[Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.17"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2717"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "264"] [GameId "2332415126372352"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,264,13,14,18,10,17,18,12,-15,-23,-22,-1,12,34,36,33,33,32,32767,32767,1,7,21,34,14,14,16,19,6,29,23,41,40,45,27,102,101,124,32767,88,89,83,92,90,94,70,62,87,69,50,79,121,91,47,114,148,167,32767,146,141,144,136,149,137,129,140,131,118,121,55,146,109,173,152,58,41,32767,25,53,64,63,85,96,86,102,103,92,109,118,112,99,112,116,103,82,32767,98,107,113,105,106,111,118,113,118,110,107,109,104,109,92,96,69,70,32767,99,87,114,112,87,90,95,64,87,83,78,90,105,88,117,114,90,124,32767,54,128,117,105,83,102,87,94,67,64,44,62,50,70,22,22,69,68,63,143,84,62,77,105,111,93,80,59,68,77,112,90,75,65,72,52,30,32767,53,31,44,59,33,49,41,43,26,44,46,44,49,40,38,34,39,38,42,30,30,31,40,35,34,56,24,28,28,31,21,32,29,30,32,28,19,32767,25,23,26,23,31,43,19,16,39,42,34,28,33,21,34,30,33,26,34,43,34,46,52,67,63,58,33,43,43,44,37,30,52,46,40,47,26,32767,1,5,14,27,23,26,27,40,16,22,49,28,25,23,22,33,35,15]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxc4 (6... dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Nb5 Be5 12. Nf3 a6 13. Nxe5 axb5 14. O-O Re8 15. Nf3 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nbd7 17. Bb5 h6 18. a4 Qb6 19. Bf4 Re4 20. Bg3 Nf8 21. d6 Be6 22. Nd2 Rd4 23. Be5 Ng4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Qf3 Qxd6 26. Qf4 Qb4 27. Nf3 Rd8 28. h3 Ne3 29. Rf2 Qc5 30. Bd3 Bc4 31. Ne5 Bxd3 32. Qxf7+ Kh7 33. Nxd3 Qb6 34. Qe7 Ng6 35. Qe4 Kh8 36. a5 Qd6 37. b4 Nc4 38. Re1 Nf8 39. Qxb7 Ne3 40. a6 Qg6 41. Ne5 {1-0 Erigaisi,A (2801)-Wei,Y (2753) Wch Blitz New York 2024 (5)}) 7. Bxc4 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. b4 (10. Nge2 O-O 11. Kc2 a6 12. b4 Be7 13. Be3 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Nd4 Nfd7 16. Nb3 Nc6 17. Rhd1 Rfd8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Kb2 g5 20. Rac1 Ba8 21. g3 Nce5 22. Na5 Nc6 23. Nb3 Nce5 24. Na5 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. f4 h6 27. e5 Bb7 28. Kb3 f6 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Bg4 Nf8 31. Bc5 Kg7 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. h4 Nd7 34. Be3 Ne5 35. Bxe6 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Re8 37. Bd5 Bxd5+ 38. Nxd5 gxh4 39. Nxf6 Kxf6 40. gxh4 Nf3 41. Rd6+ Kf5 42. Bg5 Nxg5 43. hxg5 Re3+ 44. Kb2 Kxg5 45. Rxa6 Kf4 46. Rb6 Re5 47. Rc6 Ke4 48. a4 Kd4 49. axb5 Rxb5 50. Kb3 Kd5 51. Ra6 Rb8 52. Ka4 Kc4 53. Rc6+ Kd5 54. b5 Ra8+ {1-0 Puranik,A (2603)-Harikrishna,P (2676) FRA-chT Top 16 Haute Chartres 2026 (1.26)}) 10... Bd6 (10... Bb6 11. Nge2 O-O 12. Na4 Bc7 13. Be3 Rd8+ 14. Kc2 Nbd7 15. Rac1 a6 16. Kb1 b5 17. Ba2 Ne8 18. Bg5 bxa4 19. Rxc7 Nxc7 20. Bxd8 Nb5 21. Kb2 Bb7 22. Be7 Re8 23. Bh4 h6 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Bg3 Rc8 26. Nf4 Kf8 27. Rc1 