[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Rd8 12. Rd3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Nc6 14. Rxd8+
Qxd8 15. Qxd8+ Nxd8 16. Ke2 Bd7 17. Rd1 Be8 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Kd2 Kf8 20. Rc1 Rxc1
21. Kxc1 Ke7 22. Kd2 Kd6 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. g3 a5 26. b4 axb4 27.
axb4 b6 28. Kc3 e5 29. f4 f6 30. Kd2 g5 31. Kc3 Bd5 32. Kd2 Bc6 33. Kc3 Bd5 34.
Kd2 Bc6 35. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[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 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15.
Be2 Na5 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. Rae1 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bc7 20. Be2 Qd6 21. f4 b5
22. Bd3 g6 23. g3 Rae8 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. Qd1 Nd6 26. Ba3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28.
Bxd6 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Bxd6 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Bxe7 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Ke3 a5 34. Be2
Ke6 35. Kd3 Kd6 36. Bf3 Bf6 37. Bg2 Bg7 38. Bf3 Bf6 39. Bg2 Bg7 40. Bf3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. O-O-O Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. f3 Nb6
9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Nh3 e6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Kb1 Nc6 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Nf2 O-O-O 15. b3
Kb8 16. f4 f5 17. h5 fxe4 18. Bxe4 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Rhf8 20. Nd3 Qe8 21. Re1 Ne7
22. Bxb7 Kxb7 23. Nc3 Ned5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxh6 Bxh6 27. Rxh6 Qf7
28. Qg2 fxg4 29. Nb4 c6 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxg4 Rf7 32. Qh4 Rfd7 33. Re7 Kc7 34.
Rhh7 c5 35. Qe1 b4 36. a3 Qxd4 37. axb4 Qxb4 38. Qe6 Qb5 39. Kb2 Qc6 40. c4 Rxe7
41. Rxe7+ Rd7 42. Re8 Kb7 43. Qg8 Ka7 44. Qh8 Qb7 45. Re2 Rf7 46. Qd8 Rd7 47.
Qh8 a5 48. Qe8 a4 49. Re3 d5 50. Qf8 Qb4 51. Re7 Qxb3+ 52. Ka1 Qc3+ 53. Kb1 Qd3+
54. Ka1 Qd1+ 55. Kb2 a3+ 56. Kxa3 Qc1+ 57. Ka2 Qxc4+ 58. Ka1 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. Qe3 Re8 10. O-O-O Be6 11. g4 a6 12. Rg1 b5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
Rxd5 Nb4 16. gxh6 Bxh4 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Rf5 Bf6 19. Rxf7 Rf8 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.
e5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Qg8 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Ng4 Qxa2 25. Kd2 Qa1 26. Ne3 Bxb2 27. Bd3
Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "1710400"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2
d6 9. a3 a6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Ne4 h6 12. b4 cxb4 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. axb4 d5 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qb3 Nc7 17. Qb1 Nb5 18. Bb2 Be6 19. Rc1 Bd5 20. Rc5 Kh8 21. Qf1
Re8 22. Rac1 Bc6 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qf3 Re7 27. h4 Qe8
28. h5 g5 29. Ne4 Qd7 30. Kg2 Rf8 31. g4 Qa4 32. Rc8 Qd7 33. Qf5 Qe6 34. Nf6
Qxf5 35. gxf5 Rxe2 36. Nd7 Rxc8 37. Rxc8+ Kh7 38. f6 Rb2 39. fxg7 Kxg7 40. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, classical defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[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. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Qf2 Qc6 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Rfd1
c4 22. Kh1 Bc5 23. Qf3 Qe6 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Rad1 Rfd8 26. h3 g6 27. g4 fxg4 28.
hxg4 d4 29. cxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Rxd4 Bxd4 33. Qb7+ Kh8 34.
Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qb7+ Kh8 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bb3
Nc6 9. h3 b5 10. O-O b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bb7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qa4 e6 15. Bb3
Na5 16. Nd2 d5 17. Rfc1 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 dxe4 20. Qxa7 Bd5 21. Rc7
Qa8 22. Nc4 Qxa7 23. Rxa7 f5 24. Ne5 f4 25. Bd2 Bxe5 26. dxe5 g5 27. Bxb4 Rc8
28. Bc3 Bxb3 29. Ra3 Bc4 30. Ba5 Bd5 31. Rc3 Rb8 32. b4 Kf7 33. Rc7+ Kg6 34. Rd7
e3 35. fxe3 fxe3 36. Rd8 Rb7 37. Rf8 Bc4 38. Rf6+ Kg7 39. Rf3 e2 40. Kf2 Bb5 41.
