[Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.22"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2750"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "160"] [GameId "2344903211032576"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,159,21,7,17,15,12,8,23,12,25,31,24,32767,25,19,23,25,19,19,17,20,16,28,32767,32767,19,22,34,37,40,31,44,6,-2,-1,32767,32767,4,-3,-11,-15,17,5,36,57,52,54,36,32767,60,-2,35,-28,32,-16,0,-28,-9,0,-35,32767,13,-31,-40,-99,-79,-136,-161,-132,-158,-184,32767,32767,-133,-191,-170,-136,-134,-150,-134,-124,-118,-94,-111,-114,-108,-122,-110,-139,-151,-126,-136,-125,-148,-126,32767,-149,-155,-127,-109,-123,-110,-159,-149,-189,-121,32767,-153,-132,-124,-131,-124,-148,-119,-113,-114,32767,32767,-119,-119,-120,-112,-104,-86,-83,-96,-96,0,32767,-30,0,-7,-5,-16,-9,-5,-1,-9,-29,-21,-20,-6,0,0,-1,-5,-1,-2,-9,-1,32767,-9,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Qb6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 (8. Rb1 O-O 9. a3 a5 10. d3 Bd7 11. h3 (11. b3 Ne8 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Nb5 Nd4 14. Nbxd4 cxd4 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. b4 b5 17. bxa5 bxc4 18. dxc4 Bc6 19. Re1 e5 20. Rb6 Qd7 21. Nxd4 Ba4 22. Qb1 Bd8 23. Rb7 Qc8 24. Nf5 Bc6 25. Rb3 g6 26. Ne3 Bxa5 27. Bxa5 Rxa5 28. Qd3 Qc7 29. Reb1 Nf6 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Rfa8 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. g4 R8a7 34. h4 h6 35. h5 g5 36. Rc3 Qd7 37. Bh3 Ra4 38. Re1 Rc7 39. Rxc7 Qxc7 40. Re3 Qc5 41. Kh2 Rc4 42. Qf5 Qa7 43. Qf3 Rc2 44. Kg2 Ra2 45. Kg3 Qd4 46. Bf1 Ra1 47. Kg2 Qb2 48. Qe2 Qb1 49. Qd3 Qc1 50. Qc4 Qd1 51. Qe2 Qa4 52. Qc4 Rxa3 53. Qxa4 Rxa4 54. f3 Ra2+ 55. Re2 Rxe2+ 56. Bxe2 Kf8 57. Kf2 Ke7 58. Ke3 Kd7 59. Kd3 Kc7 60. Kc3 Kb6 61. Kb4 Nd7 62. Bf1 Nc5 63. Be2 Nd7 64. Bc4 Nc5 65. Be2 Nd7 {½-½ Aditya,M (2485)-Aronyak,G (2519) MPL Indian Chess Tour N4 chess24.com INT rapid 2022 (12)}) 11... Rad8 12. Be3 Qa6 13. Nd2 Bc8 14. f4 d5 15. e5 d4 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bf2 dxc3 18. bxc3 Rxd3 19. Be4 Rdd8 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg7 22. Qg4+ Kh7 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kh7 25. Qh5+ Kg7 {½-½ Gaal,Z (2377)-Sandipan,C (2479) Budapest Spring op 2026 (3)}) 8... O-O 9. Rb1 (9. Ne1 Nd4 10. Nc2 Bd7 11. Ne3 a6 12. f4 Qc7 13. g4 Ne8 14. g5 g6 15. h4 Ng7 16. Ng4 f5 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Rf2 b5 20. Rc1 b4 21. Ne2 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Qb7 23. exf5 exf5 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Re1 Rae8 26. b3 d5 27. cxd5 Qxd5 28. Qc2 Bd6 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. dxc4 Nh5 31. Rfe2 Nxf4 32. Bxf4 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Bxf4 34. Kg2 a5 35. Kf3 Bc1 36. Re7 Bb2 37. Nf7+ {½-½ Chernyshov,K (2514)-Movsesian,S (2699) Pardubice op rap 24th rapid 2013 (5)}) 9... a6 10. a3 Qc7 11. b4 b6 12. b5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qb8 14. Ne1 Bd7 15. Nc2 Ne8 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nbxd4 Ne5 18. Ne3 Qc8 19. Qe2 Ra4 20. Rb4 Ra6 21. Bb2 d5 22. exd5 Bxb4 23. axb4 Ra2 24. Ra1 Qa6 25. Rxa2 Qxa2 26. Bc3 Qb1+ 27. Nf1 Qd3 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Ne3 Nd6 30. Nc6 Re8 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 