Carlsen is leading the Online Invitation LIVE

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Thanks for the links and the reminder! Here were the day 1 games:

[pgn]
[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 {21} Nc6 {12} 3. Bb5 {1} a6 {1} 4. Ba4 {2} Nf6 {1} 5. O-O {1}
b5 {2} (5... Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Re8
12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. dxe5 Bxe3 14. exf6 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxf6 16. a4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5
18. f4 Qe7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Qf6 21. axb5 Rxe5 22. fxe5 Qb6+ 23. Qd4 Qxd4+
24. cxd4 axb5 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. b4 Bd5 27. g3 {1/2-1/2 (27) Nakamura,H (2736)
-Carlsen,M (2872) Moscow 2019}) 6. Bb3 {2} Bc5 {1} 7. a4 {12} Rb8 {2 [#] C78:
Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} ({Wrong is} 7... Nxe4 $2 8. axb5
Ne7 9. Bxf7+ $1 (9. Nxe5 d5 $18) 9... Kxf7 10. Nxe5+ Kg8 11. Qf3 $1 $18) 8.
Nxe5 $1 {19} Nxe5 {3} 9. d4 {1 [#]} Bxd4 $1 {2 White is slightly better.} 10.
Qxd4 {0} d6 {1} 11. f4 {1} Nc6 {9} 12. Qc3 {25} Ne7 {4} 13. axb5 {1} axb5 {6}
14. e5 {81} Ne4 $1 {5} 15. Qf3 {11} Nc5 {27} 16. Ba2 {11 f5! is the strong
threat.} O-O {45} 17. Be3 {41 [#]} Bb7 $146 {35} ({Predecessor:} 17... Nf5 18.
Bf2 Be6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Nc3 Na4 21. exd6 Nxd6 22. Nxa4 bxa4 23. Re1 Qf6 24.
Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rxa4 Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 (47) Milman,L (2462)-Mulyar,M (2410) New York
2011}) 18. Qh3 {60} Ne4 {12} 19. Nc3 {28} Nxc3 {103} 20. bxc3 {0} Bd5 {53} 21.
f5 {166} Bxa2 {3} 22. Rxa2 {0 Hoping for f6.} dxe5 {106} 23. f6 {13} gxf6 {2} (
23... Nd5 $1 $15 24. fxg7 Re8) 24. Bh6 {41} Re8 {5} 25. Ra6 {58} Rb6 {29} 26.
Rxb6 {12} cxb6 {2} 27. Qg3+ $1 {7} Ng6 {4} 28. h4 $1 {1} f5 {26 aiming for ...
f4.} 29. h5 {2 Pin} f4 {1 [#]} 30. hxg6 $1 {3} hxg6 {6} (30... fxg6 31. Qf3)
31. Qg4 $40 {39 White mounts an attack.} Qc8 $2 {101 [#] Black cannot hold the
game after this.} (31... Qe7 $14) 32. Qh4 $1 $18 {22 Black must now prevent
Qf6.} Qc5+ {68} 33. Kh2 {29 And now Qf6 would win.} Qd6 $2 {64} (33... e4 34.
Qxf4 f5) 34. Bg5 {22} f5 {105} 35. Rf3 {19 Threatening mate with Rh3.} e4 {99}
36. Rh3 {12 White mates.} f3+ {8} 37. Bf4 {2} Qd7 {2} 38. Qh8+ {8} Kf7 {1} 39.
Rh7+ {0 Skewer} Ke6 {0} 40. Qe5# {1 Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 {15} e6 {16} 3. Nf3 {5} d5 {2} 4. Nc3 {8} Be7 {2} 5. Bf4 {15}
O-O {5} 6. e3 {3} Nbd7 {1} (6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bg5
Be7 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 h6 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. e4 e5 17.
Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Rxc4 19. Bxe5 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2875)-Nakamura,H (2754)
