[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2021.11.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.11.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,89,40,38,41,35,43,42,32,37,40,34,29,39,39,21,29,22,29,18,25,30,22,31,
20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,21,16,24,0,15,0,0,-18,-16,-9,-8,-25,-16,-25,-24,-38,
-33,-28,-20,-33,-29,-28,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Na5 9. Nxe5 Nxb3 10.
axb3 Bb7 11. d3 d5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} 12. exd5
Qxd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 13. Qf3 Bd6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qxe5.
White is slightly better.} 14. Kf1 $1 Rfb8 {Threatens to win with ...Qxe5.} 15.
Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 c5 {[#]} 17. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Rac1
Rd8 19. Ng4 f5 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. Re2 Re8 22. Nf3 Rf8 23. Re6 {1-0 (61)
Bellegotti,G (2415)-Sychov,A (2196) ICCF email 2016}) 17... Rd8 18. Nc3 Nb4 19.
Rec1 Rac8 20. Ne2 Nc6 21. Be3 Ne7 22. Bf4 (22. Nc3 {is more complex.} Nf5 23.
Ne4 Bf8 24. g4 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 g6 26. Ke2) 22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Rc6
25. Re1 Nf5 26. c3 Nh4 27. Re3 Kf8 28. Ng2 Nf5 29. Re5 g6 30. Ne1 (30. Ke2 {
is interesting.} Ng7 31. Nf4 Rf6 32. Re4 b4 33. Ra5) 30... Ng7 31. Re4 f5 32.
Re3 Ne6 33. Ng2 b4 34. Ke2 Rb8 35. Kd2 bxc3+ 36. bxc3 Rxb3 37. Kc2 Rb7 38. h4
Kf7 39. Ree1 {The position is equal.} Kf6 40. Ne3 Rd7 41. Nc4 {[#] Ne5 is the
strong threat.} Re7 42. Ne5 Rd6 43. Nc4 Rc6 44. Ne5 Rd6 45. Nc4 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2021.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.11.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,116,7,18,-20,0,0,3,-38,-47,-21,0,-15,-15,0,20,6,22,31,32,40,33,-39,
-29,-45,-53,-16,-28,-89,-85,-98,-94,-101,-90,-98,-81,-89,-22,-78,-77,-65,-30,
-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,26,24,33,23,22,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,
53,53,53,53,53,53,53,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,76,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8.
Ne5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} c6 9. a4 {Black must now prevent axb5.} Nd5
$1 (9... Qxd4 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 $16) 10. Nc3 f6 11. Nf3 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11... b4 12. Nb1 Ba6 13. e4 b3 14. Qd1 c3 15. bxc3 Bxf1 16. Bxf1
Nc7 17. Qxb3 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 (63) Biermann,L (2056)-Skabs,D (1745) Dortmund 2019})
12. e4 Nb4 13. Qe2 Nd3 14. e5 Bb7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,
Bc5b3,Bb3c1][%mdl 32]} 17. Ne5 (17. Nxf6+ $14 gxf6 18. Be3) 17... Bxe5 $15 (
17... Qxd4 $6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. axb5 $16) ({Reject} 17... Nxe5 $6 18. dxe5
Bxe5 19. Ng5 $16) 18. dxe5 Nac5 $1 (18... Nxe5 $6 19. Ng5 $16) 19. Nd6 Nb3 20.
Rb1 (20. Be3 $1 $11) 20... Nbxc1 21. Rbxc1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Rab8 ({Much weaker is
} 22... bxa4 $6 23. Qxc4 Kh8 24. Qxa4 $11) 23. Rd1 Ba8 24. Be4 c3 ({Black
should play} 24... Qe7 $17 25. Bg2 a6) 25. Qc2 (25. bxc3 $11 {remains equal.}
bxa4 26. Qc2) 25... g6 $17 {Hoping for ...cxb2.} ({Don't play} 25... cxb2 26.
Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Bg6 $11) 26. bxc3 bxa4 27. Qxa4 Rfd8 28. Ra1 c5 29. Qc4 Bxe4 30.
