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Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:37 am**

The Legends name has been translated into inviting former world chess champions Viswanthan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, former championship challengers Peter Leko and Boris Gelfand along with 8 time Russian Champion Peter Svidler and Vasyl Ivanchuk. Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren qualified as the top four finishers in the Chessable Masters.

g15/10; round robin then semi-finals & final; rest day 30 July

Posted: **Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:55 pm**

They've been trolling each other hard leading up to the event so the next few days should see an escalation of the tweet war as we start on Tuesday with Giri-Carlsen. Other matches are Kramnik-Nepo, Anand-Svidler, Leko-Ivanchuk & Gelfand-Ding.

Posted: **Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:11 pm**

Anand sounds like he's fed up with the trolling: "The Cold War, you can't make that up - it was there... Look, Giri-Carlsen on Twitter is not Fischer-Spassky!" https://twitter.com/i/status/1284489256908587009

Posted: **Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:23 pm**

Day 1
Giri-Carlsen 1-3
Kramnik-Nepo 2-2
Anand-Svidler 1.5 - 2.5
Leko-Ivanchuk 2-2
Gelfand-Ding 3-1

Tomorrow:

Nepo - Ding Liren
Svidler - Leko
Kramnik - Giri
Ivanchuk - Gelfand
Carlsen - Anand

Posted: **Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:02 pm**

Chris Rice wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:23 pm
Gelfand-Ding 3-1

The big surprise of the day?

Posted: **Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:11 pm**

Chris Rice wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:23 pm
Day 1
Giri-Carlsen 1-3
Kramnik-Nepo 2-2
Anand-Svidler 1.5 - 2.5
Leko-Ivanchuk 2-2
Gelfand-Ding 3-1

Tomorrow:

Nepo - Ding Liren
Svidler - Leko
Kramnik - Giri
Ivanchuk - Gelfand
Carlsen - Anand

Maybe my blitz wasn't such bad preparatiom for Peter Svidler after all

Posted: **Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:53 pm**

"Maybe my blitz wasn't such bad preparatiom for Peter Svidler after all

"

Maybe you should be playing the event!

Posted: **Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:01 pm**

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:53 pm
"Maybe my blitz wasn't such bad preparatiom for Peter Svidler after all "

Maybe you should be playing the event!

Maybe Marcus

Posted: **Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:46 am**

TWIC day 1 report

Round 2 pairings 22nd July 2020 15:00pm: \ Nepomniachtchi1-Ding Liren, Ivanchuk-Gelfand, Svidler-Leko, Carlsen-Anand and Kramnik-Giri.

