[Event "Hot Summer Swiss"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "George Kvakovszky"]
[Black "Nitin Baligar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1504"]
[Annotator "Kvakovszky, George"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bf5 5. g4 Bd7 (5... Bg6 6. h4 exf3 (6...
h5) (6... h6) (6... Qd6)) 6. g5 Nh5 7. f4 g6 8. Be2 Bf5 9. Bxh5 gxh5 10. Qxh5 (
10. Be3) 10... Qxd4 11. Nge2 Qd7 (11... Qc5) 12. Be3 Bg6 13. Qh4 Nc6 14. Rd1
Qf5 (14... Qe6) 15. Ng3 Qa5 16. O-O Qb4 17. Nd5 Qa5 {[#]} 18. Bb6 Qxb6+ 19.
Nxb6 axb6 20. f5 Ne5 21. Qxe4 e6 (21... Bg7) 22. Qxe5 Bc5+ 23. Kg2 Rg8 24. fxg6
hxg6 (24... Rxg6) 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qf6+ Ke8 27. Qxe6+ Be7 28. Qxg8+ Bf8 29.
Qxg6+ Ke7 30. Qf6+ (30. Nf5#) 30... Ke8 31. g6 Bd6 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. g7 1-0

[Event "Unruly Queens Online Tournament Open Se"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nurab2006"]
[Black "tanki97"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1916"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "Zhu, Evelyn"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:20"]
[BlackClock "0:00:10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. f3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. h4
{[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. h5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
10. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:12] [#]} Bh8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 11. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Qxf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. Qf2 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qh6+ {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 15. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} b4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Nce2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. g3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20.
gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} a3 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} 22. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} (22. Nge2 axb2 23. Bh3) 22... Qxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 24. Qd2 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (24... Qxd2 25. Rxd2 f5 26. exf5 (26. Nxf5 Nxf5
27. exf5 Bxb2) 26... Nexd5) 25. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} axb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26.
Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (26... Bxg4 27. Rxg4 Na4) 27. Nxh6+ {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxh6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Rxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} (28... Kf8) 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (29... Bxd4
30. e5+ Kh8) 30. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Qf1
{[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Kxb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxa2+ {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ba4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Kxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:02] [#]} Nexd5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. exd5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh8 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (38. Kxc3) 38... Nxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]
} 39. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nb6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 40. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. Kc4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Nb6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd5+ {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 44. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 45. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Nxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 48. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 49. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (49. Bxa2 Qa6+ 50. Kc3 Qf6+ 51. Kd3 Qa6+) 49...
c4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 50. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 51. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 52. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (52. Qxa4 Rb2)
52... Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 53. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54.
Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c1=Q {
tanki97 won by resignation} 0-1

[Event "Unruly Queens Online Tournament u1500 S"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "weizou"]
[Black "tidalwave10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1392"]
[BlackElo "1231"]
[Annotator "Zhu, Evelyn"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:09"]
[BlackClock "0:00:18"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6.
c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 13. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:23]
} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Rfd1 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 17. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 18. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 19. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 21. Rxd1
{[%emt 0:00:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 22. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 23. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. a4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd3
{[%emt 0:00:17]} 25. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 26. Nb4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 27. Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 28. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 29. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 31. a5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 33. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Bf8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Ra8 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. b4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 38. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:03] [#]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} (39. Ke1) 39... f6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} (40... Bf1 41. Kh4 Rxg2 42. a6 Rxh2+ 43. Kg3 Rg2+ 44. Kh4 Rh2+) 41. Rb7+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 43. b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} (44... Bf1 45. f4 e4 46. fxg5 hxg5) 45. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02] 
[#]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. a7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Bxf4
{[%emt 0:00:04]} h4# {tidalwave10 won by checkmate} 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1966.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1966.12.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. Be3 g6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nb5 Ne5 14.
O-O-O Bg7 15. Rxd5 O-O 16. Rhd1 a6 17. Nd6 Qh4 18. f3 b5 19. Bd4 Nc4 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxh2 23. Rd7 Rac8 24. Rxf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxc8 Qf4+ 26.
Kb1 Qxf3 27. Rc1 g5 28. b3 Qe2 {[#]} 29. Qc3+ (29. a4) 29... Kg6 30. Qh3 h6 (
30... Kg7) 31. Rh1 Rh7 32. a3 Rh8 33. a4 Rh7 34. Rh2 Qe1+ 35. Ka2 Qe4 36. Qh5+
Kg7 37. Rd2 Qe7 38. Qh3 Kg8 39. Qf3 Rf7 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qxa6 Qe4 42. Qe2 Qf4
43. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Zurich Candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bb2 c4 17. Bxc4 Ng4 18. f4 Qc5 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Qb6
21. Qe2 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxb2 23. Re2 Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Re7 Be6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rxb7 Rc8 29. Rxb6 Rxc3 30. Ra6 Kf7 31. Kf2 h5 32. a4 Ra3 33.
h4 Kf6 34. Ra5 g6 35. Ke2 {[#]} Rg3 (35... Ra2+ 36. Ke3 Rxg2 37. Ra8 Rh2 38. a5
Rxh4 39. a6 Rh3+ 40. Kd4 Ra3 41. Kc5 h4 42. Kb6 h3 43. Rh8 Rb3+ 44. Kc6 (44.
Ka7 e5) 44... Ra3 45. Kb7 Rb3+) 36. Rg5 Ra3 (36... Rxg5 37. hxg5+) 37. a5 Kf7
38. Kd2 Ke7 39. Kc2 Kd6 40. Kb2 Ra4 41. g3 Kc6 42. Kb3 Ra1 43. Kb4 Rb1+ 44. Kc4
Ra1 45. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Zurich Candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Bb2 c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. f3 a5 15.
Re1 Qb6 16. Nf1 b4 17. Qd2 b3 18. Bb1 a4 19. e4 Ne7 20. Ng3 Kh8 21. Re2 Nfg8
22. Nh5 f5 23. Qg5 Rf7 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. Rae1 Qd8 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 {
[#]} 28. Re8 (28. Re6) 28... Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Re7 30. Rxe7 Ngxe7 31. Kf2 Kg8 32.
g4 Nd6 33. Ke3 Nb5 34. f4 Nc8 35. f5 Ncd6 36. Nf4 Nxa3 37. Bxa3 Nb5 38. Bc1
Nxc3 39. Ne2 Nb1 40. Nc3 0-1

