[Event "Quarterfinals Game 1: Maghsoodloo, Parham - Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.05"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2704"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bnqbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"] [PlyCount "124"] [GameId "2251611504594944"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. f4 c5 2. e4 b5 3. O-O f6 4. Ng3 Nf7 5. b3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Qb8 7. Bg4 e6 8. Nce2 O-O 9. c4 bxc4 10. bxc4 Ba5 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Rd1 Bb6 13. d3 Nh6 14. Bf3 Ne7 15. Nh5 Ng6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. f5 Kg7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Nxf4 Nf7 22. g3 Ne5 23. Kg1 Rh8 24. h4 Bc6 25. Be2 Ba5 26. Kf2 Bc3 27. Ke3 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. d4 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 cxd4+ 31. Kxd4 Nf7 32. Nh5+ Kf8 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Nf4 Rg8 35. Rg1 Nh6 36. Nd3 Kf6 37. Nf2 e5 38. g4 f4+ 39. Kd2 Nf5 40. g5+ Ke7 41. Ng4 e4 42. Nf6 Rb8 43. Bg4 e3+ 44. Kd3 Nxh4 45. Rf1 Ng6 46. Bh5 Bg2 47. Nd5+ Kd6 48. Rxf4 Nxf4+ 49. Nxf4 Bf1+ 50. Kd4 Rc8 51. Be2 Bxe2 52. Nxe2 Rg8 53. Nc3 Kc6 54. Kxe3 Rxg5 55. Kd3 Rg3+ 56. Kc2 Rh3 57. Ne4 Rh4 58. Kd3 Rh2 59. a4 Rh3+ 60. Kc2 a5 61. Nf6 Ra3 62. Nd5 Rxa4 0-1 [Event "Quarterfinals Game 1: Aronian, Levon - Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2725"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bnqbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"] [PlyCount "80"] [GameId "2253118829133824"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. b4 b6 2. O-O O-O 3. e4 e5 4. Ng3 Ng6 5. d4 d6 6. Qa3 Bg5 7. d5 Nf4 8. c4 Na6 9. Ba4 Rd8 10. Nc3 g6 11. Nce2 Bb7 12. Nxf4 Bxf4 13. Bb5 Nb8 14. Qxa7 Nd7 15. Rd1 Nf6 16. Ne2 Bg5 17. Nc3 Nh5 18. Kh1 Nf4 19. f3 Kg7 20. Bb2 h5 21. Bc1 h4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. h3 f5 24. Rd3 Rf7 25. a4 Rdf8 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Ne4 c6 28. dxc6 Bxc6 29. Qxb6 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Qxe4 31. Rdf3 Be3 32. Rxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qc7+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quarterfinals Game 1: Erigaisi Arjun - Keymer, Vincent"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Arjun Erigaisi"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2752"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bnqbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"] [PlyCount "100"] [GameId "2253118892437504"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. f4 c5 2. e4 b5 3. O-O Nc6 4. b3 f6 5. Ng3 Nf7 6. d3 Qb8 7. e5 Bc7 8. Ne4 Bb6 9. Bg4 Qc7 10. Qd1 b4 11. Kh1 Nd4 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. e6 dxe6 14. Bxe6 g6 15. Nbd2 Qc6 16. Nf3 Rg7 17. Bc4 (17. f5 g5 18. Qd2 g4 19. Ng1) 17... Nh6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Ng3 e6 20. h3 Nf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qf2 Ree7 23. Re2 Qd6 24. Qh4 Rg6 25. Rfe1 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qf2 Qd6 28. Nd2 Bc7 29. Nc4 Qd5 30. Nd2 Qd6 31. Rf1 Qd5 32. Nf3 Bxf4 33. Qxd4 Qd6 34. Qc4 Kg7 35. Nh4 Bg3 36. Nxg6 hxg6 37. d4 e5 38. dxe5 fxe5 39. Qd3 