[Event "Chennai Grand Masters -Masters 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India"] [Date "2024.11.11"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2686"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,29,16,14,32,60,71,48,78,69,69,46,47,57,57,14,29,11,41,28,34,40,24,33,13,24,13,18,16,19,19,16]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O e5 8. Qe3 Nc5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. a4 Ng4 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Qe3 Ng4 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Qe3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chennai Grand Masters -Masters 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India"] [Date "2024.11.11"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Sarana, Alexey"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,95,14,23,29,-16,4,4,33,33,41,-8,-27,-19,-9,-7,28,28,25,12,12,22,7,3,15,11,20,20,33,22,15,21,-8,-33,37,48,22,64,190,135,9,-27,-16,-16,-23,-23,-12,-18,-10,-15,-8,-30,-19,-20,-14,-29,-13,-33,-16,-71,-70,-64,-28,-38,-35,-33,-26,-53,-40,-43,-35,-35,-37,-49,-37,-46,-39,-55,-49,-54,-51,-51,-59,-63,-56,-59,-54,-46,-46,-66,-48,-48,-48,-48,-48,-48,-48,-48]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ng4 14. Qe2 Re8 15. e4 Bf5 16. e5 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qh6 18. O-O-O Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qc6 20. Rhe1 Be6 21. b3 b5 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 bxc4 24. bxc4 h6 25. Bc3 Red8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rd4 Rb8 28. Ba5 c5 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Bxc4 31. Be7 Bxa2 32. Bxc5 a5 33. Kd2 h5 34. Ke3 Kh7 35. f5 f6 36. Kf4 Bc4 37. Ba3 a4 38. Bb4 Bd3 39. Ba3 Kg8 40. Bb4 Kf7 41. Ba3 Ke8 42. Bb4 Kd7 43. Bf8 Bc2 44. Ba3 Ke8 45. Bb4 Bb1 46. Ba3 Bc2 47. Bb4 Bb1 48. Ba3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chennai Grand Masters -Masters 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India"] [Date "2024.11.11"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Arjun Erigaisi"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D81"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2737"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,75,29,29,34,4,38,26,53,34,30,17,17,5,17,42,37,21,55,34,53,40,41,81,104,8,77,108,48,13,31,49,30,17,16,17,49,3,22,51,42,57,49,48,118,98,103,103,128,119,55,61,58,58,58,63,141,141,143,62,75,85,176,151,137,115,102,137,170,88,115,38,55,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qb5+ Bd7 7. Qb3 c5 8. d5 b5 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Qb6 12. Ne2 Qxf6 13. Nxc3 Bg7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Bc8 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Qa3 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Qh4 20. Bb5 Be5 21. h3 Bd6 22. Bc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Ne5 24. Bxc5 Nc4 25. Qa6 Bxc5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. c7 Rf8 28. Ne4 Qxe4 29. c8=Q Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Ne3 $2 31. Qcc6 Qd4 32. Qaa4 Qxb2 33. Qb3 Qd2 34. Qbc3 Qxa2 35. Qf3 Nf5 36. Qc2 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 (37. Qxg3 $4 Qxc2 $19) 37... Nf1+ $1 38. Kh1 (38. Rxf1 $4 Qxc2 $19) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chennai Grand Masters -Masters 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India"] [Date "2024.11.11"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2706"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,127,30,-23,5,4,0,6,8,19,27,24,63,66,25,20,29,27,20,8,27,23,24,6,15,13,6,-2,1,-17,-9,-16,-16,-7,-4,5,6,-10,1,-18,-13,-19,13,-19,-20,-19,-20,-20,-40,-28,-16,-22,-21,-23,-43,-50,-43,-47,-52,-43,-43,-73,-64,-76,-55,-74,-52,-70,-85,-116,-122,-116,-121,-125,-110,-111,-111,-114,-118,-109,-112,-148,-147,-147,-260,-260,-252,-285,-283,-284,-287,-290,-297,-310,-306,-313,-318,-308,-266,-261,-272,-330,-331,-331,-322,-339,-390,-401,-422,-422,-372,-422,-302,-294,-294,-337,-340,-358,-388,-410,-416,-419,-592,-764,-992,-592,-1012,-1240,-1249,-1259]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 