[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. a4
Qd7 9. Na3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxa3 11. Rxa3 a5 12. h4 Nc6 13. h5 h6 14. Rh4 Bb7 15.
Qc1 Nb4 16. Rg4 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Ba6 20. Qc5 Nd3+ 21.
Rxd3 Bxd3 22. Bxh6 Qd6 23. Bg7 Qxc5 24. dxc5 Rg8 25. h6 e5 26. Rg3 Bh7 27. Bxf6
Rxg3 28. fxg3 Ra6 29. Bxe5 Rxh6 30. Bxc7 Rh1+ 31. Kd2 Rb1 32. Kc3 Rc1+ 33. Kd4
Rc2 34. Bxa5 Rxb2 35. Bd2 Bf5 36. a5 Bg4 37. Bf4 Rxg2 38. Ne5 Bc8 39. c6 Ra2 40.
Nc4 Be6 41. Nb6 Rxa5 42. c7 Ra6 43. Kc5 Kf7 44. c8=Q Bxc8 45. Nxc8 Kg6 46. Nd6
Kh5 47. Nc4 Kg4 48. Ne5+ Kh3 49. Kd4 Ra3 50. g4 Ra4+ 51. Ke3 Kh4 52. Kf3 Ra8 53.
Ng6+ Kh3 54. Bd6 Ra6 55. Nf4+ Kh2 56. Bc5 Ra5 57. Be3 Rb5 58. Bf2 Rb3+ 59. Ke4
Rb5 60. Nd5 Rb2 61. Bd4 Rg2 62. Be5+ Kh3 63. Nf4+ Kxg4 64. Nxg2 Kh3 65. Ne3 Kh4
66. Bf4 Kh3 67. Kf3 Kh4 68. Bg3+ Kh3 69. Bf2 Kh2 70. Nd1 Kh1 71. Be1 Kh2 72.
Bg3+ Kh1 73. Nf2+ Kg1 74. Bf4 Kf1 75. Bh2 Ke1 76. Ne4 Kf1 77. Nd2+ Ke1 78. Ke3
Kd1 79. Kd3 Ke1 80. Bg3+ Kd1 81. Nc4 Kc1 82. Bf2 Kd1 83. Nb2+ 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 f5 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Qh5+ Kd8 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. c3 f5
15. Nf2 Rg8 16. O-O c5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Qxd5 Qg6 19. Rd1 Rg7 20. g3 Bb7 21. Qe5
Rc8 22. c4 h5 23. Bd2 Re7 24. Ba5+ Ke8 25. Qh8 Kf7 26. Bc3 Bh6 27. Rd6 Qxd6 28.
Qh7+ Ke8 29. Qh8+ Bf8 30. Qxh5+ Kd8 31. Ba5+ Rc7 32. Rd1 Qe6 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

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 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 c5 14. f5 h6 15.
Nf3 Nc6 16. Kf2 Nb4 17. Na3 Bc6 18. c3 Nd5 19. Nc2 b5 20. Ne3 Nb6 21. b3 Kb7 22.
c4 a6 23. Bb2 Be7 24. Rac1 h5 25. g5 Bxf3 26. Kxf3 Bxg5 27. Rg1 Bh6 28. Rc2 Rhd8
29. Ke4 Rd7 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rxc5 Rxa2 32. Rc2 Bxe3 33. Kxe3 Nd5+ 34. Ke4 Nb4
35. Rcg2 Nd3 36. Bd4 Rxg2 37. Rxg2 c5 38. Be3 c4 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Rxg7 Kc6 41.
Rh7 Nxe5 42. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Be6 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e3 Rb8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qxd7+
Kxd7 15. Nc3 d4 16. exd4 Rxb2 17. Rfd1 Bb4 18. Na4 Rxa2 19. d5 Bg4 20. Rxa2 Bxd1
21. Nb2 Be2 22. Rxa7+ Kd6 23. Rxf7 Ra8 24. Rxf6+ Ke7 25. d6+ Kxf6 26. Bxa8 Bxd6
27. Na4 Bd3 28. Nc3 h6 29. Be4 Ba6 30. Kg2 Bc5 31. Nd5+ Kf7 32. Nc7 Bc8 33. f3
Bb6 34. Nd5 Bc5 35. g4 Be6 36. Nc3 Bb4 37. Ne2 Kf6 38. h4 Be1 39. Ng3 Bc4 40.
