[Event "Hastings Six Masters"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "Ivan"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,166,19,38,25,16,14,23,25,0,10,-11,14,20,23,17,21,-8,13,27,-7,-7,-1,-6,
1,-12,43,27,19,0,3,0,3,0,19,10,-6,0,3,8,46,72,69,65,66,62,58,61,81,81,123,53,
73,99,112,77,76,67,128,128,66,85,67,67,89,76,67,59,59,81,80,88,88,85,83,78,83,
82,82,82,102,99,99,64,86,-16,-4,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,0,-32,-53,-23,-21,-93,
-49,-42,-38,-36,-22,-33,-31,-53,-2,-150,-160,-146,-143,-145,-145,-152,-132,
-292,-346,-351,-339,-391,-395,-393,-394,-394,-394,-398,-398,-398,-398,-398,
-398,-398,-398,-398,-398,-401,-507,-507,-507,-515,-515,-515,-515,-525,-398,
-507,-398,-398,-398,-398,-398,-398,-398,-398,-398,-398,-517,-537,-547,-547,
-557,-577,-577,-577,-577]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7
6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. d4 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Bg4
13. Bg5 O-O 14. d5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rc1 Qf4 17. Qd3 f5 18. Nd2 fxe4 19.
Nxe4 Rf7 20. Rc4 Bf5 21. Rxb4 a5 22. Rc4 Rb8 23. f3 Qg5 24. Qc3 Qg6 25. b4 Bxe4
26. Rxe4 axb4 $2 {[%cal Ga4a8]} (26... Rxb4 $1 27. Rxb4 axb4 {this was the
accurate move order.}) 27. Rxb4 (27. Qc4 $1 {[%csl Rb8,Ge4] Activity is the
most important! Now Black is very passive and it will be very difficult to
control the a pawn.}) 27... Rxb4 (27... Rbf8 28. a5 e4 29. Qc2) 28. Qxb4 Qd3
29. a5 {[%csl Rf3,Gf7][%cal Ga5a8,Gf7f8,Gf8a8,Gh2a2]} Qe3+ (29... Rf4 $1 {
[%cal Gf4c4]} 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qxc7 (31. h3 e4 $11) 31... Rc4 32. Qxd6 Qe3+ 33.
Kh1 Rc1 34. Qa6 e4 (34... Qe1 $11 35. Kg1 Qe3+) 35. fxe4 (35. h3 exf3) 35...
Qe1) 30. Kh1 e4 {[%csl Rg2]} 31. Qc3 $1 Qe2 32. Re1 Qb5 (32... exf3 $1 {Jonas}
33. gxf3 Qb5) 33. Qc6 Qxa5 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qxe4 Qd2 36. b3 Rf4 37. Qe6+ Kh7
38. h3 Qd3 39. Re3 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qc2 41. Kg3 $2 (41. Re4 $1 {Difficult to play
this move, because in theory White loses the b pawn, but the activity is the
most important!} Rf6 42. Qe7 Rg6 43. Re2 $3 {This is very easy to miss.} (43.
Rg4 Rxg4 44. hxg4 Qxb3 $11) 43... Qxb3 44. Qe4 $1 $18) 41... Rf6 42. Qe4+ $2 (
42. Re2 $1 $11) 42... Rg6+ 43. Kh4 Qxg2 {Suddenly White's life becamse much
more complicated.} 44. f4 Qxe4 45. Rxe4 Rg1 46. Rc4 Kg6 47. Rxc7 Kf5 48. Rd7
Kxf4 49. Rxd6 Rg3 50. Rd8 g5+ 51. Kh5 Rxh3+ 52. Kg6 Ke5 53. d6 Ke6 54. b4 g4
55. d7 g3 56. Rg8 Kxd7 57. Kf5 h5 58. Kf4 h4 59. b5 Kc7 60. Rg6 Rh2 61. Kf3 Kb7
62. b6 Ka6 63. b7+ Kxb7 64. Rg7+ Kc6 65. Rg6+ Kd5 66. Rg8 Ke6 67. Rg5 Kf7 68.
