
[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,57,18,14,20,10,15,19,26,14,19,6,7,5,8,5,7,11,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6
6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 $1 {The main line 10.
..Re8 scores better than 10...Nf5. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.}
11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 {The position is equal.} 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2
{[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6
19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd6 22. Qf3 f6 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.
Qe3 {[#]} Kf7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 25...
Ng7 26. g3 g5 27. a4 Kf7 28. a5 Qe7 29. Qf3 h5 30. a6 Kg6 31. Nb4 Nf5 32. Qd3
bxa6 33. Nxc6 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe6 35. Na5 g4 {1/2-1/2 (49) Grischuk,A (2777)-Giri,
A (2764) Chess.com INT 2020}) 26. Qh6 Kg8 27. Qe3 Kf7 28. Qh6 Kg8 29. Qe3 {
Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.00}
1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,21,-9,8,21,13,6,4,0,5,0,16,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
O-O Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nd6 {The position is equal.} 6. Bxc6 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin
Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} dxc6 7. Qxe5+ {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Be6 8.
Ng5 Qf6 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Nxe6 Re8 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. b3 fxe6 13. Bb2 e5 14. Nc3
Bg7 15. Ne4 Rhg8 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rf1 Re2 20. Rf2
Re1+ {1/2-1/2 (20) Safarli,E (2657)-Eljanov,P (2702) Brest 2018}) 8. Qa5 Qd8 9.
Qe5+ Qe7 10. Qa5 Qd8 11. Qe5+ {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.05/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,29,12,16,20,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 {The position is
equal.} 9. Nd2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with
7 Nf3.} O-O 10. Nb3 {[#]} Qxc3+ $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An important novelty.} ({
Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Nxc5 Nd7 12. Na4 a6 13. Qd2 b5 14. Nb2 Bb7 15. f3
Rac8 16. c4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 {1-0 (41) Korobov,A (2652)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Riadh 2017}) 11. Bd2 Qb2 12. Bc1 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qb2 14.
Bc1 Qc3+ 15. Bd2 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/
Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,12,17,21,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-2,-66,17,12,13,20,
13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-18,-331,-321,-516,-486,-558,-563,-29971,-29975,-29973,
-29960,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6
5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco
Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bg4 11. Qc2 Bf5 {And now ...
Nxc3 would win.} 12. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Ne7 13. O-O c6 {Hoping for ..
.Nxc3.} 14. Be2 {[#]} Rb8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({
Predecessor:} 14... Ng6 15. Na4 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rg6 19.
Nxb6 axb6 20. Bf3 Qh4 {0-1 (33) Bartel,M (2653)-Erdos,V (2623) Warsaw 2011})
15. Na4 Bc7 16. Nh4 f6 17. Bf3 b5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. exf6 {[#]} ({Better is} 19.
Nxf5 $11 Nxf5 20. Qxc3) 19... Be4 20. bxc3 $11 {Strongly threatening Bxe4.} Qd6
{[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. g3 {Black must now prevent
Bxe4.} Bxf3 22. Bf4 Qxf6 23. Bxc7 {Threatens to win with Be5.} Rb7 24. Be5 Qf7
{With the idea ...Be2.} 25. Nxf3 Qxf3 26. Qb4 Nf5 27. Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This
move loses the game for White.} (27. Qb2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 27... Rbf7
$19 28. Rae1 $2 (28. Qxc6 Ne3 29. fxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kg2 Qe2+ 31. Kh3 Rxf1 32.
Qxd5+ R1f7 33. Qe6) 28... h5 $1 29. h3 {[#]} ({But not} 29. Qxc6 $2 h4) 29...
h4 $1 30. Qxc6 {[#]} Nxg3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Promotion. Black mates.} 31. Bxg3 hxg3
32. Re8 g2 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.73/Black=0.06} 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,87,25,21,24,22,19,16,20,50,31,73,77,70,71,79,79,87,79,79,79,91,90,
135,124,137,130,140,133,143,153,172,167,190,190,201,177,198,194,231,222,220,
177,177,177,175,77,227,173,315,373,358,353,445,208,349,366,327,271,345,312,420,
451,503,463,494,453,456,426,596,580,883,867]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4.
d3 Bc5 5. O-O h6 6. c3 O-O 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a6 9. Nbd2 {9.Re1 injects fresh
life into this line.} d6 10. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with
5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ne7 11. d4 {[#]} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng6 12. Bb2
Nf4 13. Bf1 Re8 14. Qc2 Ba7 15. h3 Nh7 16. Kh2 Ng5 17. Re3 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 (30)
Polatel,A (2243)-Vivante Sowter,J (2257) ICCF email 2017}) 12. cxd4 {The
position is equal.} d5 {[#]} 13. e5 $1 Nh5 (13... Ne4 14. Bd3) 14. Bf1 Nf4 15.
