[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3 c5 12. Rd1 Kc8 13. Nd5 a5 14. a4 Ne7 15.
c4 Bf5 16. Ra2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Be7 18. Nd2 Rd8 19. Nc4 b6 20. Re2 h5 21. f3 h4 22.
d6 Be6 23. Ree1 Bf8 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Bxh4 Kb7 26. dxc7 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Kxc7 28. Be1
Be7 29. g4 Kc6 30. h4 b5 31. axb5+ Kxb5 32. Nd6+ Bxd6 33. exd6 Bxb3 34. Rc1 Kc6
35. d7 a4 36. Bc3 f6 37. Bb4 c4 38. Kf2 Rd8 39. h5 Rxd7 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. Bf8 Rf7
42. Ba3 Rc7 43. Bb4 Rb7 44. Bf8 Ra7 45. Ba3 Rd7 46. Bf8 Ke6 47. Kf4 Kf7 48. Bc5
Rd3 49. Bb4 Kg8 50. Ke4 Kh7 51. f4 Rg3 52. Kf5 Rg2 53. g5 Bc2+ 54. Ke6 fxg5 55.
fxg5 Bd3 56. Be7 g6 57. h6 Re2+ 58. Kf7 Rf2+ 59. Bf6 a3 60. Re1 Re2 61. Rxe2
Bxe2 62. Kf8 a2 63. Be5 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13515110"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Qc2
Nxf4 9. exf4 Qd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bd3 g6 12. h4 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. O-O Bf5 15.
Qd2 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nd3 Qd7 19. Na4 Be4 20. Ndc5 Qh3 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Qc2 Qe6 23. Rac1 Rad8 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Qxa2 26. Qxc6 Qxb2 27. Qxf6
Qxd4 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc7 Rd3 30. Kg2 e3 31. Re2 a5 32. Rxa7 Rd2 33. Rxd2 exd2
34. Rd7 a4 35. Rxd2 Ra8 36. Kf3 a3 37. Ra2 Kf7 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. Kd4 Kf5 40. f3 h6
41. Kc4 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. fxg5 Kxg5 44. Kb4 Rb8+ 45. Kxa3 Rb1 46. Rc2 Rf1 47.
Rc3 Kf6 48. Kb3 Rg1 49. g4 Rf1 50. Kc2 Kg5 51. Rc5+ Kf4 52. Rf5+ Ke3 53. g5 Kd4
54. f4 Ke4 55. Rf6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nxc5 9. Qc2 Bg7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rd1 Qa4 14. b3
Qe4 15. Qe2 f5 16. Nd4 O-O 17. h3 f4 18. Nd2 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 20. N2f3 Rc3 21.
exf4 Nxf4 22. Rab1 a6 23. h4 Rd8 24. Kf1 Nd3 25. Ne2 Rcc8 26. Rd2 Bh6 27. Rdd1
Bf8 28. Ng3 Be7 29. h5 Kg7 30. Ne2 Bc5 31. Nfd4 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 e5 33. Kf3 Bxd4
34. Rd2 Bb6 35. Rbd1 f5 36. g4 fxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Kf6 38. Ng3 Rg8+ 39. Kh4 Bd4 40.
Rf1+ Ke6 41. Nf5 Bc5 42. h6 Rcf8 43. Ng7+ Ke7 44. Rfd1 Bd4 45. Rc2 Kd6 46. Rdc1
Rf6 47. Kh5 Rf3 48. Kg4 Rf4+ 49. Kh5 Kd5 50. Rc7 Rf2 51. Rd7+ Ke4 52. Re1+ Kf3
53. Kg5 Be3+ 54. Kf6 Bxh6 55. Nf5 Bf4 56. Rd3+ Kg2 57. Nh4+ Kh2 58. Nf3+ Rxf3
59. Rxf3 h5 60. Rd1 h4 61. Kf5 Rg5+ 62. Ke4 h3 63. Rc3 Rg3 64. Rc7 b5 65. a4
Rxb3 66. Rc2+ Kg3 67. Rg1+ Kh4 68. Rc8 Rg3 69. Rh8+ Kg4 70. Rg8+ Kh4 71. R1xg3
Bxg3 72. Kf5 Bf4 73. Rg4+ Kh5 74. Rg8 h2 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. f4 f6 15.
Nf3 e5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Qd6 18. Nf3 c5 19. Bd3 Qe7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5
Nxf3 22. gxf3 Bf5 23. d6 Qg7 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bd5 Ra7 27. Rhe1 b6
28. Bc6 Bd7 29. Re7+ Rf7 30. Bd5 Rxe7 31. dxe7 Be8 32. Re1 Kf6 33. Re6+ Kf5 34.
Rxb6 Rxe7 35. Be4+ Kf4 36. Rxa6 g5 37. Kd2 Rd7+ 38. Kc3 Rf7 39. Rh6 g4 40. fxg4
Kxe4 41. Re6+ Kd5 42. Rxe8 Rf3+ 43. Kd2 Rh3 44. Re2 Kd4 45. Kc2 c4 46. Rd2+ Kc5
47. Rf2 h6 48. a3 Rh4 49. Rf5+ Kd4 50. Rh5 Rxg4 51. Rxh6 Rg2+ 52. Kb1 c3 53.
Rh4+ Kc5 54. bxc3 Kb5 55. Rb4+ 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8.
Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. O-O a5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. a4 Nb8 13. f3 Na6 14. Bf2 Nb4 15.
Bb1 b6 16. Ng3 Ra7 17. h3 Bd6 18. Qd2 Bb8 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Nce2 Rae7 21. Rc3 Nd7
22. e4 c5 23. Nh5 dxe4 24. fxe4 Ba2 25. Bxa2 Nxa2 26. Ra3 Nb4 27. Neg3 Qc7 28.
Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30. Rg3+ Qxg3 31. Bxg3 Bxg3 32. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13515110"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nf3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Rad1 d4 14. Na4 Qb5 15.
Bxb4 axb4 16. b3 Bf5 17. Qb2 Rfe8 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rxe2 20. Rc1 Rae8 21.
Rc5 Qd7 22. Qxb4 Rxa2 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxb7 Be6 25. Nc3 Rb2 26. Rb5 Rxb3 27.
Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "6.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 g6 8. h3 Bg7
9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. a5 Ne5 15. Be2
f5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 b5 18. Bh6 Nd3 19. f4 fxe4 20. Ndxe4 Bf5 21. Bxg7 Qxg7
22. Nxd6 Bg6 23. Qg4 Qd4+ 24. Kh2 Nxf4 25. Rae1 Nd3 26. Re4 Qg7 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28.
Rxf5 Qxg4 29. Rxg4+ Kh8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Ne4 c4 32. d6 Rd8 33. Nf6 Ne5 34. Rg3
Ng6 35. Ne4 Kg7 36. Rg5 Kf7 37. Rh5 Ke6 38. Nc5+ Kf6 39. Ne4+ Kg7 40. Rc5 Nf4
41. Rc6 Kf7 42. Rxa6 Ke6 43. Rb6 Ke5 44. Ng5 Rd7 45. Rxb5+ Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. a4 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Bd2 Bf8 15. Ne3 c4
16. axb5 axb5 17. Qe2 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc7 19. b4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. Qe2 Rxa1
22. Rxa1 d5 23. exd5 e4 24. Nd4 Nxd5 25. Ra5 e3 26. Rxd5 exd2 27. Qxd2 Bc8 28.
h3 g6 29. Ba4 Re4 30. Nf3 Kh7 31. Bc2 Re8 32. h4 Be6 33. Ra5 Rd8 34. Qe3 Bg7 35.
Ra7 Qb8 36. g3 Bd5 37. Re7 Qd6 38. Nh2 Be6 39. Ra7 Qd2 40. Bxg6+ Kxg6 41. Qe4+
Kh5 42. g4+ Kxh4 43. Nf3+ 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 f6 9. c4 Ba6 10. Rh3 Nb6 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. Ra3 Bb7 13. Nf3 Qb4+ 14. Kd1 d5
15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Kc2 Rhe8 17. Be3 c5 18. Rd1 Re4 19. Rc3 Qa4+ 20. Kb1 Nxc4 21.