Re3 Rf7+ 42. Rf3 Rd7 43. Re3 Rd2 44. Bb6 Rb2 45. Bd4 Rb1 46. Bc3 Rf1+ 47. Kg3 h5
48. h4 g4 49. Re4 Rc1 50. Bd2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. a4 b6 8. b3 Bb7
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Re1 Qc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Nc4
Be4 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rd8 18. Nb5 Qb7+ 19. f3 h5 20. h4 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rad8
22. Bc1 Nd5 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. hxg5 g6 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. Rh1 Qa8 27. Kg1 Rh8 28. Rh2
Qd8 29. f4 h4 30. gxh4 Nxf4 31. Qg4 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Nd5 33. Nd4 Qa8 34. Ne2 Ne7
35. Ng3 Nf5 36. h5 Rd8 37. h6+ Kh7 38. Qf4 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 Qd5 40. Kf2 Qd4+ 41.
Qxd4 Nxd4 42. Nge4 Nxe4+ 43. Nxe4 Nxc2 44. Nd2 Nb4 45. Ke3 Kh8 46. Kd4 Nc6+ 47.
Ke4 Kh7 48. Nf3 Nb8 49. Ne1 Nd7 50. Nd3 Kg8 51. Kd4 c6 52. Kc4 Kh7 53. b4 axb4
54. Kxb4 Kg8 55. Kc4 Kh8 56. Kd4 Kg8 57. Nc1 Kh7 58. Nd3 Kg8 59. Nc1 Kh7 60. Nd3
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bd2 b5 12. f3 Qb8 13. h4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15.
g4 e5 16. Qg1 Be6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bh3 Qc8 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. f4 Rc8 21. b3 g6 22.
Qb6 Bg7 23. gxh6 Bxh6 24. fxe5 Bg7 25. Qb5+ Kf8 26. Qxa5 Bxe5 27. Bxb4 Kg7 28.
Qd5 Qg4 29. Qd3 Nf6 30. Nc3 Rxh4 31. Rxh4 Qxh4 32. a4 Qg4 33. Re1 Qh4 34. Nb5
Bg3 35. Re2 Qh1+ 36. Ka2 Be5 37. c3 Ne8 38. Rf2 Qh4 39. Qf3 Qe7 40. Rd2 Rc6 41.
Nd4 Ra6 42. Rg2 Qb7 43. Qd3 Kg8 44. Re2 Nf6 45. Nf3 Bf4 46. e5 dxe5 47. Nxe5 Nd5
48. Ng4 Qxb4 49. Qxd5 Qxc3 50. Rf2 g5 51. Qf5 Rb6 52. Qc2 Qxc2+ 53. Rxc2 f5 54.
Nf2 g4 55. Rc4 Be3 56. Nxg4 fxg4 57. Rxg4+ Kf7 58. b4 Ke7 59. Re4+ Re6 60. Rxe6+
Kxe6 61. a5 Kd6 62. Kb3 Kc6 63. Kc4 Bf2 64. b5+ Kb7 65. b6 Bxb6 66. axb6 Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Saragossa opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. c3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. Nd2 d5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. d4 c5 8. h4 Nc6
9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Ne1 Rc8 15.
h5 Be7 16. a3 Nc6 17. Qg4 g5 18. Ndf3 h6 19. Be3 Qe2 20. b4 Nd8 21. Qh3 f5 22.
exf6 Nxf6 23. Ne5 Qxh5 24. Qxh5+ Nxh5 25. N1d3 Bd6 26. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rh7
28. Rc8 Rc7 29. Ra8 Nf6 30. b5 Ke7 31. Ng6+ Kd7 32. Nde5+ Bxe5 33. Nxe5+ Ke7 34.
Bd2 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, von Hennig-Schara gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6 8.
Qd1 Bc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. a3 Rac8 14. O-O Bd6
15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Rad1 Bc7 17. Bc1 h5 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. h3 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qe5 21. f4
Qe7 22. Bf3 Bb6 23. Rb4 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Kh1 Ba5 26. Ra4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 b5
28. Rb4 Qc5 29. a4 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

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 Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 11. Re1 h6 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. h3 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8
15. Ne4 Bf8 16. Qf3 d6 17. Bd2 g6 18. Re1 Bg7 19. c4 Bf5 20. b3 a5 21. Ng3 Bd7
22. Bd3 b6 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. Qc1 Qf8 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Re8 27. Bd3 h5 28. Rxe8
Qxe8 29. Qe1 Qd8 30. Be3 Qf6 31. Qc1 Qe7 32. Bg5 Bf6 33. Bf4 Bd4 34. Qd2 Qf6 35.
