[Event "Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2021.02.10"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2021.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,133,33,32,35,38,28,35,32,75,79,70,70,68,79,66,66,90,75,71,79,72,77,
82,41,81,79,86,84,80,71,86,51,94,20,86,108,106,102,100,96,111,108,109,68,81,77,
89,82,72,72,81,46,49,47,50,37,29,8,2,0,2,6,6,9,5,5,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,118,118,118,118,118,118,118,118,118,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,
60,0,60,60,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez:
Marshall Attack.} d5 10. d4 dxe4 11. Nxe5 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 12.
Nd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} c5 13. Nxe4 {[#]} Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... cxd4 14.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Bf5 Nxb2 18. Qg4 g6 19. Bh6 Bxe5 20.
dxe5 {1-0 (44) Korneev,O (2638)-Todorcevic,M (2459) Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2006
}) 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 Qd5 16. Qe1 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Kf8 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Rxe8+
Rxe8 20. Qb1 Kg8 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 21. dxc5 Nc4 22. Qc2 Qxc5 23. Rd1 h6 24. b3 (
24. h3 $16) 24... Na5 (24... g5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Rc1 $16 Nc6 {
[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6b4,Bb4a2][%mdl 32]} 26. Be3 Qa3 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. h3 Qe7 29. c4
Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 30. Qf5 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Nd4 (33. Rd6
{looks sharper.} Nxa2 34. Rxe6 Rc3 35. Nd2 Rd3 36. Ne4) 33... Bxd4 34. Rxd4
Nxa2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Rd7 Nc1 36. b4 Rc4 37. Bc5 Nb3 38.
Be7 Nd4 39. Rb7 Nc6 40. Bd6 Nxb4 41. Be5 g5 42. Bg7 h5 43. Bh6 g4 (43... Rc1+ {
keeps more tension.} 44. Kh2 Rc5 45. Kg3 Nd3 46. f3 b4) 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Rxb5
Nd5 46. Rb7 Rc7 47. Rxc7 Nxc7 $11 {KB-KN} 48. Kh2 Kf7 (48... Kh7 $1 $11 {
remains equal.} 49. Bf4 Nd5) 49. Kg3 $16 Kg6 50. Bf4 Nd5 51. Kxg4 Nf6+ 52. Kf3
Kf5 53. Bg3 ({Better is} 53. Be3 $16) 53... e5 $14 54. Bh4 {[#] Strongly
threatening Bxf6.} e4+ 55. Ke2 $1 {Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Ng4 56. Bd8 Ne5
57. Bc7 Ng4 58. Bb6 Ne5 59. Be3 Ng4 60. Kf1 (60. Kd2 $14) 60... Nh2+ (60...
Nxe3+ $11 61. fxe3 Kg4) 61. Kg1 Ng4 62. g3 (62. Bd4 $14) 62... Ne5 {The
position is equal.} 63. Kg2 Ng4 64. Kh3 Ne5 65. Kh4 Ng4 66. Kh3 Ne5 67. Kh4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2021.02.10"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,69,13,8,13,4,0,0,8,12,20,12,22,6,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-6,-11,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,27,0,0,-10,39,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4
c5 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bd3 g6 {D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5
Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6.} 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Rfd1 {[#]} Bd7
$146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 16... Bg7 17. Qb5 Bd7 18. Qa5 Na4
19. Qb4 Qb6 20. Qe7 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Qxb2 {0-1 (72) Shabalov,A (2375)
-Pigusov,E (2520) Tashkent 1987}) 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. Qf3 Be8 19. g3 Bg7 20. h4 h5
