[Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "18.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2727"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "154"] [GameId "2254853814931456"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "upGrad Mumba Masters"] [BlackTeam "Ganges Grandmasters"] {[%evp 0,154,20,15,22,7,35,6,22,16,6,-3,16,32767,10,7,12,12,15,16,0,-3,-6,0,32767,-29,11,9,10,8,4,7,22,28,13,-3,-3,9,24,15,-7,24,6,24,30,11,42,16,30,33,53,54,56,66,107,68,115,32767,96,25,101,8,34,-25,44,-99,-7,-59,32767,-54,-30,-29,-1,-84,-126,-58,-69,-166,-173,-228,-202,-207,-218,-235,-234,-236,-246,-216,-198,-241,-192,-230,-210,-180,-253,-231,-194,-308,-291,-286,-291,-329,-330,-310,-327,-321,-334,-364,-347,-314,-307,-306,-292,-323,-285,-334,-312,-310,-294,-323,-352,32767,32767,32767,-329,-305,-297,-321,-303,-349,-324,-289,-318,-341,-340,-323,-321,-303,-244,-251,-250,-221,-237,-271,-221,-287,-237,-219,-145,-117,-148,-101,-129,-172,-113,-91,-158]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 f6 15. h5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be4 17. Rh3 c6 18. Bd3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 fxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rf4 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Rb4 Raf8 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Kf1 c5 26. Kg2 c4 27. Bc2 b5 28. Kg3 Rf8 29. f4 b4 30. cxb4 Qb6 31. Rf3 d4 32. Be4 d3 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Rxd3 h6 35. a3 Kh8 36. Rd6 Qe3+ 37. Qf3 Qe1+ 38. Kh3 Qxe5 39. Rd8 Qf6 40. Rxf8+ Qxf8 41. Qb7 Ng8 $19 42. Kg3 $2 a5 (42... Nf6 $19 43. Qxa7 Qc8 44. Kf2 Nxg4+ 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46. Ke1 Qe4+ 47. Kd1 Qd3+) 43. Qb5 axb4 44. Qxb4 Qd8 45. Qc4 Qa8 46. a4 Nf6 47. Qd4 Qc8 48. f5 Qc7+ 49. Kf3 Kh7 50. Qf4 Qc3+ 51. Kg2 Qc2+ 52. Kh3 Qd1 53. Kg3 Qe1+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 55. Kg3 Ne4+ 56. Kh3 Qe1 57. Kg2 Qe2+ 58. Kh3 Qd3+ 59. Kg2 Qc2+ 60. Kf3 Ng5+ 61. Kg3 Qc3+ 62. Kg2 Qc6+ 63. Kh2 Qc2+ 64. Kg3 Qd1 65. Kg2 Qe2+ 66. Kg3 Ne4+ 67. Kh3 Nf2+ 68. Kg3 Nd3 69. Qd4 Ne1 70. Qc3 Qg2+ 71. Kf4 Qf2+ 72. Ke4 Qe2+ 73. Kd5 Qd1+ 74. Qd4 Qb3+ 75. Qc4 Qb7+ 76. Qc6 Qb3+ 77. Qc4 Qb7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "18.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2640"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2256777614696448"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "upGrad Mumba Masters"] [BlackTeam "Ganges Grandmasters"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O a5 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Kh2 a4 11. b3 axb3 12. cxb3 Bb4 13. Nde2 h6 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. f4 Ng6 16. a3 Bd7 17. Bb2 Bc5 18. b4 Ba7 19. Rad1 h5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 h4 22. Rg5 Ne5 23. gxh4 f6 24. Rg3 Nf7 25. e5 f5 26. exd6 Qxh4 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Qxc7 Rad8 