[Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.13"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2765"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2339434638073856"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,64,25,24,24,18,32767,12,28,14,19,32767,0,2,7,4,21,17,18,24,24,38,13,12,13,15,32767,25,30,30,19,29,43,52,13,-6,9,50,30,6,-7,-51,-28,-23,-16,-103,-38,-30,-33,-33,-42,-60,-31,-41,-9,-58,-42,-43,32767,-17,-53,-1,-71,-78,-15,-11,-64]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Re1 c5 8. c3 Be7 (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 f6 12. Ng3 Bf7 13. d4 g6 14. Be3 Qb8 15. Qc2 Qb7 16. b3 h5 17. Rad1 Be7 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. f4 Bf6 21. Rf1 h4 22. Nh1 O-O 23. Nf2 exf4 24. Bxf4 Rae8 25. Rde1 Be6 26. e5 Bf5 27. Qd2 dxe5 28. Bg5 Qc6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Ng4 Qd6 31. Nf2 {½-½ Grischuk,A (2665)-So,W (2790) Wch Blitz op Doha 2025 (9)}) 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 (11... Bb7 12. Nf5 O-O 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Qd4 Qd7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd2 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rac1 Re7 20. f3 Rb8 21. b3 a5 22. Nc4 a4 23. bxa4 Bc8 24. Na5 Ra8 25. Nc6 Re8 26. a5 Kg7 27. Red1 f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Rd2 Bd7 30. h3 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Ra7 32. a6 Re5 33. Rdc2 Ra5 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Rxa6 36. Rc2 d5 37. Kf2 Ra3 38. g4 h5 39. gxh5 Kh6 40. Kg3 Kxh5 41. Kf4 Kh4 42. Rd2 Ra5 43. Rd4 Rxa2 44. Rxd5 Ra4+ 45. Kf5 Kg3 46. Kg5 Rf4 47. Rd6 Rxf3 48. Rf6 Rxf6 49. Kxf6 Kxh3 50. Kxf7 {½-½ Giri,A (2767)-So,W (2754) Bucharest Superbet Classic 6th 2026 (7)}) 12. Nc3 O-O 13. h3 Re8 14. Qf3 h6 15. Bf4 c5 16. Nde2 Bc6 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Ng3 Ra7 19. Qd3 Qa8 20. Bxd6 Rd7 21. e5 Bxg2 22. Qf5 Bxd6 23. exf6 Bc6 24. fxg7 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Re3 27. Qf4 Qe8 28. Qxh6 Rxg3+ 29. Kf1 Rf3+ 30. Kg1 Rg3+ 31. Kf1 Rf3+ 32. Kg1 Rg3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.13"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2728"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "141"] [GameId "2341558888914944"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,140,22,14,14,20,32,5,6,0,0,-12,0,3,2,1,-5,11,-27,-24,-16,-37,15,17,41,15,16,17,58,25,50,59,20,49,60,68,78,47,39,92,87,44,50,62,43,44,136,126,191,192,217,197,199,239,170,225,192,237,318,73,50,119,148,65,153,154,107,119,126,122,257,279,268,288,308,317,313,322,327,369,340,358,378,362,365,360,370,368,382,404,387,375,404,420,409,426,428,399,417,396,406,411,409,32767,408,407,396,394,406,399,416,397,405,293,246,273,485,234,264,249,525,525,525,32767,525,535,535,525,545,545,545,545,545,32767,555,962,962,1002,1022,1032,29957,29978,29981]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. a4 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Bf4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bxe4 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Nc7 Nd5 13. Rd1 Nxf4 14. Rxd8 Bxd8 (14... Nxe2 $4 15. Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. Kxe2 $18) 15. gxf4 Bxc7 16. O-O Nd7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nf6 19. c4 g6 20. Rd1 Nh5 21. Qe4 Rad8 22. Nd7 Nxf4+ $2 23. Kf1 (23. Kf3 $18 f6 24. a5 e5 25. Qb7 Rf7 26. Qxc7 Ne6 27. Qxa7 Nd4+ 28. Kg2 bxa5 29. Qxc5 Rdxd7 30. Qxa5 Kg7 31. Qc3 Ne2 32. Qe1) 23... Kg7 $2 24. Qb7 Bb8 25. Ke1 Rfe8 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qc7 e5 29. Qxb6 e4 30. Rd7 Nd3+ 31. Ke2 Rxa4 32. Qb7 Ne5 33. Re7 Rxe7 34. Qxe7 Nxc4 35. Qxc5 Nxb2 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qxb2+ Kg8 