Nf5 33. Nxf5 exd5 34. Ne3 $2 Rxe5 $19 35. Bxd5 Bh3 36. Bg2 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Kf8 (37... Re4 38. Kf3 Rd4) 38. Kf3 Re6 39. h4 Ke7 40. Ke2 Kd6 41. Kd3 Rf6 42. f4 Kc6 43. h5 Rd6+ 44. Ke4 Rd2 45. Ng4 Kd6 46. Ne3 Rb2 47. Nf5+ Kc6 48. Ne7+ Kd7 49. Nd5 Kd6 50. g4 h6 51. Nxb6 Rxb4 52. Kd4 Rb3 53. Nd5 Rg3 54. Ne3 Kc6 55. Kd3 Kc5 56. Ke4 f6 57. Kd3 f5 58. gxf5 Rh3 59. Ke4 Rxh5 60. Ng4 Kxc4 61. f6 gxf6 62. Nxf6 Rh1 63. Kf5 h5 64. Kg5 h4 65. Ng4 Kd5 66. Nf2 Rh2 67. Ng4 Rh3 68. f5 Kd6 69. Kh5 Rh1 70. Nf2 Rg1 71. Kxh4 Ke5 72. Nh3 Rg8 73. f6 Kxf6 74. Nf2 Kf5 75. Nh3 Rg2 76. Kh5 Rg3 77. Kh4 Rf3 78. Ng1 Rb3 79. Nh3 Rxh3+ 80. Kxh3 Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.22"] [Round "1.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2792"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2345728133107712"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,71,19,24,28,11,26,12,17,22,28,10,32767,32767,32,-15,-26,10,32767,32767,50,46,44,47,32767,70,74,76,71,76,39,80,63,77,32767,137,119,104,77,32767,84,62,59,90,67,98,57,62,65,51,51,26,41,32767,32767,18,54,28,32767,32767,37,56,34,37,45,19,18,24,72,18,20,21,53,16]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. d5 a6 8. Bxc4 Nce7 (8... Qe7+ 9. Be2 Ne5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qd8 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Nc4 Qf8 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. h3 h6 20. Qc3 Qc5 21. Re5 b5 22. Na5 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Ne8 24. b4 Kf8 25. Re1 Rb6 26. Kh2 Bc8 27. Nc6 Rd6 28. Ne5 Rd8 29. Nc6 Rd6 30. Ne5 Rd8 31. Nc6 {½-½ Xiong,J (2650)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2779) FIDE Grand Swiss Samarkand 2025 (1)}) 9. O-O (9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Bf5 11. O-O Qd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Rc1 Kb8 14. Qb3 Ka8 15. Nb5 Nc8 16. Nbd4 Rde8 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Qc4 Na7 19. Qxa6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nxd5 21. Qa5 Bb4 22. Qa6 Bxe1 23. Ne5 Nb4 24. Qc4 Qd5 25. Qxc7 Rc8 26. Qb6 Qxe5 27. Be3 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Nd5+ {0-1 Droin,A (2468)-Grigoriants,S (2562) Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Oct Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (11)}) 9... h6 10. Bd2 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bc3 Kf8 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd6 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Re6 Qd7 19. d6 Ned5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kf8 23. Bf3 Qxd6 24. Qxd6+ cxd6 25. Rc1 Re5 26. b4 Nd5 27. a3 Nb6 28. Bb7 Nc4 29. Bxa6 Nxa3 30. g3 Re4 31. Rc3 Nb1 32. Rb3 Nd2 33. Rd3 Nb1 34. Rb3 Nd2 35. Rd3 Nb1 36. Rb3 Nd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.23"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2767"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "109"] [GameId "2346351836033024"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,109,19,24,21,-11,-9,0,12,32767,24,21,19,8,12,0,-4,32767,8,12,0,14,29,21,24,32767,17,20,24,14,24,19,31,32767,33,22,-3,-12,-8,7,33,19,18,-7,51,-64,-34,-52,15,32767,40,2,9,51,12,12,-1,32767,-24,-31,-57,-61,-44,-72,32767,32767,1,-54,0,-177,-77,-165,149,32767,131,131,126,154,103,148,32767,32767,180,197,188,153,202,32767,32767,32767,126,146,170,162,149,197,169,32767,378,421,464,387,900,1039,32767,1247,1011,1247,1138,993,1358,1253]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg5 (6. f4 O-O 7. f5 gxf5 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Qf3 c6 10. Nge2 d5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bg7 15. O-O Be6 16. c4 Kh8 17. Ng3 f4 18. Nh5 Qg5 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. d4 Bg4 21. Qc3 Be2 22. Rf2 f3 23. dxe5 Rae8 24. e6+ f6 25. e7 Rf7 26. Re1 b5 27. b3 bxc4 28. bxc4 Qg4 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Rexe2 {1-0 Nabaty,T (2658)-L'Ami,E (2619) FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas 2019 (5)}) 6... d6 7. Nge2 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. f3 Qd7 10. Qd2 Ne7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 g5 14. Bf2 Ng6 15. O-O-O a6 16. Qe3 Qf7 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. h4 gxh4 19. Bxh4 Nb6 20. Bf2 O-O-O 21. Nde2 Nc4 22. Qc1 h5 23. Be3 d5 24. Bg5 Rd6 25. b3 d4 26. Na4 Qe8 27. f4 e5 28. f5 Nf8 29. Ng3 Bf6 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. Qg5 $2 Rfh6 (31... Nxa3+ 32. Ka2 Nh7 33. Qc1 Nb5 34. Rxh5 Rg8 35. Rdh1 Rxg3 36. Rxh7 b6 37. Rh8 Rf8 38. Qh6) 32. f6 Rg6 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. Nxh5 Rxg2 35. Qf3 Nd2+ $2 (35... Ne3 36. Rde1 Qc6 37. c4 Rd2 38. Rc1 Nd7 39. f7 Rf8 40. Ng3) 36. Rxd2 $1 Rxd2 37. Kc1 Rxh5 38. Rxh5 Rf2 39. Qxf2 Qxh5 40. Nc5 b6 41. Nxa6+ Kc8 42. Qf1 d3 43. Qxd3 Qg5+ 44. Kb2 Qxf6 45. Nb4 Nd7 46. Qd5 Nc5 47. Nc6 Qh4 48. a4 Nxe4 49. a5 Nc5 50. b4 Qe4 51. Ne7+ Kb8 52. Qd8+ Kb7 53. Qc8+ Ka7 54. Qxc7+ Ka8 55. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.23"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2765"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "99"] [GameId "2346351843434496"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,99,12,22,22,18,12,21,29,32,30,23,-1,-18,16,-17,10,32767,9,4,21,-34,-19,-25,-13,-27,-31,-19,-27,-29,-20,-57,-46,-32,4,9,3,-10,32,44,51,41,55,82,80,103,64,110,79,81,87,72,32767,54,46,67,83,33,15,18,29,48,1,51,42,53,32767,-1,47,55,41,25,33,0,74,78,86,71,89,32,39,50,1,1,1,1,36,-25,41,1,1,1,1,1,141,1,1,1,141,1,82,1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 exd4 7. c3 Be7 8. cxd4 O-O (8... b5 9. Bc2 Nb4 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. a3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Ba2 Nac4 17. Rab1 c6 18. d5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 c5 20. Qxc5 Qb6 21. Qb4 a5 22. Qf4 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc5 24. a4 Rfe8 25. axb5 Re2 26. Rd2 Rae8 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. b6 h6 29. Bc4 Re8 30. Bf1 Rb8 31. Rb5 Qa3 32. b7 a4 33. Rb6 Rxb7 34. Rxd6 Qa1 35. Ra6 {1-0 Sindarov,J (2722)-Grischuk,A (2667) Esports World Cup LC Win Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (2.1)}) 9. Nc3 Nc4 10. d5 N6e5 11. Bc2 d6 12. Nxe5 (12. Nd4 Bf6 13. Ne4 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxf5 Qxf5 19. Bxf5 Nd4 20. Bg4 Ne5 21. Bd1 Nd3 22. Bd2 Rfe8 23. b3 a5 24. g3 h6 25. h4 Rec8 26. Rb1 Nb4 27. a3 Nbc2 28. a4 Rab8 29. Bxa5 Nxb3 30. Bxc2 Rxc2 31. Rfd1 Rc4 32. Bd2 Rxa4 33. Bf4 Rb7 34. Rxd6 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Nxa1 36. Rc6 Nb3 37. Be3 Rd7 38. Rc4 