[Event "34th \"Vasilis Theodoridis\" Kavala Open"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.07.28"] [Round "1.22"] [White "Aaryan Varshney"] [Black "Stoimenidis, Dimitrios"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2436"] [BlackElo "2185"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2217866458698090"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Bd3 c5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nb5 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Bf5 Nxd4 15. Nfxd4 cxd4 16. Re1 dxc4 17. bxc4 Qe8 18. f3 Rd8 19. Qd3 Bc8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Bd6 Qxb5 22. cxb5 Bxd6 23. Rac1 Bc5 24. Re5 Rfd8 25. Kh1 Nd5 26. a4 Nc3 27. a5 f6 28. Re6 bxa5 29. Rc6 Rxc6 30. bxc6 Bb4 31. c7 Rc8 32. Qxd4 1-0 [Event "34th \"Vasilis Theodoridis\" Kavala Open"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.07.29"] [Round "2.12"] [White "Yilmaz, Baver"] [Black "Aaryan Varshney"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2269"] [BlackElo "2436"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2217866565026183"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,60,10,20,42,15,29,30,23,22,25,27,37,37,35,37,-39,24,24,15,35,39,40,15,6,66,23,-21,10,-6,-25,-12,1,-3,-9,6,-5,4,-2,-27,-5,-39,5,-41,-67,-62,-49,-48,-47,-36,-57,-104,-162,-154,-114,-400,-384,-623,-542,-687,-766,-868,-910]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. Rhe1 Be6 15. a3 Bf8 16. h4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Rad8 20. Qd3 Nd6 21. Bf3 a5 22. Bf4 b4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. a4 Qb6 25. Rc1 $4 (25. Qc2 b3 26. Qc5) 25... Bc4 $1 $19 26. Qd2 (26. Rxc4 Rxe1+ 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 c5) 26... Qa6 27. Qxb4 Bd3+ 28. Ka1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Nb5 30. Qb3 Nxd4 0-1 [Event "34th \"Vasilis Theodoridis\" Kavala Open"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.07.29"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Aaryan Varshney"] [Black "Noy, Eyal"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2436"] [BlackElo "2308"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "171"] [GameId "2217866583622032"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,171,9,30,4,18,13,10,5,20,42,26,24,22,17,28,20,22,42,16,42,-19,47,37,46,30,42,41,58,63,56,62,75,91,75,23,69,50,27,94,89,88,99,47,-120,59,-6,65,15,48,48,55,46,45,33,76,-84,72,89,80,-1,83,18,87,40,104,93,81,117,108,135,83,149,172,199,1,181,-7,190,210,220,295,233,157,226,73,246,176,197,103,1,63,87,136,44,80,88,119,102,327,110,137,89,130,78,56,102,-37,65,32,-1,68,117,94,78,118,135,304,140,183,160,153,150,193,176,144,122,156,96,151,236,121,276,214,421,117,474,473,316,525,531,238,552,533,543,396,561,530,582,460,587,573,569,561,567,549,636,335,558,653,673,731,1284,2040,1780,2028,29991,29992,29993,29994,29997,29996,29997,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Re8 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Qf6 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. Bd5 exd4 16. cxd4 Ne7 17. Be4 c6 18. Rab1 Rd8 19. Ne5 Nd5 20. Rfc1 Qe7 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qc7 Qe8 23. Qa5 f6 24. Nf3 Rd6 25. Rc7 b6 26. Qb4 Qd8 27. Rbc1 Rd7 28. R7c3 Bb7 29. Qa4 Rc8 30. h3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Bc8 32. Nh4 Rf7 33. Qc2 Be6 34. Ng6 Rb7 35. Nf4 Qd7 36. g4 Kf8 37. Rc6 Bf7 38. Rc8+ Ke7 39. Rh8 Kd6 40. Qh7 Be6 41. Qg6 Qf7 42. Qb1 Rc7 43. Qb4+ Kc6 44. a4 (44. Rb8) 44... a5 45. Qb5+ Kb7 46. Rd8 Bd7 47. Qb3 Rc1+ 48. Kh2 Qe7 49. Qxb6+ Kxb6 50. Nxd5+ Kb7 51. Nxe7 Bxa4 52. d5 Bb5 53. d6 Rd1 54. e4 a4 55. Nd5 Kc6 56. d7 Bd3 57. f3 Rb1 58. Ra8 $18 Kxd7 59. Rxa4 Ke8 60. Ra8+ Kf7 61. Ra7+ Kf8 62. Nf4 Bc4 63. Ng6+ Kg8 64. Ne7+ Kf8 65. Nf5 Rb2+ 66. Kg3 Bf1 67. Rxg7 Rb3 68. Rg6 Kf7 