[Event "3rd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.06.08"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "E28"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2708"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "165"] [GameId "2318315538866176"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,165,22,15,6,20,24,12,12,13,10,-9,32767,32767,-6,0,9,13,8,-1,20,28,3,23,32767,32767,24,28,70,38,30,22,12,-1,48,26,33,32767,15,6,-9,23,-23,4,42,-24,-38,20,-24,21,1,126,1,86,218,192,190,310,153,302,345,32767,216,325,235,9,-3,25,16,-20,19,1,206,32767,215,224,255,221,191,247,260,183,239,138,231,215,209,236,270,104,133,116,120,120,131,104,144,137,178,118,121,78,74,64,70,50,47,43,25,17,36,27,12,1,18,14,50,22,9,1,485,61,495,495,495,505,525,515,535,535,545,545,555,32767,545,545,545,535,545,535,545,555,545,535,545,775,545,545,972,535,555,952,555,1012,545,1002,1022,1012,1032,1022,1032,1022,29959,1022,29983,29982,29985,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3 c5 9. e4 Ne8 10. Nh3 Qh4+ (10... Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. e5 Rc8 15. f4 cxd4 16. cxd4 f5 17. d5 Bxc4 18. d6 Qd8 19. Rac1 Bd5 20. Ba6 Rc6 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc6 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 g6 26. a4 Ng7 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Qa8 29. Rc7 Rd8 30. a5 Ne8 31. axb6 axb6 32. Rc1 b5 33. h3 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Qb6 Qc3 36. Kh2 Ng7 37. Bf2 Qd2 38. Bg3 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Bf2 f4 41. Kg1 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd2 43. Kh1 Kh7 44. Bg1 Nf5 45. Qxb5 Ng3+ 46. Kh2 Kh6 47. Qxd7 Nf1+ 48. Kh1 Ng3+ 49. Kh2 Nf1+ 50. Kh1 Ng3+ {½-½ Caruana,F (2793)-So,W (2751) Saint Louis Blitz 2024 (11)}) 11. Nf2 Nc6 12. Be3 f5 13. dxc5 f4 14. g3 fxg3 15. hxg3 Qxg3 16. Rh3 Qg1+ 17. Bf1 Qg6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qxd7 Rf7 20. Qd2 Ba6 21. Nd3 Rd7 22. Qh2 Qf6 23. Rxh7 Qxc3+ 24. Kf2 Qxa1 $4 25. Rh8+ $2 (25. e5 Qa2+ 26. Be2 Rxd3 27. Qh5 Qxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Rxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Kf8 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. a4) 25... Kf7 26. Qh5+ g6 27. Qh6 Qg7 28. Rh7 Bxc4 29. Nf4 Bxf1 30. Qxg6+ Kg8 31. Rxg7+ Nxg7 32. Nxe6 Ne5 33. Qg3 Bc4 34. Ng5 Nd3+ 35. Kg2 Nh5 $2 (35... Re8 36. a4 Re5 37. f4 Nh5 38. Qg4 Nf6 39. Qh3 Ree7 40. Qf5) 36. Qg4 Nf6 37. Qf5 Rf8 38. e5 Nxe5 39. Qxe5 Rg7 40. a4 Nh7 41. f4 Nf6 42. Bxb6 Nd7 43. Qd4 Nxb6 44. a5 Rd7 45. Qxb6 Rxf4 46. Kg3 Rf8 47. a6 Rg7 48. Kg4 Be2+ 49. Kh4 Rf4+ 50. Kh3 Bxa6 51. Qe6+ Rff7 52. Nxf7 Bf1+ 53. Kh4 Rxf7 54. Kg5 Kg7 55. Qd6 Kg8 $2 (55... Bg2) 56. Qd4 Kh7 57. Qe4+ Kg7 58. Qd5 Bh3 59. Qe5+ Kh7 60. Qh2 Rf5+ 61. Kh4 Kg6 62. Qg3+ Kf6 63. Qd6+ Kf7 64. Kxh3 Kg7 65. Kg4 Rf6 66. Qe7+ Kg6 67. Qe8+ Rf7 68. Qe6+ Kg7 69. Kg5 Kf8 70. Qe5 Re7 71. Qh8+ Kf7 72. Kf5 Rd7 73. Qe5 Re7 74. Qd5+ Kg7 75. Qd4+ Kf7 76. Qd8 Re1 77. Qd5+ Ke8 78. Qb5+ Kf7 79. Qc4+ Ke8 80. Kf6 Kd7 81. Qd4+ Ke8 82. Qa4+ Kd8 83. Qa5+ 1-0 [Event "3rd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.06.08"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B35"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2717"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "73"] [GameId "2318706645229568"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,73,21,23,19,12,34,32767,19,5,18,22,32,32767,19,8,12,-4,20,5,23,8,21,2,90,32767,-1,0,16,9,12,-9,28,32,44,3,-8,-4,-9,-1,32767,-29,16,-12,30,-33,-34,-50,-52,-63,-7,5,-1,-1,81,28,58,-1,69,45,166,149,127,158,153,85,191,152,97,114,128,91,246,309,364,382]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qd3 Nd7 (10... Ne5 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. g4 Be6 16. Nb3 Qa6 17. Bd4 Rac8 18. g5 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc3 21. a3 Qc4 22. b3 Qc5 23. Rc1 Qxa3 24. h4 R8c5 25. Rcf1 Bxb3 {0-1 Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Caruana,F (2793) Sinquefield Cup 11th Saint Louis 2024 (6)}) 11. Bd5 e6 12. Bb3 Nde5 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. a3 Rd8 16. O-O-O Rb8 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. h4 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Kb1 d5 22. h5 dxe4 23. h6+ Kf8 24. Qe3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qb6 26. Qe1 Rd4 27. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qd4 29. Qe1 Ba6 30. g3 Bc4 31. Bxc4 Qxc4 32. b3 Qd4 33. Ng5 $18 Nb4 34. Nxh7+ Kg8 35. Ng5 Nd5 36. h7+ Kf8 37. c4 1-0 [Event "3rd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.06.08"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Arjun Erigaisi"] [Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2689"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2318706645082112"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,71,14,1,3,12,11,9,13,8,20,12,16,32767,24,28,25,19,29,26,31,28,32,33,25,22,18,31,57,2,7,19,10,15,1,-1,53,34,67,65,37,20,19,15,14,4,-6,-85,-139,-131,-44,-80,-69,32767,-53,1,30,0,32767,-8,36,-42,97,71,146,47,222,202,287,233,360,344,465,480]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. d4 (8. O-O Nc6 9. d3 h6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Re1 Bh3 14. Rxb7 Rxb7 15. Bxc6 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nf3 Rb8 18. Be3 a6 19. Qh4 Be6 20. c4 c5 21. Nd2 Qc7 22. Rb1 Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 f5 24. f4 Kh7 25. Nd2 Be7 26. Qh5 exf4 27. gxf4 Bf6 28. Nb3 Bc8 29. Nxc5 Qa5 30. Bf2 Be7 31. Nb3 Qxa2 32. Nd4 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Bb7+ 34. Kg3 g6 35. Qh3 h5 36. Nxf5 Bc8 37. Qg2 Bxf5 38. Qd5 Qf1 {0-1 Iljiushenok,I (2558)-Tabatabaei,M (2696) Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2024 (7)}) 8... Nc6 9. O-O Rb8 10. e4 b6 11. Rb1 Re8 12. Re1 h6 13. Be3 Qf6 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Nh4 Rbd8 16. Qc4 Na5 17. Qf1 g5 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. d5 Na5 20. Nd2 Nb7 21. Qe2 Nc5 22. Nc4 Bf8 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 exf4 25. Bd4 Qg5 26. Kh1 Bg4 27. Qf1 c6 $2 (27... Bg7 28. a4 Nxa4 29. e5 Nc5 30. Bf3 h5 31. Qe2 Bxf3+ 32. Qxf3 Qg4 33. Qxg4 hxg4 34. Bxc5) 28. dxc6 Re6 29. Bf3 h5 30. Rb2 Bg7 31. e5 Bxf3+ 32. Qxf3 Qg4 33. Qf1 f3 34. Nd6 Re7 35. Rf2 Qe6 36. Rxf3 1-0 [Event "3rd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.06.08"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2637"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "217"] [GameId "2318706645528576"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,217,18,21,15,28,12,9,5,9,29,11,14,21,39,15,23,11,13,10,13,10,15,18,15,16,35,22,19,31,27,12,4,-18,-1,17,-1,-28,-31,-53,-11,-18,32,24,74,109,88,129,120,132,135,136,141,143,164,174,179,177,165,158,177,163,166,143,157,162,202,115,108,128,125,97,97,92,107,81,74,96,120,101,66,72,49,63,89,97,87,98,95,83,87,89,91,73,83,34,45,47,39,65,74,33,22,1,33,25,73,56,82,45,78,73,74,68,133,106,120,106,86,100,114,45,64,67,84,114,103,98,32767,32767,140,120,99,127,104,76,58,67,90,114,124,131,97,107,100,137,114,130,104,80,63,71,86,126,107,141,120,110,97,112,101,125,113,80,86,72,122,155,147,0,154,136,163,158,152,161,149,193,132,149,166,180,165,147,185,185,197,185,198,188,194,187,202,184,187,186,185,203,183,179,181,183,199,188,194,204,206,165,272,183,194,264,344,1089,1016,1462,1014,1445,1002,29974]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 a4 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Qc2 exd4 15. Nxd4 d5 16. e5 (16. Ng3 Re8 17. Be3 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qxb7 Nfd5 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. Bxb6 Qd7 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bc5 Rb8 24. Qa6 Rxb2 25. Qa8+ Kh7 26. Qxa4 Nxc3 27. Qc4 Rc2 28. Qb3 Ne2+ 29. Nxe2 Rxe2 30. a4 Qf5 31. Be3 Na5 32. Qd1 Rc2 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 c6 35. Bb6 Nb3 36. Qd1 Qe6 37. a5 c5 38. Qc2+ g6 39. Qa2 c4 40. a6 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Nd2 42. g4 Qe2 43. Qa1 Nf3+ 44. Kg3 Ng5 45. Qh1 Ne4+ 46. Kh2 Nxf2 47. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 48. Qg2 Qf4+ 49. Qg3 Qd2+ 50. Qg2 Qd6+ {0-1 So,W (2757)-Caruana,F (2796) Zagreb Superbet Blitz 2024 (5)}) (16. Be3 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qxb7 Nfd5 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. Qxc6 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 Qd2 22. Rab1 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 a3 24. bxa3 Qxa2 25. Rb7 Rad8 26. Rf3 Qxa3 27. Qxc7 Rc8 28. Qe5 Qa2 29. Rg3 {1-0 Volokitin,A (2667)-Vitiugov,N (2678) HUN-ch Blitz Ajka 2024 (10)}) 16... Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Rad1 Re6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nd2 Qe7 22. Nxc4 f6 23. Bxh6 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 fxe5 26. Qxc6 Rf8 $2 27. Be3 $18 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Qf7 29. Qxa4 Qf2+ 30. Kh2 Qxe3 31. Qc4+ Kh7 32. Qh4+ Kg8 33. Re1 (33. a4) 33... Qd4 34. Re4 Qxb2 35. a4 Rf4 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd3 Rxe4 38. Qxe4+ g6 39. Qc4 Qb6 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qxe5 c5 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qe4 Kg7 47. Kg3 Qd6+ 48. Kf3 Qd1+ 49. Kf4 Qc1+ 50. Ke5 c4 51. Kd5 c3 52. Kc4 Qa3 53. Qc2 Kh6 54. h4 g5 55. h5 Qd6 56. g4 Qc6+ 57. Kb3 Qe6+ 58. Kxc3 Qc6+ 59. Kb3 Qb6+ 60. Kc3 Qc6+ 61. Kb2 Qb6+ 62. Ka1 Qf6+ 63. Kb1 Qf1+ 64. Kb2 Qf6+ 65. Qc3 Qb6+ 66. Ka2 Qf2+ 67. Ka3 Qf8+ 68. Kb3 Qf7+ 69. Kc2 Qf2+ 70. Qd2 Qc5+ 71. Qc3 Qf2+ 72. Kb1 Qf1+ 73. Kb2 Qf2+ 74. Ka3 Qf8+ 75. Kb3 Qf7+ 76. Qc4 Qf3+ 77. Kb4 Qf8+ 78. Kb5 Qb8+ 79. Kc5 Qf8+ 80. Kc6 Qc8+ 81. Kd5 Qd7+ 82. Ke5 Qg7+ 83. Ke4 Qe7+ 84. Kf3 Qf6+ 85. Ke3 Qe5+ 86. Qe4 Qg3+ 87. Ke2 Qh2+ 88. Kf1 Qh3+ 89. Kf2 Qh2+ 90. Qg2 Qf4+ 91. Qf3 Qxa4 92. Qf6+ Kh7 93. Qg6+ Kh8 94. Qh6+ Kg8 95. Qxg5+ Kh7 96. Qf5+ Kg8 97. Qe6+ Kh7 98. Qf5+ Kg8 99. Kg3 Qd1 $4 100. Qe6+ $18 Kh7 101. Qe4+ Kg7 102. Qe5+ Kh7 103. Kh4 Qh1+ 104. Kg5 Qc1+ 105. Qf4 Qd1 106. Qf7+ Kh8 107. Qe8+ Kh7 108. Qe7+ Kh8 109. Kh6 1-0 [Event "3rd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.06.08"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Madaminov, Mukhiddin"] [Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2586"] [BlackElo "2634"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "153"] [GameId "2318706644234240"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,153,14,27,18,17,30,14,25,22,34,18,20,10,34,30,28,5,25,16,34,18,73,17,42,34,46,8,23,61,66,-33,3,-4,5,5,6,11,35,27,65,74,73,57,54,60,108,115,106,81,106,121,88,98,100,84,98,85,59,108,93,92,104,81,113,172,132,120,103,121,117,123,121,128,146,137,136,135,136,116,125,128,120,121,134,135,151,135,146,122,144,138,125,148,113,113,142,107,109,120,136,123,137,144,103,107,87,98,100,97,104,97,101,95,118,111,100,114,109,157,108,115,123,90,101,98,77,95,110,118,81,121,82,93,118,101,98,94,90,72,132,45,134,108,128,152,278,287,286,314,356,350,485,524,541,518]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 h6 9. Bd2 (9. Be3 g5 10. Qa4 Bg7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. h4 g4 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Ndb5 Bd7 15. Qf4 Ng6 16. Qb4 Nf5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Bd3 Qc8 19. Nxa7 Qb8 20. Bc4 Ne5 21. Nab5 b6 22. Be3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bc6 24. Rhf1 Bxg2 25. Rxf7 Nxf7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rd7+ Kg8 28. Qxg4 Re7 29. Rxe7 Qf8 30. Qxg2 {1-0 Zhigalko,S (2572)-Xiong,J (2656) 1st Thursday May 14th Chess.com INT blitz 2026 (8)}) (9. h4 Nf5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. c3 Ba5 12. g4 Nfe7 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Bc4 O-O 15. g5 h5 16. Rg1 Ng6 17. Qe4 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Nbd4 Be4 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Be2 Bb6 22. O-O-O Rfe8 23. Nd4 Nxh4 24. Bxh5 Rad8 25. Bg4 Ng2 26. Bd2 Bxd4 27. cxd4 Nh4 28. Bf4 Bf3 29. Rd3 Bxg4 30. Rxg4 Nf5 31. Bxc7 Rd5 32. Kd2 Re7 33. Be5 Red7 34. b4 Kh7 35. g6+ fxg6 36. Kc3 a5 37. a3 axb4+ 38. axb4 Ra7 39. Kc4 Nd6+ 40. Bxd6 Rxd6 41. Rf3 Ra2 42. Rf8 Rd5 43. Re4 Rf5 44. Rh4+ Rh5 45. Re4 Rf5 46. Rh4+ Rh5 47. Re4 {½-½ Yakubboev,N (2663)-Moussard,J (2584) FIDE Grand Swiss Samarkand 2025 (3)}) 9... Qe7+ 10. Be3 g5 11. Qa4 Bg7 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bd4 O-O 14. Bxg7 Re8+ 15. Ne3 Kxg7 16. O-O-O Re4 17. c4 g4 18. Qc2 gxf3 19. Rxd6 Rxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxd6 21. gxf3 Be6 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Bxe6 Qxc2+ 24. Nxc2 fxe6 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. Rxc7 Ne5 27. Rxb7 Nxf3 28. Rb3 Nxh2 29. Rh3 Ng4 30. f3 Ne5 31. Rxh6+ Kg5 32. Rxe6 Nxf3 33. b3 Rc8 34. Re2 Nd4 35. Rf2 Nc6 36. Kd2 Rc7 37. Ne3 Kg6 38. Kc3 Rf7 39. Rd2 Rc7 40. Kc4 Nb8+ 41. Kb5 Rb7+ 42. Ka4 Kf7 43. Nc4 Rc7 44. Nd6+ Ke7 45. Nb5 Rb7 46. Rh2 Ke6 47. Rh8 a6 48. Na7 Nd7 49. Rh6+ Kd5 50. Nc6 Nc5+ 51. Ka3 Nd3 52. Na5 Rc7 53. Nc4 Rc6 54. Rh3 Nf4 55. Rh7 Re6 56. Rf7 Nd3 57. Rd7+ Ke4 58. Nd6+ Ke3 59. Nc4+ Ke4 60. Rd8 Rf6 61. Ka4 Rf2 62. a3 Rc2 63. Nd6+ Ke5 64. Nf7+ Ke4 65. Ng5+ Ke3 66. Re8+ Kd2 67. Ne4+ Kc1 68. Rd8 Nb2+ 69. Ka5 Kb1 70. Kb4 (70. Kxa6 Ka2) 70... Rc7 $2 (70... Rh2 71. a4 Rh4 72. Rd4 Rh5 73. Nc5 a5+ 74. Kb5 Kc2 75. Rg4 Kc3 76. Kb6 Rf5 77. Rh4 Re5 78. Kc6) 71. a4 $18 Kc2 72. Nc5 a5+ 73. Kb5 Kc3 74. Kb6 Rh7 75. Kxa5 Rh5 76. Kb5 Rh4 77. a5 1-0