Giri – Caruana
DRAW
Grischuk – Ding
DRAW
Alekseenko –
Vachier-Lagrave DRAW
Nepomniachi –
Wang WHITE WINS!
Game one is
between Anish Giri with White against Fabiano Caruana with Black.
This game
features a Slav Defence. To learn more about the Slav Defence, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.
Giri,Anish (2763) - Caruana,Fabiano (2842)
FIDE Candidates 2020
Yekaterinburg (5.1), 22.03.2020
1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 D12:
Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.
8.Bd2 Be7 outshines the older
8...Nbd7. Played by Xiangzhi Bu in October 2019. 8...Nbd7 is not played
anymore.
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.0–0–0 Nb6N [11...Qc7 12.h4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Bd3 a6 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Rc8 17.Kb1 Nf6 ½–½
(67) Lupulescu,C (2643)-Bu,X (2721) Douglas 2019]
12.c5 Nbd7 13.Kb1 Qb8
14.h4 g5 15.Be1 g4 16.e4 [16.Be2!?]
16...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 [27...Nf6±]
28.Bxd4 Bf6 29.Bxf6 [29.Bb5+-
is the precise move to win.]
29...Nxf6 30.f5 gxf5 31.Bxf5 b5 [31...Qe7±]
32.Rh2 [32.Qb2+- has better winning chances.]
32...Rh5 [32...Re8±]
33.Re2? [33.Rf2+-]
33...d4 34.Re5 [White should try 34.Be4!± Re8
35.Bd3]
34...Ng4! 35.Rc5 Ne3 36.Rc8+ Rxc8 37.Qxc8+ Ke7 38.Rc1 Nd5 39.Re1+
Ne3 40.Rc1 Nd5! 41.Re1+ Ne3= 42.Rc1= ½–½
Game two is
between Alexander Grischuk with White against Liren Ding with Black.
This game
features a Ruy Lopez. To learn more about the Ruy Lopez, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.
Grischuk,Alexander (2777) - Ding,Liren (2805)
FIDE Candidates 2020
Yekaterinburg (5.2), 22.03.2020
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.h3 Bb7! The main
line 8...Bb7 scores better than 8...d6.
9.d3 d5 C88: Closed Ruy Lopez:
Anti-Marshall Systems.
10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.a4 f6 13.Ne4 Hoping
for c4.
13...Na5 14.Ba2 c5 15.Be3 Rfc8 16.axb5 axb5 17.Nxc5 Remove
Defender, Decoy
17...Rxc5 18.b4! Double Attack
18...Rcc8 19.bxa5 Kh8 Threatens
to win with ...Nc3.
20.Bd2 Nb4 21.Bb3 Bd5 22.Bxd5 Qxd5 23.Rc1N [23.c4 bxc4 24.dxc4 Qxc4 25.Ra4 Rcb8 26.Qa1 Qd3 27.Rd1 Rd8 28.Rb1 Na6 29.Be3
1/2–1/2 (48) Boada Marti,M (2196)-Padilla Lopez,D (2155) ICCF email 2018]
23...Nc6
24.c4 bxc4! 25.Rxc4 aiming for Qa4.
25...Nxa5 [25...Rcb8 seems
wilder. 26.Qc2 Nb4 27.Bxb4 Bxb4 28.Rc1 Bxa5 29.d4 e4]
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 Black must now prevent Rc1!
41...Qc6 42.Qb4 h5 43.Bc1 Qc2 44.Be3
Rd8 45.Qb1 Qxb1 The position is equal.
46.Rxb1= Endgame KRB-KRB
46...Kh7
47.g4 hxg4 48.hxg4 Rd6 49.Kg2 Kg6 50.Kf3 Bg5 51.Ke4 Bxe3 52.fxe3 Re6 53.Rb7 [53.Kd5!?
Re7 54.Rh1=]
53...Re8 54.Ra7 ½–½
Game three
is between Kirill Alekseenko with White against Maxime Vachler-Lagrave with
Black.
This game
features a Sicilian Scheveningen. To learn more about the Sicilian Scheveningen,
here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.
Alekseenko,Kirill (2698) - Vachier Lagrave,Maxime (2767)
FIDE Candidates 2020
Yekaterinburg (5.3), 22.03.2020
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 B80:
Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack.
9...h5
10.0–0–0 was the old line (10.Be2).
10...Bb7 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Rg1 Rc8
13.Be2 Nb6 14.Qe1 Nfd7 15.g4 hxg4 16.Rxg4 g6N [16...Bf8 17.Rg2 Ne5 18.f4 Nec4 19.Bc1 Qc7 20.Bxc4 Nxc4 21.Rd3 g6 0–1 (82)
Carlsen,M (2872)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) London 2019]
17.Rxg6 Rxc3! The
position is equal.
18.Nxe6 [Much worse is 18.bxc3 fxg6 19.Nxe6 Qc8µ]
18...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+ Double Attack
28.Ka1
Nxd1 29.Qh7+ Kd8 30.Qg8+ Ke7 31.Qh7+ Kd8 32.Qg8+ [Of course not 32.Bxd1
Qc3+ 33.Kb1 Qd3+ 34.Bc2 Qxa3³]
32...Ke7 [...Qc3+]
33.Qh7+ Not
much happened in this game. ½–½
Game four is
between Ian Nepomniachi with White against Hao Wang with Black.
This game
features a Petroff Defence. To learn more about the Petroff Defence, here is
the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.
Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2774) - Wang,Hao (2762)
FIDE Candidates 2020
Yekaterinburg (5.4), 22.03.2020
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bf5 7.0–0 Be7 8.Re1 0–0 9.Nbd2 outshines
the older 9.c4. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.
9...Nd6
10.Nf1 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 c6 12.Bf4 Na6 13.h4N [13.Ne3
Nc7 14.Re2 Ne6 15.Bxd6 Bxd6 16.g3 Qd7 17.Rae1 Rae8 18.b3 ½–½ (31) Anand,V (2767)-Yu,Y
(2738) Stavanger 2019]
13...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 [29...Nxc4
30.Nxc4 Qxc4 Double Attack 31.Qh2+-]
30.Qh2 Kf7 31.c5 Nb5 32.Qb8 Qd7? [32...Nxd4=
and Black has nothing to worry. 33.Qxb7+ Qe7 34.Qxa6 Qxc5]
33.Qh8 Ke6
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