[Event "Titled Tue 26th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Chigaev, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2697"] [BlackElo "2617"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2024.03.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. Be3 Bh5 9. h3 Kh8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qc8 12. g4 Bg6 13. c3 Nd8 14. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 14. Ne1 c6 15. Bb3 Ne6 16. Ng2 Qd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Qf3 d4 22. c4 Rae8 23. Rae1 Bh4 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bc2 Qe7 26. Ba4 Rd8 27. b4 f5 28. gxf5 Bxf5 {Alekseenko,K (2656)-Mamedov,E (2464) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (58)}) 14... Ne6 15. Kh2 f6 16. Nh4 Bf7 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. d4 Rae8 19. Qf3 Bd8 20. h4 Bg8 21. Rad1 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bxa2 23. d5 c6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxd6 Qb5 26. Rfd1 Be6 27. b4 Bc7 28. R6d2 b6 29. h5 h6 30. Rc1 Bb8 31. Nh4 Rf7 32. Kg3 Kh7 33. Ng6 f5 34. gxf5 Rxf5 35. Qd1 Rf4 36. f3 Bf7 37. Rd7 Bxg6 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rd5 Qa6 40. Bxf4 exf4+ 41. Kh3 Kh7 42. e5 Rxe5 43. Qd3+ Qxd3 44. Rxd3 Rh5+ 45. Kg2 Rg5+ 46. Kf1 Rh5 47. Rc8 Be5 48. Rd5 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf5 50. Rc7 Ke6 51. Rb5 Rh2 52. Rc6+ Kd7 53. Rg6 Bf6 54. Rg2 Rh3 55. Ke2 Rh1 56. Kd3 Ra1 57. Ke4 Rxa3 58. Kxf4 Ra4 59. Rc2 Be7 60. Rc4 a5 61. Rxb6 Rxb4 62. Rcxb4 Bxb4 63. Kf5 Kc7 64. Rb5 Kc6 65. Rb8 a4 66. Rxb4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 19th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Pichot, A."] [Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2622"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2024.03.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bb3 d5 11. a5 Be6 12. Ba4 Nxa5 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. dxe4 c5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Nef3 Nh5 17. e5 Nf4 18. Qe4 Nd5 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Ng3 Nb6 21. Qh4 Bd5 22. Bxh6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxe5 {Adams,M (2703)-McShane,L (2664) London 2018 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 9. a5 a6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Nxd5 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Bd2 c6 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. h3 Re8 20. Qd1 Nf4 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Be3 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 {Fogo Esquivel,L (2180)-Harish,N (2179) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (73)}) ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b4 Re8 11. Qb3 a6 12. h3 Bf8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd7 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Na5 21. Qb4 b6 22. c4 Nh5 23. Nd5 f6 {Pichot,A (2644)-Pranav,V (2604) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (40)}) 9... a6 $146 ({RR} 9... Nh5 10. d4 Qf6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nh2 Nf4 13. Ng4 Qg5 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qf3 f5 16. Nh2 fxe4 17. Rxe4 Be5 18. Nd2 Nf5 19. Rxe5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Ng4 Nd6 22. Bd3 Nf7 23. Rd1 Kg7 24. Nc5 {Tate,A (2175)-Thorfinnsson,B (2395) Novi Sad 2009 0-1}) 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nexd5 14. a5 Re8 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Ndf3 Qd6 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Bd2 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Qc2 Reb8 21. b3 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Ra5 Nb4 24. Rxc5 Nxc2 25. Bxe6 Nxe1 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Bxe1 Rb5 28. Rc7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2024.03.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Qb3 Na5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Be2 b5 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bg7 13. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. a4 O-O 16. Na3 a6 17. b4 Nb7 18. Be3 Rfc8 19. h3 h5 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe7 22. Qe2 Nh7 23. Nc2 Nd8 24. c4 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Ne6 26. Bg2 Qh4 27. f3 Nhg5 {Hornung,H (2047)-Ribiere,D (2213) Biel SUI 2023 0-1 (38)}) 13... Qc7 14. a4 O-O 15. axb5 cxb5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Be2 a5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bxb5 Nh5 20. Bc6 Rab8 21. Na3 f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rxa5 f4 25. Qg6 Qh4 26. Nxd6 f3 27. g3 Rf6 28. Qd3 Qh3 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rxd6 31. c4 Nc8 32. c5 Rd8 33. d6 Nf6 34. Bxf3 Rxb3 35. Be2 Rb8 36. Ba3 Ne4 37. c6 Rxd6 38. Bxd6 Ncxd6 39. c7 Rc8 40. Ra7 Bf8 41. Bg4 Re8 42. Bd7 Re7 43. Bc6 Kg7 44. Bxe4 Nxe4 45. c8=Q Rxa7 46. Rd7+ Rxd7 47. Qxd7+ Kf6 48. Qd5 Ng5 49. h4 Ne6 50. Kg2 Be7 51. Qf3+ Kg6 52. Qg4+ Kf6 53. h5 Ng5 54. Qc4 Kg7 55. Qd5 Bf6 56. Qd7+ Kg8 57. Qf5 Kg7 58. Qg6+ 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2024.04.14"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Vidit, S."] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2024.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 O-O 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Qc2 b6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nh5 15. Rad1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nh2 f5 18. Na3 Nf6 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bc1 Qf7 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. d4 e4 23. f3 Rde7 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Be3 Ng3 26. Bf2 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 g4 28. Nxc7 Ncxd4 29. cxd4 {Kurmann,O (2454)-Petrov,N (2585) Bad Ragaz 2019 0-1 (53)}) 15. Ba2 Nh5 16. Ne3 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. e5 Rc8 21. Ra3 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qd1 Nf4 24. b4 Rcc8 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Bxa5 Nc6 27. Bc3 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Nxe5 Qe6 31. Rd3 Nf4 32. Rd6 Qa2 33. Rxh6 Qb2 34. Qd7 Qb3 35. Qf5 Ng6 36. Rxg6+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2024.03.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. h3 g6 6. a4 $146 ({RR} 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bb3 Nh5 10. Re1 Kh7 11. Nf1 Nf4 12. d4 Qe7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne3 Ne6 15. Nd5 Qe8 16. Nh2 Na5 17. Bc2 c6 18. Ne3 b6 19. Nhg4 h5 20. Nh2 Ba6 {Martins,M (1621)-Kulon,K (2259) Guimaraes 2012 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a4 a5 9. Nh2 Nb4 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nf2 Bxb2 16. Bxh6 Re8 17. Rb1 Nc3 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. Qf3 Nxb1 20. Rxb1 Bd4 {Korshunov,S (2346)-Le,Q (2739) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 6. c3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rfe8 16. Na3 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Qd2 c5 19. Bxh6 Bxh3 20. Qg5 Qxg5 {Genkeswaran,G (2197)-Naranjo Moreno,A (2289) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (75)}) 6... Bg7 7. a5 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Kh7 10. a6 b6 11. Be3 Na5 12. b4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Be6 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. g4 Qf6 16. Kg2 Nf4+ 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Rad1 Be5 20. b5 Bg7 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Nd5 Re8 23. Rfe1 Rc8 24. Nd4 c6 25. bxc6 Bxc6 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Ne3 Qc8 28. Qd5 Re7 29. Rd3 Re6 30. Ra3 Bb2 31. Ra4 Bg7 32. Rd1 Qe8 33. Ra3 Rxe4 34. h4 Re5 35. Qd3 Kg8 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Rxh5 38. Kf1 Rg5 39. Ke2 Rcc5 40. Rb3 Rce5 41. Qxd6 Re6 42. Qd8 Be5 43. Qxe8+ Rxe8 44. Rd7 Bf4 45. Rxa7 Ra5 46. Rxb6 Ra2 47. Kf3 Bxe3 48. fxe3 Rxc2 49. Rc7 Rc3 50. Rf6 Rcxe3+ 51. Kg2 Re2+ 52. Rf2 Rxf2+ 53. Kxf2 Ra8 54. a7 Kg7 55. c5 Kf6 56. Rd7 Ke6 57. c6 h5 58. Kg3 Kf5 59. c7 Ke6 60. Rd8 Rxa7 61. c8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 L"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.12"] [Round "3.1"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2704"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2024.05.11"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 a6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Re1 Kh8 9. c3 Ng8 10. d4 f5 11. dxe5 fxe4 12. Rxe4 Rxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. Bxg8 Qxg8 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Re3 Ng6 17. Bg3 h5 18. Ra4 Bg5 19. f4 Bh6 20. Qxh5 Bxb1 21. f5 Qd5 22. Rd4 Qxf5 {Sindarov,J (2661)-Aronian,L (2745) Astana KAZ 2023 0-1 (56)}) 8... Be6 9. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Re1 Qd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Rfe8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. Ne2 g6 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. Qe2 Nh7 16. Bc3 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Rf8 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Rb2 f5 20. Reb1 Nd8 21. c5 f4 22. Nf1 g5 23. cxd6 cxd6 {Cahaya,S (2184)-Skaric,D (2297) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Kh7 12. c3 Ne7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Nh4 Rg8 15. Qf3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rae1 Nf4 18. Re4 Bg4 19. Qe3 f5 20. Rxe5 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Qxh4 22. d4 f4 23. Qe4+ f5 {Dann,M (2425)-Tanenbaum,Z (2300) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (52)}) 9... Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c3 Nbxd5 12. Qb3 c6 13. Qxb7 Qe8 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Ba2 h6 17. d4 e4 18. Nd2 d5 19. f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 Ne4 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Rae1 f5 24. Qa4 Nb5 25. Qd1 Kh8 26. h4 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Bh2 Kg7 29. Bb1 Nc7 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. g4 f4 32. Rxe4 Nd5 33. Qd3 Qe6 34. Nf3 Qxg4+ 35. Kf2 Rh8 36. Rg1 Rxh2+ 37. Nxh2 Qh4+ 38. Kf1 Ne3+ 39. Rxe3 fxe3 40. Qxe3 Rf8+ 41. Nf3 g4 42. Ke2 Qh5 43. Qg5+ Qxg5 44. Nxg5 Kg6 45. Rxg4 Kf5 46. Rg1 Rg8 47. Rf1+ Kg4 48. Ne4 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.11"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Oparin, G."] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2704"] [PlyCount "161"] [EventDate "2024.05.10"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. Nd5 ({RR} 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Nd5 Ne6 12. Ne3 g6 13. f3 Nh5 14. Ndf1 Bg5 15. g3 b6 16. c3 Nhg7 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ng2 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 f4 21. Nd2 Nf5 22. Ne4 Kh8 23. g4 Nh4 24. Rc2 Ng5 {Nakamura,H (2802)-Giri,A (2733) New York USA 2024 ½-½ (63)}) 10... b6 ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. c3 b6 12. b4 Nf6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. b5 Bxg5 16. bxc6 Qd8 17. Rad1 Bh6 18. c5 bxc5 19. Qb7 Kh8 20. Rb1 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. c4 Rf8 23. h3 Rc8 24. Rb5 Nf6 25. Rxa5 {Kleimenov,N (2332)-Vershinin,I (2320) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Be3 Ncb8 12. c3 Na6 13. b4 Re8 14. Bd2 Bf8 15. Qb3 c6 16. Ne3 Nc7 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. Nf5 axb4 19. cxb4 c5 20. a5 cxb4 21. Bxb4 Ndc5 22. Qb1 Qc7 23. Ne3 Qc6 24. Nd5 Nd7 25. Rc1 {Oparin,G (2653)-Pranav,V (2621) New York USA 2024 0-1 (50)}) 11. Ra3 $146 ({RR} 11. c3 h6 12. Qc2 Nh7 13. h3 Bg5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Rad1 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qe8 18. f3 f6 19. Ra1 Qc6 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Qa2 Rfd8 22. b4 Nf8 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Qb3 Nd7 {Yudin,S (2556)-Krivonos,N (2295) Irkutsk 2010 1-0 (56)}) 11... Nb8 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Rae3 h6 14. b3 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc5 16. R3e2 Ne6 17. g3 Qc8 18. h4 Rd8 19. Rd1 Bf6 20. Kg2 c6 21. Qd3 Nc5 22. Qe3 Qb7 23. Ba3 Be7 24. Red2 Qc7 25. Nh2 Rd7 26. Qf3 Rad8 27. Ng4 h5 28. Nh2 g6 29. Qe3 Ne6 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Bb2 Qb7 32. Qe2 Qc7 33. Qe1 Qb7 34. Qe3 Qc7 35. Ba3 Qb8 36. Rd3 Qc7 37. Qe2 Bg7 38. Ng5 Nc5 39. Bxc5 dxc5 40. Nf3 Bf6 41. Nh2 Kg7 42. Nf1 Rd6 43. Qf3 R8d7 44. Qe3 Qd8 45. Qe2 Rxd3 46. cxd3 Rd6 47. Qe3 Qd7 48. Nh2 Be7 49. Qf3 Bf6 50. Rd2 Be7 51. Nf1 Qe6 52. Qe2 Bf6 53. Ne3 Be7 54. Rd1 Bf6 55. Kf1 Qh3+ 56. Ke1 Qe6 57. Kd2 Qd7 58. Kc2 Kf8 59. Qf3 Ke8 60. Qe2 Kd8 61. Rh1 Kc7 62. Nd1 Kb7 63. Qe3 Bg7 64. Re1 f5 65. f3 Qf7 66. Rf1 f4 67. Qg1 fxg3 68. Qxg3 Bf6 69. Nf2 Qd7 70. Qxg6 Bxh4 71. Qxh5 Bg3 72. Qg4 Bf4 73. Qxd7+ Rxd7 74. Rh1 Be3 75. Ng4 Bd4 76. Kd2 Rf7 77. Ke2 b5 78. Rh5 Re7 79. cxb5 cxb5 80. Nf6 bxa4 81. bxa4 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.08"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Mamedov, Rau"] [Black "Wagner, De"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.05.08"] 1. e4 {Edouard,Romain} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bb3 ({RR} 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Nd2 b5 12. c4 a6 13. a4 Be6 14. axb5 axb5 15. cxb5 Nxb3 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. cxb3 Rb8 18. Nc4 Rxb5 19. Nxd6 Rxb3 20. Qc2 Qa6 21. Qxc5 Rxd3 22. Nf5 Bxf5 {Horvath,D (2560)-Blohberger,F (2560) Linz AUT 2026 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 Re8 10. Bb3 Ne7 11. Nh4 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Qf3 Ng6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. d4 Qe7 16. Ba3 Qf7 17. Rab1 b6 18. Re3 Bc4 19. Qd1 Rad8 20. Qe1 g5 21. d5 Ba6 22. c4 Kh8 {Mamedov,R (2657)-Keymer,V (2730) London ENG 2025 0-1 (45)}) 8... d5 ({RR} 8... d6) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 10. h3 Nxc3 11. Qe1 Nd4 12. Nxe5 ({RR} 12. Qxc3 Ne2+) 12... Nce2+ 13. Kh1 ({RR} 13. Kh2) 13... Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nxb3 15. Qxe2 ({RR} 15. axb3 Qd5+) 15... Qd5+ 16. Kh2 Nxa1 17. Bb2 Rae8 ({RR} 17... Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Rfe8 19. Ng4 Qd6+) ({RR} 17... Qd6 18. f4 Rae8 19. Qf2 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 f6 21. Ng6 Rf7) 18. Rg1 f6 ({RR} 18... Qd6 19. Rg3 ({RR} 19. Qg4 g6)) 19. Qg4 g5 20. Qf5 Re7 ({RR} 20... Rxe5 21. Qg6+ Kh8) 21. Ng6 Qd6+ 22. Rg3 Nxc2 ({RR} 22... Re1 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. Bxf6 Qf4 25. Bg7+) 23. Nxf8 Nd4 ({RR} 23... Kxf8 24. Bxf6 Rf7 25. Qc8+) ({RR} 23... Ne3 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Qg6+ Kxf8 26. Qxf6+ Qxf6 27. Bxf6) 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 {Carlsen,M (2862)-Dubov,D (2710) chess24.com INT 2021 CBM 201 [Edouard,Romain] 1-0}) ({RR} 10. Re1 Bg4) 10... Qd6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Re1 Rae8 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. Qe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 Nh7 16. d4 e4 17. Bf4 Qa3 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f5 20. Qg3 Qe7 21. Bxc7 Qf6 22. Be5 f4 23. Bxf6 fxg3 24. Bh4 gxf2+ 25. Bxf2 Nf6 26. Bg3 Rc8 27. c4 b5 28. c5 Bc6 29. Be5 Rcd8 30. Rad1 Nd5 31. Rxe4 Nc3 32. Rg4 Nxd1 33. Rxg7 Rd5 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 35. Rd7+ Kg8 36. Rxd5 Nc3 37. Rd7 Rf7 38. c6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 21st May Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.21"] [Round "10"] [White "Onischuk, V."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2614"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2024.05.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Ng3 Na5 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. b4 d5 13. Qb3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qd7 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Be3 Re8 17. h3 Rb8 18. b5 axb5 19. Qxb5 Qe6 20. Nd2 Bf8 21. Nc4 h5 22. f3 Red8 23. Nh1 Ne8 24. Nf2 {Onischuk,V (2622)-Kamsky,G (2665) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 9... d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ba4 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nc5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. Nd2 a5 18. b3 Reb8 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Nb2 Nb6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Na4 Nb6 23. Nc5 a4 24. Nxe6 {Bauer,C (2562)-Ernst,R (2381) Karlsruhe GER 2026 ½-½ (61)}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Re8 15. d5 Nb8 16. h3 Nbd7 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Qc2 a5 19. Rac1 a4 20. Bd2 Nfd7 21. b4 axb3 22. axb3 Qf6 23. b4 Na6 24. Qd3 {Onischuk,V (2619)-Tang,A (2502) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (50)}) 10. Bc2 c5 11. O-O $146 ({RR} 11. h3 Nc6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. O-O d5 14. Nh2 b6 15. f4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Ba6 17. Rf2 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nfd7 20. Nf1 Rad8 21. Ne3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Kh7 {Rindhiya,V (1793)-Aakanksha,H (2202) Hatkanangale IND 2022 0-1 (40)}) 11... Nc6 12. Re1 Re8 13. h3 d5 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 b6 17. Nd6 Re6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Bb3 Rd8 20. Ncxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxd5 Ba4 22. Bb3 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 25. Kg2 Bxb3 26. axb3 a5 27. Bf4 Qe7 28. Rxe1 Qxe1 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qxb6 Qe2 31. Qxc5 Qxb2 32. Qd5 Kg8 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qxa5 Qxb3 35. Be5 Bxe5 36. Qxe5 Qc4 37. Qd4 Qb5 38. h4 g5 39. c4 Qb4 40. Qe4+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.12"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2707"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2024.05.10"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 a5 10. c3 Re8 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. d4 Nf6 14. Qb3 b6 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. h3 h6 17. Rad1 g6 18. Ne3 Kg7 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 b5 22. Qb2 Nh7 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Dubov,D (2708) Berlin GER 2023 1-0 (38)}) 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 ({RR} 9... h6 10. b4 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Kh7 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. g3 Ng7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Nb3 h5 24. h4 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (44)}) 10. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Ne3 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 f5 20. f3 Rf7 21. c3 h5 22. Rab1 axb4 23. axb4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Raf8 {Gabrielian,A (2407)-Paravyan,D (2582) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (51)}) 10... b6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nb8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. b4 h6 15. c4 Re8 16. g3 Bf8 17. Nd2 Be7 18. h4 Rf8 19. Nb3 axb4 20. axb4 Nf6 21. c5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 bxc5 23. bxc5 Ng4 24. Kg2 Nxe3+ 25. Qxe3 dxc5 26. Nxc5 c6 27. dxc6 Qd6 28. Nd7 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Nxe5 Qb5 32. Nd3 h5 33. Nf4 Qe5 34. Qd3 Bxh4 35. Qd5 Qxd5 36. exd5 Be7 37. Nxh5 f5 38. Nf4 Kf7 39. Kf3 g5 40. Nd3 g4+ 41. Ke3 Bd6 42. Kd4 Kf6 43. Kc4 Ke7 44. Nc5 Bb8 45. Ne6 Kd7 46. Ng7 f4 47. Nh5 fxg3 48. fxg3 Kd6 49. Kd4 Ba7+ 50. Ke4 Bf2 51. Ng7 Be1 52. Nf5+ Kc5 53. Ke5 Kc4 54. d6 Kd3 55. d7 Ba5 56. Ke6 Ke4 57. Ng7 Bc7 58. Nh5 Bd8 59. Kf7 Bg5 60. Ke8 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 11th Jun Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.06.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Dominguez Perez, L."] [Black "Bartel, Mat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2748"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2024.06.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Nc3 ({RR} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. c3 Qd7 11. Na3 Rad8 12. Nc4 b6 13. Rb1 Qe8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Na3 Qg6 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. b4 h6 18. Kh1 d5 19. Bd2 Kh8 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. c4 c6 22. Nc3 dxc4 23. dxc4 Nxc4 {Erigaisi,A (2701)-Carlsen,M (2852) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (52)}) 9... Nb4 $146 ({RR} 9... Bxc4 10. dxc4 Nd7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. c3 Bf8 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. Rad1 f6 17. Rd3 Nd8 18. Nh4 Ne6 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Qd1 Qd8 21. Qg4 c6 22. Ne3 Qe7 23. Nef5 Qf7 24. Rd1 {Movsesian,S (2608)-Blohberger,F (2503) Warsaw 2021 ½-½}) ({RR} 9... Qd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. c3 d5 16. Bf1 Na6 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Bd6 19. Bd3 Rfe8 20. Bd2 Ne4 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. Bxg5 h6 23. Bd2 Nc7 24. Qf3 {Gautier,A (2312)-Stefan,R (2119) Biel SUI 2026 1-0 (58)}) 10. b3 c6 11. Bb2 h6 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 e4 15. Nfd4 Bd7 16. Ng3 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 exd3 18. cxd3 Qd7 19. Qf3 Ra6 20. Nf5 Bd8 21. Re2 Re6 22. Nbd4 Rxe2 23. Nxe2 Re8 24. Neg3 d4 25. Rc1 Nc6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qg4 Qxf5 28. Qxf5 Nf6 29. Qf3 Be7 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Bc1 Bb4 32. Re2 Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Bxh6 Rd5 35. Qf3 Ne5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Bf4 Re6 38. Qxb7 Nh5 39. g3 Nxf4 40. gxf4 Rg6+ 41. Kf1 Rf6 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qc7 g6 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Qe5 Bc3 46. h4 Bb4 47. f5 Bd6 48. Qxd4 gxf5 49. h5 Be7 50. Kf3 Kh6 51. Qe3+ Kxh5 52. Qxe7 Kg6 53. Qe3 Re6 54. Qd4 f6 55. Qd5 Re5 56. Qg8+ Kh5 57. Kf4 Re2 58. Qh7# 1-0 [Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "2024.09.08"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2024.09.06"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O ({RR} 6... d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. Nbd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. a5 Be6 11. a6 Qc8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. axb7 Rb8 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 c6 17. Nf3 Rxb7 18. Qc2 Rfb8 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Nxe6 Bxe5 21. Nc5 {Alzaga,L (2101)-Nedov,O (1889) Benasque ESP 2026 ½-½}) 7. a4 a5 ({RR} 7... a6 8. Re1 d6 9. a5 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. Nf1 Qg6 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Be3 Rf7 15. d4 Raf8 16. Qb3 Nd8 17. Qa4 Nc6 18. d5 Ncb8 19. Qc4 exd5 20. exd5 Bd8 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 {Niemann,H (2689)-Anton Guijarro,D (2670) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (71)}) 8. Re1 d6 9. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. d4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Nf5 Re8 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. c4 Bf8 17. Qg3 Kh7 18. Qh4 Ng8 19. Bd2 g6 20. Ne3 c6 21. Bc3 Qe6 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. Nc2 g5 {Janikowska,W (1610)-Gladyszewska,K (1293) Uniejow 2021 ½-½ (47)}) 9... Nh7 10. Be3 Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Bf1 b6 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Nf1 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Ne3 c6 22. g3 Bf6 23. Kg2 g6 24. Rd2 Kg7 25. h4 h5 26. Red1 g5 27. Rd6 gxh4 28. Rxc6 Bg5 29. Rxc8 Bxe3 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. fxe3 Qg5 32. Qc2 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Kh6 34. Qg2 Rg8 35. Qxg3 Rxg3 36. Re1 h3 37. Kh2 Rg2+ 38. Kxh3 Rxb2 39. Bxf7 Rc2 40. c4 Rc3 41. Kh4 Ra3 42. Rb1 1-0 [Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "2024.09.06"] [Round "1.30"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.09.06"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nxe5 Nxc4 6. Nxc4 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. O-O Be6 9. Nc3 Qc6 10. Ne5 Qd6 $146 ({RR} 10... Qb6 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Na4 Qa5 13. c3 Bd6 14. b4 Qb5 15. Nf3 h6 16. Nd4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Rxd4 18. cxd4 Ng4+ 19. Kg1 Qh5 20. Bf4 Qf5 21. Qf3 Bd5 22. Re5 Nxe5 23. Qxd5 Qxf4 24. Qxe5 Qg4 25. Rc1 {Calderon Diestro,M (1818)-Garcia Castineira,I Collado Villalba 2009 1-0}) 11. Bf4 Qd4 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. a4 Nd5 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Bg3 Kb8 17. Rfe1 Be7 18. c3 Bf6 19. d4 Rd7 20. b4 Nxb4 21. cxb4 Bxc4 22. Nxc7 Rxc7 23. Bxc7+ Kxc7 24. b5 Qa5 25. Rec1 Qb4 26. Qd5 Kb8 27. Qxc4 Qd6 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Qd3 h5 30. g3 h4 31. Rac1 Rd8 32. d5 Be5 33. Qf3 Qg6 34. a5 Bd6 35. a6 b6 36. Rc6 h3 37. Qe3 Qf5 38. Rxb6+ 1-0 [Event "45th Olympiad 2024"] [Site "Budapest HUN"] [Date "2024.09.13"] [Round "3.1"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2024.09.11"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeamCountry "BUL"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Nd7 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Rfc1 {½-½ Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) SpeedChess Final 2024 (2.10)}) ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Rfc1 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Qe2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxe5 Bd5 15. c4 Ba8 16. Bxa7 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Rb7 18. Be3 Re8 19. f4 Qd6 20. Ka2 Be7 21. Bc1 Bf8 22. Qc2 {Sevian,S (2688)-Dubnevych,M (2320) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (34)}) 8. Ba2 Nb6 9. Ne2 Be6 $146 ({RR} 9... Kh8 10. h4 f5 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Qe8 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Qg4 Nd4 16. O-O-O c5 17. Rh2 d5 18. Rdh1 Kg8 19. Ne4 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21. Nc3 c4 22. Kd2 Nxc2 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Kxc2 {½-½ Bulmaga,I (2406)-Kashlinskaya,A (2490) Olympiad Women 2024 (4.11)}) ({RR} 9... Kh8 10. h4 f5 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Qe8 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Qg4 Nd4 16. O-O-O c5 17. Rh2 d5 18. Rdh1 Kg8 19. Ne4 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21. Nc3 c4 22. Kd2 Nxc2 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Kxc2 {Bulmaga,I (2406)-Kashlinskaya,A (2490) Budapest HUN 2024 ½-½ (66)}) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. h4 d5 12. Ng3 h6 13. Ng1 Kh8 14. Qg4 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Nh5 Qd7 18. e5 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bxe5 20. f4 Bd6 21. Rg1 Bf8 22. Kf1 Qf7 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qg6 Re7 25. f5 Qxg6 26. Rxg6 e5 27. Re6 Rf7 28. R6xe5 Bd6 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Ng3 Nd7 31. Ra8 Bxg3 32. fxg3 Rxf5+ 33. Kg2 Nf6 34. Rf8 Kg6 35. Re7 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.27"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Svane, Frederik"] [Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2024.09.27"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 a6 ({RR} 6... d6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 6... d6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 a5 9. h3 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O d5 15. Ba2 Qb6 16. c4 Qxb2 17. Bb3 Qc3 18. Rc1 Qd3 19. a4 Na6 20. Re1 Nb4 21. Bf4 {Pranav,A (2555)-Daneshvar,B (2621) Sharjah UAE 2025 0-1}) 7. O-O d6 8. h3 $146 ({RR} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Re1 Qg6 14. f4 Bh3 15. Kf2 Qxg2# {0-1 (15) Eskandari,A-Vatan Khahi,M Chess.com INT 2021}) 8... Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Re1 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Ba2 Re8 14. d4 e4 15. Ng5 d5 16. c4 Bd6 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. Bb1 Nbd7 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bg5 Ne4 23. Be3 f5 24. Qf3 g6 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. g4 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rf8 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Bd2 Re8 31. Re1 Re7 32. Bg5 Re8 33. Re3 Kg7 34. a4 Bb4 35. Bf4 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.27"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Santos Latasa, J."] [Black "Sargissian, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2646"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2024.09.27"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qd7 ({RR} 10... Kh8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nd8 14. Rg1 c6 15. Bb3 Ne6 16. Kh1 f6 17. Nh4 Bf7 18. Nf5 Bd8 19. h4 Bb6 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. c4 Bg8 22. h5 h6 23. Rad1 Bh7 24. Ba2 Ng5 25. Qg3 {Giri,A (2752)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 10... Qc8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Be3 Nd8 13. Ne1 c6 14. Ba2 Ne6 15. Ng2 Qd7 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. Bb3 Bf6 22. Rab1 a5 23. Rf2 a4 24. Ba2 Rc5 25. g5 {Pranesh,M (2674)-Giri,A (2757) Bengaluru IND 2026 1-0 (41)}) 11. Nxe5 $146 ({RR} 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxh5 Qxc2 14. Qxe5 Bf6 15. Qb5 Rad8 16. Bf4 Rxd3 17. Qxb7 Bxb2 18. Ra2 Rb3 19. Qxa7 Qxe4 20. Bxc7 Rb7 21. Qa6 Bxa3 {½-½ (21) Lauterbach,I (2130)-Kunze,K (2160) Dresden 1990}) 11... dxe5 12. Qxh5 Bf6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Bb3 a5 15. a4 g6 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 f5 20. Rff1 Bxb2 21. Bf4 Nc6 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Bg3 Re8 24. Qg4 Be5 25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Re1 Re7 28. Bh4 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 b6 31. c3 Be5 32. d4 Bd6 33. Bc2 Ne7 34. Ke2 Kg7 35. Bb3 h5 36. Kd3 Ng6 37. Ke3 Nf4 38. Kf3 Ng6 39. Bd2 Nh4+ 40. Kf2 Ng6 41. Bd1 h4 42. Bf3 Bg3+ 43. Ke2 Nf4+ 44. Kd1 Kf6 45. Kc2 Ke6 46. Kb3 Kd6 47. Kc4 c6 48. Kb3 Nd3 49. c4 c5 50. Kc3 Ne1 51. dxc5+ 1-0 [Event "45th Olympiad 2024"] [Site "Budapest HUN"] [Date "2024.09.13"] [Round "3.1"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Naiditsch, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2024.09.11"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeamCountry "BUL"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Nd7 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Rfc1 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Qe2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxe5 Bd5 15. c4 Ba8 16. Bxa7 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Rb7 18. Be3 Re8 19. f4 Qd6 20. Ka2 Be7 21. Bc1 Bf8 22. Qc2 {Sevian,S (2688)-Dubnevych,M (2320) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Ng5 d5 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qh5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qd6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bxb5 Nd4 15. Bc4 Rab8 16. Be3 g6 17. Qh4 Nf5 18. Qe4 Ndxe3 19. fxe3 Qb6 20. Bb3 Nxe3 21. Rde1 Nf5 22. Qxe5 {Aravindh,C (2693)-So,W (2754) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (41)}) 8. Ba2 Nb6 9. Ne2 Be6 $146 ({RR} 9... Kh8 10. h4 f5 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Qe8 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Qg4 Nd4 16. O-O-O c5 17. Rh2 d5 18. Rdh1 Kg8 19. Ne4 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21. Nc3 c4 22. Kd2 Nxc2 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Kxc2 {Bulmaga,I (2406)-Kashlinskaya,A (2490) Budapest HUN 2024 ½-½ (66)}) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. h4 d5 12. Ng3 h6 13. Ng1 Kh8 14. Qg4 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Nh5 Qd7 18. e5 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bxe5 20. f4 Bd6 21. Rg1 Bf8 22. Kf1 Qf7 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qg6 Re7 25. f5 Qxg6 26. Rxg6 e5 27. Re6 Rf7 28. R6xe5 Bd6 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Ng3 Nd7 31. Ra8 Bxg3 32. fxg3 Rxf5+ 33. Kg2 Nf6 34. Rf8 Kg6 35. Re7 1-0 [Event "28th Sigeman & Co 2024"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "2024.05.02"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Korobov, A."] [Black "Grandelius, N."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2024.04.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O ({RR} 8. a5 a6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. O-O c5 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bg7 16. c3 Rb8 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Ra4 h5 19. Qa1 Bh6 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Ra3 Rf8 22. Bd5 Ne7 {Caruana,F (2795)-Pranav,V (2641) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (72)}) 8... h6 9. a5 a6 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. a6 bxa6 12. Bxa6 Nb4 13. Bc4 c5 14. Nh2 Nh5 15. Nf1 Nf4 16. Ne2 d5 17. exd5 Nfxd5 18. c3 Nc6 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nc2 Rfd8 22. Be3 Qd5 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. dxc4 {Tetepoulidis,I (2091)-Magkalakis,S (2347) Kalamaria GRE 2026 0-1 (48)}) 10. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Re1 Be6 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 Kh7 16. Qb1 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qd5 18. Qa2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qb5 20. Bf2 Rf6 21. Re2 Rfe6 22. Rde1 Nb4 23. Qb3 Nd5 24. Qa2 Nf4 {Mammadov,Z (2426)-Petriashvili,N (2463) Ankara TUR 2024 0-1 (49)}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Kh7 12. c3 f5 13. Re1 Qf6 14. b4 Ne7 15. Bb3 g5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. d4 e4 18. Nh2 Ng6 19. Ra2 Rae8 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Kh8 23. Rf2 Qd8 24. Qd1 g4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Qf1 Qe7 27. Bd2 Qe4 28. Ne1 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Qf5 30. Qe3 d5 31. Bc2 Qf7 32. Qg3 Bf5 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. Qxc7 Qe4 35. Nf3 Kh7 36. Qxb7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Mamedov, Rau"] [Black "Bartel, Mat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2024.04.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Na5 7. Bb3 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Bf4 c6 $146 ({RR} 13... a6 14. Qf3 c5 15. Nde2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Ng3 b5 18. Nf5 Re6 19. Re3 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Bb5 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. Nxd6 Qxb2 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. d6 Qf6 28. Bg3 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2761)-Keymer,V (2776) Doha QAT 2025 0-1 (40)}) 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Qg3 Qf6 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. f4 Bd7 20. Nf3 d5 21. e5 Bc5+ 22. Kh2 Qe7 23. Na4 b6 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. e6 Bxe6 26. f5 Qf6 27. fxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Be3 e5 31. Bxc5 Re8 32. Bd4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.09"] [Round "11"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2024.04.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. b4 g5 7. d4 $146 ({RR} 7. a4 Bg7 8. a5 a6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Qb3 g4 12. N3d2 h5 13. Ne3 Bh6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. b5 Nbd7 17. O-O Nc5 18. Qc2 O-O 19. d4 Ncd7 20. Qf5 e4 21. Re1 Rfe8 {Goryachkina,A (2553)-Bambino Filho,A (2169) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) ({RR} 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Nf1 a5 10. b5 a4 11. Qc2 Na5 12. Qxa4 O-O 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. O-O Qe8 15. Rb1 Qb8 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Be6 18. Nfd2 Qa7 19. b6 cxb6 20. Nxb6 Rad8 21. c4 Nh5 {Maghsoodloo,P (2676)-Alonso Rosell,A (2554) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (95)}) ({RR} 7. a4 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Re1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qd7 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Re3 a6 16. Nf1 Nh5 17. h3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Ree1 Nf4 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. Rad1 b5 {Sevian,S (2688)-Levitan,C (2250) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (67)}) 7... exd4 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bd3 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Ba6 Ng6 17. Be3 Re8 18. Rc1 Rb6 19. Nd2 Rbe6 20. Nc4 Qd5 21. Na5 Nh4 22. Bb7 Qxb5 23. Rc5 Qd3 24. Rxc7 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bd3 27. Rc3 Bxf1 28. Rxe3 Bxg2+ 29. Bxg2 Rxe3 30. Nc4 Rc3 31. Bf1 Nf5 32. d5 1-0 [Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "2024.09.08"] [Round "2.27"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2024.09.06"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Re1 a6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. h3 h6 9. Nc3 Re8 10. a5 Bf8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Bf4 c6 15. Bf1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. c4 Be6 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Bd6 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 {Navara,D (2676)-Ivanchuk,V (2678) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (41)}) 8... Re8 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qc4+ Kh8 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Be3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Re2 Qh4 18. h3 Nxf2 19. Nd5 Qg3 20. Re3 Nxh3+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Qh4 23. Kf1 {Sriansh Das (2340)-Duarte Cramer,L (1828) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 9. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 9. h3 Bf8 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxe6 {½-½ (11) Shaposhnikov,E (2538)-Lastin,A (2610) Voronezh 2006}) 9... Rf8 10. Nf3 h6 11. Nd5 Re8 12. a5 Bf8 13. c3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf5 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qb3 Qc8 21. Bd2 Bg7 22. Re1 Rb8 23. g4 b6 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Qc2 Bh3 26. Qa4 bxa5 27. Bc1 Kh7 28. Qh4 Bf6 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qf4 Kg7 31. Bf1 Bf5 32. Nd4 Bxd4 33. Qxd4+ Kg8 34. Bh6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Kuzubov, Y."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2024.04.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Bxe6 ({RR} 8. Nd5 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. c4 g6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. b5 Ne7 16. Rc1 f5 17. a4 Kh7 18. a5 a6 19. Bd2 Rf8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. c5 d5 22. c6 fxe4 {Firouzja,A (2777)-So,W (2753) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (35)}) 8... fxe6 9. Ne2 ({RR} 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qc4+ Kh8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 c6 15. Qd3 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Be3 d4 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Rae1 Bf6 20. b4 Rac8 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Qc6 23. Rc1 Qc4 {Albrecht,N (2344)-Sakhayi,M (2166) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (48)}) 9... Qe8 $146 ({RR} 9... a5 10. Ng3 Qd7 11. Ng5 d5 12. Nh5 h6 13. Nh3 Qe8 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. f3 Qg6 16. Kh1 Raf8 17. Be3 Qh5 18. Ng1 Rg6 19. g4 Qh4 20. Bf2 Qf6 21. h4 Qf7 22. h5 Rf6 23. c3 g6 24. Bh4 {Akkok,D (1834)-Demircin,K (1950) Manavgat 2016 1-0 (60)}) 10. Ng3 Nh5 11. c3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Qd7 13. b4 Bf6 14. g4 g6 15. g5 Bg7 16. Be3 Ne7 17. a4 Rf7 18. Qc2 d5 19. b5 c6 20. c4 d4 21. Bf2 c5 22. Bg3 Qd6 23. a5 Raf8 24. a6 b6 25. Qe2 Nc8 26. h4 Ne7 27. Qd2 Qc7 28. Rf2 Qd6 29. Raf1 Qc7 30. Bh2 Nc8 31. g4 Ne7 32. Kg2 Bh8 33. Kh3 Qd6 34. Bg3 Qc7 35. h5 Qd6 36. h6 Qc7 37. Kg2 Nc8 38. Qe2 Qd6 39. Re1 Qc7 40. Qf1 Qd6 41. Qh1 Qc7 42. Ref1 Rf4 43. Kh3 Nd6 44. Bxf4 exf4 45. e5 Nf7 46. Re2 Qe7 47. Kg2 Qc7 48. Kf2 Bxe5 49. Rfe1 Bd6 50. Rxe6 Qd7 51. Kg2 Nxg5 52. Nxg5 f3+ 53. Nxf3 Rf4 54. Re8+ Bf8 55. Kf2 Qxg4 56. R8e4 Qf5 57. Rxf4 Qxf4 58. Re4 Qf5 59. Kg2 g5 60. Qh3 Qf7 61. Qe6 Bxh6 62. Qxf7+ Kxf7 63. Ne5+ Kf6 64. Nc6 Kf5 65. Nxa7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 30th Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2024.04.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g5 7. Nbd2 ({RR} 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. a5 O-O 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 a6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Bb3 Kh7 13. Nc4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ne3 Bg6 16. c3 Qd7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Be3 Rae8 21. Qd2 c6 {Svidler,P (2723)-Oparin,G (2652) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (53)}) 7... Bg7 8. c3 Nh5 $146 ({RR} 8... g4 9. Ne1 Be6 10. f4 gxf3 11. Nexf3 Qd7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Rf7 16. Qe2 Raf8 17. h3 Nf6 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nh5 20. Qf2 Nxd4 21. Qh4 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 {Nilsson,E (2069)-Pantzar,M (2418) Vaxjo 2020 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. b4 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Be3 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Be6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Ng3 Bg4 18. Bc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qh3 20. Kh1 Nh4 21. Rg1 Nxf3 22. Rg2 Nh4 23. Rgg1 {Cruceru-Uceanu,T (2073)-Cnejev,V (2419) Bucharest ROU 2026 0-1}) 9. b4 Nf4 10. g3 Ng6 11. Ne1 h5 12. Ng2 h4 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Ne3 g4 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Ng5 Bxc4 18. dxc4 O-O-O 19. Qxg4+ Kb8 20. Qf5 Qg7 21. Qxf7 Rdg8 22. Qxg7 Rxg7 23. Be3 Nd8 24. c5 dxc5 25. bxc5 Nc6 26. Rad1 Kc8 27. Rd3 b6 28. cxb6 axb6 29. c4 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. f4 c5 32. Rb1 hxg3 33. hxg3 Ne5 34. fxe5 Rxg5 35. Rxb6 Rxe5 36. Rdb3 Rhe8 37. a5 Rxe4 38. a6 Re1+ 39. Kg2 R8e2+ 40. Kh3 Ra2 41. Rb8+ Kc7 42. R8b7+ Kc6 43. R3b6# 1-0 [Event "13th Norway Chess 2025"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2025.05.28"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Gukesh, D.."] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Crowther,Mark"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2025.05.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} c5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Na3 {White has an edge.} h6 11. c3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} b6 ({RR} 13... cxb4 14. cxb4 Qd7 15. Nc4 Nd8 16. b5 Nf7 17. Qb3 Nh5 18. Rac1 Nh8 19. d4 Ng6 20. b6 Kh8 21. bxa7 Rxa7 22. a5 Bf6 23. Bb4 exd4 24. e5 Bd8 25. Bxd6 {1-0 (25) Bocharov,D (2540)-Mamedov,E (2464) Aktobe KAZ 2026}) 14. Nc4 Qe8 $146 (14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nf7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rcd1 Nh8 {1-0 Demchenko,A (2615)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) EU-ch 16th Jerusalem 2015 (11)}) ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nf7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rcd1 Nh8 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. Rd3 Ng6 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe2 Rf8 27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Qh3 Rxf3 29. Qxg4 {Demchenko,A (2615)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) Jerusalem 2015 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nf7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rcd1 Nh8 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. Rd3 Ng6 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe2 Rf8 27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Qh3 Rxf3 29. Qxg4 {Demchenko,A (2615)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) Jerusalem 2015 1-0 (44)}) 15. b5 Nd8 16. d4 {[%eval 32,26] [%wdl 56,940,4] White is more active.} ({White should play} 16. Qb3 $16 {[%eval 87,24] [%wdl 371,629,0]}) 16... exd4 $14 17. cxd4 cxd4 {aiming for ...e5.} 18. Bb4 Nxe4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender, Decoy} 19. Rxe4 d5 {[%csl Bb4,Bc4,Be4]} 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxd4 dxc4 22. Ne5 (22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Rdxc4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Nb7 25. Ne5) 22... Qg5 {[%eval 75,23] [%wdl 203,797,0] [#] Inhibits Ng6.} (22... Rf5 $11 {[%eval 18,22] [%wdl 11,987,2]} 23. Nxc4 Nf7) 23. Nxc4 {[%eval 5,25] [%wdl 5,992,3]} (23. Qe2 $1 $16 {[%eval 75,23] [%wdl 203,797,0]}) 23... Nb7 $11 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Rad1 Rf4 26. a5 (26. Rxf4 {simplifies} Qxf4 27. g3 Qf5 28. a5) 26... bxa5 27. Nxa5 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 {and Nc6 should not be overlooked} Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQN-KQN} 30. Nc6 {[%csl Ba7,Bd8]} Qd7 {[%CAl Oa7a6] With a draw offer which Gukesh turned down.} 31. h4 {[%eval 113,21] [%wdl 681,319,0]} (31. h3 $14 {[%eval 68,30] [%wdl 138,862,0] might be stronger.}) 31... Qd6 $2 {[%eval 368,18] [%wdl 1000,0,0][%mdl 8192] The losing move.} (31... Na4 $16 {[%eval 113,21] [%wdl 681,319,0]} 32. Qe5 Nb6) 32. Nxa7 $18 Nd3 33. Nc6 Kh8 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. g3 Nc5 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. Qf4 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Qf7 Nd3 {[%eval 32700,45] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (39... Qf5 $18 {[%eval 511,19] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 40. Qxf5+ exf5) 40. Ne7 {[%csl Ge7][%CAl Rf7g8]} Qd8 41. Qxe6 {Intending b6 and mate.} Nxf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.40} 42. Qf5+ 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.05.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2621"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2025.05.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Ba2 ({RR} 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 7. Be3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a6 10. h3 Qd7 11. Qd3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Nb4 14. Qc4 Nxc2+ 15. Qxc2 Qxb5 16. Nf3 Rfb8 17. Ra2 d5 18. Nxe5 Nxe4 19. Nc6 Re8 20. a4 Bb4+ 21. Kd1 Qb7 {Aravindh,C (2689)-Niemann,H (2735) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (38)}) 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 $146 ({RR} 8... Bh5 9. Be3 Re8 10. O-O Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qd2 Bh4 13. Kg2 Qf6 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Bg5 Qxg5 16. Qxg5 {1-0 (16) Delmarko,D (1695)-Egger,C Wattens 1997}) ({RR} 8... Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Kh8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nf5 Bh4 13. Qd2 Bxf5 14. gxf5 Nd4 15. O-O-O c6 16. f4 b5 17. Qg2 a5 18. Ne2 c5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Rhg1 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 a4 22. Qh5 Qe7 23. Rg4 {Mihelj,E (1500)-Ursic,M (1728) Nova Gorica 2007 0-1 (34)}) 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. O-O Ne6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. d4 Qb6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qc1 Bc5 20. Re2 a5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. Qb2 Be7 25. Qxb7 Qa2 26. Kh2 Rd7 27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. Rxb3 Rd1 29. Rb7 Rd7 30. Rb6 Rc8 31. Nf1 Bc5 32. Rb3 Rd1 33. Nd2 Ra8 34. Nf3 Nh5 35. g3 Bd6 36. Rb7 Rb8 37. Rd7 Rbb1 38. Rd2 1-0 [Event "13th Norway Chess 2025"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2025.05.28"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Gukesh, D.."] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Crowther,Mark"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2025.05.26"] {[%evp 0,83,19,26,26,31,30,30,30,-15,22,14,23,-4,1,-6,7,10,43,29,32,33,31,37,25,15,24,14,23,23,45,60,60,59,43,48,67,67,59,59,62,59,49,47,40,31,23,15,26,37,19,1,34,15,55,4,58,58,27,75,51,56,97,118,172,162,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,179,201,200,218,218,308,200,531,482,475,609,718,981]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} c5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Na3 {White has an edge.} h6 11. c3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} b6 ({RR} 13... cxb4 14. cxb4 Qd7 15. Nc4 Nd8 16. b5 Nf7 17. Qb3 Nh5 18. Rac1 Nh8 19. d4 Ng6 20. b6 Kh8 21. bxa7 Rxa7 22. a5 Bf6 23. Bb4 exd4 24. e5 Bd8 25. Bxd6 {1-0 (25) Bocharov,D (2540)-Mamedov,E (2464) Aktobe KAZ 2026}) 14. Nc4 Qe8 $146 (14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nf7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rcd1 Nh8 {1-0 Demchenko,A (2615)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) EU-ch 16th Jerusalem 2015 (11)}) ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nf7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rcd1 Nh8 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. Rd3 Ng6 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe2 Rf8 27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Qh3 Rxf3 29. Qxg4 {Demchenko,A (2615)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) Jerusalem 2015 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nf7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rcd1 Nh8 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. Rd3 Ng6 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe2 Rf8 27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Qh3 Rxf3 29. Qxg4 {Demchenko,A (2615)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) Jerusalem 2015 1-0 (44)}) 15. b5 Nd8 16. d4 {[%eval 32,26] [%wdl 56,940,4] White is more active.} ({White should play} 16. Qb3 $16 {[%eval 87,24] [%wdl 371,629,0]}) 16... exd4 $14 17. cxd4 cxd4 {aiming for ...e5.} 18. Bb4 Nxe4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender, Decoy} 19. Rxe4 d5 {[%csl Bb4,Bc4,Be4]} 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxd4 dxc4 22. Ne5 (22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Rdxc4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Nb7 25. Ne5) 22... Qg5 {[%eval 75,23] [%wdl 203,797,0] [#] Inhibits Ng6.} (22... Rf5 $11 {[%eval 18,22] [%wdl 11,987,2]} 23. Nxc4 Nf7) 23. Nxc4 {[%eval 5,25] [%wdl 5,992,3]} (23. Qe2 $1 $16 {[%eval 75,23] [%wdl 203,797,0]}) 23... Nb7 $11 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Rad1 Rf4 26. a5 (26. Rxf4 {simplifies} Qxf4 27. g3 Qf5 28. a5) 26... bxa5 27. Nxa5 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 {and Nc6 should not be overlooked} Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQN-KQN} 30. Nc6 {[%csl Ba7,Bd8]} Qd7 {[%CAl Oa7a6] With a draw offer which Gukesh turned down.} 31. h4 {[%eval 113,21] [%wdl 681,319,0]} (31. h3 $14 {[%eval 68,30] [%wdl 138,862,0] might be stronger.}) 31... Qd6 $2 {[%eval 368,18] [%wdl 1000,0,0][%mdl 8192] The losing move.} (31... Na4 $16 {[%eval 113,21] [%wdl 681,319,0]} 32. Qe5 Nb6) 32. Nxa7 $18 Nd3 33. Nc6 Kh8 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. g3 Nc5 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. Qf4 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Qf7 Nd3 {[%eval 32700,45] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (39... Qf5 $18 {[%eval 511,19] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 40. Qxf5+ exf5) 40. Ne7 {[%csl Ge7][%CAl Rf7g8]} Qd8 41. Qxe6 {Intending b6 and mate.} Nxf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.40} 42. Qf5+ {PRECISÃO LICHESS: BRANCAS 96% PRETAS 89% PRECISÃO CHESS.COM: BRANCAS 93.7% PRETAS 85.5%} 1-0 [Event "96th ch-GER Masters 2025"] [Site "Munich GER"] [Date "2025.05.21"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Svane, Frederik"] [Black "Huschenbeth, N."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "199"] [EventDate "2025.05.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 f6 8. a3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 Nb6 ({RR} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. Be6 Qd6 14. Bf5 Rd8 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Qe4 g6 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Nc6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Nh4 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Nf3 Kg7 23. Nd2 b6 24. Nc4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 {Aronian,L (2738)-So,W (2751) Saint Louis USA 2024 ½-½ (40)}) 11. Ba2 Bf7 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 13. Be3 Qd7 14. b4 Rhe8 15. Ne4 Rad8 16. b5 Na5 17. Qb1 Nc8 18. Bd2 b6 19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. d4 Kg8 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Qd5 23. Nc6 Rd7 24. c4 Qf5 25. Qb3 Rf8 26. Ra2 Kh8 27. Rae2 Bc5 {Caruana,F (2805)-Can,I (2508) Charlotte USA 2024 1-0}) 13... Re8 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Nb5 Nd4 17. Nbxd4 exd4 18. Nd2 Qd5 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Nf3 g6 22. Qh6 Qd6 23. Re2 Bf8 24. Qd2 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 h6 26. Re1 b5 27. h4 c6 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. h5 g5 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 f4 32. Re4 Bc5 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Ne5+ Kg7 35. Kf3 Bf8 36. Kg4 Kf6 37. Nf3 c5 38. Re2 b6 39. Nd2 Ra8 40. g3 fxg3 41. fxg3 Be7 42. Ne4+ Kf7 43. Kf5 b4 44. axb4 cxb4 45. Ke5 Ra5+ 46. Kxd4 g4 47. Rf2+ Ke6 48. Rf4 Rxh5 49. Rxg4 Rh2 50. Rg6+ Kd7 51. Rxb6 Rxc2 52. b3 h5 53. Kd5 Kc7 54. Ra6 h4 55. Ra7+ Kd8 56. gxh4 Bxh4 57. d4 Be7 58. Ra8+ Kc7 59. Rh8 Rb2 60. Rh3 Rc2 61. Rh7 Kd8 62. Ke5 Re2 63. Rh3 Kd7 64. d5 Bc5 65. Rh7+ Kc8 66. Kf5 Bd4 67. d6 Re3 68. Rc7+ Kd8 69. Ng5 Re5+ 70. Kf4 Rxg5 71. Kxg5 Be5 72. Kf5 Bxd6 73. Rh7 Bg3 74. Rh1 Kc7 75. Ke4 Kc6 76. Kd4 Kb5 77. Rf1 Bh4 78. Kd5 Bg5 79. Rf8 Bd2 80. Rb8+ Ka6 81. Kc6 Ka7 82. Rb7+ Ka6 83. Rh7 Bc3 84. Re7 Bd4 85. Re2 Ka7 86. Ra2+ Kb8 87. Rd2 Bc3 88. Rd7 Kc8 89. Rd3 Kb8 90. Kb6 Kc8 91. Rd1 Be5 92. Rf1 Bd4+ 93. Kc6 Kb8 94. Rf7 Bc3 95. Rb7+ Kc8 96. Rb5 Bd2 97. Re5 Kb8 98. Kb6 Kc8 99. Rc5+ Kb8 100. Rd5 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.05.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Murzin, Volodar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2658"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2025.05.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. d4 Nbxd5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 c6 13. a5 Qc7 14. Nd3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Bb3 ({RR} 17. Kg2 a6 18. Bb3 Ne4 19. Ra4 Ndf6 20. Re1 Nc5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Bg5 Qe5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rf4 Qxb2 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Bg6+ Ke7 28. Re4+ Kd6 29. Bxe8 Qxc2 30. Qf4+ Kd5 31. Qe5# {1-0 (31) Gokerkan,C (2497)-Khanbutaev,A (2165) chess.com INT 2026}) 17... Ne4 $146 ({RR} 17... a6 18. Ra4 Qe7 19. Kg2 Qe2 20. Qf5 g6 21. Qh3 Ne3+ 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Kg1 Re4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Rd1 Bc7 28. Re1 Nd6 29. Ra1 Ne4 30. Kf1 Rxd3 31. cxd3 Nd2+ 32. Ke2 {Pranesh,M (2572)-Aaditya,D (2390) Marwadi University, Gujarat 2025 0-1 (53)}) 18. Ra4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. h4 Re6 21. Kg2 Rf6 22. Qe2 Re6 23. Qf3 Rf6 24. Qh5 Rg6 25. Bg5 Re8 26. Qf3 h6 27. Bd2 Rf6 28. Qd3 b5 29. axb6 Bxb6 30. Re4 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Qd7 32. Bc4 Re6 33. Qf5 Qd6 34. h5 Qc5 35. b3 Qd4 36. Bd3 Nf6 37. Rh1 Qd5+ 38. Qxd5 cxd5 39. Bf4 Re8 40. f3 Rd8 41. g4 d4 42. Bd2 Nd5 43. f4 Ne3+ 44. Kf3 Nd5 45. g5 Ne3 46. gxh6 gxh6 47. Bb4 Nd5 48. Rg1+ Kh8 49. Ba3 Rg8 50. Re1 Rd8 51. Re5 Kg7 52. Be4 Nf6 53. Be7 Rg8 54. Bd3 Bd8 55. Bd6 Bb6 56. Rf5 Ne8 57. Ba3 Nf6 58. Be7 Nh7 59. Bc4 Kh8 60. Bxf7 Rg1 61. Bd6 Rf1+ 62. Ke2 1-0 [Event "American Cup Champ"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.03.18"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Aronian, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2025.03.15"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Ba2 ({RR} 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 b5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Re8 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. O-O Rxe4 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Re7 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 0-1 (60)}) 7... Be6 8. Nd5 a5 9. Be3 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 9... a4 10. h3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. c4 d5 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Rc2 Ra7 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Nb1 Nf8 21. Nc3 Ne6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. f4 Qb6 24. Kh1 {Caruana,F (2783)-Aronian,L (2748) Saint Louis USA 2025 ½-½ (56)}) ({RR} 9... Qd7 10. c3 a4 11. Ng5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. h3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O d5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qb7 18. Qc2 Nh5 19. d4 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Ng3 21. Rf3 Ne4 22. Bf4 Nd7 23. Raf1 Ra6 24. Bb1 {Garde,G (2182)-Durand-Benmoussa,R (2100) Purtichju FRA 2026 1-0 (34)}) 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. h4 Bg4 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Ng5 a4 14. f3 Bd7 15. O-O-O Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. f4 Bg4 18. Rde1 h5 19. Kb1 Ra6 20. Rhf1 Kh8 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nxf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxf7 Bxh4 24. Bc4 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Rb6 26. Ka1 Kh7 27. Rxe5 Qh4 28. Re8 Rf6 29. Bg8+ Kg6 30. Bd5 Qg3 31. Be4+ Bf5 32. Re5 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 c5 34. Ka2 b6 35. Qe2 Qg4 36. Qf2 Qf5 37. Qg3+ Kh7 38. Qh4 Rg6 39. Re5 Qf7+ 40. Kb1 Rh6 41. g3 Qg6 42. Rg5 Qe8 43. Qh1 Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kh8 45. Re5 Qg8 46. Qe4 Rf6 47. Rxh5+ Rh6 48. Re5 Rf6 49. Re8 1-0 [Event "TechM GCL 2024"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2024.10.06"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Dardha, Daniel"] [Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2024.10.03"] [EventType "team"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine Sg Pipers"] [BlackTeam "American Gambits"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nc3 Bxc4 ({RR} 8... Qd7 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. c4 a5 13. Qe2 f5 14. Bd2 c5 15. b3 Bf6 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Rae1 g5 18. Nh2 Qf7 19. f3 h5 20. g4 Kg7 21. Kg2 Rh8 22. Rh1 b5 23. axb5 {Shilon Rahav,E (2317)-Sai,K (2454) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (36)}) 9. dxc4 a5 10. Re1 Qe8 $146 ({RR} 10... b6 11. Be3 Nb8 12. Nd2 Na6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bg5 15. Ra3 Kh8 16. Nf1 g6 17. Qe2 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nc5 19. b3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ng3 Rf4 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Qf6 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qe3 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2771)-Dubov,D (2710) Amsterdam NED 2023 1-0 (79)}) 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Be3 b6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. c3 Ncb8 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nbd7 17. Nh2 c6 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. f3 Nh5 20. Red1 Qe6 21. b4 Nd7 22. Be1 g6 23. Nhg4 Bg5 24. h4 Bf4 25. Nf1 f5 26. Nge3 Bh6 27. b5 Rac8 28. Qd3 Rf6 29. bxc6 Nc5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Qd5 Bxe3+ 32. Nxe3 f4 33. Ng4 Rg6 34. Bf2 Ng7 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Rab1 h5 37. Nf2 Nf5 38. Qxe6+ Rxe6 39. Rb6 Ne3 40. Rdb1 Re7 41. Rb7 Kf7 42. Rxe7+ Kxe7 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Rh7 Nxc4 45. Rxh5 Rxc6 46. Ne4 Rb6 47. Rh8 Kf7 48. Rd8 Ke7 49. Ra8 d5 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Nxc5 Rh6 52. Rd7 Ne3 53. Nd3 Ke8 54. Ra7 Nc4 55. Rg7 Rxh4 56. Rg5 e4 57. Ne1 e3 58. Rxd5 Rh6 59. Rd4 Rc6 60. Re4+ Kd7 61. Rxf4 Nd2 62. Rd4+ Ke6 63. Rd3 Nc4 64. Nc2 Kf5 65. Nd4+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 8th Oct Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.10.08"] [Round "10"] [White "Svane, Frederik"] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2024.10.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g5 7. a5 Bg7 8. a6 b6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. h3 $146 ({RR} 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 Ng6 15. g3 h5 16. f3 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Qh3 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 c6 20. b4 Ng4 21. b5 Ne7 22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Nb5 Rfd8 24. Nxg4 hxg4 25. Ba3 Bf8 26. Rf5 Be7 27. Raf1 f6 {Moreno Martin-Viveros,A (2136)-Toquero Gracia,P (2014) Barcelona ESP 2025 1-0 (46)}) 13... c6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. f4 Rac8 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. fxg5 Rcd8 21. Be3 Bxe5 22. Ne2 Nd5 23. Bd4 Qe6 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qd4 Qxd4+ 26. Nxd4 Ne3 27. Nc6 Nxf1 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxf1 hxg5 30. Rf5 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kg3 Rxb2 33. Rxg5+ Kf8 34. Re5 Re2 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5 Kf6 37. Rd5 Ra2 38. Rd6+ Kg7 39. Kf4 Rxa6 40. Kxe4 Ra4+ 41. Kf3 Rb4 42. g4 a5 43. g5 Rb5 44. Kf4 a4 45. Rd7 a3 46. g6 a2 47. Rxf7+ Kg8 48. h6 Rh5 49. Ra7 Ra5 50. Rg7+ 1-0 [Event "American Cup Elim"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.03.21"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Aronian, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2025.03.17"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 h6 8. Re1 Nh7 9. Nbd2 Ng5 ({RR} 9... Kh8 10. d4 Ng5 11. h3 Bf6 12. Nxg5 Bxg5 13. Nf3 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Qf6 15. Re3 Rb8 16. d5 Ne7 17. c4 b6 18. Bc2 Ng6 19. Ne1 a5 20. a3 Nf4 21. b4 g5 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Qd2 g4 24. hxg4 {Bhagat Kush (2362)-Kavinda,A (2071) Mumbai IND 2026 ½-½ (40)}) 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. Nf1 Kh7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Be6 13. Ng3 Qf6 14. Ba4 Ne7 15. d4 Rad8 16. d5 Bc8 17. c4 Ng6 18. b4 Qg5 19. Rc3 Nf4 20. Ree3 h5 21. Qf1 h4 22. Ne2 Nh5 23. Bc2 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qb1 Bxc2 26. Qxc2 {Wagener,C (2210)-Green,P (2239) Istanbul 2000 ½-½ (54)}) ({RR} 11... Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Be6 13. Ne3 Re8 14. Rf1 Qg5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nd8 17. g3 c6 18. Bb3 Ne6 19. Kh1 Nc5 20. f4 Qe7 21. Bc2 Rad8 22. b4 Nd7 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. Rce1 a5 25. bxa5 Ra8 26. fxe5 {Asrian,K (2621)-Riazantsev,A (2628) France 2008 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 11... Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Qf6 13. Ne3 Ne7 {½-½ (13) Buljovcic,I (2410)-Kelecevic,N (2400) Arandjelovac 1981}) 12. d4 Bf6 13. Be3 g6 14. Qd2 Bg7 15. f4 Na5 16. Ng3 b6 17. f5 Ba6 18. Qf2 Qh4 19. d5 Rac8 20. Bc2 c6 21. dxc6 Nc4 22. Bc1 Rxc6 23. b3 Na5 24. c4 Rc7 25. Be3 Nc6 26. Bd3 Nd4 27. Rf1 b5 28. Bxd4 bxc4 29. Bxa7 cxd3 30. Qb6 Qd8 31. Qxa6 Qa8 32. Qxd3 Qxa7+ 33. Kh1 Rfc8 34. Ne2 d5 35. fxg6+ fxg6 36. Qxd5 Rd7 37. Qe6 Rc2 38. Ng1 Re7 39. Qh3 Rxa2 40. Nf3 Bf6 41. Rad1 Qa6 42. Qg3 Qb5 43. h4 Qc6 44. Rd5 Qe6 45. Rfd1 Bg7 46. Rd6 Qf7 47. Rf1 Qe8 48. Qg4 Rc2 49. b4 Rc6 50. Rfd1 Rxd6 51. Rxd6 Rb7 52. h5 gxh5 53. Qf5+ Kg8 54. Nh4 Rxb4 55. Ng6 Rb7 56. Qxh5 Rf7 57. Kh2 Rf6 58. Rxf6 Bxf6 59. Qxh6 Qd7 60. Qf8+ Kh7 61. Qxf6 1-0 [Event "Niemann-Dubov Levitov m"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2025.03.08"] [Round "15.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2025.03.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. b3 Nh7 10. Nf1 $146 ({RR} 10. c3 Ng5 11. Ra2 a5 12. h3 Kh8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Ne6 16. Nb5 Bg5 17. Qg4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Qg3 Nf4 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. Rad2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2738) Endgame.AI INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 10. h3 Ng5 11. Nf1 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bc3 a5 16. Bd5 Bd7 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. f4 Bg7 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. d4 Bg7 22. Rad1 Nd8 23. e5 c6 24. Bc4 d5 {Zemlyanskii,I (2563)-Giri,A (2738) Sharjah UAE 2025 0-1 (39)}) 10... Ng5 11. Bxg5 Bxg5 12. g3 h5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. h4 Qh6 15. Ne3 g6 16. c3 Qg7 17. a5 a6 18. b4 Ne7 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 d5 22. Ne5 Rad8 23. Qc2 dxe4 24. Qxc7 f6 25. Nd3 Nc6 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rxe4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. Nc5 Rf7 30. Kg2 Re7 31. Rc1 Kf7 32. Rc4 Ne6 33. Na4 Rd7 34. Kf3 f5 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. Rc8 Rd1 37. Rb8 Ra1 38. Nc3 f4+ 39. gxf4 Ra3 40. Kd2 Nxf4 41. Rxb7 g5 42. Ne4+ Kf5 43. Nxg5 Ra2+ 44. Kc3 Rxf2 45. b5 axb5 46. a6 Ra2 47. a7 Kg4 48. Kb3 Ra1 49. Ne4 Nd3 50. Kc3 Ra3+ 51. Kd2 Kxh4 52. Nd6 Nc5 53. Rc7 b4 54. Nb5 Ra2+ 55. Kd1 Ne4 56. Rc4 b3 57. Rxe4+ Kg3 58. Re3+ Kg2 59. Rxb3 h4 60. Ra3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 15th Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.04.15"] [Round "7"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2025.04.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a6 ({RR} 7... a5 8. Re1 Be6 ({RR} 8... h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Ne2 Bf8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. c3 Ne7 14. d4 Bxb5 15. axb5 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. c4 c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20. Qa4 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bd2 Ndf4 23. Qb5) 9. Nd5 h6 10. c3 Re8 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Be3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Qxb7 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Rexc8 18. Be3 Nexd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Bb3 c5 ({RR} 20... Rab8 21. Bc2 g6 22. Rad1 Bg7 23. c4 Ra8 24. b3 Nbd7 25. d4 exd4 26. Nxd4 Nc5) 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 {Firouzja,A (2766)-Carlsen,M (2839) Zagreb 2025 0-1 (45)}) 8. Re1 Nb4 $146 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Kg2 Nd8 15. a5 c6 16. Bb3 Ne6 17. Qd2 Bd8 18. Ng1 Bc7 19. Qb4 Qc8 20. Ne2 h5 21. f3 c5 22. Qd2 Qd8 23. Bd5 {Aarav,D (2366)-Orshonova,E (1948) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 8... Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 g6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. c3 Bg4 15. Qe3 Kg7 16. Reb1 Rc8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Qd2 h6 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Bg5 21. Qe2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rd1 {Anisimov,P (2506)-Brenjo,S (2386) Petrovac MNE 2026 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Kg2 Nd8 15. a5 c6 16. Bb3 Ne6 17. Qd2 Bd8 18. Ng1 Bc7 19. Qb4 Qc8 20. Ne2 h5 21. f3 c5 22. Qd2 Qd8 23. Bd5 {Aarav,D (2366)-Orshonova,E (1948) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (46)}) 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. c3 Nc6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 h6 14. h3 Qd7 15. Rb1 Nd8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. Bd2 c6 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 d5 23. e5 Nd7 24. Ra6 Rf7 25. Ne1 Nb8 26. Ra8 Nd7 27. Ra6 Nb8 28. Ra1 Nd7 29. Nd3 Nb6 30. Nf4 Nc4 31. Bc1 Qd7 32. Ngh5 Nb6 33. Qg3 Bg5 34. h4 Bxf4 35. Bxf4 Kh7 36. Qd3+ Kh8 37. Qg6 Qe7 38. Ra6 Nd7 39. Ra8 Nf8 40. Qg4 Kh7 41. Ng3 Ng6 42. Be3 Nxh4 43. Nh5 Ng6 44. Qh3 Kg8 45. Bd2 Rf8 46. Nxg7 Qxg7 47. Bxh6 Qb7 48. Ra3 Rf5 49. g4 Rf7 50. Qh5 Nf8 51. Qg5+ Rg7 52. Bxg7 Qxg7 53. Qxd8 Qxg4+ 54. Rg3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 25th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.02.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2025.02.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Bb6 9. h3 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. d4 c6 14. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 14... Bc7 15. Bc2 b5 16. a4 Rb8 17. Be3 Re8 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. b4 Ra8 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bd3 Reb8 22. d5 Bd7 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. g4 a4 25. Kh2 Bb6 26. Rg1 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Ne7 29. Rg2 {Bakhrillaev,B (2427)-Nurgaliyeva,Z (2302) Abu Dhabi UAE 2026 0-1 (48)}) 15. Be3 a4 16. a3 $146 ({RR} 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. Qc2 exd4 19. N5xd4 Bd7 20. Rad1 Bc7 21. b4 c5 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rxe4 24. Bd3 Ree8 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6 cxb4 27. cxb4 Qf7 28. Qc2 Re4 29. Bd4 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Nd5 {Drygalov,A (2431)-Aradhya,G (2400) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (50)}) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 Bb3 18. Qc1 Ba5 19. Re2 Be6 20. Qc2 Bb3 21. Qc1 Be6 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Qa5 24. Rc1 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Nf4 26. Bb1 Bb3 27. Re1 Rad8 28. Nf5 h5 29. g3 Ne6 30. e5 dxe5 31. dxe5 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Nd5 33. Nxb3 axb3 34. Be4 Nb6 35. Nd6 Re7 36. Re3 Nd4 37. f4 Na4 38. Nf5 Nxf5 39. Bxf5 Nc5 40. Kf2 g6 41. Bd3 Rd7 42. Ke2 Rd4 43. h4 Kf8 44. Kd2 Na4 45. Re4 Rxe4 46. Bxe4 Nxb2 47. Kc3 Na4+ 48. Kb4 Nb6 49. Kxb3 Ke7 50. Kb4 Nd7 51. a4 Ke6 52. a5 Nb8 53. Kc4 Ke7 54. Kc5 Nd7+ 55. Kd4 Nb8 56. Bg2 Na6 57. Bf1 Nb8 58. Be2 Nd7 59. g4 f6 60. gxh5 gxh5 61. Bxh5 fxe5+ 62. fxe5 c5+ 63. Kd5 c4 64. Bg6 c3 65. h5 Nf8 66. Bc2 Ne6 67. h6 Nf4+ 68. Kc5 Kf7 69. h7 Kg7 70. Kb6 Ne6 71. Kxb7 Nd4 72. Bd3 Nb3 73. Kb6 Nc1 74. Bf5 1-0 [Event "Niemann-Dubov Levitov m"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2025.03.08"] [Round "13.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2025.03.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. b4 Bf8 12. Ne3 d5 13. b5 Nd4 14. exd5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 e4 16. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Red1 Bc5 18. Be1 Qg5 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Rd3 Rxd5 21. h4 Qf5 22. Rad1 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Nd6 25. Ne3 f5 26. Ba5 f4 27. Ng4 h5 28. Bxc7 hxg4 29. Bxd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 gxf3 {Niemann,H (2734)-Dubov,D (2701) Moscow RUS 2025 0-1 (62)}) 16... Bc5 17. Rad1 Bxe3 18. fxe3 exd3 19. cxd3 Nxd5 20. e4 Ne7 21. Bc3 Ng6 22. Rf1 Qd7 23. Rf3 Kh7 24. e5 Qd5 25. d4 f6 26. Qc2 fxe5 27. dxe5 Qe6 28. Qe4 Rad8 29. Rdf1 Kh8 30. h3 Nf8 31. a5 Nh7 32. Qxb7 Qd5 33. Qxa7 Ng5 34. Re3 Ne6 35. Ref3 Qxb5 36. Qf2 Qc4 37. Qg3 Qe4 38. Re3 Qc4 39. Qg6 Qc5 40. Rfe1 Nf4 41. Qe4 Nd3 42. Rd1 Nf2 43. Kxf2 Rxd1 44. e6 Qg5 45. e7 Rd7 46. h4 Qxe7 47. Bxg7+ Kg8 48. Be5 Qf7+ 49. Kg1 Rd1+ 50. Kh2 Rd6 51. Rg3+ Kf8 52. Bxd6+ cxd6 53. Qd4 Ke7 54. Rg7 1-0 [Event "Champions Showdown Kings"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2025.03.06"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2748"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2025.03.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 Bb6 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. Qb3 Rf8 13. d4 Ng6 14. h3 Nh5 15. Bf1 Qf6 16. Qd1 exd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. e5 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Nxe5 20. Ra3 Bf5 21. Kg1 Rae8 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 {Giri,A (2764)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020 1-0}) 9. a4 ({RR} 9. b4 Ne7 10. Bb3 a6 11. a4 Ng6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Re8 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. g3 Rd8 18. b5 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. d4 exd4 {Mishra,A (2600)-Nakamura,H (2802) Saint Louis USA 2025 ½-½ (32)}) 9... a5 10. Ra3 $146 ({RR} 10. h3 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Bb3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Be3 Bc7 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. b3 Qe7 22. Nde2 Rd8 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 {Amin,B (2628)-Demchenko,A (2620) Sweden SWE 2026 ½-½}) ({RR} 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Bb5 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15. Re1 e4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bxe4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Rad8 20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rd8 23. Bd3 Kf8 24. f4 g5 {Kadric,D (2543)-Motylev,A (2586) Prishtina KOS 2025 ½-½ (37)}) 10... Bc5 11. Ra2 Be6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Rc2 Ne7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Re3 c6 19. Ne1 e5 20. Rg3 Qf6 21. dxe5 Ndxe5 22. Ne3 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 Qe6 24. Rd2 Nf4 25. Qd1 Neg6 26. Rxd6 Qxe4 27. h4 Qe8 28. Rdxg6 Nxg6 29. Qg4 Rd8 30. h5 Rf4 31. Qxg6 Qxg6 32. Rxg6 Rd3 33. Bb2 Rf7 34. g4 Rxb3 35. Be5 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Re1 37. Bd4 c5 38. Bc3 Rc1 39. Be5 Re1 40. g5 Kf8 41. Ng4 hxg5 42. Bd6+ Ke8 43. Ne5 Rf5 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.10"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2676"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.05.10"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Be3 $146 ({RR} 7. a5 Be6 8. Nd2 Nd4 9. O-O c6 10. a6 b5 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Nf3 Qb8 13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Rd8 16. Qe1 g6 17. Qc3 Bd6 18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Qb7 Rxc2 20. Rd1 Bc5 21. Rd2 Rxd2 {Diaz Rosas,J (2366)-Martinez Duany,L (2483) Merida MEX 2023 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. c3 Ne6 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Qh5 Nef4 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Bd2 Qg6 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Carlsen,M (2835) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (89)}) ({RR} 7. O-O Kh8 8. h3 Ng8 9. d4 f5 10. dxe5 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Rxf3 12. Bxg8 Nxe5 13. Bb3 Rf8 14. f4 Ng6 15. c4 Qd7 16. Bc2 Qc6 17. b3 Bf5 18. Re1 Bh4 19. g3 Bxg3 20. Nxg3 Nh4 21. Be4 Bxe4 {Nagare Kaivalya Sandip (2353)-Kramich,A (2300) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) ({RR} 7. O-O Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. c3 Rae8 10. a5 Nd8 11. Qa4 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 a6 14. h3 g6 15. Rfd1 Bg7 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qb3 Re7 21. exd5 Qxd5 {Korobov,A (2627)-Oparin,G (2660) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (84)}) 7... Nb4 8. Bb3 c5 9. Ne2 h6 10. Ng3 a6 11. O-O Re8 12. c3 Nc6 13. Nh4 Bf8 14. Ng6 Be6 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. h3 Qb6 17. Bc2 d5 18. f4 d4 19. Bf2 exf4 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. Nxf4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nxe4 23. Qe1 Nxf2 24. Qxf2 Ne5 25. Rab1 Qc7 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Nc6 28. Rbd1 Nb4 29. Bb1 Bc4 30. Rfe1 Qd6 31. Nh5 Rfe8 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qf5 g6 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nxe8 Qc6 36. Qc5+ Qxc5 37. dxc5 Kxe8 38. Rd4 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Play-In Match Div 3"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.09"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2024.05.09"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O ({RR} 6... d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. Nbd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. a5 Be6 11. a6 Qc8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. axb7 Rb8 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 c6 17. Nf3 Rxb7 18. Qc2 Rfb8 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Nxe6 Bxe5 21. Nc5 {Alzaga,L (2101)-Nedov,O (1889) Benasque ESP 2026 ½-½}) 7. a4 a6 ({RR} 7... a5 8. Re1 d6 9. Qb3 Nh7 10. Be3 Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Bf1 b6 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Nf1 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Ne3 c6 22. g3 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 1-0 (42)}) 8. Re1 d6 9. a5 $146 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. Rb1 b5 14. Ne3 d5 15. Bd2 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qd6 17. Rbd1 Rad8 18. Bc1 Qe6 19. h3 bxa4 20. Nd2 a3 21. Bxa3 a5 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Qa4 axb4 {Adhiban,B (2532)-Anton Guijarro,D (2669) Abu Dhabi UAE 2024 ½-½ (95)}) 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. Nf1 Qg6 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Be3 Rf7 15. d4 Raf8 16. Qb3 Nd8 17. Qa4 Nc6 18. d5 Ncb8 19. Qc4 exd5 20. exd5 Bd8 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Kh7 23. Ra3 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rd1 c5 26. Nd2 Nd7 27. Nc4 Bc7 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxf4 Ne5 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Raa1 Rf4 32. b3 Kg6 33. Rd2 h5 34. g3 Rf3 35. Rc1 h4 36. Kg2 Kh5 37. Re2 Rd3 38. Rd2 Rxd2+ 39. Nxd2 Bxa5 40. Ne4 Bc7 41. b4 cxb4 42. cxb4 Rf7 43. Kh3 hxg3 44. hxg3 Re7 45. Rf1 Kg6 46. Kg4 Kg7 47. Kh5 Rf7 48. Rc1 Re7 49. g4 Rd7 50. g5 Bb6 51. Rc8 Bd8 52. Ng3 b6 53. Nf5+ Kf7 54. g6+ Kf6 55. g7 Kf7 56. Kh6 a5 57. b5 a4 58. Ra8 a3 59. Rxa3 Bf6 60. Ra8 Bxg7+ 61. Nxg7 e4 62. Re8 Rc7 63. Rxe4 Rc5 64. Rf4+ Ke7 65. Nf5+ Kf6 66. Ne3+ Ke5 67. Kg5 Rxb5 68. Kg4 Rb1 69. Kf3 b5 70. Re4+ Kf6 71. Re6+ 1-0 [Event "Niemann-Dubov Levitov m"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2025.03.07"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2025.03.07"] 1. e4 {CB-RR} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 a5 9. b3 ({RR} 9. c3 Bxc4 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. h3 Bf8 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Bg5 c6 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. Qb3 Re7 16. Ne3 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. d4 Qc7 20. Rd2 Rae8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Red1 Be6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5) 10. Nxc4 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Ne3 ({RR} 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 ({RR} 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bf8 15. d5 Nb4 16. Nxa5 Nbxd5 17. exd5 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Rxa5 19. Qxb7 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Qxa4 21. Qxc7 Nxd5) 13... Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 Nb8 ({RR} 15... Ne7 16. Ne3 Rad8 17. c4 Ng6 18. Nd5 Nh7 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. b4 axb4 21. Bxb4 Ne7 22. a5 bxa5 23. Bxa5 c6 24. Nxe7+ Bxe7 25. c5 Ng5 26. Nxg5 Bxg5) 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 dxc3 25. bxc3 Ne7 26. Qxd7 Nxd7) 12... Qd7 13. Nh2 d5 14. Qf3 Rad8 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 f6 18. g3 Bc5 19. Kg2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qd3 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Ne7 23. Rad1 Qa6 {Wei,Y (2758)-Nakamura,H (2804) Stavanger NOR 2025 [CB-RR] ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 9. c3 Re8 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Nc4 Bf6 12. h3 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Ng4 Nc5 16. Be3 Bb3 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. c4 Be7 19. Qc3 Bxa4 20. Bxa4 Bb4 21. Qb3 Bxe1 22. Qxb7 Bb4 23. Qxc6 Qxd3 {Zoler,D (2493)-Emanuel,Y (2274) Israel ISR 2026 1-0}) 9... h6 10. Nf1 $146 ({RR} 10. h3 Nh7 11. c3 Ng5 12. Ra2 Qd7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nh2 Rf7 15. Ndf1 Raf8 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. g3 d5 18. h4 Be7 19. Ng4 Bc5 20. Kg2 Kh7 21. Nfh2 Qd6 22. Qb1 d4 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Qd1 Nb4 {Niemann,H (2734)-Dubov,D (2701) Moscow RUS 2025 0-1 (35)}) 10... Nh7 11. c3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 Bxg5 13. d4 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qf6 16. d5 Nb8 17. g3 Qe7 18. h4 Bf6 19. Bg4 Na6 20. Ne3 g6 21. h5 Bg5 22. Nc4 Kg7 23. Bh3 b6 24. Kg2 Nc5 25. b4 Nb7 26. Qg4 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Qe2 f4 29. Qd3 Qf6 30. Bg4 axb4 31. cxb4 fxg3 32. fxg3 b5 33. axb5 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 e4 35. Qd1 Qc3 36. Be2 Be3 37. Ra3 Rf2+ 38. Kh3 Qf6 39. Nxe3 Nd8 40. Ng4 Qf5 41. Qd4+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 4th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.02.04"] [Round "9"] [White "Pichot, A."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2025.02.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 10. b4 ({RR} 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. e5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Rd4 19. Na5 Rd2 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Nb3 Ne4 24. Nf4 Rf5 {Topalov,V (2728)-Carlsen,M (2864) Zagreb 2022 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Be7 14. Nf3 Rf8 15. Be3 d5 16. e5 d4 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bd2 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Ne4 Be5 22. Re1 Rf5 23. Kh1 Raf8 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 {Pranesh,M (2674)-Wei Yi (2752) Bengaluru IND 2026 ½-½ (64)}) ({RR} 10. Nh2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. f4 d5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Qh5 Kh7 17. Bxh6 Qh4 18. Qxh4 Nxh4 19. Bf4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Ng6 21. Ne2 Rf8 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Bg3 c5 24. Kh2 Bg5 {Svane,F (2665)-Caruana,F (2803) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (54)}) 10... Be6 $146 ({RR} 10... Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Re1 c6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Qd3 Ne5 16. Qf1 c5 17. Nde2 c4 18. Ba4 Bxa4 19. Nxa4 Nxe4 20. Nac3 Nf6 21. Nf4 Qc8 22. Red1 Qf5 23. Qe2 Rac8 24. Nfd5 Ned7 25. Rd4 {Burovic,R (2410)-Delchev,A (2473) Novi Pazar SRB 2024 ½-½}) 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b5 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 Ng6 16. Na5 b6 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. a4 a5 21. Qg4 Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Ra3 Qe6 24. Rc3 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Kf7 26. Rc6 Ke6 27. Rd1 Rf7 28. f3 Kd7 29. Kf1 Be7 30. Ke2 Rh8 31. c4 h5 32. gxh5 Rxh5 33. c5 bxc5 34. Bxc5 g5 35. g4 Rh3 36. Rd3 Rh1 37. Be3 Rfh7 38. Rdc3 R7h2+ 39. Kd3 Rd1+ 40. Kc4 Rb2 41. Rb3 Ra2 42. Ra6 Rxa4+ 43. Kc3 Rf1 44. Ra7 Rxf3 45. Kd3 Ke6 46. Rxc7 Bd8 47. Rc6 Ra1 48. b6 Re1 49. Kd2 Rff1 50. b7 Rd1+ 51. Ke2 Rfe1+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Kg3 Rb1 54. b8=Q 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.02.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Bologan, V."] [Black "Indjic, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2025.02.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 7. Nf1 Be6 ({RR} 7... g4 8. N3d2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. O-O Bd6 13. d4 Qe7 14. e4 f4 15. Bd5 h5 16. Nc4 Rf8 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. Rxf4 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 {Anand,V (2757)-Caruana,F (2822) Bucharest 2019 1-0 (34)}) 8. Bxe6 $146 ({RR} 8. Ne3 Qd7 9. a4 a6 10. a5 Ne7 11. Qb3 O-O-O 12. Ra4 g4 13. Nd2 d5 14. exd5 Nexd5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 h5 18. O-O h4 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Rd1 Qc6 21. Bxe6+ fxe6 22. Bf6 Rh5 {Kacharava,N (2527)-Indjic,A (2600) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 8... fxe6 9. b4 Qd7 10. h3 Ne7 11. h4 g4 12. N3h2 Rg8 13. Ng3 a5 14. a4 axb4 15. cxb4 Nc6 16. Bd2 d5 17. b5 Nd4 18. O-O Qh7 19. Re1 Rd8 20. a5 Nxb5 21. a6 bxa6 22. Rxa6 Kf7 23. Qa4 Nd4 24. Be3 dxe4 25. Qc4 Bd6 26. dxe4 c5 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Nf5 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.02.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Korobov, A."] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "167"] [EventDate "2025.02.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. O-O ({RR} 7. Be3 Nb4 8. Bb3 c5 9. Ne2 h6 10. Ng3 a6 11. O-O Re8 12. c3 Nc6 13. Nh4 Bf8 14. Ng6 Be6 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. h3 Qb6 17. Bc2 d5 18. f4 d4 19. Bf2 exf4 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. Nxf4 dxc3 {Sevian,S (2699)-Oparin,G (2676) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (38)}) 7... Be6 ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. c3 Ne6 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Qh5 Nef4 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Bd2 Qg6 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Kf1 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Carlsen,M (2835) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (89)}) 8. Nd5 Qd7 ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. d4 Nbxd5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 c6 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Nd3 Rfe8 15. a5 Rad8 16. h3 h6 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Bb3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. c4 Ndf6 23. Bc3 {Shubin,K (2491)-Antipov,F (2337) St Petersburg RUS 2026 1-0 (64)}) 9. c3 Rae8 $146 ({RR} 9... Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Nc6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. b5 Nd8 15. Ba3 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Ne6 17. d4 exd4 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxd6 Qd7 20. Qb3 Nc3 21. Rd2 Rfc8 22. Re1 a6 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 {Pavlov,N (2316)-Kahlert,T (2074) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 10. a5 Nd8 11. Qa4 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 a6 14. h3 g6 15. Rfd1 Bg7 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qb3 Re7 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Ra3 f6 24. Nd3 f5 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rc8 27. Bd6 Re2 28. Rc3 Rc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. b4 Rc2 31. Bc5 Kf7 32. Re1 Bf6 33. g3 g5 34. g4 f4 35. Kg2 Rd2 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kf3 Bg5 38. Re5 h6 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. Rf5+ Kg6 41. Rf8 h3+ 42. Kh2 Bh4 43. Rxf4 Bd8 44. Bd6 Bf6 45. Be5 Be7 46. Rf5 Rb3 47. f4 Rxb4 48. Kxh3 Ra4 49. Rh5 Bf8 50. f5+ Kf7 51. g5 hxg5 52. Rh7+ Kg8 53. Rc7 c5 54. Kg4 cxd4 55. Kh5 Rc4 56. Ra7 d3 57. Rd7 d4 58. Bxd4 d2 59. Be3 Bb4 60. Kg6 Rc6+ 61. f6 Rd6 62. Rxd6 Bxd6 63. f7+ Kf8 64. Bxd2 Ke7 65. Bxg5+ Ke6 66. Bf6 Bc5 67. Bd4 Bd6 68. Kg7 Be7 69. Kg8 Bd6 70. Bg7 Be7 71. Bf8 Bg5 72. Bb4 Bh6 73. Bd2 Bxd2 74. f8=Q Bxa5 75. Qf7+ Kd6 76. Qb7 Kc5 77. Qxa6 Bb4 78. Kf7 Kd4 79. Ke6 Kc3 80. Qb5 Kb3 81. Kd5 Kc3 82. Qc4+ Kd2 83. Qxb4+ Ke3 84. Qc3+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 25th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.02.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2025.02.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Bb6 9. h3 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. d4 c6 14. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 14... Bc7 15. Bc2 b5 16. a4 Rb8 17. Be3 Re8 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. b4 Ra8 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bd3 Reb8 22. d5 Bd7 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. g4 a4 25. Kh2 Bb6 26. Rg1 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Ne7 29. Rg2 {Bakhrillaev,B (2427)-Nurgaliyeva,Z (2302) Abu Dhabi UAE 2026 0-1 (48)}) 15. Be3 a4 16. a3 $146 ({RR} 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. Qc2 exd4 19. N5xd4 Bd7 20. Rad1 Bc7 21. b4 c5 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rxe4 24. Bd3 Ree8 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6 cxb4 27. cxb4 Qf7 28. Qc2 Re4 29. Bd4 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Nd5 {Drygalov,A (2431)-Aradhya,G (2400) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (50)}) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 Bb3 18. Qc1 Ba5 19. Re2 Be6 20. Qc2 Bb3 21. Qc1 Be6 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Qa5 24. Rc1 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Nf4 26. Bb1 Bb3 27. Re1 Rad8 28. Nf5 h5 29. g3 Ne6 30. e5 dxe5 31. dxe5 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Nd5 33. Nxb3 axb3 34. Be4 Nb6 35. Nd6 Re7 36. Re3 Nd4 37. f4 Na4 38. Nf5 Nxf5 39. Bxf5 Nc5 40. Kf2 g6 41. Bd3 Rd7 42. Ke2 Rd4 43. h4 Kf8 44. Kd2 Na4 45. Re4 Rxe4 46. Bxe4 Nxb2 47. Kc3 Na4+ 48. Kb4 Nb6 49. Kxb3 Ke7 50. Kb4 Nd7 51. a4 Ke6 52. a5 Nb8 53. Kc4 Ke7 54. Kc5 Nd7+ 55. Kd4 Nb8 56. Bg2 Na6 57. Bf1 Nb8 58. Be2 Nd7 59. g4 f6 60. gxh5 gxh5 61. Bxh5 fxe5+ 62. fxe5 c5+ 63. Kd5 c4 64. Bg6 c3 65. h5 Nf8 66. Bc2 Ne6 67. h6 Nf4+ 68. Kc5 Kf7 69. h7 Kg7 70. Kb6 Ne6 71. Kxb7 Nd4 72. Bd3 Nb3 73. Kb6 Nc1 74. Bf5 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.02.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Bologan, V."] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "197"] [EventDate "2025.02.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Ne3 Bf8 15. Nh2 d5 ({RR} 15... Be6 16. Nhg4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Be7 18. Bb3 Bg5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. a4 b4 21. a5 Rf8 22. Nc4 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 Ra7 24. Qe3 Raf7 25. f3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Na7 27. Reb1 Nb5 28. Qe1 Rf4 29. Na3 Nxa3 30. Rxa3 {Caruana,F (2792)-Lazavik,D (2621) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (72)}) 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qf3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 17... Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Bb7 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qg4 Qd6 21. Rad1 f5 22. Qh4 Qd8 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. Nf3 Kg7 25. Re2 Kf6 26. Rde1 g5 27. h4 g4 28. Nd2 Na5 29. Bf4 Nc6 30. Be3 Na5 {½-½ (30) Tseshkovsky,V (2510)-Lobzhanidze,D (2375) Krasnodar 1997}) 18. Bb3 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Qd7 20. Ng4 h5 21. Nh2 g6 22. Qe2 Rad8 23. Bg5 Be7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Qe3 Qd6 26. Nf3 Kg7 27. Ng5 Bf5 28. Rad1 Qf6 29. h4 Na5 30. Qxc5 Nxb3 31. axb3 Bxd3 32. Ne4 Qe6 33. Qe3 Bxe4 34. Rxd8 Bd5 35. b4 Bb3 36. Qc5 Qf6 37. Rd6 Qxh4 38. Rxe5 Be6 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40. cxd4 Rc7 41. Rc5 Re7 42. f3 h4 43. Kf2 Bf5 44. Rxa6 Bd3 45. Re5 Rc7 46. d5 Rc2+ 47. Ke3 Bc4 48. d6 Rxg2 49. b3 h3 50. Ra1 h2 51. Rh1 Bf1 52. d7 Re2+ 53. Kf4 Rd2 54. Rxf1 Rxd7 55. Rh1 Rd4+ 56. Kg3 Rxb4 57. Re3 f5 58. f4 g5 59. Rf3 Kg6 60. fxg5 Kxg5 61. Rxh2 Rg4+ 62. Kf2 Rd4 63. Rg2+ Kf6 64. Ke3 Rb4 65. Kd2 Ke5 66. Re2+ Kd6 67. Kc3 Rh4 68. Rxf5 b4+ 69. Kb2 Kc6 70. Rg2 Kd6 71. Rg6+ Ke7 72. Ra5 Rh2+ 73. Kc1 Kf7 74. Rb6 Rh1+ 75. Kd2 Rh2+ 76. Kd3 Rh3+ 77. Kc4 Rh4+ 78. Kb5 Rh5+ 79. Kxb4 Rh4+ 80. Ka3 Re4 81. Ra7+ Re7 82. Rxe7+ Kxe7 83. Kb4 Kd7 84. Ka5 Kc7 85. b4 Kc8 86. b5 Kc7 87. Ka6 Kd7 88. Rc6 Ke7 89. b6 Kd7 90. Rc4 Kd6 91. b7 Kd5 92. Rc1 Kd4 93. b8=Q Kd5 94. Qd8+ Ke6 95. Re1+ Kf5 96. Qh4 Kg6 97. Qf2 Kg5 98. Rg1+ Kh5 99. Qh2# 1-0 [Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 2nd Jul 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.07.02"] [Round "6"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Murzin, Volodar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2026.07.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. a4 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Nbd2 Qd7 ({RR} 9... b6 10. c3 Qe8 11. b4 h6 12. Qb3 Qf7 13. Qc4 Nd8 14. Qxc7 Nh5 15. Nc4 Qg6 16. Nfxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe7 Nf7 18. Qh4 Rad8 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. Be3 Rd7 21. Qg3 Qh5 22. Qh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Rfd8 24. Nb2 {Duda,J (2739)-Dubnevych,M (2350) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (56)}) 10. c3 h6 ({RR} 10... a5 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Nb3 Qe8 15. Be3 Qg6 16. Rc1 Rf7 17. Qc2 Rf5 18. Kh1 Raf8 19. Nbd2 Bb4 20. Nh4 Qg4 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. h3 Qh4 23. Qd3 h6 24. Rf1 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 {Federer,C (2270)-Wang,S (2426) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (64)}) 11. b4 a6 12. Nf1 $146 ({RR} 12. Bb2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. Qb3 Nd8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Ra4 18. d5 c6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc3 Qf7 21. Nd4 d5 22. Nc2 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nd5 24. Qe5 Bf8 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 c5 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Kollars,D (2562) Chess.com INT 2019 1-0 (81)}) ({RR} 12. h3 Nh5 13. Nc4 b5 14. Na3 Rab8 15. axb5 axb5 16. c4 Nxb4 17. Nxb5 c6 18. Nc3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Rbf8 22. Re2 Bf6 23. Ra3 Be5 24. Na2 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 c5 26. Qb2 Nc6 {Goumas,G (2403)-Mitsis,G (2258) Heraklion 2018 0-1 (39)}) 12... Qe8 13. Ng3 Kh8 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Nxe5 Nxg3 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. hxg3 Qxc3 18. b5 axb5 19. Rc1 Qa5 20. axb5 Bf6 21. Qb3 Rfe8 22. d4 c6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Red1 e5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxc6 Qxe4 27. Rcxd6 Be5 28. R6d3 Rab8 29. Qf7 Rf8 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Rbe8 32. Bc5 Rg8 33. Rd7 Bf6 34. Be3 Rd8 35. Kh2 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Rd8 37. Rb7 Kh7 38. g4 Bd4 39. Kg3 Bxe3 40. fxe3 Kg6 41. Rb6+ Kf7 42. Rb5 Re8 43. Rf5+ Kg6 44. Kf3 Rb8 45. Rd5 Rf8+ 46. Kg3 Re8 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Rd6+ Kf7 49. e4 Rb8 50. g5 hxg5+ 51. Kxg5 Rb2 52. g3 Rg2 53. Kf4 Rg1 54. Ra6 Rf1+ 55. Kg5 Rg1 56. g4 Rg2 57. Ra7+ Kf8 58. e5 Rg1 59. Kf5 Rb1 60. g5 Rb6 61. e6 Rc6 62. Ra8+ Ke7 63. Rg8 Rc5+ 64. Kg6 Kxe6 65. Rxg7 Rc6 66. Ra7 Ke5+ 67. Kh5 1-0 [Event "Niemann-Giri Match 2026"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2026.07.12"] [Round "12"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2026.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Nb4 11. Bb3 Na6 $146 ({RR} 11... a5 12. c3 Na6 13. Be3 c6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nd2 Nc7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 d5 18. Be3 Bg5 19. Qf3 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Qd4 Qc7 23. Rf3 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Nf4 25. Qf2 Ng6 26. Rd1 {Faizrakhmanov,R (2454)-Grischuk,A (2732) Moscow RUS 2024 0-1 (50)}) ({RR} 11... a5 12. Re1 c6 13. c3 Na6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Bf4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qb3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bf6 21. Be5 Ra6 22. Rac1 Re6 23. Rc5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 d4 26. Qxb7 {Niemann,H (2730)-Giri,A (2764) Endgame.AI INT 2026 1-0 (68)}) ({RR} 11... c5 12. g4 Bg6 13. c3 Nc6 14. Ne1 Bg5 15. Ng2 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Kh8 17. Qe2 f6 18. Bd5 Bf7 19. Ne3 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Ne7 21. Nxe7 {½-½ (21) Rekuc,P (2198)-Sriram,J (2308) Warsaw POL 2026}) ({RR} 11... a5 12. c3 Na6 13. Be3 c6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nd2 Nc7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 d5 18. Be3 Bg5 19. Qf3 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Qd4 Qc7 23. Rf3 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Nf4 25. Qf2 Ng6 26. Rd1 {Faizrakhmanov,R (2454)-Grischuk,A (2732) Moscow RUS 2024 0-1 (50)}) 12. a5 Nc5 13. Ba2 c6 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. g4 Bg6 17. b4 Qc7 18. Qe2 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. Kg2 c5 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. c4 d5 23. Bd2 dxe4 24. dxe4 Rab8 25. Rab1 Bd6 26. h4 Qc6 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Re1 h6 29. h5 Be8 30. Bc3 Qc7 31. Rd1 Ra8 32. Qd3 Ra6 33. Rd2 g6 34. Qe3 g5 35. Rd3 Kf8 36. Nxg5 hxg5 37. Qxg5 Qh7 38. Rf3+ Bf7 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qd7 Qg8 41. h6+ Kg6 42. g5 Kxg5 43. Rg3+ 1-0 [Event "TCh-TUR Super League 2026"] [Site "Ankara TUR"] [Date "2026.08.10"] [Round "10.19"] [White "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2634"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2026.08.03"] [WhiteTeam "TURK HAVA YOLLARI SPOR KULUBU"] [BlackTeam "YILDIZ SATRANC SPOR KULUBU"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 h6 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Nh7 9. Nbd2 Ng5 10. h3 ({RR} 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. Nf3 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Qf6 13. h3 Ne7 14. Nh2 Ng6 15. Qf3 Nf4 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. h4 a5 18. g3 Ne6 19. b3 Kh8 20. Ng4 c6 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Rcd1 Bd7 23. d4 exd4 24. Rxd4 f5 {Risteski,E (2406)-Naiditsch,A (2574) Muscat OMA 2026 0-1 (56)}) 10... Kh8 11. d4 f5 12. dxe5 $146 ({RR} 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. Nf3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 e4 16. Nh2 d5 17. Ba2 Qd6 18. Nf1 Rad8 19. Ng3 Bc8 20. Qd2 a5 21. c4 Nb4 22. Bb1 c6 23. Rc3 Rf7 24. c5 Qc7 25. Ree3 Rdf8 26. Nh1 b6 {Theissl Pokorna,R (2376)-Paehtz,E (2471) Germany 2008 0-1 (35)}) 12... fxe4 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. exd6 e3 15. Ne4 Ne5 16. Bb3 exf2+ 17. Nxf2 Bh4 18. Rxe5 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 Qf6 20. Rh5 Bg3 21. Be3 Bxd6 22. Bc2 Bf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Qd3 Kg8 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Bd3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 25th Aug 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.08.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2026.08.25"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1660"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2026.08.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Re1 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 a5 10. Na3 h6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Nc4 b6 13. b4 axb4 14. cxb4 Nh7 15. b5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qg4 $146 ({RR} 17. f4 Nf6 18. Qb3 Kh7 19. Rf1 d5 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Nc6 Bc5 22. e5 Nd7 23. Rf3 g5 24. Raf1 g4 25. R3f2 Rf5 26. Qc2 Qg6 27. g3 h5 28. Bc1 h4 29. Bb2 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rh5 31. Rg2 Qh6 {Duda,J (2739)-Pranav,V (2661) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (47)}) 17... Nf6 18. Qg6 e5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ng4 21. Bg3 Bg5 22. e5 d5 23. e6 Qe8 24. Ne5 Be3+ 25. Rxe3 Nxe3 26. Nf7 Rxf7 27. exf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bxc7 Nc2 30. Rb1 Rxa4 31. Bxb6 Ke6 32. Bc5 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Nxa1 34. Bxd4 Nc2 35. Bxg7 h5 36. Kf2 Nb4 37. Ke3 Nc2+ 38. Kd2 Ne1 39. Kxe1 1-0 [Event "TCh-ESP Div 1 2026"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "2026.08.27"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Saric, Iv"] [Black "Kryvoruchko, Y."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2614"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2026.08.27"] [EventType "team"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1660"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2026.08.31"] [WhiteTeam "GROS XAKE TALDEA"] [BlackTeam "ANDREU PATERNA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. b3 ({RR} 10. Ne2 Bf8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. c3 Ne7 14. d4 Bxb5 15. axb5 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. c4 c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20. Qa4 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bd2 Ndf4 23. Qb5 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Qd7 {Firouzja,A (2763)-Carlsen,M (2831) Oslo NOR 2024 ½-½ (54)}) ({RR} 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf8 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. f4 c6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. g4 Rae8 19. f5 R6e7 20. Qf4 Ne5 21. Kg2 f6 22. h4 Nf7 23. Qf2 Qb8 24. Be3 b5 {Belkaid,S (2379)-Tiglon,B (2550) Reykjavik ISL 2026 0-1}) 10... Bf8 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Bb5 $146 ({RR} 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. d4 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxd5 19. c4 Nf6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxc7 Rd3 22. Bxa5 Rxb3 23. Be1 {½-½ (23) Dominguez Perez,L (2745)-Artemiev,V (2697) chess.com INT 2023}) ({RR} 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. d4 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxd5 19. c4 Nf6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxc7 Rd3 22. Bxa5 Rxb3 23. Be1 {½-½ (23) Dominguez Perez,L (2745)-Artemiev,V (2697) chess.com INT 2023}) 12... Bd7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 g6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 c5 17. Ndb5 Bg7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Ba3 Bf5 21. Rd2 c4 22. bxc4 h5 23. Qc6 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rd1 Qe8 26. Qxc7 Rc8 27. Qxa5 Bxc2 28. Rd2 Bf5 29. Nd6 Qd7 30. Nd5 Rb8 31. Nxf5 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Nxd5 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Qxd5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 28th Jul 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.07.