[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.h3 O-O 12.Be3 exd4 13.cxd4
Nb4 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Ng5 Qe7 16.e5 dxe5 17.Nxf7 e4 18.Nd6+ Kh8
19.Nxb7 Rxb7 20.Qe2 c6 21.Rad1 Rd7 22.f3 exf3 23.Rxf3 c5
24.dxc5 Rxd1+ 25.Nxd1 Bxc5 26.Qf2 Bd6 27.Nc3 Nd3 28.Qe2 Nc5
29.Ba2 Re8 30.Qd2 Nce4 31.Nxe4 Nxe4 32.Qd3 Ng5 33.Bxg5 Bc5+
34.Kh1 Qxg5 35.Rf1 Qe5 36.Qd5 Qe2 37.Qf5 Qe5 38.Qxe5 Rxe5
39.Rd1 g6 40.Bd5 Re7 41.Bc6 Re2 42.Bb7 Rxb2 43.Bxa6 Ra2
44.Bxb5 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 d6
7. O-O Re8 8. Na4 Bb4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. e4 a5 12. Bb2
Na6 13. b5 cxb5 14. cxb5 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. a4 Bg4 17. Ra3
Nd7 18. h3 Bh5 19. Qb1 b6 20. Nd2 Nf8 21. Bf3 Qg5 22. h4 Qg6
23. Qd1 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 h5 25. Qf5 Rad8 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. Kg2 f6
28. Nc4 Kf7 29. Bc1 Rd7 30. f4 exf4 31. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 32. gxf4 f5
33. e5 Re6 34. Kf3 Rg6 35. Ne3 Ke6 36. Rd1 Bd8 37. Ra2 Rd4
38. Nc2 Rd5 39. Ne3 Rd7 40. Rdd2 Bxh4 41. Rg2 Rg4 42. Rh2 g6
43. Nxg4 fxg4+ 44. Ke3 Be7 45. Rac2 h4 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4
12. Rc1 d5 13. b3 Bb4 14. bxc4 Ra3 15. Be5 f6 16. Bd4 Qa5
17. Be2 Bxc3+ 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. Kf1 b4 20. g5 e5 21. Bxc3 bxc3
22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Qb1 Qc7 24. Qd3 b5 25. Qxc3 bxc4 26. e4 dxe4
27. Rh4 Be6 28. Rxe4 O-O 29. Bxc4 Kg7 30. Qb3 Rb8 31. Bxe6
Rxb3 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Bxb3 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. Kg1 h5
36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. Rg7+ Kd6 38. Rh7 Qf3 39. Rh8 e4 40. Rd8+ Ke7
41. Bd1 Qc3 42. Rd5 h4 43. gxh4 f5 44. Rxf5 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qxd1
46. Rg5 Qa1 47. Rg4 Qb1 48. Rg3 Qxa2 49. Rh3 Qd5 50. Kf1 Qd1+
51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52. Rg3 Qh5 53. Ra3 Qd5 54. Kg1 Kf6 55. Rg3 Qd1+
56. Kg2 Kf5 57. Rg5+ Kf4 58. Rg3 Qd5 59. Kf1 Qd2 60. Kg2 Qd1
61. Re3 Kf5 62. Rg3 Kf6 63. Rh3 Kg6 64. Rg3+ Kh5 65. Rh3 Qb1
66. Re3 Kxh4 67. Rg3 Kh5 68. Rh3+ Kg4 69. Rg3+ Kf4 70. Re3 Qd1
71. Ra3 Ke5 72. Rg3 Kd4 73. Re3 Qd3 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3
Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Nf3 h6 10. O-O Rb8 11. Bb2 b6
12. Rad1 Qe8 13. e4 Bd6 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. f4 exf4
17. gxf4 Na5 18. Rde1 Qd8 19. Qf2 Nc4 20. Bc1 Bc5 21. d4 Be7
22. Nf3 f5 23. Qe2 Nd6 24. e5 Ne4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Be6
27. Qd3 Qd7 28. Be3 c6 29. a4 a6 30. Qxa6 Ra8 31. Qxb6 Bd5
32. Qb2 Rxa4 33. Ra1 Rfa8 34. Rxa4 Rxa4 35. Ra1 Rxa1+ 36. Qxa1
Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Qd5+ 38. Kf2 Bh4+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Kd3 Qe4+
41. Kd2 Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.18"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1
Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.Rfe1 Bb4 15.a3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 h4 17.Kh2 Kf8
18.Rb1 b6 19.Rb4 Re8 20.Ra4 a5 21.Bd2 c5 22.Rf4 Rh5 23.Rf3 Kg8
24.Bc1 Ne7 25.g4 hxg3+ 26.fxg3 Nc6 27.Bf4 Bc8 28.Rfe3 Nd8
29.Kg2 Ne6 30.Nxe6 Bxe6 31.g4 Rh8 32.Bg5 Kh7 33.Kg3 Rb8 34.Rd3
Rhe8 35.Red1 b5 36.Rd8 b4 37.Rxe8 Rxe8 38.cxb4 cxb4 39.axb4
axb4 40.Rd8 Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.18"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4
7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nf3 Bg4
12. O-O Nbd7 13. d6 Bf8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nb5 Re6 16. Bf4 a6
17. Nc7 Re4 18. Bh2 Rc8 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Bd3 Nxh2
22. Bxe4 Nxf1 23. Qxf1 Bxd6 24. Nd5 g6 25. Qh3 Kg7 26. Kh1 Ne5
27. Nh4 h5 28. Rg1 Bf8 29. Nf4 Ng4 30. Nxh5+ gxh5 31. Bf5 Be7
32. Bxg4 hxg4 33. Qxg4+ Bg5 34. Qh5 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.18"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 h6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bf4 O-O
12. Qc1 a6 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Kh7 15. Rd1 Re8 16. Qc7
Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Bg4 18. f3 Rac8 19. Ba5 Bd7 20. Kf2 h5 21. Bf1
Ng8 22. Bc3 Bh6 23. Rd3 Ne7 24. Rad1 Bg7 25. e3 Kg8 26. R3d2
Ba4 27. Re1 Bd7 28. Ne2 Rc7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Red1
b5 32. a3 Rb8 33. Ne2 a5 34. Nd4 Bd7 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Ra8
37. Rb2 Ra4 38. Rdb1 Rb7 39. Rc1 Rba7 40. Nxb5 Bxb5 41. Bxb5
Ra3 42. Be2 Rb7 43. b5 Rb6 44. Rd1 Kf6 45. Rdd2 Rb7 46. Bd3
Nc8 47. e4 dxe4 48. Bxe4 Rb6 49. Rd7 Rc3 50. Rb7 Rxb7 51. Bxb7
Nb6 52. Be4 Ke5 53. Rd2 Rb3 54. Bc6 Nc4 55. f4+ Kf6 56. Rd8
Rb2+ 57. Kf3 Nd2+ 58. Ke3 Nf1+ 59. Kf3 Nd2+ 60. Ke2 Ne4+
61. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.18"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Bd2
