(9) Nepomniachtchi,I (2758) - Praggnanandhaa,R (2747) [C01]

FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto CAN (12.1), 18.04.2024

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nge7 6.a3 Bf5 7.Be3 Qd7 8.Be2 Ng6 9.h4 h5 10.Nd2 Bg4
11.Nb3 Be7 12.g3 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 0–0–0 14.0–0–0 Qf5 15.Na4 Nf8 16.Rd3 Qg4 17.Qd2 b6 18.Nc3 Ne6
19.Qe2 Qxe2 20.Nxe2 Bd6 21.Bd2 a5 22.a4 Ne7 23.Rf3 f6 24.Bf4 Nf5 25.c3 Bxf4+ 26.Nxf4 Nxf4 27.Rxf4
Nd6 28.Nd2 Rde8 29.Kd1 Re6 30.Re1 Kd7 31.Rf3 Rxe1+ 32.Kxe1 Re8+ 33.Kd1 Kc6 34.Rf4 b5 35.axb5+
Kxb5 36.g4 hxg4 37.Rxg4 Re7 38.b3 a4 39.bxa4+ Kxa4 40.Kc2 Nf5 41.Rf4 Nd6 42.Rg4 f5 43.Rg2 f4
44.Kd3 Ne4 45.Nxe4 dxe4+ 46.Kc2 c5 47.dxc5 Kb5 48.Rg4 e3 49.fxe3 fxe3 50.Kd1 e2+ 51.Ke1 Kxc5
52.Rg2 Re4 53.h5 Re5 54.Rxg7 Rxh5 55.Kxe2

½–½

(10) Nakamura,Hi (2789) - Firouzja,Alireza (2760) [C01]

FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto CAN (12.2), 18.04.2024

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 Nf6 6.c5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qc2 0–0 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Nc3 b6
11.Be2 Nb4 12.Qd2 Bf5 13.Rc1 Ng4 14.Bf4 bxc5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.0–0 Re8 17.a3 d4 18.Nb5 d3 19.Rxc5
dxe2 20.Re1 Nd3 21.Rxf5 Nxe1 22.Nxe1 Qxd2 23.Bxd2 Rad8 24.Bc3 Rd1 25.f3 Ne3 26.Nxc7 Re7
27.Rc5 f6 28.Bb4 Kf7 29.h4 h5 30.Kf2 Rb1 31.Nd5 Nd1+ 32.Kg3 Re5 33.Nd3 Re8 34.Be1 Nxb2 35.Rb5
Rd1 36.Rxb2 Rxd3 37.Rb7+ Kf8 38.Nf4 Rxa3 39.Kf2 a5 40.Ra7 Ra4 41.g3 g5 42.hxg5 fxg5 43.Nxh5 Re5
44.g4 Ke8 45.Ng7+ Kf8 46.Nf5 Ra2 47.Ra8+ Kf7 48.Nd6+ Ke6 49.Nc4 Rb5 50.Rxa5 Rbxa5 51.Nxa5 Kd5
52.Ke3

1–0

(11) Abasov,N (2632) - Gukesh,D (2743) [E32]

FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto CAN (12.3), 18.04.2024

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 h6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4 9.0–0 Nxc3 10.bxc3
Bc5 11.e4 Nh7 12.e5 Rb8 13.Nd2 b6 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.h4 Qc7 16.Rd1 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 0–0 18.Bf4 Rfd8
19.Rd2 Nf8 20.h5 b5 21.cxb5 Rxb5 22.Bf1 Rb6 23.Rad1 Rdb8 24.a4 Rb3 25.Rd3 Ra3 26.Rf3 Qc6
27.Qxc6 dxc6 28.Rfd3 Rxa4 29.Bg2 Ra2 30.R1d2 Rxd2 31.Rxd2 Rc8 32.Be4 a5 33.Bc2 g5 34.hxg6
Nxg6 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Ba4 Ne7 37.c4 Rb8 38.Ra2 Bb4 39.Kf3 Rd8 40.Be3 Rd3 41.Ke2 Rc3 42.c5 Nd5
43.Rc2 Rxc2+ 44.Bxc2 a4 45.Kd3 a3 46.Bb3 Kg6 47.Bd4 Kg5 48.Kc4 Be1 49.Kd3 Kg4 50.Bd1+ Kg5
51.Bb3 Kf5 52.Kc4 Ke4 53.Bd1 a2 54.f3+ Kf5 55.Bc2+ Kg5 56.Bb3 Bxg3 57.Bxa2 h5

0–1

(12) Caruana,F (2803) - Vidit,S (2727) [C50]

FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto CAN (12.4), 18.04.2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0–0 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Nbd2 0–0 9.h3 Ne7 10.Re1 Ng6
11.a5 c6 12.Bb3 Re8 13.d4 d5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Rxe5 16.exd5 Rxe1+ 17.Qxe1 Nxd5 18.Bc2 Be6
19.Nf3 Qd7 20.c4 Ne7 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 Rd8 23.Qc5 h6 24.b3 Qc7 25.Re1 Kf8 26.Re3 Ke8 27.Qh5
Kf8 28.Qc5 Ke8 29.g4 Qf4 30.Kg2 Rd7 31.Re4 Qd6 32.Qe3 c5 33.Re5 Nc6 34.Rd5 Qc7 35.Rxc5 Re7
36.Qc3 Qd6 37.Rh5 f6 38.Bg6+ Kd8 39.Qe3 Kc8 40.Qb6 Kb8 41.Rc5 Bd7 42.b4 Qf4 43.Bf5 Bxf5 44.Rxf5
Qc7 45.Qc5 Re4 46.Qd5 Re2 47.b5 Nxa5 48.Nd4 Rb2 49.bxa6 Nc6 50.Qg8+ Nd8 51.Rd5 Ka7 52.Rxd8

1–0