[Event "AlphaZero - Stockfish Match"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "AlphaZero (Computer)"]
[Black "Stockfish (Computer)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. d4 {book} d5 {book} 2. c4 {book} c6 {book} 3. Nf3 {book} Nf6 {book} 4. Nc3 {
book} dxc4 {book} 5. a4 {book} Bg4 {book} 6. Ne5 {book} Bh5 {book} 7. f3 {book}
Nfd7 {book} 8. Nxc4 {book} e5 {book} 9. g3 {book} Bb4 {book} 10. dxe5 {book}
O-O {book} 11. Bh3 Qe7 12. Qd4 Nc5 13. Nd6 Nba6 14. Nf5 Qc7 15. Qh4 Bg6 16. Bf4
Ne6 17. O-O Nxf4 18. gxf4 f6 19. e6 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 g6 {[#]} 21. Rad1 Nc5 (21...
Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Kh1 gxf5 25. Rg1+) 22. Bb1 Bxc3 23. bxc3
Nxe6 24. f5 Qf4 25. Qg3 Qxg3+ 26. hxg3 Nc5 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Bxg6 Nxa4 29. Rd7
Nc5 30. Rh7 Rad8 31. Ra1 a6 32. Kf2 Rd7 33. Rh4 Rg7 34. Bf5 Re8 35. Rah1 Kf8
36. Rc4 Re5 37. g4 Rge7 38. e4 Nb3 39. f4 Rb5 40. Rh6 Kg7 41. Rg6+ Kf7 42. g5
fxg5 43. Rxg5 Kf8 44. Rh5 a5 45. e5 Rg7 46. Bc2 Nc5 47. Kf3 Ke7 48. Rh6 Nd7 49.
Re4 Rd5 50. Re3 a4 51. Bxa4 Rd2 52. Bb3 Rdg2 53. Rh3 Rg1 54. Re2 Nc5 55. Bc2
Ne6 56. Rf2 Ra1 57. Ke3 Re1+ 58. Kd2 Nxf4 59. Rxf4 Rxe5 60. Rd4 b5 61. Rh2 c5
62. Rd3 Rgg5 63. Kc1 Rd5 64. Re3+ Kd8 65. Kb2 Rd6 66. Kb3 b4 67. c4 Kc7 68. Rf3
Re5 69. Kb2 Re8 70. Bd3 Kb6 71. Rg3 Rf6 72. Bc2 Rd6 73. Rgh3 Re7 74. Rh8 Rde6
75. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Gawain Jones"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.01.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 Re8
15. Ne4 f5 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. g4 f4 18. h4 fxe3 19. Qxe3 h6 20. Qc5 Bb7 21. Ne4 {
[#]} Re6 (21... Bf8 22. Qg1) 22. h5 Qb6 23. g5 hxg5 24. Qa3 Rb8 25. b3 Qd8 26.
Qxa7 {[#]} gxh5 (26... Re7 27. Qg1) (26... Kf8 27. Rdg1 Qc7 28. Rxg5 Ra8 29.
Qg1) 27. Rxh5 Rg6 28. Rxg5 Rxg5 29. Nxg5 Qc8 30. Rg1 Ra8 31. Qb6 Ra6 32. Qc5
Qd7 33. Ne4 Kh8 34. Qf2 Qe7 35. Bxa6 Bxa6 36. Qh2+ Kg8 37. Qh6 Qa7 38. Qe6+ Kf8
39. Rg5 Ne3 40. Qd6+ Kf7 41. Nc5 Bc8 42. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[Black "Vladislav Kovalev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. e3 d5 7. Rc1 Ba6 8. Qa4
c5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 exd5 11. Ke2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Kf1 Rfc8 14. Qa6
Qe6 15. Ne2 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Qf5 17. h3 Nf8 18. Nf3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Kg1 Ne6
21. Rc2 Rab8 22. Qb5 a6 23. Qxa6 Ra8 24. Qd3 Rxa2 25. Qf5 Rca8 26. Nc3 Ra1 27.
Rcd2 cxd4 28. exd4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Re8 30. Nf3 Qc4 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Qb3 33. Rd2
b5 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Nh7 36. Nxd5 g6 37. Nf6+ Nxf6 38. Qxf6 Qd5 39. Re2 Rd8
{[#]} 40. Rxe6 fxe6 (40... Qxe6 41. Qxd8+) 41. Ne5 Rf8 42. Qxg6+ Kh8 43. Qh6+
Kg8 44. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.01.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Rfd1 c5 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Qa3 b6
15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Bc6 Ra7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qb4 Nd7 19. Qd6 Rf8 20. Rd2 Nc5 21.
Rad1 Qe7 22. b4 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb7 24. R6d2 f6 25. h4 h5 26. Be4 e5 27. Rc1 Ra8
28. Rc6 b5 29. Rb6 Kh8 30. Rc2 Rf7 {[#]} 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 (31... Rb8 32. Rb6) 32.
Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vincent Keymer"]
[Black "Nodirbek Abdusattorov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nc3
Bb7 15. a4 b5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Rab8 18. Nc3 Bd5 19. Rfb1 Rfc8 20. f3 Bc6
21. g4 Be8 22. Ra5 Nd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 f6 25. Nd7 Rb7 26. Rbd1 Rxb2 27.
Rc5 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Rxe2 29. Rd8 Kf7 30. Rc8 c3 31. Ne4 c2 32. Kf1 Rxh2 33. Kg1
Re2 34. Kf1 {[#]} Bb5 35. Nd6+ Kg6 36. Nxb5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Anton Smirnov"]
[Black "David Anton Guijarro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bg5 Be7 13. h4 Nf8 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Be4 c5 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. h5 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 b6
21. h6 g6 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Qf4 Bb7 24. Rbc1 Rd4 25. f3 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Rbd8 27.
Rf1 Kf8 28. Kh2 Ke8 29. Rc6 Rd2 30. Rfc1 R2d7 31. R1c2 Rd4 32. Rf2 R4d7 33. Kh3
Rd3+ 34. g3 R3d7 35. Rfc2 Rd1 36. Kg4 R1d4 37. Kh3 Rd3 38. Kg4 R3d4 39. Kh3 Rd3
40. Rc7 R3d7 41. Qc1 Kf8 42. Rc8 Rxc8 43. Rxc8+ Rd8 44. Rc7 Rd7 45. Rc8+ Rd8
46. Rc7 Rd7 47. Rb7 Qd8 48. Qa3+ Kg8 49. Qxa7 Rxb7 50. Qxb7 Qf8 51. Kg2 Qxh6
52. Qb8+ Kg7 53. Qxb6 Qd2+ 54. Qf2 Qxf2+ 55. Kxf2 Kf8 56. g4 {[#]} h6 57. Ke3
Ke7 58. Kd4 Kd7 59. Kc5 Kc7 60. a3 Kb7 61. a4 Ka6 62. Kd6 (62. Kb4) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anton Smirnov"]
[Black "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 b5 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 exd5
9. cxd5 Bb7 10. Nf3 c4 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Bd2 Nc7 13. d6 Ne6 14. f5 Nd4 15. f6 Re8
16. a3 Ba5 17. fxg7 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rxe5+ 19. Kf1 Na6 20. Be1 Bxc3 21. Bf2 Nc5
22. bxc3 Rae8 23. h4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxd6 25. h5 Nd3 26. Bg3 {[#]} Qxa3 27. Rxa3
(27. Rb1 Re3 28. Qg4 Qa2 29. Rd1 R8e4) 27... Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "David Anton Guijarro"]
[Black "Jan Smeets"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.01.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nd6 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Bf4 Be6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Ne3 Rfe8
15. h4 Bf8 16. Ng5 Nd8 17. h5 Bg7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Re2 b6 20. Rae1 N8b7 21.
Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Nf5 Qd7 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Be5+ f6 25. Bxg6 fxe5 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27.
Rxe5 Rxe5 28. dxe5 Ne4 29. f3 Ng5 30. Qd2 Qf5 31. Qxd5 Nc5 32. Qd8 Nge6 33.
Qf6+ Qxf6 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Rd1 b5 36. g3 Na4 37. Rd2 a5 38. Kf2 Nb6 39. b3 a4
40. Ke2 Nc5 41. b4 Ne6 42. f4 a3 43. Kf3 Na4 44. Rc2 c6 45. g4 Nc7 46. Ke4 Nd5
47. g5+ Kg6 48. Ke5 Naxc3 49. Rc1 Kg7 50. f5 Nxa2 51. Ra1 Naxb4 52. Rxa3 Nc7
53. f6+ Kg6 54. Rf3 Nba6 55. f7 Nc5 {[#]} 56. Rf6+ (56. f8=Q Nd7+) 56... Kxg5
57. Rd6 (57. Kd6) 57... N7e6 58. Rxe6 Nd7+ 59. Kd6 1-0