Zagreb 2019}) 7. c5 {25} c6 {9} 8. h3 {6} b6 {7 D37: Queen's Gambit Declined:
5 Bf4.} 9. b4 {1} a5 {21} 10. a3 $1 {1} h6 {13 The position is equal.} 11. Bd3
{51} Bb7 {13} (11... Ba6 $11) 12. O-O $16 {10} Qc8 {3 [#]} 13. Re1 $146 {77} ({
Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 Qb7 17. Rfc1
Rfa8 18. b5 Ra5 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxb6 {1/2-1/2
(36) Girya,O (2450)-Muminova,N (2321) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 13... Ba6 {23} 14.
Bc2 {2} Re8 {225} 15. Rc1 {39} axb4 {23} 16. axb4 {3} bxc5 {0} 17. bxc5 {2} Bd8
{3} 18. Ra1 {34} Bc7 {8} 19. Qd2 {50} e5 {237} 20. dxe5 {2} Nxe5 {1} 21. Nxe5 {
3} Bxe5 {0} 22. Bxe5 {1} Rxe5 {0} 23. Qd4 {28} ({White should try} 23. Na4 $16
{Hoping for Nb6.} Ra7 24. Nc3) 23... Re8 $11 {22} 24. e4 {51} dxe4 {7} (24...
Bc4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Nxe4 $16 {2} Nxe4 {11} 26. Rxe4 {9} Rd8 $2 {
151} (26... Bb5 $16 {was called for.}) 27. Qc3 $18 {8} Rd5 {64} (27... Rd7 $142
28. Rea4 Rda7) 28. Rea4 {182} Bb7 {6} 29. Rxa8 {2} Bxa8 {1} 30. Qa5 $2 {36} (
30. Qb4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 30... Bb7 $16 {25} 31. Qb6 {2} g6 {12} 32. Be4 {
25} Rd7 {46} 33. Bf3 {2} h5 {6} 34. Re1 {21} Qd8 {40} 35. Qxd8+ {2} Rxd8 $14 {
1 Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Re7 {1} Ba6 {0} 37. Bxc6 {3} Rc8 $2 {21 Black is now
going downhill.} (37... Rd1+ $14 38. Kh2 Rc1) 38. Re8+ $18 {29} Rxe8 {2} 39.
Bxe8 {0 KB-KB} Kf8 {0} 40. Bc6 {8} h4 {4} (40... g5 $142 41. f4 g4) 41. f4 {5}
Ke7 {29} 42. Kf2 {1} f6 {1} 43. Ke3 {2} Ke6 {91} 44. Be4 {31} g5 {12} (44...
Bb5 $142 45. Bxg6 Kd5) 45. Kd4 {15} gxf4 {87} 46. Bd5+ $1 {5} Ke7 {4} 47. Ke4 {
2 White mates.} Bc8 {9} 48. Kxf4 {4} Bd7 {0} 49. g3 {65} hxg3 {6} 50. Kxg3 {0}
Kf8 {2} 51. h4 {2} Kg7 {2} 52. Kf4 {1} Kh6 {3} 53. Bf3 {1} Kg7 {9} 54. Ke4 {4}
Bc6+ {33 [#]} 55. Ke3 $1 {1} Bb5 {7} 56. Kd4 {2} Kf7 {1} 57. Kd5 {35} Ke7 {3}
58. Bg4 {37} Bd3 {3} 59. c6 {60} f5 {7} 60. Bf3 {1} Bb5 {60 [#]} 61. c7 $1 {2}
Kd7 {1} 62. Ke5 {4} f4 {31} 63. h5 {2} Bc4 {6} 64. h6 {5} Bg8 {1} 65. Bd5 {16}
Bh7 {22} 66. Be4 {4} Bg8 {2} 67. Kxf4 {4 Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 66%.}
1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {41} d6 {14} 3. Nf3 {5} Nf6 {2} 4. d4 {9} cxd4 {1} 5. Nxd4 {0}
a6 {2} 6. Be3 {40} e5 {4} 7. Nb3 {1} Be6 {2} 8. f3 {2} h5 {2} 9. Qd2 {23} Nbd7
{3} 10. O-O-O {41} Be7 {4} 11. Kb1 {29} b5 {83 B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual
White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 12. a3 {75} Rc8 {43 12...0-0 is
vanishing.} 13. h3 {155} h4 {44 The position is equal.} 14. f4 {54} O-O {80 [#]
} 15. f5 $146 {57} ({Predecessor:} 15. Rg1 Re8 16. f5 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Nc5 18.
Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. g4 hxg3 21. a4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Evans,D (2352)-Sherwood,