Kf1 Bc5 36. Kg1 Bf5 37. Bxf5 Qxf5 38. h4 a4 39. bxa4 Qe4 40. Qc1 Qe2 41. Bg3
Qxa2 42. Qc3 Qxa4 43. Kh2 b5 44. cxb5 Qxb5 45. Qf3 Qb2 46. Kh3 Qd4 47. Kh2 Kg7
48. Qb3 Qd2 49. Qf3 Bb6 50. Kh3 Bd4 51. Kh2 Qe1 52. Qf4 Be5 53. Qf3 Qd2 54.
Bxe5+ dxe5 55. g3 e4 56. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 57. Kh1 Qxg3 58. Qd4+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 Qe6 14. Rd1
O-O 15. Be2 Nf5 16. O-O Bc6 17. Bg4 Qg6 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qc5 Rfd8 20. Qxa7 h5
21. Qe3 Rd3 22. Rxd3 exd3 23. f3 Rxa2 24. Rd1 Bb5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qd4 Qg6 27.
Re1 Ra4 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Re5 Ra1+ 30. Kf2 d2 31. Qxd2 Rf1+ 32. Ke3 Qh6+ 33. Kd4
Qxd2+ 34. Bxd2 Be8 35. Rxe6 Bf7 36. Re7 Kg6 37. Ke3 Rh1 38. h3 b5 39. Rb7 Rg1
40. g4 Rg3 41. gxh5+ Kf6 42. Bc3+ Ke6 43. Kf4 Rxh3 44. Kg4 Rh1 45. Rxb5 Rg1+ 46.
Kf4 Rh1 47. Kg4 Rg1+ 48. Kf4 Rh1 49. Bxg7 Bxh5 50. Bc3 Kd6 51. Kg3 Bf7 52. f4
Be8 53. Ra5 Bd7 54. f5 Rf1 55. Kg4 Ke7 56. Bd4 Kf7 57. Kg5 Rd1 58. Rd5 Bc8 59.
Rd8 Ba6 60. Rd7+ Ke8 61. Rd6 Bc4 62. Kf6 Bb3 63. Rb6 Bc2 64. Re6+ Kd7 65. Re7+
Kc6 66. Be5 Rf1 67. Rc7+ Kd5 68. Rxc2 Rxf5+ 69. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "bishop's gambit, Jaenisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb3 Bd6 8.
Nge2 Bg4 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O f3 11. gxf3 Bh3 12. Rf2 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. f4 Bg4
15. Rg2 Rfe8 16. Rf1 Bf8 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 a5 19. a4 Re4 20. Kh1 Rae8 21. Ng3
Rxd4 22. Qf3 Rb4 23. Nf5 g6 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Nf6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. b3 Kh8
28. Ng3 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Qxa5 Bd6 31. Qc3+ f6 32. Kg1 Bb4 33. Ne2 Qh4 34.
Qg3 Bc5+ 35. Kf1 Qe4 36. Qf4 Qxc2 37. Qc1 Qf5+ 38. Qf4 Qd3 39. Qg3 Qb1+ 40. Qe1
Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Re1
Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 a4 14. Nh4 Kh7 15.
Nhf5 Ng8 16. Qd2 Qd8 17. Kh2 h5 18. d4 Bb6 19. Nxh5 g6 20. Nh6 gxh5 21. Nxg8
Kxg8 22. Qh6 Bd7 23. Bg5 Re6 24. Qxh5 Qf8 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Rad1 Be8 27. Qh4 Rg6
28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Qh6 30. Qe7 Qg5 31. Qxg5 Rxg5 32. g4 Rb8 33. Rd2 Rg6 34.
Red3 Rd6 35. Rxd6 cxd6 36. Kg3 Kf8 37. g5 Ke7 38. h4 Bd7 39. f4 Be6 40. a3 exf4+
41. Kxf4 Rh8 42. Kg3 c5 43. Rd1 Bc4 44. Rh1 Be2 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. Rh2 Bh5 47. Rd2
Bg6 48. Rh2 f6 49. gxf6 Kxf6 50. Rh3 Rh5 51. c4 Ke6 52. Rh2 Kf6 53. Rh3 Bf7 54.
Rc3 Rxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 a6 8. e4
c5 9. e5 c4 10. Qc2 Nd5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 Qb6 14. Rd1 h6 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Be3 Qb7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. b3 Qc6 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Rc1
Ba3 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Rc1 Ba3 24. Ra1 Be7 25. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g4 Nd7 13. g5 Rb8 14. h4 b4 15.
axb4 Rxb4 16. f5 Nc5 17. Bh3 Qb6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rhf1 Rxb2 20. Qf3 Rb4 21.