Nd2 39. Rf4 Nb1 40. Bd4 Nd2 41. Be3 Nb1 42. Bd4 Nd2 43. Kg2 Nb3 44. Be3 Rc7 45. Rf5 Rd7 46. Rf4 Rc7 47. h5 Nc5 48. g4 Ne6 49. Ra4 f6 50. f4 Kf7 51. Kf3 Rd7 52. Ra6 Re7 53. Rb6 Rd7 54. Ke4 Nf8 55. Bc5 Ne6 56. Bd6 Ra7 57. Bb4 Rd7 58. Bd6 Ra7 59. Rb8 Rd7 60. Kd5 Nxf4+ 61. Kc6 Rxd6+ 62. Kxd6 Nd3 63. Rb7+ Kf8 64. Ra7 Ne5 65. Ke6 Kg8 66. Ra4 Kh7 67. Ke7 Nf3 68. Kf8 Ng5 69. Ra6 Kh8 70. Ra7 Ne6+ 71. Kf7 Nf4 72. Ra4 Nd3 73. Ra8+ Kh7 74. Ra7 Nf4 75. Rd7 Kh8 76. Rd4 Nh3 77. Kg6 {1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2770)-Lazavik,D (2572) Chess.com Classic Div 1 W Chess.com INT rapid 2024 (1.2)}) 12... Nxe5 13. f4 Nd7 14. g4 (14. a4 f5 15. Nb5 a5 16. Ra3 Nc5 17. Re1 Bf6 18. Rae3 Bd7 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qf6 21. Qc4 Rae8 22. b3 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 Re8 24. Kf1 b6 25. g3 Kf8 26. Bd4 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 Qe7+ 28. Kf2 Bc8 29. Qc3 Ba6 30. Qf3 Qf7 31. g4 Bb7 32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. gxf5 Bxd5 34. Qc3 Qh5 35. Qg3 Qh6 36. Ke2 Qf6 37. Kd2 Qd4+ 38. Kc1 c4 39. bxc4 Bxc4 40. Qh4 Qa1+ 41. Kd2 Qf6 42. Qxh7 Qd4+ 43. Kc1 Qxf4+ 44. Kb1 Qh6 45. Qxh6 gxh6 46. Kb2 Ke7 47. Kc3 Bf7 48. Kd4 Kf6 49. h4 c5+ 50. Ke4 d5+ 51. Kf4 Be8 {0-1 Erigaisi,A (2773)-Lazavik,D (2605) Chess.com SpeedChess Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (1.11)}) 14... c6 15. g5 Nb6 16. h4 f5 17. a4 Bd7 18. Re1 Rc8 19. a5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Be3 a6 22. Bb3 Bc6 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. Bb6 Qe8 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Qe2 Rf7 27. Rac1 d5 28. h5 Kg8 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Qe6 Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Bb4 33. Re8+ Rf8 34. Re5 Kf7 35. Rxd5 Ke6 36. Re5+ Kd7 37. Bc5 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Kd6 39. b4 g6 40. h6 Re8 41. Kf3 Kd7 42. Rd5+ Kc6 43. Rd3 Kc7 44. Re3 Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Kc6 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. Kc4 Kc6 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. Kd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.23"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2764"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "65"] [GameId "2344903421669376"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,65,21,15,18,17,32767,14,15,7,6,24,7,27,18,27,35,14,37,39,38,42,46,40,66,53,60,60,74,73,84,67,50,96,57,33,47,32,34,41,92,131,86,93,102,108,304,333,309,280,307,328,328,295,416,410,425,517,440,420,474,452,546,523,624,612,632,420]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 (8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Nb8 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nc3 c6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nh4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qf3 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Qe3 Qd8 20. Qh6 Nc5 21. Ba2 Bc8 22. Nf3 b4 23. Nd1 Qa5 24. Bc4 b3 25. Bxb3 Nxb3 26. cxb3 Qb4 27. Ne3 Qxb3 28. Qh4 Nh5 29. Qe7 Nf4 30. Qxd6 Nxd3 31. Rb1 f6 32. Nd2 Qb5 33. Ndc4 Nf4 34. Kh2 Be6 35. Rc1 Bxc4 36. Nxc4 Rf7 37. Rc2 Qb3 38. Ne3 Kg7 39. Qxc6 Qb4 40. Qc4 Rb7 41. Qc8 Rf7 42. Qe8 Re7 43. Qd8 Ne6 44. Nd5 Nxd8 45. Nxb4 Rb7 46. Nd5 Ne6 47. b4 f5 48. Rc6 Kf7 49. b5 Nd4 50. Rc7+ Rxc7 51. Nxc7 Ke7 52. b6 Kd6 53. Nd5 Kc6 54. f3 fxe4 55. fxe4 Nb3 56. Kg3 Nd2 57. Nf6 Kxb6 58. Kf2 h5 59. Nd7+ Kc7 60. Nxe5 Nxe4+ 61. Ke3 Nf6 62. Nxg6 Kd6 63. Kf4 Nd5+ 64. Kg5 Ne3 65. Nf4 Ke5 66. g3 Ke4 67. Nxh5 Kf3 68. g4 Nd1 69. Nf6 {1-0 Firouzja,A (2749)-Gukesh,D (2717) Chennai Quantbox 2026 (2)}) 8... Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 d6 11. c3 Re8 (11... b4 12. d3 bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Nbd2 Re8 (14... Bd7 15. Nf1 Ra8 16. Rb1 Re8 17. g4 Be6 18. Ba4 Bd7 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Nxd7 22. Nf5 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Kg2 g6 25. Ne3 Nf8 26. Nd5 Kg7 27. Rb7 Ne6 28. Reb1 Rf8 29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Ra7 f6 31. Rbb7 Rf7 32. Qd1 Nc5 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Kh2 c6 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Ne3 Rxb1 37. Qxb1 Qc7 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. h4 gxh4+ 40. Kxh4 Ne6 41. Ng2 d5 42. Kg3 dxe4 43. dxe4 Qd7 44. f3 Qd2 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46. Qc8 Nd8 47. Qc7 Ne6 48. Qc8 Nd8 49. c4 Kg7 50. Qc7+ Kf8 51. Nh4 Qe1+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 53. Kg3 Qe1+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ {½-½ Vachier Lagrave,M (2731)-Carlsen,M (2831) Oslo CCT Final KO 2024 (1.4)}) 15. Nf1 Bf8 16. Ng3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Rab1 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Qa4 Qe8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qa8 26. h4 Qa6 27. h5 Bf8 28. Be3 Nb8 29. g4 Qc6 30. Ra1 Nd7 31. Ra8 Qxe4 32. dxe4 Nf6 33. Rc8 Nxe4 34. Rxc7 Re8 35. g5 {½-½ Vachier Lagrave,M (2721)-Nihal,S (2723) FRA-chT Top 16 Haute Chartres 2026 (1.25)}) 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bf5 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Nh2 b4 19. Ba4 Ra8 20. cxb4 Reb8 21. Rc1 Rb6 22. Ng4 Rba6 $4 23. e6 $1 $18 Qd6 24. exf7+ Kf8 25. b5 Rxa4 26. Rxc6 Qd8 27. Bf4 Bxg4 28. Qxg4 Rxd4 29. Bxc7 Rxg4 30. Bxd8 Re4 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Bxe7+ Kxe7 33. Rc7+ 1-0 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.24"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2637"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "97"] [GameId "2344904713605120"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. O-O-O a6 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Rde1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Nd4 14. Bc3 Ne6 15. f5 Nec5 16. a3 c6 17. Ne3 b5 18. Ba2 Na4 19. Bd2 h5 20. Rhg1 Kf8 21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Rg2 Rd8 23. Bb4 Rh6 24. Rgd2 Bxb4 25. axb4 Nab6 26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Ke7 29. Bxf7 Rhh8 30. Bc4 Nf6 31. Rg1 Rh7 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. h4 Kc7 34. Bxa6 Kb6 35. Bc4 Ne8 36. Kc2 Rh8 37. Bf7 Nd6 38. Rxg7 Nb5 39. Kd3 Nd4 40. Ke3 Nc2+ 41. Ke2 Kb5 42. Bg8 Kxb4 43. Rg6 Kc5 44. f6 Nd4+ 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Bc4 Kc5 47. f7 Rb8 48. b3 Ra8 49. Rg8 1-0 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.24"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2700"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "105"] [GameId "2346720149032960"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Bf1 