[Event "Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla"] [Site "Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla"] [Date "2023.03.18"] [Round "1.10"] [White "D, Gukesh"] [Black "Patil, Ketan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "1637"] [Annotator "KP"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2023.03.18"] [EventType "simul"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.03.19"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Rb8 11. b3 cxd4 12. cxd4 a5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxa5 Nd7 15. O-O e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Qc5 Qf6 21. Qd4 Qd6 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. h3 Rb4 24. Qc5 Qb8 25. Rd4 Rb5 26. Qc3 Qb7 27. b4 Rb8 28. a3 f6 29. e4 Rc8 30. e5 c5 31. bxc5 Rbxc5 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 fxe5 35. Rdxd5 Be6 36. Ng5 g6 37. Nxe6 Qe4 1-0 [Event "21 PLAYER Simul"] [Site "Kurla"] [Date "2023.03.18"] [Round "1.19"] [White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"] [Black "Neemay, Bhanushali"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "1194"] [Annotator "Neemay"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 Qc7 9. dxc5 Bxg3 10. hxg3 a6 (10... e5) 11. Bd3 e5 12. e4 d4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. a3 Re8 15. O-O Bg4 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. b4 Re7 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Nd2 Nde5 21. f4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 b5 23. e5 h6 24. N2e4 Qd7 25. Rae1 Qe6 26. f5 Qxe5 (26... Nxe5 27. Qxd4 $18) 27. f6 Re6 28. fxg7 Rd7 29. Nf6+ Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Rxf6 31. Qe4 Re7 32. Qb1 Ne5 1-0 [Event "21 PLAYER Simul"] [Site "Kurla"] [Date "2023.03.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Gukesh"] [Black "Mihir, Shah"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.03.20"] 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 e5 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Nc5 9. O-O Ne8 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. h3 Re8 13. Re1 c6 14. a4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nc4 Ne6 18. Qd2 Qf8 19. Re1 Qc5 20. c3 Qe7 21. Ba3 Qf6 22. Nd6 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qxd4 24. Qf3 Qc3 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qe8+ Bf8 27. Rxe6 Bxe6 28. Qxa8 Kg8 29. Qxf8+ 1-0 [Event "Gukesh D Simul tournament"] [Site "peonix mall"] [Date "2023.03.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Kshatriya Vekhande"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2224"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Be2 Be7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 c4 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. h4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. f4 Rg8 17. g5 Nd7 18. g6 fxg6 19. Bg4 Nf8 20. e4 gxh5 21. Bxh5+ Bg6 22. Bf3 Bf7 23. f5 O-O-O 24. b3 Nd7 25. Bg3 Nf6 26. e5 exf5 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. bxc4 Rge8+ 29. Kd1 dxc4 30. Rb1 Re3 31. Rxb6 Bd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Bf2 Rxc3 34. Rxf6 gxf6 35. Rxh6 b5 36. Rxf6 Ra3 37. Nb1 Rh3 38. Kd2 Rh2 39. Ke3 Rh3+ 40. Kd2 Rd3+ 41. Ke2 Kb7 42. Re6 b4 43. Be1 b3 44. axb3 Rxb3 45. Nd2 Rb2 46. Kd1 Rxd4 47. Kc1 Ra2 48. Nb1 f4 49. Nc3 Rh2 50. Re7+ Kc6 51. Re6+ Kd7 52. Rf6 Rh1 0-1 [Event "Simul"] [Site "Phoenix Mall "] [Date "2023.03.