[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, main line with d3"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Rc1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Qa4 a5
15. Qb5 Bxa2 16. Bxa5 Qe6 17. Bf3 Be5 18. Bc7 Bxc7 19. Rxc7 Qd6 20. Rd7 Qf6 21.
Rxb7 Be6 22. h4 Rac8 23. Qb4 Rfe8 24. Ra1 h5 25. Qd2 Bg4 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Rb5
Rc7 28. Rba5 Kg7 29. Ra6 e6 30. Ra8 Rec8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. b4 Qe5 33. Qb2 Rb8
34. Qd2 Qd6 35. Qg5 Rxb4 36. h5 Qb8 37. Qxg4 e5 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40.
Ra7 Rb1+ 41. Kg2 Rb6 42. Qh3+ Kg5 43. Rf7 Qa8+ 44. f3 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd3 d5 7. exd5 Nb4 8.
Qg3 Bc5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. a3 Nbxd5 11. Nde2 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. O-O Rd8 14. b4
Bd6 15. Qf3 Be5 16. Bb2 Qc6 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. b5 Qc7 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. c4 Bxb2
21. cxd5 Bf6 22. Nf4 e5 23. d6 Qd7 24. Nh5 Bd8 25. Rfe1 Rc5 26. a4 f6 27. Ng3
Rc4 28. Rxe5 Qg4 29. Qxg4 Rxg4 30. Re4 Rxe4 31. Nxe4 Kf7 32. Nc5 b6 33. Nb7 f5
34. Re1 Bf6 35. d7 Be7 36. a5 bxa5 37. Nxa5 Bb4 38. Ra1 Bc3 39. Ra2 Rd8 40. Nc6
Rxd7 41. g3 Ke6 42. Ra3 Bf6 43. Ra6 Kd5 44. Nxa7 Rb7 45. b6 Kc5 46. Nc8 Rb8 47.
Ra2 Kc6 48. Rc2+ Kd7 49. Na7 Rxb6 50. Rd2+ Ke6 51. Nc8 Rc6 52. Na7 Rc5 53. Kg2
Be5 54. Rd8 Bc7 55. Rg8 Be5 56. Rd8 h6 57. h4 Bf6 58. Rb8 f4 59. Nb5 fxg3 60.
fxg3 Be5 61. Rb6+ Kd7 62. Kf3 Rc4 63. Ra6 Rb4 64. Na3 Rb3+ 65. Ke4 Bxg3 66. Nc4
Ke7 67. h5 Rb4 68. Kf3 Bc7 69. Rc6 Kd7 70. Rc5 Rb3+ 71. Kg4 Rg3+ 72. Kh4 Rg1 73.
Ne5+ Kc8 74. Ng6 Kb7 75. Rd5 Rh1+ 76. Kg4 Rg1+ 77. Kh4 Kc6 78. Ne7+ Kb6 79. Ng6
Bg3+ 80. Kh3 Be1 81. Rd1 Rg3+ 82. Kh4 Rg1+ 83. Kh3 Rg3+ 84. Kh4 Re3+ 85. Kg4 Bc3
86. Nf4 Kc5 87. Rd3 Rxd3 88. Nxd3+ Kd4 89. Nf4 Ke5 90. Ng6+ Ke4 91. Nh4 Bf6 92.
Nf5 Ke5 93. Nxg7 Bxg7 94. Kg3 Kf5 95. Kg2 Kg4 96. Kh1 Kxh5 97. Kg2 Kg4 98. Kh1
h5 99. Kg1 h4 100. Kh1 h3 101. Kg1 Kg3 102. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 Bd6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. b4
Qc7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c4 O-O 11. Be2 a5 12. b5 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O Nbd7 15.
Qa4 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Bf1 Rfe8 18. Rbc1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.
g3 Nc5 22. Qd4 Ne6 23. Qc3 Qc5 24. Qe5 Nd7 25. Qb2 Qd6 26. h4 h6 27. Nb3 Ndc5
28. Nbd4 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Bd7 30. Bd3 Ne6 31. Qb2 Nc5 32. Qc3 Kf8 33. Nd4 Qf6 34.
Qc2 Ke7 35. Bf5 Be8 36. Bh3 g6 37. h5 Kd6 38. Qe2 Ne4 39. Bg2 Nc5 40. Bh3 Ne4
41. Kg2 Nc5 42. Qd1 Ne4 43. Qc2 Nc5 44. Bg4 Qe5 45. Qe2 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 Qe5 47. Qf3
Ke7 48. hxg6 fxg6 49. Bh3 h5 50. Qe2 Kd6 51. Bg2 Bd7 52. Qf3 h4 53. Kg1 hxg3 54.
fxg3 Ke7 55. Qxd5 Qxe3+ 56. Kh2 Qh6+ 57. Kg1 Qc1+ 58. Kh2 Qh6+ 59. Kg1 Qe3+ 60.
Kh2 Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Nc3 a6 8. a4
Nd7 9. Nf3 Ngf6 10. O-O Rc8 11. d3 Be7 12. e4 O-O 13. h3 Qb6 14. Be3 c5 15. Qe2
Rfd8 16. g4 Bc6 17. Nh2 Qb7 18. g5 Ne8 19. b3 Ne5 20. Rfd1 Ng6 21. f4 c4 22.
bxc4 bxc4 23. d4 Bb4 24. Rab1 Qe7 25. Qb2 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Nd6 27. Qc2 Qe8 28. Ra1
Rb8 29. Ng4 Rb3 30. a5 Nh4 31. Bh1 h5 32. gxh6 f5 33. Bf2 Rxh3 34. d5 Qh5 35.
Qe2 fxg4 36. Bxh4 Rxh4 37. Bg2 exd5 38. exd5 Re8 39. Qb2 Qxh6 40. dxc6 Nb5 41.
Qf2 Rf8 42. Rd7 Rxf4 43. Qg3 Qg5 44. Rd5 Qf6 45. Re1 Rh6 46. Rd7 Qg5 47. c7 Rf8
48. Qe3 Qh4 49. Rxg7+ Kxg7 50. Qe5+ Qf6 51. Qc5 Qd4+ 52. Qxd4+ Nxd4 53. Re7+ Kf6
54. Rd7 Ne2+ 55. Kf2 Ke6+ 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4
Qd8 9. b4 Bd6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bb2 a6 13. a4 Be6 14. b5 Na5 15. Bxe6
Rxe6 16. c4 Qe7 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Re2 Re8 19. Rae1 axb5 20. axb5 b6 21. d4 exd4
22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bxd4 Bb4 24. h3 Nb7 25. Re2 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Nd6 27. Re2 Qf7 28.
Ne5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Qf5 30. Qc3 Re7 31. Kh2 Nb7 32. Qg3 Na5 33. Qc3 Rd7 34. c5 Rd3
35. Qc2 Rd5 36. cxb6 Qxc2 37. Rxc2 cxb6 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. f4 g5 40. Rc7+ Kg8 41.
Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rg6 Nc4 43. Bc3 gxf4 44. Rxe6 Rxb5 45. Rxh6 Rf5 46. Rc6 b5 47. Rc7
f3 48. gxf3 Rxf3 49. Bd4 Rd3 50. Bf6 Rf3 51. Bd4 Rd3 52. Bc5+ Kg8 53. Rb7 Rb3
54. h4 Ne5 55. h5 Rd3 56. Kg2 Rd5 57. Be3 Nc4 58. Bf4 Rxh5 59. Kf3 Kf8 60. Ke4
Ke8 61. Rg7 Kf8 62. Rg5 Rxg5 63. Bxg5 b4 64. Kd4 b3 65. Bc1 b2 66. Bxb2 Nxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Bernstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 14. axb5 Nxb5
15. Qa4 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 O-O 17. Rfd1 c5 18. Be3 Qb6 19. Rac1 a5 20. Qc4 Rac8 21.
Ng5 Nxg5 22. Bxg5 Qb7 23. Be3 Rfe8 24. Qd5 Qb8 25. Rxc5 Rcd8 26. Qf3 h6 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. h3 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxa5 Rd8 31. b3 Qb4 32. Ra8 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxe5+
34. g3 Rxa8 35. Qxa8+ Kh7 36. Qf3 f5 37. b4 Qb5 38. Qc3 Qe2 39. Qc5 Qe4 40. b5
f4 41. g4 Qf3 42. b6 g6 43. Qc2 Kg8 44. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Be3
Bd6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 a6 12. Bd3 g6 13. Rc1 b5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4
Bd7 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Rxb2 21. Bxa6
e5 22. Bh6 Ra8 23. Ra1 Ng7 24. c4 d4 25. Bb5 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 f6 27. Nd2 Nf5 28.
Ne4 Kf7 29. Bd2 d3 30. f4 exf4 31. Bc3 Rc2 32. Ba4 Nfd4 33. Bxc2 dxc2 34. Bb2
Nb3 35. Re1 Ne5 36. Nxf6 Nd3 37. Nxd7 Nxe1 38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. c6 Kd6 40. Kf2 Nxg2
41. Ba3+ Kc7 42. Kxg2 c1=R 43. Bxc1 Nxc1 44. Kf3 g5 45. Kg4 h6 46. Kh5 f3 47.
Nxf3 Kxc6 48. Kxh6 g4 49. Ne5+ Kc5 50. Kg5 Kd4 51. Nxg4 Ne2 52. h4 Ng3 53. Nf6
Kxc4 54. Kg4 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qc1 Nb4 12. a3 Nd3 13. Qc2 c6 14. Nc3 Ba6 15.
Rfd1 Nd5 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qd2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Nb4 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Qxb3 Nc7 21.
Rac1 Qd7 22. Bg5 Nd5 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Ng5 Rfd8 25. Qd3 Ng6 26. Qf3 Rab8 27. g3
Rb5 28. Ne4 Rd5 29. Nd6 f6 30. Rb1 c5 31. Rb7 Nxe5 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. Rxd7 Nxd7
34. Nb7 Rc8 35. dxc5 Rc7 36. c6 Nb6 37. Na5 Kf7 38. Kg2 Ke6 39. Nb7 Ke5 40. Re1+
Kd4 41. Nd8 Kd3 42. Re3+ Kd2 43. Re6 Nc4 44. f4 Kc3 45. Nb7 d4 46. Nd6 Nxd6 47.
Rxd6 d3 48. Kf2 d2 49. Kf3 Kc2 50. Ke4 Re7+ 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2
Be7 9. Re1 Bf6 10. e5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rxe5 dxe5 13. Qg4 Nf6 14. Qxg7 Rg8
15. Qh6 Bd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qg5 18. Qxg5 Rxg5 19. h4 Rg8 20. Bxe5 Bc6 21.
Bxc6+ bxc6 22. d3 Ke7 23. Re1 f6 24. Bb2 c4 25. bxc4 Rab8 26. Bc3 Rb7 27. g3
Rgb8 28. Kg2 Rb1 29. Re2 Rc1 30. Kf3 h5 31. Ke4 c5 32. Kf4 Rbb1 33. Ke4 Rb8 34.
Ke3 Rbb1 35. Ke4 Kf7 36. Kf4 Ke7 37. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 Qxb2 7. Nb5 Bb4+ 8.
Nd2 Nd5 9. Rb1 Qxa2 10. Rxb4 Nxb4 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Bc4 Nxc2+ 13. Kf1 Qa1 14.
Qxa1 Nxa1 15. Ke2 Nc2 16. d5 Na6 17. Rc1 Nab4 18. Nf3 b6 19. Bb3 Ba6+ 20. Kd2
Nd3 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 a6 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. g3 Bb7
9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Nf4 a5 14. Ne5 Ndf6 15. Rac1
a4 16. bxa4 Qe8 17. f3 Ng5 18. c5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nh5 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. Ba3 Nxf4
22. exf4 Nf7 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Rfe1 Qb4 25. Qb3 Qd4+ 26. Qe3 Qb4 27. Rb1 Qxa4
28. Qxb6 Bc8 29. Rec1 h6 30. Qc6 Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Bd7 32. Qb7 Qa4 33. Bf1 g5 34. Rc7
Be8 35. Bb5 Qa3 36. Rb3 Qxa2 37. Bxe8 Rxe8 38. Rxf7 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qa2+ 40. Kf1
Qa1+ 41. Rb1 Qxb1+ 42. Qxb1 Kxf7 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Qb7+ Re7 45. Qc8 Ra7 46. Qh8 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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 "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 h6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3
dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. c5 Bxc5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Ng4 14. Ne4 Bb6
15. a4 Bf5 16. e3 a5 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. Nd2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Nc4 Rc5 21.
Bxb7 Rb8 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. Ba6 Kf8 24. Rd4 Ra8 25. Bb5 Rac8 26. Kg2 Ke7 27. Rad1
Rc1 28. Rxc1 Rxc1 29. g4 Be6 30. h4 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. f3 Rc5 33. Kg3 Rc3 34.
Re4 Kd6 35. f4 f6 36. Rd4+ Bd5 37. Kf2 Kc5 38. fxg5 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 fxg5 40. Rd1
Rg2+ 41. Kh3 Rf2 42. Rc1+ Kd6 43. Rc3 Ke5 44. Bc6 Be6 45. Kg3 Rb2 46. Bf3 Rb3
47. Rxb3 Bxb3 48. Bc6 Bd1 49. Kh3 Kd6 50. Bb5 Kc5 51. Kg3 Kb4 52. e4 Bxa4 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. b4 a6 14. Bb2 Be6 15. f4
exf4 16. Qd2 f3 17. Rxf3 Ne5 18. Rg3 Nc4 19. Rxg7+ Kf8 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Nxd4
Rxe4 22. Qh6 Ke8 23. Nf5 Re6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rg8+ Kd7 26. Rd1+ Kc7 27. Qf4+
Kb6 28. Qf2+ Kc7 29. Rxa8 Be2 30. Re1 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nfd2 Na5 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nd5 13. Rac1 b5 14. Ne4
Bb7 15. Nd6 Bc6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bc3 Nb7 18. Nf5 Rfe8 19. Nxg7 Rxe2 20. Nf5 Re6
21. Nd4 Nc5 22. Bb4 Na4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rd4 e5 25. Rg4+ Kf7 26. Rh4 Kg8 27.
Rg4+ Kf7 28. Rh4 Kg8 29. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "1510045"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Bb1 Bf6 13. Qd3 g6 14. Ba2 Nce7
15. Ne5 Bc6 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bd2 b6 20. Nc3 Kh8 21. Re2
Nf5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bb4 Rg8 24. Rae1 a5 25. Bc3 Rc7 26. Qb5 Rd7 27. Re6 Nd6
28. Qxd5 f5 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Rf8 31. Re6 Ne4 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxb6 Bxd4
34. Rb8 Rxb8 35. Bxd4+ Nf6 36. Bxf6# 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16. Qxa8 Bf5 17. Qxf8+ Kxf8 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Kb1 h5 20. Be4 Qb6
21. Rhf1 Qa5 22. b3 Qe5 23. h3 Kg7 24. Rfe1 Qc3 25. Re2 a5 26. Rd3 Qc5 27. a4 h4
28. Red2 Qb6 29. Kb2 Bc4 30. Rc3 Bf1 31. f4 Qf6 32. Rf2 Ba6 33. Rf3 Qd4 34. Re3
e6 35. Ka2 Bf1 36. Bf3 Qxf4 37. Re4 Qd2 38. Kb2 Qg5 39. Re1 Ba6 40. Rce3 Qc5 41.
