[Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.10"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2721"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "114"] [GameId "2339433086439424"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,110,23,19,20,8,13,-10,6,32767,32767,22,25,-1,-8,0,-1,8,9,32767,19,0,24,13,22,26,23,24,32767,38,57,74,47,49,70,50,32767,12,46,21,46,42,48,54,32767,67,67,63,55,74,80,78,96,101,129,165,158,169,172,168,32767,166,186,146,163,179,177,179,158,126,127,122,104,125,103,123,141,91,131,138,159,156,152,145,154,107,124,87,126,113,155,159,160,165,160,157,151,154,161,151,182,173,152,183,174,142,161,149,126,140,138,153,153]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Ne5 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Nd7 10. Bc3 Bxc5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg2 (13. Bf3 Qe7 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Re1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Nb4 17. Bc1 a5 18. c3 Nd5 19. Nd2 b6 20. Ne4 Ba6 21. Qc2 Rac8 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Be3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Red8 25. Rd1 g6 26. b3 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qc7 28. c4 b5 29. cxb5 Bxb5 30. h4 h5 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Qe1 Bc6 33. Qe2 Bd5 34. Rd3 a4 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. bxa4 d4 37. Qf3 Qc4 38. a5 Qa6 39. Qd1 Qxa5 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Qxd4 Qxa2 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kg8 {½-½ Gukesh,D (2787)-Caruana,F (2776) Bucharest Superbet Classic 5th 2025 (9)}) 13... e5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Bxe5 Ng4 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. c3 Bd3 20. Bf3 h5 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Rfe1 Bc4 23. Be3 Rc6 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Bd5 26. Bxa7 Ra8 27. Re5 Be6 28. Bd4 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Bxa2 30. Rg5 f6 31. Rxg4 Ra6 32. f3 Be6 33. Re4 Bd5 34. Rf4 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Rb1 36. b4 Rb2+ 37. Bf2 b5 38. g4 Rc2 39. g5 fxg5 40. Rf5 Bc4 41. Rxg5 Bd3 42. Rc5 Bc4 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Rc7 Rxc3 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 46. Bd4+ Kf7 47. Bxc3 Ke6 48. Kf2 Ba2 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. h4 Bb1 51. h5 Bc2 52. Kf4 Ke6 53. Kg5 Bb1 54. Kh6 Kf7 55. Kg5 Ke6 56. Kh6 Kf7 57. Kg5 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.10"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2765"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2341558830559232"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,68,21,14,18,13,32767,32767,11,4,32767,32767,32767,21,16,0,32767,32767,0,-11,32767,32767,32767,19,22,32767,32767,32767,11,18,44,32767,32767,19,67,32767,32767,32767,20,30,70,32767,32767,17,44,32767,32767,32767,73,56,71,32767,32767,32,23,32767,32767,32767,3,1,32767,32767,32767,19,17,32767,32767,32767,20,22,16]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 a5 4. h3 (4. Bg5 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. O-O a4 10. c4 O-O 11. Rc1 c6 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Bd3 a3 14. b3 Bb4 15. h3 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfe8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qf5 21. Qe2 Bd6 22. Qc2 Nb8 23. c5 Bf4 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Rc2 Na6 26. Bg3 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Nb4 28. Rcd2 Nd5 29. Ne5 f6 30. Nc4 Nc3 31. Rf1 g6 32. Rf3 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Nd5 34. Nd6 Rb8 35. Rff2 Nc3 36. Rc2 Ne4 37. Rfe2 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 Nc3 39. Rc2 Nd5 40. Rc4 b5 41. cxb6 Rxb6 42. Ra4 Rb4 43. Rxa3 Rxd4 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Nc4 Rd3 47. Rb7 g5 48. a4 g4 49. a5 Nc3 50. a6 Nb5 51. a7 Nxa7 52. Rxa7 Rxb3 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Nd6 h5 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Rxf6 Rd3 57. Ne4 Rd4 58. Nc5 Rc4 59. Ne6 Kh7 60. Nd8 c5 61. Rc6 Rc1 62. Ne6 c4 63. Nf4 Kg7 64. Nxh5+ Kf7 65. Nf6 c3 66. Nd5 c2 67. Ne3 {1-0 Mendonca,L (2605)-So,W (2753) W-chT Blitz 5-8th Hong Kong 2026 (2.1)}) 4... e6 (4... Qd6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. c5 Qd8 8. Bf4 Be7 9. e3 f5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Qxb7 Ra7 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. a3 g5 16. Bh2 h5 17. Qc2 Rb7 18. Ba6 Ra7 19. Bd3 Rb7 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Qe7 22. Rab1 g4 23. Kh1 Rfb8 24. f3 Qg7 25. Ne2 Kf7 26. Nf4 Qg5 27. Be2 a4 28. Bd1 Ne7 29. Nd3 g3 30. Bg1 Bb5 31. Be2 Bxd3 32. Bxd3 Rb3 33. Bc2 Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Rxb2 35. Qc3 Rb8 36. Bxa4 Qg8 37. Bc2 Qc8 38. a4 Qa6 39. Ra1 Nc6 40. e4 f4 41. exd5 exd5 42. Bb3 Ne7 43. a5 c6 44. Bc2 Qc4 45. Qd2 Bg5 46. a6 Ra8 47. Bd3 Qb3 48. Rb1 Qa3 49. Rb7 Qa1 50. Be2 Kf6 51. Qd3 Qa2 52. Bf1 Nf5 53. Rc7 Qa4 54. Qb1 Re8 {1-0 Cuenca Jimenez,J (2480)-Shuvalova,P (2472) ESP-chT CECLUB Honor Melilla 2024 (7.17)}) 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Bxf4 8. exf4 b6 9. Ne5 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. O-O a4 12. Qd3 Ra8 13. Na3 c5 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15. Nb5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne8 17. Rad1 Nc7 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. f5 exf5 20. Qxf5 Rad8 21. Qg4 Qd7 22. f4 g6 23. Rd2 Qe6 24. Red1 h5 25. Qe2 f6 26. a3 Rd7 27. Qb5 fxe5 28. fxe5 Rf4 29. Qa6 Qc6 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Qe6 32. Qa6 Qc6 33. Qf1 Qe6 34. Qa6 Qc6 35. Qf1 Qe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.10"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2750"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "95"] [GameId "2341558831828992"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,95,26,21,22,27,12,21,15,5,1,26,43,24,41,32767,47,27,33,-26,0,-25,32767,-12,-3,-17,-30,-23,-6,-6,-12,-15,-27,-4,2,9,0,-11,15,6,4,0,13,-3,1,7,0,-11,-11,-3,2,-2,8,1,-8,-16,1,-32,9,1,13,-19,2,1,10,-15,-34,1,-4,-17,-9,-12,-6,-25,-16,-12,-6,-32,-23,-34,-34,-36,-59,-65,-26,-26,-29,-13,-12,-25,-10,-2,1,-31,-10,-8,-1,-27]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. d3 Qa1 (11... O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Na5 14. Bc2 b4 15. Bg5 Qd8 16. Nd2 h6 17. Bh4 Qe7 18. Re1 Rb8 19. d4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb2 21. Qd3 Bb6 22. Nf3 Qe6 23. Bg3 Nh5 24. Bh2 Nc4 25. Bd1 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. e5 d5 28. Bc2 g6 29. Rb1 Rxb1+ 30. Bxb1 c5 31. Ba2 cxd4 32. cxd4 Qc6 33. Bb3 Kg7 34. Qc3 Qb5 35. Bc2 Ba5 36. Qb3 Qc6 37. Bd3 Nd2 38. Nxd2 Bxd2 39. Qc2 Qc3 40. Qxc3 Bxc3 41. Be2 Bxd4 42. Bf3 Bxe5 43. Bxd5 {½-½ Ozolin,M (2367)-Looshnikov,N (2462) Nezhmetdinov Memorial 30th Kazan 2008 (6)}) 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. h3 Bd7 14. Re1 b4 15. Qc2 Qa7 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. Be3 bxc3 18. bxc3 h6 19. Rb1 Be6 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Ne3 Bxb3 22. Rxb3 g6 23. g3 Kg7 24. Kg2 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Na5 26. Qb2 Qc6 27. Qa3 Qb6 28. Nh4 Qa7 29. Qa2 Qc5 30. Qb2 Nc6 31. Nf3 Qa7 32. Qc2 Nd8 33. d4 Qa8 34. dxe5 dxe5 35. Nxe5 Qxe4+ 36. Qxe4 Nxe4 37. c4 Ne6 38. Nd3 Nd4 39. h4 h5 40. Nb4 Kf8 41. Nf1 Ke7 42. f3 Nd6 43. Nd2 Kd7 44. Kf2 Nc6 45. Nd3 Nd4 46. Nb4 Nc6 47. Nd3 Nd4 48. Nb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.10"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2713"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2341558832369664"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,91,4,22,15,17,16,18,31,20,25,26,32,28,31,40,45,41,36,18,32767,32767,32767,31,47,40,15,21,32767,32767,35,12,19,20,33,22,32767,25,46,37,42,47,32767,32767,73,42,34,40,28,32767,32767,20,9,4,9,14,6,4,-1,1,-1,-5,-1,-17,-1,-1,11,8,4,21,1,10,-4,-6,-20,32767,-8,-11,-5,-15,-1,-1,0,0,-3,0,-1,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 b6 6. g3 Ba6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 c5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 (11... Re8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nxd5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rxe5 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qf4 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. e3 Bc8 19. Rd2 Kg7 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Qh4 b5 22. Bh3 Rb6 23. Rd8 Ra6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. R1d2 Rc6 26. Ra8 