[Event "Prague Festival Masters 2026"] [White "Van Foreest,Jorden"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Site "Prague"] [Round "3.4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2026.02.27"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2754"] [PlyCount "95"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 20,94,39,25,40,29,35,36,39,30,19,8,14,18,34,40,92,95,95,93,100,93,84,87,79,78,81,81,91,76,79,79,80,92,93,86,94,89,95,95,90,89,96,91,84,75,81,83,143,103,85,82,164,133,160,174,226,242,214,221,361,354,468,464,505,499,452,441,671,664,582,576,1142,1146,1033,1112,894]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:17]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:17]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:0:13][%cal Yf1b5,Yb5a4,Ya4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:0:27]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:29]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:4:28]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:0:56]} Na5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 9. Bc2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 11. cxd4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:7] outshines the older 11...Qc7. C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} 12. dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 13. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:7:16][%cal Yd6e5,Ye5d4,Yd4c3][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} 14. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:18]} O-O {[%emt 0:9:57]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:2:27]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:2:55]} 16. Rad1 {[%emt 0:2:8]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:4:30]} 17. Qg3 $36 {[%emt 0:14:13][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qb8 $146 {[%emt 0:24:30]} (17... Qb6 $14 18. Be3 Rfe8 )({Predecessor:} 17... b4 18. Qxe5 bxc3 19. Rxd4 Qb6 20. bxc3 Bc5 21. Qf5 Bxd4 22. cxd4 h6 23. Be3 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 {½-½ Samant,A (2431)-Bernadskiy,V (2610) Novi Sad Serbia op-A 2022 (4)} )18. Rxd4 $16 {[%emt 0:5:10]} exd4 {[%emt 0:0:0] [#]} 19. e5 $1 {[%emt 0:33:18]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:1:20]} 20. Qh4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:8:38]} 21. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:0:0] A strong pair of Bishops.} g6 {[%emt 0:12:57]} 22. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:7:58]} (22. bxc3 Re8 23. Re3 Qa7 $11 )Qxf8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 23. bxc3 {[%emt 0:0:36]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:10:2]} 24. Qe4 {[%emt 0:5:8]} Re8 {[%emt 0:8:31]} 25. Qe3 {[%emt 0:9:48]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:2:43]} 26. e6 {[%emt 0:1:32]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:1:15][%cal Re3e1] [#]} 27. exf7+ {[%emt 0:0:7]} (27. fxe3 fxe6 (27... Rxc3 $2 28. e7 $18 )28. Bb3 Rxc3 29. Bxe6+ Kf8 $17 )Kxf7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 28. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:2:4][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. White is a pawn up.} (28. fxe3 Rxc3 29. Bb3+ Ke7 $15 )Kf6 {[%emt 0:3:33]} 29. Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:17]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 30. g3 {[%emt 0:7:12]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:0:51] Repels Re6+} 31. Rf3+ {[%emt 0:1:40]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 32. Rf7 {[%emt 0:0:50]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:1:55]} 33. Rb7 {[%emt 0:0:46]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (33... Nd6 $142 34. Re7+ (34. Rxh7 Rxc3 35. Re7+ Kf5 $16 )Kf5 )34. f4+ {[%emt 0:1:2]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 35. Kf2 {[%emt 0:15:47]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (35... a4 $16 36. Bc2+ Kd5 )36. g4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} a4 {[%emt 0:1:57]} 37. Bg8 {[%emt 0:2:44] White is more active.} Nd6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (37... Nh6 $142 38. Be6 (38. Bxh7 Nxg4+ 39. Kg3 Nf6 $14 )Rc6 )38. Rd7 $18 {[%emt 0:0:0]} ({Weaker is} 38. Rxh7 Ne4+ 39. Kf3 Nf6 $16 (39... Nd2+ 40. Kg3 $14 ))Rc6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 39. Bxh7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kxc3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (39... Ke4 {might work better.} 40. Kg3 (40. Bxg6+ Kxf4 41. h4 Kxg4 $16 )Rxc3+ 41. Kh4 Nc8 42. Bxg6+ (42. Kg5 $2 Rc5+ 43. f5 gxf5 $18 )Kxf4 )40. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:2:55] h4 would now be deadly.} b4 {[%emt 0:1:15]} 41. h4 {[%emt 0:0:0][%cal Yh2h4,Yh4h5,Yh5h6,Yh6h7][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} b3 {[%emt 0:2:8]} 42. axb3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} a3 {[%emt 0:0:12][%cal Ya4a3,Ya3a2][%mdl 32]} 43. h5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:5:9]} (43... Kxb3 $142 44. Bh7 Kb4 )44. g5 {[%emt 0:4:19]} a2 {[%emt 0:3:18]} 45. Rd1 {[%emt 0:11:32]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:1:49]} 46. h6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:10:34]} 47. h7 {[%emt 0:3:13]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:0:35]} 48. Be4 {[%emt 0:1:19] Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.46 Mistake: --- Black=6 Inaccurate: --- Black=1 OK: White=5 Black=3 Best: White=2 Black=3 Strong: White=1 ---} 1-0