[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c6 8. Rc1
Nd7 9. h4 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 a6 13. h5 g5 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. a3
Nf6 16. Ne5 Ng4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Qc2 O-O 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 a5 21. O-O axb4
22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Rb1 Qe7 24. Rb6 Ra7 25. Rfb1 Rd8 26. Ng3 Qc7 27. Qc2 Rda8 28.
Nf5 Ra1 29. Qb2 Rxb1+ 30. Qxb1 Ra7 31. g4 Bf8 32. Kg2 Qd7 33. Kf3 Qc8 34. Kg2
Qd7 35. Kf3 Qc8 36. Kg2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 a6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Qb3
Na5 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. Bg5 Nc6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. Qa4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Re2 Bxe2 21.
Bxe2 g6 22. Nf3 Kg7 23. h4 e5 24. Rd1 e4 25. Nd2 Qb6 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 g6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 e6 9.
O-O Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ne4 15.
Bd4 bxc4 16. bxc4 Qa5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. f3 Ng5 19. Rfc1 O-O 20. Rxc6 Ne6 21. Bc3
Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. a3 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bb4 d4 26. exd4 Nxd4 27. Rd1
Rc4 28. Kf2 g5 29. Rd3 Rc2+ 30. Kg3 Rc4 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Ke3 Nc6 33. Rd2 Rc4 34.
Bd6 Ra4 35. Rb2 Na5 36. Rxb5 Nc4+ 37. Kd3 Nxa3 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Kc3 Nc4 40. Kb3
Nxd6 41. Kxa4 Nc4 42. Rb5 Ne3 43. g4 h6 44. Rb2 Nd5 45. Kb5 Nf4 46. Kc4 Ne6 47.
Kd5 Nf4+ 48. Ke4 Ne6 49. Rb6 Nf4 50. h4 Ng2 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Rb2 Nf4 53. Kf5
Ne6 54. Rd2 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 c5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Rc1 Rfc8 16. Qd2 Rab8 17. b3 Rc6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. h3 h6 20. Bf3 a5 21. Nc3
Rd8 22. e4 d4 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. Nd6 a4 26. b4 Rb8 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28.
bxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Bxa2 32. Rxa4 Be6 33. f4 Rb2 34.
Rd4 f5 35. Ra4 Kh7 36. Ra7 Kg6 37. h4 Rb4 38. Re7 Bd5 39. h5+ Kxh5 40. Rxg7 Rxf4
41. Ne8 Bxg2 42. Nf6+ Kh4 43. Kxg2 Ra4 44. e6 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Ra3+ 46. Kf4 Ra4+ 47.
Kxf5 Ra5+ 48. Kg6 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

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 h6 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 13. Bxf6+ gxf6
14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nc5 Kf6 16. Rd8 Bg7 17. Rxh8 Bxh8 18. Bc4 Nc6 19. Nxe6 Ne5 20.
Bd5 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Nb4 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Nc5 Rd8+ 24. Kc3 a5 25. a3 Kg6+ 26. Kb3
Nd3 27. Nxd3 Rxd3+ 28. Kc4 Rd7 29. Bc6 Rc7 30. Kb5 Bxb2 31. a4 Rc8 32. Rd1 Bc3
33. f4 Rb8+ 34. Kc4 Bb4 35. Rd5 Rf8 36. Bd7 h5 37. g3 Be1 38. Rd6+ Kg7 39. Rd1
Bb4 40. Rd5 Kg6 41. Kd4 Be1 42. Rd6+ Kg7 43. Re6 Bb4 44. Be8 h4 45. gxh4 Rf6 46.
Kd5 Bd2 47. Rxf6 Kxf6 48. Bh5 Bxf4 49. Bf3 Bxh2 50. Be2 Bg3 51. h5 Be1 52. Bf3
Bb4 53. Bd1 Bd2 54. Bf3 Bb4 55. Bd1 Bd2 56. Bf3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8.
Bb5 g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be5 Qa5 11. exd5 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. d6 O-O 14. dxe7 Re8
15. O-O Qxc5 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Bd4 Qd5 18. Rb3 c5 19. Re5 Qd7 20. Bxc5 Ne4 21. Rd3
Qb7 22. Nxe4 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe4 24. Rd8 Kg7 25. f3 Qxc2 26. Qd4 f6 27. Rxa8 Rxa8
28. Nc4 Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Qxa2+ 30. Kg3 Qe2 31. Qd8 Qe1+ 32. Bf2 Qc1 33. e8=N+ Kh6
34. Qxf6 Rxe8 35. Nd6 Qc7 36. Bb6 Qb8 37. Bd4 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 8...Be6"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

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. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Bc2 Bf5 14. h3 Rfe8 15.
Nb3 Bg6 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 c5 18. Ne2 d4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bb4 21. Rf1
Bc5 22. Nf3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qc7 24. Qc1 Ng3 25. Rf2 Rc8 26. Qe1 Bxc2 27. Rc1 Ne4
28. Rfxc2 Qxc2 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30. Nd4 Rc5 31. e6 fxe6 32. Qa5 h5 33. Nf3 g5 34.
Kf1 Rec8 35. Nd4 Rf8+ 36. Ke2 e5 37. Qb6 Ng3+ 38. Kd3 e4+ 39. Kd2 Rf2+ 40. Kd1
Rf1+ 41. Kd2 Rf2+ 42. Kd1 Rf1+ 43. Kd2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nc3
Nd5 15. a4 f6 16. Nxc4 Rb8 17. Rfc1 Ba6 18. Ne4 Rfc8 19. Kf1 c5 20. b3 Rc6 21.
Ke1 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Ra8 23. Rcc1 Kf7 24. a5 f5 25. Nd2 bxa5 26. Nc4 Rca6 27. Ne5+
Ke7 28. Nd3 Rb6 29. Ra3 Nb4 30. Rxc5 Nxd3+ 31. exd3 Rab8 32. Rcxa5 Rxb3 33. Ra7+
Kf6 34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35. Ke2 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 Rb3 37. Ke3 Rb1 38. h4 Rb3 39. Rc7 e5 40.