21. Qe3 Nc8 22. Bb1 Nd6 23. Re1 Bc6 24. Qf4 Qd8 25. Rcd1 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Bxb5 27.
Be4 Qf6 28. Qe3 Rfd8 29. Qb3 Be8 30. Qa3 ({Don't go for} 30. Bxb7 $2 Qe7 $19)
30... a6 31. Rd3 {[#] Rf3 is the strong threat.} Bf8 32. Qb3 Bg7 33. Qa3 {
And now Rf3 would win.} Bf8 34. Qb3 Bg7 35. Qa3 {An uneventful encounter. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2021.02.10"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2021.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,120,23,20,19,13,7,0,0,12,12,11,11,12,9,14,7,13,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-9,
-14,-10,-19,0,-18,-12,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-18,-24,-18,
-18,-18,-25,-25,-26,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-77,-76,-79,-40,-40,-41,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 {
B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nbd7
$1 {6...Nbd7 scores better than 6...g6.} 7. a4 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
7... b6 8. Qg3 Bb7 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rad1 Nc5 13. f3 Qe8 {
0-1 (60) Caruana,F (2835)-Bocharov,D (2524) chess.com INT 2020}) 8. Qe3 e5 9.
Nb3 Nxb3 10. cxb3 Be6 11. Bc4 Be7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 {[%cal
Re6c4]} 15. Bg5 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qf3 Qe6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Rc6 20.
Ra3 Rb8 21. g3 Bd8 22. a5 g6 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. h4 h5 25. b4 Rc4 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27.
Qxc3 Rc8 28. Qd3 Rc6 29. Rd2 Qc8 30. Ne3 b6 31. axb6 Bxb6 32. Nd5 {[#] Hoping
for Ne7.} Bd8 33. Qe2 Rc4 34. Ra2 Qc6 35. Rxa6 Qxa6 $17 36. Ne3 Rc6 (36... Ba5
$5) 37. b5 Qa4 38. bxc6 Qxe4+ 39. Qf3 {The position is equal.} Qa4 {aiming for
...e4.} 40. Qd5 Bc7 41. Nc4 Qb3 42. Ne3 Qa4 43. Qc4 (43. Nc4 {seems wilder.})
43... Qxc4 44. Nxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kf6 45. Na3 $1 Ke7 {
Threatening ...d5.} 46. Nb5 Bb6 {And now ...d5 would win.} 47. c7 $1 {[%cal
Rc7c8]} Kd7 48. c8=Q+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} (48. Nxd6 {with more complications.
} Bxc7 49. Nxf7 Ke6 50. Ng5+ Kd5 51. f3) 48... Kxc8 49. Nxd6+ Kd7 50. Nxf7 Ke6
51. Ng5+ Kf6 52. Kf3 Kf5 53. Ne4 Ke6 54. Ke2 Bd8 55. Kd3 Kd5 56. f3 Ba5 57.
Nf6+ Ke6 58. Ne4 Kd5 59. Nf6+ Ke6 60. Ne4 Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
05/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2021.02.10"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2021.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,38,11,12,16,16,12,21,19,17,16,18,16,27,19,24,27,25,18,20,21,22,22,24,
0,22,0,20,0,20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10.
dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising
than 13.0-0.} Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qd6 15. Rd1 Rfd8 {next ...Bc2 is good for Black.}
16. Qd2 {[#]} Qf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 16...
Nb3 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rac8 21. g4 Rc1+ 22. Rd1
Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Be6 24. f4 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (66)
Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 17. Qd4 Qd6 {
The position is equal.} 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Qd6 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2021.02.10"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,61,26,18,23,12,17,-11,-10,-22,-14,-18,-11,-25,-4,0,-6,-18,0,0,35,31,
31,24,163,167,163,171,164,172,247,232,236,228,242,248,235,226,321,321,313,321,
381,385,373,385,406,410,411,391,562,521]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O
Nge7 5. b3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Bb2 a6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines
without ...g6.} 8. Be2 Nc6 9. f4 Bc5 {[#] ...d3+ is the strong threat.The
position is equal.} 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Kh1 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 12... b5 13. a3 f5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bf3 Qd7 16. b4 Bb6 17. Nb3 Bb7 18. Qe2
Rad8 {1-0 (50) Lindfeldt,J (2246)-Schmidt,K (2303) Denmark 2012}) 13. a3 a5 14.