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Tabatabaei, M."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "255"] [EventDate "2026.07.28"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 Nc6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 a5 12. Nd5 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. c3 b6 14. b4 Re8 15. Ba3 Qc8 16. Re2 Nd8 17. Qb3 Ne6 18. Bc1 h6 19. Re1 Bg5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Qd1 Nf4 22. h4 gxh4 23. Qg4 Ng6 24. Bg5 Ndf8 25. Qh5 Ne6 26. Bxh4 Nef4 27. Qg5 {Mohammad Fahad,R (2454)-Bardyk,A (2383) Oskemen KAZ 2026 0-1 (31)}) 13. Ra3 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Rc3 Qxa4 16. Rxc7 Bd8 17. Rc4 Qd7 18. Be3 b5 19. Rc3 a4 20. Bd2 Na6 21. h4 Ba5 22. Rc6 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Rfc8 24. Rb6 Rcb8 25. Qe3 h6 26. Ra1 Nb4 27. Ne1 Qc7 28. Rxb8+ Rxb8 29. c3 Na6 30. Nd3 Qc4 31. Qa7 Qxd3 32. Qxa6 Qxe4 33. Qxd6 Rf8 34. Qc5 Qe2 35. Qb4 Qd3 36. d6 Rd8 37. Re1 Qd5 38. Qe4 Qxd6 39. Qxe5 Qxe5 40. Rxe5 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Rb1 42. Rxb5 a3 43. Ra5 axb2 44. Rb5 Rc1 45. Rxb2 Rxc3 46. g3 h5 47. Kg2 g6 48. Rb4 Kg7 49. Rf4 Rc6 50. Kf3 Re6 51. Rd4 Re8 52. Rd5 Rh8 53. Rd6 Rf8 54. Kf4 Rh8 55. Rd3 Rf8 56. Re3 Rh8 57. Re2 Rf8 58. Re1 Rh8 59. Rf1 Rf8 60. Kf3 Rh8 61. Kg2 Rf8 62. Rd1 Re8 63. Rc1 Re6 64. Rc3 Rf6 65. Rc4 Re6 66. Rf4 Rf6 67. Ra4 Re6 68. Ra5 Re8 69. Ra3 Rh8 70. Ra2 Rg8 71. Ra1 Rh8 72. Rh1 Rg8 73. Kh3 Rh8 74. Re1 Rg8 75. Re3 Rf8 76. Kg2 Rg8 77. Kf3 Rh8 78. Kf4 Rg8 79. Rd3 Rf8 80. Rc3 Re8 81. Rb3 Re6 82. Kf3 Rf6+ 83. Kg2 Re6 84. Ra3 Rf6 85. Ra2 Rd6 86. Rc2 Rf6 87. Re2 Rd6 88. f3 Rf6 89. Rb2 Re6 90. Ra2 f6 91. Kf2 g5 92. Ra5 Kg6 93. Rb5 gxh4 94. gxh4 Re5 95. Rb4 Rd5 96. Kg3 Rf5 97. Ra4 Rd5 98. Ra8 Rf5 99. Rg8+ Kh7 100. Rd8 Kg6 101. Rd7 Re5 102. Rc7 Rf5 103. Rb7 Re5 104. Ra7 Rf5 105. Ra2 Re5 106. Rg2 Rf5 107. Kf2+ Kf7 108. Rg1 Rf4 109. Kg3 Rf5 110. Re1 Kg6 111. Re4 Re5 112. Rc4 Rf5 113. Rc1 Rd5 114. Kf2 Rf5 115. Ke3 Kf7 116. Ke4 Ra5 117. Rg1 Ra4+ 118. Kf5 Rxh4 119. Ra1 Kg7 120. Ra7+ Kh6 121. Ra6 Rh1 122. Rxf6+ Kg7 123. Rg6+ Kh7 124. Ra6 h4 125. Kg4 h3 126. Ra7+ Kg6 127. Ra6+ Kf7 128. Kg3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 3rd Feb 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.02.03"] [Round "4"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2612"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2026.02.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Re8 ({RR} 11... c6 12. Ng3 g4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. d4 Nh4 15. Qd3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ng5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. e5 dxe5 21. dxe5 Rad8 22. Qe4 Bxe5 23. Bc2 f5 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Re3 f4 26. Qe4 {Sathvik Adiga (2387)-Diaz Guerrero,J (2135) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (72)}) 12. Bc2 d5 $146 ({RR} 12... c6 13. d4 Qc7 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 e4 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Nh2 d5 19. Ng4 Kh8 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. Qh5 Kh7 22. f3 e3 23. g4 fxg3 24. Re2 Re7 25. Kg2 Rg8 26. f4 Qxf4 27. Rf1 {Thing,B (2282)-Tang,A (2502) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 12... c6 13. d4 Qc7 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 e4 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Nh2 d5 19. Ng4 Kh8 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. Qh5 Kh7 22. f3 e3 23. g4 fxg3 24. Re2 Re7 25. Kg2 Rg8 26. f4 Qxf4 27. Rf1 {Thing,B (2282)-Tang,A (2502) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (48)}) 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. Ne3 Qd6 19. d5 Nf4 20. Bb3 Bd7 21. Bd2 Re8 22. Qf3 Ne4 23. Bc3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Qf6 25. Kh2 Qxc3 26. Rd1 Qe5 27. g3 Nxh3 28. d6 c6 29. Bxf7+ Kg7 30. Bxe8 Qxe8 31. Nf5+ Kg6 32. Ne7+ Kg7 33. Re1 Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. Re7+ Kf6 37. Rxd7 Nxf2 38. Re7 Ng4+ 39. Kg2 c5 40. Re2 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"] [Site "Samarkand"] [Date "2025.09.14"] [Round "10"] [White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"] [Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2626"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2025.09.04"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 46"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.09.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.09.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. O-O Be6 8. c3 a5 9. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 9. Re1 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 h6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. b4 Bf8 13. b5 Nb8 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. d4 b6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bc1 g6 18. Bb2 Bg7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ba3 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Ne3 Kg7 23. Nd5 c6 {Gukesh,D (2754)-Caruana,F (2795) Mumbai IND 2025 1-0 (40)}) 9... Qd7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf1 b6 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Ng3 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qb5 Nd7 17. Ne4 Ndb8 18. Re3 Na7 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Ng3 Nac6 21. Nxe5 d4 22. Nxc6 dxe3 23. Nxd8 exf2+ 24. Kf1 Bxd8 25. Ne4 Nd7 26. Ke2 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Rf1 Kf7 29. d4 Ke6 30. Rxf2 c6 31. Kd3 b5 32. axb5 cxb5 33. g4 a4 34. Rf5 Rb8 35. Rc5 Kd7 36. Bf4 Rb7 37. Rd5+ Ke8 38. Bd6 Kf7 39. Bb4 Rb8 40. Rd6 Rb7 41. Ra6 Rb8 42. Bd6 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"] [Site "Samarkand"] [Date "2025.09.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2673"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2025.09.04"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 46"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.09.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.09.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a5 Kh8 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. c3 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. Bc2 f5 14. Nbd2 Kh8 15. Nf1 Bd6 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rae8 19. Qh5 a4 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. Ne3 Ra8 22. Bd2 Ng6 23. g3 {Abdusattorov,N (2771)-Carlsen,M (2837) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½}) ({RR} 8... b6 9. a6 Rb8 10. Nc3 Ndb4 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 15. Kh2 Kh8 16. Rg1 f5 17. Nc3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bc5 19. Qe2 f4 20. Bd5 Ne7 21. Be4 Bxe3 22. Rg5 Qd6 23. Qg2 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2753)-Zemlyanskii,I (2550) Moscow RUS 2025 ½-½ (42)}) 9. Re1 f6 10. c3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 10... Rb8 11. Nbd2 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. Ne4 Ra8 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 a6 17. Bf1 Nb4 18. Bd2 a5 19. Ra3 Bd5 20. Rc3 Bd6 21. Nc5 Re8 22. Nh4 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 Qe8 24. Qb1 Kg8 25. Re3 {Perez Ponsa,F (2588)-Real de Azua,E (2484) Villa Martelli 2017 1-0 (34)}) 11. a6 Rb8 12. axb7 Rxb7 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Ne4 a5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nb6 18. Ba6 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Bb4 20. Bxb7 Bxe1 21. Bf4 Bb4 22. Nc5 Bg8 23. Bxc7 Nc4 24. Na6 Nxb2 25. d5 Nc4 26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Rd1 Bc3 28. f4 Nc4 29. Rd3 Bd2 30. Bc6 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Bb6 32. d6 Bf7 33. h3 h5 34. Rb3 Bxc7 35. dxc7 Be6 36. Bd5 Bxd5 37. Rb8 Kg8 38. Rxf8+ 1-0 [Event "4th China Chess King Stg3"] [Site "Chengdu CHN"] [Date "2026.07.17"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Yu Yangyi"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2026.07.25"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. d4 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 ({RR} 12. c3 Nbxd5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. Nxf7 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Kxf7 16. Qf3 c6 17. g3 h6 18. Be3 Kg8 19. Bd4 Kh8 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bd3 Ng4+ 23. Kg2 Ngf6 24. Rh1 Kg8 25. Bf5 Qd6 26. Bg6 Rf8 {Sklokin-Bagiyan,S (2440)-Baghdasaryan,D (2295) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (61)}) 12... Bd6 ({RR} 12... Bc5 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Nxd5 15. d4 Bf8 16. Qb3 c6 17. Qxb7 Qd6 18. Qb3 Be7 19. Qg3 Qd7 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. b3 Qf5 23. h3 h5 24. Rfe1 h4 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 {Firouzja,A (2763)-Aronian,L (2747) New York USA 2024 ½-½ (44)}) 13. Nf3 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 14. g3 c6 15. Kg2 Qc7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. c3 a5 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Rae1 Kf8 21. h4 g6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Qe7 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Ne4 27. Nd3 Nc5 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 {Ding Liren (2780)-Ju,W (2549) Wijk aan Zee NED 2024 ½-½}) ({RR} 14. g3 c6 15. Kg2 Qc7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. c3 a5 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Rae1 Kf8 21. h4 g6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Qe7 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Ne4 27. Nd3 Nc5 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 {Ding Liren (2780)-Ju,W (2549) Wijk aan Zee NED 2024 ½-½}) 14... h6 15. Bxd5 hxg5 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bc6 Re6 18. Nxg5 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Rxc6 21. Rd2 Nh7 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. b3 Rc3 24. Re1 Rb6 25. Re7 Rf6 26. f3 Kg6 27. Kg3 a5 28. Re5 c5 29. Rdd5 Rc6 30. Rg5+ Kf6 31. Rgf5+ Kg6 32. Rf4 Rxc2 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"] [Site "Samarkand"] [Date "2025.09.13"] [Round "9"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Chigaev, Maksim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2628"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2025.09.04"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 46"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.09.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.09.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 Qe8 ({RR} 9... Kh7 10. Re1 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. c3 b6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bb7 17. d5 Nd7 18. Qd2 a5 19. Ra3 Ba6 20. h4 h5 21. Bg5 Qc7 22. Ng3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qd1 {Nihal,S (2676)-Sindarov,J (2682) Tashkent UZB 2024 1-0 (39)}) 10. a5 a6 11. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 11. Re1 Kh7 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Qd1 Rc8 14. Bb3 Qe7 15. Ba4 Rfe8 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. Nc4 d5 18. exd5 Nfxd5 19. Bc5 Qd8 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Ra3 Nc6 23. h4 Nd4 24. h5 g5 25. Ne2 e4 {Samyak Dharewa (2264)-Fogo Esquivel,L (2183) Budapest HUN 2026 1-0 (68)}) 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng3 g5 14. c3 Rb8 15. Ra3 Qf7 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Ng6 19. Re1 Rbe8 20. Rb3 Rb8 21. e5 Nd5 22. Nh5 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 b6 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Bd4 b5 27. Rf3 Qe7 28. Ra1 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Rf8 30. Qg4 Nf4 31. Rxa6 Nxh5 32. Qxh5 Qb4 33. Bc3 Qc5 34. Qe2 b4 35. Be1 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Bxe5 37. b3 Kf7 38. Kf1 Rc8 39. Bxb4 Rc1+ 40. Ke2 Rb1 41. Ra3 Bd4 42. Bd2 Rb2 43. b4 e5 44. Kd3 h5 45. f3 h4 46. Ra6 Rb3+ 47. Kc2 Rb2+ 48. Kc1 Rb3 49. Ra2 g4 50. fxg4 Ke6 51. Be1 Kd5 52. g5 e4 53. g6 e3 54. Ra7 1-0 [Event "Niemann-Giri Match 2026"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2026.07.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2026.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Nb4 11. Bb3 a5 12. Re1 c6 13. Be3 $146 ({RR} 13. c3 Na6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Bf4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qb3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bf6 21. Be5 Ra6 22. Rac1 Re6 23. Rc5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 d4 26. Qxb7 d3 27. Rd5 d2 {Niemann,H (2730)-Giri,A (2764) Endgame.AI INT 2026 1-0 (68)}) 13... Kh8 14. c3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxd3 16. Red1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Bc2 Bg5 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. e5 g6 21. exd6 Rad8 22. d7 Kg7 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 f5 25. a5 Qc7 26. Bb3 h5 27. a6 bxa6 28. Rxa6 Kh6 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rf6 31. Rxf6 Bxf6 32. Rxc6 Be7 33. Be6 Bxb4 34. Bxf5 Kg5 35. Be4 Rxd7 36. Rxg6+ Kh4 37. g3+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th May 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Tabatabaei, M."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2026.05.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a5 ({RR} 9. Be3 Kh8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qc8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Kh2 Nd8 14. Rg1 c6 15. Ba2 f6 16. Nh4 Bf7 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. d4 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 exd4 20. Qxd4 Ne6 21. Qd3 Rfd8 22. c4 Bf8 23. Rd1 Qf7 {Dominguez Perez,L (2756)-Aronian,L (2785) Saint Louis 2022 ½-½ (53)}) ({RR} 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Kh8 11. a5 a6 {0-1 (11) Fang,K (1944)-Kaliakhmet,E (2314) Ulaanbaatar MGL 2026}) 9... Nb4 $146 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Ra4 c5 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne2 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Rxb4 cxb4 18. Ba2 d5 19. Ng3 Rad8 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Kg2 Qf4 22. Bb3 a5 23. Ra1 a4 24. Bxa4 {Martic,I (2280)-Chabris,C (2054) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 9... a6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Ra4 c5 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne2 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Rxb4 cxb4 18. Ba2 d5 19. Ng3 Rad8 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Kg2 Qf4 22. Bb3 a5 23. Ra1 a4 24. Bxa4 {Martic,I (2280)-Chabris,C (2054) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (43)}) 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Kg2 c6 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Rh1 Bxf3+ 15. Kxf3 d5 16. Bb3 f5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Kg2 f4 19. f3 Rf6 20. Kf1 Rg6 21. Ne4 Kh8 22. Nf2 Bc5 23. Ng4 Rxg4 24. fxg4 Qxg4 25. Qe2 f3 26. Qh2 Qg6 27. Bd2 Nxd3 28. Bxd5 Nf2 29. Bxf3 Rf8 30. Qxh7+ Qxh7 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Ke2 e4 33. Bg2 g6 34. Rf1 Ng4 35. Rxf8 Bxf8 36. Bxe4 b6 37. a6 Nf6 38. Bf3 g5 39. Bxg5 Be7 40. Be3 Nd7 41. Bb7 Nc5 42. b4 Nd7 43. c3 Kg8 44. Bc6 Ne5 45. Bd5+ 1-0 [Event "Niemann-Giri Match 2026"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2026.07.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2026.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Nb4 11. Bb3 a5 12. Re1 c6 13. c3 $146 ({RR} 13. Be3 Kh8 14. c3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxd3 16. Red1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Bc2 Bg5 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. e5 g6 21. exd6 Rad8 22. d7 Kg7 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 f5 25. a5 Qc7 26. Bb3 h5 27. a6 bxa6 {Niemann,H (2730)-Giri,A (2764) Endgame.AI INT 2026 1-0 (37)}) 13... Na6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Bf4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qb3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bf6 21. Be5 Ra6 22. Rac1 Re6 23. Rc5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 d4 26. Qxb7 d3 27. Rd5 d2 28. Qd7 Qb8 29. Rxd2 Qxe5 30. Qd5 Qc7 31. g3 g6 32. Kh2 Rb8 33. Re2 h5 34. Qd4 Qd8 35. Qc3 Rc8 36. Rd2 Qc7 37. Qf6 Rb8 38. Re2 Qd8 39. Qxd8+ Rxd8 40. Kg2 Rb8 41. Re5 Rxb2 42. Rxa5 Rb3 43. Rb5 Ra3 44. a5 Kg7 45. h4 Kh7 46. Kf1 Ra2 47. Rd5 Kg7 48. Ke1 Kf6 49. Kf1 Kg7 50. Rc5 Kh7 51. Ke1 Kg7 52. Kd1 Rxf2 53. Kc1 Ra2 54. Kb1 Ra4 55. Kb2 f6 56. Kb3 Ra1 57. Kb4 Kh6 58. Rc6 Kg7 59. a6 g5 60. Kb5 Rb1+ 61. Ka5 Ra1+ 62. Kb6 Rb1+ 63. Kc7 Ra1 64. Kb7 gxh4 65. gxh4 Kg6 66. Rc5 Rb1+ 67. Kc6 Ra1 68. Kb6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jun 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.06.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2026.06.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Re1 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nc4 h6 12. Bd2 b6 13. b4 axb4 14. cxb4 Nh7 15. b5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. f4 $146 ({RR} 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qg6 e5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ng4 21. Bg3 Bg5 22. e5 d5 23. e6 Qe8 24. Ne5 Be3+ 25. Rxe3 Nxe3 26. Nf7 Rxf7 27. exf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bxc7 Nc2 30. Rb1 Rxa4 31. Bxb6 Ke6 {Niemann,H (2725)-Martirosyan,H (2662) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (39)}) 17... Nf6 18. Qb3 Kh7 19. Rf1 d5 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Nc6 Bc5 22. e5 Nd7 23. Rf3 g5 24. Raf1 g4 25. R3f2 Rf5 26. Qc2 Qg6 27. g3 h5 28. Bc1 h4 29. Bb2 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rh5 31. Rg2 Qh6 32. Kf2 Rh2 33. Ke1 Rxg2 34. Qxg2 Qg6 35. Rh1+ Kg7 36. Qc2 Bf8 37. Bxd4 Bc5 38. a5 Bxd4 39. Nxd4 Rxa5 40. Qxc7 Ra1+ 41. Kd2 Rxh1 42. Qxd7+ Kh6 43. Nxe6 Rh2+ 44. Kc3 Qh7 45. Qd8 d4+ 46. Kxd4 Rh5 47. Qf8+ 1-0 [Event "1st 3-0 Thu 14th May 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.05.14"] [Round "7"] [White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"] [Black "Indjic, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2626"] [BlackElo "2602"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2026.05.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 ({RR} 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 Qd7 9. Nc3 Nd8 10. h3 c6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. f4 a6 18. Re2 Rad8 19. Kh1 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qd4 Re7 {Kasparov,G (2825)-Zarnicki,P (2515) ICC INT 1998 ½-½ (83)}) 7... a5 8. a4 $146 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bb5 h6 10. h3 Kh8 11. a3 Bd7 12. Ba4 Nh7 13. d4 Bf6 14. Nf1 Ng5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. dxe5 Re8 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. f3 Rad8 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 d5 {Zhigalko,S (2572)-Makarian,R (2550) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (65)}) ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. a3 Nb6 10. Ba2 a4 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Be3 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Nd7 14. Ng3 Nf6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Raa1 Bf8 17. d4 Qc8 18. Rad1 g6 19. h3 Bg7 20. d5 Nb8 21. Qd2 Nbd7 22. Bh6 Bh8 {Garcia Ramos,D (2438)-Schoppen,C (2544) Granada ESP 2025 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bb5 h6 10. h3 Kh8 11. a3 Bd7 12. Ba4 Nh7 13. d4 Bf6 14. Nf1 Ng5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. dxe5 Re8 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. f3 Rad8 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 d5 {Zhigalko,S (2572)-Makarian,R (2550) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (65)}) 8... Be6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4 Qd7 12. Qb3 b6 13. Qb5 Rf7 14. Be3 Ng4 15. d4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 exd4 17. exd4 Nb8 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. Qc4 Nc6 20. Rf1 Ne7 21. Rf2 Ng6 22. Raf1 Qe8 23. g3 c6 24. Qd3 Ne7 25. Nc4 Nc8 26. e5 d5 27. Ng5 Rf5 28. Ne3 hxg5 29. Nxf5 exf5 30. Qxf5 Na7 31. Qxg5 Be7 32. Qg4 Qc8 33. Qg6 Qh3 34. Rf7 Bf8 35. R1f4 Qh6 36. Qxh6 gxh6 37. Rb7 Nc8 38. Rg4+ Kh8 39. Rg6 Ne7 40. Re6 Nf5 41. Rxb6 c5 42. Rf6 Ne7 43. dxc5 Ng8 44. Rfc6 Re8 45. e6 Ne7 46. Rc7 Nf5 47. e7 Bxe7 48. Kg2 Bg5 49. Kh3 Bc1 50. c6 Ne7 51. Rd7 Ng6 52. c7 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Bl Team Final"] [Site "Hong Kong HKG"] [Date "2026.06.21"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Lazavik, Denis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2621"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2026.06.20"] [EventType "k.o."] [WhiteTeam "Dragon Chilling"] [BlackTeam "Endgame.AI"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Re1 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. c3 a5 12. Qb3 ({RR} 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. Nh2 d5 14. Qf3 Rad8 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 f6 18. g3 Bc5 19. Kg2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qd3 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Ne7 23. Rad1 Qa6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Qc4 26. Qf5+ Kg8 {Wei Yi (2758)-Nakamura,H (2804) Stavanger NOR 2025 ½-½ (38)}) 12... b6 $146 ({RR} 12... Qd7 13. Bd2 Bf8 14. Rad1 b6 15. Qb5 Ne7 16. Ne3 Rad8 17. c4 Ng6 18. Nd5 Nh7 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. b4 axb4 21. Bxb4 Ne7 22. a5 bxa5 23. Bxa5 c6 24. Nxe7+ Bxe7 25. c5 Ng5 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. cxd6 {Safarli,E (2614)-Grischuk,A (2732) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 12... Qd7 13. Bd2 Bf8 14. Ne3 Nd8 15. c4 Ne6 16. Nd5 Nc5 17. Qc2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 g6 22. Bc3 Bg7 23. Rad1 d5 24. exd5 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qxd5 26. Ne2 Qb3 27. Qxb3 {Abdsattar,A (2165)-Lissillour,B (2273) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (84)}) ({RR} 12... Qd7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bf8 15. d5 Nb4 16. Nxa5 Nbxd5 17. exd5 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Rxa5 19. Qxb7 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Qxa4 21. Qxc7 Nxd5 {½-½ (21) Bochnicka,V (2343)-Ioannidis,E (2499) Bratislava SVK 2024}) 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. Nh2 Qd7 15. Nhg4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Qe6 17. Qd1 Ne7 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. d5 Qxe4 22. dxc6 d5 23. Bd2 Qd3 24. Bc3 d4 25. Rad1 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. f3 Re6 28. Rxd4 Rde8 29. Re4 Bc5 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Kf2 Rxc6 32. f4 Rd6 33. Kf3 Rd3 34. Ke4 Rd7 35. Re2 f6 36. Kf3 Rd3 37. Ke4 Rd8 38. Nf5 Rd1 39. Rd2 Re1+ 40. Kd5 Rf1 41. g3 Bf8 42. Kc6 g6 43. Nh4 g5 44. fxg5 fxg5 45. Nf5 h5 46. Rd8 hxg4 47. Nh6+ Kh7 48. Nxg4 Bd6 49. Be5 Rc1+ 50. Kb7 Rc4 51. Bxd6 cxd6 52. Nf6+ Kg6 53. Rxd6 Rxa4 54. Rxb6 Kf5 55. g4+ Kf4 56. Rb5 Ra2 57. Kb6 a4 58. Ka5 a3 59. bxa3 Rxa3+ 60. Kb4 Ra6 61. Rf5+ Kg3 62. Kc4 Kh4 63. Kd5 Rb6 64. Ke5 Ra6 65. Rf1 Ra5+ 66. Ke6 Rb5 67. Rf5 Rb4 68. Kf7 Rf4 69. Kg6 1-0 [Event "TechM GCL 2026"] [Site "Bengaluru IND"] [Date "2026.09.05"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Pranesh, M."] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2757"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2026.09.05"] [EventType "team"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1661"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2026.09.07"] [WhiteTeam "CheQ Mumba Masters"] [BlackTeam "Alpine APL Pipers"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qc8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Be3 Nd8 13. Ne1 c6 14. Ba2 Ne6 15. Ng2 Qd7 16. f4 $146 ({RR} 16. h4 h6 17. f3 d5 18. Qe1 Rae8 19. Qg3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. h5 Bh7 22. Rae1 dxe4 23. fxe4 Qd4+ 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Ne6 26. Ref1 f6 27. Nh4 Kh8 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Ng6+ Bxg6 30. hxg6 Kg8 {Asadli,V (2579)-Mastrovasilis,D (2627) Warsaw 2021 0-1 (52)}) ({RR} 16. h4 h6 17. f3 d5 18. Qe1 Rae8 19. Qg3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. h5 Bh7 22. Rae1 dxe4 23. fxe4 Qd4+ 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Ne6 26. Ref1 f6 27. Nh4 Kh8 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Ng6+ Bxg6 30. hxg6 Kg8 {Asadli,V (2579)-Mastrovasilis,D (2627) Warsaw 2021 0-1 (52)}) 16... exf4 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. Bb3 Bf6 22. Rab1 a5 23. Rf2 a4 24. Ba2 Rc5 25. g5 Bd4 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 d4 28. Qg3 Rfc8 29. Re1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Bc4 Qd8 32. h4 h6 33. gxh6 Rxc4 34. dxc4 d3 35. Qe5 f6 36. Qd5+ Qxd5 37. cxd5 gxh6 38. d6 Bf5 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Re7+ Kf8 41. Kf2 1-0 [Event "TCh-TUR Super League 2026"] [Site "Ankara TUR"] [Date "2026.08.12"] [Round "12.26"] [White "Korobov, A."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2026.08.03"] [WhiteTeam "YILDIZ SATRANC SPOR KULUBU"] [BlackTeam "GOKTURK SATRANC SPOR KULUBU"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 a6 8. c3 ({RR} 8. d4 Bg4 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. c3 O-O 12. Qa4 Qe7 13. h3 Be6 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qb3 Qe8 17. Nf1 Bf8 18. Ng3 Rab8 19. Be3 Rd7 20. Kh2 Rdd8 21. Qc4 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 {Paravyan,D (2612)-Pranav,V (2611) Samarkand UZB 2023 1-0 (67)}) 8... Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Nde7 13. Be3 Kh7 14. Bc5 f6 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. f4 Nxc4 18. Bxe7 Qe8 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Qb3 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Qf7 Bf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Re7 Rg8 25. Rf1 {Grischuk,A (2773)-Bartel,M (2167) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 10... Be6 11. h3 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Re8 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Nh2 d5 17. Neg4 Nxg4 18. Nxg4 dxe4 19. Bxh6 exd3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nxe5 Qf5 22. Re3 Nc6 23. Ng4 Nxa5 24. Qa4 Nc6 25. Rf3 {Movsesian,S (2654)-Hammer,J (2635) chess24.com INT 2020 0-1 (38)}) ({RR} 10... Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Nxd5 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Bd2 c6 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. h3 Re8 20. Qd1 Nf4 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Be3 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Rc2 Rd8 25. Rd2 {Fogo Esquivel,L (2180)-Harish,N (2179) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (73)}) ({RR} 10... Kh8 11. b4 d5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. g3 f5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Re3 Nf6 18. Rae1 Bxb3 19. Nxb3 Nd5 20. R3e2 b6 21. Qc1 Qd7 22. Qa1 Kh7 23. Nbd2 bxa5 24. bxa5 Nf6 25. Nc4 {Jumabayev,R (2560)-Gasanov,E (2447) London ENG 2025 ½-½ (93)}) 11. b4 g5 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Bb3 d5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. exd5 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Re3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nh4 21. Qe2 Nxd5 22. Rxe5 Nxc3 23. Qe1 Nb5 24. Bb2 f6 25. Re6 Ng6 26. Qe4 Rxe6 27. Qxe6 Qe7 28. Re1 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rf8 30. g3 Rf7 31. Kg2 Nd6 32. Kf3 Nf8 33. Re1 Rd7 34. h4 Kg6 35. h5+ Kxh5 36. Bxf6 Kg6 37. Be5 Nf5 38. Bc4 h5 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Nh6+ 41. Kf3 Nf5 42. Bb2 Nd6 43. Bd5 c6 44. Ba2 Rh7 45. Bd4 Nb5 46. Bb2 Nd6 47. Re5 Rh3+ 48. Kg2 Rh4 49. Bc3 Rg4+ 50. Kf1 Rh4 51. Bg8 Rh3 52. Ke2 Nb5 53. Bb2 Rh4 54. Re4 Nd7 55. Bc4 Rh7 56. Re6+ Kf5 57. Re3 Kg6 58. d4 Rh8 59. d5 Rc8 60. Re7 Rd8 61. dxc6 bxc6 62. Bf7+ Kh6 63. Re6+ Kh7 64. Rxc6 Nb8 65. Rb6 Rc8 66. Bg6+ Kg8 67. Bd3 Kf7 68. Bf5 Re8+ 69. Kf3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 26th May 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.05.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"] [Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2636"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2026.05.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Bxe6 ({RR} 8. Re1 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 Nb8 12. Nd2 Na6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bg5 15. Ra3 Kh8 16. Nf1 g6 17. Qe2 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nc5 19. b3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ng3 Rf4 22. Ne4 Nxe4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2771)-Dubov,D (2710) Amsterdam NED 2023 1-0 (79)}) 8... fxe6 9. Ne2 ({RR} 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qd7 11. Be3 Rf7 12. f4 Raf8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qd3 Ng4 15. Rae1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Be7 19. Rxf7 Bc5 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. h3 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Qb6 23. Nd1 Qd4 {Laddha,Y (2053)-Osetrov,D (2270) chess.com INT 2026 0-1}) 9... a5 $146 ({RR} 9... Nh5 10. Ng3 Qe8 11. c3 Nf4 12. d4 Qg6 13. Re1 h5 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Re3 Raf8 16. dxe5 h4 17. Nf1 Nxe5 18. N1d2 Rg4 19. g3 hxg3 20. hxg3 Rxg3+ 21. fxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Kf1 Bh4 23. Qe2 Ng4 24. Qe1 {Cetin,E (1718)-Temizkan,D (2192) Denizli 2025 0-1}) ({RR} 9... Qd7 10. Ng3 h6 11. a5 a6 12. Re1 Rf7 13. c3 Nh7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Be3 Nf8 16. d4 Bf6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Red1 Qe8 20. Qc2 Nh7 21. b4 Nf6 22. Qe2 Ne7 23. Rd2 Nd7 24. b5 {Veljanoski,A (2245)-Josifoski,S Strumica MKD 2025 1-0}) 10. Ng3 h6 11. h3 d5 12. c3 Nd7 13. Be3 Kh7 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Re1 c6 17. Qb1 Kg8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. exd5 Qe8 20. dxe6 Nb6 21. Nf5 Rf6 22. Ne5 Rxe6 23. Ra3 Bg5 24. Rg3 Nc4 25. Nxh6+ Rxh6 26. Rxg5+ Kh8 27. Ng6+ 1-0 [Event "1st 3-0 Thu 5th Mar 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.03.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2026.03.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 g6 ({RR} 12... Nb4 13. Nxb4 cxb4 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. a5 Rc8 16. Ra4 b5 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Rea1 Rc5 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rb8 22. h4 h6 23. Qa2 Qb3 24. Rxa5 Qxa2 25. R1xa2 Rxc3 26. Rd2 Rbb3 27. Ra6 {So,W (2748)-Aronian,L (2748) Saint Louis USA 2025 ½-½ (43)}) 13. c3 Bg7 14. h4 $146 ({RR} 14. Qb1 h6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Nxb4 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Nxb4 18. Qxb4 b6 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Rb8 21. Qa3 Rb3 22. Qxb3 Qxa5 23. Nd2 Kh7 24. Nc4 Qc5 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26. cxb4 Rd8 27. Ne3 Rc8 28. Nd5 Rc2 {Korneev,O (2597)-Nicolas Zapata,J (2023) La Roda 2012 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 14. h3 Kh8 15. Qd2 f5 16. b4 fxe4 17. Ng5 Bh6 18. Nxe6 Bxd2 19. Nxd8 Bxe1 20. Ne6 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 e3 {0-1 (21) Myagmarsuren,E (2317)-Kravtsiv,M (2598) chess.com INT 2026}) ({RR} 14. Qc1 Kh8 15. Qg5 f6 16. Qe3 f5 17. Qg5 Qd7 18. Qh4 h6 19. Ne3 Bxa2 20. Rxa2 Qf7 21. Nd5 Kg8 22. Nd2 h5 23. f3 Bh6 24. Nc4 Rad8 25. b3 Kh7 26. Qh3 f4 27. Rf1 Bg5 28. g4 fxg3 {Hansen,S (2213)-Arngrimsson,D (2366) Reykjavik ISL 2024 1-0 (42)}) 14... Ne7 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. h5 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 d5 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Qb5 Qc7 20. a5 a6 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. axb6 c4 23. dxc4 dxe4 24. Ng5 Nc8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. c5 Bh6 27. Nxe4 f5 28. Ng3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Ne7 30. e4 f4 31. Nf1 Rd3 32. Raa1 Rfd8 33. Kf2 Nc6 34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Red1 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 37. Kxd1 g5 38. Ke2 Kg6 39. g4 a5 40. Nd2 Kf6 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Nf3 Kf6 43. Kc4 Ne7 44. b3 Nc6 45. Kd5 Kg6 46. Kd6 Kf6 47. Kc7 a4 48. bxa4 Na5 49. c6 1-0 [Event "75th Ann. Karpov 2026"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2026.05.23"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Artemiev, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2641"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2026.05.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. h3 h6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Bb3 d5 $146 ({RR} 20... Qd7 21. Rad1 Bxb3 22. axb3 Qe6 23. Re3 Rcd8 24. Rde1 g5 25. e5 gxf4 26. exf6 fxe3 27. Rxe3 Qc8 28. Rc3 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qe6 30. Nh5 Kh8 31. Rg3 Rc8 32. Nf4 Qe5 33. Qa7 Rcc1 34. Rg4 Qxf6 35. Qa8 {Hou Yifan (2609)-Ju,W (2570) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 20... Nd7 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rad1 Qb6 23. Qd2 Nf6 24. Re2 Rce8 25. Rde1 Qc6 26. Qd3 Qc4 27. Qb1 d5 28. b3 Qb4 29. Bd2 Qd6 30. Bc3 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Rxe4 {½-½ (32) Lagarde,M (2586)-Gozzoli,Y (2565) Chess.com INT 2018}) 21. e5 Bc5 22. Qd3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxb3 25. axb3 Qd4 26. Qf3 Qxb2 27. Rxa6 Bd4 28. Re2 Qc3 29. Qg4 Rc6 30. Bd2 Rxa6 31. Bxc3 Bxc3 32. Qd7 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Bxe5+ 34. g3 Raa8 35. Qxb5 Rab8 36. Qc4 Rec8 37. Qd5 Bf6 38. Re3 Rd8 39. Qc6 Rdc8 40. Qa4 Ra8 41. Qe4 Ra2 42. Rf3 Rb8 43. Qd5 Ra7 44. Re3 Rab7 45. Re8+ Rxe8 46. Qxb7 g6 47. b4 Re6 48. Qd5 Kg7 49. b5 h5 50. h4 Re5 51. Qb3 Re2 52. Kg1 Rb2 53. Qd5 Rb4 54. Qc5 Rb1+ 55. Kg2 Bd8 56. Qd6 Ba5 57. Qd3 Rb4 58. Qc3+ Kh7 59. b6 Rb5 60. Qc4 Rxb6 61. Qxf7+ Kh6 62. Qf4+ Kh7 63. Qf7+ Kh6 64. Qe8 Kh7 65. Qe7+ Kg8 66. Qc5 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"] [Site "Samarkand"] [Date "2025.09.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2658"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2025.09.04"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 46"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.09.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.09.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. d4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths. Verlässt die ausgetretenen Pfade.} Bg4 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O $146 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Qd2 Kh7 {½-½ Demirbag,A (2036)-Lomsadze,D (2352) Troya op 26th 2018 (7)}) ({RR} 11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. f3 Rc8 19. Nd5 Ne7 20. Bd4 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qxd5 b6 23. Qd4+ Qf6 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rd5 Re6 26. Red1 {Demirbag,A (2036)-Lomsadze,D (2352) Canakkale 2018 ½-½ (46)}) 12. Be2 Re8 13. a5 a6 14. f3 Nc6 15. Bc4 Re5 16. Nd5 Rh5 17. g4 Re5 18. Bf4 Re8 19. c3 Ne5 20. Bb3 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Qe7 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. Rae1 c6 24. Qd1 g5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Rxf4 Rd7 27. Rf5 Qd8 28. g5 hxg5 29. Qh5 d5 30. exd5 Qxa5 31. Rexe5 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.08.07"] [Round "2.23"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2703"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2024.07.25"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 h6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Qd3 c5 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Nd2 g6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bb5 20. c4 Bd7 21. b4 cxb4 22. axb4 Bg7 23. Ra2 Bf5 24. Qb3 g5 25. Nf1 Bg6 {Gorodetzky,M (2284)-Selbes,T (2235) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (67)}) 11... Rxe6 12. d4 Re8 13. Qd3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Qe2 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. Bd4 Re6 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. f4 Rae8 22. Qf3 b5 23. Re2 a5 24. Rde1 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Nd1 d5 27. e5 Ne4 28. Nf2 Nxf2 29. Bxf2 Ra8 30. Bg3 Ree8 31. Kh2 Qd7 32. Ne3 d4 33. Nc4 Qd5 34. Qd3 Ne7 35. Nb6 Qb5 36. Nxa8 Qxd3 37. cxd3 Rxa8 38. e6 f6 39. Bf2 c5 40. Rc1 Nc6 41. g4 g6 42. f5 g5 43. Kg2 b3 44. Bg3 Be7 45. Kf3 Nb4 46. Ke4 Ra2 47. Be1 Nc6 48. Kd5 Nd8 49. Bg3 Ra5 50. Kc4 Ra4+ 51. Kxb3 Rb4+ 52. Kc2 Nc6 53. Ra1 Rb7 54. Ra8+ Kg7 55. Be1 Ne5 56. Bd2 c4 57. Rxe5 fxe5 58. dxc4 e4 59. b3 d3+ 60. Kc1 Rxb3 61. Ra7 Kf6 62. Be3 Ba3+ 63. Rxa3 Rxa3 64. Bd4+ Ke7 65. Bc5+ Kf6 66. Bxa3 e3 67. Bc5 e2 68. Kd2 Ke5 69. Bf2 Kf4 70. e7 1-0 [Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "2024.09.06"] [Round "1.20"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2024.09.06"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 ({RR} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a4 Be6 9. a5 a6 10. Re1 Bxc4 11. dxc4 b6 12. axb6 cxb6 13. Nf1 b5 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. Ne3 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Na5 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qf3 Qd8 20. Nf1 Nb3 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 {Firouzja,A (2759)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com INT 2021 1-0 (60)}) 7... O-O 8. a5 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Re1 Nh7 10. Nbd2 Ng5 11. d4 Bf6 12. Nxg5 Bxg5 13. Nb3 Kh8 14. Bd5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Ne7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rcd1 Rd6 21. Kf1 Rfd8 22. Ke2 Kg8 23. f3 {Zwirs,N (2443)-Trent,L (2386) Amsterdam 2020 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 8... a6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ne3 Qe6 15. Nc4 e4 16. Nfd2 Rad8 17. d4 Na7 18. b4 Nb5 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. Qc2 Qd5 21. Ne3 Qh5 22. h3 Qg6 23. Nec4 {Subhayan,K (2363)-Xu,Z (2487) Hua Hin THA 2026 0-1}) 9. h3 b5 10. axb6 axb6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Ra8 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Nf1 Ne7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Ng3 Ng6 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. Be3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Qb5 25. Be3 d5 26. Nf3 Rc8 27. b4 Rc4 28. Nd4 Qb7 29. b5 Bc5 30. Nf5 d4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Qd5 33. Nc6 Qxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Nf4 35. b6 Rxc6 36. b7 Rb6 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. b8=Q Rxb8 39. Rxb8 g5 40. Rb7 Kg6 41. Kh2 h5 42. Rb6+ f6 43. g3 Nd3 44. Kg2 g4 45. h4 Kf5 46. Rb5+ Ne5 47. Kf1 Kg6 48. Ke2 Nf3 49. Ke3 Ne5 50. Ke4 Nf3 51. Rd5 Ne1 52. Rf5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Aug Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.08.13"] [Round "11"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2674"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2024.08.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. c3 ({RR} 6. a5 g6 7. a6 b6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd2 Na5 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Bc4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. c4 Rc8 19. Qa4 c5 20. b4 Nh5 {Aronian,L (2729)-Pranav,V (2609) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 6. a5 g5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h4 g4 9. Nh2 Ne7 10. a6 b6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nxg4 Nxg3 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rh3 Nh5 17. Ne3 Nhf4 18. Rg3 Be5 19. Nf5 c6 20. d4 Bxd4 {Kadric,D (2553)-Sindarov,J (2674) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 6... g5 7. b4 $146 ({RR} 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1 Be6 9. Ne3 Qd7 10. a5 a6 11. b4 d5 12. b5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ng4 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Bc4 Qd7 17. Ba3 e4 18. O-O exf3 19. Qxf3 Nge5 20. Rfe1 O-O-O 21. Qe4 Nxc4 {Subervi,J (2034)-Ambartsumova,K (2418) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 7. a5 a6 8. Nbd2 g4 9. Ng1 Bg7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Ng3 h5 14. f3 Bh6 15. exd5 Be3+ 16. Kh1 h4 17. Nge4 Nxd5 18. Qe2 Ba7 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. fxg4 h3 21. Nf3 f5 {Sarquis,M (2143)-Chaves,J (1934) Florianopolis BRA 2026 0-1}) 7... Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nc4 g4 12. Nfd2 d5 13. Ne3 c6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rb1 h5 17. Ndf1 Qd7 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. Ngf5 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22. Bc2 Rdd8 23. g3 Bf8 24. Kg2 Nf4+ 25. gxf4 exf4 26. e5 Nd7 27. Nf1 Bd5+ 28. Kg1 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxf4 Be4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Be3 f6 33. N1g3 Rc4 34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Nxh5 Rd5 36. Nhg3 Kg6 37. Ne3 Rdxd4 38. cxd4 Rxd4 39. b5 Rxa4 40. bxc6 bxc6 41. Rc1 c5 42. Kg2 Bd6 43. Rd1 Be5 44. Rd5 c4 45. Nxg4 Bf4 46. Rd4 Bg5 1-0 [Event "TechM GCL 3rd-4th 2025"] [Site "Mumbai IND"] [Date "2025.12.23"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Dominguez Perez, L."] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2726"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2025.12.23"] [EventType "team"] [WhiteTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] [BlackTeam "Ganges Grandmasters"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 a5 10. Na3 h6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Nc4 b6 ({RR} 12... Qe8 13. b4 Qg6 14. b5 Nb8 15. Qe2 Nbd7 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nh5 18. Rac1 b6 19. Nb2 Rac8 20. Nd3 Ndf6 21. h3 Nh7 22. Rc6 Bd8 23. g4 N5f6 24. Nf4 Qf7 25. e5 Nd5 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Kg2 {Dominguez Perez,L (2738)-Pranav,V (2595) London ENG 2025 1-0 (47)}) 13. b4 axb4 14. cxb4 Nd4 $146 ({RR} 14... Nh7 15. b5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qg6 e5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ng4 21. Bg3 Bg5 22. e5 d5 23. e6 Qe8 24. Ne5 Be3+ 25. Rxe3 Nxe3 26. Nf7 Rxf7 27. exf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bxc7 {Niemann,H (2725)-Martirosyan,H (2662) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 14... Nh7 15. b5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. f4 Nf6 18. Qb3 Kh7 19. Rf1 d5 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Nc6 Bc5 22. e5 Nd7 23. Rf3 g5 24. Raf1 g4 25. R3f2 Rf5 26. Qc2 Qg6 27. g3 h5 28. Bc1 h4 29. Bb2 {Duda,J (2739)-Pranav,V (2661) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (47)}) 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. b5 e5 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nxa5 Ng4 20. f3 Bh4 21. fxg4 Bf2+ 22. Kh1 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Rf2 24. Qd1 Qxb5 25. Nc4 d5 26. Nxe5 dxe4 27. Bf4 e3 28. Bg3 Rf6 29. h4 Qd5 30. g5 Re6 31. Nf3 Rf8 32. Qe2 c5 33. Rc1 Ra6 34. Rc2 hxg5 35. Nxg5 Kg8 36. Kh2 Qf5 37. Rc1 Qd5 38. Qh5 Rh6 39. Qg4 Qf5 40. Kh3 Rc6 41. Qxf5 Rxf5 42. Kg4 g6 43. Nf3 Rd5 44. Ne5 Re6 45. Nc4 Rf5 46. Bf4 Ra6 47. Ne5 Ra2 48. g3 Rf6 49. Kg5 Re6 50. Re1 Rd2 51. g4 c4 52. dxc4 Rc2 53. h5 gxh5 54. gxh5 e2 55. Kf5 Rxe5+ 56. Kxe5 d3 57. Kd4 d2 58. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 59. Ke3 Rd8 60. Rxe2 Kf7 61. Rh2 1-0 [Event "13th Norway Chess 2025"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2025.06.06"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Gukesh, D.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2025.05.26"] 1. e4 {Edouard,Romain} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a3 g6 6. Nc3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} Bg7 7. h3 d6 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} a6 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 Nd7 11. g5 h5 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Nf6+ Nxf6 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng5+ Kg7 16. Rg1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Bh6+ {1-0 (20) Umarov,S (2364)-Vedder,R (2262) chess.com INT 2023}) ({RR} 8... Ne7 9. Ba2 b6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Qf3 O-O ({RR} 12... c5 13. Nde2 Nf5) 13. O-O-O a6 14. g4 Nd7 15. Rhg1 Kh7 16. Nf5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Ng8 18. Kb1 ({RR} 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rg1+ Kh7 20. Bd5 c6 ({RR} 20... Bxd5 21. Qg4 Qf6 22. Nxd5) 21. e5 Nxe5 ({RR} 21... f6 22. Qh5) ({RR} 21... cxd5 22. Qg4) 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. Ne4 Qh8 24. Bxh6 ({RR} 24. Ng5+ hxg5 25. Bxg5) 24... Nxh6 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Nxf7+) ({RR} 18. Bd5 Bxc3) 18... Qe7 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bd4+ ({RR} 20. f6+ Ngxf6 21. Bxh6+ Kxh6 22. Qf4+ Kh5) ({RR} 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Bd5 c6 22. Qg3 f6 23. Be6) 20... f6 ({RR} 20... Ngf6) 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Rg6 ({RR} 22. Qh5) 22... Rf7 23. Bd5 {Topalov,V (2730)-Salimova,N (2364) Cap d'Agde 2021 CBM 205 Extra [Edouard,Romain] 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Qa6 c5 15. Qc6 O-O 16. Qxc7 Rac8 17. Qa5 Nb6 18. Qa6 d5 19. Nd1 Nc4 20. O-O Kh7 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. b3 Rb6 23. Qa4 {Sanduleac,V (2492)-Olarasu,G (2241) Galati 2006 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. d4 Bxd5 14. exd5 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qc3 Rc8 17. f4 c5 18. fxe5 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxe5 20. Qd2 Qh4 21. Rhf1 f5 22. Bf4 Rfe8 23. Kb1 {Mitusov,S (2297)-Koziak,V (2433) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 Nh5 12. g3 Kh7 13. Kg2 d5 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Nh4 Qf7 16. Rf1 Rad8 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. exd5 exd5 19. Ne2 Nf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kh2 e4 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf3 {Sevian,S (2688)-Gholami Orimi,M (2530) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. d4 Ne4 15. Qd1 exd4 16. Nexd4 Ne7 17. Bf4 c5 18. Be5 Nf6 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Nf4 b6 22. h4 Ng4 23. Bxg7 {Gukesh,D (2754)-Nakamura,H (2810) Mumbai IND 2025 0-1 (44)}) 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qd7 13. f3 Nh5 14. Nde2 Qf7 15. g4 Nf6 16. f4 O-O-O 17. O-O-O {0-1 Parpiev,I (2205)-Le,T (2567) Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (4)}) 11... g5 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. b4 d5 15. Qe2 d4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 Qe7 (17... Rhg8 $14) 18. Rb1 $1 $16 Nd7 {[%CAl Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 19. O-O Nde5 20. Nh5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Be5 22. b5 (22. Qd1 $16) 22... axb5 $14 23. Rxb5 Qxa3 24. Rc1 {[%CAl Oc1c6]} Rhf8 25. Qe2 {[%CAl Oc1c6]} Bd6 (25... Qd6 $14) 26. e5 $1 $16 Rf5 {[%CAl Rf5e5] [#]} 27. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} bxc6 28. Ra5 Qb2 {[%CAl Oc8b7] Strongly threatening ...Kb7!.} (28... Rxe5 $2 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxa3 $18) 29. exd6 (29. Ra8+ $6 Kb7 30. Rxd8 Rxe5 $11) 29... Rxa5 30. Qxe6+ Kb7 31. Bxa5 Rxd6 32. Qe7 {Some like it hot} Qa1+ 33. Be1 {Ng3 would now be deadly. White is more active.} c5 $2 {[#]} (33... Qa2 $16) 34. Ng3 $1 $18 Rc6 35. Kh2 Qa2 36. Ne4 Qd5 37. f3 c4 38. Qb4+ Kc8 39. Qa4 Kb7 {Repels Qa8+} (39... c3 $2 40. Qa8+ Kd7 41. Nf6+ Rxf6 42. Qxd5+ $18) 40. Bf2 cxd3 41. Bxd4 Ra6 42. Qb4+ Kc8 43. Qf8+ Qd8 44. Qc5 Re6 (44... d2 {keeps fighting.} 45. Nxd2 Qd6+ 46. Qxd6 cxd6) 45. Qc4 Rd6 46. Be5 ({Weaker is} 46. Nxd6+ Qxd6+ 47. Kg1 d2 $11) 46... Rd5 47. f4 ({White should play} 47. Qa6+ $18 Kb8 48. Bf6 (48. Qb6+ Kc8 $16)) 47... d2 $11 48. Bxc7 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} d1=Q $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Qxc7 $11 49. Qxd5 Qxf4+ 50. g3 (50. Ng3 Kc7 $11) 50... Qxe4 51. Qxe4 d1=Q) 49. Bxd8+ $18 Kxd8 {[#] Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.30} 50. Nc3 $1 {[%csl Bd1,Bd5]} 1-0 [Event "11th Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2024.08.21"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2024.08.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 a5 ({RR} 9... h6 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. h3 h6 11. c3 a5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 Nb8 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 {Niemann,H (2692)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (59)}) 10. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 10. c3 b6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Rxc7 Rxd4 20. Qb3 Nd5 21. g3 Qh5 22. Rd7 Nf4 23. Rxd4 Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Qxe2 {Preman,N (2203)-Sakhayi,M (2166) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (33)}) 10... Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. f3 Re6 17. Ne3 Qg5 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. b3 Nf6 21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne3 b6 23. c4 Qg5 24. Qf2 Nd7 25. Nd5 Qd8 26. g4 Re5 27. Re3 Nc5 28. Qg3 h5 29. h3 Kg7 30. Nf4 Rh8 31. Kg2 hxg4 32. hxg4 Ree8 33. Ree1 Qf6 34. Rh1 c6 35. Nh3 Rd8 36. g5 Qb2+ 37. Nf2 Rxh1 38. Rxh1 d5 39. cxd5 cxd5 40. Rd1 Nxb3 41. exd5 Nc5 42. Qf4 Kg8 43. Kg3 Nb7 44. Qc7 Kg7 45. Ng4 Rh8 46. Qxb7 Qe2 47. Rg1 Qd2 48. Qe7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Aug Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.08.06"] [Round "10"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2659"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2024.08.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. Nc3 Ng8 9. Nd5 f5 10. h3 fxe4 ({RR} 10... f4 11. b4 Nf6 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. b5 Nd8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bd3 Nf7 16. Ba3 Bd7 17. c4 b6 18. Qc2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Rg8 20. c5 bxc5 21. dxc5 g5 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Bc4 g4 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxg8 {Castro Miguelez,J (2051)-Chyzy,J (2351) Santa Cruz de La Palma ESP 2026 0-1 (34)}) 11. dxe4 Be6 ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. a5 a6 13. Ra3 Be6 14. Nxf6 Bxc4 15. Nd5 Bb5 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nd2 Nd8 18. c4 Bc6 19. Qg4 Ne6 20. b4 Rae8 21. Nf3 Bd8 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Nd4 24. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxd7 26. Kg2 {Caruana,F (2822)-Grischuk,A (2766) Saint Louis 2018 ½-½ (67)}) 12. Qd3 Qd7 13. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Nce7 15. a5 a6 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nh5 20. Ra3 Nf4 21. Rb3 Qg5 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qe2 Rab8 24. g3 Qf7 25. Kg2 h6 26. h4 Kh7 27. Rd1 Qe6 {Hou,Y (2658)-Lagno,K (2546) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (80)}) 13... a6 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 h6 18. Bc3 Qe8 19. b4 Rb8 20. b5 Ne7 21. Qc4 axb5 22. axb5 Rc8 23. Ra1 Qh5 24. Ra7 Ng6 25. Bd2 Nh4 26. Qe2 Qg6 27. Nxh4 Bxh4 28. Be3 Qxe4 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4 b6 31. g3 Bg5 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. c4 Kf7 34. Bxb6 Ke6 35. Bxc7 Bd2 36. Rd1 Bb4 37. b6 Bc5 38. f3 e4 39. f4 e3 40. Kf3 g6 41. Rd3 h5 42. g5 Rf7 43. b7 Rfxc7 44. bxc8=Q+ Rxc8 45. Rg7 Rb8 46. Rxg6+ Ke7 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rh7 Rb2 49. Rxe3 Bxe3 50. Kxe3 Rb3+ 51. Ke4 Rxg3 52. Rxh5 Rc3 53. Kd5 Rf3 54. Kxd6 Rxf4 55. c5 Rd4+ 56. Kc7 Rd5 57. c6 Kg7 58. Kc8 Kg6 59. Rh1 Kxg5 60. c7 Kf6 61. Rb1 Rc5 62. Kb7 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.27"] [Round "1.1"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2666"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2024.09.27"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Be3 Be6 8. Ng5 ({RR} 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 b5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Re8 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. O-O Rxe4 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 0-1 (60)}) 8... Bg4 $146 ({RR} 8... d5 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Kh8 12. Nc3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 f5 14. Qe2 Bh4+ 15. g3 Bf6 16. O-O-O Rb8 17. Rdf1 e4 18. d4 Ne7 19. g4 c5 20. gxf5 cxd4 21. Nxe4 b5 22. Be6 b4 23. a4 {Lodici,L (2564)-Giri,A (2733) New York USA 2024 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 Qd7 10. h3 Rfe8 11. Qd3 Nd8 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. Nf3 Qc6 14. Nd5 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qe2 a5 17. Rd2 a4 18. Rhd1 Nd7 19. Kb1 Bf8 20. h4 Reb8 21. Ng5 h6 22. Qh5 hxg5 23. hxg5 {Aravindh,C (2692)-Galperin,P (2509) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 9. Qd2 h6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 d5 15. Ba2 c5 16. O-O-O b5 17. Rhg1 Kh8 18. Qf4 Qd7 19. h4 Rae8 20. e5 Nh7 21. Qg3 g6 22. Nf4 Qf5 23. Bxd5 Bd8 24. Bxf7 Bg5 25. hxg5 Qxf7 26. Nh3 Qa2 27. gxh6 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxb2 29. f4 Re6 30. Rb1 Qc3+ 31. Kd1 Qxa3 32. Qg4 Qa2 33. Rxb5 Qd5 34. f5 Rxe5 35. fxg6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.02"] [Round "7"] [White "Bacrot, E."] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2656"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2024.07.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. Be3 Qd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Kh8 12. Nxe5 $146 ({RR} 12. g4 Bg6 13. a5 a6 14. c3 Nd8 15. Ba2 c6 16. Nd2 Ne6 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Nb6 Qc7 19. Qd2 Qb8 20. Kg2 Nc7 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Ne6 23. Bg3 Bg5 24. Qf2 h5 25. h4 Be7 26. Qe2 Bxh4 {Perez Gormaz,M (2383)-Yin,E (2098) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (35)}) 12... Nxe5 13. Qxh5 c6 14. Bb3 f5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Rae1 b6 17. g4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Rae8 19. g5 d5 20. f5 Ne5 21. g6 h6 22. Bxh6 Kg8 23. Be3 Bc5 24. Qh7# 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.08.07"] [Round "2.5"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2703"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2024.07.25"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. c3 $146 ({RR} 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. c3 Qc8 14. Bd2 Ne7 15. d4 Ng6 16. Bd3 c6 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Rad1 b5 19. b3 Reb8 20. Nf5 Be6 21. c4 bxa4 22. bxa4 Bc8 23. c5 dxc5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Bc3 Qe6 {Amin,B (2636)-Jovanovic,Z (2525) Muelheim GER 2025 1-0}) 12... Bxc4 13. dxc4 Nb8 14. c5 Na6 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Bc5 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Kf1 Kh7 20. Ke2 g6 21. Nh2 Bf8 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Bc1 Bf8 24. Be3 Bc5 25. Nf3 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Nc5 28. Ra1 Nfd7 29. b4 Ne6 30. Rd1 Nef8 31. bxa5 Ra8 32. Rb1 Ra7 33. Nd2 Rxa5 34. Rxb7 Ne6 35. Rb4 Nb6 36. Nc4 Nxc4+ 37. Rxc4 c5 38. Ne2 Nd8 39. Nc1 Nb7 40. Nb3 Ra7 41. Nxc5 Nd6 42. Rb4 Rc7 43. Nd3 Rxc3 44. Kd2 Rc7 45. Nxe5 Re7 46. f4 f6 47. Nc6 Rc7 48. Na5 Ra7 49. Nb3 g5 50. g3 gxf4 51. gxf4 Kg6 52. a5 Kh5 53. Rd4 Nb5 54. Rd5+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 16th Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.16"] [Round "11"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2674"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2024.07.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g5 7. Re1 Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Ng3 d5 14. a5 a6 15. Be3 $146 ({RR} 15. Nf5 Qc7 16. h4 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nxh4 18. Nxh4 gxh4 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. Qh3 Nh7 21. Qxh4 Qxf5 22. Bxh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Re6 24. Qh3 Qxh3 25. gxh3 Rg6+ 26. Kf1 Ng5 27. Bd1 f6 28. Re3 Ne6 29. Rg3 Kh7 {Stoyanov,T (2373)-Percivaldi,M (2396) Anogia 2019 1-0 (58)}) 15... Be6 16. Ba4 Qd7 17. Nh2 Nf4 18. f3 Rad8 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bf8 21. Qc2 dxe4 22. dxe4 Qd3 23. Rad1 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Be7 25. Bb6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bf8 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. gxf5 Nh5 29. Rd7 Rb8 30. Bb3 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Open PlayIn1"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.03.16"] [Round "8"] [White "Sadhwani, Raunak"] [Black "Sargsyan, Shant"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2656"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2026.03.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Bg5 Nc6 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nc3 g6 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. c3 Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. Bc4 Kh7 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. a5 Ne7 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nc4 Rxf3 21. gxf3 g5 22. Qa4 Qc7 23. a6 b6 24. Ne3 {Sevian,S (2696)-Shuvalova,P (2492) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (50)}) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 ({RR} 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. c3 Rc8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Nd2 h5 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Rf1 Re8 20. h3 Kg7 21. b4 cxb4 22. cxb4 d5 23. Ne3 Bg5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rfd1 Qd7 {Anand,V (2788)-Naiditsch,A (2697) Mainz 2009 ½-½}) 11... g6 $146 ({RR} 11... Ne7 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. g3 Be6 14. Bc4 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Qc2 Bxc4 18. dxc4 f5 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Neg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Rae8 22. Rd5 h6 23. Nh3 e4 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Qd5+ {Strohbusch,F (1901)-Antonelli,F (2099) Arco 2010 0-1 (50)}) 12. Na3 Bg7 13. Nc2 Kh8 14. b4 f5 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Ne3 f4 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Nd2 b6 19. Bc4 Na5 20. Ba2 Rc8 21. Nc4 Nc6 22. f3 h5 23. Na3 Qd7 24. Bc4 g5 25. Bb5 g4 26. a5 gxf3 27. Qxf3 Bg4 28. Qf2 f3 29. g3 h4 30. axb6 hxg3 31. hxg3 Bh6 32. Nc4 Qh7 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Nxe5 Be3 35. Nxg4 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qg7 37. Rh1+ Kg8 38. Rxa7 Qxg4 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Nxc6+ Kg8 41. Ne7+ Kg7 42. Nf5+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 10th Feb 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.02.10"] [Round "7"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2026.02.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 f6 8. Bb3 Bg4 ({RR} 8... a5 9. c3 Nb6 10. Nh4 g6 11. a4 Bd6 12. d4 Qe7 13. Be3 Bd7 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Nf3 h6 16. Nbd2 O-O-O 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Nfd2 Nd7 19. Bd5 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb8 21. Rad1 Nba6 22. Nxd6+ cxd6 23. Nc4 {Abdusattorov,N (2727)-Van Foreest,J (2682) Wijk aan Zee NED 2024 1-0}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Be6 $146 ({RR} 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Nxe5 Qf5 13. g4 Qxe5 14. Bxb6 Qd6 15. Nb5 {1-0 (15) Hou Yifan (2596)-Muzychuk,A (2529) chess.com INT 2026}) ({RR} 11. Be3 Bf7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Ne4 Qd5 17. b3 Rd8 18. Bb2 f5 19. Nc3 Qc6 20. Qe2 Bb4 21. Rad1 Rdf8 22. Qe6 Qxe6 23. Rxe6 c6 24. Ne2 Re7 25. Nf4 Rfe8 {Kosteniuk,A (2487)-Deac,B (2655) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (64)}) 11... Qd6 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Be3 a6 14. Nc3 Qd6 15. Bf5 O-O 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Ng3 Bf7 18. d4 Nc4 19. dxe5 N6xe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf4 g6 22. Be4 c6 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Qg4 Bc5 25. Rf1 Qf6 26. Bd3 Bd5 27. Qe2 Qh4 28. Kh2 Rf4 29. c4 Bxc4 30. Bxc4+ Rxc4 31. f3 Rd4 32. Ne4 Qe7 33. Rad1 Rad8 34. Rxd4 Bxd4 35. b3 Qf7 36. Rd1 Kg7 37. g3 Qe7 38. Kg2 Rd5 39. h4 Qd7 40. h5 Bb6 41. Rh1 h6 42. hxg6 Qf5 43. Qc2 Bd4 44. g4 Qxg6 45. Qc1 Rd7 46. Rh5 Rf7 47. Qd2 Rf4 48. Qe2 c5 49. a4 b5 50. axb5 axb5 51. Rh3 c4 52. bxc4 bxc4 53. Qxc4 Rxe4 54. fxe4 Qxe4+ 55. Rf3 Qe1 56. Qc7+ Kh8 57. Qd8+ Kh7 58. Qe7+ Kg6 59. Qf7+ Kg5 60. Qf5+ Kh4 61. Qh5# 1-0 [Event "Riyadh Esports World Cup-D"] [Site "Riyadh"] [Date "2025.07.30"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "10"] [EventDate "2025.07.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 40"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.08.07"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.08.07"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,10,25,19,19,19,21,8,6,14,16,14,219]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 ({RR} 5. Qe2 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. h4 d5 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. Qxe5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qf5 Rb8 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Rhg1 g6 16. h5 Qe7 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Rg4 Bg7 19. Qd3 Rf8 {Mahmoody,M (2228)-Rafiei,A (2174) Teheran 2005 1-0 (46)}) 5... d6 $146 ({RR} 5... f5 6. Nc3 e4 7. Ng1 Bc5 8. Nge2 Qg5 9. O-O f4 10. d3 f3 11. Bxg5 fxe2 12. Qxe2 Nd4 13. Qxe4+ Kf8 14. Qe7+ Bxe7 15. Bxe7+ Kxe7 16. Rae1+ Kf8 17. Re4 Nxc2 18. Rc1 Nb4 19. Rf4+ Ke8 20. Re1+ {Toma,A (410)-Luca,I (425) Voineasa 2008 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 5... f6 6. d3 Nd4 7. Nfd2 b6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd1 Bg7 10. Nb3 a5 11. c3 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 a4 13. Qa3 d5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Ng3 Bxb5 16. c4 dxc4 17. dxc4 Bxc4 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Rb8 20. Rc2 {Antenreiter,J (1620)-Huber,V (1434) Playchess.com INT 2020 0-1}) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2612"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2025.12.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 a6 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. a5 $146 ({RR} 12. Ng3 Be6 13. a5 Qc8 14. Ne4 b6 15. axb6 cxb6 16. Qb3 Rd8 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Qxb6 f5 19. c4 Rxd3 20. Nc5 Rd6 21. Nb7 Rd7 22. Nc5 Re7 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Qb3 e4 25. c5 Rb8 26. Qc4 a5 {Maslowski,M (2143)-Markowski,D (2337) Koszalin 2001 0-1}) 12... Be6 13. h3 Kh7 14. N1h2 f5 15. Qb3 Qd6 16. Nf1 Rae8 17. h4 Nf6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Qxb7 Qxd3 20. Qxc7 e4 21. Bxh6 Kxh6 22. Qf4+ g5 23. Qxf5 Qd5 24. hxg5+ Kh5 25. Ng3# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 18th Nov 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2025.11.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 g5 6. O-O g4 ({RR} 6... Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. e5 Nh7 9. cxd4 O-O 10. d5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 d6 15. Nc3 f5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Qg5 18. Raf1 Rae8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nb5 {Kairbekova,A (2374)-Amin-Erdene,B (2191) Ulaanbaatar MGL 2026 1-0 (35)}) 7. Nfd2 $146 ({RR} 7. Ne1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Ne4 f5 11. Ng3 h5 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Bg5 h4 14. f4 Ne3 15. Qb3 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Bc5 17. Qb5 b6 18. b4 Nxf1+ 19. bxc5 Nd2 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Bf6 Rh6 {Nigmatov,O (2473)-Madaminov,M (2436) chess.com INT 2023 0-1}) ({RR} 7. Ne1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. Ne3 f5 12. a4 O-O-O 13. a5 a6 14. Qb3 h5 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Qc4 Nf4 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Qd3 {So,W (2756)-Keymer,V (2755) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 7. Ne1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. f4 Nxf4 10. Bxf4 exf4 11. Rxf4 f5 12. d4 Bd7 13. Nd3 Qg5 14. Qe1+ Qe7 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. b4 h5 17. Nb3 Bh6 18. Rf1 Be3+ 19. Kh1 h4 20. Ne5 f4 21. Ng6 Qg5 {Vykouk,J (2483)-Romanov,E (2563) Germany GER 2024 1-0 (60)}) 7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nf1 Qd7 11. b4 Bg7 12. Ng3 h5 13. Ne4 b6 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. a4 f6 16. Ne4 Be6 17. a5 Rd8 18. axb6 axb6 19. Nbd2 Nf4 20. d4 exd4 21. Nf1 O-O 22. Bb5 Nd5 23. cxd4 Ndxb4 24. Ba3 Qxd4 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Bxf8 Qxd1 27. Raxd1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Kxf8 29. Rc1 Bd7 30. Ne3 f5 31. Ng5 Bb2 32. Rc2 Be5 33. h4 Nd4 34. Ra2 Ke7 35. Ra8 f4 36. Nc4 Bf6 37. Ra7 Nb5 38. Ra8 Nd4 39. Ra7 b5 40. Nd2 Be5 41. Nge4 Bc6 42. Nc5 Bd5 43. Na6 Kd7 44. Nc5+ Kc6 45. Nde4 Kb6 46. Ra6# 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Open PlayIn4"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.03.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Murzin, Volodar"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2026.03.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nb6 11. Nd2 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 f6 13. c3 a5 14. Qg3 Qd7 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Be3 Re8 18. f4 b6 19. b3 Rfe7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ {Yakubboev,N (2620)-Aronian,L (2775) Chennai 2022 ½-½ (36)}) 9... f6 ({RR} 9... Nb6 10. Bb3 Nd4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 f6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bb4 16. Ne6 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Rf7 18. Bf4 c6 19. Nd8 Re7 20. Bd6 Rxd8 21. Bxb4 Red7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Bc5 {Laddha,Y (2053)-Sakhayi,M (2166) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 9... Kh8 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 Ndb4 12. Ne3 f5 13. c3 e4 14. dxe4 fxe4 15. cxb4 Bxb4 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Nc2 exf3 18. Nxb4 Nxb4 19. Bg5 Rc8 20. Be7 Nc2 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Re5 Nxa1 23. Rxh5 fxg2 24. Re5 {Brodsky,D (2455)-Niemann,H (2571) Saint Louis 2021 ½-½ (42)}) 10. a5 Kh8 11. c3 b6 $146 ({RR} 11... Nf4 12. Nf1 Bd6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. d4 Ne7 16. N1d2 Bc6 17. Ne4 a6 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Re2 Rae8 20. Rae1 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Ng6 22. Be6 Qb5 23. b4 c6 24. Nd2 Qh5 25. Bg4 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 {Antipov,M (2609)-Stefanov,E (2350) Tornelo INT 2021 1-0}) ({RR} 11... Rb8 12. Qa4 Bh5 13. Qb5 Nf4 14. d4 a6 15. Qa4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bf7 18. Ne4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd5 20. Nc5 Re8 21. Bd2 c6 22. b4 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qd7 24. h4 Kg8 25. h5 Qf5 26. h6 {Nikac,P (2350)-Blagojevic,D (2534) Neum 2002 0-1 (46)}) 12. Qa4 Bxf3 13. Qxc6 Nb4 14. Qxf3 Nc2 15. Qd1 Nxa1 16. Qa4 c6 17. Qxa1 b5 18. Ba2 Qxd3 19. Nb3 c5 20. Be3 c4 21. Nd4 exd4 22. Bb1 dxe3 23. Bxd3 exf2+ 24. Kxf2 Bc5+ 25. Ke2 Rae8+ 26. Be4 f5 27. Qd1 h6 28. Qd5 Rxe4+ 29. Kd1 Be3 30. Qxb5 Rd8+ 31. Kc2 Rd2+ 32. Kb1 f4 33. Qc6 Re5 34. g3 Rd8 35. gxf4 Bxf4 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37. h4 Bf6 38. h5 Kh7 39. Qb7 Rd1+ 40. Kc2 Re1 41. Qxa7 Bg5 42. b4 Re2+ 43. Kd1 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Rd3 45. Qc5 Rxc3 46. a6 Rc1+ 47. Ke2 Rc2+ 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 49. Kg4 Ra3 50. Qxc4 Ra4 51. Qb5 Rxb4+ 52. Qxb4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "10"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2612"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2026.01.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 ({RR} 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Ne7 11. Bb3 c6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. c3 Re8 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 c5 18. Nb5 Be6 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf4 Bc6 21. Bg3 Qd5 {Mayank,C (2386)-Durarbayli,V (2627) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (66)}) 7... Bg7 8. Be3 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Nh2 a6 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 b5 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. a5 c5 17. f4 b4 18. Kb1 Qxa5 19. g5 Nb6 20. Bb3 Qb5 21. gxh6 Bxh6 {½-½ (21) Magem Badals,J (2491)-Martinez Pla,X (2261) Barcelona ESP 2025}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O O-O 11. a5 a6 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 Qd6 14. c3 d4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Rc1 Kh7 18. b4 Na7 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Ne4 Qd7 22. Re1 Nb5 23. Qg4 {Dubov,D (2710)-Kamsky,G (2665) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 Nd7 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. a5 Nd7 14. Ba4 Ne7 15. d4 d5 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Nxe5 dxe4 18. Nc3 Be6 19. g5 Bf5 20. gxh6 Bh8 21. h4 c5 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Bf4 {Mamedov,R (2636)-Alonso Rosell,A (2560) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. g4 Nd7 10. g5 h5 11. Nh4 Kh7 12. Nf5 Nd4 13. Nxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne2 Nf3+ 15. Kf1 Nb6 16. Bb3 Nxg5 17. Ng1 f5 18. a5 f4 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. h4 Nh7 21. Nf3 Nc5 22. Bc3 Nxb3 23. cxb3 {Tanenbaum,Z (2302)-Tang,A (2538) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (76)}) 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 Nfxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O Be6 13. Bc5 b6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Ba3 c5 16. Bc4 Nf4 17. d4 Bc6 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 cxd4 20. Rfe1 Ne6 21. Nxe5 Qd5 22. c4 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Qe2 f6 25. Qe4 Kf7 26. Qb7+ Nc7 27. Re1 Rhb8 28. Qc6 Ne8 29. f4 1-0 [Event "TechM GCL 2025"] [Site "Mumbai IND"] [Date "2025.12.14"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2025.12.14"] [WhiteTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] [BlackTeam "Alpine SG Pipers"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. O-O a5 8. c3 Be6 9. Re1 $146 ({RR} 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf1 b6 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Ng3 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qb5 Nd7 17. Ne4 Ndb8 18. Re3 Na7 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Ng3 Nac6 21. Nxe5 d4 22. Nxc6 dxe3 23. Nxd8 exf2+ {Gukesh,D (2776)-Sargissian,G (2626) Samarkand 2025 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf1 b6 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Ng3 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qb5 Nd7 17. Ne4 Ndb8 18. Re3 Na7 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Ng3 Nac6 21. Nxe5 d4 22. Nxc6 dxe3 23. Nxd8 exf2+ {Gukesh,D (2776)-Sargissian,G (2626) Samarkand UZB 2025 1-0 (42)}) 9... Bxc4 10. Nxc4 h6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. b4 Bf8 13. b5 Nb8 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. d4 b6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bc1 g6 18. Bb2 Bg7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ba3 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Ne3 Kg7 23. Nd5 c6 24. bxc6 Qxc6 25. c4 Re6 26. Qb2 Rae8 27. h3 Nh7 28. Rb1 Nc5 29. Qa1 Nd7 30. Rb5 Nhf6 31. Nd2 Rb8 32. f4 Kh7 33. Rf1 exf4 34. Rxf4 Rf8 35. Nf3 Nh5 36. Nd4 Qd6 37. Nxe6 Qxe6 38. Rg4 Ne5 39. Nc7 Qe7 40. Qxe5 1-0 [Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 22nd Jan 2026"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.01.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2026.01.22"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Nc3 Nd4 ({RR} 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 h6 10. b4 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Kh7 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. g3 Ng7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Nb3 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 8... Qd7 9. Nd5 Bd8 10. c3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 c6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 cxd5 16. Rxe7 Bxe7 17. Bxd5 Rab8 18. Be3 Qf5 19. Qb3 Bg5 20. Rf1 b6 21. g3 Rbe8 22. c4 Re7 23. Kg2 {Demchenko,A (2611)-Hasanov,Z (2329) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (53)}) 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxe6 $146 ({RR} 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Bf6 13. Qg4 Qc8 14. Qf3 Qd7 15. b3 Rac8 16. Bb2 c6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxc2 21. Bxd4 d5 22. Rf4 Rfc8 23. g3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc1+ {Toniolo,S (2109)-Arjun,C (2208) Ljubljana SLO 2026 ½-½ (39)}) 10... fxe6 11. Ne2 c5 12. Ng3 Qe8 13. c3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. d4 Qf7 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Rab1 Bh4 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Qb5 Qc7 21. a4 Qc6 22. a5 Na4 23. Qc4 b6 24. Ne2 Bf6 25. Rec1 Rfd8 26. h3 Kf7 27. f4 Rb8 28. axb6 axb6 29. Rb5 Ra8 30. f5 Ra5 31. Rxa5 bxa5 32. Nf4 Nb2 33. Qb3 Qxe4 34. Re1 Nd3 35. Nxe6 Nxe1 36. Ng5+ Ke8 37. Qf7# 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Open PlayIn4"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2026.03.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2656"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2026.03.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 h6 7. a5 ({RR} 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. c3 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Qd2 Qe8 16. b4 Qg6 17. Kh1 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Qh5 20. Rg1 Qxf3+ 21. Rg2 g5 {Kumar,P (2231)-Bus,T (2083) Dieren NED 2025 0-1 (52)}) 7... a6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 $146 ({RR} 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qd7 13. Nxe5 Bxd1 14. Nxd7 Bxc2 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Ra3 Nb4 17. Bd2 Nxd3 18. Re3 c6 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. Rxb3 Nc5 21. Rb4 Re8 22. Rg3 Bh4 23. Rg4 Bf6 24. Bxh6 {Antipov,M (2597)-Panchanathan,M (2466) Charlotte USA 2023 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qd7 13. Nxe5 Bxd1 14. Nxd7 Bxc2 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Ra3 Nb4 17. Bd2 Nxd3 18. Re3 c6 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. Rxb3 Nc5 21. Rb4 Re8 22. Rg3 Bh4 23. Rg4 Bf6 24. Bxh6 {Antipov,M (2597)-Panchanathan,M (2466) Charlotte USA 2023 1-0 (37)}) 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. c3 Bd8 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. h3 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Bxa6 Nexd5 18. Bxb7 c6 19. a6 Nb6 20. c4 c5 21. Qb5 Qf5 22. Ba5 Nfd7 23. Be4 Qe6 24. a7 Rc8 25. Bxb6 Nxb6 26. a8=Q Nxa8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Bxa8 Qg6 29. Be4 f5 30. Bd5+ Kh7 31. b4 cxb4 32. Qxb4 Re8 33. Qb7 Rf8 34. Qd7 Bb6 35. Qe6 Qg3 36. d4 1-0 [Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 18th Dec 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.12.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Bacrot, E."] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "165"] [EventDate "2025.12.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 f6 8. d4 Nb6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bg4 13. Nbd2 fxe5 14. Re1 Rae8 15. h3 Bf5 16. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 16. Nxe5 Bxc2 17. Ndf3 Bd6 18. Nxc6 Be4 19. Ncd4 c5 20. Nb5 Bxf3 21. Be3 Be7 22. gxf3 Nc4 23. Nxa7 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Bf6 25. a4 Bxb2 26. Ra2 Bd4 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Nb5 Rb8 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Kf1 Kf7 {Khamrakulov,I (2413)-Sperat Czar,N (2055) Leca da Palmeira POR 2023 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Ndf3 Bxc2 18. Nxc6 Be4 19. Ncd4 c5 20. Nb5 Bxf3 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Nxd6 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Bc6 24. b3 h6 25. Kg3 Re6 26. Nf5 Rg6+ 27. Kf4 Nd5+ 28. Ke5 Rxg2 29. Kd6 Bb7 30. Kxc5 Rxf2 {Bharath,S (2595)-Deac,B (2652) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (50)}) 16... Bxh3 17. Nxe5 Bh4 18. Ng3 Nd7 19. Nd3 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Bg4 21. Be3 c5 22. Ne4 c4 23. Bxa7 Bf5 24. Nc5 Ne5 25. Nb7 Nc6 26. Be3 Rb8 27. Nc5 Rxb2 28. a4 Bf6 29. Rd1 Bxc2 30. Nxc2 Rxc2 31. Ne4 Be5 32. g3 h6 33. Rd5 Bb2 34. Rc5 Nb4 35. Rxc7 Nd5 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Bc5 Re2 38. Nd6 c3 39. Bd4 Rd2 40. Nb5 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. Nxc3 Nxc3 43. Bxc3 Rc1 44. Bxb2 Rxc8 45. a5 Rc2 46. Bd4 Ra2 47. Bb6 g5 48. Kh3 h5 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Bc7 Kf5 51. Bd8 Kg4 52. Bc7 Kf5 53. Bd8 g4 54. Bc7 Ke4 55. Bb6 Kd3 56. Bd8 Ke2 57. Bb6 Ke1 58. Kg1 Ra1 59. Kg2 Ke2 60. Bc7 Ra2 61. Bb6 Kd3 62. Kg1 Ke4 63. Kg2 Kf5 64. Bc7 Ke6 65. Bb6 Kd7 66. Be3 Rxa5 67. Bb6 Ra2 68. Be3 Ke6 69. Bf4 Kf5 70. Be3 Ke4 71. Bf4 Re2 72. Bg5 Rc2 73. Be3 Kd3 74. Bg5 Ke2 75. Bf4 Ra2 76. Kg1 Ra1+ 77. Kg2 Rf1 78. Be3 Rd1 79. Bd4 Rf1 80. Be3 Re1 81. Bd4 Rd1 82. Be3 Rf1 83. Bd4 1-0 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2024.01.21"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2727"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2024.01.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 Bxc4 9. dxc4 b6 10. Bd2 Nxa5 ({RR} 10... Qd7 11. Qe2 h6 12. h3 Rae8 13. axb6 axb6 14. Nc3 Nh7 15. Nd5 f5 16. b4 Bd8 17. Qd3 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Kf7 23. Bb4 Re6 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Ra7+ {Mendonca,L (2616)-Tregubenko,N (2303) Aix-en-Provence FRA 2026 1-0 (37)}) 11. Bxa5 bxa5 12. Rxa5 c6 13. Ra2 $146 ({RR} 13. b4 Qb8 14. c3 Bd8 15. Ra6 Qb7 16. Qa4 Bb6 17. Qa3 c5 18. Nbd2 cxb4 19. cxb4 Rac8 20. Ra4 Ng4 21. Re2 g6 22. Qa2 Qe7 23. Nb1 Qe6 24. Nbd2 h6 25. Qb1 Kg7 {½-½ (25) Levacic,P (2350)-Krstic,U (2270) Cannes 1997}) 13... Qc7 14. Nc3 a5 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Na4 Ne6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nb2 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qb8 21. Rea1 Rd8 22. g3 Qb4 23. Nc4 Nb5 24. Qe3 Qc3 25. Nfxe5 Rac8 26. Qxc3 Nxc3 27. Rxa5 Nxe4 28. Nb6 Rc7 29. Ra8 f6 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Ra8 fxe5 32. Rxd8+ Kf7 33. Nc4 Ke6 34. Kg2 Nf6 35. Kf3 e4+ 36. Kf4 Ke7 37. Rd6 Rc8 38. h3 Ne8 39. Rd1 Nf6 40. Rd6 Ne8 41. Rd2 Nf6 42. Nd6 Ra8 43. Nxe4 Nd5+ 44. Ke5 c4 45. bxc4 Nb6 46. Re2 Nxc4+ 47. Kd4 Na3 48. c4 Rb8 49. Ra2 Ra8 50. Rb2 Ke6 51. Kc3 Ke5 52. Nd2 Ra7 53. Rb3 Ke6 54. Nf1 Kd6 55. Nd2 Ke6 56. h4 Kf5 57. f3 h6 58. Rb6 Re7 59. Ne4 g5 60. hxg5 hxg5 61. Rxc6 g4 62. Nd6+ Kf6 63. Nc8+ Re6 64. Rxe6+ Kxe6 65. f4 1-0 [Event "Eastern Class-ch 7th"] [Site "Woburn"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Yermolinsky, Alex"] [Black "Shabalov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1998.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 h6 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. h3 g6 ({RR} 10... Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ng4 Qd6 16. d4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 cxd4 18. g5 dxc3 19. gxh6 cxb2 20. Bxb2 gxh6 21. Qd3 Nf6 22. Qf5 Qe6 23. Qxe6 Rxe6 24. Bb3 Re7 25. Nxe5 {So,W (2747)-Keymer,V (2733) Kolkata IND 2024 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 10... Na5 11. Ba4 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. d5 Nb4 16. a3 Nd3 17. Re3 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. Nc4 d5 22. Nce5 Qd6 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Ree1 Qf6 25. Ng4 {Liyanage,R (2454)-Dubov,D (2652) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (35)}) 11. d4 Bg7 12. a3 $146 ({RR} 12. Ba4 Bd7 13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 Nh7 15. b4 f5 16. c5 dxc5 17. Bb3 c4 18. Nxc4 Nc8 19. Bb2 Nd6 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ncxe5 Nf8 22. g4 Be4 23. Rc1 Kh7 24. Qd2 Nd7 25. Qf4 Rf8 26. Rxe4 Rxf4 {Larsen,K (2300)-Dutreeuw,M (2390) Amsterdam 2001 ½-½ (50)}) 12... a6 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Nf1 Qf6 15. Ne3 Nf4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nb8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 Bf5 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Bc3 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rc1 Rad8 24. Bb3 g5 25. Ba5 e4 26. Bc3 Qg6 27. Bxg7 exf3 28. Bd4 fxg2 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rc6 Qh7 31. Kxg2 Ne5 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxc7 Be4+ 34. f3 g4 35. hxg4 Qg6 36. fxe4 Rxe4 37. Rc3 Kf8 38. Rg3 Qf6 39. Qc2 Qe7 40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qc3+ Kg8 42. Bd1 1-0 [Event "Barcelona Ciutat op"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "2021.08.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Hakobyan, Aram"] [Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.08.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. a5 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 ({RR} 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Nf1 Kh8 13. Ng3 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Bxb6 Rfb8 17. Nd2 Rxb6 18. Qa2 Nd8 19. b4 h5 20. Ngf1 c6 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. g3 Bh6 24. Qa4 Bxe3 {Niemann,H (2734)-Alonso Rosell,A (2535) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (54)}) 10... O-O 11. d4 g5 $146 ({RR} 11... Nd8 12. Nbd2 Nh7 13. Qa3 Qf6 14. Nf1 Bg4 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. N3d2 Be6 17. Ne3 Bxc4 18. Ndxc4 Qh4 19. Nd5 Ne6 20. Qe7 Qg4 21. h3 Qh5 22. Kh2 g5 23. Nde3 Rfd8 24. Ng4 Bf8 25. Qf6 Nc5 26. Qf3 {Liyanage,R (2366)-Miguel,S (2241) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 11... Kh7 12. d5 Nb8 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. c4 Nf4 15. Bf1 g5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. b4 Nf6 19. Nc3 Ng4 20. Bc1 f5 21. h3 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf6 23. Bxf4 Nxe4 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qxe4 Bf5 26. Qe3 {Dumbelovic,N (2320)-Kazantzoglou,S (2309) Budapest HUN 2026 1-0 (50)}) 12. d5 Nd8 13. Qd1 Nh7 14. Bd3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. c4 Qd7 18. Nc3 Nf7 19. Ne4 Nh8 20. Be3 Ng6 21. Nfd2 Rf7 22. Qb3 c6 23. Qd3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Nxd6 Rd8 27. c5 Bf8 28. Qg6+ Rg7 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. N2c4 Qxc5 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7 Bg7 33. Re7 Qd4 34. Rae1 Rf8 35. Qg6 Qf6 36. Qxf6 Nxf6 37. Rxb7 Nd5 38. Nd6 f3 39. Re8 1-0 [Event "Reggio Emilia 50th"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "2007.12.29"] [Round "1"] [White "Almasi, Zoltan"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2007.12.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 122"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. a5 a6 10. h3 h6 11. Bd2 Rae8 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. Bb3 Nh7 14. Ba4 Qc8 15. b4 f5 16. c4 $146 ({RR} 16. b5 axb5 17. Bxb5 fxe4 18. dxe4 Rxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd4 20. Qd3 Nxb5 21. Qxb5 c6 22. Qa4 Rf8 23. Nb6 Qc7 24. Ra3 Bh4 25. Rf1 Rf6 26. f4 exf4 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. Bxf4 Ng5 29. Qd4 Nf7 30. Nc4 Bf6 {Yilmaz,M (2482)-Khoroshev,N (2206) Porto Carras 2010 1-0 (57)}) 16... Bd7 17. b5 Ne7 18. Qb3 axb5 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. cxb5+ Ref7 21. a6 fxe4 22. dxe4 Kh8 23. a7 Qa8 24. b6 c6 25. Re3 Nf6 26. Rd1 Be8 27. Ba5 Rd7 28. Qa3 Be7 29. Bb4 c5 30. Ba5 Rd8 31. Bxe8 Rfxe8 32. Nh4 Kh7 33. Qb3 Bf8 34. Qf7 Qc8 35. Rf3 Rd7 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Bd2 d5 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Ra1 dxe4 40. a8=Q 1-0 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2024.01.23"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2682"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2024.01.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 f6 8. Bb3 ({RR} 8. h3 Be6 9. d4 Ne3 10. Bxe3 Bxc4 11. Nbd2 Bf7 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bg5 Bg6 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. c3 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rxf3 18. Bxd8 Rf7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Kf1 Rfd7 22. Ke2 a6 {Xiong,J (2652)-Deac,B (2652) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (42)}) 8... a5 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Be6 Qd6 13. Bf5 O-O 14. d4 Rad8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Nc6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. g5 exd4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. cxd4 {Yu Yangyi (2714)-Xie,K (2441) Zhejiang CHN 2026 ½-½ (100)}) 9. c3 Nb6 10. Nh4 $146 ({RR} 10. a4 Qd6 11. Na3 Bg4 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 O-O-O 15. d4 Bd6 16. Bd2 Kb8 17. d5 Ne7 18. c4 Bb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. a5 Nbxd5 21. a6 Qc6 22. Na7 Qb6 23. axb7 Nf4 24. Nc8 Qc6 {Perossa,N (2244)-Tonel,G (1936) Arco ITA 2024 1-0}) 10... g6 11. a4 Bd6 12. d4 Qe7 13. Be3 Bd7 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Nf3 h6 16. Nbd2 O-O-O 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Nfd2 Nd7 19. Bd5 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb8 21. Rad1 Nba6 22. Nxd6+ cxd6 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Qd2 1-0 [Event "CHN-chT"] [Site "China"] [Date "2016.12.03"] [Round "20.5"] [White "Malakhov, Vladimir"] [Black "Wen, Yang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2614"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2016.04.12"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Tianjing"] [BlackTeam "Shandong"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. a5 a6 9. h3 Nh7 10. Nc3 Ng5 11. Bxg5 Bxg5 12. Nd5 Bf6 13. c3 g6 14. Nxf6+ $146 ({RR} 14. d4 Bg7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. f5 Kh7 19. Qd3 Rb8 20. Rf1 c6 21. Ne3 gxf5 22. Nxf5 Be5 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Nd4 Qe7 25. Rf2 Rg8 26. Raf1 Rg7 27. Nf3 Bg3 28. e5+ Kg8 {Lastin,A (2621)-Yemelin,V (2583) Dagomys 2008 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 14. d4 Bg7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Kh1 Kh7 20. Rf1 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 c6 22. Bb3 Qc7 23. f5 Rae8 24. f6 Bh8 25. Rad1 Re5 26. Rd4 Rxa5 27. Rfd1 Rd8 28. Qf4 g5 {Haslinger,S (2521)-Walter,S (2406) Germany 2016 ½-½ (37)}) 14... Qxf6 15. d4 Kg7 16. Qd3 Re8 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Ba4 Rad8 19. d5 Nb8 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. b4 Rb8 22. c4 Rec8 23. Nd2 c5 24. dxc6 Rxc6 25. Nf1 Nf8 26. b5 Rc5 27. Ne3 Qd8 28. Red1 Ra8 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 axb5 31. Rd5 Rxd5 32. cxd5 Nd7 33. f3 Kf8 34. d6 Nf6 35. Rc1 Ne8 36. d7 Nd6 37. Rd1 Ke7 38. Nd5+ Kd8 39. Nb6 Rxa5 40. Rxd6 Ra6 41. f4 b4 42. fxe5 b3 43. e6 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup-A"] [Site "Hyderabad"] [Date "2002.10.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "Macieja,Bartlomiej"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2002.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 092"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.02.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] {That was a very important game - I had to win it to keep chances for qualifying to the quarter-finals.} 1. e4 {Gelfand,Boris Lukacs} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 {I had already played 5 times that move, so it was obvious for me that Ivanchuk had something prepared. Nevertheless, I decided to check what it was and to try to refute it. Lukacs: 'against ?a5 capturing the ?. White also threatens to advance on the ? in order to gain space.'} Nd4 $5 {That move was successfully played in 1994 by ... my coach Vitaly Tseshkovsky against Vladislav Nevednichy. In 2001 Morozevich quite easily drew with Gelfand, but for some very strange reasons that move has been played only in 2 more games! Lukacs: 'Black has a lot of adequate replies.'} (7... Bg4 {(Lukacs) - Fedorov-Potapov, RUS-chT 9th Ekaterinburg 2002 CBM 90}) (7... h6 {Lukacs} 8. a5 {- Tkachiev-Fressinet, Capd'Agde KO 2000 CBM 92} (8. Nbd2 {(Lukacs) - Bellini-Acs, Hotel Agro GM 1999 CBM 73})) (7... Be6 {(Lukacs) - Mainka-Nenashev, Recklinhausser Schachtage 1998 CBM 67}) (7... Kh8 {(Lukacs) -Hossain-Ehlvest, United Insurence 4th 1999 CBM 70}) ({RR} 7... a5 8. c3 Be6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nc4 b6 13. Bd2 Rf8 14. Rad1 Nh5 15. Be3 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Rf8 17. Nd2 Nd8 18. d4 Qe8 19. Kh1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Rg1 Qh5 22. dxe5 {Buchenau,F (2178)-Avila Rodriguez,J (2256) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (33)}) 8. Nxd4 exd4 {Lukacs: 'The position is very similar to the Ruy Lopez Bird Variation!'} 9. Nd2 $1 $146 {A logical move. Both Nevednichy and Gelfand tried} (9. c3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 c6 {? d5} (10... Be6 {Lukacs} 11. Qb3 (11. Bxe6 {Lukacs} fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd7 $1 $13 {Morozevich-Gelfand, Astana 2001 CBM 84}) 11... Bxc4 (11... Qd7 $6 {(Lukacs) is not a correct ? sacrifice:} 12. Qxb7 Rfb8 13. Qa6 Rb6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qa5 $16 {Rabiega-Breutigam, GER-ch Altenkirchen, 2001}) (11... Qc8 {Lukacs} 12. d4 $14) 12. dxc4 $14 {with some pressure in the ?, especially on d5.} (12. Qxc4 {Lukacs} c6)) ({RR} 10... c6 11. Bb3 ({RR} 11. d4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Rxe7 Be6) ({RR} 11. Qb3) 11... Be6 12. d4 ({RR} 12. Bc2 c5) 12... Bxb3 13. Qxb3) 11. Bb3 $1 {is the quiet prophylactic move avoiding g6-d5.} (11. d4 {(Lukacs) runs into the freeing move} d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Rxe7 {?} Be6 $11 {Nevednichy}) (11. Qb3 {Lukacs} Ng4 $5 {? ?e5} 12. d4 (12. h3 {Lukacs} Ne5 13. d4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 $11) 12... Bh4 13. g3 Qf6 14. Nd1 (14. Re2 $2 {(Lukacs) disturbs the harmony of the white pieces.} Qg6 $1 15. Kh1 ({On} 15. f3 {Lukacs} Nxh2 $1 {comes with a devastating ?.}) 15... Bf6 16. f3 (16. Qd1 {(Lukacs) is again met by the tactical blow} Nxh2 $1 17. Kxh2 Qh5+ 18. Kg1 Bg4 $19) 16... Bxd4 $1 17. fxg4 Bxg4 18. Rg2 Bf3 19. Be2 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Rae8 $1 $13 {Nevednichy-Tseshkovsky, Yugoslavia 1994}) 14... Qg6 15. Kh1 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. f3 $14 {Nevednichy}) 11... Be6 12. d4 {Now White's ? is impressive.} (12. Bc2 {Lukacs} c5) 12... Bxb3 13. Qxb3 $14 {Gelfand}) (9. h3 {Lukacs} Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 {Black's ? structure is bad, but White has problems with his development.} Qd7 13. Nd2 (13. Qe2 {Lukacs} Rae8 14. Rxe6 Bb4) ({RR} 13. Qe2 Rae8 14. Rxe6 Bb4) 13... Bd6 14. Re1 Rae8 $132) ({RR} 9. c3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Be6 11. Bxe6 ({RR} 11. Qb3 Bxc4 12. dxc4) 11... fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd7 ({RR} 12... Qc8 13. d4 c6 14. d5 cxd5 15. exd5 e5 16. Be3 a6 17. Rac1 Qd7) ({RR} 12... d5 13. exd5 exd5 ({RR} 13... Bc5 14. dxe6 Bxf2+ ({RR} 14... Qe7 15. Be3) 15. Kxf2 Qd4+ 16. Ke2 Qg4+ 17. Kd2) ({RR} 13... Ng4 14. Qc4 ({RR} 14. d6 Qxd6 15. Qxe6+ Qxe6 16. Rxe6 Bd6 17. Ne4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5) 14... Bh4 ({RR} 14... Nxf2 15. Rxe6) 15. Qxg4 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Bxe1 17. Qxe6+) 14. Qxb7 ({RR} 14. Bg5 Bc5 ({RR} 14... c6 15. Qxb7 Bc5 ({RR} 15... Bd6 16. Qxc6) 16. Qxc6 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2) 15. Qxb7 ({RR} 15. Re2 c6 16. Qxb7 Qd6) 15... Rb8 16. Qc6 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Rb6) {RR} 14... Bc5 15. Qc6 Qd6 ({RR} 15... Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Ng4+ 17. Kg3) 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 ({RR} 17. h3 Ng4 ({RR} 17... Nd7 18. Re2 Ne5 19. d4 ({RR} 19. Nxd5 Nxd3 20. Be3) 19... Bxd4 20. Nxd5 Nd3 21. Be3) 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 d4) ({RR} 17. Rd1 Ng4 18. d4 Nxf2 19. dxc5 ({RR} 19. Rd2 Bb6 20. a5 Rae8 21. g3 Ng4 22. axb6 Re1+ 23. Kg2 Ne3+ 24. Kh3 Rf6) 19... Nxd1 20. Nxd1 Rae8 21. Be3 dxc5) 17... Ng4 18. d4 Bb4 19. Re2 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Bf4) 13. Qxb7 ({RR} 13. d4 c6 14. d5 ({RR} 14. Bg5 d5) 14... cxd5 ({RR} 14... exd5 15. exd5 Kh8) 15. exd5 e5 16. Be3 a6) 13... Ng4 ({RR} 13... d5 14. exd5 ({RR} 14. Bf4 Bc5 15. Re2 Bb6 ({RR} 15... c6 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Bg3 Bd4 18. Rc2) 16. exd5 ({RR} 16. a5 Rab8 17. Qa6 Bd4) 16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5) 14... exd5 ({RR} 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Bc5) 15. Bf4 Bc5 16. Re2 ({RR} 16. Qxc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Ng4) 16... c6 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Bg3 Bd4) 14. Nd1 ({RR} 14. Re2 Ne5 ({RR} 14... Bh4 15. g3 Rfb8 16. Qa6 Bf6) 15. d4 ({RR} 15. Qa6 c5) 15... Rab8) ({RR} 14. f3 Bh4 15. Re2 Ne5 16. d4 Rab8 17. Qa6 Rb6 18. Qa5 Nc6 19. Qh5 Bf6 20. e5 ({RR} 20. d5 Nd4 21. Rf2 Nb3) 20... dxe5 21. dxe5 g6 22. Qh6 Bxe5) 14... Bf6 ({RR} 14... Bh4 15. Rf1 Qf7 16. f3 Bf6 17. fxg4 Bd4+ 18. Nf2 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1) 15. Qb3 ({RR} 15. h3 Ne5 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Qc2 c5 ({RR} 17... Qc6)) 15... c5 ({RR} 15... Ne5 16. d4) ({RR} 15... Bd4 16. Be3 Be5 ({RR} 16... Nxe3 17. fxe3) ({RR} 16... Rab8 17. Qc2 Rxf2 18. Bxf2 Nxf2 19. Qc4 c5 20. Nxf2 Rxb2 21. Rf1 Qf7 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Nd1 Qb7 24. Nxb2 Qxb2 25. Rab1) 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 ({RR} 18. fxe3 Qf7) 18... Rab8 19. Qc2 c5) 16. f4 ({RR} 16. h3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Be3 Rab8) 16... Rab8 17. Qc2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qf7 ({RR} 18... e5 19. f5 ({RR} 19. h3 exf4 20. hxg4 Qxg4) ({RR} 19. g3 exf4 20. gxf4 Qe7 21. Qg2) 19... g6 20. h3 gxf5 21. hxg4 fxe4 ({RR} 21... fxg4 22. Qe2 ({RR} 22. g3 Rf3 23. Kg2 Rbf8 ({RR} 23... Qf7 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. dxc4 Rbb3 26. Ra3 Rxg3+ 27. Kh2) 24. Be3 Qe8) 22... Qe6 23. Be3 Qg6 24. Bxd4 ({RR} 24. Nf2 g3 ({RR} 24... Rxb2 25. Qxg4 Rbxf2 ({RR} 25... Bxe3 26. Qxg6+ hxg6 27. Nd1) 26. Qxg6+ hxg6 27. Bxf2 Bxa1 28. Bxc5)) 24... cxd4 25. Nf2) ({RR} 21... f4 22. Qe2 ({RR} 22. Nf2 Bxf2 ({RR} 22... f3) ({RR} 22... Qe7 23. Nh3 Qh4 24. Rf1 f3) 23. Qxf2 Qxg4 24. Rf1 f3 25. Be3 Kh8) 22... Qe7 ({RR} 22... Rb3 23. Rf1) 23. g3 fxg3 ({RR} 23... Rb3 24. Rf1) 24. Kg2) 22. Qe2 ({RR} 22. g3 Qxg4 23. Qg2 exd3) ({RR} 22. Ne3 Qe7 23. g3 exd3) 22... exd3 23. Qxd3 Qxg4 24. Qh3 Qxh3+ 25. gxh3 Rb3 26. Ra3 Rxa3 27. bxa3) ({RR} 18... Qe7 19. g3 Qf7 20. h3 Qh5 21. Kg2) 19. h3 ({RR} 19. Rf1 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 Qh5+ 21. Kg3 g5) 19... Qh5 20. Rf1 ({RR} 20. Qe2 Nf6) 20... Qh4 ({RR} 20... g5 21. Qe2 ({RR} 21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Rbe8) 21... Nf6 22. Qe1 g4 23. h4 ({RR} 23. f5 gxh3 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qxh3 exf5) 23... c4 ({RR} 23... d5) ({RR} 23... g3 24. Qxg3+ Kh8 25. Be3 Rg8 26. Qh3 Qe2 27. Qf3 Qxd3 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Nf2)) 21. Qe2 h5 ({RR} 21... Nf6 22. Kh2 Nh5 23. Rf3) ({RR} 21... Rf6 22. Qe1 Qxe1 ({RR} 22... Qh5 23. Nc3) 23. Rxe1 Nf2+ 24. Nxf2 Bxf2 25. Rf1 Bd4) 22. Ne3 ({RR} 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 Nf6) ({RR} 22. Rf3 Ne5 23. Rf1 Qg3) 22... Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Rxb2 {Morozevich,A (2749)-Gelfand,B (2712) Astana 2001 CBM 084 [Gelfand,Boris] ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 Qd7 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Re1 Rae8) 9... Ng4 $146 {'!?' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'This is a typical manoeuvre in the Ruy Lopez Bird Variation.'} ({I think, better is} 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 {with good chances for equalizing} 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 {is much better than before.} Bd6 (12... Qd6 {Lukacs} 13. Qe2 Ng4 $2 14. Nc4 $18) 13. Rxe6 Qd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 (14... Rae8 {Lukacs} 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. Ne4 $16) 15. Nc4 Rae8 16. Re4 Nf6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Qf1 $14 {and White has time to finish his development.}) ({Even more precise is} 9... Bg4 10. f3 (10. Nf3 d5 $1 11. exd5 Bb4 $1 $11 12. Rf1 Nxd5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 $11) ({RR} 10. Nf3 d5 11. exd5 Bb4) 10... Be6 11. Nb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. c3 Bxd4+ 15. cxd4 {and Black has a firm blockade on d5.} c6 $44 {Shipov/Notkin}) (9... c6 {Lukacs} 10. Nf3 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bb3 $14) ({RR} 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 Bd6 13. Rxe6 Qd7 14. Re1 Ng4 15. Nf3 Qf5 16. h3 Nh2 17. Nxh2 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Qg3 19. Ng4 Rf2 20. Rg1 Re8 21. Bd2 Ree2 22. Be1 Qxh3+ 23. gxh3 Rh2+ {0-1 (23) Krasnov,Y (2368)-Kuzin,A (2368) Tula 2006}) ({RR} 9... Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. c3 Bxd4+ 15. cxd4 c6) ({RR} 9... d5 10. exd5 Bb4 11. Qf3) ({RR} 9... Be6) ({RR} 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nf3 c5 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Qe4 b6 16. Ne5 Rae8 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Qb7 Qd5 20. Qxa7 Bd8 21. Nc4 Re7 22. Qa6 Nh5 23. Re5 Nxg3 24. hxg3 {Tekeyev,Z (2396)-Chudinovskih,A (2057) Tuapse 2022 1-0 (44)}) 10. Nf3 Bh4 {That was the last black's active move in the game! I should add, that 10...Bh4 was followed by draw offer. '!' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'attacking the vulnerable × f2.'} 11. Rf1 $1 {Rook is better placed on f1 than e2, because doesn't disturb queen and also there are quite realistic chances for opening f file.} c5 ({It wasn't possible to play} 11... Bf6 {because of} 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nxd4 (13. Nxe5 {Lukacs} dxe5 14. f4 $14) 13... Nxc4 14. dxc4 Re8 15. Re1 $16) (11... Be6 {Lukacs} 12. Bxe6 (12. Bf4 {Lukacs} Bf6 $11) 12... fxe6 13. h3 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 $14) 12. Nxh4 $2 {A serious positional mistake. A pair of bishops will be annihilated very soon.} (12. h3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qh5 Bf6 15. f4 {was leading to clear advantage.}) 12... Qxh4 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. b3 $1 {The only chance.} (15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Be6 $11) (15. Bd5 Be6 $11 (15... Bg4 {Lukacs} 16. f3 (16. Qd2 {Lukacs} Be6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. c3 Nc6 (18... Nxd3 $2 {Lukacs} 19. Bxe6 Nxe1 20. Bd5 $16) 19. a5 $14) 16... Be6 17. Re1 Rae8 (17... Qd7 {Lukacs} 18. c3 $14) 18. c3 dxc3 19. bxc3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qf6 21. a5 $14)) 15... Nxc4 {The was no need to hurry so much.} ({After} 15... Be6 {black would easily hold the position.}) 16. bxc4 {Lukacs: 'This ? structure doesn't yield White anything real. The ? however works for White.'} Bd7 $6 ({During the game I was thinking about} 16... a5 $5 {with the idea of fixing a weak a4 pawn.}) ({The simplest was} 16... f5 17. exf5 (17. f3 {Lukacs} f4) 17... Bxf5 18. Re1 Qd7 $11) 17. a5 (17. f4 $2 {(Lukacs) is always answered by the blockading move} f5) 17... Bc6 {A bishop doesn't have much to do on this square. Black is playing too passive.} ({After} 17... b5 18. axb6 axb6 {I was going to play} 19. Qb1 $1 $14) 18. Qg4 $14 {White's plan is to play f4-f5 and to start an attack on the king's side, but there is one danger - if f4 is met by black's f5! the evaluation of the whole position changes, because Bc6 is not any longer passive and Bg3 not any longer active!} Rae8 {'=' Lukacs.} 19. Qf4 ({White cannot play} 19. Rae1 {because of} f5) ({so it was worthy to play} 19. f3 $5 {first.}) 19... Qe5 (19... Rd8 $11 {Lukacs}) 20. Qg4 (20. Qd2 Qe6 21. Rae1 $14 {was also possible.