[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, classical defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Nf1 Bc5 16. Ng3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qd6 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Bg5 Ne5 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. f4 Ng6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. f5 d4 25. Qf3 Re5 26. fxg6 Qd5 27. h4 Kg7
28. h5 dxc3 29. bxc3 Bd6 30. Rh1 Kh6 31. Rh4 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rc5 33. Rg4 Bf8 34.
Rf4 Rxc3+ 35. Kg4 Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kg8 37. Re4 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. Be3 Nd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. O-O
b6 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nc4 Ng4 11. Bd2 Be6 12. h3 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Nf6 14. Bg5 Qxd1 15.
Rfxd1 Nd7 16. Rd3 Be7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Kf1 Rhe8 20. Ke2 Nf8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Nd1 Ne6 24. Ne3 Ke7 25. h4 h5 26. g3 Ng7 27. Nf1 Ne8
28. Nd2 Nd6 29. b3 Ke6 30. Ke3 f6 31. Nb1 g5 32. Nd2 gxh4 33. gxh4 f5 34. Kf3 b5
35. Ke3 bxc4 36. bxc4 fxe4 37. Nxe4 Nf5+ 38. Kd3 Nxh4 39. Ng3 Ng6 40. Nxh5 Kf5
41. Ke3 Nf8 42. f4 Nd7 43. Ng3+ Kg4 44. Ne2 exf4+ 45. Nxf4 Kf5 46. Nd3 a5 47.
Kd2 Ke4 48. Kc3 Ke3 49. Nc1 Nf6 50. a4 Ne4+ 51. Kb2 Kd4 52. Nb3+ Kxc4 53. Nxa5+
Kb4 54. Nxc6+ Kxa4 55. Ne5 Kb4 56. Nd3+ Kc4 57. Nxc5 Kxc5 58. c4 Kc6 59. c5 Nc3
60. Kxc3 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc4 Nbd7 8. Be2
b5 9. Ne3 Qc6 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 Be7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qb3 b4 14. Bd2 Ne4 15.
Be1 a5 16. cxb4 axb4 17. Bb5 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rd1 Qc6 20. Bxb4 Qb7 21. Rxd7
Kxd7 22. Qd3+ Ke8 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Qa3+ Nd6 25. Nd4 Rd8 26. Nb3 Rb6 27. Nc5 Qb8
28. b4 Rxb4 29. Na6 Rb3 30. Nxb8 Rxa3 31. Nc6+ Kd7 32. Nxd8 Kxd8 33. Rd1 Ke7 34.
Rxd6 Rxe3 35. fxe3 Kxd6 36. Kf2 Kc5 37. Kf3 Kb4 38. Ke4 f6 39. Kd4 Kxa4 40. Kc5
Kb3 41. Kd6 e5 42. g4 Kc4 43. Ke6 Kd3 44. Kf7 Kxe3 45. Kxg7 Kf4 46. Kxf6 e4 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. b3 a5 2. e4 a4 3. Bb2 e6 4. bxa4 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd6
Bxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O N8d7 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bf1 Bd7 13. Nb5 Ncxa4 14. Bd4 Bc6
15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Rb1 e5 17. Ba1 Re8 18. c4 f6 19. d4 Nc8 20. c5 e4 21. d5 exf3
22. dxc6 Rxe1 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Rxe1 Ne7 25. Qf7 Nxc6 26. Bxf6 Qf8 27. Qxb7 gxf6
28. Qxc6 Nxc5 29. Qxf3 Nd7 30. Qd5 Ne5 31. f4 Ng6 32. g3 Ra7 33. Re6 Kg7 34.
Rxd6 Ne7 35. Qe6 Qf7 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. exd5 Bb4 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8.
a3 Ba5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Ne4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Qxf3 15. gxf3 Rxd4 16. Rfd1 Bb6 17. c3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Re8 19. Kf1 Re5 20. Ng3 g6
21. c4 Bc5 22. b4 Bf8 23. f4 Re8 24. f5 h5 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Rd3 c5 27. b5 Bd6
28. f3 h4 29. Ne4 Bxh2 30. Kg2 Bf4 31. Kh3 g5 32. a4 c6 33. bxc6 Kc7 34. Rd7+
Kxc6 35. Rxa7 Rb8 36. Ra6+ Rb6 37. Ra5 Be3 38. Rb5 Rb7 39. Nf6 Rf7 40. a5 Rb7
41. a6 Ra7 42. Nd5 Rxa6 43. Nxe3 Ra3 44. Nd5 Rxf3+ 45. Kg4 Rg3+ 46. Kf5 Rg1 47.
