[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. a3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Kb8 11. f4 Qe7 12. Bd3 g5 13. fxg5 h6 14. gxh6
Nxh6 15. O-O-O Ng4 16. Qf4 Qd6 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Qe4 Bd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qe1
Rxh2 21. Rxh2 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Qxh2 23. Rxd5 Kc8 24. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. c4 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. c5 Bb8 14. Bd2 Qd8
15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Bc4 Nf8 17. Rad1 Bc7 18. Qb3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd7 20. b4 Ng6 21.
a4 Ne7 22. b5 Nd5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qa6 g5 25. Nh2 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Kg7 27. Kg1
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rb8 29. Qd3 Rb2 30. a5 h6 31. Bc1 Ra2 32. Bd2 Qb7 33. Re8 Qb2
34. Be1 Nf4 35. Qa6 Qxd4 36. Qc8 Ng6 37. Qxc6 Ra1 38. Qe4 Qxc5 39. Kh2 h5 40.
Qe3 Qc6 41. Bc3 Ra4 42. f3 Ra2 43. Kh1 Rc2 44. Be1 Qb5 45. Bg3 h4 46. Bh2 Qb1+
47. Bg1 Qf1 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Qg3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Kb8 11. f4 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nh6 13. O-O-O f6 14.
g3 Nf7 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. a3 h6 17. Be2 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Nd6 19. e5 Nc4 20. exf6
Qxf6 21. Qc5 Rd8 22. Be2 Nd6 23. Bd3 Qf7 24. b3 Bd7 25. Re5 b6 26. Qe3 Qf6 27.
Ne4 Qf8 28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bb2 h6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Bf5
15. Nde4 Re8 16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Na4 Rab8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Nc3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Kf2 Kg7 25. g4 Bd7 26. Ne4 Qe7 27.
Ng3 Kf8 28. f5 Qe5 29. Qe3 Qb2+ 30. Qe2 Qd4+ 31. Kf3 Qa1 32. Nh5 Qh1+ 33. Kg3
Qg1+ 34. Kh3 Qd4 35. Kg2 d5 36. Kf3 Qa1 37. Qe3 Kg8 38. Kg3 Kh7 39. h3 Bc8 40.
Qe8 Be6 41. Kf2 Qb2+ 42. Kf3 Qa1 43. Ng3 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qxd3 45. Ne2 d4 46. fxe6
Qe3+ 47. Kf1 Qxh3+ 48. Ke1 Qh4+ 49. Kd1 fxe6 50. Qxe6 d3 51. Qf5+ Kg7 52. Nf4
Qh1+ 53. Kd2 Qa1 54. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 $5 {After using the Sveshnikov
Variation in the WCh match and frequently in tournaments, afterwards Magnus
now switched to the "Kalashnikov", curiously named after the Russian machine
gun. This game explains why!} 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2
b5 $6 {This being a rapid game, criticising the players' opening accuraccy
seems too harsh.} ({But here Carlsen had the excellent} 9... Bg4 $1 {with the
idea of} 10. f3 $6 Be6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qa5+ {followed by 13...Qxd5 as
now the bishop on g2 is blocked by its own f3-pawn.}) 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb8
12. O-O Nd7 13. c4 O-O {Played in the true Kalashnikov spirit. Black is not
trying to defend his queenside with moves like ...b4, but hopes that the
attack on the kingside will be sufficient.} 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nc2 {15.Nxb5 was
met by 15...Ba6 but Nepomniachtchi eyes the c6 square instead.} f5 16. Nb4 Bf6
17. Nc6 Qe8 18. a4 Nc5 19. Be3 Nxa4 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. b3 {Commenting on every
move of a rapid game is not fair, the computer will of course suggest a number
of improvements. White's play is logical, trying to force Black's knight to
retreat to c5 when after taking it White keeps a promising position. But from
here Magnus just plays the following complications perfectly:} f4 $1 22. bxa4
fxe3 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bg5 $1 {White's passed b-pawn obviously is a huge
asset, so Black has to hurry. This threatens on f2, and if White plays 25 fxe3
then 25...Bxe3+ followed by 26...Rf2 and 27...Bb6 gives Black a dominant
position. Ian replies with the logical and critical} 25. b6 exf2+ 26. Kh1 Bc8
27. Rf1 Qf7 28. Qe2 {At first sight there are reasons for White to be
optimistic. The f2-pawn is securely blockaded, and while White has no imminent
counter threats, he can improve the situation with h4 and Kh2 next,
safeguarding his king. By logic, Black should act immediately, but how?} e4 $1
{The idea is 29 Qxe4 Ba6, attacking the rook on f1, and thus breaking the
bloackade. Nepoom spots an ingenious counter-resource:} 29. h4 $5 {The point
is that after 29...Bh6 30.Bxe4 Bh3 White now has 31.Ne7+!! as the black bishop
no longer defends e7. 31...Qxe7 loses to 32 Bxh7+ and after 31...Kh8 32 Bg2 is
now possible, the point being that 32...Bxg2 33 Kxg2 Qxd5+no longer is
possible as the knight from e7 protects the d5-pawn!} e3 $3 {An amazing
counter! Black just calmly gives up a piece, what matters is to keep his
connected passed pawns and advance them.} (29... Bh6 30. Bxe4 Bh3 31. Ne7+ $3 {
[%csl Ge7,Yh6]} Kh8 (31... Qxe7 32. Bxh7+) 32. Bg2 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 {[%csl Ge7]
[%cal Yf7d5]}) 30. hxg5 Re8 $1 {Protects e3 and calmly prepares ...Qg6xg5
followed by a deadly check in the h-file.} 31. Kh2 $1 {With the idea of 31...
Qg6 32 Bh3!, White again forces Black to show his attacking ceativity. And
once again he does not fear further material losses to advance his pawns:} Bg4
$3 32. Qxg4 e2 {Like Labourdonnais! Magnus' idea is not just to win a rook,
but to actually queen the pawns! Black's threat is 33...e1Q, however, with the
detail that 33.Nd8!? is met by 33...exf1N+!  White has no reasonable defence,
so Nepo tries fighthing it with two pieces for the queen, but loses in the
long run of course.} 33. b7 Qxb7 34. Rxf2 e1=Q 35. Qf5 Qe3 36. Rf3 Qe2 37. Nd4
Qe5 38. Qg4 Qbxd5 39. Nf5 Qde6 40. Qh5 Qg6 41. Qg4 h5 42. Qc4+ d5 43. Qb5 Qxg5
44. Qd7 h4 45. Rf1 hxg3+ 46. Kg1 g6 47. Bxd5+ Kh8 {And having run out of
reasonable checks, White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O e5 8.
Qe3 Nc5 9. Nfd2 b5 10. c4 bxc4 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Bxc4 Be7 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nb3 Rc8
15. Na5 Qd7 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Be3 Bd8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Nd5 Nc7 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6
21. Rab1 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 h6 23. f3 Qc6 24. Qb3 Qe8 25. a4 Rb8 26. b5 axb5 27.
axb5 Ne6 28. b6 Bg5 29. Bf2 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Rxd4 Rdc8 32. b7 Rc5 33. Bd5
Qe7 34. Rc4 Qc7 35. Rxc5 dxc5 36. g3 Bf6 37. Kg2 Qe7 38. Qb6 Be5 39. Qc6 Kh7
40. f4 Bd4 41. Qc8 Qd6 42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. Kh3 Qa6 44. e5 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Qh5 e6 7. Nxe6 Bxe6 8.
