[Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.21"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2710"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "78"] [GameId "2332415167885312"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,78,21,23,22,12,12,21,15,14,4,24,6,10,26,29,20,24,26,19,18,20,25,20,13,25,29,26,39,44,43,34,46,46,19,50,27,32767,41,28,28,19,29,37,23,35,28,29,50,-62,48,-14,24,-13,-56,-29,-19,-44,-1,-47,-47,-70,-67,-8,-25,1,-44,-19,-66,-44,-15,-66,-17,-43,-32,-37,-42,-24,1,-12,-9]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. a4 (13. h3 Nd7 14. Nf1 Bc4 15. Qd1 Rd8 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Bd2 Be6 18. b3 f6 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. Red1 Rd7 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Bc5 23. Nd5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rab1 Qf8 26. a4 Rad8 27. Bb4 Bc5 28. a5 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Bf7 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Ba4 Rd6 32. Qe1 f5 33. Rdc1 Qa7 34. exf5 Qd4 35. Rb4 Qxd5 36. Rxc7 Qxa5 37. Rxf7 Qxa4 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Rxa4 Rd1 40. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 41. Kh2 Kxg7 42. Rxa6 e4 43. g4 h5 44. Re6 Re1 45. Kg3 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2830)-Abdusattorov,N (2727) CCT Final playoff Toronto rapid 2023 (2.3)}) 13... Qb7 14. b4 Bd6 (14... Rfd8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Nb1 Bd6 19. Na3 Na7 20. Be3 c6 21. Ng5 Bg4 22. f3 Bd7 23. Qa2 Rf8 24. Nc4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Nb5 26. Nxf7 Rxf7 27. Bxf7+ Kf8 28. Rc1 Bc7 29. Bc4 Bb6 30. Qf2 Bd8 31. Bc5+ Ke8 32. Qg3 {1-0 Movsesian,S (2699)-Matlakov,M (2665) St Petersburg Cup rapid 2012 (6)}) 15. Bd3 Rab8 16. Rb1 Ne7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nb3 c6 19. h3 Ng6 20. Ng5 Bd7 21. Be3 h6 22. Nf3 Rfd8 23. Qc2 Qc8 24. Red1 Be6 25. Rd2 Bxh3 26. gxh3 Qxh3 27. Qd1 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Nc5 Qf5 31. Ng1 Be7 32. Qc2 Qg4 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Qe2 Qh4 35. Rd1 Ra8 36. Qd3 Qh5 37. Qe2 Qh4 38. Qd3 Qh5 39. Qe2 Qh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.21"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2749"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "82"] [GameId "2334277975822336"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,82,21,22,25,21,25,22,9,4,11,24,22,20,2,5,9,5,26,11,22,21,5,21,17,21,6,8,-1,16,6,-25,-12,-26,-39,-33,-11,-12,-19,-8,-6,-7,-9,-25,-12,-31,-33,-60,-43,32767,-58,-47,-43,-54,32767,32767,-69,-52,-49,-45,-50,32767,-69,-79,-78,-79,-90,32767,-82,-93,-67,-54,-48,32767,-60,-56,-38,-34,-43,32767,-33,-36,-49,-40,-27]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Re1 Qb6 (13... Rc8 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bf4 Be8 16. Qd2 Bh5 17. Ne5 Na5 18. Qd3 g5 19. Bd2 f4 20. Bxa5 Qxa5 21. Qb3 Qd2 22. Nb4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rc4 24. a3 a5 25. Qh3 Bg6 26. Rad1 Re4 27. Rf1 Qxb2 28. Nd3 Qb6 29. Qh6 