Re5 Qd4+ 42. Kb1 Qc3 43. R5e3 Qd2 44. Re5 Qc3 45. R5e3 Qd2 46. Re5 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Ne5 Bd6
9. Qa4 Bxe5 10. Bxe5 O-O 11. Bg3 Ne7 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Be5 Qe7 14. O-O Rfc8 15.
Rfd1 h6 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Bh2 Nf6 18. Bd3 c4 19. Bb1 Bc6 20. Qc2 b5 21. Re1 b4
22. f3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Qa3 24. Qd1 Nd6 25. e4 Nb5 26. Qc2 Qf8 27. Qd1 Qa3 28. Qc2
Qf8 29. Qd1 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 Ng6 8. Bxg6
hxg6 9. d3 dxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Na3 Bb7 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Nd6 Rb8 15.
Nxb7 Rxb7 16. Qa4 Bxg5 17. Qxc6 Rc7 18. Qe4 Be7 19. Rad1 Qd5 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. h4
Rcd7 22. g4 b5 23. h5 b4 24. c4 Qc6 25. Kg2 a5 26. Kg3 gxh5 27. gxh5 a4 28. h6
gxh6 29. Rh1 Kh7 30. Rh3 Rg8+ 31. Kh2 Rg6 32. Qe3 Rd8 33. Rg1 Rdg8 34. Rg4 b3
35. axb3 axb3 36. Qf4 f5 37. Rg1 b2 38. Qd2 Qb7 39. Rb1 Bf8 40. Qe3 Rg2+ 41. Kh1
R2g4 42. Kh2 Qg7 43. Qe1 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Qg4 45. Ng1 Rxg1+ 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Nh7 12. Nf1 h5 13. h4 g4 14. N3h2 Ne7 15. Qd2 Kg7
16. d4 Ng6 17. Rad1 Nxh4 18. dxe5 Ng6 19. exd6 h4 20. d7 Bxd7 21. Qxd7 Qxd7 22.
Rxd7 hxg3 23. Nxg3 Ne5 24. Rxc7 Rfc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Be2 Nf6 27. Rd1 Kg6 28.
Nhf1 Kg5 29. Ne3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rc7 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Rd4 Nc6 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Nf5
Nce5 35. Nd6 b6 36. Bc4 Kf6 37. b4 Ke7 38. Nf5+ Kd8 39. Bd5 axb4 40. cxb4 Nd3+
41. Kg3 Nxb4 42. Bxf7 Ne5 43. Bb3 Kd7 44. Nh6 Kd6 45. Nxg4 Nbd3 46. Nxe5 Kxe5
47. Kh4 Nc5 48. Bd5 Kf6 49. g4 Nd7 50. Kh5 Ne5 51. g5+ Kg7 52. Bb3 b5 53. a3 Kh7
54. Bd1 Nc4 55. e5 Kg7 56. e6 Nxa3 57. e7 Kf7 58. g6+ Kxe7 59. g7 Kf7 60. Kh6 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Be2 Nb4 11. Qb3 c5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Nf3 Be6
15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Rd1 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Ne4 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. O-O Nxc3 20. bxc3 b5 21.
Rc1 Red8 22. Qd1 Rd7 23. h4 Qa3 24. Qd2 Rc4 25. Be2 Rc5 26. Bd1 h6 27. Kh2 a5
28. Rb1 a4 29. c4 Rxc4 30. Rxb5 Qd6+ 31. g3 Rdc7 32. Bxa4 Rxd4 33. exd4 Bf5 34.
Bb3 Be4 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. gxf4 Rc1 37. f5 Ra1 38. Kg3 Kh7 39. f6 gxf6 40. f3 Bf5
41. Bxd5 Be6 42. Be4+ Kg7 43. d5 Bd7 44. Rb7 f5 45. Bd3 Rd1 46. Bc4 Rd4 47. Bb3
f4+ 48. Kf2 Ba4 49. Bxa4 Rxa4 50. Rb2 Rd4 51. Ke2 Rxd5 52. Rb4 Re5+ 53. Kf2 Re3
54. a4 Ra3 55. Rxf4 f5 56. Rb4 Kg6 57. Kg3 Kh5 58. Rc4 Kg6 59. Rf4 Ra2 60. Rb4
Kh5 61. Kf4 Ra3 62. Kg3 Ra2 63. Rd4 Ra3 64. Rf4 Kg6 65. Kf2 Kf6 66. Rc4 Kg6 67.
Ke2 Kh5 68. Rf4 Kg6 69. Kd2 Kf6 70. Kc2 Ke5 71. Kb2 Rd3 72. Rb4 Rxf3 73. a5 Rf2+
74. Kb3 Rf3+ 75. Ka2 Rf2+ 76. Rb2 Rf4 77. Ka3 Rg4 78. Rb5+ Kd6 79. a6 Kc7 80.
Rb7+ Kc8 81. Rb6 Kc7 82. a7 Rg8 83. Rxh6 Kb7 84. Rh7+ Ka8 85. h5 f4 86. h6 f3
87. Rg7 Rf8 88. h7 f2 89. Rf7 Rh8 90. Rxf2 Rxh7 91. Rf4 Rxa7+ 92. Ra4 Rxa4+ 93.
Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. O-O bxc5 11. b5 Bd6 12. a4 O-O 13. Bb2 Qb8 14. Nbd2 Rc8
15. Qc2 h6 16. Rfb1 e5 17. g3 Bc7 18. e4 d4 19. Nc4 Ba5 20. Bc1 Qb7 21. Bd2 Bc7
22. b6 Bb8 23. Re1 Ra6 24. a5 Re8 25. Nh4 Re6 26. Nf5 h5 27. Qd3 g6 28. Nh4 Ra8
29. Nf3 Qa6 30. Ng5 Re7 31. Qb3 Ne8 32. Rab1 Ndf6 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. Rxb5 Nd7 35.
Rc1 Nd6 36. Nxd6 Bxd6 37. Nf3 f5 38. Bg5 Ree8 39. Nd2 Kf7 40. Nc4 Ke6 41. f3 Ra6
42. b7 Rf8 43. Kg2 Bb8 44. Rcb1 Bc7 45. Bc1 Bb8 46. Ba3 Ba7 47. Re1 g5 48. exf5+
Kxf5 49. Nxe5 Re8 50. Nxd7 Rxe1 51. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Blumenfeld counter-gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. g3 a6 8. bxa6
Nc6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Bxa6 12. b3 h6 13. Bb2 Qe8 14. Rc1 Qh5 15.
Re1 Rad8 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Ba3 Ne5 18. Bxc5 Ng4 19. Bxe7 Rxf3 20. Bh4 Rxf2 21.
Bxe4 Rxh2 22. Bf3 Rxh4 23. gxh4 Qxh4 24. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 25. Kh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg2 d4 27.
Nc5 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Na6 14. a3 Bb2
15. Rb1 Bxa3 16. h4 f6 17. Be2 Bb4 18. O-O Nc7 19. h5 a5 20. Bf4 e5 21. Be3 g5
22. g3 a4 23. f4 a3 24. fxe5 a2 25. Ra1 Ra3 26. Kf2 fxe5 27. Bxg5 Rf8+ 28. Nf3
Bg4 29. Kg2 Bc3 30. Be7 Bxf3+ 31. Bxf3 Bxa1 32. Bxf8 Bd4 33. Bg4 a1=Q 34. Rxa1
Rxa1 35. d6 Ra2+ 36. Kh3 Bg1 37. Bd7 Ne8 38. Be7 Kf7 39. Bf5 Nf6 40. g4 Rd2 41.
g5 Nxh5 42. Bxh7 Nf4+ 43. Kg4 Ng6 44. Bf6 Rxd6 45. Kf5 Ne7+ 46. Bxe7 Kxe7 47. g6
Kf8 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Qf5 11. Bg5 Bc5 12. Nh4 Qd5 13. c4 Qe5 14. Nf3 Qf5
15. Nh4 Qe5 16. f4 d3+ 17. Kh1 Qd4 18. Nf3 Qxc4 19. Rc1 d2 20. Rxc4 dxe1=Q+ 21.
Qxe1 Bxc4 22. Nxc5+ 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Qa4 Bc6 11. Qc2 Nxc4 12. Na4 Be7 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qh4 bxa4 15.
Rd1 Qb6 16. Be3 Qb7 17. Rac1 O-O 18. Bd4 h6 19. g4 Qb5 20. g5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 Qf5
22. Bxc6 dxc6 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. Qg3 Bf6 25. Kf1 Rfd8 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Qe5 Qh3+
28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Qg3 Qe4 30. Qe5 Qg4+ 31. Qg3 Qe4 32. Qe5 c5 33. Qxe4 Nxe4 34.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Rc4 f5 36. Rxa4 g5 37. h3 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rb1 39. b3 Rb2 40. Kf1
Rb1+ 41. Kg2 Rb2 42. Kf1 Kg7 43. Rxa7+ Kf6 44. Ra5 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Rb2 46. Kf1 Nc3
47. Ng1 Nxa2 48. Rxc5 Rxb3 49. Nf3 Rb6 50. Ne5 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 Rb2 52. e3 Nb4 53.
Rb5 Nd3 54. Rxb2 Nxb2 55. Nd7+ Ke7 56. Ne5 Kf6 57. Nd7+ Ke7 58. Ne5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, Keres attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 d5
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Qxh4 12. Qf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qe7+ 14. Be2 Qe4
15. O-O-O Qxf3 16. Bxf3 Be6 17. Rge1 Kd7 18. Kb1 f6 19. c4 Bf7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21.
Be3 Re8 22. Rxd5+ Kc6 23. Red1 g6 24. a3 Rh7 25. b4 b6 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Bd6
28. Rg8 h5 29. Rxg6 h4 30. Rxf6 Kc7 31. c5 bxc5 32. bxc5 Be5 33. Rf5 h3 34. Rxe5
h2 35. Bf4 h1=Q+ 36. Re1+ Kc6 37. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 38. Kc2 Rh4 39. f3 Rh3 40. Kd3
Rxf3+ 41. Be3 Rg3 42. g5 Kd5 43. c6 Kxc6 44. Ke4 a5 45. Kf4 Rg2 46. Kf5 Kd7 47.
g6 Ke8 48. Bc5 Rc2 49. Bd6 Kd7 50. g7 Rg2 51. Bf8 a4 52. Kf6 Ke8 53. Bc5 Rg3 54.
Bd6 Rxg7 55. Kxg7 Kd7 56. Bb4 Kc6 57. Kf6 Kb7 58. Ke6 Ka8 59. Kd6 Kb7 60. Kc5
Ka8 61. Kb5 Kb7 62. Kxa4 Ka8 63. Kb5 Kb7 64. a4 Ka8 65. a5 Kb7 66. a6+ Ka8 67.
Kb6 Kb8 68. Bd6+ Ka8 69. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Nc6
9. Bg2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Bg4 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15.
Rxa3 Bh3 16. Rd1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne5 18. f3 Rfe8 19. Ra2 Ng6 20. Rc1 Re7 21. Rac2
h5 22. h4 Rae8 23. Nd1 Nf8 24. Qa5 Ne6 25. Qd2 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qd6 27. Rc8 Qa3 28.
Qd3 Qd6 29. Nf2 Qe6 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rc7 Qxe3 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Rxb7 d4 34.
Rb6 a5 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Rd8 Rxb3 37. Rxd4 Rb2 38. Kf1 Ra2 39. Nd3 Ng8 40. Nf4
Ne7 41. Rd7 Nf5 42. Nxh5 Kg6 43. Nf4+ Kf6 44. Nh5+ Kg6 45. Nf4+ Kf6 46. Nh5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[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 "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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 "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 b6 9. f3 Qc6 10. Qb3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. e4 Rfc8 14. Kf2 Nb8
15. a4 Nbd7 16. Bf4 a6 17. Rab1 h6 18. Rhd1 Qb7 19. h4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rc6 21.
Rdc1 Rac8 22. Qd3 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Ne8 24. Bf4 Rc6 25. g4 Qc8 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5
Rc4 28. Qa3 Rc2 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Nf8 31. Qd3 Nd6 32. d5 Nc4 33. Be3 exd5
34. exd5 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Nd4 Qb8 37. f4 Ng6 38. Kg3 Qe8 39. Nf5 Ne7 40.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 41. Bf2 Nd6 42. Kf3 Qd7 43. Kg3 b4 44. Bc5 Qf5 45. Qxf5 Nxf5+ 46. Kf3
b3 47. Ba3 Nd6 48. Ke2 Nc4 49. d6 Nxd6 50. Kd3 Nf5 51. Kc4 Kh7 52. Kxb3 Nd4+ 53.
Kc4 Ne6 54. f5 Nxg5 55. Kd5 Nf3 56. Bc1 Ng1 57. Ke4 Ne2 58. Bd2 Ng3+ 59. Kf4
Nh5+ 60. Kg4 Nf6+ 61. Kf3 Kg8 62. Bc3 Nd5 63. Bb2 f6 64. Ba3 Kf7 65. Ke4 Nb6 66.