}) 20... Qe6 21. h3 $6 {During the game I was proud of that move (21...Qxg4 22.hxg4 would lead to a very difficult for black ending), but the analyse shows, that I was wrong.} ({Correct was} 21. f3 $1 {taking into control e1 square.}) 21... f6 $6 {Black misses his chance.} ({After} 21... f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 {position would equalize, because it would not be possible to take a pawn} 23. Bxd6 $2 h5 24. Qg3 Qh6 $1 25. Qh2 h4 $17) (21... Qxg4 {Lukacs} 22. hxg4 Rd8 $11) 22. Qf4 Qe5 (22... Rd8 $11 {Lukacs}) 23. Qd2 Qe6 24. Qf4 Qe5 25. Qd2 Qe6 26. Bh2 $6 {As I could not play 26.f4 because of f5! I decided to prepare the whole idea, by playing Bh2 and g4 first. But I completely forgot about the possible counter play. Lukacs: 'So White wants to continue the fight.'} ({I should have been played} 26. Rae1 $14) 26... Rf7 $6 {And again Ivanchuk is choosing a passive continuation instead of} (26... f5 $1 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Rae1 Qg6 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Re1 (30. Bxd6 $2 Bxg2 $1 31. Kxg2 Qc6+ $17) 30... Qg6 31. Bg3 Re5 $1 $11) (26... f5 $11 {(Lukacs) was again a safe continuation.}) 27. Rae1 $14 {Now I am better again, because the counter play with f5 is not possible any longer.} Qd7 28. g4 $1 {with the idea f4- f5 '!?' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'White wants to put his pawns on the light squares and fighting against the freeing move f5.'} (28. f4 $2 f5 $15) 28... h5 {This move only helps me. '!?' Lukacs.} ({It was very interesting to play} 28... g6 $5 {with the idea we have already known} 29. f4 $2 f5 $17) 29. Qf4 $1 hxg4 30. hxg4 Re6 31. Bg3 $16 {h file is now opened, but black cannot easily operate with rooks, because of a weakness on d6. Lukacs: '?'} Qe8 {'?!' Lukacs: 'This is rather useless.'} (31... g6 $1 {Lukacs} 32. Qh6 (32. Kg2 {Lukacs} f5 $1 $132) (32. Qd2 {Lukacs} Rh7 $11) 32... Rg7 33. Kg2 f5 $1 $13) 32. Qd2 $1 {f4 followed by f5 is now a big threat!} g6 33. f3 {Lukacs: 'Now the question is who will conquer the opened h ?.'} ({Of course not} 33. f4 $2 {because of} f5 $17) 33... Rh7 34. Kf2 {Black's position gets very tough.} Qf7 ({Black cannot fight for h file, because he will loose d6 pawn, for instance} 34... Qd7 35. Rh1 Ree7 36. Rxh7 Rxh7 37. Qf4 $18) 35. Rh1 Qg7 ({The longest time black could hold the position after} 35... g5 $16 {avoiding white's g5 and at the same time protecting f4 square.}) 36. Rxh7 Qxh7 37. Qc1 $1 {I want to play simply Rh1-Rh6-Qh1, but at the same time my queen can come back to f4. Black's position is basically lost.} Kf7 $6 {Ivanchuk got in panic} (37... g5 {was necessary.}) 38. Rh1 {Lukacs: 'White has now the ? on the ?.'} Qg7 39. g5 $18 {There is nothing more to add.} Ke8 40. Rh6 Kd7 {'?' Lukacs.} (40... Kf7 {Lukacs} 41. Kg2 (41. Qh1 {Lukacs} Kg8) 41... Kg8 $14 {was still a persistant defence.}) 41. Qh1 {'+-' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'and the penetration on the seventh rank decides the battle.'} Re7 42. gxf6 Qxf6 43. Bh4 Qf4 44. Bxe7 Kxe7 45. Qh4+ 1-0 [Event "RUS-chT 27th"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2020.11.19"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"] [Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2607"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2020.11.19"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 199"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Tyumen Molodezhka"] [BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. h3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 ({RR} 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Ng3 Nf4 13. c3 g5 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. Nh5 Bh8 16. g4 fxg3 17. fxg3 Kh7 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Rf1 Qe7 20. b4 Rae8 21. Rf2 Nb8 22. Raf1 Nd7 {Antipov,M (2615)-Sindarov,J (2609) Warsaw 2021 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 8. a5 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Kh7 14. d4 f5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 f4 17. Bd2 g5 18. Qc4 Bf6 19. Ra3 h5 20. Rd3 g4 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Nh2 Rg8 {Pashikyan,R (2308)-Shyam,S (2478) Belgrade SRB 2026 0-1 (33)}) 8... Nb4 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nh2 Kh7 11. Ng4 Ng8 12. f4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. d4 Bg7 19. Qd3 c6 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. Qd2 d5 22. Bd3 Rae8 23. Bxf5 {Baciu,D (2186)-Khademalsharieh,S (2270) Istanbul 2012 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. c3 Kh7 13. Ng3 b6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 Nd7 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Nh5 Qxb2 20. Nxg7 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Kxg7 22. Bf4 Rfe8 23. Bxd6 {Antipov,M (2607)-Gretarsson,H (2447) Reykjavik 2021 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. b3 g5 16. Qe2 g4 17. hxg4 Nfxg4 18. f3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Rg8 20. Nce2 Bf6 21. f4 Ng4 22. Qd3 Kh8 23. Rf3 {Emiroglu,C (2253)-Enchev,I (2419) Albena 2012 1-0 (38)}) 9. Qd2 c5 10. g4 b6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 O-O 13. h4 Nh5 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Rxg6 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. O-O-O Kh7 19. Rdg1 Qd7 20. Qd1 Ndf6 21. R6g5 Bh6 22. Rxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh5 Rf6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxh6 Qf3 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Rg4 Qxg4 29. Qxg4 Rxh6 30. Qg5 Re6 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Qg4+ Rg6 33. Qd7+ Kh6 34. Qe7 a5 35. Kd2 Rag8 36. Qxe5 Rf8 37. f4 Rg2+ 38. Kc3 Rg6 39. Kd2 Rg2+ 40. Ke3 Rfg8 41. f5 R8g3+ 42. Kf4 Rg8 43. Kf3 Rg1 44. f6 Rf1+ 45. Ke2 Rgg1 46. Qb8 Re1+ 47. Kd2 Kg6 48. Qf8 Ref1 49. Qg7+ Kh5 50. Qh7+ Kg4 51. h5 Rf2+ 52. Kc3 Rc1 53. Kb3 Rxf6 54. h6 Kh5 55. Qe4 Rxh6 56. Qf5+ 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 36th"] [Site "Struga"] [Date "2021.09.22"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2021.09.18"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "MKD"] [SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Novy Bor AVE"] [BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 {Firouzja,Alireza} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 ({RR} 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 ({RR} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. d5 Rc8 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Bf1 Qb8 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Ng3 g6 20. b3 Ncb6 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Qd2 Nbd7 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 b4 25. Rac1 Qc7 26. Nd2 {Caruana,F (2792)-Dubov,D (2720) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 11... d5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Nf1 c4 16. Be3 Bg6 17. Nd4 Qc8 18. Nxc6 {½-½ (18) Gschnitzer,A (2435)-Marn,J (2357) Schwarzach AUT 2026}) ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. d5 ({RR} 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 ({RR} 13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Re1 Bb7)) 12... Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 c4 ({RR} 14... bxa4 15. bxa4 a5 16. Na3 Ba6 17. Nb5) 15. axb5 axb5 ({RR} 15... cxb3 16. Bd3 ({RR} 16. Bxb3 Nxe4) 16... Nfd7 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18. Qc2 f5) 16. Rxa8 Nxa8 17. bxc4 bxc4 ({RR} 17... Qxc4 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Bxb5) 18. Ba3 Nd7 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Nbd2 f5 22. Rd1 g6 23. Qe3 f4 ({RR} 23... fxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Nd7) 24. Qe2 Ba6 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Qf1 {Firouzja,A (2726)-Harikrishna,P (2713) Prague 2020 CBM 195 [Firouzja,Alireza] 1-0 (40)} {RR} Nd3 27. Bxd3 cxd3 28. Ra5 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Qa1) 12. Nbd2 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. d5 c4 14. Re1 Nb7 15. Nf1 Nbc5 16. Ng3 Nb6 17. b4 cxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Nh2 a4 21. b4 Nb7 22. Ng4 Nc4 23. Bc1 Qd8 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Nf5 Bg5 26. Qf3 Bd2 27. Re2 {Firouzja,A (2766)-Ibrahimli,M (2445) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (54)}) 13. d5 Nb6 14. Re1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. b3 Rbf8 19. Nh2 c4 20. Be3 Bd8 21. Re2 Nb7 22. Nf1 Qc8 23. Rb2 R5f7 24. Nfg3 h6 25. Rd2 Nd7 26. Qg4 Kh7 27. Qe6 Bh4 28. Nf1 cxb3 29. axb3 Nf6 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxa6 Qxc3 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qc2 Qb4 34. Ng3 Na5 35. Qe4 Qc3 36. Qd3 Qb4 37. Ne4 Be7 38. Rd1 Nb7 39. Rb6 Bd8 40. Rxb5 Qa3 41. Qc3 Qa2 42. Ra1 Qe2 43. Qc4 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Kramnik, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2023.03.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O h6 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Re1 h6 9. Nd5 Re8 10. Bd2 Bf8 11. Ba2 a5 12. h3 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Qd2 Rxa4 16. Bb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 e4 18. Nd4 exd3 19. cxd3 Nh5 20. Bd1 Qh4 21. Bg4 Qf6 22. Ne2 {Rekuc,P (2226)-Vanczak,T (2396) Nagykanizsa HUN 2026 ½-½}) ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxe6 Bxe3 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. fxe3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 a5 21. Rd3 g6 22. Nf1 {Alekseenko,K (2686)-Topalov,V (2728) Salamanca ESP 2023 0-1 (48)}) 8. h3 Re8 $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nd5 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. c3 a6 12. a5 Rb8 13. b4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Bd2 g6 17. Re2 Bg7 18. Rae1 Kh7 19. Qa2 Rf8 20. Bb3 Rbe8 21. c4 c6 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Bc3 {Lei,T (2550)-Shuvalova,P (2475) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (52)}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Re1 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bb5 dxe4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5 exd3 14. Nxc6 dxc2 15. Qxc2 Qd7 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. b4 a6 19. Red1 Rfe8 20. b5 Qe6 21. Qd2 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Qf5 23. Bxc7 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2784)-Dubov,D (2702) chess24.com INT 2021 1-0 (51)}) 9. Re1 Bf8 10. a5 a6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. c4 g6 15. b4 Bg7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. b5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Ne7 19. Reb1 f5 20. Qc2 axb5 21. Rxb5 b6 22. Bd2 Qd7 23. Qc4 Ra7 24. Rab1 Nc8 25. Qc2 f4 26. axb6 cxb6 27. R5b4 Rc7 28. Rc4 Rc5 29. Bb4 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 Ne7 31. Qa6 Rb8 32. Qa3 Nc8 33. Rc1 Rb7 34. Rc6 Rc7 35. Qa8 Bf6 36. Nd2 b5 37. Nf3 Be7 38. Ba5 Rxc6 39. dxc6 Qe6 40. Qb7 g5 41. Qd7 Qg8 42. d4 Qf8 43. dxe5 Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kh7 45. Qd7 Kg8 46. Bc3 dxe5 47. Qe6+ Kh7 48. Nxe5 Qe8 49. Ng4 Qg6 50. Qxc8 Qxe4 51. Qh8+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 7th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.02.07"] [Round "11"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Naroditsky, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2618"] [PlyCount "149"] [EventDate "2023.02.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. Nbd2 g4 8. Ne1 h5 9. f4 Bh6 ({RR} 9... exf4 10. Rxf4 Bh6 11. Rf1 g3 12. h3 Be3+ 13. Kh1 Ng4 14. Qf3 Nce5 15. Qe2 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Bxf2 17. Ndf3 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Rg8 19. Nd3 Bb6 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nfxe5 Be6 23. c5 Bxc5 24. Rf1 {Zienkiewicz,J (2277)-Javakhadze,Z (2417) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (59)}) 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. d4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. Qd2 Rh8 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. Bxe6 Qe7 18. Bxf7+ {1-0 (19) He,A (2337)-Yip,C (2420) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11... Nxc4 12. Nxc4 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Nxe4 14. Qf4 Qe7 15. Nd3 d5 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 O-O-O 19. Re5 h4 20. Qe2 g3 21. h3 Rh6 22. Qe3 Rf6 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qg5 Rh8 25. Rxd5 c6 26. Rf5 Rhh6 27. Nf4 Qd8 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Nd3 Kc7 31. Qf8 Qf5 32. Qxh6 Qxd3 33. Qxh4 Bxa2 34. Qf4+ Kb6 35. Qe3 Qc2 36. Qxg3 Qxb2 37. Qf2 Qxc3 38. d5+ c5 39. d6 Be6 40. Rd1 Qb3 41. Qf3 Qxf3 42. gxf3 Kc6 43. h4 c4 44. h5 Kd7 45. h6 Bf5 46. Kf2 c3 47. Ke3 b5 48. Kd4 b4 49. Kc4 a5 50. Rh1 Bh7 51. Kb3 Kxd6 52. Rg1 c2 53. Kb2 a4 54. Ra1 a3+ 55. Kb3 Kc5 56. Rc1 Kd4 57. Rxc2 Ke3 58. Rh2 Kxf3 59. Kxb4 Kg3 60. Rh1 f5 61. Kxa3 f4 62. Rg1+ Kh2 63. Rg7 Bd3 64. Rd7 Bc2 65. Rc7 Bd3 66. Rf7 Kg3 67. Kb2 f3 68. Kc3 Bb1 69. Kd2 Kf2 70. h7 Bxh7 71. Rxh7 Kg2 72. Rg7+ Kf2 73. Rf7 Kg2 74. Ke3 f2 75. Rxf2+ 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch KO"] [Site "London"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "Howell, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2696"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2018.12.08"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Nh7 11. Nf1 Ng5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Ne3 $146 ({RR} 15. Be3 a5 16. Qe2 f6 17. Rac1 a4 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 b6 20. b4 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Qh5 e4 23. Bxg5 Qe5 24. Bc4 Nf6 25. Qg6 Bd7 26. Bh6 Ne8 27. Bxg7 Qxg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Ng3 Kg6 {Muratovic,A (2487)-Marholev,D (2396) Bosilegrad 2009 1-0 (44)}) 15... a5 16. b4 f5 17. exf5 e4 18. fxg6 Bxc3 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 exd3 21. Nf5 Qf6 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Rac1 Qf4 24. Qb2+ Ne5 25. Rxc7 d2 26. Nxc8+ Kxg6 27. Ne7+ Kh6 28. Rf1 Rf7 29. Qc2 Raf8 30. f3 axb4 31. Kh1 Qf6 32. Nc8 Rxc7 33. Qxc7 Nd3 34. Nxd6 Ne1 35. Ne4 Qb2 36. Qd6+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Rf7 38. Qxg5+ Kf8 39. Qxd2 Qxd2 40. Nxd2 Nd3 41. Ne4 Ke7 42. Rd1 Nf4 43. Rd4 Rf5 44. Rxb4 Rxd5 45. Rxb7+ Ke6 46. Rb1 Ra5 47. a4 Kd7 48. h4 Kc6 49. g3 Nd3 50. Rd1 Nb2 51. Rc1+ Kd5 52. Kg2 Kd4 53. Rc2 Nd3 54. Rd2 Ke3 55. Ra2 Ne1+ 56. Kh3 Nxf3 57. Ng5 Ne5 58. h5 Nd3 59. Kh4 Ne5 60. h6 Ng6+ 61. Kh5 Nf8 62. Kg4 Rc5 63. Ra3+ Ke2 64. h7 Rc4+ 65. Kh5 1-0 [Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 4th"] [Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"] [Date "2007.08.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2007.08.20"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 120"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O ({RR} 9... Nh7 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Na5 Qe8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. a4 Rd8 16. Qb3 b6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qb5 Rd6 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. c4 Qd7 21. c5 Rd3 22. Qa6 Qc6 23. Bxh6 Qxc5 24. Rac1 {Najer,E (2707)-Rapport,R (2675) Tbilisi 2017 ½-½ (47)}) 10. Bb3 ({RR} 10. a4 a5 11. Nf1 Bg4 12. d5 Nd8 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. Bd3 Nh7 15. Qc2 b6 16. Bd2 Nb7 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qd7 19. c4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nh4 e4 22. Ng6 Rf7 23. Nf1 Nc5 24. Nf4 Be5 {Coicev,M (2353)-Roshka,Y (2505) Balatonlelle HUN 2026 0-1 (39)}) 10... Nh7 $146 ({RR} 10... Nh5 11. Nf1 Bg4 12. Be3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qh4 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Ba4 Ne7 17. Kg2 h5 18. Nf1 f5 {0-1 (18) Bonugli,C (2003)-Marholev,D (2431) Cesenatico 2010}) ({RR} 10... Bd7 11. h3 Rae8 12. a4 Kh7 13. a5 a6 14. Bc4 Nh5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Bd5 Qd7 20. Nd4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Re5 22. Qb3 Qc8 23. Nf3 Re7 24. Bd4 Rfe8 25. Bxg7 {Ermenkov,E (2480)-Pandavos,E (2370) Kavala 1990 1-0 (67)}) 11. Nf1 Bg4 12. d5 Nb8 13. h3 Bd7 14. N3h2 a5 15. Bc2 Qh4 16. Be3 Na6 17. Qd2 f5 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Bxh6 f4 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. N3h2 Nf6 22. f3 Qh6 23. b4 Kg7 24. a3 Rh8 25. Bd1 Qh4 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ra7 28. Be2 Rha8 29. Nd2 axb4 30. axb4 Nb8 31. Nb3 Ra3 32. Nf1 Kf8 33. Nfd2 Ke7 34. Bd3 g5 35. Rec1 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Rxa1 37. Nxa1 Bc8 38. Nc2 Nbd7 39. Nb3 Nb6 40. Ke2 Nbd7 41. Kd2 Nf8 42. Ne1 Bd7 43. Be2 Ng6 44. Bd3 b6 45. Ke2 Kd8 46. Nd2 Ke7 47. Bc2 Kd8 48. Nd3 Bb5 49. c4 Bd7 50. Nb2 Ke7 51. Ba4 Bc8 52. Bb5 Nd7 53. Nd3 Nf6 54. c5 bxc5 55. bxc5 Bd7 56. c6 Be8 57. Nb4 Kd8 58. Kf2 Ne7 59. Bd3 Bf7 60. Ke2 Ng6 61. Nc4 Ne8 62. Na5 Nh4 63. Kf2 Ng6 64. Nc4 Nh4 65. Na3 Bg6 66. Nb5 Nf6 67. Nc3 Bf7 68. Ba6 Ng6 69. Bc4 Ne7 70. Nb5 Nc8 71. Bb3 Bh5 72. Na6 Ne8 73. Bd1 Nb6 74. Be2 Na4 75. g3 Nc5 76. Nxc5 dxc5 77. g4 Bf7 78. Na3 Nd6 79. Nc4 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch KO"] [Site "London"] [Date "2018.12.17"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2018.12.08"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Re1 Be6 8. Na3 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. a5 a6 10. h3 Rfe8 11. Ng5 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nd4 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qe6 15. b3 h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Red1 Bg5 18. Nd5 Rac8 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Qg3 Qg6 21. Qg4 Re6 22. Rd3 Kf8 {Anand,V (2792)-Carlsen,M (2625) Reykjavik 2006 0-1 (51)}) 8... Qd7 9. c3 Rae8 ({RR} 9... Rad8 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nc4 Nxe4 12. Ncxe5 dxe5 13. Rxe4 Qd5 14. Be3 f5 15. Rc4 f4 16. Bc1 Qxc4 {0-1 (16) Vinolas Anglada,L (1991)-Suvradeepta,D (2147) Llinars del Valles ESP 2026}) 10. Bxe6 $146 ({RR} 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bb5 Bb4 14. Ne5 Qd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxc6 Qd6 17. Nxb4 Nxb4 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Bf4 Nd5 20. Bg3 a6 21. Nc3 Qxb2 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rb1 Qc3 {Kosteniuk,A (2552)-Swayams,M (2438) Chess.com INT 2017 1-0 (59)}) 10... fxe6 11. Nc4 Kh8 12. h3 Bd8 13. Be3 a6 14. b4 Ne7 15. Rb1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ncd2 Ng6 18. Ra1 Nh5 19. g3 Ngf4 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Ba7 e5 22. Kh2 Re6 23. Rg1 Rh6 24. Qf1 Nf6 25. Qg2 Rg8 26. d4 Rh5 27. dxe5 dxe5 28. Rad1 Qe8 29. Kh1 Qe6 30. Nh2 Be7 31. Ndf3 Nxe4 32. Rde1 Nf6 33. Ng5 Qc4 34. Nhf3 Bd6 35. Nxe5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 h6 37. Nf3 Qxc3 38. Bd4 Qd3 39. Rxh5 Nxh5 40. Qg4 c5 41. bxc5 1-0 [Event "Bullet Chess Losers 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.21"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "177"] [EventDate "2023.07.18"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 d5 $146 ({RR} 11... Ne6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Qf3 Qa5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. h4 Qc7 17. Ne2 Rf8 18. Qh3 Qd7 19. h5 h6 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4 e5 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Ng6 Rf7 24. d4 Bd8 25. Rad1 Bc7 26. dxe5 {Bellahcene,B (2493)-Levitan,C (2295) Jwaneng BOT 2026 1-0 (53)}) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. c3 Ne6 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Qh5 Nef4 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Bd2 Qg6 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Kf1 h6 23. Bb1 Qf6 24. Nh5 Nxh5 25. Qxh5 a5 26. d4 e4 27. Re2 Bf4 28. Ree1 g6 29. Qe2 h5 30. Kg1 h4 31. Rf1 Bc7 32. Qe3 Kg7 33. d5 Qe5 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 c5 36. Rdd1 Bd6 37. Rfe1 Kf6 38. Kf1 g5 39. Ba2 Re5 40. Bc4 Rfe8 41. Bb5 R8e7 42. Bc4 f4 43. Re2 Kf5 44. Rde1 e3 45. Bd3+ Kf6 46. Bc4 Re4 47. Bb3 c4 48. Bc2 R4e5 49. Rd1 Bc5 50. f3 Rd7 51. Be4 Rxe4 52. fxe4 Ke5 53. b3 cxb3 54. Rb2 Kxe4 55. Ke2 Rxd5 56. Rxd5 Kxd5 57. Kd3 b6 58. Rxb3 Ke5 59. Rb2 Kd5 60. Rb1 Ke5 61. Rf1 Kf5 62. Rd1 g4 63. hxg4+ Kxg4 64. Ke2 Kg3 65. Rd5 Kxg2 66. Rg5+ Kh2 67. Kf3 h3 68. Rg4 Bd6 69. Rg6 Be5 70. c4 Bd4 71. Rg5 Bc5 72. Rg4 e2 73. Kxe2 Be3 74. Kf3 Bd2 75. Rg5 Be3 76. Rg4 Bc5 77. Rh4 Kg1 78. Rh5 Be3 79. Rg5+ Kf1 80. Rh5 Ke1 81. Rxh3 Kd2 82. Rh4 Kc3 83. Rg4 Bc5 84. Rg5 Kxc4 85. Rf5 Kb4 86. Rg5 Kxa4 87. Rg4 Kb4 88. Rxf4+ Kb5 89. Rf5 1-0 [Event "Teplice op 15th"] [Site "Teplice"] [Date "2022.06.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Black "Demchenko, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2022.06.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Nh7 9. a5 a6 10. d4 Bg4 ({RR} 10... Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qd7 18. Qd3 Qb5 19. c4 Qc6 20. Re2 b5 21. axb6 cxb6 22. Be3 Rfc8 23. Rc1 b5 24. b3 bxc4 25. Rxc4 {Jovanovic,Z (2558)-Vitiugov,N (2687) Budva 2009 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 10... Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. d5 Nb8 13. Bf1 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Qc2 Rf8 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. Ne4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nd7 {½-½ (18) Varney,Z (2001)-Baker,C (2186) England ENG 2026}) 11. d5 Na7 $146 ({RR} 11... Nb8 12. h3 Bc8 13. Nbd2 Ng5 14. b4 f5 15. Nxe5 Bf6 16. Ng6 Bxc3 17. Nxf8 Qxf8 18. Rb1 f4 19. Rb3 Be5 20. Be2 Bd7 21. Ra3 Be8 22. Qc2 Nd7 23. Qxc7 Bd4 24. h4 f3 25. Bxf3 Nh3+ 26. gxh3 {De la Paz Perdomo,F (2464)-Sanchez Romero,M (2197) Barbera del Valles 2005 1-0 (31)}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. Nd2 g6 15. g3 h5 16. h4 Bh6 17. Bf1 Nc8 18. c4 Ne7 19. c5 f5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Bh3 Rc8 22. Nc4 Bxc1 23. Raxc1 Rc5 24. Qa3 Nc8 25. Ne3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Ne7 27. Qb4 Qb8 28. Qb6 Nf6 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Nxf5 Nxd5 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. Nxd6 Nb4 34. Rc3 Nc6 35. Nxb7 Nd4 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Nc5 Rb8 38. Nxa6 Rxb2 39. Nc5 Ra2 40. a6 Kf6 41. Rc4 Nb5 42. Ra4 1-0 [Event "Meltwater Tour Final 2022"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.11.18"] [Round "5.1"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Mamedyarov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2022.11.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Re1 Qe7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 f6 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bg5 Qb4 17. b3 Qd4 18. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 18. Bd2 Rf7 19. Ng5 Rf6 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Nxd4 Bxd1 22. Bg5 Rf7 23. Nxc6 Bxc2 24. Rxe5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Re3 a5 27. Kg1 a4 28. b4 a3 29. Rc1 Ba4 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Rc4 Raf8 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 {Kadric,D (2553)-Radovanovic,N (2434) Neum BIH 2024 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Rb1 a6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bc3 Qd5 22. Qe2 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qxe4 26. Rf2 Qe3 27. Rf3 Qe2 28. Rbf1 h6 29. R1f2 Qe4 30. Kh2 Rd7 31. Rf8+ Kh7 32. Re8 Qe3 {Bilguun,S (2442)-Safranek,W (2248) Budapest HUN 2026 ½-½ (49)}) 18... Bxe4 19. dxe4 Qxd1 20. Rcxd1 Nc3 21. Rd7 Nxe4 22. Be7 Rf7 23. Rxc7 Nf6 24. Bd6 Rxc7 25. Bxc7 e4 26. Kg1 Re8 27. c4 Kf7 28. Kf2 Re7 29. Bd8 Re5 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. h3 h5 32. Re2 Ne8 33. Bh4 Nd6 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Nf7 36. Bg3 Ra5 37. Kxe4 Ng5+ 38. Kf4+ Kf7 39. Be1 Ne6+ 40. Rxe6 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch KO"] [Site "London"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "2018.12.08"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g5 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Na3 O-O 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Nc4 Ng6 11. Ne3 c6 12. h4 Nxh4 $146 ({RR} 12... gxh4 13. Nf5 Ng4 14. Nh2 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 Qf6 16. Nxh6+ Bxh6 17. Bxh6 Qxf2 18. Re3 Nf4 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Bg4 21. Rf2 Ne6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Raf1 Nf4 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Be2 26. Bc2 Bh5 27. Rxh4 {Bogner,S (2577)-Bettalli,F (2305) Imola 2021 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 12... gxh4 13. Nf5 Ng4 14. Nh2 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 Qf6 16. Nxh6+ Bxh6 17. Bxh6 Qxf2 18. Re3 Nf4 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Bg4 21. Rf2 Ne6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Raf1 Nf4 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Be2 26. Bc2 Bh5 27. Rxh4 {Bogner,S (2577)-Bettalli,F (2305) Imola 2021 1-0 (54)}) 13. Nxh4 gxh4 14. Qf3 Nh7 15. Nf5 Ng5 16. Qg4 Qf6 17. Be3 d5 18. f3 Kh8 19. Kf2 Qg6 20. Bc2 Bf6 21. Rh1 Nh7 22. Qxg6 fxg6 23. Nxh4 Bxh4+ 24. Rxh4 h5 25. exd5 cxd5 26. d4 e4 27. Bf4 Kg8 28. Be5 Ng5 29. Kg3 Bf5 30. Bb3 Rad8 31. Bf4 Ne6 32. Bh6 Rf6 33. fxe4 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Bg5 Rdf8 36. Bxf6 Rxf6 37. Re1 Kf8 38. Rxe4 Ng7 39. Re2 Nf5+ 40. Kh3 Kg7 41. Bc2 Nd6 42. Kg3 Kh6 43. Rf2 Re6 44. Bb3 Re3+ 45. Kf4 Re4+ 46. Kf3 Rg4 47. Be6 Rh4 48. Re2 Rh1 49. Kf4 Rf1+ 50. Ke5 Ne8 51. d5 Rd1 52. Bf7 Ng7 53. c4 Nf5 54. Be6 Ng3 55. Rc2 g5 56. Kd6 g4 57. Kc7 Kg5 58. d6 Ne4 59. d7 Nc5 60. Bd5 Nxd7 61. Kxd7 b5 62. b3 h4 63. Kc6 bxc4 64. bxc4 Kf4 65. c5 Ke5 66. Re2+ Kf4 67. Kd6 h3 68. gxh3 gxh3 69. c6 Kg3 70. c7 h2 71. Rxh2 Kxh2 72. c8=Q 1-0 [Event "GBR-ch KO"] [Site "London"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2018.12.08"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 ({RR} 9... Kh7 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. h3 Be6 12. a5 a6 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Nh2 Ne7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 c6 18. Qa4 f5 19. Ra3 Nf6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Rb3 Rfb8 22. Nf3 c5 23. Qa3 Qf7 24. c4 {Savic,M (2440)-Xu,Z (2494) Sarajevo BIH 2026 0-1 (44)}) 10. Bb3 $146 ({RR} 10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ng3 Be6 13. a5 Qc8 14. Ne4 b6 15. axb6 cxb6 16. Qb3 Rd8 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Qxb6 f5 19. c4 Rxd3 20. Nc5 Rd6 21. Nb7 Rd7 22. Nc5 Re7 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Qb3 e4 {Maslowski,M (2143)-Markowski,D (2337) Koszalin 2001 0-1}) ({RR} 10. a5 Be6 11. Qc2 g5 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. Nd2 Nh7 15. Ndf1 Bxc4 16. dxc4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Be3 Rf7 21. Ng3 Bf8 22. Ne4 Nf6 23. f3 Nxe4 24. fxe4 c6 {Kristjansson,S (2458)-Lagerman,R (2315) Reykjavik 2007 ½-½ (42)}) 10... d5 11. a5 Be6 12. Ba4 Nxa5 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. dxe4 c5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Nef3 Nh5 17. e5 Nf4 18. Qe4 Nd5 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Ng3 Nb6 21. Qh4 Bd5 22. Bxh6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxe5 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Rad1 Nf4 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Rd7 Qb8 28. Ng5 Nh5 29. Nxf7 Bxh2+ 30. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Rxf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Re5 b6 34. b4 cxb4 35. cxb4 Nb7 36. Bb3+ Kg7 37. Re7+ 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 10th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2022.06.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2744"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2022.05.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 209"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.08.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.08.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 g5 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. a5 Bg7 9. Nbd2 Nd8 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Nf1 Rb8 11. Ne3 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. Qc2 b5 14. Bb3 Be6 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. Nhf1 b4 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 e4 21. Ne3 exd3 22. Qxd3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Nb4 24. cxb4 {Gharibyan,M (2487)-Matinian,N (2405) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (46)}) 10. Nf1 c6 $146 ({RR} 10... g4 11. Ng1 c6 12. Ne3 h5 13. Ne2 Bh6 14. O-O Be6 15. f4 gxf3 16. Rxf3 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 a6 21. Ba4 Ne6 22. Qb6 Rd8 23. Bxh6+ Rxh6 24. Raf1 Rg6 25. Qf2 {Santos Ruiz,M (2581)-Niemann,H (2478) Sitges 2020 1-0 (39)}) 11. Ne3 Ng4 12. Nf1 f5 13. h4 f4 14. Qd1 Be6 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rxh8+ Bxh8 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Nh4 gxh4 19. Qxg4 O-O-O 20. Bd2 Kb8 21. b4 d5 22. Nh2 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qh7 24. O-O-O Re8 25. Re1 c5 26. Nf3 Qd7 27. Kb2 a6 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Be1 Qd6 30. Nxh4 cxb4 31. cxb4 Nd4 32. Nf5 Qe6 33. Qd1 Qg8 34. Nxd4 exd4 35. Qd3 Qxg2 36. Rc2 f3 37. Bd2 Be5 38. b5 axb5 39. Qxb5 Qg7 40. Rc5 d3+ 41. Rxe5 Rc8 42. Kb3 Qc7 43. a6 Qc2+ 44. Ka3 Rc7 1-0 [Event "96th ch-FRA 2023"] [Site "L'Alpe d'Huez FRA"] [Date "2023.08.27"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Gharamian, T."] [Black "Lagarde, Max"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2023.08.18"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. Nc3 g5 7. h4 ({RR} 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h4 g4 9. Nh2 Ne7 10. Qe2 c6 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ng6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxg4 Bxh4 16. Ne3 Bf6 17. Qd2 h5 18. Kb1 h4 19. Rhe1 Bg5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ne5 {Svidler,P (2714)-Xiong,J (2710) Saint Louis USA 2021 ½-½ (44)}) 7... g4 8. Nh2 Nd4 ({RR} 8... Bg7 9. Nf1 Nd4 10. Ne3 c6 11. Ne2 h5 12. c3 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. O-O O-O 17. Bg5 Rae8 18. f3 gxf3 19. Rxf3 d5 20. Ne3 d4 21. Nc4 b5 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Na3 {Tanenbaum,Z (2310)-Diao,M (2265) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (67)}) 9. Nf1 $146 ({RR} 9. Be3 c6 10. Nf1 d5 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Nce2 Nxg2+ 15. Kf1 Nxh4 16. Rxh4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rh2 exd3 19. cxd3 Qxd3 20. Bxh6 Bf5 21. Qxd3 Bxd3 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Bf4 Rxh2 {Gharamian,T (2603)-Lagarde,M (2600) L'Alpe d'Huez FRA 2023 ½-½ (52)}) 9... c6 10. Ng3 d5 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Nce2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 Ne6 15. O-O Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nc5 17. Nc3 Na6 18. b3 Nb4 19. Rb2 Nd7 20. Na2 Na6 21. h5 Ndc5 22. Be3 Ne6 23. b4 b6 24. c3 Be7 25. Rbd2 Bg5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Rd6 Rd8 28. Nc1 Nac7 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Nf5 Nce6 31. h6 f6 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Ne2 Nf7 35. Neg3 Nf4 36. Rxa7 Rd8 37. h7 Rh8 38. Ne7+ Kxh7 39. Nxc6 Kg6 40. Ne7+ Kh7 41. Ngf5 Rd8 42. g3 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Nd3 44. Nd5 Kg6 45. Ra8 Ne1 46. Rg8+ Kh7 47. Nxf6# 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.21"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15. Qg4 $146 ({RR} 15. g3 Kg7 16. Rae1 Qa5 17. Qg4 Rad8 18. f4 h5 19. Qf3 Rde8 20. h4 Qd8 21. Re2 Qd7 22. Qf2 Qg4 23. Kh2 Bf6 24. e5 Bd8 25. Rfe1 Ba5 26. Rf1 d5 27. Rc1 Bb6 28. Qg2 f6 29. exf6+ Kxf6 {Abdusattorov,N (2716)-Caruana,F (2786) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (50)}) 15... Kg7 16. f4 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Re2 Bd8 20. Kh1 d5 21. exd5 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Re8 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Qf2 Qd6 25. g3 Re3 26. Re1 Bb6 27. Kg2 Qf6 28. Bc4 a5 29. Qf1 Bc5 30. Rxe3 dxe3 31. c3 Bb6 32. Qf3 Qe7 33. Kf1 Ba7 34. Ke2 Qb7 35. b3 Qe7 36. d4 c5 37. d5 Bb8 38. Qxe3 Qf8 39. Bb5 Qd6 40. Bc6 Bc7 41. Kd3 Qf6 42. Kc4 Bd6 43. Qe4 g5 44. fxg5 Qf1+ 45. Qd3 Qxh3 46. Kb5 Qg4 47. Kxa5 Qxg5 48. Kb5 Bxg3 49. a5 Bd6 50. a6 Qe7 51. Qf3 Bb8 52. Qg4+ Kh6 53. Qc8 Bf4 54. Qd7 Qe2+ 55. Kb6 c4 56. b4 Qe3+ 57. Kb5 Qxc3 58. a7 Qd3 59. a8=Q c3+ 60. Kb6 Qe3+ 61. Kb7 c2 62. Qf8+ Kg5 63. Qg7+ 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 2023-24"] [Site "Hamburg GER"] [Date "2024.01.13"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Shevchenko, Kirill"] [Black "Grandelius, N."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2023.10.21"] [WhiteTeam "SV Werder Bremen"] [BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 Bc5 6. a5 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 ({RR} 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Na3 Qd6 16. b5 Nxa5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. c4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qe6 20. Bxa5 Qxh3 21. Qe2 Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ {Dubov,D (2672)-So,W (2753) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (49)}) 8... d6 ({RR} 8... Ba7 9. Re1 d6 10. h3 Kh8 11. Nbd2 Nh7 12. Bb3 Ng5 13. Nf1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 f5 15. Be3 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qc4 Bh7 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Ng3 Ra8 20. Bc2 Rf4 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. d4 Bg8 23. d5 {Svidler,P (2689)-Grandelius,N (2664) Malmo SWE 2024 ½-½ (41)}) 9. Be3 Bxe3 $146 ({RR} 9... Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Qe7 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Rfe1 Ra8 17. Nf1 Bg4 18. N3d2 Rad8 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bc4 Qd7 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Bd5 N6xd5 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Nxg4 {Baidetskyi,V (2483)-Berczes,D (2410) Slovakia SVK 2025 ½-½ (56)}) 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Qc2 Qd6 14. b4 Rad8 15. Rad1 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qe7 18. Qa2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Kh7 20. Qc4 Rd8 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. h3 Rf8 23. Qe2 Rd8 24. Kf2 Qe7 25. Rb1 Rf8 26. Kg1 Rd8 27. Rb2 Rd6 28. Qc2 Qd8 29. Rb1 Rd3 30. Kf2 Rd6 31. Ke2 Qf6 32. c4 Rd8 33. Kf2 Ne7 34. Qc3 Ng6 35. Kg1 Qe7 36. c5 c6 37. Rf1 Rf8 38. Rf2 Qd8 39. Rd2 Qf6 40. Rd1 Rd8 41. Rd6 Rf8 42. Qe1 Nh8 43. Qh4 Qxh4 44. Nxh4 Nf7 45. Rxe6 Rd8 46. Re7 Ng5 47. Nf5 Nxe4 48. Rxg7+ Kh8 49. Rxb7 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 1920"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2021.10.14"] [Round "9.42"] [White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Black "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2636"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2019.11.23"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2022"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.10.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Solingen"] [BlackTeam "Dresden TU"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. Bd2 a5 11. h3 b6 12. c3 h6 13. Qb3 Bf8 14. Rad1 d5 15. Ne3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Bc1 Nd6 18. Qd5 Qd7 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Nfxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxa4 22. c4 Qc2 23. g4 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 {Ganguly,S (2657)-Bruzon Batista,L (2673) Saint Louis 2018 0-1 (32)}) 10. a5 ({RR} 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)}) 10... Re8 11. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 11. Ne3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Bf6 14. Nfd2 g6 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. c3 b6 17. Qb3 Re6 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. axb6 cxb6 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. h4 f5 23. Ng3 h5 24. Bg5 Rde8 25. Nd2 Nc7 {Safarli,E (2596)-Sargissian,G (2646) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½}) ({RR} 11. c3 Bf8 12. Qb3 d5 13. Ne3 dxe4 14. dxe4 b6 15. axb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nf5 Na5 18. Qc2 Qc6 19. Ng3 b5 20. Qd3 Nd7 21. b4 Nc4 22. Nf1 Ndb6 23. Ne3 Re6 24. Nf5 Kh7 25. Qd8 Re8 {Mkhitaryan,E (1890)-Jaksa,E (1972) Cetinje MNE 2026 ½-½ (75)}) 11... Bf8 12. Bc3 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. b3 Qc8 15. h3 Qb7 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. d4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bb2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qc6 22. Ne5 Qc5 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. Nf3 Qc6 25. c4 Qd6 26. Qb1 Re8 27. Be5 Qd8 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Qf5 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Bxf6 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 gxf6 33. Qxf6 Bg7 34. Qc6 Qe2 35. Qxc7 Qxf2 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Qe4 Qc5 41. Kh1 Bf6 42. Nh2 h5 43. Nf1 Qg5 44. Qe3 Qf5 45. Ng3 Qb1+ 46. Kh2 Qg6 47. Qe4 h4 48. Nf5 Bg5 49. Qe5 Bf6 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qe4 Bd8 52. Kg1 Bg5 53. b4 Qe6 54. Nd6+ Kg7 55. Qxe6 fxe6 56. Ne4 Bd8 57. Kf2 Kg6 58. Kf3 Kf5 59. Nd6+ Kf6 60. Ke4 Ke7 61. Nb5 Kd7 62. Nd4 Be7 63. Nc2 Bd6 64. b5 Be7 65. Ne1 Kd6 66. Nd3 Bd8 67. Kf4 Be7 68. g4 hxg3 69. Kxg3 Bd8 70. Kf4 Ke7 71. h4 Kf6 72. h5 Bc7+ 73. Kg4 Bd6 74. Nf2 Ke5 75. h6 Bf8 76. h7 Bg7 77. Nd3+ Kf6 78. c5 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 1920"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2021.10.15"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2636"] [BlackElo "2648"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2019.11.23"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2022"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.10.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Dresden TU"] [BlackTeam "Hockenheim"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 ({RR} 12... Nc4 13. Kh2 a5 14. Rg1 a4 15. Nbd2 Nb6 16. Nf1 b4 17. g4 b3 18. Bb1 bxa2 19. Rxa2 c4 20. Ng3 Qc5 21. Be3 Qb5 22. g5 Ne8 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 g6 25. Bxb6 Qxb6 26. f6 Bd8 27. Rg2 {Shilon Rahav,E (2363)-Stickler,F (2249) Krakow POL 2026 ½-½ (65)}) 13. b3 Nb7 14. Be3 $146 ({RR} 14. Nh2 Rae8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bc8 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Ng4 f6 19. Kh1 Nd8 20. a4 Ne5 21. Ne3 Ndf7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Nf5 Bd8 25. Bh2 Qb7 26. b4 Bb6 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Ng3 Ra8 {Hillarp Persson,T (2529)-Semcesen,D (2486) Gothenburg 2013 ½-½ (51)}) 14... g6 15. Nfd2 Nh5 16. a4 Rab8 17. Na3 Nd8 18. axb5 axb5 19. c4 b4 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Ra4 Nb7 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Qa1 Nf4 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Nf3 Bf8 26. Bg5 Be7 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Qc1 Bf6 29. Qxf4 Bxb5 30. cxb5 Bc3 31. Re3 Na5 32. e5 dxe5 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Qxe5 Rxb5 36. d6 Nb7 37. d7 Kf8 38. Ra8 1-0 [Event "ChessKid Cup Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.01"] [Round "5.10"] [White "Moussard, J."] [Black "Pichot, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2638"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2023.05.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 d5 ({RR} 9... Na5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Ng3 Re8 17. a4 b4 18. b3 Rc8 19. Rb1 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. e6 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxc2 23. Bxh6 f6 24. f3 {So,W (2775)-Kamsky,G (2655) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (50)}) 10. exd5 ({RR} 10. Bb3 Re8 11. h3 a6 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bc2 d4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 c5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Bxb4 Nc6 18. Ba3 b5 19. Bb3 Be6 20. Bb2 Rc8 21. Ne2 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Nd7 23. Rac1 Qb6 24. Nf4 Nc5 {Hartge,G (2307)-Pidluznij,G (2399) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (73)}) 10... Nxd5 11. a4 Kh8 $146 ({RR} 11... a5 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. Bb5 Ne7 14. d4 c6 15. Bf1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ned5 17. h3 Qc7 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Ne4 Ne5 20. Qg3 f5 21. Nc5 f4 22. Qh2 Qf7 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Bxd3 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Nb4 26. Be4 {Schaffert,W (2037)-Shaik,S (2290) Benidorm ESP 2022 0-1 (40)}) 12. a5 f5 13. Qb3 Nde7 14. Ng3 Rb8 15. Qc2 b5 16. axb6 axb6 17. b4 b5 18. Bb3 Qd6 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Bc5 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Qd5 23. Qc2 Ra8 24. Qb1 Qf7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. d4 e4 27. Nd2 Nxd4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Qc2 Qxb4 30. Qc6 Rf8 31. Ndf1 Qd6 32. Qxd6 cxd6 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Ne2 Ra4 35. Red1 Be5 36. Ne3 Kg8 37. h4 Kf7 38. h5 b4 39. hxg6+ Kxg6 40. Nc4 b3 41. Nxe5+ dxe5 42. Rb2 Ra2 43. Rdb1 Rc8 44. Rxa2 bxa2 45. Ra1 Rc2 46. Nc1 Rc3 47. Kf1 f4 48. Ke1 Kf5 49. Kd2 Rc6 50. Rxa2 Rg6 51. Ra8 Rxg2 52. Rf8+ Kg4 53. Ke2 e3 54. Nd3 exf2 55. Nxe5+ Kh3 56. Rxf4 h5 57. Nd3 Kg3 58. Rf3+ Kh2 59. Kf1 Rg1+ 60. Kxf2 Rg2+ 61. Ke1 Rg1+ 62. Ke2 Rg2+ 63. Nf2 h4 64. Rh3+ 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Krasnaya Polyana"] [Date "2021.07.24"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2021.07.12"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.08.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Re1 ({RR} 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qg4 Bxe3 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. fxe3 gxf5 23. exf5 Nef4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Qf6+ Rg7 {Tari,A (2642)-Carlsen,M (2853) Stavanger NOR 2023 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 g6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. c3 Rfd8 16. Qf3 h5 17. Be3 Kg7 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Bc1 h4 21. d4 f5 22. dxe5 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf8 24. Bb1 Rf5 25. Qg4 Raf8 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 {Henriquez Villagra,C (2592)-Esipenko,A (2682) Samarkand 2025 ½-½}) 12... Qc7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Qf3 g6 $146 ({RR} 14... Rd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rf8 19. Nd1 Ne8 20. c3 Bf6 21. Rd3 Re7 22. Ne3 g6 23. Red1 b5 24. c4 a6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. e5 Bxe5 28. Qxc6 Bxb2 29. Qxb7 {Khelghatdoust,A (2044)-Ezat,M (2294) Muscat OMA 2026 0-1 (48)}) 15. Rad1 Kg7 16. Ne2 d5 17. Ng3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bd6 21. Nxd4 Rfe8 22. c3 Bc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bb1 a5 25. Qe3 Kg8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Qg3 axb4 28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Nf5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd5 31. Nd6 Re6 32. Bf5 Re7 33. c4 Nb4 34. Nc8 Qxe5 35. Nxe7+ Qxe7 36. Bg4 Qe4 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qxb7 Bc5 39. Qb8 Nc2 40. Bf3 Qxc4 41. Qe5+ Kg8 42. Rd8+ Bf8 43. Qe7 1-0 [Event "ChessKid Cup Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.01"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Amin, B."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2691"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2023.05.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Na5 ({RR} 6... Be7 7. d4 Bg4 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bb5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Rd3 Nd7 15. Na4 f5 16. Rad1 fxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6 18. Nc5 Rf7 19. Rc3 Ng4 20. Nb7 Nxe3 21. fxe3 {Aronian,L (2725)-Demchenko,A (2609) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (54)}) 7. Bb3 Nxb3 ({RR} 7... c6 8. d4 Qc7 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Bd2 Nxb3 14. axb3 Rd8 15. Qe2 b6 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Bg4 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nf8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 f6 22. Qe4 {Aronian,L (2764)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018 ½-½ (63)}) 8. axb3 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 8... c5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qg4 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qd4+ 17. Rf2 h5 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Re1 Kf8 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. Rd2 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd7 {Aronian,L (2773)-Amin,B (2667) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Ng3 {½-½ (10) Smekalov,A (2126)-Plekhanova,E (1869) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2024}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne2 a6 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Nh4 Be7 14. f4 Bh7 15. Nf3 exf4 16. Bxf4 O-O-O 17. Ng3 g5 18. Bd2 h5 19. Nxg5 hxg4 20. h4 Bg6 21. Bc3 Rxh4 22. Rxf6 Rdh8 23. Rxg6 Rh2+ 24. Kg1 fxg6 25. Bxh8 Rxh8 26. Qd2 Bf6 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. d4 Rh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Qe3 h4 32. e5 Qf5 33. exd6 cxd6 34. Qe6+ Qxe6 35. Nxe6 Kd7 36. Nf4 Ke7 37. Ng6+ Kf6 38. Nxh4 Kg5 39. Ng2 Kf5 40. Ne3+ Kf4 41. Nc4 d5 42. Nb6 Ke4 43. c3 a5 44. Kg2 1-0 [Event "ChessKid Cup Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.01"] [Round "5.59"] [White "Bacrot, E."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2023.05.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Nf1 Na5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Be7 $146 ({RR} 9... Nxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Ng3 O-O 12. d4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Rxa7 c5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qe3 Ng4 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. O-O Bg4 19. Bf4 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bh3 21. Rd1 g5 22. Bxd6 Bf5 23. Nxf5 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 {Zimmermann,J (2287)-Torres,J (2259) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0}) 10. h3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Ng3 c5 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nh7 15. O-O O-O 16. Nh2 Bg5 17. f4 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rxf4 d5 20. Raf1 dxe4 21. dxe4 b4 22. c4 Ng5 23. Nh5 Rae8 24. h4 Nh7 25. Ng4 f5 26. Ne3 Rxe4 27. Qd3 Rxf4 28. Nxf4 Nf6 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Qd6 31. Qe6+ Qxe6 32. Nxe6 Rc8 33. Rf5 Ne4 34. Re5 Nd2 35. Nxc5 Kf7 36. Rd5 a5 37. Nb7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 19th Dec Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.12.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2023.12.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 10. h3 ({RR} 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 ({RR} 11... Bf8 12. b5 Nb8 ({RR} 12... Ne7 13. Ne3 d5 14. Nxe5 dxe4 15. d4 Ned5 16. Qb3 Bd6 17. N3c4 Qc8 18. Ba3 Qe6 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Na5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxb7 Ng4 23. g3 Qh5 24. h4 Ne5 25. Rxe4 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Ne3+ 27. Rxe3) 13. Qb3 a5 14. Ba3 Re6 15. Ncd2 Nbd7 16. d4 Nh7 17. h4 Nhf6 18. g3 Ng4 19. Kg2 Ndf6 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Qb3 Ndf6 22. Qd1 Nd7 23. Ra2 Re8 24. Qb3 Ndf6 ({RR} 24... c6 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Re2 cxb5 27. Qxb5 exd4 28. Nxd4 Qc7 29. Qb1 Nge5 30. Nb5)) 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)} {RR} 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Ne5+) ({RR} 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6) ({RR} 10. Ne3 Re8 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bb2 Bc5 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 a5 17. Bc3 Bb4 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. dxe4 f6 21. Kf1 Kf7 22. Ke2 g6 23. Rd3 f5 24. Red1 Rxd3) 10... Re8 11. c3 ({RR} 11. Bd2 a5 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. c4 Nd7 14. Bc3 Nc5 15. Nd5 Ne6 16. g3 Ncd4 17. h4 h5 18. Bd2 c6 19. Ne3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 g6 21. Bc3 Bg7 22. Kg2 Nc5 23. Red1 Qe7 24. g4 Ne6 25. Rh1 Nf4+ {Suleymanli,A (2614)-Esipenko,A (2693) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (81)}) ({RR} 11. b3 Bf8 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. a5 a6 15. c4 c6 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Qf3 Ng6 18. Nhf5 Qe6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qg3 dxc4 23. bxc4 Qd7 24. d4 exd4 25. Bxd4 Ne7) 11... Bf8 ({RR} 11... a5 12. Qb3 b6 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. Nh2 Qd7 15. Nhg4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Qe6 17. Qd1 Ne7 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. d5 Qxe4 22. dxc6 d5 23. Bd2 Qd3 24. Bc3 d4 25. Rad1 Qe4 26. Qxe4 {Wei Yi (2753)-Lazavik,D (2621) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (69)}) ({RR} 11... a5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 Nb8 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 dxc3 25. bxc3 Ne7) 12. a5 $146 ({RR} 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. b4 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. Qb3 Qe6 16. Bb2 Ng6 17. b5 Rad8 18. Rad1 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. d4 dxe4 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Nxe5 Nf4 23. N3c4 Rc8 24. Rc1 Bb4 25. Re3 Re7 26. Rb1 Rec7 {Rakshith,S (1989)-Fiedorek,M (2292) Pardubice CZE 2024 ½-½ (68)}) 12... d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Rd1 b6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Qb5 Qe6 19. Nc4 Rbd8 20. Re1 Rd5 21. Qa6 b5 22. Ncd2 Rxd3 23. Qxb5 Rd5 24. Qc4 e4 25. Ra6 Bc5 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxc6 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 e3+ 29. Kf1 Qf5+ 30. Nf3 e2+ 31. Kg1 Rd1 32. Bd2 Nd5 33. Rc5 c6 34. Rxc6 Qd7 35. Rc5 Nb6 36. Qd4 Qb7 37. Re5 Rxe5 38. Qxe5 Qa6 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qe4+ Kg8 41. Kf2 Nc4 42. Qxe2 Qb6+ 43. Be3 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2005.12.01"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Efimenko, Zahar"] [Black "Bologan, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2682"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2005.11.27"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 111"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. c3 Ng8 9. a5 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 f5 10. Nf1 f4 11. b4 Qe8 12. h3 g5 13. d4 h5 14. b5 Na5 15. Be2 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. N3h2 Nf6 18. Nxg4 Qg6 19. Nfh2 Rg8 20. f3 Nxg4 21. fxg4 Bh4 22. Bf3 Bg3 23. Nf1 Bxg4 {Sasikumar,S (2015)-De Coverly,R (1919) Crewe ENG 2026 ½-½ (52)}) 9... a6 10. d4 Bg4 ({RR} 10... f5 11. dxe5 fxe4 12. Rxe4 Rxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bh3 19. Be3 Bf6 20. f3 Bh4 21. Rd1 Rf8 22. Bf2 Be7 23. Rd5 Bd6 24. Rd3 Bc8 25. Kg2 {Harikrishna,P (2753)-Fressinet,L (2700) Huaian 2016 ½-½ (40)}) 11. dxe5 $146 ({RR} 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf5 Qc8 14. Nbd2 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. Ra4 Ngf6 18. Nfg5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 dxc5 22. Rae4 Bd6 23. h3 Rf6 24. R4e2 Qf5 25. Be3 Raf8 {Pucher,S (2232)-Demuth,A (2315) Agneaux 2008 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nbd2 Bg5 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Nd7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qc6 Rxb2 18. Qa4 Ngf6 19. Qa3 Qb8 20. h3 Re8 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Bc2 Qb5 23. Nd2 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rb7 25. Nf1 h5 {Macieja,B (2612)-Johannessen,L (2427) Bermuda 2002 ½-½ (36)}) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 f5 15. Nd2 fxe4 16. Qxe4 d5 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Nd2 Nf6 22. Bd4 c5 23. Be5 Qc6 24. Nf3 Ng8 25. Rd2 Qa4 26. Bc7 Rd7 27. Bb6 Bd6 28. Rde2 Nf6 29. Re6 Kg8 30. h3 h6 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. R6xe5 Qc6 33. Re6 Rd6 34. Re7 Ne4 35. f3 Rg6 36. fxe4 Qf6 37. Bxc5 1-0 [Event "Biel 53rd"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2020.07.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2626"] [PlyCount "171"] [EventDate "2020.07.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 197"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 h6 11. Bd2 a6 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Bxe6 ({RR} 14. Ne3 Bxa2 15. Rxa2 Re8 16. Ra1 Bf8 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. a5 Rbd8 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Nb6 Ne7 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Ng6 23. Qc2 d5 24. e5 Ne4 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxe4 Qd7 27. Bc3 cxd4 28. Bxd4 Bb4 {Khubukshanov,E (2508)-Bondarenko,I (2110) St Petersburg RUS 2026 1-0 (48)}) 14... fxe6 15. d4 Qe8 $146 ({RR} 15... Qb6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Na3 Qc7 19. Qe2 Rbd8 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Bc1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qc6 23. Nc4 Qxa4 24. Nxe5 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Ng6 Rf7 27. Re1 Nf6 28. Rxe6 Bf8 29. Nxf8 Kxf8 30. Be3 {Nevednichy,V (2551)-Sterck,A (2295) Lisbon 2018 ½-½ (41)}) 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. a5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. Be3 Qg6 20. Ra4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rxe4 24. Qd3 Rg4 25. Qxg6 Rxg6 26. Ne3 Rf6 27. Nd2 Rf8 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke8 31. Nd2 h5 32. Nb3 g6 33. Re4 Kf7 34. Ra4 Kf6 35. Nc4 Kf7 36. Nb6 Bf8 37. Nd2 Be7 38. Ne4 Ke8 39. Ra3 Kf8 40. Ra1 Ke8 41. Nc4 Rd5 42. g3 Rd8 43. Nb6 Kf7 44. Ra3 Ke8 45. h4 Kf7 46. Nc4 Rd7 47. Rb3 Kf8 48. Ke3 Kg7 49. Kf3 Kf8 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. Ng5 Kf6 52. Rb6 Kf5 53. Ne4 g5 54. g4+ hxg4 55. h5 Nd8 56. Ncd6+ Bxd6 57. Nxd6+ Kf6 58. Ne4+ Kg7 59. Nxc5 Rc7 60. Nxe6+ Nxe6 61. Rxe6 Rc5 62. Rg6+ Kh7 63. Rxg5 Rxa5 64. Rxg4 b5 65. Rg6 b4 66. cxb4 Rb5 67. Rg4 Kh6 68. Kd3 Kxh5 69. f3 Rb8 70. Kc4 Rc8+ 71. Kb3 Rf8 72. Ka4 Rxf3 73. Re4 Kg6 74. Rxe5 Kf6 75. Re8 Kf7 76. Ra8 Ke7 77. Ka5 Rb3 78. Rb8 Kd7 79. Kxa6 Kc7 80. Rb7+ Kc8 81. b5 Rxb2 82. Rh7 Rb1 83. Kb6 Rb2 84. Rh8+ Kd7 85. Rb8 Rb1 86. Ka7 1-0 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"] [Site "Plovdiv"] [Date "2003.10.14"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Delchev, Aleksander"] [Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2003.10.10"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 098"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeam "Slovenia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"] [BlackTeamCountry "SLO"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. c3 Rad8 ({RR} 9... Rfe8 10. a5 Bf8 11. b4 a6 12. Qb3 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rad8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. b5 Nb8 20. Rab1 c6 21. bxa6 Nxa6 22. h3 h6 23. Nh4 Qd3 24. Qa4 {Movsesian,S (2645)-Navara,D (2663) Prague 2005 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 9... h6 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 Rfe8 12. Qb3 Bf8 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. c4 Ree8 15. b5 Nd8 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. N2f3 Nf4 22. Nf5 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd3 24. Rd1 {Yu,Z (2024)-Jin,Y (2377) Kuqa, Xinjiang CHN 2026 0-1 (62)}) ({RR} 9... Rfe8 10. a5 a6 11. Nf1 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Qe6 13. Ne3 Rec8 14. Qd3 Bf8 15. Nd5 h6 16. Ra3 g6 17. Be3 Bg7 18. h3 Kh7 19. Kh2 Ng8 20. g4 Qd7 21. Rg1 Rf8 22. Raa1 Rae8 23. Rg2 f6 24. b4 {Delchev,A (2648)-Maduekwe,C (2126) London 2013 1-0 (38)}) 10. b4 Qc8 $146 ({RR} 10... h6 11. b5 Nb8 12. Qb3 Nh7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Bf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Be3 c5 19. Nd6 Qc7 20. Qc4 b6 21. Bf4 Ng5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Bg3 Bxd6 24. exd6 Qc8 25. Qd5 {Sikula,V (2419)-Sinkovics,P (2316) Hungary 2003 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 10... Rfe8 11. Qb3 Bf8 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nc4 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bg5 Qxd3 16. Ncxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ng4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Kg7 22. Ne3 Rd3 23. Rc1 Kg6 24. Kf1 Bh6 25. Ke2 {Praneeth,S (2347)-Gajwa,A (2143) Nagpur 2015 1-0 (61)}) 11. Bb2 g6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. b5 Nb8 14. d4 Nh5 15. g3 Nd7 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Qc4 Rc8 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Nc4 Be7 20. Nfd2 exd4 21. cxd4 b6 22. a5 Rf7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 d5 25. exd5 exd5 26. Ne3 Bb4 27. Re2 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Ndf6 29. Rc2 Ng7 30. Rb7 Nge8 31. Rxb6 Ra8 32. Re6 Rb8 33. Rc5 Ne4 34. Rxd5 Nxf2 35. Ba3 Nf6 36. Rc5 N6e4 37. Rce5 Nc3 38. b6 Rxb6 39. Rxb6 cxb6 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. d5 Nd3 42. d6 Nb5 43. Nc4 Nxa3 44. Nxa3 Nc5 45. Nb5 Rf8 46. Re7+ Rf7 47. Rc7 Kf6 48. Rc6 Nd7 49. Rc1 Ne5 50. Nc7 Rd7 51. Rf1+ Kg7 52. Ne6+ Kh6 53. Rf4 g5 54. Rf6+ Ng6 55. h4 g4 56. Ng5 Kg7 57. Ne4 Ne5 58. Re6 Nc4 59. h5 Ra7 60. h6+ Kf7 61. Rf6+ Ke8 62. Rf4 Ne5 63. Nf6+ Kd8 64. Nxg4 Nf7 65. Rf6 b5 66. Kf2 Rd7 67. Ne5 1-0 [Event "Prague Masters 2nd"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2713"] [Annotator "Firouzja,Alireza"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 195"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.04.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,79,19,38,25,16,14,23,25,0,4,0,9,2,19,14,20,-4,-5,-4,7,3,5,-26,17,18,13,15,18,22,50,24,52,49,37,36,42,12,27,0,51,41,46,34,45,19,8,14,38,41,33,39,56,49,22,20,102,38,31,21,86,66,89,54,193,193,187,215,255,255,325,359,343,360,375,374,374,339,339,358,525,527]} 1. e4 {I had made two draws until this round, so I really wanted to push for the win in this game.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {This is of course a slower move than 6.Re1, but it's in order to prevent the Marshall.} (6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {With my opponent being a big expert of the Marshall, I thought this time I should avoid it.}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 $5 {These days, the c3 move in this position is surprise to people, mainly because of the more fashionable 8.a3!? which I played in the first round of this tournament against Ragger. But in the old days 8.c3 used to be the main line.} O-O 9. h3 Na5 {Going for the Chigorin setup. Two rounds after this game, Vitiugov played 9...h6!? against me.} 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 {So now we have the old Chigorin setup, but with one tempo down for White (normally in the classical line his rook is on e1 already!) But I thought in these closed positions the tempo wouldn't matter - and I was probably right!} Qc7 12. d5 $1 {And now White should close the center because there is no time anymore for the Nbd2/Re1/Nf1 manoeuvre.} (12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Re1 Bb7 {and this just a decent position for Black because the white knight is still on d2 and not on g3!})) 12... Nc4 $5 {Pentala was trying to exploit that my knight wasn't already on d2, making ...Nc4 impossible for Black here, but...} 13. b3 ({RR} 13. a4 b4 14. b3 Nb6 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Be3 a5 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Nbd2 Nbd7 19. Nf1 Qb7 20. Ng3 Bd8 21. Nf5 Qb8 22. Qd2 Bb6 23. Bh6 g6 24. N3h4 Re8 25. Bd1 Nc5 26. Ng3 Nd3 27. Re3 Nf4 {Firouzja,A (2766)-Amangeldy,E (2195) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (40)}) 13... Nb6 14. a4 c4 $1 {Now we can see that Black cannot really play the old 14...bxa4 15.bxa4 a5 plan because my knight is sitting on b1 and can go to the b5 square via a3!} (14... bxa4 $2 15. bxa4 a5 16. Na3 Ba6 17. Nb5 $16) ({RR} 14... Bd7 15. Be3 bxa4 16. bxa4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rfb8 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nbd2 Be8 20. Ra2 Nd7 21. Re1 Nb6 22. Nf1 c4 23. Ne3 Nb3 24. a5 Na4 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. Ra3 Rab8 27. Nxc4 Nxc3 28. Bxc3 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 {Firouzja,A (2785)-Alekseenko,K (2686) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (41)}) 15. axb5 axb5 $146 {Its really hard to believe that such a move can be mistake. But if you go deeper into the postion you understand that Black should not really care about the pawns, and he has some great square like c5 for his knight and can get excellent counterplay!} (15... cxb3 $1 16. Bd3 (16. Bxb3 $2 Nxe4) 16... Nfd7 $1 {Probably the move that Pentala missed during the game.} 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18. Qc2 f5 $13 {with a very double-edged position!}) ({RR} 15... cxb3 16. Bxb3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Nxa8 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Ba3 Bd7 20. Nxe5 Be8 21. Nf3 Nfd7 22. e5 Nc5 23. exd6 Bxd6 24. Nbd2 Bd7 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Ne4 Nc8 27. Nxc5 Qxc5 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Nd6 30. Re7 {Svane,F (2667)-Erdogmus,Y (2626) London ENG 2025 ½-½ (61)}) 16. Rxa8 Nxa8 17. bxc4 bxc4 (17... Qxc4 {Of course now this looks really ugly for Black.} 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Bxb5 $18) 18. Ba3 $1 {So here I found a very nice setup for my pieces which you can see in the game!} Nd7 {19.Nxe5 was the threat.} 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Nbd2 {This was the setup that I had in mind when I played 18.Ba3.} f5 $1 {The right move. Otherwise Black will slowly lose the battle on the queenside.} 22. Rd1 {The logic behind this move is simple of course: after ...fxe4/Nxe4 the pawn on d5 will be well protected.} g6 23. Qe3 $1 {Very nice move.} f4 $2 {This move just really questions the move 21...f5! The idea was to open up things on the kingside and fight for some counterplay, but for some reason probably he thought he was just worse after the exchanges in the center. But anyway Black had to go for it!} (23... fxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Nd7 $14 {with idea knight f6. White is still better, but Black is fighting.}) 24. Qe2 $16 {From here I thought I was just winning because it's clear that White will win the battle on the queenside.} Ba6 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Qf1 $1 {Playing for the A file} Qc8 ({Of course I was not scared of} 26... Nd3 {because the knight on d2 will be well blocking the pawn on d3!} 27. Bxd3 cxd3 28. Ra5 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Qa1 $18) 27. Ra5 Ncd7 (27... Nb3 28. Ra3 {and Black has to either go back or exchange on d3 which does not improve his position at all.}) 28. Qa1 Bb5 29. Nb1 g5 30. Rxa8 Nxa8 (30... Qxa8 {The endgame is of course completley winning for White:} 31. Qxa8+ Nxa8 32. Na3 Ba6 33. Ba4 Nab6 34. Bb5 Bxb5 35. Nxb5 $18) 31. Qa7 {and the rest is just a matter of time. Black's pieces are all very passive and he has lots of weaknesses.} Nc7 32. Na3 Ba6 33. Ba4 Nf6 34. Nxg5 Nfxd5 35. exd5 Bxg5 36. Bxd6 Nxd5 37. Bd7 $1 Qb7 38. Be6+ Kg7 39. Bxe5+ Bf6 40. Qd4 {A very strong game from start to finish!} 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Div 3 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.02"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2024.02.02"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb3 Bd6 ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. a4 a5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Qe2 f6 13. c3 g5 14. d4 exd4 15. Qb5 Qg7 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Re6 Rhe8 19. Nf1 Bf7 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21. Qe2 Bc6 22. Ng3 {Niemann,H (2734)-Ragger,M (2580) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (56)}) 8. Ng5 Rf8 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Qg4 Qf6 11. Bg5 Qg6 12. Qxe6+ Qxe6 13. Bxe6 Nd4 14. Bb3 a5 15. c3 a4 16. Bd1 Ne6 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bf3 c6 19. Nd2 O-O 20. a3 Rad8 21. Rad1 Bc7 22. Ne4 Ndf4 23. g3 {Stratigos,S (2136)-Kapnisis,S (2361) Nikaia GRE 2026 ½-½ (52)}) 9. Qh5 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 9... g6 10. Qxh7 Qf6 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Bh6 Be6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Nc3 Nd4 16. Ne4 d5 17. Qh8+ Ke7 18. Qh4+ Kd7 19. Nc5+ Kd6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Rae1 a5 22. c4 Nf4 23. c5+ Kxc5 24. Qe7+ {Hernandez,A (2269)-Sanchez,L Bolivar 2001 1-0 (41)}) 10. Nxh7 Rg8 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. f4 e4 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Nxe4 Qf5 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Rae1+ Kd7 17. Bxf7 Rh8 18. Be6+ Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Qg6+ Kd5 21. c4+ 1-0 [Event "American Cup Champ"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2023.03.19"] [Round "1.4"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Shankland, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2023.03.17"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 Nc6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 a5 12. Ng3 d5 $146 ({RR} 12... h6 13. c3 Qd7 14. Bd2 ({RR} 14. Re1 Rad8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Nh7 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Be3) 14... d5 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Rc1 b6 17. Qe2 Bc5 18. Rf1 Qe8 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Bxb4 21. Rxc6 Bxd2 22. Rxc7 Bf4 23. Qb2 Bxg3 24. fxg3 dxe4 25. dxe4 Qxa4 26. Qxb6 Rfe8 27. Re1 {Giri,A (2759)-Deac,B (2655) Batumi 2025 ½-½ (67)}) 13. c3 Nd7 14. Re1 d4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. e5 Nc5 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nfxg5 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 h6 21. Nf3 Rf5 22. Rc1 Raf8 23. Qe2 Rf4 24. Rc4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd8 26. Kf1 Rd7 27. Ke2 Kf8 28. h4 Ke7 29. Qh7 Kf7 30. h5 Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh7 Kf8 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. b3 Kf8 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qa8 Ke7 37. Qg8 Nxe5 38. Rxd4 Qc6 39. Qxg7+ Nf7 40. Rxd7+ Qxd7 41. Ne5 Qe8 42. g4 1-0 [Event "Kropotkin"] [Site "Kropotkin"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Speelman, Jonathan S"] [Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2615"] [Annotator "Speelman,Jonathan S"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 047"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. c3 Nh7 9. a5 a6 10. Nbd2 ({RR} 10. d4 Bg4 11. d5 Na7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. Nd2 g6 15. g3 h5 16. h4 Bh6 17. Bf1 Nc8 18. c4 Ne7 19. c5 f5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Bh3 Rc8 22. Nc4 Bxc1 23. Raxc1 Rc5 24. Qa3 Nc8 {Kollars,D (2643)-Demchenko,A (2654) Teplice 2022 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 10. d4 Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. d5 Nb8 13. Bf1 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Qc2 Rf8 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. Ne4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nd7 {½-½ (18) Varney,Z (2001)-Baker,C (2186) England ENG 2026}) 10... Ng5 11. Qb3 (11. d4 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 $1 13. Nxf3 Nxe4 14. Bd3 Ng5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 $10) 11... Rb8 12. d4 Bd7 $146 (12... Nxf3+ $5 13. Nxf3 Bg4 14. d5 Bxf3 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qa4 Bxe4 (16... d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxa6) 17. Rxe4 d5 18. Rxe5 (18. Rg4 $2 f5) 18... dxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd1+ 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Bd6 22. Re4 {During the game I thought that Black should be alright here.}) (12... Bg4 13. d5 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 $1 {Malaniuk}) ({RR} 12... Bg4 13. d5 Na7 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nf1 Bxc1 17. Rexc1 Bd7 18. c4 c5 19. Qc3 b5 20. axb6 Rxb6 21. Ra5 Qb8 22. Bc2 Bc8 23. b3 Qc7 24. Ng3 Qe7 25. Rca1 Qg5 26. R5a4 h5 27. Qa5 {Sukandar,I (2396)-Khamatgaleev,A (2386) Gold Coast 2018 1-0 (66)}) 13. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nf1 Bc5 $1 16. Qc2 Bb5 $5 (16... Bc6 17. Ng3 {The knight is okay here but would perhaps prefer to be heading for h5.}) 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. b4 Ba7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 c6 22. Nf5 Qc7 $14 23. a6 $5 {Creates some tactics but gives up a positional edge on the queenside.} (23. h4 Ne6 24. a6 {so that there is never any pressure on the e pawn.}) 23... bxa6 $5 (23... Ra8 24. a7 $5 Ne6) 24. Rxa6 (24. h4) 24... Kh7 (24... Qb7 25. Rxc6 $5 (25. Raa1 $10) 25... g6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Rdd6 Rfc8 $1 {conceivably Rbc8} (27... Kxh6 28. Qd2 Kh5 $13) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Ng4 {and Black should be fine.}) 25. h4 Ne6 26. Rd6 Rb6 27. Rxb6 Qxb6 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Rd7 Qb8 $1 30. g3 Qc8 31. Rd6 Qc7 32. Kf1 $2 (32. Kg2 {to support f4}) (32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qxd8 Nxd8 34. h5 $5 g6 35. hxg6+ fxg6 {The potentail outside passed black h pawn gives counterplay.}) 32... h5 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Qxd8 Nxd8 35. Ke2 Kg6 $4 {zeitnot} (35... g6 36. Ne3 Kg7 $10) 36. f4 exf4 $6 (36... Kf6 37. fxe5+ Kxe5 38. Nxg7 Kxe4 39. Nxh5) (36... f6 37. Nd6 Kh7 $1 {intending Kh7-g8-f8-e7}) 37. gxf4 Kf6 38. Ke3 g6 $2 {This forces a lost position! He had to try 38...Ne6 even if the pawn ending is bad. Then I would have had to choose in bad time trouble.} (38... Ne6 39. Nd4 (39. Ng3 g6 40. f5 (40. e5+) 40... Nc7 (40... gxf5 41. exf5 Nc7 42. Ke4 Nd5 43. Nxh5+ Ke7 44. Kd4 $18) (40... Ng7 41. Kf4 Ke7 42. Kg5 $18) 41. Kd4 gxf5 42. Nxh5+ Kg6 43. Nf4+ Kf6 44. e5+ $6 (44. Ke3) 44... Kg7 45. c4 {And Black can force a draw with:} Ne6+ 46. Nxe6+ fxe6 47. cxb5 cxb5 48. Kc5 f4 49. Kd4 Kh6 50. Ke4 Kh5 51. Kxf4 Kxh4 52. Ke4 Kg4 53. Kd4 Kf5 54. Kc5 Kxe5 55. Kxb5 Kd4 (55... Kd6 56. Ka6 Kc7 $10) 56. Kc6 e5 57. b5 e4 58. b6 e3 59. b7 e2 60. b8=Q e1=Q $10) 39... Nxd4 40. Kxd4 Ke6 41. Kc5) 39. Nd4 Ke7 40. e5 Kd7 41. f5 gxf5 42. Kf4 Ne6+ 43. Kxf5 Nc7 44. Kf6 $5 (44. Kg5 Nd5 45. Kxh5 Nxc3 46. Kh6) 44... Ke8 45. Nxc6 Nd5+ 46. Kg5 Nxc3 47. Kxh5 Nd5 (47... Kd7 48. Kg5 Kxc6 49. h5 Nd5 (49... Ne4+ 50. Kf4 Nc5 51. bxc5 b4 52. Ke3 $1 $18) 50. h6 Ne7 51. h7 Ng6 52. e6 Nh8 53. exf7 Nxf7+ 54. Kf6 Nh8 55. Kg7) 48. Kg5 Kf8 49. Kf5 Kg7 (49... Nc3 {Trying to reach a postion like the game but with the knight defending the b pawn from c3 or a3.} 50. Kf4 (50. h5 $5 Kg8 (50... Kg7 51. h6+ Kf8 (51... Kg8 52. Ne7+ Kf8 53. e6 fxe6+ 54. Kg6) 52. Ne7 $1) 51. Ne7+ Kg7 52. h6+ Kxh6 53. Kf6 Kh5 54. Kxf7 Kg5 55. Nc6 $18) 50... Kg7 51. Ke3 Kg6 52. Kd4 Nb1 53. Kc5 Nc3 54. Nd4 $18) 50. Ke4 Nc7 51. Kd4 f6 52. Kc5 $1 (52. exf6+ Kxf6 53. Kc5 Kf5 54. Nd4+ Kf4 55. Nf3 Kxf3 56. h5 Ne6+ 57. Kxb5 Kg4 58. h6 Nf8 59. Kc6 Kg5 60. b5 Kxh6 61. Kd6 $1 $18 (61. b6 $4 Ne6 $10)) 52... fxe5 53. Nxe5 Kh6 54. Kc6 Ne6 55. Kxb5 Kh5 56. Nf3 Kg4 57. Kc6 Nd8+ 58. Kd7 (58. Kd5) 58... Nf7 59. Ke6 Nd8+ 60. Kd5 (60. Kf6) (60. Kd5 Kxf3 61. h5 Nf7 62. b5 Kg4 63. b6 Kxh5 64. b7) 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Div 3 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.02"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2024.02.02"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Be6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. b4 Nh7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bb2 b6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Na5 16. c4 Ng5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bf6 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nb7 21. f4 Nh7 22. Nb3 Nf6 23. e5 {So,W (2812)-Ivanchuk,V (2738) Leuven 2017 ½-½ (54)}) ({RR} 8... a5 9. h3 Re8 10. Qb3 Rf8 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Bd5 Bd6 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nd2 Kg7 20. Nec4 Qg5 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Qe2 Bxc4 23. dxc4 {Demchenko,A (2623)-Seo,J (2500) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (85)}) 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 Qe8 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Nf1 Rd8 13. Ng3 Nh5 14. b5 Nb8 15. d4 Nf4 16. Ra2 Nd7 17. Rd2 g5 18. h3 Nb6 19. Nh2 Nc4 20. Ra2 Qg6 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Qb3 Na5 23. Qb1 Bg7 {Sevian,S (2688)-Caruana,F (2795) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (101)}) 9... Qd7 10. b4 a6 11. h3 $146 ({RR} 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Nf5 d5 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Ne5 Qd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qh3 Kh7 22. Nd7 Nxd7 23. Qxd7 Ng6 24. Qxb5 dxe4 25. Qf5 Qa4 {Bravo De la Vega,A (1927)-Fernandez Rosado,R (2081) Madrid 2021 ½-½ (40)}) 11... Rfe8 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb3 Bf8 14. Qxe6 Rxe6 15. Bb2 Ree8 16. Nb3 Nb8 17. c4 Nbd7 18. Bc3 g6 19. g3 Nh5 20. Nh4 Ng7 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Be7 23. Nf3 f5 24. Bxg7 fxe4 25. Nfd4 Bh4 26. Bxh6 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 exd3 28. Rd1 Nb6 29. c5 Nxa4 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Rxd3 Rac8 32. f5 gxf5 33. Nxf5 Rc3 34. Rxc3 Nxc3 35. Na5 b5 36. Kg2 Re4 37. Nc6 Na2 38. Nxd6 Re6 39. Bf4 Re1 40. Kf3 Rb1 41. Bd2 Rb2 42. Ke3 Rb3+ 43. Kd4 Rxh3 44. Nb8 Ra3 45. Ne4 Rh3 46. Nxa6 Rh2 47. Kc5 Rh5+ 48. Kd4 Kf7 49. Nc7 Ke7 50. Nd5+ Kd8 51. Bg5+ Kc8 52. Bd2 Kb7 53. Nef6 Rh1 54. Kc5 Rd1 55. Ne4 Ka6 56. Kc6 Nc1 57. Nc5+ Ka7 58. Be3 Ne2 59. Nd7+ Ka8 60. Nc7# 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Krasnaya Polyana"] [Date "2021.07.15"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Areshchenko, Alexander"] [Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2021.07.12"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.08.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. h3 Ng8 9. Nc3 f5 10. Nd5 fxe4 11. dxe4 a5 ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. a5 a6 13. Ra3 Be6 14. Nxf6 Bxc4 15. Nd5 Bb5 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nd2 Nd8 18. c4 Bc6 19. Qg4 Ne6 20. b4 Rae8 21. Nf3 Bd8 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Nd4 24. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxd7 26. Kg2 {Caruana,F (2822)-Grischuk,A (2766) Saint Louis 2018 ½-½ (67)}) ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. a5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. b4 Bf5 15. Bd3 a6 16. Ra3 Nd7 17. c4 Qe8 18. Nd2 Bh4 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Rf3 Qg6 21. Rxf5 Qxf5 22. Qf3 g6 23. Ne4 Nf6 24. Nxf6 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Bxf6 26. Be3 {Lee,J (2434)-Suleymenov,A (2515) Aktobe 2025 0-1 (55)}) 12. c3 Nb8 13. b4 Nd7 14. Ba3 $146 ({RR} 14. Be3 Ndf6 15. Nd2 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qe8 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 axb4 20. a5 bxc3 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Qc4 b5 23. axb6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 cxb6 25. Nxc3 Qf5 26. Nb5 Rc8 27. Qb3 Nf6 28. Na7 Re8 {Kaasen,T (2458)-Demac,E (2206) Norway 2022 ½-½ (57)}) 14... Ndf6 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Bf1 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ra8 18. c4 Qe8 19. Bb4 Qf7 20. Ra3 Nh6 21. g3 Bf5 22. Bg2 Bg6 23. Qd2 Nf5 24. a5 h6 25. Bc3 Bf6 26. Qb2 e4 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Rae8 29. Be3 Bh5 30. g4 Nh4 31. Bxh6 Re5 32. Bc1 Bg6 33. Bh1 Qf6 34. Rae3 Bh7 35. R1e2 Nf3+ 36. Bxf3 exf3 37. Rxe5 fxe2 38. Rxe2 Bd3 39. Qxf6 Rxf6 40. Re7 Kg8 41. Rxc7 Rf7 42. Rc8+ Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. c5 1-0 [Event "Munich SKA"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Gelfand,Boris"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1993.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 036"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 $5 (6... g6) (6... g6 {Schussler} 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 d5 $10 10. Bb3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Bxd1 Be6 {Grosar,A-Sermek,D, Ljublana Pirc 1993}) 7. Nbd2 (7. h4 $5) 7... Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O (8... Ne7 $5) 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Re1 Re8 $6 (10... b5 11. Ne3 (11. Na3 a6 12. d4 Bxb3 13. axb3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 $14) 11... d5 12. Qc2 (12. a4 $6 dxe4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. axb5 $6 exf3 15. bxc6 fxg2 $15 {xf4}) 12... Qd7 $10) (10... Ne7 {Schussler} 11. d4 {?/?}) 11. h4 g4 (11... gxh4 $2 12. Nxh4 Nxe4 $2 13. Rxe4 d5 14. Rg4 $1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 $16) 12. Nh2 h5 (12... Qd7 13. Ne3 h5 14. Nhf1 {xf5} (14. Nhf1 {Schussler} d5 15. Ng3 $16)) ({RR} 12... d5 13. Ne3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Bxd1 g3 16. fxg3 Nxe4 17. Neg4 Nxg3 18. Nxh6+ Kh7 19. Bc2+ f5 20. Nf1 Bxh6 21. Nxg3 e4 22. Rxe4 fxe4 23. Bxe4+ Kg7 24. Nh5+ Kf7 25. Bxh6 Bc4 26. Ng3 Rad8 27. Bf4 {Khubukshanov,E (2502)-Kozlov,A (2320) Moscow RUS 2026 1-0 (33)}) 13. Bg5 $1 Qd7 $146 (13... d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Nf1 $16) ({RR} 13... d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Nf1 Qd7 16. Ng3 b5 17. Ne3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nh7 19. Nef5 Bf8 20. f3 Nxg5 21. hxg5 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. fxg4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 Qxd3+ 25. Re2 Ne7 26. b4 Nxf5 27. Nxf5 Bb6 28. g6 {Hernandez Gil,I (2328)-Kiolbasa,O (2388) Havana 2022 1-0 (58)}) ({RR} 13... d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Nf1 Qd7 16. Ng3 b5 17. Ne3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nh7 19. Nef5 Bf8 20. f3 Nxg5 21. hxg5 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. fxg4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 Qxd3+ 25. Re2 Ne7 26. b4 Nxf5 27. Nxf5 Bb6 28. g6 {Hernandez Gil,I (2328)-Kiolbasa,O (2388) Havana 2022 1-0 (58)}) 14. Nf1 d5 $2 (14... Nh7 15. Qd2 $1 (15. Ng3 Nxg5 16. hxg5 h4 17. Nh5 Qe7 $132) 15... f6 16. Bh6 $16 {? 17.?g3, xh5,f5}) 15. Ncd2 $1 (15. exd5 $6 Nxd5 16. Ng3 f6 17. Bd2 Qf7 $13) 15... d4 (15... Nh7 16. Ng3 Nxg5 (16... f6 17. Be3 d4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bf4 $18) 17. hxg5 h4 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nh5 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 $16 {? ?e4}) 16. Ng3 dxc3 (16... Nh7 17. Nxh5 f6 18. cxd4 $1 $18) 17. bxc3 Qxd3 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxh5 Bh8 (19... Bxh4 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Qxg4+ Rg6 22. Qxh4 Qxd2 23. Re3 Qd8 24. Qh2 $1 $16) 20. Re3 Qd7 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Rg3 Rad8 23. Qe2 $1 $18 (23. Rxg4+ $2 Kf8 24. Rg3 Qd7) 23... Kf8 24. Nf1 $1 Ke7 25. Rxg4 Rg8 (25... Kd7 {? ?c8}) 26. Rxg8 Rxg8 27. Rb1 $1 Nd8 28. Nhg3 Kd7 29. Ne3 Bg7 30. Rd1+ Kc8 31. Qg4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2024.01.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. a4 ({RR} 7. d4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Be3 a5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 a4 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. dxe5 Qxd2 20. Rf1 Kh8 21. Bxf7 Bxe5 {Mamedov,R (2654)-Romanov,E (2594) Reykjavik 2021 1-0 (46)}) 7... Bg7 8. b4 ({RR} 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. h3 Ne7 12. Ba2 c5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Bb3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rac1 Qf6 19. N1h2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rc7 Nc6 22. e5 Qd8 {Ivekovic,T (2139)-Walter,E (2105) Skalica SVK 2026 1-0 (31)}) 8... O-O 9. Bb3 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O d5 10. Bb3 d4 11. Qc2 dxc3 12. Qxc3 Nh5 13. Nc4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. e5 Bg4 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nd4 18. Nd2 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Bxe5 20. Rg1 Qh5 21. Rae1 Nxf3 22. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 23. Rg2 Bxc3 {Pang,A (1725)-Sarkar,J (2380) Lichess.org INT 2020 0-1}) 9... Nh5 10. Nc4 Be6 11. O-O Re8 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 Nd7 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nhf6 17. Bb2 exd4 18. cxd4 Rxe4 19. Bd5 Re7 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bc6 a6 22. bxa6 Rxb2 23. a7 Nb6 24. Nc4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nxc4 26. a8=Q Rb8 27. Qa6 Nd2 28. Qfe2 Nb3 29. Qad3 Nh5 30. Qed1 1-0 [Event "Armageddon Asia&Oceania W"] [Site "Berlin GER"] [Date "2023.04.04"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2708"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2023.04.04"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Nbd2 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 h6 10. b4 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Kh7 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. g3 Ng7 22. Nd2 Ne6 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (44)}) 8... Bxc4 ({RR} 8... Qd7 9. c3 h6 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 Rfe8 12. Qb3 Bf8 13. Rad1 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Ne3 a5 16. h3 Qc8 17. Nh4 Qe6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nf3 Bg7 20. Nd2 Rec8 21. Ra1 Ne7 22. d4 Nh5 23. Qd3 {Stepanencu,N (2348)-Indjic,A (2622) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (56)}) ({RR} 8... a5 9. c3 h6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nf1 a4 15. Be3 Nb6 16. N3d2 Qe8 17. Qg4 Qf7 18. Ng3 Kh7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. f4 Na5 21. Rc2 Nac4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Rf2 {Kadric,D (2553)-Dubov,D (2693) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (33)}) 9. Nxc4 a5 10. c3 $146 ({RR} 10. a4 h6 11. c3 Re8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. h3 Bf8 14. Ne3 b6 15. Qb5 Rad8 16. Nh2 d5 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 d4 19. Nd5 Re6 20. Qc4 Rd6 21. g5 Rg6 22. f4 dxc3 23. bxc3 Bc5+ 24. Kf1 exf4 {Ingebretsen,J (2415)-Elmi,S (2412) Bergen NOR 2025 0-1 (58)}) 10... Re8 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. d4 Nf6 14. Qb3 b6 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. h3 h6 17. Rad1 g6 18. Ne3 Kg7 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 b5 22. Qb2 Nh7 23. c4 Kg8 24. cxb5 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Qxd4 Rb8 27. Rc1 Rb7 28. b6 cxb6 29. Nxb6 Qe6 30. Nd5 Reb8 31. b5 Qe5 32. Qxe5 dxe5 33. b6 Kg7 34. Rc6 Nf8 35. Ra1 Ne6 36. Kh2 Nf4 37. Ra7 Nxd5 38. Rxb7 1-0 [Event "Tilburg Fontys"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1997.09.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Onischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1997.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 061"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Re1 Bxc4 9. dxc4 ({RR} 9. Nxc4 h6 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 9. Nxc4 a5 10. c3 h6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Bd2 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Ne3 b6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. d4 Ng6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Qc2 Qg4 21. h3 Qh5 22. Nd2 f5 23. Nc4 Rad8 {Chong,J (2075)-Azhar,M (2099) Kuala Lumpur MAS 2026 ½-½ (129)}) 9... Re8 $146 ({RR} 9... Nd7 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Ng3 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Be3 a5 15. b3 Bf8 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. h4 h5 18. Ng5 b6 19. Nf1 Ned4 20. f3 Bf6 21. Bf2 Kg7 22. Ne3 Ne6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. g3 {Onischuk,V (2622)-Petesch,G (2330) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 9... a5 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. Ne3 g6 12. Nd5 f5 13. Bh6 Rf7 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Ng5 Rf6 16. Nh3 Rf7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Ra6 19. Re3 d5 20. Rg3+ Kh8 21. Qh5 Ng6 22. cxd5 e4 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. Nxf7+ {Kapitanchuk,T (2320)-Huda,M (2128) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne3 Qe6 14. a5 Ne7 15. Ra3 g6 16. h4 Bg7 17. h5 Rad8 18. a6 b6 19. Nd5 Rd7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nh4 c6 22. Nxe7+ Rexe7 23. Rg3 g5 24. Nf5 Rf7 25. Rd3 Bf8 26. b3 d5 27. Qg4 Kh7 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Nxh6 Qxg4 30. Nxg4 Bc5 31. Re2 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Div 3 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.02"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "163"] [EventDate "2024.02.02"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Re1 Qe7 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 Be6 13. f5 O-O 14. fxe6 Nd5 15. c4 ({RR} 15. c3 Bf2 16. Rf1 fxe6 17. Qe2 Qh4 18. Nd2 Ne3 19. Nf3 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Nxf1 21. Qxf1 Rf8 22. Qg2 Bc5 23. Bd2 Qh5 24. Rf1 Rf6 25. Qe2 Rg6 26. d4 Bd6 27. c4 Qh3 28. f4 c5 29. d5 Qf5 {Xie,J (2355)-Nandish V S (2236) Shenzhen CHN 2026 ½-½ (40)}) 15... Nf6 16. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 16. Nd2 fxe6 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Qe2 Rae8 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Rad1 e5 22. Bg1 c5 23. Qd2 Qc6 24. Qa5 Nd7 25. a3 Rf6 26. b4 Rg6 27. Rd2 cxb4 28. axb4 a6 29. Qa1 Rge6 30. Qc3 Nf6 {Madaminov,M (2560)-Garzon Camelo,A (2273) Lima PER 2025 1-0 (65)}) 16... fxe6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Rf1 Qd6 21. Rae1 Ng4 22. g3 Nf6 23. Rf3 e5 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Rxe5 Rxd3 27. Qf5 Rd2 28. R5e2 h5 29. Rxd2 Qxd2 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qe2 Rd8 32. Qxd2 Rxd2 33. Re2 Rd4 34. b3 Kg8 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. h3 Rd3 37. Na4 g5 38. Nc5 Rd6 39. Kf3 g4+ 40. hxg4 Nxg4 41. Kf4 Nf6 42. Ne4 Rd3 43. Nxf6 Kxf6 44. Rh2 Kg6 45. Re2 Kf6 46. Rf2 Rc3 47. Rh2 Kg6 48. Rd2 Rc1 49. Rd7 Rf1+ 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52. Ke3 Re1+ 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Kg2 Ra1 55. Rxc7 Rxa2+ 56. Kf3 Ra6 57. c5 Kg5 58. Ke4 Ra3 59. b4 Ra4 60. Ke5 Rxb4 61. Rxc6 Rb3 62. Rc8 Kg4 63. Rg8+ Kh3 64. c6 Rc3 65. Kd6 Rd3+ 66. Ke6 Rc3 67. Kd7 Rd3+ 68. Kc8 a5 69. c7 a4 70. Kb7 Rb3+ 71. Kc6 Rc3+ 72. Kd6 Rd3+ 73. Ke5 Rc3 74. c8=Q+ Rxc8 75. Rxc8 Kxg3 76. Ke4 h4 77. Ke3 h3 78. Rg8+ Kh2 79. Kf2 Kh1 80. Rg1+ Kh2 81. Rg3 a3 82. Rxa3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2708"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2024.01.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 h6 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. b4 Bf8 10. Bb2 a6 ({RR} 10... Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Ned5 14. Nb3 c6 15. Bxd4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bd6 18. g3 Qc7 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. c4 N5f6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxa7 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2732)-Dubov,D (2707) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (66)}) 11. h3 $146 ({RR} 11. Nf1 b5 12. Ba2 a5 13. c4 bxc4 14. b5 Na7 15. dxc4 Be6 16. Bc3 Nc8 17. c5 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 Qd7 19. a4 dxc5 20. Rd2 Qe6 21. Nxe5 c4 22. Qc2 Nb6 23. Nc6 Bb4 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. a5 b3 {Vaishali,R (2418)-Fishbein,A (2366) Stavanger NOR 2023 1-0 (74)}) 11... Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bf1 b5 15. c4 c5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bc3 cxb4 20. Bxb4 Ra4 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qb3 Rfa8 23. Nc4 Qe6 24. Nfd2 Nf4 25. Nb6 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. Qxa3 Qxb6 28. Nc4 Qd4 29. Nd6 Nd3 30. Re3 Nf4 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Nxf7 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Ne2 34. Rxe2 Qxe2 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. Nxe5+ Kh5 37. Qxg7 Qxf2 38. Qg6+ Kh4 39. Nf3+ Qxf3 40. gxf3 Nh5 41. Qg4# 1-0 [Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2023"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "2023.09.20"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Santos Latasa, J."] [Black "Naiditsch, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2651"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2023.09.16"] [WhiteTeam "Magic Extremadura"] [BlackTeam "Gros Xake Taldea"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. d4 Nbxd5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 c6 13. a5 ({RR} 13. Re1 Qc7 14. g3 Rfe8 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Qf3 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Re8 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. c3 Qd7 20. Kg2 Qe6 21. Ba2 Qd7 22. h4 h6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Be3 a6 25. Bd4 Bc7 26. a5 Nd2 27. Qd1 Nc4 {Santos Latasa,J (2656)-Esipenko,A (2683) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (42)}) 13... Qc7 ({RR} 13... Bd6 14. Nf3 h6 15. c3 Re8 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. g3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Kg2 Qg4 20. Rd4 Qc8 21. Bd2 Bc5 22. Rh4 Ng4 23. Rf1 Bxf2 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxg4 Qxg4 26. Rxf2 Rxa5 27. c4 Rh5 28. b3 {Tabatabaei,M (2722)-Lyakh,V (2313) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (42)}) 14. Ng4 $146 ({RR} 14. Nd3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Bb3 Ne4 18. Ra4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. h4 Re6 21. Kg2 Rf6 22. Qe2 Re6 23. Qf3 Rf6 24. Qh5 Rg6 25. Bg5 Re8 26. Qf3 h6 27. Bd2 Rf6 28. Qd3 b5 {Firouzja,A (2757)-Murzin,V (2658) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (62)}) 14... Rad8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Bb3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rfe1 a6 20. g3 Rd6 21. h4 Qd8 22. Bc4 Re8 23. Rad1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 g6 25. Qa3 Kg7 26. Qc5 Rd7 27. c3 h5 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qe5 Qe8 31. Qxe8 Nxe8 32. Kg2 Nd6 33. Bf1 Kf6 34. Kf3 Ke5 35. Ke3 Nf5+ 36. Kd3 Nd6 37. b4 Nc8 38. Kc4 Kd6 39. Kd4 Ne7 40. Bc4 Nf5+ 41. Ke4 Ke7 42. Be2 Nd6+ 43. Kd4 Nb5+ 44. Bxb5 cxb5 45. Kc5 Kd7 46. Kb6 Kc8 47. f3 f5 48. Kc5 Kd7 49. Kd5 Ke7 50. Ke5 Kf7 1-0 [Event "AUT-chT 1011"] [Site "Austria"] [Date "2010.11.19"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Antoniewski, Rafal"] [Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2622"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2010.11.19"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2011"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Wulkaprodersdorf"] [BlackTeam "Baden Invest"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"] [BlackTeamCountry "AUT"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 ({RR} 8... Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nh4 Kh8 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. gxf5 Nh7 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bg5 16. Bh2 Bf6 17. Kh1 Be5 18. Qh5 {½-½ (18) Morozevich,A (2723)-Timman,J (2670) Sarajevo 1999}) ({RR} 8... Bh5 9. Nbd2 Nd4 10. g4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. Qg3 c6 14. Nf3 d5 15. Bb3 dxe4 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Bf4 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 exd3 19. cxd3 Nd5 20. h5 Bh7 21. Re2 f6 22. Bd6 Re8 23. Rae1 {Sermek,D (2540)-Beliavsky,A (2650) Bled 1999 1-0 (37)}) 9. Qxf3 Nd7 ({RR} 9... Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. c3 Ne6 12. Bb3 Qd7 13. Nd2 Nf4 14. Nf3 N6h5 15. d4 Qc7 16. g3 Ne6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qxh5 exd4 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. cxd4 Bd6 21. Qg4 Rae8 22. Be3 a6 23. Red1 Rf7 24. Rac1 {Loukopoulos,P (2091)-Tsekouras,V (1874) Patras GRE 2026 1-0 (61)}) 10. a5 Bg5 $146 ({RR} 10... Nd4 11. Qd1 Bg5 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. c3 Ne6 14. b4 Kh8 15. Nf3 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Nf4 17. g3 Ng6 18. d4 h6 19. Qe3 a6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Bf1 Nf6 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. h4 c5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. bxc5 {Bromberger,S (2522)-Wernert,W (2342) Germany 2015 1-0 (37)}) 11. Nd2 Kh8 12. c3 Ne7 13. Qg4 Bh6 14. b4 c6 15. Bb3 d5 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Nf3 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Ng6 20. Qf5 Rc7 21. Rcd1 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. d4 Kg7 24. Bc2 Re8 25. Nd2 Ndf8 26. Nc4 Rd7 27. dxe5 fxe5 28. a6 bxa6 29. Ra1 Rc7 30. Rxa6 Nd7 31. Rea1 Nb6 32. Nd6 Rd8 33. Nf5+ Kf6 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Rd2 36. Be4 Nf4 37. Rc7 Nbd5 38. Rxc6+ Ne6 39. g3 1-0 [Event "3rd President of UZB 2024"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2024.11.27"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"] [Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2024.11.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 h6 7. h3 d6 8. a3 Be6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 {½-½ (11) Zhukova,N (2462)-Gaponenko,I (2430) Tusnad 2004}) ({RR} 8... Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 c5 11. Nf4 Kh7 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Qb3 g5 15. Nd5 b5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bd5 Rb8 18. Ra2 a5 19. f4 a4 20. Qd1 g4 21. hxg4 Bxc3 22. g5 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 {Harish,N (2212)-Flueckiger,R Biel SUI 2025 1-0 (32)}) 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Re1 $146 ({RR} 10. Be3 Rad8 11. Qd2 a6 12. Nh2 Nh7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Ng4 Rdf8 20. Bg3 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Nf5 23. Bf4 Qe6 24. Qc3 c5 {Nguyen Thi Diem,T-Do Thi Thuy,M Dong Thap 2004 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 10. b4 Bd8 11. Be3 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 Ng6 15. Nd2 f5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Bf6 18. Rb1 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Be5 21. Rf1 Rae8 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Qc2 Re3 24. Rbe1 Rfe8 {Schweitzer,W (2056)-Posch,R (2123) Linz 2011 0-1 (54)}) 10... Bd8 11. Ba2 Nh7 12. c3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. c4 Ng5 15. Be3 Nxe4 16. Bb1 f5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nd2 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qxh3 21. Qe2 c6 22. Qf1 Qg4+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 cxd5 25. cxd5 Nh4+ 26. Kf1 Nf3 27. Red1 Bg5 28. Ke2 Bxe3 29. Kxe3 Nd4 30. Kxe4 Rxf2 31. d6 Nf5 32. Nc4 Rf4+ 33. Kxe5 Rxc4 34. Kxf5 Re8 35. Rac1 Rce4 36. Rd5 R8e6 37. Rg1 1-0 [Event "Chennai GM 2024"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2024.11.06"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Tabatabaei, M."] [Black "Sarana, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2024.11.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 ({RR} 12. Ng5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. f3 d5 15. Bb3 h6 16. Nh3 Bd6 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. c3 Na6 19. Rf1 Rb8 20. Bc2 f5 21. Rb1 Nc7 22. Qh5 Rf6 23. Nf2 Ne6 24. Nd3 Qc7 25. Nf2 Rbf8 26. Nxe4 fxe4 {Bharath,S (2595)-Hardaway,B (2544) Saint Louis USA 2026 0-1 (39)}) 12... c6 13. c3 $146 ({RR} 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 Nbxd5 15. Bg5 Re8 16. c3 Qd7 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. Rf1 h6 19. Bh4 Rab8 20. h3 Re4 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. d5 Rbe8 23. Nd4 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 R4e5 26. Qb3 d5 27. Rad1 Bc5 {Maslanka,W (2000)-Romanishin,O (2404) Warsaw 2022 0-1 (53)}) ({RR} 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 Nbxd5 15. Bg5 Re8 16. c3 Qd7 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. Rf1 h6 19. Bh4 Rab8 20. h3 Re4 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. d5 Rbe8 23. Nd4 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 R4e5 26. Qb3 d5 27. Rad1 Bc5 {Maslanka,W (2000)-Romanishin,O (2404) Warsaw 2022 0-1 (53)}) 13... Nbxd5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Nf6 16. Re1 d5 17. Bd3 g6 18. g3 Re8 19. Qf3 Bf8 20. Bg5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bg7 22. Qf4 Rc8 23. Bf1 h6 24. Bxh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Qb6 26. Bh3 Rf8 27. Re6 Nh7 28. Re2 Qb3 29. Qf4 Qxa4 30. Kg2 c5 31. Bg4 cxd4 32. h4 Qc6 33. Qxd4 Rd8 34. Bf3 b5 35. Re5 Nf6 36. h5 Rd7 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. g4 Kf7 39. g5 Ne4 40. Bg4 Re7 41. Qxd5+ Qxd5 42. Rxd5 Rc7 43. Rxb5 a4 44. Bf3 Nc5 45. Bd1 1-0 [Event "3rd President of UZB 2024"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2024.11.28"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Nihal, Sarin"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2682"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2024.11.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 Kh7 ({RR} 9... Qe8 10. a5 a6 11. Ne2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng3 g5 14. c3 Rb8 15. Ra3 Qf7 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Ng6 19. Re1 Rbe8 20. Rb3 Rb8 21. e5 Nd5 22. Nh5 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 {Sindarov,J (2722)-Chigaev,M (2628) Samarkand UZB 2025 1-0 (54)}) 10. Re1 Na5 ({RR} 10... Qe8 11. a5 a6 12. d4 Nb4 13. Qb1 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 fxe6 19. Qe1 Qf7 20. Rxe6 Rae8 21. Re3 Nh5 22. Ra4 g5 23. Ne4 Kh8 24. Rb4 Qd5 25. Qd2 {Cherukuri,N (2234)-Gaw,C (2001) Charlotte USA 2026 1-0 (60)}) 11. Ba2 c5 12. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c3 g5 15. Nh2 Qd8 16. Nf1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Bd5 Qd7 20. a5 Ne7 21. Be4 Rac8 22. b4 cxb4 23. cxb4 a6 24. d4 Rc4 25. Bxg6+ Nxg6 26. dxe5 Bxe5 {Brilej,J (2321)-Lodici,L (2524) Mali Losinj CRO 2023 ½-½ (47)}) ({RR} 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c3 g5 15. Nh2 Qd8 16. Nf1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Bd5 Qd7 20. a5 Ne7 21. Be4 Rac8 22. b4 cxb4 23. cxb4 a6 24. d4 Rc4 25. Bxg6+ Nxg6 26. dxe5 Bxe5 {Brilej,J (2321)-Lodici,L (2524) Mali Losinj CRO 2023 ½-½ (47)}) 12... Nc6 13. c3 b6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bb7 17. d5 Nd7 18. Qd2 a5 19. Ra3 Ba6 20. h4 h5 21. Bg5 Qc7 22. Ng3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qd1 f6 25. Bd2 Qf7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Kh8 28. Qd2 Rad8 29. Rf3 Qe7 30. d6 Qe6 31. e5 Nc6 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Be5 Qxe5 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Rxe5 Nxe5 36. Bxg6 Ng4 37. Bxh5 Rf2 38. Qd5 Bc4 39. d7 1-0 [Event "Asian Continental op 18th"] [Site "Xingtai"] [Date "2019.06.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Sethuraman, SP."] [Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Sethuraman,SP"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2019.06.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.07.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,107,29,21,13,19,59,11,11,7,40,29,18,5,8,-3,14,12,64,56,81,73,73,57,106,93,89,65,60,52,75,25,25,46,22,-36,-22,-33,-33,-42,-24,-24,-7,-9,0,-7,68,26,22,34,30,44,37,29,52,4,31,4,67,51,57,52,149,151,132,120,116,137,134,126,128,133,132,127,126,116,143,122,105,103,107,91,91,97,102,114,111,121,129,146,158,162,194,212,219,220,197,197,241,243,244,244,246,251,241,241,241,253,425,438] After making draws in the fourth and fifth round, it was nice to score a victory in this game against my good friend Rinat.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {The popularity that Italian has gained over a short span of time is immense . So many move orders ,so many subtle nuances makes this opening quite interesting from both sides} Nf6 4. d3 Be7 {From time to time 4...Be7 is seen on top level, but 4...Bc5 remains the main alternative.} 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 {I didn't check this system before the game as it was hard to predict what Rinat would play. But I had one recent game in mind, the win of my compatriot Ganguly against Kazhgalaeyev from the World Team Cup, since I was just playing the next board to them in the match India-Kazak..} 8. h3 {I was hesitating whether to expand here with a5 immediately like in the below mentioned game or to wait for some time, having options like b4-b5.