[Event "Croatia GCT"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2019.06.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Mikhalchishin,Adrian"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 191"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.08.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 {The sharp modern flank treatment of Italian set ups. Modern chess developed really great value of such attacks, especially in Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's games.} 7. h3 {Trying to open the h-file.} ({Another way is} 7. Nf1 g4 8. N3d2 (8. Ng1 Na5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Ng3 d5 12. N1e2 O-O-O 13. Qc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc4 15. b3 Nd6 16. f3 h5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. O-O-O Be7 19. h4 gxh3 20. Rxh3 Rdg8 {with balanced play, Rozentalis,E (2568)-Krishnater,K (2329) Irakleio GRE 2019}) 8... Bg7 9. Ne3 h5 10. a4 Qe7 11. a5 a6 12. Ndf1 h4 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd8 16. Bxa6 O-O 17. Bc4 Ra8 18. h3 gxh3 19. gxh3 f5 20. Qd1 e4 21. Kd2 $2 (21. Qe2 $16) 21... Nf7 {Black got serious counterplay, Andriasian,Z (2600)-Caruana,F (2828) chess.com INT 2019.}) 7... Bg7 ({Too early was} 7... Nh5 8. g3 Nf6 9. Nf1 Bg7 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. Bb3 c6 12. h4 g4 13. Nh2 h5 14. f3 d5 15. fxg4 hxg4 16. O-O Be6 17. Nhxg4 Nh5 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. c4 dxe4 20. dxe4 O-O-O 21. Rd1 Qc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nf2 {Black got no real compensation, Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis USA 2018.}) 8. Bb3 ({Another option was} 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Ng3 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 d5 13. h5 Be6 14. O-O Qd7 15. f4 gxf3 16. Qxf3 Kh7 17. Nf5 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nxf5 19. exf5 Bxb3 20. axb3 Qd5 {with great centralization, Rozentalis,E (2503)-Christiansen,J (2515) Gothenburg SWE 2018}) 8... O-O 9. Nf1 Ne7 ({RR} 9... d5 10. Qe2 a5 11. a4 b6 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. exd5 e4 14. dxc6 Bxd3 15. Qe3 exf3 16. Qxf3 Qd6 17. Be3 Ba6 18. Rd1 Qe5 19. Nf5 Rad8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. g3 Ne4 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. f3 {Tamarozi,I (1994)-Guimaraes,D (2285) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 10. h4 $146 ({This flank activity should rather be prepared:} 10. Ne3 Be6 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 h5 13. f3 d5 14. fxg4 hxg4 15. Nhxg4 Nxg4 16. Nxg4 f5 17. Nh6+ Kh7 18. Qh5 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Rf1 c6 23. Be3 {Once more , Black got no real compensation for the pawn, Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis USA 2018.}) ({RR} 10. Ne3 Be6 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 h5 13. f3 d5 14. fxg4 hxg4 15. Nhxg4 Nxg4 16. Nxg4 f5 17. Nh6+ Kh7 18. Qh5 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Rf1 c6 23. Be3 Rg8 24. Rxf5 Bxf5 {Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis 2018 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. Nf5 d5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. g4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. e5 h5 16. O-O-O hxg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. d4 Be6 19. Rh5 Qd7 20. Rxg5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Nxf2 22. Rg1 Kf8 23. Ng5 f6 24. Nh7+ {1-0 (24) Andriasian,Z (2581)-Katz,A (2405) Philadelphia 2021}) 10... g4 11. N3h2 d5 12. f3 $6 ({A risky strategy, much more solid was} 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. Nxe4) 12... Ng6 ({It was possible to start a flank operation immediately with} 12... gxf3 13. Qxf3 Ng6 14. g3 c5 15. exd5 e4 16. dxe4 Ne5 17. Qe2 c4) 13. fxg4 ({Not bad was} 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. fxg4 dxe4 15. dxe4) 13... Nxh4 14. g3 Ng6 15. Qe2 ({A very sympathic position for White would have arisen after} 15. exd5 e4 16. d4 Ne7 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5) 15... a5 16. Bc2 d4 17. g5 ({Not better was the exchange in the center with} 17. cxd4 exd4 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 a4) 17... hxg5 18. Bxg5 a4 19. c4 Qd6 20. Nd2 {[#]} Ra6 $5 {The classical transfer of the rook.} ({Here was another good option:} 20... a3 21. bxa3 Qxa3) 21. Rb1 ({Better was} 21. a3) 21... Nh7 $1 {Exchanging the important bishop.Then, with the bishop pair, Black will fight for the control on the king's flank.} 22. Qh5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Qe7 $1 {A very smart decision to swap queens.} ({Better than the sharp and speculative line} 23... f5 24. Nhf3 Ne7 25. Qh4 Qf6 26. Ng5 Bh6) 24. Qxe7 ({Or} 24. Qh5 Rd8 25. Nhf3 Nf8 26. Nh4 Rdd6) 24... Nxe7 25. Nhf3 f5 26. Bd1 ({Slightly better was} 26. c5 fxe4 27. dxe4 Bf6) 26... Bd7 27. Nh4 {[#]} Bh6 ({A good option was} 27... Rh6) 28. exf5 ({Preferable was} 28. Rf1) 28... Nxf5 29. Ne4 Be3 $1 30. Be2 Rh6 31. Rh2 Bc6 32. Rg2 Nd6 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Play-In Match Div 2"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.09"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Sjugirov, S."] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "196"] [EventDate "2024.05.09"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 Kh8 9. Re1 f6 10. Nbd2 ({RR} 10. a5 Bf5 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Nb3 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Nfd2 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Be6 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Nbd2 f5 18. f3 Bh4 19. Rf1 a5 20. Bf2 Bf6 21. Re1 a4 22. Nb1 Qd7 23. Nc3 e4 24. Nxa4 Bxc4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Lazavik,D (2578) Oslo NOR 2024 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 10. a5 Rb8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc4 14. dxc4 a6 15. Qe2 Qe8 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Rd5 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. c3 Nd3 21. Rd1 Nf4 22. Qc2 Qe8 23. g3 Nxh3+ 24. Kg2 e4 {Matinian,N (2389)-Kollars,D (2634) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (45)}) 10... a6 11. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb3 Nf4 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ne3 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. Nd5 Bd6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Nb6 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bc7 20. a5 Qd5 21. Qe2 Rad8 22. Qe4 Qd7 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Be3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 {Padmini,R (2387)-Kravtsiv,M (2641) Sharjah 2017 0-1 (60)}) 11... Be6 12. Ng3 Bg8 13. c3 Qd7 14. a5 Rad8 15. Bd2 Bc5 16. Qc2 Nde7 17. b4 Ba7 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qf7 22. e4 Ng6 23. Kh2 Rd7 24. Rf1 Rfd8 25. Ne2 Rd6 26. Qb1 h6 27. Kh1 Kh7 28. Rd2 Kh8 29. Rfd1 Qe7 30. Ng3 R6d7 31. Nf5 Qf8 32. N3h4 Nxh4 33. Nxh4 Qf7 34. Nf5 Ne7 35. Ne3 Ng6 36. d4 exd4 37. cxd4 Re8 38. Nf5 Ne7 39. Ng3 Qg6 40. Kh2 Qg5 41. Rf2 Nc6 42. d5 Ne5 43. Rdf1 Ng4+ 44. hxg4 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qxg3 46. Rf4 Rde7 47. R1f3 Qh4 48. Rh3 Qg5 49. Rhf3 Qg6 50. Re3 Re5 51. Qc2 R8e7 52. Qd3 Qg5 53. Ref3 Qg6 54. Re3 Rg5 55. Rg3 Qe8 56. Qc2 Qd7 57. Kh1 Rge5 58. Rc3 Qd6 59. Rc4 Rg5 60. Qf2 Qd7 61. Qf3 Qa4 62. Qe2 Qa1+ 63. Rf1 Qe5 64. Qf3 h5 65. Qh3 Rxg4 66. Rf5 Qa1+ 67. Kh2 g6 68. Rf2 Qe5+ 69. Kg1 Kg7 70. Qf3 Rg3 71. Qd1 Re3 72. Re2 Rxe2 73. Qxe2 f5 74. Qe3 fxe4 75. Rd4 g5 76. Rd1 Qf4 77. Qd4+ Qf6 78. Qe3 Qe5 79. Rd2 h4 80. Rd1 Rd7 81. Rd4 Rxd5 82. Rxe4 Rd1+ 83. Kf2 Qf5+ 84. Qf3 Qxf3+ 85. Kxf3 Rd3+ 86. Kf2 Kf6 87. Rc4 c6 88. Re4 Rd5 89. Kf3 Kf5 90. Rc4 g4+ 91. Ke2 Re5+ 92. Kf2 Re4 93. Rc5+ Kf4 94. Rh5 Rxb4 95. Rxh4 Rb2+ 96. Kf1 Kg3 97. Rh7 Rb1+ 98. Ke2 Kxg2 0-1 [Event "chess.com Junior Speed"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.06.15"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2608"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2023.06.13"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. a4 d6 8. a5 a6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 $146 ({RR} 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rab8 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. d4 Nh7 16. Be3 Rxf3 17. gxf3 exd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rad1 c5 21. e5 d5 22. f4 Qb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Rd2 g5 25. f5 Nf8 26. fxe6 Nxe6 {Kleimenov,N (2199)-Arhan,C (2394) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (61)}) 12... Nh5 13. g3 Kh7 14. h4 d5 15. Kg2 Qd7 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. N1h2 Rf7 18. Be3 d4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Bd2 Rdf8 21. Rf1 e5 22. Ng1 Nd8 23. Bb4 Ne6 24. Qg4 c5 25. Bd2 Re8 26. Qd1 Ref8 27. Qg4 Re8 28. Qd1 Qe7 29. Rb1 Rc8 30. b4 c4 31. dxc4 Rxc4 32. Qb3 Rc8 33. Rbc1 Rcf8 34. Ngf3 Qd7 35. Qd5 Qxd5 36. exd5 Nc7 37. Ng4 Re8 38. d6 Nb5 39. Rc5 Nxd6 40. Nfxe5 Rf5 41. Re1 Nf6 42. Nxf6+ Rxf6 43. Rc7 Rfe6 44. f4 Kg8 45. Kf3 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Rd7 Bxe5 48. Rxe5 Rxe5 49. fxe5 Nc4 50. Rxd4 Nxe5+ 51. Kg2 Nc6 52. Rd5 g4 53. Kf2 Kf7 54. Bc3 Ne7 55. Rg5 Rc8 56. Be5 Rc4 57. Bf4 Rxb4 58. Rxg4 Nd5 59. Rg5 Rb5 60. Rf5+ Ke6 61. Re5+ Kf6 62. Kf3 Rxa5 63. Re8 Ra3+ 64. Kg4 Kf7 65. Rd8 Nf6+ 66. Kf5 Ra5+ 67. Be5 Ke7 68. Rb8 Rxe5+ 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 30th Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2024.04.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. Nbd2 ({RR} 6. c3 g5 7. b4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nc4 g4 12. Nfd2 d5 13. Ne3 c6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rb1 h5 17. Ndf1 Qd7 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. Ngf5 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qd3 {Carlsen,M (2832)-Sindarov,J (2674) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nh2 O-O 11. Ng4 Kh7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. h4 Qd8 14. h5 g5 15. g4 Nc6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. c3 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. Rg1 d5 {Adewumi,T (2421)-Tang,A (2538) Rockville USA 2025 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 6. a5 g6 7. a6 b6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd2 Na5 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Bc4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. c4 Rc8 19. Qa4 c5 20. b4 Nh5 {Aronian,L (2729)-Pranav,V (2609) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (57)}) 6... g6 7. Nf1 Bg7 8. Ne3 $146 ({RR} 8. Ng3 O-O 9. c3 Kh7 10. b4 a6 11. Ra2 d5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. h4 Kg8 14. Rd2 Qe7 15. h5 Rad8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Nh4 Qf7 18. O-O Kh7 19. Ba3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qe2 Bg4 22. f3 Be6 {Neretljak,N (2114)-Rydstrom,T (2370) Sarpsborg 2019 0-1 (54)}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 Kh7 12. b4 a6 13. Rb1 Nh5 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rf7 19. Ne1 Nf4 20. g3 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Ng5 22. f3 Raf8 23. Qe2 c6 24. dxc6 Nxc6 25. N3c2 Ne6 26. Be3 d5 27. exd5 Qxd5 28. Qd3 Ned4 29. Rf2 Nxc2 30. Qxc2 Nxb4 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Nd5 33. Bc1 Rd7 34. Re2 Nb6 35. Rce4 Rc8 36. Bb2 Nc4 37. Ba1 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Nc2 Nd2 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2024.04.13"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Vidit, S."] [Black "Gukesh, D."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. O-O h6 6. a4 ({RR} 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 g5 8. Na3 Bg7 9. Nc2 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Ne3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Ng8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 g4 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxf5 18. d4 Ne7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ne3 Qd7 {Caruana,F (2793)-Gukesh,D (2766) Saint Louis USA 2024 ½-½ (60)}) 6... Bc5 ({RR} 6... d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. f3 h5 12. Ne2 d5 13. Kh1 h4 14. Ng1 d4 15. Bf2 Nh5 16. Nb3 Nb4 17. a5 c5 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Nc4 Nf4 20. g3 Ng6 21. Nh3 {Guo,E (2375)-Das,A (2314) Naperville, IL USA 2026 0-1 (58)}) 7. Be3 $146 ({RR} 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rb1 d5 15. Nf1 Qd7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Rd8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Red1 g6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Mayank,C (2425)-Nogerbek,K (2502) Gandhinagar IND 2024 ½-½ (54)}) 7... d6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. b4 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. b5 Nb8 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. d4 Qe8 16. Rae1 axb5 17. axb5 Ra5 18. c4 Qa8 19. h3 Re8 20. Kh2 b6 21. Rf2 Ra2 22. Qd3 Ra3 23. Qb1 Qa4 24. Nh4 Ra8 25. Nf5 Kf8 26. Ref1 Ra1 27. Qd3 Qb4 28. Rxa1 Rxa1 29. c5 bxc5 30. Nc4 Qe1 31. Re2 Qg1+ 32. Kg3 Nh5+ 33. Kh4 Ndf6 34. Nxh6 Qh2 35. Nf5 Rf1 36. g4 Rxf5 37. exf5 Qg3+ 38. Kg5 Nh7+ 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Jun Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.06.06"] [Round "10"] [White "Matlakov, M."] [Black "Indjic, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2023.06.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g5 7. a5 a6 8. c3 Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Nf1 c6 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. d4 Bd7 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qd7 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Qc6 20. Qc2 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qe2 Qa4 24. b4 Nd5 25. Qe8+ Qxe8 {0-1 (25) Parfenov,V (2193)-Lozano Garay,D (2101) chess.com INT 2026}) 13. Bb3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 13... d5 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Nh2 Be6 16. Ng4 Qd7 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Be6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Nh7 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Bc2 f5 23. Ne2 f4 24. d4 Nf8 25. d5 Bxh3 26. Ra3 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28. Rd3 {Bilych,O (2337)-Mosesov,D (2286) Lvov 2019 0-1 (34)}) 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. d4 Rad8 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. h4 g4 19. Nh2 exd4 20. Nxg4 h5 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxh5 dxc3 23. Bg5 cxb2 24. Rab1 d5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Ng4 Bg7 27. e5 Qf5 28. Rxb2 Rd7 29. Rbe2 Re6 30. Qh7 d4 31. Nh6 Bxh6 32. Qxh6+ Ke8 33. Qg7 Qg4 34. Rd2 Qh5 35. Red1 c5 36. Rb1 Rxe5 37. Qf6 Qh8 38. Rxb7 Qxf6 39. Rb8+ Rd8 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.02"] [Round "11"] [White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2024.04.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 d6 5. Bc4 h6 6. d3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. a3 ({RR} 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Rfe1 Nxe3 12. Bxe6 Nxg2 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Kxg2 Rf8 15. Re4 Kg8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Rg4 Kh7 18. Ne4 Ne7 19. Rg1 Nd5 20. Kf1 Rxf3 21. Rxg6 Rg8 22. Ng5+ Kxg6 {Bacrot,E (2677)-Pranav,V (2620) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 8. Qd2 Qe7 9. a3 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 c6 14. b4 Qe6 15. b5 d5 16. Bc5 dxc4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. dxc4 O-O 19. O-O Qc5 20. Qe2 Nh5 21. Kh2 Nf4 22. Qa2 Rad8 {Sitnic,A (2040)-Radzimski,A (2410) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (41)}) 8... a6 $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rf7 19. Rf3 Raf8 20. Raf1 Kh7 21. c4 c6 22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 {Gajcin,M (2215)-Tsolakidou,S (2358) Petrovac MNE 2023 0-1 (64)}) 9. Ba2 Qe7 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c4 Nd7 13. O-O Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. b4 g5 16. Nh2 c6 17. f4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bxh3 19. gxh3 gxf4 20. Qxf4 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Ne5 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Ng4 Ke7 25. Rgf1 Raf8 26. Bb1 Nxg4 27. Rxg4 Be5 28. a4 h5 29. Rg2 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Rc8 31. b5 a5 32. Ba2 Rg8+ 33. Kf2 Rg3 34. Rc1 Rxh3 35. Bc4 b6 36. Ke2 h4 37. Bb3 Rh2+ 38. Kf3 Rd2 39. Rc7+ Kd8 0-1 [Event "Bullet Chess Winners 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.19"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "2023.07.17"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 O-O 7. a4 h6 8. Nc3 Re8 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. a5 a6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. c3 Qd7 13. Be3 d5 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. h3 {½-½ (16) Pribelszky,B (2409)-Vanczak,T (2393) Nyiregyhaza HUN 2026}) 9. Nd5 Bf8 10. c3 Be6 11. Nxf6+ $146 ({RR} 11. b4 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Bb5 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bc4 d5 16. Ba2 Ng6 17. b5 Qd7 18. h3 cxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Qd7 22. Bb2 Bd6 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 e4 25. dxe4 Nxe4 {Carlsen,M (2835)-Firouzja,A (2777) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (67)}) 11... Qxf6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. b4 a6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. b5 Nd8 16. Qb3 axb5 17. axb5 Ne6 18. h3 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Rab8 22. Qc2 c5 23. d5 Nc7 24. Bf4 Nb5 25. Qa4 Rb7 26. Rab1 Nc3 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Rb3 Nxe4 29. Rbe3 f5 30. Nd2 Rde7 31. Nc4 Nf6 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Bxe7 34. Bxd6 Kf8 35. Bxe7+ Kxe7 36. Ne3 g6 37. Kf1 Kd6 38. Ke2 Nxd5 39. Nc4+ Ke6 40. g3 Nf6 41. Kd3 Nd7 42. Ne3 Ne5+ 43. Kc3 g5 44. f4 gxf4 45. gxf4 Ng6 46. Ng2 Kd5 47. Kd3 c4+ 48. Ke3 c3 49. Kd3 c2 50. Ne3+ Ke6 51. Kxc2 Nxf4 52. h4 Ng6 53. Ng2 f4 54. Kd2 Kf5 55. Ke2 Kg4 56. Kf2 Nxh4 57. Ne1 Nf5 58. Nd3 Ng3 59. Ne5+ Kf5 60. Nd3 Ne4+ 61. Kf3 Ng5+ 62. Kg2 h5 63. Nf2 h4 64. Nd3 h3+ 65. Kh2 Kg4 66. Ne5+ Kh5 67. Nd3 Kg4 68. Ne5+ Kf5 69. Nd3 Ke4 70. Nf2+ Ke3 71. Ng4+ Ke2 72. Ne5 f3 73. Ng6 f2 74. Nf4+ Kf3 75. Nxh3 Nxh3 76. Kxh3 f1=Q+ 77. Kh4 Qg2 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 11th Apr Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.04.11"] [Round "10"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2627"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2023.04.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. b4 Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. b5 ({RR} 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bb2 g4 14. N3d2 Kh7 15. g3 f5 16. b5 c6 17. d4 e4 18. Bb3 h5 19. Ba3 Nxc3 20. Qc2 Bxd4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Bb4 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 Bxa1 {Robson,R (2689)-Nakamura,H (2802) Saint Louis USA 2025 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Re1 g4 12. Ng5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Qe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nf1 c6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Nf5 d5 18. Bb3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nf4 22. g3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 {Saranya Devi Narahari (1845)-Diaz Guerrero,J (2135) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (51)}) 9... Ne7 10. a5 $146 ({RR} 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 g4 12. Ne1 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 c6 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nc5 Kh8 18. Qb3 Ndf4 19. Rd1 Qg5 20. Bc1 Qe7 21. Kh1 b6 22. Ncd3 Nxd3 23. Nxd3 cxb5 24. axb5 Bb7 {Nareks,M (2302)-Agrest,I (2281) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (38)}) 10... Ng6 11. Na3 c6 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. a6 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bb5 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nc2 Qb6 18. Rb1 e4 19. Be3 Qc7 20. dxe4 dxe4 21. g4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Be2 Rad8 24. Nfd4 Bc8 25. Qd2 f5 26. Nb4 f4 27. Qa2+ Kh7 28. Ne6 Qd7 29. Bc4 fxe3 30. fxe3 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Re8 32. Bd5 Qd6 33. Rf7 Bxe6 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Rxa7 Qg3+ 36. Qg2 Qxe3+ 37. Qf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 e3+ 39. Ke1 Nf4 40. Rd7 e2 41. Nc2 Rxa6 0-1 [Event "6th Salamanca Masters"] [Site "Salamanca ESP"] [Date "2023.04.27"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Topalov, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2728"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2023.04.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Bc5 $146 ({RR} 16... Nc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. a5 Nfxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxa7 Nc5 21. Bc4 Rd2 22. Rc1 Kf8 23. Kf1 g6 24. Ke1 Rd4 25. b3 Rd8 26. Rd1 Ne4 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. a6 bxa6 29. Bxa6 Ke8 30. Ke2 Be7 31. Kd3 {Andriasian,Z (2554)-Davtyan,A (2458) Yerevan ARM 2025 ½-½ (33)}) 17. Bxe6 Bxe3 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. fxe3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 a5 21. Rd3 g6 22. Nf1 Ke6 23. Nd2 b5 24. Rc3 Kd6 25. Rb3 Kc5 26. Kf2 bxa4 27. Rb7 Rd8 28. Ke2 Rd7 29. Rb8 h5 30. Rf8 Rd6 31. Ra8 Kb5 32. c3 Nd7 33. Nb1 Kc4 34. Rxa5 Kb3 35. Nd2+ Kc2 36. Nc4 Rf6 37. Rxa4 Nc5 38. Rb4 Re6 39. Na3+ Kc1 40. Rb8 Nxe4 41. Kd3 Nf2+ 42. Ke2 Ne4 43. Nc4 Kc2 44. h4 Rf6 45. Na3+ Kc1 46. Kd3 Nf2+ 47. Ke2 e4 48. Rb4 0-1 [Event "EU-chT 23rd"] [Site "Terme Catez"] [Date "2021.11.19"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Ivic, Velimir"] [Black "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2676"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2021.11.12"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 205"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.11.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Serbia"] [BlackTeam "Hungary"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"] [BlackTeamCountry "HUN"] 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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 ({RR} 12... Nb7 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 bxa4 15. bxa4 c4 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Ra2 Na5 18. Ne1 Rfe8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bd8 21. Nd2 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Nb3 23. Nef3 Nh5 24. Bh2 Bf6 25. g4 Bxc3 26. gxh5 Bxh3 27. Rg1 {Amador Garcia,I (2211)-Sanchez Elena,L (2068) Linares ESP 2026 1-0 (33)}) 13. b3 ({RR} 13. a4 Nb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Be3 bxa4 16. bxa4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rfb8 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nbd2 Be8 20. Ra2 Nd7 21. Re1 Nb6 22. Nf1 c4 23. Ne3 Nb3 24. a5 Na4 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. Ra3 Rab8 27. Nxc4 Nxc3 {Firouzja,A (2785)-Alekseenko,K (2686) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (41)}) 13... Nb6 14. Be3 ({RR} 14. a4 c4 15. axb5 cxb3 16. Bd3 Nfd7 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18. Qc2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 f5 20. Nbd2 axb5 21. Rxa8 Nxa8 22. Qxb5 Qxc3 23. Bb2 Qc7 24. Ba3 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Bf5 26. Nfd2 Qb6 27. Qe2 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Qb3 {Ivic,V (2610)-Sargsyan,S (2639) Terme Catez 2022 ½-½ (60)}) 14... Bd7 15. Nfd2 $146 ({RR} 15. Nbd2 c4 16. Qe2 cxb3 17. axb3 Rfb8 18. Rfc1 a5 19. Bd3 Ne8 20. Bxb5 f5 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. c4 Bd8 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Ra3 Nd7 25. Rca1 Rb7 26. Nf1 Rab8 27. Ng3 Qg6 28. Nd2 Nef6 29. Qf3 Bc7 {Donchenko,A (2636)-Baenziger,F (2408) Apolda GER 2024 1-0 (36)}) 15... g6 16. c4 b4 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. Nbd2 a5 19. Kh2 a4 20. Rc1 axb3 21. axb3 Ra3 22. Ng1 Qd8 23. Bh6 Ng7 24. f4 exf4 25. Ndf3 Bf6 26. Bxf4 Qe7 27. Bh6 Bc8 28. Ne2 Nd7 29. Nf4 Ne5 30. Nd3 Nxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Bd4 32. Rce1 Bd7 33. Re2 f6 34. Kh1 Re8 35. g4 Ra2 36. Qg2 Ra1 37. Bb1 Ra3 38. Bc2 Ra1 39. Bc1 f5 40. gxf5 Nxf5 41. Ree1 Rxc1 42. Nxc1 Ne3 43. Rxe3 Bxe3 44. Ne2 Rf8 45. Rxf8+ Qxf8 46. Ng1 Qh6 47. Bd1 Bxg1 48. Bg4 Bd4 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 2023-24"] [Site "Kiel GER"] [Date "2024.04.27"] [Round "14.5"] [White "Eljanov, P."] [Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2023.10.21"] [WhiteTeam "MSA Zugzwang"] [BlackTeam "SK Doppelbauer Turm Kiel"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. c3 Rfe8 10. Bxe6 ({RR} 10. a5 Bf8 11. b4 a6 12. Qb3 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rad8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. b5 Nb8 20. Rab1 c6 21. bxa6 Nxa6 22. h3 h6 23. Nh4 Qd3 24. Qa4 Red7 {Movsesian,S (2645)-Navara,D (2663) Prague 2005 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 10. b4 Bf8 11. Qc2 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. axb5 axb5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re3 Re6 20. Rae1 Rde8 21. c4 Qd6 22. cxb5 Nxb4 23. Qc4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 {Fier,A (2556)-Guimaraes,D (2285) Caioba BRA 2025 1-0 (53)}) 10... Qxe6 11. b4 $146 ({RR} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a5 Nb4 15. Qa4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nb3 Nd3 18. Re2 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Nxf3 22. gxf3 Qe2+ 23. Kg1 Qxf3 24. Nd2 Qd3 25. Qb4 Rac8 {Warakomski,T (2537)-Mitsis,G (2278) Heraklion 2018 ½-½ (38)}) 11... d5 12. Qc2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Rad8 14. Nb3 Qc4 15. Nfd2 Qe6 16. b5 Nb8 17. Nf3 h6 18. c4 Nbd7 19. c5 c6 20. Be3 Rc8 21. b6 axb6 22. cxb6 c5 23. a5 c4 24. Nbd2 c3 25. Nb3 Nb8 26. Nc1 Na6 27. Nd3 Bd6 28. Ra4 Rc4 29. Bc1 Rec8 30. h3 Nd7 31. Ba3 Bxa3 32. Rxa3 f6 33. Qa2 Qf7 34. Nh4 g6 35. Ra4 Rxa4 36. Qxa4 Ndc5 37. Nxc5 Nxc5 38. Qd1 Kh7 39. Qg4 Rc6 40. Re2 h5 41. Qg3 Nb3 42. a6 Nd4 43. Re1 c2 44. a7 Ne2+ 45. Rxe2 c1=Q+ 46. Kh2 Rc8 47. Re3 Qb2 48. Ra3 Ra8 49. Qe3 Qe6 50. Rd3 Qbxb6 51. Rd7+ Kg8 52. Qd2 Qe8 53. Rd6 Qxa7 54. Rxf6 Qa2 55. Qg5 Ra6 56. Rf3 Kh7 57. g4 Qae6 58. gxh5 gxh5 59. Nf5 Qf6 60. Qd2 h4 61. Rd3 Kh8 62. Qb2 Qg5 0-1 [Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2019.10.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Efimenko, Zahar"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.10.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IOM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 193"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.12.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Qb6 ({RR} 12... h6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 b4 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. d4 Qc7 17. h3 Bf8 18. Re2 Nc6 19. Be3 Qb7 20. d5 Na5 21. Nd2 h5 22. Re1 g6 23. Bd3 Be7 24. Qe2 h4 25. Ngf1 Nh5 26. Qf3 Ng7 27. Bh6 {Rasulov,V (2522)-Anuj,S (2478) Baku AZE 2026 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Nf1 b4 14. Ne3 Rb8 15. d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Re8 18. Ba3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nb4 20. Ndf5 Bf8 21. Bb1 Bc6 22. Qd4 a5 23. Bb2 Bxe4 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Ng4 Nbd5 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Nxf6+ {Sjugirov,S (2650)-Matlakov,M (2735) St Petersburg 2017 ½-½ (40)}) 13. Nf1 b4 14. Ne3 ({RR} 14. Qe2 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nxc1 17. Rexc1 Qa5 18. Bb3 Rab8 19. Ne3 Qc7 20. Qa2 g6 21. h3 h6 22. Nd2 Kg7 23. Ndc4 Rb7 24. a5 Bb5 25. Ba4 Qc6 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Nb6 Bd8 28. Qb3 b4 {Svidler,P (2738)-Leko,P (2741) Moscow 2008 1-0 (46)}) 14... Rfe8 15. d4 $146 ({RR} 15. h3 Bf8 16. Nh2 bxc3 17. bxc3 c4 18. dxc4 Rac8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Rxc3 21. Bd2 Rcc8 22. Rb1 Qd8 23. Nf1 Nc4 24. Bc1 Be7 25. Ne3 Bg5 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. Ba3 Rd4 28. Qf3 Qc7 29. Bb3 Bxa4 {Fitzsimons,D (2260)-Collins,S (2426) Bunratty 2012 0-1 (72)}) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 b3 17. Bb1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bf8 19. Nef5 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rxe4 Nc4 23. a5 Qb7 24. Qe2 Qd5 25. Bg5 Nxe5 26. Re1 Nc6 27. h4 f6 28. Bf4 g6 29. Nh6+ Bxh6 30. Bxh6 Nxd4 31. Qd3 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Bc6 33. f3 Nxf3+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2024.04.13"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Vidit, S."] [Black "Gukesh, D."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. O-O h6 6. a4 ({RR} 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 g5 8. Na3 Bg7 9. Nc2 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Ne3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Ng8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 g4 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxf5 18. d4 Ne7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ne3 Qd7 {Caruana,F (2793)-Gukesh,D (2766) Saint Louis USA 2024 ½-½ (60)}) 6... Bc5 ({RR} 6... d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. f3 h5 12. Ne2 d5 13. Kh1 h4 14. Ng1 d4 15. Bf2 Nh5 16. Nb3 Nb4 17. a5 c5 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Nc4 Nf4 20. g3 Ng6 21. Nh3 {Guo,E (2375)-Das,A (2314) Naperville, IL USA 2026 0-1 (58)}) 7. Be3 $146 ({RR} 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rb1 d5 15. Nf1 Qd7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Rd8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Red1 g6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Mayank,C (2425)-Nogerbek,K (2502) Gandhinagar IND 2024 ½-½ (54)}) 7... d6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. b4 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. b5 Nb8 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. d4 Qe8 16. Rae1 axb5 17. axb5 Ra5 18. c4 Qa8 19. h3 Re8 20. Kh2 b6 21. Rf2 Ra2 22. Qd3 Ra3 23. Qb1 Qa4 24. Nh4 Ra8 25. Nf5 Kf8 26. Ref1 Ra1 27. Qd3 Qb4 28. Rxa1 Rxa1 29. c5 bxc5 30. Nc4 Qe1 31. Re2 Qg1+ 32. Kg3 Nh5+ 33. Kh4 Ndf6 34. Nxh6 Qh2 35. Nf5 Rf1 36. g4 Rxf5 37. exf5 Qg3+ 38. Kg5 Nh7+ 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2012.01.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Ernst, Sipke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2606"] [Annotator "Let's Check"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2012.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 147"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.03.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Qc7 ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. Na3 a6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Nc2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. b4 b5 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Ra2 Rfc8 17. axb5 axb5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Rb1 Rd8 20. Nce1 Ne8 21. Be3 Nc7 22. g3 b4 23. c4 Ra8 24. Rba1 {Duda,J (2707)-Naiditsch,A (2710) Linares 2017 ½-½ (54)}) 10. Na3 Nc6 11. Nc4 Be6 ({RR} 11... b6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. g3 Kh8 16. h4 h6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Bc4 Qb7 20. Ng4 Ng8 21. Re2 Qd7 22. Ne3 Qb7 23. Rae1 Ne7 24. Ng4 Ng8 25. Nf1 Qd7 26. Nfe3 {Jakubowski,K (2448)-Jiganchine,R (2205) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (58)}) 12. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 12. Bg5 Rad8 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Bg3 Rfd8 17. Nh4 Bf8 18. Qe2 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Qb3 20. Ra3 Qe6 21. Raa1 g6 22. Nf3 Bg7 23. Nd2 Re8 24. Bh4 b6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nd5 Bg7 {Murko,D (1634)-Markoja,S (2126) Murska Sobota 2013 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 12. h3 h6 13. Ne3 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 Rfe8 15. Bd2 Rad8 16. c4 Bf8 17. Nh2 Nd4 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qd7 20. Nd5 Be7 21. b4 Bg5 22. Bc3 Ne6 23. g3 cxb4 24. Bxb4 Nc7 25. Nxc7 Qxc7 26. Qe2 Qc6 {Harika,D (2492)-Soumya,S (2402) Shaoxing 2019 ½-½ (60)}) 12... Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 Bg4 15. Nf3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rae8 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Qd2 Bd8 20. a5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Ne7 23. d4 cxd4 24. c4 Ng6 25. Bg3 Nh5 26. Bf2 d3 27. Kh1 Nhf4 28. b4 Qg4 29. Bg3 Qf5 30. Bb1 Bf6 31. Re3 Rc8 32. Bxf4 Qxf4 33. Qxd3 Kf8 34. Ba2 Ne5 35. Qe4 $2 (35. Nxe5 Bxe5 36. g3 $15) 35... Qxe4 $19 36. Rxe4 Nd3 37. b5 Nf2+ 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd May Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.02"] [Round "8"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2023.05.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Bc5 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. a5 Ba7 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 Ne7 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. Nf1 c6 ({RR} 13... Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Ra2 Qe8 16. g3 Qf7 17. N1h2 Rad8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Rd7 20. Qb3 c6 21. c4 Re8 22. Rae2 Nf4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. e5 fxe3 25. exf6 Qg6+ 26. Kh1 exf2 27. Rxf2 Rf8 28. c5 {Pacher,M (2381)-Kusa,J (2414) Slovakia SVK 2026 0-1 (60)}) 14. Bb3 Re8 $146 ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Be3 c5 16. Rc1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Qf7 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. c4 Nh5 22. Qb2 Nhf4 23. Re3 Qc7 24. Kh2 Rad8 25. Qd2 Ne7 26. g3 Nfg6 27. Kg2 Nc6 28. Ra1 Rf7 29. Qc3 {Narr,I (1708)-Werl,R (1904) Radebeul 2019 ½-½ (50)}) 15. Be3 d5 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Ng3 Be6 18. d4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 f5 21. Rxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxb3 23. Qxb3+ Qd5 24. Qc2 f4 25. Re1 Raa8 26. Re4 f3 27. gxf3 Re6 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Qe2 Ref6 30. Rg4 Qe6 31. Qe4 Rf5 32. Rg3 R8f6 33. Ng4 Rg6 34. Ne5 Rgf6 35. Qg4 Rg5 36. Qxe6+ Rxe6 37. f4 Rf5 38. Kf3 g5 39. Rg4 Ref6 40. Nd3 Kf7 41. Ke4 Kg6 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. f4 Kh6 44. fxg5+ Rxg5 45. Nc5 Rf7 46. c4 Rh5 47. h4 Re7+ 48. Kd3 Rf7 49. Ke4 Re7+ 50. Kd3 Rf5 51. Rg3 Rf4 52. Re3 Ref7 53. Ne6 Rxh4 54. c5 Rd7 55. Kc4 Re7 56. Kd3 Rd7 57. Kc4 Re7 58. Kd3 Rh5 59. Nf4 Rxe3+ 60. Kxe3 Rf5 61. Ke4 Rf7 62. Ke5 Kg5 63. Ne6+ Kg4 64. Kd6 Rf6 65. Ke7 Kf5 66. Nd8 Rh6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 30th Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2024.04.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. Nbd2 ({RR} 6. c3 g5 7. b4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nc4 g4 12. Nfd2 d5 13. Ne3 c6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rb1 h5 17. Ndf1 Qd7 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. Ngf5 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qd3 {Carlsen,M (2832)-Sindarov,J (2674) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nh2 O-O 11. Ng4 Kh7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. h4 Qd8 14. h5 g5 15. g4 Nc6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. c3 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. Rg1 d5 {Adewumi,T (2421)-Tang,A (2538) Rockville USA 2025 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 6. a5 g6 7. a6 b6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd2 Na5 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Bc4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. c4 Rc8 19. Qa4 c5 20. b4 Nh5 {Aronian,L (2729)-Pranav,V (2609) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (57)}) 6... g6 7. Nf1 Bg7 8. Ne3 $146 ({RR} 8. Ng3 O-O 9. c3 Kh7 10. b4 a6 11. Ra2 d5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. h4 Kg8 14. Rd2 Qe7 15. h5 Rad8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Nh4 Qf7 18. O-O Kh7 19. Ba3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qe2 Bg4 22. f3 Be6 {Neretljak,N (2114)-Rydstrom,T (2370) Sarpsborg 2019 0-1 (54)}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 Kh7 12. b4 a6 13. Rb1 Nh5 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rf7 19. Ne1 Nf4 20. g3 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Ng5 22. f3 Raf8 23. Qe2 c6 24. dxc6 Nxc6 25. N3c2 Ne6 26. Be3 d5 27. exd5 Qxd5 28. Qd3 Ned4 29. Rf2 Nxc2 30. Qxc2 Nxb4 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Nd5 33. Bc1 Rd7 34. Re2 Nb6 35. Rce4 Rc8 36. Bb2 Nc4 37. Ba1 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Nc2 Nd2 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 2023-24"] [Site "Kiel GER"] [Date "2024.04.27"] [Round "14.5"] [White "Eljanov, P."] [Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2023.10.21"] [WhiteTeam "MSA Zugzwang"] [BlackTeam "SK Doppelbauer Turm Kiel"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. c3 Rfe8 10. Bxe6 ({RR} 10. a5 Bf8 11. b4 a6 12. Qb3 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rad8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. b5 Nb8 20. Rab1 c6 21. bxa6 Nxa6 22. h3 h6 23. Nh4 Qd3 24. Qa4 Red7 {Movsesian,S (2645)-Navara,D (2663) Prague 2005 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 10. b4 Bf8 11. Qc2 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. axb5 axb5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re3 Re6 20. Rae1 Rde8 21. c4 Qd6 22. cxb5 Nxb4 23. Qc4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 {Fier,A (2556)-Guimaraes,D (2285) Caioba BRA 2025 1-0 (53)}) 10... Qxe6 11. b4 $146 ({RR} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a5 Nb4 15. Qa4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nb3 Nd3 18. Re2 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Nxf3 22. gxf3 Qe2+ 23. Kg1 Qxf3 24. Nd2 Qd3 25. Qb4 Rac8 {Warakomski,T (2537)-Mitsis,G (2278) Heraklion 2018 ½-½ (38)}) 11... d5 12. Qc2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Rad8 14. Nb3 Qc4 15. Nfd2 Qe6 16. b5 Nb8 17. Nf3 h6 18. c4 Nbd7 19. c5 c6 20. Be3 Rc8 21. b6 axb6 22. cxb6 c5 23. a5 c4 24. Nbd2 c3 25. Nb3 Nb8 26. Nc1 Na6 27. Nd3 Bd6 28. Ra4 Rc4 29. Bc1 Rec8 30. h3 Nd7 31. Ba3 Bxa3 32. Rxa3 f6 33. Qa2 Qf7 34. Nh4 g6 35. Ra4 Rxa4 36. Qxa4 Ndc5 37. Nxc5 Nxc5 38. Qd1 Kh7 39. Qg4 Rc6 40. Re2 h5 41. Qg3 Nb3 42. a6 Nd4 43. Re1 c2 44. a7 Ne2+ 45. Rxe2 c1=Q+ 46. Kh2 Rc8 47. Re3 Qb2 48. Ra3 Ra8 49. Qe3 Qe6 50. Rd3 Qbxb6 51. Rd7+ Kg8 52. Qd2 Qe8 53. Rd6 Qxa7 54. Rxf6 Qa2 55. Qg5 Ra6 56. Rf3 Kh7 57. g4 Qae6 58. gxh5 gxh5 59. Nf5 Qf6 60. Qd2 h4 61. Rd3 Kh8 62. Qb2 Qg5 0-1 [Event "Niemann-Giri Rematch 2025"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2025.06.04"] [Round "2"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2025.06.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qc8 ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 b5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Re8 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. O-O Rxe4 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. h4 d5 12. Qe2 Qe8 13. g4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Be7 15. Rh3 Rd8 16. h5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne5 Bg5 19. a4 Rf6 20. Qb5 Bf4 21. Ng6 Rxg6 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. hxg6 {Ruzhansky,E (2442)-Hovhanisian,M (2391) Antwerp BEL 2026 ½-½ (48)}) 9. O-O Bd8 10. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 10. Bb3 a5 11. c4 Nd7 12. h3 Nc5 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. d4 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 c6 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nc3 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Ne4 Bf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rad1 Re8 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2748) Endgame.AI INT 2025 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 10. Bb3 a5 11. c4 Nd7 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Re1 h6 15. Nc3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Ba2 Bg5 18. b4 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 axb4 20. axb4 Na6 21. Rb1 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nde2 Rd8 24. Rb2 Bd7 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2748) Endgame.AI INT 2025 1-0 (36)}) 10... Nd7 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Ba2 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4 Nf5 16. Bd2 a5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bb3 Bc7 21. Re1 Re8 22. Bc3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Qb7 24. Qb2 Ra8 25. Bc2 Re8 26. Qa2 Bb6 27. Bb3 c5 28. b5 Ra8 29. Qb2 Ba5 30. Ra1 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Nd7 32. Bd1 Nb6 33. Nd2 Nd4 34. Ne4 Rxa1 35. Qxa1 Qb8 36. Nc3 Kh7 37. Qa6 Qd8 38. g3 f5 39. Kg2 d5 40. Na4 Nxa4 41. Bxa4 e4 42. b6 exd3 43. b7 Qe7 44. b8=Q Qe4+ 45. Kg1 Nf3+ 46. Kf1 Nd2+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Nf3# 0-1 [Event "Niemann-Giri Rematch 2025"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2025.06.04"] [Round "16"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2025.06.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. b3 Nh7 10. c3 Ng5 11. Ra2 a5 12. h3 Kh8 13. d4 $146 ({RR} 13. Nf1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bg5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Ng3 g6 17. d4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 b6 19. Qd1 Kg7 20. Nf1 Rae8 21. Rae2 Nb8 22. Nh2 Nd7 23. Nf3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nf6 25. Qb3 Qd7 26. Qb5 Re7 27. R3e2 Rfe8 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2738) Endgame.AI INT 2025 ½-½ (62)}) 13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Ne6 16. Nb5 Bg5 17. Qg4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Qg3 Nf4 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. Rad2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Qe3 c6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Na3 Qd1 28. Nc4 Qf1 29. Qf3 Ne2 30. h4 Qg1+ 31. Kh3 Nf4+ 32. Kg3 f6 33. Nxa5 Qh1 34. h5 Nxh5+ 35. Kg4 g6 36. Qh3 Qd1+ 37. f3 Qd2 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 30th May Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.30"] [Round "10"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2023.05.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Bxf7+ Qxf7 10. Qxb7 Kd7 11. d5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Qxa8 Qb5 14. a4 Qb6 15. b4 Bg7 16. Be3 Rxa8 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Nbd2 e4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Ng3 Bxc3 21. Nxf5 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 gxf5 {Astrom,L (1781)-Semenova,E (2194) Pardubice 2010 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 8. Qb3 Na5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Be2 b5 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bg7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. a4 O-O 15. axb5 cxb5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Be2 a5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bxb5 Nh5 20. Bc6 Rab8 21. Na3 f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Christiansen,J (2633) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (58)}) ({RR} 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Bxf7+ Qxf7 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxc6+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. dxe5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 dxe5 15. Rd1+ Bd6 16. b3 Ke6 17. Be3 a6 18. Nd2 g5 19. h3 Rbg8 20. Kf1 h5 21. Ke2 g4 22. hxg4 hxg4 {Demchenko,A (2580)-Gurbanov,I (2103) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (34)}) 8... Bg7 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bf1 c5 14. d5 b5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. b3 Nb7 18. Nh2 a5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 c4 21. bxc4 Nc5 22. Qc2 bxc4 23. a4 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Nxa4 25. Qxa4 Nxd5 26. Bd2 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Bxc3 28. Bxc3 Nxc3 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. Bxc4 d5 31. Bd3 dxe4 32. Bc4 f5 33. Rc1 Rec8 34. Rxc3 a4 35. Nhf1 a3 36. Rc1 a2 0-1 [Event "Niemann-Giri Rerematch"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2025.06.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2025.06.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qc8 9. O-O Bd8 10. Bb3 a5 11. c4 Nd7 12. d4 $146 ({RR} 12. h3 Nc5 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. d4 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 c6 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nc3 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Ne4 Bf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rad1 Re8 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rf4 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2748) Endgame.AI INT 2025 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Re1 h6 15. Nc3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Ba2 Bg5 18. b4 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 axb4 20. axb4 Na6 21. Rb1 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nde2 Rd8 24. Rb2 Bd7 25. Rd2 Ba4 26. Nxa4 Rxa4 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2748) Endgame.AI INT 2025 1-0 (36)}) 12... Bg4 13. Kh1 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 17. Ne3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qh3 19. Bd1 Ne6 20. Qd2 Bg5 21. Rg1 Bf4 22. Rg3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qh6 24. Bc2 Rfd8 25. Kg2 Qf6 26. Rb1 h5 27. h4 a4 28. Bd1 g6 29. Be2 Qd4 30. Rd1 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Nc5 32. Nd1 Kf8 33. Nc3 Ke7 34. Kf2 Rf8 35. Bd1 f5 36. exf5 Rxf5 37. Bc2 Rf6 38. Ne2 Raf8 39. f4 Kd7 40. Kf3 Re8 41. Nc3 Ra8 42. Re2 Ra6 43. Rd2 Ra7 44. Re2 Ra8 45. Rd2 Re6 46. Kf2 Kc7 47. Kf3 Ra7 48. Kf2 Ra6 49. Kf3 Ra8 50. Kf2 Rae8 51. Kf3 Re3+ 52. Kf2 R3e6 53. Kf3 Nb3 54. Rd1 Re3+ 55. Kf2 R3e6 56. Kf3 Na5 57. Bd3 Re3+ 58. Kf2 Rxd3 59. Rxd3 Nxc4 60. Nxa4 b5 61. b3 Nxa3 62. Nc3 d5 63. Ne2 Nc2 64. f5 gxf5 65. Nf4 Kd6 66. Nxh5 c5 67. Ng7 Rf8 68. h5 c4 69. bxc4 bxc4 70. Rd2 Nb4 71. h6 c3 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 26th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2627"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2024.03.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g5 7. a5 Bg7 8. c3 O-O ({RR} 8... a6 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qxb7 Qd7 15. Qb3 Reb8 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Be3 Ng6 19. Nbd2 Qd5 20. b4 Nce7 21. Qb3 Qxd3 22. Qc4 Qf5 23. Rfd1 {Zhou,S (2092)-Kiryanova,S (1641) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (42)}) 9. Nbd2 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. g3 Qe7 14. Qa3 Qxa3 15. Rxa3 Bg4 16. Rb3 Rab8 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Ra3 Rbd8 19. b4 Kh8 20. Kg2 Rde8 21. h3 Bh5 22. Nf1 f5 23. exf5 e4 24. N3h2 {Rodchenkov,S (2346)-Bochnicka,V (2376) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 9... g4 10. Ne1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc2 Kh8 13. f3 gxf3 14. Qxf3 Be6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nc5 Bg8 17. Nxb7 Qd7 18. Qh5 f4 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Ne4 Nf6 21. Qf3 Bxc4 22. dxc4 Qe6 23. b3 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 {Vidit,S (2720)-Niemann,H (2736) Endgame.AI INT 2025 1-0 (38)}) 10. Ne1 c6 11. Nc2 d5 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Qe1 Ng6 14. f3 Be6 15. g3 Re8 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Kg2 Qd7 18. Rf2 Bc5 19. Bc2 a6 20. Nb3 Ba7 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bh3+ 25. Kg1 Rxe4 26. Qc3 Rae8 27. Bd2 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Bc3 Rde4 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Ne7 33. Rf6 Re6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Ra3 Nd5 36. Be5 Re7 37. Kf2 Rf7+ 38. Ke2 Kh7 39. g4 Kg6 40. Rb3 h5 41. h3 h4 42. Bh2 c5 43. Rd3 Nf4+ 44. Bxf4 Rxf4 45. Rd6 Kf6 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Bl Team Pool A"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2025.06.14"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2025.06.14"] [EventType "team"] [WhiteTeam "Knight Dance"] [BlackTeam "WR Chess Team"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Bxe6 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 h6 10. b4 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Kh7 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. g3 Ng7 22. Nd2 Ne6 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 8. Nc3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. b3 Nd7 11. Be3 Kh8 12. Nd5 b6 13. b4 Nf6 14. Qd3 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb8 16. c3 Nd7 17. a4 Qc8 18. Nd2 Qa6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 axb4 21. cxb4 f5 22. f3 fxe4 {Goganov,A (2507)-Gorlov,A (2151) St Petersburg RUS 2026 1-0 (77)}) 8... fxe6 9. b4 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 9... a6 10. c3 h6 11. Be3 d5 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. h3 Qe8 14. Qb3 Qf7 15. a4 Nd7 16. Nf1 a5 17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. Qb5 b6 19. N1h2 Nb7 20. Ng4 Ra5 21. Qb1 Qg6 22. Qd1 Rfa8 23. Nh4 Qe8 24. exd5 {Van Foreest,J (2676)-Tari,A (2621) Eforie Nord ROU 2025 ½-½ (34)}) 10. c3 h6 11. Be3 a6 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. d4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nh5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Re3 Bd6 18. Rae1 Rf7 19. Nf1 Rdf8 20. Ng3 Nf4 21. Be5 Nh3+ 22. gxh3 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 Rxf3 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qe2 Rf8 26. Kg2 Kh8 27. Qe6 Qf4 28. Qe3 Qf6 29. Nh5 Qg6+ 30. Ng3 Kh7 31. Rd1 Qf7 32. Rd2 Kh8 33. Qd3 Ne7 34. Re2 Ng6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 24th Jun Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.06.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Svane, R."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2626"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2025.06.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 Bc5 6. O-O ({RR} 6. a5 a6 7. c3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Ba7 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Qb3 Raa8 16. exd5 exd5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Rad8 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Qxb7 Rxf3 {Demchenko,A (2619)-Ostensen,N (2211) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (37)}) 6... d6 7. a5 a6 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. a6 bxa6 9. Bxa6 Be6 10. c3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Bc4 c6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. b4 Bb6 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Ra6 d5 17. Na5 dxe4 18. dxe4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bb6 20. Re1 Ng4 21. Be3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 {Xiong,J (2656)-Mamedov,E (2459) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (45)}) 8. Be3 Ba7 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. c3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Qe7 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Rfe1 Ra8 17. Nf1 Bg4 18. N3d2 Rad8 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bc4 Qd7 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Bd5 N6xd5 23. exd5 {Baidetskyi,V (2483)-Berczes,D (2410) Slovakia SVK 2025 ½-½ (56)}) ({RR} 8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qe1 d5 13. Qg3 Qd6 14. Rf2 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qc5 17. Re2 Rad8 18. Qg4 Rd6 19. h4 Nxa5 20. h5 Nc4 21. Qg3 Rfd8 22. b3 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 {Dragnev,V (2547)-Shakirov,M (2167) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (57)}) 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c3 b5 12. axb6 cxb6 13. d4 b5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. d5 Ne7 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. g3 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. b3 a5 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Ng4 23. Qe2 a4 24. c5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Nc4 Qb3 27. Nfd2 Qc3 28. Ra3 Qc1+ 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Nf6 31. f3 Ne8 32. h4 f6 33. Rc3 Ne7 34. Na3 Rb7 35. Rxc5 Rb2 36. Ndc4 Rb3 37. Ra5 Nc8 38. Be2 Kf8 39. Kf2 Ned6 40. Nxd6 Nxd6 41. Nc2 Rb2 42. Bd3 Bb5 43. Bxb5 Nxb5 44. Ke1 Nc3 45. Kd2 Rb3 46. Ne3 Nb1+ 47. Ke2 a3 48. Nf5 g6 0-1 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"] [Site "Porto Carras"] [Date "2011.11.10"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Iordachescu, Viorel"] [Black "Saric, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2648"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2011.11.03"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 146"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Moldova"] [BlackTeam "Croatia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nc4 h6 12. Bd2 ({RR} 12. Ne3 Re8 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Bd2 Bd8 15. Bc4 a6 16. Qb3 Bg4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qd1 Rab8 19. h3 Bh5 20. Kh2 Ne7 21. Qb3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bd5 c4 24. dxc4 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Rec8 26. Qa2 Nxd5 {Saric,I (2394)-Lenic,L (2500) Sibenik 2006 ½-½ (57)}) 12... a5 $146 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Ne3 Re8 14. h3 Bxa2 15. Rxa2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Bd6 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. a5 Nc7 21. Qb6 Qxd3 22. Be3 e4 23. Nh2 Ne6 24. Raa1 Qb5 25. f3 Qxb6 26. axb6 Ne5 27. fxe4 {Mencinger,V (2356)-Stefanov,E (2484) Zadar 2016 0-1 (61)}) ({RR} 12... a6 13. h3 b5 14. Ne3 b4 15. Nd5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 17. Bc4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Na5 19. Bxa6 Nxd5 20. Bb5 Qc7 21. Rb1 c4 22. d4 Bf6 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Qc2 Nb3 25. Re4 Na5 26. Rbe1 Nf4 27. Bxf4 {Demchenko,A (2641)-Postny,E (2600) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (75)}) ({RR} 12... a6 13. h3 Re8 14. Qb1 Bf8 15. Ne3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ng4 f6 18. d4 Bf7 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Nfxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Be6 22. Ng4 Kh8 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Qf5 Nc7 25. Bxe6 Qxd2 26. Bc4 Bd6 27. Bd3 {Lei,T (2561)-Shuvalova,P (2507) Ankara TUR 2026 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 12... Qd7 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Bg4 15. Ne3 Bh5 16. Nf5 Bg6 17. b5 Nd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. Qf3 Ne8 22. d4 Kh8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bb4 Rg8 25. Ne7 Ne6 26. Qxf7 Nf8 27. Rad1 {Kosteniuk,A (2552)-Cyfka,K (2406) Monte Carlo 2017 1-0 (36)}) 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Bc4 b6 18. Qb3 Ne7 19. Qb5 Qc8 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Rcd1 d5 23. Bc1 Rd6 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rbd8 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. g3 Ng6 29. f4 Qe8 30. e5 Qxb5 31. axb5 R6d7 32. f5 Ne7 33. g4 d4 34. b3 d3 35. Ba3 Nc8 36. Kf2 Na7 37. e6 fxe6 38. fxe6 Rd5 39. Re3 Nxb5 40. Bb2 Rf8+ 41. Ke1 Nc7 42. Rdxd3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Nxe6 44. Rd6 Nc5 45. Ba3 Re8+ 46. Kf1 Nxb3 47. Rxb6 Nd2+ 48. Kf2 Nc4 49. Rb3 a4 50. Rc3 Nxa3 51. Rxa3 Ra8 52. Ke3 Kf7 53. Kd4 Kg6 54. Kc3 Kg5 55. Kb4 Kxg4 56. Rg3+ Kh4 57. Rxg7 a3 0-1 [Event "Niemann-Giri Rematch 2025"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2025.06.04"] [Round "18"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2025.06.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Bd2 ({RR} 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 b5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Re8 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. O-O Rxe4 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Re7 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 0-1 (60)}) 7... Be6 8. Nd5 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Ba2 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. h4 f5 13. O-O-O a5 14. Rdg1 Kh8 15. g4 f4 16. g5 b5 17. c3 b4 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Rc8 20. Kb1 Qe8 21. Ka1 Nb8 22. Rc1 Na6 23. Bc3 {Kurmangaliyeva,L (2346)-Kaliakhmet,E (2314) Astana KAZ 2026 1-0 (44)}) 9. O-O Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Re1 Bf6 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Re4 b5 15. Bb3 Bg5 16. Ba5 Rxe4 17. dxe4 Rc8 18. g3 Qe7 19. Qd3 Bf6 20. Re1 c5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Bd2 g6 23. f4 Bg7 24. Bb4 Qd7 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Qh3 27. Qf1 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bd7 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Kh8 31. Re7 Bh3+ 32. Ke1 a6 33. Be6 Bxe6 34. Rxe6 Kg8 35. Kd1 Ra8 36. Rb6 Kf7 37. Rb7+ Kg8 38. Kd2 h5 39. Kd3 Re8 40. Bd2 Rf8 41. Bf4 g5 42. Bxg5 Rf2 43. Rb6 Rxh2 44. Rxa6 Rh3 45. Bh4 Kf7 46. Ke4 Rh2 47. Rc6 Re2+ 48. Kf5 Re5+ 49. Kf4 Re2 50. b3 Rd2 51. Ke4 Re2+ 52. Kf3 Re3+ 53. Kf4 Be5+ 54. Kf5 Bxg3 55. Bg5 Re5# 0-1 [Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2025.06.19"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2025.06.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. a4 ({RR} 10. Bb5 Be6 11. a4 Nd7 12. Nc4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d4 e4 15. Nh2 d5 16. Nxb6 Nxb6 17. f3 exf3 18. Qxf3 Ne7 19. Qg3 Ng6 20. Rf1 c6 21. Rxf5 Rxf5 22. Bd3 Qh4 23. Qxg6 Qf2+ 24. Kh1 Qe1+ {Caruana,F (2805)-Nakamura,H (2794) Stavanger NOR 2024 ½-½}) 10... Be6 ({RR} 10... Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 c6 17. Bf1 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. e5 Nh7 20. Qd4 Qc7 21. Bd3 Nhf8 22. Bc2 Re7 23. Re3 Rae8 24. Rae1 Ne6 25. Qa7 {Donchenko,A (2640)-Nogerbek,K (2513) Almaty KAZ 2026 1-0 (39)}) 11. b3 d5 12. Bb5 $146 ({RR} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bb5 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qf6 17. Kh2 Red8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Be3 Rab8 20. c4 Bd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Qd3 c5 23. Rf1 g5 24. Nd2 Kh8 25. g3 Rg8 26. f4 gxf4 {Sadhwani,R (2616)-Narayanan,S (2658) chess24.com INT 2022 ½-½ (59)}) 12... Ne7 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. d4 Ndf4 16. dxe5 Nh4 17. Bf1 Bd5 18. Re4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nhg6 20. Bc4 c6 21. h4 Qd7 22. g3 Nd5 23. Ba3 Rfe8 24. Bd6 Qh3 25. Nf1 Nxc3 26. Qd3 Nd5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Qxd5 Qd7 29. N1d2 Qg4 30. Ne4 Nf4 31. Qxb7 Nh3+ 32. Kg2 Nf4+ 33. Kg1 Rac8 34. Nh2 Bxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qe2 36. Nxf2 Qxf2 37. Rf1 Qe2 38. Qf3 Rc2 39. Qxe2 Nxe2 40. Kg2 Rec8 41. b4 axb4 42. Bxb4 Nf4+ 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Speed Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.06.27"] [Round "8"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.06.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 h6 10. b4 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Qe8 11. b5 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 a6 14. Rb1 axb5 15. axb5 d5 16. Re1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qg6 19. Qe2 Ra2 20. Qxa2 Qxe4 21. Bd2 Bd6 22. b6 cxb6 23. Rxb6 Nc6 24. Qb1 Qxb1+ 25. Rxb1 {Khubukshanov,E (2523)-Makarian,R (2543) Hong Kong HKG 2026 ½-½ (81)}) 11. Nc4 Nd8 12. b5 Nf7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. a5 Nh7 16. a6 b6 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Ne3 Bc5 21. Nc6 Rde8 22. Ba3 Nf6 23. Nxa7 Bxa3 24. Qxa3 Ne5 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. bxc6 Qxc6 27. f3 Ra8 28. Nf5 Nh5 29. Ne7 Qf6 30. Nxd5 Qg5 31. Ne3 Rfd8 32. a7 Nf4 33. Ra2 Re8 34. c4 Re5 35. Rd2 Ra5 36. Qc3 R8xa7 37. h4 Qxh4 38. Rd7 Rg5 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2024.02.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 ({RR} 9... a5 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. f3 Re6 17. Ne3 Qg5 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. b3 Nf6 21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne3 b6 23. c4 Qg5 24. Qf2 {Caruana,F (2793)-Abdusattorov,N (2762) Saint Louis USA 2024 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. h3 h6 11. c3 a5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 Nb8 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 {Niemann,H (2692)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (59)}) 10. c3 Re8 ({RR} 10... a5 11. h3 Re8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Bd2 Bf8 14. Ne3 Nd8 15. c4 Ne6 16. Nd5 Nc5 17. Qc2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 g6 22. Bc3 Bg7 23. Rad1 d5 24. exd5 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 {Abdsattar,A (2165)-Lissillour,B (2273) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (84)}) 11. b4 a5 $146 ({RR} 11... a6 12. Qb3 d5 13. Ncxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Re6 18. e5 Nh5 19. Bd2 c6 20. Qd1 Qh4 {1-0 (20) Can,I (2512)-Isik,A (2478) Ankara TUR 2023}) 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Ne5+ Kf8 27. h4 Ne7 28. Qe6 Qd5 29. Qb6 Ra8 30. h5 b3 31. Qc7 b2 32. Ng6+ Nxg6 33. hxg6 Kg8 34. g3 Kh8 0-1 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.31"] [Round "7"] [White "Gledura, B."] [Black "Sargissian, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2672"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2024.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Re1 Kh8 10. Nf1 Nb6 11. Bb3 f5 12. Ne3 f4 13. Nd5 Ra6 14. h3 Bf6 15. d4 g5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd4 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bg7 20. Bc2 Bf5 21. Bd2 c5 22. dxc6 Bxc2 {Savic,M (2409)-Atalik,S (2414) Bajina Basta SRB 2025 ½-½}) ({RR} 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Na3 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. Nf5 d5 15. Ng3 b6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Re6 18. Bc1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Qb5 g6 22. Qc4 Nd7 {Sevian,S (2698)-Esipenko,A (2683) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (89)}) ({RR} 8. Re1 Kh8 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Bb5 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf1 c6 14. Be2 d5 15. e5 Bf5 16. Ne3 Bg6 17. Bd2 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. Ng4 Bd8 22. Nge5 Be4 {Nemeth,M (2432)-Ivanisevic,I (2547) Pasching AUT 2026 ½-½ (49)}) 8... Nd7 9. Be3 Bf6 10. Qa3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Nf8 12. b4 Be6 13. b5 Nb8 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. d4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Re6 20. Qb3 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Rf6 22. Rdf1 Qe7 23. Qd5 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Rb8 25. Nf3 h6 26. Nh4 Nf6 27. Qa2 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Ng6 Kh7 30. Nh4 e5 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Rf5 Re8 33. Nf3 Nxe4 34. Nxe5 Nd6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Mar Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.12"] [Round "11"] [White "Pichot, A."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2024.03.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. c3 ({RR} 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O {½-½ (9) Neiksans,A (2605)-Sambuev,B (2448) Montreal CAN 2023}) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. h3 a6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nexd5 14. a5 Re8 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Ndf3 Qd6 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Bd2 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Qc2 Reb8 21. b3 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Ra5 Nb4 {Pichot,A (2644)-Theodorou,N (2622) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 9... Be6 $146 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Bb3 d5 11. a5 Be6 12. Ba4 Nxa5 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. dxe4 c5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Nef3 Nh5 17. e5 Nf4 18. Qe4 Nd5 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Ng3 Nb6 21. Qh4 Bd5 22. Bxh6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxe5 24. Ne4 {Adams,M (2703)-McShane,L (2664) London 2018 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 9... Kh7 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. h3 Be6 12. a5 a6 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Nh2 Ne7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 c6 18. Qa4 f5 19. Ra3 Nf6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Rb3 Rfb8 22. Nf3 c5 23. Qa3 Qf7 24. c4 {Savic,M (2440)-Xu,Z (2494) Sarajevo BIH 2026 0-1 (44)}) 10. b4 Re8 11. Qb3 a6 12. h3 Bf8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd7 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Na5 21. Qb4 b6 22. c4 Nh5 23. Nd5 f6 24. Re4 Nb7 25. g4 f5 26. Nxe5 Qd6 27. Qxd6 cxd6 28. Re2 Nf6 29. Nxg6 Nxd5 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. gxf5 Nf6 33. Ra1 Na5 34. Nf4 Re5 35. Ne6+ Kf7 36. Nd4 Nh5 37. Rxa5 bxa5 38. b6 a4 39. Ne6 Re1+ 40. Kg2 Rb1 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 26th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2627"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2024.03.