[Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.12"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2713"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "88"] [GameId "2339434625523712"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,88,21,13,11,12,11,8,12,19,23,15,36,30,38,6,12,11,7,2,19,5,0,15,8,-9,4,-32,-26,-6,-7,-24,-13,-30,-22,-17,-19,-25,2,-25,87,49,40,75,8,45,27,-1,-145,0,-5,7,-36,29,-25,6,66,51,99,-84,-131,60,39,68,48,97,103,95,70,84,76,95,104,88,103,89,98,99,112,107,84,32,22,13,32767,35,6,13,1,31,1]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4 (7. Re1 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Be1 Be8 16. Kf1 Rac8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rc1 h6 19. Na4 Nd4 20. exd4 Bxa4 21. Rc7 Rb8 22. Na5 Bxd4 23. Rc4 {1-0 Keymer,V (2776)-Giri,A (2760) Tata Steel-A 88th Wijk aan Zee 2026 (1)}) 7... b5 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 Nxe4 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qd5 17. Qe3 Be7 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Rfd1 Qb7 20. Qh6 Bf8 21. Qxh7 Rxg7 22. Qh3 Qe4 23. g3 Rh7 24. Qf1 Bc5 25. Rac1 Rc8 26. Rd2 Rh5 27. b3 Ke7 28. Rc4 Qb7 29. Qc1 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qf4 Bd6 32. Qh4+ Kd7 33. Rxc8 Kxc8 {0-1 Giri,A (2768)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2741) Chessable Masters Div 2 Lose Chess.com INT rapid 2023 (6.2)}) 8... Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. a4 (11. Ng5 Be7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14. Qh3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be7 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. a4 c4 18. Bc2 Nb6 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. Bf4 h5 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Qc6 23. Be5 g5 24. f3 h4 25. Be4 Qd7 26. axb5 a5 27. Qg4 a4 28. Bh7 O-O-O 29. Bxg8 Rxg8 30. d5 Bxd5 31. Qd4 Kb7 32. Qc5 Rc8 33. Qe3 Qd8 34. Ra3 Ra8 35. Rb1 f6 36. Bd4 Qxd6 37. Bc5 Qc7 38. Rb4 Nd7 39. Be7 h3 40. Rbxa4 Rxa4 41. Rxa4 Nb6 42. Ra6 hxg2 43. Bxf6 Nc8 44. Be5 Qh7 45. Qxg5 Qb1+ 46. Kxg2 Qxb5 47. Ra2 Nb6 48. Qe7+ Nd7 49. Bd4 Kc6 50. Ra7 Bxf3+ 51. Kg3 {1-0 Lazavik,D (2566)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2731) CCT Final playoff Toronto rapid 2023 (4.3)}) 11... c4 12. Bc2 b4 13. Ne4 b3 14. Bb1 h6 15. a5 Qc7 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Rc1 Qc6 19. Be3 O-O 20. Nfd2 c3 21. Nxb3 f5 22. exf6 N7xf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Be4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe4 27. Be5 Bd5 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Nd2 Bg5 30. Nf1 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 c2 32. f3 Rc4 33. Ne3 Rxd4 34. Rxc2 Rb4 35. Rc5 Ba2 36. Rc6 Rxb2 37. Rxa6 Re2 38. Nf1 Bd5 39. Ng3 Ra2 40. Ra7 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.12"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2764"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "219"] [GameId "2341558880591872"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,219,21,0,19,16,21,-7,0,0,15,-4,10,1,2,-6,12,32767,13,25,32,22,16,43,24,49,41,24,33,43,35,38,42,32767,41,44,46,51,48,41,27,56,68,59,105,63,82,41,76,63,77,47,59,51,31,65,87,73,67,84,79,89,72,89,76,92,83,97,88,99,104,82,76,69,57,82,98,94,372,101,94,94,94,96,99,123,104,97,85,80,85,75,95,98,129,109,139,135,112,90,149,110,112,118,121,129,118,75,120,66,102,84,93,119,113,83,79,63,116,125,95,136,94,101,103,106,97,115,99,32767,101,104,106,113,96,122,102,99,113,104,101,119,130,140,32767,32767,121,123,123,122,113,128,116,127,126,78,95,109,120,113,32767,32767,140,68,103,73,57,57,59,59,74,36,67,46,57,52,54,50,61,73,52,51,54,57,101,49,58,32,73,50,64,68,54,73,51,60,63,57,61,38,71,50,68,64,54,32767,32767,54,73,64,129,84,62,131,478,474,464,442,445,457,499,448]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 (3... b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. e3 d5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Rc7 12. Rfd1 Rd7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. d4 Rd7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qc4 Re8 21. Nxe6 Na5 22. Qc3 Bxg2 23. Nxc5 Bd5 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Ne6 Bf3 26. Rd2 Qf6 27. Nxg7 Qxc3 28. Bxc3 Rc8 29. Bb2 Be4 30. Ne6 Nc6 31. Ng5 Nb4 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. Bd4 Nd3 34. Kg2 Ne1+ 35. Kh3 Nf3 36. Rb2 h5 37. g4 h4 38. g5 Kf7 39. Kg4 Kg6 40. Bf6 Rc1 41. h3 Rg1+ 42. Kf4 Rh1 43. Rc2 Rxh3 44. Rc6 Rh1 45. Kxe4 Nxg5+ 46. Bxg5+ Kxg5 47. Kf3 Ra1 48. Rc2 Kf5 49. e4+ Ke5 50. Re2 Rg1 51. Ke3 Rf1 52. f3 h3 53. Rh2 Re1+ 54. Kf2 Ra1 55. Rxh3 Rxa2+ 56. Ke3 Ra3 57. f4+ Kd6 58. Kd4 a5 59. f5 b5 60. e5+ Ke7 61. Kd5 a4 62. Rh7+ Kf8 63. bxa4 bxa4 64. f6 Rb3 65. Ra7 a3 66. Ke6 Rb6+ 67. Kf5 Rb3 68. e6 Rf3+ 69. Ke4 Rb3 {1-0 Keymer,V (2767)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2750) Zagreb Superbet Blitz 2026 (10)}) 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 (5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nd7 12. Nc3 N7f6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qd1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qd7 17. a3 Nbd5 18. Ne4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qd1 Qb7 21. Qd3 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Nf6 23. f3 Nd7 24. Rf2 Nc5 25. Qd1 Bg5 26. Re2 Qd7 27. Kh1 Bh6 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Qc2 Rc8 30. Qb1 g6 31. Rc2 Bxe3 32. Ne2 Qd3 33. Kg2 Rd8 34. Bf6 Re8 35. b4 Nd7 36. Bc3 f5 37. exf5 Qxf5 38. Ng3 Qd3 39. Ne4 Rf8 40. Rb2 Qxb1 41. Rxb1 e5 42. Rd1 Bd4 43. Bxd4 exd4 44. Rxd4 Ne5 45. Rd5 Nxf3 46. Kg3 Ne1 47. h4 h5 48. Ng5 Re8 49. Rd6 Kg7 50. Rd7+ Kf6 51. Kf2 Nc2 52. Rxa7 Nd4 53. Rb7 b5 54. Rd7 Nf5 55. Rf7+ Ke5 56. Rb7 Nxh4 57. Rxb5+ Kf4 58. Rc5 Nf5 59. Nf3 Nd6 60. Nd2 g5 61. b5 h4 62. b6 g4 63. Rd5 g3+ 64. Kf1 Nf5 65. Rd3 h3 66. b7 h2 {0-1 Fedoseev,V (2700)-Duda,J (2739) Warsaw GCT Super Blitz 2026 (13)}) 5... O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 (7... exd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Na4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Re8 14. Rc1 h5 15. Bb2 h4 16. Nc5 Qg5 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. Qxd5 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 Rxe2 20. Rce1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Be6 22. Qc3 Qg5 23. h4 Qh6 24. Qg3 Rd8 25. Bc1 Qh5 26. Bb2 Qg4 27. Qxg4 Bxg4 28. Bc3 Be6 29. Re3 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Kf8 31. h5 Rc1 32. Be4 Bg4 33. Bb2 Rd1 34. h6 gxh6 35. Ba3+ Kg7 36. Rg3 h5 37. f3 Rd2+ 38. Kh1 Rxa2 39. Bc5 Re2 40. Bxc6 bxc6 41. fxg4 hxg4 42. Rxg4+ Kf6 43. Bxa7 Rc2 44. Rc4 Rxc4 45. bxc4 Ke5 46. c5 Kd4 47. Kg2 Ke3 48. Kg3 f5 49. Bb8 Kd4 50. Bd6 Ke3 51. Be5 Ke4 52. Bg7 Ke3 53. Kg2 f4 54. Kf1 Kf3 55. Bd4 Ke4 56. Bg1 Kd3 57. Kf2 Ke4 58. Ke2 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S (2730)-Sindarov,J (2726) Mumbai TechM GCL rapid 2025 (6.3)}) 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qd2 Nf4 13. gxf4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxb2 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rd2 Rb8 18. Rc1 h6 19. Bf3 Re8 20. Nd6 Rd8 21. Nxc8 Rdxc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rd7 Bb4 24. Rxb7 a5 25. h4 Rd8 26. h5 Kf8 27. Rb5 Rd2 28. a3 Bxa3 29. Rxa5 Bd6 30. f5 exf5 31. Rxf5 Ke7 32. Kf1 Ke6 33. Rb5 g5 34. Bg4+ Kf6 35. Bf5 Rd4 36. Bd3 Rh4 37. Rb6 Ke5 38. Bc4 Rxh5 $4 39. Bxf7 $4 (39. f4+ $1 $18 Kxf4 (39... gxf4 40. Rb5+) 40. Rxd6) 39... Rh4 40. e3 Rb4 41. Ra6 Rb8 42. Kg2 Rf8 43. Bc4 h5 44. Ra5+ Kf6 45. Bd3 Be7 46. Ra6+ Ke5 47. Be2 Rh8 48. Bc4 Kf5 49. Bf7 Bb4 50. Rb6 Bc3 51. Rc6 Bb4 52. Rb6 Bc3 53. f3 Bd2 54. Kf2 Bc1 55. Rc6 Ba3 56. Ra6 Bc1 57. Rc6 Ba3 58. Rb6 Bc1 59. b4 h4 60. Be6+ Ke5 61. Rc6 Bd2 62. Bh3 Bxb4 63. Rg6 Bc5 64. Rxg5+ Kd6 65. Rg6+ Kd5 66. Rg5+ Kd6 67. Rg6+ Kd5 68. Ke2 Re8 69. e4+ Kd4 70. Rg5 Re5 71. Rg1 Re7 72. Rd1+ Kc3 73. Rd5 Kc4 74. Rh5 Kd4 75. Bg4 Rb7 76. Rd5+ Kc4 77. Be6 Re7 78. Bh3 Ra7 79. Be6 Re7 80. Bg4 Ra7 81. Rd2 Ra3 82. Rc2+ Kd4 83. Kf2 Rc3 84. Rd2+ Rd3 85. Rc2 Rc3 86. Rb2 Ke5+ 87. Kg2 Rc1 88. Rb7 Bd6 89. Rd7 Rc7 90. Rd8 Rc1 91. Kh3 Rh1+ 92. Kg2 Rc1 93. Kh2 Ra1 94. Rd7 Rc1 95. Kh3 Rh1+ 96. Kg2 Rc1 97. Bf5 Bc5 98. Rc7 Be3 99. Re7+ Kd4 100. Rd7+ Ke5 101. Bg4 Rg1+ 102. Kh2 Rc1 103. Rd5+ Kf6 104. e5+ Kg5 105. e6+ Kf6 106. Rd7 Rc8 $4 107. Rf7+ $18 Kg6 108. Bf5+ Kg5 109. e7 Rb8 110. Bd7 1-0 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.12"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "E24"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2765"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "74"] [GameId "2341558881304576"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,73,16,15,11,19,17,18,19,4,10,-4,2,-22,-4,-9,10,0,7,-4,-2,10,-28,-47,-18,-59,-42,-18,-35,-35,-60,-19,-55,-69,-33,-60,-67,-99,-95,-95,-83,-104,-114,-127,-115,-86,-103,-197,-173,-196,-193,-213,-193,-233,-266,-230,-193,-296,-256,-309,-217,-220,-129,-260,-367,-436,-450,-401,-494,-463,-531,-369,-613,-599,-506,-549]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 (5... b6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 Na5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. f4 Qd7 12. e5 Ng8 13. Qg4 Ne7 14. Nf3 Bxc4 15. Be4 d5 16. Bc2 Bb3 17. Bd3 Bc4 18. Bc2 Bb3 19. Bxb3 Nxb3 20. Rb1 Na5 21. Qxg7 Rg8 22. Qh7 Rxg2 23. Kf1 Rg6 24. Kf2 Qa4 25. Rb2 Qxa3 26. Re2 Kd7 27. Qxf7 Rag8 28. Bg3 R6g7 29. Qf6 Rg6 30. Qf7 R6g7 31. Qf6 Rg6 32. Qf7 {½-½ Sevian,S (2688)-So,W (2753) USA-ch Cup Saint Louis 2026 (2.4)}) 6. f3 Nc6 (6... Qa5 7. Bd2 d6 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 Nfd7 10. f4 Nb6 11. Nf3 Qa4 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. e5 Na5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qd3 Rd8 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. O-O Nbxc4 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxg7 Qe8 21. f5 Qg8 22. f6+ Kd7 23. Nxf7 Qxg7 24. fxg7 Rg8 25. Bh6 b6 26. Rae1 cxd4 27. cxd4 Bb7 28. exd6 Bd5 29. Rc1 b5 30. g4 Nb3 31. Rcd1 a5 32. h4 b4 33. a4 Nbd2 34. Bxd2 Rxg7 35. Bg5 Rag8 36. Ne5+ Kxd6 37. Kh2 b3 38. Rb1 Nxe5 39. dxe5+ Kc5 40. Kg3 Kb4 41. Rfc1 Kxa4 42. Ra1+ Kb5 43. Rab1 Rxg5 44. hxg5 Rxg5 45. Kf4 Rg8 46. g5 a4 47. Kg4 a3 48. Rc3 Kb4 49. Rd3 a2 50. Rd4+ Kc3 51. Rbd1 Bc4 52. R4d3+ Bxd3 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2839)-Nakamura,H (2813) 1st Thursday Nov 27th Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (8)}) 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Ng3 b6 10. Be2 Ba6 11. O-O Rc8 (11... Na5 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bxc4 14. f5 h6 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Rb1 e5 17. d5 Rc8 18. Nh5 Na5 19. Rb4 Rc3 20. Bd2 Rd3 21. Qc2 Rxa3 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Qc1 Rd3 24. Bxh6+ Kh7 25. Bg5 Rg8 26. h4 Nb3 27. Qe1 Nc5 28. Kh1 a5 29. Rc4 b5 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Ncxe4 32. Qe3 Qc8 33. Rf3 Qc2 {0-1 Giri,A (2764)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2678) Meltwater Tour Final chess24.com INT rapid 2022 (2.1)}) 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. f5 h6 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nh7 18. Bd2 Nb3 19. Rab1 (19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rab1 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Bxc4 22. Rd7 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Nd4 Rc5 26. Nb5) 19... Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rd7 Ra4 23. Rb4 $2 Rxa3 $19 24. Rg4 Ra1+ 25. Kf2 Ra5 26. f6 g5 27. Re4 Rc8 28. h4 Nf8 29. Rb7 Ng6 30. hxg5 Rc2+ 31. Kg1 Raa2 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rb7 hxg5 34. Rxf7+ Kh6 35. Nf1 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 Rgf2 37. Kg1 Nh4 0-1 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.12"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "E07"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2750"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "101"] [GameId "2341558881308672"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,97,18,2,15,14,12,5,6,32767,21,28,26,31,35,22,32767,32767,47,29,39,47,64,32767,32767,32767,71,72,63,40,45,32767,32767,32767,97,57,99,53,92,32767,32767,31,32,9,18,7,15,8,1,-1,-10,-14,3,-1,11,9,6,-1,6,-1,11,32767,-5,-1,1,-1,1,9,32767,-15,-1,-19,11,7,16,7,165,155,155,212,206,32767,32767,299,280,266,369,197,32767,32767,289,346,194,536,273,424,541,423,751,850]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 (6... c6 7. Nc3 a5 8. Qd3 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Nxb5 Nc6 13. a4 Ne4 14. Ne5 Nb4 15. Qb1 Bxb5 16. Bxe4 Bxe2 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Re1 Ba6 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Re3 Qxd4 21. Bc3 Qa7 22. g4 Bh4 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qb2 Qe7 26. Nd4 Rg8 27. Bxg8 Rxg8 28. Nf5 Rxg4+ 29. Kh1 Nd3 30. Rh3+ {1-0 Firouzja,A (2744)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2735) Zagreb Superbet Blitz 2026 (5)}) 7. Qd3 a5 8. Nc3 c6 9. b3 (9. e4 b6 10. e5 dxc4 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Rd1 b5 14. Qg4 b4 15. Nce4 Kh8 16. Nf3 f5 17. exf6 N7xf6 18. Nxf6 Rxf6 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Be4 Qg8 21. Bg5 Re8 22. Qh3 c3 23. b3 Ref8 24. Re1 g6 25. Bxf6+ Rxf6 26. Nd7 Bc8 27. Nxf6 Bxf6 28. Rad1 e5 29. Qf1 exd4 30. Qc4 Ne7 31. Rxd4 Be6 32. Qc5 Bxd4 33. Qxd4+ Qg7 34. Qd6 Bg8 35. Bc2 Nf5 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Qxc6 Qd4 38. Qc7 f4 39. Qc6 Kg7 40. Qc7+ Bf7 41. Qxa5 c2 42. Qg5+ Bg6 43. Qxf4 Qd1 44. Qc1 Bh5 45. Qg5+ Kf7 46. Qc1 Bf3 47. h3 h5 48. Qf4+ Kg6 49. Qc1 Kf5 50. h4 Qxc1 51. Rxc1 Bd1 52. Kf1 Ke4 53. Ke1 Kf3 54. Ra1 Kg4 55. f4 {1-0 Firouzja,A (2759)-Carlsen,M (2840) London SpeedChess Final blitz 2026 (2.12)}) 9... b6 10. e4 a4 (10... Ba6 11. a4 Bb4 12. e5 Ne8 13. Rd1 h6 14. h4 Nc7 15. Bf4 c5 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qe3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. Bxh6 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Be2 21. Bg5 Qe8 22. Re1 Nd5 23. Qd2 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 cxd4 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qxd4 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Nxc3 28. Rc1 Nxa4 29. Bc6 Nac5 30. Be7 Nxe5 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Bb5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nd4 34. Bc4 a4 35. g4 Ke7 36. h5 Kf6 37. f4 g5 38. Rf1 b5 39. Ba2 b4 40. Bb1 a3 41. h6 a2 42. Bxa2 Kg6 43. fxg5 b3 44. Bb1+ Nc2 45. Rc1 Nd3 46. Rh1 Kh7 47. Kf3 Ne5+ 48. Kf4 Ng6+ 49. Ke4 Na3 50. Bd3 b2 51. Rf1 Kg8 52. Kd4 Nf8 53. Kc3 b1=Q 54. Bxb1 Nxb1+ 55. Rxb1 Kh7 56. Rf1 Kg6 57. Rf6+ Kxg5 58. Rxf7 {1-0 Chigaev,M (2624)-Carlsen,M (2831) Titled Tuesday intern op 15th Oct Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (4)}) 11. e5 Ne8 12. Be3 Nc7 13. h4 Ba6 14. Rfd1 axb3 15. axb3 b5 16. cxd5 b4 17. Qc2 cxd5 18. Ne2 Re8 19. Nf4 Nb5 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. Bf1 