[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[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 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 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 "2021.03.15"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Re1 Be6 8. a5 a6
9. Nc3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Nfg5 Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Ba2 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15.
Bxd5 Rfe8 16. Ra4 Qf6 17. h4 Rad8 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Bxf3 f6 20. Rc4 e4 21. dxe4
Re5 22. Ra1 Rd7 23. Bg4 Rd4 24. Rxd4 Nxd4 25. Rd1 Nxc2 26. Rc1 Nd4 27. Rxc7 h5
28. Bc8 Rxa5 29. Bxb7 Kh7 30. Bd5 f5 31. Rc4 f4 32. Rxd4 fxg3 33. fxg3 Ra1+ 34.
Kf2 Rc1 35. Rb4 Be8 36. Rb8 Bb5 37. Bg8+ Kh6 38. Ke3 g5 39. Bd5 gxh4 40. gxh4
Rc2 41. b3 Kg7 42. g3 Kf6 43. Rb6+ Ke7 44. Kf4 Rc3 45. Rg6 a5 46. Ke5 Be8 47.
Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rg8+ Ke7 49. Kd4 Rc1 50. Rg7+ Kf6 51. Ra7 Rd1+ 52. Kc5 Rd3 53. e5+
Kf5 54. e6 Ke5 55. Bc4 Rxg3 56. Ra8 Bg6 57. e7 Rg4 58. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Qc7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 Rd8 13. Qe2 b6 14. O-O-O Bxg3
15. hxg3 Bb7 16. Rh4 h6 17. Qe3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 cxd4 19. Rhxd4 Rac8 20. Kb1 Kf8
21. a4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Ke7 23. Bd3 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Kc2 a5 26. Kd2 h5 27. Rc4
Rxc4 28. Bxc4 g6 29. Bb5 Kd6 30. Ke3 Ng4+ 31. Ke2 Nf6 32. Ke3 Ng4+ 33. Ke2 Nf6
34. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8.
Bb5 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nb3 Qb4 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxc5
15. Re1 a6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Nf3 b5 18. h4 Bb7 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 d4 21. f4 Qc6
22. Qg4 h5 23. Qg3 Nc5 24. Bf6 Kh7 25. Bf1 Ne4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Re1 Qxc2 28.
Bd3 Qxa2 29. Re2 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Qd1 31. Re1 Qd2 32. Re2 Qd1 33. Re1 Qd2 34. Re2
Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Be6 15.
Qxd6 Rc8 16. Rf2 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nd7 19. a4 Ke7 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Rb1
b6 22. Bf1 a5 23. Ba6 Rxc3 24. Bb7 Kd6 25. Rd1+ Ke7 26. Rfd2 Nc5 27. Bc6 Rxe3
28. Rb1 Nxe4 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Nc5 31. Rxb6 Nxd3 32. Ra6 f5 33. Rxa5 e4 34.
Bb5 Nb4 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. a5 g5 37. a6 f4 38. Rh7 Bd5 39. Rxh6+ Ke5 40. gxf4+
gxf4 41. a7 Bb7 42. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e5 5. c4 e4 6. Nd4 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Qh5 10. Ne3 O-O-O 11. Qc2 Bc5 12. Bb2 Rhe8 13. Rc1 Kb8 14. h3 Ne5
15. Kf1 Nf3 16. Nb1 Ba6 17. g4 Qg5 18. b4 Bxe3 19. dxe3 Nd5 20. h4 Qxg4 21. Rh3
Nxh4 22. Rg3 Nxe3+ 23. Kg1 Qxg3 24. fxg3 Nxc2 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. a4 b4 10. a5 Rb8 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nc4 h6 13. Re1 Qc8 14. h3 Rd8 15. Bc2 Bf8
16. Qe2 b3 17. Bb1 Rb5 18. Be3 Re8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxh3 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. gxh3 Qxh3 24. f4 Kh8 25. Qg2 Qh4 26. Re3 d5 27. Rh3 Qe1+ 28. Kh2
dxc4 29. e5 Rbxe5 30. fxe5 Qxe5+ 31. Qg3 Qe2+ 32. Qg2 Bd6+ 33. Kh1 Qd1+ 34. Qg1
Qd5+ 35. Be4 Qxe4+ 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Re2+ 38. Kf3 Rxb2 39. Rxh6+ Kg7 40.
