[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"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

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 "8.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd3 Nxg4 13. Nd5 Bh4+ 14. Ke2 Qc6 15.
Rag1 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 g6 17. f5 Bd7 18. Rd1 O-O-O 19. c4 Qb6 20. Rd2 Bc6 21. Qc3
Rhg8 22. b4 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Qf2+ 24. Kd1 Ba4+ 25. Kc1 Bg5 26. Bh5 Bf4 27. Ng3 Kb8
28. Bd1 Bc6 29. Bc2 f5 30. Rd1 fxe4 31. Kb2 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Qf3 33. b5 Qxc3+ 34.
Kxc3 e3 35. Re2 axb5 36. cxb5 Bxb5 37. Rxe3 Rg7 38. Kb4 Bc6 39. Bb3 Rg4+ 40. Ka3
Rh4 41. Re2 Rf8 42. Bc2 e4 43. Kb2 d5 44. Kc3 Kc7 45. Kd4 e3+ 46. Kxe3 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, hedgehog system"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. g4 Bf8 14. g5 Nfd7 15. h4
Nc6 16. b3 Rad8 17. h5 Qb8 18. g6 hxg6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6
22. Re3 Rd7 23. Rg3 Nh5 24. Rg4 Rf7 25. Be3 Qb7 26. Qd3 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28.
Rxg6 b4 29. Ne2 e5 30. Rg5 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Nd4 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Qxe4 34. Qxe4
Rxe4 35. Nf3 Be7 36. Rb5 Bf6 37. Rc6 Ra7 38. Rc2 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Kh3 d5 41.
Kg4 Ra6 42. Rd2 Rd6 43. Rb8 Ra6 44. Rb5 Rd6 45. Rb8 Ra6 46. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Be7
9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Nf3 b5 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Na5 14. b3 Rc8 15. Kb1
Qc7 16. Ne2 Bxe4 17. Rc1 d5 18. Ng3 Ba3 19. Bd4 O-O 20. g5 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22.
gxh6 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.
Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Na5 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rc1 c5
15. b3 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Bf3 Nb4 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Nc6 Bg5 20. Rc5 h6 21. h4
Bf6 22. Rfc1 Rd2 23. R5c2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Kf8 25. Nxb4 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Bc3 27. Kf1
f5 28. Ne3 Ke7 29. Bd5 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Bc4 Bb7 32. g4 f4 33. Nd1 Bf6 34. f3
Kd6 35. Nf2 a5 36. Ke1 Bc3+ 37. Kd1 Ke7 38. Kc2 Bd4 39. Nd1 Bc5 40. Nc3 Kf6 41.
Kd3 Ke5 42. Bb5 Bd5 43. Nb1 Bb4 44. Nc3 Bc5 45. Be8 Bb4 46. Na4 Bb7 47. Bb5 Kd6
48. Nc3 Ke5 49. Bc4 Bc6 50. Bb5 Bxc3 51. Bxc6 Bb4 52. Kc4 Kd6 53. Be4 Kc7 54.
Kb5 Be1 55. a3 Bd2 56. b4 axb4 57. axb4 Kd6 58. Kc4 Be1 59. Bd3 Bd2 60. Kb5 Be1
61. Kc4 Bd2 62. Be4 Be1 63. b5 Bf2 64. Bc6 Bb6 65. Kd3 Ke5 66. Kc4 Kd6 67. Kd3
Ke5 68. Kc4 Kd6 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"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