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kf8 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qxh7 Ra5 43. Qh4+ Ke6 44. Qd8 Rh5 45. h4 Rd5 46. Qe8+ Kf6 47. Qc6+ Ke5 48. h5 gxh5 49. Qh6 f5 50. Qh8+ Ke6 51. Qxh5 Rd6 52. Qe8+ Kf6 53. Qh8+ Ke6 54. Qc8+ Kf6 55. Qc3+ Ke6 56. f4 exf3+ 57. Kxf3 Rd5 58. Kf4 Kd7 59. Kg5 f4+ 60. Kxf4 Kd6 61. Ke4 Rc5 62. Qf6+ Kd7 63. Kd4 Rc6 64. Qf7+ Kd8 65. Ke5 Rb6 66. Kd5 Ra6 67. Kc5 Ra3 68. Kb6 Re3 69. Qd5+ Ke8 70. Kc6 Kf8 71. Qf5+ 1-0 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.13"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2767"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2341558891315200"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,69,21,14,16,11,18,18,12,11,5,12,42,22,32,29,22,32,37,11,3,27,13,12,21,9,15,32767,-9,39,32,18,37,56,18,-8,-12,-4,-5,27,17,1,33,28,42,65,44,59,97,88,88,19,19,22,1,56,76,1,70,70,65,16,32767,47,18,65,68,54,52,42,41,49]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Be3 Be2 19. Rd2 (19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qc5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bg4 22. e5 Rfc8 23. Rab1 h6 24. Rb7 a5 25. Qf4 Rab8 26. Ra7 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Bxc6 Rc8 29. Be4 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Rb1 g6 32. f3 Bf5 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Rc1 Rc5 35. c4 f4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. h4 Kg6 39. Rg1+ Kh6 40. Rc1 Kg6 41. Rg1+ Kh5 42. Rg5+ Kh6 43. Rg4 Rxc4 44. Ke2 Ra4 45. Kd3 Ra3+ 46. Ke4 Rxa2 47. Kxf4 Ra3 48. Kg3 Re3 49. Rf4 Kg6 50. Rg4+ Kh6 51. Rf4 Kg7 52. Rg4+ Kh7 53. Kf4 Rb3 54. Rg1 Rb4+ 55. Kg5 Kg7 56. h5 Rb3 57. h6+ Kh7 58. f4 Rf3 59. Rg4 a4 60. Kf6 a3 61. Kxf7 a2 62. Rg1 Rxf4+ 63. Kxe6 Kxh6 64. Ra1 Ra4 65. Kf6 Rf4+ 66. Ke6 Ra4 67. Kf6 Rf4+ 68. Ke6 {½-½ Xiong,J (2687)-So,W (2772) Speed Chess Chess.com INT blitz 2021 (1.65490)}) 19... Rfb8 (19... Bf3 20. Bxb6 Rab8 21. Qc5 axb6 22. Qxc6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe5 24. Qc4 Rfc8 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rb4 Rc6 28. Rdb2 Rbc8 29. Rxb6 Rxc3 30. Rb8 R3c7 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rb7 Rd8 33. Qb4 Qxa2 34. Rb8 Rxb8 35. Qxb8+ Kh7 36. Qf4 Qa7 37. h4 Qb7 38. Kh2 Qa7 39. Kg2 Qb7 40. Kh2 Qa7 41. Kg2 {½-½ Moiseenko,A (2707)-Jakovenko,D (2747) Yaroslav the Wise rapid 5th Yaroslavl 2014 (2)}) 20. Rb1 h6 21. Qd6 Bb5 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. e5 Qg5 24. h4 Qd8 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rb4 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rc1 29. a4 Bd3 30. Bxc6 Rxc3 31. Rxb6 Rc2 32. Kg1 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc2 34. Kg1 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.13"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2777"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2341558888251392"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,75,18,9,27,0,32767,32767,24,14,22,23,16,32767,28,13,25,15,17,32767,13,3,27,32767,32767,32767,17,0,12,-2,22,32767,-34,-37,-35,-37,-55,32767,-28,-35,-21,-33,-26,32767,-26,-14,-21,32767,32767,-29,-59,-52,-23,-43,-36,-16,-29,-20,32767,-26,-26,-30,-21,32767,-33,-29,-30,32767,32767,-31,-22,-31,-25,-31,-22,-31,-31,-30]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4 (8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. a3 Ne7 12. Nh4 Kh8 13. Rxf6 gxf6 14. Qh5 Bc8 15. Rf1 Be6 16. Rxf6 Ng8 17. Rf3 Nf6 18. Qh6 Ng4 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qh6 Ng4 21. Qh5 Nf6 {½-½ Vokhidov,S (2644)-Sindarov,J (2710) Tashkent UzChess Masters 2nd 2025 (3)}) 8... O-O 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Bg5 (11. Nc3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd4 14. Nxe5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bd2 