29. Ng3 Nh6 30. Rxd7 Rc8 31. Bg7+ Kg8 32. Bd5+ 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "18.3"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2704"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "115"] [GameId "2256777616519168"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "upGrad Mumba Masters"] [BlackTeam "Ganges Grandmasters"] {[%evp 0,115,11,18,18,0,-4,0,10,7,7,-7,0,5,-2,3,5,2,0,32767,17,10,11,22,35,18,41,35,37,19,49,20,30,5,32767,32767,32767,32767,34,9,34,16,71,45,55,67,65,56,61,58,65,31,22,22,23,25,27,29,49,40,37,29,31,44,66,61,65,70,40,-43,54,1,-27,12,69,19,64,105,104,91,219,196,213,214,203,211,219,227,216,249,262,261,272,294,246,273,284,295,333,346,351,279,326,380,360,334,402,336,360,368,334,419,397,480,425,534,446,504]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. cxd5 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 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "18.4"] [White "Koneru, Humpy"] [Black "Shuvalova, Polina"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2448"] [BlackElo "2360"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "179"] [GameId "2256777615253504"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "upGrad Mumba Masters"] [BlackTeam "Ganges Grandmasters"] {[%evp 0,177,19,17,18,0,0,0,4,-3,-7,-3,0,1,32767,-2,-3,4,5,3,5,6,-5,-35,-5,32767,32767,32767,37,30,29,67,57,77,90,53,44,50,32767,32767,32767,104,103,75,144,116,14,27,132,165,212,181,32767,32767,135,177,200,109,40,85,71,117,80,125,32767,32767,32767,116,108,135,139,121,178,120,169,157,165,138,32767,32767,142,151,186,168,194,203,210,189,185,149,159,32767,32767,123,142,180,160,129,161,188,206,186,214,236,32767,32767,321,357,361,416,427,484,454,411,448,456,413,32767,32767,240,217,208,213,267,237,257,224,178,246,234,32767,32767,169,238,215,193,220,294,255,287,278,268,235,32767,32767,213,253,259,271,246,273,312,279,300,295,32767,32767,32767,288,374,295,336,419,431,431,331,503,440,32767,32767,507,465,507,632,507,1022,1012,1139,972,567]} 1. Nf3 {Mueller,Karsten} d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. Nc3 Qc8 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. Rfd1 Nc6 12. cxd5 Ba6 13. Nb5 Nxd5 14. d4 Nc7 15. a4 Bb7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Rd1 Nxb5 19. axb5 Bd5 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Rb8 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. bxc6 Rc8 26. Rd7 Kf8 27. Rxa7 f6 28. c7 Bd6 29. Ba3 Ke7 30. Ke4 Kd7 31. Kd3 Rxc7 32. Ra5 {Mueller,Karsten: 'Counterplay counts Especially in rook endings:'} Kc6 {Mueller,Karsten: '?' Mueller,Karsten: 'This just loses time.'} ({The more active} 32... g5 {Mueller,Karsten} 33. Kc4 g4 {defends, e.g.} 34. Bxc5 Bxc5 35. Rxc5 Ra7 36. Rh5 Ra2 37. Rxh7+ Kd6 $11) 33. Ra6+ {Mueller,Karsten: '!'} Kd7 (33... Kd5 $2 {Mueller,Karsten} 34. e4+ Ke5 35. f4#) 34. Kc4 {Mueller,Karsten: 'Now White wins the pawn c5 first and the game later.'