Nb3 Neg6 16. a5 Ba7 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.}
Ng6 19. Nc5 f6 20. Bd3 f5 21. Bc2 Re8 22. g3 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Be6 24. Rab1 Rb8 25.
Re3 Ne7 26. Reb3 Qc8 27. Nh4 Rf8 28. Ng2 Bd7 29. h4 Ba4 30. R3b2 Bxc2 31. Qxc2
(31. Rxc2 $18 {is more deadly.} Re8 32. Rcb2) 31... Nc6 {Loses the game.} (
31... f4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 32. Qc3 g5 (32... f4 $142) 33. hxg5 $18 hxg5
34. f4 Kg7 35. Kf2 (35. fxg5 $142 f4 36. Nxf4) 35... Rh8 (35... g4 {is a
better defense.} 36. Ne3 Rh8 37. Nxd5 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rh3) 36. fxg5 Rh2 37. Qf3
Nxd4 38. Qxd5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nc6 39. e6 Qd8 {White is clearly
winning.} 40. Qd7+ Qxd7 41. exd7 Rd8 42. Rd2 Ne5 43. Rxb7 Kg6 44. Rxc7 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.41} 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,10,19,7,61,21,58,10,66,59,106,87,108,94,93,77,76,79,88,90,130,112,
142,69,71,47,106,81,95,94,102,52,83,51,58,22,58,6,21,25,49,51,58,56,65,54,42,
20,10,0,23,25,260,260,247,238,316,305,337,325,295,304,496,323]} 1. b3 b6 2. e4
Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. d4 e6 {[#]} 6. h4 $146 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen
Opening.} ({Predecessor:} 6. f4 Ne7 7. Nf3 d6 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ng8 10. Rg1
Qe7 11. Kb1 Ngf6 12. Bd3 {1-0 (58) Bonitz,R-Becker,H Karlsruhe 2003}) 6... h6 (
6... Nc6 $11) 7. Nge2 d6 8. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 ({Black should
play} 8... Nf6 $11) 9. O-O-O Ne7 10. Kb1 a6 11. h5 g5 12. g3 b5 13. Bg2 b4 14.
Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4b2,Bb2d3][%mdl 32]} a5 15. f4 Nc8 16. d5 (16. c3 $16) 16...
Bxb2 $14 17. Nxb2 {Black must now prevent dxe6.} e5 ({Better is} 17... exd5 $14
18. exd5 Ncb6) 18. Bh3 Ncb6 19. Nd3 Qe7 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Rhf1 O-O 22. Bxd7
Nxd7 23. g4 ({White should try} 23. Qe3 $14) 23... Bc8 24. Ng3 {Nf5 is the
strong threat.} Nc5 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Rf6 {And now Rc6 would win.} Kg7 27. Rdf1
$36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} a4 $1 28. Rc6 Qa7 29. Qf2 Qxf2 (
29... axb3 $5 {[%cal Ra7a2]} 30. Rg6+ (30. cxb3 Bxg4 31. Qf6+ Kg8 $11) 30...
Kh7 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32. Rxf7+ Kh8 33. Rf8+ Kh7 34. Rf7+ Kh8 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36.
Rf7+ $11) 30. Rxf2 {Strongly threatening Nf5+.} Ra7 $2 {[#] Black cannot hold
the game after this.} (30... Bxg4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 31.
