[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Bd1 Nh5
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Ng5 Nf4 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. Qg4 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qc3 21.
Bb3 Qxd4 22. Rbd1 Qe5 23. h4 h6 24. Bc1 h5 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Bxg5 Rc7 27. f4 Bc8
28. Rc1 Rb7 29. Rc3 Kh7 30. Rec1 Bd7 31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 f6 33. Rxd7 fxg5 34.
fxg5 Nxh4 35. Bxe6 Kg6 36. Rxa7 Kxg5 37. Rxg7+ Kf6 38. Rg8 Ng6 39. Rxf8+ Nxf8
40. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Kb1 Qa5 11. Nb5 Qxd2 12. Rxd2 Ne4 13. Re2 O-O-O 14. f3 a6
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd2 Rhe8 19. Ne2 Bf5 20. Kb2 Ne6 21.
g4 Bg6 22. h4 h6 23. Bg2 d4 24. Rhd1 d3 25. cxd3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Kc3 Red8
28. h5 Bh7 29. Bf1 Rf4 30. Be2 f5 31. Rg1 Rd7 32. g5 Rh4 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. d4
Rxh5 35. Bc4 Kc7 36. Rdg2 f4 37. Be6 Re7 38. Rg7 Kd6 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40. Bc8 Bf5
41. Bxf5 Rxf5 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rxb7 h5 44. Kc4 Kg6 45. d5 h4 46. d6 h3 47. Re7
Rf8 48. Kd5 Rh8 49. Re1 Kg5 50. d7 Rd8 51. Kc6 Kh4 52. Re8 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Nfd7 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Bd5 c6 14. Ba2 Re8 15.
f4 Ng6 16. c3 d5 17. N2f3 Bf8 18. e5 c5 19. Nf5 c4 20. N5d4 Nc5 21. f5 Nh4 22.
Ng5 h6 23. Qh5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Qc7 25. Qxh4 Rxe5 26. Bf4 Qe7 27. Bg5 f6 28. Rxe5
Qxe5 29. Bf4 Qe8 30. Re1 Qxa4 31. Bb1 Re8 32. Ne6 bxc3 33. bxc3 Nd3 34. Bxd3
cxd3 35. Qg3 d4 36. cxd4 Qc2 37. Qf2 Bb4 38. Rc1 d2 39. Bxd2 Qxd2 40. Qxd2 Bxd2
41. Rc7 Bd5 42. Rxg7+ Kh8 43. Rd7 Bxe6 44. fxe6 Rxe6 45. d5 Rb6 46. d6 a5 47.
Kf2 Bb4 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. d7 Rd6 50. h4 Rd4 51. h5 Be7 52. Ra8 a4 53. Ra7 Kh6 54.
Ke3 Rd1 55. Rxa4 Rxd7 56. g4 Rd5 57. Ke4 Re5+ 58. Kf4 Bc5 59. Ra8 Be3+ 60. Kf3
Bg5 61. Rg8 Kh7 62. Ra8 Re3+ 63. Kf2 Rb3 64. Rc8 Bh4+ 65. Ke2 Rg3 66. Rc4 Kh6
67. Ra4 Kg5 68. Ra5+ Kxg4 69. h6 Bg5 70. Ra4+ Bf4 71. h7 Rh3 72. Ra7 f5 73. Kf2
Be5 74. Kg2 Rh2+ 75. Kg1 Rh6 76. Re7 Bf6 77. Rf7 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "B98"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Goteborg (Argentine) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Qf3 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Rh7 14. O-O+ Kg8
15. g6 Rg7 16. Rf7 Bxh4 17. Qxh6 Rxf7 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rf1+ Bf6 20. e5 dxe5
21. Ne4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 axb5 23. Nxf6 Ke7 24. Qg7+ Kd8 25. Qg8+ Kc7 26. Ne8+ Kd8
27. Nd6+ Kc7 28. Ne8+ Kd8 29. Ng7+ Kc7 30. Ne8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Rhe1 Qf6 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Nd2
Rae8 15. Ne4 Qh6 16. Qf3 Bd5 17. Qf5 Be6 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 g6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6
21. g3 Rfe8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bc4 Re4 24. Bd5 Re2 25. Rf1 b6 26. Bf3 Re5 27. Kc1
c4 28. Kd2 Ra5 29. a3 Rb5 30. Kc1 Re5 31. Kd2 Rb5 32. Kc1 Re5 33. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. b3 a4 8. Ba3
Re8 9. e3 Bf5 10. c4 c6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15.
Bb2 Re8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nf3 Be4 18. bxa4 Rxa4 19. Qb5 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21.