g5+ hxg5 41. Nh5+ Ke7 42. hxg5 Bd2 43. g6 Bh6 44. Kg3 Be6 45. Kh4 Bd2 46. Kg3
Bh6 47. Kf2 Bc4 48. Bf5 Bb3 49. Kg3 Bc4 50. Kg4 Bb3 51. Ng3 Bf4 52. Ne4 Bd5 53.
Nc3 Bc4 54. Ne4 Bd5 55. Nc5 Be3 56. Nd7 Bd4 57. g7 Bg8 58. Kg5 Kf7 59. Be4 Kxg7
60. Nf6 Be6 61. Ng4 Bxg4 62. fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 h5 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5 e6 9.
Bf4 Re8 10. Ng5 exd5 11. exd5 a6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bxd6 Qb6 14. Bf4 Qxb2 15. Rc1
b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Bc6 Ng4 20. Nb5 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Rxa2
22. Bf4 Ree2 23. Bg3 Ne3 24. Rfe1 Nf5 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Na7 Nxg3 27. Nxc8 Bd4
28. Bxd7 Rxf2 29. Kh2 Be5 30. Re1 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Bg3 32. Nh3 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. Nd2 e5
9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. O-O a6 12. Qc2 Nh7 13. f4 f5 14. g4 e4 15. Be2 fxg4
16. Ncxe4 Bf5 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Rab1 Ndf8 19. Kh1 Qc7 20. Rbe1 b5 21. Rg1 h5 22.
b3 b4 23. Nf2 Qf7 24. h3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 g5 26. hxg4 gxh4 27. g5 Ng6 28. Nde4 Rad8
29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Re2 Nhf8 32. Kh2 Ne5 33. fxe5 Qf3 34. Rg2 Bxe5+
35. Kg1 h3 36. Nxh3 Qxh3 37. Qc2 Kg7 38. Ref2 Qxe3 39. Qf5 Qe1+ 40. Rf1 Bd4+ 41.
Kh1 Qh4+ 42. Rh2 Qe4+ 43. Qxe4 Rxe4 44. Rxh5 Ng6 45. Rh2 Be5 46. Rhf2 Nf4 47.
Rf3 Kg6 48. Rg1 Ne2 49. Rd1 Rh4+ 50. Kg2 Rh2+ 51. Kf1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 Kh8 13. Re1 Bg6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15.
d4 f5 16. d5 Ncb8 17. Bc1 f4 18. Ne4 Na6 19. Bc2 Re8 20. b3 Bf6 21. Ba3 Nb6 22.
d6 c6 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Rad1 Bh5 25. b4 axb4 26. cxb4 Qb6 27. b5 cxb5 28. axb5
Nab8 29. Bb4 Nf8 30. Nc3 Qd8 31. Nd5 Ra2 32. Qc4 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Bxf3 34. gxf3 Qd7
35. Nc7 Rd8 36. Qc4 Qh3 37. Rd3 Nbd7 38. Qf7 Bh4 39. Re2 Nf6 40. Bc3 Qf5 41. Rd1
Qh3 42. Rd3 Qf5 43. Red2 e4 44. Bxf6 Bxf6 45. Rd5 Qc8 46. b6 e3 47. d7 Nxd7 48.
Rd1 e2 49. Re1 Ne5 50. Rxe5 Bxe5 51. Kg2 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. c5
Rb8 9. Bb5 Ne4 10. Qa4 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 f6 12. Rhc1 Qd7 13. b3 Rfc8 14. h3 g5 15.
