[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[White "Caruana,Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding,Liren"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.04.21"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 $1 { is more profitable than 11.Nbd2 at the moment.} fxe6 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nbd2 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} Rb5 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 ({Don't blunder} 15... Nxa5 $2 16. c4 $18 )16. cxd4 Qc8 17. Ba3 {[#]} Nxa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qd7 18. Qc2 Nxa5 19. Rac1 Bd8 20. e5 Nd5 21. exd6 cxd6 22. Ne4 Rb6 23. Neg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 {1-0 (57) Dorer,
M-Lindner,J DESC email 2011} )18. Qc2 c5 19. e5 (19. Qa2 $5 {} )dxe5 20. dxc5 Nc6 ({Not} 20... Bxc5 {[#]} 21. Rac1 $1 $16 )21. Ne4 ({
White should play} 21. Rac1 $11 )Nxe4 $1 $15 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Rae1 (23. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Bf6 $17 )Bf6 24. h4 h6 25. R4e3 Rd5 26. g4 Qe8 27. Kg2 h5 28. g5 Be7 {} 29. Nxe5 {[#] Ng6 is the strong threat.} Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Rbxc5 31. Qg6 Qxg6 32. Nxg6 e5 33. f4 Rd2+ 34. R3e2 Rxe2+ 35. Rxe2 $11 { Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd4 36. Re4 Rc2+ 37. Kf1 {The position is equal.} Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/
Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"]
[Black "Giri,Anish"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.04.21"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 {} 9. c4 {9.a4 deserves study.} Be7 10. c5 Na6 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and
Sveshnikov Variations.} 11. cxd6 Bxd6 12. Bc4 0-0 13. 0-0 Nc7 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 {
[#]} 15. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a4 Rd8 16. Qe2 b6 17. Re1 Nxd5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Nc7 20. Be3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rexa5 Rab8 24. Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 (24) Wharrier,J (2408)-Biedermann,K (2384) ICCF email 2017} )b6 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Bg5 h6 (17... f6 $15 18. Be3 Rad8 )18. Bh4 $1 $11 b5 19. Bb3 Na6 20. Qe2 Nc5 $1 21. Qxb5 Nxb3 22. axb3 Rfb8 23. f3 a6 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Qa3 Qb6+ (25... Qg6 $11 {remains equal.} )26. Bf2 $16 Qb5 27. d6 Qd7 28. Qa4 Bc6 29. Qh4 Re8 30. Rac1 Rac8 31. Rc4 Re6 32. Bc5 Rg6 33. Qf2 Re8 34. Re1 e4 35. fxe4 Rg4 {} 36. h3 (36. Qc2 $16 )Rgxe4 $11 {The position is
equal.} 37. Rexe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Bxe4 39. Qe2 Bb7 40. b4 Qc6 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.09/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[White "Wang,Hao"]
[Black "Grischuk,Alexander"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2021.04.21"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 {} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 {7.Nf3 is more fashionable.} Be7 8. Nf3 f6 {C11: French: Classical
System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 9. Be3 0-0 10. g3 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qd2 {[#]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Kh8 12. Bg2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Nc3 Qa6 15. Kf2 fxe5 16. fxe5 Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 (53) Fedoseev,V 
(2667)-Morozevich,A (2676) Moscow 2016} )12. Nfxd4 Nc5 13. exf6 $1 Bxf6 {
Hoping for ...Qxb2!} 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Bg2 Nd6 17. Bf2 Nc4 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. 0-0 e5 20. fxe5 $1 Bf5 21. exf6 ({White should play} 21. Qc1 $14 Qxe5 22. Nf4 )Bxc2 $11 22. fxe7 Rfe8 {Strongly threatening ...Be4.} 23. Nf4 Nb6 ({Wrong is} 23... Rxe7 $2 24. Nxd5 Qe5 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Bxc4 $18 )24. Nxd5 (24. Bd4 $11 )Nxd5 $17 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Nd4 {[#]} Qd7 $1 27. c4 {[#]} (27. Bc4 $142 Be4 28. Be6 )Bg6 (27... Bd3 $142 $1 {} 28. Rfd1 Bg6 )28. Ne6 Rxe7 29. Rae1 Bf7 30. Nxg7 Bxd5 (30... Rxe1 $17 31. Bxe1 Kxg7 32. Bxf7 Qxf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 )31. Rxe7 $1 $11 Qxe7 32. Nf5 Qf8 (32... Qe4 $5 33. Bd4+ Qxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Bxc4 $14 )33. Bd4+ Kg8 34. cxd5 {
Threatens to win with d6.} h5 (34... h6 $1 $14 )35. d6 $16 { White
has strong compensation.} Kh7 (35... Qe8 $142 )36. Ne7 Qe8 37. Rf6 (37. b3 {
is interesting.} b6 38. Bc3 a5 39. Rf5 Rd8 40. Be5 )Rd8 38. Bc3 {[#]} Rxd6 $1 { Remove Defender. Black has an edge.} 39. Rxd6 Qxe7 40. Rd4 Kg6 41. a3 Qe3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.24} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Black "Alekseenko,Kirill"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.04.21"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 {} Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3 Be7 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 9. 0-0 0-0 10. d4 cxd4 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nxd4 Qc7 {Black is on the
road to losing.} 12. Rd1 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc5 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Ba4 16. Qxa4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qc3 18. Bb2 Qxb2 {1-0 (26)
Korobkov,P (2508)-Provotorov,I (2398) Voronezh 2008} )13. Be3 Nb6 14. Rac1 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 {[#] Threatens to win with Nd5!} Nc4 17. Bg5 {And now
Bxf6 would win.} Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Rd8 (18... Qd8 $16 {was called for.} 19. Nc3 (19. Bxb7 Nd6 $17 )h6 )19. Bxf6 $18 Bxf6 20. Be4 Qa5 (20... Qd7 {was
necessary.} )21. Nc3 (21. Qxh7+ Kf8 $18 )Kf8 {[#]} 22. Nd5 $1 {
} b5 {intending ...Qd2.} (22... Rxd5 23. Bxd5 )23. Qxh7 {} (23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6 Qd2 $18 )Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Qd2 25. Rxc4 (25. Qh8+ Ke7 $11 )bxc4 26. e4 {aiming for Qh8+.} Qxb2 27. Qh8+ (27. Bxc4 $6 Qc1+ 28. Bf1 g6 $16 )Ke7 28. Qc8 {Intending Qc7+ and mate.} Qb6 29. Qxc4 Qb5 (29... Kf8 $142 30. Kg2 (30. Bxf7 Qb5 $16 )Be7 )30. Qc7+ ({But not} 30. Bxf7 $6 Qxc4 31. Bxc4 a5 $16 )Qd7 31. Qc5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.
25} 1-0