Rg4 Kf6 69. Rg8 Kf5 70. Rf8+ Kg5 71. Rg8+ Kf6 72. Rg4 Kf5 73. Rg8 Ke5 74. Re8+
Kd4 75. Rg8 Kd3 76. Rd8+ Kc3 77. Rg8 Kd2 78. Ra8 Rf2+ 79. Kg4 g2 80. Ra1 Ke3
81. Kh3 Re2 82. Rg1 Kf3 83. Kh2 h3 0-1

[Event "Cheltenham blindfold sim"]
[Site "Cheltenham "]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Webb, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C38"]
[Annotator "Ivan"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. g3 g4 7. Bxf4 gxf3 8. Qxf3
Qf6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. h3 Nbc6 14. g4 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rhe1 Nc6 17. Nd5 Qg7 18. c3 Be6 19. g5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rad8 21.
h4 Rd6 22. Qf5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Kb1 Nd8 25. Bb3 Ne6 26. Rxd6 Qxe1+ 27.
Rd1 Qxh4 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Rf7 $2 (29... Kh8 $1 30. Qe5+ Kg8 $11) 30.
Rd8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kg6 32. Rg8+ Kh5 33. g6+ Kh6 34. gxf7 Qb4+ 35. Kc2 Qc4+ 36.
Kd2 Qxa2+ 37. Ke3 Qb3+ 38. Ke4 Qc4+ 39. Kf3 Qxf7+ 40. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 41. Kxf4 a5
42. Ra8 b6 43. Ra6 Kg6 44. Ra7 c6 45. Rc7 c5 1-0

[Event "FRA tour sim"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitta, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "Ivan"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,105,23,23,73,65,59,59,111,81,85,82,124,102,102,80,85,88,62,60,58,58,
50,43,91,41,33,5,25,17,16,-26,11,-34,-5,-44,74,6,26,29,23,-9,31,26,33,0,1,14,2,
-7,33,33,26,32,84,92,78,47,47,47,73,49,65,43,61,53,72,42,41,36,52,83,106,61,43,
77,112,138,167,149,242,186,186,211,198,226,239,228,236,89,236,236,242,236,242,
242,290,318,962,962,1002,1012,1204,1249,1769,1871,2167,2526]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5
3. exd5 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O a6
10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bg5 Ne7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Bc1 Rb8 16.
Ne2 Ng6 17. Ng3 Bf4 18. b4 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 O-O 20. c4 Rfe8 21. cxd5 exd5 22.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nf5 Re4 24. g3 Ne7 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Kg2 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gc1c5,Gc5a5,Ge7e6,Gc7e7,Ge6e1]} Qd6 $2 {It is very important for Black to keep
the king safe. After this normal move, suddenly White will have some tactical
ideas.} (26... g6 $1 {[%cal Gg8g7] Black always needs this move.} 27. Rc5 Qb6
28. Qd3 Re4 29. f3 {[%cal Gh2a2]} (29. Qc3 Re6)) (26... Qb6 27. Rc5 Re4 28. Qc3
Re6) (26... Re4 27. Qc3 Qb6 28. Qxc6 Qxd4 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Qf5+) 27. Qd3 $1 {
An eye on both sides.} Ra7 28. Rc5 (28. Qc2 $1 {This is very accurate.} Rc7 (
28... a5 29. Qa4 Qe6 30. bxa5 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 $18) 29. Qe2 Ra7 30. Qe8+ $18) 28...
Qe6 (28... g6 $1 29. Qc2 Rc7 30. a4 Qf6 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Qxd4 33. Rxc6 Re7
$11) 29. Qe3 $2 (29. Qc2 Rc7 30. a4 $18 {[%csl Rc7] Pin} Qf6 31. b5 axb5 32.
axb5 Qxd4 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. bxc6 $18) 29... Rc7 30. Qe5 (30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Ra5
Ra7 $16) 30... Rc8 (30... Qxe5 31. dxe5 Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Ke3 f6 {Probably
this is close to a draw.}) 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. f4 h5 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. g4 Kg6 35.
a4 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 Kf7 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Ra8 39. bxc6 Rc8 40. c7 g6 41. Kg3
Kf6 42. Rc6 Ke7 43. Rc5 Kf6 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Kg3 Kf6 46. Rc1 Ke7 47. Rh1 Kd6 48.
