[Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.18"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2765"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2339434761396224"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,67,21,14,16,32767,32767,32767,23,25,18,32767,32767,19,23,32767,32767,32767,18,7,32767,32767,32767,23,65,32767,32767,32767,50,92,32767,32767,32767,48,81,32767,32767,32767,110,48,28,32767,32767,-1,29,32767,32767,32767,18,22,-1,32767,32767,87,34,32767,32767,32767,9,20,32767,32767,32767,17,33,32767,32767,32767,10,17]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 (7... Nc6 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc5 10. O-O Nh5 11. Qe2 Nxf4 12. exf4 b6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nf5 18. Rfe1 Qc6 19. f3 b5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Rf6 23. Ng5 h6 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Ne5 Rd8 27. Nd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Qf2 29. Qd1 Rg6 30. Re2 Qxf3 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2832)-Erigaisi,A (2741) W-chT Rapid Hong Kong 2026 (6.7)}) 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 h6 11. Nd2 d4 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Nxc5 (13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Qd2 e5 17. Bxe5 Bg4 18. Bxd4 Ne4 19. Qd3 Re8 20. Be3 Qa5+ 21. Nc3 Rad8 22. b4 Rxd3 23. bxa5 Rxc3 24. Rd3 Rxc4 25. f3 Nc5 26. Rd8 Rc1+ 27. Kf2 Rc2+ 28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29. Bxd2 Bf5 30. Be3 Re5 31. g4 Nd3+ 32. Bxd3 Bxd3 33. Rd1 Ba6 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rd7 Kg8 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rd7 f6 38. Bd4 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Rd2 40. h4 Rd3 41. g5 Bb5 42. gxf6 Bxd7 43. f7 Rxd4 44. f8=Q Rd5 45. Qb4 Rb5 46. Qe4+ Bf5 47. Qa4 a6 48. Qf4 Rxa5 49. a4 Bg6 50. Qb4 b6 51. f4 Bf5 52. h5 Bd7 53. Qb1+ Rf5 54. Qxb6 Rf6 55. Qb1+ Kg8 56. a5 Bb5 57. Qe4 Kf7 58. f5 Bd7 59. Qd5+ Ke7 60. Qe5+ Kf8 61. Qb8+ Kf7 62. Qb7 Ke7 63. Qa7 Ke8 64. Qb8+ Ke7 65. Qg8 Rf7 66. Kf4 Rxf5+ 67. Ke4 Rg5 68. Kd4 Be8 69. Qb3 Rxh5 70. Qb7+ Kf8 71. Qxa6 Rh4+ 72. Ke3 Ra4 73. Qd6+ Kf7 74. a6 h5 75. Qc7+ Ke6 76. a7 Bd7 77. Qb7 g5 78. a8=Q Rxa8 79. Qxa8 Kf6 80. Qh8+ Kg6 81. Qg8+ Kf6 82. Qf8+ Ke6 83. Qh6+ Kf5 84. Qxh5 Be6 85. Qh7+ Kf6 86. Kf3 Bf5 87. Qh6+ Bg6 88. Kg4 {1-0 Makhnev,D (2558)-Le,Q (2731) Chess.com Play In4 Chess.com INT blitz 2026 (1)}) 13... Qxc5 14. b4 Qe7 15. exd4 a5 (15... Nxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 17. Qe2 Re8 18. Bxe5 Bg4 19. f3 a5 20. Kf2 axb4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. Qe3 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Ra2+ 25. Be2 Qxc4 26. Rhd1 {1-0 Ding,L (2734)-Wang,H (2687) Shenzhen Nanshan rapid 2025 (4.1)}) 16. c5 axb4 17. Bd6 Qd8 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Qd2 Re8 20. Bc4 Nbd5 21. Be5 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Qa5 23. Qxa5 Rxa5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Kd2 Bd7 26. Ra1 Rea8 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Kc3 Bc6 29. Rd1 Kf8 30. g3 Ke7 31. Kb4 Ra4+ 32. Kb3 Ra8 