[Event "Super Chess Classic Romania"] [Site "Bucharest, Romania"] [Date "2026.05.15"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2733"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2309671957483520"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,82,18,15,25,28,13,32767,32767,14,13,-3,1,-8,0,-19,-6,1,20,-7,32767,32,10,-49,-69,-50,32767,-71,-52,-44,-41,-128,32767,-160,-103,-107,-137,-131,-136,-123,-140,-136,-103,-110,32767,-107,-120,-108,-50,-66,32767,-57,-76,-124,-138,-146,32767,-137,-131,-124,-58,32767,32767,-60,-146,-114,-165,-141,32767,-70,-61,-64,-28,32767,32767,-193,-145,-165,-218,32767,32767,-221,-273,-301,-282]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nxe4 8. d5 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Ne7 11. O-O-O d6 12. h4 O-O 13. h5 h6 14. Rdg1 Bg4 (14... b5 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. Nh4 c5 (16... c5 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. f3 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ng6 Rf5 21. g4 Rxf3 22. g5 hxg5 23. Rxg5 Rc8 24. Rhg1 Qf6 25. Kb1 Rf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 27. Qc1 Qxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Ne5+ 29. Kd2 Nf3+ {0-1 Golubev,M (2461)-Dann,M (2477) Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Aug Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (7)}) 17. f3 Bxh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nf5 f6 20. Bc2 Kf7 21. Nxg7 Rh8 22. Ne6 Qg8 23. f4 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Ke8 25. a4 a6 26. Qe2 Kd7 27. axb5 Qb8 28. Nxc5+ Kd8 29. Ne6+ Kd7 30. Nd4 Re8 31. Qe6+ Kc7 32. Kb1 Kb6 33. Rc1 axb5 34. Nc6 Qc7 35. Ne5 Nc6 36. Rxc6+ Qxc6 37. Nxc6 Rxe6 38. dxe6 Kxc6 39. Rxh6 Rg8 40. Rxf6 Rxg4 41. f5 Rg1+ 42. Kc2 Rg2+ 43. Kd3 Rxb2 44. Rf8 Rb3+ 45. Ke2 Rb4 46. Kf3 Rb3+ 47. Kf4 Rb4+ 48. Kg5 Re4 49. Kf6 {1-0 Caruana,F (2792)-Nakamura,H (2736) Chess.com Rapid Wk3 KO Chess.com INT 2022 (2.1)}) 15. Nh4 Qd7 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Bc2 Qb5 18. f3 Bxh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nf5 Qc5 21. Kb1 Nxd5 22. Nxh6+ $5 gxh6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Rc1 Qb5 25. Qxh6 Qd3+ 26. Ka1 Qd4 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qxg6 Re2 (28... Qf6) 29. Qf5+ Ke8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Qf5+ Ke8 32. Qg6+ Kd8 33. Qg8+ Re8 34. Qg5+ Ne7 35. Rce1 Qd3 36. Re3 $4 (36. f4 Qg6 37. Rxe7 Qxg5 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. fxg5 Kd7 40. g6 Rg8 41. Rh6 a5 42. b3 d5 43. Kb2 Rg7) 36... Qg6 $19 37. Qb5 Rb8 38. Rhe1 a6 39. Qa4 b5 40. Qa5 Qf7 41. Rc1 Nd5 42. Rd3 Rb6 0-1 [Event "Super Chess Classic Romania"] [Site "Bucharest, Romania"] [Date "2026.05.15"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2650"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "99"] [GameId "2309671956455424"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,99,21,9,9,-1,-2,2,10,-13,0,-4,-5,-2,8,0,8,-2,0,-6,17,27,12,13,5,19,20,-18,7,-2,5,4,27,8,41,22,43,20,33,32,13,16,39,10,-11,43,29,20,32,36,35,29,36,35,41,21,38,22,24,5,58,17,7,0,0,-9,-13,-32,-25,-28,11,4,29,0,24,16,17,-30,3,11,4,0,41,64,29,33,81,66,82,75,100,114,86,77,65,27,139,118,38,35,509,924]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bc5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bh7 (8... Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. a3 a5 11. d4 Bf8 12. c4 a4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b4 Nb8 15. Ne5 Nbd7 16. Rc1 c6 17. f3 Bh7 18. Re1 Bd6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Bc7 22. e5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Bb6 25. Qf3 Rad8 26. Rcd1 Nc7 27. Kh1 Qe6 28. b5 Nxb5 29. d5 cxd5 30. Bxd5 Qe7 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Qf5 Bd4 33. Bc4 Bxb2 34. Bxb5 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Qxa3 36. e6 fxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 38. Qe4 Qf3+ 39. Qxf3 Rxf3 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Bxa4 Rf1+ 42. Kg2 Rc1 43. Rd7 b6 44. Rd6 Rc4 45. Bb3 Rc7 46. h4 Be5 47. Rxb6 Rc3 48. Rb5 Rxg3+ 49. Kf2 Rc3 50. h5 g6 51. Rb7+ Bg7 52. Bd5 gxh5 53. Be4+ Kg8 54. Kg2 h4 55. Rb8+ Kf7 56. Rb7+ Kf6 57. Rb5 Bf8 58. Rf5+ Kg7 59. Rf3 Rc4 60. Rf7+ Kg8 61. Bd5 Rd4 62. Ba2 Bg7 63. Rb7+ Kh7 64. Bb1+ Kg8 65. Ba2+ Kh7 66. Bb3 Kg6 67. Kh3 Bf6 68. Bc2+ Kh5 69. Rb5+ Bg5 70. Rb6 Bf4 71. Rb5+ Bg5 72. Rb8 Rd2 73. Rc8 Be7 74. Rc4 Bf6 75. Rc5+ Bg5 76. Bf5 Rd4 77. Rc6 Be7 78. Bg6+ Kg5 79. Bh7 Bd6 80. Rc2 Rg4 81. Rg2 Rg3+ 82. Rxg3+ hxg3 83. Be4 h5 84. Kg2 h4 85. Bb7 Kf4 86. Bc8 Be7 87. Bh3 Bg5 88. Bc8 Bf6 89. Bh3 Bg5 90. Bc8 Bf6 91. Bh3 Bg5 {½-½ Nakamura,H (2750)-Niemann,H (2637) Chess.com Rapid Wk8 Swiss Chess.com INT 2022 (4)}) 9. Re1 (9. Ne5 a5 10. a3 Qe7 11. Ra2 c6 12. Qa1 Na6 13. c4 Bb6 14. b4 Rad8 15. b5 cxb5 16. cxb5 Nc7 17. a4 Bc5 18. Nb3 Bb4 19. Bd4 Na8 20. Rc2 Ne8 21. Rfc1 f6 22. Ng4 Bg6 23. Ne3 Bf7 24. Rc8 Nd6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nc2 Nf5 27. Nxb4 Qxb4 28. Bc5 Qg4 29. Bf3 {1-0 Weber,S (2260)-Steinle,C (2054) Heusenstamm Sparkassen op 11th 2024 (7)}) 9... Nc6 10. a3 a5 11. d4 Be7 12. c4 Nb8 13. Nb1 Nbd7 14. Nfd2 c6 15. Nc3 Re8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ncxe4 Qb6 18. Re3 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf6 22. Nd2 Qc7 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Rd3 Nf6 25. Re1 Bd6 26. Qd2 Be7 27. h3 b5 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Qe2 Ra8 30. Re3 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rab8 32. Rc2 a4 33. Ne5 Bd6 34. Nd3 Be7 35. Qf3 Nd7 36. h4 Qa8 37. Nf4 Bf8 38. g4 Bd6 39. Nh5 Bf8 40. c5 g6 41. Ng3 Rb3 42. h5 gxh5 43. Rxb3 axb3 44. Rc3 h4 45. Nh5 Be7 46. d5 $1 exd5 $4 (46... Bg5 47. d6 e5 48. Qf5 Re6 49. Qe4 Bd8 50. a4 Qa6 51. Kg2 h3+ 52. Kg1 Rg6 53. Rxb3 Rg5 54. Rc3 f5) 47. Qf5 $18 Qc8 48. Rf3 Rf8 49. Re3 Qd8 50. Re6 $1 1-0 [Event "Super Chess Classic Romania"] [Site "Bucharest, Romania"] [Date "2026.05.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2717"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "118"] [GameId "2309671959678976"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,116,21,23,17,12,20,7,14,12,15,14,35,4,0,5,16,10,21,34,37,27,50,28,11,23,10,4,32767,-9,25,-8,-7,-3,-20,-13,-26,32767,20,22,5,1,18,11,25,20,32767,15,4,50,40,72,46,47,73,32767,79,41,55,42,68,68,87,28,32767,-2,-29,-10,8,-40,-67,-202,-121,-200,-131,-200,-164,-218,-205,-263,-305,-240,-206,-204,-229,-222,-170,-212,-170,-198,-120,-145,-168,-155,-156,-186,32767,-234,-331,-314,-316,-257,-267,-296,-304,-312,-357,-344,-373,-372,-461,-382,-495,-428,-370,-450,-457,-586,-784]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Kb1 