Nxe4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nf6+.} Kh8 31. Nd6 Rb6 32. Qxc5 Rdb8 33. Kg2 a6
34. Kh3 Rc6 35. Qd4 Kg8 36. c4 Qc7 37. Qg4 Rxd6 38. exd6 Qxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQR-KQR} 39. c5 Qxc5 40. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg7 41.
Rxa6 Rf8 42. f4 Qf5+ 43. Qxf5 Rxf5 $14 {KR-KR} 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. Kg4 Rb5 46. Re7
Ra5 47. Re5 Ra7 48. h4 Kg7 49. h5 Kh6 50. Kh4 Ra1 51. g4 (51. hxg6 $16 hxg6 52.
Re7) 51... Rh1+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 52. Kg3 gxh5 53. Re6+ Kg7 54.
g5 Rg1+ 55. Kf2 Ra1 56. Rh6 Ra4 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kf2 Ra4 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.09/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2021.11.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,32,34,34,35,31,43,20,16,22,25,27,29,37,35,24,37,31,37,35,20,24,23,
11,7,8,8,8,14,8,14,14,15,8,8,8,20,7,8,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]}
Re8 {10...Nd7 gains popularity.} 11. Nf1 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall
Systems.} h6 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Ne3 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 14. c4 bxc4
15. Nxc4 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rb8 16. Ncxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Kh7
18. Bxf7 Qd6 19. Bc3 Red8 20. Bc4 Nc6 21. Nf7 Qe7 {1-0 (41) Arakhamia Grant,K 
(2447)-Yildiz Kadioglu,B (2244) Rijeka 2010}) 16. Rc1 a5 17. Bc3 Bc8 18. d4
exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Be6 21. h3 ({Reject} 21. Bxa5 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxa5
$17) 21... c6 {The position is equal.} 22. Bc2 d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c4] [#]} 23. e5
$1 dxc4 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. exf6 Bb4 26. fxg7 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Kxg7 28. Kf1 Rab8
29. Rb1 Kf6 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Rb1 Rxb1+ 32. Bxb1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB
} Ke5 33. Ke2 f5 34. Bc2 f4 35. Bb1 (35. f3 {looks sharper.} Bd7 36. Be4 c5 37.
Bc2 Bc6 38. h4) 35... c5 36. Bc2 Bd7 37. f3 Kf6 38. h4 Ke5 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Ke2
Ke5 41. Kf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2021.11.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.11.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,65,22,16,22,36,27,35,25,12,12,10,18,17,17,10,15,15,18,-20,-13,0,-8,
-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,5,2,3,11,14,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,7,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5
10. Qb3 Qd7 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 11. Nc3
Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 {White is slightly better.} 13. bxc3 {[#] c5 is the strong
threat.} b6 {The position is equal.} 14. cxd5 {14.cxd5 was played by the
boomers.} cxd5 15. Qb5 Qd7 16. a4 Qxb5 17. axb5 a5 {[#]} 18. Nh4 $146 {[#]
aiming for Nf5.} ({Predecessor:} 18. bxa6 Nxa6 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 b5 21.
