[Event "6th Cairns Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.16"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2504"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "97"] [GameId "2342181592522752"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,97,16,17,19,14,20,13,26,15,17,15,25,43,28,25,12,25,25,29,18,15,30,15,-2,21,31,19,21,52,79,19,93,67,75,84,89,84,75,72,73,76,77,32767,54,50,56,46,61,59,48,56,48,57,53,53,32767,32767,48,55,44,37,50,66,61,57,73,76,85,91,57,89,77,65,91,59,77,13,22,1,34,0,0,-24,1,7,-1,-1,2,1,1,1,32767,-1,-1,1,1,-1,1,1]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Nd2 c3 8. bxc3 bxc3 9. Nb1 Qa5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Ba3 (11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Nb4 13. Rb1 a5 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Rb2 Nd7 17. e4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc8 19. Bc4 e6 20. Be3 Be7 21. Ke2 O-O 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bc5 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Nxa6 26. Bd6 Ra7 27. Nb1 f6 28. Nd2 fxe5 29. Nc4 Bc7 30. Bxc7 Rxc7 31. Nxa5 Nc5 32. Rb4 Kf8 33. Nc4 Nxe4 34. Nxe5 Nc3+ 35. Kd3 Nd5 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Kc4 Kd6 38. Nd3 Rf7 39. g3 Kc7 40. Rg8 Kb6 41. Re8 Rf6 42. Rb8+ Kc7 43. Rg8 Rf7 44. f4 Kd6 45. Rd8+ Ke7 46. Rb8 Kd6 47. Kd4 g5 48. fxg5 Ra7 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Rh8 Kd6 51. Nb2 Nb6 52. h4 c5+ 53. Kd3 Ke5 54. a5 Rxa5 55. Rb8 Ra3+ 56. Ke2 Rxg3 57. Rxb6 Rh3 58. Nd3+ Kf5 59. Rc6 Rxh4 60. Rxc5+ Kg4 61. Ne5+ Kh5 62. Nf3 Rh1 63. Rc8 h6 64. Rg8 Ra1 65. g6 Ra5 66. Ke3 Ra4 67. Ne5 Ra3+ 68. Kd4 Ra4+ 69. Kc5 Ra5+ 70. Kd6 Ra6+ 71. Ke7 Kg5 72. Nf7+ Kh5 73. Ne5 Kg5 74. Rf8 Ra7+ 75. Kxe6 h5 76. Rf5+ Kh6 77. Rf7 Ra6+ 78. Kf5 h4 79. Rh7# {1-0 Wojtaszek,R (2750)-Bartel,M (2604) POL-ch Warsaw 2018 (2)}) 11... Rb8 12. Nxc3 e5 (12... Nf6 13. Bxa6 Bxa6 14. Nge2 Nd5 15. Qd2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Nxc3 e6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Ne4 Ke7 20. Nc5 Bc4 21. Kd2 e5 22. Kc3 Bd5 23. dxe5 Bxg2 24. Rhg1 Bh3 25. Rxg7 Rfd8 26. e4 h5 27. f4 a5 28. f5 Rb4 29. f6+ Kf8 30. Rag1 Bg4 31. R1xg4 hxg4 32. e6 {1-0 Stefansson,H (2519)-Blomqvist,E (2542) EU-chT 23rd Terme Catez 2021 (6.2)}) 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Nf3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne7 16. Bc4 Nb4 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Nb3 Qd8 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. Ke2 f5 22. Nd4 Kf7 23. Rhc1 Rb8 24. Rab1 g6 25. a5 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Nxb8 28. Kd3 Nc8 29. Na4 Nd6 30. Nc5 Ke7 31. f3 Nf7 32. Ndb3 Nd7 33. Kd4 Nde5 34. e4 fxe4 35. Nxe4 h5 36. f4 Nd7 37. g3 Nh6 38. a6 Nf5+ 39. Kd3 Kd8 40. Nd4 Kc7 41. h3 c5 42. Ne6+ Kc6 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Ne7 45. Kc4 Nb6+ 46. Kd3 Nd7 47. Kc4 Nb6+ 48. Kd3 Nd7 49. Kc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Cairns Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.16"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"] [Black "Divya Deshmukh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2433"] [BlackElo "2490"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "112"] [GameId "2342181592109056"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,111,12,17,15,13,13,-1,8,0,32767,-3,13,22,18,8,12,18,32767,13,10,9,11,17,27,14,15,15,17,2,10,-1,-8,-18,32767,-18,-4,-22,-20,-27,-18,-14,6,-2,-27,1,-35,-46,33,-50,32767,8,0,-1,0,3,5,21,11,14,14,9,10,15,17,-1,24,-10,16,11,7,-6,5,23,1,-93,-40,-50,-80,-127,-71,-124,32767,-128,-89,-108,-96,-122,-116,-108,32767,-135,-127,-104,-93,-96,-36,-74,32767,-95,-119,-126,-95,-142,-10,32767,32767,-10,-11,-8,-5,-18,-5,-22]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. dxc5 Bxf4 7. exf4 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 (10... b6 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nfd7 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Nd4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nc6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Rad1 Nxe5 19. c4 Nc6 20. Qg4 Rad8 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc8 25. f3 Kf8 26. Re2 Rc4 27. Rd3 a5 28. Kf2 f6 29. Rb3 Rd6 30. Rbe3 Rc7 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Rb8 d4 33. Rd2 h5 34. h4 d3 35. Rh8 Rc5 36. Rb8 Rc7 37. Rh8 Rd5 38. Rb8 b5 39. Rb6 b4 40. Rb8 Rc1 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Re7 Ra1 43. b3 Rxa2 44. Rxa2 d2 45. Ra1 d1=Q 46. Rxd1 Rxd1 47. Rb7 Ra1 48. Rb5 Ra3 49. Kg3 Kh6 50. Kf4 g6 51. Rc5 Kg7 52. g4 hxg4 53. fxg4 Rxb3 54. Rxa5 Rb1 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Rb7 b3 57. Kg3 b2 58. Kg2 f5 59. h5 f4 60. h6 f3+ 61. Kf2 Kg8 62. Rb8+ Kh7 63. g5 Rh1 64. Rb7+ Kg8 65. Rb8+ Kf7 66. h7 Rxh7 67. Kxf3 Rh2 68. Ke4 Ke6 69. Rb6+ Kd7 70. Kd5 Rg2 71. Kd4 Kc7 72. Rb5 Kc6 73. Rb8 Rf2 74. Ke3 Rh2 75. Kd4 Rg2 76. Kc4 Kd6 77. Kd4 Kc7 78. Rb5 Kc6 79. Rb8 Rf2 80. Ke3 Rh2 81. Kd4 Rg2 82. Kc4 Kd7 83. Kd4 Ke6 84. Ke4 Rxg5 85. Rb6+ Kf7 86. Kf3 Kg7 87. Rxb2 Kh6 88. Rb8 {½-½ Skoberne,J (2537)-Visakh,N (2535) SRB-chT Premier Bajina Basta 2023 (5.4)}) 11. g3 b6 12. Qa4 (12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nd4 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Re1 Bh3 16. N2f3 Nc4 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Bd3 Bg4 19. Nd2 Bh5 20. Nb5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qc6 22. Nd4 Qc7 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Bf1 Bg6 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. Qe7 a6 27. Bg2 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Re8 29. Nc6 Rxe7 30. Nxe7+ Kf8 31. Nc8 Nd7 32. Bh3 f5 33. Bf1 Bf7 34. Nd6 Nc5 35. Nxf7 Kxf7 36. Bxc4+ Kf6 37. b3 f4 38. Kg2 Ke5 39. Kf3 g5 40. gxf4+ gxf4 41. Ke2 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Bd3 Nxb3 44. Bxh7 b4 45. cxb4 Nd4+ 46. Kd3 Nf3 47. h4 Nxh4 48. Be4 f3 49. Ke3 Ng2+ 50. Kxf3 Nf4 51. b5 Ne6 52. b6 Kd6 53. b7 Kc7 54. Kg4 Nc5 55. Kf5 Nd7 56. f4 Kd6 57. Kg6 Ke7 58. Kg7 {1-0 Papaioannou,I (2615)-Djukic,N (2515) Olympiad-45 Budapest 2024 (10.3)}) 12... a5 13. Rfe1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qd4 Nc5 16. Re2 Rfd8 17. Rae1 Nfe4 18. h4 Nd6 19. Nf1 a4 20. a3 Nf5 21. Qd1 d4 22. cxd4 Nb3 23. Re4 Qd6 24. Ne3 Nfxd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Nc2 Nb3 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rb4 b5 29. Ne3 Nd4 30. Rd1 Rad8 31. Kg2 h5 32. Rc1 g6 33. Rc7 R8d7 34. Rc8+ Rd8 35. Rc7 R8d7 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Nc2 Nc6 38. Re4 Ne7 39. Rc5 Rd2 40. Kf1 R7d3 41. Re2 Rxe2 42. Kxe2 Rb3 43. Nb4 Rxb2+ 44. Kf1 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Rb3 46. Rxb5 Rxa3 47. Ra5 Kf6 48. Ra7 Rc3 49. Kf1 Nf5 50. Ke2 Nd4+ 51. Kd2 Rc8 52. Nd3 Rd8 53. Ke3 Nf5+ 54. Ke2 Nd4+ 55. Ke3 Nc2+ 56. Ke2 