b3 Na3+ 22. Kb2 Qa5 23. Qd2 Rde8 24. Bd3 Rb4 25. Bxh7 Nb5 26. Rxc5 Qa3+ 27. Kb1
Rxb3+ 28. axb3 Qxb3+ 29. Kc1 Qa3+ 30. Qb2 Bxc5 31. Qxa3 Bxa3+ 32. Kc2 Bc6 33. h5
a5 34. Bf5+ Kb7 35. Bd7 Re4 36. Bxc6+ Kxc6 37. Rd8 Bc5 38. Bd2 a4 39. Rg8 Re7
40. Ne1 Bxf2 41. Nd3 Bc5 42. g4 Bd6 43. Nb4+ Bxb4 44. Bxb4 Nd6 45. Kd3 Kd5 46.
Ra8 c5 47. Ra5 Nb7 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13515110"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nbd2 Qd6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Kh1 Rhg8 11. Qe2 Rg7 12. Nc4 Qd7 13. Ne3 Rdg8 14. Nh4
Rg5 15. c3 a6 16. b4 Ba7 17. Rad1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Kb8 19. Rd2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
d4 e4 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. f3 Qg6 24. g3 Qh5 25. Kg1 Qh3 26. Rg2 exf3 27. Rxf3 f5
28. Rf4 Qh5 29. Qf3 Qg6 30. Rf2 Rf8 31. Kg2 h5 32. a4 Qg8 33. a5 Qg6 34. d5 cxd5
35. Qxd5 Qf6 36. h4 Rgg8 37. Rxf5 Rd8 38. Qxb7+ Kxb7 39. Rxf6 Rd3 40. R6f3 Rd1
41. Rf5 Rd3 42. R2f3 Rd2+ 43. Kh3 Rh8 44. Rc5 Rd7 45. Rff5 Rdh7 46. c4 Kb8 47.
b5 axb5 48. cxb5 Kb7 49. a6+ Kb8 50. Rc6 Ka7 51. Rfc5 Kb8 52. Rf6 Rg8 53. Rg5
Rd8 54. Rfg6 Ka7 55. Rg7 Rxg7 56. Rxg7 Kb6 57. Rg5 Rh8 58. g4 hxg4+ 59. Kxg4 c6
60. bxc6 Kxa6 61. h5 Kb6 62. Rg6 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. a3 e5 7. b4 a5 8. Nd2
axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Qxa1 Nxb4 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qa8+ Ke7 14. Qa5
Na6 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Qa2 Qxc5 17. O-O Bg7 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Nf5+ Ke8
21. c3 Qc6 22. h3 b5 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Ng3 Na4 25. Ne2 Be7 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. Qb1 Kg8
28. Nf1 Ba3 29. Rc2 Kh8 30. Nfg3 Rg8 31. Qb3 Be7 32. Rd2 Rd8 33. Rd1 Qc4 34. Qb1
Nc5 35. Rd2 Na4 36. Rd1 Nc5 37. Kh1 Ne4 38. Nxe4 Qxe2 39. Rd2 Qc4 40. Ng3 Qxc3
41. Ra2 Qc5 42. Rc2 Qb6 43. Qc1 b4 44. Rc6 Qb5 45. Rc7 Qe8 46. Qc2 Bd6 47. Ra7
Ra8 48. Rxa8 Qxa8 49. Qb3 Qc6 50. Nf5 Kg8 51. e4 dxe4 52. Qg3+ Kf8 53. Qe3 Bc5
54. Qd2 Ke8 55. Ng7+ Kf8 56. Qh6 Ke7 57. Nf5+ Kd7 58. Qxh7 Qd5 59. Ng3 Bxf2 60.
Qf5+ Kc6 61. Qxf6+ Kb5 62. Qxf2 b3 63. Qb2 e3 64. Ne2 Kb4 65. Qc3+ Ka3 66. Qa1+
Kb4 67. Qc3+ Ka3 68. Qa1+ Kb4 69. Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. c4
Ng6 16. g3 Ngf4 17. gxf4 Rg6+ 18. Kh2 Nxf4 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. Ng1 Rxg1 21. Kxg1
Qxh3 22. c5 h5 23. Re2 Re8 24. Qf1 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Re6 26. Ng2 Rg6 27. Qf1 h4 28.
Rc1 a5 29. Bc3 Qg4 30. Kh2 h3 31. Ne3 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kh1
dxc5 35. bxc5 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 Bxc5 37. Qh1 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

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 b5
9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nf1 Bc4 15. Qd1
Rd8 16. Ne3 Nf6 17. Bd2 Bd3 18. Nd5 Bxc2 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxc2 Qe6 21. Be3 Be7
22. b4 a5 23. a4 axb4 24. axb5 b3 25. Qb2 Na5 26. Ra4 Nb7 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Nd2
Nd6 29. Rb1 Nxb5 30. Qxb3 Qxb3 31. Rxb3 Nd6 32. Kf1 f6 33. Bc5 Nc4 34. Nxc4 Bxc5
35. Rb5 Bf8 36. Ra5 Rxa5 37. Nxa5 Kf7 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd3 Kd7 40. Kc4 c6 41. Nb7
Ba3 42. Nc5+ Kd6 43. Nd3 h5 44. g3 Kc7 45. f4 Bd6 46. f5 Kb6 47. Ne1 Bc5 48. Nf3
Bf2 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Be3 51. Nh4 Bc5 52. Ng6 Bd6 53. Nh8 Be7 54. Nf7 Kc7 55.
g5 Kb6 56. g6 Kc7 57. Nh6 Kb6 58. Ng4 Bf8 59. Nf2 Bc5 60. Nh1 Bd6 61. Ng3 Bf8
62. Ne2 Ba3 63. Ng1 Bc5 64. Nf3 Be7 65. Nd2 Bf8 66. Kb3 Kb5 67. Nf3 Be7 68. Nh2
Bc5 69. Ng4 Bf8 70. c4+ Kc5 71. Kc3 Be7 72. Nf2 Kb6 73. Nd3 Bd6 74. Kb3 Be7 75.
Nb2 Kc5 76. Kc3 Kb6 77. Na4+ Ka5 78. Kb3 Bf8 79. Nb2 Kb6 80. Nd3 Bd6 81. Nf2 Kc5
82. Kc3 Kb6 83. Ng4 Bf8 84. Kd2 Kc5 85. Kd3 Kb4 86. Ne3 Bc5 87. Nc2+ Kb3 88. Ne1
Kb4 89. Nf3 Be7 90. Ng1 Bc5 91. Ne2 Be7 92. Ng3 Bf8 93. Nh5 Kb3 94. Ng3 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13515110"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxc4
Bc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. a3 a5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15.
Nxa5 Nxa5 16. b4 e5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. bxc5 Ba4 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Damiano variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qxe5 9. Qxe5+ Nxe5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Kd8 13. f4 Ng4 14.
Bc4 Bd7 15. Nc3 f5 16. Bd5 c6 17. Bf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nh4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bg2 c6 8. e4 e6
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e5 Nfd7 11. exd6 Nf6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Ne4 Bxd6 14. O-O Bc7 15. c4
O-O 16. Qg4 Nd7 17. Be3 a5 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 a4 20. Kh2 Ra5 21. h4 Qe7 22.
Rad1 Nb6 23. Qe2 Qb4 24. Rc1 Rf5 25. Rfd1 Qd6 26. Bf2 Nc8 27. Be4 Ra5 28. Be1
Ra8 29. Rd3 Ne7 30. Bd2 Rad8 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Bf4 Qd7 34. Bxc7 Qxc7
35. Rcd1 Rfe8 36. Re3 Qd7 37. d5 f4 38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Qf3 Qf5 40. Rd3 cxd5 41.
cxd5 Qe5 42. Rd2 fxg3 43. d6 Qe1 44. Qd1 Qe4+ 45. Kxg3 Qf5 46. Qf3 Qc5 47. d7
Rd8 48. Qd5 Qg1+ 49. Kh3 Kh7 50. Qf3 Qe1 51. Qd3 Qh1+ 52. Kg3 b5 53. Qe3 b4 54.
Qf2 Qc1 55. Qd4 Qb1 56. Qxb4 Qe1+ 57. Kf3 Rxd7 58. Rd4 Qf1+ 59. Ke3 Qg1+ 60. Kd3
Qg3+ 61. Ke2 Rc7 62. Rc4 Qg2+ 63. Kd3 Qf1+ 64. Kc3 Qe1+ 65. Kd4 Qxh4+ 66. Kd3
Qg3+ 67. Ke2 Qg2+ 68. Kd3 Rd7+ 69. Rd4 Qf3+ 70. Kd2 Qf2+ 71. Kd3 Qg3+ 72. Ke2
Qe5+ 73. Kd3 Qf5+ 74. Ke2 Qc2+ 75. Ke3 Qc1+ 76. Ke2 Rxd4 77. Qxd4 Qxg5 78. Qxa4
Qg2+ 79. Ke3 Qg3+ 80. Ke2 g5 81. Qe4+ g6 82. a4 Qh2+ 83. Kd3 Qxb2 84. Qd5 Qa3+
85. Ke2 Qb2+ 86. Kd3 Qa3+ 87. Ke2 Qe7+ 88. Kf1 g4 89. a5 Kh6 90. a6 Qf6+ 91. Kg2
Qxa6 92. Qxf7 Qe2+ 93. Kg1 Qe3+ 94. Kg2 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "four knights (Tarrasch) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 O-O 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Nd5 Bf8 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
c3 Be6 16. Ra6 Ne7 17. d4 Ng6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Re1 Qc8 20. Qa1 exd4 21. Nxd4 c5
22. Nf3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qb1 d5 25. e5 Qc6 26. b4 d4 27. bxc5 dxc3 28. Bxc3
Bxc5 29. e6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Qxb5 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Damiano variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. f4 dxe5 7. fxe5 f5 8.
Qe3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Kd1 Be6 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bb5 g5 13. d3 h6 14. h4 Rg8 15.
hxg5 hxg5 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qf3 O-O-O 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qf2 c5 20. b4 c4 21. Qxa7
Qc6 22. b5 Qxg2 23. Rh7 Qb7 24. Qa6 Qxa6 25. bxa6 Bc5 26. Nb5 Rd7 27. Rh6 Bd5
28. Bb4 Bxb4 29. axb4 cxd3 30. cxd3 Kb8 31. Ke2 g4 32. Ke3 g3 33. Rg1 g2 34. Kf4
Re7 35. Kxf5 Rf7+ 36. Rf6 Rh7 37. e6 Re8 38. Rg6 Bxe6+ 39. Rxe6 Rh5+ 40. Kg4
Reh8 41. a7+ Kb7 42. a8=Q+ Kxa8 43. Nxc7+ Kb7 44. Na6 Rh1 45. Nc5+ Kc7 46. Ree1
Rg8+ 47. Kf3 Rh3+ 48. Ke2 Kc6 49. Kd2 Kb5 50. Kc3 Rh4 51. Ne4 Rh3 52. Re2 Ra8
53. Nd6+ Kc6 54. Nc4 Rd8 55. Ne5+ Kb5 56. Rgxg2 Rc8+ 57. Kb3 Rc1 58. Ra2 Rb1+
59. Rgb2 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 h6 4. Nbd2 Nh5 5. Bg3 Nxg3 6. hxg3 d5 7. e4 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. exd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Rh5 Bxb5 14.
Qxb5+ Kf8 15. O-O-O g6 16. Re5 a6 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Nc4 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qf4
Kg7 21. Ne3 Rc8 22. Nxd5 Re8 23. Nh4 Re1 24. Qd2 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qd7 26. b4 Ne4
27. f3 Nxg3 28. Nxg6 Ne2+ 29. Qxe2 Qxd5 30. Ne7 Re8 31. Qe3 Qe5 32. Qxe5 fxe5
33. Nf5+ Kg6 34. Nd6 Re6 35. Ne4 Kf5 36. g3 h5 37. Kd2 Rh6 38. Ke3 h4 39. gxh4
Rxh4 40. a4 Ke6 41. c4 Kd7 42. Nf6+ Kc7 43. Ng4 Kd6 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. a5 Rh1 46.