Rb6+ Kd7 48. Rh6 Rg2 49. Nf6+ Kc7 50. Ke5 Rd2 51. Nd5+ Kb7 52. Rh7+ Kb8 53. Kd6
Rd3 54. Kc6 Rf3 55. Kb6 Kc8 56. Kxc5 h3 57. Kc6 Kb8 58. Nb6 Rf6+ 59. Kb5 Rf3 60.
c5 h2 61. Rxh2 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4
Qd6 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Qd4 Qd6 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 f5 13. Nxd5 Ba5+ 14. Ke2 Nxd4+ 15.
Bxd4 Nd2 16. Qc5 Ne4 17. Qc4 Bf7 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. e6 Qe7 20. Bc5 Qxe6+ 21. Qxe6
Bxe6 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rhc1 Bb6 24. Bc4 Bd7 25. Kf1 Ne4 26. Rc2 Re8 27. Rd1 Bc8
28. h4 h6 29. h5 Ke7 30. Ne5 c6 31. Bf7 Rf8 32. Bb3 Re8 33. Re2 Bc7 34. Ng6+ Kf6
35. Kg1 Bb6 36. g3 Kg5 37. Kg2 Rd8 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. f3 Nd6 40. Be6 Bf6 41. Nf4
Bxe6 42. Rxe6 Nb5 43. b3 a5 44. Re8 Nc3 45. Ra8 Nxa2 46. Rxa5 Nb4 47. Ra7 b5 48.
Kh3 Nc2 49. Ne6+ Kxh5 50. Nxg7+ Kg6 51. Ne6 Bc3 52. Rc7 Nb4 53. Nd8 Be5 54. Rc8
Bf6 55. Nxc6 Nd3 56. Rb8 f4 57. Rxb5 fxg3 58. Kxg3 h5 59. Rd5 h4+ 60. Kh2 Nf4
61. Rd2 Bc3 62. Rc2 Be1 63. b4 Bg3+ 64. Kh1 h3 65. Nd4 Nd3 66. b5 Nf2+ 67. Rxf2
Bxf2 68. Ne2 Kg5 69. Kh2 Kh4 70. Nc3 Bd4 71. Nd5 Be5+ 72. Kh1 Bd6 73. Nf6 Be5
74. Ne4 Bc7 75. Nc3 Kg3 76. f4 Kg4 77. Nd5 Bb8 78. Kh2 Kf5 79. b6 Ke4 80. Nc7
Kxf4 81. Kxh3 Ke5 82. Kg4 Kd6 83. Na6 Kc6 84. Nxb8+ Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e4
g5 9. Bg3 b5 10. e5 Nh5 11. Qe4 Qd5 12. Qg4 Ng7 13. Be2 f5 14. Qh3 g4 15. Qxh6
gxf3 16. Bxf3 Qxd4 17. O-O c6 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Ne4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Rf5 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. e6 Bf8 23. Be5 c5 24. Bxg7 Bxg7 25. e7 Bd7 26. Qh5 Qc6 27. Rfe1 Be8 28.
Rd8 Na6 29. Re6 Qd7 30. Rxa8 Nc7 31. Rd8 Nxe6 32. Rxe8+ Nf8 33. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian, Byrne (Simagin) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. h3
e5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nde5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Qe7
15. Rd1 c5 16. f4 Qh4+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 g5 19. g3 gxf4 20. gxf4 Bc6 21.
Kg3 Bh6 22. Rd6 Ng6 23. Rxe6 Bxf4+ 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Re5 b6 26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. h4
Ng6 28. Rg5 Rae8 29. Rd1 Ne5 30. Be2 Re6 31. h5 Nf7 32. Rg4 Nd6 33. Bd3 b5 34.
