[Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.19"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2749"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "99"] [GameId "2332415149371392"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,99,12,22,25,25,20,28,33,34,38,40,38,29,30,33,54,30,57,41,42,42,22,20,25,19,54,63,58,45,45,37,64,48,68,47,56,45,55,41,45,47,40,35,37,29,33,24,28,38,27,16,28,25,34,33,32,37,41,18,39,44,25,0,29,21,27,17,34,39,39,1,43,33,42,24,30,11,43,-12,-1,35,-1,-5,31,-15,36,11,8,6,-1,0,6,13,14,21,6,-24,5,-25,-15,-27]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Ne5 (9. Qd2 Bd6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rhe1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Rde8 16. Be4 Bc8 17. Qb3 c5 18. c3 g5 19. h3 Qc7 20. Nd2 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Nc4 f5 23. Bd5 Bf6 24. a4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rd8 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Bf3 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qd7 29. Bd5 f4 30. Ka2 Qd8 31. Qf3 Qe8 32. Ka3 Qe1 33. Nd6 Qa1+ 34. Ba2 Qe1 35. Qd5 Qe5 36. Qxe5 Bxe5 37. Ne4 h6 38. Nxc5 Bd6 39. b4 Bxc5 40. bxc5 a5 41. Bd5 Kc7 42. Kb3 Bd7 43. c4 b6 44. cxb6+ Kxb6 45. f3 Kc5 46. Ka3 h5 47. h4 gxh4 48. Bf7 h3 49. gxh3 h4 50. Kb3 Bxh3 51. Kc3 Bd7 {0-1 Pranav,A (2421)-Sandipan,C (2553) Wch Rapid op Doha 2025 (13)}) 9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 (10... Bb4+ 11. c3 Bd6 12. Qh5 Bxe5 13. Qxe5 O-O 14. Be4 Bc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. b4 Qd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Kd2 Rfb8 19. Rhb1 Kf8 20. a4 a6 21. c4 Ra7 22. Ra2 Ke7 23. Kc3 Kd7 24. e4 h5 25. Rab2 Rh8 26. e5 Rh6 27. c5 dxe5 28. dxe5 Rg6 29. Rd2+ Ke7 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Rxb5 Rc7 33. h3 Rg5 34. Re2 Rg3+ 35. Kb4 Rd3 36. Rc2 Kd7 37. Rb6 Rc6 38. Rb7+ Rc7 39. Rb6 Ra7 40. Rf2 Kc8 41. Rc6+ Kb8 42. Rb6+ Kc8 43. Rc6+ Kb8 44. Kc4 Rda3 45. Rb2+ Rb7 46. Rbb6 Rxb6 47. cxb6 Kb7 48. Rd6 Rg3 49. Kb5 Rb3+ 50. Kc5 Rc3+ 51. Kb5 Rb3+ {½-½ Harshavardhan,G (2479)-Fiorito,F (2437) Sant Boi de Llobregat op 6th 2025 (9)}) 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qf3 c6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. c3 Kb8 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. h3 h5 17. Rhf1 f6 18. Bc2 Qe7 19. Bb3 h4 20. e4 Bg3 21. Rd3 Rd6 22. Rfd1 Rhd8 23. a3 a6 24. Ka2 Ka8 25. Rf1 Kb8 26. Rdd1 Qd7 27. Qh5 Qc7 28. Qg4 Qe7 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. Qh5 Qc7 31. Qc5 R8d7 32. a4 Rd8 33. Rf3 Qd7 34. Rfd3 Qc7 35. a5 Re8 36. Qb4 Rdd8 37. Kb1 Ka7 38. c4 c5 39. dxc5 Rxd3 40. Rxd3 Rc8 41. Qb6+ Kb8 42. Ba2 Qxc5 43. Rd7 Qc6 44. Qxc6 Rxc6 45. Rxg7 Rc5 46. Rg8+ Kc7 47. Rg7+ Kb8 48. Re7 Rxa5 49. Rxe6 Re5 50. Rxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.19"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "E71"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2717"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "73"] [GameId "2333551427358720"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,73,9,7,18,10,32,28,37,25,44,31,33,33,67,50,54,67,83,30,49,50,50,40,54,40,49,54,46,48,32,42,46,30,18,5,28,6,2,0,13,10,16,5,32767,32767,6,16,4,0,8,0,15,18,38,12,42,27,21,8,32767,18,13,1,8,17,11,1,6,5,1,-1,11,2,1,4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. f4 Ned7 9. Bd3 e6 10. Nf3 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. O-O c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qd2 (14. Bc2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 d5 16. f5 dxe4 17. Ng5 Ne5 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Bb3 Bh6 20. Qc1 Kg7 21. Nxf7 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Nd6 Re7 25. Nxe4 c5 26. Bd5 Ra4 27. Nc3 Rd4 28. Rfe1 Bf5 29. Re3 Nc6 30. Rae1 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Nb4 32. Bf3 Rd2 33. Re2 Rd7 34. g4 Bd3 35. Re6 b5 36. Re5 Rc7 37. a3 Nc2 38. Be4 