Rc7 Rb5 22. Bd4 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Ne4 24. Rd1 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Re6 26. Rc2 Ra5 27. Bd1
Rc6 28. Rb2 Rc4 29. Rd3 Rc3 30. Rxc3 Nxc3 31. Bb3 b5 32. Kg2 b4 33. Rd2 Kg7 34.
Rd4 Nxa2 35. Bxa2 Rxa2 36. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3 8.
Qxe3 c6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Bb3 d6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Qc7
15. c3 Nd7 16. g3 h6 17. Kg2 Rf7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. Ra3 Qb6 21. Qd3 Rd8
22. Rb3 Qc7 23. Qe2 Nb6 24. Ra1 Nd7 25. Rf3 Rdf8 26. Raa3 Qb6 27. exd5 exd5 28.
Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rb3 Qc7 30. Qe8+ Rf8 31. Qe6+ Rf7 32. Nf3 Nf8 33. Qe8 Kh7 34. Ne5
Rf6 35. h4 b6 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Kxf3 Qd6 38. Qxc6 Qb4 39. Qe8 Qxd4 40. Kg2 Qe4+
41. f3 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 d4 43. Qb5 Qxb5 44. axb5 Ne6 45. Kg2 Nc7 46. Nc4 Nxb5 47.
Kf2 a4 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Kd3 Kf7 50. Nxb6 a3 51. bxa3 Nxa3 52. Kxd4 Nb5+ 53. Ke5
Nc3 54. Nc4 Kg6 55. g4 Kh7 56. Nd2 Kg6 57. Ne4 Ne2 58. f4 Ng1 59. h5+ Kh7 60.
Nd2 Ne2 61. Nf3 Kg8 62. Nd4 Nc3 63. Nc6 Ne2 64. Ne7+ Kf7 65. Nf5 Kg8 66. Nd6 Kh7
67. Ne8 Kg8 68. Nc7 Kf7 69. Nb5 Kg8 70. Ke4 Kf8 71. Ke3 Nc1 72. Nd4 Na2 73. Kd3
Nb4+ 74. Kc4 Na6 75. Nb5 Ke7 76. Nc3 Kf7 77. Nd5 Nb8 78. Kc5 Nd7+ 79. Kd6 Nf8
80. Nc7 Nh7 81. Nd5 Nf8 82. Ne3 Ne6 83. Ke5 Nf8 84. Nc4 Nd7+ 85. Kf5 Nc5 86.
Nd6+ Kg8 87. Ne4 Nd7 88. g5 hxg5 89. fxg5 Kh7 90. Ke6 Nb6 91. Kf7 Nc4 92. Ke6
Ne3 93. Ng3 Nc4 94. Ne2 Kg8 95. Nd4 Ne3 96. Nf5 Ng2 97. Ne7+ Kh7 98. Nd5 Kg8 99.
g6 Kf8 100. h6 Nh4 101. Ne7 gxh6 102. Nf5 Nxg6 103. Nxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. g3
Nf6 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. O-O Nd7 13. c4 O-O 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Nc2 f5 16. Nb4 Bf6 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. a4 Nc5 19. Be3 Nxa4 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. b3 f4 22.
bxa4 fxe3 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bg5 25. b6 exf2+ 26. Kh1 Bc8 27. Rf1 Qf7 28.
Qe2 e4 29. h4 e3 30. hxg5 Re8 31. Kh2 Bg4 32. Qxg4 e2 33. b7 Qxb7 34. Rxf2 e1=Q
35. Qf5 Qe3 36. Rf3 Qe2 37. Nd4 Qe5 38. Qg4 Qbxd5 39. Nf5 Qde6 40. Qh5 Qg6 41.
Qg4 h5 42. Qc4+ d5 43. Qb5 Qxg5 44. Qd7 h4 45. Rf1 hxg3+ 46. Kg1 g6 47. Bxd5+
Kh8 0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 b6 8. b4
Bb7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 d6 11. Bg2 e5 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Be4 15.
Nb5 Ke7 16. g4 Bc6 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. g5 Ne4 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nc3 21. Qd3 Na4
22. f4 Rac8 23. f5 g6 24. f6+ Kd8 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Be3 Rc7 27. Rd1 Kc8 28. Rg4
Kb8 29. c5 Rd8 30. cxd6 Qc3+ 31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. Re4 Rxa3 33. Rxe5 Nb2 34. Rc1
Rxd6 35. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. d4 f6 10. Na5 Rb8 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Qh5+ Bf7 14. Qxg5
Qf6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Rd2 h6 19. Qg3 Nf8 20. Nb3 b6 21.