Bxe6 Qe7 9. Bxf7+ Qxf7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nc3 d5 14. Qf3
O-O-O 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. Nb5 a6 17. a4 Qg4 18. Qxg4+ Nxg4 19. Bb6 axb5 20. axb5
Nb8 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 22. h3 Nf6 23. Ra7 Kc7 24. Re6 Bc5 25. b6+ Bxb6 26. Re7+ Kd6
27. Raxb7 Nbd7 28. Rxg7 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Edouard,Romain"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,109,27,18,26,33,33,35,39,14,14,14,17,23,36,41,40,20,20,39,48,2,0,30,7,
9,5,-16,27,20,42,1,40,34,34,-135,-83,-89,-60,-82,-97,-89,77,90,-3,58,51,49,65,
17,44,58,58,54,85,68,140,93,111,107,49,75,89,55,63,44,91,41,73,39,82,44,44,81,
98,21,23,18,23,-50,-20,-69,0,-174,-205,-215,-205,-217,-218,-218,-230,-232,-208,
-202,-202,-202,-207,-207,-207,-625,12,8,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 Nc6 {
Magnus came with this "new weapon" to his own Invitational event.} 2. d4 d5 3.
e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Qd7 (5... Nge7 {was tried by GM Maghsoodloo, without
big success:} 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nd2 f6 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Nxg6 Nxg6 10. Qb3 a6 11. g3
$14 {1-0 (34) Karjakin,S (2753)-Maghsoodloo,P (2688) St Petersburg 2018}) 6.
Nh4 Be4 $1 $146 {An interesting novelty, avoiding a simply worse position.} (
6... Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bb5 Nge7 9. Nd2 a6 10. Ba4 Nf5 11. Nf3 $14 {0-1 (43)
Korchnoi,V (2645)-Welling,G Eindhoven 1982}) 7. Nd2 O-O-O 8. Bb5 $5 ({White
should watch out for} 8. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 9. Qe2 $6 Nxd4 $1 10. cxd4 Bb4+ $40) 8...
a6 9. Ba4 f6 (9... Nge7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qe2 $16) 10. Nhf3 Nge7 $6 (10... Bd3
$5 {could be the way to play for Black!} 11. Nb3 Be4 12. Na5 (12. Nbd2 $11)
12... Nge7 13. O-O b6 $1 (13... Kb8 $2 {is the first engine recommendation,
but it's just bad:} 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Ndb3 $1 b5 (15... b6 $2 16. Nc5 $1 $18) 16.
Nc5 Qc8 17. Bxb5 $1 axb5 18. Nab7 $1 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga1a4] followed by b4, a4,
with a crushing attack.}) 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 {and Black will put his king on b7 and
has a relatively solid setup.}) 11. O-O Ng6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. b4 {Now that White
has castled he has a free hand to attack on the queenside.} fxe5 14. dxe5 b5 {
Surely not something Black is happy to do, but he had to prevent White from
pushing b5 himself.} 15. Bc2 d4 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. c4 $1 {Played a tempo by
White - typical Nepo! Obviously, it is a very logical move, just opening up
everything in front of the black king.} Bxb4 (17... bxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxb4 19. Bd2
$40) 18. cxb5 $6 (18. e6 $1 {was better right away, as the d5-square is not
available for the black queen, e.g.} Qd6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a4 Bc3 21. axb5 $1
Bxa1 22. Qa4 $1 Nb8 23. Ba3 Qd5 24. Rxa1 Qxe6 25. b6 $1 Qc6 26. Rc1 $1 Qxb6 27.
Rb1 Qe6 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 $16) 18... axb5 19. Rb1 Rhe8 (19... Qd5 20. a4
Bxd2 21. Bxd2 b4 22. Bxb4 {also looks very unpleasant for Black.}) 20. a4 Qd5
21. axb5 Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Ncxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. b6 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Kd7 $1 26.
bxc7 Rc8 {Black has survived the worst part of the game, but his position is
still no fun to play.} 27. Rb4 $6 (27. Qd1 $1 {would be stronger according to
the engine, with ideas like} Rxc7 28. Qa4+ Ke7 29. h4 $1 {- and Black has to
be very careful.}) 27... Rxc7 (27... Nf8 $1 {followed by ...Ne6 would have
been a strong equaliser.}) 28. Qa1 $1 {Thanks to this little move, the
pressure goes on.} Ke8 29. Rxd4 Qe6 30. h4 Rd7 31. Qa4 Ne5 {Still, it is too
little for White to achieve anything.} 32. Bf4 Nc6 33. Rc4 Ne7 34. Rc7 Nd5 35.
Rc6 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Kf7 $1 (36... Qxf2 $4 37. Re6+ Kd8 38. Qa8#) 37. Qa2 Qe4 38.
g3 h6 39. h5 $6 {White now tries to be worse!} Qf3 40. Kg1 Kg8 41. Rc8+ $2 {
And manages!} (41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qe8 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Nxf4 44. gxf4 Rd8 $11) 41...
Kh7 {Suddenly White's position is turning to a nightmare.} 42. Qa8 Qd1+ 43. Kh2
Qxh5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Nxf4 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Qe8+ Kg5 48. gxf4+ Kxf4 49.
Rf8 (49. Qe3+ Kg4 50. Qg3+ Kh5 $19) 49... Kg5 $4 {An incredible blunder under
time pressure.} ({Amongst the many winning moves,} 49... Rd3 $1 {was strongest,
with a deadly threat of 50...Rh3+!}) 50. Qe3+ Kg6 51. Qe6+ Kh7 52. Qg8+ Kg6 53.
Qe6+ Kh7 54. Qg8+ Kg6 55. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e5 6. Bd2 e4 7. h3 h5 8. Bf4 Bf5
9. e3 Nbd7 10. a5 h4 11. Nge2 Ne5 12. Nc1 Nfd7 13. Nb3 Bg6 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3
exf3 16. gxf3 Bh5 17. Rg1 Nf7 18. Be2 Qf6 19. Nc4 g6 20. Bh2 Nde5 21. Nb6 Rd8
22. f4 Nd7 23. Bxh5 Rxh5 24. Nc4 Bg7 25. Qd3 Kf8 26. O-O-O Re8 27. Rg2 Kg8 28.
e4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Qe7 30. Re1 Kh8 31. Rxg6 Nf6 32. Qc3 Rh7 33. Qf3 Nxd5 34. f5
Nf6 35. Bxd6 Qd8 36. Kb1 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Nxd6 38. Nxd6 Qxd6 39. Re6 Qf8 40. Qxb7
Ng8 41. Qe4 Qf7 42. Re8 Rh6 43. Rxh6+ Bxh6 44. Qe6 Kg7 45. Qxf7+ Kxf7 46. Re6
Bd2 47. Rxa6 Ne7 48. c3 c4 49. f6 Ng6 50. Rc6 Ne5 51. Rc7+ Kxf6 52. a6 Be3 53.
a7 Bxa7 54. Rxa7 Kg5 55. Rg7+ Kf4 56. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nde5
15. Ne3 Ne7 16. b3 Qd7 17. Qh5 f6 18. Bb2 N5g6 19. g3 Bxf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Rae1
Rf7 22. Qg5 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. h4 Qd7 26. h5 Nf8 27. h6 Ne6 28.
Qg2 Nd4 29. Re5 Qd6 30. b4 Qxh6 31. bxc5 Nc6 32. Re3 Rd8 33. Rfe1 Rdd7 34. Rg3
Rde7 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Be5 Qh5 38. Qd6 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qh5+ 40. Kg1
Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qh5+ 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. h3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e4
Nc6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Qc2 Rad8 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Bg3 Nc7 16. Qa4 Ne6 17. Qh4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Qe4 Qb7 20. Nc4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Ncxd8 23. Qxb7 Nxb7 24. a4 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke8 26. Ke2 Kd7 27. Kd3
Nbd8 28. Ng1 Nc6 29. Ke4 h5 30. f4 f5+ 31. exf6 exf6 32. f5 Ng5+ 33. Kd3 gxf5
34. Ne3 Ne7 35. Ne2 Ne6 36. Kc4 Kc6 37. b4 cxb4 38. cxb4 Bh6 39. b5+ Kd7 40.
Nd5 Nxd5 41. Kxd5 f4 42. Bf2 Bf8 43. Nd4 Nc5 44. Nc6 Nxa4 45. Nxa7 Nc3+ 46. Kc4
Nd1 47. Bxb6 Ne3+ 48. Bxe3 fxe3 49. Kd3 Bc5 50. Nc6 Kd6 51. Na5 Ke5 52. Ke2 Kf4
53. Nc4 Kg3 54. Nxe3 h4 55. Kd3 Ba7 56. Ke4 f5+ 57. Nxf5+ Kxg2 58. Nxh4+ Kxh3
59. Nf5 Kg4 60. Ne7 Kg5 61. Ke5 Kh6 62. Ke6 Kg7 63. Nc8 Bf2 64. Nd6 Kf8 65. Kd7
Bg1 66. Ne4 Kf7 67. Kc6 Ke7 68. Nc5 Kd8 69. b6 Bh2 70. b7 Bb8 71. Na6 Bf4 72.