Bh2 a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. g4 Bg6 19. h4 h6 20. Bg3 Kf7 21. Kc3 Ke8
22. Nd2 Kd7 23. Rh1 Rh8 24. Rh2 Rh7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rxh7 Bxh7 27. Rh1 Bg6 28.
f3 Rg8 29. e4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Kc8 31. Rh6 Kb7 32. Nd2 Kc8 33. Nc4 Bf8 34. Rh2 Bg7
35. f4 gxf4 36. Bxf4 Rh8 37. Rxh8+ Bxh8 38. g5 Bg7 39. gxf6 Bxf6 40. Nd2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
c3 Nb6 9. Na5 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. b4 Bd6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Qc2 Nc8 15.
a3 b6 16. Nab3 Ne7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ng6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nd4 d5 21. Rae1
Rfe8 22. Qd1 Rbd8 23. Qf3 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Bd5 25. Nf5 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4
Qxd3 28. Qxc6 Qd7 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. h4 Ne5 31. Qf4 Qf7 32. h5 h6 33. Nxh6 Qxh5
34. Nf5 Qg4 35. Qh2+ Kg8 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Qxe5 Rd2 38. Qh2 Kxe7 39. Qc7+ Qd7 40.
Re1+ Kf7 41. Qc4+ Qd5 42. Qc7+ Qd7 43. Qc4+ Qd5 44. Qc7+ Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Nge7 5. Bc4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Re1 f6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 11. Qh4 Qb6 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc3 Bf7 14. Be3 Qc6
15. f4 Be7 16. Bf2 O-O 17. fxe5 Rae8 18. Qe4 Qa6 19. e6 Bg6 20. Qe2 Qc6 21. Qb5
Bxc2 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. Bxa7 Bf5 24. a3 Ra8 25. Bf2 Rfe8 26. Re2 Bd6 27. Rae1 Be5
28. Bg3 Bd4+ 29. Bf2 Be5 30. Bg3 Bd4+ 31. Bf2 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. g3 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 c5 16. Qc2 cxd4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. Nd2 Qd6 19. Bf3 Qb8 20. Qd3 Qa8 21. Be2 e5
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qf5 Ned7 24. Bf1 h6 25. Qf4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8
28. Qc7 Qc8 29. Qxc8+ Bxc8 30. b4 Ba6 31. f3 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. a4 Kd6 34. c5+ 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. Bc3 c5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Qb6 16. e3 Rac8 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Bc3 Nf8 20. e4 d4 21. Nc4
Qa6 22. Ba5 Rd7 23. Bd2 Ne6 24. Qd3 Re8 25. f4 Bf8 26. Bf1 Rdd8 27. Na5 Qxd3 28.
Bxd3 Ba8 29. Bb5 d3 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Rc3 Nd4 32. Rxd3 Bxe4 33. Rc3 f5 34. Kf2
Rd8 35. Nc4 g6 36. Rd1 Nc2 37. Ne5 Nb4 38. Rc4 Bg7 39. Ke2 Bc2 40. Rxc5 Bxe5 41.
fxe5 Bxd1+ 42. Kxd1 Kf7 43. Ke2 Nd5 44. Bg5 Rd7 45. Rc6 Nc7 46. Rd6 Ke8 47. Kd3
Rxd6+ 48. exd6 Nb5 49. Bf4 Kd7 50. Kc4 Nxd6+ 51. Bxd6 Kxd6 52. Kd4 Kc6 53. Ke5
a5 54. a3 Kc5 55. h4 Kc6 56. Kf6 Kd5 57. Kg7 Ke4 58. Kxh7 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 d6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Nf3 c4 8. Bc2
Qe6+ 9. Kf1 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Na3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. d4 Nc6 14. h4 h5 15. Bg5
Qd7 16. Qe1 Nd5 17. Rd1 b5 18. c4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Ba6 20. Kg1 Nf6 21. d5 Qd6 22.
dxc6 Qxa3 23. Ra1 Qb2 24. Bxg6 Bxc4 25. Rb1 Qa2 26. Bxf6 exf6 27. Ra1 Qb2 28.