[Event "UMBC Under 1800"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.03.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Michael"]
[Black "Bougher, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1771"]
[BlackElo "1498"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,94,19,29,23,-4,25,28,13,13,26,37,39,0,0,-5,3,-33,-11,-41,-18,-19,30,
23,34,31,31,28,21,25,32,-14,28,23,49,-41,56,7,39,16,39,3,25,-81,-73,-71,-38,
-61,-34,-84,-85,-98,-72,-88,-141,-109,-152,-182,-185,-205,-209,-209,-229,-332,
-136,-140,-143,-186,-194,-348,-142,-158,-203,-235,-253,-467,-360,-551,-437,
-884,-196,-197,-180,-198,-116,-219,-165,-185,0,-135,-182,-145,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 {The exchange variation of the Slav is where we're
going. Bleh...} cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {[#]} 6. h3 {I understand h3.
However I feel Bf4 is more principled. And theory.} (6. Bf4) 6... Bf5 7. a3 e6
{I was under the impression that my opponent was trying to get into a less
typical position with a3 and h3 so I thought it best to play simple developing
moves.} 8. b4 {[#]} a6 (8... Bd6) 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e3 b5 $6 {I probably just
should castle here. I was trying to keep things symmetric.} 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Bd3
Bxd3 {I didn't mind giving up my bad bishop for his good one. Even though it
had a fairly nice diagonal.} 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8 $6 {This is just a
waste of time. I think I was seeing some type of ghost.} 15. Rc2 {[#]} Rac8 $2
(15... Bxb4 16. axb4 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rfc1) 16... Nxb4) 16.
Rfc1 h6 17. Bf4 Red8 (17... Bxb4) 18. Ne5 Na7 {I wanted to fight the c-file}
19. Bh2 Qb7 20. f4 $2 {I felt like this was blocking his own bishop.} Nd7 21.
Qe2 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Rc4 {[#]} 23. Nd1 Rdc8 (23... a5) 24. Rxc4 (24. Nb2) 24...
Rxc4 25. Rxc4 {[#]} dxc4 (25... bxc4) 26. Qf3 (26. Bg3 a5 27. Be1) 26... Qxf3 {
I played this instantly. I had been having trouble finding my moves all game.
For some reason I just couldn't think today. Perhaps it has something to do
with that song being stuck in my head on repeat... Since I usually have an
easier time thinking out my moves in an endgame I quickly took the chance,.}
27. gxf3 a5 {Again played instantly, I wanted to create 2 passed pawns. This
was more or less the first time I felt comfortable the whole game} 28. e4 axb4
29. axb4 Bxb4 30. Bf4 Ba3 {[#]} 31. d5 Bc5+ $6 {After I played this I felt it
just helps his king into the game.} (31... b4) 32. Kf1 b4 33. Ke2 Nb5 34. Nb2
Na3 35. d6 Kf8 36. Na4 Bd4 {At this point I had only 3 minutes and was staring
to rush} 37. Kd2 Ke8 38. Kc1 Kd7 39. Nb2 Bxb2+ {I now had seconds less and was
trying to figure out how to win but I simply had to play a move to avoid
losing on time.} 40. Kxb2 {[#]} Nb5 41. Be3 h5 42. f4 f6 43. Bc5 b3 44. Be3
fxe5 {Here is where I offered a draw as with my lack of time I didn't think I
could find a way to win, my opponent declined however so we played on a few
more moves until it became obvious no one was winning} 45. fxe5 {[#]} g6 (45...
h4) 46. h4 Kc6 47. Bf2 Kd7 {[#]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th World Amateur Team"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Timothy"]
[Black "Brereton, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Panchanatham, Vignesh"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,106,36,20,20,18,20,20,37,36,36,20,35,29,40,28,35,35,43,25,28,27,64,64,
65,12,11,17,30,11,32,15,35,13,13,13,2,-15,11,2,15,-1,8,-4,0,0,-3,-3,-3,-4,31,
21,34,34,39,25,43,26,19,20,33,31,75,16,18,0,0,0,25,6,6,21,0,0,6,4,116,121,203,
221,213,211,211,205,223,205,205,250,252,252,252,206,191,144,148,148,148,93,87,
93,93,-982,-982,-1002,-1002,-1002,-1012,-1012,-1012]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3.
Nf3 b6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. h3 {The London System is an apt choice for a
lower-rated player in the crucial last round of the team tournament, forcing
Black to press for the win against a more solid structure.} Ne4 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 f5 9. Rg1 Bf6 10. O-O-O d6 11. Qe2 $6 {After castling queenside, White's
ideas are now geared toward pushing the kingside pawns and launching an attack.
} (11. Bb5+ {takes advantage of black's uncoordinated and underdeveloped
pieces.} Nd7 {and now} (11... Bc6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. g4) (11... c6 12. Be2) 12.
Ne5 $1 dxe5 13. dxe5 c6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qc3 {and White is winning.}) 11...
Nc6 12. Ba6 (12. g4 {seems more natural and in line with white's previous
moves.} fxg4 13. hxg4 g5 14. Bg3 $16) 12... Bxa6 13. Qxa6 Qd7 14. a3 Rb8 15.
Qb5 Ne5 16. Qb3 Nxf3 17. gxf3 O-O 18. Bg5 Qe7 19. f4 d5 20. Qd3 {The position
is roughly equal, but White seems to have more chances.} c5 21. c3 $6 {This
unneccesarily weakens the structure and provides Black more hooks for a future
queenside attack.} ({After} 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qb5 {White can now double on the
g-file and use the threat of the queen's penetration to gain play.}) 21... b5
$2 {Black should be pushing to open the b-file as fast as they can. 21. ... b5
allows White to capture on c5 and slow the attack.} ({Better is} 21... c4 22.
Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qe2 b5 $17 {when Black now has control of the squares and can
prepare a dangerous queenside assault.}) 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Qd4
Qe7 (24... Qxd4 {maintains equality more safely.}) 25. Qe5 Rb7 26. f3 a5 27.
Rd4 g6 $6 ({Preventing Rg1-g5 with} 27... h6 {was a better try. Now White will
always have the g6-pawn to target with a future h4-h5 push.}) 28. Rgd1 $6 {
This prepares e4, but still leaves White open to a counterattack.} Rf8 29. e4
fxe4 $6 ({Better is} 29... b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. exd5 bxc3 32. b4 Rxb4 33. d6
Qb7 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Qe5+ Kg8 {and a perpetual is coming.}) 30. fxe4 Rxf4 31.
Qxf4 e5 {[#]} 32. Qe3 $6 {This move gives up an opportunity for White to
target the open black king.} (32. Qg4 {eyes the c8-square:} exd4 33. exd5 dxc3
34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Rf1+ Kg7 36. Qxc3+ {gives White a central passed pawn and
some initiative.}) 32... exd4 33. Rxd4 dxe4 34. Rxe4 Qf7 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Qd4+
Kh6 37. Re4 {Black's king is exposed, but White can't take advantage of it yet
because of his own weak light squares.} g5 $2 {This move stops Rh4 for the
moment, but in reality it opens up the black king even more.} (37... Qf1+ {
is an improvement, as after} 38. Kc2 Qf5 {Black's attack against White's
exposed king safeguards his own.} 39. Qe5 a4 40. Qxf5 gxf5 41. Rd4 Kg5 42. Kd3
Rb6 {with equality.}) 38. h4 Rd7 $4 {Black's king is too exposed to allow
White a free move.} (38... Qf1+ {is the only chance. After} 39. Kd2 Kh5 {
the position is extremely double edged but allows Black some hopes of survival.
} 40. hxg5) 39. hxg5+ Kg6 40. Qb6+ Kg7 41. Qxb5 Rd5 42. Qe2 Rd7 43. Re6 $6 {
Now up 2 pawns, White should have made sure to secure his king first with c4,
preventing future perpetuals.} (43. c4 Qf5 44. Re5 Qf4+ 45. Kb1 a4 46. Ka2 Rb7
47. Re8 Rf7 48. Re4 Qf5 49. Qe3 Kg8) 43... Qf4+ 44. Kb1 Qf5+ 45. Qe4 $6 {
Trading queens is not ideal here. The rook endgame is a much less certain win.
Keeping the queens on the board allows more attacking chances.} Rd5 46. Qxf5 $6
{Losing a tempo.} (46. b4 {is better, getting a head start for the endgame by
putting the rook in a more effective position to stop the h-pawn after the
trade.} Qxe4+ (46... Qf1+ 47. Kb2 Rd2+ 48. Kb3 {White's king is safe from
serious threat because of the strong queen on e4 and white's checks are now
all threatened.}) 47. Rxe4 Rxg5 48. a4 Kf6 49. Kc2 h5 50. b5 Re5 51. Kd3 Kf5
52. Rxe5+ Kxe5 53. Ke3 {and this is a clear win for White.}) 46... Rxf5 47. b4
Rxg5 48. Ra6 $2 {Losing a lot of the advantage - activating the king is key.} (
{White's pawns can roll without the help of the rook after} 48. Kc2 h5 49. Re4
Kf6 50. Rh4) 48... axb4 49. axb4 h5 {White is the only one with chances, but
the next move changes the fate of the game and with it, the fate of the match.}
50. Ra2 $4 {A costly mistake.} (50. Ra5 {is nearly forced, and White is still
playing for two results.}) 50... Rg1+ 51. Kb2 Rg2+ 52. Kb3 Rxa2 53. Kxa2 Kf7
0-1