Nc5 Bb8 73. Ne6+ Ke7 74. Nc7 Kd8 75. Nd5 Bg3 76. Nf6 Bh2 77. Ne4 Bb8 78. Nc5
Bh2 79. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 e6 7. Be3 Qxb3 8. axb3
a6 9. Bd4 Nbd7 10. Bc3 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2 Ke7 15.
O-O Bf4 16. e3 Bd6 17. g5 Ne8 18. Nxg6+ hxg6 19. b4 Rc8 20. f4 f6 21. Nf3 Bb8
22. b3 Nd6 23. Rae1 Nf5 24. Rf2 Ba7 25. c5 Bb8 26. e4 dxe4 27. dxe4 Nh4 28.
gxf6+ gxf6 29. Nd2 g5 30. fxg5 Bg3 31. gxf6+ Kf7 32. Nc4 Rcg8 33. Nd6+ Kf8 34.
Rfe2 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Nh2+ 36. Kg1 Bxe1 37. Bxe1 Rxh3 38. Nxb7 Ne5 39. Nd8 Rh6 40.
Nxe6+ Kf7 41. Ng7 Nhf3+ 42. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 43. Kf2 Ne5 44. Bc3 Kxf6 45. Nf5 Rh2+
46. Ke3 Rxe2+ 47. Kxe2 Rg2+ 48. Ke3 Ke6 49. Bxe5 Kxe5 50. Nd4 Rg6 51. Nf3+ Ke6
52. Nd4+ Ke5 53. Nf3+ Ke6 54. Nd4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Na5 15. Bg5 Qa3 16. Re1 Bc3 17. Qd3 Rfc8 18. Red1 b6 19. h3 Bd7 20. Rdc1 f6 21.
Bd2 Bb2 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qa6 Qa2 24. Rxb2 Qxb2 25. Qxa7 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Qa4 27.
Bd1 Qxd1 28. Qxd7 Qc2 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. d6 exd6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Bh6 Qc7 33.
Qe6+ Kh8 34. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. e4 Na6 12. b3 Nb4 13. Qc3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 Ba6 15.
Rfc1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bb5 17. Ra3 e5 18. dxe5 Nd3 19. Rc3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxd2 21.
Nf3 Qd7 22. Ne5 Qd4 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rab8 25. Qc4 Rb1+ 26. Bf1 Qd1 27.
Kg2 Nxe4 28. Qd3 Nd2 29. Rd6 Qxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Nxf1 31. Rxa5 Re1 32. h4 h6 33. Rd7
Rb8 34. Raa7 Nxg3 35. Kxg3 Rb3+ 36. f3 Rg1+ 37. Kf2 Rg6 38. Rxf7 Rb5 39. Rf4
Kh7 40. Rg4 Rxg4 41. fxg4 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 Rb4+ 44. Kg3 Rb3+ 45. Kf4
Rb4+ 46. Kg3 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Nxg4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Be2 Rc8 14. a3 Qd7 15.
d5 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Qg4+ 17. Kh2 Ne5 18. Ng5 Qh4+ 19. Kg2 Bf6 20. Rh1 Rxc1 21.
Rxh4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxg5 23. Rh3 Rc8 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Nd7 26. Rb1 Nc5 27.
e5 dxe5 28. a4 Nxa4 29. Rxb7 Nxc3 30. d6 exd6 31. Ba6 e4 32. Rxa7 e3 33. fxe3
Bxe3 34. Rc7 Bd4 35. Bc4 d5 36. Bb3 Kg7 37. Rd7 Kf6 38. Kf3 Be5 39. Bxd5 Nxd5
40. Rxd5 Kf5 41. Rd7 Ke6 42. Ra7 h5 43. Ra6+ Kf5 44. Ra7 f6 45. Rh7 Bc3 46. Rh8
Be1 47. Re8 Bc3 48. Rh8 Kg5 49. Rc8 Be5 50. Rh8 Kh4 51. Kg2 g5 52. Ra8 Kg4 53.
Ra4+ Bf4 54. Ra3 h4 55. Rb3 f5 56. Rb4 h3+ 57. Kf2 Kh5 58. Rb5 Kg6 59. Rb6+ Kf7
60. Kf3 Be5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. b4 a6 8. a3
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 Re8 11. O-O h6 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Re1 Rab8 15.
Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bh3 17. Bh1 Nd4 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Bg4 20. Rd5 Qe6 21.
Bxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Bxe2 23. Qd2 Qb6 24. Rh4 g5 25. Re4 Rxe4 26. dxe4 Bg4 27. e5
Be6 28. h4 gxh4 29. Qxh6 hxg3 30. Re3 gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Bf5 32. e6 fxe6 33. Qg5+
Kf7 34. Bf3 Qd4 35. Bh5+ Kf8 36. Kf1 Rd8 37. Rg3 Qa1+ 38. Kf2 Qd4+ 39. Kf1 Qa1+
40. Kg2 Qb2+ 41. Kg1 Qa1+ 42. Kh2 Qb2+ 43. Kh1 Qb1+ 44. Rg1 Qe4+ 45. Rg2 Qe1+
46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Rg3 Qb2+ 48. Kh1 Qb1+ 49. Rg1 Qe4+ 50. Rg2 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qe5+
52. Qg3 Qxg3+ 53. Kxg3 Rd3+ 54. Kf4 Ke7 55. Ke5 Rd5+ 56. Kf4 Kd6 57. Rg8 Rd4+
58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Rb8 Rd3+ 60. Kf2 Rxa3 61. Rxb7 c6 62. Rb6 Be4 63. Be2 Bd5 64.
Rb8 Kd4 65. Rh8 e5 66. Rh4+ e4 67. Rg4 Ra2 68. Ke1 Ke3 69. Rg3+ Kd4 70. Rg4 Ke3
71. Rg3+ Kd4 72. Rh3 Ra1+ 73. Kf2 Ra2 74. Kf1 Ra1+ 75. Kf2 Ra2 76. Ke1 Ra1+ 77.
Bd1 e3 78. Rh4+ Kd3 79. Rh6 Bf3 80. Rd6+ Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.03"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. a3 g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. h5 Nc6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. f3 O-O 14. hxg6 fxg6 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bh3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 e5 18. Bg4 Qe7 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. c4 bxc4 21.
O-O-O Ne6 22. Qc3 Bd7 23. Qxc4 Kg7 24. Qb4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Bxg4 26. Rxg4 Rxf4 27.
Rxf4 Qxg5 28. Rxd6 Qxf4+ 29. Kb1 Rxd6 30. Qxd6 h5 31. c4 Qxf3 32. Qxe5+ Qf6 33.
Qd5 h4 34. c5 Qf1+ 35. Ka2 Qg2+ 36. Kb3 Qg3+ 37. Ka4 h3 38. c6 h2 39. Qd7+ Kh6
40. Qd8 Qe5 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Kb3 Qb5+ 43. Kc3 Qxc6+ 44. Kd3 Qd6+ 45. Ke2 Qxa3
46. Kf2 Qb2+ 47. Kg3 Qf6 48. Qh3 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.03"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. d5 b5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Rfd1 Nb6
15. Bh6 Bxf3 16. gxf3 b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Rc6 Rxc6 20. dxc6 Rc8
21. Rc1 Na4 22. Rc4 Nc3 23. Bf1 Qb6 24. a3 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. axb4 Nb5 27.
Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Qd4+ e5 29. Qxa7 Qxb4 30. Qc7 Qd4 31. Qe7 h5 32. h4 Qc3 33. Kg2
Qd4 34. Kg1 Qc3 35. Kg2 Qd4 36. Kg1 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.03"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. g5
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. a4 e5 11. axb5 Be7 12. Rg4 axb5 13. Bxb5+ Nd7 14. Bd2 Bb7
15. Nf5 O-O 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Rh4 g6 18. Qg4 Nc5 19. Qh3 h5 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21.
