las donaciones, dependiendo de las necesidades de una institución en particular. El fondo de premios completo se distribuirá por igual entre las regiones, independientemente de la clasificación final.

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2638"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c3 c6 4. Bf4 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. g4 Be4 10. g5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne8 12. h4 e5 13. Bg3 Nd6 14. Bg4 Re8 15. Qf3 Nb6 16. O-O-O Nbc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Qe2 a5 19. Qc2 a4 20. Be2 b5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. a3 Qe7 24. Kb1 Re8 25. Bd3 Nd6 26. Rh3 c5 27. Rdh1 b4 28. cxb4 cxb4 29. Qxa4 bxa3 30. Qxa3 Rb8 31. h5 Nc4 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Kc2 Reb7 36. Kc3 Rc8 37. Rh4 Rb3+ 38. Kc2 Rb5 39. Rg4 Rcb8 40. Rb1 Rf8 41. Rxc4 Rxf2+ 42. Kc3 Rxg5 43. b4 Rf3 44. Re4 Rb5 45. Kc4 Rb6 46. b5 Rf5 47. Re7 h5 48. Rc7 h4 49. Rc6 Rxc6+ 50. bxc6 Kg7 51. c7 Rf2 52. Kd3 Rf8 53. Rb8 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d4 Bb7 9. Nbd2 e6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 c5 15. Re2 Rad8 16. Ba3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Bg2 Rxd4 19. Qc2 Rfd8 20. Rf1 Qd6 21. Bc1 Rd1 22. Bf4 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Qc6 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Nd4 27. h4 f5 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Rd1 e5 30. Be3 e4 31. a3 a5 32. Rb1 Bf8 33. Bf4 Rd7 34. Rb2 Bd6 35. Be3 Ke6 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Ra7 38. bxc5 Bxc5 39. Bg5 Ra8 40. Bf4 Ra7 41. Bg5 Nf3 42. Bd8 Ra6 43. Be2 Nd4 44. Bd1 Ra1 45. Rd2 Nc6 46. Bc7 Ne5 47. Be2 Rc1 48. Rb2 Nd3 49. Rb3 Ne1+ 50. Kh3 Rc2 51. Bxb6 Kd6 52. Bxc5+ Kxc5 53. Rb5+ Kc6 54. Bd1 Rxf2 55. h5 Nf3 56. Bxf3 exf3 57. hxg6 hxg6 58. g4 Rf1 59. gxf5 Rg1 60. Rb2 gxf5 61. Rf2 Kc5 62. Rxf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. Re1 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. c4 a5 16. b5 Nh5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nhf4 20. Ra3 Qe7 21. Ng3 Nh4 22. Qg4 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Rc1 b6 25. f3 Nhxg2 26. Kf2 Nh4 27. Rh1 f6 28. Re3 Kf7 29. Nf1 Rh8 30. Rc3 Nhg6 31. Ne3 Rxh3 32. Rxh3 Nxh3+ 33. Kg3 Nhf4 34. Rc2 Re8 35. Nd5 Rh8 36. Rd2 Rh3+ 37. Kg4 Rh4+ 38. Kg3 Nxd5 39. cxd5 Nf4 40. Rc2 Rh3+ 41. Kg4 Rh4+ 42. Kg3 Kg6 43. Be3 Rh3+ 44. Kg4 Rh4+ 45. Kg3 f5 46. Rxc7 fxe4 47. fxe4 Rh3+ 48. Kf2 Rh2+ 49. Kg3 Rh3+ 50. Kf2 Rh2+ 51. Kg3 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 Nbc6 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nc3 Nde7 10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Nb5 a4 14. d4 e4 15. Ne5 axb3 16. axb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bd7 18. Nc3 Bxe5 19. Nxe4 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Bc6 21. Qxd8 Rexd8 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne4 Re8 25. Kf1 Nd4 26. c3 Nf3 27. Ree2 g5 28. h3 h5 29. Re3 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Ke2 Ra1 32. Rxf3 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Re1 34. Nc5 R8e5 35. Nd3 Rf5+ 36. Kg4 Rd1 37. Kxf5 Rxd3 38. c4 c5 39. Ke4 Rd4+ 40. Ke3 Kf6 41. Rd2 Rg4 42. Rd5 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D82"] [WhiteElo "2638"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. h3 Qa6 13. e4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Qb3 Nd3 17. Bc4 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb6 19. Qa3 Rf8 20. Qxe7 Ng8 21. Qh4 Qf6 22. Bg5 Qb6 23. Be3 Qxb2 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Ng5+ Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kh7 28. Nd1 Qf6 29. Ng5+ Kh8 30. e5 Qxe5 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Bxf7 Bf5 33. Bxg8 Kxg8 34. Bxh6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Be5+ 36. Bf4 Qe4 37. g3 Bxf4 38. Qxf4 Qxf4 39. gxf4 Rc8 40. Rxc8+ Bxc8 41. Kg3 b5 42. a3 a5 43. h4 b4 44. axb4 axb4 45. Nb2 Kf7 46. Kf3 b3 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Nc4 Ba6 49. Nb2 Bf1 50. Na4 Bb5 51. Nb2 Bf1 52. Na4 Bb5 53. Nb2 Bf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E68"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Kh2 h6 13. b3 a5 14. Ba3 h5 15. Rc1 h4 16. g4 Bh6 17. Rc2 c6 18. Bc1 Bg7 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Be3 Qb4 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Be3 Qb4 23. Bd2 Qb6 24. Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Rd1 Nxc3 14. Rxd8+ Nxd8 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Rxb7 f6 20. Nd7 a6 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Rb3 Bb5 23. Kf1 e5 24. Ke1 Kf7 25. Bd2 Ke6 26. h4 h5 27. Rb2 Rc4 28. Rc2 Ra4 29. Bc1 Bc4 30. a3 Bb5 31. Rd2 Rc4 32. Bb2 g5 33. hxg5 fxg5 34. f3 e4 35. Kf2 exf3 36. exf3 h4 37. Rd8 Kf7 38. Rd5 Kg6 39. Bc1 Rxc3 40. Rxg5+ Kf6 41. Bf4 hxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Rxa3 43. Rc5 Ke6 44. Re5+ Kd7 45. Re3 Ra2 46. Be5 a5 47. f4 Rd2 48. f5 Rd3 49. Rxd3+ Bxd3 50. Kf4 Bxf5 51. Kxf5 a4 52. Ke4 a3 53. Kd3 a2 54. Kc2 a1=Q 55. Bxa1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Nge7 7. Ba3 b6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. d4 d6 11. Qd2 Na5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Ba6 14. Bb2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nf5 16. e4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Ng7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. f4 Rad8 21. Nc3 Qf6 22. e5 dxe5 23. Ne4 Qf5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Rf1 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Qf6 Rd7 28. Rde1 Ne8 29. Qf3 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Nd6 31. Qf6 Nab7 32. h4 h5 33. g4 hxg4 34. h5 Kh7 35. Kg2 Nf5 36. hxg6+ fxg6 37. Rh1+ Kg8 38. Rh8# 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2638"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 d5 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. h3 Bf5 14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Rfd1 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd3 cxd3 18. Bxd4 Re8 19. Rd1 e5 20. Be3 e4 21. Nxe4 b5 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Qxe8+ 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 e6 9. Nbd2 Qa5 10. Be2 Be7 11. h3 h6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd1 b5 14. Bc2 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 b4 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. e4 bxc3 18. bxc3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Bg3 f5 21. Ned2 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Nxc3 23. Rxe6 Bf6 24. Rc1 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Rc2 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Kf1 Rc8 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Be5 Nd5 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. Nd4 g6 33. Nb5 Rc5 34. Nxa7 Nd5 35. a4 Nb4 36. Rc3 Nd5 37. Rc2 Ra5 38. Nc6 Rxa4 39. Ne5 c3 40. Nxg6 Re4 41. g3 Kf7 42. Nh4 Kf6 43. Nf3 Rc4 44. Ke2 Nb4 45. Rc1 Ke6 46. Ne1 Kd5 47. Ng2 Rc5 48. Ne3+ Ke6 49. Rb1 Nc6 50. Kd3 Ne5+ 51. Kc2 Nc6 52. Rb7 Nd4+ 53. Kd3 c2 54. Rb6+ Kf7 55. Nxc2 Nxc2 56. Rxh6 Nb4+ 57. Kd4 Rc2 58. f4 Nc6+ 59. Kd3 Nb4+ 60. Kd4 Nc6+ 61. Kd3 Nb4+ 62. Kd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 Bxf4 7. exf4 b6 8. h4 c5 9. h5 h6 10. Ne5 Qd6 11. a3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qe2 Nb8 15. Rc1 Nbd7 16. Rc6 Qe7 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Qe8 19. Ndf3 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rc8 22. Qc2 Rxc6 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Nxc6 Nxh5 25. g3 a6 26. b4 Nf6 27. a4 Kf8 28. a5 bxa5 29. bxa5 Ne4 30. g4 Nd6 31. Kg2 Ke8 32. Kf3 Nc4 33. Ke2 Kd7 34. Nb8+ Kd6 35. Nxa6 Nxa5 36. Nc5 Nc6 37. Ke3 g6 38. Nb7+ Ke7 39. Nc5 Na5 40. Nd3 Nc4+ 41. Kf3 f6 42. Nc5 Nd6 43. Ke3 h5 44. f3 h4 45. Kf2 Nb5 46. Nb3 Kd6 47. Kg2 g5 48. Kh3 Nc3 49. fxg5 fxg5 50. f4 gxf4 51. Kxh4 e5 52. dxe5+ Kxe5 53. g5 d4 54. g6 Nd5 55. g7 Nf6 56. Kg5 f3 57. Nxd4 Kxd4 58. Kxf6 f2 59. g8=Q f1=Q+ 60. Ke7 Qe2+ 61. Qe6 Qxe6+ 62. Kxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. h3 a5 12. Ng3 a4 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. Qc2 c5 16. d5 Ba5 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Bd7 19. Rad1 Qb8 20. Nc4 Bb5 21. Ne3 Bd7 22. Nc4 Bb5 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qb6 25. Nf5 Rad8 26. Qc3 Rxd5 27. f4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qe6 29. Qxc5 Qxf5 30. Qxb5 Qxf4 31. Ng4 Re6 32. Nxf6+ Rxf6 33. Kh1 Kh7 34. Qd3+ Rg6 35. Qc2 f5 36. Rd5 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Rf6 39. Rc5 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2638"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. b4 c6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nf6 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bh4 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. Rc2 e5 21. Rce2 c5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. b5 Rcd8 24. Qc3 Rd6 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Qd6 27. Nf3 Nh5 28. g3 g6 29. Re3 Nf6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. h3 Qe6 32. Qd3 Re7 33. Qc3 Re8 34. Qd3 Re7 35. Qc3 Re8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E63"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qxd8 Rfxd8 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Nc4 Nxa2 18. Nxe5 Nc3 19. Rd2 c6 20. e4 Rac8 21. Rd3 cxd5 22. exd5 Bb4 23. Bf3 Nb5 24. Nc4 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Kg2 Rc2 27. Re3 Kf8 28. h4 Bc5 29. Re2 Rc3 30. Rb1 Rb6 31. Reb2 Ba3 32. Rd2 Bd6 33. Bd1 a5 34. Ra1 Rb5 35. Raa2 b6 36. Rac2 Rbxb3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Ba4 Ra3 39. Bc6 Rb3 40. Re2 b5 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. Rd8 Bc5 43. d6 Rb2 44. d7 Rxf2+ 45. Kh3 Rd2 46. Bxb5 