69. Rxh6 Ra3 70. Rh7+ Kf8 71. Nh6 Ra6 72. h4 Be2 73. h5 Bd1 74. Rd7 Be2 75. Rd2 Bc4 76. Nf5 Kg8 77. Rd6 Ra3 78. Rxf6 Be2 79. Ne7+ Kh7 80. g5 Kh8 81. h6 Bc4 82. g6 Bf7 83. g7+ Kh7 84. Rxf7 Kxh6 85. g8=Q Rxf3+ 86. Kxf3 1-0 [Event "34th \"Vasilis Theodoridis\" Kavala Open"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.07.30"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Ambartsumian, Tyhran"] [Black "Aaryan Varshney"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2244"] [BlackElo "2436"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "102"] [GameId "2217866611724699"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,102,18,27,22,16,22,10,24,9,12,19,39,19,20,25,25,17,42,45,54,38,34,22,22,16,20,3,17,4,-2,-21,-32,37,-19,-68,-73,-98,-146,-102,-88,-88,-98,-90,-190,-121,-116,-307,-152,-333,-177,-145,-87,-89,-162,-112,-28,1,-30,-40,1,-34,-23,-21,-28,1,1,-81,-39,-43,-55,-47,-21,-103,-89,-70,-50,-63,-59,-71,-70,-82,-97,-85,-101,-118,-65,-175,-55,-159,-139,-147,-106,-345,-340,-161,-297,-158,-357,-281,-323,-368,-89,-235,-381]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf1 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. e5 Nh7 16. axb5 Bxb5 17. Ne3 Nd3 18. Rf1 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 Ng5 21. Nd5 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Bh4 23. Ra4 Rb8 24. Qd3 Qg5+ 25. Rg4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qxe5 27. Bc2 f5 28. f4 Qd4+ 29. Qxd4 cxd4 30. Bxf5 Rxb2+ 31. Kf3 Kh8 32. Ne7 Rb3+ 33. Kf2 Rf6 34. Ng6+ Kg8 35. Be4 Re3 36. Bf3 Kh7 37. f5 Rxf5 38. Nh4 Rf7 39. Rxd4 Re5 40. Ng2 Ref5 41. Rd3 a5 42. Ke2 g6 43. Ne1 Rf4 44. h3 h5 45. Ra3 a4 46. Bc6 $4 (46. Ke3) 46... Re7+ $19 47. Re3 Rxe3+ 48. Kxe3 Rh4 49. Nf3 Rb4 50. Nd4 a3 51. Bd5 Rb2 0-1 [Event "34th \"Vasilis Theodoridis\" Kavala Open"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.07.31"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Aaryan Varshney"] [Black "Jacobson, Brandon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2436"] [BlackElo "2569"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "93"] [GameId "2217866630721956"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Bg4 8. dxe5 Bxf3 9. exf6 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Be3 Re8 13. f3 c6 14. Nc3 Be5 15. Rad1 Qh4 16. g3 Qf6 17. Qd2 Qe6 18. b3 Na6 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Rfe1 a5 21. f4 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rad8 23. Kg2 b6 24. Re2 h5 25. Qf2 Qf6 26. Qd4 Qe7 27. Qf2 Qf6 28. Qd4 Qe6 29. Qf2 Kh7 30. Rdd2 Kg7 31. Qd4+ f6 32. h3 Kh7 33. Qf2 Qf7 34. Rd4 Kg7 35. Rd1 Re6 36. Qf3 Qe8 37. g4 h4 38. f5 Re5 39. fxg6 Qxg6 40. Red2 Nxe4 41. Nxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxd6 Rxd6 43. Rxd6 Re7 44. Rd2 Qg5 45. Re2 Re5 46. Qf2 c5 47. Qf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "34th \"Vasilis Theodoridis\" Kavala Open"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.08.01"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Aaryan Varshney"] [Black "Heimann, Mark"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2454"] [BlackElo "2518"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "39"] [GameId "2217866649833901"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 c5 9. e3 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Qb6 13. Qa2 Nf6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Ne4 17. b4 Bxb4 18. axb4 Nxc3 19. O-O Be6 20. Rfc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "34th \"Vasilis Theodoridis\" Kavala Open"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.08.02"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Ohanyan, Emin"] [Black "Aaryan Varshney"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2489"] [BlackElo "2454"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "42"] [GameId "2217867116536322"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4 a5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 e6 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rfc1 Bb7 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Be1 Rc8 15. Na7 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qa8 17. Rc7 Qxa7 18. Rxd7 Rc8 19. g3 Qb8 20. Qxb6 Bc6 21. Qxb8 Rxb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "34th \"Vasilis Theodoridis\" Kavala Open"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.08.03"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Maksimovic, Bojan"] [Black "Aaryan Varshney"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2454"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "29"] [GameId "2217867192152601"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,29,18,0,0,1,2,-3,-3,8,2,12,8,26,17,26,-56,15,-85,11,9,18,-12,-6,51,-21,-25,-38,-25,-87,-30,-33]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Be6 10. Rc1 f6 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. Rfd1 Nb4 13. Qb1 c5 14. Ne4 Rac8 15. d3 1/2-1/2 [Event "34th \"Vasilis Theodoridis\" Kavala Open"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.08.04"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Aaryan Varshney"] [Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2454"] [BlackElo "2535"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "59"] [GameId "2217867244081698"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,59,11,19,52,15,10,9,17,24,35,32,-37,42,42,45,51,31,18,15,14,-7,23,20,29,3,21,21,27,2,-3,-68,2,-30,-13,-1,-80,27,20,9,2,2,-65,23,33,35,25,42,162,215,249,339,274,301,369,415,720,507,726,718,831,780]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rfe1 Bf5 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. b3 Ne4 15. Qe3 Qf6 16. Rcd1 Ng5 17. Nf3 Nh3+ 18. Kf1 Nb4 19. Rd2 Bg4 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. a3 Nc2 $2 22. Rxc2 $1 Qxc2 23. Nxd5 c6 $2 (23... f6 $4 24. Be4 $18) (23... Bf5 24. g4 Bxg4 25. Be4 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Qb2 27. Bf5 h5 28. e6 Bxf5) 24. Be4 Qa2 25. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 26. Nxg4 Re6 (26... f5 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Qf6+ Kd7 (30... Kf8 31. Bxf5) 31. Qxf7+ Kc8 32. Bxf5+) 27. Qh6 Ng5 28. Bf5 Qd2 29. Bxh7+ Nxh7 30. Qxd2 1-0 [Event "LEONINE 3rd GRandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [Site "Level-9, Rangs Nasim Square, House No. 275-D, Road No. 27, Dhanmondi, Dhaka"] [Date "2025.11.15"] [Round "1"] [Board "2"] [White "Sakline Mostafa, Sajid"] [Black "Aaryan, Varshney"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2254546893945439"] [EventDate "2025.11.15"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BAN"] {[%evp 0,76,7,5,15,20,3,6,6,6,16,16,16,20,28,20,9,12,5,-13,-17,-21,0,-42,-15,-8,3,-15,-20,0,41,-45,-27,-55,-37,-49,-94,-130,-82,-117,-117,-110,-102,-128,-110,-168,-170,-159,-170,-170,-162,-154,-154,-177,-78,-215,-195,-168,-215,-182,-151,-188,-170,-180,-152,-157,-349,-396,-226,-383,-373,-426,-348,-399,-414,-693,-469,-467,-678]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. O-O Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Rb1 Re8 12. Ne4 a5 13. Bc3 Bf8 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. b3 Nb5 17. Bb2 Ncd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Re6 21. Nd2 $2 (21. e3 Rc6 22. Qe2 f5 23. Nc5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 b6 25. Qf3 e4) 21... Rc6 $19 22. Nc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 Nd6 25. b5 Rc7 26. Rfc1 Rac8 27. Qb3 Nxc4 28. dxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Qxc4 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. exd3 Rc2 32. f4 f6 33. Ba1 Rd2 34. Rc1 