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g5 7. a5 Bg7 8. c3 O-O ({RR} 8... a6 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qxb7 Qd7 15. Qb3 Reb8 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Be3 Ng6 19. Nbd2 Qd5 20. b4 Nce7 21. Qb3 Qxd3 22. Qc4 Qf5 23. Rfd1 {Zhou,S (2092)-Kiryanova,S (1641) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (42)}) 9. Nbd2 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. g3 Qe7 14. Qa3 Qxa3 15. Rxa3 Bg4 16. Rb3 Rab8 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Ra3 Rbd8 19. b4 Kh8 20. Kg2 Rde8 21. h3 Bh5 22. Nf1 f5 23. exf5 e4 24. N3h2 {Rodchenkov,S (2346)-Bochnicka,V (2376) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 9... g4 10. Ne1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc2 Kh8 13. f3 gxf3 14. Qxf3 Be6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nc5 Bg8 17. Nxb7 Qd7 18. Qh5 f4 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Ne4 Nf6 21. Qf3 Bxc4 22. dxc4 Qe6 23. b3 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 {Vidit,S (2720)-Niemann,H (2736) Endgame.AI INT 2025 1-0 (38)}) 10. Ne1 c6 11. Nc2 d5 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Qe1 Ng6 14. f3 Be6 15. g3 Re8 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Kg2 Qd7 18. Rf2 Bc5 19. Bc2 a6 20. Nb3 Ba7 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bh3+ 25. Kg1 Rxe4 26. Qc3 Rae8 27. Bd2 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Bc3 Rde4 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Ne7 33. Rf6 Re6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Ra3 Nd5 36. Be5 Re7 37. Kf2 Rf7+ 38. Ke2 Kh7 39. g4 Kg6 40. Rb3 h5 41. h3 h4 42. Bh2 c5 43. Rd3 Nf4+ 44. Bxf4 Rxf4 45. Rd6 Kf6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Sep Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.05"] [Round "11"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2681"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2023.09.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 Bc5 6. O-O O-O ({RR} 6... d6 7. a5 a6 8. Be3 Ba7 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c3 b5 12. axb6 cxb6 13. d4 b5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. d5 Ne7 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. g3 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. b3 a5 21. c4 {Demchenko,A (2619)-Svane,R (2626) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (48)}) 7. Be3 ({RR} 7. a5 a6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Na3 Qd6 16. b5 Nxa5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. c4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qe6 20. Bxa5 Qxh3 21. Qe2 Qg3+ {Dubov,D (2672)-So,W (2753) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (49)}) 7... Bxe3 8. fxe3 d6 9. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 9. Nc3 Be6 10. b3 a5 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. Ne2 c6 13. Ng3 Na6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 exd4 16. exd4 Nd7 17. Rf2 Qb6 18. Raf1 Rf7 19. Nh4 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Rf8 21. Ng6 Rxf2 22. Qxf2 Qd8 23. Qf4 Nf8 {Fedorchuk,S (2565)-Stevic,H (2515) Zagreb CRO 2025 ½-½}) 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 d5 12. h3 Qd6 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rf2 Rf7 15. Raf1 Raf8 16. Qc2 a5 17. d4 Nh5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nxe5 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Nf3 Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Qd6 25. Kf2 Ng3 26. Qd3 c6 27. Kg1 Ne4 28. Nd2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2 Qe6 30. Qd4 c5 31. Qd3 Qc6 32. Qf5 Qd6 33. Qc8+ Kf7 34. Qf5+ Ke7 35. e4 d4 36. e5 Qd5 37. cxd4 cxd4 38. Qf4 d3 39. Qd2 Ke6 40. Kf1 Qd4 41. Ke1 Qg1# 0-1 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2021.11.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Volokitin, Andrei"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 205"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.11.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 a6 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Nh7 11. Nf1 Ng5 12. Bxg5 Bxg5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Be7 15. N1h2 Qd7 16. b4 Kh8 17. Ra2 Rad8 18. Rae2 Rf7 19. Re3 Rdf8 20. R1e2 Rf4 21. g3 R4f7 22. Kg2 Bf6 23. Ng4 Qe7 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2784)-Dubov,D (2710) chess24.com INT 2021 1-0 (65)}) 9... Bxc4 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. c3 Bf8 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Bxc4 14. dxc4 g6 15. h3 Rab8 16. Qc2 Qe6 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. b4 Bg7 19. Nh2 Rf8 20. Ng4 Kh7 21. Ne3 Ne7 22. Nd5 Rbc8 23. Be3 h5 24. Rad1 {Drygalov,A (2404)-Pankiv,M (2302) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 9... Qd7 10. Nf1 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Rae8 12. c3 Bd8 13. b4 Ne7 14. Bg5 Ng6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 Qe6 17. g3 Ne7 18. Kg2 g6 19. h4 Bg7 20. h5 Bh6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Qd7 24. Rh1 {Volokitin,A (2677)-Caruana,F (2792) Warsaw 2021 ½-½ (58)}) 10. Nxc4 Re8 11. Bg5 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qd7 12. c3 h6 13. Bh4 Rad8 14. Qb3 Qc8 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. Qa2 Ne6 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Ne7 21. Rc1 c5 22. b4 Nc6 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. d5 Nb4 25. Qb1 Nc7 26. Nc4 {Perez Gormaz,M (2393)-Pranav,V (2602) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (57)}) 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. c3 h6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Ne3 Bf8 18. Qa2 Ne7 19. b4 Ng6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 c6 22. Qb3 d5 23. Rad1 Qd7 24. Be3 Rbd8 25. Bb6 Rc8 26. Be3 Kh7 27. h4 Qg4 28. exd5 f5 29. Bd2 Bd6 30. dxc6 e4 31. dxe4 fxe4 32. Ng5+ hxg5 33. Bxg5 Rxc6 34. Re3 Bf4 35. Rh3 e3 36. f3 Qe6 37. Qc2 e2 38. Re1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Rxc3 40. Bxf4 Rxc2 41. Bxe3 Rxe3 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.02"] [Round "11"] [White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2024.04.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 d6 5. Bc4 h6 6. d3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. a3 ({RR} 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Rfe1 Nxe3 12. Bxe6 Nxg2 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Kxg2 Rf8 15. Re4 Kg8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Rg4 Kh7 18. Ne4 Ne7 19. Rg1 Nd5 20. Kf1 Rxf3 21. Rxg6 Rg8 22. Ng5+ Kxg6 {Bacrot,E (2677)-Pranav,V (2620) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 8. Qd2 Qe7 9. a3 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 c6 14. b4 Qe6 15. b5 d5 16. Bc5 dxc4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. dxc4 O-O 19. O-O Qc5 20. Qe2 Nh5 21. Kh2 Nf4 22. Qa2 Rad8 {Sitnic,A (2040)-Radzimski,A (2410) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (41)}) 8... a6 $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rf7 19. Rf3 Raf8 20. Raf1 Kh7 21. c4 c6 22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 {Gajcin,M (2215)-Tsolakidou,S (2358) Petrovac MNE 2023 0-1 (64)}) 9. Ba2 Qe7 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c4 Nd7 13. O-O Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. b4 g5 16. Nh2 c6 17. f4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bxh3 19. gxh3 gxf4 20. Qxf4 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Ne5 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Ng4 Ke7 25. Rgf1 Raf8 26. Bb1 Nxg4 27. Rxg4 Be5 28. a4 h5 29. Rg2 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Rc8 31. b5 a5 32. Ba2 Rg8+ 33. Kf2 Rg3 34. Rc1 Rxh3 35. Bc4 b6 36. Ke2 h4 37. Bb3 Rh2+ 38. Kf3 Rd2 39. Rc7+ Kd8 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.26"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Santos Latasa, J."] [Black "Indjic, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2024.09.26"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. h3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a5 a6 12. Nbd2 Nde7 13. Qc2 Nf5 14. Bb3 Nd6 15. Nc4 Re8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nxd6 {½-½ (17) Chigaev,M (2628)-Ponomariov,R (2654) Timisoara ROU 2024}) 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 g5 $146 ({RR} 11... Qd7 12. h3 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qf7 14. b5 Na5 15. Ra2 b6 16. N3h2 a6 17. Ng4 g5 18. c4 Nb7 19. Rae2 Nc5 20. Be3 axb5 21. axb5 Nd7 22. g3 Nhf6 23. Nfh2 Nh7 24. Nf1 Ra3 25. d4 h5 26. Ngh2 {Preotu,R (2502)-Demchenko,A (2619) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (69)}) 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qb3 Qe8 16. Nc4 Nh5 17. Nh2 Nhf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rad1 f3 20. g3 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Re3 Rf7 23. Nxf3 h5 24. Qc2 Bh6 25. Nfe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rg7 27. Rd3 Qf6 28. Nd7 Qg6 29. e5 Rxd7 0-1 [Event "Poikovsky Karpov 21st"] [Site "Poikovsky"] [Date "2022.09.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2022.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 ({RR} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. d5 Rc8 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Bf1 Qb8 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Ng3 g6 20. b3 Ncb6 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Qd2 Nbd7 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 b4 25. Rac1 Qc7 26. Nd2 {Caruana,F (2792)-Dubov,D (2720) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 11... d5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Nf1 c4 16. Be3 Bg6 17. Nd4 Qc8 18. Nxc6 {½-½ (18) Gschnitzer,A (2435)-Marn,J (2357) Schwarzach AUT 2026}) 12. d5 Nb6 13. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 13. b3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qd3 Qf8 ({RR} 16... Qd7 17. Nbd2 Raf8 18. Re1 c4 19. bxc4 Naxc4 20. Ne4 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qxh3 22. Ng3 Bh4) 17. Qe4 Qf7 18. Rd1 Rf8 19. Be3 Bd8 20. Na3 Qh5 21. Kh2 Rf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Qe3 Qf7 24. Kg1 e4 25. Nh2 Bg5 26. g3 Qg6 27. Qe2 Rf8 {Lavrencic,M (2469)-Chyzy,J (2345) Spilimbergo 2025 1-0 (45)}) 13... f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Rd1 Qd7 17. Nbd2 Raf8 18. Nf1 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Qxh3 20. f4 exf4 21. Nh2 f3 22. Qe6+ Qxe6 23. dxe6 Nac4 24. b3 Ne5 25. Bb2 c4 26. Ba3 Nd3 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Rd1 Nd5 29. Rxd3 Nf4 30. Rxf3 Nxe6 31. Re3 Kf7 32. Nf3 Rc8 33. Kf1 Bf6 34. Bb4 Nf4 35. Bxd6 Nd5 36. Rd3 Nxc3 37. Ne5+ Ke6 38. Ng4 Nxa2 39. Nxf6 gxf6 40. Bf4 Rc6 41. Bd2 Rc5 42. Re3+ Re5 43. Rg3 b4 44. Rg4 a5 45. Rc4 Kf5 46. Rf4+ Kg6 47. Rg4+ Kf7 48. Rc4 h5 49. f3 Rb5 50. Rc7+ Ke6 51. Rc2 Nc3 52. Bxc3 bxc3 53. Rxc3 Kd5 54. Ke2 h4 55. Kf2 Kd4 56. Rc4+ Kd3 57. Rxh4 Kc3 58. Re4 Kxb3 59. Re3+ Kb4 60. Re4+ Kb3 61. Re3+ Ka2 62. Re6 f5 63. Ke3 a4 64. Kd4 Kb3 65. Re1 a3 66. Rb1+ Ka4 67. Ra1 Rb4+ 68. Ke3 0-1 [Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Areshchenko, Alexander"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2687"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Merida Patrimonio"] [BlackTeam "Barcelona Escola Escacs"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 h6 8. h3 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. d4 Re8 13. Qd3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Qe2 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. Bd4 Re6 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. f4 Rae8 22. Qf3 b5 {So,W (2757)-Niemann,H (2703) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (70)}) 8... Re8 9. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 9. Nc3 Bf8 10. b4 Ne7 11. Bb2 Ng6 12. d4 exd4 13. Qxd4 c6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. b5 Bxa3 23. bxc6 e4 {Movsesian,S (2649)-Nguyen,T (2569) Prague 2020 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 9. Nc3 Bf8 10. b4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Nf4 cxb4 14. axb4 d5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxb4 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. Qh5 Qc7 19. e5 Bxe5 20. f4 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe5 Rc6 23. Rae1 Rf6 {Wagner,D (2601)-Yin,E (2098) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 9. Nc3 Bf8 10. b4 Ne7 11. Bb2 Ng6 12. d4 exd4 13. Qxd4 c6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. b5 Bxa3 23. bxc6 e4 {Movsesian,S (2649)-Nguyen,T (2569) Prague 2020 1-0 (45)}) 9... Bf8 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 c6 12. c3 Ng6 13. d4 d5 14. exd5 e4 15. Ne5 cxd5 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Ba2 Be6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Be5 Nd7 20. Nf1 Qb6 21. Ne3 Nxe5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5+ Nf7 24. Qc2 Rad8 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxb2 27. Rb1 Qxc3 28. Qf5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 b6 30. a4 g6 31. Qd7 Bb4 32. Qxa7 Qxd4 33. Qa6 Bc5 34. Rf1 Qd2 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Qe4 h5 37. Kh1 Qf4 38. Qc6 g4 39. a5 gxh3 40. axb6 hxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Ne5 0-1 [Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "180"] [EventDate "2022.09.17"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Silla 60 Aniversario"] [BlackTeam "Jaime Casas"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 Re8 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nd5 Nd7 10. c3 Nb6 11. Ba2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. b4 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 a6 15. a4 Bg5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Qxg5 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Ne7 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. h4 f6 23. Ne6 {Alekseenko,K (2699)-Postny,E (2582) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (44)}) 9. h3 Bf8 10. Be3 a6 ({RR} 10... Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. e5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Rd4 19. Na5 Rd2 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Nb3 Ne4 24. Nf4 Rf5 25. Nd3 {Topalov,V (2728)-Carlsen,M (2864) Zagreb 2022 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. c4 Ng6 14. Qb3 Qc8 15. Rac1 c6 16. Kh2 Qd7 17. Nc3 Ree8 18. Rcd1 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. exd5 Red8 21. d4 e4 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Bf4 Qf5 24. Nxg6 Bxf4+ 25. Nxf4 {Begmuratov,K (2506)-Eren,A (2367) Ankara TUR 2026 1-0 (72)}) 11. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 11. Qd2 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. c3 a5 17. d4 bxc3 18. bxc3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Qd7 20. Reb1 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Ba8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Qb2 Re8 25. Qb5 Qxb5 {Fernandez,D (2200)-Chan,W (2344) Ho Chi Minh City 2009 ½-½ (55)}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Ne7 13. Ba2 Ng6 14. d4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. Bd5 c6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. c4 Qd7 19. Bc3 Qe7 20. Qb3 c5 21. Qc2 Re8 22. Nd2 Nf4 23. Kh2 d5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Rad1 b5 26. Nb1 Nf4 27. g3 Ng6 28. Nd2 Qc7 29. Nf3 Qb7 30. Rd5 c4 31. h4 Ne7 32. Rdd1 Nc8 33. Rd5 Nb6 34. Re5 Rxe5 35. Bxe5 Nd7 36. Bd4 Nc5 37. Bxc5 Bxc5 38. Kg2 Rd8 39. Qc1 Qb6 40. Re2 Qf6 41. Rd2 Qe7 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Qf4 Qf6 44. Qg4 Qe6 45. Qf4 Bd6 46. e5 Bc5 47. Re4 Kh7 48. h5 Kg8 49. Nh4 c3 50. bxc3 Rxc3 51. Nf5 Rc4 52. Qf3 Rxe4 53. Qxe4 Bxa3 54. Nd4 Qc4 55. Qa8+ Bf8 56. Nc6 Kh7 57. Na5 Qb4 58. Qc8 Qe4+ 59. Kh2 Ba3 60. Qd7 Qf3 61. Qd4 Qxh5+ 62. Kg2 Qf5 63. Nb7 Be7 64. Nd6 Qe6 65. f4 g6 66. Qd3 h5 67. Qd4 a5 68. Kh2 b4 69. Qd3 b3 70. f5 gxf5 71. Nxf5 Qg6 72. Qf3 Bg5 73. e6 Qxe6 74. Nd4 Qf6 75. Qd3+ Qg6 76. Qxb3 Be7 77. Qd5 a4 78. Nf5 Bf6 79. Nd6 a3 80. Nxf7 Qc2+ 81. Kh3 a2 82. Nd6 a1=Q 83. Qxh5+ Kg7 84. Nf5+ Kf8 85. Qh6+ Bg7 86. Qd6+ Kf7 87. Qe7+ Kg6 88. Qe8+ Kxf5 89. Qh5+ Kf6 90. Qh4+ Kf7 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.02"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2674"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2024.07.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 g5 7. a5 Bg7 8. a6 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 g4 9. Nh4 O-O 10. a6 b6 11. h3 gxh3 12. gxh3 Kh7 13. Rg1 Ne7 14. Ndf3 d5 15. exd5 Qd6 16. d4 exd4 17. Qd3+ Kh8 18. Qxd4 Nexd5 19. Be3 b5 20. Bb3 Re8 21. O-O-O Re4 22. Qc5 Be6 {LCZero 0.33-dev-f6ec55c-BT4-6 (3749)-Obsidian dev-16.15 (3714) tcec-chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (77)}) 8... b6 9. O-O ({RR} 9. b4 O-O 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. O-O c6 12. Nbd2 b5 {0-1 (12) De Silva,L (2364)-Sindarov,J (2674) chess.com INT 2024}) 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 c6 13. Bf1 Ng6 14. h3 Qe7 15. g3 Be6 16. Nbd2 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bg2 Rbd8 20. Qe2 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Ne4 Rdf8 23. Be3 Bd5 24. Nfd2 h5 {Santos Ruiz,M (2590)-Tang,A (2523) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (50)}) 10... Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nc4 g4 13. Ne1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qd6 17. Ra4 h5 18. Nc2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. e4 Rad8 21. Ne3 Nf4 22. Nf5 Rxd3 23. Qe1 Rfd8 24. Ra1 Rd1 25. Qxd1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bf6 27. Rf1 Bg5 28. Be3 Qc4 29. Rae1 Qxa6 30. Kh1 Qc4 31. Bc1 f6 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. h4 gxh3 34. gxh3 Qd3 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kf3 Qd3+ 37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 Qxb2 39. Rc1 Qh2 40. Rh1 Qd2 41. Rhd1 Qh2 42. Rh1 Qb2 43. h4 Qd2 44. Rhd1 Qh2 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. Rh1 g4# 0-1 [Event "Geneva FIDE GP"] [Site "Geneva"] [Date "2017.07.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2666"] [BlackElo "2694"] [Annotator "Roiz,Michael"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2017.07.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 180"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 {Richard chooses a somewhat risky, but less explored setup.} 7. Re1 ({More energetic is} 7. d4 $1 Qe7 (7... Bg7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe5 $16) 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Kh8 11. a4 Bd7 12. a5 a6 13. Bd3 Rae8 14. Nf1 $14 {Radjabov,T - Amin,B Doha QAT 2016}) 7... Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. d4 {Now, when Black's development is almost completed, this advance is less promising for White.} ({RR} 9. Bb3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Rae8 12. Ng3 Kh8 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. d4 Qe7 15. d5 Nb8 16. c4 Nbd7 17. b4 Nh7 18. Bb2 Ra8 19. Rc1 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 b6 22. Qd3 Ng5 23. Ra1 h5 {Leko,P (2693)-Radjabov,T (2710) Doha 2016 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Nh7 10. Nf1 Kh8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Qf6 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Nh4 Qf6 18. Qg4 g5 19. Nf3 Qg6 20. Nh4 Qf6 21. Nf3 Ne7 22. h4 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Nxf5 {Zhauynbay Aldiyar (2278)-Demchenko,A (2619) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (79)}) 9... Nd7 $146 {Transferring the knight to b6 is an interesting idea, but it yields White time for consolidating the centre.} ({But} 9... Nxe4 $6 {is dubious:} 10. dxe5 Ng5 11. Bxg5 hxg5 12. e6 $16 {Andriasian,Z - Lomsadze,D Jermuk ARM 2012}) ({However,} 9... exd4 {is safer:} 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nexd5 13. Ne5 c6 $11 {Antipov,M - Marholev,D Marianske Lazne CZE 2009}) 10. Na3 $146 (10. Be3 $5 {looked somewhat provocative, but inviting the knight to c4 is a typical idea in the Ruy Lopez. The play might continue:} Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nac4 13. Bc1 exd4 14. cxd4 c5 15. b3 cxd4 (15... Na5 16. Be3 $14) 16. bxc4 d3 17. Qxd3 Bxa1 18. Nc3 $36 {and White's initiative more than compensates for the exchange.}) ({RR} 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 c5 12. Na3 a6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. b4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. d5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rac1 a5 19. b5 Nc5 20. Bb1 d3 21. Nc4 h5 22. Bxd3 Bh6 23. Ne3 Re8 24. Rc4 a4 {Soham,D (2386)-De Pierrefeu,T (2178) Angers 2019 1-0 (38)}) 10... Nb6 11. Bb5 ({Another natural retreat -} 11. Bb3 Re8 {would more or less force White to release the tension in the centre, and after} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re8 {Black is close to equalising.}) 11... Bd7 12. Be3 $6 {Losing control over the e4-pawn could have invited some troubles.} ({Instead, Hou Yifan should have played} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Qb3 $14 {putting Black under some positional pressure.}) 12... Kh7 $6 {Richard is returning the favour.} ({A stronger move was} 12... f5 $1 13. Qb3+ Kh7 14. exf5 gxf5 15. dxe5 dxe5 {and the potential play along the g-file might cause White definite problems.}) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Qe7 ({A more accurate try was} 14... Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Na5 16. Bd3 b6 17. Qe2 Qe7 $11) 15. a4 Rad8 16. Qe2 {In the resulting position with a symmetrical pawn structure White's chances are preferable due to better coordination between the pieces.} Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qf6 18. Bxc6 {This ''greedy'' decision changes the favourable course of game.} ({It was better to maintain the tension by means of} 18. Qe2 a6 19. Bc4 Be6 20. b4 $14 {and Black is doomed to a passive defence.}) 18... Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxa7 Rg8 $1 {It looks like this strong move was underestimated by Hou Yifan. It turns out that Black is able to push f7-f5 and activate both of his bishops.} 21. a5 (21. Bc5 b6 22. Bb4 f5 23. a5 Bxe4 24. axb6 cxb6 25. Ra7 Rge8 26. c4 Kg8 27. Bc3 Bf6 $11) 21... f5 22. exf5 gxf5 {Now most of Black's pieces are very active.} 23. Red1 $2 {White cannot afford such a passive move.} ({In the event of} 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rd2 26. Re7+ Kg8 27. Rxc7 Rg6 $11 {Black would obtain enough counterplay for a draw, but White had no reason for rejecting it.}) 23... Ra8 ({Another move which was good enough was} 23... Rxd1+ $1 24. Rxd1 Bf6 25. Ne1 Ra8 26. Bc5 Rxa5 $17 {achieving a big positional advantage.}) 24. Be3 f4 25. Bd2 {A sad necessity - this is the only way to avoid a loss of material.} Bf6 $1 {Now Black's pieces are dominating over the board.} ({Richard correctly rejected} 25... e4 26. Ne1 Be5 27. c4 $1 Bxb2 28. Bxf4 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 $15 {and Black's material advantage doesn't guarantee anything yet.}) 26. Ne1 Rg7 $2 {This inaccurate move could have spoiled all the advantage!} ({The correct way was} 26... Bxg2 27. Nxg2 f3 28. Be3 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Kg6 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Kf5 $17 {and the activity of Black's king might become a decisive factor.}) 27. c4 Rag8 ({In comparison to the above-mentioned note, now it's too late for} 27... Bxg2 28. Nxg2 f3 29. Kh1 Rxg2 30. Bc3 $1 Rag8 (30... Kg6 31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 e4 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34. b4 Ke5 35. Rd1 $11) 31. b4 $1 Bh4 32. Bxe5 Bxf2 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Bxc7 Kf5 35. Rf7+ Ke4 36. Rf4+ Ke3 37. Ra3+ Ke2 38. Ra2+ Kf1 39. Ra1+ Be1 40. Rxf3+ Ke2 41. Rxe1+ Kxf3 42. Rc1 $11) 28. Kf1 $2 {A decisive mistake.} (28. a6 $1 {White has missed a golden opportunity of activating the pieces and saving half a point:} Bxg2 29. Nxg2 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 bxa6 31. Rxa6 Bh4 32. Bc3 Bxf2 33. Bxe5 Rg1+ 34. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kh2 f3 36. Rf6 $11) 28... Bxg2+ 29. Nxg2 f3 $1 ({Of course, not} 29... Rxg2 $2 30. Ke2 Bh4 31. Rf1 {and White's king is extremely safe.}) 30. Be3 e4 $1 {The last precise move.} (30... Rxg2 31. Ke1 Kg6 32. Kd2 e4 33. a6 bxa6 34. Rxa6 Rd8+ 35. Kc2 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Kf7 {was also winning, but the text is more convincing.}) 31. Ra3 Be5 (31... Bxb2 {was also good enough:} 32. Rb3 Be5 33. Rxb7 Kh8 $19) 32. Rb3 c6 {GM Rapport reasonably doesn't hurry.} 33. Bd4 fxg2+ 34. Kg1 Rd8 $19 {The rest is easy.} 35. Rbd3 Rgd7 36. Bxe5 Rxd3 37. Re1 Rg8 38. h4 Rh3 39. Bh2 Rxh4 40. Rd1 Rg7 41. b4 e3 42. fxe3 Rxc4 43. Be5 Rgg4 44. Bd6 h5 0-1 [Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "180"] [EventDate "2022.09.17"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Silla 60 Aniversario"] [BlackTeam "Jaime Casas"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 Re8 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nd5 Nd7 10. c3 Nb6 11. Ba2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. b4 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 a6 15. a4 Bg5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Qxg5 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Ne7 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. h4 f6 23. Ne6 {Alekseenko,K (2699)-Postny,E (2582) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (44)}) 9. h3 Bf8 10. Be3 a6 ({RR} 10... Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. e5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Rd4 19. Na5 Rd2 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Nb3 Ne4 24. Nf4 Rf5 25. Nd3 {Topalov,V (2728)-Carlsen,M (2864) Zagreb 2022 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. c4 Ng6 14. Qb3 Qc8 15. Rac1 c6 16. Kh2 Qd7 17. Nc3 Ree8 18. Rcd1 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. exd5 Red8 21. d4 e4 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Bf4 Qf5 24. Nxg6 Bxf4+ 25. Nxf4 {Begmuratov,K (2506)-Eren,A (2367) Ankara TUR 2026 1-0 (72)}) 11. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 11. Qd2 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. c3 a5 17. d4 bxc3 18. bxc3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Qd7 20. Reb1 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Ba8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Qb2 Re8 25. Qb5 Qxb5 {Fernandez,D (2200)-Chan,W (2344) Ho Chi Minh City 2009 ½-½ (55)}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Ne7 13. Ba2 Ng6 14. d4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. Bd5 c6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. c4 Qd7 19. Bc3 Qe7 20. Qb3 c5 21. Qc2 Re8 22. Nd2 Nf4 23. Kh2 d5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Rad1 b5 26. Nb1 Nf4 27. g3 Ng6 28. Nd2 Qc7 29. Nf3 Qb7 30. Rd5 c4 31. h4 Ne7 32. Rdd1 Nc8 33. Rd5 Nb6 34. Re5 Rxe5 35. Bxe5 Nd7 36. Bd4 Nc5 37. Bxc5 Bxc5 38. Kg2 Rd8 39. Qc1 Qb6 40. Re2 Qf6 41. Rd2 Qe7 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Qf4 Qf6 44. Qg4 Qe6 45. Qf4 Bd6 46. e5 Bc5 47. Re4 Kh7 48. h5 Kg8 49. Nh4 c3 50. bxc3 Rxc3 51. Nf5 Rc4 52. Qf3 Rxe4 53. Qxe4 Bxa3 54. Nd4 Qc4 55. Qa8+ Bf8 56. Nc6 Kh7 57. Na5 Qb4 58. Qc8 Qe4+ 59. Kh2 Ba3 60. Qd7 Qf3 61. Qd4 Qxh5+ 62. Kg2 Qf5 63. Nb7 Be7 64. Nd6 Qe6 65. f4 g6 66. Qd3 h5 67. Qd4 a5 68. Kh2 b4 69. Qd3 b3 70. f5 gxf5 71. Nxf5 Qg6 72. Qf3 Bg5 73. e6 Qxe6 74. Nd4 Qf6 75. Qd3+ Qg6 76. Qxb3 Be7 77. Qd5 a4 78. Nf5 Bf6 79. Nd6 a3 80. Nxf7 Qc2+ 81. Kh3 a2 82. Nd6 a1=Q 83. Qxh5+ Kg7 84. Nf5+ Kf8 85. Qh6+ Bg7 86. Qd6+ Kf7 87. Qe7+ Kg6 88. Qe8+ Kxf5 89. Qh5+ Kf6 90. Qh4+ Kf7 0-1 [Event "CHN-chT"] [Site "China"] [Date "2019.07.25"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Lu, Shanglei"] [Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2638"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2019.04.09"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Zhejiang"] [BlackTeam "Jiangsu"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 a6 8. Re1 Be6 ({RR} 8... h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Nc3 Bf8 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Nb8 14. c4 Nbd7 15. b4 Nh7 16. Be3 g6 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nc3 Re8 19. Rab1 Bg7 20. Na4 Nhf8 21. Bd2 Ne6 22. b5 cxb5 23. cxb5 {Dominguez Perez,L (2748)-Caruana,F (2793) Saint Louis USA 2024 1-0 (48)}) 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. d4 Qg6 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Nd8 16. Ra4 Nf7 17. Ng3 Nh6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Nxh5 Bc5 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Ng3 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. f3 Rf6 {Horvath,A (2406)-Medancic,R (2125) Zalakaros HUN 2026 1-0 (39)}) 9... Nd7 10. c3 Bg5 11. b4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Bf4 13. d4 Qf6 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. Qe2 Rae8 16. Rad1 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nce5 18. f3 g5 19. Rf1 Qf6 20. Kh1 Re7 21. Ne3 Qg6 22. b4 Ref7 23. Qa2 Rf6 24. Kg1 Kh8 25. h3 h5 {Ganguly,S (2642)-Oparin,G (2644) Saint Louis 2019 ½-½ (52)}) 11... Bxd2 12. Bxd2 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Qe7 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bh4 Qe6 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nf1 Nd8 20. Ne3 Ne6 21. Nd5 Qg5 22. Qg3 g6 23. Rad1 Kg7 24. Qe3 Rae8 25. Qa7 c6 26. Ne3 Qe7 27. b5 Ra8 28. Qb6 Rfc8 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Nc2 Nc5 31. Nb4 Na4 32. Qe3 Nb2 33. Ra1 Nxc4 34. Qe2 Qe6 35. Red1 f5 36. f3 f4 37. g3 Rab8 38. Rab1 Qf7 39. Kh1 Rb5 40. Nxa6 Rxa5 41. Nb4 fxg3 42. hxg3 Rca8 43. Kg1 c5 44. Nc2 Ra2 45. Ra1 h5 46. Rxa2 Rxa2 47. Ra1 Na3 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.10"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Dominguez Perez, L."] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2748"] [BlackElo "2648"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2024.05.10"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a5 b6 9. axb6 Nxb6 10. Bb5 Nb4 11. Bd2 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 11... a5 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bc6 Ra6 15. Nbd2 Nd7 16. Bb5 Rb6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc4 Rb5 19. Re1 Bb7 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Nxa5 Bd5 22. Nc4 e4 23. Nce5 Qb5 24. dxe4 Bb7 25. Ng4 Qxb2 26. Qd3 {Dominguez Perez,L (2741)-Aronian,L (2748) Saint Louis USA 2025 ½-½ (53)}) 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Qd6 16. gxh5 Qxc6 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. Ng4 f5 19. Nh2 Bd6 20. Nc3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. b3 Rb4 23. Nf3 Rf4 24. Kg2 Rg4+ 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Rg1 gxf3+ 27. Kf1 Qxh5 28. Ra4 Re8 29. Re4 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Qh3+ 31. Ke1 Bb4+ 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.13"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "So, W."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2023.09.04"] 1. e4 {ChessBase II} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Nc3 Be6 ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 c6 13. Ba2 Bg5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ne6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Rf3 Rae8 18. Raf1 f6 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Kh8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6) 8. Nd5 h6 ({RR} 8... a5 9. Ng5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Ba2 a4 13. Kh1 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. d4 Ng6 17. c3 d5 18. Bb1 Bd6 19. Bf5 Re8 20. Qf3 h6 21. Nh3 Nh4 22. Qf2 Nxf5 23. Qxf5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Rapport,R (2702) Wijk aan Zee 2017 CBM 177 [ChessBase II] ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 Bf8 13. Bd2 h6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bc3 e4 16. Nd4 Nb6 17. Nf5 Nbxd5 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qd2 b5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qf4 Nh5 22. Qg4 g6 23. Ne3) 9. Re1 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Nxf6+ $146 ({RR} 11. Bb3 a5 12. Bd2 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Bg4 15. b5 Nb8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Re3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qa7 Qc8 20. Re1 Nd7 21. Ra1 c6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Bb4 d5 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. h3 Ng6 {Rakotomaharo,F (2440)-Barlov,D (2375) Galdar (Gran Canaria) ESP 2024 0-1 (63)}) ({RR} 11. Bb3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 Ng6 14. h3 Qd7 15. Bb2 a5 16. Ba4 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. b5 Qb7 19. Rb1 c5 20. Bc1 e4 21. dxe4 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Bc2 Re8 25. Bd2 Qb6 {Deac,B (2652)-Dubnevych,M (2320) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 11... Qxf6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. c4 g6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. b5 Ne7 16. Rc1 f5 17. a4 Kh7 18. a5 a6 19. Bd2 Rf8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. c5 d5 22. c6 fxe4 23. dxe4 d4 24. Bb4 Rab8 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qd3 Rb5 27. Rb1 Rxa5 28. Rb7 Ra3 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qxa3 Qxc6 31. Nxe5 Qc3 32. Qxc3 dxc3 33. Nf3 c2 34. e5 Rd8 35. e6 Bf6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Jun Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.06.06"] [Round "10"] [White "Matlakov, M."] [Black "Indjic, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2023.06.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g5 7. a5 a6 8. c3 Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Nf1 c6 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. d4 Bd7 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qd7 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Qc6 20. Qc2 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qe2 Qa4 24. b4 Nd5 25. Qe8+ Qxe8 {0-1 (25) Parfenov,V (2193)-Lozano Garay,D (2101) chess.com INT 2026}) 13. Bb3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 13... d5 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Nh2 Be6 16. Ng4 Qd7 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Be6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Nh7 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Bc2 f5 23. Ne2 f4 24. d4 Nf8 25. d5 Bxh3 26. Ra3 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28. Rd3 {Bilych,O (2337)-Mosesov,D (2286) Lvov 2019 0-1 (34)}) 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. d4 Rad8 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. h4 g4 19. Nh2 exd4 20. Nxg4 h5 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxh5 dxc3 23. Bg5 cxb2 24. Rab1 d5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Ng4 Bg7 27. e5 Qf5 28. Rxb2 Rd7 29. Rbe2 Re6 30. Qh7 d4 31. Nh6 Bxh6 32. Qxh6+ Ke8 33. Qg7 Qg4 34. Rd2 Qh5 35. Red1 c5 36. Rb1 Rxe5 37. Qf6 Qh8 38. Rxb7 Qxf6 39. Rb8+ Rd8 0-1 [Event "UzChess Cup Masters 2024"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2024.06.11"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Yu Yangyi"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2024.06.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 a5 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nc4 Rf7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Qb5 g5 $146 ({RR} 14... Raf8 15. b4 axb4 16. cxb4 Ng4 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Ra8 19. a5 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Rc1 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxb4 23. axb6 cxb6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxc6 Ra1+ 26. Kh2 Bc5 27. Rxe5 Bxf2 28. Re2 Bc5 29. d4 {Padmini,R (2334)-Stefanov,E (2362) Charlotte USA 2024 1-0 (43)}) 15. h3 Raf8 16. Rad1 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. d4 Rg7 19. Kf1 Qe8 20. dxe5 Qg6 21. Ke2 Ncxe5 22. Nfxe5 dxe5 23. f3 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Bc5 25. Kd2 Qg5 26. Qe2 Rd8+ 27. Kc2 Rxd1 28. Nxd1 Qxg2 29. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 30. Kd3 Kg7 31. Rh1 Kg6 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4 Bxb4 34. Ne3 Rd2+ 35. Kc4 Rd4+ 36. Kb5 Bd2 37. Rg1+ Kf7 38. Ng4 Bf4 39. Rh1 Kg6 40. Rg1 h5 41. Nxe5+ Kf6 42. Nc6 Rd3 43. Rh1 Rxf3 44. Rxh5 Re3 45. e5+ Kg6 46. Rh1 Bxe5 47. a5 bxa5 48. Nxa5 Bd6 49. Kc6 Kf5 50. Kd7 Rd3 51. Nc6 Bg3+ 52. Kc8 e5 53. Rh5+ Kf6 54. Nb4 Rb3 55. Nd5+ Kg6 56. Rh8 e4 57. Kd7 Kf5 58. Re8 Bd6 59. Kc6 Rd3 60. Rh8 e3 61. Re8 Be5 62. Ne7+ Ke4 0-1 [Event "11th Norway Armageddon"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2023.06.05"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Tari, A."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2853"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2023.05.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Ne2 ({RR} 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qd1 Ne6 15. Ne2 d5 16. Ng3 Bc5 17. b4 Bb6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 g6 20. Kh1 Kg7 21. Rb1 h5 22. b5 Qe7 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Bb4 Qd7 25. Ne2 Rad8 26. Bc3 Nc5 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Dubov,D (2708) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (53)}) 12... d5 13. Ng3 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 13... g6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. c3 Rad8 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Kh8 18. Rad1 Ng8 19. Bc1 Nf6 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Ng5 24. Bxg5 Bxg5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qxf7 Qxf7 27. Bxf7 Re2 28. b4 {Esipenko,A (2716)-Dubov,D (2714) Krasnaya Polyana 2021 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 13... Bc5 14. Qe2 Nd4 15. Qd1 Ne6 16. Qe2 Nd4 17. Qd1 Ne6 {½-½ (17) Peng,X (2519)-Bu Xiangzhi (2661) Zhejiang CHN 2026}) 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qg4 Bxe3 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. fxe3 gxf5 23. exf5 Nef4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Qf6+ Rg7 27. d4 Nxh3+ 28. Kh1 Ng5 29. Rae1 Rd6 30. Qxe5 Rh6+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Nf4+ 33. Kg1 Qxe5 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 30th May Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.30"] [Round "10"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2023.05.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Bxf7+ Qxf7 10. Qxb7 Kd7 11. d5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Qxa8 Qb5 14. a4 Qb6 15. b4 Bg7 16. Be3 Rxa8 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Nbd2 e4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Ng3 Bxc3 21. Nxf5 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 gxf5 {Astrom,L (1781)-Semenova,E (2194) Pardubice 2010 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 8. Qb3 Na5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Be2 b5 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bg7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. a4 O-O 15. axb5 cxb5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Be2 a5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bxb5 Nh5 20. Bc6 Rab8 21. Na3 f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Christiansen,J (2633) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (58)}) ({RR} 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Bxf7+ Qxf7 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxc6+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. dxe5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 dxe5 15. Rd1+ Bd6 16. b3 Ke6 17. Be3 a6 18. Nd2 g5 19. h3 Rbg8 20. Kf1 h5 21. Ke2 g4 22. hxg4 hxg4 {Demchenko,A (2580)-Gurbanov,I (2103) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (34)}) 8... Bg7 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bf1 c5 14. d5 b5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. b3 Nb7 18. Nh2 a5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 c4 21. bxc4 Nc5 22. Qc2 bxc4 23. a4 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Nxa4 25. Qxa4 Nxd5 26. Bd2 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Bxc3 28. Bxc3 Nxc3 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. Bxc4 d5 31. Bd3 dxe4 32. Bc4 f5 33. Rc1 Rec8 34. Rxc3 a4 35. Nhf1 a3 36. Rc1 a2 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Murzin, Volodar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2024.01.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 Be6 8. Bxe6 ({RR} 8. Nc3 b6 9. a6 Qc8 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 Qf5 14. Re1 Nbxd5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qd7 17. Bg5 b5 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Qd2 c6 20. Nh4 Bd8 21. Nf5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 {Abdusattorov,N (2771)-Carlsen,M (2837) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) ({RR} 8. a6 b6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. c3 Rb8 11. h3 b5 12. Re1 h6 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. d4 Bd6 16. Nb3 Kh8 17. Be3 dxe4 18. Nxe5 Ndxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd2 Nd3 21. Rf1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 {Matlakov,M (2599)-Bardyk,A (2383) Oskemen KAZ 2026 1-0 (56)}) 8... fxe6 9. c3 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 9... d5 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Qc2 d4 13. Nbd2 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 dxc3 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. bxc3 Qxd3 18. a6 Rf6 19. Qd5 Rd6 20. Qa2 Rg6 21. Kh1 bxa6 22. Be3 Qxe4 23. Bg5 Qg4 24. h3 {Daghli,A (2433)-Atabayev,S (2447) Rasht 2022 ½-½ (57)}) 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Rf7 12. Nf1 Raf8 13. Be3 Ng4 14. h3 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 a6 16. b4 Na7 17. Ra2 Nb5 18. Rc2 Qd8 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. c4 Na7 21. d4 Rxf3 22. gxf3 h5 23. Nh2 exd4 24. Qxd4 Nc6 25. Qd1 Bf4 26. b5 Ne5 27. Rc3 Qh4 28. Ng4 hxg4 29. fxg4 Qf6 30. Qc2 Bg5 31. Rb1 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nd2 33. Rg1 Nxe4 34. Qxe4 Qxc3 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rg3 Qe5 37. Qxe5 dxe5 38. Kg2 Bd2 39. Ra3 Bb4 40. Ra2 Bc5 41. f3 Rf4 42. Re2 Rxc4 43. bxa6 bxa6 44. Rxe5 Bb4 45. Re6 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 Bd6+ 47. Kh4 Rc5 48. g5 Rxa5 49. Kh5 Kg8 50. Kg6 Bf8 51. h4 c5 52. h5 c4 53. h6 gxh6 54. gxh6 Rc5 55. Rxa6 c3 56. h7+ Kh8 57. Ra8 Rc6+ 58. Kf7 c2 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Dec Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.12.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Onischuk, V."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2023.12.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. O-O d5 11. Ba4 Nd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rd1 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nc5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. Nd2 a5 18. b3 Reb8 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Nb2 Nb6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Na4 Nb6 23. Nc5 a4 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Qd2 axb3 26. axb3 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 h5 28. h3 {Bauer,C (2562)-Ernst,R (2381) Karlsruhe GER 2026 ½-½ (61)}) 14. Be3 f5 15. Bd2 dxe4 16. dxe4 f4 17. Nf1 Nc5 18. Bc2 g5 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bb3 Nf8 21. Ne1 Qf7 22. Nd3 b6 23. Ba4 Ne7 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. f3 h5 26. Be1 Nfg6 27. a4 g4 28. a5 Kh7 29. axb6 axb6 30. Bf2 gxf3 31. gxf3 Bf6 32. Kh1 Nc8 33. Nd2 Nd6 34. Rg1 Rd8 35. Ne1 Nc4 36. Nxc4 Bxc4 37. Qc2 Qd7 38. Ra7 Qd6 39. Ng2 Kh6 40. Ne1 Rd7 41. Ra8 Qe6 42. Rb8 Qh3 43. Re8 Bf7 44. Rb8 Qe6 45. Nd3 Qc4 46. Nc1 Qc6 47. Ne2 Bc4 48. Nc1 Qe6 49. Be1 Bh4 50. Qg2 Bxe1 51. Rxe1 Nh4 52. Rh8+ Rh7 53. Rxh7+ Kxh7 54. Qf2 Qh3 55. Ne2 Qxf3+ 56. Qxf3 Nxf3 57. Rd1 Bxe2 58. Rd7+ Kg6 59. Rxc7 Nd2 60. Rc6+ Kg5 61. Rxb6 f3 62. Kg1 Nxe4 0-1 [Event "AI Cup Div 2 L"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.27"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Dominguez Perez, L."] [Black "Kuzubov, Y."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 ({RR} 9... Nb4 10. d4 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bc5 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Nxd5 15. d4 Bf8 16. Qb3 c6 17. Qxb7 Qd6 18. Qb3 Be7 19. Qg3 Qd7 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. b3 Qf5 23. h3 h5 24. Rfe1 {Firouzja,A (2763)-Aronian,L (2747) New York USA 2024 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 9... Nb4 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 Re8 12. c3 Nbxd5 13. Nxe4 Nb6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bd3 a5 16. Qf3 d5 17. g3 c6 18. h4 Nd7 19. Kg2 Nf8 20. Be3 Ne6 21. Rae1 Rb8 22. h5 Bg5 23. Qf5 g6 24. hxg6 {Chmielek,K (1977)-Ciolacu,A (2061) Chotowa POL 2026 ½-½}) 10. Re1 c6 $146 ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbxd5 14. Nxe4 c6 15. Qf3 Re8 16. Bd2 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf6 18. Re2 d5 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Bg5 Ne4 21. Rxe4 Bxg5 22. R4e2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Kf8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Qxc4 {Korchmar,V (2438)-Bornholdt,J (2283) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (49)}) 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Bb3 Nbd7 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 d5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Bd6 17. c4 Rb8 18. Qd3 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Ba2 h6 22. Bd2 Rxb2 23. Re1 Qb8 24. Ra1 Ne4 25. Bc1 Ndf6 26. Bxb2 Qxb2 27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Bxd5 Bxh2+ 29. Nxh2 Qxd4+ 0-1 [Event "AI Cup Play-In Match 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.18"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Gledura, B."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2683"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "239"] [EventDate "2023.09.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Be3 Be6 ({RR} 10... Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. e5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Rd4 19. Na5 Rd2 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Nb3 Ne4 24. Nf4 Rf5 25. Nd3 {Topalov,V (2728)-Carlsen,M (2864) Zagreb 2022 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 10... a6 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Nb8 14. c4 Nbd7 15. b4 c6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Rb1 g6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. a4 Bg7 20. a5 Nh5 21. Qd1 Qe7 22. Na4 Qe6 23. Rc1 Rad8 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 {Esipenko,A (2704)-Kramnik,V (2753) Rostov-on-Don RUS 2024 ½-½ (79)}) 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Nd5 Nb8 $146 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. c4 Nd7 14. b4 Ne7 15. Nc3 Ng6 16. g3 c6 17. h4 Nf6 18. d4 Qc8 19. d5 Qh3 20. Qe2 Be7 21. Qf1 Qg4 22. Nh2 Qd7 23. Rac1 Rec8 24. Red1 cxd5 25. cxd5 Bd8 26. Qe2 {½-½ (26) Panesar,V (2441)-Mirzoev,A (2454) Budapest HUN 2024}) ({RR} 12... Ne7 13. c4 Ng6 14. Qb3 Qc8 15. Rac1 c6 16. Kh2 Qd7 17. Nc3 Ree8 18. Rcd1 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. exd5 Red8 21. d4 e4 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Bf4 Qf5 24. Nxg6 Bxf4+ 25. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 26. Kg1 Rd7 27. Re3 {Begmuratov,K (2506)-Eren,A (2367) Ankara TUR 2026 1-0 (72)}) 13. c4 Nbd7 14. b4 c6 15. Nc3 a6 16. a4 Re8 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Qb3 a5 19. b5 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Ne2 Qd6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qc3 Qc7 24. Rb3 Bd6 25. Reb1 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. Qxa5 Qb1+ 29. Ne1 Bc7 30. Qc3 Qa2 31. Qc2 Qa1 32. Nc1 Ba5 33. Nf3 Bb4 34. Kh2 Nd7 35. Na2 Ba5 36. Nc1 Bb4 37. g3 Nb6 38. Nb3 Qf1 39. a5 Na4 40. a6 f6 41. g4 Kh7 42. Kg3 Nc3 43. Nc1 Ba3 44. Nb3 Ne2+ 45. Qxe2 Qxe2 46. a7 Qxd3 47. a8=Q Qxb3 48. Qxc6 Qxc4 49. Nh4 Qb3+ 50. Kg2 Qf7 51. Nf5 c4 52. h4 h5 53. f3 hxg4 54. fxg4 Bb4 55. h5 c3 56. Nh4 Qa2+ 57. Kh3 Qf2 58. g5 Qe3+ 59. Kh2 Qxg5 60. Nf5 Qxh5+ 61. Kg3 Qg5+ 62. Kh3 Qh5+ 63. Kg3 Qg5+ 64. Kh3 Bf8 65. Qxc3 Qf4 66. Qc4 Qf3+ 67. Kh2 Qf4+ 68. Kh3 Qf3+ 69. Kh2 Qf2+ 70. Kh3 Bc5 71. Qf7 Qf3+ 72. Kh2 Qf4+ 73. Kh3 Qf3+ 74. Kh2 Qf4+ 75. Kh3 Qg5 76. Ng3 Bf2 77. Nf5 Bc5 78. Ng3 Qh6+ 79. Kg4 Qg6+ 80. Qxg6+ Kxg6 81. Nf5 Kf7 82. Kf3 g6 83. Nh4 Bb4 84. Ke2 Kg7 85. Kf3 Kh6 86. Kg4 Be7 87. Nf3 Kg7 88. Ng1 Kf7 89. Nf3 Bc5 90. Nh4 Bf2 91. Ng2 Ke6 92. Kf3 Bc5 93. Nh4 Kf7 94. Kg4 Be3 95. Ng2 Bg5 96. Ne1 Bf4 97. Nf3 Be3 98. Nh4 Bf2 99. Ng2 Bb6 100. Nh4 Ba5 101. Kf3 Bb4 102. Kg4 Bd2 103. Nf3 Bh6 104. Nh4 Bg5 105. Nf3 Ke6 106. Nxg5+ fxg5 107. Kxg5 Kf7 108. Kg4 Kf6 109. Kh4 Kf7 110. Kg4 Kg8 111. Kg3 Kh7 112. Kh4 Kh6 113. Kg4 g5 114. Kf5 Kh5 115. Kxe5 g4 116. Kf5 g3 117. e5 g2 118. e6 g1=Q 119. e7 Qg6+ 120. Ke5 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 36th"] [Site "Struga"] [Date "2021.09.23"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2021.09.18"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "MKD"] [SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"] [BlackTeam "Silla Valencia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 7. h4 g4 8. Nh2 h5 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Nhf1 Na5 11. Qc2 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 d5 $146 ({RR} 12... Ng8 13. Ng3 Qc6 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. b4 a5 16. bxa5 Bg7 17. Bd2 Rxa5 18. c4 Ra8 19. Bc3 Bd7 20. Qb2 b5 21. cxb5 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 Bxb5 23. Kd2 Kd7 24. Rhb1 Bc6 25. Ngf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Bf6 27. g3 {Zapalowska,W (1907)-Kaminska,Z (1918) Poronin POL 2025 0-1 (55)}) 13. Nce3 dxe4 14. dxe4 b6 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. f3 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Qe6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rg8 20. Nf5 gxf3 21. gxf3 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Bxe4 23. N1e3 Bxh1 24. Rxh1 Kd7 25. b4 Ke6 26. Kd1 a5 27. Ke2 axb4 28. cxb4 c5 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. Kd3 Rd8+ 31. Ke2 Rg6 32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. b4 Bxe3 34. Nxe3 Rd4 35. Be1 Rg8 36. b5 Ra8 37. Rc2 Raa4 38. Kf3 Rf4+ 39. Ke2 Rfd4 40. Kf3 Rd3 41. Ke2 Rb3 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43. Rf6 Rxb5 44. Rxf7+ Ke6 45. Rb7 Rb2+ 46. Kd3 Rb3+ 47. Bc3 Rxh4 48. Kc2 Rb5 49. Rh7 Rh3 50. Rh6+ Kf7 51. Kd3 Rb3 52. Kc2 Rxc3+ 53. Kxc3 Rxe3+ 54. Kd2 Rb3 55. Kc2 Rb5 56. Kc3 Rc5+ 57. Kd3 b5 58. Ke4 h4 59. Kf5 e4+ 60. Kf4 Rc4 61. Ke3 h3 62. Kd2 Rd4+ 63. Ke2 Rd3 64. Rh4 Rb3 65. Rxe4 h2 66. Rh4 Rb1 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.11"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2023.09.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15. g3 $146 ({RR} 15. Qg4 Kg7 16. f4 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Re2 Bd8 20. Kh1 d5 21. exd5 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Re8 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Qf2 Qd6 25. g3 Re3 26. Re1 Bb6 27. Kg2 Qf6 28. Bc4 a5 29. Qf1 Bc5 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2690)-Caruana,F (2782) Baku AZE 2023 1-0 (63)}) 15... Kg7 16. Rae1 Qa5 17. Qg4 Rad8 18. f4 h5 19. Qf3 Rde8 20. h4 Qd8 21. Re2 Qd7 22. Qf2 Qg4 23. Kh2 Bf6 24. e5 Bd8 25. Rfe1 Ba5 26. Rf1 d5 27. Rc1 Bb6 28. Qg2 f6 29. exf6+ Kxf6 30. Rce1 Re3 31. Rxe3 dxe3 32. c3 d4 33. Qe4 Qf5 34. cxd4 Qxe4 35. dxe4 Bxd4 36. Kg2 Rd8 37. Kf3 Bb6 38. a5 Bxa5 39. Rxe3 Bb6 40. Rc3 Rd2 41. e5+ Kg7 42. Bc2 Bd4 43. Rc4 c5 44. Ba4 Rxb2 45. Bd7 b5 46. Rc1 a5 47. Ke4 a4 48. Kd5 a3 49. e6 Kf6 50. Kd6 Rd2 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Sep Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.12"] [Round "9"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2683"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2023.09.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. Re1 Nb8 $146 ({RR} 10... b6 11. Nd5 Nb8 12. c3 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Red1 Qe8 17. Bc1 Bd8 18. Ra2 Kh8 19. Ne1 Nf6 20. b5 Ng8 {½-½ (20) Puranik,A (2618)-Lamard,G (2483) Cappelle la Grande FRA 2024}) 11. c5 Nbd7 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. c3 Bc5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Na3 Qe7 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. Ne3 h6 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. Bd2 Bf8 21. Rad1 Nc5 22. c4 Nfxe4 23. g4 Nxd2 24. Nxd2 Rad8 25. Re3 Qd7 26. Kf1 e4 27. Ng3 g6 28. Ree1 Qd3+ 29. Qxd3 exd3 30. Nde4 Kg7 31. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Bxc5 33. Kd2 Bxf2 34. Ne4 Bd4 35. Rf1 Bxb2 36. Rb1 Ba3 37. Rxb7 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Re8 39. Nd2 Re2 40. Rxb4 axb4 41. a5 Kf6 42. c5 Re8 43. Nc4 Ra8 44. Kd2 Ke6 45. Kxd3 Ra6 46. Kd4 b3 47. Kc3 Kd5 48. Nd6 Rxa5 49. Nxf7 Rb5 50. Kb2 h5 51. Nh8 hxg4 52. hxg4 Rb4 53. g5 Rg4 54. Nxg6 Rxg5 55. Nf4+ Kc4 56. Ka3 Rxc5 57. Ne6 Ra5+ 58. Kb2 Ra2+ 59. Kb1 c5 0-1 [Event "11th Norway Armageddon"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2023.06.05"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Tari, A."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2853"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2023.05.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Ne2 ({RR} 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qd1 Ne6 15. Ne2 d5 16. Ng3 Bc5 17. b4 Bb6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 g6 20. Kh1 Kg7 21. Rb1 h5 22. b5 Qe7 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Bb4 Qd7 25. Ne2 Rad8 26. Bc3 Nc5 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Dubov,D (2708) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (53)}) 12... d5 13. Ng3 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 13... g6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. c3 Rad8 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Kh8 18. Rad1 Ng8 19. Bc1 Nf6 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Ng5 24. Bxg5 Bxg5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qxf7 Qxf7 27. Bxf7 Re2 28. b4 {Esipenko,A (2716)-Dubov,D (2714) Krasnaya Polyana 2021 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 13... Bc5 14. Qe2 Nd4 15. Qd1 Ne6 16. Qe2 Nd4 17. Qd1 Ne6 {½-½ (17) Peng,X (2519)-Bu Xiangzhi (2661) Zhejiang CHN 2026}) 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qg4 Bxe3 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. fxe3 gxf5 23. exf5 Nef4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Qf6+ Rg7 27. d4 Nxh3+ 28. Kh1 Ng5 29. Rae1 Rd6 30. Qxe5 Rh6+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Nf4+ 33. Kg1 Qxe5 0-1 [Event "MrDodgy Inv 3 Finals"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.11.30"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2859"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2022.11.27"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Re1 ({RR} 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. e5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Rd4 19. Na5 Rd2 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Nb3 Ne4 {Topalov,V (2728)-Carlsen,M (2864) Zagreb 2022 0-1 (32)}) 9... Bf8 10. d4 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bf1 g6 15. Bf4 Bg7 16. Qd2 g5 17. Bh2 Bc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rxe5 Nd5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1 c6 24. c3 Bf6 25. Bd6 {Sevian,S (2687)-Van Foreest,J (2690) chess24.com INT 2022 ½-½ (81)}) ({RR} 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 cxd5 15. Bd3 c5 16. Bf4 c4 17. Be2 Bf5 18. Rd1 Bxc2 19. Rd2 Bd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Rxd3 Qb6 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Be5 Re8 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 {Movahed,S (2596)-Artemiev,V (2641) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (41)}) 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Ba2 c6 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qd3 Qa5 16. e5 dxe5 17. b4 Qd8 18. Qxg6 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qg3 exd4 21. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bf5 23. Re5 Bxc2 24. Rxd5 Qe8 25. Re5 Qd7 26. Nd5 Kh7 27. Qf2 Rc8 28. Bxa7 Bb3 29. Ne3 f6 30. Rh5 Qd3 31. Bc5 Bf7 32. Rh4 Rxc5 0-1 [Event "Douglas IoM op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2016.10.09"] [Round "9"] [White "Melkumyan, Hrant"] [Black "Howell, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2653"] [BlackElo "2644"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2016.10.01"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IOM"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. dxe5 ({RR} 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. h3 Be6 12. Nf1 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf5 Kf8 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Bd2 f6 17. f4 Bf7 18. Ne3 Re8 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Ng4 h5 21. Nf2 a5 22. Bc3 Kh7 23. a4 Qf8 {Karjakin,S (2760)-Short,N (2678) Riadh 2017 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. a4 a5 16. b3 Qe6 17. Bd2 c5 18. Bc3 Rfe8 19. Qd2 c4 20. b4 axb4 21. Bxb4 Qc6 22. a5 f5 23. Nh4 f4 {Singh,H (2185)-Goodrich,E (2165) New York USA 2026 1-0 (76)}) 9... Ndxe5 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. c3 $146 ({RR} 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Bg7 14. c3 O-O 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qb3 Qc6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. f3 b6 20. a4 Rfe8 21. Rd5 Rxd5 22. exd5 Qd7 23. Qb5 Rd8 24. c4 a5 25. Rd1 Qxb5 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2358)-Recuero Guerra,D (2082) Heraklion 2002 ½-½ (31)}) 11... Bg7 12. h3 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 O-O 15. f4 a6 16. Bd3 Rae8 17. Qg4 Qe6 18. Qg2 d5 19. e5 Kh8 20. Be3 Rg8 21. Bd2 Ne7 22. Kh1 h5 23. Kh2 Bh6 24. Rg1 Nf5 25. Rae1 c5 26. Bc1 Rd8 27. Qf3 b5 28. Rd1 Rge8 29. b3 Rd7 30. Bc2 Red8 31. Bd3 Nh4 32. Qg3 Nf5 33. Qf3 Kh7 34. Rge1 Kg8 35. Rg1 Kh8 36. Rde1 Re8 37. Kh1 Rdd8 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. Kh2 Nh4 40. Qg3 Nf5 41. Qf3 Nh4 42. Qe2 Nf5 43. Qc2 Rc8 44. Bxf5 Qxf5 45. Qxf5 gxf5 46. c4 Rcd8 47. cxd5 Rxd5 48. Rxd5 Rxd5 49. Kg3 Bf8 50. Kh4 Be7+ 51. Kxh5 Kh7 52. e6 Rd3 53. Rg3 Rxg3 54. fxg3 fxe6 55. g4 c4 56. bxc4 bxc4 57. Bb2 Bb4 58. Bc1 Be1 59. gxf5 exf5 60. Kg5 c3 61. Ba3 a5 62. Kxf5 Bd2 63. Ke5 c2 64. f5 c1=Q 65. Bxc1 Bxc1 66. Kf6 Kg8 67. Kg6 Bb2 68. a4 Kf8 69. f6 Kg8 70. h4 Bc3 71. h5 Bb2 72. h6 Bc3 73. f7+ Kf8 74. h7 Bh8 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.12.09"] [Round "2.38"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2022.11.23"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 g6 ({RR} 12... Nb4 13. Nxb4 cxb4 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. a5 Rc8 16. Ra4 b5 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Rea1 Rc5 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rb8 22. h4 h6 23. Qa2 Qb3 24. Rxa5 Qxa2 25. R1xa2 Rxc3 26. Rd2 Rbb3 27. Ra6 {So,W (2748)-Aronian,L (2748) Saint Louis USA 2025 ½-½ (43)}) 13. c3 Bg7 14. Qd2 $146 ({RR} 14. Qc1 Kh8 15. Qg5 f6 16. Qe3 f5 17. Qg5 Qd7 18. Qh4 h6 19. Ne3 Bxa2 20. Rxa2 Qf7 21. Nd5 Kg8 22. Nd2 h5 23. f3 Bh6 24. Nc4 Rad8 25. b3 Kh7 26. Qh3 f4 27. Rf1 Bg5 28. g4 fxg3 {Hansen,S (2213)-Arngrimsson,D (2366) Reykjavik ISL 2024 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 14. h3 Kh8 15. Qd2 f5 16. b4 fxe4 17. Ng5 Bh6 18. Nxe6 Bxd2 19. Nxd8 Bxe1 20. Ne6 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 e3 {0-1 (21) Myagmarsuren,E (2317)-Kravtsiv,M (2598) chess.com INT 2026}) 14... Rc8 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nd2 Kf8 18. Nf1 h5 19. Nfe3 Bh6 20. h4 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Bxa2 22. Rxa2 Ne7 23. Kf1 f6 24. Raa1 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Re3 Rcd8 28. Ke2 c4 29. dxc4 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 Rxb2 31. Re2 Rb3 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Classic Winners"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.05.21"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2837"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2025.05.20"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. a4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a5 Be6 ({RR} 7... Rb8 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Re1 h6 10. Nd5 ({RR} 10. h3 a6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Nd5 Bf8 13. b4 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. c4) 10... Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 c6 14. dxc6 d5 15. Bf1 Nxc6 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. g3 Re8 18. a6 b5 19. Be3 Qc8 20. c3 Ne7 21. Na5 Rb6 22. Nb7 {Abdusattorov,N (2766)-Sjugirov,S (2643) Chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (58)}) 8. Nc3 b6 ({RR} 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 b6 10. a6 Nb8 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. Be3 h6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bg5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. f3 f6 17. b4 Qe7 18. Ra3 g6 19. Rc3 Rac8 20. Qd2 Kf7 21. Ra1 Rfd8 22. Raa3 Nf8 23. Rc6 {Erigaisi,A (2769)-Dubov,D (2674) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 8... Nb4 9. Bg5 c5 10. a6 b6 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ng3 Nb8 16. c3 N4xa6 17. d4 Nc7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qa4 g6 20. c4 Qe8 21. Rfd1 Nc6 22. Rd6 Nd4 23. Rd7 {Zalega,M (2233)-Mkrtchyan,M (2368) Katowice POL 2026 0-1}) 9. a6 Qc8 10. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. c3 Rb8 14. Qa4 Na5 15. Ba2 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. b4 Nc6 18. d4 Re8 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Rad1 Nb8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Ne3 c6 23. Rd3 Bc7 24. Red1 Rcd8 {Kadric,D (2558)-Postny,E (2601) Mali Losinj 2019 0-1 (47)}) 10... Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 Qf5 14. Re1 Nbxd5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qd7 17. Bg5 b5 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Qd2 c6 20. Nh4 Bd8 21. Nf5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Bh4 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 g6 25. Nh4 Qg4 26. Nf3 Ne4 0-1 [Event "SRB-chT"] [Site "Palic"] [Date "2014.09.02"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Stevic, Hrvoje"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2602"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2014.08.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Subotica Spartak"] [BlackTeam "Kac Jugovic"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRB"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a6 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 Na5 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Na3 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 Nd7 11. h3 Bf6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nb4 15. d6 c5 16. Qb3 b5 17. Nce5 bxa4 18. Qxa4 Nb6 19. Qb3 Qxd6 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Be3 Qb5 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Nd7 {Obrusnik,M (2246)-Goldin,R (2284) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (31)}) 9. Ba2 c5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 11. d4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. d5 b6 14. h3 Bd7 15. b4 Nb7 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Bb3 h6 18. Bd2 b5 19. a5 c4 20. Bc2 Nh7 21. Be3 Qe8 22. Nh2 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qg4 Rf6 {Muniz,R (2260)-Saralegui Cassan,M (2103) Colonia del Sacramento 2016 1-0 (46)}) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 g6 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. a5 Kh7 18. Nc4 Bg7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nb6 f5 21. Qa4 Qc7 22. Qc4 Qb7 23. Rac1 Rf6 24. b4 Rd8 25. bxc5 d5 26. Qb4 fxe4 27. Nxd5 Rf7 28. Rb1 Qa7 29. Nb6 exd3 30. Rbd1 Rf4 31. Re4 Qe7 32. g3 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 Qxc5 34. Nc4 Qd5 35. f3 Qb5 36. Kg2 Qa4 37. Rd2 Rd5 38. h4 Rc5 39. Nd6 Qxe4 40. Nxe4 Rxa5 41. Rxd3 Rd5 42. Re3 a5 43. c4 Rd7 44. Ra3 Ra7 45. Kf2 Bf8 46. c5 Kg7 47. Ke2 Kf7 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Kc4 Be7 50. Ra2 Bd8 51. Rd2 Be7 52. Ra2 Ra8 53. Ra3 Bd8 54. Ra2 Rb8 55. Rd2 Bc7 56. h5 g5 57. g4 Rb4+ 58. Kc3 Rb1 59. Kc2 Rb5 60. Rd3 a4 61. Ra3 Rb4 62. Nc3 e4 63. fxe4 Be5 64. Nxa4 Rxe4 65. Nb6 Rxg4 66. Ra8 Rh4 67. Rc8 Rxh5 68. Rxc6+ Kf5 69. Nd7 g4 70. Nxe5 Kxe5 71. Rg6 Kf5 72. Rg8 Kf4 73. Rf8+ Rf5 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Murzin, Volodar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2024.01.