Be7 47. Re8 Bf6 48. Ra8 Rd5 49. Bc6 Rd6 50. Bb5 Rd5 51. Bc6 Rd6 52. Bb5 Rd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 f5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 a5 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 c6 10. Qd2 Na6 11. f4 Bd7 12. O-O Re8 13. e4 Nc5 14. Rae1 Qb6 15. Kh1 a4 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. d4 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qd1 a3 21. Ba1 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc3 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bf3 Rd8 28. Rf2 Kg7 29. Kg2 Kg6 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. b4 Kf6 32. b5 cxb5 33. cxb5 b6 34. Bc6 Ke5 35. Kh3 f4 36. Kg4 h5+ 37. Kh4 fxg3 38. hxg3 Kd4 39. Rf2 Re3 40. Bd7 Re5 41. Rf6 Nxa2 42. Rxb6 Nb4 43. Rd6+ Rd5 44. Rxd5+ Nxd5 45. b6 Nxb6 46. Be6 Nd5 0-1 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 O-O 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Be2 Ne7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nh4 b5 14. c5 Ng6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. O-O Re8 17. f4 Bc6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qe1 Nh7 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Rd2 Rad8 22. Bd1 Bd7 23. Qg3 Qg5 24. Qf2 f6 25. Bc1 Qh6 26. d4 Ng5 27. Re2 Bxh3 28. Bb3+ Kh7 29. Qg3 Qh5 30. Bxg5 Bg4 31. Ree1 Qxg5 32. d5 Ra8 33. Ra1 Kh6 34. Qd3 f5 35. Bd1 Rf8 36. Bxg4 Qxg4 37. Rf3 Kh7 38. d6 Qxe4 39. dxc7 Qd4+ 40. Qxd4 exd4 41. Rd1 Rf7 42. Rxd4 Rxc7 43. Rd6 Ra6 44. Rxa6 bxa6 45. Rd3 a5 46. Rd6 axb4 47. axb4 Ra7 48. Rb6 Ra1+ 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Kf3 g5 51. Rxb5 Rc2 52. g4 Rc3+ 53. Ke2 fxg4 54. Rb6 g3 55. Kf1 g6 56. c6 Kh6 57. b5 Kh5 58. Ra6 Kg4 59. Ra1 Kh3 60. Kg1 Rc2 61. Rb1 Rg2+ 62. Kh1 Rh2+ 63. Kg1 Rg2+ 64. Kh1 Rh2+ 65. Kg1 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2638"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. h3 c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. O-O Na5 12. Re1 Qc7 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3 h6 15. Ne4 Be6 16. c4 a5 17. Bf4 a4 18. Qe3 g5 19. Bg3 axb3 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nxc5 Qc6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxb3 Nxc4 24. Qxb7 Rd8 25. Qb4 Nb6 26. h4 g4 27. Nd4 Qc4 28. Qxc4 Nxc4 29. Nf5 e6 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Re4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Nxb2 33. Rxg4+ Kh7 34. h5 Rd5 35. f4 Nd1 36. Rh4 Rd2 37. Kg1 Ne3 38. Bf2 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Nf1+ 40. Kg1 Ne3+ 41. Kh2 Nf1+ 42. Kg1 Ne3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bxg5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Nhf6 14. f4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. exf6 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Qxg5 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. fxg7 Bxg2+ 21. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Kxg7 23. Nd5 Rae8 24. Rae1 Re5 25. b3 c6 26. Ne7 Re8 27. Nf5+ Kg6 28. Nh4+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kg6 30. Nh4+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "165"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be6 11. a4 Qd7 12. Be3 Rad8 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Qb1 b6 15. h3 Bf5 16. g4 Be6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Rad1 Na5 20. Qb5 c6 21. Qa6 Rd7 22. c4 c5 23. Qb5 Rc7 24. Bd5 Nc6 25. c3 Ne7 26. Bg2 f5 27. d4 exd4 28. cxd4 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 fxg4 32. hxg4 Rf4 33. g5 Kf8 34. a5 Rf5 35. axb6 axb6 36. Rxf5+ Nxf5 37. Bf1 Ke7 38. Bd3 Nd6 39. Kg2 Rc5 40. f4 Nxc4 41. Rh1 Ne3+ 42. Kf3 Nf5 43. Rxh7+ Ke6 44. Rb7 Rc6 45. Bb5 Rc3+ 46. Kf2 Nd6 47. Rxb6 Kd5 48. Be2 Ne4+ 49. Kg2 d3 50. Bxd3 Rxd3 51. Rxg6 Kd4 52. Re6 Ke3 53. g6 Kxf4 54. g7 Rg3+ 55. Kf1 Rxg7 56. Re8 Kf3 57. Rf8+ Ke3 58. Re8 Rg6 59. Re7 Rg5 60. Re8 Rg7 61. Re6 Kf3 62. Re8 Rf7 63. Ke1 Rb7 64. Rf8+ Ke3 65. Kf1 Rb2 66. Kg1 Rc2 67. Re8 Kf3 68. Rf8+ Ke3 69. Re8 Rc6 70. Kg2 Rg6+ 71. Kf1 Kf3 72. Rf8+ Nf6 73. Ke1 Ke3 74. Kd1 Kd3 75. Rd8+ Ke3 76. Kc2 Ne4 77. Re8 Rc6+ 78. Kb3 Rc7 79. Kb4 Kd3 80. Rd8+ Ke3 81. Re8 Kd3 82. Rd8+ Ke3 83. Re8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Ba6 Rfd8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Rd5 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. a3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nc6 21. b4 Bd6 22. g3 f5 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Rc1 Qf6 25. Qb5 e5 26. Nh4 Qe6 27. Qe2 Qd7 28. Qh5 Ne7 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qh5 h6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Rc7 Rd7 34. Rc2 Kf8 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Qf3 Kf6 37. e4 Rd4 38. exf5 Qd5 39. Rc7 Qxf3+ 40. Nxf3 Rd3 41. Nxe5 Rxa3 42. Ng4+ Kxf5 43. Rxe7 Kxg4 44. Rxf7 a5 45. Rf6 axb4 46. Rf4+ Kg5 47. Rxb4 Ra6 48. Rb5+ Kg6 49. g4 Kf7 50. Kg3 Kg7 51. h4 Ra3+ 52. f3 Ra6 53. Kf4 Ra4+ 54. Kf5 Ra6 55. f4 Kf7 56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 Kg7 58. Kg4 Kf7 59. Rb1 Kg7 60. f5 Ra4+ 61. Kh5 Ra6 62. f6+ Kf7 63. Rf1 Ra5 64. Kh6 Ra2 65. g6+ 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2638"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. a3 Nf6 5. Bg2 a5 6. O-O g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd2 d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. Qb3 Ra7 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. Nc5 Nd4 18. Qxd7 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Bxc5 20. Qb5 b6 21. Qb2 Nxc3 22. Nxe5 Bd4 23. Nc6 Qf6 24. Rac1 Rd8 25. Nxa7 Nb5 26. Qxb5 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d4 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. d3 a5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Na3 Re8 14. Nb5 h6 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. a3 Rc8 19. Bd5 Qd7 20. Qf3 Re7 21. Bc1 Bg4 22. Qg2 Bf5 23. Qf3 Bg4 24. Qg2 Bh3 25. Qf3 Bg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d3 Nc7 9. Be3 b6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Qh4 e5 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. a3 Ne6 15. Rb1 Rfe8 16. b4 Ncd4 17. Rfc1 cxb4 18. axb4 Rc8 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nd5 Kf8 21. Nd2 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Ra1 Rc2 24. Nc4 Rxe2 25. Bf3 Rc2 26. Rxa7 Bc6 27. h4 Bh6 28. Nd6 Nd8 29. Be4 Bd2 30. b5 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Be1 32. Nxf7 Nxf7 33. Rxf7+ Ke8 34. Rf4 Bb4 35. Bc4 Bc5 36. Kg2 Re2 37. Rf7 Re7 38. Rf6 Re5 39. Rc6 Re7 40. Rc8+ Kd7 41. Rh8 Rg7 42. Bg8 h5 43. Rh7 Bf8 44. Rxg7+ Bxg7 45. Bf7 g5 46. hxg5 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Qb6 7. Nb3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 a6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. a5 Qb5 14. Qxb5 axb5 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. a6 bxa6 17. Rxa6 f6 18. Re1 Kf7 19. h4 b4 20. Re2 Rhe8 21. g3 Bf8 22. Bd2 Ncb8 23. Ra7 Rxc2 24. Kf1 Rec8 25. Nbc5 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 R2xc5 27. dxc5 Ke7 28. Bxb4 Nc6 29. Rb7 e5 30. Ba3 Ke6 31. b4 d4 32. b5 Na5 33. Ra7 Nc4 34. c6 Ndb6 35. Bc5 Nd5 36. Rc2 Nc3 0-1 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2638"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Bd6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qe7 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Qd3 f5 16. Rad1 fxe4 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 exf3 19. Rxd7 Rf7 20. Rfd1 Raf8 21. gxf3 e5 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Kg2 Re7 24. Kg3 Kf7 25. f4 exf4+ 26. Kxf4 Ke6 27. e4 Na7 28. Ke3 Nc8 29. f4 g6 30. Be5 Kf7 31. Rc1 Nb6 32. Bd4 Na8 33. Rc8 Nc7 34. Rh8 Ke6 35. a4 Ne8 36. Be5 g5 37. Rf8 gxf4+ 38. Bxf4 Kd7 39. Bg5 Rg7 40. Bh6 Re7 41. Bf4 Nd6 42. Bxd6 Kxd6 43. Rf6+ Ke5 44. Rf5+ Ke6 45. Rh5 Rc7 46. Kd4 Rd7+ 47. Kc5 Rc7+ 48. Kb6 Rc4 49. Ka5 b6+ 50. Kxb6 Rxb4+ 51. Ka5 Rxe4 52. Rxh7 Kf6 53. Rh6+ Ke7 54. h4 Kd7 55. h5 Rh4 56. Rh8 Kc7 57. h6 Kb7 58. Rh7+ Kc6 59. Ra7 Rh5+ 60. Kxa6 Rxh6 61. Rf7 Rh8 62. Ka7 Rh5 63. Ka6 Rh8 64. Ka7 Rh5 65. Ka6 Rh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rc8 15. Bf2 c5 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Bb1 Qe8 19. Rfe1 Qf8 20. Ng3 Qh6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Nce2 Bf8 23. Qa5 Rd7 24. e4 Bd6 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Be4 Rcd8 27. Qb5 Bb8 28. Qb3 Ng5 29. Nc3 Nxe4 30. Ncxe4 Nf4 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Nf6+ 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. d3 f5 9. Be3 f4 10. Bd2 fxg3 11. fxg3 Nd4 12. O-O Nec6 13. Kh2 Nxf3+ 14. Rxf3 Nd4 15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Be3 Bh6 17. Bg1 c6 18. Qf1 Be6 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Ne2 Qg7 21. Qh1 Rf8 22. Rf1 Qe5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qf1+ Ke7 25. h4 Bg7 26. Bh3 Bf7 27. Qe1 a5 28. Qd1 b5 29. b3 Bh6 30. Ng1 Be3 31. Nf3 Qc5 32. Qe2 a4 33. Qb2 a3 34. Qc2 bxc4 35. bxc4 Qb4 36. Bg2 Be6 37. e5 Bg4 38. exd6+ Kxd6 39. c5+ Kc7 40. Ne5 Be6 41. Nxc6 Qb2 42. Qa4 Bd5 43. Qa7+ Kxc6 44. Qa8+ Kxc5 45. Qxd5+ Kb4 46. Qc4+ Ka5 47. Qc5+ Ka6 48. Kh3 Qxa2 49. Qc6+ Ka5 50. Qc7+ Kb4 51. Qc6 Qf7 52. Qd6+ Kc3 53. Qxa3+ Qb3 54. Qxb3+ Kxb3 55. Be4 Kc3 56. g4 Bf2 57. g5 Kd2 58. Kg4 Ke3 59. h5 gxh5+ 60. Kxh5 Kf4 61. Bxh7 Ke5 62. Be4 Be3 63. Kg6 Bc1 64. Bf3 Bd2 65. Be4 Bc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.12"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Rad1 Rae8 14. Kh1 Rc8 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bd3 Nfxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. c3 f5 22. Nf3 h6 23. Qf2 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nd2 d5 26. Qd4 b4 27. cxb4 Rb8 28. b3 Rxb4 29. Qf2 Qf6 30. Rc1 Qd4 31. Rc7 Qxf2 32. Rxf2 Kf8 33. Rf1 Re7 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Ra1 Rbb7 36. Rac1 Ra7 