[Event "2020 U.S. Amateur Team West"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "IM Ladia Jirasek"]
[Black "Derek Wu"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "Talamantez, Abel"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Kg8 17. Rhe1 b4 18. axb4 (18. a4 Qe8) 18... axb4 19.
Qxb4 Rb8 20. Qd4 Qa5 (20... Re8) 21. Rxe7 Rxb3 22. cxb3 Rc8+ 23. Kb1 Bf5+ 24.
Re4 Ra8 25. Qc3 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qa6 27. Kd2 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Rc8 29. Qd4 Qb5 30. Rc1
(30. Qd3 Qb6 31. Ke2 Re8 32. Kf1) 30... Rxc1 31. Kxc1 Qf1+ 32. Kc2 Qxg2+ 33.
Kc3 Qxh2 34. b4 Qg3+ (34... Qe2 35. Qd3 Qf2) 35. Qd3 Qxd3+ 36. Kxd3 Kf8 37. b5
Ke7 38. b6 Kd7 {[#]} 39. Kc4 f5 (39... h5 40. Kb5 h4 41. b7 Kc7 42. Ka6 Kb8 43.
e5 h3 44. exd6 h2 45. d7) (39... f6 40. Kb5 Kc8 (40... h5 41. Ka6 h4 42. b7)
41. Kc6 g5 42. Kxd6 Kb7 43. Ke7 g4 44. d6 g3 45. d7 g2 46. d8=Q g1=Q) 40. e5
dxe5 41. Kc5 Kc8 42. Kc6 e4 43. b7+ *