Qf7+ Kd8 22. Qxg7 Re8 23. Rf7 Bd7 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Qf6 Qa5 26. Qf8+ Kc7 27.
Qxe7 Qa3+ 28. Kd2 Rxd4+ 29. Ke2 Qxc3 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Qxh7 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Nb6 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Qxd3 12. Nxe5 Qf5 13. Nef3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Nd5
15. Ne4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bb6 18. Bg5 Nde7 19. a4 a5 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 h6 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. f4 Ng6 24. f5 Ne5 25. Kg2 Re8 26. f4 Nc6 27. Kf3 Rd8
28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Nd2 c6 30. Ke4 Kf8 31. Ba2 Ke7 32. b4 Bc7 33. Nb3 axb4 34.
cxb4 Bd6 35. b5 cxb5 36. axb5 b6 37. Nd4 Bc7 38. Bd5 g6 39. h4 Kf6 40. fxg6 fxg6
41. Kf3 g5 42. fxg5+ hxg5 43. hxg5+ Kxg5 44. Ne6+ Nxe6 45. Bxe6 Kf6 46. Bc8 Ke5
47. Ba6 Bd8 48. Kg2 Bc7 49. Kf3 Bd8 50. Kg2 Bc7 51. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qa4+ c6 8.
cxd5 b5 9. Qd1 exd5 10. g3 Nc4 11. b3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be4 13. Bh3 Ba3 14. O-O O-O
15. Ne5 Bb2 16. Nxc6 Qb6 17. Rc1 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Rfe8 19. Ba5 Qb7 20. f3 Bg6 21.
Ne5 b4 22. Qd2 Rab8 23. Rc1 h6 24. Nc6 Ra8 25. Bxb4 Nd7 26. Na5 Qa6 27. Bxd7
Rxe2 28. Rc6 Rxd2 29. Rxa6 Rxa2 30. Rd6 Kh7 31. Rxd5 Rb8 32. Rb5 Ra1+ 33. Kf2
Ra2+ 34. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, 6.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. f5 Nc6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Qf2 b5 13. O-O b4 14. Ne2 c5 15. Ng3
Qc7 16. Bc4 Qc6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Bg5 Nh7 19. Be7 Bh6 20. Rad1 Bf4 21. Bxf8 Rxf8
22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Ng5 24. Bd5 Qc8 25. h4 Ne6 26. c3 Kg7 27. Qf3 bxc3 28.
bxc3 f5 29. Bc4 Rf6 30. g3 Bh6 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Rd6 e4 33. Qd1 Be3+ 34. Kh2 Nd4
35. Rxf6 Kxf6 36. cxd4 cxd4 37. Qh5 Qxc4 38. Rxf5+ Ke7 39. Qh7+ Kd6 40. Qg6+ Ke7
41. Re5+ Kd7 42. Qg7+ Kd8 43. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Bb3 Rb8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Rhe1
dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 c6 17. f4 a5 18. Qe3 Re8 19. h3 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Rxb6
21. c4 a4 22. Bxa4 dxc4 23. Rc5 Ra8 24. Rxc6 Rb4 25. b3 cxb3 26. Bxb3 Bxb3 27.
axb3 Ra1+ 28. Kc2 Ra2+ 29. Kc3 Rxf4 30. Rc4 Rff2 31. g4 Rf3+ 32. Rd3 Rxd3+ 33.