37. Kg1 Ra2 38. Rd1 Rea7 39. Kf2 Bc2 40. Rc1 Bxb3 41. R1c7+ Rxc7 42. Rxc7+ Kf6 43. Ke3 d4+ 44. Kd3 Bd5 45. g3 g5 46. Rh7 Kg6 47. Rh8 g4 48. Rg8+ Kf7 49. Rh8 Kg7 50. Rb8 h5 51. Rb1 h4 52. gxh4 Kf6 53. h5 Ra3+ 54. Kxd4 Rh3 55. Nf1 Rf3 56. Ne3 Rxf4+ 57. Kc5 Rf2 58. Rb6 Be4 59. h6 Rxh2 60. Kd4 Rd2+ 61. Kc4 Rh2 62. Kd4 Bf3 63. Rb8 Rxh6 64. Rf8+ Ke7 65. Rc8 Kf6 66. Rf8+ Kg5 67. Ke5 g3 68. Rg8+ Rg6 69. Rc8 g2 70. Rc1 f4 71. Nc2 Kg4 72. Nd4 Bd5 73. Nc2 Kg3 74. Nd4 f3 0-1 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2638"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. h4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rad1 O-O 14. h5 Qc7 15. Nd4 Na4 16. Be2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Qe4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc6 20. Qe5 Bd5 21. a4 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. e4 Bc6 24. Rb1 e5 25. Rdb4 Rd8 26. Bb5 a5 27. Rc4 Rd4 28. Rc5 Bxe4 29. Rxc7 Bxb1 30. Rxb7 Bc2 31. Re7 e4 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Rf8 Bb3 34. Kh2 g5 35. hxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rg8+ Kf6 37. Rh8 Bxa4 38. Bxa4 Kg7 39. Ra8 Rxa4 40. Kg3 Ra2 41. Ra6 a4 42. Kf4 Rxf2+ 43. Kxe4 Rxg2 0-1 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 b6 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 Bb7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. d5 e5 15. Nb5 Qc5 16. b4 Qxb4 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. d6+ Qxd6 19. Qxd6+ Kxd6 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Bxf7 Ke7 22. Bb3 Nc5 23. Rfe1 e4 24. Rad1 Nxb3 25. axb3 a5 26. Rd4 Rc8 27. Red1 Rc7 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. bxc4 a4 30. Rb1 Kd6 31. Rxb6+ Bc6 32. Kf1 Kc5 33. Ra6 Be8 34. Ra8 Bc6 35. Ra6 Be8 36. Ke2 Kxc4 37. Kd2 Kb3 38. Rb6+ Kc4 39. Kc2 g5 40. Ra6 Kb4 41. Ra7 Bg6 42. Kb2 Kc4 43. Rd7 Kb4 44. Rd4+ Kb5 45. Ka3 g4 46. Rxa4 Kc5 47. Kb3 Be8 48. Rb4 Bc6 49. g3 Kd5 50. Kc3 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. O-O d4 17. exd4 Rxd4 18. Qc2 b6 19. Rbd1 Ne6 20. Bd5 Nf4 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qf6 23. Be4 g6 24. g3 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Ng5 26. Bd5 Re8 27. h4 Ne6 28. Bf3 Nd4 29. Qc3 Rd8 30. Rd3 Kg7 31. Re3 h5 32. Qc7 a5 33. Qe5 Ne6 34. Qxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rb3 Rd6 36. Rc3 Nc5 37. Kf1 Rd3 38. Rxd3 Nxd3 39. b3 Ke5 40. Bc6 Nc5 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Nd3 43. b5 Nb4 44. Bf3 Nd5 45. Ke1 Kd4 46. Kd2 Kc4 47. g4 hxg4 48. Bxg4 Kxb5 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxh5 f6 51. Bf7 Kc4 52. Ke2 Kd4 53. Kf3 b5 54. Kg4 b4 55. Bg6 b3 0-1 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 h6 7. a3 Qc7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 e5 11. b4 Nd7 12. bxc5 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. O-O f4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rfe1+ Kf7 17. d4 Rd8 18. Qd3 Nxc5 19. Qe2 Ba6 20. Qd2 Ne6 21. Re4 Re8 22. Rae1 Ng5 23. Ne5+ Kg8 24. Rxf4 Rf8 25. h4 Rxf4 26. Qxf4 Nf7 27. Qg3 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rf8 29. f4 Bc8 30. Ne4 Bf5 31. Nd6 Qd7 32. c4 Qe6 33. Qf3 c5 34. Qd5 Kh8 35. g3 Bg4 36. Qxe6 Bxe6 37. Kf2 h5 38. Kf3 Kh7 39. Ke4 Kg6 40. Rf1 Bh3 41. f5+ Kh7 42. Rf2 Bh6 43. e6 Rg8 44. e7 Rxg3 45. Re2 Bg2+ 46. Ke5 Bg7+ 47. f6 Bxf6+ 48. Kxf6 Rg6+ 49. Ke5 Bc6 50. e8=Q Bxe8 51. Nxe8 Kh6 52. Kd5 Rg4 53. Re6+ 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2638"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O h5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nc2 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nd2 h4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bg2 f4 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Rae1 Kf8 19. Na3 Qg5 20. Re4 Qh6 21. Rfe1 fxg3 22. Rxe6 gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qh4+ 24. Kf1 Rg8 25. R6e4 Qh6 26. Nc4 Rg3 27. Qf2 Rg7 28. Rh4 Qg5 29. Rh8+ Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Kf8 34. Kf3 c5 35. dxc5 Bxc5 36. Re5 Bb6 37. a4 a6 38. a5 Ba7 39. Rh5 Ke7 40. Rh6 Bg1 41. b4 Kd7 42. Rf6 Ke7 43. Rc6 Ra7 44. Kg2 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Qe7 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. Bb5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bc2 f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. e4 Be8 17. exd5 exd5 18. Re1 Qf8 19. a4 Bf7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rc6 22. b3 Nd7 23. Qd3 Rg6 24. h4 c4 25. bxc4 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 dxc4 27. Qe4 Qd6 28. h5 Rf6 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. Rd4 Kf8 31. a5 Qb2 32. Rf5 Re8 33. Re5 Qa3 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Qe3 Qa1+ 36. Rd1 Qxa5 37. Re1 Qd8 38. g4 Bf7 39. Qxa7 Re6 40. Rd1 Qg5 41. Bf5 Re8 42. Qxb7 Bxh5 43. Qb4+ Kg8 44. Qxc4+ Bf7 45. Qd4 h5 46. Qd2 Qh4 47. Qf4 hxg4 48. Qxg4 Qf6 49. Bd7 Re5 50. Qd4 Rg5+ 51. Kf1 Qh6 52. Qe4 Bg6 53. Be6+ Kh7 54. Qa8 Qh4 55. Rd4 Qh2 56. Qg8+ Kh6 57. Qh8+ Bh7 58. Qe8 Rg1+ 59. Ke2 Qe5+ 60. Kf3 Qf6+ 61. Ke2 Qe5+ 62. Kf3 Qf6+ 63. Ke2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Ndc4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Qb2 f6 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd3 Ba7 20. Nxb4 Qe7 21. Nc2 e5 22. Rfd1 e4 23. Be2 f5 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Bc4 Rcd8 26. Qa3 Qc7 27. Nb4 Qxa5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. b4 Qb6 30. Bxd5+ Kh8 31. a5 Qf6 32. g3 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Nd1 b4 12. c4 dxc4 13. d5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Bb7 15. Qxc4 Nb6 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Bd3 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rae1 g6 21. Kh1 Rad8 22. Bc4 Bh4 23. Re2 Be4 24. Qb3 Bb7 25. f5 Kh8 26. Bxf7 Qxe5 27. Bc4 Qd6 28. Qc2 Bg5 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. h3 Bxe3 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxe3 gxf5 33. Qe2 Be4 34. Qf2 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. Rg3 h6 37. Be2 Rd2 38. Kh1 Rxe2 0-1 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2638"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bxg2 6. Qh5+ g6 7. fxg6 Bg7 8. gxh7+ Kf8 9. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 10. Qg6 Bxh1 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Qf6 13. Qg1 Bf3 14. Nbc3 Qh4 15. O-O-O Qxh2 16. Qg6 Qg2 17. Qxg2 Bxg2 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Kd2 Rh1 20. Rxh1 Bxh1 21. f4 Bf3 22. Ng1 Bg4 23. Be4 a6 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Na7 Rf8 26. Nxc6 Kf7 27. Ne2 Rh8 28. Nc1 Rh2+ 29. Kc3 Rh3 30. Kd2 Rh2+ 31. Kc3 Bf5 32. Nd3 Bxd3 33. Kxd3 Rxb2 34. a4 Ra2 35. a5 bxa5 36. Bd2 a4 37. Bb4 Ke8 38. Kc3 Rf2 0-1 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bc5 8. Be3 Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rc1 h6 12. a3 Be6 13. Na4 Qd6 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. b4 a6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Rfd1 Qf6 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qg5 21. Bxh5 Qxh5 22. f3 a5 23. Qf2 axb4 24. axb4 Qg6 25. Kh1 c6 26. g4 Ra3 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Bxa1 f6 29. Kg2 Bc7 30. Bc3 h5 31. Qh4 b6 32. Nd3 Qf7 33. Qxh5 Qxh5 34. gxh5 Kh7 35. Nf2 Kh6 36. Ng4+ Kh7 37. Bxf6 Be6 38. Bc3 c5 39. bxc5 bxc5 40. h6 Bxg4 41. hxg4 Kxh6 42. Bxg7+ Kg6 43. Bc3 Rb8 44. e5 Rb3 45. Rc1 c4 46. f4 Bb6 47. e6 Be3 48. f5+ Kg5 49. Rc2 Kxg4 50. f6 Bg5 51. e7 Rb8 52. Re2 Re8 53. f7 Rxe7 54. f8=Q Rxe2+ 55. Kf1 Rc2 56. Qc8+ Kh4 57. Qxc4+ Kh5 58. Qd3 Rc1+ 59. Ke2 Kh6 60. Qh3+ Kg6 61. Kd3 Rd1+ 62. Ke4 Rd6 63. Qf5+ Kh5 64. Be5 Ra6 65. Qh7+ Kg4 66. Qf5+ Kh5 67. Bd4 Ra2 68. Be3 Ra4+ 69. Kf3 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. O-O c4 6. Be2 b5 7. b3 Bb7 8. a4 a6 9. c3 Nc6 10. Ba3 Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Na3 Bc6 13. Ne5 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nc2 O-O 16. Nb4 Bb7 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Ra7 Nd6 20. Rfa1 f6 21. Nf3 Qb6 22. Nd2 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. e4 Qa5 26. Qb2 Kf7 27. exd5 exd5 28. Bf3 Bb7 29. g3 Bc8 30. Nf1 Be6 31. Ne3 g6 32. h4 Ndf5 33. Ng2 Ng7 34. Nf4 h6 35. Qb1 Qd8 36. h5 g5 37. Nxe6 Kxe6 38. Qh7 Ngf5 39. Bg4 Qf8 40. Nxd5 Kxd5 41. Bxf5 Kd6 42. Be4 f5 43. Bg2 Qf6 44. Kh2 g4 45. f3 Ke6 46. f4 Kd6 47. Kh1 Ke6 48. Kh2 Kd6 49. Bf1 Kd5 50. Bg2+ Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7 8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 f6 10. e5 Nc5 11. Nd4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Bd3 Kf7 14. Rhe1 g5 15. Be3 g4 16. a4 f5 17. a5 h5 18. f4 gxf3 19. gxf3 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Rg1 h4 22. Rg5 Rg8 23. Rxg8 Kxg8 24. Rg1+ Kf7 25. Kd2 Rg6 26. Rxg6 Kxg6 27. f4 b6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ke3 c5 30. Bb5 Bd5 31. b4 e6 32. Be8+ Kg7 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. Bh5 Kf8 35. Kd2 Ke7 36. Kc2 Kd8 37. Be2 Kc7 38. Kb2 Kb6 39. Ka3 Ka5 40. Bh5 Kb6 41. Be2 Ka5 42. c4 Bc6 43. Bh5 Bd7 44. Kb3 Ba4+ 45. Ka3 Bd7 46. Kb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2638"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Rc1 h5 10. f3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c6 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Nge2 Be6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 Nd7 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Be7 19. Qb3 Nb6 20. Rc2 Qd7 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Nd5 23. Nc3 Ne7 24. d5 O-O-O 25. Rd1 Qf5 26. Ra5 h4 27. g4 Qf4 28. Rxa7 Qb8 29. Qa3 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 h3 31. Ra8+ Kd7 32. dxc6+ Kxc6 33. Ra6+ bxa6 34. Qxa6+ Kc7 35. Nb5+ Kb8 36. Qb6+ 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g6 4. e3 dxe3 5. fxe3 Bg7 6. d4 