Rfd1 c5 22. Nc1 Qf6 23. b3 a5 24. Ne2 Ne6 25. Qe1 Rbc8 26. Bf2 a4 27. Bh4 Qg6
28. c3 axb3 29. axb3 Nf8 30. b4 Qc6 31. Nc1 Ng6 32. Bg3 Ra8 33. Nd3 cxb4 34.
cxb4 Qb5 35. h4 Ra3 36. h5 Nf8 37. Nxe5 Rxe5 38. Bxe5 Qxe5 39. Rd8 Qg5 40. Qd2
Qg3 41. Qf2 Qe5 42. Qd4 Qg3 43. Qf2 Qe5 44. Qd4 Qg3 45. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7 8.
Qb3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. a3 e5 13. Bc3 f5 14. c5+ Kh8 15.
Bb5 Be6 16. Qc2 Qxc5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxe5 Qe4 19. Qd2 Ba2 20. Nd3 Qc4 21. Rhe1
Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Qc6 25. Nf3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Bd5 27. Qd4+
Kg8 28. Nh4 Qe6 29. Kd2 b6 30. f3 Bc4 31. Nxf5 Qe2+ 32. Kc1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f3 Nh5 15.
a5 Ng3 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qe1 f4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Bb3 g5 21. Bd4 Bxd4+
22. Rxd4 e5 23. Rd3 h5 24. Rad1 Rf6 25. Ne2 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Bb5 27. c4 Bxc4 28.
Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd5 Qc7 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Rc1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qxa5
34. Qd6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2
c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. Be3 Nfxe4 14. Nbd2 Nxd2
15. Nxd2 Rc8 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Bxa4+ Ke7 18. Nb3 Rg5 19. g3 g6 20. Qc4 Bg7 21.
Rad1 Qb6 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Nc6+ Bxc6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Rc5 26. Be4 Rb8 27.
Re2 Rcb5 28. Rdd2 R5b6 29. Kf1 a5 30. Rc2 a4 31. Bd5 Kf8 32. Ba2 d5 33. h4 d4
34. Red2 d3 35. Rxd3 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Rxb2 37. Bc4 Ke7 38. Re3 a3 39. Re2 Bxc3 40.
Rxb2 Bxb2 41. Ke2 h5 42. Kd3 Kd6 43. Bb3 Kc5 44. Ba2 Bd4 45. f3 Bf2 0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Ng5
Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Nh3 c6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rd2 Nc5 15.
f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Rae8 17. Qg4 Qc8 18. Qg3 Ne6 19. Nh5 Kh8 20. Nd5 cxd5 21. cxd5
g6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Bd4+ Kg8 25. e5 Nxc2 26. Bf2 dxe5 27. h3 Rf5
28. Qd3 Nb4 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Nd5 31. Ng3 Rf4 32. Rxb7 Rxa4 33. b3 Ra1+ 34.
Kh2 Rb1 35. Ba7 Bb4 36. Ne4 Rxb3 37. Ng5 Nf4 38. Bc5 Rc3 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rb7+
Kg8 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Bh6 exd4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxd4
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 b6 16. d5 Bb7 17. a4 Rfe8 18. a5 Rad8 19. Rhe1 f5 20. exf5 Bxd5
21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra1 Kf6 25. Bb5 Rd8 26. Ne1 Nf8
27. Kc3 Ne6 28. Bf1 Rb8 29. Nc2 b5 30. Ne3 Ke5 31. Ra6 b4+ 32. Kb2 Ra8 33. Rxa8
Bxa8 34. h4 Be4 35. f3 Bc6 36. Bc4 Nf4 37. Bf7 Ba4 38. g3 Nd3+ 39. Kb1 Kd4 40.
Ng4 Kc3 41. Ne3 Ne5 42. Be6 Nxf3 43. Nd5+ Kd4 44. Nf4 c4 45. Nxg6 c3 46. Nf4
Nd2+ 47. Kc1 b3 48. Ne2+ Kd3 49. Nf4+ Kd4 50. Ne2+ Kd3 51. Nf4+ Ke3 52. Bxb3
Bxb3 53. h5 Ne4 54. h6 Nf6 55. Ng2+ Kf2 56. Nf4 Ke3 57. Ng2+ Kf3 58. Nf4 Nh7 59.
Nd3 Ke3 60. Nc5 Bf7 61. Kc2 Kd4 62. Na4 Bg6+ 63. Kb3 Bf7+ 64. Kc2 Bg6+ 65. Kb3
c2 66. Kb2 Ng5 67. Nb6 Nf3 68. Nd7 Ng1 0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 d5 11. Rhe1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Re8 14. f4 c5
15. Kb1 Qa5 16. f5 Rad8 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. c4 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 d4 20. c3 dxc3 21. Bxc3
Bd6 22. Rge1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Be4 b6 26. Bc6 Nf6 27. Kc2 Kg8
28. Kb3 Kf8 29. Ka4 Ke7 30. Kb5 Kd8 31. Ka6 Kc7 32. Bd5 Kb8 33. Bxf7 Ne4 34.
Bxg7 Nxf2 35. h4 Nd3 36. a3 Be5 37. Bf8 Nxb2 38. Be6 Kc7 39. Be7 Nd3 40. f6 Bd6
41. Kxa7 Ne5 42. Bxd6+ Kxd6 43. f7 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 8. a3
Nb6 9. Ba2 O-O 10. Ne3 Be6 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. O-O Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ne7 14. c4 f5 15.