Qd8 30. Ne1 f3 31. Qh3 g4 32. Qg3 Rf5 33. gxf3 gxf3 34. Kh1 Rg5 35. Qxf3 Rexe5 36. Qf4 Re4 37. Qd2 Qe7 38. Nf3 Rf5 39. Nd4 Rh5 40. f3 Reh4 41. Rf2 Qxa3 42. Rg2 Kf7 43. Rc1 Qb4 44. Rc7+ Kf6 45. Qxb4 axb4 46. Rd2 b5 47. Rc6+ Ke5 48. Re6+ Kf4 49. Ree2 Re5 50. Rf2 Re1+ 51. Kg2 Ke3 52. Nc6 Bd3 53. Rb2 Rb1 54. Rxb1 Bxb1 55. Rb2 Bd3 56. Kg3 Rh6 57. Ne5 Kd4 58. f4 Bf5 59. Rxb4+ Kc5 60. Rb2 b4 61. h4 Rb6 62. Kf2 b3 63. Ke3 Kb4 64. Rd2 Kc3 {0-1 Kazakouski,V (2581)-Sargsyan,S (2667) EU-chT 25th Batumi 2025 (1.6)}) 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bg5 (15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Be6 17. b3 d4 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Bd6 d3 21. Ne3 f4 22. Nc4 Qd4 23. Rad1 Bg4 24. Rc1 Be2 25. e6 Rf6 26. e7 Re8 27. Ba3 Rg6 28. Rxe2 f3 29. Ne3 fxe2 30. Bb2 Qe4 31. Re1 Rxe7 {0-1 Kosteniuk,A (2482)-Sevian,S (2694) Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Apr Early Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (11)}) 15... Bxg5 16. Nxg5 f4 17. b4 Bf5 18. a4 Nxb4 19. a5 Qd6 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Rae8 23. Re5 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Qe4 25. Qb3 Qxe5 26. Rd1 Rf7 27. Qb5 g6 28. Rxd5 Qe1+ 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 f3 31. gxf3 Rxf3 32. h4 Rf5 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Kg2 a6 35. Kg3 Rf7 36. Rd6 Rf5 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Rxb7 Rxa5 39. Ra7 Ra1 40. f3 a5 41. Kg2 a4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.21"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Arjun Erigaisi"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2717"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "120"] [GameId "2334277978443776"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,119,20,20,12,21,20,12,17,6,32767,-10,17,22,29,31,35,25,18,32767,22,30,27,17,27,-3,12,32767,32767,15,45,17,38,-16,-45,14,6,32767,-43,-35,-34,-48,-30,-44,-37,-58,32767,-48,-53,-61,-42,-29,-22,32767,32767,32767,-14,-55,-60,-83,-66,-63,-64,-61,32767,-66,-59,-74,-73,-79,-71,-54,32767,32767,-102,-81,-80,-81,-103,-134,-117,-98,32767,-89,-99,-120,-123,-137,-136,32767,32767,-145,-141,-148,-144,-149,-174,-155,-146,-156,-169,-254,-231,-239,32767,32767,32767,-269,-257,-254,-281,-296,-313,-272,32767,-347,-397,-362,-320,-500,-536,-858]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 e6 6. e3 h6 7. b3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 (11. e4 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. c5 Bc7 14. Na4 exd4 15. Re1 Re8 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Be2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. g3 Qf6 22. Kg2 Ng6 23. Bh5 Nf4+ 24. gxf4 Qxf4 25. Nf3 g6 26. Qc3 gxh5 27. Rg1 Kf8 28. Nb6 Rb8 29. Nxc8 Rbxc8 30. Rd7 Be5 31. Qd3 Bg7 32. e5 Bxe5 33. Rb1 Rc7 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Re6 36. Rb1 Bc7 37. a3 a5 38. Kf1 a4 39. Rd1 Rf6 40. Kg2 Rg6+ 41. Kf1 Rf6 42. Kg2 Re6 43. Qc3 Rg6+ 44. Kf1 Rf6 45. Rd3 Qf5 46. Ke2 Re6+ 47. Re3 Qxh3 48. Qh8+ Ke7 49. Nd4 Rxe3+ 50. fxe3 Qg2+ 51. Kd3 