Na turniru Magnus Carlsen Invitational učestvuju: Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Ding Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura i Alireza Firouzja.
Tempo igre: 8 igrača igraju kružno, a tempo je 15′ + 10“ po potezu. Ako mini meč završi nerješeno, 2-2, tada se igra armagedon partija. Najbolja četiri igrača će igrati po nokaut sistemu kako bi se odlučio pobjednik. Nagradni fond iznosi 250.000 dolara.
Carlsen,Magnus – Nakamura,Hikaru [D37]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (1.1), 18.04.2020
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0–0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5 10.a3 h6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.0–0 Qc8 13.Re1 Ba6 14.Bc2 Re8 15.Rc1 axb4 16.axb4 bxc5 17.bxc5 Bd8 18.Ra1 Bc7 19.Qd2 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.Qd4 Re8
24.e4 dxe4 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Rxe4 Rd8 27.Qc3 Rd5 28.Rea4 Bb7 29.Rxa8 Bxa8 30.Qa5 Bb7 31.Qb6 g6 32.Be4 Rd7 33.Bf3 h5 34.Re1 Qd8 35.Qxd8+ Rxd8 36.Re7 Ba6 37.Bxc6 Rc8
38.Re8+ Rxe8 39.Bxe8 Kf8 40.Bc6 h4 41.f4 Ke7 42.Kf2 f6 43.Ke3 Ke6 44.Be4 g5 45.Kd4 gxf4 46.Bd5+ Ke7 47.Ke4 Bc8 48.Kxf4 Bd7 49.g3 hxg3 50.Kxg3 Kf8 51.h4 Kg7 52.Kf4 Kh6 53.Bf3 Kg7 54.Ke4 Bc6+ 55.Ke3 Bb5 56.Kd4 Kf7 57.Kd5 Ke7 58.Bg4 Bd3 59.c6 f5 60.Bf3 Bb5 61.c7 Kd7
62.Ke5 f4 63.h5 Bc4 64.h6 Bg8 65.Bd5 Bh7 66.Be4 Bg8 67.Kxf4 1–0
Nakamura,Hikaru – Carlsen,Magnus [C78]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (1.2), 18.04.2020
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.d4 Bxd4 10.Qxd4 d6 11.f4 Nc6 12.Qc3 Ne7 13.axb5 axb5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Qf3 Nc5 16.Ba2 0–0 17.Be3 Bb7 18.Qh3 Ne4 19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Bd5
21.f5 Bxa2 22.Rxa2 dxe5 23.f6 gxf6 24.Bh6 Re8 25.Ra6 Rb6 26.Rxb6 cxb6 27.Qg3+ Ng6 28.h4 f5 29.h5 f4
30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Qg4 Qc8 32.Qh4 Qc5+ 33.Kh2 Qd6 34.Bg5 f5 35.Rf3 e4 36.Rh3 f3+ 37.Bf4 Qd7 38.Qh8+ Kf7 39.Rh7+ Ke6 40.Qe5#
1–0
Firouzja,Alireza – Ding,Liren [B90]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (1.2), 18.04.2020
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0–0–0 Be7 11.Kb1 b5 12.a3 Rc8 13.h3 h4 14.f4 0–0 15.f5 Bxb3 16.cxb3 Nc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Qe1 Qc7 19.g4 hxg3 20.Qxg3 Rfd8 21.Be2 Bf8 22.h4 Qb7 23.Qg2 Rd4 24.h5 Nxe4
25.Bf3 Nxc3+ 26.bxc3
26…e4 27.cxd4 exf3 28.Qg4 Qd5 29.Rd3 c4 30.Qxf3 Qd6 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.Rc3 Qxd4 33.Rhc1 Bxa3 34.R1c2 Be7 35.Qb7 Qd8 36.Rd2 Qf8 37.Kc2 Bf6 38.Rd7
38…Rb8 39.Qc7 Bxc3 40.Kxc3 Qb4+ 41.Kd4 Qd2+ 42.Kc5 Rb5+ 43.Kxc4 Qc2+ 44.Kd4 Qxc7 45.Rxc7 Rxf5 0–1
Carlsen,Magnus – Nakamura,Hikaru [D37]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (1.3), 18.04.2020
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0–0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5 10.a3 h6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.0–0 Qc8 13.Qc2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qb7 15.Qc2 Rfc8 16.Rfb1 axb4 17.axb4 Bd8 18.Qc1 Bc7 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Bxc7 Qxc7 21.Ra1 Qb7 22.Ra3 Ne8 23.Ne2 Rxa3 24.Qxa3 Nc7 25.Nf4 Qa6 26.Qxa6 Nxa6 27.Nd3 f6 28.Nd2 Kf7 29.f4 Nc7 30.Kf2 Nb5 31.Kf3 Nc3 32.g4 g5 33.f5 e5 34.Nc1 e4+ 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.Nf1 Na4 37.Ke2 Nb2 38.Kd2 Nc4+ 39.Kc3 Nb8 40.Nb3 Na6
41.cxb6 Nxb6 42.Na5 Kd7 43.Ng3 Kc7 44.Nh5 Nd7 45.Nb3 Kd8 46.Nc5 Nab8
47.b5 cxb5 48.Kb4 Nc6+ 49.Kxb5 Na7+ 50.Ka6 Nxc5+ 51.Kxa7 Nb3 52.Kb6 Kd7 53.Nxf6+ Kd6 54.Ne8+ Kd7 55.Nc7 Nxd4
56.exd4 1–0
Nakamura,Hikaru (2736) – Carlsen,Magnus (2863) [B82]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (1.4), 18.04.2020
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f4 Nc6 8.Qf3 e5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bc4 Ng4 11.Bd2 exf4 12.Bxf4 0–0 13.0–0 Bf6 14.Bb3 Re8 15.Rad1 Ne5 16.Qg3 Ba6 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxf7+ Kh8
19.Bxe8 Qb6+ 20.Qf2 Rxe8 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.Rf7 h6 23.Rc7 c5 24.Rc6 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Rxe4 27.Rxb6 Bc4 28.a4 Re2 29.Rbxd6 Rxc2 30.Ra1 Rxc3 31.a5
1–0
Nakamura,Hikaru (2736) – Carlsen,Magnus (2863) [B80]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (1.5), 18.04.2020
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Be7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.f4 0–0 9.Nb3 a6 10.a4 b6 11.0–0 Bb7 12.Bf3 Nd7 13.g4 Na5 14.g5 Nc4 15.Bc1 e5 16.Be2 Rc8 17.h4 exf4 18.Rxf4 Nde5 19.Nd5 Ng6 20.Rf2
20…Bxd5 21.exd5 Nxh4 22.Qd4 Bxg5 23.Bxc4 Bxc1 24.Rxc1 Qg5+ 25.Kf1
25…Nf5 26.Rxf5 Qxf5+ 27.Kg2 Qg5+ 28.Kf3 Qf5+ 29.Kg2 Qg5+ 30.Kf3 Qf5+ 31.Ke2 Rfe8+ 32.Kd2 Re4
0–1
| Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT Sat 18th Apr 2020 – Sun 3rd May 2020 Leading Round 1 (of 7) Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | Ding, Liren | GM | CHN | 2791 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2863 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Nakamura, Hikaru | GM | USA | 2736 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Firouzja, Alireza | GM | FID | 2728 | 0 | 1.5 |
| – | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | GM | FRA | 2778 | ||
| – | Giri, Anish | GM | NED | 2764 | ||
| – | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | GM | RUS | 2784 | ||
| – | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | USA | 2835 | ||
| 8 players | ||||||