Bc5 Nd7 67. Bd6 Nb6 68. Bc5 Nc8 69. Ba3 Ne7 70. Bb4 Ke8 71. Ba3 g6 72. fxg6 Nxg6
73. Bb2 Ne5 74. Bxe5 fxe5 75. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. h3 Be7 12. b4 Rc8 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Bd8 15. Na5
Bxa5 16. bxa5 Rfe8 17. g4 Be4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bh2 e5 20. f3 exd4 21. fxe4 Rxe4
22. O-O-O dxe3 23. Bd3 Ra4 24. Bf5 Nxc5 25. Bxc8 d4 26. Kc2 Rc4+ 27. Kb1 d3 28.
Rhe1 Re4 29. Bf5 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Qf3 Rxb2 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5 Be7
15. Qe4 g6 16. f5 d5 17. Qf3 Rf8 18. f6 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Rb4 20. Rae1 Qe8 21. a3 Rh4
22. h3 Qe6 23. Qg3 Rh5 24. Ne2 Rg5 25. Qh4 Rh5 26. Qg3 Rg5 27. Qh4 Rh5 28. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nb5 Na6 7. h3 Ne4 8. c3 c6
9. Na3 Qb6 10. Qb3 f6 11. Be2 e5 12. Bh2 exd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. O-O Nd2 15. Qxb6
axb6 16. Rfe1 Bh6 17. Rad1 Ne4 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Nc2 Bf7 20. c4 Bf8 21. a3 Nd6 22.
Rxe8 Nxe8 23. Ne3 Nac7 24. Nd2 Rd8 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Ne4 Bh6 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28.
Bc2 Kf8 29. Nc3 Bf7 30. d5 cxd5 31. g4 Bg7 32. Bf4 d4 33. Ne2 f5 34. gxf5 d3 35.
Rxd3 Rxd3 36. Bxd3 Bxb2 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. a4 Nf6 39. Bh6+ Ke7 40. Nf4 Bc1 41.
Bb5 Kd6 42. Bf8+ Kc7 43. Nd3 Bd2 44. Ne5 Be6 45. h4 Bf5 46. Nf7 Ne4 47. Bg7 Bc3
48. Bh6 Bf6 49. Bf4+ Kc8 50. h5 g5 51. Nd6+ Nxd6 52. Bxd6 Bg7 53. f4 Bh6 54.
fxg5 Bxg5 55. Bf8 Bd7 56. Kf2 Bxb5 57. axb5 Kd7 58. Kf3 Ke6 59. Ke4 Kf6 60. Bd6
Bd2 61. Bf4 Bb4 62. Be3 Bf8 63. Kd5 Kf5 64. h6 Kf6 65. Bd4+ Kg6 66. Bg7 Bc5 67.
Ke6 Be3 68. Kd7 Kf7 69. Kc7 Kg6 70. Kxb7 Kf7 71. Kc6 Kg6 72. Kd5 Kh7 73. Bf8 Kg8
74. Ke4 Bd2 75. Bg7 Kf7 76. Kd5 Be3 77. Kc6 Kg8 78. Kd5 Kf7 79. Ke5 Bd2 80. Ke4
Kg8 81. Kd5 Kf7 82. Kc6 Be3 83. Kb7 Kg8 84. Kc8 Kf7 85. Kd7 Kg6 86. Bf8 Bd4 87.
Kc6 Be3 88. Kd5 Bd2 89. Kc6 Be3 90. Kc7 Bf2 91. Kd7 Be3 92. Kc6 Bf2 93. Bd6 Kxh6
94. Bc7 Kg6 95. Bxb6 Be1 96. Bc7 Bf2 97. Bd6 Kf5 98. Bc5 Bg3 99. b6 Ke6 100. b7
Bh2 101. Bb6 Bb8 102. Bc7 Ba7 103. Kb5 Kd7 104. Ka6 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "1510045"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. f4 d5 6. exd5 O-O 7. fxe5 Ng4 8. d4
Nxe5 9. dxc5 Qh4+ 10. Kf1 Qxc4+ 11. Qe2 cxd5 12. Qxc4 dxc4 13. Bf4 Nbc6 14. Nge2
Bf5 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. h3 h6 17. Kf2 a6 18. Rhd1 Rxd1 19. Nxd1 Rd8 20. Ne3 Bh7 21.
g4 f6 22. a3 Kf7 23. Ng2 g5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Ne3 Rc8 26. Rd1 Rxc5 27. Rd8 Rb5
28. Rc8 Bg6 29. Rc7+ Ke8 30. Nd4 Rxb2 31. Nd5 Bf7 32. Re7+ Kd8 33. Ne6+ Bxe6 34.
Rxe6 Rxc2+ 35. Ke3 Rc1 36. Kd2 Rh1 37. Nxf6 Nc6 38. Kc3 Rxh3+ 39. Kxc4 Rxa3 40.
Nd5 Kd7 41. Rxh6 Ra1 42. Nb6+ Kc7 43. Nd5+ Kb8 44. Rh5 Ne5+ 45. Kc5 Rc1+ 46. Kd6
Nxg4 47. Rxg5 Rc6+ 48. Ke7 Nf2 49. Kd7 Ne4 50. Rf5 Ka7 51. Ne7 Nf6+ 52. Kd8 Rd6+
53. Kc8 b5 54. Rf3 Nd5 55. Nf5 Rf6 56. Kd7 Kb6 57. Rf1 a5 58. Rf3 a4 59. Rf2 Ne3 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[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 "2021.04.24"]

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. a4 a6 11. Bf1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Ba7 13. b4 c6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Bb2 a5
16. b5 Qc7 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rad1 Rab8 19. Ba3 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. c4 Bxf3 22.
Nxf3 exd4 23. c5 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rd8 25. Bb2 Qf4 26. Bc1 d3 27. Bxd3 Qb4 28. Bxg6
hxg6 29. Be3 Qe4 30. Qxe4 Nxe4 31. Ne5 Bxc5 32. Nxc6 Rd3 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Re5
Nxa4 35. Rxa5 Nb6 36. Ra6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Nc4 38. Ra4 Rc1 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Nd8 Nd2
41. g4 Rc7 42. Kg2 Ne4 43. Ra4 Nd6 44. Rd4 Nb7 45. Nxb7 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Be6 8. d3
Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Qd7 11. Ne3 Nc7 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 f5 14. Bd2 b5 15.
Rc1 Rad8 16. b3 a6 17. Be1 Rfe8 18. Bf2 Bf7 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Bxc6 Qg6+ 21. Bg2
c4 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. d4 Nd5 24. f5 Qxf5 25. e4 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Qa5 27. Qc2 Bb4 28.
Rg3 c3 29. d5 Bg6 30. Qb3 Kh8 31. a3 Bc5 32. Qxc3 Bxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Qxc3 34. Rxc3
Bxe4 35. Re2 Bxg2 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Kxg2 Kg8 38. Rc6 Rd8 39. d6 a5 40. Ra6 Kf7
41. a4 Ke6 42. d7+ Kxd7 43. Rxa5 Kc6 44. Ra7 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Rd3+ 46. Kf4 Rh3 47.
Rxg7 Rxh2 48. a5 Kb5 49. Kg3 Rh6 50. Rg5+ Ka6 51. Kg4 Rg6 52. Rxg6+ hxg6 53. Kg5
Kxa5 54. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Rb1 Bd6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Bxd6
dxe3 9. Ba3 exd2+ 10. Qxd2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f3 Nd6 14. Qf2 e5 15.
Ne6 Bxe6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bxd6 f6 18. f4 O-O-O 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Be7 Rd7 21.
Bh4 Nc5 22. Bb5 Rf7 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Kg1 Bd7 26. Bf1 Ne6 27. Re1
e4 28. c4 Bc6 29. b4 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Nc7 31. a4 Bxa4 32. Rxe4 Re8 33. Rf4 Bc6 34.
Bd3 h6 35. Rf7 Bd7 36. Rxg7 b5 37. Rh7 Re3 38. Rh8+ Ne8 39. Bg6 Bc6 40. Rxh6 Re2
41. Bf2 Nd6 42. Bh5 Rd2 43. Bg4+ Kd8 44. h4 Ne4 45. Bb6+ Ke7 46. Bf3 Rc2 47. Rg6
Kf7 48. h5 Nd2 49. Bxc6 bxc6 50. Bd4 Rc4 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Rg4 Nb3 53. h6 Rxd4
54. h7 Rxg4 55. h8=Q+ Ke7 56. Qe5+ Kd8 57. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Dzindzikhashvili defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 b5 5. e4 Bb7 6. e5 h6 7. Be3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 Ne4 10. cxb5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. bxa6 Nxa6 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O
Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfb8 16. b3 Bd5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Ra5 19. Rdb1 Ne4 20. Qe3 Bb7
21. b4 Rxe5 22. a4 Rd5 23. Rd1 Nf6 24. b5 Ra8 25. Bf3 e5 26. Bxd5 exd4 27. Qxd4
Qxd4 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxd4 Ra5 30. f3 Ke7 31. Re1+ Kd8 32. Re5 d5 33. h4 Kd7
34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Re2 Ra8 36. Ke1 Kc5 37. Rf4 d4 38. Rc2+ Kd5 39. Rc7 Bc8 40. b6
Ke5 41. g3 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Rc5+ Kd6 44. Rxc8 Rxc8 45. Rxf6+ Kc5 46. a5 Rb8
47. Kd2 Kb5 48. Kd3 Ka6 49. g4 Kxa5 50. Kxd4 Ka6 51. Ke5 Rg8 52. Kf5 Kb7 53. Rg6
Rf8+ 54. Kxg5 Rxf3 55. Rf6 Rg3 56. Kh5 Rh3+ 57. Kg6 Rh1 58. g5 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rc1 Nf8 14. Nb5 Ne6 15.
Nc6 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Nc3 Nxf4 18. gxf4 a5 19. e3 Ba6 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Rc2
g6 22. Qd2 h5 23. Rec1 h4 24. h3 Qf5 25. Na4 Rdd7 26. Qd1 Kg7 27. Nb2 Kh6 28.
Rc6 Bb5 29. R6c2 Ba6 30. Kh2 Kg7 31. Bf1 Bxf1 32. Qxf1 Ne4 33. Rc6 Kf8 34. Nd3
f6 35. R1c2 Ke8 36. Qg2 Nd6 37. Ne5 fxe5 38. dxe5 Ne4 39. Rxg6 Kd8 40. Rg8+ Re8
41. Rxe8+ Kxe8 42. Qg8+ Qf8 43. Qe6+ Kd8 44. Qc6 Nc5 45. Rc1 d4 46. Rg1 d3 47.
Rg8 Qxg8 48. Qa8+ Ke7 49. Qxg8 Rd8 50. Qg7+ Ke6 51. f5+ Kd5 52. e6 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 d6
9. a3 a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. h3 Be6 15. f4
exf4 16. gxf4 Ne7 17. Be3 d5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Qe1 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bc4 21. Qf2 Nd7
22. Rfd1 Qc8 23. Bd6 Ra8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Ra3 26. Rc1 Qa6 27. Kh2 Ra1 28.
Rxa1 Qxa1 29. Qg3 Qb2 30. Rd1 Nc8 31. Bc7 Nf6 32. Qg5 Qxc3 33. Be5 Rxe5 34. Qxf6
Rd5 35. Qxc3 Rxd1 36. Qe5 Nd6 37. f5 Rd2 38. Kg3 Rd3+ 39. Kh4 h6 40. Kg4 Kh7 41.
Bf3 Kg8 42. h4 gxf5+ 43. exf5 Nxf5 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Be4 Ne3+ 47.
Kf3 Rb3 48. Kf4 Nd1 49. Bc2 Rxb4 50. Qd6 Bb3+ 51. Qxb4 Bxc2 52. Qxb5 Nf2 53. Qe2
Nd3+ 54. Kg3 Bb1 55. Qd1 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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. Qa4 Ne7 13. Bd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 f5 16. f4 Rc8 17. Ke2 c5 18. h4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nc6 20. Rab1 Qe8 21. Kf1 Kh8
22. h5 h6 23. Be2 Nxd4 24. Qxe8 Rfxe8 25. Rxb6 Nxe2 26. Rb2 Nc3 27. Rxb7 d4 28.
Bxd4 Nd5 29. e6 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Nxf4+ 31. Kh2 Rxh1+ 32. Kxh1 Nxh5 33. e7 a6 34. Rb6
Kg8 35. Bc5 Nf6 36. Rxa6 Ne4 37. Bb4 Nxf2+ 38. Kg2 Nd3 39. Bd6 Kf7 40. Kf3 g5
41. a4 Nb2 42. Bc5 Nd3 43. Bd6 Nb2 44. Bc5 Nd3 45. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. a4 O-O 7. Be2 Qb6 8. Ra3
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qxe4 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Nh4 Qxc2 13. Nxf5 Qxf5 14. O-O
Na6 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Rf3 Qe5 18. Bb5 Nb4 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. b3 Qxd5
21. Qe2 Rc8 22. Rxf6 exf6 23. Qe7 Nc6 24. Qxb7 Qe6 25. h3 d5 26. Bd2 Rb8 27. Qc7
Rc8 28. Qb7 Kg7 29. Re1 Ne5 30. Qxa7 Qd6 31. Rc1 d4 32. a5 Nd3 33. Rd1 Rb8 34.
a6 Rxb3 35. Ra1 c4 36. Bh6+ Kxh6 37. Qxf7 Ne5 38. Qa7 c3 39. f4 c2 40. fxe5 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Rd1 d3 11. Bxd3 Nb4 12. Qe2 Nxd3 13. Rxd3 Qc7 14. e4 Nd7 15.
Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qf4 17. Rg3 Ne5 18. Nh3 Qh6 19. f4 Ng6 20. Rf1 Bd7 21. Rg5 Ne7
22. Nf2 e5 23. Rxe5 f6 24. Rc5 Qxf4 25. e5 O-O 26. Nfe4 Qh6 27. exf6 gxf6 28.
Rc7 f5 29. Rxd7 Qb6+ 30. Qf2 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Nb6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Qe2 Nfd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. fxe5 dxe5
21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Nf4 23. Rf1 Nxd3 24. cxd3 f6 25. Re7 Nd5 26. Rc1+ Kb8 27.
Rg7 Rhg8 28. Rf7 Rgf8 29. Rg7 Rg8 30. Rf7 Rgf8 31. Rg7 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Be2
Nge7 9. O-O Nc8 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Nxd6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Qe7 14. Qa4 Rfc8
15. h3 g5 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Rc3 Na7 18. Qb3 Rc7 19. Na4 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8 21. Nb6
Rc6 22. c4 dxc4 23. Nbxc4 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Qc7 25. Ne5 Rc3 26. Qa4 Nc8 27. Qe8+ Kg7
28. Nd7 Qd6 29. Nc5 Qc7 30. Nd7 Qd6 31. Nc5 Qc7 32. Bf3 Nd6 33. Qa8 Rc2 34. a4
a5 35. Nxb7 Nxb7 36. Qxb7 Qxb7 37. Bxb7 Ra2 38. Bc6 Bc2 39. Rc1 Bxa4 40. Bxa4
Rxa4 41. Rc7 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[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 "2021.04.24"]

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 "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nh6 8. h3 Nf5 9.