Nd8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 c5 15. a4 f5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8
Bxa8 18. c4 Nf7 19. cxb5 g5 20. Nh2 Kg7 21. Bc4 Kg6 22. g4 Nh6
23. Qf3 Bd8 24. Qg2 f4 25. b4 Bb6 26. Qe4+ Kg7 27. bxc5 dxc5
28. Nf3 Nf7 29. Bc3 Bc7 30. b6 Bb8 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. gxf5 Kf6
33. Nd2 Rd8 34. d6 Rxd6 35. Rb1 Nd8 36. b7 Bxb7 37. Ba5 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4
Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qd6 11. f4 e6
12. Bc4 b5 13. Bxb5 exd5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6
17. Be2 d4 18. e5 Qd7 19. cxd4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bxf3 21. Rxf3
Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Bd1 Nc4
26. Kf2 Nb2 27. Rd2 Nc4 28. Rd3 Nb2 29. Rd2 Nc4 30. Rd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3
Bb4 8.Nxc4 O-O 9.Kf2 e5 10.Nxe5 Bc2 11.Qd2 c5 12.d5 Bb3 13.e4
Re8 14.Qf4 c4 15.Nxc4 Nbd7 16.Be3 Nf8 17.Bd4 Ng6 18.Qf5 Bxc4
19.Bxc4 Qc7 20.Be2 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22.Kf1 h6 23.Rd1 Qb6
24.Rd2 Qe3 25.Rc2 a6 26.Qh3 b5 27.Qg3 b4 28.Nd1 Qb3 29.Rd2
Qxa4 30.Qf2 Qd7 31.g3 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 a5 33.Qd4 Nh5 34.Nf2 Qd7
35.f4 Nhxf4 36.gxf4 Nxf4 37.Kf1 Qd6 38.Rg1 f6 39.Bb5 Re7 40.b3
Rf8 41.Rc2 Ne6 42.Qe3 Ng5 43.h4 Nf7 44.Rc6 Qb8 45.Qc5 Qd8
46.Rxf6 Kh8 47.Rf5 Rc7 48.Bc6 a4 49.bxa4 b3 50.Rg3 b2 51.Rb3
Nd6 52.Rxf8+ Qxf8 53.Rxb2 Qf4 54.Rb8+ Kh7 55.Qc2 Re7 56.e5+
Nf5 57.Qe4 Qc1+ 58.Kg2 g6 59.Rb3 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. c3 c5
12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. f3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rac8 21. Rd1
Rfe8 22. g3 Kf7 23. Kg2 g6 24. Bd2 Be3 25. h4 Re6 26. Bxe3
Rxe3 27. Kf2 Re6 28. Rd2 Ke7 29. Rad1 Rec6 30. g4 a6 31. h5
Kf7 32. a3 Re8 33. hxg6+ hxg6 34. g5 Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 dxe4
36. Re1 exf3 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. Rh1 Kg8 39. Rxb7 Rc2+ 40. Kxf3
Rc5 41. Rh4 Rxg5 42. b4 Rge5 43. Rd4 Re3+ 44. Kf4 Rxa3 45. Rd6
Ra1 46. Rxg6+ Kh8 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rg6+ Kh8 49. Rh6+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. h4 Qc7 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Be2 Ba4 11. O-O Nd7
12. Be3 h6 13. Ra2 Nf5 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. Rb2 a6 16. dxc5 Qxc5
17. Rb4 b5 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Qe2 Nxb4 21. axb4 Qc7
22. Re1 Nb8 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Qg4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 g6 26. h5 gxh5
27. Qxh5 O-O-O 28. f4 Kb8 29. c3 Bb3 30. f5 Bc4 31. Bc2 Rdg8
32. Kf2 a5 33. bxa5 Qxa5 34. Qxf7 Qa2 35. Qxe6 Qxc2 36. Qb6+
Kc8 37. Qc6+ Kb8 38. Qb6+ Kc8 39. Qc6+ Kb8 40. Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.21"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 b6 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.Rfd1 cxd4
13.cxd4 Rc8 14.Rac1 Na5 15.Bd3 Qd7 16.h4 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Rc8
18.h5 Rxc1+ 19.Qxc1 Qc8 20.h6 Bf8 21.d5 e6 22.Nc3 Nc4 23.Bxc4
Qxc4 24.Qd2 exd5 25.Nxd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Qb4 27.Qd3 Qa3 28.Qc2
Qa5 29.Qd1 Bd6 30.g3 Kf8 31.Qf3 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 f5 33.g4 Qb1
34.Bd4 Kf7 35.Qe3 Qe4+ 36.Qxe4 fxe4 37.f3 exf3+ 38.Kxf3 Ke7
39.Ke4 Kd7 40.a4 Bc7 41.Be3 a6 42.Bd2 b5 43.axb5 axb5 44.Kd4
Bb6+ 45.Kd3 Bc5 46.Bc3 Ba3 47.Bg7 Bc5 48.Bc3 Bf8 49.Bg7 Be7
50.Kd4 Bd6 51.Bf6 Kc7 52.Bg5 Kb6 53.Bd8+ Ka6 54.Kd3 Bf8 55.Kd4
Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.21"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 Bf5 9. Bb2 a4 10. bxa4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nbd7
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Ra6 14. e3 Qxa4 15. Bf1 Qxb3 16. axb3
Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nb6 18. Ra7 Rb8 19. Ne5 Nfd7 20. Bb5 f6 21. Nxd7
Bxd7 22. Ra5 Bf5 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Bc5 Nd7 25. Ra7 Nxc5 26. dxc5
e5 27. b4 b6 28. c6 Bxb4 29. e4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. c7 Rf8
32. Bc4+ Kh8 33. Be6 Bf5 34. c8=Q Rxc8 35. Bxc8 Bxc8 36. Ra8
Kg7 37. Rxc8 Bc5 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. h4 f5 40. Kg2 e4 41. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.21"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
h4 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bc1 Nxc3 21. Rd3
Na4 22. Rf3 Bd5 23. Rf4 Nb6 24. Ref1 Rg6 25. Rf5 Bc4 26. Re1
Ke7 27. h5 Rh6 28. g4 Rhh8 29. a4 Nxa4 30. Ba3+ c5 31. e6 f6
32. Bxc5+ Nxc5 33. Rxc5 fxg5 34. Rxc7+ Kd6 35. Rxc4 a5
36. Rd1+ Ke7 37. Re4 Rhd8 38. Rb1 Rdb8 39. Rb5 a4 40. Rxg5 Rg8
41. h6 gxh6 42. Rxg8 Rxg8 43. Rxa4 h5 44. Kf2 Rxg4 45. Rxg4
hxg4 46. Kg3 Kxe6 47. Kxg4 Ke5 48. Kf3 Kd4 49. Ke2 Kc3 50. Kd1