Posted: **Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:50 am**

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Ne5
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nxd5 Ndxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Rc1 Be6 14. b3 h6
15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bxe7 Rd2 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bf3 Rxa2 20. b4 Bf8
21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Kg2 h5 23. Ra1 Rdd2 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Rc1 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27.
Bb6 Rb5 28. Be3 Bg7 29. Rd1 Bf6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Rd6 Be5 32. Ra6 Rb2 33. Ra5 Bc3
34. Rc5 Bf6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rb4 37. g5 Bd4 38. Bxd4+ Rxd4 39. e3 Rc4 40.
Re5 Rc1 41. Be4 Re1 42. Rc5 Kf8 43. Rc7 Rd1 44. Bf3 Ra1 45. Rc5 Ke7 46. Kg3 Kd6
47. Rb5 Bc4 48. Rb6+ Ke7 49. Rb4 Be6 50. Bg2 Ra5 51. f4 Ra3 52. Re4 Kf8 53. Re5
Rb3 54. Bf3 Kg7 55. Bc6 Rc3 56. Bb5 Ra3 57. Kf3 Rb3 58. Rc5 Rb4 59. Bd3 Rb3 60.
Bc2 Rb4 61. Ra5 Rb2 62. Be4 Rb4 63. Re5 Rb2 64. Bd3 Rb3 65. Bb5 Rb4 66. Rc5 Kf8
67. Bc6 Rc4 68. Rxc4 Bxc4 69. Ke4 Ke7 70. Ke5 Bd3 71. Be4 Be2 72. Bd5 Bd3 73.
Kd4 Be2 74. e4 Bd1 75. e5 Ba4 76. Bc4 Bd1 77. Bd3 Bg4 78. Be4 Bh3 79. Ke3 Bc8
80. Kf3 Bd7 81. Kg3 Bc8 82. Bf3 Bf5 83. Bg4 Bb1 84. Bh3 Bc2 85. Kf2 Bb1 86. Ke3
Bc2 87. Kd4 Bb1 88. Bg4 Bc2 89. Bf3 Ba4 90. f5 gxf5 91. Ke3 Kf8 92. Kf4 Bc2 93.
Bc6 Kg7 94. Bd7 Kg6 95. Be8 Kg7 96. Bd7 Kg6 97. Be8 Kg7 98. Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 b4 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
Ne4 c5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxa6 Rxc5 21. Nb3
Bxb3 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. axb3 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxb2 26. g3 g6 27. Bc4
Bf6 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. h4 h5 30. Kg2 Qc7 31. Qe4 Qe5 32. Qxe5 Bxe5 33. Bd3 Bc3 34.
Bc4 Bb2 35. Bd3 Bc3 36. Bc4 Bb2 37. Bd3 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Stockholm variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Qd2
cxd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Bc4 a6 11. a4 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nge2 Nc6
15. Rd1 Qb6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Qc2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rd2 Qc6 20. Ne4 Qxc2 21.
Rxc2 Bb6 22. Rc4 Rd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. b3 Rc8 25. Rd1 e5 26. Kf1 Rc2 27. Rd2
Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. Rc2 Rxb3 30. Rc7 h5 31. Rd7 Kf8 32. f3 b5 33. Nf6 bxa4 34.
Nh7+ Ke8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ke8 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nb3 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. f3 Bd6
15. Be3 Ke7 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Rac1 Rhc8 18. Rc3 Bd8 19. Rfc1 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Rc8 21.
Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Kf2 Bb7 23. g4 h6 24. h4 Bc7 25. a3 Ne8 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nd6
28. Bf1 f5 29. gxf6+ gxf6 30. Nd2 f5 31. e5 Nxe5 32. Bxb6 Bxb6+ 33. Nxb6 f4 34.
Na4 a5 35. Nc5 Bd5 36. Be2 Nc6 37. Nb1 e5 38. Nc3 Bf7 39. Bd3 Nd4 40. b4 axb4
41. axb4 Bc4 42. Bxc4 Nxc4 43. Nd3 Kd6 44. Ne4+ Kc6 45. Nc3 Kb6 46. Nd5+ Kc6 47.
Nc3 Kb6 48. Nd5+ Kc6 49. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 h6 10. a3 a5 11. e3 Re8 12. Be1 Bf8 13. Nbd2 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15.
Bf1 Ba6 16. Nb3 a4 17. Na5 Qb6 18. Qd1 Rec8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Ne4 21. Rxc8
Bxc8 22. Qc2 Nd6 23. Nc6 Nc4 24. Nb4 Nf6 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Bb4 Bc7 27. Nfe5 Nd7
