[Event "6th Cairns Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.04"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Black "Yip, Carissa"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2459"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2339441309585408"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,71,21,14,17,10,16,17,41,40,21,21,29,16,26,30,43,35,28,35,40,36,31,32767,42,30,26,36,41,36,47,48,54,27,47,56,38,25,32767,8,47,31,0,-13,-16,-18,-7,32767,32767,-56,14,23,-42,20,47,74,27,60,55,46,53,-42,1,-32,1,1,41,-1,67,63,4,5,745,730]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. Nf1 e5 9. d5 a5 10. Ng3 a4 11. Be3 b6 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. h4 Nba6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 e4 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. g4 Qd7 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. O-O-O Nb3+ 21. Bxb3 axb3 22. Nc6 Nc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Qe3 Qc8 25. Kb1 h5 26. g5 Bd4 27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Nxd4 Qa6 29. Rc1 Qc8 30. g6 fxg6 31. Rg1 gxf5 32. Qh6 Re7 33. Qg6 Qe8 34. Nxf5 Rd7 35. Qf6 Qf8 $4 (35... Qf7 36. Rxg7+ (36. Nh6+ Kf8) 36... Qxg7 37. Nxg7 Rxg7 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qh6+ Kg8) 36. Qe6+ $18 1-0 [Event "6th Cairns Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.10"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Koneru, Humpy"] [Black "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "E68"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2433"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "123"] [GameId "2341558961602560"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,123,21,15,16,20,40,19,29,32767,32767,30,36,31,37,34,44,30,33,32767,52,49,46,32,47,46,56,57,64,57,61,92,74,70,68,92,32767,32767,69,49,47,26,41,44,75,54,32767,53,50,80,24,64,52,54,65,32767,18,34,25,35,81,76,83,32767,32767,85,79,104,111,117,114,95,141,158,114,189,217,232,232,91,46,32767,32767,63,80,28,64,65,52,30,32767,32767,71,88,97,52,124,59,257,34,32767,69,25,30,0,92,37,0,32767,32767,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 Re8 9. Be3 b6 10. dxe5 (10. Re1 h6 11. h3 Bb7 12. d5 a5 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Nh2 Ng8 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 a4 17. Bd4 Ngf6 18. e5 Nh5 19. e6 fxe6 20. dxe6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Re4 a3 24. b3 Qf6 25. Rc1 Rxe6 26. Nd5 Qb2 27. Rc2 Rxe4 28. Rxb2 axb2 29. Qc2 Rxa2 30. Kf3 Re1 {0-1 Ju,W (2570)-Avramidou,A (2316) Julius Baer WSCC Blitz Chess.com INT 2025 (1.7)}) 10... dxe5 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. h3 Bb7 14. Rab1 Nf8 15. b4 N6d7 16. c5 Ne6 17. Na4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Ba6 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Rab8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rd6 Rc8 23. Qd2 Rc7 24. Qa5 Ndxc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Bf8 27. Rd3 Qxc5 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Nxe5 Re7 30. Nd7 Bb6 31. e5 c5 32. f4 Kg7 33. Nf6 Re6 34. Ke2 c4 35. Rd7 c3 36. Kd3 Rc6 37. Kc2 Rc4 38. Ne8+ Kg8 39. Rxf7 $4 (39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Rb7 Rc8 41. Ne4 Kf8 42. Ng5 Bd4 43. Rxf7+ Ke8 44. Rxh7 Rc6 45. Ne4 Ra6 46. Rc7 Rxa2+ 47. Kd3) 39... Kxf7 40. Nd6+ Ke6 41. Nxc4 Bf2 42. g4 Bg3 43. Kxc3 Bxf4 44. Kd4 Bg3 45. a4 h5 46. a5 a6 47. Kc5 Bf2+ 48. Kc6 Bd4 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Kb7 Kd5 51. e6 Kxe6 52. Kxa6 Bc3 53. Kb5 Bxa5 54. Kxa5 Kf5 55. Kb5 Kf4 56. Kc5 Kg3 57. Kd4 Kxh3 58. Ke3 Kg3 59. Nd6 h4 60. Nf5+ Kg4 61. Nxh4 Kxh4 62. Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Cairns Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.10"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Muzychuk, Anna"] [Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2529"] [BlackElo "2538"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2341558961258496"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,84,21,23,24,18,31,29,32767,12,40,31,30,36,33,32767,0,5,64,12,12,32767,32767,0,3,10,0,4,32767,-13,-16,-4,-23,-18,32767,-34,-21,32767,32767,32767,32767,0,-6,-14,-16,1,32767,12,9,6,-1,0,32767,-9,29,-11,4,9,32767,39,17,4,12,18,15,18,14,21,16,32767,32767,0,0,-1,1,32767,32767,-14,0,-4,-1,0,32767,-6,-1,2,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qg4 Nf6 8. Qg3 (8. Qh4 d5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. e5 Ng8 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qxe7+ Qxe7 {0-1 Dovgaliuk,O (2240)-Ibarra Jerez,J (2545) Titled Tuesday intern op 13th May Late Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (1)}) 8... O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Nc7 14. Na4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Qd3 Nb8 17. b3 Nd7 18. f4 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qe3 a5 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. Nb2 Nc5 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. cxd3 a4 25. bxa4 Qb4 26. g3 Qxa4 27. Rf2 h6 28. Rfe2 Qa3 29. d4 Qxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Ra8 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Rxa2 33. Rxc6 Rd2 34. Rd6 Rxd4 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Ke3 Rxh2 37. Rxd5 Ra2 38. Rd7 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 Rb3 40. Kg2 Ra3 41. Kf2 Rb3 42. Kg2 Ra3 43. Kf2 Rb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th Cairns Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.10"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"] [Black "Divya Deshmukh"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2489"] [BlackElo "2490"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2341558961147904"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,62,17,6,18,20,32767,12,18,12,15,-11,34,33,36,40,45,40,43,35,47,48,36,33,39,47,55,26,29,-13,-1,-26,0,0,-12,-71,-47,-63,-105,-73,-88,-97,-89,-79,-66,-74,-78,-18,-56,-64,-53,-63,-50,-80,-73,-123,-113,-98,-118,-136,-128,-129,-343,-266,-417]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 a6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 (7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 b6 11. Bf4 h6 12. Nd6 Qc7 13. c5 Nd5 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Nxf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxc7 Nxc7 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Ne5 Rf6 19. Ng6+ Kxh7 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Qxc6 Nbd5 22. Nxd5 {1-0 Bluebaum,M (2660)-Rustemov,A (2525) Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Apr Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (7)}) 