33. Kb4 Ra4+ 34. Kb3 Ra8 35. Kb4 Ra4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.18"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2721"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "313"] [GameId "2341558939893760"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,313,22,20,22,21,32,16,16,13,115,9,20,20,20,29,7,7,17,7,38,16,27,41,65,28,62,49,17,30,48,29,83,89,60,75,69,64,96,86,102,99,83,79,101,118,132,109,87,52,48,58,59,59,43,54,38,42,40,38,40,50,37,48,55,54,101,93,52,41,100,58,53,53,54,38,57,64,57,57,60,54,56,53,51,53,49,45,53,41,40,36,43,33,43,34,38,31,39,23,27,26,34,43,42,30,42,47,52,10,30,27,30,21,30,29,28,36,31,19,24,20,34,29,10,34,51,7,21,0,1,13,0,13,10,17,9,20,21,10,1,1,17,18,28,15,35,28,0,11,12,1,38,21,66,61,54,39,27,49,30,18,29,28,12,16,29,11,26,22,3,37,49,14,53,57,42,48,3,21,43,25,32,16,37,21,28,40,29,26,46,39,25,42,22,28,44,33,42,23,18,58,40,56,60,35,58,44,42,63,42,42,67,59,57,47,45,64,91,52,49,68,42,60,64,69,55,38,44,29,40,32,48,21,44,42,42,28,27,25,41,47,70,57,67,72,72,60,92,55,69,51,63,43,68,52,47,57,69,49,76,36,63,39,50,67,48,56,51,51,54,50,50,76,74,49,50,42,54,45,57,66,65,86,68,51,54,38,43,40,46,44,25,59,48,51,53,38,63,52,54,42,63,60,49,51,62,57,79,75,64,70,58,84,66,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 Nc5 7. Bc4 (7. Nc3 d6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 Nxe6 10. Qf3 c6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. g3 Rfe8 15. Rhe1 Rad8 16. Qg4 Nc5 17. Bg5 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Qc8 19. Qe2 Rf8 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. Rd1 Be7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qd4 a5 24. f4 b5 25. Qd6 Qe3+ 26. Qd2 Qxd2+ 27. Rxd2 Rc8 28. Ne2 Kf8 29. Nd4 g6 30. Re2 Nb7 31. c3 b4 32. Kc2 c5 33. Nf3 a4 34. Ne5 Rc7 35. Nc4 Rc6 36. Re4 h5 37. Ne5 Rc7 38. Nc4 Rc6 39. a3 b3+ 40. Kd3 f6 41. f5 gxf5 42. Rh4 Kg7 43. Rxh5 Nd6 44. Rh4 Kg6 45. Rf4 Nf7 46. Ne3 Ne5+ 47. Ke2 c4 48. Nxf5 Rc7 49. Ne3 Rc6 50. Re4 Rc8 51. h4 Kf7 52. g4 Ke6 53. g5 fxg5 54. hxg5 Kd6 55. g6 Nxg6 56. Nxc4+ Kc5 57. Nd2 Ra8 58. Rc4+ Kd5 59. Rd4+ Kc6 60. Nf3 Ra5 61. Rg4 Ne7 62. Kd3 Nc8 63. Nd4+ Kb6 64. Rg6+ Kb7 65. c4 Rh5 66. Kc3 Rh2 67. c5 Na7 68. Rb6+ Kc8 69. Ra6 Rh3+ 70. Kc4 Kb7 71. Rxa4 Nc6 72. Nxc6 Kxc6 73. Ra6+ {1-0 Anand,V (2754)-Moussard,J (2661) World-chT Rapid Duesseldorf 2023 (2.1)}) 7... Be7 (7... d6 8. Qf3 Ne6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 Bc5 12. O-O-O Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qd6 14. Nf3 Qf4 15. Qxf4 Nxf4 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Rhe1 Bg6 18. Rd7 h6 19. Nxf7 Bxf7 20. Ree7 Kh8 21. Bxf7 Nxg2 22. Bd5 Rxf2 23. Rxg7 {1-0 Lu,S (2635)-Esipenko,A (2678) Moscow Stars Blitz 2026 (17)}) 8. Bf4 (8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Nd5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne3 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Rad8 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Kf2 Kf8 19. h4 h5 20. g3 g6 21. Nc4 Ke7 22. Rfe1 Kf6 23. Ne3 c6 24. Nc4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ke7 26. b4 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. Ke3 b6 29. Ne5 