Candidates R14: Three decisive results

by ChessBase
4/27/2021 – Ding Liren, Kirill Alekseenko and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave finished the 2020-21 Candidates Tournament on a high note, scoring wins over Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri and Wang Hao respectively. Fabiano Caruana and Alexander Grischuk signed a draw. In his last interview of the event, Wang announced his retirement from professional chess. | Full report to follow shortly.
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Round 14

The eight-player Candidates tournament is one of the most prestigious global chess events, held every two years. The event will determine who will challenge the defender Magnus Carlsen for the title of the World Chess Champion. 

All the results from round 14:

Anish Giri 0-1 Kirill Alekseenko
Fabiano Caruana ½-½ Alexander Grischuk
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Wang Hao
Ding Liren 1-0 Ian Nepomniachtchi

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Replay the action of round 14 with live commentary:

Commentary by Sagar Shah, Amruta Mokal, Swapnil and Nihal

Final standings

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
TBPerf.
1
Ding,L
2791
4.5
7
0
½
1
1
½
1
½
3.00
2870
2
Giri,A
2776
4.0
7
1
1
½
0
½
0
1
3.00
2821
3
Caruana,F
2820
4.0
7
½
0
½
½
1
½
1
2.50
2814
4
Nepomniachtchi,I
2789
4.0
7
0
½
½
½
½
1
1
2.00
2819
5
Grischuk,A
2777
3.5
7
0
1
½
½
1
0
½
3.00
2770
6
Vachier-Lagrave,M
2758
3.5
7
½
½
0
½
0
1
1
1.50
2773
7
Alekseenko,K
2696
3.0
7
0
1
½
0
1
0
½
2.50
2732
8
Wang,H
2763
1.5
7
½
0
0
0
½
0
½
1.00
2542
TBs: Koya, Wins with black, Wins

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 h6 11.Bh4 dxe5 B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn. 12.fxe5 Nfd7 is currently scoring better than 12...g5. 13.Ne4! Qxa2 The position is equal. 14.Rd1 Qd5 15.Qe3 Qxe5 Avoid the trap 15...Nxe5? 16.Nb3+- 16.c3 Bc5 White must now prevent ...f5. 17.Bg3 Qd5
18.Bc4N Predecessor: 18.Bd6 Bxd6 19.Nb5 Qxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Be5 21.Nbd6+ Ke7 22.Nc4 Rd8 23.Kc2 Bc7 24.Be2 1-0 (37) Beveridge,C (1963)-Milde,L (2075) ICCF email 2013 18...Qxc4 19.Bd6
Threatens to win with Bxc5. 19...Nf6! 20.Nxc5 Nd5 21.Qe5
21...Rg8 22.Ndxe6! fxe6 23.Nxe6 Qxc3+ 24.Qxc3 Nxc3 25.Nc7+       Double Attack Kf7 26.Rd3 Ne4 And now ...Ra7 would win. 27.0-0+ Kg6 Strongly threatening ...Ra7. 28.Nxa8 Nc6 28...Rd8= remains equal. 29.Nb6 Bf5 29.Nb6± Rd8 30.Nxc8 Rxc8 31.Ba3 Rc7 32.Rf4 Nf6 33.Bb2 Ne7 34.Bxf6 gxf6       Endgame KRR-KRN 35.h4 h5 36.Rg3+       White has strong compensation. Kf7 37.Rg5 Rc1+ 38.Kh2 Ng6 39.Rf2 Nxh4 39...Kg7 40.Rxh5 Ne5 40.Rxh5 Ng6 41.Rh7+ Ke6 42.Rxb7 Rb6+ is the strong threat. Ne5 Threatening ...Ng4+. 43.Rb6+ Rc6 44.Rxc6+ Nxc6+- KR-KN 45.Kg3 Kf7 46.Rc2 Nb4 47.Rd2 Nc6 48.Kf4 Kg6 49.Rd6 Ne5 50.Rxa6 Nf7 51.Ke4 Nh6 52.Ra5 Nf7 53.Ra3 aiming for Rg3+. Nd6+ 54.Kf4 Nf5 55.Rd3 Nh6? 55...Ne7 56.Ra3 Nc6 57.Rg3+ Kf7 56.Rg3+ Kf7 57.Ke4 Ng8 58.Kf5? 58.Rb3 Ne7 59.Ra3 58...Ne7+ 59.Kf4 Nd5+ 60.Kg4 Kg6 61.Kf3+ Kf7 62.Ke4 Ne7? 62...Nc7 63.Rc3 Ne8 63.Kf4? 63.Rc3+- has better winning chances. Ke6 64.Ra3 63...Nd5+!± 64.Kf5 Ne7+ 65.Ke4? 65.Kg4 65...Ng8!+- 66.Rh3? 66.Ra3 Ne7 67.Ra7 66...Kg6 67.Ra3 Kf7? 67...Ne7 68.Rd3 Nc6 68.Kf4 Nh6 69.Rg3 Ng8
70.Kg4! Ne7 71.Kh5 Nd5 72.Rf3 Ke6 73.g4 Ke5 74.Kg6 Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.09 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Caruana,F2820Vachier-Lagrave,M27581–02021B97FIDE Candidates 20208.1
Wang,H2763Ding,L2791½–½2021C45FIDE Candidates 20208.2
Nepomniachtchi,I2789Giri,A2776½–½2021B33FIDE Candidates 20208.3
Alekseenko,K2696Grischuk,A27771–02021C11FIDE Candidates 20208.4
Alekseenko,K2696Caruana,F2820½–½2021C54FIDE Candidates 20209.1
Grischuk,A2777Nepomniachtchi,I2789½–½2021D85FIDE Candidates 20209.2
Giri,A2776Wang,H27631–02021E05FIDE Candidates 20209.3
Ding,L2791Vachier-Lagrave,M2758½–½2021E60FIDE Candidates 20209.4
Caruana,F2820Ding,L2791½–½2021C90FIDE Candidates 202010.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2758Giri,A2776½–½2021B33FIDE Candidates 202010.2
Wang,H2763Grischuk,A2777½–½2021C11FIDE Candidates 202010.3
Nepomniachtchi,I2789Alekseenko,K26961–02021A13FIDE Candidates 202010.4
Nepomniachtchi,I2789Caruana,F2820½–½2021C47FIDE Candidates 202011.1
Alekseenko,K2696Wang,H2763½–½2021C55FIDE Candidates 202011.2
Grischuk,A2777Vachier-Lagrave,M27581–02021B23FIDE Candidates 202011.3
Giri,A2776Ding,L27911–02021C85FIDE Candidates 202011.4
Caruana,F2820Giri,A27760–12021B45FIDE Candidates 202012.1
Ding,L2791Grischuk,A27771–02021D37FIDE Candidates 202012.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2758Alekseenko,K26961–02021B12FIDE Candidates 202012.3
Wang,H2763Nepomniachtchi,I27890–12021C01FIDE Candidates 202012.4
Wang,H2763Caruana,F28200–12021B22FIDE Candidates 202013.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2789Vachier-Lagrave,M2758½–½2021A50FIDE Candidates 202013.2
Alekseenko,K2696Ding,L27910–12021C54FIDE Candidates 202013.3
Grischuk,A2777Giri,A27761–02021E16FIDE Candidates 202013.4
Caruana,F2820Grischuk,A2777½–½2021B45FIDE Candidates 202014.1
Giri,A2776Alekseenko,K26960–12021E16FIDE Candidates 202014.2
Ding,L2791Nepomniachtchi,I27891–02021E60FIDE Candidates 202014.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2758Wang,H27631–02021C67FIDE Candidates 202014.4

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