Nf2 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Rb1 48. Kc3 Rf1 49. Ne4 Rxf3+ 50. Kc2 Kd7 51. Kd2 Kc6 52. Nc5
Rh3 53. Nd3 Kd6 54. Kc2 Rh2+ 55. Kc3 Rh3 56. Kc2 Rh2+ 57. Kc3 Rh3 58. Kc2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

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 b5
9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nf1 Bc4 15. Qd1
Rd8 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Bd2 Be6 18. b3 f6 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. Red1 Rd7 21. c4 bxc4 22.
bxc4 Bc5 23. Nd5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rab1 Qf8 26. a4 Rad8 27. Bb4 Bc5 28. a5
Nxd5 29. cxd5 Bf7 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Ba4 Rd6 32. Qe1 f5 33. Rdc1 Qa7 34. exf5 Qd4
35. Rb4 Qxd5 36. Rxc7 Qxa5 37. Rxf7 Qxa4 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Rxa4 Rd1 40. Qxd1
Rxd1+ 41. Kh2 Kxg7 42. Rxa6 e4 43. g4 h5 44. Re6 Re1 45. Kg3 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rfd8
15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 exd4 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Be6
21. f4 Kh8 22. Qc2 Qe7 23. Bc4 b6 24. a4 Kg7 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. a5 Qc6 27. f5 Rd7
28. axb6 axb6 29. Qc4 Qc7 30. h3 Rd6 31. Rf3 Qe7 32. Rbf1 g5 33. Re1 g4 34. Rg3
Qh4 35. Qd3 h5 36. e5 Bxe5 37. f6+ Qxf6 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qd2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8
15. a4 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne5 Bd4 19. Nd3 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 g6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rc1 Kg7 24. Kf3 Rd8 25. Rc7 Rd5 26. b3 h6 27. h3
g5 28. e4 Rd6 29. Rb7 Bc3 30. Nc5 gxf4 31. Kxf4 b4 32. Rd7 Rb6 33. e5 Kg6 34.
Rd3 f6 35. exf6 Bxf6 36. Ne4 Rb5 37. Kg4 Rf5 38. Kg3 Be5+ 39. Kg2 Rf4 40. Nc5
Bd4 41. Rg3+ Kf6 42. Nd3 Rf5 43. Rg4 Bc3 44. Nxb4 Rb5 45. Nc2 Rxb3 46. Rg3 h5
47. Nd4 Rb4 48. Rf3+ Kg6 49. Nxe6 Be5 50. Nf8+ Kg7 51. Rf5 Bd6 52. Ne6+ Kg6 53.
Rd5 Rb6 54. Nd4 Be7 55. Ne2 Bd6 56. Kf3 Rb3+ 57. Kg2 Bb8 58. Rc5 Rb2 59. Rc6+
Kf7 60. Nd4 Be5 61. Nf3 Bf6 62. Rc5 Kg6 63. Rd5 Ra2 64. Nd2 Ra4 65. Rd6 Kf7 66.
Nf1 Ra2 67. Rd5 Bh4 68. Nd2 Ke6 69. Rd3 Kf7 70. Ne4 Be7 71. Rd5 Kg6 72. Re5 Bh4
73. Rd5 Re2 74. Kf3 Ra2 75. Rc5 Ra3+ 76. Kg2 Ra2 77. Rc3 Rb2 78. Kf3 Ra2 79. Ke3
Ra1 80. Rc6+ Kg7 81. Kf4 Ra2 82. Ke3 Ra3+ 83. Rc3 Ra1 84. f4 Rh1 85. Rc7+ Kg6
86. Rc6+ Kg7 87. f5 Rxh3+ 88. Kf4 Ra3 89. Rg6+ Kh7 90. Rg1 Ra6 91. Rh1 Bd8 92.
Rxh5+ Rh6 93. Ng5+ Bxg5+ 94. Kxg5 Rxh5+ 95. Kxh5 Kg7 96. Kg5 Kf7 97. f6 Kf8 98.
Kg6 Kg8 99. f7+ Kf8 100. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "13515110"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. h3
Ng6 9. Re1 c6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bc7 13. a4 a5 14. Nf1 d5 15. Bg5
exd4 16. Qxd4 dxe4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bxe4 Be6 20. Ne3 Rad8 21. Nd4
Bb6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Nc4 Bc7 24. Bc2 Kf7 25. Ra3 f5 26. Rb3 Rb8 27. g3 Kf6 28.
Rd1 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Kg2 Bc7 31. Rd7 Re7 32. Rd4 Be5 33. Rh4 Rd8 34. g4 Rd2
35. Bb1 Rd1 36. Bc2 Rd2 37. Bb1 Rd1 38. Bc2 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 Nc6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
Nf3 Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Rc1 Be7 12. a3 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne2 Nf6
15. Ne5 c6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Qd1 f6 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. h4 e5 20. h5 Ne7 21. Ng3 Qc7
22. dxe5 fxe5 23. e4 Rf4 24. Re1 Rbf8 25. Rc2 Qd6 26. Rd2 c5 27. Nh2 Nc6 28. Ng4
Nd4 29. Ne3 dxe4 30. dxe4 Nf6 31. Nef5 Qe6 32. b4 b6 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. Rb2 Nxf5
35. exf5 Qe7 36. Qe2 Re8 37. Qa6 c4 38. Qc6 Qxa3 39. Rb7 Qa5 40. Rf1 Qd5 41. Qc7
Rg4 42. Rbb1 Nxh5 43. Rfd1 Qa8 44. Rb7 Nf6 45. Rd6 Qc8 46. Qf7+ Kh8 47. Rxf6
Qxb7 48. Qxb7 gxf6 49. Qf7 Rc8 50. Qxf6+ Kh7 51. Qe6 Rgg8 52. Ne4 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical (two knights) system"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 c6 11. a4 Qe7 12. b3 Rd8 13. Ba3 Rxd1 14. Bxe7 Rd7 15.
Ba3 b6 16. Rad1 a6 17. f4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nd7 19. f5 Ra7 20. g4 b5 21. Be2 Bf8 22.
Bxf8 Kxf8 23. f6 g5 24. h4 h6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rd6 Rc7 27. Na2 Ke8 28. axb5
axb5 29. Nb4 Nb8 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Bxg4 32. Rd2 Nd7 33. Rd6 Nb8 34. Rd2 Be6
35. Rg2 Bxc4 36. bxc4 Kd7 37. Rxg5 Ke6 38. Nd3 Nd7 39. Rh5 Ra7 40. Kf2 Ra3 41.
Ke3 Rc3 42. Kd2 Rxc4 43. Rh8 Rxe4 44. Rc8 Kxf6 45. Rxc6+ Ke7 46. Rc7 Rd4 47. Ke3
f6 48. Ra7 Ke6 49. Ra6+ Rd6 50. Ra5 Kf5 51. Rb5 Nb6 52. Nc5 Rd5 53. Rxb6 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qd7 7. c3 f6 8. O-O
fxe5 9. dxe5 a5 10. Re1 Bc5 11. Nbd2 a4 12. b4 axb3 13. Nxb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. Rxe3 b6 16. Ng5 Nge7 17. Nxh7 Nf5 18. Rh3 Kd8 19. a4 Nxe5 20. Qe2 Ng6 21.
Qg4 Ne5 22. Qf4 Nf7 23. a5 Kc8 24. Re1 bxa5 25. Qd2 e5 26. Ra1 Qb5 27. Qc2 N7d6
28. Nd2 a4 29. g4 Ne7 30. Nf3 Nc4 31. Nfg5 a3 32. Nf7 Re8 33. Nhg5 Qb2 34. Qd1
a2 35. Ne6 Qb6 36. Nfg5 e4 37. Kg2 Ra5 38. Nxg7 Rf8 39. Qe2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13515110"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. Na3 Nxa2 11. O-O Bxa3 12. bxa3 Nxc1 13. Rfxc1 O-O 14.
Rc7 Bd5 15. Rac1 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rd2 18. Rxb7 Rxe2 19. Nd7 Nxd7 20.
Rxd7 h5 21. Rxa7 g6 22. a4 Ra2 23. a5 Kg7 24. h4 Ra3 25. Rcc7 Ra1 26. a6 Ra2 27.
Rc4 Ra3 28. Rf4 Ra2 29. Kf3 Kh6 30. Rf6 Kg7 31. Re6 Ra3+ 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Ree7
Rf8 34. Re3 Ra2 35. Rf3 Kh6 36. Rf4 Kg7 37. Rc4 Ra5 38. Rcc7 Ra3 39. Kf1 Ra2 40.
Kg2 Ra3 41. Rc6 Rd8 42. Rcc7 Rf8 43. Rd7 Ra5 44. Rd4 Ra2 45. Kf3 Ra3+ 46. Kf4
Rc8 47. g4 Rc6 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Rd5 Rf6+ 50. Ke4 Ra4+ 51. Ke3 Rxh4 52. Ra8 Rh3+
53. Ke2 Rh2 54. Rg5+ Kh6 55. Rg3 Rhxf2+ 56. Ke3 Kh7 57. Rag8 Ra2 58. R3g7+ Kh6
59. Rg1 Rg6 60. R1xg6+ fxg6 61. Ra8 Kg5 62. a7 h4 63. Kf3 Ra3+ 64. Kg2 Ra1 65.
Kh2 Ra2+ 66. Kh3 Ra4 67. Kg2 Ra3 68. Kh2 Ra2+ 69. Kh3 Ra4 70. Kg2 Ra3 71. Kh2
Ra2+ 72. Kh3 Ra6 73. Kg2 Ra2+ 74. Kh3 Ra3+ 75. Kg2 h3+ 76. Kh2 Kg4 77. Rg8 Ra2+
78. Kh1 Ra1+ 79. Kh2 Ra2+ 80. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. c3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Ne7
9. b4 Ba7 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Ng6 12. Na3 Be6 13. d4 Re8 14. Bb2 h6 15. h3 Nh7 16.