R (2308) ICCF email 2017}) 15... Bxb3 {174} 16. cxb3 {14} Nc5 {1} 17. Bxc5 {60}
dxc5 {3} 18. Qe1 {146} Qc7 {77} 19. g4 $36 {89 White is pushing.} hxg3 {120}
20. Qxg3 {3 Black must now prevent Rg1.} Rfd8 {3} 21. Be2 {72} Bf8 {53} 22. h4
{63} Qb7 {117} 23. Qg2 {19} Rd4 {29} 24. h5 $1 {43 Threatens to win with h6.}
Nxe4 {6} (24... b4 $14 25. axb4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxa6 Rb8)
25. Bf3 {2} ({Only move:} 25. Ka1 $1 $16 Nd6 26. Nd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5) 25... Nxc3+
$11 {16} 26. bxc3 {1} e4 {18} 27. cxd4 {16} exf3 {1} 28. Qg4 {36 aiming for h6.
} Qd5 {184} 29. Rd3 {1} c4 {1} 30. Qxf3 {63} Qd6 {2 [#]} 31. bxc4 {17} (31. Rd2
$1 $16) 31... bxc4 {1} 32. Rc3 $1 {1} Qxd4 {9 Strongly threatening ...Rb8+.}
33. Rhc1 $2 {16 [#] Loses the game.} (33. Ka2 $11) 33... Bxa3 $1 $19 {24 ( -> .
..Rb8+)} 34. R1c2 {7} (34. Rxa3 Rb8+) 34... Be7 $2 {29} (34... Rb8+ 35. Ka2 Qb6
) 35. Qb7 {11} Qd8 {6} 36. Rd2 {24 [#]} Qf8 $1 {8} ({Less strong is} 36... Qxd2
37. Qxc8+ Kh7 38. Qxc4 $15) 37. Kc2 $2 {13} (37. Rd7) 37... Bf6 {4} 38. Rd7 {12
} Rb8 {11} 39. Qc7 {8} Bxc3 {11} (39... Qb4 $142 40. Kd1 Qb1+ 41. Rc1 Qb3+ 42.
Ke2 Re8+ 43. Re7 Rxe7+ 44. Qxe7 Qd3+ 45. Kf2 Bxe7 46. h6 Bh4+ 47. Kg2 Qg3+ 48.
Kh1 Qf3+ {Double Attack} 49. Kg1 Qf2+ 50. Kh1 Bg3 51. h7+ Kxh7 52. Rxc4 Qh2#)
40. Kxc3 {0 Endgame KQR-KQR} Qb4+ {11} 41. Kd4 {1} Qd2+ {20} 42. Kc5 {7} Rb5+ {
7} 43. Kxc4 {24} Qc2+ {16} 44. Kd4 {1} Qxc7 {5} (44... Qd1+ $142 45. Ke4 Rb4+
46. Ke3 Qe1+ 47. Kd3 Qd1+ 48. Ke3 Qe1+ 49. Kd3 Rb3+ 50. Kc2 Qb1+ 51. Kd2 Rb2+
52. Ke3 Qe1+ 53. Kd4 Qd1+ 54. Kc5 Rb5+ 55. Kc4 Qb3+ 56. Kd4 Rb4+ 57. Kc5 Rc4+ {
Skewer} 58. Kd6 Qa3+ 59. Ke5 Qa1+ 60. Kd6 Qf6+ {Double Attack} 61. Kd5 Qd4#)
45. Rxc7 {1} Rxf5 {1 Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 {15} e6 {18} 3. Nf3 {6} d5 {9} 4. Nc3 {4} Bb4 {3} 5. e3 {25}
O-O {78} 6. Bd2 {4} b6 {13} 7. cxd5 {30} exd5 {4} 8. Rc1 {2} a6 {66} 9. Bd3 {48
} Bb7 {44} 10. O-O {4} Bd6 {32} 11. Ne5 {23 E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...
0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6.} c5 {23} 12. f4 {127} Nc6 {45} 13. Be1 {155} cxd4 {52}
14. Nxc6 {2} Bxc6 {3} 15. Ne2 {1} Bd7 {224} 16. Nxd4 {62} Re8 {2} 17. Qf3 {77}
Qe7 {4 [#]} 18. Bd2 $146 {5} ({Predecessor:} 18. Bf2 Bc5 19. Rfe1 Ne4 20. Bxe4
dxe4 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Red1 Bxd4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. exd4 {0-1 (41) Castellanos
Rodriguez,R (2487)-Ubilava,E (2498) Linares 2017}) 18... Bc5 {2} 19. Rfe1 {15}
Bxd4 {78} 20. exd4 {2} Ne4 {1} 21. Bxe4 {33} dxe4 {3} 22. Qe3 {6} Qe6 {36} 23.
a3 {96} Qd5 {10} 24. h3 {32} h5 {12} 25. Qf2 {8} Rac8 {72} 26. Rxc8 {7} Rxc8 {3
} 27. Rc1 {1} Rxc1+ {106} 28. Bxc1 {1} Qc4 {17} 29. Be3 {5} b5 {2} 30. Qd2 {10}
Be6 {15} 31. Qc1 {8} Qd3 {18} 32. Qd2 {5} Bd5 {58} 33. Qxd3 {83} exd3 $11 {
3 Endgame KB-KB} 34. g3 {2} Kh7 {29} 35. Kf2 {3 The position is equal.} Kg6 {13