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 Be6 8. Bxe6 ({RR} 8. Nc3 b6 9. a6 Qc8 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 Qf5 14. Re1 Nbxd5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qd7 17. Bg5 b5 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Qd2 c6 20. Nh4 Bd8 21. Nf5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 {Abdusattorov,N (2771)-Carlsen,M (2837) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) ({RR} 8. a6 b6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. c3 Rb8 11. h3 b5 12. Re1 h6 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. d4 Bd6 16. Nb3 Kh8 17. Be3 dxe4 18. Nxe5 Ndxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd2 Nd3 21. Rf1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 {Matlakov,M (2599)-Bardyk,A (2383) Oskemen KAZ 2026 1-0 (56)}) 8... fxe6 9. c3 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 9... d5 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Qc2 d4 13. Nbd2 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 dxc3 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. bxc3 Qxd3 18. a6 Rf6 19. Qd5 Rd6 20. Qa2 Rg6 21. Kh1 bxa6 22. Be3 Qxe4 23. Bg5 Qg4 24. h3 {Daghli,A (2433)-Atabayev,S (2447) Rasht 2022 ½-½ (57)}) 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Rf7 12. Nf1 Raf8 13. Be3 Ng4 14. h3 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 a6 16. b4 Na7 17. Ra2 Nb5 18. Rc2 Qd8 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. c4 Na7 21. d4 Rxf3 22. gxf3 h5 23. Nh2 exd4 24. Qxd4 Nc6 25. Qd1 Bf4 26. b5 Ne5 27. Rc3 Qh4 28. Ng4 hxg4 29. fxg4 Qf6 30. Qc2 Bg5 31. Rb1 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nd2 33. Rg1 Nxe4 34. Qxe4 Qxc3 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rg3 Qe5 37. Qxe5 dxe5 38. Kg2 Bd2 39. Ra3 Bb4 40. Ra2 Bc5 41. f3 Rf4 42. Re2 Rxc4 43. bxa6 bxa6 44. Rxe5 Bb4 45. Re6 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 Bd6+ 47. Kh4 Rc5 48. g5 Rxa5 49. Kh5 Kg8 50. Kg6 Bf8 51. h4 c5 52. h5 c4 53. h6 gxh6 54. gxh6 Rc5 55. Rxa6 c3 56. h7+ Kh8 57. Ra8 Rc6+ 58. Kf7 c2 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 13th May Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.05.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Sarana, A."] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2642"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2025.05.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Qe2 d5 6. Bb5 Bd6 ({RR} 6... Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. d3 Nd6 11. Nc3 Nxb5 12. Nxb5 O-O-O 13. c3 a6 14. Na3 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Rhg8 16. Be3 f5 17. d4 f4 18. Bd2 f3 19. g3 exd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Rfe1 {Sniezynski,M-Rzewnicki,P (1787) Wroclaw POL 2026 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 6... Be7 7. Nxe5 Qd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 c5 11. f3 Ba6 12. c4 Ng5 13. dxc5 Qxc5+ 14. Be3 d4 15. Bf2 Rfe8 16. b3 Bf6 17. f4 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Qg4 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd4 {Sarana,A (2686)-Wu,D (2232) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) 7. c4 Be6 8. b4 Bxb4 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c5 Be7 11. d3 Nf6 12. Nxe5 Qe8 13. d4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Nc3 Ne4 16. Bd2 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ra3 18. Qb2 Qa8 19. Nxc6 Bf6 20. Nb4 Rb8 21. Qd2 Qa4 22. Rab1 Rb5 23. Bb2 {Bruchmann,S (2294)-Lorenzo Duran,M (2134) Pontevedra 2016 1-0}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c5 Be7 11. d3 Nf6 12. Nxe5 Bd7 13. d4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. a4 Re8 16. Bd2 Ra8 17. Nc3 Bf8 18. Rfe1 Bc8 19. Qf3 Re6 20. Bg5 Qe8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qg3 Re6 23. Nd3 {Van Foreest,J (2682)-Krzyzanowski,M (2521) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (84)}) 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. d3 Bd6 13. dxe4 Qf6 14. cxd5 Qxa1 15. Nd2 Bc8 16. Nb3 Qf6 17. f4 Qg6 18. e5 Be7 19. Be3 Bf5 20. Qf2 a5 21. Nxa5 Rb4 22. Nb3 h5 23. Nd4 Rfb8 24. Qg3 Rb2 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Bd4 Rd2 27. d6 cxd6 28. exd6 Bf6 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Qc2 31. Bf3 Qd3 32. Re1 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Rd3 34. h3 Re3 35. Rxe3 Qxe3 36. Kh2 h4 37. Qxh4 Qxe5+ 38. Qg3 Qxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Rd8 40. a4 Rxd6 41. Be2 Rd5 42. Bb5 Rc5 43. Kf3 Kf8 44. Ke4 Ke7 45. Kd4 Kd6 46. Bc4 Ra5 47. Bxf7 Rxa4+ 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. Be8 Ra3+ 50. Kf2 Kf4 51. Bf7 Rc3 52. Bd5 Rc2+ 53. Kf1 Kg3 54. Bf3 Rf2+ 55. Kg1 g5 56. Bg4 Rxg2+ 57. Kf1 Rh2 58. Be6 Rxh3 59. Kg1 Rh4 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 21st Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.21"] [Round "10"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2734"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2025.01.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Kh8 10. a4 a5 11. Re1 f6 12. Nf1 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. c3 Qc8 $146 ({RR} 14... f5 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Ng3 Qe8 17. Bf4 Qg6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 f4 21. Ne4 f3 22. Rg5 Qh6 23. Rg3 fxg2 24. Ng5 Bc6 25. Qg4 Nd5 26. Re1 Nf4 27. Re7 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Rf3 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Aronian,L (2747) Oslo NOR 2024 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 14... f5 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Ng3 Qe8 17. Bf4 Qg6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 f4 21. Ne4 f3 22. Rg5 Qh6 23. Rg3 fxg2 24. Ng5 Bc6 25. Qg4 Nd5 26. Re1 Nf4 27. Re7 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Rf3 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Aronian,L (2747) Oslo NOR 2024 1-0 (42)}) 15. d4 f5 16. Nf3 e4 17. Ng5 Qe8 18. Ng3 h6 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Bh4 21. Bb3 Ne7 22. Bf4 c6 23. Qd2 Qg6 24. Ne2 Nbd5 25. Be5 Bg5 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Nd5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Rac1 Rac8 30. b3 Be7 31. Red1 Kh7 32. c4 Bb4 33. Qe2 Qe6 34. Be5 Rc6 35. cxd5 Qxd5 36. Rc4 Rfc8 37. Rdc1 Be7 38. Qh5 g6 39. Qe2 Bd6 40. Rxc6 Rxc6 41. Rxc6 bxc6 42. Bxd6 Qxd6 43. Qc4 h5 44. Kf1 h4 45. Qc5 Qf4 46. Qxc6 Qd2 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qxf2 49. Qc7+ Kh6 50. Qe5 Kg5 51. d5 e3 52. d6 e2 53. d7 Qg3+ 0-1 [Event "CRO-chT1A 25th"] [Site "Sibenik"] [Date "2016.10.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2722"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2016.10.08"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Vukovar 91"] [BlackTeam "Zagreb Zagreb"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. d4 ({RR} 7. Re1 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bb3 d5 11. a5 Be6 12. Ba4 Nxa5 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. dxe4 c5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Nef3 Nh5 17. e5 Nf4 18. Qe4 Nd5 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Ng3 Nb6 21. Qh4 Bd5 {Adams,M (2703)-McShane,L (2664) London 2018 1-0 (37)}) 7... exd4 $146 ({RR} 7... Qe7 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qd1 g5 12. Be3 Ne6 13. a5 c6 14. a6 b5 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bxb5+ Kd8 17. Bc6 Rc8 18. Bb7 Nc5 19. Bxc8 Kxc8 20. b4 Ne6 21. b5 Nc5 22. b6 {Spyropoulos,N (2425)-Terletsky,O (2213) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be2 Re8 13. a5 a6 14. f3 Nc6 15. Bc4 Re5 16. Nd5 Rh5 17. g4 Re5 18. Bf4 Re8 19. c3 Ne5 20. Bb3 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Qe7 22. Bg3 {Korobov,A (2628)-Karthikeyan,M (2658) Samarkand UZB 2025 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 11. Nc3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. f3 Rc8 19. Nd5 Ne7 20. Bd4 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qxd5 {Demirbag,A (2036)-Lomsadze,D (2352) Canakkale 2018 ½-½ (46)}) 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd3 Re8 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. f3 c6 15. Bf4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Kh1 Qf6 19. Bd2 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qa2 21. Rxb7 Rc8 22. Rxa7 Rxc2 23. Bf4 Ree2 24. Qb5 d4 25. Ra8+ Kh7 26. Qb8 g5 27. Qg8+ Kg6 28. Ra6+ f6 29. Qxa2 Rxa2 30. Bg3 h5 31. f4 h4 32. f5+ Kh7 33. Bc7 d3 34. Rd6 h3 35. Rd1 Rad2 36. Ra1 Rc2 37. Rd7 d2 0-1 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.02.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Sjugirov, S."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2025.02.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. a4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a5 Rb8 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Nc3 b6 9. a6 Qc8 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 Qf5 14. Re1 Nbxd5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qd7 17. Bg5 b5 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Qd2 c6 20. Nh4 Bd8 21. Nf5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 {Abdusattorov,N (2771)-Carlsen,M (2837) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 8. Nc3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. Rg1 Nd8 16. Be3 c6 17. Bb3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Rg3 Bh7 20. h4 f6 21. Rag1 g5 22. Rh3 Kg7 23. Rg2 {Kantor,G (2515)-Lodici,L (2590) Saint Louis USA 2026 0-1 (40)}) 9. Re1 h6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 c6 14. dxc6 d5 15. Bf1 Nxc6 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. g3 Re8 18. a6 b5 19. Be3 Qc8 20. c3 Ne7 21. Na5 Rb6 22. Nb7 Bb8 23. Ra5 Nf5 24. Bxb5 Re7 25. Nc5 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 h5 27. Na4 Rd6 28. Be2 h4 29. Nc5 Rb6 30. b4 hxg3 31. hxg3 Qh3 32. Ra1 g5 33. Qf1 Qf5 34. Qg2 Kg7 35. Rf1 g4 36. c4 Rxb4 37. Rc1 Nh7 38. Qf1 Ng5 39. Kg2 Nf3 40. cxd5 Rxd4 41. Rc4 Rxc4 42. Bxc4 Re8 43. Nxe4 Rxe4 44. Bd3 Qh5 45. Qh1 Qxh1+ 46. Kxh1 Rxe3 47. fxe3 Bxg3 48. Bf5 Ne5 49. Kg2 Bh4 50. e4 Be7 51. Kg3 Bd6 52. Kh4 Kf6 53. Bc8 Kg6 54. Bf5+ Kh6 55. Bc8 Be7+ 56. Kg3 Kg5 57. Bf5 Bd6 58. Kg2 Kf4 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 36th"] [Site "Struga"] [Date "2021.09.23"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2021.09.18"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "MKD"] [SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"] [BlackTeam "Silla Valencia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 7. h4 g4 8. Nh2 h5 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Nhf1 Na5 11. Qc2 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 d5 $146 ({RR} 12... Ng8 13. Ng3 Qc6 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. b4 a5 16. bxa5 Bg7 17. Bd2 Rxa5 18. c4 Ra8 19. Bc3 Bd7 20. Qb2 b5 21. cxb5 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 Bxb5 23. Kd2 Kd7 24. Rhb1 Bc6 25. Ngf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Bf6 27. g3 {Zapalowska,W (1907)-Kaminska,Z (1918) Poronin POL 2025 0-1 (55)}) 13. Nce3 dxe4 14. dxe4 b6 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. f3 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Qe6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rg8 20. Nf5 gxf3 21. gxf3 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Bxe4 23. N1e3 Bxh1 24. Rxh1 Kd7 25. b4 Ke6 26. Kd1 a5 27. Ke2 axb4 28. cxb4 c5 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. Kd3 Rd8+ 31. Ke2 Rg6 32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. b4 Bxe3 34. Nxe3 Rd4 35. Be1 Rg8 36. b5 Ra8 37. Rc2 Raa4 38. Kf3 Rf4+ 39. Ke2 Rfd4 40. Kf3 Rd3 41. Ke2 Rb3 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43. Rf6 Rxb5 44. Rxf7+ Ke6 45. Rb7 Rb2+ 46. Kd3 Rb3+ 47. Bc3 Rxh4 48. Kc2 Rb5 49. Rh7 Rh3 50. Rh6+ Kf7 51. Kd3 Rb3 52. Kc2 Rxc3+ 53. Kxc3 Rxe3+ 54. Kd2 Rb3 55. Kc2 Rb5 56. Kc3 Rc5+ 57. Kd3 b5 58. Ke4 h4 59. Kf5 e4+ 60. Kf4 Rc4 61. Ke3 h3 62. Kd2 Rd4+ 63. Ke2 Rd3 64. Rh4 Rb3 65. Rxe4 h2 66. Rh4 Rb1 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.12.06"] [Round "1.25"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2859"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2022.11.23"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 {ChessBase II} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 a6 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Nd5 a5 ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 Bf8 13. Bd2 h6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bc3 e4 16. Nd4 Nb6 17. Nf5 Nbxd5 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qd2 b5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qf4 Nh5 22. Qg4 g6 23. Ne3) 9. Ng5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Ba2 a4 13. Kh1 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. d4 Ng6 17. c3 d5 18. Bb1 Bd6 19. Bf5 Re8 20. Qf3 h6 21. Nh3 Nh4 22. Qf2 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Rapport,R (2702) Wijk aan Zee 2017 CBM 177 [ChessBase II] ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 c6 13. Ba2 Bg5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ne6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Rf3 Rae8 18. Raf1 f6 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Kh8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6) 8. Nd5 ({RR} 8. Bg5 b5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bb3 b4 11. Nd5 bxa3 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Rxa3 Bb7 14. Bd5 a5 15. Qa1 Rfb8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Rxa5 Rxa5 18. Qxa5 Rc8 19. Qd2 h6 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Qe2 c5 22. h3 Be6 {Wipf,A (1509)-Grueter-Schmid,H (1684) Biel SUI 2026 1-0 (58)}) 8... Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Bf6 $146 ({RR} 9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. f4 c6 12. Ba2 Be6 13. f5 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 Bg5 15. Qg4 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Qf6 17. b4 c5 18. Qf4 Qe5 19. Rf1 b6 20. Raa1 a5 21. g4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 axb4 23. Rff1 bxa3 24. Rfb1 {Hofmeister,F (1620)-Banzhaf,S (1436) Playchess.com INT 2020 1-0 (53)}) 10. b4 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Be3 c6 13. a4 d5 14. a5 d4 15. Bd2 h6 16. h3 Qd6 17. Kh2 Kh7 18. g3 Be7 19. Kg2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Qe2 Qd7 22. Rh1 Rae8 23. Rae1 Bd8 24. g4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Qxg4+ 26. Kf1 Rxf3 27. Qe4 Rxf2+ 0-1 [Event "Meltwater Tour Final 2022"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.11.14"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Mamedyarov, S."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2678"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2022.11.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ne4 O-O-O 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Re1 f6 13. a4 a5 14. Bd2 Kb8 15. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 15. Nh4 Qd7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Ne4 g5 18. Bc3 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qf3 Bb4 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Re2 Qc6 23. Qg3 Rd7 24. Nc3 Rhd8 25. Rae1 Nd5 26. Nb5 Nf4 27. Rd2 b6 28. Re4 Qxe4 29. dxe4 Rxd2 {Djordjevic,D (2159)-Kujawski,A (2173) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (31)}) 15... h5 16. d4 h4 17. Ne4 exd4 18. Bf4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 g5 21. Bd2 Bc5 22. Re6 Rhf8 23. Rae1 Bb4 24. c3 dxc3 25. bxc3 Bc5 26. R1e2 Nd7 27. Bd5 Nde5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. c4 c6 30. Bxa5 cxd5 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. cxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxf6 g4 34. Kf1 Bb4 35. Kg1 g3 36. fxg3 hxg3 37. Rc2 Ba5 38. Rc1 Rd4 39. Kf1 Rxa4 40. Rf5 Re4 41. Rg5 Re3 42. h4 Nc4 43. h5 Nd2+ 44. Kg1 Bb6 45. Rg8+ Ka7 46. Ra1+ Ra3+ 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 7th Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.01.07"] [Round "11"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2025.01.07"] 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 Qd7 ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. c3 Nbd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nf1 Ne8 17. f3 f5 18. Qb3 Nc7 19. fxe4 Rab8 20. Qa2 fxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf5 22. Rf4 Qd3 23. Qb1 {Karjakin,S (2750)-Artemiev,V (2694) Moscow RUS 2024 0-1 (62)}) 9. c3 ({RR} 9. a5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 Qf5 13. Re1 Nbxd5 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 Rfe8 16. Bd3 Qg4 17. a6 bxa6 18. Ra5 Bf8 19. c4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Rf5 Qh6 22. Rg5 Rab8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 {Vigil,L (2139)-Hobaica,J (2386) Buenos Aires ARG 2026 0-1 (41)}) 9... Rae8 $146 ({RR} 9... Nd8 10. Re1 c6 11. Ne3 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Ne6 13. h3 Rfe8 14. b4 Bf8 15. Rb1 g6 16. b5 c5 17. Ng5 Bg7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bg5 d5 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Qb3 h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. b6 a6 24. Red1 {Pham Tran Gia Phuc (2410)-Concio,M (2401) Hanoi VIE 2024 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 9... Bd8 10. Re1 Re8 11. a5 a6 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. h3 h6 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Kh2 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Re2 Ng6 18. Rae1 b5 19. axb6 cxb6 20. d4 e4 21. Bd3 Qf5 22. Qc2 Qxd5 23. c4 Qb7 24. Bxe4 {Tatar Kis,S (2365)-Kopasz,R (2305) Hungary 2022 1-0 (37)}) 10. a5 a6 11. Qb3 Nd8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 g6 14. h3 Bg7 15. Rfe1 h6 16. d4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nc6 18. d5 Ne7 19. Nd2 f5 20. f3 f4 21. Bf2 g5 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. c4 h5 24. c5 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Kf1 Ng6 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Nc4 Bf6 29. Ke2 Rf7 30. Rh1 g3 31. Ba7 Rbf8 32. Qb4 Nh4 33. Rag1 Be7 34. Kd3 Rh7 35. Bb6 Rc8 36. Nd2 Qe8 37. Qb3 Kg7 38. Ke2 Kg6 39. Nc4 Qd7 40. Qd3 Qb5 41. b3 Qb4 42. Rh3 Rch8 43. Nd2 Rc8 44. Nc4 Rch8 45. Nd2 Rc8 46. Rgh1 Rch8 47. Nc4 Nxg2 48. Rxh7 Rxh7 49. Rxh7 Kxh7 50. Kf1 Nh4 51. Bg1 Bd8 52. Qc2 Bxa5 53. Nxa5 Qxa5 0-1 [Event "American Cup Elim"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.03.20"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Aronian, L."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2025.03.17"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 a5 ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 b5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Re8 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. O-O Rxe4 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bb3 a5 14. c4 Rb8 15. Bd2 axb4 16. axb4 d5 17. c5 Qc7 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. h3 Bf8 20. d4 exd4 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Nxd4 Ne4 23. Be3 {Aronian,L (2729)-Nisipeanu,L (2580) Budapest HUN 2024 ½-½}) 9. Nxf6+ $146 ({RR} 9. Ba2 a4 10. h3 Bd7 11. O-O Nxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. b4 axb3 14. cxb3 b5 15. b4 Nb7 16. Qc2 Qc8 17. Bb1 f5 18. Bg5 Bd8 19. Rc1 h6 20. Bxd8 Qxd8 21. Qb3 g5 22. Ra2 Rc8 23. Rac2 h5 {Lagarde,M (2618)-Balabayeva,X (2365) Reykjavik ISL 2026 1-0 (44)}) 9... Bxf6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. a4 d5 12. h4 Qd6 13. c3 d4 14. Bc1 Rad8 15. Ke2 Rd7 16. Qc2 b6 17. Ra3 Rdf7 18. Rb3 Be7 19. Rh3 Qd7 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. Be1 Ne7 22. Rb5 Ng6 23. Bd2 Nf4+ 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Rg5 Be7 27. Re5 Bd6 28. Rg5 Be7 29. Rh5 Qe8 30. Re5 Bd6 31. Rg5 h6 32. Rb5 Bc5 33. Qc4 Qe7 34. Rg3 Kh7 35. Kd1 c6 36. Rb3 R8f6 37. Kc1 e5 38. Kb1 Qe6 39. Qxe6 Rxe6 40. Kc2 Bb4 41. Rxb4 axb4 42. Kb3 c5 43. Kc4 Rd6 44. b3 g6 45. Nxe5 Rxf2 46. Kb5 Rc2 47. Nc4 Re6 48. Rf3 Rc3 49. Nxb6 Rxb3 50. Nd7 Kg7 51. a5 Rc3 52. a6 b3 53. Rf1 b2 54. Rb1 Rb3+ 55. Ka4 Rc3 56. Nb8 Rb6 57. Nc6 Rxc6 58. Kb5 Rc8 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments 2024"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2024.04.13"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/loepare"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 9,76,18,33,17,24,15,21,16,17,12,26,0,0,0,0,-59,-13,-13,-12,-33,-32,-46,-12,-47,-47,-53,-48,-57,-64,-70,-44,-103,-103,-129,-124,-164,-128,-135,-123,-167,-165,-144,-162,-144,-106,-156,-153,-187,-188,-303,-310,-533,-520,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 (4... Bd6 5. O-O Na5 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 c5 8. Ba2 Bc7 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 Nc6 11. b5 Na5 12. d4 b6 13. Ba3 d6 14. Nxe5 O-O 15. Re1 Qe8 16. Nec4 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxb5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd6 {Olsson,A (2500)-Svensson,L (2236) Sweden 2003 1-0}) 5. O-O h6 $146 (5... b5 6. Bb3 d5 (6... Bc5 {0-1 (6) Jerez Casas,A-Contador Lopez,Y Santa Eulalia de Roncana 2008} 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf1 b4 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Ng3 a5 15. h3 Kh8 16. Be3 Qe8 17. Rc1 e5 18. d5 Ne7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Rc7 {Preotu,R (2445)-Szalay,K (2159) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (35)}) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 a5 9. c4 Ndb4 10. cxb5 Na7 11. Nxe5 Qf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Ng4+ Qe7 14. Rxe7+ Bxe7 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Qxf7+ Kd8 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Qd5+ Bd6 19. Bg5+ Kd7 20. Qf7+ {Thaly,T (1510) -Gauthier,M (1390) Reims 2004 1-0}) (5... d6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d4 Qe7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 c5 13. b4 Rd8 14. Qe2 cxb4 15. Bxb4 Qc7 16. Nd2 Rxd2 17. Bxf7+ Qxf7 18. Qxd2 Bd7 19. Rad1 Ba4 20. Rc1 {Lukasiewicz,A (2130)-Ramon Pita,V (2340) Warsaw 1999 0-1 (47)}) 6. a4 ({RR} 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 g5 8. Na3 Bg7 9. Nc2 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Ne3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Ng8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 g4 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxf5 18. d4 Ne7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ne3 Qd7 {Caruana,F (2793)-Gukesh,D (2766) Saint Louis USA 2024 ½-½ (60)}) 6... Bc5 ({RR} 6... d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. f3 h5 12. Ne2 d5 13. Kh1 h4 14. Ng1 d4 15. Bf2 Nh5 16. Nb3 Nb4 17. a5 c5 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Nc4 Nf4 20. g3 Ng6 21. Nh3 {Guo,E (2375)-Das,A (2314) Naperville, IL USA 2026 0-1 (58)}) 7. Be3 $146 ({RR} 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rb1 d5 15. Nf1 Qd7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Rd8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Red1 g6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Mayank,C (2425)-Nogerbek,K (2502) Gandhinagar IND 2024 ½-½ (54)}) 7... d6 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. b4 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. b5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Bxe6 was best.} (12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qe2) 12... Nb8 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. d4 Qe8 16. Rae1 axb5 17. axb5 Ra5 18. c4 Qa8 19. h3 Re8 20. Kh2 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nb1 was best.} (20. Nb1 $15 Ra2 21. Qd3 Qa4 22. Rf2 Ra8 23. Nc3 Ra3 24. Rc1 Qb3 25. Nd2 Qb4 26. Ndb1 Ra1) 20... b6 21. Rf2 Ra2 22. Qd3 Ra3 23. Qb1 Qa4 24. Nh4 Ra8 25. Nf5 Kf8 26. Ref1 Ra1 27. Qd3 Qb4 28. Rxa1 Rxa1 29. c5 $6 {Inaccuracy. g4 was best.} (29. g4 Ra3) (29. Nf3) 29... bxc5 $19 30. Nc4 $2 {Mistake. Qc2 was best.} (30. Qc2 Qxb5 31. Nb3 Ra3 32. Nd2 Qa4 33. Qb1 cxd4 34. Qb7 (34. exd4 exd4 35. Qb7) 34... Ne8 35. Qc8 (35. exd4 exd4 36. Qd5) 35... dxe3 36. Qd8 Ndf6) (30. Nf3 {was worth a try.} c4 31. Qc2) 30... Qe1 31. Re2 $4 {[#] Checkmate is now unavoidable. b6 was best.} (31. b6 $19 Nxb6 32. Re2 Qg1+ 33. Kg3 Nxc4 34. Qxc4 Nxe4+ 35. Kf3 Nf6 36. Kg3 exd4 37. Nxd4 Qf1) 31... Qg1+ {Black mates.} 32. Kg3 Nh5+ 33. Kh4 Ndf6 {[%csl Gh6][%CAl Rg7g5]} 34. Nxh6 Qh2 {[%csl Gh5][%CAl Rh2g3]} 35. Nf5 Rf1 36. g4 {[#]} Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 37. exf5 Qg3+ 38. Kg5 Nh7+ {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 49% Pretas 85%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 87% Pretas 97%. Precisão Cheess.com: Brancas 81.4% Pretas 96.4%.} 0-1 [Event "Leiden op-A 9th"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2015.07.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2015.07.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. O-O Na5 8. Bc2 c5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. d5 Nb4 12. Bb3 a5 13. a3 Na6 14. Bc2 $146 ({RR} 14. Nc3 b5 15. Qe2 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Bc4 Bg4 18. Be3 Nd7 19. h3 Bh5 20. Bb5 Bg6 21. Bc6 Rc8 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Rxa5 f5 24. Ra7 Qe8 25. Bg5 Rf7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Rfa1 fxe4 28. Ng5 Nd3 {Cardenas Montano,M (1514)-Montejo Bello,L (1778) Santa Clara 2022 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 14. Nc3 b5 15. Qe2 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Bc4 Bg4 18. Be3 Nd7 19. h3 Bh5 20. Bb5 Bg6 21. Bc6 Rc8 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Rxa5 f5 24. Ra7 Qe8 25. Bg5 Rf7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Rfa1 fxe4 28. Ng5 Nd3 {Cardenas Montano,M (1514)-Montejo Bello,L (1778) Santa Clara 2022 ½-½ (40)}) 14... Bd7 15. Bd2 a4 16. Re1 b5 17. Nc3 Qb8 18. Na2 Rc8 19. h3 Bd8 20. Nb4 Bb6 21. Nxa6 Rxa6 22. Bd3 Ra7 23. Bb4 Bc5 24. Qd2 Rac7 25. Kh2 Nh5 26. g3 g6 27. Nh4 Bxb4 28. axb4 Qb6 29. Re2 Ng7 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Qd4 32. Nf3 Qf6 33. Rg1 Nh5 34. f5 a3 35. bxa3 Rc3 36. e5 dxe5 37. Rxe5 Kh8 38. Rge1 Kg7 39. R1e3 Rxa3 40. Bb1 Rxe3 41. Qxe3 Qd6 42. Kg2 Qxb4 43. fxg6 Rc3 44. Qd2 Bxh3+ 45. Kh2 Nf6 46. gxh7 Ng4+ 47. Kh1 Qxb1+ 48. Ne1 0-1 [Event "6th Salamanca Masters"] [Site "Salamanca ESP"] [Date "2023.04.27"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Topalov, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2728"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2023.04.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Bc5 $146 ({RR} 16... Nc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. a5 Nfxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxa7 Nc5 21. Bc4 Rd2 22. Rc1 Kf8 23. Kf1 g6 24. Ke1 Rd4 25. b3 Rd8 26. Rd1 Ne4 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. a6 bxa6 29. Bxa6 Ke8 30. Ke2 Be7 31. Kd3 {Andriasian,Z (2554)-Davtyan,A (2458) Yerevan ARM 2025 ½-½ (33)}) 17. Bxe6 Bxe3 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. fxe3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 a5 21. Rd3 g6 22. Nf1 Ke6 23. Nd2 b5 24. Rc3 Kd6 25. Rb3 Kc5 26. Kf2 bxa4 27. Rb7 Rd8 28. Ke2 Rd7 29. Rb8 h5 30. Rf8 Rd6 31. Ra8 Kb5 32. c3 Nd7 33. Nb1 Kc4 34. Rxa5 Kb3 35. Nd2+ Kc2 36. Nc4 Rf6 37. Rxa4 Nc5 38. Rb4 Re6 39. Na3+ Kc1 40. Rb8 Nxe4 41. Kd3 Nf2+ 42. Ke2 Ne4 43. Nc4 Kc2 44. h4 Rf6 45. Na3+ Kc1 46. Kd3 Nf2+ 47. Ke2 e4 48. Rb4 0-1 [Event "American Cup Champ"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.03.16"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Aronian, L."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2025.03.15"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. Bb5 $146 ({RR} 9. c3 Rfe8 10. a5 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Bf8 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. Qa4 a6 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. c4 c6 17. b4 Qe6 18. b5 g6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rab1 f5 21. Rb6 Bh6 22. c5 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 f4 {Kuczynski,R (2465)-Panczyk,K (2415) Cetniewo 1991 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 9. c3 Rfe8 10. a5 Bf8 11. b4 a6 12. Qb3 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rad8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. b5 Nb8 20. Rab1 c6 21. bxa6 Nxa6 22. h3 h6 23. Nh4 Qd3 {Movsesian,S (2645)-Navara,D (2663) Prague 2005 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 9. c3 Rad8 10. Qe2 Nh5 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. g3 Qe8 13. d4 Qg6 14. Kh1 Qg4 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ng1 Qg6 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Bc5 19. Ndf3 Ne7 20. Nxe5 Qe8 21. f4 Bd6 22. Nc4 Qg6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 {Vaculik,M (2299)-Cuhra,M (2141) Czech Republic 2010 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 9. c3 a6 10. a5 Rad8 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Nf1 h6 13. h3 Rfe8 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Be3 d5 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Bd2 Bf8 19. Qa4 Nd7 20. b4 Na7 21. c4 c6 22. Bc3 Qb8 23. Qb3 d4 {Grosar,A (2370)-Nikolic,P (2620) Bled 1991 ½-½}) 9... a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bg4 13. f3 c5 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Nf4 Rfd8 16. Nf1 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Ng3 Bc6 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Nd3 Bd6 21. Bg5 c4 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nd5 24. Nf5 f6 25. Re6 Nb4 26. Bf4 Nxc2 27. Rc1 Bxa4 28. Re4 Bb3 29. h4 Nb4 30. Rce1 Nd3 31. Re7 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Nxf4 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rxc7 c3 35. bxc3 a5 36. Nd4 Ne6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 11th Apr Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.04.11"] [Round "10"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2627"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2023.04.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. b4 Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. b5 ({RR} 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bb2 g4 14. N3d2 Kh7 15. g3 f5 16. b5 c6 17. d4 e4 18. Bb3 h5 19. Ba3 Nxc3 20. Qc2 Bxd4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Bb4 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 Bxa1 {Robson,R (2689)-Nakamura,H (2802) Saint Louis USA 2025 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Re1 g4 12. Ng5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Qe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nf1 c6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Nf5 d5 18. Bb3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nf4 22. g3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 {Saranya Devi Narahari (1845)-Diaz Guerrero,J (2135) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (51)}) 9... Ne7 10. a5 $146 ({RR} 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 g4 12. Ne1 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 c6 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nc5 Kh8 18. Qb3 Ndf4 19. Rd1 Qg5 20. Bc1 Qe7 21. Kh1 b6 22. Ncd3 Nxd3 23. Nxd3 cxb5 24. axb5 Bb7 {Nareks,M (2302)-Agrest,I (2281) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (38)}) 10... Ng6 11. Na3 c6 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. a6 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bb5 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nc2 Qb6 18. Rb1 e4 19. Be3 Qc7 20. dxe4 dxe4 21. g4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Be2 Rad8 24. Nfd4 Bc8 25. Qd2 f5 26. Nb4 f4 27. Qa2+ Kh7 28. Ne6 Qd7 29. Bc4 fxe3 30. fxe3 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Re8 32. Bd5 Qd6 33. Rf7 Bxe6 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Rxa7 Qg3+ 36. Qg2 Qxe3+ 37. Qf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 e3+ 39. Ke1 Nf4 40. Rd7 e2 41. Nc2 Rxa6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 25th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.03.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Bacrot, E."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2025.03.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 $146 ({RR} 11... d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Qe2 Bb4 15. Bd2 Nd4 16. Qd1 Re8 17. Bg5 Re6 18. Rf1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf5 20. Qf3 Ne7 21. Rfe1 h6 22. Bd2 Rc8 23. c4 e4 24. Qd1 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Rd6 26. Bb4 {Rodchenkov,S (2346)-Tanenbaum,Z (2261) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne6 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Rf5 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rxd5 19. Bxd5 Nf4 20. Be4 f5 21. Bf3 Bg5 22. Bf2 Re8 23. c3 Qf7 24. d4 h5 25. Qf1 h4 26. Re1 {Schmider,N (2395)-Pranav,V (2615) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (43)}) 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. a5 b6 15. axb6 axb6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. d4 exd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qa4 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Be5 d4 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Nb5 Nd5 25. Ra7 Qf5 26. Qg3 Rf7 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Bxg7+ Kg8 29. Be5+ Qg6 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Play-In Match Div 2"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.09"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Sjugirov, S."] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "196"] [EventDate "2024.05.09"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 Kh8 9. Re1 f6 10. Nbd2 ({RR} 10. a5 Bf5 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Nb3 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Nfd2 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Be6 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Nbd2 f5 18. f3 Bh4 19. Rf1 a5 20. Bf2 Bf6 21. Re1 a4 22. Nb1 Qd7 23. Nc3 e4 24. Nxa4 Bxc4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Lazavik,D (2578) Oslo NOR 2024 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 10. a5 Rb8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc4 14. dxc4 a6 15. Qe2 Qe8 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Rd5 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. c3 Nd3 21. Rd1 Nf4 22. Qc2 Qe8 23. g3 Nxh3+ 24. Kg2 e4 {Matinian,N (2389)-Kollars,D (2634) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (45)}) 10... a6 11. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb3 Nf4 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ne3 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. Nd5 Bd6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Nb6 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bc7 20. a5 Qd5 21. Qe2 Rad8 22. Qe4 Qd7 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Be3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 {Padmini,R (2387)-Kravtsiv,M (2641) Sharjah 2017 0-1 (60)}) 11... Be6 12. Ng3 Bg8 13. c3 Qd7 14. a5 Rad8 15. Bd2 Bc5 16. Qc2 Nde7 17. b4 Ba7 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qf7 22. e4 Ng6 23. Kh2 Rd7 24. Rf1 Rfd8 25. Ne2 Rd6 26. Qb1 h6 27. Kh1 Kh7 28. Rd2 Kh8 29. Rfd1 Qe7 30. Ng3 R6d7 31. Nf5 Qf8 32. N3h4 Nxh4 33. Nxh4 Qf7 34. Nf5 Ne7 35. Ne3 Ng6 36. d4 exd4 37. cxd4 Re8 38. Nf5 Ne7 39. Ng3 Qg6 40. Kh2 Qg5 41. Rf2 Nc6 42. d5 Ne5 43. Rdf1 Ng4+ 44. hxg4 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qxg3 46. Rf4 Rde7 47. R1f3 Qh4 48. Rh3 Qg5 49. Rhf3 Qg6 50. Re3 Re5 51. Qc2 R8e7 52. Qd3 Qg5 53. Ref3 Qg6 54. Re3 Rg5 55. Rg3 Qe8 56. Qc2 Qd7 57. Kh1 Rge5 58. Rc3 Qd6 59. Rc4 Rg5 60. Qf2 Qd7 61. Qf3 Qa4 62. Qe2 Qa1+ 63. Rf1 Qe5 64. Qf3 h5 65. Qh3 Rxg4 66. Rf5 Qa1+ 67. Kh2 g6 68. Rf2 Qe5+ 69. Kg1 Kg7 70. Qf3 Rg3 71. Qd1 Re3 72. Re2 Rxe2 73. Qxe2 f5 74. Qe3 fxe4 75. Rd4 g5 76. Rd1 Qf4 77. Qd4+ Qf6 78. Qe3 Qe5 79. Rd2 h4 80. Rd1 Rd7 81. Rd4 Rxd5 82. Rxe4 Rd1+ 83. Kf2 Qf5+ 84. Qf3 Qxf3+ 85. Kxf3 Rd3+ 86. Kf2 Kf6 87. Rc4 c6 88. Re4 Rd5 89. Kf3 Kf5 90. Rc4 g4+ 91. Ke2 Re5+ 92. Kf2 Re4 93. Rc5+ Kf4 94. Rh5 Rxb4 95. Rxh4 Rb2+ 96. Kf1 Kg3 97. Rh7 Rb1+ 98. Ke2 Kxg2 0-1 [Event "London Classic 4th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2012.12.04"] [Round "4"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2815"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "2012.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 152"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.01.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 Nc6 ({RR} 13... Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Qb8 17. Ne3 b4 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bc6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. h4 Nh7 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nh2 Qd6 24. Qe2 Qe6 25. Nf5 c4 26. Ng4 f6 27. Nge3 Rab8 28. Nd5 {Miranda Mesa,E (2445)-Varela Velazquez,C (2210) Queretaro MEX 2026 1-0 (50)}) 14. Ne3 ({RR} 14. h3 b4 15. Ng3 Rb8 16. d4 Qc7 17. Be3 c4 18. Rc1 Na5 19. Nd2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb2 21. f4 Nb3 22. Nxb3 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Rb8 24. Bc2 Qxc3 25. Kh2 h5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Bd4 Qg5 {Grischuk,A (2764)-Karjakin,S (2775) Beijing 2012 0-1 (36)}) 14... b4 15. h3 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 15... Bf8 16. Bb3 h6 17. Nh2 Na5 18. Ba2 Rb8 19. Nhg4 b3 20. Bb1 Be7 21. d4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 c4 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Rd1 Be6 25. d5 Bd7 26. Nf5 Qd8 27. g3 Bg5 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Kg2 g6 30. Ne3 {Neelotpal,D (2426)-Pashikian,A (2603) Paleochora 2018 0-1 (73)}) 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Bb3 h6 18. Be3 bxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Qc2 e4 22. dxe4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxb3 24. Qxb3 Na5 25. Nxa5 Bxb3 26. Nxb3 Qb6 27. Nbd2 Qb2 28. Rae1 Rd8 29. Nf1 c4 30. Ne5 Bc5 31. Rf3 Qb3 32. a5 Rd6 33. Nxf7 Rf6 34. Rxf6 gxf6 35. Nxh6+ Kf8 36. Ng4 Qxc3 37. Rd1 Qb4 38. Nxf6 Kf7 39. Nd5 Qb2 40. Nde3 c3 41. Rd5 Be7 42. Rf5+ Ke8 43. g4 c2 44. Nxc2 Qxc2 45. Ng3 Qc7 46. Nh5 Bd8 47. Kg2 Qc6 48. Re5+ Kf7 49. g5 Qa4 50. h4 Bxa5 51. Rf5+ Ke6 52. Nf4+ Kd7 53. f3 Qc2+ 54. Kh3 Qf2 55. Kg4 Be1 56. Ng6 a5 57. Rf7+ Kd8 58. e5 a4 59. e6 Bb4 60. e7+ Bxe7 61. Nxe7 Qc5 62. Kh5 a3 63. Kh6 a2 64. g6 Qc4 65. Nf5 a1=Q 66. Rf8+ Kc7 67. g7 Qc6+ 68. Kh7 Qxf3 69. g8=N Qh5+ 70. Ngh6 Qe5 71. Ng7 Qxh4 72. Rf7+ Kb6 73. Ngf5 Qee4 74. Kg6 Qe6+ 75. Kg7 Qg5+ 76. Kf8 Qc8# 0-1 [Event "Camarinas Entrefaros"] [Site "Camarinas"] [Date "2013.10.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"] [Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2685"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2013.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 157"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 a6 8. Re1 h6 9. c3 ({RR} 9. h3 Re8 10. Nc3 Bf8 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Nb8 14. c4 Nbd7 15. b4 Nh7 16. Be3 g6 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nc3 Re8 19. Rab1 Bg7 20. Na4 Nhf8 21. Bd2 Ne6 22. b5 cxb5 23. cxb5 Rc8 {Dominguez Perez,L (2748)-Caruana,F (2793) Saint Louis USA 2024 1-0 (48)}) 9... Nh7 ({RR} 9... Rb8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Qf7 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. e5 d5 19. Rec1 Be7 20. Qa4 Nf8 21. b4 Ng6 22. b5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Na7 24. Qd3 {Kostenko,P (2345)-Abdukayumov,A (1985) Moscow RUS 2026 0-1 (46)}) 10. Be3 $146 ({RR} 10. Nbd2 Bg5 11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. Nf1 Qh4 13. Qf3 Ne7 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 Bd7 16. d4 Bb5 17. Bb3 exd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Rec1 Rac8 21. f3 Rfe8 22. Bd2 Nd3 23. Rc2 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 {De Heer,M (2315)-Hendriks,R (2080) Dieren 1998 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 10. Nbd2 Ng5 11. Nf1 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg5 13. Ne3 Be6 14. b4 Qd7 15. b5 Nb8 16. bxa6 Nxa6 17. Nd5 Bxc1 18. Rexc1 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ra7 20. d4 Rfa8 21. Rab1 exd4 22. cxd4 Nb8 23. Bd3 Qd8 24. Qe4 g6 {Vajda,L (2549)-Roussel Roozmon,T (2422) Budapest 2007 ½-½ (31)}) 10... Kh8 11. d4 f5 12. exf5 e4 13. Nfd2 Rxf5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Be2 Nd3 16. Bxd3 exd3 17. c4 Bf6 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rf7 20. Nb3 Bf5 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Ne6 Qh4 23. Bd4 Ng5 24. f4 Nxe6 25. g3 Qh3 26. dxe6 Re7 27. g4 Rf8 28. Re3 Qh4 29. f5 c5 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7 31. e7 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Qxd3 Bf7 0-1 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2013.11.15"] [Round "7.11"] [White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"] [Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2627"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2013.11.08"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 158"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Spain"] [BlackTeam "Poland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"] [BlackTeamCountry "POL"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. Nc3 Be6 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Nd5 Bf8 10. c3 Be6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. b4 a6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. b5 Nd8 16. Qb3 axb5 17. axb5 Ne6 18. h3 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Rab8 22. Qc2 c5 23. d5 {Carlsen,M (2835)-Firouzja,A (2777) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (77)}) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 10. a5 a6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. c3 Qd7 13. Be3 d5 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. h3 {½-½ (16) Pribelszky,B (2409)-Vanczak,T (2393) Nyiregyhaza HUN 2026}) 10... Qd7 11. Ng3 Rf7 12. c3 Raf8 13. b4 Bd8 14. b5 Ne7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Ng6 17. Ra2 Nh7 18. e5 d5 19. Re3 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21. Rc3 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Qe7 23. Rac2 Qb4 24. Rd2 Nf4 25. Nf1 h5 26. Ne3 Qe7 27. Kh1 Qg5 28. g3 Nh3 29. f4 Nxf4 30. gxf4 Qxf4 31. Qe2 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 Rf3 33. Re1 h4 34. Qd3 Qf4 35. Rg2 h3 36. Rg6 Rf5 37. Kh1 Rg5 38. Rxg5 Qxg5 39. Qd2 Qf4 40. Kg1 Qg5+ 41. Kh1 Qf4 42. Kg1 c6 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. a5 a6 45. Re2 c5 46. dxc5 d4 47. c6 dxe3 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qd1 Qg4+ 50. Kh1 Qe4 51. Kg1 Rf5 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments 2024"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2024.04.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "GM Rafael Leitão"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [TimeControl "40/7200:1800+30"] {[%evp 0,76,27,13,13,14,13,3,3,3,20,21,21,18,18,20,32,10,25,9,24,13,0,0,0,-3,-1,-1,0,-15,-15,-31,-19,-47,-43,-43,-50,-40,-58,-53,-59,-74,-59,-54,-61,-60,-61,-56,-63,-65,-47,-45,-49,-74,-48,-51,-51,-55,-59,-184,-220,-435,-485,-485,-913,-1019,-1189,-1259,-1373,-1500,-183,-258,-78,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 $5 {Gukesh inicia um plano curioso em uma abertura tão conhecida quanto a Italiana. Em vez de desenvolver as peças, ele joga dois lances de peão, um em cada lado do tabuleiro. Ambos os lances têm vantagens e são comuns nesta abertura em algum momento, mas não tão cedo. Como vamos explicar aos nossos filhos que jogar assim também é possível $2 O melhor a fazer é dizer a eles que, para poder fazer lances de peão antes de desenvolver as peças, é necessário primeiro entender todos os princípios básicos da abertura. Somente com essa compreensão sólida é possível começar a procurar por caminhos mais criativos. Vale ressaltar que o computador é um destruidor de dogmas: ele mostra que é possível jogar de maneiras diferentes do que acreditávamos no passado.} (4... Bd6 5. O-O Na5 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 c5 8. Ba2 Bc7 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 Nc6 11. b5 Na5 12. d4 b6 13. Ba3 d6 14. Nxe5 O-O 15. Re1 Qe8 16. Nec4 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxb5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd6 {Olsson,A (2500)-Svensson,L (2236) Sweden 2003 1-0}) 5. O-O (5. Ng5 {É um lance crítico e certamente foi estudado por Gukesh.} d5 6. exd5 Na5 {com complicações: o peão em a6 remove o tradicional xeque com o bispo em b5.}) 5... h6 $146 {[%c_effect h6;square;h6; type;Interesting;persistent;true] Aqui está o segundo lance de peão. É difícil até mesmo explicar isso sem estudar por algumas horas para tentar entender qual é realmente a ideia. Suponho que as Negras estejam mantendo flexibilidade no desenvolvimento do bispo de f8, que pode ir para c5, mas também para e7 ou g7 após g6 ou até mesmo g5.} (5... b5 6. Bb3 d5 (6... Bc5 {0-1 (6) Jerez Casas,A-Contador Lopez,Y Santa Eulalia de Roncana 2008} 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf1 b4 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Ng3 a5 15. h3 Kh8 16. Be3 Qe8 17. Rc1 e5 18. d5 Ne7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Rc7 {Preotu,R (2445)-Szalay,K (2159) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (35)}) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 a5 9. c4 Ndb4 10. cxb5 Na7 11. Nxe5 Qf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Ng4+ Qe7 14. Rxe7+ Bxe7 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Qxf7+ Kd8 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Qd5+ Bd6 19. Bg5+ Kd7 20. Qf7+ {Thaly,T (1510)-Gauthier,M (1390) Reims 2004 1-0}) (5... d6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d4 Qe7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 c5 13. b4 Rd8 14. Qe2 cxb4 15. Bxb4 Qc7 16. Nd2 Rxd2 17. Bxf7+ Qxf7 18. Qxd2 Bd7 19. Rad1 Ba4 20. Rc1 {Lukasiewicz,A (2130) -Ramon Pita,V (2340) Warsaw 1999 0-1 (47)}) 6. a4 (6. c3 {é uma alternativa importante, pois agora o bispo não deve ser desenvolvido para c5 devido a d3-d4.} d6 {provavelmente é o melhor, ainda decidindo para onde o bispo irá.} (6... Bc5 $2 7. d4)) ({RR} 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 g5 8. Na3 Bg7 9. Nc2 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Ne3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Ng8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 g4 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxf5 18. d4 Ne7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ne3 Qd7 {Caruana,F (2793)-Gukesh,D (2766) Saint Louis USA 2024 ½-½ (60)}) 6... Bc5 {Finalmente um lance convencional.} ({RR} 6... d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. f3 h5 12. Ne2 d5 13. Kh1 h4 14. Ng1 d4 15. Bf2 Nh5 16. Nb3 Nb4 17. a5 c5 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Nc4 Nf4 20. g3 Ng6 21. Nh3 {Guo,E (2375)-Das,A (2314) Naperville, IL USA 2026 0-1 (58)}) 7. Be3 $146 (7. c3 d6 {e estamos de volta a uma Italiana normal.}) ({RR} 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rb1 d5 15. Nf1 Qd7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Rd8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Red1 g6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Mayank,C (2425)-Nogerbek,K (2502) Gandhinagar IND 2024 ½-½ (54)}) 7... d6 {Nunca fica muito claro para mim se as Negras devem capturar em e3 ou esperar um pouco mais, permitindo que as Brancas capturem em c5. O computador não me ajuda a resolver essa dúvida, pois dá mais ou menos a mesma avaliação após ambos os lances.} (7... Bxe3 8. fxe3 d6) 8. Nbd2 (8. Bxc5 {é possível, alterando o caráter da partida. Voltarei com este lance mais tarde.}) 8... O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. b4 {O primeiro lance novo da partida, finalmente obrigando as Negras a capturarem em e3.} (10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. a5 {é outra forma de lutar pela iniciativa, mas as Negras parecem estar bem aqui também. Isso foi jogado em Van Foreest-Bindrich, Berlim blitz 2018.}) 10... Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. b5 {A coluna a será a ruína das Brancas nesta partida, e tudo começa com este avanço prematuro.} (12. Qc2 {é melhor com igualdade.}) 12... Nb8 (12... Bxc4 {é ainda mais preciso:} 13. Nxc4 Nb8 {Seguido por Cbd7, com uma leve vantagem para as Negras.}) 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. d4 $6 {Uma decisão posicional duvidosa. O peão em e4 será outra preocupação para as Brancas. O problema é que este avanço não leva a lugar algum, já que tanto capturar em e5 quanto jogar d5 pioram a estrutura de peões. Seguir com c4-c5 parece otimista. O peão deveria ter permanecido onde estava.} (15. c4 {é melhor.}) 15... Qe8 $1 {De repente, a fraqueza do peão em e4 é sentida.} 16. Rae1 $2 {Abandonando a coluna a.} (16. d5 {é um pouco feio, mas é melhor.} Re7 17. c4 {Se o cavalo for para c5, as Brancas podem tentar Ch4-f5.}) 16... axb5 17. axb5 Ra5 $1 {Preparando para dobrar e até triplicar as peças pesadas na única coluna aberta.} 18. c4 Qa8 {As Negras têm controle total da coluna, e as Brancas não têm um plano ativo. O computador avalia isso como uma pequena vantagem para as Negras, mas na prática acho que é maior do que isso.} 19. h3 Re8 20. Kh2 b6 $1 {[%c_effect b6;square;b6;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] Um bom lance, controlando o avanço c4-c5 e abrindo a diagonal para a dama também pressionar em e4.} 21. Rf2 Ra2 22. Qd3 Ra3 (22... Qa3 $5 {[%c_effect a3;square;a3;type;Interesting;persistent;true] é uma alternativa muito boa:} 23. Qxa3 Rxa3 {Acontece que este final é muito desagradável para as Brancas. O computador realmente o avalia como ganho para as Negras já. Uma linha possível é:} 24. Rfe2 Rea8 25. Kg1 Rc3 26. Kf2 Ra2 {As Brancas estão paralisadas e mal conseguem se mover. Resta às Negras criar algum plano para quebrar a resistência.}) 23. Qb1 Qa4 24. Nh4 Ra8 {Esta partida é um exemplo da importância de controlar uma coluna aberta.} 25. Nf5 Kf8 $1 {[%c_effect f8; square;f8;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] Necessário para evitar Ce7+.} 26. Ref1 Ra1 (26... Ra2 {é ainda melhor.}) 27. Qd3 $6 (27. Qxa1 {Esta é a melhor chance para as Brancas, buscando salvação no final muito difícil após} Qxa1 28. Rxa1 Rxa1 29. g4) 27... Qb4 {Abrindo caminho para a outra torre. Agora Vidit se cansa de esperar e acelera a derrota.} 28. Rxa1 Rxa1 29. c5 $2 {[Isso simplesmente perde, mas as alternativas não são muito inspiradoras.} bxc5 30. Nc4 Qe1 {A dama naturalmente invade a primeira fileira e ataca o rei branco. Se no início as peças pesadas estavam posicionadas verticalmente, agora elas mudam para a horizontal. Vidit poderia parar o relógio aqui.} 31. Re2 Qg1+ 32. Kg3 Nh5+ 33. Kh4 Ndf6 {Ameaçando mate com g5.} 34. Nxh6 {As Negras podem vencer de várias maneiras. Gukesh jogou a forma mais rápida de dar mate.} Qh2 (34... gxh6 {também não é ruim.}) 35. Nf5 Rf1 36. g4 Rxf5 37. exf5 Qg3+ 38. Kg5 Nh7+ {Hoje foi m dia ruim para Vidit. Gukesh jogou bem, mas não precisou mostrar nada muito brilhante para vencer a partida confortavelmente de Negras.} ({Kxh5} 38... Qxh3) 0-1 [Event "American Cup Champ"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.03.20"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2025.03.15"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qc8 ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 b5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Re8 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. O-O Rxe4 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. h4 d5 12. Qe2 Qe8 13. g4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Be7 15. Rh3 Rd8 16. h5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne5 Bg5 19. a4 Rf6 20. Qb5 Bf4 21. Ng6 Rxg6 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. hxg6 {Ruzhansky,E (2442)-Hovhanisian,M (2391) Antwerp BEL 2026 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 8... Bd7 9. h4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Qg4 Bxg5 14. hxg5 g6 15. c3 a5 16. b3 b5 17. d4 a4 18. b4 d5 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. O-O exd4 21. Bxd4 e5 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Bc5 {Caruana,F (2783)-Nakamura,H (2802) Saint Louis USA 2025 ½-½ (50)}) 9. Bb3 Bd8 10. O-O Bxd5 $146 ({RR} 10... a5 11. c4 Nd7 12. h3 Nc5 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. d4 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 c6 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nc3 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Ne4 Bf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rad1 Re8 25. Rfe1 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2748) Endgame.AI INT 2025 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 10... a5 11. c4 Nd7 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Re1 h6 15. Nc3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Ba2 Bg5 18. b4 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 axb4 20. axb4 Na6 21. Rb1 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nde2 Rd8 24. Rb2 Bd7 25. Rd2 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2748) Endgame.AI INT 2025 1-0 (36)}) 11. exd5 Ne7 12. c4 Nf5 13. Bd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Rc1 Bb6 16. Ba4 Qc7 17. b4 a5 18. Bg5 axb4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. c5 dxc5 21. axb4 Qd6 22. b5 Rfd8 23. Nd2 Nd4 24. Nc4 Qe6 25. Re1 Bc7 26. Re3 Kh8 27. Kh1 b6 28. Rh3 Rg8 29. Qh5 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. Bd1 Nd4 32. Rb1 Ra2 33. Kg1 Rga8 34. Kf1 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Rxa1 36. Ke1 Nxb5 37. Kd2 Nd4 38. Rh6 b5 39. Nb2 Ba5+ 40. Ke3 Nf5+ 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 1st Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.04.01"] [Round "11"] [White "Oparin, G."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2025.04.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Ba2 ({RR} 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 7. Be3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a6 10. h3 Qd7 11. Qd3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Nb4 14. Qc4 Nxc2+ 15. Qxc2 Qxb5 16. Nf3 Rfb8 17. Ra2 d5 18. Nxe5 Nxe4 19. Nc6 Re8 20. a4 Bb4+ 21. Kd1 Qb7 {Aravindh,C (2689)-Niemann,H (2735) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (38)}) 7... Be6 $146 ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 Re8 10. O-O Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qd2 Bh4 13. Kg2 Qf6 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Bg5 Qxg5 16. Qxg5 {1-0 (16) Delmarko,D (1695)-Egger,C Wattens 1997}) ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. O-O Ne6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. d4 Qb6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qc1 Bc5 20. Re2 a5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 {Niemann,H (2736)-Pranav,V (2621) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 7... Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 c5 10. Nf4 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Qe2 b5 13. Qf2 Kh8 14. h4 Rc8 15. g4 c4 16. g5 Ne8 17. Qxd4 Nc7 18. Qxa7 d5 19. Qf2 dxe4 20. dxe4 f5 21. Be3 Ne6 22. O-O-O {Rathnakaran,K (2463)-Deshmukh,A (2225) Bhubaneswar 2016 0-1 (47)}) 8. Nd5 Re8 9. h3 Bf8 10. c4 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. O-O Ng6 13. Be3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bg5 Nh5 17. Qa4 h6 18. Be3 Rec8 19. d4 Qe8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Rfd1 Nhf4 22. Kh2 Ne2 23. Rc2 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qxd4 Rd8 26. Qa4 Rxd1 27. Rxc6 Rd6 28. Ra6 Rxa6 29. Qxa6 Qxe4 30. Qd3 0-1 [Event "Niemann-Dubov Levitov m"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2025.03.08"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2025.03.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. b4 Bf8 12. Ne3 d5 13. b5 Nd4 14. exd5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 e4 16. dxe4 $146 ({RR} 16. Qe2 Bc5 17. Rad1 Bxe3 18. fxe3 exd3 19. cxd3 Nxd5 20. e4 Ne7 21. Bc3 Ng6 22. Rf1 Qd7 23. Rf3 Kh7 24. e5 Qd5 25. d4 f6 26. Qc2 fxe5 27. dxe5 Qe6 28. Qe4 Rad8 29. Rdf1 Kh8 30. h3 Nf8 {Niemann,H (2734)-Dubov,D (2701) Moscow RUS 2025 1-0 (54)}) 16... Nxe4 17. Red1 Bc5 18. Be1 Qg5 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Rd3 Rxd5 21. h4 Qf5 22. Rad1 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Nd6 25. Ne3 f5 26. Ba5 f4 27. Ng4 h5 28. Bxc7 hxg4 29. Bxd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 gxf3 31. Rd3 Re4 32. Ra3 Rc4 33. Rxf3 Rxa4 34. Rc3 Rb4 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc5 a5 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. Kg2 Rb2 39. Kf3 a5 40. Ke2 a4 41. Kd3 a3 42. Ra5 Ra2 43. f3 Kg6 44. Kc3 Ra1 45. Kd2 Kf6 46. h5 Ke6 47. Kd3 a2 48. Kc4 Rf1 49. Rxa2 Rxf3 50. Kd4 Kf5 51. c4 Rf1 52. c5 Rd1+ 53. Kc3 Ke5 54. Re2+ Kd5 55. Rg2 f3 56. Rxg7 Rc1+ 57. Kd2 f2 58. Kxc1 f1=Q+ 59. Kd2 Qf2+ 60. Kc1 Qe3+ 61. Kc2 Qe4+ 62. Kc1 Qc4+ 0-1 [Event "Esports World Cup LC Lose"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.07.26"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "174"] [EventDate "2025.07.26"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qc8 11. c3 Nd8 12. Re1 c6 13. Ba2 Ne6 14. g4 Bg6 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 16. cxd4 Rd8 17. d5 Nc7 18. Bf4 cxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Rc1 Re8 21. Qd2 h5 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. gxh5 Bxh5 24. Ng5 Bg6 25. Kh2 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 Ne8 27. Ne4 Qf5 28. Nc3 Qh5 29. Qd1 Qh6 30. Bb1 Bh5 {Volkov,M (2366)-Sukiasyan,V (2448) Odintsovo RUS 2026 1-0 (82)}) 16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 h6 18. f4 Bh4 19. Re2 Qd7 20. f5 Bh7 21. Bf4 Kh8 22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qc7 24. Qf1 Qb6+ 25. Be3 Qb5 26. Bd4 Rad8 27. Re4 Qa5 28. Bc3 Qb6+ 29. Kg2 c5 30. Qf3 Qc7 31. a4 b6 32. Bc4 Rd7 33. Re2 Rfd8 34. Rf1 Bg5 35. Ref2 Bh4 36. Re2 Bg5 37. e6 fxe6 38. fxe6 Re7 39. Be5 Qc8 40. Kg3 Bg8 41. h4 Bd2 42. Bf6 Rf8 43. Qd3 Rd8 44. Qf5 Bh7 45. Qe5 gxf6 46. Rxf6 Rg7 47. Rf7 Qb8 48. Qxb8 Rxb8 49. Rxd2 Rxf7 50. exf7 Kg7 51. Rd7 Be4 52. Rxa7 Rd8 53. f8=Q+ Kxf8 54. Rf7+ Ke8 55. Rf6 Rd4 56. b3 Bd3 57. Rf4 Rd6 58. g5 hxg5 59. hxg5 Bg6 60. Rf2 Ke7 61. Re2+ Kd7 62. Kf4 Rd4+ 63. Ke5 Ke7 64. Be6 Rd3 65. Bd5 Rd4 66. Bf3 Kf7 67. Rh2 Rd3 68. Bd5+ Kg7 69. Bc4 Rg3 70. Kd6 Rxg5 71. Kc7 Be4 72. Kxb6 Kf6 73. Kb5 Ke5 74. Re2 Kf4 75. Rxe4+ Kxe4 76. a5 Rg7 77. a6 Kd4 78. Kb6 Rg6+ 79. Kb7 Rg7+ 80. Kb6 Rg6+ 81. Kb7 Rg7+ 82. Kb8 Rh7 83. a7 Rh8+ 84. Kb7 Rh7+ 85. Ka6 Rh6+ 86. Ka5 Rh8 87. Kb6 Rh6+ 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.09.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2807"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2025.09.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a3 Bc5 ({RR} 5... d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 Ng8 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 a6 14. Nfxd4 c5 15. Nb3 Ne7 16. Nf4 Rb8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Bd5 Qc7 19. Nc1 a5 20. Ba2 {Oparin,G (2606)-Trent,L (2435) Chess.com INT 2017 1-0 (74)}) 6. Be3 ({RR} 6. O-O d6 7. h3 g5 8. Nc3 g4 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Kh2 Bh5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Nd5 Ng4+ 14. Kh1 O-O-O 15. b4 Rhg8 16. Qd2 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. f3 Ne3 19. Nxe3 dxe3 20. Qxe3 b6 {Putar,L (1444)-Macakova,B (1568) Prague CZE 2024 0-1}) 6... Bb6 7. h3 O-O $146 ({RR} 7... d6 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Ba2 Nc6 12. c3 Nh7 13. Nh2 Qd7 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 f5 18. Qb3+ Qf7 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Rxf5 Qe6 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. c4 {Szeliga,W-Stankowski,A (1615) Przelazy 2007 ½-½ (33)}) 8. O-O d6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Nh4 d5 11. exd5 Nexd5 12. Bxb6 Nxb6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Re1 Be6 15. Qf3 c6 16. Nf5 Bxb3 17. Nxb3 h5 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nd5 21. Rae1 Qf6 22. Nh4 Qg5 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. fxg3 f6 25. d4 Re6 26. dxe5 Rbe8 27. Nf3 f5 28. R4e2 g6 29. Kf2 R6e7 30. c4 Nb6 31. b3 a5 32. e6 Kg7 33. Ng5 Kf6 34. h4 a4 35. c5 Nd5 36. bxa4 Ra8 37. Rb1 Nc3 38. Rb3 Nxe2 39. Kxe2 Rxa4 40. Rd3 Rc4 41. Rd8 Rxc5 42. Rf8+ Ke5 43. Kf3 Rc3+ 44. Kf2 Rxa3 45. Rg8 b5 46. Rxg6 b4 47. Nf7+ Kd5 48. Ng5 b3 49. Rg8 Rb7 50. Rd8+ Ke5 51. Rd7 Rxd7 52. exd7 Ra8 0-1 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.31"] [Round "7"] [White "Gledura, B."] [Black "Sargissian, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2672"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2024.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Re1 Kh8 10. Nf1 Nb6 11. Bb3 f5 12. Ne3 f4 13. Nd5 Ra6 14. h3 Bf6 15. d4 g5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd4 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bg7 20. Bc2 Bf5 21. Bd2 c5 22. dxc6 Bxc2 {Savic,M (2409)-Atalik,S (2414) Bajina Basta SRB 2025 ½-½}) ({RR} 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Na3 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. Nf5 d5 15. Ng3 b6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Re6 18. Bc1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Qb5 g6 22. Qc4 Nd7 {Sevian,S (2698)-Esipenko,A (2683) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (89)}) ({RR} 8. Re1 Kh8 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Bb5 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf1 c6 14. Be2 d5 15. e5 Bf5 16. Ne3 Bg6 17. Bd2 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. Ng4 Bd8 22. Nge5 Be4 {Nemeth,M (2432)-Ivanisevic,I (2547) Pasching AUT 2026 ½-½ (49)}) 8... Nd7 9. Be3 Bf6 10. Qa3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Nf8 12. b4 Be6 13. b5 Nb8 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. d4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Re6 20. Qb3 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Rf6 22. Rdf1 Qe7 23. Qd5 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Rb8 25. Nf3 h6 26. Nh4 Nf6 27. Qa2 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Ng6 Kh7 30. Nh4 e5 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Rf5 Re8 33. Nf3 Nxe4 34. Nxe5 Nd6 0-1 [Event "Niemann-Giri Rerematch"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2025.06.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2025.06.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qc8 ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 b5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Re8 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. O-O Rxe4 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. h4 d5 12. Qe2 Qe8 13. g4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Be7 15. Rh3 Rd8 16. h5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne5 Bg5 19. a4 Rf6 20. Qb5 Bf4 21. Ng6 Rxg6 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. hxg6 {Ruzhansky,E (2442)-Hovhanisian,M (2391) Antwerp BEL 2026 ½-½ (48)}) 9. h3 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O Bd8 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Ba2 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4 Nf5 16. Bd2 a5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bb3 Bc7 21. Re1 Re8 22. Bc3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Qb7 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2738) Endgame.AI INT 2025 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 9. Bb3 Bd8 10. O-O Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. c4 Nf5 13. Bd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Rc1 Bb6 16. Ba4 Qc7 17. b4 a5 18. Bg5 axb4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. c5 dxc5 21. axb4 Qd6 22. b5 Rfd8 23. Nd2 Nd4 {Caruana,F (2783)-Nakamura,H (2802) Saint Louis USA 2025 0-1 (40)}) 9... Bd8 10. Bb3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. c4 Nf5 13. Bd2 e4 14. dxe4 Nxe4 15. Bc2 Re8 16. O-O Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bf6 18. Qf4 Ne7 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Qd2 Ng6 21. Nd4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rd1 a6 24. b3 Qe7 25. Nf3 Nh4 26. Nxh4 Bxh4 27. g3 Bf6 28. Kg2 g6 29. Kf1 h5 30. Re1 Qd7 31. Kg2 Rxe1 32. Qxe1 Qe7 33. Qxe7 Bxe7 34. h4 f5 35. f4 Bf6 36. Kf3 Bb2 37. a4 a5 38. Ke2 Bd4 39. Kf3 Kf8 40. Ke2 Ke8 41. Kf3 Kd8 42. Bd3 Bc5 43. Bc2 Bb4 44. Bd3 c6 45. Bc2 Kc7 46. Ke2 Kb6 47. g4 hxg4 48. h5 gxh5 49. Bxf5 Kc5 50. Kd3 cxd5 51. Be6 d4 52. Bd5 Be1 53. f5 Bh4 54. Bxb7 Bf6 55. Bg2 h4 56. Bf1 h3 57. Ke4 Kb4 58. Kf4 h2 59. Bg2 d3 0-1 [Event "Niemann-Giri Rerematch"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2025.06.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2025.06.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qc8 11. c3 Re8 ({RR} 11... Nd8 12. Re1 c6 13. Ba2 Ne6 14. g4 Bg6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Rd8 17. d5 Nc7 18. Bf4 cxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Rc1 Re8 21. Qd2 h5 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. gxh5 Bxh5 24. Ng5 Bg6 25. Kh2 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 {Volkov,M (2366)-Sukiasyan,V (2448) Odintsovo RUS 2026 1-0 (82)}) 12. Re1 a5 13. Be3 h6 14. