[Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.18"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Arjun Erigaisi"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2730"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2332415138275328"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,84,17,14,9,2,16,6,32767,12,22,18,12,32767,32767,32767,-11,1,5,32767,32767,32767,-3,-14,30,11,31,32767,31,-2,43,31,35,32767,32,34,34,18,32767,32767,3,-46,-10,32767,32767,32767,47,40,27,52,32767,32767,85,80,116,132,32767,32767,92,63,31,103,107,32767,190,178,180,32767,32767,32767,333,164,110,32767,32767,32767,210,199,293,32767,32767,32767,329,346,381,520,756]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Ne5 c6 8. O-O Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f4 f5 (11... Bc5+ 12. Kh1 a5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. b3 f6 15. Bb2 fxe5 16. fxe5 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Nb6 18. e4 Be6 19. Ne2 Ba3 20. Bxa3 Qxa3 21. Nf4 Qe7 22. Qf2 d4 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Bh3 Qe7 25. Qxd4 c5 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. exd6 Re8 28. d7 Rd8 29. e5 {1-0 Theodorou,N (2625)-Navara,D (2662) Biel GM2 Rapid 58th 2025 (2)}) (11... a5 12. Be3 b5 13. Bf2 b4 14. Na4 Ba6 15. Rc1 Bb5 16. Re1 Rc8 17. e4 d4 18. Bxd4 c5 19. Bf2 c4 20. Bh3 Qe8 21. e6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Nb6 Rd8 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Qe2 c3 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Red1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qc6 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. exd5 Rc8 32. Rc2 Bf6 33. g4 Rc4 34. g5 Be7 35. Be3 Kg8 36. Kf2 Bc5 37. Ke2 Bxe3 38. Kxe3 Kf7 39. Kd3 Rxf4 40. Rxc3 Ke7 41. Rc7+ Kd6 42. Rxg7 Rh4 43. Ra7 Rxh2 44. Rxa5 Rh4 45. Ke3 Rg4 46. a4 Rxg5 47. Ra6+ Ke5 48. d6 Ke6 49. a5 h5 50. Kf4 Rb5 51. Kg3 Rd5 52. Ra8 Kxd6 53. Rd8+ Kc6 54. Rxd5 Kxd5 55. Kh4 Kc6 56. Kxh5 Kb7 57. a6+ Kxa6 {½-½ Hakobyan,A (2617)-Caruana,F (2805) Chess.com Classic Div 2 W Chess.com INT rapid 2024 (1.2)}) 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Qc2 (13. Bf2 Kh8 14. e3 Be6 15. Ne2 Bg8 16. h3 Qd7 17. a4 Rad8 18. Kh2 Nc4 19. Rb1 c5 20. Qc2 Na5 21. b3 Nc6 22. Rfd1 Nb4 23. Qb2 Be6 24. Rd2 Qe8 25. Rbd1 Qf7 26. Nc1 Rd7 27. Nd3 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 b6 29. Bf3 Rfd8 30. Qe2 {½-½ Theodorou,N (2535)-Sindarov,J (2655) Wch Rapid New York 2024 (11)}) 13... Be6 14. Rfd1 Nc4 15. Bf2 Qa5 16. b3 Na3 17. Qb2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Rd4 b5 20. Rcd1 b4 21. Na4 Nb5 22. R4d3 d4 23. Bxd4 c5 24. Be3 c4 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Na3 $2 27. Rxa5 Rxd1+ 28. Kf2 c3 29. Qc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Rc7 31. e4 Nc2 $4 (31... fxe4 32. Ke3 Nc2+ 33. Kxe4 Rd7 34. Rd5 Rxd5 35. Kxd5 Kf7 36. h3 Ke8 37. Ke4 Kf7 38. Kd3) 32. exf5 $18 Nd4 33. g4 Bh4+ 34. Ke3 Rd7 35. e6 (35. Nc5 Rd8 36. Rxa7 Nc2+) 35... Nc2+ 36. Kf3 Rd3+ 37. Ke2 Rh3 38. Rd5 Ne1 39. g5 Kf8 40. Nc5 c2 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Rd7+ Ke8 43. Nb7 1-0 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.18"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Pranesh M"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2666"] [BlackElo "2766"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "53"] [GameId "2333193379278848"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,53,21,22,27,22,17,0,22,6,14,0,0,-7,5,-5,-12,32767,31,31,46,22,46,48,21,32767,23,26,60,56,42,47,34,-34,60,20,90,43,91,33,83,-1,1,1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,1,-1,1,1,-1,1]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Bb2 O-O (8... e5 9. g3 O-O 10. O-O-O Re8 11. Bg2 Bg4 12. Bf3 Qc8 13. Kb1 Nd4 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. Qd3 Rac8 16. Nge2 Bg7 17. h3 Qd7 18. Rde1 Ne6 19. fxe5 Nc5 20. Qxd6 Re6 21. Qxd7 Nfxd7 22. b4 Na6 23. Nd5 Nxe5 24. Nd4 Ree8 25. Nb5 Nc4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Kc1 Rcd8 28. g4 Re5 29. c3 Nb8 30. Nxa7 Nd6 31. a4 Nxe4 32. c4 Nd7 33. Kc2 Ndf6 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 35. Rhf1+ Ke7 36. Nb5 Rd2+ 37. Kc1 Rd3 38. g5 Ke6 39. h4 Rd7 40. c5 Rd3 41. Rf4 Kd5 42. Rxf7 Kc4 43. Rf4 Kd5 44. Rf8 Rh3 45. Rd8+ {1-0 Pranesh,M (2644)-Korobov,A (2608) FRA-chT Top 16 GpB Chartres 2026 (1.58)}) 9. O-O-O a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Bc4 Bg4 13. Nge2 Rac8 14. Rhe1 (14. h3 Bd7 15. g4 Rxc4 16. bxc4 Bg7 17. e5 Ne8 18. Qd4 Qa6 19. c5 Bc6 20. Rhe1 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nc7 22. Nf4 Rc8 23. Nd3 Nbd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rf1 e6 26. Rf2 b6 27. cxb6 Nxb6 28. Nc5 Qa8 29. Rdf1 Bg2 30. Rxf7 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Qc6 32. Ba3 Rb8 33. Nb3 Nxa4 34. Qd6 Qc4 35. Qxb8+ {1-0 Jones,G (2670)-Bok,B (2624) Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (6)}) 14... Rxc4 15. bxc4 Rc8 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxe2 18. e5 Bxc4 19. exf6 exf6 20. Ne4 Ba2+ 21. Ka1 Be6 22. Nxf6+ Kf8 23. Kb1 Ba2+ 24. Ka1 Be6 25. Kb1 Ba2+ 26. Ka1 Be6 27. Kb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.18"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2710"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2333193381859328"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 d6 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Be3 d5 12. Nd2 (12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qxe7+ Bxe7 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Bg5 Bc5 18. a3 a5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Nb1 Bxf2 21. Bd3 Bg4 22. Rd2 Bg3 23. Rc2 h6 24. Bd2 Rfd8 25. Be4 Rd4 26. Bxc6 Rad8 27. Bf3 Bf5 28. h5 b3 29. Rc3 Bxb1 30. Kxb1 Rxd2 31. Rxb3 Be5 32. Rc1 g5 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Rb6 Kg7 35. Rcc6 Bd6 36. Kc1 Rd4 37. Kc2 g5 38. Kc3 Be5 39. Rg6+ Kf7 40. Rxh6 Rd2+ 41. Kc4 Rc2+ 42. Kb5 Rxb2+ 43. Kc4 Rc2+ 44. Kb5 Rb2+ 45. Kc4 Rxb6 46. Rxb6 Rd4+ 47. Kc5 Rd2 48. Bd5+ Kg7 49. Re6 Bf4 50. Kc4 Rd1 51. Ra6 Rd2 52. Re6 Rd1 53. Ra6 Rd2 54. Re6 {½-½ Durarbayli,V (2612)-Duda,J (2725) Titled Tuesday intern op 05th Aug Early Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (8)}) 12... dxc4 13. g3 (13. Nxc4 Be6 14. Na5 Qb4+ 15. Qd2 Qa4 16. b3 Qe4 17. f3 Qe5 18. Rc1 Bb4 19. Qxb4 Qxe3+ 20. Kd1 Rd8+ 21. Kc2 Qf2+ 22. Kb1 Rd2 23. Rxc6 Bf5+ 24. Rc2 Rd1+ {0-1 Durarbayli,V (2611)-Artemiev,V (2641) Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May Chess.com INT blitz 2026 (11)}) 13... Be6 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. O-O (15. h5 h6 16. Bh3 Qd7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rh4 