[Event "Amateur Team North"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Scott Ramer"]
[Black "Nicky Korba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Saleem, Arshaq"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
(8. Bd3 Ba6) 8... Bd7 9. a4 (9. Bd3 Ba4 10. O-O (10. h4) 10... c4 11. Be2 h6
12. Ne1 Kd7 13. f4 Qg8 14. Bf3 Qh7 15. g3 Nbc6 16. Rf2 Rag8) 9... Bxb5 10. axb5
Qd7 11. Qe2 c4 12. Rb1 a6 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14. O-O h6 15. h4 Nbc6 16. h5 Kd8 17.
Nh4 Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bf4 Qe6 20. Qf3 (20. Ra1 Na5 21. Bc1) 20... Kc7 21.
Rb5 Ra5 22. Rfb1 Rxb5 23. Rxb5 Ne7 24. Qd1 (24. Rb1 Ra8 25. Qg3) 24... g5 25.
hxg6 fxg6 26. Qa1 (26. Bc1 g5 27. Ba3) 26... Kb7 27. Bc1 Ra8 28. Ba3 Qc6 29.
Qb2 Nc8 (29... Rxa3 30. Qxa3 Qxb5 31. Qxe7+ Ka6 32. Qd8 Ka7 33. Qc7+ Ka6 34. e6
) 30. Bc5 g5 31. Rb4 Kc7 32. Bf8 Qe8 33. Bg7 (33. Bxh6 Qh5) 33... f4 34. Bf6 {
[#]} (34. Qc1) 34... f3 35. gxf3 Qh5 36. e6 Qxf3 37. Be5+ (37. e7 Qg4+ 38. Kf1
Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Qe6) 37... Kd8 38. Rxb6 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qg4+ 40. Bg3 Ra7 41. Qb5 Qe4+
42. Kh2 h5 43. Qc6 Nxb6 44. Qxb6+ Ke7 45. Qxa7+ Kxe6 46. Qa6+ Kf5 47. Qc8+ Kg6
48. Qg8+ Kf5 49. Qh7+ Kg4 50. Qxe4+ dxe4 51. d5 Kf5 52. Kg2 h4 53. Bh2 g4 54.
Kf1 e3 55. fxe3 g3 56. Bxg3 hxg3 57. Kg2 Ke5 58. Kxg3 Kxd5 59. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Hansen, Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1q1rk1/pp2bppp/4bn2/2pNN3/2B5/8/P1P2PPP/1RBQR1K1 w - - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1329"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.27"]

{[#]} 14. Nxf7 $1 {Black resigned.} ({White also had} 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nxf7
$1 {available, also winning.}) ({The game could have continued} 14. Nxf7 $1
Kxf7 ({or} 14... Bxf7 15. Nxe7+) 15. Rxe6 $1 {and White is winning.}) 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Hansen, Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1pq2ppk/p2R1n1p/P3pN2/2r1P3/3Q2PP/5PK1/8 w - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1330"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.04"]

{[#]} 32. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 33. Qe3 $1 {Black resigned as there is no way to stop
White from playing Qxh6 followed by Qg7#.} 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Hansen, Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr2k/1p2q1bp/p5p1/3R1p2/1PQ5/P3B1P1/2R2PKP/8 b - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1330"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.04"]

{[#]} 28... b5 $1 29. Qd3 Qb7 {White resigned. After 30.Rc5 Re5, the pinned
rook on d5 falls.} 0-1

[Event "Isolated Queens Swiss II"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paehtz, E."]
[Black "Belenkaya, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "Hansen, Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1qr2k1/p3bppp/1pn1pn2/3pN1B1/3P4/2PB3P/PP2QPP1/4RRK1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2020.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1330"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.04"]

{[#]} 18. Bxf6 $1 {Preparing the softening of Black's kingside.} Bxf6 19. Bxh7+
Kxh7 ({Or} 19... Kf8 20. f4 {and White has a winning advantage.}) 20. Qh5+ Kg8
21. Qxf7+ Kh7 {and here White should have played} 22. Ng4 $1 ({The game
continued} 22. Nxc6 $2 Qxc6 23. Rxe6 Rd6 24. Rfe1 {and now instead of the
losing 24...Bg5??, Black could have saved herself with} Rf8 $1 (24... Bg5))
22... Be7 23. Rxe6 $1 {The point: the threat is Rh6#.} Rd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25.
Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "IM Not A GM Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Shahade, G."]
[Black "Zatonskih, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Hansen, Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bn1r4/4q1k1/p1p2pp1/1pNn3p/1P2N3/P3PB1P/1Q1R1PP1/6K1 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1329"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.27"]