Kxd3 Rh2 34. b4 Rxh3+ 35. Kd4 h5 36. gxh5 Rxh5 37. Rc5 Rh1 38. b5 Kg7 39. Kd5 f5
40. b6 Rb1 41. Kc6 f4 42. b7 f3 43. Rc3 f2 44. Rf3 Rc1+ 45. Kd6 Rb1 46. Kc6 Rc1+
47. Kd6 Rb1 48. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "1710400"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 a6 8. Bf4
b5 9. Bb3 Ra7 10. O-O-O Rd7 11. Ng5 e5 12. Be3 h6 13. Nf3 Na5 14. Bd5 Be7 15. a3
O-O 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. Nh4 Nc4 18. Nf5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Kh7 20. Kb1 a5 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 Qc7 23. Qb3 g6 24. Ne3 Kg7 25. Qxb5 Rb8 26. Qa4 Qa7 27. Bb3 Bd8 28. Nc4
Nxe4 29. Qc6 Nxf2 30. Nxd6 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Rbb7 32. Rf1 Qb6 33. Qd5 a4 34. Qxe5+
f6 35. Ne8+ Kh7 36. Nxf6+ Bxf6 37. Rxf6 Qg1+ 38. Ka2 axb3+ 39. cxb3 Rd1 40. b4
Ra1+ 41. Kb3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. e3 c5 6. exd4 cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 h6
9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 O-O 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. Bd2 e5 13. Bb4 Re8 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bh3 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Rb1 Kh8 19. Bd2 Rab8 20. Rb3 Bg4 21. Qc1 f5
22. Bd5 f4 23. gxf4 Be6 24. Bf3 Rf8 25. Rb5 Rf6 26. Qd1 a6 27. Rc5 exf4 28. Kh1
Re8 29. Rg1 Bf7 30. Be4 Ne5 31. Qc1 g5 32. Qb2 b6 33. Rd5 Bxd5 34. cxd5 Kg8 35.
Qxd4 Qh3 36. d6 f3 37. Bc3 Kg7 38. Bc6 Ree6 39. Bd5 Re8 40. Qe4 Qf5 41. d7 Nxd3
42. Bxf6+ Kxf6 43. dxe8=N+ Kg6 44. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 g6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. h4 h5 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8
15. Rh3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qxe4 Bxc4
21. bxc4 Bf8 22. Rf3 Bc5 23. Qe2 Rc8 24. Ka2 Rd8 25. Kb3 Rd7 26. Rd3 Qc6 27. g3
Kb7 28. Bc3 Rxd3 29. cxd3 b5 30. d4 bxc4+ 31. Qxc4 Bb6 32. a4 a6 33. Qb4 Qd5+
34. Kb2 Kc6 35. Qf8 Qd7 36. Kb3 Qd5+ 37. Kb2 Qd7 38. Kb3 Kb7 39. Qb4 Kc6 40. Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 a5 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Bd4 Bc6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. f4 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. g3 g5 21.
Bd3 Rc5 22. Re1 Re8 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 gxf4 25. Rxf4 Nd7 26. Re1 Ne5 27. Be4
b5 28. cxb5 Rxb5 29. Rh4 Rb4 30. Bxh7+ Kg7 31. Be4 a4 32. bxa4 Rxa4 33. Re2 Rh8
34. Rxh8 Kxh8 35. Bd5 Ra5 36. Bb3 Nc6 37. Rd2 Kg7 38. Kg2 Ne5 39. h3 Nd7 40. Re2
Kf8 41. Rf2+ Nf6 42. g4 Kg7 43. Rf4 d5 44. g5 Ne4 45. Bxd5 Nxg5 46. Bb3 e5 47.
Ra4 Rc5 48. Rc4 Ra5 49. h4 Ne6 50. Ra4 Nf4+ 51. Kf3 Rc5 52. Rc4 Ra5 53. Rc7+ Kh6
54. Bc2 Ra3+ 55. Kg4 Nd3 56. Kf5 Nb4 57. Be4 Rxa2 58. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. O-O e6
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. Nd1 Nc5 15.
Nc3 a5 16. Qd1 Rad8 17. Bd2 Qf7 18. a3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nb5 d4 21. exd4 Bxd4
22. Qc2 Qf5 23. Bc4+ Kg7 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Rfd1 Na4 27. b3 Nb6 28.
Bc3 c5 29. Bxa5 Rd6 30. Bf1 Nd5 31. Be1 Nf4 32. Bc3 Kf8 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. g3 Nh5
35. Rd2 Rc5 36. a4 Rc3 37. Bc4 Ng7 38. Rbd1 Nf5 39. Kg2 b6 40. Rd3 Rc2 41. Rf3
Rf6 42. Rxd4 g5 43. Bd3 Rd2 44. Rd5 Ne3+ 45. Rxe3 Rfxf2+ 46. Kg1 Rg2+ 47. Kf1
Rxh2 48. Ke1 Ra2 49. Rf5+ Kg8 50. Re8+ Kg7 51. Re7+ Kg6 52. Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1710400"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
Qc7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Nb3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Ng5 f5 16. Nc5 Nd8 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. d5 b6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rcd1 Bf6 21. Ne6
Nf7 22. Bd4 Nd6 23. Bxf6+ exf6 24. Qc2 Nb7 25. c4 Nc5 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Qc3 Qd6
28. a3 Kg7 29. b4 Re7 30. bxc5 Rxc5 31. Rc1 Rec7 32. Red1 h5 33. Qd4 h4 34. a4
g5 35. Qe3 Re7 36. Qd4 Kg6 37. Re1 Rec7 38. f3 Qg3 39. fxe4 f4 40. Rf1 Qe3+ 41.