Bf2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 h4 11. Bd3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Ne2 a5 14. a4 Na6 15. c3 Kf8 16.
b3 Rc8 17. Kh2 Nc7 18. Rfb1 Kg7 19. b4 Ra8 20. Be1 Qd7 21. bxa5 Rhb8 22. Nc1
Rxa5 23. Nb3 Ra7 24. Nc5 Qd8 25. a5 Nb5 26. Qe2 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 Qxa5 28. Bxb5 cxb5
29. Rxb5 Qa7 30. Bf2 b6 31. Qb2 Bd8 32. Rb4 Rc8 33. Nd3 Qa6 34. Ne1 Qf1 35. Qd2
Ra8 36. Rb1 Ra3 37. Nc2 Qxb1 38. Nxa3 Qe4 39. Nb5 Be7 40. Na7 g5 41. Nc6 Kg6 42.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 43. fxg5 Nf5 44. Qd1 b5 45. Qg4 Qc2 46. Qf3 Qd2 47. Kg1 Qxg5 48. Qg4
Qxg4 49. hxg4 Ng3 50. Kh2 Ne2 51. Be1 Kg5 52. Kh3 Nf4+ 53. Kh2 Kxg4 54. Bd2 Ne2
55. Be1 b4 56. cxb4 Nxd4 57. Bf2 Nb5 58. Be1 d4 59. Bd2 Kf5 60. Kh3 Kxe5 61.
Kxh4 Kd5 62. Kg5 e5 63. Kf6 e4 64. Kxf7 e3 65. Bc1 Ke4 66. g4 d3 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nbd2 bxc4 6. e4 e6 7. Bxc4 exd5 8.
exd5 Bxd5 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc7 11. Nc4 d5 12. Nce5 Be7 13. Qa4+ Kf8 14. Re1
f6 15. Nd3 Qd7 16. Qc2 Nba6 17. b3 Rc8 18. Bf4 Nb5 19. a4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21.
Qe2 Kf7 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Qf3 Rhe8 24. Be5 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Bxd4 Rb8 27. Rab1
Rb7 28. Nf4 Rd8 29. g3 Nb4 30. Rbc1 Bd6 31. Re6 Be7 32. Kg2 a5 33. Rd1 Rd6 34.
Re2 Rc6 35. Bb2 Rd7 36. Red2 Rc5 37. Kf1 Bf8 38. Nd3 Nxd3 39. Rxd3 Rc2 40. Bd4
Bc5 41. Rf3 Kg6 42. h4 h5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. Rd4 Re7 45. Rfd3 Re5 46. Re3 Kf7 47.
Ke2 Ke6 48. Kd2 Re4 49. Rdd3 Kd6 50. Rf3 Ke6 51. Rc3 Rxc3 52. Rxc3 Rb4 53. Re3+
Kd6 54. Kc2 f4 55. Rf3 Ke5 56. Rxf4 d4 57. Rf3 Rb8 58. Kd2 Rb6 59. Rd3 f5 60.
Rf3 Ke4 61. Rd3 Rc6 62. f3+ Ke5 63. Ke2 Kd5 64. Ke1 Rc2 65. Kf1 Kc5 66. Ke1 Rg2
67. Rd2 Rxg3 68. Kf2 Rh3 69. Rc2+ Kd5 70. Rc8 f4 71. Rb8 Rh2+ 72. Kf1 Rb2 73.
Rb5+ Ke6 74. Ke1 Kd6 75. Rb6+ Ke5 76. Rb5+ Kd6 77. Rb6+ Ke5 78. Rb5+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qe5
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Rd5 19. Rxd5 cxd5 20. Qe5
Qb7 21. h4 Rc8 22. h5 Qc7 23. Qe2 g5 24. h6 e6 25. Rh5 Qf4 26. Qa6 Rb8 27. b3
Qd2 28. Qc6 Qd1+ 29. Kb2 Qd4+ 30. Kb1 Qg1+ 31. Kb2 Qd4+ 32. Kb1 Qg1+ 33. Kb2
Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. c3 h6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. a4 Rb8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Ng3 c5 15. axb5
axb5 16. d4 Re8 17. Be3 exd4 18. cxd4 Bb7 19. Bc2 Nxe4 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Qxd8
Rbxd8 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Nf4 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Re1
Kf8 28. Bc6 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Bd4 30. b3 b4 31. g3 Ne6 32. Bd5 Nc5 33. Nf3 Bc3 34.
Ke2 g6 35. Ke3 Nd7 36. Nd4 h5 37. Nb5 Bb2 38. Nd6 f5 39. h4 Ke7 40. Nc4 Bc3 41.
Ke2 Ne5 42. Ne3 Ng4 43. Ng2 Bd4 44. f3 Ne5 45. Nf4 Bc5 46. Bg8 Bd6 47. Ke3 Bc5+
48. Ke2 Bd6 49. Ke3 Bc5+ 50. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1510045"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. c4 Rfd8 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 Be8 16. c5 a5 17. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxc6 19. Na7 Ra8 20. Nxc6
bxc6 21. a4 Ne4 22. Bd4 Rd8 23. Rc1 Nd2 24. Nxa5 Rxd4 25. Nxc6 Rd7 26. Nxe7+
Rxe7 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. Kg2 Rd5 29. a5 Kf8 30. a6 Rxc5 31. Rxd2 Ra5 32. Rd6 Ke7 33.
Rb6 g5 34. Rb7+ Kf6 35. a7 g4 36. f3 h5 37. f4 Kg6 38. e4 Ra2+ 39. Kf1 h4 40.
Ke1 f5 41. e5 h3 42. Kd1 Kh5 43. Kc1 Ra6 44. Kb2 Ra5 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Kc4 Rc1+
47. Kb5 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. b3 Qa5+ 6. c3 d5 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Ba3
Qa5 9. Bxf8 Rxf8 10. b4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. O-O Ke7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. c4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Qd6 16. b5 Na5 17. Qa4 b6 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Nf1 Qb8 20. Qa3+ Ke8 21.
Bd3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. e4 Qc5 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Ne5 c4 27.
Bxc4 Nxe4 28. Bd3 Nc3 29. Bxh7 Bxb5 30. a3 Nc4 31. Nxc4 Bxc4 32. Ne3 Bb5 33. Bc2
Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Nd4+ 35. Ke1 Ke7 36. Kd2 Kd6 37. h4 f5 38. g3 Kc5 39. Bd1 Bc6 40.
f4 Be4 41. g4 fxg4 42. Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 Bd6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. b4 Qc7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. c4 b6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Qd2 O-O
15. e4 Nc7 16. Qf4 Ba6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfd1 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rfd8 20. h4 h6 21.
Rdc1 e5 22. Qe3 Ne8 23. g3 Ndf6 24. a3 Nd6 25. Bd3 Re8 26. Nd2 Qb7 27. Qe2 Rxc1+
28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Re1 Qc6 30. Nf3 Qc3 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Rb1 Qxa3 33. b5 Qc3 34. Rb2
Qc8 35. Ra2 Qb7 36. Ra4 Re7 37. Qe1 Nd7 38. Rb4 Nc5 39. Bb1 Qd7 40. Qe2 Qb7 41.
Nd2 Ne6 42. Nf3 Nc5 43. Nd2 Qc8 44. Ba2 Ne6 45. Nf3 Qc5 46. Qb2 Nc7 47. h5 Ncxb5
48. Bd5 a5 49. Rb3 a4 50. Rd3 a3 51. Qb3 Kf8 52. Nh4 Ra7 53. Qa2 Nc3 54. Qd2 Rc7
55. Bb3 Ncxe4 56. Qe2 Ra7 57. Rf3 Nf6 58. Qd2 Qc6 59. Kh2 Nde8 60. Rc3 Ne4 61.
Rxc6 Nxd2 62. Ba2 b5 63. Rb6 Ne4 64. Nf5 Nc3 65. Bb3 a2 66. Bxa2 Rxa2 67. Kg1
Ra8 68. f3 e4 69. f4 Nf6 70. Rb7 Rd8 71. Rc7 Ncd5 72. Rb7 b4 73. Nd4 Nxh5 74.
Kf2 Ndxf4 75. Nc6 Nd3+ 76. Ke3 Re8 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 a6 8. dxc5
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Rfd8 14. Nb3 Be8
15. Nfd2 Rac8 16. Bf3 Nd5 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Na4 20. Ba1 Na5 21.
Bd4 Bc6 22. Be2 Bd5 23. f4 Rd7 24. Kf2 Rdc7 25. e4 Bb3 26. Nxb3 Nxb3 27. Rc4
Nbxc5 28. Ke3 b5 29. Rc2 f6 30. Rdc1 Kf7 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Ke7 33. h5 Kd8 34. g5
Nd7 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Rg1 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Ba1 Rc2 40. Bg4
Nab6 41. Be6 Ke7 42. Rg6 Rc1 43. Bb2 Rc2 44. Ba1 Nf8 45. Bb3 Nc4+ 46. Kf3 Nd2+
47. Kg4 Nxb3 48. Rxh6 Nxa1 49. Kf5 a5 50. Rb6 Rf2+ 51. Kg5 Ne6+ 52. Kg4 Rf4+ 53.
Kg3 Nc5 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 exd4 15.
cxd4 h6 16. Bc2 Nb4 17. Bb1 c5 18. d5 Nd7 19. Ra3 c4 20. Nd4 Qf6 21. N2f3 Nc5
22. axb5 axb5 23. b3 Nbd3 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Re3 Qg6 26. Nh4 Qf6 27. Nhf3 Qg6 28.
Nh4 Qf6 29. Nhf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, Showalter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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 f6 10. Bb3+ Kh8 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 f5 14. Re1 f4
15. Qh5 Bd6 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. c4 Qd7 18. Bc3 Rae8 19. h3 Bg6 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4
c5 22. d5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Bc2 Kg8 26. Kf1 g5 27. Ke2 b6
28. Kf3 h6 29. Bf5 Kf8 30. Ke4 a5 31. Bh7 Bd7 32. f3 Ba4 33. b3 Bd7 34. a4 Kf7
35. Bf5 Be8 36. Be6+ Kg6 37. Be5 h5 38. gxh5+ Kxh5 39. Kf5 Bg6+ 40. Kf6 Bxe5+
41. Kxe5 Bc2 42. Bd7 Kh4 43. Ke6 Kg3 44. Bc6 Kxg2 45. Kd7 g4 46. fxg4 f3 47.
Kxc7 f2 48. d6+ Kg3 49. d7 f1=Q 50. d8=Q Bxb3 51. Bb5 Qf7+ 52. Kxb6 Bxc4 53.
Qd6+ Kxg4 54. Qd1+ Kg3 55. Qe1+ Kf4 56. Qc1+ Ke5 57. Qe3+ Kf5 58. Qf2+ Kg6 59.
Qg1+ Kh7 60. Qh2+ Kg8 61. Qg3+ Kf8 62. Qd6+ Kg8 63. Qd8+ Kg7 64. Qg5+ Kh7 65.
Qh4+ Kg7 66. Bxc4 Qd7 67. Qg3+ Kh6 68. Qf4+ Kg6 69. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. Nf3 Nb6
9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Ne4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Nh6 13. Bf6 Kf8 14. Qb3 Nd5 15. Bc4
a5 16. a3 b5 17. Be2 gxf6 18. axb4 a4 19. exf6 Nf5 20. Qd3 Nf4 21. Qd2 Nxe2 22.
Qxe2 Rd8 23. Rd1 e5 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Rd2 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. f3 Bf5 28. Kf2
Rh6 29. Qc5+ Kg8 30. Qe7 d3 31. Re1 Qd4+ 32. Kf1 Rg6 33. Ng5 Qxf6 34. Qc5 Be6
35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Qxh5 Rd5 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 Bf5 4. Qb3 b6 5. c4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
O-O 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Be4 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. O-O c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Rac8 17. Rd4 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Ne5 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 f6 22. Nd3 e5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qb3+ Kf8 25. Rd5 Qe7 26. Qd1 Qe6 27. e4 Kg8
28. Rd7 a5 29. b3 Qe8 30. h4 h5 31. Rd6 b5 32. Qd5+ Kh7 33. Rb6 Rb8 34. Re6 Qf8
35. Qd1 Qf7 36. Ra6 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. Rxa4 Rb2 39. a3 Kg6 40. Rb4 Ra2 41. a4
Qc7 42. Qf3 Qd7 43. Rc4 Kh6 44. Qf5 Qxf5 45. exf5 Ra3 46. Rc8 Kh7 47. Ra8 e4 48.
a5 e3 49. fxe3 Rxe3 50. a6 Re5 51. a7 Ra5 52. g4 hxg4 53. Kg3 Ra3+ 54. Kxg4 Ra4+
55. Kf3 Ra1 56. Ke4 Ra5 57. Kd4 Ra1 58. Kd5 Ra6 59. h5 Ra1 60. Ke6 Ra2 61. Ke7
Ra4 62. h6 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5 12. Bd3 c6 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. Nf3 Bf5 15.
Bf4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne4 17. Nd2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Re2 Re8 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. Qg3
Rxe2 22. Rxe2 f6 23. f3 Kf7 24. Nb3 Re8 25. Nc5 Qd8 26. Qe1 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Qe7
28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. Kf2 h5 30. h4 g5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg5 gxf3 33. gxf6+ Kxf6 34.
Kxf3 Ke7 35. Kf4 Kf6 36. Nd7+ Ke6 37. Nc5+ Kf6 38. Nd7+ Ke6 39. Nc5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. a4 Rac8 14. Nb5
Rfd8 15. Be3 a6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Bb6 Bc6 20. Bxd8
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxd8 22. Nc5 Rc8 23. Nxb7 Kf8 24. Rb1 Nd5 25. Nd6 Rc6 26. Rb8+ Ke7
27. Ne4 Rc4 28. Rb7+ Nc7 29. Rb4 Rxb4 30. cxb4 Nd5 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 f5 33.
Nc5 Kd6 34. Na4 g5 35. b6 Nb4 36. Kf3 Kc6 37. e4 Kb5 38. b7 Na6 39. exf5 exf5
40. Nb2 Kc6 41. Nc4 Kxb7 42. Nd6+ Kc6 43. Nxf5 Nc5 44. Kg4 Nd3 45. Kxg5 Nxf2 46.
Ne3 Kd6 47. Ng4 Nh3+ 48. Kh6 Ke6 49. Kxh7 Kf5 50. Ne3+ Ke4 51. Nc4 Kf3 52. Ne5+
Kg2 53. Ng4 Kf3 54. Nf6 Kg2 55. g4 Kxh2 56. Nh5 Ng5+ 57. Kg6 Ne4 58. Kf5 Kh3 59.