} (8. a5 a6 9. Nc3 Ng8 10. Nd5 f5 11. h3 fxe4 12. dxe4 Nf6 13. c3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (38) Ganguly,S (2633)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2587) Astana 2019}) 8... Ng8 9. Nc3 (9. a5) 9... f5 10. Nd5 fxe4 11. dxe4 Qd7 $5 {My opponent played this quite fast and later after that game he said that he knew this idea of regrouping in such positions. But I still believe that White has a good advantage thanks to his space and the computers approve as well.} ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. a5 a6 13. Ra3 Be6 14. Nxf6 Bxc4 15. Nd5 Bb5 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nd2 Nd8 18. c4 Bc6 19. Qg4 Ne6 20. b4 Rae8 21. Nf3 Bd8 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Nd4 24. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxd7 26. Kg2 {Caruana,F (2822)-Grischuk,A (2766) Saint Louis 2018 ½-½ (67)}) 12. a5 {Perhaps it was once again better to wait without playing a5 keeping the choices flexible.} (12. b4 $142 Bd8 13. Ra3 $16) 12... a6 13. b4 $146 ({RR} 13. Ra3 Bd8 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Qd2 Nge7 16. Rc3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nxa5 18. Bd3 b5 19. Bxd8 Qxd8 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Nxg5 c5 22. Bxh7 Nc4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Rg3 Ra7 25. Rd1 Rf6 26. Be4 a5 27. Bd3 b4 {Zemlyanskii,I (2554)-Jumabayev,R (2564) Tashkent UZB 2025 ½-½ (49)}) ({RR} 13. Ra3 Bd8 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Qd2 Nge7 16. Rc3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nxa5 18. Bd3 b5 19. Bxd8 Qxd8 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Nxg5 c5 22. Bxh7 Nc4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Rg3 Ra7 25. Rd1 Rf6 26. Be4 a5 27. Bd3 b4 {Zemlyanskii,I (2554)-Jumabayev,R (2564) Tashkent 2025 ½-½ (49)}) 13... Bd8 14. Ra3 $1 {Quite an important manoeuvre, keeping the position intact and safe of any threats on the kingside if at all :)} Qe8 15. Nh2 $6 {My idea was to change the rook on f8 with Rf3 or plan something with Ng4 but it was not necessary to disturb the knight as it was nicely placed on f3} (15. Bf1 {was quite natural and important to carry out c4 -Bd2-b5.} Qg6 (15... Nce7 16. c4) 16. c4 $14 {as Bxh3 is not at all a threat, thanks to the rook on a3 it is indirectly protected.}) 15... Be6 16. Bd2 (16. Bf1 {[%CAl Gc2c4] was still the way.}) 16... Nf6 {Black has now more or less equalised} 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxe6 (18. Bd5 $142 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. c3 Nb5 21. Ra2 $14) 18... Qxe6 19. Qb1 Rad8 20. Nf3 Be7 $6 (20... Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 {equalises}) 21. Rd3 {Now I am back in control with the slightly more pleasant position.} Qc4 (21... d5 $2 22. b5) 22. Qb3 d5 23. Rxd5 (23. b5 $1 {was a nice tactical intermezzo which I missed, giving huge advantage.} axb5 24. Rxd5 Qxb3 25. cxb3 $16) 23... Qxb3 24. cxb3 Rxd5 25. exd5 Nxb4 26. Rxe5 Bd6 27. Rg5 $6 (27. Bxb4 Bxb4 28. Nd4 {During the game I hesitated to go for this as I felt the white pawns are weak and with the bishop on the board he might have good counterplay, but this was the way I should have preferred since the move I played in the game was simply dubious, giving lots of chances compared to this one.}) 27... h6 28. Rh5 Rd8 $2 {My opponent admitted that he completely overlooked Ng5 after which it's losing.} (28... Nd3 $132) 29. Ng5 Rd7 30. Ne4 $1 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Bh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rxd5 33. b4 {The rest is simple} b6 34. Kg3 Kg8 35. Kf4 Kf7 36. g4 Ke6 37. Ke3 g6 38. f4 bxa5 39. bxa5 c5 40. Bc3 c4 41. Nf2 Kf7 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Be1 {Black is in kind of zugzwang now} h5 44. Bc3 h4 45. Be1 Rb5 46. Kd4 Rb1 47. Bd2 c3 48. Bxc3 Rf1 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. f5 gxf5 51. gxf5 Rc1 52. Ne4 Rh1 53. Ng5 Rc1 54. Bg7 1-0 [Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"] [Site "Sestao"] [Date "2010.08.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2697"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2010.08.23"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 138"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.09.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2 Nh7 9. Nf1 Ng5 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. a5 a6 12. c3 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Be6 $146 ({RR} 13... Ne7 14. f4 Kh7 15. Ng3 exf4 16. Qxf4 Ng6 17. Qf1 Be6 18. d4 c5 19. Bd3 b6 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4 b5 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Qf2 Qg5 25. e5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Qc1+ 27. Nf1 Kg8 28. Rc5 {Philippe,C (2428)-Colin,V (2445) France 2010 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 13... Kh7 14. Bb3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bc2 Kh8 17. Qd2 d5 18. Ba4 Qd6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. d4 e4 21. b4 Bd7 22. Ra2 Rf4 23. Qe2 Bg4 24. Qe3 Raf8 25. Qg3 R8f6 26. h3 Bd7 27. Re3 Qf8 28. Rae2 {Skovgaard,P (2165)-Lund,S (2319) Valby 2006 0-1 (48)}) 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Qc2 Ne7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. b4 Ng6 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. f3 Qe7 20. Qf2 Rf7 21. Kh1 Raf8 22. d4 exd4 23. g3 Nf4 24. Qe2 Nh5 1-0 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia-A 37th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2007.05.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Predojevic, Borki"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2691"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2007.05.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 118"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Re1 Be6 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. Nf1 ({RR} 9. c3 Rfe8 10. a5 Bf8 11. b4 a6 12. Qb3 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rad8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. b5 Nb8 20. Rab1 c6 21. bxa6 Nxa6 22. h3 h6 23. Nh4 Qd3 {Movsesian,S (2645)-Navara,D (2663) Prague 2005 0-1 (32)}) 9... Rae8 ({RR} 9... Rfe8 10. Ng3 h6 11. Bd2 Bf8 12. Bc3 g6 13. b4 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Qe6 15. Qd3 a5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Nd2 Nbd7 18. Nb3 b6 19. Nf1 h5 20. Ne3 Bh6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Qe7 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 {Mompel Ferruz,X (2140)-Sabuk,P (2413) Roquetas de Mar ESP 2023 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 9... Na5 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Nc6 12. c3 h6 13. Ng3 a6 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Nd8 17. Qb3 Kh7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 c6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Qd3+ g6 22. h4 Rxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxh4 24. Ne4 {Predojevic,B (2617)-Puric,N (2238) Neum 2011 1-0 (41)}) 10. Ng3 a6 11. Bd2 Nd8 $146 ({RR} 11... Bd8 12. Bc3 Ne7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. d4 exd4 15. Qxd4 e5 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Bxe5 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qb3 Ng4 20. Bc3 c5 21. Nh5 Nf6 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Rad1 b4 24. Ne5 Qb5 25. Ng4 Nc6 26. Rd5 {Baciu,D (2016)-Sasmazel,B (1837) Herceg Novi 2008 1-0 (38)}) 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. b4 Bd8 14. c4 c6 15. Bc3 c5 16. a5 g6 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rb1 Qc6 19. Qd2 b6 20. axb6 Bxb6 21. d4 Ncd7 22. c5 exd4 23. Nxd4 Qxc5 24. Ngf5 Re5 25. Bb4 Rxf5 26. Nxf5 Qxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 gxf5 29. exf5 Rb8 30. Bxd6 Ne4+ 31. Kg1 Nxd6 32. Rxb8+ Nxb8 33. Rd1 Nxf5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rxb8 Ne7 36. Ra8 Ng6 37. Rxa6 Ne7 38. Kf2 Ng6 39. Kf3 Nh4+ 40. Kg3 Nf5+ 41. Kf4 Nh4 42. g3 Ng6+ 43. Kf5 Ne7+ 44. Kg5 Ng6 45. Rd6 Ne7 46. h4 Ng6 47. Ra6 Nf8 48. Kf5 Ne6 49. Rd6 Nf8 50. g4 h6 51. Ra6 Nh7 52. Ke5 Nf8 53. Kd6 Kf6 54. Ra5 Ng6 55. Rf5+ Kg7 56. h5 Nh4 57. Rf2 f5 58. gxf5 Kf6 59. Kd5 1-0 [Event "Berlin FIDE GP 1 Pool-D"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2022.02.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2704"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2022.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 207"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.04.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.04.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 g4 9. Ne1 h5 10. f4 ({RR} 10. Nc2 d5 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Be6 13. d4 Qd7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qd6 17. Ne4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. Nf6+ Qxf6 20. Rxf6 Bxf6 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Ne3 c6 23. Qd6 Ng6 24. Rf1 Rd8 {Negrean,A (2308)-Padurean,D (2205) Timisoara ROU 2026 1-0 (33)}) 10... exf4 11. Rxf4 d5 12. Rf1 $146 ({RR} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Rf1 f5 14. Nc4 O-O 15. d4 f4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be6 18. Nd3 f3 19. gxf3 c6 20. Nc5 Bf5 21. Qd4 Kh8 22. c4 Nb4 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. fxg4 Bxg4 25. Bg5 Bxe5 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 {Burke,J (2538)-Yoo,C (2479) Saint Louis 2021 ½-½ (44)}) 12... Be6 13. d4 dxe4 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O-O 17. Nc2 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rde8 19. Qf5 Qxf5 20. Rxf5 f6 21. Bf4 Re2 22. Ne3 Rxb2 23. b4 b6 24. Nd5 h4 25. Re1 h3 26. gxh3 Rxh3 27. Bg3 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Ne7+ Nxe7 30. Rxe7 Bh6 31. Rxc7+ Kb8 32. Re7+ Rxg3+ 33. hxg3 1-0 [Event "Asian Games Men 2023"] [Site "Hangzhou CHN"] [Date "2023.09.26"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2658"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2023.09.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. c3 g6 13. Qd2 Rc8 $146 ({RR} 13... Bg7 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Qa2 Bh6 19. Rfe1 Bf4 20. g3 Bh6 21. Kg2 Qd7 22. d4 Bh3+ 23. Kg1 Bg4 24. Be2 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 exd4 26. Red1 Rc8 27. Qd5 Bg7 28. h3 {Romero Barreto,J (2335)-Belmonte,D (2318) Comodoro Rivadavia ARG 2023 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 13... Bg7 14. Rfb1 Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. b4 Rad8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe3 Rd7 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. c4 Rc8 21. a5 Rc6 22. Ra3 Qd8 23. h4 h6 24. Rb5 b6 25. axb6 axb6 26. g3 Rcd6 27. Ne1 Kh7 28. Qe2 {Pichot,A (2581)-Salimova,N (2399) Katowice POL 2026 1-0 (56)}) 14. h3 b6 15. Rac1 Bg7 16. b4 h6 17. Rfe1 Kh7 18. b5 Na5 19. Qe2 c4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. dxc4 h5 22. Red1 Rc5 23. Rb1 Bh6 24. Rb4 Qc8 25. h4 f6 26. Ne1 Kg7 27. a5 bxa5 28. Ra4 Rf7 29. Nc2 a6 30. Na3 Bg4 31. f3 Be6 32. Rxa5 Bxd5 33. exd5 axb5 34. Nxb5 Rd7 35. Ra4 f5 36. Nxd6 Qd8 37. Qxe5+ Kh7 38. Ne8 Re7 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Nxh5+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Qg3 Qb6 43. Nh5+ Kh7 44. Rb4 Rb5+ 45. Kh2 Rxb4 46. d6 Rf7 47. c5 Qd8 48. cxb4 gxh5 49. Qf2 Rg7 50. Rd4 Qe8 51. f4 Ra7 52. Qd2 Bg7 53. Rd5 Qe4 54. d7 Bc3 55. d8=Q Bxd2 56. Rd7+ 1-0 [Event "AI Cup Play-In 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Artemiev, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2697"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2023.09.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Kh8 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Ba2 Nb6 10. b4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd4 13. Qd1 Bg5 14. Be3 c6 15. Rf1 Bf6 16. Rb1 d5 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. exd5 Nf4 20. dxc6 Rxa3 21. Rb3 Rxb3 22. Bxb3 bxc6 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Qe4 Be7 25. b5 cxb5 26. Nxb5 Qc5 27. Bc4 {Gajewski,G (2589)-Wojtaszek,R (2696) Kruszwica 2022 0-1 (95)}) 13. exf5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf5 15. Ne4 a5 16. Bd2 axb4 17. axb4 c6 18. c4 Nd4 19. Bc3 d5 20. Ng3 Na4 21. Bd2 Bh4 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qg4 Bxg3 24. Qxg3 Nc2 25. Bb3 Nxa1 26. Rxa1 Nb6 27. Rxa8 Nxa8 28. Qxe5 Nc7 29. Bf4 Na6 30. Bd2 Qb6 31. Be3 Qxb4 32. Bd4 Rg8 33. Bxd5 Qb5 34. Qe6 Rd8 35. Qe7 Rg8 36. Bxg8 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2024.09.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. a5 g6 7. a6 b6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. c3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Nc4 Nd8 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. b4 b5 16. Na5 c5 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Qb3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Ne6 20. Nb7 cxb4 21. cxb4 Nc7 22. Rec1 Bf8 {Tsarsitalidis,C (2184)-Yu,J (2335) Kavala GRE 2026 ½-½ (43)}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 $146 ({RR} 10. h3 Be6 11. Re1 Kh7 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Re8 21. f4 f6 22. Nd3 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Nb4 24. Kf2 Nxa6 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2779)-Artemiev,V (2698) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (48)}) 10... Bd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd2 Na5 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Bc4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. c4 Rc8 19. Qa4 c5 20. b4 Nh5 21. bxc5 Rxc5 22. Bb4 Rc7 23. Qa3 Nc8 24. Re3 f5 25. Rae1 g5 26. Nd4 Nf4 27. Nc6 Qf6 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. d6 Rcf7 30. d7 Rd8 31. dxc8=Q Rxc8 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Bxe5 34. c5 bxc5 35. Bxc5 Ne6 36. Be3 f4 37. Bd2 Kg7 38. Bc4 Re8 39. Qa4 Rfe7 40. Bb4 Nd4 41. Bxe7 Rxe7 42. Qa5 f3 43. gxf3 Nxf3+ 44. Kg2 Nh4+ 45. Kf1 Nf3 46. Bd5 Nd4 47. Qd8 Nf5 48. Qg8+ Kf6 49. Be4 Nh4 50. Qf8+ Ke6 51. Qxh6+ Bf6 52. Qf8 Rc7 53. Qg8+ Kd6 54. d4 Ke7 55. d5 Rc1+ 56. Ke2 Bc3 57. Qxg5+ 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.27"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Santos Latasa, J."] [Black "Sargissian, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2646"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2024.09.27"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qc8 11. Be3 Kh8 12. g4 Bg6 13. a5 ({RR} 13. Kh2 Nd8 14. Rg1 c6 15. Ba2 f6 16. Nh4 Bf7 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. d4 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 exd4 20. Qxd4 Ne6 21. Qd3 Rfd8 22. c4 Bf8 23. Rd1 Qf7 24. b3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Qf3 Qc7+ 27. Kg2 Rxd1 {Dominguez Perez,L (2756)-Aronian,L (2785) Saint Louis 2022 ½-½ (53)}) 13... a6 14. c3 Nd8 15. Kh2 $146 ({RR} 15. Bb3 c6 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 d5 20. Re1 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bg5 22. Bg2 f5 23. Ra4 Qc7 24. h4 Bf4 25. Bb6 Qb8 26. g5 Bf7 27. Rd4 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Bc7 29. Re7 Bxb6 {Khubukshanov,E (2488)-Korchmar,V (2414) Sochi RUS 2026 1-0 (35)}) 15... c6 16. Ba2 Ne6 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 Qd8 20. c4 c5 21. Kg1 b5 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. b4 Qc7 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Ra3 a5 26. Rfa1 Be8 27. Nd2 a4 28. Nb1 Bc6 29. Nc3 Ra5 30. Bd2 Rfa8 31. Qd1 Qd7 32. Qc2 R5a6 33. Be3 h6 34. Kg2 Kh7 35. Rb1 R6a7 36. Nb5 Ra5 37. Nc3 R5a7 38. Rba1 Qe8 39. Ne2 Rb7 40. Bd2 Rab8 41. Bc3 Bd6 42. Ng1 Qf8 43. Nf3 Qf6 44. Qe2 Rb3 45. Nd2 Rxa3 46. Rxa3 Qf4 47. Qe3 Bd7 48. Nf3 Rb3 49. Rxb3 axb3 50. Nd2 Ba4 51. Nf3 Qxe3 52. fxe3 Bc7 53. Kf2 Ba5 54. Bxa5 b2 55. Nd2 Bc2 56. Ke2 b1=Q 57. Nxb1 Bxb1 58. Bc3 Kg6 59. Bxe5 Kf7 60. Bd6 1-0 [Event "TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2024"] [Site "Walbrzych POL"] [Date "2024.10.09"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Harikrishna, P."] [Black "Svane, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2629"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2024.10.07"] [WhiteTeam "KSz Polonia Wroclaw"] [BlackTeam "Chess Academy Gliwice"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Nc3 h6 ({RR} 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 h6 10. b4 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Kh7 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. g3 Ng7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Nb3 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (44)}) 9. Nd5 Qd7 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. c3 Bf8 11. h3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Bb5 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Ba4 Qc7 16. b4 Ng6 17. c4 Red8 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Qf1 e4 20. dxe4 Rxe4 21. Bb2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Nh5 23. Qd3 Nhf4 24. Qc2 {Demchenko,A (2612)-Dubnevych,M (2320) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (64)}) 10. c3 Bd8 $146 ({RR} 10... Rae8 11. b4 Bd8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. b5 Ne7 15. c4 c5 16. bxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 Bd8 18. Rb1 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 b6 23. Qd3 Bf6 24. Be3 Rfe5 25. Red1 {Grischuk,A (2754)-Sethuraman,S (2640) Baku 2016 ½-½ (36)}) 11. Ba2 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 Nexd5 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Qd3 c6 17. f3 Be7 18. Bd2 Bf8 19. Re2 Nh5 20. g3 Ndf6 21. Rae1 d5 22. Nf2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Qc7 24. Bb1 g6 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. fxg4 Nf6 28. Qf3 Re8 29. Bxg6+ Kg8 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. Bd3 Qe7 32. Qf5 Nf6 33. g5 hxg5 34. Bxg5 Bg7 35. Qc8+ Bf8 36. h4 Qd7 37. Qxd7 Nxd7 38. a4 Nb6 39. b3 Nc8 40. Kf3 Nd6 41. g4 Ne8 42. Bf4 f6 43. Bf5 Bd6 44. Bc1 Be7 45. c4 Kf7 46. c5 Ng7 47. Bd7 Ne6 48. Be3 Bf8 49. b4 Ke7 50. Bc8 b6 51. cxb6 axb6 52. a5 1-0 [Event "24th ch-EUR Indiv 2024"] [Site "Petrovac MNE"] [Date "2024.11.11"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Chigaev, M."] [Black "Bluebaum, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.11.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. h3 a5 8. Be3 Be6 9. Ng5 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Nb8 $146 ({RR} 10... a4 11. Qd3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. Qe3 Nc5 16. O-O Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxe4 18. Qe3 Re8 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Rad1 b6 21. Qf4 Nc5 22. Nd4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Nb5 {Aravindh,C (2689)-Caruana,F (2795) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (32)}) 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. h4 c6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. g4 Nc5 15. Rhg1 Rab8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. e6 Nf8 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Rde1 Bf6 23. Ne4 Bd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. g5 Kg8 26. h5 Qf7 27. c3 f3 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. gxf6+ Kh8 30. Qxf3 Rd6 31. Qg3 Rxf6 32. Qxb8 Qxh5 33. Kb1 Qf7 34. Qe5 Ng6 35. Qxc5 Rf5 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Re7 1-0 [Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2024"] [Site "Melilla ESP"] [Date "2024.10.17"] [Round "6.19"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Tabatabaei, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2024.10.12"] [WhiteTeam "C.A. SILLA - INTEGRANT COL·LECTIUS"] [BlackTeam "ANDREU PATERNA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 h6 11. Bd2 a6 12. Nc2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. d4 ({RR} 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. cxb4 Qd7 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Qb3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Kf7 23. g3 Nd7 24. Be3 Bd8 25. Qa3 Be7 26. Qb3 Bd8 27. Qa3 Be7 28. Qb3 Bd8 {Jakab,B (2327)-Gombocz,F (2267) Hungary HUN 2026 ½-½}) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 d5 $146 ({RR} 15... e5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Qe2 Qe8 18. Ne3 Qf7 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. a5 Nd7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Nf5 Nf6 25. Qd3 Nh7 26. Qg3 g5 27. Qh3 Kh8 28. Nxe7 {1-0 (28) Tanenbaum,Z (2244)-La Manna,A (2245) New York City 2023}) 16. exd5 exd5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Bb6 Qxb6 21. Qxd5+ Rf7 22. Qxe4 Qxb2 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Ne3 Qf4 26. Qe6 Bf8 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. Qb3 Nc6 29. Nd5 Qf5 30. h3 Bc5 31. Rc1 Bd6 32. Ne3 Qf4 33. Rd1 Kf8 34. Qe6 Rf6 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qxb7+ Be7 37. Qb3+ Re6 38. Nd5 Qb8 39. Qc4 Na5 40. Qd3 Qd6 41. Qf5+ Bf6 42. Ne3 Qb6 43. Rd7+ Ke8 44. Nd5 Qc6 45. Rc7 Qd6 46. Nxf6+ 1-0 [Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2024"] [Site "Melilla ESP"] [Date "2024.10.14"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2024.10.12"] [WhiteTeam "C.A. SILLA - INTEGRANT COL·LECTIUS"] [BlackTeam "FCC MEDIO AMBIENTE BENALMADENA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 a5 7. Nc3 ({RR} 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Qe2 a4 11. Bd1 Re8 12. Qf1 Bf8 13. Re4 Bf5 14. Rxa4 Rxa4 15. Bxa4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Bxd3 17. Bg5 f6 18. Qc1 e4 19. Nd4 fxg5 20. Nd2 Nxd4 21. cxd4 c6 {Abdusattorov,N (2777)-Pranav,V (2621) New York USA 2024 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 7. Ba4 d6 8. c3 h6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. d4 Bf8 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. c4 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nc3 Be7 17. Ne4 Rf8 18. Be3 b6 19. Nfd2 Nc5 20. Qe2 Qe8 21. b3 Qg6 {Esipenko,A (2698)-Makarian,R (2535) Moscow RUS 2026 ½-½ (70)}) 7... d6 8. a4 $146 ({RR} 8. h3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 a4 11. Bc4 c6 12. Nxd4 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 Bc5 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. c4 Bf5 17. Bg5 dxc4 18. Bxc4 h6 19. Bh4 Rfe8 20. d4 Be7 21. b3 a3 22. Re1 Ne4 {Hakobyan,A (2613)-Sargsyan,S (2664) Yerevan ARM 2025 1-0 (49)}) 8... Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. d4 Nbxd5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 c6 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. Nc4 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. c3 Bc5 18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 Qf4 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Nxa5 Rd2 23. Bd1 g5 24. b4 Ba7 25. Bg3 Ne4 26. Nxb7 Nd3 27. Bf3 Nxc3 28. b5 cxb5 29. axb5 Nxb5 30. Ra5 Rb2 31. Bc6 Nd4 32. Bxe8 Rxb7 33. h3 f5 34. Bg6 Bb6 35. Rb1 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Nc3 37. Rb3 Re7 38. Ra1 Bd4 39. Bxf5 Nc5 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Re1 Ra7 42. Be5+ Bxe5 43. Rxe5 Kf6 44. Rxc5 Ra1+ 45. Bb1 1-0 [Event "2nd Al-Beruniy Match A"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2025.02.16"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"] [Black "Sjugirov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2025.02.13"] [WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"] [BlackTeam "World"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Nc4 ({RR} 9. c3 Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. h3 Rae8 14. Bg5 Bd8 15. Bh4 Ne7 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rb1 Ng6 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Qb3 Ngf4 21. Re3 Qe7 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 cxd4 {Chen,Z (2186)-Tan,Z (2539) Bengbu 2025 0-1 (33)}) 9... Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. c3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne3 Bg5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nc4 Bh6 15. c3 Qd7 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. Re1 a6 18. a5 Qc7 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Rf6 21. Ne3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rbf8 23. d4 exd4 24. exd4 d5 25. Qd3 h6 {Martirosyan,H (2656)-Zemlyanskii,I (2543) Doha QAT 2024 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne3 Bg5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nc4 Bh6 15. c3 Qd7 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. Re1 a6 18. a5 Qc7 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Rf6 21. Ne3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rbf8 23. d4 exd4 24. exd4 d5 25. Qd3 h6 {Martirosyan,H (2656)-Zemlyanskii,I (2543) Doha QAT 2024 ½-½ (34)}) 11... Rc8 12. h3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Re1 g6 16. a5 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Bg7 18. Qa4 f5 19. a6 b6 20. Nd5 Kh7 21. Nd2 Qe6 22. Nc4 Rf7 23. Ra3 Bf6 24. Qd1 Bh4 25. Rf1 Rcf8 26. f3 Bg5 27. Qa4 Rc8 28. Rb3 Bd8 29. Kf2 Nb8 30. Na3 Nc6 31. Ke2 Bg5 32. Nc4 Ne7 33. Ndxb6 axb6 34. Rxb6 Rd8 35. a7 Nc8 36. Rb7 Rxb7 37. a8=Q Qe7 38. Qc6 Rc7 39. Qca6 fxe4 40. Qxe4 Ra7 41. Qac6 Rc7 42. Qcd5 Qf6 43. Qg4 Ne7 44. Qde6 Qg7 45. h4 Bf6 46. h5 d5 47. Ne3 c4 48. dxc4 Rb7 49. b4 Ra7 50. Nxd5 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 Kh8 52. hxg6 Nxg6 53. f4 exf4 54. Ke4 Bg5 55. g3 Rg2 56. Qh5 Rg8 57. gxf4 Qh7 58. fxg5 Rxg5 59. Qf6+ Rg7 60. Qd8+ Nf8+ 61. Kd4 Rg8 62. Qf6+ 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Challengers"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2025.01.31"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Svane, Frederik"] [Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 Nc6 ({RR} 8... c5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 g6 12. c3 a5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Re1 Bg5 15. Nf1 Kg7 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. Ne3 Qe8 22. Ra1 Qd8 23. Nd5 {Duda,J (2740)-Aronian,L (2775) Miami 2022 ½-½ (34)}) 9. Ne2 ({RR} 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 a5 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Ra3 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Rc3 Qxa4 16. Rxc7 Bd8 17. Rc4 Qd7 18. Be3 b5 19. Rc3 a4 20. Bd2 Na6 21. h4 Ba5 22. Rc6 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Rfc8 {Tabatabaei,M (2722)-Dubov,D (2652) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (128)}) 9... Bg4 10. Be3 $146 ({RR} 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nxd5 13. a5 Qd6 14. Qa4 Rad8 15. Ng3 a6 16. Nf5 Qg6+ 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Bb1 Nc6 21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. b4 Rd6 24. Ra2 Nd5 {Firouzja,A (2766)-So,W (2745) Zagreb CRO 2025 1-0 (55)}) 10... d5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Qe2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Qc8 17. Raa1 Re8 18. c3 h6 19. a5 a6 20. b4 Qe6 21. Rfc1 Bf8 22. h3 Nb8 23. Rab1 Nbd7 24. c4 b6 25. Qa2 Reb8 26. Qa1 bxa5 27. Qxa5 c5 28. bxc5 Rc8 29. Qc3 Nxc5 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Bd6 32. Nf5 Bxe5 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Nxc8 Rxc8 35. f4 Bb2 36. Rxb2 Nd3 37. Rbc2 Nxc1 38. Rxc1 Nxe4 39. c5 Ng3 40. Kf2 Nf5 41. Kf3 a5 42. Ke4 Nxe3 43. Kxe3 a4 44. Kd4 a3 45. Ra1 Ra8 46. Ra2 Kg6 47. c6 Kf5 48. Kc5 Kxf4 49. c7 Kg3 50. Kb6 g5 51. Kb7 Re8 52. c8=Q Rxc8 53. Kxc8 f5 54. Kd7 f4 55. Ke6 h5 56. Kf5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 31st Dec Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.12.31"] [Round "8"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2621"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2024.12.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 a5 10. Nbd2 ({RR} 10. Na3 h6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nc4 b6 13. h3 Rad8 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Na3 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rf7 18. d4 Nxe4 19. Bxh6 d5 20. Bc1 Rdf8 21. dxe5 Qe8 22. Nxc7 Qc8 23. Nxe6 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Nxe5 {Caruana,F (2794)-Dubov,D (2710) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (41)}) 10... b6 $146 ({RR} 10... Kh8 11. Nf1 Qd7 12. Ng3 Rad8 13. Qb3 b6 14. h3 Ng8 15. Be3 d5 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bb4 19. Re2 c5 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Qc2 g6 23. b3 Kg8 24. Ng5 d4 25. Qd3 {Pulpan,J (2383)-Zanan,E (2476) Pardubice CZE 2024 0-1 (38)}) ({RR} 10... d5 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nf1 Bd6 13. h3 h6 14. N1h2 Rab8 15. Qb5 Qf7 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Be3 Kh7 18. Re2 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qg6 20. Qc4 Rf7 21. Kh1 Rbf8 22. Rd1 Qh5 23. Red2 Ne7 24. Qxe6 Ng6 25. Qg4 {Demchenko,A (2611)-Khanbutaev,A (2141) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 10... Kh8 11. Nf1 Qd7 12. Ng3 Rad8 13. Qb3 b6 14. h3 Ng8 15. Be3 d5 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bb4 19. Re2 c5 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Qc2 g6 23. b3 Kg8 24. Ng5 d4 25. Qd3 {Pulpan,J (2383)-Zanan,E (2476) Pardubice CZE 2024 0-1 (38)}) 11. Nf1 Qd7 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bd2 Rf7 14. b4 Raf8 15. b5 Nd8 16. d4 Nh7 17. dxe5 Rxf3 18. gxf3 dxe5 19. Be3 Qe8 20. Kh1 Nf7 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Nfg5 23. Bxg5 Nxg5 24. Qg4 Bd6 25. e5 Qa8+ 26. Ne4 Bxe5 27. Qg2 Nf3 28. Re3 Nh4 29. Qg4 Nf5 30. Re2 Bxc3 31. Rg1 Kh8 32. f3 Bd4 33. Rge1 Qd5 34. Kg2 Qb3 35. Nd2 Qxa4 36. Nf1 Qxb5 37. Rxe6 Bf6 38. Ng3 Nh4+ 39. Kh3 Qd5 40. Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Kxh4 Qxf3 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Qxf3 Rxf3 44. Rc8 Rc3 45. Ra8 Rc4+ 46. Kh3 a4 47. Nf5 b5 48. Ne7 Rc3+ 49. Kg4 a3 50. Nd5 Rc4+ 51. Kf5 b4 52. Ke5 c5 53. Ra7 Rc1 54. h4 Kg6 55. h5+ Kh7 56. Nf6+ Kh8 57. Ra8# 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.25"] [Round "7"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2024.09.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 h6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 $146 ({RR} 10. b4 Bd8 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nf4 a5 16. Ne2 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qc6 19. Ra4 b5 20. Ra2 Qb6 21. Nf4 Qc6 22. Ne2 Qb6 23. Qf5 Kh8 24. Ra8 c6 {Tsolakidou,S (2479)-Injac,T (2421) Mumbai IND 2025 1-0 (45)}) 10... Rae8 11. Bb3 Bd8 12. h3 Nh7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c6 16. Nc3 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Ng5 18. b4 f5 19. Bc5 Rf6 20. e5 Rg6 21. Kh2 d5 22. f4 Ne6 23. Ne2 h5 24. Qd3 Qf7 25. Rf1 h4 26. Bxa7 b6 27. Bb8 Be7 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Rd8 30. a4 Rxd6 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Nc5 33. Qc2 Ne4 34. a6 Qa7 35. Nd4 Qxd4 36. a7 Rd8 37. a8=Q Rxa8 38. Rxa8+ Kh7 39. Qd1 Qf6 40. Qh5+ Rh6 41. Qe8 Qxb2 42. Qg8+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Rf3 Qd4 45. Qg8+ Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qg8+ Kg6 48. Rf8 Ng3 49. Qf7+ Kh7 50. Qe8 1-0 [Event "87th Tata Steel Challengers 2025"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.31"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Svane, Frederik"] [Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2668"] [Annotator "Chessbase - Stockfish 17"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 11,111,13,18,10,24,21,21,12,13,9,0,0,2,12,18,0,24,3,20,13,16,19,16,15,40,24,33,20,35,25,21,18,24,21,25,30,19,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,8,8,11,8,10,14,24,12,10,40,32,26,27,19,19,22,24,93,79,85,84,82,83,380,449,454,417,429,409,950,900,1183,1015,1370,1395,5197,5175,29969,29969,29976,29977,29977,29978,29977,29978,29979,29980,29981,29982,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 {[%CAl Yd7d6,Yd6d5][%mdl 32]} 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 Nc6 (8... c5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 g6 12. c3 a5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Re1 Bg5 15. Nf1 Kg7 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. Ne3 Qe8 22. Ra1 Qd8 23. Nd5 {Duda,J (2740)-Aronian,L (2775) Miami 2022 ½-½ (34)}) (8... Be6 9. Bb1 c5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. c3 d5 12. Ng3 d4 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. Ba2 h6 15. Nf3 Rb8 16. Nh4 Nxe4 17. Ng6 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Bf6 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 20. Bxh6 Qe7 21. Qh5 Be6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Bd2 {Altini,N (2366)-Dubreuil,J (2104) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (43)}) ({RR} 8... c5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 g6 12. c3 a5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Re1 Bg5 15. Nf1 Kg7 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. Ne3 Qe8 22. Ra1 Qd8 23. Nd5 {Duda,J (2740)-Aronian,L (2775) Miami 2022 ½-½ (34)}) 9. Ne2 {The position is equal.} ({RR} 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 a5 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Ra3 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Rc3 Qxa4 16. Rxc7 Bd8 17. Rc4 Qd7 18. Be3 b5 19. Rc3 a4 20. Bd2 Na6 21. h4 Ba5 22. Rc6 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Rfc8 {Tabatabaei,M (2722)-Dubov,D (2652) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (128)}) 9... Bg4 $146 (9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ng3 a5 12. c3 h6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. h3 Kh7 15. Be3 Rab8 16. Qb5 Qe8 17. Nd2 Qg6 18. Nc4 d5 19. Nxa5 Nxa5 20. Qxa5 c6 21. Qc7 Rbe8 22. Qxe5 h5 23. Qg5 Qf7 24. e5 {Karjakin,S (2750)-Lagno,K (2542) Moscow RUS 2023 1-0 (45)}) (9... a5 10. Ng3 (10. c3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Re1 h6 14. h3 Rad8 15. Qb3 b6 16. Qb5 d5 17. Be3 Nh7 18. Rad1 d4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Bd2 Bc5 21. Rf1 Rf7 22. Nh2 Nf8 23. Ng4 Ng6 24. f4 {Karjakin,S (2750)-Lagno,K (2532) Moscow RUS 2024 1-0 (42)}) 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rae8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Kh8 16. Bd2 d5 17. e5 Ng8 18. h4 Qd8 19. h5 Rf7 20. Rac1 Ref8 21. Be3 Nb4 22. b3 c6 23. Bd2 Nh6 24. Ne1 {Papp,G (2558)-Sipos,I (2457) Magyarorsz?g 2024 ½-½ (33)}) 10. Be3 $146 ({RR} 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nxd5 13. a5 Qd6 14. Qa4 Rad8 15. Ng3 a6 16. Nf5 Qg6+ 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Bb1 Nc6 21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. b4 Rd6 24. Ra2 Nd5 {Firouzja,A (2766)-So,W (2745) Zagreb CRO 2025 1-0 (55)}) 10... d5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Qe2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Qc8 17. Raa1 Re8 18. c3 h6 19. a5 a6 20. b4 Qe6 21. Rfc1 Bf8 22. h3 Nb8 23. Rab1 Nbd7 24. c4 b6 25. Qa2 Reb8 26. Qa1 bxa5 27. Qxa5 {[%CAl Yf3e1]} c5 28. bxc5 {[%CAl Yb1b6]} (28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Qxc4 $15) 28... Rc8 29. Qc3 {[%CAl Yb1b6]} Nxc5 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Bd6 {[#]} 32. Nf5 $1 Bxe5 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Nxc8 Rxc8 35. f4 Bb2 36. Rxb2 {[#] Bxc5 would now be deadly.} Nd3 {Excellent horsemanship.} 37. Rbc2 Nxc1 38. Rxc1 {With the idea e5.} Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame. KRB-KRN} 39. c5 Ng3 (39... a5) 40. Kf2 $16 Nf5 41. Kf3 a5 {[%CAl Ya6a5,Ya5a4,Ya4a3][%mdl 32]} 42. Ke4 Nxe3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder. Ne7 was best. A mistake that costs the game.} (42... Kg6 $16 {is a better defense.} 43. Bf2 Re8+ 44. Kd3 Ne7) (42... Ne7 43. Rb1) 43. Kxe3 {KR-KR} a4 44. Kd4 a3 45. Ra1 Ra8 (45... Kg6 46. Rxa3 Kf5) 46. Ra2 $18 Kg6 47. c6 Kf5 48. Kc5 Kxf4 49. c7 Kg3 50. Kb6 {White mates.} g5 51. Kb7 Re8 52. c8=Q Rxc8 53. Kxc8 (53. Rxa3+ Kxg2 54. Kxc8 f5) 53... f5 {[%CAl Yf7f5,Yf5f4][%mdl 32]} 54. Kd7 (54. Rxa3+ Kxg2 55. Ra6 f4 (55... Kxh3 56. Rxh6+ Kg2 57. Rh5) 56. Rxh6 f3) 54... f4 55. Ke6 (55. Rxa3+ Kxg2 56. Ke6 f3) 55... h5 $6 {Inaccuracy. g4 was best.} (55... g4 56. hxg4 Kxg4 57. Ke5 f3 58. gxf3+ Kxf3 59. Rxa3+ Ke2 60. Ke4 h5 61. Ra2+) 56. Kf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.33. Loses game: --- Black=1 Mistake: --- Black=2 Inaccurate: --- Black=2 OK: White=18 Black=22 Best: White=3 --- Precisão Stockfish 17: Brancas 97% Pretas 93% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 98.4% Pretas 90.3%} 1-0 [Event "AI Cup Play-In 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2681"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2023.09.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 Bc5 ({RR} 5... d6 6. c3 g5 7. b4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nc4 g4 12. Nfd2 d5 13. Ne3 c6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rb1 h5 17. Ndf1 Qd7 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. Ngf5 dxe4 20. dxe4 {Carlsen,M (2832)-Sindarov,J (2674) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (46)}) 6. h3 ({RR} 6. O-O d6 7. a5 a6 8. Be3 Ba7 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c3 b5 12. axb6 cxb6 13. d4 b5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. d5 Ne7 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. g3 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. b3 a5 {Demchenko,A (2619)-Svane,R (2626) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (48)}) 6... a6 ({RR} 6... d6 7. c3 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. Qb3 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 b6 14. Nh4 Qe6 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. Rf3 g6 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. Raf1 Ng8 19. d4 Nb8 20. Qb5 Kg7 21. Nd2 {Sarquis,M (2143)-Nakata,T (1898) Florianopolis BRA 2026 1-0 (46)}) 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3 $146 ({RR} 8. Ne2 Be6 9. Ng3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 g6 11. c3 a5 12. O-O Qd7 13. Qd3 h5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 h4 16. Ne2 Rh5 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Rab1 Kf8 19. Nc1 Nd8 20. Nd3 Ne6 21. Ra1 Kg7 22. b4 b6 {Kubicka,A (2278)-Arabidze,M (2458) FIDE Online Arena INT 2024 1-0 (55)}) 8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 Be6 10. a5 O-O 11. Qe2 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nb8 13. g4 Nbd7 14. g5 Nh5 15. gxh6 g6 16. Rg1 Kh7 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Nxe5 c6 19. Nf3 Qxa5 20. Kb1 Ne6 21. Rxd6 Rad8 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Ng5+ Kxh6 24. Nxe6 Qe5 25. Qg4 Qf6 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. e5 Qf5 28. Ne4 Rd7 29. Nd6 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Ng7 31. Rh1+ Kg5 32. Ne4+ 1-0 [Event "Poikovsky Karpov 19th"] [Site "Poikovsky"] [Date "2018.06.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Bologan, Viktor"] [Black "Sutovsky, Emil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2647"] [Annotator "Marin,Mihail"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2018.05.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 185"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.07.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 $5 {An extravagant move. Actually, in the lines with 3...?c5 Black has also started playing ...g7-g5 quite frequently.} ({4...h6 is usually meant to prevent ?g5 in order to get the time for} 6... g6 {followed by ...?g7 but in this game Black decided the h-pawn should sustain the kingside expansion.}) 7. d4 {A principled move, trying to take advantage of Black's delayed development. White has two main alternatives:} (7. Re1 Bg7 8. d4 Bg4 (8... g4 $5 9. dxe5 Nd7 $1 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 $13 {with nice control on the dark squares.}) ({Even} 8... O-O {is possible:} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nbd2 Ne8 {Hurrying to increase the control over f5.} 12. Nf1 Nd6 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Bc2 Be6 $13) 9. Bb5 Nd7 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxf3 Ng6 {Had White had better development, he would have been entitled to claim an advatage due to the weakness on f5. But the way it was, in the game Black soon obtained a strng attack.} 14. Nd2 h5 15. Nf1 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Qf5 Qxf5 18. exf5 Ne7 19. Ne3 Rh5 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Nxg4 Bg7 $17 {Huschenbeth,N (2549)-Grandelius,N (2646) Batumi 2018 (0-1, 31)}) (7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Re1 Re8 11. h4 {Gelfand,B (2690)-Bareev,E (2670) Munich 1993 CBM 036 [Gelfand,B] (1-0, 31)}) 7... g4 ({The thematic reaction, but even if White did not waste a tempo on neutral moves, Black can think of maintaining the tension:} 7... Bg7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Re1 Bxe5 12. Rxe4 f6 13. f4 Bf5 14. Re1 gxf4 15. Bxf4 Nc6 {and Black's central activity may compensate for the pawn weaknesses.}) 8. Nfd2 {White has a choice about which central pawn to keep defended.} ({The alternative is} 8. Ne1 Bg7 (8... exd4 9. cxd4 Nxe4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 {offers White a strong initiative for the pawn.} h5 12. Nd3 Qf6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Re1+ Kd8 {Rabiega,R (2498)-Rapport,R (2729) Germany 2016 (1-0, 39)} 15. d5 Ne5 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Qb3 $36) ({If Black is seduced by the e4-pawn he should take it at once with} 8... Nxe4 $5 {as this keeps the king better defended.}) 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. c4 h5 12. Nc3 Kf8 13. g3 Bh6 14. Be2 Kg7 15. Ng2 Bd7 16. Ne3 Qc8 17. Bd2 Rh7 18. Re1 h4 {Dolmatov,S (2515)-Vasiukov,E (2510) Moscow 1987 (1-0, 49) with interesting play for both sides.}) 8... Bg7 ({Pawn grabbing was tested in a top level blitz game. The refutation is not obvious and in the game Black did well out of the opening:} 8... exd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Re1 Bg7 11. Nf1 Nc6 12. Nc3 Ne5 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Bf4 Nh7 16. Qd2 Ng5 $13 {Karjakin,S (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Leuven (blitz) 0, 72)}) ({RR} 8... exd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Re1 Bg7 11. Nf1 Nc6 12. Nc3 Ne5 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Bf4 Nh7 16. Qd2 Ng5 17. Kh1 Be6 18. Nd5 Ng6 19. Be3 c6 20. Nc3 Ne5 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 {Karjakin,S (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Leuven 2018 1-0 (72)}) ({RR} 8... exd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Re1 Nc6 11. b4 Ne5 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bb3 Nd3 15. Re3 Nxb2 16. Qc2 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Qxb2 Rh5 19. Qc2 Nh7 20. Rae1 Be5 21. g3 Ng5 22. Nd1 Bd4 23. e5 {Fernandez Escabia,V (2073)-Rajanya Datta (1955) Barcelona ESP 2026 0-1}) 9. f4 $5 $146 {A very resolute move, typical of Bologan.} (9. Bb5 Bd7 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Ba4 $13 {Tischbierek,R (2434)-Schreiner,P (2480) Germany 2018 (1-0, 44)}) 9... exd4 {A principled but risky move.} (9... gxf3 {makes little sense as it offers White play along the f-file.} 10. Nxf3 $14 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 $5 (11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Kg6 13. Nxe4 $14) 11... Nxe5 (11... dxe5 12. Rxf7 $40) 12. dxe5 O-O $14) (9... O-O 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Be2 c6 13. c4 $14 {offers White a small positional plus.}) 10. cxd4 $146 ({RR} 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nd5 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. cxd4 Rb8 16. Qa6 Nb4 17. Qa4 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Ned3 19. Nc3 a6 20. Bxd3 Nxd3 21. Qa3+ Kg8 22. Nde4 f5 23. Qe7 Rb6 24. Be3 Qxe3 {Colmenares,A (2335)-Yankelevich,L (2445) Bad Ragaz 2019 0-1}) 10... Nxe4 {This typical dissolution of the centre will run into White's strong reply on move 12.} ({But} 10... Nxd4 {is not without risks either:} 11. e5 Nh5 12. Ne4 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bf5 14. Be3 Bxe5 15. Nbc3 O-O 16. Bd5 {and Black starts losing stability while his king is exposed.}) 11. Nxe4 d5 12. f5 $1 {Possibly not noticed by Sutovsky in advance. The threat f5-f6 is very unpleasant.} dxe4 (12... Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 dxe4 14. Qxg4 $16 {With his move order, Black keeps ...?xd4+ in reserve.}) 13. d5 (13. Qxg4 $2 Qxd4+ {No matter what he will do, White will not have the time to take on g7 as one of his pieces will be hanging:} 14. Rf2 (14. Kh1 Qxc4 {[%csl Gf1]}) 14... Qxc4 15. Na3 Qd4 16. Nb5 e3 $5 17. Nxd4 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bxd4+ {with material advantage to Black.}) 13... Ne5 14. Nc3 Qh4 $2 {This over optimistic move with the board on fire and the king in the centre is the decisive mistake.} (14... Nxc4 $6 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qxc4 $16 {does not spare Black immediate troubles either:} O-O 17. f6 $1 Bxf6 18. Nxe4 Bg7 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Nf6+ Kg7 (20... Kh8 21. Qe4) 21. Qd4 $18) (14... O-O $5 {was safest, although after} 15. Be2 $14 {planning ?xe4 Black still is under big pressure.}) 15. Nxe4 {[%CAl Gf5f6] Good enough, but not the only move.} (15. f6 $1 Bxf6 (15... Bf8 16. Bf4 $18) 16. g3 Qh3 17. Rxf6 Nf3+ 18. Rxf3 gxf3 19. Bf1 $18) 15... g3 {There hardly was anything better, but the last move leads to the queen being trapped.} 16. hxg3 $1 Qxe4 17. Rf4 {The trap is closed now.} Qxf5 18. Rxf5 Bxf5 19. Qa4+ Bd7 20. Bb5 $16 {White has a material advantage and the initiative.} c6 (20... O-O-O 21. Bxd7+ Rxd7 22. Qxa7 $18) 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Be2 {After weakening Black's queenside White should win without any special problems.} O-O 23. Bd2 c5 24. Qe4 Rae8 25. Bc3 Nc6 26. Qd5 Nd4 (26... Rxe2 27. Qxd7 Nd4 28. Qxa7 $18) 27. Bf1 Be6 28. Qxc5 Rc8 29. Qxa7 Ra8 30. Qb7 Rfb8 31. Qe4 Ra4 32. Rd1 Bf5 33. Qd5 Be6 34. Qd6 {Black created a series of one move threats resulting in pawn losses and spoiled coordination.} 1-0 [Event "GP Stage 5 Braila 2022"] [Site "Braila ROU"] [Date "2022.11.06"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Bernadskiy, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2022.11.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. h3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. c3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 O-O 11. O-O Qe8 12. b5 Ne7 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. a4 Ng6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nd7 15. d4 Ng6 16. g3 Qf7 17. Kg2 exd4 18. cxd4 e5 19. Bb2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. f3 Ne5 22. Nf5 Qc4 23. Rc1 Qa2 24. Rf2 Ncd3 25. Rxc7 Rxf5 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. exf5 Nxf2 28. Qxd6+ Kxg7 29. Bxe5+ {Erdogmus,Y (2599)-Ritviz,P (2375) Abu Dhabi UAE 2024 ½-½ (47)}) 15. c4 Nd7 16. Be3 Nf4 17. Ne1 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Kh2 Ra5 20. g3 Ng6 21. Nf3 Qf7 22. Kg2 Qf6 23. Ra3 Raa8 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Re3 Ke7 26. Qa1 Ra5 27. h4 Kd6 28. Ra2 Nh8 29. d4 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Ke7 31. Nf3 Nf7 32. Rd2 Rfa8 33. Qd1 Ke8 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. Red3 Raa8 36. h5 Nd6 37. R3xd6 cxd6 38. Qxd6 Rd8 39. Nxe5 Rac8 40. Ng4 Qf7 41. Ne5 Rxd7 42. Nxf7 1-0 [Event "GRE-chT 37th"] [Site "Kallithea"] [Date "2009.07.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2629"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2009.07.03"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxc2 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Re2 Rae8 15. Be3 Nxa1 16. Bxb7 Re5 $146 ({RR} 16... f5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. g3 f4 19. gxf4 Bxf4 20. Na3 Re5 21. Bg2 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rd8 23. Re1 Rxd3 24. Nc4 Nc2 25. Rc1 Rexe3 26. Rxc2 Re7 27. b4 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rb1 29. Na5 g5 30. Nc6 Re3 31. a4 {Tiviakov,S (2645)-Hector,J (2537) Helsingor 2008 ½-½ (54)}) 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Bc6 Ra5 19. g3 Kf8 20. d4 h6 21. Na4 g5 22. b3 Nxb3 23. Rb2 Ra6 24. d5 1-0 [Event "Belt and Road Hunan op-A"] [Site "Changsha"] [Date "2019.08.05"] [Round "8"] [White "Amin, Bassem"] [Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2666"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2019.07.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. Nbd2 a6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Re1 g4 11. Nfd2 Qd7 12. a4 h5 13. a5 $146 ({RR} 13. Ba2 h4 14. Ne3 g3 15. Ndf1 gxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Ne7 17. Kg1 O-O-O 18. b4 d5 19. Qc2 Kb8 20. b5 a5 21. Bb2 Rhg8 22. Kh1 Nh5 23. Rad1 d4 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nc4 Nf4 26. cxd4 exd4 27. Bc1 Bh6 {Fedorov,A (2391)-Kazmin,S (2258) St Petersburg RUS 2026 1-0 (51)}) 13... h4 14. Nf1 O-O-O 15. Ba4 g3 16. fxg3 h3 17. gxh3 Rxh3 18. b4 Qe7 19. Nce3 d5 20. Ba3 Qe8 21. b5 axb5 22. Bxb5 dxe4 23. a6 b6 24. Qa4 Bd7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. a7 Kb7 27. Be7 Bd7 28. Bxd8 1-0 [Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"] [Site "France"] [Date "2008.03.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Asrian, Karen"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2621"] [BlackElo "2628"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2008.03.22"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 h6 8. Bb3 Nh7 9. Nbd2 Ng5 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. Nf1 Bxc1 ({RR} 11... Kh7 12. d4 Bf6 13. Be3 g6 14. Qd2 Bg7 15. f4 Na5 16. Ng3 b6 17. f5 Ba6 18. Qf2 Qh4 19. d5 Rac8 20. Bc2 c6 21. dxc6 Nc4 22. Bc1 Rxc6 23. b3 Na5 24. c4 Rc7 25. Be3 Nc6 26. Bd3 {Caruana,F (2783)-Aronian,L (2748) Saint Louis USA 2025 1-0 (61)}) 12. Rxc1 Be6 13. Ne3 Re8 $146 ({RR} 13... Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Qd7 15. Rcd1 Na5 16. Qc2 c5 17. Qe2 g6 18. d4 Qe6 19. Nd5 Rac8 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Rd2 Nc6 22. Qe3 f5 23. Qxh6 f4 24. Rd3 f3 25. gxf3 Rf7 26. f4 Rh7 27. Qg5 Rf8 28. f5 {Macko,M (2133)-Kovacs,J (2018) Slovakia 2011 1-0}) ({RR} 13... Qd7 14. Ba4 Qd8 15. d4 Ne7 16. c4 c5 {½-½ (16) Laurent,B (2365)-Werksma,A (2295) Namur 2006}) 14. Rf1 Qg5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nd8 17. g3 c6 18. Bb3 Ne6 19. Kh1 Nc5 20. f4 Qe7 21. Bc2 Rad8 22. b4 Nd7 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. Rce1 a5 25. bxa5 Ra8 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Qe3 Rxa5 28. Bb3 Rd8 29. g4 Ra3 30. d4 Rf8 31. g5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Nd5 33. Qg3 Nc7 34. dxe5 Ne6 35. Rf6 Rd8 36. Rg1 Rxb3 37. axb3 Rd2 38. Rh6 Qd7 39. Qh4 1-0 [Event "Bullet Chess Losers 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.21"] [Round "5.12"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Naroditsky, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2023.07.18"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 a6 6. Nc3 Bc5 ({RR} 6... d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. Be3 Na5 10. Ba2 c6 11. Nb6 Qd8 12. Nxa8 Qxa8 13. b4 d5 14. bxa5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. O-O Be7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe5 O-O 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qxe6+ {1-0 (20) Derr,O (2175)-Romany,J (1945) chess.com INT 2026}) 7. O-O d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. a5 O-O 11. b3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nd5 Kh8 14. Ne3 Nh7 15. Bd5 Nd4 16. g4 c6 17. Bc4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bg6 19. Qg3 f6 20. h4 Bf7 21. Kh1 Qc7 22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf4 {Trost,E (2457)-Wartiovaara,O (2309) Batumi GEO 2025 1-0 (45)}) 9. fxe3 Be6 10. b3 O-O 11. Qe1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Qf2 Qd6 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 cxb6 20. Rfb1 Rfb8 21. h3 a5 22. Rb5 a4 23. Kh2 a3 24. Ra2 f6 25. Rd5 Qb4 26. Rb5 Qd6 27. Qg3 Ra5 28. Rb3 Qc5 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Qe6 Qf2 31. Qf5 Qc5 32. Kg3 b5 33. Qf2 Qe7 34. Kh2 b4 35. c3 Ra4 36. cxb4 Rbxb4 37. Rbxa3 Rxa3 38. Rxa3 Kh7 39. Qf5+ g6 40. Qc8 Rb7 41. Ra8 Qg7 42. c5 Rc7 43. Qb8 f5 44. c6 fxe4 45. dxe4 h5 46. Qb6 Qf7 47. Ra1 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 Rf7 49. c7 Qg3 50. c8=Q Rf2 51. Qbc7+ Kh6 52. Qh8+ Kg5 53. Qcxe5+ Kh4 54. Qxg3+ Kxg3 55. Qe5+ Kh4 56. Kh2 g5 57. Qg3# 1-0 [Event "Sarajevo Bosna op 47th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2017.05.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Demchenko, Anton"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2629"] [BlackElo "2607"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.05.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.06.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 a6 11. Bd2 Rb8 ({RR} 11... h6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Qe8 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Nc4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. b5 Nd8 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Rab1 axb5 22. Rxb5 Nc6 23. Reb1 Rf7 24. Qd1 Bf8 25. Nc4 Nd8 26. Rb6 {Svane,F (2657)-Harikrishna,P (2676) Chotowa POL 2026 ½-½ (79)}) 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Bg4 14. h3 $146 ({RR} 14. Nc2 d5 15. b5 dxe4 ({RR} 15... axb5 16. axb5 Na7 17. exd5 Nxb5 18. Rxe5 Bd6 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Rc1 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Bd6 22. Bc4 Qd7 23. Ne3 Bh5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Rc4 Nxd5 26. Nf5 Qd7 27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28. Rd4 Qc6 29. Re5 Nf6 30. Rf4) 16. dxe4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 axb5 21. axb5 Rfd8 22. Rdc1 b6 23. Rc6 Nd7 24. Bd5 Bc5 25. Bg5 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxc5 {1-0 (27) Juhasz,A (2427)-Croad,N (2195) Budapest HUN 2024}) ({RR} 14. Nc2 d5 15. b5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 axb5 21. axb5 Rfd8 22. Rdc1 b6 23. Rc6 Nd7 24. Bd5 Bc5 25. Bg5 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxc5 {1-0 (27) Juhasz,A (2427)-Croad,N (2195) Budapest HUN 2024}) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 d5 16. exd5 Nxb4 17. Bb3 Nbxd5 18. Nc4 Bb4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Nxe5 Qd6 21. a5 Nfd5 22. h4 Rbd8 23. Rac1 b5 24. h5 Qf6 25. Qe4 Rd6 26. d4 Qg5 27. Rc5 Qd8 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Nc6 Nxc6 30. Rxd5 Qxa5 31. h6 gxh6 32. Rd6 1-0 [Event "Abu Dhabi Masters 28th"] [Site "Abu Dhabi"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Robson, Ray"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2644"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2022.08.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Nd5 a5 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. c4 g6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. b5 Ne7 16. Rc1 f5 17. a4 Kh7 18. a5 a6 19. Bd2 Rf8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. c5 d5 22. c6 fxe4 23. dxe4 {Firouzja,A (2777)-So,W (2753) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (35)}) 9. Re1 Bd7 10. h3 a4 11. Be3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd2 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. Bc3 Bf6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b4 Ne7 16. d4 Ng6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qb5 h6 24. Qxa4 Rd2 25. Rf1 Qf4 {Liavonava,Y (2207)-Yahont,I (1954) Minsk BLR 2026 1-0 (51)}) 11... Na5 12. Ba2 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Ba2 c5 15. c3 b5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 c4 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Bd2 Nb3 21. Bc3 Bf8 22. d5 Nc5 23. Bb1 Bh6 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Qf1 Bg7 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nxe5 Qg5 28. f4 Qd8 29. f5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Nd3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Qxd3 Qg5 34. Bc3 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rc4 36. Qe2 Kf8 37. Bb4+ Kg7 38. Qe7 Qxe7 39. Rxe7 Bc8 40. Bc3+ Kf8 41. d6 Be6 42. Bf6 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Rd1 44. Rb7 Ke8 45. d7+ 1-0 [Event "EU-ch 18th"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "2017.06.08"] [Round "9"] [White "Areshchenko, Alexander"] [Black "Hracek, Zbynek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2612"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2017.05.30"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BLR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 179"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Re1 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. b3 Bf8 12. Bb2 g6 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Ne3 Nd8 16. c4 c6 17. c5 dxc5 18. Nxe5 Qe7 19. N5g4 Ne6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxh6+ Kh7 22. Nhg4 Bg7 {Vidit,S (2739)-Aronian,L (2739) Chennai IND 2024 ½-½ (64)}) 8... a5 $146 ({RR} 8... Qd7 9. Nc3 Rae8 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qc4 14. Re3 Bd7 15. Rg3 Kh8 16. b3 Qc5 17. Nde2 Be6 18. Qd3 Ng8 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. f4 Bh4 22. Rf3 f5 23. Nxe6 {Kayumov,S (2438)-Uralov,N (2185) Tashkent 2007 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Nc3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bb5 dxe4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. Rxe4 Re8 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Rf4 Qg6 18. Rf3 f5 19. Bd2 Qf7 20. c4 c5 21. Bc3 f4 22. g3 g5 23. gxf4 {Pingin,A (2432)-Nikitenko,M (2521) Moscow RUS 2025 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 8... Qd7 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 Nh7 12. b4 Ng5 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 hxg5 15. Nd5 Rfc8 16. Rb1 {½-½ (16) Areshchenko,A (2677)-Stevic,H (2600) Chartres 2017}) 9. Nc3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Nb8 11. c5 Nbd7 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Re3 Re8 15. Rd3 Qc8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. Nf3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Re3 Qa4 21. Qd5 Bf6 22. b3 Qc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Kf1 a4 27. bxa4 Kf8 28. Re4 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Ra1 30. Nd2 Rxa3 31. Nb3 h5 32. Kd2 h4 33. Rc4 Ke7 34. Rxc6 Kd7 35. Ra6 Be7 36. Kc1 Bf6 37. Rxf6 1-0 [Event "CHN-chT"] [Site "China"] [Date "2018.07.10"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2638"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2018.04.11"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2019"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.10.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Beijing Beiao"] [BlackTeam "Zhejiang"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. a4 Bg7 8. a5 a6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Kh7 ({RR} 10... Re8 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Nf1 Nd8 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bc8 16. Qc2 Kh7 17. b4 f5 18. Bb3 g5 19. Bb2 g4 20. Nd2 Nf7 21. c4 h5 22. c5 h4 23. f3 Qg5 24. fxg4 Qxg4 25. Nc4 {Abrahamyan,T (2365)-Vardakas,G (2110) Kavala GRE 2026 0-1 (46)}) 11. Nf1 Ng8 $146 ({RR} 11... Nh5 12. h3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. d4 Ne7 15. Qb3 c6 16. N1d2 d5 17. Bd3 b5 18. axb6 Rb8 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qa3 Bf6 21. b7 Rxb7 22. b4 Rc7 23. Qb2 Ra7 24. Nb3 Qb6 25. Qd2 Bf5 26. Bxf5 {Neelotpal,D (2436)-Raahul,V (2294) Taleigao 2018 0-1 (50)}) 12. d4 f5 13. dxe5 fxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15. Re1 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Ng3 Bg4 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Nde4 Nd5 20. f3 Bc8 21. b4 Nce7 22. Ba3 Rfe8 23. Rad1 c6 24. Bf1 Nf5 25. c4 Nde3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nxf5 Nc2 28. Nxg7 Nxe1 29. Ne8 Rd1 30. b5 Kg8 31. Nc3 Rd2 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nfe4 Rc2 34. Bd6 Bh3 35. Nf2 Be6 36. Bxe5+ Kf8 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. Nd3 Nxd3 39. Bxd3 Rd2 40. Bxg6 Bxc4 41. Bf4 Rb2 42. Bxh6+ Kg8 43. h4 Rb3 44. Ne4 1-0 [Event "Bullet Chess Losers 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.21"] [Round "6.9"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2023.07.18"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nb6 8. Bb5 f6 9. d4 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 ({RR} 11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nc6 Qxd1 14. Nxe7+ Kf7 15. Rxd1 Kxe7 16. Be3 Kf7 17. Bxc5 Re8 18. b3 Bf5 19. c4 Bc2 20. Rc1 Bxb1 21. Raxb1 Re2 22. a4 Nd7 23. Be3 a6 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Rd5 Rb8 {Esipenko,A (2668)-Vidit,S (2710) Mayrhofen 2022 1-0 (54)}) 11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 fxe5 13. Nxe5 $146 ({RR} 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nxe5 Rae8 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Ndf3 Bxc2 17. Bd2 c5 18. Rac1 Bf5 19. b3 Re6 20. Nd3 Rxe1+ 21. Nfxe1 Rd8 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Bxc5 Nf4 25. Nxf4 Bxc5 26. Kf1 Bd6 27. Nfd3 a5 {Kozak,A (2535)-Daaevik Wadhawan (2360) Nagykanizsa HUN 2026 1-0 (56)}) 13... Bf6 14. Nxc6 Bf5 15. Nc3 Bxc2 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxc7 Kf7 19. Bg3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nxb2 21. Ne5+ Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nd3 23. Re3 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Rc8 25. Re3 a5 26. f3 Bf5 27. Kf2 Be6 28. g4 h6 29. Kg3 Rc4 30. Ne4 Ra4 31. a3 Rc4 32. Nd6+ 1-0 [Event "UKR-ch 82nd"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "2013.06.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Areshchenko, Alexander"] [Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2626"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2013.06.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 155"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 Nc6 ({RR} 13... Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Qb8 17. Ne3 b4 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bc6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. h4 Nh7 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nh2 Qd6 24. Qe2 Qe6 25. Nf5 c4 26. Ng4 f6 27. Nge3 Rab8 28. Nd5 {Miranda Mesa,E (2445)-Varela Velazquez,C (2210) Queretaro MEX 2026 1-0 (50)}) 14. Ne3 ({RR} 14. h3 b4 15. Ng3 Rb8 16. d4 Qc7 17. Be3 c4 18. Rc1 Na5 19. Nd2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb2 21. f4 Nb3 22. Nxb3 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Rb8 24. Bc2 Qxc3 25. Kh2 h5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Bd4 Qg5 {Grischuk,A (2764)-Karjakin,S (2775) Beijing 2012 0-1 (36)}) 14... Bf8 15. Bb3 $146 ({RR} 15. h3 Ne7 16. Bb3 Bc6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qd7 19. Ng5 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (20) Hansen,S (2549)-Svetushkin,D (2603) Achaia 2013}) 15... Na5 16. Ba2 bxa4 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. Nd5 Rb8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nb3 22. Nxb3 Rxb3 23. Rxa4 Rb6 24. Rae4 Qe7 25. f4 f5 26. R4e3 g6 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. c4 Bg7 31. Kf1 Bf6 32. Qa4 Re7 33. Qa5 Rb3 34. Qxa6 Kf7 35. d6 Re8 36. Qa7+ Ke6 37. Qa4 Reb8 38. Qc6 Rxd3 39. d7+ Kf7 40. Qc8 Rxc8 41. dxc8=Q Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Rxc1 43. Qxc5 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Rxb2 45. Qd5+ Kg7 46. c5 Rb8 47. Kc4 Rd8 48. Qb7+ Kh6 49. c6 Be5 50. Qb6 Re8 51. Qe3+ Kg7 52. Kd5 1-0 [Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"] [Site "France"] [Date "2006.03.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Delchev, Aleksander"] [Black "Bologan, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2006.03.03"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Nice"] [BlackTeam "Gonfreville"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:600+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. a5 (8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Nxe5 Qd8 13. Qd2 b6 14. b4 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Nxd5 16. exd5 f5 17. Bd4 Bh4 18. Qh6 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qh4+ 20. Ke3 Qxd4+ 21. Kxd4 gxh6 22. Re7 Rf7 23. Rxf7 Bxf7 24. a5 Rc8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rf1 Bg6 27. Ne3 Rf8 28. g4 f4 29. Rf3 h5 30. g5 h4 31. Ng2 Kg8 32. c4 Rf5 33. Nxh4 Rxg5 34. Rxf4 Rg3 35. Nxg6 hxg6 36. h4 g5 37. hxg5 Rxg5 {Ivanchuk,V (2711)-Bacrot,E (2715) Moscow 2005 ½-½}) 8... a6 9. c3 h6 ({RR} 9... Ng8 10. Qb3 f5 11. exf5 Rxf5 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. Be6 Bxe6 14. Qxe6 Qd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Re5 18. Rxe5 Ndxe5 19. Nf5 Bg5 20. Nb3 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Nc4 22. Nbd4 g6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Ne7 {Tkachiev,V (2632)-Fressinet,L (2619) Cap d'Agde 2002 ½-½}) ({RR} 9... Ng8 10. d4 f5 11. dxe5 fxe4 12. Rxe4 Rxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Nd2 Bf5 ({RR} 17... Bh3 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Be7 20. f3 Rf8 21. Kf2 Bh4+ 22. Ke2 Bg2 23. Bc5 Bxf3+ 24. Ke3 Bg5+ 25. Kf2 Bh4+ 26. Ke3 Bg5+ 27. Kf2 Bh4+ 28. Ke3) 18. Nb3 Bd7 19. Nc5 Bc6 20. f4 Ng4 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Be2 Be7 23. Nd3 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 {Zhuk,K (1769)-Kopecny,A (1922) Almaty 2025 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 9... Qe8 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. d4 Nf4 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ng3 Bg4 14. Be2 Rd8 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nb8 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. Qxb7 Nc5 19. Qc6 Qxc6 20. dxc6 Nb3 21. Ra4 Rb8 22. Be3 Nf4 23. Rd1 Rb5 24. Nf5 {Delchev,A (2628)-Cabrera Pino,A (2508) Benidorm 2006 1-0 (40)}) 10. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 10. Qb3 Qe8 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Qd1 Be6 14. Bd5 Nd8 15. d4 Nd7 16. Ne3 Rg8 17. h3 Rb8 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. d5 Nf4 21. g3 Ng6 22. Nh2 Ngf8 23. h4 Bd8 24. Ra4 Nc5 {Degraeve,J (2525)-Kobese,W (2330) Ubeda 1998 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 10. Qb3 Qe8 11. d4 Nh7 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 e4 14. Nfd2 Bxf5 15. Be6 Qg6 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxb7 Bg5 18. Rf1 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Qc2 d5 21. b4 Ne7 22. Na3 Nf5 23. Rae1 Rf6 24. Qd1 Rbf8 {Xu,Y (2396)-Wen,Y (2611) Wuxi 2016 0-1 (34)}) 10... Nh7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nf3 Bd6 $146 (15... fxe4 16. Nxe5 Bf5 17. Qh5 Qd6 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxf7 Nf6 20. Bf4 Qxf4 21. Qxe7 e3 22. Rxe3 Qxc4 23. Rc3 Qd4 24. Qxc7 Rc8 25. Qxb7 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Qxc3 27. Rd1 Bg4 28. Rb1 Qxa5 29. d6 Bd7 30. h3 Qf5 31. Ra1 Bb5 32. Re1 Qd5 33. Qc7 Bc6 34. f3 Kh7 35. Qb8 Bd7 36. Re7 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kh1 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Qg5 42. Qb1+ Qg6 43. Qb7 Bb5 {½-½ (43) Sivokho,S (2476)-Yemelin,V (2522) St Petersburg 2001}) 16. exf5 e4 17. Nd4 (17. Rxe4) 17... Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Rxe4 Nf6 20. Re6 {Partie incomplète} 1-0 [Event "RUS-chT 13th"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2006.04.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Sutovsky, Emil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2628"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2006.04.20"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"] [BlackTeam "Meriya Moscow - Ulan-Ude"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 {Gelfand,Boris} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 ({RR} 9. Nd2 Bg4 ({RR} 9... d5 10. exd5 Bb4 11. Qf3) ({RR} 9... Be6) 10. f3 ({RR} 10. Nf3 d5 11. exd5 Bb4) 10... Be6 11. Nb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. c3 Bxd4+ 15. cxd4 c6) ({RR} 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 Qd7 13. Nd2 ({RR} 13. Qe2 Rae8 14. Rxe6 Bb4) 13... Bd6 14. Re1 Rae8) 9... dxc3 10. Nxc3 Be6 ({RR} 10... c6 11. Bb3 ({RR} 11. d4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Rxe7 Be6) ({RR} 11. Qb3) 11... Be6 12. d4 ({RR} 12. Bc2 c5) 12... Bxb3 13. Qxb3) 11. Qb3 ({RR} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd7 ({RR} 12... Qc8 13. d4 c6 14. d5 cxd5 15. exd5 e5 16. Be3 a6 17. Rac1 Qd7) ({RR} 12... d5 13. exd5 exd5 ({RR} 13... Bc5 14. dxe6 Bxf2+ ({RR} 14... Qe7 15. Be3) 15. Kxf2 Qd4+ 16. Ke2 Qg4+ 17. Kd2) ({RR} 13... Ng4 14. Qc4 ({RR} 14. d6 Qxd6 15. Qxe6+ Qxe6 16. Rxe6 Bd6 17. Ne4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5) 14... Bh4 ({RR} 14... Nxf2 15. Rxe6) 15. Qxg4 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Bxe1 17. Qxe6+) 14. Qxb7 ({RR} 14. Bg5 Bc5 ({RR} 14... c6 15. Qxb7 Bc5 ({RR} 15... Bd6 16. Qxc6) 16. Qxc6 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2) 15. Qxb7 ({RR} 15. Re2 c6 16. Qxb7 Qd6) 15... Rb8 16. Qc6 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Rb6) {RR} 14... Bc5 15. Qc6 Qd6 ({RR} 15... Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Ng4+ 17. Kg3) 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 ({RR} 17. h3 Ng4 ({RR} 17... Nd7 18. Re2 Ne5 19. d4 ({RR} 19. Nxd5 Nxd3 20. Be3) 19... Bxd4 20. Nxd5 Nd3 21. Be3) 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 d4) ({RR} 17. Rd1 Ng4 18. d4 Nxf2 19. dxc5 ({RR} 19. Rd2 Bb6 20. a5 Rae8 21. g3 Ng4 22. axb6 Re1+ 23. Kg2 Ne3+ 24. Kh3 Rf6) 19... Nxd1 20. Nxd1 Rae8 21. Be3 dxc5) 17... Ng4 18. d4 Bb4 19. Re2 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Bf4) 13. Qxb7 ({RR} 13. d4 c6 14. d5 ({RR} 14. Bg5 d5) 14... cxd5 ({RR} 14... exd5 15. exd5 Kh8) 15. exd5 e5 16. Be3 a6) 13... Ng4 ({RR} 13... d5 14. exd5 ({RR} 14. Bf4 Bc5 15. Re2 Bb6 ({RR} 15... c6 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Bg3 Bd4 18. Rc2) 16. exd5 ({RR} 16. a5 Rab8 17. Qa6 Bd4) 16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5) 14... exd5 ({RR} 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Bc5) 15. Bf4 Bc5 16. Re2 ({RR} 16. Qxc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Ng4) 16... c6 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Bg3 Bd4) 14. Nd1 ({RR} 14. Re2 Ne5 ({RR} 14... Bh4 15. g3 Rfb8 16. Qa6 Bf6) 15. d4 ({RR} 15. Qa6 c5) 15... Rab8) ({RR} 14. f3 Bh4 15. Re2 Ne5 16. d4 Rab8 17. Qa6 Rb6 18. Qa5 Nc6 19. Qh5 Bf6 20. e5 ({RR} 20. d5 Nd4 21. Rf2 Nb3) 20... dxe5 21. dxe5 g6 22. Qh6 Bxe5) 14... Bf6 ({RR} 14... Bh4 15. Rf1 Qf7 16. f3 Bf6 17. fxg4 Bd4+ 18. Nf2 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1) 15. Qb3 ({RR} 15. h3 Ne5 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Qc2 c5 ({RR} 17... Qc6)) 15... c5 ({RR} 15... Ne5 16. d4) ({RR} 15... Bd4 16. Be3 Be5 ({RR} 16... Nxe3 17. fxe3) ({RR} 16... Rab8 17. Qc2 Rxf2 18. Bxf2 Nxf2 19. Qc4 c5 20. Nxf2 Rxb2 21. Rf1 Qf7 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Nd1 Qb7 24. Nxb2 Qxb2 25. Rab1) 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 ({RR} 18. fxe3 Qf7) 18... Rab8 19. Qc2 c5) 16. f4 ({RR} 16. h3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Be3 Rab8) 16... Rab8 17. Qc2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qf7 ({RR} 18... e5 19. f5 ({RR} 19. h3 exf4 20. hxg4 Qxg4) ({RR} 19. g3 exf4 20. gxf4 Qe7 21. Qg2) 19... g6 20. h3 gxf5 21. hxg4 fxe4 ({RR} 21... fxg4 22. Qe2 ({RR} 22. g3 Rf3 23. Kg2 Rbf8 ({RR} 23... Qf7 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. dxc4 Rbb3 26. Ra3 Rxg3+ 27. Kh2) 24. Be3 Qe8) 22... Qe6 23. Be3 Qg6 24. Bxd4 ({RR} 24. Nf2 g3 ({RR} 24... Rxb2 25. Qxg4 Rbxf2 ({RR} 25... Bxe3 26. Qxg6+ hxg6 27. Nd1) 26. Qxg6+ hxg6 27. Bxf2 Bxa1 28. Bxc5)) 24... cxd4 25. Nf2) ({RR} 21... f4 22. Qe2 ({RR} 22. Nf2 Bxf2 ({RR} 22... f3) ({RR} 22... Qe7 23. Nh3 Qh4 24. Rf1 f3) 23. Qxf2 Qxg4 24. Rf1 f3 25. Be3 Kh8) 22... Qe7 ({RR} 22... Rb3 23. Rf1) 23. g3 fxg3 ({RR} 23... Rb3 24. Rf1) 24. Kg2) 22. Qe2 ({RR} 22. g3 Qxg4 23. Qg2 exd3) ({RR} 22. Ne3 Qe7 23. g3 exd3) 22... exd3 23. Qxd3 Qxg4 24. Qh3 Qxh3+ 25. gxh3 Rb3 26. Ra3 Rxa3 27. bxa3) ({RR} 18... Qe7 19. g3 Qf7 20. h3 Qh5 21. Kg2) 19. h3 ({RR} 19. Rf1 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 Qh5+ 21. Kg3 g5) 19... Qh5 20. Rf1 ({RR} 20. Qe2 Nf6) 20... Qh4 ({RR} 20... g5 21. Qe2 ({RR} 21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Rbe8) 21... Nf6 22. Qe1 g4 23. h4 ({RR} 23. f5 gxh3 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qxh3 exf5) 23... c4 ({RR} 23... d5) ({RR} 23... g3 24. Qxg3+ Kh8 25. Be3 Rg8 26. Qh3 Qe2 27. Qf3 Qxd3 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Nf2)) 21. Qe2 h5 ({RR} 21... Nf6 22. Kh2 Nh5 23. Rf3) ({RR} 21... Rf6 22. Qe1 Qxe1 ({RR} 22... Qh5 23. Nc3) 23. Rxe1 Nf2+ 24. Nxf2 Bxf2 25. Rf1 Bd4) 22. Ne3 ({RR} 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 Nf6) ({RR} 22. Rf3 Ne5 23. Rf1 Qg3) 22... Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Rxb2 24. Qf3 Bxe3 ({RR} 24... g5 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. f5 g4 27. Qf4 e5 28. Qh6 ({RR} 28. Qc1 Re2) 28... Rf6 ({RR} 28... gxh3 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. g3) 29. Qc1) ({RR} 24... Be5 25. Qd1 Qg3 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Bc3 28. Rc1 Bd2 29. Bxd2 Rxd2 30. Rb1) 25. Qxe3 Qf6 {Morozevich,A (2749)-Gelfand,B (2712) Astana 2001 CBM 084 [Gelfand,Boris] ½-½ (42)} {RR} 26. Qg3) 11... Qc8 $146 ({RR} 11... Qd7 12. Qxb7 Rfb8 13. Qa6 Rb6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qa5 c5 16. Nb5 Bd8 17. Qd2 Ng4 18. d4 a6 19. Nc3 Rab8 20. h3 cxd4 21. Ne2 Nxf2 22. Nf4 Nxh3+ 23. Nxh3 Bh4 24. Rd1 Qg4 25. Qxd4 Bf6 26. Qd5 {Rabiega,R (2499)-Breutigam,M (2411) Altenkirchen 2001 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 11... Bxc4 12. dxc4) ({RR} 11... Bxc4 12. dxc4 b6 13. a5 Nd7 14. axb6 axb6 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Qg3 Re8 18. Bh6 g6 19. Qc3 f6 20. f3 c6 21. Ne3 Ne5 22. Bf4 Qa6 23. Rd1 Be7 24. Qb3 Kg7 25. h4 Ra8 26. h5 {Susak,Z (2214)-Zelic,M (2291) Sibenik 2010 ½-½ (41)}) 12. d4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 c6 14. Qd3 Qe6 15. f4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Rad8 19. Qf3 g6 20. Be3 h5 21. h3 h4 22. Bf2 Qf5 23. Rae1 Rd5 24. Qb3 b6 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxf4 27. Qc2 Bf6 28. Qxg6+ Bg7 29. Be3 Qg3 30. Bh6 Qxg6 31. Rxg6 Rf7 32. Re4 Kh7 33. Rxg7+ Rxg7 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Rg4+ Kf6 36. Rxh4 c5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. b4 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Ra1 40. b5 Ra3 41. Rc4 Kg5 42. h4+ Kf5 43. g3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 17th Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.01.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Sadhwani, Raunak"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2675"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2023.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 a5 8. c3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 ({RR} 10. b3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qc2 Nf4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bf6 15. Re3 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne4 Re8 18. Bb2 Bg5 19. Re2 f5 20. c4 fxe4 21. cxd5 e3 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. Rae1 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Bf6 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 0-1}) 10... fxe6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nf1 $146 ({RR} 12. h3 b6 13. Qb5 Rf7 14. Nf1 Raf8 15. Ng3 Na7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rc2 g5 21. Nf1 h5 22. Ne3 Kh7 23. Nh2 Kg6 24. f3 Rb8 25. Nhf1 Rb7 26. Nd2 Rf8 {Shogdzhiev,R (2402)-Esipenko,A (2689) London ENG 2025 0-1 (90)}) 12... b6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Ng3 Bd6 15. Qb5 Rae8 16. d4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Qf7 20. Nf3 Ne7 21. Rae1 Nd5 22. Qe2 e5 23. Qc4 Nf6 24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 25. R4e2 Rfe7 26. h3 Kf7 27. Be3 Nd7 28. Nd2 Bc5 29. Ne4 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Nf6 31. Nd2 Nd7 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4 Ra8 34. Ra1 Nf6 35. a5 Nd5 36. Rb3 Ke6 37. a6 c6 38. b5 cxb5 39. Rxb5 Rea7 40. Nc4 Rxa6 41. Rd1 Nf6 42. Rxe5+ Kf7 43. Kh2 Kf8 44. Rb1 Rc8 45. Nxb6 Rb8 46. Reb5 Kf7 47. f3 Kg6 48. h4 h5 49. Kg3 Ra2 50. Nc4 Rxb5 51. Rxb5 Nd7 52. Rg5+ Kh6 53. Rd5 Nf6 54. Rb5 Rc2 55. Ne5 Re2 56. Nf7+ Kg6 57. Ng5 Rc2 58. Nh3 Ra2 59. Nf4+ Kh6 60. Rb8 Kh7 61. Rb6 Rd2 62. Rb5 Kh6 63. Kh3 Rd4 64. Ne6 Rd1 65. Rb8 Rd6 66. Rh8+ Kg6 67. Nf4+ Kf7 68. Nxh5 Ng8 69. Rh7 Rg6 70. g4 Kf8 71. Kg3 Kf7 72. Nf4 Rb6 73. Nh5 Rg6 74. f4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 24th Oct Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.10.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Chigaev, M."] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2626"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2023.10.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. a5 a6 7. c3 g5 ({RR} 7... g6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. h3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Re1 b5 13. Bd5 Bb7 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Ba2 Nxa5 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Rxa5 c5 18. c4 Qc7 19. Nb3 Nh5 20. Nh2 Kh7 21. Ng4 Nf4 22. Ne3 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2740)-Ponomariov,R (2646) Samarkand UZB 2023 1-0 (68)}) 8. Qb3 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 g4 9. Ng1 Bg7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Ng3 h5 14. f3 Bh6 15. exd5 Be3+ 16. Kh1 h4 17. Nge4 Nxd5 18. Qe2 Ba7 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. fxg4 h3 21. Nf3 f5 22. gxf5 Rxf5 {Sarquis,M (2143)-Chaves,J (1934) Florianopolis BRA 2026 0-1}) 8... Qd7 9. h3 $146 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. O-O c6 13. Qc2 d5 14. Bb3 Qc7 15. Re1 Be6 16. Nf1 Ng6 17. h3 Nh5 18. Be3 Nhf4 19. c4 d4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. c5 Qd7 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Ng3 g4 {Carlo,E (2255)-Bifulco,M (2251) Cattolica 2020 ½-½}) 9... Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. g4 Ne7 12. h4 c6 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Qc2 d5 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Nxg5 Nxg4 17. Ndf3 Rd8 18. Be3 Qe7 19. O-O-O f6 20. d4 fxg5 21. exd5 Qe8 22. dxc6+ Kf8 23. Nxg5 Nf6 24. dxe5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Ng4 26. Bc5+ Ne7 27. Nh7# 1-0 [Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.02.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Fier, A."] [Black "Ivanchuk, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2023.02.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Nc3 h6 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Re1 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 Nb8 12. Nd2 Na6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bg5 15. Ra3 Kh8 16. Nf1 g6 17. Qe2 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nc5 19. b3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ng3 Rf4 22. Ne4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2771)-Dubov,D (2710) Amsterdam NED 2023 1-0 (79)}) 8. h3 Re8 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 g6 15. f3 Bg7 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Bxh6 Qh4 18. Bg5 Qg3 19. Ne2 Qe5 20. c3 Rae8 21. Be3 Qa5 22. Nd4 Re5 23. b4 {Jain,V (2177)-Shevchenko,Y (2383) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (47)}) 9. a5 a6 10. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. c3 Qf6 13. Nh2 Qg6 14. g4 Be6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Kh1 Nf6 18. f4 d5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Nxe4 21. Kg2 Nf2 22. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 23. Kg3 Nxe1 24. Qxe1 e5 {Jiang,H (2470)-Korchmar,V (2429) Moscow RUS 2025 0-1 (31)}) 10... Bf8 11. c3 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. b4 d5 15. Rb1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd6 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 19. Nd2 f6 20. Nc4 Kf7 21. Be3 Ke6 22. f3 Be7 23. Kf2 Nd8 24. Ke2 Nf7 25. g4 Nd6 26. Nd2 Rh8 27. Nb3 Nb5 28. Rc1 h5 29. c4 Nd6 30. Nc5+ Kf7 31. Kf1 hxg4 32. hxg4 Ra8 33. Ke2 Bf8 34. Kd3 Be7 35. Rh1 Rd8 36. Kc3 Ra8 37. Kb3 b6 38. axb6 cxb6 39. Nd7 b5 40. c5 Nc4 41. Nb6 Nxb6 42. cxb6 Ke6 43. Rc1 Bd6 44. Bc5 Rb8 45. Rd1 Be7 46. Ra1 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 10th Oct Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.10.10"] [Round "9"] [White "Mamedov, Rau"] [Black "Melkumyan, H."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "167"] [EventDate "2023.10.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O Na5 ({RR} 7... h6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ne2 a5 11. Ng3 Qe8 12. c3 Qf7 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Nh2 d5 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qg6 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Kh2 Rf7 19. Qc2 Rdf8 20. Qb3 d4 21. Bc1 Nc5 22. Qc2 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2784)-Dubov,D (2702) chess24.com INT 2021 0-1 (42)}) 8. Ba2 c5 9. Re1 $146 ({RR} 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. c3 Re8 13. Qd2 Be7 14. h3 h6 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Bc4 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxa4 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Re7 {Adury,A (2268)-Coenen,M (2314) Budapest HUN 2025 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. c3 Rc8 13. h3 g6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. a5 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. a6 b6 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Qa4 Rcd8 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qc4 Kg7 23. Ng5 h6 {Nilsson,O (2180)-Andreasyan,E (2371) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 g6 12. c3 Bg7 13. h3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Ne7 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. b5 Bh6 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bxa2 21. Qxa2 Rc3 22. Qd2 Rfc8 23. Rad1 Ra3 {Mamedov,R (2656)-Rasulov,V (2500) Baku AZE 2025 1-0 (39)}) 9... Nc6 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Ng3 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 g6 13. c3 Re8 14. Ra1 Bf8 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. a5 a6 18. Nf1 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne3 Rab8 21. Nd2 Bg5 22. Nd5 Ne7 23. Nxe7+ Bxe7 24. Nc4 Bg5 25. Rad1 Rbd8 26. Nb6 Qb5 27. Qa2 Kg7 28. Nd5 Rc8 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Bd8 31. Ra1 Qxd3 32. Qa4 Qb5 33. Qxb5 axb5 34. a6 bxa6 35. Rxa6 Re6 36. Ra7 g5 37. Re3 gxh4 38. Rf3 Bf6 39. gxh4 Rf8 40. Ne3 Kg6 41. Nf5 Bd8 42. Rd7 Kh7 43. Kf1 Rf6 44. Ke2 c4 45. Rg3 Rg6 46. Rxg6 Kxg6 47. Rxd6+ Kh7 48. Rh6+ Kg8 49. Rxh5 Re8 50. Ne3 b4 51. Nxc4 Re6 52. Rxe5 bxc3 53. Rxe6 fxe6 54. bxc3 Bxh4 55. f4 Kf7 56. Ne5+ Ke8 57. c4 Bg3 58. Kf3 Be1 59. Nd3 Bc3 60. e5 Bd4 61. Ke4 Bg1 62. Ne1 Ba7 63. Nf3 Ke7 64. Nd4 Kd7 65. Nb3 Bb6 66. c5 Bd8 67. Nd4 Ba5 68. c6+ Ke7 69. Nb5 Be1 70. Nd6 Ba5 71. Nb5 Bb6 72. Nd4 Ba5 73. f5 exf5+ 74. Nxf5+ Ke6 75. Ne3 Bb6 76. Nd5 Ba5 77. Nf4+ Ke7 78. Kd5 Bc7 79. Ne6 Bb6 80. Nd4 Bc7 81. Nb5 Ba5 82. e6 Bb6 83. c7 Bxc7 84. Nxc7 1-0 [Event "ChessKid Cup Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.26"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Fedoseev, Vl3"] [Black "Mamedyarov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2023.05.22"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4 e4 9. Re1 f5 10. Bg5 Qd7 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Nc3 Rd8 16. d5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Qd2 Qf7 19. Rad1 Rbd8 20. Qe3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxa7 Qd2 24. Rf1 Qxc2 25. Qa5 {Karaoglan,D (2301)-Citak,S (2290) Ankara TUR 2026 ½-½}) 11. c4 O-O 12. c5 exf3 13. cxb6 $146 ({RR} 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. d5 Qg6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qxf3 cxb5 17. Be7 Rf7 18. Nc3 Bd7 19. Bc5 Bc6 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. b3 a6 24. Re1 Bc6 25. f3 h6 26. Kf2 Nd7 27. Re8+ Kh7 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Pap,G (2429) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (68)}) 13... Qf7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxf3 axb6 16. Nc3 f4 17. Qxc6 Bd7 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Rf7 20. Be7 Bc6 21. Bxd6 Bxd5 22. Bb4 h6 23. a3 b5 24. Re5 c6 25. f3 Kh7 26. h4 Rg8 27. Kf2 g5 28. hxg5 Rxg5 29. Rh1 Kg6 30. Re8 Rg7 31. Rf8 Rf7 32. Rh8 h5 33. Rh4 Rgf5 34. Bd6 Bc4 35. Rg8+ Kh7 36. Re8 Bd5 37. Be5 Kg6 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Rh3 c5 41. g4 1-0 [Event "NOR-ch"] [Site "Larvik"] [Date "2019.07.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2019.07.05"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Be6 7. Re1 Bxc4 8. dxc4 a5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Be3 Nh7 12. Nd5 Bg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. c3 Ne7 15. c5 Re8 16. Qb3 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 dxc5 18. Qxb7 g4 19. hxg4 Rb8 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 c4 22. Bc5 Rxb2 23. d6 cxd6 24. Bxd6 Nf6 25. g5 {Gorodetzky,D (2331)-Hadari,A (2033) Kiryat Ono 2016 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 10... h6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nb8 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Be3 f5 15. exf5 Qxf5 16. Qc4 Na6 17. c3 Kh8 18. b4 Qg6 19. Nd2 Bg5 20. Ne4 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rf4 22. Rae1 Qe8 23. Qb5 axb4 24. Qxb7 Qc8 25. Qxc8+ {Domingo Nunez,R (2405)-Petrov,N (2554) Hong Kong HKG 2026 ½-½}) 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nd5 Nf8 13. Ra3 b6 14. h4 Ne6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nf8 19. Qe2 f6 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6 f5 22. Bd2 Qd7 23. Rc3 Re7 24. Rc6 f4 25. Rc4 Qg4 26. f3 Qh5 27. Qxh5 gxh5 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Rh1 Kg6 30. g3 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Rf7 32. Be3 Ra7 33. Rc3 Nd7 34. Rh3 Nc5 35. Ra3 Ra8 36. Ra1 Raf8 37. Kg2 h4 38. b3 h6 39. gxh6 Kh7 40. Rg1 Rg8+ 41. Kh2 Rxg1 42. Kxg1 Na6 43. Kf1 Nb4 44. c3 Nc2 45. Bc1 Na1 46. b4 Nb3 47. Be3 b5 48. bxa5 bxa4 49. a6 c5 50. dxc6 a3 51. Rh2 Rxf3+ 52. Kg1 Rg3+ 53. Kh1 Rxe3 54. a7 Re1+ 55. Kg2 Re2+ 56. Kh3 a2 57. a8=Q Re3+ 58. Kxh4 a1=Q 59. Qb7+ 1-0 [Event "Airthings Masters Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.02.06"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Pichot, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2638"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2023.02.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. h3 a6 7. Be3 d6 8. Bxc5 dxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd5 ({RR} 10. a4 Qd6 11. Ra3 b6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Qd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. Bc4 Ng6 16. Kh2 Nf4 17. Rg1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb3 Rd8 20. Qe3 Bd7 21. Rga1 Re8 22. Ra7 Be6 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Qd2 c4 {Fataliyeva,U (2431)-Girya,O (2389) Bukhara UZB 2026 1-0 (43)}) 10... Be6 11. Ne3 Bxc4 $146 ({RR} 11... Qd6 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Rad8 16. b3 Nd4 17. Rf2 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Nf5 19. Qe1 Nxh4 20. g3 Rd4 21. Ng4 f5 22. Nh2 Rxe4 23. Qf1 Re8 24. gxh4 Rxh4 25. Nf3 Re4 26. Rd1 {Sindarov,J (2654)-Nabaty,T (2629) Jerusalem ISR 2022 1-0 (55)}) 12. Nxc4 Re8 13. c3 Qd7 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Ne3 Qe6 17. a3 a5 18. Kh2 Rd7 19. g4 Nh7 20. h4 Red8 21. Rd2 Ne7 22. h5 Qf6 23. Rg1 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. Rg3 Rd6 26. Rd1 b5 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. gxf5 Qh4+ 29. Kg2 c4 30. d4 exd4 31. e5 Rd5 32. f6 dxc3 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Qf3 Qd4 35. Rxg7+ Kf8 36. Rh7 Ke8 37. Qf5 1-0 [Event "EU-chT 23rd"] [Site "Terme Catez"] [Date "2021.11.16"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.11.12"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 205"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.11.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Netherlands"] [BlackTeam "Serbia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRB"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Nb4 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nd5 h6 10. c3 Re8 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Be3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Qxb7 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Rexc8 18. Be3 Nexd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Bb3 c5 ({RR} 20... Rab8 21. Bc2 g6 22. Rad1 Bg7 23. c4 Ra8 24. b3 Nbd7 25. d4 exd4 26. Nxd4 Nc5) 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 e4 23. Nh4 {Firouzja,A (2766)-Carlsen,M (2839) Zagreb 2025 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Ne2 Bf8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. c3 Ne7 14. d4 Bxb5 15. axb5 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. c4 c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20. Qa4 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bd2 Ndf4 23. Qb5) ({RR} 8... h6 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf8 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nd7 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Rxe5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxe5 20. Bxe5 c6 21. Nd6 Nd7 22. Bf4 Nc5 23. Be3 {Popov,T (2283)-Sarana,A (2666) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (73)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bf8 11. d5 Nb4 12. Be3 c6 13. Nd2 cxd5 14. exd5 b6 15. Bb5 Re7 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Rac1 Bg6 19. f3 Ra7 20. b3 Na6 21. Nxa5 bxa5 22. Bxa7 Rb7 23. Be3 {Van Foreest,J (2690)-Artemiev,V (2701) Almaty KAZ 2022 1-0 (58)}) 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Ng3 c6 $146 ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Nf5 Bf6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Nc6 15. Qb3 Nc5 16. Qc4 Kh8 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Nxa4 19. b5 Nb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qxe6 Nb4 22. Qb3 Qa4 23. Qb1 Qxb5 24. Bd2 c5 25. Bxb4 {Eugene,F (2375)-Romanishin,O (2415) Sant Ferran de ses Roques 2022 0-1 (95)}) 11. c3 d5 12. exd5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd5 14. Bb5 Nc6 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bd6 17. Qf3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Ne7 19. Qd4 Ng6 20. Re3 Qc7 21. Rae1 Rad8 22. Nf5 Kh8 23. Kh1 Qc8 24. Rf3 Nh5 25. Qg4 Nf6 26. Qg5 h6 27. Nxh6 Nh7 28. Qh5 gxh6 29. Qxh6 Rde8 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Rg1 Re7 32. Rh3 Qg8 33. f4 d4 34. f5 Re2 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Qf4 Qd5+ 37. Qf3 Qxf3+ 38. Rxf3 Rxb2 39. Rxg6 dxc3 40. Rfg3 Nf8 41. Rg8+ Kh7 42. Rxf8 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 10th Jun Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.06.10"] [Round "9"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2837"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2025.06.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 a5 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Rfc1 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Qe2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxe5 Bd5 15. c4 Ba8 16. Bxa7 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Rb7 18. Be3 Re8 19. f4 Qd6 20. Ka2 Be7 21. Bc1 Bf8 22. Qc2 {Sevian,S (2688)-Dubnevych,M (2320) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Ng5 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a6 10. h3 Qd7 11. Qd3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Nb4 14. Qc4 Nxc2+ 15. Qxc2 Qxb5 16. Nf3 Rfb8 17. Ra2 d5 18. Nxe5 Nxe4 19. Nc6 Re8 20. a4 Bb4+ 21. Kd1 Qb7 22. Kc1 {Aravindh,C (2689)-Niemann,H (2735) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (38)}) 8. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 8. h3 Be6 9. Ng5 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Qc8 11. Qd3 Nd8 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. g3 c6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. f4 Nh5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bb6 Qe8 18. Kb1 Bd8 19. Na4 Bxb6 20. Nxb6 Rd8 21. Qc3 Rd4 22. Rxd4 exd4 {Shankland,S (2649)-Eljanov,P (2656) London ENG 2025 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 8. h3 Be6 9. Nd5 a4 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. g4 Na5 12. Ba2 Bxd5 13. exd5 c6 14. c4 cxd5 15. g5 d4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. O-O-O b5 19. Kb1 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. dxc4 d3 22. Ne1 Rfb8 {Sevian,S (2688)-Vetokhin,S (2572) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (31)}) 8... Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Rhg1 Ng4 11. h3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 a4 13. Bb5 Qc8 14. d4 Na5 15. d5 Bd7 16. Bxa4 c6 17. Nd2 Be8 18. Bb3 Nxb3+ 19. cxb3 cxd5 20. exd5 f5 21. Kb1 Bg6 22. Rc1 Qc5 23. Ka2 Bg5 24. Rge1 Bh4 25. Red1 Bg5 26. Nf1 f4 27. Ne4 Qxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxe4 29. exf4 Bxf4 30. Rd1 Bg6 31. Ne3 e4 32. b4 Rae8 33. a4 h5 34. a5 Rc8 35. Kb3 Kh7 36. Rf1 Rce8 37. Rxf4 Rxf4 38. Qd2 Ref8 39. b5 Rf2 40. Qd4 Re2 41. a6 bxa6 42. bxa6 Ra8 43. a7 Re1 44. Ka2 Rc1 45. Qb6 Rcc8 46. Qb7 h4 47. b4 Kh6 48. b5 Kg5 49. b6 Kf4 50. Qxc8 Rxc8 51. b7 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.03.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Alekseenko, K."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2686"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2023.03.13"] 1. e4 {Firouzja,Alireza} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 ({RR} 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 ({RR} 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 ({RR} 13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Re1 Bb7)) 12... Nc4 ({RR} 12... Nb7 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 bxa4 15. bxa4 c4 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Ra2 Na5 18. Ne1 Rfe8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bd8 21. Nd2 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Nb3 23. Nef3 Nh5 24. Bh2 Bf6 25. g4 Bxc3 26. gxh5 Bxh3 27. Rg1 {Amador Garcia,I (2211)-Sanchez Elena,L (2068) Linares ESP 2026 1-0 (33)}) 13. a4 Nb6 ({RR} 13... b4 14. b3 Nb6 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Be3 a5 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Nbd2 Nbd7 19. Nf1 Qb7 20. Ng3 Bd8 21. Nf5 Qb8 22. Qd2 Bb6 23. Bh6 g6 24. N3h4 Re8 25. Bd1 Nc5 26. Ng3 Nd3 27. Re3 Nf4 28. Rf3 {Firouzja,A (2766)-Amangeldy,E (2195) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (40)}) 14. b3 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 14... c4 15. axb5 cxb3 ({RR} 15... cxb3 16. Bd3 ({RR} 16. Bxb3 Nxe4) 16... Nfd7 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18. Qc2 f5) 16. Bd3 Nfd7 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18. Qc2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 f5 20. Nbd2 axb5 21. Rxa8 Nxa8 22. Qxb5 Qxc3 23. Bb2 Qc7 24. Ba3 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Bf5 26. Nfd2 Qb6 27. Qe2 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Qb3 29. Bxd6 {Ivic,V (2610)-Sargsyan,S (2639) Terme Catez 2022 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 14... c4 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Nxa8 17. bxc4 bxc4 ({RR} 17... Qxc4 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Bxb5) 18. Ba3 Nd7 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Nbd2 f5 22. Rd1 g6 23. Qe3 f4 ({RR} 23... fxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Nd7) 24. Qe2 Ba6 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Qf1 Qc8 ({RR} 26... Nd3 27. Bxd3 cxd3 28. Ra5 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Qa1) 27. Ra5 Ncd7 ({RR} 27... Nb3 28. Ra3) 28. Qa1 Bb5 29. Nb1 {Firouzja,A (2726)-Harikrishna,P (2713) Prague 2020 CBM 195 [Firouzja,Alireza] 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 14... bxa4 15. bxa4 a5 16. Na3 Ba6 17. Nb5) 15. Be3 bxa4 16. bxa4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rfb8 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nbd2 Be8 20. Ra2 Nd7 21. Re1 Nb6 22. Nf1 c4 23. Ne3 Nb3 24. a5 Na4 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. Ra3 Rab8 27. Nxc4 Nxc3 28. Bxc3 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxc4 30. Re3 Nd4 31. Bd3 Nxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Ra4 33. Rxa4 Bxa4 34. Bxa6 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Bd1 36. Re3 Bg5 37. Re1 Rb3 38. Rxd1 Rxc3 39. Ra1 Bd8 40. Bb7 Rc7 41. a6 1-0 [Event "AI Cup Play-In 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2681"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2023.09.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 Bc5 ({RR} 5... d6 6. c3 g5 7. b4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nc4 g4 12. Nfd2 d5 13. Ne3 c6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rb1 h5 17. Ndf1 Qd7 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. Ngf5 dxe4 20. dxe4 {Carlsen,M (2832)-Sindarov,J (2674) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (46)}) 6. h3 ({RR} 6. O-O d6 7. a5 a6 8. Be3 Ba7 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c3 b5 12. axb6 cxb6 13. d4 b5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. d5 Ne7 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. g3 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. b3 a5 {Demchenko,A (2619)-Svane,R (2626) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (48)}) 6... a6 ({RR} 6... d6 7. c3 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. Qb3 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 b6 14. Nh4 Qe6 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. Rf3 g6 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. Raf1 Ng8 19. d4 Nb8 20. Qb5 Kg7 21. Nd2 {Sarquis,M (2143)-Nakata,T (1898) Florianopolis BRA 2026 1-0 (46)}) 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3 $146 ({RR} 8. Ne2 Be6 9. Ng3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 g6 11. c3 a5 12. O-O Qd7 13. Qd3 h5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 h4 16. Ne2 Rh5 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Rab1 Kf8 19. Nc1 Nd8 20. Nd3 Ne6 21. Ra1 Kg7 22. b4 b6 {Kubicka,A (2278)-Arabidze,M (2458) FIDE Online Arena INT 2024 1-0 (55)}) 8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 Be6 10. a5 O-O 11. Qe2 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nb8 13. g4 Nbd7 14. g5 Nh5 15. gxh6 g6 16. Rg1 Kh7 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Nxe5 c6 19. Nf3 Qxa5 20. Kb1 Ne6 21. Rxd6 Rad8 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Ng5+ Kxh6 24. Nxe6 Qe5 25. Qg4 Qf6 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. e5 Qf5 28. Ne4 Rd7 29. Nd6 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Ng7 31. Rh1+ Kg5 32. Ne4+ 1-0 [Event "American Cup Champ"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2023.03.19"] [Round "1.4"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Shankland, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2023.03.17"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 Nc6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 a5 12. Ng3 d5 $146 ({RR} 12... h6 13. c3 Qd7 14. Bd2 ({RR} 14. Re1 Rad8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Nh7 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Be3) 14... d5 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Rc1 b6 17. Qe2 Bc5 18. Rf1 Qe8 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Bxb4 21. Rxc6 Bxd2 22. Rxc7 Bf4 23. Qb2 Bxg3 24. fxg3 dxe4 25. dxe4 Qxa4 26. Qxb6 Rfe8 27. Re1 {Giri,A (2759)-Deac,B (2655) Batumi 2025 ½-½ (67)}) 13. c3 Nd7 14. Re1 d4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. e5 Nc5 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nfxg5 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 h6 21. Nf3 Rf5 22. Rc1 Raf8 23. Qe2 Rf4 24. Rc4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd8 26. Kf1 Rd7 27. Ke2 Kf8 28. h4 Ke7 29. Qh7 Kf7 30. h5 Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh7 Kf8 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. b3 Kf8 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qa8 Ke7 37. Qg8 Nxe5 38. Rxd4 Qc6 39. Qxg7+ Nf7 40. Rxd7+ Qxd7 41. Ne5 Qe8 42. g4 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Kramnik, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2023.03.