Rh7 Rxc7 49. Rxc7 Kxc7 50. Kh4 Kd7 51. Kg5 Ke7 52. Kxg6 Kd6 53. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Montreal sim"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Robertson, DC."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Ivan"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,63,23,13,13,13,19,17,6,6,6,0,48,15,22,10,72,52,45,41,41,21,22,32,45,
45,28,-33,-22,-23,-23,-39,-35,-43,-27,-19,-28,-31,-12,-118,-51,-56,-48,-143,
-45,-67,16,-115,-115,-94,-97,-112,-98,-158,-91,-91,-90,-90,-67,-67,-41,-26,-19,
-8,0,-23]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3
Ne7 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Nf6+ gxf6
14. Bd3 c5 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Qc7 18. Rad1 d4 19. f4 Rfe8 20. h4
Qe7 21. Rd3 Kh8 22. a3 Rg8 23. Bxg6 fxg6 $2 (23... Rxg6 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg2]
[%cal Ga8g8]}) 24. Qf3 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Rge8 (24... Rad8 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 25. b3)
25. h5 (25. f5) 25... Qe4 26. Qg4 Re5 27. hxg6 Rg5 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Rdxf3 Rxg6
30. Re1 Rag8 31. Rf2 f5 32. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York sim"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Samuels, Lester W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Ivan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1923.12.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,85,23,14,65,37,59,29,73,83,66,31,31,30,69,35,24,12,52,-1,6,-41,50,26,
26,22,30,23,30,27,25,33,35,27,24,23,32,32,41,39,44,31,33,39,44,41,43,43,35,48,
82,87,127,76,103,125,125,63,86,86,86,97,97,98,87,102,134,116,162,94,97,86,88,
88,88,104,120,83,152,163,182,91,498,708,770,800,801,788]} 1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3.
Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10.
f4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qc7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Ne5 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qe2 Bxd3 16.
Qxd3 f6 17. Nc4 O-O-O 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. b4 Kb8 20. Qb3 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 {[%cal
Ga2a4,Gb4b5] The position is equal, but he won. The most important is to avoid
b5.} Qd7 $2 (21... Rd5 $1 22. a4 a6 $11 23. e4 (23. Rc5 Rxc5 24. dxc5 (24. bxc5
Qe7 {[%cal Gh8d8,Ge6e5,Gd8d7]}) 24... e5) 23... Rd6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gh8d8,
Gc7b6]} 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Qb6) (21... Qb6 22. a4 Rd5 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 23. Rc5
Rxc5 24. dxc5 {[%cal Gf1d1]}) 22. a4 $14 h5 {[%cal Gc4c5,Gb4b5]} 23. b5 (23.
Rc5) 23... cxb5 24. axb5 h4 25. Ra1 h3 26. Rxa7 $1 Qd5 27. Ra2 Rc8 28. Rac2
Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 hxg2 31. Kxg2 Rc8 32. Rc5 Rd8 33. h4 Rd7 34. Kf3
Ka7 35. f5 exf5 36. Rxf5 Kb6 37. h5 Rd6 38. Kf4 Kc7 39. Rc5+ Kd7 40. e4 Rxd4
41. Rd5+ Rxd5 42. exd5 Kd6 43. Kf5 1-0

[Event "USA tour sim"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Lavelle, HP."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "Ivan"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,109,18,18,23,-10,6,-16,84,92,62,27,72,55,92,55,56,32,36,26,79,65,65,
61,124,60,82,74,62,36,36,32,96,32,56,32,32,26,26,26,126,176,176,176,159,161,
184,203,203,159,159,201,198,199,333,229,228,203,239,152,152,140,196,299,298,
305,270,182,182,91,104,-116,-118,-118,-122,-115,-115,-99,-81,-102,-90,-109,
-100,-129,-124,-143,-143,-122,-152,-151,-178,-197,-186,-186,-96,-101,-77,-75,
-88,-251,-277,-269,-269,-269,-271,-269,-269,-269,-98,-97,-92,-92]} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bb5 O-O 9. O-O
a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Rc1 c5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. d5 Bb7 15. Re1 Rac8
16. Qb3 Nb6 17. d6 Qd8 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. dxc7 Qd5 20. Qxb6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 {
Probably the first example where he doesn't make the best use of his advantage.