Qe1 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bb7 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. e5 Ne7 {[#] This costs Black the game.} (
17... Rfd8 $11) 18. b4 $1 $18 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Nf5 (20... Rd8 {
is a better defense.} 21. Qd2 (21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Rf2 Nd5 $18) 21... h6) 21.
bxc5 bxc5 22. c3 Ne3 23. Rg1 ({But not} 23. cxd4 $6 Nxf1 24. Qxf1 Rc8 $16)
23... Nd5 24. Qc1 Rc8 (24... dxc3 $142 25. Bxc3 c4) 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Qd2 Qc2
27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. Nxd4 Ra2 29. Bf3 Ba8 30. f5 Ra4 (30... exf5 $142 31. Nxf5 Nc7
) 31. fxe6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.39} 1-0

[Event "Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2021.02.10"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2021.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,61,0,-22,-116,-95,-91,-63,-70,-40,-42,-45,
-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-132,-139,-124,-122,-104,-104,-104,-157,-148,-160,
-142,-129,-133,-195,-194,-187,-184,-226,-204,-247,-193,-248,-229,-294,-287,
-293,-279,-408,-378,-365,-309,-309,-306,-404,-391,-415,-408,-416,-416,-416,
-416,-567,-410,-727,-736,-736,-736,-736,-732,-720,-713,-713,-713,-696,-682,
-680,-424,-672,-541,-669,-669,-29963,-29964,-29958,-29955,-6136,-6083,-5081,
-858]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 b5 {E20:
Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} 7. Nh3 {outshines the older 7.e5.} bxc4 8. Bxc4
Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Nc6 (10... Ba6 $11) 11. Be3
(11. O-O $14) 11... Ba6 $11 12. Nf4 (12. Kf2 $11 {remains equal.}) 12... Qh4+
$17 13. g3 Qf6 14. Kf2 $1 {[#]} Bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne5 15. h4 Rab8
16. g4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nc4 18. Qxc5 Rfc8 19. Qd4 Rb2+ 20. Kg3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Rxc3
{0-1 (31) Melkumyan,H (2653)-Repka,C (2473) Austria 2017}) 15. bxc3 Rab8 16.
Rad1 (16. Rab1 $15) 16... Ne5 $1 {White must now prevent ...Rb2+.} 17. Bxc5
Rb2+ 18. Rd2 {[#]} Nd3+ {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 19. Qxd3 Bxd3 20. Rxb2
Qxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. Nxd3 Qxd3 22. Be3 (22. Rhb1 $142) 22... f5
23. Rd2 {[#]} Qb5 {Hoping for ...fxe4.} 24. e5 Qxe5 25. Rhd1 (25. Rxd7 $17 Re8
26. Re1) 25... a6 $19 26. Rxd7 {Threatens to win with Bd4.} Re8 $36 {[%mdl
2048] Black is on the roll.} 27. R7d3 f4 28. Bxf4 {[#]} Qe2+ 29. Kg1 Qxa2 30.
R3d2 Qb3 31. Kg2 h6 32. Rd8 (32. Ra1 $142 g5 33. Bd6) 32... Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Kf7 34. Rd7+ Ke8 35. Rd2 a5 36. Re2+ Kf7 37. h4 a4
38. Be5 a3 39. Re4 a2 40. Re2 (40. g4 $142) 40... Qb5 41. Re1 {[#]} Qxe5 $3 {
[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Deflection, Promotion} 42. Rxe5 a1=Q {KQ-KR} 43.
Re4 Qb2+ 44. Kg1 Qd2 45. Rf4+ Ke6 46. Re4+ Kd5 47. Re8 (47. h5 $142) 47... Kc4
48. Re4+ Kd3 49. Re8 {And now Rd8+ would win.} Qc1+ 50. Kg2 Qc2+ 51. Kg1 Qb1+
52. Kg2 Qa2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.51/Black=0.11} 0-1

[Event "Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2021.02.10"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,47,11,13,5,15,0,0,0,37,43,26,27,37,26,45,46,37,21,43,6,29,14,22,29,
23,3,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,-93,-88,-2351]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. a4 {8.Bb5 is becoming the main line. D85:
Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} a5 9. h3 Nc6
{[%cal Rc6d4]} 10. Nf3 {[#] The position is equal.} Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
10... e5 11. d5 Nb4 12. Qb3 Re8 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 h6 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Nd2
Qf6 {1-0 (36) Nesic,N (2210)-Spyropoulos,P Greece 2000}) 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O Be6
13. Ng5 Bc4 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. b3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 (16. Qxe2 {feels hotter.} Qd6 17.