Bc2 Rfe8 35. e5 Nf7 36. Bf5 Rxe5 37. Bd7 Re3+ 38. Kh2 Bxd7 39. Rxd7 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Bxa3 8.
bxa3 Bd7 9. Ne5 Bc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bb2 Nd5 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. e3 Qe7 14. Qc2
Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. h4 h6 17. Rd2 Rd7 18. Qc3 Red8 19. Rcd1 f5 20. Ba1 a5 21.
e4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Qf6 23. Kg2 a4 24. Re1 Nxd4 25. Bxb7 c6 26. Red1 e5 27. Ba6 Kh8
28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Qf3+ 30. Kh3 Qf5+ 31. Kg2 Qf3+ 32. Kh3 Ne2 33. Rxd7 Rxd7
34. Rxd7 Nf4+ 35. Qxf4 exf4 36. Bxg7+ Kh7 37. Bd4+ Kg8 38. Kh2 fxg3+ 39. fxg3
Qe2+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 c5 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Bf6 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+
46. Kh2 Qf5 47. Ba1 Qf2+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Ne5 8. Qg3
b5 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bg1 h5 12. e5 b4 13. Na4 Nd5 14. h3 Nh6 15. f5
Bb7 16. Bd3 Be7 17. Kb1 h4 18. Qe1 Nf4 19. Bh2 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa5 21. fxe6 fxe6
22. b3 O-O 23. Rg1 Rac8 24. g3 Qc7 25. gxh4 Nf5 26. Qe2 Rf7 27. Bg3 a5 28. Nxf5
Rxf5 29. Rd4 Rcf8 30. h5 Bc6 31. h6 Qa7 32. Bf2 Rxf2 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Qd3 R8f5
35. Rxe7 R2f3 36. Qc4 Rf1+ 37. Kb2 Qb8 38. Nc5 Qxe5 39. Nxe6 dxe6 40. Rxe6 Qc7
41. Qxc6 Qxc6 42. Rxc6 Rh1 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, 4.O-O, d6"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Re8 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. b3 c5 13. Nf3 Bc6 14. e5 Nh5 15.
Bh2 g6 16. Qd3 Ng7 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rb6 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Nd2
Qa8 22. Nc4 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Ra6 24. a4 Rd8 25. Red1 Nd4 26. Rd2 f5 27. a5 Kf7 28.
b4 Ke6 29. Ne3 g5 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Re5+ Kf7 32. Nc4 f4 33. f3 Ne6 34. Rdd5 Bf6
35. Rxd8 Bxd8 36. h4 h6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. g3 Bc7 39. Rf5+ Kg6 40. g4 Bxa5 41.
Kg2 Bc3 42. Bg1 Ra2 43. Ne5+ Bxe5 44. Rxe5 Rxc2+ 45. Kh3 Kf6 46. Bd4 Ke7 47. Rd5
cxd4 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Rf7+ Ke5 50. Rf5+ Kd6 51. Rd5+ Kc7 52. Rd7+ Kb6 53. Rb7+
Ka5 54. Rb5+ Ka4 55. Rb4+ Ka3 56. Rb3+ Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 g6 8. Ne2 Bf5
9. Qc1 Bd3 10. Ng3 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 h5 12. h4 Bg7 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. Ne2
Rac8 16. Qb1 Rfe8 17. g3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Kg2 a6 20. Rc1 Ned7 21. b4 Ne5 22.
Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd3 Re7 24. Nf4 Rec7 25. Nf3 Rc4 26. Ra5 Qc7 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28.