Rea1 Nc7 22. Ne5 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Nxa8 {1/2-1/2 (37) Chazalette,J 
(2371)-Gagliardi,V (2188) ICCF email 2018}) 18... g6 19. g4 Nd7 20. Ng2 $1 Rfc8
21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Nxf4 {Threatens to win with Re7.} Rxc3 23. Nxd5 Rd3 24. Re7
Nf8 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Ne8+ Kg8 27. d5 a4 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. g5 {And now Rc1 would
win.} a3 30. Ne8+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Ne8+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2021.12.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,85,32,27,41,40,25,35,29,25,19,20,26,21,28,11,16,19,23,28,33,25,27,22,
21,5,8,13,9,6,4,5,7,4,17,17,21,12,13,10,15,13,22,14,22,3,3,3,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,3,7,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 d6 11. c3 b4 {C88: Closed Ruy
Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} 12. d3 bxc3 13. bxc3 {[#]} d5 $146 {White is
slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd7 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Nbd2 Kh8 16. Bd5
Qd7 17. Bxb6 Rxb6 18. Nc4 Ra6 19. Qb3 Nd8 20. Rxa6 Bxa6 {1-0 (41) Balashov,Y 
(2565)-Janocha,W (2330) Wisla 1992}) 14. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl
32]} dxe4 15. dxe4 Bd6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Nf1 Ne7 18. Ng3 Ng6 19. Be3 Qe8 20. Red1
Be6 21. Ba4 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 22. Nd2 Bxa4 23. Qxa4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4
Ra8 25. Rda1 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Rb8 27. Ra6 Ne8 28. Kf1 Nf8 29. Nf5 Ne6 30. Nc4 {
[%cal Rc4d6]} Rd8 31. f3 f6 32. g4 Kf7 33. h4 Bf8 34. Ke2 Nd6 35. Ncxd6+ Bxd6
36. h5 Bf8 37. Ra5 Ke8 38. Rd5 Ra8 39. Rd1 Ra2+ 40. Rd2 Ra1 41. Rd1 Ra2+ 42.
Rd2 Ra1 43. Rd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2021.12.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "271"]
[EventDate "2021.11.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,271,-6,0,6,6,7,0,0,7,-8,10,-4,15,14,18,27,14,0,5,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,12,0,0,0,127,124,156,-155,-155,-155,
-155,-139,-29,-127,0,0,0,0,174,174,138,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,8,8,9,10,34,34,34,34,69,68,67,47,68,6,33,6,6,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,23,24,24,24,23,23,23,23,0,0,0,27,11,11,11,11,11,11,
11,11,0,12,12,12,12,12,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,12,12,12,12,12,11,11,11,11,
11,11,11,11,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,14,11,11,11,11,11,11,
11,12,8,8,8,8,0,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,0,12,12,12,12,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,27,
27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,151,151,131,131,29980,29981,29981,29982,
29983,29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7.
dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.}
Bxc5 8. c4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} dxc4 9. Qc2 {[#] The position
is equal.} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Nbd2
Rd8 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. Ng5 Bd4 15. Ba3 Qxa3 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17. Qxb7 {1-0 (28)
Mueller Using,D-Mollekens,R ICCF corr 1973}) 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5]
[%mdl 32]} Nc6 11. Nxc4 b5 (11... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]}) 12. Nce5 Nb4 13. Qb2 {
With the idea Bg5.} Bb7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nd3 Bb6 {[%cal Oe6e5]} 16. Bg5 Rfd8 17.
Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rac1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 {This bishop pair is nice.} 20. Qa2 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 Qe4 23. Qc2 a5 24. Rfd1 Kg7 25. Rd2 Rac8 26. Qxc8 Rxc8
27. Rxc8 Qd5 28. b4 a4 29. e3 Be5 30. h4 h5 31. Kh2 Bb2 32. Rc5 $16 (32. Rxb2
$6 Qxd3 33. Ra2 Qb3 $11) 32... Qd6 33. Rd1 $2 (33. Rxb2 $6 Qxd3 34. Ra2 (34.
Rxh5 $2 Qxa3 35. Rc2 Qxb4 $19) 34... Qb3 $11) (33. Rxb5 Bxa3 34. Rd1 Qd7 $17) (
33. Rxh5 Bxa3 34. Rxb5 Qd7 $17) (33. Rcc2 $1 $16 {is forced if you want to
stay better.} Bxa3 34. Nf4 Qxb4 35. Rd8) 33... Bxa3 $17 34. Rxb5 Qd7 $1 35. Rc5
{[%cal Od3b2] [#]} (35. Rxh5 $2 e5 36. e4 Bxb4 $1 $19) 35... e5 ({Black should
play} 35... Bxb4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Rcc1 (36. Rxh5 $2 a3 $19) 36... Ba5)
36. Rc2 {[#]} (36. e4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36... Qd5 ({Better is} 36...
Bxb4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rcc1 Ba3) 37. Rdd2 {[%cal Od3f4]} Qb3 38. Ra2 e4
$2 (38... Bxb4 39. Rdb2 Qxd3 40. Rxb4 $16) (38... f5 $11 {and Black has
nothing to worry.}) 39. Nc5 $1 $18 {[%csl LRb3,LRe4]} Qxb4 40. Nxe4 {White is
more active.} Qb3 41. Rac2 {Strongly threatening Rc3.} Bf8 42. Nc5 Qb5 43. Nd3
a3 44. Nf4 Qa5 45. Ra2 Bb4 46. Rd3 Kh6 47. Rd1 Qa4 48. Rda1 Bd6 49. Kg1 Qb3 50.
