Toronto, Kanada
Nakon dana odmora, drugi dio FIDE Turnira kandidata je počeo. Michael Hyatt, kanadski preduzetnik u tehnološkom sektoru, započeo je partiju između dva američka igrača, Hikaru Nakamure i Fabijana Karuane.
Rezultati 8.kola
Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 Fabiano Caruana
Ian Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Nijat Abasov
Praggnanandhaa R ½-½ Alireza Firouzja
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 0-1 Gukesh
Stanje posle 8.kola
1-2.Gukesh D. i Ian Nepomniachtchi -5
3-4.Praggnanandhaa R i Hikaru Nakamura -4,5
5.Fabiano Caruana -4
6.Vidith Gujrathi -3,5
7.Alireza Firouzja -3
8.Nijat Abasov -2,5
Na FIDE Turniru kandidata borba za prvo mjesto ponovo je široko otvorena. Gukesh D je pobjedio Vidita Santosha Gujrathija u vrlo uzbudljivoj partiji. Igrajući crnim figurama, Gukesh je iskoristio nekoliko nepreciznosti svog protivnika i sada se ponovo pridružio Nepomnjačiju na diobi prvog mjesta.
Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi (2727) – Gukesh D (2743)
FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto (8.2), 13.04.2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 a6 5.0–0 h6 6.a4 Bc5 7.Be3 d6 8.Nbd2 White has an edge. 8…0–0 9.c3 Re8 10.b4 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Be6 12.b5 Nb8 13.Bxe6 Rxe6 14.Qc2 Nbd7 15.d4 Qe8 16.Rae1 axb5 17.axb5 Ra5 18.c4 Qa8 19.h3 Re8 20.Kh2 b6 [20…Ra2 is more complex. 21.Qc3 Qa3 22.Nb1 Qb2] 21.Rf2 Ra2 22.Qd3 Ra3 Black has more active pieces. 23.Qb1 Qa4 24.Nh4 Ra8 25.Nf5 Kf8 Dodges Ne7 26.Ref1 Ra1 27.Qd3 Qb4 28.Rxa1 Rxa1 29.c5? [#]
Loses the game. 29…bxc5–+ [29…dxc5 30.Nf3 c4 31.Qc2 Qxb5 32.Ng3–+] 30.Nc4? [30.Nf3 g6 31.Ng3] 30…Qe1 [Weaker is 30…Qxb5 31.dxe5 dxe5 32.Rb2³] 31.Re2 Qg1+ Black mates. 32.Kg3 Nh5+ 33.Kh4 Ndf6 34.Nxh6 Qh2 35.Nf5 Rf1 36.g4 [#]
36…Rxf5! 37.exf5 Qg3+ 38.Kg5 Nh7+
Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.05 (flawless) . Loses game: White=1 — Mistake: White=1 — Inaccurate: White=5 Black=1 OK: White=4 Black=13 Best: — Black=1 0–1
Nakamura,Hikaru (2789) – Caruana,Fabiano (2803)
FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto (8.3), 13.04.2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.0–0 d6 7.c3 0–0 8.Re1 Ne7 9.Nbd2 Ng6 10.Nf1 The position is equal. 10…d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Bb3 [12.Nxe5!? Bxf2+ 13.Kxf2 Nxe5 14.Kg1= (14.Rxe5 Qf6+ 15.Kg1 Qxe5µ) ] 12…c6 13.d4 [13.Nxe5² Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Nxe5 15.Kg1] 13…exd4= 14.Nxd4 Nf6 15.h3 Bxd4 16.cxd4 Nd5 17.Bc2 Be6 18.Ng3 Ndf4 19.Re4 Nd5 20.a3 Re8 21.Bd2 Nf6 22.Bg5 A strong pair of Bishops. 22…h6 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Qd2 Qg5 25.Re3 Nf4„ [#]