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 14. Kh2 Nd8 15. g4 Bg6 16. g5 c6 17. Ba2 h5 18. Nh4 Kh7 19. Rg1 Ne6 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. Rad1 c5 22. Kh1 b5 23. Bd5 Rab8 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bxd4 Nxg5 27. Rxg5 Bxg5 28. Nxg6 fxg6 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2748) Endgame.AI INT 2025 0-1 (36)}) 14... a4 15. d4 Bf6 16. g4 Bg6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Kh2 Ne7 19. Bc4 Rd8 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qc6 24. h4 Qf6 25. Qe3 Bh5 26. Rf1 b5 27. Ba2 Rd6 28. f4 Rad8 29. Rc2 Rd3 30. Qf2 R8d7 31. Kg1 Ng6 32. fxe5 Qxf2+ 33. Rcxf2 Nxe5 34. Rf5 Re7 35. Ne6 Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Bg4 37. Rf4 Bxe6 38. Bxe6 Rxe6 39. R1xf3 Rxf3 40. Rxf3 Rxe4 41. Rf5 Rxh4+ 42. Kg2 c6 43. Rc5 Rc4 44. Re5 Kf8 45. Kf3 f6 46. Re6 Kf7 47. Rd6 Ke7 0-1 [Event "chess.com Junior Speed"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.06.15"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2608"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2023.06.13"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. a4 d6 8. a5 a6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 $146 ({RR} 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rab8 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. d4 Nh7 16. Be3 Rxf3 17. gxf3 exd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rad1 c5 21. e5 d5 22. f4 Qb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Rd2 g5 25. f5 Nf8 26. fxe6 Nxe6 {Kleimenov,N (2199)-Arhan,C (2394) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (61)}) 12... Nh5 13. g3 Kh7 14. h4 d5 15. Kg2 Qd7 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. N1h2 Rf7 18. Be3 d4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Bd2 Rdf8 21. Rf1 e5 22. Ng1 Nd8 23. Bb4 Ne6 24. Qg4 c5 25. Bd2 Re8 26. Qd1 Ref8 27. Qg4 Re8 28. Qd1 Qe7 29. Rb1 Rc8 30. b4 c4 31. dxc4 Rxc4 32. Qb3 Rc8 33. Rbc1 Rcf8 34. Ngf3 Qd7 35. Qd5 Qxd5 36. exd5 Nc7 37. Ng4 Re8 38. d6 Nb5 39. Rc5 Nxd6 40. Nfxe5 Rf5 41. Re1 Nf6 42. Nxf6+ Rxf6 43. Rc7 Rfe6 44. f4 Kg8 45. Kf3 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Rd7 Bxe5 48. Rxe5 Rxe5 49. fxe5 Nc4 50. Rxd4 Nxe5+ 51. Kg2 Nc6 52. Rd5 g4 53. Kf2 Kf7 54. Bc3 Ne7 55. Rg5 Rc8 56. Be5 Rc4 57. Bf4 Rxb4 58. Rxg4 Nd5 59. Rg5 Rb5 60. Rf5+ Ke6 61. Re5+ Kf6 62. Kf3 Rxa5 63. Re8 Ra3+ 64. Kg4 Kf7 65. Rd8 Nf6+ 66. Kf5 Ra5+ 67. Be5 Ke7 68. Rb8 Rxe5+ 0-1 [Event "Niemann-Giri Rerematch"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2025.06.18"] [Round "11"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2025.06.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qc8 11. c3 Re8 ({RR} 11... Nd8 12. Re1 c6 13. Ba2 Ne6 14. g4 Bg6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Rd8 17. d5 Nc7 18. Bf4 cxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Rc1 Re8 21. Qd2 h5 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. gxh5 Bxh5 24. Ng5 Bg6 25. Kh2 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 {Volkov,M (2366)-Sukiasyan,V (2448) Odintsovo RUS 2026 1-0 (82)}) 12. Re1 a5 13. Be3 h6 14. Kh2 $146 ({RR} 14. Rc1 a4 15. d4 Bf6 16. g4 Bg6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Kh2 Ne7 19. Bc4 Rd8 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qc6 24. h4 Qf6 25. Qe3 Bh5 26. Rf1 b5 27. Ba2 Rd6 28. f4 Rad8 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2748) Endgame.AI INT 2025 0-1 (47)}) 14... Nd8 15. g4 Bg6 16. g5 c6 17. Ba2 h5 18. Nh4 Kh7 19. Rg1 Ne6 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. Rad1 c5 22. Kh1 b5 23. Bd5 Rab8 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bxd4 Nxg5 27. Rxg5 Bxg5 28. Nxg6 fxg6 29. Rg1 Rf8 30. Qg3 Rf4 31. Kh2 Rh4 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. fxe3 g5 34. Rf1 Rc8 35. Rf7 Rxh3+ 36. Qxh3 Rc2+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2009.12.06"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "Gelfand,Boris"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 134"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.01.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] {I think that this game was my best achievement in the World Cup. It is not so often that you beat such a strong player with Black by a mating attack and without him making an obvious mistake. Ich denke, dass diese Partie meine beste Leistung im World Cup war. Es kommt nicht oft vor, dass man einen derart starken Spieler als Schwarzer bezwingt, mit einem Mattangriff und ohne dass er einen offensichtlichen Fehler macht.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 {So, no Petroff today. Sergey had already played the Bishop's Opening once against me in a rapid game in Nice in 2008. Also, kein Russisch heute. Die Läufereröffnung hatte Sergey bereits einmal gegen mich gespielt, in einer Schnellpartie in Nizza 2008.} Nc6 {I had played 3...c6 that time, as well as 3 times in in 2009 (including twice in Khanti Mansiysk). However, it is always nice to change from time to time. Damals hatte ich 3...c6 gezogen, ebenso wie dreimal im Jahr 2009 (darnter zweimal in Khanti Mansiysk). Aber eine Abwechslung von Zeit zu Zeit zu tut immer gut.} 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 (6. Re1 d6 7. a4 {is another possibility. Morozevich played it against me in Astana 2001. I had improved on that game and won against Sutovsky with White in Dagomys 2006. ist eine weitere Möglichkeit. Morozevich spielte dies gegen mich in Astana 2001. Zu dieser Partie hatte ich eine Verbesserung gefunden und in Dagomys 2006 gegen Sutovsky mit Weiß gewonnen.}) 6... d5 {The most straightforward system. Das gradlinigste System.} (6... d6 7. c3 {leads to a slower game, similiar to the Ruy Lopez. führt zu langsamerem Spiel, ähnlich wie im Spanier.}) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 ({The most challenging move is Der kritischste Zug ist} 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 {when Black has to choose beetween the pawn sacrifice , wonach Schwarz sich entscheiden muss zwischen dem Bauernopfer} Bh5 ({and und} 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxc2 13. Rxe5 {with an unclear position mit unklarer Stellung.}) 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 c6 13. Qf3 Bf6 (13... Bd6 $1 14. Re2 f5 (14... Kh8 {- 36/(395)}) 15. g5 f4 16. h4 Kh8 $13 {Kramnik,V}) 14. Re2 Kh8 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8 {½-½ Kramnik,V (2715)-Kasparov,G (2805)/Novgorod 1995/Inf 63/[Kramnik,V] (58)} 18. Bd2 $16 {Kramnik,V}) 8... a5 $1 {Black is chasing the ?b3, and creating the eventual possibility for the ? to enter into the game. Schwarz jagt den ?b3 und eröffnet sich die eventuelle Möglichkeit, den ? ins Spiel zu bringen.} 9. a4 (9. a3 a4 10. Ba2 Kh8 11. Re1 f6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ndb4 14. axb4 Qxd4 $11 {½-½ Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/New York PCA 1995 (41)}) (9. Ba4 {allows erlaubt} Nd4 $1 10. Nxe5 Nb6 11. c3 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Ne2+ 13. Kh1 Bf6 {with a strong attack in Shirov,A-Mozetic,D,Tilburg, 1993. mit starkem Angriff in Shirov,A-Mozetic,D,Tilburg, 1993.}) 9... Nd4 ({Another solid plan was chosen by Alexander Onischuk twice. Ein anderer solider Plan wurde zweimal von Alexander Onischuk gewählt.} 9... Be6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Bd2 (14. Nfxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Nd4 16. Bf4 Qd6 17. c3 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. cxd4 Qxd4 {½-½ Kudrin,S-Onischuk,A/Stillwater USA 2007 (41)}) 14... Nc5 15. Bc3 e4 16. Bxf6 {½-½ Tiviakov,S-Onischuk,A/Sochi RUS 2007 (16)}) 10. Nxd4 (10. Nxe5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Nb4 {gives Black more than enough compensation for the pawn. gibt Schwarz mehr als genug Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 10... exd4 11. Re1 {When my opponent made this move I was not glad. I intended to meet 11.?d2 with ?a6 followed by ?g6. At first I thought that now ?a6 is not possible, as Black loses a piece, but then I had an idea... Als mein Gegner diesen Zug machte, war ich nicht erfreut. Ich hatte vor, 11.?d2 mit ?a6 nebst ?g6 zu begegnen. Zuerst dachte ich, dass ?a6 jetzt nicht möglich sei, da Schwarz eine Figur verliert, doch dann kam mir eine Idee...} (11. Nd2 Ra6 12. Nf3 (12. Qf3 Nb4) 12... Rg6 13. Ne5 Re6 14. Qh5 c6 {leads to an approximately equal game. führt zu ungefähr gleichem Spiel.}) 11... Ra6 $3 {When I saw this move I immediately got excited. It would be a shame to see such a move and not to make it! But fortunately, I found out that this idea works! Als ich diesen Zug sah, wurde ich sofort aufgeregt. Es wäre eine Schande, einen solchen Zug zu sehen, und ihn nicht zu machen! Aber zum Glück stellte ich fest, dass diese Idee funktioniert!} (11... Be6 12. Na3 {with a balanced game. mit ausgeglichenem Spiel.}) 12. Qh5 $146 ({If White accepts the piece sacrifice Falls Weiß das Figurenopfer} 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Rxe7 Rg6 {then he would have a problem defending the g2-pawn: annimmt, dann hätte er ein Problem, den g2-Bauern zu verteidigen:} 14. f3 (14. g4 $6 Qh5 $1 {I hoped I would find this winning move, as originally I intended to play 14...f5: Ich hoffte, ich würde diesen Gewinnzug finden, denn ursprünglich beabsichtigte ich 14...f5:} (14... f5 {when after worauf nach} 15. c4 $1 Qd6 16. Qe2 fxg4 17. h4 g3 (17... Be6 18. Bg5 h6 19. c5 Qd5 20. h5 Rxg5 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 g3 23. f4) 18. f3 Be6 ({Also possible is Ebenfalls möglich ist} 18... g2 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Rxf3 21. Bg5 Bd7 $13 {with an unclear game mit unklarem Spiel}) 19. Bg5 h6 20. c5 Qd5 21. h5 Qxg5 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxe6+ {it is likely that the game would end up in a draw. es wahrscheinlich ist, dass die Partie remis enden würde.}) 15. Re4 (15. f3 f5) (15. Qf3 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Rxg4+ 17. Kf1 Rg1+ 18. Kxg1 Qxf3) 15... Qxh3 16. g5 f5 17. Re5 f4 18. Qf1 Qh4 19. Qg2 Rf5 $19) 14... Bxh3 15. Re2 Qxf3 16. Qf1 {All white's moves are forced Alle weißen Zügen sind erzwungen.} Bxg2 (16... Qh5 17. Bf4 Bxg2 18. Rxg2 Re8 19. Nd2 Re2 20. Rxg6 Qxg6+ 21. Kh1 Qh5+ 22. Kg1 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 $11) 17. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 18. Qxg2 Qd1+ $11 {with a perpetual check. As my opponent said in the press conference, he saw this line, but decided to fight for more. A brave decision, but it backfired in this game. mit ewigem Schach. Wie mein Gegner in der Pressekonferenz sagte, sah er dieses Abspiel, beschloss aber, um mehr zu kämpfen. Eine mutige Entscheidung, doch in dieser Partie ging sie nach hinten los.}) ({Black would react in similiar fashion to the game after all other replies. Nach allen anderen Erwiderungen würde Schwarz auf ähnliche Weise reagieren wie in der Partie.} 12. Qf3 Re6 (12... Nb4 $5)) (12. Nd2 Rg6 13. Qf3 Nb4) (12. Na3 Rg6 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 $15 {as shown by Yu. Yakovic wie von Yu. Yakovic gezeigt.}) ({RR} 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Rxe7 Rg6 14. f3 Bxh3 15. Re2 Qxf3 16. Qf1 Bxg2 17. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 18. Qxg2 Qd1+ 19. Qf1 Qg4+ 20. Qg2 Qd1+ 21. Qf1 Qg4+ 22. Qg2 Qd1+ {½-½ (22) Peng,X (2424)-Liu,Y (2476) Shanghai 2018}) 12... Nb4 $6 {As soon as I made this move, I regretted it. Sobald ich diesen Zug gemacht hatte, bereute ich es.} ({Stronger was} 12... Bb4 $1 {continuing to ignore the hanging ?d5. When I was a junior player, it was brought to my attention that it was Fischer's trademark - to attack an opponent's piece instead of defending your own! , was weiter den hängenden ?d5 ignoriert. Als ich ein Jugendspieler war, wies man mich darauf hin, dass dies Fischers Markenzeichen war - eine gegnerische Figur anzugreifen, statt die eigene zu verteidigen!} 13. Re2 (13. Bd2 Nf4 14. Qf3 Rf6) 13... Re6 14. Rxe6 (14. Bg5 Rxe2 15. Bxd8 Re1+ 16. Kh2 Nf4) 14... Bxe6 15. Nd2 Re8 $15) 13. Na3 ({In the event of Im Fall von} 13. Nd2 {I would have to find hätte ich} Rh6 $5 {finden müssen:} ({Here Hier ist} 13... Rg6 14. Nf3 Be6 {is weaker because of schwächer wegen} 15. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 (15... fxe6 16. Ne5 Rgf6 17. Bg5) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 $14) (13... Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Rxe6 fxe6 16. Qd1 Qd5 17. Ne4 Qc6 18. Bd2 $11) 14. Qxa5 $140 b6 15. Qa8 (15. Qe5 Nxc2 16. Qxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxe7 Nxa1 $17) 15... Nc6 {with full compensation for the pawn. The ?a8 really looks weird. mit voller Kompensation für den Bauern. Die Dame ?a8 wirkt wirklich seltsam.}) 13... Rg6 {White has a few moves at his disposal, but none of them gives him chances for an advantage. Moreover, he'll have to be careful to equalise. Weiß stehen eine Reihe von Zügen zur Verfügung, aber keiner davon gibt ihm Chancen auf Vorteil. Mehr noch, er wird sich bemühen müssen auszugleichen.} 14. Bf4 (14. Nb5 Be6 15. Rxe6 (15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Qd5) 15... fxe6 16. Qe5 Kh8 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 $17) (14. Bd2 b6 15. Re4 (15. Nc4 Bb7) 15... Na6) (14. Nc4 Be6) 14... b6 {Played with the idea of fianchettoing the ? and bringing it into the attack. Mit der Idee, den ? zu fianchettieren und ihn in den Angriff einzuschalten.} (14... Be6 $5 {deserved serious attention here as well, but I still didn't realise that it is a strong idea. As it turned out, I played it in better circumstances. verdient auch hier ernste Aufmerksamkeit, aber ich hatte noch immer nicht realisiert, dass dies eine starke Idee ist. Wie sich herausstellte, spielte ich es unter besseren Umständen.} 15. Bxe6 (15. Nc4 Bd5) 15... fxe6 16. Bg3 (16. Re4 Nd5) 16... Bd6 $15) 15. Qf3 {White is trying to prevent ?b7, but the ? has another way to join the game. Weiß versucht, ?b7 zu verhindern, aber der ? hat noch einen anderen Weg, ins Spiel einzugreifen.} (15. Nc4 Bb7 16. Bg3 Bd5 {and strangely enough it is hard to find a good move for White. und seltsamerweise fällt es schwer, einen guten Zug für Weiß zu finden.}) ({Probably better was Vermutlich besser war} 15. Bg3 $1 Bd6 (15... Bb7 16. Nb5) ({or} 15... Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6) 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Re4 Qf6 {when it is easier to play for Black, but probably he has no more than that. wonach die Stellung mit Schwarz leichter zu spielen ist, aber womöglich hat er nicht mehr als das.}) 15... Be6 $1 {An important idea. As White is forced to exchange ?s, ?f8 had get into attack. Eine wichtige Idee. Da Weiß gezwungen ist, die ? zu tauschen, wird der ?f8 in den Angriff eingeschaltet.} (15... Bd7 16. Bxc7) 16. Bxe6 (16. Re2 {allows erlaubt} Nxc2 $1 17. Bxe6 (17. Bxc2 Bd5 18. Qh5 Rxg2+ 19. Kf1 Rg6) 17... Nxa1 18. Bc4 c6 19. Be5 Bxa3 20. bxa3 b5 {and the ? would get out from the corner. , und der ? würde aus der Ecke entkommen.}) ({Too hazardous is Zu gefährlich ist} 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Qe4 Na6 $1 {Shipov,S}) 16... fxe6 17. Qe4 Bd6 $1 {Black is winning the fight for the key square f4. Then he intends to bring his ? to this square. Schwarz gewinnt den Kampf um das Schlüsselfeld f4. Danach beabsichtigt er, seinen ? hierhin zu überführen.} ({I don't see an advantage for Black after Keinen Vorteil für Schwarz sehe ich nach} 17... Nd5 18. Be5 Bd6 19. Nc4 $1 Nf4 (19... Bxe5 20. Nxe5) 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Qc6 Qh4 22. Nxd6 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 cxd6 24. Rf1 Qxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kh2) 18. Bxd6 (18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Nc4 (19. g3 Bf4) 19... Bf4 {and the ? gets to f4. und der ? gelangt nach f4.}) ({Sergey had thought about the inventive Sergey hatte an dem kreativen} 18. Bc1 {but failed to find a defence after überlegt, vermochte aber keine Verteidigung zu finden nach} Nd5 19. Nc4 Qf6 20. Re2 Bf4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qf3) ({Probably the best defence was Die beste Verteidigung war wahrscheinlich} 18. Bg3 Qg5 19. h4 Qh5 {but Black's advantage is indisputable. , aber der Vorteil von Schwarz steht außer Zweifel.}) (18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qh4) 18... cxd6 19. Qxd4 ({More stubborn was Hartnäckiger war} 19. g3 {but after , aber nach} e5 {White's position is in ruins. liegt die weiße Stellung in Trümmern.}) 19... Qg5 {White is helpless. All the black pieces are attaching the opponent's ? (the ? will join in soon via the d5-square) and nobody can help it. Weiß ist hilflos. Alle schwarzen Figuren zielen auf den gegnerischen ? (der ? wird bald über das d5-Feld dazukommen), und niemand kann ihm helfen.} 20. g3 (20. Qe4 Nd5) (20. Qg4 Qf6 21. Qe2 Nd5) 20... Qf5 21. g4 (21. h4 e5 22. Qe3 Nd5 23. Qe2 Nf4 {with a mating attack. mit Mattangriff.}) (21. Kh2 Nxc2 $1 22. Nxc2 Qxf2+ {transposes into a won ? ending. leitet in ein gewonnenes ?-Endspiel über.}) 21... h5 ({According to engines, there was a stronger move: Laut den Engines gab es einen stärkeren Zug:} 21... Nd5 22. Kh2 Qg5 {, but I think that both moves are equally strong. , aber ich denke, dass beide Züge gleich stark sind.}) 22. Re4 d5 23. Kh2 ({Or Oder} 23. Re5 Qf6 24. Qe3 hxg4 25. h4 Qxh4 26. Rxe6 g3) 23... Qf3 ({Black could also finish the game with a mating attack, but I went for the simplest solution. Schwarz konnte die Partie auch mit einem Mattangriff beenden, aber ich wählte die einfachste Lösung.} 23... Qg5) 24. Ree1 hxg4 25. Qe3 gxh3 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rg1 Rxf2+ 28. Kxh3 Rxg1 29. Rxg1 Nxc2 30. Nb5 Rf3+ 31. Kg4 Rxd3 32. Nd6 Ne3+ 33. Kf4 Nc4 0-1 [Event "Quantbox Chennai GM 2025"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2025.08.13"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2730"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2025.08.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Be7 ({RR} 7... exd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 d5 11. Bb5 dxe4 12. fxe4 O-O 13. d5 Ne5 14. f4 Bc5+ 15. Kg2 Ng6 16. Nc3 a6 17. Bf1 Qd7 18. e5 Nh4+ 19. Kg3 Nf5+ 20. Kg2 Ng4 21. e6 Nh4+ 22. Kg3 {Jiang,A (2250)-Safranek,W (2252) New York USA 2026 1-0 (35)}) 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Re1 $146 ({RR} 10. c4 Nc5 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. h3 Bd7 14. Be3 Nh7 15. b4 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 Bxh3 18. Bxh6 Bf5 19. Be3 Qe8 20. Nfd2 Qg6 21. f3 Ng5 22. c5 Nh3+ 23. Kh2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 {Bodrogi,B (2446)-Borrmann,L (2403) Heviz HUN 2025 0-1 (39)}) 10... c6 11. c4 Nc5 12. Nc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. h3 Bd7 15. Be3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nh7 17. Qc4 Kh8 18. Rac1 f5 19. Qb3 f4 20. Bd2 b5 21. Ne2 Qe8 22. Rc7 Bd8 23. Rb7 a5 24. Nxf4 Bc8 25. Rxb5 exf4 26. Rb8 a4 27. Qb4 Ba5 28. Qxd6 Rxb8 29. Bxa5 Rxb2 30. Bc3 Rc2 31. Bd4 Kg8 32. h4 Rc4 33. Qb6 Nf6 34. Qb2 Qe7 35. d6 Qb7 36. Qe2 Be6 37. Qd3 Ng4 38. e5 Rfc8 39. Qd2 0-1 [Event "Quantbox Chennai GM 2025"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2025.08.13"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Vidit, S."] [Black "Karthikeyan, M2."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2658"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2025.08.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6 9. Bb3 Re8 10. d4 Bf8 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 g6 14. a4 Bg7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 17. Bc2 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. d5 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 c6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nc5 24. Nd2 f5 25. f3 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Bf2 27. Rf1 Bxg3 28. exf5 Qa4 29. Qb1 Re1 30. fxg6 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Qd1 {Butner,N-Pelletier,K Matinhos 1999 0-1 (44)}) 17... Na5 18. Bc2 Ba6 19. Qd1 Bb7 20. Bd3 exd4 21. Bxb5 Rb8 22. Nxd4 c5 23. Nf3 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qa4 Bd5 26. Bf1 Nb3 27. Qxa8 Rxa8 28. Bf4 Bf8 29. Rd1 Be6 30. Bb5 g5 31. Bg3 Rb8 32. Be2 Rb6 33. h4 Be7 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Nd2 Na5 36. b4 cxb4 37. cxb4 Rxb4 38. Nf3 d5 39. Ra1 Nc4 40. Nd4 Bc5 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Nxe6+ fxe6 43. Rc8 Bd4 44. Bg4 Kf6 45. Re8 Rb1+ 46. Kh2 Rb6 47. f4 gxf4 48. Bh4+ Ke5 49. Bd8 Ne3 50. Bc7+ Kf6 51. Bd8+ Ke5 52. Bc7+ Kf6 53. Bd8+ Kg7 54. Bxe6 Rb3 55. Kh3 Rb1 56. Rg8+ Kh7 57. Kh4 f3 58. gxf3 Rh1+ 59. Kg5 Rg1+ 60. Kh5 Rxg8 61. Bxg8+ Kxg8 62. Kg6 Kf8 63. f4 Ke8 64. Bg5 Kd7 65. f5 Ng4 66. Bh4 Be5 67. Kh5 Nf6+ 68. Kg6 d4 69. Kf7 d3 70. Bg5 Ne4 71. Bh6 Bf6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 19th Aug Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.08.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2807"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2025.08.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 f6 ({RR} 10... Kh8 11. a5 f5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Qb3 Nf4 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bd6 16. Re1 Qg5 17. Bd5 Rbe8 18. Re3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Nxh3+ 20. Kf1 Qxe3 21. gxh3 Be2+ 22. Kg2 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh2# {0-1 (23) Ter Sahakyan,S (2613)-Khanbutaev,A (2165) chess.com INT 2026}) 11. a5 Kh8 12. c3 b6 $146 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Ng3 Bf7 15. Qb3 Bc5 16. Ne4 Ba7 17. Bd2 Bg8 18. Qa3 Rae8 19. Rad1 f5 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. b4 e4 22. dxe4 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qg6 25. Neg5 Rf6 26. Qb3 Nce7 27. Qb1 {Rubes,J (2446)-Vyprachticky,D (2356) Czech Republic CZE 2024 1-0 (66)}) ({RR} 12... Rb8 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxh5 Rbd8 16. Ng5 fxg5 17. Rxe5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. Be6 Qd6 20. Bf5 {1-0 (20) Abdusattorov,N (2716)-Aziz,H (2328) Hangzhou CHN 2023}) 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Ba6 Qd6 15. Ne4 Qd5 16. Ng3 Bf7 17. Nf5 Be6 18. Nxe7 Nxe7 19. b4 Rad8 20. Ra5 Qd6 21. Be3 Rfe8 22. Bc5 Qd7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. d4 Bg8 25. Rc5 c6 26. Qc2 e4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Na4 29. Qxc6 Nxc5 30. Qxc5 Bd5 31. Nd2 Qe6 32. b5 h5 33. Nf1 Qe1 34. b6 axb6 35. Qxb6 Ra8 36. c4 Be4 37. c5 Qc3 38. Qd6 Qa1 39. Be2 Qe1 40. Bb5 Ra2 41. Qf4 Rb2 42. Ba6 Ra2 43. Bc4 Rc2 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Qg8+ Kh6 46. Qh8+ Bh7 47. Qg8 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1 Qxg2# 0-1 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025"] [Site "Samarkand UZB"] [Date "2025.09.14"] [Round "10.24"] [White "Cheparinov, I."] [Black "Harikrishna, P."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2709"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2025.09.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 Nc6 9. Bd2 Nb4 10. Bb3 c5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 12. c3 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qc7 15. Ba2 Na5 16. b4 Nc6 17. Rc1 a6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. cxb4 Qb6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Ne7 24. h3 Ng6 25. Nh5 Bd7 26. Bc4 Be7 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2727)-Harikrishna,P (2711) Kolkata IND 2023 0-1 (61)}) ({RR} 12. c3 a6 13. Ng3 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. h3 Bf8 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. c4 g6 19. a5 Nh5 20. Nxh5 Qxh4 21. Ng3 h5 22. Ne2 Ree8 23. Rf1 Bg7 24. Rb1 Qd8 25. Qa4 f5 26. b4 fxe4 {Carnicelli,V (2436)-Maldonado Gonzales,S (2267) Darfo Boario Terme ITA 2026 1-0 (40)}) 12... Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. c3 d5 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nf1 Qd6 20. Rad1 Bd8 21. Ng3 Ba5 22. h3 a6 23. Rf1 Re7 24. Nh4 Ref7 25. Ng6 Rd8 26. h4 d4 27. cxd4 Nxd4 28. Qg4 Nc6 29. Nh5 Bc7 30. Kh1 Ne7 31. f4 Nxg6 32. Qxg6 exf4 33. Rxf4 Qf8 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. g3 Rd4 37. b3 Rb4 38. Rb1 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. g4 Be5 42. Ng3 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Rc1 Rxb3 45. Rxc5 Rb2+ 46. Kh3 Bf4 0-1 [Event "Bullet Chess Losers 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.21"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2023.07.18"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. h3 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 h6 15. Be3 ({RR} 15. Nh2 Be6 16. Qf3 g6 17. h4 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. Qh3 Be6 22. Qg3 Ne7 23. Nf3 Nf5 24. Qh2 h5 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qb6 27. Qh3 Nf6 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. g4 hxg4 {Maghsoodloo,P (2720)-Abdusattorov,N (2713) Kolkata IND 2022 ½-½ (58)}) ({RR} 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bb7 17. d5 Nb4 18. Bb1 a5 19. a3 Na6 20. a4 bxa4 21. Bc2 g6 22. Bxa4 Re7 23. Nd2 Nb4 24. Nc4 Ba6 25. b3 Bg7 26. Bb2 h5 27. f3 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Nxe4 29. Bxg7 Nxg3 {Sivashankar,S (1906)-Buyankhishig,B (2132) Montesilvano ITA 2026 0-1 (74)}) 15... d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. a4 $146 ({RR} 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 c4 19. a3 g6 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Rad1 b4 22. Ba4 Bd7 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Ne5 c3 25. bxc3 bxc3 26. Qc1 Ba4 27. Rd3 Bb5 28. Rdd1 Ra7 29. Ng4 Qa5 30. Bxh6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Bxa3 {Wu,W (1854)-Singh,H (2129) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (97)}) 17... Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rb8 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Bd6 22. Re3 Bf4 23. Re4 Bxg3 24. fxg3 b4 25. cxb4 Rxb4 26. Rxb4 cxb4 27. Qf2 b3 28. Bd1 Qxd3 29. Bf3 Rc8 30. Rd1 Qc2 31. Rd2 g6 32. Kh2 Qc4 33. Qe3 h5 34. Rd4 Qc5 35. Qd2 Qe5 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kg7 38. Qd2 h4 39. a5 hxg3+ 40. Kh1 Kh7 41. Be2 Qf5 42. Kg1 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Bxh3 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Aug Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.08.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2807"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2025.08.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 Be6 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. Na3 Re8 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nc4 Bf8 13. Bg5 Rab8 14. Rad1 Qf7 15. Qb5 Nd7 16. Be3 h6 17. Nxa5 Nd8 18. Nc4 c6 19. Qb3 b5 20. axb5 Rxb5 21. Qc2 g5 22. h3 Qg7 23. d4 exd4 {Baselmans,S (2264)-Noordenbos,D (2186) Maastricht NED 2026 1-0 (45)}) 9... Bxc4 10. Nxc4 Re8 $146 ({RR} 10... Qd7 11. h3 Rfe8 {½-½ (11) Muniz Guevara,A (2116)-Montejo Bello,L (1985) Pinar del Rio CUB 2024}) ({RR} 10... Qd7 11. h3 Rfe8 {½-½ (11) Muniz Guevara,A (2116)-Montejo Bello,L (1985) Pinar del Rio CUB 2024}) 11. Qb3 b6 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. d4 Ng6 15. g3 h6 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Kg2 Qe6 18. Ncd2 Qg4 19. Qb5 Nf6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Ng1 Rad8 22. h3 Qe6 23. Ngf3 Rd7 24. Nf1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxe4 26. Ne3 Nf6 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Kf8 29. b4 e4 30. Nd4 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Nc6 Rd5 33. Rxd5 Nxd5 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. c4 Nb6 36. Nxa5 Nxa4 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Ke2 f5 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. g4 g6 41. Nc6 Nb2 42. gxf5+ gxf5 43. Nd4+ Ke5 44. Nc6+ Ke6 45. Nd4+ Kf6 46. f3 Nxc4+ 47. Kf4 exf3 48. Nxf3 Nb6 49. Ke3 c5 50. Nd2 Ke6 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Nf3+ Kf4 53. Nh4 h5 54. Ng6+ Kg3 55. Ne7 f4 56. Ke4 f3 57. Nf5+ Kxh3 58. Kxf3 c4 59. Ne3 c3 60. Ke2 Kg3 61. Kd3 Kf3 62. Nf5 Nd5 63. Nd4+ Kg4 64. Ne2 Nf4+ 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 25th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.02.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Svane, Frederik"] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2025.02.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Nh2 ({RR} 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. e5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Rd4 19. Na5 Rd2 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Nb3 Ne4 24. Nf4 Rf5 {Topalov,V (2728)-Carlsen,M (2864) Zagreb 2022 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Be7 14. Nf3 Rf8 15. Be3 d5 16. e5 d4 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bd2 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Ne4 Be5 22. Re1 Rf5 23. Kh1 Raf8 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 {Pranesh,M (2674)-Wei Yi (2752) Bengaluru IND 2026 ½-½ (64)}) ({RR} 10. b4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b5 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 Ng6 16. Na5 b6 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. a4 a5 21. Qg4 Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Ra3 Qe6 24. Rc3 Qxg4 {Pichot,A (2613)-Caruana,F (2803) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (54)}) 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 $146 ({RR} 11... Rxe6 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. c4 c6 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. h4 d5 16. h5 Qd7 17. Ng4 Re6 18. Qf3 f6 19. Bc5 f5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Qxf5 Bxc5 23. Nxe5 Qd6 24. Rae1 Rf8 25. Nf7 Rxe1 26. Nxd6 {Aryan,C (2630)-Ponomariov,R (2646) Havana CUB 2024 ½-½ (39)}) 12. f4 d5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Qh5 Kh7 17. Bxh6 Qh4 18. Qxh4 Nxh4 19. Bf4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Ng6 21. Ne2 Rf8 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Bg3 c5 24. Kh2 Bg5 25. Ng1 Be7 26. Nf3 b5 27. c3 a5 28. d4 c4 29. h4 Rf5 30. Ne3 Rh5 31. Kh3 Nh8 32. Kg4 Kg6 33. Ng1 Rh6 34. Nh3 Kh7 35. Ng5+ Kg8 36. Rf3 Bxg5 37. hxg5 Rh7 38. Raf1 Rf8 39. Bf4 Ng6 40. Rh3 Nb6 41. Bg3 Rxf1 42. Nxf1 Na4 43. Nd2 Nxb2 44. Nf3 Nd1 45. Be1 Ne3+ 46. Kg3 Nc2 47. Bd2 Nxa3 48. Bc1 Nc2 49. Kf2 b4 50. Ke2 b3 51. Ne1 Nxe1 52. Kxe1 Rxh3 53. gxh3 a4 54. Ba3 Kh7 0-1 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.02.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Korobov, A."] [Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2659"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2025.02.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Re1 ({RR} 12. Be3 Qc7 13. a5 b6 14. axb6 axb6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Qb7 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Ng3 b5 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Bf6 21. Qg4 Qe7 22. g3 Ra2 23. h4 c5 24. Rb1 b4 25. h5 Kf7 26. h6 g6 {Shubin,K (2477)-Dudkina,U (2244) St Petersburg RUS 2026 1-0 (37)}) 12... Qc7 13. b4 $146 ({RR} 13. Be3 a5 14. Qf3 Rad8 15. Rab1 Nd7 16. h4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 Bxh4 19. Nxd4 Bf6 20. Nf5 g6 21. Qg3 Be5 22. f4 Bg7 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. d4 Nf6 25. c3 h5 26. Re2 Ng4 27. Rbe1 Rfe8 {Giri,A (2731)-Sarana,A (2677) Wijk aan Zee 2025 ½-½ (43)}) 13... Rad8 14. Bb2 a6 15. b5 d5 16. Rb1 Bb4 17. b6 Qd6 18. Ba1 d4 19. Ne2 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 Nd7 21. g3 Kh8 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. Rxb4 a5 24. Rb1 Nec5 25. c3 dxc3 26. Bxc3 Nxd3 27. Bxa5 Ra8 28. Bc3 Rxa4 29. Bb3 Rxe4 30. Kf1 N7c5 31. Bc2 Rc4 32. Ra1 Nb4 33. Bf5 Nd5 34. Bxe5 Nxb6 35. Nf4 Re8 36. Bd6 g6 37. Bg4 Nba4 38. h4 Rd4 39. Bc7 b5 40. Bf3 Nb3 41. Bxc6 Re7 0-1 [Event "Airthings Masters Div 2 L"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.02.08"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Andreikin, D."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2708"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2023.02.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Qf3 ({RR} 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qg4 Bxe3 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. fxe3 gxf5 23. exf5 Nef4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Qf6+ Rg7 {Tari,A (2642)-Carlsen,M (2853) Stavanger NOR 2023 0-1 (33)}) 12... Nd4 13. Qd1 Ne6 14. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 14. Ne2 d5 15. Ng3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bc5 18. Kf1 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ke2 h6 22. a4 Kf7 23. f3 a6 24. Bd2 Bd4 25. c3 Ba7 26. a5 Nd7 27. Nf1 Nf6 28. Be1 Ne8 {Panesar,V (2441)-Moksh,A (2391) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 g6 18. Rd1 Kg7 19. Rfe1 a5 20. a4 h5 {½-½ (20) Pavlidis,A (2577)-Nisipeanu,L (2577) Dusseldorf GER 2026}) ({RR} 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Ng3 g6 17. c3 Kg7 18. d4 d5 19. dxe5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qg4 Nc5 22. b4 Nd3 23. Rxe4 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 a5 25. Qe2 axb4 26. axb4 b5 27. Re1 c5 28. Qxb5 cxb4 {Sevian,S (2687)-Dubov,D (2708) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (61)}) 14... Re8 15. Qf3 Nd4 16. Qd1 Ne6 17. Ne2 d5 18. Ng3 Bc5 19. b4 Bb6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 g6 22. Kh1 Kg7 23. Rb1 h5 24. b5 Qe7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Bb4 Qd7 27. Ne2 Rad8 28. Bc3 Nc5 29. f4 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Qxd3 31. Bxd3 Rxd3 32. Bxe5 Rxa3 33. Rf3 Ra4 34. Nc3 Rc4 35. Rd1 Bc5 36. Kh2 a5 37. Rb1 Bb4 38. Rd3 h4 39. Na2 Rxe4 40. Nxb4 axb4 41. Rd6 Re6 42. Rxe6 fxe6 43. Rc1 Kf7 44. Rxc6 Nd5 45. Ra6 g5 46. Ra7+ Ke8 47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. Ra7+ Kc6 49. Ra6+ Kb5 50. Rxe6 gxf4 51. Re8 Nb6 52. Kg1 b3 53. Kf2 b2 0-1 [Event "Niemann-Dubov Levitov m"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2025.03.07"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2025.03.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 a5 9. b3 h6 10. h3 Nh7 11. c3 Ng5 12. Ra2 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 12... Kh8 13. Nf1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bg5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Ng3 g6 17. d4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 b6 19. Qd1 Kg7 20. Nf1 Rae8 21. Rae2 Nb8 22. Nh2 Nd7 23. Nf3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nf6 25. Qb3 Qd7 26. Qb5 Re7 27. R3e2 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2738) Endgame.AI INT 2025 ½-½ (62)}) ({RR} 12... Kh8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Ne6 16. Nb5 Bg5 17. Qg4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Qg3 Nf4 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. Rad2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Qe3 c6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Na3 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2738) Endgame.AI INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nh2 Rf7 15. Ndf1 Raf8 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. g3 d5 18. h4 Be7 19. Ng4 Bc5 20. Kg2 Kh7 21. Nfh2 Qd6 22. Qb1 d4 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Qd1 Nb4 25. Rae2 Qa6 26. Rd2 Bc3 27. Ree2 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Qd6 29. Nf1 Rd8 30. Nfe3 Nxd3 31. Nc4 Qd4 32. f3 Rfd7 33. Kh3 Qc3 34. Qc2 Nf4+ 35. gxf4 Qxf3+ 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.10"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Dominguez Perez, L."] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2748"] [BlackElo "2648"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2024.05.10"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a5 b6 9. axb6 Nxb6 10. Bb5 Nb4 11. Bd2 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 11... a5 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bc6 Ra6 15. Nbd2 Nd7 16. Bb5 Rb6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc4 Rb5 19. Re1 Bb7 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Nxa5 Bd5 22. Nc4 e4 23. Nce5 Qb5 24. dxe4 Bb7 25. Ng4 Qxb2 26. Qd3 {Dominguez Perez,L (2741)-Aronian,L (2748) Saint Louis USA 2025 ½-½ (53)}) 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Qd6 16. gxh5 Qxc6 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. Ng4 f5 19. Nh2 Bd6 20. Nc3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. b3 Rb4 23. Nf3 Rf4 24. Kg2 Rg4+ 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Rg1 gxf3+ 27. Kf1 Qxh5 28. Ra4 Re8 29. Re4 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Qh3+ 31. Ke1 Bb4+ 0-1 [Event "American Cup Champ"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.03.18"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Dominguez Perez, L."] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2025.03.15"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 d5 ({RR} 9... a5 10. Na3 h6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nc4 b6 13. h3 Rad8 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Na3 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rf7 18. d4 Nxe4 19. Bxh6 d5 20. Bc1 Rdf8 21. dxe5 Qe8 22. Nxc7 Qc8 23. Nxe6 Rxf3 24. gxf3 {Caruana,F (2794)-Dubov,D (2710) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (41)}) 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. a5 $146 ({RR} 11. Qc2 a5 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bd2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qd3 15. Qxd3 Nxd3 16. Reb1 Nc5 17. Re1 h6 18. Re2 Rad8 19. Ne1 Nb3 20. Rb1 Rd7 21. Be3 Rfd8 22. Nc2 Ncd4 23. cxd4 exd4 24. Na1 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 dxe3 {Paarshva Parmar (2189)-Manea,A (2293) Nagykanizsa HUN 2026 0-1 (50)}) 11... a6 12. h3 Kh8 13. Qc2 Qe8 14. Nh2 d4 15. Nb3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. c4 b6 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Bd2 a5 20. Rf1 Ra7 21. Qd1 Raf7 22. Qe2 Rf6 23. Bg5 R6f7 24. Bd2 h6 25. g3 Rf6 26. Kg2 Qg6 27. Ng4 R6f7 28. Rad1 h5 29. Nh2 Be7 30. Ra1 Nb8 31. Rad1 Kg8 32. Ra1 Na6 33. Rab1 Bb4 34. Bxb4 axb4 35. Ra1 Nc5 36. Qd1 h4 37. g4 Qg5 38. Qc2 Qf4 39. b3 Kh7 40. Ra2 Qg5 41. Qd1 Rf4 42. Re1 Qf6 43. Ree2 Rf7 44. Reb2 Qd8 45. Rb1 Nd7 46. Qe1 Qf8 47. Rbb2 Nc5 48. Qd1 g5 49. f3 Kg6 50. Rb1 Rc7 51. Qd2 Rff7 52. Kf2 Ra7 53. Ke2 Nxd3 54. Rxa7 Nf4+ 55. Qxf4 d3+ 56. Kxd3 exf4 57. Rxf7 Kxf7 58. Nf1 Qc5 59. Nd2 Qe3+ 60. Kc2 Kf6 61. Rb2 Ke5 62. Ra2 Kd4 63. Ra8 Qc3+ 64. Kd1 Kd3 65. Rd8+ Ke3 66. e5 Qxe5 67. Kc2 Qc3+ 68. Kd1 e5 69. Rd5 e4 70. fxe4 f3 71. e5 f2 72. Nf1+ Kf3 0-1 [Event "Asia Chess Cup"] [Site "Abu Dhabi"] [Date "2016.04.01"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2016.03.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 172"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "China"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] {China had been our main competitor in the Asian championship and needless to say this was a very crucial match for the final standings.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 {The most direct and concrete attempt to equalise against the Italian. The resulting position leads to the e5-point becoming the main battlefield. Most of the following moves from both sides either directly or indirectly influence control of the e5-point.} 7. exd5 Nxd5 {White already has a choice to make here. He has a wide variety of options at his disposal, leading to various kinds of strategically complex, yet balanced positions.} 8. Nbd2 (8. a4 {The space seizing move has been in fashion lately in the Italian.} a6 (8... Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 (9... Ne7 10. a5 $14) 10. a5 Nd5 11. a6 $14 {Demchenko,A (2596)-Jakovenko,D (2745), 2014}) (8... Nf6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. b4 Bd6 14. a5 f6 15. Be3 Nd8 16. Rfd1 Nf7 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 a6 {Shankland(2656)-Nakamura(2814), Baku 2015, with a slight, but secure edge.}) 9. Nbd2 Kh8 $5) (8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 (10... Bb6 11. Ne4 f6 {is an additional option for Black in this move order though}) 11. Bb5 Bd6 {would tranpose to the text.}) (8. b4 Be7 9. Re1 (9. b5 Na5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qd7 12. Bd2 e4 13. Bxa5 exf3 14. Qxf3 a6 $44) 9... Bf6 10. a4 a6 11. Nfd2 Bf5 12. Ne4 Be7 {leads to a different kind of interesting position.}) (8. h3 Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Re1 Ne7 $1 {[%csl Rb5]} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 (12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nf3 Bf5 $11) 12... c6 13. Bd3 Bf5 $11) 8... Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Re1 (10. Ne4 Bf5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bd2 Bg6 13. a4 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. a5 Nd5 16. Qa4 Qd7 $11 {Kryvoruchko,Y (2706)-Tomashevsky,E (2714) Doha 2014}) 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 f5 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7 15. a4 {Played after a long think. I already had a huge time advantage. Also, maybe it is better to leave the queenside untouched.} a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 {White has managed to weaken Black's queenside pawn structure a bit, but this has come at the cost of space in the centre and piece activity for Black.} 17. c4 $146 {Somehow I didn't like White mixing up a4 and c4. Maybe slow regrouping with ?f1 ?d2 is the way to play the position} ({RR} 17. a5 Nd5 18. Ra4 Rae8 19. Nf1 Bc5 20. Rc4 e4 21. Qd1 Ba7 22. dxe4 fxe4 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qd6 25. Qe2 Re5 26. Nd2 Qg6 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Nxf1 h5 29. Rd4 c5 30. Rd2 Kh7 31. Qc4 Ne7 {Ileana,G (2301)-David,A (2417) Oradea 2022 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. b4 Nd5 19. Re2 Ne7 20. Rae1 Ng6 21. Qh5 c5 22. Rb1 cxb4 23. cxb4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Nf1 Qxa4 26. Qf3 Rxb4 27. Rbe1 Rbb8 28. Nh2 Qd4 29. Rd2 Bb4 30. Red1 Bxd2 31. Rxd2 Rb1+ {Kocharin,T (2329)-Kravtsiv,M (2598) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (52)}) 17... Rab8 $1 {The appropriate place for the rook! I felt quite comfortable at this point.} 18. a5 Nc8 19. c5 Bxc5 20. Rxe5 Bd4 21. Re1 (21. Rxf5 {fails to} Ne7 22. Rf4 Ng6 $1 $17) 21... Nd6 {Black is in control. However, Black's position is not without its weaknesses, especially the queenside pawn formation. In this position, White needs to find the precise way to play against these pawn weaknesses.} 22. Ne2 $6 {This move cramps White's position and uncoordinates his pieces.} (22. Qd1 $142 $1 Rfe8 (22... Bxb2 23. Bxb2 Rxb2 24. Qc1 Rb5 25. Ne2 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rc7]}) (22... f4 23. Ne2 Bxb2 24. Bxb2 Rxb2 25. Nd4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rc7]}) 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Ne2 Bf6 25. Be3 Nb5 {with an interesting and complicated position.}) 22... Rfe8 {The point. White's pieces get into a tangle now, but his problems can be solved if the queen could somehow get to d1.} 23. Bf4 $2 {I was very surprised to see this move. White loses a pawn for no compensation.} (23. Rd1 Nb5 $15) (23. Rb1 $142 Nf7 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. d4 Qd5 $15 {[%csl Ra5]}) 23... Bxb2 24. Rab1 Nb5 $1 {Black is just a pawn up and controls the important squares. White is going nowhere in the pursuit to counter-attack against Black's weak pawns.} 25. Ng3 Bc3 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Be3 g6 28. Qd1 {I thought for more than half hour in this position. As Kramnik once said, if you think for more than 20mins in a position you usually end up playing a bad move :)} Bxa5 (28... f4 {doesn't work because of} 29. Qb3+) ({I was also considering} 28... Qd5 29. Ne2 Bxa5 30. Ra1 Bb6 31. Bxb6 cxb6 32. Rxa6 {But this didn't look that easy to convert}) 29. Ra1 Bb6 $2 {A bad move. Luckily it wasn't punished.} (29... f4 $142 {I saw this but I misevaluated the position with} 30. Bxf4 (30. Rxa5 fxe3 31. Qb3+ Qd5 32. Qxd5+ cxd5 $19) 30... Re1+ 31. Qxe1 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 Nc3 {but Black should be winning here as it isn't easy to stop the a-pawn.}) 30. Bxb6 cxb6 31. Rxa6 f4 32. Ne2 (32. Nf1 Nd4 33. Rxb6 {The position looks menacing, but amazingly, White still manages to hold this position.} f3 34. Ng3 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 $1 fxg2 36. Qb3+) 32... f3 33. Nf4 $2 {A terrible square for the knight. I wasn't sure how good Black's position is after ?g3.} (33. Ng3 Nd4 (33... fxg2 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Qb2+ Qd4 36. Qxd4+ Nxd4 37. Rxb6 $11) 34. Rxb6 h5 {was my original plan. Although it looks a bit scary, with a few accurate moves White holds the balance:} 35. Qb1 Ne2+ 36. Kh2 $1 $11) 33... Nd4 34. Ra1 Rf8 {With the score of 3-1 we managed to defeat our main rivals, China! After this we won all our remaining games and secured the gold medal again after a wait of 7 years! :)} 0-1 [Event "Esports World Cup LC Lose"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.07.26"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2025.07.26"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qc8 ({RR} 10... Kh8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nd8 14. Rg1 c6 15. Bb3 Ne6 16. Kh1 f6 17. Nh4 Bf7 18. Nf5 Bd8 19. h4 Bb6 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. c4 Bg8 22. h5 h6 23. Rad1 Bh7 24. Ba2 Ng5 25. Qg3 {Giri,A (2752)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (51)}) 11. g4 Bg6 12. c3 $146 ({RR} 12. Be3 Nd8 13. Ne1 c6 14. Ba2 Ne6 15. Ng2 Qd7 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. Bb3 Bf6 22. Rab1 a5 23. Rf2 a4 24. Ba2 Rc5 25. g5 Bd4 26. Be3 Bxe3 {Pranesh,M (2674)-Giri,A (2757) Bengaluru IND 2026 1-0 (41)}) 12... Re8 13. Kh1 Nd8 14. Rg1 c6 15. Ba2 Ne6 16. h4 f6 17. h5 Bf7 18. Nh4 Bf8 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. Be3 Red8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. g5 Bxh5 23. Qg3 fxg5 24. Bxg5 Rd7 25. Rg2 d5 26. Rag1 Re8 27. f3 Rf7 28. Rh2 Bc5 29. Rgg2 dxe4 30. dxe4 Ref8 31. Bd2 Rd7 32. Rh3 Bb6 33. Kh2 Bd8 34. Bg5 Bc7 35. Be3 h6 36. Nf5 Rxf5 37. exf5 Qxf5 38. Bxh6 e4 39. f4 g6 40. Qh4 Kh7 41. Bg5 Rd3 42. Rhg3 e3 43. Re2 Qe4 44. Rgg2 Rd5 45. Kg1 Rd1+ 46. Kh2 Qb1 47. Kg3 Rh1 48. Rh2 Qg1+ 49. Rhg2 Rxh4 50. Rxg1 Rg4+ 51. Kh2 Rxg5 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2024.02.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 ({RR} 9... a5 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. f3 Re6 17. Ne3 Qg5 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. b3 Nf6 21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne3 b6 23. c4 Qg5 24. Qf2 {Caruana,F (2793)-Abdusattorov,N (2762) Saint Louis USA 2024 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. h3 h6 11. c3 a5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 Nb8 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 {Niemann,H (2692)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (59)}) 10. c3 Re8 ({RR} 10... a5 11. h3 Re8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Bd2 Bf8 14. Ne3 Nd8 15. c4 Ne6 16. Nd5 Nc5 17. Qc2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 g6 22. Bc3 Bg7 23. Rad1 d5 24. exd5 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 {Abdsattar,A (2165)-Lissillour,B (2273) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (84)}) 11. b4 a5 $146 ({RR} 11... a6 12. Qb3 d5 13. Ncxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Re6 18. e5 Nh5 19. Bd2 c6 20. Qd1 Qh4 {1-0 (20) Can,I (2512)-Isik,A (2478) Ankara TUR 2023}) 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Ne5+ Kf8 27. h4 Ne7 28. Qe6 Qd5 29. Qb6 Ra8 30. h5 b3 31. Qc7 b2 32. Ng6+ Nxg6 33. hxg6 Kg8 34. g3 Kh8 0-1 [Event "Niemann-Giri Rerematch"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2025.06.18"] [Round "13"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2025.06.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nd5 ({RR} 8. Be3 Qd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Kh8 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxh5 c6 14. Bb3 f5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Rae1 d5 17. e5 Qe6 18. d4 Rg8 19. c3 Nf8 20. Bc2 g6 21. Qf3 Qf7 22. Bd3 Rd8 {Fressinet,L (2657)-Delorme,A (2508) Paris 2017 1-0 (45)}) 8... Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 8... a6 9. c3 b5 10. Ba2 a5 11. Qe2 b4 12. axb4 axb4 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. cxb4 d5 15. Qe3 Bxb4 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Qd4 c5 18. Qe3 Ng4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Qg3 h5 21. h3 Be6 22. Bh6 Qf6 23. exd5 {Deva,A-Liddle,P Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 8... Nd4 9. Kh1 Nxf3 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Rg1 Nh7 15. Bg3 Qf6 16. Kg2 Kh8 17. h3 Qg6 18. Qe2 f5 19. Rad1 fxe4 {0-1 (19) Almao,C-Martinez Martin,D Zaragoza 1994}) 9. Bxd5 Nd4 10. c3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bh3 12. Re1 c6 13. Bb3 Bg5 14. f4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Bc2 Qf6 18. Kh1 g6 19. Qh6 Bg4 20. Bd1 Bxd1 21. Raxd1 Rae8 22. f3 d5 23. d4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Re6 25. Qh3 Qe7 26. e5 f6 27. Re4 fxe5 28. Rde1 f3 29. Qf1 Rf5 30. Qf2 b5 31. Kg1 a5 32. Kf1 a4 33. Qg3 Rg5 34. Qh3 Qf6 35. R1e3 Rf5 36. Qg3 Kg7 37. dxe5 Qf7 38. Kf2 Qe7 39. h4 Qc5 40. Qh2 Qd5 41. Rd4 Qb3 42. Rd7+ Kh6 43. Red3 Qxb2+ 44. Rd2 Qxc3 45. h5 Qxe5 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Mar Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.12"] [Round "11"] [White "Pichot, A."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2024.03.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. c3 ({RR} 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O {½-½ (9) Neiksans,A (2605)-Sambuev,B (2448) Montreal CAN 2023}) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. h3 a6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nexd5 14. a5 Re8 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Ndf3 Qd6 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Bd2 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Qc2 Reb8 21. b3 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Ra5 Nb4 {Pichot,A (2644)-Theodorou,N (2622) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 9... Be6 $146 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Bb3 d5 11. a5 Be6 12. Ba4 Nxa5 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. dxe4 c5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Nef3 Nh5 17. e5 Nf4 18. Qe4 Nd5 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Ng3 Nb6 21. Qh4 Bd5 22. Bxh6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxe5 24. Ne4 {Adams,M (2703)-McShane,L (2664) London 2018 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 9... Kh7 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. h3 Be6 12. a5 a6 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Nh2 Ne7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 c6 18. Qa4 f5 19. Ra3 Nf6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Rb3 Rfb8 22. Nf3 c5 23. Qa3 Qf7 24. c4 {Savic,M (2440)-Xu,Z (2494) Sarajevo BIH 2026 0-1 (44)}) 10. b4 Re8 11. Qb3 a6 12. h3 Bf8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd7 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Na5 21. Qb4 b6 22. c4 Nh5 23. Nd5 f6 24. Re4 Nb7 25. g4 f5 26. Nxe5 Qd6 27. Qxd6 cxd6 28. Re2 Nf6 29. Nxg6 Nxd5 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. gxf5 Nf6 33. Ra1 Na5 34. Nf4 Re5 35. Ne6+ Kf7 36. Nd4 Nh5 37. Rxa5 bxa5 38. b6 a4 39. Ne6 Re1+ 40. Kg2 Rb1 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 25th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.02.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Svane, Frederik"] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2025.02.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Nh2 ({RR} 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. e5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Rd4 19. Na5 Rd2 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Nb3 Ne4 24. Nf4 Rf5 {Topalov,V (2728)-Carlsen,M (2864) Zagreb 2022 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Be7 14. Nf3 Rf8 15. Be3 d5 16. e5 d4 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bd2 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Ne4 Be5 22. Re1 Rf5 23. Kh1 Raf8 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 {Pranesh,M (2674)-Wei Yi (2752) Bengaluru IND 2026 ½-½ (64)}) ({RR} 10. b4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b5 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 Ng6 16. Na5 b6 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. a4 a5 21. Qg4 Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Ra3 Qe6 24. Rc3 Qxg4 {Pichot,A (2613)-Caruana,F (2803) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (54)}) 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 $146 ({RR} 11... Rxe6 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. c4 c6 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. h4 d5 16. h5 Qd7 17. Ng4 Re6 18. Qf3 f6 19. Bc5 f5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Qxf5 Bxc5 23. Nxe5 Qd6 24. Rae1 Rf8 25. Nf7 Rxe1 26. Nxd6 {Aryan,C (2630)-Ponomariov,R (2646) Havana CUB 2024 ½-½ (39)}) 12. f4 d5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Qh5 Kh7 17. Bxh6 Qh4 18. Qxh4 Nxh4 19. Bf4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Ng6 21. Ne2 Rf8 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Bg3 c5 24. Kh2 Bg5 25. Ng1 Be7 26. Nf3 b5 27. c3 a5 28. d4 c4 29. h4 Rf5 30. Ne3 Rh5 31. Kh3 Nh8 32. Kg4 Kg6 33. Ng1 Rh6 34. Nh3 Kh7 35. Ng5+ Kg8 36. Rf3 Bxg5 37. hxg5 Rh7 38. Raf1 Rf8 39. Bf4 Ng6 40. Rh3 Nb6 41. Bg3 Rxf1 42. Nxf1 Na4 43. Nd2 Nxb2 44. Nf3 Nd1 45. Be1 Ne3+ 46. Kg3 Nc2 47. Bd2 Nxa3 48. Bc1 Nc2 49. Kf2 b4 50. Ke2 b3 51. Ne1 Nxe1 52. Kxe1 Rxh3 53. gxh3 a4 54. Ba3 Kh7 0-1 [Event "POL-ch"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2012.02.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Socko, Bartosz"] [Black "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2636"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "Bartel,Mateusz"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2012.02.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 147"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.03.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Bartosz Socko is a good friend of me, but at the same time, one of the most inconvenient opponents. I have lost many games (we are talking only about classical time control) to him, winning only one - at the previous Polish Championship. This time, I was supposed to play Black and as the statistics say, before that game I had lost all my games vs. Bartosz with Black! The fact that after a good start in the tournament (3,5/4) I had easily lost my game in round 5 (vs Kamil Miton) and the next day I was supposed to play Bartosz, wasn't really improving my situation...} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {I also expected 3.?b5 and then both ?xc6 and ?a4.} Nf6 4. d3 {One can say that it was a pleasant surprise, as after 4.?g5 Bartosz has a... 100% score (or almost) vs such players as Naiditsch, Bacrot etc...! Of course, I was prepared, but would it be enough for such a monster?!} Be7 5. Nbd2 {I don't think that this move is correct - I'd prefer more natural 0-0 or c3 connected with ?b3.} O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bb3 (7. c3 {was much more logical, or}) (7. a4 {- both with the idea of protecting the bishop on c4. The move in the game also protects the bishop, but the way is a bit improper.}) ({RR} 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Be6 9. b3 h6 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. Bb2 g6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bg7 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. f4 Nc5 21. e5 Qe7 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Carlsen,M (2831) New York USA 2024 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Be6 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. h3 c6 16. Bf1 Qc7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Bc3 b6 20. Qc1 exd4 21. Bxd4 Ne5 {Niemann,H (2734)-Makarian,R (2547) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (77)}) 7... Na5 8. Ba4 c5 9. c3 Rb8 $146 {Maybe it is not very difficult to play this move, but you can also miss it. The point is that Black wants to play ...b5 and get a very Ruy Lopez-like structure, but instead of the useless a6 he will have the useful ?b8 - which is helping to play the move ...b4 then.} ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. h3 Qc7 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne3 h6 13. Nh2 d5 14. Nhg4 d4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 dxc3 17. bxc3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Kh8 20. Be3 Rxd3 21. Qe4 Rxc3 22. Bd2 Ra3 23. Bc1 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 {Klinova,M (2301)-Gijsen,S (2144) Charleroi 2016 ½-½ (66)}) ({RR} 9... a6 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Bg5 fxe4 16. dxe4 Rxf3 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. gxf3 Bh3 19. Kh1 Rf8 20. Nd2 Qh4 21. Nf1 Rxf3 22. Ng3 Nf4 23. Rg1 g6 24. Rad1 {Sousa,H (1916)-Soares,J (1895) Luso 2018 ½-½ (33)}) 10. d4 b5 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. d5 {A typical, normal move. The position is very similar to a classical Chigorin variation, but there are several significant differences - first of all White has played d2-d3-d4, so he lost a tempo, secondly Black has played ?b8-b5 not a6-b5. So Black is, at least, 2 tempi up in comparison to the classical position. Also the position of the knight on d2 is not perfect - of course, it usually goes there, but rather in a clarified situation, and here - it seems - nothing is clear yet.} c4 $5 {An interesting attempt. Usually, with a rook on a8 and a pawn on a6, this is a weak move, as after a2-a4, Black has problems with the a-file. At this moment (with the knight on d2!) a4 is totally not working due to ...b4 (thanks to the rook on b8). So, why not play c4, which is preparing the c5-square for the knight from a5?} 13. h3 Nb7 14. Re1 ({Nothing was offered by} 14. a4 a6 {and the b3-square seems to be very weak now.}) 14... Bd7 {Preparation of ...?c5 and also - very popular in the so-called soviet chess school - "connecting" the rooks. What that connection gives - no-one really knows, apart of the fact that they are connected.} ({I didn't like the immediate} 14... Nc5 {, because of} 15. b4 {(without the knight on c5 this never works due to the hanging pawn on c3)} cxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. b4 {and the knight can't really jump to a4. So, that's why I have played ...?d7 - to prepare the square a4 for the knight in that line.}) 15. Nf1 Nc5 16. g4 $2 {This move is always a bit risky, as there are many ways for Black to get a nice position. Apart from the move played in the game and the move suggested in the comments you can also try something like ...h7-h5. I recommend you to check the game Hou Yifan-Kosteniuk, Nalchik 2008, where in a similar position (white pawn on a3, black on a6, the black rook on a8) Black played ...h5 and won convincingly.} ({Probably it was time to play} 16. b4 {and after} cxb3 17. axb3 a5 18. Bd2 Rfc8 {it's clear that Black is very fine, thought White is ok as well.}) 16... Nfxe4 $5 {Objectively, this move is not great, but I couldn't stop my hands, when I realised that this may work. What's the point? The fact that it will be difficult for White to coordinate his pieces. So, we can say that this is a positional sacrifice for long term initiative. In practical play - this is dangerous, but as it is with "fire on the board", dangerous for both sides...} ({Objectively, it was better to play the much more "normal"} 16... b4 {and begin an operation on the queenside. It's not easy to say if Black is already better, but it seems so.}) 17. Bxe4 $2 {Not a big mistake, but the alternative looked more natural.} ({After} 17. Rxe4 $1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 Bc8 $1 ({worse is} 20... Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Qd7 22. Nfg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Rf6 24. Qg4 {and White is better}) (20... Bxh3 $2 21. Nxe5) 21. a3 $1 Qd7 22. Qf1 {White should be better, although the position is very unclear. However, there is no doubt that it was the path White should have chosen.}) 17... Nxe4 18. Rxe4 f5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 ({Worth considering was} 20. Rg4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 b4 {with a sharp, unclear position.}) 20... Qd7 $1 {Very important move. Compare things to the position arising after 17.?xe4. Then there would be a bishop on e4 and Black wouldn't be able to play this move. Now it's possible and strong - Black is still hoping to take on e4, but much more important is the pawn on h3 - if it dissapears, than Black can have a new target - the white king.} 21. Re1 (21. Nxf5 {was very risky:} Qxf5 22. Nd2 (22. Re3 Bd8) 22... Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bg5) ({, but it was possible to play} 21. Re3 {though it looks very non-human - e3 should be the place for a bishop to protect f2.}) 21... Bxh3 22. Nh2 {The threat was ...?g4.} Rf6 $5 {There were other moves, like ...?h4 and ...?d8, but this is the most logical - the target is the king!} 23. Be3 {Objectively, a bit incorrect.} ({If White had played} 23. Bg5 {nothing would stop me from} Rxf2 $5 {and with 3 pawns for a rook and the pair of bishops Black would have a strong, long term initiative, e.g.} 24. Kxf2 Bxg5 25. Kg1 Rf8 26. Ne4 Bd8 {and I think that in practical play Black's position is more promising, as the white king is unprotected.}) 23... Rbf8 $6 (23... Rg6 {was better, to have after} 24. Kh1 {the move} Bh4 {. Then there is nothing else for White but} 25. Rg1 {and the position after} Bxg3 26. Rxg3 Rxg3 27. fxg3 Bf5 {is balanced (but I would prefer Black, as the white squares seem to be dramatically weak).}) 24. a4 $2 {It seems logical, as White wants to activate his rook from a1, but it is simply too slow.} ({More logical and simply the strongest was} 24. Kh1 {. Now again, I probably would sacrifice:} Rxf2 ({now} 24... Rg6 {is a bit too slow} 25. Rg1 Bh4 26. Ne4 Bf5 27. f3 $14) 25. Bxf2 Rxf2 26. Re2 Rf4 {, but it seems that with the king already on h1, White is a bit better prepared for such a position as he was in the commentary to 23.?g5. Anyway, the position remains very unclear, with chances for both sides.}) 24... Rg6 25. Qh5 $2 {White wanted to take the h4-square under control, but this move is very unfortunate - first of all Black can take the pawn, secondly - the queen is really bad placed on the h-file.} ({Now the move} 25. Kh1 {was absolutely necessary. After} Bh4 ({during the game I was mostly calculating:} 25... Bg4 26. Nxg4 Rxg4 27. Kg2 Qf5 {with serious pressure.}) 26. Rg1 Bxg3 27. Rxg3 Rxg3 28. fxg3 Qf5 {Black should be a bit better.}) ({It's also worth of mentioning that} 25. axb5 {was losing because of the elegant line} Bh4 26. Rxa7 Bxg3 27. Rxd7 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Bg2#) 25... bxa4 {A very practical decision - White is totally paralysed, so why not take a pawn?!} ({What was possible later, at this moment would be premature:} 25... Bg4 26. Nxg4 Rxg4 27. Qh3 h5 28. axb5 h4 29. Rxa7 Qf5 30. Kh2 hxg3+ 31. fxg3 Qc2+ 32. Qg2 Qh7+ 33. Qh3 $11) 26. Ra2 {What else?!} ({Now and a move later the move} 26. Kh1 {wasn't possible due to} Bg4 27. Nxg4 Rxg4 28. Kg2 Rh4 $19) 26... Bd8 $2 {During and shortly after the game I was very proud of this move. The bishop is Black's weakest piece and Black wants to exchange it for the very strong bishop from e3, which is protecting the important f2-square. What can be more logical?! Unfortunately, the whole plan is wrong, due to tactical tricks.} ({For engines, and for humans also, a very clear win is on offer after} 26... Bg4 $1 27. Nxg4 Rxg4 28. Qh3 {and now the simple} h5 {with the idea ...h4 is killing, as after} 29. Qxh5 Rh4 30. Qg6 Rf6 {with ...?h3 to come is finishing the game immediately.}) 27. Rea1 Bb6 $2 ({It was still posible to win after} 27... Bg4 {but now lines would be a bit different:} 28. Nxg4 Rxg4 29. Qh3 h5 30. Rxa4 h4 31. Rxa7 Qf5 $19) 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rxa4 Qf7 {So, here is the key position of the game. I was sure that Black is winning and... the game showed me that I was right. Right, until I checked the game with... the audience! I commented on the game to the spectators and my brother, who was among them, showed me the correct line.} 30. Qe2 $4 ({White could have saved the game by} 30. Qxh3 $1 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Rxg3 32. Qf1 {and now we have a dead drawn situation as after each move with the queen, for example} Qc2 {what I had planned, White can play} 33. Qxf8+ $1 {what my brother showed during analysis! Now , thanks to the d5-pawn, White has a perpetual!} Kxf8 34. Rf1+ Ke7 35. Ra7+ Ke8 36. Ra8+ $11) 30... h5 $1 {This move was missed by my opponent.} ({Nothing would come of} 30... b5 {(in order to protect c4 and take on d5 later on), because of} 31. Ra8 Qxd5 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qf3+ Qxf3 34. Nxf3 {and White is simply better.