h6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Bh7 8. h4 Be7 9. Ng3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bxh4 11. Bxh7 Bxg3 12. Bxg3 Rxh7 13. Qc2 Ngf6 14. O-O-O Kf8 15. f3 Kg8 16. Kb1 h5 17. Bh4 Qe8 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. Ne2 Re8 20. Rhe1 Nf8 21. Nf4 Qd6 22. Rh1 N6d7 23. Nxh5 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Ng3 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Nh7 27. Bf4 g5 28. Bd6 Rxe3 29. Nf5 Re6 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Nf5 Nhf8 32. Bb4 b6 33. g4 a5 34. Bd2 g6 35. Ng3 Rf6 36. Rf1 Ne6 37. Ne2 Ke7 38. Kc2 Kd6 39. Kd3 c5 40. dxc5+ bxc5 41. Bxa5 Ne5+ 42. Kc2 Nxg4 43. Bd2 Nh2 44. Rf2 Nxf3 45. Kd1 d4 46. a4 g4 47. a5 g5 48. b4 Rh6 49. Ng3 Rh3 50. Rg2 Nxd2 51. Kxd2 Nf4 52. bxc5+ Kxc5 53. Rg1 Rh2+ 54. Kd1 Ra2 55. Re1 Rxa5 56. Re5+ Kb4 57. Rxa5 Kxa5 58. Nf5 d3 59. Kd2 Kb4 60. Ng3 Kc4 61. Nf5 Nd5 62. Ng3 Kd4 63. Nf5+ Ke5 64. Ng3 0-1 [Event "2nd and 3rd Playoff Round 1: Erigaisi Arjun - Aronian, Levon"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Arjun Erigaisi"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,137,19,29,18,2,25,12,25,28,20,12,46,13,22,7,14,3,-4,-1,8,7,-7,-14,2,7,3,22,19,29,23,9,-7,13,-13,-39,-75,-75,-85,-64,60,-49,-33,-47,-52,-31,-31,-16,158,-127,-135,-150,-108,-108,-117,-117,-70,-72,-6,-126,-135,-170,-158,-152,-132,-170,-121,-189,-144,-165,-98,-162,-61,-216,-164,-240,-154,-158,-147,-147,-130,-128,-106,-103,-70,-70,-75,-82,-88,-89,-82,-81,-76,-65,-72,-63,-64,-69,-69,-76,-69,-92,-88,-104,-90,-92,-104,-108,-104,-111,-112,-116,-124,-120,-85,-83,-61,-97,-57,-114,-114,-134,-141,-134,-156,-272,-152,-276,-206,-213,-213,-229,-225,-263,-283,-292,-306,-307,-466,-470]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. e3 d5 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 e6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. d4 cxd4 14. exd4 Rfd8 15. a4 Rac8 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Na5 19. Rac1 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. Be7 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Nd2 Rd7 24. Bh3 f5 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Bg5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bc6 28. Bf1 Rxa4 29. Rc1 Bd7 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Kg2 Bc6+ 32. Kh3 h6 33. Be3 Bd7 34. f4 b5 35. Bd5 Ra3 36. Bg1 Rc3 37. Re1 Bf6 38. Bxa7 g5 39. Kg2 Rc2+ 40. Kg1 Kg7 41. Rd1 Rc7 42. Bb6 Rc3 43. Ba5 Ra3 44. Bb4 Ra1 45. Rxa1 Bxa1 46. Kf2 gxf4 47. gxf4 Bd4+ 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. Kd3 Bg1 50. h3 Be6 51. Bc3+ Kf7 52. Bc6 Bc4+ 53. Kd2 Bc5 54. Be5 b4 55. Bd7 Be6 56. Bb5 Be7 57. Kd3 Bf6 58. Kd4 b3 59. Bd3 Be7 60. Kc3 Ba3 61. Bb1 Bc1 62. Kd4 b2 63. Kc3 Kg6 64. Kc2 Bd5 65. Bxb2 Bxb2 66. Kxb2 Be4 67. Ba2 Kh5 68. Kc3 Kh4 69. Kd4 Kxh3 70. Bf7 Kg4 71. Ke3 h5 72. Bc4 Kg3 73. Kd4 0-1 [Event "2nd and 3rd Playoff Round 2: Aronian, Levon - Erigaisi Arjun"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Arjun Erigaisi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,123,19,38,43,18,28,23,23,31,25,28,28,11,35,9,9,2,-5,-9,4,9,8,6,20,-13,11,-46,-45,-60,-68,-53,-29,-21,16,10,27,0,27,35,31,29,44,45,40,9,0,-7,24,2,14,9,4,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,-41,0,-53,-75,-92,-51,-70,-52,-183,-33,-27,0,-18,-8,-34,-22,-57,-36,-71,-71,-164,-164,-173,-136,-177,-177,-126,-20,-15,-16,-31,0,8,1,6,67,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-73,-589,-620,-826,-826,-826,-863,-962,-982,-982,-982,-1143]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 c4 7. Bc2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Qb1 Rae8 14. Rxe8 Rxe8 15. Bf5 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 g5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Re2 19. Kf1 Re7 20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Re1 Ndf6 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Re5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Ne8 