Bf5 Rfe8 29. Qc1 Qxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Be6 31. Nd4 Bh6 32. Rc2 Bf4 33. g3 Be5 34. Nxe6
fxe6 35. Bg6 Re7 36. Kg2 a5 37. Bxh5 a4 38. f4 Bc7 39. Be2 e5 40. f5 e4 41. Bc4+
Kg7 42. Rd1 Kf8 43. Rd7 a3 44. g4 Rxd7 45. cxd7 Ke7 46. Be6 a2 47. Bxa2 Kxd7 48.
g5 fxg5 49. hxg5 Bf4 50. g6 Be5 51. Bd5 Rh8 52. Kg1 e3 53. Re2 Rh5 54. Be6+ Ke7
55. Rg2 Bg7 56. Ra2 Bd4 57. Kg2 Kf6 58. Kf3 Rh3+ 59. Ke4 Rh4+ 60. Kd3 Bc5 61.
Rg2 Rd4+ 62. Kc3 Rd2 63. Rxd2 exd2 64. Kxd2 Bf8 65. Kd3 Kg7 66. Kc2 Be7 67. Kd3
Bf6 68. Kc2 Be7 69. Kd3 Bf6 70. Kc2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 Bg7 7. O-O a6 8. Be2
O-O 9. d3 b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Qd2 a5 12. Qg5 Nfd7 13. Qh4 Nb8 14. Bh6 Nc6 15.
Nd5 f6 16. c3 Be6 17. Ne3 Bf7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. f4 Nd7 21. Ndc4 Nb6
22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Rfb1 Rb7 24. Bd1 Qb8 25. Ba4 Rc8 26. Ndc4 Nd8 27. Nd5 Nf8 28.
Re1 Be6 29. b3 Qa7 30. Re3 Nf7 31. Rae1 Rcb8 32. Kh1 Rxb3 33. Bxb3 Rxb3 34. Qf2
a4 35. Qa2 Nh6 36. R3e2 Bxd5 37. exd5 Ng8 38. Rc2 Qa8 39. Ne3 f5 40. Rb1 Rxb1+
41. Qxb1 Nf6 42. c4 Qa5 43. Kg1 N8d7 44. Kf2 Qb4 45. Qa1 h5 46. Ke2 Qa5 47. Rb2
h4 48. Rb5 Qa8 49. Qe1 a3 50. Ra5 Qb8 51. Qa1 Qh8 52. Rxa3 Qh5+ 53. Kd2 h3 54.
g3 Qf3 55. Qf1 Qxf1 56. Nxf1 Kf7 57. Ne3 Nf8 58. Ke2 e6 59. Ra7+ Ke8 60. Kf3 e5
61. g4 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "12.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

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. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qe1 Bf6 19. Rxa7 Rxd2 20.
Rxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxd2 Qb6 22. g3 Bd4 23. Qe2 Rf6 24. Kg2 Qb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. Rb1
Bd4 27. Rb8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxc5 Qe7 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Qe2 Ng6 13. Nb3 O-O 14. a4 Rab8
15. axb5 axb5 16. Nd4 Bd5 17. Nxb5 Qxc5 18. Na3 Qc6 19. c4 Be6 20. b3 Nh4 21.
Qe3 Bg4 22. Bd1 Qe6 23. h3 Bf3 24. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Qxh3 27.
Nc2 exf3 28. Ne1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nh3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa4 12. O-O Qxd4 13. Nf4 h5 14. Qg3 h4 15.
Qh3 Nxe5 16. Be3 Qa4 17. Be2 N5c6 18. Bg4 Ne5 19. Rfe1 Kg8 20. Bd2 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
Qxc2 22. Qe2 Nc6 23. Nd3 h3 24. Rac1 Qa4 25. Ne5 hxg2 26. Rc3 Qh4 27. h3 Qh5 28.
