[Event "PICF 2025 - Masters"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Site "Prague, Czech Republic"] [Round "7.1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.03.05"] [ECO "D33"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "121"] [GameId "2152131404787742"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 Bb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. a4 Re8 15. b4 Ne4 16. Be3 Nd6 17. Bd4 Nf5 18. Bc3 d4 19. Bb2 (19. Bd2 Rxe2 20. Qd3 Re8) 19... Qe7 20. b5 Qxe2 21. Rfc1 d3 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. bxc6 Be6 24. Bc3 Rc8 25. Rd1 Bc4 26. Rab1 Rc2 27. Ba1 Ne7 28. Rxb6 f6 29. Be4 Re2 30. Bf3 Ra2 31. Rb4 Be6 32. Bb2 Bd5 33. Bxd5+ Nxd5 34. Rb7 Rxc6 35. Rxd3 Rb6 36. Ra7 Rbxb2 37. Rxd5 Rd2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. g4 h5 41. gxh5 Kh7 42. Ra8 Rd4 43. a5 Rd5 44. a6 Rxh5 45. Kf3 Rh4 46. Ke3 Kg6 47. Kd3 Kf5 48. Kc3 Ra4 49. Kb3 Ra1 50. Kc4 Ra2 51. Kb5 Rb2+ 52. Kc6 Rc2+ 53. Kb7 Rb2+ 54. Kc7 Rc2+ 55. Kb6 Rb2+ 56. Kc6 Rc2+ 57. Kb7 Rb2+ 58. Ka7 Rxf2 59. Rh8 g5 60. Ka8 g4 61. a7 1/2-1/2 [Event "PICF 2025 - Masters"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Site "Prague, Czech Republic"] [Round "7.2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.03.05"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "128"] [GameId "2152131464015942"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nb3 e5 12. Be3 exf4 13. Rxf4 Be6 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd2 d5 17. Qg1 Rfe8 18. Raf1 Nde5 19. c3 Ng6 20. Bc5 $4 (20. R4f2 dxe4) 20... Qg5 $19 21. Qe3 (21. R4f2 Qxd2) 21... Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Ne5 23. Kg1 Ng6 24. Rf3 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Bd5 27. Nd6 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Rd8 29. Bc5 Nf4 30. Bf1 b6 31. Ba3 a5 32. Kf2 g6 33. g3 Ne6 34. Bb5 f5 35. Ke3 Nc5 36. Ne8 Kf7 37. Nc7 Ne6 38. Nxd5 Rxd5 39. b4 g5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Ke2 Re5+ 42. Kf1 Nc5 43. Bc1 Kg6 44. Bd2 Ne4 45. Be1 Nd6 46. c4 Re4 47. Bxa5 Nxb5 48. cxb5 Rxa4 49. Bc7 Rb4 50. b6 Rb2 51. Ke1 Kf7 52. Kd1 Ke6 53. Kc1 Rb5 54. Kd2 Kd5 55. Kd3 Rb3+ 56. Kc2 Kc4 57. Kd2 Kd4 58. Kc2 Rb5 59. Kd2 Ke4 60. Kc3 f4 61. gxf4 gxf4 62. Kc4 Rb1 63. Kc5 f3 64. Bg3 Ke3 0-1 [Event "PICF 2025 - Masters"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Site "Prague, Czech Republic"] [Round "7.3"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.03.05"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "78"] [GameId "2152131528601688"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,39,13,36,14,17,20,21,23,16,12,13,16,24,28,41,34,19,11,0,43,46,35,40,41,41,47,47,50,58,68,17,59,122,73,164,58,55,23,0,2,-12]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 c6 8. Nh4 Bg4 (8... Bg6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qc2 Ne6 14. Be5 O-O 15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Be5 Nd7 20. Bg3 Nf6 21. Bg4 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Nxg4 25. hxg4 d4 26. exd4 Nxd4 27. Rhe1 Ne6 28. f3 a6 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Rd1 Bc7 31. Bxc7 Rxc7 32. Nd5 Rc5 33. b4 Rc4 34. b3 Rd4 35. Rxd4 Nxd4 36. Kb2 Kf8 37. Kc3 Ne6 38. b5 axb5 39. Kb4 Nd4 40. Nc3 Ke7 41. Nxb5 Ne6 42. Ka5 Nf4 43. g3 Nd5 44. Na3 Kd6 45. Kb5 f5 46. Nc4+ Ke6 47. g5 f4 48. g4 Nc3+ 49. Kc5 Ne2 50. b4 Nc1 51. Nb2 Nb3+ 52. Kb6 Nd4 53. Kxb7 Kd5 54. Kc7 Nxf3 55. Nd3 Kc4 56. Nxf4 Nxg5 57. Nxg6 Kxb4 58. Kd7 {½-½ Keymer,V (2733)-Van Foreest,J (2680) Tata Steel-A 87th Wijk aan Zee 2025 (4)}) 9. Qc2 Nbd7 (9... Nh5 10. h3 Be6 11. Nf3 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bd6 13. g3 Qf6 14. Bd3 g6 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Ne5 Nb6 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Nb5 Kb8 19. Nxd6 Rxd6 20. b3 Nc8 21. h4 Rdd8 22. Rc1 Nd6 23. Rhe1 Rc8 24. Qd2 