[Event "Semifinals Game 1: Keymer, Vincent - Aro"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.10"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2772"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nbnqrkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBNQRKBR w HEhe - 0 1"] [PlyCount "82"] [GameId "2253231896924160"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. c3 f6 3. f3 c6 4. d4 Bf7 5. Bf2 O-O 6. Nc2 Ne7 7. Ne3 exd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. Nb3 Nc7 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. Qd2 b6 12. O-O a5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Be4 Qh5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 a4 18. Nc1 Rd8 19. Ne2 Rd6 20. g4 Qa5 21. Qxa5 bxa5 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. a3 Bg6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rc1 Rb8 26. Rc2 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Rxd4 28. Re1 g5 29. Re7 Rd6 30. Ra7 Rbd8 31. Re2 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 R1d2 33. Rxa5 Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Rb8 35. Rxa4 Rxb2+ 36. Kf1 Ra2 37. Rc4 Rxa3 38. Rxc6 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Ra2+ 40. Kf1 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Semifinals Game 2: Aronian, Levon - Keym"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.10"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2752"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rqnbnkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQNBNKBR w HAha - 0 1"] [PlyCount "113"] [GameId "2253250864279552"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. c4 f6 2. b3 c5 3. f3 d6 4. Bc2 e5 5. f4 Ne7 6. fxe5 fxe5 7. Be3 h6 8. O-O+ Nf6 9. Bf2 Ba5 10. Bh4 Bxd2 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rxf6+ Kg7 13. Rf1 Bc3 14. e3 b5 15. Ne2 Bxa1 16. Ng3 Qe8 17. Qxa1 Bh7 18. Qd1 Rf8 19. Nh5+ Kh8 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Qxd6 Bxc2 22. Qxe5+ Kh7 23. Nxc2 Rd8 24. h3 Ng6 25. Qa1 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rd6 27. Ne1 Qe7 28. Nf3 Qxe3+ 29. Kh2 Qe7 30. Qb1 Rb6 31. Qf5 Qe6 32. Qc2 Qd6+ 33. Ng3 Rb7 34. h4 Kg8 $19 35. Qf5 Rg7 36. Qe4 Kh8 37. Qe8+ Kh7 (37... Rg8 38. Qe4 Rg7 39. Qe8+ Qf8 40. Qe1 Qe7 41. Nf5 Qxe1 42. Nxe1) 38. Qe4 Kh8 39. Qe8+ Rg8 40. Qe1 Qf4 41. Qc3+ Kh7 42. Kh1 Rd8 43. Qe1 Rd7 44. h5 Nf8 45. Qb1+ Kg8 46. Ne4 Re7 47. Nxc5 Qxc4 48. Nd3 Qg4 49. Qb3+ Qe6 50. Qa3 Qf7 51. Kg1 Re6 52. Qc5 Rf6 53. Nde5 Qxa2 54. Ng4 Rb6 55. Nxh6+ Rxh6 56. Qg5+ Kh7 57. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Semifinals Tiebreak 1: Aronian, Levon -"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.10"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2752"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nrbnkbrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRBNKBRQ w GBgb - 0 1"] [PlyCount "121"] [GameId "2253556827324416"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 g6 2. Nb3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. g4 Nb6 5. Ne3 e6 6. g5 h6 7. h4 hxg5 8. hxg5 Qxh1 9. Rxh1 e5 10. Bg2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Be6 13. Bd2 Be7 14. f4 c6 15. Bf3 Nc8 16. Ng4 Nd6 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. O-O-O f6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Ba5 Ne4 21. Rh7 b6 22. Bb4 a5 23. Ba3 Rc8 24. Rdh1 c5 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Ra7 Nd6 $4 (26... O-O 27. Rd1 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rxd5 Re8 31. b3 Kf7) 27. Bxd5 $18 Rf8 28. Rhh7 g5 29. Rh6 gxf4 30. Ng6 $4 (30. Nf7 Nxf7 31. Rxf6 Ne5 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Be6 Rf7 34. Rxf7 Rc6 35. Rxf4 Rxe6) 30... f3 $1 31. Nxf8 Bg5+ 32. Kd1 Bxh6 $19 33. Bxf3 Bxf8 34. Rxa5 Nc4 35. Ra4 Nxa3 36. Rxa3 Bg7 37. b3 Rd8+ 38. Ke1 Bc3+ 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Ra6 Rd2 41. Ke3 Rb2 42. Kf4 Be6 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Ra6 Be5+ 45. Ke4 Rd2 46. e3 Rh2 $4 (46... Bd6 $1) 47. Bg4 $18 Kg5 48. Bxe6 Bf6 49. Bc4 Rh3 50. a4 Bc3 51. Rc6 Bb4 52. a5 Rh1 53. a6 Ra1 54. Ke5 Kg4 55. Rc7 Ba5 56. Rb7 Bd2 57. e4 Bf4+ 58. Kd5 Kf3 59. Kc6 Kxe4 60. Kb6 Kd4 61. a7 1-0 [Event "Semifinals Tiebreak 2: Keymer, Vincent -"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.10"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2772"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [Variant "chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nbbnqrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBNQRKR w HFhf - 0 1"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2253565040369664"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 e5 2. d5 Nb6 3. e4 c6 4. a4 Nxa4 5. b3 Nb6 6. c4 d6 7. Ne3 f6 8. h4 h5 9. Bd3 Nf7 10. Nac2 Nh6 11. Nd1 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 13. b4 f5 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. exf5 e4 17. Nxe4 Bxf5 18. Nxf6+ Rhxf6 19. Qd2 Bc7 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Ne3 $2 (21. Nd4 Rxd5 22. Qa2 Qf7 23. Qxa7 Bd8) 21... Rf4 $19 22. Rh3 Bb6 23. Rg3 Rxh4 24. Qd3 Qe4 25. Qd2 Rhf4 26. Rh3 h4 27. Kh1 R8f6 28. Kg1 Rg6 29. Rc1 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rfg4 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rh2 Qxb4 33. Qd1 Qe4 34. Qd2 a5 35. Qe1 Rxg2+ 0-1