Qxe3 fxe3 42. Rce1 Rxc4 43. Rxe3 Rxa4 44. e5 fxe5 45. Rxe5 Ra6 46. Rff5 Rc1+ 47.
Kh2 Raa1 48. Rxg5+ Kf7 49. Rgf5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Falkbeer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "1039784"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bc5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. f3 d5 8.
Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Qxd5 10. exd5 Re8+ 11. Ne2 Nb4 12. O-O-O Bf5 13. Ng3 Bxc2 14.
a3 Bxd1 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Kxd1 Re1+ 17. Kc2 Rd8 18. Bc4 Rxh1 19. Nxh1 Bd6 20.
Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Nf2 Kf8 22. Kc3 Ke7 23. b4 Rh6 24. Ng4 Rh5 25. h3 c6 26. Kd4 f6
27. f4 cxd5 28. Be2 Rh4 29. Bf1 Ke6 30. g3 Rh5 31. Ne3 b6 32. g4 Rh6 33. Nf5 Rg6
34. b5 h5 35. Be2 hxg4 36. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Re1 h5 14. e6 fxe6
15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6 hxg4 17. hxg4 Kd7 18. Re4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Re5 Rh4
21. Rg5 Re8 22. Be3 Re4 23. Rxd5+ Ke6 24. Rad1 Rexg4+ 25. Kf1 Rh1+ 26. Ke2 Rxd1
27. Rxd1 Bd6 28. b3 a5 29. a4 b6 30. Rh1 Rg6 31. Kd3 Rg4 32. Bd4 Be5 33. Be3 Bd6
34. Ke2 Rg6 35. Kf3 Kd5 36. Rh5+ Ke6 37. Ke4 Rg4+ 38. Kd3 Rg1 39. Rh8 Rg4 40.
Re8+ Kd5 41. Rd8 Ke6 42. Rh8 Kd5 43. Rh5+ Ke6 44. c3 Be7 45. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Bondarevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nde2 Be6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Nde2 Be6 13. Nd4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Nc6 9. Qb3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Qc2 Ba5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Qd1 Ne7 15.
O-O Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Qb6 17. b4 axb3 18. Rxb3 Qa7 19. Qd2 b6 20. Rc1 c5 21. dxc5
bxc5 22. Rbc3 c4 23. Nd4 Bg6 24. h3 Rfb8 25. Bf3 Qa5 26. Ne2 Rb3 27. Nf4 Rd8 28.
Nxg6 Nxg6 29. Rd3 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Ne5 31. Rcd1 c3 32. Rc2 Rxa3 33. Bxd5 Kf8 34. e4
Nc6 35. Rcc1 Rc8 36. Bxc6 Rxc6 37. Rd3 g5 38. Rc2 Ke7 39. g4 Ke6 40. f3 Rb3 41.
Kf1 Rc5 42. Ke2 Rb2 43. Rxb2 cxb2 44. Rb3 Rc2+ 45. Kd3 Rh2 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. Rb6+
Kc7 48. Rb3 Kc6 49. Rb8 Rxh3 50. Rxb2 Rxf3 51. Rh2 Rf6 52. Ke5 Re6+ 53. Kf5 Kd6
54. Rd2+ Ke7 55. e5 Ra6 56. Rh2 Kf8 57. Rh1 Kg7 58. Rf1 Rb6 59. Rf2 Rb1 60. Rf3
Rb4 61. Rf1 Rb5 62. Ra1 Rb4 63. Rf1 Kf8 64. Rf2 Ke7 65. Rf1 Rb5 66. Ra1 Rb2 67.
Rf1 Ra2 68. Rf3 Ra1 69. Rf2 Re1 70. Rf3 Kf8 71. Rf2 Kg7 72. Rf3 Ra1 73. Rf2 Ra5
74. Rb2 Rc5 75. Ra2 Rc4 76. Rf2 Kf8 77. Rf3 Ke7 78. Rf2 Rd4 79. Rf1 Ra4 80. Rf2
f6 81. exf6+ Kf7 82. Rb2 Rf4+ 83. Ke5 Rxf6 84. Rb4 Kg6 85. Ra4 Rf7 86. Ra6+ Kg7
87. Ra8 Kh7 88. Rb8 Kg7 89. Ra8 Re7+ 90. Kf5 Rb7 91. Ke4 Rf7 92. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[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 Ba5 13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ng5 15.