Rhd8 25. f3 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 27. Ka1 Rc7 28. Nd3 Qf6 29. Re5 Nf5 30. Qf2 Qd6 31. g4 Ng7 32. Rce1 b6 33. h5 f6 34. R5e2 gxh5 35. f5 Kb7 36. Kb2 a5 37. a4 Rdd7 38. Qh2 Qxh2 39. Rxh2 hxg4 40. fxg4 h5 41. gxh5 Nxf5 42. Rf1 Nxd4 43. Rxf6 Rh7 44. h6 Rce7 45. Kc3 Ne2+ 46. Kd2 Ng3 47. Kc2 Ne4 48. Rg6 Rhf7 49. Rhg2 Nf6 50. Rf2 Ne4 51. Rxf7 Rxf7 52. Ne5 Rf2+ 53. Kd3 Rh2 54. Rg7+ Ka6 55. h7 Nf6 56. Nxc6 b5 57. Rg6 Nxh7 58. Nd8+ Ka7 59. axb5 Nf8 60. b6+ Ka6 61. b7+ Ka7 62. Ra6+ {1-0 Gukesh,D (2718)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2793) Duesseldorf WR Masters playoff 2023 (3.1)}) 10. h3 Be6 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Bd3 (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 c5 {Black has enough compensation. Aravindh knew that White wouldn't go for it because his king is vulnerable in the center.}) 12... f5 13. Bh2 O-O 14. O-O Kh8 15. Ne2 a5 {to prevent b4} 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bf6 18. f3 Nd6 19. g4 Qe7 20. Ng3 g6 21. Rae1 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nf7 23. f4 Qh4 24. Kg2 (24. Qg2 fxg4 25. hxg4 Nh6) 24... Ng5 $3 (24... Nxe5 25. Qc3 fxg4 26. Qxe5+) 25. Rh1 (25. fxg5 $4 fxg4 $19 26. hxg4 (26. Rf6 Qxh3+) 26... Bxg4) 25... d4 $1 26. fxg5 dxe3 27. gxf5 $2 (27. Rhf1) 27... gxf5 $19 28. Rxe3 f4 29. Rf3 fxg3 30. Be4 Rxf3 31. Bxf3 Rf8 32. Qe4 Rf4 33. Qd3 Rxf3 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Kxf3 Bd5+ 36. Ke3 Qe4+ 37. Kd2 Qf4+ 38. Kc2 Qf5+ 39. Kd2 Bxh1 0-1 [Event "PICF 2025 - Masters"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Site "Prague, Czech Republic"] [Round "7.4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.03.05"] [ECO "D52"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2719"] [PlyCount "106"] [GameId "2152140735561846"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. f4 O-O 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Kh1 Qe7 16. e4 e5 17. Nxe5 Be3 18. Rc2 Bxf4 19. Nxf7 Bxh2 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Ng5 Qg4 23. Nd5 Qxg5 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. Kxh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qxe4 28. Rf2 h6 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Qf3 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Re8 32. Qg3 Qb4 33. Rc2 Qd4 34. Qc3 Qd6+ 35. Kg1 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd5 37. Rd2 Qf7 38. Rd4 Qf5 39. Qd2 Qh5+ 40. Kg1 Qc5 41. b4 Qe7 42. Qf2 b5 43. Kh2 Qe5+ 44. Qf4 Qh5+ 45. Qh4 Qf7 46. Rd6 Qc7 47. Qg3 Qe7 48. Qf4 Rc8 49. Qd4 Qc7 50. Qe5 Kg8 51. Qe6+ Kh7 52. Qf5+ Kh8 53. Qe5 Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "PICF 2025 - Masters"] [White "Gurel, Ediz"] [Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"] [Site "Prague, Czech Republic"] [Round "7.5"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.03.05"] [ECO "C85"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2677"] [PlyCount "77"] [GameId "2152140949901509"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,65,17,22,-12,16,18,11,4,4,4,6,12,1,23,10,16,0,4,-8,61,-1,0,-14,17,-55,18,-4,-20,0,86,18,-73,21,89,54,20,11,13,30,37,31,81,20,90,115,93,70,84,98,86,64,68,77,117,105,270,179,259,330,351,256,381,409,424,398,398,452]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. a4 b6 11. Ne2 b5 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. Kh1 Nb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Bb4 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Bc3 18. a5 Nc8 19. Ra2 Be6 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qd7 23. Ne2 Bb4 24. c3 Bf8 25. Bg3 f6 26. Nf4 Bd6 27. Nh5 Bxg3 $2 (27... Qe6) 28. Qxg3 $18 Kh8 29. e5 Qf7 (29... fxe5 30. Raf2 Rg8 31. Rf7 Qe6 32. Rxg7) 30. exf6 g6 31. Ng7 Rf8 32. Re2 Nd6 33. Ne6 Rae8 34. Ng5 Qd5 35. c4 bxc4 36. bxc4 Qxa5 37. Rxe8 Nxe8 38. c5 Qa2 39. Qe5 1-0