Bb4 19. Bxb6 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2 axb6 22. Rxc4 Kd7 23. Kf3 {½-½ Esipenko,A (2683)-Artemiev,V (2697) RUS-ch 76th St Petersburg 2023 (9)}) 15... Bb4 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nxc4 O-O 18. Ne5 Bc5 19. Nxc6 Qxg3 20. b4 Bh3 21. Qe4 Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rfc8 24. bxc5 Rxc6 25. cxb6 Rg6+ 26. Kh3 Ra3+ 27. Kh2 Ra4 28. Kh3 Ra3+ 29. Kh2 Rxb6 30. Rfb1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.18"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Nihal Sarin"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2749"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "105"] [GameId "2333193379442688"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,105,11,10,15,15,15,10,10,32767,2,2,5,-4,3,6,11,8,20,21,2,25,33,45,30,48,54,59,35,43,68,-24,-33,24,46,15,28,31,47,42,19,40,21,50,13,31,30,53,50,32767,54,55,76,77,69,95,63,32,25,1,50,57,65,46,57,32767,15,32,14,13,46,58,77,70,70,0,35,0,37,26,44,-34,2,14,32767,32767,32767,-54,-28,-16,-47,-23,-1,1,15,26,12,13,31,39,39,1,35,1,1,1,10,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. h3 e6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Bd6 (8... O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 dxe4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxe4 Qe7 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Re1 f6 16. Nh4 g6 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. Qg3 Ne7 19. Kh1 Be6 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Nd5 22. Qf3 Bf7 23. c3 Re3 24. Rxe3 Qxe3 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26. Re1 Re8 27. c4 f5 28. g3 Kf6 29. Kg1 g5 30. Nxf5 Nxf5 31. Rf1 Re5 32. g4 Bg6 33. Kg2 Ke6 34. gxf5+ Bxf5 35. Bxf5+ Rxf5 36. Rd1 Ra5 37. a3 Ra4 38. c5 Rc4 39. b4 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 h5 41. Rd6+ Ke5 42. Rd7 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Rc3+ {½-½ Sandipan,C (2486)-Smirnov,A (2586) Wch Rapid Samarkand 2023 (9)}) 9. Nc3 e5 (9... a6 10. Re1 Bb8 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. e4 d4 13. Ne2 e5 14. c3 dxc3 15. Nxc3 Be6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Bc4 Rbd8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qc4 Rfe8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. b4 Qd6 23. b5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qb3 h6 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Re3 Kh7 28. Qb7 Qd6 29. Rf3 Re7 30. Qb1 Rd7 31. g3 Qd4 32. Re3 Qc4 33. Qf1 Qc6 34. Qe2 Rd4 35. Kg2 Rc4 36. Qd3 Rd4 37. Qe2 Rc4 38. Qd3 Rd4 {½-½ Giri,A (2760)-Sadhwani,R (2641) FIDE Grand Swiss Douglas 2023 (1)}) 10. Bg3 a6 11. e4 d4 12. Nd5 O-O 13. c3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qxd6 Bc4 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rfd1 Rxa2 20. Rab1 Na5 21. Nh2 Nb3 22. Ng4 Ra6 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Bh4 Nc5 25. f3 Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kg6 27. Bf2 Na4 28. Be1 b5 29. Rd6 Rxd6 30. Nxd6 Rd8 31. Nxb5 Rb8 32. Na3 Rxb1 33. Nxb1 Bd3 34. Na3 Nb2 35. g4 Nc4 36. Nb5 Nd2 37. Nd6 Nxf3+ 38. Kf2 Ng5 39. Ke3 Bc2 40. c4 Nxh3 41. c5 Ba4 42. Nf5 Nf4 43. Bh4 Ng2+ 44. Kf3 Nxh4+ 45. Nxh4+ Kg5 46. Nf5 h5 47. gxh5 Kxh5 48. Ne7 Kg5 49. c6 Bxc6 50. Nxc6 f5 51. Nxe5 fxe4+ 52. Kxe4 Kh6 53. Nxf7+ 1/2-1/2