Nh6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. O-O e5 10. c5 a5 11. b5 Ng4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. h3 exd4 14. exd4 Ne3 15. Bxe3 Rxe3 16. Qd2 Rxf3 17. Rxf3 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxc5 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Rd1 Bxc4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Be6 23. Nd5 c6 24. Nb6 Re8 25. Rc3 Bxa2 26. Rxc5 Re2 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Rxa5 Bb1 29. Nc4 Be4 30. Rd2 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Bd5 32. Nb6 Be4 33. Re5 Kg7 34. Nc4 Kf6 35. Re8 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bg4 9. h3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Rfd8 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Rac8 14. c3 e6 15. Nf4 Nb6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bh6 20. Be2 Nd6 21. f3 e5 22. Nd3 Bxc1 23. Nxc1 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Nb3 b6 27. Nd2 Ne7 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Nd5 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. Bd1 Kf6 32. Bb3 Ne7 33. Nf1 Ne4 34. Bc2 Nc5 35. Ne3 c6 36. Nc4 Nb7 37. Ne5 c5 38. Nd7+ Kg7 39. a3 Nd6 40. Ne5 Ng6 41. Nc6 a5 42. Bd3 Kf6 43. b4 cxb4 44. cxb4 axb4 45. Nxb4 Ne7 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Kd4 Nb7 48. Nd5 Nc6+ 49. Kc4 Nd6+ 0-1 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 Qd7 15. h3 Nc4 16. Qd3 b5 17. Bf2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Ng1 b4 20. Nf3 a5 21. Rc1 Na3 22. Qb3+ e6 23. Be3 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qc6 25. Bxa3 bxa3 26. Qxa3 Qxe4 27. Qxa5 Qd3+ 28. Ke1 Qe3+ 29. Kd1 Qf2 30. Qa6 Qe3 31. Qe2 Bxd4 32. Qxe3 Bxe3 33. Ke2 Bb6 34. Ng5 e5 35. Kd3 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2638"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 c6 11. a4 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Qb3 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Qb2 17. Qxb2 Bxb2 18. Rc2 Bf6 19. b5 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Bb2 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. Bf3 Be6 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Ke2 b6 28. Kd3 Kd6 29. e4 g5 30. exd5 exd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "12.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 h6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. d4 c6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qc2 Qh4 15. Nf1 Nf6 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. h3 Nh7 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 e5 20. Ng3 Ng5 21. Qe2 f4 22. Qh5 Qxh5 23. Nxh5 Rf7 24. exf4 exf4 25. h4 Nh7 26. g3 f3 27. Rd4 g6 28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Rxf4 30. d6 Nf6 31. d7 Rd8 32. Rd6 Rg4+ 33. Kh2 Nh5 34. Kh3 Rg2 35. Rxe4 Kf7 36. Bd4 g5 37. Rxh6 Nf4+ 38. Rxf4+ gxf4 39. Rf6+ Ke7 40. Rxf4 Rxd7 41. Rxf3 Rg8 42. Bxa7 Rd1 43. Kh2 Rg4 44. Bc5+ Ke6 45. Re3+ Kd5 46. Be7 Rdg1 47. Rg3 R1xg3 48. fxg3 Ke4 49. Kh3 Kf3 50. Bd6 Rd4 51. Bf4 Rd1 52. Kh2 Ra1 53. a4 Ra2+ 54. Kh3 Ra1 55. Kh2 Ra2+ 56. Kh3 Ra1 57. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "12.3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Nge7 7. Ba3 Qa5 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nf3 d5 10. O-O Rd8 11. a3 Qc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Nbxd4 Bg4 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 d4 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qe2 Nf5 22. b4 Rad8 23. Qf3 R8d7 24. Rae1 Rd3 25. Qf4 Qd4 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Qb8 Nh6 28. Re4 Qb6 29. Bh3 Rd8 30. Qe5+ Qf6 31. Qc7 Qb6 32. Qxb6 axb6 33. Ra1 Ng8 34. Bf1 Rc3 35. a4 Nf6 36. Re7 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. Bg2 Rc7 39. Rd1 Ne5 40. h3 Rc4 41. Rb1 Nc6 42. Bxc6 bxc6 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 Ra4 45. Rc1 Rxa5 46. Rxc6 h5 47. h4 Ra4 48. Kg2 Ra5 49. Kg1 Ra4 50. Kg2 Ra5 51. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "12.4"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Qxb3 9. axb3 Bb4 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ke2 Bb7 12. Rhc1 O-O 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nf1 a5 17. Ne3 Rac8 18. Rc2 Bd6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Rac1 Nb4 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Bb1 Re8+ 23. Kd1 Ba6 24. Ne3 Bh6 25. Rc3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 h6 27. Nh4 Bc8 28. h3 Be6 29. Kd2 Kf8 30. Rc7 Re7 31. Rc3 Re8 32. Rc1 Ke7 33. Nf5+ Bxf5 34. Bxf5 Kd6 35. Rf1 Rg8 36. g4 Ke7 37. Rc1 Kd6 38. Bb1 Re8 39. Rf1 Ke7 40. Rf5 Rc8 41. Rh5 Rh8 42. h4 Kf8 43. Rf5 Kg7 44. Rf1 Rc8 45. Bf5 Rc6 46. Rg1 Kf8 47. Rf1 Kg7 48. Bb1 Rc7 49. Rh1 Rc6 50. Rg1 Rc7 51. e4 dxe4 52. Bxe4 Kf8 53. Rf1 Ke7 54. Rf5 Rc8 55. Rb5 Rd8 56. Ke3 Rb8 57. Rh5 Rg8 58. Bf3 Re8 59. Rxh6 Kf8+ 60. Kd2 Kg7 61. Rh5 Rd8 62. d5 Rc8 63. Be4 Re8 64. Bf3 Rc8 65. Be4 Re8 66. Bb1 Rd8 67. Rh7+ Kg8 68. Rh5 Nxd5 69. Ke1 Ne3 70. Rb5 Rd1+ 71. Ke2 Rxb1 72. Kxe3 Rxb2 73. Rxb6 a4 74. Rxf6 Rxb3+ 75. Kf4 Kg7 76. Ra6 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "13.1"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2638"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. Be5 f6 7. Bg3 e6 8. c3 Qb6 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Bd3 O-O-O 11. O-O Nxg3 12. hxg3 Kb8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. a3 h5 15. b4 Be7 16. c4 g5 17. Rfc1 h4 18. g4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. c5 Qc7 21. e4 Rc8 22. Nf3 Rhf8 23. Qe2 Rf4 24. exd5 exd5 25. Nxe5 Rcf8 26. Nxd7+ Qxd7 27. Bf5 Qc7 28. Re1 Bf6 29. Rad1 a6 30. Rxd5 Bd4 31. Rf1 h3 32. gxh3 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Qg3+ 34. Kf1 Qxh3+ 35. Ke1 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qh2+ 37. Kf3 Ka8 38. Qxh2 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "13.2"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Ba6 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Be5 13. Bc3 Re8 14. Qg4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 f6 16. Qg4 c5 17. d4 Nc6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rfd1 Qd6 20. Rac1 a4 21. h3 axb3 22. axb3 Rab8 23. Qa4 Red8 24. Be1 Ne5 25. Qa3 Rbc8 26. Rc2 Qb6 27. Ba5 Qa7 28. Qa1 Rd7 29. Bc3 Qb8 30. Rcd2 Rcd8 31. Qa5 Qxb3 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Qxc5 d4 34. Qxe5 d3 35. Qb2 Qc4 36. Qa2 Qxa2 37. Rxa2 Kf7 38. Kf1 Ke6 39. Ke1 Rc7 40. Ra3 Rcd7 41. Kd2 g5 42. Rb1 h5 43. Rbb3 Rf7 44. f3 g4 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Rb6+ Kd5 47. Rxd3+ Kc5 48. Rxd8 Kxb6 49. f4 Kc5 50. Ke2 Rg7 51. Kf2 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "13.3"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. exf3 Nh6 7. f4 Nf5 8. c3 h5 9. Nd2 e6 10. Nf3 f6 11. O-O h4 12. g4 Nd6 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Qd3 Ne4 15. Rxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Be3 g5 18. fxg5 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qc2 Kb8 21. Re1 Ne7 22. Bd2 Ng6 23. Qb3 c6 24. Re6 Rhg8 25. Rf6 Rg7 26. Qe6 Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Kc7 28. Rxg6 Rxg6 29. Nxh4 Re6 30. Bf1 f4 31. Nf3 c5 32. d5 Re7 33. h4 b5 34. Bxb5 Rb8 35. c4 a6 36. Ba5+ Kb7 37. Ba4 Re2 38. Bc3 Ka7 39. g6 Bf8 40. h5 Rbxb2 41. Bxb2 Rxb2 42. d6 Kb7 43. d7 Kc7 44. Ne5 Rxa2 45. Nf7 Rd2 46. h6 Bxh6 47. Nxh6 Rd6 48. Nf7 Rxg6+ 49. Kf1 Rg8 1-0 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "13.4"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Qb6 7. Nb3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Qd8 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. c3 Ne4 16. Nd3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nbc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Qe7 20. b4 Rfe8 21. Rd3 Na7 22. Re1 Nb5 23. Rh3 Nd6 24. Qh5 h6 25. Rg3 Nf5 26. Rf3 g6 27. Qg4 Kg7 28. Qf4 Qc7 29. Qd2 h5 30. g3 Ra8 31. h3 Rac8 32. Qg5 Nd6 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. g4 Qe7 35. Qf4 Rg8 36. Kf1 Rg7 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Re5 Kg8 39. Rxh5 Nf5 40. Qd2 Qf6 41. Qf4 Qg6 42. Qg4 Qf6 43. Rhxf5 exf5 44. Qxf5 Qc6 45. Re3 Re8 46. Rxe8+ Qxe8 47. Qxd5 Rg6 48. Nxb7 Qa4 49. Qf3 Qa1+ 50. Ke2 Qb2+ 51. Kd3 Qb1+ 52. Kc4 Qa2+ 53. Kc5 Qe6 54. Qd5 Qc8+ 0-1 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "14.1"] [White "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2638"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Be4 10. b4 Qe8 11. a4 d6 12. d5 e5 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Qb1 Qg6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. fxe4 Nf6 20. a5 b5 21. cxb5 Rab8 22. Be1 Rxb5 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Rc4 Kf7 25. g4 h6 26. Bh4 g5 27. Be1 Kg6 28. h3 h5 29. Kg3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rh8 31. Rxc7 Nxe4+ 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. Rxf6+ Kxf6 34. e4 Rbb8 35. Rxa7 Rhc8 36. Kf3 Rc1 37. Bd2 Rc2 38. Ke3 Rh8 39. Kd3 Ra2 40. Be1 Rh1 41. Bc3 Rh3+ 42. Kc4 Rc2 43. Kb5 Rhxc3 44. Rd7 Rb2 45. a6 Rcb3 46. a7 Rxb4+ 47. Ka5 R4b3 48. Ka4 Rb6 49. Ka5 R2b5+ 50. Ka4 Rb1 51. Ka5 R6b2 52. Rxd6+ Ke7 53. Re6+ Kd7 0-1 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "14.2"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Be3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qh3 Re8 14. Rae1 Bf8 15. Nd2 g6 16. Bb1 Bg7 17. b3 Rc8 18. Ne2 b5 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nd4 Qa5 22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Rc3 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Nc2 Ne5 26. Qh4 Neg4 27. Bd4 Re2 28. Ne1 Qb4 29. Ndf3 Ne3 30. Bxc3 Qxc3 31. Qd4 Nxd1 32. Qxd1 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Ng4 34. Qxd6 Be5 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qh4 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nd3+ 38. Kh1 Bf6 39. Qxf6+ Kxf6 40. Bxd3 Rf2 41. Bxb5 Rxf1+ 42. Bxf1 Qc1 43. Kg1 Qc5+ 44. Kh1 Qf2 45. Bc4 Qxa2 46. h3 Kg7 47. Kg1 f6 48. Nd3 Bxf3 49. gxf3 Qd2 50. Nf2 f5 51. Kg2 Kh6 52. Kg3 Kh5 53. Kg2 Kh4 54. Bb5 Qf4 55. Bc4 Qg3+ 56. Kf1 Qxf3 57. Ke1 Qe3+ 58. Kf1 Kg3 59. Nd1 Qd2 60. Be2 f4 61. Nf2 Qd4 62. Nh1+ Kxh3 63. Nf2+ Kg3 64. Nh1+ Kh2 65. Nf2 Qa1+ 66. Bd1 g5 67. b4 f3 68. b5 g4 69. Nxg4+ Kg3 70. Nf2 Qd4 71. Nh1+ Kf4 72. Nf2 Ke3 73. b6 Qxb6 74. Ng4+ Kf4 75. Nf2 Qd4 76. Ke1 Kg3 77. Nh1+ Kg2 0-1 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "14.