Rfd1 h6 18. Nf3 Qe6 19. Nd2) 16... Nd7 17. f4 h6 18. Nf3 e6 19. Ne5 c5 (19...
Qc7 $11) 20. Nxd7 ({Don't play} 20. dxc5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qh4 $17) (20. Nc4 $1 $14
) 20... Qxd7 $11 21. dxc5 Qc6 {aiming for ...Rcd8.} 22. e5 Rfd8 23. Nd4 (23.
Bd4 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... Qe4 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong
compensation.} 24. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/
Black=0.10} 0-1

[Event "Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2021.02.10"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,18,45,13,31,14,6,9,16,7,20,29,28,34,28,34,26,25,37,39,55,45,46,58,
55,50,70,70,54,67,81,81,72,75,117,118,118,117,118,118,133,117,164,127,176,176,
181,181,211,179,189,189,189,149,183,187,183,183,175,158,413,410,370,382,391,
391,448,420,376,352]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6.
dxc3 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5.} (6. bxc3 {with more
complications.} c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. h5 Bg7 9. Qb3) 6... Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. h5 {
The position is equal.} g5 9. e4 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. Nh2
Be6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Bg4 Kf7 13. Ke2 Nc5 14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. f3 Na4 {1/2-1/2 (41)
Carlsen,M (2862)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 10. Nd4 {
Hoping for Ne6.} Ne5 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Kc2 O-O-O 13. Be3 c5 14. Nf3 Ng4 15. Bxc5
b6 16. Be3 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 g4 18. Nd4 e5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Bh6 21. Rae1 g3
22. Bc4 Rd6 23. Rh3 Rhd8 24. Re2 Bg5 25. Rxg3 h6 26. Rg4 Kc7 27. Ba6 Rd5 28.
Rc4+ Rc5 29. e4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf4 31. Be6 Bg3
32. b4 b5 33. Bd5 Kb6 34. Kb3 Rd7 $2 {[#] A mistake that costs the game.} (
34... a5 $16 35. a4 axb4 36. Kxb4 (36. cxb4 bxa4+ 37. Kxa4 Rd7 $16) 36... bxa4
37. Kxa4 Kc7) 35. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a6 36. Ra2 Ra7 37. a5+ Kc7
38. c4 bxc4+ 39. Bxc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.17} 1-0

[Event "Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2021.02.10"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,101,28,28,27,29,13,24,27,27,26,35,25,29,-85,63,52,64,52,55,67,50,59,
57,58,70,57,58,31,26,23,41,34,29,12,12,11,8,11,41,47,51,52,44,51,52,49,60,61,
117,128,165,143,262,262,268,164,295,305,295,287,1975,213,1888,1832,12842,12843,
12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12846,12847,12849,12849,12850,12847,12848,
12848,12850,12846,12846,12847,12847,12847,12849,12849,12850,12850]} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 a6 8. Bf1 {B30:
Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Nc6 9. b4 Be7 10. a4 {White has
an edge.} O-O 11. Na3 dxc3 12. dxc3 Bf6 {[#]} 13. b5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
interesting novelty.} (13. Qb3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 d5 14. a5 Bd7 15.
Rc1 Rc8 16. Be3 Ne7 17. Bb6 Qe8 18. Bc5 Qd8 19. exd5 Rxc5 20. bxc5 Nxd5 {
1-0 (32) Sergeev,V (2476)-Valeinis,J (2497) ICCF email 2015}) 13... axb5 (13...