Rh4 Rc2 41. Rxc4 b2 42. Rb1 Ba3 43. Rg1+ Kf8 44. Rxc7 Rc1 45. Rc8+ Ke7 46. Rgg8
b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. Bf4 Qd7
15. a3 Qc8 16. Bd3 Na5 17. Qe2 Qa8 18. b4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Nc6 21. d5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Be4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bc7 f5 27. Bxd8
Bxd8 28. Bd3 Be7 29. h3 Kf7 30. Kf1 Kf6 31. Bc4 e5 32. Bg8 h6 33. Bc4 Kg5 34.
Ba6 Kf4 35. Ke2 e4 36. fxe4 Kxe4 37. Bd3+ Kf4 38. Bc4 Ke5 39. Kd3 g5 40. f3 Kf4
41. Be6 b5 42. Ke2 Bf6 43. Bd7 Bb2 44. a4 bxa4 45. Bxa4 Ba3 46. b5 Kg3 47. Bc2
f4 48. Bf5 h5 49. Be6 Kg2 50. Bf5 Bc5 51. Be6 g4 52. fxg4 f3+ 53. Kd2 f2 54. Bc4
h4 55. g5 f1=Q 56. Bxf1+ Kxf1 57. g6 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd3 d5 8.
Qg3 d4 9. Nb1 h5 10. h4 Nf6 11. e5 Ne4 12. Qf4 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxd2+
15. Qxd2 Qd5 16. f4 a5 17. Be2 Ba6 18. Bf3 Qc5 19. O-O-O Rd8 20. Kb1 O-O 21.
Rhg1 Rd7 22. g4 Rb8 23. Ka1 d3 24. cxd3 Rxd3 25. Qg2 hxg4 26. Bxg4 a4 27. Rxd3
Bxd3 28. Bxe6 g6 29. f5 Kf8 30. fxg6 fxe6 31. Rd1 a3 32. Qf3+ Bf5 33. b3 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rubinstein; Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd5 Qb6 9. Bc4 Bxf2+ 10. Ke2 O-O 11. Rf1 Bc5 12. Ng5 Nd4+ 13. Kd1 Ne6 14. Ne4
d6 15. exd6 Rd8 16. c3 Bxd6 17. Kc2 Bf4 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 Bxh2 20. g3 b6 21.
Bc4 b5 22. Bxb5 Bb7 23. Bd3 Rd7 24. Re1 Rc8 25. Bf1 Nd4+ 26. Kb1 Nf3 27. Re2 f5
28. Bh3 Ng1 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "1710400"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Be6 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. h3 cxd4 16. cxd4 a6 17. a4 Na5 18. e4 Bb3 19. Rd2 Qxa4 20. Bxe7 Re8 21. Bc5
b5 22. Rdb2 Bc4 23. e5 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qc4 25. Qa3 Nb7 26. Bb6 Ra8 27. Qa2 Qc6 28.
Ba5 Nxa5 29. Qxa5 Bf8 30. Ra2 Qd5 31. Rba1 Rec8 32. Qd2 b4 33. Ra5 Qe4 34. Re1
Qc2 35. Qf4 Qf5 36. Qd2 b3 37. e6 Qf6 38. exf7+ Kg7 39. Rb1 Rab8 40. Qd3 b2 41.