Ke7 28. Nd3 Nd6 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Nb7 31. Rc3 Kd7 32. Rd3+ Ke7 33. Rc3 Kd7 34. Be5 f6 35. Bg3 e5 36. Bc4 Ra8 37. Bf2 Nd6 38. Rd3 Bb5 39. Bxb5+ axb5 40. Bc5 Ra6 41. Rd5 Kc7 42. Bxd6+ Rxd6 43. Rxd6 {½-½ Erigaisi,A (2634)-Esipenko,A (2720) FIDE Grand Swiss Riga 2021 (1)}) 11. Nge2 a6 12. Kc2 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rd1 Be5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Kb2 Rc8 17. g4 Bxe4 $5 18. fxe4 Nxg4 19. Bf4 Nc6 20. Bxe5 Ncxe5 21. h4 h5 22. Nf4 Ne3 23. Re1 N3c4+ 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Red1 g6 26. Nd3 Nf3 27. Rh1 a5 28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. Rad1 Ra7 30. Rh3 Rac7 31. Rxf3 Rxc3 32. Rd2 R3c4 33. Re3 Kg7 34. Ne1 b4 35. a4 Ra7 36. Kb3 Rc1 37. Nf3 Ra1 38. Kxb4 R1xa4+ 39. Kc5 R4a5+ 40. Kd6 R5a6+ 41. Ke5 f6+ 42. Kf4 e5+ 43. Kg3 Ra3 44. Rxa3 Rxa3 45. Rd7+ Kf8 46. Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Ke3 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 Ra1 49. Rc7 Rb1 50. Ra7 Kg8 51. Ra3 Kf7 52. Kd3 Rf1 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Ke2 Rb1 55. Rc7 Ra1 56. Ne1 Ra4 57. Kd3 Rd4+ 58. Ke3 Rd1 59. Ng2 Rh1 60. Kf2 Rh3 61. Rd7 Kf8 62. Ra7 Kg8 63. Ra1 Kf7 64. Re1 Ke6 65. Re3 Rh1 66. Ra3 Kf7 67. Kg3 Rg1 68. Ra2 Kg7 69. Rf2 Kf7 70. Re2 Ra1 71. Ne3 Ra3 72. Kf2 Ra4 73. Ng2 Ke6 74. Ne1 f5 75. Nd3 Kf6 76. Nc5 Rd4 77. Rc2 Rd1 78. Ra2 Rh1 79. Ra6+ Kf7 80. Ra7+ Ke8 81. Kg3 Rg1+ 82. Kh2 Rg4 83. Kh3 g5 84. hxg5 fxe4 85. Ne6 e3 86. Ra5 e4 87. Nd4 Kf7 88. Re5 Kg6 89. Ne2 Rxg5 90. Rxe4 Rg4 91. Rxe3 Ra4 92. Re6+ Kf5 93. Rb6 Ke5 94. Rb5+ Kf6 95. Rxh5 Ke6 96. Kg3 Kd6 97. Kf3 Ra1 98. Ke3 Re1 99. Kd3 Rd1+ 100. Kc4 Re1 101. Nc3 Ke6 102. Kd4 Ra1 103. Re5+ Kd7 104. Nb5 Kc6 105. Rc5+ Kd7 106. Kd5 Rd1+ 107. Nd4 Rh1 108. Rc6 Rh5+ 109. Kc4 Rh1 110. Ra6 Rg1 111. Nf3 Rd1 112. Kc5 Ke7 113. Nd4 Rc1+ 114. Kd5 Rd1 115. Rh6 Rd3 116. Rh1 Kf6 117. Rf1+ Ke7 118. Rf4 Rd1 119. Rf3 Rd2 120. Ke5 Rd1 121. Nf5+ Kd7 122. Ng3 Ra1 123. Rd3+ Kc6 124. Ne4 Re1 125. Rd4 Re2 126. Rc4+ Kd7 127. Kd5 Re1 128. Ke5 Re2 129. Rc1 Re3 130. Rd1+ Kc6 131. Rd6+ Kc7 132. Rh6 Re1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.17"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2717"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "137"] [GameId "2332828942913536"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,137,16,23,12,13,14,14,23,32767,32767,32767,15,1,22,27,42,12,15,20,32767,32767,19,1,28,21,11,13,12,8,32767,32767,10,-1,1,1,10,33,25,0,6,32767,98,9,-1,-7,33,28,22,46,32767,32767,40,62,71,1,19,-34,20,92,32767,32767,148,135,71,62,23,48,52,19,66,32767,112,51,65,41,144,104,119,97,32767,32767,125,154,171,145,125,121,129,32767,32767,32767,106,103,146,137,123,142,164,118,32767,32767,136,105,87,96,112,91,88,95,32767,32767,99,116,106,109,106,56,218,32767,32767,32767,242,230,238,261,258,279,263,32767,32767,286,288,306,339,313,457,366,582,573]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 (8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Nf3 Ng4 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rd6 17. Bd5 c6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Kf1 Nf6 23. Ke2 Nxe4 24. Rd1 Rd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Nxe5 c5 27. Kf3 Kf8 28. Nc6 Ke8 29. Nb8 Kd8 30. Nxa6 Kc8 31. Kf4 Kb7 32. Ke5 Kxa6 33. Kxd5 Nf6+ 34. Kxc5 Ng4 35. e4 Nxh2 36. Kxb4 Ng4 37. Kc5 h5 38. Kd4 Ka5 39. b3 Nf6 40. e5 Ng8 41. e6 h4 42. Ke4 Ne7 43. Kf4 Kb6 44. Kg5 Kc6 45. a5 Kd6 46. a6 Nc8 47. Kxh4 Kxe6 48. Kg5 Kf7 49. Kf5 Na7 50. g4 g6+ 51. Ke4 {1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)-Niemann,H (2742) Tashkent UzChess Masters 3rd 2026 (8)}) 8... Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Nb8 (10... Qd7 11. a4 Nd8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nc3 c5 15. Qb1 Ne6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. b4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Bc6 19. Qb3 h6 20. Ra1 Rb8 21. Be3 Bf8 22. Ra7 Qc8 23. Ne2 Bd7 24. Qa2 Rb7 25. Ra8 Rb8 26. Ra7 Rb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Bd2 Ne8 29. g4 Nf6 30. Ng3 Bc8 31. Bb4 Qa6 32. Qb3 Bd7 33. Kg2 Qa8 34. Qc3 Qa7 35. Nh4 Kh7 36. Nf3 Kg8 37. Qb2 Qa8 38. Qb3 Qa4 39. Qb1 Bc6 40. Qb2 Bd7 41. Kf1 Be8 42. Qc3 Bd7 43. Ke2 Be8 44. Nd2 Bd7 45. Qb3 Qxb3 46. Nxb3 Kf7 47. f3 Ne8 48. h4 Nc7 49. Ba5 Na6 50. h5 d5 51. Nf1 Bd6 52. Be1 Nb4 53. Ne3 d4 54. Bxb4 Bxb4 55. Ng2 Bd6 56. Nh4 Kf6 57. Kf2 Kg5 58. Kg3 Be8 59. Ng2 g6 60. hxg6 Bxg6 61. Kh3 h5 62. Kg3 Be8 63. Kh3 Bb4 64. Kg3 Bf8 65. Kh3 Bh6 66. Kg3 Kf6 67. Kh4 Bg5+ 68. Kg3 Ke7 69. gxh5 Bxh5 70. Kf2 Kd6 71. Ke2 Kc6 72. Ne1 Kb6 73. Ng2 b4 74. Nd2 Bxd2 75. Kxd2 Bxf3 76. Ne1 Bh5 77. Kc1 Kb5 78. Kb2 Ka4 79. Ng2 Bd1 80. Ne1 Kb5 81. Kb3 Kc5 82. Ng2 Kd6 83. Ne1 Kc5 84. Ng2 {½-½ Sindarov,J (2726)-Niemann,H (2725) Tata Steel-A 88th Wijk aan Zee 2026 (7)}) 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nc3 c6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nh4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qf3 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Qe3 Qd8 20. Qh6 Nc5 21. Ba2 Bc8 22. Nf3 b4 23. Nd1 Qa5 24. Bc4 b3 25. Bxb3 Nxb3 26. cxb3 Qb4 27. Ne3 Qxb3 28. Qh4 Nh5 29. Qe7 Nf4 30. Qxd6 Nxd3 31. Rb1 f6 32. Nd2 Qb5 33. Ndc4 Nf4 34. Kh2 Be6 35. Rc1 Bxc4 36. Nxc4 Rf7 37. Rc2 Qb3 38. Ne3 Kg7 39. Qxc6 Qb4 40. Qc4 Rb7 41. Qc8 Rf7 42. Qe8 Re7 43. Qd8 Ne6 44. Nd5 Nxd8 45. Nxb4 Rb7 46. Nd5 Ne6 47. b4 f5 48. Rc6 Kf7 49. b5 Nd4 50. Rc7+ Rxc7 51. Nxc7 Ke7 52. b6 Kd6 53. Nd5 Kc6 54. f3 fxe4 55. fxe4 Nb3 56. Kg3 Nd2 $4 (56... Nc5 57. Kf3 Nd7 58. Kg4 Nxb6 59. Nf6 h6 60. h4 Kd6 61. Ng8 Ke6 62. Nxh6 Kf6 63. Kf3 Nc4 64. Ng4+) 57. Nf6 $18 Kxb6 58. Kf2 h5 59. Nd7+ Kc7 60. Nxe5 Nxe4+ 61. Ke3 Nf6 62. Nxg6 Kd6 63. Kf4 Nd5+ 64. Kg5 Ne3 65. Nf4 Ke5 66. g3 Ke4 67. Nxh5 Kf3 68. g4 Nd1 69. Nf6 1-0 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.17"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Pranesh