Rc6+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. Rc6+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6
9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bf1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bc7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
a4 Nh5 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Be3 Nf4 18. Qd1 Qf6 19. Kh2 Rad8 20. Qf3 Nd3 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Nd2 Red8 24. Nf1 a5 25. g4 Bb3 26. Ra3 Be6 27. Raa1 Bb3
28. Ra3 Be6 29. Raa1 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. c4 Qd8 12. Qb3 Be4 13. Qxb7 Rc8 14. cxd5 Bxd5
15. e6 Be7 16. exf7+ Kf8 17. Qa6 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bb5 Rc2 20. Ba5 Qc8 21.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 22. O-O Kxf7 23. a4 a6 24. Bd7 Rc4 25. Bf5 Bb4 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. Bd3
Bc4 28. Rab1 Rxa4 29. Rb7+ Kf6 30. Rb6+ Ke5 31. Re1+ Kd5 32. Be4+ Kc5 33. Rc6+
Kb5 34. Rc7 Rb4 35. Rc1 Be2 36. f3 Rb8 37. Kf2 d3 38. R7c5+ Kb6 39. Rc6+ Ka5 40.
Ra1+ Kb5 41. Rcxa6 Rb2 42. Ke3 Bf1 43. Bc6+ Kc4 44. Rxf1 Re2+ 45. Kf4 Rxg2 46.
Rc1+ Rc2 47. Raa1 Kd4 48. Rxc2 dxc2 49. Be4 Rf8+ 50. Kg3 Ke3 51. Rc1 Rxf3+ 52.
Bxf3 Kd2 53. Rxc2+ Kxc2 54. Be4+ Kc3 55. Bxh7 Kd4 56. Kf4 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Rc1 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d5 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Bd5 Bd7 16. c4 Bc6 17. Qa4 b6 18. Qa3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Nc3 Rad8 21. h3
Qg6 22. e4 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nc4 24. Qb4 Nd6 25. f3 f5 26. Re1 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf5 28.
Rc6 Qf7 29. d6 Qd5 30. Rc7 Nxd6 31. Nf6+ gxf6 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Rxd7 Rg8 34. Qh4
Rg6 35. Kh1 Qxa2 36. Rg1 Nf5 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rd7+ Kh8 39. Qe1 Qc4 40. g4 Ng7
41. Qe4 Qxe4 42. fxe4 Ne6 43. Rxa7 Ng5 44. Kg2 Nxe4 45. Rd1 Rg7 46. Ra8+ Kh7 47.
Rdd8 f5 48. Rh8+ Kg6 49. Rab8 fxg4 50. Rxb6+ Nf6 51. hxg4 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. c4 Qh5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. a4 Rac8
15. a5 cxd4 16. exd4 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 Nb8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Reb1 Nc6
21. Nf3 Ne7 22. Ne5 Nf5 23. Rxb6 Nxd4 24. Bf1 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Bc3 e5 27.
Ra7 Rcc7 28. f4 Be4 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Re8 Ne6 32. Bxe5 Ra7 33. g3
Ra2 34. Re7 Kg8 35. Bh3 Bf5 36. Bg2 f6 37. Bd6 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra2+ 39. Kg1 Ra1+
40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 a6 7. a4 Bd6 8. Bxd6
cxd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Bd3 e5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bc4 exd4 15.
Qxd4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qe3 Qd4 18. Qe2 Qc5 19. Rac1 Qb4 20. b3 Red8 21. f3
h6 22. Qe3 Rd4 23. Ne2 Rd7 24. Red1 Rad8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Qc3 Qc5+ 27. Kf1 Qd6
28. Qe3 Qb4 29. Qc3 Qd6 30. Qe3 Qb4 31. Qc3 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3 b4 13. Na4 c5 14. dxc5 Rac8 15. a3
Nxc5 16. Nxc5 a5 17. axb4 axb4 18. Rxd6 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Rxc2 21. Nxd6
Rd8 22. b3 Kf8 23. Nc4 Rd3 24. Bb2 Rxb3 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bd1 Rbc3 27. Bxc2 Rxc2
28. Na5 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 h6 12. Bb1 Nde7 13. Qd3 Ng6 14. Be3 b6
15. Qe4 Bb7 16. Qg4 Nce7 17. Bc2 Rc8 18. Rad1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd5 20. Bc1 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 Qd5 22. Be4 Qxa2 23. Bxh6 Nh4 24. Qg4 Nf5 25. Bd2 g6 26. g3 Nd6 27. Bd3 Qd5
28. h4 Bg7 29. Re2 e5 30. Bb1 exd4 31. cxd4 Qxd4 32. Qxd4 Bxd4 33. Bh6 Bg7 34.
Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Bxg6 Nb5 36. Bf5 Rc5 37. g4 Nc3 38. Red2 Nxd1 39. Rxd1 Rxf5 40.
gxf5 Rh8 41. Rd4 a5 42. Kg2 Ra8 43. f6+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.27"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 8. e3
a6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
b4 a5 16. Rb1 Nd6 17. Qe2 axb4 18. axb4 Ne4 19. Rfc1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Be4 21. Rb2
Nb6 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rc1 Nc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. h3 Rfb8 27. b5 h6
28. e4 Ra5 29. exd5 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 Raxb5 31. Rxc4 Rxd5 32. Re7 c6 33. Kf1 Rbd8
34. Re4 f5 35. Re6 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxc6 Kf7 38. g3 h5 39. h4 f4 40. Ke2
fxg3 41. fxg3 g6 42. Ke3 Rg4 43. Kf3 Ra4 44. Rb6 Ra3+ 45. Kf4 Ra4+ 46. Kf3 Ra3+
47. Kf4 Ra4+ 48. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin, Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 Qxc4+ 12. Kg1 Bd7 13. Rc1 Qb4 14.
Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bf6 Rg6 16. a3 Qd6 17. e5 Qd5 18. f3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Bxc6 21. Kf2 Bd5 22. Rc1 Kd7 23. Rhd1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Kxc8 25. Rd4 Rh6 26. Rh4 Rxh4
27. Bxh4 b5 28. Ke3 Kc7 29. Kd4 Kc6 30. Bd8 Bc4 31. Ba5 Bf1 32. g3 Be2 33. f4
Bg4 34. Bd8 h5 35. Ba5 Bf5 36. Bd8 a6 37. Ba5 Bg4 38. Bd8 Bf5 39. Ba5 Bg4 40.