Qxh5 Ne6 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.03"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. e3 e6 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6
15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Rc1 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 Bb5 19. Bd2 Bf8 20. Bf1
Bxf1 21. Kxf1 f5 22. a4 Kf7 23. f4 h5 24. h4 Ke8 25. b4 Kd7 26. b5 Be7 27. Ke2
Bf8 28. Kd3 Be7 29. Kc2 Bf8 30. Kb3 Be7 31. Bb4 Bd8 32. Bf8 Ke8 33. Bd6 Kd7 34.
Bb4 Bc7 35. Ba3 Bd8 36. Bb4 Bc7 37. Ba3 Bd8 38. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.03"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. e5 Ra7 15.
O-O-O Rd7 16. Bc6 Rc7 17. Bf3 Bf5 18. exd6 exd6 19. Ne4 Ne6 20. h4 Rc4 21. Nf6+
Kh8 22. Bd5 Rxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Bxc2 24. Kxc2 Nf4 25. Kb1 Kg7 26. Rd4 Nxd5 27. Rxd5
h6 28. Rhd1 Qc8 29. a3 Qh3 30. R1d4 Qf1+ 31. Ka2 Qxf2 32. Rxd6 hxg5 33. hxg5
Qg3 34. R6d5 Rc8 35. Rd3 Qf4 36. R3d4 Qh2 37. Rd2 Qc7 38. R2d4 Rh8 39. Rd7 Qe5
40. R7d5 Qe3 41. Rd3 Qc1 42. Rc3 Qf4 43. Rc2 b4 44. a4 b3+ 45. Kxb3 Rb8+ 46.
Ka2 Qxa4+ 47. Kb1 Rh8 48. Rc1 Qb3 49. Rd2 Qe6 50. Rc5 a5 51. Rcd5 a4 52. Ka2
Qe3 53. R2d3 Qb6 54. Rd6 Qg1 55. R6d5 Rh1 56. Ka3 Qa1+ 57. Kb4 Qxb2+ 58. Ka5
Rh8 59. Rb5 Ra8+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.03"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 Nf6
9. Ng3 a5 10. c3 Na6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 c5 13. Qe2 bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15. cxd4
Nb4 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Bd2 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Qa8 19. Bb1 Bc6 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Qc4
Bxa4 22. Qxb4 Bc6 23. Qb6 Rc8 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qb2 h5 27. Qd2 Qa8
28. e5 dxe5 29. dxe5 Nd5 30. Be4 Bc6 31. e6 f5 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Nh4 Kh7 34.
Ngxf5 gxf5 35. Qg5 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. f4 Qxe6 38. Qxh5+ Kg8 39. Nxf5 Bf8 40.
Qg5+ Kf7 41. Qh5+ Qg6 42. Nh6+ Bxh6 43. Qxd5+ e6 44. Qb7+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46.
Qb7+ Bg7 47. Qf3 Qf6 48. Qe4+ Kg8 49. Qa8+ Bf8 50. Qe4 Kg7 51. g3 Qb2+ 52. Qg2
Qb3 53. Qe2 Bd6 54. h4 Kf6 55. Qd2 Qd5 56. Qb2+ Kf7 57. Qe2 Qd4 58. Kh3 Qc5 59.
Qe4 Qh5 60. Qb7+ Be7 61. Qe4 Qd5 62. Qh7+ Ke8 63. h5 Qh1+ 64. Kg4 Qd1+ 65. Kh3
Qh1+ 66. Kg4 Qd1+ 67. Kh3 Qd5 68. Qg6+ Kd7 69. h6 Qh1+ 70. Kg4 Qd1+ 71. Kh3 Qd4
72. h7 Bf6 73. Qf7+ Kd6 74. Qf8+ Kd5 75. Qg8 Qa1 76. Qf7 Qh1+ 77. Kg4 Qd1+ 78.
Kh3 Qf1+ 79. Kg4 Qe2+ 80. Kh3 Qb2 81. Qd7+ Ke4 82. Qxe6+ Kf3 83. Qd5+ Ke3 84.
Kg4 Bh8 85. Qf3+ Kd4 86. Qd1+ Kc5 87. Qd7 Qf6 88. Qf5+ Kd6 89. Qxf6+ Bxf6 90.
Kf5 Ke7 91. Kg6 Bh8 92. g4 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Nfd2 Nf6 10. Bg3 Nc6 11. Nc3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Neg4 14. Rf3 Re8 15.
Nf1 Nh5 16. Be1 f5 17. Bc4+ Be6 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. h3 Ngf6 20. fxg5 hxg5 21.
Rxf5 Bh6 22. g4 Ng7 23. Rf3 Qd7 24. Ng3 Rae8 25. Bf2 Qc6 26. e4 Nd7 27. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 Nf8 11. Bc4 Ng6 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. h4 Nh7 15. h5
Bh4+ 16. Rxh4 Nxh4 17. O-O-O Nxf3 18. Rxd6 Qe7 19. Rb6 Bxg4 20. Bd5 O-O 21. Qg2
Qh4 22. Rg6 Nhg5 23. Kb1 Be6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Bxb7 Qe1+ 26. Bc1 Rxc3 27. bxc3
Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Bxh6 Rf7 30. Bc1 Qf5 31. Qe2 Rc7 32. Kb2 Qxh5 33. Qxa6
Qe8 34. Qb5 Qc6 35. c4 Kf7 36. c5 Nd4 37. Qf1+ Kg8 38. Be3 Qxa4 39. Bxd4 exd4
40. Qf4 Qd7 41. Qe5 Rb7 42. Qe4 Rb8 43. Qe5 Rb4 44. Qe4 Qd5 45. Qg4 Rc4 46. Qf4
Rb4 47. Qg4 Qf5 48. Qh4 Rc4 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qh4+ Kg6 51. Nxd4 Qe5 52. Qg4+ Kh7
53. Qh4+ Kg8 54. Qd8+ Kf7 55. Qd7+ Kf6 56. c3 Rxc5 57. Qd8+ Kg6 58. Qe8+ Kh7
59. Qd8 Rd5 60. Qh4+ Kg8 61. Qg4 Rd6 62. Qh4 Qf6 63. Qe4 Rb6+ 64. Kc2 Kf7 65.
Qa8 Qg6+ 66. Kd2 Rb2+ 67. Ke3 Qg1+ 68. Kd3 Qf1+ 69. Ke3 Qf2+ 70. Kd3 Qg2 71.
Nf3 Qe2+ 72. Kd4 Qd1+ 73. Ke3 Re2+ 74. Kf4 Qd6+ 75. Kg4 Rg2+ 76. Kh5 g6+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.
Nc3 Ne6 9. Bc4 c6 10. Ng5 Nd8 11. Rd1 Nh6 12. a4 f6 13. Nf3 Nhf7 14. a5 Be6 15.
Be2 Bf8 16. Be3 Nd6 17. Nd2 N8f7 18. f3 Bh6 19. Bf2 Rd8 20. Nb3 Bxb3 21. cxb3
a6 22. Na4 Nc8 23. Nc5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nfd6 25. Nxb7 Nxb7 26. Bxa6 Nbd6 27. Bxc8
Nxc8 28. a6 Rf8 29. a7 Nxa7 30. Bxa7 Rf7 31. Bc5 Rb7 32. b4 Bf8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8
34. Rd6 Ke7 35. Rxc6 Rxb4 36. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 h5 {Advances of h- and g-pawns in the opening have
become popular in recent decades. Here it is dubious, though.} 4. Nc3 {White
ignores Black's provocation, which is a good approach. More popular
alternatives:} (4. h4 {- then Black can make use of the g4 square, say,} Bc5 5.