b5 51. Kc1 b4 52. Kb1 b3 53. cxb3 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.21"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. e3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. b3 h5 16. Nc3 h4
17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Nf4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rfc8 20. Bf3 a4 21. bxa4 Ra8
22. Nd3 Qxa4 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 24. Nc5 Ra5 25. a4 Rca8 26. Bd1 Be8
27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Rab1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Rb7 c5 31. Bb3 R5a7
32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Ke1 Ke7 34. Ra1 c4 35. Bc2 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kc5
37. Kc3 Ra6 38. g4 g5 39. a5 Bc6 40. Ra2 Ra7 41. Ra1 Ra6
42. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.22"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bf5 7.O-O
Be7 8.Re1 O-O 9.Nbd2 Nd6 10.Nf1 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 c6 12.Bf4 Na6
13.h4 Nc7 14.Ng5 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 f6 16.Bf4 Qd7 17.Ng3 Rae8
18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Nf5 Qd7 20.Qh3 Kh8 21.h5 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Re8
23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.g4 a6 25.b3 Qe6 26.Ne3 Nd6 27.h6 g6 28.c4
dxc4 29.bxc4 Kg8 30.Qh2 Kf7 31.c5 Nb5 32.Qb8 Qd7 33.Qh8 Ke6
34.f4 Nxd4 35.Qg8+ Qf7 36.Qc8+ Qd7 37.Qg8+ Qf7 38.Qd8 Qd7
39.f5+ gxf5 40.gxf5+ Nxf5 41.Qxd7+ Kxd7 42.Nxf5 Ke6 43.Ne3 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.22"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Nb6
12. c5 Nbd7 13. Kb1 Qb8 14. h4 g5 15. Be1 g4 16. e4 gxf3
17. gxf3 b6 18. exd5 exd5 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Ne2 Qa7 21. b3 Nh5
22. Ng3 g6 23. Nxh5 Rxh5 24. f4 Kf8 25. Be2 Rh8 26. Bd3 c5
27. Bc3 cxd4 28. Bxd4 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxf5
b5 32. Rh2 Rh5 33. Re2 d4 34. Re5 Ng4 35. Rc5 Ne3 36. Rc8+
Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Ke7 38. Rc1 Nd5 39. Re1+ Ne3 40. Rc1 Nd5
41. Re1+ Ne3 42. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.22"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Qd7
12. a4 f6 13. Ne4 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. Be3 Rfc8 16. axb5 axb5
17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. b4 Rcc8 19. bxa5 Kh8 20. Bd2 Nb4 21. Bb3 Bd5
22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Rc1 Nc6 24. c4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Nxa5 26. Rxc8+
Rxc8 27. d4 Nc6 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qg4 Rd8
31. Be3 Bf6 32. Rc1 Qd7 33. Qh5 Qe8 34. Qf3 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rd8
36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. Re1 Qg6 39. Ba7 Rc8 40. Qb7 Qc2
41. Be3 Qc6 42. Qb4 h5 43. Bc1 Qc2 44. Be3 Rd8 45. Qb1 Qxb1
46. Rxb1 Kh7 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Rd6 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Kf3 Bg5
51. Ke4 Bxe3 52. fxe3 Re6 53. Rb7 Re8 54. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.22"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. a3 h5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 Be7
12. Rg1 Rc8 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Qe1 Nfd7 15. g4 hxg4 16. Rxg4 g6
17. Rxg6 Rxc3 18. Nxe6 Qc8 19. Ng7+ Kf8 20. Rh6 Rxh6 21. Bxh6
Rxc2 22. Nf5+ Ke8 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. Qh4+ f6 25. Bf4 Rxb2+
26. Kxb2 Na4+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Ka1 Nxd1 29. Qh7+ Kd8 30. Qg8+
Ke7 31. Qh7+ Kd8 32. Qg8+ Ke7 33. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.23"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6 11.b4 Bxa2 12.Rxa2 Nc6 13.Bg5
Qd7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 a5 16.Rb2 axb4 17.axb4 Bd8 18.c4 Nd4
19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Qc2 Re8 21.g3 bxc4 22.Qxc4 c6 23.Nf4 Bg5
24.Ne2 d5 25.exd5 cxd5 26.Qb3 h5 27.b5 h4 28.b6 h3 29.Kh1 Reb8
30.Rfb1 Bd8 31.Qb5 Qg4 32.Qxd5 Ra5 33.Qc6 Rc5 34.Qe8+ Kh7
35.Ng1 Rxb6 36.Qxd8 Rxb2 37.Rxb2 Rc1 38.Qh4+ Qxh4 39.gxh4 Rd1
40.f3 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.23"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Re8
13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Re1 exd4 16. cxd4 Nxe4 17. d5 Bxe3
18. Rxe3 Na7 19. Qd4 Bf5 20. Nbd2 Nc5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Re1
Qf8 23. Bd1 b4 24. Be2 Qd8 25. Bf1 h6 26. Re3 b3 27. Qf4 Bd7
28. Nd4 Rb4 29. Rg3 Qe7 30. Bc4 Nb5 31. N4xb3 Nxb3 32. Rxb3
Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rxb3 34. Nxb3 Qb4 35. Qe4 c5 36. Qd3 g6 37. g4
Kg7 38. Kg2 Nc7 39. Qc3+ Qxc3 40. bxc3 f5 41. Nd2 Kf6 42. Kg3
Bb5 43. Bb3 Be2 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. f4 Nb5 46. c4 Nc3 47. Bc2
Bd1 48. Bd3 Na2 49. Kf2 Nb4 50. Ke3 Bc2 51. Be2 Na2 52. Nf1