Nf4+ Kg3 60. Ne2+ Kf3 61. Nd4+ Kg3 62. Nb5 Kh4 63. Kf4 Nf2 64. g5 Nh3+ 65. Kf5
Nxg5 66. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Cambridge Springs defence, Bogoljubow variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qd5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nf3 c5
15. Rd1 b6 16. Be2 Bb7 17. dxc5 Qc6 18. cxb6 Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 Nxb6 20. O-O Rac8
21. c4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rd7 Ra4 25. Rb1 Rxa3 26. Rbb7 a5 27.
Ra7 g5 28. Rdb7 a4 29. Rb4 Kg7 30. Raxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Rc8 32. Kg2 h6 33. Rb4
Rc2 34. Ra4 Rc8 35. Rb4 Rc2 36. Ra4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. h3 Bd7 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Qd1 O-O 12. Qe2 Be8 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. Nb3 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Ne5 g6 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Rc8 19. h4 Qe7 20. g3 Bh6 21. h5 Nxe5 22.
dxe5 g5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. h6 Bh8 26. Nh2 f5 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Ng4 Rce8
29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Rf3 31. Re3 Ref8 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. Bc2 Rf8 34. Rf1 Bc8 35.
f4 g4 36. Re1 Rf7 37. Qh5 Bd7 38. Qxg4+ Kf8 39. Re5 Qc5+ 40. Kg2 Qb5 41. Qg5
Qxb2 42. Qd8+ Be8 43. Qd6+ Re7 44. Re2 Qxc3 45. Bxh7 Qc6 46. Qa3 Qa4 47. Qxa4
Bxa4 48. Bb1 d4 49. g4 Bb5 50. Rd2 d3 51. Kf3 e5 52. fxe5 Rxe5 53. Bxd3 Bxd3 54.
Rxd3 Rxa5 55. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bb4 7. a3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 Be4 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Bd5 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qc1 Re8 14. O-O e5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bc3 Rd5 18. f3 Bd3 19. Qe1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qe7 21.
e4 Rad8 22. Qf2 Rd3 23. Qxa7 b6 24. Qa4 Nd7 25. Qc2 Ne5 26. Kh1 h5 27. Rad1 Qc5
28. h3 Qc4 29. Qc1 Ng6 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Rd1 f6 32. Rxd3 Qxd3 33. Kg1 Kf7 34.
Qd2 Qb5 35. Kf2 h4 36. f4 Ne7 37. Qd4 Qb3 38. Qd3 Qe6 39. f5 Qb3 40. Kf3 c5 41.
Kg4 b5 42. Qd7 Qc2 43. Kf3 Qb3 44. Ke3 Qc2 45. Qd2 Qb3 46. Qd3 Ke8 47. Kd2 Qa4
48. Ke3 Qb3 49. Qd6 Qc4 50. Qd1 Kf7 51. Qe2 Qb3 52. Qh5+ Kf8 53. Qh8+ Kf7 54.
Qh5+ Kf8 55. Qh8+ Kf7 56. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Be3 Nh6 9.
Qd2 Nf5 10. Bf2 Nd7 11. a3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxc5 14. O-O Qb6 15. Na4
Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qc6 17. b3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb4 Rc8 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxb7 Rc7
22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Be4 Nd4 24. bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rb2 O-O 26. Kf2 Rfc8 27. g3 Nc2 28.
Bxc2 Rxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 30. Kg1 a5 31. a4 h4 32. Rb1 h3 33. Rb5 Rg2+ 34. Kh1
Ra2 35. Kg1 Rxa4 36. Kf2 Ra3 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Ra8 a4 39. g4 g5 40. fxg5 Kg6 41.
Rg8+ Kh7 42. Ra8 Kg7 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Kf3 Rxh2 45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Kxh3 a3 47. Kg3
Ra1 48. Kf2 a2 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Rg8+ Kh7 51. Ra8 Kg7 52. Kh2 Re1 53. Rxa2 Rxe5
54. Kg3 Rxg5 55. Kf4 Rb5 56. Ra4 Kf6 57. Ra8 e5+ 58. Kf3 Rb3+ 59. Ke4 Rb4+ 60.
Kf3 Kg7 61. Re8 f6 62. Ra8 Rb3+ 63. Kg2 Kf7 64. Kf2 Kg7 65. Kg2 Rc3 66. Kf2 Rh3
67. Kg2 Rh8 68. Ra7+ Kg6 69. Kg3 Rb8 70. Kh4 Rg8 71. Kg3 Rh8 72. Rb7 Ra8 73. Re7
Ra3+ 74. Kh4 Ra1 75. Kg3 Ra4 76. Kh4 Ra8 77. Kg3 Rg8 78. Rb7 Rg7 79. Rb8 Rd7 80.
Ra8 Kf7 81. Ra6 Ke7 82. g5 fxg5 83. Rg6 Rd3+ 84. Kf2 Kf7 85. Rxg5 Ke6 86. Ke2
Ra3 87. Rh5 Kd5 88. Rh4 Ra2+ 89. Ke3 Ra3+ 90. Ke2 Ra2+ 91. Ke3 Ra3+ 92. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Nf6 11. f3 a6 12. Be2 O-O 13. Bf2 Na5 14. O-O Be6 15. Nd5
Nxb3 16. axb3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. c3 e5 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. b4 Re8 21. Rfe1 Qd7
22. Bd4 Rac8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rad1 Bb3 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Ra1 Re5 27. f4 Rd5 28.
Qf2 h5 29. Bf3 Rb5 30. Be4 Be6 31. Rad1 Qc7 32. Bxg6 Bg4 33. Bd3 Bxd1 34. Bxb5
axb5 35. Rxd1 Re8 36. Rd5 Qc4 37. Rxh5 Qd3 38. Qg3+ Qxg3 39. hxg3 Re2 40. Rxb5
Rxb2 41. Rxb7 d5 42. Rd7 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Na3 Nh6 7. Nc2 Bd7 8. Be2 Be7
9. O-O d4 10. Kh1 f6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 Bc5 14. Bd3 Nf7 15. Qe2
O-O-O 16. a3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Qc7 18. Rac1 Kb8 19. b4 Ba7 20. b5 Ne7 21. Nfxd4 Rhf8
22. Ne3 Qxe5 23. Nc6+ Nxc6 24. Bxe5+ Ncxe5 25. Bb1 Bb6 26. a4 Ka7 27. Rcd1 Bc8
28. d4 Bxd4 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 Bf6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qc5+ Kb8 33. b6 Ne5 34.
Be4 Nc6 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. h3 Bb7 37. Qxa5 Kc8 38. Qc5 Kb8 39. Rxf6 gxf6 40. Qe7
Rc8 41. a5 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Rb1 e6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Rc8 10. a3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bd3 a6 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Bg5 Kf8 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qh5 Be8 17. Ng4 Bxd4 18. Qxh7 Ke7 19. Ne2 Kd6 20. c3 Be5 21. Bc2
f6 22. Qxg7 Bh5 23. Nxf6 Rc7 24. Ne4+ dxe4 25. Rbd1+ Kc5 26. b4+ Kc4 27. Qh6
Nxb4 28. Qxh5 Bxc3 29. Nxc3 Nxc2 30. Rxe4+ Kxc3 31. Rxd8 Kb2 32. Qe5+ Kxa3 33.
Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "1510045"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Qe2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 h6
9. Kh1 a5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nxe5 Bd4 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nb5 Bg4 14. Qd2 Bxe5 15.
fxe5 Rxe5 16. Qf4 Qd7 17. Bd2 Nh5 18. Qa4 Re2 19. Bf4 Bh3 20. Rg1 Qg4 21. Bxd5
Nf6 22. Qc4 Qh5 23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. g4 Bxg4 26. Raf1 Rxc2 27. Bxh6
Rh8 28. Nd6+ Ke6 29. Bf4 Nd4 30. Rg2 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2
Ra7 16. f5 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 e5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 bxc5 21. b5 d4
22. b6 Qxb6 23. Ne4 f6 24. e6 Qb5 25. Qa2 Qd3 26. Qa7 Qxe4 27. Qxe7 Qxf5 28. h4
Qg4 29. Ra7 h5 30. Rd7 Ra8 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. e7 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Ne5 Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. f3 f6 14. Nd3 Ng5
15. Qe2 Ba6 16. Qe3 h6 17. Ndc5 Bc8 18. f4 Nf7 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rbe1 Re8 21. Qd3
Qc7 22. Re2 Nd6 23. c3 Nc4 24. Qg3 a5 25. Rfe1 Nd6 26. Qg6 Kf8 27. g4 a4 28.
Nxa4 Ne4 29. Nac5 Nxc5 30. Nxc5 Qxf4 31. a4 e5 32. dxe5 Qxg4+ 33. Qxg4 Bxg4 34.
Rf2 Kf7 35. b4 h5 36. a5 d4 37. cxd4 Rxb4 38. Rf4 Rb2 39. Ra1 Ra8 40. a6 Ra7 41.
exf6 gxf6 42. Raf1 f5 43. R1f2 Rb5 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. h3 Bd1 46. Rxf5 Bb3 47. Kg3
Bd5 48. Kh4 Rb4 49. Rg5+ Kh7 50. Rxh5+ Kg6 51. Rg5+ Kh7 52. Rh5+ Kg6 53. Rf4 Bc4
54. Rg5+ Kh7 55. Rh5+ Kg6 56. Rg4+ Kf6 57. Rh6+ Kf5 58. Rh5+ Kf6 59. Rh6+ Kf5
60. Ne4 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. e4 d4
9. Nc4 Qc7 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Qc2 Qb8 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. f4
Nh5 16. fxe5 b5 17. Nd6 Nxe5 18. Ndxf7 Nxf7 19. Nxf7 Be6 20. g4 Rxf7 21. gxh5
Qe5 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Rf1 Qxh5 24. Qc7 Qc5 25. Rc1 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Bd8 27. Rc6 Bb6
28. a3 Re8 29. Bf4 Be6 30. h4 Kf7 31. h5 Rc8 32. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Bd3
d5 16. axb5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Ne4 22. Qc2 Nc5 23. Bxb5 Rb8 24. Nd4 Qd5 25. Be3 Ne6 26. Bd3 c5 27. Bh7+
Kh8 28. Be4 Qa2 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. f4 f6 31. Qe2 fxe5 32. f5 Qd6 33. g3 Be7 34.
h4 c4 35. Kg2 Qd7 36. Kh3 Qb5 37. Qh5 Qe8 38. Qe2 Qb5 39. Bc1 Qb6 40. Kg2 Rd8
41. Bc2 Qc6+ 42. Be4 Qb6 43. Bc2 Qc6+ 44. Be4 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. Nge2
Be7 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 Rxh6 11. g3 Qa5 12. a3 O-O-O 13. Qc1 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. O-O Kb8 16. Nf4 Rxd4 17. Bxe6 Ne4 18. Nfe2 Rd6 19. b4 Qe5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21.
Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Nf4 Bxh4 23. Re1 Qf3 24. gxh4 Rhg6+ 25. Kf1 Rgf6 26. Re8+ Kc7 27.
Qe3 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxa1 29. Re7+ Rd7 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. Nd3 b6 32. Ne5+ Qxe5 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Nf5 Bf6 14. Qe1 d5
15. Ne7+ Bxe7 16. Rxe7 Nd6 17. Re2 Bg4 18. f3 Bf5 19. d4 Qb6 20. Qf2 a5 21. Re1
a4 22. a3 Rfe8 23. Bf4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. c3 f6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re1 Rxe1+
28. Qxe1 h6 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. h4 h5 31. Kh2 Bg6 32. Qe2 Bd3 33. Qd2 Bg6 34. Qe2
Bd3 35. Qd2 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qb3 Ra7 9. a3 Qd8 10. h4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rd1 b5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. e3 Nd7 16. g3 O-O 17. Bh3 Qf6 18. O-O Kh8 19. Ne2 g5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qc3
Kg8 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. Rc1 Kf7 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. exd4 Ke7 26. Rfe1 Kd6 27. Rc2 Nb6
28. b3 Rh7 29. Bg4 Rfh6 30. Kg2 Rh2+ 31. Kf3 Rf7+ 32. Ke3 Na8 33. Rec1 Rc7 34.
Rc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Nc7 36. Rc1 Ne8 37. Rc8 Nf6 38. Bf3 g4 39. Be2 e5 40. dxe5+
Kxe5 41. Rd8 Rh1 42. f4+ gxf3 43. Bxf3 Rb1 44. b4 Rb3+ 45. Ke2 Rxa3 46. g4 Ne4
47. Re8+ Kd4 48. Bxe4 dxe4 49. Re6 Rg3 50. Rxa6 Rxg4 51. Rc6 Rg2+ 52. Kd1 Rb2
53. Rd6+ Ke3 54. Rd5 Rxb4 55. Kc2 Ke2 56. Kc3 Rc4+ 57. Kb3 e3 58. Rxb5 Rc8 59.
Re5 Kd2 60. Rd5+ Ke1 61. Re5 e2 62. Kb2 Rf8 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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 "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O f5 7. e5 a6 8. Bc4 e6
9. a4 d6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. d3 Ne7 12. Ne5 Nec6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. a5 O-O 15. Be3
Bd4 16. Qe1 Bd7 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Na4 Nb4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qf2 Bxa4 21. Rxa4 Nc6
22. c3 Rd8 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. h3 Kg7 25. Raa1 e5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. cxd4 Qxd4 28.
Qc2 Re7 29. Re2 Rde8 30. Rae1 Kf6 31. Rf1 h5 32. Re4 Qd6 33. Ref4 Kg7 34. Qc3
Qf6 35. d4 Nc6 36. Bd5 Re3 37. Qc5 Re2 38. b4 Rd2 39. Qc3 Ree2 40. Bf3 Rc2 41.
Qa1 Red2 42. Rd1 Rxd1+ 43. Qxd1 Nxb4 44. d5 Qc3 45. Qd4+ Qxd4 46. Rxd4 Rc1+ 47.