}) ({Of course, also} 30... Qxd5 {was wrong, as White can play} 31. Qxc4) 31. Ra8 {There was nothing better, but other lines were a bit more complicated.} ({The crucial was} 31. Rxc4 Qxd5 32. Qe4 (32. Re4 h4) 32... Qd2 $1 {and White is hopeless now} 33. Qxg6 (33. Nf3 Rxg3+) (33. Qe1 Rxg3+) 33... Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qg2#) 31... h4 {The rest is simple - Black is simply a lot of material up.} 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qf3 hxg3 34. fxg3 Qxf3 35. Nxf3 Rxg3+ 36. Kf2 Rg2+ 37. Ke3 Bg4 {The simplest.} 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ra7+ Kf6 0-1 [Event "Bullet Chess Winners 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.19"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "2023.07.17"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 O-O 7. a4 h6 8. Nc3 Re8 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. a5 a6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. c3 Qd7 13. Be3 d5 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. h3 {½-½ (16) Pribelszky,B (2409)-Vanczak,T (2393) Nyiregyhaza HUN 2026}) 9. Nd5 Bf8 10. c3 Be6 11. Nxf6+ $146 ({RR} 11. b4 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Bb5 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bc4 d5 16. Ba2 Ng6 17. b5 Qd7 18. h3 cxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Qd7 22. Bb2 Bd6 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 e4 25. dxe4 Nxe4 {Carlsen,M (2835)-Firouzja,A (2777) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (67)}) 11... Qxf6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. b4 a6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. b5 Nd8 16. Qb3 axb5 17. axb5 Ne6 18. h3 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Rab8 22. Qc2 c5 23. d5 Nc7 24. Bf4 Nb5 25. Qa4 Rb7 26. Rab1 Nc3 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Rb3 Nxe4 29. Rbe3 f5 30. Nd2 Rde7 31. Nc4 Nf6 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Bxe7 34. Bxd6 Kf8 35. Bxe7+ Kxe7 36. Ne3 g6 37. Kf1 Kd6 38. Ke2 Nxd5 39. Nc4+ Ke6 40. g3 Nf6 41. Kd3 Nd7 42. Ne3 Ne5+ 43. Kc3 g5 44. f4 gxf4 45. gxf4 Ng6 46. Ng2 Kd5 47. Kd3 c4+ 48. Ke3 c3 49. Kd3 c2 50. Ne3+ Ke6 51. Kxc2 Nxf4 52. h4 Ng6 53. Ng2 f4 54. Kd2 Kf5 55. Ke2 Kg4 56. Kf2 Nxh4 57. Ne1 Nf5 58. Nd3 Ng3 59. Ne5+ Kf5 60. Nd3 Ne4+ 61. Kf3 Ng5+ 62. Kg2 h5 63. Nf2 h4 64. Nd3 h3+ 65. Kh2 Kg4 66. Ne5+ Kh5 67. Nd3 Kg4 68. Ne5+ Kf5 69. Nd3 Ke4 70. Nf2+ Ke3 71. Ng4+ Ke2 72. Ne5 f3 73. Ng6 f2 74. Nf4+ Kf3 75. Nxh3 Nxh3 76. Kxh3 f1=Q+ 77. Kh4 Qg2 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "2017.09.09"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2822"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Marin,Mihail"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2017.09.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 181"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.11.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 $5 {A comparatively rare variation.} ({The main line goes} 6. Re1 d6 7. a4) 6... d6 {I may be wrong, but after this slow move both players were on their own, without previous home preparation.} ({The alternative is} 6... d5 {in the spirit of the Marshall attack:} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 a5 9. a4 (9. a3 Nd4 {Radjabov,T (2740)-Ponomariov,R (2733) Medias 2010 CBM 137 [Rogozenco,D] (½-½, 30)}) 9... Nd4 {Karjakin,S (2723)-Gelfand,B (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 CBM 134 [Gelfand,B] (0-1, 33)}) 7. c3 Be6 {A natural developing move, but in the long run the bishop may be exposed to the threat d3-d4-d5.} ({Playing in the spirit of the Chigorin Ruy Lopez looks entirely viable:} 7... Na5 8. Bc2 c5 9. d4 (9. h3 Nc6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 d5 $132 {Bortnyk,O (2588)-Wang,H (2712) Abu Dhabi 2016 (0-1, 23)}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. d5 Nb4 12. Bb3 a5 13. a3 Na6 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Bd2 a4 16. Re1 b5 $11 {Tiviakov,S (2639)-Nikolic,P (2601) Leiden 2015 (0-1, 48)}) 8. Re1 (8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Qb3 Qc8 {stops the white initiative for instance} 10. Ng5 $6 Nd8) 8... Qd7 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Bf6 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Bb3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. d4 Rad8 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Re2 Ng6 21. Rae1 Qd7 22. Qc4 c6 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 {Fedunov,D (1917)-Gavarrete,N (2281) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (108)}) 9... Rab8 $146 {A mysterious move. At first I thought it was aimed at defending b7, but it looks more probable that it was a way of preparing ..b7-b5 in one of the lines below.} ({After the natural} 9... Rad8 {Black has to reckon with} 10. d4 $146 exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 ({The discussion about the b7-pawn does not make sense. After} 11... Bxb3 12. Qxb3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Qd5 {with just some compensation, the rook is needed on d8, of course.}) 12. Ba4 $1 $14) (9... Bxb3 10. Qxb3 (10. axb3 a5 $5) 10... Nd8 $146 {[%CAl Gc7c6,Gd8e6] looks like the most flexible way of freeing Black's position. For instance} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. g3 c6 {The control on the light squares offers Black good manoeuvring possibilities.}) ({What is not very clear to me is why did Black prefer the game move over} 9... a6 {with similar ideas.}) ({RR} 9... Rae8 10. Nf1 Bd8 11. Ng3 d5 12. Ba4 Qd6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. b4 a6 15. Bb3 Ne7 16. d4 Ng6 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Be3 b6 20. Rad1 Bc8 21. Bxd5 Qg6 22. Rd2 Ng4 23. Bd4 Bg5 24. Rd3 {Nicevski,R-Nemet,I Porec 1974 ½-½ (67)}) ({RR} 9... Rae8 10. h3 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Na5 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. Qb3 {½-½ (13) Kudrin,S (2610)-Christiansen,L (2640) Needham 2000}) ({RR} 9... Rad8 10. Nf1 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 b6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Nf5 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc5 15. Qc4 a5 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. Qb5 Ne7 18. b4 axb4 19. cxb4 c6 20. Nxe7+ Bxe7 21. Qxb6 Rb8 22. Qc7 Bxb4 23. Rec1 Nxe4 24. Rxc6 {Jurkovic,A (2327)-Zelic,M (2290) Zagreb 2008 0-1}) 10. Bc2 (10. d4 {runs into} exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. h3 (12. Ba4 b5 $1) 12... Bh5 {and White does not have adequate ways of maintaining his central pawns intact.} 13. Qc2 (13. g4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Qxg4+ 15. Kh1 Nxd4 16. Re3 Qf4 17. Kg2 Bg5 18. Rd3 Qg4+ 19. Kf1 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Bxd2 21. Nxd4 Qxd3 22. Qxd2 Qxe4 $19) 13... Na5 $11) (10. Nf1 {looks like a constructive alternative.}) 10... d5 $5 {Very provocative and eventually successful!} 11. h3 ({I assume Carlsen considered that after the imemdiate pawn grabbing} 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nxe5 ({Actually I find Black's position a bit artificial after} 12. h3 Bd6 13. Nf1) 12... Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Re1 Rbe8 {offers Black too much initiative, partly because of the lack of defence of the g4-square. Here are a couple of lines sustaining this point of view.} 15. Nf1 (15. Nc4 Qg4 $1 $19) 15... Qg4 16. Qxg4 Bxh2+ $1 17. Kh1 (17. Nxh2 Rxe1+ 18. Nf1 Nxg4 $19) (17. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 18. Kg3 Rxe1 $19) 17... Nxg4 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. f3 Bd6 20. fxg4 Re2 $44 21. Ba4 $3 {[%csl Gc6]} (21. Bb3 Bc6 $1 22. d4 Be4 $1) 21... Rxg2 22. Ne3 Rh2+ 23. Kg1 Rh1+ 24. Kf2 Rh2+ {with a perpetual.}) 11... h6 {Preventing ?g5 and reckoning with the fact that after h2-h3 Black gets attacking chances in another way than in the lines above.} 12. exd5 {Picking up the gauntlet. Being a world champion creates certain obligations.} Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bd6 15. Re1 Bxh3 $1 {Due to his advance in development, Black gets full compensation for the sacrifced piece.} 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Nf1 {The most consistent move.} (17. Qf3 {would have allowed (and forced!) a draw by perpetual:} Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bg3+) (17. Nf3 $2 {runs into problems:} Rbe8 18. Bd2 (18. d4 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qxf3) (18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. d4 Re6 $19 {[%CAl Gf7f5,Ge6g6]}) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Nf4 $19) 17... Rbe8 {Black's play flows naturally, in a similar way to the Marshall attack main lines. For White, there are small choices on each step and the correct answer is not always obvious. This slightly speaks against Carlsen's decision to allow the sacrifice.} 18. d4 (18. Bb3 c6 19. Bd2 Re6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Qe1 Rf6 22. Qe4 Kf7 $44) 18... f5 19. Bb3 c6 20. f4 Kh7 (20... g5 $5 {, immedoately putting pressure on f4, may have been even stronger:} 21. Re2 ({The point is that} 21. fxg5 $2 {clears the fourth rank for the rook:} Re4 $19) 21... Kg7 22. Rf2 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Rxf3 Re7 26. Rd1 h5 {Black has only two pawns for the piece but the compact kingside mass is threatening.}) {Black has a strong attack for the piece and White faces the threat on f4. Carlsen decides on parrying it in a simplistic way.} 21. Bxd5 $2 {This bishop was important because it now only was ready taking on d5 when really needed but also defended the queen.} (21. Re2 $1 {was the only way of staying out of troubles. Black would have retained compensation for the piece, even though not necessarily entirely adequate.} Nxf4 (21... Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Rf6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nh2 Rg6+ 25. Kh1 Rg4 26. Bd2 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Rf1 $44) (21... Qg4+ 22. Rg2 $16 {[%CAl Gb3d1]}) 22. Rh2 Qg4+ 23. Qxg4 fxg4 $44 {/?}) 21... cxd5 22. Re3 (22. Re2 {does not work anymore:} Qg4+ {[%csl Gd1]} 23. Kf2 g5 24. fxg5 Re4 $40) 22... Rxe3 23. Bxe3 g5 $19 {Being incompletely developed, White is helpless now against the combined attack of Black's pieces and pawns.} 24. Kf2 (24. fxg5 f4 25. Qc2+ Rf5 {[%CAl Gf4f3]} (25... Kh8 26. Qg6) 26. Bf2 f3 27. Be3 Kh8 28. c4 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 f2+ 31. Bxf2 Rxg5+) 24... gxf4 25. Qf3 (25. Bd2 Qh4+ 26. Kf3 Rg8 $19) 25... fxe3+ 26. Nxe3 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Rg8 {Black is attacking with equal material already.} 28. Qxf5+ Rg6 $1 ({The only way to avoid the repetition. If} 28... Kh8 29. Qf6+ Rg7 30. Nf5 $11 {it is Black already who needs to look for a perpetual.}) 29. Ke1 h5 $6 {This could have spoiled the win, as it is by one tempo too slow.} ({Black should have unpinned the rook at once. He would escape from perpetual with a curious manoeuvre:} 29... Kg7 $1 30. Qd7+ Kh8 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd7+ Rg7 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Qc8+ Rg8 $19) 30. Kd1 $2 ({Missing his chance with:} 30. Rd1 $1 {Good or bad, White needs to complete his development. Even great players tend to forget simple things under the pressure.} Kh6 31. Rd2 Rg1+ 32. Nf1 Qh4+ 33. Rf2 {and White is entirely safe already.}) 30... Kh6 31. Nc2 h4 {The rest is agony. There is no perpetual, the white king is in danger and the h-pawn unstoppable.} 32. Ne1 h3 33. Nf3 Qg2 34. Ne1 Qg4+ 35. Qxg4 Rxg4 36. Nf3 Rg1+ $5 (36... Rg1+ 37. Nxg1 h2) 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 30th Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2024.04.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. Nbd2 ({RR} 6. c3 g5 7. b4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nc4 g4 12. Nfd2 d5 13. Ne3 c6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rb1 h5 17. Ndf1 Qd7 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. Ngf5 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qd3 {Carlsen,M (2832)-Sindarov,J (2674) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nh2 O-O 11. Ng4 Kh7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. h4 Qd8 14. h5 g5 15. g4 Nc6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. c3 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. Rg1 d5 {Adewumi,T (2421)-Tang,A (2538) Rockville USA 2025 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 6. a5 g6 7. a6 b6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd2 Na5 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Bc4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. c4 Rc8 19. Qa4 c5 20. b4 Nh5 {Aronian,L (2729)-Pranav,V (2609) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (57)}) 6... g6 7. Nf1 Bg7 8. Ne3 $146 ({RR} 8. Ng3 O-O 9. c3 Kh7 10. b4 a6 11. Ra2 d5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. h4 Kg8 14. Rd2 Qe7 15. h5 Rad8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Nh4 Qf7 18. O-O Kh7 19. Ba3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qe2 Bg4 22. f3 Be6 {Neretljak,N (2114)-Rydstrom,T (2370) Sarpsborg 2019 0-1 (54)}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 Kh7 12. b4 a6 13. Rb1 Nh5 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rf7 19. Ne1 Nf4 20. g3 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Ng5 22. f3 Raf8 23. Qe2 c6 24. dxc6 Nxc6 25. N3c2 Ne6 26. Be3 d5 27. exd5 Qxd5 28. Qd3 Ned4 29. Rf2 Nxc2 30. Qxc2 Nxb4 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Nd5 33. Bc1 Rd7 34. Re2 Nb6 35. Rce4 Rc8 36. Bb2 Nc4 37. Ba1 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Nc2 Nd2 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Sep Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.12"] [Round "9"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2683"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2023.09.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. Re1 Nb8 $146 ({RR} 10... b6 11. Nd5 Nb8 12. c3 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Red1 Qe8 17. Bc1 Bd8 18. Ra2 Kh8 19. Ne1 Nf6 20. b5 Ng8 {½-½ (20) Puranik,A (2618)-Lamard,G (2483) Cappelle la Grande FRA 2024}) 11. c5 Nbd7 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. c3 Bc5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Na3 Qe7 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. Ne3 h6 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. Bd2 Bf8 21. Rad1 Nc5 22. c4 Nfxe4 23. g4 Nxd2 24. Nxd2 Rad8 25. Re3 Qd7 26. Kf1 e4 27. Ng3 g6 28. Ree1 Qd3+ 29. Qxd3 exd3 30. Nde4 Kg7 31. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Bxc5 33. Kd2 Bxf2 34. Ne4 Bd4 35. Rf1 Bxb2 36. Rb1 Ba3 37. Rxb7 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Re8 39. Nd2 Re2 40. Rxb4 axb4 41. a5 Kf6 42. c5 Re8 43. Nc4 Ra8 44. Kd2 Ke6 45. Kxd3 Ra6 46. Kd4 b3 47. Kc3 Kd5 48. Nd6 Rxa5 49. Nxf7 Rb5 50. Kb2 h5 51. Nh8 hxg4 52. hxg4 Rb4 53. g5 Rg4 54. Nxg6 Rxg5 55. Nf4+ Kc4 56. Ka3 Rxc5 57. Ne6 Ra5+ 58. Kb2 Ra2+ 59. Kb1 c5 0-1 [Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2026"] [Site "Chartres FRA"] [Date "2026.06.07"] [Round "4.41"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Karthikeyan, M2."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2026.06.04"] [WhiteTeam "L'Echiquier du Roy Rene"] [BlackTeam "CANNES Echecs"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. h3 Re8 ({RR} 12... h6 13. a4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ne3 b4 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. d4 c4 19. cxb4 Nxb4 20. Bb1 Nc6 21. d5 Na5 22. Ra3 Nb3 23. Nd2 Rb4 24. Nxb3 cxb3 25. Bd3 Reb8 26. a5 Bb5 27. Rxb3 {Gukesh,D (2764)-Giri,A (2745) Warsaw POL 2024 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 12... h6 13. Nf1 Be6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Ne3 d5 19. e5 Bc5 20. Qd3 Ne4 21. Qe2 Qh4 22. Nd1 Nxf2 23. Nxf2 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 26. Re2 Rfc8 27. Rxc2 {Amiridou,D (1990)-Chatzipanagiotou,A (1810) Patras GRE 2026 0-1 (50)}) 13. a4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Bf8 $146 ({RR} 14... h6 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. Bb3 Ne7 17. Bd2 Ng6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. c4 Bc6 21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qb3+ d5 24. Qxb5 Rb8 25. Qa5 Qxa5 26. Bxa5 c4 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 cxd3 29. Bc3 {Van Foreest,J (2715)-Harikrishna,P (2705) chess24.com INT 2022 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 14... h6 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. Bb3 Ne7 17. Bd2 Ng6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. c4 Bc6 21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qb3+ d5 24. Qxb5 Rb8 25. Qa5 Qxa5 26. Bxa5 c4 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 cxd3 29. Bc3 {Van Foreest,J (2715)-Harikrishna,P (2705) chess24.com INT 2022 1-0 (51)}) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g6 17. Ne3 Bg7 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bb3 Bc8 21. Nh2 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Ra6 Qc8 24. Rea1 Ne8 25. Nd5 g5 26. Bg3 Ne7 27. h4 Nxd5 28. exd5 Rf6 29. h5 Nc7 30. Rc6 Qd8 31. c4 bxc4 32. dxc4 Ne8 33. Qa5 Rf5 34. Qxd8 Rxd8 35. Ng4 Rf4 36. Bxf4 exf4 37. g3 f5 38. Nh2 fxg3 39. fxg3 g4 40. Rca6 Bxb2 41. Ra8 Rxa8 42. Rxa8 Kf7 43. Nf1 Ng7 44. Rh8 Bc1 45. Rb8 Nxh5 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. Rd7 Ke5 48. Re7+ Kd4 49. Re6 Kxc4 50. Rxd6 Bg5 51. Kf2 Nf6 52. Ke2 Ne4 53. Rd7 Kd4 54. d6 c4 55. Kd1 Ke5 56. Kc2 Nxd6 57. Kc3 Ke6 58. Rh7 Nf7 59. Kd4 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 2023-24"] [Site "Kiel GER"] [Date "2024.04.27"] [Round "14.5"] [White "Eljanov, P."] [Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2023.10.21"] [WhiteTeam "MSA Zugzwang"] [BlackTeam "SK Doppelbauer Turm Kiel"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. c3 Rfe8 10. Bxe6 ({RR} 10. a5 Bf8 11. b4 a6 12. Qb3 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rad8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. b5 Nb8 20. Rab1 c6 21. bxa6 Nxa6 22. h3 h6 23. Nh4 Qd3 24. Qa4 Red7 {Movsesian,S (2645)-Navara,D (2663) Prague 2005 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 10. b4 Bf8 11. Qc2 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. axb5 axb5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re3 Re6 20. Rae1 Rde8 21. c4 Qd6 22. cxb5 Nxb4 23. Qc4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 {Fier,A (2556)-Guimaraes,D (2285) Caioba BRA 2025 1-0 (53)}) 10... Qxe6 11. b4 $146 ({RR} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a5 Nb4 15. Qa4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nb3 Nd3 18. Re2 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Nxf3 22. gxf3 Qe2+ 23. Kg1 Qxf3 24. Nd2 Qd3 25. Qb4 Rac8 {Warakomski,T (2537)-Mitsis,G (2278) Heraklion 2018 ½-½ (38)}) 11... d5 12. Qc2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Rad8 14. Nb3 Qc4 15. Nfd2 Qe6 16. b5 Nb8 17. Nf3 h6 18. c4 Nbd7 19. c5 c6 20. Be3 Rc8 21. b6 axb6 22. cxb6 c5 23. a5 c4 24. Nbd2 c3 25. Nb3 Nb8 26. Nc1 Na6 27. Nd3 Bd6 28. Ra4 Rc4 29. Bc1 Rec8 30. h3 Nd7 31. Ba3 Bxa3 32. Rxa3 f6 33. Qa2 Qf7 34. Nh4 g6 35. Ra4 Rxa4 36. Qxa4 Ndc5 37. Nxc5 Nxc5 38. Qd1 Kh7 39. Qg4 Rc6 40. Re2 h5 41. Qg3 Nb3 42. a6 Nd4 43. Re1 c2 44. a7 Ne2+ 45. Rxe2 c1=Q+ 46. Kh2 Rc8 47. Re3 Qb2 48. Ra3 Ra8 49. Qe3 Qe6 50. Rd3 Qbxb6 51. Rd7+ Kg8 52. Qd2 Qe8 53. Rd6 Qxa7 54. Rxf6 Qa2 55. Qg5 Ra6 56. Rf3 Kh7 57. g4 Qae6 58. gxh5 gxh5 59. Nf5 Qf6 60. Qd2 h4 61. Rd3 Kh8 62. Qb2 Qg5 0-1 [Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "2024.09.08"] [Round "2.12"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2024.09.06"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 ({RR} 10. Bb3 Nbd7 11. c4 Ng4 12. Bd2 f5 13. O-O Bf6 14. Bc2 Qe8 15. h3 Nh6 16. d4 e4 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nf7 19. Be3 Nh8 20. f4 Nf6 21. Kh2 Qg6 22. b4 Qh6 23. Kg1 a6 24. Bb3 Ng6 {Hong,A (2592)-Zhalmakhanov,R (2478) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (61)}) 10... Nbd7 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 b5 $146 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. g4 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. c4 h6 16. h4 c5 17. g5 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Qe2 Qb6 21. O-O-O Rab8 22. b3 e3 23. fxe3 Qa6 24. Kb2 Nd5 25. Qd3 Nxe3 26. Rdg1 Bd6 27. Bb1 {Gilfillan,A (1973)-Sowray,P (2310) England 2016 0-1}) 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Re8 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. O-O Rxe4 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Re6 g6 25. h4 Kg7 26. h5 Rxe6 27. dxe6 Qe7 28. Qc1 d5 29. Qf4 Qd6 30. Qe3 Kf6 31. Qh6 Qxe6 32. Qxh7 gxh5 33. Kf1 Qe4 34. Qxh5 Nc4 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qg7+ Kd6 37. Qf6+ Kd7 38. Bxc4 dxc4 39. Kg1 a5 40. f3 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe6 42. Qg7+ Kc6 43. g4 fxg4 44. fxg4 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. g5 Qd6+ 47. Kh3 Qe6+ 48. Kg3 Qe3+ 49. Kg4 c3 50. bxc3 bxc3 51. Qf6+ Kd5 52. Qf5+ Kxd4 53. Qd7+ Kc4 54. Qxc7+ Kd3 55. g6 c2 56. g7 c1=Q 57. Qd8+ Ke2 58. g8=Q Qcg1+ 59. Kf5 Qgf2+ 60. Kg6 Qeg3+ 0-1 [Event "45th Olympiad 2024"] [Site "Budapest HUN"] [Date "2024.09.16"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Rodshtein, M."] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2024.09.11"] [WhiteTeam "Israel"] [BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"] [BlackTeamCountry "UZB"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Kh8 8. c3 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Ba2 Nb6 10. b4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 13. exf5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf5 15. Ne4 a5 16. Bd2 axb4 17. axb4 c6 18. c4 Nd4 19. Bc3 d5 20. Ng3 Na4 21. Bd2 Bh4 22. cxd5 cxd5 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Artemiev,V (2697) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Ne2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 d5 11. Ba2 dxe4 12. fxe4 Qd7 13. Kg2 Nh5 14. Ng1 Nf4+ 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. h3 Rad8 17. Qg4 Qd4 18. Rab1 Rd6 19. Qxf4 Rg6+ 20. Kf1 Bg5 21. Qf5 Ne7 22. Qf3 Qe5 {Arshiya Das (2200)-Vershinin,I (2297) Novi Sad SRB 2026 0-1 (76)}) 8... Nd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bc5 13. Qe2 Bg6 14. Bc2 a5 15. Qb5 Bb6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rd1 f6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Bf7 21. Bb3 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Rad8 23. Rd5 {Alonso Moyano,J (2365)-Espinosa Veloz,E (2380) Havana 2007 0-1 (46)}) 9. d4 Nb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nbd2 a5 13. h3 Bh5 14. b3 f5 15. c4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf7 17. Bd3 Na6 18. Qc2 Bg8 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Be3 c6 21. Nc3 Ndc5 22. Be2 h6 23. Qb2 e4 24. Nd4 Bg5 25. Qd2 Qf6 26. Bf1 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Bh7 28. Rae1 Rae8 29. g3 Nc7 30. b4 cxd5 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Ndb5 Nxb5 33. Nxd5 Qd4 34. Qxa5 Nd6 35. Qc3 Rf7 36. Qc1 Nf5 37. Rd1 Qe5 38. f4 Qe6 39. Rb3 b5 40. Rxb5 Nxg3 41. Rb6 Qc8 42. Kh2 Nf5 43. Be2 Qd8 44. Rg1 Ref8 45. Bh5 Rd7 46. Qb2 Bg8 47. Bg4 Bxd5 48. cxd5 Rxd5 49. Rg2 Nd4 50. Rg6 Qc7 51. Qf2 Rxf4 52. Qg3 Rxg4 53. hxg4 Nf3+ 54. Kh3 Qf7 55. Qb8+ Kh7 0-1 [Event "3rd 3-0 Thu 11th Dec 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.12.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2025.12.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 f6 8. h3 Be6 9. d4 Ne3 10. Bxe3 Bxc4 11. Nbd2 Bf7 ({RR} 11... Bd5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Qg4 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qe8 16. c3 Qf7 17. f3 Rae8 18. a3 Be6 19. Qh4 h6 20. Be3 Qg6 21. Kh2 b6 22. Qe4 Bf5 23. Qc4+ Kh7 24. b4 Bd3 25. Qg4 Qf7 26. Rad1 {Sjugirov,S (2703)-Nihal,S (2688) Sharjah UAE 2023 1-0 (43)}) 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. c3 b6 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. b3 Bg6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Re3 h6 20. Kf1 Kf7 21. Rae1 a5 22. Nh4 Bh7 23. g4 Red7 24. Rf3+ Kg8 25. Nf5 Rd3 26. Rg3 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Ne7 28. f6 Nf5 {Tiviakov,S (2552)-Saydaliev,S (2448) Tashkent UZB 2024 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. c3 b6 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. b3 Bg6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Re3 h6 20. Kf1 Kf7 21. Rae1 a5 22. Nh4 Bh7 23. g4 Red7 24. Rf3+ Kg8 25. Nf5 Rd3 26. Rg3 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Ne7 28. f6 Nf5 {Tiviakov,S (2552)-Saydaliev,S (2448) Tashkent UZB 2024 ½-½ (31)}) 14... Bg6 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. c3 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rxf3 18. Bxd8 Rf7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Kf1 Rfd7 22. Ke2 a6 23. b4 Kf7 24. a4 Ke6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Ne7 27. f4 Ng6 28. c4 Kf5 29. Rxe5+ Nxe5 30. fxe5 Kxe5 31. Rf1 Re8 32. Rf4 g5 33. Rf1 b6 34. g4 Ree7 35. c5 bxc5 36. Bxc5 Rf7 37. Rc1 Rd5 38. b6 cxb6 39. Bxb6 Rb5 40. Rc5+ Rxc5 41. Bxc5 Ke4 42. Bd6 Rf3 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2024.02.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 ({RR} 9... a5 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. f3 Re6 17. Ne3 Qg5 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. b3 Nf6 21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne3 b6 23. c4 Qg5 24. Qf2 {Caruana,F (2793)-Abdusattorov,N (2762) Saint Louis USA 2024 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. h3 h6 11. c3 a5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 Nb8 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 {Niemann,H (2692)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (59)}) 10. c3 Re8 ({RR} 10... a5 11. h3 Re8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Bd2 Bf8 14. Ne3 Nd8 15. c4 Ne6 16. Nd5 Nc5 17. Qc2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 g6 22. Bc3 Bg7 23. Rad1 d5 24. exd5 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 {Abdsattar,A (2165)-Lissillour,B (2273) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (84)}) 11. b4 a5 $146 ({RR} 11... a6 12. Qb3 d5 13. Ncxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Re6 18. e5 Nh5 19. Bd2 c6 20. Qd1 Qh4 {1-0 (20) Can,I (2512)-Isik,A (2478) Ankara TUR 2023}) 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Ne5+ Kf8 27. h4 Ne7 28. Qe6 Qd5 29. Qb6 Ra8 30. h5 b3 31. Qc7 b2 32. Ng6+ Nxg6 33. hxg6 Kg8 34. g3 Kh8 0-1 [Event "Comet Open Titled Losers"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.10.18"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Suleymanli, Aydin"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2614"] [BlackElo "2693"] [PlyCount "162"] [EventDate "2025.10.18"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 {Chessbase - Stockfish 17} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 10. h3 ({RR} 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 ({RR} 11... a5 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Ne5+) 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 10. Ne3 Re8 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bb2 Bc5 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 a5 17. Bc3 Bb4 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. dxe4 f6 21. Kf1 Kf7 22. Ke2 g6 23. Rd3 f5 24. Red1 Rxd3 {Lei,T (2565)-Ju,W (2570) Shenzhen CHN 2025 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 Bf8 12. b5 Nb8 ({RR} 12... Ne7 13. Ne3 d5 14. Nxe5 dxe4 15. d4 Ned5 16. Qb3 Bd6 17. N3c4 Qc8 18. Ba3 Qe6 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Na5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxb7 Ng4 23. g3 Qh5 24. h4 Ne5 25. Rxe4 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Ne3+ 27. Rxe3) 13. Qb3 a5 14. Ba3 Re6 15. Ncd2 Nbd7 16. d4 Nh7 17. h4 Nhf6 18. g3 Ng4 19. Kg2 Ndf6 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Qb3 Ndf6 22. Qd1 Nd7 23. Ra2 Re8 24. Qb3 Ndf6 {Suleymanli,A (2623)-Nogerbek,K (2514) Wijk aan Zee 2025 [Chessbase - Stockfish 17] 1-0 (78)} ({RR} 24... c6 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Re2 cxb5 27. Qxb5 exd4 28. Nxd4 Qc7 29. Qb1 Nge5 30. Nb5)) 10... Re8 11. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 11. c3 Bf8 12. a5 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Rd1 b6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Qb5 Qe6 19. Nc4 Rbd8 20. Re1 Rd5 21. Qa6 b5 22. Ncd2 Rxd3 23. Qxb5 Rd5 24. Qc4 e4 25. Ra6 Bc5 {Niemann,H (2667)-Esipenko,A (2702) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 11. b3 Bf8 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. a5 a6 15. c4 c6 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Qf3 Ng6 18. Nhf5 Qe6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qg3 dxc4 23. bxc4 Qd7 24. d4 exd4 25. Bxd4 Ne7 {Giri,A (2772)-Van Foreest,J (2695) Utrecht NED 2023 ½-½ (76)}) ({RR} 11. c3 a5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 Nb8 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 dxc3 25. bxc3 Ne7 {Niemann,H (2692)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 11. a5 Bf8 12. Bd2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Bc3 e4 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Rexd1 Nxe4 18. Be1 a6 19. Nd5 Bd6 20. b4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Ra3 Nf6 23. Rad3 Kf8 24. c4 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Bf6 {Azarov,S (2557)-Muzychuk,A (2522) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (32)}) 11... a5 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. c4 $146 ({RR} 13. Nf5 Kh7 14. c3 d5 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rad1 g6 17. Ne3 d4 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Rc1 c6 23. Rc5 Re5 24. Rec1 Qe7 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Qc4 Qf6 27. Qc5 Bd6 {Omonova,U (2294)-Lagno,K (2508) Doha QAT 2025 1-0 (33)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bc3 Nc5 15. Nd5 Ne6 16. g3 Ncd4 17. h4 h5 18. Bd2 c6 19. Ne3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 g6 21. Bc3 Bg7 22. Kg2 Nc5 23. Red1 Qe7 24. g4 Ne6 25. Rh1 Nf4+ 26. Kf1 Qe6 27. gxh5 Nxh5 28. Bd2 Nf4 29. h5 Nxh5 30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Ke2 Qg6 32. Qh1 Qh7 33. Nf5 Re6 34. Qh3 Rae8 35. Rh1 Rg6 36. Qf3 Rg4 37. Nxd6 Re7 38. Bxa5 Qg6 39. Nf5 Re6 40. Bd2 Bf8 41. b4 Rf6 42. c5 Re6 43. Rh3 Rf6 44. Be3 Re6 45. Qh1 Bg7 46. Rxh5 Re8 47. Qh3 Rg1 48. Rh4 Qg2 49. Qxg2 Rxg2 50. a5 Rg6 51. Rh1 Bf8 52. Rb1 Ra8 53. f4 exf4 54. Bxf4 f6 55. Kf3 Kf7 56. d4 Rg8 57. d5 Rh8 58. d6 Ke6 59. Kg4 Kd7 60. Kf3 Rg8 61. Rg1 Ke6 62. Rxg8 Kf7 63. Rh8 Kg6 64. Rh7 Kxh7 65. d7 Kg6 66. Bc7 Kf7 67. d8=Q Rxd8 68. Bxd8 Ke6 69. Bxf6 Kd7 70. Ne3 Ke6 71. Nc4 Kd7 72. e5 Ke6 73. Nb6 Kf5 74. e6 Kxe6 75. Bd4 Ke7 76. Ke4 Kd8 77. Kd3 Kc7 78. Kc4 Kb8 79. Be5+ Ka7 80. Bd6 Ka6 81. Nc8 Be7 0-1 [Event "3rd 3-0 Thu 30th Jul 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.07.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Sarana, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2026.07.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. h3 ({RR} 8. c3 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. Nf1 Qf7 13. h3 Nd7 14. N1h2 d5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Ng4 Kh8 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Re2 Qg6 19. Kh1 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Rf8 21. Nh2 Qh5 22. Qd1 Qxh3 {Sindarov,J (2745)-Dubov,D (2654) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 8. c3 O-O 9. b4 Qe8 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. g3 Qg6 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 Nd7 14. Ba3 Bf6 15. Kh1 Rf7 16. Qe2 Raf8 17. Rae1 Qg4 18. Ng1 Qg6 19. Ngf3 Qg4 20. a5 b6 21. a6 Be7 22. Ng1 Qg6 {Costa,L (2556)-Romanishin,O (2255) Katowice POL 2026 ½-½ (69)}) ({RR} 8. a5 O-O 9. a6 b5 10. c3 d5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Re1 Bc5 13. Be3 Qd6 14. d4 Bb6 15. Nbd2 exd4 16. cxd4 dxe4 17. Ng5 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Ndxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Qf5 {Tanenbaum,Z (2371)-Sarana,A (2675) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 $146 ({RR} 9. c3 Qd7 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Na3 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Rxf4 13. Nc4 a6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Raf8 16. Re3 Qe8 17. d5 Nd8 18. Raa3 Qg6 19. Qe2 e5 20. Ncd2 h6 21. Rac3 c6 22. Qc4 Kh8 23. b4 Qf7 {Zhou,S (2105)-Bai,X (2070) Hohhot CHN 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 9. Re1 Nd7 10. c3 a5 11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. Ng5 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rf6 16. d4 h6 17. Nf3 exd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Be3 b6 21. f3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Na3 Rb8 {Bochnickova,S (2171)-Nguyen Thien Ngan (1923) Petrovac MNE 2025 ½-½ (79)}) 9... d5 10. Nbd2 h6 11. c3 Qd7 12. Re1 a6 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. Bc5 Nh5 16. Re3 Nf4 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Qf7 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. exd5 Nb4 21. dxe6 Nxc2 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. Nfd2 Nxa1 24. Nxa1 Nd5 25. Re1 Rc8 26. a5 Re7 27. Rd1 Nf4 28. Kf1 Nd3 29. b3 d5 30. Nf3 Rc3 31. Nh4 Rf7 32. f3 Kh7 33. g4 Nf4 34. Ke1 Nxh3 35. Kd2 Rc6 36. Nc2 Ng5 37. Ne1 g6 38. Ke3 Re7+ 39. Kf2 Rce6 40. Nd3 Re2+ 41. Kg3 R7e3 42. Ne5 Ne4+ 43. Kf4 g5+ 44. Kf5 gxh4 45. fxe4 Rxe4 46. Rc1 Rf2+ 47. Ke6 Rxd4 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Ng6 Rxg4 50. Ne7+ Kh8 51. Nxd5 Rg6+ 52. Ke5 h3 53. Rc8+ Rg8 54. Rc3 h2 55. Rh3 Kg7 56. Rg3+ Kh8 57. Rh3 Rg5+ 58. Ke4 Kg7 59. Ne3 Rg1 60. Nf5+ Rxf5 61. Rxh2 Rxa5 62. Rc2 Rg4+ 63. Kf3 Rb4 64. Rc7+ Kf6 65. Rc8 Rxb3+ 66. Ke2 Ra2+ 67. Kd1 Rb1+ 68. Rc1 Rxc1+ 69. Kxc1 Rg2 70. Kb1 Kg5 71. Kc1 Kg4 72. Kd1 Kg3 73. Ke1 h5 74. Kf1 h4 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 7th Jul 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.07.07"] [Round "10"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2026.07.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. a5 a6 10. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Be6 12. c3 Kh7 13. b4 Qd7 14. Kh2 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Qb3 Nf5 17. Nd2 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qc2 d5 20. Bb3 Qd6 21. Kg1 Nh4 22. Nf1 e4 23. Be3 exd3 24. Qxd3 Ne4 {Gokerkan,C (2490)-Tang,A (2524) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. c4 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. Bd2 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21. Nc4 f5 22. Ra3 Rd8 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Ne3 Ne7 {Jobava,B (2707)-Ivanchuk,V (2738) Leuven 2017 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 10. Be3 Kh7 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 Nh5 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Qd7 16. Kh2 Rf7 17. c4 Raf8 18. b4 Qd8 19. Ra2 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Qh4 21. Rg1 Nd4 22. f4 c6 23. Bxd4 cxd5 24. Qg4 Qxg4 {Petti,L (2334)-De Siqueira,L (2249) Rosario ARG 2026 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. c3 Kh7 15. d4 Qf6 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. Ra4 Qf7 20. c4 Nf5 21. Ne4 Qd7 22. Rb4 Rab8 23. Qb3 Qc8 24. c5 Rd8 {Niemann,H (2703)-Bharath,S (2549) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (101)}) ({RR} 10. Be3 Nd7 11. d4 b5 12. Bd5 Bb7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. a6 Rxa6 17. Rxa6 Bxa6 18. Bxc6 Nb8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bd5 f5 21. Ra1 c6 22. Be6 f4 23. Bb6 Re8 24. Bb3 Bc8 {Dardha,D (2604)-Wallin,A (2181) Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2024 1-0 (57)}) 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Kh7 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. c3 d5 15. Re1 Ng8 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. Qb3 Qc8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nf6 21. Qc2 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 e5 24. Nh4 Re6 25. Rae1 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Nf3 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Qe8 29. Rc1 c6 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. h4 Kg8 32. Rd2 Rd6 33. Qc4+ Kh7 34. Qb4 Rd7 35. Qe4 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 Qd7 37. Nc4 Qd5 38. f3 Kg8 39. Kf2 Qxe4 40. fxe4 Kf7 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. g3 Bf8 43. Kf3 h5 44. b3 Bb4 45. Ke2 Bc3 46. Kd3 Be1 47. Ke3 Bxg3 48. Nb2 Bxh4 49. Nd3 Be7 50. Kf3 g5 51. Kg3 Bd6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 14th Apr 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Black "Duda, J."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2026.04.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a3 a6 ({RR} 5... d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 Ng8 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 a6 14. Nfxd4 c5 15. Nb3 Ne7 16. Nf4 Rb8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Bd5 Qc7 19. Nc1 a5 20. Ba2 {Oparin,G (2606)-Trent,L (2435) Chess.com INT 2017 1-0 (74)}) ({RR} 5... Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b4 a6 8. Bb2 b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. c4 bxc4 12. dxc4 Qd8 13. Re1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Re8 18. Qd3 Rxe4 19. Qxe4 c6 20. Qg4 {Gba,Z (1427)-Leah Williams Budapest HUN 2024 1-0}) 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 7. h3 d6 8. Re1 g5 9. Nh2 Bd7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 Qe7 12. b4 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 h5 16. c3 Nb5 17. d4 g4 18. c4 Nxd4 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 gxh3 21. Rb1 c6 {Tran,T-Vuong,V Hue 2004 0-1}) 7... d6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nd5 g5 11. b4 Ba7 12. c3 Nd7 13. d4 Ne7 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Nf6+ Nxf6 16. Qxf3 Ng6 17. exf6 Ne5 18. Qe2 Qxf6 19. Bb3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qe7 21. Rf5 O-O-O 22. Raf1 Rdf8 23. a4 h5 24. a5 g4 25. b5 gxh3 26. bxa6 hxg2 27. R1f2 Kb8 28. Qb5 c6 29. Qb6 h4 30. Rxg2 h3 31. Rg3 h2+ 32. Kh1 Rfg8 33. Rfg5 Rg6 34. Bd1 Ka8 35. Be2 Rb8 36. Rxg6 fxg6 37. Rh3 Qg7 38. Rxh2 g5 39. Rh5 g4 40. Kg2 g3 41. c4 Qf6 42. Rf5 Qh6 43. Rh5 Qg7 44. c5 Rf8 45. Qxb7+ Qxb7 46. axb7+ Kxb7 47. cxd6 Nd7 48. Kxg3 Nf6 49. Bg4 Nxe4+ 50. Kh4 Nxd6 51. Rh7+ Ka6 52. Rh6 Rd8 53. Bf5 Kxa5 54. Bd3 Kb4 55. Kg5 Kc3 56. Bf1 Nf7+ 57. Kf6 Nxh6 58. Ke7 Rh8 59. Kd6 Ng4 60. Kc5 Nxe3 61. Kb6 Nxf1 0-1 [Event "Chennai Quantbox-A"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2025.08.13"] [Round "7"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2730"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2025.08.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 42"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.08.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.08.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Be7 ({RR} 7... exd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 d5 11. Bb5 dxe4 12. fxe4 O-O 13. d5 Ne5 14. f4 Bc5+ 15. Kg2 Ng6 16. Nc3 a6 17. Bf1 Qd7 18. e5 Nh4+ 19. Kg3 Nf5+ 20. Kg2 Ng4 21. e6 Nh4+ 22. Kg3 {Jiang,A (2250)-Safranek,W (2252) New York USA 2026 1-0 (35)}) 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Re1 $146 ({RR} 10. c4 Nc5 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. h3 Bd7 14. Be3 Nh7 15. b4 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 Bxh3 18. Bxh6 Bf5 19. Be3 Qe8 20. Nfd2 Qg6 21. f3 Ng5 22. c5 Nh3+ 23. Kh2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 {Bodrogi,B (2446)-Borrmann,L (2403) Heviz HUN 2025 0-1 (39)}) 10... c6 11. c4 Nc5 12. Nc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. h3 Bd7 15. Be3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nh7 17. Qc4 Kh8 18. Rac1 f5 19. Qb3 f4 20. Bd2 b5 21. Ne2 Qe8 22. Rc7 Bd8 23. Rb7 a5 24. Nxf4 Bc8 25. Rxb5 exf4 26. Rb8 a4 27. Qb4 Ba5 28. Qxd6 Rxb8 29. Bxa5 Rxb2 30. Bc3 Rc2 31. Bd4 Kg8 32. h4 Rc4 33. Qb6 Nf6 34. Qb2 Qe7 35. d6 Qb7 36. Qe2 Be6 37. Qd3 Ng4 38. e5 Rfc8 39. Qd2 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.11"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2023.09.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15. g3 $146 ({RR} 15. Qg4 Kg7 16. f4 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Re2 Bd8 20. Kh1 d5 21. exd5 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Re8 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Qf2 Qd6 25. g3 Re3 26. Re1 Bb6 27. Kg2 Qf6 28. Bc4 a5 29. Qf1 Bc5 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2690)-Caruana,F (2782) Baku AZE 2023 1-0 (63)}) 15... Kg7 16. Rae1 Qa5 17. Qg4 Rad8 18. f4 h5 19. Qf3 Rde8 20. h4 Qd8 21. Re2 Qd7 22. Qf2 Qg4 23. Kh2 Bf6 24. e5 Bd8 25. Rfe1 Ba5 26. Rf1 d5 27. Rc1 Bb6 28. Qg2 f6 29. exf6+ Kxf6 30. Rce1 Re3 31. Rxe3 dxe3 32. c3 d4 33. Qe4 Qf5 34. cxd4 Qxe4 35. dxe4 Bxd4 36. Kg2 Rd8 37. Kf3 Bb6 38. a5 Bxa5 39. Rxe3 Bb6 40. Rc3 Rd2 41. e5+ Kg7 42. Bc2 Bd4 43. Rc4 c5 44. Ba4 Rxb2 45. Bd7 b5 46. Rc1 a5 47. Ke4 a4 48. Kd5 a3 49. e6 Kf6 50. Kd6 Rd2 0-1 [Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "2024.09.08"] [Round "2.14"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2024.09.06"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 a5 8. c3 h6 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Na3 h6 11. Bd2 Nh7 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Nc4 Bf6 14. Rad1 b6 15. d4 exd4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Ncxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qf7 20. Qxe6 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Rad8 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rde1 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)-Yakubboev,N (2663) Samarkand 2025 ½-½ (120)}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nbd2 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 h6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Be3 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Bc1 Nd8 15. Qc2 Qc6 16. b3 b6 17. Ne3 Ne6 18. c4 Nc5 19. h3 g6 20. Kh2 Bg7 21. g4 Qd7 22. Rg1 c6 23. g5 {Savic,M (2429)-Gagic,M (2250) Bijeljina BIH 2026 1-0 (60)}) 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b3 $146 ({RR} 10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Rfe8 14. N2f3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 b6 16. f3 Bf8 17. Bf4 g6 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Be3 Bg7 20. Qc4 Kh7 21. Nc6 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. e5 Bf8 24. g4 Ng7 {Ordunez Echarte,D (2219)-Gonzalez,A (2033) Havana CUB 2025 ½-½ (60)}) 10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qc2 Nf4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bf6 15. Re3 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne4 Re8 18. Bb2 Bg5 19. Re2 f5 20. c4 fxe4 21. cxd5 e3 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. Rae1 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Re4 Rf8 27. h3 Qf1+ 28. Kh2 Rf2 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.13"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "So, W."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2023.09.04"] 1. e4 {ChessBase II} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Nc3 Be6 ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 c6 13. Ba2 Bg5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ne6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Rf3 Rae8 18. Raf1 f6 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Kh8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6) 8. Nd5 h6 ({RR} 8... a5 9. Ng5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Ba2 a4 13. Kh1 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. d4 Ng6 17. c3 d5 18. Bb1 Bd6 19. Bf5 Re8 20. Qf3 h6 21. Nh3 Nh4 22. Qf2 Nxf5 23. Qxf5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Rapport,R (2702) Wijk aan Zee 2017 CBM 177 [ChessBase II] ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 Bf8 13. Bd2 h6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bc3 e4 16. Nd4 Nb6 17. Nf5 Nbxd5 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qd2 b5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qf4 Nh5 22. Qg4 g6 23. Ne3) 9. Re1 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Nxf6+ $146 ({RR} 11. Bb3 a5 12. Bd2 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Bg4 15. b5 Nb8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Re3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qa7 Qc8 20. Re1 Nd7 21. Ra1 c6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Bb4 d5 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. h3 Ng6 {Rakotomaharo,F (2440)-Barlov,D (2375) Galdar (Gran Canaria) ESP 2024 0-1 (63)}) ({RR} 11. Bb3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 Ng6 14. h3 Qd7 15. Bb2 a5 16. Ba4 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. b5 Qb7 19. Rb1 c5 20. Bc1 e4 21. dxe4 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Bc2 Re8 25. Bd2 Qb6 {Deac,B (2652)-Dubnevych,M (2320) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 11... Qxf6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. c4 g6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. b5 Ne7 16. Rc1 f5 17. a4 Kh7 18. a5 a6 19. Bd2 Rf8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. c5 d5 22. c6 fxe4 23. dxe4 d4 24. Bb4 Rab8 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qd3 Rb5 27. Rb1 Rxa5 28. Rb7 Ra3 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qxa3 Qxc6 31. Nxe5 Qc3 32. Qxc3 dxc3 33. Nf3 c2 34. e5 Rd8 35. e6 Bf6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 28th Apr 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.04.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Black "So, W."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2754"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2026.04.28"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Ng5 d5 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qh5 Bxg5 $146 ({RR} 11... h6 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. O-O Bg5 15. Rae1 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qd6 17. Rxf7 Kh8 18. Ref1 Rxf7 19. Qxf7 e4 20. d4 a6 21. c3 Rd8 22. Rf4 Ne5 23. dxe5 Qd2 24. Rf1 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qg5 26. e6 {Santos Ruiz,M (2596)-Goldin,R (2296) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) 12. Bxg5 Qd6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bxb5 Nd4 15. Bc4 Rab8 16. Be3 g6 17. Qh4 Nf5 18. Qe4 Ndxe3 19. fxe3 Qb6 20. Bb3 Nxe3 21. Rde1 Nf5 22. Qxe5 Nd4 23. Qd5 Nxb3+ 24. Qxb3 Qxb3 25. cxb3 Rxb3 26. Re7 Rfb8 27. Rxc7 Rxb2 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Kc2 f5 31. Re1 Kf6 32. d4 f4 33. Kc3 a5 34. d5 a4 35. Kd4 Rb2 36. g3 f3 37. d6 f2 38. Rd1 Rd2+ 39. Rxd2 f1=Q 40. Kc3 Qc1+ 41. Kd3 Ke6 0-1 [Event "1st 3-0 Thu 30th Apr 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.04.30"] [Round "11"] [White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"] [Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "160"] [EventDate "2026.04.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 c6 10. O-O Ne6 11. Ba2 O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Be3 ({RR} 13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Bd2 g6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. c4 Nd4 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Bg5 Rfe8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. cxd5 Bg5 22. Rc3 f5 23. Ne2 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Qd6 25. Qa4 a6 26. Qa5 Re7 27. Rec2 Kg7 {Vaishali,R (2496)-Dronavalli,H (2466) Hong Kong HKG 2026 ½-½ (43)}) 13... Rad8 14. a4 $146 ({RR} 14. Qf3 a5 15. Ne2 d5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. c3 a4 19. Rad1 d4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. cxd4 Rxd4 22. Ne2 Rd7 23. d4 Red8 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Be3 c5 26. d5 exd5 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Nc3 Rxd1 {Niemann,H (2736)-Nakamura,H (2804) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (110)}) 14... b6 15. a5 b5 16. Bd2 a6 17. Ne2 Rfe8 18. Ng3 Bf8 19. Be3 Qb8 20. c3 g6 21. Qc2 d5 22. Rad1 Rd7 23. Qe2 h5 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. Bd2 Red8 26. Bc1 Qc7 27. b4 h4 28. Nf1 Nh5 29. Bb3 Nef4 30. Bc2 c5 31. bxc5 dxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxc5 33. Bb2 Qe7 34. d4 Qg5 35. Qf3 exd4 36. cxd4 Bxd4 37. Bc1 Be5 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Kh1 Rc7 40. Ne3 Bg7 41. Bb1 Qc5 42. Bd2 Ne6 43. Ba2 Qc6 44. Qg4 Nhf4 45. Rc1 Qd7 46. Rxc7 Qxc7 47. Qxh4 Qd6 48. Be1 Qd3 49. Qg4 Qe2 50. Qxe2 Nxe2 51. Nd5 Nc5 52. Ne7+ Kf8 53. Nc6 Bc3 54. Bxc3 Nxc3 55. Nb4 Nxa2 56. Nxa2 Ke7 57. Nb4 Kd6 58. g4 Nb3 59. h4 Nxa5 60. h5 Nc6 61. Nxc6 gxh5 62. gxh5 Ke6 63. Kg2 Kf6 64. Kf3 a5 65. Nxa5 Kg5 66. Nb3 Kxh5 67. Nd4 b4 68. Nc2 b3 69. Na3 b2 70. Nb1 Kh4 71. Nd2 Kh3 72. Nb1 Kh2 73. Nd2 Kg1 74. Nb1 Kf1 75. Ke3 Ke1 76. Kd3 Kxf2 77. Kc2 Ke2 78. Kxb2 Ke3 79. Nc3 Kd4 80. Nd5 Ke4 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Dec Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.12.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Onischuk, V."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2023.12.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. O-O d5 11. Ba4 Nd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rd1 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nc5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. Nd2 a5 18. b3 Reb8 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Nb2 Nb6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Na4 Nb6 23. Nc5 a4 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Qd2 axb3 26. axb3 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 h5 28. h3 {Bauer,C (2562)-Ernst,R (2381) Karlsruhe GER 2026 ½-½ (61)}) 14. Be3 f5 15. Bd2 dxe4 16. dxe4 f4 17. Nf1 Nc5 18. Bc2 g5 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bb3 Nf8 21. Ne1 Qf7 22. Nd3 b6 23. Ba4 Ne7 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. f3 h5 26. Be1 Nfg6 27. a4 g4 28. a5 Kh7 29. axb6 axb6 30. Bf2 gxf3 31. gxf3 Bf6 32. Kh1 Nc8 33. Nd2 Nd6 34. Rg1 Rd8 35. Ne1 Nc4 36. Nxc4 Bxc4 37. Qc2 Qd7 38. Ra7 Qd6 39. Ng2 Kh6 40. Ne1 Rd7 41. Ra8 Qe6 42. Rb8 Qh3 43. Re8 Bf7 44. Rb8 Qe6 45. Nd3 Qc4 46. Nc1 Qc6 47. Ne2 Bc4 48. Nc1 Qe6 49. Be1 Bh4 50. Qg2 Bxe1 51. Rxe1 Nh4 52. Rh8+ Rh7 53. Rxh7+ Kxh7 54. Qf2 Qh3 55. Ne2 Qxf3+ 56. Qxf3 Nxf3 57. Rd1 Bxe2 58. Rd7+ Kg6 59. Rxc7 Nd2 60. Rc6+ Kg5 61. Rxb6 f3 62. Kg1 Nxe4 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.09"] [Round "11"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2024.07.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 Be7 ({RR} 6... g5 7. a5 Bg7 8. a6 b6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nc4 g4 13. Ne1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qd6 17. Ra4 h5 18. Nc2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. e4 Rad8 21. Ne3 {Caruana,F (2796)-Sindarov,J (2674) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (46)}) 7. a5 O-O ({RR} 7... a6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Qb3 Rfd8 12. Nf1 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Bf8 14. Qc2 b6 15. axb6 cxb6 16. Ne3 b5 17. Bd2 Qb7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nb8 20. Ra5 Nd7 21. Be3 Be7 22. Rea1 {Nomin-Erdene,D (2328)-Antova,G (2203) Batumi GEO 2026 0-1 (63)}) ({RR} 7... a6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Ng3 g6 14. d4 Re8 15. d5 Ne7 16. c4 Nd7 17. b4 c5 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. Nd2 Rec8 20. Qf3 Kg7 21. h4 h5 22. Ne2 {Niemann,H (2667)-Melkumyan,H (2640) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (73)}) 8. a6 b6 $146 ({RR} 8... bxa6 9. Bxa6 d5 10. Nbd2 Bc5 11. O-O Bxa6 12. Rxa6 Bb6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Re1 Re6 15. Ra4 a5 16. Nf1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nd7 18. Be3 Rd6 19. Raa1 Nc5 20. Red1 Nd3 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Ne3 Rc8 23. g3 {Hedman,E (2269)-Pantzar,M (2449) Stockholm SWE 2024 ½-½ (42)}) 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Nf1 Rf7 14. h3 Rdf8 15. Ng3 Qc8 16. Be3 Nd7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Ndb8 19. Qe2 Nb4 20. Rec1 c5 21. e5 d5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Nc2 d4 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. Bd2 Rxf2 27. Qg4 Kh8 28. Nh5 Bd8 29. b4 Nc6 30. bxc5 Nxe5 31. Qxd4 Bc7 32. Qe4 Qf7 33. Ng3 Nf3+ 34. gxf3 Rxf3 35. Ne2 Qh5 36. Qg4 Qe5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Qxf3 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Rxf3+ 41. Ke1 Qf2# 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 19th May 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.05.19"] [Round "10"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Svane, R."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "180"] [EventDate "2026.05.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. a4 d6 7. Be3 Bb6 ({RR} 7... Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c4 b6 13. g3 Qe8 14. Kg2 a5 15. Nh2 Qg6 16. Ng4 Nh7 17. c3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Kh8 19. Bc1 Nb8 20. Ba3 Nd7 21. d4 Ng5 22. f3 {Pranav,V (2628)-Niemann,H (2736) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (87)}) 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 10. Re1 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Ba5 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Re8 14. Nh2 a5 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Rad1 b6 17. Nf1 Nd7 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. b3 f6 20. h4 Qf7 21. h5 Ne7 22. Bd2 Rf8 23. g4 Ne6 24. Nf5 Nd4 {Kozak,A (2426)-Grischuk,A (2689) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 Nf5 14. Bd2 a5 15. Bc3 Re8 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Re4 Ng3 18. Re1 Nh5 19. Bd2 Qg6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Nf4 22. Nh4 Qf6 23. Nf3 b6 24. Kh2 Re7 {Jumabayev,R (2560)-Svane,R (2608) Doha QAT 2025 0-1 (60)}) 10... Bd4 11. a5 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Re1 b6 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ne3 Qe6 20. Qf3 Ra2 21. h4 Kh7 22. Qd1 Nd5 23. g3 Nxe3 24. Bxe3 Qf5 25. Qb1 Ra5 26. Bd2 Rd5 27. c4 Rd6 28. Bc3 Rg6 29. Qd1 Re6 30. Re3 Rf6 31. Qe2 Re6 32. Re4 h5 33. Qd1 Qg6 34. Re3 Kg8 35. Kg2 Kh7 36. Qf3 f6 37. c5 bxc5 38. Qd5 Qe8 39. Qxc5 Qd7 40. Qc4 Ne7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Qf3 Qc6 43. Bb4 Qxf3+ 44. Rxf3 Nd5 45. Bd2 Kf7 46. c4 Ne7 47. Bc3 Nc6 48. Re3 Rd6 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Ke2 Kf5 51. Re4 Rd8 52. f3 Ra8 53. g4+ hxg4 54. fxg4+ Ke6 55. Re3 Ra2+ 56. Kf1 Rc2 57. Be1 Nd4 58. h5 c5 59. Rg3 Rc1 60. Kf2 Rc2+ 61. Kf1 Ra2 62. Bf2 Nb3 63. Be3 Rc2 64. Rh3 Rc3 65. Ke2 Rc2+ 66. Kd1 Rg2 67. Rh4 Nd4 68. Bxd4 cxd4 69. Ke1 Rg3 70. Ke2 Re3+ 71. Kd2 Rg3 72. Ke2 Rg2+ 73. Ke1 e4 74. dxe4 Ke5 75. h6 gxh6 76. Rxh6 Rxg4 77. Kd2 Rxe4 78. c5 Re3 79. Rh5+ f5 80. Rh8 Rc3 81. Re8+ Kd5 82. Rf8 Ke4 83. Re8+ Kd5 84. Rd8+ Kxc5 85. Rf8 Rf3 86. Ke2 Rf4 87. Kd3 Rf3+ 88. Ke2 Rh3 89. Rxf5+ Kc4 90. Rf8 Rh2+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Bl Team Pool C"] [Site "Hong Kong HKG"] [Date "2026.06.20"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Murzin, Volodar"] [Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [WhiteTeam "Hexamind Chess Team"] [BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"] [BlackTeamCountry "UZB"] 1. e4 {Edouard,Romain} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 g5 ({RR} 5... d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Qe2) 6. Nbd2 ({RR} 6. a4 g4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. a5 Bg7 ({RR} 9... Nf4 10. O-O Nxd3 11. a6 f5 12. Qa4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qf6 14. b4 Nd7) 10. a6 ({RR} 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 f5 12. Qb3 Nce7 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. Na3 c6 15. Nc2 Kh7) 10... b6 11. h3 Nf4 12. Ne4 gxh3 ({RR} 12... Nxg2+ 13. Kf1 gxh3 14. Qf3 O-O 15. Bd5 Nh4 16. Qg3 Nf5 17. Qf3 Nh4) ({RR} 12... f5 13. Ng3 h5 14. Qa4 Qf6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Rxh8+ Bxh8 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 O-O-O) ({RR} 12... Na5 13. Rxa5 bxa5 14. hxg4 ({RR} 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. hxg4) 14... Nxg2+ 15. Kd2 Nf4 16. Kc2) 13. g3 ({RR} 13. gxh3 O-O 14. Rg1 Kh8) 13... Ne6 ({RR} 13... Ng2+ 14. Kf1) ({RR} 13... Nd5) 14. Qf3 ({RR} 14. Rxh3 Na5 ({RR} 14... Bd7 15. Qg4 Ng5 16. Qh5) 15. Rxa5 bxa5 16. Be3) 14... Bd7 15. Rxh3 ({RR} 15. Na3 Qe7 16. Nb5 O-O-O 17. Nxa7+ Nxa7 18. Nd6+ Qxd6 19. Qb7#) ({RR} 15. b4) 15... Qe7 16. Rh5 ({RR} 16. b4 Ned4) 16... O-O-O 17. Be3 ({RR} 17. Na3 Kb8) ({RR} 17. Qh1 Kb8 18. b4 Bc8 19. Nbd2 Qd7 20. Bb5 Qd5 21. Bc4 Qd7) 17... Rhf8 18. Rf5 ({RR} 18. g4 Nf4) 18... Kb8 19. Na3 ({RR} 19. Bb5) 19... Nf4 20. Nd2 ({RR} 20. Nc5 bxc5 21. gxf4 Qe8 ({RR} 21... Bxf5 22. Qxc6 Bc8 23. Bxc5) 22. Bd5 ({RR} 22. Qh5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 exf4 24. Qxf4) ({RR} 22. fxe5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Nxe5 24. Qe4 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. Bxc5 Rfe8+ 27. Kf1 Bf8 28. Be3) 22... Bxf5 23. Bxc6 e4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. dxe4 Rfe8 27. f3 f5 28. e5 Re6) 20... Bxf5 {Karjakin,S (2752)-Dubov,D (2699) chess24.com INT 2020 CBM 196 Extra [Edouard,Romain] 0-1}) ({RR} 6. d4 d6 ({RR} 6... exd4 7. e5 Nh7 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. h3 Nf6 13. a3 Ne7) 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. O-O Nd6 11. Bb3 Be6 ({RR} 11... Bg7 12. Re1 Ne6) 12. Re1 Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. fxg5 Bxb3 ({RR} 14... hxg5) 15. axb3 hxg5 16. Nd7 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Nc5 ({RR} 18. Bxg5 Ne6 19. Bh4) 18... g4) 6... g4 ({RR} 6... Bg7 7. Nf1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Ng3 Nf4 10. Bxf4 exf4 11. Qe2+ Qe7 12. Nh5 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 O-O 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. h3 Re8+ 16. Kd2 Na5 17. Bb5 c6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bc2 c5 20. Rhe1 Be6 21. Re5 {Rojas Linares,N (2068)-Sakhayi,M (2166) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (43)}) 7. Ng1 d5 8. Bb5 $146 ({RR} 8. Bb3 Be6 9. h3 Rg8 10. g3 gxh3 11. Nxh3 Qd7 12. Ng1 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Ndf3 Ng4 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rxg3 17. O-O-O Bf8 18. Kb1 f6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. e4 Qg8 22. Rh3 Bc5 {Sierra Magrazo,L (1535)-Asis Gargatagli,H (2467) Lichess.org INT 2021 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 8. Bb3 Be6 9. h3 Rg8 10. g3 gxh3 11. Nxh3 Qd7 12. Ng1 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Ndf3 Ng4 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rxg3 17. O-O-O Bf8 18. Kb1 f6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. e4 Qg8 22. Rh3 Bc5 {Sierra Magrazo,L (1535)-Asis Gargatagli,H (2467) Lichess.org INT 2021 0-1 (60)}) 8... Qd6 9. Ne2 a6 10. Ba4 Bd7 11. Ng3 h5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. Bb3 O-O-O 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qg6 17. e4 Ne7 18. Rf1 f6 19. Qc2 h4 20. Ne2 f5 21. Be3 fxe4 22. O-O-O Bh6 23. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 24. Qd2 Bb5 25. Qxh6 Rxh6 26. Rf7 exd3 27. Rxe7 dxe2 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Rxe5 Rf6 30. c4 Rc6 31. Kd2 Bxc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxe2 Kd7 34. Kd3 Rf4 35. Ke3 Rf5 36. Rd2+ Ke6 37. Rd4 Re5+ 38. Kf2 Kf5 39. Rc4 c5 40. b4 b5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. bxc5 Ke5 43. Ke3 a5 44. c6 Kd6 45. Kf4 b4 46. Kxg4 a4 0-1 [Event "Biel GM"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2003.07.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Lutz, Christopher"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2631"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2003.07.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 097"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 b6 ({RR} 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 b6 10. Bd2 Nxa5 11. Bxa5 bxa5 12. Rxa5 c6 13. Ra2 Qc7 14. Nc3 a5 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Na4 Ne6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nb2 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qb8 21. Rea1 Rd8 22. g3 Qb4 23. Nc4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2769)-Abdusattorov,N (2727) Wijk aan Zee NED 2024 1-0 (65)}) 9. Bxe6 ({RR} 9. axb6 axb6 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. c3 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Re8 14. Ne3 Bf8 15. h3 g6 16. b4 b5 17. Qb3 Bg7 18. Bb2 Qb7 19. Nc2 Nd8 20. c4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Ne6 22. Ra1 Nf4 23. Ra5 d5 {Drygalov,A (2431)-Zhapova,Y (2240) Odintsovo RUS 2026 ½-½ (31)}) 9... fxe6 10. d4 $146 ({RR} 10. axb6 axb6 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. c3 h6 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. Nbd2 Qd7 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Qd1 Ng6 18. Be3 d5 19. Qa4 Nb8 20. Qc2 Nc6 21. h3 Bd6 22. Bc1 Qf7 23. Qe2 d4 24. Nf1 b5 {Oro,F (2509)-Lazavik,D (2605) Chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 10. axb6 axb6 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. c3 h6 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. Nbd2 Qd7 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Qd1 Ng6 18. Be3 d5 19. Qa4 Nb8 20. Qc2 Nc6 21. h3 Bd6 22. Bc1 Qf7 23. Qe2 d4 24. Nf1 b5 {Oro,F (2509)-Lazavik,D (2605) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (57)}) 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 d5 13. Qe5 Nxe4 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Nc3 Bb4 16. axb6 Nxc3 17. b7 Rb8 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Ba3 Rf6 20. Qe3 Bxa1 21. Be7 Qe8 22. Rxa1 Rb6 0-1 [Event "AI Cup Play-In Match 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.18"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Gledura, B."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2683"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "239"] [EventDate "2023.09.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Be3 Be6 ({RR} 10... Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. e5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Rd4 19. Na5 Rd2 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Nb3 Ne4 24. Nf4 Rf5 25. Nd3 {Topalov,V (2728)-Carlsen,M (2864) Zagreb 2022 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 10... a6 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Nb8 14. c4 Nbd7 15. b4 c6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Rb1 g6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. a4 Bg7 20. a5 Nh5 21. Qd1 Qe7 22. Na4 Qe6 23. Rc1 Rad8 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 {Esipenko,A (2704)-Kramnik,V (2753) Rostov-on-Don RUS 2024 ½-½ (79)}) 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Nd5 Nb8 $146 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. c4 Nd7 14. b4 Ne7 15. Nc3 Ng6 16. g3 c6 17. h4 Nf6 18. d4 Qc8 19. d5 Qh3 20. Qe2 Be7 21. Qf1 Qg4 22. Nh2 Qd7 23. Rac1 Rec8 24. Red1 cxd5 25. cxd5 Bd8 26. Qe2 {½-½ (26) Panesar,V (2441)-Mirzoev,A (2454) Budapest HUN 2024}) ({RR} 12... Ne7 13. c4 Ng6 14. Qb3 Qc8 15. Rac1 c6 16. Kh2 Qd7 17. Nc3 Ree8 18. Rcd1 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. exd5 Red8 21. d4 e4 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Bf4 Qf5 24. Nxg6 Bxf4+ 25. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 26. Kg1 Rd7 27. Re3 {Begmuratov,K (2506)-Eren,A (2367) Ankara TUR 2026 1-0 (72)}) 13. c4 Nbd7 14. b4 c6 15. Nc3 a6 16. a4 Re8 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Qb3 a5 19. b5 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Ne2 Qd6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qc3 Qc7 24. Rb3 Bd6 25. Reb1 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. Qxa5 Qb1+ 29. Ne1 Bc7 30. Qc3 Qa2 31. Qc2 Qa1 32. Nc1 Ba5 33. Nf3 Bb4 34. Kh2 Nd7 35. Na2 Ba5 36. Nc1 Bb4 37. g3 Nb6 38. Nb3 Qf1 39. a5 Na4 40. a6 f6 41. g4 Kh7 42. Kg3 Nc3 43. Nc1 Ba3 44. Nb3 Ne2+ 45. Qxe2 Qxe2 46. a7 Qxd3 47. a8=Q Qxb3 48. Qxc6 Qxc4 49. Nh4 Qb3+ 50. Kg2 Qf7 51. Nf5 c4 52. h4 h5 53. f3 hxg4 54. fxg4 Bb4 55. h5 c3 56. Nh4 Qa2+ 57. Kh3 Qf2 58. g5 Qe3+ 59. Kh2 Qxg5 60. Nf5 Qxh5+ 61. Kg3 Qg5+ 62. Kh3 Qh5+ 63. Kg3 Qg5+ 64. Kh3 Bf8 65. Qxc3 Qf4 66. Qc4 Qf3+ 67. Kh2 Qf4+ 68. Kh3 Qf3+ 69. Kh2 Qf2+ 70. Kh3 Bc5 71. Qf7 Qf3+ 72. Kh2 Qf4+ 73. Kh3 Qf3+ 74. Kh2 Qf4+ 75. Kh3 Qg5 76. Ng3 Bf2 77. Nf5 Bc5 78. Ng3 Qh6+ 79. Kg4 Qg6+ 80. Qxg6+ Kxg6 81. Nf5 Kf7 82. Kf3 g6 83. Nh4 Bb4 84. Ke2 Kg7 85. Kf3 Kh6 86. Kg4 Be7 87. Nf3 Kg7 88. Ng1 Kf7 89. Nf3 Bc5 90. Nh4 Bf2 91. Ng2 Ke6 92. Kf3 Bc5 93. Nh4 Kf7 94. Kg4 Be3 95. Ng2 Bg5 96. Ne1 Bf4 97. Nf3 Be3 98. Nh4 Bf2 99. Ng2 Bb6 100. Nh4 Ba5 101. Kf3 Bb4 102. Kg4 Bd2 103. Nf3 Bh6 104. Nh4 Bg5 105. Nf3 Ke6 106. Nxg5+ fxg5 107. Kxg5 Kf7 108. Kg4 Kf6 109. Kh4 Kf7 110. Kg4 Kg8 111. Kg3 Kh7 112. Kh4 Kh6 113. Kg4 g5 114. Kf5 Kh5 115. Kxe5 g4 116. Kf5 g3 117. e5 g2 118. e6 g1=Q 119. e7 Qg6+ 120. Ke5 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Sep Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.05"] [Round "11"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2681"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2023.09.