Nc1 53. Kd2 Nxe2 54. Kxe2 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.23"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "196"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O
7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 c6
12. Ba4 Ng6 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. d4 exd4
17. Nxd4 Rae8 18. Bg5 Ndf4 19. Qd2 Bd5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1
Re5 22. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxf4 24. Qe8+ Nf8 25. Bb3 Bxd4
26. cxd4 Bxb3 27. axb3 Qf6 28. Qe4 g6 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. h4 h5
31. g3 Qd8 32. Qe5 Qb6 33. d5 cxd5 34. Qxd5 Kf8 35. Nc3 Qc7
36. Ne4 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qxb2 38. Qd7 b6 39. Nd6 Qf6 40. Qe8+ Kg7
41. Qd7 Kg8 42. Qe8+ Nf8 43. Qc6 Qd8 44. Nc4 Ne6 45. Nxb6 Nd4
46. Qc5 Nxb3 47. Qb5 Nd2 48. Qxa5 Qd3 49. Qa1 Qe4+ 50. Kg1
Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Nxh4 52. Qa8+ Qxa8 53. Nxa8 Nf3 54. Kg2 Ne5
55. f4 Ng4 56. Nb6 Kf8 57. Nd5 Ke8 58. Nc3 Ke7 59. Ne4 Ne3+
60. Kf3 Nc4 61. Ng5 Kf6 62. Ne4+ Kf5 63. Nf2 Nd2+ 64. Ke3 Nf1+
65. Kf3 Nh2+ 66. Kg2 Ng4 67. Nh3 f6 68. Kf3 Ke6 69. Ke4 Kd6
70. Ng1 Kc5 71. Kd3 Nh6 72. Ke3 Nf5+ 73. Kf3 Kc4 74. Nh3 Nd4+
75. Ke3 Nf5+ 76. Kf3 Kd4 77. Nf2 Nd6 78. Nh3 Ne4 79. Ng1 Kd3
80. Kg2 Nd2 81. Kf2 Ke4 82. Ne2 Nb1 83. Ng1 h4 84. Nh3 Kf5
85. gxh4 Kg4 86. f5 gxf5 87. Ke3 Nc3 88. Nf2+ Kg3 89. Nd3 Nd5+
90. Kd4 Nf4 91. Nc5 Kxh4 92. Ke3 Kg3 93. Nb3 Ne6 94. Nd2 f4+
95. Ke2 Ng5 96. Kf1 f3 97. Kg1 f2+ 98. Kf1 f5 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.23"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. h4 e6
12. h5 Qh4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. f3 Bb7 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfd8
17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qe3
Kg7 22. Kf2 Rh8 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Kxh8
26. Qc3 Kg8 27. d5 Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Na5 29. Bd3 exd5 30. exd5 Kf8
31. Ke3 Ke7 32. Kd4 Bc8 33. Nb5 a6 34. Nc7 Kd6 35. Nxa6 Nb7
36. g4 g5 37. Nb4 Bd7 38. Nc2 Ke7 39. Ne3 Nd6 40. Nd1 Ba4
41. Nf2 f6 42. Be2 Be8 43. Nd1 Ba4 44. Nb2 Be8 45. Bd1 Nb5+
46. Kc4 Nc7 47. Bb3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Nb5+ 49. Kd3 Nc7 50. Nc4+ Kc5
51. Nd2 Bb5+ 52. Ke4 Bd7 53. Nf1 Nb5 54. Ng3 Nd6+ 55. Ke3 f5
56. gxf5 Bxf5 57. Nxf5 Nxf5+ 58. Ke4 Nh4 59. Ba4 Kd6 60. Be8
Ng2 61. Bf7 Ne1 62. a4 Nc2 63. Be8 Ne1 64. Bb5 Ng2 65. Bc4 Nh4
66. Bf1 Kc5 67. Bh3 Kd6 68. Be6 Ng6 69. Bf7 Nh4 70. Be8 Ng2
71. Bb5 Nh4 72. Bd3 Kc5 73. Bf1 Kd6 74. Bh3 Ng6 75. Be6 Nh4
76. Bf7 Ke7 77. Bh5 Kd6 78. Bg4 Ng2 79. Kf5 Kxd5 80. Kxg5 Ke5
81. Kg6 Nf4+ 82. Kf7 Nd3 83. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4
Qc7 8.h5 h6 9.Rb1 b6 10.Qg4 Rg8 11.Bb5+ Kf8 12.Bd3 Ba6 13.dxc5
Bxd3 14.cxd3 Nd7 15.d4 bxc5 16.Qd1 Qa5 17.Bd2 Rb8 18.Ne2 c4
19.O-O Rb6 20.Qc2 Rh8 21.a4 Ke8 22.Rb4 Nc6 23.f4 Ne7 24.Rfb1
f5 25.Rb5 Qa6 26.Bc1 Kf7 27.Ba3 Rhb8 28.Bxe7 Kxe7 29.g4 Rxb5
30.axb5 Rxb5 31.gxf5 Rxb1+ 32.Qxb1 exf5 33.Ng3 Qb6 34.Nxf5+
Kf8 35.Qa1 Qe6 36.Ng3 Qg4 37.Kg2 Qxf4 38.Qxa7 Ke7 39.Qa3+ Kd8
40.Qd6 g5 41.hxg6 h5 42.g7 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6
12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Rad8 15. f3 b6 16. g4 d5
17. g5 Nh5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Ne4 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Bg5 Kf7
22. Ng3 c4 23. Bf1 b5 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf5 Bc5
27. Re5 Bxf3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxc5 Rd1+ 30. Ka2 Rxf1 31. Rxb5
c3 32. Bxf6 Kxf6 33. Ne3 Rf2 34. Rf5+ Ke6 35. Ka3 cxb2
36. Kxb2 h5 37. h4 Rxc2+ 38. Kxc2 Be4+ 39. Kd2 Bxf5 40. Ke2
Ke5 41. Kf3 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Rc8
12. Rac1 Nh5 13. Be3 Nhf6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf3 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bh3 Rce8
21. Qa4 c5 22. b4 cxb4 23. Qxa7 Ne4 24. Qxb6 Nc3 25. Re1 dxc4
26. a3 Bd5 27. Qxb4 Qxb4 28. axb4 Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Rxf3 30. Bg2
Rff8 31. Rd2 Rb8 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Rxb4 34. Rc2 Rc8
35. Kf1 c3 36. Ke2 Rb7 37. Rd3 Rb2 38. Kd1 Rb1+ 39. Ke2 Rb2
40. Kd1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6
7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne3 h5 11. d4 exd3
12. exd3 Qd4 13. Nc2 Qg4 14. Bf4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bg4 16. Rd2
O-O-O 17. d4 Nc7 18. Ne3 Be6 19. d5 Ncxd5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1+ Kd7
25. Rc7+ Ke6 26. Rxb7 Rc8 27. Rxa7 Rc2 28. Be3 Bf6 29. Ra4
Bxb2 30. Kg2 d4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxa2 33. Re4+ Kf6
34. Rf4+ Ke6 35. Re4+ Kf6 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Re4+ Kf6 38. Rf4+
Ke6 39. h4 g6 40. Re4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.19"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8.
Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14.
Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. c3 Bc5 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. Bc4 Qxc4 19. Bd6 Nf6 20.
Nxc5 Nd5 21. Qe5 Rg8 22. Ndxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe6 Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Nc7+
Kf7 26. Rd3 Ne4 27. O-O+ Kg6 28. Nxa8 Nc6 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Ba3
Rc7 32. Rf4 Nf6 33. Bb2 Ne7 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. h4 h5 36. Rg3+ Kf7 37. Rg5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Ng6 39. Rf2 Nxh4 40. Rxh5 Ng6
41. Rh7+ Ke6 42. Rxb7 Ne5 43. Rb6+ Rc6 44. Rxc6+ Nxc6 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. Rc2 Nb4 47. Rd2 Nc6 48. Kf4 Kg6 49. Rd6 Ne5
50. Rxa6 Nf7 51. Ke4 Nh6 52. Ra5 Nf7 53. Ra3 Nd6+ 54. Kf4 Nf5 55. Rd3 Nh6 56. Rg3+ Kf7 57. Ke4 Ng8
58. Kf5 Ne7+ 59. Kf4 Nd5+ 60. Kg4 Kg6 61. Kf3+ Kf7 62. Ke4 Ne7 63. Kf4 Nd5+ 64. Kf5 Ne7+ 65. Ke4 Ng8 66. Rh3 Kg6
67. Ra3 Kf7 68. Kf4 Nh6 69. Rg3 Ng8 70. Kg4 Ne7 71. Kh5 Nd5 72. Rf3 Ke6 73. g4 Ke5 74. Kg6 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.19"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 Nb4 11. Bb2 Bg7
12. a3 Nd5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. O-O-O Rfe8 15. Qf3 Nb6 16. Ne4 Bxe5
17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Nxe8 Qa1+ 20. Kc2 Qa2+ 21. Kc1
Qxa3+ 22. Kb1 Na4 23. Qf6 Qxb3+ 24. Kc1 Qa3+ 25. Kc2 Qa2+
26. Kc1 Qa3+ 27. Kc2 Qa2+ 28. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.19"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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 Rb8
12. Nc2 Bg5 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 Bh6 15. a3 a5 16. Qd3 Ne7
17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Be6 19. Rd1 Rb6 20. Bh3 Bb3 21. Rd2 Qc7
22. O-O Rfb8 23. Rc1 Rc6 24. Bg4 h6 25. Bd1 Be6 26. Bg4 Bb3
27. Bd1 Be6 28. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.19"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Qf2
Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Be7 18. Nd1 Bd8 19. Ne3 Bc6 20. Rb2 O-O 21. Bc5
Re8 22. c4 f6 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Bd6 fxe5 25. fxe5 d4 26. Nf5
d3 27. Ke3 Bb5 28. Ke4 Rc8 29. Nd4 Bc4 30. Rd1 a5 31. a3 g6
32. Rb7 Bf6 33. Nf3 Bg7 34. Ra7 Rcd8 35. Kd4 Bb3 36. Rxg7+
Kxg7 37. Rxd3 a4 38. Nd2 Be6 39. Ne4 Bf5 40. Re3 Bxe4 41. Rxe4
Rf8 42. Ke3 Rfe8 43. Kf4 Ra8 44. Rb4 Ra7 45. Ke4 Kf7 46. Rb6
Rc8 47. Bb4 Rac7 48. Kd5 Rc2 49. e6+ Kf6 50. Rb7 g5 51. Rxh7
Rxg2 52. Kd6 Kg6 53. Rh3 g4 54. Re3 Rxh2 55. Kd7 Rhh8 56. e7
Rce8 57. Bd6 Ra8 58. Bc7 Rag8 59. Re4 Kf5 60. Rf4+ Kg5
61. Rxa4 Kh4 62. Re4 Ra8 63. a4 Kg5 64. a5 Rh7 65. Kc6 Rhh8
66. Kd7 Rh7 67. Kc6 Rhh8 68. Re3 Rhe8 69. Kd7 Kf6 70. Re6+ Kf7
71. Re4 Kf6 72. Bd8 Kf5 73. Kxe8 Kxe4 74. Kf8 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.20"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+
12. Qxd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bc4 e5 15. O-O Qd6 16. f4 Rb8
17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Rxf4 Re8 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Rbf1
Bd7 22. Bc4 Rbc8 23. Bb3 Bb5 24. R1f2 a5 25. d6 Bc4 26. Rxf7
Bxb3 27. axb3 Rxd6 28. e5 Rb6 29. Rd7 Rf8 30. Ra2 Rxb3
31. Rxa5 Re3 32. Rb5 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Rf7 34. Rbxb7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7
Rxe5 36. Rxd4 Re7 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. Kh2 Rf7 39. Kg1 Re7 40. Kh2
Rf7 41. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.20"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bxf4
12. gxf4 a5 13. e3 Na6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c6 16. h3 Qb6
17. Qe2 c5 18. Rfd1 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Rd1
Qa8 22. Kg1 Nb4 23. Qb5 Nbd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rc1 h6 26. Qd7
Nf6 27. Qd6 g6 28. b3 h5 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Qd4 Rd8 31. Qb2 Qb8
32. b4 axb4 33. Rc4 b3 34. Rb4 Qa7 35. Rxb3 Qxa4 36. Rxb7 Qe8
37. Ra7 Rd5 38. Qb7 Ne4 39. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.20"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 h6 6. O-O d6
7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bb6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. d4 Nc6 11. a4 a5 12. Ba2
exd4 13. Nc4 dxc3 14. Nxb6 c2 15. Qxc2 cxb6 16. Bd2 Be6
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Qxb6 Nd7 20. Qe3 e5 21. Qd3 Qe6
22. Nh4 Nc5 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. Rad1 g5 25. Nf3 Rf7 26. Bc1 Raf8
27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Rf6 29. Be3 Nxa4 30. Rd5 Nxb2 31. Rc1
R8f7 32. Rc2 Na4 33. Rc4 Nb2 34. Rc2 Na4 35. Rc4 Nc5 36. Bxc5
dxc5 37. Rcxc5 Re7 38. Nxe5 Nxe5 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 40. Rxe5 Ra6
41. Re7+ Kg6 42. Rxb7 a4 43. f3 a3 44. Rb1 a2 45. Ra1 Kf6
46. Kf2 Ke5 47. Ke3 Ra8 48. Kd3 Kf4 49. Kc4 Kg3 50. e5 Kxg2
51. e6 Kxf3 52. Kd5 Kxg4 53. e7 Kf3 54. Rxa2 Re8 55. Ke6 g4