Nc3 d6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 Bg4 {etc.}) (4. h3 {but then this pawn can become
vulnerable after ...d7-d6, ...Bc8-e6 and ...Qd8-d7}) (4. Nf3 $5 Bc5 (4... e4 5.
Nh4 g5 6. Nf5 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Ne3 $14) ({the exchange sacrifice:} 4... h4 $5
5. Nxh4 Rxh4 6. gxh4 Qxh4 {- is not approved by engines but can be unpleasant
for White in a practical game}) (4... Be7 5. h4 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bg5
g6 9. O-O Ng4 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. d4 $14 {1/2 (43) Zude,E (2407)-Epishin,V (2574)
Hofheim 2017}) 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Nge7 7. O-O Bb6 {1/2 (53) Flores,D (2569)
-Bachmann,A (2614) Asuncion 2015 CBM 191 [Marin, Mihail]} 8. Re1 h4 9. Nxh4 g5
10. Nf3 g4 11. Nh4 Rxh4 12. gxh4 Ng6 $44 {M.Marin}) 4... h4 5. e3 (5. d3 {
is less flexible as it allows} Bc5 (5... d6 6. e3 Nf6 7. a3 a5 8. Bd2 Bd7 9.
Qc2 Qc8 10. h3 hxg3 11. fxg3 Ne7 12. O-O-O c6 13. g4 Be6 14. Nf3 e4 15. dxe4
Ng6 {1/2 (15) Rydl,J (2413)-Polasek,J (2316) Prague 2015}) (5... Bb4 $5 6. Bd2
d6 7. Nd5 $6 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 h3 $1 $36 {0-1 (34) Deshmukh,A (2253)-Venkatesh,M 
(2517) Pune 2019}) 6. e3 d6 7. a3 a5 8. b3 Nf6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. Qd2 h3 11. Bf3
Qd7 $132 {1/2 (58) Kriebel,T (2445)-Pechac,J (2431) Slovakia 2016}) (5. g4 {
gives Black good counterplay after} h3 $1 6. Nxh3 ({or} 6. Bxh3 d6 $44) 6...
Qh4 7. e3 $140 d5 $1 {[%cal Rc8g4]} 8. cxd5 Nb4) ({or} 5. Nf3 h3 6. Bf1 Nf6 $5
(6... d6 7. d4 Bg4 8. d5 Nce7 9. e4 g6 10. Be2 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Nxh6 12. Nd2 $14 {
0-1 (43) Ponkratov,P (2589)-Popov,I (2596) Sochi 2016}) 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5
9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 Qe7 11. Bf4 Ba6 $132 {0-1 (19) Larochelle,M (2210)-Lawson,
E (2381) Montreal 2013}) 5... Nf6 (5... Bc5 {is now less apropriate due to} 6.
Nge2 {[%cal Yd2d4] , e.g.} hxg3 7. hxg3 Rxh1+ 8. Bxh1 d6 9. d4 Bb4 10. d5 Bxc3+
11. Nxc3 Nce7 12. e4 $14 {1-0 (43) Rangel,D (2334)-Alboredo,J (2192) Barueri
2019}) 6. Nge2 (6. d4 Bb4 7. d5 {1/2 (26) Dragun,K (2584)-Dubov,D (2699)
Batumi 2019} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Na5 9. Qa4 b6 $15 {[%csl Rc4]}) (6. d3 Bb4 7. Bd2
Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nxc3 {1/2 (10) Zueger,B (2417)-Maier,C 
(2404) Switzerland 2005}) 6... h3 {Perhaps too fast.} (6... d6 $142 {keeping
various options.}) 7. Bf3 e4 $6 {A risky pawn sacrifice.} (7... d6 8. d4 g5 $5
{deserved attention although after} 9. O-O {White's position looks more
attractive.}) 8. Nxe4 (8. Bxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Ne5 $44) 8... Ne5 9. N2c3 (9. Nf4
$5) 9... Nxc4 {Black has regained the pawn but White has got a clear
development advantage.} (9... Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxc4 {is more accurate but after}
11. d4 {White's position is more pleasant anyway.}) 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {This queen
can get under attack.} 11. Nd5 {Probably unnecessary.} (11. O-O {, then d2-d4
is simpler.}) 11... Qd6 12. d4 c6 13. Nc3 Qb4 $6 {Poor queen can't find a good
place.} (13... Qg6 14. e4 Bb4 $14 {was relatively better.}) 14. a3 Qa5 15. O-O
d5 16. e4 $1 {White's development advantage makes this break almost decisive.}
dxe4 17. Bxe4 (17. Re1 $142 $1 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Ye1e4] , and if} f5 {then} 18.
Nxe4 fxe4 19. Rxe4+ {, then d4-d5 with a killing attack. Such niceties are not
for a rapid game, though.}) 17... Be6 18. d5 $6 {This break doesn't quite work
now.} (18. Qe2 $142 {[%cal Yf1d1]} Be7 19. Bf4 {keeping initiative.}) 18...
cxd5 19. Bxd5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] This recapture is unfortunate, too. Black
obtains a stable plus.} (19. Nxd5 O-O-O 20. b4 Qb5 21. Nc3 $8 Rxd1 22. Nxb5
Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 {, and now after, say,} Nd6 {Black is not worse.} ({or} 23...
Rh5)) (19. b4 $5 Bxb4 20. Nxd5 $13) 19... Rd8 20. Qe2 Rxd5 21. Qxc4 $15 {^^}
Re5 $6 {Black can't keep precision either.} (21... Rd1 $142 $1 {
Simplifications are favorable for Black, whose king is uncastled.}) 22. Qd3 Qc5
23. Qf3 Qc8 (23... Bd5 $142 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11) 24. Bf4 Rc5 25. Ne4 Rc6 (25...
Qc6 $142) 26. Ng5 $1 Be7 27. Nxe6 fxe6 $6 {[%csl Re6]} (27... Rxe6 28. Rac1 $36
) 28. Be5 Bf6 29. Bxf6 O-O 30. Qg4 Rxf6 31. Qxh3 {As a result of Black's
inaccuracies, White has won a pawn, which is not easy to convert, though, as
Black's pieces are very active.} Rc2 32. b4 Qc6 33. Rad1 Qb6 34. Qg2 Rc3 35.
Qe4 Rxa3 36. Rd2 (36. Rd7 $142 Ra2 37. Qxb7 $16) 36... Raf3 37. Kg2 a6 38. Rc2
Rf8 {White has given the pawn back but he is still better due to his superior
pawn structure and safer king. Here, however, Magnus Carlsen lost due to
disconnection.} 0-1

[Event "Skilling op Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Be3 Bxd4
8. Bxd4 Qg5 9. g3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Qc4 d6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qc3
O-O 15. O-O-O Re8 16. f3 Be6 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. h4 a6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 a5 21. a3
b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Qc3 h5 27. b3 Rg6
28. f4 Ra6 29. Kb2 Re6 30. Qc4 Qf6+ 31. c3 Ra8 32. Rhe1 Qe7 33. Rd5 c6 34. Rd4
d5 35. Qe2 Qa3+ 36. Kc2 Qa2+ 37. Kd3 Qxb3 38. Qc2 Qb4 1-0

[Event "Skilling op KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.27"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. O-O-O c6 14. Bh3
Kg8 15. Qc3 Qb8 16. d6 exd6 17. f4 Re8 18. Rhe1 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21.
f4 Rc5 22. Qf6 a3 23. b3 Rh5 24. Rxd6 Qe8 25. Be6 fxe6 26. Red1 1-0

[Event "Skilling op KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.27"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. f3 Rc8 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 e5 15.