28. Nxd7 Bxd7 29. Nc5 Be8 30. Bg2 Bd6 31. Nd3 Bb8 32. Qc3 Qd8 33. Nc5 Bc6 34.
Na6 Bc7 35. Nxc7 Qxc7 36. b3 axb3 37. Qxb3 Qa7 38. Bf1 Qa4 39. Qxa4 bxa4 40.
Bxc4 dxc4 41. Kf1 Kh7 42. Ke2 g5 43. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bb4 8. e3
b5 9. a4 c6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Qb6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Nxe5 15.
a5 Qc7 16. a6 Bc8 17. Bg3 O-O 18. b3 f5 19. Qb2 fxe4 20. Bxe5 c3 21. Bxc3 Bd6
22. h3 b4 23. Bd2 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Qc2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Qe5 27. Rf1 c5 28. Bc1
Qd6 29. Qc4 Bd7 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Kg1 Rad8 32. Bb2 Bc8 33. Ra1 Rd2 34. Bc1 Rd5 35.
Ra2 Qd6 36. Rc2 Bxa6 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. g4 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Ne4 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 b6 11. g5 hxg5 12. h4 g4 13. Ng5 f5 14. Bg2 bxc5 15.
O-O-O Nxg5 16. hxg5 Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. cxd5 Nb6 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8
21. Qd2 Qg6 22. Qd6 f4+ 23. Ka1 Rf8 24. Qe5 g3 25. fxg3 Nc4 26. Qh5 Qxh5 27.
Rxh5 Ne3 28. Rg1 Bf5 29. b3 fxg3 30. Rxg3 Bg4 31. Rxc5 Rf1+ 32. Kb2 Nd1+ 33. Ka3
Nxc3 34. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nb3 e6 10. h4 Nc6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Qd2 a5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a4 15.
N3d2 Nd4 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bd7 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Qe5 21. Nc4
Qf6 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Qg5 Kg7 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qe3
Bc6 28. Ng4 Qe6 29. Qd4+ f6 30. Rd3 Bd7 31. f3 Rc4 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Bxg4
34. fxg4 Rxg4 35. Kf2 Rc4 36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. Rxb7 Rc1 38. Rb4 Rb1 39. g4 f5 40.
gxf5 gxf5 41. Ke3 Kh5 42. Rxa4 Rxb2 43. Rb4 Ra2 44. a4 h6 45. Kf4 Kg6 46. e3 Ra3
47. Rb6+ Kh5 48. Ra6 Rb3 49. Rd6 Ra3 50. Kxf5 Rxa4 51. e4 Ra1 52. e5 Rf1+ 53.
Ke4 Kxh4 54. Rxh6+ Kg5 55. Ra6 Rb1 56. Rf6 Ra1 57. Rf2 Ra4+ 58. Kd5 Ra5+ 59. Kd6
Ra6+ 60. Kc7 Re6 61. Re2 Kf5 62. Kd7 Rxe5 63. Rxe5+ Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 Nc5 10. h4 Be6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Qc3 b6 14. O-O-O
Kb7 15. h5 a5 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. Nhf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Ne6 19. Kb2 g6 20. Ne3 Nd4 21.
f3 Qe7 22. a4 Ne2 23. Qe1 Nf4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qd2 Ne6 26. g3 Rh7 27. Rxh7 Qxh7
28. Ng4 Rh8 29. Qg2 Qg7 30. Rh1 Rh5 31. Rxh5 gxh5 32. Ne3 Nd4 33. Qf2 Qe7 34. c3
Ne6 35. Nf5 Qd7 36. d4 exd4 37. cxd4 Ng7 38. g4 Nxf5 39. gxf5 h4 40. d5 Qh7 41.
dxc6+ Kxc6 42. Kc3 h3 43. Qh2 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bc2 Bf8 13. Qd3 g6 14. Qg3 Bg7 15.
Bg5 Qb6 16. Be4 Nce7 17. h4 Bd7 18. h5 Bc6 19. h6 Bh8 20. Qh4 f6 21. Bxd5 Nf5
22. Qh3 exd5 23. Bf4 Nxd4 24. Be3 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Qxb2 26. Nd4 f5 27. Rab1 Qxa3
28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Qf3 Re7 30. Rec1 Qd3 31. Qf4 Qe4 32. Qd6 Qe6 33. Rxc6 Qxd6 34.
Rxd6 a5 35. Rxd5 a4 36. Bc5 Re5 37. Rxe5 Bxe5 38. Ba3 Bf4 39. Rb7 Bxh6 40. Kf1
Bf8 41. Bxf8 Kxf8 42. Rxh7 Ra6 43. Ke2 a3 44. Rh1 Ke7 45. Kd2 Kf6 46. Kc2 a2 47.
Kb2 Ke5 48. Ka1 g5 49. Re1+ Kd4 50. Rd1+ Ke4 51. Re1+ Kf4 52. Re3 Ra5 53. Rf3+
Ke4 54. Re3+ Kd4 55. Re8 Kd3 56. f3 f4 57. Re4 Rc5 58. g3 fxg3 59. Rg4 Ke3 60.
Rxg3 Kf4 61. Rh3 Rc3 62. Kxa2 g4 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Bb2 e5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nbc6 9. d3 h6 10. Nd2 f5 11. a3 a5 12. e3 g5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. f4