Bxe4 39. Nxe4 b4 40. a4 c4 41. Rc5 Rxc5 42. Nxc5 b3 43. Ne4 Nb4 44. a5 Kf7 45. Nd6+ Ke6 46. Nxc4 Kd5 47. Nd2 Kc5 48. Nxb3+ Kb5 49. h4 Nd3 50. h5 gxh5 51. gxh5 Nf4 52. h6 {1-0 Andreikin,D (2729)-Narayanan,S (2662) Titled Tuesday intern op 03rd May Late Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (7)}) 14... Bb7 15. Rad1 c5 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Bc4 d5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Nf6 21. Qxc5 Nxe4 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Rfe1 Nxg5 24. fxg5 Bxb2 25. Bf2 Be5 26. g3 Rae8 27. Kg2 a6 28. Rd5 Re6 29. Re3 f6 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Rd7+ Re7 34. Rd6 Re6 35. Rd7+ Re7 36. Rd6 Re6 37. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.19"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2717"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2333551427321856"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,81,21,16,11,17,13,32767,19,18,24,33,30,32767,11,14,8,32767,32767,32767,4,12,21,20,32767,32767,37,-3,21,7,32767,32767,-14,-25,-13,0,-44,32767,-13,-34,-48,-71,-51,32767,-22,-59,-63,-78,32767,32767,-20,-38,-51,-22,32767,32767,-32,-36,-82,-21,12,32767,-13,1,-9,-18,33,32767,-1,-1,-27,1,1,32767,-4,0,19,-2,90,2,-2,-11,-6,-5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ (5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. Qxb4 Nc6 12. Qa3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Bd7 15. Ke2 Rfc8 16. Rhc1 Kf8 17. a3 Na5 18. Bd3 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nd4 Ke7 22. b4 Nc6 23. Nxc6+ bxc6 24. Kd2 Kd6 25. Kc3 e5 26. Be4 Be6 27. g3 g5 28. h4 f6 29. f4 Bf7 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bf3 Be6 33. Be4 Bf7 34. Bf3 Be6 35. Be4 Bf7 {½-½ Ding,L (2738)-Wei,Y (2753) CHN-chT Zhejiang 2026 (3.26)}) 5... Nc6 6. e3 (6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. c5 Be7 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O Rfd8 13. h3 g6 14. a3 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. f4 b6 18. b4 a5 19. Rfb1 Qg7 20. Qe2 Rdb8 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Ra7 23. Qe3 Qf8 24. Kh2 Kh7 25. b5 a4 26. c6 Rd8 27. Rd1 f6 28. Nc4 Bf7 29. Qe2 Qg8 30. Rac1 Raa8 31. Rd2 Re8 32. Nc3 e5 33. d5 exf4 34. Qf2 g5 35. Nxb6 cxb6 36. d6 Bf8 37. Qxb6 g4 38. hxg4 Qxg4 39. Qf2 Re3 40. Rd4 Qh5+ 41. Kg1 Qe5 42. Qd2 f3 43. Kf2 Bxd6 44. Rxd6 Rg8 45. gxf3 Rxf3+ 46. Kxf3 Bh5+ 47. Kf2 Qg3+ {0-1 Praggnanandhaa,R (2733)-Gukesh,D (2732) Norway Chess 14th Oslo 2026 (5)}) 6... O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bd2 Be7 (8... Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 a6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rac1 Nb8 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Bb4 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Be1 Ndf6 19. Ng3 Rc8 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 g6 22. Be2 h5 23. Bf3 h4 24. Nf1 h3 25. Ng3 hxg2 26. Bxg2 Qe7 27. Qd3 Be5 28. Bc3 Red8 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. b4 cxb4 31. axb4 Qb2 32. Rb1 Qe5 33. Qd4 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 Bc6 35. Bh3 Bd7 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Ra1 Rc6 38. Ne2 Rb7 39. Nf4 Kg7 40. Nd3 Rb5 41. Kg2 Ne4 42. Ra5 Nc3 43. Rxb5 axb5 44. Nc5 Na2 45. Nd3 Rc4 46. Kf3 Rxd4 47. exd4 Kf6 48. Kf4 Nc3 49. h4 Ne4 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Nf4 Nf6 52. Ng2 Ke6 53. Nf4+ Kd6 54. Nd3 Ne4 55. Kf4 f6 56. f3 Nd2 57. Kg4 Nb3 58. Nf4 Nxd4 59. Nxg6 Ke6 60. Nf4+ Kf7 61. Nxd5 Nc6 62. Kf5 Nd4+ 63. Ke4 Nc6 64. f4 Kg6 65. f5+ Kg7 66. Kd3 Kf7 67. Kc3 Kg7 68. Nc7 Ne7 69. Nxb5 Nxf5 70. Nd4 Nd6 71. Kd3 Kg6 72. Nf3 Kh5 73. Kd4 Kg4 74. Kd5 Nb5 75. Nd4 Na3 76. Ke6 Kxh4 77. Kxf6 Kg4 78. Ke5 Kg5 79. Kd5 Kf6 80. Kc5 Ke5 81. Nc2 Nxc2 82. b5 Ke6 83. b6 Kd7 84. b7 Kc7 85. b8=Q+ Kxb8 {½-½ Le,Q (2655)-Caruana,F (2750) Saint Louis Blitz 2025 (20)}) 9. a3 Na5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Nb7 