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Vedant Nitin Vekhande"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Be2 h5 8. h3 Qe7 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. O-O Bg6 13. b3 Ne4 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. c4 dxc4 16. bxc4 b5 17. Rc1 b4 18. Qc2 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bxa6 Ra8 22. Qe2 O-O 23. dxc5 Qa7 24. Bc4 Nd5 25. Bd6 Rfd8 26. e4 Rxd6 27. exd5 Qxc5+ 28. Kh1 exd5 29. Bb3 Qa5 30. Qe5 Rad8 31. Rfd1 Bf7 32. Qxf5 Qa7 33. Re1 d4 34. Qxh5 d3 35. Rcd1 Bxb3 36. axb3 d2 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Qxe8+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kg8 40. Qxb4 Qe7 41. Qc4+ Kh8 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ g6 44. Qc2 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qe5+ 46. f4 Qxf4+ 47. Kh1 Qe5 48. Qc7+ Kh6 49. Qb8 Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Qe5+ 51. Kh1 Qe1+ 52. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Simul"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.03.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Aryan B Joshi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 a6 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Qe2 Bxb2 13. Rae1 Nb4 14. Be4 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. c4 Bc3 17. Rc1 Bf6 18. cxd5 Bb5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 exd5 21. Rfd1 d4 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qa5 24. Qxd4 Qxa2 25. Ng4 Qe2 26. Re1 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.03.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Gukesh"] [Black "Jeet"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e5 Be7 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. h4 c5 14. c3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc6 16. a3 Rc8 17. g4 g6 18. Nf4 Kg7 19. Kf1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qc7 21. Kg2 Nd8 22. Qe3 Qd7 23. Rac1 Nb7 24. Ne2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rc3 Na5 27. Nf4 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Nxc6 30. Nd3 a5 31. Kf1 b5 32. Ke2 Bd8 33. Nde1 f6 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Kd3 e5 36. dxe5+ Nxe5+ 37. Nxe5 Kxe5 38. Ng2 g5 39. hxg5 Bxg5 40. b3 a4 41. bxa4 bxa4 42. Kc3 Ke4 43. Kb4 d4 44. Kxa4 d3 45. Kb3 d2 46. Kc2 Kf3 0-1 [Event "Gukesh simul (21 boards), Phoenix mall"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.03.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Gukesh, D.."] [Black "Jaiveer, Mahendru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "1686"] [Annotator "Mahendru,Jaiveer"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.12.13"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 e6 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O O-O {the standard setup.} 11. Bf4 c5 {the only way for black to try and take initiative.} 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. d5 $5 {a standard idea, which would have probably been enough for gukesh to crush me if it was 1v1} exd5 16. e5 $1 Nh5 17. Be3 g6 {[%CAl Gh5g7,Ge7c5]} 18. Nd4 Bc5 $1 {binding the e3 bishop, and keeping an eye on d4 thus slowing down white's ideas. also, I can exchange some more pieces now, which is ideal, since I am a pawn up.} 19. e6 Qf6 20. Qg4 Bxd4 ({something simple like} 20... Ng7 {was way better, but the my time was going down and I had to play fast, because there was no increment}) 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Bxd4 Qf4 23. Qh3 (23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Rfe1 {was probably a way to get a drawish endgame}) 23... Rcf8 {[%CAl Rb7c8]} (23... Qxd4 $4 24. Bxg6 Qf6 25. Bxh5 $16) 24. Be3 Qf6 {[%csl Rg2,Rh3][%CAl Rh5f4,Rd5d4,Rb7g2,Rf4g2,Rf4h3]} 25. Be2 $1 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Bg4 {a good idea generally, but I spotted some aesthetic tactics here for move 30.