Ke6 30. f4 Kd5 31. c4+ Ke6 32. a4 Kf5 33. b5 cxb5 34. axb5 f6 35. Nd7 Nb7 36. Kd4 Kg4 37. Nxf6+ Kxg3 38. f5 gxf5 39. Nxh5+ Kxh4 40. Nf4 Kg4 41. Ne6 f4 42. Nc7 Kg3 43. Ne6 f3 44. Ke3 Nc5 45. Nd4 f2 46. Ke2 Kg2 {0-1 Rodchenkov,S (2346)-Kvaloy,A (2347) Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Jun Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (10)}) 8... c6 9. a3 b5 10. Ba2 O-O 11. O-O Ne6 12. Bg3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxe6+ dxe6 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 e5 18. Rd6 Bf5 19. Rxc6 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Bxe5 Bxc2 22. Bd4 a5 23. Re1 Bg6 24. f3 Rc4 25. Ra1 h5 26. Kf2 Ra4 27. Ke3 Be8 28. Ke4 b4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. axb4 Bc6+ 31. Ke3 Rxb4 32. Ra6 Rb3+ 33. Kf2 Rd3 34. Be5 Rd5 35. Ba1 Rd6 36. Kg3 Kh7 37. h4 Rg6+ 38. Kf2 Rd6 39. Bc3 Kg8 40. Kg3 Rg6+ 41. Kh2 Be8 42. Ra8 Re6 43. Kg3 Re7 44. Kf4 Kh7 45. Be5 Bf7 46. Ra5 Rd7 47. Rc5 Ra7 48. Bd4 Ra4 49. Ke3 Ra3+ 50. Ke4 Ra2 51. Rg5 Bg6+ 52. Ke3 Ra3+ 53. Kf4 Ra4 54. Rd5 Bf7 55. Rd7 Kg8 56. Rd8+ Kh7 57. g4 hxg4 58. fxg4 Ra5 59. Rf8 Ra4 60. Rd8 Ra5 61. Bc3 Rc5 62. Be5 Be6 63. Rd6 Bc8 64. Bd4 Rc7 65. Rd5 Rf7+ 66. Kg3 Rd7 67. Rh5+ Kg8 68. Be3 Re7 69. Bc5 Re4 70. Rg5 Rc4 71. Be3 Rc3 72. Kf3 Bb7+ 73. Kf4 Rc4+ 74. Kg3 Rc3 75. Re5 Kf7 76. h5 Rc4 77. Bf4 Bc8 78. g5 Rc3+ 79. Be3 Be6 80. Kf3 Rc4 81. Bf4 Rc3+ 82. Be3 Rc4 83. Bf4 Rc3+ 84. Ke4 Rc4+ 85. Ke3 Rc3+ 86. Kd2 Rh3 87. g6+ Kf6 88. Ra5 Bf5 89. Ra6+ Be6 90. h6 gxh6 91. g7 Kxg7 92. Rxe6 Kf7 93. Ra6 h5 94. Be3 Rf3 95. Kd3 h4 96. Ke4 Rf6 97. Ra7+ Kg6 98. Bd4 Rf7 99. Ra8 Re7+ 100. Be5 h3 101. Rg8+ Kf7 102. Rh8 Ke6 103. Rh6+ Kd7 104. Kd5 h2 105. Rxh2 Rf7 106. Rh6 Re7 107. Ra6 Rf7 108. Bf6 Ke8 109. Be5 Kd7 110. Rh6 Re7 111. Bd4 Rf7 112. Bf6 Kc7 113. Ke6 Rd7 114. Be5+ Kc6 115. Rh1 Rb7 116. Bd4 Kb5 117. Rc1 Rh7 118. Be3 Rh4 119. Kd6 Rc4 120. Rh1 Rb4 121. Kd5 Rb3 122. Bd4 Rb4 123. Rd1 Rb3 124. Bc5 Rb2 125. Rd3 Rb1 126. Ba3 Ka4 127. Bc5 Kb5 128. Be3 Kb4 129. Kc6 Rb3 130. Rd4+ Kc3 131. Kd5 Kc2 132. Ke4 Rb5 133. Rc4+ Kb3 134. Kd3 Rd5+ 135. Bd4 Rb5 136. Bc5 Rb7 137. Rd4 Rb5 138. Bd6 Rb6 139. Be7 Rb7 140. Bc5 Rb5 141. Rc4 Rb7 142. Be3 Rb4 143. Rc5 Ka4 144. Bd2 Rb5 145. Rc4+ Kb3 146. Bc3 Rd5+ 147. Bd4 Rb5 148. Rc8 Rb4 149. Rc1 Rb5 150. Ra1 Rb4 151. Ra5 Rb7 152. Rh5 Rb4 153. Bc5 Rb5 154. Kd4 Rb7 155. Rh3+ Ka4 156. Kc4 Rb4+ 157. Bxb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.18"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2728"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "111"] [GameId "2341558941409280"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,111,22,13,22,11,21,16,20,18,27,5,21,-24,-26,-24,-14,-19,22,0,19,29,22,33,35,9,44,29,57,-34,25,20,-1,30,53,42,87,83,55,86,39,32767,81,106,186,157,147,141,173,32767,173,170,160,150,164,172,162,32767,156,168,136,145,141,129,143,119,153,92,205,196,198,199,193,32767,203,166,162,175,170,183,32767,32767,218,171,211,193,186,185,180,32767,178,183,183,186,185,180,181,169,164,178,177,189,179,144,174,167,261,273,246,267,267,257,275,284]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bxd5 (7... Nxd5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Nc3 