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 Bc5 6. O-O O-O ({RR} 6... d6 7. a5 a6 8. Be3 Ba7 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c3 b5 12. axb6 cxb6 13. d4 b5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. d5 Ne7 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. g3 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. b3 a5 21. c4 {Demchenko,A (2619)-Svane,R (2626) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (48)}) 7. Be3 ({RR} 7. a5 a6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Na3 Qd6 16. b5 Nxa5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. c4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qe6 20. Bxa5 Qxh3 21. Qe2 Qg3+ {Dubov,D (2672)-So,W (2753) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (49)}) 7... Bxe3 8. fxe3 d6 9. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 9. Nc3 Be6 10. b3 a5 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. Ne2 c6 13. Ng3 Na6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 exd4 16. exd4 Nd7 17. Rf2 Qb6 18. Raf1 Rf7 19. Nh4 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Rf8 21. Ng6 Rxf2 22. Qxf2 Qd8 23. Qf4 Nf8 {Fedorchuk,S (2565)-Stevic,H (2515) Zagreb CRO 2025 ½-½}) 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 d5 12. h3 Qd6 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rf2 Rf7 15. Raf1 Raf8 16. Qc2 a5 17. d4 Nh5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nxe5 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Nf3 Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Qd6 25. Kf2 Ng3 26. Qd3 c6 27. Kg1 Ne4 28. Nd2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2 Qe6 30. Qd4 c5 31. Qd3 Qc6 32. Qf5 Qd6 33. Qc8+ Kf7 34. Qf5+ Ke7 35. e4 d4 36. e5 Qd5 37. cxd4 cxd4 38. Qf4 d3 39. Qd2 Ke6 40. Kf1 Qd4 41. Ke1 Qg1# 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Play-In Match Div 2"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.09"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Sjugirov, S."] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "196"] [EventDate "2024.05.09"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 Kh8 9. Re1 f6 10. Nbd2 ({RR} 10. a5 Bf5 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Nb3 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Nfd2 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Be6 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Nbd2 f5 18. f3 Bh4 19. Rf1 a5 20. Bf2 Bf6 21. Re1 a4 22. Nb1 Qd7 23. Nc3 e4 24. Nxa4 Bxc4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Lazavik,D (2578) Oslo NOR 2024 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 10. a5 Rb8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc4 14. dxc4 a6 15. Qe2 Qe8 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Rd5 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. c3 Nd3 21. Rd1 Nf4 22. Qc2 Qe8 23. g3 Nxh3+ 24. Kg2 e4 {Matinian,N (2389)-Kollars,D (2634) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (45)}) 10... a6 11. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb3 Nf4 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ne3 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. Nd5 Bd6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Nb6 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bc7 20. a5 Qd5 21. Qe2 Rad8 22. Qe4 Qd7 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Be3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 {Padmini,R (2387)-Kravtsiv,M (2641) Sharjah 2017 0-1 (60)}) 11... Be6 12. Ng3 Bg8 13. c3 Qd7 14. a5 Rad8 15. Bd2 Bc5 16. Qc2 Nde7 17. b4 Ba7 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qf7 22. e4 Ng6 23. Kh2 Rd7 24. Rf1 Rfd8 25. Ne2 Rd6 26. Qb1 h6 27. Kh1 Kh7 28. Rd2 Kh8 29. Rfd1 Qe7 30. Ng3 R6d7 31. Nf5 Qf8 32. N3h4 Nxh4 33. Nxh4 Qf7 34. Nf5 Ne7 35. Ne3 Ng6 36. d4 exd4 37. cxd4 Re8 38. Nf5 Ne7 39. Ng3 Qg6 40. Kh2 Qg5 41. Rf2 Nc6 42. d5 Ne5 43. Rdf1 Ng4+ 44. hxg4 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qxg3 46. Rf4 Rde7 47. R1f3 Qh4 48. Rh3 Qg5 49. Rhf3 Qg6 50. Re3 Re5 51. Qc2 R8e7 52. Qd3 Qg5 53. Ref3 Qg6 54. Re3 Rg5 55. Rg3 Qe8 56. Qc2 Qd7 57. Kh1 Rge5 58. Rc3 Qd6 59. Rc4 Rg5 60. Qf2 Qd7 61. Qf3 Qa4 62. Qe2 Qa1+ 63. Rf1 Qe5 64. Qf3 h5 65. Qh3 Rxg4 66. Rf5 Qa1+ 67. Kh2 g6 68. Rf2 Qe5+ 69. Kg1 Kg7 70. Qf3 Rg3 71. Qd1 Re3 72. Re2 Rxe2 73. Qxe2 f5 74. Qe3 fxe4 75. Rd4 g5 76. Rd1 Qf4 77. Qd4+ Qf6 78. Qe3 Qe5 79. Rd2 h4 80. Rd1 Rd7 81. Rd4 Rxd5 82. Rxe4 Rd1+ 83. Kf2 Qf5+ 84. Qf3 Qxf3+ 85. Kxf3 Rd3+ 86. Kf2 Kf6 87. Rc4 c6 88. Re4 Rd5 89. Kf3 Kf5 90. Rc4 g4+ 91. Ke2 Re5+ 92. Kf2 Re4 93. Rc5+ Kf4 94. Rh5 Rxb4 95. Rxh4 Rb2+ 96. Kf1 Kg3 97. Rh7 Rb1+ 98. Ke2 Kxg2 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Bl Team Final"] [Site "Hong Kong HKG"] [Date "2026.06.21"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventType "k.o."] [WhiteTeam "Endgame.AI"] [BlackTeam "Dragon Chilling"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Rfc1 Rxb5 23. Ba4 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 8... Nb8 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. h4 c5 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Qg4 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Nc6 15. c3 b5 16. h5 a5 17. h6 g6 18. O-O b4 19. f4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rf7 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. Qe2 {Kadric,D (2523)-Pasti,A (2388) Katowice POL 2026 ½-½ (41)}) 9. Bb3 Bd8 10. c4 Ng4 11. O-O $146 ({RR} 11. Bd2 f5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Bc2 a5 14. Bc3 h6 15. Qe2 Qf7 16. O-O-O fxe4 17. dxe4 Nh5 18. c5 Nf4 19. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 20. Bd2 Qf7 21. Be3 Be7 22. Ba4 Rfc8 23. Kb1 Ba2+ 24. Ka1 Nb4 25. Rc1 Be6 {Vokhidov,S (2640)-Sargsyan,S (2664) Yerevan ARM 2025 ½-½ (82)}) 11... Nxe3 12. fxe3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Nc3 Qe7 15. Kh1 c6 16. Qd3 Bb6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. d5 Bc8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Ba4 Qc7 21. b4 a6 22. Bb3 h6 23. Ng1 Be6 24. Nge2 Qa7 25. Rf3 Nh4 26. Rg3 f5 27. Na4 f4 28. Nxb6 fxg3 29. hxg3 Qe7 30. gxh4 Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Bg4 33. Rd2 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Rf2 36. c5+ Kh7 37. Bd1 Bf3 38. Ng3 Rxd2 39. Qxd2 Qxd2 40. Bxf3 dxc5 41. bxc5 Qxe3 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Bl Team Final"] [Site "Hong Kong HKG"] [Date "2026.06.21"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Pranesh, M."] [Black "Murzin, Volodar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventType "k.o."] [WhiteTeam "Chessgurukul"] [BlackTeam "Hexamind Chess Team"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 Ne6 11. Ba2 c6 12. Re1 ({RR} 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qg4 Bxe3 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. fxe3 gxf5 23. exf5 Nef4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Qf6+ Rg7 {Tari,A (2642)-Carlsen,M (2853) Stavanger NOR 2023 0-1 (33)}) 12... Re8 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Ng3 d5 15. b4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 d4 17. Bc1 b5 18. Bd2 c5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qb1 Nd7 22. a4 b4 23. Qa2 Bf8 24. a5 Rc8 25. Rec1 Qb5 26. Rcb1 Nb8 27. Be1 {Puranik,A (2607)-Balaji,A (2304) Munich GER 2026 1-0 (42)}) 13. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qd1 {½-½ (16) Sahakyan,A (2380)-Piliposyan,R (2418) Yerevan ARM 2024}) 13... Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b4 Bg7 16. Bb2 h5 17. Rb1 h4 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Rf1 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Qg5 23. Bc1 Qf5 24. Bd5 Re7 25. Be4 Qf6 26. Nc3 Rd7 27. Qg4 Qd8 28. Bxg6 Nf6 29. Qf5 Nd4 30. Qg5 fxg6 31. Qxg6 Qe8 32. Qg5 Qh5 33. Qxh5 Nxh5 34. Bg5 Nf4 35. Ne4 Nxd3 36. Bxh4 Rc8 37. Rbd1 Rc2 38. Kh1 Nb2 39. Rde1 Nc4 40. f4 Nf5 41. Bg5 Nd2 42. Rf2 Rd4 43. Nc5 e4 44. g4 e3 45. Rg2 Nf3 46. Rxc2 Ng3+ 47. Kg2 Nxe1+ 48. Kxg3 Nxc2 49. Kf3 Rd2 50. f5 Rf2+ 51. Ke4 e2 52. Nd3 e1=Q+ 53. Nxe1 Nxe1 54. Bf4 Re2+ 55. Kd5 Nd3 56. Bb8 a6 57. g5 Be5 58. Ba7 Nf4+ 59. Kc4 Nxh3 60. g6 Nf4 61. Kc5 Ra2 62. Bb6 Rc2# 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.08.07"] [Round "2.19"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2703"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.07.25"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Re1 d6 8. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nf1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. c3 Bf6 13. Be3 g6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Qb5 Qc8 19. Nf3 Ra8 20. h4 Nd8 21. d4 Nf7 22. h5 Rg8 {Van Foreest,J (2671)-Bartel,M (2638) chess24.com INT 2020 0-1 (53)}) ({RR} 8. c3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. d4 Kh8 12. Nb3 ({RR} 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Ncb8 14. Ne4 h6 15. c4 Na6 16. Be3 Qe8 17. Nfd2 Qg6 18. h3) 12... Qe8 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nfd4 Bf6 15. f4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Nb5 Qf7 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Qb3 e5 20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21. f5 h5 22. g3 Kh7 {So,W (2745)-Caruana,F (2777) Zagreb 2025 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 8. c3 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 Re8 11. h3 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Rad1 b6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. e5 Nfd5 19. exd6 Bxh4 20. Nxh4 cxd6 21. Qf3 g6 22. b3 Rad8 {Obrusnik,M (2246)-Mendonca,L (2605) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 8. c3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. d4 Kh8 12. Nb3 Qe8 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nfd4 Bf6 15. f4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Nb5 Qf7 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Qb3 e5 20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21. f5 h5 22. g3 Kh7 {So,W (2745)-Caruana,F (2777) Zagreb CRO 2025 1-0 (50)}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bg3 g6 11. Nc3 Kg7 12. Nd5 Be6 13. c3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 h5 15. d4 Bg4 16. Be2 Bf6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Bxe5 20. Rad1 c6 21. Ne3 Qe7 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Nxa5 h4 24. g4 h3 25. g3 Qe6 26. Nc4 Bf6 27. Kh2 Rfe8 28. Rd2 Bg5 29. f4 Bf6 30. g5 Be7 31. Nb6 Bf8 32. Qc4 d5 33. Qe2 Bc5 34. a5 dxe4 35. Nc4 e3 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. b4 Ba7 38. Ne5 Rd2 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 19th Nov Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.11.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2602"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2024.11.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 a5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 b6 13. h3 ({RR} 13. Bd2 d5 14. Ng3 Bd6 15. Qb5 Rae8 16. d4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 exd4 19. Nxd4) 13... Rf7 14. N1h2 Raf8 15. Bd2 Kh7 $146 ({RR} 15... Nh7 16. Qb5 Bf6 17. Rad1 Na7 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Re2 Kh8 20. Be3 g5 21. Qb5 h5 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. e5 Bd8 25. Ne1 Nb4 26. Red2 Qxb5 27. axb5 c6 28. bxc6 Rc7 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 {Liang,A (2696)-Ponomariov,R (2622) Samarkand 2025 ½-½ (68)}) 16. Rad1 Nh5 17. Qb5 Nf6 18. Be3 Bd8 19. b4 Qe8 20. Qc4 Ne7 21. Qxe6 axb4 22. cxb4 Qxa4 23. d4 Ng6 24. dxe5 Re7 25. Qf5 Nd7 26. Qh5 Ndxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Qg4 Qxb4 29. Bd4 Rg5 30. Qd7 Bf6 31. Be3 Bc3 32. Rb1 Qxe4 33. Rec1 Qxg2# 0-1 [Event "1st 3-0 Thu 22nd Jan 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.01.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "2026.01.22"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 f6 8. d4 Nb6 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 exd4 13. Bf4 Kd7 14. Bxc7 $146 ({RR} 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Nf3 d3 17. cxd3 Re8 18. Nd4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kd8 20. Nb5 Bd7 21. Nxd6 Kc7 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Rc1 Kd6 24. Rxc4 Rc8 25. Rd4+ Ke7 26. Re4+ Kd6 27. Rd4+ Ke7 28. Re4+ Kd6 {Furlan,M (2279)-Centrih,A (2060) Ljubljana SLO 2024 ½-½}) ({RR} 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Nf3 d3 17. cxd3 Re8 18. Nd4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kd8 20. Nb5 Bd7 21. Nxd6 Kc7 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Rc1 Kd6 24. Rxc4 Rc8 25. Rd4+ Ke7 26. Re4+ Kd6 27. Rd4+ Ke7 28. Re4+ Kd6 {Furlan,M (2279)-Centrih,A (2060) Ljubljana SLO 2024 ½-½}) 14... Bb4 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Kxc7 17. cxb4 Bd7 18. Rc1+ Kd8 19. Nd2 axb4 20. a5 Nc8 21. Rc4 Re8 22. Rxb4 Re5 23. Nc4 Rb5 24. Rxb5 Bxb5 25. Ne3 Ra6 26. Nf5 g6 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Bc4 Rd6 29. Nb3 Ne7 30. h3 Bc8 31. Be2 Nc6 32. Bf3 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Rb1 Kc7 35. Rc1+ Kb8 36. Re1 Ra4 37. Re7 Rxa5 38. Rxh7 b5 39. Rf7 Ra6 40. Bd5 b4 41. g4 Rd6 42. Bb3 Rd3 43. Bc2 Rxh3 44. Rxf6 Bxg4 45. Rb6+ Kc7 46. Rf6 Bf3 47. Rf7+ Kd6 48. Rf6+ Ke5 49. Rxf3 Rxf3 50. Bxg6 b3 51. Kg2 Rc3 52. Bb1 Kf4 53. Kf1 b2 54. Ke2 Rc1 55. Bd3 b1=Q 56. Bxb1 Rxb1 57. Kd3 Rb6 58. Kc4 Rd6 59. Kc5 Re6 60. Kc4 Re2 61. Kc5 Rxf2 62. Kd5 Rf3 63. Ke6 Re3+ 64. Kf6 Kf3 65. Kg6 Ke4 66. Kf6 Rd3 67. Ke6 Rd5 68. Kf6 Rf5+ 69. Ke7 Re5+ 70. Kf7 Kd5 71. Kf6 Kd6 72. Kg6 Ke6 73. Kg7 Rf5 74. Kg8 Ke5 75. Kg7 Kf4 76. Kh7 Kg5 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Mar Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.12"] [Round "11"] [White "Pichot, A."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2024.03.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. c3 ({RR} 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O {½-½ (9) Neiksans,A (2605)-Sambuev,B (2448) Montreal CAN 2023}) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. h3 a6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nexd5 14. a5 Re8 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Ndf3 Qd6 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Bd2 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Qc2 Reb8 21. b3 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Ra5 Nb4 {Pichot,A (2644)-Theodorou,N (2622) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 9... Be6 $146 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Bb3 d5 11. a5 Be6 12. Ba4 Nxa5 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. dxe4 c5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Nef3 Nh5 17. e5 Nf4 18. Qe4 Nd5 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Ng3 Nb6 21. Qh4 Bd5 22. Bxh6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxe5 24. Ne4 {Adams,M (2703)-McShane,L (2664) London 2018 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 9... Kh7 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. h3 Be6 12. a5 a6 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Nh2 Ne7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 c6 18. Qa4 f5 19. Ra3 Nf6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Rb3 Rfb8 22. Nf3 c5 23. Qa3 Qf7 24. c4 {Savic,M (2440)-Xu,Z (2494) Sarajevo BIH 2026 0-1 (44)}) 10. b4 Re8 11. Qb3 a6 12. h3 Bf8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd7 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Na5 21. Qb4 b6 22. c4 Nh5 23. Nd5 f6 24. Re4 Nb7 25. g4 f5 26. Nxe5 Qd6 27. Qxd6 cxd6 28. Re2 Nf6 29. Nxg6 Nxd5 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. gxf5 Nf6 33. Ra1 Na5 34. Nf4 Re5 35. Ne6+ Kf7 36. Nd4 Nh5 37. Rxa5 bxa5 38. b6 a4 39. Ne6 Re1+ 40. Kg2 Rb1 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.02"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2674"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2024.07.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 g5 7. a5 Bg7 8. a6 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 g4 9. Nh4 O-O 10. a6 b6 11. h3 gxh3 12. gxh3 Kh7 13. Rg1 Ne7 14. Ndf3 d5 15. exd5 Qd6 16. d4 exd4 17. Qd3+ Kh8 18. Qxd4 Nexd5 19. Be3 b5 20. Bb3 Re8 21. O-O-O Re4 22. Qc5 Be6 {LCZero 0.33-dev-f6ec55c-BT4-6 (3749)-Obsidian dev-16.15 (3714) tcec-chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (77)}) 8... b6 9. O-O ({RR} 9. b4 O-O 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. O-O c6 12. Nbd2 b5 {0-1 (12) De Silva,L (2364)-Sindarov,J (2674) chess.com INT 2024}) 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 c6 13. Bf1 Ng6 14. h3 Qe7 15. g3 Be6 16. Nbd2 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bg2 Rbd8 20. Qe2 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Ne4 Rdf8 23. Be3 Bd5 24. Nfd2 h5 {Santos Ruiz,M (2590)-Tang,A (2523) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (50)}) 10... Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nc4 g4 13. Ne1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qd6 17. Ra4 h5 18. Nc2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. e4 Rad8 21. Ne3 Nf4 22. Nf5 Rxd3 23. Qe1 Rfd8 24. Ra1 Rd1 25. Qxd1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bf6 27. Rf1 Bg5 28. Be3 Qc4 29. Rae1 Qxa6 30. Kh1 Qc4 31. Bc1 f6 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. h4 gxh3 34. gxh3 Qd3 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kf3 Qd3+ 37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 Qxb2 39. Rc1 Qh2 40. Rh1 Qd2 41. Rhd1 Qh2 42. Rh1 Qb2 43. h4 Qd2 44. Rhd1 Qh2 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. Rh1 g4# 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Speed Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.06.27"] [Round "8"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.06.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 h6 10. b4 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Qe8 11. b5 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 a6 14. Rb1 axb5 15. axb5 d5 16. Re1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qg6 19. Qe2 Ra2 20. Qxa2 Qxe4 21. Bd2 Bd6 22. b6 cxb6 23. Rxb6 Nc6 24. Qb1 Qxb1+ 25. Rxb1 {Khubukshanov,E (2523)-Makarian,R (2543) Hong Kong HKG 2026 ½-½ (81)}) 11. Nc4 Nd8 12. b5 Nf7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. a5 Nh7 16. a6 b6 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Ne3 Bc5 21. Nc6 Rde8 22. Ba3 Nf6 23. Nxa7 Bxa3 24. Qxa3 Ne5 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. bxc6 Qxc6 27. f3 Ra8 28. Nf5 Nh5 29. Ne7 Qf6 30. Nxd5 Qg5 31. Ne3 Rfd8 32. a7 Nf4 33. Ra2 Re8 34. c4 Re5 35. Rd2 Ra5 36. Qc3 R8xa7 37. h4 Qxh4 38. Rd7 Rg5 0-1 [Event "Chennai Grand Master Challengers 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Libraray, Chen"] [Date "2024.11.06"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2602"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2024.11.05"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Re1 ({RR} 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qg4 Bxe3 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. fxe3 gxf5 23. exf5 Nef4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Qf6+ Rg7 {Tari,A (2642)-Carlsen,M (2853) Stavanger NOR 2023 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qg4 Bxe3 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. fxe3 gxf5 23. exf5 Nef4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Qf6+ Rg7 {Tari,A (2642)-Carlsen,M (2853) Stavanger NOR 2023 0-1 (33)}) 12... Qc7 13. Be3 ({RR} 13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 g6 17. Qd1 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Nxg5 20. Qd2 Ne6 21. Rad1 Ng7 22. Qh6 Nh5 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Rde2 Re6 26. Qg5 Kg7 27. c4 h6 {Rakotomaharo,F (2429)-Pranav,V (2621) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (69)}) ({RR} 13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 g6 17. Qd1 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Nxg5 20. Qd2 Ne6 21. Rad1 Ng7 22. Qh6 Nh5 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Rde2 Re6 26. Qg5 Kg7 27. c4 h6 {Rakotomaharo,F (2429)-Pranav,V (2621) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (69)}) 13... Rad8 ({RR} 13... Rfd8 14. Qf3 b5 15. Kh1 a5 16. g4 b4 17. Na4 Rab8 18. g5 Nd7 19. h4 Ndf8 20. Rg1 Ng6 21. h5 Ngf4 22. g6 hxg6 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. hxg6 Bf6 25. Rg4 fxg6 26. Rxg6 Kf7 27. Qf5 Rh8+ 28. Kg2 {Sadhwani,R (2676)-Heberla,B (2502) Ankara TUR 2025 ½-½ (34)}) 14. Qf3 Rfe8 $146 ({RR} 14... g6 15. Rad1 Kg7 16. Ne2 d5 17. Ng3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bd6 21. Nxd4 Rfe8 22. c3 Bc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bb1 a5 25. Qe3 Kg8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Qg3 axb4 28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Nf5 {Esipenko,A (2716)-Dubov,D (2714) Krasnaya Polyana 2021 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 14... g6 15. Rad1 Kg7 16. Ne2 d5 17. Ng3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bd6 21. Nxd4 Rfe8 22. c3 Bc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bb1 a5 25. Qe3 Kg8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Qg3 axb4 28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Nf5 {Esipenko,A (2716)-Dubov,D (2714) Krasnaya Polyana 2021 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 14... g6 15. Rad1 Kg7 16. Ne2 d5 17. Ng3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bd6 21. Nxd4 Rfe8 22. c3 Bc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bb1 a5 25. Qe3 Kg8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Qg3 axb4 28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Nf5 {Esipenko,A (2716)-Dubov,D (2714) Krasnaya Polyana 2021 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 14... Rd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rf8 19. Nd1 Ne8 20. c3 Bf6 21. Rd3 Re7 22. Ne3 g6 23. Red1 b5 24. c4 a6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. e5 Bxe5 28. Qxc6 Bxb2 29. Qxb7 {Khelghatdoust,A (2044)-Ezat,M (2294) Muscat OMA 2026 0-1 (48)}) 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. b4 b5 17. Ne2 d5 18. Ng3 a5 19. c3 Rd7 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 d4 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Bd2 dxc3 24. Bxc3 axb4 25. axb4 Qd8 26. Qe2 h6 27. Qc2 c5 28. Rb1 Qc7 29. Rec1 Rc6 30. Qb2 Rxd3 31. Bxe5 Qd7 32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. Qxb5 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxc1 35. Qxd7 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Rxd7 37. Bf4 Rc4 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Re8 Rdd4 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.26"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Santos Latasa, J."] [Black "Indjic, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2024.09.26"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. h3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a5 a6 12. Nbd2 Nde7 13. Qc2 Nf5 14. Bb3 Nd6 15. Nc4 Re8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nxd6 {½-½ (17) Chigaev,M (2628)-Ponomariov,R (2654) Timisoara ROU 2024}) 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 g5 $146 ({RR} 11... Qd7 12. h3 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qf7 14. b5 Na5 15. Ra2 b6 16. N3h2 a6 17. Ng4 g5 18. c4 Nb7 19. Rae2 Nc5 20. Be3 axb5 21. axb5 Nd7 22. g3 Nhf6 23. Nfh2 Nh7 24. Nf1 Ra3 25. d4 h5 26. Ngh2 {Preotu,R (2502)-Demchenko,A (2619) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (69)}) 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qb3 Qe8 16. Nc4 Nh5 17. Nh2 Nhf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rad1 f3 20. g3 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Re3 Rf7 23. Nxf3 h5 24. Qc2 Bh6 25. Nfe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rg7 27. Rd3 Qf6 28. Nd7 Qg6 29. e5 Rxd7 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.02"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"] [Black "Tari, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2641"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 f6 8. d4 Nb6 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 exd4 13. Bf4 Kd7 14. Nd2 ({RR} 14. Bxc7 Bb4 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Kxc7 17. cxb4 Bd7 18. Rc1+ Kd8 19. Nd2 axb4 20. a5 Nc8 21. Rc4 Re8 22. Rxb4 Re5 23. Nc4 Rb5 24. Rxb5 Bxb5 25. Ne3 Ra6 26. Nf5 g6 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Bc4 Rd6 {Kollars,D (2630)-Deac,B (2652) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (76)}) 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Nc4 $146 ({RR} 16. Nf3 d3 17. cxd3 Re8 18. Nd4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kd8 20. Nb5 Bd7 21. Nxd6 Kc7 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Rc1 Kd6 24. Rxc4 Rc8 25. Rd4+ Ke7 26. Re4+ Kd6 27. Rd4+ Ke7 28. Re4+ Kd6 29. Rd4+ Ke5 {½-½ (29) Furlan,M (2279)-Centrih,A (2060) Ljubljana SLO 2024}) 16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Kd8 18. Re4 Bd7 19. b3 Bc6 20. Rg4 g6 21. Rxd4 Kc7 22. f3 Rhe8 23. Kf2 Re7 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Rh4 Kb6 26. Re1 Rde8 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Bg8 h5 29. Rf4 f5 30. Bc4 Kc5 31. Bd3 Kd5 32. h4 Ke5 33. Ke3 Kd5+ 34. Kd2 Ke5 35. Ke3 Kd5+ 36. Kd2 Ke5 37. g3 Re8 38. Be2 Bd5 39. Ke3 Kf6+ 40. Kd3 Ke5 41. Rd4 Rc8 42. Bd1 Rc7 43. c3 b6 44. Kd2 Rf7 45. Ke3 Rc7 46. Kd2 Rf7 47. Ke3 Rc7 48. Rd3 Be4 49. fxe4 fxe4 50. Rd2 Rxc3+ 51. Ke2 Rxg3 52. Kf1 d5 53. Rc2 Rxb3 54. Rc6 Rb1 55. Ke1 d4 56. Rxg6 e3 57. Ke2 Rb2+ 58. Kf3 Rf2+ 59. Kg3 d3 60. Bxh5 Rf1 61. Bg4 Rg1+ 62. Kf3 e2 63. Re6+ Kd4 64. Re4+ 0-1 [Event "UzChess Cup Masters 2024"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2024.06.11"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Yu Yangyi"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2024.06.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 a5 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nc4 Rf7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Qb5 g5 $146 ({RR} 14... Raf8 15. b4 axb4 16. cxb4 Ng4 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Ra8 19. a5 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Rc1 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxb4 23. axb6 cxb6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxc6 Ra1+ 26. Kh2 Bc5 27. Rxe5 Bxf2 28. Re2 Bc5 29. d4 {Padmini,R (2334)-Stefanov,E (2362) Charlotte USA 2024 1-0 (43)}) 15. h3 Raf8 16. Rad1 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. d4 Rg7 19. Kf1 Qe8 20. dxe5 Qg6 21. Ke2 Ncxe5 22. Nfxe5 dxe5 23. f3 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Bc5 25. Kd2 Qg5 26. Qe2 Rd8+ 27. Kc2 Rxd1 28. Nxd1 Qxg2 29. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 30. Kd3 Kg7 31. Rh1 Kg6 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4 Bxb4 34. Ne3 Rd2+ 35. Kc4 Rd4+ 36. Kb5 Bd2 37. Rg1+ Kf7 38. Ng4 Bf4 39. Rh1 Kg6 40. Rg1 h5 41. Nxe5+ Kf6 42. Nc6 Rd3 43. Rh1 Rxf3 44. Rxh5 Re3 45. e5+ Kg6 46. Rh1 Bxe5 47. a5 bxa5 48. Nxa5 Bd6 49. Kc6 Kf5 50. Kd7 Rd3 51. Nc6 Bg3+ 52. Kc8 e5 53. Rh5+ Kf6 54. Nb4 Rb3 55. Nd5+ Kg6 56. Rh8 e4 57. Kd7 Kf5 58. Re8 Bd6 59. Kc6 Rd3 60. Rh8 e3 61. Re8 Be5 62. Ne7+ Ke4 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 7th Apr 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.04.07"] [Round "11"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2026.04.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Bc5 6. b4 Be7 7. Qb3 O-O 8. a4 d6 9. O-O a5 10. b5 Nb8 11. h3 $146 ({RR} 11. Ba3 Nbd7 12. Qa2 c6 13. Nbd2 Nb6 14. bxc6 Nxc4 15. cxb7 Bxb7 16. Nxc4 d5 17. Ncxe5 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Bxe4 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Qc5 Rc8 22. Qd4 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd4 25. cxd4 Rc4 {Sevian,S (2696)-Wang Hao (2684) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (74)}) 11... c6 12. Qa2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nbd2 Qc7 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Be6 21. Qh5 Rac8 22. d5 Qc5 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 24. Nb3 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Nfd4 Bf6 27. Nxe6 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 fxe6 29. Nxa5 Ra8 30. Nb3 b6 31. Kf1 Rd3 32. Rb1 Rxa4 33. Ke2 Rd5 34. Nc1 Re4+ 35. Kf3 Re1 36. Ra1 Kh7 37. Ra6 Rf5+ 38. Kg3 Rxc1 39. Rxb6 Rc2 40. Rxe6 Rfxf2 41. b6 Rxg2+ 42. Kf3 Rg6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 17th Mar 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.03.17"] [Round "10"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Indjic, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2622"] [PlyCount "158"] [EventDate "2026.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Re8 ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Rfc1 Rxb5 23. Ba4 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 8... Qd7 9. Bb3 Bd8 10. c4 Ng4 11. O-O Nxe3 12. fxe3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Nc3 Qe7 15. Kh1 c6 16. Qd3 Bb6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. d5 Bc8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Ba4 Qc7 21. b4 a6 22. Bb3 h6 23. Ng1 {Niemann,H (2742)-Ding Liren (2738) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 8... a5 9. h3 a4 10. Ba2 Na5 11. c4 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. O-O f5 14. Rc1 b6 15. Nxe5 Bf6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. f4 Qb5 19. Rf2 Kh8 20. Bc4 Qd7 21. Kh1 Rfe8 22. Re2 Re7 23. Bf2 {Sevian,S (2688)-Kaliakhmet,E (2321) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (52)}) 9. h3 $146 ({RR} 9. Ba2 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. O-O g6 13. Ng5 Nh5 14. Nf3 f5 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Bd2 Nf8 17. Bc3 Qd7 18. Qd2 Qg7 19. Ng5 Nf4 20. Ne6 N4xe6 21. dxe6 Nxe6 22. d4 e4 23. f3 Kh8 {Komov,R (2239)-Pranav,V (2628) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (44)}) 9... a6 10. Qd2 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bg5 16. g3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qe7 18. h4 Nf6 19. f3 Nh7 20. Bc4 Red8 21. c3 Nf8 22. a4 Nd7 23. a5 Nf6 24. g4 Nh7 25. O-O-O Nf8 26. h5 Nh7 27. Kc2 Ng5 28. Rd3 Qf6 29. Bb3 Qf4 30. Bc4 Qxe3 31. Rxe3 Kh7 32. Rf1 g6 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4 Re8 35. b4 Kg7 36. Bd3 Re5 37. c4 Rae8 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Kc3 Nf7 40. c5 Ra8 41. Ref3 Re7 42. Rf1 Ne5 43. Kd4 g5 44. Rf6 Rd8 45. Be2 Ng6 46. c6 Rb8 47. b5 bxc6 48. dxc6 axb5 49. a6 Ne5 50. Kd5 Rb6 51. a7 Ra6 52. Re6 Rxe6 53. Kxe6 Rxa7 54. Bxb5 Ra5 55. Rb1 Ra8 56. Be2 Re8+ 57. Kd5 Rf8 58. Rb7 Rf7 59. Bd1 Re7 60. Ra7 Nd3 61. Ba4 Nf2 62. Kc4 Nxe4 63. Kb5 Nc3+ 64. Kb4 Nxa4 65. Kxa4 Kf6 66. Kb5 Ke5 67. Ra4 d5 68. Kc5 Re8 69. Ra7 Rc8 70. Ra1 d4 71. Re1+ Kf4 72. Kxd4 Kxg4 73. Re7 h5 74. Ke5 h4 75. Ke6 h3 76. Kd7 Rh8 77. Re1 h2 78. Rh1 Kg3 79. Kxc7 Kg2 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2025"] [Site "Goa IND"] [Date "2025.11.13"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2674"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2025.11.01"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. d5 Nb8 ({RR} 5... Ne7 6. Bd3 Ng6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 h6 9. Nc3 Nh7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Ng5 12. g3 Bg4 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. Be2 Be7 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Bg4 Be8 17. h4 Nh8 18. h5 g6 19. Kg2 Kg7 20. Bh3 {Erdogmus,Y (2716)-Mamedyarov,S (2720) Bengaluru IND 2026 0-1 (82)}) 6. Nc3 Be7 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 8. h3 c6 9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 Na6 11. g5 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nb4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Nh4 g6 17. Ng2 d5 18. exd5 N6xd5 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Bd2 Rab8 21. f3 Qb6 22. Bxb4 Nxb4 {Tanenbaum,Z (2306)-Moldagali,B (2398) Budapest HUN 2025 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 8. h3 c6 9. Be3 Na6 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Bb3 O-O 12. O-O cxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Nb5 Bg6 16. c3 Na6 17. Ne1 Re8 18. Bc2 f5 19. f4 Bh4 20. Qd2 Bh5 21. Bxf5 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxe1 {Bhagat Kush (2352)-Pajeken,J (2475) Copenhagen DEN 2026 1-0 (35)}) 8... c6 9. h3 Na6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Ba2 Be7 16. Nc4 Bd7 17. Rab1 Rad8 18. b4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Ra8 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qf3 Raa8 23. Qf5 Qc7 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. h4 Bd8 26. h5 Qe7 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Bb3 Ba5 29. Rc4 Rad8 30. Qf3 Kh8 31. Ne2 d5 32. exd5 cxd5 33. Rg4 e4 34. Qf5 e3 35. Bxd5 exf2+ 36. Qxf2 Bb6 37. Kh1 Nd3 38. Qxb6 Qxe2 39. Rxd3 Qxg4 40. Kg1 Qxa4 41. c4 Qa1+ 42. Kf2 Qe5 43. Qd4 Qxh5 44. Rg3 Qf5+ 45. Kg1 f6 46. Kh2 Rfe8 47. Qb6 Qh5+ 48. Rh3 Qe5+ 49. Rg3 Qd6 50. Qa7 Re7 51. Qf2 Re5 52. Kg1 Rde8 53. Kf1 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Open Playoffs"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2026.04.23"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. c3 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. Nf1 Qf7 13. h3 Nd7 14. N1h2 d5 $146 ({RR} 14... Kh8 15. Ng4 Qg6 16. Bd2 Kh7 17. Qe2 a5 18. b5 Nd8 19. d4 Nf7 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. dxe5 Nfxe5 22. Nfxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qc4 Bh4 25. Be3 Rf3 26. Kf1 Rf7 27. Rd2 Ref8 28. Bc5 Qg3 29. Qe2 {Sindarov,J (2745)-Dubov,D (2654) chess.com INT 2026 0-1}) 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Ng4 Kh8 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Re2 Qg6 19. Kh1 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Rf8 21. Nh2 Qh5 22. Qd1 Qxh3 23. Re1 d4 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Ne7 26. Rg1 Nc5 27. Rg3 Qh5 28. Qe2 dxc3 29. Bxc3 Ng6 30. Qe3 Nf4 31. d4 Nb3 32. Rag1 exd4 33. Bxd4 Nxd4 34. Qxd4 Ng6 35. e5 Bxe5 36. Qg4 Qxg4 37. Rxg4 Bxh2 38. R1g2 Ne5 39. Rxg7 Nxf3 40. Re7 Bf4 41. Rg4 Ng5 42. Rh4 Rf6 43. Kg2 Bd6 44. Rd7 b6 45. Ra4 Rf7 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 11th Nov 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.11.11"] [Round "8"] [White "Bacrot, E."] [Black "Sarana, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2675"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2025.11.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Re1 Qd6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O-O 11. Rb1 ({RR} 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qf3 f5 15. gxf5 Rdf8 16. Qd5 gxf5 17. Qe6+ Kb8 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Kg2 Ne7 20. Rb1 c6 21. f4 Ng6 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Ba6 b6 24. Bf4 Re8 25. d4 Nf7 {Bjerre,J (2636)-Christiansen,J (2658) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 11. Be3 f5 12. g4 fxg4 13. Ng5 Be7 14. Be6+ Kb8 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rde8 18. Rab1 Rhf8 19. Re4 Re6 20. Qg2 Rg6 21. Rg4 h6 22. Be3 Rxg4 23. Qxg4 g5 24. Kf1 Qd5 25. Ke2 Qxa2 {Cieslak,P (2494)-Samunenkov,I (2595) Pasching AUT 2026 0-1 (39)}) 11... f5 12. g4 $146 ({RR} 12. Qe2 h6 13. Qe3 f4 14. Qe4 Bg6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. Qf3 Be7 19. d4 g5 20. d5 Na5 21. Bb5 Qxd5 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Nxg5 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Bf6 25. Bxf4 Bxc2 26. Rbc1 Ba4 {Kocharin,T (2332)-Khanbutaev,A (2085) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (34)}) 12... fxg4 13. Ng5 Be7 14. hxg4 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qg6 16. f4 exf4 17. Be6+ Kb8 18. Bxd8 Nxd8 19. Qf3 b6 20. Bf5 Qxf5 21. gxf5 Bxf3 22. Rf1 Bd5 23. c4 Bf7 24. Rxf4 Nc6 25. Kf2 g6 26. Rh1 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Bg6 28. Rf6 Nb4 29. Ke2 Rd8 30. Kd2 Nxa2 31. c5 Nb4 32. c6 a5 33. Rhf1 Ka7 34. Re1 b5 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2026.03.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Ng5 ({RR} 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Rfc1 Rxb5 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 a6 $146 ({RR} 9... Nd7 10. Nf3 a5 11. Qe2 Qe8 12. O-O-O f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Ne4 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qg6 18. f3 Rf8 19. c5 Be7 20. Rhd1 c6 21. cxd6 cxd5 22. dxe7 dxe4 23. exf8=Q+ Nxf8 24. Qc4+ {Aravindh,C (2689)-Lortkipanidze,N (2363) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) ({RR} 9... Nb8 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 c6 12. O-O-O a6 13. f4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Nf3 b5 16. g4 Nb6 17. c5 Nc4 18. f5 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Ne4 Qa7 21. Qf2 Rfb8 22. b3 Nxa3 23. Ba5 Bf8 24. g5 {So,W (2752)-Lazavik,D (2578) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (45)}) 10. h3 Qd7 11. Qd3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Nb4 14. Qc4 Nxc2+ 15. Qxc2 Qxb5 16. Nf3 Rfb8 17. Ra2 d5 18. Nxe5 Nxe4 19. Nc6 Re8 20. a4 Bb4+ 21. Kd1 Qb7 22. Kc1 Re6 23. Nd4 Ree8 24. Rd1 c5 25. Nb5 d4 26. Bf4 Qd5 27. Kb1 Ba5 28. f3 Nf6 29. Ra3 h6 30. Nd6 Re6 31. Nc4 Bb4 32. Ra1 Qb7 33. a5 Nd5 34. Bc1 Rb8 35. Qf5 Nc3+ 36. bxc3 Bxc3+ 37. Bb2 Bxb2 38. a6 Qb3 0-1 [Event "Corus-B"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2004.01.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Fressinet, Laurent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2636"] [Annotator "Lukacs,Peter"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2004.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 099"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.03.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 d5 $5 {This move looks rather paradoxal, but after c2-c3 this freeing move gains some strength.White has no natural development by ?c3 and × d3 may become weak in some cases.} (7... Na5 8. Bc2 c5 {is the "Closed Ruy Lopez" solution.}) (7... h6 {and}) (7... Bg4 {are the other alternatives without any extravaganza.}) 8. Qe2 (8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 (9. h3 {against ?g4, ? ?e1 × e5.} Nb6 {clearing the d ? looks more to the point. At least ?d2-e4 cannot come so quickly.} (9... Bf6 10. Nbd2 {The ? can be hitted by ?e4.} Nf4 (10... Nce7 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. d4 exd4 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qxd4 $14 {and the doubled pawns yield White a slight edge in the ?, Kuczynski-Romanishin, Dresden DSV 1988.}) 11. Ne4 Qxd3 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bxf4 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 exf4 15. Rfe1 {Black is a ? up, but look at those ugly pawns!} Bf5 16. Nd4 $14 {Nevednichy-Romanishin, Nis op 1996}) 10. Re1 Bf6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 {Black's ? structure is again corrupted, but what a difference!} 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Na3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Rfe8 $11 {Svetushkin-Kuzmin, Alushta 1999}) 9... Bg4 $142 (9... Bf6 10. Bc2 (10. Na3 {? ?c4 × e5} Bg4 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ncxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Bxd3 17. Bg5 {White has the ?, but his ? is weakened.} Qd6 18. Re3 Qg6 19. Bf4 Bc4 20. Qf3 c6 $11 {Alekseev-Silivanov, RUS-Cup Togliatti 2001}) 10... Bg4 (10... g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ng3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nb6 (17... Nf6 18. Ba4 $1 $16 {Yudasin-Romanishin, SU-ch Simferopol 1988}) (17... f5 18. Bb3 $14) 18. Ne4 $14) 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Ne4 Bh5 (12... Rb8 $5 {against ?a4 and ?c5.}) 13. Bb3 b6 14. Ba4 $1 {This is the hidden threat!} Re6 15. Ng3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 {The light-squared ? is really missing in this type of position.} Na5 17. Bd2 $16 {Gavrikov-Kupreichik, SU-ch otbor 1977}) 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 c6 {White has won the e ?, but the position resembles a bit to the Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack.} 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. Re1 f5 16. g5 f4 (16... Bf7 $5) 17. h4 Qd7 {½:½ Palekha-Varavin, Sudak 2002}) (8. Nbd2 dxe4 {If Black has to take on e4, then it is better to do it right now.} (8... a6 {Once more against ?a4.} 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 {After giving up the tension in the ? Black has some problems on the light squares.} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nc4 (13. Nf1 Bg6 14. Ng3 Nh5 15. Nxh5 Bxh5 16. Bd5 Qe8 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nxe5 Bxe2 20. Nxc6 Bd3 21. e5 Bc5 22. Be3 $14 {securing the extra ?,Torre-Ivanchuk, Biel 1989.}) 13... h6 14. Bc2 $14 {and the ? on h5 is out of place, Kosten-Conquest, London 1989.}) 9. dxe4 Bc5 (9... a6 10. Qe2 {- 8...a6}) 10. h3 (10. Qe2 {- 8.?e2}) 10... Qe7 {This setup gives more chances for Black for equalization.} 11. Re1 (11. Nh4 g6 (11... Rd8 12. Qf3) 12. Qf3 Ne8 (12... Nh5 13. Nf5 $14 {Beshukov-Zarnicki, Najdorf Festival op 1998}) 13. Qg3 Ng7 $13 {parrying the immediate threats.}) 11... Be6 {Now both black bishops have reached their optimal positions.} 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. Qc2 Nh5 {? ?f4} 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Bb6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Ne3 Nf4 $132 {Zapolskis-Mikhalchishin, EU-chT 1999}) 8... dxe4 (8... d4 $143 {allows the typical reaction} 9. Ba4 {again.} Bg4 10. Bxc6 (10. Nbd2 dxc3 11. bxc3 $14 {Kudrin-Kuzmin, Kusadasi op 1990}) 10... bxc6 11. h3 $14) 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Bg5 {White wants to use the pin provoking some weakening moves on the ?.} (10. Ba4 {is not so effective here.} Qe7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. b5 {weakening irreversibily × c5.} Nb8 14. Nc4 Nbd7 15. Ne3 Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 $11 {Mencinger-Mikhalchishin, SLO-chT Bled 1998}) (10. Nbd2 Nh5 {? ?f4} 11. Nc4 Bg4 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qf6 14. Ne1 {The ? is rather useless here.} Rad8 15. f3 Be6 16. g3 a5 17. a4 Rd7 18. Nd3 b6 $15 {Galliamova-Romanishin, GMA op Moscow 1989}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 {? ?e6} 12. Nbd2 (12. Bd5 $5 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nbd2 $14 {with some play on the weakened light squares.}) 12... a6 $146 ({RR} 12... g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Ne1 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nd3 Ne5 17. Qh5 Kg7 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qxe4 20. Nxg5 Qf5 21. h4 hxg5 22. Bc2 Qxc2 23. Qxg5+ Qg6 24. Qxc5 Rg8 25. Kh2 Kh7 26. Qd5 c6 27. Qf3 {Borsuk,Y (2116)-Ragger,M (2428) Heraklion 2004 0-1}) ({RR} 12... g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bd5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nd8 16. b4 Bb6 17. Nc4 c6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bb3 b5 20. Nh2 Be6 21. Qh5 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Kh7 24. Ng4 Qe6 25. Rd1 b6 26. Rd7 Re8 27. c4 {Narva,R (2000)-Exler,V (2208) Riga 2017 1-0 (34)}) 13. Nc4 Be6 (13... g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Ne3 (15. Rad1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4) 15... Nxg3 16. hxg3 $14 {targeting × d5 and f5.}) 14. Bc2 (14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qe6 $11 {and Black leaves the pin without any weakening move.}) 14... g5 15. Bg3 Bg4 (15... Nh5 16. Nfxe5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxa2 19. Nc6 Qe6 20. Bd3 Qxc6 21. Rxa2 $14 {and the ? may help White's ? on the ?.}) 16. b4 (16. Ne3 $14) 16... b5 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nh5 19. Bb3 Rad8 20. Bd5 Rd6 21. Qc5 Bxf3 22. Bxc6 {White allows Black to create some tactical counterchances on the ?.} (22. gxf3 Nd8 $14) 22... Nf4 $1 {This is an original idea!} (22... Nxg3 23. hxg3 Qf6) 23. gxf3 Qe6 $1 {? ?h3} 24. Bxf4 gxf4 $1 {opening up the g ?.} (24... Rxc6 $2 {is out of question:} 25. Qxe5 gxf4 26. Qxf4 Kh7 27. Rac1 Qxa2 28. Kh1 $16) 25. Kh1 $2 ({The last chance to defend was} 25. Bxb5 $1 Qh3 $1 (25... axb5 26. Rfd1 $1) 26. Qxd6 $1 {White sacrifices his ?, but the arising position after} cxd6 27. Be2 Kh7 28. Kh1 {is a tough nut to crack.}) 25... Qh3 $1 {Now Black's ? is hard to parry.} (25... Rxc6 $4 26. Rg1+ $18) 26. Rg1+ Kh7 27. Rg2 (27. Bd7 Qxf3+ (27... Rxd7 $2 28. Qxf8 Qxf3+ 29. Rg2 Rd1+ $11 {leads only to an immediate draw.}) 28. Rg2 {- 27.?g2}) 27... Qxf3 ({or} 27... Rg8 28. Rxg8 Kxg8 29. Rg1+ Kh7 $19) 28. Bd7 (28. Rag1 Rg8 $19) 28... Rg8 29. Bf5+ Kh8 30. Qxe5+ f6 31. Bg4 Qxg2+ $1 $19 {and the game is over.} 32. Kxg2 fxe5 33. Kh3 Rd3+ 34. f3 Rxc3 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. Kh4 Kf6 37. Kh5 Rg5+ 38. Kh4 Rc2 39. h3 Rxa2 40. Rc1 Ke7 41. Rxc7+ Kd6 42. Rh7 Rg6 43. Kh5 Rf6 44. Rd7+ Kc6 45. Rd5 a5 46. bxa5 Rxa5 47. Rxe5 Ra8 48. Re7 b4 49. e5 Rff8 50. Kg6 b3 51. Bd7+ Kc5 52. Bf5 Ra6+ 53. e6 Rxf5 54. Kxf5 b2 55. Rb7 Rb6 56. Rxb6 Kxb6 57. e7 b1=Q+ 0-1 [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2024"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2024.12.07"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Idani, P."] [Black "Karthikeyan, M2."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2024.12.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 ({RR} 9. a5 a6 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Kh7 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. c3 d5 15. Re1 Ng8 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. Qb3 Qc8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nf6 21. Qc2 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 e5 {Niemann,H (2730)-Nakamura,H (2792) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (51)}) 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 Nh5 $146 ({RR} 11... a5 12. c3 b6 13. Ng3 Kh7 14. d4 Nd7 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Nh2 Rae8 17. Rad1 Rf7 18. f3 Qh4 19. Ne2 Ref8 20. Qd3 Qe7 21. Qc4 Ndb8 22. Bf2 h5 23. Kh1 Qe8 24. Rfe1 Bh6 25. b4 exd4 26. b5 {Salinas Herrera,P (2494)-Kamsky,G (2616) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (66)}) 12. c3 d5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. b4 g5 15. Re1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rxf3 19. Rd7 Rc8 20. Red1 b6 21. b5 Na5 22. Nh5 Bf8 23. h4 Rf7 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Kh7 27. Re8 Be7 28. Rc8 Bd6 29. Re8 Be7 30. Rc8 Bd6 31. Re8 Re7 32. Ra8 Kg6 33. Ng3 c6 34. Rd8 Ba3 35. Rg8+ Rg7 36. Re8 Re7 37. Rg8+ Rg7 38. Re8 cxb5 39. axb5 Re7 40. Rg8+ Rg7 41. Re8 Be7 42. Rc8 Bd6 43. Re8 Re7 44. Rg8+ Kf7 45. Rxg5 Nc4 46. Nh5 Na3 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rg6 Nxb5 49. Bh6+ Ke8 50. Bg5 Rh7 51. Bh6 Nc7 52. Kf1 Be7 53. f4 exf4 54. Bxf4 Nb5 55. Ng3 Rf7 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 10th Mar 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "7"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Lazavik, Denis"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2605"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2026.03.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 a5 10. Na3 Qd7 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nc4 b6 13. h3 Rad8 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Na3 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rf7 18. d4 Nxe4 19. Bxh6 d5 20. Bc1 Rdf8 21. dxe5 Qe8 22. Nxc7 Qc8 23. Nxe6 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Nxe5 25. Nxf8 {Caruana,F (2794)-Dubov,D (2710) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Be3 Qe8 12. Qb3 Nd8 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. d4 Qg6 15. Bd2 Rxf3 16. Na7 Rb8 17. Nb5 c6 18. Na3 exd4 19. Qd1 Rf8 20. cxd4 e5 21. Bxa5 Ne6 22. f3 Nxd4 23. Kh1 Nf6 24. Bc3 Ne6 25. Nc4 {Sevian,S (2696)-Vershinin,I (2325) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (33)}) 11. Nc4 h6 12. h3 ({RR} 12. Bd2 b6 13. b4 axb4 14. cxb4 Nh7 15. b5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. f4 Nf6 18. Qb3 Kh7 19. Rf1 d5 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Nc6 Bc5 22. e5 Nd7 23. Rf3 g5 24. Raf1 g4 25. R3f2 Rf5 26. Qc2 Qg6 {Duda,J (2739)-Pranav,V (2661) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (47)}) 12... b6 $146 ({RR} 12... Rf7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Raf8 15. Bd2 b6 16. Bc3 Nh7 17. d5 Nd8 18. Re3 Ng5 19. Ncd2 e5 20. Rc1 Rf4 21. Nxg5 Bxg5 22. Nf3 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Bxc1 25. Qxc1 Qxh3 26. Bd2 Qxf3 27. Qxc7 {Hou Yifan (2609)-Ju,W (2570) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (36)}) 13. Bd2 Nh7 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Bc3 Qe8 19. Qd3 Bc5 20. Ncd2 Rd8 21. Qc4 Ng5 22. Re2 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Qg6 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd5 26. Kf1 Rfd8 27. Ke2 Ne7 28. Nd2 Nc6 29. Nb3 Bb4 30. f4 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Ne7 32. Nd4 Kf7 33. g4 Rc5 34. Nb5 Nd5 35. c4 Nb4 36. Rd1 Rxd1 37. Kxd1 Nd3 38. Kc2 Nf2 39. Rd4 Nxh3 40. Kc3 g5 41. fxg5 Nxg5 42. Rf4+ Ke7 43. Kd4 Nf7 44. Re4 Nd8 45. Na7 Nf7 46. Re3 Kd7 47. Re1 c6 48. Rh1 Kc7 49. g5 Nxg5 50. Rxh6 Kb8 51. Rg6 Nf3+ 52. Ke4 Nxe5 53. Rg7 Nxc4 54. Rd7 Nb2 0-1 [Event "TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2024"] [Site "Walbrzych POL"] [Date "2024.10.14"] [Round "8.25"] [White "Volokitin, And"] [Black "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2024.10.07"] [WhiteTeam "PEGOW TOWER"] [BlackTeam "KSz Miedz Legnica"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Bc5 7. Re1 Be6 8. Nbd2 ({RR} 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Qh4 11. Qf3 Rae8 12. Qg3 Qh5 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Na3 f6 15. Qf3 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Nxc6 Nb6 18. Rxe6 Qxe6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nbd4 Qd7 {0-1 (20) Nasuta,G (2552)-Ohanyan,E (2489) chess.com INT 2023}) 8... O-O $146 ({RR} 8... f6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. d4 O-O 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qd6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. e4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Rf2 19. Qg5 Rdf8 20. Bxd5 Qb4 21. c3 Qb5 22. h3 Bxh3 23. gxh3 {Wilk,I (2228)-Ohanyan,E (2456) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (35)}) 9. Nxe5 Qh4 10. Ndf3 Qxf2+ 11. Kh1 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Ne3 13. Bxe3 Bxe3 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qf1 Rf6 16. Re4 Qxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Bb6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. d4 c6 20. c3 h6 21. Kg1 Bc7 22. Nd2 Kf7 23. g3 Rd8 24. Nc4 b5 25. Ne3 h5 26. Rh4 Rh8 27. Nc2 g5 28. Rhe4 h4 29. g4 a5 30. Ne3 h3 31. Nf1 Rh4 32. Ne3 Rf4 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Nxf1 Bf4 35. Ng3 Rxg4 36. Kh1 Rh4 37. Re1 Rh8 38. Ne4 Rd8 39. Nf2 c5 40. dxc5 Rd2 41. Kg1 Rxb2 42. Nxh3 Bxh2+ 43. Kh1 Bg3 44. Nxg5+ Kg6 45. Ne4 Bxe1 46. c6 Bg3 47. Nxg3 Rf2 48. Ne4 Rf7 49. Nd6 Rc7 50. Nxb5 Rxc6 51. Kg1 Rc5 0-1 [Event "1st 3-0 Thu 23rd Jul 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.07.23"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Andreikin, D."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2026.07.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. a4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a5 ({RR} 7. h3 Be6 8. O-O Qd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Ne7 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. Nh2 Nf4 15. Ng4 Be7 16. h4 c6 17. g3 Ne6 18. c3 h5 19. Ne3 g6 20. Qf3 Kg7 21. Kh2 Bf6 {Narayanan,S (2658)-Caruana,F (2792) Warsaw 2021 1-0 (33)}) 7... a6 8. O-O Be6 9. Nd5 h6 $146 ({RR} 9... Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. d4 Nbxd5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 c6 14. c3 Bd6 15. Nd3 Re8 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. h3 h6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Ra4 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Rxa6 Qb7 22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Bxh6 Bf8 24. Bg5 {Xiong,J (2656)-Khanbutaev,A (2165) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (31)}) 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 Bf8 12. b3 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2 Nexd5 16. Nxe4 c6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Be3 Qf5 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. c3 h5 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Kh2 f6 25. Ra4 g5 26. Be3 g4 27. Qd1 Re4 28. Rb4 Qh7 29. Rb6 Qd7 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. g3 Be7 32. Bf4 Qe6 33. Rxb7 Re2 34. Qf1 Qe4 35. Bh6 Kf7 36. Qg2 Qf5 0-1 [Event "TechM GCL 2025"] [Site "Mumbai IND"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2025.12.14"] [WhiteTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] [BlackTeam "Fyers American Gambits"] 1. e4 {Tactical Analysis 7.0} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 d6 8. Be3 Qe7 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 ({RR} 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qd7 13. f3 Nh5 14. Nde2 Qf7 15. g4 Nf6 16. f4 O-O-O 17. O-O-O) 11... g5 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. b4 d5 15. Qe2 d4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 Qe7 ({RR} 17... Rhg8) 18. Rb1 Nd7 19. O-O Nde5 20. Nh5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Be5 22. b5 ({RR} 22. Qd1) 22... axb5 23. Rxb5 {Caruana,F (2776)-Gukesh,D (2787) Stavanger NOR 2025 [Tactical Analysis 7.0] 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 ({RR} 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. d4 Bxd5 14. exd5 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qc3 Rc8 17. f4 c5 18. fxe5 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxe5 20. Qd2 Qh4 21. Rhf1 f5 22. Bf4 Rfe8 23. Kb1) 10... Nd7 11. g5 h5 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Nf6+ Nxf6 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng5+ Kg7 16. Rg1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Bh6+) ({RR} 8... Ne7 9. Ba2 b6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Qf3 O-O ({RR} 12... c5 13. Nde2 Nf5) 13. O-O-O a6 14. g4 Nd7 15. Rhg1 Kh7 16. Nf5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Ng8 18. Kb1 ({RR} 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rg1+ Kh7 20. Bd5 c6 ({RR} 20... Bxd5 21. Qg4 Qf6 22. Nxd5) 21. e5 Nxe5 ({RR} 21... f6 22. Qh5) ({RR} 21... cxd5 22. Qg4) 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. Ne4 Qh8 24. Bxh6 ({RR} 24. Ng5+ hxg5 25. Bxg5) 24... Nxh6 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Nxf7+) ({RR} 18. Bd5 Bxc3) 18... Qe7 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bd4+ ({RR} 20. f6+ Ngxf6 21. Bxh6+ Kxh6 22. Qf4+ Kh5) ({RR} 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Bd5 c6 22. Qg3 f6 23. Be6) 20... f6 ({RR} 20... Ngf6) 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Rg6 ({RR} 22. Qh5) 22... Rf7 23. Bd5) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Qa6 c5 15. Qc6 O-O 16. Qxc7 Rac8 17. Qa5 Nb6 18. Qa6 d5 19. Nd1 Nc4 20. O-O Kh7 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. b3 Rb6 23. Qa4) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 Nh5 12. g3 Kh7 13. Kg2 d5 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Nh4 Qf7 16. Rf1 Rad8 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. exd5 exd5 19. Ne2 Nf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kh2 e4 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf3 {Sevian,S (2688)-Gholami Orimi,M (2530) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 8... a6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 g5 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. b4 d5 15. Qe2 d4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Rb1 Nd7 19. O-O Nde5 20. Nh5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Be5 22. b5 axb5 23. Rxb5 {Caruana,F (2776)-Gukesh,D (2787) Stavanger NOR 2025 1-0 (50)}) 9. Qd2 Be6 $146 ({RR} 9... Nd8 10. g4 c6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 Ne6 13. O-O-O Nxg5 14. Bxg5 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. h4 Nh5 17. Ne2 d5 18. Ng3 f6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Be3 Kf7 21. Nxh5 Rxh5 22. f4 d4 23. Qg2 Qc6 24. Qxc6 {Gruenwald,A (1674)-Brener,I (2107) Berlin 2003 0-1 (37)}) 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. d4 Ne4 15. Qd1 exd4 16. Nexd4 Ne7 17. Bf4 c5 18. Be5 Nf6 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Nf4 b6 22. h4 Ng4 23. Bxg7 Rxf4 24. Be5 Rff8 25. Qd3 Nf5 26. Rad1 Re6 27. Bf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qf7 29. g3 Nf6 30. Ne5 Qe6 31. Re2 Re8 32. Re1 Qc8 33. Bxh6 c4 34. Qf3 Ne4 35. Ng4 Re6 36. h5 Ng5 37. Qxd5 Nf3+ 38. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 39. Kh2 Qe6 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qf8 gxh5 42. Nf6+ Kg6 43. Ng8 Qf7 44. Qd8 Nxh6 0-1 [Event "Candidates m2"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Yudasin, Leonid"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "Schussler,Harry"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1991.01.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Kh8 ({RR} 9... Nb6 10. Qe2 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 f6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Rb1 Bf8 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Ne7 17. Ne3 Bh5 18. d4 e4 {0-1 (18) Degenbaev,A (2242)-Caruana,F (2786) chess.com INT 2023}) 10. a4 $2 (10. h3 $142 $14) ({RR} 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 f5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Nb6 15. Bb3 f4 16. Nf1 Bd6 17. Re1 f3 18. g3 Qd7 19. Be6 Qc6 20. d4 Rae8 21. Bg5 Qb5 22. Bd2 Bd3 23. Qb3 Qa6 24. Re3 c5 {Panic,V (2043)-Preobrazhenskaya,D (2278) Belgrade SRB 2026 0-1 (41)}) 10... f6 11. a5 Rb8 12. Nf1 $146 ({RR} 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Nxe5 {1-0 (14) Hendriks,W (2395)-Van de Oudeweetering,A (2395) Netherlands 2004}) 12... Be6 13. Qa4 a6 14. Bxa6 Nxa5 15. Qxa5 Ra8 16. Qb5 Nb6 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qb3 bxa6 19. d4 e4 20. N3d2 f5 21. d5 Rb8 22. Qa2 Bf6 23. Rad1 Na4 24. Nc4 Bb5 25. Na5 Nxb2 26. Qxb2 Bxf1 27. Qa2 Bb5 28. c4 Bd7 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. dxc6 Qe8 31. Qxa6 Bc3 32. Rf1 f4 33. Ba7 Ra8 34. Qb7 f3 35. Qxc7 Be5 36. Qd7 Rxa7 0-1 [Event "TechM GCL 2024"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2024.10.03"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Radjabov, T."] [Black "Mamedyarov, S."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2024.10.03"] [EventType "team"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 g5 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bc2 $146 ({RR} 10. Nf1 Qd6 11. Ng3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Na5 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc4 15. Qd1 Qe6 16. Nd2 Rhe8 17. Qf3 Bd3 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Qf5 Nc6 20. Ke2 Rd7 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. h4 g4 23. Nc4 b5 24. Nd2 Nd4+ {Burke,J (2583)-Bora,S (2462) Dulles USA 2023 ½-½ (65)}) 10... Qd7 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 f5 14. O-O O-O-O 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bd2 Rhe8 17. Rad1 e4 18. dxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qe6 22. Bxd8 Nxd8 23. Rde1 Nf7 24. Qe3 Kb8 25. Re2 Nd6 26. g4 Qxa2 27. h4 Qd5 28. g5 Nc4 29. Qf4 Be5 30. Qf7 Qc5+ 31. Qf2 e3 32. Qf7 Nd6 33. Qf3 Qc4 34. g4 Ne4 35. Qf7 Qc6 36. Rxe3 Bd6 37. b4 Rf8 38. Qa2 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Ng3+ 40. Kf2 Qh1 0-1 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.31"] [Round "7"] [White "Gledura, B."] [Black "Sargissian, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2672"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2024.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Re1 Kh8 10. Nf1 Nb6 11. Bb3 f5 12. Ne3 f4 13. Nd5 Ra6 14. h3 Bf6 15. d4 g5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd4 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bg7 20. Bc2 Bf5 21. Bd2 c5 22. dxc6 Bxc2 {Savic,M (2409)-Atalik,S (2414) Bajina Basta SRB 2025 ½-½}) ({RR} 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Na3 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. Nf5 d5 15. Ng3 b6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Re6 18. Bc1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Qb5 g6 22. Qc4 Nd7 {Sevian,S (2698)-Esipenko,A (2683) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (89)}) ({RR} 8. Re1 Kh8 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Bb5 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf1 c6 14. Be2 d5 15. e5 Bf5 16. Ne3 Bg6 17. Bd2 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. Ng4 Bd8 22. Nge5 Be4 {Nemeth,M (2432)-Ivanisevic,I (2547) Pasching AUT 2026 ½-½ (49)}) 8... Nd7 9. Be3 Bf6 10. Qa3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Nf8 12. b4 Be6 13. b5 Nb8 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. d4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Re6 20. Qb3 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Rf6 22. Rdf1 Qe7 23. Qd5 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Rb8 25. Nf3 h6 26. Nh4 Nf6 27. Qa2 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Ng6 Kh7 30. Nh4 e5 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Rf5 Re8 33. Nf3 Nxe4 34. Nxe5 Nd6 0-1 [Event "PCA-op"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Yudasin, Leonid"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2655"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.09.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bc2 c5 9. h3 Nc6 10. Re1 Re8 ({RR} 10... Qc7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Qh5 Rfe8 18. b4 Nf8 19. bxc5 Qa5 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Bf4 Nxc2 23. Nxc2 Qa4 {0-1 (23) Bortnyk,O (2588)-Wang,H (2712) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 11. d4 h6 ({RR} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 d5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Bb3 Nf4 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nc4 Bf6 20. Be3 Qd5 21. Rc1 h6 22. b3 Red8 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qg3 c5 25. Bf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 {Warmerdam,M (2533)-Vrolijk,L (2519) Amsterdam NED 2026 0-1 (36)}) 12. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 12. d5 Nb8 13. b4 Nbd7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. a4 cxb4 16. cxb4 a5 17. Na3 axb4 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Qb1 b6 20. Qxb4 Nc5 21. Nd2 Bd7 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. Nc3 Bd8 24. Rb1 Qc7 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Ra5 {Tiviakov,S (2659)-Narayanan,S (2350) Chennai 2012 1-0 (57)}) 12... dxc5 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Nc4 Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Nh2 c4 18. Qf3 b5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Re6 21. Nf1 Bc5 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Qf3 a6 24. g3 Nh7 25. h4 Nf8 26. Nf5 Qc6 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Ne3 Rd8 29. Re2 Rf6 30. Qh5 Nfg6 31. Kh2 Re6 32. Nf5 Nf8 33. Qg4 Rg6 34. Qh5 Re6 35. Bd2 Nh7 36. Qg4 Nxf5 37. exf5 Nf6 38. Qh3 Red6 39. Be1 Qf3 40. Qf1 e4 41. a4 Ng4+ 42. Kg1 e3 43. fxe3 Bxe3+ 44. Rxe3 Qxf1+ 45. Kxf1 Nxe3+ 46. Kf2 Nxc2 47. Rc1 Nxe1 48. Rxe1 Rd2+ 49. Kf3 Rxb2 50. axb5 axb5 51. f6 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.10.16"] [Round "1.11"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2025.10.13"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 a5 9. Nc4 ({RR} 9. a4 O-O 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Qc2 b6 15. Ba2 Nh5 16. Ne3 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. e5 Rc8 21. Ra3 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qd1 Nf4 {Vidit,S (2727)-Nakamura,H (2789) Toronto CAN 2024 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 9. a4 Qe7 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ne3 Qd7 12. Re1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 f6 15. d4 g4 16. Nfd2 O-O-O 17. Ne4 b6 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Ncd6+ cxd6 20. Bxd5 Ne7 21. c4 Kb8 22. b4 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qb7 {Fedorov,A (2388)-Soham Roy (2181) Ahmedabad IND 2026 1-0 (32)}) 9... Be6 10. Ne3 d5 11. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nf5 Bf6 14. Re1 Be6 15. Ng3 g4 16. Nd2 h5 17. Nc4 h4 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Qb5 Qd5 21. a4 f6 22. Be3 b6 23. Rad1 Qxb5 24. axb5 Nd8 25. d4 Bxc4 {Parfenov,V (2193)-Srihari,L (2500) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 11... O-O 12. h3 a4 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Nh2 d4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 a3 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Rb1 e4 20. dxe4 Ne5 21. Qd1 d3 22. Ba4 b5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 bxa4 25. bxa3 d2 26. Re2 Nc4 27. e5 Qxf5 28. Rf2 Ne4 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.10"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Dominguez Perez, L."] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2748"] [BlackElo "2648"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2024.05.10"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a5 b6 9. axb6 Nxb6 10. Bb5 Nb4 11. Bd2 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 11... a5 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bc6 Ra6 15. Nbd2 Nd7 16. Bb5 Rb6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc4 Rb5 19. Re1 Bb7 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Nxa5 Bd5 22. Nc4 e4 23. Nce5 Qb5 24. dxe4 Bb7 25. Ng4 Qxb2 26. Qd3 {Dominguez Perez,L (2741)-Aronian,L (2748) Saint Louis USA 2025 ½-½ (53)}) 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Qd6 16. gxh5 Qxc6 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. Ng4 f5 19. Nh2 Bd6 20. Nc3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. b3 Rb4 23. Nf3 Rf4 24. Kg2 Rg4+ 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Rg1 gxf3+ 27. Kf1 Qxh5 28. Ra4 Re8 29. Re4 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Qh3+ 31. Ke1 Bb4+ 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Open PlayIn1"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.03.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Artemiev, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2641"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2026.03.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O Kh8 8. h3 Nd7 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Ba2 Ng8 13. d4 Bf6 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Qd3 Ng6 16. Rad1 Nh4 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qf1 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Qf6 21. c3 Qh6 22. Bb1 Nhg6 23. g3 {Ilkhanipour,R (2070)-Darshan G (2191) Sheki AZE 2026 1-0 (60)}) 9. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Ba2 Nb6 10. g4 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. Re1 Rae8 13. b4 Bd8 14. Be3 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. c4 Ng6 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Be7 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Bd6 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Qe1 Qd8 {Aronian,L (2772)-Artemiev,V (2700) Warsaw 2021 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 9. Ba2 Nb6 10. g4 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. Re1 Rae8 13. b4 Bd8 14. Be3 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. c4 Ng6 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Be7 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Bd6 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Qe1 Qd8 {Aronian,L (2772)-Artemiev,V (2700) Warsaw 2021 0-1 (60)}) 9... Nb6 10. Ba2 f5 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d4 Qg6 15. dxe5 Be4 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qxg5+ 18. Kh1 Nxe5 19. Qe2 Rf4 20. Rg1 Qf5 21. Qe3 Rf8 22. Rg2 g6 23. Rf1 Qxc2 24. f3 Qf5 25. Bb1 Qh5 26. Rg3 Nd5 27. Qb3 Rh4 28. f4 Rhxf4 29. Rxf4 Nxf4 0-1 [Event "Bullet Chess Losers 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.21"] [Round "6.17"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2023.07.18"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Nf1 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Ng3 Re8 12. O-O h6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bf8 16. Re1 $146 ({RR} 16. Bf4 g6 17. a4 b4 18. Qd2 d5 19. e5 Nc4 20. Qc1 Qb6 21. Nf3 Ng4 22. h3 Ngxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxh6 Bc5 25. a5 Qd6 26. Qg5 Bxh3 27. Qh4 Ng4 28. Bg5 Re2 29. Bd3 Rxf2 30. Qxh3 Qxg3 {Bronstein,D (2435)-Hebden,M (2455) London 1989 0-1 (31)}) 16... Bb7 17. Qf3 Nc4 18. Ngf5 Rc8 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Qh3 Ng6 21. Be3 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bb3 Qf6 24. Qg3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qg5 26. Rf1 Ne5 27. Rf4 Qxg3 28. hxg3 Rc7 29. Raf1 g6 30. Nh4 g5 31. Rf5 gxh4 32. gxh4 Bg7 33. Rh5 Bc8 34. Bd5 Bg4 0-1 [Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2024"] [Site "Melilla ESP"] [Date "2024.10.18"] [Round "7.19"] [White "Anton Guijarro, D."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2024.10.12"] [WhiteTeam "MYINVESTOR CASABLANCA"] [BlackTeam "FCC MEDIO AMBIENTE BENALMADENA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Be3 ({RR} 12. Re1 Qc7 13. g3 Rad8 14. Kg2 Rfe8 15. h4 a6 16. h5 h6 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 d5 19. e5 Nh7 20. d4 Qb6 21. Ne2 c5 22. c3 cxd4 23. cxd4 f6 24. Qd3 fxe5 25. dxe5 Nc5 26. Qf3 Kh8 {Gabrielian,A (2419)-Pranav,V (2621) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (39)}) 12... Qc7 13. Qf3 Rad8 14. a5 $146 ({RR} 14. Rfe1 Kh8 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Ne2 d5 17. Ng3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Nf5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qc7 22. g4 Ng8 23. Qe3 a5 24. Rd3 g6 25. Nxe7 Qxe7 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. f3 Qc5+ 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ {Palczert,M (2438)-Berczes,D (2361) Budapest HUN 2026 ½-½ (45)}) 14... b5 15. axb6 axb6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ra6 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. g4 h6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Rf8 22. Qg2 d5 23. Bh6 Bc5 24. Kh1 Nh5 25. Qg4 Qf7 26. Kg2 Nf6 27. Qg3 Nh5 28. Qg4 Nf6 29. Qg3 b5 30. Bg5 b4 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Nd1 dxe4 33. dxe4 Rd8 34. Ne3 Rd2 35. Ng4 Qg6 36. Kg1 Qg5 37. c3 b3 38. Qxe5 Qe7 39. Ra1 Ba7 40. c4 Rd3 41. Ra6 Qd7 42. Ra1 Qf7 43. c5 Rxh3 44. Ra6 Qg6 45. Qf4 Bxc5 46. Rxc6 Bd4 47. Kg2 Rh4 48. f3 Kh7 49. Rc7 Rh5 50. Rb7 Be5 51. Qf7 Qg5 52. Qd7 Rh2+ 0-1 [Event "1st 3-0 Thu 14th May 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.05.14"] [Round "10"] [White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"] [Black "Sarana, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2626"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2026.05.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Na5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Nbd2 c5 14. c3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. b4 a6 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. c4 Qd6 21. Qc2 Nh5 22. Nb3 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Ra5 Qb6 25. Rea1 Bb7 {Hristodoulou,P (2358)-Kovalev,V (2582) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Nbd2 c5 14. c3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. b4 a6 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. c4 Qd6 21. Qc2 Nh5 22. Nb3 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Ra5 Qb6 25. Rea1 Bb7 {Hristodoulou,P (2358)-Kovalev,V (2582) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (40)}) 11... Bf8 12. d4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. d5 Bb7 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Re2 a5 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nc5 21. Rb1 a4 22. Bd2 Reb8 23. Bc3 Qb3 24. Nd2 Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rb7 26. Nf1 Rab8 27. f3 f6 28. Nfe3 Kf7 29. h4 g6 30. g4 Ne6 31. Kf2 Rb3 32. Rh1 a3 33. bxa3 Rxa3 34. h5 Rbb3 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. Bb4 Ra4 37. Rh7+ Ng7 38. Bd2 Bxd5 39. Nxd5 Raa3 40. Be3 Rb1 41. Rc2 Raa1 42. c5 dxc5 43. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 44. Rxc5 Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Nc3 Kg8 47. Rh1 Ne6 48. Rc8+ Kg7 49. Kd3 Rf2 50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Rb1 Nf4 52. g5 Re2# 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.09"] [Round "11"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2024.07.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 Be7 ({RR} 6... g5 7. a5 Bg7 8. a6 b6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nc4 g4 13. Ne1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qd6 17. Ra4 h5 18. Nc2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. e4 Rad8 21. Ne3 {Caruana,F (2796)-Sindarov,J (2674) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (46)}) 7. a5 O-O ({RR} 7... a6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Qb3 Rfd8 12. Nf1 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Bf8 14. Qc2 b6 15. axb6 cxb6 16. Ne3 b5 17. Bd2 Qb7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nb8 20. Ra5 Nd7 21. Be3 Be7 22. Rea1 {Nomin-Erdene,D (2328)-Antova,G (2203) Batumi GEO 2026 0-1 (63)}) ({RR} 7... a6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Ng3 g6 14. d4 Re8 15. d5 Ne7 16. c4 Nd7 17. b4 c5 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. Nd2 Rec8 20. Qf3 Kg7 21. h4 h5 22. Ne2 {Niemann,H (2667)-Melkumyan,H (2640) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (73)}) 8. a6 b6 $146 ({RR} 8... bxa6 9. Bxa6 d5 10. Nbd2 Bc5 11. O-O Bxa6 12. Rxa6 Bb6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Re1 Re6 15. Ra4 a5 16. Nf1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nd7 18. Be3 Rd6 19. Raa1 Nc5 20. Red1 Nd3 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Ne3 Rc8 23. g3 {Hedman,E (2269)-Pantzar,M (2449) Stockholm SWE 2024 ½-½ (42)}) 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Nf1 Rf7 14. h3 Rdf8 15. Ng3 Qc8 16. Be3 Nd7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Ndb8 19. Qe2 Nb4 20. Rec1 c5 21. e5 d5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Nc2 d4 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. Bd2 Rxf2 27. Qg4 Kh8 28. Nh5 Bd8 29. b4 Nc6 30. bxc5 Nxe5 31. Qxd4 Bc7 32. Qe4 Qf7 33. Ng3 Nf3+ 34. gxf3 Rxf3 35. Ne2 Qh5 36. Qg4 Qe5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Qxf3 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Rxf3+ 41. Ke1 Qf2# 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.09"] [Round "10"] [White "Bacrot, E."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2024.07.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 ({RR} 8. a3 a6 9. Ba2 Qe7 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c4 Nd7 13. O-O Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. b4 g5 16. Nh2 c6 17. f4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bxh3 19. gxh3 gxf4 20. Qxf4 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Ne5 {Martinez Alcantara,J (2603)-Kamsky,G (2610) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (39)}) 8... Be6 ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. a3 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 c6 14. b4 Qe6 15. b5 d5 16. Bc5 dxc4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. dxc4 O-O 19. O-O Qc5 20. Qe2 Nh5 21. Kh2 Nf4 22. Qa2 Rad8 23. bxc6 {Sitnic,A (2040)-Radzimski,A (2410) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 8... a6 9. a3 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. g4 Ne7 12. O-O-O c5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Rf8 15. f4 b4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Bb3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bc6 20. Bxd6 Bxa4 21. Bxb4 Qb5 22. Bc4 Qb6 23. Rhf1 {Bacrot,E (2633)-Tang,A (2529) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (55)}) 9. O-O $146 ({RR} 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. O-O c5 14. Nb3 c4 15. Nd4 h5 16. Bg5 Qb8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Nf5 O-O 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ f6 22. Qxc4 Ra7 23. Qc3 Rb7 {Kayumov,S (2425)-Prasanna,R (2179) Dubai 2007 1-0 (52)}) 9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Rfe1 Nxe3 12. Bxe6 Nxg2 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Kxg2 Rf8 15. Re4 Kg8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Rg4 Kh7 18. Ne4 Ne7 19. Rg1 Nd5 20. Kf1 Rxf3 21. Rxg6 Rg8 22. Ng5+ Kxg6 23. Nxf3+ Kh7 24. Qe2 Qxh3+ 25. Ke1 Qf5 26. Nh4 Qf4 27. Qh5 Qc1+ 28. Ke2 Nf4+ 29. Kf3 Qxg1 30. Qf5+ Ng6 31. Ke2 Rf8 32. Qe4 Rxf2+ 33. Ke3 Qe1# 0-1 [Event "CrunchLabs Masters PlayIn"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Puranik, A."] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2671"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2024.07.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a3 d6 7. h3 h6 ({RR} 7... Kh8 8. Nc3 Ng8 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qd3 Ne7 13. Bd2 a6 14. Rad1 b5 15. Ba2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. f4 Qe8 18. b3 Qc6 19. Kh2 Rad8 20. Kh1 Qc5 21. b4 Qc4 22. Qxc4 {Nevednichy,V (2566)-Fressinet,L (2638) Warsaw 2005 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Bf6 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. Ne4 h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. c3 b6 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Rad1 Re6 17. Qa4 Be7 18. b4 Rg6 19. Kh2 Qd7 20. Rg1 Qe6 21. b5 Na5 22. Ne1 {Hofer,F (1783)-Boyer,J (1691) Biel SUI 2026 0-1 (66)}) 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nd5 Re8 $146 ({RR} 9... Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nh2 Bf8 13. Ng4 Nh7 14. f4 f5 15. Nh2 exf4 16. Bxf4 g6 17. Qd2 Bg7 18. Bxh6 Bxb2 19. Rae1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. c3 Qf6 24. Bf4 {Canelli,D (2060)-Ricca,R Asti 1997 1-0 (37)}) 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Ba2 Nb8 12. c4 Nbd7 13. d4 c6 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. d5 Bc8 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. c5 Nbd7 18. cxd6 Nb6 19. Be3 Qxd6 20. Qe2 Be6 21. Red1 Qc7 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rd2 a5 24. Rad1 Be7 25. Rd3 Nbd7 26. Nh4 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Nf5 Bf8 29. Qf3 g6 30. Ne3 h5 31. Na4 Kg7 32. Nc4 Qb7 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Be7 35. g5 Nh7 36. Rd7 Qb5 37. b3 Nxg5 38. Qe3 Rh8 39. f3 Nh3+ 40. Kf1 Nf4 41. Kg1 Bg5 42. Qa7 Rf6 43. Rb7 Ne2+ 44. Kg2 Nf4+ 45. Kg1 Ne2+ 46. Kg2 Be3 47. Qxe3 Nf4+ 48. Qxf4 exf4 49. Rxb5 cxb5 50. e5 Rf5 51. Nd6 Rg5+ 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 31st Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.01.31"] [Round "7"] [White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"] [Black "Hansen, Eric"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2023.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 d6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O Na5 8. Be3 Nxc4 ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bb3 b5 10. Ne2 h6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Qd2 Bf8 13. Rae1 a6 14. Nh2 Nxb3 15. axb3 d5 16. Qc1 dxe4 17. dxe4 a5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nd7 20. e5 Nc5 21. Kh1 Be6 22. Qe3 a4 23. bxa4 {Martinez Alcantara,J (2619)-Vasquez Schroeder,R (2470) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (58)}) ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Ne2 d5 12. Ng3 Nxb3 13. axb3 c5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 f6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Qe4 Bc6 18. Qh4 Ne7 19. Bc3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ng6 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Ne4 Nh4 23. Re3 {Petersen,M (2236)-Tekeyev,Z (2407) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 9. dxc4 Be6 10. Qd3 c6 11. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 11. Rad1 Qa5 12. Bg5 Rad8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. a3 Qa6 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. b3 Qxa3 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Qe3 Qb4 19. Ra1 Ra8 20. Rfd1 Be7 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Ng5 a6 23. Na4 Qa7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. c5 Rad8 {Kempf,A (1847)-Schroeder,J (2311) Frankfurt 2012 0-1 (46)}) 11... Qc7 12. Ng5 Bc8 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. b3 h6 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. a4 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. a5 b6 21. a6 Rac8 22. Re1 Qb8 23. Red1 Bd7 24. Qd3 b5 25. Be3 b4 26. Ne2 d5 27. Ng3 d4 28. Bd2 c5 29. Nh4 Rc6 30. Nhf5 Bf8 31. Rf1 Re6 32. f4 Bc6 33. Rae1 Rde8 34. fxe5 Nd7 35. Nh5 Nxe5 36. Qe2 Ng6 37. Qf3 Qc7 38. Nhg3 Ba8 39. Qg4 Rxa6 40. Nh5 Rae6 41. Nhg3 Ne5 42. Qh4 Qd8 43. Qf4 d3 44. c3 a5 45. Ra1 Qd7 46. Qe3 Ng6 47. Rxa5 Bxe4 48. Nxe4 Rxe4 49. Qf3 Re2 50. Rd1 R8e5 51. Ng3 Nh4 52. Qf4 Rxg2+ 53. Kf1 Qxh3 54. Qxh4 Qxh4 55. Kxg2 Qg4 56. Rf1 Re2+ 57. Rf2 Bd6 58. Ra8+ Kh7 59. Rxe2 Qxg3+ 60. Kf1 Qf3+ 61. Rf2 Qh1# 0-1 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2018.08.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2766"] [Annotator "Roiz,Michael"] [PlyCount "178"] [EventDate "2018.08.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 186"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.09.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 {This is the most ambitious setup. Black doesn't fear exposing the ?e5 and aiming for active piece play.} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 (8. a4 {is another common continuation.}) 8... Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 {A typical approach - the ?c4 lacks good squares for retreat, so mostly Black manages to exchange it.} 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Re8 ({Akso good enough is} 12... f5 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7 15. Bd2 (15. a4 a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 {Wei,Y - Vidit,S Abu Dhabi 2016 CBM 172 [Vidit,S] was fine for Black}) 15... a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 $11 {Nepomniachtchi,I - Karjakin,S Saint Louis 2017}) 13. Bg5 ({Black shouldn't face any problems also after} 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Nh4 a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. h4 Bf8 19. h5 Nd7 $11 {Eggleston,D - Postny,E Bad Wiessee 2013}) 13... f6 (13... Qd7 14. Ng3 {could have transposed to a position from the above-mentioned note.} Bg6) 14. Be3 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ng3 $146 {This seems too passive, even though it was earlier played by a World Champion.} (16. g4 Bf7 17. c4 Bf8 18. Kh2 a5 19. Rg1 {led to double-edged play.}) ({RR} 16. g4 Bf7 17. c4 Bf8 18. Kh2 a5 19. Rg1 Bg6 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Rad1 c5 22. Nh4 Qe7 23. Qe2 Qe6 24. Rg3 a4 25. Rdg1 Kh8 26. Qf3 Rab8 27. Bc1 Rbd8 28. Nf5 Nb8 29. h4 h6 30. Qe3 Nc6 {Sivuk,V (2491)-Khalifman,A (2617) Voronezh 2014 0-1 (56)}) ({RR} 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Nd5 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. Re2 Bf8 20. Rd2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Qd5 22. b4 a5 23. c4 Qd4 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. Nxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (25) Aryan,B (1864)-Schellmann,F (2033) Cagliari 2019}) 16... Bf7 $146 {This position has been tested a few times on the top level. Seemingly, Black's pair of bishops more than compensates for some structural drawbacks.} 17. c4 {This innovation doesn't change the unfavourable character of play for White.} (17. d4 {Carlsen,M - Aronian,L Leuven 2016,} {can be well met by} exd4 $1 18. Nxd4 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Nc4 20. Qc1 Qd5 $15 {and White is under definite pressure.}) 17... Bb4 $1 {Interrupting the coordination between White's pieces.} 18. Re2 ({Hardly better is} 18. Rf1 Bf8 19. b3 c5 20. Nh4 Nd7 $15) 18... Bf8 19. b3 c5 {Alexander is reasonably focussed on neutralising any possible counterplay of his opponent.} ({Another promising way of handling the position was} 19... a5 $5 20. d4 e4 21. Nd2 Bg6 $15 {Black has excellent attacking prospects on the kingside.}) 20. Qe1 (20. Nh4 a5 21. Ne4 Nd7 $15) 20... a5 {Now White is doomed to passive defence.} 21. Rd1 a4 22. Nd2 $6 {This is too passive.} ({After} 22. Ne4 Nd7 {White's knight would be chased from the centre soon. However, it was still the better way.}) 22... Qd7 23. Nb1 axb3 24. axb3 Bg6 25. f3 {Hikaru has managed to avoid the loss of material, but this isn't the real achievement. Black has both the pair of bishops and a big space advantage.} Rad8 26. Qf2 (26. Nc3 Qc6 27. Ra2 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Bxd3 $17 {wouldn't yield Hikaru any compebsation for the pawn.}) 26... Qc6 27. Red2 Nd7 {Alexander isn't in a hurry. He is intending to reach the perfect setup and then push f6-f5.} 28. Nc3 h6 29. Kh1 Kh8 30. Nb5 Bh7 {The last preparations.} 31. Ra2 f5 {Finally it comes!} 32. Bc1 Nf6 (32... Be7 $5 33. Ne2 Qb6 34. Bd2 Ra8 $17) 33. Nc3 $6 ({More to the point was} 33. f4 $1 e4 34. Qf1 exd3 35. Rad2 Ne4 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 $15 {, and White partly manages to activate his pieces.}) 33... Qb7 34. Rb2 g5 {Black's expassion on the kingside continues.} 35. Rb1 Qc6 36. Bb2 Kg8 37. Nf1 $2 {Suddenly this natural move turns out a decisive mistake.} ({Had Hikaru played} 37. Ra1 Qb7 38. Qc2 $17 {his position would be very passive, but Black should still find a way to breakthrough.}) 37... Nh5 $1 {That's the point! Black's knight enters White's camp with great effect.} 38. Nd5 {This is temporary activity.} (38. Ne3 f4 39. Ned5 Qb7 40. Ne4 Bxe4 41. dxe4 c6 42. Nc3 Qxb3 $19) 38... Qd6 39. Ng3 c6 $1 40. Nc3 ({After} 40. Nxh5 cxd5 41. cxd5 f4 42. Rbc1 Bg6 43. g4 Bxh5 44. gxh5 Qxd5 45. Rc4 Qf7 $19 {White would have too many weaknesses, but maybe it still was the most stubborn?}) 40... Nf4 {Now the ?d3 falls.} 41. Qf1 Nxd3 42. Nce2 Qe6 ({A more energetic move was} 42... e4 $1 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Nf5 Qe6 45. g4 e3 $19) 43. Bc3 Rd6 44. Rd2 Red8 45. Rbd1 Bg6 46. Nc1 {Obviously, White cannot deal with such a powerful ?d3 for too long.} Nxc1 47. Rxd6 Bxd6 48. Rxc1 Rb8 (48... e4 {was also good enough:} 49. Qe1 e3 $19) 49. Ra1 {A desperate attempt to complicate matters.} Rxb3 50. Ra8+ Rb8 51. Ra6 Bf8 52. Qe2 Bg7 {Alexander prefers to cover the long diagonal.} ({Again, a simpler way was} 52... e4 $1 53. fxe4 f4 54. Nf1 Qxe4 $19) 53. Ra7 Re8 54. h4 gxh4 {Now there are 3 extra pawns!} 55. Nf1 f4 56. Nd2 Re7 57. Rxe7 Qxe7 58. Ne4 {The perfect location of White's knight makes Black's task much tougher.} Bf7 59. Kh2 h3 {GM Grischuk gives up one of his extra pawns in order to leave the opponent's king exposed.} 60. gxh3 Qe6 61. Qg2 Kh7 62. Qc2 Kh8 63. Qb2 Kh7 64. Qc2 Qg6 65. Qe2 Be6 66. Qf1 Bf5 67. Qe2 Qh5 68. Nf2 {Another blunder.} ({In the event of} 68. Qf1 Bxe4 69. fxe4 Qg6 70. Qd3 h5 71. Be1 Bf8 72. Bf2 {Black's position would still be winning, but some technique is required.}) 68... Qh4 69. Ne4 ({Or} 69. Be1 Qg3+ 70. Kh1 Bxh3 71. Qe4+ Kh8 $19) 69... Qxh3+ 70. Kg1 Qh5 {The rest is just na agony.} 71. Be1 Bxe4 72. Qxe4+ Qg6+ 73. Kh2 Qxe4 74. fxe4 Kg6 75. Kh3 Kh5 76. Bh4 f3 77. Bf2 Bf6 78. Be1 Bg5 79. Bf2 Be7 80. Be1 Bd8 81. Bg3 Kg5 82. Bxe5 Bf6 83. Bd6 f2 84. Kg2 Bd4 85. Kf1 Kg4 86. Ke2 h5 87. Kf1 h4 88. Bh2 h3 89. Ke2 Be3 0-1 [Event "Airthings Masters Div 2 L"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.02.08"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Andreikin, D."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2708"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2023.02.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Qf3 ({RR} 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qg4 Bxe3 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. fxe3 gxf5 23. exf5 Nef4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Qf6+ Rg7 {Tari,A (2642)-Carlsen,M (2853) Stavanger NOR 2023 0-1 (33)}) 12... Nd4 13. Qd1 Ne6 14. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 14. Ne2 d5 15. Ng3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bc5 18. Kf1 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ke2 h6 22. a4 Kf7 23. f3 a6 24. Bd2 Bd4 25. c3 Ba7 26. a5 Nd7 27. Nf1 Nf6 28. Be1 Ne8 {Panesar,V (2441)-Moksh,A (2391) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 g6 18. Rd1 Kg7 19. Rfe1 a5 20. a4 h5 {½-½ (20) Pavlidis,A (2577)-Nisipeanu,L (2577) Dusseldorf GER 2026}) ({RR} 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Ng3 g6 17. c3 Kg7 18. d4 d5 19. dxe5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qg4 Nc5 22. b4 Nd3 23. Rxe4 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 a5 25. Qe2 axb4 26. axb4 b5 27. Re1 c5 28. Qxb5 cxb4 {Sevian,S (2687)-Dubov,D (2708) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (61)}) 14... Re8 15. Qf3 Nd4 16. Qd1 Ne6 17. Ne2 d5 18. Ng3 Bc5 19. b4 Bb6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 g6 22. Kh1 Kg7 23. Rb1 h5 24. b5 Qe7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Bb4 Qd7 27. Ne2 Rad8 28. Bc3 Nc5 29. f4 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Qxd3 31. Bxd3 Rxd3 32. Bxe5 Rxa3 33. Rf3 Ra4 34. Nc3 Rc4 35. Rd1 Bc5 36. Kh2 a5 37. Rb1 Bb4 38. Rd3 h4 39. Na2 Rxe4 40. Nxb4 axb4 41. Rd6 Re6 42. Rxe6 fxe6 43. Rc1 Kf7 44. Rxc6 Nd5 45. Ra6 g5 46. Ra7+ Ke8 47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. Ra7+ Kc6 49. Ra6+ Kb5 50. Rxe6 gxf4 51. Re8 Nb6 52. Kg1 b3 53. Kf2 b2 0-1 [Event "45th Olympiad 2024"] [Site "Budapest HUN"] [Date "2024.09.16"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Rodshtein, M."] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2024.09.11"] [WhiteTeam "Israel"] [BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"] [BlackTeamCountry "UZB"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Kh8 8. c3 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Ba2 Nb6 10. b4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 13. exf5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf5 15. Ne4 a5 16. Bd2 axb4 17. axb4 c6 18. c4 Nd4 19. Bc3 d5 20. Ng3 Na4 21. Bd2 Bh4 22. cxd5 cxd5 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Artemiev,V (2697) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Ne2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 d5 11. Ba2 dxe4 12. fxe4 Qd7 13. Kg2 Nh5 14. Ng1 Nf4+ 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. h3 Rad8 17. Qg4 Qd4 18. Rab1 Rd6 19. Qxf4 Rg6+ 20. Kf1 Bg5 21. Qf5 Ne7 22. Qf3 Qe5 {Arshiya Das (2200)-Vershinin,I (2297) Novi Sad SRB 2026 0-1 (76)}) 8... Nd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bc5 13. Qe2 Bg6 14. Bc2 a5 15. Qb5 Bb6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rd1 f6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Bf7 21. Bb3 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Rad8 23. Rd5 {Alonso Moyano,J (2365)-Espinosa Veloz,E (2380) Havana 2007 0-1 (46)}) 9. d4 Nb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nbd2 a5 13. h3 Bh5 14. b3 f5 15. c4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf7 17. Bd3 Na6 18. Qc2 Bg8 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Be3 c6 21. Nc3 Ndc5 22. Be2 h6 23. Qb2 e4 24. Nd4 Bg5 25. Qd2 Qf6 26. Bf1 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Bh7 28. Rae1 Rae8 29. g3 Nc7 30. b4 cxd5 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Ndb5 Nxb5 33. Nxd5 Qd4 34. Qxa5 Nd6 35. Qc3 Rf7 36. Qc1 Nf5 37. Rd1 Qe5 38. f4 Qe6 39. Rb3 b5 40. Rxb5 Nxg3 41. Rb6 Qc8 42. Kh2 Nf5 43. Be2 Qd8 44. Rg1 Ref8 45. Bh5 Rd7 46. Qb2 Bg8 47. Bg4 Bxd5 48. cxd5 Rxd5 49. Rg2 Nd4 50. Rg6 Qc7 51. Qf2 Rxf4 52. Qg3 Rxg4 53. hxg4 Nf3+ 54. Kh3 Qf7 55. Qb8+ Kh7 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.12.06"] [Round "1.25"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2859"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2022.11.23"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 {ChessBase II} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 a6 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Nd5 a5 ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 Bf8 13. Bd2 h6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bc3 e4 16. Nd4 Nb6 17. Nf5 Nbxd5 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qd2 b5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qf4 Nh5 22. Qg4 g6 23. Ne3) 9. Ng5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Ba2 a4 13. Kh1 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. d4 Ng6 17. c3 d5 18. Bb1 Bd6 19. Bf5 Re8 20. Qf3 h6 21. Nh3 Nh4 22. Qf2 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Rapport,R (2702) Wijk aan Zee 2017 CBM 177 [ChessBase II] ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 c6 13. Ba2 Bg5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ne6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Rf3 Rae8 18. Raf1 f6 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Kh8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6) 8. Nd5 ({RR} 8. Bg5 b5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bb3 b4 11. Nd5 bxa3 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Rxa3 Bb7 14. Bd5 a5 15. Qa1 Rfb8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Rxa5 Rxa5 18. Qxa5 Rc8 19. Qd2 h6 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Qe2 c5 22. h3 Be6 {Wipf,A (1509)-Grueter-Schmid,H (1684) Biel SUI 2026 1-0 (58)}) 8... Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Bf6 $146 ({RR} 9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. f4 c6 12. Ba2 Be6 13. f5 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 Bg5 15. Qg4 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Qf6 17. b4 c5 18. Qf4 Qe5 19. Rf1 b6 20. Raa1 a5 21. g4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 axb4 23. Rff1 bxa3 24. Rfb1 {Hofmeister,F (1620)-Banzhaf,S (1436) Playchess.com INT 2020 1-0 (53)}) 10. b4 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Be3 c6 13. a4 d5 14. a5 d4 15. Bd2 h6 16. h3 Qd6 17. Kh2 Kh7 18. g3 Be7 19. Kg2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Qe2 Qd7 22. Rh1 Rae8 23. Rae1 Bd8 24. g4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Qxg4+ 26. Kf1 Rxf3 27. Qe4 Rxf2+ 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.12.09"] [Round "2.38"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2022.11.23"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 g6 ({RR} 12... Nb4 13. Nxb4 cxb4 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. a5 Rc8 16. Ra4 b5 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Rea1 Rc5 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rb8 22. h4 h6 23. Qa2 Qb3 24. Rxa5 Qxa2 25. R1xa2 Rxc3 26. Rd2 Rbb3 27. Ra6 {So,W (2748)-Aronian,L (2748) Saint Louis USA 2025 ½-½ (43)}) 13. c3 Bg7 14. Qd2 $146 ({RR} 14. Qc1 Kh8 15. Qg5 f6 16. Qe3 f5 17. Qg5 Qd7 18. Qh4 h6 19. Ne3 Bxa2 20. Rxa2 Qf7 21. Nd5 Kg8 22. Nd2 h5 23. f3 Bh6 24. Nc4 Rad8 25. b3 Kh7 26. Qh3 f4 27. Rf1 Bg5 28. g4 fxg3 {Hansen,S (2213)-Arngrimsson,D (2366) Reykjavik ISL 2024 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 14. h3 Kh8 15. Qd2 f5 16. b4 fxe4 17. Ng5 Bh6 18. Nxe6 Bxd2 19. Nxd8 Bxe1 20. Ne6 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 e3 {0-1 (21) Myagmarsuren,E (2317)-Kravtsiv,M (2598) chess.com INT 2026}) 14... Rc8 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nd2 Kf8 18. Nf1 h5 19. Nfe3 Bh6 20. h4 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Bxa2 22. Rxa2 Ne7 23. Kf1 f6 24. Raa1 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Re3 Rcd8 28. Ke2 c4 29. dxc4 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 Rxb2 31. Re2 Rb3 0-1 [Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "2024.09.08"] [Round "2.14"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2024.09.06"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 a5 8. c3 h6 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Na3 h6 11. Bd2 Nh7 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Nc4 Bf6 14. Rad1 b6 15. d4 exd4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Ncxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qf7 20. Qxe6 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Rad8 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rde1 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)-Yakubboev,N (2663) Samarkand 2025 ½-½ (120)}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nbd2 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 h6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Be3 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Bc1 Nd8 15. Qc2 Qc6 16. b3 b6 17. Ne3 Ne6 18. c4 Nc5 19. h3 g6 20. Kh2 Bg7 21. g4 Qd7 22. Rg1 c6 23. g5 {Savic,M (2429)-Gagic,M (2250) Bijeljina BIH 2026 1-0 (60)}) 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b3 $146 ({RR} 10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Rfe8 14. N2f3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 b6 16. f3 Bf8 17. Bf4 g6 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Be3 Bg7 20. Qc4 Kh7 21. Nc6 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. e5 Bf8 24. g4 Ng7 {Ordunez Echarte,D (2219)-Gonzalez,A (2033) Havana CUB 2025 ½-½ (60)}) 10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qc2 Nf4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bf6 15. Re3 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne4 Re8 18. Bb2 Bg5 19. Re2 f5 20. c4 fxe4 21. cxd5 e3 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. Rae1 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Re4 Rf8 27. h3 Qf1+ 28. Kh2 Rf2 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2018.03.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2673"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2018.03.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 184"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.05.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Re8 ({RR} 9... h6 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 9... a5 10. c3 h6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Bd2 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Ne3 b6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. d4 Ng6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Qc2 Qg4 21. h3 Qh5 22. Nd2 f5 23. Nc4 Rad8 24. f3 {Chong,J (2075)-Azhar,M (2099) Kuala Lumpur MAS 2026 ½-½ (129)}) ({RR} 9... h6 10. a5 Re8 11. Bd2 Bf8 12. Bc3 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. b3 Qc8 15. h3 Qb7 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. d4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bb2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qc6 22. Ne5 Qc5 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. Nf3 {Ganguly,S (2644)-Bartel,M (2636) Germany 2021 1-0 (78)}) 10. Bd2 a5 11. h3 b6 $146 ({RR} 11... h6 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. Nf5 Kh7 14. c3 d5 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rad1 g6 17. Ne3 d4 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Rc1 c6 23. Rc5 Re5 24. Rec1 Qe7 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Qc4 {Omonova,U (2294)-Lagno,K (2508) Doha QAT 2025 1-0 (33)}) 12. c3 h6 13. Qb3 Bf8 14. Rad1 d5 15. Ne3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Bc1 Nd6 18. Qd5 Qd7 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Nfxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxa4 22. c4 Qc2 23. g4 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 Ne4 25. Bd2 Nxd2 26. Qf4 g5 27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. gxf5 Rd3 29. Kh1 Bd6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Re8 Rd4 32. Rc8 Nf3 0-1 [Event "45th Olympiad 2024"] [Site "Budapest HUN"] [Date "2024.09.16"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Rodshtein, Maxim"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2024.09.11"] [WhiteTeam "Israel"] [BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"] [BlackTeamCountry "UZB"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Kh8 8. c3 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Ba2 Nb6 10. b4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 13. exf5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf5 15. Ne4 a5 16. Bd2 axb4 17. axb4 c6 18. c4 Nd4 19. Bc3 d5 20. Ng3 Na4 21. Bd2 Bh4 22. cxd5 cxd5 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2753)-Artemiev,V (2697) AI Cup Play-In 2023 (8)}) ({RR} 8. Nc3 Ng8 9. d4 f5 10. dxe5 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Rxf3 12. exd6 Rf8 13. dxe7 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Ngxe7 15. Ng3 h6 16. Bd2 b6 17. Bc3 Kh7 18. Bd3+ g6 19. Be4 Be6 20. h4 Kg8 21. h5 g5 22. Rd2 Rae8 {1-0 Boyer,M (2489)-Petr,J (2282) Titled Tue 10th Sep Late 2024 (11)}) ({RR} 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Ba2 Nb6 10. b4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 13. exf5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf5 15. Ne4 a5 16. Bd2 axb4 17. axb4 c6 18. c4 Nd4 19. Bc3 d5 20. Ng3 Na4 21. Bd2 Bh4 22. cxd5 cxd5 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Artemiev,V (2697) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Ne2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 d5 11. Ba2 dxe4 12. fxe4 Qd7 13. Kg2 Nh5 14. Ng1 Nf4+ 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. h3 Rad8 17. Qg4 Qd4 18. Rab1 Rd6 19. Qxf4 Rg6+ 20. Kf1 Bg5 21. Qf5 Ne7 22. Qf3 Qe5 {Arshiya Das (2200)-Vershinin,I (2297) Novi Sad SRB 2026 0-1 (76)}) 8... Nd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Ng8 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. h3 Bc8 12. Nbd2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 h6 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Bd3 Qe8 17. c4 a5 18. Be3 Na6 19. c5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qf7 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Red1 {0-1 Vajda,A (2437)-Pilgaard,K (2440) Bucharest Kings Cup 2003 (11)}) ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bc5 13. Qe2 Bg6 14. Bc2 a5 15. Qb5 Bb6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rd1 f6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Bf7 21. Bb3 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Rad8 23. Rd5 {0-1 Alonso Moyano,J (2365)-Espinosa Veloz,E (2380) Capablanca Memorial op 42nd 2007 (8)}) ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bc5 13. Qe2 Bg6 14. Bc2 a5 15. Qb5 Bb6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rd1 f6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Bf7 21. Bb3 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Rad8 23. Rd5 {Alonso Moyano,J (2365)-Espinosa Veloz,E (2380) Havana 2007 0-1 (46)}) 9. d4 Nb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nbd2 a5 13. h3 Bh5 14. b3 f5 15. c4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf7 17. Bd3 Na6 18. Qc2 Bg8 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Be3 c6 21. Nc3 Ndc5 22. Be2 h6 23. Qb2 e4 24. Nd4 Bg5 25. Qd2 Qf6 26. Bf1 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Bh7 28. Rae1 Rae8 29. g3 Nc7 30. b4 cxd5 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Ndb5 Nxb5 33. Nxd5 Qd4 34. Qxa5 Nd6 35. Qc3 Rf7 36. Qc1 Nf5 37. Rd1 Qe5 38. f4 Qe6 39. Rb3 b5 40. Rxb5 Nxg3 41. Rb6 Qc8 42. Kh2 Nf5 43. Be2 Qd8 44. Rg1 Ref8 45. Bh5 Rd7 46. Qb2 Bg8 47. Bg4 Bxd5 48. cxd5 Rxd5 49. Rg2 Nd4 50. Rg6 Qc7 51. Qf2 Rxf4 52. Qg3 Rxg4 53. hxg4 Nf3+ 54. Kh3 Qf7 55. Qb8+ Kh7 0-1 [Event "MrDodgy Inv 3 Finals"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.11.30"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2859"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2022.11.27"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Re1 ({RR} 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. e5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Rd4 19. Na5 Rd2 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Nb3 Ne4 {Topalov,V (2728)-Carlsen,M (2864) Zagreb 2022 0-1 (32)}) 9... Bf8 10. d4 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bf1 g6 15. Bf4 Bg7 16. Qd2 g5 17. Bh2 Bc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rxe5 Nd5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1 c6 24. c3 Bf6 25. Bd6 {Sevian,S (2687)-Van Foreest,J (2690) chess24.com INT 2022 ½-½ (81)}) ({RR} 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 cxd5 15. Bd3 c5 16. Bf4 c4 17. Be2 Bf5 18. Rd1 Bxc2 19. Rd2 Bd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Rxd3 Qb6 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Be5 Re8 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 {Movahed,S (2596)-Artemiev,V (2641) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (41)}) 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Ba2 c6 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qd3 Qa5 16. e5 dxe5 17. b4 Qd8 18. Qxg6 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qg3 exd4 21. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bf5 23. Re5 Bxc2 24. Rxd5 Qe8 25. Re5 Qd7 26. Nd5 Kh7 27. Qf2 Rc8 28. Bxa7 Bb3 29. Ne3 f6 30. Rh5 Qd3 31. Bc5 Bf7 32. Rh4 Rxc5 0-1 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2021.11.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Volokitin, Andrei"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 205"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.11.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 a6 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Nh7 11. Nf1 Ng5 12. Bxg5 Bxg5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Be7 15. N1h2 Qd7 16. b4 Kh8 17. Ra2 Rad8 18. Rae2 Rf7 19. Re3 Rdf8 20. R1e2 Rf4 21. g3 R4f7 22. Kg2 Bf6 23. Ng4 Qe7 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2784)-Dubov,D (2710) chess24.com INT 2021 1-0 (65)}) 9... Bxc4 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. c3 Bf8 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Bxc4 14. dxc4 g6 15. h3 Rab8 16. Qc2 Qe6 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. b4 Bg7 19. Nh2 Rf8 20. Ng4 Kh7 21. Ne3 Ne7 22. Nd5 Rbc8 23. Be3 h5 24. Rad1 {Drygalov,A (2404)-Pankiv,M (2302) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 9... Qd7 10. Nf1 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Rae8 12. c3 Bd8 13. b4 Ne7 14. Bg5 Ng6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 Qe6 17. g3 Ne7 18. Kg2 g6 19. h4 Bg7 20. h5 Bh6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Qd7 24. Rh1 {Volokitin,A (2677)-Caruana,F (2792) Warsaw 2021 ½-½ (58)}) 10. Nxc4 Re8 11. Bg5 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qd7 12. c3 h6 13. Bh4 Rad8 14. Qb3 Qc8 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. Qa2 Ne6 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Ne7 21. Rc1 c5 22. b4 Nc6 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. d5 Nb4 25. Qb1 Nc7 26. Nc4 {Perez Gormaz,M (2393)-Pranav,V (2602) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (57)}) 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. c3 h6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Ne3 Bf8 18. Qa2 Ne7 19. b4 Ng6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 c6 22. Qb3 d5 23. Rad1 Qd7 24. Be3 Rbd8 25. Bb6 Rc8 26. Be3 Kh7 27. h4 Qg4 28. exd5 f5 29. Bd2 Bd6 30. dxc6 e4 31. dxe4 fxe4 32. Ng5+ hxg5 33. Bxg5 Rxc6 34. Re3 Bf4 35. Rh3 e3 36. f3 Qe6 37. Qc2 e2 38. Re1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Rxc3 40. Bxf4 Rxc2 41. Bxe3 Rxe3 0-1 [Event "EU-chT 23rd"] [Site "Terme Catez"] [Date "2021.11.19"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Ivic, Velimir"] [Black "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2676"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2021.11.12"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 205"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.11.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Serbia"] [BlackTeam "Hungary"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"] [BlackTeamCountry "HUN"] 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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 ({RR} 12... Nb7 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 bxa4 15. bxa4 c4 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Ra2 Na5 18. Ne1 Rfe8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bd8 21. Nd2 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Nb3 23. Nef3 Nh5 24. Bh2 Bf6 25. g4 Bxc3 26. gxh5 Bxh3 27. Rg1 {Amador Garcia,I (2211)-Sanchez Elena,L (2068) Linares ESP 2026 1-0 (33)}) 13. b3 ({RR} 13. a4 Nb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Be3 bxa4 16. bxa4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rfb8 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nbd2 Be8 20. Ra2 Nd7 21. Re1 Nb6 22. Nf1 c4 23. Ne3 Nb3 24. a5 Na4 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. Ra3 Rab8 27. Nxc4 Nxc3 {Firouzja,A (2785)-Alekseenko,K (2686) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (41)}) 13... Nb6 14. Be3 ({RR} 14. a4 c4 15. axb5 cxb3 16. Bd3 Nfd7 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18. Qc2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 f5 20. Nbd2 axb5 21. Rxa8 Nxa8 22. Qxb5 Qxc3 23. Bb2 Qc7 24. Ba3 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Bf5 26. Nfd2 Qb6 27. Qe2 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Qb3 {Ivic,V (2610)-Sargsyan,S (2639) Terme Catez 2022 ½-½ (60)}) 14... Bd7 15. Nfd2 $146 ({RR} 15. Nbd2 c4 16. Qe2 cxb3 17. axb3 Rfb8 18. Rfc1 a5 19. Bd3 Ne8 20. Bxb5 f5 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. c4 Bd8 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Ra3 Nd7 25. Rca1 Rb7 26. Nf1 Rab8 27. Ng3 Qg6 28. Nd2 Nef6 29. Qf3 Bc7 {Donchenko,A (2636)-Baenziger,F (2408) Apolda GER 2024 1-0 (36)}) 15... g6 16. c4 b4 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. Nbd2 a5 19. Kh2 a4 20. Rc1 axb3 21. axb3 Ra3 22. Ng1 Qd8 23. Bh6 Ng7 24. f4 exf4 25. Ndf3 Bf6 26. Bxf4 Qe7 27. Bh6 Bc8 28. Ne2 Nd7 29. Nf4 Ne5 30. Nd3 Nxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Bd4 32. Rce1 Bd7 33. Re2 f6 34. Kh1 Re8 35. g4 Ra2 36. Qg2 Ra1 37. Bb1 Ra3 38. Bc2 Ra1 39. Bc1 f5 40. gxf5 Nxf5 41. Ree1 Rxc1 42. Nxc1 Ne3 43. Rxe3 Bxe3 44. Ne2 Rf8 45. Rxf8+ Qxf8 46. Ng1 Qh6 47. Bd1 Bxg1 48. Bg4 Bd4 0-1 [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2024"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2024.12.07"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Idani, P."] [Black "Karthikeyan, M2."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2024.12.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 ({RR} 9. a5 a6 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Kh7 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. c3 d5 15. Re1 Ng8 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. Qb3 Qc8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nf6 21. Qc2 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 e5 {Niemann,H (2730)-Nakamura,H (2792) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (51)}) 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 Nh5 $146 ({RR} 11... a5 12. c3 b6 13. Ng3 Kh7 14. d4 Nd7 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Nh2 Rae8 17. Rad1 Rf7 18. f3 Qh4 19. Ne2 Ref8 20. Qd3 Qe7 21. Qc4 Ndb8 22. Bf2 h5 23. Kh1 Qe8 24. Rfe1 Bh6 25. b4 exd4 26. b5 {Salinas Herrera,P (2494)-Kamsky,G (2616) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (66)}) 12. c3 d5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. b4 g5 15. Re1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rxf3 19. Rd7 Rc8 20. Red1 b6 21. b5 Na5 22. Nh5 Bf8 23. h4 Rf7 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Kh7 27. Re8 Be7 28. Rc8 Bd6 29. Re8 Be7 30. Rc8 Bd6 31. Re8 Re7 32. Ra8 Kg6 33. Ng3 c6 34. Rd8 Ba3 35. Rg8+ Rg7 36. Re8 Re7 37. Rg8+ Rg7 38. Re8 cxb5 39. axb5 Re7 40. Rg8+ Rg7 41. Re8 Be7 42. Rc8 Bd6 43. Re8 Re7 44. Rg8+ Kf7 45. Rxg5 Nc4 46. Nh5 Na3 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rg6 Nxb5 49. Bh6+ Ke8 50. Bg5 Rh7 51. Bh6 Nc7 52. Kf1 Be7 53. f4 exf4 54. Bxf4 Nb5 55. Ng3 Rf7 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Volokitin, And"] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2024.09.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. a5 Bg7 ({RR} 8... a6 9. O-O Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Nbd2 Kh7 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qd7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd4 Re6 20. Re2 Rbe8 21. Rae1 Qb5 22. b4 d5 23. e5 {Sklokin,S (2407)-Pranav,V (2641) Doha QAT 2025 0-1 (61)}) 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Nd8 11. Ne3 c6 12. O-O Ne6 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Nf1 N6h5 15. Qd1 Kh7 16. d4 Qf6 17. h3 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 Qf5 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. Bb3 f6 22. Ng4 f5 23. Ne3 Qe7 24. Qc2 Be6 25. a6 {Vashisht-Pigem,R (2053)-Eames,R (2144) Kingston Upon Thames ENG 2026 1-0 (48)}) 11. Ne3 b6 12. axb6 axb6 13. Rxa8 Rxa8 14. Qc2 Be6 15. O-O Qd7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. c4 Ne7 18. Bd2 c6 19. Bc3 Nd7 20. d4 f5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Rd1 f4 23. Nf1 g5 24. h3 Ng6 25. b3 Bf8 26. N1h2 Nf6 27. Ra1 Rd8 28. Rd1 Ra8 29. Ra1 Re8 30. Ra6 Bc5 31. Qa2 Nxe4 32. Be1 Rb8 33. b4 Bf8 34. Qc2 Nd6 35. Ng4 e4 36. Nd4 Qxc4 37. Qxc4+ Nxc4 38. Ra7 Ne7 39. Nf5 Kf7 40. Ngxh6+ Ke6 41. Nxe7 Bxe7 42. Bc3 Rd8 43. Rc7 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Bd6 45. Rxc6 f3+ 46. g3 e3 47. Rxc4 exf2 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 18th Oct Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.10.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Fedoseev, Vl3"] [Black "Predke, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2022.10.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 a5 ({RR} 6... O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxe6 Bxe3 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. fxe3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 a5 21. Rd3 {Alekseenko,K (2686)-Topalov,V (2728) Salamanca ESP 2023 0-1 (48)}) 7. h3 ({RR} 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Ne2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. c3 Be6 13. Bb5 Bd6 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2 Qh4 16. Qe1 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Re6 18. Ng3 Qxh3 19. Bc4 Nce7 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc4 Nf6 {Gathi,D (2298)-Jin,Y (2400) Budapest HUN 2026 0-1 (38)}) 7... O-O 8. d4 $146 ({RR} 8. O-O Be6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Qd7 13. c3 Rab8 14. Nh2 Ne7 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Ng4 Bg5 17. Ne3 Kh7 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. hxg4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 f6 21. Be6 Nh8 22. b4 b6 {Urazayev,A (2462)-Melikhov,E (2269) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (44)}) 8... Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Ned2 dxc4 11. dxe5 Qd5 12. Qe2 Be6 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Ne4 Nxe5 15. Rd1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qf5 17. Bf4 c6 18. Rd4 Bd5 19. g4 Qg6 20. Bg3 Bf8 21. Re1 Bc5 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 24. Kg2 Qc6 0-1 [Event "Poikovsky Karpov 21st"] [Site "Poikovsky"] [Date "2022.09.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2022.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 ({RR} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. d5 Rc8 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Bf1 Qb8 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Ng3 g6 20. b3 Ncb6 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Qd2 Nbd7 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 b4 25. Rac1 Qc7 26. Nd2 {Caruana,F (2792)-Dubov,D (2720) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 11... d5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Nf1 c4 16. Be3 Bg6 17. Nd4 Qc8 18. Nxc6 {½-½ (18) Gschnitzer,A (2435)-Marn,J (2357) Schwarzach AUT 2026}) 12. d5 Nb6 13. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 13. b3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qd3 Qf8 ({RR} 16... Qd7 17. Nbd2 Raf8 18. Re1 c4 19. bxc4 Naxc4 20. Ne4 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qxh3 22. Ng3 Bh4) 17. Qe4 Qf7 18. Rd1 Rf8 19. Be3 Bd8 20. Na3 Qh5 21. Kh2 Rf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Qe3 Qf7 24. Kg1 e4 25. Nh2 Bg5 26. g3 Qg6 27. Qe2 Rf8 {Lavrencic,M (2469)-Chyzy,J (2345) Spilimbergo 2025 1-0 (45)}) 13... f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Rd1 Qd7 17. Nbd2 Raf8 18. Nf1 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Qxh3 20. f4 exf4 21. Nh2 f3 22. Qe6+ Qxe6 23. dxe6 Nac4 24. b3 Ne5 25. Bb2 c4 26. Ba3 Nd3 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Rd1 Nd5 29. Rxd3 Nf4 30. Rxf3 Nxe6 31. Re3 Kf7 32. Nf3 Rc8 33. Kf1 Bf6 34. Bb4 Nf4 35. Bxd6 Nd5 36. Rd3 Nxc3 37. Ne5+ Ke6 38. Ng4 Nxa2 39. Nxf6 gxf6 40. Bf4 Rc6 41. Bd2 Rc5 42. Re3+ Re5 43. Rg3 b4 44. Rg4 a5 45. Rc4 Kf5 46. Rf4+ Kg6 47. Rg4+ Kf7 48. Rc4 h5 49. f3 Rb5 50. Rc7+ Ke6 51. Rc2 Nc3 52. Bxc3 bxc3 53. Rxc3 Kd5 54. Ke2 h4 55. Kf2 Kd4 56. Rc4+ Kd3 57. Rxh4 Kc3 58. Re4 Kxb3 59. Re3+ Kb4 60. Re4+ Kb3 61. Re3+ Ka2 62. Re6 f5 63. Ke3 a4 64. Kd4 Kb3 65. Re1 a3 66. Rb1+ Ka4 67. Ra1 Rb4+ 68. Ke3 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 19th Nov Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.11.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2602"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2024.11.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 a5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 b6 13. h3 ({RR} 13. Bd2 d5 14. Ng3 Bd6 15. Qb5 Rae8 16. d4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 exd4 19. Nxd4) 13... Rf7 14. N1h2 Raf8 15. Bd2 Kh7 $146 ({RR} 15... Nh7 16. Qb5 Bf6 17. Rad1 Na7 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Re2 Kh8 20. Be3 g5 21. Qb5 h5 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. e5 Bd8 25. Ne1 Nb4 26. Red2 Qxb5 27. axb5 c6 28. bxc6 Rc7 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 {Liang,A (2696)-Ponomariov,R (2622) Samarkand 2025 ½-½ (68)}) 16. Rad1 Nh5 17. Qb5 Nf6 18. Be3 Bd8 19. b4 Qe8 20. Qc4 Ne7 21. Qxe6 axb4 22. cxb4 Qxa4 23. d4 Ng6 24. dxe5 Re7 25. Qf5 Nd7 26. Qh5 Ndxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Qg4 Qxb4 29. Bd4 Rg5 30. Qd7 Bf6 31. Be3 Bc3 32. Rb1 Qxe4 33. Rec1 Qxg2# 0-1 [Event "Chennai GM 2024"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2024.11.07"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Tabatabaei, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2686"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.11.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Na3 a6 11. c3 h6 12. h3 Bd7 ({RR} 12... Rb8 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Ne3 Bxa2 15. Rxa2 d5 16. Nf5 d4 17. c4 Qd7 18. g4 Nh7 19. Qc1 Bd8 20. Kh2 Qe6 21. Rg1 Ba5 22. Bxa5 Nxa5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Nxg5 Nxg5 25. Qxg5 g6 26. Qh6 Qf6 27. Rg4 {Arjun,K (2509)-Menzi,J (2135) Biel SUI 2026 1-0}) 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Ne3 ({RR} 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Nxb4 Na5 17. c4 Rc8 18. Rb1 Qd7 19. Be3 Nh7 20. Rb2 Bd8 21. Rf1 Nf6 22. Kh1 Kh7 23. Kg1 Kg8 24. Kh1 Kh7 25. Kg1 {½-½ (25) Giri,A (2772)-Van Foreest,J (2695) Utrecht NED 2023}) 14... Qd7 15. Nh2 $146 ({RR} 15. Nd5 Bd8 {½-½ (15) Savic,M (2404)-Stevic,H (2531) Neum BIH 2024}) ({RR} 15. Nd5 Bd8 {½-½ (15) Savic,M (2404)-Stevic,H (2531) Neum BIH 2024}) 15... d5 16. Nhg4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 dxe4 18. dxe4 Rad8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nf1 Na5 21. Be3 Qc6 22. Qc2 c4 23. Nd2 g5 24. Rad1 Bf6 25. Nf3 Nb3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1 Qxa4 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Qd1 Bc7 30. Nd2 Qd7 31. Qe2 Nxd2 32. Qxd2 Qc6 33. Qd1 a5 34. Kf1 Qxe4 35. Qd7 Qd3+ 36. Qxd3 cxd3 37. f3 e4 38. fxe4 Bg3 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 18th Oct Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.10.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Fedoseev, Vl3"] [Black "Predke, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2022.10.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 a5 ({RR} 6... O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxe6 Bxe3 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. fxe3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 a5 21. Rd3 {Alekseenko,K (2686)-Topalov,V (2728) Salamanca ESP 2023 0-1 (48)}) 7. h3 ({RR} 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Ne2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. c3 Be6 13. Bb5 Bd6 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2 Qh4 16. Qe1 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Re6 18. Ng3 Qxh3 19. Bc4 Nce7 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc4 Nf6 {Gathi,D (2298)-Jin,Y (2400) Budapest HUN 2026 0-1 (38)}) 7... O-O 8. d4 $146 ({RR} 8. O-O Be6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Qd7 13. c3 Rab8 14. Nh2 Ne7 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Ng4 Bg5 17. Ne3 Kh7 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. hxg4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 f6 21. Be6 Nh8 22. b4 b6 {Urazayev,A (2462)-Melikhov,E (2269) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (44)}) 8... Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Ned2 dxc4 11. dxe5 Qd5 12. Qe2 Be6 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Ne4 Nxe5 15. Rd1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qf5 17. Bf4 c6 18. Rd4 Bd5 19. g4 Qg6 20. Bg3 Bf8 21. Re1 Bc5 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 24. Kg2 Qc6 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.08.07"] [Round "2.19"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2703"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.07.25"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Re1 d6 8. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nf1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. c3 Bf6 13. Be3 g6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Qb5 Qc8 19. Nf3 Ra8 20. h4 Nd8 21. d4 Nf7 22. h5 Rg8 {Van Foreest,J (2671)-Bartel,M (2638) chess24.com INT 2020 0-1 (53)}) ({RR} 8. c3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. d4 Kh8 12. Nb3 ({RR} 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Ncb8 14. Ne4 h6 15. c4 Na6 16. Be3 Qe8 17. Nfd2 Qg6 18. h3) 12... Qe8 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nfd4 Bf6 15. f4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Nb5 Qf7 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Qb3 e5 20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21. f5 h5 22. g3 Kh7 {So,W (2745)-Caruana,F (2777) Zagreb 2025 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 8. c3 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 Re8 11. h3 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Rad1 b6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. e5 Nfd5 19. exd6 Bxh4 20. Nxh4 cxd6 21. Qf3 g6 22. b3 Rad8 {Obrusnik,M (2246)-Mendonca,L (2605) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 8. c3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. d4 Kh8 12. Nb3 Qe8 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nfd4 Bf6 15. f4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Nb5 Qf7 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Qb3 e5 20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21. f5 h5 22. g3 Kh7 {So,W (2745)-Caruana,F (2777) Zagreb CRO 2025 1-0 (50)}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bg3 g6 11. Nc3 Kg7 12. Nd5 Be6 13. c3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 h5 15. d4 Bg4 16. Be2 Bf6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Bxe5 20. Rad1 c6 21. Ne3 Qe7 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Nxa5 h4 24. g4 h3 25. g3 Qe6 26. Nc4 Bf6 27. Kh2 Rfe8 28. Rd2 Bg5 29. f4 Bf6 30. g5 Be7 31. Nb6 Bf8 32. Qc4 d5 33. Qe2 Bc5 34. a5 dxe4 35. Nc4 e3 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. b4 Ba7 38. Ne5 Rd2 0-1 [Event "Chennai Challengers 2024"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2024.11.06"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Puranik, A."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2602"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2024.11.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Re1 ({RR} 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qg4 Bxe3 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. fxe3 gxf5 23. exf5 Nef4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Qf6+ Rg7 {Tari,A (2642)-Carlsen,M (2853) Stavanger NOR 2023 0-1 (33)}) 12... Qc7 13. Be3 ({RR} 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Ng3 d5 15. b4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 d4 17. Bc1 b5 18. Bd2 c5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qb1 Nd7 22. a4 b4 23. Qa2 Bf8 24. a5 Rc8 25. Rec1 Qb5 26. Rcb1 Nb8 27. Be1 Na6 {Puranik,A (2607)-Balaji,A (2304) Munich GER 2026 1-0 (42)}) 13... Rad8 14. Qf3 Rfe8 $146 ({RR} 14... g6 15. Rad1 Kg7 16. Ne2 d5 17. Ng3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bd6 21. Nxd4 Rfe8 22. c3 Bc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bb1 a5 25. Qe3 Kg8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Qg3 axb4 28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Nf5 {Esipenko,A (2716)-Dubov,D (2714) Krasnaya Polyana 2021 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 14... Rd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rf8 19. Nd1 Ne8 20. c3 Bf6 21. Rd3 Re7 22. Ne3 g6 23. Red1 b5 24. c4 a6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. e5 Bxe5 28. Qxc6 Bxb2 29. Qxb7 {Khelghatdoust,A (2044)-Ezat,M (2294) Muscat OMA 2026 0-1 (48)}) 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. b4 b5 17. Ne2 d5 18. Ng3 a5 19. c3 Rd7 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 d4 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Bd2 dxc3 24. Bxc3 axb4 25. axb4 Qd8 26. Qe2 h6 27. Qc2 c5 28. Rb1 Qc7 29. Rec1 Rc6 30. Qb2 Rxd3 31. Bxe5 Qd7 32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. Qxb5 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxc1 35. Qxd7 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Rxd7 37. Bf4 Rc4 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Re8 Rdd4 0-1 [Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2024"] [Site "Melilla ESP"] [Date "2024.10.18"] [Round "7.19"] [White "Anton Guijarro, D."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2024.10.12"] [WhiteTeam "MYINVESTOR CASABLANCA"] [BlackTeam "FCC MEDIO AMBIENTE BENALMADENA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Be3 ({RR} 12. Re1 Qc7 13. g3 Rad8 14. Kg2 Rfe8 15. h4 a6 16. h5 h6 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 d5 19. e5 Nh7 20. d4 Qb6 21. Ne2 c5 22. c3 cxd4 23. cxd4 f6 24. Qd3 fxe5 25. dxe5 Nc5 26. Qf3 Kh8 {Gabrielian,A (2419)-Pranav,V (2621) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (39)}) 12... Qc7 13. Qf3 Rad8 14. a5 $146 ({RR} 14. Rfe1 Kh8 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Ne2 d5 17. Ng3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Nf5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qc7 22. g4 Ng8 23. Qe3 a5 24. Rd3 g6 25. Nxe7 Qxe7 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. f3 Qc5+ 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ {Palczert,M (2438)-Berczes,D (2361) Budapest HUN 2026 ½-½ (45)}) 14... b5 15. axb6 axb6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ra6 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. g4 h6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Rf8 22. Qg2 d5 23. Bh6 Bc5 24. Kh1 Nh5 25. Qg4 Qf7 26. Kg2 Nf6 27. Qg3 Nh5 28. Qg4 Nf6 29. Qg3 b5 30. Bg5 b4 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Nd1 dxe4 33. dxe4 Rd8 34. Ne3 Rd2 35. Ng4 Qg6 36. Kg1 Qg5 37. c3 b3 38. Qxe5 Qe7 39. Ra1 Ba7 40. c4 Rd3 41. Ra6 Qd7 42. Ra1 Qf7 43. c5 Rxh3 44. Ra6 Qg6 45. Qf4 Bxc5 46. Rxc6 Bd4 47. Kg2 Rh4 48. f3 Kh7 49. Rc7 Rh5 50. Rb7 Be5 51. Qf7 Qg5 52. Qd7 Rh2+ 0-1 [Event "TechM GCL 2024"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2024.10.03"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Radjabov, T."] [Black "Mamedyarov, S."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2024.10.03"] [EventType "team"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 g5 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bc2 $146 ({RR} 10. Nf1 Qd6 11. Ng3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Na5 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc4 15. Qd1 Qe6 16. Nd2 Rhe8 17. Qf3 Bd3 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Qf5 Nc6 20. Ke2 Rd7 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. h4 g4 23. Nc4 b5 24. Nd2 Nd4+ {Burke,J (2583)-Bora,S (2462) Dulles USA 2023 ½-½ (65)}) 10... Qd7 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 f5 14. O-O O-O-O 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bd2 Rhe8 17. Rad1 e4 18. dxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qe6 22. Bxd8 Nxd8 23. Rde1 Nf7 24. Qe3 Kb8 25. Re2 Nd6 26. g4 Qxa2 27. h4 Qd5 28. g5 Nc4 29. Qf4 Be5 30. Qf7 Qc5+ 31. Qf2 e3 32. Qf7 Nd6 33. Qf3 Qc4 34. g4 Ne4 35. Qf7 Qc6 36. Rxe3 Bd6 37. b4 Rf8 38. Qa2 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Ng3+ 40. Kf2 Qh1 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.09"] [Round "10"] [White "Bacrot, E."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2024.07.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 ({RR} 8. a3 a6 9. Ba2 Qe7 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c4 Nd7 13. O-O Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. b4 g5 16. Nh2 c6 17. f4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bxh3 19. gxh3 gxf4 20. Qxf4 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Ne5 {Martinez Alcantara,J (2603)-Kamsky,G (2610) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (39)}) 8... Be6 ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. a3 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 c6 14. b4 Qe6 15. b5 d5 16. Bc5 dxc4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. dxc4 O-O 19. O-O Qc5 20. Qe2 Nh5 21. Kh2 Nf4 22. Qa2 Rad8 23. bxc6 {Sitnic,A (2040)-Radzimski,A (2410) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 8... a6 9. a3 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. g4 Ne7 12. O-O-O c5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Rf8 15. f4 b4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Bb3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bc6 20. Bxd6 Bxa4 21. Bxb4 Qb5 22. Bc4 Qb6 23. Rhf1 {Bacrot,E (2633)-Tang,A (2529) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (55)}) 9. O-O $146 ({RR} 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. O-O c5 14. Nb3 c4 15. Nd4 h5 16. Bg5 Qb8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Nf5 O-O 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ f6 22. Qxc4 Ra7 23. Qc3 Rb7 {Kayumov,S (2425)-Prasanna,R (2179) Dubai 2007 1-0 (52)}) 9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Rfe1 Nxe3 12. Bxe6 Nxg2 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Kxg2 Rf8 15. Re4 Kg8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Rg4 Kh7 18. Ne4 Ne7 19. Rg1 Nd5 20. Kf1 Rxf3 21. Rxg6 Rg8 22. Ng5+ Kxg6 23. Nxf3+ Kh7 24. Qe2 Qxh3+ 25. Ke1 Qf5 26. Nh4 Qf4 27. Qh5 Qc1+ 28. Ke2 Nf4+ 29. Kf3 Qxg1 30. Qf5+ Ng6 31. Ke2 Rf8 32. Qe4 Rxf2+ 33. Ke3 Qe1# 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 26th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2627"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2024.03.