Nxc6 bxc6 29. Qe3 Ba6 30. Kxg2 Bc4 31. Qg3 d4 32. Rxc4 Qd5+ 33. Kh2 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

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. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rb3 e6 14. f4 Bg7
15. c4 Qd8 16. Bb2 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 e5 18. O-O Qd6 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 f6 21. Rb3
Bd7 22. Qh6 Rf7 23. Rxb7 Rg7 24. Bf3 Kh8 25. Be4 Rag8 26. Rxa7 Qb6 27. Ra3 Qb2
28. Rg3 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qxe4 30. Qxf6 Qxc4 31. Rb1 Be8 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33. Qf8+ Rg8
34. Qf6+ Rg7 35. Qf8+ Rg8 36. Qf6+ Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Qxc4 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nc3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15.
e4 Qe7 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Bc5 21. Rd2 c6
22. Kg2 Bd4 23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 cxd5 26. Rxd5 Rbc8 27. Ra3 Rc7
28. Ke3 f6 29. Rb3 Kf7 30. Kd3 Rec8 31. c4 Rxc4 32. Rxb7+ Kg6 33. Rdd7 Rc2 34.
Rxg7+ Kh5 35. Rb3 Rxf2 36. Rb6 Rfc2 37. Rb3 Rxh2 38. Rb1 Rcc2 39. Rf1 Rcf2 40.
Rxf2 Rxf2 41. a5 Ra2 42. g4+ Kh4 43. Rg6 Ra3+ 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Ra3+ 46. Ke2
Rxa5 47. Rxf6 Kg5 48. Re6 Ra2+ 49. Kd3 Ra3+ 50. Kc4 Kf4 51. Rxh6 Kxe4 52. Rh8
Kf4 53. Rg8 e4 54. g5 e3 55. g6 Kg5 56. g7 Kg6 57. Re8 Kxg7 58. Kb4 Kf7 59. Re4
Rd3 60. Kc4 Ra3 61. Kb4 Rd3 62. Kc4 Ra3 63. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Nc4 b5 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. Nxc8 Qxc8 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxe4 15.
a4 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nf6 17. Bxa6 Qd7 18. Bc4 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb4 20. Qd1 d5 21. Ra7
Qc6 22. Rxe7 Qxc4 23. Rxe5 Nxc2 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rxb2 27.
Rf2 Rb1+ 28. Rf1 Rb2 29. Rf2 Rb1+ 30. Rf1 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
Bb7 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nh6 11. Bf3 Nf5 12. Bf2 Bb4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. a4 Qc6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qd3 Ra4 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. c4 h5 21.
c5 Rb8 22. Rd1 Ra8 23. Ra1 Ne7 24. h3 Qd5 25. Qe2 a3 26. c4 Qb7 27. Qxh5 Qb2 28.
Qd1 Nc6 29. h4 a2 30. h5 Rb8 31. Be1 Qb1 32. Bc3 Qxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rb1 34. Rf1 Nb4
35. g4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O g6 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Qc3 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. Qe3 b5 15.
Na5 Nb6 16. Qxe6 Bxe6 17. Be5 Rac8 18. c3 Na4 19. b3 Nb6 20. Bf3 Nfd5 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Nxc4 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxa5 26. Nd2 Nc6 27. Nb3
Rfd8 28. Rc5 Nb4 29. Kf1 Rxc5 30. Nxc5 Rc8 31. Rc1 Rc6 32. a4 e5 33. Ke2 f5 34.
Kd2 Kf7 35. Rc4 Nd5 36. Nd3 Rxc4 37. Nxe5+ Ke6 38. Nxc4 Nf6 39. Kc3 Kd5 40. Kb4
Ng4 41. Ne3+ Nxe3 42. fxe3 Ke4 43. Ka5 Kxe3 44. Kxa6 f4 45. a5 g5 46. Kb6 g4 47.
a6 f3 48. gxf3 gxf3 49. a7 f2 50. a8=Q f1=Q 51. Qe8+ Kf2 52. Qf7+ Kg2 53. Qxh7
Qg1+ 54. Kc6 Qxh2 55. Qxh2+ Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. g3 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 d6 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qc2 Qxa6 13. e4 Nc4 14. b3 Nxd2 15.
Nxd2 Ng4 16. a4 Qa5 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. h3 Ne5 21. Rfd1
Ra3 22. Bf1 Qb4 23. Qc3 Qb7 24. Qe3 Ra2 25. Be2 Rb8 26. Kf1 Nd7 27. Nf3 Qb4 28.
