[Event "2026 Japan Team Chess Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.10.10"] [Round "1.18"] [Board "1"] [White "Gondhalekar, Mayur"] [Black "Taga, Hiroto"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "1694"] [BlackElo "1973"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "100"] [GameId "2364830465364011"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.10.13"] {[%evp 0,100,21,-9,7,10,11,-18,-23,-36,-7,-8,-3,-7,-2,-5,-15,-9,-16,-13,-17,-18,-8,-25,-3,-46,-41,-43,-41,-46,12,-24,18,19,17,19,50,20,42,32,50,40,62,26,35,22,52,24,7,13,6,-4,1,-1,0,-47,-5,-3,12,-31,1,-6,97,118,116,121,133,150,189,32767,167,195,240,170,196,176,169,173,183,227,215,252,228,247,289,224,200,240,228,124,131,1,1,-1,317,333,387,300,411,257,331,-964,-901]} 1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 f5 6. Rc1 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. d4 Nd7 10. Be2 (10. d5 {Thought of this option blocking b7 bishop}) 10... Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 f4 15. exf4 Bxd4 16. Rd3 Bg7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qf6 19. g3 Qf5 20. Kg2 Rfe8 21. Re1 Rxe1 22. Nxe1 Re8 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Qd2 h5 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Kg7 27. Nh2 d5 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qe6 30. g5 Be7 31. Qd4+ f6 32. cxd5 Qd7 33. Kg3 Kf7 34. Ng4 Qd6 35. gxf6 Bxf6 36. Ne5+ Kg7 37. Qe4 Bd8 38. Nc6 Bf6 39. Nxa7 g5 40. Nc6 gxf4+ 41. Kf3 Qd7 42. Nd4 Qh3+ 43. Kxf4 Qh4+ 44. Kf3 Qh1+ 45. Kf4 Bg5+ 46. Ke5 Qh2+ 47. f4 Bf6+ 48. Ke6 Qh3+ 49. Nf5+ Kg6 50. Qg2+ $4 (50. a4 $16) 50... Qxg2 {White resigns. Big blunder missing Bxh4 when Knight forks king and queen. simply a4 would have kept a big winning advantage for white.} 0-1 [Event "2026 Japan Team Chess Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.10.10"] [Round "2.20"] [Board "1"] [White "Yamaguchi, Tosei"] [Black "Gondhalekar, Mayur"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "1941"] [BlackElo "1694"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "111"] [GameId "2364830492569648"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.10.13"] {[%evp 0,111,21,15,24,10,17,17,14,17,23,29,20,3,13,15,6,3,31,28,35,47,45,39,59,55,51,49,48,58,13,41,49,37,51,50,84,82,98,103,150,115,194,154,297,318,336,295,307,245,311,311,315,290,305,336,303,176,217,229,212,184,205,150,210,187,289,319,263,281,311,196,385,210,273,91,246,273,326,308,324,334,344,316,309,242,403,263,390,378,623,590,619,552,563,649,571,541,585,536,587,573,610,556,655,614,29985,29984,29987,29988,29989,29990,29991,1370]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 h6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 Nf8 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Bh2 N6d7 15. Nf3 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Nf6 17. Ne5 N8d7 {What am I doing? I should develop Bishop first ...} 18. f4 g6 19. Rce1 Nf8 {Now, I am just being ridiculous} 20. g4 Ne6 21. f5 Nf8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Rd8 24. Bf5 Kg7 25. Rf4 Be6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Ref1 N6d7 28. Rf7+ Kg8 29. R7f5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Qd6 31. Kg2 Rd7 32. Qb3 Re7 33. Ne4 Qc7 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Qc3 Ng6 36. Rxe7+ Qxe7 37. e4 Rf8 38. e5 Rf7 39. Kg3 Nf8 40. Qd3 b6 41. a3 Ng6 42. Rf5 Rf8 43. Qf3 Rd8 44. Nh5+ Kg8 45. Rf6 Nf8 46. Rxh6 Qg5 47. Rxc6 Ng6 48. Rf6 Qh4+ 49. Kg2 Qg5 50. Qf2 Nh4+ 51. Kh2 Ng6 52. e6 Rf8 53. Rxf8+ Nxf8 54. Qf7+ Kh8 55. Qxf8+ Kh7 56. Qf5+ {Black resigns a terrible game.} 1-0 [Event "2026 Japan Team Chess Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.10.10"] [Round "3.21"] [Board "1"] [White "Gondhalekar, Mayur"] [Black "Shirozu, Hiroki"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "1694"] [BlackElo "1688"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "121"] [GameId "2364832609480776"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.10.13"] {[%evp 0,120,21,-9,-1,-11,3,0,7,1,0,-2,0,-15,-20,-12,0,0,22,16,40,32767,32767,77,65,71,78,82,83,74,52,37,62,30,175,176,138,167,202,125,293,32767,32767,32767,510,508,527,505,489,489,569,517,507,473,478,481,858,452,530,550,32767,32767,32767,32767,770,274,529,343,393,343,414,451,472,507,499,491,507,473,500,438,448,416,494,302,296,298,326,341,360,285,303,248,283,284,345,339,385,395,29991,389,440,324,354,374,357,372,376,373,380,386,379,372,377,360,363,373,439,358,376,350,360,383,737]} {I wanted to win this one at any cost.} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 Ne7 9. O-O h6 10. h3 Be6 11. d4 Nh7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 c6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qc1 f5 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Qa1 b6 19. Na4 Nf6 20. Bxe5 Qb7 21. Bb2 (21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxf6 $16) 21... Kh7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxf6 $16 Bf8 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Nb2 Ng8 26. Bc3 f4 27. Bd3 fxe3 28. fxe3 c5 29. Qb1 Ne7 30. Ne5 Nf5 {some counterplay...} 31. Be4 Qb8 32. Qd3 Bg7 33. Nc6 Qg3 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Bxf5 Bxf5 36. e4 Qxd3 37. Nxd3 Bxe4 38. Nxa7 Ra8 39. Nb5 Rxa2 40. Nf2 Bc2 41. Rd6 Bxb3 42. Rxb6 Bxc4 43. Nd6 Bd5 44. Rb1 Rc2 45. Nde4 c4 46. Rb5 Bc6 47. Rc5 Ba4 48. Rc7+ Kh8 49. Kf1 (49. Nf6 $1 {This was winning}) 49... Kg8 50. Ke1 Bb3 51. Nd2 Ba2 52. Nfe4 Rc1+ 53. Kf2 Rc2 54. Ke3 Rc1 55. Kd4 Rg1 56. g3 Rh1 57. h4 Rc1 58. Nxc4 Bxc4 59. Rxc4 Rd1+ 60. Ke5 Re1 61. Kf6 $18 {Black resigns. Feels good to finally win! Team also secured a draw 2:2} 1-0 [Event "2026 Japan Teams Chess Championship"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.10.10"] [Round "1.1"] [Board "3"] [White "FM Bibby Simon"] [Black "Mamatkulov Azizjon"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/TheAzico"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2209"] [BlackElo "1656"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "66"] [GameId "2364841693773882"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.10.13"] {[%evp 0,66,21,14,18,7,10,11,0,6,10,9,2,-1,8,20,26,32,14,10,9,16,21,0,8,24,54,66,76,87,112,58,161,169,126,118,136,144,152,96,110,-29,-22,-9,28,32767,32767,-16,55,25,119,-16,-6,5,35,55,45,39,77,47,52,44,57,46,58,7,49,-8,-29]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. e5 Qe7 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Qg4 f5 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 d5 16. Qh7+ Kf7 17. Be2 Qf8 18. dxc5 Nd7 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. Qd3 $11 Nxc5 21. Qe3 Rf5 22. Bg4 Rf4 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Rad1 Qf5 $14 (24... Qf6 $11) 25. h3 Kf7 26. Rd4 $11 Rxd4 $14 27. cxd4 Ne4 28. Re1 $11 Nf6 $16 (28... Rc8) (28... Qg5) 29. c3 Rd6 30. a4 Qc2 31. Bd1 Qa2 32. Kh2 Qc4 33. Qf4 Qxc3 {Unknown Black resigns at some point.} 1-0 [Event "2026 Japan Teams Chess Championship"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.10.10"] [Round "2.12"] [Board "3"] [White "Mamatkulov Azizjon"] [Black "Kuramoto koutarou"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/TheAzico"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1656"] [BlackElo "1780"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "57"] [GameId "2364842222956636"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.10.13"] {[%evp 0,57,23,14,8,15,11,-7,17,-4,31,8,4,-20,0,-9,16,-4,12,0,0,27,20,8,-16,-14,11,5,48,14,78,-18,-26,-10,24,-83,-17,-70,117,116,146,32767,156,150,299,317,406,251,370,470,257,589,762,530,469,473,624,637,830,805]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. a3 Bd6 7. Nc3 a6 8. O-O h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Re1 f5 12. Ne2 h5 13. Nf4 Qf6 14. Nh4 Qg5 15. Nf3 Qg7 16. b4 O-O-O 17. Rc1 Rdg8 18. c4 h4 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Bxf4 21. exf4 c6 22. Rb1 Nf8 $18 23. Rxb7 $3 $18 {Nice sac} Kxb7 24. Qb3+ Kc8 25. Rb1 Nd7 26. Qb7+ Kd8 27. Qxc6 f6 28. Qxe6 Re8 29. Qxd5 {Unknown Black resigns} 1-0 [Event "2026 Japan Teams Chess Champioship"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.10.10"] [Round "3.15"] [Board "3"] [White "Mamatkulov Azizjon"] [Black "Ichikawa Yuko"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/TheAzico"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1656"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2368630817526184"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.10.13"] {[%evp 