(5) Praggnanandhaa,R (2747) - Nakamura,Hi (2789) [D02]

FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto CAN (11.1), 17.04.2024

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.g3 e5 9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bg2
a5 11.Nb5 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Ke7 13.a3 Bxd2+ 14.Nxd2 a4 15.Nc4 Be6 16.Rc1 Ra6 17.0–0 Rd8 18.Ne3 Ra5
19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Nc3 Bb3 21.Nb1 Ra6 22.f4 e4 23.Kf2 Rb6 24.Nc3 g6 25.Rb1 Nd5 26.Rbc1 f5 27.g4 fxg4
28.Nxg4 Nxf4 29.Ke3 Nd5+ 30.Kxe4 Nxc3+ 31.bxc3 c5 32.Rf4 Bd5+ 33.Ke3 h5 34.c4 Ba8 35.Nh6 Re6+
36.Kf2 Rf6 37.Kg3 Rh8 38.Rxf6 Kxf6 39.Rf1+ Kg7 40.Nf5+ gxf5 41.Rxf5 Rc8 42.Rxh5 Bb7 43.Kf4 Ba6
44.Ke5 Kg6 45.Rh4 Kg5 46.Rh3 Bxc4 47.Rg3+ Kh6 48.e4 Rc6 49.Kf5 Bf7 50.Ke5 c4 51.Kd4 Rd6+
52.Kc5 Rd3 53.Kb4 Rb3+ 54.Kxa4 Rxg3

0–1

(6) Vidit,S (2727) - Nepomniachtchi,I (2758) [C42]

FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto CAN (11.2), 17.04.2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bg4 8.Qxe7+ Bxe7 9.Rb1 b6
10.d4 Be6 11.a4 0–0 12.Ne3 Bg5 13.c4 Re8 14.h4 Bf6 15.c3 c5 16.Bd3 Nc6 17.d5 Ne5 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7
19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Ke2 Rad8 21.g4 g6 22.g5 Bg7 23.a5 bxa5 24.Rb7 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Rd1 Bf8
27.Ng4 Rb8 28.Bf4 Rb2+ 29.Kf3 e5 30.Be3 Nb6 31.Nf6+ Kh8 32.Ke4 a4 33.Ra1 Rb3 34.Kd3 a3 35.Bc1
a5 36.Bxa3 d5 37.Kc2 dxc4 38.Ne4 Rb5 39.Rd1 Be7 40.Re1 Kg7 41.Nd2 Bd6 42.Ne4 Be7 43.Ng3 Rb3
44.Bc1 Nd5 45.Ne4 Kf7 46.Bd2 a4 47.Ra1 Nb6 48.Be3 Rb5 49.Nd2 Ra5 50.Kb2 Ke6 51.Ka3 Rb5 52.Rc1
Kf5 53.f3 Nd5 54.Kxa4 Rb8 55.Nxc4 e4 56.fxe4+ Kxe4 57.Bf2 Kd3 58.Bg3 Nxc3+ 59.Ka3 Rb4 60.Nb2+
Kd2 61.Rf1 c4 62.Rf2+ Ne2 63.Be5 c3 64.Rf7 Rb7+ 65.Ka4 c2 66.Nc4+ Kd3 67.Nb2+ Ke4

0–1

(7) Gukesh,D (2743) - Caruana,F (2803) [D37]

FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto CAN (11.3), 17.04.2024

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.e3 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Bd3 Nxg3
11.hxg3 Bg7 12.0–0 Nb6 13.Qc2 0–0 14.b4 Qe7 15.Rab1 Be6 16.a4 Nd7 17.a5 a6 18.Na4 Rad8 19.Nc5
Nxc5 20.bxc5 f5 21.Qc3 Rf7 22.Rb4 Qc7 23.Rb2 Re8 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 h5 26.f4 Qd8 27.fxg5 Qxg5
28.Rf3 Qg7 29.Rbf2 Bd7 30.Qb4 Bc8 31.Bxf5 Rxf5 32.Rxf5 Bxf5 33.Rxf5 Rxe5 34.Rxe5 Qxe5 35.Qxb7
Qxg3 36.Qxc6 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Qh4+ 38.Kg1 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Qh4+ 40.Kg1 Qe1+

½–½

(8) Firouzja,Alireza (2760) - Abasov,N (2632) [A05]

FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto CAN (11.4), 17.04.2024

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 Nc6 4.e3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Be2 0–0 8.0–0 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 d5 10.Nd2
Qd6 11.c4 Rd8 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Bf3 Qf5 14.Rc1 Ne8 15.Rc5 e5 16.Nc4 f6 17.Rd5 Rxd5 18.Bxd5+ Kh8
19.Bc5 Qd7 20.Bf3 Rb8 21.Bxa7 Ra8 22.Nb6 Qxd1 23.Rxd1 Rxa7 24.Rd8

1–0