Bd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. b4 b6 18. Bb3 Ng6 19. Ba4 Qe7 20. Bc6 Rad8 21. Qa4 Nf6
22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxf5 e4 24. Qc2 Ng4 25. Raf1 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Qh4 27. h3 Nxe3 28.
Bxe3 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxe3 30. dxe4 Nf4 31. Qb2 Qxe4 32. Bd7 g6 33. Rf6 Nd3 34. Qc3
Rxd7 35. Re6 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. d4
O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Be2 Re8 14. Bd2 Bd7
15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Bb4 Be5 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qb3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 a5 20. Qxd5 Bb5 21.
Bxe4 Bxf1 22. Bc5 Qa6 23. Qf5 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Rc8 25. h4 b6 26. Rd6 Qb5 27. Bd4
Bd3 28. Qg4 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Bg6 30. Rxb6 Qd5 31. h5 Qxh5+ 32. Qxh5 Bxh5 33. Rb5 Bg6
34. Rxa5 Rc2 35. Kg3 h5 36. Rg5 Kh7 37. f3 Rd2 38. a4 f6 39. Rxg6 Kxg6 40. a5
Rd1 41. a6 Ra1 42. a7 Kf7 43. b4 Ra2 44. b5 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 7...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Nc6 15. Nbd2
Be6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nb3 Nh5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nbxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Nf4 22. Qf3 Qg5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Rac8 25. Bb3 Qxf5 26. Re7 d5 27. Rae1 Qf6
28. h4 Rc6 29. R7e3 Rd8 30. g3 Ne6 31. Bxd5 Qxf3 32. Bxf3 Rc2 33. R1e2 Rxe2 34.
Rxe2 Nd4 35. Re3 Nxf3+ 36. Rxf3 Rd2 37. Ra3 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. h3 b5 10. Bc2 Bf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. Nbd2 g6 14. Nf1 Bg7 15. Ne3
Qd7 16. a4 Nd8 17. Nh2 h5 18. Qf3 Nh7 19. Nhf1 Ne6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nc5 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. d4 Na4 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. d6 Rc8 27. dxc7 Qxc7 28.
Ne3 Kh8 29. Nd5 Qb7 30. Be4 f5 31. Ne7 fxe4 32. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. h4 gxh4 13. Bxh4 b5 14. f4 b4 15. Na4
Qc7 16. O-O-O Rb8 17. Kb1 Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. b3 Qc7 20. Be2 h5 21. f5 Bd7 22.
Bxg4 hxg4 23. Qg5 Bf6 24. Qxg4 Bxa4 25. Bxf6 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 exf6 27. bxa4 Ke7 28.
Qf3 Rc8 29. Qd3 a5 30. Rd1 Rg8 31. Qe2 Rg3 32. Qf2 Ra3 33. g4 Rxa4 34. g5 fxg5
35. f6+ Ke8 36. Qe2 b3 37. axb3 Rb4 38. e5 dxe5 39. Rd5 Kf8 40. Qh5 Rh4 41. Qxg5
Rh7 42. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1 O-O
9. d4 e5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Na3 Ne8 13. Bf1 f6 14. Bc4+ Kf8 15. Be3
b6 16. Bd5 Bd7 17. Nb5 Rab8 18. a4 a6 19. Na3 Ne7 20. Bb3 Nc6 21. Nd2 Nc7 22. f4
Bh6 23. Kg2 Na5 24. Bc2 Bc6 25. b4 Nb7 26. Ndc4 exf4 27. gxf4 b5 28. axb5 axb5
29. Nb6 cxb4 30. cxb4 Nd6 31. Kg3 Bxe4 32. Bc5 Bxc2 33. Nxc2 Kg8 34. Nd4 Nc4 35.
Nxc4 bxc4 36. Nc6 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Rb7 38. f5 c3 39. Re2 Bf8 40. Bxf8 Kxf8 41. fxg6
hxg6 42. Ra5 Rb6 43. Rc5 Ne8 44. Ne7 Kf7 45. Nd5 Rb7 46. b5 Nd6 47. Nxc3 g5 48.