56. Kf7 Rxe7+ 57. Kxe7 g3 58. Kf6 g2 59. Rxg2 Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.20"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 e6
7. Be2 exd5 8. exd5 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. h5 Qe7 11. Bg5 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 f6 13. Bd2 g5 14. O-O Nge5 15. Nd4 cxd4 16. cxd4 O-O
17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Be3 b6 19. a4 Nc5 20. a5 Rb8 21. Ra3 h6
22. Qd2 Bf5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rfa1 Rb7 25. Qd1 Kg7 26. R1a2
Ne4 27. Bd3 Qf7 28. Rb2 Nc5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Bxc5 dxc5
31. Qe2 e4 32. Re3 Re8 33. Rb5 Qe5 34. g3 Qd4 35. Rb1 Rf7
36. Rd1 Qf6 37. d6 Re6 38. d7 Rd6 39. Rxd6 Qxd6 40. Rxe4 Rxd7
41. Kg2 Qc6 42. Kh2 Qf6 43. Kh3 Qf5+ 44. g4 Qf6 45. Re5 Qd6
46. Kg2 Qc6+ 47. f3 Qd6 48. Qe4 Ra7 49. Qe2 Rd7 50. Qe4 Ra7
51. Kh3 Rf7 52. Re8 Qf6 53. Kg2 Qb2+ 54. Kh3 Qf6 55. Kg2 Qb2+
56. Kg3 Qf6 57. Qd3 Qf4+ 58. Kg2 Qf6 59. Kg3 Qf4+ 60. Kg2 Qf6
61. Qe2 Rd7 62. Qe4 Rd2+ 63. Kh3 Qd6 64. Re5 Kf6 65. Rf5+ Kg7
66. Re5 Kf6 67. Rf5+ Kg7 68. Qb7+ Kh8 69. Qa8+ Kg7 70. Qa7+
Kh8 71. Qa1+ Kg8 72. Qa8+ Kg7 73. Qa1+ Kg8 74. Re5 Qf8 75. Qa3
Rf2 76. Kg3 Qf4+ 77. Kxf2 Qxe5 78. Qa8+ Kf7 79. Qb7+ Kf8
80. Qc8+ Ke7 81. Qb7+ Kf8 82. Qxb6 Qh2+ 83. Kf1 Qh1+ 84. Ke2
Qg2+ 85. Ke3 Qg1+ 86. Ke2 Qg2+ 87. Ke3 Qg1+ 88. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.21"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[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 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7
12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Rac1 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nc4
17. Bg5 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Rd8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Be4 Qa5 21. Nc3
Kf8 22. Nd5 b5 23. Qxh7 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Qd2 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. e4
Qxb2 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qc8 Qb6 29. Qxc4 Qb5 30. Qc7+ Qd7
31. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.21"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[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 Be7 10. c5 Na6 11. cxd6 Bxd6
12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Nc7 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qf3 b6 16. Rd1 Bb7
17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 b5 19. Bb3 Na6 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Qxb5 Nxb3
22. axb3 Rfb8 23. f3 a6 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Qa3 Qb6+ 26. Bf2 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 Rgxe4
37. Rexe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Bxe4 39. Qe2 Bb7 40. b4 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.21"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3
Rb8 13. Nbd2 Rb5 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Qc8
17. Ba3 Nxa5 18. Qc2 c5 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxc5 Nc6 21. Ne4 Nxe4
22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Rae1 Bf6 24. h4 h6 25. R4e3 Rd5 26. g4 Qe8
27. Kg2 h5 28. g5 Be7 29. Nxe5 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Rbxc5 31. Qg6
Qxg6 32. Nxg6 e5 33. f4 Rd2+ 34. R3e2 Rxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Nd4
36. Re4 Rc2+ 37. Kf1 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Rc1+ 40. Kf2
Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.21"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. g3 Qb6 11. Qd2 cxd4
12. Nfxd4 Nc5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Bg2
Nd6 17. Bf2 Nc4 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. O-O e5 20. fxe5 Bf5 21. exf6
Bxc2 22. fxe7 Rfe8 23. Nf4 Nb6 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8
26. Nd4 Qd7 27. c4 Bg6 28. Ne6 Rxe7 29. Rae1 Bf7 30. Nxg7 Bxd5
31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Nf5 Qf8 33. Bd4+ Kg8 34. cxd5 h5 35. d6 Kh7
36. Ne7 Qe8 37. Rf6 Rd8 38. Bc3 Rxd6 39. Rxd6 Qxe7 40. Rd4 Kg6
41. a3 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.23"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bg5 Qd6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. dxc6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Be4 Bg6 16. Qd7
Rad8 17. Qxc7 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Rc8 20. Qd7 Qxc6
21. Qxa7 Qxe4 22. Rfe1 Qxc2 23. a4 Qc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. a5
Ra8 26. a6 h5 27. Reb1 Kh7 28. Rb6 Ra7 29. Kg1 Rc2 30. h3 f6
31. Ra3 Kg6 32. Kh2 h4 33. Ra1 Rc4 34. Kg1 Rc2 35. Ra4 Rd2
36. Rg4+ Kf7 37. Rxh4 Ra2 38. Rb7+ Rxb7 39. axb7 Rb2 40. Ra4
Rxb7 41. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.23"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Nb3 Qe7 10. Na5 O-O-O 11. Qe2
Bg4 12. c3 c5 13. a3 c6 14. b4 Bc7 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. h3 Bh5
17. Be3 f5 18. Bxc5 Qf7 19. Rab1 g5 20. exf5 g4 21. Ng5 Qxf5
22. h4 b6 23. Ne4 bxc5 24. bxc5 Nf6 25. Nd6+ Bxd6 26. cxd6