exf4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. gxf4 Ng6 18. Kh1 b6 19. b4 Ra7 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. d4 Ba6
22. Rg1 c4 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Bf1 c3 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Nf1 Rb6 27. Ng3 Qa8 28. e4
fxe4 29. Nf1 Rf3 30. Rxg5 Rb2 31. Ne3 Qf8 32. Qa4 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Rg3+ 34. Kxh2
Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Rh3# 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 Rfb8 14. a4 a5 15.
Rfc1 g6 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Nf4 Nd6 19. Qa3 Bf5 20. Rab1 Bxd3 21. Nxd3
Nf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Rc2 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Nd3 Nd6 27. h4 Kg7
28. g3 Nc4 29. Re1 h5 30. b3 Nd6 31. Rb1 Kf6 32. Nc5 Kg7 33. Rc3 Ne4 34. Nxe4
Rxe4 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 Re7 37. Rcb3 Ra7 38. a5 Rxa5 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Rxb7 c5
41. dxc5 Rxc5 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Rd7 Ke6 44. Rd8 Rc2 45. Kf3 Ra2 46. Re8+ Kf6 47.
Rb8 Ke6 48. Rb6+ Ke7 49. Rb4 Ke6 50. Rb6+ Ke7 51. Rb4 Ke6 52. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 c6 15. Qb3
h6 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Qc2 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Ne2 Bxd4
22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Bc3 Qc4 24. Qd2 d4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rbc8 27. Rec1 Rxc1+
28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. a5 Bd7 31. Bc3 Bc6 32. Bd4 Bd7 33. Bc3 Bc6 34.
Bd4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2
e5 9. Ng3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 11. h3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qe2 h5 15.
Rfd1 Qc7 16. a4 Bf8 17. Nf1 Nd7 18. Bc4 Nc5 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Nh2 Bc5 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 22. Nf3 a5 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. b3 Red8 25. h4 f6 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 Ne6 28. Qc3
Qb4 29. Qe3 Qc5 30. Qe2 Kf7 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Ke7 34. Qd3 b5
35. c3 Qb6 36. Nd2 Qc5 37. Kf1 Qa3 38. axb5 cxb5 39. Qxb5 Qc1+ 40. Ke2 Qxc3 41.
Qb7+ Kf8 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qa7+ Kf8 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qa7+ Kf8 46. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 e6 14. Bg5 Qd7
15. h4 Na5 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. h5 Nc4 21.
Qc1 b5 22. h6 Bf8 23. Qf4 a6 24. Ng3 Nd6 25. e5 Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Nh5 gxh5
28. Bf6 Bb4 29. d5 Bxd5 30. Qxb4 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qc4 32. Qd2 Kf8 33. f3 Ke8 34. Qa5
Qc8 35. Qa3 Qc7 36. Qxa6 Bc6 37. Qa3 Kd7 38. Qf8 Bd5 39. Qg8 Qc4 40. Qd8+ Kc6
41. Qc8+ Kb6 42. Qxf5 Be6 43. Qxh5 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kh1 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qf4+
47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bxc4 Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. f4
Qc5+ 15. Kh1 e5 16. f5 b5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Ba6 Qb6 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Kh2 h6 23. Rcd1 Rd4 24. Rf3 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27.
Qd7 Qc6 28. Qxa7 e4 29. Rf4 Qd6 30. Qe3 Rc4 31. Kg1 Qe5 32. Rf2 Kh7 33. Re2 f6
34. b3 Rd4 35. Re1 Qd5 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 Qd5 38. a3 Rd3 39. Qxe4 Qxb3 40. a4
Qc3 41. Kh1 Rd8 42. Rb1 Rd3 43. Qg4 Rg3 44. Qf4 Re3 45. Kh2 Qd3 46. Rb7 Qc3 47.
Rb5 Re1 48. a5 Ra1 49. Rb7 Rxa5 50. Rc7 Rc5 51. Rxc5 Qxc5 52. g4 Qc3 53. Qe4