} Kg7 28. Be6 Re7 29. Bxd5 $4 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxf2+ $1 {played instantly and gukesh resigned with a smile. Gukesh had been playing on my board very fast as he probably thought his position was good and so was the time, so he would have hardly thought for 45 seconds in total, in my game.} 0-1 [Event "GM Gukesh's Simul"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.03.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Gukesh, D.."] [Black "Gaurang, Bagwe"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [Annotator "Gaurang"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,54,19,31,19,14,26,32,34,22,81,23,28,24,11,-12,10,12,42,55,42,26,68,33,20,33,38,35,22,13,28,-7,0,-53,-8,-86,-76,-213,-195,-217,-210,-222,-316,-227,-236,-380,-417,-408,-236,-403,-509,-455,-487,-487,-556,-571,-599]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 (8. Bd3 {is a the common move} b6 9. Ne5 Bb7) 8... Ne4 (8... Ne7 {is the main move here but I tried something unknown and active} 9. Ne5 b6 {[%CAl Gc8b7]}) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nc4 Qd5 {threatening cd4 and Qb5} 13. Qb3 (13. Bxc6 Qxc4) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 (14. exd4 Bd7 {and now 0-0 would be risky in future due to f4-f3 ideas and white's king is not that safe after 0-0-0 compared to black's king, black can simply play Rc8 Rd8 after 0-0-0 and can claim a very good position}) 14... Bd7 {[%csl Rb5][%CAl Gc6d4]} 15. Nd2 (15. Bxc6 {is one of the main moves i thought during game} Bxc6 16. O-O Bb5 {and this felt a comfortable position for black}) 15... f4 (15... Ne5 {was a fancy move which i did not like during the game as} 16. dxe5 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Bxb5 18. Nd4 {[%csl Rb5,Gd4,Ge5,Ge6]}) (15... Nxd4 {not so good as} 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Bxd7 Nc2+ 18. Ke2 Nxa1 19. Rxa1) 16. Bc4 Qf5 17. exf4 {when GM Gukesh played this move during the game, I felt this move would be a critical error and should be punished immediately as white's king is in centre} b5 {this move which I made, made me really happy as it takes immediate actions to punish exf4} 18. Be2 (18. Bxb5 Nxd4 {[%csl Rb5] and is falling}) (18. Qxb5 Qxf4 {and now we can see the point as there is no Qe3 now to defend the position} 19. O-O-O {[%CAl Gc8c1,Gf8c8,Ga8b8] is the move i thought during the game,felt really dangerous for white} (19. O-O $2 {not working as} Qxd2) 19... Rab8) 18... Nxd4 19. Qd1 e3 20. fxe3 Nc2+ 21. Kf2 Nxe3 {another move which I liked during the game- not going for material and taking the devlopment advantage and hunting the king} (21... Nxa1 {which was a materialistic approach} 22. Qxa1 e5 23. Qb1 {I thought white still has some chances to survive}) 22. Kxe3 $2 {this I felt was a critical error} (22. Qb3 Qxf4+ 23. Nf3 Ng4+ {[%csl Rf2][%CAl Ga8d8]}) 22... Qxf4+ 23. Kd3 {now the two candidate moves i thought during the game were Rfd8 and Rad8 - one was decisive and one still kept some chances for white- so making a right decision was very important here} Rad8 {was the move which was decisive- and I was happy that I was able to find that} (23... Rfd8 24. Bf3 Bc6+ 25. Ke2 {white could still survie here}) 24. Qe1 (24. Bf3 {is not working now as} Bc6+ 25. Ke2 {and now no Bf3 as Nf3 Rxd1 Rxd1 white has still some scope for draw and I wanted to capitalize and stop his chances for comeback} Rxd2+ 26. Qxd2 Bxf3+ 27. Ke1 Qe4+ 28. Kf1 Bxg2+ 29. Kg1 Bxh1 {and here i a piece up}) (24. Kc3 Rc8+ 25. Nc4 Rxc4+ 26. Bxc4 Qxc4+ {till here i saw which was decisive}) (24. Kc2 {king can not run and be safe due to passive pieces} Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Qf5+ 26. Ne4 Qxe4+) 24... Qf5+ 25. Kc3 (25. Ke3 {not working as} Qc5+ 26. Kd3 (26. Ke4 Bc6#) 26... Bc6#) 25... Rc8+ 26. Bc4 bxc4 {[%CAl Gf5d3]} 27. Ne4 (27. Qe3 Qa5+ 28. Kc2 c3 $19) 27... Bc6 {and now white has no good move as Nd6- Qd3; Ng3 Qd3 etc.