Bc4 Rba8 29. Qd3 Rb2 30. Rc2 Raa2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Re1 Ra2 33. Bb5 Ne5 34. Nxe5
Bxe5 35. Re2 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Qa3 37. Qc2 Rc1 38. Qa2 Qb4 39. Bc4 Qc3 40. Re3 Qd4
41. Bf1 Kg7 42. Qe2 Qa1 43. Qa6 Qb2 44. Qe2 Rc2 45. Qf3 Qa1 46. Bd3 Rc1 47. Re2
Rh1 48. Qe3 Qf1+ 49. Kf3 Qxh3 50. Qg5 Rd1 51. Re3 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Ne5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Bg3 Bb4 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Qb6 16. a4 e5 17. c4 Qc5 18. Kf1 Rfd8 19. f3 a6 20. Bf2 Qc6 21.
Na3 Nf8 22. c5 Ne6 23. Nc4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Rd8 25. Qc1 Nd7 26. Na5 Qc7 27. Nxb7
Qxb7 28. c6 Qb3 29. cxd7 Qd3+ 30. Kg1 Rxd7 31. Qf1 Qd6 32. Be3 h5 33. h4 Nf8 34.
a5 Ng6 35. g3 Rc7 36. Rc1 Rd7 37. Rc5 Qe6 38. Kg2 Qa2+ 39. Qf2 Qa3 40. Qe2 Rd3
41. Bf2 Kh7 42. Rc7 Qxa5 43. Rxf7 Rd2 44. Qe3 Qa2 45. Rf5 Qc2 46. Rxh5+ Kg8 47.
Rg5 Kh7 48. h5 Nf8 49. Rxe5 Nd7 50. Re7 Nc5 51. Qg5 Rxf2+ 52. Kh3 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
Nb6 9. Bb3 a5 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 Bg6 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. Nh4 Rad8 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bb3 Qf5 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bb5 Na7 21. Be3
Nxb5 22. axb5 Qd7 23. Bc5 a4 24. d4 exd4 25. Bxd4 Nd5 26. Red1 Rfe8 27. c4 Nf4
28. Qf3 Qf5 29. Ng3 Nxh3+ 30. Kf1 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Ng5 32. Be5 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 c6
34. Rd7 Nxf3 35. Bc3 cxb5 36. cxb5 b6 37. Ne4 a3 38. bxa3 Bxa3 39. Nd6 Bxd6 40.
Rxd6 Re6 41. Rxe6 fxe6 42. Ke2 Ng5 43. Bd4 Ne4 44. Kf3 Nd6 45. Bxb6 Nxb5 46. Kg4
Kf7 47. f4 Nd6 48. Bd4 Nf5 49. Bb2 Kg8 50. Kg5 Kh7 51. Bc3 Nd6 52. Bb2 Nf7+ 53.
Kg4 Kh6 54. Bc3 Nd6 55. Be5 Nc4 56. Bd4 Nd6 57. Be5 Nf5 58. Bc3 Ne3+ 59. Kf3 Nd5
60. Be5 Nf6 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

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. Nd2 Re8 13. Nf3 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 Nd6
15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 c6 20. Re1 f6 21.
Qe2 g5 22. Bg3 Ng7 23. Qf3 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Nxf5 25. f3 Kf7 26. Kf2 h5 27. h3 Re8
28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Bb8 a6 30. g4 Ng7 31. f4 hxg4 32. hxg4 gxf4 33. Bxf4 Kf7 34.
Kf3 Kg6 35. Be3 Ne6 36. Bf4 b5 37. Be3 a5 38. Bf4 a4 39. Be3 Nc7 40. b3 axb3 41.
axb3 Ne6 42. Ke2 Ng5 43. Bxg5 Kxg5 44. Kf3 b4 45. cxb4 f5 46. gxf5 Kxf5 47. b5
cxb5 48. b4 Kg5 49. Kg3 Kf5 50. Kf3 Kg5 51. Kg3 Kf5 52. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Rc1 e6 11. O-O Bb7 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Qc2 Qc7
15. Nd4 Nc5 16. f3 Be5 17. h3 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Ra5 19. Rb1 Rca8 20. Rb2 Na4 21. Rb3
Nc5 22. Rb2 Na4 23. Rb3 Nc5 24. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bg4 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. c3 Qc7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. a4 a5 14. Bf5 Bg6 15.