Re5 Rc1+ 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Nxe1 Rb5 44. Qe2 Qxd4 45. Nd3 a5 46. g3 a4 47. Nf4
Rb6 48. Ne6+ Rxe6 49. Qxe6 a3 50. Qb3 Qa7 51. h4 Qxf7 52. Qc3+ Kh7 53. Rxb2 axb2
54. Qxb2 Bg7 55. Qe2 Qf5 56. Kg2 Qd5+ 57. Kh2 Bf6 58. Qc2 Kg7 59. Kg1 Bd4 60.
Qe2 Qe5 61. Qf3 Qf5 62. Qe2 Kf6 63. Kg2 Qd5+ 64. Kg1 Be5 65. Qa6+ Qe6 66. Qd3
Qd6 67. Qf3+ Kg7 68. Kg2 Bf6 69. Qb7+ Be7 70. Qe4 Qf6 71. Qb7 Kf7 72. Qd5+ Qe6
73. Qf3+ Qf5 74. Qb3+ Kg7 75. Qb7 Qe5 76. Qf3 Bc5 77. Qb7+ Qe7 78. Qd5 Bb6 79.
Qc6 Qc7 80. Qd5 Qf7 81. Qd2 Qb7+ 82. Kg1 Kh7 83. Qe2 Bd4 84. Qd3 Qd5 85. Qe2 Kg7
86. Qe7+ Qf7 87. Qe2 h5 88. Kg2 Qd5+ 89. Kg1 Kf6 90. Qd2 Qe4 91. Kh2 Ke5 92.
Qa5+ Qd5 93. Qxd5+ Kxd5 94. g4 Ke4 95. gxh5 gxh5 96. f3+ Kf4 97. Kg2 Be3 98. Kh1
Kxf3 99. Kh2 Kg4 100. Kg2 Kxh4 101. Kh1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. exd5 cxd5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Qd8 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Re8 12. Nb5 Rf8 13. Nc3 h6 14. Rc1 g5 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. b3 Kg7 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. f4 g4 20. Na4 c5 21. cxd5 exd5
22. Nxc5 d4 23. f5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Bb7 25. Bf4 Re8 26. Qd2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Nd5 28.
Bxh6+ Kh7 29. f6 Re5 30. Kg1 Qd6 31. b4 Rxb4 32. Rc8 Ne3 33. Bf8 Qe6 34. Rc7
Rbb5 35. Re7 Rf5 36. Re1 Qxf6 37. R7xe3 dxe3 38. Qe2 Rf3 39. d4 Rbf5 40. d5 Rxd5
41. Qc4 Qf5 42. Bb4 Rf2 43. Rxe3 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Bb5 Nf6 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qa4 Qd6
15. O-O Rfc8 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Rc2 Rc6 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Ne2 g5 20. h3 Ne4 21. Qa4
f6 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Nc1 Kf7 26. Nd3 Ke7 27. Kf1 Kd6
28. Ke2 e5 29. g4 exd4 30. exd4 Ke7 31. a4 Nd6 32. b3 Nf7 33. Kd2 Kd6 34. Kc3
Nd8 35. Nc5 Ne6 36. Nxe6 Kxe6 37. b4 Kd6 38. Kb3 Kc7 39. Kc3 Kb6 40. Kb3 Ka6 41.
Kc3 Kb6 42. Kb3 Ka6 43. Kc3 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 e6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxf4 10. exf4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Qd6 14. g3 Rfe8
15. Re1 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Qf3 Re8 20. Rd1 g6 21.
Kg2 Kg7 22. Rd2 Qe1 23. Qd1 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Kf8 25. Kf3 Re6 26. Bc2 Ke7 27. Bb3
Re5 28. g4 h5 29. Rd4 hxg4+ 30. hxg4 b6 31. c4 dxc4 32. Rxc4 Kf8 33. Rc8+ Re8
34. Rc6 Nd7 35. Rc7 Ne5+ 36. Kg3 Re7 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rd8 g5 39. f4 gxf4+ 40.
Kxf4 Ng6+ 41. Kf3 Ne5+ 42. Kf4 Ng6+ 43. Kf3 Ne5+ 44. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15.
Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Na6 17. Qc4 c6 18. e4 Nb4 19. h4 Qb6 20. Rd2 Qa6 21. Qb3 Rad8
22. Rad1 Rfe8 23. Bf1 Qb6 24. Bc4 Qc7 25. Qe3 Nd5 26. Qe2 Nb4 27. Kg2 Be7 28.
Ne5 Bd6 29. f4 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Na6 32. Qd4 Qe7 33. Bxa6 bxa6 34. Qb6
Qb4 35. Qxb4 axb4 36. Kf3 c5 37. Ke3 Rc8 38. Rc1 h5 39. a5 Kf8 40. Kd3 Ke7 41.
Kc4 Rb8 42. Kb3 Rb5 43. Ka4 b3 44. Rc3 Rb4+ 45. Ka3 Rb5 46. Ka4 Rb4+ 47. Ka3 Rb5
48. Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "12.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
O-O Nf8 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Ng6 11. a4 Be6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qe1 Qe7 14. h3 b6 15.
Kh2 a5 16. g4 Qc5 17. d4 Qe7 18. Ncd2 Rad8 19. c3 Bc8 20. Qg3 Ba6 21. Rf2 Qd6
22. h4 exd4 23. exd4 Nf4 24. Ng1 Nd3 25. Rg2 Nf4 26. Rf2 Nd3 27. Rg2 Nf4 28. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 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 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. f4 Kf8 18. Kf2 Bg4 19. Rc3 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rxc3
21. Rxc3 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. b3 f5 24. Ke3 Bd7 25. Bd5 Kg7 26. Nf3 Kf6 27.
Ne5 Be8 28. a4 e6 29. Bf3 b6 30. Kd4 a5 31. Bc6 Bxc6 32. Nxc6 Ne4 33. Ne5 Nd2
34. Nd7+ Ke7 35. Nxb6 Nxb3+ 36. Kc4 Nd2+ 37. Kb5 Kd6 38. Kxa5 Kc7 39. Kb5 Nf1
40. a5 Nxh2 41. a6 Kb8 42. Nc4 Ka7 43. Nd6 Ng4 44. Nc8+ Ka8 45. Kb6 Nf6 46. Nd6
Nd5+ 47. Ka5 Nc3 48. Nb5 Nd5 49. Nd4 Nc7 50. Kb6 Nd5+ 51. Ka5 Nc7 52. Kb6 Nd5+
53. Kb5 Nc7+ 54. Kc6 Nxa6 55. Nxe6 Nb4+ 56. Kd6 Na2 57. Nc7+ Kb7 58. Nd5 Nc1 59.
Nc3 Kb6 60. e4 fxe4 61. Nxe4 Ne2 62. Ke5 h5 63. Kf6 h4 64. gxh4 Nxf4 65. Kg5 Ng2
66. Kxg6 Nxh4+ 67. Kf6 Nf5 68. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[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 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 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 "2021.03.15"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 a5
9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 cxd5 14. Bg2 Nc6 15.
e3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 a4 18. Bc3 axb3 19. axb3 e6 20. Qb5 Bf8 21. Bf1 Be7
22. Ra4 Rac8 23. Ba5 Re8 24. Bd2 h5 25. h4 Bd6 26. Bg2 Rc7 27. Bf1 Rcc8 28. Raa1
Qe7 29. Ra4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne4+ 14. Ke1
g5 15. Bc7 Be6 16. f3 Rac8 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Kg7 19. Bd3 h6 20. Kd2 Ne5 21.