Kg2 Kg6 49. Rb2 Nf5 50. Ne4 Ne3+ 51. Kg1 Re7 52. Nf2 Ra3 53. Rc1 Rb7 54. h3 Ra5
55. Rc5 Nf5 56. Ne4 Nd4 57. Nd6 Rd7 58. Nc4 Ra1+ 59. Kf2 Rh7 60. b6 Ra8 61. b7
Rb8 62. Nd6 Rxh3 63. Rb4 Rh2+ 64. Kf1 Rh1+ 65. Kg2 Rd1 66. Rc8 Rd2+ 67. Kf1 Nf3
68. Rb3 Rxb7 69. Nxb7 g4 70. Nc5 Rc2 71. Rd3 Kf5 72. Nb7 Rb2 73. Nd6+ Ke6 74.
Re8+ Kd7 75. Re2 Rb1+ 76. Kf2 Ne5 77. Rdd2 Kc6 78. Ne4 Rb3 79. Rd6+ Kb5 80. Rxf6
Nd3+ 81. Kg2 Ra3 82. Rf5+ Kc4 83. Nf2 Nb4 84. Re4+ Kc3 85. Re3+ 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Bb2
f5 15. Na5 b6 16. Nc6 Bd6 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Re1 Bb7 19. e4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 Kf7 21.
Bh3 Rfe8 22. Ne5+ Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rad8 24. Ba3 Nf6 25. Rc7+ Rd7 26. Rxd7+ Nxd7 27.
Re1 Nf6 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Bf1 Bb7 31. Bb2 Bd5 32. a3 Ne4 33. Be2 Nd2
34. Bc3 Ne4 35. Bb2 Nd6 36. f3 Bc4 37. Bd1 g6 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Bc2 Bd5 40. Bd3 a5
41. h4 Bc4 42. Bc2 Bd5 43. g4 Nc4 44. Bc1 b5 45. h5 Kf7 46. hxg6+ hxg6 47. Bd3
b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Bxc4 Bxc4 50. f4 Kf6 51. g5+ Kf5 52. Ke3 b3 53. Kd2 Ke4 54.
Kc3 Bd5 55. Bd2 Kf3 56. Bc1 Ke2 57. Ba3 Ke3 58. Bd6 Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c6 13. O-O a5 14. Rac1 Re8
15. Rc2 Qb6 16. Nd2 Ne4 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 a4 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. h3 Nb6 21. Qc3
Nc4 22. e4 Qa5 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. Bf2 Ra5 25. Re2 Rb5 26. Qc3 Qa5 27. Qc2 Qb6 28.
Qc3 Qa5 29. Qc2 Qb6 30. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5 a6
9. a4 O-O 10. Ng3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne8 12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Qd2
Re8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Ra5 Rb4 19. Nf1 Nb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Rxb5 Rd4
22. Qa5 f5 23. Qc7 Be5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Ra5 Rb4 26. Ra8 Nb6 27. Raa1 fxe4 28.
fxe4 Rxe4 29. Qxb6 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Qxe2 31. Qxd6 Qxb2 32. Rd1 c4 33. Qc6 Rf8 34.
Qxc4 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Bg4 36. d6+ Rf7 37. Rb1 Be2 38. Qc8+ Rf8 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qe5+
Kg8 41. Ne3 Bf3 42. h3 Bc6 43. Nd5 Re8 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Nxh7+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf8
47. Qg5 Re6 48. d7 Re1+ 49. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 50. Kh2 Ke7 51. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Nfd7 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. Nc4 Bg4 15.
Qd2 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17. b3 Bf6 18. Bb2 c6 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Ba1 a5 21. Nf3 Bxa1
22. Rxa1 Rbd8 23. Rad1 Be6 24. Bf1 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Qe3 Nd7 27. Nd4 Nf6 28.
Qf4 Be4 29. Rxe4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Rfe8 31. Nxc6 Rxe4 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Nxd8 Re1
34. Nc6 Rc1 35. Nxa5 Rxc2 36. g3 Kf8 37. Bc4 Ke8 38. Nb7 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be5 Ng4 14. Bd4 Qd6 15.
Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 f6 17. Na4 Re8 18. f4 Kf7 19. Nc5 a5 20. Rf3 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Ba6
22. Bf5 Bc8 23. Bd3 Ba6 24. Bf5 Bc8 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Rf2 a4 27. Raf1 f5 28. Rd2
Re4 29. b3 Kg6 30. Bd4 Be2 31. Rc1 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rxf4 33. Rxe2 Rxd4 34. Re6+ Kg5
35. Rxc6 axb3 36. axb3 Rd2 37. Rf1 Ra2 38. Rf2 Ra1+ 39. Rf1 Ra2 40. Rf2 Ra1+ 41.
Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Qb3 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qd1 f6 15. e6
Nb8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf1 Qd6 18. Ng3 Nbc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. a4 Ba5 21. Bd2 Bxd2
22. Qxd2 Rab8 23. Rac1 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Rxb4 25. Nh4 Rxa4 26. Ngf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Re8
28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rxc6 Rxd4 30. Ra1 Re4 31. Rxa7 R4xe6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxc7
Rb6 34. Rd7 Rxb2 35. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8. h4
h5 9. d4 g6 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc4 Bg7 12. f3 O-O 13. Qxe7 Nxe7 14. Kf2 b5 15. Ne3
c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. a4 Bd7 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Be2 Bc6 20. Rhd1 c4 21. Be1 Bh6 22.
g3 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Nfd5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. f5 gxf5 28.