Be7 7. Nc3 e4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Rxe4 O-O 10. d4 d5 11. Re1 Bd6 12. c3 Ne7 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 c6 15. Bd2 b6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. g3 Be6 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Qc2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rfe8 21. Re2 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Ng6 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Qe7 25. Qg4 Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. h4 h5 28. b4 Kf7 29. Kf1 e5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. c4 Ra6 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. dxe5 Nxe5 34. Bc3 Nc6 35. Bb2 g6 36. Ke2 Ra5 37. Ra3 d4 38. Rb3 Rxa4 39. Rxb6 Ne5 40. Rb5 Ke6 41. f4 Nc6 42. Kd3 Rb4 43. f5+ gxf5 44. Rxb4 Nxb4+ 45. Kxd4 f4 46. gxf4 Kf5 47. Ke3 Nd5+ 48. Kf3 Nxf4 49. Bf6 Ng6 50. Bd8 Nxh4+ 51. Bxh4 Kg6 52. Be1 h4 53. Bxh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.24"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2701"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2344904861118464"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Rb8 7. Nc3 e5 8. d3 d6 9. b3 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Nh5 12. Qd2 f5 13. Bh6 Rb7 14. Bxg7 Rxg7 15. Qg5 Qe8 16. Nd2 f4 17. Nc4 h6 18. Qxh6 Qe7 19. Kh2 Qf6 20. Nxd6 Rh7 21. Qxf8+ Qxf8 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. f3 g5 24. Kg1 Qd8 25. Ne2 Ng3 26. Kf2 c4 27. Nxg3 Qd4+ 0-1 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.24"] [Round "5.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2701"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "114"] [GameId "2346736424906752"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Rac8 16. O-O Ne6 17. Qb3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rc5 19. Rd2 a6 20. Rad1 Rb5 21. Qd3 Rb6 22. h3 Rbd6 23. Qa3 Qc7 24. h4 R6d7 25. Qc3 Qd6 26. Nd4 Qe5 27. Qa5 Qf6 28. g3 Rd6 29. Qb4 R8d7 30. Rc1 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxd4 32. exd4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Re2 Kg7 35. Kg2 Rb6 36. Rc5 Rb4 37. Rd2 Rc4 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Ke3 Re7+ 40. Kd3 Rxc5 41. dxc5 Re1 42. Rc2 Rd1+ 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. c6 bxc6 45. Rxc6 d4+ 46. Ke2 Rb1 47. Rc5+ Kd6 48. Rxg5 Rxb2+ 49. Kd3 Rxa2 50. Kxd4 Rxf2 51. Ra5 Rf1 52. Rxa6+ Ke7 53. Ke3 Rb1 54. Ra7+ Ke6 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Ra7+ Ke6 57. Ra6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.24"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2650"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "89"] [GameId "2344904930766848"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. e3 a5 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Bf5 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Nd2 h6 15. Nf1 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Ba3 Na6 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Qf2 Nab4 22. Bb2 a4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. a3 Na6 25. f4 f6 26. h3 Nc5 27. Bg4 Qa8 28. Bh5 Bxh5 29. Nxh5 Re7 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Qg3 Kh7 32. Qg4 Qe8 33. Rd5 b6 34. Rf1 Qg6 35. Qe2 Ra8 36. Kh2 Ne4 37. Qf3 Rae8 38. a4 Ng5 39. Qg4 