Qd2+ 54. Kg3 h5 55. Qe8 hxg4 56. Qg6+ Kg8 57. Qe8+ Kh7 58. Qg6+ Kg8 59. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 c6 14. Qc2 a5 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. Qd2 a4 17. Nde2 Be6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Ra5 20. Rc1 Bf8 21. Rd4
Raa8 22. g4 Nf6 23. f4 Nfd7 24. Nd1 f6 25. Nf2 Bf7 26. h4 h6 27. Ng3 g5 28. hxg5
hxg5 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Bxg5 Ne5 31. Be3 Red8 32. Nf5 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 Re8 34. Rc3
Ng6 35. b3 Nf4 36. Bf1 Nce6 37. Be3 a3 38. e5 Rd8 39. Ne4 Rd1 40. Nf6+ Kh8 41.
Rc2 Nh3+ 42. Kg2 Neg5 43. Rc1 Rd8 44. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
e6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bc5 Re8 11. Nb5 b6 12. Ba3 Ba6 13. c4 Ne5 14. Nd6 Nxc4 15.
Nxe8 Nxe8 16. Rc1 Nxb2 17. Bxb2 Bxb2 18. Rc2 Bg7 19. Qc1 Nd6 20. Rd1 Bb7 21. Qf4
a5 22. Nd2 b5 23. Rdc1 b4 24. Rc5 e5 25. Qe3 Nf5 26. Qb3 e4 27. e3 Bf8 28. Rc7
a4 29. Qc2 Nd6 30. Bh3 Ba6 31. Qc6 Nb5 32. Rd7 Qe8 33. Qxd5 Nc3 34. Rxc3 bxc3
35. Nxe4 Be7 36. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "Becker defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. g3 fxg3 6. hxg3 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bg1 Nc6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Nh2 Nxh2 13. Rxh2 Bg4 14. Re1 Ne7
15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Reh1 c6 18. Rxh6 Bxh6 19. Rxh6 Kg7 20. Bxg5 f6 21.
Be3 Rh8 22. b3 Rxh6 23. Bxh6+ Kh7 24. Bf1 Bh3 25. Be2 Re8 26. Kb2 b5 27. Bd3 Qg4
28. Be3 b4 29. Nd1 Qxg3 30. Qxb4 Bg4 31. e5 f5 32. Qxd6 Bxd1 33. Bxf5 Rg8 34.
Bd2 Bg4 35. Qe7+ Rg7 36. Qg5 Qh2 37. Bxg4 Ne7 38. Qh5+ Qxh5 39. Bxh5 Rg2 40. Bb4
Nd5 41. Bf3 Rf2 42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Bc5 a6 44. b4 Kg6 45. a4 Kf5 46. b5 axb5 47.
axb5 Ke6 48. b6 Kd7 49. Kb3 Kc6 50. c4 dxc4+ 51. Kxc4 Rf4 52. e6 Re4 53. e7 Kd7
54. b7 Kc7 55. Bd6+ Kxb7 56. Be5 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. Nh4 Ne7 8. f4
exf4 9. O-O h6 10. b3 g5 11. Bb2 Rg8 12. Nf5 d5 13. Qh5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15.
Rfe1+ Ne3 16. Nf1 d4 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxg7
Kxg7 9. O-O Nc6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4+ Nf6 13. Qe3 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Nb5 Ra5 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. a4 e5 21.
b4 Raa8 22. Nb5 e4 23. Bg2 Rc4 24. Rfb1 Bc6 25. Na3 Rc3 26. a5 bxa5 27. b5 Bd5
28. b6 a4 29. Nb5 Rb3 30. Nc7 Rb8 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. g4 h6 33. h4 Nxg4 34. Rd6
R8xb6 35. Bf1 a3 36. h5 gxh5 37. e3 Ne5 38. Kh2 Rb2 39. Kg3 h4+ 40. Kf4 Ng6+ 41.
Kg4 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O e5 7. Nc3 Be6 8. d3
Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bc3 f6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Nd2 Be6 14. a5 Rab8 15.
Qa4 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Kf8 17. Kf1 Rc7 18. Nc4 Nd4 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Ra3 Nb5 21. Ra2
Be6 22. Raa1 Nd4 23. Nd2 Rbc8 24. e3 Nb3 25. Nxb3 Bxb3 26. Ke2 Bd6 27. Bd2 Ke7
28. Rc3 Be6 29. Rac1 c4 30. dxc4 Bxc4+ 31. Ke1 b5 32. axb6 axb6 33. Ra1 Bb4 34.
Rc2 Bxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Bb3 36. Rxc7+ Rxc7 37. Be4 h6 38. Ra6 b5 39. Rb6 Bc4 40. h4
Rd7+ 41. Ke1 Rd6 42. Bc6 Kd8 43. Ra6 Kc7 44. Bb7 Rxa6 45. Bxa6 Kb6 46. Bc8 Kc5
47. Kd2 Kb4 48. Bf5 Kb3 49. Kc1 Be2 50. Bc2+ Kc4 51. Kd2 Bf3 52. Bd3+ Kc5 53.
Kc3 b4+ 54. Kd2 Bd5 55. Ke2 Bc4 56. Kd2 Bxd3 57. Kxd3 Kd5 58. b3 e4+ 59. Ke2 h5
60. Kf1 Ke5 61. Kg2 Kf5 62. Kh3 g5 63. g4+ Kg6 64. Kg3 hxg4 65. Kxg4 f5+ 66. Kg3
Kh5 67. hxg5 Kxg5 68. f3 exf3 69. Kxf3 Kg6 70. Ke2 Kf6 71. Kd3 Ke5 72. Kc4 Ke4
73. Kxb4 Kxe3 74. Kc5 f4 75. b4 f3 76. b5 f2 77. b6 f1=Q 78. b7 Qf8+ 79. Kc6 Qb8 0-1