Qd3 Bf4 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Ne4
21. Nef3 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Nf8 23. g3 Qd6 24. Kg2 Ne6 25. h4 g5 26. h5 Qf4 27. Qe2
Qf5 28. Nf1 g4 29. Nh2 Qxh5 30. Qxg4 Qxg4 31. Nxg4 Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Ne5 Ng5+
34. Ke3 Ne4 35. g4 g5 36. f3 Nd6 37. b3 f6 38. Nd3 b6 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Ke3 Ke7
41. Ke2 Ke6 42. Ke3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 7...Nd7"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bf4 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Kb1 a5 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 a4 17. g4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. c4 Ba3 20. Be1 Nf4 21. Qc2
Rfd8 22. h5 c5 23. Bc3 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Bb4 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. a3 Qc5
28. Qe4 Rd8 29. Nf3 Qd6 30. Ka1 b6 31. g5 hxg5 32. Nxg5 f5 33. Qb7 Rd7 34. Qa8+
Rd8 35. Qxa4 Qe7 36. Nf3 Qb7 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Kh7 39. Qb3 Kh6 40. c5 Nd5
41. Ne5 Qc7 42. Qg3 Kxh5 43. Qh2+ Kg5 44. Nf3+ Kf6 45. Qxc7 Nxc7 46. cxb6 Na6
47. b4 Ke7 48. Kb2 Kd6 49. Kc3 Kc6 50. Nd4+ Kxb6 51. Nxe6 g6 52. a4 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

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. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Bc3 Nd3 20. Bxd4
Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ Kg8 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8.
Bf1 Nc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Bf5 15. c3 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. b4 a5 18. b5 d5 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Bd4 Rfc8 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Ra4 b6 24. Qf6 Qc5+ 25. Rd4 a4 26. h4 a3 27. bxa3
Rxa3 28. h5 gxh5 29. Kh1 Rxc3 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Rxd5
Qc7 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Rd7 Qf4 36. Qe7 Qh6 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Bd3 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Rf8
40. Rd6 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Qxf4 Rxf4 43. Rxb6 Kg7 44. Rb8 Rb4 45. b6 h4 46.
b7 h5 47. f4 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Bb7 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 O-O 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ng5 f6 14. Nf3 fxe5
15. fxe5 Rf5 16. Be3 d4 17. Bxd4 Raf8 18. Qb3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bxf3+ 20. Kd3 Qb7
21. Kc2 Bxh1 22. a3 Qe4+ 23. Bd3 Rc8+ 24. Kb1 Qxd4 25. axb4 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

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. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Be3 Nd3 20. Bxd4
Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ Kg8 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Nxc5 Nd7 12. Na4 a6 13. Rc1 b5 14. Nb2 Bb7
15. f3 Qa5 16. Qb3 e5 17. d5 Rfc8 18. Be2 Bf8 19. O-O Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nd3
Rc7 22. Nxe5 Rac8 23. c4 Qd2 24. Qd3 Qf4 25. d6 Rc5 26. d7 Rd8 27. Ng4 Rc7 28.
Qc3 Bg7 29. e5 Rcxd7 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Bxb5 Rd2 32. a4 h5 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. exf6
Qg5 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Rd2+ 37. Be2 Rxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 39. Kd3 Qxf3+ 40.
Kc4 Qe2+ 41. Kb4 Qxh2 42. Qd4 Qb8 43. Ka3 Qg3+ 44. Rc3 Qe1 45. Re3 Qc1+ 46. Kb4
Bc6 47. Rc3 Qb2+ 48. Ka5 Kh7 49. Qc4 Bd5 50. Qc5 Be6 51. Ka6 Qe2+ 52. Ka7 h4 53.