12. Ne5 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Be2 c4 15. Bf3 Na5 16. O-O Be6 17. e4 Rc8 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Rae1 Nb3 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bc3 a5 22. a4 Bb4 23. Re3 Re8 24. Bg4 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. d5 Qxd5 27. Rd1 Qc5 28. Qf5 Re7 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Nc6 Ree8 31. Qd7 Qf8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Nxb4 c3 34. Nc2 g6 35. h4 h5 36. a5 Nxa5 37. Qd5 Ra8 38. Ra1 Qb8 39. Qf3 Nc6 40. Rxa8 Qxa8 41. Qxc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.19"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Arjun Erigaisi"] [Black "Pranesh M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2666"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2333551425896448"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,67,21,23,19,27,12,3,5,9,18,15,17,17,34,19,40,17,30,12,5,32767,14,28,5,4,32767,6,-1,-8,10,10,16,28,15,17,16,19,22,19,30,19,20,14,25,-9,-34,-20,-45,-30,-1,-27,-23,-55,-12,32767,32767,-1,-1,-1,-1,1,-1,1,1,1,-1,1,1,1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Ba7 (7... O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 a4 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. d4 Bb7 16. Ne4 exd4 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bxh6 Qh5 19. Bf4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Na5 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Bxc7 Qg5 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd2 26. Bf4 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qd5 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Bxd2 {1-0 Nihal,S (2723)-Mamedyarov,S (2717) W-chT Blitz final Hong Kong 2026 (1.2)}) 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. h3 (10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. h3 c6 13. Ba4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Bc2 Ndf4 18. Nh5 Rad8 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Qf3 Ng6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Nxe6 Rxf3 23. Nxc7 Bxf2+ 24. Kh2 Bxe1 25. gxf3 Rd3 26. Kh1 Rd1 27. Kg2 Bd2 28. Kf2 Bxc1 29. Ke2 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 Bxb2 31. Kxd2 Bxa1 32. Ne6 b5 33. Nd8 c5 34. Nb7 b4 35. cxb4 cxb4 36. Nxa5 Kf7 37. Nc6 Bc3+ 38. Kd3 Be1 39. Kc4 Ke6 40. Nxb4 Kd6 41. a4 g5 42. a5 Bf2 43. a6 h5 44. Kb5 h4 45. Nd3 Be3 46. Nb4 Bf2 47. Nd3 Be3 48. Kc4 Ba7 49. Nb4 Bb6 50. Nd5 Ba7 51. Nc3 Ke5 52. Nb5 Bb6 53. Nc3 Ba7 54. Nb5 Bg1 55. Nc3 Ba7 56. Ne2 g6 57. Kd3 Kf5 58. Kc4 Ke5 59. Kd3 Kf5 60. Kc4 Ke5 {½-½ Yu,Y (2704)-Erigaisi,A (2749) Wch Blitz op Doha 2025 (14)}) 10... Ne7 11. d4 (11. Ba4 Ng6 12. d4 c6 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. a4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Qc2 Bd5 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Bc3 Rf4 26. Qxg6 Re6 27. Qh5 Kh7 28. Re3 Rg6 29. g3 Qf7 30. e6 Bxe6 31. Qe2 Bc4 32. Qc2 Bb3 33. Qe2 Qf5 34. Re7 Bc4 35. Qe5 Rxg3+ 36. fxg3 Rf1+ 37. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ {½-½ Dominguez Perez,L (2696)-Pranesh,M (2521) W-chT Rapid Hong Kong 2026 (9.20)}) 11... Ng6 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nhf4 14. Bc2 c6 (14... exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 f6 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Qd2 fxe5 19. Rxe5 Kh8 20. Rae1 Bg8 21. Bf5 Ng6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. N1h2 Qd6 24. Qg5 Qf6 25. Qg3 {1-0 Niemann,H (2709)-Ding,L (2757) W-chT Group-B Blitz Hong Kong 2026 (9.1)}) 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. Nf5 f6 17. N5h4 Rfe8 18. Nxg6 Nxg6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. a4 Bf7 21. Qb1 Rad8 22. Kh1 exd4 23. Nxd4 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qxg6 Bb8 27. f4 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Qxf4 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2