} 36. Bd2 {6} Kf5 {23} 37. Ke3 {2} Bc4 {25} 38. Bb4 {15} g6 {6} 39. Bd2 {17}
Ke6 {5} 40. g4 {18} hxg4 {4} 41. hxg4 {2} f5 {2} 42. gxf5+ {3 Accuracy: White
= 96%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 {17} Nd7 {16} 3. d4 {3} Nb6 {1} 4. Bg2 {5} Bf5 {2} 5. O-O {6}
e6 {3} 6. Nbd2 {87 D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2..
.Nf6 3 Bf4.} c6 {48} 7. c4 {81} dxc4 {73} 8. e4 {45 White is slightly better.}
Bg6 {5} 9. Qe2 {4} Nf6 {10} 10. Rd1 {9} Bb4 {63} 11. Ne5 $1 {45} c3 {50 [#]}
12. bxc3 $146 {21} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nf1 Na4 13. Qc2 Nxb2 14. Bxb2 cxb2 15.
Qxb2 Qe7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rdb1 Ba5 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 (37)
Cherniaev,A (2415)-Sokolov,I (2636) Jakarta 2013}) 12... Bxc3 {4 Double Attack}
13. Rb1 {1} O-O {158} ({Black should play} 13... Qxd4 $142 14. Ndc4 Bh5) 14.
Nb3 $16 {60 White has strong compensation.} Qe7 {161} (14... Nbd7 $16 {might
work better.}) 15. Bg5 {141} (15. Qc2 $1 $18 Na4 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rd3) 15...
Qa3 {147} (15... h6 $16 {was necessary.}) 16. Rd3 $1 $18 {38} Na4 {65} (16...
Bb4 $142 {was worth a try.} 17. Nc5 {Discovered Attack} Qa5) 17. h4 {92} c5 {61
} (17... Rfc8 $142 {keeps fighting.} 18. Bxf6 gxf6) 18. Bxf6 {93} gxf6 {4} 19.
Nc4 $1 {1} Qb4 {22} 20. Nbd2 {2} Bxd2 {20} 21. Rxb4 {5} Bxb4 {1} 22. h5 {14} b5
{1} 23. hxg6 {38} bxc4 {8} 24. gxh7+ {46} Kh8 {13} 25. Rf3 $1 {34} c3 {40} 26.
a3 {14} cxd4 {135 ...Nb2 is the strong threat.} 27. axb4 {2 Qd1! is the strong
threat.} Rac8 {3 aiming for ...c2. Strongly threatening ...c2.} 28. Qc2 {1} Nb2
$2 {3} (28... Nb6 29. Rd3 (29. Rxf6 $2 d3 $19) 29... Rc4) 29. Bf1 $18 {1} Rfd8
{14} 30. Bd3 $2 {11} (30. Qc1 $1 {mates} c2 31. Rxf6 Rf8 32. Rf3 f6 33. Ba6 Rc7
34. Rb3 d3 35. Bxd3 Nxd3 36. Rxd3) 30... e5 {17} 31. g4 {70} Kxh7 {19} 32. Kf1
{3} ({White should try} 32. Rxf6 $18 {Intending Qc1 and mate. is more deadly.
Threatening mate with Qc1.} Kg7 33. Rf3) 32... Nxd3 {31} 33. Rxd3 {1} Rc4 $2 {
4 [#]} (33... Kg6 $16 {is more resistant.} 34. Ke2 Rh8) (33... Kg7 $16 {
is more resistant.} 34. Kg2 Rh8) 34. Qc1 $2 {142} (34. g5 $1 $18 {and White
stays clearly on top.} Rc6 (34... fxg5 35. Rh3+) 35. Rh3+ Kg7 36. Qc1 $1) 34...
Kg7 {15 [#]} (34... Rh8 $16 35. Kg2 Kg6) (34... c2 $16 {keeps fighting. might
work better.} 35. Rh3+ (35. Kg2 Kg7) 35... Kg8) 35. g5 $1 {18 Threatens to win
with gxf6+. Strongly threatening gxf6+.} f5 {10} (35... c2 {is a better
defense.} 36. gxf6+ Kxf6) 36. g6 $2 {33} (36. exf5 $18 {is the precise move to
win. Black must now prevent Rh3. and the rest is easy. Threatens to win with
Rh3.} c2 37. Kg2) 36... fxe4 $2 {9 [#]} (36... f4 $1 $16) 37. gxf7 $2 {60} ({
White must play} 37. Rh3 $1 $18 {White wants to mate with Qg5! Threatening
mate with Qg5!} e3 38. gxf7 (38. fxe3 d3 $11)) 37... exd3 $16 {13 KQ-KRR. The