Qxd3 40. cxd3 Rc7 41. Rd1 Kf6 42. Kg1 Ke6 43. Kf1 Kd5 44. Re3 Bf4 45. Rf3 Kd4 46. h4 Rc2 47. Rf2 Rc3 48. Rf3 Rc2 49. Rf2 Rc3 50. Rf3 Rc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quarterfinals Game 1: Carlsen, Magnus - Caruana, Fabiano"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [WhiteElo "2923"] [BlackElo "2797"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bnqbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2253118927667200"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 3. O-O e6 4. b3 Nc6 5. f4 f6 6. Ng3 Nf7 7. Bg4 g6 8. Nce2 Be7 9. d3 Qc7 10. f5 exf5 11. exf5 Nce5 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Qh6+ Kf7 15. Qf4 Bd8 16. Bh3 Kg7 17. Ne4 Rgf8 18. Qg3 Rh8 19. Nf4 Rh6 20. Bf5 Rf8 21. c3 Kh8 22. Bh3 $2 (22. Be6 g5 23. Nxg5 fxg5 24. Rxe5 dxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1) 22... g5 $19 23. Nxg5 fxg5 24. Ne6 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 dxe6 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Ng6 0-1 [Event "Quarterfinals Game 2: Sindarov, Javokhir - Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.05"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2712"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bqnbnrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQNBNRKR w HFhf - 0 1"] [PlyCount "129"] [GameId "2251611886329856"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 f5 2. b4 b6 3. Ba4 c6 4. d4 e6 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Ncd3 Nd6 7. Nf3 Nf7 8. Nfe5 Bc7 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Qc1 d5 11. h4 Qd8 12. Rh3 Qe7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Ba3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Bb2 Nd5 17. a3 O-O 18. Qc2 Bb8 19. Bc1 Nd6 20. Bg5 Qe8 21. Bf4 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Qh5 23. Re1 h6 24. e3 Qe8 25. Nf3 Nxf4 26. Nxf4 Rf6 27. h5 Bd6 28. Rd1 Ra8 29. Qb3 a5 30. bxa5 b5 31. Nd3 Rxa5 32. Nc5 Qa8 33. Nd7 Rxa3 34. Nxf6+ Kf7 35. Qb1 gxf6 36. e4 Bc8 37. e5 Bf8 38. Qc1 b4 39. exf6 Kxf6 40. Rg3 Rc3 41. Qf4 Ke7 42. Qc7+ Bd7 43. Ne5 Qc8 44. Qxc8 Bxc8 45. Rxc3 bxc3 46. Rc1 Bg7 47. Rxc3 Bd7 48. Ra3 Be8 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. Ng6+ Bxg6 51. hxg6 Bxd4 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Kf1 c5 54. Rc7 e5 55. Ke2 h5 56. f3 e4 57. f4 h4 58. Rf7 Bg1 59. Rxf5 Kg7 60. Rg5 c4 61. Re5 Kxg6 62. Rxe4 Kf5 63. Kf3 c3 64. Rc4 Bh2 65. Rc5+ 1-0 [Event "Quarterfinals Game 2: Niemann, Hans Moke - Aronian, Levon"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2772"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bqnbnrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQNBNRKR w HFhf - 0 1"] [PlyCount "118"] [GameId "2253154172661760"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 b6 2. b4 e6 3. e3 f5 4. Bf3 Bf6 5. d4 Ne7 6. Ncd3 g5 7. Ne5 Bxe5 8. dxe5 Ng6 9. Bxa8 Qxa8 10. f3 h5 11. Nd3 h4 12. h3 Ng7 13. O-O-O Nh5 14. Rd2 Ng3 15. Rhd1 Rh7 16. Nf2 Qc6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Rc2 bxc4 19. Rxc4 Qb6 20. Kb1 Rb8 21. Bd4 Qb7 22. Rdc1 c6 23. R1c2 Ne7 24. Nd3 Nd5 25. Nc5 Qc8 26. e4 fxe4 27. fxe4 a5 28. a3 Nf4 29. Ka2 Rf7 30. Qa4 axb4 31. Rxb4 Nfe2 32. Bb2 Kh7 33. Qb3 Rxb4 34. Qxb4 Kg6 35. Rd2 Nf4 36. Qc4 Qc7 37. a4 Qa7 38. Bd4 Qa5 39. Bc3 