Bxb2 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qxb4 Re2 21. Be3 Rxc2 22. Qa4 Qc3 23. Qxd7 Qxd3 24. Qe8+ Kh7 25. Qxf7 Qg6 26. Qf3 Qg4 27. Qxg4 hxg4 28. g3 Kg6 29. Rd1 Be5 30. Bd4 Kf5 31. Kf1 g6 32. Bxe5 Kxe5 33. Ke1 Rc5 34. Ke2 Rxd5 35. Rc1 c5 36. Rc4 Kf5 37. Ke3 Re5+ 38. Kd3 Rd5+ 39. Ke3 Re5+ 40. Kd3 Rd5+ {½-½ Neiksans,A (2559)-Meshkovs,N (2540) LAT-ch Riga 2026 (6)}) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc3 b4 14. Nd5 Qd6 (14... Qd8 15. Qa1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd4 18. Qa2 Kh8 19. g3 c6 20. Bxf7 Qf6 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Bh5 Bd4 24. Bg4 Qf7 25. Qa3 d5 26. Bf5 c5 27. Rb1 Qf6 28. Rb7 g6 29. Qa4 Rg8 30. Qd7 Rg7 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Rb8 gxf5 33. exf5 Rg5 34. Kg2 h5 35. Rb7+ Rg7 36. Rb8 Rg5 37. Rb7+ Rg7 38. Rb8 Rg5 39. Qd7+ Rg7 40. Qe8 Qxf5 41. Qh8+ Kg6 42. Rb6+ Qf6 43. Rxf6+ Kxf6 44. Qxh5 Rf7 45. g4 Ke7 46. f3 c4 47. Qg5+ Ke6 48. Qg6+ Ke7 49. dxc4 dxc4 50. Qc6 c3 51. g5 Rf8 52. h4 Rd8 53. h5 Rd6 54. Qc4 Be3 55. Qxc3 Rd2+ 56. Kh3 {1-0 Kislinsky,A (2483)-Delorme,A (2475) Marseille op 3rd 2010 (9)}) 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Kh8 19. Bc4 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rf8 23. Qe2 Bb6 24. Kh1 c6 25. Ba2 Qc5 26. d4 Qxc3 27. dxe5 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. g3 Qe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bxe1 31. Kg2 Bc3 32. e6 dxe6 33. Bxe6 Bd4 34. Bc4 Bc3 35. Bb3 Bd4 36. Bc4 Bc3 37. Bb3 Bd4 38. Bc4 Bc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.13"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2792"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "122"] [GameId "2341558888386560"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,122,18,16,16,17,19,15,22,19,31,20,20,33,31,23,30,29,44,44,47,43,48,40,41,34,46,38,23,0,3,9,28,27,27,29,42,36,33,10,19,25,13,5,10,15,1,-5,1,1,-1,-38,1,-1,7,-1,8,-1,-1,1,2,19,1,-1,-1,-1,1,-1,1,1,1,-1,1,1,0,1,-1,-1,77,76,69,80,88,80,88,76,72,89,1,89,74,12,87,61,65,65,80,56,63,77,74,60,142,120,110,114,108,123,150,176,160,54,34,90,29,88,47,33,66,71,51,61,55,62,64]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. e3 dxc4 (8... O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. O-O b6 12. Bb5 Rd8 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. Qa4 a6 15. Qa3 a5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Ne5 Nf8 18. e4 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Ng6 20. Nd7 Rxd7 21. Bxd7 Nf4 22. Re3 Qg6 23. g3 Be2 24. Re1 Qg4 25. R1xe2 Nxe2+ 26. Kf1 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qxd4 29. Bc6 Qc4 30. Rc3 Qd4 31. Qc1 Rd8 32. a4 Rd6 33. Rc4 Qd3 34. Qc2 Qa3 35. e5 Rd8 36. Qc3 Qxc3 37. Rxc3 Kf8 38. Bb5 c5 39. Rd3 Rc8 40. Kf3 f6 41. Ke4 {1-0 Pang,T (2485)-Vakhidov,J (2546) Sharjah Masters-A 8th 2025 (4)}) 9. Bxc4 Nd7 (9... Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. e4 Be8 13. e5 Qd8 14. Qe2 a6 15. Bd3 Rb8 16. Qe4 b5 17. Qh7# {1-0 Kosic,D (2442)-Vukicevic,V MNT-chT Podgorica 2020 (3.2)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Re3 c5 15. a5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. Qe1 Rc7 19. axb6 axb6 20. h3 Rdc8 21. Rb1 Rc3 22. Bb5 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf6 24. Nd2 Qd8 25. Be2 Rc2 26. Bd1 Ra2 27. Bb3 Ra8 28. Bc4 Ra4 29. Qb3 Nxe4 30. Qxa4 Nxd2 31. Rd1 Qg5 32. d5 Nxc4 33. Qxc4 Bxd5 34. Qg4 b5 35. Qxg5 hxg5 36. Rb1 Bc4 37. Ra1 f5 38. g3 g4 39. hxg4 fxg4 40. Rd1 Kf7 41. Rd4 Be2 42. Re4 Bf3 43. Rb4 Be2 44. Re4 Bf3 45. Rf4+ Ke7 46. Kf1 Kd6 47. Ke1 Kc5 48. Kd2 b4 49. Rf7 g6 50. Rf6 Be4 51. Rxe6 Bf5 52. Re3 Kc4 53. Kc1 b3 54. Kb2 Bc2 55. f3 Kd4 56. Rc3 gxf3 57. Rxf3 Ke5 58. Rf8 Ke6 59. Rf3 Ke5 60. Rf8 Ke6 61. Rf3 Ke5 1/2-1/2