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O h6 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Re1 h6 9. Nd5 Re8 10. Bd2 Bf8 11. Ba2 a5 12. h3 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Qd2 Rxa4 16. Bb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 e4 18. Nd4 exd3 19. cxd3 Nh5 20. Bd1 Qh4 21. Bg4 Qf6 22. Ne2 {Rekuc,P (2226)-Vanczak,T (2396) Nagykanizsa HUN 2026 ½-½}) ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxe6 Bxe3 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. fxe3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 a5 21. Rd3 g6 22. Nf1 {Alekseenko,K (2686)-Topalov,V (2728) Salamanca ESP 2023 0-1 (48)}) 8. h3 Re8 $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nd5 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. c3 a6 12. a5 Rb8 13. b4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Bd2 g6 17. Re2 Bg7 18. Rae1 Kh7 19. Qa2 Rf8 20. Bb3 Rbe8 21. c4 c6 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Bc3 {Lei,T (2550)-Shuvalova,P (2475) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (52)}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Re1 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bb5 dxe4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5 exd3 14. Nxc6 dxc2 15. Qxc2 Qd7 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. b4 a6 19. Red1 Rfe8 20. b5 Qe6 21. Qd2 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Qf5 23. Bxc7 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2784)-Dubov,D (2702) chess24.com INT 2021 1-0 (51)}) 9. Re1 Bf8 10. a5 a6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. c4 g6 15. b4 Bg7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. b5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Ne7 19. Reb1 f5 20. Qc2 axb5 21. Rxb5 b6 22. Bd2 Qd7 23. Qc4 Ra7 24. Rab1 Nc8 25. Qc2 f4 26. axb6 cxb6 27. R5b4 Rc7 28. Rc4 Rc5 29. Bb4 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 Ne7 31. Qa6 Rb8 32. Qa3 Nc8 33. Rc1 Rb7 34. Rc6 Rc7 35. Qa8 Bf6 36. Nd2 b5 37. Nf3 Be7 38. Ba5 Rxc6 39. dxc6 Qe6 40. Qb7 g5 41. Qd7 Qg8 42. d4 Qf8 43. dxe5 Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kh7 45. Qd7 Kg8 46. Bc3 dxe5 47. Qe6+ Kh7 48. Nxe5 Qe8 49. Ng4 Qg6 50. Qxc8 Qxe4 51. Qh8+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 7th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.02.07"] [Round "11"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Naroditsky, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2618"] [PlyCount "149"] [EventDate "2023.02.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. Nbd2 g4 8. Ne1 h5 9. f4 Bh6 ({RR} 9... exf4 10. Rxf4 Bh6 11. Rf1 g3 12. h3 Be3+ 13. Kh1 Ng4 14. Qf3 Nce5 15. Qe2 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Bxf2 17. Ndf3 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Rg8 19. Nd3 Bb6 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nfxe5 Be6 23. c5 Bxc5 24. Rf1 {Zienkiewicz,J (2277)-Javakhadze,Z (2417) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (59)}) 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. d4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. Qd2 Rh8 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. Bxe6 Qe7 18. Bxf7+ {1-0 (19) He,A (2337)-Yip,C (2420) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11... Nxc4 12. Nxc4 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Nxe4 14. Qf4 Qe7 15. Nd3 d5 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 O-O-O 19. Re5 h4 20. Qe2 g3 21. h3 Rh6 22. Qe3 Rf6 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qg5 Rh8 25. Rxd5 c6 26. Rf5 Rhh6 27. Nf4 Qd8 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Nd3 Kc7 31. Qf8 Qf5 32. Qxh6 Qxd3 33. Qxh4 Bxa2 34. Qf4+ Kb6 35. Qe3 Qc2 36. Qxg3 Qxb2 37. Qf2 Qxc3 38. d5+ c5 39. d6 Be6 40. Rd1 Qb3 41. Qf3 Qxf3 42. gxf3 Kc6 43. h4 c4 44. h5 Kd7 45. h6 Bf5 46. Kf2 c3 47. Ke3 b5 48. Kd4 b4 49. Kc4 a5 50. Rh1 Bh7 51. Kb3 Kxd6 52. Rg1 c2 53. Kb2 a4 54. Ra1 a3+ 55. Kb3 Kc5 56. Rc1 Kd4 57. Rxc2 Ke3 58. Rh2 Kxf3 59. Kxb4 Kg3 60. Rh1 f5 61. Kxa3 f4 62. Rg1+ Kh2 63. Rg7 Bd3 64. Rd7 Bc2 65. Rc7 Bd3 66. Rf7 Kg3 67. Kb2 f3 68. Kc3 Bb1 69. Kd2 Kf2 70. h7 Bxh7 71. Rxh7 Kg2 72. Rg7+ Kf2 73. Rf7 Kg2 74. Ke3 f2 75. Rxf2+ 1-0 [Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2023"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "2023.09.20"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Santos Latasa, J."] [Black "Naiditsch, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2651"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2023.09.16"] [WhiteTeam "Magic Extremadura"] [BlackTeam "Gros Xake Taldea"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. d4 Nbxd5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 c6 13. a5 ({RR} 13. Re1 Qc7 14. g3 Rfe8 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Qf3 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Re8 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. c3 Qd7 20. Kg2 Qe6 21. Ba2 Qd7 22. h4 h6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Be3 a6 25. Bd4 Bc7 26. a5 Nd2 27. Qd1 Nc4 {Santos Latasa,J (2656)-Esipenko,A (2683) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (42)}) 13... Qc7 ({RR} 13... Bd6 14. Nf3 h6 15. c3 Re8 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. g3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Kg2 Qg4 20. Rd4 Qc8 21. Bd2 Bc5 22. Rh4 Ng4 23. Rf1 Bxf2 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxg4 Qxg4 26. Rxf2 Rxa5 27. c4 Rh5 28. b3 {Tabatabaei,M (2722)-Lyakh,V (2313) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (42)}) 14. Ng4 $146 ({RR} 14. Nd3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Bb3 Ne4 18. Ra4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. h4 Re6 21. Kg2 Rf6 22. Qe2 Re6 23. Qf3 Rf6 24. Qh5 Rg6 25. Bg5 Re8 26. Qf3 h6 27. Bd2 Rf6 28. Qd3 b5 {Firouzja,A (2757)-Murzin,V (2658) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (62)}) 14... Rad8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Bb3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rfe1 a6 20. g3 Rd6 21. h4 Qd8 22. Bc4 Re8 23. Rad1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 g6 25. Qa3 Kg7 26. Qc5 Rd7 27. c3 h5 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qe5 Qe8 31. Qxe8 Nxe8 32. Kg2 Nd6 33. Bf1 Kf6 34. Kf3 Ke5 35. Ke3 Nf5+ 36. Kd3 Nd6 37. b4 Nc8 38. Kc4 Kd6 39. Kd4 Ne7 40. Bc4 Nf5+ 41. Ke4 Ke7 42. Be2 Nd6+ 43. Kd4 Nb5+ 44. Bxb5 cxb5 45. Kc5 Kd7 46. Kb6 Kc8 47. f3 f5 48. Kc5 Kd7 49. Kd5 Ke7 50. Ke5 Kf7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 11th Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.11"] [Round "11"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2618"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2023.07.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. O-O Nxc3 6. dxc3 f6 7. b4 d6 8. a4 Qe7 9. a5 Be6 10. Bd5 Bxd5 11. Qxd5 Nd8 12. a6 c6 13. axb7 Qxb7 14. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 14. Qa2 Be7 15. Nh4 Qd7 16. f4 f5 17. Nf3 e4 18. Nd4 d5 19. Be3 O-O 20. Qa6 Qc7 21. b5 Bc5 22. Nxf5 Bxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Rxf4 24. b6 Rxf1+ 25. Nxf1 Qb7 26. Qa5 a6 27. c4 Rb8 28. Rb1 Ne6 {Bowcott-Terry,F (2132)-Nicholas,K (2130) Kenilworth ENG 2024 1-0 (45)}) 14... Be7 15. Be3 Nf7 16. Ra4 O-O 17. Rfa1 a6 18. Qa2 f5 19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20. Qxa6 Qd7 21. Nd2 f4 22. Bb6 Ng5 23. f3 h5 24. Qd3 Qe6 25. Bf2 d5 26. Re1 Bf6 27. c4 Re8 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. h4 Nf7 30. c4 dxc4 31. Qxc4 Qxc4 32. Nxc4 Rb8 33. Rb1 Rb5 34. Na3 Rb7 35. b5 Nd6 36. Bc5 Nc8 37. b6 Bd8 38. Nc4 Rb8 39. b7 Ne7 40. Bd6 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.21"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15. Qg4 $146 ({RR} 15. g3 Kg7 16. Rae1 Qa5 17. Qg4 Rad8 18. f4 h5 19. Qf3 Rde8 20. h4 Qd8 21. Re2 Qd7 22. Qf2 Qg4 23. Kh2 Bf6 24. e5 Bd8 25. Rfe1 Ba5 26. Rf1 d5 27. Rc1 Bb6 28. Qg2 f6 29. exf6+ Kxf6 {Abdusattorov,N (2716)-Caruana,F (2786) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (50)}) 15... Kg7 16. f4 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Re2 Bd8 20. Kh1 d5 21. exd5 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Re8 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Qf2 Qd6 25. g3 Re3 26. Re1 Bb6 27. Kg2 Qf6 28. Bc4 a5 29. Qf1 Bc5 30. Rxe3 dxe3 31. c3 Bb6 32. Qf3 Qe7 33. Kf1 Ba7 34. Ke2 Qb7 35. b3 Qe7 36. d4 c5 37. d5 Bb8 38. Qxe3 Qf8 39. Bb5 Qd6 40. Bc6 Bc7 41. Kd3 Qf6 42. Kc4 Bd6 43. Qe4 g5 44. fxg5 Qf1+ 45. Qd3 Qxh3 46. Kb5 Qg4 47. Kxa5 Qxg5 48. Kb5 Bxg3 49. a5 Bd6 50. a6 Qe7 51. Qf3 Bb8 52. Qg4+ Kh6 53. Qc8 Bf4 54. Qd7 Qe2+ 55. Kb6 c4 56. b4 Qe3+ 57. Kb5 Qxc3 58. a7 Qd3 59. a8=Q c3+ 60. Kb6 Qe3+ 61. Kb7 c2 62. Qf8+ Kg5 63. Qg7+ 1-0 [Event "Bullet Chess Losers 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.07.21"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2835"] [PlyCount "177"] [EventDate "2023.07.18"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 d5 $146 ({RR} 11... Ne6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Qf3 Qa5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. h4 Qc7 17. Ne2 Rf8 18. Qh3 Qd7 19. h5 h6 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4 e5 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Ng6 Rf7 24. d4 Bd8 25. Rad1 Bc7 26. dxe5 {Bellahcene,B (2493)-Levitan,C (2295) Jwaneng BOT 2026 1-0 (53)}) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. c3 Ne6 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Qh5 Nef4 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Bd2 Qg6 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Kf1 h6 23. Bb1 Qf6 24. Nh5 Nxh5 25. Qxh5 a5 26. d4 e4 27. Re2 Bf4 28. Ree1 g6 29. Qe2 h5 30. Kg1 h4 31. Rf1 Bc7 32. Qe3 Kg7 33. d5 Qe5 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 c5 36. Rdd1 Bd6 37. Rfe1 Kf6 38. Kf1 g5 39. Ba2 Re5 40. Bc4 Rfe8 41. Bb5 R8e7 42. Bc4 f4 43. Re2 Kf5 44. Rde1 e3 45. Bd3+ Kf6 46. Bc4 Re4 47. Bb3 c4 48. Bc2 R4e5 49. Rd1 Bc5 50. f3 Rd7 51. Be4 Rxe4 52. fxe4 Ke5 53. b3 cxb3 54. Rb2 Kxe4 55. Ke2 Rxd5 56. Rxd5 Kxd5 57. Kd3 b6 58. Rxb3 Ke5 59. Rb2 Kd5 60. Rb1 Ke5 61. Rf1 Kf5 62. Rd1 g4 63. hxg4+ Kxg4 64. Ke2 Kg3 65. Rd5 Kxg2 66. Rg5+ Kh2 67. Kf3 h3 68. Rg4 Bd6 69. Rg6 Be5 70. c4 Bd4 71. Rg5 Bc5 72. Rg4 e2 73. Kxe2 Be3 74. Kf3 Bd2 75. Rg5 Be3 76. Rg4 Bc5 77. Rh4 Kg1 78. Rh5 Be3 79. Rg5+ Kf1 80. Rh5 Ke1 81. Rxh3 Kd2 82. Rh4 Kc3 83. Rg4 Bc5 84. Rg5 Kxc4 85. Rf5 Kb4 86. Rg5 Kxa4 87. Rg4 Kb4 88. Rxf4+ Kb5 89. Rf5 1-0 [Event "AI Cup Play-In 2023"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.09.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Artemiev, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2697"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2023.09.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Kh8 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Ba2 Nb6 10. b4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd4 13. Qd1 Bg5 14. Be3 c6 15. Rf1 Bf6 16. Rb1 d5 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. exd5 Nf4 20. dxc6 Rxa3 21. Rb3 Rxb3 22. Bxb3 bxc6 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Qe4 Be7 25. b5 cxb5 26. Nxb5 Qc5 27. Bc4 {Gajewski,G (2589)-Wojtaszek,R (2696) Kruszwica 2022 0-1 (95)}) 13. exf5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf5 15. Ne4 a5 16. Bd2 axb4 17. axb4 c6 18. c4 Nd4 19. Bc3 d5 20. Ng3 Na4 21. Bd2 Bh4 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qg4 Bxg3 24. Qxg3 Nc2 25. Bb3 Nxa1 26. Rxa1 Nb6 27. Rxa8 Nxa8 28. Qxe5 Nc7 29. Bf4 Na6 30. Bd2 Qb6 31. Be3 Qxb4 32. Bd4 Rg8 33. Bxd5 Qb5 34. Qe6 Rd8 35. Qe7 Rg8 36. Bxg8 1-0 [Event "96th ch-FRA 2023"] [Site "L'Alpe d'Huez FRA"] [Date "2023.08.27"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Gharamian, T."] [Black "Lagarde, Max"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2023.08.18"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. Nc3 g5 7. h4 ({RR} 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h4 g4 9. Nh2 Ne7 10. Qe2 c6 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ng6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxg4 Bxh4 16. Ne3 Bf6 17. Qd2 h5 18. Kb1 h4 19. Rhe1 Bg5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ne5 {Svidler,P (2714)-Xiong,J (2710) Saint Louis USA 2021 ½-½ (44)}) 7... g4 8. Nh2 Nd4 ({RR} 8... Bg7 9. Nf1 Nd4 10. Ne3 c6 11. Ne2 h5 12. c3 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. O-O O-O 17. Bg5 Rae8 18. f3 gxf3 19. Rxf3 d5 20. Ne3 d4 21. Nc4 b5 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Na3 {Tanenbaum,Z (2310)-Diao,M (2265) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (67)}) 9. Nf1 $146 ({RR} 9. Be3 c6 10. Nf1 d5 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Nce2 Nxg2+ 15. Kf1 Nxh4 16. Rxh4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rh2 exd3 19. cxd3 Qxd3 20. Bxh6 Bf5 21. Qxd3 Bxd3 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Bf4 Rxh2 {Gharamian,T (2603)-Lagarde,M (2600) L'Alpe d'Huez FRA 2023 ½-½ (52)}) 9... c6 10. Ng3 d5 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Nce2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 Ne6 15. O-O Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nc5 17. Nc3 Na6 18. b3 Nb4 19. Rb2 Nd7 20. Na2 Na6 21. h5 Ndc5 22. Be3 Ne6 23. b4 b6 24. c3 Be7 25. Rbd2 Bg5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Rd6 Rd8 28. Nc1 Nac7 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Nf5 Nce6 31. h6 f6 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Ne2 Nf7 35. Neg3 Nf4 36. Rxa7 Rd8 37. h7 Rh8 38. Ne7+ Kxh7 39. Nxc6 Kg6 40. Ne7+ Kh7 41. Ngf5 Rd8 42. g3 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Nd3 44. Nd5 Kg6 45. Ra8 Ne1 46. Rg8+ Kh7 47. Nxf6# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2708"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2024.01.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 h6 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. b4 Bf8 10. Bb2 a6 ({RR} 10... Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Ned5 14. Nb3 c6 15. Bxd4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bd6 18. g3 Qc7 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. c4 N5f6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxa7 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2732)-Dubov,D (2707) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (66)}) 11. h3 $146 ({RR} 11. Nf1 b5 12. Ba2 a5 13. c4 bxc4 14. b5 Na7 15. dxc4 Be6 16. Bc3 Nc8 17. c5 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 Qd7 19. a4 dxc5 20. Rd2 Qe6 21. Nxe5 c4 22. Qc2 Nb6 23. Nc6 Bb4 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. a5 b3 {Vaishali,R (2418)-Fishbein,A (2366) Stavanger NOR 2023 1-0 (74)}) 11... Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bf1 b5 15. c4 c5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bc3 cxb4 20. Bxb4 Ra4 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qb3 Rfa8 23. Nc4 Qe6 24. Nfd2 Nf4 25. Nb6 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. Qxa3 Qxb6 28. Nc4 Qd4 29. Nd6 Nd3 30. Re3 Nf4 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Nxf7 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Ne2 34. Rxe2 Qxe2 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. Nxe5+ Kh5 37. Qxg7 Qxf2 38. Qg6+ Kh4 39. Nf3+ Qxf3 40. gxf3 Nh5 41. Qg4# 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.31"] [Round "5"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2024.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Qe7 ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bf1 c5 14. d5 b5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. b3 Nb7 18. Nh2 a5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 c4 21. bxc4 Nc5 22. Qc2 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Kamsky,G (2665) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (36)}) 8. b4 a6 9. Re1 $146 ({RR} 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. f3 h5 12. Be3 h4 13. Bc5 {½-½ (13) Predojevic,B (2642)-Ehlvest,J (2600) Moscow 2010}) ({RR} 9. h3 Bg7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. a4 Nh5 13. Bd5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. e5 c5 17. Qe4 Rb8 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxf4 Bf5 20. Qd4 Qc6 21. Qe3 Bxb1 22. Rfxb1 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Qxa4 {Zhu,L (2264)-Chasin,N (2479) New York USA 2026 ½-½ (38)}) 9... Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Ba3 Bg4 12. b5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Na5 14. Ba2 Nd7 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qg4 Nc5 17. f4 Qh5 18. Qxh5 gxh5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21. e5 c4 22. Nd2 Rc6 23. Re4 f6 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Bxc4+ Kh8 27. e6 f5 28. Rd1 Bf6 29. Rd7 Rc8 30. Bd3 Bxc3 31. Bxf5 Bf6 32. Kf1 Re8 33. Rf7 Be7 34. Bg6 Kg8 35. f5 Bd6 36. Rd7 Re7 37. f6 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Div 3 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.02"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2024.02.02"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Be6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. b4 Nh7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bb2 b6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Na5 16. c4 Ng5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bf6 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nb7 21. f4 Nh7 22. Nb3 Nf6 23. e5 {So,W (2812)-Ivanchuk,V (2738) Leuven 2017 ½-½ (54)}) ({RR} 8... a5 9. h3 Re8 10. Qb3 Rf8 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Bd5 Bd6 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nd2 Kg7 20. Nec4 Qg5 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Qe2 Bxc4 23. dxc4 {Demchenko,A (2623)-Seo,J (2500) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (85)}) 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 Qe8 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Nf1 Rd8 13. Ng3 Nh5 14. b5 Nb8 15. d4 Nf4 16. Ra2 Nd7 17. Rd2 g5 18. h3 Nb6 19. Nh2 Nc4 20. Ra2 Qg6 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Qb3 Na5 23. Qb1 Bg7 {Sevian,S (2688)-Caruana,F (2795) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (101)}) 9... Qd7 10. b4 a6 11. h3 $146 ({RR} 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Nf5 d5 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Ne5 Qd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qh3 Kh7 22. Nd7 Nxd7 23. Qxd7 Ng6 24. Qxb5 dxe4 25. Qf5 Qa4 {Bravo De la Vega,A (1927)-Fernandez Rosado,R (2081) Madrid 2021 ½-½ (40)}) 11... Rfe8 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb3 Bf8 14. Qxe6 Rxe6 15. Bb2 Ree8 16. Nb3 Nb8 17. c4 Nbd7 18. Bc3 g6 19. g3 Nh5 20. Nh4 Ng7 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Be7 23. Nf3 f5 24. Bxg7 fxe4 25. Nfd4 Bh4 26. Bxh6 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 exd3 28. Rd1 Nb6 29. c5 Nxa4 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Rxd3 Rac8 32. f5 gxf5 33. Nxf5 Rc3 34. Rxc3 Nxc3 35. Na5 b5 36. Kg2 Re4 37. Nc6 Na2 38. Nxd6 Re6 39. Bf4 Re1 40. Kf3 Rb1 41. Bd2 Rb2 42. Ke3 Rb3+ 43. Kd4 Rxh3 44. Nb8 Ra3 45. Ne4 Rh3 46. Nxa6 Rh2 47. Kc5 Rh5+ 48. Kd4 Kf7 49. Nc7 Ke7 50. Nd5+ Kd8 51. Bg5+ Kc8 52. Bd2 Kb7 53. Nef6 Rh1 54. Kc5 Rd1 55. Ne4 Ka6 56. Kc6 Nc1 57. Nc5+ Ka7 58. Be3 Ne2 59. Nd7+ Ka8 60. Nc7# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 20th Feb Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2024.02.20"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Be7 ({RR} 6... Na5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bxa5 Qxa5 15. a4 Qb6 16. Nh4 d5 17. axb5 dxe4 18. bxc6 exd3 19. Qxd3 Bc5 20. Rf1 e4 21. Qc3 {Aronian,L (2764)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Leuven 2018 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 6... Na5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne2 a6 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Nh4 Be7 14. f4 Bh7 15. Nf3 exf4 16. Bxf4 O-O-O 17. Ng3 g5 18. Bd2 h5 19. Nxg5 hxg4 20. h4 Bg6 21. Bc3 {Aronian,L (2745)-Amin,B (2691) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (44)}) 7. d4 ({RR} 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Nh7 9. Be3 Ng5 10. Nd5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be6 12. c3 Kh8 13. Qh5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. d4 Nd3 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Bxf7 Nxb2 21. Rf5 Nd3 {Zarubitski,V (2398)-Lavrov,M (2344) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (42)}) 7... Bg4 8. dxe5 dxe5 $146 ({RR} 8... Nxe5 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bf8 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. b3 Ne5 18. c4 Ng6 19. Bc1 c6 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Bb2 a5 22. h3 a4 23. Nh5 {Ponomariov,R (2694)-Vallejo Pons,F (2707) Riadh 2017 1-0 (37)}) 9. Bb5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Rd3 Nd7 15. Na4 f5 16. Rad1 fxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6 18. Nc5 Rf7 19. Rc3 Ng4 20. Nb7 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Be7 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rb8 24. Rb3 Rf8+ 25. Kg1 Bg5 26. Na5 c5 27. Nc4 h5 28. Rd3 g6 29. Rd5 Rf7 30. Rxe5 Bf6 31. Rxc5 g5 32. Ne5 Re7 33. Nd3 Rxe4 34. Rxc7 Rxe3 35. Kf1 Rf3+ 36. Kg2 Re3 37. Rxa7 Re2+ 38. Kh1 Rxc2 39. Ra6 Kg7 40. Rd6 Rd2 41. a4 Bxb2 42. a5 Bc3 43. a6 Ra2 44. Nc5 Be5 45. Rd5 Bf4 46. h4 Kf6 47. hxg5+ Kg6 48. Ne6 Be3 49. Re5 Bf2 50. Nf4+ Kg7 51. Re7+ Kf8 52. Re6 h4 53. g6 Bg3 54. Nh5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 30th Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2024.01.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. c3 a5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 ({RR} 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nb8 17. c4 Qxb5 18. axb5 Nbd7 19. Nh2 Nc5 20. Bc3 h5 21. f3 Na4 22. h4 g6 23. Kf2 Bh6 24. Nhf1 Rc8 25. Ra1 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Nd7 27. Red1 Kg7 28. Nd5 Nc5 29. Nfe3 Nb3 {Rasulov,V (2538)-Zeynalov,R (2269) Denizli TUR 2026 ½-½ (73)}) 15... Nb8 $146 ({RR} 15... Ne7 16. Ne3 Rad8 17. c4 Ng6 18. Nd5 Nh7 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. b4 axb4 21. Bxb4 Ne7 22. a5 bxa5 23. Bxa5 c6 24. Nxe7+ Bxe7 25. c5 Ng5 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. cxd6 Rxd6 28. g3 Ra8 29. Bc7 Re6 30. Ra1 {Safarli,E (2614)-Grischuk,A (2732) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (60)}) 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 dxc3 25. bxc3 Ne7 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Nxe7+ Bxe7 28. d4 Bd6 29. Kf1 f6 30. Nh4 Kf7 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. g4 Nb8 33. h4 Nc6 34. h5 Ne7 35. Ne3 Nc6 36. Nd5 Bd6 37. f3 exd4 38. cxd4 Nb4 39. Nc3 c6 40. Re2 Rd7 41. Be3 Red8 42. Red2 Be7 43. Ke2 Bd6 44. f4 Na6 45. Rc2 Bb4 46. Na2 c5 47. d5 Re8 48. Rc4 Nc7 49. Kf3 Red8 50. Nxb4 axb4 51. a5 bxa5 52. Bxc5 Nb5 53. Bb6 Ra8 54. e5 Rb7 55. e6+ Ke8 56. d6 Rxb6 57. Rc8+ Rxc8 58. d7+ Kd8 59. e7+ 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Sadhwani, Raunak"] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2629"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2024.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 Bg7 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. a6 b6 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 Bg4 11. Be3 Qe7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bd5 Rad8 14. Nbd2 Nb8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bc4 c5 17. Qc2 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Kh7 19. Bd3 Rd7 20. Nc4 Ne8 21. Be2 Nc7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 {Schnaider,I (2323)-Christiansen,J (2629) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (42)}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Kh7 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Nd2 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qd5 15. Bd2 f5 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. Re1 e4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ra3 exd3 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. cxd3 Nd4 22. Rc3 Nb5 23. Rb3 a6 24. Na3 {Esipenko,A (2678)-Amin,B (2663) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (36)}) 10. Be3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Re1 Nh5 12. d4 Bd7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 g5 16. Bd4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rad1 Nf4 21. Kf1 Kg7 22. Na4 Rd6 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Nb6 Rf7 25. Re3 {Llaneza Vega,P (2099)-Le Goff,R (2287) Sant Boi ESP 2023 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 10... a6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qd2 g5 13. Nd5 Ne7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nh2 Bg7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Nf1 Nh4 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. c3 Nf4 21. Qd2 f5 22. Ng3 Nxh3+ 23. gxh3 f4 24. Nf5 fxe3 25. Rxe3 {Schell,F (2006)-Wilkins,Z (1681) Bridgend WLS 2026 1-0 (52)}) 11. a6 b6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g3 Qg5 18. h4 Qe5 19. Kg2 Rf7 20. f4 Qc5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qe2 Raf8 23. Rae1 Nh5 24. Qg4 Qc4 25. Qe2 Qc6 26. Qb5 Qa8 27. Qc4 Re7 28. Kh3 Qc8 29. e5 d5 30. Qc6 Ref7 31. Nb5 Kh7 32. Ra1 g5 33. Nxa7 Qd8 34. Qxe6 Ng7 35. Qg4 gxf4 36. Nc6 Qe8 37. Nd4 Qxe5 38. a7 h5 39. Qd1 Ra8 40. Qd3+ Kg8 41. gxf4 Qf6 42. Rg1 c5 43. Nb5 Qe6+ 44. Kh2 Rxf4 45. Rg3 Rxh4+ 46. Kg1 c4 47. Nc7 Qe5 48. Qxd5+ Qxd5 49. Nxd5 c3 50. b3 Kh7 51. Nxb6 Nf5 52. Nxa8 Nxg3 53. Kg2 Nf5 54. Nb6 Rg4+ 55. Kf2 Rf4+ 56. Ke2 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 1-0 [Event "ChessKid Cup Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.01"] [Round "5.59"] [White "Bacrot, E."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2023.05.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Nf1 Na5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Be7 $146 ({RR} 9... Nxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Ng3 O-O 12. d4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Rxa7 c5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qe3 Ng4 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. O-O Bg4 19. Bf4 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bh3 21. Rd1 g5 22. Bxd6 Bf5 23. Nxf5 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 {Zimmermann,J (2287)-Torres,J (2259) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0}) 10. h3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Ng3 c5 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nh7 15. O-O O-O 16. Nh2 Bg5 17. f4 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rxf4 d5 20. Raf1 dxe4 21. dxe4 b4 22. c4 Ng5 23. Nh5 Rae8 24. h4 Nh7 25. Ng4 f5 26. Ne3 Rxe4 27. Qd3 Rxf4 28. Nxf4 Nf6 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Qd6 31. Qe6+ Qxe6 32. Nxe6 Rc8 33. Rf5 Ne4 34. Re5 Nd2 35. Nxc5 Kf7 36. Rd5 a5 37. Nb7 1-0 [Event "Armageddon Asia&Oceania W"] [Site "Berlin GER"] [Date "2023.04.04"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2708"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2023.04.04"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Nbd2 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 h6 10. b4 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Kh7 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. g3 Ng7 22. Nd2 Ne6 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (44)}) 8... Bxc4 ({RR} 8... Qd7 9. c3 h6 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 Rfe8 12. Qb3 Bf8 13. Rad1 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Ne3 a5 16. h3 Qc8 17. Nh4 Qe6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nf3 Bg7 20. Nd2 Rec8 21. Ra1 Ne7 22. d4 Nh5 23. Qd3 {Stepanencu,N (2348)-Indjic,A (2622) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (56)}) ({RR} 8... a5 9. c3 h6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nf1 a4 15. Be3 Nb6 16. N3d2 Qe8 17. Qg4 Qf7 18. Ng3 Kh7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. f4 Na5 21. Rc2 Nac4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Rf2 {Kadric,D (2553)-Dubov,D (2693) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (33)}) 9. Nxc4 a5 10. c3 $146 ({RR} 10. a4 h6 11. c3 Re8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. h3 Bf8 14. Ne3 b6 15. Qb5 Rad8 16. Nh2 d5 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 d4 19. Nd5 Re6 20. Qc4 Rd6 21. g5 Rg6 22. f4 dxc3 23. bxc3 Bc5+ 24. Kf1 exf4 {Ingebretsen,J (2415)-Elmi,S (2412) Bergen NOR 2025 0-1 (58)}) 10... Re8 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. d4 Nf6 14. Qb3 b6 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. h3 h6 17. Rad1 g6 18. Ne3 Kg7 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 b5 22. Qb2 Nh7 23. c4 Kg8 24. cxb5 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Qxd4 Rb8 27. Rc1 Rb7 28. b6 cxb6 29. Nxb6 Qe6 30. Nd5 Reb8 31. b5 Qe5 32. Qxe5 dxe5 33. b6 Kg7 34. Rc6 Nf8 35. Ra1 Ne6 36. Kh2 Nf4 37. Ra7 Nxd5 38. Rxb7 1-0 [Event "ChessKid Cup Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.24"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Fedoseev, Vl3"] [Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2627"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2023.05.22"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Be3 ({RR} 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Nc3 Nc4 15. Ne2 exd4 16. Nfxd4 Re8 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. b3 Ne5 19. Bb2 g6 20. Qd2 Bg7 21. Rad1 h5 22. f4 Nc6 23. Nf3 h4 24. Nxh4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxh4 {Firouzja,A (2785)-Dubov,D (2708) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (50)}) 11... Nc6 12. Nbd2 d5 $146 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. Re1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Kh8 17. Qe2 f5 18. Nf2 Be6 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Bb3 Bc8 21. e4 f4 22. Bd5 Rf6 23. Nf3 Rg6 24. Nh2 Bh4 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Bb3 Rg3 27. Nf3 {Skapikova,L (1899)-Cajka,T (2168) Senica 2012 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 12... h6 13. a4 Bd7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. b3 Rd8 20. f4 Ng6 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Nd5 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Bf2 Nc3 25. Qc2 b4 26. Qxg6 Bc8 27. Nc6 {Felix,R (2209)-Gulamirian,K (1890) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) 13. Bg5 d4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Bb3 Qd6 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Nh4 g6 18. f4 Nh5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Ng3 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxe7 Nxf1 23. Qxf1 Rfe8 24. f6 Qc7 25. Ne4 Rxe7 26. fxe7 Qxe7 27. fxe5 Kg7 28. Qf4 Rd8 29. Ng5 1-0 [Event "ChessKid Cup Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.01"] [Round "5.10"] [White "Moussard, J."] [Black "Pichot, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2638"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2023.05.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 d5 ({RR} 9... Na5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Ng3 Re8 17. a4 b4 18. b3 Rc8 19. Rb1 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. e6 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxc2 23. Bxh6 f6 24. f3 {So,W (2775)-Kamsky,G (2655) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (50)}) 10. exd5 ({RR} 10. Bb3 Re8 11. h3 a6 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bc2 d4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 c5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Bxb4 Nc6 18. Ba3 b5 19. Bb3 Be6 20. Bb2 Rc8 21. Ne2 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Nd7 23. Rac1 Qb6 24. Nf4 Nc5 {Hartge,G (2307)-Pidluznij,G (2399) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (73)}) 10... Nxd5 11. a4 Kh8 $146 ({RR} 11... a5 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. Bb5 Ne7 14. d4 c6 15. Bf1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ned5 17. h3 Qc7 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Ne4 Ne5 20. Qg3 f5 21. Nc5 f4 22. Qh2 Qf7 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Bxd3 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Nb4 26. Be4 {Schaffert,W (2037)-Shaik,S (2290) Benidorm ESP 2022 0-1 (40)}) 12. a5 f5 13. Qb3 Nde7 14. Ng3 Rb8 15. Qc2 b5 16. axb6 axb6 17. b4 b5 18. Bb3 Qd6 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Bc5 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Qd5 23. Qc2 Ra8 24. Qb1 Qf7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. d4 e4 27. Nd2 Nxd4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Qc2 Qxb4 30. Qc6 Rf8 31. Ndf1 Qd6 32. Qxd6 cxd6 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Ne2 Ra4 35. Red1 Be5 36. Ne3 Kg8 37. h4 Kf7 38. h5 b4 39. hxg6+ Kxg6 40. Nc4 b3 41. Nxe5+ dxe5 42. Rb2 Ra2 43. Rdb1 Rc8 44. Rxa2 bxa2 45. Ra1 Rc2 46. Nc1 Rc3 47. Kf1 f4 48. Ke1 Kf5 49. Kd2 Rc6 50. Rxa2 Rg6 51. Ra8 Rxg2 52. Rf8+ Kg4 53. Ke2 e3 54. Nd3 exf2 55. Nxe5+ Kh3 56. Rxf4 h5 57. Nd3 Kg3 58. Rf3+ Kh2 59. Kf1 Rg1+ 60. Kxf2 Rg2+ 61. Ke1 Rg1+ 62. Ke2 Rg2+ 63. Nf2 h4 64. Rh3+ 1-0 [Event "ChessKid Cup Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.05.01"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Amin, B."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2691"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2023.05.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Na5 ({RR} 6... Be7 7. d4 Bg4 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bb5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Rd3 Nd7 15. Na4 f5 16. Rad1 fxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6 18. Nc5 Rf7 19. Rc3 Ng4 20. Nb7 Nxe3 21. fxe3 {Aronian,L (2725)-Demchenko,A (2609) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (54)}) 7. Bb3 Nxb3 ({RR} 7... c6 8. d4 Qc7 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Bd2 Nxb3 14. axb3 Rd8 15. Qe2 b6 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Bg4 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nf8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 f6 22. Qe4 {Aronian,L (2764)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018 ½-½ (63)}) 8. axb3 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 8... c5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qg4 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qd4+ 17. Rf2 h5 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Re1 Kf8 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. Rd2 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd7 {Aronian,L (2773)-Amin,B (2667) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Ng3 {½-½ (10) Smekalov,A (2126)-Plekhanova,E (1869) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2024}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne2 a6 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Nh4 Be7 14. f4 Bh7 15. Nf3 exf4 16. Bxf4 O-O-O 17. Ng3 g5 18. Bd2 h5 19. Nxg5 hxg4 20. h4 Bg6 21. Bc3 Rxh4 22. Rxf6 Rdh8 23. Rxg6 Rh2+ 24. Kg1 fxg6 25. Bxh8 Rxh8 26. Qd2 Bf6 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. d4 Rh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Qe3 h4 32. e5 Qf5 33. exd6 cxd6 34. Qe6+ Qxe6 35. Nxe6 Kd7 36. Nf4 Ke7 37. Ng6+ Kf6 38. Nxh4 Kg5 39. Ng2 Kf5 40. Ne3+ Kf4 41. Nc4 d5 42. Nb6 Ke4 43. c3 a5 44. Kg2 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Aug Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.08.13"] [Round "11"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2674"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2024.08.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. c3 ({RR} 6. a5 g6 7. a6 b6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd2 Na5 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Bc4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. c4 Rc8 19. Qa4 c5 20. b4 Nh5 {Aronian,L (2729)-Pranav,V (2609) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 6. a5 g5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h4 g4 9. Nh2 Ne7 10. a6 b6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nxg4 Nxg3 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rh3 Nh5 17. Ne3 Nhf4 18. Rg3 Be5 19. Nf5 c6 20. d4 Bxd4 {Kadric,D (2553)-Sindarov,J (2674) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 6... g5 7. b4 $146 ({RR} 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1 Be6 9. Ne3 Qd7 10. a5 a6 11. b4 d5 12. b5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ng4 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Bc4 Qd7 17. Ba3 e4 18. O-O exf3 19. Qxf3 Nge5 20. Rfe1 O-O-O 21. Qe4 Nxc4 {Subervi,J (2034)-Ambartsumova,K (2418) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 7. a5 a6 8. Nbd2 g4 9. Ng1 Bg7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Ng3 h5 14. f3 Bh6 15. exd5 Be3+ 16. Kh1 h4 17. Nge4 Nxd5 18. Qe2 Ba7 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. fxg4 h3 21. Nf3 f5 {Sarquis,M (2143)-Chaves,J (1934) Florianopolis BRA 2026 0-1}) 7... Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nc4 g4 12. Nfd2 d5 13. Ne3 c6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rb1 h5 17. Ndf1 Qd7 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. Ngf5 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22. Bc2 Rdd8 23. g3 Bf8 24. Kg2 Nf4+ 25. gxf4 exf4 26. e5 Nd7 27. Nf1 Bd5+ 28. Kg1 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxf4 Be4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Be3 f6 33. N1g3 Rc4 34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Nxh5 Rd5 36. Nhg3 Kg6 37. Ne3 Rdxd4 38. cxd4 Rxd4 39. b5 Rxa4 40. bxc6 bxc6 41. Rc1 c5 42. Kg2 Bd6 43. Rd1 Be5 44. Rd5 c4 45. Nxg4 Bf4 46. Rd4 Bg5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 6th Aug Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.08.06"] [Round "10"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2659"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2024.08.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. Nc3 Ng8 9. Nd5 f5 10. h3 fxe4 ({RR} 10... f4 11. b4 Nf6 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. b5 Nd8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bd3 Nf7 16. Ba3 Bd7 17. c4 b6 18. Qc2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Rg8 20. c5 bxc5 21. dxc5 g5 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Bc4 g4 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxg8 {Castro Miguelez,J (2051)-Chyzy,J (2351) Santa Cruz de La Palma ESP 2026 0-1 (34)}) 11. dxe4 Be6 ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. a5 a6 13. Ra3 Be6 14. Nxf6 Bxc4 15. Nd5 Bb5 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nd2 Nd8 18. c4 Bc6 19. Qg4 Ne6 20. b4 Rae8 21. Nf3 Bd8 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Nd4 24. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxd7 26. Kg2 {Caruana,F (2822)-Grischuk,A (2766) Saint Louis 2018 ½-½ (67)}) 12. Qd3 Qd7 13. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Nce7 15. a5 a6 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nh5 20. Ra3 Nf4 21. Rb3 Qg5 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qe2 Rab8 24. g3 Qf7 25. Kg2 h6 26. h4 Kh7 27. Rd1 Qe6 {Hou,Y (2658)-Lagno,K (2546) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (80)}) 13... a6 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 h6 18. Bc3 Qe8 19. b4 Rb8 20. b5 Ne7 21. Qc4 axb5 22. axb5 Rc8 23. Ra1 Qh5 24. Ra7 Ng6 25. Bd2 Nh4 26. Qe2 Qg6 27. Nxh4 Bxh4 28. Be3 Qxe4 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4 b6 31. g3 Bg5 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. c4 Kf7 34. Bxb6 Ke6 35. Bxc7 Bd2 36. Rd1 Bb4 37. b6 Bc5 38. f3 e4 39. f4 e3 40. Kf3 g6 41. Rd3 h5 42. g5 Rf7 43. b7 Rfxc7 44. bxc8=Q+ Rxc8 45. Rg7 Rb8 46. Rxg6+ Ke7 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rh7 Rb2 49. Rxe3 Bxe3 50. Kxe3 Rb3+ 51. Ke4 Rxg3 52. Rxh5 Rc3 53. Kd5 Rf3 54. Kxd6 Rxf4 55. c5 Rd4+ 56. Kc7 Rd5 57. c6 Kg7 58. Kc8 Kg6 59. Rh1 Kxg5 60. c7 Kf6 61. Rb1 Rc5 62. Kb7 1-0 [Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "2024.09.06"] [Round "1.20"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2024.09.06"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 ({RR} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a4 Be6 9. a5 a6 10. Re1 Bxc4 11. dxc4 b6 12. axb6 cxb6 13. Nf1 b5 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. Ne3 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Na5 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qf3 Qd8 20. Nf1 Nb3 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 {Firouzja,A (2759)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com INT 2021 1-0 (60)}) 7... O-O 8. a5 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Re1 Nh7 10. Nbd2 Ng5 11. d4 Bf6 12. Nxg5 Bxg5 13. Nb3 Kh8 14. Bd5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Ne7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rcd1 Rd6 21. Kf1 Rfd8 22. Ke2 Kg8 23. f3 {Zwirs,N (2443)-Trent,L (2386) Amsterdam 2020 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 8... a6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ne3 Qe6 15. Nc4 e4 16. Nfd2 Rad8 17. d4 Na7 18. b4 Nb5 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. Qc2 Qd5 21. Ne3 Qh5 22. h3 Qg6 23. Nec4 {Subhayan,K (2363)-Xu,Z (2487) Hua Hin THA 2026 0-1}) 9. h3 b5 10. axb6 axb6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Ra8 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Nf1 Ne7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Ng3 Ng6 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. Be3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Qb5 25. Be3 d5 26. Nf3 Rc8 27. b4 Rc4 28. Nd4 Qb7 29. b5 Bc5 30. Nf5 d4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Qd5 33. Nc6 Qxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Nf4 35. b6 Rxc6 36. b7 Rb6 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. b8=Q Rxb8 39. Rxb8 g5 40. Rb7 Kg6 41. Kh2 h5 42. Rb6+ f6 43. g3 Nd3 44. Kg2 g4 45. h4 Kf5 46. Rb5+ Ne5 47. Kf1 Kg6 48. Ke2 Nf3 49. Ke3 Ne5 50. Ke4 Nf3 51. Rd5 Ne1 52. Rf5 1-0 [Event "11th Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2024.08.21"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2024.08.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 a5 ({RR} 9... h6 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. h3 h6 11. c3 a5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 Nb8 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 {Niemann,H (2692)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (59)}) 10. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 10. c3 b6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Rxc7 Rxd4 20. Qb3 Nd5 21. g3 Qh5 22. Rd7 Nf4 23. Rxd4 Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Qxe2 {Preman,N (2203)-Sakhayi,M (2166) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (33)}) 10... Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. f3 Re6 17. Ne3 Qg5 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. b3 Nf6 21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne3 b6 23. c4 Qg5 24. Qf2 Nd7 25. Nd5 Qd8 26. g4 Re5 27. Re3 Nc5 28. Qg3 h5 29. h3 Kg7 30. Nf4 Rh8 31. Kg2 hxg4 32. hxg4 Ree8 33. Ree1 Qf6 34. Rh1 c6 35. Nh3 Rd8 36. g5 Qb2+ 37. Nf2 Rxh1 38. Rxh1 d5 39. cxd5 cxd5 40. Rd1 Nxb3 41. exd5 Nc5 42. Qf4 Kg8 43. Kg3 Nb7 44. Qc7 Kg7 45. Ng4 Rh8 46. Qxb7 Qe2 47. Rg1 Qd2 48. Qe7 1-0 [Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "2024.09.06"] [Round "1.30"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.09.06"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nxe5 Nxc4 6. Nxc4 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. O-O Be6 9. Nc3 Qc6 10. Ne5 Qd6 $146 ({RR} 10... Qb6 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Na4 Qa5 13. c3 Bd6 14. b4 Qb5 15. Nf3 h6 16. Nd4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Rxd4 18. cxd4 Ng4+ 19. Kg1 Qh5 20. Bf4 Qf5 21. Qf3 Bd5 22. Re5 Nxe5 23. Qxd5 Qxf4 24. Qxe5 Qg4 25. Rc1 {Calderon Diestro,M (1818)-Garcia Castineira,I Collado Villalba 2009 1-0}) 11. Bf4 Qd4 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. a4 Nd5 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Bg3 Kb8 17. Rfe1 Be7 18. c3 Bf6 19. d4 Rd7 20. b4 Nxb4 21. cxb4 Bxc4 22. Nxc7 Rxc7 23. Bxc7+ Kxc7 24. b5 Qa5 25. Rec1 Qb4 26. Qd5 Kb8 27. Qxc4 Qd6 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Qd3 h5 30. g3 h4 31. Rac1 Rd8 32. d5 Be5 33. Qf3 Qg6 34. a5 Bd6 35. a6 b6 36. Rc6 h3 37. Qe3 Qf5 38. Rxb6+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 16th Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.16"] [Round "11"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2674"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2024.07.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g5 7. Re1 Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Ng3 d5 14. a5 a6 15. Be3 $146 ({RR} 15. Nf5 Qc7 16. h4 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nxh4 18. Nxh4 gxh4 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. Qh3 Nh7 21. Qxh4 Qxf5 22. Bxh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Re6 24. Qh3 Qxh3 25. gxh3 Rg6+ 26. Kf1 Ng5 27. Bd1 f6 28. Re3 Ne6 29. Rg3 Kh7 {Stoyanov,T (2373)-Percivaldi,M (2396) Anogia 2019 1-0 (58)}) 15... Be6 16. Ba4 Qd7 17. Nh2 Nf4 18. f3 Rad8 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bf8 21. Qc2 dxe4 22. dxe4 Qd3 23. Rad1 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Be7 25. Bb6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bf8 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. gxf5 Nh5 29. Rd7 Rb8 30. Bb3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 20th Feb Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2024.02.20"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Be7 ({RR} 6... Na5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bxa5 Qxa5 15. a4 Qb6 16. Nh4 d5 17. axb5 dxe4 18. bxc6 exd3 19. Qxd3 Bc5 20. Rf1 e4 21. Qc3 {Aronian,L (2764)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Leuven 2018 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 6... Na5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne2 a6 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Nh4 Be7 14. f4 Bh7 15. Nf3 exf4 16. Bxf4 O-O-O 17. Ng3 g5 18. Bd2 h5 19. Nxg5 hxg4 20. h4 Bg6 21. Bc3 {Aronian,L (2745)-Amin,B (2691) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (44)}) 7. d4 ({RR} 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Nh7 9. Be3 Ng5 10. Nd5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be6 12. c3 Kh8 13. Qh5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. d4 Nd3 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Bxf7 Nxb2 21. Rf5 Nd3 {Zarubitski,V (2398)-Lavrov,M (2344) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (42)}) 7... Bg4 8. dxe5 dxe5 $146 ({RR} 8... Nxe5 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bf8 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. b3 Ne5 18. c4 Ng6 19. Bc1 c6 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Bb2 a5 22. h3 a4 23. Nh5 {Ponomariov,R (2694)-Vallejo Pons,F (2707) Riadh 2017 1-0 (37)}) 9. Bb5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Rd3 Nd7 15. Na4 f5 16. Rad1 fxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6 18. Nc5 Rf7 19. Rc3 Ng4 20. Nb7 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Be7 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rb8 24. Rb3 Rf8+ 25. Kg1 Bg5 26. Na5 c5 27. Nc4 h5 28. Rd3 g6 29. Rd5 Rf7 30. Rxe5 Bf6 31. Rxc5 g5 32. Ne5 Re7 33. Nd3 Rxe4 34. Rxc7 Rxe3 35. Kf1 Rf3+ 36. Kg2 Re3 37. Rxa7 Re2+ 38. Kh1 Rxc2 39. Ra6 Kg7 40. Rd6 Rd2 41. a4 Bxb2 42. a5 Bc3 43. a6 Ra2 44. Nc5 Be5 45. Rd5 Bf4 46. h4 Kf6 47. hxg5+ Kg6 48. Ne6 Be3 49. Re5 Bf2 50. Nf4+ Kg7 51. Re7+ Kf8 52. Re6 h4 53. g6 Bg3 54. Nh5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2024.03.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. h3 g6 6. a4 $146 ({RR} 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bb3 Nh5 10. Re1 Kh7 11. Nf1 Nf4 12. d4 Qe7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne3 Ne6 15. Nd5 Qe8 16. Nh2 Na5 17. Bc2 c6 18. Ne3 b6 19. Nhg4 h5 20. Nh2 Ba6 {Martins,M (1621)-Kulon,K (2259) Guimaraes 2012 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a4 a5 9. Nh2 Nb4 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nf2 Bxb2 16. Bxh6 Re8 17. Rb1 Nc3 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. Qf3 Nxb1 20. Rxb1 Bd4 {Korshunov,S (2346)-Le,Q (2739) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 6. c3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rfe8 16. Na3 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Qd2 c5 19. Bxh6 Bxh3 20. Qg5 Qxg5 {Genkeswaran,G (2197)-Naranjo Moreno,A (2289) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (75)}) 6... Bg7 7. a5 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Kh7 10. a6 b6 11. Be3 Na5 12. b4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Be6 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. g4 Qf6 16. Kg2 Nf4+ 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Rad1 Be5 20. b5 Bg7 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Nd5 Re8 23. Rfe1 Rc8 24. Nd4 c6 25. bxc6 Bxc6 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Ne3 Qc8 28. Qd5 Re7 29. Rd3 Re6 30. Ra3 Bb2 31. Ra4 Bg7 32. Rd1 Qe8 33. Ra3 Rxe4 34. h4 Re5 35. Qd3 Kg8 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Rxh5 38. Kf1 Rg5 39. Ke2 Rcc5 40. Rb3 Rce5 41. Qxd6 Re6 42. Qd8 Be5 43. Qxe8+ Rxe8 44. Rd7 Bf4 45. Rxa7 Ra5 46. Rxb6 Ra2 47. Kf3 Bxe3 48. fxe3 Rxc2 49. Rc7 Rc3 50. Rf6 Rcxe3+ 51. Kg2 Re2+ 52. Rf2 Rxf2+ 53. Kxf2 Ra8 54. a7 Kg7 55. c5 Kf6 56. Rd7 Ke6 57. c6 h5 58. Kg3 Kf5 59. c7 Ke6 60. Rd8 Rxa7 61. c8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 27th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Pichot, A."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2024.02.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3 h6 ({RR} 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 Nb8 12. Nh2 Nbd7 13. Ng4 Qc8 14. Qf3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qd8 18. Ra3 Bf8 19. Rc3 Rc8 20. Be3 Qh4 21. Kh2 Bg7 22. g3 Qe7 23. Nh6+ {So,W (2769)-Abdusattorov,N (2725) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (77)}) 9. h3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 a5 11. b3 $146 ({RR} 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Be3 b6 13. c3 Re8 14. Nd2 Bf8 15. Qg4 Re6 16. b4 Ne7 17. Nb3 Ng6 18. g3 c6 19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Nxa5 Ne7 21. c5 dxc5 22. Bxc5 Nd7 23. Red1 Qc7 24. Be3 c5 25. Qe2 Nc6 {Oro,F (2465)-Kaufman,D (2447) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (35)}) 11... Nb8 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Qd3 c6 16. Ne2 g6 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. Qc3 b6 19. Nh2 Nc5 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Rad8 22. f3 Ne6 23. Kf2 Bg7 24. Rh1 Ng5 25. Rd3 Rd7 26. Qd2 Qd8 27. Rd1 Re6 28. Kg1 Bf6 29. Qf2 Rb7 30. Ne2 Kg7 31. Nc3 Be7 32. R1d2 Rf6 33. Kf1 Ne6 34. Ke1 Nc5 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Kd1 Qh8 37. g3 Re6 38. f4 exf4 39. gxf4 Bf6 40. e5 dxe5 41. f5 e4 42. fxe6 exd3 43. Rxd3 fxe6 44. Qxc5 Qf8 45. Qxa5 Rf7 46. Ne4 Bb2 47. Nd2 Rf1+ 48. Nxf1 Qxf1+ 49. Qe1 Qf4 50. c3 Qxg4+ 51. Kc2 Ba3 52. Qe5+ Kf7 53. b4 Qg2+ 54. Rd2 Qg4 55. Rd7+ Ke8 56. Rd4 Qf5+ 57. Qxf5 gxf5 58. a5 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.08.07"] [Round "2.23"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2703"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2024.07.25"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 h6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Qd3 c5 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Nd2 g6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bb5 20. c4 Bd7 21. b4 cxb4 22. axb4 Bg7 23. Ra2 Bf5 24. Qb3 g5 25. Nf1 Bg6 {Gorodetzky,M (2284)-Selbes,T (2235) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (67)}) 11... Rxe6 12. d4 Re8 13. Qd3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Qe2 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. Bd4 Re6 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. f4 Rae8 22. Qf3 b5 23. Re2 a5 24. Rde1 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Nd1 d5 27. e5 Ne4 28. Nf2 Nxf2 29. Bxf2 Ra8 30. Bg3 Ree8 31. Kh2 Qd7 32. Ne3 d4 33. Nc4 Qd5 34. Qd3 Ne7 35. Nb6 Qb5 36. Nxa8 Qxd3 37. cxd3 Rxa8 38. e6 f6 39. Bf2 c5 40. Rc1 Nc6 41. g4 g6 42. f5 g5 43. Kg2 b3 44. Bg3 Be7 45. Kf3 Nb4 46. Ke4 Ra2 47. Be1 Nc6 48. Kd5 Nd8 49. Bg3 Ra5 50. Kc4 Ra4+ 51. Kxb3 Rb4+ 52. Kc2 Nc6 53. Ra1 Rb7 54. Ra8+ Kg7 55. Be1 Ne5 56. Bd2 c4 57. Rxe5 fxe5 58. dxc4 e4 59. b3 d3+ 60. Kc1 Rxb3 61. Ra7 Kf6 62. Be3 Ba3+ 63. Rxa3 Rxa3 64. Bd4+ Ke7 65. Bc5+ Kf6 66. Bxa3 e3 67. Bc5 e2 68. Kd2 Ke5 69. Bf2 Kf4 70. e7 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.08.07"] [Round "2.5"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2703"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2024.07.25"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. c3 $146 ({RR} 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. c3 Qc8 14. Bd2 Ne7 15. d4 Ng6 16. Bd3 c6 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Rad1 b5 19. b3 Reb8 20. Nf5 Be6 21. c4 bxa4 22. bxa4 Bc8 23. c5 dxc5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Bc3 Qe6 {Amin,B (2636)-Jovanovic,Z (2525) Muelheim GER 2025 1-0}) 12... Bxc4 13. dxc4 Nb8 14. c5 Na6 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Bc5 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Kf1 Kh7 20. Ke2 g6 21. Nh2 Bf8 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Bc1 Bf8 24. Be3 Bc5 25. Nf3 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Nc5 28. Ra1 Nfd7 29. b4 Ne6 30. Rd1 Nef8 31. bxa5 Ra8 32. Rb1 Ra7 33. Nd2 Rxa5 34. Rxb7 Ne6 35. Rb4 Nb6 36. Nc4 Nxc4+ 37. Rxc4 c5 38. Ne2 Nd8 39. Nc1 Nb7 40. Nb3 Ra7 41. Nxc5 Nd6 42. Rb4 Rc7 43. Nd3 Rxc3 44. Kd2 Rc7 45. Nxe5 Re7 46. f4 f6 47. Nc6 Rc7 48. Na5 Ra7 49. Nb3 g5 50. g3 gxf4 51. gxf4 Kg6 52. a5 Kh5 53. Rd4 Nb5 54. Rd5+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.02"] [Round "7"] [White "Bacrot, E."] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2656"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2024.07.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. Be3 Qd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Kh8 12. Nxe5 $146 ({RR} 12. g4 Bg6 13. a5 a6 14. c3 Nd8 15. Ba2 c6 16. Nd2 Ne6 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Nb6 Qc7 19. Qd2 Qb8 20. Kg2 Nc7 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Ne6 23. Bg3 Bg5 24. Qf2 h5 25. h4 Be7 26. Qe2 Bxh4 {Perez Gormaz,M (2383)-Yin,E (2098) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (35)}) 12... Nxe5 13. Qxh5 c6 14. Bb3 f5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Rae1 b6 17. g4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Rae8 19. g5 d5 20. f5 Ne5 21. g6 h6 22. Bxh6 Kg8 23. Be3 Bc5 24. Qh7# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 18th Jun Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.06.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2632"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2024.06.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Re1 Qe7 11. Kh1 ({RR} 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 Be6 13. f5 O-O 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nf3 c5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. a3 Rab8 19. Ra2 Rfe8 20. Qe4 a5 21. g3 Qf7 22. Kg2 h6 23. h4 Rb6 24. Re2 Reb8 25. c4 Ne7 {Niemann,H (2688)-Maurizzi,M (2617) Chartres FRA 2024 1-0 (38)}) 11... Bb7 ({RR} 11... O-O 12. f4 f6 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bg5 Qb4 17. b3 Qd4 18. Rc1 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Qxd1 20. Rcxd1 Nc3 21. Rd7 Nxe4 22. Be7 Rf7 23. Rxc7 Nf6 24. Bd6 Rxc7 25. Bxc7 e4 26. Kg1 {So,W (2760)-Mamedyarov,S (2741) chess24.com INT 2022 1-0 (40)}) 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Rxe5 ({RR} 13. Qg4+ f5 14. Qxf5+ Nd7 15. Rxe5 Qh4 16. g3 c5+ 17. Kg1 Qh6 18. Re6 g6 19. Nc3 Qg7 20. Qg4 c4 21. f5 Ne5 22. Qe2 Nf3+ 23. Kf2 Nd4 24. Re7 Qf6 25. Qe5 Qc6 26. Ne4 Nxf5 27. Re6 Nd6 {Hong,J (1924)-Schwarz,D (2035) Llinars del Valles ESP 2026 0-1 (69)}) 13... Qd6 $146 ({RR} 13... Qh4 14. Nc3 c5 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Rh5 Qf6 17. Bd2 g6 18. Rg5 Rhe8 19. Qf2 h6 20. Rg3 Qc6 21. Re1 Nf6 22. Kg1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 c4 24. Qf2 cxd3 25. cxd3 Qa6 26. h3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Qxd3 28. Qe2 {Hansen,S (2520)-Hector,J (2438) Snekkersten DEN 2024 ½-½ (69)}) 14. Nc3 c5 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Rg5 Rde8 17. Qg1 h5 18. Ne4 Qe6 19. Bxc5 f5 20. Nc3 h4 21. h3 Nf6 22. Qd4 Nh5 23. Kh2 Qc6 24. Rg1 g6 25. b4 Rd8 26. Qf2 Ng3 27. b5 Qf6 28. Ne2 Nxe2 29. Qxe2 Rhe8 30. Qf2 a6 31. a4 axb5 32. axb5 Rd5 33. b6 cxb6 34. Bxb6 Qd6 35. Be3 Ra5 36. Re1 Qc6 37. Qxh4 Ra2 38. Re2 Rxc2 39. Rxc2 Qxc2 40. Qf2 Qxd3 41. Bb6 Bc6 42. Rxg6 Qd5 43. Qc5 Qxc5 44. Bxc5 Kb7 45. Bd6 Re2 46. Be5 Bf3 47. Rg5 Be4 48. h4 Kc6 49. h5 Rd2 50. h6 Rd7 51. Rg7 Rd2 52. h7 1-0 [Event "12th Norway Armageddon"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2024.06.04"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2794"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2024.05.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Bc5 6. b4 Be7 7. Qb3 O-O 8. a4 d6 9. O-O Nb8 10. Qa2 a5 11. b5 c6 12. Nbd2 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 12... Nbd7 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 16. Bb3 d5 17. e5 Nh5 18. Ba3 Nf4 19. g3 Nd3 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qa3 Nb4 22. Rac1 Ba6 23. Rfe1 c5 24. Bc2 c4 25. Nh4 Qd7 26. Bf5 Qxa4 27. Qf3 {Zlatkov,A (2389)-Sahakyan,A (2349) Cetinje MNE 2026 0-1 (41)}) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Bb3 Nbd7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bd6 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Ba3 Rac8 21. c4 Bg6 22. d4 Bxa3 23. Qxa3 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxd4 25. Rad1 Qf4 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Bc2 28. Ba2 Ne4 29. Rd7 Nc5 30. Rde7 Nd3 31. R1e3 Nb4 32. Nd6 Rcd8 33. Bxf7+ Rxf7 34. Nxf7 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Nd5 36. Nxh6+ gxh6 37. Rg3+ Kf8 38. Rxb7 Bxa4 39. Rg6 Ne7 40. Re6 Nc8 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.08"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Mamedov, Rau"] [Black "Wagner, De"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.05.08"] 1. e4 {Edouard,Romain} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bb3 ({RR} 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Nd2 b5 12. c4 a6 13. a4 Be6 14. axb5 axb5 15. cxb5 Nxb3 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. cxb3 Rb8 18. Nc4 Rxb5 19. Nxd6 Rxb3 20. Qc2 Qa6 21. Qxc5 Rxd3 22. Nf5 Bxf5 {Horvath,D (2560)-Blohberger,F (2560) Linz AUT 2026 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 Re8 10. Bb3 Ne7 11. Nh4 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Qf3 Ng6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. d4 Qe7 16. Ba3 Qf7 17. Rab1 b6 18. Re3 Bc4 19. Qd1 Rad8 20. Qe1 g5 21. d5 Ba6 22. c4 Kh8 {Mamedov,R (2657)-Keymer,V (2730) London ENG 2025 0-1 (45)}) 8... d5 ({RR} 8... d6) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 10. h3 Nxc3 11. Qe1 Nd4 12. Nxe5 ({RR} 12. Qxc3 Ne2+) 12... Nce2+ 13. Kh1 ({RR} 13. Kh2) 13... Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nxb3 15. Qxe2 ({RR} 15. axb3 Qd5+) 15... Qd5+ 16. Kh2 Nxa1 17. Bb2 Rae8 ({RR} 17... Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Rfe8 19. Ng4 Qd6+) ({RR} 17... Qd6 18. f4 Rae8 19. Qf2 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 f6 21. Ng6 Rf7) 18. Rg1 f6 ({RR} 18... Qd6 19. Rg3 ({RR} 19. Qg4 g6)) 19. Qg4 g5 20. Qf5 Re7 ({RR} 20... Rxe5 21. Qg6+ Kh8) 21. Ng6 Qd6+ 22. Rg3 Nxc2 ({RR} 22... Re1 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. Bxf6 Qf4 25. Bg7+) 23. Nxf8 Nd4 ({RR} 23... Kxf8 24. Bxf6 Rf7 25. Qc8+) ({RR} 23... Ne3 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Qg6+ Kxf8 26. Qxf6+ Qxf6 27. Bxf6) 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 {Carlsen,M (2862)-Dubov,D (2710) chess24.com INT 2021 CBM 201 [Edouard,Romain] 1-0}) ({RR} 10. Re1 Bg4) 10... Qd6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Re1 Rae8 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. Qe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 Nh7 16. d4 e4 17. Bf4 Qa3 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f5 20. Qg3 Qe7 21. Bxc7 Qf6 22. Be5 f4 23. Bxf6 fxg3 24. Bh4 gxf2+ 25. Bxf2 Nf6 26. Bg3 Rc8 27. c4 b5 28. c5 Bc6 29. Be5 Rcd8 30. Rad1 Nd5 31. Rxe4 Nc3 32. Rg4 Nxd1 33. Rxg7 Rd5 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 35. Rd7+ Kg8 36. Rxd5 Nc3 37. Rd7 Rf7 38. c6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 11th Jun Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.06.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Dominguez Perez, L."] [Black "Bartel, Mat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2748"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2024.06.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Nc3 ({RR} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. c3 Qd7 11. Na3 Rad8 12. Nc4 b6 13. Rb1 Qe8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Na3 Qg6 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. b4 h6 18. Kh1 d5 19. Bd2 Kh8 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. c4 c6 22. Nc3 dxc4 23. dxc4 Nxc4 {Erigaisi,A (2701)-Carlsen,M (2852) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (52)}) 9... Nb4 $146 ({RR} 9... Bxc4 10. dxc4 Nd7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. c3 Bf8 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. Rad1 f6 17. Rd3 Nd8 18. Nh4 Ne6 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Qd1 Qd8 21. Qg4 c6 22. Ne3 Qe7 23. Nef5 Qf7 24. Rd1 {Movsesian,S (2608)-Blohberger,F (2503) Warsaw 2021 ½-½}) ({RR} 9... Qd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. c3 d5 16. Bf1 Na6 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Bd6 19. Bd3 Rfe8 20. Bd2 Ne4 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. Bxg5 h6 23. Bd2 Nc7 24. Qf3 {Gautier,A (2312)-Stefan,R (2119) Biel SUI 2026 1-0 (58)}) 10. b3 c6 11. Bb2 h6 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 e4 15. Nfd4 Bd7 16. Ng3 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 exd3 18. cxd3 Qd7 19. Qf3 Ra6 20. Nf5 Bd8 21. Re2 Re6 22. Nbd4 Rxe2 23. Nxe2 Re8 24. Neg3 d4 25. Rc1 Nc6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qg4 Qxf5 28. Qxf5 Nf6 29. Qf3 Be7 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Bc1 Bb4 32. Re2 Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Bxh6 Rd5 35. Qf3 Ne5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Bf4 Re6 38. Qxb7 Nh5 39. g3 Nxf4 40. gxf4 Rg6+ 41. Kf1 Rf6 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qc7 g6 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Qe5 Bc3 46. h4 Bb4 47. f5 Bd6 48. Qxd4 gxf5 49. h5 Be7 50. Kf3 Kh6 51. Qe3+ Kxh5 52. Qxe7 Kg6 53. Qe3 Re6 54. Qd4 f6 55. Qd5 Re5 56. Qg8+ Kh5 57. Kf4 Re2 58. Qh7# 1-0 [Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024"] [Site "Chartres FRA"] [Date "2024.05.31"] [Round "2.10"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Maurizzi, Marc'Andria"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2617"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.05.30"] [WhiteTeam "TREMBLAY EN FRANCE"] [BlackTeam "C'CHARTRES Echecs"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Re1 Qe7 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 Be6 13. f5 O-O 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nf3 c5 ({RR} 15... Qf6 16. fxe6 Bxb2 17. Bxb2 Qxb2 18. Qe2 Qf6 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Ne5 Re7 21. d4 Rae8 22. Qc4 Qe6 23. Qc5 Nb6 24. Rf1 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Qxa7 Qd5 27. Qa4 Re4 28. c3 c5 29. Qb5 c6 30. Qxc5 {Yip,C (2466)-Lagno,K (2508) Kolkata IND 2026 ½-½ (53)}) 16. fxe6 $146 ({RR} 16. c3 Bf2 17. Re2 Be3 18. c4 Bxc1 19. cxd5 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bf6 21. dxe6 Rab8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. g3 fxe6 24. fxe6 Qd6 25. Qc2 Kf8 26. d4 cxd4 27. Qxh7 Ke7 28. Qh5 Rf8 29. Nh4 Qc6+ 30. Kg1 Kd8 {Storme,I (2466)-Hector,J (2430) Uppsala SWE 2025 ½-½ (37)}) 16... fxe6 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. a3 Rab8 19. Ra2 Rfe8 20. Qe4 a5 21. g3 Qf7 22. Kg2 h6 23. h4 Rb6 24. Re2 Reb8 25. c4 Ne7 26. Be3 Rxb2 27. Raxb2 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 29. Bxc5 Nf5 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qxa5 Qg6 32. Bf2 Bc1 33. Qxc7 Bxa3 34. c5 Bc1 35. Qe5 Qe8 36. Qe4 h5 37. Nd4 Qg6 38. Nxe6 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 L"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.12"] [Round "3.1"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2704"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2024.05.11"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 a6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Re1 Kh8 9. c3 Ng8 10. d4 f5 11. dxe5 fxe4 12. Rxe4 Rxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. Bxg8 Qxg8 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Re3 Ng6 17. Bg3 h5 18. Ra4 Bg5 19. f4 Bh6 20. Qxh5 Bxb1 21. f5 Qd5 22. Rd4 Qxf5 {Sindarov,J (2661)-Aronian,L (2745) Astana KAZ 2023 0-1 (56)}) 8... Be6 9. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Re1 Qd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Rfe8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. Ne2 g6 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. Qe2 Nh7 16. Bc3 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Rf8 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Rb2 f5 20. Reb1 Nd8 21. c5 f4 22. Nf1 g5 23. cxd6 cxd6 {Cahaya,S (2184)-Skaric,D (2297) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Kh7 12. c3 Ne7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Nh4 Rg8 15. Qf3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rae1 Nf4 18. Re4 Bg4 19. Qe3 f5 20. Rxe5 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Qxh4 22. d4 f4 23. Qe4+ f5 {Dann,M (2425)-Tanenbaum,Z (2300) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (52)}) 9... Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c3 Nbxd5 12. Qb3 c6 13. Qxb7 Qe8 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Ba2 h6 17. d4 e4 18. Nd2 d5 19. f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 Ne4 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Rae1 f5 24. Qa4 Nb5 25. Qd1 Kh8 26. h4 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Bh2 Kg7 29. Bb1 Nc7 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. g4 f4 32. Rxe4 Nd5 33. Qd3 Qe6 34. Nf3 Qxg4+ 35. Kf2 Rh8 36. Rg1 Rxh2+ 37. Nxh2 Qh4+ 38. Kf1 Ne3+ 39. Rxe3 fxe3 40. Qxe3 Rf8+ 41. Nf3 g4 42. Ke2 Qh5 43. Qg5+ Qxg5 44. Nxg5 Kg6 45. Rxg4 Kf5 46. Rg1 Rg8 47. Rf1+ Kg4 48. Ne4 1-0 [Event "30th Abu Dhabi Masters"] [Site "Abu Dhabi UAE"] [Date "2024.08.24"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Tabatabaei, M."] [Black "Anton Guijarro, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2669"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2024.08.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Re1 Qe7 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 Be6 13. f5 O-O 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. c3 Qf2 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bd2 Rab8 $146 ({RR} 19... Rf6 20. Rf1 Qh4 21. Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. Re1 e5 24. Kg1 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Rf1 Qxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 c5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Kf3 Kf6 31. Ke4 Ke6 32. g4 c6 33. a4 g6 34. b3 {Pechac,J (2522)-Ioannidis,E (2479) Prishtina KOS 2025 1-0 (37)}) 20. b3 Rf6 21. Rf1 Qxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 c5 24. Kg1 a5 25. Rb1 Kf7 26. Kf1 a4 27. c4 Nf6 28. Bc3 Nd7 29. Ke2 axb3 30. a4 e5 31. Kd2 Ke6 32. a5 h5 33. Ra1 h4 34. Kc1 Nf6 35. a6 Ng4 36. a7 Ra8 37. Ra6+ Kf5 38. Kb2 g5 39. Ba5 Nxh2 40. Bxc7 Ng4 41. Bb8 Ne3 42. Rc6 Nxg2 43. Rxc5 Nf4 44. Rxe5+ Kg4 45. Re8 Nxd3+ 46. Kxb3 h3 47. Rh8 Nf4 48. c5 Ng6 49. c6 Ne7 50. c7 Kf5 51. Re8 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 21st May Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.21"] [Round "10"] [White "Onischuk, V."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2614"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2024.05.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Ng3 Na5 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. b4 d5 13. Qb3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qd7 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Be3 Re8 17. h3 Rb8 18. b5 axb5 19. Qxb5 Qe6 20. Nd2 Bf8 21. Nc4 h5 22. f3 Red8 23. Nh1 Ne8 24. Nf2 {Onischuk,V (2622)-Kamsky,G (2665) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 9... d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ba4 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nc5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. Nd2 a5 18. b3 Reb8 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Nb2 Nb6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Na4 Nb6 23. Nc5 a4 24. Nxe6 {Bauer,C (2562)-Ernst,R (2381) Karlsruhe GER 2026 ½-½ (61)}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Re8 15. d5 Nb8 16. h3 Nbd7 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Qc2 a5 19. Rac1 a4 20. Bd2 Nfd7 21. b4 axb3 22. axb3 Qf6 23. b4 Na6 24. Qd3 {Onischuk,V (2619)-Tang,A (2502) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (50)}) 10. Bc2 c5 11. O-O $146 ({RR} 11. h3 Nc6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. O-O d5 14. Nh2 b6 15. f4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Ba6 17. Rf2 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nfd7 20. Nf1 Rad8 21. Ne3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Kh7 {Rindhiya,V (1793)-Aakanksha,H (2202) Hatkanangale IND 2022 0-1 (40)}) 11... Nc6 12. Re1 Re8 13. h3 d5 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 b6 17. Nd6 Re6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Bb3 Rd8 20. Ncxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxd5 Ba4 22. Bb3 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 25. Kg2 Bxb3 26. axb3 a5 27. Bf4 Qe7 28. Rxe1 Qxe1 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qxb6 Qe2 31. Qxc5 Qxb2 32. Qd5 Kg8 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qxa5 Qxb3 35. Be5 Bxe5 36. Qxe5 Qc4 37. Qd4 Qb5 38. h4 g5 39. c4 Qb4 40. Qe4+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.12"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2707"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2024.05.10"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 a5 10. c3 Re8 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. d4 Nf6 14. Qb3 b6 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. h3 h6 17. Rad1 g6 18. Ne3 Kg7 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 b5 22. Qb2 Nh7 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Dubov,D (2708) Berlin GER 2023 1-0 (38)}) 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 ({RR} 9... h6 10. b4 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Kh7 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. g3 Ng7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Nb3 h5 24. h4 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (44)}) 10. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Ne3 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 f5 20. f3 Rf7 21. c3 h5 22. Rab1 axb4 23. axb4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Raf8 {Gabrielian,A (2407)-Paravyan,D (2582) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (51)}) 10... b6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nb8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. b4 h6 15. c4 Re8 16. g3 Bf8 17. Nd2 Be7 18. h4 Rf8 19. Nb3 axb4 20. axb4 Nf6 21. c5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 bxc5 23. bxc5 Ng4 24. Kg2 Nxe3+ 25. Qxe3 dxc5 26. Nxc5 c6 27. dxc6 Qd6 28. Nd7 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Nxe5 Qb5 32. Nd3 h5 33. Nf4 Qe5 34. Qd3 Bxh4 35. Qd5 Qxd5 36. exd5 Be7 37. Nxh5 f5 38. Nf4 Kf7 39. Kf3 g5 40. Nd3 g4+ 41. Ke3 Bd6 42. Kd4 Kf6 43. Kc4 Ke7 44. Nc5 Bb8 45. Ne6 Kd7 46. Ng7 f4 47. Nh5 fxg3 48. fxg3 Kd6 49. Kd4 Ba7+ 50. Ke4 Bf2 51. Ng7 Be1 52. Nf5+ Kc5 53. Ke5 Kc4 54. d6 Kd3 55. d7 Ba5 56. Ke6 Ke4 57. Ng7 Bc7 58. Nh5 Bd8 59. Kf7 Bg5 60. Ke8 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.11"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Oparin, G."] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2704"] [PlyCount "161"] [EventDate "2024.05.10"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. Nd5 ({RR} 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Nd5 Ne6 12. Ne3 g6 13. f3 Nh5 14. Ndf1 Bg5 15. g3 b6 16. c3 Nhg7 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ng2 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 f4 21. Nd2 Nf5 22. Ne4 Kh8 23. g4 Nh4 24. Rc2 Ng5 {Nakamura,H (2802)-Giri,A (2733) New York USA 2024 ½-½ (63)}) 10... b6 ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. c3 b6 12. b4 Nf6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. b5 Bxg5 16. bxc6 Qd8 17. Rad1 Bh6 18. c5 bxc5 19. Qb7 Kh8 20. Rb1 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. c4 Rf8 23. h3 Rc8 24. Rb5 Nf6 25. Rxa5 {Kleimenov,N (2332)-Vershinin,I (2320) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Be3 Ncb8 12. c3 Na6 13. b4 Re8 14. Bd2 Bf8 15. Qb3 c6 16. Ne3 Nc7 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. Nf5 axb4 19. cxb4 c5 20. a5 cxb4 21. Bxb4 Ndc5 22. Qb1 Qc7 23. Ne3 Qc6 24. Nd5 Nd7 25. Rc1 {Oparin,G (2653)-Pranav,V (2621) New York USA 2024 0-1 (50)}) 11. Ra3 $146 ({RR} 11. c3 h6 12. Qc2 Nh7 13. h3 Bg5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Rad1 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qe8 18. f3 f6 19. Ra1 Qc6 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Qa2 Rfd8 22. b4 Nf8 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Qb3 Nd7 {Yudin,S (2556)-Krivonos,N (2295) Irkutsk 2010 1-0 (56)}) 11... Nb8 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Rae3 h6 14. b3 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc5 16. R3e2 Ne6 17. g3 Qc8 18. h4 Rd8 19. Rd1 Bf6 20. Kg2 c6 21. Qd3 Nc5 22. Qe3 Qb7 23. Ba3 Be7 24. Red2 Qc7 25. Nh2 Rd7 26. Qf3 Rad8 27. Ng4 h5 28. Nh2 g6 29. Qe3 Ne6 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Bb2 Qb7 32. Qe2 Qc7 33. Qe1 Qb7 34. Qe3 Qc7 35. Ba3 Qb8 36. Rd3 Qc7 37. Qe2 Bg7 38. Ng5 Nc5 39. Bxc5 dxc5 40. Nf3 Bf6 41. Nh2 Kg7 42. Nf1 Rd6 43. Qf3 R8d7 44. Qe3 Qd8 45. Qe2 Rxd3 46. cxd3 Rd6 47. Qe3 Qd7 48. Nh2 Be7 49. Qf3 Bf6 50. Rd2 Be7 51. Nf1 Qe6 52. Qe2 Bf6 53. Ne3 Be7 54. Rd1 Bf6 55. Kf1 Qh3+ 56. Ke1 Qe6 57. Kd2 Qd7 58. Kc2 Kf8 59. Qf3 Ke8 60. Qe2 Kd8 61. Rh1 Kc7 62. Nd1 Kb7 63. Qe3 Bg7 64. Re1 f5 65. f3 Qf7 66. Rf1 f4 67. Qg1 fxg3 68. Qxg3 Bf6 69. Nf2 Qd7 70. Qxg6 Bxh4 71. Qxh5 Bg3 72. Qg4 Bf4 73. Qxd7+ Rxd7 74. Rh1 Be3 75. Ng4 Bd4 76. Kd2 Rf7 77. Ke2 b5 78. Rh5 Re7 79. cxb5 cxb5 80. Nf6 bxa4 81. bxa4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 27th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Pichot, A."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2024.02.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3 h6 ({RR} 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 Nb8 12. Nh2 Nbd7 13. Ng4 Qc8 14. Qf3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qd8 18. Ra3 Bf8 19. Rc3 Rc8 20. Be3 Qh4 21. Kh2 Bg7 22. g3 Qe7 23. Nh6+ {So,W (2769)-Abdusattorov,N (2725) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (77)}) 9. h3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 a5 11. b3 $146 ({RR} 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Be3 b6 13. c3 Re8 14. Nd2 Bf8 15. Qg4 Re6 16. b4 Ne7 17. Nb3 Ng6 18. g3 c6 19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Nxa5 Ne7 21. c5 dxc5 22. Bxc5 Nd7 23. Red1 Qc7 24. Be3 c5 25. Qe2 Nc6 {Oro,F (2465)-Kaufman,D (2447) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (35)}) 11... Nb8 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Qd3 c6 16. Ne2 g6 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. Qc3 b6 19. Nh2 Nc5 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Rad8 22. f3 Ne6 23. Kf2 Bg7 24. Rh1 Ng5 25. Rd3 Rd7 26. Qd2 Qd8 27. Rd1 Re6 28. Kg1 Bf6 29. Qf2 Rb7 30. Ne2 Kg7 31. Nc3 Be7 32. R1d2 Rf6 33. Kf1 Ne6 34. Ke1 Nc5 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Kd1 Qh8 37. g3 Re6 38. f4 exf4 39. gxf4 Bf6 40. e5 dxe5 41. f5 e4 42. fxe6 exd3 43. Rxd3 fxe6 44. Qxc5 Qf8 45. Qxa5 Rf7 46. Ne4 Bb2 47. Nd2 Rf1+ 48. Nxf1 Qxf1+ 49. Qe1 Qf4 50. c3 Qxg4+ 51. Kc2 Ba3 52. Qe5+ Kf7 53. b4 Qg2+ 54. Rd2 Qg4 55. Rd7+ Ke8 56. Rd4 Qf5+ 57. Qxf5 gxf5 58. a5 1-0 [Event "Teplice op 15th"] [Site "Teplice"] [Date "2022.06.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Black "Demchenko, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2022.06.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Nh7 9. a5 a6 10. d4 Bg4 ({RR} 10... Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qd7 18. Qd3 Qb5 19. c4 Qc6 20. Re2 b5 21. axb6 cxb6 22. Be3 Rfc8 23. Rc1 b5 24. b3 bxc4 25. Rxc4 {Jovanovic,Z (2558)-Vitiugov,N (2687) Budva 2009 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 10... Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. d5 Nb8 13. Bf1 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Qc2 Rf8 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. Ne4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nd7 {½-½ (18) Varney,Z (2001)-Baker,C (2186) England ENG 2026}) 11. d5 Na7 $146 ({RR} 11... Nb8 12. h3 Bc8 13. Nbd2 Ng5 14. b4 f5 15. Nxe5 Bf6 16. Ng6 Bxc3 17. Nxf8 Qxf8 18. Rb1 f4 19. Rb3 Be5 20. Be2 Bd7 21. Ra3 Be8 22. Qc2 Nd7 23. Qxc7 Bd4 24. h4 f3 25. Bxf3 Nh3+ 26. gxh3 {De la Paz Perdomo,F (2464)-Sanchez Romero,M (2197) Barbera del Valles 2005 1-0 (31)}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. Nd2 g6 15. g3 h5 16. h4 Bh6 17. Bf1 Nc8 18. c4 Ne7 19. c5 f5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Bh3 Rc8 22. Nc4 Bxc1 23. Raxc1 Rc5 24. Qa3 Nc8 25. Ne3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Ne7 27. Qb4 Qb8 28. Qb6 Nf6 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Nxf5 Nxd5 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. Nxd6 Nb4 34. Rc3 Nc6 35. Nxb7 Nd4 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Nc5 Rb8 38. Nxa6 Rxb2 39. Nc5 Ra2 40. a6 Kf6 41. Rc4 Nb5 42. Ra4 1-0 [Event "TEPE SIGEMAN 2024"] [Site "Malmö"] [Date "2024.05.01"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [EventCountry "SWE"] {[%evp 15,71,23,33,26,33,6,6,12,14,-23,2,-26,51,-12,-5,-19,3,-12,-12,-15,-15,-41,45,34,41,39,42,26,27,28,30,28,34,42,77,79,76,75,84,83,83,43,41,40,91,81,153,153,195,193,352,352,334,339,352,351,448,458]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} O-O 8. O-O ({RR} 8. a5 a6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. O-O c5 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bg7 16. c3 Rb8 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Ra4 h5 19. Qa1 Bh6 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Ra3 Rf8 22. Bd5 Ne7 {Caruana,F (2795)-Pranav,V (2641) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (72)}) 8... h6 9. a5 a6 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. a6 bxa6 12. Bxa6 Nb4 13. Bc4 c5 14. Nh2 Nh5 15. Nf1 Nf4 16. Ne2 d5 17. exd5 Nfxd5 18. c3 Nc6 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nc2 Rfd8 22. Be3 Qd5 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. dxc4 {Tetepoulidis,I (2091)-Magkalakis,S (2347) Kalamaria GRE 2026 0-1 (48)}) 10. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Re1 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. c4 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. b4 g5 18. Nh2 c6 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. f4 gxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxb4 23. Ng4 Re7 24. Rf1 Qc5 {Wieczorek,O (2504)-Deac,B (2707) chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 10. Be3 Kh7 11. Re1 Nh5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 Nf6 15. f4 Nc6 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Kh1 Rb8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nd7 22. Bxc6 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rxb2 24. Nd5 Qe6 {Wieczorek,O (2491)-Kim,S (2295) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 10. Be3 Kh7 11. d4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Bxh6 dxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nxe5 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. c3 Nf5 18. Bd5 Nd6 19. Nc4 c6 20. Nxd6 cxd5 21. Nxc8 Raxc8 22. Rfd1 Rc5 23. Rd4 Rb5 24. b4 Rc8 {Korchmar,V (2450)-Sjugirov,S (2663) chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 10. Be3 Kh8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Qd2 g5 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Ba4 c6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nh4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Bb3 Nxf5 21. Bb6 d5 22. Na4 Rae8 23. Nc5 Qc8 24. c3 Nd6 {Wieczorek,O (2504)-Bartel,M (2627) Wroclaw POL 2022 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 10. Re1 Be6 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 Kh7 16. Qb1 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qd5 18. Qa2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qb5 20. Bf2 Rf6 21. Re2 Rfe6 22. Rde1 Nb4 23. Qb3 Nd5 24. Qa2 Nf4 {Mammadov,Z (2426)-Petriashvili,N (2463) Ankara TUR 2024 0-1 (49)}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 {The position is equal.} Kh7 12. c3 f5 13. Re1 Qf6 (13... f4 $11) 14. b4 (14. d4 $14) 14... Ne7 $11 {Black wants to play ...fxe4.} 15. Bb3 g5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. d4 e4 18. Nh2 Ng6 (18... d5 $15) 19. Ra2 $14 Rae8 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Kh8 23. Rf2 Qd8 24. Qd1 {Strongly threatening Nxg5!} g4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Qf1 Qe7 27. Bd2 Qe4 28. Ne1 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 {aiming for Qf7.} Qf5 30. Qe3 {Hoping for Bc2.} d5 $2 {Mistake. Nf8 was best.} (30... Nf8 31. Bc4 Nh7 32. Qe7 Qd7 33. Qh4 h5 34. Nc2 Bf6 35. Qf2 Be6 (35... Qf5 $14 36. Qe3 Bh4) 36. Bd3 ({White should try} 36. d5 $16 Bg4 37. Bd3) 36... Qf7 37. Ne1) (30... Nf8 $142) 31. Bc2 $16 Qf7 32. Qg3 Bf5 $2 {Mistake. Bh5 was best.} (32... Bh5 33. Qh3 Ne7 34. Nd3 Qg6 35. Bf4 c6 36. Qe3 (36. Qh4 $142) 36... Qh7 $2 (36... Nf5 37. Qd2 Kg8) 37. Qe6 (37. Qxe7 $142 Bxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} 38. Be3 Qxe7 39. Bxd4+ Kg8 40. Nc5) 37... Ng8 $2 {[#]} (37... Bd1 {was worth a try.}) 38. Qc8 $2 (38. Ne1 $1 $18 Bg4 39. Qxg4) 38... Qe4) (32... h5 $142 33. Nf3 Nf8) 33. Bxf5 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} Qxf5 34. Qxc7 Qe4 35. Nf3 Kh7 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best.} (35... Qe7 36. Qh2 Kh7 37. Qh3 Qe2 38. Qh5 Qb5 39. Ng5+ Kg8 40. Qxg6 hxg5 41. Qxg5 Qc6 42. Qf5) 36. Qxb7 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 70% Pretas 66%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 98% Pretas 91% Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 95.9% Pretas 88.9%} 1-0 [Event "Abu Dhabi Masters 28th"] [Site "Abu Dhabi"] [Date "2022.08.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Robson, Ray"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2644"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2022.08.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Nd5 a5 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. c4 g6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. b5 Ne7 16. Rc1 f5 17. a4 Kh7 18. a5 a6 19. Bd2 Rf8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. c5 d5 22. c6 fxe4 23. dxe4 {Firouzja,A (2777)-So,W (2753) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (35)}) 9. Re1 Bd7 10. h3 a4 11. Be3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd2 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. Bc3 Bf6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b4 Ne7 16. d4 Ng6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qb5 h6 24. Qxa4 Rd2 25. Rf1 Qf4 {Liavonava,Y (2207)-Yahont,I (1954) Minsk BLR 2026 1-0 (51)}) 11... Na5 12. Ba2 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Ba2 c5 15. c3 b5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 c4 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Bd2 Nb3 21. Bc3 Bf8 22. d5 Nc5 23. Bb1 Bh6 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Qf1 Bg7 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nxe5 Qg5 28. f4 Qd8 29. f5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Nd3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Qxd3 Qg5 34. Bc3 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rc4 36. Qe2 Kf8 37. Bb4+ Kg7 38. Qe7 Qxe7 39. Rxe7 Bc8 40. Bc3+ Kf8 41. d6 Be6 42. Bf6 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Rd1 44. Rb7 Ke8 45. d7+ 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 10th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2022.06.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2744"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2022.05.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 209"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.08.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.08.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 g5 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. a5 Bg7 9. Nbd2 Nd8 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Nf1 Rb8 11. Ne3 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. Qc2 b5 14. Bb3 Be6 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. Nhf1 b4 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 e4 21. Ne3 exd3 22. Qxd3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Nb4 24. cxb4 {Gharibyan,M (2487)-Matinian,N (2405) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (46)}) 10. Nf1 c6 $146 ({RR} 10... g4 11. Ng1 c6 12. Ne3 h5 13. Ne2 Bh6 14. O-O Be6 15. f4 gxf3 16. Rxf3 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 a6 21. Ba4 Ne6 22. Qb6 Rd8 23. Bxh6+ Rxh6 24. Raf1 Rg6 25. Qf2 {Santos Ruiz,M (2581)-Niemann,H (2478) Sitges 2020 1-0 (39)}) 11. Ne3 Ng4 12. Nf1 f5 13. h4 f4 14. Qd1 Be6 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rxh8+ Bxh8 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Nh4 gxh4 19. Qxg4 O-O-O 20. Bd2 Kb8 21. b4 d5 22. Nh2 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qh7 24. O-O-O Re8 25. Re1 c5 26. Nf3 Qd7 27. Kb2 a6 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Be1 Qd6 30. Nxh4 cxb4 31. cxb4 Nd4 32. Nf5 Qe6 33. Qd1 Qg8 34. Nxd4 exd4 35. Qd3 Qxg2 36. Rc2 f3 37. Bd2 Be5 38. b5 axb5 39. Qxb5 Qg7 40. Rc5 d3+ 41. Rxe5 Rc8 42. Kb3 Qc7 43. a6 Qc2+ 44. Ka3 Rc7 1-0 [Event "Berlin FIDE GP 1 Pool-D"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2022.02.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2704"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2022.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 207"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.04.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.04.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 g4 9. Ne1 h5 10. f4 ({RR} 10. Nc2 d5 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Be6 13. d4 Qd7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qd6 17. Ne4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. Nf6+ Qxf6 20. Rxf6 Bxf6 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Ne3 c6 23. Qd6 Ng6 24. Rf1 Rd8 {Negrean,A (2308)-Padurean,D (2205) Timisoara ROU 2026 1-0 (33)}) 10... exf4 11. Rxf4 d5 12. Rf1 $146 ({RR} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Rf1 f5 14. Nc4 O-O 15. d4 f4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be6 18. Nd3 f3 19. gxf3 c6 20. Nc5 Bf5 21. Qd4 Kh8 22. c4 Nb4 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. fxg4 Bxg4 25. Bg5 Bxe5 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 {Burke,J (2538)-Yoo,C (2479) Saint Louis 2021 ½-½ (44)}) 12... Be6 13. d4 dxe4 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O-O 17. Nc2 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rde8 19. Qf5 Qxf5 20. Rxf5 f6 21. Bf4 Re2 22. Ne3 Rxb2 23. b4 b6 24. Nd5 h4 25. Re1 h3 26. gxh3 Rxh3 27. Bg3 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Ne7+ Nxe7 30. Rxe7 Bh6 31. Rxc7+ Kb8 32. Re7+ Rxg3+ 33. hxg3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2708"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2024.01.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 h6 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. b4 Bf8 10. Bb2 a6 ({RR} 10... Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Ned5 14. Nb3 c6 15. Bxd4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bd6 18. g3 Qc7 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. c4 N5f6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxa7 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2732)-Dubov,D (2707) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (66)}) 11. h3 $146 ({RR} 11. Nf1 b5 12. Ba2 a5 13. c4 bxc4 14. b5 Na7 15. dxc4 Be6 16. Bc3 Nc8 17. c5 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 Qd7 19. a4 dxc5 20. Rd2 Qe6 21. Nxe5 c4 22. Qc2 Nb6 23. Nc6 Bb4 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. a5 b3 {Vaishali,R (2418)-Fishbein,A (2366) Stavanger NOR 2023 1-0 (74)}) 11... Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bf1 b5 15. c4 c5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bc3 cxb4 20. Bxb4 Ra4 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qb3 Rfa8 23. Nc4 Qe6 24. Nfd2 Nf4 25. Nb6 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. Qxa3 Qxb6 28. Nc4 Qd4 29. Nd6 Nd3 30. Re3 Nf4 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Nxf7 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Ne2 34. Rxe2 Qxe2 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. Nxe5+ Kh5 37. Qxg7 Qxf2 38. Qg6+ Kh4 39. Nf3+ Qxf3 40. gxf3 Nh5 41. Qg4# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 19th Dec Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.12.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2023.12.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 10. h3 ({RR} 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 ({RR} 11... Bf8 12. b5 Nb8 ({RR} 12... Ne7 13. Ne3 d5 14. Nxe5 dxe4 15. d4 Ned5 16. Qb3 Bd6 17. N3c4 Qc8 18. Ba3 Qe6 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Na5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxb7 Ng4 23. g3 Qh5 24. h4 Ne5 25. Rxe4 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Ne3+ 27. Rxe3) 13. Qb3 a5 14. Ba3 Re6 15. Ncd2 Nbd7 16. d4 Nh7 17. h4 Nhf6 18. g3 Ng4 19. Kg2 Ndf6 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Qb3 Ndf6 22. Qd1 Nd7 23. Ra2 Re8 24. Qb3 Ndf6 ({RR} 24... c6 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Re2 cxb5 27. Qxb5 exd4 28. Nxd4 Qc7 29. Qb1 Nge5 30. Nb5)) 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)} {RR} 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Ne5+) ({RR} 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6) ({RR} 10. Ne3 Re8 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bb2 Bc5 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 a5 17. Bc3 Bb4 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. dxe4 f6 21. Kf1 Kf7 22. Ke2 g6 23. Rd3 f5 24. Red1 Rxd3) 10... Re8 11. c3 ({RR} 11. Bd2 a5 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. c4 Nd7 14. Bc3 Nc5 15. Nd5 Ne6 16. g3 Ncd4 17. h4 h5 18. Bd2 c6 19. Ne3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 g6 21. Bc3 Bg7 22. Kg2 Nc5 23. Red1 Qe7 24. g4 Ne6 25. Rh1 Nf4+ {Suleymanli,A (2614)-Esipenko,A (2693) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (81)}) ({RR} 11. b3 Bf8 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. a5 a6 15. c4 c6 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Qf3 Ng6 18. Nhf5 Qe6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qg3 dxc4 23. bxc4 Qd7 24. d4 exd4 25. Bxd4 Ne7) 11... Bf8 ({RR} 11... a5 12. Qb3 b6 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. Nh2 Qd7 15. Nhg4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Qe6 17. Qd1 Ne7 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. d5 Qxe4 22. dxc6 d5 23. Bd2 Qd3 24. Bc3 d4 25. Rad1 Qe4 26. Qxe4 {Wei Yi (2753)-Lazavik,D (2621) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (69)}) ({RR} 11... a5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 Nb8 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 dxc3 25. bxc3 Ne7) 12. a5 $146 ({RR} 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. b4 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. Qb3 Qe6 16. Bb2 Ng6 17. b5 Rad8 18. Rad1 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. d4 dxe4 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Nxe5 Nf4 23. N3c4 Rc8 24. Rc1 Bb4 25. Re3 Re7 26. Rb1 Rec7 {Rakshith,S (1989)-Fiedorek,M (2292) Pardubice CZE 2024 ½-½ (68)}) 12... d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Rd1 b6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Qb5 Qe6 19. Nc4 Rbd8 20. Re1 Rd5 21. Qa6 b5 22. Ncd2 Rxd3 23. Qxb5 Rd5 24. Qc4 e4 25. Ra6 Bc5 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxc6 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 e3+ 29. Kf1 Qf5+ 30. Nf3 e2+ 31. Kg1 Rd1 32. Bd2 Nd5 33. Rc5 c6 34. Rxc6 Qd7 35. Rc5 Nb6 36. Qd4 Qb7 37. Re5 Rxe5 38. Qxe5 Qa6 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qe4+ Kg8 41. Kf2 Nc4 42. Qxe2 Qb6+ 43. Be3 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Play-In Match Div 3"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.09"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2024.05.09"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O ({RR} 6... d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. Nbd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. a5 Be6 11. a6 Qc8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. axb7 Rb8 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 c6 17. Nf3 Rxb7 18. Qc2 Rfb8 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Nxe6 Bxe5 21. Nc5 {Alzaga,L (2101)-Nedov,O (1889) Benasque ESP 2026 ½-½}) 7. a4 a6 ({RR} 7... a5 8. Re1 d6 9. Qb3 Nh7 10. Be3 Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Bf1 b6 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Nf1 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Ne3 c6 22. g3 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 1-0 (42)}) 8. Re1 d6 9. a5 $146 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. Rb1 b5 14. Ne3 d5 15. Bd2 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qd6 17. Rbd1 Rad8 18. Bc1 Qe6 19. h3 bxa4 20. Nd2 a3 21. Bxa3 a5 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Qa4 axb4 {Adhiban,B (2532)-Anton Guijarro,D (2669) Abu Dhabi UAE 2024 ½-½ (95)}) 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. Nf1 Qg6 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Be3 Rf7 15. d4 Raf8 16. Qb3 Nd8 17. Qa4 Nc6 18. d5 Ncb8 19. Qc4 exd5 20. exd5 Bd8 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Kh7 23. Ra3 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rd1 c5 26. Nd2 Nd7 27. Nc4 Bc7 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxf4 Ne5 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Raa1 Rf4 32. b3 Kg6 33. Rd2 h5 34. g3 Rf3 35. Rc1 h4 36. Kg2 Kh5 37. Re2 Rd3 38. Rd2 Rxd2+ 39. Nxd2 Bxa5 40. Ne4 Bc7 41. b4 cxb4 42. cxb4 Rf7 43. Kh3 hxg3 44. hxg3 Re7 45. Rf1 Kg6 46. Kg4 Kg7 47. Kh5 Rf7 48. Rc1 Re7 49. g4 Rd7 50. g5 Bb6 51. Rc8 Bd8 52. Ng3 b6 53. Nf5+ Kf7 54. g6+ Kf6 55. g7 Kf7 56. Kh6 a5 57. b5 a4 58. Ra8 a3 59. Rxa3 Bf6 60. Ra8 Bxg7+ 61. Nxg7 e4 62. Re8 Rc7 63. Rxe4 Rc5 64. Rf4+ Ke7 65. Nf5+ Kf6 66. Ne3+ Ke5 67. Kg5 Rxb5 68. Kg4 Rb1 69. Kf3 b5 70. Re4+ Kf6 71. Re6+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2024.01.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. a4 ({RR} 7. d4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Be3 a5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 a4 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. dxe5 Qxd2 20. Rf1 Kh8 21. Bxf7 Bxe5 {Mamedov,R (2654)-Romanov,E (2594) Reykjavik 2021 1-0 (46)}) 7... Bg7 8. b4 ({RR} 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. h3 Ne7 12. Ba2 c5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Bb3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rac1 Qf6 19. N1h2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rc7 Nc6 22. e5 Qd8 {Ivekovic,T (2139)-Walter,E (2105) Skalica SVK 2026 1-0 (31)}) 8... O-O 9. Bb3 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O d5 10. Bb3 d4 11. Qc2 dxc3 12. Qxc3 Nh5 13. Nc4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. e5 Bg4 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nd4 18. Nd2 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Bxe5 20. Rg1 Qh5 21. Rae1 Nxf3 22. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 23. Rg2 Bxc3 {Pang,A (1725)-Sarkar,J (2380) Lichess.org INT 2020 0-1}) 9... Nh5 10. Nc4 Be6 11. O-O Re8 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 Nd7 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nhf6 17. Bb2 exd4 18. cxd4 Rxe4 19. Bd5 Re7 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bc6 a6 22. bxa6 Rxb2 23. a7 Nb6 24. Nc4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nxc4 26. a8=Q Rb8 27. Qa6 Nd2 28. Qfe2 Nb3 29. Qad3 Nh5 30. Qed1 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments 2024"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2024.04.14"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2789"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 a5 {White is slightly better.} 9. a4 O-O 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Qc2 b6 $146 (14... Nh5 15. Rad1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nh2 f5 18. Na3 Nf6 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bc1 Qf7 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. d4 e4 23. f3 Rde7 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Be3 Ng3 26. Bf2 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 g4 28. Nxc7 Ncxd4 29. cxd4 {Kurmann, O (2454)-Petrov,N (2585) Bad Ragaz SUI 2019 0-1 (53)}) ({RR} 14... Nh5 15. Rad1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nh2 f5 18. Na3 Nf6 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bc1 Qf7 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. d4 e4 23. f3 Rde7 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Be3 Ng3 26. Bf2 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 g4 28. Nxc7 Ncxd4 29. cxd4 {Kurmann,O (2454)-Petrov,N (2585) Bad Ragaz 2019 0-1 (53)}) 15. Ba2 Nh5 16. Ne3 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 {With the idea ...dxe4.} 20. e5 Rc8 21. Ra3 c5 {[#]} (21... Nf4 $1 $14) 22. dxc5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Ng4 was best.} (22. Ng4 $1 $16) 22... Rxc5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best.} (22... Nf4 $1 23. Rb3 Qxa4 24. Rxb6 Qxc2 25. Nxc2 Nd3 26. Rd1 Rxc5 27. Be3 Rxc2 28. Rxd3 a4 29. Rd4) 23. Qd1 Nf4 24. b4 Rcc8 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Bxa5 Nc6 27. Bc3 Nxe5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rcd8 was best.} (27... Rcd8 $14 28. Ng4) 28. Bxe5 $16 Bxe5 29. Nxd5 $1 {[#] Nf6+! is the strong threat.} Nxd5 30. Nxe5 (30. Rxe5 $6 Rxe5 31. Nxe5 Qd6 $16) 30... Qe6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qd6 was best.} (30... Qd6 {is a better defense.}) 31. Rd3 $18 {[%CAl Ba3d3,Bd3d6,Bd6h6,Bh6g6][%mdl 32]} Nf4 32. Rd6 Qa2 33. Rxh6 {aiming for Qg4.} Qb2 $4 {Blunder. Rb8 was best.} (33... Rb8 34. Rc6 Qb2 35. Ng4 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Qb1 37. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. Ra6 Kg7 40. Ra5) 34. Qd7 {[%csl Ge5][%CAl Rd7f7]} Qb3 $4 {Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ne2+ was best.} (34... Ne2+ 35. Rxe2 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%CAl Rd7f7]} Qc1+ 36. Kh2 {[%csl Ge5][%CAl Rd7f7]} Rxe5 37. Rf6 Qc7 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39. Rxe5 Kg7 40. Rf3 f6 41. Re1) 35. Qf5 Ng6 36. Rxg6+ {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 75% Pretas 50%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 96% Pretas 87%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 96.3% Pretas 85.1%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments 2024"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2024.04.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2789"] [Annotator "GM Rafael Leitão"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g5 {Com sua escolha de abertura, Nakamura mostra que está buscando a vitória. Este é um sistema agressivo que se tornou mais ou menos popular nos últimos anos, mas não tanto em partidas da elite. Naturalmente, esse avanço é arriscado, e não é de admirar que jogadores clássicos não jogassem assim, mas o computador e a teoria recente demonstram que esse lance é completamente viável.} 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 a5 {Este é um lance misterioso para mim, mas é a primeira escolha do computador. Eu entenderia melhor se fosse uma resposta contra a tentativa de expansão com a4-a5, mas as Brancas jogam a4 agora de qualquer maneira. A Abertura Italiana, como você pode ver, não é muito fácil de dominar.} 9. a4 {Uma das vantagens para as Negras de ter os peões em a5-a4 é que, após um avanço d3-d4, ele pode trocar os peões e colocar um cavalo em b4.} O-O 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Qd7 13. Bd2 {Tudo isso já foi jogado antes, embora em uma ordem diferente de lances. Ambos os jogadores provavelmente estavam fora da preparação neste ponto.} Rad8 14. Qc2 b6 $146 {Um lance novo.