Ne2 Qd3 51. Nd4 Kh7 52. Kh2 Qe4 53. Rxa3 {Threatening Ra5.} Qxh4+ $1 (53...
Bxa3 54. Rxa3 Qg4 55. Ra5 $16) 54. Kg1 Qe4 55. Ra4 Be5 56. Ne2 Qc2 57. R1a2 Qb3
58. Kg2 Qd5+ 59. f3 (59. Kh2 $1 $14) 59... Qd1 60. f4 Bc7 61. Kf2 Bb6 62. Ra1
Qb3 (62... Qd3 63. R4a3 (63. Nd4 Bxd4 64. Rxd4 Qc2+ 65. Kf3 Qc6+ 66. Kf2 Qc2+
67. Kf3 Qc6+ 68. Kf2 Qc2+ $11) 63... Qd5 64. Rb1 $14) 63. Re4 Kg7 64. Re8 f5
65. Raa8 Qb4 66. Rac8 Ba5 67. Rc1 {Inhibits Qe1+.} Bb6 68. Re5 Qb3 $1 (68...
Qd2 69. Rb1 f6 70. Re7+ Kf8 71. Re6 $16) 69. Re8 Qd5 70. Rcc8 Qh1 71. Rc1 {
Chess con chili.} Qd5 72. Rb1 Ba7 73. Re7 Bc5 74. Re5 Qd3 $1 75. Rb7 Qc2 76.
Rb5 Ba7 77. Ra5 ({Much less strong is} 77. Rxf5 $6 Qd3 78. Rxf7+ (78. Rg5+ Kf8
$11) 78... Kxf7 79. Rb7+ Ke8 80. Rxa7 Qd5 $16) 77... Bb6 78. Rab5 Ba7 79. Rxf5
Qd3 {[#]} 80. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 (80... Kg6 81. Rxa7) 81. Rb7+ Kg6 82. Rxa7 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} Qd5 83. Ra6+ Kh7 84. Ra1 Kg6 85. Nd4 Qb7 86. Ra2 {
Prevents Qb2+.} Qh1 {And now ...Qh2+ would win.} 87. Ra6+ Kf7 88. Nf3 Qb1 89.
Rd6 Kg7 90. Rd5 Qa2+ 91. Rd2 Qb1 92. Re2 Qb6 93. Rc2 Qb1 94. Nd4 Qh1 95. Rc7+
Kf6 96. Rc6+ Kf7 97. Nf3 Qb1 98. Ng5+ Kg7 99. Ne6+ Kf7 100. Nd4 Qh1 101. Rc7+
Kf6 102. Nf3 Qb1 103. Rd7 Qb2+ 104. Rd2 Qb1 105. Ng1 Qb4 106. Rd1 Qb3 107. Rd6+
Kg7 108. Rd4 Qb2+ 109. Ne2 Qb1 110. e4 Qh1 111. Rd7+ Kg8 112. Rd4 Qh2+ 113. Ke3
h4 114. gxh4 Qh3+ 115. Kd2 Qxh4 116. Rd3 Kf8 117. Rf3 Qd8+ 118. Ke3 Qa5 119.
Kf2 Qa7+ 120. Re3 Qd7 121. Ng3 Qd2+ 122. Kf3 Qd1+ 123. Re2 Qb3+ 124. Kg2 Qb7
125. Rd2 Qb3 126. Rd5 Ke7 127. Re5+ Kf7 128. Rf5+ Ke8 129. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,
Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Qa2+ 130. Kh3 ({Don't play} 130. Kf3 Qd5+ 131. Kg4 Qd1+ 132.
