[Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.26"] [Round "1.19"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Ba2 c5 15. Bd5 Nc6 16. c3 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Qa8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qc8 20. Qa2 h6 21. Be3 Be6 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Qd7 24. Ra1 Rd8 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qa6 Qxa6 27. Rxa6 d5 28. Rd6 Rxd6 29. Bxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.26"] [Round "2.38"] [White "Nihal, Sarin"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2704"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 a6 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. bxc4 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. a4 Qb6 19. Ne4 Nf4 20. Qf3 Ng6 21. Rd7 Bd5 22. g3 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd1 Qb7 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Bc6 Qa2 27. Nd6 Ra7 28. Bd4 Re7 29. Be8 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qb8 31. Bxf7+ Kh8 32. Be8 Bc7 33. Bb5 Kg8 34. Qc6 Qd8 35. h4 Ba5 36. Bc4 Nf8 37. Qe4 Bb4 38. Nb5 Rd7 39. Be3 Qc8 40. Bxe6+ Nxe6 41. Qxb4 Qc6+ 42. f3 Qc2+ 43. Kh3 Rd1 44. Qe4 Rh1+ 45. Kg4 Qc8 46. Nd6 Qd7 47. Qb7 g6 48. Bh6 Qxb7 49. Nxb7 Ra1 50. a5 Ra3 51. h5 gxh5+ 52. Kf5 Nd4+ 53. Ke4 Nc6 54. e6 Ra4+ 55. Kd5 Ne7+ 56. Kc5 Nf5 57. Bg5 Kf8 58. Kb6 Rb4+ 59. Kc7 Ra4 60. g4 hxg4 61. fxg4 Rxg4 62. a6 Ra4 63. Nc5 Ra1 64. Bf6 Ra2 65. Kd8 h5 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.26"] [Round "3.42"] [White "Ponkratov, Pavel"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. g3 e5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 e4 4. f3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg2 d5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. fxe4 dxe4 10. Qa4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nh3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. O-O Nd5 15. Nf4 Ne3 16. Bxe4 Qe8 17. Qxe8 Rxe8 18. Bd3 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Bd7 20. Bc4 Rac8 21. Bb3 b5 22. Rf3 a5 23. a3 Bg4 24. Rf2 Bf5 25. Rf3 Be4 26. Re3 Bb7 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Kf2 Rc8 29. Bd5 Ba6 30. Nd3 Rxc3 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Bc6 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Bd5 Be6 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Bxe6+ Kf8 37. Ke1 b3 38. Kd2 b2 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.26"] [Round "4.25"] [White "Nihal, Sarin"] [Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c3 c6 7. Re1 Bf5 8. Nbd2 Qc8 9. Qb3 h6 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Qa3 Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nbd7 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. b3 Qd7 17. Qa5 Bd5 18. Bf1 f5 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qxa7 Nc8 21. Qa3 f4 22. Ng2 fxg3 23. hxg3 Nd6 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Nxe1 Ne4 26. Qc1 h5 27. Bg2 Qf5 28. Be3 c5 29. c4 cxd4 30. cxd5 dxe3 31. Qxe3 Nd6 32. Nd3 Qf6 33. Qf4 Qe7 34. a4 Nf5 35. Bf3 h4 36. gxh4 Nxh4 37. Be4 Bf8 38. d6 Qd8 39. Ne5 f5 40. Bd5+ Kg7 41. Nf7 Qf6 42. Qh6+ 1-0 [Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.26"] [Round "5.14"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Ba6 12. Ne3 Nd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. c6 Rc8 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Rd1 d4 17. h4 h6 18. Bf3 Re8 19. Nd2 d3 20. exd3 