Bd8 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nh4
Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Be2 a6 13. h4 b5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Kf1
Na5 16. Qc2 cxd4 17. exd4 Qc6 18. h5 Bd6 19. Be3 gxh5 20. Rxh5 Rxh5 21. Bxh5 g6
22. Bf3 Ke7 23. a4 Nc4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. b3 Nb6 28.
Be2 Qh8 29. Ke1 Qc8 30. bxc4 Nxc4 31. Bxc4 Qxc4 32. Kd2 Kf8 33. Qb1 Kg7 34. Qb6
Qa2+ 35. Kd3 Bh2 36. Qd8 Qb1+ 37. Kd2 Qb2+ 38. Kd3 Qb1+ 39. Kd2 Qf5 40. Ke2 Qc2+
41. Bd2 Qe4+ 42. Be3 Qg4+ 43. Kd2 Qf3 44. Qe7 Qf5 45. Ke2 Kh7 46. Qf6 Qxf6 47.
gxf6 Kg8 48. Kd3 Kf8 49. c4 Ke8 50. f3 Kd7 51. Bg5 Kc6 52. Bd2 Bc7 53. Bg5 Bg3
54. Kc3 Bf2 55. Bf4 Bh4 56. Be5 dxc4 57. Kxc4 Bg5 58. Kc3 Kd5 59. Kd3 Bh4 60.
Kc3 Be1+ 61. Kd3 Ba5 62. Bf4 Bb6 63. Be5 Bd8 64. Kc3 Ba5+ 65. Kd3 Bb4 66. Bf4
Be1 67. Be5 Bf2 68. Kc3 Be1+ 69. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxb7 Be4 7. Qxc7 Qxc7 8.
Bxc7 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e3 Rc8 11. Bg3 Bd5 12. a3 Ba5 13. Rc1 Ke7 14. Kd1 Nb6
15. Ne5 Na4 16. Rc2 Nxb2+ 17. Rxb2 c3 18. Rb4 cxd2 19. f3 Rc1+ 20. Kxd2 Ra1 21.
Kc2 Bxb4 22. axb4 Rc8+ 23. Kb2 Rcc1 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. h4 g6 10. h5 g5 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Bb1 Bg7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Nb5
Re7 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. h6 Bf6 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Rh5 Qa5+ 20. Rc3 Qxb5 21. Rxg5 Re8
22. Bg6 Ke7 23. Qxf7+ Kd6 24. e4 Bxd4 25. e5+ Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxb2 27. Ree3 Re7
28. h7 Qa1+ 29. Ke2 Qb2+ 30. Kf1 Qa1+ 31. Re1 Qxc3 32. Qf4+ e5 33. Qh6 Rxh7 34.
Bxh7+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ Kd8 36. Qg5+ Ke8 37. Rc1 Qb4 38. Bg6+ Kf8 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40.
Bf5 Qf8 41. Qg5+ Kf7 42. Rc3 e4 43. Qg6+ Ke7 44. Qe6+ Kd8 45. Qxd5 Qg7 46. Qc4
Nb6 47. Qc5 Bxf5 48. Qd6+ Nd7 49. Rg3 Qa1+ 50. Ke2 Qxa2+ 51. Ke3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 7. dxc5 d4 8. Qc2
e5 9. e3 Nc6 10. b4 O-O 11. Nf3 Re8 12. e4 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. a4 Qc7 15. Ba3 Nd7
16. c6 bxc6 17. c5 Nf6 18. b6 Qb7 19. Bc4 Ng6 20. O-O Qd7 21. Ne1 Ba6 22. Bxa6
Rxa6 23. f3 Nf4 24. Rd1 Raa8 25. Bc1 N6h5 26. g3 Ng6 27. Nd3 Nf6 28. Bg5 h5 29.
Bxf6 gxf6 30. f4 exf4 31. Nxf4 Qg4 32. Rxd4 h4 33. Qd1 Qg5 34. Qh5 Qe5 35. Rd7
hxg3 36. hxg3 Qxe4 37. Nxg6 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qe2+ 39. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 40. Kh3 fxg6 41.
Rxf6 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 c5 10. d3 Nc6 11. c4 Rc8 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. dxc4 Qe7 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15.
Qe2 Rd8 16. Rad1 b6 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1 Rd6 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Qf3
Ne8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qa8 Nc7 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. h4 h5 26. Qe4 Qd7 27. Qe5+ Kh7
28. Qb8 Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kh7 30. Qf6 Kg8 31. Qe5 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Bxa6 10. e5 Ng4 11. d6 exd6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15.
Bg5 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2
Ne4 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bb4 f5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Kf2 Kf7 20. Rhc1 g5 21.
Bc5 g4 22. Bd4 gxf3 23. Bxf3 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Kg1 Rd5 26. Rf2+ Rf5 27.
Rcf1 Kg6 28. Rf4 h5 29. g4 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Bd5 31. a3 a6 32. h3 hxg4 33. hxg4 Re8
34. Be5 Re7 35. Rf8 Rf7 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. Rh8+ Kg6 38. Bf4 Rh7 39. Rf8 Rh4 40.
Rg8+ Kf7 41. Rg5 Rh8 42. Rh5 Rxh5 43. gxh5 a5 44. h6 Kg6 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 b5
47. Kf2 e5 48. Bxe5 Kxh6 49. Bd6 Kg5 50. Bc5 Kf5 51. Ke2 Bc4+ 52. Kd2 Bd3 53.
Bd4 Bc4 54. Ke1 Bd3 55. Kf2 Bc4 56. Bc5 Bd3 57. Bd4 Bc4 58. Bc5 Bd3 59. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 b6 6. cxb6 cxb6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bg3
Bb7 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bh4 Be7 13. O-O Ne4 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
Ne2 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Qd6 17. Qb1 Rc8 18. a3 a5 19. Ng3 Nf6 20. Ne5 g6 21. Rc1 Rc7
22. Rc2 Nd7 23. f4 Nf6 24. Qc1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qd8 26. Ne2 Nf5 27. Bxf5 exf5 28.
Nc3 Qc7 29. Qa4 Kf8 30. Qb5 Bc8 31. h3 Be6 32. Kh2 Kg7 33. Qc6 Qxc6 34. Nxc6 Ne8
35. b4 axb4 36. Nxb4 Nc7 37. Na4 Na8 38. Nc3 Nc7 39. Na4 Na8 40. Nc3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Qa3 Ne4 11. Nfd2 cxd4 12. Nxe4 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 dxe4 14.