Nd4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Cairns Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.16"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Yip, Carissa"] [Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2459"] [BlackElo "2538"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "118"] [GameId "2339441307217920"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,115,19,19,22,19,31,27,15,12,0,9,8,7,17,-1,5,28,0,32767,11,-14,11,14,62,58,68,64,32767,76,111,82,76,91,76,72,63,32,53,85,25,53,90,68,36,72,32767,38,162,46,54,67,72,71,32767,32767,39,84,73,82,132,-2,43,32767,32767,-42,-15,-1,-38,-31,-36,-86,1,-77,-57,-31,-64,-93,-58,-76,-82,-62,-16,-14,-19,-25,-29,-24,-20,-35,-32,-25,-37,-44,-15,-40,-60,-55,-29,-57,-53,-54,-24,-1,-1,-1,-51,0,0,0,0,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bc2 c4 7. d4 (7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 (8. Ba4 Qc7 9. Re1 Nc5 10. d4 cxd3 11. Bb5 Be7 12. Bxd3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3 b6 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. Nfd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rab8 19. Re3 f5 20. exf6 Qxf4 21. Rf3 Qd6 22. fxe7 Qxe7 23. Re1 e5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Rxe5 Bg4 27. Qxd5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxf3 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rd7 a5 32. Rd6 b5 33. Rd5 b4 34. Kg2 Rf4 35. Rxa5 bxc3 36. bxc3 Rc4 37. Ra3 Kg6 38. Rb3 Kf5 39. a3 g5 40. h3 Ra4 41. f3 Ke5 42. Kg3 Kf5 43. Kf2 Rh4 44. Kg2 Ra4 45. Kg3 Rc4 46. Kf2 Rh4 47. Rb5+ Kg6 48. Rc5 Ra4 49. Kg3 Rxa3 50. h4 Ra4 51. Rc6+ Kh5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. c4 Ra3 54. Rc5 Rd3 55. Rc8 Kg6 56. c5 Rc3 57. c6 Rc4 58. Kf2 Kf7 59. Ke3 Ke7 60. Kd3 Rf4 61. Ke3 Kd6 62. Rg8 Rf5 63. Rg6+ Kc7 64. Kf2 Ra5 65. Kg3 Rd5 66. Kg4 Rc5 67. Rxg5 Rc4+ 68. f4 Kxc6 69. Re5 Kd6 70. Re1 Ra4 71. Kg5 Ra2 72. f5 Rg2+ 73. Kf6 Rf2 74. Kg6 Kd7 75. f6 Rg2+ 76. Kf7 Rf2 77. Rd1+ Kc7 78. Ke7 Re2+ 79. Kf8 Rf2 80. f7 Rf3 81. Rd4 Rf2 82. Kg7 Rg2+ 83. Kf6 Rf2+ 84. Ke6 Re2+ 85. Kf5 Rf2+ 86. Rf4 {1-0 Nakamura,H (2789)-Vokhidov,S (2596) Titled Tuesday intern op 26th Mar Early Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (9)}) 8... Qc7 9. Qe2 b5 10. d4 cxd3 11. Bxd3 b4 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Nbd2 Nd5 17. Bg3 O-O 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Nd6 g6 21. h4 Rab8 22. h5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Rc4 Qb6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Bxg6+ Kxg6 28. Qg4+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. Rg4 Bf6 31. exf6 Nxf6 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Rg7# {1-0 Gukesh,D (2776)-Maghsoodloo,P (2695) Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Jul Early Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (5)}) 7... cxd3 8. Bxd3 Nc6 9. Bf4 h6 (9... Be7 10. h4 Qb6 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Ncb8 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ne4 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. O-O Ndc5 17. c4 O-O 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Qe3 h6 20. Nbd2 Qa7 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxa7 Rxa7 23. Be3 Ra8 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nd2 f5 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Nxe4 f5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Kf7 31. Bb6 e5 32. Rd5 Rxd5 33. cxd5 Bd7 34. Re1 e4 35. Kh2 Rc8 36. Bxa5 Ra8 