Bxd3 21. Qc1 Bf8 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. c7 Rc8 25. Qe1 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Rc1 Rxc7 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qe3 Bf5 30. a5 Ne6 31. Rxc7 Qxc7 32. Nb3 Qc4 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. Nd2 Qc5 35. Qxc5 Nxc5 36. Bd5 Be6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Ke3 e5 40. Ne4 Nb3 41. a6 Ke6 42. g4 Kd5 43. Ng3 g6 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Nd4 46. f4 Nc2+ 47. Kd2 exf4 48. Nf5 Nd4 49. Nxh6 Ke4 50. Ng4 Nf3+ 51. Ke2 Ng5 52. Nf2+ Kd4 53. h6 f3+ 54. Kd2 Kc4 55. Ke3 Kb5 56. Nd3 b3 57. Kf4 Nf7 58. h7 Kxa6 59. Kf5 Kb5 60. Kf6 Kc4 61. Nf2 Nh8 62. Kg7 Kd4 63. Kxh8 Ke3 64. Nh1 1-0 [Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.27"] [Round "6.26"] [White "Dreev, Aleksey"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Bg4 8. Bh6 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. d5 Nd4 12. f4 Nh5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qe3 Qf6 15. Na4 b6 16. c3 c5 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Qd2 Qf3 19. Bd3 Rfc8+ 20. Kb1 b5 21. Bxb5 Qxe4+ 22. Bd3 Qxd5 23. Rhe1 Rab8 24. b3 Nf4 25. Nb2 Rc3 26. Rc1 Qa5 27. Bc4 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Rc8 29. Qd1 f6 30. Rg1 Nd5 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Nc4 Rc7 33. f3 d3 34. Re1 Qd4 35. Qd2 Rd7 36. Re4 Qg1+ 37. Kb2 Qf1 38. Re3 Rd4 39. a4 a6 40. a5 h5 41. Ka2 h4 42. Nb2 h3 43. Rxd3 Rxd3 44. Qxd3 Qg2 45. Qxa6 Qxh2 46. Qb7+ Kh6 47. a6 Qd2 48. a7 Qa5+ 49. Na4 Qd2+ 50. Ka3 Qc1+ 51. Kb4 Qd2+ 52. Nc3 Qd4+ 53. Ka3 Qc5+ 54. Ka4 Qxc3 55. a8=Q Kg5 56. Qe4 Qa1+ 57. Kb4 Qg1 58. Qxg6+ 1-0 [Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.27"] [Round "7.46"] [White "Nihal, Sarin"] [Black "Quparadze, Giga"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2477"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bf3 a6 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Be5 f6 19. Bg3 Rae8 20. f3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Bf2 Qd6 24. Nb3 Bf7 25. Bd4 h5 26. Nc5 b5 27. Nd3 Kh7 28. Qf4 Qe6 29. Kf2 g5 30. Qd2 Qd6 31. Kg1 h4 32. h3 Bg6 33. Nc5 a5 34. Qe2 b4 35. cxb4 axb4 36. Ne6 Bf5 37. Nxg7 Kxg7 38. Kh1 Kf7 39. Qb5 Bd7 40. Qb7 Kg6 41. a3 bxa3 42. bxa3 Qe6 43. Qb1+ Qf5 44. Qd1 Qe6 45. a4 Qa6 46. Qb1+ Kg7 47. Qe1 Bxa4 48. f4 Kg6 49. fxg5 fxg5 50. Qb1+ Kh6 51. Qf5 Qg6 52. Qf8+ Kh5 53. Qh8+ Qh6 54. Qc8 Qc6 55. Qg4+ Kg6 56. Be3 Bc2 57. Qxg5+ Kf7 58. Qxh4 Be4 59. Kg1 Qg6 60. Qf2+ Qf5 61. g4 Qxf2+ 62. Kxf2 d4 63. Bxd4 Bc6 64. Kg3 Kg6 65. h4 Bd7 66. h5+ Kh7 67. Kf4 Be6 68. Bc3 Bd7 69. Kg5 Be6 70. Kh4 Bd7 71. g5 Be8 72. g6+ Bxg6 73. hxg6+ Kxg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.27"] [Round "8.43"] [White "Nihal, Sarin"] [Black "Demchenko, Anton"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Qb1 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nf3 Qxc3 17. Rc1 Qxb4 18. Rxc7 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qd3 Raa8 21. Qxd5 Nf6 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rfc8 24. Rac1 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Nd7 26. Kf1 Nc5 27. Ke2 Kf8 28. Nd2 Ke7 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4+ Kd6 31. Kd3 Rc8 32. Rd4+ Ke6 33. Re4+ Kd6 34. Rd4+ Ke6 35. Rc4 Rd8+ 36. Ke2 Rb8 37. Kd3 b5 38. Rc6+ Kd7 39. axb5 Rxb5 40. Ra6 Rb2 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Ra6+ Ke7 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Ra6+ Ke7 45. Ra7+ Kf6 46. Ra6+ Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.27"] [Round "9.40"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 b6 9. f3 Qd7 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qb2 Bb7 14. Bb5 Ne8 15. Ne2 Nd6 16. O-O Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Rfd8 18. Rfc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.28"] [Round "10.43"] [White "Nihal, Sarin"] [Black "Erdos, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a5 7. h3 d6 8. c3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Be3 h6 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bxf6 c4 17. Qd1 Rxf6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nxc4 Bc5 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Ng4 Rf4 22. Qb3 Raf8 23. Rad1 R8f5 24. Rd3 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. b3 d4 27. cxd4 Bxd4 28. g3 Re4 29. Kg2 Bc5 30. f4 Re2+ 31. Kf3 Rb2 32. Ne5 b6 33. Kg4 Rf6 34. h4 g6 35. Rfd1 Be7 36. Rd7 h5+ 37. Kg5 Re6+ 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Kf6 Rg7 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Nf3 Rg8 42. Ng5+ Kh8 43. Rd7 Rc8 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. Ne6+ Ke8 47. Re7# 1-0 [Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.28"] [Round "11.30"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 c5 12. Nde2 Rb8 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. b3 f5 15. Bb2 f4 16. h3 f3 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. Rfd1 Bd4 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Nd5 fxg2 22. Qd3 Bf3 23. Ne7+ Qxe7 24. Qxd4 Kf7 25. Qg7+ Ke8 26. Qh6 Kd7 27. Re1 Rbe8 28. c5 dxc5 29. Re3 Qe6 30. Bg7 Rf7 31. e5 Kc8 32. Re1 Rxg7 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.28"] [Round "12.20"] [White "Nihal, Sarin"] [Black "Paravyan, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2617"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 c6 12. Nbd2 Nhf6 13. h3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bd4 Re8 17. Qb3 Ne4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. e3 Bf5 22. Qb6 Ra6 23. Qd4+ Kh7 24. Bf1 c5 25. Qc4 Kg7 26. Rd2 Rd6 27. Red1 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 b6 29. Qd5 h5 30. h4 Qf6 31. Qd6 Re6 32. Qf4 Re5 33. Bc4 Qe7 34. Rd5 f6 35. Kh2 Bd7 36. Rxe5 Qxe5 37. Qxe5 fxe5 38. b3 Kf6 39. Kg2 Be6 40. Bxe6 Kxe6 41. c4 Kf6 42. Kh3 g5 43. g4 Kg6 44. Kg3 hxg4 45. Kxg4 gxh4 46. Kxh4 Kh6 47. Kg4 Kg6 48. Kh4 Kh6 49. Kg4 Kg6 50. Kh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Rapid 2021"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2021.12.28"] [Round "13.24"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2021.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Nd2 Re8 12. e4 c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bf8 16. Nc4 Nf6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Na5 Ra7 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Qc8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh5 Kg7 23. Bh3 f5 24. Bxf5 Qd8 25. Bd7 Re4 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. Rc4 Rxc4 28. bxc4 b5 29. Rd1 b4 30. Bc8 Rc7 31. Rd7 Rxd7 32. cxd7 a5 33. Qf5 Bb6 34. c5 Bc7 35. Ba6 Qf6 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. Bb5 Ke5 38. Kg2 Kd4 39. c6 Kc3 40. Kf3 b3 41. axb3 Kxb3 42. Be2 Kc3 43. Bd1 Kd4 44. Kg4 Kc5 45. Kh5 Kxc6 46. Ba4+ Kd6 47. Kxh6 Ke7 48. Kg7 Bb6 49. f3 Bf2 50. g4 Bh4 51. f4 f6 52. Kg6 Kd8 53. g5 fxg5 54. fxg5 Ke7 55. Kf5 Be1 56. Kg4 1-0