{[#]} 31. Nxf6 $1 (31. Ng5 $5 {is also unpleasant for Black but not nearly as
good.}) 31... Qxf6 ({The other capture is even worse:} 31... Nxf6 32. Rxd8 Qxd8
33. Ne6+ {.}) ({Black's best defense is probably} 31... Kf7 32. Nxh5 $1 ({both
} 32. Nxd5) ({and} 32. Bxd5+ cxd5 33. Rd4 {are also sufficient to win}) 32...
gxh5 33. e4 Nf6 34. Qb3+ Kg6 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. e5 Nd5 37. Qc2+ {and White is
winning.}) 32. Ne6+ Kf7 33. Qxf6+ Nxf6 34. Rxd8 Ke7 35. Rxb8 {and Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Sjugirov, S."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Annotator "Hansen, Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b3rk2/2p2N2/1b6/1p1pN2n/3PPn1q/1BP4P/1P1Q1PP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1327"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.13"]

{[#]} 23... Rxe5 $1 {A devious move that Carlsen spotted after just a few
seconds of thought. The point is that White will have to make one of two
concessions, either one loses on the spot!} 24. dxe5 ({Or} 24. Nxe5 Qg5 {
when White cannot simultaneously defend against both ...Qxg2# and ...Nxh3+,
winning the unprotected queen on d2.}) 24... Qg3 {White resigned. Black's last
move only became possible after the opening of the a7-g1 diagonal and now
there is unstoppable mate.} 0-1

[Event "IM Not A GM Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Kashlinskaya, A."]
[Black "Rosen, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "Hansen, Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqr1k1/1p3pp1/2pb1n1p/p2p2n1/3PP2B/P1NB1P1P/1PQ1N1P1/R4RK1 b - - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1330"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.04"]