b5 14. Na5 Nb6 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Bxb6 (16. c4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Rxc4 Qb5 20. Rhc1 Qxd5 21. Qb4 Qd3+ 22. Ka1 O-O 23. R4c3 Qe2 24. Qxd6 Qxg2 25. h4 Rae8 26. Bg5 Re6 27. Qd1 Rfe8 28. R1c2 Qh3 29. Ra3 Nh7 30. Be3 e4 31. f4 Qxh4 32. Qg1 Rd6 33. Rxa6 Qf6 34. Rb6 Nf8 35. Qc1 Ra8 36. Kb1 Qe6 37. a3 Qd7 38. Ne7+ Kh7 39. Rxd6 Qxd6 40. Nc6 Qe6 41. Nd4 Qa6 42. Rc4 Rb8 43. b4 Nd7 44. Ka2 Qd6 45. Nb3 Qe6 46. Qc2 Nf6 47. Bd4 e3 48. Rc6 Qe8 49. Rc3 e2 50. Bf2 e1=Q 51. Bxe1 Qxe1 52. Rc7 Qe6 {0-1 Daggupati,B (2480)-Woodward,A (2523) USA-ch U20 Saint Louis 2024 (1)}) 16... Qxb6 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 a5 (18... O-O 19. a4 e4 20. a5 Qb7 21. Rhe1 Rfe8 22. Qb4 Qc7 23. Qa3 h4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Re2 f5 26. Bd3 Nc5 27. Rde1 Qf7 28. Bc4 Re4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Rf1 Qb7 31. b4 Re8 32. Qe3 Nd7 33. Qf4 Ne5 34. Qxe4 h3 35. gxh3 Qc8 36. Bd3 Qxh3 37. Nxe5 Rxe5 38. Qxg6 Qxh2 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Qf2 Qh3 41. Qf3 Qh4 42. Ka2 Rh5 43. Rc1 Bf6 44. Bg6 Rh6 45. Qf5 {1-0 Liu,E (2404)-Dudin,G (2596) Southwest Class-ch 17th Fort Worth 2026 (6)}) 19. a4 O-O 20. Rhe1 Rfe8 21. Qe3 Qb7 22. Bb5 e4 23. f4 Ng4 24. Qa3 Nf2 25. Rd2 Nd3 26. Bxd3 exd3 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qxd3 Qb6 29. Ka2 Qg1 30. Nxa5 Ra8 31. Qb5 Qxh2 32. Qb4 h4 33. f5 gxf5 34. Nb3 Bh6 35. Rd4 $4 Bg5 $19 36. Qb7 Rd8 37. a5 Qxg2 38. a6 h3 39. a7 h2 40. a8=Q Rxa8+ 41. Qxa8+ Kg7 42. Rd1 h1=Q 43. Rxh1 Qxh1 44. Qc6 Bf4 45. Nd4 Qe4 46. Nb5 Qb4 47. Na3 Be5 48. Qc2 Qd4 49. Qg2+ Kf8 50. Kb3 Qb6+ 51. Ka4 Bxb2 52. Nb5 Be5 53. Qc2 f4 54. Qf5 Qc5 55. Qg5 Qc2+ 56. Ka5 f3 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Nxd6 Bxd6 59. Qxd6 Qc3+ 0-1 [Event "Super Chess Classic Romania"] [Site "Bucharest, Romania"] [Date "2026.05.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2767"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "75"] [GameId "2308253227642880"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,75,21,24,23,16,12,21,15,5,0,26,7,27,34,27,33,9,20,32767,4,8,0,11,0,32767,1,-5,7,-12,11,3,4,9,-3,-3,21,-14,-19,-52,-45,-55,-41,-63,-59,-39,-32,-47,-34,-19,-23,-82,32767,-51,-40,-24,-24,32767,-32,-33,-17,-37,32767,-41,-21,-39,-40,-35,-35,-43,-39,-42,-38,-43,-34,-44,-35,-37]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bg5 c4 13. b4 (13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nf1 Ng4 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Ncd5 cxd3 18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Qxd3 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. c3 g6 22. Red1 Rc6 23. Bd5 Rb6 24. a4 Bg5 25. a5 Rb8 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Nd5 Qc8 28. g3 Qb7 29. Ra2 Rc8 30. h4 Bh6 31. f3 Rf8 32. b4 Rc8 33. Rc2 Rc4 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Re1 Re8 36. Nb6 Rc6 37. Ree2 Re7 38. c4 bxc4 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40. Qxc4 Rc7 41. Qd5 Rc6 