cxd4 Rb8 15. b3 c5 16. dxc5 Ba6 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Nc4 Rd5 19. Nd6 f5 20. f3 Bd3
21. Kf2 Kf8 22. g4 Ke7 23. Rhg1 g6 24. Rg3 exf3 25. Rxf3 Ba6 26. e4 Rd2+ 27. Kg1
Rxa2 28. exf5 gxf5 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. Nxf5 Kc6 32. Rc1 Rd2 33. Ne7+
Kd7 34. Re3 Rf8 35. Ra1 Rff2 36. Rxa6 Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Rxh2 38. Rxa7+ Ke8 39. Nc6+
Kf8 40. Rf3+ Kg8 41. Ne7+ Kg7 42. Nd5+ Kg8 43. Nf6+ Kh8 44. Rxh7+ Rxh7 45. Nxh7
Kxh7 46. Rg3 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 dxc4 6. bxc4 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Qc2
Be7 9. a3 Qc7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. e3 O-O 13. d3 Rfd8 14. Rd1 a6 15. Nc3
b5 16. O-O b4 17. Na4 Rab8 18. h3 Ba8 19. Rd2 bxa3 20. Bxa3 Nb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4
22. Qb3 Qc7 23. d4 Ne4 24. Ra2 Bc6 25. Rfa1 Bf6 26. Nb2 Nxg3 27. Nd3 Nf5 28.
Rxa6 Bxf3 29. Bxf3 Bxd4 30. exd4 Nxd4 31. Qd1 Qxc4 32. Ne5 Qc3 33. Bh5 g6 34.
Ra7 Nc6 35. Nd7 Nxa7 36. Rxa7 Ra8 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. Qxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. e3 Bb7 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Ke2 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rd2 Rab8
21. Rc1 Rdc8 22. Rdc2 Bc6 23. Nd2 Kf8 24. b3 Bd5 25. Rc3 f5 26. f3 Ng6 27. b4 a5
28. bxa5 Ne5 29. Rxc5 Rd8 30. Bb5 Nd7 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Nc4 Bxc4+ 33. R1xc4 Rb2+
34. Rc2 Rb3 35. Ra2 Ra7 36. a4 Rb1 37. Rb5 Rh1 38. h3 Rg1 39. Kf2 Rc1 40. g4
fxg4 41. hxg4 Rh1 42. Kg3 Kg7 43. Rc2 Ra1 44. Rc4 Ra3 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. Ke4 Ra1
47. f4 Rd1 48. Rh5 Kg7 49. Rd4 Rg1 50. Kf3 Rf1+ 51. Kg2 Ra1 52. Rc4 Re1 53. Kf2
Ra1 54. f5 Ra6 55. Re4 exf5 56. Rxf5 Rc6 57. Ref4 Rc7 58. a6 Ra7 59. Rf6 Ra3 60.
Rb6 Ra8 61. Re4 Ra7 62. Kf3 Ra8 63. Kf4 Ra1 64. Rd4 Ra3 65. e4 Ra1 66. Ke5 Rc1
67. Kd5 Rd8+ 68. Rd6 Rdc8 69. e5 R8c5+ 70. Ke4 Re1+ 71. Kf4 Rcxe5 72. R6d5 R1e4+
73. Rxe4 Rxd5 74. Rb4 Ra5 75. Ke4 Rxa6 76. Kd5 Kg6 77. Kc5 f5 78. Kb5 Ra8 79. a5
fxg4 80. Rxg4+ Kf5 81. Rg7 h5 82. a6 h4 83. a7 h3 84. Kb6 Kf4 85. Kb7 Rxa7+ 86.
Kxa7 h2 87. Rh7 Kg3 88. Kb6 Kg2 89. Kc5 h1=R 90. Rxh1 Kxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.28"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...Be7 defence, 9...Nxd4"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. fxe5
Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Rhe1 Rd8 18. Be4 Bd7 19. Nb5 Rab8 20. Bf3 Ne7
21. Nd6 Bc6 22. c4 Rd7 23. b4 b6 24. Kb2 Rbd8 25. Kc3 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Bxc6
Nxc6 28. c5 Nb4 29. Kc4 Nxa2 30. Ra1 Nb4 31. Rxa5 Nc6 32. Ra6 Rc7 33. Nb5 Rcc8
34. Nd6 Rc7 35. Nb5 Rcc8 36. Nd6 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.29"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qh6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. d4 g5 13. Nbd2 g4 14. Ne1 Kg7 15. Nd3
f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. d5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e4 19. Qxe4 Ne5 20. Be2 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qxe2 23. Rfe1 Qf2 24. Ne4 Qf7 25. Qd4 Rae8 26. Ng3 Qg6 27. b5 h5
28. b6 cxb6 29. Ne4 Re6 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxe5+ Kh7 32. Rad1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rf7
34. Kg1 h4 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qb1+ 37. Ke2 Qc2+ 38. Ke3 Qxg2 39. Qe7+ Kg6
40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kg6 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.29"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nd1 O-O 11. d4 Bd6 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Ne3 Rfc8 14. b3 b5 15.
Qxb5 Qc3 16. Rb1 Qxd4 17. c4 Rab8 18. Qa6 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. cxd5 Nfxd5 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Bf4 Ra8 24. Rfd1 Rd8 25. Rbc1 Bd6 26. Be3 Rab8 27. Rc6
Be5 28. Rc5 Rd7 29. Rb5 Rbd8 30. a4 d4 31. Rxe5 dxe3 32. Rxd7 exf2+ 33. Kxf2
Nxd7 34. Ra5 g6 35. b4 Nb6 36. Rxa7 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. Kg1 Rd1+
40. Bf1 Nd5 41. Rd7 Kf8 42. Kf2 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Rd4 44. Kf2 Rxb4 45. Rxd5 Rxa4 46.
Rd7 Kg7 47. Rc7 Ra5 48. Bc4 Rf5+ 49. Ke3 Re5+ 50. Kd4 Rf5 51. g4 Rf6 52. Bd5 h6
53. Ke5 Rf1 54. Rd7 Re1+ 55. Kd6 Rf1 56. Ke7 Rd1 57. Ke8 Kf6 58. Rxf7+ Kg5 59.
Bg2 Kh4 60. Rg7 Rd6 61. Kf7 Kg5 62. Be4 Rd7+ 63. Kg8 Rxg7+ 64. Kxg7 h5 65. Bf3
Kh4 66. Kxg6 hxg4 67. Bxg4 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.29"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. h3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Bh2 Re8 12. a4 a6 13. Na3 Bf8 14. Nd2 e5 15. Bf1
exd4 16. Rxe8 Qxe8 17. cxd4 d5 18. Nc2 Rc8 19. Ne3 Qe6 20. Qb3 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6
22. g3 Nf8 23. h4 g6 24. Bh3 Rc7 25. Qa3 Qxa3 26. Rxa3 Bc8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. a5
Rc6 29. g4 bxa5 30. g5 Nh5 31. Nxd5 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Ne6 33. Rxa5 Rd1 34. Ne4 Rxd4
35. Ndf6+ Nxf6 36. Nxf6+ Kg7 37. Kg3 h6 38. Ne8+ Kh7 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Ne8+ Kh7
41. Nf6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.29"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8. Bh4
d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Bd3 Qxb2 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Rc2 Qb4 15.