{[#]} 15... Nfxe4 $1 16. fxe4 $4 ({White should have pulled the emergency
brake with either} 16. Kh1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3) ({or} 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Bxg5 ({both} 
17. f4) ({and} 17. Nxe4 {are met by} Nxh3+ {, for instance,} 18. gxh3 Qxh4 19.
Nxd6 Bxh3 20. Rf2 Re6 {with a decisive attack for Black}) 17... Qxg5 18. Nxe4
Bf5 19. N2c3 Qf4 {with a clear positional advantage for Black.}) 16... Nxh3+ $1
17. gxh3 Qxh4 {The white king is all of a sudden very open and very much alone.
} 18. e5 ({Or} 18. Rf2 Bxh3 19. e5 Rxe5 20. dxe5 Bc5 21. Ne4 Bxf2+ 22. Nxf2
Qg5+ 23. Ng4 Qxg4+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+ {and Black is winning.}) 18... Rxe5 19. Bf5
Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Bxf5 21. Qc1 Re3 {Black is winning.} 22. Ng1 Qg3 23. Qd2 Bxh3 24.
Rfe1 Bg2+ 25. Qxg2 Qh4+ 26. Nh3 Rxh3+ {and White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Online Nations Cup Final"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Hansen, Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnb5/p1q1b1pk/2p3r1/4ppP1/2Q5/2P1B1P1/P2R1PB1/3R2K1 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2020.05.10"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1331"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.11"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[#]} 28. Bd5 $1 {Keeping the Black king stuck on the h-file is crucial.} ({
Note that} 28. Qh4+ $4 {is strongly met by} Rh6 $1 {and Black survives.}) 28...
f4 ({Black tries to block White's access to the h-file. The alternatives are
interesting to analyze:} 28... Rxg5 29. Kg2 $1 ({a theme we will see a couple
of times, the h-file now becomes accessible for the rook; White also wins after
} 29. Bxg5 Bxg5 30. Bg8+ $1 Kh8 31. Rd6 $1 Qe7 32. Kg2 $1 {, clearing the path
to the h-file for rook.}) 29... Rh5 30. Bf7 Rh6 31. Bxh6 gxh6 32. Bg6+ Kxg6 33.
Qg8+ Kf6 34. Rh1 {and there is no defense for the black king.}) ({Or} 28...
Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Rxg5 30. Qh4+ Kg6 31. Bg8 $1 {, threatening Rdd6 with mate.}) 29.
Be4 $1 {Pinning the rook and keeping the king stuck.} Bxg5 ({Or} 29... Bf8 30.
f3 fxg3 31. Kg2 {and Black will get mated on the h-file.}) 30. Rd6 Bf6 31. Kg2
$1 {Again!} f3+ 32. Kxf3 Bg4+ 33. Kg2 Bxd1 34. Rxd1 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Online Nations Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Hansen, Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3rbk1/pp3ppp/1qb2n2/2p3N1/2Pp2PP/P2B1P2/1PPB3Q/2KRR3 w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1331"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.11"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[#]} 21. Qf4 $1 Bd7 $2 ({A mistake. The best defense was} 21... h6 {when
White after} 22. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 23. g5 Bd7 24. Bh7 $1 hxg5 25. hxg5 g6 26. gxf6
Qxf6 27. Bg8+ $1 Kg7 28. Bd5 {and the bishop has concluded its journey,
helping White to secure a clear positional advantage.}) 22. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 ({Or} 
22... Nxh7 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qh5 {and White wins.}) 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Kg8
25. h5 Qc6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. g5 Qd7 28. Qg6+ {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[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+ (31... Bxf4 32. gxf4 Nxh4+
33. Kh3) 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 (40. d4 Rxd4 (40... cxd4 41. Rc2) 41. Rxd4
cxd4 42. Nc2 Kd5 43. Nxd4 Kxd4 44. Rd2+) 40... 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 "2020.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[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 (15... f6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. c4 Rf8 19. cxb5 Qxb5 20. Bc4
Qd7) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 {[#]} 18. c4 Nf7 (18... bxc4 19. Ba4) (18...
Rf8 19. cxb5 Qxb5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. d6+) 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 (27...
Bxc5 28. Nf3) 28. Nf3 Nf7 29. Bc3 Bc7 30. b6 Bb8 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. gxf5 Kf6 33.
Nd2 Rd8 (33... Kxf5 34. Ne4 Bd6 35. Bb5 Re7 36. Bc6) 34. d6 Rxd6 35. Rb1 Nd8 (
35... Bc6 36. Ne4+ Bxe4 37. dxe4) (35... Bb7) 36. b7 Bxb7 37. Ba5 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[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 (9... c5) 10. Nxe5 (10. dxe5 Nfd7 11. Bf4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qe7) 10...
Bc2 11. Qd2 (11. Qxc2 Qxd4+ 12. e3 Qxe5) 11... c5 12. d5 Bb3 13. e4 Re8 14. Qf4
c4 15. Nxc4 Nbd7 16. Be3 Nf8 17. Bd4 {[#]} Ng6 (17... Rc8 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Qg3
Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxe4) 18. Qf5 (18. Qc1 Rc8 19. Nd2 Nxe4+) 18... Bxc4 (18... Rc8
19. Nd2 Ne7 20. Qh3 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nexd5 22. Nde4 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Bxc3 (
24. Nxc3 Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Qb6+) 24... Qb6+ 25. Ke1 Nxc3) 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Be2 Bc5
21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ (21... Re5 22. Qh3 Nf4 23. Qh4 (23. Qg3 N6h5 24. Qh4 g5) 23...
g5 24. Qg3 (24. Qxf4 gxf4 25. Bd4) 24... N6h5 25. Bd4 (25. Qg4 Qxc5+ 26. Kf1
Rd8) 25... Nxg3 26. hxg3 Nxe2 27. Nxe2 f5) 22. Kf1 h6 (22... Re5 23. Qh3 Qb4)
23. Rd1 Qb6 (23... a6) 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 (35... Nf6 36. e5 Nh7 37. Kg2) 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 "2020.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[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 (16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Rxb8+ Qxb8 18. O-O c4 19. Rd1 Qb1 20. Rd2
Nb6 21. Rb2 Qd3 22. Bd2) 16... Qa5 17. Bd2 Rb8 (17... Qxa3 18. Ne2 Qa6 19. O-O)
18. Ne2 c4 (18... Ke8 19. O-O Kd8 20. Rxb8+ Nxb8 21. c4) (18... Rxb1 19. Qxb1
Qa6 20. a4) 19. O-O Rb6 20. Qc2 Rh8 {[#]} 21. a4 Ke8 22. Rb4 Nc6 23. f4 Ne7 (
23... Nxb4 24. cxb4 Qa6 25. b5 Qb7 26. f5) 24. Rfb1 f5 25. Rb5 Qa6 26. Bc1 Kf7
27. Ba3 Rhb8 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. g4 Rxb5 (29... fxg4 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Rf1) 30.
axb5 Rxb5 31. gxf5 Rxb1+ 32. Qxb1 exf5 33. Ng3 Qb6 (33... g6 34. Kf2) 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 "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Annotator "Tisdall, Jon"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "blitz"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 (11... Nce5 12. Qe3 c4 13. b3 b5) 12. Qe3
O-O 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15. Rb1 {[#]} Rc7 16. h4 Rfc8 17. Bh3 h5 18. Qd2
{[#]} e6 (18... Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qe3 (20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxc1+) 20...
e5 (20... Ne6)) 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Nf6 21. Qd3 Ne5 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Bxe3 Re8
24. Nc3 Nc4 {[#]} 25. Bd4 Ng4 (25... Nxe4 26. Nd5) 26. Nd5 Rc6 27. f3 Bxd4+ 28.
Rxd4 Nge5 29. Kf2 Kg7 30. Bf1 Rd8 31. b3 Nb6 32. Ne3 Kf6 33. Rbd1 Ke7 34. Be2
Rdc8 35. R1d2 R8c7 36. f4 Ned7 37. Bf3 Nf8 38. R4d3 Ne6 39. e5 {[#]} dxe5 40.
Bxc6 Rxc6 41. fxe5 Nc5 42. Rd4 Ke6 43. Rd6+ Kxe5 44. Rxc6 bxc6 45. Rc2 Ne4+ 46.
Kf3 c5 47. Re2 f5 48. Ng2 Nd5 49. Nf4 Nxf4 50. gxf4+ Kd4 51. Rg2 Nc3 52. Rxg6
Nxa2 53. Rg5 Nc1 54. Rxh5 Nxb3 55. Rh8 c4 56. Rd8+ Kc3 57. h5 Nd4+ 58. Rxd4
Kxd4 59. h6 c3 60. h7 Kd3 61. h8=Q c2 62. Qb2 Kd2 63. Qd4+ Kc1 64. Ke2 a5 65.
Qa1# 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Tisdall, Jon"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne7 17. a5 Ng6 18. g3 Rd8 19. Kg2 Qc6 20. Nf5 Ne7 21. Nxe7+
Rxe7 22. c4 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qe8 24. Rad1 c5 25. bxc5 Rc8 26. Nh4 Rxc5 27. Nf5 Rd7
28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Rd6 Rxc4 31. Qd3 {[#]} Kh7 (31... Rc3 32. Qe2 Rc2
33. Qf3 Rc3 34. Nxh6+ (34. Qe2) 34... Kh7) (31... Nxe4 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Ne3)
32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Qe3 Kg8 34. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Tisdall, Jon"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
c6 Qa5 9. Bd2 bxc6 10. g3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. Qc2 Qc7
15. Qe4 f6 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Be3 Nb8 18. Rfd1 Ba6 19. Qe6 Bxe2 20. Rd2 Ba6 21.
Nh4 Bc8 22. Qc4 f5 23. Nf3 h6 24. Rad1 Kh7 25. h4 Rf6 {[#]} 26. Ng5+ hxg5 27.
hxg5 Rg6 (27... Rd6 28. Qf7 Rg6 29. Bd5 cxd5 30. Kg2) (27... Re6 28. Bh3 Rg6 (
28... g6 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Bc5 Bxc5 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qh8+) 29. f4
) 28. Bd5 f4 (28... Rxg5 29. Kg2 Rh5 30. Bf3) (28... Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Rxg5 30.
Qh4+ Kg6 31. Bg8) 29. Be4 Bxg5 (29... fxe3 30. Qf7) 30. Rd6 Bf6 31. Kg2 f3+ 32.
Kxf3 Bg4+ 33. Kg2 Bxd1 34. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Tisdall, Jon"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]