} 0-1 [Event "Simultaneous"] [Site "Mumbai"] [Date "2023.03.18"] [Round "?"] [White "D Gukesh"] [Black "Ketan Boricha"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2090"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. c3 Qc7 8. Bg3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nh5 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. b4 O-O 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Qc2 f6 17. Nd3 e5 18. f3 Ng5 19. Nbc5 Bf5 20. Qd2 Bxd3 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. Nxd3 h6 23. Nc5 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Rfe1 Rae8 26. Re3 Qg6 27. Rae1 Rf5 28. b5 Qd6 29. bxc6 Qxc6 30. Rd1 e4 31. Rde1 Rfe5 32. Qd4 Qb6 33. Qxb6 axb6 34. Rb1 Ra8 35. Rb2 Ra6 36. Kf2 Rf5 37. Ke2 exf3+ 38. Rxf3 Re5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "ChessBase India simul with Gukesh"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gukesh, D.."] [Black "Potawad, Anirudhha"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "126"] 1. d4 (1. e4) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nf8 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Kb1 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 (14. Qxe2 g6 (14... Nf6 15. Bf5 Ne6) 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O-O 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5) 14... Nf6 15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. g4 Kb8 17. Na4 Rc8 (17... Ne6 18. Qb3) 18. Qb3 Ne6 19. Rhe1 h5 20. gxh5 Nxh5 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Nf6 23. Bd3 Rxh2 24. Rc2 Ne4 25. Ka1 Rxf2 26. Bxe4 Qh4 27. Rec1 dxe4 28. Rc5 Qf6 29. d5 Rf1 30. a3 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 cxd5 (31... g5 32. dxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. Qxf7 Qc1+ 35. Ka2 Qxe3 36. Qe8+ Kc7 37. Qe7+ Kc6 38. Qe6+ Kc5 39. Qe7+ Kc4 40. Qxb7 Kd3) 32. Rxc8+ Kxc8 33. Qxd5 Qe7 34. Qf5+ Kc7 35. Qf4+ Kc8 36. Qg4+ Qd7 37. Qxg7 Qd1+ 38. Ka2 Qd5+ 39. Ka1 a6 40. Qf8+ Kc7 41. Qe7+ Kb8 42. Qf6 Ka7 43. Qc3 a5 44. Qf6 a4 45. Qc3 Ka6 46. Qf6+ b6 47. Qc3 f5 48. Qc8+ Kb5 49. Qe8+ Ka5 50. Qc8 Qc5 51. Qa8+ Kb5 52. Qe8+ Kc4 53. Qxa4+ Kd3 54. Qb3+ Kd2 55. a4 Qxe3 56. Qd5+ Kc2 57. Qc4+ Kd2 58. Qd5+ Kc2 59. Qc4+ Kd1 60. Qf1+ (60. Qd5+ Qd3 61. Qxf5 Kc1 62. Qf4+ e3 63. Ka2 Qb1+ 64. Kb3 Qc2+ 65. Kb4 Qd2+ 66. Kb3 e2 67. Qc4+ Kb1 68. Qe4+ Ka1) 60... Qe1 61. Qxf5 Kc2+ 62. Ka2 Qb1+ 63. Ka3 Qxb2# 0-1 [Event "Gukesh simul Chessbase India Club"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.03.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Gukesh"] [Black "Parnali"] [Result "*"] [ECO "D00"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [Source "Analyze This Ap"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bxc5 10. O-O Rc8 11. e4 d4 12. Nb1 e5 13. Bg3 (13. Bg5 h6) 13... g5 14. Nd2 (14. h4 h6) 14... h5 15. h4 g4 16. Be2 Nd7 17. c3 Be7 18. Bc4 Bxh4 19. Bd5 Bg5 20. Nc4 Qf6 21. f3 Qh6 (21... h4 22. fxg4 Qh6 23. Bh2 h3 24. g3) (21... b5 22. fxg4 Qh6 23. Bxf7+ Kd8) 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Be3+ 24. Nxe3 dxe3 25. Bxf7+ (25. Qh3) 25... Ke7 {idea was to support h8 rook with c8 rook} 26. Qh3 e2 27. Rf3 (27. Rf2 Qd2 (27... Qg5) 28. Bh4+ (28. Bh5 Rxh5 29. Qxh5 e1=Q+ 30. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxe4) 28... Kd6 (28... Rxh4 29. Qxh4+) 29. Rf3 (29. Qe6+ Kc7)) 27... Nd4 28. Bh4+ (28. cxd4 Rc1+) 28... Qxh4 29. Qxh4+ Rxh4 30. cxd4 exd4 31. Rf5 Rxe4 32. Kf2 d3 33. Bh5 Rc2 34. Rf7+ Kd6 {he resigned here} 35. Re1 d2 36. Rxe2 d1=Q *