Qa7 40. a5 Nf1 41. Rb2 Ne3 42. Qb4 Nfxg2 43. Bd4 g4 44. Nxe6 Qa6 45. Nc5 Qf1 46. Bxe3 Nxe3 47. hxg4 Qc4+ 48. Qxc4 Nxc4 49. Rh2 Nxa5 50. Rxh4 Kg5 51. Rh1 Nc4 52. e6 dxe6 53. Nxe6+ Kxg4 54. Rg1+ Kh4 55. Nc5 Re7 56. Kb3 Nd2+ 57. Kc2 Nf3 58. Rf1 Kg4 59. Kd3 Ra7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quarterfinals Game 2: Keymer, Vincent - Erigaisi Arjun"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2744"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bqnbnrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQNBNRKR w HFhf - 0 1"] [PlyCount "77"] [GameId "2253154173337600"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 b6 2. b4 e6 3. e3 f5 4. Ncd3 Nf6 5. h4 Nd6 6. Ne5 Nf7 7. Nxf7 Rxf7 8. h5 O-O 9. h6 g6 10. Qb2 Re8 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13. b5 c5 14. g4 fxg4 15. Bxg4 d5 16. Be2 d4 17. f4 $2 Ne4 $19 18. Rh3 Bf6 $6 (18... e5 $19 19. d3 Qc8 20. f5 Ng5 21. Rg3 Rxf5 22. Bg4 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qc7) 19. Qc2 Nd6 20. Bf3 Qc8 21. Rh2 Nf5 22. Bc6 Rd8 23. Qb3 Ne7 24. Bg2 e5 25. Bh3 Qc7 26. Be6 e4 27. Qb1 Qb7 28. Rg2 Kf8 29. exd4 Bxd4+ 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. f5 gxf5 33. Qd1 Ke6 34. Qh5 Qb8 35. Rg7 Qf8 36. Rxh7 Qf6 37. Rxe7+ Qxe7 38. Qxf5+ Kd6 39. Qg6+ 1-0 [Event "Quarterfinals Game 2: Caruana, Fabiano - Carlsen, Magnus"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2923"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bqnbnrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQNBNRKR w HFhf - 0 1"] [PlyCount "118"] [GameId "2253154173050880"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 b5 2. c5 b4 3. d4 e6 4. Ncd3 Ne7 5. Qc1 f5 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. Qc4 Ned5 8. c6 Nb6 9. Qxb4 Nfd5 10. Qb3 d6 11. Nf3 g5 12. e3 g4 13. Nd2 Bg5 14. Nc4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Qe8 16. Na5 Nxe3 17. Re1 Nd5 18. b4 Qg6 19. Qd1 Rb8 20. Qe2 Kf7 21. b5 h5 22. h4 Bh6 23. a4 Rhe8 24. Nc4 Kg8 25. O-O f4 26. Qe4 $4 (26. Qc2 a6 27. b6 Rxb6 28. Nxb6 cxb6 29. Qc4 a5 30. Rxe6 Qxe6) 26... Qxe4 $19 27. Rxe4 a6 28. Na3 axb5 29. axb5 Bxc6 30. bxc6 Rb3 31. Nxf4 Nxf4 32. Nc2 d5 33. Re5 Bg7 34. Re3 Rb6 35. g3 Rxc6 36. Nb4 Rc4 37. Na6 Ra8 38. Nc5 Nh3+ 39. Kg2 e5 40. Ne6 exd4 41. Rb3 Re8 42. Nxg7 Kxg7 43. Rb5 c6 44. Rc5 Re4 45. Rc1 Rxc5 46. Rxc5 Kf7 47. Rxc6 d3 48. Rc3 Re2 49. Rxd3 Rxf2+ 50. Kh1 Rf1+ 51. Kg2 Rg1+ 52. Kh2 Rxa1 53. Rxd5 Ra2+ 54. Kh1 Ra1+ 55. Kg2 Kg6 56. Rd2 Kf5 57. Rb2 Rg1+ 58. Kh2 Rd1 59. Kg2 Ke4 0-1 [Event "Quarterfinals Tiebreak 1: Niemann, Hans Moke - Aronian, Levon"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.05"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2772"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnnkrbbq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNKRBBQ w EAea - 0 1"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2251611902259200"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 exf4 4. N1e2 Bh6 5. g3 fxg3 6. hxg3 Bg7 7. d4 Nc6 8. O-O-O Nb6 9. Bh3 O-O-O 10. d5 Na5 11. Qf3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bxf5 Kb8 14. b3 Nc8 15. d6 c6 16. Ne4 b6 17. Kb1 Bd5 18. Nf4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Nb7 21. a4 Ncxd6 22. Qd3 Be5 23. Bxh7 Nc5 24. Qg6 Ba1 25. Qxd6+ Kb7 