} (14... Nh5 15. Rad1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nh2 f5 18. Na3 Nf6 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bc1 Qf7 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. d4 e4 23. f3 Rde7 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Be3 Ng3 26. Bf2 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 g4 28. Nxc7 Ncxd4 29. cxd4 {Kurmann,O (2454)-Petrov,N (2585) Bad Ragaz SUI 2019 0-1 (53)}) ({RR} 14... Nh5 15. Rad1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nh2 f5 18. Na3 Nf6 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bc1 Qf7 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. d4 e4 23. f3 Rde7 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Be3 Ng3 26. Bf2 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 g4 28. Nxc7 Ncxd4 29. cxd4 {Kurmann,O (2454)-Petrov,N (2585) Bad Ragaz 2019 0-1 (53)}) 15. Ba2 $6 {Acho que a ideia deste lance é preparar o b2-b4 em algum momento, mas parece um pouco lento.} (15. Ne3 {parece melhor:} d5 16. Rad1 {com uma posição equilibrada onde as Brancas ainda estão lutando pela iniciativa.}) 15... Nh5 {Um bom lance, preparando para levar o cavalo para f4.} (15... g4 {também é possível:} 16. hxg4 Nxg4 $1 {com um jogo complicado.} (16... Bxg4 $6 {é pior, já que as Brancas têm a vantagem após} 17. Nh2)) 16. Ne3 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Ne7 $6 {Isso permite que as Brancas realizem o avanço b2-b4.} (17... Nf4 {é melhor, sem medo do lance de cavalo para f5:} 18. Nf5 Ne7 {com igualdade.}) 18. d4 $6 (18. b4 $1 {[%c_effect b4;square;b4;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] é mais preciso, seja criando uma fraqueza em a5 ou abrindo a coluna c após a troca de peões.}) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 d5 $1 {[%c_effect d5;square;d5;type;GreatFind;persistent; true] Lutando pelo centro.} 20. e5 Rc8 $6 {[%c_effect c8;square;c8;type; Inaccuracy;persistent;true] Os jogadores trocarão imprecisões por alguns lances, deixando de notar um detalhe posicional mostrado pelo computador: o cavalo tem que ir para f4 o mais rápido possível.} (20... Nf4 $1 {O cavalo está bem colocado e pode então ir para e6 ou ser defendido pelo outro cavalo em g6. As Negras têm um bom jogo.}) 21. Ra3 $6 {[%c_effect a3;square;a3;type; Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} (21. Ng4 $1 {é mais forte, deixando o cavalo na lateral do tabuleiro.}) 21... c5 $6 (21... Nf4 $1 {Novamente é melhor trazer o cavalo mais perto do centro.}) 22. dxc5 $6 {Pressed;undefined;persistent; true]} (22. Ng4 $1 {E mais uma vez este lance deixa as Brancas com uma clara vantagem. Ele não tem medo da captura em d4, já que após} cxd4 23. Qd3 {o cavalo continua fora de jogo, e as Brancas têm uma clara vantagem posicional.}) 22... Rxc5 $6 (22... Nf4 $1) 23. Qd1 $6 (23. Qb3 $1 {é mais perigoso, ameaçando o peão em b6. As Brancas têm a iniciativa após} d4 24. Ng4) 23... Nf4 $1 {Finalmente, a posição do cavalo é melhorada.} 24. b4 $1 Rcc8 $6 {Este lance, sacrificando o peão de a5, não é tão ruim, mas provavelmente foi baseado em um erro de cálculo.} (24... axb4 {é melhor:} 25. Bxb4 Rcc8 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Qb1 {O cavalo pode ir para f5, e as Brancas ainda têm alguma pressão, mas as Negras devem ser capazes de se defender.}) 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Bxa5 Nc6 27. Bc3 Nxe5 $2 {[%c_effect e5;square;e5;type;Mistake; persistent;true] Este é um erro que leva à derrota. As Negras perdem um peão sem qualquer compensação. Existem algumas alternativas melhores.} (27... Bxe5 {é uma maneira melhor de capturar o peão, mas as Negras ainda estão sofrendo:} 28. Nxd5 (28. Nxe5 {não é tão bom:} Nxe5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Nxd5 31. Rxe5 Nxc3 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Rxc3 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Ra1 {Este final de torres é considerado um empate.}) 28... Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 30. Bxe5 {As Brancas estão com um peão a mais e têm boas chances de vitória.}) (27... d4 {é interessante, mas não é o suficiente:} 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Rxe5 31. a5 {As Negras precisam defender novamente estando com um peão a menos.}) (27... Rcd8 $1 {é o melhor lance, oferecendo algum contra-ataque. A ameaça é avançar o peão de d.} 28. Ng4 d4 29. Bd2 d3 $1 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Rc3 {Ainda assim, as Negras precisam encontrar alguns recursos difíceis aqui, mas objetivamente o jogo pode ser salvo. De qualquer forma, isso é muito melhor do que o que acontece na partida, já que o peão de d causa algumas dores de cabeça para as Brancas.}) 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Nxd5 $1 {Isso funciona pois o bispo em e5 está sendo atacado pela torre.} Nxd5 (29... Qxd5 {leva a um final tecnicamente ganho após} 30. Qxd5 Nxd5 31. Rxe5) 30. Nxe5 Qe6 {Depois disso, a partida acaba.} (30... Qd6 {é mais teimoso.}) 31. Rd3 $1 {A torre entra no jogo, e a posição das Negras desmorona.} Nf4 32. Rd6 Qa2 33. Rxh6 Qb2 34. Qd7 Qb3 35. Qf5 Ng6 36. Rxg6+ {1-0 White wins.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Krasnaya Polyana"] [Date "2021.07.24"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2021.07.12"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.08.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 Ne6 12. Re1 ({RR} 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qg4 Bxe3 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. fxe3 gxf5 23. exf5 Nef4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Qf6+ Rg7 {Tari,A (2642)-Carlsen,M (2853) Stavanger NOR 2023 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 g6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. c3 Rfd8 16. Qf3 h5 17. Be3 Kg7 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Bc1 h4 21. d4 f5 22. dxe5 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf8 24. Bb1 Rf5 25. Qg4 Raf8 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 {Henriquez Villagra,C (2592)-Esipenko,A (2682) Samarkand 2025 ½-½}) 12... Qc7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Qf3 g6 $146 ({RR} 14... Rd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rf8 19. Nd1 Ne8 20. c3 Bf6 21. Rd3 Re7 22. Ne3 g6 23. Red1 b5 24. c4 a6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. e5 Bxe5 28. Qxc6 Bxb2 29. Qxb7 {Khelghatdoust,A (2044)-Ezat,M (2294) Muscat OMA 2026 0-1 (48)}) 15. Rad1 Kg7 16. Ne2 d5 17. Ng3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bd6 21. Nxd4 Rfe8 22. c3 Bc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bb1 a5 25. Qe3 Kg8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Qg3 axb4 28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Nf5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd5 31. Nd6 Re6 32. Bf5 Re7 33. c4 Nb4 34. Nc8 Qxe5 35. Nxe7+ Qxe7 36. Bg4 Qe4 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qxb7 Bc5 39. Qb8 Nc2 40. Bf3 Qxc4 41. Qe5+ Kg8 42. Rd8+ Bf8 43. Qe7 1-0 [Event "RUS-chT 27th"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2020.11.19"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"] [Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2607"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2020.11.19"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 199"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Tyumen Molodezhka"] [BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. h3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 ({RR} 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Ng3 Nf4 13. c3 g5 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. Nh5 Bh8 16. g4 fxg3 17. fxg3 Kh7 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Rf1 Qe7 20. b4 Rae8 21. Rf2 Nb8 22. Raf1 Nd7 {Antipov,M (2615)-Sindarov,J (2609) Warsaw 2021 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 8. a5 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Kh7 14. d4 f5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 f4 17. Bd2 g5 18. Qc4 Bf6 19. Ra3 h5 20. Rd3 g4 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Nh2 Rg8 {Pashikyan,R (2308)-Shyam,S (2478) Belgrade SRB 2026 0-1 (33)}) 8... Nb4 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nh2 Kh7 11. Ng4 Ng8 12. f4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. d4 Bg7 19. Qd3 c6 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. Qd2 d5 22. Bd3 Rae8 23. Bxf5 {Baciu,D (2186)-Khademalsharieh,S (2270) Istanbul 2012 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. c3 Kh7 13. Ng3 b6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 Nd7 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Nh5 Qxb2 20. Nxg7 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Kxg7 22. Bf4 Rfe8 23. Bxd6 {Antipov,M (2607)-Gretarsson,H (2447) Reykjavik 2021 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. b3 g5 16. Qe2 g4 17. hxg4 Nfxg4 18. f3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Rg8 20. Nce2 Bf6 21. f4 Ng4 22. Qd3 Kh8 23. Rf3 {Emiroglu,C (2253)-Enchev,I (2419) Albena 2012 1-0 (38)}) 9. Qd2 c5 10. g4 b6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 O-O 13. h4 Nh5 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Rxg6 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. O-O-O Kh7 19. Rdg1 Qd7 20. Qd1 Ndf6 21. R6g5 Bh6 22. Rxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh5 Rf6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxh6 Qf3 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Rg4 Qxg4 29. Qxg4 Rxh6 30. Qg5 Re6 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Qg4+ Rg6 33. Qd7+ Kh6 34. Qe7 a5 35. Kd2 Rag8 36. Qxe5 Rf8 37. f4 Rg2+ 38. Kc3 Rg6 39. Kd2 Rg2+ 40. Ke3 Rfg8 41. f5 R8g3+ 42. Kf4 Rg8 43. Kf3 Rg1 44. f6 Rf1+ 45. Ke2 Rgg1 46. Qb8 Re1+ 47. Kd2 Kg6 48. Qf8 Ref1 49. Qg7+ Kh5 50. Qh7+ Kg4 51. h5 Rf2+ 52. Kc3 Rc1 53. Kb3 Rxf6 54. h6 Kh5 55. Qe4 Rxh6 56. Qf5+ 1-0 [Event "EU-chT 23rd"] [Site "Terme Catez"] [Date "2021.11.16"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.11.12"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 205"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.11.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Netherlands"] [BlackTeam "Serbia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRB"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Nb4 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Nd5 h6 10. c3 Re8 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Be3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Qxb7 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Rexc8 18. Be3 Nexd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Bb3 c5 ({RR} 20... Rab8 21. Bc2 g6 22. Rad1 Bg7 23. c4 Ra8 24. b3 Nbd7 25. d4 exd4 26. Nxd4 Nc5) 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 e4 23. Nh4 {Firouzja,A (2766)-Carlsen,M (2839) Zagreb 2025 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Ne2 Bf8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. c3 Ne7 14. d4 Bxb5 15. axb5 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. c4 c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20. Qa4 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bd2 Ndf4 23. Qb5) ({RR} 8... h6 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf8 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nd7 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Rxe5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxe5 20. Bxe5 c6 21. Nd6 Nd7 22. Bf4 Nc5 23. Be3 {Popov,T (2283)-Sarana,A (2666) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (73)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bf8 11. d5 Nb4 12. Be3 c6 13. Nd2 cxd5 14. exd5 b6 15. Bb5 Re7 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Rac1 Bg6 19. f3 Ra7 20. b3 Na6 21. Nxa5 bxa5 22. Bxa7 Rb7 23. Be3 {Van Foreest,J (2690)-Artemiev,V (2701) Almaty KAZ 2022 1-0 (58)}) 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Ng3 c6 $146 ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Nf5 Bf6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Nc6 15. Qb3 Nc5 16. Qc4 Kh8 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Nxa4 19. b5 Nb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qxe6 Nb4 22. Qb3 Qa4 23. Qb1 Qxb5 24. Bd2 c5 25. Bxb4 {Eugene,F (2375)-Romanishin,O (2415) Sant Ferran de ses Roques 2022 0-1 (95)}) 11. c3 d5 12. exd5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd5 14. Bb5 Nc6 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bd6 17. Qf3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Ne7 19. Qd4 Ng6 20. Re3 Qc7 21. Rae1 Rad8 22. Nf5 Kh8 23. Kh1 Qc8 24. Rf3 Nh5 25. Qg4 Nf6 26. Qg5 h6 27. Nxh6 Nh7 28. Qh5 gxh6 29. Qxh6 Rde8 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Rg1 Re7 32. Rh3 Qg8 33. f4 d4 34. f5 Re2 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Qf4 Qd5+ 37. Qf3 Qxf3+ 38. Rxf3 Rxb2 39. Rxg6 dxc3 40. Rfg3 Nf8 41. Rg8+ Kh7 42. Rxf8 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 36th"] [Site "Struga"] [Date "2021.09.22"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2021.09.18"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "MKD"] [SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Novy Bor AVE"] [BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 {Firouzja,Alireza} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 ({RR} 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 ({RR} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. d5 Rc8 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Bf1 Qb8 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Ng3 g6 20. b3 Ncb6 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Qd2 Nbd7 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 b4 25. Rac1 Qc7 26. Nd2 {Caruana,F (2792)-Dubov,D (2720) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 11... d5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Nf1 c4 16. Be3 Bg6 17. Nd4 Qc8 18. Nxc6 {½-½ (18) Gschnitzer,A (2435)-Marn,J (2357) Schwarzach AUT 2026}) ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. d5 ({RR} 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 ({RR} 13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Re1 Bb7)) 12... Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 c4 ({RR} 14... bxa4 15. bxa4 a5 16. Na3 Ba6 17. Nb5) 15. axb5 axb5 ({RR} 15... cxb3 16. Bd3 ({RR} 16. Bxb3 Nxe4) 16... Nfd7 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18. Qc2 f5) 16. Rxa8 Nxa8 17. bxc4 bxc4 ({RR} 17... Qxc4 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Bxb5) 18. Ba3 Nd7 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Nbd2 f5 22. Rd1 g6 23. Qe3 f4 ({RR} 23... fxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Nd7) 24. Qe2 Ba6 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Qf1 {Firouzja,A (2726)-Harikrishna,P (2713) Prague 2020 CBM 195 [Firouzja,Alireza] 1-0 (40)} {RR} Nd3 27. Bxd3 cxd3 28. Ra5 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Qa1) 12. Nbd2 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. d5 c4 14. Re1 Nb7 15. Nf1 Nbc5 16. Ng3 Nb6 17. b4 cxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Nh2 a4 21. b4 Nb7 22. Ng4 Nc4 23. Bc1 Qd8 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Nf5 Bg5 26. Qf3 Bd2 27. Re2 {Firouzja,A (2766)-Ibrahimli,M (2445) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (54)}) 13. d5 Nb6 14. Re1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. b3 Rbf8 19. Nh2 c4 20. Be3 Bd8 21. Re2 Nb7 22. Nf1 Qc8 23. Rb2 R5f7 24. Nfg3 h6 25. Rd2 Nd7 26. Qg4 Kh7 27. Qe6 Bh4 28. Nf1 cxb3 29. axb3 Nf6 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxa6 Qxc3 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qc2 Qb4 34. Ng3 Na5 35. Qe4 Qc3 36. Qd3 Qb4 37. Ne4 Be7 38. Rd1 Nb7 39. Rb6 Bd8 40. Rxb5 Qa3 41. Qc3 Qa2 42. Ra1 Qe2 43. Qc4 1-0 [Event "Barcelona Ciutat op"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "2021.08.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Hakobyan, Aram"] [Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.08.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. a5 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 ({RR} 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Nf1 Kh8 13. Ng3 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Bxb6 Rfb8 17. Nd2 Rxb6 18. Qa2 Nd8 19. b4 h5 20. Ngf1 c6 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. g3 Bh6 24. Qa4 Bxe3 {Niemann,H (2734)-Alonso Rosell,A (2535) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (54)}) 10... O-O 11. d4 g5 $146 ({RR} 11... Nd8 12. Nbd2 Nh7 13. Qa3 Qf6 14. Nf1 Bg4 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. N3d2 Be6 17. Ne3 Bxc4 18. Ndxc4 Qh4 19. Nd5 Ne6 20. Qe7 Qg4 21. h3 Qh5 22. Kh2 g5 23. Nde3 Rfd8 24. Ng4 Bf8 25. Qf6 Nc5 26. Qf3 {Liyanage,R (2366)-Miguel,S (2241) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 11... Kh7 12. d5 Nb8 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. c4 Nf4 15. Bf1 g5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. b4 Nf6 19. Nc3 Ng4 20. Bc1 f5 21. h3 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf6 23. Bxf4 Nxe4 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qxe4 Bf5 26. Qe3 {Dumbelovic,N (2320)-Kazantzoglou,S (2309) Budapest HUN 2026 1-0 (50)}) 12. d5 Nd8 13. Qd1 Nh7 14. Bd3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. c4 Qd7 18. Nc3 Nf7 19. Ne4 Nh8 20. Be3 Ng6 21. Nfd2 Rf7 22. Qb3 c6 23. Qd3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Nxd6 Rd8 27. c5 Bf8 28. Qg6+ Rg7 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. N2c4 Qxc5 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7 Bg7 33. Re7 Qd4 34. Rae1 Rf8 35. Qg6 Qf6 36. Qxf6 Nxf6 37. Rxb7 Nd5 38. Nd6 f3 39. Re8 1-0 [Event "Biel 53rd"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2020.07.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2626"] [PlyCount "171"] [EventDate "2020.07.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 197"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 h6 11. Bd2 a6 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Bxe6 ({RR} 14. Ne3 Bxa2 15. Rxa2 Re8 16. Ra1 Bf8 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. a5 Rbd8 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Nb6 Ne7 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Ng6 23. Qc2 d5 24. e5 Ne4 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxe4 Qd7 27. Bc3 cxd4 28. Bxd4 Bb4 {Khubukshanov,E (2508)-Bondarenko,I (2110) St Petersburg RUS 2026 1-0 (48)}) 14... fxe6 15. d4 Qe8 $146 ({RR} 15... Qb6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Na3 Qc7 19. Qe2 Rbd8 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Bc1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qc6 23. Nc4 Qxa4 24. Nxe5 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Ng6 Rf7 27. Re1 Nf6 28. Rxe6 Bf8 29. Nxf8 Kxf8 30. Be3 {Nevednichy,V (2551)-Sterck,A (2295) Lisbon 2018 ½-½ (41)}) 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. a5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. Be3 Qg6 20. Ra4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rxe4 24. Qd3 Rg4 25. Qxg6 Rxg6 26. Ne3 Rf6 27. Nd2 Rf8 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke8 31. Nd2 h5 32. Nb3 g6 33. Re4 Kf7 34. Ra4 Kf6 35. Nc4 Kf7 36. Nb6 Bf8 37. Nd2 Be7 38. Ne4 Ke8 39. Ra3 Kf8 40. Ra1 Ke8 41. Nc4 Rd5 42. g3 Rd8 43. Nb6 Kf7 44. Ra3 Ke8 45. h4 Kf7 46. Nc4 Rd7 47. Rb3 Kf8 48. Ke3 Kg7 49. Kf3 Kf8 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. Ng5 Kf6 52. Rb6 Kf5 53. Ne4 g5 54. g4+ hxg4 55. h5 Nd8 56. Ncd6+ Bxd6 57. Nxd6+ Kf6 58. Ne4+ Kg7 59. Nxc5 Rc7 60. Nxe6+ Nxe6 61. Rxe6 Rc5 62. Rg6+ Kh7 63. Rxg5 Rxa5 64. Rxg4 b5 65. Rg6 b4 66. cxb4 Rb5 67. Rg4 Kh6 68. Kd3 Kxh5 69. f3 Rb8 70. Kc4 Rc8+ 71. Kb3 Rf8 72. Ka4 Rxf3 73. Re4 Kg6 74. Rxe5 Kf6 75. Re8 Kf7 76. Ra8 Ke7 77. Ka5 Rb3 78. Rb8 Kd7 79. Kxa6 Kc7 80. Rb7+ Kc8 81. b5 Rxb2 82. Rh7 Rb1 83. Kb6 Rb2 84. Rh8+ Kd7 85. Rb8 Rb1 86. Ka7 1-0 [Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.02.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Fier, A."] [Black "Ivanchuk, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2023.02.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Nc3 h6 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Re1 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 Nb8 12. Nd2 Na6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bg5 15. Ra3 Kh8 16. Nf1 g6 17. Qe2 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nc5 19. b3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ng3 Rf4 22. Ne4 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2771)-Dubov,D (2710) Amsterdam NED 2023 1-0 (79)}) 8. h3 Re8 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 g6 15. f3 Bg7 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Bxh6 Qh4 18. Bg5 Qg3 19. Ne2 Qe5 20. c3 Rae8 21. Be3 Qa5 22. Nd4 Re5 23. b4 {Jain,V (2177)-Shevchenko,Y (2383) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (47)}) 9. a5 a6 10. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. c3 Qf6 13. Nh2 Qg6 14. g4 Be6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Kh1 Nf6 18. f4 d5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Nxe4 21. Kg2 Nf2 22. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 23. Kg3 Nxe1 24. Qxe1 e5 {Jiang,H (2470)-Korchmar,V (2429) Moscow RUS 2025 0-1 (31)}) 10... Bf8 11. c3 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. b4 d5 15. Rb1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd6 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 19. Nd2 f6 20. Nc4 Kf7 21. Be3 Ke6 22. f3 Be7 23. Kf2 Nd8 24. Ke2 Nf7 25. g4 Nd6 26. Nd2 Rh8 27. Nb3 Nb5 28. Rc1 h5 29. c4 Nd6 30. Nc5+ Kf7 31. Kf1 hxg4 32. hxg4 Ra8 33. Ke2 Bf8 34. Kd3 Be7 35. Rh1 Rd8 36. Kc3 Ra8 37. Kb3 b6 38. axb6 cxb6 39. Nd7 b5 40. c5 Nc4 41. Nb6 Nxb6 42. cxb6 Ke6 43. Rc1 Bd6 44. Bc5 Rb8 45. Rd1 Be7 46. Ra1 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 8th Nov Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.11.08"] [Round "11"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2708"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2022.11.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. d5 Rc8 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Bf1 Qb8 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Ng3 g6 20. b3 Ncb6 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Qd2 Nbd7 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 b4 25. Rac1 Qc7 26. Nd2 Kh8 27. h4 {Caruana,F (2792)-Dubov,D (2720) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 g6 18. Ne3 Be7 19. Bg3 Rc8 20. Rc1 Bf8 21. Ned5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Nc4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Re1 d5 26. e5 d4 27. Kh2 {Goryachkina,A (2534)-Lagno,K (2508) Kolkata IND 2026 0-1 (54)}) ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb3 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Bc2 Qb6 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. Ng3 b4 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Ba4 Bxa4 23. Rxa4 g6 24. Qb3 Bd8 25. Bd2 Nd7 26. Bxb4 Nc5 27. Qe3 {Firouzja,A (2766)-Lebedev,A (2198) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (54)}) 13. a3 Rc8 14. Nc3 Nc4 $146 ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. d5 Bd8 16. Bd3 Nb7 17. Re1 Qb8 18. Bf1 Ne8 19. Be3 g6 20. Na2 Nc5 21. Nb4 Bb6 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Qc2 Nf6 24. Nc6 Ncxe4 25. Bxb6 Qxb6 26. Ne7+ Kg7 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Qe2 Ng3 29. Qd2 {Bartel,M (2618)-Saric,I (2673) Germany 2025 ½-½ (31)}) 15. Ne2 exd4 16. Nfxd4 Re8 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. b3 Ne5 19. Bb2 g6 20. Qd2 Bg7 21. Rad1 h5 22. f4 Nc6 23. Nf3 h4 24. Nxh4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxh4 26. Kh2 Bxb2 27. Qxb2 Qe7 28. Qd2 Rc7 29. f5 Ne5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qxd6 Bc6 32. Bxg6 Rd7 33. Qxe7 Rexe7 34. Bf5 Rc7 35. Rd6 Nf7 36. Rg6+ Kf8 37. Be6 Bb7 38. Rgf6 Ke8 39. Bxf7+ Rxf7 40. Rxf7 Rxf7 41. Rxf7 Kxf7 42. Nf5 Ke6 43. g4 Ke5 44. Kg3 a5 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Be4 47. h4 Bd3 48. h5 Be4 49. h6 Kf6 50. h7 1-0 [Event "MrDodgy Inv 3 Finals"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.11.28"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Supi, L."] [Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2649"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2022.11.27"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. h3 Kh8 8. Nbd2 ({RR} 8. b4 a6 9. a4 Ng8 10. d4 f5 11. exf5 e4 12. Nfd2 d5 13. Bb3 Bxf5 14. f4 Bh4 15. Na3 Re8 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Nc2 Bg3 18. Ne3 Bg6 19. Bb2 Bh5 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Qh4 22. gxh5 Qh2# {Abdulla,M (2322)-Christiansen,J (2637) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 8... Na5 ({RR} 8... Ng8 9. Re1 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nf1 Bf6 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Bb5 Nge7 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nd5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Bd2 Qf7 19. Re2 Ndb4 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Qb5 Nd5 22. Qxb7 Nf4 23. Rc2 {Berend,E (2252)-Osmak,Y (2454) Monaco MNC 2026 0-1 (47)}) 9. Bb5 $146 ({RR} 9. b4 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Ng8 11. d4 f5 12. exf5 e4 13. Nh2 Bxf5 14. Ne3 d5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Rae1 Bd6 18. Qd1 c6 19. Nhg4 Nh5 20. Ne5 Nf4 21. N3g4 Bxg4 22. Nxg4 Nd3 23. Re2 Qh4 {Curado,M (1860)-Veltkamp,G (2175) Caleta 2015 0-1 (32)}) 9... a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 c5 12. d4 Qc7 13. d5 c4 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Nf1 Nb7 16. g4 Nc5 17. Ng3 a5 18. g5 Ne8 19. Be3 g6 20. b4 cxb3 21. axb3 f6 22. b4 Na4 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Qd2 Bxh3 25. c4 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bf4 exf4 28. Nh5 Bd8 29. Re6 Bg4 30. Qd4+ Ng7 31. Rh6 Bxh5 32. Rxh5 Bf6 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. gxf6 Nh5 35. Bxf5+ Kh6 36. Nh2 Rg8+ 37. Kh1 Qc5 38. Qd2 Qxc4 39. f7 Rf8 40. Rg1 Qc3 41. Rg6+ Kh7 42. Rg8+ Kh6 43. Ng4# 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Krasnaya Polyana"] [Date "2021.07.15"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Areshchenko, Alexander"] [Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2021.07.12"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 203"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.08.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. h3 Ng8 9. Nc3 f5 10. Nd5 fxe4 11. dxe4 a5 ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. a5 a6 13. Ra3 Be6 14. Nxf6 Bxc4 15. Nd5 Bb5 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nd2 Nd8 18. c4 Bc6 19. Qg4 Ne6 20. b4 Rae8 21. Nf3 Bd8 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Nd4 24. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxd7 26. Kg2 {Caruana,F (2822)-Grischuk,A (2766) Saint Louis 2018 ½-½ (67)}) ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. a5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. b4 Bf5 15. Bd3 a6 16. Ra3 Nd7 17. c4 Qe8 18. Nd2 Bh4 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Rf3 Qg6 21. Rxf5 Qxf5 22. Qf3 g6 23. Ne4 Nf6 24. Nxf6 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Bxf6 26. Be3 {Lee,J (2434)-Suleymenov,A (2515) Aktobe 2025 0-1 (55)}) 12. c3 Nb8 13. b4 Nd7 14. Ba3 $146 ({RR} 14. Be3 Ndf6 15. Nd2 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qe8 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 axb4 20. a5 bxc3 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Qc4 b5 23. axb6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 cxb6 25. Nxc3 Qf5 26. Nb5 Rc8 27. Qb3 Nf6 28. Na7 Re8 {Kaasen,T (2458)-Demac,E (2206) Norway 2022 ½-½ (57)}) 14... Ndf6 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Bf1 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ra8 18. c4 Qe8 19. Bb4 Qf7 20. Ra3 Nh6 21. g3 Bf5 22. Bg2 Bg6 23. Qd2 Nf5 24. a5 h6 25. Bc3 Bf6 26. Qb2 e4 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Rae8 29. Be3 Bh5 30. g4 Nh4 31. Bxh6 Re5 32. Bc1 Bg6 33. Bh1 Qf6 34. Rae3 Bh7 35. R1e2 Nf3+ 36. Bxf3 exf3 37. Rxe5 fxe2 38. Rxe2 Bd3 39. Qxf6 Rxf6 40. Re7 Kg8 41. Rxc7 Rf7 42. Rc8+ Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. c5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 17th Jan Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.01.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Sadhwani, Raunak"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2675"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2023.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 a5 8. c3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 ({RR} 10. b3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qc2 Nf4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bf6 15. Re3 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne4 Re8 18. Bb2 Bg5 19. Re2 f5 20. c4 fxe4 21. cxd5 e3 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. Rae1 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Bf6 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 0-1}) 10... fxe6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nf1 $146 ({RR} 12. h3 b6 13. Qb5 Rf7 14. Nf1 Raf8 15. Ng3 Na7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rc2 g5 21. Nf1 h5 22. Ne3 Kh7 23. Nh2 Kg6 24. f3 Rb8 25. Nhf1 Rb7 26. Nd2 Rf8 {Shogdzhiev,R (2402)-Esipenko,A (2689) London ENG 2025 0-1 (90)}) 12... b6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Ng3 Bd6 15. Qb5 Rae8 16. d4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Qf7 20. Nf3 Ne7 21. Rae1 Nd5 22. Qe2 e5 23. Qc4 Nf6 24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 25. R4e2 Rfe7 26. h3 Kf7 27. Be3 Nd7 28. Nd2 Bc5 29. Ne4 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Nf6 31. Nd2 Nd7 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4 Ra8 34. Ra1 Nf6 35. a5 Nd5 36. Rb3 Ke6 37. a6 c6 38. b5 cxb5 39. Rxb5 Rea7 40. Nc4 Rxa6 41. Rd1 Nf6 42. Rxe5+ Kf7 43. Kh2 Kf8 44. Rb1 Rc8 45. Nxb6 Rb8 46. Reb5 Kf7 47. f3 Kg6 48. h4 h5 49. Kg3 Ra2 50. Nc4 Rxb5 51. Rxb5 Nd7 52. Rg5+ Kh6 53. Rd5 Nf6 54. Rb5 Rc2 55. Ne5 Re2 56. Nf7+ Kg6 57. Ng5 Rc2 58. Nh3 Ra2 59. Nf4+ Kh6 60. Rb8 Kh7 61. Rb6 Rd2 62. Rb5 Kh6 63. Kh3 Rd4 64. Ne6 Rd1 65. Rb8 Rd6 66. Rh8+ Kg6 67. Nf4+ Kf7 68. Nxh5 Ng8 69. Rh7 Rg6 70. g4 Kf8 71. Kg3 Kf7 72. Nf4 Rb6 73. Nh5 Rg6 74. f4 1-0 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2024.01.21"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2727"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2024.01.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 Bxc4 9. dxc4 b6 10. Bd2 Nxa5 ({RR} 10... Qd7 11. Qe2 h6 12. h3 Rae8 13. axb6 axb6 14. Nc3 Nh7 15. Nd5 f5 16. b4 Bd8 17. Qd3 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Kf7 23. Bb4 Re6 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Ra7+ {Mendonca,L (2616)-Tregubenko,N (2303) Aix-en-Provence FRA 2026 1-0 (37)}) 11. Bxa5 bxa5 12. Rxa5 c6 13. Ra2 $146 ({RR} 13. b4 Qb8 14. c3 Bd8 15. Ra6 Qb7 16. Qa4 Bb6 17. Qa3 c5 18. Nbd2 cxb4 19. cxb4 Rac8 20. Ra4 Ng4 21. Re2 g6 22. Qa2 Qe7 23. Nb1 Qe6 24. Nbd2 h6 25. Qb1 Kg7 {½-½ (25) Levacic,P (2350)-Krstic,U (2270) Cannes 1997}) 13... Qc7 14. Nc3 a5 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Na4 Ne6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nb2 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qb8 21. Rea1 Rd8 22. g3 Qb4 23. Nc4 Nb5 24. Qe3 Qc3 25. Nfxe5 Rac8 26. Qxc3 Nxc3 27. Rxa5 Nxe4 28. Nb6 Rc7 29. Ra8 f6 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Ra8 fxe5 32. Rxd8+ Kf7 33. Nc4 Ke6 34. Kg2 Nf6 35. Kf3 e4+ 36. Kf4 Ke7 37. Rd6 Rc8 38. h3 Ne8 39. Rd1 Nf6 40. Rd6 Ne8 41. Rd2 Nf6 42. Nd6 Ra8 43. Nxe4 Nd5+ 44. Ke5 c4 45. bxc4 Nb6 46. Re2 Nxc4+ 47. Kd4 Na3 48. c4 Rb8 49. Ra2 Ra8 50. Rb2 Ke6 51. Kc3 Ke5 52. Nd2 Ra7 53. Rb3 Ke6 54. Nf1 Kd6 55. Nd2 Ke6 56. h4 Kf5 57. f3 h6 58. Rb6 Re7 59. Ne4 g5 60. hxg5 hxg5 61. Rxc6 g4 62. Nd6+ Kf6 63. Nc8+ Re6 64. Rxe6+ Kxe6 65. f4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 28th Nov Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.11.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Pranav, V."] [Black "Eljanov, P."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2697"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2023.11.28"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Ng5 O-O ({RR} 5... d5 6. exd5 Nd4 7. Qxe5+ Kf8 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. d6+ Be6 10. Qxc5 Re8 11. O-O Qxd6 12. Qxd6 cxd6 13. Bxe6+ Rxe6 14. Na3 d5 15. c3 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 d4 17. d3 dxc3 18. bxc3 Nxc3 19. Be3 Nfd5 20. Rfc1 {Bellissimo,J (2203)-Grischuk,A (2732) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (53)}) 6. Nxf7 Qe7 ({RR} 6... Rxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qc4+ d5 9. Qxc5 Nxe4 10. Qe3 Nd4 11. Na3 Nf5 12. Qe2 Qh4 13. d3 Nd4 14. Qe3 Nf5 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. O-O Bd7 17. c3 Kg8 18. h3 Rf8 19. Re1 Bc6 20. Bd2 d4 21. Qxf5 {Olenik Campa,R (2299)-Osinovsky,S (2241) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 7. Ng5+ $146 ({RR} 7. Nxe5+ Kh8 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Ba2 Ba6 13. d3 Nd7 14. O-O Rf7 15. Bxf7 Qxf7 16. Be3 Bd6 17. f4 Nc5 18. Qf2 Bc8 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qg6 21. Qg5 Qd6 {Marin,A (1397)-Oarza,M (1016) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016 1-0 (37)}) 7... Kh8 8. c3 h6 9. Nf3 d6 10. h3 Nh5 11. d3 Bd7 12. Na3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Rxf4 14. Nc2 Na5 15. Bb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Raf8 17. Ne3 Be6 18. b4 Bb6 19. Rd1 c6 20. Ng4 Kg8 21. Ne3 Qf6 22. Rd2 d5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Rf1 e4 25. dxe4 Rxe4 26. Kd1 d4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Bb3+ 29. Ke1 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Qd2 Qf4 32. Qc3 Bf7 33. Ke2 Bh5+ 34. f3 Re8 35. Kf2 Bf7 36. Re1 Qh4+ 37. Kf1 Qf4 38. Ng4 Rd8 39. Ne5 Bd5 40. Ng6 Qg5 41. Ne7+ Kh8 42. Re5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2024.01.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. a4 ({RR} 7. d4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Be3 a5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 a4 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. dxe5 Qxd2 20. Rf1 Kh8 21. Bxf7 Bxe5 {Mamedov,R (2654)-Romanov,E (2594) Reykjavik 2021 1-0 (46)}) 7... Bg7 8. b4 ({RR} 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. h3 Ne7 12. Ba2 c5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Bb3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rac1 Qf6 19. N1h2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rc7 Nc6 22. e5 Qd8 {Ivekovic,T (2139)-Walter,E (2105) Skalica SVK 2026 1-0 (31)}) 8... O-O 9. Bb3 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O d5 10. Bb3 d4 11. Qc2 dxc3 12. Qxc3 Nh5 13. Nc4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. e5 Bg4 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nd4 18. Nd2 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Bxe5 20. Rg1 Qh5 21. Rae1 Nxf3 22. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 23. Rg2 Bxc3 {Pang,A (1725)-Sarkar,J (2380) Lichess.org INT 2020 0-1}) 9... Nh5 10. Nc4 Be6 11. O-O Re8 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 Nd7 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nhf6 17. Bb2 exd4 18. cxd4 Rxe4 19. Bd5 Re7 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bc6 a6 22. bxa6 Rxb2 23. a7 Nb6 24. Nc4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nxc4 26. a8=Q Rb8 27. Qa6 Nd2 28. Qfe2 Nb3 29. Qad3 Nh5 30. Qed1 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 2023-24"] [Site "Hamburg GER"] [Date "2024.01.13"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Shevchenko, Kirill"] [Black "Grandelius, N."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2023.10.21"] [WhiteTeam "SV Werder Bremen"] [BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 Bc5 6. a5 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 ({RR} 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Na3 Qd6 16. b5 Nxa5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. c4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qe6 20. Bxa5 Qxh3 21. Qe2 Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ {Dubov,D (2672)-So,W (2753) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (49)}) 8... d6 ({RR} 8... Ba7 9. Re1 d6 10. h3 Kh8 11. Nbd2 Nh7 12. Bb3 Ng5 13. Nf1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 f5 15. Be3 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qc4 Bh7 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Ng3 Ra8 20. Bc2 Rf4 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. d4 Bg8 23. d5 {Svidler,P (2689)-Grandelius,N (2664) Malmo SWE 2024 ½-½ (41)}) 9. Be3 Bxe3 $146 ({RR} 9... Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Qe7 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Rfe1 Ra8 17. Nf1 Bg4 18. N3d2 Rad8 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bc4 Qd7 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Bd5 N6xd5 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Nxg4 {Baidetskyi,V (2483)-Berczes,D (2410) Slovakia SVK 2025 ½-½ (56)}) 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Qc2 Qd6 14. b4 Rad8 15. Rad1 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qe7 18. Qa2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Kh7 20. Qc4 Rd8 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. h3 Rf8 23. Qe2 Rd8 24. Kf2 Qe7 25. Rb1 Rf8 26. Kg1 Rd8 27. Rb2 Rd6 28. Qc2 Qd8 29. Rb1 Rd3 30. Kf2 Rd6 31. Ke2 Qf6 32. c4 Rd8 33. Kf2 Ne7 34. Qc3 Ng6 35. Kg1 Qe7 36. c5 c6 37. Rf1 Rf8 38. Rf2 Qd8 39. Rd2 Qf6 40. Rd1 Rd8 41. Rd6 Rf8 42. Qe1 Nh8 43. Qh4 Qxh4 44. Nxh4 Nf7 45. Rxe6 Rd8 46. Re7 Ng5 47. Nf5 Nxe4 48. Rxg7+ Kh8 49. Rxb7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 19th Dec Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.12.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2023.12.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 10. h3 ({RR} 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 ({RR} 11... Bf8 12. b5 Nb8 ({RR} 12... Ne7 13. Ne3 d5 14. Nxe5 dxe4 15. d4 Ned5 16. Qb3 Bd6 17. N3c4 Qc8 18. Ba3 Qe6 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Na5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxb7 Ng4 23. g3 Qh5 24. h4 Ne5 25. Rxe4 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Ne3+ 27. Rxe3) 13. Qb3 a5 14. Ba3 Re6 15. Ncd2 Nbd7 16. d4 Nh7 17. h4 Nhf6 18. g3 Ng4 19. Kg2 Ndf6 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Qb3 Ndf6 22. Qd1 Nd7 23. Ra2 Re8 24. Qb3 Ndf6 ({RR} 24... c6 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Re2 cxb5 27. Qxb5 exd4 28. Nxd4 Qc7 29. Qb1 Nge5 30. Nb5)) 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)} {RR} 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Ne5+) ({RR} 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6) ({RR} 10. Ne3 Re8 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bb2 Bc5 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 a5 17. Bc3 Bb4 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. dxe4 f6 21. Kf1 Kf7 22. Ke2 g6 23. Rd3 f5 24. Red1 Rxd3) 10... Re8 11. c3 ({RR} 11. Bd2 a5 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. c4 Nd7 14. Bc3 Nc5 15. Nd5 Ne6 16. g3 Ncd4 17. h4 h5 18. Bd2 c6 19. Ne3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 g6 21. Bc3 Bg7 22. Kg2 Nc5 23. Red1 Qe7 24. g4 Ne6 25. Rh1 Nf4+ {Suleymanli,A (2614)-Esipenko,A (2693) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (81)}) ({RR} 11. b3 Bf8 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. a5 a6 15. c4 c6 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Qf3 Ng6 18. Nhf5 Qe6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qg3 dxc4 23. bxc4 Qd7 24. d4 exd4 25. Bxd4 Ne7) 11... Bf8 ({RR} 11... a5 12. Qb3 b6 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. Nh2 Qd7 15. Nhg4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Qe6 17. Qd1 Ne7 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. d5 Qxe4 22. dxc6 d5 23. Bd2 Qd3 24. Bc3 d4 25. Rad1 Qe4 26. Qxe4 {Wei Yi (2753)-Lazavik,D (2621) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (69)}) ({RR} 11... a5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 Nb8 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 dxc3 25. bxc3 Ne7) 12. a5 $146 ({RR} 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. b4 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. Qb3 Qe6 16. Bb2 Ng6 17. b5 Rad8 18. Rad1 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. d4 dxe4 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Nxe5 Nf4 23. N3c4 Rc8 24. Rc1 Bb4 25. Re3 Re7 26. Rb1 Rec7 {Rakshith,S (1989)-Fiedorek,M (2292) Pardubice CZE 2024 ½-½ (68)}) 12... d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Rd1 b6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Qb5 Qe6 19. Nc4 Rbd8 20. Re1 Rd5 21. Qa6 b5 22. Ncd2 Rxd3 23. Qxb5 Rd5 24. Qc4 e4 25. Ra6 Bc5 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxc6 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 e3+ 29. Kf1 Qf5+ 30. Nf3 e2+ 31. Kg1 Rd1 32. Bd2 Nd5 33. Rc5 c6 34. Rxc6 Qd7 35. Rc5 Nb6 36. Qd4 Qb7 37. Re5 Rxe5 38. Qxe5 Qa6 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qe4+ Kg8 41. Kf2 Nc4 42. Qxe2 Qb6+ 43. Be3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 3rd Oct Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.10.03"] [Round "11"] [White "Nakamura, Hi"] [Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2023.10.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. Bb3 Nc6 5. c3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. h3 Be6 ({RR} 7... Kh8 8. O-O Ng8 9. d4 f5 10. exf5 e4 11. Nh2 Bxf5 12. Bf4 Bxh3 13. Bg3 Bf5 14. Nd2 d5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxd4 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Qxd4 Bc5 19. Qe5 Rac8 20. Rad1 e3 21. fxe3 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 {Drozdowski,K (2461)-Artemiev,V (2641) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 7... h6 8. g4 Be6 9. Bc2 Nh7 10. Be3 d5 11. Nbd2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ng5 13. Qe2 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 f6 15. Nh4 Qe8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Rd8 18. O-O g5 19. fxg6 Qxg6+ 20. Kh2 Kh7 21. Rg1 Qf7 22. Qg4 {Martinez Rodriguez,F (2039)-Valdivia Rojas,H (1573) Lima 2025 1-0}) 8. Bc2 h6 9. Nbd2 Re8 $146 ({RR} 9... Nh7 10. Nf1 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ne3 Be6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qd7 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Bd2 Kh8 18. O-O-O Bg8 19. g4 Bh7 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 c6 22. Rhg1 Rf7 23. Rde1 d5 24. f3 {Odiase,O-Ezejiofor,M Warri 2014 0-1 (45)}) 10. g4 d5 11. g5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bf8 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15. Qe2 Qe8 16. Nf3 Rd6 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. O-O-O g6 19. Kb1 Bg7 20. Rdg1 Na5 21. Bg5 Qe6 22. h4 Nc4 23. h5 Nxh5 24. Rxh5 gxh5 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Nh4 Nd2+ 27. Ka1 Kf8 28. Nf5 Rd6 29. Nxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxh5 Qf6 31. Qe2 Bh6 32. Rd1 Qf4 33. a4 a6 34. Qd3 Ke7 35. Qd5 c6 36. Qc5+ Kd7 37. Rh1 Kc7 38. Qe7+ Kb6 39. a5+ Ka7 40. Qc5+ Kb8 41. Qd6+ Ka7 42. Qxh6 Qxf2 43. Qh2 Qe3 44. Qg1 Qxg1+ 45. Rxg1 Nc4 46. b4 Nd6 47. Rd1 Nb5 48. Kb2 Kb8 49. Rd7 f6 50. Rf7 Nd6 51. Rxf6 Nc4+ 52. Kc1 Kc7 53. Bd3 Nd6 54. c4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.02.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 g6 6. c3 ({RR} 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 d6 8. Be3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. c3 O-O 12. b4 Qe7 13. Qb3 Kh7 14. a5 a6 15. b5 axb5 16. Qxb5 Nd8 17. O-O Qe8 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Rfb1 Ra6 20. Nd2 Nf4 {Eljanov,P (2682)-Ernst,S (2525) Belgium BEL 2026 ½-½ (42)}) 6... Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d5 $146 ({RR} 8... d6 9. h3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Kh7 12. d4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Ng8 14. b5 Nb8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ba3 Qe6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Ncxe5 Ne7 19. Qd8 Qc8 20. Nxf7 Qxd8 21. Nxd8 Bg7 22. e5 Nd7 23. Ne6 {Satonen,A (2242)-Mujunen,M Lahti 2000 1-0}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Nd7 12. Nc4 Re8 13. a5 a6 14. Ba4 Re6 15. Be3 b5 16. axb6 cxb6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. d5 Re4 20. Nd6 Re7 21. Bd4 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Nxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bc6 N7f6 25. Qe5 Be6 26. Ne8+ Qxe8 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Qd4 a5 29. h3 Rc8 30. Re1 g5 31. Nd2 Kg6 32. Nc4 Nd7 33. Rxe6+ fxe6 34. Qe4+ Kf6 35. Qd4+ Kg6 36. g3 Rf8 37. Qe4+ Kf6 38. Qh7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2024.02.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Nf1 Bg7 8. Ng3 O-O ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Na5 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bd7 {1-0 (15) Caruana,F (2806)-Megaranto,S (2550) Krasnaya Polyana 2021}) 9. a4 ({RR} 9. Bb3 d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ba4 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nc5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. Nd2 a5 18. b3 Reb8 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Nb2 Nb6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Na4 Nb6 23. Nc5 a4 {Bauer,C (2562)-Ernst,R (2381) Karlsruhe GER 2026 ½-½ (61)}) 9... Be6 $146 ({RR} 9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Re1 a6 14. Ne4 b6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Bd2 f5 18. Rad1 Bf7 19. b4 Re7 20. Re2 a5 21. b5 Na7 22. Bc1 Qd6 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. d4 {Patil Divya (1923)-Srija,S (2258) Karaikudi IND 2024 ½-½ (45)}) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Kh7 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. d4 Nd7 15. Be3 Qe8 16. Qe2 g5 17. h3 Ng6 18. Nh5 Bh8 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. Nxf4 gxf4 21. Bc1 Qg6 22. Kh1 Rf7 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Rde1 Qh5 25. Qd1 Qg6 26. Bb2 Bf6 27. Qb3 Re7 28. Qc2 Qh5 29. Nh2 Bh8 30. f3 Qf7 31. Rd1 Nf6 32. Rge1 Nh5 33. Nf1 Qg6 34. Re2 Bf6 35. b6 cxb6 36. dxe5 Bxe5 37. c4 Reg7 38. Bxe5 dxe5 39. Rd6 Qf6 40. Rxb6 Rd8 41. Rb5 Rgd7 42. Rb1 Kg6 43. Kh2 Qh4 44. Rbe1 Rd3 45. Qb2 Rd1 46. Qc3 b6 47. c5 Rxe1 48. Rxe1 Rc8 49. Qxe5 Qxe1 50. Qxe6+ Nf6 51. Qxc8 bxc5 52. Qf5+ Kg7 53. e5 Nh7 54. e6 Nf6 55. Qxc5 Qxe6 56. Qxa5 Qe2 57. Nd2 Qe1 58. Qc7+ Kg6 59. Qxf4 Qa1 60. Qg3+ Kf7 61. Qf4 Kg6 62. Ne4 Nh5 63. Qg4+ Kh7 64. Qxh5 Qxa4 65. Qf7+ Kh8 66. Qf6+ Kh7 67. Qe7+ Kh8 68. Qe5+ Kh7 69. f4 Kg8 70. f5 h5 71. f6 Kf7 72. Qxh5+ Ke6 73. Nc5+ Kxf6 74. Nxa4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 10th Oct Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.10.10"] [Round "9"] [White "Mamedov, Rau"] [Black "Melkumyan, H."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "167"] [EventDate "2023.10.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O Na5 ({RR} 7... h6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ne2 a5 11. Ng3 Qe8 12. c3 Qf7 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Nh2 d5 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qg6 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Kh2 Rf7 19. Qc2 Rdf8 20. Qb3 d4 21. Bc1 Nc5 22. Qc2 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2784)-Dubov,D (2702) chess24.com INT 2021 0-1 (42)}) 8. Ba2 c5 9. Re1 $146 ({RR} 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. c3 Re8 13. Qd2 Be7 14. h3 h6 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Bc4 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxa4 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Re7 {Adury,A (2268)-Coenen,M (2314) Budapest HUN 2025 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. c3 Rc8 13. h3 g6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. a5 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. a6 b6 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Qa4 Rcd8 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qc4 Kg7 23. Ng5 h6 {Nilsson,O (2180)-Andreasyan,E (2371) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 g6 12. c3 Bg7 13. h3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Ne7 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. b5 Bh6 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bxa2 21. Qxa2 Rc3 22. Qd2 Rfc8 23. Rad1 Ra3 {Mamedov,R (2656)-Rasulov,V (2500) Baku AZE 2025 1-0 (39)}) 9... Nc6 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Ng3 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 g6 13. c3 Re8 14. Ra1 Bf8 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. a5 a6 18. Nf1 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne3 Rab8 21. Nd2 Bg5 22. Nd5 Ne7 23. Nxe7+ Bxe7 24. Nc4 Bg5 25. Rad1 Rbd8 26. Nb6 Qb5 27. Qa2 Kg7 28. Nd5 Rc8 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Bd8 31. Ra1 Qxd3 32. Qa4 Qb5 33. Qxb5 axb5 34. a6 bxa6 35. Rxa6 Re6 36. Ra7 g5 37. Re3 gxh4 38. Rf3 Bf6 39. gxh4 Rf8 40. Ne3 Kg6 41. Nf5 Bd8 42. Rd7 Kh7 43. Kf1 Rf6 44. Ke2 c4 45. Rg3 Rg6 46. Rxg6 Kxg6 47. Rxd6+ Kh7 48. Rh6+ Kg8 49. Rxh5 Re8 50. Ne3 b4 51. Nxc4 Re6 52. Rxe5 bxc3 53. Rxe6 fxe6 54. bxc3 Bxh4 55. f4 Kf7 56. Ne5+ Ke8 57. c4 Bg3 58. Kf3 Be1 59. Nd3 Bc3 60. e5 Bd4 61. Ke4 Bg1 62. Ne1 Ba7 63. Nf3 Ke7 64. Nd4 Kd7 65. Nb3 Bb6 66. c5 Bd8 67. Nd4 Ba5 68. c6+ Ke7 69. Nb5 Be1 70. Nd6 Ba5 71. Nb5 Bb6 72. Nd4 Ba5 73. f5 exf5+ 74. Nxf5+ Ke6 75. Ne3 Bb6 76. Nd5 Ba5 77. Nf4+ Ke7 78. Kd5 Bc7 79. Ne6 Bb6 80. Nd4 Bc7 81. Nb5 Ba5 82. e6 Bb6 83. c7 Bxc7 84. Nxc7 1-0 [Event "Asian Games Men 2023"] [Site "Hangzhou CHN"] [Date "2023.09.26"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2658"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2023.09.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. c3 g6 13. Qd2 Rc8 $146 ({RR} 13... Bg7 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Qa2 Bh6 19. Rfe1 Bf4 20. g3 Bh6 21. Kg2 Qd7 22. d4 Bh3+ 23. Kg1 Bg4 24. Be2 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 exd4 26. Red1 Rc8 27. Qd5 Bg7 28. h3 {Romero Barreto,J (2335)-Belmonte,D (2318) Comodoro Rivadavia ARG 2023 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 13... Bg7 14. Rfb1 Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. b4 Rad8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe3 Rd7 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. c4 Rc8 21. a5 Rc6 22. Ra3 Qd8 23. h4 h6 24. Rb5 b6 25. axb6 axb6 26. g3 Rcd6 27. Ne1 Kh7 28. Qe2 {Pichot,A (2581)-Salimova,N (2399) Katowice POL 2026 1-0 (56)}) 14. h3 b6 15. Rac1 Bg7 16. b4 h6 17. Rfe1 Kh7 18. b5 Na5 19. Qe2 c4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. dxc4 h5 22. Red1 Rc5 23. Rb1 Bh6 24. Rb4 Qc8 25. h4 f6 26. Ne1 Kg7 27. a5 bxa5 28. Ra4 Rf7 29. Nc2 a6 30. Na3 Bg4 31. f3 Be6 32. Rxa5 Bxd5 33. exd5 axb5 34. Nxb5 Rd7 35. Ra4 f5 36. Nxd6 Qd8 37. Qxe5+ Kh7 38. Ne8 Re7 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Nxh5+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Qg3 Qb6 43. Nh5+ Kh7 44. Rb4 Rb5+ 45. Kh2 Rxb4 46. d6 Rf7 47. c5 Qd8 48. cxb4 gxh5 49. Qf2 Rg7 50. Rd4 Qe8 51. f4 Ra7 52. Qd2 Bg7 53. Rd5 Qe4 54. d7 Bc3 55. d8=Q Bxd2 56. Rd7+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 24th Oct Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.10.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Chigaev, M."] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2626"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2023.10.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. a5 a6 7. c3 g5 ({RR} 7... g6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. h3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Re1 b5 13. Bd5 Bb7 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Ba2 Nxa5 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Rxa5 c5 18. c4 Qc7 19. Nb3 Nh5 20. Nh2 Kh7 21. Ng4 Nf4 22. Ne3 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2740)-Ponomariov,R (2646) Samarkand UZB 2023 1-0 (68)}) 8. Qb3 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 g4 9. Ng1 Bg7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Ng3 h5 14. f3 Bh6 15. exd5 Be3+ 16. Kh1 h4 17. Nge4 Nxd5 18. Qe2 Ba7 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. fxg4 h3 21. Nf3 f5 22. gxf5 Rxf5 {Sarquis,M (2143)-Chaves,J (1934) Florianopolis BRA 2026 0-1}) 8... Qd7 9. h3 $146 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. O-O c6 13. Qc2 d5 14. Bb3 Qc7 15. Re1 Be6 16. Nf1 Ng6 17. h3 Nh5 18. Be3 Nhf4 19. c4 d4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. c5 Qd7 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Ng3 g4 {Carlo,E (2255)-Bifulco,M (2251) Cattolica 2020 ½-½}) 9... Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. g4 Ne7 12. h4 c6 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Qc2 d5 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Nxg5 Nxg4 17. Ndf3 Rd8 18. Be3 Qe7 19. O-O-O f6 20. d4 fxg5 21. exd5 Qe8 22. dxc6+ Kf8 23. Nxg5 Nf6 24. dxe5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Ng4 26. Bc5+ Ne7 27. Nh7# 1-0 [Event "TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2024"] [Site "Elite Plaza Hotel, Gustav Ado"] [Date "2024.05.02"] [Round "6"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "UKR"] [BlackTeam "SWE"] [WhiteClock "0:13:37"] [BlackClock "0:01:03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O ({RR} 8. a5 a6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. O-O c5 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bg7 16. c3 Rb8 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Ra4 h5 19. Qa1 Bh6 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Ra3 Rf8 22. Bd5 Ne7 {Caruana,F (2795)-Pranav,V (2641) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (72)}) 8... h6 9. a5 a6 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. a6 bxa6 12. Bxa6 Nb4 13. Bc4 c5 14. Nh2 Nh5 15. Nf1 Nf4 16. Ne2 d5 17. exd5 Nfxd5 18. c3 Nc6 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nc2 Rfd8 22. Be3 Qd5 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. dxc4 {Tetepoulidis,I (2091)-Magkalakis,S (2347) Kalamaria GRE 2026 0-1 (48)}) 10. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Re1 Be6 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 Kh7 16. Qb1 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qd5 18. Qa2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qb5 20. Bf2 Rf6 21. Re2 Rfe6 22. Rde1 Nb4 23. Qb3 Nd5 24. Qa2 Nf4 {Mammadov,Z (2426)-Petriashvili,N (2463) Ankara TUR 2024 0-1 (49)}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Kh7 12. c3 f5 13. Re1 Qf6 14. b4 Ne7 15. Bb3 g5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. d4 e4 18. Nh2 Ng6 19. Ra2 Rae8 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Kh8 23. Rf2 Qd8 24. Qd1 g4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Qf1 Qe7 27. Bd2 Qe4 28. Ne1 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Qf5 30. Qe3 d5 31. Bc2 Qf7 32. Qg3 Bf5 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. Qxc7 Qe4 35. Nf3 Kh7 36. Qxb7 1-0 [Event "Prague Masters 2nd"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2020.02.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2713"] [Annotator "Firouzja,Alireza"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 195"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.04.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,79,19,38,25,16,14,23,25,0,4,0,9,2,19,14,20,-4,-5,-4,7,3,5,-26,17,18,13,15,18,22,50,24,52,49,37,36,42,12,27,0,51,41,46,34,45,19,8,14,38,41,33,39,56,49,22,20,102,38,31,21,86,66,89,54,193,193,187,215,255,255,325,359,343,360,375,374,374,339,339,358,525,527]} 1. e4 {I had made two draws until this round, so I really wanted to push for the win in this game.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {This is of course a slower move than 6.Re1, but it's in order to prevent the Marshall.} (6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {With my opponent being a big expert of the Marshall, I thought this time I should avoid it.}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 $5 {These days, the c3 move in this position is surprise to people, mainly because of the more fashionable 8.a3!? which I played in the first round of this tournament against Ragger. But in the old days 8.c3 used to be the main line.} O-O 9. h3 Na5 {Going for the Chigorin setup. Two rounds after this game, Vitiugov played 9...h6!? against me.} 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 {So now we have the old Chigorin setup, but with one tempo down for White (normally in the classical line his rook is on e1 already!) But I thought in these closed positions the tempo wouldn't matter - and I was probably right!} Qc7 12. d5 $1 {And now White should close the center because there is no time anymore for the Nbd2/Re1/Nf1 manoeuvre.} (12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Re1 Bb7 {and this just a decent position for Black because the white knight is still on d2 and not on g3!})) 12... Nc4 $5 {Pentala was trying to exploit that my knight wasn't already on d2, making ...Nc4 impossible for Black here, but...} 13. b3 ({RR} 13. a4 b4 14. b3 Nb6 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Be3 a5 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Nbd2 Nbd7 19. Nf1 Qb7 20. Ng3 Bd8 21. Nf5 Qb8 22. Qd2 Bb6 23. Bh6 g6 24. N3h4 Re8 25. Bd1 Nc5 26. Ng3 Nd3 27. Re3 Nf4 {Firouzja,A (2766)-Amangeldy,E (2195) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (40)}) 13... Nb6 14. a4 c4 $1 {Now we can see that Black cannot really play the old 14...bxa4 15.bxa4 a5 plan because my knight is sitting on b1 and can go to the b5 square via a3!} (14... bxa4 $2 15. bxa4 a5 16. Na3 Ba6 17. Nb5 $16) ({RR} 14... Bd7 15. Be3 bxa4 16. bxa4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rfb8 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nbd2 Be8 20. Ra2 Nd7 21. Re1 Nb6 22. Nf1 c4 23. Ne3 Nb3 24. a5 Na4 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. Ra3 Rab8 27. Nxc4 Nxc3 28. Bxc3 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 {Firouzja,A (2785)-Alekseenko,K (2686) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (41)}) 15. axb5 axb5 $146 {Its really hard to believe that such a move can be mistake. But if you go deeper into the postion you understand that Black should not really care about the pawns, and he has some great square like c5 for his knight and can get excellent counterplay!} (15... cxb3 $1 16. Bd3 (16. Bxb3 $2 Nxe4) 16... Nfd7 $1 {Probably the move that Pentala missed during the game.} 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18. Qc2 f5 $13 {with a very double-edged position!}) ({RR} 15... cxb3 16. Bxb3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Nxa8 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Ba3 Bd7 20. Nxe5 Be8 21. Nf3 Nfd7 22. e5 Nc5 23. exd6 Bxd6 24. Nbd2 Bd7 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Ne4 Nc8 27. Nxc5 Qxc5 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Nd6 30. Re7 {Svane,F (2667)-Erdogmus,Y (2626) London ENG 2025 ½-½ (61)}) 16. Rxa8 Nxa8 17. bxc4 bxc4 (17... Qxc4 {Of course now this looks really ugly for Black.} 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Bxb5 $18) 18. Ba3 $1 {So here I found a very nice setup for my pieces which you can see in the game!} Nd7 {19.Nxe5 was the threat.} 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Nbd2 {This was the setup that I had in mind when I played 18.Ba3.} f5 $1 {The right move. Otherwise Black will slowly lose the battle on the queenside.} 22. Rd1 {The logic behind this move is simple of course: after ...fxe4/Nxe4 the pawn on d5 will be well protected.} g6 23. Qe3 $1 {Very nice move.} f4 $2 {This move just really questions the move 21...f5! The idea was to open up things on the kingside and fight for some counterplay, but for some reason probably he thought he was just worse after the exchanges in the center. But anyway Black had to go for it!} (23... fxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Nd7 $14 {with idea knight f6. White is still better, but Black is fighting.}) 24. Qe2 $16 {From here I thought I was just winning because it's clear that White will win the battle on the queenside.} Ba6 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Qf1 $1 {Playing for the A file} Qc8 ({Of course I was not scared of} 26... Nd3 {because the knight on d2 will be well blocking the pawn on d3!} 27. Bxd3 cxd3 28. Ra5 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Qa1 $18) 27. Ra5 Ncd7 (27... Nb3 28. Ra3 {and Black has to either go back or exchange on d3 which does not improve his position at all.}) 28. Qa1 Bb5 29. Nb1 g5 30. Rxa8 Nxa8 (30... Qxa8 {The endgame is of course completley winning for White:} 31. Qxa8+ Nxa8 32. Na3 Ba6 33. Ba4 Nab6 34. Bb5 Bxb5 35. Nxb5 $18) 31. Qa7 {and the rest is just a matter of time. Black's pieces are all very passive and he has lots of weaknesses.} Nc7 32. Na3 Ba6 33. Ba4 Nf6 34. Nxg5 Nfxd5 35. exd5 Bxg5 36. Bxd6 Nxd5 37. Bd7 $1 Qb7 38. Be6+ Kg7 39. Bxe5+ Bf6 40. Qd4 {A very strong game from start to finish!} 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 1920"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2021.10.14"] [Round "9.42"] [White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Black "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2636"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2019.11.23"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2022"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.10.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Solingen"] [BlackTeam "Dresden TU"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. Bd2 a5 11. h3 b6 12. c3 h6 13. Qb3 Bf8 14. Rad1 d5 15. Ne3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Bc1 Nd6 18. Qd5 Qd7 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Nfxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxa4 22. c4 Qc2 23. g4 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 {Ganguly,S (2657)-Bruzon Batista,L (2673) Saint Louis 2018 0-1 (32)}) 10. a5 ({RR} 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nce5 cxb5 22. axb5 Ra3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf5 N7f6 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Caruana,F (2804) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)}) 10... Re8 11. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 11. Ne3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Bf6 14. Nfd2 g6 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. c3 b6 17. Qb3 Re6 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. axb6 cxb6 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. h4 f5 23. Ng3 h5 24. Bg5 Rde8 25. Nd2 Nc7 {Safarli,E (2596)-Sargissian,G (2646) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½}) ({RR} 11. c3 Bf8 12. Qb3 d5 13. Ne3 dxe4 14. dxe4 b6 15. axb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nf5 Na5 18. Qc2 Qc6 19. Ng3 b5 20. Qd3 Nd7 21. b4 Nc4 22. Nf1 Ndb6 23. Ne3 Re6 24. Nf5 Kh7 25. Qd8 Re8 {Mkhitaryan,E (1890)-Jaksa,E (1972) Cetinje MNE 2026 ½-½ (75)}) 11... Bf8 12. Bc3 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. b3 Qc8 15. h3 Qb7 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. d4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bb2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qc6 22. Ne5 Qc5 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. Nf3 Qc6 25. c4 Qd6 26. Qb1 Re8 27. Be5 Qd8 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Qf5 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Bxf6 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 gxf6 33. Qxf6 Bg7 34. Qc6 Qe2 35. Qxc7 Qxf2 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Qe4 Qc5 41. Kh1 Bf6 42. Nh2 h5 43. Nf1 Qg5 44. Qe3 Qf5 45. Ng3 Qb1+ 46. Kh2 Qg6 47. Qe4 h4 48. Nf5 Bg5 49. Qe5 Bf6 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qe4 Bd8 52. Kg1 Bg5 53. b4 Qe6 54. Nd6+ Kg7 55. Qxe6 fxe6 56. Ne4 Bd8 57. Kf2 Kg6 58. Kf3 Kf5 59. Nd6+ Kf6 60. Ke4 Ke7 61. Nb5 Kd7 62. Nd4 Be7 63. Nc2 Bd6 64. b5 Be7 65. Ne1 Kd6 66. Nd3 Bd8 67. Kf4 Be7 68. g4 hxg3 69. Kxg3 Bd8 70. Kf4 Ke7 71. h4 Kf6 72. h5 Bc7+ 73. Kg4 Bd6 74. Nf2 Ke5 75. h6 Bf8 76. h7 Bg7 77. Nd3+ Kf6 78. c5 1-0 [Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2024.01.21"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2727"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2024.01.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 Bxc4 9. dxc4 b6 10. Bd2 Nxa5 ({RR} 10... Qd7 11. Qe2 h6 12. h3 Rae8 13. axb6 axb6 14. Nc3 Nh7 15. Nd5 f5 16. b4 Bd8 17. Qd3 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Kf7 23. Bb4 Re6 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Ra7+ {Mendonca,L (2616)-Tregubenko,N (2303) Aix-en-Provence FRA 2026 1-0 (37)}) 11. Bxa5 bxa5 12. Rxa5 c6 13. Ra2 $146 ({RR} 13. b4 Qb8 14. c3 Bd8 15. Ra6 Qb7 16. Qa4 Bb6 17. Qa3 c5 18. Nbd2 cxb4 19. cxb4 Rac8 20. Ra4 Ng4 21. Re2 g6 22. Qa2 Qe7 23. Nb1 Qe6 24. Nbd2 h6 25. Qb1 Kg7 {½-½ (25) Levacic,P (2350)-Krstic,U (2270) Cannes 1997}) 13... Qc7 14. Nc3 a5 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Na4 Ne6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nb2 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qb8 21. Rea1 Rd8 22. g3 Qb4 23. Nc4 Nb5 24. Qe3 Qc3 25. Nfxe5 Rac8 26. Qxc3 Nxc3 27. Rxa5 Nxe4 28. Nb6 Rc7 29. Ra8 f6 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Ra8 fxe5 32. Rxd8+ Kf7 33. Nc4 Ke6 34. Kg2 Nf6 35. Kf3 e4+ 36. Kf4 Ke7 37. Rd6 Rc8 38. h3 Ne8 39. Rd1 Nf6 40. Rd6 Ne8 41. Rd2 Nf6 42. Nd6 Ra8 43. Nxe4 Nd5+ 44. Ke5 c4 45. bxc4 Nb6 46. Re2 Nxc4+ 47. Kd4 Na3 48. c4 Rb8 49. Ra2 Ra8 50. Rb2 Ke6 51. Kc3 Ke5 52. Nd2 Ra7 53. Rb3 Ke6 54. Nf1 Kd6 55. Nd2 Ke6 56. h4 Kf5 57. f3 h6 58. Rb6 Re7 59. Ne4 g5 60. hxg5 hxg5 61. Rxc6 g4 62. Nd6+ Kf6 63. Nc8+ Re6 64. Rxe6+ Kxe6 65. f4 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 2023-24"] [Site "Hamburg GER"] [Date "2024.01.13"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Shevchenko, Kirill"] [Black "Grandelius, N."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2023.10.21"] [WhiteTeam "SV Werder Bremen"] [BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 Bc5 6. a5 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 ({RR} 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Na3 Qd6 16. b5 Nxa5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. c4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qe6 20. Bxa5 Qxh3 21. Qe2 Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ {Dubov,D (2672)-So,W (2753) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (49)}) 8... d6 ({RR} 8... Ba7 9. Re1 d6 10. h3 Kh8 11. Nbd2 Nh7 12. Bb3 Ng5 13. Nf1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 f5 15. Be3 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qc4 Bh7 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Ng3 Ra8 20. Bc2 Rf4 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. d4 Bg8 23. d5 {Svidler,P (2689)-Grandelius,N (2664) Malmo SWE 2024 ½-½ (41)}) 9. Be3 Bxe3 $146 ({RR} 9... Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Qe7 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Rfe1 Ra8 17. Nf1 Bg4 18. N3d2 Rad8 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bc4 Qd7 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Bd5 N6xd5 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Nxg4 {Baidetskyi,V (2483)-Berczes,D (2410) Slovakia SVK 2025 ½-½ (56)}) 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Qc2 Qd6 14. b4 Rad8 15. Rad1 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qe7 18. Qa2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Kh7 20. Qc4 Rd8 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. h3 Rf8 23. Qe2 Rd8 24. Kf2 Qe7 25. Rb1 Rf8 26. Kg1 Rd8 27. Rb2 Rd6 28. Qc2 Qd8 29. Rb1 Rd3 30. Kf2 Rd6 31. Ke2 Qf6 32. c4 Rd8 33. Kf2 Ne7 34. Qc3 Ng6 35. Kg1 Qe7 36. c5 c6 37. Rf1 Rf8 38. Rf2 Qd8 39. Rd2 Qf6 40. Rd1 Rd8 41. Rd6 Rf8 42. Qe1 Nh8 43. Qh4 Qxh4 44. Nxh4 Nf7 45. Rxe6 Rd8 46. Re7 Ng5 47. Nf5 Nxe4 48. Rxg7+ Kh8 49. Rxb7 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 1920"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2021.10.15"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2636"] [BlackElo "2648"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2019.11.23"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2022"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.10.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Dresden TU"] [BlackTeam "Hockenheim"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 ({RR} 12... Nc4 13. Kh2 a5 14. Rg1 a4 15. Nbd2 Nb6 16. Nf1 b4 17. g4 b3 18. Bb1 bxa2 19. Rxa2 c4 20. Ng3 Qc5 21. Be3 Qb5 22. g5 Ne8 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 g6 25. Bxb6 Qxb6 26. f6 Bd8 27. Rg2 {Shilon Rahav,E (2363)-Stickler,F (2249) Krakow POL 2026 ½-½ (65)}) 13. b3 Nb7 14. Be3 $146 ({RR} 14. Nh2 Rae8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bc8 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Ng4 f6 19. Kh1 Nd8 20. a4 Ne5 21. Ne3 Ndf7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Nf5 Bd8 25. Bh2 Qb7 26. b4 Bb6 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Ng3 Ra8 {Hillarp Persson,T (2529)-Semcesen,D (2486) Gothenburg 2013 ½-½ (51)}) 14... g6 15. Nfd2 Nh5 16. a4 Rab8 17. Na3 Nd8 18. axb5 axb5 19. c4 b4 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Ra4 Nb7 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Qa1 Nf4 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Nf3 Bf8 26. Bg5 Be7 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Qc1 Bf6 29. Qxf4 Bxb5 30. cxb5 Bc3 31. Re3 Na5 32. e5 dxe5 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Qxe5 Rxb5 36. d6 Nb7 37. d7 Kf8 38. Ra8 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 L"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.12"] [Round "3.1"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2704"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2024.05.11"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 a6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Re1 Kh8 9. c3 Ng8 10. d4 f5 11. dxe5 fxe4 12. Rxe4 Rxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. Bxg8 Qxg8 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Re3 Ng6 17. Bg3 h5 18. Ra4 Bg5 19. f4 Bh6 20. Qxh5 Bxb1 21. f5 Qd5 22. Rd4 Qxf5 {Sindarov,J (2661)-Aronian,L (2745) Astana KAZ 2023 0-1 (56)}) 8... Be6 9. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Re1 Qd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Rfe8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. Ne2 g6 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. Qe2 Nh7 16. Bc3 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Rf8 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Rb2 f5 20. Reb1 Nd8 21. c5 f4 22. Nf1 g5 23. cxd6 cxd6 {Cahaya,S (2184)-Skaric,D (2297) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Kh7 12. c3 Ne7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Nh4 Rg8 15. Qf3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rae1 Nf4 18. Re4 Bg4 19. Qe3 f5 20. Rxe5 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Qxh4 22. d4 f4 23. Qe4+ f5 {Dann,M (2425)-Tanenbaum,Z (2300) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (52)}) 9... Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c3 Nbxd5 12. Qb3 c6 13. Qxb7 Qe8 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Ba2 h6 17. d4 e4 18. Nd2 d5 19. f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 Ne4 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Rae1 f5 24. Qa4 Nb5 25. Qd1 Kh8 26. h4 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Bh2 Kg7 29. Bb1 Nc7 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. g4 f4 32. Rxe4 Nd5 33. Qd3 Qe6 34. Nf3 Qxg4+ 35. Kf2 Rh8 36. Rg1 Rxh2+ 37. Nxh2 Qh4+ 38. Kf1 Ne3+ 39. Rxe3 fxe3 40. Qxe3 Rf8+ 41. Nf3 g4 42. Ke2 Qh5 43. Qg5+ Qxg5 44. Nxg5 Kg6 45. Rxg4 Kf5 46. Rg1 Rg8 47. Rf1+ Kg4 48. Ne4 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.12"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2707"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2024.05.10"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 a5 10. c3 Re8 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. d4 Nf6 14. Qb3 b6 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. h3 h6 17. Rad1 g6 18. Ne3 Kg7 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 b5 22. Qb2 Nh7 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Dubov,D (2708) Berlin GER 2023 1-0 (38)}) 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 ({RR} 9... h6 10. b4 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Kh7 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. g3 Ng7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Nb3 h5 24. h4 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (44)}) 10. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Ne3 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 f5 20. f3 Rf7 21. c3 h5 22. Rab1 axb4 23. axb4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Raf8 {Gabrielian,A (2407)-Paravyan,D (2582) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (51)}) 10... b6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nb8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. b4 h6 15. c4 Re8 16. g3 Bf8 17. Nd2 Be7 18. h4 Rf8 19. Nb3 axb4 20. axb4 Nf6 21. c5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 bxc5 23. bxc5 Ng4 24. Kg2 Nxe3+ 25. Qxe3 dxc5 26. Nxc5 c6 27. dxc6 Qd6 28. Nd7 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Nxe5 Qb5 32. Nd3 h5 33. Nf4 Qe5 34. Qd3 Bxh4 35. Qd5 Qxd5 36. exd5 Be7 37. Nxh5 f5 38. Nf4 Kf7 39. Kf3 g5 40. Nd3 g4+ 41. Ke3 Bd6 42. Kd4 Kf6 43. Kc4 Ke7 44. Nc5 Bb8 45. Ne6 Kd7 46. Ng7 f4 47. Nh5 fxg3 48. fxg3 Kd6 49. Kd4 Ba7+ 50. Ke4 Bf2 51. Ng7 Be1 52. Nf5+ Kc5 53. Ke5 Kc4 54. d6 Kd3 55. d7 Ba5 56. Ke6 Ke4 57. Ng7 Bc7 58. Nh5 Bd8 59. Kf7 Bg5 60. Ke8 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.10"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2676"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.05.10"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Be3 $146 ({RR} 7. a5 Be6 8. Nd2 Nd4 9. O-O c6 10. a6 b5 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Nf3 Qb8 13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Rd8 16. Qe1 g6 17. Qc3 Bd6 18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Qb7 Rxc2 20. Rd1 Bc5 21. Rd2 Rxd2 {Diaz Rosas,J (2366)-Martinez Duany,L (2483) Merida MEX 2023 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. c3 Ne6 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Qh5 Nef4 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Bd2 Qg6 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Carlsen,M (2835) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (89)}) ({RR} 7. O-O Kh8 8. h3 Ng8 9. d4 f5 10. dxe5 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Rxf3 12. Bxg8 Nxe5 13. Bb3 Rf8 14. f4 Ng6 15. c4 Qd7 16. Bc2 Qc6 17. b3 Bf5 18. Re1 Bh4 19. g3 Bxg3 20. Nxg3 Nh4 21. Be4 Bxe4 {Nagare Kaivalya Sandip (2353)-Kramich,A (2300) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) ({RR} 7. O-O Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. c3 Rae8 10. a5 Nd8 11. Qa4 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 a6 14. h3 g6 15. Rfd1 Bg7 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qb3 Re7 21. exd5 Qxd5 {Korobov,A (2627)-Oparin,G (2660) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (84)}) 7... Nb4 8. Bb3 c5 9. Ne2 h6 10. Ng3 a6 11. O-O Re8 12. c3 Nc6 13. Nh4 Bf8 14. Ng6 Be6 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. h3 Qb6 17. Bc2 d5 18. f4 d4 19. Bf2 exf4 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. Nxf4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nxe4 23. Qe1 Nxf2 24. Qxf2 Ne5 25. Rab1 Qc7 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Nc6 28. Rbd1 Nb4 29. Bb1 Bc4 30. Rfe1 Qd6 31. Nh5 Rfe8 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qf5 g6 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nxe8 Qc6 36. Qc5+ Qxc5 37. dxc5 Kxe8 38. Rd4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 21st May Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.21"] [Round "10"] [White "Onischuk, V."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2614"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2024.05.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Ng3 Na5 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. b4 d5 13. Qb3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qd7 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Be3 Re8 17. h3 Rb8 18. b5 axb5 19. Qxb5 Qe6 20. Nd2 Bf8 21. Nc4 h5 22. f3 Red8 23. Nh1 Ne8 24. Nf2 {Onischuk,V (2622)-Kamsky,G (2665) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 9... d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ba4 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nc5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. Nd2 a5 18. b3 Reb8 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Nb2 Nb6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Na4 Nb6 23. Nc5 a4 24. Nxe6 {Bauer,C (2562)-Ernst,R (2381) Karlsruhe GER 2026 ½-½ (61)}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Re8 15. d5 Nb8 16. h3 Nbd7 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Qc2 a5 19. Rac1 a4 20. Bd2 Nfd7 21. b4 axb3 22. axb3 Qf6 23. b4 Na6 24. Qd3 {Onischuk,V (2619)-Tang,A (2502) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (50)}) 10. Bc2 c5 11. O-O $146 ({RR} 11. h3 Nc6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. O-O d5 14. Nh2 b6 15. f4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Ba6 17. Rf2 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nfd7 20. Nf1 Rad8 21. Ne3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Kh7 {Rindhiya,V (1793)-Aakanksha,H (2202) Hatkanangale IND 2022 0-1 (40)}) 11... Nc6 12. Re1 Re8 13. h3 d5 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 b6 17. Nd6 Re6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Bb3 Rd8 20. Ncxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxd5 Ba4 22. Bb3 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 25. Kg2 Bxb3 26. axb3 a5 27. Bf4 Qe7 28. Rxe1 Qxe1 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qxb6 Qe2 31. Qxc5 Qxb2 32. Qd5 Kg8 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qxa5 Qxb3 35. Be5 Bxe5 36. Qxe5 Qc4 37. Qd4 Qb5 38. h4 g5 39. c4 Qb4 40. Qe4+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.11"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Oparin, G."] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2704"] [PlyCount "161"] [EventDate "2024.05.10"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. Nd5 ({RR} 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Nd5 Ne6 12. Ne3 g6 13. f3 Nh5 14. Ndf1 Bg5 15. g3 b6 16. c3 Nhg7 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ng2 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 f4 21. Nd2 Nf5 22. Ne4 Kh8 23. g4 Nh4 24. Rc2 Ng5 {Nakamura,H (2802)-Giri,A (2733) New York USA 2024 ½-½ (63)}) 10... b6 ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. c3 b6 12. b4 Nf6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. b5 Bxg5 16. bxc6 Qd8 17. Rad1 Bh6 18. c5 bxc5 19. Qb7 Kh8 20. Rb1 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. c4 Rf8 23. h3 Rc8 24. Rb5 Nf6 25. Rxa5 {Kleimenov,N (2332)-Vershinin,I (2320) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Be3 Ncb8 12. c3 Na6 13. b4 Re8 14. Bd2 Bf8 15. Qb3 c6 16. Ne3 Nc7 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. Nf5 axb4 19. cxb4 c5 20. a5 cxb4 21. Bxb4 Ndc5 22. Qb1 Qc7 23. Ne3 Qc6 24. Nd5 Nd7 25. Rc1 {Oparin,G (2653)-Pranav,V (2621) New York USA 2024 0-1 (50)}) 11. Ra3 $146 ({RR} 11. c3 h6 12. Qc2 Nh7 13. h3 Bg5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Rad1 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qe8 18. f3 f6 19. Ra1 Qc6 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Qa2 Rfd8 22. b4 Nf8 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Qb3 Nd7 {Yudin,S (2556)-Krivonos,N (2295) Irkutsk 2010 1-0 (56)}) 11... Nb8 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Rae3 h6 14. b3 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc5 16. R3e2 Ne6 17. g3 Qc8 18. h4 Rd8 19. Rd1 Bf6 20. Kg2 c6 21. Qd3 Nc5 22. Qe3 Qb7 23. Ba3 Be7 24. Red2 Qc7 25. Nh2 Rd7 26. Qf3 Rad8 27. Ng4 h5 28. Nh2 g6 29. Qe3 Ne6 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Bb2 Qb7 32. Qe2 Qc7 33. Qe1 Qb7 34. Qe3 Qc7 35. Ba3 Qb8 36. Rd3 Qc7 37. Qe2 Bg7 38. Ng5 Nc5 39. Bxc5 dxc5 40. Nf3 Bf6 41. Nh2 Kg7 42. Nf1 Rd6 43. Qf3 R8d7 44. Qe3 Qd8 45. Qe2 Rxd3 46. cxd3 Rd6 47. Qe3 Qd7 48. Nh2 Be7 49. Qf3 Bf6 50. Rd2 Be7 51. Nf1 Qe6 52. Qe2 Bf6 53. Ne3 Be7 54. Rd1 Bf6 55. Kf1 Qh3+ 56. Ke1 Qe6 57. Kd2 Qd7 58. Kc2 Kf8 59. Qf3 Ke8 60. Qe2 Kd8 61. Rh1 Kc7 62. Nd1 Kb7 63. Qe3 Bg7 64. Re1 f5 65. f3 Qf7 66. Rf1 f4 67. Qg1 fxg3 68. Qxg3 Bf6 69. Nf2 Qd7 70. Qxg6 Bxh4 71. Qxh5 Bg3 72. Qg4 Bf4 73. Qxd7+ Rxd7 74. Rh1 Be3 75. Ng4 Bd4 76. Kd2 Rf7 77. Ke2 b5 78. Rh5 Re7 79. cxb5 cxb5 80. Nf6 bxa4 81. bxa4 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025"] [Site "Samarkand UZB"] [Date "2025.09.13"] [Round "9.16"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Chigaev, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2628"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2025.09.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 Qe8 ({RR} 9... Kh7 10. Re1 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. c3 b6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bb7 17. d5 Nd7 18. Qd2 a5 19. Ra3 Ba6 20. h4 h5 21. Bg5 Qc7 22. Ng3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qd1 {Nihal,S (2676)-Sindarov,J (2682) Tashkent UZB 2024 1-0 (39)}) 10. a5 a6 11. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 11. Re1 Kh7 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Qd1 Rc8 14. Bb3 Qe7 15. Ba4 Rfe8 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. Nc4 d5 18. exd5 Nfxd5 19. Bc5 Qd8 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Ra3 Nc6 23. h4 Nd4 24. h5 g5 25. Ne2 e4 {Samyak Dharewa (2264)-Fogo Esquivel,L (2183) Budapest HUN 2026 1-0 (68)}) 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng3 g5 14. c3 Rb8 15. Ra3 Qf7 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Ng6 19. Re1 Rbe8 20. Rb3 Rb8 21. e5 Nd5 22. Nh5 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 b6 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Bd4 b5 27. Rf3 Qe7 28. Ra1 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Rf8 30. Qg4 Nf4 31. Rxa6 Nxh5 32. Qxh5 Qb4 33. Bc3 Qc5 34. Qe2 b4 35. Be1 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Bxe5 37. b3 Kf7 38. Kf1 Rc8 39. Bxb4 Rc1+ 40. Ke2 Rb1 41. Ra3 Bd4 42. Bd2 Rb2 43. b4 e5 44. Kd3 h5 45. f3 h4 46. Ra6 Rb3+ 47. Kc2 Rb2+ 48. Kc1 Rb3 49. Ra2 g4 50. fxg4 Ke6 51. Be1 Kd5 52. g5 e4 53. g6 e3 54. Ra7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 26th Aug Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.08.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Naroditsky, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2025.08.26"] 1. e4 {Edouard,Romain} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 g5 ({RR} 5... d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Qe2) 6. b4 ({RR} 6. a4 g4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. a5 Bg7 ({RR} 9... Nf4 10. O-O Nxd3 11. a6 f5 12. Qa4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qf6 14. b4 Nd7) 10. a6 ({RR} 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 f5 12. Qb3 Nce7 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. Na3 c6 15. Nc2 Kh7) 10... b6 11. h3 Nf4 12. Ne4 gxh3 ({RR} 12... Nxg2+ 13. Kf1 gxh3 14. Qf3 O-O 15. Bd5 Nh4 16. Qg3 Nf5 17. Qf3 Nh4) ({RR} 12... f5 13. Ng3 h5 14. Qa4 Qf6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Rxh8+ Bxh8 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 O-O-O) ({RR} 12... Na5 13. Rxa5 bxa5 14. hxg4 ({RR} 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. hxg4) 14... Nxg2+ 15. Kd2 Nf4 16. Kc2) 13. g3 ({RR} 13. gxh3 O-O 14. Rg1 Kh8) 13... Ne6 ({RR} 13... Ng2+ 14. Kf1) ({RR} 13... Nd5) 14. Qf3 ({RR} 14. Rxh3 Na5 ({RR} 14... Bd7 15. Qg4 Ng5 16. Qh5) 15. Rxa5 bxa5 16. Be3) 14... Bd7 15. Rxh3 ({RR} 15. Na3 Qe7 16. Nb5 O-O-O 17. Nxa7+ Nxa7 18. Nd6+ Qxd6 19. Qb7#) ({RR} 15. b4) 15... Qe7 16. Rh5 ({RR} 16. b4 Ned4) 16... O-O-O 17. Be3 ({RR} 17. Na3 Kb8) ({RR} 17. Qh1 Kb8 18. b4 Bc8 19. Nbd2 Qd7 20. Bb5 Qd5 21. Bc4 Qd7) 17... Rhf8 18. Rf5 ({RR} 18. g4 Nf4) 18... Kb8 19. Na3 ({RR} 19. Bb5) 19... Nf4 20. Nd2 ({RR} 20. Nc5 bxc5 21. gxf4 Qe8 ({RR} 21... Bxf5 22. Qxc6 Bc8 23. Bxc5) 22. Bd5 ({RR} 22. Qh5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 exf4 24. Qxf4) ({RR} 22. fxe5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Nxe5 24. Qe4 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. Bxc5 Rfe8+ 27. Kf1 Bf8 28. Be3) 22... Bxf5 23. Bxc6 e4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. dxe4 Rfe8 27. f3 f5 28. e5 Re6) 20... Bxf5 {Karjakin,S (2752)-Dubov,D (2699) chess24.com INT 2020 CBM 196 Extra [Edouard,Romain] 0-1}) ({RR} 6. d4 d6 ({RR} 6... exd4 7. e5 Nh7 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. h3 Nf6 13. a3 Ne7) 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. O-O Nd6 11. Bb3 Be6 ({RR} 11... Bg7 12. Re1 Ne6) 12. Re1 Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. fxg5 Bxb3 ({RR} 14... hxg5) 15. axb3 hxg5 16. Nd7 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Nc5 ({RR} 18. Bxg5 Ne6 19. Bh4) 18... g4) ({RR} 6. d4 d6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. h4 g4 10. Nxe5 Bd6 11. Nd3 Nxe4 12. O-O Bf5 13. Re1 Kf8 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Ne6 16. Ne5 Rd8 17. Re2 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rxd2 19. Rxf5 Ke7 20. Rb1 c6 {Erdogmus,Y (2716)-Uskov,A (2505) Ankara TUR 2026 ½-½ (32)}) 6... d6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. a4 $146 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Nd8 9. a4 g4 10. Ng1 Bg7 11. Nf1 c6 12. Qc2 d5 13. Ba2 Ne6 14. Ne2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nf4 16. Ne3 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 O-O 18. g3 Nh7 19. h3 gxh3 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Ng5 22. Be3 Rfe8 {Chmielek,K (1974)-Kudlak,J (1911) Polanica Zdroj POL 2024 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Nd8 9. a4 g4 10. Ng1 Bg7 11. Nf1 c6 12. Qc2 d5 13. Ba2 Ne6 14. Ne2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nf4 16. Ne3 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 O-O 18. g3 Nh7 19. h3 gxh3 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Ng5 22. Be3 Rfe8 {Chmielek,K (1974)-Kudlak,J (1911) Polanica Zdroj POL 2024 0-1 (31)}) 8... Bg7 9. a5 a6 10. Nbd2 Nd8 11. Nf1 g4 12. Ng1 h5 13. Bg5 Ne6 14. h4 d5 15. exd5 Nxg5 16. hxg5 Nd7 17. d6 cxd6 18. Ne3 Kd8 19. Bxf7 Qxg5 20. Ne2 h4 21. Qe6 g3 22. Nxg3 hxg3 23. Rxh8+ Bxh8 24. Nd5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.10.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Aditya, Mittal"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2025.10.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Re1 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Nbd2 a6 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 Nc6 12. Nf1 Ne8 13. Ng3 Nc7 14. Bd2 a6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. h4 Bf6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Qg4 Qe8 19. Nf3 Kh8 20. h5 Qf7 21. Be3 Be7 22. Qh3 d5 23. Nf1 d4 24. Bd2 {Carlsen,M (2840)-Pavasovic,D (2548) Chess.com INT 2017 1-0 (39)}) 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bb1 $146 ({RR} 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. Bd2 Bd8 15. h3 h6 16. Qe2 Bc7 17. Be3 Qf7 18. Rab1 Ba5 19. Red1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rbc1 Rfc8 22. Ra1 b4 23. Qc2 Qe8 24. c4 Bc7 25. Qe2 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Ra8 {Asadli,V (2449)-Padmini,R (2325) Moscow 2018 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Ng3 h6 15. h3 Kh7 16. Be3 d5 17. Nh2 d4 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. Ng4 Rf7 20. Qd1 Raf8 21. Rf1 Ne7 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Nh5 R6f7 24. Qg4 Ng6 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. g3 Rf3 {Bernstein,C (1667)-Marsh,J (2096) Reykjavik ISL 2026 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne3 Kh7 15. Nd5 g6 16. Qb3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Na5 18. Qa3 b5 19. b4 Nb7 20. Rab1 cxb4 21. cxb4 a5 22. Bb3 bxa4 23. Qxa4 axb4 24. Qxb4 Nc5 25. Bc4 Bg7 26. Nd2 f5 {Mohammad,M (2295)-Dhulipalla,B (2441) Dhaka 2021 ½-½ (34)}) 12... b5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. h3 d5 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qb3 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Be6 21. Qxb5 h6 22. Bd2 Rb8 23. Qxc5 Rxb2 24. c4 Nb6 25. Bc3 Na4 26. Qa3 Nxc3 27. Qxb2 Qa5 28. Rc1 Na4 29. Qb5 Qd2 30. Rf1 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025"] [Site "Samarkand UZB"] [Date "2025.09.14"] [Round "10.36"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Sargissian, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2626"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2025.09.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. O-O Be6 8. c3 a5 9. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 9. Re1 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 h6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. b4 Bf8 13. b5 Nb8 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. d4 b6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bc1 g6 18. Bb2 Bg7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ba3 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Ne3 Kg7 23. Nd5 c6 {Gukesh,D (2754)-Caruana,F (2795) Mumbai IND 2025 1-0 (40)}) 9... Qd7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf1 b6 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Ng3 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qb5 Nd7 17. Ne4 Ndb8 18. Re3 Na7 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Ng3 Nac6 21. Nxe5 d4 22. Nxc6 dxe3 23. Nxd8 exf2+ 24. Kf1 Bxd8 25. Ne4 Nd7 26. Ke2 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Rf1 Kf7 29. d4 Ke6 30. Rxf2 c6 31. Kd3 b5 32. axb5 cxb5 33. g4 a4 34. Rf5 Rb8 35. Rc5 Kd7 36. Bf4 Rb7 37. Rd5+ Ke8 38. Bd6 Kf7 39. Bb4 Rb8 40. Rd6 Rb7 41. Ra6 Rb8 42. Bd6 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.10.16"] [Round "1.7"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2025.10.13"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 g5 6. O-O g4 ({RR} 6... Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. e5 Nh7 9. cxd4 O-O 10. d5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 d6 15. Nc3 f5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Qg5 18. Raf1 Rae8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nb5 {Kairbekova,A (2374)-Amin-Erdene,B (2191) Ulaanbaatar MGL 2026 1-0 (35)}) 7. Ne1 ({RR} 7. Nfd2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nf1 Qd7 11. b4 Bg7 12. Ng3 h5 13. Ne4 b6 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. a4 f6 16. Ne4 Be6 17. a5 Rd8 18. axb6 axb6 19. Nbd2 Nf4 20. d4 exd4 21. Nf1 O-O {Niemann,H (2729)-Keymer,V (2773) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (46)}) 7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nc2 $146 ({RR} 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Ne4 f5 11. Ng3 h5 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Bg5 h4 14. f4 Ne3 15. Qb3 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Bc5 17. Qb5 b6 18. b4 Nxf1+ 19. bxc5 Nd2 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Bf6 Rh6 22. fxe5 Ra5 23. Qb2 Nxe5 {Nigmatov,O (2473)-Madaminov,M (2436) chess.com INT 2023 0-1}) 9... Be6 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. Ne3 f5 12. a4 O-O-O 13. a5 a6 14. Qb3 h5 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Qc4 Nf4 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Qd3 22. Qa4 Bh6 23. Ra3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 fxe4 25. Ra4 Nd3 26. Rf1 Rhe8 27. Rc4 c6 28. Rc2 Bf4 29. Bd2 Re5 30. Nc4 Re6 31. Bc3 Kc7 32. Re2 Bd6 33. Nxd6 Kxd6 34. Rd1 Kc5 35. Re3 Rd5 36. f3 gxf3 37. gxf3 Nf4 38. Rde1 1-0 [Event "Esports World Cup LC Win"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.07.26"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Nihal, Sarin"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2025.07.26"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bg5 $146 ({RR} 13... c6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Kg2 Kh8 16. Rh1 h5 17. Qd2 f5 18. Qf4 fxe4 19. Qxg4 exf3+ 20. Kf1 Qe2+ 21. Kg1 d5 22. Qxh5+ Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Bb3 Rae8 27. Rh5 Re6 28. Rf5+ {Melillo,L (2283)-Burke,P chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 14. Kh1 c6 15. Rg1 h5 16. Rxg4 hxg4 17. Nxd4 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Bf6 19. Nf5 Bxb2 20. Qxg4 Qf6 21. Rg1 Rac8 22. Qh5 1-0 [Event "1st 3-0 Thursday Nov 13th 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.11.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Pranesh, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2666"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2025.11.13"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. a5 a6 7. Nc3 ({RR} 7. c3 g6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Kh7 12. Nf1 Rb8 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Be3 g5 18. h3 Qg6 19. Qd1 Rf7 20. b4 Rbf8 21. Nh2 h5 {Sindarov,J (2654)-Van Foreest,J (2690) Almaty KAZ 2022 0-1 (73)}) 7... g5 ({RR} 7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 O-O 11. Be3 Kh7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Bg4 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Qc4 d5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Qb3 Qe6 22. exd5 {Sterck,A (2252)-Brodsky,D (2505) Reykjavik ISL 2026 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 7... g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 g5 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh2 d5 15. Na4 Rf7 16. Bc5 Qe8 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. b4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nd4 20. Qc4 Nh5 21. Rad1 Qxa4 22. Bxd4 {Alekseenko,K (2686)-Pranav,V (2545) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (31)}) 8. h4 g4 9. Nh2 g3 $146 ({RR} 9... Rg8 10. Nf1 Nd4 11. Ne2 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Qa4 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. h5 d5 19. Rh4 d4 20. Rxg4 Bb4 21. Rxg8 Rxg8 22. Qe1 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Rg5 24. Rh1 {Laohawirapap,P (2370)-Azarya,J (2343) Ha Long VIE 2025 ½-½ (46)}) 10. fxg3 Rg8 11. O-O Rxg3 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bh3 14. Qh5 Kd7 15. Qxf7+ Be7 16. Rf3 Rxg2+ 17. Kh1 Qf8 18. Rxh3 Qxf7 19. Bxf7 Rxc2 20. Bb3 Rf2 21. Ng4 Rf1+ 22. Kg2 Rff8 23. Bxh6 Rh8 24. Bg5 Nd4 25. Bc4 c6 26. Rf1 Ne6 27. Bxe6+ Kxe6 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Rhf3 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Kg3 Rag8 32. Rf7+ Kd6 33. Rxb7 e4 34. dxe4 dxe4 35. Rb6+ Kc5 36. Rc1+ Kd5 37. Rxa6 Rh7 38. b4 Rd7 39. Rc5+ Kd4 40. Re6 Kd3 41. h5 Rdg7 42. Rd6+ Ke2 43. Rg6 Rxg6 44. hxg6 e3 45. Re5 Kd3 46. Rxe3+ Kc4 47. Re6 Kxb4 48. a6 Kc5 49. Kf4 Ra8 50. g7 Kd5 51. Rg6 Kc5 52. g8=Q Rxg8 53. Rxg8 Kb6 54. Rg6+ Ka7 55. Ke4 Kb8 56. Kd4 Ka7 57. Kc4 Kb8 58. Kb5 Kc7 59. Rb6 Kd7 60. a7 Ke7 61. a8=Q Kd7 62. Qa7+ Kc8 63. Rb8# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 25th Nov 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.11.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2674"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2025.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. a5 Bxc4 ({RR} 8... b6 9. a6 Qc8 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 Qf5 14. Re1 Nbxd5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qd7 17. Bg5 b5 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Qd2 c6 20. Nh4 Bd8 21. Nf5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Bh4 {Abdusattorov,N (2771)-Carlsen,M (2837) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) ({RR} 8... Nb4 9. Bg5 c5 10. a6 b6 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ng3 Nb8 16. c3 N4xa6 17. d4 Nc7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qa4 g6 20. c4 Qe8 21. Rfd1 Nc6 22. Rd6 Nd4 23. Rd7 {Zalega,M (2233)-Mkrtchyan,M (2368) Katowice POL 2026 0-1}) 9. dxc4 b6 10. a6 Nb8 11. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Re1 c6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. h3 Rad8 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. Red1 Qc8 18. Ne2 Kh7 19. b4 d5 20. c3 dxc4 {½-½ (20) Ganguly,S (2598)-Hracek,Z (2541) St. Pauli GER 2025}) ({RR} 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Re1 c6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. h3 Rad8 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. Red1 Qc8 18. Ne2 Kh7 19. b4 d5 20. c3 dxc4 {½-½ (20) Ganguly,S (2598)-Hracek,Z (2541) Germany 2025}) 11... Nbd7 12. Be3 h6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bg5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. f3 f6 17. b4 Qe7 18. Ra3 g6 19. Rc3 Rac8 20. Qd2 Kf7 21. Ra1 Rfd8 22. Raa3 Nf8 23. Rc6 Rd7 24. c4 Rb8 25. Qc2 Kg7 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5 Qf7 28. Rb3 Rxb3 29. Qxb3 f5 30. Bxg5 Nh7 31. Be3 Nf6 32. Qd3 fxe4 33. fxe4 Ng4 34. h3 Nxe3 35. Qxe3 Qf6 36. cxd6 cxd6 37. Rc2 Rf7 38. Rf2 Qe7 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qb3 Qf4 41. Qb7+ Kf6 42. Qxa7 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kh1 Qxe4 45. Qf2+ Kg7 46. Qa2 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel-B 87th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2025.01.31"] [Round "11"] [White "Svane, Frederik"] [Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2025.01.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 14"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.02.07"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.07"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 {7.a3 is setting a new trend. 7.a3 setzt einen neuen Trend.} Na5 8. Ba2 Nc6 ({RR} 8... c5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 g6 12. c3 a5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Re1 Bg5 15. Nf1 Kg7 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. Ne3 Qe8 22. Ra1 Qd8 23. Nd5 {Duda,J (2740)-Aronian,L (2775) Miami 2022 ½-½ (34)}) 9. Ne2 ({RR} 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 a5 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Ra3 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Rc3 Qxa4 16. Rxc7 Bd8 17. Rc4 Qd7 18. Be3 b5 19. Rc3 a4 20. Bd2 Na6 21. h4 Ba5 22. Rc6 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Rfc8 {Tabatabaei,M (2722)-Dubov,D (2652) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (128)}) 9... Bg4 $146 (9... a5 10. c3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Re1 h6 14. h3 Rad8 15. Qb3 b6 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2750)-Lagno,K (2532) Moscow Stars Rapid 2024 (7)}) 10. Be3 $146 ({RR} 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nxd5 13. a5 Qd6 14. Qa4 Rad8 15. Ng3 a6 16. Nf5 Qg6+ 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Bb1 Nc6 21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. b4 Rd6 24. Ra2 Nd5 {Firouzja,A (2766)-So,W (2745) Zagreb CRO 2025 1-0 (55)}) 10... d5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Qe2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Qc8 17. Raa1 Re8 18. c3 h6 19. a5 a6 20. b4 Qe6 21. Rfc1 Bf8 22. h3 Nb8 23. Rab1 Nbd7 24. c4 b6 25. Qa2 Reb8 26. Qa1 bxa5 27. Qxa5 c5 28. bxc5 Rc8 29. Qc3 Nxc5 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Bd6 32. Nf5 Bxe5 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Nxc8 Rxc8 35. f4 Bb2 36. Rxb2 Nd3 37. Rbc2 Nxc1 38. Rxc1 Nxe4 39. c5 Ng3 40. Kf2 Nf5 41. Kf3 a5 42. Ke4 Nxe3 43. Kxe3 a4 44. Kd4 a3 45. Ra1 Ra8 46. Ra2 Kg6 47. c6 Kf5 48. Kc5 Kxf4 49. c7 Kg3 50. Kb6 g5 51. Kb7 Re8 52. c8=Q Rxc8 53. Kxc8 f5 54. Kd7 f4 55. Ke6 h5 56. Kf5 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025"] [Site "Samarkand UZB"] [Date "2025.09.11"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Tabatabaei, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2673"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2025.09.