Rxd5 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Qxc3 30. Qe4 Qc6 31. Ne1 Re8 32. Qf3 Bc3 33. Nd3 b6 34. Nf4
Be5 35. Nd3 Bc3 36. Nf4 Be5 37. Nd3 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 e4 8. Bxf6
exf3 9. Bxe7 fxg2 10. Bxg2 Qxe7 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Ne4 Ne5 14. f4 Ng4
15. h3 Nh6 16. O-O Nf5 17. Qf2 Re8 18. Ra3 Nd4 19. e3 Nxc2 20. Rc3 Nb4 21. Ng3
f5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Qh4 24. f5 Bd7 25. f6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Rxf6 Rad8
28. Rh6 Re7 29. Rxd6 Rf8 30. Rxc5 Bxa4 31. Rc4 Rg7 32. Rxb4 Rxg3+ 33. Kh2 Rg7
34. Rxa4 Rf2+ 35. Kh1 Rf1+ 36. Kh2 Rf2+ 37. Kh1 Rf1+ 38. Kh2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. f4 O-O 8. e5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. Qf3 d6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. b4 Bxe3
15. Qxe3 a5 16. O-O axb4 17. axb4 dxe5 18. fxe5 Rxb4 19. Ra8 g6 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. g3 Rb1+ 23. Kg2 e5 24. g4 e4 25. Ba6 Bxa6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "1710400"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. O-O Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Nd2 Bf5 10. b4 e5 11. Nb3 exd4 12. exd4 c5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Ba3 Na6 15.
Bf3 Qc7 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Rfd8 18. Bd5 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qe2 e5 21. Ba3
exd4 22. Qd3 Rac8 23. Rac1 Qf7 24. g3 Rd7 25. Rc2 Rdc7 26. Rfc1 Bh6 27. f4 Bg7
28. Bd6 Rd7 29. c5 Qd5 30. Re1 b6 31. Qa6 Rdd8 32. Qc4 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "1710400"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Rfb1 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Nd5 Bd7 14. a5 Ne5 15.
Bg5 Re8 16. b3 Ng4 17. Re1 h6 18. Bh4 Bc6 19. h3 Nf6 20. c4 Nh5 21. f3 g5 22.
Bf2 e6 23. Nb6 Be5 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Ne2 Red8 26. Bd4 Nf4 27. b4 Kh7 28. Qb2 Qf6
29. Nxf4 gxf4 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. b5 Be8 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. c5 Bb5 34. Qc2 Rxd1 35.
Rxd1 Rd8 36. Rd6 Qh4 37. Qf2 Qf6 38. Qd2 Rg8 39. c6 Qe7 40. Nd7 Qg5 41. Qb2 Qh4
42. Qf2 Qe7 43. Qd2 Qg5 44. Qb2 Qh4 45. Qf2 Qe7 46. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. h4 h5 10. Bg5 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Be3 e6 13. Nge2 Bd6 14. Nf4 Kf7 15.
Nxh5 Qg8 16. Qf3 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18. Ng3 Rag8 19. Rc1 a6 20. Kf1 Bxg3 21. fxg3
Bf5 22. Ne2 Bd3 23. Rd1 Bxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Rxg3 25. Kf2 Rhg8 26. Rh2 R3g4 27. h5 Na5
28. Bc2 Nbc4 29. Bg6+ Ke7 30. Bc1 Nc6 31. b3 Nd6 32. Be3 f5 33. Rh3 Ne4+ 34. Kg1
Kf6 35. Rf1 Rh8 36. Kh2 Rc8 37. Rc1 Rg8 38. Rf1 Nd6 39. Bf4 Nb5 40. Bc1 Ne7 41.
a4 Nxd4 42. Bb2 Nxg6 43. hxg6 R8xg6 44. g3 Re4 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

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

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 a5
9. a4 Bh7 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Ne1 Nf5 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Re1 g5 14. Bh5 Ng7 15. Be2 h5
16. Ndc5 g4 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Nc5+ Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Qb3 Rhb8 21. Be3 Qe7