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 "8.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bf5 14. Bxg7 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Kxg7 16. Nd4 Nd6 17. Nxf5+ gxf5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. e3 Kf6 20. Kf1 a5
21. Ke2 a4 22. a3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ra5 24. Rc2 Rb5 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Kc1 Nc5 27. Bf1
Ra5 28. Kd1 Ne4 29. Ke1 Nd6 30. Rc7 Rd5 31. Bc4 Re5 32. Bd3 h6 33. Ke2 Rd5 34.
Bc4 Ra5 35. Bd3 Ra8 36. Rc5 Rd8 37. Rd5 Rc8 38. Rd4 b5 39. Rh4 Kg7 40. g4 fxg4
41. Rxg4+ Kf6 42. Rf4+ Kg7 43. Rg4+ Kf6 44. Rf4+ Kg7 45. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Ba4 O-O 7. c3 Nxf3+ 8.
Nxf3 d5 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Bxc5
Nxc5 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Rfe1 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. Red1
Rde8 21. Kf1 g6 22. Rd2 Kg7 23. Rad1 h5 24. Ne3 Ne4 25. Rd3 Rb6 26. Nc4 Rc6 27.
Ne3 Ra6 28. a3 Rf6 29. f3 Nc5 30. Rd5 Na4 31. Nc4 Rc6 32. R1d4 Rce6 33. Rd2 a6
34. Kf2 R8e7 35. h4 b6 36. g3 Nc5 37. Rd8 Nb3 38. Rc2 b5 39. Nd2 Re2+ 40. Kf1
Re1+ 41. Kg2 R7e2+ 42. Kh3 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
e6 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Bf4 a6 15. h4 e5
16. Bd2 d4 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nbxd7 Bxd7 22.
Nxa6 Ra8 23. Nc5 Bh3 24. e4 Bf8 25. b4 f5 26. f3 Bxc5 27. bxc5 fxe4 28. fxe4 Rf8
29. Bxh6 Rf3 30. Qg5 Qd7 31. a6 Qg4 32. Qxg4 Bxg4 33. Bg5 Rxg3+ 34. Kh2 Rh3+ 35.
Kg2 Bxd1 36. Kxh3 Bxc2 37. Bf6 Ra7 38. Bxe5 Bd3 39. Bxd4 Rxa6 40. Rxa6 Bxa6 41.
Kg4 Bd3 42. Kf4 Kg8 43. Ke5 Kf7 44. Bf2 Bc2 45. Be3 Bd3 46. Bg5 Bc2 47. Bf4 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O b6 13. f4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Bb7 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Rae1 Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Be5 Nd6 19. e4 Qe7 20. Rd1 f6 21.
Bxd6 cxd6 22. Rd4 Rac8 23. Qd3 Rc6 24. h3 h6 25. Kh2 Kh8 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Rd2 Re6
28. a3 Qe7 29. Rc2 Rc5 30. b4 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 b5 32. Qc6 Qe8 33. Qxe8+ Rxe8 34.
Kg3 Kh7 35. Rxd6 Rxe4 36. Kf3 Re7 37. Rd5 Rb7 38. Ke4 Rb6 39. Kd4 Ra6 40. Rxb5
Rxa3 41. Ra5 Rg3 42. Rxa7 Rxg2 43. b5 Rb2 44. Kc5 Rc2+ 45. Kd5 Rd2+ 46. Kc6 Rc2+
47. Kb7 Rc4 48. f5 Rc5 49. b6 Rxf5 50. Kc6 Rf3 51. Ra5 Rc3+ 52. Rc5 Re3 53. b7
Re8 54. Kd7 Rb8 55. Kc7 Rf8 56. b8=Q Rxb8 57. Kxb8 g5 58. Kc7 Kg6 59. Kd6 f5 60.
Ke5 f4 61. Ke4 Kh5 62. Rc6 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"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