} Qxf3 22. Re3 Qf5 23. Qxc5 f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Rb3 Qf4 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. Rd3
Qe7 28. Qg3 Qb4 29. Rd7 Qxb2 30. Rc3 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. f3 Qe2+ 33. Qf2 $2 (
33. Kg1 $1 $18 Qe3+ (33... Rf7 34. Rd8+ Rf8 35. Rcd3 $18) (33... g6 34. Qh4 (
34. Rcd3))) (33. Kh3 g6 {[%cal Gf8f5]} 34. Qh4 (34. Qg2 Qb5) (34. Rcd3 Rf5 35.
Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rxc8 Qf1+ 37. Kg4 Qxd3 38. Rg8+ Kh6) 34... Rxf3+) 33... Qe5 34.
Re3 $2 (34. Qd2) 34... Qb5 (34... Qc5 35. Qb2 Rf7) 35. Red3 (35. Qd2 Qg5+ 36.
Kh1) 35... Rxc7 $1 {everything went wrong!} 36. Rxc7 Qxd3 37. Qg3 Qe2+ 38. Qf2
Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rb8 40. Rc6 Rb2+ 41. Kg3 Rxa2 42. Rxe6 a5 43. Re7 a4 44. Ra7 a3
45. h4 h5 46. Kf4 Kh7 47. Ra6 Ra1 48. Kf5 a2 49. Kf4 g6 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. Ra6
Kg7 52. Ra7+ Kh6 53. Ra6 Rh1 54. Rxa2 Rxh4+ 55. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tour sim"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Johnson, AG."]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "Ivan"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,77,24,25,28,11,21,-18,4,4,14,21,24,28,47,52,53,49,63,58,72,58,74,50,
37,23,144,78,80,99,105,3,31,3,7,-6,70,68,91,57,68,67,73,60,126,152,114,450,471,
51,51,0,-6,-9,21,14,110,97,98,109,114,114,107,144,163,195,198,224,308,407,414,
478,754,302,364,274,375,530,467,630]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O c5 11. a4 b4 12.
Ne4 a5 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Ne5 17. Bb5 Nxc6 18.
Bxc6+ Kf8 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. Qd6+ Ke8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rc1 {
The game is totally winning, but so many things happened from this point...}
Rg8 24. f3 $2 {[%csl Rg2]} (24. g3 Qd8 25. Qa6 $1 $18) (24. e4) 24... Qd8 25.
Qc6+ $2 (25. Qxd8+ $1 Kxd8 {[%cal Gc1c5]} 26. h4 (26. Rc5 Rg5) (26. f4 f5 27.
Rc5 Ke7 28. Rxa5 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c1,Gc1c2]}) 26... Kd7 (26... f5 27. Rc5 Ke7 28.