Kg2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne6 17. f4 f5 18. Qa4 Qh4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Rae8 21. Qxd5
g5 22. f3 Kh8 23. Kh2 Rb8 24. Qxe6 Rb2+ 25. Rf2 Rxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1
Qxf3+ 28. Kh2 Qxf4+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kh2 g4 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Qh6 g3+ 33. Kh3
Rf5 34. Kh4 Rf4+ 35. Kh3 Qg4+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kxg3 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[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. Re1 a6 8. h3 Ba7
9. a4 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 Qd7 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. b5
Ne7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Nf1 axb5 18. Rxb5 c6 19. Rb3 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. dxe5 Ne4
22. Be3 Qxa4 23. Qb2 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Nc5 25. Rb4 Qe8 26. Rd1 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5
28. c4 d4 29. Rxd4 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 c5 10. Be3 Nc6 11. dxc5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rab8
15. Nd4 Qxe5 16. Qa4 Qf6 17. f3 Bg6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bd4 Qe6 20. Bf1 Qd7 21. c4
Rfd8 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Bf2 Qe6 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Rad1 Bf8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qxa7
Rd2 28. Re8 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qa4 Qd5 31. Qb3 Qd2 32. a3 h5 33. Qe3 Qd1 34.
h4 Kh7 35. Qd4 Qb1 36. Qd8 Qc1 37. Qxf8 Bd3 38. Bd4 Qxf1+ 39. Kh2 f6 40. Bxf6
gxf6 41. Qf7+ Kh6 42. Qxf6+ Bg6 43. Qh8+ Bh7 44. Qf8+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Kg7 46. Qe5+
Kf7 47. Qxh5+ Bg6 48. Qe5 Qf2 49. Kh3 Qc2 50. h5 Bf5+ 51. Kg3 Be6 52. Qf4+ Ke7
53. Qg5+ Kf7 54. h6 Qc3 55. h7 Qh8 56. Qh5+ Ke7 57. a4 Kd7 58. Qh6 Bd5 59. Qd6+
Kc8 60. Qe7 Kb8 61. Kf4 Qd4+ 62. Kf5 Qh8 63. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[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. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. Nxc5 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Qxd4 16. Nb3 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Rxc2 18. Rab1 e5 19. Rfc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 e4
21. Bg2 Ng4+ 22. Kg1 Bg5 23. Rc6 Be3+ 24. Kf1 Nxh2+ 25. Ke1 f5 26. Bh3 Ng4 27.
Kf1 Rd8 28. Bxg4 fxg4 29. Re6 Rf8+ 30. Kg2 Rf2+ 31. Kh1 Rxe2 32. Rxe4 Re1+ 33.
Kg2 h5 34. Na5 Re2+ 35. Kh1 Kf7 36. Nb7 Kf6 37. Nd6 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Rg1+ 39. Kh2
Re1 40. Kg2 Bd2 41. a4 Rb1 42. axb5 axb5 43. Re2 Bc1 44. Ne4+ Kf5 45. Nd6+ Kf6
46. Ne4+ Kg6 47. Nc3 Rxb2 48. Rxb2 Bxb2 49. Nxb5 Be5 50. Na3 Kf5 51. Nc4 Bc7 52.
Ne3+ Ke4 53. Nf1 Kd3 54. Nh2 Ke3 55. Nf1+ Ke2 56. Nh2 g5 57. Nf1 Kd3 58. Nh2 Ke4
59. Kf2 Kf5 60. Nf1 Be5 61. Kg2 Bb8 62. Kh1 Ke4 63. Kg2 h4 64. Nd2+ Kd3 65. gxh4
gxh4 66. Nf3 h3+ 67. Kf2 Bf4 68. Nh4 Ke4 69. Kf1 Bg5 70. Ng6 g3 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[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 "2021.03.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1039784"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. Nc3 f5
9. g4 Nf6 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. Rg1 O-O 12. Bd3 Kh8 13. Qc2 f4 14. Bd2 c6 15. O-O-O
b5 16. c5 b4 17. Na4 cxd5 18. exd5 Nexd5 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. Bxd5 Bxa4
22. Qxa4 Nxd5 23. Kb1 Qf6 24. Qc2 Qh6 25. c6 Ne7 26. Bxb4 Rxc6 27. Rxd6 Rxc2 28.
Rxh6 Bxh6 29. Kxc2 Rc8+ 30. Kd3 Rd8+ 31. Ke2 Bxg5 32. Rxg5 Ng6 33. Bc3 Kg8 34.