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a5 Kh8 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. c3 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. Bc2 f5 14. Nbd2 Kh8 15. Nf1 Bd6 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rae8 19. Qh5 a4 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. Ne3 Ra8 22. Bd2 Ng6 23. g3 {Abdusattorov,N (2771)-Carlsen,M (2837) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½}) ({RR} 8... b6 9. a6 Rb8 10. Nc3 Ndb4 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 15. Kh2 Kh8 16. Rg1 f5 17. Nc3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bc5 19. Qe2 f4 20. Bd5 Ne7 21. Be4 Bxe3 22. Rg5 Qd6 23. Qg2 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2753)-Zemlyanskii,I (2550) Moscow RUS 2025 ½-½ (42)}) 9. Re1 f6 10. c3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 10... Rb8 11. Nbd2 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. Ne4 Ra8 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 a6 17. Bf1 Nb4 18. Bd2 a5 19. Ra3 Bd5 20. Rc3 Bd6 21. Nc5 Re8 22. Nh4 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 Qe8 24. Qb1 Kg8 25. Re3 {Perez Ponsa,F (2588)-Real de Azua,E (2484) Villa Martelli 2017 1-0 (34)}) 11. a6 Rb8 12. axb7 Rxb7 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Ne4 a5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nb6 18. Ba6 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Bb4 20. Bxb7 Bxe1 21. Bf4 Bb4 22. Nc5 Bg8 23. Bxc7 Nc4 24. Na6 Nxb2 25. d5 Nc4 26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Rd1 Bc3 28. f4 Nc4 29. Rd3 Bd2 30. Bc6 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Bb6 32. d6 Bf7 33. h3 h5 34. Rb3 Bxc7 35. dxc7 Be6 36. Bd5 Bxd5 37. Rb8 Kg8 38. Rxf8+ 1-0 [Event "15th Nat PRC KO Teams"] [Site "Shenzhen CHN"] [Date "2025.09.28"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Bu Xiangzhi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2025.09.27"] [EventType "team-k.o."] [WhiteTeam "Jiangsu Province"] [BlackTeam "Shandong Province"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Ba2 Be6 8. Nd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. O-O Bxa2 12. Rxa2 d5 13. f3 c5 $146 ({RR} 13... dxe4 14. fxe4 Qe6 15. Ra1 Nd7 16. Bf4 c5 17. Qh5 f6 18. Rf3 g6 19. Qh6 f5 20. Re1 Nf6 21. Qh4 fxe4 22. Bg5 Nd5 23. dxe4 Nb6 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bh6 Re8 26. b4 cxb4 27. axb4 Qe7 28. Qf2 {Rathnakaran,K (2428)-Arjun,K (2269) New Delhi 2017 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 13... Nd7 14. Ra1 c5 15. Bf4 dxe4 16. fxe4 f6 17. Bg3 Ne5 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Rf5 Rc6 20. Raf1 Re6 21. h3 Rc8 22. Qa5 b6 23. Qb5 h6 24. a4 c4 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qd7 Qc7 28. Qd5+ {Vaishali,R (2470)-Muzychuk,A (2522) Pegeia CYP 2026 ½-½ (41)}) 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 a6 16. Bb2 dxe4 17. fxe4 Rad8 18. h3 Ne8 19. Qa1 Qd7 20. b5 Qxb5 21. Bxd4 Qc6 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Bxc3 Nc7 24. Rb2 Nb5 25. Ba5 Rd7 26. Rf5 f6 27. Rd5 Rdf7 28. g4 Na7 29. Bb6 Nc6 30. Kf2 Re8 31. Rd6 g6 32. Rb1 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Rg1+ Kf8 35. Ke3 fxe4 36. dxe4 Re5 37. Rd5 Ke7 38. Bc5+ Kf6 39. Rd6+ Re6 40. Rd2 Re5 41. Rf1+ Kg6 42. Rd6+ Kg7 43. Rg1+ Kh8 44. Bd4 Rfe7 45. Rxc6 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025"] [Site "Samarkand UZB"] [Date "2025.09.08"] [Round "5.52"] [White "Korobov, A."] [Black "Karthikeyan, M2."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2658"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2025.09.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. d4 Bg4 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O $146 ({RR} 11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. f3 Rc8 19. Nd5 Ne7 20. Bd4 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qxd5 b6 23. Qd4+ Qf6 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rd5 Re6 26. Red1 {Demirbag,A (2036)-Lomsadze,D (2352) Canakkale 2018 ½-½ (46)}) 12. Be2 Re8 13. a5 a6 14. f3 Nc6 15. Bc4 Re5 16. Nd5 Rh5 17. g4 Re5 18. Bf4 Re8 19. c3 Ne5 20. Bb3 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Qe7 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. Rae1 c6 24. Qd1 g5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Rxf4 Rd7 27. Rf5 Qd8 28. g5 hxg5 29. Qh5 d5 30. exd5 Qxa5 31. Rexe5 1-0 [Event "TechM GCL 2024"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2024.10.06"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Dardha, Daniel"] [Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2024.10.03"] [EventType "team"] [WhiteTeam "Alpine Sg Pipers"] [BlackTeam "American Gambits"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nc3 Bxc4 ({RR} 8... Qd7 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. c4 a5 13. Qe2 f5 14. Bd2 c5 15. b3 Bf6 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Rae1 g5 18. Nh2 Qf7 19. f3 h5 20. g4 Kg7 21. Kg2 Rh8 22. Rh1 b5 23. axb5 {Shilon Rahav,E (2317)-Sai,K (2454) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (36)}) 9. dxc4 a5 10. Re1 Qe8 $146 ({RR} 10... b6 11. Be3 Nb8 12. Nd2 Na6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bg5 15. Ra3 Kh8 16. Nf1 g6 17. Qe2 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nc5 19. b3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ng3 Rf4 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Qf6 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qe3 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2771)-Dubov,D (2710) Amsterdam NED 2023 1-0 (79)}) 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Be3 b6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. c3 Ncb8 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nbd7 17. Nh2 c6 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. f3 Nh5 20. Red1 Qe6 21. b4 Nd7 22. Be1 g6 23. Nhg4 Bg5 24. h4 Bf4 25. Nf1 f5 26. Nge3 Bh6 27. b5 Rac8 28. Qd3 Rf6 29. bxc6 Nc5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Qd5 Bxe3+ 32. Nxe3 f4 33. Ng4 Rg6 34. Bf2 Ng7 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Rab1 h5 37. Nf2 Nf5 38. Qxe6+ Rxe6 39. Rb6 Ne3 40. Rdb1 Re7 41. Rb7 Kf7 42. Rxe7+ Kxe7 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Rh7 Nxc4 45. Rxh5 Rxc6 46. Ne4 Rb6 47. Rh8 Kf7 48. Rd8 Ke7 49. Ra8 d5 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Nxc5 Rh6 52. Rd7 Ne3 53. Nd3 Ke8 54. Ra7 Nc4 55. Rg7 Rxh4 56. Rg5 e4 57. Ne1 e3 58. Rxd5 Rh6 59. Rd4 Rc6 60. Re4+ Kd7 61. Rxf4 Nd2 62. Rd4+ Ke6 63. Rd3 Nc4 64. Nc2 Kf5 65. Nd4+ 1-0 [Event "Ciutat de Barcelona A"] [Site "Barcelona ESP"] [Date "2021.08.23"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Hakobyan, Aram"] [Black "Karthikeyan, M2."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.08.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. a5 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 ({RR} 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Nf1 Kh8 13. Ng3 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Bxb6 Rfb8 17. Nd2 Rxb6 18. Qa2 Nd8 19. b4 h5 20. Ngf1 c6 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. g3 Bh6 24. Qa4 Bxe3 {Niemann,H (2734)-Alonso Rosell,A (2535) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (54)}) 10... O-O 11. d4 g5 $146 ({RR} 11... Nd8 12. Nbd2 Nh7 13. Qa3 Qf6 14. Nf1 Bg4 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. N3d2 Be6 17. Ne3 Bxc4 18. Ndxc4 Qh4 19. Nd5 Ne6 20. Qe7 Qg4 21. h3 Qh5 22. Kh2 g5 23. Nde3 Rfd8 24. Ng4 Bf8 25. Qf6 Nc5 26. Qf3 {Liyanage,R (2366)-Miguel,S (2241) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 11... Kh7 12. d5 Nb8 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. c4 Nf4 15. Bf1 g5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. b4 Nf6 19. Nc3 Ng4 20. Bc1 f5 21. h3 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf6 23. Bxf4 Nxe4 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qxe4 Bf5 26. Qe3 {Dumbelovic,N (2320)-Kazantzoglou,S (2309) Budapest HUN 2026 1-0 (50)}) 12. d5 Nd8 13. Qd1 Nh7 14. Bd3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. c4 Qd7 18. Nc3 Nf7 19. Ne4 Nh8 20. Be3 Ng6 21. Nfd2 Rf7 22. Qb3 c6 23. Qd3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Nxd6 Rd8 27. c5 Bf8 28. Qg6+ Rg7 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. N2c4 Qxc5 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7 Bg7 33. Re7 Qd4 34. Rae1 Rf8 35. Qg6 Qf6 36. Qxf6 Nxf6 37. Rxb7 Nd5 38. Nd6 f3 39. Re8 1-0 [Event "ch-USA 2024"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2024.10.17"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2024.10.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a3 Bc5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be3 d6 8. Bxc5 dxc5 9. O-O ({RR} 9. Nd5 Qd6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. O-O Nd4 12. Nh4 b5 13. Ba2 g5 14. Nf3 Rd8 15. a4 Rb8 16. Nd2 Kg7 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Ndf1 Be6 19. Ng3 Qd7 20. h4 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 Qe6 22. Ra1 c4 23. axb5 axb5 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2727)-Radjabov,T (2745) Kolkata IND 2023 1-0}) ({RR} 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Nf5 O-O-O 13. Qe2 g6 14. Ne3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nc4 h5 17. a4 h4 18. a5 Nh5 19. O-O-O Nf4 20. Qf1 Qf6 21. g3 Ne6 22. Qe2 Kb8 23. Qg4 Rh5 {Krol,J (2160)-Praczukowski,S (2175) Chotowa POL 2026 ½-½}) 9... Qd6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 $146 ({RR} 11. Bxd5 Bg4 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. h3 h5 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qe6 16. Qe3 b6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. b3 Qd6 19. Rf1 f6 20. Rf2 Rhe8 21. Raf1 Kb7 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Qg3 Rg5 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Kh2 Kc8 {Sindarov,J (2674)-Pichot,A (2638) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (66)}) 11... Ne7 12. Qe1 f6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. dxe4 O-O 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qb4 Qd6 19. Qxd6 cxd6 20. Rfb1 Nc8 21. Be2 f5 22. f3 Ra7 23. Rb3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rc7 25. c4 g6 26. a4 a5 27. Rc1 h5 28. g3 Kg7 29. h4 Rff7 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. Bf3 Rff7 32. Be2 Rf6 33. Ra1 Rff7 34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. Kxf3 Ne7 36. Rb1 Rb7 37. Ke3 Ng8 38. g4 hxg4 39. Bxg4 Nf6 40. Be6 Rb8 41. c5 dxc5 42. d6 Rh8 43. d7 Rd8 44. Rxb6 Kf8 45. Bc4 Kg7 46. Bb5 Kf7 47. Rc6 Nxd7 48. Bc4+ Ke7 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Rxe5+ Kf8 51. Re6 Rb8 52. Bb5 Rb7 53. Rxg6 Ne5 54. Rg5 1-0 [Event "45th Olympiad 2024"] [Site "Budapest HUN"] [Date "2024.09.13"] [Round "3.1"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2024.09.11"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeamCountry "BUL"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Nd7 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Rfc1 {½-½ Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) SpeedChess Final 2024 (2.10)}) ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Rfc1 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Qe2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxe5 Bd5 15. c4 Ba8 16. Bxa7 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Rb7 18. Be3 Re8 19. f4 Qd6 20. Ka2 Be7 21. Bc1 Bf8 22. Qc2 {Sevian,S (2688)-Dubnevych,M (2320) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (34)}) 8. Ba2 Nb6 9. Ne2 Be6 $146 ({RR} 9... Kh8 10. h4 f5 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Qe8 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Qg4 Nd4 16. O-O-O c5 17. Rh2 d5 18. Rdh1 Kg8 19. Ne4 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21. Nc3 c4 22. Kd2 Nxc2 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Kxc2 {½-½ Bulmaga,I (2406)-Kashlinskaya,A (2490) Olympiad Women 2024 (4.11)}) ({RR} 9... Kh8 10. h4 f5 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Qe8 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Qg4 Nd4 16. O-O-O c5 17. Rh2 d5 18. Rdh1 Kg8 19. Ne4 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21. Nc3 c4 22. Kd2 Nxc2 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Kxc2 {Bulmaga,I (2406)-Kashlinskaya,A (2490) Budapest HUN 2024 ½-½ (66)}) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. h4 d5 12. Ng3 h6 13. Ng1 Kh8 14. Qg4 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Nh5 Qd7 18. e5 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bxe5 20. f4 Bd6 21. Rg1 Bf8 22. Kf1 Qf7 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qg6 Re7 25. f5 Qxg6 26. Rxg6 e5 27. Re6 Rf7 28. R6xe5 Bd6 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Ng3 Nd7 31. Ra8 Bxg3 32. fxg3 Rxf5+ 33. Kg2 Nf6 34. Rf8 Kg6 35. Re7 1-0 [Event "45th Olympiad 2024"] [Site "Budapest HUN"] [Date "2024.09.13"] [Round "3.1"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Naiditsch, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2643"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2024.09.11"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeamCountry "BUL"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Nd7 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Rfc1 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Qe2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxe5 Bd5 15. c4 Ba8 16. Bxa7 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Rb7 18. Be3 Re8 19. f4 Qd6 20. Ka2 Be7 21. Bc1 Bf8 22. Qc2 {Sevian,S (2688)-Dubnevych,M (2320) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Ng5 d5 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qh5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qd6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bxb5 Nd4 15. Bc4 Rab8 16. Be3 g6 17. Qh4 Nf5 18. Qe4 Ndxe3 19. fxe3 Qb6 20. Bb3 Nxe3 21. Rde1 Nf5 22. Qxe5 {Aravindh,C (2693)-So,W (2754) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (41)}) 8. Ba2 Nb6 9. Ne2 Be6 $146 ({RR} 9... Kh8 10. h4 f5 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Qe8 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Qg4 Nd4 16. O-O-O c5 17. Rh2 d5 18. Rdh1 Kg8 19. Ne4 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21. Nc3 c4 22. Kd2 Nxc2 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Kxc2 {Bulmaga,I (2406)-Kashlinskaya,A (2490) Budapest HUN 2024 ½-½ (66)}) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. h4 d5 12. Ng3 h6 13. Ng1 Kh8 14. Qg4 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Nh5 Qd7 18. e5 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bxe5 20. f4 Bd6 21. Rg1 Bf8 22. Kf1 Qf7 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qg6 Re7 25. f5 Qxg6 26. Rxg6 e5 27. Re6 Rf7 28. R6xe5 Bd6 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Ng3 Nd7 31. Ra8 Bxg3 32. fxg3 Rxf5+ 33. Kg2 Nf6 34. Rf8 Kg6 35. Re7 1-0 [Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2024"] [Site "Melilla ESP"] [Date "2024.10.17"] [Round "6.19"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Tabatabaei, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2024.10.12"] [WhiteTeam "C.A. SILLA - INTEGRANT COL·LECTIUS"] [BlackTeam "ANDREU PATERNA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 h6 11. Bd2 a6 12. Nc2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. d4 ({RR} 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. cxb4 Qd7 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Qb3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Kf7 23. g3 Nd7 24. Be3 Bd8 25. Qa3 Be7 26. Qb3 Bd8 27. Qa3 Be7 28. Qb3 Bd8 {Jakab,B (2327)-Gombocz,F (2267) Hungary HUN 2026 ½-½}) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 d5 $146 ({RR} 15... e5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Qe2 Qe8 18. Ne3 Qf7 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. a5 Nd7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Nf5 Nf6 25. Qd3 Nh7 26. Qg3 g5 27. Qh3 Kh8 28. Nxe7 {1-0 (28) Tanenbaum,Z (2244)-La Manna,A (2245) New York City 2023}) 16. exd5 exd5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Bb6 Qxb6 21. Qxd5+ Rf7 22. Qxe4 Qxb2 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Ne3 Qf4 26. Qe6 Bf8 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. Qb3 Nc6 29. Nd5 Qf5 30. h3 Bc5 31. Rc1 Bd6 32. Ne3 Qf4 33. Rd1 Kf8 34. Qe6 Rf6 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qxb7+ Be7 37. Qb3+ Re6 38. Nd5 Qb8 39. Qc4 Na5 40. Qd3 Qd6 41. Qf5+ Bf6 42. Ne3 Qb6 43. Rd7+ Ke8 44. Nd5 Qc6 45. Rc7 Qd6 46. Nxf6+ 1-0 [Event "TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2024"] [Site "Walbrzych POL"] [Date "2024.10.09"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Harikrishna, P."] [Black "Svane, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2629"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2024.10.07"] [WhiteTeam "KSz Polonia Wroclaw"] [BlackTeam "Chess Academy Gliwice"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Nc3 h6 ({RR} 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 h6 10. b4 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Kh7 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. g3 Ng7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Nb3 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (44)}) 9. Nd5 Qd7 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. c3 Bf8 11. h3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Bb5 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Ba4 Qc7 16. b4 Ng6 17. c4 Red8 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Qf1 e4 20. dxe4 Rxe4 21. Bb2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Nh5 23. Qd3 Nhf4 24. Qc2 {Demchenko,A (2612)-Dubnevych,M (2320) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (64)}) 10. c3 Bd8 $146 ({RR} 10... Rae8 11. b4 Bd8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. b5 Ne7 15. c4 c5 16. bxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 Bd8 18. Rb1 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 b6 23. Qd3 Bf6 24. Be3 Rfe5 25. Red1 {Grischuk,A (2754)-Sethuraman,S (2640) Baku 2016 ½-½ (36)}) 11. Ba2 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 Nexd5 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Qd3 c6 17. f3 Be7 18. Bd2 Bf8 19. Re2 Nh5 20. g3 Ndf6 21. Rae1 d5 22. Nf2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Qc7 24. Bb1 g6 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. fxg4 Nf6 28. Qf3 Re8 29. Bxg6+ Kg8 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. Bd3 Qe7 32. Qf5 Nf6 33. g5 hxg5 34. Bxg5 Bg7 35. Qc8+ Bf8 36. h4 Qd7 37. Qxd7 Nxd7 38. a4 Nb6 39. b3 Nc8 40. Kf3 Nd6 41. g4 Ne8 42. Bf4 f6 43. Bf5 Bd6 44. Bc1 Be7 45. c4 Kf7 46. c5 Ng7 47. Bd7 Ne6 48. Be3 Bf8 49. b4 Ke7 50. Bc8 b6 51. cxb6 axb6 52. a5 1-0 [Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2024"] [Site "Melilla ESP"] [Date "2024.10.14"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2024.10.12"] [WhiteTeam "C.A. SILLA - INTEGRANT COL·LECTIUS"] [BlackTeam "FCC MEDIO AMBIENTE BENALMADENA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 a5 7. Nc3 ({RR} 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Qe2 a4 11. Bd1 Re8 12. Qf1 Bf8 13. Re4 Bf5 14. Rxa4 Rxa4 15. Bxa4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Bxd3 17. Bg5 f6 18. Qc1 e4 19. Nd4 fxg5 20. Nd2 Nxd4 21. cxd4 c6 {Abdusattorov,N (2777)-Pranav,V (2621) New York USA 2024 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 7. Ba4 d6 8. c3 h6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. d4 Bf8 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. c4 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nc3 Be7 17. Ne4 Rf8 18. Be3 b6 19. Nfd2 Nc5 20. Qe2 Qe8 21. b3 Qg6 {Esipenko,A (2698)-Makarian,R (2535) Moscow RUS 2026 ½-½ (70)}) 7... d6 8. a4 $146 ({RR} 8. h3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 a4 11. Bc4 c6 12. Nxd4 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 Bc5 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. c4 Bf5 17. Bg5 dxc4 18. Bxc4 h6 19. Bh4 Rfe8 20. d4 Be7 21. b3 a3 22. Re1 Ne4 {Hakobyan,A (2613)-Sargsyan,S (2664) Yerevan ARM 2025 1-0 (49)}) 8... Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. d4 Nbxd5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 c6 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. Nc4 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. c3 Bc5 18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 Qf4 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Nxa5 Rd2 23. Bd1 g5 24. b4 Ba7 25. Bg3 Ne4 26. Nxb7 Nd3 27. Bf3 Nxc3 28. b5 cxb5 29. axb5 Nxb5 30. Ra5 Rb2 31. Bc6 Nd4 32. Bxe8 Rxb7 33. h3 f5 34. Bg6 Bb6 35. Rb1 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Nc3 37. Rb3 Re7 38. Ra1 Bd4 39. Bxf5 Nc5 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Re1 Ra7 42. Be5+ Bxe5 43. Rxe5 Kf6 44. Rxc5 Ra1+ 45. Bb1 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Fressinet, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2616"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2024.09.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 f6 8. c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bf7 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Bb5 Rhe8 15. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 15. Qa4 a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Nb6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. dxc5 Na4 22. b3 Nxc5 23. Rc1 Ne4 24. Be3 Bd5 25. Nd4 Kd7 26. f3 Nd6 27. Kf2 a5 28. a4 Rb8 29. Bd2 Nb7 {Anton Guijarro,D (2693)-Madaminov,M (2484) Abu Dhabi UAE 2023 0-1 (58)}) 15... a6 16. Ba4 Nb6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Na4 Nd5 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Qd3 Bd6 22. Rxc7+ Bxc7 23. Rxe8 Bxe8 24. Nc5 Bg6 25. Qb3 Bb6 26. Nd2 Kb8 27. Nc4 Ka7 28. Nxb6 Nxb6 29. a4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 8th Oct Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.10.08"] [Round "10"] [White "Svane, Frederik"] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2024.10.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g5 7. a5 Bg7 8. a6 b6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. h3 $146 ({RR} 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 Ng6 15. g3 h5 16. f3 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Qh3 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 c6 20. b4 Ng4 21. b5 Ne7 22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Nb5 Rfd8 24. Nxg4 hxg4 25. Ba3 Bf8 26. Rf5 Be7 27. Raf1 f6 {Moreno Martin-Viveros,A (2136)-Toquero Gracia,P (2014) Barcelona ESP 2025 1-0 (46)}) 13... c6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. f4 Rac8 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. fxg5 Rcd8 21. Be3 Bxe5 22. Ne2 Nd5 23. Bd4 Qe6 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qd4 Qxd4+ 26. Nxd4 Ne3 27. Nc6 Nxf1 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxf1 hxg5 30. Rf5 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kg3 Rxb2 33. Rxg5+ Kf8 34. Re5 Re2 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5 Kf6 37. Rd5 Ra2 38. Rd6+ Kg7 39. Kf4 Rxa6 40. Kxe4 Ra4+ 41. Kf3 Rb4 42. g4 a5 43. g5 Rb5 44. Kf4 a4 45. Rd7 a3 46. g6 a2 47. Rxf7+ Kg8 48. h6 Rh5 49. Ra7 Ra5 50. Rg7+ 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.25"] [Round "7"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2024.09.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 h6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 $146 ({RR} 10. b4 Bd8 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nf4 a5 16. Ne2 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qc6 19. Ra4 b5 20. Ra2 Qb6 21. Nf4 Qc6 22. Ne2 Qb6 23. Qf5 Kh8 24. Ra8 c6 {Tsolakidou,S (2479)-Injac,T (2421) Mumbai IND 2025 1-0 (45)}) 10... Rae8 11. Bb3 Bd8 12. h3 Nh7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c6 16. Nc3 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Ng5 18. b4 f5 19. Bc5 Rf6 20. e5 Rg6 21. Kh2 d5 22. f4 Ne6 23. Ne2 h5 24. Qd3 Qf7 25. Rf1 h4 26. Bxa7 b6 27. Bb8 Be7 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Rd8 30. a4 Rxd6 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Nc5 33. Qc2 Ne4 34. a6 Qa7 35. Nd4 Qxd4 36. a7 Rd8 37. a8=Q Rxa8 38. Rxa8+ Kh7 39. Qd1 Qf6 40. Qh5+ Rh6 41. Qe8 Qxb2 42. Qg8+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Rf3 Qd4 45. Qg8+ Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qg8+ Kg6 48. Rf8 Ng3 49. Qf7+ Kh7 50. Qe8 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 8th Jul Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.07.08"] [Round "9"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Howell, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2025.07.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O ({RR} 6. d4 Qe7 7. O-O d6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. d5 Nb8 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 a5 14. b4 Qe8 15. b5 b6 16. c4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Nbd7 19. g3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qe7 {Chigaev,M (2617)-So,W (2765) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (32)}) 6... Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bb5 $146 ({RR} 8. d4 d6 9. h3 Kh8 10. Nbd2 Ne8 11. Nf1 Bd7 12. Ng3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh5 Qe7 16. Nxg7 Qxg7 17. Bxh6 Qxh6 18. Qxd7 Nd6 19. Qe6 Rf6 20. Qd5 e4 21. Nd4 Ne7 22. Qc5 Nxc4 {Picken,O (1767)-Petrov,M (1568) chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Nf1 a6 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Rad1 d4 15. Bc1 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qe6 17. Qc2 Rd7 18. h3 b5 19. b4 Bf8 20. Nd2 Red8 21. Nb3 Kh7 22. Rf1 h5 {Grose,K (1986)-Brett,A (2034) London ENG 2025 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 8. b4 a6 9. a4 d6 10. Qb3 Nh5 11. Be3 g5 12. Kh1 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. d4 g4 15. Ng1 Qg5 16. Ra2 Bd7 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. e5 dxe5 19. d5 Ne7 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. f3 Nf5 22. fxg4 Ne3 {Agrifoglio,F (2000)-Godena,M (2558) Porto Mannu 2007 0-1 (42)}) 8... d6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Ba4 Re8 11. h3 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. a4 Nb8 14. Nf1 Nbd7 15. Ng3 c5 16. Bd2 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Qe2 Bc6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Nxe5 Nd7 24. f4 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Qf2 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Bd5 28. Bd2 Kh7 29. Be3 c4 30. d4 Qa5 31. Qd2 Bf8 32. Bf4 b4 33. Bd1 b3 34. Bf3 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Qf5 36. Kg2 g5 37. Be3 Bd6 38. Qe2 Kg6 39. Bf2 Qd5 40. Qe4+ Qxe4 41. fxe4 f5 42. e5 Ba3 43. d5 Bxb2 44. d6 Ba3 45. d7 Be7 46. Bc5 Bd8 47. e6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 1st Jul Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.07.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2626"] [BlackElo "2642"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2025.07.01"] 1. e4 {https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/T47WNHFu} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Bg4 7. Re1 Qd6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. d4 O-O-O 9. dxe5 Qc5 10. Nbd2 Nd4 11. Be2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Qxc2 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ne4 Qxe2 15. Rxe2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Be7 17. Bd2 Rhe8 18. f4 f5 19. Nc3 Nb4 20. Be3 a6 21. a3 Nc6 22. Rd1 Rxd1+) ({RR} 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. f4 O-O-O 12. fxe5 Qb6+ 13. Kg2 h5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 hxg4 16. Qxg4+ Kb8 17. Bf4 Be7 18. e6 Bh5 19. Qf5 fxe6 20. Qe4 Be8 21. Be3 Bc5 22. Kh2 Bc6) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 f6 10. h3 ({RR} 10. d4 O-O-O 11. Rb1 Kb8 12. h3 Be6 13. Bb5 Bxa2 14. Rb2 Bd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Be3 Qg6 18. Bf1 Ba3 19. Rb1 Bxg2 20. Bxg2 Rxd1 21. Rxb7+ Kc8 22. Rxd1 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Kxb7 24. Ra1 Bd6 {Popov,T (2283)-Samunenkov,I (2616) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (43)}) ({RR} 10. Rb1 O-O-O 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Qe4 Bd7 13. Bb5 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qf5+ Kb8 16. c4 b6 17. Be3 g6 18. Qg4 Bd6 19. Nd2 f5 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qf6 f4 22. c5 fxe3 23. Ne4 Rhf8 24. Qe6 exf2+ {Mikhailovsky,V (2215)-Christiansen,J (2658) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 10... Bh5 11. a4 O-O-O 12. a5 $146 ({RR} 12. Ba3 Qd7 13. Bxf8 Rhxf8 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxh5 Nxc4 16. dxc4 g6 17. Qf3 Qc6 18. Qxc6 {½-½ (18) Antipov,M (2591)-Mamedyarov,S (2711) New York, United States 2024 [https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/T47WNHFu]}) ({RR} 12. Ba3 Qd7 13. Bxf8 Rhxf8 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxh5 Nxc4 16. dxc4 g6 17. Qf3 Qc6 18. Qxc6 {½-½ (18) Antipov,M (2594)-Mamedyarov,S (2738) New York USA 2024}) 12... a6 13. Ba3 Qd7 14. Bxf8 Rhxf8 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxh5 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Qc6 18. Qxh7 Qxc4 19. Qxg7 Qxc3 20. Red1 Rg8 21. Qf7 Kb8 22. Qb3 Qc6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qf3 Qe6 25. Rb1 c6 26. h4 f5 27. g3 Rd4 28. Qb3 Qd7 29. Qe3 Re4 30. Qf3 f4 31. Qxe4 fxg3 32. Qf4+ Qd6 33. Qxd6+ 1-0 [Event "13th Norway Chess 2025"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2025.05.28"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Chess.com"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2025.05.26"] {[%evp 0,83,28,36,36,39,22,13,29,6,16,9,18,9,24,-10,8,19,36,31,38,42,40,8,28,9,18,18,32,31,53,56,69,57,57,27,69,56,64,64,38,62,62,66,38,42,48,5,49,35,24,10,23,40,64,72,31,53,59,81,61,61,111,97,177,177,170,179,187,187,187,176,174,174,199,196,198,187,326,184,451,509,512,488,619,619]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 {Nakamura mentioned he'd succeeded with this move against Caruana and Dominguez in the recent American Cup, though he used to prefer} (4... Bc5) 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Na3 h6 11. c3 Be6 $2 {\"Simply a bad move.\" (Nakamura)} (11... a6 {is what Nakamura felt was in his file, when after} 12. Nc4 Be6 {the same} 13. b4 {as in the game could be met by} cxb4 14. cxb4 d5 $1 {and Black is fine.}) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 $1 b6 $6 {Nakamura critized this as \"too passive,\" but he felt the more principled} (13... cxb4 14. cxb4 d5 {was tough to calculate.}) ({RR} 13... cxb4 14. cxb4 Qd7 15. Nc4 Nd8 16. b5 Nf7 17. Qb3 Nh5 18. Rac1 Nh8 19. d4 Ng6 20. b6 Kh8 21. bxa7 Rxa7 22. a5 Bf6 23. Bb4 exd4 24. e5 Bd8 25. Bxd6 {1-0 (25) Bocharov,D (2540)-Mamedov,E (2464) Aktobe KAZ 2026}) 14. Nc4 Qe8 $146 {In the confessional Nakamura noted his plan was to transfer the queen to the kingside, double rooks on the f-file, and go for an all-in attack, relying on Gukesh being slightly out of form, having to make trickier moves, and being likely to burn up time. That never really happened, however.} ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nf7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rcd1 Nh8 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. Rd3 Ng6 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe2 Rf8 27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Qh3 Rxf3 29. Qxg4 {Demchenko,A (2615)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) Jerusalem 2015 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nf7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rcd1 Nh8 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. Rd3 Ng6 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe2 Rf8 27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Qh3 Rxf3 29. Qxg4 {Demchenko,A (2615)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) Jerusalem 2015 1-0 (44)}) 15. b5 Nd8 16. d4 $5 {One of a number of moves that puzzled Nakamura.} (16. Qb3 $1 {and pushing a5 was the strong plan he expected.}) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Bb4 Nxe4 $1 {Nakamura expected either to have overlooked something and lose here, or to have few problems.} 19. Rxe4 d5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxd4 dxc4 22. Ne5 Qg5 $5 {The same queen lunge that worked against Carlsen the day before.} (22... Rf5 {seems to be more accurate.}) 23. Nxc4 (23. Qe2 $1 {, keeping the powerful knight in the center of the board, is flagged as stronger by our silicon friends.}) 23... Nb7 {\"The first moment I started to relax\" said Nakamura in his recap.} 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Rad1 Rf4 {A good move, but a bad sign, since Nakamura confessed he'd made this move by accident after planning to play} (25... Nxa4) 26. a5 bxa5 27. Nxa5 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rd8 $2 {Almost losing.} (28... Qc1+ {is what Nakamura suggested afterward, though he said he wasn't sure he'd be safe after} 29. Rd1 Qc3 $1 30. Nc6 a5 $1) (28... a6 {is also possible here, meeting} 29. b6 {with} Rd8 $1) 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Nc6 Qd7 {Nakamura offered a draw, since he thought he was making an easy draw $1} 31. h4 $1 {No draw $1 Suddenly things are absolutely critical.} Qd6 $2 {Gukesh: \"After Qd6 I thought it should be over.\"} (31... Na4 $1 {is close to holding, but it's very tricky:} 32. Qe5 Nb6 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qxa7 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. g3 Qc5 37. Qf7 Nd5 $1 {Nakamura wasn't sure he'd find and trust this variation, even with much more time on his clock.}) (31... a6 $2 {was the move Nakamura initially thought was an easy draw, but he'd missed one crucial move. After} 32. Qe5 Nd3 33. Qb8+ Kh7 {White has} 34. Qf8 $1 {the move Nakamura missed before it was too late. The point is that after e.g.} axb5 {White plays} 35. Ne7 $1 {threatening checkmate.}) 32. Nxa7 Nd3 33. Nc6 Kh8 $2 (33... Nf4 {Nakamura mentioned that he again had intended this move and instead played a different move of the variation by mistake $1 Gukesh would almost certainly still have won, but might have had to show more.}) 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. g3 Nc5 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. Qf4 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Qf7 Nd3 40. Ne7 $1 {The only winning move $1 Nakamura confessed he'd overlooked it again.} Qd8 41. Qxe6 Nxf2 42. Qf5+ {Nakamura resigned.} 1-0 [Event "13th Norway Chess 2025"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2025.06.06"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Gukesh, D.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2025.05.26"] 1. e4 {Edouard,Romain} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a3 g6 6. Nc3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} Bg7 7. h3 d6 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} a6 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 Nd7 11. g5 h5 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Nf6+ Nxf6 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng5+ Kg7 16. Rg1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Bh6+ {1-0 (20) Umarov,S (2364)-Vedder,R (2262) chess.com INT 2023}) ({RR} 8... Ne7 9. Ba2 b6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Qf3 O-O ({RR} 12... c5 13. Nde2 Nf5) 13. O-O-O a6 14. g4 Nd7 15. Rhg1 Kh7 16. Nf5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Ng8 18. Kb1 ({RR} 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rg1+ Kh7 20. Bd5 c6 ({RR} 20... Bxd5 21. Qg4 Qf6 22. Nxd5) 21. e5 Nxe5 ({RR} 21... f6 22. Qh5) ({RR} 21... cxd5 22. Qg4) 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. Ne4 Qh8 24. Bxh6 ({RR} 24. Ng5+ hxg5 25. Bxg5) 24... Nxh6 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Nxf7+) ({RR} 18. Bd5 Bxc3) 18... Qe7 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bd4+ ({RR} 20. f6+ Ngxf6 21. Bxh6+ Kxh6 22. Qf4+ Kh5) ({RR} 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Bd5 c6 22. Qg3 f6 23. Be6) 20... f6 ({RR} 20... Ngf6) 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Rg6 ({RR} 22. Qh5) 22... Rf7 23. Bd5 {Topalov,V (2730)-Salimova,N (2364) Cap d'Agde 2021 CBM 205 Extra [Edouard,Romain] 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Qa6 c5 15. Qc6 O-O 16. Qxc7 Rac8 17. Qa5 Nb6 18. Qa6 d5 19. Nd1 Nc4 20. O-O Kh7 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. b3 Rb6 23. Qa4 {Sanduleac,V (2492)-Olarasu,G (2241) Galati 2006 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. d4 Bxd5 14. exd5 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qc3 Rc8 17. f4 c5 18. fxe5 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxe5 20. Qd2 Qh4 21. Rhf1 f5 22. Bf4 Rfe8 23. Kb1 {Mitusov,S (2297)-Koziak,V (2433) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 Nh5 12. g3 Kh7 13. Kg2 d5 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Nh4 Qf7 16. Rf1 Rad8 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. exd5 exd5 19. Ne2 Nf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kh2 e4 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf3 {Sevian,S (2688)-Gholami Orimi,M (2530) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. d4 Ne4 15. Qd1 exd4 16. Nexd4 Ne7 17. Bf4 c5 18. Be5 Nf6 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Nf4 b6 22. h4 Ng4 23. Bxg7 {Gukesh,D (2754)-Nakamura,H (2810) Mumbai IND 2025 0-1 (44)}) 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qd7 13. f3 Nh5 14. Nde2 Qf7 15. g4 Nf6 16. f4 O-O-O 17. O-O-O {0-1 Parpiev,I (2205)-Le,T (2567) Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (4)}) 11... g5 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. b4 d5 15. Qe2 d4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 Qe7 (17... Rhg8 $14) 18. Rb1 $1 $16 Nd7 {[%CAl Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 19. O-O Nde5 20. Nh5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Be5 22. b5 (22. Qd1 $16) 22... axb5 $14 23. Rxb5 Qxa3 24. Rc1 {[%CAl Oc1c6]} Rhf8 25. Qe2 {[%CAl Oc1c6]} Bd6 (25... Qd6 $14) 26. e5 $1 $16 Rf5 {[%CAl Rf5e5] [#]} 27. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} bxc6 28. Ra5 Qb2 {[%CAl Oc8b7] Strongly threatening ...Kb7!.} (28... Rxe5 $2 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxa3 $18) 29. exd6 (29. Ra8+ $6 Kb7 30. Rxd8 Rxe5 $11) 29... Rxa5 30. Qxe6+ Kb7 31. Bxa5 Rxd6 32. Qe7 {Some like it hot} Qa1+ 33. Be1 {Ng3 would now be deadly. White is more active.} c5 $2 {[#]} (33... Qa2 $16) 34. Ng3 $1 $18 Rc6 35. Kh2 Qa2 36. Ne4 Qd5 37. f3 c4 38. Qb4+ Kc8 39. Qa4 Kb7 {Repels Qa8+} (39... c3 $2 40. Qa8+ Kd7 41. Nf6+ Rxf6 42. Qxd5+ $18) 40. Bf2 cxd3 41. Bxd4 Ra6 42. Qb4+ Kc8 43. Qf8+ Qd8 44. Qc5 Re6 (44... d2 {keeps fighting.} 45. Nxd2 Qd6+ 46. Qxd6 cxd6) 45. Qc4 Rd6 46. Be5 ({Weaker is} 46. Nxd6+ Qxd6+ 47. Kg1 d2 $11) 46... Rd5 47. f4 ({White should play} 47. Qa6+ $18 Kb8 48. Bf6 (48. Qb6+ Kc8 $16)) 47... d2 $11 48. Bxc7 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} d1=Q $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Qxc7 $11 49. Qxd5 Qxf4+ 50. g3 (50. Ng3 Kc7 $11) 50... Qxe4 51. Qxe4 d1=Q) 49. Bxd8+ $18 Kxd8 {[#] Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.30} 50. Nc3 $1 {[%csl Bd1,Bd5]} 1-0 [Event "13th Norway Chess 2025"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2025.05.26"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2025.05.26"] 1. e4 {[%eval 18,0]} e5 {[%eval 22,0]} 2. Nf3 {[%eval 13,0]} Nc6 {[%eval 21,0]} 3. Bc4 {[%eval 12,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 1,0]} 4. d3 {[%eval 9,0]} Be7 {[%eval 22,0]} 5. O-O {[%eval 21,0]} O-O {[%eval 3,0]} 6. Re1 {[%eval 21,0]} d6 {[%eval 19,0]} 7. a4 {[%eval 19,0]} Na5 {[%eval 26,0]} 8. Ba2 {[%eval 18,0]} c5 {[%eval 2,0]} 9. Bd2 {[%eval 25,0]} Nc6 {[%eval 16,0]} 10. Na3 {[%eval 32,0]} h6 {[%eval 25,0]} 11. c3 {[%eval 18,0]} Be6 {[%eval 43,0]} 12. Bxe6 {[%eval 43,0]} fxe6 {[%eval 37,0]} 13. b4 {[%eval 41,0]} b6 {[%eval 67,0]} ({RR} 13... cxb4 14. cxb4 Qd7 15. Nc4 Nd8 16. b5 Nf7 17. Qb3 Nh5 18. Rac1 Nh8 19. d4 Ng6 20. b6 Kh8 21. bxa7 Rxa7 22. a5 Bf6 23. Bb4 exd4 24. e5 Bd8 25. Bxd6 {1-0 (25) Bocharov,D (2540)-Mamedov,E (2464) Aktobe KAZ 2026}) 14. Nc4 {[%eval 72,0]} Qe8 $146 {[%eval 93,0]} ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nf7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rcd1 Nh8 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. Rd3 Ng6 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe2 Rf8 27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Qh3 Rxf3 29. Qxg4 {Demchenko,A (2615)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) Jerusalem 2015 1-0 (44)}) 15. b5 {[%eval 89,0]} Nd8 {[%eval 103,0]} 16. d4 $6 {[%eval 27,0] Inaccuracy. Qb3 was best.} (16. Qb3 Nf7 17. a5 Bd8 18. axb6 Bxb6 19. Ra6 Rb8 20. h3 Qd7 21. Be3 Ne8) 16... exd4 {[%eval 28,0]} 17. cxd4 {[%eval 35,0]} cxd4 {[%eval 25,0]} 18. Bb4 {[%eval 29,0]} Nxe4 {[%eval 31,0]} 19. Rxe4 {[%eval 39,0]} d5 {[%eval 37,0]} 20. Bxe7 {[%eval 25,0]} Qxe7 {[%eval 26,0]} 21. Rxd4 {[%eval 28,0]} dxc4 {[%eval 42,0]} 22. Ne5 {[%eval 15,0]} Qg5 $6 {[%eval 73,0] Inaccuracy. Rf5 was best.} (22... Rf5) 23. Nxc4 $6 {[%eval 0,0] Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best.} (23. Qe2 Nf7 24. Nc6 c3 25. Rd3 a6 26. h4 Qxh4 27. bxa6 Nd8 28. Rh3 Qg5) 23... Nb7 {[%eval 3,0]} 24. Qe2 {[%eval 2,0]} Nc5 {[%eval 6,0]} 25. Rad1 {[%eval 0,0]} Rf4 {[%eval 0,0]} 26. a5 {[%eval 0,0]} bxa5 {[%eval 0,0]} 27. Nxa5 {[%eval 0,0]} Rxd4 {[%eval 0,0]} 28. Rxd4 {[%eval 0,0]} Rd8 {[%eval 0,0]} 29. Rxd8+ {[%eval 0,0]} Qxd8 {[%eval 8,0]} 30. Nc6 {[%eval 6,0]} Qd7 {[%eval 54,0]} 31. h4 {[%eval 53,0]} Qd6 $4 {[%eval 286,0] Blunder. Na4 was best.} (31... Na4) 32. Nxa7 {[%eval 283,0]} Nd3 $6 {[%eval 402,0] Inaccuracy. Qd4 was best.} (32... Qd4 33. Nc6) 33. Nc6 {[%eval 373,0]} Kh8 {[%eval 393,0]} 34. Qf3 {[%eval 386,0]} Kg8 {[%eval 429,0]} 35. g3 {[%eval 367,0]} Nc5 {[%eval 306,0]} 36. Kg2 {[%eval 352,0]} Qd7 {[%eval 432,0]} 37. Qf4 {[%eval 404,0]} Qd5+ {[%eval 433,0]} 38. Kh2 {[%eval 412,0]} Kh7 $6 {[%eval 526,0] Inaccuracy. Qd7 was best.} (38... Qd7 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Qe5 Nb7 41. Qd4 Qe8 42. Kg2 Kg8 43. Qd3 Kf8 44. Ne5) 39. Qf7 {[%eval 478,0]} Nd3 $6 {[%eval 686,0] Inaccuracy. Qf5 was best.} (39... Qf5 40. Qxf5+ exf5 41. Ne7 h5 42. Nxf5 Kg6 43. Ne3 Kf6 44. b6 Ke5 45. Kg2) 40. Ne7 {[%eval 705,0]} Qd8 {[%eval 795,0]} 41. Qxe6 {[%eval 722,0]} Nxf2 {[%eval 864,0]} 42. Qf5+ {[%eval 705,0]} 1-0 [Event "Esports World Cup LC Win"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.07.26"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Amin, B."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2025.07.26"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Be3 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. b5 Ne7 16. Nc4 Ng6 17. Na5 axb5 18. Rxb5 b6 19. Nc4 Rde8 20. Ne3 c6 21. Rb3 d5 22. c4 Ne7 {Firouzja,A (2618)-Safarli,E (2681) Bandar e Anzali 2019 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 8. b4 Ba7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb3 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. c4 c6 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. c5 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Na5 Rb8 {Wong,K (1609)-Lo,T (1442) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (43)}) 8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 {½-½ (11) Zdechovsky,T (1922)-Dejmal,O (1757) Kouty nad Desnou 2020}) 11. Nh4 d5 12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Ne4 b6 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. d4 exd4 17. exd4 a5 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Rae1 Nc8 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qf3 f4 22. Ng6 Nd6 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Nh5 c6 25. h3 Qf7 26. c4 Ne3 27. Rf2 g5 28. Qxc6 Qe7 29. Qxb6 Bf5 30. Bxf5 Ndxf5 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. d5 Qe5 33. Qb6 Qe8 34. g4 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Bl Team Pool A"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2025.06.14"] [Round "2.3"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Gledura, B."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2025.06.14"] [EventType "team"] [WhiteTeam "WR Chess Team"] [BlackTeam "Ashdod Elit Chess Club"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bxe6 ({RR} 9. Nf1 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Nd7 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. Ra3 g6 14. Nh6+ Kh8 15. Ng4 Bg7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bc1 Qd7 18. Nd2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Ne3 Rae8 21. Nd5 Nb4 22. Rh3 Nxd5 23. cxd5 e4 {Udvardi,Z (2255)-Gledura,B (2648) Budapest HUN 2025 ½-½}) 9... fxe6 10. c3 Kh8 ({RR} 10... Qd7 11. Nf1 h6 12. Bd2 b6 13. b4 Kh8 14. b5 Nd8 15. Ng3 Nf7 16. d4 Rac8 17. Rb1 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 Nh7 20. h4 c5 21. bxc6 Rxc6 22. Nh5 Rfc8 23. Nh2 Bxh4 24. Qg4 Bg5 25. f4 {Duda,J (2739)-Mendonca,L (2605) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (34)}) 11. Nc4 b6 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe8 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. Bd2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. g3 Rf6 16. Kg2 Qh5 17. Nfd2 Qf7 18. f3 h5 19. h4 Rg6 20. Rh1 Qf4 21. Nf1 Bxh4 22. Qe1 Rf8 23. Qf2 Kg8 24. Rh3 Be7 25. Rxh5 d5 26. Ncd2 {Buchenau,F (2277)-Zong,D (2191) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (86)}) ({RR} 11... Qe8 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. Bd2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. g3 Rf6 16. Kg2 Qh5 17. Nfd2 Qf7 18. f3 h5 19. h4 Rg6 20. Rh1 Qf4 21. Nf1 Bxh4 22. Qe1 Rf8 23. Qf2 Kg8 24. Rh3 Be7 25. Rxh5 d5 26. Ncd2 {Buchenau,F (2277)-Zong,D (2191) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (86)}) 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. b4 Qe8 14. b5 Nd8 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Qg6 17. Ra3 Nf7 18. Rc3 Rae8 19. h3 Bd8 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. Bf4 Nf6 22. Ne3 Qg6 23. e5 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Ne4 25. Nf1 d5 26. h4 h6 27. h5 Kh7 28. N1h2 g6 29. hxg6+ Kxg6 30. g3 Nfg5 31. Kg2 Rf7 32. Nh4+ Kg7 33. f3 Ref8 34. fxe4 Nxe4 35. N4f3 h5 36. Rc6 h4 37. Rxe6 Kh7 38. Ng4 hxg3 39. Rh1+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 17th Jun Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.06.17"] [Round "9"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "219"] [EventDate "2025.06.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 c6 10. Ba2 Ne6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 14. a4 b6 15. a5 b5 16. Bd2 a6 17. Ne2 Rfe8 18. Ng3 Bf8 19. Be3 Qb8 20. c3 g6 21. Qc2 d5 22. Rad1 Rd7 23. Qe2 h5 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. Bd2 Red8 26. Bc1 Qc7 27. b4 h4 28. Nf1 Nh5 {Vokhidov,S (2641)-Martirosyan,H (2633) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (80)}) 14... a5 15. Ne2 d5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. c3 a4 19. Rad1 d4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. cxd4 Rxd4 22. Ne2 Rd7 23. d4 Red8 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Be3 c5 26. d5 exd5 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Nc3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qc6 31. Qxa4 Qxa4 32. Nxa4 c4 33. Nb6 c3 34. bxc3 Bxa3 35. Nc4 Be7 36. Nxe5 Nd5 37. c4 Nb4 38. Kf1 Bf6 39. Nd7 Nc6 40. Ke2 Kf7 41. Kd3 Be7 42. Nb6 Ke6 43. f4 h5 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Na5 46. Nd5 Bd6 47. Nc3 Bb4 48. Ne4 Be7 49. Nd2 Nc6 50. Nf3 Na5 51. Bd4 Bd6 52. f5+ gxf5 53. Ng5+ Kd7 54. gxf5 Kc6 55. f6 b5 56. c5 Bf8 57. Ne6 Bh6 58. f7 Kd7 59. Ng7 Ke7 60. Nf5+ Kxf7 61. Nxh6+ Ke6 62. Ke4 Nb3 63. Ng4 Nd2+ 64. Kd3 Nb3 65. Kc3 Na5 66. Ne3 Kd7 67. Nc2 Nc6 68. Nb4 Na5 69. Kd3 Ke6 70. Bf2 Nc4 71. Kd4 Nd2 72. c6 Nb3+ 73. Kc3 Na5 74. Bg3 Nc4 75. Kd4 Na5 76. Kc5 Nxc6 77. Kxc6 Kf5 78. Bd6 Ke4 79. Bc5 Ke5 80. Kxb5 Ke4 81. Kc4 Ke5 82. Nd5 Ke4 83. Bd4 Kf5 84. Kd3 Ke6 85. Ke4 Kd6 86. Nf4 Kc6 87. Ke5 Kd7 88. Kd5 Ke7 89. Be5 Kd7 90. Ng6 Kd8 91. Kd6 Kc8 92. Ne7+ Kb7 93. Kc5 Ka6 94. Nd5 Ka5 95. Nb6 Ka6 96. Kc6 Ka5 97. Bc3+ Ka6 98. Nd5 Ka7 99. Nc7 Kb8 100. Bd4 Kc8 101. Ba7 Kd8 102. Nd5 Ke8 103. Kd6 Kf7 104. Ne7 Kg7 105. Be3 Kf6 106. Bf4 Kf7 107. Bg5 Kf8 108. Ke6 Ke8 109. Nf5 Kf8 110. Be7+ 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Bl Team Pool B"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2025.06.14"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2025.06.14"] [EventType "team"] [WhiteTeam "Freedom"] [BlackTeam "Hexamind Chess Team"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. b4 Bf8 12. Ne3 d5 13. b5 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nd4 14. exd5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 e4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Red1 Bc5 18. Be1 Qg5 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Rd3 Rxd5 21. h4 Qf5 22. Rad1 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Nd6 25. Ne3 f5 26. Ba5 f4 27. Ng4 h5 28. Bxc7 {Niemann,H (2734)-Dubov,D (2701) Moscow RUS 2025 0-1 (62)}) ({RR} 13... Nd4 14. exd5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 e4 16. Qe2 Bc5 17. Rad1 Bxe3 18. fxe3 exd3 19. cxd3 Nxd5 20. e4 Ne7 21. Bc3 Ng6 22. Rf1 Qd7 23. Rf3 Kh7 24. e5 Qd5 25. d4 f6 26. Qc2 fxe5 27. dxe5 Qe6 28. Qe4 {Niemann,H (2734)-Dubov,D (2701) Moscow RUS 2025 1-0 (54)}) 14. exd5 Nexd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bc3 e4 17. dxe4 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Nxe4 19. Be5 Nd6 20. g4 Re6 21. Bg3 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Re8 23. Nf3 Re4 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 g6 26. Kf1 Be7 27. Ke2 f6 28. a5 a6 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Nc6 Kf7 31. Nb8 Bd8 32. Nxa6 Nb7 33. Bxc7 Bxc7 34. Nxc7 Nxa5 35. Kd3 Ke7 36. Nd5+ Ke6 37. Nf4+ Kf7 38. c4 Nc6 39. h3 Ne5+ 40. Kd4 g5 41. Nd3 Nf3+ 42. Kd5 Ke7 43. Kc6 f5 44. gxf5 Nd4+ 45. Kb6 Nxf5 46. c5 Ke6 47. c6 Ne7 48. c7 Nd5+ 49. Kc6 Ne7+ 50. Kb7 h5 51. Nb4 Kf7 52. Nd5 Nf5 53. Kc6 Nd4+ 54. Kb6 1-0 [Event "Esports World Cup A 2025"] [Site "Riyadh KSA"] [Date "2025.07.29"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2025.07.29"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Bxf3 $146 ({RR} 13... Bf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh2 d5 16. f4 dxe4 17. f5 e3 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Rae1 Be5 20. Qg2 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Kh8 22. Ng4 Bf6 23. Rf4 Rad8 24. Re4 Qd6 25. Qh2 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Bh4 27. Re2 Bg5 28. h4 {Tabatabaei,M (2685)-Harshavardhan,G (2397) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (33)}) 14. Qxf3 g6 15. g3 Kg7 16. Rae1 Qa5 17. Kg2 Rae8 18. h4 h5 19. Qd1 Bd8 20. f4 f5 21. Re2 Qc5 22. Qe1 Ba5 23. Qf2 Kf6 24. Rc1 Re7 25. exf5 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxf5 27. c3 d5 28. c4 dxc4 29. Bxc4 Bb4 30. Rc2 Kg7 31. Qf2 Qd7 32. Re2 Re8 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 34. Qxd4+ Kh6 35. Be6 Qe7 36. Kf3 a5 37. f5 gxf5 38. Bxf5 Qf8 39. Qf4+ Kg7 40. Qg5+ Kh8 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qh7# 1-0 [Event "Niemann-Giri Rerematch"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2025.06.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2025.06.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qc8 9. O-O Bd8 10. Bb3 a5 11. c4 Nd7 12. h3 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 12... Nc5 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. d4 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 c6 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nc3 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Ne4 Bf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rad1 Re8 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rf4 27. Re7 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2748) Endgame.AI INT 2025 ½-½ (39)}) 13. d4 Ng6 14. Re1 h6 15. Nc3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Ba2 Bg5 18. b4 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 axb4 20. axb4 Na6 21. Rb1 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nde2 Rd8 24. Rb2 Bd7 25. Rd2 Ba4 26. Nxa4 Rxa4 27. e5 Qa8 28. Nc3 Ra3 29. exd6 Qa5 30. Qf3 Na4 31. Rd5 Qa6 32. d7 Nxc3 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 Ngf4 36. Bb1+ 1-0 [Event "13th Norway Chess 2025"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2025.05.28"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Gukesh, D.."] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Chessbase"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2025.05.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Na3 h6 11. c3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 b6 ({RR} 13... cxb4 14. cxb4 Qd7 15. Nc4 Nd8 16. b5 Nf7 17. Qb3 Nh5 18. Rac1 Nh8 19. d4 Ng6 20. b6 Kh8 21. bxa7 Rxa7 22. a5 Bf6 23. Bb4 exd4 24. e5 Bd8 25. Bxd6 {1-0 (25) Bocharov,D (2540)-Mamedov,E (2464) Aktobe KAZ 2026}) 14. Nc4 Qe8 $146 ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nf7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rcd1 Nh8 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. Rd3 Ng6 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe2 Rf8 27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Qh3 Rxf3 29. Qxg4 {Demchenko,A (2615)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) Jerusalem 2015 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nf7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rcd1 Nh8 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. Rd3 Ng6 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe2 Rf8 27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Qh3 Rxf3 29. Qxg4 {Demchenko,A (2615)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) Jerusalem 2015 1-0 (44)}) 15. b5 Nd8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Bb4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 d5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxd4 dxc4 22. Ne5 Qg5 23. Nxc4 Nb7 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Rad1 Rf4 26. a5 bxa5 27. Nxa5 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Nc6 Qd7 31. h4 Qd6 32. Nxa7 Nd3 33. Nc6 Kh8 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. g3 Nc5 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. Qf4 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Qf7 Nd3 40. Ne7 Qd8 41. Qxe6 Nxf2 42. Qf5+ 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.10.27"] [Round "1.17"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2734"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2025.10.13"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Rfc1 Rxb5 23. Ba4 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. O-O Qd7 10. h3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nd8 12. Ba2 c6 13. c4 a5 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Re8 17. f3 exf3 18. Qxf3 b5 19. Rae1 b4 20. Bb1 bxa3 21. bxa3 Qb5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qg3+ {Niemann,H (2736)-Matinian,N (2421) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (63)}) ({RR} 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Rfc1 Rxb5 23. Ba4 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) 9. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O Bd8 10. Bg5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 Ng6 14. Bd2 f5 15. Qc2 c5 16. b4 b6 17. a4 Bf6 18. Rab1 Rae8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. a5 e4 21. dxe4 fxe4 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Qg4 {Rudolph,P (2201)-Bussek,B Hessen 1999 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 9. Bb3 Ng4 10. c3 Kh8 11. h3 Nxe3 12. Nxe3 Rae8 13. O-O Bf6 14. Re1 g6 15. Ba4 Qc8 16. d4 Bd7 17. d5 Ne7 18. c4 Bg7 19. Rc1 b6 20. b4 Qd8 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. c5 Bh6 23. Nd2 f5 {Sadhwani,R (2676)-Zemlyanskii,I (2586) Fujairah City UAE 2025 ½-½ (51)}) ({RR} 9. Ng5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. O-O c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Ba2 d5 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nf3 c5 16. c4 dxc3 17. bxc3 Bd6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 h6 20. g3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bb3 Qb5 {Vidit,S (2720)-Lazavik,D (2578) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 9. O-O Bd8 10. Bg5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 Ng6 14. Bd2 f5 15. Qc2 c5 16. b4 b6 17. a4 Bf6 18. Rab1 Rae8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. a5 e4 21. dxe4 fxe4 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Qg4 {Rudolph,P (2201)-Bussek,B Hessen 1999 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 9. Bb3 Bd8 10. c4 Ng4 11. O-O Nxe3 12. fxe3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Nc3 Qe7 15. Kh1 c6 16. Qd3 Bb6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. d5 Bc8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Ba4 Qc7 21. b4 a6 22. Bb3 h6 23. Ng1 Be6 {Niemann,H (2742)-Ding Liren (2738) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 9. Ng5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. O-O c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Ba2 d5 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nf3 c5 16. c4 dxc3 17. bxc3 Bd6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 h6 20. g3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bb3 Qb5 {Vidit,S (2720)-Lazavik,D (2578) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (32)}) 9... Bd8 10. c4 Ng4 11. O-O Nxe3 12. fxe3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. h3 c6 15. Nc3 Qe7 16. Qd2 Bc7 17. Rf2 Rad8 18. Raf1 h6 19. d5 Bc8 20. Bb1 c5 21. Ne2 Nh4 22. Ng3 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 g6 24. Qf2 Rde8 25. Bc2 Bd8 26. Ba4 Bd7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Ne2 Kg7 29. Kh1 Ba5 30. Nc1 Bc7 31. b3 a5 32. a4 Bd8 33. Qg3 Qe7 34. Nd3 Qh4 35. Qxh4 Bxh4 36. g3 Bd8 37. g4 Bh4 38. Kg2 Rd8 39. Nc1 Rd7 40. Ne2 Kg8 41. Rh1 Kg7 42. Rff1 Kg8 43. Ng1 Kg7 44. Nf3 Bd8 45. h4 Be7 46. Kg3 Bd8 47. Nd2 Be7 48. Rf3 Bd8 49. Kg2 Be7 50. h5 g5 51. Nf1 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2025"] [Site "Goa IND"] [Date "2025.11.13"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Svane, Frederik"] [Black "Sargsyan, Shant"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2025.11.01"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Nc3 a5 ({RR} 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 h6 10. b4 Nb8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Kh7 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. g3 Ng7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Nb3 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. b3 Nd7 11. Be3 Kh8 12. Nd5 b6 13. b4 Nf6 14. Qd3 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb8 16. c3 Nd7 17. a4 Qc8 18. Nd2 Qa6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 axb4 21. cxb4 f5 22. f3 fxe4 23. fxe4 {Goganov,A (2507)-Gorlov,A (2151) St Petersburg RUS 2026 1-0 (77)}) 9. h3 Bxc4 $146 ({RR} 9... h6 10. b3 Qd7 11. Bb5 Qd8 12. d4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Nd7 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Qd2 g5 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Nd1 Re8 19. f3 b6 20. Bd4 Be6 21. Nc3 Kg7 22. Nb5 Rc8 23. Re3 Bd7 24. Nc3 {Daneshvar,B (2621)-Lobanov,S (2527) Sharjah UAE 2025 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. Nd5 h6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. c4 a4 15. Nd2 g6 16. Qg4 Bg7 17. Qxe6 Rxe6 18. Nb1 Na5 19. Nc3 Nb3 20. Rad1 c6 21. Nb1 f5 22. f3 Kh7 23. Nd2 Nc5 24. Bxc5 {Schroeder,J (2568)-Kollars,D (2598) Lichess.org INT 2021 0-1 (75)}) 10. dxc4 Nb8 11. c5 Re8 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Rd1 Qb8 15. Be3 c6 16. Rd2 Nc5 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Qe3 Ne6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Na4 Be7 21. Nb6 Bc5 22. Qb3 Bxb6 23. Qxb6 Ra6 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Rad1 Nf8 26. h4 h6 27. h5 Qe7 28. g3 Raa8 29. Kg2 a4 30. Rd6 f6 31. Nh4 Qf7 32. Qe2 Ne6 33. Nf5 Nd4 34. Nxd4 exd4 35. R1xd4 Re7 36. Qg4 Ra5 37. Qg6 Qxg6 38. hxg6 Kf8 39. Rd8+ Re8 40. R4d7 Rxd8 41. Rxd8+ Ke7 42. Rg8 Rb5 43. Rxg7+ Kf8 44. Rf7+ Kg8 45. Rxf6 Kg7 46. Rd6 Rxb2 47. f4 Rxc2+ 48. Kh3 Re2 49. e5 h5 50. g4 Re4 51. Kg3 h4+ 52. Kxh4 Rxf4 53. Kg5 Rf3 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55. e6 Re3 56. e7 1-0 [Event "8th Salamanca Masters"] [Site "Salamanca ESP"] [Date "2025.10.22"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Ponomariov, R."] [Black "Granda Zuniga, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2025.10.22"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 Qd7 ({RR} 9... d5 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. a5 a6 12. h3 Kh8 13. Qc2 Qe8 14. Nh2 d4 15. Nb3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. c4 b6 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Bd2 a5 20. Rf1 Ra7 21. Qd1 Raf7 22. Qe2 Rf6 23. Bg5 R6f7 24. Bd2 {Dominguez Perez,L (2741)-Nakamura,H (2802) Saint Louis USA 2025 0-1 (72)}) ({RR} 9... a5 10. Na3 h6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nc4 b6 13. h3 Rad8 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Na3 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rf7 18. d4 Nxe4 19. Bxh6 d5 20. Bc1 Rdf8 21. dxe5 Qe8 22. Nxc7 Qc8 23. Nxe6 Rxf3 24. gxf3 {Caruana,F (2794)-Dubov,D (2710) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (41)}) 10. b4 ({RR} 10. Nbd2 a5 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Nb3 Qe8 15. Be3 Qg6 16. Rc1 Rf7 17. Qc2 Rf5 18. Kh1 Raf8 19. Nbd2 Bb4 20. Nh4 Qg4 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. h3 Qh4 23. Qd3 h6 24. Rf1 Bxd2 {Federer,C (2270)-Wang,S (2426) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (64)}) 10... Nd8 $146 ({RR} 10... Rae8 11. Nbd2 Bd8 12. Nf1 Qf7 13. b5 Nb8 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. Bd2 h5 17. Nf1 Qg6 18. Be3 Rf7 19. h3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Ref8 21. Ra2 c6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. a5 Nc5 24. N1d2 Rf4 25. Qe2 {Eljanov,P (2680)-Khmelniker,I (2483) Israel 2019 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 10... Rae8 11. Nbd2 Bd8 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 h6 16. Qc2 Qf7 17. Ra3 d5 18. b5 dxe4 19. Nxe4 e5 20. Neg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 exd4 22. Rf1 d3 23. Rxd3 Qe7 24. Qb3+ Rf7 25. Ba3 {Davtyan,A (2426)-Stepanyan,A (2064) Tsaghkadzor ARM 2025 1-0}) ({RR} 10... a6 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Nf1 a5 {½-½ (12) Waterfield,J (1920)-Young,A (2048) Bridgend 2019}) ({RR} 10... Rae8 11. Na3 Bd8 12. Rb1 Qf7 13. b5 Nb8 14. Nc4 Nbd7 15. Na5 Ng4 16. h3 h5 17. Rb2 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Bh4 19. Ref1 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 a6 21. Be3 Qg6 22. Kh2 axb5 23. axb5 Qf6 24. Nxb7 Rb8 25. Na5 {Stocko,J (2319)-Zenelaj,S (1970) Gradiste 2019 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 10... Rae8 11. Na3 Bd8 12. Nc4 Qf7 13. b5 Ne7 14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Nxe6 Rf7 16. Ng5 Rff8 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. d4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. dxe5 d5 21. Ne3 dxe4 22. Nd4 c5 23. Ne2 Rff8 24. Ng3 Bc7 25. Nc4 {Risteski,E (2365)-Veleski,R (2068) Skopje MKD 2024 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 10... a5 11. b5 Nd8 12. Na3 b6 13. Nc4 Nf7 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Rae8 16. Ba3 h6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qc2 Nb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Rab1 d5 21. Ne3 Ng5 22. Nh4 Ne4 23. Ng6 Rxf2 24. Qb3 Bg5 25. Ng4 {Bethke,R (2370)-Melikhov,E (2292) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (39)}) 11. Nbd2 Nf7 12. Nc4 a6 13. a5 Rad8 14. Bd2 Rfe8 15. Qb3 Bf8 16. Rad1 g6 17. g3 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Nxh6 19. d4 exd4 20. e5 Nd5 21. Nxd4 Nf7 22. Rd2 c5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Nf3 Qc6 25. h4 Nf4 26. Re3 Nd5 27. Red3 Kg7 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. hxg5 Re7 30. Nd6 Red7 31. c4 Nb4 32. Rf3 Qc7 33. Qe3 Kg8 34. Rf6 Re7 35. Qe4 Nc6 36. f4 Nd4 37. Rb2 Qc6 38. Qxc6 Nxc6 39. Rxb7 Rxd6 40. Rxe7 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Nxe7 42. Rxe6 Nf5 43. Rxa6 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Ra2 45. Ra7 Kf8 46. a6 Nxg3 47. e6 Ke8 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. a7 Nf5 50. Rh8 Nd4 51. a8=Q Rxa8 52. Rxa8 Nxe6 53. Ra7+ Kd6 54. Rf7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.12.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2025.12.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. c3 a5 10. h3 ({RR} 10. Na3 h6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nc4 b6 13. h3 Rad8 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Na3 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rf7 18. d4 Nxe4 19. Bxh6 d5 20. Bc1 Rdf8 21. dxe5 Qe8 22. Nxc7 Qc8 23. Nxe6 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Nxe5 {Caruana,F (2794)-Dubov,D (2710) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nf1 Bd6 13. h3 h6 14. N1h2 Rab8 15. Qb5 Qf7 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Be3 Kh7 18. Re2 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qg6 20. Qc4 Rf7 21. Kh1 Rbf8 22. Rd1 Qh5 23. Red2 Ne7 24. Qxe6 Ng6 {Demchenko,A (2611)-Khanbutaev,A (2141) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (50)}) 10... h6 $146 ({RR} 10... Kh8 11. Be3 Qe8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. Rac1 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nd8 18. Rcd1 Rf8 19. Nc4 b6 20. Na3 Bh4 21. Re2 Re8 22. Nf3 Be7 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. h4 Rf8 25. h5 {Demchenko,A (2609)-Esipenko,A (2704) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (49)}) ({RR} 10... Qd7 11. d4 Rad8 12. Na3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Be3 Rf7 17. Nb5 Rdf8 18. Re2 Bh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Nxg5 21. Kg2 Ne4 22. f4 g5 23. fxg5 Rf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 25. Kg1 {Marcziter,A (2204)-Aradhya,G (2408) chess.com INT 2026 0-1}) ({RR} 10... Kh8 11. Be3 Qe8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. Rac1 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nd8 18. Rcd1 Rf8 19. Nc4 b6 20. Na3 Bh4 21. Re2 Re8 22. Nf3 Be7 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. h4 Rf8 25. h5 {Demchenko,A (2609)-Esipenko,A (2704) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (49)}) 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Rad8 14. Nc4 Nh7 15. Nh2 Qe8 16. Ne3 Bg5 17. Bd2 d5 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. exd5 exd5 20. Neg4 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Nxg4 22. Nxg4 h5 23. Nh2 Qg6 24. Re3 Rf4 25. Rde2 d4 26. Rg3 Qf6 27. Rf3 dxc3 28. bxc3 Rd6 29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Re3 Rf6 31. Nf3 g5 32. Qb3+ Kg7 33. Re4 Qf5 34. Qc4 Rg6 35. Qd5 Rd6 36. Qc4 Rf6 37. Re2 g4 38. hxg4 Qxg4 39. Re4 Qe6 40. Qb5 Qf5 41. Qb2 Kh6 42. Qe2 Re6 43. d4 Kg7 44. d5 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2025"] [Site "Goa IND"] [Date "2025.11.13"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Harikrishna, P."] [Black "Grandelius, N."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2025.11.01"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 ({RR} 6... Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Re1 Nh7 10. a5 a6 11. d4 exd4 12. Qb3 Bf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. cxd4 O-O 15. dxe5 Bg5 16. h3 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne4 Nd4 20. Qc3 Qd5 21. Be3 {Efimenko,Z (2616)-Stocek,J (2566) Germany 2007 ½-½ (78)}) 7. a4 g6 8. b4 $146 ({RR} 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Bb1 a5 14. h3 Bd7 15. Re1 Re8 16. Qb3 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 Qb8 19. Nd4 b6 20. Rd1 Qb7 21. Nc2 Ne4 22. Nxb4 Nc5 {Sousa,V (1860)-El Zwei,A (2087) Caioba BRA 2026 0-1 (55)}) ({RR} 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. a5 b6 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Ne3 Nc7 15. h3 b5 16. Bb3 Kh7 17. Ng4 Qd6 18. Ngxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Qxd3 20. Nxe5 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Be6 22. Bc2 Nd5 {Zienkiewicz,J (2362)-Balint,P (2342) Trencin SVK 2025 ½-½ (44)}) 8... Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ba3 Re8 11. b5 Na5 12. Ba2 b6 13. Re1 Nb7 14. Bb4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. d4 Qd7 17. Qe2 a5 18. Ba3 exd4 19. cxd4 Rae8 20. Qd3 Nd8 21. Rac1 R6e7 22. d5 Nh5 23. g3 Qg4 24. Qc4 Rd7 25. e5 Qxc4 26. Nxc4 dxe5 27. d6 e4 28. Nce5 Rxd6 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. Nc4 Nb7 31. Nxb6 Nc5 32. Nd2 Nd3 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Rc8+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 28th Oct 2025"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2025.10.28"] [Round "10"] [White "Demchenko, A."] [Black "Sarana, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2025.10.28"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Bg4 7. Re1 Qd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 f6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rb1 ({RR} 11. a4 O-O-O 12. Ba3 Qd7 13. Bxf8 Rhxf8 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxh5 Nxc4 16. dxc4 g6 17. Qf3 Qc6 18. Qxc6 {½-½ (18) Antipov,M (2594)-Mamedyarov,S (2738) New York USA 2024}) 11... O-O-O 12. d4 exd4 13. Rb5 $146 ({RR} 13. g4 Bg6 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Be6+ Kb8 17. Qf3 b6 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Rbd1 Qc5 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Bc4 Qb4 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Qxe8+ Bxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kb7 26. Bd5+ c6 27. Be4 a5 {Demchenko,A (2619)-Cornelisse,L (2138) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (43)}) 13... Ne5 14. Rd5 Qe7 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. Be6+ Kb8 17. g4 Bg6 18. cxd4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bd6 20. c4 Bb4 21. Rd1 Bc2 22. Be3 Bxd1 23. Qxd1 Re8 24. Bd5 c6 25. Bf3 Bd6 26. c5 Bc7 27. Qb3 Qd7 28. d5 cxd5 29. Bxd5 Qc8 30. a4 h5 31. gxh5 Re5 32. Bf3 Re7 33. Kg2 Be5 34. c6 b6 35. a5 Qe6 36. Bd5 Qd6 37. axb6 axb6 38. Qxb6+ Kc8 39. Bf3 Qb8 40. Qa6+ Kd8 41. Qd3+ Ke8 42. Qh7 Rf7 43. Qg8+ Rf8 44. Qe6+ 1-0 [Event "Niemann-Giri Rematch 2025"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2025.06.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2025.06.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. O-O ({RR} 9. Bb3 a6 10. c4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. O-O c6 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Qg3 a5 18. f4 a4 19. Bc2 Ra5 20. Qf2 c5 21. g4 Rb8 22. Re2 b5 23. cxb5 Rbxb5 {Kosteniuk,A (2487)-Muzychuk,A (2522) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (95)}) 9... Bd8 10. Bg5 Ne8 11. h3 h6 $146 ({RR} 11... f5 12. Bxd8 Nxd8 13. Ng5 c6 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. Nc3 Kh8 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. f4 Nc7 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. d4 Qe6 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Rad1 f4 22. Ne2 g5 23. Ng3 Rae8 24. Nh5 Qg6 25. Rde1 Ne6 26. c3 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2738) Endgame.AI INT 2025 1-0 (64)}) ({RR} 11... f5 12. Bxd8 Nxd8 13. Ng5 c6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 fxe4 16. Ne3 d5 17. Bb3 exd3 18. cxd3 Qg7 19. Qh4 h6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Rae1 Nd4 22. Bd1 Nd6 23. f3 Rae8 24. Qf2 h5 25. Nc2 N6f5 26. Nb4 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2738) Endgame.AI INT 2025 ½-½ (60)}) 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Bb3 c6 14. Nxe7+ Bxe7 15. d4 Bxb3 16. cxb3 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nf6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Qc2 Qe6 20. Rad1 Nd7 21. Bc3 Bf6 22. b4 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Ne5 24. Nd4 Qf6 25. Nf5 Rad8 26. Ne3 Ng6 27. Rd4 Nf4 28. Red1 h5 29. Kh1 Rd7 30. c4 Qe5 31. f3 Red8 32. c5 d5 33. Nc4 Qg5 34. Nd6 Ne6 35. R4d2 dxe4 36. Qxe4 Qf4 37. Qxf4 Nxf4 38. a4 g6 39. Kg1 Nd5 40. Nc4 Re7 41. b5 Kg7 42. b6 axb6 43. cxb6 Ra8 44. a5 Re6 45. Kf2 Nc3 46. Re1 Rxe1 47. Kxe1 Nd5 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. Kd3 Ke6 50. Kd4 f6 51. Kc5 h4 52. Ra2 Ra6 53. Nd6 Nxb6 54. Re2+ Kd7 55. axb6 1-0 [Event "13th Norway Chess 2025"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2025.06.06"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Gukesh, D.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 7.0"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2025.05.26"] {[%evp 0,99,20,20,19,19,19,9,9,9,19,10,55,45,45,44,23,16,50,35,25,20,26,-7,-3,-13,6,-17,-4,-52,-39,-39,-3,8,12,-1,29,22,22,22,43,18,28,32,23,-22,-14,-13,-8,-37,-8,-8,17,-30,47,78,100,100,98,102,102,95,95,90,95,71,79,69,92,125,125,125,155,155,178,167,156,37,195,179,155,155,155,155,125,138,138,138,130,125,282,280,280,188,193,82,82,95,406,406,403,403]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a3 g6 6. Nc3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} Bg7 7. h3 d6 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} a6 $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 Nh5 12. g3 Kh7 13. Kg2 d5 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Nh4 Qf7 16. Rf1 Rad8 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. exd5 exd5 19. Ne2 Nf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kh2 e4 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf3 {Sevian,S (2688)-Gholami Orimi,M (2530) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. d4 Ne4 15. Qd1 exd4 16. Nexd4 Ne7 17. Bf4 c5 18. Be5 Nf6 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Nf4 b6 22. h4 Ng4 23. Bxg7 {Gukesh,D (2754)-Nakamura,H (2810) Mumbai IND 2025 0-1 (44)}) 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 $146 (11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qd7 13. f3 Nh5 14. Nde2 Qf7 15. g4 Nf6 16. f4 O-O-O 17. O-O-O {0-1 Parpiev,I (2205)-Le,T (2567) Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (4)}) 11... g5 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. b4 d5 15. Qe2 d4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 Qe7 (17... Rhg8 $14) 18. Rb1 $1 $16 Nd7 {[%CAl Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 19. O-O Nde5 20. Nh5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Be5 22. b5 (22. Qd1 $16) 22... axb5 $14 23. Rxb5 Qxa3 24. Rc1 {[%CAl Bc1c6]} Rhf8 25. Qe2 {[%CAl Bc1c6]} Bd6 (25... Qd6 $14) 26. e5 $1 $16 Rf5 {[%CAl Rf5e5] [#]} 27. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} bxc6 28. Ra5 Qb2 {[%CAl Bc8b7] Strongly threatening ...Kb7!.} (28... Rxe5 $2 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxa3 $18) 29. exd6 (29. Ra8+ $6 Kb7 30. Rxd8 Rxe5) 29... Rxa5 30. Qxe6+ Kb7 31. Bxa5 Rxd6 32. Qe7 {Some like it hot} Qa1+ 33. Be1 {Ng3 would now be deadly. White is more active.} c5 $2 {Mistake. Qa2 was best. [#]} (33... Qa2 34. f4) 34. Ng3 $1 $18 Rc6 35. Kh2 Qa2 36. Ne4 Qd5 37. f3 c4 38. Qb4+ Kc8 $6 {Inaccuracy. Rb6 was best.} (38... Rb6 39. Qxc4) 39. Qa4 Kb7 {Repels Qa8+} (39... c3 $2 40. Qa8+ Kd7 41. Nf6+ Rxf6 42. Qxd5+ $18) 40. Bf2 cxd3 41. Bxd4 Ra6 42. Qb4+ Kc8 43. Qf8+ Qd8 44. Qc5 Re6 $6 {Inaccuracy. d2 was best.} (44... d2 45. Nxd2 Qd6+ 46. Qxd6 cxd6 47. Ne4 Kd8 48. Nf6 Kc7 49. Be3 Ra3 50. h4) 45. Qc4 Rd6 46. Be5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Be3 was best.} (46. Nxd6+ Qxd6+ 47. Kg1 d2) (46. Be3 Rg6 47. Qa4 c5 48. Nxc5 Qd6+ 49. Kg1 d2 50. Qd1 h5 51. Ne4 Qd7) 46... Rd5 47. f4 $4 {Blunder. Bf6 was best.} (47. Qa6+ $18 Kb8 48. Bf6 (48. Qb6+ Kc8 $16)) (47. Bf6) 47... d2 48. Bxc7 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} d1=Q $4 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder. Qxc7 was best.} (48... Qxc7 49. Qxd5 Qxf4+ 50. g3 (50. Ng3 Kc7 51. Qd3 Kc6 52. Kh1 Qxg3 53. Qxg3 d1=Q+ 54. Kh2) 50... Qxe4 51. Qxe4 d1=Q) 49. Bxd8+ $18 Kxd8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.30 [#]} 50. Nc3 $1 {[%csl Bd1,Bd5] PRECISÃO LICHESS: BRANCAS 93% PRETAS 86% PRECISÃO CHESS.COM: BRANCAS 92.8% PRETAS 89.0%} 1-0 [Event "Niemann-Giri Rematch 2025"] [Site "Endgame.AI INT"] [Date "2025.06.04"] [Round "12"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2025.06.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. O-O Bd8 10. Bg5 Ne8 11. h3 f5 12. Bxd8 Nxd8 13. Ng5 c6 14. Nxe6 $146 ({RR} 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 fxe4 16. Ne3 d5 17. Bb3 exd3 18. cxd3 Qg7 19. Qh4 h6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Rae1 Nd4 22. Bd1 Nd6 23. f3 Rae8 24. Qf2 h5 25. Nc2 N6f5 26. Nb4 h4 27. Qd2 Ng3 28. Rf2 g5 {Niemann,H (2736)-Giri,A (2738) Endgame.AI INT 2025 ½-½ (60)}) 14... Nxe6 15. Nc3 Kh8 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. f4 Nc7 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. d4 Qe6 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Rad1 f4 22. Ne2 g5 23. Ng3 Rae8 24. Nh5 Qg6 25. Rde1 Ne6 26. c3 Re7 27. e5 d5 28. Nf6 Ng7 29. h4 Ne6 30. h5 Qg7 31. Qh3 h6 32. Kh2 Nc7 33. g3 fxg3+ 34. Kxg3 Ref7 35. Kg2 Ne8 36. Nxe8 Rxe8 37. Rxf7 Qxf7 38. Rf1 Qh7 39. Qf5 Qxf5 40. Rxf5 Kg7 41. Rf6 Rf8 42. Rg6+ Kh7 43. Rd6 Rf7 44. e6 Rf8 45. Rd7+ Kg8 46. Rxb7 Re8 47. e7 Kf7 48. Rxa7 Rxe7 49. Ra6 Re6 50. a4 Kf6 51. b4 Kf5 52. a5 g4 53. b5 Re2+ 54. Kf1 Rb2 55. bxc6 Rc2 56. Ra8 Rxc3 57. a6 Rc1+ 58. Ke2 g3 59. a7 g2 60. Rf8+ Ke4 61. Rg8 Ra1 62. c7 Ra2+ 63. Kd1 Rxa7 64. c8=Q 1-0 [Event "13th Norway Chess 2025"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2025.06.06"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Gukesh, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2025.05.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 d6 8. Be3 a6 $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 Nh5 12. g3 Kh7 13. Kg2 d5 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Nh4 Qf7 16. Rf1 Rad8 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. exd5 exd5 19. Ne2 Nf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kh2 e4 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf3 {Sevian,S (2688)-Gholami Orimi,M (2530) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. d4 Ne4 15. Qd1 exd4 16. Nexd4 Ne7 17. Bf4 c5 18. Be5 Nf6 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Nf4 b6 22. h4 Ng4 23. Bxg7 {Gukesh,D (2754)-Nakamura,H (2810) Mumbai IND 2025 0-1 (44)}) 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 g5 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. b4 d5 15. Qe2 d4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Rb1 Nd7 19. O-O Nde5 20. Nh5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Be5 22. b5 axb5 23. Rxb5 Qxa3 24. Rc1 Rhf8 25. Qe2 Bd6 26. e5 Rf5 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Ra5 Qb2 29. exd6 Rxa5 30. Qxe6+ Kb7 31. Bxa5 Rxd6 32. Qe7 Qa1+ 33. Be1 c5 34. Ng3 Rc6 35. Kh2 Qa2 36. Ne4 Qd5 37. f3 c4 38. Qb4+ Kc8 39. Qa4 Kb7 40. Bf2 cxd3 41. Bxd4 Ra6 42. Qb4+ Kc8 43. Qf8+ Qd8 44. Qc5 Re6 45. Qc4 Rd6 46. Be5 Rd5 47. f4 d2 48. Bxc7 d1=Q 49. Bxd8+ Kxd8 50. Nc3 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 2025"] [Site "Stavanger, Norway"] [Date "2025.05.28"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Chess.com"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [TimeControl "40/7200:0"] {[%evp 0,83,19,19,19,19,19,9,9,13,7,13,10,13,13,7,14,11,29,27,33,33,38,28,20,23,23,-3,23,23,60,60,74,57,63,46,59,59,59,59,49,40,40,46,46,67,50,26,19,45,25,32,61,29,61,27,27,27,27,56,56,56,106,95,162,155,178,178,179,179,180,179,179,159,204,194,218,308,310,195,548,662,718,751,913,1021]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 {Nakamura mentioned he'd succeeded with this move against Caruana and Dominguez in the recent American Cup, though he used to prefer} (4... Bc5) 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Na3 h6 11. c3 Be6 $2 {\"Simply a bad move.\" (Nakamura)} (11... a6 {is what Nakamura felt was in his file, when after} 12. Nc4 Be6 {the same} 13. b4 {as in the game could be met by} cxb4 14. cxb4 d5 $1 {and Black is fine.}) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 $1 b6 $6 {Nakamura critized this as \"too passive,\" but he felt the more principled} (13... cxb4 14. cxb4 d5 {was tough to calculate.}) ({RR} 13... cxb4 14. cxb4 Qd7 15. Nc4 Nd8 16. b5 Nf7 17. Qb3 Nh5 18. Rac1 Nh8 19. d4 Ng6 20. b6 Kh8 21. bxa7 Rxa7 22. a5 Bf6 23. Bb4 exd4 24. e5 Bd8 25. Bxd6 {1-0 (25) Bocharov,D (2540)-Mamedov,E (2464) Aktobe KAZ 2026}) 14. Nc4 Qe8 $146 {In the confessional Nakamura noted his plan was to transfer the queen to the kingside, double rooks on the f-file, and go for an all-in attack, relying on Gukesh being slightly out of form, having to make trickier moves, and being likely to burn up time. That never really happened, however.} ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nf7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rcd1 Nh8 21. Bc1 Kh7 22. Rd3 Ng6 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe2 Rf8 27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Qh3 Rxf3 29. Qxg4 {Demchenko,A (2615)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) Jerusalem 2015 1-0 (44)}) 15. b5 Nd8 16. d4 $5 {One of a number of moves that puzzled Nakamura.} (16. Qb3 $1 {and pushing a5 was the strong plan he expected.}) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Bb4 Nxe4 $1 {Nakamura expected either to have overlooked something and lose here, or to have few problems.} 19. Rxe4 d5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxd4 dxc4 22. Ne5 Qg5 $5 {The same queen lunge that worked against Carlsen the day before.} (22... Rf5 {seems to be more accurate.}) 23. Nxc4 (23. Qe2 $1 {, keeping the powerful knight in the center of the board, is flagged as stronger by our silicon friends.}) 23... Nb7 {\"The first moment I started to relax\" said Nakamura in his recap.} 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Rad1 Rf4 {A good move, but a bad sign, since Nakamura confessed he'd made this move by accident after planning to play} (25... Nxa4) 26. a5 bxa5 27. Nxa5 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rd8 $2 {Almost losing.} (28... Qc1+ {is what Nakamura suggested afterward, though he said he wasn't sure he'd be safe after} 29. Rd1 Qc3 $1 30. Nc6 a5 $1) (28... a6 {is also possible here, meeting} 29. b6 {with} Rd8 $1) 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Nc6 Qd7 {Nakamura offered a draw, since he thought he was making an easy draw $1} 31. h4 $1 {No draw $1 Suddenly things are absolutely critical.} Qd6 $2 {Gukesh: \"After Qd6 I thought it should be over.\"} (31... Na4 $1 {is close to holding, but it's very tricky:} 32. Qe5 Nb6 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qxa7 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. g3 Qc5 37. Qf7 Nd5 $1 {Nakamura wasn't sure he'd find and trust this variation, even with much more time on his clock.}) (31... a6 $2 {was the move Nakamura initially thought was an easy draw, but he'd missed one crucial move. After} 32. Qe5 Nd3 33. Qb8+ Kh7 {White has} 34. Qf8 $1 {the move Nakamura missed before it was too late. The point is that after e.g.} axb5 {White plays} 35. Ne7 $1 {threatening checkmate.}) 32. Nxa7 Nd3 33. Nc6 Kh8 $2 (33... Nf4 {Nakamura mentioned that he again had intended this move and instead played a different move of the variation by mistake $1 Gukesh would almost certainly still have won, but might have had to show more.}) 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. g3 Nc5 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. Qf4 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Qf7 Nd3 40. Ne7 $1 {The only winning move $1 Nakamura confessed he'd overlooked it again.} Qd8 41. Qxe6 Nxf2 42. Qf5+ {Nakamura resigned.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2024.04.14"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Vidit, S."] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2024.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 O-O 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Qc2 b6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nh5 15. Rad1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nh2 f5 18. Na3 Nf6 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bc1 Qf7 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. d4 e4 23. f3 Rde7 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Be3 Ng3 26. Bf2 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 g4 28. Nxc7 Ncxd4 29. cxd4 {Kurmann,O (2454)-Petrov,N (2585) Bad Ragaz 2019 0-1 (53)}) 15. Ba2 Nh5 16. Ne3 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. e5 Rc8 21. Ra3 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qd1 Nf4 24. b4 Rcc8 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Bxa5 Nc6 27. Bc3 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Nxe5 Qe6 31. Rd3 Nf4 32. Rd6 Qa2 33. Rxh6 Qb2 34. Qd7 Qb3 35. Qf5 Ng6 36. Rxg6+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 20th Feb Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2024.02.20"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Be7 ({RR} 6... Na5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bxa5 Qxa5 15. a4 Qb6 16. Nh4 d5 17. axb5 dxe4 18. bxc6 exd3 19. Qxd3 Bc5 20. Rf1 e4 21. Qc3 {Aronian,L (2764)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Leuven 2018 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 6... Na5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne2 a6 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Nh4 Be7 14. f4 Bh7 15. Nf3 exf4 16. Bxf4 O-O-O 17. Ng3 g5 18. Bd2 h5 19. Nxg5 hxg4 20. h4 Bg6 21. Bc3 {Aronian,L (2745)-Amin,B (2691) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (44)}) 7. d4 ({RR} 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Nh7 9. Be3 Ng5 10. Nd5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be6 12. c3 Kh8 13. Qh5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. d4 Nd3 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Bxf7 Nxb2 21. Rf5 Nd3 {Zarubitski,V (2398)-Lavrov,M (2344) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (42)}) 7... Bg4 8. dxe5 dxe5 $146 ({RR} 8... Nxe5 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bf8 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. b3 Ne5 18. c4 Ng6 19. Bc1 c6 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Bb2 a5 22. h3 a4 23. Nh5 {Ponomariov,R (2694)-Vallejo Pons,F (2707) Riadh 2017 1-0 (37)}) 9. Bb5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Rd3 Nd7 15. Na4 f5 16. Rad1 fxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6 18. Nc5 Rf7 19. Rc3 Ng4 20. Nb7 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Be7 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rb8 24. Rb3 Rf8+ 25. Kg1 Bg5 26. Na5 c5 27. Nc4 h5 28. Rd3 g6 29. Rd5 Rf7 30. Rxe5 Bf6 31. Rxc5 g5 32. Ne5 Re7 33. Nd3 Rxe4 34. Rxc7 Rxe3 35. Kf1 Rf3+ 36. Kg2 Re3 37. Rxa7 Re2+ 38. Kh1 Rxc2 39. Ra6 Kg7 40. Rd6 Rd2 41. a4 Bxb2 42. a5 Bc3 43. a6 Ra2 44. Nc5 Be5 45. Rd5 Bf4 46. h4 Kf6 47. hxg5+ Kg6 48. Ne6 Be3 49. Re5 Bf2 50. Nf4+ Kg7 51. Re7+ Kf8 52. Re6 h4 53. g6 Bg3 54. Nh5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.09"] [Round "11"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2024.04.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. b4 g5 7. d4 $146 ({RR} 7. a4 Bg7 8. a5 a6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Qb3 g4 12. N3d2 h5 13. Ne3 Bh6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. b5 Nbd7 17. O-O Nc5 18. Qc2 O-O 19. d4 Ncd7 20. Qf5 e4 21. Re1 Rfe8 {Goryachkina,A (2553)-Bambino Filho,A (2169) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) ({RR} 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Nf1 a5 10. b5 a4 11. Qc2 Na5 12. Qxa4 O-O 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. O-O Qe8 15. Rb1 Qb8 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Be6 18. Nfd2 Qa7 19. b6 cxb6 20. Nxb6 Rad8 21. c4 Nh5 {Maghsoodloo,P (2676)-Alonso Rosell,A (2554) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (95)}) ({RR} 7. a4 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Re1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qd7 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Re3 a6 16. Nf1 Nh5 17. h3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Ree1 Nf4 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. Rad1 b5 {Sevian,S (2688)-Levitan,C (2250) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (67)}) 7... exd4 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bd3 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Ba6 Ng6 17. Be3 Re8 18. Rc1 Rb6 19. Nd2 Rbe6 20. Nc4 Qd5 21. Na5 Nh4 22. Bb7 Qxb5 23. Rc5 Qd3 24. Rxc7 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bd3 27. Rc3 Bxf1 28. Rxe3 Bxg2+ 29. Bxg2 Rxe3 30. Nc4 Rc3 31. Bf1 Nf5 32. d5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 26th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Chigaev, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2697"] [BlackElo "2617"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2024.03.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. Be3 Bh5 9. h3 Kh8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qc8 12. g4 Bg6 13. c3 Nd8 14. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 14. Ne1 c6 15. Bb3 Ne6 16. Ng2 Qd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Qf3 d4 22. c4 Rae8 23. Rae1 Bh4 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bc2 Qe7 26. Ba4 Rd8 27. b4 f5 28. gxf5 Bxf5 {Alekseenko,K (2656)-Mamedov,E (2464) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (58)}) 14... Ne6 15. Kh2 f6 16. Nh4 Bf7 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. d4 Rae8 19. Qf3 Bd8 20. h4 Bg8 21. Rad1 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bxa2 23. d5 c6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxd6 Qb5 26. Rfd1 Be6 27. b4 Bc7 28. R6d2 b6 29. h5 h6 30. Rc1 Bb8 31. Nh4 Rf7 32. Kg3 Kh7 33. Ng6 f5 34. gxf5 Rxf5 35. Qd1 Rf4 36. f3 Bf7 37. Rd7 Bxg6 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rd5 Qa6 40. Bxf4 exf4+ 41. Kh3 Kh7 42. e5 Rxe5 43. Qd3+ Qxd3 44. Rxd3 Rh5+ 45. Kg2 Rg5+ 46. Kf1 Rh5 47. Rc8 Be5 48. Rd5 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf5 50. Rc7 Ke6 51. Rb5 Rh2 52. Rc6+ Kd7 53. Rg6 Bf6 54. Rg2 Rh3 55. Ke2 Rh1 56. Kd3 Ra1 57. Ke4 Rxa3 58. Kxf4 Ra4 59. Rc2 Be7 60. Rc4 a5 61. Rxb6 Rxb4 62. Rcxb4 Bxb4 63. Kf5 Kc7 64. Rb5 Kc6 65. Rb8 a4 66. Rxb4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 19th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Pichot, A."] [Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2622"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2024.03.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bb3 d5 11. a5 Be6 12. Ba4 Nxa5 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. dxe4 c5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Nef3 Nh5 17. e5 Nf4 18. Qe4 Nd5 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Ng3 Nb6 21. Qh4 Bd5 22. Bxh6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxe5 {Adams,M (2703)-McShane,L (2664) London 2018 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 9. a5 a6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Nxd5 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Bd2 c6 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. h3 Re8 20. Qd1 Nf4 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Be3 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 {Fogo Esquivel,L (2180)-Harish,N (2179) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (73)}) ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b4 Re8 11. Qb3 a6 12. h3 Bf8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd7 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Na5 21. Qb4 b6 22. c4 Nh5 23. Nd5 f6 {Pichot,A (2644)-Pranav,V (2604) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (40)}) 9... a6 $146 ({RR} 9... Nh5 10. d4 Qf6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nh2 Nf4 13. Ng4 Qg5 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qf3 f5 16. Nh2 fxe4 17. Rxe4 Be5 18. Nd2 Nf5 19. Rxe5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Ng4 Nd6 22. Bd3 Nf7 23. Rd1 Kg7 24. Nc5 {Tate,A (2175)-Thorfinnsson,B (2395) Novi Sad 2009 0-1}) 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nexd5 14. a5 Re8 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Ndf3 Qd6 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Bd2 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Qc2 Reb8 21. b3 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Ra5 Nb4 24. Rxc5 Nxc2 25. Bxe6 Nxe1 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Bxe1 Rb5 28. Rc7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.02.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 g6 6. c3 ({RR} 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 d6 8. Be3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. c3 O-O 12. b4 Qe7 13. Qb3 Kh7 14. a5 a6 15. b5 axb5 16. Qxb5 Nd8 17. O-O Qe8 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Rfb1 Ra6 20. Nd2 Nf4 {Eljanov,P (2682)-Ernst,S (2525) Belgium BEL 2026 ½-½ (42)}) 6... Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d5 $146 ({RR} 8... d6 9. h3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Kh7 12. d4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Ng8 14. b5 Nb8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ba3 Qe6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Ncxe5 Ne7 19. Qd8 Qc8 20. Nxf7 Qxd8 21. Nxd8 Bg7 22. e5 Nd7 23. Ne6 {Satonen,A (2242)-Mujunen,M Lahti 2000 1-0}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Nd7 12. Nc4 Re8 13. a5 a6 14. Ba4 Re6 15. Be3 b5 16. axb6 cxb6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. d5 Re4 20. Nd6 Re7 21. Bd4 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Nxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bc6 N7f6 25. Qe5 Be6 26. Ne8+ Qxe8 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Qd4 a5 29. h3 Rc8 30. Re1 g5 31. Nd2 Kg6 32. Nc4 Nd7 33. Rxe6+ fxe6 34. Qe4+ Kf6 35. Qd4+ Kg6 36. g3 Rf8 37. Qe4+ Kf6 38. Qh7 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Sadhwani, Raunak"] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2629"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2024.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 Bg7 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. a6 b6 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 Bg4 11. Be3 Qe7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bd5 Rad8 14. Nbd2 Nb8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bc4 c5 17. Qc2 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Kh7 19. Bd3 Rd7 20. Nc4 Ne8 21. Be2 Nc7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 {Schnaider,I (2323)-Christiansen,J (2629) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (42)}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Kh7 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Nd2 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qd5 15. Bd2 f5 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. Re1 e4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ra3 exd3 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. cxd3 Nd4 22. Rc3 Nb5 23. Rb3 a6 24. Na3 {Esipenko,A (2678)-Amin,B (2663) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (36)}) 10. Be3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Re1 Nh5 12. d4 Bd7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 g5 16. Bd4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rad1 Nf4 21. Kf1 Kg7 22. Na4 Rd6 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Nb6 Rf7 25. Re3 {Llaneza Vega,P (2099)-Le Goff,R (2287) Sant Boi ESP 2023 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 10... a6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qd2 g5 13. Nd5 Ne7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nh2 Bg7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Nf1 Nh4 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. c3 Nf4 21. Qd2 f5 22. Ng3 Nxh3+ 23. gxh3 f4 24. Nf5 fxe3 25. Rxe3 {Schell,F (2006)-Wilkins,Z (1681) Bridgend WLS 2026 1-0 (52)}) 11. a6 b6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g3 Qg5 18. h4 Qe5 19. Kg2 Rf7 20. f4 Qc5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qe2 Raf8 23. Rae1 Nh5 24. Qg4 Qc4 25. Qe2 Qc6 26. Qb5 Qa8 27. Qc4 Re7 28. Kh3 Qc8 29. e5 d5 30. Qc6 Ref7 31. Nb5 Kh7 32. Ra1 g5 33. Nxa7 Qd8 34. Qxe6 Ng7 35. Qg4 gxf4 36. Nc6 Qe8 37. Nd4 Qxe5 38. a7 h5 39. Qd1 Ra8 40. Qd3+ Kg8 41. gxf4 Qf6 42. Rg1 c5 43. Nb5 Qe6+ 44. Kh2 Rxf4 45. Rg3 Rxh4+ 46. Kg1 c4 47. Nc7 Qe5 48. Qxd5+ Qxd5 49. Nxd5 c3 50. b3 Kh7 51. Nxb6 Nf5 52. Nxa8 Nxg3 53. Kg2 Nf5 54. Nb6 Rg4+ 55. Kf2 Rf4+ 56. Ke2 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Div 3 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.02"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2024.02.02"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Be6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. b4 Nh7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bb2 b6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Na5 16. c4 Ng5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bf6 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nb7 21. f4 Nh7 22. Nb3 Nf6 23. e5 {So,W (2812)-Ivanchuk,V (2738) Leuven 2017 ½-½ (54)}) ({RR} 8... a5 9. h3 Re8 10. Qb3 Rf8 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Bd5 Bd6 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nd2 Kg7 20. Nec4 Qg5 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Qe2 Bxc4 23. dxc4 {Demchenko,A (2623)-Seo,J (2500) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (85)}) 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 Qe8 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Nf1 Rd8 13. Ng3 Nh5 14. b5 Nb8 15. d4 Nf4 16. Ra2 Nd7 17. Rd2 g5 18. h3 Nb6 19. Nh2 Nc4 20. Ra2 Qg6 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Qb3 Na5 23. Qb1 Bg7 {Sevian,S (2688)-Caruana,F (2795) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (101)}) 9... Qd7 10. b4 a6 11. h3 $146 ({RR} 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Nf5 d5 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Ne5 Qd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qh3 Kh7 22. Nd7 Nxd7 23. Qxd7 Ng6 24. Qxb5 dxe4 25. Qf5 Qa4 {Bravo De la Vega,A (1927)-Fernandez Rosado,R (2081) Madrid 2021 ½-½ (40)}) 11... Rfe8 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb3 Bf8 14. Qxe6 Rxe6 15. Bb2 Ree8 16. Nb3 Nb8 17. c4 Nbd7 18. Bc3 g6 19. g3 Nh5 20. Nh4 Ng7 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Be7 23. Nf3 f5 24. Bxg7 fxe4 25. Nfd4 Bh4 26. Bxh6 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 exd3 28. Rd1 Nb6 29. c5 Nxa4 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Rxd3 Rac8 32. f5 gxf5 33. Nxf5 Rc3 34. Rxc3 Nxc3 35. Na5 b5 36. Kg2 Re4 37. Nc6 Na2 38. Nxd6 Re6 39. Bf4 Re1 40. Kf3 Rb1 41. Bd2 Rb2 42. Ke3 Rb3+ 43. Kd4 Rxh3 44. Nb8 Ra3 45. Ne4 Rh3 46. Nxa6 Rh2 47. Kc5 Rh5+ 48. Kd4 Kf7 49. Nc7 Ke7 50. Nd5+ Kd8 51. Bg5+ Kc8 52. Bd2 Kb7 53. Nef6 Rh1 54. Kc5 Rd1 55. Ne4 Ka6 56. Kc6 Nc1 57. Nc5+ Ka7 58. Be3 Ne2 59. Nd7+ Ka8 60. Nc7# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2024.02.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Nf1 Bg7 8. Ng3 O-O ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Na5 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bd7 {1-0 (15) Caruana,F (2806)-Megaranto,S (2550) Krasnaya Polyana 2021}) 9. a4 ({RR} 9. Bb3 d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ba4 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nc5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. Nd2 a5 18. b3 Reb8 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Nb2 Nb6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Na4 Nb6 23. Nc5 a4 {Bauer,C (2562)-Ernst,R (2381) Karlsruhe GER 2026 ½-½ (61)}) 9... Be6 $146 ({RR} 9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Re1 a6 14. Ne4 b6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Bd2 f5 18. Rad1 Bf7 19. b4 Re7 20. Re2 a5 21. b5 Na7 22. Bc1 Qd6 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. d4 {Patil Divya (1923)-Srija,S (2258) Karaikudi IND 2024 ½-½ (45)}) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Kh7 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. d4 Nd7 15. Be3 Qe8 16. Qe2 g5 17. h3 Ng6 18. Nh5 Bh8 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. Nxf4 gxf4 21. Bc1 Qg6 22. Kh1 Rf7 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Rde1 Qh5 25. Qd1 Qg6 26. Bb2 Bf6 27. Qb3 Re7 28. Qc2 Qh5 29. Nh2 Bh8 30. f3 Qf7 31. Rd1 Nf6 32. Rge1 Nh5 33. Nf1 Qg6 34. Re2 Bf6 35. b6 cxb6 36. dxe5 Bxe5 37. c4 Reg7 38. Bxe5 dxe5 39. Rd6 Qf6 40. Rxb6 Rd8 41. Rb5 Rgd7 42. Rb1 Kg6 43. Kh2 Qh4 44. Rbe1 Rd3 45. Qb2 Rd1 46. Qc3 b6 47. c5 Rxe1 48. Rxe1 Rc8 49. Qxe5 Qxe1 50. Qxe6+ Nf6 51. Qxc8 bxc5 52. Qf5+ Kg7 53. e5 Nh7 54. e6 Nf6 55. Qxc5 Qxe6 56. Qxa5 Qe2 57. Nd2 Qe1 58. Qc7+ Kg6 59. Qxf4 Qa1 60. Qg3+ Kf7 61. Qf4 Kg6 62. Ne4 Nh5 63. Qg4+ Kh7 64. Qxh5 Qxa4 65. Qf7+ Kh8 66. Qf6+ Kh7 67. Qe7+ Kh8 68. Qe5+ Kh7 69. f4 Kg8 70. f5 h5 71. f6 Kf7 72. Qxh5+ Ke6 73. Nc5+ Kxf6 74. Nxa4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2024.03.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Qb3 Na5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Be2 b5 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bg7 13. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. a4 O-O 16. Na3 a6 17. b4 Nb7 18. Be3 Rfc8 19. h3 h5 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe7 22. Qe2 Nh7 23. Nc2 Nd8 24. c4 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Ne6 26. Bg2 Qh4 27. f3 Nhg5 {Hornung,H (2047)-Ribiere,D (2213) Biel SUI 2023 0-1 (38)}) 13... Qc7 14. a4 O-O 15. axb5 cxb5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Be2 a5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bxb5 Nh5 20. Bc6 Rab8 21. Na3 f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rxa5 f4 25. Qg6 Qh4 26. Nxd6 f3 27. g3 Rf6 28. Qd3 Qh3 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rxd6 31. c4 Nc8 32. c5 Rd8 33. d6 Nf6 34. Bxf3 Rxb3 35. Be2 Rb8 36. Ba3 Ne4 37. c6 Rxd6 38. Bxd6 Ncxd6 39. c7 Rc8 40. Ra7 Bf8 41. Bg4 Re8 42. Bd7 Re7 43. Bc6 Kg7 44. Bxe4 Nxe4 45. c8=Q Rxa7 46. Rd7+ Rxd7 47. Qxd7+ Kf6 48. Qd5 Ng5 49. h4 Ne6 50. Kg2 Be7 51. Qf3+ Kg6 52. Qg4+ Kf6 53. h5 Ng5 54. Qc4 Kg7 55. Qd5 Bf6 56. Qd7+ Kg8 57. Qf5 Kg7 58. Qg6+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 27th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Pichot, A."] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2024.02.