Nb5 e5 16. Rxc3 Nc6 17. f4 Bg4 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. fxe5 Nh5 20. Be1 a6 21. Nd4 Nxe5
22. Rc7 Qd6 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bf5 Ng7 25. Bg3 Bh5 26. Qc3 Rae8 27. Ne6 Rxe6 28.
Bxe6 f6 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qxe5 Kh7 32. Bf5+ Bg6 33. g4 a5 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.29"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Harrwitz attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
e3 a6 9. a4 Nd5 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. exf4 Qc7 12. Qd4 Be7 13. O-O Bf6 14. Qe4 O-O
15. Rac1 Qb6 16. b3 Qb4 17. Qe3 Rb8 18. Ne4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bd3 Bb7 21. Rc7
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rfd8 23. g3 Rbc8 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qd3+ Kg8 27.
Qxd7 Rd8 28. Qc7 Qxb3 29. Ne5 Rf8 30. Nd7 Ra8 31. Qb7 Rd8 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Qe7
Rd1 34. Qxf6 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qd3+ 36. Ke1 Qe4+ 37. Kd2 Qd5+ 38. Kc3 Qc4+ 39. Kb2
Qb4+ 40. Kc2 Qc5+ 41. Qc3 Qxf2+ 42. Qd2 Qxd2+ 43. Kxd2 f6 44. Kc3 e5 45. fxe5
fxe5 46. Kb4 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.29"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nd1 Re8 11. d4 Nc6 12. c3 Bf8 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Ne3 h5 15.
Bd2 g6 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Qb1 Qc7 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Qd3 a6 20. b4 Qb6 21. Nc2 Nd8
22. a4 Nb7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Na1 Nd6 25. Nb3 Nfe4 26. Nc5 Nxd2 27. Qxd2 Ra8 28.
Ra1 Nf5 29. Nd7 Qc6 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nxe8+ Rxe8 32. Ra7 Rc8 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4
Ne7 35. Re3 Qb6 36. Qa2 Nc6 37. Qa6 Qd8 38. Rb7 Kg8 39. Qxb5 Qh4 40. Qd3 Bd6 41.
Rxe6 Bh2+ 42. Kf1 Qxg4 43. Re1 Bc7 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.29"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. h3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. Bg3 Re8 13. Na3 Bf8 14. Nc4 Qc7 15.
Nfd2 b5 16. Na3 bxa4 17. Qxa4 Bc6 18. Qc2 Qb7 19. Nac4 Qc7 20. Na5 Ra7 21. Nxc6
Qxc6 22. b4 Rc8 23. c4 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bf1 Rb7 26. Qb3 Rcb8 27. b5 axb5 28.
cxb5 Qb6 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Rc8 31. Ra6 Qc5 32. Bd3 d5 33. Bf4 Ne4 34. Be3 d4
35. Bf4 Nc3 36. Re5 Qb4 37. Qxb4 Bxb4 38. g4 g6 39. Kg2 Rcb8 40. Re1 Rd8 41. Bg5
Rdb8 42. Bf4 Rd8 43. Re5 Rdb8 44. Rc6 Nxb5 45. Rd5 Na7 46. Rc1 Re8 47. Rb1 Rb6
48. Bc7 Rc6 49. Rd7 Re7 50. Rd8+ Kg7 51. Bf4 Ba5 52. Ra8 Rc8 53. Rbb8 Rxb8 54.
Bxb8 Bb6 55. Bd6 Rd7 56. Bf8+ Kf6 57. Rb8 Ba5 58. Re8 Bc7 59. h4 g5 60. Bf5 Rd5
61. Be7+ Ke5 62. Bc5+ Kf6 63. hxg5+ Kxg5 64. Bxa7 d3 65. Be3+ Kf6 66. Bd2 h5 67.
Be4 Rb5 68. g5+ 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.29"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Bd3 Qxb2 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Rc2 Qb4 15.
Nb5 e5 16. Rxc3 Nc6 17. f4 Bg4 18. Qc2 exf4 19. exf4 Nd5 20. fxg5 Nxc3 21. Nxc3
Rad8 22. Kh1 Qd4 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. h3 Bh5 25. Rf6 Qe3 26. Bf2 Qxg5 27. Ne4 Qg7
28. Bf5 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Qf2 Rdd8 31. Qh4 Bg6 32. Nf2 Rd5 33. Ng4 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.30"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxb7 Be4 7. Qxc7 Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 Qxc7 9. Bxc7 Ke7 10. e3 Rc8 11. Bg3 Bd5 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Ke2 c3 14. bxc3
Bxc3 15. Kd1 a5 16. Bd3 Bxa2 17. Rc2 Bd5 18. e4 Bb7 19. Ke2 Bb4 20. Rhc1 Rxc2
21. Rxc2 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bb5 Bb7 24. Kd3 Kd8 25. Ng5 Bxd2 26. Nxf7+ Ke7
27. Nd6 Bxe4+ 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Kxe4 Bb4 30. Bh4+ Nf6+ 31. Kd3 Bd6 32. h3 h6 33.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 34. Ke4 g5 35. g4 Bc7 36. f3 Bb6 37. Ba4 Ke7 38. Bb3 Kd6 39. Ba4 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.30"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Bd3 Qxb2 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Rc2 Qb4 15.
Nb5 e5 16. Nxc3 Nc6 17. Qc1 Rd8 18. Rb2 Qc5 19. Bb1 Be6 20. Rb5 Qc4 21. Ba2 Qd3
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxb7 Rac8 24. Qa1 Rd7 25. Rbb1 Qg6 26. Rfc1 Qe8 27. h3 Rdd8
28. Qa4 Qg6 29. Nb5 Ne4 30. Nxa7 Nxa7 31. Qxa7 Nc3 32. Rb7 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Nxg3 34.
Rxc8 Nf1+ 35. Kg1 Rxc8 36. Rb8 Qe8 37. Rxc8 Qxc8 38. Kxf1 Qc1+ 39. Ke2 Qc6 40.