26. e6 fxe6 27. Qg6+ Ng7 28. Qxh6 g4 29. Qg6 Qb6 30. b3 Qa5 31. bxc4 Qxc3 32. Ke2 Qe5+ 33. Kd1 dxc4 34. Qxg4 b5 35. Qe4 Qd5 36. Kc2 Nf5 37. g4 Nd4+ 38. Kc3 Nc6 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qf6+ Ke8 41. Qh8+ Kd7 42. Qh7+ Kc8 43. Qe4 b4+ 44. Kc2 Nd4+ 45. Kd1 c3 46. Qxd5 exd5 47. Nb3 Nxb3 48. axb3 d4 49. g5 Kd7 50. Kc2 Ke6 51. f4 Kf5 52. Kd3 Kg6 53. Kc2 a6 54. g3 Kf5 55. Kd3 a5 56. g4+ Kg6 57. Kc2 Kg7 58. f5 Kf7 59. g6+ Kf6 60. g5+ Kg7 61. Kd3 a4 62. Kxd4 0-1 [Event "2nd and 3rd Playoff Round 3: Erigaisi Arjun - Aronian, Levon"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Arjun Erigaisi"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,78,40,8,13,27,34,14,22,-8,9,-6,20,-12,51,61,66,101,78,77,77,78,73,41,45,19,12,45,52,52,39,45,45,50,32,32,31,23,27,20,17,3,-12,-41,-40,-44,-44,-54,-92,-103,-93,-92,-77,-77,-86,-93,-63,-82,-87,-102,-94,-166,-169,-177,-152,-202,-220,-177,-150,-135,-137,-417,-244,-238,-272,-272,-275,-274,-269,-267,-276]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Qe2 Be6 12. f4 Kf8 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Nxa4 Qf6 15. Bd2 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qg6 17. Nc5 h5 18. Rf1 Kg8 19. Ba5 c6 20. a4 h4 21. b4 h3 22. g3 Rh5 23. Rf4 Rf5 24. Nd3 Rxf4 25. Nxf4 Qf5 26. Bc7 Re8 27. Bd6 Bc8 28. Nd3 f6 29. Nc5 Qg5 30. Nd3 Bg4 31. Qf2 Bf5 32. Nf4 Qg4 33. c3 Qd1+ 34. Qf1 Qd2 35. Qxa6 Qe1+ 36. Qf1 Qe3+ 37. Qf2 Qc1+ 38. Qf1 Qe3+ 39. Qf2 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final Playoff Round 1: Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. - Aronian, Levon"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,88,19,31,14,30,23,9,30,31,16,15,12,9,11,5,17,18,15,5,5,13,25,35,29,32,48,16,25,27,55,48,52,34,51,49,134,137,137,126,151,141,151,100,149,170,145,136,202,136,177,175,211,211,321,328,337,333,326,-22,17,17,19,21,19,17,38,40,42,42,36,31,33,18,57,57,50,33,126,122,149,154,62,93,147,152,168,157,189,165,1002]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. c4 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. Qc2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 h6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qh4 15. g3 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Qh3 17. f4 f5 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Ba3 Nf6 20. Bxd6 Rfd8 21. Be5 Ng4 22. Qe2 Rac8 23. a4 Kf7 24. Rce1 Rc6 25. Rf3 Rd7 26. Rd3 g5 27. Rd2 Rc8 28. d5 exd5 29. Bd6 $2 (29. Bb2) 29... Qxh2+ 30. Qxh2 Nxh2 31. Kxh2 Rxd6 32. Re5 gxf4 33. gxf4 Kf6 34. Rdxd5 Rxd5 35. cxd5 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Rd2 37. Re6+ Kf7 38. Rxh6 Rxd5 39. Rxb6 Rd4 40. Ra6 Rxf4 41. Rxa5 Ke6 42. Rb5 Kd6 43. a5 Kc7 44. b4 Rc4 $4 (44... Kc6 45. Rb6+ Kc7) 45. Kf2 (45. Rc5+ $18) 45... Rc3 46. a6 Ra3 47. Rb7+ Kc8 48. b5 f4 49. Ke2 Re3+ 50. Kf1 Rf3+ 51. Kg2 Rg3+ 52. Kf2 Ra3 53. Rf7 Ra5 54. a7 1-0 [Event "Final Playoff Round 2: Aronian, Levon - Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2706"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,65,15,4,19,13,18,24,24,10,12,15,12,17,56,41,46,42,51,44,44,-2,53,53,53,59,67,58,65,73,67,64,77,67,65,70,104,95,91,113,117,124,108,114,107,28,28,34,16,0,-5,-2,0,-29,-26,-19,-6,0,0,0,-11,-14,0,-8,-28,-51,-51,-64]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 d6 7. Bxc5 dxc5 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. b3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Kh2 Nf8 17. Na4 Ne6 18. Nxe5 Nd4 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Rad1 g5 21. c3 Ne6 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rad8 24. Nc3 Nxd4 25. Kg2 Qe5 26. Rd2 Rf8 27. f3 Ne6 28. Ne2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Rd8 30. Qc2 c5 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Qb2 33. Kf1 Nd4 34. Qd3 $4 (34. Nxd4 cxd4 35. Qd3 Qxa2) 34... Qxa2 $2 (34... Qa1+ 35. Kf2 Qxa2 36. Ke1 Qxb3) 35. Qc4+ Kh7 36. e5 $4 Qxb3 $19 (36... Qxe2+) 37. Qxb3 Nxb3 38. Nc3 Kg6 39. Ke2 Kf7 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. f4 gxf4+ 42. Kxf4 g5+ 43. Ke4 Nd2+ 0-1