Rhc1 Rfe8 22. Nd4 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Nxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rxc4 b6 26. Rac1 Rec6
27. Ra4 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxa7 Rb5 30. Rc7 Ra5 31. Rc2 Ra3 32. g4 b5 33.
Rb2 b4 34. e4 Kf6 35. Kc2 Rc3+ 36. Kb1 Rc4 37. Rd2 Ke5 38. Rd5+ Kf4 39. Rf5+ Kg3
40. Rxf7 Rc3 41. Rf6 Kxg2 42. e5 Re3 43. e6 Re2 44. Kc1 Rxa2 45. Kd1 b3 46. e7
b2 47. Kc2 b1=Q+ 48. Kxb1 Re2 49. Rf7 Kf2 50. Kc1 Ke1 51. Rh7 Re6 52. Kc2 Ke2
53. Rf7 Re3 54. Kc1 Ke1 55. Kb1 Ke2 56. Kc2 Ke1 57. Rh7 Ke2 58. Rxh6 Rxe7 59.
Rf6 Re3 60. Rf5 Rxf3 61. Rxg5 Rg3 62. Re5+ Kf3 63. g5 Kf4 64. Rc5 Rxg5 65. Rxg5
Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C22"]
[Opening "Centre game"]
[Variation "Berger variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Ne2 Qe5 11. Qxe5 Nxe5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nd4 Rad8 14. Nc4
Rfe8 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bc4 Kf8 17. Nf3 Ree8 18. Ng5 Re7 19. Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1
Be8 21. g3 h6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc6 24. Re3 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. h4 Ke7
27. Kd2 a5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 b6 30. Ke3 f6 31. Kd4 Bd7 32. Bd3 Kd6 33. c3 g5
34. Be4 c5+ 35. bxc5+ bxc5+ 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. f4+ gxf4+ 38. gxf4+ Kd6 39. Bf3 Be6
40. Be4 Bd7 41. Bf3 Be6 42. Be4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[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. g4 b5 8. Nxc6
dxc6 9. Qf3 e5 10. h4 Be6 11. g5 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bc5 Bb6 14. Qe3 Rb8 15.
O-O-O Ne7 16. h5 Qa7 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qg3 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qxe5 Qxb2+ 21.
Kd2 Rd8+ 22. Bd3 Qb6 23. Ke2 O-O 24. h6 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. hxg7 Kxg7 27. Ke3
Rfd8 28. f4 Bg4 29. Rdg1 Bc8 30. f5 Kg8 31. Rh2 c5 32. Rgh1 c4 33. Rxh7 Kf8 34.
Rh8+ Ng8 35. Be2 Rd2 36. f6 Rxc2 37. Nd5 Rxd5 38. exd5 c3 39. Bd3 Rg2 40. Bh7
Rxg5 41. Rxg8+ Rxg8 42. Bxg8 Kxg8 43. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qf3 c6 11. h3 Bd6 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. b3 Be5 14. Bf4 Qd6
15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Rae1 Qd6 17. Qe3 a5 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. c4 Rfe8 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21.
Nxf4 Kf8 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Be2 a4 25. Rd1 axb3 26. axb3 Rxb3 27.
Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rb1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Kg8 31. Kh2 Kh8 32. Kg1 f6 33.
Kh2 Bf7 34. Kg1 Bg8 35. Kh2 Bf7 36. Kg1 Bg8 37. Kh2 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[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 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 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 "2021.03.15"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8.
c3 Bb6 9. Nc4 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Qf3 Bg4
15. Qg3 Bf5 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qg3 Bf5 18. Qf3 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qb2 12. Bc1 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qb2 14. Bc1
Qc3+ 15. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[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 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ng5 14. Bxc6 Nxf3+
15. Ke2 Nxd4+ 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd5 Bxc3 18. Rhd1 Bxe5 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Rd1 Bd4 22. Qc4 c5 23. Rd3 Kf8 24. f3 b6 25. b4 g6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27.