Kh2 Nc2 48. Rc4 Kf6 49. d6 Ke6 50. Bxb7 Kxd6 51. Bxa6 Ra1 52. Rxc2 Rxa5 53. Bb7
Ke5 54. h4 Rb5 55. Bf3 Rb6 56. Kg3 Kf6 57. Rc6+ Rxc6 58. Bxc6 g5 59. hxg5+ Kxg5
60. Bf3 f4+ 61. Kh3 h4 62. Bd1 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Be3
Bd6 9. Ne5 g6 10. g4 Ng7 11. h4 h5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Bf6 Rh7 14. g5 Qxb2 15. Rb1
Qxc3 16. Rh3 Qa5 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Bxc6+ bxc6 20. Rb7+ Bc7 21. Be5
Ne8 22. Qc1 Qa6 23. Nb3 Kc8 24. Rxc7+ Nxc7 25. Qc5 Qc4 26. Qf8+ Kb7 27. Nc5+ Kb6
28. Bxc7+ Kb5 29. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 c4 8. Bc2
Qxd6 9. O-O g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Na3 cxb3 12. axb3 Nd5 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Ne3 Nf4 15.
d4 O-O 16. g3 Nh5 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Bb2 e6 20. c4 Nb4 21. Bb1 b6 22.
Ba3 Bf8 23. Bb2 Bb7 24. d5 Bg7 25. Be5 Qe7 26. Qb2 exd5 27. cxd5 Nbxd5 28. Nc4
Qf8 29. Ng5 Ng4 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. h3 Ngf6 33. Ne5 Rf8 34. Bd3 Nb4
35. Rad1 Nxd3 36. Rxd3 Bd5 37. Nd7 Rfe8 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. f4 Nxd7 40. Rxd5 Nf6
41. Rd3 Re2 42. Nf3 Ne4 43. Ne5 Nc5 44. Rd8 Re3 45. Ra8 Nd3 46. Nc4 Rxg3+ 47.
Kh2 Rf3 48. Rxa7 Rxf4 49. Nxb6 Rb4 50. Nc4 Rxb3 51. Nd6 Ne5 52. Re7 Kf6 53. Re8
Rb4 54. Kg3 Rd4 55. Nb5 Rd3+ 56. Kg2 g5 57. Rh8 Kg7 58. Re8 Ng6 59. Nc7 Nf4+ 60.
Kf1 Rxh3 61. Ra8 Rf3+ 62. Kg1 g4 63. Ne8+ Kg6 64. Ra6+ Kg5 65. Nd6 Nh3+ 66. Kg2
Kh4 67. Ne4 Nf4+ 68. Kg1 h5 69. Ra2 Nh3+ 70. Kg2 f5 71. Nd6 Nf4+ 72. Kg1 Ne6 73.
Ra5 Nd4 74. Rd5 Ne2+ 75. Kh1 Kh3 76. Rd1 g3 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "10.8"]
[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 "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. b4 Be7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb3
a6 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Be6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. a4 b5 14. h3 dxe4 15. dxe4
Qd7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qd3 Rb8 20. Ra1 Ne7 21. Ra5 c6
22. Bc1 Nc8 23. Nf1 Nd6 24. Ng3 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. Ra1 c5 27. bxc5 Bxc5 28.
Kf1 Nd6 29. Nd2 h5 30. f3 h4 31. Nf5 Nxf5 32. exf5 Nd5 33. Ne4 Be3 34. Ba3 Ra8
35. Bb2 Rxa1+ 36. Bxa1 Bc1 37. Ke2 Nf4+ 38. Kf1 Nd5 39. Ke2 Nf4+ 40. Kf1 f6 41.
Nd6 Nd5 42. Ke2 Nf4+ 43. Kf1 Nd5 44. Ke2 Nc7 45. c4 bxc4 46. Nxc4 Nd5 47. Nd6
Ba3 48. Ne4 Ne7 49. f4 exf4 50. Kf3 Bc1 51. Kg4 Nd5 52. Bd4 Be3 53. Nc3 Ne7 54.
Ne2 Nd5 55. Nc3 Ne7 56. Ne2 Nd5 57. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. c4 Nf4 16. g3 e5 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Ne6 19. Bd3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8
21. Re1 f6 22. f4 Nf7 23. Be4 Bd7 24. Nc5 Be8 25. Bg2 Rd8 26. Kc2 Rd6 27. Bh3
Kg7 28. Kc3 h5 29. Nd3 g5 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Nxe5 g4 32. Nxf7 Bxf7 33. Bg2 Bg6
34. Re2 a5 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Kxd2 c5 37. Kc3 Kf6 38. a3 Ke5 39. b4 axb4+ 40. axb4
cxb4+ 41. Kxb4 Kd4 42. c5 Be8 43. c6 Bxc6 44. Bxc6 Ke3 45. Kc3 Kf2 46. Kd4 Kg1
47. Ke3 Kxh2 48. Kf4 Kh3 49. Bd7 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qc2 g6 8. h3 Be6
9. c5 Bg7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. f4 b6 12. f5 gxf5 13. cxb6 c5 14. Bxf5 Qxb6 15. Na4
Qb5 16. Bd3 Qb8 17. O-O Qg3 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 e6 20. Rf3 Qe1+ 21. Rf1 Qg3
22. Rf3 Qh4 23. Rf4 Qh5 24. Bd3 c4 25. Be2 Qg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Nc3 O-O 28. h4
Nh5 29. Rf2 Ng3 30. Bd1 Rab8 31. Kh2 Nf5 32. Kh3 Nd6 33. g4 f5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35.
Rg2 Kh7 36. b3 Rfc8 37. bxc4 Rxc4 38. Ne2 Bh6 39. Bb3 Rc7 40. Bd2 Nf6 41. Rc1
Rxc1 42. Nxc1 Nde4 43. Nd3 Ng4 44. Re2 Nxd2 45. Rxd2 Bxe3 46. Re2 Rb6 47. Nc5
Kg6 48. Kg3 Kf7 49. Nd7 Rb4 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Be7 8.
Nxe7 Qxe7 9. Bf4 d5 10. e3 O-O 11. Nf3 Nxa6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. O-O Qb7 14. Be5 Ne4
15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nb4 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bc3 Na2 20. Ra1 Nexc3
21. bxc3 Bc2 22. b4 c4 23. Nd4 Bb3 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. Ne2 g5 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Ke1
Ke6 28. Nd4+ Kd6 29. Kd2 Rc8 30. Bg4 Ra8 31. Bf5 h5 32. Bb1 Ra3 33. Nb5+ 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Nd4 Bh7
15. Qb4 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. O-O Ne5 18. Be7 Qxb4 19. cxb4 Nc3 20. Bf3 Rc4 21.
b5 Rac8 22. Bb4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bd3 24. Rfe1 Nxb5 25. Rxc4 Bxc4 26. Nf5 Re8 27.
a4 Nc7 28. Rc1 Re6 29. h4 Ne8 30. a5 Kh7 31. Kh2 Rc6 32. Nd4 Rc7 33. Rb1 Ba6 34.
Kg3 Nf6 35. Kf4 Nd7 36. e4 dxe4 37. fxe4 Nc5 38. Ke3 Nd3 39. Bd6 Rc3 40. Kd2 Rc4
41. Kxd3 Rb4+ 42. Kc2 Rxd4 43. e5 Rxh4 44. Kd2 Ra4 45. Ke3 g5 46. Bb4 Kg6 47.
Ke4 Ra2 48. Bc5 Rxa5 49. Bxa7 Bb5 50. Bd4 Bc6+ 51. Kd3 Kf5 52. Bc3 Rxe5 53. Bxe5
Be4+ 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1510045"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 Bd6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 Be7 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. exd5 g6 14. Qe4
Bd6 15. Ne5 Kg7 16. f4 a6 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. Rf1 Nd7 19. Kc2 Qe7 20. Qf3 Nf6 21.
Bc4 Qe8 22. Rae1 Qa4+ 23. Kb1 Rf8 24. Qd3 Qa5 25. g4 Nxd5 26. f5 g5 27. f6+ Kh8
28. Qh3 Nxf6 29. Qxh6+ Nh7 30. Bd3 f5 31. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Ng4 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Ne5 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6 17. b3 c5 18. Rd1 Bb7+ 19. Ke3 Kf7 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rxd7
Bc6 22. Rd2 Ra3 23. Nd3 Rd8 24. Rg1 Be4 25. Nc1 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 Nc6 27. Kc3 Ra8
28. g3 Nb4 29. a4 Rd8 30. Be2 Bc2 31. Bh5+ Ke7 32. Bf3 Rd7 33. h4 Rd8 34. Rf1
Rd7 35. Rf2 Bd1 36. Bg2 g6 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 Bc2 39. h5 Kf7 40. Bf3 gxh5 41.
Bxh5+ Ke7 42. Bf3 h6 43. Kc3 Kd7 44. Kb2 Kc7 45. Na2 Nxa2 46. Kxa2 Bd3 47. Ka3
Bf1 48. Bh5 Bd3 49. a5 b5 50. cxb5 Bxb5 51. b4 cxb4+ 52. Kxb4 Ba6 53. Kc5 Bc8
54. Be2 Bb7 55. Bc4 Bc8 56. a6 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxf4 8. exf4
Qc7 9. g3 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. Rac1 Qb7 14. Rfe1 Nc6 15.
Nb3 c4 16. Nbd2 b5 17. Ne5 Rab8 18. Qf3 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. h4 b4 21. b3 cxb3
22. Nxb3 Rfc8 23. Re2 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 bxc3 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Rxc3 Qa6 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8
28. Qe2 h6 29. Qb5 a6 30. Qa5 Kf8 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Ke8 33. Qb6 d4 34. Kf1
Qd7 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Qd6+ Ke8 37. c6 Qxd6 38. exd6 e5 39. g4 h5 40. Ke2 e4 41.
gxh5 f5 42. f4 d3+ 43. Ke3 Kd8 44. a4 a5 45. Kd2 Kc8 46. Ke3 Kd8 47. Kd2 Kc8 48.
Ke3 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. a4 c5 15.
dxc5 Qxe5 16. cxb6 c5 17. O-O d4 18. Bd2 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Qe6 20. Re1 Qxb6 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. Qd5+ Qf7 23. Qxa8 Bb7 24. Qxf8+ Qxf8 25. Re6 h6 26. Rae1 Qf4 27. Re7
Bc6 28. R7e6 Qxa4 29. h3 Qb4 30. R1e3 Bd5 31. Rd6 Bf7 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd7 Bg6
34. b3 a5 35. Ra7 Bc2 36. Kh2 h5 37. Kg1 Bxb3 38. Rg3 Qd4 39. Rxa5 Bf7 40. Rf3
Bg6 41. Ra7 c4 42. Raa3 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qd6+ 44. Kg1 Bd3 45. Ra5 c3 46. Rxh5+ Kg8
47. Ra5 c2 48. Ra8+ Kh7 49. Rc8 Qe6 50. Rc5 Qe7 51. Rc8 Qb7 52. Rc5 Be4 53. Rfc3
Bxg2 54. Rxc2 Be4 55. Rc1 Qf7 56. R1c3 Qd7 57. Re3 Qd1+ 58. Kh2 Qh1+ 59. Kg3
Qg2+ 60. Kf4 Bg6 61. Rf3 Qh2+ 62. Ke3 Qd6 63. Rc3 Bh5 64. Ke4 Qd2 65. Rce3 Qd6
66. Rg3 Qf6 67. Ref3 Qc6+ 68. Ke3 Qc3+ 69. Ke4 Qc4+ 70. Ke3 g5 71. Kd2 Bxf3 72.
Rxf3 Qf1 73. Rf5 Kg6 74. Rf8 Kg7 75. Rf5 Kh6 76. Rf6+ Kh5 77. Rf8 Qc4 78. Rf3
Kh4 79. Re3 Qf1 80. Rf3 Qc4 81. Ke1 Qc1+ 82. Ke2 Qb1 83. Rg3 Kh5 84. Re3 Kg6 85.
Rg3 Qh1 86. Rf3 Kg7 87. Rg3 Kf6 88. Rf3+ Ke5 89. Re3+ Kf4 90. Rg3 Qb1 91. Rf3+
Ke4 92. Rg3 Qb5+ 93. Ke1 Qa6 94. Re3+ Kf4 95. Rg3 Kf5 96. Rf3+ Kg6 97. Rg3 Kh5
98. Re3 Kh4 99. Rg3 Qb5 100. Re3 Qb1+ 101. Ke2 Qg1 102. Ra3 Qc1 103. Re3 Qc4+
104. Ke1 Qa6 105. Rg3 Qa1+ 106. Ke2 Qh1 107. Re3 Qg1 108. Rd3 g4 109. hxg4 Qxg4+
110. Ke1 Qb4+ 111. Ke2 Qc4 112. Kd2 Qb5 113. Rg3 Qe5 114. Kd1 Qe4 115. Kd2 Qe6
116. Kd1 Qa2 117. Ke1 Qb1+ 118. Ke2 Qh1 119. Ke3 Qf1 120. Kf3 Kh5 121. Ke3 Qd1
122. Rg2 Qb3+ 123. Ke2 Qc2+ 124. Ke3 Kh4 125. Rg3 Qd1 126. Rg2 Kh3 127. Rg3+ Kh2
128. Rf3 Kg2 129. Rf4 Qb3+ 130. Ke4 Qe6+ 131. Kd4 Kf1 132. Kd3 Qe5 133. Re4 Qf5
134. f4 Kf2 135. Kd4 Kf3 136. Re5 Qxf4+ 137. Kd5 Qb4 138. Ke6 Qc4+ 139. Kf5 Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Dzindzikhashvili defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qb3 Ra7 9. a3 Qd8 10. h4 h6 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qe7 14. O-O-O Bb3
15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bh3 a5 20. g3 Nf6 21. Ne5
Re8 22. Re3 a4 23. Rhe1 Ra5 24. Nxa4 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Bxa4 26. exf6 Rxe3 27. Rxe3
Rc5+ 28. Rc3 Rd5 29. b3 Bd7 30. Bg2 Rb5 31. Rd3 Ke8 32. Bd5 Be6 33. Bxe6 fxe6
34. g4 g5 35. h5 Rd5 36. Rc3 c6 37. Kc2 Kf7 38. f3 Kxf6 39. Rc4 Ke5 40. Re4+ Kd6
41. f4 c5 42. a4 b6 43. Kc3 gxf4 44. Rxf4 Rg5 45. Rf6 Rxg4 46. Rxh6 Rh4 47. Rh8
Kd5 48. h6 Rh3+ 49. Kc2 Kd4 50. h7 Rh2+ 51. Kd1 Kc3 52. b4 c4 53. a5 Kb2 54. Rc8
c3 55. axb6 Rxh7 56. Ke2 c2 57. Kd2 Rd7+ 58. Ke3 c1=Q+ 59. Rxc1 Kxc1 60. Ke4 Rb7 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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 "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. Rg1 e6 13. Nc1 Ne4 14. Nd3 f6 15.
