[Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "19.1"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [ECO "D01"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2692"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "122"] [GameId "2254853853569024"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] {[%evp 0,115,19,15,22,-1,-4,-16,2,32767,32767,5,-4,34,36,24,36,36,21,32767,38,47,59,-68,-60,-61,-47,-78,32767,-45,-69,-63,-65,-35,-40,-38,-50,32767,-62,-40,-54,-41,-23,-66,-70,-81,32767,-69,-23,-29,-10,-17,-1,-42,-40,-44,-24,-17,-12,-35,1,-11,1,-10,-33,-26,-45,-121,-148,-125,-127,-152,-148,-146,-140,-156,-138,-172,32767,-133,-119,-138,-53,-59,-44,-127,32767,-108,-104,-112,-112,-112,-100,-124,32767,-120,-108,-127,-104,-77,-43,32767,32767,-151,-172,-133,-164,-236,-132,-168,-128,-119,-146,-169,-173,-198,-190,-222]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Bg4 5. f3 Bd7 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Nxd5 e5 8. Bg5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Be6 10. a3 Nd5 11. Qd2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxc5 14. e4 f6 15. Bh4 O-O-O 16. Bd3 Na5 17. Bf2 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bc4 19. Ke3 Rd6 20. Nh3 Rc6 21. f4 Rd8 22. fxe5 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Rxc3 24. exf6 Rdxd3+ 25. Kf4 gxf6 26. Nf2 Rd2 27. Ng4 Nb3 28. Rad1 Rxg2 29. Nxf6 Nc5 30. Rhg1 Rf2+ 31. Ke5 b6 32. Rg7 Nd3+ 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxa7 Rxh2 35. Nd5 Rh5+ 36. Kf4 Kb8 37. Rg7 Rh4+ 38. Ke5 Rxa3 39. Nxb6 Ra5+ 40. Nd5 h5 41. Rh7 Rh1 42. Kd4 Ra4+ 43. Ke5 h4 44. Rh8+ $2 Kb7 45. Rh7+ Kb8 {Gukesh's king Usually a rook is much stronger than a knight in a pure endgame:} 46. Rh8+ $2 {The rook is already well placed.} ({Amazingly after} 46. Ne7 $1 {White's activity gives him a draw, e.g.} h3 47. Nc6+ Kc8 48. Kd6 Rd1+ 49. Kc5 Ra3 50. Ne7+ Kd7 51. Nd5+ Ke8 52. Nf6+ Kf8 53. Nd7+ $11) 46... Kb7 47. Rh7+ Ka6 $6 (47... Kc6 $19 {is called for.} 48. Ne7+ Kc5 49. Nf5 h3 50. Rh5 Kc4 51. Kf4 Kd3 52. Ng3 Rh2 53. Kg4 Ra8 54. Kf3 Kc4 55. Kg4 Rg8+ 56. Kf3 Rf8+ 57. Nf5 Rh1 $19) 48. Rh6+ Ka5 $2 {Black's king should break free with} 49. Rh8 Rc4 50. Ra8+ $2 {Now Black's king can break free again.} (50. Kd6 h3 (50... Rxe4 51. Ra8+ Kb5 52. Nc3+ $11) 51. e5 h2 52. e6 Rc2 53. e7 Re1 54. Rh3 $11) 50... Kb5 51. Rb8+ Ka6 52. Ne3 Rc5+ 53. Kd6 Rb5 54. Ra8+ Kb7 55. Rh8 h3 56. Nd5 $6 {This loses more or less directly. But White is lost in any case, e.g.