U sedmom kolu Ding Liren je savladao Magnusa Carlsena 3:1 (sve su četiri partije odlučene). Giri je pobjedio Caruanu 2,5:1,5. Nepomniachtchi je uspio da pobjedi Firouzju u teškom meču koji je odlučen u ‘armagedon’ partiji. Nakamura je takođe uspio da pobjedi u ‘armagedon’ partiji u kojoj je Maxime Vachier Lagrave u završnici previdio topa.
Ding,Liren – Carlsen,Magnus [B00]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (7.1), 30.04.2020
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.d4 Bg4 6.Bb5 0–0–0 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.h3 Qh5 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Qe2 Bxf3 11.gxf3 e6 12.0–0–0 Kb7 13.Rhg1 h6 14.Rd3 Rg8
15.Ne4 Be7 16.Rb3+ Kc8 17.Qa6+ Kd7 18.Rd1 Qxf3 19.Nd2 Qxh3 20.Nc4 Ke8 21.Ne5 Bd6 22.Nxc6 Ra8 23.Qb7 Kd7 24.Ne5+ Ke7 25.Bf4 Qf5 26.Nc6+ Kd7 27.Bxd6 Kxd6 28.Ne5 Qf4+ 29.Kb1 Rgf8
1–0
Nepomniachtchi,Ian – Firouzja,Alireza [B12]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (7.1), 30.04.2020
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 h6 7.0–0 Nd7 8.Nbd2 a5 9.Re1 a4 10.Nf1 Bg6 11.Ng3 c5 12.Bb5 Qa5 13.Bxd7+ Kxd7 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Be3 Qb5 16.Nd4 Qd3 17.Qc1 Nc6 18.Rd1 Qc4 19.f4 Bc5 20.f5 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxf5 22.Nxf5 exf5 23.Qf4 Ne7 24.Rab1 Ra6 25.b3 axb3 26.Rxb3 b5 27.Rdb1 Ra5 28.a4 Rha8 29.Qf3 Rxa4 30.Rxb5 Ra1 31.Rb7+
31…Ke6 32.Qd1 Rxb1 33.Qxb1 Ra6 34.h3 f4 35.Rb8 Qe2 36.Rb2 Qe4 37.Qf1 Rc6 38.Kh2 f3 39.Qxf3 Qxf3 40.gxf3 Nf5 41.Kg2 g5 42.Kf2 Ra6 43.Ke2 Nh4 44.Ke3 Ng6 45.Rb8 Nf4 46.Rh8 Kf5 47.Rf8 Kg6 48.Rg8+ Kh7 49.Rf8 Kg7 50.Rc8
50…Ra2 51.Bc5 Re2+ 52.Kd4 Rd2+ 53.Ke3 Rd3+ 54.Kf2 Nxh3+ 55.Kg3 Nf4 56.Bf8+ Kg6 57.Rc6+ Ne6 58.Kf2 Rd2+ 59.Ke3 Ra2 60.Rc8 h5 61.Be7 h4 62.Rh8 h3 63.Rxh3 d4+ 64.Ke4 Re2+ 0–1
Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime – Nakamura,Hikaru [A45]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (7.1), 30.04.2020
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bf4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nbd7 11.0–0 0–0 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.Be2 Qa5 14.Rfe1 Qb4 15.Ra2 b5 16.f3 Nb6 17.a5 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.b3 Qb4 20.Nd1 Qxd2 21.Bxd2 e6 22.dxe6 fxe6 23.Nf2 Nd7 24.c3 c4 25.b4 Rfe8 26.Rd1 d5 27.Rc2 Ne5 28.Be3 Nc6 29.Bb6 d4 30.cxd4 Nxb4 31.Rcc1 Na2 32.Rc2 Nb4 33.Rcc1 Rac8 34.g3 h5 35.f4 Bf6 36.e5 Be7 37.Ne4 Nd5 38.Bc5 Bxc5 39.dxc5 Kg7 40.Kf2 Re7 41.Kf3 Nb4 42.Ke3 Nd3