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 "8.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Be3
Nc5 9. f3 h5 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. a3 Qb7 14. Rhe1 Be7 15.
Bg5 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 O-O 19. Nd5 Nxb3 20. Qxb4 Bxb4 21.
Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Bxf6 Kh7 23. Nxb3 Bc6 24. Rd4 Rfb8 25. Rf4 Kh6 26. Rg5 Be1 27. h4
Rg8 28. Nd4 Bd5 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 30. Bg5+ Kg6 31. Ne2 Bd2 32. Rf6+ Kg7 33. Rh6 Bxg5
34. hxg5 e5 35. Ng3 Kf8 36. Rxh5 Ke7 37. b3 a5 38. Nf5+ Kd7 39. Ne3 Be6 40. g3
Rb8 41. Rh4 Bxb3 42. Kc1 Be6 43. Ra4 Rb5 44. Kd2 Rc5 45. c4 Ke7 46. Kc3 Bd7 47.
Ra1 a4 48. Nd5+ Kd6 49. Nb6 Bc6 50. Nxa4 Ra5 51. Kb4 Ra7 52. Rd1+ Ke7 53. Nb6
Rb7 54. Kc5 Bxf3 55. Rf1 Rc7+ 56. Kb4 Bc6 57. Rf6 Bg2 58. Kc3 Rc6 59. Rxc6 Bxc6
60. c5 Ke6 61. Kd3 Kf5 62. Nc4 e4+ 63. Kd4 Kxg5 64. Ne5 Ba4 65. Nxf7+ Kg4 66.
Kxe4 Kxg3 67. Ne5 Be8 68. Kd5 Kf4 69. Nc4 Bf7+ 70. Kd4 Be8 71. Nb6 Bc6 72. Nd5+
Kf3 73. Ke5 Ke2 74. Kd6 Be8 75. Nc7 Ba4 76. Kd5 Kd3 77. Ne6 Kc3 78. Nd4 Kb4 79.
Nc6+ Kc3 80. Ne5 Kb4 81. Kd6 Bb5 82. Nf3 Ba4 83. Nd2 Kc3 84. Ne4+ Kb4 85. Nf6
Kc4 86. Nd5 Be8 87. Nb6+ Kb5 88. Nc8 Ka6 89. Kd5 Bd7 90. Nd6 Ka7 91. Ne4 Kb7 92.
Kd6 Bc6 93. Nc3 Bh1 94. Na2 Bg2 95. Nb4 Bh1 96. Kd7 Bg2 97. Nc2 Bh1 98. Nd4 Bg2
99. Kd6 Bh1 100. Nb3 Bg2 101. Na5+ Ka6 102. Nc6 Kb7 103. Nd8+ Kc8 104. Ne6 Kb7
105. Ng5 Bh1 106. Nf7 Bg2 107. Nd8+ Kc8 108. Nc6 Kb7 109. Na5+ Ka6 110. Nc4 Kb7
111. Ne3 Bh1 112. Nf5 Bg2 113. c6+ Bxc6 114. Nd4 Ka8 115. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. b3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O
9. O-O d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rfe1 Nbd7 13. e4 e6 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Ng5
Re7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nh3 Rae8 18. Nf4 Bh6 19. Qc3 b4 20. Qd3 Bg7 21. f3 Ne5 22.
Qc2 g5 23. Nd3 Nc6 24. Nf1 Nd4 25. Qf2 g4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Nd2 a5 28. Re2 gxf3
29. Bxf3 Bc8 30. Nf4 Qc5 31. Rf1 Bh6 32. Kh1 Kh8 33. Nd3 Qa7 34. Nf4 Ng4 35.
Bxg4 Bxg4 36. Ree1 f5 37. exf5 Re3 38. f6 Qf7 39. Nd5 Re2 40. Rxe2 Rxe2 41. Qxd4
Bh3 42. Qh4 Bg2+ 43. Kg1 Bxd2 44. Rf2 Qa7 45. g4 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3
Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 a5 13. Nd2 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bc8 15.
Bd3 Ba6 16. Bf5 a4 17. h4 b3 18. axb3 axb3 19. Nxb3 Nd7 20. g5 Nb6 21. Na5 Be2
22. Qxe2 Rxa5 23. b4 Ra3 24. Rh3 Na4 25. Kd2 Nc3 26. Qc4 Nxd1 27. Kxd1 g6 28.
Bg4 h5 29. Bc1 Ra1 30. Be2 Bxg5 31. hxg5 Qxg5 32. Re3 Qg1+ 33. Bf1 Qxf2 34. Qe2
Qf4 35. b5 Rfa8 36. Qf3 Qd4+ 37. Rd3 Qb2 38. Qe3 Rxc1+ 39. Qxc1 Ra1 40. Qxa1
Qxa1+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nf4 13. Bf3 Rad8 14. Qd2 Ng6
15. Be2 Qb8 16. Rfd1 d6 17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. Bf1 h6 19. Ndb5 Nge5 20. f3 Nd7 21. Qf2
Nf6 22. Kh1 Rd7 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. b3 Ne5 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. h3 Rdd8 27. Rdd1 Ng6 28.
Bd3 Ne5 29. Bb1 Ned7 30. Nde2 Qa8 31. Nf4 Qb8 32. Bd3 Ne5 33. Bf1 Be7 34. Qg3
Kh8 35. Qf2 Kg8 36. Rc2 Kh8 37. a4 Nc6 38. Rcd2 Nd7 39. Nh5 Nf6 40. Nxf6 Bxf6
41. Nb5 Be7 42. Qg3 Na5 43. Nxd6 Bxd6 44. Rxd6 Rxd6 45. Rxd6 Nxb3 46. Bf4 Re8
47. Be5 f6 48. Rd7 1-0