Kh4 Qd3 $16) 130... Qe6 131. Kh4 {Black must now prevent Rf6.} Qh6+ {[#]} (
131... Qa2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 132. Nh5 $1 $16 {[%cal Oe5e6] Hoping for
e6!} Qh7 {[#]} 133. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Rf7 would kill now.} Qg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]}
(133... Qa7 $16) (133... Qb7 134. Kg5) 134. Rf7 {White mates.} Kd8 135. f5 Qg1
136. Ng7 {What a bad dream for Black.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very
precise) /Black=0.18 (very precise)} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2021.12.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,18,29,29,28,25,43,25,29,18,31,21,31,20,15,2,25,23,6,0,11,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently
scoring better than 8.c3.} Rb8 9. axb5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall
Systems.} axb5 10. h3 d6 11. d3 {White is slightly better.} h6 12. Nc3 Re8 13.
Nd5 Bf8 {[#]} 14. Nxf6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. c3 Be6 15. Nh2 Bxd5 16. exd5
Ne7 17. Qf3 Ng6 18. Be3 Nh4 19. Qe2 Qc8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 {1-0 (62)
Vachier Lagrave,M (2718)-Telecom Sud Paris Paris 2013}) 14... Qxf6 15. c3 {
[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Ne7 16. Be3 Be6 17. d4 {The position is equal.}
exd4 18. cxd4 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Ng6 20. Rec1 c5 21. e5 Qf5 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Bxc5
Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qc3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rc8 29. Ra5 Rxc3 30. Rxb5 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rc3 32. h4 g6
33. g3 h5 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Ra5 Kf6 36. Rb5 Kg7 37. Ra5 Kf6 38. Rb5 $1 Kg7 39.
Ra5 Kf6 40. Ra6+ Kg7 41. Ra7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /
Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2021.12.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.11.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,91,23,0,10,5,22,25,30,6,29,26,29,29,29,24,20,25,45,34,43,45,43,41,39,
28,24,19,37,15,22,15,58,60,83,85,114,114,223,213,239,243,252,261,265,247,358,
345,378,348,420,417,420,396,407,389,3055,2739,2802,1474,1870,1606,1400,1230,
1219,1175,762,1084,864,712,493,461,1566,1614,2229,1375,2740,2802,2059,2081,
2274,1777]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7
7. Nd2 (7. O-O {is interesting.} Bd6 8. Qh5 Nf6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Qe2) 7... Nxd2
{C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} 8. Bxd2 Bd6 9. O-O {[#]} h5 $146 {White has an
edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qh4 10. Qe1+ Kf8 11. f4 Qxe1 12. Raxe1 Re8 13. a3
a6 14. Bb4 Bxb4 15. axb4 f6 16. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {½-½ (31) Gergacz,A (2421)-Bodo,N
(2406) Hungary 2010}) 10. Qe1+ (10. c4 {keeps more tension.} Qh4 11. g3 Qxd4
12. Bc3 Qg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Rfe1+) 10... Kf8 11. Bb4 Qe7 12.
Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rae1 Rh6 15. Qg5 c6 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. Re1 Qf6 18.
Qe3 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Re3e8] [#]} Bd7 19. h3 h4 20. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White
is more active.} dxc4 21. Bxc4 {Strongly threatening Qa3+.} b5 (21... Kg8 $11)
22. Qa3+ $14 Kg8 {[#] White leaves nothing to chance now.} 23. Qxa7 $1 Qd8 (
23... Bxh3 24. Qxf7+) 24. Bb3 {White is much more active.} Rd6 (24... Rh5 $16 {
was worth a try.} 25. Re3 Rf5) 25. Re4 $18 Be6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 28. Qc5 Qa5 (28... Qe8 {was necessary.} 29. a3 Qg6
30. Qxc6 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qf5) 29. Qxc6 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxf2 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 32. Qe4+
Kg8 33. b3 Qxa2 $2 (33... Qg3+ 34. Kg1 Qc3) 34. Qe8+ {White is clearly winning.
