[Event "Chennai Grand Masters -Masters 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India"] [Date "2024.11.07"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2686"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,76,19,28,39,11,40,12,16,16,14,14,7,2,22,7,5,10,23,28,36,36,20,24,21,30,35,27,22,33,46,-25,-15,-59,-46,-39,-31,-17,-24,-52,-40,-34,-34,-20,-22,-18,-12,-12,0,-11,10,-5,-2,-17,-16,-23,-21,-50,-50,-62,-57,-75,-68,-70,-68,-74,-47,-45,-45,-95,-83,-83,-64,-69,-71,-80,-94,-167,-195]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Na3 a6 11. c3 h6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Nh2 d5 16. Nhg4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 dxe4 18. dxe4 Rad8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nf1 Na5 21. Be3 Qc6 22. Qc2 c4 23. Nd2 g5 24. Rad1 Bf6 25. Nf3 Nb3 26. Rxd8 $2 {White should have done something about losing the a4-pawn} (26. Nd2 Qxa4 27. Ra1 Qb5) 26... Rxd8 27. Rd1 Qxa4 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Qd1 Bc7 30. Nd2 Qd7 31. Qe2 Nxd2 32. Qxd2 Qc6 33. Qd1 a5 34. Kf1 $4 {turned out to be the final mistake} (34. Qb1 Bd8) 34... Qxe4 $19 35. Qd7 Qd3+ {Black forces the queen trade as the resultant same color bishop endgame is winning for him due to being ahead by two pawns} 36. Qxd3 cxd3 37. f3 e4 38. fxe4 Bg3 (38... Bg3 39. Bf2 d2 40. Ke2 Bxf2) 0-1 [Event "Chennai Grand Masters -Masters 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India"] [Date "2024.11.07"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D25"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. b3 e6 9. bxc4 Bb4 10. Bd2 bxc4 11. Bxc4 a5 12. O-O O-O 13. Na4 Qd6 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Nc5 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nfd7 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Rb1 Bb7 19. Ned2 Nc6 20. Ne1 e5 21. d5 Na5 22. e4 f5 23. Nd3 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Bxa6 26. Ndxe5 Re8 27. Nxd7 Bxc4 28. d6 b3 29. e5 f4 30. h4 Kf7 31. f3 h6 32. h5 Bb5 33. Nb6 Rxe5 34. Rxb3 Ke6 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Nxd7 Kxd7 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Rxg7 Rxh5 39. Rg6+ Kf5 40. Rb6 Kg5 41. Rb4 Kf5 42. Ra4 Kg5 43. Rc4 Kf5 44. Rc8 Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kf7 46. Ra8 Rf5 47. Ra4 Kg6 48. Kf2 Kg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chennai Grand Masters -Masters 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India"] [Date "2024.11.07"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2712"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,91,40,16,40,46,81,44,63,32,30,31,20,26,29,22,22,2,28,22,21,5,10,-8,10,-10,38,-1,13,11,29,33,37,5,8,7,74,60,52,64,91,83,84,84,102,89,97,78,103,76,159,105,135,116,163,92,135,89,81,75,80,59,66,66,66,60,68,46,66,64,56,-16,-18,-28,43,34,60,8,84,143,135,115,183,13,17,731,471,1107,1881,3026,3026,3471,29975,29976]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 h6 $6 9. a3 Ne5 10. b4 Bd7 11. Bc2 Nfg4 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. Rb1 b6 14. b5 Bc8 15. f4 Ned7 16. Rf3 Ne8 17. Rh3 Ndf6 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Qe1 Rc8 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Bd2 Ng8 22. Re1 Nef6 23. Nd1 Nh7 24. Ne3 (24. Ng5 Bf6 25. e5 (25. d4) 25... dxe5 26. Nxh7 exf4) 24... Rc7 25. Ng4 Nhf6 26. Ne3 (26. Nxh6 Nxh6 27. Bc3) 26... Nh7 27. Qf2 d5 28. e5 d4 29. Ng4 Re8 30. Bd1 a6 31. a4 axb5 32. axb5 Ba8 33. Rh5 Ra7 34. Ng5 Bf8 35. Bf3 Bxf3 36. Qxf3 g6 37. Rh3 Qa8 38. Qf2 h5 $4 (38... Ree7) 39. Nxh7 Kxh7 40. f5 $18 Bg7 (40... exf5 41. Rxh5+ gxh5 42. Qxf5+) (40... Ra1) 41. f6 Bf8 42. Rxh5+ gxh5 43. Qh4 Ra1 44. Qxh5+ Nh6 45. Nxh6 Rxe1+ 46. Bxe1 (46. Bxe1 Qa1 47. Nxf7+ Kg8 (47... Bh6 48. Qxh6+ Kg8 49. Qg7#) 48. Qg6+ Bg7 49. Qxg7#) 1-0 [Event "Chennai Grand Masters -Masters 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India"] [Date "2024.11.07"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Sarana, Alexey"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,58,40,22,27,-10,-3,10,17,23,31,23,26,24,24,23,36,4,4,-18,-17,-3,42,21,7,0,46,-3,4,8,-1,-11,-22,-42,-19,-62,-62,-40,-49,-41,-45,-38,0,0,-2,-10,-16,-28,54,7,76,81,214,68,108,123,63,-48,-82,-73,-90]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 Qc7 11. Re1 d5 12. c5 bxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Ne5 Ba6 17. Bc2 Rc8 18. b4 Nc6 19. Rc1 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rc4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh5 Kf8 23. Bb3 Rc6 24. Qxh7 Rac8 25. Rcd1 d4 26. h4 d3 27. h5 Qd4 $4 (27... Ke7 28. h6 Qd4) 28. Re4 (28. b5 $1 $18 Rc2 (28... Bxb5 29. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 (29... fxe6 30. Re4 Qd5 31. Rg4) 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Rxe6+ fxe6 32. Qxc8) 29. Bxc2 Rxc2) 28... Qb2 29. Ba4 Rc1 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Qe3 $4 (31. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kh2) 31... Rxd1+ $19 32. Bxd1 Qc1 33. Qxa7+ Rc7 34. Qxa6 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qxh5+ 36. Kg3 d2 37. Rd4 Qe5+ 0-1