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Ng3 Rb8 16. b3 Bg4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Kf8 20. g3 Rb7 21. Kg2 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. c4 dxc4 26. bxc4 Rb8 27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Rd2 Rb4 30. Re2+ Kf8 31. Rd2 Ke7 32. Re2+ Kf8 33. c5 Bxc5 34. Rc2 Bb6 35. Rxc6 Rb2 36. Rc2 Rxc2 37. Bxc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Play for Russia Prelim"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.13"] [Round "14.4"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] 1. c4 e5 2. d3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Ne7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. h4 h6 7. h5 g5 8. f4 gxf4 9. gxf4 Nbc6 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Bf4 d5 12. cxd5 c6 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Bf3 Kh7 15. d6 Nd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Nc7 Rc8 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. d4 Bf5 21. Be5 Qd8 22. Qf4 Bd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg1 Kh7 25. Rxg4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 Qxd6 27. Qf5+ Kg7 28. Nd5 Rfd8 29. Nf4 Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Kd2 Rg8 32. Rf1 Rcd8 33. e4 Ke7 34. Nd5+ Kf8 35. Ne5 Rg2+ 36. Kc3 Rc8+ 37. Kb3 Rg3+ 38. Kb4 Rg7 39. Rf6 Rh7 40. a4 Rc2 41. b3 Ke8 42. Rd6 Re2 43. Rd7 Rg7 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Kc5 Rf2 46. Neg4 Rg5+ 47. Kd6 Kg7 48. Nxf2 1-0 [Event "Russia Charity Final-4"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.14"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 9,88,11,10,-5,0,0,0,-10,0,-8,0,0,6,-34,-25,-40,-35,-44,-41,-61,-76,-106, -58,-61,-49,-45,-33,-28,-27,-22,-11,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,8,18,0,8,11,25,28, 32,4,5,0,0,0,0,-447,-437,-433,-381,-514,-487,-718,-720,-723,-712,-691,-689, -664,-604,-648,-606,-556,-513,-4914,-571,-1742,-1589,-4978,-2267,-1491,-1410]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. c3 Nge7 7. e4 O-O 8. b4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Be6 {[#]} 11. Bb2 $146 (11. Be3 f6 12. Nbd2 Nc8 13. Bf1 Nd6 14. a3 Rfd8 15. c4 Bg4 16. Kg2 f5 17. c5 Nxe4 {0-1 (36) Pantsulaia,L (2572)-Sivuk,V (2490) Ureki 2015}) 11... Rfd8 12. Nbd2 f6 13. Bf1 Nc8 14. a3 Nb6 15. Rab1 a5 16. Rdc1 Bh6 17. Rc2 Rd7 18. Bc1 Rad8 19. Kg2 Kg7 20. Be2 axb4 (20... Re7 21. Bb5 a4 22. Be2 Rf7 23. h3 Rff8) 21. axb4 Ra8 22. Nb3 Bxb3 23. Bxh6+ Kxh6 24. Rxb3 Nd8 25. Rbb2 Ne6 26. Ra2 Rdd8 27. Nd2 c5 28. Bg4 Nc7 $1 29. bxc5 Na4 30. Nb3 Nb5 31. Rd2 Nbxc3 32. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Rxd8 $11 Rxd8 33. Ra3) 32... Nxa2 $19 33. Rxa2 Nc3 34. Rc2 Nd1 35. Rc1 (35. Kg1 $142) 35... Ra3 36. Be6 Ra2+ 37. Kg1 Re2 38. Bd5 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Ne3+ {[%mdl 64]} 40. Kf2 Rxc1 41. Kxe3 (41. Nxc1 $142 Nxd5 42. exd5) 41... Rxd5 42. exd5 Rc3+ {[%mdl 64]} 43. Kd2 Rxb3 44. d6 Ra3 0-1 [Event "Russia Charity Final-4"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.14"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A23"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] [EventType "k.o."] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] {[%evp 9,99,14,15,12,20,15,25,22,7,8,18,12,13,24,16,16,21,13,31,29,41,39,46,42, 58,52,65,66,75,54,62,14,8,12,69,41,40,30,30,54,45,31,94,3,39,40,55,52,91,91,86, 90,88,88,80,85,88,88,102,102,99,93,92,88,144,83,333,309,308,177,386,384,367, 366,460,450,468,468,453,447,437,437,414,399,1553,1326,6095,5915,29962,29962, 29963,8684]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 { A23: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 c6.} d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 { White has an edge.} cxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Bd2 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd6 14. Qa4 Bb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Bc3 Qe6 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. b4 Bxe3 19. Re2 d4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxe3 Qd7 22. Rae1 Be6 23. a3 h6 24. Rc3 {1/2-1/2 (24) Varkentin,W (1939)-Jacon,M (1972) ICCF email 2016}) 14. Rc1 Be7 15. Bc3 Rfd8 16. Qa4 {Strongly threatening Ba5.} a5 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Rd2 Bf8 19. h4 h6 20. Rcd1 Bb4 21. Qc2 Qc5 (21... Bxc3 $11 22. Qxc3 a4) 22. Rc1 Rdc8 23. e4 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 {[%cal Re4d5]} Rab8 ({Better is } 25... d4 $14 26. Rxd4 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 26. b3 (26. exd5 $16 cxd5 27. Bxd5) 26... Kf8 27. Rc5 {[%cal Re4d5]} a4 28. bxa4 dxe4 29. Bxe4 Rb4 30. Bxc6 Rxa4 31. Bxa4 {Threatens to win with Rxc8+.} Rxc5 32. Bb3 Bxb3 33. axb3 $16 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. Rd3 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kf6 (36... Rb2 $142) 37. Kf4 (37. Ke3 $142) 37... g5+ $2 {Now Black is done in.} (37... Rb2 $16) 38. hxg5+ $18 hxg5+ {[#]} 39. Ke4 $1 Rb2 $2 {[#]} (39... Ke6 {was necessary.} 40. g4 f6) 40. f3 $1 Ke6 41. g4 f6 42. Re3 Rb1 43. Kd4+ Kd6 44. Kc4 Rc1+ 45. Rc3 Rb1 46. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ke5 $2 (46... Kc6 47. Re3 Rc1+ 48. Kb3 Rb1+ 49. Ka4 Ra1+ 50. Ra3 Re1) 47. Kc5 f5 48. gxf5 Kxf5 49. b5 Ke6 50. Kc6 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 53%.} 1-0 [Event "Russia Charity Final-4"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.14"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 9,103,0,6,4,14,0,7,0,7,0,13,-14,-7,-40,-6,-9,-9,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,-22, 7,0,4,0,15,-7,12,16,16,11,8,5,17,0,20,0,45,19,70,60,61,66,71,25,45,0,114,125, 112,45,32,14,62,60,81,8,8,8,8,13,13,8,134,123,130,8,234,232,241,174,205,21,22, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Be7 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 c6 9. Rc1 a6 {[#]} 10. Ne5 $146 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. d3 Nc6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. a3 Rc8 14. b4 b5 15. Nc5 a5 16. Nb7 {1/2-1/2 (73) Levushkina,E (2310)-Percivaldi, M (2170) Helsingor 2014}) 10... Nbd7 11. f4 Nxe5 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Rf2 Rc8) 12. fxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. c5 Bg6 15. Bd4 Kh7 16. Bg4 Qd7 17. Qf3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qg3 Bf5 20. Bh5 Bxd4 21. exd4 Rf6 22. Rf2 Raf8 23. Rcf1 {[%cal Bc1f1,Bf1f2,Bf2f7] [%mdl 32]} Qd8 24. b4 Be4 25. Qd6 (25. h4 a5 26. bxa5 Qxa5 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Rf2) 25... Rxf2 (25... Qxd6 26. cxd6 Bg6 27. Bg4 Bf5 28. Bh5 Bg6) 26. Rxf2 Qxd6 (26... Bf5 $1 $11) 27. cxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096]} Rd8 $1 28. Rf7 b5 $1 29. Rc7 Rxd6 30. Be8 e5 (30... Rd8 $11 31. Bf7 a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. dxe5 $16 Re6 { [%mdl 64]} 32. Bxc6 (32. Bd7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd7e6]} Rxe5 33. d4) 32... Rxe5 $14 33. d4 Rg5 34. g3 Rf5 35. Bb7 (35. Ra7 $16) 35... Rf3 $11 36. Bxa6 Ra3 37. Bxb5 Rxa2 38. Bc6 Rb2 (38... Rg2+ $11 39. Kf1 Rxh2) 39. b5 $16 Kg6 40. Rb7 (40. Be8+ $16 Kf6 41. Rf7+ Ke6 42. Rxg7) 40... Kg5 $2 (40... Rg2+ $11 41. Kf1 Rxh2) 41. Rxg7+ $18 Kf6 42. Rb7 Kf5 43. b6 $2 (43. Rb8 $18) 43... Kg4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 44. Bd7+ Kf3 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 45. Bh3 Ke3 46. Bf1 Rb1 47. Rb8 Kxd4 48. Kf2 Rb2+ 49. Be2 Bd3 50. Re8 Rxb6 51. Bxd3 Kxd3 52. Re3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Russia Charity Final-4"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.14"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Grischuk, Alexnader"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 15,79,11,11,7,20,11,28,14,21,31,24,14,58,29,31,0,39,37,44,35,62,53,66, 58,71,68,91,107,111,71,83,77,84,63,71,56,80,55,56,54,74,55,55,54,55,55,93,99, 151,84,92,66,175,180,289,279,256,119,365,260,245,242,289,283,485,446]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Nge2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 c6 13. a3 $5 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4, Ba4a5][%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Nf8 14. b4 {[#]} Ne6 $146 (14... Rc8 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Qb1 Ne4 17. Bg3 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Bd6 19. Bf5 Ne6 20. Ne2 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (42) Hartmann,T-Schlueter,C Ruhrgebiet 1998}) 15. Qb2 Rc8 16. a4 Rc7 17. a5 Rd7 18. Ra1 Bd6 19. Bg3 Ng5 20. Rfc1 Nh5 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra7 Qb8 24. Rca1 Nf6 25. h3 Rdd8 26. Qd2 Bc8 27. Nf4 Ne6 28. Nce2 Nxf4 29. Nxf4 Qd6 30. Qc3 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 {[#]} (31... dxe4 32. Qc4 Rd7) 32. Rc1 (32. Nd3 $1) 32... Bd7 33. b5 Rc8 {[#]} (33... cxb5 $14 34. Qc7 Qxc7 35. Rcxc7 Be8) 34. Qb3 $1 $18 g5 (34... Re7 $142 35. bxc6 Rxc6 36. Rxc6 Bxc6 37. Rxe7 (37. Qxb6 Rxa7 38. Qxa7 Qd8 $16) 37... Qxe7 38. Qxb6 Qd7) 35. Nh5 Re6 36. Ng3 (36. Qb1 $18) 36... Rf6 $2 (36... cxb5 $16 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8) 37. bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Qxc6 39. Qa3 Qd6 $2 ( 39... b5 40. e4 Re6) 40. Nh5 1-0 [Event "Russia Charity Final-4"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.05.14"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Sasha"] [Black "Vladimir_Kramnik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 15,79,17,17,17,17,28,20,25,22,19,30,22,48,20,27,0,40,48,41,39,55,58,75, 53,82,61,100,107,83,83,85,85,87,66,61,62,64,52,56,52,65,52,52,52,57,57,95,87, 142,80,96,87,163,163,275,281,264,126,364,251,261,259,327,262,516,508]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Nge2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 c6 13. a3 $5 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4, Ba4a5][%mdl 4]} Nf8 14. b4 {[#]} Ne6 $146 (14... Rc8 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Qb1 Ne4 17. Bg3 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Bd6 19. Bf5 Ne6 20. Ne2 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (42) Hartmann, T-Schlueter,C Ruhrgebiet 1998}) 15. Qb2 Rc8 16. a4 Rc7 17. a5 Rd7 18. Ra1 Bd6 19. Bg3 Ng5 20. Rfc1 Nh5 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra7 Qb8 24. Rca1 Nf6 25. h3 Rdd8 26. Qd2 Bc8 27. Nf4 Ne6 28. Nce2 Nxf4 29. Nxf4 Qd6 30. Qc3 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 {[#]} (31... dxe4 32. Rc1 Bd7) 32. Rc1 (32. Nd3 $142 $1) 32... Bd7 33. b5 Rc8 (33... cxb5 $16 34. Qc7 Qxc7 35. Rcxc7 Be8) 34. Qb3 $18 g5 (34... Re7 $142 35. bxc6 Rxc6 36. Rxc6 Bxc6 37. Rxe7 (37. Qxb6 Rxa7 38. Qxa7 Qd8 $16) 37... Qxe7) 35. Nh5 Re6 36. Ng3 (36. Qb1 $18) 36... Rf6 $2 (36... cxb5 $16 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8) 37. bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 (38. Ra8+ Kh7 $18) 38... Qxc6 39. Qa3 Qd6 $2 (39... Be8 40. Ra8 Re6) 40. Nh5 1-0 [Event "Russia Charity Final-4"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.14"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 22,70,31,35,83,81,75,15,5,20,26,6,27,24,35,30,18,8,18,20,20,37,15,0,0,0, -1,-29,85,8,14,-19,-13,-22,-14,-6,-19,-61,-74,-441,-406,-29985,-29986,-29986, -29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29988,-29988,-2855]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 c6 11. Be2 a4 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. a3 Bd7 {[#]} 14. Kf1 $146 (14. O-O-O $16) (14. O-O-O Rfc8 15. Kb1 cxd5 16. exd5 Rab8 17. f3 b6 18. Rdg1 e4 19. fxe4 b5 20. e5 dxe5 21. cxb5 {1/2-1/2 (44) Hamitevici,V (2476) -Fedorov,A (2566) Kishinev 2019}) 14... cxd5 $11 15. cxd5 b5 16. Kg2 Rac8 17. f3 Ne8 18. Rhc1 f5 19. b4 $36 { [%mdl 2048]} axb3 $1 20. Nxb3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Nf6 22. Qb4 Qd8 $1 23. Nxb5 Rb8 24. a4 h5 (24... fxe4 $11 25. fxe4 Nh5) 25. exf5 (25. gxf5 $16 gxf5 26. Rg1 (26. Qxd6 fxe4 27. Bc5 Ne8 $19)) 25... gxf5 26. g5 Nxd5 {[%mdl 64]} 27. Bc4 Be6 28. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 29. Rd1 (29. Qxd6 $2 {[#]} Rxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Qxd8 Rb2+ 31. Bf2 Rxd8 $19) 29... f4 30. Rxd5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Bf2 $17 Qxg5+ 31. Kh2) 30... Qxg5+ $19 (30... fxe3 31. Rg1 $17) 31. Kh2 (31. Kh1 $19 fxe3 32. Rg1) 31... Qg3+ {[%mdl 64]} 32. Kh1 Qxf3+ {[%mdl 64]} 33. Kh2 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Qxe3+ (35... fxe3 $142 36. Rd2 exd2 37. Qxd2 Rf4 38. Qd5+ Kh7 39. Qg2 Qe3+ 40. Kh1 Rh4+ 41. Qh2 Qf3+ 42. Kg1 Rg4+ 43. Qg3 Rxg3+ 44. Kh2 Qg2#) 0-1 [Event "Russia Charity Final-4"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 9,103,7,9,8,14,8,16,9,8,8,12,12,10,11,12,0,13,8,15,23,11,8,27,31,23,17, 28,14,33,17,19,0,17,0,0,0,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,-25,-9,-12,-22,-25,-9,-27,0,0,0, 0,14,10,19,8,42,41,116,133,108,114,114,93,135,116,120,108,101,49,38,40,389,379, 381,348,877,728,559,882,1649,1557,6343,3310,29947,12168,29968,29969,29981, 29976,29982,29983,29985,29986]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd7 8. Be2 Bb5 {[#]} 9. c3 $146 (9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rfc8 15. h4 {1-0 (72) Demchenko, A (2679)-Kozlov,O (2275) Sochi 2018}) 9... Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. f4 Rac8 15. Kh1 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nb3 Be7 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Nc1 a5 21. a4 Bd6 22. Nd3 g6 23. g4 Kg7 24. Kg2 Rc4 25. Ra1 Rh8 26. f5 exf5 27. gxf5 Re8 28. Rfe1 Rxe1 29. Nxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096]} Kf6 30. Nc2 Bf4 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. h4 Rc8 33. Kf3 Kf5 34. Re1 Rb8 {[#]} (34... Bd6 $1 $14) 35. Ne3+ $1 $16 Bxe3 36. Rxe3 Kf6 37. Re5 Rd8 38. Ke3 h6 39. b3 g5 40. hxg5+ (40. h5 $16) 40... hxg5 $14 41. c4 Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... dxc4 $1 $14 42. bxc4 Rc8) 42. Rxd5 $18 Rxb3+ 43. Ke4 Rb4 $2 (43... g4 44. Rxa5 Rb4) 44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. c5 g4 46. Rg6 Rxa4 47. Kd5 Ra1 48. Rxg4 a4 49. Rg7+ Kd8 50. Rxa7 Kc8 51. Kc6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Kb8 52. Ra5 1-0 [Event "Russia Charity Final-4"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.14"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 17,78,0,9,0,0,-10,-14,-9,2,-22,-16,-16,-10,-49,0,-12,0,0,27,0,0,4,75,0, 0,0,8,8,9,-12,54,29,91,89,89,92,92,56,167,141,141,117,141,141,156,158,143,112, 128,20,203,189,252,118,123,0,0,0,0,-36,-44,-57,15]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nb6 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 a4 $146 (10... f6 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Qd6 15. Rc1 Rf7 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Bc5 Qd7 {1-0 (51) Hoffmann,C-Altok,M Cologne 1993}) 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Rc1 f6 13. b4 axb3 14. Qxb3+ Kh8 15. Bb4 Re8 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Qb1 Bd5 18. e3 Nxb4 19. axb4 Bd6 (19... Bf8 $11) 20. Nc5 (20. d4 $16) 20... Qe7 $11 21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ra7 23. Ndb3 Nd7 (23... Nd5 $11) 24. d4 $14 Bxc5 (24... exd4 $11 25. Nxd7 (25. exd4 b6 $11) (25. Rxd4 Ne5 $11) 25... Qxd7 26. Nxd4 Re5) 25. Nxc5 $16 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Raa8 27. Qe4 b6 (27... c6 $14) 28. cxb6 cxb6 29. Rc6 Rab8 30. b5 Red8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {[%mdl 4096]} 32. h4 h6 33. h5 (33. Qc4 $16) 33... Rc8 $2 {[#]} (33... Qd1 $11) 34. Qc4 $18 Rb8 (34... Ra8 $142 35. Qb3 Ra7) 35. Qf7 ( 35. Qe6 $18) 35... Qd3 $16 36. Qg6 (36. Rc7 $16 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rf7g7]} Rg8 37. Qc4) 36... Qd5+ 37. e4 Qxb5 38. Rc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rg6g7] [#]} Rg8 39. Rb7 Qe8 {[%mdl 32768]} (39... Qb4 $15) 0-1 [Event "Russia Charity Final-4"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2020.05.14"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2020.05.12"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 20,122,16,19,27,0,13,5,8,0,0,0,14,18,10,12,77,0,0,-46,-56,-43,-39,-91, -88,-128,-139,-140,-136,-141,-143,-165,-99,-101,-105,-99,-64,-71,-76,-235,-225, -202,-181,-199,-189,-284,-202,-195,-205,-211,-225,-498,-505,-466,-208,-211, -211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-202,-130,-414,-276,-273,-276,-259,-266, -420,-406,-350,-379,-427,-416,-387,-345,-913,-1261,-1235,-1175,-1106,-995,-871, -858,-3572,-2797,-2261,-1870,-1734,-1208,-12839,-2160,-2446,-2144,-12833, -12834,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12844]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. c4 c6 6. O-O e4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 exf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. Ne5 Nb6 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Bf4 Rc8 {[#]} 16. Rac1 $146 (16. Rad1 Nc4 17. e4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bg5 Rfd8 20. exd5 Nbxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 {1/2-1/2 (33) Martic,Z (2269)-Bulat,A (2297) Pula 2002} ) 16... h6 17. Qb5 g5 (17... Ra8 $11) 18. Be3 (18. Bd2 $1 $16) 18... Nc4 $11 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxb7 Rb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048]} 21. Qa7 (21. Nb5 $15) 21... Rxb2 $17 22. Rb1 {[#]} Rxb1 $1 23. Rxb1 Bb4 24. Bd2 Re8 25. Rf1 Kg7 (25... Re7 $19 26. Qa6 Rc7) 26. Qa6 Bg4 27. e3 Re6 28. Qd3 Bh5 29. Nb5 $2 (29. Rxf6 $17 Rxf6 30. Nxd5 {[%mdl 64]}) 29... Bg6 $19 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Re1 Ne4 32. Bxb4 (32. Bxe4 $142 Bxe4 33. Nc3) 32... Qxb4 33. Nc7 Rc6 34. Nxd5 Qxa4 35. Rf1 $2 (35. Qd3 Nxg3 {[%mdl 64]} 36. Qd1 Qxd1 37. Rxd1 Ne2+ 38. Kf1) 35... Rc2 36. Qf3 {[#]} g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qf4 (37. Qxg4 Rxg2+) 37... Rxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} 38. Kxg2 Qa2+ {[%mdl 64]} 39. Kg1 Qxd5 40. Qe5+ Qxe5 41. dxe5 Nc3 42. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Ra1 $17) 42... Bd3 43. Ra1 a4 44. Ke1 Bb5 45. Kd2 (45. Rc1 { was called for.} Ne4 46. Rc7) 45... Ne4+ 46. Kc2 Ng5 47. Rb1 Bd7 48. Rb7 Be6 49. Kb2 $2 (49. Ra7) 49... Nf3 50. Ka3 Nxh2 51. Rb1 Bb3 52. Rc1 Nf3 53. e6 fxe6 54. Kb4 Kg6 55. Rc3 h5 56. Kc5 Kf6 57. Rc1 Ke5 58. Rh1 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 59. gxh4 g3 60. h5 g2 61. Rc1 g1=Q 0-1

TORNEO DE CANDIDATOS FIDE 2020

El torneo Candidatos de ocho jugadores es uno de los eventos de ajedrez más prestigiosos del mundo, que se celebra cada dos años. El evento determinará quién desafiará al defensor Magnus Carlsen por el título de Campeón Mundial de Ajedrez. El evento de este año tiene un fondo de premios de $500,000 euros, que es el más alto en la historia de los torneos de Candidatos.

Cada tiempo de juego consistirá en 100 minutos para los primeros 40 movimientos, luego 50 minutos para los siguientes 20 movimientos y 15 minutos para el resto de juego. Habrá 30 segundos de adición desde el movimiento No. 1. No se aceptarán Tablas antes del movimiento No. 40.

*Marzo 26/2020*

Hoy, el gobierno de la Federación de Rusia anunció que a partir del 27 de marzo de 2020, Rusia interrumpe el tráfico aéreo con otros países sin indicar ningún marco de tiempo.