Ne4 40. Qf3 Na5 41. Ba3 Re6 42. Rd7 Rg8 43. Qf7 Nxc4 44. Bf8 Rxf8 45. Qxg7+ 1-0 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.24"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2764"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "115"] [GameId "2346748553019392"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. Ba4 Re8 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 Bf8 9. O-O d6 10. h3 h6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 a5 15. a4 Bd6 16. c3 Qd7 17. Nh2 d4 18. Bd2 Bc5 19. Nf3 Qd6 20. Qb3 Nd7 21. Nf5 Qf8 22. Qxb7 Na7 23. Ng3 Bb6 24. Qa6 dxc3 25. bxc3 Qd6 26. Qc4 Kh7 27. Rad1 Rf8 28. Kh1 Nc6 29. Bc1 Rab8 30. d4 exd4 31. cxd4 Rxf3 32. e5 Qd5 33. Qxd5 exd5 34. gxf3 Nxd4 35. Bb2 Nxf3 36. Rxd5 Nc5 37. Bd4 Nxa4 38. Bxb6 cxb6 39. e6 Re8 40. Rd6 Ng5 41. Re1 Nxh3 42. Kg2 Nf4+ 43. Kf3 Ng6 44. Nf5 Rf8 45. Kg4 Re8 46. Rd7 Kh8 47. Rxg7 Nf8 48. e7 Nd7 49. Rg6 Nac5 50. Rxh6+ Kg8 51. Rd6 a4 52. Kf3 a3 53. Ra1 Kf7 54. Rxa3 Nf6 55. Rxb6 Ncd7 56. Rb7 Ne5+ 57. Ke2 Kg6 58. Nd6 1-0 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.24"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2707"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "80"] [GameId "2344904985477120"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Qc7 8. e3 Nc6 9. c4 Rd8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. a3 b6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Rac8 15. Rfd1 e6 16. Qb2+ Kg8 17. h4 Qe7 18. Ne4 h6 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. g4 f5 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Ng3 Kh7 23. d4 Rg8 24. dxc5 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rxg3 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Qf2 Rg4 28. Kh2 Rc8 29. Rc4 Rg7 30. Rdc1 Qd6+ 31. Kh1 Rcg8 32. Ng5+ hxg5 33. Bxc6 Bxc6+ 34. Rxc6 Qd5+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 gxh4+ 38. Kf4 Rg4+ 39. Kf3 Rg3+ 40. Ke2 R8g6 1-0 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.24"] [Round "7.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2741"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "102"] [GameId "2346756101402624"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 Bd6 6. c5 Be7 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Be8 12. b4 Nd7 13. Nd3 c6 14. Bb2 f5 15. Ne2 Bf7 16. a4 Qc7 17. Rfc1 Bf6 18. b5 Rfe8 19. Qb3 Bh5 20. Nef4 Bf7 21. Ne2 Bh5 22. Ng3 Bf7 23. Bc3 h5 24. Ne2 h4 25. h3 Bh5 26. Nef4 Bf7 27. Ne2 Bh5 28. Nef4 Bf7 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Rab1 g5 31. Ne2 Bh5 32. Qc2 Rab8 33. f3 Bg6 34. f4 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 g4 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. dxe5 Be7 38. hxg4 Bxc5 39. Bd4 Bf8 40. Bc5 Bxc5 41. Qxc5 fxg4 42. Rb6 Rb8 43. a5 h3 44. Nd4 Re8 45. Qxc6 Qh7 46. Rb7 Qh4 47. Qd7 h2+ 48. Kh1 Qe1+ 49. Kxh2 Qh4+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.24"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2650"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "88"] [GameId "2344905186295808"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. b4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. e3 Qe7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. O-O a5 12. bxa5 Nxa5 13. Nbd2 c5 14. Rfe1 Rfc8 15. Bf1 b5 16. g3 Nb6 17. Bg2 Na4 18. Rab1 c4 19. dxc4 bxc4 