22. Rad1 b6 23. f3 gxf3 24. Bxf3 Kc7 25. Bf2 Bg6 26. c4 Qb4 27. Qa2 Qxc4 28.
Qxc4 dxc4 29. Rd6 c5 30. Rc6+ Kd7 31. Rd6+ Kc7 32. Red1 Bd3 33. b3 Rd8 34. Bxa8
Rxa8 35. bxc4 Bxc4 36. Rd7+ Kc8 37. Rd8+ Kb7 38. R1d7+ Kc6 39. Rd6+ Kb7 40. Rxa8
Kxa8 41. Rxb6 Nf5 42. Bxc5 Nh4 43. Bd4 Bd3 44. Rb3 Be4 45. Rh3 Nxg2 46. Rxh5 Kb7
47. Kf2 Kc6 48. Bc3 Kd5 49. Bd2 Kd4 50. h4 Kd3 51. Bg5 Kd4 52. Rh8 Kxe5 53. h5
Kf5 54. Rg8 f6 55. h6 Ke5 56. Bc1 Nh4 57. h7 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 a5
9. Nbd2 e6 10. Rc1 Na6 11. a3 Qe7 12. e3 d6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Nb1 Ne4
16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 e4
22. Bxg7 exf3 23. Bxf3 Kxg7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qd6 Qc7 26. Qd2 Nb8 27. b4 axb4
28. axb4 Nd7 29. b5 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bb6 6. dxe5 Bg4 7. exd6 Nf6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxd6 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Rd7 14. Qf5
Qxf5 15. exf5 Bxf2 16. Nf3 Re7 17. g4 Ne4 18. Kc2 Rhe8 19. Rh2 Bc5 20. b4 Be3
21. Bd5 Nf6 22. Re2 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 c6 24. Rd1 Bf4 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Rd4 Be3 27.
Rc4 Bb6 28. b5 Kd7 29. bxc6+ bxc6 30. Kd2 Kd6 31. Rb4 h6 32. a4 Kd5 33. a5 Bxa5
34. Rd4+ Kc5 35. f6 gxf6 36. Rf4 Bd8 37. Rf5+ Kb6 38. Rh5 Bc7 39. Kc2 Re3 40.
Rf5 Be5 41. Kd2 Re4 42. Nxe5 fxe5 43. Rxf7 Rf4 44. Rxf4 exf4 45. h4 a5 46. g5
hxg5 47. hxg5 a4 48. g6 a3 49. g7 a2 50. g8=Q a1=Q 51. Qb8+ Kc5 52. Qb4+ Kd5 53.
Qd4+ Ke6 54. Qe4+ Kd7 55. Qd4+ Kc8 56. Qxf4 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

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 "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Bondarevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Nde2 Be6 10. Qd2 Bg7 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Rd1 f5 14. Qxd6
Nd4 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bd3 b5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nxb5 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 Rxd1+ 20.
Kxd1 Bxb2 21. Ke2 Rc8 22. Ba4 Rc7 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. Bb3 Ke7 25. Kf1 Rd7 26. Re1 e5
27. Re3 Kf6 28. Rh3 Kg5 29. Be6 Re7 30. Bd5 e4 31. Ke2 Bd4 32. Rb3 Rc7 33. c4
Rc5 34. Ra3 Rc8 35. f3 exf3+ 36. Rxf3 Re8+ 37. Kd3 Bc5 38. Rh3 Re7 39. Rg3+ Kf4
40. Kd2 Re3 41. Rg7 Ra3 42. Rxh7 Rxa2+ 43. Kd3 a5 44. Rc7 Ra3+ 45. Kc2 Bb4 46.
Kb2 Rc3 47. Rb7 Re3 48. Bf3 Rc3 49. Bd5 Re3 50. h4 Kg4 51. Rh7 a4 52. Bf3+ Kf4
53. Rb7 Rb3+ 54. Ka2 Ra3+ 55. Kb2 Rb3+ 56. Ka2 Ra3+ 57. Kb2 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Bb5 Rc8 14.
Kb1 Bb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Ng5 Ke7 18. a3 Ba5 19. Bc4 Nd8 20. Bb5 Nc6
21. b4 Bb6 22. Rhe1 Nd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxe6+ Kf8 25. Rd6 h6 26. Nf3 Bxf2 27.
Ne5 Rg8 28. Ng6+ Kf7 29. Bc4+ Rxc4 30. Ne5+ Ke7 31. Nxc4 b5 32. Rd2 Rxg2 33. Nd6
f4 34. Nxb5 Rxh2 35. Kc2 Bg1 36. Rxh2 Bxh2 37. Kd3 h5 38. Ke4 a6 39. Nd4 Bg3 40.