position is equal.} 38. Qg5+ {1 Double Attack} Kxf7 {1 Strongly threatening ...
Rd5. And now ...Rd5 would win.} 39. Qf5+ {15 Double Attack} Ke7 {17 White must
now prevent ...Rd5. aiming for ...Rd5.} 40. Qxe5+ {1} Kf7 {6} 41. Qf5+ {
1 Double Attack} Ke7 {11 With the idea ...Rc6. next ...Rc6 is good for Black.}
42. Qe5+ {1} Kf7 {1 White really could win this. Accuracy: White = 56%, Black
= 39%. Black escapes into a draw. Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 43%. White
really could win this. Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {682} e6 {621} 3. d4 {11} cxd4 {10} 4. Nxd4 {10} Nf6 {11} 5.
Nc3 {10} d6 {10} 6. Be3 {13} Be7 {11} 7. Be2 {13} Nc6 {16} 8. f4 {14} O-O {16}
9. Nb3 {11} a6 {17} 10. a4 {14} b6 {11} 11. O-O {15} Bb7 {10 B83: Sicilian
Scheveningen: 6 Be2, lines without ...a6.} 12. Bf3 {14} Nd7 {21} 13. g4 {14 [#]
} Na5 $146 {14 The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc5 14. Bg2 Re8
15. Nc1 Rc8 16. N1e2 Nb4 17. Ng3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Re1 g6 21.
Nd4 Bg7 22. Rc1 Nbd3 23. cxd3 Rxe3 {0-1 (23) Peng,D (2363)-Kovalyov,A (2651)
Philadelphia 2018}) 14. g5 {14} (14. Nxa5 $11 bxa5 15. g5) 14... Nc4 $15 {20}
15. Bc1 {11} e5 {10} 16. Be2 {31} Rc8 {12} 17. h4 {16} exf4 {12} 18. Rxf4 {11}
Nde5 {43} 19. Nd5 {13 [#]} (19. Qf1 $15) 19... Ng6 $1 $17 {12} 20. Rf2 {60} (
20. Rf3 $17) 20... Bxd5 {20} (20... Nxh4 $19 21. Qf1 Ne5) 21. exd5 $15 {34} ({
Much worse is} 21. Qxd5 Nce5 $11) 21... Nxh4 {11} 22. Qd4 {12} Bxg5 {13} 23.
Bxc4 {11 Threatens to win with Kh1.} Bxc1 {11} 24. Rxc1 {10 Strongly
threatening Rcf1.} ({Don't blunder} 24. Nxc1 $2 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 (25. Kf1 $2 Nf5
$19) 25... Nf5 $19) 24... Qg5+ {12} 25. Kf1 $2 {13} (25. Kh1 $17 Qh5 26. Be2
Nf3+ {Discovered Attack} 27. Kg2 Nxd4 {Discovered Attack} 28. Bxh5 Nxb3 {Pin}
29. Rcf1) 25... Nf5 $19 {14} 26. Rxf5 {17} (26. Qf4 {only move.} Ne3+ {
Discovered Attack} 27. Ke2 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Nxc4 29. Nd4) 26... Qxf5+ {10} 27. Kg2
{11} Qg5+ $2 {12} 28. Kf3 $1 {14 [#]} Qf5+ $2 {15} 29. Kg2 $11 {16} Qg5+ $2 {11
} (29... Rce8 {White must now prevent ...Re4.} 30. Nd2 Re5) 30. Kf3 $1 {53 [#]}
Qf5+ $2 {11} (30... Rxc4 $1 $19 31. Qxc4 Re8) 31. Ke2 $2 {11} Rfe8+ {11} 32.
Kd2 {10} Re4 {20 Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 {12} e6 {11} 3. Nf3 {1} d5 {1} 4. Nc3 {2} Be7 {1} 5. Bf4 {2}
O-O {1} 6. e3 {1} Nbd7 {1} (6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bg5
Be7 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 h6 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. e4 e5 17.
Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Rxc4 19. Bxe5 Ba4 20. b3 Nxe4 21. Rd3 Rec8 22. Qb2 Nc5 {
1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2875)-Nakamura,H (2754) Zagreb 2019}) 7. c5 {1} c6 {1} 8.
h3 {2} b6 {2 D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 {1} a5 {1} 10. a3 $1 {