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxh7 28. a5 Nxb3 29. Rb4 Nxa5 30. Ne6 Re8 31. Nc5+ Ka8 32. Nxd7 Qf5 33. Rf4 Qb5+ 34. Kc1 Nc4 35. Rxc4 Qxc4 36. Ne5 Qd5 37. Qxc6+ Qxc6 38. Nxc6 Rg8 0-1 [Event "Quarterfinals Tiebreak 1: Caruana, Fabiano - Carlsen, Magnus"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2923"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnnkrbbq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNKRBBQ w EAea - 0 1"] [PlyCount "68"] [GameId "2253191126048768"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. g4 Nc6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nb3 f5 4. gxf5 gxf5 5. Nc5 Nd6 6. f4 e5 7. fxe5 Qxe5 8. Bg2 O-O-O 9. Bd5 Bh6 10. O-O-O Bxd5 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Nxd5 Re5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Nd3 Re6 15. Rf1 Rg8 16. Nd5 Ne7 17. N5f4 Rd6 18. Be3 b6 19. Rg1 Re8 20. Rdf1 Ng6 21. Kd1 Kb7 22. Ng2 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 f4 24. Ng2 c5 25. b3 b5 26. c4 bxc4 27. bxc4 Ne5 28. Ngxf4 $4 (28. Rxf4 Nxd3 29. exd3 Rxd3 30. Kc1 Rxd2 31. Rxe4 Rxg2 32. Rxe8 Rxg1+) 28... Nxc4 $19 29. Rg7 Ncxd2 30. Rfg1 c4 31. Kc2 cxd3+ 32. exd3 Rc8+ 33. Kd1 Nf3 34. R1g2 Nc3+ 0-1 [Event "Quarterfinals Tiebreak 2: Aronian, Levon - Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.05"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2725"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rknbbnqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBBNQR w HAha - 0 1"] [PlyCount "89"] [GameId "2251611909914624"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. f3 Ne6 3. Nb3 Nb6 4. a4 d6 5. a5 Nd7 6. d4 f6 7. d5 Nec5 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. Ne3 a6 10. b4 Nd7 11. c4 g6 12. Bc2 Be7 13. Bd2 h5 14. h4 Bf8 15. Qf2 Qf7 16. Ra3 Qe7 17. Nd1 Bf7 18. Nc3 Bg7 19. Na4 O-O 20. g4 Kh7 21. gxh5 gxh5 22. Rg1 Rg8 23. Rc3 Nf8 24. c5 Ng6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Nb6 Raf8 27. Ba4 Bh6 28. Rgc1 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 f5 30. Bd7 fxe4 31. fxe4 Nxh4 32. Rc7 Qf6 33. Rxb7 Rg2 34. Qc3 Bg6 35. Bf5+ Rf7 36. Bxg6+ Kxg6 37. Rxf7 Qxf7 38. Qc8 Nf3 39. Qe6+ Qxe6 40. dxe6 Nd2+ 41. Kc2 Kf6 42. Kd3 h4 43. Rh1 Nf3 44. Rf1 Rg3 45. Ke2 1-0 [Event "Quarterfinals Tiebreak 2: Carlsen, Magnus - Caruana, Fabiano"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2923"] [BlackElo "2797"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rknbbnqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBBNQR w HAha - 0 1"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2253198830895104"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. f3 Ne6 3. Ne3 d6 4. c3 a5 5. a4 Nb6 6. Bc2 f6 7. Bf2 Bf7 8. Qd1 Qe8 9. d4 Qd7 10. d5 Nf4 11. h4 c6 12. g3 Nh5 13. c4 Bc7 14. Nd3 cxd5 15. cxd5 O-O 16. g4 Nf4 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Ng2 Nc4 19. Nxf4 b5 20. Bd3 Rab8 21. Qe2 Qe7 22. axb5 Ne5 23. Bc2 Rfc8 24. Rc1 Bd8 25. Bd4 Be8 26. Ba4 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 Qb7 28. Kb1 Bb6 29. Bc3 Rc8 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Ne6 Bd7 32. Ra3 Re8 33. Rc3 Qb8 34. Qc2 Re7 35. Ka2 h6 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Qe8 38. Qh2 Qg6 39. Qc2 Qf7 40. Rc6 Bxc6 41. Qxc6 Bd4 42. Qxd6 Rb7 43. Qd8+ 1-0