Ne2 Kd6 41. Nxf4 Bxf4 42. Kxf4 Kd5 43. a4 Kc4 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5 Kxb5 46. Kg5
h4 47. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bf4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nd5 12. Ng5 Qxd4 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Nxd5 Qxb3
15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16. axb3 Kxe7 17. e4 Be6 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. h4 Nc5 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bh3+ Ke7 23. Rxa7 Bxb2 24. b4 Nxe4 25. Rxb7+ Kf8 26. Bf1 Rd1 27.
Kg2 Nf6 28. b5 Rxf1 29. bxc6 Re1 30. c7 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. a4 a5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15.
Nd4 Bd7 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Ne4 Qg7 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Ng3
fxe5 22. Nxh5 Qf7 23. Ng3 Bc4 24. Qe4 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rae8 26. h4 gxh4 27. Nxh4
Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Re6 29. Qg4+ Kh7 30. Nh5 Rg8 31. Qe2 Rf8 32. Qg4 Qg8 33. Qe4+ Kh8
34. g3 Qg5 35. Qe2 Rd6 36. Kg2 Rdf6 37. Kh3 Bxg3 38. Nxg3 Rxf1 39. Nxf1 Rf4 40.
Nf3 Qg4+ 41. Kh2 Qxf3 42. Qxe5+ Kh7 43. Ng3 Rh4+ 44. Kg1 Rg4 45. Kh2 Rg7 46. b4
axb4 47. a5 c5 48. a6 c4 49. a7 b3 50. cxb3 cxb3 51. Qe1 b2 52. Qb1+ Rg6 53. Qe1
b1=Q 54. a8=Q Qc2+ 55. Kh3 Qcg2+ 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 e6
9. e5 Nfd7 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Ngf3 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bd3 Nc6 15.
O-O Nh5 16. Be3 Nf4 17. b4 Bd7 18. Nb3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Ne7 20. Rfe1 Rxf3 21. gxf3
Rf8 22. Bg5 Nf5 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Re2 h6 25. Bd2 a6 26. Rae1 Rf6 27. Kh1 Qd6 28.
f4 Kh7 29. Qh3 b6 30. Nd3 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Nc5 Qb6 33. Qd3 Bf8 34. Rb1 Qc7
35. Qb5 Bd6 36. Nd3 Rf7 37. Ne5 Rg7 38. Be1 g5 39. fxg5 Rxg5 40. f4 Rg8 41. Rbb2
Bxe5 42. fxe5 Rg5 43. Rg2 Qf7 44. Rxg5 hxg5 45. Rg2 Qg6 46. Qe2 a4 47. h4 a3 48.
Rxg5 Qh6 49. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. b4 g5 13. c5 Rf6 14. a4 Rg6 15. Kh1 a6 16.
Rg1 Nf6 17. Nf2 Nh5 18. g3 Rh6 19. Kg2 Nf6 20. a5 Qe8 21. Rh1 Qg6 22. cxd6 cxd6
23. Na4 fxg3 24. hxg3 Rxh1 25. Qxh1 g4 26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Ra3 h5 28. Qh4 gxf3+ 29.
Bxf3 Bh6 30. Bxh5 Nxh5 31. Bxh6 Qf7 32. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. h3 Ne6 17. Qa4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qc5 19. b4 Qc4 20. Qxa7 d4
21. exd4 Nxd4 22. Bxb7 Rc7 23. Qa5 Rcd7 24. Ba6 Qe6 25. Kh1 Rd6 26. b5 g6 27. a4
Qf5 28. Qb4 Qe5 29. Qc3 Qf4 30. Bb7 Nxb5 31. Rxd6 Nxc3 32. Rxd8+ Kg7 33. a5 Qc7
34. a6 Nb5 35. Rfd1 h5 36. Kg1 h4 37. R8d7 Qc2 38. Ra1 Qc3 39. Rdd1 g5 40. a7 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Nb4 9. a3 Na6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. e4 c5 12. Nc2 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4
Qb6 16. Rb1 Rad8 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rfd1 Nb8 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Qc6 21. b5 Qc8
22. Ne3 Nbd7 23. Bxd6 Nc5 24. Qc2 Nfd7 25. f3 Ne5 26. f4 Ned3 27. e5 Nxf4 28.
Bf3 Nfd3 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Nxe5 31. c5 f5 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Nf7 34. Nc4
Re4 35. Qd3 Rxc4 36. Qxc4 Nxd6 37. Qd3 Ne4 38. Rc1 Rxd5 39. Qxd5 Nc3 40. Qc4 Qe8
41. Kf1 Nxb5 42. Qd5 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

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 Rb8 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qc2 h6 15.