20. Bc3 Nc6 21. Nxc4 Bf5 22. e4 Be6 23. Nb6 Nxb6 24. Rxb6 Nd4 25. Qb2 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qxa3 27. Re3 Bh6 28. Rd3 Qxb2 29. Bxb2 Bh3 30. Rd1 Bg7 31. Bg2 Bg4 32. Rb1 h5 33. h3 Be6 34. Rb5 Rc2 35. Bxe5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 Raa2 37. Bf1 Rxf2 38. Reb5 Rf3 39. g4 Rg3+ 40. Kh1 hxg4 41. R5b2 Rxb2 42. Rxb2 gxh3 43. Kh2 Re3 44. Rf2 Rxe4 0-1 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.24"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2764"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "131"] [GameId "2346772876615680"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. O-O Qe8 10. Re1 Kh8 11. b4 a6 12. a4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4 a5 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. e5 d5 20. g4 axb4 21. cxb4 Reb8 22. b5 cxb5 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nf6 25. exf6+ Qxf6 26. Qd1 Bxb5 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Rb4 30. Nc6 Rc4 31. Ra6 d4 32. Ne5 Rc5 33. Nf3 Rc3 34. Nxd4 Rxh3 35. Kg2 Rd3 36. Nf3 Rc3 37. Ra4 Rc5 38. Rd4 h6 39. Kg3 Rc3 40. Kf4 Rc5 41. Ne5 Rc2 42. f3 Kf6 43. Nd3 Ke6 44. Re4+ Kf6 45. Ne5 Rd2 46. Ke3 Rc2 47. Nd3 Kg5 48. Re7 f5 49. gxf5 Kxf5 50. Rf7+ Ke6 51. Rh7 h5 52. Nf4+ Kf6 53. Rh6 Kf5 54. Rh8 Rc3+ 55. Nd3 c5 56. Rf8+ Kg5 57. Kd2 Rc4 58. Rc8 Kh4 59. Ne5 Rd4+ 60. Ke3 Rd5 61. Nxg6+ Kg5 62. Rg8 Rd6 63. Ne5+ Kf5 64. f4 Ra6 65. Rg5+ Ke6 66. Rg6+ 1-0 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.24"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2707"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "107"] [GameId "2344905194524672"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. Nd2 c6 11. e3 Ne6 12. Nde4 Nc7 13. Ba3 d5 14. Nd6 Re6 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Bh3 h5 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. e4 Nd4 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. exd5 Qd7 24. Bb2 Qxd5 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Qf3 Qd7 27. Rc1 b6 28. Qc6 Qxd3 29. Qe8+ Bf8 30. Qxe5 Bc5 31. Re1 Bd4 32. Qe4 Qc3 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Rd1 Bc5 35. Qf3 Qe5 36. Rd7 Qe6 37. Rxa7 h4 38. gxh4 Bd4 39. Rc7 Be5 40. Rc4 b5 41. Rg4 Kf8 42. h5 gxh5 43. Rg5 h4 44. h3 Bd6 45. Rxb5 Qg6+ 46. Qg4 Qf6 47. Rf5 Qe7 48. Rf3 Qe5 49. Re3 Qh2+ 50. Kf1 Qh1+ 51. Ke2 Qa8 52. a4 Bc5 53. Qxh4 Qd5 54. Qh8# 1-0 [Event "GCT Semi Finals"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2026.08.24"] [Round "9.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2741"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "107"] [GameId "2346756702359552"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Be2 h6 12. O-O c4 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Bf1 Kb8 15. g3 Ka8 16. Bc1 Nc8 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Ba3 Nxa4 19. Re3 Na7 20. Nh4 Be8 21. Ng2 Qc7 22. Nf4 Nc8 23. Qe2 g6 24. h4 Bc6 25. Bh3 Rdg8 26. Bg4 Ne7 27. Rf3 Nf5 28. h5 Qd7 29. Bb4 Nb6 30. Qd2 Nc8 31. Kh2 Nce7 32. Qc1 Nc8 33. Qa3 Bb5 34. Rh1 b6 35. Qc1 Ka7 36. Kg2 a5 37. Ba3 Ka6 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Nh5 Rg6 41. Rf4 Na7 42. Rfh4 Bc6 43. Nf4 Rg4 44. Rxh6 Rxh6 45. Rxh6 Nb5 46. Nxe6 f4 47. Nxf4 Nxa3 48. Rd6 Qc8 49. Qxa3 Rxf4 50. gxf4 Qg4+ 51. Kf1 Qd1+ 52. Kg2 Qg4+ 53. Kf1 Qd1+ 54. Kg2 1/2-1/2