La FIDE no puede continuar el torneo sin garantías para el regreso seguro y oportuno a casa de los jugadores y los oficiales. En esta situación y sobre la base de la cláusula 1.5. Reglas del Torneo de Candidatos, el Presidente de la FIDE decidió detener el torneo. Se continuará más tarde, con las fechas exactas que se anunciarán tan pronto como lo permita la situación global relacionada con la pandemia de COVID-19. Como se estipula en las reglas especiales acordadas con los jugadores antes del inicio del evento, los resultados de las 7 rondas seguidas son válidos, y el torneo se reanudará en la misma composición a partir de los juegos de la 8ª ronda. La FIDE agradece a los jugadores, oficiales, voluntarios y a todo el equipo de organizadores, incluida la Federación de Ajedrez de Rusia y el socio principal del torneo: SIMA-Land.

[Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxf7 e4 18. Nd6+ Kh8 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Qe2 c6 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. f3 exf3 23. Rxf3 c5 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bxc5 26. Qf2 Bd6 27. Nc3 Nd3 28. Qe2 Nc5 29. Ba2 Re8 30. Qd2 Nce4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Qd3 Ng5 33. Bxg5 Bc5+ 34. Kh1 Qxg5 35. Rf1 Qe5 36. Qd5 Qe2 37. Qf5 Qe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Rd1 g6 40. Bd5 Re7 41. Bc6 Re2 42. Bb7 Rxb2 43. Bxa6 Ra2 44. Bxb5 Rxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.17"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Wang Hao"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Re8 8. Na4 Bb4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. e4 a5 12. Bb2 Na6 13. b5 cxb5 14. cxb5 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. a4 Bg4 17. Ra3 Nd7 18. h3 Bh5 19. Qb1 b6 20. Nd2 Nf8 21. Bf3 Qg5 22. h4 Qg6 23. Qd1 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 h5 25. Qf5 Rad8 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. Kg2 f6 28. Nc4 Kf7 29. Bc1 Rd7 30. f4 exf4 31. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 32. gxf4 f5 33. e5 Re6 34. Kf3 Rg6 35. Ne3 Ke6 36. Rd1 Bd8 37. Ra2 Rd4 38. Nc2 Rd5 39. Ne3 Rd7 40. Rdd2 Bxh4 41. Rg2 Rg4 42. Rh2 g6 43. Nxg4 fxg4+ 44. Ke3 Be7 45. Rac2 h4 0-1 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.17"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Anish Giri"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2774"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Rc1 d5 13. b3 Bb4 14. bxc4 Ra3 15. Be5 f6 16. Bd4 Qa5 17. Be2 Bxc3+ 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. Kf1 b4 20. g5 e5 21. Bxc3 bxc3 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Qb1 Qc7 24. Qd3 b5 25. Qxc3 bxc4 26. e4 dxe4 27. Rh4 Be6 28. Rxe4 O-O 29. Bxc4 Kg7 30. Qb3 Rb8 31. Bxe6 Rxb3 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Bxb3 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. Kg1 h5 36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. Rg7+ Kd6 38. Rh7 Qf3 39. Rh8 e4 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Bd1 Qc3 42. Rd5 h4 43. gxh4 f5 44. Rxf5 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qxd1 46. Rg5 Qa1 47. Rg4 Qb1 48. Rg3 Qxa2 49. Rh3 Qd5 50. Kf1 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52. Rg3 Qh5 53. Ra3 Qd5 54. Kg1 Kf6 55. Rg3 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Kf5 57. Rg5+ Kf4 58. Rg3 Qd5 59. Kf1 Qd2 60. Kg2 Qd1 61. Re3 Kf5 62. Rg3 Kf6 63. Rh3 Kg6 64. Rg3+ Kh5 65. Rh3 Qb1 66. Re3 Kxh4 67. Rg3 Kh5 68. Rh3+ Kg4 69. Rg3+ Kf4 70. Re3 Qd1 71. Ra3 Ke5 72. Rg3 Kd4 73. Re3 Qd3 0-1 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.17"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Kirill Alekseenko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Nf3 h6 10. O-O Rb8 11. Bb2 b6 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. e4 Bd6 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Na5 18. Rde1 Qd8 19. Qf2 Nc4 20. Bc1 Bc5 21. d4 Be7 22. Nf3 f5 23. Qe2 Nd6 24. e5 Ne4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Be6 27. Qd3 Qd7 28. Be3 c6 29. a4 a6 30. Qxa6 Ra8 31. Qxb6 Bd5 32. Qb2 Rxa4 33. Ra1 Rfa8 34. Rxa4 Rxa4 35. Ra1 Rxa1+ 36. Qxa1 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Qd5+ 38. Kf2 Bh4+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Kd3 Qe4+ 41. Kd2 Qg2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 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. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. Kh2 Kf8 18. Rb1 b6 19. Rb4 Re8 20. Ra4 a5 21. Bd2 c5 22. Rf4 Rh5 23. Rf3 Kg8 24. Bc1 Ne7 25. g4 hxg3+ 26. fxg3 Nc6 27. Bf4 Bc8 28. Rfe3 Nd8 29. Kg2 Ne6 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. g4 Rh8 32. Bg5 Kh7 33. Kg3 Rb8 34. Rd3 Rhe8 35. Red1 b5 36. Rd8 b4 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. cxb4 cxb4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rd8 Rxd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Kirill Alekseenko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2020.03.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. d6 Bf8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nb5 Re6 16. Bf4 a6 17. Nc7 Re4 18. Bh2 Rc8 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Bd3 Nxh2 22. Bxe4 Nxf1 23. Qxf1 Bxd6 24. Nd5 g6 25. Qh3 Kg7 26. Kh1 Ne5 27. Nh4 h5 28. Rg1 Bf8 29. Nf4 Ng4 30. Nxh5+ gxh5 31. Bf5 Be7 32. Bxg4 hxg4 33. Qxg4+ Bg5 34. Qh5 1-0 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Wang Hao"] [Black "Anish Giri"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2763"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2020.03.15"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qc1 a6 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Kh7 15. Rd1 Re8 16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Bg4 18. f3 Rac8 19. Ba5 Bd7 20. Kf2 h5 21. Bf1 Ng8 22. Bc3 Bh6 23. Rd3 Ne7 24. Rad1 Bg7 25. e3 Kg8 26. R3d2 Ba4 27. Re1 Bd7 28. Ne2 Rc7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Red1 b5 32. a3 Rb8 33. Ne2 a5 34. Nd4 Bd7 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Ra8 37. Rb2 Ra4 38. Rdb1 Rb7 39. Rc1 Rba7 40. Nxb5 Bxb5 41. Bxb5 Ra3 42. Be2 Rb7 43. b5 Rb6 44. Rd1 Kf6 45. Rdd2 Rb7 46. Bd3 Nc8 47. e4 dxe4 48. Bxe4 Rb6 49. Rd7 Rc3 50. Rb7 Rxb7 51. Bxb7 Nb6 52. Be4 Ke5 53. Rd2 Rb3 54. Bc6 Nc4 55. f4+ Kf6 56. Rd8 Rb2+ 57. Kf3 Nd2+ 58. Ke3 Nf1+ 59. Kf3 Nd2+ 60. Ke2 Ne4+ 61. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2020.03.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Bd2 Nd8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 c5 15. a4 f5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. c4 Nf7 19. cxb5 g5 20. Nh2 Kg7 21. Bc4 Kg6 22. g4 Nh6 23. Qf3 Bd8 24. Qg2 f4 25. b4 Bb6 26. Qe4+ Kg7 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Nf3 Nf7 29. Bc3 Bc7 30. b6 Bb8 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. gxf5 Kf6 33. Nd2 Rd8 34. d6 Rxd6 35. Rb1 Nd8 36. b7 Bxb7 37. Ba5 1-0 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Anish Giri"] [Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2020.03.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qd6 11. f4 e6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bxb5 exd5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Be2 d4 18. e5 Qd7 19. cxd4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Bd1 Nc4 26. Kf2 Nb2 27. Rd2 Nc4 28. Rd3 Nb2 29. Rd2 Nc4 30. Rd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D17"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4 O-O 9. Kf2 e5 10. Nxe5 Bc2 11. Qd2 c5 12. d5 Bb3 13. e4 Re8 14. Qf4 c4 15. Nxc4 Nbd7 16. Be3 Nf8 17. Bd4 Ng6 18. Qf5 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kf1 h6 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Rd2 Qe3 25. Rc2 a6 26. Qh3 b5 27. Qg3 b4 28. Nd1 Qb3 29. Rd2 Qxa4 30. Qf2 Qd7 31. g3 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 a5 33. Qd4 Nh5 34. Nf2 Qd7 35. f4 Nhxf4 36. gxf4 Nxf4 37. Kf1 Qd6 38. Rg1 f6 39. Bb5 Re7 40. b3 Rf8 41. Rc2 Ne6 42. Qe3 Ng5 43. h4 Nf7 44. Rc6 Qb8 45. Qc5 Qd8 46. Rxf6 Kh8 47. Rf5 Rc7 48. Bc6 a4 49. bxa4 b3 50. Rg3 b2 51. Rb3 Nd6 52. Rxf8+ Qxf8 53. Rxb2 Qf4 54. Rb8+ Kh7 55. Qc2 Re7 56. e5+ Nf5 57. Qe4 Qc1+ 58. Kg2 g6 59. Rb3 1-0 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Wang Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2020.03.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. c3 c5 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. f3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rac8 21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. g3 Kf7 23. Kg2 g6 24. Bd2 Be3 25. h4 Re6 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 27. Kf2 Re6 28. Rd2 Ke7 29. Rad1 Rec6 30. g4 a6 31. h5 Kf7 32. a3 Re8 33. hxg6+ hxg6 34. g5 Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Re1 exf3 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. Rh1 Kg8 39. Rxb7 Rc2+ 40. Kxf3 Rc5 41. Rh4 Rxg5 42. b4 Rge5 43. Rd4 Re3+ 44. Kf4 Rxa3 45. Rd6 Ra1 46. Rxg6+ Kh8 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rg6+ Kh8 49. Rh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Kirill Alekseenko"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2774"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.03.15"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Be2 Ba4 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be3 h6 13. Ra2 Nf5 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. Rb2 a6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rb4 b5 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Qe2 Nxb4 21. axb4 Qc7 22. Re1 Nb8 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Qg4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 g6 26. h5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 O-O-O 28. f4 Kb8 29. c3 Bb3 30. f5 Bc4 31. Bc2 Rdg8 32. Kf2 a5 33. bxa5 Qxa5 34. Qxf7 Qa2 35. Qxe6 Qxc2 36. Qb6+ Kc8 37. Qc6+ Kb8 38. Qb6+ Kc8 39. Qc6+ Kb8 40. Qb6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D87"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Rac1 Na5 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. h4 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. h5 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Qc8 20. h6 Bf8 21. d5 e6 22. Nc3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qd2 exd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qb4 27. Qd3 Qa3 28. Qc2 Qa5 29. Qd1 Bd6 30. g3 Kf8 31. Qf3 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 f5 33. g4 Qb1 34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Qe3 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 fxe4 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kd7 40. a4 Bc7 41. Be3 a6 42. Bd2 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Kd4 Bb6+ 45. Kd3 Bc5 46. Bc3 Ba3 47. Bg7 Bc5 48. Bc3 Bf8 49. Bg7 Be7 50. Kd4 Bd6 51. Bf6 Kc7 52. Bg5 Kb6 53. Bd8+ Ka6 54. Kd3 Bf8 55. Kd4 Bd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Wang Hao"] [Black "Kirill Alekseenko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 Bf5 9. Bb2 a4 10. bxa4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Ra6 14. e3 Qxa4 15. Bf1 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nb6 18. Ra7 Rb8 19. Ne5 Nfd7 20. Bb5 f6 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Ra5 Bf5 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Bc5 Nd7 25. Ra7 Nxc5 26. dxc5 e5 27. b4 b6 28. c6 Bxb4 29. e4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. c7 Rf8 32. Bc4+ Kh8 33. Be6 Bf5 34. c8=Q Rxc8 35. Bxc8 Bxc8 36. Ra8 Kg7 37. Rxc8 Bc5 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. h4 f5 40. Kg2 e4 41. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.21"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 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 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bc1 Nxc3 21. Rd3 Na4 22. Rf3 Bd5 23. Rf4 Nb6 24. Ref1 Rg6 25. Rf5 Bc4 26. Re1 Ke7 27. h5 Rh6 28. g4 Rhh8 29. a4 Nxa4 30. Ba3+ c5 31. e6 f6 32. Bxc5+ Nxc5 33. Rxc5 fxg5 34. Rxc7+ Kd6 35. Rxc4 a5 36. Rd1+ Ke7 37. Re4 Rhd8 38. Rb1 Rdb8 39. Rb5 a4 40. Rxg5 Rg8 41. h6 gxh6 42. Rxg8 Rxg8 43. Rxa4 h5 44. Kf2 Rxg4 45. Rxg4 hxg4 46. Kg3 Kxe6 47. Kxg4 Ke5 48. Kf3 Kd4 49. Ke2 Kc3 50. Kd1 b5 51. Kc1 b4 52. Kb1 b3 53. cxb3 Kxb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.21"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Anish Giri"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2763"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. e3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. b3 h5 16. Nc3 h4 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Nf4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rfc8 20. Bf3 a4 21. bxa4 Ra8 22. Nd3 Qxa4 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 24. Nc5 Ra5 25. a4 Rca8 26. Bd1 Be8 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Rab1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Rb7 c5 31. Bb3 R5a7 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Ke1 Ke7 34. Ra1 c4 35. Bc2 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kc5 37. Kc3 Ra6 38. g4 g5 39. a5 Bc6 40. Ra2 Ra7 41. Ra1 Ra6 42. Ra2 Kd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Wang Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 12. Bf4 Na6 13. h4 Nc7 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Qh3 Kh8 21. h5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. g4 a6 25. b3 Qe6 26. Ne3 Nd6 27. h6 g6 28. c4 dxc4 29. bxc4 Kg8 30. Qh2 Kf7 31. c5 Nb5 32. Qb8 Qd7 33. Qh8 Ke6 34. f4 Nxd4 35. Qg8+ Qf7 36. Qc8+ Qd7 37. Qg8+ Qf7 38. Qd8 Qd7 39. f5+ gxf5 40. gxf5+ Nxf5 41. Qxd7+ Kxd7 42. Nxf5 Ke6 43. Ne3 1-0 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Anish Giri"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2842"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2020.03.15"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Kb1 Qb8 14. h4 g5 15. Be1 g4 16. e4 gxf3 17. gxf3 b6 18. exd5 exd5 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Ne2 Qa7 21. b3 Nh5 22. Ng3 g6 23. Nxh5 Rxh5 24. f4 Kf8 25. Be2 Rh8 26. Bd3 c5 27. Bc3 cxd4 28. Bxd4 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxf5 b5 32. Rh2 Rh5 33. Re2 d4 34. Re5 Ng4 35. Rc5 Ne3 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Ke7 38. Rc1 Nd5 39. Re1+ Ne3 40. Rc1 Nd5 41. Re1+ Ne3 42. Rc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2020.03.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. a4 f6 13. Ne4 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. Be3 Rfc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. b4 Rcc8 19. bxa5 Kh8 20. Bd2 Nb4 21. Bb3 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Rc1 Nc6 24. c4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Nxa5 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. d4 Nc6 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qg4 Rd8 31. Be3 Bf6 32. Rc1 Qd7 33. Qh5 Qe8 34. Qf3 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. Re1 Qg6 39. Ba7 Rc8 40. Qb7 Qc2 41. Be3 Qc6 42. Qb4 h5 43. Bc1 Qc2 44. Be3 Rd8 45. Qb1 Qxb1 46. Rxb1 Kh7 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Rd6 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Kf3 Bg5 51. Ke4 Bxe3 52. fxe3 Re6 53. Rb7 Re8 54. Ra7 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Kirill Alekseenko"] [Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2020.03.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. a3 h5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Rg1 Rc8 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Qe1 Nfd7 15. g4 hxg4 16. Rxg4 g6 17. Rxg6 Rxc3 18. Nxe6 Qc8 19. Ng7+ Kf8 20. Rh6 Rxh6 21. Bxh6 Rxc2 22. Nf5+ Ke8 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. Qh4+ f6 25. Bf4 Rxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Na4+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Ka1 Nxd1 29. Qh7+ Kd8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Kd8 32. Qg8+ Ke7 33. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 a5 16. Rb2 axb4 17. axb4 Bd8 18. c4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qc2 Re8 21. g3 bxc4 22. Qxc4 c6 23. Nf4 Bg5 24. Ne2 d5 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Qb3 h5 27. b5 h4 28. b6 h3 29. Kh1 Reb8 30. Rfb1 Bd8 31. Qb5 Qg4 32. Qxd5 Ra5 33. Qc6 Rc5 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Ng1 Rxb6 36. Qxd8 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Rc1 38. Qh4+ Qxh4 39. gxh4 Rd1 40. f3 1-0 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.23"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2842"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Re1 exd4 16. cxd4 Nxe4 17. d5 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Na7 19. Qd4 Bf5 20. Nbd2 Nc5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Re1 Qf8 23. Bd1 b4 24. Be2 Qd8 25. Bf1 h6 26. Re3 b3 27. Qf4 Bd7 28. Nd4 Rb4 29. Rg3 Qe7 30. Bc4 Nb5 31. N4xb3 Nxb3 32. Rxb3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rxb3 34. Nxb3 Qb4 35. Qe4 c5 36. Qd3 g6 37. g4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Nc7 39. Qc3+ Qxc3 40. bxc3 f5 41. Nd2 Kf6 42. Kg3 Bb5 43. Bb3 Be2 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. f4 Nb5 46. c4 Nc3 47. Bc2 Bd1 48. Bd3 Na2 49. Kf2 Nb4 50. Ke3 Bc2 51. Be2 Na2 52. Nf1 Nc1 53. Kd2 Nxe2 54. Kxe2 Ba4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.23"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Kirill Alekseenko"] [Black "Anish Giri"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2763"] [PlyCount "196"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 c6 12. Ba4 Ng6 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rae8 18. Bg5 Ndf4 19. Qd2 Bd5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 Re5 22. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxf4 24. Qe8+ Nf8 25. Bb3 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Bxb3 27. axb3 Qf6 28. Qe4 g6 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. h4 h5 31. g3 Qd8 32. Qe5 Qb6 33. d5 cxd5 34. Qxd5 Kf8 35. Nc3 Qc7 36. Ne4 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qxb2 38. Qd7 b6 39. Nd6 Qf6 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qd7 Kg8 42. Qe8+ Nf8 43. Qc6 Qd8 44. Nc4 Ne6 45. Nxb6 Nd4 46. Qc5 Nxb3 47. Qb5 Nd2 48. Qxa5 Qd3 49. Qa1 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Nxh4 52. Qa8+ Qxa8 53. Nxa8 Nf3 54. Kg2 Ne5 55. f4 Ng4 56. Nb6 Kf8 57. Nd5 Ke8 58. Nc3 Ke7 59. Ne4 Ne3+ 60. Kf3 Nc4 61. Ng5 Kf6 62. Ne4+ Kf5 63. Nf2 Nd2+ 64. Ke3 Nf1+ 65. Kf3 Nh2+ 66. Kg2 Ng4 67. Nh3 f6 68. Kf3 Ke6 69. Ke4 Kd6 70. Ng1 Kc5 71. Kd3 Nh6 72. Ke3 Nf5+ 73. Kf3 Kc4 74. Nh3 Nd4+ 75. Ke3 Nf5+ 76. Kf3 Kd4 77. Nf2 Nd6 78. Nh3 Ne4 79. Ng1 Kd3 80. Kg2 Nd2 81. Kf2 Ke4 82. Ne2 Nb1 83. Ng1 h4 84. Nh3 Kf5 85. gxh4 Kg4 86. f5 gxf5 87. Ke3 Nc3 88. Nf2+ Kg3 89. Nd3 Nd5+ 90. Kd4 Nf4 91. Nc5 Kxh4 92. Ke3 Kg3 93. Nb3 Ne6 94. Nd2 f4+ 95. Ke2 Ng5 96. Kf1 f3 97. Kg1 f2+ 98. Kf1 f5 0-1 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.23"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Wang Hao"] [Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "165"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. h4 e6 12. h5 Qh4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. f3 Bb7 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qe3 Kg7 22. Kf2 Rh8 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Qc3 Kg8 27. d5 Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Na5 29. Bd3 exd5 30. exd5 Kf8 31. Ke3 Ke7 32. Kd4 Bc8 33. Nb5 a6 34. Nc7 Kd6 35. Nxa6 Nb7 36. g4 g5 37. Nb4 Bd7 38. Nc2 Ke7 39. Ne3 Nd6 40. Nd1 Ba4 41. Nf2 f6 42. Be2 Be8 43. Nd1 Ba4 44. Nb2 Be8 45. Bd1 Nb5+ 46. Kc4 Nc7 47. Bb3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Nb5+ 49. Kd3 Nc7 50. Nc4+ Kc5 51. Nd2 Bb5+ 52. Ke4 Bd7 53. Nf1 Nb5 54. Ng3 Nd6+ 55. Ke3 f5 56. gxf5 Bxf5 57. Nxf5 Nxf5+ 58. Ke4 Nh4 59. Ba4 Kd6 60. Be8 Ng2 61. Bf7 Ne1 62. a4 Nc2 63. Be8 Ne1 64. Bb5 Ng2 65. Bc4 Nh4 66. Bf1 Kc5 67. Bh3 Kd6 68. Be6 Ng6 69. Bf7 Nh4 70. Be8 Ng2 71. Bb5 Nh4 72. Bd3 Kc5 73. Bf1 Kd6 74. Bh3 Ng6 75. Be6 Nh4 76. Bf7 Ke7 77. Bh5 Kd6 78. Bg4 Ng2 79. Kf5 Kxd5 80. Kxg5 Ke5 81. Kg6 Nf4+ 82. Kf7 Nd3 83. Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5 h6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Qg4 Rg8 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15. d4 bxc5 16. Qd1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Ne2 c4 19. O-O Rb6 20. Qc2 Rh8 21. a4 Ke8 22. Rb4 Nc6 23. f4 Ne7 24. Rfb1 f5 25. Rb5 Qa6 26. Bc1 Kf7 27. Ba3 Rhb8 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. g4 Rxb5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. gxf5 Rxb1+ 32. Qxb1 exf5 33. Ng3 Qb6 34. Nxf5+ Kf8 35. Qa1 Qe6 36. Ng3 Qg4 37. Kg2 Qxf4 38. Qxa7 Ke7 39. Qa3+ Kd8 40. Qd6 g5 41. hxg6 h5 42. g7 1-0 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.25"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Wang Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2842"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Rad8 15. f3 b6 16. g4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Ne4 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Bg5 Kf7 22. Ng3 c4 23. Bf1 b5 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf5 Bc5 27. Re5 Bxf3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxc5 Rd1+ 30. Ka2 Rxf1 31. Rxb5 c3 32. Bxf6 Kxf6 33. Ne3 Rf2 34. Rf5+ Ke6 35. Ka3 cxb2 36. Kxb2 h5 37. h4 Rxc2+ 38. Kxc2 Be4+ 39. Kd2 Bxf5 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Kf3 Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.25"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Kirill Alekseenko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Nh5 13. Be3 Nhf6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf3 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bh3 Rce8 21. Qa4 c5 22. b4 cxb4 23. Qxa7 Ne4 24. Qxb6 Nc3 25. Re1 dxc4 26. a3 Bd5 27. Qxb4 Qxb4 28. axb4 Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Rxf3 30. Bg2 Rff8 31. Rd2 Rb8 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Rxb4 34. Rc2 Rc8 35. Kf1 c3 36. Ke2 Rb7 37. Rd3 Rb2 38. Kd1 Rb1+ 39. Ke2 Rb2 40. Kd1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2020.03.25"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Anish Giri"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2020.03.17"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne3 h5 11. d4 exd3 12. exd3 Qd4 13. Nc2 Qg4 14. Bf4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bg4 16. Rd2 O-O-O 17. d4 Nc7 18. Ne3 Be6 19. d5 Ncxd5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1+ Kd7 25. Rc7+ Ke6 26. Rxb7 Rc8 27. Rxa7 Rc2 28. Be3 Bf6 29. Ra4 Bxb2 30. Kg2 d4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxa2 33. Re4+ Kf6 34. Rf4+ Ke6 35. Re4+ Kf6 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Re4+ Kf6 38. Rf4+ Ke6 39. h4 g6 40. Re4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2