[Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [White "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Site "Hyatt Regency, Chennai, India"] [Round "2.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.08.06"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2696"] [PlyCount "83"] [GameId "2207897576615936"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 h6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Qa4 a5 13. Qxc4 Ba6 14. Qc6 Nd5 15. Re1 Qb4 16. e4 Bb7 17. a3 Bxc6 18. axb4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 axb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. cxb4 Ra1 22. f3 Rb1 23. Bd2 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Bb5 25. g4 g6 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Bh4+ Kd7 29. f4 h5 30. gxh5 gxh5 31. d5 exd5 32. exd5 Kd6 33. Kd4 c6 34. dxc6 Kxc6 35. Ke5 Bc4 36. Be1 Kb5 37. Kf6 Kc6 38. h4 Kb5 39. Kg5 Be2 40. Kf6 Bc4 41. Kg5 Be2 42. Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Site "Hyatt Regency, Chennai, India"] [Round "2.2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.08.08"] [ECO "D79"] [WhiteElo "2697"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2208539462086656"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,84,16,-5,8,-15,7,24,6,23,19,19,7,22,15,19,14,86,22,31,18,25,-25,22,19,29,29,126,77,63,52,34,10,19,0,3,0,4,-3,10,0,-12,-19,-19,-36,95,3,-8,-58,12,-67,-59,-52,4,-7,-20,-55,-72,-46,-49,-48,-55,-58,-41,-11,-26,-6,-40,-13,103,-24,18,26,1,27,1,11,-1,1,1,1,-1,1,-1,-36,1,1]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Rc1 e6 12. h3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 (13. dxe5 Nd7 14. g4 g5 (14... Be4 15. Nxe4 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 dxe4 17. Rd1 Qe8) 15. Bxg5 $1 Qxg5 16. f4 Qh4 17. gxf5) 13... g5 14. Qd2 Ne8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. g4 Bg6 17. f4 gxf4 18. Qxf4 Rc6 19. Rcd1 Qd6 20. e4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rb6 23. Rf2 Nd6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Re1 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. Rc1 f5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. b3 Rd8 31. Rd2 f4 32. Rd3 a6 33. Kf2 Rbd5 34. Rxb7 Rxd4 35. Rb6+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kf5 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Rxa6 Rd2+ 39. Kf3 Rd3+ 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Kf3 Rd3+ 42. Kf2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [White "Robson, Ray"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Site "Hyatt Regency, Chennai, India"] [Round "2.3"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.08.08"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "107"] [GameId "2208539463360512"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,107,20,7,20,10,15,7,10,38,-2,0,12,15,22,5,14,0,25,6,3,-4,0,0,4,1,0,-2,2,98,12,-1,7,0,4,-14,15,0,45,-58,24,-53,0,36,63,53,22,32,32,59,-9,-2,4,42,96,-96,43,-77,-124,-67,-79,-92,79,-156,-187,-142,-198,-172,-148,-62,-167,-131,-39,334,30,41,32,51,52,44,68,59,142,247,316,175,163,242,169,163,165,206,163,381,171,143,686,672,887,274,170,457,472,451,749,913,805,801,794,768]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bb5 Bb7 8. O-O a6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. exd4 Bf4 15. Ra1 f5 16. Nf1 Qf6 17. c4 Qg6 18. a5 dxc4 19. bxc4 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Ndf6 21. Ng3 Qh6 22. d5 Ng4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 exd5 25. cxd5 Rae8 26. Qc4 Rc8 27. Rc5 Ne3 28. Rxc8 (28. fxe3 Rxc5 29. Qe4 Rb5 30. Nf5) 28... Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Qb6 30. Bxg7 Qb3 (30... Bxg3 31. Bxf8 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Kxf8) 31. Bxf8 $2 (31. Rdd4 Qb1+ 32. Nf1 Kxg7) 31... Qxc4 $19 32. Be7 Bxd5 33. Nh5 Bxf3 (33... Qc2 34. Ra1 Bc1) 34. gxf3 Be5 35. Bf6 Bc7 36. Rd7 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qc5 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rxh7 Bd6 $4 (39... Qd6) 40. Ng3 (40. Bg7+ $18 Ke8 41. Nf6+ Ke7 (41... Kd8 42. Ne4) 42. Ne4 Qf5 43. Bf6+) 40... Qd5 $4 41. Ne4 $18 Bb4 42. Bg7+ Kf7 43. Bc3+ Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kh6 45. Rh7+ Kg6 46. Rg7+ Kh6 47. Nf6 Qc4 48. Ng4+ Kh5 49. Bf6 Qc1 50. h4 Bd2 51. Be7 Qa1 52. Nf6+ Kh6 53. Rg8 Bb4 54. h5 1-0 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [White "Nihal Sarin"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Site "Hyatt Regency, Chennai, India"] [Round "2.4"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.08.08"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "120"] [GameId "2208539462639616"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,120,9,16,22,18,13,-3,-38,-3,-5,-1,-5,-3,9,9,6,0,-6,-21,-14,-19,-16,-16,-12,-11,-15,-33,-36,-29,-34,-23,9,106,16,15,6,19,8,29,29,2,-13,-7,-3,-6,0,5,39,76,30,-4,-26,-1,2,-22,-1,4,29,44,38,67,40,0,0,95,32,135,58,58,64,24,2,-112,37,-28,88,-38,112,-35,29,43,-52,55,45,40,45,25,40,71,54,-7,1,1,-57,-28,-1,1,6,19,38,-33,39,-188,29,-38,-80,18,37,16,16,13,0,-144,2,24,34,7,2,-1,1,-179,-14]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. Nd5 Nge7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. h4 h5 12. c4 Bg4 13. Bh3 Bf3 14. Qa4+ Kf8 15. Rf1 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 a5 17. Rac1 Qe8 18. Bd7 Qd8 19. Rc3 Ke7 20. Bb5 Qc8 21. Qc2 Qg4+ 22. Ke1 Bh6 23. Ba4 Kd8 24. Qb3 Qc8 25. Kd1 Ke7 26. Kc2 Kf8 27. Kb1 Kg7 28. a3 Rf8 29. Qd1 f5 30. Rg1 Rf7 31. Ka2 Qe6 $2 (31... Kh7 32. Rb3) 32. exf5 Qxf5 33. g4 hxg4 34. Rxg4 Bd2 (34... Qxf2 35. d4) 35. Rc2 (35. Rb3) 35... Bh6 36. Qg1 Rg8 37. f3 Kh8 38. Rcg2 Rf6 39. Bc2 Qe6 40. Kb1 Qf7 41. Bd1 b6 42. Qe1 Rf4 43. Ka2 Qf5 44. Bc2 Rd4 45. Rxd4 cxd4 46. Qe2 Rf8 47. Bd1 Rf6 48. Rg4 Kh7 49. Qc2 Qd7 50. Qe2 Qc6 51. h5 g5 52. f4 gxf4 53. Qf2 f3 54. Qh4 Rf7 $4 (54... d5 55. Bxf3 e4 (55... Rxf3 56. Qe7+ Kh8 57. Rg6)) 55. Qd8 $2 (55. Rg3 f2 56. Qg4 Rg7 57. Qf5+ Kg8 58. Rf3) 55... Rg7 56. Rxg7+ Bxg7 57. Qg5 e4 58. dxe4 $4 (58. Qg6+ Kh8 59. c5 f2 60. h6 Be5 61. Bb3) 58... Qxe4 59. Qg3 d3 60. Qxf3 Qxf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [White "Pranav, V.."] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Site "Hyatt Regency, Chennai, India"] [Round "2.5"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.08.08"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2597"] [BlackElo "2730"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2208540225544192"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,92,20,19,16,20,24,29,28,8,12,67,15,3,7,9,7,8,39,24,31,39,36,36,49,34,34,39,63,91,60,65,75,34,92,34,45,44,56,45,74,99,54,60,60,52,77,-11,184,47,54,-18,196,-32,143,-14,173,-17,-74,70,-22,-20,-72,-88,-120,-63,-80,-72,-64,-62,-77,-32,17,-121,-121,5,-52,-219,-214,-161,-161,-169,-176,-215,-214,-242,-244,-465,-312,-417,-458,-503,-570,-350,-737]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. f3 O-O 12. Be3 e6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b4 Qb8 16. Nb3 Ne5 17. Na4 b5 18. Nb6 bxc4 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Na5 d5 21. Bd4 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. e5 Ne8 24. f4 Bf8 25. a3 Nc7 26. Rf3 Ba4 27. Bf2 Nb5 28. h4 h5 29. Rg3 Kh7 (29... Bh6 30. Bxh5 $4 Qxe5 $19) 30. Bxh5 Bh6 31. Bd1 c3 (31... Qxe5 $2 32. Rg5 $18) 32. Qe3 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Rc4 34. Rf3 Nxa3 35. h5 Nc2 36. hxg6+ fxg6 37. Qc1 Nxb4 38. Rh3 $2 (38. Rd4 Na2 39. Qa3 Rc7 40. Kh2 c2 41. Be3) 38... c2 $19 39. Rf1 Na2 40. Qa3 Qb4 41. Rxh6+ Kxh6 42. Qh3+ Kg7 43. f5 exf5 44. Be3 Rh4 45. Qf3 c1=Q 46. Bxc1 Nxc1 0-1