Bd2 f4 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Rb1 Ra2 31. Bd1 Bd7 32. Bc2 b4 33. cxb4 c3 34. Be1 Bb5
35. Kg1 cxb2 36. Kf2 Bc4 37. b5 Kg8 38. Be4 Nb6 39. Bc3 Na4 40. b6 Nxb6 41. Rxb2
Rxb2+ 42. Bxb2 Bd5 43. Bd3 Bc4 44. Be4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. h3 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d4 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
Qc7 16. Bb2 g6 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Bf1 Nf4 19. b4 Nb6 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Qb3 Rac8 22.
Rac1 Nc4 23. g3 Ne6 24. dxe5 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 dxe5 26. c4 Qd6 27. Bc3 Nd4 28. Bxd4
Qxd4 29. Nf3 Qd7 30. h4 Bh6 31. Rc3 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Qe7 33. Rd3 Red8 34. Bd5 Bxd5
35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. exd5 e4 37. d6 Qxd6 38. Rxe4 Qf6 39. Kg2 Rc3 40. Re8+ Bf8 41.
Qd5 Qc6 42. Qxc6 Rxc6 43. Ne5 Rd6 44. Rb8 Rd5 45. Nc6 Kg7 46. Kf3 Rd6 47. Na5
Rd4 48. Nc6 Rd6 49. Na5 Rd4 50. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 b6 8. a3 f5
9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 Nh6 11. Na3 Nf7 12. Qc1 O-O 13. Ng5 Nd6 14. Bd2 h6 15. Nf3
fxe4 16. dxe4 Kh7 17. Be3 Nxe4 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Ncxe5 Qd6 20. Nd3 Bc3+ 21. Ke2
Bxa1 22. Qxa1 a5 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Nfxe5 axb4 25. Nxc6 b3 26. Rc1 Bc4 27. Bd4
Rae8 28. Ne5 Nxf2 29. Kd2 Ne4+ 30. Ke3 Nc5 31. Kd2 Bxd3 32. cxd3 b2 0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15.
a3 Rc8 16. Qf2 Rc6 17. h4 O-O 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Be2 Rfc8 20. Rh5 Ng6 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qd4+ f6 23. g3 Bc4 24. f4 e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Rd1 Bxe2 27. Kxe2 Rxc3
28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. Rd2 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 dxc4 6. bxc4 c5 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. d4 cxd4 14. exd4 Na5
15. d5 Qc8 16. Ne5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Bf6 20. f4 Rfe8 21.
Qh5 Qb7 22. d6 Re6 23. Rfe1 g6 24. Qh3 Rexd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Ng4 Be7 27. Qh6
f6 28. Bxf6 Bf8 29. Re8 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Ke1 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rd2+ 33. Ke1 Rd1+
34. Kxd1 Qd7+ 35. Bd4 Qxd4+ 36. Ke1 Qc3+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Kf1 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+
40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Be3 Rfc8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne1 g6 19. Nd3 Ng7 20. Bh3 Ne6 21. Nf3 a5
22. Bh6 Rc7 23. e3 Re8 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. exf4 Qf7 26. Re1 Rcc8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.
Re1 Qd8 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. f5 Bb4 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Be6
9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. c3 h6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. Ba3 Rad8 15. Qc2
g6 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Ra8 19. b5 Na5 20. Nxa5 Rxa5 21. Qxc7 Rxa4
22. Bxd6 Nd7 23. Ra1 Rea8 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. b6 Kh7 26. Bc5 Nxc5 27. Qxc5 Ra6 28.
Rb1 Qa2 29. Qb5 Ra3 30. Rc1 Qe2 31. Qd5 Ra2 32. Rf1 Rb2 33. Qxf7 Qxd3 34. Nxe5
Qxe4 35. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3 8.