c5 Nd5 16. Qf2 Nb4 17. Bb1 Ba6 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. g3 Qa5 20. a3 Qa4 21. Bc2 Qc4 22.
b3 Qe2 23. Qxe2 Bxe2 24. Re1 Bg4 25. Bd2 Bf5 26. b4 a5 27. Rab1 axb4 28. axb4
Rb7 29. Bd3 Rfb8 30. Ba6 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Bxc5+ 32. Kg2 Rb6 33. Bc4 Bxb4 34. Bxd5
Bxd2 35. Rxb6 Rxb6 36. Ba2 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O d4 11. Ne2 e5 12. h3 Re8 13. b4 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Nde5 16. b5 Na5 17. Rb1 Nec4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qd3 Be6 20. Nxd4 Nxa3 21.
Rb4 Bc4 22. Rxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxe4 24. c3 a6 25. bxa6 Rxa6 26. Bg3 Qd7 27. Kh2
h6 28. Qd3 Re8 29. Rf5 Rg6 30. Qf3 Rg5 31. Rf4 b5 32. Bh4 Rg6 33. Nf5 Kh7 34.
Bf2 Qc7 35. Bg3 Qc6 36. Nd4 Qxf3 37. Rxf3 Rb6 38. Rxf7 b4 39. cxb4 Rxb4 40. Rd7
Rb2 41. Nf5 Kg6 42. Ne7+ Kh7 43. h4 Re2 44. Nd5 Kg8 45. Kh3 Rf8 46. Nf4 Rfe8 47.
Nxe2 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "1710400"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bh5 4. h4 f6 5. d4 e6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. Nbc3 c6
9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Bf7 12. h5 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Nc1 e5 15. Nd3
f5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 d4 19. exd4 Bxf4 20. Qf2 fxg4 21. Ne2 Nd5
22. Nxf4 Qxf4 23. Qxf4+ Nxf4 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Rhe8 26. Rhg1 Nxh5 27. Rxg4
Rd7 28. d5 Nf6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rf4 Re5 31. Rxf6 cxd5 32. Rh6 d4 33. Kb2 Rc5
34. Kb3 Rc6 35. Rdh1 Rxh6 36. Rxh6 d3 37. cxd3 Rxd3+ 38. Kb4 Rd7 39. a4 Kc7 40.
a5 Rg7 41. a6 bxa6 42. Rxa6 Kb7 43. Rh6 Rf7 44. Kb5 a6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Be2 h6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6 8. O-O
d5 9. a4 Nc6 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Ne4 12. Nb3 a5 13. Bb5 f5 14. Nc1 Nd6 15. Ne2
Nxb5 16. axb5 Ne7 17. h4 Qc7 18. Nf4 Kh7 19. Ra4 Rf6 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. g3 Nxf4 22.
exf4 d6 23. Rfa1 Bc8 24. Qd3 Bd7 25. b4 Rff8 26. Nd2 Rfc8 27. R4a3 Qd8 28. bxa5
Rxa5 29. Rxa5 bxa5 30. Nb1 Qc7 31. Ra2 Kg8 32. Rb2 Qb6 33. Na3 Qb7 34. b6 a4 35.