Qe2 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. g4 f4 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. Rge1 Rge8 21. c4
Na5 22. c5 Qc7 23. g5 Nxg5 24. Nxg5 fxg5 25. Qg4 Nc6 26. Ne5 h6 27. Nxc6+ bxc6
28. Rxe6 Qh7+ 29. Kc1 Rc8 30. Qe2 Rxe6 31. Qxe6 Qh8 32. Rd3 Qe8 33. Qd6+ Ka8 34.
Kd2 Rb8 35. b3 Rb7 36. Qxh6 Re7 37. Qxg5 Qd8 38. Qg4 Qa5+ 39. Kc2 Qxa2+ 40. Kc3
Qa1+ 41. Kc2 Qa2+ 42. Kc3 Kb7 43. Rd2 Qa1+ 44. Kc2 Qa2+ 45. Kc3 Qa1+ 46. Kc2 f3
47. h4 a5 48. h5 Ka7 49. Qc8 a4 50. bxa4 Qxa4+ 51. Kc3 Rb7 52. Rc2 Rb3+ 53. Kd2
Qb4+ 54. Kd1 Rb1+ 55. Rc1 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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 "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. Qd2
Nd7 9. Nd5 Be6 10. a3 O-O 11. Nfe3 Bg5 12. c3 Nb6 13. Ba2 Ne7 14. h4 Bxe3 15.
Nxe3 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Qe2 Qf6 20. c4 Nd7 21. Rh3
Rf8 22. b4 Qe6 23. Rg3 e4 24. Bb2 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. dxe4 Rxf2 27. Qxf2 Qxe4+
28. Qe2 Qb1+ 29. Qd1 Qxa2 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Rf3 Re8+ 32. Kd1 h6 33. Qxd6 Qe2+ 34.
Kc1 Qxc4+ 35. Kd1 Qe2+ 36. Kc1 Qe1+ 37. Kc2 Qe4+ 38. Kb3 cxb4 39. Rf8+ Rxf8 40.
Qxf8+ Kh7 41. axb4 Qxg2 42. Qc5 Qf3+ 43. Kb2 Qg2+ 44. Ka3 Qh3+ 45. Kb2 Qxh4 46.
Qf5+ Kg8 47. Qc8+ Kf7 48. Qxb7+ Qe7 49. Qd5+ Kg6 50. Qd3+ Kg5 51. Qg3+ Kf6 52.
Qf3+ Ke6 53. Qe4+ Kd6 54. Qd4+ Kc6 55. Qc4+ Kb6 56. Qd4+ Kb5 57. Qd3+ Kb6 58.
Qd4+ Kb7 59. Qd5+ Kb8 60. Qg8+ Kc7 61. Qc4+ Kd7 62. Qb5+ Ke6 63. Qe2+ Kf7 64.
Qc4+ Kf6 65. Qf1+ Ke5 66. Qe2+ Kd6 67. Qa6+ Kd5 68. Qd3+ Ke6 69. Qe2+ Kd7 70.
Qb5+ Kc8 71. Qc6+ Qc7 72. Qe8+ Kb7 73. Qb5+ Qb6 74. Qd7+ Kb8 75. Qe8+ Kc7 76.
Qe7+ Kc6 77. Qe4+ Kd6 78. Qg6+ Kd5 79. Qf5+ Kd4 80. Qf4+ Kd3 81. Qf1+ Ke4 82.
Qg2+ Kf5 83. Qf3+ Ke6 84. Qe4+ Kf6 85. Qf4+ Ke7 86. Qe5+ Kf8 87. Kb3 a6 88. Ka3
Kg8 89. Qd5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. g4 a5 15.
a4 hxg4 16. fxg4 b5 17. Bxb5 Nxg4 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. h4 e4 20. h5 Nde5 21. h6 Bf6
22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Qf4 Nfg4 24. Nd4 f5 25. Rh3 Qe7 26. Ne6 Rfc8 27. Kb1 Rab8 28.
Rb3 Qh4 29. Qd2 Qh2 30. Qxa5 Qxc2+ 31. Ka2 Ra8 32. Qe1 Rc4 33. Rd4 Rxd4 34. Nxd4
Qc5 35. Ne6 Qa7 36. Rc3 Nd3 37. Bxd3 exd3 38. b3 Qf2+ 39. Qxf2 Nxf2 40. Rc7 Ng4
41. Kb2 Nxh6 42. Kc3 Ng4 43. Kxd3 Rb8 44. Kc3 Ne3 45. Rg7+ Kh8 46. Rxg6 Nxd5+
47. Kb2 Re8 48. Nd4 f4 49. Rxd6 Nb4 50. Kc3 Na2+ 51. Kc4 Re3 52. Rf6 Rc3+ 53.
Kb5 Nc1 54. Rxf4 Nxb3 55. Nxb3 Rxb3+ 56. Rb4 Ra3 57. a5 Kg7 58. a6 Kf6 59. Ra4
Rb3+ 60. Kc4 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "12.8"]
[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 "2021.04.24"]

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 "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. b4 g5 13. c5 Nf6 14. a4 Kh8 15. a5 Rf7 16.
Nf2 h5 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. g3 Ng6 19. c6 bxc6 20. dxc6 a6 21. Rg1 Rg7 22. gxf4 gxf4
23. b5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Nh7 25. Bd2 Ng5 26. Nd5 Nh4 27. Be2 Bh3 28. Bc3 Bg2+ 29.
Rxg2 Nxg2 30. Qd3 Ne6 31. Bf1 Qh4 32. Qe2 Ne3 33. Bh3 Ng5 34. Bd7 Nxe4 35. Nxe4
Nxd5 36. Be1 Qd8 37. Bf2 Be7 38. Be6 Nf6 39. a6 Qe8 40. a7 Qxc6 41. Rb1 Nd7 42.
Qd3 Qa4 43. Qd5 Rxa7 44. Bxa7 Qxa7 45. Bxd7 Bf8 46. Qe6 Rxd7 47. Qxd7 Qa2 48.
Rg1 Qe2 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D57"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Lasker defence, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. a4 c5 13. Qa3 Qc7 14. a5 Be6 15.
Qxc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Nd4 Nxc5 18. f3 Rac8 19. Kd2 Bd7 20. Be2 Rc7 21. Rhb1
Rdc8 22. Ra3 h5 23. Rb4 g6 24. Bd1 Kf8 25. Ne2 Bc6 26. Bb3 Ke7 27. Ba2 Ne6 28.
Nf4 Rd8 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. Rd4 Bb5 31. Bb3 Rd6 32. h4 Bc4 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. e4
Rc5 35. Ra4 Ra6 36. Rb4 b5 37. axb6 axb6 38. Ke3 b5 39. Rd5 Rxd5 40. exd5+ Kxd5
41. Rxb5+ Ke6 42. Rc5 Ra2 43. g3 Rg2 44. Kf4 f6 45. Rc6+ Kf7 46. Rc7+ Kg8 47.
Rxc4 g5+ 48. hxg5 fxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Rxg3+ 50. Kf4 Rg2 51. Kf5 Rg3 52. Rf4 h4 53.
Ke4 Rh3 54. c4 Rh1 55. Kd5 h3 56. Rd4 Rf1 57. Rh4 Rxf3 58. c5 Kf7 59. Kd6 Rd3+
60. Ke5 Ke7 61. c6 Kd8 62. Rh7 Kc8 63. c7 h2 64. Rxh2 Rd7 65. Rc2 Rxc7 66. Rxc7+
Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nc6 6. h3 b6 7. cxb6 cxb6 8. Bf4
Ne4 9. e3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb1 g6 15.
Qxb6 Rfb8 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. dxc5 Rc8 18. e4 Ne7 19. Ne5 Bb5 20. exd5 Bxd3 21.
Nxd3 Nxd5 22. Rab1 Rc7 23. Rb3 Nf6 24. Rfb1 Ne4 25. Rb7 Rac8 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27.
Rb4 Nxc3 28. Rc4 Nd5 29. Ra4 Rc6 30. Ra5 f6 31. f4 h6 32. Kf2 g5 33. g3 gxf4 34.
gxf4 Kf7 35. Kf3 Kg6 36. Ke4 Nc3+ 37. Ke3 Nd5+ 38. Ke4 Nc3+ 39. Kd4 Nd5 40. Ra4
Kf5 41. Nb4 Nxb4 42. Rxb4 Rc8 43. Rb6 e5+ 44. fxe5 fxe5+ 45. Kd5 e4 46. c6 e3
47. Rb1 e2 48. Re1 Rd8+ 49. Kc5 Rd2 50. c7 Rc2+ 51. Kb6 Rb2+ 52. Ka7 Rc2 53. Kb7
Rb2+ 54. Kc6 Rc2+ 55. Kd6 Rd2+ 56. Ke7 Rc2 57. Kd7 Rd2+ 58. Kc6 Rc2+ 59. Kb6
Rb2+ 60. Ka7 Rc2 61. Rxe2 Rxc7+ 62. Kxa6 Rc3 63. Rh2 Kf4 64. a4 Kg3 65. Rh1 h5
66. h4 Rb3 67. a5 Rb2 68. Ka7 Rb5 69. a6 Rb2 70. Ka8 Rb5 71. a7 Rb2 72. Rc1 Kxh4
73. Rc7 Kg3 74. Rb7 Ra2 75. Kb8 h4 76. Rg7+ Kf3 77. a8=Q+ Rxa8+ 78. Kxa8 h3 79.
Rh7 Kg2 80. Rxh3 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 Nh5 3. Bc1 Nf6 4. Bf4 Nh5 5. Bc1 d5 6. e4 g6 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. Na3 Qc7 14. Re1 Rd8
15. c3 Nd7 16. Bg5 Nf8 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Qe2 Qd7 21.
Nc4 Bf6 22. g4 Ng7 23. Nce5 Qd5 24. c4 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qb4 26. Rc1 Qa5 27. a3 c5 28.
dxc5 Qxc5 29. b4 Qc8 30. c5 Rd5 31. h3 Ne8 32. c6 bxc6 33. Nxc6 Qd7 34. b5 g5
35. Bg3 Ng7 36. a4 h5 37. Nb4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rc8 39. Rxc8+ Qxc8 40. Nxd5 exd5 41.
Ne5 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qa1 43. Qf3 Qxa4 44. Qxd5+ Kh7 45. Qd3+ Kg8 46. Qd5+ Kh7 47. f3
Qc2+ 48. Bf2 Qb2 49. Nc4 Qa2 50. Nb6 Qc2 51. Nd7 Qc7 52. Qc6 Qf4 53. Qe4+ Qxe4
54. fxe4 Ne8 55. e5 Nc7 56. exf6 exf6 57. Nxf6+ Kg6 58. b6 axb6 59. Bxb6 Ne6 60.
Ne4 Nf4+ 61. Kf3 Ne6 62. Be3 Kh6 63. Kg3 Kg6 64. Kh3 Nc7 65. Bxg5 Nd5 66. Bd2
Ne7 67. Kg3 Nc6 68. Bc3 Ne7 69. Nd6 Nd5 70. Bd4 Ne7 71. Kh4 Nd5 72. Nc4 Nf4 73.
Ne5+ Kh7 74. Bb2 Ng2+ 75. Kh5 Nf4+ 76. Kg5 Ne6+ 77. Kf6 Nf4 78. g5 Nd5+ 79. Kf7
Nf4 80. Nd7 Ng6 81. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "13.5"]
[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 "2021.04.24"]

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 Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "1510045"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. Nf1 Qa7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. a4 h6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15.
Nxc4 Ng6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Qb3 Qc5 18. Rad1 b6 19. d4 Qc6 20. d5 Qd7 21. Nfd2 Qh3
22. Ne3 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Qxg4 24. Qc4 Re7 25. Qe2 Qh3 26. Nc4 f5 27. exf5 Qxf5 28.
Qe4 Rf7 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Na3 Raf8 31. Rd2 e4 32. Rxe4 Ne5 33. Kg2 Nf3 34. Rd1
Rh5 35. h4 g5 36. Nc4 gxh4 37. g4 Rg5 38. Rd3 Ne1+ 39. Rxe1 Rxg4+ 40. Kh3 Rxc4
41. Rg1+ Kh7 42. Re3 Rf7 43. Rg4 Rxg4 44. Kxg4 Rxf2 45. Re7+ Kg6 46. Rxc7 Rxb2
47. Re7 Rf2 48. c4 h5+ 49. Kh3 Rf4 50. Re6+ Kf5 51. Rxd6 Rxc4 52. Rxb6 Rxa4 53.
Rb5 Ke5 54. d6+ Kxd6 55. Rf5 Ra1 56. Kh2 Kc6 57. Re5 a4 58. Re4 Kb5 59. Re5+ Kc4
60. Re4+ Kb3 61. Re3+ Kc2 62. Re4 a3 63. Re2+ Kd3 64. Rf2 Ke3 65. Rc2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 c5 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qxc4 Qe7 11. Rd1 b6 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. Qh4 Ng6 14. Qh3 Bb7
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nce4 h6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Nf3 Qe4 19. Kf1 Rfd8 20. Bxh6 Ne5
21. Qh4 Qxh4 22. gxh4 Ng4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bf4 Bxf2 25. h3 Be3 26. hxg4 Bxf4
27. Kf2 Bd6 28. e3 Rc8 29. Rd1 Bb4 30. Nd4 Kg7 31. Kf3 a6 32. h5 b5 33. a3 Be7
34. Rd2 Rc7 35. Ne2 Kh6 36. Ng3 Kg7 37. Ne4 Kh6 38. Ng3 Kg7 39. Ne4 Kh6 40. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5
a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc2 Bg5 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Ncb4 Nxb4 16. cxb4 Bd7 17. Bxa6 O-O 18. h4 Be7 19. b5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Rxb5 21. g3
Rxb2 22. O-O Qd7 23. Qxa4 Rb7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Rfd1 g6 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rxd6
h5 28. Rda6 Kg7 29. Ra7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Rb8 31. Ra5 Kf6 32. Ra6+ Ke7 33. Ra7+ Ke6
34. Ra6+ Ke7 35. Ra7+ Ke6 36. Ra6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. b3 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Na4 Be6 11. Bb2 d4 12. Ba3 b6 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Bxa6 Qc7 15.
c3 dxc3 16. dxc3 O-O 17. Bb2 Bd6 18. Bb5 Rfe8 19. c4 Bg4 20. Qd3 Nb4 21. Qc3
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nxa2 23. Qe3 Bf4 24. Qe2 Nb4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qe4 Rd8 27. g3 f5
28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Bxf3 30. Nxb6 Nd3 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Bxe8 Bd1 33. Ba4 Nxf4
34. Nd7 Nd3 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nd5 f4 37. Kg2 Kg6 38. Nc3 Bc2 39. f3 Nc1 40. Kf2
Bxb3 41. Bxb3 Nxb3 42. Na4 Kf5 43. Ke2 Ke5 44. Kd3 Kd6 45. Nc3 f5 46. Ne2 Ke5
47. Kc3 Na5 48. Nc1 Nc6 49. Nb3 Kd6 50. Kc2 Ne5 51. Nd2 Kc6 52. Kc3 Kb6 53. Kc2
Ka5 54. Kb3 Nc6 55. Kc3 Ne5 56. Nb3+ Kb6 57. Nd2 h6 58. Kc2 Nc6 59. Nb3 Ne5 60.