Qd3 c6 17. Nc2 Nf6 18. Nd2 d5 19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4
c5 23. e5 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Nb6 Rab8 26. exf6 Red8 27. fxg7 d3 28. Rad1 d2
29. Re3 Rd6 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd2 Rbd8 32. Red3 Ne7 33. f4 Kxg7 34. b6 R6d7 35.
g4 Kf8 36. f5 f6 37. Kh2 Ke8 38. Bf1 Bc6 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40. Re2 Kf8 41. Kg3 Bxa4
42. Ra2 Rd4 43. Ra3 Rb4 44. Kh4 Nxf5+ 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O h6 8. b4
e4 9. Ne1 Bxb4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. Rb1 Ba5 13. e3 Re8 14. Bg2 Ne5 15.
d4 c5 16. Bb2 Nc4 17. Nd3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nd2 19. Rb5 Nxf1 20. Rd5 Qc7 21. Bxf1
Be6 22. Be5 Qb6 23. Rd6 Qb5 24. Qa1 f6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qxf6 Qf5 27. Qxh6 Bc3
28. e4 Qf6 29. Qxf6 Bxf6 30. Nf4 Bxa2 31. Rxf6 a5 32. Rg6+ Kf8 33. h4 a4 34. h5
Bf7 35. Rf6 Kg7 36. Rb6 Re7 37. h6+ Kh8 38. Bc4 a3 39. Ba2 Bxa2 40. Ng6+ Kh7 41.
Nxe7 Bf7 42. Rf6 a2 43. Rxf7+ Kxh6 44. Nf5+ Kg6 45. Rxb7 a1=Q+ 46. Kg2 Re8 47.
Rb6+ Kh7 48. f3 Qa7 49. Rh6+ Kg8 50. Kh3 Rf8 51. Kg4 Qd7 52. Rd6 Qc7 53. Rg6+
Kh7 54. Rh6+ Kg8 55. f4 Qb7 56. Re6 Qd7 57. Re7 Qd1+ 58. Kg5 Qd8 59. Kg6 Qb6+
60. Kh5 Rf7 61. Re5 Kh7 62. g4 Qg6+ 63. Kh4 Qb6 64. Rd5 Qf2+ 65. Kg5 Qb6 66. Rd3
Qf6+ 67. Kh5 Qg6+ 68. Kh4 Qb6 69. e5 Rc7 70. Rd6 Rc6 71. Rd7+ Kh8 72. Kg5 Rg6+
73. Kh5 Rxg4 74. Kxg4 Qg6+ 75. Kf3 Qc6+ 76. Kg4 Qxd7 77. Kg5 Kh7 78. Nd6 Qe7+
79. Kf5 Kg7 80. Ke4 Qd7 81. f5 Qc6+ 82. Kf4 Qg2 83. Ke3 Qd5 84. Kf4 Qd4+ 85. Ne4
Kf7 86. e6+ Ke7 87. Kf3 Qe5 88. Ng3 Qxf5+ 89. Nxf5+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Konstantinopolsky opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "13515110"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nd2 f5 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15.
Ne4 Qd7 16. Qh5 Be7 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. hxg4 Nd8 20. Re1 Bd6 21. Ne4
Be7 22. Ng5 Bd6 23. Nf3 Nf7 24. Nh4 c6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Be4 Bc5 27. Kg2 Nd6 28.
f3 Kf7 29. Bd2 Rh8 30. Re2 Rh7 31. Be1 Re8 32. Bg3 Bb6 33. a4 Re6 34. c4 Bd4 35.
Rb3 Rh8 36. Re1 Rd8 37. a5 a6 38. f4 exf4 39. Bxf4 Nxe4 40. Rxb7+ Kf6 41. Rxe4
Rxe4 42. dxe4 g5 43. Bc7 Re8 44. Kf3 Rh8 45. Bg3 Be5 46. Kg2 Bxg3 47. Kxg3 Re8
48. Kf3 Rh8 49. Ke3 c5 50. Rc7 Rh3+ 51. Kd2 Rh2+ 52. Kc3 Rh3+ 53. Kb2 Rg3 54.
Rc6+ Ke5 55. Rxa6 Rxg4 56. Ra8 Kd6 57. e5+ Kc6 58. e6 Re4 59. Ra7 g6 60. e7 g4
61. Kb3 g3 62. Ra6+ Kb7 63. Rxg6 Rxe7 64. Rxg3 Re1 65. Ka4 Ra1+ 66. Kb5 Rb1+ 67.
Kxc5 Ka6 68. Rg6+ Kxa5 69. Rg3 Ka4 70. Rg8 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4
f5 16. Ng3 Nb6 17. Re1 Qd5 18. Ra1 Rae8 19. Rc1 h6 20. c4 Qxd3 21. cxb5 Qxb5 22.
Qb3+ Kh7 23. Qb1 g6 24. Qc2 Rf6 25. Bc3 Bd6 26. h4 Qc4 27. h5 Rg8 28. Ba1 Qxc2
29. Rxc2 Nd4 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Bxd4 Rf7 32. Bxb6 cxb6 33. Re6 Bxg3 34. Rcc6 gxh5
35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. fxg3 Kf8 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rcc6 Kf8 39. Kh2 f4 40. Rxb6 Rxg3
41. Rxa6 Kg7 42. Rxh5 Rd7 43. Rc5 Rg4 44. Rc4 Rh4+ 45. Kg1 Rg4 46. Kf2 Kh7 47.
Re6 Rdg7 48. Kf1 Rxg2 49. Rxf4 Ra2 50. Re3 Rc7 51. Rf2 Ra1+ 52. Kg2 Kg6 53. Rg3+
Kh5 54. Kh2 Rc4 55. Rh3+ Kg5 56. Rg3+ Kh5 57. Kg2 Rcc1 58. Re3 Kg4 59. Re4+ Kg5
60. Re3 Kg4 61. Rg3+ Kh5 62. Rd3 Kg4 63. Rd4+ Kg5 64. Rd3 Kg4 65. Re2 Kf4 66.
Rd4+ Kf5 67. Rd3 Kf4 68. Rf3+ Kg4 69. Re4+ Kg5 70. Rd3 Kf5 71. Re2 Kf4 72. Rf2+
Kg4 73. Rfd2 Kf4 74. Rd4+ Ke5 75. Rd5+ Ke4 76. R2d4+ Ke3 77. Rd3+ Ke4 78. R5d4+
Ke5 79. Rh4 Rg1+ 80. Kf2 Rgf1+ 81. Ke2 Rfe1+ 82. Kd2 Red1+ 83. Ke2 Rg1 84. Rh5+
Ke4 85. Re3+ Kd4 86. Rh4+ Kd5 87. Rh5+ Kd4 88. Rh4+ Kd5 89. Rc3 Rge1+ 90. Kf2
Rf1+ 91. Kg3 Rg1+ 92. Kh3 Rh1+ 93. Kg4 Rhg1+ 94. Kf5 Rg8 95. Rc5+ Kd6 96. Rd4+
Ke7 97. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "symmetrical (Austrian) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8.
e4 Nc6 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Rd8 13. Bf3 e4 14. Re1 Bb4
15. Bd2 O-O 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Bxe4 Nbxd5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Bb1 Nc3 20. Qf3 Nxb1
21. Rxb1 a5 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 a4 24. Nc5 b5 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rd2 27.
Rb4 Re8 28. Rxb5 g6 29. Rb4 Ree2 30. Rf1 Rxb2 31. Rxa4 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Rxa2 33. g3
Ra3 34. Kg2 Ra2 35. Kg1 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 a5
9. Re1 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Na3 Bg4 12. Nc2 Nh5 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Nf4 15. Qd2
Kg7 16. Ne1 Qf6 17. Nc2 h5 18. f3 Be6 19. Ree1 h4 20. Bf2 Ne7 21. Ne3 Qg6 22.
Bxe6 Qxe6 23. d4 f6 24. a4 c6 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. c4 c5 27. dxc5 dxc5 28. Qxd8
Rxd8 29. Rxd8 Qb6 30. Rd7 Kf8 31. g3 Nh3+ 32. Kg2 Nxf2 33. Re2 Nh3 34. Rxe7 g4
35. fxg4 Qb3 36. Rd7 Ng5 37. gxh4 Ne6 38. Nd5 Qxc4 39. Rf2 Qxe4+ 40. Kg3 Nf4 41.
Nxf4 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 exf4 43. Rdd2 Kf7 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Rdd2 c4 46. Rc2 Qe4+ 47.
Kh3 Qd3+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13515110"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rad1 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Ne2 a6 14. Rfe1
Be7 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Bxc7 Rc8 17. Be5 Rg8 18. Nf4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nxe6+
fxe6 21. Re3 g6 22. g4 Rf8 23. Kg2 Rf7 24. f4 Bc5 25. Rc3 Bf8 26. Kf3 Rd7 27.
Ke2 Ke8 28. Rh3 Bc5 29. a4 Kf8 30. c3 Kg8 31. b4 Be7 32. Rf3 Kf7 33. Rh3 Kg8 34.
Rf3 Kf7 35. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nd5
Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. d4 Nbxd5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 c6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. c3 h6
15. Qc2 a5 16. g3 Bc5 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Qb6 19. Bc1 Ng4 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Nd4
Ndf6 22. h3 Ne5 23. Be2 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Ng6 25. Bc4 Nd5 26. Qf5 Nf8 27. Qg4 Nf6
28. Qf3 Ne6 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. b3 Nd5 31. Bd2 Rde8 32. h4 Qd8 33. Rc1 b6 34. Rc2
Qd7 35. Qf5 g6 36. Qf3 Kg7 37. Rfc1 Rf6 38. Qd3 Qg4 39. Rxc6 Rf3 40. Qf1 Qxd4
41. Qg2 Rd3 42. R6c4 Qb2 43. Qxd5 Qxc1+ 44. Rxc1 Rxd5 45. Be3 b5 46. axb5 Rxb5
47. Ra1 Rd8 48. Ra4 Rd3 49. Bd4+ f6 50. Rc4 Kf7 51. Bc3 Rd1+ 52. Kg2 Rc1 53.
Rc7+ Ke6 54. Bxa5 Rxc7 55. Bxc7 Rxb3 56. Bf4 h5 57. Bh6 Kf5 58. Bf8 Ke4 59. Be7
Rf3 60. Bd8 Rf5 61. Be7 Kd3 62. Kf1 Rf3 63. Bd8 f5 64. Bg5 Ke4 65. Kg2 Rb3 66.