Kh2 Rc6 36. Qb5 Rxc3 37. Qb4 Rc1 38. Qxd6 Kh7 39. Qb4 Be8 40. Rc2 Rxc2 41. Nxc2
Bc6 42. Kg2 Qa6 43. Qd6 Qxb6 44. Qxe6 Qb7 45. Qxf5+ Kg8 46. Qe6+ Kh8 47. f5 Qd7
48. Qe5 Qf7 49. g4 Kh7 50. Kg3 Bd7 51. Kf4 Kh8 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qd6 Qe8 54. f3
Qe2 55. Qg6+ Kh8 56. f6 Qh2+ 57. Ke3 Qg1+ 58. Kd2 Qh2+ 59. Kd3 Bb5+ 60. Kc3 Qc7+
61. Kb4 gxf6 62. Qxh6+ Kg8 63. Qg6+ Kh8 64. Qxf6+ Kh7 65. Qf5+ Kh6 66. Qh5+ Kg7
67. Qe5+ Qxe5 68. dxe5 Be2 69. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. a3 a5 13. Qe2 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Be7 19. Ba6 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxc5 21. Rxc5
Bxc5 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Qe2 Qf6 24. Rd1 Rb8 25. b3 g6 26. Bc4 h5 27. g3 Rd8 28.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Bxd3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Bc5 32. Kf3 Bb4 33. Kg2 Bc5 34. Kf3
Bb4 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. Qe2 Bg7 5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Ne7 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Bxf3 O-O 10. Bg2 a5 11. Kh2 a4 12. a3 Re8 13. f4 c5 14. c3 Nbc6 15. Be3 Qb6
16. Qc2 d4 17. Bg1 Qb3 18. Rc1 Red8 19. Qxb3 axb3 20. e5 g5 21. Be4 gxf4 22.
gxf4 Bh6 23. Rf1 Ng6 24. Kg3 Kh8 25. Nd2 dxc3 26. Nxb3 cxb2 27. Rab1 c4 28. dxc4
Rxa3 29. Rxb2 Na5 30. Bb6 Nxb3 31. Rf3 Bxf4+ 32. Kg4 Bxe5 33. Bxg6 Bxb2 34. Rxf7
hxg6 35. Bxd8 Nc5 36. Bb6 Ne4 37. Rxb7 Be5 38. Bd8 Rg3+ 39. Kh4 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange, Trifunovic variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Rc8 12. Ne5 bxc6 13. f3 c5 14. dxc5 Nh5
15. Bg3 f6 16. Nd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rxc5
21. Rhc1 Rfc8 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. g4 Kf7 24. b4 Rc4 25. Rb1 Ke7 26. Rb3 Kd6 27.
Ra3 Rxb4 28. Rxa7 Rb2+ 29. Kd3 Rxg2 30. Rxg7 Rxa2 31. Rxh7 Ra3+ 32. Ke2 Ra2+ 33.
Kd3 Ra3+ 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a5 8. Re1 Be6
9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 d5 12. Nbd2 d4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Re1 a4 15.
Rc1 Nb4 16. Nc4 Nxa2 17. Ra1 Nb4 18. Rxa4 Rxa4 19. Qxa4 Nxd3 20. Rd1 Nf4 21.
Nxd4 Nxe4 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Nce5 Ng5 24. Qb3 Nxf3+ 25. Nxf3 Nxh3+ 26. gxh3 Qxf3
27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Rd2 h6 29. Re2 Rf5 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. Kg2 Rg5+ 32. Kf1 Qc1+ 33.
Re1 Qxb2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Rg6 36. Qd3 Qf6 37. Rc1 c6 38. Rc4 Qa1+ 39. Ke2
Qb2+ 40. Kf1 Qb5 41. h4 h5 42. Ke2 Qe5+ 43. Kf1 c5 44. Ra4 Qd6 45. Qf3 Qd7 46.
Rc4 b6 47. Qxh5+ Rh6 48. Qf3 Rf6 49. Qh5+ Kg8 50. Rc3 Qf5 51. Qe2 Re6 52. Re3
Qd5 53. Kg1 Rg6+ 54. Rg3 Rxg3+ 55. fxg3 c4 56. h5 Kh7 57. Qg4 Qd3 58. h6 Kxh6
59. Qe6+ Kh7 60. Qh3+ Kg6 61. Qe6+ Kg5 62. Qe5+ Kh6 63. Qe6+ g6 64. Qe5 Qf5 65.
Qh8+ Kg5 66. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne3 c3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Rb8 13. Nc4 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7
15. Bxb8 Bxg2 16. Bd6 Bxh1 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. f3 Bg2 19. Nf4 Bh1 20. Nd3 Bg2 21.
Nf4 Bh1 22. Nd3 1/2-1/2