Qd4 g5 54. a5 h3 55. Re3 Qg4 56. Qd3+ Kh6 57. Re1 Qf5 58. Qd2 Qc5+ 59. Kb8 Qc8+
60. Ka7 Qc7+ 61. Ka8 Bd7 62. Rc1 Bc6+ 63. Rxc6 Qxc6+ 64. Kb8 Qg2 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Ng4 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe4 Bb5 15.
Re1 Nd3 16. Re3 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Bh6 18. f4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. Kh2 Rxc1 21. Qxc1
Qd8 22. Qc5 a6 23. Nc3 Qd6 24. Qxd6 exd6 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. Rb3 Ra8 27. a3 Ra5
28. Bf1 Bg7 29. Bxb5 Bd4 30. Kg2 h5 31. Kf3 Kg7 32. g4 hxg4+ 33. hxg4 Ra8 34.
Bd7 b6 35. Rb4 Bg1 36. Re4 Ra7 37. Bc6 f5 38. Re2 fxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Bd4 40. a4 Kf7
41. Be8+ Kf8 42. b3 Kg7 43. Re6 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd5 d6 8. c3
Rb8 9. a4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bf6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bd2 Ne7 13. Bc4 Ng6 14. b4 b6 15. b5
Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. c4 Nf4 18. Qb3 g5 19. Be3 g4 20. Nd2 h5 21. Nf1 h4 22. Qd1
Bg7 23. Bc1 Rg6 24. Ne3 Qd7 25. Nf5 Bf6 26. a5 Kh7 27. axb6 axb6 28. Be3 d5 29.
Bxf4 exf4 30. cxd5 Bxa1 31. Qxa1 Re8 32. Nxh4 Rg5 33. g3 f3 34. h3 Rh5 35. Nf5
Rxf5 36. exf5 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Qxd5 38. Qe7 Qxf5 39. hxg4 Qd5 40. Qf6 Kg8 41. Qf5
Qb3 42. Qxf3 Qxb5 43. Qd5 Qe8 44. g5 Qe6 45. Qxe6 fxe6 46. f4 Kf7 47. Kf2 b5 48.
Ke3 Kg6 49. g4 b4 50. Kd2 e5 51. fxe5 Kxg5 52. Kc2 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.25"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Be2 Na5 12. Qb1 Bg7 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bxf8
Kxf8 15. c4 Bc6 16. Qb4+ Kg7 17. O-O Rc8 18. Ne5 b6 19. Rad1 Qg5 20. g3 Rhd8 21.
Qb2 Ba4 22. Rd2 Qe7 23. d5 f6 24. Ng4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. d6 Qf7 27. Ne3 Rc5
28. Rc1 Rdc8 29. Re1 e5 30. f4 Re8 31. Rf2 Qd7 32. fxe5 Rcxe5 33. Rxf6 Qb5 34.
Qd4 Qc5 35. Rf4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Bd7 37. Rc4 Rc5 38. Rxc5 bxc5 39. Rb1 Bc6 40. Nc4
Kf6 41. Na5 Bd5 42. Nb7 Bxb7 43. Rxb7 Rd8 44. Rxh7 Rxd6 45. Rxa7 Rd2 46. a4 Ra2
47. a5 c4 48. Rc7 Rxa5 49. Rxc4 Ra2 50. Rf4+ Kg7 51. Rf2 Ra4 52. Kg2 g5 53. Rb2
Kg6 54. Rb6+ Kg7 55. Kf3 Kf7 56. h3 Kg7 57. Re6 Kf7 58. Re4 Ra6 59. Rd4 Kg6 60.
Ke4 Re6+ 61. Kd3 Ra6 62. Rc4 Ra3+ 63. Rc3 Ra4 64. Ke3 Rb4 65. Rd3 Ra4 66. Rd6+
Kf5 67. g4+ Ke5 68. Rd3 Kf6 69. Rd6+ Ke5 70. Rh6 Ra3+ 71. Kf2 Ra2+ 72. Kg3 Ra3+
73. Kg2 Ra2+ 74. Kg3 Ra3+ 75. Kg2 Ra2+ 76. Kg3 1/2-1/2