8. Qxe4 Bb4+ (8... Nd7 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Qe2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Qc7 13. a3 b6 14. b4 Bd6 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. h3 Rd8 17. Rad1 Nh5 18. Be4 Nf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ng5 Be7 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rd1 Be7 23. Qd3 h6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Ne4 O-O 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qf4 Kg7 29. Rd3 f5 30. Qe5+ Kh7 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Qxf6 Rg8 33. g3 Qc7 34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Rg6 36. Qd4 e5 37. Qd7 Qxd7 38. Rxd7 Kg7 39. Rd5 f4 40. Rxe5 fxg3 41. f4 Rf6 42. Re4 Rc6 43. Rc4 h5 44. h4 Kf6 45. Kg2 Ke6 46. Kxg3 Kd5 47. Ra4 Rxc5 48. Rxa6 Rc3+ 49. Kg2 Ke4 50. Rf6 Rc2+ 51. Kg3 Rc3+ 52. Kf2 Rxa3 53. Rxf7 Rf3+ 54. Kg2 Rxf4 55. Re7+ Kf5 56. Kg3 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 Re4 58. Rg7 Re3+ 59. Kg2 Kf4 60. Rg5 Re2+ 61. Kf1 Re5 62. Kg2 Rxg5+ 63. hxg5 Kxg5 64. Kh1 h4 65. Kg1 h3 66. Kh1 h2 67. Kg2 h1=Q+ 68. Kxh1 {½-½ Bluebaum,M (2640)-Drozdowski,K (2448) Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jul Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (9)}) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nd7 11. O-O-O O-O (11... c5 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nxc5 14. Qe5 O-O 15. Ne4 b6 16. Nd6 f6 17. Qe3 e5 18. Be2 Be6 19. f4 Na4 20. f5 Bd7 21. Bf3 e4 22. Bxe4 Ra7 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Qb4 26. Qb3 Bxf5+ 27. Ka1 Qf8 28. Qxa4 Rxf7 29. Rhe1 b5 30. cxb5 Bd7 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. bxa6 Rd8 33. a7 h6 34. Qc6 Rc8 35. Qb7 Rd8 36. a3 Qg8 37. Rc1 Re8 38. h4 h5 39. Qb5 g6 40. Qb6 Kg7 41. Rc7+ Kh6 42. Qf2 Qe6 43. Qf4+ g5 44. hxg5+ fxg5 45. Qc1 Qb6 46. Rc6+ Qxc6 47. Qxc6+ Re6 48. Qxe6+ {1-0 Andreikin,D (2729)-Yanchenko,R (2466) Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Nov Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (8)}) 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qe5 b5 14. Nb3 a5 15. Nc5 a4 16. Kb1 Ba6 17. Nxa6 Rxa6 18. Rhe1 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Ra5 20. Qe3 Qb6 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Rc1 Ra7 23. a3 Rad7 24. Rcd1 h6 25. h3 Nd5 26. Qf3 Ne7 27. Qe4 Nf5 28. g4 Nxd4 29. Ka2 Qc5 30. Bd3 $4 (30. Bf1 Rd5 31. Bg2 g5 32. Qe1 Qc4+ 33. Kb1 Nb3 34. Bxd5 Nxd2+ 35. Qxd2 Qxd5 36. Qxd5 cxd5 37. b3 Rb8 38. b4 Rc8) 30... Nb3 $19 31. Rc2 Qd5 0-1 [Event "6th Cairns Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.10"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Lee, Alice"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D13"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2504"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "129"] [GameId "2341558961537024"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,129,18,7,17,16,25,19,12,11,21,18,8,3,17,16,21,12,25,0,-1,32767,8,-2,-4,-10,-11,-15,-23,-17,-13,-22,-8,-19,1,-6,-6,-6,-13,-2,-14,-62,-65,-45,-21,-10,1,9,0,9,-1,-5,3,-53,-10,-3,-9,-5,-1,1,14,-1,-15,0,12,-8,19,3,8,11,19,-31,-11,0,2,2,3,10,14,23,17,0,29,3,72,42,135,184,182,125,148,130,142,124,169,121,137,116,142,121,149,114,122,142,90,1,92,36,97,85,91,145,93,108,212,196,240,222,195,241,221,288,277,297,284,315,630,659,883,970,801,1093]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 (6... Nh5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. h3 Re8 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Na4 Qc6 18. Bc3 Qxa4 19. Bxe5 Bg4 20. hxg4 Rxe5 21. Qf4 Qe8 22. Rac1 h6 23. Rc7 Re7 24. Rdc1 Rd8 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Rc7 Qe6 27. Rxb7 d4 28. Rb8 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qxd4 g5 31. Qxa7 Qxg4 32. Qd4 Qd1+ 33. Bf1 Qxd4 34. exd4 Ke7 35. Bc4 Ne4 36. a4 Nd6 37. Bd3 Kd7 38. Kf1 h5 39. b4 Kc6 40. a5 Kd5 41. b5 Kxd4 42. b6 Kc5 43. b7 Nxb7 44. a6 Kb6 45. axb7 Kxb7 46. Bc4 f6 47. Bf7 h4 48. Ke2 Kc6 49. Kf3 Kd6 50. Ke4 g4 51. Kf4 f5 52. Bg6 g3 {1-0 Dubov,D (2795)-Abdusattorov,N (2768) Wch Blitz op Doha 2025 (15)}) 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. Qb3 (9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. Qd1 Rc7 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Rc3 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Ne7 18. Rxc7 Rxc7 19. Nb3 b6 20. Qf1 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Qb4 22. Nc3 Qc4 23. Nd2 Qc8 24. Ne2 Kf8 25. Qxc8+ Nxc8 26. Nf4 Nd6 27. Nb1 Ke7 28. Kf1 Nc4 29. b3 Na5 30. Ke2 Nc6 31. Nc3 Kd6 32. Kd2 g5 33. Nfe2 f5 34. f3 Nf6 35. Na4 Nd7 36. Nac3 Nf6 37. Na4 Nd7 38. Nac3 {½-½ Aravindh,C (2649)-Harikrishna,P (2716) FIDE Grand Swiss Douglas 2023 (10)}) 9... Bxf3 (9... Na5 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 Kd7 19. Kf1 Be7 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Kg2 g5 22. Bg3 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Kxd6 24. b4 Rhc8 25. b5 axb5 26. Nxb5+ Ke7 27. Rb1 Nd7 28. a3 Na5 29. Rhc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Nc6 31. Rb1 Rc8 32. Rc1 Nb6 33. Rb1 Nd7 34. Rc1 Ra8 35. Rb1 Ra5 36. Nc7 Nd8 37. Rb3 Nb8 38. Nb5 Nd7 39. Nc3 Ra8 40. Bb5 Nb6 41. Be2 Nc8 42. e4 dxe4 43. Nxe4 f6 44. Bf3 Ra7 45. Rc3 Nc6 46. Nc5 Nxd4 47. Nxb7 Nb6 48. Nc5 Nxf3 49. Kxf3 Nd5 50. Rb3 Kd6 51. Ne4+ Ke5 52. Nc3 Nf4 53. Ne2 Nxh3 54. Kg3 Nf4 55. Re3+ Kd6 56. Nxf4 gxf4+ 57. Kxf4 g5+ 58. Kg3 Ra4 59. Rf3 Ke7 60. Rb3 f5 61. gxf5 exf5 62. f3 Kf6 63. Rc3 Kg6 64. Rb3 Kh5 65. Rc3 f4+ 66. Kf2 Rd4 67. Rc2 Kh4 68. Ra2 Ra4 69. Kg2 g4 70. fxg4 Kxg4 71. Kf2 f3 72. Rb2 Rxa3 73. Rb4+ Kf5 74. Rc4 Ke5 {½-½ Lee,A (2388)-Paehtz,E (2479) WchT (Women) Pool-B Bydgoszcz rapid 2023 (1.2)}) 10. Bxf3 Na5 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nc4 18. Na4 Nd6 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Nb6 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. a3 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Qc2 Rd8 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. dxc5 Nc4 27. Rc2 Ne5 28. Be2 Kf8 29. b4 Ke7 30. f3 Nc6 31. Kf2 f5 32. Rc1 Kf6 33. Rh1 Kg7 34. Rb1 d4 35. b5 axb5 36. Bxb5 Na5 37. Bd3 dxe3+ 38. Kxe3 Kf6 39. Rb5 Ra8 40. a4 h5 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Kc3 Kd7 43. Rb6 h4 44. Bb5+ Ke7 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Kb4 Kf6 47. f4 Nc6+ 48. Bxc6 bxc6 49. Rxc6 Rg8 50. a5 Rxg2 51. Rc8 Kg7 52. a6 Ra2 53. Kb5 h3 54. Rd8 h2 55. Rd1 Kf6 $4 (55... Rb2+ 56. Kc4 Rc2+ 57. Kb4 Rb2+ 58. Ka5 Ra2+ 59. Kb6 Rb2+ 60. Kc7 Ra2 61. Rh1 Rxa6) 56. c6 $18 Rb2+ 57. Kc5 Rc2+ 58. Kb6 Rb2+ 59. Kc7 Ra2 60. Kb7 Rb2+ 61. Kc8 Ra2 62. c7 e5 63. Kd7 Rd2+ 64. Rxd2 h1=Q 65. Rd6+ 1-0