Rxd6 27. d4 c5 28. Nxc5 Re8 29. Qc4 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.23"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5
7. Nf1 g4 8. N3d2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Na5
12. O-O Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Bg7 14. e4 h5 15. Ne3 Qd6 16. Qb3 O-O
17. Qc2 b6 18. Bd2 Ba6 19. c4 Rad8 20. Nd5 Bc8 21. Rae1 f5
22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bb4 c5 24. Bc3 Be6 25. Qd2 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1
Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qg6 28. Qd1 Rxd5 29. Qa4 Rxd3 30. Qxa7 Rd8
31. a4 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qb8 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 Qf5+ 35. Ke2
Qe4+ 36. Kf2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+
40. Kf1 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qf5+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2
Qxa4 45. Qxb6 Qc2+ 46. Kf1 Qf5+ 47. Ke2 h4 48. Qb3+ Kh7
49. Qd5 Bg7 50. Qxc5 Qe4+ 51. Kf1 Qd3+ 52. Ke1 h3 53. gxh3
Qe4+ 54. Kf1 Qd3+ 55. Ke1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.23"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6
7. f4 Nf6 8. Bb2 e5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 a5
12. a4 Qb6 13. h4 Rac8 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g3 Nb4 16. Bh3 Bxh3
17. Rxh3 Bg7 18. g4 Nf6 19. g5 Nh5 20. f5 Rfd8 21. f6 Bf8
22. Ng3 d5 23. exd5 Nxg3 24. Rxg3 h5 25. Qe2 Rc5 26. Rh3 Nxd5
27. Nxd5 Rcxd5 28. Rdh1 Qd6 29. Ka2 Rd1 30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5
Rd4 32. Rh1 Rxa4+ 33. Kb1 Qd5 34. Qh5 Qxh1+ 35. Qxh1 Rg4
36. Bxe5 Rxg5 37. Qxb7 Rd2 38. Bc3 Re2 39. Qc8 Rg1+ 40. Kb2
Rgg2 41. Bxa5 Rxc2+ 42. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 43. Kxc2 Kh7 44. Kd3 Kg6
45. Bc3 Kf5 46. Kc4 Ke6 47. b4 Bd6 48. b5 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nf6
7. Bc4 Qc7 8. dxe5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxe5 10. Bf4 Qh5 11. Nd2 Nbd7
12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Bb3 Be7 14. Rhg1 Qxf3 15. gxf3 g6 16. Nc4
Nxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Nd7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rxd7 Ke6
21. Rc7 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Be3 a5 24. Kd2 a4 25. f4 Rd8+
26. Ke2 Rf8 27. Kf3 Rd8 28. Rc1 c5 29. c4 b4 30. Ke2 Rd7
31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Bf8 33. Kc2 Be7 34. b3 a3 35. Kd3 Bf8
36. Bf2 Be7 37. Ke3 Bd8 38. Kf3 Be7 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kf3 Bf8
41. Bh4 Bd6 42. e5 Bc7 43. Ke4 Ba5 44. Bg5 Bb6 45. Bh6 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. f4 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. O-O exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Qg3 Nd7 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Kh1 Qb8
17. b4 Ne5 18. b5 Rc8 19. bxc6 Rxc6 20. Nd5 Qf8 21. c3 Rac8
22. Rc1 Ng6 23. Bd2 Bh4 24. Qe3 Rc5 25. c4 h6 26. Qb3 Bg5
27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qg3 Qd8 29. Rcd1 Bxd5 30. exd5 Nf4 31. Qf2
R8c7 32. Rd4 Qe8 33. Bf3 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Qxa7 Ra4
36. Qf2 Rxa3 37. h4 Qe5 38. hxg5 Qxg5 39. Re1 Ra8 40. Be4 Ra2
41. Rb1 Ra8 42. Re1 f5 43. Bb1 Kf7 44. Re3 Rh8+ 45. Kg1 Nxg2
0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O
Ba6 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. h4 h6 15. g3 Bc4 16. Qc2 b5 17. Rfe1 Ra7
18. Nc3 Rfa8 19. Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Bf6 22. h5
Ra3 23. Qc2 Be7 24. Kg2 Bf6 25. Rec1 Bd8 26. Qe2 Bf6 27. Rc2
Qb8 28. Rbb2 Bd8 29. Nb1 R3a6 30. Ne5 Nf6 31. Nd2 Bc7 32. Nb3
Qe8 33. Nc1 Ra4 34. Ncd3 Ne4 35. g4 R8a6 36. f3 Nf6 37. Kf2
Ra1 38. Ra2 Qa8 39. Nc1 R1xa2 40. Rxa2 Ra3 41. Rxa3 Qxa3
42. Qd2 Bxe5 43. dxe5 Nd7 44. Ne2 f6 45. exf6 e5 46. fxg7 e4
47. Qc3 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. O-O Nc6 11. c3 h6
12. Nh4 Re8 13. Nf5+ Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Kf8 15. g3 Ne7 16. Bh3 Nc8
17. Nd2 a5 18. a4 c6 19. Rd1 h5 20. Nf1 g6 21. f3 Nb6 22. b3
Kg7 23. Kf2 Nbd7 24. Bg5 Nf8 25. Re1 Ne6 26. Be3 Rac8 27. Bd2
c5 28. dxc5 Bxc5+ 29. Kg2 Bb6 30. Rab1 Rc6 31. b4 Nc7 32. Rxe8
Ncxe8 33. bxa5 Bxa5 34. Rxb7 Nd6 35. Ra7 Bxc3 36. Bd7 Nxd7
37. Bxc3+ Rxc3 38. Rxd7 Rc6 39. Re7 Rc2+ 40. Kg1 d4 41. Rd7
Nf5 42. a5 Ra2 43. Ra7 Kf6 44. a6 h4 45. Ra8 h3 46. a7 Ke7
47. g4 Nd6 48. Rb8 Rxa7 49. Rb4 d3 50. Rb3 Ra2 51. Rxd3 Nc4
52. Ng3 Rg2+ 53. Kh1 Kf8 54. Rc3 Nb2 55. Rc8+ Kg7 56. Rd8 Rf2
57. Kg1 Rxf3 58. Ne4 Re3 59. Ng3 Ra3 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. d5 Na6
7. Nc3 Nc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 a5 10. Rd1 Ne8 11. Bf4 Nd6 12. b3
Re8 13. Be5 e6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rab1 e5 16. Nd2 f5 17. a3 Qf6
18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na6 20. e4 f4 21. Ne2 fxg3 22. fxg3 c5
23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxb6 Qd8 25. Rdb1 Qc7 26. Nc3 Rf8 27. R6b2