Bf4 Kd3 67. Kf3 Rb4 68. Bg5 Re4 69. Be3 Kc2 70. Ke2 Kc3 71. Kf3 Kd3 72. Bg5 Kc2
73. Be3 Kd1 74. Bc5 Ke1 75. Kg2 Ke2 76. Bd6 Rd4 77. Be5 Rd3 78. Bc7 Rf3 79. Bb6
f4 80. gxf4 Rxf4 81. Kg3 Rg4+ 82. Kh3 Kf3 83. Be3 Rg2 84. Bc5 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. g3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bb4 9. Qd2 Rc8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. b3 O-O 14. Bg2 Rfd8
15. O-O c5 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Rab1 d4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxa3 20. Qf4 Bc5 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bf1 g6 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Kg2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Bc4
e5 28. Qd5 Qxd5+ 29. Bxd5 f5 30. f3 Kf6 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, Showalter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 exd4 7. c3 Be7 8.
cxd4 O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 Bf6 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Re4 Bb7 13. Rf4 Nce7 14. Bc2 Nd6
15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 Ng6 17. Qh5 Qe7 18. Bd2 Rae8 19. Bd3 b4 20. Nb5 Ba6 21.
Nxd6 Bxd3 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Nf3 Be2 24. Re1 Qf8 25. Qf5 Bxf3 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27.
Qxf3 a5 28. h4 Nxh4 29. Qxf6 Qe4 30. f3 Qe2 31. Qxh4 Qxd2 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qxd7
Qxb2 34. Qg4+ Kf6 35. Qf4+ Ke6 36. Qe5+ Kd7 37. Qd5+ Ke7 38. Qe5+ Kd7 39. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "13515110"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Qc2 a4 12. e3 Qa5 13. Bc3 Qa6 14. Rab1 b6 15.
Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Bf1 Qa7 17. Qd1 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bg2 axb3 21.
axb3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qb7+ 23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Nhxf3 Nd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Ra1 N5b6
27. Kf1 f6 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Ne4 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 c4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Ned2 Ra4 33.
Rxa4 Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Damiano variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. d3 Nf6 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Re8 9. Re1 c5 10. Nc3 c4 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Bf3 Be6 13. Qd2 Be7 14. b3 cxb3 15.
axb3 Bb4 16. Nd3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Bg4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Re1 Qc8 21.
h3 Nf6 22. Nb4 Ne4 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qa5 h5 25. f3 Nf6 26. Re5 Qd7 27. Qe1 Re8
28. Qh4 Re6 29. Qg5 g6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Be5 Ne8 32. Qh6 f5 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34.
Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qxa7 Nf6 36. Qc7 Ke8 37. Kh2 h4 38. Bd6 Qd7 39. Qb8+ Qd8 40. Qxd8+
Kxd8 41. Bf4 Nh7 42. Bd2 Kd7 43. Be1 g5 44. f4 gxf4 45. Bxh4 Ke6 46. Kg1 Kf7 47.
Kf2 Nf8 48. Kf3 Ne6 49. c3 Kg6 50. Be1 Ng5+ 51. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Bf5 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. h4 Ne5 12. h5 h6 13. Kb1 Re8 14. Bf4 Bf6
15. Be2 a6 16. g4 c5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Kh7 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rad8 21.
Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Rd1 Bg5 23. Bg3 Bf6 24. a4 Kg8 25. Rd5 Nc6 26. Bf3 b6 27. Rd6 Ne7
28. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13515110"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. e4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7
9. e5 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Ng5 Be7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14. Qh3 Nxc3 15. bxc3
Be7 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. a4 c4 18. Bc2 Nb6 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. Bf4 h5 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22.
exd6 Qc6 23. Be5 g5 24. f3 h4 25. Be4 Qd7 26. axb5 a5 27. Qg4 a4 28. Bh7 O-O-O
29. Bxg8 Rxg8 30. d5 Bxd5 31. Qd4 Kb7 32. Qc5 Rc8 33. Qe3 Qd8 34. Ra3 Ra8 35.
Rb1 f6 36. Bd4 Qxd6 37. Bc5 Qc7 38. Rb4 Nd7 39. Be7 h3 40. Rbxa4 Rxa4 41. Rxa4
Nb6 42. Ra6 hxg2 43. Bxf6 Nc8 44. Be5 Qh7 45. Qxg5 Qb1+ 46. Kxg2 Qxb5 47. Ra2
Nb6 48. Qe7+ Nd7 49. Bd4 Kc6 50. Ra7 Bxf3+ 51. Kg3 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13515110"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. a4 d6 8. h3 Ba7
9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ng3 Qe8 12. O-O Nh5 13. Kh2 Nxg3 14. fxg3 a5 15.
Bd2 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rae8 17. Rae1 Bb6 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qc4 Nc6 20. Rc1 Rf6 21. Qb5
Ref8 22. Rce1 Nb8 23. Qb3 Nc6 24. Qd1 R6f7 25. Qe2 Ne7 26. b3 Ng6 27. d4 exd4
28. cxd4 Ne7 29. Bc3 h6 30. Rd1 Nc6 31. Qb5 d5 32. e5 Qd8 33. Qd3 Ne7 34. b4 Nc6
35. b5 Nb4 36. Qd2 c5 37. bxc6 Nxc6 38. Rb1 Ba7 39. Rb3 b6 40. Bb2 Qd7 41. Ba3
Rc8 42. Rc1 Ne7 43. Rxc8+ Nxc8 44. Qc2 Bb8 45. Rc3 Na7 46. Bc1 Qd8 47. Qg6 Qe8
48. Bxh6 Re7 49. Qg4 Qf7 50. Bd2 Re8 51. h4 b5 52. axb5 Nxb5 53. Rb3 Na7 54. Ng5
Qg6 55. h5 Qf5 56. Qxf5 exf5 57. Bxa5 Nc6 58. Bb6 Rc8 59. Ne6 Kf7 60. Nf4 Bc7
61. Bxc7 Rxc7 62. Rc3 Rc8 63. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Ne2 Bc5 6. Ng3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bd3
Ng4 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Nxe3 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. O-O-O Be6 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bb5 Rc8
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 a6 17. Bxc6+ Rxc6 18. g4 Qa5 19. g5 Nh5 20. Rhe1 O-O 21.
a3 Nf4 22. f6 Rfc8 23. Re3 b5 24. Kb1 Qb6 25. Re4 Qc7 26. Rde1 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Ne6
28. Rd1 Rd8 29. fxg7 d5 30. Rh4 e4 31. Qe3 Qe5 32. Qb6 Qxg5 33. Rg4 Qe5 34. Qxa6
e3 35. Qb6 Rc8 36. Rg2 Nf4 37. Rh2 Qxc3 38. Qd4 e2 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 Qb6
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qxa4 12. bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O
15. Bd3 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Rhe1 Ne4+ 18. Kc1 Bd7 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. g3 Nc3 21.
Rb3 Na4 22. Bg1 d4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxc5 25. Rb6 Rbc8 26. Kd2 Rfd8 27.
Reb1 g6 28. Ke3 Rc7 29. h4 Bc8 30. Nf3 Na4 31. R6b3 b5 32. Ne5 Nc3 33. Re1 Bb7
34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Nf3 Bxf3 36. Kxf3 Kf7 37. Re3 Na4 38. h5 Rdc8 39. hxg6+ hxg6 40.
Rb1 Nc5 41. Rh1 Kg7 42. Be2 Rb8 43. Rb1 Rd8 44. c4 bxc4 45. Bxc4 Rd6 46. Kg4 Kf6
47. Rbe1 Rcc6 48. Rh1 Nd7 49. Bb3 Kg7 50. Rhe1 Nf6+ 51. Kf3 Kf7 52. g4 Nd7 53.
Ba2 Nc5 54. Rc1 Nd7 55. Rxe6 Rxc1 56. Rxd6+ Ke7 57. Re6+ Kf8 58. Rxg6 Rc3+ 59.
Ke4 Rxa3 60. Bc4 Ra4 61. Kd4 Rb4 62. Rc6 Rb1 63. g5 Rd1+ 64. Ke4 Ke7 65. Bxa6
Nb8 66. Rh6 Nd7 67. Bc4 Nc5+ 68. Kf5 Rd4 69. Be2 Rd5+ 70. Kg4 Rd4 71. Rc6 Nd7
72. Kg3 Nf8 73. Bg4 Rd3+ 74. Kf2 Rd4 75. Ke3 Ra4 76. Bf5 Ra5 77. Ke4 Ra3 78.
Rc7+ Kd6 79. Rf7 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6
9. Re1 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Bd3 f6 13. Nef3 Bf5 14. Nb3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 c6 16. a4 Ng6 17. h4 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. h5 Nf8 20. Bf4 Ne4 21. a5 Bd8
22. Nc5 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. a6 b5 25. Nd2 Qf5 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Qe3 Bb6 28.
Re1 Re8 29. Qg3 Qxh5 30. Bc7 Qg5 31. Qxg5 fxg5 32. Bxb6 axb6 33. Kf1 Ra8 34. Ra1
Kf7 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. a7 h5 38. b3 h4 39. Ra6 g4 40. c4+ bxc4 41.
bxc4+ Kxc4 42. Rxb6 Rxa7 43. Rxc6+ Kd5 44. Rc5+ Kd6 45. Rg5 h3 46. Rxg4 hxg2 47.
Rxg2 Re7 48. Rg5 Rf7 49. Rg6+ Kd5 50. Rg5+ Kd6 51. Kxe4 Rxf2 52. Rg6+ Ke7 53.
Rxg7+ Kf8 54. Ra7 Rf6 55. Ke5 Rh6 56. Rd7 Ke8 57. Rd6 Rh5+ 58. Ke6 Rg5 59. Rc6
Kd8 60. Kd6 Rh5 61. d5 Rh6+ 62. Kc5 Rh1 63. Ra6 Kc8 64. Kc6 Rc1+ 65. Kd6 Rh1 66.