Qf1+ 52. Ke4 Qg2+ 53. Kd3 Kd7 {0-1 Menezes,C (2438)-Berkes,F (2643) HUN-chT 2223 Hungary 2022 (1.3)}) 11... Re8 (11... b6 12. e4 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rb1 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bc2 Rd8 18. e5 Ne8 19. Qd3 Nf8 20. Qe3 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rb8 22. f4 c5 23. Nf3 Be6 24. f5 Bxc4 25. f6 b5 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Nh4 Rb6 28. Nf5+ Kh8 29. Nxh6 f6 30. Qf3 Rd2 31. Rbc1 Qb7 32. Ne4 Rd4 33. Nf5 Rd8 34. Rcd1 Bd5 35. Nfd6 Nxd6 36. Qxf6+ Qg7 37. Qh4+ {1-0 Narayanan,S (2568)-Riazantsev,A (2666) Douglas IoM op 2017 (8)}) 12. e4 dxc4 13. e5 cxd3 14. exd6 Nb6 15. Bf4 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qxd3 Re4 18. Bh2 Ne8 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qe8+ Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. d5 cxd5 25. Rc1 Ke7 26. Rc7+ Kf6 27. Kf1 g5 28. b4 b5 29. Rc6+ Be6 30. a3 a5 31. Rb6 axb4 32. axb4 Ra2 33. Rxb5 Kf5 34. Ra5 Rb2 35. b5 Rb4 36. Ke2 Ke4 37. Nd2+ Kd4 38. Nf3+ Kc5 39. Kd3 Bf5+ 40. Kd2 Rb2+ 41. Ke1 Be6 42. Ne5 Rxb5 43. Rxb5+ $4 (43. Ra7 f6 44. Nd3+ Kd6 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Ra7+ Kf8 47. g4 h5 48. Ra6 Kf7 49. f3 d4 50. Ra7+ Kg6 51. Ra4) 43... Kxb5 $19 44. Kd2 Kc5 45. f4 f6 46. Nd3+ Kd4 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Nf2 h5 49. g3 Bd7 50. h4 g4 51. Nd3 Be8 52. Nf4 Ke4 53. Ke2 d4 54. Ne6 d3+ 55. Kd2 Kf3 56. Kxd3 Kxg3 57. Ke3 Kh2 58. Nd4 g3 59. Ne2 Bd7 60. Nd4 Bg4 0-1 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.21"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Pranesh M"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2666"] [BlackElo "2717"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "77"] [GameId "2334277975019520"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,77,21,24,25,23,26,29,17,32,38,32,32767,32767,21,16,12,-9,-10,32767,28,42,20,42,36,32767,56,22,-1,29,36,32767,9,1,-10,32767,32767,32767,-68,-80,-101,-185,-198,32767,-168,-100,-158,-92,32767,32767,-141,-124,47,32767,32767,-16,-47,-38,-63,-38,22,24,68,116,207,191,165,218,165,277,314,394,32767,32767,32767,617,762,567,731,742]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. h4 h6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. Ng3 Bh7 9. Be3 c5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. c3 Nxe5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bb5 Qd7 15. O-O-O a6 16. Nh5 O-O-O 17. Be2 e5 18. b4 d4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Nf4 $2 (20. Kb2 d3 21. Bf3 Ne5 22. Qxd7+ Rxd7 23. Ng3 f5 24. Bf4 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Be7 26. Be5 Rhd8 27. Nh5 a5 28. a3 b6 29. Nf4) 20... Qc7 21. Bd2 Nxb4 $1 22. Kb2 Nc6 $6 (22... d3 $19 23. Bxb4 Qxf4 24. Bf3 Qd4+ 25. Kb3 Be4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Bc3 Qxg2 28. Qc4 Qc6 29. Rh3) 23. Bd3 Bxc5 24. Bxh7 Rxh7 25. Nd3 Rd5 26. Qc4 Qd6 27. Bf4 Ba3+ 28. Ka1 Qd7 29. Rb1 b5 $2 30. Qb3 $18 b4 31. Qc4 Kd8 32. Nc5 Qf5 33. Nb7+ Kd7 34. g4 Qe4 35. Rhe1 Qf3 36. Rb3 Qxf4 37. Qxd5+ Kc7 38. Rf3 Bb2+ 39. Kb1 1-0