Ba6 28. Nd1 Rab8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Qb2 Qxb2
32. Nxb2 Nc8 33. Kf2 Nb6 34. Bf1 d6 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. Be2 Ke7
37. Nb1 Bc8 38. Nc3 Bd7 39. Bd1 Be8 40. Bc2 Bd7 41. Bd1 Be8
42. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5
7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 Na6
12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h5 15. Nc2 bxa3 16. bxa3
Rab8 17. e4 e5 18. Qd3 Nc7 19. Rab1 Ne6 20. Rb5 Rfe8 21. h4 g6
22. f3 Nd7 23. Nf1 exd4 24. Nxd4 Ne5 25. Qe2 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Nc6
27. Rd1 Qe6 28. Ne3 Ne7 29. Qd2 f5 30. Qxd6 Nc6 31. exf5 gxf5
32. Qxe6+ Rxe6 33. Nxf5 Ne5 34. Rd6 Ree8 35. Rd4 Nc6 36. Rd2
Rbd8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. cxd5 Ne5 40. Nd6 Kf8
41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Nb5 Kf6 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Nd6+ Kf6 45. Ke4 Nd7
46. Kd4 Ke7 47. Nb5 Kf6 48. Nc3 Kf5 49. Ne4 Kg6 50. g4 b5
51. Nc5 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bd7 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Be6
12. Bf4 Nc6 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Re1 Rac8 16. Qd3
f6 17. h3 Bf7 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Nh2 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nf1
g6 22. Ne3 Kg7 23. Na4 Qd6 24. Nc3 h5 25. Rd1 a6 26. Rc1 h4
27. Rd1 Na5 28. b4 Nc4 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Qd2 Bd5 31. b5 Bf7
32. bxa6 bxa6 33. a4 g5 34. d5 Bg6 35. Re1 Qf4 36. Qd1 Bc2
37. Qa1 Re5 38. Rxe5 Qxe5 39. a5 Kg6 40. Kh1 Be4 41. d6 Bc6
42. Qb2 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a5 9. b3 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Qc2 Qf6 14. Ng3 Qg6 15. Kh2 Rad8 16. Ba3 Rfe8
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 c6 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. c4
Be6 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Ne4 Bc7+ 24. Kh1 Qh5 25. Re3 Qe5 26. Ng3
Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Qf6 28. Bb2 Qg6 29. Kh1 Bb6 30. Rf3 Bc7 31. Bc3
b5 32. Qe2 bxc4 33. bxc4 a4 34. Qe3 Qg5 35. Qe1 Qg6 36. Qe3
Qg5 37. Qe1 Qg6 38. Qe2 a3 39. Bb4 Rb8 40. Qe1 Rd8 41. Qc3 h5
42. Bxa3 h4 43. Ne2 Bf5 44. Nd4 Be4 45. dxe4 Qxe4 46. Rd3 Be5
47. Bc5 Rb8 48. Bb4 Rxb4 49. Qxb4 Qxd3 50. Nf3 Qf1+ 51. Ng1
Bd4 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qf4 Bxf2 54. Qf5+ Kh6 55. Qf4+ Kg6
56. Qg4+ Kf6 57. Qf4+ Ke6 58. Qe4+ Kd6 59. Qf4+ Kc5 60. Qe5+
Kxc4 61. Qe4+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 b6
12. Bg5 c5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16. f4 Be7
17. Ne4 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Ke7 19. Nd6 Ke6 20. Rd3 Rhd8 21. Re1 a5
22. f4 c4 23. Rdd1 b5 24. Kf2 a4 25. a3 g6 26. Kf3 Ng7 27. Rd2
Ne8 28. Red1 Nc7 29. Nxb5 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Bd3 Bg7
7. Ne2 exd5 8. cxd5 Nbd7 9. Nec3 a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. O-O Bd4+
12. Kh1 Ne5 13. Ne2 Qh4 14. Nxd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng3+ 16. Kg1
Nxf1 17. Nc2 Nxh2 18. Qe3 O-O 19. Qg5 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qh3
21. Bf4 Qxf3 22. Nd2 f6 23. Qxg6+ hxg6 24. Nxf3 Bg4 25. Nd2
Be2 26. Kf2 Bd3 27. Ne1 c4 28. Bxd6 Rfe8 29. Nxd3 cxd3 30. Bc7
Kf7 31. Ra3 Rac8 32. d6 Ke6 33. Rxd3 Kd7 34. Nc4 Rxc7 35. Nb6+
1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rad1 c5
12. Qb1 Qe7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qb7+ 17. Kg1 b5 18. Nef3 Red8 19. a3 Bxd2 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Nxd2 Kg7 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qb2 a5 25. b4 a4
26. Rc1 Qd5 27. Qc2 Rd7 28. Kg2 Qb7 29. Kg1 Rd8 30. Kg2 Rd7
31. Kg1 Rd6 32. Kg2 Nd2 33. Rd1 Nc4 34. Rxd6 Nxd6 35. Qd3 Nc4
36. e4 Qc6 37. g4 Qc7 38. Nd2 Ne5 39. Qe3 h6 40. f4 Nxg4
41. Qg3 f5 42. Kf1 h5 43. Ke2 Qb6 44. h3 h4 45. Qc3+ Nf6
46. exf5 exf5 47. Nf3 Qe6+ 48. Kd2 Qd5+ 49. Qd3 Ne4+ 50. Ke3
Qa2 51. Kd4 f6 52. Qf1 Qxa3 53. Kd5 Qxb4 54. Qg1+ Kf8 55. Ke6
Qe7+ 56. Kxf5 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates 2020/21"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd3 d5
7. exd5 Nb4 8. Qc4 Nbxd5 9. Bg5 Bb4 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O Bxc3
12. bxc3 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. a4 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. Rfb1 Rc7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nc8 20. Ra3 Ke7 21. Rb4 f5
22. g3 Kf6 23. f3 Rd8 24. Rd4 Rdd7 25. Kf2 b6 26. Ke3 Ne7
27. f4 Nd5+ 28. Kd2 Ke7 29. Be2 Rd6 30. c4 Nf6 31. c3 Rd8
32. Bf3 Nd7 33. Ke3 Nc5 34. h3 f6 35. g4 fxg4 36. hxg4 Re8
37. Rd1 Kf8 38. Ra2 Kg7 39. Bc6 Rec8 40. Rd6 Kf7 41. f5 e5
42. Rad2 Ke7 43. Bf3 Rg8 44. Rd1 Rgc8 45. Be2 Kf7 46. Bf3 Ke7
47. R6d5 Na4 48. R1d2 e4 49. Bxe4 Nxc3 50. R5d4 Nxe4 51. Rxe4+
Kf7 52. Rdd4 Re8 53. Kd3 Rxe4 54. Rxe4 Re7 55. Rd4 Ke8 56. Kc3
Rd7 57. Rf4 Rh7 58. Rf1 h5 59. gxh5 Rxh5 60. Ra1 Kd8 61. Rxa7
Kc8 62. Ra6 Kc7 63. c5 Rxf5 64. cxb6+ Kb7 65. Kb4 1/2-1/2