Rb3 Re8+ 28. Kf1 Rfe7 29. Rb1 Kg7 30. Qd5 Re2 31. h4 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Rb2+ 33. Qxd4+
cxd4 34. Rxb2 Kf6 35. Kf2 Re3 36. Rb4 Ke5 37. Ra4 Rc3 38. Rxa7 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Kd6
40. Rxh7 d3 41. Rh8 Kc5 42. Rd8 Kc4 43. a4 Kc3 44. Kf4 Ra2 45. Rd7 Ra1 46. Kg5
Rxa4 47. f4 d2 48. Rxd2 Kxd2 49. Kxg6 Ra6+ 50. Kg7 Ra7+ 51. Kg6 Ra6+ 52. Kg7
Ra7+ 53. Kg6 Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1710400"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

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 b6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. c4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Rb3 Rad8 16. Bb2 e6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf3 Qf6 20. g4 b5 21. gxf5
bxc4 22. Rbe3 Qxf5 23. d6 Qf4 24. d7 Rf7 25. Bc6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 c3 27. Rxe6 c2
28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Qa1+ 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 cxd6 7. c4 d5 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. a4 b4 15.
Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 d6 17. d5 Ne7 18. Rxc8 Nxc8 19. Ng3 e5 20. e4 Nb6 21. a5 Nd7
22. Qa4 Nc5 23. Qxb4 g6 24. Rc1 Ba8 25. Qc4 Qg5 26. Rc3 Qd2 27. b4 Nd7 28. Nf1
Qb2 29. Rc2 Qb1 30. Bd3 Nf6 31. Rc1 Qb2 32. Qc3 Qa2 33. Nd2 Qa4 34. Bxa6 Kg7 35.
Bd3 Bb7 36. Qb3 Qd7 37. a6 Ba8 38. b5 Rb8 39. b6 Nh5 40. Rb1 Nf4 41. Bf1 Qe7 42.
b7 Bxb7 43. axb7 Qg5 44. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nce4 Qe7 13. b3 cxb3 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6
15. Qxb3 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Rab1 Nd5 18. Nc4 Qc3 19. e4 Qxb3 20. Rxb3 Nb4 21.
e5 Nd5 22. f4 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nb6 Ra6 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxb5
a4 28. Rdxd5 a3 29. Ra5 Rcc6 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 Rc1+ 33. Kg2
Rc2+ 34. Kf3 a2 35. f5 Rxh2 36. e6 fxe6 37. fxe6 Rh1 38. Rxa2 Re1 39. Ra6 Kg6
40. g4 Kf6 41. Kg3 Re3+ 42. Kf2 Rxe6 43. g5+ hxg5 44. Ra2 Kf5 45. Kf3 g4+ 46.
Kg3 Re3+ 47. Kf2 Rf3+ 48. Kg2 Kg5 49. Ra8 Rb3 50. Ra2 Kh4 51. Rc2 Rb8 52. Ra2
Rc8 53. Rb2 Ra8 54. Rc2 Ra4 55. Rb2 g3 56. Rc2 Rf4 57. Rc7 Rf2+ 58. Kg1 g6 59.
Rc6 g5 60. Rh6+ Kg4 61. Rh8 Re2 62. Ra8 Re4 63. Kg2 Rf4 64. Kg1 Rf2 65. Ra7 Re2
66. Ra8 g2 67. Ra3 Kf4 68. Rb3 Re3 69. Rxe3 Kxe3 70. Kxg2 Kf4 71. Kf2 g4 72. Kg2
g3 73. Kg1 Kg4 74. Kg2 Kh4 75. Kg1 Kh3 76. Kh1 g2+ 77. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[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 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 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 "2021.03.15"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Bb5
Nf5 9. Qa4 Bxf3 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Ke7 12. Qb7+ Ke8 13. Qc6+ Ke7 14. Bg5+
f6 15. exf6+ gxf6 16. Qb7+ Ke8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxa8+ Kf7 19. gxf3 Qe5+ 20. Kd1