Qxe3 O-O 9. d4 d6 10. Be2 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. a4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. b3 Kf8 17. Rac1 Ke7 18. f3 Ne8 19. Kf2 Nc7 20. Nf1 g6 21. Ne3
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ne8 23. g3 Nd6 24. Bd3 Rf8 25. Re1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. f4 exf4
28. gxf4 Kf6 29. Rg1 Bf7 30. Nf1 Re8 31. Ng3 c5 32. Rd1 h6 33. Be2 Rd8 34. Bf3
Be8 35. Rd5 Bf7 36. Rd1 Be8 37. h4 Bc6 38. Bxc6 bxc6 39. Kf3 Nb7 40. Rxd8 Nxd8
41. Nf1 Nb7 42. Ne3 Na5 43. h5 Ke6 44. Ke2 b5 45. Kd3 Nb7 46. Kc3 Kf6 47. Kb2
Ke6 48. Ka3 Kf6 49. Ka2 Ke6 50. Kb2 Kf6 51. Kc1 Ke6 52. Kd2 Kf6 53. Nd1 Ke6 54.
Nc3 Nd6 55. Kd3 Kd7 56. Ke3 Kc7 57. Kd3 Kd7 58. Ke3 Kc7 59. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bc2 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14.
Bd3 Bd7 15. Ke2 Rac8 16. Rhc1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Kd2 Kf8 20.
Kc3 Bd7 21. Ne5 Be8 22. f4 Ke7 23. Ng4 Nc6 24. Ne3 f6 25. d5 Nd8 26. e5 fxe5 27.
fxe5 exd5 28. Nxd5+ Kf8 29. Nc7 Bf7 30. a3 Ke7 31. Be4 Bg6 32. Bf3 Kd7 33. Nb5
Nc6 34. Bd5 a6 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. Kxd4 b6 37. Bc4 a5 38. Bb5+ Ke6 39. Bc6 Bh5 40.
h4 h6 41. g3 Bd1 42. Bd5+ Ke7 43. Bc4 Ba4 44. Kd5 b5 45. Bd3 b4 46. axb4 axb4
47. Kc4 Ke6 48. Kxb4 Be8 49. Kc3 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Nf1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. c3 Kh8 12. Ne3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf5 Nd7 15. d4
exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. h3 d5 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. exd5 Qd8 21. Ne5 Nfxd5
22. Bg3 Ra6 23. Rc1 f5 24. Rc5 f4 25. Bh2 Rd6 26. Qf3 b6 27. Rcc1 Be8 28. Re2
Ne7 29. Re4 Rxd4 30. Bxf4 Ng6 31. Nxg6+ Bxg6 32. Rxd4 Qxd4 33. Rxc7 h6 34. Be5
Rxf3 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Bg8+ Kh8 37. Bxd4 Rxh3 38. Be6+ Kh7 39. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "10601457"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4
c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Ra3 Nfd7 21. Qe2 Nb6 22. axb5
axb5 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Ng5 Qf6 25. Rf1 Nbd7 26. h4 Qe7 27. Ra1 Bb7 28. Ra5 Ba6
29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. Qxh5 Bg7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qf5 Kg8 33. Bd1 Qf6 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35.
Bh5 Ke7 36. Nxf7 Nf8 37. Qf5 Qxf5 38. exf5 Nfd7 39. Nxd6 Rh8 40. f6+ Bxf6 41.
Nf5+ Kd8 42. Bf7 Kc7 43. Be6 Bb7 44. Rxb5 Nxe6 45. dxe6 Bc6 46. Rb4 Rg8 47. g3
Ra8 48. f3 Bxf3 49. Rxc4+ Kd8 50. exd7 Kxd7 51. Bg5 Ke6 52. Ne3 Bg7 53. Kf2 Rf8
54. Rb4 Bc6+ 55. Ke2 Kd7 56. g4 Rf3 57. Rb8 e4 58. h5 Be5 59. Rg8 Rh3 60. h6
Rh2+ 61. Kf1 Rxb2 62. c4 Rh2 63. Kg1 Rh3 64. Rg7+ Kc8 65. Nf5 e3 66. Ne7+ Kb7
67. Nxc6+ Kxc6 68. Re7 Kd6 69. Kf1 Rh2 70. c5+ Kd5 71. Rxe5+ Kxe5 72. c6 Ke4 73.
Kg1 e2 74. Bd2 Rxh6 75. Kf2 Rh2+ 76. Kg3 Rh7 77. g5 Kd3 78. Be1 Rc7 79. Kg4 Rxc6
80. Kf5 Rc1 81. Bb4 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b3 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Ne1 Rac8
15. Kf1 Nb4 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bd5 19. Bc4 Ne4 20. Ke2 Bb7 21.
Nd3 a5 22. Nxb4 Bxb4 23. f3 Nd6 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rc8 26. Kd2 Kf8 27. Bd3
Rxc3 28. Kxc3 e5 29. Nb6 Ke7 30. Bc2 Nb5+ 31. Kd2 Nd6 32. Kc3 Nb5+ 33. Kd2 Nd6
34. Kc3 Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Qa5 4. Na3 e6 5. Nc4 Qd8 6. d4 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Nce5
Bd6 9. Be3 c4 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Nge7 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf4 Bxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxf5 N5g6 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Bxg6 Nxg6 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. Ra5 b5 21.