Qb8+ Kf7 41. Qh8 e4 42. Qh7+ Ke8 43. Qg8+ Ke7 44. Qg7+ Ke8 45. Qb2 Qa6+ 46. Ke1
Kf7 47. g4 Qd3 48. Qd2 Qb5 49. Qc2 Qe5 50. Kf1 Qd5 51. Kg2 Qa8 52. Qc7+ Kg6 53.
Qd7 Qd5 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qe7+ Kg6 56. Qf8 Qb7 57. Qg8+ Kf6 58. Qe8 Qf7 59. Qa8
Qg6 60. Qf8+ Ke5 61. Qd8 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.30"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. d4 Ba7 12. h3 h5 13. Nbd2 h4 14. Bh2 exd4 15. Nxd4
Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Nf3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. e5 d5 20. Bxd5 c6 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7
22. e6+ Bxe6 23. Qc2 Kg8 24. Rxe6 Qd5 25. Rd6 Qf5 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxb7 Rb5 28.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Be5+ Kf8 30. Rd7 Re8 31. Bd4 Re7 32. Rd6 Rc7 33. Be5 Re7 34. Bd4
Rc7 35. Be5 Re7 36. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.30"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 7.Bb3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. Be3 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. f3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. f4 f5 15. Nd2
c5 16. Nf3 Nb6 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Bf2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 g6 21. Qe1 h6 22.
Bh4 Kf7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. h4 d4 25. h5 Nd5 26. hxg6+ Kg7 27. cxd4 Nxf4 28. Qe3
Nd5 29. Qf2 c4 30. Nh4 Rf8 31. Rd2 c3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33. Re1 Qg5 34. Bd1 Nf4 35.
Nf3 Nh3+ 36. Kh2 Rxf3 37. Qxf3 Qxd2 38. Qb7+ Kxg6 39. Rf1 Ng5 40. Qb6 f4 41. Bf3
Kg7 42. Qd6 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.30"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Rc1
Bxd3 9. cxd3 c5 10. Qa4 Be7 11. O-O Qd7 12. Qxd7 Nbxd7 13. Rc2 a5 14. a4 Nb8 15.
Ra1 Nc6 16. Kf1 Rfc8 17. Ke2 Nd7 18. Nb3 h5 19. h4 f6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. d4 Nb4
22. Rc3 Kf7 23. dxc5 e5 24. Nfd2 Ke6 25. f4 Nc6 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Nf3 Rcb8 28.
Rb1 Rb4 29. Nbd2 Rxa4 30. e4 d4 31. Rc4 Ra2 32. b3 Rb8 33. Kd1 Rb5 34. Rbc1 Rxc5
35. R1c2 Ra1+ 36. Rc1 Ra2 37. R1c2 Ra3 38. Ng5+ Kf6 39. Ngf3 Rxc4 40. Rxc4 Nc5
41. Kc2 Ra1 42. Kb2 Rh1 43. b4 Nd3+ 44. Kb3 Ndxb4 45. Ka4 Ke6 46. Kb5 a4 47.
Rxc6+ Nxc6 48. Kxc6 Rc1+ 49. Kb5 a3 50. Bxe5 Rc5+ 51. Ka4 Rxe5 52. Nxe5 a2 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.30"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 a6 6. a4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 Ne8 12. a5 Nc7 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Bd2 Qc8 15.
Na4 Nb5 16. c3 Qd8 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Rb1 e6 19. c4 Nd4 20. b4 Qc7 21. Bc3 exd5 22.
cxd5 Rbd8 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Ba1 Qd8 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Nxc5 28.
Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxa5 30. Re3 Nd7 31. e5 Qc5 32. Qxc5 Nxc5 33. f4 a5 34. Bb5
Ra8 35. e6 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.30"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 g5 7. d4 g4 8. Nfd2
exd4 9. Na3 Qf6 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nac4 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxe5
Bd5 15. Qxg4+ Qe6 16. Qxe6+ Bxe6 17. Ndf3 Bb4 18. Rd1 Rd5 19. Bf4 Bc5 20. Rac1
Kd8 21. Nxf7+ Bxf7 22. Be5 Ne7 23. Bxh8 Nc6 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Nxd4 Kc7 26. Nxc6
Kxc6 27. a3 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Kxd5 29. f3 Kc4 30. Kf2 Kd3 31. Bc3 b5 32. g4 a6 33.
Kg3 Ke3 34. f4 Ke4 35. f5 h5 36. h3 hxg4 37. hxg4 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.30"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[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, Showalter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4 7. Ne5 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Re1 Nf5 10. Rxe4 Nfxd4 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Nd5 Bf6 13. Bd2 d6 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Bc3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qg6 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Be6 19. c3 Rad8 20. Bc2 Qf6
21. Re1 g6 22. h3 Rd6 23. Bb3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rfd8 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kg7 27.
Qe2 a5 28. Rd1 Qe6 29. Qc2 Qf5 30. Qe2 Qe6 31. Qc2 b5 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. c4 b4
34. Qe2 Qd4 35. g3 c5 36. h4 h5 37. Kg2 Qf6 38. Kg1 Qd6 39. Qe3 Kg8 40. Kg2 Kg7
41. Kg1 Kg8 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.30"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 7.Bb3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 c6 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be7 12. Qf4 O-O 13. a4 Be6 14. c3 f6 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. exf6 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf6 18. Be3 Kf7 19. Bc2 g6 20. axb5 axb5 21. f3
Rfe8 22. Kf2 Red8 23. Rfd1 b4 24. Bd4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 Ke7 27. Ke3
Kd6 28. h4 Rdb8 29. g4 c5 30. Rdb1 cxd4+ 31. Kxd4 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Bd7 33. h5 gxh5
34. gxh5 Rf8 35. Bxh7 Rxf3 36. Rh1 Rh3 37. Rxh3 Bxh3 38. h6 Ke6 39. Be4 Kf6 40.
Bxd5 Kg6 41. h7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.30"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 e5 9. c3 Be6 10. Qe2 a5 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Nc4 Bg4 13. Ne3 Bc5 14. Nd5 Ne8 15.