0,69,18,16,21,20,22,22,29,27,7,16,32,19,49,14,29,47,31,-102,-3,-43,88,84,91,32767,215,207,206,213,195,192,223,217,218,212,248,273,262,262,269,209,231,233,260,267,247,272,362,352,422,407,761,787,780,779,821,811,1013,975,29989,29990,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Bc2 Be7 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. b4 c4 11. a4 Qc7 12. Qc1 Bg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Qxg5 Ne7 15. Rg1 Bc6 16. b5 Bd7 17. Qf6 Rg8 18. Bxh7 Rf8 19. Kd2 Qa5 20. Bc2 Bxb5 21. Na3 Bc6 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qc7 24. h4 $18 Ng8 25. b6 Qxb6 26. Ba4+ Qc6 27. Bxc6+ bxc6 28. Qg5 Kd7 29. Rgb1 Rfb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Rxa7+ Rb7 32. Rxb7+ Kc8 33. Rxf7 Ne7 34. Qxe7 c5 35. Qc7# {Unknown} 1-0 [Event "2026 Japan Teams Chess Championship"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.10.11"] [Round "4.9"] [Board "3"] [White "Yasuno Naoki"] [Black "Mamatkulov Azizjon"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/TheAzico"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "1746"] [BlackElo "1656"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "101"] [GameId "2364842872463496"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.10.13"] {[%evp 0,101,15,11,14,19,28,15,12,18,35,16,71,27,35,9,15,36,23,28,18,47,33,52,40,26,23,42,25,22,19,37,17,14,7,18,25,23,38,4,38,47,47,46,70,-18,1,14,0,2,-7,52,26,-10,88,92,142,71,108,35,66,148,198,179,190,199,227,284,245,228,184,242,228,250,263,247,195,240,261,252,204,198,275,214,302,325,256,339,264,269,314,266,309,426,403,432,507,400,859,858,923,1725,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. f3 Nf6 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O-O Bxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. h4 e5 16. Ne2 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nc6 18. Rd6 Rfc8 19. Nc3 Bf8 20. Rd5 Rd8 21. Rhd1 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Nd5 $11 Ne6 25. Kd2 f5 26. c4 b4 $11 27. Nf6+ Kg7 $16 (27... Kf7 {It seems black should have offered a pawn here rather than losing the one he did later} 28. Nxh7 Be7 $11) 28. Nd7 Bd6 29. c5 Bc7 30. Kd3 Nf8 $2 (30... Kf7 31. Kc4) 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. Kc4 a5 33. Kd5 Ke7 34. Bg5+ Kd7 35. c6+ Kc8 36. Bf6 e4 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Kxe4 Bg3 39. Kd5 Kc7 40. Kc5 h5 41. Kb5 Bd6 42. Bd4 Bg3 43. Bb6+ Kc8 44. Bxa5 Bxh4 45. Bxb4 Bd8 46. Bd6 Bf6 47. Kc5 Bxb2 48. b4 g5 49. b5 g4 50. Kd5 Bc1 51. b6 {Unknown Black resigns} 1-0 [Event "2026 Japan Teams Chess Championship"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.10.11"] [Round "5.12"] [Board "3"] [White "Mamatkulov Azizjon"] [Black "Tanabe Haruki"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/TheAzico"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "1656"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2368631921103470"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.10.13"] {[%evp 0,90,20,19,14,13,32,28,38,27,18,28,15,32,32,29,14,-4,-10,-32,60,43,48,82,69,66,84,77,68,44,127,71,71,50,78,56,121,1,7,-17,89,1,65,44,62,65,105,16,91,86,107,54,85,97,117,122,123,1,-14,1,-1,-2,8,-61,-60,-134,-115,-110,-126,-149,-115,-98,-82,-62,-71,-79,-58,-72,-55,-59,-32,-26,-1,-19,-40,-47,32,-63,-48,-50,8,-50,-60]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qb6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. a4 Be5 16. Rb1 c4 17. Ke2 Kg7 18. Ba1 Rhc8 19. Bb2 Bd6 20. h4 h5 21. Bc1 Nb3 22. Be3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. f4 Rd8 25. Ra1 Rac8 26. Rad1 f6 27. Rhg1 Kh6 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rf8 30. Rgf1 Rf4 31. f3 Rd8 32. Rh1 Rf5 33. Bxc4 Rxe5+ 34. Kf1 Re3 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Bxd3 Rxd5 37. Ke2 Rd6 38. Be4 Rf6 39. Bxb7 Rf4 40. Be4 Rf6 41. Kd3 Bf2 42. Ke2 Bc5 43. Rh3 Bd6 44. Rh1 Bc5 45. Rh3 Bd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2026 Japan Teams Chess Championship"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.10.11"] [Round "6.16"] [Board "3"] [White "Zhang Yicheng"] [Black "Mamatkulov Azizjon"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/TheAzico"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1585"] [BlackElo "1656"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.10.13"] {[%evp 0,81,20,19,28,35,35,28,31,0,23,13,32,19,64,52,59,77,59,53,46,54,40,32,22,54,37,-4,-1,32767,35,20,45,-16,-8,-39,-21,-29,-4,-28,-21,-168,-164,32767,-62,-48,-96,-110,-100,-80,-80,-81,-84,-182,-84,-211,-221,-236,-234,-215,-215,-241,-209,-203,-183,-214,-173,-199,-210,-198,32767,32767,-111,-118,-83,-64,-54,-57,-22,-1,-21,-25,-36,-596]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. g4 c6 5. Bg2 Na6 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. Nbc3 Nc7 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne6 13. Be5 Ke7 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Rxd8 Nxd8 16. g5 Ne8 17. Bh2 Ne6 18. h4 h6 19. gxh6 Bxh6 20. Bf4 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Be6 23. Kf2 Ng7 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. Ke3 Rh8 26. a3 Bd7 27. Bg4 Rxh4 28. Bxd7 Rxf4 29. Kxf4 Kxd7 30. e5 Nh5+ 31. Ke4 Ke6 32. Ne2 c5 33. c4 g5 34. b4 b6 35. Nc3 g4 36. bxc5 f5+ 37. exf6 Nxf6+ 38. Kd4 g3 39. cxb6 axb6 40. c5 bxc5+ 41. Ke3 Nd5+ {Unknown} 0-1 [Event "2026 Japan Teams Chess Championship"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.10.10"] [Round "1.10"] [Board "4"] [White "Partnov, Philip"] [Black "FA Okabe, Yuki"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1566"] [BlackElo "1411"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "59"] [GameId "2364843638710437"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.10.13"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 Nf6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qd2 Bxf4 9. Nxf4 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qe3 a6 12. Nfxd5 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Ne2 Rfe8 15. c3 Rac8 16. O-O Ne7 17. Ng3 Nd5 18. Qe4 Qh6 19. f4 Bb5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. f5 Rc7 22. Rae1 Nf6 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Rce7 25. Kf1 exf5 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxf5 Kf8 28. Rxb5 Ke8 29. Nf5 Rc7 30. Nxg7+ 1-0 [Event "2026 Japan Teams Chess Championship"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.10.10"] [Round "5.7"] [Board "1"] [White "Gonzalez, Didas"] [Black "Raabe, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [ECO "A44"] [WhiteElo "2162"] [BlackElo "1944"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2364844366942383"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.10.13"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e4 a6 6. Bd3 Bg5 7. Nge2 Bxc1 8. Qxc1 Ne7 9. Qg5 Ng6 10. h4 h6 11. Qg3 Qf6 12. h5 Nf4 13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Qh4 Nd7 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. f3 Ne5 17. Rd1 Rg8 18. Kf2 Ke7 19. Ne2 b5 20. cxb5 c4 21. Bb1 axb5 22. a3 b4 23. axb4 Rb8 24. Nxf4 Rxb4 25. Rd2 Ba6 26. Ne2 Rgb8 27. f4 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Nc1 Rxe4 30. Kf3 Rd4 31. Re1+ Kd7 32. Re3 Rxd5 33. Nxd3 Bxd3 34. Rexd3 Rxd3+ 35. Rxd3 Rxb2 36. g4 Rb5 37. Ra3 Rb8 38. Ra7+ Ke8 39. Ke4 Kf8 40. Rd7 Rb6 41. Kf5 Kg7 42. Rd8 Ra6 43. Rd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Japan Teams Chess Championship 2026"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.10.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Matsuyama, Koya"] [Black "Baba, Masahiro"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "2047"] [BlackElo "2417"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "50"] [GameId "2368632306844292"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.10.13"] {[%evp 0,50,21,23,21,25,25,13,44,53,12,51,50,52,58,48,45,47,32767,32767,63,53,42,32,41,38,36,32767,32767,65,36,41,35,97,46,41,55,41,85,-196,-189,-169,-270,-224,32767,-458,-472,-533,-425,-29993,-29994,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bg6 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Nf4 18. Ng3 Qd6 19. Kxh2 $2 Nxd4 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Qd1 e5 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Qg6 24. Ng3 Qe6 25. Kg1 Qh3 {White resigns. Comment by Tiger Kings Osaka team captain FM Bibby Simon: This was great to watch. He must have prepared this heavily. An absolute mauling.} 0-1