} (56. Ke6 Rb3 57. Ng4 Rb2 58. Kf5 Rf1+ 59. Kg5 Rf3 $19) 56... h2 $1 57. Rh7+ Kb8 58. Kc6 (58. Rh8+ Ka7 59. Rh7+ Rb7 60. Rh3 Rb2 $19) 58... Rxd5 59. exd5 Rc1+ 60. Kd6 (60. Kb6 h1=Q $19) 60... h1=Q 61. Rxh1 Rxh1 $19 0-1 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "19.2"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2714"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "141"] [GameId "2256802412785664"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] {[%evp 0,141,16,15,30,27,42,15,15,13,39,37,35,42,42,68,43,56,32,29,45,28,40,37,78,0,11,27,9,55,17,4,46,32767,41,64,42,57,32,49,147,95,121,165,144,170,181,138,161,150,167,126,134,135,165,149,123,119,147,134,144,126,173,188,197,91,105,112,150,123,139,130,143,161,149,167,147,162,174,185,177,139,151,143,191,207,207,139,170,204,128,201,114,203,181,213,215,159,163,67,100,113,195,225,430,419,437,447,477,302,284,296,285,276,252,245,242,274,275,267,267,32767,32767,32767,267,281,268,284,388,393,387,407,383,32767,414,401,577,384,405,925,971,1016,1005,955]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 d5 9. e5 Bg4 10. a3 Ba5 11. Be3 f6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Qh5 Qd7 16. O-O Raf8 17. Bg5 Rf5 18. Qg4 Qd6 19. Bc2 Rf4 $4 (19... R5f7 20. b4 Bb6 21. Rad1) 20. Bxf4 $18 Rxf4 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qxh6 Nxd4 24. Rae1 Rf7 25. Bb1 c6 26. f4 Bc7 27. Qh4 Kg7 28. Qg4 Ndf5 29. Kh1 Qf6 30. Rf3 a5 31. Qg5 Qd6 32. g4 Nd4 33. Rfe3 Bd8 34. Qe5+ Qxe5 35. fxe5 Rf2 36. Nd1 Rf4 37. Kg2 Ne6 38. Rf1 Rxf1 39. Kxf1 b5 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Nc8 42. Rc3 Nd4 43. Ne3 Nb6 44. Nc2 Nxc2 45. Rxc2 Nc4 46. Re2 Be7 47. e6 d4 48. Be4 Bxb4 49. Bxc6 d3 50. Ra2 Ne3+ $4 (50... Kf6 51. e7 Kxe7 52. Bxb5 Ne3+ 53. Kf2 d2 54. Be2 d1=R 55. Bxd1) 51. Kf2 $18 d2 52. Rxd2 $1 Nc4 53. Rd7+ Kf6 54. Bxb5 Ne5 55. Rb7 Bc5+ 56. Ke2 Kxe6 57. Bd3 Kf6 58. Rb5 Bd4 59. Rd5 Bc3 60. Rc5 Bd4 61. Rd5 Bc3 62. Ke3 Nf7 63. Bc4 Be1 64. Rd1 Ne5 65. Rxe1 Nxc4+ 66. Kd4 Nd6 67. Kd5 Nf7 68. Rf1+ Kg7 69. Rxf7+ Kxf7 70. g5 Ke7 71. Ke5 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "19.3"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D26"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2703"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2256802412077056"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bf4 b4 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qe4 Nd7 17. Rxd5 Nf6 18. Rxd8 Nxe4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Re1 f5 21. Nd2 g5 22. Nxe4 gxf4 23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Nc4 Kf7 25. Kf1 Bf6 26. Rc1 Ke6 27. Ke2 h6 28. b3 Bc3 29. Rc2 Kf6 30. Kf3 Rd3+ 31. Kxf4 Bd4 32. Ne3 Bxe3+ 33. fxe3 Rc3 34. Rd2 Ke6 35. e4 fxe4 36. Kxe4 Rc1 37. Kd4 a5 38. Re2+ Kd6 39. Rf2 Kc6 40. Ke4 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "19.4"] [White "Zhu, Jiner"] [Black "Lagno, Kateryna"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2452"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "144"] [GameId "2256802411872256"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] {[%evp 