37. Bd2 Rxa4 38. Bxh6 Bxb5 39. Be3 Bc4 40. Rd1 Bd3 41. Rc1 Bc4 42. d6 Ke6 43. Bf4 b5 44. h5 Ra7 45. h6 Kf6 46. Kg3 Rd7 47. Rh1 Kg6 48. h7 {1-0 Martinez Alcantara,J (2607)-Pichot,A (2638) Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Apr Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (10)}) 10. h3 Qc7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bc2 Be7 13. Re1 b6 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. b4 Nd7 16. Nb3 g5 17. Bg3 h5 18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxc3 20. a3 Rc8 21. Re3 Qc7 22. Rc1 Rh6 23. Nb5 Qb8 24. Bb3 (24. Nd6+ $18 Bxd6 25. exd6 b5 26. Bd3 h4 27. Bh2 Rc4 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Qd4 Kf8 30. Re5 Bc6 31. Rxg5) 24... Kf8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Nd4 Bb7 27. f4 a5 28. Qd2 axb4 29. axb4 Nc5 30. f5 Ne4 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. f6 Rxf6 33. exf6 Qxg3 34. fxe7+ Kxe7 35. Ba4 e3 36. Qe2 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Bc6 Qe5 39. Bxb7 Qxd4 40. g3 Qxb4 41. Qxe3 Qc5 42. Qxc5+ bxc5 43. Kf2 f5 44. Ke3 e5 45. Bd5 Kf6 46. Bc4 Kg5 47. Bd3 f4+ 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Kg2 Ke6 50. Kf2 Kd5 51. Bf5 c4 52. gxf4 c3 53. fxe5 Kxe5 54. Bh7 Kf4 55. Bg6 g3+ 56. Kg2 Ke3 57. Kxg3 Kd2 58. Kf2 c2 59. Bxc2 Kxc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Cairns Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.16"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Koneru, Humpy"] [Black "Lee, Alice"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2430"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "78"] [GameId "2342181594161152"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,77,13,7,11,8,22,32767,24,7,-1,7,3,-10,0,3,6,-4,32767,32767,-4,11,22,-12,-17,32767,-31,-15,-33,-29,-27,32767,2,18,-5,8,32767,32767,-10,0,-1,-7,-12,4,-7,1,1,32767,32767,32767,-1,-13,42,-13,32767,32767,45,-6,86,32767,32767,-221,-321,-343,-290,32767,-348,-361,-314,-358,-322,-418,-440,-509,-544,-745,-534,-676,-521,-932]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. cxd5 (6. Qc2 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. dxc5 e5 10. a4 Be6 11. Ng5 Qa5 12. Be2 d4 13. O-O Bd7 14. exd4 exd4 15. Bd3 h6 16. Nh7 Nxh7 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rd1 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Be4 dxc3 21. Rd3 Bxc4 22. Rxc3 Nd4 {0-1 Caruana,F (2792)-Le,Q (2731) W-chT Blitz 5-8th Hong Kong 2026 (1.1)}) 6... exd5 7. e3 O-O (7... Bf5 8. f3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O Na5 13. Ra2 c5 14. Re2 Qb6 15. Rb2 Qc7 16. Re2 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. e4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qb3 21. Qe1 Qb5 22. e5 Nh5 23. Nxh5 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qxe2 25. Nf4 Qc4 26. Qd1 Nb3 27. Ne2 Rc8 28. g4 Qc2 29. Nf4 Qc4 30. e6 Nxd4 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Qb1 Kg8 33. Nxg6 Re8 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Nxf3 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Nf8+ Kg8 38. Nd7+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ gxf6 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Qxf6+ Kg8 46. Qxf3 Qe4 47. Kg2 b5 48. Qxe4 dxe4 49. Kf2 a5 50. Ke3 a4 51. Kxe4 b4 52. Kd3 b3 53. h4 Kg7 54. Kc3 Kg6 55. Kd2 Kh6 56. Kd3 Kg6 57. h5+ Kg5 58. Kc3 Kh6 59. Kb2 Kg5 60. Kc3 Kh6 61. Kb2 Kg5 62. Kc3 {½-½ Carlsen,M (2839)-Bluebaum,M (2671) Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Sep Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (9)}) 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 h5 (14... c4 15. Qd2 h5 16. Rae1 h4 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Qf2 h3 20. g4 Qe8 21. Kh1 b5 22. Rg1 a5 23. Rg3 Nh7 24. Rxh3 Ng5 25. Rh5 f6 26. h4 Nf7 27. Rxd5 b4 28. e4 Rb8 29. Rc5 bxa3 30. Bxa3 Rb3 31. Rxa5 Reb7 32. Bb4 Qb8 33. e5 fxe5 34. dxe5 Nd8 35. Qe2 Qc8 36. e6 {1-0 Caruana,F (2796)-Sarana,A (2717) Chess.com SpeedChess Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (1.17)}) 15. Rae1 h4 16. Nf5 h3 17. Ng3 Ne7 18. e4 hxg2 19. Kxg2 Ng6 20. Bc1 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rc8 22. Kh1 dxe4 23. fxe4 Qd7 24. Bg5 Nh7 25. Be3 Ne5 26. Qd1 Nc4 27. Bf4 Nf6 28. d5 Nxa3 $2 29. Nf5 $18 Nxe4 30. Qg4 $4 Nf2+ $1 $19 31. Rxf2 Qxd5+ 32. Rf3 Rxe1+ 33. Kg2 Rc2+ 34. Kh3 g6 35. Be3 Rc7 36. Qg3 Nc4 37. Bg5 Ne5 38. Rf2 gxf5 39. Bd8+ Ng4 0-1 [Event "6th Cairns Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.16"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Muzychuk, Anna"] [Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C85"] [WhiteElo "2529"] [BlackElo "2489"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2342181592276992"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,81,13,22,25,14,17,32767,11,9,27,4,32767,32767,11,7,17,17,32767,32767,1,16,8,32767,32767,32767,6,-28,44,6,21,32767,23,96,37,10,32767,32767,-3,-19,-16,-14,-70,-55,1,-1,1,32767,32767,32767,-68,-78,-84,-90,-85,-74,-76,-83,-95,-77,-74,-83,-85,-85,-85,-76,32767,32767,-63,-50,-58,-74,-62,32767,-44,-62,-60,-55,-66,-62,-85,-67,-59,-80]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 (8. Qe2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Nd1 Nc5 12. Ne3 Ne6 13. Nf5 c5 14. c3 f6 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Nxe5 Bxe2 18. Nxd7 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Rxd7 20. Rxe2 Bf4 21. Rd1 g6 22. Nh4 Rad8 23. g3 Bg5 24. Nf3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Nxg5 Nxg5 27. Bxc5 Nxh3+ 28. Kg2 Ng5 29. f4 Ne6 30. Be3 h5 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Bxd2 f5 34. Be3 Ng7 35. e5 Ne6 36. a4 Ke8 37. a5 Kd7 38. c4 Kc6 39. b4 b5 40. axb6 cxb6 41. Ke2 b5 42. Kd3 Nc7 43. Bc5 Ne6 44. Be3 Nd8 45. Bd2 Ne6 46. Be3 Nd8 47. Bd2 Ne6 48. Be3 {½-½ Gukesh,D (2732)-Giri,A (2764) Zagreb Superbet Blitz 2026 (5)}) 8... Be6 9. d4 Nd7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 f5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Nf3 fxe4 (15... Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Be3 Rad8 21. b3 g6 22. h3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. c4 Qd7 26. Kh2 Be7 27. Bf2 Kf7 28. Qe1 Ke6 29. Bh4 Bc5 30. b4 Bf8 31. Qc3 c5 32. Qf3 c6 33. bxc5 Qd4 34. Bf2 Qxc4 35. a3 a5 36. Qe3 a4 37. h4 Be7 38. g3 h5 39. Kg1 Qd5 40. Qc1 Qd3 41. Kg2 Bd8 42. Qb2 Qb3 43. Qc1 Ba5 44. Kh2 Bc3 45. Kh3 Bb2 {0-1 Dragnev,V (2589)-Andersen,M (2612) EU-chT 24th Budva 2023 (9.14)}) 16. Qxe4 Bc4 17. Rd1 c5 18. c3 Re8 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Qe1 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxe5 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qxd1 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bh6+ Kxh6 26. Rxd1 Re8 27. Kf3 Re7 28. Rd8 b6 29. Rd5 Kg6 30. c4 Rf7+ 31. Ke3 Re7+ 32. Kf3 Kf6 33. h4 a5 34. b3 Kg6 35. Rg5+ Kf6 36. Rh5 Rd7 37. Ke3 Kg6 38. Rg5+ Kf6 39. Rh5 Kg6 40. Rg5+ Kf6 41. Rh5 1/2-1/2