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3 h6 ({RR} 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 Nb8 12. Nh2 Nbd7 13. Ng4 Qc8 14. Qf3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qd8 18. Ra3 Bf8 19. Rc3 Rc8 20. Be3 Qh4 21. Kh2 Bg7 22. g3 Qe7 23. Nh6+ {So,W (2769)-Abdusattorov,N (2725) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (77)}) 9. h3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 a5 11. b3 $146 ({RR} 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Be3 b6 13. c3 Re8 14. Nd2 Bf8 15. Qg4 Re6 16. b4 Ne7 17. Nb3 Ng6 18. g3 c6 19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Nxa5 Ne7 21. c5 dxc5 22. Bxc5 Nd7 23. Red1 Qc7 24. Be3 c5 25. Qe2 Nc6 {Oro,F (2465)-Kaufman,D (2447) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (35)}) 11... Nb8 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Qd3 c6 16. Ne2 g6 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. Qc3 b6 19. Nh2 Nc5 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Rad8 22. f3 Ne6 23. Kf2 Bg7 24. Rh1 Ng5 25. Rd3 Rd7 26. Qd2 Qd8 27. Rd1 Re6 28. Kg1 Bf6 29. Qf2 Rb7 30. Ne2 Kg7 31. Nc3 Be7 32. R1d2 Rf6 33. Kf1 Ne6 34. Ke1 Nc5 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Kd1 Qh8 37. g3 Re6 38. f4 exf4 39. gxf4 Bf6 40. e5 dxe5 41. f5 e4 42. fxe6 exd3 43. Rxd3 fxe6 44. Qxc5 Qf8 45. Qxa5 Rf7 46. Ne4 Bb2 47. Nd2 Rf1+ 48. Nxf1 Qxf1+ 49. Qe1 Qf4 50. c3 Qxg4+ 51. Kc2 Ba3 52. Qe5+ Kf7 53. b4 Qg2+ 54. Rd2 Qg4 55. Rd7+ Ke8 56. Rd4 Qf5+ 57. Qxf5 gxf5 58. a5 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Sadhwani, Raunak"] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2629"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2024.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 Bg7 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. a6 b6 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 Bg4 11. Be3 Qe7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bd5 Rad8 14. Nbd2 Nb8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bc4 c5 17. Qc2 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Kh7 19. Bd3 Rd7 20. Nc4 Ne8 21. Be2 Nc7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 {Schnaider,I (2323)-Christiansen,J (2629) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (42)}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Kh7 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Nd2 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qd5 15. Bd2 f5 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. Re1 e4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ra3 exd3 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. cxd3 Nd4 22. Rc3 Nb5 23. Rb3 a6 24. Na3 {Esipenko,A (2678)-Amin,B (2663) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (36)}) 10. Be3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Re1 Nh5 12. d4 Bd7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 g5 16. Bd4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rad1 Nf4 21. Kf1 Kg7 22. Na4 Rd6 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Nb6 Rf7 25. Re3 {Llaneza Vega,P (2099)-Le Goff,R (2287) Sant Boi ESP 2023 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 10... a6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qd2 g5 13. Nd5 Ne7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nh2 Bg7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Nf1 Nh4 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. c3 Nf4 21. Qd2 f5 22. Ng3 Nxh3+ 23. gxh3 f4 24. Nf5 fxe3 25. Rxe3 {Schell,F (2006)-Wilkins,Z (1681) Bridgend WLS 2026 1-0 (52)}) 11. a6 b6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g3 Qg5 18. h4 Qe5 19. Kg2 Rf7 20. f4 Qc5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qe2 Raf8 23. Rae1 Nh5 24. Qg4 Qc4 25. Qe2 Qc6 26. Qb5 Qa8 27. Qc4 Re7 28. Kh3 Qc8 29. e5 d5 30. Qc6 Ref7 31. Nb5 Kh7 32. Ra1 g5 33. Nxa7 Qd8 34. Qxe6 Ng7 35. Qg4 gxf4 36. Nc6 Qe8 37. Nd4 Qxe5 38. a7 h5 39. Qd1 Ra8 40. Qd3+ Kg8 41. gxf4 Qf6 42. Rg1 c5 43. Nb5 Qe6+ 44. Kh2 Rxf4 45. Rg3 Rxh4+ 46. Kg1 c4 47. Nc7 Qe5 48. Qxd5+ Qxd5 49. Nxd5 c3 50. b3 Kh7 51. Nxb6 Nf5 52. Nxa8 Nxg3 53. Kg2 Nf5 54. Nb6 Rg4+ 55. Kf2 Rf4+ 56. Ke2 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2024.02.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Nf1 Bg7 8. Ng3 O-O ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Na5 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bd7 {1-0 (15) Caruana,F (2806)-Megaranto,S (2550) Krasnaya Polyana 2021}) 9. a4 ({RR} 9. Bb3 d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ba4 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nc5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. Nd2 a5 18. b3 Reb8 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Nb2 Nb6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Na4 Nb6 23. Nc5 a4 {Bauer,C (2562)-Ernst,R (2381) Karlsruhe GER 2026 ½-½ (61)}) 9... Be6 $146 ({RR} 9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Re1 a6 14. Ne4 b6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Bd2 f5 18. Rad1 Bf7 19. b4 Re7 20. Re2 a5 21. b5 Na7 22. Bc1 Qd6 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. d4 {Patil Divya (1923)-Srija,S (2258) Karaikudi IND 2024 ½-½ (45)}) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Kh7 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. d4 Nd7 15. Be3 Qe8 16. Qe2 g5 17. h3 Ng6 18. Nh5 Bh8 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. Nxf4 gxf4 21. Bc1 Qg6 22. Kh1 Rf7 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Rde1 Qh5 25. Qd1 Qg6 26. Bb2 Bf6 27. Qb3 Re7 28. Qc2 Qh5 29. Nh2 Bh8 30. f3 Qf7 31. Rd1 Nf6 32. Rge1 Nh5 33. Nf1 Qg6 34. Re2 Bf6 35. b6 cxb6 36. dxe5 Bxe5 37. c4 Reg7 38. Bxe5 dxe5 39. Rd6 Qf6 40. Rxb6 Rd8 41. Rb5 Rgd7 42. Rb1 Kg6 43. Kh2 Qh4 44. Rbe1 Rd3 45. Qb2 Rd1 46. Qc3 b6 47. c5 Rxe1 48. Rxe1 Rc8 49. Qxe5 Qxe1 50. Qxe6+ Nf6 51. Qxc8 bxc5 52. Qf5+ Kg7 53. e5 Nh7 54. e6 Nf6 55. Qxc5 Qxe6 56. Qxa5 Qe2 57. Nd2 Qe1 58. Qc7+ Kg6 59. Qxf4 Qa1 60. Qg3+ Kf7 61. Qf4 Kg6 62. Ne4 Nh5 63. Qg4+ Kh7 64. Qxh5 Qxa4 65. Qf7+ Kh8 66. Qf6+ Kh7 67. Qe7+ Kh8 68. Qe5+ Kh7 69. f4 Kg8 70. f5 h5 71. f6 Kf7 72. Qxh5+ Ke6 73. Nc5+ Kxf6 74. Nxa4 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.31"] [Round "5"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2024.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Qe7 ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bf1 c5 14. d5 b5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. b3 Nb7 18. Nh2 a5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 c4 21. bxc4 Nc5 22. Qc2 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Kamsky,G (2665) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (36)}) 8. b4 a6 9. Re1 $146 ({RR} 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. f3 h5 12. Be3 h4 13. Bc5 {½-½ (13) Predojevic,B (2642)-Ehlvest,J (2600) Moscow 2010}) ({RR} 9. h3 Bg7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. a4 Nh5 13. Bd5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. e5 c5 17. Qe4 Rb8 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxf4 Bf5 20. Qd4 Qc6 21. Qe3 Bxb1 22. Rfxb1 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Qxa4 {Zhu,L (2264)-Chasin,N (2479) New York USA 2026 ½-½ (38)}) 9... Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Ba3 Bg4 12. b5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Na5 14. Ba2 Nd7 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qg4 Nc5 17. f4 Qh5 18. Qxh5 gxh5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21. e5 c4 22. Nd2 Rc6 23. Re4 f6 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Bxc4+ Kh8 27. e6 f5 28. Rd1 Bf6 29. Rd7 Rc8 30. Bd3 Bxc3 31. Bxf5 Bf6 32. Kf1 Re8 33. Rf7 Be7 34. Bg6 Kg8 35. f5 Bd6 36. Rd7 Re7 37. f6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 5th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2024.03.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Qb3 Na5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Be2 b5 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bg7 13. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. a4 O-O 16. Na3 a6 17. b4 Nb7 18. Be3 Rfc8 19. h3 h5 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe7 22. Qe2 Nh7 23. Nc2 Nd8 24. c4 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Ne6 26. Bg2 Qh4 27. f3 Nhg5 {Hornung,H (2047)-Ribiere,D (2213) Biel SUI 2023 0-1 (38)}) 13... Qc7 14. a4 O-O 15. axb5 cxb5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Be2 a5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bxb5 Nh5 20. Bc6 Rab8 21. Na3 f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rxa5 f4 25. Qg6 Qh4 26. Nxd6 f3 27. g3 Rf6 28. Qd3 Qh3 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rxd6 31. c4 Nc8 32. c5 Rd8 33. d6 Nf6 34. Bxf3 Rxb3 35. Be2 Rb8 36. Ba3 Ne4 37. c6 Rxd6 38. Bxd6 Ncxd6 39. c7 Rc8 40. Ra7 Bf8 41. Bg4 Re8 42. Bd7 Re7 43. Bc6 Kg7 44. Bxe4 Nxe4 45. c8=Q Rxa7 46. Rd7+ Rxd7 47. Qxd7+ Kf6 48. Qd5 Ng5 49. h4 Ne6 50. Kg2 Be7 51. Qf3+ Kg6 52. Qg4+ Kf6 53. h5 Ng5 54. Qc4 Kg7 55. Qd5 Bf6 56. Qd7+ Kg8 57. Qf5 Kg7 58. Qg6+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 13th Feb Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.02.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.02.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 g6 6. c3 ({RR} 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 d6 8. Be3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. c3 O-O 12. b4 Qe7 13. Qb3 Kh7 14. a5 a6 15. b5 axb5 16. Qxb5 Nd8 17. O-O Qe8 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Rfb1 Ra6 20. Nd2 Nf4 {Eljanov,P (2682)-Ernst,S (2525) Belgium BEL 2026 ½-½ (42)}) 6... Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d5 $146 ({RR} 8... d6 9. h3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Kh7 12. d4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Ng8 14. b5 Nb8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ba3 Qe6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Ncxe5 Ne7 19. Qd8 Qc8 20. Nxf7 Qxd8 21. Nxd8 Bg7 22. e5 Nd7 23. Ne6 {Satonen,A (2242)-Mujunen,M Lahti 2000 1-0}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Nd7 12. Nc4 Re8 13. a5 a6 14. Ba4 Re6 15. Be3 b5 16. axb6 cxb6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. d5 Re4 20. Nd6 Re7 21. Bd4 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Nxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bc6 N7f6 25. Qe5 Be6 26. Ne8+ Qxe8 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Qd4 a5 29. h3 Rc8 30. Re1 g5 31. Nd2 Kg6 32. Nc4 Nd7 33. Rxe6+ fxe6 34. Qe4+ Kf6 35. Qd4+ Kg6 36. g3 Rf8 37. Qe4+ Kf6 38. Qh7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 30th Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2024.01.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. c3 a5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 ({RR} 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nb8 17. c4 Qxb5 18. axb5 Nbd7 19. Nh2 Nc5 20. Bc3 h5 21. f3 Na4 22. h4 g6 23. Kf2 Bh6 24. Nhf1 Rc8 25. Ra1 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Nd7 27. Red1 Kg7 28. Nd5 Nc5 29. Nfe3 Nb3 {Rasulov,V (2538)-Zeynalov,R (2269) Denizli TUR 2026 ½-½ (73)}) 15... Nb8 $146 ({RR} 15... Ne7 16. Ne3 Rad8 17. c4 Ng6 18. Nd5 Nh7 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. b4 axb4 21. Bxb4 Ne7 22. a5 bxa5 23. Bxa5 c6 24. Nxe7+ Bxe7 25. c5 Ng5 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. cxd6 Rxd6 28. g3 Ra8 29. Bc7 Re6 30. Ra1 {Safarli,E (2614)-Grischuk,A (2732) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (60)}) 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 dxc3 25. bxc3 Ne7 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Nxe7+ Bxe7 28. d4 Bd6 29. Kf1 f6 30. Nh4 Kf7 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. g4 Nb8 33. h4 Nc6 34. h5 Ne7 35. Ne3 Nc6 36. Nd5 Bd6 37. f3 exd4 38. cxd4 Nb4 39. Nc3 c6 40. Re2 Rd7 41. Be3 Red8 42. Red2 Be7 43. Ke2 Bd6 44. f4 Na6 45. Rc2 Bb4 46. Na2 c5 47. d5 Re8 48. Rc4 Nc7 49. Kf3 Red8 50. Nxb4 axb4 51. a5 bxa5 52. Bxc5 Nb5 53. Bb6 Ra8 54. e5 Rb7 55. e6+ Ke8 56. d6 Rxb6 57. Rc8+ Rxc8 58. d7+ Kd8 59. e7+ 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Play-In Match Div 3"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.09"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2024.05.09"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O ({RR} 6... d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. Nbd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. a5 Be6 11. a6 Qc8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. axb7 Rb8 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 c6 17. Nf3 Rxb7 18. Qc2 Rfb8 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Nxe6 Bxe5 21. Nc5 {Alzaga,L (2101)-Nedov,O (1889) Benasque ESP 2026 ½-½}) 7. a4 a6 ({RR} 7... a5 8. Re1 d6 9. Qb3 Nh7 10. Be3 Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Bf1 b6 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Nf1 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Ne3 c6 22. g3 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 1-0 (42)}) 8. Re1 d6 9. a5 $146 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. Rb1 b5 14. Ne3 d5 15. Bd2 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qd6 17. Rbd1 Rad8 18. Bc1 Qe6 19. h3 bxa4 20. Nd2 a3 21. Bxa3 a5 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Qa4 axb4 {Adhiban,B (2532)-Anton Guijarro,D (2669) Abu Dhabi UAE 2024 ½-½ (95)}) 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. Nf1 Qg6 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Be3 Rf7 15. d4 Raf8 16. Qb3 Nd8 17. Qa4 Nc6 18. d5 Ncb8 19. Qc4 exd5 20. exd5 Bd8 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Kh7 23. Ra3 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rd1 c5 26. Nd2 Nd7 27. Nc4 Bc7 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxf4 Ne5 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Raa1 Rf4 32. b3 Kg6 33. Rd2 h5 34. g3 Rf3 35. Rc1 h4 36. Kg2 Kh5 37. Re2 Rd3 38. Rd2 Rxd2+ 39. Nxd2 Bxa5 40. Ne4 Bc7 41. b4 cxb4 42. cxb4 Rf7 43. Kh3 hxg3 44. hxg3 Re7 45. Rf1 Kg6 46. Kg4 Kg7 47. Kh5 Rf7 48. Rc1 Re7 49. g4 Rd7 50. g5 Bb6 51. Rc8 Bd8 52. Ng3 b6 53. Nf5+ Kf7 54. g6+ Kf6 55. g7 Kf7 56. Kh6 a5 57. b5 a4 58. Ra8 a3 59. Rxa3 Bf6 60. Ra8 Bxg7+ 61. Nxg7 e4 62. Re8 Rc7 63. Rxe4 Rc5 64. Rf4+ Ke7 65. Nf5+ Kf6 66. Ne3+ Ke5 67. Kg5 Rxb5 68. Kg4 Rb1 69. Kf3 b5 70. Re4+ Kf6 71. Re6+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Mamedov, Rau"] [Black "Bartel, Mat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2024.04.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Na5 7. Bb3 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Bf4 c6 $146 ({RR} 13... a6 14. Qf3 c5 15. Nde2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Ng3 b5 18. Nf5 Re6 19. Re3 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Bb5 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. Nxd6 Qxb2 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. d6 Qf6 28. Bg3 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2761)-Keymer,V (2776) Doha QAT 2025 0-1 (40)}) 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Qg3 Qf6 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. f4 Bd7 20. Nf3 d5 21. e5 Bc5+ 22. Kh2 Qe7 23. Na4 b6 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. e6 Bxe6 26. f5 Qf6 27. fxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Be3 e5 31. Bxc5 Re8 32. Bd4 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Div 2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.10"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Oparin, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2676"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.05.10"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Be3 $146 ({RR} 7. a5 Be6 8. Nd2 Nd4 9. O-O c6 10. a6 b5 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Nf3 Qb8 13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Rd8 16. Qe1 g6 17. Qc3 Bd6 18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Qb7 Rxc2 20. Rd1 Bc5 21. Rd2 Rxd2 {Diaz Rosas,J (2366)-Martinez Duany,L (2483) Merida MEX 2023 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Ba2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. c3 Ne6 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Qh5 Nef4 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Bd2 Qg6 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Carlsen,M (2835) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (89)}) ({RR} 7. O-O Kh8 8. h3 Ng8 9. d4 f5 10. dxe5 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Rxf3 12. Bxg8 Nxe5 13. Bb3 Rf8 14. f4 Ng6 15. c4 Qd7 16. Bc2 Qc6 17. b3 Bf5 18. Re1 Bh4 19. g3 Bxg3 20. Nxg3 Nh4 21. Be4 Bxe4 {Nagare Kaivalya Sandip (2353)-Kramich,A (2300) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) ({RR} 7. O-O Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. c3 Rae8 10. a5 Nd8 11. Qa4 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 a6 14. h3 g6 15. Rfd1 Bg7 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qb3 Re7 21. exd5 Qxd5 {Korobov,A (2627)-Oparin,G (2660) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (84)}) 7... Nb4 8. Bb3 c5 9. Ne2 h6 10. Ng3 a6 11. O-O Re8 12. c3 Nc6 13. Nh4 Bf8 14. Ng6 Be6 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. h3 Qb6 17. Bc2 d5 18. f4 d4 19. Bf2 exf4 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. Nxf4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nxe4 23. Qe1 Nxf2 24. Qxf2 Ne5 25. Rab1 Qc7 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Nc6 28. Rbd1 Nb4 29. Bb1 Bc4 30. Rfe1 Qd6 31. Nh5 Rfe8 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qf5 g6 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nxe8 Qc6 36. Qc5+ Qxc5 37. dxc5 Kxe8 38. Rd4 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Classic Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.05.08"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Mamedov, Rau"] [Black "Wagner, De"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.05.08"] 1. e4 {Edouard,Romain} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bb3 ({RR} 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Nd2 b5 12. c4 a6 13. a4 Be6 14. axb5 axb5 15. cxb5 Nxb3 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. cxb3 Rb8 18. Nc4 Rxb5 19. Nxd6 Rxb3 20. Qc2 Qa6 21. Qxc5 Rxd3 22. Nf5 Bxf5 {Horvath,D (2560)-Blohberger,F (2560) Linz AUT 2026 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 Re8 10. Bb3 Ne7 11. Nh4 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Qf3 Ng6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. d4 Qe7 16. Ba3 Qf7 17. Rab1 b6 18. Re3 Bc4 19. Qd1 Rad8 20. Qe1 g5 21. d5 Ba6 22. c4 Kh8 {Mamedov,R (2657)-Keymer,V (2730) London ENG 2025 0-1 (45)}) 8... d5 ({RR} 8... d6) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 10. h3 Nxc3 11. Qe1 Nd4 12. Nxe5 ({RR} 12. Qxc3 Ne2+) 12... Nce2+ 13. Kh1 ({RR} 13. Kh2) 13... Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nxb3 15. Qxe2 ({RR} 15. axb3 Qd5+) 15... Qd5+ 16. Kh2 Nxa1 17. Bb2 Rae8 ({RR} 17... Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Rfe8 19. Ng4 Qd6+) ({RR} 17... Qd6 18. f4 Rae8 19. Qf2 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 f6 21. Ng6 Rf7) 18. Rg1 f6 ({RR} 18... Qd6 19. Rg3 ({RR} 19. Qg4 g6)) 19. Qg4 g5 20. Qf5 Re7 ({RR} 20... Rxe5 21. Qg6+ Kh8) 21. Ng6 Qd6+ 22. Rg3 Nxc2 ({RR} 22... Re1 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. Bxf6 Qf4 25. Bg7+) 23. Nxf8 Nd4 ({RR} 23... Kxf8 24. Bxf6 Rf7 25. Qc8+) ({RR} 23... Ne3 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Qg6+ Kxf8 26. Qxf6+ Qxf6 27. Bxf6) 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 {Carlsen,M (2862)-Dubov,D (2710) chess24.com INT 2021 CBM 201 [Edouard,Romain] 1-0}) ({RR} 10. Re1 Bg4) 10... Qd6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Re1 Rae8 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. Qe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 Nh7 16. d4 e4 17. Bf4 Qa3 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f5 20. Qg3 Qe7 21. Bxc7 Qf6 22. Be5 f4 23. Bxf6 fxg3 24. Bh4 gxf2+ 25. Bxf2 Nf6 26. Bg3 Rc8 27. c4 b5 28. c5 Bc6 29. Be5 Rcd8 30. Rad1 Nd5 31. Rxe4 Nc3 32. Rg4 Nxd1 33. Rxg7 Rd5 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 35. Rd7+ Kg8 36. Rxd5 Nc3 37. Rd7 Rf7 38. c6 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 30th Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2024.04.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g5 7. Nbd2 ({RR} 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. a5 O-O 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 a6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Bb3 Kh7 13. Nc4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ne3 Bg6 16. c3 Qd7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Be3 Rae8 21. Qd2 c6 {Svidler,P (2723)-Oparin,G (2652) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (53)}) 7... Bg7 8. c3 Nh5 $146 ({RR} 8... g4 9. Ne1 Be6 10. f4 gxf3 11. Nexf3 Qd7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Rf7 16. Qe2 Raf8 17. h3 Nf6 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nh5 20. Qf2 Nxd4 21. Qh4 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 {Nilsson,E (2069)-Pantzar,M (2418) Vaxjo 2020 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. b4 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Be3 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Be6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Ng3 Bg4 18. Bc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qh3 20. Kh1 Nh4 21. Rg1 Nxf3 22. Rg2 Nh4 23. Rgg1 {Cruceru-Uceanu,T (2073)-Cnejev,V (2419) Bucharest ROU 2026 0-1}) 9. b4 Nf4 10. g3 Ng6 11. Ne1 h5 12. Ng2 h4 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Ne3 g4 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Ng5 Bxc4 18. dxc4 O-O-O 19. Qxg4+ Kb8 20. Qf5 Qg7 21. Qxf7 Rdg8 22. Qxg7 Rxg7 23. Be3 Nd8 24. c5 dxc5 25. bxc5 Nc6 26. Rad1 Kc8 27. Rd3 b6 28. cxb6 axb6 29. c4 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. f4 c5 32. Rb1 hxg3 33. hxg3 Ne5 34. fxe5 Rxg5 35. Rxb6 Rxe5 36. Rdb3 Rhe8 37. a5 Rxe4 38. a6 Re1+ 39. Kg2 R8e2+ 40. Kh3 Ra2 41. Rb8+ Kc7 42. R8b7+ Kc6 43. R3b6# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 30th Jan Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Caruana, F."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2024.01.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. c3 a5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Qb5 Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rad1 ({RR} 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nb8 17. c4 Qxb5 18. axb5 Nbd7 19. Nh2 Nc5 20. Bc3 h5 21. f3 Na4 22. h4 g6 23. Kf2 Bh6 24. Nhf1 Rc8 25. Ra1 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Nd7 27. Red1 Kg7 28. Nd5 Nc5 29. Nfe3 Nb3 {Rasulov,V (2538)-Zeynalov,R (2269) Denizli TUR 2026 ½-½ (73)}) 15... Nb8 $146 ({RR} 15... Ne7 16. Ne3 Rad8 17. c4 Ng6 18. Nd5 Nh7 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. b4 axb4 21. Bxb4 Ne7 22. a5 bxa5 23. Bxa5 c6 24. Nxe7+ Bxe7 25. c5 Ng5 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. cxd6 Rxd6 28. g3 Ra8 29. Bc7 Re6 30. Ra1 {Safarli,E (2614)-Grischuk,A (2732) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (60)}) 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. Na3 Nc6 22. Nc2 d5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nf5 dxc3 25. bxc3 Ne7 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Nxe7+ Bxe7 28. d4 Bd6 29. Kf1 f6 30. Nh4 Kf7 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. g4 Nb8 33. h4 Nc6 34. h5 Ne7 35. Ne3 Nc6 36. Nd5 Bd6 37. f3 exd4 38. cxd4 Nb4 39. Nc3 c6 40. Re2 Rd7 41. Be3 Red8 42. Red2 Be7 43. Ke2 Bd6 44. f4 Na6 45. Rc2 Bb4 46. Na2 c5 47. d5 Re8 48. Rc4 Nc7 49. Kf3 Red8 50. Nxb4 axb4 51. a5 bxa5 52. Bxc5 Nb5 53. Bb6 Ra8 54. e5 Rb7 55. e6+ Ke8 56. d6 Rxb6 57. Rc8+ Rxc8 58. d7+ Kd8 59. e7+ 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 9th Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.09"] [Round "11"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2024.04.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. b4 g5 7. d4 $146 ({RR} 7. a4 Bg7 8. a5 a6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Qb3 g4 12. N3d2 h5 13. Ne3 Bh6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. b5 Nbd7 17. O-O Nc5 18. Qc2 O-O 19. d4 Ncd7 20. Qf5 e4 21. Re1 Rfe8 {Goryachkina,A (2553)-Bambino Filho,A (2169) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) ({RR} 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Nf1 a5 10. b5 a4 11. Qc2 Na5 12. Qxa4 O-O 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. O-O Qe8 15. Rb1 Qb8 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Be6 18. Nfd2 Qa7 19. b6 cxb6 20. Nxb6 Rad8 21. c4 Nh5 {Maghsoodloo,P (2676)-Alonso Rosell,A (2554) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (95)}) ({RR} 7. a4 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Re1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qd7 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Re3 a6 16. Nf1 Nh5 17. h3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Ree1 Nf4 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. Rad1 b5 {Sevian,S (2688)-Levitan,C (2250) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (67)}) 7... exd4 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bd3 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Ba6 Ng6 17. Be3 Re8 18. Rc1 Rb6 19. Nd2 Rbe6 20. Nc4 Qd5 21. Na5 Nh4 22. Bb7 Qxb5 23. Rc5 Qd3 24. Rxc7 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bd3 27. Rc3 Bxf1 28. Rxe3 Bxg2+ 29. Bxg2 Rxe3 30. Nc4 Rc3 31. Bf1 Nf5 32. d5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 19th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Pichot, A."] [Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2622"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2024.03.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bb3 d5 11. a5 Be6 12. Ba4 Nxa5 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. dxe4 c5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Nef3 Nh5 17. e5 Nf4 18. Qe4 Nd5 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Ng3 Nb6 21. Qh4 Bd5 22. Bxh6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxe5 {Adams,M (2703)-McShane,L (2664) London 2018 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 9. a5 a6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Nxd5 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Bd2 c6 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. h3 Re8 20. Qd1 Nf4 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Be3 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 {Fogo Esquivel,L (2180)-Harish,N (2179) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (73)}) ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b4 Re8 11. Qb3 a6 12. h3 Bf8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd7 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Na5 21. Qb4 b6 22. c4 Nh5 23. Nd5 f6 {Pichot,A (2644)-Pranav,V (2604) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (40)}) 9... a6 $146 ({RR} 9... Nh5 10. d4 Qf6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nh2 Nf4 13. Ng4 Qg5 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qf3 f5 16. Nh2 fxe4 17. Rxe4 Be5 18. Nd2 Nf5 19. Rxe5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Ng4 Nd6 22. Bd3 Nf7 23. Rd1 Kg7 24. Nc5 {Tate,A (2175)-Thorfinnsson,B (2395) Novi Sad 2009 0-1}) 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nexd5 14. a5 Re8 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Ndf3 Qd6 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Bd2 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Qc2 Reb8 21. b3 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Ra5 Nb4 24. Rxc5 Nxc2 25. Bxe6 Nxe1 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Bxe1 Rb5 28. Rc7 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, L."] [Black "Pranav, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2024.09.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. a5 g6 7. a6 b6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. c3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Nc4 Nd8 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. b4 b5 16. Na5 c5 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Qb3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Ne6 20. Nb7 cxb4 21. cxb4 Nc7 22. Rec1 Bf8 {Tsarsitalidis,C (2184)-Yu,J (2335) Kavala GRE 2026 ½-½ (43)}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 $146 ({RR} 10. h3 Be6 11. Re1 Kh7 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Re8 21. f4 f6 22. Nd3 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Nb4 24. Kf2 Nxa6 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2779)-Artemiev,V (2698) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (48)}) 10... Bd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd2 Na5 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Bc4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. c4 Rc8 19. Qa4 c5 20. b4 Nh5 21. bxc5 Rxc5 22. Bb4 Rc7 23. Qa3 Nc8 24. Re3 f5 25. Rae1 g5 26. Nd4 Nf4 27. Nc6 Qf6 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. d6 Rcf7 30. d7 Rd8 31. dxc8=Q Rxc8 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Bxe5 34. c5 bxc5 35. Bxc5 Ne6 36. Be3 f4 37. Bd2 Kg7 38. Bc4 Re8 39. Qa4 Rfe7 40. Bb4 Nd4 41. Bxe7 Rxe7 42. Qa5 f3 43. gxf3 Nxf3+ 44. Kg2 Nh4+ 45. Kf1 Nf3 46. Bd5 Nd4 47. Qd8 Nf5 48. Qg8+ Kf6 49. Be4 Nh4 50. Qf8+ Ke6 51. Qxh6+ Bf6 52. Qf8 Rc7 53. Qg8+ Kd6 54. d4 Ke7 55. d5 Rc1+ 56. Ke2 Bc3 57. Qxg5+ 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.27"] [Round "1.1"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2666"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2024.09.27"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Be3 Be6 8. Ng5 ({RR} 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 b5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Re8 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. O-O Rxe4 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 0-1 (60)}) 8... Bg4 $146 ({RR} 8... d5 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Kh8 12. Nc3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 f5 14. Qe2 Bh4+ 15. g3 Bf6 16. O-O-O Rb8 17. Rdf1 e4 18. d4 Ne7 19. g4 c5 20. gxf5 cxd4 21. Nxe4 b5 22. Be6 b4 23. a4 {Lodici,L (2564)-Giri,A (2733) New York USA 2024 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 Qd7 10. h3 Rfe8 11. Qd3 Nd8 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. Nf3 Qc6 14. Nd5 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qe2 a5 17. Rd2 a4 18. Rhd1 Nd7 19. Kb1 Bf8 20. h4 Reb8 21. Ng5 h6 22. Qh5 hxg5 23. hxg5 {Aravindh,C (2692)-Galperin,P (2509) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 9. Qd2 h6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 d5 15. Ba2 c5 16. O-O-O b5 17. Rhg1 Kh8 18. Qf4 Qd7 19. h4 Rae8 20. e5 Nh7 21. Qg3 g6 22. Nf4 Qf5 23. Bxd5 Bd8 24. Bxf7 Bg5 25. hxg5 Qxf7 26. Nh3 Qa2 27. gxh6 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxb2 29. f4 Re6 30. Rb1 Qc3+ 31. Kd1 Qxa3 32. Qg4 Qa2 33. Rxb5 Qd5 34. f5 Rxe5 35. fxg6 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.27"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Santos Latasa, J."] [Black "Sargissian, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2646"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2024.09.27"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qc8 11. Be3 Kh8 12. g4 Bg6 13. a5 ({RR} 13. Kh2 Nd8 14. Rg1 c6 15. Ba2 f6 16. Nh4 Bf7 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. d4 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 exd4 20. Qxd4 Ne6 21. Qd3 Rfd8 22. c4 Bf8 23. Rd1 Qf7 24. b3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Qf3 Qc7+ 27. Kg2 Rxd1 {Dominguez Perez,L (2756)-Aronian,L (2785) Saint Louis 2022 ½-½ (53)}) 13... a6 14. c3 Nd8 15. Kh2 $146 ({RR} 15. Bb3 c6 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 d5 20. Re1 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bg5 22. Bg2 f5 23. Ra4 Qc7 24. h4 Bf4 25. Bb6 Qb8 26. g5 Bf7 27. Rd4 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Bc7 29. Re7 Bxb6 {Khubukshanov,E (2488)-Korchmar,V (2414) Sochi RUS 2026 1-0 (35)}) 15... c6 16. Ba2 Ne6 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 Qd8 20. c4 c5 21. Kg1 b5 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. b4 Qc7 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Ra3 a5 26. Rfa1 Be8 27. Nd2 a4 28. Nb1 Bc6 29. Nc3 Ra5 30. Bd2 Rfa8 31. Qd1 Qd7 32. Qc2 R5a6 33. Be3 h6 34. Kg2 Kh7 35. Rb1 R6a7 36. Nb5 Ra5 37. Nc3 R5a7 38. Rba1 Qe8 39. Ne2 Rb7 40. Bd2 Rab8 41. Bc3 Bd6 42. Ng1 Qf8 43. Nf3 Qf6 44. Qe2 Rb3 45. Nd2 Rxa3 46. Rxa3 Qf4 47. Qe3 Bd7 48. Nf3 Rb3 49. Rxb3 axb3 50. Nd2 Ba4 51. Nf3 Qxe3 52. fxe3 Bc7 53. Kf2 Ba5 54. Bxa5 b2 55. Nd2 Bc2 56. Ke2 b1=Q 57. Nxb1 Bxb1 58. Bc3 Kg6 59. Bxe5 Kf7 60. Bd6 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.27"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Santos Latasa, J."] [Black "Sargissian, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2646"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2024.09.27"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qd7 ({RR} 10... Kh8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nd8 14. Rg1 c6 15. Bb3 Ne6 16. Kh1 f6 17. Nh4 Bf7 18. Nf5 Bd8 19. h4 Bb6 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. c4 Bg8 22. h5 h6 23. Rad1 Bh7 24. Ba2 Ng5 25. Qg3 {Giri,A (2752)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 10... Qc8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Be3 Nd8 13. Ne1 c6 14. Ba2 Ne6 15. Ng2 Qd7 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. Bb3 Bf6 22. Rab1 a5 23. Rf2 a4 24. Ba2 Rc5 25. g5 {Pranesh,M (2674)-Giri,A (2757) Bengaluru IND 2026 1-0 (41)}) 11. Nxe5 $146 ({RR} 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxh5 Qxc2 14. Qxe5 Bf6 15. Qb5 Rad8 16. Bf4 Rxd3 17. Qxb7 Bxb2 18. Ra2 Rb3 19. Qxa7 Qxe4 20. Bxc7 Rb7 21. Qa6 Bxa3 {½-½ (21) Lauterbach,I (2130)-Kunze,K (2160) Dresden 1990}) 11... dxe5 12. Qxh5 Bf6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Bb3 a5 15. a4 g6 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 f5 20. Rff1 Bxb2 21. Bf4 Nc6 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Bg3 Re8 24. Qg4 Be5 25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Re1 Re7 28. Bh4 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 b6 31. c3 Be5 32. d4 Bd6 33. Bc2 Ne7 34. Ke2 Kg7 35. Bb3 h5 36. Kd3 Ng6 37. Ke3 Nf4 38. Kf3 Ng6 39. Bd2 Nh4+ 40. Kf2 Ng6 41. Bd1 h4 42. Bf3 Bg3+ 43. Ke2 Nf4+ 44. Kd1 Kf6 45. Kc2 Ke6 46. Kb3 Kd6 47. Kc4 c6 48. Kb3 Nd3 49. c4 c5 50. Kc3 Ne1 51. dxc5+ 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.27"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Svane, Frederik"] [Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2024.09.27"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 a6 ({RR} 6... d6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. a4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba2 Nbd7 13. O-O d5 14. c3 a5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Qa5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 {Firouzja,A (2767)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris FRA 2024 ½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 6... d6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd5 a5 9. h3 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O d5 15. Ba2 Qb6 16. c4 Qxb2 17. Bb3 Qc3 18. Rc1 Qd3 19. a4 Na6 20. Re1 Nb4 21. Bf4 {Pranav,A (2555)-Daneshvar,B (2621) Sharjah UAE 2025 0-1}) 7. O-O d6 8. h3 $146 ({RR} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Re1 Qg6 14. f4 Bh3 15. Kf2 Qxg2# {0-1 (15) Eskandari,A-Vatan Khahi,M Chess.com INT 2021}) 8... Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Re1 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Ba2 Re8 14. d4 e4 15. Ng5 d5 16. c4 Bd6 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. Bb1 Nbd7 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bg5 Ne4 23. Be3 f5 24. Qf3 g6 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. g4 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rf8 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Bd2 Re8 31. Re1 Re7 32. Bg5 Re8 33. Re3 Kg7 34. a4 Bb4 35. Bf4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 26th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Chigaev, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2697"] [BlackElo "2617"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2024.03.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. Be3 Bh5 9. h3 Kh8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qc8 12. g4 Bg6 13. c3 Nd8 14. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 14. Ne1 c6 15. Bb3 Ne6 16. Ng2 Qd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Qf3 d4 22. c4 Rae8 23. Rae1 Bh4 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bc2 Qe7 26. Ba4 Rd8 27. b4 f5 28. gxf5 Bxf5 {Alekseenko,K (2656)-Mamedov,E (2464) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (58)}) 14... Ne6 15. Kh2 f6 16. Nh4 Bf7 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. d4 Rae8 19. Qf3 Bd8 20. h4 Bg8 21. Rad1 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bxa2 23. d5 c6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxd6 Qb5 26. Rfd1 Be6 27. b4 Bc7 28. R6d2 b6 29. h5 h6 30. Rc1 Bb8 31. Nh4 Rf7 32. Kg3 Kh7 33. Ng6 f5 34. gxf5 Rxf5 35. Qd1 Rf4 36. f3 Bf7 37. Rd7 Bxg6 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rd5 Qa6 40. Bxf4 exf4+ 41. Kh3 Kh7 42. e5 Rxe5 43. Qd3+ Qxd3 44. Rxd3 Rh5+ 45. Kg2 Rg5+ 46. Kf1 Rh5 47. Rc8 Be5 48. Rd5 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf5 50. Rc7 Ke6 51. Rb5 Rh2 52. Rc6+ Kd7 53. Rg6 Bf6 54. Rg2 Rh3 55. Ke2 Rh1 56. Kd3 Ra1 57. Ke4 Rxa3 58. Kxf4 Ra4 59. Rc2 Be7 60. Rc4 a5 61. Rxb6 Rxb4 62. Rcxb4 Bxb4 63. Kf5 Kc7 64. Rb5 Kc6 65. Rb8 a4 66. Rxb4 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 12th Mar Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.03.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Alekseenko, K."] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2024.03.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. h3 g6 6. a4 $146 ({RR} 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bb3 Nh5 10. Re1 Kh7 11. Nf1 Nf4 12. d4 Qe7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne3 Ne6 15. Nd5 Qe8 16. Nh2 Na5 17. Bc2 c6 18. Ne3 b6 19. Nhg4 h5 20. Nh2 Ba6 {Martins,M (1621)-Kulon,K (2259) Guimaraes 2012 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a4 a5 9. Nh2 Nb4 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nf2 Bxb2 16. Bxh6 Re8 17. Rb1 Nc3 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. Qf3 Nxb1 20. Rxb1 Bd4 {Korshunov,S (2346)-Le,Q (2739) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 6. c3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rfe8 16. Na3 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Qd2 c5 19. Bxh6 Bxh3 20. Qg5 Qxg5 {Genkeswaran,G (2197)-Naranjo Moreno,A (2289) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (75)}) 6... Bg7 7. a5 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Kh7 10. a6 b6 11. Be3 Na5 12. b4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Be6 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. g4 Qf6 16. Kg2 Nf4+ 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Rad1 Be5 20. b5 Bg7 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Nd5 Re8 23. Rfe1 Rc8 24. Nd4 c6 25. bxc6 Bxc6 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Ne3 Qc8 28. Qd5 Re7 29. Rd3 Re6 30. Ra3 Bb2 31. Ra4 Bg7 32. Rd1 Qe8 33. Ra3 Rxe4 34. h4 Re5 35. Qd3 Kg8 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Rxh5 38. Kf1 Rg5 39. Ke2 Rcc5 40. Rb3 Rce5 41. Qxd6 Re6 42. Qd8 Be5 43. Qxe8+ Rxe8 44. Rd7 Bf4 45. Rxa7 Ra5 46. Rxb6 Ra2 47. Kf3 Bxe3 48. fxe3 Rxc2 49. Rc7 Rc3 50. Rf6 Rcxe3+ 51. Kg2 Re2+ 52. Rf2 Rxf2+ 53. Kxf2 Ra8 54. a7 Kg7 55. c5 Kf6 56. Rd7 Ke6 57. c6 h5 58. Kg3 Kf5 59. c7 Ke6 60. Rd8 Rxa7 61. c8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto CAN"] [Date "2024.04.14"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Vidit, S."] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2024.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 O-O 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Qc2 b6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nh5 15. Rad1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nh2 f5 18. Na3 Nf6 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bc1 Qf7 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. d4 e4 23. f3 Rde7 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Be3 Ng3 26. Bf2 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 g4 28. Nxc7 Ncxd4 29. cxd4 {Kurmann,O (2454)-Petrov,N (2585) Bad Ragaz 2019 0-1 (53)}) 15. Ba2 Nh5 16. Ne3 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. e5 Rc8 21. Ra3 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qd1 Nf4 24. b4 Rcc8 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Bxa5 Nc6 27. Bc3 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Nxe5 Qe6 31. Rd3 Nf4 32. Rd6 Qa2 33. Rxh6 Qb2 34. Qd7 Qb3 35. Qf5 Ng6 36. Rxg6+ 1-0 [Event "28th Sigeman & Co 2024"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "2024.05.02"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Korobov, A."] [Black "Grandelius, N."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2024.04.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O ({RR} 8. a5 a6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. O-O c5 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bg7 16. c3 Rb8 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Ra4 h5 19. Qa1 Bh6 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Ra3 Rf8 22. Bd5 Ne7 {Caruana,F (2795)-Pranav,V (2641) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (72)}) 8... h6 9. a5 a6 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. a6 bxa6 12. Bxa6 Nb4 13. Bc4 c5 14. Nh2 Nh5 15. Nf1 Nf4 16. Ne2 d5 17. exd5 Nfxd5 18. c3 Nc6 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nc2 Rfd8 22. Be3 Qd5 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. dxc4 {Tetepoulidis,I (2091)-Magkalakis,S (2347) Kalamaria GRE 2026 0-1 (48)}) 10. Nd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Re1 Be6 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 Kh7 16. Qb1 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qd5 18. Qa2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qb5 20. Bf2 Rf6 21. Re2 Rfe6 22. Rde1 Nb4 23. Qb3 Nd5 24. Qa2 Nf4 {Mammadov,Z (2426)-Petriashvili,N (2463) Ankara TUR 2024 0-1 (49)}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Kh7 12. c3 f5 13. Re1 Qf6 14. b4 Ne7 15. Bb3 g5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. d4 e4 18. Nh2 Ng6 19. Ra2 Rae8 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Kh8 23. Rf2 Qd8 24. Qd1 g4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Qf1 Qe7 27. Bd2 Qe4 28. Ne1 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Qf5 30. Qe3 d5 31. Bc2 Qf7 32. Qg3 Bf5 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. Qxc7 Qe4 35. Nf3 Kh7 36. Qxb7 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Mamedov, Rau"] [Black "Bartel, Mat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2024.04.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Na5 7. Bb3 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Bf4 c6 $146 ({RR} 13... a6 14. Qf3 c5 15. Nde2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Ng3 b5 18. Nf5 Re6 19. Re3 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Bb5 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. Nxd6 Qxb2 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. d6 Qf6 28. Bg3 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2761)-Keymer,V (2776) Doha QAT 2025 0-1 (40)}) 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Qg3 Qf6 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. f4 Bd7 20. Nf3 d5 21. e5 Bc5+ 22. Kh2 Qe7 23. Na4 b6 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. e6 Bxe6 26. f5 Qf6 27. fxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Be3 e5 31. Bxc5 Re8 32. Bd4 1-0 [Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.01.31"] [Round "5"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2024.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Qe7 ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bf1 c5 14. d5 b5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. b3 Nb7 18. Nh2 a5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 c4 21. bxc4 Nc5 22. Qc2 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Kamsky,G (2665) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (36)}) 8. b4 a6 9. Re1 $146 ({RR} 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. f3 h5 12. Be3 h4 13. Bc5 {½-½ (13) Predojevic,B (2642)-Ehlvest,J (2600) Moscow 2010}) ({RR} 9. h3 Bg7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. a4 Nh5 13. Bd5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. e5 c5 17. Qe4 Rb8 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxf4 Bf5 20. Qd4 Qc6 21. Qe3 Bxb1 22. Rfxb1 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Qxa4 {Zhu,L (2264)-Chasin,N (2479) New York USA 2026 ½-½ (38)}) 9... Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Ba3 Bg4 12. b5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Na5 14. Ba2 Nd7 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qg4 Nc5 17. f4 Qh5 18. Qxh5 gxh5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21. e5 c4 22. Nd2 Rc6 23. Re4 f6 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Bxc4+ Kh8 27. e6 f5 28. Rd1 Bf6 29. Rd7 Rc8 30. Bd3 Bxc3 31. Bxf5 Bf6 32. Kf1 Re8 33. Rf7 Be7 34. Bg6 Kg8 35. f5 Bd6 36. Rd7 Re7 37. f6 1-0 [Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "2024.09.08"] [Round "2.27"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2024.09.06"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Re1 a6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. h3 h6 9. Nc3 Re8 10. a5 Bf8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Bf4 c6 15. Bf1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. c4 Be6 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Bd6 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 {Navara,D (2676)-Ivanchuk,V (2678) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (41)}) 8... Re8 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qc4+ Kh8 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Be3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Re2 Qh4 18. h3 Nxf2 19. Nd5 Qg3 20. Re3 Nxh3+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Qh4 23. Kf1 {Sriansh Das (2340)-Duarte Cramer,L (1828) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 9. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 9. h3 Bf8 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxe6 {½-½ (11) Shaposhnikov,E (2538)-Lastin,A (2610) Voronezh 2006}) 9... Rf8 10. Nf3 h6 11. Nd5 Re8 12. a5 Bf8 13. c3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf5 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qb3 Qc8 21. Bd2 Bg7 22. Re1 Rb8 23. g4 b6 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Qc2 Bh3 26. Qa4 bxa5 27. Bc1 Kh7 28. Qh4 Bf6 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qf4 Kg7 31. Bf1 Bf5 32. Nd4 Bxd4 33. Qxd4+ Kg8 34. Bh6 1-0 [Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "2024.09.08"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2024.09.06"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O ({RR} 6... d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. Nbd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. a5 Be6 11. a6 Qc8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. axb7 Rb8 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 c6 17. Nf3 Rxb7 18. Qc2 Rfb8 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Nxe6 Bxe5 21. Nc5 {Alzaga,L (2101)-Nedov,O (1889) Benasque ESP 2026 ½-½}) 7. a4 a5 ({RR} 7... a6 8. Re1 d6 9. a5 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. Nf1 Qg6 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Be3 Rf7 15. d4 Raf8 16. Qb3 Nd8 17. Qa4 Nc6 18. d5 Ncb8 19. Qc4 exd5 20. exd5 Bd8 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 {Niemann,H (2689)-Anton Guijarro,D (2670) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (71)}) 8. Re1 d6 9. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. d4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Nf5 Re8 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. c4 Bf8 17. Qg3 Kh7 18. Qh4 Ng8 19. Bd2 g6 20. Ne3 c6 21. Bc3 Qe6 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. Nc2 g5 {Janikowska,W (1610)-Gladyszewska,K (1293) Uniejow 2021 ½-½ (47)}) 9... Nh7 10. Be3 Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Bf1 b6 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Nf1 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Ne3 c6 22. g3 Bf6 23. Kg2 g6 24. Rd2 Kg7 25. h4 h5 26. Red1 g5 27. Rd6 gxh4 28. Rxc6 Bg5 29. Rxc8 Bxe3 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. fxe3 Qg5 32. Qc2 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Kh6 34. Qg2 Rg8 35. Qxg3 Rxg3 36. Re1 h3 37. Kh2 Rg2+ 38. Kxh3 Rxb2 39. Bxf7 Rc2 40. c4 Rc3 41. Kh4 Ra3 42. Rb1 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 30th Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Demchenko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2024.04.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g5 7. Nbd2 ({RR} 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. a5 O-O 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 a6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Bb3 Kh7 13. Nc4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ne3 Bg6 16. c3 Qd7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Be3 Rae8 21. Qd2 c6 {Svidler,P (2723)-Oparin,G (2652) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (53)}) 7... Bg7 8. c3 Nh5 $146 ({RR} 8... g4 9. Ne1 Be6 10. f4 gxf3 11. Nexf3 Qd7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Rf7 16. Qe2 Raf8 17. h3 Nf6 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nh5 20. Qf2 Nxd4 21. Qh4 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 {Nilsson,E (2069)-Pantzar,M (2418) Vaxjo 2020 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. b4 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Be3 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Be6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Ng3 Bg4 18. Bc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qh3 20. Kh1 Nh4 21. Rg1 Nxf3 22. Rg2 Nh4 23. Rgg1 {Cruceru-Uceanu,T (2073)-Cnejev,V (2419) Bucharest ROU 2026 0-1}) 9. b4 Nf4 10. g3 Ng6 11. Ne1 h5 12. Ng2 h4 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Ne3 g4 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Ng5 Bxc4 18. dxc4 O-O-O 19. Qxg4+ Kb8 20. Qf5 Qg7 21. Qxf7 Rdg8 22. Qxg7 Rxg7 23. Be3 Nd8 24. c5 dxc5 25. bxc5 Nc6 26. Rad1 Kc8 27. Rd3 b6 28. cxb6 axb6 29. c4 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. f4 c5 32. Rb1 hxg3 33. hxg3 Ne5 34. fxe5 Rxg5 35. Rxb6 Rxe5 36. Rdb3 Rhe8 37. a5 Rxe4 38. a6 Re1+ 39. Kg2 R8e2+ 40. Kh3 Ra2 41. Rb8+ Kc7 42. R8b7+ Kc6 43. R3b6# 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.04.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Kuzubov, Y."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2024.04.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Bxe6 ({RR} 8. Nd5 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. c4 g6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. b5 Ne7 16. Rc1 f5 17. a4 Kh7 18. a5 a6 19. Bd2 Rf8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. c5 d5 22. c6 fxe4 {Firouzja,A (2777)-So,W (2753) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (35)}) 8... fxe6 9. Ne2 ({RR} 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qc4+ Kh8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 c6 15. Qd3 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Be3 d4 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Rae1 Bf6 20. b4 Rac8 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Qc6 23. Rc1 Qc4 {Albrecht,N (2344)-Sakhayi,M (2166) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (48)}) 9... Qe8 $146 ({RR} 9... a5 10. Ng3 Qd7 11. Ng5 d5 12. Nh5 h6 13. Nh3 Qe8 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. f3 Qg6 16. Kh1 Raf8 17. Be3 Qh5 18. Ng1 Rg6 19. g4 Qh4 20. Bf2 Qf6 21. h4 Qf7 22. h5 Rf6 23. c3 g6 24. Bh4 {Akkok,D (1834)-Demircin,K (1950) Manavgat 2016 1-0 (60)}) 10. Ng3 Nh5 11. c3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Qd7 13. b4 Bf6 14. g4 g6 15. g5 Bg7 16. Be3 Ne7 17. a4 Rf7 18. Qc2 d5 19. b5 c6 20. c4 d4 21. Bf2 c5 22. Bg3 Qd6 23. a5 Raf8 24. a6 b6 25. Qe2 Nc8 26. h4 Ne7 27. Qd2 Qc7 28. Rf2 Qd6 29. Raf1 Qc7 30. Bh2 Nc8 31. g4 Ne7 32. Kg2 Bh8 33. Kh3 Qd6 34. Bg3 Qc7 35. h5 Qd6 36. h6 Qc7 37. Kg2 Nc8 38. Qe2 Qd6 39. Re1 Qc7 40. Qf1 Qd6 41. Qh1 Qc7 42. Ref1 Rf4 43. Kh3 Nd6 44. Bxf4 exf4 45. e5 Nf7 46. Re2 Qe7 47. Kg2 Qc7 48. Kf2 Bxe5 49. Rfe1 Bd6 50. Rxe6 Qd7 51. Kg2 Nxg5 52. Nxg5 f3+ 53. Nxf3 Rf4 54. Re8+ Bf8 55. Kf2 Qxg4 56. R8e4 Qf5 57. Rxf4 Qxf4 58. Re4 Qf5 59. Kg2 g5 60. Qh3 Qf7 61. Qe6 Bxh6 62. Qxf7+ Kxf7 63. Ne5+ Kf6 64. Nc6 Kf5 65. Nxa7 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 36th"] [Site "Struga"] [Date "2021.09.22"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Ponkratov, Pavel"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2021.09.18"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "MKD"] [SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"] [BlackTeam "Novy Bor AVE"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "CZE"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Nc3 Ne6 ({RR} 12... f6 13. Bxg5 fxg5 14. Qd3 Qe7 15. Rae1 Rf4 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Ne2 Ra4 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. c3 Rxa2 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Re2 Qc4 22. Qb1 Qa6 23. c4 Bf7 24. Rfe1 Bg6 25. Qd1 dxc4 26. Qc1 c5 27. Nc2 {Miralles,G (2481)-Jussupow,A (2635) Switzerland 2001 ½-½ (37)}) 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. f4 f5 15. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 15. Qd3 d4 16. Ne2 c5 17. Qc4 Qe8 18. a4 Rd8 19. Ng3 Bc6 20. Nd2 Ba5 21. Nf3 Bd5 22. Qe2 c4 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Qc6 25. b3 cxb3 26. cxb3 d3 27. Qf2 Nd4 28. Rac1 Qb7 29. Rc3 Ne6 {Knox,V-James,G Brighton/ East Sussex 1972 1-0 (54)}) 15... Qe8 16. a4 a5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Nxc4 Be6 20. Qc2 Qf7 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. Be3 Bb3 23. Qc1 Bc4 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rf2 Rab8 26. Ng3 Rb4 27. Qe3 Qe7 28. Rc1 Bd5 29. Rxc5 Rxa4 30. h3 g6 31. Rcc2 Rb8 32. Ne2 Re4 33. Qg3 Qa7 34. Nc3 Re3 35. Qh4 Bc4 36. Rcd2 Rd3 37. Rxd3 Bxd3 38. Qg3 Bc4 39. Rd2 a4 40. Kh2 a3 41. bxa3 Qxa3 42. Rd7 Bf7 43. Qe3 Be8 44. Ra7 Qb4 45. Na4 Rb5 46. Ra8 Kf8 47. Qf2 g5 48. fxg5 Qe4 49. Qg3 Qxe5 50. Qxe5 Rxe5 51. Kg3 Kg7 52. Nc3 Bf7 53. Kf4 Rc5 54. Ne2 Rc4+ 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. h4 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 Bc4 58. Ng3 Be6 59. Rf8 Kg7 60. Rf6 Bd7 61. Nh5+ Kg8 62. Rd6 1-0 [Event "EU-ch Final Online"] [Site "Tornelo INT"] [Date "2020.12.20"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2020.12.19"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxd4 Nb8 10. Nc3 c5 11. Ndb5 c6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Re1+ Be6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxe6+ Kf7 19. Rxf6+ gxf6 20. Qh5+ Ke7 21. Re1+ Kd7 22. Qg4+ Kc7 23. Bf4+ Kb7 24. Qg7+ Nd7 25. Qxd7+ Ka6 26. Re7 $146 ({RR} 26. Re3 Rad8 27. Ra3+ Kb5 28. Qb7+ Qb6 29. Rb3+ Kc5 30. Qe7+ Kc4 31. Rxb6 axb6 32. Qe2+ Kc5 33. c3 b5 34. Bc7 {1-0 (34) Budhidharma,N (2382)-Jin,R (2236) Hong Kong HKG 2026}) 26... Qb6 27. Be3 Rad8 28. Bxb6 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Kxb6 30. Kf1 h5 31. Rf7 Rh6 32. Ke2 Rg6 33. g3 h4 34. Ke3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Rh6 36. g4 a5 37. Kf4 Rh2 38. Kg3 Rh6 39. f4 Kc5 40. g5 fxg5 41. fxg5 Rh1 42. Rf2 Kd4 43. Kf4 Rg1 44. Rd2+ Kc4 45. Kf5 Rf1+ 46. Ke6 Re1+ 47. Kf6 Rf1+ 48. Kg7 a4 49. g6 Rb1 50. b3+ Kc3 51. Rg2 a3 52. Kf8 Rf1+ 53. Ke7 Re1+ 54. Kd8 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 30th Jul Late"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.07.30"] [Round "10"] [White "Pichot, A."] [Black "Grischuk, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2708"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2024.07.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. c3 d3 8. Qe3 a5 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. b4 Ne6 10. O-O d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. cxb4 Nxb4 16. Rxb4 d5 17. Rb2 dxc4 18. Qxd8 Nxd8 19. Nxc4 Be6 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Nce5 Re8 22. Ree2 Rc8 23. Rbc2 {Vitiugov,N (2719)-Wang,H (2730) St Petersburg 2018 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 8... Be7 9. b4 Ne6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne4 d5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Qxd3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Be3 b6 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. f3 Nc7 19. Ke2 Nd5 20. Bd2 Rac8 21. Bb3 Ba6+ 22. Kf2 Bc4 23. g4 {Huschenbeth,N (2591)-Waldhausen Gordon,F (2389) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (81)}) 9. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne4 d5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Bxd3 Re8 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Ng5 g6 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qh6 Kg8 19. Bxg6 Bf8 20. Qh5 hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qxe8 Bh3 23. Qe4 Re8 {Petrovskiy,V (2341)-Demchenko,A (2654) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (46)}) 9... Ne6 10. Nxe6 dxe6 11. O-O b6 12. Qe4 Bb7 13. Rd1 Ra7 14. Rxd3 Qa8 15. Bb5 Be7 16. Qg4 Kf8 17. Rg3 g6 18. Bh6+ Kg8 19. Qf4 Bf8 20. Bg5 Bg7 21. Bf6 Qf8 22. Nd2 Ne7 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 h5 25. Rd1 Bxf6 26. exf6 Nf5 27. Rgd3 Nd6 28. Qe5 h4 29. Bc6 Rh5 30. Qe2 Rf5 31. Rf3 Qh6 32. Rxf5 g5 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2024.09.27"] [Round "1.3"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2666"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2024.09.27"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O Bg4 6. dxe5 ({RR} 6. c3 Be7 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Bc2 O-O 10. c4 Nc5 11. Nc3 a5 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. a3 a4 14. Nxa4 Nxa4 15. Bxa4 f5 16. exf5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rxf5 18. Bc2 Rh5 19. Kh1 Bf8 20. Rg1 Qf6 {Pechac,J (2596)-Neugebauer,M (2529) Hannover GER 2024 ½-½}) 6... dxe5 7. Nbd2 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 7... Bc5 8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Nf1 Na5 12. Bb5 c6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 b4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nxe5 {Sanabria,M (1463)-Cantero Acuna,L Ciudad del Este 2015 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 7... Bc5 8. c3 a5 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qxc6 Qe7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Qxc7 Rhe8 15. Nc4 Kg8 16. Ncxe5 Rec8 17. Qxb8 Rxb8 18. Bg5 Be8 19. b3 h6 20. Bh4 Qe6 21. Rfe1 Rc8 22. Rad1 {Chertkov,M (2297)-Rostovtsev,D (2446) Sochi 2025 0-1 (31)}) 8. h3 Bh5 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nf1 Kh8 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Bh7 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Nh4 Nf6 17. Qf3 Nfg8 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. Rd3 a5 20. a3 g5 21. Nhf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. Qxf5 Qc8 24. Qf3 g4 25. Qe2 f5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Bxg8 Rxg8 28. Bxh6 Rae8 29. Qe4 Qxh5 30. Bd2 Re7 31. Rg3 Rh7 32. Kf1 b6 33. c4 Qh4 34. Bc3 Rg5 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Qe8 Qh5 37. Qxh5 Rhxh5 38. Re4 Rh4 39. f4 Rf5 40. Ke2 Rhh5 41. Rxg4+ Kf7 42. fxe5 Bxe5 43. Bxe5 Rxe5 44. Rgf4+ Kg6 45. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 46. Kd3 Rg5 47. g4 Rc5 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Rc6 50. Kd4 Rd6+ 51. Ke5 Rd2 52. Rd4 Re2+ 53. Kd5 Kg5 54. Kc6 Re7 55. c5 bxc5 56. bxc5 Rf7 57. Kb7 Re7 58. c6 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 36th"] [Site "Struga"] [Date "2021.09.22"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Ponkratov, Pavel"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2021.09.18"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "MKD"] [SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"] [BlackTeam "Novy Bor AVE"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "CZE"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Nc3 Ne6 ({RR} 12... f6 13. Bxg5 fxg5 14. Qd3 Qe7 15. Rae1 Rf4 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Ne2 Ra4 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. c3 Rxa2 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Re2 Qc4 22. Qb1 Qa6 23. c4 Bf7 24. Rfe1 Bg6 25. Qd1 dxc4 26. Qc1 c5 27. Nc2 {Miralles,G (2481)-Jussupow,A (2635) Switzerland 2001 ½-½ (37)}) 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. f4 f5 15. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 15. Qd3 d4 16. Ne2 c5 17. Qc4 Qe8 18. a4 Rd8 19. Ng3 Bc6 20. Nd2 Ba5 21. Nf3 Bd5 22. Qe2 c4 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Qc6 25. b3 cxb3 26. cxb3 d3 27. Qf2 Nd4 28. Rac1 Qb7 29. Rc3 Ne6 {Knox,V-James,G Brighton/ East Sussex 1972 1-0 (54)}) 15... Qe8 16. a4 a5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Nxc4 Be6 20. Qc2 Qf7 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. Be3 Bb3 23. Qc1 Bc4 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rf2 Rab8 26. Ng3 Rb4 27. Qe3 Qe7 28. Rc1 Bd5 29. Rxc5 Rxa4 30. h3 g6 31. Rcc2 Rb8 32. Ne2 Re4 33. Qg3 Qa7 34. Nc3 Re3 35. Qh4 Bc4 36. Rcd2 Rd3 37. Rxd3 Bxd3 38. Qg3 Bc4 39. Rd2 a4 40. Kh2 a3 41. bxa3 Qxa3 42. Rd7 Bf7 43. Qe3 Be8 44. Ra7 Qb4 45. Na4 Rb5 46. Ra8 Kf8 47. Qf2 g5 48. fxg5 Qe4 49. Qg3 Qxe5 50. Qxe5 Rxe5 51. Kg3 Kg7 52. Nc3 Bf7 53. Kf4 Rc5 54. Ne2 Rc4+ 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. h4 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 Bc4 58. Ng3 Be6 59. Rf8 Kg7 60. Rf6 Bd7 61. Nh5+ Kg8 62. Rd6 1-0 [Event "EU-ch Final Online"] [Site "Tornelo INT"] [Date "2020.12.20"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2020.12.19"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 199 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2021.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxd4 Nb8 10. Nc3 c5 11. Ndb5 c6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Re1+ Be6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxe6+ Kf7 19. Rxf6+ gxf6 20. Qh5+ Ke7 21. Re1+ Kd7 22. Qg4+ Kc7 23. Bf4+ Kb7 24. Qg7+ Nd7 25. Qxd7+ Ka6 26. Re7 $146 ({RR} 26. Re3 Rad8 27. Ra3+ Kb5 28. Qb7+ Qb6 29. Rb3+ Kc5 30. Qe7+ Kc4 31. Rxb6 axb6 32. Qe2+ Kc5 33. c3 b5 34. Bc7 {1-0 (34) Budhidharma,N (2382)-Jin,R (2236) Hong Kong HKG 2026}) 26... Qb6 27. Be3 Rad8 28. Bxb6 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Kxb6 30. Kf1 h5 31. Rf7 Rh6 32. Ke2 Rg6 33. g3 h4 34. Ke3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Rh6 36. g4 a5 37. Kf4 Rh2 38. Kg3 Rh6 39. f4 Kc5 40. g5 fxg5 41. fxg5 Rh1 42. Rf2 Kd4 43. Kf4 Rg1 44. Rd2+ Kc4 45. Kf5 Rf1+ 46. Ke6 Re1+ 47. Kf6 Rf1+ 48. Kg7 a4 49. g6 Rb1 50. b3+ Kc3 51. Rg2 a3 52. Kf8 Rf1+ 53. Ke7 Re1+ 54. Kd8 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-39"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2010.09.25"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Fressinet, Laurent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2010.09.21"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 139"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "England"] [BlackTeam "France"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. Bg5 f6 10. Re1+ Kf7 11. Bh6 Kg6 12. Qc1 Qd5 13. Nh4+ Kf7 14. Nd2 Qh5 15. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 15. Ndf3 Bg4 16. Qf4 Bxf3 17. Qxc7+ Be7 18. Nxf3 Qxh6 19. Nxd4 Qxg7 20. g3 Rge8 21. Nf5 Qg6 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxb7 Ne5 25. Re2 Qh5 26. Qe4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Ng5 28. Qe3 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qd7 {Pellegrini,E (1901)-Albertini,L (2103) Rome ITA 2023 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 15. Ndf3 Bg4 16. Qf4 Bxf3 17. Qxc7+ Be7 18. Nxf3 Qxh6 19. Nxd4 Qxg7 20. g3 Rge8 21. Nf5 Qg6 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxb7 Ne5 25. Re2 Qh5 26. Qe4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Ng5 28. Qe3 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qd7 {Pellegrini,E (1901)-Albertini,L (2103) Rome ITA 2023 0-1 (47)}) 15... Qxh4 16. Nxc5 Kg6 17. Bf4 Rxg7 18. c3 d3 19. b3 b6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Ne7 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Qe4+ Kf7 24. g3 d2 25. Qxc4 Kf8 26. Rd1 b5 27. Qe4 Rd8 28. Rxe7 Qh5 29. Qe2 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.04.12"] [Round "11"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Onischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2015.04.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 166"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. O-O Rxb2 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Rxc2 15. Na3 Re2 16. Rac1 Nd3 $146 ({RR} 16... Na6 17. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Rd8 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. Nb5 Ba6 21. e6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kf8 23. Nxc7 Nc2 24. Rc1 Bd3 25. Bb3 Nd4 26. Ne6+ Nxe6 27. Bxe6 Ke7 28. Bb3 Rd7 29. Rd1 Bb5 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. f4 {Kiss,V (2145)-Balazs,I (2159) Hungary 2007 1-0 (40)}) 17. Rxc7 Be6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Ra7 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rxe5 21. Nc4 Rb5 22. Rb1 Nc5 23. Nxa5 Re8 24. g3 g6 25. b4 Nd3 26. Nc6 Re2 27. Rd7 Nxf2 28. Nd4 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg2 Nd1+ 31. Nxe2 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-42"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2016.09.12"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2693"] [Annotator "Jones,Gawain C B"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2016.09.02"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 175"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "England"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 {RR} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 {The Scotch Gambit is rather rare at top levels but I've played it a few times recently. Play often become very strategically complex.} d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 (7... Bc5 8. Be3 Bd7 ({or} 8... O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 {are the other mainlines.})) ({RR} 7... Bc5) 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 {A rare line which I always thought was rather passive but is probably fully playable.} (9... Bc5 {is by far the main move}) ({While} 9... c5 {Pert,N (2570)-Howell,D (2663) Bournemouth 2016, was played earlier this summer.}) ({RR} 9... Bc5) 10. f3 Nc5 (10... Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 {would just transpose.}) 11. f4 {I started spending time around here trying to remember my analysis.} Ne4 (11... O-O 12. f5 {looks very dangerous, despite engines not being convinced. In the game Naiditsch elects to keep flexible.} Ne4 (12... Bg5 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Re1 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 Qh4 16. Qe3 Ne4 {Horvath,A (2487)-Bitoon,R (2455) Melaka 2012. Here the engine offers} 17. Rad1 $1 $16 {as} Rxe5 $2 {loses to} 18. Nf3) 13. Nc3 Nxc3 {This has been played the most often but with a terrible score.} (13... Bc5 {This is very rare but I think necessary. Black's counterplay down the a7-g1 diagonal lessens White's initiative.} 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Kh1 Qe8 $2 (15... Re8 {has to be played.}) 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. c4 a5 18. c5 a4 19. cxb6 axb3 {Westphal,F-Sabel,R (2050) Wiesbaden 1997} 20. b7 $1 Rxa2 21. Rb1 $1 $18) (13... c5 {Again White has a choice where to place the knight.} 14. Nde2 {would be quite similar to the game.} ({A fairly recent game continued} 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nb3 Bb5 16. Re1 c4 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Kh1 Re8 {Radionov,T (2285)-Gajek,R (2434) Vienna 2016. Here White missed the thematic} 20. e6 $1 fxe6 21. fxe6 $14 {as} Bxe6 $2 22. Nxe6 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 $1 Bxe3 24. Nxc7 $18) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bb5 {This can be met with the energetic} (15... Re8 16. a4 $5 (16. Ng3 {also looks promising.}) 16... Bc8 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Qg4 Rb8 20. Rae1 {White has already developed a very strong attack and the strong GM didn't last long.} Rb6 21. h3 $5 Qxa4 22. e6 $1 fxe6 23. f6 e5 24. f7+ Kxf7 25. Bxe5+ {1-0 Pirrot,D (2403)-Graf,A (2606) Bad Wiessee 2010.}) 16. f6 $1 gxf6 17. Bh6 fxe5 18. Nd4 $1 cxd4 19. Qg4+ Bg5 20. Bxg5 Be2 21. Qg3 Qd7 22. h3 $1 f5 23. Bf6+ Kf7 24. Rxf5 $1 $18 {Wang,Y (2408)-Brown,M (2272) Al Ain 2013}) 14. bxc3 Bg5 (14... c5 {see 13...c5.}) 15. Qh5 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 f6 17. e6 $16) 12. f5 (12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 $5 {keeping an eye on the d5-pawn. This has only been played once but White won extremely quickly.} (13. Bxd2 c5 14. Ne2 f5 {White's attacking chances on the kingside have been snuffed out.}) 13... c5 14. Ne2 Bc6 15. f5 O-O $2 16. f6 gxf6 17. Qh6 fxe5 {1-0 Massana,J (2255)-Bowyer,B New York 1985. Evidently Black resigned while White decided between} 18. Rf3 {and simply picking up the bishop on c6.}) (12. Nc3 {has good chances of reaching positions similar to the game.}) 12... c5 {This is the main point of developing the bishop to e7 rather than c5, but I think White now has good chances.} (12... Bc5 {isn't so common but reaches yet more crazy positions.}) (12... O-O {again looks to be asking for trouble and would transpose to 11...0-0.}) 13. Ne2 {It's always difficult to decide where to put the knight.} (13. Ne6 $5 {looked interesting and I spent a while looking at it.} Bxe6 (13... fxe6 $6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. fxg6 Bb5 16. g7+ Kd7 17. gxh8=Q Qxh8 18. Rf7 {seemed to keep control.}) 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Nd2 $44 {I thought I must have enough compensation for the pawn but Black's position doesn't look that dangerous either.}) (13. Nb3 {is the main alternative, and looks quite promising.} Bb5 (13... c4 14. Qxd5 cxb3 15. Qxe4 bxc2 16. Qxc2 $16 {Petrosian,T (2477)-Kobalia,M (2643) playchess.com 2004.}) ({Generally the point of going to b3 is to meet} 13... Bc6 {with} 14. Na5) 14. Rf3 Qd7 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Be3 (16. a4 $5) 16... Qc6 17. a4 Ba6 18. Na5 Qd7 19. Nxe4 (19. Nb5 $5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. c4 {looks like a very dangerous attack.}) 19... dxe4 20. Qxd7+ Rxd7 21. Rg3 $16 {Vlassow,V (2359)-Jumabayev,R (2547) St Petersburg 2010.}) ({RR} 13. Nb3 Bb5 14. Re1 Bh4 15. g3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxg3 17. Nc3 Qh4 18. Re2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 O-O 20. Nxc5 Bxe5 21. Nd3 Rfe8 22. Qg2 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Qh5 24. Nf4 Qxf5 25. Qxd5 Qf6 26. Ne4 Qa6+ 27. Nd3 Rad8 {Huschenbeth,N (2624)-Dubov,D (2699) Douglas 2019 0-1}) 13... Bb5 (13... Bc6 {has also been tried but with no pin or pressure on f5 White looks to be doing very well with} 14. Nf4) ({RR} 13... Bc6) 14. a4 {I thought it useful to push the bishop back to a6 so that the bishop wouldn't have the c6-square.} (14. Na3 $5 {was chosen by the legendary Sveshnikov here.} Bc6 (14... Ba6 $6 15. c4 $1) 15. c4 d4 16. Nf4 Bg5 17. Nd3 $14 {Sveshnikov,E (2565)-Fercec,N (2405) Nova Gorica 1996.}) ({RR} 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 d4 16. Qe1 Qd7 17. a4 Ba6 18. f6 Bf8 19. Qg3 gxf6 20. Qf3 c6 21. Qxf6 Rg8 22. Rae1 Qe6 23. Qh4 Qg4 24. Qxg4 Rxg4 25. Rf6 Be7 26. Rh6 Rb8 27. Rxh7 Rxb2 28. e6 fxe6 {Valiyev,S (2366)-Ibrahimli,M (2449) Guba AZE 2026 1-0 (50)}) 14... Ba6 15. Nbc3 $146 {This appears to be the first new move of the game. On the one hand I'm allowing my queenside structure to be wrecked but now I have more control of the centre, in particular the d4-square, and play down the b-file.} (15. Nd2 {was played by a future GM.} c6 $6 (15... O-O $5 {is possible here as White has no pressure on d5.}) ({I was expecting something like} 15... Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Qd7 17. Rf2 O-O-O $13 {Here I thought Black's king was fairly safe.}) ({RR} 15... O-O 16. Qe1 Bh4 17. g3 Bg5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rf4 Rfe8 21. h4 Qh6 22. Nc3 Bb7 23. e6 fxe6 24. f6 gxf6 25. Nxe4 f5 26. Nxc5 Bc6 27. b4 Rad8 28. b5 Ba8 29. Qe3 Qg6 30. Raf1) 16. Qe1 $6 Qc7 $6 ({RR} 16... Nxd2) 17. Nxe4 $1 {White could have played this a move earlier.} dxe4 18. Bf4 O-O-O 19. Rf2 ({RR} 19. e6 Bd6) 19... e3 20. Bxe3 ({RR} 20. Rf3) 20... Rd5 21. Bf4 $18 {1-0 Vocaturo,D (2383)-Lafuente,P (2522) Sautron 2008. Black's opening had been a complete disaster.}) ({RR} 15. Nd2 c6 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bf4 O-O-O 19. Rf2 e3 20. Bxe3 Rd5 21. Bf4 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Rhd8 23. h3 ({RR} 23. e6 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. exf7 Qd7 26. Qa6+) ({RR} 23. Raf1) 23... Kb7 24. Re1 Qa5 25. Kh2 f6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Rf3 Rd4 28. Rb3+ Rb4 29. Bd2 ({RR} 29. Qe6) 29... Qc7+ {Vocaturo,D (2383)-Lafuente,P (2522) Sautron 2008 EXT 2009 [RR] 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Qe1 Bh4 17. g3 Bg5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rf4 Rfe8 21. h4 Qh6 22. Nc3 Bb7 23. e6 fxe6 24. f6 gxf6 25. Nxe4 f5 26. Nxc5 Bc6 27. b4 Rad8 28. b5 Ba8 29. Qe3 Qg6 {Efler,D (2330)-Chura,J (2215) Pardubice 1992 1-0 (40)}) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Rf2 O-O-O {An extremely complicated position, and with the four c-pawns very hard to judge. Black has the bishop pair and if the position opens up that will be the main factor. However his king is more vulnerable and White can try to utilise his e5 and f5 pawns as a battering ram to break through in the centre or the queenside. The pawns also give White a useful space advantage.} 18. Nf4 $5 {Here Naiditsch had a long think and was obviously not particularly happy with his position.} g5 $6 {I hadn't really considered this but was now pretty happy with my position.} (18... Qc6 {would be sensible to react to e5-e6 with ...f7-f6 but now Black's queenside pawns are vulnerable. After} 19. Rb1 Bb7 20. Qg4 Kb8 21. Qxg7 {Black doesn't get sufficient counterplay for his collapsing kingside.}) (18... Qxf5 $1 {must be critical of course, and was Black's only good option.} 19. Nxd5 $6 {looks tempting but it turns out White has the looser king.} (19. Nd3 $1 Qe6 20. Ba3 Bxd3 ({or} 20... Rhe8 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Rd7 23. Bd4 $13) 21. cxd3 {White's structure has been repaired and so Black's additional pawn isn't so relevant, while he might have some long-term problems with his king.} Qxe5 22. d4 $1 $44) 19... Qxe5 20. Qg4+ (20. Nxe7+ {Here White should bail out with} Qxe7 21. Qg4+ Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Rxd7 {into a worse ending but it should be holdable.}) 20... Kb8 21. Rb1+ Ka8 $1 {Visually this looks very risky and I don't think I really considered it during the game but Black is now doing very well as he has the big threat of ...?e1+.}) 19. Nh5 {A good outpost and preventing Black from getting counterplay on the kingside.} (19. e6 {is how the engine wants to continue but I wasn't sure how to evaluate the position after} Qc6 20. Nd3 f6 {I have a huge bulkhead on e6 but I thought Black might be able to play around it with a break in the centre or by pushing his h-pawn.}) 19... Rhg8 20. Qg4 Kb8 {A difficult position. Obviously I want to break with my e and f-pawns but I need to be very careful not to allow Black's bishops to be activated.} 21. Bd2 {I wasn't sure where to put the bishop. Hitting the c5-pawn looked sensible but didn't want to block the a or e-files.} Ka8 22. Re1 Bc4 23. a5 {With time getting rather low for both of us I thought just cutting out counterplay to be the most sensible approach.} ({Stockfish tells me it was now to time to break with} 23. e6 fxe6 24. fxe6 Qxa4 {I thought this could easily be good for me but on the other hand I've gone 'all-in'. The following is one of the engine's top lines and shows how random the position has become.} 25. Rf7 Qxc2 26. Rxe7 Qxd2 27. Qg3 $1 d4 28. Rd7 dxc3 29. Rxd2 cxd2 30. Rd1 Be2 31. e7 $1 Bxd1 32. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 33. Qxc7 Rb8 34. Qd7 Bxh5 35. Qxd2 $16) 23... Rb8 24. h3 $1 {Giving my king some luft and ideas of f5-f6 now the queen is defended. I couldn't see a killer breakthrough so decided first to wait.} h6 25. Qf3 (25. f6 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Bf8 {This was how I wanted to play initially. The problem is I can't get any further without allowing the bishops some squares.} 27. e6 fxe6 {Here the engine comes up with the strong idea of rerouting the knight.} 28. f7 $1 Rh8 (28... Rg6 29. Nf6 $16) 29. Nf6 $1 Bd6 30. Nd7 Rbd8 31. Ne5 $14) 25... Qc8 (25... Qc6 {was what I expected. Now I should take the plunge with} 26. f6 Bf8 27. e6 $1 fxe6 28. f7 Rg6 29. Nf6 $16) 26. Ng3 $5 {Opting for a different, and what looked to me, safer plan. Now my queen has access to h5 and I can also contemplate ?e4 ideas.} (26. Re4 $6 {is what I'd probably have played in a blitz game but looked unnecessary here.}) (26. f6 Bf8 27. e6 fxe6 28. f7 {is similar to the previous note and still very good for White.}) 26... Re8 27. Qh5 {Now a pawn drops.} f6 28. Qxh6 Rh8 {The best practical try.} (28... fxe5 29. Qc6+ Qb7 30. Qxb7+ Kxb7 (30... Rxb7 31. Rxe5 Rbb8 32. f6 $18) 31. f6 Bd6 32. Nf5 $18 {White's kingside pawn masse should be decisive.}) 29. Qg7 (29. Qg6 {was also possible and perhaps simpler. After} fxe5 30. Qc6+ {play is similar to the previous note.}) 29... Qd8 30. Qf7 (30. exf6 Bxf6 31. Qf7 g4 {didn't seem so clear to me.}) 30... fxe5 31. f6 Bd6 32. Bxg5 Qg8 33. Qxg8 ({Originally I thought} 33. Qd7 $5 {might be clever but I decided to keep things straightforward. In fact this has the engine's approval.} Qxg5 34. Qc6+ Rb7 35. Rb1 Ba6 (35... Rhb8 36. Nf5 {Black is completely paralysed.} Qxf6 37. Ne3 Qh4 38. Nxc4 Qxc4 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. a6 $18) 36. f7 Qd8 37. Nf5 Rf8 38. Nxd6 cxd6 (38... Qxd6 39. Qe8+ Qd8 40. Qxd8+ Rxd8 41. Rxb7 Kxb7 42. f8=Q $18) 39. Rb3 $18 {[%CAl Gc6a6]}) 33... Rbxg8 34. h4 e4 {So I'm a pawn up with 3 connected passed pawns but I still have to be very careful, being particularly low on time.} 35. Nf5 Be5 36. g4 (36. Nh6 {was another idea but I thought my pieces were slightly misplaced.} Rf8 37. Re3 Bxf6 38. Rxf6 Rxf6 39. Bxf6 Rxh6 {I thought this should be holdable for Black.}) (36. Ne7 Rxg5 {is Black's whole point. However I missed that here I have the intermezzo} 37. f7 $1 {and White's winning.} (37. hxg5 $2 Bh2+ $11 {is just a draw.})) (36. Re3 $2 {would again allow} Rxg5 37. hxg5 Bh2+ 38. Kh1 Bg3+ 39. Kg1 $11) 36... Bxc3 37. Re3 Be5 (37... d4 $5 {I thought a good practical try. I was intending} 38. Rxc3 (38. Rxe4 Bd5 {and I also have to give back the exchange (with a winning position) as} 39. Re7 $2 Rxg5) 38... dxc3 39. Kg2 {Black's structure is so horrible that White should just be winning.}) 38. Ne7 (38. f7 $1 Rf8 39. Ne7 Rh7 40. Ng6 {was the more accurate move order but the text doesn't spoil anything.}) 38... Rb8 (38... Rxg5 39. hxg5 Bd4 40. Nf5 $18) 39. Ng6 d4 (39... Bd4 40. Nxh8 Rxh8 41. c3 Bxe3 42. Bxe3 d4 {would extend the game but White should be winning fairly easily.}) 40. Nxe5 dxe3 41. Bxe3 (41. Nxc4 $5 {also looked tempting but there's no need to give the second exchange.}) 41... Rxh4 42. Nxc4 (42. f7 {was safer but I calculated that I wasn't getting mated. In principle I thought it mattered more to keep my more advanced f-pawn rather thn the g-pawn.}) 42... Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Rxg4+ 44. Kh3 Rg8 (44... Rg6 {I thought the better try but White is winning with a minimum of care.} 45. f7 (45. Kh2 $2 Rb8 $1 $11) 45... Rh1+ 46. Rh2 Rf1 47. Ne5 Rgf6 (47... Re6 48. Rf2 $18) 48. a6 $1 Rxa6 49. Rf2 Rxf2 50. Bxf2 Rf6 51. Bxc5 $18) 45. Kh2 Kb7 46. f7 Rf8 47. Bxc5 Rh8+ 48. Kg2 Rbh1 49. f8=Q 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.04"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Guseinov, G."] [Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2023.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. c3 d3 8. Qe3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Ne6 11. Rd1 d6 12. Bxd3 Bd7 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Na3 Re8 14. Nc4 d5 15. Be4 dxe4 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Qxe4 Rd1+ 18. Ne1 b5 19. Nb2 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Bb7 21. Nd3 Rd8 22. Nf4 Bc8 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Bf4 a5 25. a3 Bf8 26. Rd1 Rb8 27. Qe4 {Samsonkin,A (2361)-Gasparyan,E (2447) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (41)}) 13. Bc2 $146 ({RR} 13. Be4 Qe8 14. Na3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bxb7 Rd8 17. Qxa7 c5 18. b5 Bxb5 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Be3 Be2 21. h3 Qd7 22. Rb1 Nd8 23. Qa8 c4 24. Be4 Ne6 25. Qa5 Bd3 26. Bxd3 Qxd3 27. Rb7 Bd6 {Rydl,J (2122)-Petr,J (1943) Czech Republic 2013 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Na3 Qc7 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Nd4 Ng6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Qb2 Rc8 24. Re1 Bf5 25. c4 d5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. h3 dxc4 {Guseinov,G (2636)-Lazavik,D (2578) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 13... g6 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Nbd2 Qc7 16. Ne4 Rfe8 17. Qh6 Ne5 18. Nfg5 Nf8 19. Bb3 Bf5 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. Rxd6 Bxe4 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Bxc7 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Ne6 25. Qf6 Nxc7 26. Bxc4 Nd5 27. Qd4 Nb6 28. Bb3 Rad8 29. Qf6 Nd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. h4 Rf5 32. Qd4 Bc6 33. Qd2 Re4 34. Re1 Rd5 35. Qc1 Rxh4 36. c4 Rdh5 37. f3 a6 38. Kf2 Rd4 39. Qc3 Rhh4 40. Rc1 Rd8 41. a3 Rhd4 42. Re1 Rd3 43. Qf6 R3d6 44. Qa1 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 R2d4 46. Rh1 R8d7 47. a4 b6 48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 Bb7 50. Qc1 Kf8 51. Qg5 Kg7 52. Qe5+ f6 53. Qe8 f5 54. Qh8+ Kf7 55. Rh7+ Ke6 56. Qe8+ 1-0 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 12th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2025.08.27"] [Round "9"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2025.08.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 44"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.09.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.09.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxd4 Nb8 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Nce2 Qd7 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Nf4 c5 15. Ndxe6 fxe6 16. c4 $146 ({RR} 16. Qg4 Rf5 17. Nh5 Rf7 18. Nf4 Rf5 19. Nh5 Rf7 20. Nf4 {½-½ (20) Gonzalez Menendez,I (2401)-Marholev,D (2375) Gijon 2007}) 16... d4 17. Qh3 Rf5 18. g4 Rf7 19. Nd3 Nc6 20. Bd2 Nb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. f4 Raf8 23. Rf2 a5 24. Raf1 g6 25. Qg2 c5 26. Qe4 Qc8 27. b3 a4 28. bxa4 Qa6 29. Nb2 Bd8 30. Rf3 Be7 31. Kg2 Bd8 32. Kf2 Qa7 33. Ke2 Qd7 34. Kd1 Qe8 35. Kc2 Re7 36. Kb3 Rff7 37. h4 Rf8 38. Rh1 Rg8 39. Rfh3 Rf8 40. h5 g5 41. Rf1 Rxf4 42. Rxf4 gxf4 43. Rf3 Rf7 44. Rxf4 Kg8 45. Rxf7 Qxf7 46. Qc6 Kg7 47. Nd3 Be7 48. Qg2 Qf8 49. Qb7 Kg8 50. Qc6 Qh6 51. Qe8+ Bf8 52. g5 1-0 [Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"] [Site "Shanghai"] [Date "2001.09.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Ye, Jiangchuan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2001.09.07"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 085"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Van Reek,Jan} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qxd5 Qe7 13. O-O ({RR} 13. b3 Rd8 14. Qf3 Qxe5+) 13... Rxb2 14. Nc3 Ba6 {Despite activity of black pieces Svidler's position is quite endangered. The rook on b2 is indirectly threatened and white pieces could become quite menacing.} (14... Rxc2 $5 15. Qd4 Rd8 16. Nd5 Qg5 17. h4 Qd2 18. Qxd2 Rxd2 19. Rfd1 $14) ({RR} 14... Rxc2 15. Qd4 Ne6 16. Qe3 Qc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Nd3 20. Rb1 Nxe5 21. Be4 Be6 22. Rb7 f5 23. Bc2 Rd8 24. f4 Ng4 25. Rxc7 Rd2 26. Bd1 Ne3 27. Bf3 Rc2 28. Re7 Rxc3 29. Rxe6 {Van Foreest,J (2697)-Matlakov,M (2677) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (73)}) ({RR} 14... Rd8 15. Qf3 Rxc2 16. Nd5 Qxe5 17. Rad1 Ne4 18. Nf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxd1 20. Qf4 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Rxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Be6 24. a3 Kf8 25. Ke3 Ke7 26. Kd4 Kd6 27. Be4 c5+ 28. Kc3 h6 29. g3 {Al Atarji,S (2203)-Qian,E (2051) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (57)}) 15. Rfc1 $146 ({RR} 15. Rfd1 Rxc2 16. Qd4 Ne6 17. Nd5 Qa3 18. Qa4 Qc5 19. Ne3 Rc3 20. Qxa6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Rab1 Ra6 23. Rb2 Ra5 24. Rd5 Rxd5 25. Nxd5 Rd8 26. Ne3 Kf8 27. g3 Rd3 28. Kf1 Ra3 29. Kg2 h5 {L'Ami,E (2577)-Stellwagen,D (2639) Maastricht 2008 CBM 123 [Van Reek,Jan] ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 15. Rfd1 Rxc2 16. Qd4 Ne6 17. Qxa7 Qa3 18. Nb5 Qa4 19. Bd7 Nf4 20. Nd4 Qxd7 21. Nxc2 Qg4 22. Ne1 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Qe2 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Re1 Qxf2 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 Nf4 28. g3 Nh3 29. Kg2 Bf5 {Huschenbeth,N (2532)-Becerra Rivero,J (2551) ICC INT 2014 ½-½ (44)}) 15... Rd8 16. Qf3 Qxe5 17. Bd5 Qf6 (17... Ne6 18. Bb3 Re8 19. Qe3 $14) 18. Qe3 $1 (18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bb3 Rd2 20. Nd1 (20. h3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rdxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Rxa6 Rxc3 $11) 20... Nxb3 21. axb3 Rdxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Rxa6 Rc1 24. h3 Rxd1+ 25. Kh2 $11) 18... Ne6 19. Bb3 Nd4 20. Re1 $1 h6 (20... Nxc2 $2 21. Qe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8#) 21. Nd5 Qh4 (21... Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Bb5 23. Be4 Nxc2 24. Qxa7 $18) 22. Rad1 (22. Qc3 Rxd5 $1 (22... Rxb3 23. axb3 Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Bxe2 25. Qc5 $1 $16) 23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Bxd5 Rxc2 25. Qe3 Qf6 $14) 22... c5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Decisive mistake in the position with electrifying tactical potential, white's attack will become unstoppable.} (22... Rxb3 $1 23. Ne7+ $1 (23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rbb8 $11) 23... Kf8 (23... Kh7 24. cxb3 Nc2 (24... Ne2+ 25. Kh1 $18) 25. Qe5 $18) 24. cxb3 Ne2+ 25. Qxe2 (25. Kh1 Qxe7 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 $11) 25... Bxe2 26. Rxd8+ Kxe7 27. Rd3 Qh5 28. Re3+ Kf6 29. R3xe2 $14) 23. Ne7+ Kh7 (23... Kf8 24. Nc6 $1 Ne2+ (24... Nxc6 25. Qxc5+ Kg8 26. Qxc6 $18) 25. Qxe2 Bxe2 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Nxd8 $18) 24. Bxf7 Rd6 $2 (24... Rb6 25. c4 $16) 25. Nf5 Ne2+ (25... Nxf5 26. Qe8 Qd8 27. Bg6+ Rxg6 28. Rxd8 $18) 26. Kh1 Rxd1 27. Bg6+ $1 (27. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6 28. Nxh4+ Kh5 29. Rxd1 Kxh4 30. Qh3+ Kg5 31. Rd5+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 1617"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2016.11.20"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Socko, Bartosz"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2692"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2016.10.15"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 176"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Dresden"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O Be7 7. Bf4 d6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nce5 ({RR} 10... Nge5 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Ng6 13. Nd5 Bf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Be3 Rae8 16. c3 Re5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bd4 Re2 19. Qxe2 Bxe2 20. Bxf6 Bxf1 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Kxf1 Kf6 23. g3 Ne5 24. Rd1 d5 25. h3 {Khonghaloos,G (2212)-Veltkamp,G (2111) Belgium BEL 2026 1-0 (41)}) 11. Bb3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd5 Nf6 12. Bb3 a6 13. Qe2 Ng6 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Nde2 Bc6 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Rad8 23. g4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 h6 25. h4 Qd7 {Rangoy,T (1657)-Andersen,B (1656) Sarpsborg 2002 1-0 (51)}) 11... Ng6 12. Bg3 Bh4 13. Bxh4 Qxh4 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. Nd5 Qxb2 16. a4 N4e5 17. c3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bh3 19. Ra2 Qxa2 20. Bxa2 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Rae8 22. Qd4 Ne5 23. Qxa7 Nxf3 24. Qxb7 Re1+ 25. Kg2 Nh4+ 26. Kh3 g5 27. Qb6 Rg1 28. f4 Nf3 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Bd5 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 7th Feb Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.02.07"] [Round "10"] [White "Guseinov, G."] [Black "Bruzon Batista, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2023.02.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Be7 8. Rd1 Ne6 9. c3 d5 10. exd6 cxd6 11. cxd4 d5 12. Bb3 O-O ({RR} 12... Bb4 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Ne5 Re8 16. Qf3 f6 17. Nd3 Ne7 18. Re1 a5 19. Ba3 Ng5 20. Qe2 Ne6 21. Qh5 Ra6 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Bxd5 g6 24. Qf3 Kg7 25. h4 b5 26. a4 b4 27. Bc4 {Sindarov,J (2777)-Keymer,V (2767) Saint Louis USA 2026 1-0 (36)}) 13. Nc3 Bf6 $146 ({RR} 13... Nc7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. h3 Bf5 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Qh5 Qf4 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Rac1 g6 21. Qg5 Qxg5 22. Nxg5 Bc8 23. Ba4 Bd7 24. Ne2 f6 25. Nf3 Ne6 26. Ne1 h5 27. Kf1 Ne7 28. Bxd7 {Kiolbasa,O (2388)-Javakhishvili,L (2423) Batumi GEO 2025 ½-½ (48)}) 14. Be3 Nc7 15. h3 Re8 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Ne5 Na5 18. Ba4 Re7 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. b4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc4 23. Bg5 Nxe5 24. Qg3 Ng6 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. Bb3 Ne8 27. Nb5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 a6 29. Nc7 Nf5 30. Qe5 Qg5 31. f4 Qg3 32. Nxe6 Nh4 33. Bxd5 fxe6 34. Qxe6+ 1-0 [Event "XTX Markets London Classic-Elite 2024"] [Site "London"] [Date "2024.11.29"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2662"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 11,81,16,9,0,8,8,20,-6,-23,-1,-14,-10,16,7,21,-7,7,0,8,0,46,0,0,-21,-12,0,7,2,17,12,14,8,16,17,13,14,34,14,10,13,5,7,19,30,15,24,26,27,22,14,7,8,39,31,36,44,27,40,53,21,29,31,35,18,312,164,198,210,458,464,433,419]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 6. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d3 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 8. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:06][%CAl Oe1g1]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 9. b4 {[%emt 0:00:26] The position is equal.} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09][%CAl Of1d1]} d6 {[%emt 0:08:35]} 11. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:05:19]} ({RR} 11... cxd6 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. cxb4 Nxb4 16. Rxb4 d5 17. Rb2 dxc4 18. Qxd8 Nxd8 19. Nxc4 Be6 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Nce5 Re8 22. Ree2 Rc8 23. Rbc2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Bf5 25. Rd2 Ne6 26. h3 {Vitiugov,N (2719)-Wang,H (2730) St Petersburg 2018 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 11... cxd6 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. cxb4 Nxb4 16. Rxb4 d5 17. Rb2 dxc4 18. Qxd8 Nxd8 19. Nxc4 Be6 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Nce5 Re8 22. Ree2 Rc8 23. Rbc2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Bf5 25. Rd2 Ne6 26. h3 {Vitiugov,N (2719)-Wang,H (2730) St Petersburg 2018 0-1 (41)}) 12. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:13][%CAl Of1d1]} ({RR} 12. Bxd3 O-O 13. Na3 Re8 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Bb2 Nf4 17. Be4 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxg2 19. Qg5 Qxf3 20. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Ne5 22. b5 a6 23. c4 Nd3 24. Bc3 Bxa3 25. Rd4 Nc5 26. Rad1 axb5 {Kamphuis,J (2134)-Van der Werf,M (2384) Aalsmeer NED 2026 0-1 (42)}) 12... O-O {[%emt 0:01:25]} 13. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 14. Qe1 $146 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (14. Qxd3 {simplifies} Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Bxc1 16. Rfxc1 Nf4 17. Bf1) ({RR} 14. Qxd3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Bxc1 16. Rfxc1 Nf4 17. Bf1 b6 18. g3 Ne6 19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Neg5 Nxg5 21. Nxg5 Rad8 22. Rd1 Rfe8 23. h4 h6 24. Nh3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Nf4 Kf8 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 {Poysti,N (2117)-Blagojevic,D (2486) Veliko Gradiste 2018 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 14. Qxd3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Bxc1 16. Rfxc1 Nf4 17. Bf1 Bg4 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nd3 Nxd3 {½-½ (21) Lucas,A (2359)-Demuth,A (2484) Chartres FRA 2023}) ({RR} 14. Qxd3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Bxc1 16. Rfxc1 Nf4 17. Bf1 b6 18. g3 Ne6 19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Neg5 Nxg5 21. Nxg5 Rad8 22. Rd1 Rfe8 23. h4 h6 24. Nh3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Nf4 Kf8 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 {Poysti,N (2117)-Blagojevic,D (2486) Veliko Gradiste 2018 ½-½ (37)}) 14... Bxc1 {[%emt 0:08:17]} 15. Qxc1 {[%emt 0:01:29]} d2 {[%emt 0:09:42]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:48]} (16. Nfxd2 Ne5 $15) (16. Nexd2 $14 Nf4 17. Ne4) 16... Nf4 $11 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 17. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:20:52][%CAl Ob4b5]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:23] ...Re8 is the strong threat.} 18. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 19. Nexd2 {[%emt 0:00:06][%CAl Be4d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:09:10]} 20. g3 {[%emt 0:06:36]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 21. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 22. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 23. Nc4 {[%emt 0:04:50]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:10:35]} 24. Ba4 {[%emt 0:07:51]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:06:11]} 25. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 27. Ne3 {[%emt 0:05:54]} Bxf3+ {[%emt 0:03:33]} 28. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 29. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. a4 {[%emt 0:06:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 31. b5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 32. bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Re6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 35. Rc5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Rb2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 36. Nd5 $36 {[%emt 0:02:14][%CAl Oc5c6][%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Rxc6! White is more active.} Nb4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 37. Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:48] Prevents Ree2.} (37. Rxa5 Ree2 38. Nxb4 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Rxh2 (40... Rbf2+ 41. Ke1 $11) 41. Rd8+ Kh7 $11) 37... Ra6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:38][%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (37... Rc6 $1 $11 38. Rd8+ (38. Rxa5 Rcc2 $11) 38... Kh7) 38. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:04:06]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rc6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:06] [#]} (39... Nc6 {was called for.} 40. h4 (40. Rxf7 Ne5 $18) 40... Rb8 41. Rxb8 Nxb8 42. Rxf7 Rd6) 40. Rf8 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:02:39][%CAl Od7d8] And now Rdd8! would win.} Rf6 {[%emt 0:02:35] [#]} ({Inferior is} 40... Rcc2 41. Rfxf7 (41. Nh3 Rd2 $16) 41... Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Rxf4 43. Rxg7+ (43. Rxf4 h5 $18) (43. gxf4 Kg6 $18) 43... Kh8 44. gxf4) 41. Rdd8 $1 {[%emt 0:32:27] Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.24 (precise) . Loses game: --- Black=1 Mistake: White=1 Black=2 Inaccurate: White=4 Black=2 OK: White=15 Black=15 Best: White=1 Black=3 Strong: White=2 Black=2} ({Not} 41. Rfxf7 Rxf7 42. Rxf7 Nc2 $16) (41. Rdxf7 Nd5 $16) 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 29th Aug Early"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2023.08.29"] [Round "10"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Matlakov, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2697"] [BlackElo "2677"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2023.08.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qxd5 Qe7 13. O-O Rxb2 14. Nc3 Rxc2 15. Qd4 Ne6 16. Qe3 ({RR} 16. Qd3 Rb2 17. Nd5 Qc5 18. Rac1 Qd4 19. Qa3 Qxe5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Bd7 Rd8 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxa7 h6 25. a4 Ra2 26. Qxc7 {½-½ (26) Najer,E (2676)-Matlakov,M (2671) Cheboksary 2022}) ({RR} 16. Qd3 Rb2 17. Nd5 Qc5 18. Rac1 Qd4 19. Qf5 Qh4 20. g3 Nd4 21. Qd3 Qg4 22. Rc4 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Qh3 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Bg2 Bb7 26. Nc6 Qe6 27. Qa3 Re8 28. Qxb2 Qxc4 29. Qxb7 h6 30. Qxc7 Kh7 {Usov,A (2403)-Shogdzhiev,R (2416) Moscow RUS 2026 1-0 (36)}) 16... Qc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfc1 $146 ({RR} 18. Nd5 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Nxc7 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nd7 22. Bxd7 Bxd7 23. Na6 Rxa2 24. h3 Ke7 25. Nb4 Rb2 26. Nd5+ Ke6 27. Nf4+ Ke7 28. Nd5+ Ke8 29. Ra1 Rb7 30. f4 Bc6 31. Ne3 Rb4 32. Nf5 Rxf4 {Guseinov,G (2636)-Matlakov,M (2662) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (54)}) 18... Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Nd3 20. Rb1 Nxe5 21. Be4 Be6 22. Rb7 f5 23. Bc2 Rd8 24. f4 Ng4 25. Rxc7 Rd2 26. Bd1 Ne3 27. Bf3 Rc2 28. Re7 Rxc3 29. Rxe6 a5 30. h3 Kf7 31. Ra6 Ra3 32. Kf2 Nc2 33. Bd5+ Ke7 34. Ra7+ Kd6 35. Bg8 Nb4 36. Rxg7 Nxa2 37. Bxh7 Nc3 38. Bxf5 a4 39. Ra7 Nd5 40. g3 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Kg4 Ra1 43. Kg5 a3 44. Bh7 a2 45. Bg8 Rg1 46. Bxd5 a1=Q 47. Rxa1 Rxa1 48. Be4 Ra3 49. Kg4 Ke6 50. h4 Kf6 51. h5 Ra4 52. Bd3 Rd4 53. Bg6 Rc4 54. Kf3 Rc3+ 55. Kf2 Rc4 56. Ke3 Rc3+ 57. Bd3 Rc1 58. g4 Rg1 59. g5+ Kf7 60. h6 Kg8 61. Ke4 Rd1 62. Bc4+ Kh7 63. Ke5 Rc1 64. Be6 Rc5+ 65. Kf6 Rc6 66. f5 Ra6 67. Ke7 Ra7+ 68. Bd7 Ra6 69. f6 Ra1 70. f7 Re1+ 71. Be6 Rf1 72. f8=Q Rf6 73. Qg8# 1-0 [Event "14th London Classic Elite"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2024.11.29"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Jones, G."] [Black "Adams, Mi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2024.11.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. c3 d3 8. Qe3 Be7 9. b4 Ne6 10. O-O d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 ({RR} 11... cxd6 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. cxb4 Nxb4 16. Rxb4 d5 17. Rb2 dxc4 18. Qxd8 Nxd8 19. Nxc4 Be6 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Nce5 Re8 22. Ree2 Rc8 23. Rbc2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Bf5 25. Rd2 Ne6 26. h3 {Vitiugov,N (2719)-Wang,H (2730) St Petersburg 2018 0-1 (41)}) 12. Nbd2 ({RR} 12. Bxd3 O-O 13. Na3 Re8 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Bb2 Nf4 17. Be4 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxg2 19. Qg5 Qxf3 20. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Ne5 22. b5 a6 23. c4 Nd3 24. Bc3 Bxa3 25. Rd4 Nc5 26. Rad1 axb5 {Kamphuis,J (2134)-Van der Werf,M (2384) Aalsmeer NED 2026 0-1 (42)}) 12... O-O 13. Ne4 Bf4 14. Qe1 $146 ({RR} 14. Qxd3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Bxc1 16. Rfxc1 Nf4 17. Bf1 b6 18. g3 Ne6 19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Neg5 Nxg5 21. Nxg5 Rad8 22. Rd1 Rfe8 23. h4 h6 24. Nh3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Nf4 Kf8 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 {Poysti,N (2117)-Blagojevic,D (2486) Veliko Gradiste 2018 ½-½ (37)}) 14... Bxc1 15. Qxc1 d2 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. Rfd1 Bf5 18. Qxd2 Qxd2 19. Nexd2 Rfe8 20. g3 Ng6 21. Bd5 Nge7 22. Bb3 h6 23. Nc4 Ng6 24. Ba4 Bg4 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Kg2 c5 27. Ne3 Bxf3+ 28. Kxf3 cxb4 29. cxb4 c6 30. a4 a5 31. b5 Rab8 32. bxc6 Ne5+ 33. Kg2 Nxc6 34. Rac1 Re6 35. Rc5 Rb2 36. Nd5 Nb4 37. Nf4 Ra6 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Rd7 Rc6 40. Rf8 Rf6 41. Rdd8 1-0