0,144,20,17,24,8,15,1,2,3,7,-11,18,7,39,5,19,1,7,0,20,-24,12,32767,0,-7,13,-22,-11,-58,-41,-76,-54,-39,32767,-42,-45,-126,-123,-162,-124,-203,-218,-157,-183,-198,-210,-216,-216,-214,-211,-225,-217,-215,-224,-219,-211,-252,-281,-301,-253,-247,-232,-227,32767,32767,32767,-212,-259,-143,-139,-126,-88,-134,-169,-164,-110,-142,-136,-270,-303,-292,-279,-284,-242,-272,-298,-338,-348,-349,-317,-295,-314,-289,-266,-247,-279,-310,-377,-364,-235,-301,-216,-207,-182,-183,-173,-196,-90,-85,-101,-89,-86,-95,-116,-125,-103,-115,-102,-115,-133,-146,-81,-124,-117,-89,-68,-177,-193,-150,-175,-217,-222,-290,-266,-273,-261,-383,-273,-583,-507,-607,-527,-626,-665,-856,-898]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 cxd4 9. exd4 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Qa4 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Kb8 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Qc2 f6 17. Nb3 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Bb5 Rhf8 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qe3 Qg6+ 23. Ka1 e4 24. Nfd4 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qb6 26. g4 Be5 27. Qe2 Qf6 28. Nf5 h5 29. f3 hxg4 30. fxg4 Rfe8 31. a3 Qb6 32. Nd2 d4 33. Nc4 Qc5 34. Nxe5 Qxe5 35. cxd4 Qf4 36. Rf1 Qc7 37. Qe3 Qc4 38. Rc1 Qd3 39. Qxd3 exd3 40. Rd1 Re2 41. Rxd3 Rxg2 42. Nh6 Rd5 43. Kb1 Rb5 44. b3 Rd5 45. Kc1 a5 46. a4 Rd6 47. Nf5 Rc6+ 48. Kb1 Rxg4 49. d5 Rc7 50. d6 Rd7 51. Ne3 Rf4 52. Nc4 Rf6 53. Rg3 Rg6 54. Ne5 Rdxd6 55. Nxg6 Rxg6 56. Rg4 Kc7 57. Kc2 Kd6 58. Kd3 Ke5 59. Ke3 Kf5 60. Rd4 b6 61. Rd5+ Kg4 62. Kf2 Rc6 63. Rd4+ Kh3 64. Rd3+ Kh4 65. b4 axb4 66. Rd4+ Kh3 67. Rxb4 g4 68. Rb3+ Kh2 69. Rb4 g3+ 70. Kf3 Rf6+ 71. Ke2 g2 72. Rh4+ Kg3 0-1 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "19.5"] [White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2356"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "133"] [GameId "2256802414485504"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] {[%evp 0,133,21,29,11,21,20,3,14,11,15,8,11,10,16,11,15,20,15,22,21,22,20,26,10,16,22,31,40,34,33,32,62,24,16,-7,26,-5,43,33,42,2,31,34,20,61,117,96,100,68,206,213,280,158,219,212,211,206,233,220,225,218,209,212,281,180,180,184,190,158,165,32767,163,158,172,175,183,194,194,200,194,32767,196,188,191,184,194,196,191,175,192,170,184,184,237,185,202,193,189,195,198,203,207,195,216,180,224,239,232,240,252,242,312,295,392,215,327,324,338,332,315,289,315,348,337,301,353,332,341,328,357,348,352,340,339,317]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a3 a6 6. h3 h6 7. b4 Ba7 8. Be3 d6 9. Ba2 Be6 10. c4 O-O 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Rae1 a5 17. Bb1 axb4 18. axb4 Ne5 19. Qe2 c5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. f4 Ng6 