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ne5 c6 15. Nxc6 Qc7 16. Qxe4 e5 17. Bg5 Bc5 18. Qc4 Qd6 19. Rd1 Bd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Qe5+ 22. Kd1 Qxg5 23. Bxd7+ Kf8 24. Rf4+ Ke7 25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Rd4 Qc5 27. Bc6+ Kc8 28. Bxb7+ Kxb7 29. Qf7+ Kb8 30. Rd7 Qc8 31. Qf4+ {1-0 Karthik,V (2609)-Kuandykuly,D (2095) Wch Rapid Samarkand 2023 (11)}) 8. Nc3 Be6 (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nc6 10. e3 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. O-O b5 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. e4 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Qe2 c6 18. Rxa7 Bc5 19. Ra5 d6 20. e5 Nfd5 21. Ne4 Qc7 22. Ra3 Rb5 23. Rh3 Na2 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qf5 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Qc5+ 29. Be3 Rxb2+ 30. Kf3 Qc2 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Rg3+ Qg6 33. exd6 Rb3 34. Rxg6+ hxg6 35. d7 d4 36. Qxd4 Rd8 37. Qc4 Ra3 38. Qc7 Raa8 39. Bb6 Rf8 40. Kf2 {1-0 Wagner,D (2403)-Schulze,L (2340) German Masters (Women) Munich 2025 (4)}) 9. e4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rd1 c5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. h3 Qc8 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. O-O Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qd3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bg3 Ne7 $2 20. Bd6 $18 Qc6 21. Qxd4 Nf5 22. Qg4 Nxd6 23. Bf3 Qc7 24. Bxa8 Bf6 25. Qf4 Nb5 26. Qxc7 Nxc7 27. Bf3 Rd8 28. Rd2 d5 29. Rfd1 d4 30. Rc2 Ne6 31. b4 g6 32. g3 h5 33. h4 Kg7 34. Be2 a5 35. Rc6 axb4 36. axb4 b5 37. Rb6 Nc7 38. Rb7 Nd5 39. Rc1 Be7 40. Bxb5 Bxb4 41. Bc4 Bf8 42. Re1 d3 43. Rd1 Ne7 44. Rxd3 Rxd3 45. Bxd3 Ng8 46. Bc4 Nh6 47. Kg2 Bc5 48. f3 Kf8 49. Kh3 Be7 50. g4 hxg4+ 51. fxg4 g5 52. Rb5 gxh4 53. g5 Ng8 54. Rf5 f6 55. Ra5 Kg7 56. Ra7 1-0 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.18"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2792"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "151"] [GameId "2341558941122560"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c3 c6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. Nh4 Bg4 6. h3 Be6 7. g4 g6 8. Ng2 Bg7 9. Nf4 Bc8 10. Nd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg3 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. e3 Ne7 15. Nd2 b6 16. c4 Bb7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Be2 Rh8 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nf3 f6 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nb5 Qd7 25. Nf4 a6 26. Nd4 Qd6 27. h4 b5 28. Qc2 Bd7 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. h5 g5 31. Ng6 Rc8 32. Qb1 Kg8 33. Nxe7+ Qxe7 34. h6 Bf8 35. h7+ Kh8 36. Kg2 Bg7 37. Nf5 Qe6 38. Nd4 Qf7 39. Bh5 Qe7 40. b3 g4 41. Nf5 Bxf5 42. Qxf5 Qb7 43. Bxe5 fxe5 44. Bxg4 Rf8 45. Qd7 Qxd7 46. Bxd7 Rf6 47. Bc8 b4 48. Bb7 Rd6 49. Kf3 Bf8 50. Rh5 Bg7 51. Rh1 Bf8 52. Rd1 Kxh7 53. Bxd5 Rf6+ 54. Ke2 Kg7 55. Rc1 Bd6 56. Rc8 Rh6 57. Rg8+ Kf6 58. Ra8 Rg6 59. Rxa6 Ke7 60. Ra7+ Kd8 61. Kd3 Rg1 62. Be6 Ke8 63. Ke4 Rf1 64. Rd7 Bf8 65. Rd2 Bg7 66. Kf5 Bh8 67. Bc4 