43.Rxd3 cxd3 44.Kxd3 Rc6 45.Kd4 Kf8 46.h3 Rd7+ 47.Nd6 Rh7 48.Ne4 Ke7 49.Rd1 Rh8 50.Kc3 Rd8 51.Rd6 Rdxd6 52.exd6+ Kd7 53.Nf6+ Kd8 54.Kb4 Rc8 55.h4 1–0
Carlsen,Magnus – Ding,Liren [B21]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (7.2), 30.04.2020
1.e4 c5 2.f4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 Nc6 6.Be2 0–0 7.0–0 b5 8.a3 d6 9.Kh1 a5 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Nbd2 b4 12.Qc2 e6 13.axb4 axb4 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Nc4 Qb8 16.e5 Nd5 17.Bg1 dxe5 18.Bxc5 Nxf4 19.Bxf8 Bxf8 20.Re1 g5 21.Bf1 f6 22.Qf2 Ne7 23.Nfd2 Nf5 24.Ne4 Qd8 25.Qb6 Qxb6 26.Nxb6 Kg7 27.Nc4 Nh4 28.Ra1 Kg6 29.Ra7 Bd5
30.g3 f5 31.Nxe5+ Kh6 32.c4 1–0
Firouzja,Alireza – Nepomniachtchi,Ian [A81]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (7.2), 30.04.2020
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nd2 Bg7 5.e4 fxe4 6.Nxe4 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 0–0 8.Bg2 d6 9.Nf3 c6 10.0–0 Bg4 11.c3 Qd7 12.Re1 Kh8 13.Qd3 Na6 14.Ng5 Nc7 15.Qe4 h6 16.h3 Bf5 17.Qh4 Kg8 18.Ne4
18…g5 19.Qh5 Nd5 20.h4 Bg4 21.Qg6 e6 22.Nd2 Bf5 23.Qh5 Nf6 24.Qe2 gxh4 25.gxh4 Rae8 26.Nf1 Bg4 27.Qd3 Qf7 28.Bf4 Nh5 29.Bg3 Nxg3 30.fxg3 Qf2+ 31.Kh2 e5 32.dxe5
32…Bf3 33.Ne3 Rxe5 34.Qf1 Bxg2 35.Nxg2 Qxb2 36.Qd3 Rf2 37.Rxe5 Rxg2+ 38.Kh3 Rh2+ 39.Kg4 dxe5 0–1
Caruana,Fabiano – Giri,Anish [B90]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (7.2), 30.04.2020
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Qc7 11.Bb3 0–0 12.0–0 Rac8 13.a5 Nc5 14.h3 Nxb3 15.cxb3 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Re1 Bb4 19.Bb6 Qc6 20.f3 Rfe8 21.Ra4
21…Bxb3 22.Qxb3 Bxd2 23.Rd1 Qc2 24.Qxc2 Rxc2 25.Re4 Rxb2 26.Re2 Bc3 27.Rxb2 Bxb2 28.Rd7 Bd4+ 29.Bxd4 exd4 30.Rxd4 g5 31.Rd7 Re5 32.Rxb7 Rxa5 33.Kh2 h5 34.h4 gxh4 35.Rb4 Rb5 36.Rxh4 a5 37.Rc4 Rb8 38.Rc5
38…Ra8 39.Rxh5 a4 40.Kg3 a3 41.Rh1 a2 42.Ra1 Kg7 43.Kf4 Kf6 44.Ke4 Ra4+ 45.Kd5 Kf5 46.g3 Ra5+ 47.Kd6 Ra7 48.Kd5 Rd7+ 49.Kc4 Rd2 50.Rh1 Kg5 51.Ra1 Kf5 52.Rh1 Kg5 53.Ra1 f5 54.g4 f4 55.Rh1 Kg6 56.Ra1 Rf2 57.Kd4 Kg5 58.Ke4 Rb2 59.Kd4 Re2 60.Rh1 Kg6 61.Rc1 Re6 62.Ra1 Ra6 63.Kd3 Ra3+ 64.Ke2 Kf6 65.Kf2 Ke5 66.Kg2 Kd4 67.g5 Ke5 0–1
Ding,Liren – Carlsen,Magnus [B30]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (7.3), 30.04.2020