1} h6 {18 The position is equal.} 11. Bd3 {1} Ba6 {1 Strongly threatening ...
Bxd3. Hoping for ...Bxd3.} 12. O-O {9} Qc8 {2} 13. Qc2 {17} Bxd3 {14} 14. Qxd3
{0} Qb7 {1} 15. Qc2 {16} Rfc8 {109} 16. Rfb1 {43 [#]} axb4 $146 {14} ({
Predecessor:} 16... Bd8 17. Ne1 Qa7 18. Ra2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. cxb6 Bxb6 21.
Rab2 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (37) Jimenez Molina,G (2367)-Sanz Velez,A (2300) ICCF email
2014}) 17. axb4 {1} Bd8 {3} 18. Qc1 {312} Bc7 {26} 19. Rxa8 {2} Rxa8 {3} 20.
Bxc7 {1} Qxc7 {1} 21. Ra1 {1} Qb7 {121} 22. Ra3 {70} Ne8 {109} 23. Ne2 {106}
Rxa3 {103} 24. Qxa3 {1} Nc7 {0} 25. Nf4 {13} Qa6 {3} 26. Qxa6 {23} Nxa6 $11 {
0 Endgame KNN-KNN} 27. Nd3 {1} f6 {16} 28. Nd2 {16} Kf7 {45} 29. f4 {19} Nc7 {
45} 30. Kf2 {17} Nb5 {2} 31. Kf3 {14} Nc3 {25} 32. g4 {21} g5 {13} 33. f5 {72}
({Better is} 33. Kg3 $11) ({Better is} 33. e4 $11) 33... e5 {207} (33... exf5
$15 34. gxf5 b5) 34. Nc1 {110} e4+ {55} 35. Kf2 $1 {1} Ke7 {29} 36. Nf1 {15}
Na4 {8} 37. Ke2 {8} Nb2 {17} 38. Kd2 {10} Nc4+ {7} 39. Kc3 {1} Nb8 {1} 40. Nb3
{4} Na6 {24} 41. cxb6 {18} Nxb6 {5} 42. Na5 {1} Kd7 {59} 43. Ng3 {13} Kc7 {1}
44. Nh5 {3} Nd7 {1} 45. Nb3 {13} Kd8 $2 {19} (45... Kd6 $11 {and Black stays
safe.}) (45... Nab8 $11) 46. Nc5 $18 {9} Nab8 $2 {48 [#]} (46... Naxc5 47. bxc5
Kc7 (47... Kc8)) (46... Nc7 $142 $16) 47. b5 $1 $18 {44} cxb5 {31} 48. Kb4 {2}
Nc6+ {2} 49. Kxb5 {6} Na7+ {1} 50. Ka6 {8} Nxc5+ $2 {8} (50... Nc6 $16 {
was called for.} 51. Nxd7 Kxd7) 51. Kxa7 $2 $16 {34 KN-KN} ({White must play}
51. dxc5 $18 d4 52. exd4) 51... Nb3 $2 {2} (51... Nd3 $11) 52. Kb6 $18 {
8 White is clearly winning.} Kd7 {2} 53. Nxf6+ {2} Kd6 {1 [#]} 54. Ne8+ $1 {22}
Kd7 {12} 55. Nc7 {8} Nxd4 {1} 56. exd4 {1 Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 70%.
Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 77%. Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 71%.
Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 73%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {13} e6 {21} 3. d4 {5} cxd4 {1} 4. Nxd4 {0} Nf6 {1} 5. Nc3 {6}
d6 {2} 6. Be3 {20} Be7 {16} 7. f4 {1} Nc6 {90} 8. Qf3 {7} e5 {13} 9. Nxc6 {284}
bxc6 {3} 10. Bc4 {0 B82: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 f4.} Ng4 {43} 11. Bd2 {29}
exf4 $1 {26} 12. Bxf4 {1 The position is equal.} O-O {2} 13. O-O {70} Bf6 {
56 [#] Strongly threatening ...Qb6+.} 14. Bb3 $5 $146 {11 An interesting
novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Kh1 Be5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rd2 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5
18. Bb3 Bg4 19. Qf2 Rad8 20. Qd4 {0-1 (36) Vokhidov,S (2370)-Tukhaev,A (2518)
Voronezh 2016}) 14... Re8 {85} ({Black should try} 14... Ne5 $15 15. Qe2 a5)
15. Rad1 {37} Ne5 {6} 16. Qg3 {81} Ba6 {29} 17. Bxe5 {32} Bxe5 {34} ({Black
should play} 17... Rxe5 $15 18. Rf3 Qe7) 18. Bxf7+ $11 {18 [#] Double Attack}