22. Ndb5 Qb6 23. Qf2 Rec8 24. e5 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Qxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Rxc4 30. Rf1 Rd8 31. Re7 b6 32. Rc7 Rxc7 33. Nxc7 Rd7 34. Rc1 g6 35. Ba2 Kg7 36. Nb5 Rd2 37. Bb3 Nd5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Rb1 h5 40. Nc3 Rd3 41. Ne2 Rd6 42. Nc3 Rd3 43. Ne4 Rd4 44. Ng5 Rd5 45. Nf3 b5 46. Kf2 f5 47. h4 Kf6 48. Rb4 Rc5 49. Rb2 Rd5 50. Ke3 Rc5 51. Rb3 Rc2 52. g3 Rc5 53. Nd4 Re5+ 54. Kf3 Rd5 55. Nxb5 g5 56. Nc7 Rc5 57. Rb6+ Kf7 58. Nb5 gxh4 59. gxh4 Kg7 60. Nd4 Rd5 61. Ne6+ Kf7 62. Nf4 Rd4 63. Rh6 Ra4 64. Rxh5 Kf6 65. Rh6+ Kf7 66. Rc6 Kg7 67. Rd6 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "19.6"] [White "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"] [Black "Dardha, Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2506"] [BlackElo "2592"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "179"] [GameId "2256802412343296"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"] [BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"] {[%evp 0,179,25,11,23,36,25,27,53,26,25,22,25,33,35,37,30,39,41,32,42,50,31,31,55,30,30,32767,34,30,64,32,55,7,106,96,121,105,94,87,32767,82,80,119,117,120,121,80,108,80,105,123,139,32767,186,199,145,178,170,168,204,126,134,124,121,120,32767,118,102,101,118,82,74,100,106,99,88,31,39,32767,27,24,44,21,14,18,11,9,20,10,7,1,32767,15,15,19,13,22,12,1,-1,1,18,10,9,32767,13,18,16,17,12,21,11,18,13,11,8,9,32767,3,39,8,6,1,2,3,5,18,10,-1,1,32767,1,8,0,1,1,10,8,17,0,1,0,0,32767,7,80,33,8,1,0,1,34,-2,1,1,0,32767,7,5,15,10,21,4,3,15,14,9,7,1,7,5,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nf8 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. b4 Qc7 15. a5 N6d7 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxd6 Nxd4 18. Bxc7 Bxb4 19. Rxd4 Bxc3 20. Rxd7 Bxe1 21. Nxe1 Rxe4 22. Nf3 Rc4 23. Bg3 Rxc2 24. Rxb7 Rc5 25. Bc7 Rd5 26. Ne5 Rc8 27. Rxa7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Rxe5 29. a6 Ra5 30. Rxc6 h5 31. h4 Kh7 32. g3 f6 33. Kf1 Ra2 34. Ke1 Kg6 35. Rb6 Kf5 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Rc6 Kf5 38. Rc7 Rxa6 39. Rxg7 Ra2 40. Kg2 Rb2 41. Rc7 Kg6 42. Rc4 Rb5 43. Rf4 Rb2 44. Kf3 Rb3+ 45. Ke4 Rb4+ 46. Ke3 Rb3+ 47. Kd2 Rb2+ 48. Kc3 Ra2 49. Kb3 Rd2 50. Kc4 Ra2 51. Kd3 Ra3+ 52. Ke4 Ra2 53. Kf3 Rb2 54. Rc4 Ra2 55. Ke3 Kf5 56. Rc3 Rb2 57. f3 Rg2 58. Rc5+ Kg6 59. Kf4 Ra2 60. Rc4 Rh2 61. Rb4 Rh1 62. Rb2 Rf1 63. Rg2 Kf7 64. g4 hxg4 65. Kxg4 Ra1 66. f4 Ra8 67. h5 Rg8+ 68. Kf3 Rh8 69. Rh2 f5 70. Ke3 Re8+ 71. Kf3 Rh8 72. Rh1 Rh6 73. Kg3 Rh8 74. Rh3 Rg8+ 75. Kf2 Ra8 76. Kg3 Rg8+ 77. Kf3 Ra8 78. Kg2 Kg7 79. Rg3+ Kh6 80. Rg5 Ra3 81. Rxf5 Rb3 82. Rg5 Ra3 83. Re5 Rb3 84. Kf2 Ra3 85. Rg5 Rb3 86. Rg3 Rxg3 87. Kxg3 Kxh5 88. Kf3 Kg6 89. Ke4 Kf6 90. Kd5 1/2-1/2