Rxd3 35. Kf2 b6 36. Rc8 Ra3 37. Bb2 Ra2 38. Rc2 d3 0-1 [Event "LEONINE 3rd GRandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [Site "Level-9, Rangs Nasim Square, House No. 275-D, Road No. 27, Dhanmondi, Dhaka"] [Date "2025.11.16"] [Round "2"] [Board "4"] [White "Aaryan, Varshney"] [Black "Manon, Reja Neer"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2360"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "65"] [GameId "2254547471596232"] [EventDate "2025.11.15"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BAN"] {[%evp 0,65,19,19,16,17,32767,11,24,9,24,21,16,21,19,11,18,19,19,18,15,32767,14,17,15,9,15,37,51,48,63,32767,53,43,47,79,53,48,56,58,46,41,30,13,82,48,50,38,115,126,159,74,68,44,46,101,150,152,70,332,270,452,32767,32767,596,654,761,697]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxa3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Ra1 Qd6 16. Rxa7 Qb8 17. Rea1 c5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Ng5 g6 21. Bc4 Nf6 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Nxf7 cxd4 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. exd4 Ng4 27. g3 Rf5 $4 28. Qe4 $1 $18 Nxf2 $2 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Qxe6 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Ra5 32. R1xa5 bxa5 33. Qd7 1-0 [Event "LEONINE 3rd GRandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [Site "Level-9, Rangs Nasim Square, House No. 275-D, Road No. 27, Dhanmondi, Dhaka"] [Date "2025.11.17"] [Round "3"] [Board "3"] [White "Abu Sufian, Shakil"] [Black "Aaryan, Varshney"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2239"] [BlackElo "2500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "88"] [GameId "2254547890445046"] [EventDate "2025.11.15"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BAN"] {[%evp 0,87,19,18,25,21,23,5,16,16,14,4,17,43,32767,32767,41,31,36,34,49,37,44,42,50,24,37,11,22,32767,38,11,7,6,18,32767,32767,-35,15,-69,-63,-84,-88,-108,-76,-91,-87,-92,-92,-86,-85,-88,-90,-174,-154,-228,-185,-200,-163,-151,-140,-214,-186,-206,-178,-180,-148,-143,-146,-140,-144,-128,-149,-114,-120,-139,-173,-152,-135,-114,-134,-130,-116,-132,-117,-115,-93,-131,-79,-450]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Bd6 8. d3 Ne7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ne3 Bc5 12. Nf5 Nxf5 13. Qxf5 Qe7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Rad8 16. Rf2 Rd6 17. Raf1 c5 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Rfd2 a5 20. d4 g6 21. Qf2 exd4 22. exd4 Re6 23. Re1 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Re5 26. g4 h5 27. Re3 $4 (27. Kg2 b4 28. Re2 a4 29. Kg3 c5 30. Qe3 Qe6 31. b3 h4+ 32. Kf3 c4 33. Kg2 axb3) 27... hxg4 $19 28. hxg4 Qg5 29. Kf2 Qf4+ 30. Ke1 c5 31. Qd3 Qxg4 32. Qxb5 Qf4 33. Qd3 Rh5 34. Kd1 c4 35. Qc3 Rh1+ 36. Re1 Qg4+ 37. Kc1 Qxe4 38. Rxh1 Qxh1+ 39. Kd2 Qd5+ 40. Ke3 Kf8 41. b3 cxb3 42. axb3 Ke7 43. Kf4 Qd6+ 44. Kg4 $4 (44. Kg5) 44... Qb4+ 0-1 [Event "LEONINE 3rd GRandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [Site "Level-9, Rangs Nasim Square, House No. 275-D, Road No. 27, Dhanmondi, Dhaka"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "4"] [Board "3"] [White "Aaryan, Varshney"] [Black "Mohammad Fahad, Rahman"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Aaryan Varshney"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2414"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2254548375767910"] [EventDate "2025.11.15"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BAN"] {[%evp 0,79,7,12,19,16,22,17,22,21,41,23,13,15,19,20,22,33,21,14,39,21,27,-6,1,-20,4,5,12,19,28,-1,50,39,21,96,-84,143,67,86,100,205,156,198,171,171,168,168,172,163,170,117,205,129,265,283,277,297,302,316,279,236,302,322,390,353,379,314,334,311,326,348,365,410,445,389,696,398,437,530,494,551]} 1. d4 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'My tournament was going awesome till this round. I was 3/3 before going into fourth round. I went for win only as winning against Fahad was the possible way to get my 2nd GM norm.'} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'I was not expecting this line as this is a very drawish line.'} 5. e3 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'I knew that e4 is the mainline here but I wanted to play some natural game so I opted this simple e3 line instead of e4.'} a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'He offered me a draw here but I declined as I was playing for win only.'} 8. O-O cxd4 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'Be7 is main move here but he played c*d4 which is not as good as Be7.'} (8... Be7) 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bd7 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'Nb4 followed by Bd7 and Bc6 is the main idea here but he went for Bd7 which is slightly bad.'} (12... Nb4) 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Ne5 Nb4 16. Bb3 Rc7 $2 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'Rc7 is a big mistake here as he allowed me for d5. He should have played Nbd5.'} (16... Nbd5) 17. Nxd7 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'Here I was confused between many good moves like Bg3, d5 etc. But after spending around 30 minutes I finally found best move N*d7 followed by B*f6 and d5.'} Rxd7 (17... Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. d5) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. d5 e5 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'Now this is a big mistake done by Fahad. He should have played Kh8 which would have been a better option for him.'} (19... Kh8) 20. Qg4 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'At this point I felt my winning situation because I was having big positional advantage here.'} e4 21. Nxe4 Bxb2 22. Re2 Be5 23. f4 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'Nc5 could have been a better move here.'} (23. Nc5 Rc7 24. Ne6) 23... Bb2 24. Qf3 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'f5 was more crushing move here followed by f6.'} (24. f5 Be5 25. f6) 24... Bf6 25. Kf1 Rf8 26. d6 Nc6 27. Red2 Na5 28. Nc5 Qc8 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Qd5 b6 31. Bc2 g6 32. Bxg6 Qxa4 33. Bd3 Nb3 34. Re2 Nd4 35. Ree1 Kg7 36. Qe4 Rh8 37. Rc1 Qd7 38. Rc7 Qg4 39. h3 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'A big miss by me here. R*f7 is just finishing the game on the spot but I was in time pressure that's why I could not find this brilliant move here.'} (39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Bc4+) 39... Qh5 40. Kg1 {Varshney,Aaryan: 'He resigned here as my threat is g4 followed by Qg6+ leading to a mate which is undefendable. A great win for me. After this win, my score was 4/4 and I was required 3 more points in remaining 5 rounds for my 2nd GM norm. I successfully achieved it and scored my 2nd GM norm.'} 1-0 [Event "LEONINE 3rd GRandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [Site "Level-9, Rangs Nasim Square, House No. 275-D, Road No. 27, Dhanmondi, Dhaka"] [Date "2025.11.19"] [Round "5"] [Board "4"] [White "Nguyen, Duc Hoa"] [Black "Aaryan, Varshney"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "10"] [GameId "2267907302803093"] [EventDate "2025.11.15"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BAN"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 1/2-1/2 [Event "LEONINE 3rd GRandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [Site "Level-9, Rangs Nasim Square, House No. 275-D, Road No. 27, Dhanmondi, Dhaka"] [Date "2025.11.20"] [Round "6"] [Board "2"] [White "Aaryan, Varshney"] [Black "Abdisalimov, Abdimalik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2553"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "15"] [GameId "2267907302807191"] [EventDate "2025.11.15"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "LEONINE 3rd GRandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [Site "Level-9, Rangs Nasim Square, House No. 275-D, Road No. 27, Dhanmondi, Dhaka"] [Date "2025.11.21"] [Round "7"] [Board "5"] [White "Reefat, Bin-Sattar"] [Black "Aaryan, Varshney"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2331"] [BlackElo "2500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "42"] [GameId "2267907302811289"] [EventDate "2025.11.15"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BAN"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. Bb5 Nge7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. O-O-O cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nb4 15. f4 Bxc2 16. Rdg1 Rxh5 17. gxh5 Bh7 18. Rg5 Rc8 19. Kd1 Nc2 20. Ne2 Rc4 21. b3 Bb4 0-1 [Event "LEONINE 3rd GRandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [Site "Level-9, Rangs Nasim Square, House No. 275-D, Road No. 27, Dhanmondi, Dhaka"] [Date "2025.11.22"] [Round "8"] [Board "1"] [White "Zia, Tahsin Tajwar"] [Black "Aaryan, Varshney"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2338"] [BlackElo "2500"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "10"] [GameId "2267907302819483"] [EventDate "2025.11.15"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "LEONINE 3rd GRandmasters Chess Tournament 2025"] [Site "Level-9, Rangs Nasim Square, House No. 275-D, Road No. 27, Dhanmondi, Dhaka"] [Date "2025.11.23"] [Round "9"] [Board "5"] [White "Aaryan, Varshney"] [Black "Panesar, Vedant"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2419"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "32"] [GameId "2267907302823581"] [EventDate "2025.11.15"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Qe8 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 Na6 10. h3 c6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rfd1 Nh5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Nf4 16. Bf1 Rfe8 1/2-1/2 [Event "16th Andranik Margaryan Memorial GM Round-Robin"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.01.09"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Aaryan Varshney"] [Black "Hayrapetyan, Hovik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2407"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "133"] [GameId "2264366991355904"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,133,29,10,21,13,25,18,23,28,14,25,29,36,32,17,25,25,27,32,49,37,43,39,36,55,1,51,82,51,94,-5,-10,82,39,59,51,89,104,105,159,135,166,176,166,188,197,122,95,162,86,122,154,159,182,164,179,183,187,194,183,195,198,197,182,187,185,166,178,115,118,126,141,126,206,138,143,155,190,161,219,227,208,112,136,111,114,109,111,125,114,104,252,200,205,182,207,198,250,229,291,257,276,216,242,256,274,281,32767,263,248,158,144,213,107,140,141,202,268,201,246,127,224,144,105,157,219,319,400,527,495,527,29989,29990,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nh4 Nb6 14. Nf5 Qd7 15. e4 d4 16. Nb5 Qxb5 17. Nxe7+ $18 Kh8 18. Nf5 Nxe4 19. Qg4 g6 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Nd6 Qc6 22. Be5+ f6 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Bxf6+ Rxf6 25. Nxe4 Re6 26. Nxc5 Re2 27. Nd3 Na4 28. Rfe1 Rd2 29. Red1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rc8 31. Rd2 Kg7 32. Nf4 Kf6 33. Rxd4 Nxb2 34. Rd2 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Nc4 36. Rd7 a5 37. Rxh7 Rc2 38. a4 g5 39. Nd3 Rd2 40. Nc5 Rc2 41. h3 Ne3+ 42. Kf3 Rxc5 43. fxe3 Rc4 44. Rh6+ Kg7 45. Re6 g4+ 46. hxg4 Rxa4 47. e4 Ra1 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. Ra6 Ra3 