Nde2 b5 16. a3 Nxb3 17. cxb3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Ne4 f6 21. Rfc1
Ne7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 a6 26. Qd1 Kf7 27. b4
Qe6 28. Nc3 Nc6 29. Nd5 Qd6 30. Qc1 Ne7 31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. Nxc7 Nc8 33. Nxa6 Nd6
34. Nc7 Ke7 35. Nd5+ Ke6 36. Nc3 f5 37. Kg1 f4 38. b3 Kd7 39. a4 g5 40. Kf2 h5
41. Kf3 Kc6 42. Nd5 g4+ 43. hxg4 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Nxe4 45. Ne7+ Kd6 46. Ng6 Nf6+
47. Kf5 Nd5 48. Nxe5 bxa4 49. bxa4 Nxb4 50. Ng6 Nd5 51. Nxf4 Ne3+ 52. Ke4 Nxg2
53. Nxg2 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling op KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.27"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa3 13. Be3 Qa5+ 14. Bd2
Qa3 15. Be3 Qc3+ 16. Bd2 Qb2 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. d5 Ne5 19. O-O Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 a5
21. Bf4 a4 22. e5 Qc4 23. Qd2 a3 24. Rfc1 Qa4 25. Ra1 Bf5 26. Ra2 Rfc8 27. Rca1
Qb3 28. Bd1 Qc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Bd2 Rd3 31. f4 g5 32. Bb4 gxf4 33. Bc2 Rd4
34. Bxe7 Bxc2 35. Rxc2 Bxe5 36. Rxa3 Rxa3 37. Bxa3 Rxd5 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Bb2 b5
40. Bxe5+ Rxe5 41. Rb2 Kg6 42. Kf3 Kg5 43. Rb4 f6 44. Kf2 Rd5 45. Kf3 Rc5 46.
Kf2 Kf5 47. Kf3 Ke6 48. Re4+ Re5 49. Rb4 Rf5 50. Rb1 h5 51. Ke4 h4 52. Ra1 Rd5
53. Ra8 Rd2 54. Rb8 Rxg2 55. Rb6+ Kf7 56. Rxb5 Kg6 57. Kxf4 Rg3 58. Rb8 Rxh3
59. Kg4 Rh1 60. Rg8+ Kf7 61. Ra8 Kg7 62. Rb8 h3 63. Kg3 Kg6 64. Rb6 Kg5 65.
Rb5+ f5 66. Ra5 Rb1 67. Kxh3 Rb3+ 68. Kg2 Kg4 69. Ra8 Rb2+ 70. Kg1 Rb3 71. Kg2
Kf4 72. Ra4+ Ke3 73. Kg3 Rd3 74. Rf4 Ke2+ 75. Kg2 Rd5 76. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling op KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.27"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Nf5 11. c3 d5 12. Bf4 Bg5 13. Qd2 Bxf4 14. Qxf4
Qd6 15. Qf3 c6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Re5 f6 19. Re2 Rae8 20. Rae1 Nh4 21.
Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Rxe2 23. Bxe2 Nf5 24. g4 Nd6 25. f3 Re8 26. Kf2 a5 27. b3 f5
28. gxf5 Nxf5 29. Rc1 h5 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Nf1 Kf6 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Ne3 a4 34.
c4 axb3 35. axb3 dxc4 36. bxc4 Ra8 37. d5 cxd5 38. Nxd5+ Ke5 39. Re1+ Kd4 40.
Rd1+ Kc5 41. Ne3 Be6 42. Rb1 Kc6 43. c5 Kxc5 44. Rxb7 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Re2 46. Nd1
h4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling op KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.28"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. d4 b5 11. Bc2 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ng3 Bg7 15.
Be3 Nd7 16. Rc1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qf6 18. Bb3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxc7 Ra7 21.
Rxa7 Qxa7 22. Qxd6 Bxb2 23. f4 Nc5 24. Bd5 Bd4 25. Re2 Nd3 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Rd2
Bc5 28. Qc6 Nxf4+ 29. Kf3 Rd8 30. Kxf4 Rd6 31. Qe8 Bxf2 32. Kg4 Rf6 33. e5 h5+
34. Kh3 Rf4 35. e6 fxe6 36. Bxe6 Bd4 37. Nxh5+ gxh5 38. Rg2+ Kf6 39. Rg6+ Ke5
40. Bb3+ 1-0

[Event "Skilling op KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.28"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
O-O Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. a4 Qd7 11. a5 Nd5 12. a6 b6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e6
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qe2 b5 18. Na3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 f6 20. Rb3 Nc7 21.
Rb4 Qxa6 22. Rh4 Kf7 23. Rxh5 Nd5 24. Re1 Qc6 25. h4 a5 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. h5 a4
28. Bd2 Ne7 29. h6 gxh6 30. Qh5+ Ng6 31. Bxh6 Qd6 32. Rd1 Qc6 33. Rd4 f5 34.
Rd3 Rg8 35. Bg5 Rh8 36. Qe2 Qc7 37. Rh3 Rxh3 38. gxh3 Qe5 39. Qd1 Nf8 40. h4
Kg6 41. Qd8 Qg7 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qxb5 Ng6 44. Qxa4 Ne5 45. Qf4 Qh8 46. b4 Kg6
47. Qe3 Kf7 48. b5 Qb8 49. Bf4 Qg8+ 50. Kf1 Ng4 51. Qa7+ Kg6 52. Qe7 Nf6 53.
h5+ 1-0

[Event "Skilling op KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.28"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 d5 14. Qf3 c4 15.
Bg5 e4 16. dxe4 dxe4 17. Qh3 Qc7 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Bb1 Rad8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Nxe4 Bxb2 22. f6 Qd7 23. Qg3 g6 24. Qe3 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxf6 26. a4 b4 27. Qf3
Qc6 28. Qxc6 Nxc6 29. Re4 Nd4 30. Rfe1 Kf8 31. Kf1 b3 32. c3 Nc2 33. Bxc2 bxc2
34. Rc1 Rd1+ 35. Re1 Rd2 36. Re2 Rd1+ 37. Re1 Rd2 38. Re2 Rd1+ 39. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling op KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.28"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nge5 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bc5 18. Kf1 Bd4 19. f3 Bxc3 20. bxc3
Rxc3 21. Rdb1 Bc8 22. Rb2 O-O 23. Bf2 f5 24. Bxb6 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Nf6 26. Bd3 e4
27. fxe4 Nxe4+ 28. Kg1 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. a5 e5 31. Rb6 Rf6 32. Rf1 Rxb6 33.
axb6 Bb7 34. c4 a5 35. Bf5 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 h5 14. h4 g6 15.
Bh3 Bb7 16. Qd3 Bg7 17. Rd1 O-O 18. O-O Rb8 19. b3 Re8 20. Rfe1 Ba8 21. Nde3
Bf8 22. Nd5 Bg7 23. Nde3 Bf8 24. Nd5 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Opera Euro Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a3 d6 10. Ne2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 Kh8 13. Ng3 f6 14. c3 Qd7 15. d4
exd4 16. cxd4 Rad8 17. Qd3 f5 18. Bc2 g6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Bb3 Bf6 21. Qd2 Nb6
22. Bg5 Qg7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Re7 25. d5 Nd4 26. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Rxe1+
28. Qxe1 Qxf6 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qb8 Bxd5 31. Qxc7+ Kh6 32. Qf4+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ Kh6
34. Qf4+ Kg7 35. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Nc2 Bb7 14. Bd3
d5 15. Qe2 f5 16. O-O-O fxe4 17. Bxe4 Qc7 18. Bf3 O-O-O 19. g3 Kb8 20. Kb1 Nc8
21. Rhe1 Rhe8 22. Ne3 Nb6 23. Qc2 f6 24. Bg2 Rd6 25. Rd2 Red8 26. Red1 a5 27.
a3 Nc4 28. Nxc4 bxc4 29. Qf5 Ka7 30. Ka1 Qd7 31. Qh5 Qc7 32. f4 e4 33. Rd4 Bc6
34. R1d2 Be8 35. Qe2 Bc6 36. Qe3 Qb6 37. f5 R6d7 38. Qh6 Ba4 39. g4 Ka6 40. Bf1
Ka7 41. h4 Rb7 42. Qe3 Rdb8 43. g5 Bd7 44. gxf6 Bxf5 45. Qg5 Be6 46. Bxc4 Rg8
47. Qe5 Rg1+ 48. Ka2 dxc4 49. b4 cxb3+ 50. Kb2 e3 51. Qxe3 Ra1 52. Qe5 Ra2+ 53.
Kb1 Rxd2 54. Rxd2 b2 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.18"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201a"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Nxb5 Nxe4 7. Qa4 c6 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba6 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Qd3 Nd7
15. c4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Nb6 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Qc2 h6 20. a4 Rfe8 21. Be3
Bf4 22. a5 Nc8 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nd6 26. Qa4 Re6 27. Qd7
Ne4 28. Re1 a6 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qd3 f5 31. g3 Rd6 32. Qb3 Qg4 33. Kg2 Qg6 34.
