Opera Euro Rapid
Rounds 1-5
February 6th – February 14th
Time control is 15+10.
16 players in a single round robin then the top 8 after 15 rounds go through to the ” knockout” phase.
Rd1 So, Wesley – Carlsen, Magnus 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 Nc6 12. O-O Qd8 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Nde2 a6 16. a4 e6 17. Rab1 Rd8 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Bf4 Nde5 20. h3 Rad8 21. Kh2 Qb4 22. Bg5 f6 23. Be3 Nf7 24. f4 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Nd4 d5 27. cxd5 exd5 28. Bg1 Nd6 29. Qd3 Ne4 30. Nce2 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Kh8 33. Rbc1 Qd6 34. Qe3 Ng5 35. Qf2 Ne4 36. Qh4 Rf8 37. Rc2 Qg6 38. Rc7 Rg8 39. Rg1 Rc8 40. Rxb7 Rc3 41. Ne6 Rc2 42. Ng5 Rg7 43. Rb8+ Rg8 44. Rxg8+ Kxg8 45. Nxe4 dxe4 46. Kh1 Kg7 47. g4 Kf7 48. gxf5 Qxf5 49. Rg5 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kf1 Rc1+ 52. Ke2 Rc2+ 53. Ke1 1-0
Rd3 Shankland, Sam vs Ding, Liren 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Bf4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd3 Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Nd6 Nd8 13. Rd1 Bc6 14. e3 Nf6 15. Be2 Nb7 16. O-O Nxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rac8 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Kf8 22. Bc6 Ke7 23. Bb5 Rc7 24. R6d3 g5 25. f3 h5 26. Kf2 h4 27. e4 e5 28. b4 g4 29. a4 Rg8 30. Rd6 Rg6 31. Ke2 g3 32. h3 Rg8 33. Ke3 Ra8 34. a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 a6 36. Bxa6 Rca7 37. Bb5 Rxa5 38. f4 Ra3+ 39. R6d3 d6 40. c5 exf4+ 41. Kxf4 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 dxc5 43. e5 Ne8 44. Rd7+ Kf8 45. Kg5 Ng7 46. Bc4 Ne6+ 47. Kf6 Nd8 48. Bxf7 Nxf7 49. Rxf7+ Ke8 50. Rh7 Ra2 51. Rh8+ Kd7 52. e6+ Kc6 53. e7 Rf2+ 54. Kg5 1-0
Rd2 Carlsen, Magnus vs Aronian, Levon 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Qb5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nb6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nfxd7 15. a4 a5 16. Ke2 Rfe8 17. Rhb1 Re6 18. Bg3 c5 19. Rb5 c4 20. Bc7 Rc6 21. Bxb6 Nxb6 22. g4 Kf8 23. h4 Ke8 24. e4 Rd8 25. e5 f6 26. f4 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. f5 fxe5 29. dxe5 d4 30. Rh1 dxc3 31. Ne4 c2 32. e6 Rd4 33. Re5 Nd5 34. Rxd5 Rxe4+ 35. Kd2 Rxg4 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Rh7+ Ke8 38. f6 c1=Q+ 39. Kxc1 Rg1+ 40. Kc2 Rg2+ 41. Kd1 Rg1+ 42. Kc2 Rg2+ 43. Kc3 Rg3+ 44. Kd4 Rd3+ 45. Ke5 Re3+ 46. Kf5 Rcxe6 47. Rh8+ 1-0
Carlsen: "Overall I'm very happy with my play – the spirit I had to always try for the maximum!"
Magnus leads So and Nepo by half a point despite losing his first game of the day to Wesley: https://t.co/tjj1gDUOyC #c24live #ChessChamps #OperaEuroRapid pic.twitter.com/TWjwfbwZOR
— chess24.com (@chess24com) February 6, 2021