Black is fighting back 26.h4! Qd5 [26…Qf6 27.Rf3] 27.Re4 Ng6 28.Rae1 Nf8 [Avoid the trap 28…f5? 29.Nxf5 Nf8 (29…Qxf5? is the wrong capture. 30.Rxe6 Qxe6 31.Rxe6+-) 30.Re5+-] 29.Re5 Qd8 30.h5 [30.Qf4± Strongly threatening Nh5. 30…Qf6 31.Qxf6 gxf6 32.R5e3] 30…Bd7 [30…Qb6= keeps the balance.] 31.Rxe8± Bxe8 32.Nf5 And now Nxh6+! would win. 32…Qf6 33.Qb4 Black must now prevent Ne7+. White has more active pieces. 33…b5? [33…Bd7± 34.Qxb7 Bxf5 35.Bxf5 (35.Qxa8 Bxc2 36.Re8 Qd6+-) 35…Rd8] 34.Ne7++- Kh8 [#]
35.Nd5! Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.19 (very precise) . Loses game: — Black=1 Mistake: White=2 Black=1 Inaccurate: White=2 Black=4 OK: White=8 Black=3 Best: White=5 Black=3 1–0
Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2758) – Abasov,Nijat (2632)
FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto (8.4), 13.04.2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 c5 8.0–0 C01: French: Exchange Variation. 8…c4 9.Be2 Nc6 10.b3 cxb3 11.axb3 Bd6 12.c4 0–0 13.Nc3 h6 14.cxd5 Nb4 15.Ne5 Nbxd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bc4 Be6 18.Qf3 Bb4 19.Qg3N
[Predecessor: 19.Bb2 a6 20.Rfd1 b5 21.Bd3 Qd6 22.h3 Rac8 23.Bf5 Bc3 24.Bxc3 Rxc3 25.Rd3 Rfc8 26.Bxe6 Qxe6 27.Rxc3 Nxc3] 19…Kh8 20.Ra2 a5 21.Re2 Qb6 22.Re4 Nc3 23.Re3 Bxc4 [23…Qxd4? 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Ng6+ Kh7 26.Nxf8+ Rxf8 27.Bb2+- (27.Rxe6 Rf6+-) ] 24.Nxc4 [24.bxc4!? Qxd4 25.Bb2+-] 24…Qxd4 25.Bb2 b5! 26.Rxc3 bxc4 27.Rc2 c3 28.Rxc3 Bd6 [28…Bxc3? 29.Bxc3+-; 28…Rg8!? 29.Rc2™ Qd5=] 29.Qf3 Be5 30.Rc2 [Of course not 30.Rc8 Bxh2+ 31.Kh1 (31.Kxh2? loses. 31…Qd6+ 32.Qg3 Qxg3+ 33.fxg3 Raxc8–+) 31…Qh4µ] 30…Qf4 31.Qxf4 Bxf4 32.Rc4 Bd6 33.Rd1 Rfd8 34.Kf1 Kg8 35.Bc3 Be7 36.Rxd8+ Bxd8 37.Ke2 Kf8 38.Kd3 Bb6 39.f3 Rd8+ 40.Kc2 f6 41.Rc6 Rb8 42.Kb2 Ke7 43.Ka3 Kd7 44.Rc4 Re8 45.Rg4 g5 46.Bxf6 Re2 47.b4 axb4+ 48.Kxb4 Be3 49.h4 gxh4 50.Bxh4 Bc1 51.Kc4 Ke6 [#]
52.Rg7 [52.Re4+!± Rxe4+ 53.fxe4] 52…Re5 [52…Rc2+= keeps the balance. 53.Kd3 Rd2+ 54.Kc3 Ra2] 53.Kd3 Bg5 54.Bf2 Rd5+ 55.Ke2! Rd2+ 56.Ke1! Ra2 57.g3 Ra1+ 58.Ke2= is superior. 58…Ra2+ 59.Kf1 Ra1+!= 60.Kg2 Ra2!² 61.Kf1 [61.Ra7!² is more appropriate. 61…Rxa7 62.Bxa7] 61…Ra1+!= 62.Kg2 Ra2!² 63.Kf1 ½–½
Praggnanandhaa R (2747) – Firouzja,Alireza (2760)
FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto (8.1), 13.04.2024
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Ncb5 Qb8 7.Bd3 a6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Nd4 c5 10.Nf3 Ne7 11.0–0 Bb7 12.c3 Ng6 13.Rb1 Be7 14.b4 0–0 15.a4 Qc7 16.Re1 d5 17.bxc5 dxe4 18.Rxb7 Qxb7 19.Bxe4
[#] A strong pair of Bishops. 19…Qc7 20.Bxa8 Rxa8 21.Be3 Bxc5 22.Bxc5 Qxc5 23.Qd3 Qc6 24.Re4! Rc8 25.h3 h6 26.a5 Qd5 27.Qxa6 [White should try 27.Qxd5= exd5 28.Rb4] 27…Ra8 28.Qc4 Qxa5 [28…Rxa5 simplifies 29.Qxd5 Rxd5 30.Rc4 Rd1+] 29.Re1 Qd5 30.Qxd5 The position is equal. 30…exd5= Endgame. KRN-KRN 31.g3 Rc8 32.Re3 Kf8 33.Kg2 Ne7 34.Nd4 Nc6 35.Nf5 Rd8 36.Rd3 h5 37.Ne3 d4 38.cxd4 Rxd4 39.Rxd4 Nxd4 40.h4 g6
Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless) . Mistake: White=1 — Inaccurate: White=2 Black=3 OK: White=13 Black=15 Best: White=1 — Strong: White=1 — ½–½