Chess fans will NOT like this! - Wang Hao vs Ian Nepomniachtchi - FIDE Candidates 2020/2021
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What was mentioned by FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich in mid-January is now official: the FIDE Candidates Tournament will resume in the second half of April in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The news was announced today by FIDE.
The new official dates for the second half of the tournament are April 19-29, with the eighth round to be played on April 20.
The first half of the tournament was played March 17-25, 2020, also in Yekaterinburg. FIDE interrupted the event halfway, postponing the second half when an interruption of air traffic between Russia and other countries was imminent because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event was initially planned to resume on November 1, 2020, but had to be postponed once again. The bottleneck was the situation with the Chinese participants, GMs Ding Liren and GM Wang Hao, who had not received clearance to travel abroad and play.
Participants:
1. Fabiano Caruana (2842)
2. Ding Liren (2805)
3. Alexander Grischuk (2777)
4. Ian Nepomniachtchi (2774)
5. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime(2767)
6. Anish Giri (2763)
7. Wang Hao (2758)
8. Kirill Alekseenko (2704)
PGN:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. O-O Nc6 11. c3 h6 12. Nh4 Re8 13. Nf5+ Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Kf8 15. g3 Ne7 16. Bh3 Nc8 17. Nd2 a5 18. a4 c6 19. Rd1 h5 20. Nf1 g6 21. f3 Nb6 22. b3 Kg7 23. Kf2 Nbd7 24. Bg5 Nf8 25. Re1 Ne6 26. Be3 Rac8 27. Bd2 c5 28. dxc5 Bxc5+ 29. Kg2 Bb6 30. Rab1 Rc6 31. b4 Nc7 32. Rxe8 Ncxe8 33. bxa5 Bxa5 34. Rxb7 Nd6 35. Ra7 Bxc3 36. Bd7 Nxd7 37. Bxc3+ Rxc3 38. Rxd7 Rc6 39. Re7 Rc2+ 40. Kg1 d4 41. Rd7 Nf5 42. a5 Ra2 43. Ra7 Kf6 44. a6 h4 45. Ra8 h3 46. a7 Ke7 47. g4 Nd6 48. Rb8 Rxa7 49. Rb4 d3 50. Rb3 Ra2 51. Rxd3 Nc4 52. Ng3 Rg2+ 53. Kh1 Kf8 54. Rc3 Nb2 55. Rc8+ Kg7 56. Rd8 Rf2 57. Kg1 Rxf3 58. Ne4 Re3 59. Ng3 Ra3 0-1