Rxc7 Rac8) 31. Nf5+ $18 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 ({Not} 32. exf5 Rd8 $14) 32... f6 33.
bxa4 Rf7 34. Rc4 Rxa4 35. Rf3 Ra3 $2 {[#]} (35... Kf8 {was necessary.} 36. c3
Ra3) 36. Rb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.38} 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,124,30,19,19,31,10,9,0,0,10,12,7,12,16,14,14,33,31,28,33,35,33,73,72,
73,66,78,56,101,96,84,83,81,80,81,81,81,81,81,81,85,85,137,131,116,128,107,77,
74,64,64,64,64,64,65,46,73,32,32,32,32,40,39,51,39,12,80,70,100,100,100,100,
100,100,106,89,89,89,89,89,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,83,83,77,77,69,69,69,98,69,98,
53,53,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. a4 {
D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} Rb8 {[#]} 13. e4 $146
({Predecessor:} 13. a5 Ke7 14. O-O Rd8 15. e4 Kf8 16. Be3 b6 17. Rfb1 Bd7 18.
axb6 axb6 19. Ra6 Bc7 {1/2-1/2 (33) Grischuk,A (2777)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)
Lichess.org INT 2020}) 13... b6 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Bb7 16. Kd2 Ke7 17. Rb1
Rhd8 18. Ke3 Bc6 19. Bf1 Rdc8 20. Ba6 Bb7 21. Bb5 Rc7 22. a5 Bc8 23. Bd3 Bd7
24. Rab3 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Rc6 25. e5 h6 26. Be4 Rc4 27. axb6 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 axb6
29. Rxb6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc3+ 30. Kd2 Ra3 31. Rb7 {[#]
Hoping for Bc6.} Ke8 (31... Ra2+ $142 32. Bc2 Kd8) 32. d5 Ra2+ 33. Ke3 Ra3+ 34.
Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Kf3 {And now Rb8+ would win.} Ra3+ 36. Kg2 $1 exd5 37. Bxd5 Rd3
38. Be4 {Threatens to win with Rb8+.} Ra3 39. h4 Ra5 40. f4 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+
42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Ke1 {aiming for Bd5.} Ra1+ (43... Ra3 $1 $11 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45.
Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kd4 Ra4+ 47. Kd3 Ra3+ 48. Kd4 Ra4+ 49. Kd3 Ra3+ 50. Kd4) 44. Kd2 {
Black must now prevent Bd5.} Ra2+ {[#]} 45. Kc3 $1 Ra3+ 46. Rb3 Rxb3+ 47. Kxb3
{KB-KB} f6 48. Kc3 fxe5 49. fxe5 Ke7 50. Kd4 Bg4 51. Bg6 Bd1 52. Ke3 Bb3 53.
Kf4 Be6 54. g4 Bd7 55. g5 hxg5+ 56. Kxg5 Ba4 57. Bf5 Be8 58. Bg4 Kf8 59. h5 Ke7
60. h6 gxh6+ {The position is equal.} 61. Kxh6 Bf7 62. e6 Bxe6 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.07/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,72,19,21,25,31,14,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,-9,-5,0,0,0,-19,0,-27,0,
-25,15,0,0,0,0,-15,-8,-61,-61,-116,-99,-91,-56,-73,-81,-83,-20,-136,-100,-109,
-115,-112,-117,-220,-216,-197,-204,-283,-257,-496,-485,-750,-736]} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3 {B51:
Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. d3 {
The position is equal.} e6 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 O-O 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Be3 Qc7 {[#]}
15. Rb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Qa2 Rfc8 17. Rec1 Qd8 18. Rb3 Ba8
19. Rcb1 h6 20. f3 cxb4 21. axb4 {0-1 (43) Arancibia Guzman,E (2409)-Soltanici,
R (2323) Turin 2006}) 15... cxb4 16. axb4 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Nb5 Qd8 19. Qc2
Bc6 20. Ra1 h6 21. Na7 Qc7 22. Nb5 Qc8 23. h3 Nc5 24. Rba2 (24. Qc3 $11) 24...
a4 $15 25. Qc3 (25. Qb2 $15) 25... Nb3 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Bxb5.} 26.
Na7 Qd7 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Rb1 Nd4 (28... Qc7 $17) 29. f4 (29. Bxd4 $11 exd4 30.
Qxd4) 29... f6 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Qc2 a3 32. c5 (32. Be2 $17 {was necessary.})
32... Qxc5 $19 ({Don't do} 32... Bxc5 33. Be2) 33. Qxc5 Bxc5 34. Be2 Rfb8 35.
Rc1 {[#]} (35. Rba1) 35... Rb2 $1 36. Bg4 {[#]} (36. Rca1 $142 Rxa2 37. Rxa2)
36... f5 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.11} 0-1