Rxa5 Rc8 29. Rb5) 27. Rc5 $16) (25. Qa6 Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qd2+) 25... Kf8 26. Qc2
Rg5 (26... Kg7) 27. e4 f5 $2 {[%cal Gg5a5] Once again, he doesn´t realize
about the transition to the rook endgame.} 28. Qc8 Qxc8 29. Rxc8+ Ke7 30. Rc5 (
30. e5 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gc8c5]}) 30... h6 31. Rxa5 fxe4 32. Rxg5 hxg5 33. fxe4
b3 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke3 Kc5 36. Kd3 Kb4 37. e5 Kxa4 38. Kc4 Ka5 39. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Skilling op KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.29"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Asus"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB49_2020"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,46,27,26,22,6,9,9,9,9,51,43,60,36,41,48,61,61,57,63,41,82,51,30,39,32,
59,49,30,30,77,79,79,49,48,45,40,40,38,56,38,41,44,40,33,-41,-38,-47,27]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+
Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bc4 Ke7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Nc5
15. Bxc5+ Rxc5 16. Rfe1 g6 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 e5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Rae1 Rf8
21. fxe5 Rf5 22. e6 Bxb2 23. Rd1 Rc7 24. g4 Rf8 25. Kg2 b5 26. Re2 Bc3 27. Re3
Bb4 28. Red3 a5 29. Rd7+ Rxd7 30. Rxd7+ Kf6 31. Rb7 a4 32. g5+ $1 {Carlsen
played this move and afterwards, all the moves instantly, it was very
impressive.} Kxg5 33. Rxb5+ Rf5 $2 (33... Kf6 34. Bxa4 Bd6 {This was the only
defense.}) 34. Rxb4 $1 axb3 35. e7 bxa2 36. e8=Q a1=Q 37. Qe7+ $1 {The only
check to win the game!} Kh6 38. Rh4+ Rh5 39. Qf8+ Qg7 40. Qf4+ $1 g5 41. Qd6+
Qg6 42. Qf8+ Qg7 43. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Opera Euro Rapid | Knockout"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2021.02.14"]
[Round "28.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Ivan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2q1r3/1pp2pk1/p6p/8/4P3/1PP4P/1P4P1/3R1QK1 b - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,109,19,38,25,16,14,12,8,0,-3,7,0,7,19,17,10,16,46,20,33,21,44,-5,-27,
-36,-50,-50,-4,-35,29,24,30,-26,-17,-21,34,11,45,51,44,37,48,47,51,53,65,58,51,
52,77,81,66,47,35,34,40,76,74,79,73,73,68,68,81,28,26,52,80,5,15,23,10,0,23,0,
12,0,20,16,13,16,7,10,7,10,15,10,14,7,10,7,22,-2,4,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0] [#]} 30... Rxe4 31. Qf3 Re7 (31... Re5 $1 {Black should play as
active as possible, even if Black needs to sacrifice a pawn.} 32. Rf1 Qe6 33.
Qxb7 Re1 $11) 32. Rd4 $2 {It is clear that White should attack, but at the
same time he should pay attention to his how king.} (32. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Gf3f6]}
Qe6 33. Qxb7 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Kh1 $16) 32... Qe6 $1 $11 {After this move,
it will be very hard for White to win the game. Black always have the exchange
of queens at some point.} 33. Rg4+ Kh7 34. Qd3+ (34. Qxb7 {This is the
computer move, but no human would play like this.} Qd6 $1 {This move is
difficult to find in my opinion, but with White´s queen being so far this is
not that strange.} (34... Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Rg3 h5 37. h4 $1 Qf4 38. Qf3 $1
{White is winning.}) 35. Rd4 Qg3 36. Rd1) 34... f5 $1 (34... Kh8 35. Qd8+ Re8
36. Qxc7 $16) 35. Rf4 Kg6 {No fear! The king is well protected surrounded by
the pawns, queen and rook.} 36. Qg3+ Kh7 37. Qd3 Kg6 38. Kh1 Qe1+ 39. Rf1 Qe5
40. b4 c6 41. Qd8 Re8 42. Qd3 Re7 43. Qd2 Re6 {White doesn't have enough
threats.} 44. Qf2 Re7 45. Rd1 f4 46. Kg1 Qe2 47. Rd6+ Kg5 48. Rd2 Qe1+ $1 {
Exchanging queens the right way!} (48... Qxf2+ 49. Kxf2 Kf5 50. Rd4 {According
to the engine the endgame is still a draw, but White woiuld be a bit more
active and with Carlsen on the other side you never know...}) 49. Qxe1 Rxe1+
50. Kf2 Rb1 $1 {Very common place for the rook, attacking the pawns from the
rear.} 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52. Ke2 Rb1 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Ke2 Rb1 55. Kf3 1/2-1/2