} Kh7 35. Qxb5 Qf2 36. Qe5 Qb2 37. Qe4+ Kg8 38. Qd3 Qf2 39. Qc3 Qf4+ 40. Kg1
Kh7 41. Qd3+ g6 (41... Kg8 $142 42. Qc4+ Kh8) 42. Qd1 Qe3+ 43. Kh1 {d5 is the
strong threat.} g5 44. d5 {Intending d6 and mate.} g4 45. hxg4 {Hoping for d6.}
h3 46. Qf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.26 (precise)}
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2021.12.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,4,15,10,22,15,25,20,18,13,19,12,18,6,13,8,0,21,22,33,33,20,23,0,11,
0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,-24,-7,-27,0,0,-10,-13,-7,0,0,0,0,-206,-214,-211,-211,-202,
-209,-208,-203,-210,-213,-381,-382,-375,-366,-356,-347,-376,-364,-423,-440,
-437,-430,-419,-420,-418,-391]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O
Bc5 6. d3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} Nf6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Nb3 {White has an
edge.} Be7 9. e3 {[#]} dxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. exd4 exd4 11. Re1
O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 c6 14. Qe1 Bb4 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 {1-0 (45)
Gabuzyan,H (2587)-Bellahcene,B (2497) Krasnaya Polyana 2021}) 10. Bxe3 Ng4 11.
Bc5 O-O 12. d4 a4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc5 a3 15. bxa3 Rd8 16. Nb3 Nf6 17. Re1
Qxa3 18. Qe2 h6 19. h4 Bd7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Qe3 Qb4 22. Reb1 Nxe5 (22... Ra3 $5
{[%cal Rc6d4]}) 23. dxe5 Ng4 24. Qe1 Qxe1+ ({Don't take} 24... Qxc4 25. f3 $16)
25. Rxe1 h5 26. Bxb7 Ra4 27. c5 $2 (27. f3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.
} Nh6 28. Be4) 27... c6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 1024] White must now prevent ...Rb8.
Black has strong compensation.} 28. f3 Nh6 29. Re4 Ra7 30. Rb4 Rb8 31. a4 ({
Avoid the trap} 31. Bxc6 $2 Rxb4 32. Bxe8 Rxb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. axb3 Rxa1+
$19) 31... Raxb7 32. Rb6 (32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Nd2) 32... Rxb6 33. cxb6 Rxb6 34.
Nc5 Nf5 35. a5 Rb8 {[%cal Bb6b8,Bb8d8,Bd8a8][%mdl 32]} 36. a6 Nxg3 37. Na4 {
[%cal Oa4b6]} c5 {...Bxa4 is the strong threat.} 38. a7 {[#]} Rd8 {And now ...
Bxa4 would win.} ({Not} 38... Ne2+ 39. Kf2 Ra8 40. Nb6 Rxa7 41. Rxa7 $16) 39.
Nxc5 Ra8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.24 (precise) /Black=0.03 (flawless)}
0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2021.12.08"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,24,25,18,18,10,31,0,3,-12,0,0,6,4,0,3,6,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,8,2,9,8,17,
16,14,14,17,14,9,13,8,17,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 (2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5.
d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ng5
Bc8 12. h3 Be7 13. Nf3 h5 14. Ne2 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. g3 Be7 17. Kg2 Bf5 18.
c3 c5 {½-½ (39) Carlsen,M (2855)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792) Stavanger 2021}) 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and
unusual White 3rd moves.} Nf6 {To avoid Nd5 6...Nc6 injects fresh life into
this line.} 7. d4 Nc6 8. c3 {[#] White is slightly better.} d5 $146 {The
position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Bf5 9. f3 h5 10. h4 O-O-O 11. Qxe7
Nxe7 12. Kf2 g6 13. Nh3 Nh7 14. Bc4 d5 {½-½ (41) Maghsoodloo,P (2706)
-Aronian,L (2782) Kolkata 2021}) 9. Nd2 Nd8 10. Nf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3e1,Be1g2,
Bg2f4][%mdl 32]} Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Re1 Rxe1+ 15.