M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2666"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "35"] [GameId "2332828941389824"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bd6 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Nxe7 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qxe7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxe5 11. g3 Qe4 12. Qc3 Qxh1 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Qe5+ Kd8 15. Qf6+ Ke8 16. Qe5+ Kd8 17. Qg7 Ke8 18. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters 2026"] [Site "The Westin Chennai Velachery, India"] [Date "2026.07.17"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Arjun Erigaisi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2757"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2333098098278400"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,83,12,21,22,15,29,21,32767,5,17,6,14,3,14,0,11,-7,-6,-32,32767,32767,-18,-70,-82,-98,-113,32767,-113,-94,-79,32767,32767,32767,-67,-78,-73,-100,-98,-71,-61,-53,-57,-43,-77,-18,-10,-22,-13,-52,0,-15,-2,-52,-1,11,20,-35,-13,39,17,37,42,32767,46,-25,1,-120,-53,32767,0,-55,34,-125,-57,32767,1,-16,1,-1,1,32767,1,1,6,1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. c3 f5 7. Bb3 (7. b4 Nf6 8. Bb3 fxe4 9. dxe4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Nd8 13. Nf1 Qb5 14. Bc4 Qc6 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. b5 Qd7 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. Nh4 Bf7 19. Ngf5 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Ne6 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Nf5+ Kf7 23. a4 d5 24. exd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Kd2 Rab8 27. Kc2 Rb6 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Ne3 Rbd6 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Be3 Ke7 33. Kb3 Rd8 34. Kb4 Rd6 35. Ka5 Rc6 36. Rd1 h6 37. Rd5 Kf6 38. Kb4 g5 39. g3 Kf5 40. Rd7 h5 41. Rh7 Kg6 42. Rh8 Rd6 43. c4 Ng7 44. c5 Rf6 45. g4 h4 46. Ra8 Rf3 47. Rxa6+ Kf7 48. Rh6 Rxh3 49. Bxg5 Ne6 50. Rxh4 Rd3 51. Be3 Rd1 52. Rh7+ Kg6 53. Rh6+ Kf7 54. g5 Nd4 55. Kc4 Rc1+ 56. Kd5 Kg7 57. Kxe5 Nf3+ 58. Ke4 Ne1 59. Rc6 Rc4+ 60. Kf5 Nd3 61. Rxc7+ {1-0 Firouzja,A (2766)-Esipenko,A (2679) Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Jul Late Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (11)}) 7... h5 8. a4 Bf6 9. Na3 Qe7 10. Nc4 f4 11. g3 g5 12. h4 Bg4 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Bd2 Nh6 15. hxg5 Bxg5 16. O-O-O Rdf8 17. Rdf1 Rf7 18. gxf4 Bxf4 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rf6 21. Qg2 Na5 22. Bd5 Qe8 23. b4 Nc6 24. Be1 Rhf8 25. Ng5 Ne7 26. Bb3 Bd7 27. Nh7 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxf1 29. Qxf1 Ng4 (29... Bxa4 $4 30. Bxa4 $18) 30. Bh4 d5 31. Bg5 dxe4 32. dxe4 Kb8 33. Bf7 Qh8 34. Nf6 Bxa4 35. Nxg4 hxg4 36. Bxe7 Qh2 37. Qd3 Qg1+ 38. Kb2 Qf2+ 39. Ka1 (39. Ka3 Qxf7 40. Qd8+ Ka7) 39... Qe1+ 40. Kb2 Qf2+ 41. Ka1 Qg1+ 42. Kb2 Qf2+ 43. Ka1 1/2-1/2