Be3 Bd6 16. Qc4 Kh8 17. Rd2 f6 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. Nxe7 Bxe7 20. Qf1 Nd6 21. h3 Be6
22. b3 a4 23. Rb1 axb3 24. axb3 g5 25. Nf3 Nxe4 26. Rc2 Nd6 27. Rcc1 Nf5 28. Bd2
Rd8 29. Re1 Bc5 30. Kh2 Ra2 31. Re2 Ra6 32. Nxg5 fxg5 33. Bxg5 Be7 34. Bxe7 Nxe7
35. Rxe5 Ng6 36. Rb5 Rb6 37. Rh5 Bg8 38. c4 Qe6 39. Re1 Qf6 40. Re3 Rbd6 41. Be4
Re6 42. Qe2 Red6 43. Rf5 Qg7 44. Qf3 c6 45. h4 Ne5 46. Rxe5 Qxe5 47. Bxh7 Qf6
48. Bf5 Bf7 49. Re4 Rd4 50. Re3 Rf8 51. h5 Bxc4 52. g4 Be6 53. Qg3 Bxf5 54. gxf5
Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.01"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5
15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 g5 17. Bg3 Qxc5 18. Kd2 Nbd7 19. Rc1 Qd5+ 20. Ke2 Nc5
21. Qc4 Rd8 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Nd4 a5 24. Rc4 Rd7 25. f3 a4 26. Nb5 f6 27. e4 Ne7
28. Bc7 Ng6 29. g3 Ne5 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Nc3 Nb3 32. Nxa4 b5 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34.
Nc5 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxb2 36. Rc7+ Ke8 37. Nxe6 Rxh2 38. Rb7 Nc1 39. f4 gxf4+ 40.
gxf4 Rh3+ 41. Kd2 Nb3+ 42. Kc2 Na5 43. Rxb5 Nc4 44. Rb4 Ne3+ 45. Kd2 exf4 46. a4
Ng2 47. e5 f3 48. Ng7+ Kf8 49. Nf5 f2 50. e6 Rd3+ 51. Ke2 f1=Q+ 52. Kxf1 Rf3+
53. Kxg2 Rxf5 54. Rb5 Rf4 55. Ra5 Ke7 56. Ra6 h5 57. a5 Ra4 58. Kh3 h4 59. Ra8
Kxe6 60. a6 Kd7 61. a7 Kc7 62. Rh8 Rxa7 63. Rh7+ Kb8 64. Rxa7 Kxa7 65. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.01"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin, Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Qf3 Ke7 14.
a4 Qxa4 15. e5 fxe5 16. Qh5 Nc6 17. Qg5+ Kf8 18. Nf5 Rg8 19. Qh6+ Ke8 20. Qf6
Qb4 21. h4 Rg6 22. Qh8+ Qf8 23. Qxh7 exf5 24. h5 Rh6 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.01"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 Bb6 11. Nf1 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nf8 13. d4 Ng6 14. Be3 a5 15.
Qc2 a4 16. Rad1 Be6 17. c4 f6 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Ba5 20. Rf1 Bb4 21. Ra1 Qd7
22. Rfd1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. exd5
Bxd5 28. Ra7 Rc8 29. Bb6 cxb6 30. Rxd7 Rxc2 31. Rxd5 Bc5 32. Ne4 Bd4 33. Kf1 Rb2
34. f4 Rb1+ 35. Ke2 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 Rb1+ 37. Ke2 Rb2+ 38. Kf1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.01"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

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. a3 Qb6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. c4 f5 13. Nd2 Ne3 14. Bd3 g5 15. g3
gxf4 16. gxf4 Rg8 17. Nf1 Ng2+ 18. Ke2 Qd4 19. Ng3 Rxb2+ 20. Bxb2 Qxb2+ 21. Kf1
Nh4 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.01"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. a5 Nf6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nbd2 a6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Kh8 15.
Qd3 Qe7 16. Re1 Nd8 17. g3 Ne6 18. Nh4 Rad8 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Qf3 h6
22. Kg2 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Bd5 Rd7 26. Rad1 Re8 27. Bxb7 Rxb7
28. e5 Qe7 29. exd6 Qd7 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Rd4 Rd7 32. Qxf4 Qb8 33. Kg3 f6 34.
h4 Kg8 35. Kg2 Bf7 36. Kg3 Be6 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Qe5 Bf7 40. f3 Kf8
41. Kf2 Kg8 42. Kg3 Kf8 43. Qxg5 Rxd6 44. Qc5 Ke7 45. Qe5+ Kd7 46. Kf2 Qf8 47.
Qf5+ Kc6 48. Qc5+ Kd7 49. Qf5+ Kc6 50. Rxd6+ Qxd6 51. Qxf7 Qd2+ 52. Kg3 Qxc3 53.
Qe8+ Kc7 54. Qe4 Kd6 55. Kg4 Qa1 56. Qd3+ Ke7 57. Qe3+ Kf7 58. Qc5 Kg8 59. Kf4
Qd1 60. Ke5 Kh7 61. Qd5 Qa4 62. Qe4+ Kh8 63. Kd6 Qb5 64. Kc7 Kg8 65. Qe6+ Kh7
66. Qd6 Qe2 67. f4 Qb5 68. Qc5 Qf1 69. Qh5+ Kg8 70. Qd5+ Kh7 71. Qe4+ Kh8 72.
Kb6 Qb5+ 73. Ka7 Qf1 74. Qe8+ Kh7 75. Qh5+ Kg8 76. Qd5+ Kh7 77. f5 Qb1 78. Qd6
Qxf5 79. Kxa6 g5 80. b5 Qf1 81. Kb6 Qf2+ 82. Qc5 Qf6+ 83. Ka7 Qf7+ 84. Ka6 g4
85. b6 g3 86. b7 Qf1+ 87. Ka7 Qf2 88. Qb6 Qf7 89. Qb1+ Kh6 90. Qe4 Qg7 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.01"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nfd7 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 Nb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Bf5 11. Qd2 Qc8 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Qf4 h6 14. h4 a5 15.
a3 Bc2 16. Rd2 Bb3 17. Rd3 Bc4 18. Rd1 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nf5
Qxf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Bxb7 Rd8 24. Be3 e4 25. Rc1 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxe2 27. Rxc7
Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Nc4 29. g4 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Bxg4 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 f4 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.01"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Bd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5
15. g3 b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. Bc2 Qe6 18. Kg2 a4 19. a3 Ne5 20. Bb1 Qe7 21. Be1 Rad8
22. Ba2 Ned7 23. Qc2 Be5 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Ne2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qa7 27. Rc1 Ne6 28.
f3 Nd5 29. Qxc6 Nxe3+ 30. Kh1 Qb8 31. Bf2 Bxb2 32. Bxe3 Bxc1 33. Bxc1 Rc8 34.