Nd2 Ng6 61. Kd3 Nh4 62. Kc3 Ng2 63. Kc2 Ka5 64. Kc3 Ne1 65. Nb3+ Kb6 66. Nd2 Kc6
67. Kb2 Kd6 68. Kc1 Ke5 69. Kd1 Nd3 70. Nb3 Kd6 71. Nd2 Ke7 72. Kc2 Ne5 73. Kd1
Kf6 74. Ke2 Ke6 75. Kd1 Nc6 76. Nb3 Kd6 77. Kc2 Nd8 78. Nc1 Ne6 79. Nb3 Kc7 80.
Kd3 Kd7 81. Ke2 Ke7 82. Kf2 Kf6 83. Kg2 Ke5 84. Kh3 Ng5+ 85. Kg2 Kd6 86. Nc1 Nf7
87. Nb3 Ne5 88. Nd2 Kc6 89. Kh3 Kb6 90. Kh4 Ka5 91. Kh5 Kb4 92. Kxh6 Kc3 93.
Nb1+ Kxc4 94. h4 Nxf3 95. h5 Kd3 96. Kg6 Ne5+ 97. Kxf5 f3 98. Kxe5 f2 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Nbd2 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. b4 Rac8 14. Be2 Rfd8
15. Nc4 b5 16. Ncd2 a6 17. Rac1 Kf8 18. Kf1 h6 19. h3 Nb8 20. Nd4 Nd5 21. N2b3
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. e4 Nb6 25. Na5 e5 26. Nf5 f6 27. Bc1 Bd7
28. Be3 Na4 29. Bd1 Nc6 30. Nxc6 Bxc6 31. Bxa4 bxa4 32. Nxe7 Kxe7 33. f3 h5 34.
h4 Ke6 35. Ke1 g6 36. Kd2 Bb5 37. Bh6 f5 38. g3 Bc6 39. Kd3 Bb5+ 40. Kd2 Bc6 41.
Kd3 Bb5+ 42. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 Qe6 9. Nd2 Nb4 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. c4 Qg6 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. h5 Nd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qxd3
15. Bxd3 Bxd4 16. Rh4 c5 17. Rg4 Kf8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Re8 20. Rg5 Re6 21.
Kd2 h6 22. Rf5 Ke7 23. Raf1 Rf8 24. g4 Bb7 25. g5 d6 26. exd6+ cxd6 27. gxh6
gxh6 28. Rg1 Bc8 29. Rg7 Rf6 30. Rf4 Rh8 31. Ke2 Rxf4 32. exf4 Kf6 33. Rg3 Be6
34. Kf2 Rb8 35. b3 a5 36. Be4 a4 37. Rd3 axb3 38. axb3 Rb6 39. Kf3 Ra6 40. Bd5
Ra3 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. Ke4 Ra6 43. Rg3 Rb6 44. Rg6+ Ke7 45. f5 exf5+ 46. Kxf5
Rxb3 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rh7 Rc3 49. Kf6 Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Kg6 Rg3+ 52. Kxh6
Rxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rb1 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Nh4 Nbd7
15. Nf5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ne3 Qa5 18. Ncxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxa2 20. Qd3 Qa5
21. Rfd1 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rad8 23. Ra1 Qc7 24. Ra6 Bf6 25. Rxf6 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 gxf6
27. e3 Kg7 28. Qf3 Qe5 29. Qg4+ Qg5 30. Qc4 Qf5 31. Ra1 Rd8 32. Rxa7 Rd1+ 33.
Kg2 Qd5+ 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 35. Ra2 Rd3 36. Rb2 Rc3 37. Kf3 c4 38. bxc4 Rxc4 39. e4
Rc5 40. Kf4 Rh5 41. f3 Ra5 42. Rd2 Rb5 43. Rd5 Rb3 44. h4 Ra3 45. g4 Ra1 46. g5
fxg5+ 47. hxg5 hxg5+ 48. Rxg5+ Kf6 49. Rb5 Kg6 50. Rg5+ Kf6 51. Rf5+ Kg6 52.
Rg5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1512668"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bd3 Bxc5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Nc3
a6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Rxg2 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qb6 13. O-O-O Qxe3+ 14. Kb1
Qxf3 15. Rhf1 Rf2 16. Rxf2 Qxf2 17. Ne4 Qe3 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. Qxf7 Nbc6 20. h4
Kc7 21. c4 Kb6 22. h5 Ka7 23. c5 Nxe5 24. Qxe7 Nxd3 25. Qd6 Nxc5 26. h6 Ne4 27.
Nxe4 Qxe4+ 28. Ka1 b6 29. Qe7+ Bb7 30. Qg7 Qf3 31. Rb1 Qf8 32. Qg6 Qg8 33. Qf6
d4 34. Qxd4 Qg6 35. a4 Qxh6 36. a5 Rc8 37. Qxb6+ Ka8 38. Re1 Rc1+ 39. Ka2 Bd5+
40. Ka3 Qf8+ 41. b4 Rxe1 42. Qxa6+ Kb8 43. Qb6+ Bb7 44. a6 Qf3+ 45. Ka4 Ra1+ 46.
Kb5 Qd3+ 47. Kc5 Rc1# 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.
Nxe5 Qd6 22. Nd3 Re8 23. Qd2 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Ne6 25. Qe3 f6 26. h4 h5 27. Qh6 Kf7
28. Qe3 Kg8 29. Qh6 Kf7 30. Qe3 Kg8 31. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. c4 Be7 13. Nb3 Rfc8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Rxd7 Bxa1 16. Nxa1 Rd8 17. Rd2 Ne5 18. Nb3 Nxc4 19. Rc2 Rd1+ 20. Bf1
Rc8 21. Nbd2 b5 22. a4 Nb6 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. axb5 Nd6 25. e3 Nxb5 26. Kg2 Nc3
27. Nc4 Ra1 28. Nd4 Ra2 29. Bd3 a5 30. Nc2 a4 31. Kf1 e5 32. f3 Nd5 33. Ke1 a3
34. Kd1 Rxc2 35. Bxh7+ Kxh7 36. Kxc2 e4 37. fxe4 a2 38. Kb2 Nc3 39. Nd2 Kg6 40.
Nf3 Kf6 41. Ka1 g5 42. g4 Nxe4 43. Kxa2 Nf2 44. Kb3 Nxg4 45. h4 gxh4 46. Nxh4
Nxe3 47. Kc3 Kg5 48. Nf3+ Kf4 49. Nd4 Ke4 50. Nb5 Nf5 51. Kd2 Kf3 52. Kd3 Ng3
53. Nd6 f6 54. Ne8 f5 55. Ng7 Kf4 56. Nxf5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "1170546"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d5
9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 g4 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. Be2 h5 14. a4 cxd4 15. exd4
Rc8 16. Qb1 Bh6 17. b4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Ra2 Qc3 20. Qd1 Qxb4 21. O-O O-O
22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Nb3 Rc4 25. Rxa7 Rfc8 26. Ra1 Bg7 27. Rb1 Rb4 28.
Rc1 Rc6 29. Rb1 Rb6 30. Nd2 Qd3 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Nb1 Qxd1 33. Rxd1 b5 34. f4
Bd4+ 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Na3 Bb6 37. Rc1 Rb3 38. Rc6 Bd8 39. Nc2 Bf6 40. Kf2 Rc3 41.
Rxc3 Bxc3 42. Ke2 b4 43. Kd3 Kf6 44. Nd4 Be1 45. Ne2 b3 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1170546"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Ne8 14. Nb5 h6 15. Qb3 Rb8
16. a5 bxa5 17. Bxa5 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Ba6 19. Bb4 Bxb5 20. cxb5 f5 21. Nd2 fxe4 22.
Nxe4 Nf5 23. Bc3 Qe7 24. Nc5 Qh4 25. Nd7 Nf6 26. Nxb8 Ne4 27. Be1 Rxb8 28. Qc4
Nd4 29. f3 Qf4 30. fxe4 Qe3+ 31. Bf2 Nxe2+ 32. Kf1 Qf4 33. Qxe2 Qxh2 34. Rd3 g5
35. Rh3 Qf4 36. Rf3 Qh2 37. Bg1 Qh5 38. Rf5 Qxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Rxb5 40. g4 Rb4 41.
Kf3 Rb8 42. Be3 Bf8 43. Rc1 Rb7 44. Ke2 Be7 45. Rff1 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd2 e6 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Nh4 Be4
9. f3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd5 11. g3 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 b5 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O
Rd7 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Be1 Qb6 18. Bf2 Rfd8 19. Ng2 Nc6 20. Ne1 Ne5 21. Rxd7 Rxd7
22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 h5 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Qc6 26. e4 Nd7 27. Kg2 Bxf2 28.
Nxf2 Qc7 29. Qa3 Qc2 30. Qd6 Nf8 31. Qxa6 Qxb2 32. a4 bxa4 33. Qxa4 e5 34. h4 g6
35. Qa7 Kg7 36. Qe3 Ne6 37. f4 exf4 38. gxf4 Qd4 39. Qxd4+ Nxd4 40. Nd3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bg4
15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. N2f3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Nf6
21. Rfc1 Ne4 22. Qd1 Qf6 23. f3 Nd6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Qe5 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27.
Qd2 Ne7 28. Qc1 Nc6 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. h3 d4 31. exd4 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 c5 33. Qe1 c4
34. bxc4 Qxc4 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "1512668"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qe7 7. Nf3 f6 8. Nc3
Qf7 9. fxe5 fxe5 10. O-O Nf6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. e4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 c5
15. Qa4 d4 16. e5 Bxe5 17. Rae1 O-O 18. Rxe5 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 b6 21.
a4 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Qxe8 Nxe8 24. Re1 Kf7 25. b4 Nd6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Re5
Rc8 28. Kf2 g6 29. Kf3 Rc6 30. g4 Nc4 31. Re4 Nb6 32. a5 Nd5 33. Rc4 h5 34. gxh5
gxh5 35. Bd4 Nc7 36. Rxc5 Ne6 37. Rf5+ Ke8 38. Bxa7 Rxc2 39. Rxh5 Ra2 40. Bb6
Kf7 41. h4 Kg6 42. Re5 Kf6 43. Re2 Ra3+ 44. Re3 Ra4 45. Re4 Ra3+ 46. Ke2 Kf5 47.
Rc4 Nf4+ 48. Kd2 Nd5 49. Kc2 Rh3 50. Kb2 Ke6 51. Bc5 Kd7 52. a6 Kc6 53. Bf2+ Kb5
54. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 a6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bd6 14. Rae1 b5
15. Be2 Bb7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qd7 18. e4 Rad8 19. h3 Rfe8 20. Re2 b4 21. Nb1
Qb5 22. Bc1 Nxe4 23. Kh2 Nf6 24. Rff2 Qh5 25. Rf3 Qg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. Nd2 Re1 29. Nb3 a5 30. Bd2 Rd1 31. Be3 Nd5 32. Bf2 a4 33. Nc5 Bxf4+ 34.
g3 Be5 35. Nxa4 Rd2 36. a3 Bxb2 37. Nxb2 bxa3 38. Nc4 a2 39. Nxd2 a1=Q 40. Nb3
Qd1 41. Kg2 Nf6 42. Nc5 Qd5 43. Be3 Nh7 44. h4 Nf6 45. Bg1 Ng4 46. Nd3 c5 47.
Bxc5 Nh2 48. Kxh2 Qxf3 49. Nf4 Qg4 50. Nh3 Qe2+ 51. Bf2 f6 52. Kg2 Kf7 53. Nf4
Qe4+ 54. Kg1 Qf5 55. Kg2 g5 56. hxg5 Qxg5 57. Kg1 Qg4 58. Kg2 g5 59. Nh3 Kg6 60.
Ng1 Qe4+ 61. Kf1 Kf5 62. Ne2 Qd3 63. Ke1 Kg4 64. Ng1 f5 0-1

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "1510045"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

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. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 Be6 14. h3
h5 15. f3 Be7 16. Bf4 a5 17. a4 Rd8 18. b3 Rd7 19. Ne4 b6 20. Ng5 Bc5 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Rd1+ Kc8 24. Bg5 b5 25. gxh5 Rxh5 26. Rd8+ Kb7 27. f4 Rh7
28. h4 g6 29. Kf3 Rg7 30. Kg4 Be7 31. Rd7 Bf6 32. Rxg7 Bxg7 33. h5 gxh5+ 34.
Kxh5 Kc8 35. Kg6 1-0

[Event "NIC Classic Prelim 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.04.26"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 g6 12. Kh1 Ne6 13. Bh4 b5 14. Rae1 Bb7 15.
Nf4 Nxf4 16. exf4 Qd6 17. f5 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Qd2 Rae8 21.
Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Ne2 Bc8 23. g4 Ng7 24. Kg2 Qh4 25. h3 Nh5 26. Rf2 Ng7 27. Nf4 Qf6
28. Bc2 a5 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Nxe2 b4 31. Bd3 Ne6 32. Qe3 c5 33. f4 cxd4 34. Qc1
Bd7 35. Qd2 Nc5 36. Qc2 Qd6 37. Qd2 b3 38. axb3 Nxb3 39. Qc2 Nc5 40. Nxd4 Nxd3
41. Qxd3 Qxf4 42. Nf3 Be6 43. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