Na3 22. Qd2 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Nb5 24. Ne2 Ra3 25. Rab1 Qa8 26. Rfc1 Ra2 27. Rb2 Rxb2 28. Qxb2 Rc8 29. Nf3 Nd7 30. Bg5 Bf8 31. Bd2 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Qa6 33. h5 h6 34. g4 Nb8 35. g5 Qc6 36. Qd1 hxg5 37. Nxg5 Na3 $2 38. Ng3 Nd7 39. Qg4 Qc2 40. Qf4 $18 f6 41. exf6 Nxf6 42. Nxe6 Qxb3 43. h6 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qg4 45. h7+ Kh8 46. Qxg4 Nxg4 47. Nxf8 b3 48. Bc1 Nc4 49. Nf5 Nf6 50. Ne7 Nxh7 51. Nfg6# 1-0 [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.12"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2721"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "124"] [GameId "2341558880473088"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,124,17,17,30,35,32,32,36,25,22,35,26,32,33,34,39,33,32767,32767,28,46,14,14,1,6,22,2,26,44,30,13,22,8,14,-18,-21,-10,0,-14,-7,-39,-11,-6,-7,26,32767,-18,0,57,53,47,30,69,67,58,38,44,78,85,96,85,68,78,32767,94,91,92,99,102,104,90,115,32767,109,114,106,136,132,112,118,129,32767,131,108,127,104,128,120,116,120,32767,116,112,116,116,158,87,105,65,108,65,96,96,84,96,104,92,96,100,93,88,92,88,92,92,88,32767,32767,24,1,0,0,1,1,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 (6... Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. g3 Qd7 13. Kg2 Bg6 14. Bf4 Rae8 15. Re1 Bd6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. h4 a6 20. Ng5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Nh3 Ne7 25. Nf4 Qf5 26. Nd3 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 b6 28. Nb4 a5 29. Na6 c6 30. Nb8 f6 31. Nd7 Nc8 32. Nb8 Ne7 33. Nd7 Nc8 34. Nb8 {½-½ Van Foreest,J (2728)-Abdusattorov,N (2777) Zagreb Superbet Blitz 2026 (2)}) 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Rxe8+ Qxe8 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 h6 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Bd3 (15. Qe2 Na6 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Qxa6 Bd5 18. Re1 Qc8 19. Qe2 c5 20. c4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 cxd4 22. Qd5 Bf8 23. Bf4 Qd8 24. Bc7 Qxd5 25. cxd5 Bb4 26. Rb1 Bc5 27. d6 Bb6 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. d7 {1-0 Smirin,I (2647)-Pelletier,Y (2611) FRA-chT Top 16 GpB France 2010 (5)}) 15... Nd7 16. Qc2 Qd8 17. g3 Nf6 18. c4 b5 19. cxb5 Bd5 20. Ne5 cxb5 21. Bxb5 Qb6 22. Qa4 Rb8 23. Bf1 Ne4 24. Be3 Qb2 25. Re1 Qxa2 26. Qxa2 Bxa2 27. Ra1 Bd5 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Rc8 30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. Rxa7 Rd8 32. Kg2 Nb5 33. Ra4 h5 34. Kf3 f6 35. Rb4 Nc3 36. Bd2 Nd5 37. Rb7 f5 38. Ke2 Nf6 39. Be3 h4 40. Kd3 hxg3 41. hxg3 Ra8 42. Rb5 Ra3+ 43. Kc4 Ng4 44. Kb4 Rd3 45. Rxf5 Nxe3 46. fxe3 Rxe3 47. d5 g6 48. Rf1 Rxg3 49. d6 Rd3 50. Kc5 Kg7 51. Kc6 Rc3+ 52. Kb7 Rd3 53. Kc7 Rc3+ 54. Kd8 g5 55. Rg1 Rd3 56. d7 Kf6 57. Rc1 Kf5 58. Kc7 g4 59. d8=Q Rxd8 60. Kxd8 Kf4 61. Rc4+ Kf3 62. Rxg4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2