Bxc5 21. Qb7+ Ne7 22. Qb5 Bxf2 23. Qe2 Be3 24. Na3 Nf5 25. Nc2 d4 26. cxd4 Rd8
27. Ke1 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Kf1 Rd5 30. Re1 Re5 31. h4 Qf4 32. Kg2 Qf5 33.
Qc4 h5 34. Qc7+ Kf6 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. Qc7+ Kf6 37. Rd1 Qg6+ 38. Kf1 Bb6 39. Qd6
Qg7 40. Qd2 Qg3 41. Qh6+ Ke7 42. Qh7+ Kf6 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qh7+ Kf6 45. Qh8+ Ke7
46. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Qd3 b5 18. b4 Rfd8 19. c3 g6 20. Qe3 Kg7 21. h3
Qc7 22. Ra5 Qb7 23. Nh2 d5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Rad8 27. Raa1
R8d6 28. Re2 Qd7 29. Qe4 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd5 32. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 33.
Rxe5 Rd2 34. f3 Rxb2 35. Rc5 h6 36. Rc6 Ra2 37. c4 bxc4 38. Rxc4 a5 39. bxa5
Rxa5 40. Re4 g5 41. Re2 Rb5 42. Re4 Ra5 43. Re2 Rb5 44. Re4 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[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 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 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 "2021.03.15"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 Ke7 3. Ke1 Ke8 4. Ke2 Ke7 5. Ke1 Ke8 6. Ke2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Qxc5 8. e3
O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. Bg2 Qh5 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Nd4 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bh3 15.
f3 a6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Qe1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 b5 19. g4 Qc5 20. b4 Qb6 21. Rc1 Ne5 22.
Qe2 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Nd5 25. Rfc1 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 e5 27. Nc2 Qb5 28.
Kf2 Bf6 29. Bc1 e4 30. Nd4 Bh4+ 31. Kf1 exf3 32. Nxf3 Bf6 33. Rc2 Qa4 34. Qd3
Re8 35. Kf2 Bg7 36. g5 Nb6 37. e4 d5 38. exd5 Nxd5 39. Re2 Rd8 40. Bb2 Bxb2 41.
Rxb2 Rd6 42. Re2 Qd7 43. Qe4 Qa7+ 44. Qd4 Qxd4+ 45. Nxd4 Nxb4 46. axb4 Rxd4 47.
Ra2 Rd6 48. Kg3 Kg7 49. h4 h6 50. Rc2 Rd3+ 51. Kf2 hxg5 52. hxg5 Rd5 53. Rc5
Rxc5 54. bxc5 Kf8 55. Ke3 Ke7 56. Ke4 a5 57. Kd5 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bb7
9. d3 h6 10. Nh4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nf5 O-O 13. Qf3 Bc8 14. Nd2 Bxf5 15. Qxf5
Ne7 16. Qh3 b4 17. Bc4 bxc3 18. bxc3 c6 19. Nf3 d5 20. Ba2 Bd6 21. Bb1 Ng6 22.
Qf5 Ne7 23. Qh3 Ng6 24. Qf5 Ne7 25. Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[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 "2021.03.15"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[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. Bd2 b4 12. Na4 h5 13. Bd3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bxe4
dxe4 16. h3 Nh6 17. Qb3 Bd7 18. Bxb4 Rb8 19. Bxf8 Rxb3 20. Bd6 Qa5 21. axb3 Bxa4
22. bxa4 Qxa4 23. Ba3 Kd7 24. Rhe1 Kc8 25. Rxe4 Rd8 26. Rd3 Nf5 27. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.15"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Nd5 Nf6 8. a3 O-O
9. c3 Nd7 10. b4 Nb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. h3 Ne7 15. a4 Qc7
16. Rfb1 Ra7 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Kh2 Nf4 19. Ra2 g5 20. Nf1 d5 21. exd5 e4 22. bxc5
bxc5 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Rxb6 Bd8 25. Rxh6 Kg7 26. Bxc5 Re8 27. Rd6 b6 28. Bd4+ Kh7
29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Bb5 1-0

