[Event "Kasparov-Topalov Clutch Chess 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.09.11"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rkbnnbqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNNBQR w HAha - 0 1"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nd3 Nf6 3. f3 b6 4. Ne3 g6 5. g4 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. g5 Nh5 8. f4 Ba6 9. Qf2 d5 10. a4 h6 11. b4 Bxd3+ 12. exd3 Bd6 13. h4 Bxf4 14. Rg1 hxg5 15. hxg5 Bd6 16. Ra2 Qf8 17. Qf3 Ne7 18. Nc2 Qf7 19. Bg2 c6 20. Re1 O-O 21. Qe2 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Qxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Kf7 25. Rf6+ Kg7 26. Re6 Bxg5 27. b5 Rac8 28. bxc6 Nxc6 29. Bxd5 Ne7 30. Bc4 f4 31. Ne1 f3 32. Rf2 Nf5 33. Nxf3 Nh4 34. Nxh4 Bxh4 35. Rg2 g5 36. Re7+ Kg6 37. Rxa7 Rce8 38. Rb7 Rf6 39. Bd5 Rf1+ 40. Kc2 Ree1 41. Rxb6+ Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kg6 43. Kb3 Ra1 44. Ra7 Rfb1+ 45. Rb2 g4 46. a5 1-0 [Event "Kasparov-Topalov Clutch Chess 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.09.11"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rkbnnbqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNNBQR w HAha - 0 1"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 f6 3. f3 e5 4. e4 dxe4 5. dxe5 fxe5 6. fxe4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Ne6 9. Bc4 Qf8 10. O-O-O Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Qe7 12. Qe1 Rf8 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Qg3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 O-O-O 16. Qh3+ Kb8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 c6 19. Bb3 h6 20. Rhf1 Rf4 21. Kb1 Rxe4 22. Rf7 Bc5 23. Qf3 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qd6 25. Qxd6+ Bxd6 26. a3 Re1+ 27. Ka2 e4 28. Rxg7 Bxh2 29. Rg4 e3 30. Rh4 Be5 31. Bc4 Bg7 32. Kb3 e2 33. c3 Bxc3 34. Re4 Bf6 35. Rxe2 Rc1 36. Be6 a5 37. a4 Rf1 38. Kc2 Kc7 39. b3 Bg5 40. Bg4 Kd6 41. Bc8 b5 42. axb5 cxb5 43. Bg4 Rg1 44. Bf3 Kc5 45. Re5+ Kb4 46. Be2 Rc1+ 47. Kb2 Bf6 48. Kxc1 Bxe5 49. Kc2 a4 50. bxa4 bxa4 51. Bh5 a3 52. Kb1 a2+ 53. Kxa2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kasparov-Topalov Clutch Chess 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.09.11"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rkbnnbqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNNBQR w HAha - 0 1"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Ne3 Ne6 3. g3 Bc5 4. c3 Bxe3 5. fxe3 b6 6. d4 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nd6 8. Nf3 f6 9. Nd2 Ng5 10. d5 f5 11. c4 fxe4 12. Bc2 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. b3 Nf3 15. Qg2 Qe6 16. Ba3 Nxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Nf5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Rhf1 h5 20. Qc3 Kb7 21. b4 Ka8 22. Bb3 d6 23. b5 1-0 [Event "Kasparov-Topalov Clutch Chess 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.09.11"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rkbnnbqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNNBQR w HAha - 0 1"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nd3 f6 3. f3 Nc6 4. e4 dxe4 5. fxe4 e5 6. d5 Nb4 7. a3 Nxd3 8. Bxd3 Nd6 9. c4 f5 10. Nc3 fxe4 11. Be2 b6 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Qf1 c5 14. b4 g6 15. g4 Qf7 16. Qxf7 Nxf7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rf1 Nd6 19. Bxc5 O-O-O 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Nxe4 Bc7 22. Kc2 Bb6 23. Rf6 Kb8 24. Kd2 Ba5+ 25. Ke3 Bc8 26. Rb1+ Ka8 27. Bf3 a6 28. d6 Ka7 29. c5 Bd7 30. Rf7 Rhf8 31. Nf6 1-0 [Event "Kasparov-Topalov Clutch Chess 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.09.12"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbnkrnbq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNKRNBQ w EAea - 0 1"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. c3 c6 2. d4 f6 3. e4 e5 4. f3 Bc7 5. Nd2 Nb6 6. a4 d5 7. a5 Nbd7 8. a6 b6 9. Nd3 Bd6 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h4 h5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. O-O-O Bf7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. g3 Qf8 16. Ba4 exd4 17. cxd4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Kb8 19. Qh3 Be8 20. g4 hxg4 21. fxg4 Nf4 22. Nxf4 Bxf4 23. Bh2 Qd6 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Qc3 Bg6+ 26. Ka2 Nc5 27. Bb5 Ne4 28. Qc6 Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. Rc1+ Kb8 31. Nb1 Nf2 32. h5 Bf7 33. Re1 Ne4 34. Nc3 Be6 35. Ka3 Bxg4 36. Nxe4 dxe4 37. Rxe4 Bxh5 38. Re7 Bf3 39. Rxg7 Rxd4 40. Rg8+ Kc7 41. Rg7+ Kb8 42. Rg8+ Kc7 43. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kasparov-Topalov Clutch Chess 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.09.12"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbnkrnbq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNKRNBQ w EAea - 0 1"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. c3 Ne6 3. f3 g6 4. Bc2 Ne7 5. Nb3 a5 6. a4 f6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bf2 Be6 11. O-O-O Qg8 12. Ne3 Ba7 13. Qf1 Bxe3+ 14. Bxe3 Bc4 15. Qf2 O-O-O 16. h3 d6 17. g4 Rd7 18. Bd4 Rf8 19. f4 Bb3 20. Bxb3 Qxb3 21. Qc2 Qc4 22. b3 Qf7 23. Kb2 d5 24. Bf2 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 f5 27. Qf3 Re8 28. gxf5 Qxf5 29. Rd5 Qe6 30. Rd2 Rd8 31. Re2 Qd5 32. Qg4+ Kb8 33. Bh4 Rf8 34. Bg5 b6 35. Qe6 Qd3 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Kc8 38. b4 axb4 39. cxb4 Rf7 40. Kc3 Kd7 41. Re3 Rf5 42. b5 Rc5+ 43. Kb2 Na5 44. Re7+ Kd6 45. Rxh7 Ke6 46. Bd8 c6 47. Kb1 Nc4 48. Be7 Nd2+ 49. Kb2 Rc4 50. bxc6 Rxc6 51. Bb4 Nf3 52. Bc3 Rc4 53. Kb3 Rxf4 54. Rb7 Nd4+ 55. Bxd4 Rxd4 56. Rxb6+ Kd7 57. Ka3 Rh4 58. Rb3 g5 59. a5 g4 60. hxg4 Rxg4 61. a6 Rg6 62. a7 Ra6+ 63. Kb2 Rxa7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kasparov-Topalov Clutch Chess 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.09.12"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbnkrnbq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNKRNBQ w EAea - 0 1"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. c3 f6 3. f3 c6 4. Bc2 Bc7 5. Nb3 Nb6 6. d4 O-O-O 7. O-O-O exd4 8. Bxd4 Ne6 9. Bf2 Bf7 10. Ne3 Qf8 11. h4 Nc5 12. Qg1 Nca4 13. Rd4 Be5 14. Rb4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc3 16. Rxb6 Qa3+ 17. Kd1 axb6 18. Ke2 Qa6+ 0-1 [Event "Kasparov-Topalov Clutch Chess 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.09.12"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbnkrnbq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNKRNBQ w EAea - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 g6 2. c3 e5 3. f3 c6 4. Nd3 Nb6 5. Bc2 Ne6 6. dxe5 Bxe5 7. a4 f5 8. e4 fxe4 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Rxe4 Qd6+ 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Rxe8+ Kxe8 13. O-O-O Ncxa4 14. Bd4 1-0 [Event "Kasparov-Topalov Clutch Chess 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.09.13"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nnrbbkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRBBKRQ w Gg - 0 1"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. g3 c6 2. e4 g6 3. c3 d5 4. Nb3 Bd7 5. O-O dxe4 6. Qxe4 Bh3 7. Bg4 Bxg4 8. Qxg4 f5 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. d4 Qf6 11. N1d2 e5 12. Nc4 e4 13. Bd2 b5 14. Ne5 Nab6 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxd7+ Nxd7 17. Qxc4 Qf7 18. Qa6 Nb6 19. d5 O-O 20. dxc6 Bf6 21. Rc2 Rfe8 22. Rfc1 Nd5 23. c7 Be5 24. Qa4 f4 25. Qxe4 fxg3 26. fxg3 Bxg3 27. Qg2 Bxc7 28. Kh1 Rcd8 29. Rf1 Qe6 30. Nd4 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Nc6 Rde8 33. Rc5 Re2 34. Rxd5 Rxh2+ 35. Kg1 Ree2 36. Re1 Bb6+ 37. Nd4 Reg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxd2 0-1 [Event "Kasparov-Topalov Clutch Chess 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.09.13"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nnrbbkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRBBKRQ w Gg - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. g3 c6 2. e4 c5 3. d3 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Qg2 Nc6 6. f4 h5 7. c3 g5 8. f5 g4 9. Nc2 Nb6 10. Ne3 Ne5 11. Be2 e6 12. Bd2 Bg5 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. Nf5 d5 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 dxe4 17. Nxe6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kasparov-Topalov Clutch Chess 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.09.13"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nnrbbkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRBBKRQ w Gg - 0 1"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nb3 Nb6 3. Nc5 Bc6 4. O-O g6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nd3 Bb5 7. Nc3 Ba6 8. g3 e6 9. Ne2 Be7 10. b3 N8d7 11. Bc3 Qf6 12. a4 Qf5 13. Nef4 c5 14. a5 Na8 15. Bf3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxa5 19. Bxb7 Bxb7 20. Qxb7 Nb5 21. Ra1 Rc7 22. Rxa5 Rxb7 23. Bb2 Bd8 24. Ra2 Bb6 25. c4 Nd4 26. b4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nd2 28. Rc1 Nb3 29. Rc3 Nd4 30. c5 1-0 [Event "Kasparov-Topalov Clutch Chess 2026"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2026.09.13"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nnrbbkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRBBKRQ w Gg - 0 1"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. g3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nb3 d6 4. d3 Nb6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Qg2 h5 7. h4 g5 8. hxg5 Rxg5 9. Bd2 Rg8 10. Rh1 e6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bc3 e5 13. e3 h4 14. Qf3 f5 15. Bc2 Na4 0-1