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 h5 4.h3 e6 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.0–0 dxc3 9.Nxc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Re1 b6 12.Ng5 Bb7 13.Qf3 Nxe5 14.Qf4 Bd6
15.Rxe5 Bxe5 16.Qxf7+ Kd8 17.Ba3 a6 18.Rd1 Kc8 19.Rxd7 Bh2+ 20.Kh1 axb5 21.Rxc7+ Bxc7 22.Nxe6 Be5
23.Bf8 Bc6 24.Bxg7 Bd6 25.Bxh8 Rxa2 26.Qg8+ Kd7 27.Nf8+ 1–0
Nepomniachtchi,Ian – Firouzja,Alireza [B12]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (7.3), 30.04.2020
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 h6 7.0–0 Nd7 8.Nbd2 a5 9.Re1 a4 10.Nf1 Bg6 11.Ng3 c5 12.Bb5 Qa5 13.Bxd7+ Kxd7 14.dxc5 Nc6 15.Be3 Bxc5 16.c4 Rhd8 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Nh4 Qxc4 19.Nxg6 fxg6 20.Rc1 Qxa2 21.Ne4 Rf8 22.Nc5+ Ke7
23.Qg4 d4 24.Qxg6 Rf7 25.Nxb7 Qxb2 26.Nd6 Qxf2+ 27.Kh1 Nxe5 28.Qe4 Kxd6 29.Qxe5+ 1–0
Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime – Nakamura,Hikaru [A08]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (7.3), 30.04.2020
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.0–0 e6 5.b3 Be7 6.Bb2 0–0 7.d3 Nc6 8.Nbd2 b6 9.e3 Bb7 10.c4 Qd7 11.Qe2 d4 12.exd4 cxd4 13.a3 a5 14.Rae1 Rad8 15.Nh4 Ne8 16.Nhf3 Qc8 17.Qd1 f6 18.Bh3 f5 19.Bg2 Bf6 20.c5 bxc5 21.Qc2 Be7 22.Nc4 Nc7 23.Bc1 Nb5 24.Bf4 Rde8 25.Nb6 Nxa3 26.Qe2 Qd8 27.Qxe6+ Kh8 28.Nd7
28…Bc8 29.Qxc6 Bxd7 30.Qd5 Nc2 31.Rxe7 Qxe7 32.Bd6 Qe6 33.Ng5 Qxd5 34.Bxd5 h6 35.Nf7+ Kh7 36.Bxc5 Rg8 37.Rc1 Ne1 38.Bxd4 Be6 39.Bxe6 Rxe6 40.Bc3 Nxd3 41.Rd1 Nc5 42.Bxa5 f4 43.b4 Nb3 44.Nd8 Re2 45.gxf4 Nxa5 46.bxa5 Rf8 47.a6 Ra2 48.Ne6 Rf6 49.Rd6 h5 50.Kg2 Ra3 51.h4 Kg6 52.Rd5 Kh6 53.f5 Rxa6 54.Ng5 Ra4 55.f3 Rf4 56.Kg3 R4xf5 57.Rd8 Kg6 58.Ra8 Rb5 59.Rc8 Ra6 60.Rc7 Rb1 61.Rd7 Rg1+ 62.Kf2 Rb1 63.Kg3 Re1 64.Rb7 Ra2 65.Rb6+ Kf5 66.Rb5+ Re5 67.Rb7 Ree2 68.Rb5+ Kf6 69.Rb6+ Ke5 70.Rb5+ Kd4 71.Ne4 Rg2+ 72.Kf4 g6 73.Rb6 Ra5 74.Rf6 Kd3 75.Rd6+ Kc2 76.Ng5 Ra4+ 77.Ne4 Rb4 78.Rd5 Rb8 79.Ra5 Kd3 80.Ra3+ Kc4 81.Ra4+ Kb5 82.Nc3+ Kc6 83.Ra6+ Rb6 84.Ra8 Rb4+ 85.Ne4 Rb1 86.Ng3 g5+ 87.hxg5 h4 88.Ne4 h3 89.Rh8 h2 90.Rh6+ Kd7 91.Rh7+ Kd8 92.Rh8+ Ke7 93.Rh7+ Kf8 0–1
Carlsen,Magnus – Ding,Liren [C34]
Carlsen Inv Prelim chess24.com INT (7.4), 30.04.2020
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.Qe2 Be7 6.d4 0–0 7.Nc3 d6 8.Bd2 Bg4 9.0–0–0 Nd7 10.Qe1 c6 11.Be2 Re8 12.g3 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5
14…f3 15.Bd3 Qd4 16.Qe4 Qxe4 17.Nxe4 f2 18.Rdf1 Bf3 19.g4
19…Bh4 20.gxh5 Rxe5 21.Ng3 Rae8 22.Bc3 Bg5+ 23.Kb1 Bxh1 0–1