Qe4 Qd6 35. Be3 Qd1+ 36. Ng1 Qc2 37. Qd5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.01"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Nbd7 7. a5 c5 8. c4 b6
9. axb6 Qxb6 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. Ra3 a6 12. d5 Ng4 13. Qc2 Nde5 14. Nd2 f5 15. e3
Qd8 16. Ne2 g5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Nf3 h6 19. b3 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. h3 Nf6 22. Rxa6
Ne4 23. Nd2 Nf6 24. Bb2 Re8 25. e4 Bc8 26. Raa1 fxe4 27. fxg5 Nxg5 28. h4 Nh3+
29. Kh1 Qe7 30. Rae1 Ng4 31. Nf4 Ngf2+ 32. Kh2 Ng4+ 33. Kh1 Nhf2+ 34. Kg1 Bb7
35. Re2 e3 36. Nd5 Qf7 37. Ne4 Bxd5 38. Nxd6 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Qe6 40. Rfxf2 Nxf2
41. Rxe3 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.02"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5
Be6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Nd4 Bxc5 12. Bd3 Bxd4 13. exd4 Qb6 14. Qd2 Ne4
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. d5 Bf5 17. O-O Qg6 18. d6 Ne5 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Nb5 Rad8 21.
Qc3 Nc6 22. Nc7 Rf8 23. Rad1 h5 24. Qc5 Rd7 25. b4 a6 26. a4 e3 27. fxe3 Be4 28.
Rd2 Kh7 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Nd8 31. Nd5 Ne6 32. Qc4 h4 33. Ne7 Qg4 34. Be5 Ng5
35. Bf4 Nh3+ 36. Kh1 f5 37. Qe6 Nxf4 38. Rxf4 Ra8 39. Kg1 Ra1+ 40. Rf1 Rxf1+ 41.
Kxf1 Rd8 42. h3 Qg5 43. d7 Qxe3 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qh5+ Qh6 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qxd8
Bxg2+ 48. Ke2 Bf1+ 49. Kd1 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.02"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. a4 Rb8 10. O-O d6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. c3 Na5 13. Ba2 c5 14. Re1 Qc7 15. b4
cxb4 16. cxb4 Nc6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Rb1 Nh5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nf1 Nf4 21. Ne3 Qf6
22. h4 bxa4 23. g3 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. gxf4 Qxf4 26. Nh2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Rxb4
28. Neg4 Qxh4 29. Rg1 Rxb1 30. Qxb1 Nd4 31. Qb7 Ne2 32. Ra1 h5 33. Qd7 hxg4 34.
Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Qxg4 Qxg4 36. Nxg4 Rf1+ 37. Rxf1 Ng3+ 38. Kg2 Nxf1 39. Kxf1 a3 40.
Ne3 a2 41. Nc2 Kg8 42. Ke2 Kf7 43. Kd2 Kf6 44. Kc3 Kg5 45. Kb2 Kf4 46. Kxa2 g5
47. Kb3 g4 48. Kc4 g3 49. Ne1 Ke3 50. Ng2+ Kf2 51. Nh4 g2 52. Nxg2 Kxg2 53. Kd5
a5 54. Kxd6 a4 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.02"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

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
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. b4 Be7 11. b5 Na5 12. Rxe5 Nf6 13. Nbd2 Bd6 14. Re1 Re8 15.
Bb3 Qd7 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Bc2 Nd5 18. Ne4 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Bxf3 20. Qd2 Qe6 21.
Qe3 Qd7 22. Qd2 Qe6 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.02"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin, Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14.
e5 fxe5 15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bxd7 Qd8 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20.
Qh6+ Ke7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.02"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Bd3 Bg4 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nge2 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 O-O 13. Rc1 Nd8 14. Qa3 Qd7
15. O-O g6 16. Nf4 Re8 17. Bc2 c6 18. Nd3 Ne6 19. f4 Ng7 20. f5 g5 21. Ne5 Qc7
22. h4 g4 23. Qc3 Ngh5 24. Qe1 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Qc3 Qg3 27. Qe1 Qd6 28.
Qf2 Re8 29. Rcd1 Qe5 30. Rd4 c5 31. Rd2 Ng3 32. Rfd1 Kf8 33. Rd3 Nfe4 34. Qe1
Qf6 35. Rxd5 Qxh4 36. Bxe4 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Nxe4+ 38. Ke2 Qxg2+ 39. Kd3 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.02"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. a4 Rb8 10. O-O d6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 Na5 13. Ba2 bxa4 14. c3 Bd7 15.
Qc2 Nh5 16. Bg3 Rb6 17. Nf1 Nb3 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. cxd4 Bxa2 21. Rc1
Nxg3 22. hxg3 exd4 23. Nxd4 c5 24. Ndf5 Bb3 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Qc3 Be6 27. d4
Rb3 28. Qd2 Rfb8 29. Rc2 cxd4 30. Qxd4 R8b4 31. Qd2 Rxe4 32. Rd1 Reb4 33. Qc1
Rb8 34. Rd4 a3 35. Nd5 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic KO 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.02"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Nc3 g5 12. Re1 Qd6 13. Ba4 Kh8 14. Bb3 Ne7 15.
Qe2 Nhg8 16. Qb5 Rd8 17. Bd2 b6 18. Ne2 a5 19. Bc2 Ba6 20. Qb3 Rdc8 21. Rac1 Rc6
22. Bb1 Rac8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Nc3 Bc8 25. Bd3 Qd8 26. Qc2 h6 27. Qd1 Be6 28.
Qe2 Bf7 29. Nb5 Ng6 30. Qd1 N8e7 31. Qb1 Qd7 32. b4 axb4 33. Bxb4 h5 34. Nc3 Rc7
35. Ne2 h4 36. Bxe7 Nxe7 37. Qxb6 Bh5 38. Nh2 f5 39. Bb5 Qc8 40. Qd6 Ng8 41. Nf3
Bxf3 42. gxf3 Nf6 43. a4 Ra7 1/2-1/2