Rd1 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Qd6 36. Qb3 Qe6 37. Qd3 Qd6 38. Qe3 Qc7 39. Nh4 g6 40. Qd3
Qb7 41. Nf3 Kg7 42. Ne5 Kf6 43. Nd7+ Kf7 44. Nb6 Nf6+ 45. f3 Qe7 46. Nd5 Qd7
47. h4 g5 48. Qb3 Qe6 49. Qb7+ Kg6 50. Kf2 Nxd5 51. cxd5 Qf6 52. Qb6 Kf7 53.
hxg5 hxg5 54. Qxc5 Qb2+ 55. Ke3 Qb3+ 56. Kd4 Qd1+ 57. Ke5 Qxf3 58. Qa7+ Kg6 59.
Qxa6+ Kh5 60. Qe6 Qxg3+ 61. Kf6 Qc3+ 62. Qe5 Qxe5+ 63. Kxe5 f4 64. Ke4 Kg4 65.
d6 f3 66. Ke3 Kg3 67. d7 f2 68. d8=Q f1=Q 69. Qxg5+ Kh3 70. Qh5+ Kg3 71. Qg6+
Kh3 72. Qd3 Qf8 73. a6 Qf7 74. Ke2+ Kg2 75. Qe4+ Kh2 76. Qh4+ Kg2 77. Qg5+ Kh2
78. Qe5+ Kg2 79. Qe4+ Kh2 80. Ke3 Qb3+ 81. Kf2 Qb6+ 82. Kf3 Qb3+ 83. Qe3 Qd5+
84. Kf2 Qf5+ 85. Ke1 Qb1+ 86. Ke2 Qb5+ 87. Qd3 Qe5+ 88. Kd2 Qa5+ 89. Ke3 Qe5+
90. Kf3 Qg3+ 91. Ke2 Qe5+ 92. Kd1 Qa1+ 93. Kd2 Qa2+ 94. Ke1 Qa1+ 95. Kf2 Qf6+
96. Qf3 Qb6+ 97. Qe3 Qf6+ 98. Qf3 Qb6+ 99. Ke1 Qa5+ 100. Kf2 Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.18"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201a"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Na4
15. Be4 Bd7 16. Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Bf5+ Ke8 18. Be4 Kd7 19. Bf5+ Ke8 20. Be4 Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.18"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201a"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. a3 N4d5 14. Ne4 Qc6 15.
Re1 O-O-O 16. Bf1 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Qe2 Kb8 19. Bd2 Rhg8 20. Rac1 Bd6 21. g3
f5 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Bg2 Rde8 24. Nh4 Qb5 25. Rb1 Qb3 26. Bc3 Nf4 27. gxf4 Rg4
28. h3 Rxh4 29. Bxb7 Kxb7 30. Qf3+ Ka6 31. d5 Nxd5 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Qxd5 Rg6+
34. Kf1 Qb5 35. Rd1 Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxf4 37. Bd4 Rf3 38. Be3 f4 39. Rf5 Re6 40.
Bd4 Re4 41. Kg2 Rd3 42. Bc3 d5 43. Rf6+ Kb5 44. Rf7 d4 45. Bb4 Re2 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.18"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201a"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3
Ne5 9. a3 e6 10. b4 Be7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. d3 O-O 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15.
Na4 Bd4 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Rxb5 Bc6 20. Rb4 Rfb8 21.
Nb2 Rxa3 22. Rxb8+ Qxb8 23. Nc4 Ra8 24. Qc2 Nd7 25. Rb1 Qa7 26. Nb6 Nxb6 27.
Qxc6 Nd7 28. d4 Nf6 29. Rb7 Qa3 30. Rb3 Qf8 31. dxe5 Rc8 32. Qa4 Ng4 33. Qd4
Rd8 34. Qc3 Qe7 35. h3 Nh6 36. Qb2 g6 37. Rb8 Rxb8 38. Qxb8+ Kg7 39. Kf2 Qh4+
40. Kf3 Ng8 41. Qd6 Qh5+ 42. Kf2 Qg5 43. g3 h5 44. h4 Qg4 45. Bg2 Nh6 46. Qd8
Kh7 47. Qd7 g5 48. Bf3 Qh3 49. hxg5 Qh2+ 50. Kf1 Qxg3 51. Bxh5 Qxe3 52. g6+ Kg7
53. gxf7 Qh3+ 54. Ke1 Qh4+ 55. Kd2 Qxh5 56. Qxe6 Nxf7 57. Qf6+ Kg8 58. e6 Qh2+
59. Kc3 Qc7+ 60. Kb2 Qb6+ 61. Ka1 Qa5+ 62. Kb1 Qb5+ 63. Ka1 Nd6 64. Qd8+ Ne8
65. Qd7 Qe5+ 66. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.19"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201a"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bd7 12. b4 Bf6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Bb3 Ng6 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Rxb4 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxa6 Ra4 19. Rxa4 Qxa4 20. Qb1 Qc6 21.
Qb3 Ra8 22. Rb1 Nf8 23. g3 Ne6 24. h4 h5 25. Nd2 g6 26. Qd5 Qa4 27. Nc4 Rd8 28.
Rc1 Rb8 29. Qa5 Qd7 30. Qa7 Qc8 31. Ra1 Kg7 32. Kf1 Rb7 33. Qa8 Rb1+ 34. Ke2
Rb8 35. Qa6 Qd7 36. Qa4 Qd8 37. Qc6 Kh7 38. Nd2 Bg7 39. Nf3 Bh6 40. Bxh6 Kxh6
41. Qc3 Kg7 42. Kf1 Rb5 43. Kg2 Qb8 44. d4 exd4 45. Nxd4 Nxd4 46. Qxd4+ Kg8 47.
Ra4 Re5 48. Qa1 Qb7 49. Kh2 Re8 50. Qc3 Rxe4 51. Rxe4 Qxe4 52. Qxc7 d5 53. Qc8+
Kg7 54. Qc3+ Kf8 55. Qc8+ Ke7 56. Qc7+ Kf6 57. Qc3+ Qe5 58. Qc6+ Kg7 59. Qc5
Qe4 60. Qc3+ Kh7 61. Qc7 Qe6 62. Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.19"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201a"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e3 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Ne7 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O Nf5 14. b4
Nh4 15. Kh1 Qg6 16. g3 Nf5 17. b5 h5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rg1 h4 20. gxh4 Qf6 21.
h5 c5 22. Nxd5 Bb7 23. Bf3 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rad8 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Bxc6 cxd4 27.
Rg5 Ne7 28. Bf3 dxe3 29. fxe3 Rd3 30. Re5 Nc8 31. a4 Nd6 32. Rc1 Rb8 33. Kg2
Rbb3 34. Rc6 Kf8 35. a5 f6 36. Re6 Nf5 37. h6 Nxh6 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Ra6 Rd2+
40. Kg3 Nf5+ 41. Kf4 Rf2 42. Rxa7+ Kg6 43. Rcc7 Kh6 44. Kxf5 Rxe3 45. Rc5 g6+
46. Kg4 Rfxf3 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.19"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201a"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Qc7 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. O-O h5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Bc5 13. Qf3 d6 14. h3 Nd7 15.