} f5 35. h4 Be7 36. Ra5 Rb7 37. Bxc5 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Ra7 39. Kd3 ({The direct} 39. b4 {(Mueller,Karsten) wins as well, e.g.} Ra2 40. f4 Rg2 41. b5 Rxg3 42. b6 Rxe3 43. b7 Re4+ 44. Kb5 Re1 45. Kb6 Rb1+ 46. Rb5 Rxb5+ 47. Kxb5 Kc7 48. Ka6 Kb8 49. h5 $18 {and Black loses as her majority can not be mobilised. Dvoretsky calls this semi-stalemate (in German Pseudopatt)}) 39... Ra3 40. Rc3 Ra2 41. Rc2 Ra1 42. b4 Rb1 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. h5 (44. Ra2 $5 $18 {Mueller,Karsten}) 44... e5 (44... Rh1 {(Mueller,Karsten) does not defend due to} 45. Kd4+ Kd6 (45... Kb5 46. Rc7 $18) 46. b5 Rxh5 (46... e5+ 47. Kc4 Rxh5 48. Kb4 $18) 47. b6 Rh1 48. Rb2 Rd1+ 49. Kc4 Rc1+ 50. Kb5 Kd7 51. Ra2 $18) 45. Rd2 Rc1+ 46. Kb3 Rf1 47. Rc2+ Kb6 48. Kc4 Kc6 49. b5+ Kb6 50. Kd5 {Mueller,Karsten: 'Now the rest is just a matter of technique:'} e4 51. Ke5 g6 52. hxg6 hxg6 53. Kf6 Rd1 54. Kxg6 Rd5 55. Rb2 Rc5 56. Kg5 Rd5 57. Kf4 Rc5 58. g4 fxg4 59. Kxg4 Re5 60. Kf4 Re8 61. Kf5 Re7 62. Kf6 Re8 63. Kf7 Re5 64. Kg6 Re8 65. Kf5 Re7 66. Kg4 Rf7 67. Kg3 Rg7+ 68. Kf4 Re7 69. Rb4 Rf7+ 70. Kg3 Re7 71. Kf4 Rf7+ 72. Kxe4 Rxf2 73. Kd5 Rd2+ 74. Ke5 Rh2 75. e4 Rh5+ 76. Kd6 Rh6+ 77. Kd5 Rh4 78. Rb1 Kc7 79. b6+ Kb7 80. e5 Rh2 81. e6 Rd2+ 82. Ke5 Re2+ 83. Kd6 Rd2+ 84. Ke7 Re2 85. Kd7 Rd2+ 86. Ke8 Kc8 87. b7+ Kb8 88. e7 Rf2 89. Rd1 Kxb7 90. Kd8 1-0 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "18.5"] [White "Dronavalli, Harika"] [Black "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2358"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "206"] [GameId "2256777615966208"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "upGrad Mumba Masters"] [BlackTeam "Ganges Grandmasters"] {[%evp 0,204,28,-12,0,-6,9,0,-5,-1,0,-3,-11,-21,-19,-11,32767,-1,-6,-6,-11,-34,-36,-35,-23,-23,-29,-44,-16,-31,-24,32767,-18,-22,-35,-50,-38,-37,-45,-47,-92,-68,-63,-65,-109,32767,32767,-114,-85,-86,-132,-122,-122,-118,-46,-112,-120,-140,-132,-74,32767,32767,-110,-222,-151,-178,-169,-299,-250,-351,-320,-352,-322,-366,-268,32767,32767,-234,-231,-253,-247,-248,-226,-260,-260,-263,-264,-273,-273,-269,32767,32767,-216,-254,-216,-204,-221,-228,-164,-194,-164,-303,-258,-354,-321,32767,32767,-366,-323,-425,-401,-430,-317,-321,-269,-286,-307,-343,-304,-258,-265,32767,-302,-328,-325,-484,-487,-569,-279,-463,-298,-311,-296,-404,-360,-434,32767,-360,-403,-434,-374,-389,-350,-423,-424,-424,-321,-423,-402,-441,-337,32767,-617,-755,-636,-693,-470,-470,-601,-515,-478,-478,-498,-543,-309,-418,-359,-431,-355,-375,-382,-332,-358,-360,-291,-361,-304,-314,-256,-282,-303,-306,-304,-366,-312,-358,-344,-372,-411,-347,-370,-432,-444,-507,-507,-527,-507,-497,-547,-567,-537,-507,-507,-547,-547,-557,-547]} 1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. f4 exf4 7. Nxf4 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 d6 10. Na3 Rb8 11. Nc2 Re8 12. a4 Bg4 13. Qd2 c4 14. Ne3 cxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. h3 Bc6 18. Ned5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qb6+ 21. Kh2 Nc4 22. Ra2 Rbc8 23. Qf2 Qxf2 24. Rxf2 Re1 25. Bf4 Be5 26. b3 Na5 (26... Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Ne5 28. Rb4 Rc7 29. g4 Rb1 30. Be4 Rc1 31. c4 Nd7) 27. b4 $2 Nc4 $19 28. Rae2 Ra1 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rf6 Rd8 31. a5 Kg7 32. Rf4 Rc1 33. Re3 Rc8 34. b5 R8xc3 35. Re2 Rb3 36. a6 Rxb5 37. Ra2 Rb6 38. axb7 Rxb7 39. Rfa4 Rcc7 40. Ra6 Rd7 41. g4 Nd3 42. R6a4 Nc5 43. Ra5 Kf6 44. R5a3 Ke7 45. Re3+ Kd8 46. Rea3 Kc8 47. Re3 Re7 48. Rf3 Kb8 49. Rf6 Rb6 50. Raf2 a5 51. Ra2 a4 52. Bf1 Kc7 53. Rf4 h6 54. Kg2 Rb1 55. Rff2 Rbe1 56. Bb5 R1e4 57. Bc6 Rb4 58. Kh2 h5 59. gxh5 gxh5 60. Kg2 h4 61. Kh2 Kb6 62. Ra3 Rb3 63. Raa2 Rb4 64. Ra3 Rd4 65. Rb2+ Kc7 66. Raa2 f5 67. Rb5 Rde4 68. Rbb2 f4 69. Rf2 f3 70. Rxf3 Re2+ 71. Rf2 Rxf2+ 72. Rxf2 Kb6 73. Rb2+ Ka5 74. Rb5+ Ka6 75. Rb4 a3 76. Rb8 Ka5 77. Ra8+ Kb4 78. Kg2 Re2+ 79. Kf3 Rb2 80. Kg4 a2 81. Kxh4 Kb3 82. Kg4 Rb1 83. h4 a1=Q 84. Rxa1 Rxa1 85. h5 Rh1 86. Kg5 Ne4+ 87. Kg6 Kc4 88. h6 Kd4 89. h7 Ng5 90. Kxg5 Rxh7 91. Kf6 Kc5 92. Ke6 Rh5 93. Bb7 Re5+ 94. Kf6 Rxd5 95. Ke6 Re5+ 96. Kf6 Re1 97. Kf5 d5 98. Kf4 d4 99. Kf3 Re3+ 100. Kf2 Kb4 101. Ba6 Kc3 102. Bb5 Re7 103. Ba6 d3 0-1 [Event "Tech Mahindra Global Chess League"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "18.6"] [White "Daneshvar, Bardiya"] [Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2498"] [BlackElo "2611"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "119"] [GameId "2256777614344192"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "upGrad Mumba Masters"] [BlackTeam "Ganges Grandmasters"] {[%evp 0,118,10,11,23,15,26,8,27,27,29,29,37,39,47,33,26,30,12,29,25,12,6,8,30,9,13,11,42,27,22,12,30,32,10,21,21,32,17,27,8,0,18,43,50,35,68,71,91,44,77,71,62,50,32767,32767,49,27,34,40,33,45,27,14,32767,31,26,42,44,51,39,61,42,71,78,60,99,64,106,87,55,85,69,58,105,71,76,96,111,67,68,104,113,94,142,142,88,49,72,43,57,15,19,32767,32767,32767,0,0,34,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Qg4 Nf6 14. Qh3 O-O 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 b5 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bd4 Rfd8 21. a4 f6 22. Nd3 e5 23. Bc5 Bc6 24. Nb4 Nxb4 25. Bxe7 Nc2 26. Bxd8 Nxa1 27. Be7 Nb3 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. Bb4 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 a5 32. Ba3 a4 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. g4 Na1 35. Ke2 Nc2 36. Be7 a3 37. bxa3 Nxa3 38. Kd3 Nb5 39. Kc4 Na3+ 40. Kb3 Nb5 41. Kb4 Rb8 42. Kc4 h5 43. gxh5+ Kxh5 44. f3 Kh4 45. Bc5 g6 46. Rf7 f5 $2 (46... Kg3 47. Rxf6 Kxg2 48. Bb6 Rc8+ 49. Kxb5 Rxc3 50. Rxg6+) 47. Rg7 $18 Kg5 48. Rd7 $2 (48. Be7+) 48... Kf4 49. Rg7 g5 50. Rf7 g4 51. fxg4 Kxg4 52. Re7 Kf4 53. g3+ Ke4 54. Rf7 f4 55. gxf4 exf4 56. Re7+ Kf5 57. Rf7+ Ke4 58. Re7+ Kf5 59. Rf7+ Ke4 60. Re7+ 1/2-1/2