Ra8+ Kb7 67. Re8 Rh6+ 68. Kd7 Rh7+ 69. Re7 Rh8 70. d6 Kb6 71. Rg7 Kb7 72. Rf7
Kb6 73. Re7 Kb7 74. Re6 Kb6 75. Re1 Rh7+ 76. Ke6 Rh6+ 77. Kd5 Kb7 78. Re7+ Kb6
79. Re2 Kb7 80. Rb2+ Kc8 81. Kc6 Rh7 82. Re2 Rc7+ 83. dxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5"]
[WhiteFideId "13515110"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Ne2 cxd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. Qd3 g6 12. Qf3 Bf8 13. Be4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 e5
15. Rd1 exd4 16. cxd4 Bg7 17. Be3 Qh4 18. Bd5 Bf5 19. Ng3 Be6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21.
d5 Ne5 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Ree8 24. Nd6 Re7 25. Rac1 Rd7 26. Ne4 b6 27. Bg5 f5
28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 Nf7 30. Rc6 Re8 31. h4 Ne5 32. Rcc1 Kf7 33. Bg5 Ng4 34.
Rd2 h6 35. Bf4 Nf6 36. Bxh6 Rxd5 37. Rdc2 Red8 38. f3 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rxc1 40. Rxc1
Nd5 41. Bg5 Rd7 42. a3 Nc7 43. g4 fxg4 44. fxg4 Ne6 45. Be3 Rd3 46. h5 gxh5 47.
gxh5 Rxa3 48. h6 Ra2+ 49. Kg3 Ra3 50. Kf3 Ng5+ 51. Kf4 Ne6+ 52. Ke4 Ra4+ 53. Ke5
Rh4 54. Kd6 Nc5 55. Rf1+ Kg6 56. Bxc5 bxc5 57. Kxc5 Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a3 Bd7 8. Ne5
c6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Nc3 Nc7 11. Be2 f5 12. Nb1 Ne8 13. h3 Bd6 14. Nd2 Bxf4 15.
exf4 Qb6 16. Nb3 Nd6 17. O-O Rf6 18. a4 a5 19. c3 Ne4 20. Bd3 Rh6 21. Re1 Qc7
22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. f3 Nf6 24. fxe4 Nh5 25. f5 Nf4 26. e5 Rf8 27. Re3 Rxf5 28. Rg3
Qf7 29. Kh2 b6 30. Nd2 Rg6 31. Rxg6 Qxg6 32. Qg4 Qh6 33. Rf1 g6 34. Qd1 Nd3 35.
Rxf5 gxf5 36. Nf3 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Nxb2 39. Qf1 Nc4 40. Kh1 Kg7 41. g4
fxg4 42. Nh2 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Qf5 44. Qe1 gxh3 45. Qh4 Ne3 46. Qe7+ Kg6 47. Qe8+ Kh6
48. Qxc6 Nd1 49. Nf3 Qg4+ 50. Kf1 Qxf3+ 51. Ke1 Qxc3+ 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. Bg5
Bg7 9. f4 b5 10. Nc6 Qc7 11. Nxe7 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Qxd5 Bxb2 16. Qxa8+ Ke7 17. Qxa6 Bxa1 18. O-O Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Rb8 20. Bxb5 Qxc2
21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bd3 Qc8 24. Qa3+ Ke8 25. Qa4+ Kf8 26. Bc4 f6 27.
Qa3+ Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. Bb3 Rb7 30. Qa3 Rc7 31. Qb4 Kg7 32. Qd2 Qd7 33. Qe2
Qd4 34. g3 Qc5 35. Rd1 h5 36. Kg2 Qc6+ 37. Bd5 Qa4 38. Be4 Re7 39. Bf3 h4 40.
Rc1 hxg3 41. hxg3 Qa3 42. Qd2 Qd6 43. Qf2 Qd4 44. Qe2 Bd6 45. Qf2 Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2
Ra7 47. Bd5 f5 48. Rc6 Be5 49. Re6 Bf6 50. Kf3 Re7 51. Rd6 Be5 52. Rc6 Bd4 53.
Be6 Kf6 54. Bb3+ Kg5 55. Re6 Rxe6 56. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5 Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Nbd7 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nc7 Rb8 12. Bg3 Nxc5 13. Ne8 Ra8 14. Nc7 Rb8
15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. Nbc3 Bc5 7. Ng3 O-O 8.
Bd3 d5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. O-O Nfxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Be4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be6 14. c3
Nc6 15. b4 Bb6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rac8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rc7 20. Rd7 Rxd7
21. Bxd7 Rd8 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Bg4 b6 25. e4 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Kd6 27. Bb3
f6 28. a3 Ne7 29. h4 g6 30. g3 f5 31. Kf3 fxe4+ 32. Kxe4 Nf5 33. Kf3 Ke7 34. Bd5
h6 35. g4 Nd6 36. c4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. a4 Kd7 39. Ke3 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41.
Kd3 Kc7 42. c5 Ne8 43. Kc4 Nf6 44. Bf3 e4 45. Be2 e3 46. Kd4 Nd7 47. Bf3 Nf8 48.
Kxe3 Ne6 49. c6 Kd6 50. Bd1 Nc5 51. Kd4 Kxc6 52. Ke5 Kd7 53. Kf5 Ne6 54. Kf6 Kd6
55. Bc2 Nd4 56. Be4 Ne6 57. Bf5 Nc5 58. Bc2 Ne6 59. Bd3 Nc5 60. Bb5 Ne6 61. Be8
Nd4 62. Kxg5 Ke7 63. Bg6 Nf3+ 64. Kf4 Nd4 65. Bd3 Ne6+ 66. Ke5 Nc5 67. Bc2 Kf7
68. Kd5 Na6 69. Kc4 Nc7 70. Kc5 Kf6 71. Kb6 Ne6 72. Kxa5 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 g6 5. d3 h6 6. h3 d6 7. Nh2 Bg7 8. O-O Nf6
9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Ng5+ hxg5 14. Bxg5 Ne5 15.
Qf2 Ned7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Qh4+ Nh5 19. g4 Bxc4 20. gxh5 Bd5 21. Nf6+
Nxf6 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxf6 g5 24. Qxg5 Bxf6 25. Qf5+ Kg7 26. h6+ Kxh6 27. Qxf6+
Kh7 28. Qf5+ Kh6 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Kf2 Rg8 31. Qh4+ Kg6 32. Rg1+ Kf5 33. Qh7+ Rg6
34. Rxg6 fxg6 35. Qd7+ Be6 36. Qxb7 Rh8 37. Kg3 g5 38. Qg7 Rh4 39. b3 a5 40. a4
e4 41. dxe4+ Kxe4 42. Qg6+ Bf5 43. Qc6+ Kd4 44. c3+ Ke5 45. Qxc5+ Kf6 46. Qb6+
Be6 47. Kg2 Re4 48. b4 axb4 49. cxb4 Re2+ 50. Kg3 Ra2 51. Qd4+ Kf5 52. Qd3+ Ke5
53. a5 Bd5 54. Qe3+ Kf5 55. Qd3+ Ke5 56. Kg4 Rg2+ 57. Kh5 Be4 58. Qc3+ Kf4 59.
a6 Rc2 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. c4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Re8 14. b3 Nd7
15. Nd5 Nc5 16. h4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. e5 b5 20. h5 h6 21. Nxg6
hxg5 22. Qxg5 Kh7 23. Rd3 Rg8 24. Qxe7 Qxe7 25. Nxe7 Bxe5 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. f4
bxc4 28. bxc4 Bxf4 29. Rxe6 Rg8 30. Rg6 Rxg6 31. hxg6+ Kxg6 32. Ra3 Bb7 33. Kf2
Kf5 34. Rb3 Bc8 35. Rb6 Be6 36. Rxa6 Bxc4 37. Ra8 d5 38. Kf3 Bd6 39. g4+ Ke6 40.
a4 d4 41. Rc8 Ba6 42. Re8+ Kd5 43. g5 d3 44. Ke3 Bc5+ 45. Kd2 Bb4+ 46. Ke3 Bc5+
47. Kd2 Bb4+ 48. Ke3 Bc5+ 49. Kd2 Bd6 50. g6 Bf4+ 51. Kc3 d2 52. Rd8+ Ke6 53. a5
Kf6 54. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 55. Kxd2 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13515110"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Bg3 d6 8. a4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. c3 Ng8 11. a5 a6 12. Qb3 f5 13. exf5 Bf6 14. Be6 Nge7 15.
Ne4 Nxf5 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. O-O Be7 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. Qa4 d5 20. Ned2 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 Qf5 22. Nf1 Bc5 23. Ne3 Qxd3 24. Rad1 Qe4 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. Nh4 Rf7 27. Rd5
Ba7 28. Nd1 g5 29. Ng6+ Kg7 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Rbf8 32. R1xe4 Bxf2+ 33. Nxf2
Rxf2 34. Rb4 Rc2 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Re6+ Rf6 37. Rxf6+ Kxf6 38. Rxb7 Kf5 39. Rb4
h5 40. Kh2 Ke5 41. Rc4 Rxb2 42. Rc5+ Kf6 43. Rxc7 Rc2 44. g4 hxg4 45. c4 Kf5 46.
Rf7+ Kg6 47. Ra7 Rxc4 48. Rxa6+ Kf5 49. Ra8 Ra4 50. a6 Kf6 51. Kg3 Kg6 52. a7
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 Nc6 8. exd4
Nxd4 9. Bb2 Bc5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 Bc5 13. Kh1 Qe7 14. g4 Rd8 15. g5
Nd7 16. Ne4 Nf8 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Ng4 Ba3 19. Ngf6+ gxf6 20. gxf6 Qb4 21. Ng5 Kf8
22. Qxh7 Rd7 23. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
g3 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bh3 d6 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Bg2 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxc6 Rab8 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Rfe1 Rd8 21.
Rad1 Kf8 22. Re3 a5 23. Kg2 Nd7 24. Na4 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Rxb6 26. c5 Rb4 27. cxd6
Rxd6 28. Rxd6 cxd6 29. Kf3 d5 30. Rd3 a4 31. Re3 axb3 32. axb3 h5 33. Ke2 d4 34.