h4 Kf7 35. Rh5 Ke6 36. Rxh7 e4 37. Rh6 Kf5 38. Rh5+ Ke6 39. Rh6 Kf5 40. Rh5+ Ke6
41. Rg5 Nxh4 42. Re5+ Kf7 43. Rxe4 Ng6 44. Kf3 Rd6 45. Rc4 Ke6 46. Ke4 Rb6 47.
Bd4 Rd6 48. Rc7 Nh4 49. b4 Nf5 50. Bc5 Rd2 51. Rc6+ Kd7 52. Rxa6 Nh4 53. Kxf4
Ng2+ 54. Ke4 Ne1 55. b5 Rb2 56. Ra7+ Kc8 57. a4 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O Re8 9. f3 d5 10. Nb3 c6 11. Bh6 a5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. a4 Be6 14. g4 Qb6 15.
g5 Nh5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. Rxd5 Nc6 20. Rb5 Qf2 21. Bc4
Rac8 22. Qd2 Qxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Re7 24. c3 Nf4 25. Kc2 Kg7 26. Rg1 Rd8 27. Rg4 Nh3
28. Re4 Red7 29. Nb3 Ng1 30. Re3 Ne7 31. Nd4 Rc7 32. Kb3 b6 33. Rxb6 Rxc4 34.
Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "1710400"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. a4
cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. c4 d5 11. a5 dxc4 12. bxc4 b5 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Nb3 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 Nd6 16. Bd3 Bd5 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Bc3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Nc5
Bc6 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Rfd1 Bb5 24. f4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. Bb4 Bf8 27. e6 Bg7
28. Kf2 fxe6 29. Nxe6 Bf6 30. Nc5 Kf7 31. Ke3 h5 32. g3 Ke8 33. Rc1 Kf7 34. Rc2
Rc6 35. h3 Rc8 36. Rd2 Ke8 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Kxd8 40. Ne6+ Ke8
41. Nc7+ Kd7 42. Nxb5 axb5 43. g5 Bg7 44. Bxe7 Kc6 45. Bb4 Kd5 46. a6 Kc6 47.
Bc5 Bb2 48. Ke4 Bc1 49. Be3 Bb2 50. Bc5 Bc1 51. Ke5 Bd2 52. f5 gxf5 53. g6 Bh6
54. Kxf5 Bg7 55. Ke6 Bc3 56. Kf7 Kc7 57. Be7 Kb6 58. Bf6 b4 59. g7 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. h3
Nd7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. b3 Nc8 14. g4 h5 15.
O-O-O Nd6 16. Ne2 b6 17. Qc3 f6 18. Ng3 hxg4 19. hxg4 O-O-O 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21.
gxf5 Kb7 22. Kb2 Qf7 23. Nd2 g6 24. fxg6 Qxg6 25. Nc4 Nxc4+ 26. Qxc4 Qg5 27.
Rhf1 Rd6 28. Rf3 Qg7 29. Rdf1 Rh2 30. Qc3 Re2 31. R1f2 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Qg3 33. Qd2
Qg5 34. Rg2 Qh6 35. Rh2 Qg5 36. Qf2 Qg6 37. Rh8 Qg5 38. Qf3 Qg7 39. Qh3 Rd7 40.
Re8 Qh7 41. Qf5 Qxf5 42. exf5 b5 43. Kc3 Kb6 44. Rf8 Rd6 45. Rf7 Kb7 46. Kb2 Kb6
47. Ka3 Kb7 48. b4 axb4+ 49. Kxb4 bxa4 50. Kxa4 Kb6 51. Kb4 Kb7 52. Kc4 Kb6 53.
c3 c5 54. e4 Kc6 55. Rf8 Kb6 56. Ra8 Rd7 57. Re8 Rd6 58. Re7 Kc6 59. Rf7 Kb6 60.
Kb3 Kc6 61. Kc2 Kb6 62. c4 Kb7 63. Kd2 Kc8 64. Ke2 Kd8 65. Ke3 Kc8 66. Rf8+ Kd7
67. Rh8 Ke7 68. Ra8 Kd7 69. Ra5 Kc6 70. Ra3 Kd7 71. Kf3 Ke7 72. Kg4 Kf7 73. Kh5
Rd8 74. Ra7 Rh8+ 75. Kg4 Rc8 76. Ra5 Ke7 77. Rxc5 c6 78. Kf3 Kd6 79. Ra5 Rh8 80.
c5+ Kc7 81. Ra7+ Kb8 82. Rf7 Rh6 83. Ke3 Kc8 84. Kd2 Kd8 85. Kc3 1-0

[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

[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