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. Bf4 d5 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. f3
Bd7 15. c4 d4 16. h4 Re8 17. g4 Bc6 18. Qh2 Qa5 19. a3 Bf8 20. Bd2 Qb6 {[#]}
21. Qf4 Bd7 (21... h6 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. g5) 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 (22... Nxh7 23. Qxf7+
Kh8 24. Qh5) 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Kg8 25. h5 Qc6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. g5 Qd7 28.
Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Alireza Firouzja"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Tisdall, Jon"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "rapid"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. h4
h6 9. Bc3 f6 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 a5 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
a3 b6 16. e3 Rab8 17. Qc2 a4 18. Ne1 b5 19. Nd2 Bg4 20. Ndf3 Be6 21. Qb1 Bb3
22. Nc2 Qe6 23. Nd2 Bd5 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nc5 Qf7 26. e4 fxe4 27. dxe4 Ba2 28. Qa1
Bc4 29. Ne3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Bh3 Rd6 33. Qa2 {[#]} Rb3 34.
Nxa4 (34. Nxb3 axb3 35. Qb1 Nc6) 34... d3 35. Nc5 Bd4 36. Nxb3 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1
Qxg3 38. Rd2 (38. Nxd4 Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 Rxd4 40. Rxc4 Qe6 41. b3 Qg4+ 42. Kh2 Rxc4
43. bxc4 Qxd1) 38... Qxh3+ 39. Rh2 Qf3+ 40. Rg2 cxb3 (40... Bc5) 41. Qxb3+ Kg7
42. Qd1 Qxe4 43. Qe1 Qxe1+ 44. Rxe1 Nf5 45. h5 Be3 46. hxg6 d2 47. Rd1 Bg5 48.
Rf2 Kxg6 49. a4 Rd4 50. a5 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Tisdall, Jon"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "rapid"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nc4 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Qe7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. b4
Kb8 15. a3 h5 16. Ne3 Bc8 17. c4 {[#]} f5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. Re1 e3
21. Qc1 (21. c5 Be5 22. Nxe5 (22. Rxe3 Bd4) 22... Qxe5) (21. d4 c5) 21... g4
22. Nh4 (22. Rxe3 Qf6 23. Nh4 (23. Re6 Qxf5 24. Nd4 Qxd3) 23... Be5) 22... Rhe8
23. c5 Be5 24. Qxe3 Qd7 25. Qc1 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Bxa1 28. Qxa1 Qxd3
0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.03"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[BlackElo "1538"]
[Annotator "Tisdall, Jon"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "rapid"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O Be6 8. h3
h6 9. Kh2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. f4 exf4 {[#]} 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 (12... fxg3+ 13.
Nxg3 Bxd5 14. Qh5 Ne7 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rf5) 13. Nxf4 Ne7 14. Qh5
c6 15. Ncxd5 cxd5 (15... Nxd5 16. Ne6 g6 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Nxc5) 16. Ne6 Qd6 (
16... g6 17. Qe5) 17. Nxg7+ Kd7 18. Rxf7 Raf8 19. Bf4 Rxf7 20. Bxd6 Rf2+ 21.
Kh1 Bxd6 22. Re1 Rhf8 23. Qg4+ Kc6 24. Ne6 R8f6 25. Nd4+ Kb6 26. Re2 Rf1+ 27.
Kg2 Nc6 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. c3 R1f5 30. b4 Kb7 31. Qg7+ Rf7 32. Qxh6 Bc7 33. Qe3
Bb6 34. d4 Bc7 35. h4 a5 36. a3 a4 37. Qd3 Rf1 38. b5 R1f6 39. bxc6+ Kxc6 40.
Qa6+ Bb6 41. Qxa4+ Kb7 42. Qe8 Rf8 43. Re7+ Bc7 44. Qb5+ Rb6 45. Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Watson, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkb1r/pp2pppp/5n2/3p4/3p4/5NP1/PPP1PPBP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - 0 5"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.28"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Watson, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkb1r/p2ppppp/5n2/1ppP4/8/2P2N2/PP2PPPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 0 4"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.28"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "Stockholm Interzonal"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "1962.02.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leonid Stein"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 {[#]} 3. d4 (3. d3) (3. Nc3) (3. c3) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 (4.
Qxd4 Nc6) (4. c3) 4... a6 5. Bd3 (5. Nc3) 5... Nf6 6. O-O (6. e5 Qa5+) 6... Qc7
7. Nd2 (7. Nc3) (7. Be3) (7. c4) 7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 (8... dxc6) 9. f4 Bc5+ (
9... Be7) 10. Kh1 d6 11. Nf3 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nh4 O-O 14. Nf5 Be6 (14...
Bxf5) 15. Qe2 (15. Qf3) (15. Qe1) 15... a5 16. Bc4 (16. Bg5) 16... Kh8 (16...
Bxf5) 17. Bg5 (17. Bxe6) 17... Nd7 18. Rad1 (18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ng3) 18... Nb6
19. Nxg7 Bxc4 20. Bf6 Be7 (20... Bxe2 21. Nf5+ Kg8 22. Nh6#) 21. Qf3 (21. Qf2)
21... Bxf6 22. Qxf6 Nd7 23. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM I"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1k6/8/8/8/2b5/PnP1R3/K1R5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Nc4+ 2. Kb1 Na3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM II"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1k6/1p6/8/4b3/5q2/3N1PnP/4QR1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{[#]} 1... Nf4+ 2. Nxf3 Bxf3+ 3. Kg1 Nh3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM III"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1k6/8/8/8/2b5/PnN5/K1R5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Nc4+ 2. Kb1 Nd2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM IV"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2Q1R1p1/3P4/3q4/5n2/5b2/5PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Nh3+ 2. gxh3 (2. Kh1 Bxg2#) 2... Qg5# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM V"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7b/8/8/1q6/p5Q1/2r2R1p/PPP4k/1KR5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Qxb2+ 2. Kxb2 Rb3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM VI"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b3k3/6PQ/2r5/3q4/1p3P2/8/2P2B1P/1R4K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Qh1+ 2. Kxh1 Rg6# 0-1

[Event "World Open Girls Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Linda Diaz"]
[Black "Joie Wang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1574"]
[Annotator "Diaz, Linda"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 (5... Nf6) 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4
exd4 8. Bf4 Qb6 (8... a6) 9. Na3 Nge7 10. Nc4 {[#]} Qd8 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Qb3
Nd5 13. Qxd5 Qe7 14. Nxc8 Qe6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc5+ Ke8 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. e5 Bf8
19. exf6 Bxc5 20. Rfe1+ Kf8 21. Ne4 Bb4 22. Ned6 Bxd6 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Re8+ Bf8
25. Ne7# 1-0