Nxe1 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. g3 g6 18. Ng2 Re8 19. f3 Nh5 20. Kf2 c6 21. g4 Ng7
22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 g5 24. Ne2 {[%cal Oh2h4]} f5 25. h3 Kf7 26. Rh1 h6 27. f4
fxg4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Rxh6 {[#] Threatens to win with Bg6+.} Bf5 {Inhibits
Bg6+.} 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Rh7+ Ng7 32. fxg5 {
Nf4 is the strong threat.} Kg6 {[%csl LRg5,LRh7]} 33. Rh3 Kxg5 34. Rg3+ Kf6 35.
Rf3+ Ke7 36. Nf4 Kd6 37. Ng6 Re6 38. Ne5 Ne8 39. Rf7 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf7d7] 
[#]} Rf6+ 40. Rxf6+ Nxf6 41. Ke3 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2021"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2021.12.10"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.11.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,98,21,18,27,14,33,13,13,2,10,7,14,11,17,16,22,11,22,1,12,0,17,0,11,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-506,-505,-762,-754,-739,-716,-891,-406,-401,-276,-274,
-246,-236,-244,-242,-237,-244,-221,-224,-228,-239,-236,-248,-245,-234,-237,
-258,-255,-227,-191,-279,-273,-589,-293,-643,-631,-795,-785,-1526,-1491,-1153,
-800,-800,-792,-778,-695,-688,-673,-2089,-1950,-29944,-29950,-5114,-4133]} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4
c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 7. Re1 (7. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rd3d4]}) 7...
Ba7 8. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} h6 {The position is equal.} 9.
Nc2 O-O {[#]} 10. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 Ne7 11. d4 d5 12. exd5 exd4
13. d6 Nf5 14. Ncxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd6 16. Nb5 {1-0 (39) Saric,I (2646)
-Yankelevich,L (2461) Skalica 2020}) 10... Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Re8 12. a4 Be6 13.
Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rad1 Ne7 16. h3 Qd7 17. Nh2 Rd8 $1 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19.
hxg4 d5 20. d4 exd4 {[%cal Be5d4,Bd4e3][%mdl 32]} 21. exd5 Re4 (21... Nxd5 22.
Rxd4 c5 23. Rd2 $18 (23. Rxd5 Rxe3 24. Red1 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxd5 $16)) 22. Qc2
Rf4 23. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White is now going downhill.} dxe3 $19 24. gxf4 (24.
Rxe3 $142 Rxg4 25. Qe2) 24... Qxg4+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Nf5 (26... exf2+ $142
27. Qxf2 Rd6 $1) 27. d6 Nh4 {[%cal Rh4f3]} 28. fxe3 Qg3+ (28... Rxd6 29. Rxd6
Nf3+ 30. Kf2 Qh2+ 31. Kxf3 $17) (28... Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 (30. Rh1 $2
Nh2 $19) 30... Qh2+ 31. Kxf3 $19) 29. Kf1 {[#]} Nf3 $1 {Threatens to win with .
..Qg1+. Dancing on a razor blade.} ({Inferior is} 29... cxd6 30. Qf2 Qg4 31. e4
$14) ({Not} 29... Rxd6 30. Rxd6 cxd6 31. Qf2 $11) ({Don't go for} 29... Qh3+ $2
30. Kg1 cxd6 31. Re2) 30. Qf2 {To avoid Qg1+} Qh3+ 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nxe1+
33. Rxe1 Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 34. Kf3 Rd2 35. Rb1 g6 36. b4 axb4
37. Rxb4 Ra2 38. Ke4 (38. c4 $142) 38... h5 39. Kd5 $2 (39. c4) 39... Rc2 (
39... h4 $142 40. Kc6 h3) 40. Rb3 $2 (40. Ke4) 40... h4 41. Kc6 h3 42. Kxc7 h2
43. Rb1 Rxc3+ 44. Kxb6 {[#]} Rb3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Rxb3 h1=Q 46. a5 Qe4 {
( -> ...Qe6+)} 47. Ka7 Qe7+ 48. Ka8 Kg7 49. Rb6 Qc5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.92/Black=0.34} 0-1

