[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: 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: 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: 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