Re4 Kg7 35. h4 Kf6 36. Kd2 Kf5 37. Re7 f6 38. Kc2 g5 39. Rc7 gxh4 40. gxh4 Ke4
41. Re7+ Kf3 42. Re6 Kxf2 43. Rxf6+ Kg3 44. Rg6+ Kxh4 45. Kb2 Rb8 46. Rd6 Kg3
47. Rxd4 h4 48. Rd3+ Kg2 49. Rd2+ Kf3 50. Rd3+ Kg4 51. Rd4+ Kg5 52. Rd5+ Kg6 53.
Rd6+ Kg7 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. Rh7 Rb4 56. Ka3 Kg6 57. Rh8 Kg7 58. Rh5 Kg6 59. Rh8
Rf4 60. b4 Kg5 61. Ka4 Kg4 62. Ka5 h3 63. b5 Rf5 64. Ka6 Rh5 65. Rg8+ Kh4 66.
Rg1 h2 67. Rh1 Rxb5 68. Rxh2+ Kg3 69. Kxb5 Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. a3 e6 7. b4 a5 8. Nd2
axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Qxa1 Nxb4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Nb3 Bg7 14. Nf3 O-O
15. O-O f5 16. Qf4 Ne5 17. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxd7 19. h3 Ra8 20. Rb1 Qc7 21.
Qe2 f4 22. e4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd8 24. Qf3 Bf8 25. Ra1 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxf4
Qd4 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. c3 f6 30. Qa5 Qd5 31. Qc7 Rg8 32. g3 Qf3 33. Rb1 Rg7 34.
Qb8+ Rg8 35. Qxb7 Qxc3 36. Qe4 f5 37. Qh4 Qg7 38. Rb6 Re8 39. Qf4 Qa1+ 40. Kh2
Qg7 41. Qa4 Qf7 42. Rb7 Qxb7 43. Qxe8+ Kg7 44. Qxe6 Qf3 45. Qe3 Qd5 46. Qe7+ Kg6
47. g4 fxg4 48. hxg4 Qf3 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qe5+ Kg6 51. Qg3 Qd5 52. Qe3 Qd6+ 53.
Kh3 Qd5 54. Kg3 Qd6+ 55. f4 Qd1 56. f5+ Kg7 57. g5 Qd6+ 58. Kg4 Qd1+ 59. Kg3
Qd6+ 60. Qf4 Qd3+ 61. Kh4 Qd5 62. Kg3 Qd3+ 63. Qf3 Qd6+ 64. Kh3 Qd7 65. Qe4 Kf8
66. Kh4 Qd2 67. Qa8+ Kf7 68. Qb7+ Kf8 69. Qc8+ Kf7 70. Qc4+ Kf8 71. Qc5+ Kf7 72.
Qa7+ Kf8 73. Qa3+ Kf7 74. Qb3+ Kf8 75. Qa3+ Kf7 76. Qa7+ Kf8 77. Qb8+ Kf7 78.
Qb3+ Kf8 79. Qh3 Kg7 80. Qg3 Qd5 81. Qc3+ Kg8 82. Qh3 Kg7 83. Qf1 Qe4+ 84. Kh5
Qe8+ 85. Kg4 Qe4+ 86. Kg3 Qe3+ 87. Kg4 Qe4+ 88. Qf4 Qg2+ 89. Kh4 Qh1+ 90. Kg3
Qg1+ 91. Kf3 Qf1+ 92. Kg4 Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13515110"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nh5 8. Bd2
Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nf6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Rfc1 Rfc8
15. h3 h6 16. g4 Be6 17. Kg2 Ne4 18. Be1 f5 19. Nh4 Kh7 20. f3 Nd6 21. f4 Nc4
22. Kf2 Nxb2 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Rab1 Nc4 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4
Rxa2+ 28. Kf1 e6 29. Rxb6 Rc7 30. Nf3 Ra8 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. Rcb1 Rdd7 33. Ke2 Kg6
34. Bd2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

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 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Bc4 Na5 14. b3 Nxc4 15.
Nxc4 Nd7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 f6 18. c3 Rb8 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. cxb4 Ne6 21. Na5
Bd7 22. Qd3 Rb6 23. Nc4 Rxb4 24. Ne3 Qd6 25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. Red1 Rxb3 27. Rxd6
Rc8 28. Rcd1 Bxa4 29. Ra1 Nc5 30. Rc1 Rbb8 31. Nd5 Kf8 32. Nb6 Rd8 33. Nxa4 Nxa4
34. Rxa6 Nc5 35. Ra7 Nxe4 36. h4 Ra8 37. Rb7 Nd6 38. Rbc7 h5 39. g3 Nf5 40. R7c4
Kf7 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. R1c2 Rda8 43. Rc8 e4 44. Ng1 Rxc2 45. Rxc2 e3 46. Ne2 exf2
47. Kxf2 Ra3 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Rc5 g6 50. Rc8+ Kf7 51. Rc7+ Kg8 52. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2 Bb7
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qb3 b5 14. a4 a6 15. Bd3
Nb6 16. a5 Nc4 17. e4 Bc8 18. h3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Be6 20. Qc3 Bd5 21. Rfe1 Re8 22.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Ne5 Qg5 25. f3 Re6 26. Nxc4 Rae8 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28.
Ne5 f6 29. Ng4 h5 30. h4 Qxh4 31. Ne3 Qg5 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Rc1 Qg5 34. Re1
Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Kf7 36. Qe2 Qb5 37. Qa2+ Ke7 38. Qg8 Qxb4 39. Qxg7+ Ke6 40. Qg8+
Ke7 41. Qg7+ Ke6 42. Qg8+ Ke7 43. Qg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Qd1 O-O 12. Nd2 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Nf3 b4 15. d4
Nd7 16. Be3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Bb5 Rfc8 19. Rb1 a4 20. Bxa4 Nb6 21. Bb3 e6
22. Ng5 Nd8 23. Bf4 c4 24. Bc2 Rxa3 25. Qd2 Ra2 26. Nf3 e5 27. Be3 Nd7 28. Qd1
Ne6 29. Re2 Rca8 30. h4 R2a3 31. Qe1 Nf4 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qd2 Qa5 34. Qxf4 Qxc3
35. Qxd6 Nf8 36. e5 R8a6 37. Qd5 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 39. Kh2 Ra5 40. Qe4 Qb4 41.
d5 Qb8 42. g3 Ra7 43. Qxc4 Rc7 44. Qe4 Nd7 45. d6 Ra7 46. e6 Nf6 47. exf7+ Kf8
48. Qe6 Rxf7 49. Ng5 Rb7 50. Bb3 Bh8 51. Bd5 Ra7 52. Bc6 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13515110"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8.
Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. e3 Nf6 12. exd4 O-O 13. Bc4 Re8+ 14. Be3
Be6 15. b3 Qb4+ 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. O-O Nxa2 19. d5 Bd7 20. Ra1 Nac3
21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Bxa7 b5 23. Bd3 Nxd5 24. Rc1 Nec3 25. Kf1 b4 26. Bc5 Rc8 27.
Bd4 h6 28. Bc4 Be6 29. Nd2 Nb5 30. Bb2 Nd6 31. Bd3 Nf4 32. Bb1 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1
Bf5 34. Bxf5 Nxf5 35. Bb2 f6 36. g3 Nd3 37. Ba1 Kf7 38. Ke2 Nc5 39. g4 Nd6 40.
Ke3 Nb5 41. Bd4 Na6 42. Ne4 Nb8 43. Kd3 Nc6 44. Bb2 Na5 45. Nc5 Nc7 46. Bc1 Ne6
47. Nxe6 Kxe6 48. Kc2 Kd5 49. Bd2 Nc6 50. Kd3 Ne5+ 51. Ke2 Nxg4 52. h3 Ne5 53.
Bxb4 g5 54. Bc3 Nd7 55. Ke3 h5 56. Bb4 Ne5 57. Be7 Ke6 58. Bd8 g4 59. hxg4 hxg4
60. Bc7 Nc6 61. Kf4 f5 62. Bb6 Nb4 63. Bd4 Nd3+ 64. Ke3 Nb4 65. Bc5 Nc6 66. b4
Kd5 67. Bf8 Nd4 68. Be7 Ne6 69. Ke2 f4 70. Kf1 Kc4 71. Kg2 Kb5 72. Bd6 Kc6 73.
Be7 Kb5 74. Kf1 Kc4 75. Ke2 Nd4+ 76. Kf1 g3 77. fxg3 fxg3 78. Kg2 Nc6 79. Bd6
Nxb4 80. Bxb4 Kxb4 81. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bb3
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. Nf4 Na5 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Ng5 Bd6 14. Nh5 Nxh5 15.
Qxh5 g6 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qh4 Be7 18. f4 cxd4 19. Bd1 d3 20. b3 Bf6 21. Rb1 Rc2 22.
Bxc2 dxc2 23. Rb2 Bxb2 24. Bxb2 Nxb3 25. Qf2 Qd1 26. f5 gxf5 27. Qf4 Qd8 28. h4
Rg8 29. Qxb4 Qd5 30. Rf2 c1=R+ 31. Bxc1 Nxc1 32. Rd2 Nd3 33. Qc3 Ke7 34. Qc7+
Qd7 35. Qxd7+ Kxd7 36. Rxd3+ Bd5 37. Kf2 f6 38. Nf3 Rg4 39. a5 Ra4 40. Nd2 Rxa5
41. g3 Ra2 42. Ke1 a5 43. Nc4 a4 44. Na3 Kc6 45. Rc3+ Kd6 46. Nb5+ Ke5 47. Nd4
a3 48. Nc2 Ke4 49. Nxa3 Kf3 50. Nc2 Be4 51. Nd4+ Kxg3 52. Nxe6 Kxh4 53. Rc7 Ra1+
54. Kd2 Ra2+ 55. Kc1 Ra1+ 56. Kb2 Rb1+ 57. Ka3 Re1 58. Kb4 Rxe3 59. Rg7 Rg3 60.
Rh7 Kg4 61. Rg7+ Kh4 62. Rh7 Kg4 63. Rg7+ Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Spassky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. h4 e6 12. h5 Qh4 13. Qc1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 15.
h6 Bh8 16. f3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Bg5
Rd7 22. a3 Rdc7 23. Bxe6 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 fxe6 25. axb4 Bf6 26. Be3 Ba6 27. Nf4 Rc3
28. Bf2 Bc4 29. d5 Bb3 30. Rb1 Ba2 31. Ra1 Rc2 32. Rd1 Bb3 33. Rb1 Ba2 34. Rd1
Bb3 35. Rd3 Bc4 36. Ra3 Be5 37. g3 Bxf4 38. gxf4 Ra2 39. Rxa2 Bxa2 40. d6 Kf7
41. Kg2 Bc4 42. Kg3 Bb5 43. Kg4 Bd7 44. Be1 Bc6 45. Kg5 Bd7 46. Bc3 Bc8 47. Bf6
a5 48. bxa5 bxa5 49. Bb2 a4 50. Ba3 Bd7 51. Bc5 Bc8 52. Kg4 Bd7 53. Kg3 Bb5 54.