Rh1 68. Bb5+ Kf8 69. Rd8+ Ke7 70. Rd7+ Kf8 71. Bc4 Rh2 72. f3 Rh5+ 73. Kg4 Rh2 74. Rf7+ Ke8 75. Rb7 e4 76. Kg3 1-0 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.18"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2750"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2341558941712384"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,52,21,14,27,21,12,32767,32767,32767,25,19,20,15,60,32767,32767,32767,-10,5,-10,6,13,-12,32767,32767,-28,-24,-93,-25,-10,32767,32767,32767,12,-23,-73,-54,-75,32767,32767,32767,-58,-58,-73,-87,-67,32767,32767,32767,-26,-99,-102,-144,-93]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O (6... b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4 Ba7 9. a4 Bg4 10. axb5 axb5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Na3 b4 13. Nc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. Nce5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nb4 18. Kh1 Bb6 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Bg5 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 dxe4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nd7 Rd8 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Nxf6 Bxd4 26. Nxe4 Rg8 27. Rxg8+ Qxg8 28. Qxc7 Qf8 29. Ng5 Kg8 30. Qc2 Qg7 31. Qc8+ Qf8 32. Qf5 Qg7 33. Ne4 h6 34. h4 Qg6 35. Qd5 Bg7 36. h5 Qe6 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Kg2 Qf5 39. Qh4 Be5 40. Qg4 Qf4 41. Ng3 Qf6 42. Nf5 Bb2 43. Kf1 Ba3 44. Qe4 Kg8 45. f4 Bf8 46. Kg2 Kh8 47. Qe5 Bg7 48. Qxf6 Bxf6 49. Nxh6 Kg7 50. Ng4 Bd4 51. f5 Bc3 52. Kf3 Bd2 53. Ke4 Bg5 54. Ke5 Bd8 55. f6+ Kf8 56. Kd6 Ba5 57. Kd7 Bd2 58. h6 Kg8 59. Ke8 Bg5 60. h7+ Kxh7 61. Kxf7 Bc1 62. Ke8 Ba3 63. f7 Kg7 64. Ne3 Bc5 65. Nd5 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M (2745)-Abdusattorov,N (2768) Wch Blitz op Doha 2025 (11)}) 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5 (8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Rd1 Bg4 15. Be3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 d5 17. Nd2 Ne6 18. Nb3 g6 19. Rd2 Kg7 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. Kf1 Kf6 22. Red1 Rdc8 23. Nc1 a5 24. Ne2 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Ra6 26. Bd3 Rb6 27. a4 Nc6 28. Bb5 Nc7 29. Nf4 Ne7 30. Bd3 Ne6 31. Ne2 Nc6 32. Bb5 Nc7 33. Nf4 Ne7 34. Bd3 Ne6 35. Ne2 {½-½ Vachier Lagrave,M (2736)-Caruana,F (2784) Sinquefield Cup 12th Saint Louis 2025 (8)}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 exd4 (9... d6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qe7 13. Bg3 Nxe4 14. Nxc6 Qc5 15. Nxa7 Qxa7 16. Qd4 Qb7 17. b3 c5 18. Qe3 c4 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 cxb3 21. Rab1 Re8 22. c4 Bf5 23. Rxb3 Qc6 24. Qd5 Qg6 25. Re3 Be6 26. Qd4 Rac8 27. c5 Bxa2 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qd7 Qe6 30. Qxe6 {½-½ Erdogmus,Y (2658)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2734) Clash of Generations m3 Monaco 2025 (1)}) 10. Re1 d6 11. h3 g5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Kg7 15. cxd4 Qd7 16. Qd2 Ng8 17. Nc3 f6 18. Bf4 Kh8 19. Rad1 Rf7 20. Ne2 Rg7 21. Ng3 Qf7 22. e5 Be6 23. exd6 cxd6 24. Bxd6 Rd8 25. Qf4 Bd5 26. f3 $4 Qg6 $19 27. Kh2 Bb6 0-1