50. g5 Kg7 51. Kf5 Rf3+ 52. Kg4 Re3 53. Kf4 Ra3 54. e5 a4 55. g6 Kh6 56. g4 Ra1 57. Kf5 a3 58. g5+ Kg7 59. Ra7+ Kg8 60. g7 Kh7 61. Kf6 Rf1+ 62. Ke7 Rf3 63. e6 Kg8 64. Kd6 Rd3+ 65. Ke5 Rf3 66. e7 Re3+ 67. Kf6 1-0 [Event "16th Andranik Margaryan Memorial GM Round-Robin"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Agasarov, Benik"] [Black "Aaryan Varshney"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2403"] [BlackElo "2513"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "164"] [GameId "2264727062855680"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. h4 f6 12. Bh3 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 Qc8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Nb6 16. Rh1 Nbc4 17. Qb4 Qe6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. O-O-O a5 20. Qc5 Qe7 21. Rd6 Nd7 22. Qd4 O-O-O 23. Rd1 Ne5 24. Qc5 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. f4 Nd7 28. Qf5 Qb6 29. g4 Qf2 30. h5 g6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Qxg6 Qxf4+ 33. Kc2 Kc7 34. Qe4 Qe5 35. e3 Qh2+ 36. Kb1 Ne5 37. Ka2 Qh8 38. Qf4 Qg8+ 39. Ka1 Qg5 40. Qxg5 fxg5 41. Ne4 Nxg4 42. Nxg5 Nxe3 43. Ne4 Nf5 44. b3 Nd6 45. Nc5 b6 46. Ne6+ Kd7 47. Nf4 Ke7 48. Kb2 Kf6 49. Nd3 Kf5 50. Kc3 Ke4 51. Nf2+ Ke3 52. Nd3 Ne4+ 53. Kc2 Kd4 54. Nf4 Ng5 55. Ne2+ Ke3 56. Ng3 Kf4 57. Ne2+ Ke4 58. Ng3+ Ke5 59. Nf1 Kd4 60. Nd2 b5 61. axb5 cxb5 62. Nb1 Ne4 63. Na3 Nc3 64. Kd2 Ne4+ 65. Kc2 Kc5 66. Kb2 Nf6 67. Nc2 Nd5 68. Kc1 Nc7 69. Kb2 Nd5 70. Kc1 Nb6 71. Kb2 b4 72. Ne3 Nd5 73. Nc4 a4 74. Na3 axb3 75. Kxb3 Ne3 76. Nc2 Nxc2 77. Kxc2 Kc4 78. Kb2 b3 79. Kb1 Kc3 80. Kc1 b2+ 81. Kb1 Kd4 82. Kxb2 Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "16th Andranik Margaryan Memorial GM Round-Robin"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.01.11"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Aaryan Varshney"] [Black "Hakobyan, Erik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D50"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2427"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "107"] [GameId "2264367059070976"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,107,22,21,18,21,17,19,27,32767,23,28,17,1,-10,0,32767,32767,10,13,0,-29,-10,-65,12,32767,84,92,103,101,129,83,111,92,132,100,192,133,149,165,146,166,188,153,154,177,193,176,169,32767,170,176,197,167,193,147,167,32767,171,140,192,172,257,280,32767,32767,270,255,283,315,314,335,332,301,264,221,335,253,285,189,32767,32767,315,277,311,259,242,333,355,354,339,288,358,271,512,409,1319,272,303,230,228,323,32767,252,293,359,368,298,626,606]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qb3 h5 13. Qxd5 Qe7 14. Bd3 Nxc3 15. Qb3 Ne4 16. Bxc7 Rc8 17. Qxb7 O-O 18. Ne2 Bf5 19. Qxc6 Rxc7 20. Qb5 Nd6 21. Qb1 Rb7 22. Qd1 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rfb8 24. O-O Rb3 25. Qd1 h4 26. d5 Rb2 27. Nd4 Qe4 28. Nc6 R8b5 29. a4 Rc5 30. Rb1 Rcc2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. h3 Nc4 33. Qh5 f6 34. Nd8 Nd6 35. Ne6 Nf7 36. Rd1 a5 37. Nd4 Rb1 38. Nc6 Kg7 39. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 40. Kh2 Qe4 41. Qd1 Nd6 42. Kg1 Qc4 43. Qd4 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Kg6 45. Qa7 Ne4 46. Ne7+ Kf7 47. Nf5+ Kg6 48. Qg7+ Kxf5 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qxe4 Qc7+ 53. f4 Qc3 54. Qd4 1-0 [Event "16th Andranik Margaryan Memorial GM Round-Robin"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.01.11"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Aaryan Varshney"] [Black "Goganov, Aleksey"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2487"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2265101640466432"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,67,27,9,21,15,18,22,19,16,21,21,16,14,24,21,9,15,22,-9,3,19,14,12,10,28,14,16,-3,0,15,1,22,43,56,26,65,44,39,29,29,-12,31,-18,-21,-15,5,26,52,36,23,47,43,40,35,47,31,13,52,21,31,-10,33,28,27,121,386,321,624,597]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Re8 