Rad1 Nf8 16. Na4 Ne6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 h4 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nc4 O-O 21. Nxd6
hxg3 22. fxg3 Rxb2 23. Qc3 Qb8 24. Nf5 Rb5 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Kh2 Qc7 27. Nf5 Rc5
28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Qf2 Rc3 30. a4 Nd4 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32. Qe2 Be6 33. Rxd4 exd4 34.
Qh5+ Kg8 35. Rf4 Qe7 36. Rh4 f6 37. e5 fxe5 38. Qxe5 Rxc2 39. Re4 d3 40. Qxe6+
Qxe6 41. Rxe6 d2 42. Rd6 c5 43. g4 c4 44. Kg3 c3 45. Kh4 Kf8 46. Bf3 Rc1 47.
Rd3 Ke7 48. Kg5 Rf1 49. Re3+ Kd6 50. Rd3+ Ke5 51. Rxc3 Rxf3 52. Rxf3 d1=Q 53.
Rf5+ Ke4 54. a5 Qd6 55. Kh4 g6 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.19"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201a"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. g3
Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Nh4 Nbd7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qc7 14. a5 Rab8
15. Be3 Rfc8 16. Qd3 Bf8 17. Rfc1 b6 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Rxa6 Nc4 20. Nd5 Qd8 21.
b3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Rc5 23. c4 Qc8 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Ra7 Qxf5 26. Bd5 Qg5 27. Rb1
Qxe3 28. fxe3 Rb4 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Bd5 Rc8 31. Kg2 Rcb8 32. Rf7 Bg7 33. Ra1
1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.19"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "283"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201a"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bd7 12. b4 Bf6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Bb3 Ng6 15.
c3 a5 16. bxa5 Ra8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Bxa4 Rxa5 19. Bxd7 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qxd7 21.
Rb1 Qc6 22. Nd2 Ra8 23. Qb2 Nf8 24. d4 exd4 25. cxd4 h6 26. Qb3 Qa4 27. Qxa4
Rxa4 28. d5 Bd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rb2 f5 31. f3 fxe4 32. fxe4 Nd7 33. Kf2 Nc5
34. Ke3 Rd3+ 35. Ke2 Rd4 36. Ke3 Rd3+ 37. Ke2 Rc3 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Rc8 Nd7 40.
Nf3 Nf6 41. Nd2 Kg6 42. g3 Kh5 43. e5 Nxd5 44. exd6 cxd6 45. Rd8 Re3+ 46. Kf2
Re6 47. Nc4 Nf6 48. Kf3 d5 49. Ne3 Re5 50. Kf4 Re4+ 51. Kf3 Rd4 52. Nf5 Rd3+
53. Ke2 Ra3 54. Nxg7+ Kg6 55. Ne6 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Rxh2 57. Nf4+ Kf7 58. Nxd5 Rd2
59. Rh8 Rxd5 60. Rxh6 Ke6 61. Rh4 Rd3+ 62. Ke2 Rxg3 63. Ra4 Nd5 64. Ra8 Ke5 65.
Re8+ Kd4 66. Rd8 Re3+ 67. Kf2 Re5 68. Ra8 Kd3 69. Ra3+ Nc3 70. Kf3 Rf5+ 71. Kg4
Rf8 72. Ra7 Nb5 73. Rd7+ Nd4 74. Re7 Nf5 75. Ra7 Ne3+ 76. Kg3 Nf5+ 77. Kf4 Nd4+
78. Kg3 Nc6 79. Ra4 Ne5 80. Ra3+ Ke4 81. Ra4+ Ke3 82. Ra3+ Nd3 83. Kg4 Rf1 84.
Kg5 Ke4 85. Ra4+ Kd5 86. Ra5+ Nc5 87. Kg4 Kd4 88. Ra8 Ne6 89. Ra4+ Ke5 90. Ra5+
Ke4 91. Ra4+ Nd4 92. Kg5 Rf5+ 93. Kg6 Rb5 94. Kf6 Rd5 95. Kg6 Kf4 96. Kf6 Rd7
97. Ra6 Rh7 98. Ra4 Rh6+ 99. Ke7 Ke4 100. Ra1 Nc6+ 101. Kf7 Ne5+ 102. Ke7 Nd3
103. Kf7 Kf5 104. Ke7 Re6+ 105. Kd7 Ne5+ 106. Kc7 Rb6 107. Kxb6 Ke4 108. Ra4+
Kd5 109. Rh4 Nc4+ 110. Kc7 Ne5 111. Rh5 Kd4 112. Kd6 Nc4+ 113. Ke6 Ne3 114.
Rh4+ Kd3 115. Ke5 Nc4+ 116. Kd5 Ne3+ 117. Kc5 Nc2 118. Ra4 Ne3 119. Rd4+ Kc3
120. Rd8 Nc2 121. Kd5 Kd3 122. Ke5+ Ke3 123. Rc8 Kd3 124. Rd8+ Ke3 125. Rh8 Kd3
126. Rh4 Kc3 127. Kd5 Ne3+ 128. Ke4 Nc2 129. Rh8 Kd2 130. Rh3 Nb4 131. Rb3 Nc2
132. Rd3+ Ke2 133. Rh3 Kd2 134. Rb3 Ne1 135. Ra3 Nc2 136. Rd3+ Ke2 137. Rd8 Ne1
138. Rh8 Kd2 139. Rh1 Nc2 140. Rh3 Ne1 141. Rg3 Nc2 142. Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.19"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2021.03.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201a"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nge2 h5 10. h3 Nxg3 11. Nxg3 h4 12. Nh5 c6 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Qb3 Bxc3+ 15.
Qxc3 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Bf5 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 O-O 21. O-O
Qe6 22. Rfc1 cxb5 23. Qb3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rc8 25. Bf3 Be4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxb5
Rc7 28. Qb6 Qe7 29. Qa5 Qd6 30. Rb1 Kg7 31. Qb5 b6 32. Qd3 Qe6 33. Qa6 Qd6 34.
Qe2 Qg6 35. Ra1 Qe4 36. Qb5 Qe6 37. Qb4 Rc4 38. Qb1 Qc6 39. Qf5 Rc1+ 40. Rxc1
Qxc1+ 41. Kh2 Qc7+ 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. Kg2 Qd8 44. Kxg3 b5 45. Qb1 Qd6+ 46. Kf3 b4
47. Qb3 Qf6+ 48. Kg2 Qd6 49. Kg1 f6 50. Kg2 Qb6 51. h4 gxh4 52. Kh3 Qb5 53.
Kxh4 Kf7 54. Kg4 Ke6 55. Kf4 Qc4 56. Qa4 b3 57. Qe8+ Kd6 58. Qb8+ Kc6 59. Kf5
Qb5 60. Qc8+ Kb6 61. Qb8+ Ka5 62. Qa7+ Kb4 63. Qa1 Qe2 64. Ke6 b2 65. Qa6 Qxa6+
0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. e5 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Qd3 Ne7 13. Bc5 Qxg2 14.
O-O-O Qc6 15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Rhe1 Rc8 18. Kb1 f6 19. f4 fxe5 20.
fxe5 h6 21. Rg1 Qd5 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Nxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Ke6 26.
Rd3 g5 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rg4 Rc6 29. Rxa4 h5 30. Rda3 g4 31. Kc1 Kxe5 32. Rxa6 h4
33. Rxc6 dxc6 34. Kd1 h3 35. Ke2 g3 36. Kf3 gxh2 37. Ra1 Nd4+ 38. Kg3 Nxc2 39.
Rc1 Nb4 40. Kxh2 Kd4 41. b3 c5 42. Kxh3 Nc6 43. Rc4+ Kd5 44. Kg2 Ne5 45. Rc1 c4
46. bxc4+ Nxc4 47. Rxc4 Kxc4 1/2-1/2