Posted: **Wed Jul 22, 2020 6:15 pm**

Anand making a decent fist of today's match so far, White in the fourth game having drawn the first three.

Posted: **Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:13 pm**

Jinxed!

Posted: **Wed Jul 22, 2020 8:12 pm**

Heh yes, sorry about that

Posted: **Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:47 pm**

TWIC Day 2 report

Round 3 pairings: Giri-Nepomniachtchi, Anand-Kramnik, Leko-Carlsen, Gelfand-Svidler, Ding Liren-Ivanchuk

Posted: **Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:40 am**

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. h4 f6 10. Rh3 fxe5 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Re3 d6 13. Qf3 e4 14. Qd1 d5 15.
Nc3 Bb7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bb5+ Bc6 20. Rxe4+ Be7 21.
Qd5 Rd8 22. Bxc6+ Kf8 23. Qc4 Bd6 24. Rd1 g6 25. Rd3 Kg7 26. Rf3 Qxb2 27. Rf7+
Kh6 28. g4 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Bb4 30. Rd4 Rhe8+ 31. Kf3 Qh1+ 32. Kg3 Qg1+ 33. Kh3 Re3+
34. fxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8. a4
Bb7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 c5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Qxb5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7
15. f3 O-O 16. Qa4 h6 17. Bh4 Nc5 18. Qxa8 Rxa8 19. Be2 g5 20. Bf2 Ra1+ 21. Nd1
Nd5 22. O-O Rb1 23. Bc4 Bf6 24. Ba2 Rc1 25. Ne2 Rc2 26. Nd4 Rc1 27. Nb3 Nxb3 28.
Bxb3 Ba6 29. Re1 Nb4 30. Nc3 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Nd3 32. Bd2 Nxb2 33. Ne4 Bg7 34. Bc3
Bxc3 35. Nxc3 Nd3 36. Bc2 Ne5 37. Kf2 Bd3 38. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 39. Ke2 Ne5 40. Ne4 Kg7
41. f4 gxf4 42. exf4 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d6 6. Re1 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O
9. a3 a6 10. h3 b5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Ne2 Qd7 14. Kh2 d5 15. Nc3 Rac8
16. Bg5 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 f5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 c4 21. Be3 c3 22.
Bxd4 exd4 23. b4 f4 24. Qd3 fxg3+ 25. fxg3 Rf2 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Re8 28. Be4
Be5 29. Qg2 Bd6 30. Re1 Qd8 31. Re2 Qg5 32. Qf3 h5 33. Kg2 h4 34. Bd3 Rxe2+ 35.
Bxe2 hxg3 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. Qxd4+ Qf6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Bg4 Ke5 40. Bc8 Kxd5 41.
Bxa6 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Ng3 Re8 11. d5 e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. f3 Nf6 15.
e4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Bg5 Be6 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Rfd1
Bb3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Bxc5 Nxc3 25. Bf1 a5 26. Bb6 Ra8 27. Rc1 Na2
28. Rc7 a4 29. Bd3 h6 30. Be4 Rb8 31. Ba5 g6 32. g4 Be6 33. Bc2 Nc1 34. Bxa4 Ra8
35. Rxc1 Rxa5 36. Bc6 Rxa3 37. Kf2 g5 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. h4 Ra5 40. Be4 Kf6 41. Rc6
Kg7 42. Rc1 Kf6 43. Rc6 Kg7 44. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Marini variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
g3 O-O 9. Bg2 f5 10. d3 Kh8 11. O-O Rb8 12. Bb2 Qe8 13. Nd2 b6 14. e3 Bb7 15.
Rae1 Na5 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. f4 exf4 18. exf4 Qh5 19. Nf3 Rbb8 20. c4 Rfe8 21. Qc3
Bf8 22. Kg2 c5 23. Ne5 Rbd8 24. h3 Kg8 25. Qc2 Qh6 26. Qa4 Rc8 27. Qd7 Qe6 28.
Qxa7 Red8 29. Qa6 Nc6 30. Qxb6 Rb8 31. Qxc6 Rxb2+ 32. Rf2 Qxc6+ 33. Nxc6 Rxf2+
34. Kxf2 Rxd3 35. Ra1 Rd6 36. Ne5 Ra6 37. a4 Bd6 38. Kf3 Kf8 39. g4 fxg4+ 40.
Nxg4 Kf7 41. Ke4 Bc7 42. Ne5+ Ke6 43. f5+ Ke7 44. a5 Kf6 45. Nd7+ Kf7 46. Rb1
Ke7 47. Nxc5 Rxa5 48. Nd3 g6 49. fxg6 hxg6 50. c5 Ke6 51. Rg1 Ra4+ 52. Ke3 Kf5
53. Rf1+ Ke6 54. Rg1 Kf5 55. Rb1 Re4+ 56. Kf3 Rh4 57. Rf1 Ke6 58. Kg2 g5 59.
Re1+ Kd7 60. Nf2 Kc6 61. Rc1 Rd4 62. Rc2 Ba5 63. Kf3 Rf4+ 64. Ke3 Rh4 65. Kf3
Bb4 66. Ne4 Rxh3+ 67. Kg2 g4 68. Nf2 Rc3 69. Rxc3 Bxc3 70. Nxg4 Kxc5 71. Nf6
Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8603677"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. Nf4 Nc5
9. h4 e5 10. dxe6 Nxe6 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bg2 Bxc4 14. Qa4 d5 15.
O-O Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qc2 Qe8 18. b3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Bxa1 20. Ba3 Bd4 21. Bxf8
Qxf8 22. Bxe4 Qd6 23. Rd1 Qxg3+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Bg2 Qxh4 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Qf3