Bxc3 $17 14. Rb1 axb5) 14. Nxb5 $14 d5 15. Ba3 Be7 16. exd5 exd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7
18. Qd4 Nc6 19. Qf4 Be6 20. Rab1 d4 21. Nc7 Rxa4 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qg4 Qf6 24.
f3 Qf5 {Black wants to play ...Qxg4.} 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Rxb7 dxc3 {White must
now prevent ...Rc8.} 27. Bb5 Nd8 $1 28. Rc7 Rb4 {[#]} 29. Ree7 $1 Kh8 ({
Worse is} 29... Rxb5 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Rcg7#) 30. Bd3 ({And not} 
30. Rxg7 Nf7 $1 $17) 30... Rd4 {[#] White now steadily converts the win.} ({
Black should play} 30... h5 $14) 31. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd2 (31... Rd6 32.
Be4) 32. h4 Rd4 (32... Rd1+ $16 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Kg3 Rd6) 33. Be4 $18 Rg8 34.
h5 {Threatens to win with h6.} h6 (34... Rd1+ $142 35. Kf2 Rd6 36. Rxc3 Ne6)
35. Rxc3 Rd6 36. Rc8 Ne6 $2 (36... Rf8 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Rd6) 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8
{[#]} 38. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection. White is clearly winning.} Rxe6 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} (38... Rd1+ 39. Kf2) 39. Bd5 Kf7 40. Kf2 Kf6 41.
Bxe6 Kxe6 {K3P-KPP} 42. Ke3 Ke5 43. g4 Kd5 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. Kd5 Kf7
47. Kd6 Kf6 48. f4 Kf7 49. Ke5 {White wants to mate with Kf5.} Ke7 50. f5 Kf7 {
[#]} 51. f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.22} 1-0

[Event "Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2021.02.11"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,79,20,7,19,1,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,15,10,29,35,51,54,75,68,94,32,66,60,119,
93,103,110,167,165,164,128,169,172,201,204,195,185,192,181,488,486,445,441,667,
710,693,683,684,534,596,595,603,626,809,804,793,790,774,784,756,684,1010,1001,
993,793,1632,1410]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4
Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. a4 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and
lines with 7 Nf3.} a5 9. h3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 10. Nf3 {The position is equal.}
f5 {[#]} 11. exf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e5 f4 12. Bc1 Bf5 13. Bb5 Nb4 14.
O-O c6 15. Be2 N4d5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 (17) Florea,D (1965)
-Schmenger,F (2270) Freudenstadt 1995}) 11... Bxf5 12. Be2 Nb4 {Threatens to
win with ...Nc2+.} 13. Rc1 c6 14. O-O N6d5 15. Bd2 Qd6 16. Re1 Kh8 17. Nxd5 ({
White should try} 17. Bc4 $16) 17... Nxd5 18. Bc4 Nb4 (18... Be6 $14) 19. Qb3
Rad8 20. Bg5 Bf6 {[#]} (20... Rde8 $16 {was called for.}) 21. Bh6 $1 $18 Bg7
22. Qe3 Rde8 {[#]} 23. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Nd5 24. Bxd5 ({Less strong is} 24.
Bxd6 Nxe3 25. Bc7 (25. Rxe3 exd6 26. Rce1 Rxe3 $15) 25... Nxc4 $14) 24... Qxd5
25. Rc5 Qd8 26. Be5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Bc8 $2 (26... Bf6 {
is more resistant.} 27. Nh4 Qd7 28. Rxa5 Bc2) 27. Qh6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh6g7]
White is clearly winning.} Rf6 28. Bxf6 exf6 (28... Bxf6 $142 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30.
Qxg5 Kg8 31. Rxa5 e6 32. Qxd8 Rxd8) 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qe3 Qd8 31. Qe1 Bf8 32.
Rxa5 Bd7 33. Ra7 Qb8 34. Qa5 Kg7 35. Ra8 Qf4 36. Qd8 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd8f8]
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc1+ 37. Kh2 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd8f8]} Qf4+ 38. Kh1 {
[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd8f8]} Qd6 39. Qb8 Qb4 40. Ra7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
10/Black=0.39} 1-0