8. a3 Bf8 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O h6 11. Rad1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. e4 Qe8 17. Bf4 Rc5 18. Be3 Rc6 19. e5 b5 20. exf6 Rxc4 21. Nd5 g6 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. Bc5 Bb7 (23... Rxc5 24. Rd8 Be6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8) 24. Qe3 Bxe7 25. Bxe7 Qc6 26. f3 Re8 27. Rfe1 a5 28. Rd3 g5 29. b3 Rc2 30. Rd4 Rc3 31. Qe5 Rxb3 $6 32. Qf5+ Kh8 $4 (32... Kg8) 33. Qh3 $18 Kh7 34. Qh5 1-0 [Event "16th Andranik Margaryan Memorial GM Round-Robin"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.01.12"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Nozdrachev, Vladislav"] [Black "Aaryan Varshney"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2514"] [BlackElo "2513"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2265454872879104"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. O-O Ba7 9. Bb3 Qe7 10. Re1 g5 11. Bg3 Nh7 12. d4 Nf8 13. Bd5 Ng6 14. Na3 g4 15. Nd2 h5 16. h4 gxh3 17. Ndc4 h4 18. Bh2 Rg8 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. g3 exd4 21. Bxc6+ bxc6 22. cxd4 hxg3 23. Bxg3 Qg5 24. Kh2 Nh5 25. Nf1 Nxg3 26. Nxg3 Qf6 27. Qc2 Bxd4 28. Re2 Kf8 29. Nc4 Rb8 30. Rg1 Be6 0-1 [Event "16th Andranik Margaryan Memorial GM Round-Robin"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.01.13"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Aaryan Varshney"] [Black "Sahakyan, Aleks"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2401"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "73"] [GameId "2265803733970944"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. O-O e5 10. h3 Qe7 11. Qc2 h6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Be6 16. Bd3 Nd5 17. Rae1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qf6 19. Qxc7 Qxb2 20. f5 Bd5 21. Qg3 f6 22. e4 Bxa2 23. e5 fxe5 24. Rf2 Qb6 25. Kh1 Bd5 26. Rxe5 Rad8 27. f6 Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qxf6 30. Re2 Rf8 31. h4 Kh8 32. h5 a5 33. Re5 a4 34. Qe3 a3 35. Rf5 Qb2+ 36. Kh3 Qb4 37. Qe4 1-0 [Event "16th Andranik Margaryan Memorial GM Round-Robin"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.01.14"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Sukiasyan, Vahe A."] [Black "Aaryan Varshney"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2513"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2266175166980096"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2 Kb8 15. gxf4 Nc4 16. e3 Nc5 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Qa5+ 19. Nc3 Qb6 20. Ne4 Qb4+ 21. Ke2 Qxb2 22. Qxb2 Nxb2 23. a5 Nba4 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Ra1 Nc3+ 26. Kf3 Kc7 27. Bf1 b5 28. axb6+ Kxb6 29. Ra6+ Kb7 30. Bc4 f6 31. Ra1 Kb6 32. Ra6+ Kb7 33. h4 Rd8 34. Ra1 Kb6 35. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "16th Andranik Margaryan Memorial GM Round-Robin"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Aaryan Varshney"] [Black "Ambartsumian, Tyhran"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2375"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "5"] [GameId "2266528752095232"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "16th Andranik Margaryan Memorial GM Round-Robin"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.01.16"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Lashkin, Jegor"] [Black "Aaryan Varshney"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2494"] [BlackElo "2513"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "10"] [GameId "2266833113849856"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 1/2-1/2