Rd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qg4+ Rg5 29. Qe4 Re5 30. Qg4+ Rg5 31. Qe4 Re5 32. Qb7 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Qd1+ 34. Kf2 Qd2+ 35. Kf3 Qd1+ 36. Kf4 h5 37. h3 Qd6+ 38. Kf3 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kg1 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qxa2+ 42. Qg2 Qxb3 43. Rxa7 Qxe3 44. Ra2 c4 45. Qd5 Qb6 46. Qxh5 c3 47. Qg4+ Kh7 48. Qb4 {1-0 Jakovenko,D (2730)-Shaposhnikov,E (2563) RUS Cup final Khanty-Mansiysk 2017 (3.2)}) 12. O-O (12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. dxc5 d4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rae8 16. c6 Qd6 17. Bd3 Qxc6 18. O-O Bxd3 {½-½ Alonso Rosell,A (2535)-Lagarde,M (2615) EU-ch 25th Eforie Nord 2025 (10)}) 12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Re8 15. Qd4 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Ba6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bb7 20. Rd1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qe8 22. h4 a5 23. Rd4 h6 24. Kg2 Rc8 25. Re4 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Re5 g6 28. g4 a4 29. Re4 axb3 30. axb3 Kg7 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 f6 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. gxf6 Rc3 35. b4 Rc4 36. Kg3 Rxb4 37. f4 Rb5 38. Rb7 Rf5 39. Rxb6 Kf7 40. Kg4 Rxf6 41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rb7+ Rf7 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. f5 gxf5+ 46. Kxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.10"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2728"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "109"] [GameId "2341558832930816"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,109,23,23,4,13,15,9,14,32767,29,2,12,12,0,17,29,32767,56,33,18,38,63,-23,-15,32767,-48,-36,34,-51,11,3,14,32767,34,28,7,17,36,61,57,22,75,73,120,109,130,127,32767,32767,126,141,127,109,146,136,123,120,119,147,175,163,176,183,201,32767,197,215,202,194,193,180,191,185,192,140,193,198,211,202,199,203,206,207,180,199,247,282,237,32767,233,261,217,242,235,233,268,32767,269,269,215,230,267,255,250,230,235,235,411,399,403,431]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 Qxd3 12. Nxe5 Qf5 13. Nef3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Qc8 (14... Nd5 15. Ne4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bb6 18. Rd1 Nde7 19. Bf4 h6 20. a4 a5 21. h4 Nf5 22. h5 Nh4 23. Nd2 Ne5 24. Kf1 Nd3 25. Bg3 Nf5 26. Nc4 Nc5 27. Bc2 Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Ne6 29. f4 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8 32. Be4 Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Bd5 g6 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Ne5 Bg1 38. Kg2 Ba7 39. Nc4 c6 40. Be4 b5 41. Nxa5 bxa4 42. Bc2 Bb6 43. Nc4 Bc7 44. Bxa4 g5 45. fxg5+ Kxg5 46. Nd2 Kf6 47. Kh3 Ke5 48. Kg4 c5 49. Kh5 Nf7 50. Bc2 Kf6 51. Ne4+ Kg7 52. Nxc5 Bxg3 53. Kg4 Bd6 54. Ne4 Be7 55. Kf5 h5 56. Ke6 Bd8 57. b4 h4 58. c4 h3 59. Bd1 h2 60. Bf3 Bc7 61. c5 Ne5 62. Bh1 Nd3 63. b5 Kg6 64. c6 Ba5 65. Kd6 Bb4+ 66. Kd7 Ba5 67. c7 Ne5+ 68. Kd6 Nc4+ 69. Kc6 Bxc7 70. Kxc7 {1-0 So,W (2714)-Martirosyan,H (2610) WchT Rapid London 2025 (4.4)}) 15. Qf1 Bg6 (15... Rfe8 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bg3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 a6 20. Rad1 Qf5 21. Qc4 Nb6 22. Qe2 Ne5 23. f4 Ng6 24. Ng5 Nd5 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 c6 27. Nf3 Bf8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Rxd5 Re2 31. Rd8 f6 32. f5 Ne7 33. Nd4 {1-0 Aronian,L (2773)-Dominguez Perez,L (2758) Saint Louis Rapid Lichess.org INT 2020 (9.3)}) 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. Re2 Bf8 19. Rae1 Na5 20. Bc2 Nac4 21. Nh4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Bxb7 Qd7 25. Nf3 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 c6 27. Ba6 g6 28. Qe4 Nd5 29. Bc4 Qc7 30. Kf1 Bc5 31. g3 a5 32. Re2 Rd6 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ f6 35. Qe4 Rd7 36. Bb3 Re7 37. Qd3 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 Qd7 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Qa6 Qc7 41. Bxd5 cxd5 42. a4 Kf7 43. Qa8 Ke6 44. b4 axb4 45. cxb4 Bxb4 46. Nd4+ Kd7 47. Qxd5+ Qd6 48. Qb7+ Ke8 49. Qc8+ Kf7 50. Qc4+ Kf8 51. Ne6+ Ke7 52. Nf4 Bd2 53. Nd5+ Kd8 54. Qb5 Qe6 55. Qd3 1-0