42. Qa2 Rxb6 43. axb6 Qxb6 44. Qc4 a5 45. bxa5 Qxa5 46. Rb2 Qa8 47. Qd3 Qa1 48. Re2 Bc1 49. Qxd6 Bb2 50. Qd2 Bd4 51. Re1 Qa6 52. h5 gxh5 53. Qg5+ Qg6 54. Qh4 Qh6 55. Rb1 Qa6 56. Qg5+ Qg6 57. Qe7 Qa6 58. Kh3 h6 59. Qb7 Qe6+ 60. Kg2 Qa2+ 61. Kh3 Qe6+ 62. Kh2 Qa2+ 63. Kh3 Qe6+ 64. Kg2 Qa2+ {½-½ Kuzubov,Y (2639)-Sargissian,G (2681) EU-ch 22nd Terme Catez 2022 (6)}) 13... cxb3 14. cxb3 b4 15. axb4 Nc6 16. d4 Bg4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Nd5 Rab8 21. Bb1 Nxb4 22. Nxb4 Rxb4 23. Rxa6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rxb3 25. Kg2 Rb2 26. Ra2 Rb7 27. Rc2 Bg5 28. Ba2 g6 29. Bd5 Ra7 30. Rb1 Kg7 31. Rcb2 Rdd7 32. Rb7 Rdxb7 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34. Bxb7 Bf4 35. Ba8 Bg5 36. Bb7 Bf4 37. Ba8 Bg5 38. Bb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Super Chess Classic Romania"] [Site "Bucharest, Romania"] [Date "2026.05.15"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2754"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "110"] [GameId "2309671958773760"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,110,21,23,22,27,12,14,21,32,18,18,13,26,33,3,3,1,-12,5,0,-4,-15,-22,-1,23,-6,-14,-13,-15,-2,-1,27,29,32,8,51,-34,-17,-10,-19,-26,-44,-55,1,-13,9,-8,-1,-4,-4,-65,-56,-66,-85,-72,-67,-57,-78,-83,-38,-46,-47,-47,-36,32767,-41,-34,-24,-13,-28,-30,-37,-37,20,-11,-20,-26,-28,-29,-1,-66,-9,-28,-11,0,-1,-15,-11,32767,-8,-12,-1,1,8,25,24,1,1,1,-1,-1,1,-1,-1,1,-1,-1,1,-1,-1,-1,-1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Qe2 Bf6 12. Ne4 Bd4 (12... d5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. b3 Re8 15. Qf1 Ne4 16. f3 Re6 17. Re3 Nc5 18. Bb2 Rxe3 19. dxe3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Be6 21. Qd4 f6 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Re8 25. Qe3 Bf5 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Rd2 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Bd4 a6 30. Kf2 Bf5 31. c3 Bb1 {½-½ Dominguez Perez,L (2726)-Radjabov,T (2731) Tbilisi FIDE GP 2015 (1)}) (12... Be5 13. Qh5 f5 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Qh4 d6 16. Bc4+ d5 17. Rxe5 dxc4 18. Qxc4+ Nd5 19. d4 h6 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Qe2 b5 22. Bd2 Bd7 23. a4 a6 24. b3 b4 25. a5 f4 26. Qc4 Bg4 27. Rae1 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qg6+ 29. Kh1 Rf6 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Qxd5+ Kh7 32. Qxa8 Rc6 33. Bxf4 Qxc2 34. Rc1 Qxf2 35. Qxc6 {1-0 Hakobyan,A (2617)-Svane,R (2629) Julius Baer GenCup D3 L Chess.com INT rapid 2024 (2.1)}) 13. c3 Bb6 14. Bc2 d5 15. Ng3 Nf6 16. d4 Re8 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Qd3 Qh4 19. h3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Bd7 21. Nf5 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Qf6 23. Re1 Bc7 24. g4 Kf8 25. g5 Qe6 26. Kg2 Re8 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Bxe6 29. h4 Bf4 30. Ne3 h6 31. gxh6 Bxh6 32. Kg3 g6 33. f4 Ke7 34. Kf3 Bd7 35. Bd3 a5 36. a4 b6 37. Ng4 Bg7 38. Ne3 Bf6 39. Kg3 Kd6 40. f5 c5 41. fxg6 fxg6 42. Bxg6 cxd4 43. Nf5+ Bxf5 44. Bxf5 dxc3 45. bxc3 Bxc3 46. Bd3 Ke5 47. Kf3 Bd2 48. Bb5 Kd4 49. Ke2 Bh6 50. h5 Kc3 51. Ba6 d4 52. Bb5 Bg5 53. Ba6 Bh6 54. Bb5 Bg5 55. Ba6 Bh6 1/2-1/2