[Event "Chennai Grand Masters -Masters 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2686"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "83"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c6 11. f3 O-O 12. Bf2 Re8 13. O-O Bd6 14. Kh1 Rc8 15. Rad1 b5 16. Nc1 b4 17. Na4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Rfe1 b3 22. Re2 bxa2 23. Nxa2 a5 24. h3 Re6 25. Nc3 Bb4 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Rd6 28. Qb3 Qa6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Bg1 a4 {White is going to lose the exchange as it is not possible to save it} 31. Qxa4 Qd3 32. Qxb4 (32. Rf2 Be1) 32... Qxe2 33. Kh2 Rc2 34. Qg4 h5 $6 (34... f5 {would have made things practically difficult for White.} 35. Qg3 Rxb2 36. Kh1 Qf1 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Qf2 Qc1) 35. Qg5 Rxb2 36. e4 Rd2 37. h4 Rd6 38. Qc5 Rd2 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chennai Grand Masters -Masters 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2712"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "100"] {[%evp 0,100,16,28,46,51,71,24,40,30,75,64,59,45,110,-23,-21,-98,-100,-104,-67,-114,26,43,38,20,90,91,91,45,54,54,32,32,28,28,60,58,0,0,48,8,9,29,41,34,18,15,34,79,66,59,65,67,109,41,54,51,34,58,73,67,94,90,99,140,120,138,162,135,135,115,125,125,122,152,152,152,154,154,170,193,193,193,243,198,200,40,49,260,259,341,341,348,418,431,468,487,534,596,1024,1282,1302]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. f4 Bb4 8. e5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ (10... Qxa1 $2 11. exf6 $18 Nc6 (11... gxf6 12. O-O) 12. fxg7) 11. Bxd2 Ne4 12. Bb4 b6 (12... Nc6) 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Rb1 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. O-O f5 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Be1 b5 19. c4 Nc6 20. cxb5 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 axb5 22. a4 h4 ({MVL was considering} 22... Bd5 23. axb5 Nf6) (22... d6) 23. h3 d5 24. Rxb5 Bc6 25. Rb6 Kd7 26. a5 Nd6 27. Be2 Rab8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rb4 Ra8 30. Rb2 Nc4 31. Ra2 Rh8 $2 (31... Ne3 32. Bf2 d4) (31... Bb7 32. Bxh4) 32. a6 Kc7 33. a7 Nd6 34. Bc3 Ra8 35. Be5 Kd7 36. Ra6 Nc4 37. Bb8 Ne3 38. Kf2 d4 39. g3 (39. Rxc6 Kxc6 40. Bf3+ Nd5 41. g3) 39... hxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Nd5 41. Bf3 d3 42. Bxd5 Bxd5 43. Kf2 d2 44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. Rxd5 exd5 46. Ke2 Kf6 47. Kxd2 Kg6 48. Kd3 Kh5 49. Kd4 Kh4 50. Kxd5 Kxh3 1-0 [Event "Chennai Grand Masters -Masters 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "192"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bc2 Qxc4 16. Qxd6 e5 17. Bb3 Qxc3 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. Bb4 Qd8 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rc7 Rd7 22. Rec1 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. f3 b5 26. a3 a5 27. Bc3 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Bxb4 Ra1+ 30. Kf2 Ra2+ 31. Kf1 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Ra2+ 33. Kf1 Ra1+ 34. Be1 Nh5 35. g3 Nf6 36. Re7 Ra3 37. Ke2 Ra6 38. Bc3 Kf8 39. Rb7 Ra2+ 40. Bb2 Nd7 41. Ke3 Ke8 42. h4 Ra5 43. Rc7 g6 44. g4 h5 45. g5 Ra8 46. Rc6 Kf7 47. Kd3 Rb8 48. Kc2 Ra8 49. Rc7 Ke8 50. Rc6 Kf7 51. Kc3 Rb8 52. Ba3 Rb1 53. Rc7 (53. Kc4 Rf1 54. Rc7 Ke8 55. Rc8+ Kf7 56. Rd8) 53... Ke8 54. Rc8+ Kf7 55. Rd8 (55. Rc7 Ke8 56. Rc6 Kf7 57. Kc4) 55... Nb6 56. Rf8+ Kg7 57. Rf6 Na4+ 58. Kc4 Nb6+ 59. Kc3 Na4+ 60. Kc2 Rb6 61. Bf8+ Kh7 62. Bh6 Rb2+ 63. Kd3 Rb7 64. Bf8 Nb2+ 65. Ke2 Rb6 66. Bh6 Rc6 67. Rf7+ Kh8 68. Rf8+ Kh7 69. Rf7+ Kh8 70. Rg7 (70. Rb7 Rc2+ 71. Ke3 Nc4+ 72. Kd3 Rc1 73. Rg7) 70... Rc2+ 71. Ke3 Rc3+ 72. Kd2 Rxf3 73. Rxg6 Nc4+ 74. Kd1 Rf4 75. Rxe6 Ne3+ 76. Kd2 Ng4 77. Kd3 Kg8 78. Re8+ Kh7 79. Re7+ Kg8 80. Re8+ Kh7 81. Bf8 Nf2+ 82. Kc4 Rxe4+ 83. Kd5 Rxh4 84. Be7 Rg4 85. Ke6 Ne4 86. Kf5 Ng3+ 87. Kxe5 $4 (87. Ke6 $11) 87... Kg6 $1 $19 (87... Re4+ $4 88. Kf6 $11) 88. Ke6 Re4+ 89. Kd7 Nf5 90. Bd8 Rxe8 91. Kxe8 h4 92. Kd7 h3 93. Bc7 Kxg5 94. Ke6 Kg4 95. Bh2 Ng3 96. Kf6 Kf3 0-1 [Event "Chennai Grand Masters -Masters 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C79"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "66"] {[%evp 0,66,35,10,36,19,22,21,23,-6,-7,-7,14,4,10,16,16,-37,-19,2,0,-13,13,5,15,-3,12,21,27,16,19,-26,9,17,1,-22,1,1,21,13,14,3,26,13,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-7,-4,-7,-20,0,-5,-1,-14,7,29,28,33,24,-1,-9,0,0,-16,17]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. a4 Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 Na5 12. Ba2 b4 13. Nbd2 Rb8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 Nd7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 bxc3 19. bxc3 a5 20. Bb5 Nc5 21. d4 Ne6 22. d5 Nc5 23. Ba3 Bg5 24. Kg2 Bf4 25. Rb1 Nd7 26. Rb3 f5 27. c4 Nf6 28. exf5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Qc8 30. Qb1 Kh8 31. c5 e4 32. Bb2 Qxf5 33. Bxf6 Rxf6 1/2-1/2