Kh8 {5} 19. Bxe8 $40 {15 White has some attack.} Qb6+ {5} (19... Bxf1 $11 20.
Qf2 (20. Rxf1 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Rxe8 $11) 20... Qxe8 21. Rxf1 h6) 20. Qf2 $16 {
10 aiming for Qxb6.} Rxe8 $2 {29 Now Black is done in.} (20... Bxf1 $16 {
was necessary.} 21. Qxb6 (21. Kxf1 Rxe8 22. Qxb6 axb6 $14) 21... axb6) 21. Qxb6
$18 {7} axb6 {0} 22. Rf7 {2} h6 {8} 23. Rc7 {33} c5 {7} 24. Rc6 {4 White is
clearly winning.} Bd4+ {22} 25. Kh1 {5} Bxc3 {1} 26. bxc3 {2} Rxe4 {0} 27. Rxb6
{6 KRR-KRB} Bc4 {0} 28. a4 {14} Re2 {2} 29. Rbxd6 {11} Rxc2 {3} 30. Ra1 {2}
Rxc3 {24} 31. a5 {3 Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020"]
[Site "magnuscarlsen.com"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 {12} Nc6 {14} 3. Bb5 {3} Nf6 {1} 4. d3 {6} Bc5 {1} 5. Bxc6 {65}
dxc6 {3} 6. O-O {0 C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and
4 0-0 Bc5.} (6. c3 {looks sharper.} Nd7 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Nc4 O-O 9. O-O) 6... Nd7
{3} 7. c3 {6 seems to push 7.Nbd2 aside. Nowadays more popular than 7.Nbd2.} h6
{1} 8. d4 {18 White is slightly better. White has an edge.} Bd6 {2 [#]} 9. Nbd2
$146 {40} ({Predecessor:} 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Nc3 f5 13.
Qb3+ Kh7 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 (21) Schuller,J (2412)-Eldridge,M (2405)
ICCF email 2017}) 9... exd4 {6} 10. cxd4 {2} O-O {2} 11. h3 {39} Nb6 {9} 12.
Nb3 {70} f5 {22} 13. e5 {43} Be7 {4} 14. Qc2 {17} f4 {77} 15. Nc5 {50} Qd5 {3}
16. Qc3 {10} (16. e6 $5) 16... Bxc5 {24} (16... Qf7 $11) 17. Qxc5 {116} (17.
dxc5 $14 Nd7 (17... Na4 18. Qc2) 18. b4) 17... Be6 $15 {15} 18. b3 {14} Qxc5 {
52} (18... Qe4 {keeps more tension.} 19. Kh2 Qf5 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Rh1 Nd5) 19.
dxc5 {2 [#] Threatens to win with Nd4.} Nd7 {1} 20. Re1 {55} (20. Nd4 $11 Rae8
21. Re1) 20... Rae8 {25} ({Black should try Better is} 20... Nxc5 $17 21. Nd4 (
21. Rd1 Na6) 21... Rfd8) 21. Bb2 {36} Bd5 {33} 22. Rad1 {62} Nxc5 {79} ({
Black should try} 22... Rf5 $15) 23. Ba3 $11 {14} b6 $1 {3} 24. Bxc5 {55} bxc5
{2} 25. Rc1 {0} c4 $1 {23} 26. Nd4 {2} cxb3 {78} 27. axb3 {5} Re7 {3} 28. e6 {
42} Rfe8 {256} 29. Re5 {21} Bxe6 {22} 30. Rce1 {38} Kf7 {4} 31. Nxc6 {21 [#]
Strongly threatening Rc5. Double Attack [#] Hoping for Rc5. Double Attack} Rd7
{2} 32. R5e4 {71 aiming for Ne5+. Strongly threatening Ne5+.} Rd6 {3} 33. Rxf4+
{36} Kg8 {15} 34. Nxa7 {6} Rb8 {176} 35. Rc1 {109} Rb7 {44} 36. Nc6 {4} Bxb3 {2
} 37. Na5 {10} Rb5 {4} 38. Nxb3 {2} Rxb3 {1} 39. Rxc7 $16 {1 Endgame KRR-KRR}
Rg6 {58} 40. g3 {69} Rbb6 {13} 41. h4 {25} Rgf6 {14} 42. Re4 {45} ({White
should play} 42. Rxf6 $16 Rxf6 43. Kg2) 42... Rb1+ $11 {24 The position is
equal.} 43. Kg2 {6} Rb2 {1} 44. Re8+ {14} Kh7 {16 The position is equal.} 45.
Ree7 {13} Rbxf2+ {15} 46. Kh3 {1} Rg6 {2} 47. Re4 {23 Accuracy: White = 68%,
Black = 85%. Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