Bg7 28. Qg3 Qe7 29. Re1 Qc5 30. Bc4 Rf8 31. Kg2 Bd4 32. f3 Kg7 33. Qh4 Bf6 34.
Qg4 Rd8 35. Qe6 Qg5+ 36. Qg4 h5 37. Qxg5 Bxg5 38. a4 Bf4 39. a5 Kf6 40. a6 Be5
41. Re3 Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rd4 43. Re1 g5 44. Re3 Rh4 45. Rd3 Rh2+ 46. Kg1 Rb2 47. Rd7
h4 48. Rh7 Kf5 49. Rf7+ Kg6 50. Re7 Kf5 51. Rf7+ Bf6 52. Rxc7 Bd4+ 53. Kf1 h3
54. Rh7 Rf2+ 55. Ke1 h2 56. Be2 Rg2 57. Kd2 Be5 58. f4 Kg6 59. Rh3 Bxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Seville variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1
cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Kg1 Rc8 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc1 Nc6 20. Nf4
Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Rd4 22. Bh6 Rxe4 23. Rf1 Re8 24. h3 Ne5 25. Kh2 Nf7 26. Bf4 Re2
27. a3 Re4 28. Bd2 Ne5 29. Bh6 Nf7 30. Bd2 Ne5 31. Bb4 Nc6 32. Bf8 Nd8 33. Bc5
b6 34. Bd6 Ne6 35. Rc1 Rd4 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Bb8 Rd7 38. Be5 Rd8 39. Rc6 Rd3 40.
Bb2 Ke7 41. Rc8 Rd2 42. Bc1 Rd8 43. Rc4 Rd5 44. Be3 Kd7 45. h4 Rd3 46. Bc1 Rd4
47. Rxd4+ Nxd4 48. Bb2 Ne2 49. g3 Ke6 50. Kg2 Kd5 51. Kf3 Nd4+ 52. Ke3 Ne6 53.
h5 a5 54. Kd3 Nc5+ 55. Ke3 Kc4 56. Bf6 b5 57. Kf4 b4 58. axb4 axb4 59. Ba1 b3
60. hxg6 hxg6 61. Kg5 Ne4+ 62. Kxg6 Nxg3 63. g5 Ne4 64. Kf5 Nxg5 65. Kxg5 b2 66.
Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. Be3
exd4 16. cxd4 Rfe8 17. Qd3 c5 18. Rad1 c4 19. Qc2 Ba5 20. Re2 b5 21. d5 Rac8 22.
Nd4 Ne5 23. Ndf5 h5 24. Bd4 g6 25. f4 gxf5 26. Nxf5 Nxe4 27. Nh6+ Kh7 28. fxe5
dxe5 29. Qxe4+ Kxh6 30. Bxe5 f5 31. Qf4+ Kh7 32. Rf1 Bc7 33. Rfe1 Bxe5 34. Rxe5
Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Rf8 36. Re6 Qg7 37. d6 Rf7 38. d7 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical defence, 4.c3"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Qxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6 14.
Ne5 Bd5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 Qxd4 17. b3 Qb6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Rfd8 20.
g3 g6 21. Re7 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qd6 24. Qe3 a5 25. Qe5 Qc6+ 26. Qe4
Qxe4+ 27. Rxe4 Rd8 28. Rc4 Rd2 29. a4 Rd3 30. Rxc7 Rxb3 31. Rc5 Ra3 32. Rxa5 h5
33. h4 Kg7 34. Ra6 Kf8 35. a5 Kg7 36. Ra8 Kf6 37. Ra6+ Kg7 38. Ra8 Kf6 39. Ra6+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Bxa3 11. Qxc3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. d5
e5 15. O-O a5 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. b3 Qb6 18. Ra2 Rfc8 19. e4 Rc5 20. Rfa1 Qd8 21. b4
axb4 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Qxb4 h6 24. Ra6 Nf6 25. Bf1 Kh7 26. Ra7 Rc8 27. Rxf7 Rb8
28. Qa3 Rb7 29. Rxb7 Bxb7 30. Nc4 Ne8 31. Qa7 Qc7 32. Na5 Bc8 33. Qxc7 Nxc7 34.
Nc4 Ne8 35. Nb6 Bg4 36. f3 Bh5 37. Nc8 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "8603677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Rd1
d4 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. d3 Bh4 13. Qf4 c5 14. Nd6 Be7 15. Nxb7
Qc7 16. Nd6 Nc6 17. Nc4 Ndxe5 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Bf4 Rad8 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Bf3 g5
22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Bxc6 Bf6 24. Re1 Qxc6 25. Nxe5 Qb7 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Nxf3 c4
28. dxc4 d3 29. cxd3 Rxd3 30. Rab1 a5 31. b3 Kg7 32. Red1 Rfd8 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34.
Rc1 Bd8 35. Kg1 Bc7 36. Kf1 e5 37. Ke2 e4 38. Nd2 f5 39. Rd1 Bb6 40. g4 Kf6 41.
gxf5 Kxf5 42. Nxe4 Rxd1 43. Ng3+ Kf4 44. Kxd1 Bxf2 45. Nh5+ Kg5 46. Ke2 Bb6 47.
Ng3 Kf4 48. Nh5+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. e3 Na5 8. Nd2
Bb4 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 b6
15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. Kf1 Kf8 21.
Ke2 Ke8 22. Rac1 Rd5 23. Nf3 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Ke7 25. g3 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Rd5 27. Rc4
Kf6 28. Ne1 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rc1 e5 31. Nd3 Bd6 32. f3 e4 33. fxe4 fxe4 34.
Nf2 Ke5 35. Rc8 f5 36. Re8+ Kf6 37. Rd8 Ke6 38. Re8+ Kf6 39. Rd8 Ke6 40. Re8+
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "703303"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Ng5