Rfa1 h6 22. Bd2 Rfe8 23. Qd3 a6 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Nf4 26. Qf3 Qf5 27. Ra1
Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Qc2 29. Qxe2 Rxe2 30. Kxe2 Qe4+ 31. Kf1 Qc2 32. Ke2 Qxb3 33. Rc1
Qc4+ 34. Ke3 Qc7 35. f4 Qe7+ 36. Kf2 Qe4 37. Re1 Qd3 38. Re2 f6 39. Ke1 Kf7 40.
Re3 Qb1+ 41. Kf2 h5 42. h3 h4 43. Be1 Kg6 44. Rf3 Kf5 45. Ke2 Qe4+ 46. Kf1 b4
47. cxb4 Qxd4 48. Bxh4 Qc4+ 49. Kg1 Qxb4 50. Kf1 Qc4+ 51. Kg1 Qe2 52. Bf2 d4 53.
Bxd4 Qd1+ 54. Kh2 Qxd4 55. Rf1 g6 56. Rf3 Qd2 57. Rf1 Ke4 58. Rf3 Qe2 59. Rg3
Qh5 60. Rg4 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "10601457"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. c3 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5
9. a3 h6 10. b4 b6 11. b5 Ne7 12. c4 a6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Bb2 Bh3 16.
Bh1 Ne8 17. a4 Nc7 18. Nf1 Rab8 19. Ne3 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Ncd5 a5 22. Nxc7
Qxc7 23. Nd5 Qf7 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Re4 h5 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Ne7 28. Nxe7 Qxe7
29. f4 Rf5 30. Rae1 Qf7 31. fxe5 Rf8 32. R1e2 dxe5 33. h4 Rf1 34. Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 Qc8 13. e3 Nf5 14. a4 Rd8 15. Qc2 c6
16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Rfb1 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Rxb6 Rxc3 21. Bxe7
Nxe7 22. Rab1 h6 23. Rb8+ Rxb8 24. Rxb8+ Kh7 25. Ra8 Rc1+ 26. Nf1 Rc5 27. Nd2
Nd5 28. Ra7 Rc1+ 29. Nf1 Nc3 30. Rxa5 e4 31. f4 Bc4 32. g4 Bd3 33. Kf2 Rc2+ 34.
Kg3 c5 35. Ra7 c4 36. Rxf7 Ne2+ 37. Kh3 c3 38. Rc7 Ra2 39. f5 c2 40. f6 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 c6 9. Na3 d6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 a5 13. Kh1 g5 14. Bg3 Ba7 15.
Nc2 h5 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. h3 Nc5 18. Ne3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Be6 21. d4 h4
22. Bh2 f6 23. c4 Rf7 24. Rfd1 Qf8 25. Rd2 c5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rad1 Rc7 28. Rd6
Qe7 29. Qd3 Kg7 30. f3 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. b3 Ra6 33. Rxa6 bxa6 34. Qc3 Rd7 35.
Ra1 Rd6 36. Qe3 Qc7 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Qxg5+ Kf7 39. Qxh4 Qd8 40. Qh5+ Ke7 41.
Qg5+ Kf7 42. Qh5+ Ke7 43. Kh2 Rb6 44. Qh4+ Ke8 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qh4+ Ke8 47.
Qh5+ Ke7 48. f4 exf4 49. Rd1 Rd6 50. Qxc5 Qb6 51. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. b3 e6 6. Ba3 Qa5 7. Bb2 Nge7 8. h4 h6
9. Qb1 O-O 10. Ne4 f5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qb2+ e5 13. Nd6 Qc7 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15.
d3 Rcd8 16. Rc1 b6 17. Nf3 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. a3 a5 20. e3 Nf6 21. b4 axb4 22.
axb4 e4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Ng5 Qe7 25. Bxe4 Ne5 26. Nf3 Nxe4 27. Qxe5+ Qxe5 28.
Nxe5 Rxf2 29. Rc4 Ra2 30. O-O Nxg3 31. Rf7+ Kg8 32. Rf2 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Nf5 34. Re4
Re8 35. h5 Ra4 36. Kf3 Rxb4 37. Rxb4 cxb4 38. Nxg6 Nxe3 39. Rb2 Nd5 40. Rd2 Nf6
41. Rd6 Nxh5 42. Rxb6 Kg7 43. Nf4 Nxf4 44. Kxf4 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