[Vinvin]

Carlsen is not leading !

Current standing is :
1. Ding, Liren : 3
2. Carlsen, Magnus : 2
3. Nakamura, Hikaru : 1
4. Firouzja, Alireza : 0

[sarona]

I thought Magnus was going to fly into a rage after the Armageddon game against GM Nakamura!

[Chessqueen]

I thought Magnus was going to fly into a rage after the Armageddon game against GM Nakamura!

GM Caruana is playing Great, I wonder if he is practicing against engines or on any online website to improve his speed

There is another thing that I forgot to mentioned, is that fact that Online tournament like this the Organizer save a lot of Money, since they do NOT have to paid for Hotel accommodations, food, and entertainments.


https://en.chessbase.com/post/magnus-ca ... -2020-live

[Chessqueen]

I thought Magnus was going to fly into a rage after the Armageddon game against GM Nakamura!

GM Caruana is playing Great, I wonder if he is practicing against engines or on any online website to improve his speed

There is another thing that I forgot to mentioned, is that fact that Online tournament like this the Organizer save a lot of Money, since they do NOT have to paid for Hotel accommodations, food, and entertainments.


https://en.chessbase.com/post/magnus-ca ... -2020-live

Carlsen Vs Firouzja are playing LIVE Firoujza won a 6 games Blitz match against Carlsen NOT too long ago.

https://en.chessbase.com/post/magnus-ca ... -2020-live

[Chessqueen]

I thought Magnus was going to fly into a rage after the Armageddon game against GM Nakamura!

GM Caruana is playing Great, I wonder if he is practicing against engines or on any online website to improve his speed

There is another thing that I forgot to mentioned, is that fact that Online tournament like this the Organizer save a lot of Money, since they do NOT have to paid for Hotel accommodations, food, and entertainments.


https://en.chessbase.com/post/magnus-ca ... -2020-live

Carlsen Vs Firouzja are playing LIVE Firoujza won a 6 games Blitz match against Carlsen NOT too long ago.

https://en.chessbase.com/post/magnus-ca ... -2020-live

How many of you saw this interesting 6 games Blitz match Carlsen Vs Firouzja:

[sarona]

I watched a YouTube recording of this match on Sunday evening. Except in my case, I watched the stream with Magnus commentating (Maybe I should have watched Alireza's commentary ).

Impressive result for GM Alireza Firouzja. He is gaining strength rapidly.

[jdart]

Firouzja is impressive. He played in the Master's group at Wijk aan Zee earlier this year, and only came in the middle of the standings, but that was against a group of super-grandmasters.

[Chessqueen]

Firouzja is impressive. He played in the Master's group at Wijk aan Zee earlier this year, and only came in the middle of the standings, but that was against a group of super-grandmasters.

Can Neponiachtchi beat MVL take a look at the LIVE Game:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/magnus-ca ... -2020-live