[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"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

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 "8.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Be3 h6 10. Nf3 Bf4 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. O-O-O Bxe3+ 14. fxe3
Qxc5 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rd3 Rae8 20. Re1
Qc4 21. b3 Qc5 22. Kb2 Qe5 23. g3 a5 24. Rd4 c5 25. Ra4 Rd6 26. Rc1 Red8 27. Rc2
Rd3 28. Rxa5 Qe7 29. e4 Qc7 30. Ra8 c4 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. e5 fxe5 33. Qxe5 Rd1
34. Re2 Qd3 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ f5 37. Qxd3 cxd3 38. Rf2 Re1 39. Rd2 g5 40. c4
Kg6 41. c5 f4 42. gxf4 g4 43. Rxd3 Re2+ 44. Kc3 Rxh2 45. c6 Rh1 46. Kc2 Rh2+ 47.
Kc3 Rh1 48. Kc2 Rh2+ 49. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb2
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Kf2 Qe7 15.
Qd2 Na6 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bb1 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. e4 Nf4 21. Qe3
Bb5 22. Qxf4 Bxc4 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Bxg7 Qd2+ 25. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Kg3 Re6 27. Bc3
Rg6+ 28. Kh4 Rdxg2 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nxg6+ hxg6 31. Kh3 Rg5 32. Kh4 Rg2 33. Kh3
Rg5 34. Kh4 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

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. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. a5 Bd5
15. Qd3 c5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rdc1 Qe7 20. Ne1 Nb4 21.
Rc4 Bd6 22. Rac1 Rb8 23. Rd1 Bc5 24. Qc3 Na2 25. Qb3 Nb4 26. Qc3 Na2 27. Qe5 b6
28. axb6 Bxb6 29. Nd3 a5 30. Rg4 g5 31. Rc4 Rbc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qb5 Rb8 34.
e3 Nb4 35. Nxb4 Qxb4 36. Qe5 Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Bc6 Qe7 39. b3 Qf6 40. Qxf6
Bxf6 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Kf3 Bc3 43. Ke2 Bb4 44. f4 Bc3 45. Kf3 Bb4 46. h3 Bc3 47.
g4 Bb4 48. Ke2 Bc3 49. Kf3 Bb4 50. Ke2 Bc3 51. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[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"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

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 Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Dutch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. a5 Rac8 14. Bd2 Rfd8
15. Be1 Bd6 16. g3 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Bf1 b5 20. Bg2 b4 21. Na4 c5
22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxb4 Nxa4 24. Qxa4 Bxb4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxb4 Rc8 27. h4 Nd5
28. Qd4 Rb8 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. b4 Qe7 31. Qc5 Qb7 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. Qd6 Qb5 34. Qe5
Rc4 35. Qb2 f6 36. Qa3 Kh7 37. Qa5 Qxa5 38. bxa5 Ra4 39. Rb5 d4 40. exd4 Rxd4
41. a6 Ra4 42. Rb6 Kh6 43. Kf1 Ra2 44. g4 Ra4 45. f3 Ra2 46. Ke1 g5 47. h5 Kh7
48. Kd1 Kh6 49. Kc1 Kh7 50. Kb1 Ra3 51. Kb2 Ra5 52. Kb3 Ra1 53. Kb4 Rb1+ 54. Kc5
Rc1+ 55. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 Rad8 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. Qd2 d6 15.
g3 Rfe8 16. Bf3 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Bf2 Be7 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Nd2 Bf6 21. a3 Nd4
22. Qe3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qa8 24. Qe2 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Nf6 26. Re1 d5 27. e5 Ne4 28.
Nxe4 dxe4 29. Be3 Rd7 30. Kf2 Red8 31. Rec1 Rd3 32. b4 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Rd3 34. Qc2
h6 35. b5 Qd8 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. a4 f6 38. c5 bxc5 39. Rxc5 Qe8 40. Ke1 Rd3 41. Qe2
Qe7 42. Kf2 fxe5 43. Rxe5 Bd5 44. a5 Qb4 45. g4 Rb3 46. Kg3 Rb2 47. Qd1 Rb3 48.
Qc1 Rc3 49. Qd2 Qb3 50. Kf2 Rc2 51. b6 Rxd2+ 52. Bxd2 Qf3+ 53. Ke1 Bc4 0-1