Kf2 Ke8 55. Ke3 Kd7 56. Ba3 Bc4 57. Kd2 Bf1 58. Ke3 Bc4 59. Bb4 Bb5 60. Bc5 Bc4
61. Ba3 Bb5 62. Kf2 Ke8 63. Ke1 Kd7 64. Kd2 Bc4 65. Bc5 Bb5 66. Ke3 Bc4 67. Kd4
Be2 68. Ke3 Bc4 69. Bb4 Bb5 70. Kd4 Be2 71. f5 gxf5 72. exf5 exf5 73. f4 Ke6 74.
Kc5 Bf3 75. Ba3 Be4 76. Kd4 Bc6 77. Bb4 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13515110"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Ne2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. a3
Be7 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10. f4 f6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. fxe5 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 Nxe5 14. Qe1 O-O
15. Bf4 Rae8 16. Nge4 c6 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Bc5 f5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Nd2 f4 22. Qf2 Ne5 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Qxa7 Ne3 25. Rf2 g5 26. Ne4 g4 27. Nfg5 Bd5
28. c4 Bxe4 29. Nxe4 g3 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Qxe3 Ref8 32. hxg3 Rf1+ 33. Rxf1 Rxf1+
34. Kh2 Qe5 35. Qe2 Rf5 36. Kg1 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Qe5 38. g4 Rf7 39. g5 Kg7 40. Kg1
Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Qe5 42. g3 Re7 43. Qf2 Rf7 44. Qe2 Re7 45. Qd2 Rd7 46. Qh2 Qf5 47.
Qe2 Re7 48. Qc2 Qf3+ 49. Kh2 Qf5 50. Qc3+ Qe5 51. Qxe5+ Rxe5 52. Kg2 Rf5 53. Nd6
Rxg5 54. Nxb7 Kf6 55. a4 Rg7 56. Nc5 Ke5 57. a5 Kd4 58. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Bh6 Nf5 21. Bf4
Ng7 22. Bh6 Nf5 23. Bf4 Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O
a6 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. exd5 Bd7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15.
Bd3 h6 16. Bh4 Nxf3 17. gxf3 Be5 18. Rhe1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 g5 20. Bg3 Qa5 21. c4
Nxd5 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Be5+ f6 24. Be4 Ba4 25. Qd2 Qb6+ 26. Bb2 Nf4 27. Qd6 Qxd6
28. Rxd6 Kg7 29. Bxb7 Rxc4 30. Re7+ Kg8 31. Bxa6 Rc2 32. Bd3 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Rb8
34. Rb3 Bxb3 35. axb3 Rxf2 36. Bxf6 Rxb3+ 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nc6 Qd7 10. Na5 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 Rb8 14. b3 Rb4
15. Nc4 Qc6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qa8 18. Nd3 Rd4 19. Be5 Rdd8 20. Bxc7 Rd7 21.
Be5 Bb7 22. f3 c4 23. bxc4 Bc5+ 24. Nxc5 Rxd1 25. Raxd1 Qc8 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27.
Nd5 Nd7 28. Bd4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 h6 30. h3 Nb8 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. c5 Nc6 33. Nxc6
Qxc6 34. c3 f6 35. Rb1 Qa4 36. Rb2 a5 37. Kh2 Kg6 38. Kg3 Qc4 39. Kf2 h5 40. h4
Qd3 41. Kg3 Qc4 42. Kf2 Qd3 43. Kg3 Qc4 44. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "13515110"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

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. Bc2 Bd6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Qd2 Bg6 16. Bb3 f6 17. Rac1 Bf7 18. Ba4 Ne7 19. Nc3 a6 20. Rfe1 Nc8 21. Bc2
Nb6 22. b3 Rfe8 23. Ne2 Nd7 24. Ng3 g6 25. Nf1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8
28. Ne3 Bf7 29. Qc3 Kg7 30. a4 Nb8 31. Bd3 Nc6 32. Nc2 Be8 33. g3 Bd7 34. Kf2
Kf7 35. a5 Ke7 36. b4 Nd8 37. Qd2 Kf7 38. h4 Kg7 39. Qc3 Ba4 40. Ne3 Nc6 41. Bc2
Bb5 42. Bb1 Qxb4 43. Qxb4 Nxb4 44. Nc2 Nc6 45. Ba2 Bc4 46. Bxc4 dxc4 47. Ke3
Nxa5 48. d5 Nb3 49. Ke4 Kf7 50. f4 b5 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. Kxf5 a5 53. d6 c3 54. Ke4
Ke6 55. Kd3 b4 56. Kc4 Nd2+ 57. Kb5 Kxd6 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. dxe6 gxf4
15. exd7 Bxd7 16. bxc3 fxg3 17. hxg3 Rac8 18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8
Bxd4 21. Bxb7 Qxe5 22. Kg2 Rb8 23. Rb1 Kg7 24. Qe4 Qxe4+ 25. Bxe4 Rxb1 26. Bxb1
Bb6 27. Bc2 h6 28. Bb3 Bc5 29. Bc4 Bb6 30. Bb3 Bc5 31. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 Qc6 9. O-O Be6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. a4 Nf6 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Nd2 h6 14. Be3 Nf6 15.
f3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne4 Qxd3 19. cxd3 f5 20. Nc3 Kf7 21. d4
exd4 22. Bxd4 Bb4 23. Bb6 Rc6 24. a5 Rhc8 25. Kf2 Rc4 26. Rd3 Bc5+ 27. Bxc5
R8xc5 28. Rd2 Rb4 29. Re2 Bd7 30. Rd2 Bc6 31. Ra3 g5 32. Na2 Rbc4 33. Nc3 h5 34.
Ra1 h4 35. g3 h3 36. Ra3 Kf6 37. Rd6+ Ke5 38. Rd2 Rd4 39. Rxd4 Kxd4 40. Ne2+ Kc4
41. g4 fxg4 42. fxg4 Kb4 43. Nd4 Bg2 44. Ke3 Re5+ 45. Kd2 Rxa5 46. Nc2+ Kb5 47.
Nd4+ Kb6 48. Re3 Ra1 49. Nf3 Rh1 50. Nxg5 Rxh2 51. Re6+ Kb5 52. Ke3 Bc6 53. Rh6
Rxb2 54. Nxh3 a5 55. Rh5+ Kb4 56. Nf4 Rb3+ 57. Nd3+ Ka4 58. Kd4 b6 59. g5 Bb5
60. Ne5 Rb4+ 61. Kd5 Be2 62. Rh2 Bd1 63. g6 Bb3+ 64. Kc6 Re4 65. Nd7 Re6+ 66.
Kc7 Rxg6 67. Nxb6+ Ka3 68. Rh4 a4 69. Kb7 Bd1 70. Kc7 Bg4 71. Rh8 Kb3 72. Nxa4
Kxa4 73. Rb8 Be2 74. Rb6 Rg1 75. Kd6 Bb5 76. Ke5 Kb4 77. Rb8 Kc5 78. Rd8 Bc6 79.
Kf4 Rf1+ 80. Ke5 Re1+ 81. Kf5 Bd5 82. Kg5 Kd4 83. Rb8 Ke5 84. Rb5 Rg1+ 85. Kh5
Ke4 86. Ra5 Bf7+ 87. Kh6 Kf4 88. Rb5 Be6 89. Kh5 Bf5 90. Rb4+ Be4 91. Kh6 Rg6+
92. Kh5 Ra6 93. Rc4 Ra7 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

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. c4 Bb7 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nd5 a5 14. a3 c6 15. Nxe7+
Qxe7 16. axb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. c5 dxc5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qc2
Ba6 22. f4 Qe7 23. Kh2 Rd8 24. e5 Ng4+ 25. Kg3 Rd3+ 26. Kxg4 h5+ 27. Kxh5 g6+
28. Kg4 Bc8+ 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Nc6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Rc8 17. b3 Be7 18. Qg4 Rf6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 e5 21.
Rfc1 Rd6 22. h3 e4 23. Qe2 Qb6 24. Qd2 Rf8 25. Qc3 Rff6 26. Rc2 h5 27. Qe5 g6
28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ Kh6 30. Qe8 Rd8 31. Qe5 Rdd6 32. Qd4 Qd8 33. b4 g5 34. a4
g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Qe5 Rfe6 37. Qh2+ Kg7 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Qf6 40. bxc6
Rxc6 41. Qb8 Rxc5 42. Rxc5 Rb6 43. Qc7+ Kg6 44. Rc1 Rb2 45. Rc6 1-0

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. f3 h6 6. g4 Bh7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6
9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 a6 12. h4 b5 13. Kf2 Bd6 14. g5 Nh5 15. e4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. a4 Ne5 18. Qb3 Nc4 19. Bb4 f5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nc5 O-O
22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qxb5 Nd6 25. Qb3 Re8 26. Rg1 Kh7 27. Nd3 g6 28.
Nef4 Nxf4 29. Nxf4 hxg5 30. hxg5 Nf7 31. Qe3 Nxg5 32. Qe5 Nf7 33. Rh1+ Kg8 34.
Qb5 Kg7 35. Qc6 g5 36. Nd3 Rd8 37. Qc3 Qf6 38. Nc5 Kg6 39. Rd1 e5 40. dxe5 Qh8
41. Rxd8 Qh2+ 42. Ke3 Nxd8 43. Kd4 g4 44. fxg4 Qf2+ 45. Kd5 fxg4 46. e6 Qf5+ 47.
Kd6 Qf3 48. Qxf3 gxf3 49. Nd3 Kf6 50. e7 Nf7+ 51. Kd7 f2 1-0