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g5 7. a5 Bg7 8. c3 O-O ({RR} 8... a6 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qxb7 Qd7 15. Qb3 Reb8 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Be3 Ng6 19. Nbd2 Qd5 20. b4 Nce7 21. Qb3 Qxd3 22. Qc4 Qf5 23. Rfd1 {Zhou,S (2092)-Kiryanova,S (1641) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (42)}) 9. Nbd2 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. g3 Qe7 14. Qa3 Qxa3 15. Rxa3 Bg4 16. Rb3 Rab8 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Ra3 Rbd8 19. b4 Kh8 20. Kg2 Rde8 21. h3 Bh5 22. Nf1 f5 23. exf5 e4 24. N3h2 {Rodchenkov,S (2346)-Bochnicka,V (2376) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 9... g4 10. Ne1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc2 Kh8 13. f3 gxf3 14. Qxf3 Be6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nc5 Bg8 17. Nxb7 Qd7 18. Qh5 f4 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Ne4 Nf6 21. Qf3 Bxc4 22. dxc4 Qe6 23. b3 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 {Vidit,S (2720)-Niemann,H (2736) Endgame.AI INT 2025 1-0 (38)}) 10. Ne1 c6 11. Nc2 d5 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Qe1 Ng6 14. f3 Be6 15. g3 Re8 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Kg2 Qd7 18. Rf2 Bc5 19. Bc2 a6 20. Nb3 Ba7 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bh3+ 25. Kg1 Rxe4 26. Qc3 Rae8 27. Bd2 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Bc3 Rde4 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Ne7 33. Rf6 Re6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Ra3 Nd5 36. Be5 Re7 37. Kf2 Rf7+ 38. Ke2 Kh7 39. g4 Kg6 40. Rb3 h5 41. h3 h4 42. Bh2 c5 43. Rd3 Nf4+ 44. Bxf4 Rxf4 45. Rd6 Kf6 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Volokitin, And"] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2024.09.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. a5 Bg7 ({RR} 8... a6 9. O-O Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Nbd2 Kh7 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qd7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd4 Re6 20. Re2 Rbe8 21. Rae1 Qb5 22. b4 d5 23. e5 {Sklokin,S (2407)-Pranav,V (2641) Doha QAT 2025 0-1 (61)}) 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Nd8 11. Ne3 c6 12. O-O Ne6 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Nf1 N6h5 15. Qd1 Kh7 16. d4 Qf6 17. h3 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 Qf5 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. Bb3 f6 22. Ng4 f5 23. Ne3 Qe7 24. Qc2 Be6 25. a6 {Vashisht-Pigem,R (2053)-Eames,R (2144) Kingston Upon Thames ENG 2026 1-0 (48)}) 11. Ne3 b6 12. axb6 axb6 13. Rxa8 Rxa8 14. Qc2 Be6 15. O-O Qd7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. c4 Ne7 18. Bd2 c6 19. Bc3 Nd7 20. d4 f5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Rd1 f4 23. Nf1 g5 24. h3 Ng6 25. b3 Bf8 26. N1h2 Nf6 27. Ra1 Rd8 28. Rd1 Ra8 29. Ra1 Re8 30. Ra6 Bc5 31. Qa2 Nxe4 32. Be1 Rb8 33. b4 Bf8 34. Qc2 Nd6 35. Ng4 e4 36. Nd4 Qxc4 37. Qxc4+ Nxc4 38. Ra7 Ne7 39. Nf5 Kf7 40. Ngxh6+ Ke6 41. Nxe7 Bxe7 42. Bc3 Rd8 43. Rc7 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Bd6 45. Rxc6 f3+ 46. g3 e3 47. Rxc4 exf2 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Murzin, Volodar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2024.01.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 Be6 8. Bxe6 ({RR} 8. Nc3 b6 9. a6 Qc8 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 Qf5 14. Re1 Nbxd5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qd7 17. Bg5 b5 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Qd2 c6 20. Nh4 Bd8 21. Nf5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 {Abdusattorov,N (2771)-Carlsen,M (2837) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) ({RR} 8. a6 b6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. c3 Rb8 11. h3 b5 12. Re1 h6 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. d4 Bd6 16. Nb3 Kh8 17. Be3 dxe4 18. Nxe5 Ndxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd2 Nd3 21. Rf1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 {Matlakov,M (2599)-Bardyk,A (2383) Oskemen KAZ 2026 1-0 (56)}) 8... fxe6 9. c3 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 9... d5 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Qc2 d4 13. Nbd2 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 dxc3 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. bxc3 Qxd3 18. a6 Rf6 19. Qd5 Rd6 20. Qa2 Rg6 21. Kh1 bxa6 22. Be3 Qxe4 23. Bg5 Qg4 24. h3 {Daghli,A (2433)-Atabayev,S (2447) Rasht 2022 ½-½ (57)}) 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Rf7 12. Nf1 Raf8 13. Be3 Ng4 14. h3 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 a6 16. b4 Na7 17. Ra2 Nb5 18. Rc2 Qd8 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. c4 Na7 21. d4 Rxf3 22. gxf3 h5 23. Nh2 exd4 24. Qxd4 Nc6 25. Qd1 Bf4 26. b5 Ne5 27. Rc3 Qh4 28. Ng4 hxg4 29. fxg4 Qf6 30. Qc2 Bg5 31. Rb1 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nd2 33. Rg1 Nxe4 34. Qxe4 Qxc3 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rg3 Qe5 37. Qxe5 dxe5 38. Kg2 Bd2 39. Ra3 Bb4 40. Ra2 Bc5 41. f3 Rf4 42. Re2 Rxc4 43. bxa6 bxa6 44. Rxe5 Bb4 45. Re6 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 Bd6+ 47. Kh4 Rc5 48. g5 Rxa5 49. Kh5 Kg8 50. Kg6 Bf8 51. h4 c5 52. h5 c4 53. h6 gxh6 54. gxh6 Rc5 55. Rxa6 c3 56. h7+ Kh8 57. Ra8 Rc6+ 58. Kf7 c2 0-1 [Event "45th Olympiad 2024"] [Site "Budapest HUN"] [Date "2024.09.16"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Rodshtein, Maxim"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2024.09.11"] [WhiteTeam "Israel"] [BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"] [BlackTeamCountry "UZB"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Kh8 8. c3 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Ba2 Nb6 10. b4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 13. exf5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf5 15. Ne4 a5 16. Bd2 axb4 17. axb4 c6 18. c4 Nd4 19. Bc3 d5 20. Ng3 Na4 21. Bd2 Bh4 22. cxd5 cxd5 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2753)-Artemiev,V (2697) AI Cup Play-In 2023 (8)}) ({RR} 8. Nc3 Ng8 9. d4 f5 10. dxe5 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Rxf3 12. exd6 Rf8 13. dxe7 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Ngxe7 15. Ng3 h6 16. Bd2 b6 17. Bc3 Kh7 18. Bd3+ g6 19. Be4 Be6 20. h4 Kg8 21. h5 g5 22. Rd2 Rae8 {1-0 Boyer,M (2489)-Petr,J (2282) Titled Tue 10th Sep Late 2024 (11)}) ({RR} 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Ba2 Nb6 10. b4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 13. exf5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf5 15. Ne4 a5 16. Bd2 axb4 17. axb4 c6 18. c4 Nd4 19. Bc3 d5 20. Ng3 Na4 21. Bd2 Bh4 22. cxd5 cxd5 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Artemiev,V (2697) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Ne2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 d5 11. Ba2 dxe4 12. fxe4 Qd7 13. Kg2 Nh5 14. Ng1 Nf4+ 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. h3 Rad8 17. Qg4 Qd4 18. Rab1 Rd6 19. Qxf4 Rg6+ 20. Kf1 Bg5 21. Qf5 Ne7 22. Qf3 Qe5 {Arshiya Das (2200)-Vershinin,I (2297) Novi Sad SRB 2026 0-1 (76)}) 8... Nd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Ng8 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. h3 Bc8 12. Nbd2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 h6 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Bd3 Qe8 17. c4 a5 18. Be3 Na6 19. c5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qf7 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Red1 {0-1 Vajda,A (2437)-Pilgaard,K (2440) Bucharest Kings Cup 2003 (11)}) ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bc5 13. Qe2 Bg6 14. Bc2 a5 15. Qb5 Bb6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rd1 f6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Bf7 21. Bb3 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Rad8 23. Rd5 {0-1 Alonso Moyano,J (2365)-Espinosa Veloz,E (2380) Capablanca Memorial op 42nd 2007 (8)}) ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bc5 13. Qe2 Bg6 14. Bc2 a5 15. Qb5 Bb6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rd1 f6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Bf7 21. Bb3 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Rad8 23. Rd5 {Alonso Moyano,J (2365)-Espinosa Veloz,E (2380) Havana 2007 0-1 (46)}) 9. d4 Nb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nbd2 a5 13. h3 Bh5 14. b3 f5 15. c4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf7 17. Bd3 Na6 18. Qc2 Bg8 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Be3 c6 21. Nc3 Ndc5 22. Be2 h6 23. Qb2 e4 24. Nd4 Bg5 25. Qd2 Qf6 26. Bf1 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Bh7 28. Rae1 Rae8 29. g3 Nc7 30. b4 cxd5 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Ndb5 Nxb5 33. Nxd5 Qd4 34. Qxa5 Nd6 35. Qc3 Rf7 36. Qc1 Nf5 37. Rd1 Qe5 38. f4 Qe6 39. Rb3 b5 40. Rxb5 Nxg3 41. Rb6 Qc8 42. Kh2 Nf5 43. Be2 Qd8 44. Rg1 Ref8 45. Bh5 Rd7 46. Qb2 Bg8 47. Bg4 Bxd5 48. cxd5 Rxd5 49. Rg2 Nd4 50. Rg6 Qc7 51. Qf2 Rxf4 52. Qg3 Rxg4 53. hxg4 Nf3+ 54. Kh3 Qf7 55. Qb8+ Kh7 0-1 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"] [Site "Samarkand"] [Date "2025.09.14"] [Round "10"] [White "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2709"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2025.09.04"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 46"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.09.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.09.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 8...c5. erfolgreicher als das alte 8...c5.} 9. Bd2 Nb4 10. Bb3 c5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Ng3 $146 (12. c3 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qc7 15. Ba2 Na5 16. b4 Nc6 17. Rc1 a6 18. Bg5 {0-1 Praggnanandhaa,R (2727)-Harikrishna,P (2711) Tata Steel India rapid 2023 (5)}) ({RR} 12. c3 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qc7 15. Ba2 Na5 16. b4 Nc6 17. Rc1 a6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. cxb4 Qb6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Ne7 24. h3 Ng6 25. Nh5 Bd7 26. Bc4 Be7 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2727)-Harikrishna,P (2711) Kolkata IND 2023 0-1 (61)}) ({RR} 12. c3 a6 13. Ng3 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. h3 Bf8 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. c4 g6 19. a5 Nh5 20. Nxh5 Qxh4 21. Ng3 h5 22. Ne2 Ree8 23. Rf1 Bg7 24. Rb1 Qd8 25. Qa4 f5 26. b4 fxe4 {Carnicelli,V (2436)-Maldonado Gonzales,S (2267) Darfo Boario Terme ITA 2026 1-0 (40)}) 12... Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. c3 d5 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nf1 Qd6 20. Rad1 Bd8 21. Ng3 Ba5 22. h3 a6 23. Rf1 Re7 24. Nh4 Ref7 25. Ng6 Rd8 26. h4 d4 27. cxd4 Nxd4 28. Qg4 Nc6 29. Nh5 Bc7 30. Kh1 Ne7 31. f4 Nxg6 32. Qxg6 exf4 33. Rxf4 Qf8 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. g3 Rd4 37. b3 Rb4 38. Rb1 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. g4 Be5 42. Ng3 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Rc1 Rxb3 45. Rxc5 Rb2+ 46. Kh3 Bf4 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Open Playoffs"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2026.04.23"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. c3 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. h3 Qf7 14. N1h2 Kh8 $146 ({RR} 14... d5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Ng4 Kh8 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Re2 Qg6 19. Kh1 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Rf8 21. Nh2 Qh5 22. Qd1 Qxh3 23. Re1 d4 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Ne7 26. Rg1 Nc5 27. Rg3 Qh5 28. Qe2 dxc3 29. Bxc3 {Sindarov,J (2745)-Dubov,D (2654) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (45)}) 15. Ng4 Qg6 16. Bd2 Kh7 17. Qe2 a5 18. b5 Nd8 19. d4 Nf7 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. dxe5 Nfxe5 22. Nfxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qc4 Bh4 25. Be3 Rf3 26. Kf1 Rf7 27. Rd2 Ref8 28. Bc5 Qg3 29. Qe2 Qh2 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.12.02"] [Round "5"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Artemiev, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2025.12.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 h6 ({RR} 8... Kh8 9. Nc3 Ng8 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 f4 12. d4 Bf6 13. Bb5 Nb8 14. Bf1 Nd7 15. b4 b6 16. b5 Bb7 17. Bc4 Ne7 18. Qb3 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qe7 21. Ba3 g5 22. Qc4 Rac8 23. Qe2 {Xiong,J (2709)-Fedoseev,V (2687) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1}) 9. c3 ({RR} 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. c3 Na6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bf6 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Qf3 Qf8 18. Nb5 Be5 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Nb5 Na6 21. Rc1 Re8 22. b3 g6 23. Qd1 Bg7 {Drygalov,A (2404)-Kocharin,T (2376) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (75)}) ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Nh7 10. Nf1 Ng5 11. N3h2 Ne6 12. Ng3 Bg5 13. Nf3 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Qf6 15. c3 Nf4 16. Qe3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Kh2 Rf7 19. Rac1 Raf8 20. d4 Nxg2 21. Kxg2 Qxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Rxf3 23. Re2 exd4 {Karpenko,A (2121)-Artemiev,V (2641) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (48)}) 9... Nh7 10. d4 Ng5 11. Bxg5 $146 ({RR} 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nxg5 Bxg5 13. Nf3 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Qf6 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Nh2 Ng6 17. Re3 Nf4 18. Ng4 Qg5 19. Rg3 Nh5 20. Nf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxh5 c6 22. Bf1 Be6 23. Rd1 Kh7 24. Rdd3 g6 25. Qd1 Rad8 {Demchenko,A (2626)-Krysa,L (2531) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (61)}) ({RR} 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nxg5 Bxg5 13. Nf3 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Qf6 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Nh2 Ng6 17. Re3 Nf4 18. Ng4 Qg5 19. Rg3 Nh5 20. Nf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxh5 c6 22. Bf1 Be6 23. Rd1 Kh7 24. Rdd3 g6 25. Qd1 Rad8 {Demchenko,A (2626)-Krysa,L (2531) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (61)}) 11... hxg5 12. Qb3 exd4 13. cxd4 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Nbd2 Nb4 16. Rac1 c6 17. Qe3 Bh5 18. Rc3 Re8 19. Qf4 Bg6 20. Bb3 Rc8 21. Rce3 Rc7 22. Nf1 c5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Ng3 Bf6 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Rc8 28. Qe2 d5 29. Qb5 Bxb2 30. g4 Bc3 31. Rd1 Bf6 32. Kg2 Qc7 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5 Qf4 35. Nh2 Bh4 36. Qe2 Qxa4 37. Re5 Bf6 38. Re4 Qc6 39. Nf3 a4 40. g5 Bc3 41. g6 fxg6 42. Re6 Qd7 43. fxg6 Bf6 44. Ng5 Bxg5 0-1 [Event "CrunchLabs Masters PlayIn"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Puranik, A."] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2671"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2024.07.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a3 d6 7. h3 h6 ({RR} 7... Kh8 8. Nc3 Ng8 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qd3 Ne7 13. Bd2 a6 14. Rad1 b5 15. Ba2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. f4 Qe8 18. b3 Qc6 19. Kh2 Rad8 20. Kh1 Qc5 21. b4 Qc4 22. Qxc4 {Nevednichy,V (2566)-Fressinet,L (2638) Warsaw 2005 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Bf6 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. Ne4 h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. c3 b6 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Rad1 Re6 17. Qa4 Be7 18. b4 Rg6 19. Kh2 Qd7 20. Rg1 Qe6 21. b5 Na5 22. Ne1 {Hofer,F (1783)-Boyer,J (1691) Biel SUI 2026 0-1 (66)}) 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nd5 Re8 $146 ({RR} 9... Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nh2 Bf8 13. Ng4 Nh7 14. f4 f5 15. Nh2 exf4 16. Bxf4 g6 17. Qd2 Bg7 18. Bxh6 Bxb2 19. Rae1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. c3 Qf6 24. Bf4 {Canelli,D (2060)-Ricca,R Asti 1997 1-0 (37)}) 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Ba2 Nb8 12. c4 Nbd7 13. d4 c6 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. d5 Bc8 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. c5 Nbd7 18. cxd6 Nb6 19. Be3 Qxd6 20. Qe2 Be6 21. Red1 Qc7 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rd2 a5 24. Rad1 Be7 25. Rd3 Nbd7 26. Nh4 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Nf5 Bf8 29. Qf3 g6 30. Ne3 h5 31. Na4 Kg7 32. Nc4 Qb7 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Be7 35. g5 Nh7 36. Rd7 Qb5 37. b3 Nxg5 38. Qe3 Rh8 39. f3 Nh3+ 40. Kf1 Nf4 41. Kg1 Bg5 42. Qa7 Rf6 43. Rb7 Ne2+ 44. Kg2 Nf4+ 45. Kg1 Ne2+ 46. Kg2 Be3 47. Qxe3 Nf4+ 48. Qxf4 exf4 49. Rxb5 cxb5 50. e5 Rf5 51. Nd6 Rg5+ 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 15th Aug Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.08.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Sarana, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2685"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2023.08.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Re1 Qd6 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Ne4 Qd7 11. Ng3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. Rxe5 Bd6 15. Re1 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Qf5 18. Rf1 Qe4 19. Bd2 Nxc2 20. Rc1 Qd4+ 21. Kh2 Qxd2 22. Qxc2 Qxc2 {Zhigalko,S (2572)-Deac,B (2652) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 8. Re1 Qd6 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Ne4 Qd7 11. Ng3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. c3 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Nxc4 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Nc2 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Rxe5 Rd1+ 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Bd6 22. Kf1 Re8 {Moosavifar,S (2379)-Sarana,A (2673) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (82)}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Bd5 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Qe2 Kh8 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qh4 Bg6 17. Ng5 h6 18. f4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qxd5 20. Nf3 e4 21. c4 Qd8 22. dxe4 fxe4 23. Ng5 Qxd2 24. Rbd1 {Ozalp,B (2059)-Khanbutaev,A (2176) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (55)}) 10. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Rb1 f5 12. Qe2 h6 13. Qe3 f4 14. Qe4 Bg6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. Qf3 Be7 19. d4 g5 20. d5 Na5 21. Bb5 Qxd5 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Nxg5 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Bf6 {Kocharin,T (2332)-Khanbutaev,A (2085) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (34)}) 10... O-O-O 11. Qe2 f5 12. g4 fxg4 13. Ng5 Be7 14. hxg4 Bg6 15. Ne4 Qd7 16. f3 h5 17. g5 h4 18. d4 exd4 19. Ba6 Na5 20. Bf4 Qc6 21. Bb5 Qd5 22. Bd3 Qf7 23. Bh2 dxc3 24. Rb4 Nc6 25. Rxb7 Kxb7 26. Ba6+ Ka8 27. Qb5 Na5 28. Qxa5 Qd5 29. Qxc3 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Qc5+ 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 3rd Feb 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.02.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "So, W."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2026.02.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. a5 a6 8. Be3 Bb4 $146 ({RR} 8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Na2 Nc6 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Na2 Nc6 15. Nc3 Nb4 {½-½ (15) Vachier Lagrave,M (2717)-Sindarov,J (2776) Bucharest ROU 2026}) 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Na3 Qd6 16. b5 Nxa5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. c4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qe6 20. Bxa5 Qxh3 21. Qe2 Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Rfe8 24. Qf1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Bxf2 28. Re2 Qh4+ 29. Kg2 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qxf3+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Qh4+ 33. Kg2 Bd4 34. Be1 Qg4+ 35. Bg3 axb5 36. Raa2 b4 37. Nb5 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 b3 39. Ra3 b2 40. Rb3 Ra8 41. Nxd4 Ra1 42. Qf5 Qxf5 43. Nxf5 b1=Q 44. Rxb1 Rxb1 45. Bxe5 b5 46. Bxg7 b4 47. Bd4 b3 48. Nxh6+ Kf8 49. Nf5 b2 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jun 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.06.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Nakamura, Hi"] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2026.06.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 h6 7. h3 ({RR} 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Rae8 11. Bb3 Bd8 12. h3 Nh7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c6 16. Nc3 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Ng5 18. b4 f5 19. Bc5 Rf6 20. e5 Rg6 21. Kh2 d5 {So,W (2752)-Oparin,G (2662) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (50)}) 7... a5 8. Be3 O-O $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Qe2 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Qd7 11. Qd3 g5 12. Nd5 g4 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 h5 17. g3 Kb8 18. Nh4 Bxh4 19. Rxh4 Ne7 20. Rdh1 Nxd5 21. cxd5 f5 22. Rxh5 Rxh5 23. Rxh5 {Aaradhya Das (1883)-Mysha Perwez (1881) Mumbai IND 2026 ½-½ (58)}) 9. g4 Nh7 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Nd5 a4 12. O-O-O Na5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. g5 h5 17. Nh4 Rfb8 18. f4 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Bd2 Rb5 21. f5 d5 22. Bc1 a3 23. Ng6 Qb4 24. Qd2 Qa4 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Ng6+ Ke8 27. Qc3 axb2 28. Bxb2 Nc4 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.12.02"] [Round "5"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2641"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2025.12.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. a5 a6 9. Nc3 Be6 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxa5 12. Rxa5 c6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. b4 Bf8 16. c4 Qd7 17. Bc3 Bb7 18. Nd2 Rbd8 19. Qf3 Qe6 20. Nf1 d5 21. c5 d4 22. Bd2 Rb8 23. Rea1 Bc8 24. R5a4 {Oparin,G (2681)-Van Foreest,J (2707) Durres ALB 2023 ½-½ (45)}) 10. h3 ({RR} 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. c3 Nbxd5 13. Qb3 c6 14. Qxb7 Qd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. d4 Bf6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Rd1 N5f6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Be2 d5 21. Kf1 Rfe8 22. Ra4 Reb8 23. Bf4 Nfd7 24. Rd2 Rb7 {Zeller,F (2312)-Marzano,C (2127) Arco 2025 1-0 (52)}) 10... Bxc4 11. dxc4 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Nh7 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Qd2 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qd3 Nd4 18. Rg3 Qd8 19. Ne3 Kh7 20. Qd1 g6 21. c3 Ne6 22. Qc2 Nf4 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Rf3 c6 25. Kh2 Qe6 26. h4 {Ferguson,M (2388)-Greet,A (2418) Birmingham 2006 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 11... Nh7 12. Nd5 Bf6 13. Ra3 Nd4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Rf3 Qe6 17. Qxd4 f5 18. Bd2 c5 19. Qd3 fxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxf3 21. Rxe6 Rxd3 22. cxd3 Rd8 23. Bf4 d5 24. Rd6 Rf8 25. g3 dxc4 26. dxc4 {Bajorski,L (1970)-Haftmann,R (1721) Bad Homburg 2018 1-0 (56)}) 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nd5 Bf8 14. c3 Ne7 15. b4 Ng6 16. Nh2 c6 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. axb6 Qf6 19. b5 axb5 20. cxb5 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 cxb5 22. Qa5 Rc8 23. Qxb5 Rxc3 24. Qd5 Qe7 25. Ra1 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Nf3 Rc6 28. Rb1 Rc5 29. Qd3 Qe6 30. Ra1 d5 31. exd5 Rxd5 32. Qb3 Rd6 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34. Ra8 Rxb6 35. Ne5 Rd6 36. Rb8 Rd5 37. Re8 g5 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Ke2 b5 40. Nd3 b4 41. Rb8 Rd4 42. Rb7 Bd6 43. Ne1 Re4+ 44. Kd2 Kf6 45. Nf3 Bc5 46. Kd3 Re7 47. Rb5 Bxf2 48. Rxb4 Re3+ 49. Kd2 Re6 50. Kd3 Kg6 51. Rb5 f6 52. Rb8 h5 53. Rg8+ Kf5 54. Rh8 Kg6 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. Rd8 g4 57. hxg4 hxg4 58. Nh2 f5 59. Nf1 Re1 60. Nd2 Be3 61. Rd7+ Kg6 62. Rd6+ Kh5 63. Nc4 Rg1 64. Rf6 Kg5 65. Rf8 Rxg2 66. Rg8+ Kh6 67. Ne5 Rd2+ 68. Kc4 f3 69. Nf7+ Kh7 70. Re8 f2 71. Rxe3 f1=Q+ 72. Kc3 Qc1+ 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2629"] [PlyCount "174"] [EventDate "2025.12.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 a6 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nxe4 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Nf4 Re8 14. Qf3 Qd7 15. h3 Qc6 16. Bd2 Bd8 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Qf5 Qe6 19. Qf4 Qd7 20. c3 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bf6 22. cxd4 Bxd4 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 f6 25. Rab1 Kf7 26. Re6 Rxe6 27. dxe6+ {Xiong,J (2648)-Nandish V S (2251) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (43)}) 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 14. Nf5 Bf6 15. Qf3 Re8 16. Rd1 Qd7 17. Nh6+ Kf8 18. Ng4 Qe6 19. h3 Ne4 20. Nxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Be3 Re4 23. Ra4 Ke7 24. Rb4 Kd7 25. Rd3 Rae8 26. Rxb7 Rxc4 27. c3 Re5 28. b4 Nd5 {Karpatchev,A (2484)-Hermann,M (2320) Bayerisch Eisenstein 2013 ½-½ (70)}) 14... Bf6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. h3 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. b3 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Bd2 Rae8 22. Kf1 g6 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Re1 Re6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Kd3 c6 28. g4 d5 29. f4 Ke8 30. Bc3 Bd8 31. Bd2 Bf6 32. Be3 Kd7 33. Bd4 Bd8 34. b4 Be7 35. c3 Bd6 36. Be5 Be7 37. Bd4 Bd6 38. Be3 Be7 39. Bd2 Bd6 40. Bc1 Be7 41. Be3 Bf6 42. Bc5 Bd8 43. Bg1 Bc7 44. Be3 Bd8 45. Bd4 Be7 46. Be5 Bh4 47. cxd5 cxd5 48. c4 Kc6 49. Bc3 Bf2 50. Bd4 Be1 51. Bc5 Bg3 52. Be3 Be1 53. Bc5 dxc4+ 54. Kxc4 Bd2 55. Kd4 Bxf4 56. Kc4 Be5 57. Be3 Bd6 58. Bd2 Be5 59. Be1 Bb2 60. Bd2 e5 61. Be3 e4 62. Bd2 Be5 63. Be3 Bf6 64. Bd2 Be7 65. Be3 Bd6 66. Bd2 Be5 67. Be3 Bg3 68. g5 Be5 69. Bd2 Bb2 70. Bf4 Bg7 71. Bd2 Bf8 72. Bc1 Be7 73. Bd2 Bd6 74. Bc1 Be5 75. Bd2 Bh2 76. Kd4 Kb5 77. Kxe4 Bd6 78. Kd5 Bxb4 79. Be3 Bxa5 80. Ke6 Bc3 81. Kf7 a5 82. Kg8 a4 83. Bc1 Ka5 84. Kxh7 b5 85. Kxg6 b4 86. Kh5 a3 87. g6 a2 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2025"] [Site "Goa IND"] [Date "2025.11.26"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2721"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2025.11.01"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Re1 ({RR} 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf3 b6 14. Ne2 Rad8 15. Ng3 d5 16. Nf5 Kh8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. h4 Qd7 19. c3 Ng8 20. Rad1 Bf6 21. g3 Ne7 22. Nh6 Ng8 23. Ng4 h5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxh5+ Nh6 26. Bxh6 gxh6 {Hrbek,S (2460)-Balaji,A (2301) Katowice POL 2026 1-0}) 12... Qc7 13. Be3 b6 $146 ({RR} 13... Rad8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 axb6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ra6 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ne2 d5 20. Ng3 h6 21. c4 Bb4 22. Rf1 d4 23. Bc1 Ra1 24. Qb3 Bc5 25. Kh2 Qa7 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. Qe2 Rb1 28. Nh5 {Sindarov,J (2722)-Sargsyan,S (2653) Samarkand UZB 2025 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 13... Rad8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 axb6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ra6 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ne2 d5 20. Ng3 h6 21. c4 Bb4 22. Rf1 d4 23. Bc1 Ra1 24. Qb3 Bc5 25. Kh2 Qa7 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. Qe2 Rb1 28. Nh5 {Sindarov,J (2722)-Sargsyan,S (2653) Samarkand 2025 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 13... a5 14. Qf3 Rad8 15. Rab1 Nd7 16. h4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 Bxh4 19. Nxd4 Bf6) 14. Qf3 Rad8 15. h4 Qd7 16. Qh3 Rfe8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ne2 d5 19. Ng3 Rf8 20. h5 h6 21. Re2 Rf7 22. Rae1 Bd6 23. Bd2 Rdf8 24. Bc3 d4 25. Bd2 c5 26. b3 a6 27. Nf1 Qe8 28. Ra1 Re7 29. Ng3 Qc8 30. Nf1 b5 31. Nh2 c4 32. axb5 axb5 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. Ng4 c3 35. Nxf6+ Rxf6 36. Be1 Rff7 37. f3 Ra7 38. Rd1 Ra2 39. Bh4 Rb7 40. Qg4 Qe8 41. Kh2 Qf7 42. g3 Rbb2 43. Rc1 Kh7 44. Kg2 Rb8 45. Rf1 Rb7 46. f4 exf4 47. e5 Bc5 48. Rxf4 Qe8 49. Ref2 Ra1 50. Qf3 Rbb1 51. Qe4+ Kg8 52. g4 Rh1 53. Kg3 Rae1 54. Re2 Rxe2 55. Qxe2 Be7 56. Bxe7 Qxe7 57. Rxd4 Qh4+ 58. Kf4 Re1 59. Qg2 Qg5+ 60. Kg3 Qe3+ 0-1 [Event "Chess.com Open Loser Playoffs"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.04.24"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Pranesh, M."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2026.04.23"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. h3 a5 9. Re1 ({RR} 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Nd2 Bd8 12. Nc3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bg5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne4 f6 20. Kh1 Nd4 21. a4 Rad8 22. Rf2 Ne6 23. Qd2 b6 {Pranesh,M (2644)-Pranav,V (2661) Chartres FRA 2026 ½-½ (35)}) 9... Re8 10. Ba2 ({RR} 10. Ne2 Bf8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. b3 Bxc4 13. bxc4 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. a4 Ne6 16. c3 Ne7 17. Rb1 b6 18. d4 Ng6 19. Nf5 Be7 20. d5 Nc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. g3 Bd6 23. Kg2 Ne7 24. N3h4 Nxf5 {Svane,F (2655)-Vetokhin,S (2561) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (76)}) 10... Bf8 11. Be3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 11... a4 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Qd3 {½-½ (16) Svane,F (2668)-Esipenko,A (2682) New York USA 2024}) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. c3 a4 17. Nh4 Qf7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Rc1 Qg6 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Nd2 Rg4 25. Qxg6 Rxg6 26. Nb1 Ne7 27. Nc3 Nf5 28. Re2 Nh4 29. g3 c6 30. Kh1 Nf5 31. Nxa4 Rxg3 32. fxg3 Nxg3+ 33. Kg2 Nxe2 34. Re1 Nf4+ 35. Bxf4 Rxf4 36. Nc5 Bxc5 37. dxc5 Rc4 38. b4 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rc3+ 40. Kg4 Kf7 41. Rf1+ Kg6 42. Rf8 Rxa3 43. Rb8 h5+ 44. Kf4 Rxh3 45. Rxb7 Kf6 46. Rb6 g5# 0-1 [Event "CrunchLab Masters Div 2 L"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.21"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Durarbayli, Vasif"] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2024.07.20"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ng6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Nbd2 c6 14. d4 d5 $146 ({RR} 14... Bg4 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qa3 Qc7 17. Rab1 Rad8 18. Rb2 Nd7 19. Rfb1 c5 20. d5 Bg4 21. Rf1 Nb6 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 b6 24. Rbf2 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Nh4 26. R3f2 Qe7 27. Qc1 Qg5 28. g3 Ng6 29. Rf5 {Chen,M (1910)-Lazavik,D (2235) Santiago de Compostela 2018 ½-½ (38)}) 15. Bd3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Be6 18. c4 f5 19. Bb1 e4 20. Nd2 c5 21. Qc3 b6 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Qg5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Qd3 Re8 27. b6 Ne5 28. Qe4 Nxc4 29. b7 Qd5 30. Rf4 Rb8 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 32. Rf5 Be6 33. Rxc5 Rxb7 34. e4 Kh7 35. Rd1 Rb2 36. Rd3 Ra2 37. Rc6 Ne5 0-1 [Event "1st 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.12.04"] [Round "8"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Artemiev, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2025.12.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 Bxc4 9. dxc4 b6 10. a6 ({RR} 10. Bd2 Nxa5 11. Bxa5 bxa5 12. Rxa5 c6 13. Ra2 Qc7 14. Nc3 a5 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Na4 Ne6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nb2 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qb8 21. Rea1 Rd8 22. g3 Qb4 23. Nc4 Nb5 24. Qe3 Qc3 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2769)-Abdusattorov,N (2727) Wijk aan Zee NED 2024 1-0 (65)}) 10... Qc8 11. c3 Nb8 ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. b4 Nd8 13. Nbd2 Ne6 14. Nf1 Nb8 15. b5 Nc5 16. Ba3 Nbd7 17. Ne3 Ne6 18. Nd5 Qe8 19. Nd2 Bg5 20. Nf1 Kh8 21. Qg4 Bh6 22. Rad1 g6 23. Ng3 Qd8 24. Nb4 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Bxg5 26. Nd5 {Castro Miguelez,J (2051)-Starostits,I (2325) San Cristobal de La Laguna ES 2026 0-1 (101)}) 12. Qa4 Ne8 $146 ({RR} 12... c6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. b4 h6 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Nbd2 Bf8 17. Nf1 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Qc2 d5 20. N1d2 d4 21. cxd4 Bxb4 22. Bg3 Bd6 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Nc4 Bxg3 27. hxg3 {Jumabayev,R (2546)-Murzin,V (2666) London ENG 2025 0-1 (96)}) 13. Nbd2 c6 14. b4 Nc7 15. Qb3 Ncxa6 16. Nf1 Nc7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nxe5 Qe6 21. Qxe6 Nxe6 22. Nc4 Nd7 23. Red1 Nf6 24. Ne5 cxb4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 26. Nxc6 Ng4 27. Nxb4 Nxh6 28. Nd5 Kg7 29. h3 Ng8 30. e5 Ne7 31. Nf6 Red8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxa7 Nc6 34. Rb7 Nxe5 35. Nfe4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Nc4 37. Nc3 Rd6 38. Nge4 Rd8 39. Nb5 h6 40. g3 Nc5 41. Nxc5 bxc5 42. Rc7 Rd2 43. Kg1 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 Ne5 45. Rxc5 Nd3 46. Rc7 Rd2 47. Kg1 Rxf2 48. Nd6 Rf3 49. Kg2 Ne1+ 50. Kg1 Kf8 51. Ne4 Re3 52. Rc4 f5 53. Nd6 Nd3 54. Kg2 Ke7 55. Nc8+ Ke6 56. Nb6 Re2+ 57. Kf1 Ra2 58. Rc6+ Ke5 59. Rxg6 Ke4 60. Re6+ Kf3 61. Kg1 Ra1+ 62. Kh2 Nf2 0-1 [Event "1st 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.12.04"] [Round "10"] [White "Tabatabaei, M."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2641"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2025.12.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 ({RR} 7. h3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. a5 a6 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Kh7 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. c3 d5 15. Re1 Ng8 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. Qb3 Qc8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nf6 21. Qc2 dxe4 {Niemann,H (2730)-Nakamura,H (2792) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (51)}) 7... a6 8. d4 ({RR} 8. Nd5 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Ne7 12. Bb3 Kh7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bg4 15. Be3 f5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 fxe4 18. Qxe4 d5 19. Qg4 Nf5 20. Bc2 c6 21. Ra4 Qe7 22. Bd2 Rf7 {Leiva,G (2393)-Pranav,V (2579) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (49)}) 8... Bg4 $146 ({RR} 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bg7 11. Nd5 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 O-O 15. Qb4 Qe7 16. e5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qe4 18. Bxd6 Qxb4 19. Bxb4 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nd5 23. Rd1 {Krawczyk,F (2334)-Kushagra,M (2431) Graz AUT 2026 ½-½}) 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd5 Nxe4 11. O-O Bg7 12. h3 Be6 13. Re1 Nd6 14. Ba2 O-O 15. c3 Re8 16. Be3 Nxa5 17. Qa4 Nac4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Bxd5 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Nd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Bc6 23. f3 Qe6 24. Qf2 b6 25. h4 a5 26. Nf1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 f5 28. Bc1 f4 29. Nd2 Bf8 30. Kh1 Bc5 31. Qe1 e4 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4 Bxb4 34. fxe4 Bxe4 35. Kh2 Bc2 36. Qxe6+ Rxe6 37. Rf1 g5 38. Nf3 Be4 39. Nd4 Rd6 40. Nb5 Rc6 41. Nd4 Rc4 42. Rd1 Bc5 43. Ne6 Rc2 44. hxg5 Rxg2+ 45. Kh3 hxg5 46. Re1 g4+ 47. Kh4 Be7+ 48. Kh5 Bf5 49. Bxf4 g3 50. Bxg3 Rxg3 51. Nf4 Bd6 52. Nd5 Kf7 53. Rf1 Ke6 54. Nf4+ Bxf4 55. Rxf4 Rg4 56. Rf1 Re4 57. Rg1 Kf6 58. Rc1 Bg6+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2024.04.13"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Vidit, S."] [Black "Gukesh, D."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. O-O h6 6. a4 ({RR} 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 g5 8. Na3 Bg7 9. Nc2 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Ne3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Ng8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 g4 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxf5 18. d4 Ne7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ne3 Qd7 {Caruana,F (2793)-Gukesh,D (2766) Saint Louis USA 2024 ½-½ (60)}) 6... Bc5 ({RR} 6... d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. f3 h5 12. Ne2 d5 13. Kh1 h4 14. Ng1 d4 15. Bf2 Nh5 16. Nb3 Nb4 17. a5 c5 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Nc4 Nf4 20. g3 Ng6 21. Nh3 {Guo,E (2375)-Das,A (2314) Naperville, IL USA 2026 0-1 (58)}) 7. Be3 $146 ({RR} 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rb1 d5 15. Nf1 Qd7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Rd8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Red1 g6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Mayank,C (2425)-Nogerbek,K (2502) Gandhinagar IND 2024 ½-½ (54)}) 7... d6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. b4 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. b5 Nb8 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. d4 Qe8 16. Rae1 axb5 17. axb5 Ra5 18. c4 Qa8 19. h3 Re8 20. Kh2 b6 21. Rf2 Ra2 22. Qd3 Ra3 23. Qb1 Qa4 24. Nh4 Ra8 25. Nf5 Kf8 26. Ref1 Ra1 27. Qd3 Qb4 28. Rxa1 Rxa1 29. c5 bxc5 30. Nc4 Qe1 31. Re2 Qg1+ 32. Kg3 Nh5+ 33. Kh4 Ndf6 34. Nxh6 Qh2 35. Nf5 Rf1 36. g4 Rxf5 37. exf5 Qg3+ 38. Kg5 Nh7+ 0-1 [Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.02.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Areshchenko, Alexander"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2007.02.14"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 117"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2 c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Be6 ({RR} 10... Kh8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. h3 Rc8 14. Nh2 Nh7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bg5 17. Qd2 d5 18. Nf3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. e5 Nd7 22. Ba4 Nb6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Ne2 Re8 25. Nf4 {Zhang,Z (2619)-Postny,E (2658) Berlin 2015 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 10... Kh8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. h3 Rc8 14. Nh2 Nh7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bg5 17. Qd2 d5 18. Nf3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. e5 Nd7 22. Ba4 Nb6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Ne2 Re8 25. Nf4) 11. Nf1 Rc8 ({RR} 11... h6 12. h3 Re8 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Ne3 Re8 14. Nh2 d5 15. Qf3 g6 16. Nhg4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 d4 18. Nd5 Kg7 19. c4 Bg5 20. a3 Bxc1 21. Rexc1 a5 22. Bd1 Rh8 23. Qg3 Qg5 24. Rab1 f5 25. exf5 gxf5) 13. d4 ({RR} 13. Ne3 a6 14. Nh2 d5 15. Qf3 d4 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Be7 19. g3 Bg5 20. Kg2 Bxc1 21. Raxc1 Qg5 22. Rcd1 b5 23. Rh1 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qf6 25. Rh5 Rad8 26. g5 hxg5 27. Qe4 g6) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. Ba4 Red8 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Bb3 Rac8 22. Bc3 Nd7 23. Ne3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Nc5 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Ra1 {Polterauer,C (2159)-Ager,J (2048) Linz 2025 ½-½ (42)}) 12. h3 Nd7 13. Ne3 $146 ({RR} 13. Ng3 b5 14. Nh2 Bg5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qg5 17. Qf3 g6 18. Qf2 f5 19. Nf3 Qh6 20. Qe2 f4 21. exf4 Qxf4 22. Kf2 Qh4 23. Bb3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rf4 25. Qf1 Nf6 26. Qh1 g5 27. Qh2 g4 {Kurmann,O (2385)-Gozzoli,Y (2509) Mulhouse 2008 0-1 (34)}) 13... b5 14. Nd5 Nb6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Bg3 Na4 21. Rb1 Be6 22. a3 Qd7 23. Rf1 Rfe8 24. Qd2 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Bf7 26. Bxa4 bxa4 27. c4 Rb8 28. Qf4 Rb3 29. Be1 Reb8 30. Rg3 Qe6 31. Bd2 Rxb2 32. Rf1 Rb1 33. Bc1 Qe5 34. Qg4 Bg6 35. Kh2 Qe8 36. Qf4 R8b6 37. Qd2 Ra1 38. d4 cxd4 39. Qxd4 Qe5 40. Qxe5 dxe5 41. c5 Rc6 42. Rc3 Bxe4 43. Rf2 Rb1 44. Rd2 Rc7 45. Rc4 Bc6 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. h4 h5 48. Bd2 Rb2 49. Kg1 Ra2 50. Rc3 Ke7 51. Rd6 Be4 0-1 [Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "2024.09.08"] [Round "2.12"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2024.09.06"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 ({RR} 10. Bb3 Nbd7 11. c4 Ng4 12. Bd2 f5 13. O-O Bf6 14. Bc2 Qe8 15. h3 Nh6 16. d4 e4 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nf7 19. Be3 Nh8 20. f4 Nf6 21. Kh2 Qg6 22. b4 Qh6 23. Kg1 a6 24. Bb3 Ng6 {Hong,A (2592)-Zhalmakhanov,R (2478) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (61)}) 10... Nbd7 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 b5 $146 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. g4 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. c4 h6 16. h4 c5 17. g5 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Qe2 Qb6 21. O-O-O Rab8 22. b3 e3 23. fxe3 Qa6 24. Kb2 Nd5 25. Qd3 Nxe3 26. Rdg1 Bd6 27. Bb1 {Gilfillan,A (1973)-Sowray,P (2310) England 2016 0-1}) 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Re8 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. O-O Rxe4 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Re6 g6 25. h4 Kg7 26. h5 Rxe6 27. dxe6 Qe7 28. Qc1 d5 29. Qf4 Qd6 30. Qe3 Kf6 31. Qh6 Qxe6 32. Qxh7 gxh5 33. Kf1 Qe4 34. Qxh5 Nc4 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qg7+ Kd6 37. Qf6+ Kd7 38. Bxc4 dxc4 39. Kg1 a5 40. f3 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe6 42. Qg7+ Kc6 43. g4 fxg4 44. fxg4 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. g5 Qd6+ 47. Kh3 Qe6+ 48. Kg3 Qe3+ 49. Kg4 c3 50. bxc3 bxc3 51. Qf6+ Kd5 52. Qf5+ Kxd4 53. Qd7+ Kc4 54. Qxc7+ Kd3 55. g6 c2 56. g7 c1=Q 57. Qd8+ Ke2 58. g8=Q Qcg1+ 59. Kf5 Qgf2+ 60. Kg6 Qeg3+ 0-1 [Event "TechM GCL 2025"] [Site "Mumbai IND"] [Date "2025.12.15"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2726"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2025.12.14"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] [BlackTeam "Ganges Grandmasters"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. a3 ({RR} 7. a4 a5 ({RR} 7... Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. h3 Rae8 14. Bg5 Bd8 15. Bh4 Ne7 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rb1 Ng6 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Qb3 Ngf4 21. Re3 Qe7) 8. Re1 Be6 9. b3 h6 10. Nf1 ({RR} 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. h3 c6 16. Bf1 Qc7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Bc3 b6 20. Qc1 exd4 21. Bxd4 Ne5) 10... Re8 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. Bb2 g6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bg7 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. f4 Nc5 21. e5 Qe7 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Carlsen,M (2831) New York USA 2024 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Be6 9. b3 h6 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. Bb2 g6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bg7 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. f4 Nc5 21. e5 Qe7) 7... h6 ({RR} 7... a5 8. Re1 Be6 9. b3 ({RR} 9. c3 Qd7 10. Bb5 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb8 15. Qb3 c6 16. Bd3 Nbd7 17. Qc2 Bg6 18. Nh4 c5 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Be4 Nf4 22. Nf3 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Nh5) 9... h6 10. Bb2 Nh7 11. Nf1 Ng5 12. N3d2 Bxc4 13. bxc4 Ne6 14. Ne3 Bg5 15. Nf3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nc5 17. Rf1 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. e4 Rf7 20. Bc1 Qd7 21. Be3 b6 22. Qd2 {Tan,Z (2532)-Ju,W (2564) China CHN 2025 ½-½ (66)}) 8. b4 $146 ({RR} 8. Re1 Nh7 9. Bd5 Kh8 10. Nf1 Ng5 11. Nxg5 Bxg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qe3 Qe5 17. c3 a5 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. f4 Qe6 20. f5 Qe7 21. Rd2 f6 22. Ng3 Ba6 {Buchenau,F-Jackson,S (2245) London 1988 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Ng3 a6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. c4 g6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bd4 h5 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f4 Qf6 22. Rf1 h4 {Dominguez Rueda,J (2143)-Beltran Rueda,S (2364) Sitges 2002 0-1 (35)}) 8... Re8 9. Bb2 Bf8 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Bb3 a5 14. d4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Bg4 16. Nd2 Be6 17. c4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 b5 20. cxb5 Bxb3 21. Nxb3 cxb5 22. Qd3 d5 23. Rd1 Nf4 24. Qd2 g5 25. f3 Qb6+ 26. Qd4 Qxd4+ 27. Nxd4 dxe4 28. Nxb5 Re6 29. Nc7 Rc6 30. Bxf6 exf3 31. Be5 Ng6 32. b5 Rc2 33. Bd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxc7 35. gxf3 Rc2 36. b6 Rb2 37. Nf5 Ne5 38. Nxh6+ Kh7 39. Rf6 Kg7 40. Rf5 Rb1+ 41. Kg2 Ng6 42. Rxf7+ Kxh6 43. b7 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 Nh4 45. h3 Kg6 46. Rc7 Nxf3+ 47. Kf1 Kf5 48. Rf7+ Ke4 49. Re7+ Kf4 50. Rc7 Kg3 51. Rc2 Rxb7 0-1 [Event "chess.com Junior Speed"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.06.13"] [Round "1.21"] [White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2608"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2023.06.13"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Be3 Bb6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Qd2 Ne6 13. Nxe6 ({RR} 13. a4 a5 14. f4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bf2 Bf5 17. Nc3 d4 18. Ne2 Qd5 19. Ra3 Be4 20. Rg3 O-O-O 21. c3 d3 22. c4 Qxc4 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. Rxg7 Rhg8 25. Rg3 Rxg3 26. hxg3 h5 27. Rc1 Qb4 {Anton,T (2442)-Banusz,T (2595) Mamaia 2013 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 13. Nc3 c5 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Na4 d4 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. b3 c4 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bh4 c5 20. Kh1 g5 21. Bg3 Bd5 22. Rfe1 Qc6 23. Re2 Bd8 24. Bf2 g4 25. e6 Bg5 26. f4 Bxg2+ 27. Kg1 Bf6 {Rusinski,M (1841)-Wozniak,M (1896) Poznan 2025 ½-½ (39)}) 13... Bxe6 14. a4 $146 ({RR} 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. a3 Qe7 17. Ne2 Ra4 18. c3 Rh4 19. Nd4 c5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. f4 Rf5 22. Rf3 Rg4 23. Raf1 h5 24. h3 Rg6 25. g3 c4 26. Qg2 Rh6 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Qc5+ {Oberhofer,P (1845)-Muenster,E (2065) Bayern 2000 0-1 (45)}) 14... d4 15. Bf2 a5 16. Qf4 Qd5 17. Nd2 O-O-O 18. Rfd1 Rhe8 19. Ne4 Qc4 20. Rd2 Bd5 21. b3 Qb4 22. Rd3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 f6 24. e6 Rd6 25. e7 Rd5 26. Re1 Kb7 27. Qe6 Re5 28. Rxe5 fxe5 29. Bh4 g5 30. Bf2 Rxe7 31. Qf5 Qa3 32. Rd1 e4 33. fxe4 Qb2 34. e5 Qc3 35. e6 d3 36. Qxd3 Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qc5+ 38. Qd4 Qxc2+ 39. Rd2 Qf5+ 40. Kg1 Rxe6 41. Rd1 Qc2 42. Rf1 Re2 43. Qg4 h6 44. b4 Re4 45. Qf5 axb4 46. a5 Qc4 47. a6+ Ka7 48. Qa5 Qd4+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Stillwater"] [Date "2007.05.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Onischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2007.05.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 118"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O c5 10. Ne2 Bc6 11. f3 Ng5 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nbc3 f5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. f5 Qe7 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. Qd2 d4 18. Qa5 $146 ({RR} 18. Bg5 Qxe5 19. Bxd8 Bd6 20. Qf4 Rxd8 21. Rad1 Bb5 22. Qxe5 Bxe5 23. Rfe1 c4 24. c3 c5 25. Ng3 Bxg3 26. hxg3 e3 27. b3 h5 28. Rc1 a5 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. a4 Ba6 31. bxc4 Kc7 32. Kf1 Bc8 {Pert,N (2570)-Howell,D (2663) Bournemouth 2016 0-1 (35)}) 18... c4 19. Qa6+ Bb7 20. Qxc4 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Kh1 Rhe8 23. Rad1 e3 24. Ng3 Ba6 25. Rfe1 Bb4 26. Rg1 e2 27. Rc1 Rd5 28. a3 g5 29. fxg6 e1=Q 30. Rgxe1 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 hxg6 32. h4 Rc5 33. Re4 Rxc2 34. Rxd4 Bb7 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Rxe5 37. Bc3 Rc5 38. Kg1 Rc4 39. h5 gxh5 40. Nxh5 Rg4 41. Kf2 Rxg2+ 42. Ke3 Kd7 43. Nf6+ Ke7 44. Ne4 Bxe4 45. Kxe4 Kd6 46. Kd4 Rg4+ 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Kc2 Kc4 49. b3+ Kd5 50. Bf6 Rg6 51. Bh8 c5 52. Kc3 Rg3+ 53. Kb2 Rg2+ 54. Kc3 Rg3+ 55. Kb2 c4 56. bxc4+ Kxc4 57. Be5 Rb3+ 58. Ka2 Re3 59. Bd6 Re2+ 60. Kb1 Kb3 61. Kc1 a5 62. Kd1 Re8 63. Bc5 Rc8 64. Be7 Rc7 65. Bf8 Kb2 66. Kd2 Rd7+ 67. Ke3 Kc3 68. Ke4 Rd8 69. Bc5 Kc4 70. Bb6 Re8+ 71. Kf3 a4 72. Kf2 Kb3 73. Bc5 Kb2 74. Kf1 Rc8 75. Bd6 Rd8 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.12.13"] [Round "2.26"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2859"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2022.11.23"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 8. Bxe6 dxe6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Be3 Bc5 11. c3 Bb7 12. cxd4 Be7 13. a3 a6 $146 ({RR} 13... Qd7 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Rac1 Kb8 16. b4 Qc8 17. Rd2 Rd7 18. Rdc2 Bd8 19. d5 exd5 20. Nb5 d4 21. Nbxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Re8 23. f4 g5 24. Nc6+ Bxc6 25. Rxc6 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Re6 27. h3 Rd4 28. Qf2 {Bharath,S (2591)-Jain,K (2394) Granada ESP 2026 1-0 (59)}) 14. Nc3 Na7 15. d5 exd5 16. Nd4 g6 17. e6 O-O 18. Bh6 c5 19. Nf3 d4 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Na4 Nc8 22. b4 Bd5 23. exf7+ Qxf7 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rac1 Bb3 26. Nxc5 Bxd1 27. Qxd1 Qd5 28. Nd3 Bxa3 29. Rc7 Bd6 30. Rc2 Ne7 31. h4 a5 32. Nb2 a4 33. Rd2 Qb3 34. Qe2 a3 35. Nxd4 Qf7 36. Nc4 Bb4 37. Ra2 Nd5 38. Ne5 Nc3 39. Nxf7 Nxe2+ 40. Nxe2 Kxf7 41. g3 Ke6 42. Nf4+ Kd6 43. Nd3 Bc3 44. Kf1 Kd5 45. Ne1 Bxe1 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.07"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Vallejo Pons, F."] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2683"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. c3 Ne6 8. cxd4 Bb4+ ({RR} 8... Ncxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qe4 Ne6 11. O-O d6 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qe3 Bd7 17. Nd5 Bc6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Bc4 Qh4 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 {Garcia Martin,M (2342)-Stefanova,A (2391) Monaco MNC 2026 0-1}) 9. Nc3 d5 10. exd6 O-O 11. dxc7 $146 ({RR} 11. Be3 Re8 12. O-O Bxd6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. d5 Nf8 15. Rfe1 Nf5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Ne6 Rac8 23. Bb3 a5 24. Re3 Ne5 25. Rg3 Re7 {Xiong,J (2645)-Esipenko,A (2702) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 11... Qxc7 12. Qd3 Nexd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bxf7+ Qxf7 15. Qe3 Nd3+ 16. Kd2 Nxf2 17. Re1 Bg4 18. Kc2 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Bh5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qg5 Bg6+ 22. Kd2 Ne4+ 0-1 [Event "CrunchLab Masters Div 2 L"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.20"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Pichot, A."] [Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2628"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2024.07.20"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxd4 Nb8 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Nc3 f6 ({RR} 11... a5 12. Rd1 a4 13. h3 Re8 14. Bf4 Ra6 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 c5 18. Ndb5 Be6 19. Ra7 Nc6 20. Rxc7 Nd4 21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. Nxd5 Nxc7 24. Nbxc7 Rf8 25. c4 Be6 26. Nxe7+ {Kravtsiv,M (2598)-Yu Yangyi (2729) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (40)}) 12. e6 Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... Bc5 13. Be3 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxe6 15. Na4 Bf7 16. Qc3 Nd7 17. Qxc6 Ne5 18. Qc3 Nc4 19. Nc5 Nd6 20. Qd3 Qc8 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. f3 c6 23. Qa6 Qc7 24. Bf2 Nc4 25. b3 Ne5 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. cxd3 {Gaponenko,I (2348)-Cyfka,K (2347) Germany GER 2022 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 12... Bc5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Be3 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxe6 16. Re3 Nd7 17. Rae1 Bf7 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Qe3 Bf7 20. Na4 Nb6 21. Nc5 Qd6 22. Qc3 Nc4 23. Nd3 Qd7 24. a4 a5 25. b3 Nd6 26. f3 Bg6 27. Nc5 {Fawzy,A (2462)-Abdelnabbi,I (2363) Sohar OMA 2026 1-0 (47)}) 13. Bf4 Bc5 14. Rad1 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Bxe6 16. Qg3 Re7 17. Ne4 Kh8 18. Nc5 Bg8 19. h4 a5 20. Qd3 Qe8 21. Qc3 Nd7 22. Nd3 Ne5 23. Nc5 Nc4 24. Qg3 Nxb2 25. Bxc7 Nc4 26. Kh2 Qg6 27. Rg4 Qxc2 28. Bd6 Nxd6 29. Qxd6 Rae8 30. Rg3 Qxa2 31. h5 h6 32. f4 Qe2 33. Rff3 d4 34. Qxc6 Qc4 35. Rd3 Qd5 36. Qxd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd4 Bf7 38. Ra4 Ra8 39. Rga3 Bxh5 40. Rxa5 Rxa5 41. Rxa5 Bg6 42. Kg3 Kh7 43. Kf3 h5 44. Nb3 Be4+ 45. Kg3 Kg6 46. Nd4 Rd7 47. Ne6 Rd2 48. f5+ Bxf5 49. Nf4+ Kg5 50. Nh3+ Kg6 51. Nf4+ Kg5 52. Kf3 Rb2 53. Nh3+ Kg6 54. Nf4+ Kg5 55. Ne6+ Kg6 56. Nd4 Bg4+ 57. Kg3 Rd2 58. Ra4 Rd3+ 59. Kf4 Rd2 60. g3 Rd3 61. Rc4 Ra3 62. Nc6 Rf3+ 63. Ke4 Rxg3 64. Ne7+ Kg5 65. Rc5+ f5+ 66. Ke5 Re3+ 67. Kd6 h4 68. Nd5 Rd3 69. Ke5 h3 70. Rc2 Rxd5+ 71. Kxd5 Kf4 72. Kd4 Bf3 73. Rc8 h2 74. Rh8 h1=Q 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 26th Mar Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2024.03.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. c3 Ne6 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 d5 10. exd6 O-O 11. Be3 ({RR} 11. dxc7 Qxc7 12. Qd3 Nexd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bxf7+ Qxf7 15. Qe3 Nd3+ 16. Kd2 Nxf2 17. Re1 Bg4 18. Kc2 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Bh5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qg5 Bg6+ 22. Kd2 Ne4+ {0-1 (22) Vallejo Pons,F (2706)-Esipenko,A (2683) Baku AZE 2023}) 11... Re8 12. O-O $146 ({RR} 12. dxc7 Qxc7 13. O-O Nexd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qd3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nf5 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. Rxd6 Qxa2 20. h4 Qf7 21. Rd4 Bf5 22. Rf4 Re4 23. Rc1 Qd5 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxf4 26. Bxf4 Be4 {Kairbekova,A (2230)-Lu,M (2449) Shaoxing CHN 2024 ½-½ (31)}) 12... Bxd6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. d5 Nf8 15. Rfe1 Nf5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Ne6 Rac8 23. Bb3 a5 24. Re3 Ne5 25. Rg3 Re7 26. a4 Nc4 27. Qf4 Bxe6 28. dxe6 d5 29. Qxf6 Rf8 0-1 [Event "Chessable Masters Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.03"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.02.02"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxd4 Nb8 10. c4 ({RR} 10. Qf3 c5 11. Nb5 O-O 12. c4 Bb7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qg3 ({RR} 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Rd1 Bc4 16. Rxd8 Bxe2 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nxc7 Rb8 19. Nc3 Bd3 20. N7d5) 14... Bh4 15. Qg4 Be6 16. Qe4 Na6 17. N1c3 Be7 18. a3 Qc8 19. Be3 Bb3 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. Qc6 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Bxe6 23. Ne4 Rd5 24. Nbc3 Rd3 {Theodorou,N (2646)-Keymer,V (2751) Germany 2025 ½-½}) 10... dxc4 11. Be3 c5 12. Nb5 $146 ({RR} 12. Qf3 cxd4 13. Qxa8 dxe3 14. Qxb8 exf2+ 15. Kh1 O-O 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Qb5 Qd4 18. Rad1 Qxe5 19. Ne4 Bg4 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxd1 22. Rxf2 Re8 23. h3 Re2 24. Rxe2 Bxe2 25. Na6 c3 {0-1 (25) Samsonkin,A (2361)-Le,Q (2731) chess.com INT 2026}) 12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Na6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Na3 O-O-O 16. Naxc4 Nb4 17. Rdc1 Rd5 18. Rc3 Rhd8 19. f4 Rd3 20. Kf2 Kb7 21. h3 Kc6 22. Ke2 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Nd5 24. Rc1 g5 25. fxg5 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 Bxg5 27. c4 Rd4 28. Nf3 Bxe3 29. Kxe3 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. a3 Be6 32. Ng5 h6 33. Ne4 Kd5 34. g4 c4 35. Kf4 Kd4 36. h4 c3 37. Nxc3 Kxc3 38. h5 Kd4 0-1 [Event "Remco Heite 5th"] [Site "Wolvega"] [Date "2014.11.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "L'Ami, Erwin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2618"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2014.11.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 Bb6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15. Nf3 d4 16. Bf2 Bc6 17. a4 a5 18. f5 Qd5 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qxg7 O-O-O 21. Qf6 Rhg8 $146 ({RR} 21... Rdg8 22. Bg3 c4 23. Kh1 d3 24. cxd3 cxd3 25. b4 d2 26. b5 Bb7 27. Rad1 Be3 28. e6 fxe6 29. fxe6 Rh7 30. Nh4 Bg5 31. Qf8+ Rxf8 32. Rxf8+ Bd8 33. b6 cxb6 34. Nf3 Qxe6 35. Rxd2 Rd7 36. Rc2+ {Rusan,P (2213)-Craciun,O (1931) Olanesti 2018 0-1 (51)}) 22. Bg3 c4 23. Kh1 h5 24. b3 cxb3 25. cxb3 d3 26. Qh6 Kb7 27. Qd2 Rg4 28. b4 Rxb4 29. Qg5 Rh8 30. Qg7 Qd8 31. e6 h4 32. Be5 Rg8 33. Qxf7 h3 34. Bg3 Rb2 35. gxh3 Qd5 36. Qh5 Rg5 37. Qxg5 Qxf3+ 38. Rxf3 Bxf3# 0-1 [Event "RUS-ch 71st"] [Site "Satka"] [Date "2018.08.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2018.08.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 186"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.09.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Ba3 Qd8 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Re7 Rac8 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nxc7 Bxc2 19. Nd5 b5 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Be2 $146 ({RR} 21. Bd5 Rc5 22. Rd7 Bf5 23. Rd6 a5 24. h3 Re8 25. Rd1 Kg7 26. Rd2 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Be6 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Rd7 f5 30. Ra7 b4 31. Rdd7 Rf6 32. Rdc7 Rd5 33. Rd7 Rc5 34. Rdc7 {½-½ (34) Popov,I (2592)-Inarkiev,E (2693) Moscow 2018}) ({RR} 21. Bd5 Rc5 22. Rd7 Bf5 23. Rd6 a5 24. h3 Kg7 25. Re1 Rc2 26. b4 Rd2 27. bxa5 Be6 28. Rdxe6 fxe6 29. Bxe6 Re8 30. Kf1 Ra8 31. Bb3 Rd7 32. Re4 Rxa5 33. Rg4+ Kf8 34. g3 Raa7 35. Rg8+ Ke7 {Usov,A (2402)-Artemiev,V (2641) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (80)}) 21... Rfd8 22. Ra7 Rc6 23. Rc1 Re8 24. Bf3 Be4 25. Re1 Re5 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Kf1 f5 28. a4 Rb4 29. axb5 axb5 30. Re5 Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Rc2+ 32. Kd3 Rxf2 33. Kc3 Rg4 34. Rxb5 Rg6 35. Rbb7 Rf6 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Rbb8 Rc6+ 38. Kd4 Kf6 39. Rg8 Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Rb2 41. Ra1 Re6+ 42. Kf3 Rd6 43. Ke3 Rbd2 44. Rg3 h5 45. Ra4 h4 46. Rxh4 Ke5 0-1 [Event "Titled Tue 26th Mar Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2024.03.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. c3 Ne6 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 d5 10. exd6 O-O 11. Be3 ({RR} 11. dxc7 Qxc7 12. Qd3 Nexd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bxf7+ Qxf7 15. Qe3 Nd3+ 16. Kd2 Nxf2 17. Re1 Bg4 18. Kc2 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Bh5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qg5 Bg6+ 22. Kd2 Ne4+ {0-1 (22) Vallejo Pons,F (2706)-Esipenko,A (2683) Baku AZE 2023}) 11... Re8 12. O-O $146 ({RR} 12. dxc7 Qxc7 13. O-O Nexd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qd3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nf5 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. Rxd6 Qxa2 20. h4 Qf7 21. Rd4 Bf5 22. Rf4 Re4 23. Rc1 Qd5 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxf4 26. Bxf4 Be4 {Kairbekova,A (2230)-Lu,M (2449) Shaoxing CHN 2024 ½-½ (31)}) 12... Bxd6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. d5 Nf8 15. Rfe1 Nf5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Ne6 Rac8 23. Bb3 a5 24. Re3 Ne5 25. Rg3 Re7 26. a4 Nc4 27. Qf4 Bxe6 28. dxe6 d5 29. Qxf6 Rf8 0-1 [Event "Chessable Masters Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.03"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.02.02"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxd4 Nb8 10. c4 ({RR} 10. Qf3 c5 11. Nb5 O-O 12. c4 Bb7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qg3 ({RR} 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Rd1 Bc4 16. Rxd8 Bxe2 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nxc7 Rb8 19. Nc3 Bd3 20. N7d5) 14... Bh4 15. Qg4 Be6 16. Qe4 Na6 17. N1c3 Be7 18. a3 Qc8 19. Be3 Bb3 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. Qc6 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Bxe6 23. Ne4 Rd5 24. Nbc3 Rd3 {Theodorou,N (2646)-Keymer,V (2751) Germany 2025 ½-½}) 10... dxc4 11. Be3 c5 12. Nb5 $146 ({RR} 12. Qf3 cxd4 13. Qxa8 dxe3 14. Qxb8 exf2+ 15. Kh1 O-O 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Qb5 Qd4 18. Rad1 Qxe5 19. Ne4 Bg4 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxd1 22. Rxf2 Re8 23. h3 Re2 24. Rxe2 Bxe2 25. Na6 c3 {0-1 (25) Samsonkin,A (2361)-Le,Q (2731) chess.com INT 2026}) 12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Na6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Na3 O-O-O 16. Naxc4 Nb4 17. Rdc1 Rd5 18. Rc3 Rhd8 19. f4 Rd3 20. Kf2 Kb7 21. h3 Kc6 22. Ke2 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Nd5 24. Rc1 g5 25. fxg5 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 Bxg5 27. c4 Rd4 28. Nf3 Bxe3 29. Kxe3 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. a3 Be6 32. Ng5 h6 33. Ne4 Kd5 34. g4 c4 35. Kf4 Kd4 36. h4 c3 37. Nxc3 Kxc3 38. h5 Kd4 0-1 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.12.16"] [Round "3.36"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2859"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2022.11.23"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. exf6 dxc4 7. O-O gxf6 8. Bf4 Be6 9. Re1 Qd7 10. c3 ({RR} 10. Nbd2 O-O-O 11. b3 c3 12. Ne4 Be7 13. a3 Rhg8 14. b4 Qd5 15. b5 Qxb5 16. Ng3 Rg4 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. Nxd4 Qb2 19. Qxg4 Qxa1+ 20. Nf1 {0-1 (20) Iinuma,P (2047)-Siddarth,M (2220) Bellevue, WA USA 2025}) 10... O-O-O $146 ({RR} 10... d3 11. b3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Rg8 13. Nd4 Bd5 14. bxc4 Qh3 15. g3 Qg2# {0-1 (15) Descormier,N (1340)-Lefevre,P (1650) Domloup 2013}) 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nc3 Rg8 13. Bg3 h5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qe2 f5 17. Nc3 h4 18. Bxc7 Qg7 0-1 [Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2019.10.21"] [Round "11"] [White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2699"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.10.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IOM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 193"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.12.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 Nc5 11. f4 Ne4 12. f5 c5 13. Nb3 Bb5 14. Re1 Bh4 15. g3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxg3 17. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 17. Re2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 c4 19. Nd4 Qh4 20. Nf3 Qg4 21. Qg2 h5 22. Nc3 c6 23. Ne2 h4 24. Bf4 Qxf5 25. Bxg3 hxg3 26. Nxg3 Qf4 27. Rd1 Rh6 28. Kf2 O-O-O 29. Ne2 Qf5 30. Ned4 Qf4 31. Ne2 Qe4 {Ni,S (2311)-Yu,J (2283) Samarkand UZB 2023 ½-½ (61)}) ({RR} 17. Re2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 c4 19. Nd4 Qh4 20. Nf3 Qg4 21. Qg2 h5 22. Nc3 c6 23. Ne2 h4 24. Bf4 Qxf5 25. Bxg3 hxg3 26. Nxg3 Qf4 27. Rd1 Rh6 28. Kf2 O-O-O 29. Ne2 Qf5 30. Ned4 Qf4 31. Ne2 Qe4 {Ni,S (2311)-Yu,J (2283) Samarkand UZB 2023 ½-½ (61)}) 17... Qh4 18. Re2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 O-O 20. Nxc5 Bxe5 21. Nd3 Rfe8 22. Qg2 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Qh5 24. Nf4 Qxf5 25. Qxd5 Qf6 26. Ne4 Qa6+ 27. Nd3 Rad8 28. Qf5 Qc6 29. Ndf2 Re5 30. Qf4 Rde8 0-1