[Event "Prague Festival Masters 2026"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Aravindh,Chithambaram VR"] [Site "Prague"] [Round "6.5"] [Annotator ""] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "96"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:27]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} g6 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:1:34]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 4. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:2:56]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 5. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:0:8]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:0:5] B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves.} Nc6 {[%emt 0:1:33]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:1:44]} f6 {[%emt 0:9:30]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:3:49]The position is equal.} fxe5 $0 $146 {[%emt 0:2:32]} ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg7 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. dxc5 O-O 11. Bg5 Nh5 12. Nbd2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Rxf4 14. Ne1 e5 )9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:6:17]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:2:32]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:20:55]} e6 {[%emt 0:1:2]} 11. c4 {[%emt 0:10:9]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:2:32]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:4:23]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:7:20]} 13. Qxd7+ {[%emt 0:3:18]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:0:41]} 14. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:0:6] White sacrificed a pawn} (14. Bg5 $0 $14 )Kc8 {[%emt 0:0:43]} 15. Ne4 {[%emt 0:2:39]} b6 {[%emt 0:13:7]} 16. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:8:54]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 17. Ng5 {[%emt 0:0:49]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:3:7]} (17... Nd8 $0 $11 )18. Ndf7 {[%emt 0:2:30]} (18. Nxe6+ $2 Kd7 19. Nxc4+ Kxe6 $0 $19 )({ White should try} 18. Nxc4 $0 $14 Bd4 19. Nxe6+ Kd7 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. b4 )Bd4 $0 $11 {[%emt 0:1:29]} 19. Nxe6+ {[%emt 0:8:1]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:2:43]} 20. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:1:5]} 21. Nxh8 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Rxh8 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 22. b3 {[%emt 0:16:37]} c3 {[%emt 0:0:31]} 23. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:1:57]} 24. Rac1 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:5:18]} 25. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:0:17]} Nfxd4 {[%emt 0:14:53]} 26. Re1+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 27. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:26]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} a4 {[%emt 0:5:6]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:0:7]} axb3 {[%emt 0:1:52]} 30. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 31. h5 {[%emt 0:4:56]} b5 {[%emt 0:2:52]} 32. hxg6 {[%emt 0:1:7]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 33. Rg3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:0:38]} 34. Rc1+ {[%emt 0:3:52]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:0:5][#] White must now prevent ...Ne2+.} 35. Rb1+ {[%emt 0:1:1]} (35. Rxg6 $2 { loses.} Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Nxc1 $0 $19 )Ka4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 36. Rb2 {[%emt 0:0:32] Prevents Ne2+} Ne5 {[%emt 0:10:16]} 37. f4 {[%emt 0:0:20]} (37. Rd2 $0 $11 Nf5 38. Rb3 )Nc4 $0 $17 {[%emt 0:0:43]} 38. Rf2 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Re8 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:1:3]} (39. Rg5 $0 $0 $142 )Ne2 {[%emt 0:0:30] Black is more active. Excellent horsemanship.} 40. Rgf3 {[%emt 0:0:35][#] White does not recover from this.} (40. Rd3 $0 $17 { was worth a try.} )Ne3 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:8:55]} 41. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:6:23]Endgame KRR-KRN} (41. Rxe3 Rxe3 )Ng4+ {[%emt 0:0:8]Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kg3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 43. Kxg4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:0:10] KR-KR} (43... Rxa2 44. Rf1 $0 $17 )44. Kh4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} (44. Kh3 Rxa2 45. Rf1 )b4 {[%emt 0:0:40]} 45. Re3 {[%emt 0:11:56]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:1:50]} 46. Rg3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:1:56]} 47. Rg4 {[%emt 0:2:0]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:4:23]} 48. Kg5 {[%emt 0:1:15]} Ka3 {[%emt 0:0:7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/Black=0.06 (flawless) } 0-1