Qxg5 9. Nxd5 Qd8 10. Ne3 Rc8 11. b3 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 b5 14. Nd5 a6 15. e3
Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nb4 17. Be4 Nxa2 18. Ra1 Nb4 19. Bc3 a5 20. Qe2 Qb6 21. f4 Rfe8
22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. fxe5 g6 25. Qf3 f5 26. exd6 Re4 27. Qg2 Nd5 28.
d3 Nxc3 29. dxe4 Nxe4 30. g4 c4 31. gxf5 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
Bf8 9. a3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nxd5 13. h4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qd5
15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Rd1 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxa4 19. Bxb7 Bxd1 20. Bxa8 Bg4
21. Bc6 Rd8 22. f3 Be6 23. Bd4 a6 24. Kf2 g6 25. Rc1 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Ke2
a5 28. a4 Kh6 29. Rc5 Rb8 30. Kf2 Rxb2+ 31. Kg3 Rb6 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rb4
34. Rxa5 c5 35. Rxc5 Rxa4 36. e4 Kg7 37. Rc7 Ra5 38. Rd7 Rb5 39. Rc7 Ra5 40. Rd7
Rb5 41. Rc7 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 c6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bf4
g6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. g4 Be6 13. Bd3 Qxb3 14. Nxb3 a5 15.
Nd2 a4 16. a3 b5 17. f3 Nb6 18. Ke2 Ra7 19. Bc2 Rfa8 20. Rhc1 b4 21. axb4 Bxb4
22. Bd3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. e4 a3 25. bxa3 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. Ndb1 Rb3 28.
Bh6 Ne8 29. Rc2 f5 30. Bd2 fxe4 31. fxe4 h5 32. Ra2 hxg4 33. hxg4 Bxg4+ 34. Ke3
Bf8 35. Kf4 Be6 36. Kg5 Kf7 37. Kh4 Nd6 38. Ra7+ Rb7 39. Ra6 Nb5 40. d5 cxd5 41.
exd5 Bf5 42. Nxb5 Be7+ 43. Bg5 Bxg5+ 44. Kxg5 Rxb5 45. Ra7+ Ke8 46. Nc3 Rb3 47.
Ne2 Rb2 48. Nf4 c3 49. Rc7 c2 50. Nxg6 Kd8 51. d6 Bxg6 52. Kxg6 Rb6 53. Rxc2
Rxd6+ 54. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 O-O 8.
h4 c5 9. h5 Nc6 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Qe3 Qd6 13. Qg5 Qe6 14. Qh4 Rd8 15.
Bb5 Rd6 16. Ng5 Qxa2 17. Rb2 Qa1 18. O-O Ba6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. f4 Rf6 21. Nh7
Qd3 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Re3 Qc4 25. Qe1 Qe6 26. d3 Rd7 27. Rf2 Bf8
28. f5 Qd6 29. Rh3 Ne5 30. Bf4 g5 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Rc2 Bd6 33. Qe2 Kf8 34. Rh8+
Ke7 35. Qh5 Qg3 36. Rf2 Bf4 37. Qh6 Kd6 38. Rc8 Rc7 39. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "703303"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Nb8 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. d4 Bb6 15. Bd2
c5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. c4 Ba5 19. Re2 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qa5 21. Nf5 Rad8
22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd5 Nxe4 25. Qc2 Nf6 26. Nc3 a3 27. bxa3 Qxa3 28.
Rb1 Rd7 29. Rb6 Qa5 30. Rb5 Qc7 31. Na4 Qd8 32. Nxc5 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Ng4+ 34. Kg3
Qg5 35. Nd7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Be3 f6 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Kb1 Kb8 13. Ncd2 Bb6 14. Nc4
Bc5 15. g4 Bf7 16. Nfd2 Nf8 17. f4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Ng6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rdf1 Be6
21. Qg3 Rhf8 22. Ne3 Qc5 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Nf5 Bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 Qa5+ 26. Kb1 Qxd2
27. h4 Rf7 28. h5 Nf4 29. g5 a5 30. Ne3 Qb4 31. Nc4 a4 32. g6 hxg6 33. hxg6 Rf6
34. Rh8+ Ka7 35. Qg4 Nxg6 36. Re8 Qe1+ 37. Ka2 Rf1 38. Ka3 c5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 e5 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 b6 12. b3 a6 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. h3 Nf7 15. Qd2
c5 16. Nf3 h6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qc2 g5 19. Rcd1 Qe7 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Bd3 Nh5 22. g3
Rad8 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Nfd2 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Bc2 Qb7 27. f3 Rfd8 28. Bf2 e4
29. fxe4 e5 30. Nf3 Nxe4 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Be1 Rf6 33. Qd3 Rd6 34. Qe3 Rd8 35.
h4 g4 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Qxh6 Bd4+ 38. Kh2 Bg7 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Rd6 41. Qf5
Rf6 42. Qh5+ Rh6 43. Rxb7 Rxh5 44. Rb8+ Kh7 45. Rxb6 Ba8 46. Rxa6 Bb7 47. Ra7
Bc6 48. Ra6 Bb7 49. Ra7 Bc6 50. Ra6 Bb7 1/2-1/2

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